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 /  will be provided Rs 50,000 each Territories of country,” said the study. asked us to take this as a red flag... highlighting how another Jat Sikh’s (Sidhu) Kursi Ka” and followed it up tests done and social distanc- *O# and free medical treatment. A total of 482 cases (71 per cent) were the PM has given us the target to appointment as PPCC chief could harm the party with critically-acclaimed fea- ing norms followed among  3(%* *  According to local people, the symptomatic with one or more symptoms, stall the third wave and it is possi- in the State which has high hindu and dalit pop- tures “Tamas” (1986) by other measures he said. The   ' ) % well is around 50 feet deep and while 29 per cent had asymptomatic SARS- ble,” Dr Paul said. ulation. Govind Nihalani, for which she Bench then told Vaidyanathan *   G% had about 20 feet of water. CoV-2 infection. Fever (69 per cent) was the Meanwhile Lav Agarwal, Joint The letter, it has been learnt, indicated how won her first National Film he may take instructions and LA)  A teenage boy fell into the most consistent presentation followed by Secretary (Health), cautioned one person’s appointment and efforts to give Award, and Saeed Akhtar apprise the court by July 19 1  )  well on Thursday night. While body ache including headache and nausea (56 against the declining usage of masks prominence can create a division. Besides, Mirza’s “Salim Langde Pe Mat (Monday) on whether the  #4 *  some people climbed down to per cent), cough (45 per cent), sore throat (37 among people as the second wave according to sources, Capt Amarinder has also Ro” in 1989. The same year she Government planned to hold    rescue him, others were stand- per cent), loss of smell and taste (22 per cent), of the pandemic is not yet over. He given details regarding the caste wise population was awarded the Sangeet Natak the yatra at all. 
 * #M ing on the parapet wall to help diarrhoea (6 per cent), breathlessness (6 per added that there is a projected dip percentage, including Hindus and dalits. Akademi Award. Advocate Abhishek Atrey, )   O   % them. They were thrown into cent) and 1 per cent had ocular irritation and of 74 per cent in mask usage in the The letter came on the same day when party Shyam Benegal’s 1994 fea-  % appearing for the Uttarakhand *  the water when the surround- redness. country post the lockdown. MP and former Union Minister Manish Tewari, ture film “Mammo”, starring Government, said they have L     M# ing wall crashed, eye witnesses The ICMR said 677 samples were col- “We should incorporate the use considered to be close to Capt Amarinder, also Farida Jalal in the lead and Sikri filed an affidavit and taken a said. lected from 17 States: Maharashtra, Kerala, of facemasks in our lives as a new highlighted the demographic details of Punjab’s as her sister Fayyuzzi, further decision to ban the yatra due to Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Manipur, normal”, Agarwal said. He further dominant communities, seeking to urge the top established Sikri as the go to Covid and it has been notified. Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, said that in order to contain the leadership to keep the non-jat sikh class in mind person for significant support- On July 14, the top court     prisons will not be possible. As Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, spread of Covid-19, it is important when effecting a change in an election year. ing characters. took suo motu cognisance of soon as the Bench took up the Pondicherry, New Delhi, West Bengal and to ensure that this projected decline In a tweet, Tewari said that Sikhs constitute The film, which depicts media reports on the Uttar From Page 1 case, it referred to the delay in Tamil Nadu. is halted and the previous status is 57.75 per cent of the population while hindus and the tragedy of the Partition Pradesh Government’s deci- The Special Bench, also the release of 13 prisoners The study, the largest and first nation- restored. dalits constitute 38.49 percent and 31.94 per cent, with its story of sion to allow the yatra amid the comprising justices L from Agra jail despite the apex wide study of post-vaccination breakthrough Cautioning people against let- respectively. two sisters divided by geo- Covid pandemic and sought Nageswara Rao and A S court granting bail to them say- infections from India, said its analysis shows ting their guard against Covid-19 “Punjab is both progressive and secular but graphical lines, earned Sikri her responses from the state as well Bopanna, sought a proposal ing “this is the situation and the vaccination does provide reduction in down, Agarwal said Google’s mobil- balancing social interest groups is key. Equality second National Film as the Centre “given the dis- from the secretary general of this is too much”. hospital admission and mortality. ity index data shows that there has is the foundation of social justice!” he said in the Award. The director-actor parate political voices” on the the apex court within two “This court has passed Two new SARS-CoV-2 variants Delta been an increase in public mobili- tweet and tagged the Congress and Rawat. Both duo further collaborated on matter. The top court had said weeks on implementing a orders releasing prisoners but AY.1 and AY.2 were also identified in these ty between May and July. “This Sidhu and Amarinder are both jat sikhs. The 1996 musical “Sardari Begum” it was a “little disturbed” to read scheme aimed at revolutionis- they were not released saying study samples. increasing movement of people incumbent PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar is Hindu. and 2001’s “Zubeidaa”. PTI that Uttar Pradesh has chosen ing transmission of court they haven’t received copies of “Delta AY.1 and AY.2 is characterised by may impact the spread of the viral to continue with the “Kanwar orders to all concerned in a orders. This is too much,” it the presence of K417N mutation in the spike infection in these areas. It is impor- Yatra”, while Uttarakhand had “fast and secure manner”. “I am said. Solicitor General Tushar protein region. K417N, E484K, L452R, and tant that as we move towards decided against it. directing secretary general of Mehta flagged the instances E484Q are the mutations known to disrupt increased mobility, we should take The Yogi Adityanath-led the Supreme Court to place a where some accused have been receptor binding domain (RBD) binding care to follow habits like wearing Government on July 13 allowed report in two weeks time so attempting to fudge court capacity and make them more infectious by masks, social distancing and main- the “yatra” from July 25 despite we’ll try to implement the orders and said the jail author- immune escape mechanisms against the cur- taining hand hygiene,” he said. concerns raised in various scheme in a month,” the CJI ities should act upon the orders rent vaccines. This indicates improved virus Agarwal said Covid-19 cases quarters over the risk posed by observed. In a hearing con- once they are uploaded on the fitness to evade immune responses and sur- have started increasing one again in such events in triggering a ducted through video-confer- official website of the court. vive against the vaccines,” the study said. several countries. “Our neighbours possible third wave of COVID- encing, the Bench also direct- “We are in the age of informa- In another study on police personnel, the like Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia 19. The Chief Minister said ed all the States to respond on tion and communication tech- ICMR found that two doses of Covid-19 vac- and Bangladesh, too, are seeing a only a minimum number of the availability of internet con- nology and we are still looking cine administered to high-risk police per- spurt in cases. The third waves in people should participate and nection in jails across the at the skies for the pigeons to sonnel were successful in preventing 95 per Malaysia and Bangladesh are high- directed strict implementation nation as without this facility communicate the orders,” the cent deaths due to coronavirus in the Delta er than the second wave peaks,” he of Covid protocol. transmission of such orders to CJI observed. variant-driven second wave. said.

     many people who are not scared, people. This is our ideology. This but are outside the Congress. All is my basic message to you,” From Page 1 these people are ours. Bring Rahul said. “He had to save his house them in, and those scared with- Rahul Gandhi also inter- and he got scared and he joined in our party should be shunted acted personally with around 10 the RSS,” Rahul said on Scindia. out,” he told the social media young workers from different “People, who are scared are workers. fields and gave them the message free to leave the Congress and In recent years, the party that he was always with them. the fearless ones outside the has lost many stalwarts who quit He asked the social media mem- Congress are our own people, to join BJP like Chaudhary bers not to be afraid of talking and should be brought back. You Birender Singh, Rao Inderjit to him as they were a part of his are RSS people. Go leave, enjoy. Singh, Himanta Biswa Sarma family. “You are talking to your We don’t need you. We need (now Assam CM), Pema brother and you should not be fearless people. This is our ide- Khandu and Biren Singh (both scared,” he told them. ology. This is my basic message,” CM now), former UP Congress “You should not be scared said Rahul. president Rita Bahuguna Joshi and you will never see me being A number of senior amongst others. afraid,” he said, adding that the Congress leaders have quit the This is the first time Gandhi Congress wants to give equal party to join the BJP in the addressed around 3,500 party rights to all but the RSS wants to recent past. These include workers of the Congress social benefit only a few. Scindia and Jitin Prasada. media department through Senior party leader and for- Maharashtra Congress leaders video conference using Zoom. mer Telangana Congress chief Narayan Rane and “They are RSS people and Uttam Kumar Reddy quoted Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil had they should go, let them enjoy. Mahatma Gandhi to say that also quit in 2019, besides actor We do not want them, they are Rahul Gandhi was following in Khushboo Sundar. “There are not needed. We want fearless his footsteps.

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The GSM termination exchanges that it was being used for international telecom setup The accused identified as mother-daughter duo couple had twins daughters. running in the national routing international calls to was found running at Pankaj Garg was absconding Aallegedly committed sui- The family used residing in the Capital. India, bypassing the legal Damodar Park. A joint raid since the incident and finally cide by consuming a poisonous society since January The accused has been gateways of the country,” said was conducted and two surrendered at Paschim Vihar substance in a rented flat in an 2021. identified as Nawab, a resi- the DCP. routers, one SIP box, one West police station on upscale condominium located "Soon after an information, dent of Khurja, Bulandshahr “A case was registered CPU, one UPS and one mon- Wednesday following which in Sector-67 in Gurugram, the we reached the incident spot in Uttar Pradesh. Police said and the police found out that itor were found intercon- he was arrested. “When Pankaj Garg was “On the day of the incident, police said on Friday. and found the duo bodies in that he was a key operator of the illegal international nected and in running con- Garg's arrest comes days questioned, he disclosed that a total of 12 workers had The incident took place on their flat we immediately alert the syndicate. exchange was being run by dition,” said the DCP. after his wife Surbhi was arrest- due to competition in the shoe reported for work at about 8 Wednesday when Veena Shetty the police which took the cus- According to Pramod Nawab and others. On “This set-up was also ed from Winter Hill market, he wanted to become AM in the godown and after 15 (46) and her daughter Yashika tody of the body," Verma told Singh Kushwah, the Deputy Wednesday, information was reported to be an illegal inter- Apartments, Dwarka Mor, on the lead supplier of shoes. So, minutes a fire broke out. Six (24) consumed poison on reporters. Commissioner of Police received that Nawab would national exchange. The July 8. She was sent to judicial he overloaded the godown at among them -- Shamshed (19), Wednesday. However, the police said (DCP), Special Cell, police come to visit his associates in accused running this illegal custody till July 22, police said. Udhyog Nagar and placed extra Sonu (22) and his brother The body of the woman the reason behind the step is yet received inputs that illegal Daryaganj, following which a international exchange is on A massive fire broke out in iron gates on windows and Vikram (21), Abhishek, Ajay was found in her room while to be known. telephone exchanges were trap was laid and he was the run and efforts are being the building, where shoes were doors to increase storage Shukla (22) and Neeraj (21) the body of her daughter was "We are investigating the running in Delhi-NCR and apprehended,” said the DCP. made to arrest him,” the DCP assembled and packed for sale, space,” said the DCP. were suspected to be trapped in found in a bedroom in their matter. The actual motive other parts of the country, “On the same day, the added. on June 21. Thirty-five fire ten- “He made modifications fire in the building while other house. behind this incident will be causing financial losses to ders and around 140 firefight- inside the building. Only one six employees were able to During the investigation, known after a detailed investi- the telecom sector. ers were pressed into service to entry/exit gate was in operation escape from the godown dur- the police came to know that gation," Subhash Boken, “Meanwhile, informa- douse the blaze. and other gates were closed ing the initial hours of the fire,” the woman's husband Hari spokesperson of the Gurugram tion was received that a huge “During investigation, it with iron gates and could not said police. Shetty had also committed sui- police said. volume of incoming interna- emerged that the two-stroey be opened. Fire extinguishers “The escaped workers told cide on July 6 in a hotel locat- The bodies have been sent tional calls was being building was jointly owned by and fire alarm were also not police that the stairs were also ed in Sector-53. for postmortem and further switched by using routers Pankaj Garg and his wife installed in the godown to obstructed by luggage, other Ashok Verma the manag- investigations are on, police located somewhere in the Surbhi Garg. It was found that minimise expenditure,” said materials and no free exit was er of the society told reporters added. area of Ansari Road, four firms were being run in the DCP. available from the top floor. Daryaganj. During investi- the same building. A firm “It was revealed that many During investigation, it also gation, the police located a named Apeksha International iron slabs were made in all surfaced that the six escaped network of lease-line and was run by Pankaj Garg while floors for the storage of mate- employees of the godown had broadband internet connec- another firm Vivaan rial and objects in the godown. met with the six trapped work- tions that was leading towards International was run by Surbhi No NOC was granted by the ers and had seen them inside a flat on Ansari Road,” said besides two other firms V K fire department to the owner of the building at about 8 AM, the DCP. International and Super the building. There was hard- immediately before the fire “On July 6, a joint raid Mattress,” said Parvinder Singh, ly any space left for any con- incident and the trapped was conducted along with the Deputy Commissioner of tingency situation in the build- employees were shouting for DoT officials on the premis- Police (DCP), Outer district. ing,” said the DCP. help,” said the DCP. es and two server boxes, three  ! "#%&'(!&) (") *+,-,*   

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   and Army Chief General M M to hasten the process of dia- in principle benefits no one. they should not create debt between the two regions. Naravane apprised the two logue to find an amicable and Participating in an inter- burdens, seen as an oblique Pakistan Prime Minister - ,$    . !12 senior politicians about all the mutually solution. The two national conference in reference to China’s Belt and Imran Khan, Afghanistan aspects related to the current ministers, S Jaishankar and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Road Initiative (BRI). President Ashraf Ghani and dispute at the LAC. Antony and Wang Yi, also agreed to hold Jaishankar said building con- His remarks came in the leaders from around 35 coun-  3'4('5/ PMLA revealed that Anil  3'4('5/ Pawar were also briefed about the 12th round of Corps nectivity is an act of trust and backdrop of several countries tries attended the conference. Deshmukh, while acting as the operational preparedness of Commander parleys as soon as he Enforcement Home Minister of State of he CBI has registered a the armed forces to meet with possible. The 11th round was in the Pangong lake area in late solved, Jaishankar said. About Friday’s meeting, TDirectorate (ED) has Maharashtra, with dishonest Tcase on a complaint from any challenge, sources said held in first week of April. February this year had created As of now, more than one sources said that Antony and attached assets worth 4.2 intention has received illegal State Bank of India, New here. Referring to the tension at conditions for resolving the lakh troops from both the Pawar had some doubts and crore in connection with its gratification of approxi- Delhi against private com- The meeting took place the LAC, Jaishankar had also remaining issues. It was expect- sides are engaged in an eyeball- had sought clarification about money laundering case mately 4.70 crore in cash pany (borrower company) two days before the monsoon said “...It was visibly impacting ed that the Chinese side would to-eyeball confrontation at the present situation at the against former Maharashtra from various orchestra bar Fedderes Electric and session of Parliament begins the relationship in a negative work with India towards this three friction points including LAC. Rawat and Naravane Home Minister Anil owners, through Sachin Engineering Ltd and others next Monday. The Opposition manner.” He pointed out that objective, but the situation in the Hot Springs, Gogra and the explained all the issues to the Deshmukh and his family. Waze, then Assistant Police including its directors/pro- may raise a din on the contin- the successful disengagement remaining areas is still unre- Depsang Valley. senior leaders, sources said. Besides Deshmukh, the Inspector of Mumbai Police,” moters for causing an alleged attached assets were held in it said. loss of Rs. 1028.94 crore to the name of his wife Aarti Further, with the help of SBI and other consortium /     Deshmukh and company Delhi-based dummy compa- member banks. 8 
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Dhutum Villages in Uran, Worli, Mumbai which is ben- banks including Central bank outreach by being more inter- media revamp, the insiders population control measure “The Hindu society must Raigarh district of eficially owned by Anil of India, Axis Bank, Standard active as he posed a query on said. should be considered keeping in think that there should be at least Maharashtra, the agency said. Deshmukh is registered in the Chartered Bank, Karnataka Twitter: “I’m wondering what On his birthday on June 19, mind that the dominance of two children in a family. If there The ED had initiated name of his wife Aarti Bank, Punjab National Bank, you guys are reading these Rahul for the first time Hindus remains intact in the will be just one child in a fami- money laundering investiga- Deshmukh and found that ICICI Bank”The accused days?” responded on Twitter to ran- country. Addressing the media, ly, the population of Hindus will tion on the basis of an FIR entire payment was made persons and the entity had His communication on the dom people who wished him. VHP general secretary Milind be reduced by the Hindus them- under Indian Penal Code through cash only in 2004, cheated the consortium by microblogging site and other He also replied to political Parande also said if there is just selves,” Parande said.He was (IPC) Section relating to crim- however, sale deed was done way of diversion of bank social media platforms will get leaders who had extended one child in a family, “the pop- addressing the media ahead of a inal conspiracy and relevant in month of February 2020 funds, sham transactions more interactive in the days to wishes to him on the social ulation of Hindus will be two-day meeting of the VHP’s provision of the Prevention of when Anil Deshmukh was with related parties, borrow- come, party insiders said. The media platform. reduced by the Hindus them- governing council and board of Corruption Act registered by Home Minister of ing funds from the bank by casual, informal question on In less than an hour, selves”. trustees, scheduled to begin in the CBI against Anil Maharashtra. misrepresentation, falsify- Twitter is perhaps the first tions on news developments of Friday’s open ended question “When we talk about pop- Faridabadon Saturday. Deshmukh and others for Further, Deshmukh fam- ing/fabricating books of step towards that. the day, tagging articles of on what his followers are read- ulation control, the dominance Parande’s comments on the attempting to obtain undue ily has acquired the 50 per accounts, entries, vouchers Sources said the former interest, or condoles the death ing saw more than 13,000 likes of the Hindu society must issue came after the VHP recent- advantage for improper and cent ownership in Premier and financial statements, fur- Congress president, who has of a known person – now and 2,200 comments – many remain intact in the country. All ly asked the Uttar Pradesh gov- dishonest performance of Port Links Pvt. Ltd. including nishing false, incorrect or 19.3 million followers on wants his social media engage- trolling him and some the principles of politics, secu- ernment to remove the one-child their public duty for collection its assets like land and shops misleading information and Twitter, may in the next few ment to be more interactive so responding earnestly with their larism and tolerance are being policy norm from its draft pop- of funds to achieve the target valued at approximately 5.34 siphoning off funds including days share on Twitter the books his connect with people book list. followed in the country because ulation control bill, saying it is of 100 crore per month from Crore (Book Value) by mere- various loan proceeds. The he is reading. increases, the sources added. 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He Territory administration in all precautionary measures to paign from educational institutions itself. TSabha seat vacated by former nating at least 39 terrorists out tions, Inspector General of said that terrorists and their Jammu & Kashmir has issued strictly implement the Animal Governor Khan, who had convened a meeting of the vice- TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi will be of a total of 78 gunned down Police, Kashmir range Vijay masters across the border are orders banning illegal Welfare Laws viz. Prevention of chancellors of universities in the State at Ernakulam on Friday, held on August 9, the Election since January 1, 2021 across Kumar on Friday said that a attempting to create distur- killings/sacrifices of cows, Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960; asked them to get undertakings from students and their par- Commission of India has said. different encounters in the total of 78 terrorists have been bances and added that forces calves, camels and other ani- Transport of Animal Welfare ents at the time of admission to under graduate courses that The ECI said that the notifica- Kashmir valley. neutralised in the valley so far have to be extra alert to foil mals. The festival of Eid-ul- Rules, 1978; Transport of they would not seek or give dowry. “The students and their tion for the polls would be issued After the South Kashmir this year. their evil designs. Adha will be celebrated during Animals (Amendment) Rules, parents should a bond at the time of admission itself that they on July 22 and the elections would districts of Kulgam, “Two local terrorists He emphasized that to July 21-23 across Jammu & 2001; Slaughter House Rules, would not seek or give dowry. The Universities should also be held on August 9. Shopian,Pulwama and belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba combat terrorism more effec- Kashmir. 2001; Municipal Laws & Food get bonds/affidavits signed from employees at the time of their The last date for filing nomi- Anantnag the maximum num- were killed during an tively a strategy for the The ban on the illegal Safety & Standards Authority of appointment itself that they would not seek dowry,” said the nation would be July 29 and the last ber of encounters have taken encounter at Alamdar strengthening of operational killings/sacrifices of cows, calves India directions for slaughtering Governor after the meeting. date for withdrawal of nomination place in the Central Kashmir colony,Danmar area of Srinagar capabilities is needed for which and camels has been commu- of animals (under which camels Universities in the State should have indoctrination pro- would be August 2. district of Srinagar. on Friday. joint operational drills of forces nicated by the Director of cannot be slaughtered) during grammes against dowry, the worst social evil. Eradication of Trivedi a former Trinamool Out of nine encounters He further said, “In these should be planned using latest Planning, J&K Animal/Sheep the festival.” dowry is not a programme meant for the welfare of leader and a Lok Sabha MP was reported so far in the month of encounters, most of the ter- electronic gadgets. Husbandry and Fisheries The senior officer of the women. “It is the need of all people, irrespective of caste, creed defeated from Barrackpore seat by July 2021, two have taken place rorists (39 out of 78) were affil- The DGP also highlighted Department, to Divisional Animal/Sheep Husbandry and and gender,” said the Governor whose fight against dowry BJP contestant Arjun Singh in in Srinagar. In these nine iated with proscribed terror that OGW networks which Commissioner, Jammu & Fisheries Department has also is being described as historical. Speaking in chaste Malayalam, 2019 general elections. Thereafter encounters two dozen terror- outfit LeT followed by Hizb-ul- help in sustaining the terrorism Kashmir, and IGP, Jammu & requested the Divisional the Governor told the youth and their parents: “Namukku he was nominated to the Rajya ists have been gunned down by Mujahideen (HM), Al-Badr, and also involved in the recruit- Kashmir. Commissioners of Sthreedhanam Venda” (Malayalam for we don’t want dowry Sabha. His term was to end in April, the security forces. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and ment of local youths need to be Referring to an official let- Jammu/Kashmir to take all pre- system). 2026. The common thread of all Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind. targeted. He said that with ter from the Animal Welfare ventive measures as per the pro- Governor Khan pointed out that women in Kerala play Subsequently he announced these encounters was sharing of Earlier, the Director joint efforts various such net- Board of India, Ministry of visions of the acts and rules for major role in the economic and social spheres of the State. his resignation from Rajya Sabha in real time intelligence related to General of Jammu and works were busted in the past Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & implementation of the animal “They should get more respect and recognition. It is the need February this year saying he felt suf- the movement of the group of Kashmir police Dilbagh Singh and added that more intelli- Dairying, Government of India, welfare laws in order to stop ille- of the Kerala society to show respect to women,” said the focated in the House as he was terrorists hiding in the area. had chaired a high level secu- gence sharing and coordination the communication reads, “In gal killing of animals and to take Governor who became the first Constitutional figure to stage unable to do anything for Based on these vital inputs, the rity review meeting between forces would help in this regard, large numbers of stringent action against the a fast for a social cause. The State has seen a number of deaths, the violence going on in security forces successfully with senior officers of the smashing more such sacrificial animals are likely to offenders violating animal wel- inclusing murders and suicides of women as a fall out of Bengal. Subsequently he joined tracked their footprints and Indian Army and CAPFs at networks. be slaughtered in the UT of J&K fare laws. demand for dowry. the BJP. -     Q/ "#   6    .& 8   02 R 6/  R  CHENNAI: There is a concerted move by China to subvert  $  #  Indian economy through underhand dealings, according to + +  1A51)) international shipping magnates and experts. This came to light on Friday as persons privy to logistics, exports and container +   7/'33) rating the south western districts of major State,” a close associate of Dr fter befriending former BJP leader business told The Pioneer that the knitwear industry in Tirupur Tamil Nadu. Ramadoss had told The Pioneer. AYashwant Sinha, Bengal Chief Minister has been targeted by their counterparts in China. Annamalai, the new president “The BJP has not discussed The new BJP chief said that Mamata Banerjee may induct Congress’ “We are doubling the production with the active help of Kof the Tamil Nadu BJP who about this demand. It is an issue Chief Minister Muthuvel Shatru into the Trinamool Congress. Centre and State Governments to meet the increase in demand assumed office on Friday had a which has not come up for any kind Karunanidhi Stalin's demand to the Mumbai super star Shatrughna Sinha is from USA and Europe. Buyers in these countries are impressed stormy first day in office as he had of discussion in the party. So the Centre for exempting the State likely to join the Trinamool Congress on with the casual apparels manufactured in Tirupur which com- to issue a clarification about a state- question of a separate Kongu Nadu from NEET was out of tune with July 21, party sources said claiming “talks mands a premium because of the quality maintained by us. But ment he had made on Thursday demand does not arise,” said the times. “Last year saw more than are on … expecting positive response.” all of a sudden there has been a severe shortage of containers enroute to Chennai from Annamalai. 400 students, mainly from rural According to sources in the Trinamool 21. Malakar a veteran Congress man how- in ports in South India,” said Raja M Shanmugham, president, Coimbatore. The failure of the DMK to regions cleared NEET while the Congress, the Bihari Babu of the tinsel town ever would not comment on the issue. Tirupur Exporters Association, an organisation, the constituents Annamalai, who quit the make any inroads into South West period 2010 to 2016 saw on an could quit the Congress and join the Sinha is known to have been impressed of which earn the country Rs 25,000 crore per year through Indian Police Service to join the region of Tamil Nadu, known more average 19 students per year qual- Bengal ruling outfit in the presence of by the Bengal Chief Minister’s astounding exports. The TEA in its mission to generate three lakh addi- BJP, said at the party headquarters popularly as Kongu Nadu had ifying for the same course,” said Banerjee when she would deliver a speech success in defeating the BJP which came to tional jobs is making use of the concessions in lock down and in Chennai that he was obviously given rise to speculations about the Annamalai. from Delhi’s Constitutional Club on the win the State with all its might and money working full time to meet the export orders. “But all in a sad- misquoted by a section of the carving out of seven or eight dis- He said the BJP in Tamil Nadu occasion of Trinamool Congress Martyrs’ power. He praised Banerjee calling her a den we are faced with severe shortage of containers. A 40 ft media which reported that he had tricts to form a Union Territory. was on the same page with other Day. “real Bengal tigress” and a “tried and test- long container which used to cost us $1800 dollars a few months said that the media would be The fact that former Chief Minister political parties over the Mekedatu On whether there was a likelihood of ed leader” who defeated “propaganda and ago now cost $4,500. If it is emergency, we have to shell out brought under control within six Edappadi Palaniswamy and his Dam issue. “The BJP is against the his changing sides, Sinha recently gave a cir- 'dhanshakti' (money power)” in the Bengal another $1,500/,” said Sakthivel executive secretary, TEA. months. close associates in the AIADMK construction of Mekedatu Dam cuitous reply reminding, “politics is the art elections. Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Shipping and “While responding to party and many BJP leaders hail from the over the Cauvery River because it of possibilities.” Sinha a former Patna In an apparent bid to blow up her image Ports, is faced with a major challenge which he alone would activists’ complaint that the on-line region made the grapevine work would lead to denial of Tamil Sahib MP had quit the BJP to join the as a true national leader who should be be able to resolve the issue to sustain the export and econom- media was spreading lies about the full steam and a controversy has Nadu’s quota of water as directed Congress but was defeated in the 2019 gen- taken seriously by all anti-BJP parties the ic growth of Tirupur and Tamil Nadu, said TEA members. Raja BJP, I told them that once the Over arisen over the issue. by the Cauvery River Water eral elections. TMC supremo will deliver the July 21 Shanmugham has written to Sonowal highlighting the issue and The Top platform Bill comes into There is already a demand Dispute Tribunal,” said A senior TMC leader and a State min- Trinamool Congress Martyrs’ Day speech requesting the intervention of the minister to help TEA tide being, there will be accountability from Dr S Ramadoss, the founder Annamalai. ister said “wait for many surprises on July from Constitution Club in Delhi. Her vir- over the issue. and the on line media too would of Pattali Makkal Katchi that Tamil Annamalai is the youngest 21 … some leaders and prominent per- tual rally would be not only in Bengal but China, in its mission to demolish India’s advantage in the become accountable. There was no Nadu should be trifurcated into State chief of the BJP in India. “We sonalities may join the Trinamool Congress in many other states. knitwear sector is deploying all tricks in the game, according mention about controlling the three small States for administra- have an experienced team in Tamil to buttress Mamata Banerjee’s fight against In Delhi Banerjee is likely to meet a to shipping agents and port authorities. “We do not find any media,” said Annamalai. He also tive convenience. There are 38 Nadu and I am sure with their the communal forces.” host of senior leaders from other parties. reason for the sudden shortage of ships as well as containers. asked the media not to make a districts in the State which have dis- guidance and blessings, the party According to TMC sources Bengal She also said that “if I get an appointment If the TEA decides to send the consignment through air cargo, mountain out of a molehill while tinct geographical and topograph- would grow and make an impact in Congress vice president Shankar Malakar I will also meet the Prime Minister and the it would lose the advantage of competitiveness it enjoys in the reporting about the moves to form ical features. It would be easy to the State in coming months,” said too is likely to join Banerjee’s party on July President.” global casual wear market,” said Shanmugham. PNS a separate Kongu Nadu incorpo- administer smaller States than a Annamalai.   ,2  /7  7  *   $  $ 2
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He ranges. “Unfortunately, we lost the flight Ratan Soli Luth, Advocate Aspi Chinoy a respondent in the case and asked the ttar Pradesh’s Minister of Government had provided four said the unprecedented success The two-seater aircraft of Italian instructor & the trainee was severely said that though the Governor cannot be latter to file his say in the matter by June UMicro, Small and Medium lakh government jobs in the of UP Investors’ Summit 2018 make belonged to the NMIMS injured. My heartfelt condolences to made a party to the case, his actions or 9 when the case would be heard next. Enterprises (MSME) Sidharth last four-and-half years. He led to the generation of 1,045 Academy of Aviation (NMIMSAA). the bereaved family & prayers for the inactions were subject to judicial review. “We direct respondents to file an affi- Nath Singh on Friday claimed said the Government also pro- investment intents worth more The flying school, located at Shirpur trainee’s quick recovery,” the Minister On his part, Senior Advocate Rafique davit in reply setting out reasons for not that the UP Government had vided 2.5 lakh crore loans to than 4.28 lakh crore across in Dhule district, is affiliated to the said in another tweet. Dada, representing the Maharashtra acting on the representation submitted provided 2.64 crore jobs to MSMEs, which created 2.60 sectors. reputed Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Describing the incident as “unfor- government, told the court that the to the Hon'ble Governor of Maharashtra people. lakh jobs in UP. Talking about the new Mandal (SVPKM)’s group of educa- tunate”, Amrish Patel said that the air- Governor had two options before him – by the Council of Ministers for nomi- During the last four- and- He said the UP govern- opportunities during Covid-19, tional institutions in Mumbai. craft was new. “The pilot had 500 either accept or reject such a recom- nation to the Maharashtra Legislative a-half years, four lakh ment had helped 4.41 lakh Navneet Sehgal said the state The Academy identified the hours of flying experience. He had mendation made by the State Council under Article 171 (2) (e) and 171 Government jobs were pro- stressed MSME units by pro- government set up a dedicated deceased flight instructor as Noorul joined us in January this year. We are Government and that there was no (5) of the Constitution of India, and by vided directly and 2.60 crore viding them credit under help desk at Invest Ameen (28) from Bengaluru in still not sure what went wrong,” Patel third option available for him. what time the submission of the coun- jobs were provided by helping Central Government's UP in April, 2020 and it had Karnataka, and the trainee-pilot as said. “The Governor has received the cil of ministers, November 6, 2020, will MSMEs, Sidharth Nath Singh Emergency Credit Line attracted more than 96 invest- Anshika Gurjar (22) who is a resi- The aircraft involved in the mishap nominations from the channel he has for- be considered and disposed of,” the HC claimed during a virtual press Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) ment intents, dential student of the SVKM NMIMS was in a good condition. It had been mulated in the Rules of Business. He can- bench had said in its order. conference which was also and till date, 12.22 lakh crore including intents from compa- Academy of Aviation from Khatgaon given airworthiness and training cer- not just sit tight on the file. It has been “He (the Governor) must decide it attended by Navneet Sehgal, had been provided to the nies from around 10 countries in Madhya Pradesh. Anshuka report- tificates barely six months ago. The air- a year since the posts (MLCs) fell vacant. either way. This is something he has to Additional Chief Secretary, stressed MSMEs. such as Japan, US, UK, Canada, edly suffered multiple fractures in the craft had joined the academy's exist- The mandate of the law is that he is do. 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The roots of this transac- mentators fear the possible promises or commitments NATO ecosystem with approx-                   %   jointsmanship of the Triad. when it comes to the lawless imately 50 US tactical nuclear         )  %           tional friendship date back to 1963, when large tracts of Earlier, news of the Chinese and non-monolithic force like weapons at its Incirlik Air        )  %             Pakistan Occupied Kashmir engaging discreetly with the the Taliban. Despite Taliban’s Base. Behind the scenes, the                      (POK) were given to China. rapidly advancing Taliban recent assurances to China on US does have strong levers to (promoted by the Pakistani non-interference, reports of up restrain Turkey if its extracur-                # %    The even more distant Turkey is an enthusiastic and ‘establishment’) and, more to 500 members of the Uyghur ricular activities run contrary                #  vocal Johnny-come-lately to recently, of Turkey securing militant group, East Turkestan to US interests in the Indo-              /  , S    /  ingratiate itself with Pakistan by the rights to operate Kabul’s Islamic Movement (ETIM) in Pacific region, the expected Hamid Karzai International Afghanistan, are disconcerting heartland of Triad activity. 1::   ) $  ,     P   Q     ( brandishing “Kashmir”, for its own selfish reasons of winning Airport and the unrelated 3()O28A432 for Beijing. 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Turkey is part of the relations of Washington DC with not a seamless hypothesis as it Uyghur militants are histori- hypothetical Triad for fur- Islamabad, Ankara and Beijing is predicated on many simplis- 3)88)'A cally suspect. thering its global/ummah res- &$% are layering the most decisive tic assumptions of unrelated 78A7/'B Even among themselves, onances with little practical “bind” for the formulation of an signals, post-takeover behav- other than the lingering anti- interest in Afghanistan or essentially antithetical Triad. The iour of the Taliban as also 8'5)A3A US sentiment, Turkey’s ambi- Kashmir, whereas China is efficacy and test of this Triad will overlooking inherent fault 4)/32A3(7 tions within the ummah will driven by its hegemonic and be inevitable in strategic realms lines within the Triad ideation. complicate its relationship with opportunistic instincts — but and geographical theatres, wher- Firstly, the Taliban is not 4/5)) )(% China as acquiescence to the there are too many assump- ever the interests of the US expected to show diplomatic Chinese position on Uyghurs tions and contradictory forces either coexist or militate with that dexterity or flexibility in deal- )31)8))3( (like done by Pakistan) would within to postulate effective of the Triad members — the ing with any foreign power, 'C32)8' deligitimise and enfeeble Recep and non-conflicting “bind”. imploding swathes of especially a Communist power Erdogan’s Islamic credentials. 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hilosopher Ali-ibn-Abi politics for the RSS to woo Bhagwat’s perspicuous state- waged a destructive war against tion. national interest. Many social Talib once said, “do not Muslims ahead of assembly ment, started a political game Kalinga resulting in 100,000 In addition, there are sev- reformers have struggled to Psee who is saying; see elections, Bhagwat said his by charging him of hypocrisy, deaths and 150,000 deporta- eral yardsticks to ascertain unite the society by cutting what is he saying!” The Rig organization firmly believes image makeover, and vote- tions. He then repented his the truthfulness of the RSS through religious beliefs. Veda says, “let noble thoughts that in a democracy like India, bank politics. From a principle actions and converted to chief’s statement.The first test Mahatma Gandhi, the great come from all corners”. the only dominance can be of of reasonableness, one needs to Buddhism. Consciousness is is whether Bhagwat’s rhetoric integrator throughout his life, At an event of a book %&% *$"$&% Indians, rather than Hindus or answer whether Mohan the essence of the self (soul). is similar to that of Yogi struggled to institutionalise release organized by the Muslims. Bhagwat, being a seasoned Why cannot Bhagwat’s state- Adityanath and Anurag brotherhood. He said: “By Muslim Rashtriya Manch, held A day after Bhagwat’s leader of RSS, does not have the ment be logically assumed to be Thakur. Secondly, do his state- religion, I do not mean formal in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, rhetoric, opposition leaders wisdom to discern the logic of a sign of transcending the con- ments reveal positivity or neg- religion, but that religion RashtriyaSwayamsewakSangh questioned the motive behind Parishad/Bajrang Dal workers gaining handful of votes of the sciousness of self? ativity? which underlines all religions, (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat such remarks. They pointed out also? Will you pass on these minority community by most For the great Buddhist There can be two reactions that brings us face to face with urged Muslims not to get that the Sangh Parivar, BJP, and teachings to Modi-Shah Ji and likely losing votes of Hindus thinkers, logic was the main to Bhagwat's statements from our Maker.” He also said, “We “trapped in the cycle of fear” the government speak differ- BJP chief ministers also?” who may resent his words. anvil arsenal on which they the Sangh Parivar constituents. want to reach not the dead about Islam being in danger in ently on the matter. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Opposition leaders must forged the weapons to combat The conglomeration of level, but unity in diversity.” India. He said those asking Congress said if Bhagwat is Owaisi and BSP supremo admit the fact that there is destructive criticism. Logic Hindutva can follow his suit The great reformer, Sir Muslims to leave the country true to his words, he must give Mayawati were equally critical always room for introspection, can serve as a cathartic in and change their thought Syed Ahmed Khan echoed cannot call themselves Hindus directions that all those BJP of Bhagwat’s statement. amelioration, and realization in clearing the mind of the process. Or, they will distance similar sentiments: “Centuries and those indulging in lynch- leaders who “harassed” inno- Mayawati using a Hindi every man’s life. There is no cramping effects of obstructive, themselves from his state- have passed since God desired ing people in the name of cent Muslims be removed from proverb said the RSS chief’s fixed time or age for such real- cold criticism. Every human ments. If neither of these reac- that Hindus and Mussalmans cows must know that they are their posts. Senior Congress statement was like ‘muhmein ization. Valmiki had been a rob- being may step in successful- tions emerges, then Bhagwat’s may share the climate and the against Hindutva. The DNA of (The writer is a legal journalist leader Digvijaya Singh said, Ram, bagalmeinchuri'. ber before turning into a Rishi ly from the dark tunnel of the healthy views will fade away produce of this land and live all Indians is the same. and author. The views “Mohan Bhagwat Ji, will you It is, however, a sad state of and excelling in poetry and lit- soul to the upward path, cross- over time. and die on it together.” The Asserting that it is not expressed are personal.) pass on these views to your dis- affairs that the opposition lead- erature. ing through the stages of spir- There is an urgent need for world as such is one family and image makeover or vote bank ciples, preachers, Vishwa Hindu ers, instead of appreciating Emperor Ashoka had itual illumination and realisa- Hindu-Muslim unity in the one nest.  ! "#%&'(!&) (") *+,-,*  .


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In spite he has dispatched his Police he situation in Hong Kong was to be hosted by Pakistan from and Afghan-led solution, the of very close border operations Minister and premier of Tis deteriorating and the Saturday, has been postponed till Pakistan Foreign Office said here. normally not acceded to by inter- KwaZulu Natal province to a Chinese Government is not Eid al-Adha, officials said on statement. nationally accepted norms/stan- township in Durban amid esca- keeping the commitment that Friday, amidst escalating vio- On Thursday, Afghanistan dards/procedures, Pakistan took lating tensions between the it made, US President Joe Biden lence in the war-torn country and Vice President Saleh tweeted: necessary measures within its ter- Indian and Black African com- has said. trading of barbs between Kabul "Pakistan air force has issued (an) ritory to safeguard our own munities there. “The situation in Hong and Islamabad over alleged sup- official warning to the Afghan troops and population," the The tensions between the Kong is deteriorating and the port to Taliban militants. Army and Air Force that any Foreign Office two communities in the Indian Chinese Government is not Congressman Mike The conference was origi- move to dislodge the Taliban said. It said Pakistan in the last township of Phoenix and sur- keeping the commitment that Gallagher had introduced the nally scheduled from July 17 to from Spin Boldak area will be week had rescued 40 Afghan rounding areas have been minister Bheki Cele and are volatile at the moment,” it made on how it would deal resolution ahead of the CCP''s 19 in Islamabad and was to be faced and repelled by the Pakistan National Defense and Security sparked by social media posts Premier of KwaZulu Natal Ramaphosa said. with Hong Kong,” Biden told centenary on July 1, and has attended by a number of high- Air Force. Pak air force is now Forces (ANDSF) personnel, who in which there are calls for province Sihle Zikalala to go to Concerned over the wide- reporters on Thursday at a called on Speaker Nany Pelosi ranking Afghan leaders. Taliban providing close air support to fled war scenes, and they will be action against each other’s these areas to address the sit- spread violence and rioting in joint news conference with to bring the bipartisan resolu- leaders were not invited. Taliban in certain areas." (sic) sent to Afghanistan with "respect communities following the vio- uation. South Africa, India''s External German Chancellor Angela tion to the House floor for a "The Afghan Peace Fierce fighting has been going on and dignity". lence over the arrest of former “The Minister of Police Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Merkel. vote. Conference scheduled to be held for the last few days between the "We remain committed to President Jacob Zuma on July was on his way to Phoenix. Our on Wednesday spoke with his The Biden administration The resolution supports in Islamabad from 17-19 July Afghan forces and the Taliban in peace in Afghanistan and shall 7. local leaders - the Premier, the South African counterpart is expected to issue a business the inherent right of the 2021 has been postponed until Spin Boldak town of Kandahar. continue to endeavour towards Ramaphosa was briefly in MEC’s (Members of the Naledi Pandor who assured advisory on Hong Kong on Chinese people to self-deter- after Eid Al-Adha. The new The Taliban militants have this end irrespective of the detrac- Ethekwini, a metropolitan Executive Committee of the him that her government was Friday. mination and free political dates of the said Conference will seized dozens of districts in tors," said the FO. municipality that includes the City) are going to have to deal doing utmost to enforce law “And so it is more of an expressionism independent of be announced later,” the Pakistan recent weeks and are now Meanwhile, in another tweet city of Durban and surround- with that type of situation," the and order and an early restora- advisory as to what may hap- one-party rule, and denounces Foreign Office said in a short thought to control about a third on Friday, the Afghanistan Vice ing towns, to assess the situa- president said. tion of normalcy was the over- pen in Hong Kong. It''s as the CCP’s egregious record of statement. This year Eid Al- of the country, ahead of the President dismissed the tion following the continuing “I wanted to go myself, but riding priority. simple as that and as compli- human rights violations. Adha will be celebrated on July complete withdrawal of US and Pakistan Foreign Office state- violence and looting in the time now is of the essence. We Phoenix and Chatsworth cated as that,” he said in “The Chinese Communist 21. Western troops from Afghanistan ment. "On Pakistani denial: For region. are going to have a Cabinet are the two sprawling town- response to a question on the Party brutally represses its own The cancellation was by September 11. over twenty years Pakistan However, he did not visit meeting later, so I’m going to ships created to forcibly issue. people — from pro-democra- announced as the Foreign Office Pakistan on Friday said it had denied the existence of Quetta the suburbs of Phoenix and have to go back to Gauteng rehouse the thousands of Meanwhile, the Problem cy citizens in Hong Kong to in another statement rejected accepted a request by the Shura or presence of Talib ter- Pietermaritzburg, the provin- (province), but I’m here now, Indian citizens of the region Solvers Caucus'' on Thursday Uyghurs and other religious the remarks made by Afghanistan Afghanistan government to carry rorist leaders in its soil. Those cial capital of KwaZulu-Natal, encouraging and holding the under the draconian apartheid- endorsed the bipartisan reso- minorities — and has not been Vice President Amrullah Saleh out air operations close to the familiar with this pattern, know that have been most affected. hands of both our people on era policy of separate develop- lution condemning the Chinese shy about trying to spread its that the Pakistan Air Force was border adjacent to its Chaman exactly that issuing a statement Durban is the largest city in the ground and also directing ment. Phoenix is now sur- Communist Party''s (CCP) 100 influence beyond its borders,” providing air support to the sector, despite risks and interna- of denial is just a pre-written the KwaZulu-Natal province. the security forces and getting rounded by several Black years of human rights abuses said Congressman Jared Taliban militants in the border tional practice to not allow such paragraph," Saleh wrote. Ramaphosa asked police them to go to those areas that African townships. against its own people. Golden. . ,     2 "/ 3   *   4)/32A3 talked about the many facets of China agreement on trade that whether we can agree on com- how we deal with China ought cooperation and also of com- they abide by the core labour mon norms, I think, particu- to rest and do rest on our hallenges posed by the rise petition with China, be it in the norms of the ILO,” Merkel larly as regards to our rela- shared values,” she added. * 9+  7  Cof an aggressive China economic area, climate pro- said. tionship with China,” Merkel On the Covid pandemic, were discussed by US President tection, military sector, and Merkel said the US and said. the German chancellor further Joe Biden and German security. Germany will cooperate in “We ought to coordinate said getting everyone vacci-   5)) )( China," he said. scheduled for Friday. Chancellor Angela Merkel dur- And obviously, there are a developing state of the art our efforts. We do that in the nated was vital and companies Khan assured Li that no The decision to postpone ing their bilateral meeting at lot of challenges ahead, she told technologies including chips. European Union and we manufacturing anti-coron- rime Minister Imran Khan effort would be spared to fully the meeting was taken a day the White House. reporters. “We want to trade togeth- should do it with the United avirus vaccines must be Pon Friday assured his investigate the incident, adding after the Dasu incident, under- “We talked about China “Trade with China needs to er at a time of digitalisation States. But we also have obvi- encouraged to increase pro- Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang that security of the Chinese scoring the challenges that both and there is a lot of common rest on the assumption that we where security issues loom ously, areas where American duction. that no effort would be spared nationals, workers, projects, the nations have to face due to understanding that China, in have a level playing field so that very large on our agendas. We companies compete with “We are trying to boost to fully investigate the bus blast and institutions in Pakistan was changing regional security sit- many areas, is our competitor,” we all play by the same rules ought to have an exchange on European companies and we production. We are also trying that killed nine Chinese nation- the highest priority of the gov- uation. Merkel told reporters at a joint and have the same standards. this; we ought to talk about is; have to accept that,” she said in to get as many people in our als, stressing that "hostile forces" ernment. China was expected to raise news conference with Biden. That, incidentally, was also the we ought to talk about norms, response to a question. country vaccinated as possible,” would not be allowed to harm He also said that people of the issue of re-energising the The two leaders, she said, driving force behind the EU- standards, govern the internet, “Basically, the rules as to said the German Chancellor. the "brotherly" ties between the Pakistan shared grief and pain CPEC, making the CPEC Long- two countries. of the bereaved families and Term Plan 2017-30 effective Khan held a telephone con- underlined that Pakistan was and issues being faced by versation with the Chinese pre- providing the best possible Chinese companies working  ' <!       mier to express condolences medical care to the injured on the CPEC projects, includ- over the loss of lives of Chinese Chinese nationals. ing a delay in clearing their nationals caused by the tragic So far, it is not clear if the power generation dues. <??' incident in Dasu area of Upper blast was caused by a technical “The JCC-10 meeting on Kohistan district of the restive failure or the vehicle was hit by CPEC which was scheduled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province an explosion. While China be held on July 16, 2021 has "" 1   >  on Wednesday. termed the mishap as a bomb been postponed to a later date At least 13 people, includ- attack, Pakistan stated that the after Eid,” Lt. General Asim   5)) )( if it is able to provide attractive ing nine Chinese nationals and blast was caused by a gas leak. Saleem Bajwa, chairman of the financing arrangements accept- two Frontier Corps soldiers, China on Thursday said it CPEC Authority, tweeted. akistan and Russia have able to Pakistan. In any case, died and 39 others were injured is rushing a special team of He said that a fresh date will Psigned an agreement for the Pakistani entities will maintain when the bus carrying Chinese experts to Pakistan to probe the be shared when finalised but in construction of about 1,100-km majority shareholding. The engineers and workers to the blast. The Chinese engineers the meanwhile preparations gas pipeline from Port Qasim Russian side will arrange fund- site of the under-construction and construction workers are continue. Bajwa on Thursday in Karachi to Lahore at an esti- ing for foreign exchange com- Dasu Dam exploded. The bus helping Pakistan build a dam, received a call about the post- mated cost of $ 2.5-3 billion by ponents through suppliers’ fell into a deep ravine after the which is part of the USD 60 bil- ponement of the meeting in the the end of 2023, according to credit or typical project financ- explosion. lion China-Pakistan Economic midst of a meeting that a media report on Friday. ing to cover imported items like According to an official Corridor (CPEC). Planning Minister Asad Umar The Heads of Terms steel, consultancies, pipelines statement, Khan reiterated that Meanwhile, The Express was holding with the provinces (HoTs) of shareholders’ agree- and related products and mate- Pakistan and China had an Tribune reported that the meet- to sort out issues before the JCC, ment was signed on Thursday rials not available in Pakistan. iron-clad friendship which had ing of the Joint Cooperation a senior official told The Express after four days of talks, the The pipeline size was agreed withstood the vicissitudes of Committee – the strategic brain Tribune. Dawn News reported. at 56-inch diameter to cater for time. of the China-Pakistan He said that the Chinese The two sides also signed next 30-40 years of energy “No hostile forces would be Economic Corridor – was were not happy with the way minutes of the third meeting of needs in the country that will allowed to damage brotherly abruptly postponed on Pakistan handled the bus attack the Russia-Pakistan Joint ensure 700-800 million cubic relations between Pakistan and Thursday. The meeting was issue. Technical Committee (JTC) feet per day (mmfcd) of free gas for implementation of the flow which can go up to Pakstream Gas Pipeline Project 2,000mmcfd with     – commonly known as North- compressors. -1       South Gas project. The next steps will be the  "  The two sides agreed over signing shareholders’ agree- 74:26 per cent shareholding in ment, financial agreement, gas 
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Subramanian said the sup- recent expansionwas speaking According to the docu- ply-side reforms undertaken by at a function to launch four ment, the company plans to per cent stake), SAIF III the government in sectors such new flights from Gwalior. raise 8,300 crore through Mauritius Company Ltd (12.1 as agriculture, labour, export “Coronavirus has hit the fresh equity and another 8,300 per cent), SAIF Partners India PLI scheme, changein MSME aviation sector hard, but things crore through offer-for-sale. IV Ltd (5.1 per cent), SVF definition, creation of the bad are improving. By 2024, we Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad and Scindia was working hard to Paytm founder, managing Panther (Cayman) Ltd (1.3 per bank, privatisation of public have to develop 100 airports in Mumbai. The aviation minister fulfill the prime minister’s director and chief executive cent) and BH International   6 ) from FY23 onwards and accel- sector banks among others, the country to create 1,000 air also announced that from July dream that even those who officer Vijay Shekhar Sharma Holdings (2.8 per cent) will also erate from there on,” are going to push growth in the routes. Out of these 100, 61 air- 18, a Jabalpur-Delhi-Jabalpur wear slippers should be able to and Alibaba group firms will sell stake. he country’s economy will Subramanian said at a virtual future. ports are already connected. flight will be launched fly. Chouhan said though dilute some of their stake in the The document did not Tstart witnessing a growth of event organised by Dun & He said vaccination is A total of 360 air routes while in October a Khajuraho- Madhya Pradesh has a lot proposed offer-for-sale. disclose the quantum of equi- 6.5 to 7 per cent from fiscal Bradstreet. important for the country to have been started which was Delhi-Khajuraho flight will of potential in the tourism Alibaba group firm Antfin ty that the founder and share- 2023 onwards, helped by vari- “Given the significant recover from the pandemic Prime Minister start. SpiceJet will soon start a and industries sector, air con- (Netherlands) Holding BV will holders will be selling during ous reforms undertaken by the reforms that have been done and to convert Covid19 into Narendra Modi’s dream Boeing plane service for nectivity was a major issue, and be selling at least 5 per cent the issue. Government so far and also as over the last one and a half effectively the common flu and under the UDAN scheme,” he Mumbai too, he said. now with Scindia heading the stake to bring its shareholding The company has pro- Covid-19 vaccination drive years, I have no hesitation in reduce its impact significantly. said. “In the economy of any At present 14 flights oper- civil aviation ministry, this below 25 per cent in Paytm to posed to use 4,300 crore for progresses, Chief Economic saying that I look forward to a While addressing the event country, transport sector plays ate from Bhopal,22 from problem will be resolved. comply with regulatory growing and strengthening Advisor Krishnamurthy decade of high growth for earlier, Economic Advisory a major role. Today we are con- Indore, 14 from Jabalpur and A beginning in this direc- requirements, according to a Paytm ecosystem, including Subramanian said. India.” Council tothe Prime Minister necting Gujarat and six from Gwalior, and the tion has been made with the source. through acquisition of con- He said the second wave He said the momentum in (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Maharashtra with Madhya number will be increased in launch of new flights from According to the docu- sumersand merchants and pro- of Covid-19 is unlikely to have recovery that was seen in the Debroy said GDP growth rate Pradesh,” he said. coming days, said Scindia. Gwalior, he said. SpiceJet CMD ment, investors selling stake viding them with greater access a very significant on the econ- fourth quarterof FY21 and is a function of what the base He had a personal con- Union agriculture minister Singh said his airline has start- include Antfin (Netherlands) to technologyNand financial omy. overall in the second half of was in the last year. nection with the two states as Narendra Singh Tomar, ed flights from 14 airports in Holding BV (which has a 29.6 services. The country’s economy FY21 got impacted to some “Since the base in 2021 he was born in Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Chief the country from where no air per cent stake), Alibaba.Com Paytm plans to earmark Rs contracted by 7.3 per cent in extent by the second wave of dropped by 7 and some deci- and is the “son-in-law of Minister Shivraj connectivity was available until Singapore E-Commerce Private 2,000 crore for business initia- fiscal 2020-21. COVID-19. mal point percentages, corre- Gujarat”, Scindia quipped. Singh Chouhan and now. State ministers Tulsiram Ltd (7.2 per cent) and Elevation tives,Nacquisitions and strate- “Together with the While the second wave spondingly the (real rate of) Four new flights of SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Silawat and Pradyumna Capital V FII Holdings Ltd (0.7 gic partnerships and up to 25 reforms and focus on vaccina- was quite devastating on the growth in 2021-22, because of were launched from Gwalior Director of SpiceJet Ajay Singh Tomar and Gwalior BJP per cent). per cent of the total fund raised tion, I expect growth to start health side, the economic that low base, will be high,” he on Friday Singh were also present on MP Vivek Shejwalkarflagged- Moreover, Elevation through the IPO for general hitting close 6.5 to 7 per cent impact of that has been limit- said. connecting the city with the occasion. Tomar said that off the new flights. Capital V Ltd (which has a 0.6 corporate purposes. ="" A?? 
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At the same time, however, he has an everyday citizens, his documentary, Invisible under- outsider’s point of view coming back to Demons — which recently had its world pre- taking, Delhi after being away for a few years. miere at Cannes 2021 in the ‘Cinema For which He tells us, “This film addresses how The Climate’ section — delivers a visceral eventual- people with greater financial means have and immersive journey through the stories ly became tried to avoid dealing with climate change. of Delhi’s 30 million inhabitants fighting to Invisible If there’s a heatwave, they invest in air con- survive. Jain engages the senses by directly Demons. ditioning. If the water is polluted, they buy stimulating our desire to live in a world with Initially, he a filter. Eventually, however, the effects equitable access to clean air and water. thought that become inescapable.” Conceived while he was still a student returning home would Now, the question arises — Can such at the California Institute of the Arts, Jain’s reconnect him with his family realistic films impact people’s mindsets debut feature, Machines, was screened at the and the land itself. Soon, however, he and make them start acting towards Sundance Film Festival in 2017. The doc- became consumed with working on his becoming more responsible citizens? Jain umentary, which chronicled the gruelling sophomore effort day in and day out. But this really moved me a lot. I, at least, had maybe, wanting to use the privilege that I narrates one incident, “Trust me, the day conditions workers endure inside a textile But how did he conceptualise it? He tells the option of leaving the place and settling have; being the hands, the legs, and the eyes I landed from Bhutan, the threat became factory in Gujarat, captivated the festival’s us that even before when he decided to be somewhere else, but what about other for the victims; use my spirit to find a way existential. I can still recall the day when audience all across the world. Following the a filmmaker, he was concerned about the people who have been living there for ages? to express their suffering. I don’t know if a I met my family doctor, somebody with success of his first project, Jain returned to natural world and the biosphere. He still They can’t leave, and it was the same thought film can explicitly change anything, but it, whom I have a close relationship with, he college to pursue a Master’s degree in recalls answering this question as a teenag- that came while I was filming Machines.” indeed, changes the way one thinks. It just was crying because his wife was sick. I Aesthetics and Politics. It was during this er, “‘What do you want to do when you grow This forced him to carve his feelings into sits somewhere in your subconscious mind.” consoled him and said, ‘you’re a doctor, time that he started to think about the visu- up?’ I used to say that I want to do some- something more concrete. As he considered Despite feeling like an alien in his birth- you can provide the best treatment to her’. al representation of the anthropocene (the thing related to the environment. And I this project, Delhi was repeatedly in the news place, this was a process of endearment for He said, ‘What do you want me to do? current geological age, viewed as the peri- studied environmental and areological as the world’s most polluted city, revealing him. Still, there’s no denying that reacclimat- How do I create a sterilised environment od during which human activity has been engineering in my first year of college but his hometown as the perfect container for ing to Delhi was a physical challenge. The for her?’ When a doctor, who knows the the dominant influence on climate and the I failed miserably. I couldn’t really deal with his vision. Tackling climate change global- taxing heat and humidity took a toll on him. ins and outs of a human body, had given environment). His thesis centered on the numbers. So yes, I was subconsciously ly would have been too large a task to man- Working 12-hours, Jain and his team would up hopes to save somebody so close to intersection between cinema and this rele- already trying to do something about this deserts, everything combined. Going there age. While troubling, Delhi provided the film in two or three different locations each him, that’s when you know things are real- vant concept. as a younger person.” made me feel like, ‘whoa! What is this is canvas he needed to achieve his goals. day. Mobility, in a city of 30 million people ly bad.” He says, “Even for my thesis, I wrote on Jain admits that he was terrified of going place?’ It definitely made me come one step Given the number of films made about and three and a half million cars, was one “In Delhi, there are these billboards Anthropocene and Cinema. I was trying to back to Delhi, where he grew up. closer to nature. And at the same time, I climate change and other environmental of the most challenging aspects of the pro- cajoling you to buy your dream palace, find a way to depict the relationship Throughout his childhood, he didn’t engage remember, everybody around me was con- issues in recent years, his goal was to pro- duction. Half of the time they had allocat- and you see them while you’re stuck in a between humans and nature and what will with his surroundings — whether natural cerned about climate change, the rising lev- duce a project that went beyond the head- ed to shoot was spent in traffic. traffic jam. There’s a shot of this in the happen if that relationship ends. I was or urban — and spent most of his time els of pollution, global warming et al,” shares lines. He wanted to resonate this project with He says, “I didn’t want to make anoth- film, which is promising people a sterilised exploring how artistes in the last 100 years indoors. In a sense, he was a stranger to his he and adds, “After some time, I went to people on a visceral level. Rather than mak- er film grounded on informational overload place while you’re stuck in the extremely of filmmaking have been able to commu- own hometown. 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6  /  today,” adds Naren, with a smile. work. Plus, importantly, every how they played pranks on each other! storylines, among other things. film, the pair were in the news for Indeed, the conversations led to project is so different. If I listen to One thing I remember clearly — and I relate with it — is that after However, can you imagine a their work on the score for 9    6 an official collaboration in 2010 for Paatal Lok one day, Ray the next, the 1979 World Cup, which he played, he was dropped. When he was film/series which does not feature Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa from  / 6  Anurag Kashyap’s That Girl In and Tryst the day after, I’ll be selected for the 1983 squad, he recounted what went through his mind, a catchy tune? Ray, an anthology based on the /
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But an tions as she heads to the Tokyo weightlifter at the Olympics, ing under pressure.” Olympic athlete is known to Games. landed here along with nation- India will be represented overcome all such challenges The 27-year-old is going to al coach Vijay Sharma and by a record 15 shooters, all and deliver. Some athletes as the Olympics as a world No 1, assistant coach Sandip Kumar capable of winning a medal at you know thrive under pres- similar to 2012 when she had after undergoing a 50-day sport’s biggest stage after an sure. So pressure can work climbed to the pole position training stint in St Louis, USA. exceptional run of form in both ways. We’ll find out in ahead of the London Games. Another coach Pramod recent years. Tokyo,” he said. However, Deepika could on my shooting.” Olympic medal hope in the Sharma and physiotherapist “It (the Indian shooting Rio 2016 didn’t go as per not live up to the expectation, Deepika is in the peak form mixed pair competition. Aalap Javadekar also accompa- team) is certainly up there plans, and this time too, the making a first-round exit. Rio of her career, attaining the No 1 However, the power couple nied Chanu for the Tokyo among our top prospects for an more than hope, I am confi- 2018, the NRAI boss has rea- Indian shooting team is head- Games was no different as she ranking after winning two indi- of Indian archery has turned Games, which was delayed by Olympic medal,” Raninder dent that they will do very well. sons to feel confident about a ing into the Games with a fine made a last 16 exit in individual vidual World Cup Gold medals into ‘fiercest rivals’ in the lead up a year due to the Covid-19 pan- said. “It’s a wonderful strong decent medal haul from his record to boot and expecta- and lost to Russia in team quar- this year. to the Tokyo Games. Finding demic. The Olympics are sched- mix of youth and experience. shooters at the Games. tions to live. terfinals. “As the day nears and count- herself as the lone female archer The 26-year-old Indian uled to be held from July 23 to It is good that people have Before the coronavirus “It is all a learning process. “I don’t want a repeat any- down begins, pressure builds up. in the Indian camp after the will be competing in the 49 kg August 8, with the shooting expectations. It means we have pandemic broke out, Indian The way we have bounced more. It’s past but yes, that will So, it’s about mentally tuning and women’s team failed to make the category in her second events starting a day after the done something right,” shooters consistently dominat- back as a squad shows that we play on my mind and there how to keep calm and don’t get cut, Deepika has resorted to the Olympics. opening ceremony and cover- Raninder, under whose stew- ed the sport, finishing top of have left Rio behind and would be some pressure on the unsettled,” she said. “I’m basical- next best option — competing Chanu, who won Gold ing the first 10 days of the ardship the country’s shooters the table in four ISSF World moved on at the very least. back of my mind,” she said, a day ly focusing on mind and tech- with Atanu. Not only Atanu, medals in the 2017 World extravaganza. have grown by leaps and Cups in 2019 with teen sensa- Now the objective should be to before leaving for Tokyo. nique, playing more individual Deepika is competing against all Championships and 2018 A week before the Games bounds, said. tions such as Saurabh create new memories. “So, it’s about trying my best and team matches rather than the three male members of the Commonwealth Games, had a begin, Raninder said, “I cer- Considering their terrific Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker Hopefully this time around, to keep myself free of all those just practice.” Tokyo-bound team as well as the disappointing outing at the tainly am hopeful (of a good run in the last few years, start- leading the way. more sweet ones than bitter,” negative thoughts and take less Deepika and her husband trainees at the Army Sports Rio Games, faltering in all her show by our shooters). 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umit Nagal on Friday made very happy. I am getting a thrice. Tokyo: Saddled with many ‘ifs Sthe cut for the men’s singles chance to represent the coun- His best performance has   and buts’ around the conduct of event of the Tokyo Olympics as try. I can’t complain much been making the quarterfinals hockey at the Olympics, The large-scale withdrawals pushed about it,” Nagal said from of the ATP 250 event in Buenos Paris: World number one FIH on Friday said if finalists at him inside the qualification Germany. Aires in March. His ranking Novak Djokovic on Thursday the Tokyo Games are ruled of mark and the Indian tennis The 23-year-old Nagal will has dropped to 154 after begin- said he will play at the Tokyo the title clash due to Covid-19, player is now hoping that com- enter the Olympics with some ning the year at 137. Olympics, giving him the both teams will be awarded peting at the biggest stage will disappointing results “To be honest, I have been opportunity to achieve the Gold medals. settle a ‘few things’ that are this season as he struggling with a few things, I first Golden Slam by a male The FIH also said the dis- bothering him in his career. has suffered am not going to name it. player. Hiroshima: IOC President cretion to withdraw from hock- The All India Tennis seven first Getting into Olympics will “I booked my flight for Thomas Bach got a mixed recep- ey events due to Covid outbreak Association (AITA) promptly round defeat hopefully change things in my Tokyo and will proudly be join- tion in his visit on Friday to within a team will lie with the paired him with Rohan on the career. It’s going to be amazing ing #TeamSerbia for the Hiroshima to mark the first day respective competing nations. Bopanna for the men’s doubles Circuit, experience. I will give my 100 Olympics,”" tweeted Djokovic. of the so-called Olympic Truce. Terming the Tokyo competition by withdrawing including at per cent on the court.” “With much pride I’m Bach laid a wreath and Olympics as “different from the Divij Sharan’s nomination since the Australian The International Tennis packing for Tokyo and joining observed a minute of silence in normal Games”, FIH CEO singles players are getting pri- Open. Federation (ITF) communi- our national team in the fight the rain in front of the Peace Thierry Weil said a team can still CEO said: “There are no num- can’t play a pool game it will be ority in entering the doubles cated to the AITA on Friday for the brightest medals at the Memorial Park cenotaph. Faint keep on playing even when bers fixed. It’s the teams discre- considered a 5-0 win for the draw. morning that Nagal was eligi- Olympic arenas,” he then voices of protesters, who were multiple cases are reported with- tion when to withdraw. If a team other team. In case both teams Nagal was ranked ble for men’s singles, hours tweeted in Serbian. “For me kept at a distance, could be heard in the group. has for example 6, 7 positive fail to turn up, it will be consid- 144 on June 14, when before the deadline for entries playing for Serbia was always shouting “go home Bach” and He said there are still many cases, they still can play. ered a goalless draw. ATP rankings were expires. a special joy and motivation “you’re not welcome here.” ‘ifs and buts’ surrounding the “Until a complete team is The SSR also states that if a to be considered for Till Thursday, the cut-off and I will give my best to make Dozens of protesters were rules and regulations which affected, I feel withdrawal won’t team withdraws or is unable to direct entries but was in the range of 130 as us all happy. Let’s go.” seen near the Atomic Bomb need further clarifications but happen.” participate in the Bronze medal consistent with- Yuki Bhambri, with his pro- The 34-year-old has Dome with signs that read hoped that a situation where a According to Weil, the FIH match, such a side will not be drawals helped tected ranking of 127, made already won the Australian “Cancel The Olympics” and team needs to withdraw from has already prepared the Sports replaced, and the remaining him. the cut. Open, French Open and “No Bach.” the competition because of Specific Regulations (SSR) for team will be allocated the Bronze “I knew it However, since he Wimbledon titles this year. Bach’s vice president John Covid doesn’t arise at all. the extra-ordinary Olympics, medal. In case the two teams due (cut-off) was recently underwent a proce- He needs Olympic Gold and Coates also appeared on Friday Asked about the rules which states that two Gold to play in the Bronze medal gonna drop. dure on his right knee in the then the US Open to become in Nagasaki, the second city that framed for a side’s withdrawal medals will be given if both match are unable to compete, Things are dif- US, he has made himself the first man to capture the was hit by an American atomic from hockey competition due to finalists are struck by Covid. both the teams will be awarded ferent this year, unavailable. Golden Grand Slam. AFP bomb in 1945. AP positive Covid cases, the FIH As per the SSR, if a team a Bronze medal. PTI