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However, realising his 360 plex matters on global eco- the end. ormer President Pranab Pranab Mukherjee was the Ministers, Pranab Mukherjee’s . FMukherjee breathed his last 13th President of India from climb up the political ladder # on Monday after battling var- 2012 to 2017 and was conferred stopped just short of his ambi- "2 ious ailments, including coro- with the highest civilian award, tion to occupy the PM’s post *.")+ navirus, for almost 20 days. 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The Centre expressed his condolences on + Talready volatile Line of you folded hands,” Abhijit announced a seven-day nation- the death of leaders and friends, #)3129)32,&,3412 Actual Control (LAC) in Mukherjee tweeted. al mourning period —August greet people on festivals or wish Ladakh when the Chinese The late President was 31 to September 6. them on their birthdays. " # $ &$' troops tried to intrude into operated for the removal of a A quintessential party loy- Continued on Page 2 L India at the Pangong Tso (lake) &'K) *') ) + on the intervening night of August 29-30. The alert Indian Leh highway to enable the #123,2*423 troops foiled the aggression. military convoys to move fast. 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A three-month face-off is open sources said China has " Given the situation at the already on the northern bank built a heliport near Doklam, # " . LAC in the region where stand- of the Pangong Tso between which lies on the tri-junction . + off is on for the last more than “Finger 4” and “Finger 8” sec- of India, China and Bhutan three months and the latest tor. Despite agreeing to disen- near Sikkim in the east. #% ". #&%' “provocative” step on the gage in the several rounds of Besides this, China is also #/ %''!% &# southern side of the Pangong military-level talks, the Chinese building at least two helipads in *12- ," Tso by the Chinese, the Indian have refused to withdraw their eastern Ladakh — one in * """ Army has rushed more troops troops from there. 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%"::: voice asserts, “This is the worst From Page 1 case scenario, right?” 1 The audio tapes relate to To this, Chakraborty agreed conversations between Sushant and Rajput commented saying, Singh Rajput, Rhea “I think, yes.” rail corporations are ready to lated with all metro corpora- intends to put in place to 2 meters distance shall be Chakraborty, his wealth man- The man’s voice can then be start operation in a gradual tions and each metro corpo- ensure safer travel for its pas- maintained between the frisk- agers as well as his private heard saying, “Sushant had this n a move to finalise the manner in view of surging of rations will discuss with local sengers. ing and line up points. one- managers. The tapes refer to insistence yesterday” to which Istandard operating proce- the Unlock4 guidelines. There coronavirus. Modalities for requirements or modifica- Wearing of masks will be meter distance shall be main- conversations from the first Sushant responds by saying, dures (SOPs) the Ministry of are 17 metro corporations in running the services will be tions. Limiting number of mandatory and social dis- tained between passengers week of January 2020 to the few “Trust me.” Housing and Urban Affairs the country. Once the detailed finalized on Tuesday and it people in lifts and longer halt- tancing norms will be fol- waiting at the security point. months preceding his mysteri- In another conversation Ministry will hold a meeting SOPs are issued by the min- will be vary state by state. The ing time for trains at stations lowed as per government Passengers shall remove all ous death on June 14. between Rajput, actress with all managing directors of istry, they can issue their SOPs for Chennai metro will to allow commuters to board guidelines inside the stations. metallic items from their body In one of the conversa- Chakraborty, her father Indranil metro rail corporations on details keeping in mind local be differ from the Delhi and alight with social dis- Demarcation of queuing area and place them inside their tions, Rajput is reported to Chakraborty and her former Tuesday for the functioning of requirements. Metro. tancing norms, are among shall be made at the security own bag and further present have said, “This bipolar disor- manager Shruti Modi, the group metro trains allowed under Officials said that metro The SOPs already circu- the measures the Delhi Metro point. them at X-BIS. der. In that state, firstly, I don’t can be heard discussing the think acting is something I will actor’s financial future with be able to do. Second, I don’t fund managers. In this conver- ! "##$))) Rhea has now been called Sushant’s sister Meethu and his Prinyaka, in which it emerged doctor’s prescription. He claimed know which economic structure sation, Rajput also expresses his on Tuesday for the fifth round ex-manager Shruti Modi on the latter offered to get pre- that Sushant’s family had known I can get into. So, in some ways, desire to shift base from From Page 1 of questioning. November 26, 2019, revealed scriptions from a Delhi-based about the late actor’s health. “The I am in 50-50 mind. It’s not like Mumbai. The CBI also asked her In the ongoing electronic that Shruti had sent to the doctor for getting anti-depres- family denied and made a false I can be confident about com- The conversations in the about her relationship with the media trial, some more actor’s sister medicines pre- sant tablets for treatment of his statement with the CBI, the SC From Page 1 ing back.” tapes purportedly suggest that late actor, his mental condition, WhatsApp messages emerged scribed by the doctor’s pre- condition. Among other things, and Mumbai Police that it was Electricity, gas, water sup- In another reported record- Chakraborty was actively and whether she - as a stay-in on the mental condition of scription for her brother, Priyanka told him to have Rhea who was giving ply and other utility services ings, the voices of Rajput, engaged in consulting fund friend -- was giving medicines Sushant’s death in the run-up to Messenger messages emerged - Librium capsules for a week and drugs/medicines to Sushant,” segment too shrank by 7 per Chakraborty and an unidenti- managers about managing to Sushant, whether she had the actor’s death and the fact that - in which the actor’s another sis- then start taking Nexito 10 mg Rhea’s lawyer said. cent in the first quarter of fied man can be heard in which Rajput’s funds ostensibly to either given directly or admin- the actor’s family was very much ter Priyanka was advising once every day after breakfast. In a related development, 2020-21, against 8.8 per cent the actor can be heard saying, ensure a secure future for istered drugs to Sushant, in the know of the actor suffer- Sushant to take the medicines in The medicines mentioned by the CBI questioned four staffers growth a year ago. “At this point of time, I just want him. whether she had received money ing from depression and the event of anxiety attacks. Priyanka for Sushant were of the Waterstone Resort where Similarly, trade, hotel, to ask for a favour.” Chakraborty Librium, Nexito 10 mg and the actor stayed for one and a transport, communication responds with a “yes” and Lonazep. half to two months to undergo and services related to broad- Rajput goes on to ask, “How can arrived at during military and there were no physical skir- ground”. On his part, Rhea’s lawyer spiritual healing. casting declined 47 per cent in we save all the money?” To this, 222 diplomatic engagements during mishes and as the Army was Asked about any meeting Satish Maneshinde alleged that Meanwhile, Goa-based the first quarter from 3.5 per the unidentified man says, “We From Page 1 the ongoing standoff in Eastern aware of the Chinese move, the going on to resolve the issue, he the actor’s Sushant had obtained hotelier Gaurav Arya, whose cent growth earlier. talked about our worst case sce- Giving details of the latest Ladakh and carried out provoca- troops established themselves in said, “What I said is that the two anti-depressant tablets for her name has figured in drug-relat- Financial, real estate and nario yesterday.” move on August 29-30 (Saturday tive military movements to a move to block the Chinese sides through diplomatic and brother without proper pre- ed issues involving Sushant, professional services fell by 5.3 In what could be his possi- last), sources said here on change the status quo.” “Indian advance. military channels maintain close scription. “Rhea in her state- Rhea and others, was on per cent in Q1 FY21 from 6 ble admission of the illness, Monday the Chinese troops troops preempted this PLA The Pangong Tso is one of communication. As to specific ments to the CBI and ED said Monday questioned by the per cent growth in same peri- Rajput retorts saying, “Yeah! carried out “provocative” mili- activity on the southern bank of the four friction points on the meetings and talks, if there is on June 8, Priyanka had chatted Enforcement Directorate (ED) od last fiscal. Public adminis- Here, I am fighting with my tary movements to change the Pangong Tso lake, undertook LAC in eastern Ladakh. anything we will release it in with Sushant. She asked Sushant for nine hours in an alleged tration, defence and other mind. So, this is probably the status quo” near Pangong Tso. measures to strengthen our Denying that its troops timely manner.” to take three different medicines money laundering case-linked to services too saw a decline of worst case I will ever see.” Timely intelligence reports positions and thwart Chinese acted aggressively and crossed Meanwhile, the Western without prescription. Rhea Sushant’s death. 10.3 per cent during the quar- The unknown man in the enabled the Indian troops to intentions to unilaterally change the LAC on August 29-30, Theatre Command of the protested as she said he was Arya, who had arrived in ter under review, from 7.7 per tape advises that a private trust block the Chinese patrol of facts on ground,” it said. China instead claimed India Chinese army said the Indian already taking medicines pre- Mumbai on Sunday, appeared cent growth a year earlier. can be set up to ensure that his more than 300 soldiers, they The Indian Army is com- was the transgressor and asked troops have violated the con- scribed by Sushant’s doctors. before the ED officials at 11 am. “GDP at Constant (2011- needs are taken care of. “All said. The failed bid took place on mitted to maintaining peace it to withdraw its troops from the sensus reached at the multi-level Rhea had an argument with His questioning finished at 8 12) Prices in Q1 of 2020-21 is decisions are with the pool of the south bank of the Pangong and tranquility through dia- Chinese territory. talks between India and China Sushant regarding the same and pm, estimated at Rs 26.90 lakh people who are trustees,” the Tso, which is of huge signifi- logue but is also equally deter- Chinese Foreign Ministry and again crossed the LAC at the then Sushant asked her to leave. Accompanied by Delhi- crore, as against Rs 35.35 man’s voice elaborates to which cance as it is a new area, officials mined to protect its territorial spokesperson Zhao Lijian said, border on Monday and pur- Rhea then called her brother, based lawyer Manu Sharma, lakh crore in Q1 of 2019-20, Chakraborty concurred. said. This area falls in the integrity. A Brigade “Chinese border troops always posely launched provocations. Showik Chakraborty, to take her arrived in Mumbai from Goa. showing a contraction of 23.9 Rajput sought to know how Chushul sector. Commander level Flag Meeting strictly abide by the LAC. They China strongly opposes the acts home, Maneshinde told India It may be recalled that on percent as compared to 5.2 to go about the setting up of the In an official statement, the is in progress at Chushul to never cross the line. Border and urges India to immediate- Today. Friday, the ED officials had vis- percent growth in Q1 2019- trust to which Chakraborty Army said, “On the night of resolve the issues,” the statement troops on the two sides have ly withdraw the troops that Among other things, ited Hotel Tamarind at Goa’s 20,” the NSO said in a state- commented, “Isn’t that a little August 29/30, PLA troops vio- said. been in close communication have illegally crossed the LAC. Maneshinde said while the fam- coastal village Anjuna. Seeing ment. extreme?” to which the man’s lated the previous consensus Top level officials also said regarding the issues on the ily of Sushant had maintained the hotel shut, they pasted the “With a view to contain that the late actor was not summons paper on the door of spread of the Covid-19 pan- depressed, Rhea left Sushant’s the hotel. Hotel Tamarind has demic, restrictions were from the actor and whether she Schizophrenia. Before Rhea left Sushant’s home on June 8 because been shut since March this year, imposed on the economic was taking financial and career A day after some WhatsApp flat on June 8, Sushant was Priyanka asked Sushant to because of the lockdown restric- activities not deemed essen- decisions for the deceased actor. messages exchanged between communicating with his sister change his medicines without tions. tial, as also on the movement of people from 25 March, 2020. Q))) Manmohan Singh- ever the demitting the highest office from his freedom fighter par- serving Parliamentarians “Though the restrictions Congress’ trusted Man Friday “The Coalition Years”, ents. His father, a Congress became a member of the have been gradually lifted, as it evolved over the decades. Mukherjee acknowledged that leader, endured great financial Congress Parliamentary Party there has been an impact on From Page 1 Mukherjee was also India’s he had hoped to get the post in hardship and was sent to jail when the Bangla Congress the economic activities as He remained a presence to only non-Prime minister who May 2004 after then Congress several times for his role in the merged with the Congress in well as on the data collection contend even after he demitted was the leader of the Lok Sabha president Sonia Gandhi herself freedom struggle. 1971. mechanisms,” it added. the office of President, often for eight years. He was also the declined the position. The roots were strong and Though he occupied vari- It also said the timelines making headlines as he attend- leader of the Rajya Sabha from “Finally she named Dr never forgotten, taking him ous positions in the for filing statutory returns ed book launches and delivered 1980-85. Manmohan Singh as her choice back often from the corridors Government, Mukherjee was were extended by most regu- lectures. It was a life of many There were other land- and he accepted. The prevalent of power to his village during elected to the Lok Sabha for the latory bodies. firsts and accomplishments for marks in a remarkable political expectation was that I would be Durga Puja, even when he first time only in 2004 when he the West Bengal-born politi- career, which started in 1969 as the next choice for prime min- became president. Photographs won from West Bengal’s own party. But the falling out cian, famed for his encyclope- a Rajya Sabha member for the ister after Sonia Gandhi of Mukherjee, performing Jangipur constituency. He had was brief and Mukherjee dic memory, razor-sharp intel- Bangla Congress which subse- declined,” Mukherjee wrote, prayers in a traditional dhoti, lost the previous two Lok Sabha rejoined the Congress six years lect and deep insights into quently merged with the admitting that he had initially made it to the public domain contests -- from Malda in 1977 later. issues. Congress. refused to join the Cabinet of through his years as minister and Bolpur in 1980. With his vast knowledge of In 1982, he became India’s When he became president Manmohan Singh who had and president. Mukherjee, who rose to post-independence political youngest Finance Minister in 2012, Mukherjee was head- been his junior in the past but In 2015, he lost his wife prominence as a Minister in history and governance, when he was just 47. In the ing 24 of 39 GOMs (Groups of agreed when Sonia Gandhi Suvra Mukherjee. He is sur- Indira Gandhi’s Cabinet, was Mukherjee remained a key fig- years that followed, he served Ministers). Between 2004 and insisted. vived by his two sons Indrajit known for his deep under- ure and active participant in as India’s Minister for External 2012, he chaired 95 GOMs. Mukherjee remained the and Abhijit, and daughter standing of Indian politics, shaping the course of India’s Affairs, Defence, Finance, and Mukherjee was famous in UPA’s chief crisis manager Sharmistha, who was by his economic policies as well as development. Commerce and was the first political circles as a consensus through its tumultuous years, side during important events of strategic issues. He served as member of Indian President to have done builder. starting 2004 until he became his presidential years. Abhijit But after the assassination the Congress Working so. He inspired trust among president on July 25, 2012. and Sharmistha are members of Indira Gandhi, the man Committee, the highest deci- Mukherjee managed the leaders across the political Born on December 11, of Congress now. considered by many to be a sion-making body of the party, rare distinction of serving three spectrum, an asset that proved 1935 in the small village of Mukherjee, who served in candidate for the Prime for 23 years until becoming Prime Ministers as a Minister handy at the time of his elec- Mirati in West Bengal’s the Rajya Sabha for five terms Minister’s post had fallen out of president in 2012 and was -- Indira Gandhi, P V tion as President. Birbhum district, Mukherjee and in the Lok Sabha twice and favour with Rajiv Gandhi. often called in to troubleshoot Narasimha Rao and In his book released after received early lessons in life was one of India’s longest- Expelled In 1986, he formed his for the party.

offence,” it added. judiciary and maintained that indirectly, Bhushan was per- The court said the defence 222 The apex court said there they cannot be said to be a fair suaded to end this matter by of Bhushan in the matter can- is no doubt that while exercis- criticism of the functioning of tendering an apology and “save not be said to be either in pub- From Page 1 ing the right of freedom of the judiciary made in public the grace of the institution as lic interest or bona fide. However, he also indicated speech, fair criticism of system interest. well as the individual, who is an At a press conference he would file a review plea is welcome and judges cannot In its verdict delivered on officer of the court”. organised by CJAR (Campaign against the order. be hyper sensitive even when Monday, the bench noted that “However, for the reasons for Judicial Accountability & Holding that Bhushan has distortions and criticism over- on several occasions it had not best known to him he has nei- Reforms) and Swaraj Abhiyan, attempted to “denigrate the step the limit. only given opportunity but ther shown regret in spite of Bhushan said his tweets were reputation of the institution of “However, the same cannot also directly or indirectly per- our persuasion or the advice of not intended in any way to dis- administration of justice”, a be stretched to permit to make suaded Bhushan to express the Attorney General. Thus, we respect the Supreme Court or bench headed by Justice Arun malicious and scandalous state- regret in the matter. have to consider imposing an the judiciary as a whole, but Mishra ordered that the fine be ment. The court has to act only It said that Attorney appropriate sentence upon were merely meant to express deposited with the apex court in the case where the attack is General K K Venugopal had him,” it said. his anguish which he felt, “was registry by September 15, fail- beyond a permissible limit, also suggested that “it was in “We are not afraid of sen- a deviation from its sterling ing which he would undergo a the strong arm of the law the fitness of things that a con- tencing the contemnor either past record”. simple imprisonment of three strikes a blow on him who temnor expresses regret and with imprisonment or from The issue was never about months and debarred from challenges the supremacy of the withdraws the allegation made debarring him from the prac- “me versus the Judges, much practising in the apex court for rule of law by fouling its source in the affidavit in reply, which tice.” The bench said it cannot less about me versus the three years. and stream,” it said. request was not heeded to by accede to the request made by Supreme Court”, he added. The lawyer told reporters Pronounced by Justice the contemnor (Bhushan).” senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, “While I reserve the right he has the greatest respect for Mishra, who is due to demit “The contemnor not only who appeared for Bhushan, to seek a review of the convic- the institution of the Supreme office on September 2, the gave wide publicity to the sec- that the August 14 judgement tion and sentencing, by way of Court and judiciary and that judgement by the three-mem- ond statement submitted before should be withdrawn or an appropriate legal remedy, I his tweets were not intended to ber bench does not contain the this court on August 24, 2020 recalled. propose to submit myself to disrespect the apex court. name of the author-judge. prior to the same being ten- The bench also noted that this order and will respectful- In its 82-page ver- “In our considered view, dered to the court, but also gave Bhushan had tried to justify the ly pay the fine, just as I would dict on the contempt case sen- the act committed by the con- various interviews with regard averments made on the basis of have submitted to any other tencing, the court said temnor (Bhushan) is a very to sub judice matter, thereby the unprecedented January 12, lawful punishment,” he said. Bhushan’s conduct “reflects serious one. He has attempted further attempting to bring 2018 press conference of the “I have had the greatest adamance and ego” which has to denigrate the reputation of down the reputation of this four most senior judges of the respect for the institution of the no place to exist in the system the institution of administra- court,” the court said. apex court. Supreme Court. I have always of administration of justice tion of justice of which he him- “If we do not take cog- “We hope it was the first believed it to be the last bastion and noble profession, and “no self is a part,” said the bench, nizance of such conduct it will and the last occasion that the of hope, particularly for the remorse is shown for the harm also comprising Justices B R give a wrong message to the judges have gone to press, and weak and the oppressed who done to the institution to which Gavai and Krishna Murari. lawyers and litigants through- God gives wisdom to protect its knock at its door for the pro- he belongs”. “At the cost of repetition, out the country.” dignity by internal mecha- tection of their rights, often “At the same time, we can- we have to state that the faith “However, by showing nism, particularly, when alle- against a powerful executive,” not retaliate merely because the of the citizens of the country in magnanimity, instead of gations made, if any, publicly he added. contemnor has made a state- the institution of justice is the imposing any severe punish- cannot be met by sufferer “What is very heartening ment that he is neither invok- foundation for rule of law ment, we are sentencing the judges. It would cause suffering is that this case has become a ing the magnanimity or the which is an essential factor in contemnor with a nominal to them till eternity,” it said. watershed moment for free- mercy of this court and he is the democratic set up.” fine of Re 1,” it added. “Truth can be the defence dom of speech and seems to ready to submit to the penalty The apex court on August It said that from the very to the Judges also, but they are have encouraged many people that can be lawfully be inflict- 14 held Bhushan guilty of crim- beginning, the apex court was bound by their judicial norms, to stand up and speak out ed upon him for what the inal contempt for his two desirous of giving quietus to ethics, and code of conduct,” it against the injustices in our court has determined to be an derogatory tweets against the this matter and directly or said. society”. PTI

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, $ ', P.) ' '66 "' Sisodia said, “In the last few the sport but he taught me how to step out, it has become the teacher joins this program with years, you all have played an to love the sport.” He said, “I do need of the hour to introduce a curiosity to learn something eputy Chief Minister important role in shaping our not know how much we apply the concept of Physical new, they will be able to con- DManish Sisodia on students. During these Physics and Chemistry in our Literacy. It will help in making tribute a lot,” he said. # /01# $ Monday inaugurated a five COVID-19 times, your role has daily lives but a strong foun- every individual cognizant of While emphasizing the days physical training pro- become even more crucial dation in Physical Education their body and engage in the importance of unorganized '66 "' gramme for physical education because our students are con- will make a difference.” physical activities for their sports, Gopichand said, teachers of the Delhi fined to their rooms. This is The deputy Chief Minister overall well-being.” “Adaptation, learning to abide elhi Deputy Chief Minister Government schools. hampering the physical growth further said, “Physical educa- “We need to multiply this by the rules, you making oth- DManish Sisodia on Around 1300 teachers will of all the students.” tion is something which will be spirit of sports. All the teachers your leader and following Monday reiterated his stand be trained by the ELMS sports Taking the conversation needed 24X7 throughout our ers will have to utilize their them. These are all developed against the options given by the foundation through the online forward, Pullela Gopichnd said, life. Physical and Mental devel- time, resources, and opportu- while playing an unstructured Government of India during a sessions in a span of three “My coach, Hamid Hussain sir opment are interlinked. Today, nity in an optimum manner. If sport. It helps in teaching sev- meeting with the Finance weeks. Addressing the teachers, did not teach me much about when our children are not able every physical education eral life skills.” Ministers of West Bengal, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Telangana in reference to the GST council meeting con- !" $% ,,-.' vened by the Finance Minister of India on August 27. Sisodia discussed viable options with the Finance &'! !" '& !' "& !'" 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It said. cipal and the interest liability *R" 0 ##,-- It is pertinent to mention However in option -II, the should start w.e.f. 2022 and hirty per cent non-resi- here that the Ministry of entire shortfall of Rs.2,35,000 should be entirely serviced out Tdent Covid patients are Finance, Government of India crores (including the COVID- of the receipt from the cess for being treated in Delhi as per '66 "' (UPHC) areas of the district, circulated GST compensation impact portion) may be bor- which the GST Council should the data shared by the State ( -0(0-01* where anyone can get their test options through an arbitrary rowed by States through the extend the period of levy of cess Delhi) Health Department, without any charge,” Yadav division of shortfall arising out issue of market debt. The GOI beyond 5 years or till the time Delhi administration. The he district health depart- said. of GST implementation and will issue an OM committing to it is required to repay the debt. number of other States’ Covid Tment has detected 113 fresh The health official also shortfall arising out on account the repayment of the principal This will obviate the need -19 patients have been Covid-19 cases on Monday, informed that a rate of Rs of COVID pandemic. on such debt from Cess. for borrowing by individual increased in Government and taking the total number of 1,600 has been set for RT-PCR While Finance Ministry In the first meeting of GST, States, which has complications private hospitals both. cases to 11,917. Of this, 10,790 Test from the earlier Rs 2,400 estimated the total shortfall for it was further discussed that the in terms of the borrowing According to a database people have recovered. The and Rs 8,500 for the plasma. So the year 2020-21 is expected to interest shall be paid by the capacities of the State, and having total number of patients Covid-19 toll has reached 133 far, 40 persons had come for- be around Rs.2.3 lakh crore, out States from their resources and also differential interest rates between July 26 to August 28, in the district. ward to donate plasma in it, out of which Rs.96,477 crore is on to elaborate on the options pro- for different States especially in the admission percentage of “Gurugram now has 994 of which 19 persons were account of implementation of vided by the Government of Option No.2. This will also be outside patients in Delhi has active cases, including 858 in- donated plasma. GST and the remaining on India and to arrive at a con- a clean mechanism as the entire increased drastically from 19.5 home isolation. Remaining 136 These produced 80 units of account of COVID-19, the sidered opinion on this com- borrowing has to be routed percent to 30.8 percent. patients are admitted in private, plasma, of which 34 units of options given by the Union plicated issue, Finance through the “Goods and It is important to mention government and Covid care plasma have been given to the government were the shortfall Ministers of West Bengal, Services Tax Compensation here that the percentage of out- centers in the district while 84 needy. arising out of GST implemen- Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Fund as mandated by Section side patients fluctuateed from patients were recovered on Gurugram has 21 such tation (calculated at Rs.97,000 Telangana, and Delhi had a 10 of the Goods and Services 19 percent on July 27 th, 40.6 Monday," Gurugram Civil containment zones where crores approximately) will be detailed discussion through Tax (Compensation to States) percent on August 10th to Surgeon Dr. Virender Yadav infection rate was high. “We borrowed by States through the Video Conference this after- Act, 2017.” nearly 31 percent till August said. have initiated door to door issue of debt under a Special noon and unanimously decid- "GST Council to authorize 28th. The health department screening in these zones to Window coordinated by the ed to reject both the options the Government of India to It implies that the average said out of 133 deaths 93 died identify suspects. We are using Ministry of Finance. given by the Government of borrow the said amount and to percentage of outside corona In Max, Saket out of total In percentage wise, the due to comorbidities and the the rapid antigen kit to test sus- Moreover, the interest on India since these options are make suitable amendments in infected patients in Delhi is 30 175 patients, 95 are non-resi- outside admission in Delhi remaining 40 without comor- pects," he said. the borrowing under the against the letter and spirit of the Goods and Services Tax percent. dents of Delhi while in government was 32.3 percent bidities. He further informed that Special Window will be paid the GST Compensation Act (Compensation to States) Act, The Covid -19 hospital Patparganj branch - 73 patients on August 8, 34.1 percent on Meanwhile the district another initiative has been from the Cess as and when it and the Constitution (101st 2017 to extend the levy and col- data of corona patients admit- are from Delhi however 61 are August 21 with total number of recovery rate from Covid-19 adopted by the district admin- arises until the end of the tran- Amendment) Act lection of Cess under the ted in city hospitals further from outside. patients admitted 340, 28.8 has increased to 91 percent istration in view of the facility sition period. However, these states Goods and Services Tax illustrated that patients from In Sir Ganga Ram hospital percent on August 25 with while the death rate has come of Plasma Donor. According to the Union resolved that the only legally (Compensation to States) Act, Uttar Pardesh,Bihar, Haryana, our of total 100 corona patients, 458 covid registration. down to 1.15 according to data "The administration has Finance Ministry. “After the tenable option is the entire esti- 2017 for the purpose of meet- Rajasthan also admitted for the only 44 are from Delhi and 66 Further, if death data of shared by the district adminis- contacted 4,000 recovered transition period, principal mated shortfall of Rs.2,35,000 ing the repayment liabilities treatment. patients outsiders. span from August 3 till August tration. patients and so far, over 60 have and interest will also be paid crores in the compensation arising out of the borrowing by Instance - in Delhi’s BLK If one analyse the overall 29th, 293 people outside have “Covid testing has been confirmed donations. Plasma from the proceeds of the Cess, cess fund may be borrowed by the Government of India. and hospital total 98 patients have data of almost one month span been died against 397 of Delhi. increased in the district to Donor is being provided with by extending the Cess beyond the Government of India Under this option, the Central been admitted while 47 belong from July26 to August 28th, the Earlier, Delhi Chief prevent the spread of corona a pick and drop facility. Under the transition period for such through RBI/any other suitable Government will also not be to Delhi , 51 patients are from total admission of Corona Minister Arvind Kejriwal had infection. Also an intensive this procedure antibodies are period as may be required. The mechanism. required to make the relax- outside. patients have been increasing. invited suggestions from testing campaign is being contested in the body of the per- State will not be required to ser- According to Delhi gov- ations in the borrowing limits In Apollo, out of total 158 As per government data, Delhiites on whether corona ducted in Gurugram to control son who donates the plasma. If vice the debt or to repay it from ernment, Finance Ministers of the State and or provide for patients, 111 patients who get on July 26, 241 Covid patients patients outside Delhi should the corona infection. Under antibodies have formed in a any other source". agreed to take up the above as special borrowing permissions Corona treatment are from were admitted in city hospitals, get treatment in private hospi- this campaign, area wise camps person's body, the plasma is Borrowing under the the only viable option before in respect of States/Union outside while only 47 from on July 27, the number of tals and Delhi government are being set up in 22 Urban taken only after it is con- Special Window will not be the Nation and the same will be Territories", it said. Delhi. corona patients was 273. hospitals or not. Primary Health Centre firmed,” said Yadav. ('"''* " ! ',* + ' 2 $ 1$$$$/ *" -.( '$*!" '66 "' was received following which DCP. Emergency Response Vehicle “One of the accused iden- 18-year-old boy was shot (ERV) was dispatched for the tified as Chetan was known to # '66 "' was used properly, the situation months and have written to Atwice in his leg after he spot. the complainant and after fir- would have been different. Home Minister Amit Shah. asked another man to park his “On reaching the spot, the ing, both the accused $$2 am Aadmi Party senior “Today a nurse from the “Safai karamcharis, security car properly in South Delhi’s police team found that the persons had run away. A case Aleader and MCD in-charge Hindu Rao hospital wrote a let- guards and other officials of the Chattarpur area. The incident injured had been shifted to under section 307/34 of Indian Durgesh Pathak on Monday ter to the North Corporation Civic Centre and even the peo- occurred on Sunday night. AIIMS. He had received two Penal Code and 27 Arms Act that companies owned/con- warned the Bharatiya Janata mayor demanding her salary and ple who do small works under The victim has been iden- bullet injuries in his right leg” has been registered,” said the -% trolled by Hussain and his rel- Party ruled MCDs to pay the a group of doctors from the the wards have also not received tified as Prabh Preet Singh, a said the DCP. DCP. atives transferred huge pending salaries of their employ- Kasturba Gandhi Hospital wrote their dues," Pathak alleged. resident of Chattarpur. Police “The injured youth told the “During investigation, the . # amounts of money to dubious ees within a week or to resign to the BJP ruled MCD and said Vikas Goel, Leader of said that he is out of danger and police that he alongwith his car used in the crime has been entities / entry operators which immediately. that if they do not get their salary, Opposition in north MCD said his parameters are stable. friends Raman and Sujal were recovered and one of the were returned by them in cash. The AAP leader criticised then they will give mass resig- that being local councilors, we According to Atul Kumar eating snacks near the election accused Chetan has been . The cash received by Hussain the BJP saying that the all three nations,” he said. receive lot of complaints from the Thakur, the Deputy office in Chattarpur when arrested. A manhunt has been through entry operators was BJP-ruled MCDs failed to pay Nearly 8000 MCD teachers people regarding various issues Commissioner of Police Prabh asked the accused per- initiated to nab the other used to fuel the anti-CAA even salaries to its staff even after have threatened to go on strike but when we take up the matter (DCP), South district, on sons to park their car proper- accused identified as Manoj protests and Delhi riots. its combined budget is around Rs if they do not get their salaries, with officials they always com- August 30, a police control ly. On hearing this, the accused (40), who has been also found he Enforcement Investigations also reveal 18,000 crores. He said that if 20% Pathak said, adding that doctors plain that they have not received room (PCR) call regarding persons got angry and one of involved in three other cases,” TDirectorate (ED) has arrest- involvement of Hussain and his of this Rs 18,000 crore budget have not received salary for three their salaries, Goel added. gunshot injuries to a person them fired upon him,” said the said a senior police official. ed suspended Aam Admi Party companies in illegal laundering (AAP) Councillor Tahir of money in the past too,” the Hussain under the provisions ED said in a statement. of the Prevention of Money Searches were conducted !"#$%& %$% "$ #() # $* %$ %$%#$ # $* Laundering Act (PMLA) and by the ED at the residential and has secured a six-day custodi- business premises of Hussain al remand from a special court and his relatives / associates in '66 "' “Mosquito-breeding has mon in this season," said Dr power sprayer mounted on a here. Delhi and Noida/Greater Noida been reported in at least 44259 Ramani Ranjan, Consultant truck placed over the train to Hussain is being probed by on June 23 this year. These ixty nine fresh cases of vec- households and 35103 legal Pediatrician and Neonatologist substantially mitigate the threat the ED in connection with his search operations had led to the Stor-borne diseases were notices have been issued this at Motherhood Hospital. of vector borne diseases includ- role in money laundering and recovery of incriminating doc- reported in the National year. The dengue breeding "Fogging and area sprays ing Chikungunya and Dengue funding of anti-CAA protests uments and evidence including Capital in the last one week, checkers have checked must be properly timed to in 50 to 60 meter area on both and allegedly organizing riots fake invoices which were used taking the total number of 12666665 houses and also coincide with the time of peak sides of railway tracks. in North-East Delhi during for the alleged fraudulent trans- people infected with dengue, issued challans to 1512 num- of adult mosquito activity, This year, Delhi Chief February, 2020. fer of money, the agency said. malaria and chikungunya to bers of office and residential because resting mosquitoes are Minister Arvind Kejriwal in his The ED probe is based on Over the past few days, the 276 this year till August 29. premises,” according to the lat- often found in areas that are address on ‘Independence Day’ multiple FIRs registered by accused Hussain was interro- According to the municipal est report by the South Delhi difficult for the insecticide to announced that the govern- Crime Branch and Dayalpur gated by ED officers in Tihar report 24 fresh cases of dengue, Municipal Corporation reach. These diseases may ment will launch a mega Police Station of Delhi Police Jail while under arrest in con- 38 cases of malaria and seven (SDMC), which compiles infec- require prolonged hospital stay dengue prevention awareness under IPC Sections relating to nection with the Delhi Police cases of chikungunya reported tions data after taking inputs and in the times of COVID-19, campaign from next month to murder, attempt to murder, , case. Subsequently, he was in Delhi. from three other corporations: it also increases our health combat vector borne diseases. extortion and criminal con- arrested under PMLA for his The total number of south Delhi, East Delhi and season. The on and off rains and keep it dry and clean so burden,” he said. Kejriwal had launched a simi- spiracy which which are role in money laundering. dengue cases has reached 105 North Delhi municipal corpo- have made these areas water- that mosquitoes don’t breed The SDMC and Northern lar campaign last year which scheduled offences under After getting remand, this year while 128 people have rations. logged, which becomes the there. We have to use mosqui- Railways on Friday flagged off garnered massive support from PMLA. Hussain was brought to the ED been infected with malaria till .“Malaria can occur suitable breeding ground for to nets/repellent to keep mos- a mosquito terminator train the public and several other “Investigation conducted office for custodial interroga- 29 August. The number for throughout the year but peaks mosquitoes. We have to be very quitoes away. Not only malar- from New Delhi Railway well-known personalities under PMLA have revealed tion, it added. chikungunya is 43. during rain and post rainy careful about our surroundings ia but also dengue is quite com- Station to insecticide from a across the country. !"#$%$% ,-P/& *,P0 #&,* %& #$ # %1#0$ %$% !Q&'""-*0 - !" P / # # ""&$$! &! 3* '4 '

in the clinical trial phases and rest in the pre- clinical trials he ongoing suspension of nfazed by the continuous and by the end of this year we Tscheduled international Urise in the Covid-19 hope to be able to get a vac- passenger flights has been cases, particularly in the last cine against COVID,” he said. extended till September 30. few days when the infection The Minister said there The Directorate General of crossed 60,000 mark daily, was only one lab in February Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Union Health Minister Dr which has now increased to Monday announced its deci- Harsh Vardhan on Monday 1,583 nationwide, and out of sion to extend the suspension expressed confidence that the this more than 1,000 are gov- and efficient clinical man- of international flight opera- country’s coronavirus count ernment labs. agement mechanisms. tions. This ban will not apply will be “under control” by people effectively worked The country is conduct- ven as Maharashtra, Of these four States, Uttar to international all-cargo and selected routes on case-to case- two months of a complete ban Diwali (which falls in mid together to fight the pan- ing about 1 million tests per EAndhra Pradesh and Pradesh has the maximum international scheduled flights basis. on flights, India resumed its November) this year. Vardhan demic,” the Minister said. day which is way ahead of the Karnataka are already con- number of active cases pegged approved by the DGCA. DGCA had first issued a flight operations on May 25. also expressed hope about “But, the virus has taught target, he said. tributing around 43 per cent of at 54,666, followed by Odisha The circular, dated August circular suspending both inter- While domestic travel has been having a vaccine against us a certain lesson, it has He observed that com- the total Covid-19 caseload in (27,219), Chhattisgarh 31, stated that travel and visa national and domestic flights allowed, international flights Covid-19 by the year-end. taught us there has to be a pared to earlier there is no India, four populous States (13,520) and Jharkhand restrictions have been further on March 26 when the nation- are operational only under Inaugurating the ‘Nation new normal and we need to scarcity of PPE kits, ventila- Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, which has 11,577 active cases. extended. But the DGCA stat- wide lockdown was announced Vande Bharat Mission to bring First’ webinar series, organ- be more diligent about, more tors, and N 95 masks now Chhattisgarh, and Odisha have In terms of total/cumula- ed that it may allow interna- in order to curtail the spread of back Indians stranded over- ised by the Anathkumar cautious about our lifestyle...,” “The scarcity of PPE kits, started giving nightmares to the tive cases till date, Uttar tional scheduled flights on coronavirus pandemic. After seas. Foundation, he pointed out Dr Vardhan added. ventilators, and N 95 masks is Government with a sudden Pradesh has 2,25,632, Odisha that the country was much “We are not lagging no more now. Every day, five surge in the number of infec- (1,00,934), Jharkhand (38,435) managing the challenges relat- Karnataka 11.27 per cent and 24 hours due to COVID-19, ahead in tackling the pan- behind anyone else in the lakh PPE kits are produced in tions and some of them even and Chhattisgarh has 30,092 ed to timely diagnosis and fol- Tamil Nadu with 8.27 per with Maharashtra leading with demic. whole world in our efforts to the country while 10 manu- reporting high mortality. cases. The most number of low up. cent. 30.48 per cent, the ministry “The Covid-19 will sig- contribute towards the vac- facturers are producing N95 On Monday, an alarmed deaths are reported in Uttar The ministry also said Of the total number of said. nificantly come under control cine against COVID... In masks. 25 producers are man- Union Health Ministry decid- Pradesh (3,423) while Odisha, that seven states have con- cases, around 43 per cent were The coronavirus tally in by the Deepavali this year. India we have about 7-8 vac- ufacturing ventilators,” the ed to deploy high-level Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh tributed to 70 per cent of the recorded in just three states of India crossed 36 lakh on The leaders and common cine candidates, three of them Minister added. Central teams comprising of are reporting 482, 410 and 269 new cases in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh Monday with 78,512 new an epidemiologist and a pub- deaths cumulatively. Of these, Maharashtra has and Karnataka, it said. cases, while the number of lic health expert to these A senior official from the contributed the maximum Maharashtra, Andhra recoveries surged to 27,74,801, death toll climbed to 64,469 The daily testing capacity have crossed 4.23 crore with States to help the authorities Ministry said that each of the caseload amounting to almost Pradesh and Karnataka also pushing the recovery rate to with 971 more people suc- has been scaled up to more 8,46,278 tests conducted in there in strengthening con- multi-sectoral teams will also 21 per cent, followed by account for about 50 per cent 76.62 per cent, according to cumbing to the infection in 24 than 10 lakh in August 2020 the past 24 hours, said the tainment, surveillance, testing guide the States in effectively Andhra Pradesh 13.5 per cent, of the deaths added in the last the Health Ministry data. 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You are own interest. The Facebook and WhatsApp have “This is the tip of the ice- charged the BJP-led NDA now- Demonetisation, wrong being cheated and there is an Parliamentarians will have to colluded with the ruling BJP to berg, Facebook India execu- Government with making GST and Lockdown,” Rahul attempt to turn you into slaves. use face masks for 12 hours and tarnish India’s democracy and tives and their top bosses in the attempts to break this sector. said in a new video series on We have to understand this also whenever they speak in the tear India’s social harmony. US are hand in glove,” he Citing “demonetisation, the economy. attack and the entire country House. Leader of Opposition in alleged. erratic GST and the improper “Don’t think the lockdown has to unite to fight against While a Covid awareness Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Sharpening its attack pandemic related lockdown” as was unplanned. Don’t think it this,” he said in the 4-minute video clip will be shared to MPs, Choudhary said the issue is an against the social media giant three examples of govern- was done at the last minute. video “Let’s talk economy”. the DRDO will provide a range arrival in Delhi should quaran- of aerosols. example of Digital Ímperialism’ Facebook and its popular mes- ment’s attempt to destroy the The aim of these three deci- The former Congress of sanitisation services in the tine themselves and those test- Health Secretary Rajesh by the social media. saging service Whatsapp, the informal sector that provides sions was to destroy our infor- president said in 2008, the Parliament. ing positive during the session Bhushan suggested that move- “There was a time when Congress has already demand- 90 per cent jobs to people, mal sector,” he alleged. world was hit by an econom- Regarding quarantine should not attend the House,” ment of MPs in the chambers of the Britishers were an imperi- ed that a Joint Parliamentary Rahul called upon the entire He said the informal sec- ic storm and it affected the requirements in different States Bhalla suggested. both the Houses may be made alist power, now we are going Committee investigation country to unite and fight tor, which comprises the poor, entire world, the US, Japan, on return of members after Responding to the query of unidirectional to avoid face to to witness digital imperialism should be ordered immediate- against this. farmers and small traders, China and everywhere. He attending the Session, Home the Chairman on the conse- face interactions. where social media will run ly and also a criminal investi- “The BJP Government has has a lot of money which the said in the US banks fell, cor- Secretary Ajay Bhalla assured quences of members wearing Naidu directed the amok in our country,” gation into the affairs of attacked the informal struc- Government cannot touch. porations fell and companies Naidu that the matter will be masks for the full duration of Secretariat officials to ensure Choudhary said at AICC Press Facebook India and the people ture. There is an attempt to “They want to break this sec- shut down and banks also fell taken up with States/UTs to the session each day, Dr. only minimum movement of briefing. He was joined by named should be carried out. turn you into a slave. The gov- tor and extort this money in Europe, but India was unaf- enable travel of MPs without Balaram Bhargava, DG, Indian people in the Parliament House AICC social media experts The party demanded that ernment has been attacking from them,” he charged. fected and the UPA any difficulty. This issue was Council of Medical Research premises in consultation with Praveen Chakraborty who all pending approvals and the informal sector over the Rahul, who has earlier Government was in power at discussed in the context of clarified that wearing masks the Lok Sabha Secretariat. He head the party Data licenses for Facebook and past six years. I am giving you done a series of talk shows the time. Government employees on duty continuously for 12 hours is also suggested that entry into Department and Rohan Gupta WhatsApp be put on hold not being required to undergo absolutely safe. He further sug- the Central Hall of Parliament Chairman of Social Media, until the investigations are quarantine in the States/UTs. gested that MPs may speak should be limited to members AICC. completed and suspension of of all Heads of Public Policy be summoned, but BJP mem- “The article reveals how Bhalla suggested that mem- while wearing masks to mini- of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha He said he will be raising Facebook India’s leadership teams of foreign technology bers have tried best to stall it despite questions raised by bers will have to undergo mize the spread of virus. and that too, only when the the issue in the floor of the team with immediate effect companies operating in India since they are in majority in the other employees in Facebook COVID test within 72 hours of Dr. Bhargava said that respective House is in session. House in the upcoming mon- until the conclusion of the and establishing a code of committee. India and the company’s claims the commencement of the though the seating arrange- Secretary, Defence soon session of the Parliament. investigations. conduct should be held. Adhir Ranjan Choudhary of neutrality, Ankhi Das, Head Session and those coming from ments in Rajya Sabha chamber Research and Chairman “But there cannot be a discus- It also said that an inquiry Adhir Ranjan alleged that said, “Skeletons from Facebook of Facebook India’s public pol- different parts of the country and galleries have been made DRDO Dr. Satish Reddy gave sion if the Government does- by the Parliamentary Standing in the IT Standing Committee India’s cupboard are tumbling icy team and her leadership will have to wait for the results complying with physical dis- a detailed account of the sani- n’t allow it, and if their inten- Committee on Information Chairman Shashi Tharoor had out faster than our monsoon team were arrogant and blatant before undertaking travel. tancing norms, the MPs should tization services to be provid- tion is to save the Facebook Technology into the activities said that Facebook officials will rains.” in their biases,” he added. ‘Those getting positive on speak seated to avoid dispersal ed by DRDO. 18 #)# O6 P3 * # 7B '' # 2 ) ,/ C 2# ' New Delhi: The Supreme 2017 verdict which held him Court on Monday (August 31) guilty of contempt for trans- and popular spots like Kempty ' '# ' directed fugitive businessman ferring USD 40 million to his Falls. These are covered by Vijay Mallya to be present in children in violations of court opularly known as The highly fractured Krol lime- person before it on October 5 orders. PQueen of the Hills, stone exhibiting slope more '% -10(0 at 2 pm, directing the Union Mallya, an accused in a Mussoorie in Uttarakhand is than 60 degrees. he Supreme Court on Ministry of Home Affairs to bank loan default case of over facing environmental hazards The Landslide TMonday Punishing activist- ensure his presence in the 9,000 crore involving his with a survey pointing out that Susceptibility Mapping (LSM) lawyer Prashant Bhushan was courtroom on that day. defunct Kingfisher Airlines, is about 15 per cent of the region published in the Journal of unwarranted, former Union The top court also dismissed in the United Kingdom. around the popular tourist Earth System Science also Law Minister M Veerapa Moily his plea seeking review of the Agencies hotspot is highly susceptible to showed that about 29 per cent said and felt that the case landslides. of the area falls in the moder- against him could have been Like most hill townships, ate landslide susceptible zone referred to the Bar Council of Mussoorie has witnessed sev- and 56 per cent falls in low to India. eral landslides, resulting from very low landslide susceptible The senior Congress leader an increased spate of develop- zone. said that Attorney General K K mental activities, prompting The researchers from the Venugopal and many jurists the scientists to map the land- WIHG carried out the study and lawyers had urged the slide susceptibility of the area. using Geographic Information Supreme Court not to punish Scientists from Dehradun- System (GIS) and high-reso- him. based Wadia Institute of lution satellite imageries. Moily expressed the view Himalayan Geology (WIHG) According to the that judges should not take – an autonomous institute researchers, various possible upon themselves to punish a under the Department of causative factors of landslides person who makes allegations Science and Technology – car- in the study area include lithol- against them. ried out the study in Mussoorie ogy, landuse-landcover, slope, "It looks as if it was not township and its surroundings aspect, curvature, elevation, warranted," he said on the covering 84 square km in the road-cut drainage, and linea- Supreme Court imposing a Lesser Himalayas. ment. token fine of one rupee against The study could help ini- The WIHG team obtained Bhushan as punishment in the tiate a large scale landslide haz- Landslide Occurrence contempt case against him. ard, risk, and vulnerability Favourability Score (LOFS) "It's not in keeping with the assessment of the hilly town- for a particular class of the question of natural justice. It's ships in different parts of causal factor of landslide and not in keeping with the high India, the Ministry of Science subsequently calculated the standards of judiciary," he said. and Technology said on weight of each factor of land- Bhushan, who has been Monday. slide to finally generate convicted for two tweets The scientists found that Landslide Susceptible Index against the judiciary, has to dominant part of the area (LSI) in GIS platform. deposit the fine with the falling under very high and This has been reclassified Supreme Court registry by high landslide susceptible zone into five zones using natural September 15, said a bench lies in several settlement areas break criteria. headed by Justice Arun Mishra. 6

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In a tweet, senior Cabinet colleague, to his Javadekar, Piyush Goyal, Ravi G" .H0 # “India grieves the passing Sonia Gandhi wrote to Singh said, “His demise is a becoming President while I Shankar Prasad, Arjun Munda, '7# % "6' *.. <*"!4 < !%&#" %%" away of Bharat Ratna Shri Sharmistha Mukherjee on the personal loss. He had tremen- was CM,” Banerjee said in a Mansukh Mandaviya, Gajendra ; + . % "66%# -@.!5 && K Pranab Mukherjee. He has left passing away of her father dous knowledge of India’s his- statement released from the Singh Shekhawat, Nirmala * B &&F 0 B7 !4 < an indelible mark on the devel- Pranab Mukherjee, saying it tory, diplomacy, public policy state secretariat. Sitharaman, Pralhad Joshi, opment trajectory of our was “hard to imagine how we and also defence.” Expressing Odisha Chief Minister and Sadananda Gowda, ! "6' 7 ; # " 0 # . !E nation. 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& & ' =7=1,1 at the instance of then Censor Cabinet colleague, to his nal affairs and commerce - Mukherjee said how “a galaxy father while he was doing his for a pre-fixed interview at the Board Chairperson Sharmila becoming President while I besides serving as deputy chair- of leaders and who’s who would masters … and to keep going Pradesh Congress office in ad I been with him at that Tagore he had watched his last was CM..” man of the Planning visit him when he was in he gave private tuitions and one Kolkata apprehensive that he Htime I would never have Hindi film Rangde Basanti She added, “So many Commission. With his pro- Kolkata. Even Bangladesh of his earliest students Subhra might turn him out for being let him meddle in Sri Lankan alongwith the three services memories. A visit to Delhi found knowledge of history, Prime Minister SK Hasina was became his wife.” full half-an-hour-late --- thanks politics which finally led to his chief before giving his clearance without Pranab da is unimag- economics society, polity and his close friend and took his Talking about his magna- to some traffic issues --- he untimely death” at the hands of overruling certain issues. “He inable. He is a legend in all sub- not least the scriptures he advice on a number of issues nimity former CPI(M) MP simply called him in with first the LTTE. This is what depart- was never unduly dogmatic jects from politics to econom- could silence the Opposition we have seen then Chief Samik Lahiri said, “nothing question and concern in his ed former President of India and respected the truth that ics. Will be forever grateful. most often than not. Minister Buddhadeb from big to small would evade face “bela hoyeche, kheye eshe- Pranab Mukherjee had told one was speakable.” Shall miss him immensely. My He admitted of having Bhattacharjee spending time his eyes. I was a first time MP cho … kichu khabe (its late of his closest associates “True,” another former col- condolences to Abhijit and learnt his art from the likes of discussing important issues … in Parliament and in 2004 and noon are you hungry … will Sukhendu Shekhar Roy cur- league and Congress MP Sharmistha.” Chitta Basu, Hiren Mukherjee, and not least present Chief he walked up to me on the very you eat something …” rently a Trinamool Congress Pradip Bhattacharjee said, “like From Miriti in Birbhum Madhu Limaye, Indrajit Gupta, Minister Mamata first day… I was surprised. And then without waiting Member of Parliament. Jyoti Basu, Pranab da was per- district a close friend (refusing Atal Behari Vajpayee, Piloo Banerjee…He continued to do Later whenever I went up to for the reply ordered for some Reminiscing Mukherjee’s haps the, another best Prime to share his name) said “never liamentary life spanned 37 Modi, LK Advani and others. good to others without brag- him for any work he would call snacks saying “I too am father” memories Roy also said, “it was Minister India never had.” we will see him again coming years, starting from 1969. At 34, Picked by Ms Gandhi in ging about that… one day he me at his residence in the he said not for once asking for unfortunate that he could not Even as condolences to perform Durga Puja every he was handpicked by Indira the 1970s and dropped by told me how even Indira night and listened to me the reason of the delay. After get the opportunity of serving poured in as did an assortment year … never we will see him Gandhi who brought a social- Rajiv Gandhi in 1985 he Gandhi once told him that ‘you patiently … Once during a the interview he said “do tell India as its Prime Minister…” of memories Bengal Chief coming back to Miriti … I saw ist element in the Congress. formed his own party with Dr ask anything and nothing flight to Delhi I was reading a Chandan (Dr Mitra the editor- ruing further “when we talk of Minister Mamata Banerjee said his father who was a Congress Though Mukherjee tended to Sisir Bose the grand nephew of comes out of Pranab’s mouth book and hand not noticed in-chief) that I have taken Bangladesh’s Nobel Laureate she had lost a “father figure” in leader and a freedom fighter … retain the socialist streak he Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. save some smoke.” him. But he saw me and walked good care of you. He is a good Md Younis and his micro- the former President. Soon I saw him throughout his hardly converted it into a Later he rejoined the Congress Amal Mukherjee a friend up to me. Looking at the book friend of mine.” banking policy we forget the after his demise she wrote “It is career… a perfect modest gen- dogma. and the rest is history. His and a former Principal of the he said ‘even I am reading the One remembers his respect story of Pranab da’s contribu- with deep sorrow I write this. tleman and a perfect villager in A school teacher and a col- strong memory earned him the Presidency College reminisced same book’. He was a genera- for the media when he said in a tion towards carrying the banks Bharat Ratna Pranab whom the heart of India lege lecturer in Howrah he appellation of “computer” from how “he was a man of word tion that will never come back.” memorial lecture that to the villagers’ doorsteps after Mukherjee has left us. An era resided.” went on to become the none other than Indira Gandhi. and very much freedom-loving. True perhaps. The genera- “Democracy without a free Press the nationalization of banks … has ended. For decades he was Atypical Bengali Bhadrolok President of India in 2012. Cut to his residence at So much so that in his bid to tion that cared for all and is like a blank piece of paper.” he went totally unsung there.” a father figure. From my first who spoke his flawless English Earlier he held all major min- Dhakuria at South Kolkata. A become self-reliant he had sundry around. When your True! With Pranab Mukherjee a He also remembered how win as MP, to being my senior the Bengali Mukherjee’s par- istries - finance, defense, exter- veteran colleague Deboprosad stopped taking money from his correspondent once visited him generation has gone. !"#$%$% 2$' & *234 # + : 9,"2 + : : %%5-,*/3%*)+ ' 6 !R$" " +# "#./ '%#5/$$$ "$$$/#(+# " " +' .% $"'"$2 - * + ( $(# $ S ," # " #" /. % "" 8 6$87 9 "" # " . #. + ( + P 8 9 6897Q O O + ( ( ( - + " $ # + " ( split in the Congress party seems ) 9 ) (% ;) inevitable. Despite formal genuflec- 0 ) 9 + ( Ations before the Rae Bareli MP, Sonia Gandhi is now only an interim pres- + ident and neither offspring is acceptable as ) future president. Indeed, the Congress 9 Working Committee (CWC) meeting of August 24, 2020, called to address an explo- - ( sive letter by 23 top leaders, could not quash 8 9 the dissent. The shareholders announced $ 8 #S ( that the Congress will not be allowed to run %(/ 6$( 2 7 like a family firm. Far from urging the Wayanad MP to 9 9($ < 9 69$<97 return to the helm, the seven-hour debate 9 declared temporary status quo over inter- = im president. The Gandhi family exposed its reluctance to relinquish control of the # >?@ + ) party but could not deflect the charge that 9 $ ( ( is has lost appeal with voters. The process 89 / of electing a non-Gandhi president may trigger a split as the Gandhis will not work 9 with, or under, a non-protégé. / A 6/A7 ! ( The situation is vastly different from 2 $ % May 1999 when Sharad Pawar, PA Sangma As the veterans reiterated ical gravitas. Moreover, the BJP ascent to Gandhi family patron- and Tariq Anwar questioned Sonia Gandhi’s their concerns in the media, had seized Madhya Pradesh in age: former Union ministers ) 9 S foreign origins and her plan to stake claim Sonia Gandhi opted for con- March itself and Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand S to the Prime Minister’s office without dis- frontation. On August 27, for- Ashok Gehlot had saved his Sharma, Kapil Sibal, Manish 2 + cussion within the party. Although the trio mer Union Minister Jairam government by August 7, when Tewari, Shashi Tharoor, Mukul quit, their contention that a foreigner Ramesh was appointed chief the letter was written. Wasnik, Renuka Chaudhary, 3 would not be able to head a coalition was whip (Rajya Sabha), Gaurav Worse, Rahul Gandhi Milind Deora and Jitin Prasada; 9 S # vindicated when Gandhi selected Gogoi deputy leader and 7 1-1 accused the seniors of penning former Chief Ministers Manmohan Singh in 2004. For a decade, she Ravneet Singh Bittu whip (Lok the missive in collusion with the Bhupinder Singh Hooda wielded enormous power over the Sabha), sidelining seniors like *0,1? ruling BJP. Taken aback, (Haryana), Rajender Kaur # + ( Government via her unelected National Shashi Tharoor and Manish (1->, Ghulam Nabi Azad, leader of Bhattal (Punjab), M Veerappa 9 " Advisory Council, but Narendra Modi’s vic- Tewari. The inclusion of *167( Opposition, Rajya Sabha, Moily (Karnataka), and $ # tory in 2014 and 2019 convinced even die- Ahmad Patel and KC offered to resign his post if he Prithviraj Chavan hard loyalists that the present leadership is Venugopal in the 10-member 0 ,> , was “in any manner doing this (Maharashtra); PJ Kurian (for- , $8 ( a political liability. Rahul Gandhi’s flight to committee appointed to decide to help the BJP or doing it at its mer deputy chairman, Rajya BC>D Wayanad, Kerala, and Priyanka Gandhi’s the party’s stand on key issues 7227 , 7 behest”, only to be rebuked by Sabha), MP Vivek Tankha; for- 9 $ = . failure to make a dent in Uttar Pradesh in Parliament was a snub to vet- 21(, 1 Priyanka Vadra. “What you mer PCC chiefs Raj Babbar + exposed the futility of banking on non- erans like Ghulam Nabi Azad are saying is opposite of what (UP), Arvinder Singh Lovely charismatic heirs. Even Rahul Gandhi’s re- and Anand Sharma. Now the >,77 you have written,” she coun- (Delhi) and Kaul Singh Thakur 89 ( S ( election from Wayanad seems difficult in battle is joined and there is no 16,, tered. Later, former Union min- (Himachal); current Bihar cam- + 9 + A 2024. going back for either side. 7-( , ister and senior advocate Kapil paign chief Akhilesh Prasad E ;) . ( Having spoken up because of the Sonia Gandhi must have Sibal said he had defended the Singh, former Haryana Speaker Congress’s descent to electoral irrelevance, been enraged by the demand 21,+, party in the Rajasthan High Kuldeep Sharma; former Delhi P ( Q the veterans will not tolerate the imposition for unity with Opposition par- Court and helped it bring down Speaker Yoganand Shastri and 9S P Q " of effete leaders (read Manmohan Singh or ties headed by those who had 7? 70> the BJP government in former MP Sandeep Dixit. 89 - 9 ( AK Antony). They are demanding elections left the Congress in the past. 10,71 Manipur, and yet “we are col- Few of them have an to the CWC and the party’s parliamentary This obviously alludes to a cer- luding with the BJP.” The sharp assured electoral base. But the ( board. There is anger that the party is run tain strongman whom some (,1 and articulate Sibal has become issues they have raised are a # 8 / by a tiny coterie comprising the Gandhi believe has choreographed the ,(7-*1 the face of the dissidents. political audit of the leadership 9 $ family, general secretary KC Venugopal and current revolt. If true, this sug- Currently, the strongest and suggest wider consultations national spokesperson Randeep Surjewala. gests that the epistle was 7*7* support for Gandhi leadership within and outside the - * The unilateral appointments of Adhir planned with leaders outside comes from Punjab Chief Congress. The high command ) 9S + Ranjan Chowdhury (leader, Lok Sabha), Congress, with the aim of dis- ?1 Minister Amarinder Singh is being held responsible for the 9 Ajay Maken (general secretary, Rajasthan lodging the once unchallenge- 7(7-(12 (who needs them against rival party’s downfall in State after in-charge), Rajya Sabha nomination for able Gandhis. Partap Singh Bajwa), former State. The demand for collective Mallikarjun Kharge and Hardik Patel as At the CWC, the Gandhi , 0((, Prime Minister Manmohan leadership is an indictment of + working president of the Gujarat unit siblings antagonised the seniors (?7, Singh (who has never fought an the opaque micro-management 9 S shocked the rank and file. instead of discussing the issues election in his life), and former that has distanced the leader- Former spokesperson Sanjay Jha, whose raised by them. The Wayanad Union minister AK Antony ship from the party and public analyses of the rot in the party brought the MP said the letter was sent to (who cannot bring Kerala back opinion on a range of issues. ;) + crisis into the open, tweeted that under Art Sonia Gandhi at a time when to the Congress kitty). Madhya The quest for an “effective” ;) ( 18 (H) of the party constitution, “only a she was unwell and the “party Pradesh stalwart Kamal Nath leader suggests the compulso- freshly elected AICC can elect the next is fighting the Bharatiya Janata has been silent; he could emerge ry retirement of the reigning 9 Congress President. The CWC has already Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh as the rebels’ choice of leader. dynasty – a bloodless coup. 9 ( discharged its responsibilities by appoint- and Rajasthan”. This false emo- It is undeniable that all the (The author is a senior jour- ing an Interim Congress President last year.” tionalism reflected lack of polit- dissidents owe their political nalist. Views are personal.) - 7

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6 # $%%#'"6 $. R" .$ # "$ .$/' # . * ) $ ( >@FB $ * ( )$ $'# " " # # ) >G A > ( 1 $ / ) * BD $ " 9 - 1 # * $ 6*$7 1 ( # 9AH+(>@ >I * he Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recom- ! ) 9 * H ) A mended to the Centre a reduction in share- / + Tholding of the latter in six top Public Sector 1 Banks (PSBs), namely the State Bank of India (SBI), # Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of Baroda ( (BOB), Canara Bank, Union Bank of India (UBI) and Bank of India (BOI) to 51 per cent in the next 6 7 12-18 months. At a recent meeting with the # Ministry of Finance (MOF), the RBI had argued for $ reduction in stake to 26 per cent. But, observing that this might not be possible in the near term for now, % A # it has settled for lowering the Government’s share- / # ( holding to 51 per cent. Given its precarious finan- E 1 cial position and looking for all possible avenues for # increasing revenue, the Narendra Modi Government , 1 # >> A BC has promptly latched on to the idea. It is aiming to / $ S garner about 25,000 crore by shedding its stake in # A $ * the six banks which could even go up to 43,000 * # ( crore (according to an estimate). The PSBs in question have already started gear- 9 ) ing up for this as they have decided not to take any lumpy credit exposure and are taking steps to reduce 0( - # + their non-performing assets (NPAs) by one-third by !4 5% B1 the end of the current financial year March 31, 2021 !4 B% F 9 # — all aimed at improving their valuation and get- ,?10 ting a good price from the sale. The Centre 761= < (besides, the RBI) is closely monitoring the situa- 6(101 Being headed by a part-time chairman defaulters had any sense of fear as those during the first six months of 2019-20. tion. At the end of the day, it may re-fill its denud- and part-time members, this by itself con- who were expected to take action chose The message is loud and clear. The ail- ed coffers somewhat. But the larger question still 444 (7( veys a lot. On the other two recommen- not to act. The political brass also rides pig- ments afflicting PSBs won’t go away so % 1 +0( - # +(9 ( % H remains unanswered. dations, while (ii) is not even on the radar, gyback on PSBs for absorbing liabilities long as majority ownership and control Is the Modi Government really serious about !4 F% 1 as regards (iii), the only action seen thus created by populist policies such as sup- remain with the Government. There is a 9 ! % !4 % E 9 # 9 bringing down its stake in PSBs to as low as 26 per far is the Government’s decision to divest plying power to farmers and households dire need to unshackle them and grant cent? Is it committed to their privatisation? Does it , , its majority stake in IDBI Bank. at subsidised rates (or even free in some autonomy to the management. The RBI’s $ * have anything credible to show? The idea was first 02,7 But things didn’t work out as planned States). recommendation that the Government’s * B@ 9 P mooted by the NDA dispensation under the then !4 B44 (7( and during 2018-19, the Life Insurance Be it a spate of bailout packages given stake in six PSBs be reduced to 51 per cent "Q Prime Minister AB Vajpayee (1999-2004). It had pro- 1!! B44 (7( Corporation (LIC) was roped in to to power distribution companies (four won’t achieve the desired objective. To get $ # - + posed reduction in the Government’s shareholding (2 , ?>+ acquire 51 per cent controlling stake in bailouts have been granted so far) or loan the intended results, the Nayak in PSBs to less than 50 per cent initially and even- ,(16,( , IDBI Bank. The acquisition was complet- waiver given to farmers and now mora- Committee’s prescription should be adopt- # 9 tually to 33 per cent. That remained on paper. ed on January 21, 2019 with LIC being re- torium on loan repayment extended to all ed in totality. In 2015, a RBI committee headed by P Nayak ?10-172 classified as promoter of the bank with and sundry, all have inflicted heavy loss- The Government should set up a BIC # 2 < ,7F5 444 (7( ) made sweeping recommendations to bring about management control and the Centre es on PSBs. with eminent professionals as members. structural reforms of PSBs in sync with the require- 0( -!4 E% & continuing to be the co-promoter with- No wonder the country is grappling While the position of chairman should go # % * ) 160(,(,7 ments of an economy on an accelerated growth tra- out management control. While it is nor- with high NPAs. In March 2018, gross to a professional, the member-secretary jectory and to make it globally competitive. It rec- 4 444 (7( mal to see LIC in the role of a financial NPAs (GNPAs) had reached a high 11.5 can be drawn from the bureaucracy. All # ommended (i) setting up of an autonomous Bank 0( -, investor, for it to be owning and running per cent (14.5 per cent for PSBs). These of the shareholding of the Centre in all ) Boards Bureau (BBB) with a mandate to select the 6 (, Q a business enterprise is anomalous. declined to 8.5 per cent as of March; cour- PSBs should be transferred to the BIC. # - S top management; (ii) setting up of a bank invest- *7, Meanwhile, most of the ills that go tesy a number of measures, including res- The company should be given neces- /.$ # + # ment company (BIC) where all Government shares 76!4 &%!4 with majority ownership of the olution of accounts under the Insolvency sary authority to take all decisions on 9 ) # in PSBs will be vested and (iii) divestment of its share- Government continue to afflict PSBs. The and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). But the ratio behalf of the sovereign Government and - /.$ # holding in all PSBs to below 50 per cent. political brass appoints the CMD/MD and may worsen to 12.5 per cent by March allowed to work with full autonomy — at DB $ ) ; The committee had contemplated the Board as deputes bureaucrats as its nominee on the 2021 under the optimistic baseline sce- arm’s length from the latter. ! an interim arrangement — to serve as a precursor bank board. For appointment of directors, nario (14.7 per cent under a severely- The BIC should guide the manage- # /.$ to the BIC. In 2016, the Government approved the until last year, the nomination and remu- stressed one). For PSBs, it would be much ment of individual banks to improve their A # constitution of the BBB as a body of eminent pro- neration committee (NRC) included the higher at 15.2 per cent (16.3 per cent under working, prepare the roadmap for divest- fessionals and officials to make recommendations Centre’s nominee. In August, 2019, the severely-stressed). ment of majority ownership and control " A for appointment of whole-time directors and non- RBI tightened the fit-and-proper criteria The Government has put investiga- and see through its execution. It should ) # 9 executive chairpersons of PSBs and State-owned to exclude him/her. But, this is only cos- tion and prosecution agencies in top gear determine the timing of sale so as to realise BD 9 financial institutions (FIs). The BBB was also man- metic with CMD and MOF nominee — to nab fraudsters and the Prime Minister maximum value. The shares should be so dated to engage with the board of directors of all PSBs both handpicked by the Government — is allegedly against “crony capitalism.” But distributed as to avoid concentration in a A * % to formulate appropriate strategies for their growth calling the shots when it comes to taking these exhortations and central agencies few hands and ensure greater accountabil- - $ ( and development besides, encouraging them to policy decisions or even in its day-to-day seen in action mode do not seem to be ity to the public. + # restructure their business strategy and suggest ways running. yielding the desired result. The proof of It is also crucial for the RBI to / A for their consolidation and merger with other banks In the past, meddling in the affairs of the pudding is in eating. To get a sense, strengthen its “supervision” over banks to $ , % based on requirement. Initially headed by Vinod Rai, the PSBs took the form of what came to we only need to look at the value of bank guard against irregularities and misman- A former Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) till be known as the cult of “crony capitalism.” frauds in recent years. During 2014-15 and agement to prevent the fiasco of the kind April 2018, the BBB has been under a part-time The businessmen patronised by the rul- 2015-16, the value of bank frauds was we have seen in the case of Yes Bank — # ( chairman (a retired bureaucrat) and other part-time ing establishment managed loans on 17,000 crore each. During 2016-17 and a private bank. It should maintain strict ( members. Recently, the term of the BBB was extend- considerations other than merit and got 2017-18, this went up to 20,500 crore and vigil over the auditors to ensure that they # ( ed for a period of two years beyond April 11 or until them ever-greened (taking a new loan to 22,500 crore respectively. Thereafter, the do their job diligently. ( " 0 further orders, whichever is earlier. How much pay back the earlier one). Neither the value galloped to 64,000 crore during (The writer is a New Delhi-based pol- 6 7 importance does the Government give to the BBB? banks insisted on repayment, nor the 2018-19 and further to 110,000 crore icy analyst) $/ %%#$ $+"'$ XxuxuuStyqsu qwysur wxyrxuAuuxquus qsxut Wqurus 9 ;

is a State subject. Markets and fairs are trates; raw cotton whether ginned or a view to carry on with the arrange- meant to be used generally. With the structure of the Constitution and also a State subject as per Entry 28 of unginned, and cotton seeds; and raw ment, inserted Article 369 as a tempo- Farmers’ Produce Trade and which reads as thus: “The fact that the State list. jute.” rary provision in the Constitution for Commerce (Promotion and under the scheme of our Constitution, In its characteristic “shock and awe” The sub-entries on foodstuff right a period of five years from the date of Facilitation) Ordinance, the Union great power is conferred upon the style, the Centre has promulgated up till raw jute were introduced by way commencement of the Constitution. Government has taken control of the Centre vis-à-vis the States does not three Ordinances viz. The Farmer’s of a third amendment to the Article 369 and the Act of 1946 were entire intra-State sale and purchase of mean that States are mere appendages Produce Trade and Commerce Constitution in 1955. There is a histo- to expire on January 26, 1955. all the agricultural produce and has of the Centre. With the sphere allotted (Promotion and Facilitation) ry and background to the third amend- However, the situation of food arti- actually trampled upon the matters to them, States are supreme. The 0(, Ordinance, The Farmer’s ment by which the scope of Entry 33 cles and other essential supplies in the which are State subjects. Centre cannot tamper with their pow- -: (Empowerment and Protection) of List III was enlarged. Trade and com- country was still precarious and the So far as the Farmers ers. More particularly, the courts should 2( , Agreement on Price Assurance and merce within the State and production, menace of hoarding and black market- (Empowerment and Protection) not adopt an approach, an interpreta- ," #". ndia is a democracy with a federal Farm Services Ordinance and The supply and distribution of goods were ing was still there. So, with a view to Agreement on Price Assurance and tion, which has the effect of or tends to ." structure. There are elaborate pro- Essential Commodities (Amendment) the matters enumerated in the provin- continue the arrangement allowing Farm Services Ordinance is concerned, have the effect of whittling down the Ivisions in the Constitution for the Ordinance. cial list as per the Government of India the Centre to legislate on trade, com- which basically provides legal structure powers reserved to the States.” . " Centre and States with regard to their Prima facie the first two ordinances Act, 1935. Even now these matters are merce and production, supply and dis- for contract farming, the same in Consequently, the first two of the " . respective financial, administrative and do not seem to come under the domain in the State list under Entry 26 and 27. tribution of essential commodities, effect directly deals with the production three Ordinances mentioned above " ) legislative powers. The legislative pow- of the Union Government. It is Entry Therefore, it is needless to say that they four sub-entries were introduced in in the agriculture sector which, in every have certainly encroached upon the .# ers are distributed through Schedule number 33 of the Concurrent List are essentially State subjects. Entry 33 by way of the third amend- respect, is a State subject. The interpre- State subjects and it is a colourable exer- #2- VII of the Constitution, which provides which is presumably put to use by the However, due to the World War- ment to the Constitution. tation, which the Centre has given to cise of jurisdiction by the Union three lists. While List I contains mat- Union Government for promulgating II, emergency was declared and the Alongside, The Essential sub-entries of Entry 33 of List III, is Government. " . " ters on which the Union Government them. Entry 33 is being reproduced Central legislature acquired the power Commodities Act, 1955 was also enact- novel. The Union has tried to use Entry It is not a case where a Central leg- can exclusively legislate, List II enumer- below for better understanding of the to legislate on these matters. When the ed. Therefore, it was the space ceded 33 as a standalone provision and it con- islation incidentally trenched upon a ".% #" ates matters on which State issue: “Trade and commerce in, and the emergency was lifted, the power to leg- by Article 369 of the Constitution and veniently ignored the context, object subject in the State list but a case where # " + Governments can legislate and List III, production, supply and distribution of islate on these matters was sought to be Act of 1946, which in fact came to be and background of the sub-entries for the Centre has blatantly usurped sub- ,"". which is called the Concurrent List, the products of any industry where the retained by the Dominion Government occupied by the amended Entry 33 in the reasons which are other than unin- jects which are essentially State matters. contains matters on which both, the control of such industry by the Union due to the prevailing circumstances and List III and The Essential Commodities tended. The Ordinance route makes the The action by the Union Government " + Union and State Governments may leg- is declared by Parliament by law to be scarcity of essential items. The Act, 1955 (ECA). The amended Entry intentions of the Centre only more sus- is surely not in the spirit of federalism, " # #" islate. expedient in the public interest, and Dominion Government also enacted 33 and ECA principally equipped the pect. which has been held to be one of the 6 ( " Agriculture, with all its associat- imported goods of the same kind as The Essential Supplies (Temporary) Union Government to tackle the scarci- An observation made by the basic features of the Constitution by the ""# ed ancillary and subsidiary enterpris- such products; foodstuffs, including Powers Act, 1946 (hereinafter referred ty of essential articles, hoarding, black- Supreme Court in the case of SR Supreme Court. es, including education and research, edible oil seeds and oils; cattle fodder, to as Act of 1946) to handle the situa- marketing, irrational price rise and such Bommai Vs Centre is a compelling (The writer is a practising advocate + livestock, fisheries, irrigation and so on including oilcakes and other concen- tion. The Constituent Assembly, with situations in the country and were never reminder for respecting the federal in Punjab and Haryana High Court) G H !"#$%$% <

7 "+ $/ (## " . 7 #/$ (/$ # ' .$6/ + ? 1 -1( corona-infected patients to 8 inspect the arrangements done =7=1,1 uring this corona pan- for corona prevention. A few Ddemic, infected patients days ago, after thoroughly eciding to look right " %' % @1**0 also seen running in different and Army RR unit in Reasi are getting commendable help inspecting the condition and Dthrough the Centre’s direc- directions after the grenade claimed to have busted a LET from their neighbours. arrangements in the house of tive depriving the States the fter suffering huge losses blast. revival plan in Mahore area. Neighbours are not only pro- six patients, he had submitted power to impose lockdown Aduring the recent anti ter- It is after a long gap, ter- So far three Over ground viding moral strength to his report to the Director- post August, the Bengal rorist operations in the rorist handlers have attempted workers including a government patients but also providing all General, Medical Health Government has decided to Kashmir valley, ‘unidentified’ to directly target an army con- teacher have been arrested by the necessary items of daily liv- Services, Lucknow, and CMO. continue with its pre- terrorists on Monday targeted voy in Baramulla. the police and interrogated by ing because the administration’s He said that we inspected announced lockdown schedules an army convoy moving from All the recent strikes were various other intelligence agen- approach in meeting the daily on various criteria including in the month of September. Baramulla towards Srinagar aimed at either CRPF or Jammu cies at a Joint Interrogation cen- needs of home-isolated patients Presence of Isolation Poster – A senior Home Ministry but failed to hit the target. & Kashmir police personnel. tre. Addressing a press confer- is disappointing. Posters found on 5 out of 6 official on Monday said that 7, 11 and 12. guidelines from the Union At least seven civilians pass- According to a Jammu & ence on Monday, SSP Reasi The most dangerous situ- houses and a poster of one “there is no change in the lock- “The Government is stick- Home Ministry.” ing through the area received Kashmir police spokesman, Rashmi Wazir said, we have ation is that the health depart- house was torn down, down schedules and the State ing to the decision and every- The State Government, injuries after the grenade hurled “the grenade attack on an Army busted a plan of the Lashkar-e- ment has neither provided any Emergency number to patients will go ahead with it in the thing will be closed as decided,” however, have decided to help by the terrorists missed the tar- convoy was reported in Taiba (LeT) based in Pakistan to emergency numbers nor the – the emergency number was month of September.” the official said adding the facilitate transportation of stu- get and exploded in the middle Baramulla around 1.15 pm in revive its network in Jammu and essential medicines to covid not provided to 3 out of 6 hous- Before the Centre’s Metro Railways which was dents appearing for the of the road near Azadgunj which seven civilians received Kashmir’’s Reasi district and patients to prevent infection. es, Number of close contact announcement taking back the scheduled to start running from JEE/NEET examinations on the Bridge area of Baramulla. injuries on Monday”. have arrested its three OGW’s. Communicable disease and status of their health – dif- power of declaring lockdowns September 7 will now run from specific dates in September. “The CCTV footage of the spot All the injured were shifted SSP Reasi said, these “over- specialist Dr. Devendra Kumar ferent numbers in all houses, from the State Governments September 8. respective department have been revealed the grenade had to the hospital for the treatment ground workers” were in con- has been sent from Lucknow to Medicine for prevention of during Unlock 4, Chief The Chief Public Relation directed to run maximum pos- exploded seconds after the last of their injuries, the spokesman tact with their Pakistani handler Aligarh to take some additional infection (HCQS / ivermectin) Minister Mamata Banerjee had Officer of the Kolkata Metro sible buses and other transports vehicle of an army convoy was added. In another important (LeT) Mohd Qasim of Mahore steps towards the prevention of – No medicine was given in any declared that the State will Railways Indrani Banerjee, including autos and taxis to passing through the bridge. development, the joint teams of who had exfiltrated to Pakistan- covid infection. Dr. Devendra house for the prevention of have lockdowns — to break the however, said that “all decisions ferry the students,” a Tranport Large number of civilians were Jammu and Kashmir police occupied Kashmir in 2002. Kumar visited the homes of the infection. corona chain — on September will be taken after we receive Department official said. #* % !E !'%" '##"" 5 & ' . / #'.##/(/'78 & 59 Abu Dhabi/Jerusalem: In a O’Brien. Beijing: Chinese Foreign Azar’s visit was regarded as er’s Taiwan visit, the report said. historic step towards peace in The delegation left aboard Minister Wang Yi on Monday the major diplomatic setback for Wang said Taiwan is an Vilnius (Lithuania): The three the Middle East, the first com- the commercial El Al flight 971 warned that anyone challenging Beijing which asserts that the inalienable part of the Chinese Baltic countries on Monday mercial direct flight between that took off from Ben Gurion the ‘one-China’ policy will pay ‘one-China’ policy constitutes territory, noting that to challenge slapped their own travel sanc- Israel and the UAE landed in airport in Tel Aviv at 11.21am a heavy price as he termed a top the core of its foreign policy the one-China principle over the tions on 30 top officials in Abu Dhabi on Monday after local time. The word peace was Czech Republic official’s visit to recognised by all the countries Taiwan issue is to make an Belarus, including President both countries announced nor- painted on it in Arabic, English Taiwan as a provocation and which have established diplo- enemy of 1.4 billion Chinese Alexander Lukashenko, in malisation of relations. and Hebrew above a cockpit short-sighted move. matic relations with it. people and is a violation of inter- response to a brutal crackdown The flight carried a top window. The Chinese government is After Azar, Czech Republic national trust and conduct. against protesters who say the level Israeli delegation led by “We just completed a truly under increased pressure over Senate Speaker Milos Vystrcil Calling Vystrcil’s visit to Aug. 9 presidential election in National Security Adviser Meir historic flight. This hopefully Taiwan after the recent visit of started his visit to Taiwan from Taiwan a provocation, Wang Belarus was rigged. Ben Shabbat while the US del- will be the first of many,” US Health Service Secretary Sunday, ignoring Beijing’s prior stressed that the Chinese gov- Those on the list are banned egation was headed by US Kushner said after disembark- Alex Azar to Taipei, the first warnings and met top Taiwanese ernment and people will not sit from entering Lithuania, Latvia President Donald Trump’s ing from the flight. high-ranking American official officials. idly when challenged by the anti- and Estonia, according to the adviser and son-in-law Jared He thanked leadership on to visit the estranged island China’s state-run Global China power and will let him document signed by the three Kushner and US National both sides on the occasion. which China claims as part of its Times said Vystrci went ahead pay a heavy price for the short- Baltic nations’ interior ministers. Security Adviser Robert Saudi Arabia granted permis- + #2P , " : ;# ' 2$ 6,") 0 mainland. with the visit despite the oppo- sighted move and political spec- “New people will be added to the ,' <,6,"5 =P > " 2 Azar, who is the highest- sition from the Czech president ulation. list in the future.” said Lithuanian "#'< " > ) " ranking Cabinet member to Milos Zeman. Responding to questions President Gitanas Nauseda. visit Taiwan since the US Wang, who was in Germany on Wang’s remarks, Chinese The move comes as the EU sion for the use of its air diplomatic relations, in a US- switched diplomatic recogni- on Monday as part of his visit to Foreign Ministry spokesman is planning its own sanctions list space. brokered deal that required tion to Beijing from Taipei in the European Union countries, Zhao Lijian told a media brief- of up to 20 senior Belarus offi- “Peace overwhelmingly Israel to suspend its plan to 1979, visited Taiwan in the sec- said Beijing will not tolerate the ing here on Monday that the cials suspected of election fraud desired by the people, except annex parts of the West Bank. ond week of this month and met violation of its one-China poli- anti-China forces in the Czech and the crackdown on protest- by those who exploit misery to UAE is only the third Arab Taiwanese President Tsai Ing- cy. He said that anyone who republic deliberately impinge ers and is likely to put remain in power. Future country to establish diplomat- wen, a staunch proponent of challenges the one-China prin- upon China’ sovereignty and Lukashenko on that list at some belongs to industrious people ic ties with the Jewish state. Taiwan’s independence from ciple will pay a heavy price, refer- blatantly interfere in China’s point. All three Baltic nations are of the region,” Kushner said. Israel’s neighbours, Egypt and China. ring to the Czech senate speak- internal affairs. PTI members of the EU. AP Israel and the UAE Jordan, being the other two announced on August 13 that Arab states to recognise the they were establishing full Jewish state. 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Lebanon’s ambassador to being held hours before sum for an initial payment in The government had Germany, Mustapha Adib, was French President Emmanuel the fiscal year 2021 national sought to have 3.375 billion expected to be named as prime Macron was due to arrive for budget. baht (USD 108 million ) minister-designate and asked to a two day-visit. AP Government spokesman included in the 2021 budget to Anucha Burapachaisri cover the first of seven annual announced on Monday that installment payments. !"#$%$% 4 $!

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;#0< . '% regulator has refused to extend with all stakeholders and study- the September 1 deadline, as ing all options available to it in '% gas, coal, crude oil and elec- arkets regulator Sebi has depositories are ready to imple- the matter,” a spokesperson of '% overshot the annual target in revenue realisation, which tricity declined by 16.5%, 13.9 Mrefused to extend the ment the new mechanism. Anmi said. October last year. dipped further towards the ontracting for the fifth %, 13.5 %, 10.2%, 5.7%, 4.9% September 1 deadline to imple- However, Association of The brokers association he Union Government’s The Government had end of March because of lock- Cconsecutive month, the and 2.3%, respectively. On the ment the new rules on margin National Exchanges Members had requested for the co-exis- Tfiscal deficit overshot the pegged the fiscal deficit for down. As per the CGA data, output of eight core infra- other hand, the fertiliser sector pledge, stock brokers’ associa- of India (Anmi), a grouping of tence of the current systems of budget target for the current 2020-21 at 7.96 lakh crore or Government’s revenue receipts structure sectors dropped by output grew by 6.9 per cent tion Anmi said on Monday. around 900 stock brokers from title transfer, and the proposed financial year within four 3.5 per cent of the GDP in the stood at 2,27,402 crore or 11.3 9.6 per cent in July due to during the month under review The new mechanism is across the country, on Friday pledge system till September months (April-July), mainly budget presented by Finance per cent of the Budget decline mostly in production of as against 1.5 per cent rise in aimed at bringing transparen- urged Sebi to extend the imple- 30. on account of the impact of Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Estimates (BE). During the steel, refinery products and July 2019.During April-July cy and preventing brokerages mentation of the new mecha- However, Securities and lockdown on revenue collec- in February.These figures, how- same period of last fiscal, the cement.The production of eight 2020-21, the sector’s output from misusing clients’ securi- nism on margin pledge by one Exchange Board of India (Sebi) tions. ever, have to be revised signif- realisation was at 19.5 per cent core sectors had expanded by dipped by 20.5 per cent as com- ties. month till September 30, citing in July had said that trading According to the data icantly in view of the econom- of the BE.Tax revenue stood at 2.6 per cent in July 2019, pared to a growth of 3.2 per The decision was taken several challenges faced by members (TMs) or clearing released by the Controller ic disruptions created by the 2,02,788 crore or 12.4 per cent showed data released by the cent in the same period previ- after Sebi’s meeting with stock market participants. members (CMs) can accept General of Accounts (CGA), outbreak of coronavirus.The of BE during the first four Commerce and Industry ous year. brokers’ association, deposito- Besides, back office ven- client securities as collateral by fiscal deficit during April-July Government had imposed a months of the fiscal. During the Ministry on Monday. Barring Commenting on the ries and clearing corporations. dors group has not given 100 way of title transfer into the was at 103.1 per cent of the nationwide lockdown from corresponding period of the fertiliser, all seven sectors - coal, numbers, ICRA Ltd Principal The meeting was held to per cent clearance to members client collateral account as per annual target or at 8,21,349 March 25 to prevent the spread last fiscal, the tax revenue was crude oil, natural gas, refinery Economist Aditi Nayar said analyse readiness to imple- to launch the new process, it the present system till August- crore. of Covid-19 pandemic. The at 20.5 per cent of BE. products, steel, cement and that based on the available ment the new norms. had added. end. It stood at 77.8 per cent of economy was opened up grad- The Government’s total electricity -- recorded negative trends for the core sector, auto Sebi had come out with the “In today’s virtual meeting, The regulator had allowed the annual target during the ually after the lockdown. receipts were at 10.4 per cent of growth in July.The rate of con- production and merchandise norms in February and was Sebi’s declined to grant exten- co-existence of the current title corresponding period of last Fiscal deficit had soared to BE or 2,32,860 crore. In the traction in the sectors, howev- exports, “we expect the con- scheduled to come into effect sion of further time in imple- transfer collateral mechanism fiscal. a seven-year high of 4.6 per Budget, the Government had er, has come down from 37.9 traction inthe Industrial Index from June 1. It was extended to menting margin and the new pledge and re- Fiscal deficit, which refers cent of Gross Domestic estimated thetotal receipts for per cent in April. of Production to ease to 7-11 August 1 and thereafter to pledge/repledge process. This pledge process till August 31 to the difference between Product (GDP) in 2019-20, the fiscal at Rs 22.45 lakh The output of steel, refin- per cent in July 2020 from 16.6 September 1. mi and its 900 members. Anmi and had said no further exten- expenditure and revenue, had mainly on account of poor crore. ery products, cement, natural per cent in June 2020”. According to sources, the is holding consecutive meetings sion will be granted. ''*$"&*73!" - *# % " # *! *83* 2"": ; > %$ - #" $* -&*-09: 8? # '% (consumer price index for the increase in index. navirus pandemic, the NHAI industrial workers) for July However, this rise was Mumbai: Dharavi residents Dharavi Redevelopment %& '% has awarded highest length of etail inflation for industri- 2020 increased by 4 points to checked by rice, fish fresh, 0 % @ have decided to intensify their Authority, the special purpose projects during FY 2020-21 till Ral workers eased marginal- 336. On one-month percentage goat meat, poultry (chicken), agitation following the state vehicle appointed to imple- 7 date as compared to the pro- ly to 5.33 per cent in July change, it increased by 1.20 per lemon, etc, putting downward -727 , 1 Government’s plan to invite ment the project had issued a jects awarded during same compared to 5.98 per cent in cent between June and July pressure on the index. fresh bids for the redevelop- letter of intent to Dubai-based period in last three years. the same month last year, 2020 compared to 0.95 per cent At centre level, Jamshedpur , 7 - ment of the Asia’s largest slum. Seclink Technologies '% “During April to August mainly due to lower prices of rise in the same period the pre- recorded the maximum The core team of the Corporation, which was the 2020, the NHAI has awarded certain food items. vious year. increase of 36 points followed Dharavi Redevelopment 7,500 crore, while the second he National Highways 26 projects of 744 km length as “Year-on-year inflation The data showed that the by Haldia (23 points), '% *0*1 Committee, a federation of 52 bid from Adani was lower at TAuthority of India (NHAI) compared to 676 km in FY based on all-items stood at 5.33 maximum upward movement Tiruchirapally (13 points), associations of residents, has 4,529 crore.The AG had rec- on Monday said it has award- 2019-20, 368 km in FY-2018- per cent for July 2020 as com- in the current index came from Kodarma and Faridabad (12 he rupee stalled its three- already taken a decision to ommended inviting fresh bids ed projects worth 31,000 crore 19 and 504 km in FY 2017-18,” pared to 5.06 per cent for the housing group, contributing points each), Srinagar (11 Tsession winning run on approach the court against the for the project, which has in the first five months of the it said in a statement. previous month (June 2020) (+) 2.28 percentage points to points), Lucknow and Doom- Monday, sliding 21 paise to government’s stand, its already seen a delay of 16 current fiscal year, despite chal- Capital cost of these 26 and 5.98 per cent during the the total change. Dooma Tinsukia (10 points 73.60 against the US dollar after President Raju Korde said. years. According to reports, the lenges posed by the Covid-19 projects is over 31,000 crore, corresponding month (July The food index further each). fresh tensions along the India- “We are yet to receive an government has accepted the pandemic. which includes cost of civil 2019) of the previous year,” a accentuated the overall index Among others, 8 points China border dented forex official communication from recommendations of the A total of 26 projects for construction, land acquisition labour ministry statement said. by (+) 1.77 percentage points. increase was observed in 2 market sentiment. the Government, but if the state Advocate General and is plan- building 744 km length of and other pre-construction The food inflation stood at At item level, wheat atta, centres, followed by 7 points At the interbank forex mar- is rethinking about its decision, ning to invite fresh bids for the highways were awarded during activities, it said. 6.38 per cent in July, compared mustard oil, milk (Buffalo), in 5 centres, 6 points in 8 cen- ket, the domestic unit opened then we will intensify our agi- project. “We are unable to the April-August period of this The NHAI said it has set a to 5.49 per cent in the previous green chillies, brinjal, gourd, tres, 5 points in 7 centres, 4 on a strong note at 73.26 but tation. We will be holding understand why the opinion (of fiscal, the NHAI said in a target of awarding 4,500 km of month and 4.78 per cent dur- palak, parval, potato, tomato, points in 10 centres, 3 points lost momentum as the trade another meeting on September AG) was sought when the land statement. highwayprojects during the ing the same period a year ago, snack saltish, cooking gas, fire- in 9 centres, 2 points in 9 cen- progressed and finally ended at 3 with rest of the members to parcel in question was very “Despite challenges due to current fiscal and is likely to it added. wood, bus fare, petrol, tailoring tres and 1 point in another 9 73.60 against the greenback, decide our next course of much a part of the bid docu- the outbreak of the novel coro- exceed the same. The All-India CPI-IW charges, etc are responsible for centres. down 21 paise over its previous action,” he said. ment. While bidding, we knew close of 73.39. Last year, former chief that the bidder will have to bear During the session, the Minister Devendra Fadnavis the cost of land acquisition, local unit witnessed an intra- had sought state advocate gen- while the deal was to be sealed P 0/>= ; 9 <**"! P, # day high of 73.25 and a low of eral’s opinion on whether to go by the state and the railway 73.80 against the US dollar. for retendering after the Govt authority. That is the reason ,# " ' ' <*'$<'$&'""!'*! -'! . . Besides, weak macro-eco- purchased the 45 acre land par- why we had submitted a high- nomic data suggesting a long cel at Matunga which was to be er bid,” Seclink Group chair- 4$ )# 2P road to recovery also brought included in the project. The man and MD Nilang Shah %%8<$"!0 ! " the rupee under pressure. opinion was sought after the said. PTI

'% family. New Delhi: Engineering and itive pact with Schneider After making India the construction giant Larsen and Electric in 2018 to sell its elec- Mumbai: BSE and NSE listed eliance Jio on Monday largest and the fastest growing Toubro on Monday said it has trical and automation busi- specialty chemicals firm Vikas Rannounced new plans for country in mobile connectivi- completed the strategic divest- ness for an all-cash considera- Multicorp Ltd (VML) has con- JioFiber broadband starting at ty with Jio, JioFiber will propel ment of its electrical and tion of 14,000 crore, as part of stituted an advisory board monthly price of 399 with no India into global broadband automation business to its long-term strategy to exit under the chairmanship of limit on data usage. leadership, thereby providing Schneider Electric.The move non-core activities. “Larsen Sunil Alagh, former MD and As per the new plans, broadband to over 1,600 cities will see India becoming the and Toubro (L&T), India’s lead- CEO for Britannia Industries, entertainment app Netflix is and towns,” Jio Director Akash third largest country in terms ing engineering, technology, to steer the company’s strategy added to the bouquet of bun- Ambani said. of revenues for Schneider construction and financial ser- in the B2C business having dled apps for customers sub- The low-end plan of 399 Electric. With this, about 5,000 vices conglomerate, today decades of experience in scribing mid-range plans. will offer download and upload employees of Larsen and announced the closure of the FMCG brand building. The plans will be rolled out speed of 30 megabit per second Toubro’s electrical and automa- strategic divestment of its elec- VML recently announced from September 1 onwards, (mbps), according to the state- tion business will be integrat- trical and automation (E&A) that it will enter the food pro- Reliance Jio said in a statement. ment. ed with Schneider Electric’s business to Schneider Electric, tection and personal hygiene “We want to take Fiber to “JioFiber Home tariff plans over 2,000 employees. Though a global player in energy man- segment with an investment of each and every home and will now offer truly unlimited the size of the deal was not dis- agement and automation,” the 100 crore in two years. empower every member of the internet,” the statement said. closed, L&T had inked a defin- company said in a statement. &!> !"#$%$% $ # ' ( ( )*&+,"-./ , (. 12. (2 2 1 . .1 . ).. (3/ ./ . (2/ . .(( (.. 2 . "45/1/ ./ . .( ./ 2. , 6. (/ . (/ 6( ./. 2. )) (2/( ( (/ 6.. 1./ 2(

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Town feet) is generally used to refer to the financial indepen- This claim is also confirmed by one of the dence of a young adult. A little thought, and one realises how it panels of the European Food Safety can have a different meaning as one transitions through differ- Authority. ent phases of life. As a toddler it is about gaining bodily control Energy drinks have the impacts of caf- and as one ages having seen it all, it is about retaining physical feine and sugar, but there is little or no evi- independence, functional capacity and quality of life. dence that the wide variety of other Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a common joint dis- ingredients have any impact. ease and a leading cause of disability, functional impairment However, like several things, there are worldwide. It is a serious disease with significant financial and several myths about energy drinks. socioeconomic implications. The impact is not limited to the knee Myth 1: Energy drinks have high with recent studies pointing towards a link between knee pain amounts of caffeine and increased mortality due to cardiovascular disease and other osquitoes are found in Japanese encephalitis, West Nile by a plasmodium parasite that is Fact: The large majority of energy causes. The prevalence of OA is increasing across all ages and different parts of the globe fever transmitted by the bite of an infect- drinks available that are consumed in is likely to continue to rise due to a plethora of reasons includ- Mand the insect has 3,500 Mosquito spread diseases that ed mosquito. People suffering from India like the Monster, Red Bull, and sev- ing lifestyle changes, obesity and an increasingly ageing popu- species of small insects that fly. claim more lives than any other this disease have symptoms like eral prominent brands have similar or lation. Joint pains are often neglected until it causes distress or These tiny insects are millions of diseases. fever, chills, and sweatiness. This lower levels of caffeine compared to the impaired quality of life, but still a greater number of young patients years old and exist as species Dengue: This is a mosquito- disease is curable by treatment home-brewed coffee which many people are presenting with this problem. Obesity is a key modifiable fac- because they’re next to impossible borne viral disease that occurs in from an expert doctor and It is also enjoy on a daily basis. And many consists tor for knee OA and cannot be overlooked as three to six times to wipe-out from the planet. the sub-tropical and tropical parts preventable by taking protective of half the caffeine of a similarly-sized cof- the body weight is transferred across the knee joint during walk- Besides being a menace, in our of the world, spread to humans ;$ "$$# % drugs before entering an area con- fee shop coffee. 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Mobility may be ever more important for the ones who have other seri- iogetica, has announced its ground- its active molecule. The challenge was to urgaon-based Premas Biotech said on ous comorbidities as its absence often promotes a worsening spi- The pandemic has made Bbreaking trials result on Herpes, on make it enter cell membranes and work in August 27, 2020 that its triple-antigen vac- ral of health issues. So, what options exist for these subgroups many people do all the house- August 20, 2020. The research successful- vivo. There was also attempts to cross the Gcine candidate for COVID-19 has induced apart from suffering and becoming dependent on others? ly marks reduced time & early treatment blood brain barrier to get to nerve ganglia neutralising immune response in mice during the The minimally invasive technique of Radio Frequency hold chores. While it is good with the use of combination therapy of the where herpes thrives. four-week test of its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine can- Ablation (RFA) offers a ray of hope for these patients. The focus to do your work, the down company’s Hyperisince and Reginmune. Clinical trials published in 2017 showed didate. The company is in talks with the regula- in this procedure is to deactivate the nerves responsible for trans- It started way back in the year 2004, remarkable results for Herpes, busting the tory authorities concerned to plan and initiate mitting pain signals from the affected joints to the brain. Less side is dry and rough hands. when Dr T Vijayan from the JSS School of age old myth that Ayurveda takes a longer next steps towards conducting human trials. pain signals reaching the brain means less amount of pain expe- ROSHANI DEVI shares tips pharmaceuticals discovered that extracts of time to show results and that someone with The study consisted of 50 mice, divided into rienced and less pain can in turn improve functionality and that can help Hypericum Mysorense, a rare plant from the herpes will always have recurrences. In the 10 cohorts dosed with 5, 10 and 20 micrograms reduced medication requirements. Nilgiri Hills could completely suppress the trial it was seen that a herpes outbreak usu- of PRAK-03202 vaccine candidate. The vaccine he COVID-19 has For better results do this herpes virus in-vitro. ally lasts 21 days without treatment. candidate was generally well tolerated and safe made many people twice a day. 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" #" the Made In India edition of The season witnessed the to let go of the second oppor- part heist designed specially Bollywood elements to the # +"" Khatron Ke Khiladi featured host and action filmmaker tunity that Colors gave me. I by Rohit Shetty, where the stunts, while making it more " champions of past seasons Rohit Shetty design some wanted to win and I would contestants had to hunt down entertaining.” + " 1 such as Jay Bhanushali, incredible stunts for the con- not have been at ease with any a necklace to win, amidst Abhishek Rege, CEO, .# + Rithvik Dhanjani, Bharti testants. Nia overcame chal- other result. Winning the explosions, shattered glass, Endemol added, “I would Singh, Haarsh Limbachiyaa, lenges that involved conquer- season brought a sense of and electric shock. like to congratulate Nia for L"T O" Aly Goni and Karan Patel. ing heights, negotiating happiness and satisfaction. It Rohit earlier wrote in his her win and for giving such M" "" Dhanjani had to quit the explosions, swimming was also my answer to those Instagram post, “Before com- an amazing and spirited per- " ."" " contest midway due to per- through mud and, in one people who thought Nia was mencing the shoot for this formance. To create such an "" # + sonal commitments. round, surviving a watery only about makeup and season, we were worried impactful show with the con- 7" # 1O “Khatron Ke Khiladi start- coffin. She also made a mark styling. No, she’s not. She is a because of pandemic, lock- straints we faced due to the !%& ( ed off as a fun special edition, on the Colors channel show winner and she has proven it down, safety of the unit and pandemic speaks of the cre- but it quickly became my with her camaraderie with co- with this win!” Nia added. contestants and will we be ativity and ingenuity of the 7,, # "# " sole agenda to win the season. contestants, especially come- The grand finale had a able to match the internation- entire Khatron Ke Khiladi: # I gave my all to every stunt dian Harsh Limbachiyaa. Bollywood-style red carpet al standards of action for this Made In India team. We look + that I performed on the “The team always showed laid out for the contestants. season of Khatron Ke Khiladi forward to the next season.” ,"# "% show,” said Nia, who has ear- immense faith in me and The finale stunts involved as we were shooting it in L7 '2# " "# Some of them like Muktabai and #"# Janabai even hold their own sta- ."+7 tus in a male-dominated society. 1.. F The conclusion drawn is that "" bhakti, though in a small way, # O" paved the path for equality amongst the sexes, particularly in "" the medieval period. And Chikanna’s intricate imagery " points towards this movement of " growth. > .,. Detailed designs Looking at Chikanna’s cow images, we at once think of Nandi + — Lord Shiva’s sacred bull. Nandi is Shiva’s faithful mount and the most devout worshipper — an O"% 4$ $ embodiment of devotion. The %4$" # young bull is popularly, but incor- rectly, known as Nandi, “the joy- # $," #% %/ ful,” but is better referred to sim- &$4 "& $ ply as Vrishabha, the “white bull.” He is understood as an expression * $," 0& of Shiva’s supreme wisdom and #*# $, thus is also worshipped as a the- )$ 1%$ P riomorphic form of Shiva himself. Nandi always assumed an inde- * & %$ & 0%? pendent cult status. Shrines to $ ?71 " 1 %/ Shiva’s bull are the testifies to the resilience of such cults. Chikanna’s 4$ % 4 01$ imagery on the horns brings in the " # & 1#, * magic of folk art and echoes of the & $ % ?& P%4 medieval era. % #$ 0 &? % & Miniature tradition 4 # & The exquisitely-detailed drawings tell us that Chikanna has 4 %?* P & / studied the rigorous techniques of &$#$ % & 0# 0 the miniature tradition — from gilding and hand-crafting the $ 0 &$ & 0% thickly-plied to carefully bur- P * ?P nished paper supporting the care- L 2 *& ful application of colour with tiny pen, ink strokes, and curls and curves. ,"!4!4" Chikanna has a velvet hand. "% He continues to experiment with- O # in the well-defined strictures of this traditional discipline. In both " + these examples, it is the finely- -" ockdown unravelled the bril- detailed portraits of the god set in "# liance of artist Santosh sumptuously-filled landscapes, + LChikanna who lives in Bidar, and replete with the meticulous O# . " % Karnataka. It was his Holy Cow detail that remind us of yesteryear series that caught my gaze. It is an / imagery found in folios commis- " " amazing composition, where the sioned by the Mughal emperors. "+ detailing of the divine appears to For Chikanna, there is an exquis- ," be his forte. He calls his series with ite tension between the stringent an exclamatory dialogue; when *! "! 6Q"*,"0 $! * "& *'! parameters of this ancient practice # # " you look at it, you can see the and the modernity of his experi- " !" # majesty of the miniature world, the ence — one that speaks, in part, . beauty of mythology, his perenni- ! 3'$! <'!04! -2 to the frictions of a world in which # " "" al fascination for the gods and novelty and orthodoxy collide. " ."K ! some tales from the Puranas. He says, “In Delhi, there are The drawing on the horns became accessible to one and all. Expression becomes his leit- many who leave their cows back evokes feelings of bhakti, or spir- 1,7( (1, Maharashtra is full of stories motif in his recreating the cow’s ! # + Bhakti and emotive essence at home and wander, hoping to get itual devotion, love for nature as of the bhakti movement and face. In a world ruled by paradox- ," #" While his cow is both contem- some food. I have a cow that well as worship and longing for the 7(-11 women saints. Scholars like J Stor es of glittering wealth and abject # " porary and traditional, it is his comes and bellows at my gate divine moment, but when used as 66(,1> say that in a sense, women did far poverty and sometimes oppressive " ."". "" focus on the horn that radiates an every morning at 6:30, and I feed storytelling, they mirror the same better in the bhakti milieu but only religion and debauchery, these energy that is at once evocative. her. Her trust in me is uncanny. emotion in the viewer. The con- ,( = -021 within the metaphor of what was two drawings present a masterful . Santosh recreates Lord Ganesha in Her eyes reflect a divinity I have cept of bhakti goes back to ancient 7?(1, 7 known as the pati-vrata dharma. debut steeped in atmosphere and #+ different ways, striking up a con- rarely seen. There is the beauty of times and the Rig Veda. It is There are some exceptions to this shimmering with the mystery of versation about the worship of history and tradition and lifestyle derived from the root ‘Bhai,’ which 170,,7( 2 general description in the lives of the human hand that can create gods and questioning as to how to and satire in these compositions as means to serve or adore. Bhakti cut 76-7 women saints belonging to the works, which we can admire till 7 %$4 look after the cow. well as a sense of play. across all sections of society and Varkari tradition of Maharashtra. eternity. & 1#$* D% !$ # $%# ny transcends the boundaries of an audi- Krishnamurthy, Ashley Lobo, Deepa " " " torium and becomes accessible to an Punjani, Deepika Deshpande Amin, audience of thousands, right in their Dolly Ahluwalia, Feroz Abbas Khan, Ila " $ homes.” Arun, Joseph Mitchell, Lillete Dubey, % .. Signalling new possibilities for the- Makarand Sathe, Mahesh Dattani, *,?? *.1+ atre in an increasingly digital-only Nandita Das, Naveen Kishore, Sharmila L," . % world, plays were viewed online to Tagore, Shobha Deepak Singh, Sonal " M" decide the winners. The jury included Mansingh, Sumant Jayakrishnan, playwright, stage director and filmmak- Sushma Seth and Vinay Pathak. #" + ," B"*,1 er Mahesh Dattani, playwright and The nominated plays offered diverse !4 E "." novelist Makarand Sathe, veteran actor theatre scenes and included plays in mul- ." % #". and a teacher of speech and drama tiple languages such as Hindi, English, " #" + Sushma Seth, actor-writer Vinay Pathak Hindustani, Bengali, Marathi, L(# who’s been actively involved in Indian Malayalam, Assamese (blended with gib- cinema and theatre for over two berish) and a non-verbal play too. The . " decades, and film, television and theatre nominations featured five productions +. O # " actor and director, Lillete Dubey. from Maharashtra, two from Kerala and % Unanimously recognised as an one each from Assam, Delhi and West "" example of modern experimental the- Bengal. From reinterpretations of atre, Delhi-based Black Box Okhla’s For mythology, the crises of ideology, explo- "" ahindra Excellence in Theatre the Record, directed by Nikhil Mehta, rations and exploitations of gender, and #+ ). MAwards (META) and Festival con- won the Best Play and also bagged the the marginalisation and politics of caste, % cluded a three-week celebration, bring- highest number of awards across six cat- there were thought-provoking drama ing together theatre personalities in a egories. that inspires change and brings relevant "O" virtual ceremony. The festival rewards The Old Man (Assamese and social issues to the forefront. and recognises excellence across all Gibberish) from Orchid Theatre and Earlier, the META Lifetime K@ " aspects of theatre production. It is Ghoom Nei (Bengali) from Achievement Award was conferred on @+ # . O curated and produced by arts and enter- Thakurpukur Ichheymoto Theatre director, actor, set designer, writer, " "# ." tainment company, Teamwork Arts. Group bagged four awards each, high- teacher and Theatre Action Group’s ##. The 15th edition of the festival lighting the talent in theatre being pro- founder director, Barry John. 1 " , brings attention to the artiste commu- duced in the country’s East. The ceremony also included a nity and performing arts space, whose The winner from the South, Theatre Critics Conference focussing on ## . livelihood have been significantly Malayalam production, Bhaskara critical discourse on theatre in the +- impacted due to the COVID outbreak. Pattelarum Thommiyude Jeevithavum country and the launch of the first-ever . M Speaking at the ceremony, Anand from Backstage won for Best Stage published edition of a META Best "+ Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group Design by Suveeran. Original Script (winner of 2019) giving said, “In spite of, or perhaps because of, Eminent names who gave away the impetus to scriptwriting in contempo- all our current difficulties, the ceremo- awards included Ajit Rai, Akhila rary Indian theatre. !"#$%$% % # >

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All my focus is on " " .<(O this tour at the moment and is exit from the IPL ustralian pacer Josh when the IPL comes closer we’ll attributed to personal '% from the game for the last one they have got depth with Kedar AHazlewood on Monday think about that,” Hazlewood Hreasons this season, all- year, so he would end up getting Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Sam admitted that he is “concerned” said. rounder Suresh Raina’s stint ahendra Singh Dhoni a lot more balls to face and then Curran, all those guys they can about the Covid-19 outbreak in Hazlewood is part of the with Chennai Super Kings Mshould be batting at num- he can actually play the anchor come in. his IPL side Chennai Super Australian squad that has trav- seems in jeopardy even next year ber three for Chennai Super innings as well which he “So, I think it is going to be Kings, but said he is currently elled to England for the white- as the franchise might part ways Kings now that Suresh Raina has been doing for India a great opportunity for focussing on the limited overs ball tour. The two sides will play with him before the 2021 edi- has pulled out of the IPL, feels for the last couple of someone like MS tour of England. three T20Is in Southampton tion. former India opener Gautam years,” the two-time IPL- Dhoni and I am The IPL, which is beginning and as many ODIs in The CSK camp based in Gambhir. winning skipper said. sure he is going in the UAE on September 19, Manchester between Sept 4-16. Dubai reported 13 Covid-19 Gambhir thinks that Dhoni, Gambhir said to relish that. has reported 13 Covid-19 pos- The 29-year-old, who along cases, including two main squad who has been away from the that Dhoni can Also, Suresh itive cases from the CSK contin- with the likes of David Warner, members Deepak Chahar and game for over a year, should try come at one Raina not being gent, including two players. Steve Smith, Pat Cummins and Ruturaj Gaikwad, a development and play as many balls possible. down as there there, you want “We have a group Aaron Finch is scheduled to which an IPL source said, played “It will be a good opportu- are batsmen to have some WhatsApp with all the informa- travel to the UAE after the tour a role in the recently-retired nity for MS Dhoni to come and who can play the experienced play- tion that comes through, it’s of England, said there will be dis- India player’s exit from the bat at No 3,” Gambhir said on finishing game. er batting at No 3, obviously a little bit of a con- cussions with the Cricket event starting September 19. Star Sports’ show Cricket “So, MS so it could be cern,” Hazlewood, who is here Australia (CA) if the number of However, it has now Connected. Dhoni at No MS Dhoni for national duty, told reporters. positive cases in the IPL increas- emerged that the team manage- “And he has been away 3 and then now,” he added. Those who have tested es. ment was not particularly happy positive have been isolated “We haven’t spoken too with the 32-year-old’s “conduct” an official replacement for in a separate hotel. much about it yet, it’s a few during the quarantine time, Raina...They are undecided,” ' ' *' " '! Q" According to the weeks away until we get there. something which infuriated the IPL source added. BCCI’s Standard I assume those things will CSK owner and former BCCI On the speculated bio-bub- Operating Procedure come up if cases are still hap- president N Srinivasan. ble breach, the source said an - -!". * '"' (SOP), all those who test pening closer to the date, “In CSK, the norm is that apology from Raina will have lit- positive are man- then we’ll touch base the coach, captain and the man- Raina could well be gone for too well with the top people,” the tle impact given that the team is easoned batsman Suresh chances in the 13th edition of dated to go with Cricket Australia ager get suites. However, Raina good now not only this season source said. looking ahead. SRaina will realise what he is the IPL despite the departure through an addi- (CA) and have a also gets a suite in any hotel that but also the next IPL scheduled “It looks highly improbable “I don’t know about the missing out on by skipping the of their highest run-getter. tional 14-day chat.” the franchise stays. It’s just that in April, 2021. Chennai’s that someone who has retired apology part but CSK will now Indian Premier League and his “The season has not begun quarantine. They CA has been his room didn’t have a balcony,” favourite Chinna Thala may and likely won’t play any crick- be eyeing to prepare Ruturaj absence won’t have an impact yet and Raina will certainly can enter the bio- extra cautious in an IPL source said. not wear the Canary yellow et will come back for CSK. looking at the future and Dhoni on the Chennai Super Kings, realise what he is missing and secure bubble it’s approach to “It was an issue but I don’t again. Maybe, he will be back in auc- and Fleming will rejig their team owner N Srinivasan has certainly all the money he is only after return- counter the think big enough to warrant a Is there a possibility of tion and someone else might strategy accordingly,” the source said. going to lose,” Srinivasan, a for- ing negative in tests Covid-19 pan- comeback (to India). There Raina coming back this season, pick him.” added. In an interview with mer BCCI and International to be conducted after demic. The board could be something more than thereby changing the circum- CSK is punting heavily on Raina is CSK’s highest run- Outlook magazine, Srinivasan Cricket Council chief, was the extended isola- has restricted its players just the scare of rising Covid- stances? young Ruturaj, expecting that he getter with 4527 runs from 164 shared his views on Raina’s quoted as saying. tion. from using sweat from caseload in Chennai,” the source “He is unavailable this sea- will come good once he com- IPL games. The left-hander is sudden decision to leave the CSK CEO Kasi “Ideally you’d the head, face and neck added, alluding to a speculated son and that is clear from the pletes the quarantine and rejoins also the second highest scorer in CSK team and head back to Viswanathan had confirmed have no cases, they to shine the ball during breach of the bio-bubble by official statement issued by the the training session after two IPL history with 5368 runs, India. on Saturday that Raina had left are in quarantine the tour of England to Raina. CSK. Now there are certain negative tests. second only to Indian skipper The 75-year-old said that the team and flown back to now and I think reduce the risk of trans- He said given the situation, things that have not gone down “CSK has not yet asked for Virat Kohli’s 5412 runs. CSK were confident of their India due to “personal reasons”. that finishes up in mission of the virus. ! / % /#$#6 ) 'B ' 3 '% 17( vibes” irrespective of the match $? /#% $7 $ situation. ormer Pakistan skipper “No matter what happens '% 01 FInzamam-ul-Haq has during the match, only positive slammed coach-cum-selector vibes should go out from the ings XI Punjab’s fielding coach Misbah-ul-Haq for his negative dressing room. It’s very impor- KJonty Rhodes feels it’s important body language during tant. We are T20 champions. If for the team’s senior players such as Pakistan’s defeat in the second we’re losing in that (format), it’s , Mohammed Shami to set an example T20I against England on a cause of worry.” for the juniors to follow in the upcom- Sunday. The 50-year-old Inzamam ing IPL. England chased down a also drew a comparison "A1 “From an energy perspective, I stiff 196-run target losing only between Misbah and former always look to the senior players to lead five wickets. coach Mickey Arthur, who was %- The sticky wicket was a “great challenge” because there are some talented young With England going strong shown the door following but South African star AB de Villiers left the players like Mayank Agarwal, Karun at 65 for no loss, Misbah was $ ' ') '0# 0*D # +!,# Pakistan’s disappointing World ground after his first net session in ages a sat- Nair, Deepak Hooda, some great field- seen sitting with his hands Cup campaign last year. isfied man, having got what he had wanted ers,” Rhodes said in a video posted on them to follow. So it’s great to see over his face and holding his ceded 40-45 runs, the camera but you are sending a message “Mickey Arthur used to ahead of the IPL. the official Twitter handle of Kings XI Shami speed to the ball, great tech- head in disappointment. kept showing Misbah and he that suggests that you have respond in the same way,” said The 36-year-old, who turns out for Royal Punjab. nique and just showing the younger Inzamam said such reac- had his hands on his head, done something wrong. Inzamam, who was the chief Challengers Bangalore in the T20 league, “But it’s guys like Shami who, for guys that he’s still got something left tions sends a negative message which suggested that some- “You can have a proper dis- selector when Arthur served as resumed training after a five-months and said me, are so important to this outfit in the tank.” to the team which was still bat- thing really bad had happened,” cussion after the game, but if the chief coach. the first sessions were pretty good as he stuck because they are often looked up to This will be Rhodes’ first stint with tling in the middle. Inzamam said in his YouTube you respond like this during the “Whenever I used to go to to the basics. and respected in very high regard, the Kings XI Punjab. He is making a “During the fifth over of channel. match, then this will have a bad watch series and talk to play- “It was very good, enjoyable to be out there, especially in Indian cricketing circles. return to the IPL after having spent two England innings, when “There were still 155-160 effect on the team.” ers, they used to complain a lot the wicket was a bit sticky so it was a great chal- “If they are setting high stan- seasons away post his stint with the Pakistan were bowling their runs to go, the match could The former skipper said it that Arthur’s similar antics lenge, actually if I could have it my way, I would dards, then young players, it’s easier for Mumbai Indians. Powerplay overs and had con- have gone in anyone’s favour, is important to send “positive affected them negatively.” have wanted my first net session to go like this only after a long time,” De Villiers said in a video posted on RCB’s official Twitter handle. “I kept my basics in place, watched the ball Murray eyes strong US run ( .# 1.7 . ,!4 carefully, I played some nice shots in the end and it was enjoyable,” added de Villiers, who $ 7" - Andy Murray says 6 *1 ,( T20 series against Pakistan in also donned the keeping gloves during the ses- his true self will be on show at Manchester on Sunday ahead of sion. a Grand Slam for the first time ngland on Monday recalled Tuesday’s finale. De Villiers was in quarantine for six days in three years this week at the US Eseveral World Cup winners Jason Roy, another member after arriving in the UAE and hit the nets after Open after battling back from a for their upcoming white-ball of England’s World Cup winning clearing three Covid-19 tests. The session was career-threatening hip injury. series against Australia but Test side, has been ruled out of the also attended by Umesh Yadav, Parthiv Patel The former world No 1 captain Joe Root has again been T20s with the same side strain and Gurkeerat Singh among others. said the last time he felt this omitted from the T20 squad. that has sidelined him for all The team had hit the nets for the first time &2 2 ' 2' '7B pain-free going into a tennis Fifty-over world champions three Pakistan T20s. on Saturday after successfully ending its quar- /'2 &# 01 7 # '" major was at Roland Garros in England have been fielding sep- But England hope the antine period. PTI #,, ,# " 2017. arate red and white ball squads Surrey opener will be fit for the “It has been a long journey in a season hit by the coron- one-dayers. to get back to this point,” the 33- avirus pandemic. Meanwhile Ben Stokes, who year-old told reporters. But with all six Tests span- has not played for England 17 N O “I’m actually hopefully ning two series wins against the since this month’s first Test going to compete at a Slam coronavirus pandemic shut- West Indies and Pakistan now against Pakistan, was again omit- where I’m not worried about down, kept him out of compe- completed, England have ted with the all-rounder still . " .# " how I’m going to be and how my tition until the ATP Western and recalled some of their multi-for- spending time in New Zealand hip is going to feel. The last time Southern Open this past week, mat players for next month’s lim- with his father, who has been '% 1 that would have been was in the where he reached the last 16. ited-overs matches against diagnosed with brain cancer. 2017 French Open. The 2012 US Open cham- Australia. There was no place in either t’s been seven years since a “It’s a long time ago and I pion said he is “pumped” to be Root was the third-highest squad for all-rounder David Ichess player got the Arjuna know I’ve played a couple of back at Flushing Meadows for run-scorer at the 2016 T20 Willey, despite the left-arm pace- award and the iconic slams since then but that wasn’t the first time since 2018. World Cup but the Yorkshire man being England’s man of the Viswanathan Anand is hoping really me on the court,” he “Physically right now I feel batsman has not played a T20Is series in their 2-1 one-day inter- that India’s triumphant cam- added. pretty good. So I’m really happy for over a year, despite still national campaign win over paign at the online Chess Murray had career-saving about that because it’s allowing wanting to feature in the format. Ireland earlier this month. Olympiad will change this hip surgery in 2019, his second me to practice, and prepare Meanwhile fellow World “We have selected strong when the national sporting hip operation, before suffering properly and enjoy my time on Cup winners Jofra Archer, Jos squads,” said Ed Smith, the honours are announced next another setback with a pelvic the court,” he said. Buttler, and Mark Wood all Both England white-ball England national selector. “We year. injury at the Davis Cup last Murray plays Japan’s return for both the T20 and ODI sides are again captained by Eoin are also continuing to develop In an interview after India November. Yoshihito Nishioka in the first series, while Chris Woakes is Morgan, whose dashing 66 depth in preparation for the won the top honours jointly That, combined with the round on Tuesday. AP back in the 50-over squad. helped put the hosts 1-0 up in a upcoming T20 World Cups.” with Russia on Sunday, Anand, years, there has been “a drop medal win in the Chess a recipient of both the Arjuna off in the attitude of the Sports Olympiad as a “magical and the Khel Ratna, said award Ministry towards chess play- moment” which will spur the 44 ) $$ $ *% recognition is due for the ers” regarding Government further growth of the sport in # ".O sport’s practitioners in India. awards. the country. “I hope this will lead to all “I don’t mean at a person- “The tournament went like " - Prolific scorer Ciro $ ! %- India’s foreign coach Centre of Sports Excellence. sorts of positive things includ- al level obviously. Just that a dream for me. A special Gold Immobile has extended his con- for badminton, Agus Dwi “I understand SAI’s decision ing the reconsideration in the institutionally, we no longer for me. A special moment for tract with Lazio through 2025. Santoso, says he will not be able to allow eight players for the Sports Ministry of the Arjuna get awards for international youngsters. Winning the Gold His previous contract was due to to implement his plans with only camp in this pandemic but only award and the Dronacharya competitions,” Anand said is simply a magical moment,” expire in 2023. four shuttlers at his disposal, and four players are training. I need awards for chess. It has been a later in an online media inter- Anad told reporters during an “This is important, because wants the Sports Authority of more players of the same level, long time,” said the country’s action. online media interaction, along Immobile had gained the atten- India to allow more players in quality players because bad- first Khel Ratna awardee. Anand also touched upon with all the other 11 members tion of some big clubs, consid- the national camp. minton is a mind game, it needs The last time a chess play- the wrangling within the of the Indian team. ering that he’s the European He admitted that the Covid- teamwork,” Santoso said. er received the Arjuna was in national federation. “I hope this will be the Golden Boot holder,” Lazio 19 situation remains worrisome “It has been few weeks and 2013 when Abhijeet Gupta “It might be due to various start of many things for India,” communications but said they will have to adapt we are still training a few play- was bestowed the honour, issues pertaining to code of Anand said of the country’s director Stefano De to it. The nodal sports body had players to implement my plans,” camp and is training at a sepa- ers and that is not good. It is while a chess coach has been conduct etc. Our federation first Gold medal in the Chess Martino said allowed the camp for eight Santoso said. rate facility with husband P important to train as a group so given the Dronacharya just has had some difficulties. It Olympiad. on Monday. Olympic hopefuls following He has been hired to work Kashyap and a few others, who that players can compete hard twice — Raghunandan Vasant would be nice to reset this. Indian men had previ- In the approval from the Telangana with the top singles players. are not part of the camp. and help each other. A healthy Gokhale (1986) and Koneru And the best way to reset this ously won a Bronze in the Serie A sea- Government but only four are Out of the eight Olympic Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy, competition is important. Ashok (2006). is not by writing long letters to 2014 edition, which was son that ended currently training at the SAI- hopefuls, only world champion who recently tested positive for “I hope for support from “Sometimes you need to editors but by having good the country’s best finish early August, Pullela Gopichand Academy. PV Sindhu, B Sai Praneeth, Covid-19, is at his home, while SAI in getting more players to show that we are still there and results like this.” before this Gold. Immobile scored “The current situation is still women’s doubles specialist Sikki his men’s doubles partner Chirag train. Once we have that, we I hope this results in positive “The Olympiad win is 36 goals to match a worry but we have to adapt and Reddy and Kidambi Srikanth are Shetty is lodged in Mumbai. would be in a better position to impetus for many things,” ‘MAGICAL MOMENT FOR US’ very special...A very special Gonzalo Higuain’s live with the virus. We have been currently attending the camp. Ashwini Ponnappa has pre- prepare and do well in tourna- Anand said. The legendary player medal I will add to my collec- Italian league following the protocols of the Former world No 1 Saina ferred to stay in Bangalore and ments including the Tokyo He said in the last few termed India’s maiden Gold tion,” he added. record. AP Government but I need more Nehwal has still not joined the train at the Padukone-Dravid Olympics.” PTI

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