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Intensive Maintenance of all sub stations the deputy Commissioner (dC) Unique move aimed at addressing the technical and legacy Bandipora, dr Owais Ahmad today visited far flung areas of Gurez valley issues in the distribution network: Kansal including Kanzalwan, JAMMU, JULY 23: ventive maintenance is - major fault or addition of of the transmission system Chairman JPdCl, Bagtore, Izmarg, tarbal, sues. these led to break - any new equipment/relay and ensure the overall Jagmohan Sharma had Chuntiwari, etc to review the Power department downs in the system caus - in thesubstation. the same healthiness of the electrical physically visited a number the developmental activi - has decided to constitute ing disruptions in the dis - order also directs the network. the order empha - of substations and receiv - ties in the border Sub- Circle level Audit and tribution network and lead - Protection teamto not just sizes various technical ing stations and inspected division of Bandipora dis - Protection teams for tech - ing to inconvenience to test and inspect their re - steps that need to be taken them and interacted with trict. nical audit, maintenance consumers. He termed this spective substations but al - to ensure that systems are the field functionaries. the dC on the occasion and testingof all 66-33/11- initiative by the so conduct a technical audit protected against faults and Following his report, it was visited several villages and 6.6kV sub stations in J&K. department in constituting of the sub station about all overloading. the testing of decided to devise an insti - conducted on-spot inspec - An order to this effect was special technical commit - technical and safety mat - equipment including earth - tutionalized system for an tion of various ongoing Officers on the occa - winters in the region. issued by Principal tees as a first ever effort to ters such as availability and ing of old stations has also intensive cycle of mainte - works including sion informed the dC He directed the officers Secretary Power address on a sustainable functionality of the been included in the scope nance of all existing sta - Chontiwari-Baktoor road about the achievements to regularly visit Gurez to development department, and long term basis the Electrical Equipment with - of the protection team. tions so as to ensure adher - being constructed under registered and ongoing take on spot review of de - rohit Kansal today. technical shortcomings of in the sub station, adher - It may be recalled that a ence to all technical param - PMGSy besides other projects in Gurez along velopmental works and al - Commenting on the ex - the electrical infrastructure ence to preventive mainte - number of complaints and eters like relay coordina - roads being constructed, with their present status. so asked them to mobilize ercise, Principal Secretary, in the Ut. the order issued nance schedules, availabili - grievances had been re - tion, current and time set - repaired and On the occasion, dC di - the field staff for redressal Power development by the department asks the ty of Safety Equipment and ceived from the public tings, testing of energy me - macadamized. dr Owais rected the officers to expe - of genuine grievances and department, rohit Kansal newly constituted Adherence to the Standard about frequent breakdowns ters and testing/commis - also reviewed works of dite the work on ongoing effective implementation noted that the Power Protection team(s)to con - operating Procedure (SoP) in the electrical system. sioning of other equipment rural development projects and work extra of different state and cen - department has been grap - duct testing of every exist - for safe working for han - taking cognizance of the such as Power department, r&B in these hours to meet the deadline. tral sponsored schemes. pling with a number of lega - ing 66-33/11-6.6kV substa - dling of outages and for safe same, the department had transformer/Ct/Pt/Circu areas and held interaction He said there is a limited dr Owais also reviewed cy issues pertaining to ob - tion within the jurisdiction working near energized conducted a detailed exer - it with panchayat members working season in the the progress of vaccination Gurez Valley due to which in Gurez valley against solete network, distribu - of its O&M Circle at least system. the order also asks cise to find out the reasons Breaker/lA/Isolators/Batt of Bagtore Block regarding the officers need to work Covid-19 and appreciated tion bottlenecks and main - once during a calendar year the teams to coordinate and the technical solution ery Chargers/ Batteries in - ongoing works under vari - extra hours to complete the the efforts of field staff to tenance particularly pre - and immediately after any with the protection teams to the problem. the cluding earthing etc. ous schemes of rdd. works before the onset of fight the pandemic. DDC Rajouri reviews implementation of PM-KUSUM: JAKEDA holds publicity cum key development RDD sector schemes awareness workshop for farmers in Rajouri RAJOURI, JULY 23: of water bodies, status of the district development RAJOURI, JULY 23: Mohan Sharma; PO ICdS, has been launched solely lighted the importance of aadhar seeding of MGN - development Commissioner asked the Kartar Singh; CAO, Mahesh with the aim to raise the in - the scheme saying that district development rEGA job cards, COVId19 Commissioner asked the concerned officer from the to sensitize the farmers Verma; dSEO, Bilal rashid come the farmers and they Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Commissioner rajouri, vaccination of 18-44 year dFO to submit a list of the Bank not to make any pay - as well as general public Mir besides the other con - should come forward to Suraksha evam Utthaan rajesh K Shavan today age group. Village level committees ment without Adhar seed - about the main features of cerned district and sectoral avail the benefits of such Mahabhiyan (PM- convened a meeting of offi - While taking a review which have failed to fur - ing. the newly launched PM- officers also attended the schemes", the deputy KUSUM) Scheme with an cers of line departments to of the execution of works nish satisfactory report the district KUSUM scheme, one-day programme. Commissioner added. the objective of increasing review the progress on on - under the rdd sector, the about the claims received development publicity cum awareness Among the others, deputy Commissioner farmers' income, providing going vital projects and EXN rEW said 754 works and identify the villages Commissioner instructed camp was organized by ddC Members, BdC asked the public represen - a reliable source for irriga - schemes in the district. have been projected under which have not been cov - the concerned officers to Jammu & Kashmir Energy Chairpersons, Sarpanches, tatives to identify the eligi - tion and de-dieseliste the Among the others, AdC B2V3 and the department ered under the Forest constitute youth clubs at development Agency panches and farmers were ble beneficiaries in their re - farm sector. She also ap - Nowshera, Sukhdev Singh has already started the ten - rights Act. each Panchayat at the earli - (JAKEdA) here at present during the pro - spective jurisdictions so pealed to the farmers to Sambayal; AdC Kalakote, dering process. regarding the formula - est and complete the PMAy Conference Hall of the gramme. the scheme shall that they can be provided step forward and take ad - Krishan lal; AdC the implementation of tion of the integrated tribal houses within the shortest PWd dak Bunglow be implemented in J&K by necessary benefits under vantage of the scheme so Koteranka, Surinder Forest right Act was also development plan, the possible time. He also rajouri. the Jammu and Kashmir the scheme. . that the objective of the Chief Executive Officer, Mohan Sharma; CPO, reviewed and the district district development asked them to ensure that Energy development While speaking on the scheme is fulfilled and ap - JAKEdA, Babila rakwal in Mohammad Khurshid; development Commissioner asked the all the water bodies of the Agency (JAKEdA), depart - occasion, the Chief pealed to the concerned of - presence of deputy dFO rajouri, Arshdeep; Commissioner asked the concerned officers to com - district are repaired and ment of Science & Executive Officer, JAKE - ficers to make concerted ef - Commissioner rajouri, ACP, Abdul rashid; dSEO, concerned departments to plete the exercise within renovated. technology. dA, Babila rakwal high - forts to achieve the target of rajesh K Shavan, launched Bilal rashid Mir besides expedite the process for two days. About the reviewing the COVId the participants were lighted the advantages of doubling their income by the publicity cum aware - sensitized about the bene - solar pumps over the con - 2022. the other concerned offi - inviting the claims and em - progress regarding con - vaccination, the meeting ness programme for instal - fits of the scheme in reduc - ventional ones and empha - later, during the tech - cers attended the meeting. phasized upon the con - duct of the survey of migra - was informed that about 36 lation of solar power agri - ing the production cost of sized that with the installa - nical session, various the meeting reviewed cerned departments to tory tribal population in percent of the population culture pumps under the crops and facilitating tion of solar pumps the de - queries related to the the status of ongoing works work with added zeal for the district, the dSEO in - in the 18-44 years age “Pradhan Mantri Kisan increase in the income of pendence of farmers on scheme were put forth by under district Capex, im - getting the desired results formed that as many as 367 group has taken the first Urja Suraksha Evam farmers. electricity, petrol and diesel the PrIs and the technical plementation of Forest within the fixed time villages are under the sur - dose. the district Utthan Mahabhiyaan (PM- In his address, the would come down consid - team of the JAKEdA re - rights Act, conduct of trib - frame. He also exhorted to vey and concrete measures development KUSUM) yojana” in the deputy Commissioner said, erably and benefit the farm - sponded to every raised al survey, execution of work in close coordination are being taken to ensure Commissioner stressed on district. "Agriculture is the back - ers economically. She said query effectively. works under B2V3, status with Forest rights its time bound completion. strict enforcement of AdC Nowshera, bone of the Indian economy that initially 5000 solar the programme was of payment under 14 FC, Committees (FrCs) that regarding the Adhar COVId Appropriate Sukhdev Singh Sambayal; and irrigation is the back - plants have been sanc - well managed and coordi - constitution of Panchayat have been constituted for seeding of the beneficiar - Behaviour and stern action AdC Kalakote, Krishan lal; bone of Agriculture." tioned in the Ut of Jammu nated by dSEO rajouri, youth clubs, rejuvenation the purpose. ies, the district against the violators. AdC Koteranka, Surinder "Scheme like PM-KUSUM and Kashmir. She high - Bilal rashid Mir. Jammu Haat project nearing Enforcement teams Sankalp Se Siddhi scheme: DC Samba reviews completion: Div Com recover Rs 19,000 fine extension of benefits to vendors Mega facility envisioned by Hon'ble LG for artists & SAMBA, JULY 23: traders; shall be a major tourist attraction in future from violators in Ramban JAMMU, JULY 23: Government Order No. 146 deputy Commissioner INd of 2021, dated, 13-7- 1507 vaccinated, 1214 samples collected Samba, Anuradha Gupta RAMBAN, JULY 23: divisional 2021 renaming the J&K today convened a meeting Commissioner Jammu, dr trade Facilitation Centre, of councillors of all four Continuing the drive to implement Covid protocol raghav langer today in - Exhibition Ground, municipal committees of across the district ramban, the Enforcement teams spected the status of work Jammu as ‘Jammu Haat’. the district and reviewed today fined scores of violators for roaming without on the upcoming Jammu As per the vision & direc - the implementation of wearing face masks and not maintaining physical dis - Haat building Complex – tions of the lieutenant tance. the enforcement teams, during the inspection Sankalp se Siddhi scheme, earlier known as J&K trade Governor, this mega facili - in their respective jurisdictions, recovered a fine of rs here at conference hall dC cial handholding to street the elected councillors of profiling under SVANidhi- Facilitation Centre. ty would be used to pro - 19,700 taking the total amount fined since April 1, office, Samba. Chief vendors and small time the municipal bodies a ho - Se- Samridhi, and impart during visit to the site, mote handicraft, handloom 2021 to rs. 34, 12, 050. Planning officer, Sukhleen business persons. listic development plan digital transaction training the div Com was accompa - and industrial and allied the Enforcement officers urged the people to wear Kour, Executive Engineer the deputy shall be formulated for the and inoculate unvaccinat - nied by Managing director activities in the division. face masks and maintain physical distance besides PWd, Jal Shakti, CEO Commissioner, while re - uplift of street ed persons. J&K trade Promotion during the site visit, the taking Covid vaccination doses at their nearest CVC. Municipalities of Samba, viewing implementation of vendors/hawkers etc. later, the deputy Organization, Ankita Kar; divisional Commissioner district Immunization Officer, ramban, dr, Suresh ramgarh, Vijaypur, Bari the scheme, asked for pro - the dC directed for Commissioner also re - director Handloom & along with officers took a informed that as many as 1507 persons were adminis - Brahmana, besides repre - viding bank loans to enable holding camps with the in - viewed the implementa - Handicrafts, Vikas Gupta; round of each floor of the tered first and second Covid vaccine doses across sentatives of CltC experts the street vendors to volvement of the lending tion of the PMAy-HFA (U) General Manager dIC, building and inspected the ramban district today. As per daily bulletin issued by and councillors of all reestablish their business institutions (Banks) for scheme by the Housing and Jammu, Subah Mehta; progress of work and facili - the Chief Medical Officer, ramban, dr. Mohammad Municipal council/com - hit by Covid restrictions. disbursement of the finan - Urban development General Manager SICOP, ties developed there for Fareed Bhat, the Health department has collected mittees were also present. She directed concerned of - cial assistance to the appli - department. rajan Sharma; Assistant artists and traders. 1214 samples including 310 rt-PCr and 904 rAt during the meeting, it ficers to immediately cants under the scheme. dC stressed upon for - Engineer, Chamandeep the building has 7 samples besides administering Covid vaccine to 1507 was informed that under process the eligible cases the camps shall also en - mulating a swachta plan Singh and other concerned floors, 62 shops (display persons at dedicated Vaccination Centres in the dis - Sankalp se Sidhi scheme a and put up the same for courage the left out street for each ward besides fur - officers. counters) including park - trict series of initiatives are be - sanctioning. She said that vendors for taking loan, nishing regular feedback to Pertinently, the place ing, conference hall/ exhi - ing taken to extend finan - with active involvement of conduct Socio-economic- her office. was rechristened under bition hall facilities. Samajik Adhikarita Shivir 9 killed in separate road held at Reasi Independence Day arrangements reviewed at Reasi accidents in Rajasthan DC calls for strict adherence to Covid SOPs during celebrations Jaipur, Jul 23 (PTI) 380 assistive devices costing REASI, JULY 23: foolproof security and main - taining cleanliness in and Nine people were killed and 21 oth - Rs 13 lakh provided to PwD the programmes and activ - around the venue. He also di - ers injured in separate road accidents in REASI, JULY 23: ities for the Independence day rected for making health care rajasthan's Bharatpur, Jhunjhunu and celebrations in reasi will be arrangements at the venue. dausa districts. three people were Social Welfare department reasi in collaboration held strictly in accordance to It was decided in the meet - killed and 21 others injured when a trac - with Artificial limbs Corporation of India (AlIMCO), Covid Safety protocol such as ing that contingents of Police, tor-trolley overturned on Friday in an a public sector enterprise functioning under the con - maintaining social distancing, rPF, CISF, NCC will take part in area under the Sewar police station of trol of Ministry of Social Justice Government of India, wearing of masks, proper sani - the March past whereas SSP Bharatpur, police said. the injured have today organised a ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ for pro - tization, avoiding large congre - been admitted to the rBM Hospital in viding aids and assistive devices to divyangjan (differ - will decide the Parade gations etc. the district. the deceased have been ently-abled) under Assistance to disabled Persons Commander. this was decided in a meet - identified as dhujiram (55), Prashant (AdIP) scheme. the distribution camp was organized the deputy Commissioner ing held to review the arrange - (12), Prithviraj (13), police said. the vic - under the overall supervision of deputy directed the Pdd and PHE to ments for the National event tims were residents of Alipur village un - Commissioner, Charandeep Singh here at Sports sta - ensure uninterrupted Power here under the chairmanship of der the lakhanpur police station area. dium. the main objective of the government’s AdIP and water supply on the sched - deputy Commissioner, In Jhunjhunu, two people were killed af - Scheme, in operation since 1981, is to assist people in Additional S.P Surjeet Kumar, were present. uled day, while the CMO was Charandeep Singh. the meet - ter their two-wheelers collided in an procuring assistive aid and appliances that can help in ACr Sanjay Badyal; ACd the arrangements for park - asked to deploy sufficient med - ing was informed that the main area under the Sadar police station area their socio-economic development. A total 380 aids Anirudh rai; PO ICdS renu ing facility, drinking water fa - ical staff along with an ambu - function will be held at Sports Kumari; A.K Sharma dySP cility, security, Barricading, lance. on Friday. the de ceased have been iden - and appliances costing rs 13 lakh were distributed by tified as Bhupsingh (25) and Pramod (28), Stadium and similar functions IrP; Sanjeev Kumar, dySP StC decorations, seating arrange - the Information dC and director Social Welfare, Jammu, Smitha Sethi police said. After post-mortem, the bodies would be held at all tehsil head - talwara; Xen PWd Janak raj, ments, Media gallery, and im - department was asked to make among 192 beneficiaries which included tricycles for were handed over to their relatives. In the quarters. tehsildar reasi, Munshi ram, plementation of Covid19 SOPs arrangements for the Public Adults, tricycles for Children, Wheelchairs Adult and Balaji police station area of dausa district, the meeting was attended dr Gulshan Kumar, dSWO be - guidelines were discussed. Address System and media cov - Small, CP Chair, Hearing Aid, MSIEd kit. a truck parked on the roadside was hit by a by AddC reasi, Jyoti Slathia; sides all concerned officers the dC asked for ensuring erage of the event. speeding container vehicle . Glimpses of Future 6 Edit/OpiniOn JAMMU SAtUrdAy JUly 24 2, 021 Glimpses of Future Pegasus-gate flies right into Govt's face EStABlISHEd IN 1986 BY : GYANESHWAR DAYAL ple for combating terrorism and strengthening the internal security India is among the countries of the country was in fact strength - Clear observations which bought and used the spyware ening the Government in power. It programme, not against terrorists was helping it fix people who stand here should be no double standard in giving but against its own civil society. against it, and unleash a reign of Pegasus, the mythical white- terror in the name of fighting ter - justice to people irrespective of their status. winged warhorse, has finally de - rorism. As Home Minister Amit the Supreme Court said, India cannot have scended in India. Not now exactly, Shah rightly said people should un - t but a couple of years back, in fact derstand the chronology. Indeed, two parallel legal systems, one for the rich and re- well before the 2019 elections. they should and put things that sourceful and those who wield political power and the Pegasus was the white horse on happened in the last four-five years other for “small men” without resources and capabili- whose back the BJP ensured its his - in perspective. to connect the dots, toric comeback. like the mythical let’s have a few names that appear ties to access justice. this is a very important observa- Pegasus, it destroyed the in the long list of targets in India. A tion that needs to be followed by all concerned. the Opposition and ensured a comfort - lot happened during and after the able historic win for the warriors general elections in 2019. to begin apex court also said the “colonial mindset meted out who owned it. In fact, they had with, the then Chief Election to the district judiciary” must change to preserve the bought it with the exchequer’s mon - Commissioner Ashok lavasa was a ey! For the uninitiated, Pegasus in prominent player in the general faith of citizens and stated that judges are “made tar- our times is a spyware programme election. He was on a panel hearing gets when they stand up for what is right”. these cru- that can hack any phone and take complaints against Prime Minister covert control of the targeted de - Narendra Modi for violating the cial observations we made by top court while can- vice. developed by the NSO Group investigated the sale, misuse and Government thought was a poten - code of conduct. lavasa dissented celling the bail granted to Madhya Pradesh BSP of Israel, it can have covert access to targets of Pegasus. they have fath - tial threat. India was one of those on a panel’s ruling on the com - its camera, microphone, contact omed the phone numbers of the countries which bought and used it; plaints against Modi and Shah. His MlA’s husband, who was arrested in over two-year- list, stored data, and so on. It is people under Pegasus watch. they not against terrorists but against its wife Novel lavasa was served an in - old murder case of Congress leader devendra available for any Government to have shared their work with several civil society. Politicians, journalists, come tax notice two months later. tackle national security and terror - media organisations. the lawyers, activists and even its own the intern, who had filed an affi - Chourasia. An independent and impartial judiciary is ism. the manufactures claim that Guardian, Washington Post, the Ministers were the targets. As un - davit against former Chief Justice of the cornerstone of democracy and it should be im- they do not sell software to individ - Wire back home and many others confirmed reports suggest, it was India ranjan Gogoi for having mune from political pressures and considerations. uals, businesses or organisations. are the collaborators in the project. used against the intern of the Chief made sexual advances, was also the they sell it only to the Governments What has emerged is nothing short Justice, election commissioner, Pegasus target. Her phone number, the existence of dual system will only chip away the so that it is not misused. “Project of mayhem. they have unearthed Opposition leader and even the along with 10 other family mem - legitimacy of the law. the duty also falls on the state Pegasus” is the hard work of French what many Governments across the Government Ministers. they are no bers, was in the target list accessed organisation Forbidden Stories and world were up to, and how they terrorists or threat to national secu - by the Pegasus Project. this was the machinery to be committed to the rule of law. A bench Amnesty international. they have were using it against people who the rity. the software that is in princi - pegasus on page 7 of Justices d y Chandrachud and M r Shah said dis- trict judiciary is the first point of interface with the cit- izens. If the faith of citizens in the judiciary is to be The growing burden of neurological disorders in India preserved, it is the district judiciary on which atten- tion must be focused. the top court said trial court BY : RAJINDER K DHAMIJA since 1990. Indian ethnic factors are notable as most of us are prone to judges work amidst appalling conditions, lack of in- the Covid-19 survivors in partic - life-style related risk factors like dia - frastructure, inadequate protection and there are ex- ular have mental disorders on ac - betes, hypertension, lack of physical count of social isolation, anxiety, exercise, obesity, smoking, and air amples of judges being made targets when they stand fear and emotional distress. India pollution. Many neurological condi - up for what is right. Also there is sadly a subservience has a huge burden of neurological tions have a progressive course with diseases along with mental health limited therapeutic options avail - to the administration of the high courts for transfers disorders and substance abuse. able and require long-term treat - and postings which renders them vulnerable. the Neurological diseases alone consti - ment as well as care. More than a rict judiciary tute nearly 10 percent of total dis - third of all suicides globally are com - colonial mindset meted out to the dist eases in India along with an addi - mitted in India. the suicidal rates must change, it is only then that civil liberties for tional 10.6 percent prevalence of rank first among all mortality causes every citizen, be it accused victim or civil society will psychiatric disorders, according to in young women in most states. this the National Mental Health Survey, causes enormous financial losses as be meaningfully preserved in our trial courts which 2016. With more than 20 crore peo - well as societal slurs. the WHO esti - are first line of defence for those who are being ple affected by these diseases and in mated in 2011 that the economic loss need to medical help, it is a serious due to mental health disorders alone wronged. If district judiciary operates under the su- challenge to India’s public health will be in the realm of $1.03 trillion pervision of the high court then is it must secure its in- system. these diseases are on the between 2012 to 2030.We also have rise, ironically, because of the in - the peculiar social issue of stigma as - dependence from external influence and control. creased longevity of the population sociated with mental health disor - these observations are really very important and withmany people now living beyond ders in our country. the government the seventies and eighties. Strokes, has taken steps to make things bet - rise in neurological diseases, the available in rural areas. Most of clear and must be taken into practice while delivering headache disorders, epilepsy, de - ter for the patients. the Mental neurology and psychiatric work - these patients require long-term re - mentia, and Parkinson’s disease are justice to the people. Health Care Act, 2017 empowers pa - force has not grown proportionally. habilitation but neurorehabilitation the leading contributors to neuro - tients to make choices regarding India has inadequate specialist is still in its infancy in India and logical disorders. A recent lancet treatment or nominate someone to manpower with fewer than 2500 practically non-existent in many global study said the disability re - take decisions about the course of neurologists, 1800 neurosurgeons, parts of the country. Neuro-pallia - sulting from neurological diseases treatment. It also decriminalises the 200 palliative care physicians, and tive care is still unheard of and has doubled from four per cent in attempt to die by suicide, thereby re - around 9000 psychiatrists, as per leaves many patients with a poor 1990 to 8•2 per cent in 2019 and the A stitch in time ducing further stress on the victim. the Indian Psychiatric Society regis - quality of life. Hardly one or two per proportional contribution of mental the Act provides the right to treat - ter. the majority of the specialists cent of the patients have access to disorders to the total disease burden ment for patients with mental health are in urban hospitals and private palliative care or pain manage - in India has also almost doubled disorders. despite an exponential setups. Very few of these services are the growing o n page 7 Rising forex reserves: A boon or bane?
By : ASHWANI MAHAJAN Even if the foreign exchange is obtained through investment in the More than the quantity of for - stock markets, then also it has many eign exchange reserves, we have to side effects. the first side effect is pay attention to the sources of in - that it causes volatility not only in crease in our foreign exchange re - the stock markets but also in the ex - serves. Our policymakers, pink (eco - change rate. Its result can be omi - nomic) newspapers, and pro-for - nous for the country. Another side eign investment economists are all effect is that the country has to pay a obsessed by India’s rising foreign heavy price for this inflow of foreign exchange reserves. In this regard, exchange as these investors take the government seems to be patting back the huge profits to their coun - its back saying that the investment tries of origin even as the value of climate in the country has improved. their assets keeps increasing. the newspapers appear to consider Significantly, while foreign in - Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan would do well to axe tainted Minister surging foreign exchange reserves as stitutional investors have invested a Saseendran from his Cabinet. When the CPI(M) appointed Pinarayi a barometer of the economy’s well- total of $281 billion in India till date, Vijayan, then hardly 53, as the secretary of the Kerala unit of the party in being due to rising foreign invest - the total valuation of their assets has 1998, Marxist strongman VS Achuthanandan was asked why a relatively ments. It is worth noting that al - reached $607 billion as of March 31, young man had been elevated to the top post. “this is a long-term invest - though our foreign exchange re - 2021. Apart from this, they have also ment being made by the party, taking into account the future,” was the re - serves have been increasing contin - earned dividends of $64.28 billion. ply given by VS in his characteristic style. the long-term investment has uously for the last three decades, the they can sell their $607 billion not let down the party seniors as he navigated the CPI(M) through the growth has become faster than ever worth of shares and bonds and go turbulent politics of the State, known for its strong undercurrents. the in the last 18 months. Significantly, when we were forced to mortgage es in India’s foreign exchange re - back at any moment and all our for - re-election of the ldF Government for another five-year term in the April the foreign exchange reserves have our gold with the Bank of England as serves are mainly due to foreign di - eign exchange reserves can run out 6 Assembly election says a lot about the capabilities and qualities of reached $ 611 billion by July 3, 2021, a guarantee against imminent de - rect investment (FdI) and foreign in a jiffy. that is why portfolio in - Vijayan, who broke the more than four-decade-old jinx that the ruling increasing from $ 431 billion on fault. Citing the same history, some portfolio/ institutional investment vestment is also called 'hot money'. party in the State never returns to power. the 2021 Assembly election January 3, 2020 (most significantly economists consider the rising for - (FPI). Generally, our balance of pay - However, foreign investment, for - was a Pinarayi Vijayan show and the electorate in the State offered Kerala during the period of the global pan - eign exchange reserves to be auspi - ments remains in huge deficit. So, eign loans taken by private compa - on a platter to their leader. While all his predecessors, including late K demic). Compared with 1991, when cious. they argue that foreign ex - more than the quantity of foreign ex - nies, and remittances by Indians to Karunakaran, AK Antony and Oommen Chandy, had to tread carefully in India faced a situation of acute change reserves act as insurance for change reserves, we have to pay at - the home country are all important the political field of the State laden with “mines and booby traps” because shortage of foreign exchange, such the country so that there is never a tention to what are the sources of in - for increasing foreign exchange re - of the alliance culture, Vijayan is free from all such bondages. the CPI(M) that our reserves were not enough to situation of a sovereign default. crease in foreign exchange reserves. serves. But not all these sources have and its poor cousin, the CPI, have enough numbers to rule the State and pay for imports of even seven days, they also compare India’s foreign It also has to be kept in mind the far- a similar effect on the reserves. they are not at the mercy of any fringe parties. this means that the Chief today the situation is such that our exchange reserves with that of reaching consequences of foreign remittances by Indians normally do Minister has enough power to clip the wings of any member in the ruling foreign exchange reserves are China’s. Significantly, China’s for - exchange received from these not have any repayment obligations front who dares to violate the coalition dharma. However, Vijayan’s sec - enough to pay for 18 months of im - eign exchange reserves are six to sources. Economists agree that the and generally, all these amounts re - ond tenure commenced on a not-so-auspicious note because of the spurt ports. the growing foreign exchange seven times more than India’s re - best option as a source of foreign ex - main in India forever. However, for - in attacks on women, dowry deaths and corruption allegations. this week reserves do give a sense of satisfac - serves. We have to understand that change is the balance of payments eign investors, whether they are for - began on a stormy note as Forest Minister AK Saseendran allegedly mis - tion and relief. It is also true that if China’s foreign exchange reserves surplus. If our exports of goods and eign direct investors or portfolio in - used his official powers to mediate in a sexual abuse case. Saseendran is foreign exchange reserves are not increased mostly thanks to a balance services are more than our imports, vestors, repatriate huge amounts of no stranger to such controversies because his name had figured in the au- sufficient, there is a danger of de - of payments (BOP) surplus of China the foreign exchange thus earned is money. these investors take away dio clip released by a news channel during Vijayan’s previous regime. the fault in repayment of interest and with most of their trading partners. the best option. this has actually huge amounts of foreign exchange Minister, a member of the NCP, was heard asking a female friend for sex- principal of foreign loans. We real - to some extent, they also grew due happened in China. But if this for - in the form of dividend royalty, tech - ual favours and the CPI(M) dumped him altogether. though he was rein- ized this worst-case scenario in 1991 to foreign direct investment. eign currency is obtained by borrow - nical fees, interest, salary, etc. In ad - A stitch on page 7 Whereas in India’s case, the increas - ing, then it is the worst option. rising on page 7
Printed, published and owned by Prem Nath Sharma, Printed at Glimpses of Future Press 63 Padha Street, Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191-2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Glimpses of Future 7 natiOnal JAMMU SAtUrdAy JUly 24, 2021 Delhi riots : HC seeks police reply on Tahir Health of UP ex-CM Kalyan Singh critical, on life support: Hospital Hussain's plea to set aside UAPA provisions PRESS TRUST Of INDIA Lucknow, Jul 23 PRESS TRUST Of INDIA of delhi Police. New Delhi, Jul 23 the charge sheet in the UAPA case re - the health condition of lates to an alleged larger conspiracy that led former Uttar Pradesh chief the delhi High Court Friday asked the to the north-east delhi riots during the an - minister Kalyan Singh is police to respond to a plea by former AAP ti-CAA protests. Special Public Prosecutor critical and he is on life sup - councillor tahir Hussain, arrested in con - Amit Mahajan, representing delhi Police port, the Sanjay Gandhi nection with the north-east delhi riots last and the Centre, said the trial court had al - Post Graduate Institute of year, seeking to set aside UAPA provisions ready taken cognisance of the charge sheet Medical Sciences relating to terror activities invoked against in September last year. (SGPGIMS) said on Friday. him in the charge sheet Justice Mukta He said the accused has challenged the He is under close monitor - Gupta issued notice to the Centre, delhi sanction granted by the authorities to pros - ing of senior doctors of criti - government and delhi Police on the peti - ecute him on merits, which should have cal care medicine (CCM), dhiman is also keeping a tion which has also challenged grant of been filed before the trial court. Hussain cardiology, nephrology, close watch on all the as - sanction to prosecute him in the case has been facing prosecution in various cas - neurology and endocrinolo - pects related to his health, it lodged under the Unlawful Activities es lodged by delhi Police in connection gy departments, the state - added. the 89-year-old BJP (Prevention) Act (UAPA). with the last year's riots, including for the ment said. "Former UP veteran was admitted to the the court said a reply affidavit/ status alleged offences of attempt to murder and chief minister and former ICU of the hospital in the report be filed by the authorities within rioting under the Indian Penal Code and governor of rajasthan evening of July 4 due to an four weeks and listed the matter for further the Arms Act. Communal clashes had bro - Kalyan Singh ji's health sta - infection and reduced con - tus is critical. He is on life hearing on September 28. Senior advocate nothing to show that his act was that of a provisions including sections 13 (punish - ken out in northeast delhi on February 24 sciousness level. Earlier, he saving support system (ven - Mohit Mathur, representing Hussain, sub - terrorist. Mere road blocks, chakka jam ment for unlawful activities), 15 (terrorist after violence between citizenship law sup - was undergoing treatment tilator)," a release issued by mitted that although the provisions relat - and expression of dissent has been taken as act), 16 (punishment for terrorist act) and porters and protesters spiralled out of con - at ram Manohar lohia the hospital said. director ing to terrorist activities have been invoked terrorist activities, he contended. 18 (punishment for conspiracy) invoked in trol leaving at least 53 people dead and Institute of Medical of the institute Prof r K against him in the charge sheet, there is Hussain has sought to set aside UAPA the charge sheet filed by the Crime Branch around 700 injured. Sciences here. 4 new COVId-19 cases push Modi pays tributes Stan Swamy's counsel urges HC to monitor inquiry into to Tilak, Azad on his death; says court has 'parens-patriae' jurisdiction Andamans tally to 7,525 birth anniversary PRESS TRUST Of INDIA PRESS TRUST Of INDIA take decisions for them - Investigating Agency jurisdiction over the mat - lands, the official said. number of recoveries to Mumbai, Jul 23 Port Blair, Jul 23 the COVId-19 death 7,377, he said. the selves. Advocate desai (NIA), Additional Solicitor ter. the NIA then inter - urged the high court to per - General Anil Singh said vened to say that it had two toll remained at 129 as Andaman and Nicobar the counsel of late je - Andaman and mit Swamy's aide, father that while the agency had additional submissions to no new fatality due to administration has so suit priest Stan Swamy, an Nicobar Islands Frazer Mascarenhas, be no objection to father make. ASG Singh referred the infection was re - far tested 4,30,415 sam - accused in the Elgar COVId-19 caseload permitted to participate in Mascarenhas participating to a comment made by ported in the last 24 ples for COVId-19, and Parishad-Maoist links case rose to 7,525 as four the inquiry supposed to be in the inquiry, the court Justice Shinde on July 19 hours, the official said. the positivity rate who died earlier this more persons tested conducted into Swamy's need not pass any direc - while hearing the appeals. the archipelago now stands at 1.75 per cent, month, urged the Bombay positive for the virus in death as per section 176 of tions on the magistrate fol - Justice Shinde had said at has 19 active COVId-19 the health department High Court on Friday to the union territory, a the CrPC. He urged the lowing the NHrC guide - the time that while the legal cases of which 17 are in official said. A total of monitor the magisterial in - health department offi - court to direct that the in - lines since that was part of issues and charges against the South Andaman 2,68,200 people have quiry into his death by in - cial said on Friday. quiry be conducted as per procedure and would be Swamy were a different district and two in the been inoculated so far, voking its "parens-patriae" three cases were de - the National Human rights followed. Singh said that matter, that aside, it had North and Middle of which 1,81,231 have jurisdiction. Senior counsel tected during contact Commission guidelines, the NIA, however, had an "great respect" for the work Andaman district. the been administered the Mihir desai, who repre - tracing and one was air - and also to direct the magis - objection to the HC asking that Swamy did for the soci - Nicobar district is now first dose of COVId-19 PRESS TRUST Of INDIA sented Swamy in the high trate to submit a copy of the for the probe report. "the ety when he was alive. "We port arrival, he said. All COVId-19 free as it has vaccine and 86,969 New Delhi, Jul 23 court, said that although passengers arriving by inquiry report before the HC is presiding over two have all condoled the death no active case, he said. have received both dos - the activist was dead and high court so that the same appeals challenging the ac - of Mr. Swamy, but any per - flight have to undergo Prime Minister Narendra Modi three more persons re - es, he said, adding that there existed no question of can be monitored. "We are cused's rejection of bail on sonal comments or private mandatory rt-PCr paid rich tributes to noted freedom cuperated from that the total popula - him being granted bail any looking at a peculiar situa - medical grounds and mer - comments coming from the test before they are al - COVId-19 during the tion of the union terri - fighters Bal Gangadhar tilak and more, the high court need lowed entry into the is - tion here since the appel - its," he said. "With the ac - judges or any law officer, period, taking the total tory is around 4 lakh. Chandra Shekhar Azad on their birth not consider the late lant died while the appeals cused's death, the appeals especially in the open court, anniversary on Friday and recalled priest's appeals seeking bail were pending. But, the HC stand abated as per section are normally being twisted their contributions to the country. abated. He said that there has wide powers," desai 394 of the CrPC," he said. by the press and social me - danve assures to look into demands Modi tweeted that tilak was a firm be - existed previous Supreme said. He cited the Bhopal the high court then di - dia," Singh said. Justice liever in Indian values and ethos, and Court judgements ruling gas tragedy case, and the rected advocate desai to Shinde responded saying of railway passengers in thane his views on education and women em - that high courts could exer - case of comatose nurse give written submissions on that the court had never powerment continue to motivate sever - cise "parens-patriae juris - Aruna Shanbaug, where whether the appeals stood made any personal com - PRESS TRUST Of INDIA al people. He was an institution diction" or act as the parent courts had exercised their abated, or if they could be ments on the NIA, the Thane, Jul 23 builder, nurturing many top-quality in - of such appellants, who parens-patriae jurisdiction. amended so that the HC state's conduct in the case, stitutions that have done pioneering were not in a position to Appearing for the National could continue exercising or legal issues involved. Union minister work over the years, the prime minister raosaheb danve has said. He said, "I bow to the great assured that he would lokmanya tilak on his Jayanti. His visit thane in thoughts and principles are more rele - Maharashtra to discuss vant than ever before in the present cir - Contn. from Page 6 ...... the local railway-relat - cumstances, when 130 crore Indians ed issues and the de - have decided to build an Aatmanirbhar mands of passengers, Bharat that is economically prosperous Regasus ...... once the ongoing mon - and socially progressive." Fondly re - time when many crucial and sensitive decisions were the Bhima Koregaon case, too. soon session of the membering the revolutionary freedom passed by Justice Gogoi, including ram temple and this was already hinted at by the western media that Parliament gets over. fighter Azad, Modi said he was a valiant rafale. He gave a clean chit to the Modi Government in the the Bhima Koregaon accused were being framed. Names the Minister of State son of "Bharat Mata" and a remarkable rafale deal. He passed the Ayodhya judgment just as it of Hany Babu Musaliyarveettil tharayil, his wife Jenny for railways gave the to be taken to improve issue of requirement of man. "during the prime of his youth he would please the Union Government. He also did not take rowena, Vernon Gonsalves, Anand teltumbde, Sudha assurance to a BJP dele - the railway facilities in additional trains to oth - immersed himself in freeing India from a stand on the habeas corpus petition by Sitaram yechuri Bharadwaj, Gautam Navlakha, retired professor Shoma gation led by thane the district. Issues re - er districts in the the clutches of imperialism. He was al - to produce Mohammad yousuf tarigami. this was after Sen and lawyer Arun Ferreira have been revealed by MlA Sanjay Kelkar on lated to pending works Konkan region during so a futuristic think er, and dreamt of a an indefinite lockdown was imposed in Kashmir following Project Pegasus. Among the accused was 84-year-old trib - thursday. the delega - on the Konkan railway the Ganesh festival and strong and just India ," he said. the Modi Government’s decision to scrap Article 370. A al rights activist Father Stan Swamy, who died on July 5 tion met danve and were also discussed Holi, when people visit Associated wi th a string of revolutionary Bench headed by Justice Gogoi did not bother to consider awaiting bail on medical grounds. the Pegasus flies submitted a memoran - during the meeting, their native places in incidents to tar get the colonial British that the detentions were illegal. Pegasus also cut into the straight into the face of the Government, though it has de - dum of demands about Kelkar said in a state - large numbers, was also regime, Azad had vowed never to be armour of rahul Gandhi, the Opposition leader and the nied any involvement in spying. If it was not involved, the measures that need ment. Besides that, the discussed, he added. captured by police and remain "azad". main challenger to Modi in 2019. Prashant Kishor, once a then it must prove so with a third-party investiga - strategist for the BJP, was also among the targets. Finally, tion as demanded by Kapil Sibal. t he onus is on the poetic justice was done to It Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Government to prove that it is clean. It would not only re - 15,151 students Flood-like situation in parts of Goa; several He defended the Government in the House, saying such store people’s faith in democracy, it would also boost the snooping was impossible. His phone itself was under sur - country’s image which this Government claims to take so to write Odisha veillance! the software was used to spy on the accused in seriously. Matric exam in rivers in spate after heavy rains PRESS TRUST Of INDIA Rising ...... offline mode Panaji, Jul 23 dition to that, the share of imports in the products pro - exchange reserves. PRESS TRUST Of INDIA Several parts of Goa, in - Cuttack, Jul 23 duced by these foreign companies is also very high due to For, foreign investors are repatriating huge profits cluding Sattari and which a huge quantity of foreign exchange outflow hap - from India while the country’s returns from these foreign At least 15,151 students Bicholim tehsils in north pens. Significantly, between April 1, 2000 and March 31st, exchange reserves are very negligible. Avenues will have to have filled up application forms and dharbandora in south, 2021, the total foreign direct investment has been $763.6 be found for gainful use of foreign exchange reserves be - for appearing in this year's are reeling under a flood- billion. In the last ten years (2010-11 to 2019-20), these for - yond a limit. History is witness that whenever there have Matriculation (Class 10) like situation, where a large eign investors have withdrawn $390 billion, in the form of been attempts to tax these foreign investors, they have par - Examination to be conducted number of houses got inun - dividends, royalties, technical fees, interest, and salaries ried the efforts by ‘blackmailing’ the government and the by the Board of Secondary dated as the water level of and this amount has been increasing year after year. On the country. Since there is always the fear that these foreign in - Education (BSE), Odisha in the some rivers rose following other hand, when it comes to portfolio investments, they stitutional investors may leave with their ‘hot money’ any - offline mode. the offline exami - heavy rains over the past are even more dangerously more profitable. It has to be un - time, it is absolutely necessary to restrict any eventuality of nations are scheduled to begin few days, officials said on derstood that there is no stability in portfolio investment. that kind, by regulating them. In this regard, a provision of from July 30, a BSE press re - Friday. However, no loss of It is not possible to estimate how much foreign exchange a ‘lock-in period’ can be imposed on them. If they still want lease issued here on thursday human life has been report - the portfolio investors will bring in and when they will to take their money back, then a provision can also be made said, adding that the evaluation ed so far due to it, they said. been overflowing. tion is seen in and around withdraw. their volatility affects the exchange rate, caus - to levy tax on them. this tax was suggested by an economist of the answer papers will begin At least 100 houses in Water has entered dif - Mollem village in South ing huge losses. Not only this, these investors cause huge named James tobin; hence it is also called ‘tobin tax’. from August 6. the state gov - Sattari tehsil have been un - ferent parts of Valpoi. Goa's dharbandora tehsil. volatility in the stock markets as well. today, when India’s today, as our forex reserves are in a comfortable position, ernment had cancelled this der water since thursday Necessary directions have Official sources said that foreign exchange reserves are booming, it is time to consid - it is high time to use these measures to discipline these for - year's matriculation examina - night as the water level of been issued to the collectors Sangod village in Mollem is er what price the country is paying for this growing foreign eign institutional investors. tion in view of the pandemic the Mahadayi river in - to have the disaster facing a flood-like situation, and accordingly, the BSE last creased due to incessant Management team sta - where water has entered to month had declared that nearly rains that has been lashing tioned at Sattari & Usgao. the houses and roads are A stitch ...... the state since over a week Water has entered their flooded. On thursday, the 98 per cent of the students, who stated after the case was hushed up, the incident remains Minister should set up a benchmark and, for that to mate - had filled up the forms, passed now, a senior official said. houses causing a lot of dam - India Meteorological there were no fatalities, but age. It is very important for department (IMd) had is - a blot on the ldF Government. taking into account the rialise, Saseendran should be ousted from the Council of the examination in different ever-increasing number of sexual abuse cases, the Chief Ministers. grades based on an alternative flood-like situation exists. us to ensure our people's sued a warning that a circu - method of assessment of the those people whose houses safety. With the interven - lation in the Bay of Bengal is students as well as their school's have gone completely un - tion of the disaster likely to trigger low-pres - The growing ...... past performances. However, der water have shifted to Management team, they sure area that will cause several students from across the safer places on their own, he will be shifted to safer loca - more rainfall in Goa. till ment.Hence, there is a dire need to strengthen the neurolo - cial isolation, anxiety, fear, and emotional distress. It has state, particularly from private said. Almost half of Velus tions, he added. Wednesday, the coastal gy and psychiatric workforce and the availability of afford - become widespread after the second wave of the pandem - schools alleged that they have village located near Valpoi Near Sankhalim town state had received 1,998.3 able and accessible management of neurological disor - ic. the number of patients reporting mood swings, depres - been awarded marks belo w their town in Sattari, is inundat - in Bicholim tehsil, Valvanti mm rainfall during the on - ders. Also, stigma and lack of awareness are key issues that sion, stress, anxiety, severe post-traumatic stress disor - standard and expectations. ed, while several other vil - and Sakhali rivers are over - going monsoon season as need to be addressed not only by state but also by civil soci - ders, or depressive symptoms is increasing and needs Questioning the co ntroversial lages were cut off as roads flowing and have crossed against the average of ety. World Brain day is observed on July 22 with the objec - counseling and support. We need to plan for the long-term method of evaluation, many and culverts are under wa - the danger level, officials 1,612.7 mm for the corre - tive of raising awareness about brain diseases and neuro - care of these millions of Covid survivors suffering from students staged state-wide ter, eyewitnesses said. said. People residing in and sponding period. the state logical disorders. the theme for this year is Multiple neurological issues. the time has come to recognize the protests criticising the role of Valpoi MlA and state around Harvalem village in fisheries department has al - Sclerosis which affects young women resulting in pro - parallel epidemic of neurological and mental health disor - the BSE, which had tweaked minister Vishwajit rane Bicholim have been asked ready issued a warning to found physical impairment as well as mental health dis - ders and plan strategies for an effective public health re - with the marks of some stu - said on twitter, due to con - to be on alert as flood-like local fishermen, asking abilities. World Brain day 2021 is alsoimportant in view of sponse to reduce this burden of brain diseases and aug - dents submitted by their re - tinuous and heavy rainfall, situation prevails there, them not to venture out into the fact that people in general, and Covid-19 survivors in ment infrastructure and the workforce in addition to creat - spective school teachers. Mhadei (Mahadayi) has they added. Similar situa - the sea due to gusty winds. particular, are suffering mental disorders on account of so - ing public awareness and mitigating social stigma. Glimpses of Future 8 wOrld JAMMU, SAtUrdAy, JUly 24, 2021 Chinese President Xi Jinping makes first visit to Tibetan town bordering Arunachal Pradesh
Beijing, Jul 23 (PTI) remote and mainly Buddhist level city in tibet that is adjacent to a village and a park in Nyingchi, Xi Himalayan region. China has rejected the Arunachal Pradesh border. went to Nyingchi railway station and Chinese President Xi Jinping has the accusations. China claims Arunachal Pradesh took the train to lhasa. He inspected made a rare visit to Nyingchi, a strate - In footage released by state broad - as part of South tibet, which is firmly the construction along the railway gically located border town close to caster CCtV, Xi, 68, was seen greeting rejected by India. during the ride, the Xinhua report Arunachal Pradesh, during his first a crowd wearing ethnic costumes and the India-China border dispute said. visit to the politically sensitive region waving the Chinese flag as he disem - covers the 3,488-km line of Actual Also on thursday, Xi went on an of tibet where he underlined the need barked from his plane at the Mainling Control (lAC). Xi's visit to tibet took inspection tour of lhasa. for "lasting stability" and "high-quali - Airport in Nyingchi. place amidst the current India-China He visited drepung Monastery, ty development" for the plateau re - Chinese leaders periodically visit military tensions in eastern ladakh. Barkhor Street and the Potala Palace gion. tibet. But Xi, who also heads the rul - India and China have been locked Square in lhasa to learn about the Xi was in tibet from Wednesday, ing Communist Party of China (CPC) in a military standoff at multiple fric - work on ethnic and religious affairs, but his important visit was kept under and the powerful Central Military tion points in eastern ladakh since the conservation of the ancient city, as wraps by China's official media till the Commission -- the overall high com - early May last year. the two sides well as the inheritance and protection end of the trip on Friday due to the mand of the Chinese military -- is per - completed the withdrawal of troops of the tibetan culture and chatted sensitivities of the trip. haps the first top leader in recent and weapons from the North and with residents there, it said. On Wednesday Xi flew directly to years to visit tibet's border town. He South banks of Pangong lake in Potala Palace is the seat of power Nyingchi not far from the Indian bor - visited tibet as Vice President in 2011 February following a series of military of successive dalai lamas in tibet 2013, Xi has pursued a firm policy of loyalty to the CPC and Xi. der after visiting several places in the to commemorate the 60th anniver - and diplomatic talks. the two sides who besides being the spiritual heads stepping up security control of tibet. One monk at lhasa's historic city. later he travelled to tibet's capi - sary of the peaceful liberation of are now engaged in talks to extend the of the tibetan Buddhism also exer - Beijing has been cracking down on Jokhang temple even named Xi as his tal lhasa by the recently commis - tibet''. disengagement process to the re - cised power over the Himalayan re - Buddhist monks and followers of the spiritual leader. sioned high-speed bullet train. the last sitting Chinese President maining friction points. Nyingchi was gion. dalai lama who despite his exile re - Meanwhile, Chinese analysts said According to state-run Xinhua to officially visit tibet was Jiang in news in June when China fully op - An official white paper on tibet mained widely admired spiritual Xi's visit shows Beijing's emphasis on news agency, Xi visited the tibet Zemin in 1990. erationalised its first bullet train in released by China in May this year, leader and worshipped by tibetans. boosting the economic growth and Autonomous region in connection during his visit to Nyingchi, Xi, tibet, which besides improving the however, claimed that tibet has been Xi also pushed the tibetan gov - stability of tibet as well as improving with the 70th anniversary of tibet's visited the Nyang river Bridge to in - connectivity in the remote Himalayan an integral part of it from ancient ernment and the military to strength - local residents' livelihoods in the next "peaceful liberation the first time in spect the ecological preservation in region also bolsters the Chinese mili - times and blamed the British imperi - en border security by improving the round of development. the history of the Party and the coun - the basin of the Brahmaputra river, tary's ability to move troops and alists for cultivating the tibet infrastructure of the border villages "China has listed the development try." which is called yarlung Zangbo in the weaponry to the Indian borders at a Independence" concept. including building new dwellings for of border areas in the next five-year during his visit, Xi stressed fully tibetan language. much faster pace. the present dalai lama has been residents. plan, and reducing the gap between implementing the guidelines of the China this year has approved the train connects tibet's provin - on a self-exile at dharamsala in India Xi's policies on tibet includes the western and eastern areas is also an ruling Communist Party of China for plans to build a huge dam over the cial capital lhasa with Nyingchi. It ever since he fled tibet in 1959 follow - 'sinicization' of tibetan Buddhism, important goal to be achieved march - "governing tibet in a new era and Brahmaputra river during the current has a designed speed of 160 km per ing the takeover of the Himalayan re - bringing it in tune with the policies of ing toward the second centenary writing a new chapter of lasting stabil - 14th Five-year Plan, which raised hour and operates on a single-line gion by the Chinese military. the Communist Party. goal," lou Chunhao, deputy director ity and high-quality development for concerns in the riparian states of electrified railway covering 435.5-km. Beijing accuses him of being a recent reports by foreign journal - of the Institute of South Asian Studies the plateau region", the report said. India and Bangladesh. the lhasa-Nyingchi railway is "splittist" attempting to separate ists visiting tibet on a guided tour or - at the China Institutes of China is accused of suppressing Nyingchi, known as the tibet's first electrified railway. tibet from China. ganised by the Chinese government Contemporary International cultural and religious freedom in the Switzerland of tibet, is a prefecture- After visiting a city planning hall, Since becoming President in reported Buddhist monks pledging relations, told the Global times. Haitian president's hometown holds funeral amid violence Cap-Haitien (Haiti), Jul 23 where the funeral is being blocked some roads with ideas. We are Jovenel Mo held. Six officials carried blazing tires. se. the hometown of slain the brown casket up a stage One heavily guarded Mo se was sworn in as Haitian President Jovenel where they saluted it and police convoy carrying un - Haiti's president in Mo se received his body on stood before it in in silence known officials drove February 2017 and faced Friday for a private funeral for several minutes before through one flaming barri - increasing criticism in re - amid heavy security follow - draping a large red and cade, with a vehicle nearly cent years from those who ing violent protests and blue Haitian flag over it. flipping over. accused him of becoming fears of political volatility the funeral comes days A priest who presided increasingly authoritarian. in the Caribbean nation. after a new prime minister over a Mass on thursday He had been ruling by White t-shirts and caps supported by key interna - morning at Cap-Haitian's decree for more than a year emblazoned with his pic - tional diplomats was in - cathedral to honour Mo se after the country failed to ture were distributed to stalled in Haiti - a move warned there was too much hold legislative elections. supporters the day before that appeared aimed at bloodshed in Haiti as he Authorities have said what is expected to be the averting a leadership strug - asked people to find peace, that at least 26 suspects final ceremony to honour gle following Mo se's assas - noting that the poorest have been arrested in the Mo se, who was shot several sination. communities are affected. killing, including 18 former times on July 7 during an Ariel Henry, who was On thursday evening, Colombian soldiers.the fu - attack at his private home designated prime minister Martine Mo se and her neral comes days after a that seriously injured his by Mo se before he was three children appeared at new prime minister sup - wife, Martine. slain but never sworn in re - a small religious ceremony ported by key international this is something that placed interim prime min - at a hotel in Cap-Haitien diplomats was installed in will be engraved in our ister Claude Joseph, and where Henry and other Haiti - a move that ap - memory, said Pedro has promised to form a pro - government officials of - peared aimed at averting a Guilloume, a Cap-Haitien visional consensus govern - fered their condolences. leadership struggle follow - resident who hoped to at - ment until elections are they took his life, but ing Mo se's assassination. tend the funeral. held. they can't take his memo - Police are still looking for let all Haitians channel On thursday, violent ries," said a priest who several more suspects they solidarity. demonstrations hit neigh - presided over the ceremo - say were involved in the as - Mo se's body arrived bourhoods in Cap-Haitien ny. sassination plot, including US President Joe Biden, surrounded by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, speaks after signing H.R. 1652, the VOCA fix to Sustain the Crime Vic - shortly after dawn at his as groups of men fired they can't take his a former rebel leader and tims fund Act of 2021, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. family's seaside property shots into the air and brain. they can't take his an ex-senator. Post bus blast, China, Pakistan 'Super-seeding' drove UK spread of Alpha variant, study shows London, Jul 23 (PTI) but five counties in the UK by growth in Alpha variant cases. fast," Pybus said. January 19 this year. the rapid spread of the Alpha the researchers said Alpha FMs to hold talks in Chengdu the rapid spread of the Alpha "At the beginning of december variant across the UK led to initial variant does contain genetic variant of SArS-CoV-2 through 2020 the epicentre of COVId-19 reports that it could be up to 80 per changes which makes it more Beijing, Jul 23 (PTI) first due to some technical power-sharing settlement Britain last autumn was driven by transmission in England shifted cent more transmissible than the transmissible, and it is likely the issue and later on an explo - with the Afghan govern - large numbers of infected people rapidly from the North West and original strain. variant was 30 to 40 per cent more Pakistan Foreign sion was caused due to gas ment. "exporting" the variant to multiple North East to london and the the study shows mobility sig - transmissible than the initial Minister Shah Mahmood leakage. the two foreign minis - parts of the country, according to a South East, as the Alpha variant nificantly affected its spread and strain. "the Alpha variant began by Qureshi will hold talks with But the Chinese side ters will also exchange large study. took hold," said study lead author early growth rates. spreading mostly within london his Chinese counterpart kept on calling it an explo - views on deepening anti- the researchers, including Moritz Kraemer, from Oxford. "Estimates of Alpha's trans - and the South East, even during the Wang yi to discuss several sion and also sent a 15- terrorism and security co - those from Oxford University in "As people travelled from mission advantage over previous November lockdown in England. bilateral issues, including member team of experts to operation and assuring the the UK, noted that the explosive london and the South East to other strains were initially 80 per cent, Once this was lifted, it spread rap - progress of a joint probe probe the nature of the security of Chinese institu - spread of the Alpha variant result - areas of the UK they 'seeded' new but declined through time," said idly across the country, as human and increasing security for blast. tions and projects in ed not only from the biological transmission chains of the variant. Professor Oliver Pybus, from movement increased significantly, thousands of Chinese work - the blast and deaths of Pakistan," Zhao said, elabo - changes in the virus but was also this continued as a national 'su - Oxford. "We found Alpha's emer - Verity Hill, co-author and re - ers after a blast in a bus in Chinese engineers caused a rating on the issues to be enhanced by the "super-seeding per-seeding' event which did not gence was a combination of virus searcher from the University of northwest Pakistan killed sense of unease and con - discussed by Qureshi and event". start to slow until early January," genetic changes and transient epi - Edinburgh, said. "Our ability to be nine Chinese engineers and cern in Beijing as thousands Wang. the study, published on Kraemer said. demiological factors. An initial able to trace the origins of the jolted the ties between the of workers from China are Asked about any up - thursday in the journal Science, the researchers noted that al - wave of Alpha variant export to Alpha back to a point source in the two all-weather allies. employed in a host of proj - dates about the joint probe maps the spread of the variant, also though travel was curbed, after re - places in England with low rates of South East of England has impor - Qureshi, who is due to ects of the USd 60 billion into the bus blast, Zhao known as lineage B.1.1.7, from its strictions were introduced on infection, from the massive out - tant implications for how new vari - arrive on Friday night for China-Pakistan Economic said, China and Pakistan origins in Kent and Greater december 20, this was compensat - break in Kent and Greater london, ants arise and how they will spread the two-day visit, will hold Corridor (CPEC). are still looking into the ter - london in November 2020 to all ed for by the continued exponential explains why at first it spread so across the UK," Hill added. talks with Wang in western For Islamabad, ties with rorist case and he had no China's Chengdu city, China are crucial due to its further information to of - Chinese Foreign Ministry increasing economic de - fer. spokesman Zhao lijian said pendence on Beijing. the Qureshi and Wang will US diplomat worried about pandemic, food supply in N Korea during a media briefing CPEC launched in 2015 is hold the third strategic dia - Seoul, Jul 23 People's republic of Korea. headway since early 2019, when a Korea hasn't received any foreign here. considered a game-changer logue between the two We only hope for a better out - second summit between Kim and coronavirus vaccine. COVAX, the China rushed a special by many in Pakistan. countries, which are cele - America's No. 2 diplomat on come for the people of the dPrK, then-President donald trump col - U.N.-backed program to ship team to Pakistan to probe the talks are also taking brating the anniversary of Friday expressed sympathy for she said. lapsed due to wrangling over US- COVId-19 vaccines worldwide, the July 14 blast in a shuttle place amid Beijing's con - the establishment of diplo - North Koreans facing hardships Sherman spoke after meeting led economic sanctions. said in February that North Korea bus at dasu area of Upper cern over the offensive by matic relations. they will and food shortages linked to the with her South Korean officials, Kim has since threatened to could receive 1.9 million doses in Kohistan district of the the taliban in Afghanistan exchange views on interna - pandemic, and renewed calls for during which the two sides reaf - bolster his nuclear arsenal and the first half of the year. But restive Khyber which included capture of tional and regional issues of the North to return to talks over its firmed that they'll continue diplo - build more sophisticated weapons UNICEF, which procures and de - Pakhtunkhwa province China-Afghanistan border common concern and bilat - nuclear program. matic efforts to convince North unless the Americans lift their hos - livers vaccines on behalf of COV - where a Chinese company is point in Badakhshan eral cooperation, he said. North Korean leader Kim Jong Korea to return to the nuclear tile policy, an apparent reference to AX, said recently that North Korea building a 4320-MW dam province and the reports of the two sides are all-weath - Un has recently warned of a tense talks. the sanctions. hasn't even completed the paper - on the Indus river. thirteen large number of militants of er strategic cooperative food situation and admitted his We are looking forward to a re - Some experts say North Korea work for receiving the vaccines and people, including nine separatist East turkistan partners. We support each country faces the worst-ever crisis. liable, predictable, constructive may be compelled to reach out to that it was unclear when they could Chinese engineers, were Islamic Movement (EtIM) other for mutually benefi - But his government has stead - way forward with the dPrK, the United States if its economic be delivered. After Seoul, Sherman killed in the incident. consisting of Uyghur mili - cial cooperation on bilateral fastly insisted it won't rejoin the Sherman said. We have offered to difficulties worsen. Outside moni - is to travel on to Mongolia and then differing perceptions tants from China's volatile terms and seek common de - talks unless Washington drops its sit and dialogue with the North toring groups haven't reported any China, the North's last major ally between the two close allies Xinjiang province. velopment," he said. China hostility. Koreans, and we are waiting to signs of mass starvation or social and aid benefactor She'll be the whether it was a terrorist at - China, which wants the is ready to take this oppor - We all feel for the people of the hear from them. chaos in North Korea. highest-ranking US official to visit tack or a gas explosion that taliban to sever links with tunity of the foreign minis - dPrK, who are indeed facing all Speaking beside Sherman, In recent speeches, Kim has China since President Joe Biden hit the vehicle added to terrorist groups in ter's visit to China, enhance the most difficult circumstances South Korea's first vice foreign called for his 26 million people to was inaugurated in January. Beijing's anxieties. Afghanistan, has stepped strategic cooperation, given the pandemic, and what it minister, Choi Jong Kun, said, brace for prolonged COVId-19 re - during her visit to the northeast - Initially, it was said that up its diplomacy to reduce deepen practical coopera - means as well for their food securi - We'll wait for a North Korean re - strictions, indicating the country ern Chinese city of tianjin on an explosion occurred be - frictions between Pakistan tion and lift relations to a ty, US deputy Secretary of State sponse with patience as now is the wasn't ready to reopen its borders Sunday, Sherman said she'll dis - fore the bus fell into a and Afghanistan over new height and make active Wendy Sherman told reporters in coronavirus period. despite the massive toll on its econ - cuss North Korea with Chinese of - ravine. later, Pakistan an - Islamabad's backing for contribution to the Belt and Seoul, referring to North Korea's the talks between Washington omy. South Korea's spy agency told ficials, saying Beijing certainly has nounced that the bus fell taliban and settle for a road Initiative," he said. official name, the democratic and Pyongyang have made little lawmakers this month that North interests and thought on it. Glimpses of Future 9 hEalth JAMMU, SAtUrdAy, JUly 24, 2021 No AC? No Problem. 5 Easy Ways to Beat the Summer Heat Heat waves across the country have people looking for ways to stay cool. High summer temperatures can increase the risk of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. If you don’t have air conditioning, there are various other ways to stay safe from the heat.
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Place these cotton Being glued to laptops from diseases. Experts rec - balls on your eyes for 15 Sitting As bad As Smoking A Cigarette Pack Daily and phones at all times is ommend about 3.5-liter of minutes. rinse with water portant for walking and for stabilizing us. If undoubtedly detrimental to water for men and 3-liter of and see how your eyes these muscles are weak, we are more likely to the eyes. While they have water for women, every day. brighten up. get injured from falls, and from exercises. Metabolic problems leading to heart dis - eases and stroke: Moving the muscles helps our Maintaining an active lifestyle can reduce body digest the fats and sugars we eat. If we spend a lot of time sitting, digestion is not as ef - ficient, so the body will retain those fats and risk of obstructive sleep apnea: Study sugars. According to a new were associated with lower orous physical activity were Hip and joint problems: Sitting causes our study, maintaining an ac - OSA incidence after ac - examined separately and hip flexor muscles to shorten, which can lead to tive lifestyle can reduce the counting for potential con - both were strongly correlat - problems with hip joints. Sitting for long peri - risk of obstructive sleep ap - founders," said tianyi ed with lower risk of OSA, ods can also cause problems with the back, es - nea (OSA), encouraging Huang, MSc, Scd, an showing no appreciable dif - pecially if one consistently sits with poor pos - physicians to recommend Associate Epidemiologist at ferences in the intensity of ture or doesn’t use an ergonomically designed exercise-based interven - the Brigham. activity. Moreover, stronger chair or workstation. Even if you exercise but tions for those at risk. "Our results suggest associations were found for end up spending a large amount of time sitting, the findings of the that promoting an active women, adults over the age you are still at risk of health problems such as study appeared in the lifestyle may have substan - of 65 and those with a BMI Metabolic Syndrome. 'European respiratory tial benefits for both pre - greater than or equal to 25 Cancer: Emerging studies suggest that the Journal'. vention and treatment of kg/m2. dangers of sitting include increasing your the new study by inves - OSA," added Huang. "Most prior observa - did you know, sitting for long hours at a ting or lying down you do during the day, the chances of developing some types of Cancer, stretch can give you high blood pressure and better your chances for living a healthy life. We including lung, uterine, and colon cancers. tigators from Brigham and OSA is a type of sleep tional studies on the associ - increase the risk of death from cardiovascular know that due to the pandemic, most people How to stay active and healthy during Women's Hospital exam - apnea in which some mus - ations of physical activity disease and cancer? In fact, any extended sit - are confined to their homes and work-from- work time: ined the relationship be - cles relax during sleep, and sedentary behaviour ting such as at a desk, behind a wheel, or in home has added up to more working hours, Prolonged sitting as bad as smoking a daily tween active lifestyles and causing an airflow block - with OSA were cross-sec - front of a screen can be harmful. leading to long sitting hours in front of the cigarette pack a day. When you are active your the risk of OSA. age. Severe OSA increases tional, with incomplete ex - When we sit, we use less energy as com - screens. But the health impact it has is mani - levels and endurance improves, and your the study followed the risk of various heart is - posure assessment and in - pared to standing or moving. research has fold. bones maintain strength. you might start by around 130,000 men and sues, including abnormal adequate control for con - linked sitting for long periods of time with sev - How long sitting hours affect your simply standing rather than sitting when you women in the United States heart rhythms and heart founding," said Huang. eral health concerns. they include obesity and body: have the chance, or finding ways to walk while over a follow-up period of failure. Using the Nurses' "this is the first a cluster of conditions — high blood sugar, ex - Humans are built to stand upright. Our you work. 10-to-18 years and found Health Study (NHS), prospective study that si - cess body fat around the waist, and abnormal heart and cardiovascular system work more ef - Every 30 minutes, take a break from that higher levels of physi - Nurses' Health Study II multaneously evaluates cholesterol levels. Prolonged periods of sitting fectively that way. Our bowel function is also sitting cal activity and lower levels (NHSII) and Health physical activity and seden - also seem to increase the risk of death from car - more efficient when we are upright. It is com - Stand while talking on the phone or while of sedentary behaviour Professionals Follow-Up tary behaviour in relation to diovascular disease and Cancer. mon for people who are bedridden in the hospi - watching television were associated with a low - Study (HPFS), the research OSA risk," added Huang. Several studies done to understand the link tal to experience problems with their bowel If you work at a desk, try a standing desk — er risk of OSA. team used statistical mod - this study also differs between sitting time and health risk factors function, isn’t it? Similarly, sitting for long or or improvise with a high table or counter "In our study, higher elling to compare physical from others because of its found that those who sat for more than eight being inactive for prolonged hours can be very Position your work surface above a tread - levels of physical activity activity and sedentary large sample size and de - hours a day with no physical activity, faced harmful to health. leg and gluteals (bum mus - mill — with a computer screen and keyboard on and fewer hours of tV hours with diagnoses of tailed assessment of physi - similar risks of dying as posed by obesity or cles): Sitting for long periods can lead to weak - a stand or a specialized treadmill-ready vertical watching, and sitting either OSA. cal activity and sedentary smoking. therefore, living a sedentary lifestyle ening and wasting away of the large leg and desk, so that you can be in motion throughout at work or away from home Both moderate and vig - behaviours. can be dangerous to your health. the less sit - gluteal muscles. these large muscles are im - the day Glimpses of future 10 EntErtainmEnt JAMMU SAtUrdAy JUly 24, 2021 Bhoot Police actress Yami Raj Kundra case: Poonam Pandey Recalls Sonam Kapoor puts a Gautam shares unseen video from being forced to sign the contract for the Hotshots full stop to pregnancy haldi ceremony to wish her 'camera rumours shy father' on his birthday app and what happened when she refused
Poonam Pandey had "I was threatened and forced sages like, ‘Call me now, I will She added, "When I wasn’t in filed a criminal case against to sign a contract which stat - strip for you’ on the app. I favour of signing and decid - raj Kundra and his associ - ed — I have to shoot, pose still remember, after that, I ed to terminate the contract, ates with Bombay High and look a certain way ac - started receiving calls from they leaked my personal mo - Court a while ago. On cording to their will or else, all over, not in dozens but bile number along with mes - Monday (19 July 2021), raj they’d leak all of my personal thousands, at odd hours, sages like, ‘Call me now, I will Actress Sonam Kapoor Ahuja has put an end Kundra was nabbed by stuff," read a report in times asking me for explicit servic - strip for you’ on the app. I to rumours about her being pregnant, with a post Mumbai's Crime Branch for of India. Poonam Pandey es. People started sending still remember, after that, I on social media. Sonam posted a clip on allegedly running an inter - further revealed that her me pornographic images and started receiving calls from Instagram story where she talked about her first national adult film racket. number was indeed leaked videos. I even left my home all over, not in dozens but day of getting her periods. In the clip, the actress Poonam Pandey had earlier and she started getting calls. in fear that something bad thousands, at odd hours, is seen sipping on ginger tea and holding a hot opened up on Kundra's ar - Poonam also added that she will happen to me. It felt so asking me for explicit servic - water bottle. "Hot water bottle and ginger tea for rest saying that her heart also felt unsafe at her home. scary. Poonam Pandey fur - es. People started sending first day of my period," she wrote as caption on goes out to Shilpa Shetty and She added, "When I wasn’t in ther revealed that her num - me pornographic images and the post that she shared on Wednesday. the kids. And now, the ac - favour of signing and decid - ber was indeed leaked and videos. I even left my home rumours about Sonam's pregnancy started as tress has recalled the inci - ed to terminate the contract, she started getting calls. in fear that something bad soon as she arrived in India from london. the dent when she was forced to they leaked my personal mo - Poonam also added that she will happen to me. It felt so actress will soon be seen in the film "Blind". sign a contract with the app. bile number along with mes - also felt unsafe at her home. scary.
Tiger 3: Here’s when Salman Khan and Katrina Neha Kakkar: Never a Kaif will resume shooting for the spy thriller bad time to be a singera
Coronovirus, the team is all set to re - sume the shoot. Salman Khan had dropped a hint yesterday when he posted a video in which he was work - ing out. “I think this guy is training for tiger3,” read his caption. And we now have confirmation for you. A close hand reveals that Salman and Katrina Kaif will resume the film’s shoot to - Bollywood actress yami Gautam shared an un - morrow at yrF studios while details seen video from her Haldi ceremony on thursday of Emraan Hashmi’s schedule are to wish her father his birthday. the gorgeous diva awaited. the film is a spy thriller and wished her 'camera-shy father' Mukesh Gautam on according to reports, Emraan is play - his birthday and captioned the post as, "It took a ing the antagonist. talking about the wedding to have finally so many moments cap - prep for the film, even Emraan has tured with my camera-shy father Happy birthday been putting that extra effort to match to my amazing paa And your non-stop commen - up to Salman’s look for the film. A few days ago, he flaunted his washboard tary is more prominent than all of us present to - abs in a gym pic. “Only just the begin - gether in the frame. In the video clip that yami ning!!!” his caption read. the actor shared, she was seen wearing a yellow dress along seemed excited to work with Salman, with a red and golden dupatta. While her father something which he hasn't in his ca - was seen applying her haldi on her face, hands, and reer so far. "I would love to work in the feet. As the video starts, Surilie says 'Papa smile' franchise. I would love to work with and suddenly a phone rings and she says 'Who is Salman. It has always been a dream calling you? Within no time, netizens flooded her and hopefully it will come true," comments section as they wished her father on the Emraan told PtI recently. Another special occasion. On the personal front, yami tied yrF film that is expected to be huge is the knot with Uri filmmaker Aditya dhar in a pri - none other than Shah rukh Khan vate ceremony on June 4. She announced the same starrer Pathan. there were reports on social media as she wrote, "With the blessings of stating that SrK will pause his Pathan our family, we have tied the knot in an intimate shoot for his cameo in tiger 3. wedding ceremony today. Being very private peo - tiger 3 is one of the most awaited teresting to see how the story will However, that is not the case. Both the ple, we celebrated this joyous occasion with our films. After the success of Ek tha progress this time around. After a films will be shot simultaneously at immediate family. tiger and tiger Zinda Hai, it will be in - break due to the second wave of yrF Studios.
Arbaaz Khan opens up on being trolled after divorce Neha Kakkar is fast emerging a one-woman industry of sorts, belting out hits with astonishing regularity and cur - rently ruling the roost. She says it is never a bad time to be a from Malaika Arora: ‘Does not mean we are bad people’ singer in the industry. Over the past years, she has deliv - ered back-to-back hits that include film songs such as Arbaaz Khan and takes. Arbaaz Khan also gave "Garmi", "dilbar" and "O saki saki". Asked if it is a good Malaika Arora's divorce Aamir Khan and Kiran rao's re - time to be a singer in the industry, Neha told IANS: "It's came as a shock for every - cent divorce situation where never a bad time to be a singer in the industry, that's for one in 2017. the couple got people trolled them. He shares sure. How unique you are matters but most of all, it's im - married in 1998 and have a that trolling happens but that portant to be a good human being. All our friends in the son, Arhaan. Now, in an in - does not mean that they are bad music industry are really nice and we wish them success." terview with people. Arbaaz Khan said, In a very short time, Neha has become the undisputed BollywoodBubble, Arbaaz "Maybe the fans and followers, if queen of remixes. Before making her debut in Bollywood, Khan spoke the trolling they like a certain couple, they'd Neha and her siblings tony and Sonu Kakkar sang at ja - that happened after he di - like to see them together. And it's gratas. She looks back at her journey from singing at ja - vorced Malaika Arora. He happened recently with some - gratas to being one of Bollywood's top singers, and calls it a said that they weren't really body like Aamir, for that matter. "humbling" one. "It's been hard work, and honest work. affected by the negativity. It happens. But that does not the journey has been humbling and it's so valuable for me But he feels that it was of mean we're bad people. they're to be able to measure how we have grown. My fans make people trolling them. He just two people who've realised my journey worth it, too!" she said. With success comes said, "It's a futile exercise that the reason they were togeth - criticism. Neha, who recently got married to singer that they do. do you really er was to make... the journey rohanpreet Singh, has often been trolled on social media think that the more you say had to be wonderful and beauti - and has also been a material to memes and jokes. She is not something things are going ful together. Sometimes you much bothered by negative comments coming her way. to change? In my personal have different paths, you grow to How does she not get affected by the heavy trolling on so - life, I've already gone be different people. you have to cial media? "Work hard, stay honest, stay humble, be open through that upheaval, and let them grow and be happy. So to growing and never lose faith," she replied. What's next gone through that scenario we never got affected; I never got for Neha? the 33-year-old singer said: "there are a lot of where I felt what I had to affected by comments on my per - things in the pipeline, you will get to know very soon with a feel. I have accepted a cer - sonal life, particularly on my re - big announcement." Neha recently performed on the app tain situation and moved lationship. Of course, I feel they MX takatak, and she says: "to have such an extensive line- on from it. We don't live were all unnecessary at time, up across 52 weeks is unheard of in the digital space. I am near-perfect lives. We all quite a few of them, but one had super happy, excited and humbled that I am launching are fallible, we make mis - to ignore it and move on. takatak Manch." 11 LOCAL
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