China-Pak Nexus to Keep Border Hot: Rajnath

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KUSHBOO JOINS BJP China-Pak nexus to keep border hot: Rajnath AFTER QUITTING CONG New Delhi: Actor-turned- politician Kushboo Sundar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party Defence Minister inaugurates 44 bridges, mostly in border areas, to boost military infrastructure (BJP) here on Monday, hours after she quit the Congress. significantly improve move- said construction of the bridges Speaking to reporters at the ment of troops in areas along will benefit both the civilian joining ceremony, the actor from the border with China in population as well as the mili- Tamil Nadu said she had come Ladakh, Sikkim and Arunachal tary in the areas. to the understanding over a Pradesh sectors, officials “Our armed forces per- period of time that if the nation said. sonnel are deployed in large has to move forward, then Rajnath said in the chal- numbers in areas where trans- someone like Prime Minister lenging times of Covid-19 and port is not available through- Narendra Modi is needed to take despite the border tensions out the year,” he said, noting the country “in the right and disputes caused by improvement in border infra- direction and to its glory”. Pakistan and China, the coun- structure will significantly help Defence Minister Rajnath Singh dedicates 44 major permanent bridges to the try was not only resolutely armed forces. nation from New Delhi on Monday PTI INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION facing them but also bringing CONTRACTS 8% IN AUGUST about historical changes in all New Delhi: Industrial sectors of development. production declined by 8 per The Defence Minister also cent in August, mainly due to laid the foundation stone for ‘Who will blink first’ delays lower output of manufacturing, Nechiphu Tunnel in Arunachal mining and power generation Pradesh. This 450 metre-long sectors, official data showed on tunnel would ensure all-weath- Monday. According to the Index er connectivity across India-China peace resolution of Industrial Production (IIP) Nechiphu pass. The bridges data, manufacturing sector included 10 in J&K, eight in Both agree to refrain Commander-level talks in PK Menon who will replace production registered a decline Ladakh, two in Himachal, four Chushul on the Indian side of Singh as the 14 Corps chief of 8.6 per cent, while the output each in Punjab and Sikkim and from sending more the LAC in Ladakh. after Singh moves as the Indian of mining and power segments Four among 44 bridges, built by BRO across seven States and UTs, which were dedicated to the nation by Defence Minister eight each in Uttarakhand and troops to border China insisted that India Military Academy (IMA) chief fell 9.8 per cent. Rajnath Singh on Monday PTI Arunachal Pradesh. withdraw its troops from the next week. The Chinese dele- In his address, Singh com- PNS n NEW DELHI south bank of Pangong Tso gation was led by Major PNS n NEW DELHI any challenge from the two India is not only facing the plimented the BRO for their (lake) before it pulls back its General Liu Lin. adversaries. situations along the frontiers achievements in improving ndia and China on Monday troops. India was firm that Both the delegations s the eyeball-to-eyeball This comes at a time when resolutely, but it is also bring- infrastructure in border areas Ifailed to break the logjam China has to take the lead in included Foreign Ministry offi- Aconfrontation with China scientists have also been con- ing in major development, and said that dedication of 44 even as they reiterated their disengaging and only then it cials thereby indicating keen- continues at the Line of Actual ducting successive missile tests including in border areas. “You bridges in one go in itself was resolve to hold a sustained will gradually start the with- ness by both the countries to Control (LAC) and the Line of for operational readiness in the are well aware of the conditions a record. dialogue to defuse tension at drawal process from the con- find a solution at the earliest. Control (LoC) with Pakistan last few weeks. created along our northern He said the annual budget the Line of Actual Control frontation sites. Naveen Srivastava represented remains hot, Defence Minister Dedicating the strategical- and eastern borders. First it was of the BRO that varied from (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh and Elaborating upon the talks, the Indian Foreign Ministry in Rajnath Singh on Monday ly important bridges in seven Pakistan, and now also by `3,300 crore to `4,600 crore in refrain from sending more sources said here later India Monday’s talks, officials threw open 44 bridges, most- States, including eight perma- China, as if a border dispute is years between 2008 and 2016, troops to the border. Both the wanted China to show its intent said. ly in border areas, including nent bridges in Ladakh, to the being created under a mission. saw a substantial rise and is sides also agreed to hold anoth- in bringing down temperature Reviewing the current sit- Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, nation virtually, Rajnath Singh We have a border of about pegged at over `11,000 crore in er round of military-level talks at the volatile border. This uation at the 1,700-km long Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & minced no words in saying that 7,000 km with these countries 2020-21. “There was no reduc- as soon as possible for disen- firm message was conveyed by LAC in Ladakh, both the Kashmir and Uttarakhand, as after Pakistan, China is also where tension continues,” the tion of this budget despite gagement and de-escalation. the Indian delegation led by 14 commanders expressed satis- part of India’s rapid enhance- creating a dispute at the border Minister said. Covid-19,” he said. The two sides reaffirmed Corps chief Lt General faction over relative calm pre- ment of its military and infra- with India as if it was part of a As regards the bridges, a Underlining the signifi- these commitments during the Harinder Singh. The other vailing at the border since structure capabilities to counter “mission”. majority of them is expected to cance of these projects, Rajnath seventh round of Corps officials included Lt General September 10. Steps to create `1-L cr India’s Covid-19 biomedical waste woes enormous 150 tn waste generated daily with worst-hit Maha contributing maximum 30 tn/day PNS n NEW DELHI months, India generated over ment facilities (CBWTFs),” said additional demand 18,000 tonnes of Covid-19 bio- the country’s top pollution reg- ndia is generating 150 tonnes medical waste, calling for ulator body. The Government, which Ior 1.50 lakh kilograms of urgent remedial steps to treat Covid-19 biomedical waste Cash in lieu of LTC, had in May announced a `20 Covid-19 biomedical waste the menace. includes PPE kits, masks, shoe ` lakh crore “Aatmanirbhar daily. And Maharashtra — the “Since June, all States and covers, gloves, human tissues, 10,000 advance to Bharat” stimulus, is pushing worst-affected State — is con- Union Territories have gener- body fluids like dressings, plas- Govt staff, 50-year ahead with a full opening to try tributing the maximum to it ated 18,006 tonnes of Covid- ter casts, cotton swabs, bed- to boost the economy ahead of with 30 tonnes or 30,000 kg 19-related biomedical waste dings contaminated with blood interest-free loan to the usually high-spending fes- every day. According to the which is being collected, treat- or body fluid, blood bags, nee- generated 3,587 tonnes of coverall, used masks, head tival season. A tough lockdown Central Pollution Control ed and disposed of by 198 com- dles and syringes. Covid-19 waste in four months cover, shoe cover etc generat- States to boost eco imposed to stem the spread of Board (CPCB), in the last four mon biomedical waste treat- As per data, Maharashtra since June, followed by Tamil ed from Covid-19 isolation coronavirus had resulted in Nadu (1,737 tonnes), Gujarat wards at healthcare facilities New Delhi: Finance Minister the economy contracting by a Covid-19 STATES TOTAL CASES DEATHS RECOVERED (1,638 tonnes), Kerala (1,516 shall be segregated and sent to Nirmala Sitharaman on This cash will have to be record 23.9 per cent during Maharashtra 15,35,315 40,514 12,81,896 tonnes), Uttar Pradesh (1,432 common facilities for disposal Monday announced a pay- spent on buying goods that April-June. IN INDIA Andhra Pradesh 7,58,951 6,256 7,08,712 tonnes), Delhi (1,400 tonnes), as per Bio-medical Waste ment of cash in lieu of LTC and attract 12 per cent or more GST Together with the loan to Karnataka (1,380 tonnes) and Management Rules, 2016 `10,000 festival advance to — a condition which eliminates states and additional capital TOTAL Karnataka 7,17,915 10,036 5,92,084 West Bengal (BMWM Rules). government employees to stim- the possibility of the cash being spending, Sitharaman said, Tamil Nadu 6,61,264 10,314 6,07,203 (1,000 tonnes). However, used PPEs like ulate consumer demand during spent on food items. “very rough estimate is that CASES: 71,73,069 Uttar Pradesh 4,39,161 6,438 3,93,908 Around 5,490 tonnes of masks and gloves generated in the festival season and boost Central public sector enter- potential private sector spend- such waste was generated in common households, com- the economy. prises and banks will also fol- ing through LTC tax benefit DEATHS: 1,09,892 Delhi 3,11,188 5,809 2,84,844 September, with Gujarat con- mercial establishments, insti- She also announced addi- low the cue and give cash in will be at least equal to the gov- West Bengal 2,98,389 5,682 2,62,103 tributing the maximum 622 tutions, etc are required to tional capital spending and place of leave travel concession ernment employee-led demand RECOVERED: Kerala 2,95,133 1,026 1,99,634 tonnes, followed by Tamil store separately for a minimum `12,000 crore, 50-year interest- (LTC) as travelling during the of `28,000 crore and the total 62,24,262 Nadu (543 tonnes), 72 hours for disposal along free loan to States to boost the pandemic is near to impossible. additional demand estimated Odisha 2,54,662 1,063 2,30,192 Maharashtra (524 tonnes), with solid waste after cutting or economy that has been battered Additionally, the govern- to exceed `1 lakh ACTIVE: 8,37,820 Telangana 2,13,084 1,228 1,87,342 Uttar Pradesh (507 tonnes) shredding. by the pandemic and the result- ment will as a one-time mea- crore”. Bihar 1,97,000 955 1,85,593 and Kerala (494 tonnes). Delhi The apex pollution body ing lockdown. sure give `10,000 salary loan to She further said that the generated 382 tonnes of Covid- had in May developed the At a news conference, she all its officers and employees as measures by the Government Assam 1,95,304 826 1,66,036 19 bio-medical waste in “Covid-19 BWM” mobile said the Government will give festival advance. to stimulate demand must not Rajasthan 1,61,184 1,665 1,37,848 September, according to the application to monitor coron- its employees income-tax- These two measures are burden the common citizen Gujarat 1,52,764 3,577 1,33,852 CPCB data. avirus-related biomedical waste exempt cash vouchers in lieu of “expected to create a consumer with future inflation and must As per CPCB guidelines, and to compile the data their entitled travel allowances demand of about `28,000 not put Government debt on Madhya Pradesh 1,48,298 2,645 1,30,721 used PPEs like face shields, through electronic manifest this year. crore”, she said. an unsustainable path. Haryana 1,43,221 1,592 1,31,228 goggles, hazmat suits, plastic system. Modi to virtually Power outage stops Mumbai in its tracks SC notice to Centre on 7 Indians kidnapped address Bengal pleas against farm laws’ in Libya released during Durga Puja missions line got tripped, hence Commercial Thane-Palghar, Navi Mumbai PTI n NEW DELHI SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA power is off. Consequently, Constitutional validity Capital’s lifeline there was cascading effect in PTI n NEW DELHI even Indians, who were were kidnapped in he Prime Minister will for the form of power failure to SLibya last month, have been released, the Tthe first time in his seven- cut off for over 3 Mumbai-Thane & Mumbai he Supreme Court on Monday sought Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday. year-rule virtually address the suburban city. It will be restored Tresponse from the Centre on a batch of peti- The Indian nationals, hailing from Andhra Bengali population on October in approximately an hour,” tions challenging the constitutional validity of Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, were 22, the Maha Sashthi Day and a half hours Maharashtra Energy Minister the newly enacted three contentious farm laws. kidnapped at Asshwerif on September 14 when (sixth day of the pujas), the Nitin Raut said. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde they were on their way to the Tripoli airport to State BJP leadership said. TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI The power supply came to issued notice to the Central Government and catch a flight to India. “Prime Minister Narendra be restored in many parts of sought its reply within four weeks. “We are happy to inform that the seven Modi ji will deliver a virtual arge parts of the country’s Mumbai and surrounding areas The three laws — Farmers’ (Empowerment Indian nationals who had been abducted at address on the auspicious occa- Lcommercial Capital, the of Mumbai in stages from and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance Asshwerif in Libya on September 14 were final- sion of Durga Puja,” senior neighbouring Thane, Palghar 12.15 pm to 1.30 pm. and Farm Services Act, 2020; Farmers’ Produce ly released Sunday,” the MEA said. leader and party’s observer for and Raigad districts in the Taking serious cognisance Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Last week, MEA Spokesperson Anurag the State Kailash Vijayvargiya Mumbai Metropolitan Region of major power failure, Facilitation) Act, 2020 and The Essential Srivastava said the Indians were working at a said on Monday. Modi is like- (MMR) went without power Maharashtra Chief Minister Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020 — took construction and Oil field supplies company. ly to address the people of the for more than three and a half Uddhav Thackeray — who effect from September 27. “Our Ambassador to Tunisia Puneet Roy State on October 22, he said. hours on Monday, following a A train halts at a station as local train services were disrupted due to major power held a meeting with State The bench, also comprising Justices AS Kundal spoke to them over phone after they were Home Minister Amit Shah combination of factors, includ- supply failure in Mumbai on Monday PTI Energy Minister Nitin Raut, his Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, was hear- handed over by the abductors to the company too will reach out to the Bengali ing sudden tripping of three deputy Prajkta Tanpure, State ing pleas filed by Rashtriya Janta Dal lawmak- Al Shola Al Mudia. All of them are in good population, the senior leader major transmission lines and ping of main 400kv Kalwa- sidered the lifelines of Mumbai chief secretary Sanjay Kumar er from Rajya Sabha, Manoj Jha; Congress Lok health and are currently staying in the compa- said. “We do not have the dates two power generating units. Padgha line-2, Mumbai’s 500 — came to a standstill, follow- — ordered a comprehensive Sabha MP from Kerala, TN Prathapan and DMK ny’s premises in Brega. We are trying to com- as yet but we are trying to bring The power supply to many MW Tata Power Station and ing the power breakdown in enquiry into the circumstances Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu, Tiruchi Siva, plete requisite formalities to enable their return Amit Shah ji in Bengal before parts of Mumbai, Thane, Navi 250 MW Adani power unit at most parts of the metropolis leading to the breakdown and and a petition filed by Rakesh Vaishnav. to India,” the MEA said. Durga Puja,” Vijayvargiya said, Mumbai, Palghar and Panvel — Dahanu. and surrounding areas of also asked the authorities to The petitions alleged that the three farm laws Following the kidnapping, the Indian adding the Home Minister all coming under the jurisdic- Following the power MMR. take measures to ensure against passed by Parliament would dismantle the embassy in Tunisia reached out to the Libyan would visit North Bengal dur- tion of MMR — snapped at breakdown, the suburban ser- “Mumbai-Thane-Kalyan recurrence of a similar power Agricultural Produce Market Committees sys- government authorities as also the internation- ing this period. around 10.03 am owing to vices on the Western Railway power failure is being attend- failure in the tem intended to ensure fair prices for farm al organisations present there, seeking help in Detailed Report on P5 host of factors, including trip- and Central Railway — con- ed to. Kalwa-Padgha trans- metropolis. products. rescuing the Indian nationals. fight and as Delhi chief min- for votes they said they will Commerce (Promotion and ister, I support you in this implement the Swaminathan Facilitation) Act, 2020 and protest." Kejriwal said some report, but after winning what The Essential Commodities elhi Chief Minister Arvind parties are indulging in poli- did they do? They are remov- (Amendment) Act 2020 -- DKejriwal on Monday par- tics over the three contentious ing the MSP. When our gov- took effect from September 27 ticipated in a protest organised farm laws. ernment was formed in Delhi, after President Ram Nath here by the Punjab unit of the "When the bill was being government schools and hos- Kovind's assent. Aam Aadmi Party and made a leader of the national pitals were in a bad shape. So The farmers have demanded a complete roll- party was present in the com- what did we do? We did not expressed apprehension that back of the three recently mittee, and who congratulat- shut them, we improved them. the Centre's farm laws would enacted Central farm laws. ed the BJP for making the law, The BJP has betrayed the pave th way for dismantling of Addressing his party workers and made sure that the bill got farmers of this country," he the minimum support price from Punjab at the Jantar passed and when it was passed said. system, leaving them at the Mantar agitation, Kejriwal said they are protesting. Are peo- He was joined by senior "mercy" of big corporates. the AAP has a very clear stance ple stupid?" Kejriwal said party leader Sanjay Singh, The government has main- on the farm laws. without naming anyone. AAP MP Bhagwant Mann tained that the farm laws will "We want a complete roll- He further claimed that and other party MLAs at the bring farmer better opportu- back of the three laws. It is the BJP made a promise of protest. nities and usher in new tech- non-negotiable," he asserted, implementing the The three laws -- Farmers' nologies in agriculture. "Second, a law on MSP Swaminathan Commission (Empowerment and (Minimum Support Price) report but they are doing Protection) Agreement of must be brought in the coun- exact opposite to what was Price Assurance and Farm try. The whole of Delhi is recommended in it. Services Act, 2020; Farmers standing with farmers in this "When they came asking Produce Trade and "$ (P ! surge in the flow of misinfor- Kejriwal said. nation is the nation of the mation during every election Professor Neharika Vohra youth. There are two types of elhi House panel on cycle. More so, sudden splurge elhi Chief Minister Arvind has been appointed the Vice- youth in our country. First are DMonday in continuation of was also seen during the Delhi DKejriwal on Monday met chancellor of this university. those who do not receive edu- its proceedings in Facebook Riots, 2020 also. “Facebook’s with the newly appointed Vice- She has work experience of 20 cation, and second are those matter examined certain wit- fact checking and content mod- Chancellor and the board years and she was the chair- who are unemployed even after nesses which includes Prabir eration attempts are failing members of the Delhi Skill and person of the Centre for being educated. Our education Purkaystha, Editor of online and thus needs to be worked Entrepreneurship University Innovation and Incubation at system is such that does not news portal NewsClick and upon,” he added. here was a lot of uproar in the first board meeting held IIM Ahmedabad. Dr. Pramath prepare the students for an Pratik Sinha, co- founder of Alt “Both the witness unani- Tduring the House meeting on Monday. Raj Sinha, who started Indian employable future." News. Harmony in the society. “ mously deposed that there is an of the Municipal Corporation The University has been School of Business and Ashoka He furthers aid that the During the peace and har- Facebook only responds to the imperative need of more trans- Gurugram which took place established through an Act of University, Pramod Bhasin companies and industries that mony panel, chaired by Aam grievances or issues when it parency in the operation, func- on Monday at Sukhrali's Delhi Legislative Assembly. who started Genpact in 1997, will be employing students are Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA turns to be an embarrassment tioning as well as grievance Community Center. the matter. “I am glad to announce he started his skill centre and like the customers of the uni- Raghav Chadha, Purkaystha in the U.S. He also mentioned redressal system of Facebook, During the meeting, the “The work of the Street that the university has started is a board member of many big versity, and so each course deposed that there is no trans- that in stark contrast to the US, particularly. The Delhi councillors demanded the Vending Zone will be handled its function. The students will companies in the country, he should be designed must being parency as well as account- complaints to Facebook are Legislative assembly’s commit- investigation of street vending by EO Abhay Yadav, this be imparted skills and training was the chairman of NASS- close consultation with the ability of Facebook in terms of met with inaction, when tee after the careful delibera- agencies by revealing the arbi- responsibility will be with- at the university so that they COM and was awarded as the companies. "The courses its functioning, organisational same/similar grievances are tions of the allegations in com- trariness, recovery and fraud drawn from CPO Mahendra," can easily get job as soon as IT Man of the Year. Others are should be designed in a man- structure, and grievance redres- made by the Indian organiza- plaints levelled against of these agencies. Apart from said Vinay Pratap Singh, they pass out from the institute founder of Naukri.com, Mr. ner that the students get jobs sal mechanism. tions,” Purkaystha said. Facebook taken prompt cog- this, the councillors were MCG commissioner. or can pursue business by get- Sanjeev Bikhchandani, based on the design and cur- He further deposed that Sinha, Co- founder of Fact nizance of this issue and has set questioned over cleanliness, Councillors also raised the ting hands-on business train- Shrikant Sastri who has helped riculum of the course.” there is a correlation between checking website AltNews, its mechanism in full swing,” a encroachment, debris (C&D issue of non-sanitation and ing.” “We have appointed the in launching various start-ups Deputy Chief Minister Facebook’s inaction and dis- deposed before the committee statement from the Delhi West) and land transfer from encroachment in the meeting. Vice-Chancellor of the univer- and ventures, Professor K. K. Manish Sisodia who also hold turbance of Peace and stating that there is a usual Legislative Assembly quoted. the builders. Councillor Ashwani Sharma sity and its board members. I Aggarwal who has been the the portfolio of education min- The councillors started saidspoke to all the board members vice-chancellor of IP ister said, "The Delhi Skill and questioning about corruption that and told them that the only University, and Prof. G Entrepreneurship University "# happening in the municipal “Despite spending crores objective and ideology of this Srinivasan, professor of will have a focus on quality and corporation. The proposal to of rupees, the city is not university will be ensuring jobs Management Studies at IIT quantity - provide high-quali- % suspend the City Project being clean. The cleaning for every student passing out Madras. We are glad that these ty courses in the entire spec- Officer (CPO), was also officer and staff are responsi- from this university, or they highly-experienced people are trum of skills training from tra- passed in the house meeting ble for this. Several stretches should be able to pursue busi- a part of this university." ditional skills to those of the and handed over to the are encroached by the ness. I am happy that the newly "We dreamed that every future and ensuring that the 47-year-old woman was Executive Officer encroachers. But action is appointed vice-chancellors and youth should be employed. intake of students is large Aarrested by the Economic (EO). being taken by the MCG offi- all the board members are The unemployment rate of our enough to cater to the existing Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi In the meeting, the coun- cials,” said Councillor stalwarts in their fields,” nation is very high, and our demand." Police from south Goa for &'" cillors questioned the func- Ashwani Kumar, adding that allegedly duping people by induc- tioning of other agencies the concerned MCG officials ing them to invest in her app- including street vending should apologize too pub- based taxi aggregator company agency LEO MediaCom and licly”. on the pretext of high returns. he Delhi Government will SSPL. The councillors alleged The Councilors had Accoding to Dr O P Mishra, the Tsoon deploy environment that a fake Enforcement Team raised the issue on land trans- Joint Commissioner of Police, marshals to help curb violations has been formed. Councillor fer; Councilor RS Rathi said EOW, one Dharmender, along of anti-pollution norms, Seema Pahuja said that the that a house debate should be with other victims, alleged against including burning of waste. agency has set up more hawk- held before taking any deci- a company called SMP Impex Pvt Environment Minister ers in Sector-4 than the pre- sion on land transfer. “The !"# Ltd (Hello Taxi) and its office Gopal Rai said common peo- scribed number. The MCG builders illegally occupy the bearers Saroj Mahapatra, Rajesh ple, private and government commissioner himself visits revenue paths. In such a case, (SFI). Meanwhile, a senior substandard public-funded Mahto, Sunder Bhati, Harish agencies that have undertaken the street vending zone. consent cannot be given with- police official said that twenty school education are turned Bhati and the woman director for construction works should Mayor Madhu Azad said out debate. There was a long ollowing the high cut-offs activists of the KYS were away from public-funded uni- cheating by inducing them to adopt adequate measures to that CPO Mahendra's charge debate between Mayor Fannounced for Delhi protesting at the Arts Faculty, versities," they said. invest in their company Hello prevent dust pollution, else environment marshals to keep should be taken away. Within Madhu Azad and Councillor University (DU) undergraduate North Campus, eight of them Taxi and promised to pay high- "strict action will be taken an eye on the violations of envi- ten days, additional commis- RS Rathi on the matter and programme by administration, were detained when they er rate of interest up to 200 per against them". ronment norms," Rai sioner Rohtash Bishnoi will after that Rathi left the students’ outfits on Monday refused to disperse. “They were cent on monthly basis. "We will soon be deploying said. submit an inquiry report on House. staged a protest and alleged that taken to Maurice Nagar police high cut-offs favour students of station and were released later big private schools and in the evening,” said the senior demanded more transparency police official. in the admission process. Activists of the KYS burnt % The DU announced its an effigy of the cut-off list to first cut-off list for undergrad- highlight its "discriminatory uate admission on Saturday nature" and demanded that it with Lady Shri Ram (LSR) be done away with immedi- College for Women pegging ately, the students' group said director academic research and training the score at 100 per cent for in a statement. Seema Jaunsari said that the competi- three Honours courses. The “This cut-off that is decid- tions would end on October 30. Under 100 per cent cut-off for under- ed on the basis of marks scored the campaign three categories are cre- graduate admissions in DU by students of big private ated. In the first category attractive comes after a gap of five schools is nothing but a policy school building contest would be held years. of ensuring that the most mar- while under second category best gar- The protests were held by ginalised student does not have den in the schools would be selected. In the Krantikari Yuva Sangathan any access to quality higher he education department would third category best innovation for (KYS) and the Left-affiliated education. This ensures that Tfelicitate the teachers who overcame teaching would be felicitated. In the Students' Federation of India students who bear the brunt of all the odds and used innovating teach- block and district level two best schools ing during the Covid-19 pandemic . 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efit considerably from these. The bridges constructed in Uttarakhand will also prove helpful for the tourists and the pilgrims under the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. This development will also have a positive impact on the economy of the region. The CM further said that the demand for bridges in the Pithoragarh region was a long standing demand and seemed to be like a dream. Now this dream of the people in the region has been fulfilled. Constructing high quality bridges in a short time in such difficult terrain shows the commitment of the government and the capabilities of the BRO, added Rawat. Union ministers Jitendra Singh, Kiren Rijiju, MP Ajay these problems are being faced the army in transporting essen- Speaking on the occasion, Tamta, chief of defence staff, conference on Monday. These span of the eight bridges inau- about a new era of connectiv- successfully, he said. Singh fur- tial commodities. Appreciating the chief minister Trivendra general Bipin Rawat, army include eight bridges in gurated in Uttarakhand is 390 ity and development in the bor- ther said that the BRO has the BRO, the union minister Singh Rawat thanked the union chief general MM Naravane, nion Defence Minister Uttarakhand, eight in metres. der areas. India shares a con- played an important role in the said that in the past four-five minister and congratulated the BRO DGP Harpal Singh, chief URajnath Singh inaugurat- Arunachal Pradesh, two in Speaking on the occasion, siderable length of border with defence and development of years, the budgetary allocation BRO personnel for construc- ministers of the states con- ed 44 bridges constructed by Himachal Pradesh, 10 in inauguration of so many Pakistan and China where ten- border areas. The construction to the organisation has been tion of 44 bridges in the bor- cerned, lieutenant governors of the Border Roads Organisation Jammu and Kashmir, eight in bridges and laying the founda- sions are not uncommon. of the bridges inaugurated on increased three folds and the der regions. Apart from the the union territories and senior (BRO) in seven States and Ladakh and four each in tion for a tunnel at one time is Under Prime Minister Monday will help fulfil local results of this change are also strategic importance of these officials were also present on Union Territories via video Punjab and Sikkim. The total a big record. This will bring Narendra Modi’s leadership, aspirations while also assist being seen. bridges, the locals will also ben- the occasion. '$()*+ lition would start without any has- sle on Tuesday. he Municipal Corporation of He further informed that the reported by the state health department from Pithoragarh, nine TDehradun (MCD) and district news of demolition was also spread which increased the patient count to from Chamoli, six +' administration will commence the through various means like audio 55347 in the state. The authorities dis- Rudraprayag, four from demolition of the encroachments in announcements in the city in the charged 664 patients from different hos- Bageshwar and one from upcoming festival season. the city from Tuesday. According to marked areas to make people aware pitals of the state after their recovery Tehri on Monday. The state He said that with the festivals the officials, the city is broadly of the situation. On the question of from the disease. A total of 47306 now has 6976 active like Dussehra and Diwali round the divided into the four zones for the the removal of encroachments along patients have so far recovered from the patients of the disease. corner, there is no space for lower- removal of encroachments and the the riverside areas like the con- disease. Dehradun district with ing the guard against the disease. corporation will possibly start the structions along the Rispana and At All India Institute of Medical 2059 active cases is at top Nautiyal said that the last few days work to demolish the establish- Bindal rivers, Pandey said that those iding on increasing recovery and Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh death of of table while Haridwar have brought relief to the state in ments in the encroached area of are slum areas and the demolition Rfewer number of fresh Covid-19 five patients of Covid-19 was reported with 1183 active cases is on terms of less number of Covid-19 these zones together. task will not disturb such areas. cases, the recovery rate in Uttarakhand on Monday. Similarly death of four second spot. Nainital has cases and higher recovery rate but The Dehradun municipal com- The task of removing encroach- jumped past 85 percent mark on patients each was reported from Sushila 720, Udham Singh Nagar the state should now remain pre- missioner, Vinay Shankar Pandey is ments will be carried out mainly in Monday. The Infection Rate (IR) which Tiwari Government Hospital, Haldwani 536, Tehri 460, Pauri 451, pared for the next challenge to keep the head of the anti-encroachment the areas including Rajpur Road, is another important factor in gauging and Himalayan hospital, Dehradun. Uttarkashi 408, Chamoli the contagion under check in the task force in the city. Talking about Haridwar Road, Chakrata Road and the contagion too is going down in the Two patients of Covid-19 succumbed to 279, Pithoragarh 238, he founder of Social upcoming festival this, Pandey said that all the arrange- Saharanpur Road, as per the officials. state. The state now has a recovery rate death at CMI hospital Dehradun on the Rudraprayag 208, TDevelopment for Communities season. ments have been made to remove the The officials informed that in the last of 85.47 and IR of 6.88 percent. day. Champawat 173, and (SDC) foundation, Anoop Nautiyal “The Kerala experience and encroachments by the corporation. few weeks, the complaints against the However the disease is continuing to The health department reported Almora 133 active cases of has said that the Uttarakhand Onam case study should be kept in He said that the MCD already has all encroachments in the city, especial- scare with its high fatality rate in the 108 fresh cases of Covid-19 from the disease. With 128 active should take a lesson from the mind when we plan our upcoming the necessary information for ly in the marketplaces, also increased state. On Monday death of 15 patients Dehradun, 31 each from Champawat cases of Covid-19, Kerala experience where the Covid- festival Corona management strat- demolishing the structures includ- in the corporation and demolition of of the disease was reported which and Nainital, 26 from Haridwar, 23 from Bageshwar now is at bot- 19 cases witnessed an increase of egy in Uttarakhand. Citizens also ing the survey records and details of such structures will possibly provide increased the death toll to 762. On the Uttarkashi, 19 from Almora, 16 from tom of the table of active 126 percent after the festival of need to exercise self restraint dur- marked encroached areas of some relaxation to the residents of day, 296 patients of the disease were Udham Singh Nagar, 12 from Pauri, 10 cases in Uttarakhand. Onam and plan accordingly for the ing these days,’’ he said. Dehradun so the process of demo- the city. P'% Q asymptomatically in the kidney. It is he medical experts of All when they get TIndia Institute of Medical obstructed in any Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh part of the kidney have warned that ignoring the or urinary tract kidney stone pain can damage that symptoms other parts of the body, which develop,’’ he said. can be life threatening. They The symptoms point out that one of the most of renal stone dis- commonly ignored ailments ease include fluc- o promote pisciculture in in people is renal stone disease tuating and excru- TUttarakhand, the depart- (nephrolithiasis). ciating pain in the ment of fisheries is planning to The Head, Department of abdomen, groin import trout variety of fishes Urology, Dr Ankur Mittal said and flank region from Denmark. Information that renal stones affect all ages that can lead to uri- regarding this was provided by from infancy to the elderly nary tract infection the state minister for women population and they are formed with fever and and child development and due to the super saturation of chills, burning mic- fisheries, Rekha Arya during a the urine with substances such turition and even passage of urine per day and various Rishikesh Ravikant said that review of the department at her as calcium, uric acid, cystine blood in urine. “An expert dietary modifications are soon an ‘Advanced Urology office in Vidhan Sabha on ponds and hatcheries and pro- could not fulfill the complete been received and directed the and oxalate. “In the initial should be immediately con- advised in the form of a salt Centre’ which is in its final Monday. In the meeting the viding good quality seeds to demand of fish seeds during officials to ensure its speedy phase these substances form tacted in case of excessive restricted diet, cutting back stage of completion would start minister directed the officials to farmers should be undertaken. the Covid-19 pandemic. The transfer to the districts. crystals and around them there unbearable pain in the flank or on the consumption of meat functioning in the institute. The expedite work in construction Reviewing the works of minister said that the depart- The secretary R Meenakshi is further deposition and even- in the groin,’’ the doctor sug- with avoidance of caffeinated centre would have a world of ‘ideal ponds’ for fish culture the department for the finan- ment would provide benefits of Sundaram, officiating direc- tually a kidney stone is formed. gested. drinks, nuts, foods that contain class 'Dornier lithotripsy in the rural areas of the state. cial year 2019-20, the minister its schemes to all those tor, fisheries, H K Purohit and Stones can either pass through Dr Mittal said that one fructose corn syrup to combat machine', and a radiology suite The minister said that under said that all the districts returnees who want to adopt officers of fisheries of all the the urinary passage and be should drink more fluids to the disease. for urological interventions, the ‘Blue revolution’ scheme the achieved the targets. She how- fish culture. She said that the districts were present on the extruded in the urine or lie produce at least two litres of The Director of AIIMS he added. works like strengthening of ever added that the department budget for the year 2020-21 has occasion. -($

# things like wedding halls, food growth in the sale of gold dur- n the public interest litigation or relatives have extra money ing this festive season. Ifiled against encroachment in hile most of the jewellers due to restraints in wedding cel- "Considering the financial cri- a reserved forest area alleged- Wexpect the possibility of a ebrations here. Thus the money sis in the last six to seven ly by Chidanand Saraswati, hike in the sale of gold jewellery they saved due to such restric- months, people are saving advocate Vikas Singh who is in the festive season, some tions is being spent on buying money for the hard times that also the counsel for the family expect the sales to be dampened gold products as an invest- they might have to face in of late actor Sushant Singh due to Covid-19 pandemic this ment," informed the director of future. Shopping of gold jew- Rajput, appeared for the defen- year. As stated by a local jeweller Mohanjee Jewellers, Nakul ellery is a secondary interest of dant in the Uttarakhand high Sanjay Arora, people tend to Kakkar. The owner of Samridhi people and not a necessity that court on Monday. Singh sought spend money on buying differ- Jewellers, Satish Kumar Saini they will presently consider that the affidavit filed by him ent things during Diwali but in also agreed that restrained wed- spending upon," opined be heard but the court set the last few months, they have ding celebrations are allowing Masson. On the question November 2 as the next date for seen a severe financial crisis. people to invest money from whether the jewellers will give hearing. The court has also Hence, instead of investing in their wedding budget in gold. discounts or offers to attract directed the state government things like cars, televisions or Moreover, he said that the busi- more customers during Diwali to inform whether the tice RC Khulbe heard the mat- due to the influential connec- other types of machinery, peo- ness of gold has been picking up this year, Masson said that they encroachment has been ter. tions of the person, the forest ple will think about investing gradually in the recent months are hardly earning enough this removed or not. It will be recalled that department and revenue their capital in assets like gold, and the sale will certainly get year to pay their taxes so most The petitioner has Haridwar resident Archana department had ignored the stated Arora. Some also said that better in this festive of the jewellers will probably not informed the court that Shukla had filed the PIL alleg- encroachment. As no action since people are not celebrating season. be able to give huge discounts Saraswati had approached the ing that Chidanand Saraswati had been taken despite repeat- wedding functions lavishly, they On the other hand, the like in the past years. However, Supreme Court against the had encroached upon 35 bigha edly informing the authorities are investing the saved money Dehradun president of the jewellers added that this is high court’s order but the Apex land in reserved forest area of concerned, she had to file the in more gold jewellery. "People Uttarakhand Swarnkar Sanyukt, the best time to buy gold as the court provided no relief and Virpur Khurd near Rishikesh PIL in the high court. The peti- have a certain budget to spend Pankaj Masson stated that the prices are presently quite stable referred the matter to the high where he had reportedly got 52 tioner has sought the land be on pieces of gold jewellery for jewellers are doing only 10 per but there is a possibility of a hike court. The division bench of rooms, one large hall and a freed of the encroachment and a wedding. Now those who cent of the business of the last in the prices of gold after the acting chief justice Ravi gaushala constructed. The peti- be returned to the govern- had set money aside to spend on year, so he is not sure about end of festivals. Vijaykumar Malimath and jus- tioner has further averred that ment.

./$02P $%& softness Abdullah has shown for Pakistan and China raises Gandhi saying: “Few elements Narayanan Thirupathi, BJP he BJP on Monday con- a lot of questions.” seated at a higher level within spokesman, said Khushbu’s Tdemned former Chief The BJP spokesperson saw esteryears’ actress Khushbu the party, people who have no joining the party would make Minister and National Abdullah and former Congress YSundar, for whom fans connectivity with the ground it more acceptable to the peo- Conference head Farooq president Rahul Gandhi as “co- built a temple and an idli reality or public recognition are ple of the State because of her Abdullah and called his state- brothers” toeing the same line was named after her, ditched dictating terms and people like popularity and acceptability. ment that he hoped Article 370 Attacking Rahul for ques- the Congress and joined the me who wanted to work for the But Sam Rajappa, veteran will be restored in Jammu & tioning India’s surgical strikes BJP on Monday. party sincerely are being commentator and columnist, Kashmir with China’s help, as and air strikes on Pakistan, “The nation has to move pushed and suppressed.” said Khushbu joining the BJP “seditious”. Patra said now Farooq Abdullah forward and we need some- Khushbu, known to be would not make any impact in “On September 24, Farooq expansionist mindset in his has become a hero in China. body like our Prime Minister hand-picked by former Tamil Nadu politics. Abdullah said that if you go to interview. At the same time, He said Raul’s comments Narendra Modi to take the Congress president Rahul The BJP in Tamil Nadu is Jammu and Kashmir and ask another traitor comments that on J&K following abrogation of country in the right direction. Gandhi joins the list of other facing an identity crisis and people if they are Indians, then if we get a chance in future, we Article 370 were quoted by I am completely at service to party spokespersons like Tom Khushbu’s entry would not people will say that we are not will bring Article 370 back Pakistan premier Imran Khan. the BJP and I promise to do my Vadakkan and Priyanka add much fragrance or flavour Indians. In the same state- with China.” “Only Farooq Abdullah best and to the responsibilities Chaturvedi who quit to join the to the party, according to R ment, he also said it would be “Questioning the sover- says this is not so, if you go into that will be given to me,” said BJP and the Shiv Sena respec- Rangaraj, author and scribe. good if we could join China,” eignty of the country, ques- history and listen to the recent Khushbu after she was issued tively. Another spokesperson ./$/$+ He pointed out that the BJP National spokesperson tioning the independence of statements of Rahul Gandhi, primary membership by CT Sanjay Jha was suspended from 356 $+7 AIADMK with which the BJP Sambit Patra said in a the country. Does it suit an you will find that these are two Ravi, national secretary of the the party recently. has an alliance kept the latter Press conference here describ- MP? Aren’t these anti-nation- sides of the same coin.” BJP, at the party headquarters “I will work like any other She was the national Karunanidhi. away from recent assembly by- ing Abdullah as a “repeat al things? The same Farooq “This is the same Rahul in Delhi. She later met BJP party workers,” said the actress spokesperson of the Congress “It will not have any impact elections in Tamil Nadu as the offender”. Abdullah had asked whether Gandhi who said a week ago president JP Nadda. who also worked in Hindi since joining the party in 2014. on Tamil Nadu politics,” former believes that the defeat in He said Abdullah’s state- PoK belongs to India’s father that the prime minister is a Earlier, she dispatched her films like Sunil Dutt-director- During 2010 to 2014 she was in Dinesh Gundu Rao, the 38 out of the 39 seats in the Lok ment is a reflection of his that it will take PoK, as if coward, the prime minister is letter of resignation from the ial ‘Dard ka Rishta’ wherein she the DMK as the blue-eyed girl Congress’s in-charge for Tamil Sabha election was due to an mindset. “In a way, Farooq Pakistan had worn bangles,” hidden, scared,” the BJP Congress to party chief Sonia played the role of his daughter. of the then party supremo M Nadu, said. anti-BJP wave in Tamil Nadu. Abdullah justifies China’s Patra said adding, “The kind of spokesperson said. !"

ly, the government started attacking the family. “It is not tepping up their attack on the the government’s job to help 2( SUttar Pradesh Government and protect the perpetrators of over the Hathras case, Congress the crime but send them to jail leaders Rahul Gandhi and and help the victim get justice. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on The Uttar Pradesh govern- &$ Monday accused it of being ment is not doing its job and New Delhi: The Supreme Working Journalists (KUWJ) and the case will go on for insensitive and unethical, and that is why I am being stopped,” Court on Monday said it will had filed a habeas corpus peti- years. This is a Habeas corpus said authorities are indulging in he said in a nearly two-minute hear after four weeks a plea of tion in the top court against the petition but we can file a fresh victim-blaming instead of video attached with his tweet. journalists’ organisation against arrest of the journalist, petition under Article 32 of the putting criminals in jail. The “SpeakUpForWomenSafety”. A The video clip also the arrest of a scribe by UP Sidhique Kappan. Constitution which came be Congress also launched a social 19-year-old Dalit woman from shows footage of Police in Mathura while he was Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, entertained by this court,” media campaign, urging people, Hathras district was allegedly his visit to on way to Hathras, home to a appearing for the petitioner, Sibal said after the apex court especially women, to speak up raped and attacked by four Hathras and Dalit woman who died after told the bench, also comprising mentioned that the petitioners for the Hathras victim. men, and she later succumbed how he was being allegedly gangraped by Justices AS Bopanna and V should approach the Allahabad “The Government’s atti- to injuries at a Delhi hospital. stopped. four upper-caste men. Ramasubramanian, that high court for relief. tude in the Hathras incident is The former Congress pres- “I want to A Bench headed by Chief Unlawful Activities The apex court, however, inhuman and unethical. They ident said a few days ago, tell the Justice SA Bobde asked the (Prevention) Act charges have said that habeas corpus peti- are engaged in protecting the before he could reach Hathras, Government to petitioner to amend the peti- been added in the case and no tion can be only filed by fam- criminals rather than helping he was stopped by authorities. start doing its job of tion and observed that they court in the State will give his ily members. Sibal then sought the victim’s family,” Rahul “I fail to understand, why was sending the criminals to jail should approach the Allahabad client any relief. time to amend the petition Gandhi said. “Let us take one I stopped and not allowed to and protect the victims. This is High Court for the relief. “UAPA has been invoked. after which the matter was step towards change, let us raise meet with the Hathras victim’s not the story of just one The Kerala Union of No court will not give me bail adjourned. PTI our voice against the injustice family,” he said. woman, this is the story of being done to women all over Rahul alleged that the lakhs of women in India. Lakhs doing its work,” he said. listening to the truth and the and they are defamed. “This is the country,” he said in a tweet moment he reached the victim’s of women are looking up to the Priyanka said crimes against voice of the victim women, alle- the most shameful and coward- in Hindi, using the hashtag house and talked to her fami- Government, which is not women are rising and instead of gations are levelled against them ly act,” she said. ()* *.%///# 0

New Delhi: The #!12 he DRDO on Monday launched the indige- Supreme Court on Tnously designed and manufactured Nirbhay Monday sought the subsonic cruise missile, with a range of 700 to 1,000 Centre’s reply on a km, but aborted the trial after it developed a tech- PIL seeking equal ore than 52,000 voters, who are either senior cit- nical snag on Monday off Balasore integrated test protection in law to Mizens above 80 years of age or range, Odisha at about 10.30 am. transgender people are people with disabilities, have Scientists are now analyzing the snag before on the grounds that opted for postal ballot in the first conducting the next test shortly, sources said here. there was no penal provision which pro- phase of Bihar elections to be The DRDO has already carried out several tects them from offences of sexual held on October 28. successful trials of the ‘Nirbhay’ missile since assault. A Bench headed by Chief According to the Election October 2014. Some of these missiles along with Justice SA Bobde said it was a “good Commission (EC), Booth Brahmos supersonic cruise missile and Akash case” which needed hearing. Level Officers (BLO) in 71 are now deployed at some crucial sites close to The Bench, also comprising Justices constituencies spread across the LAC since the stand-offs with China began AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, 16 districts of the state had approached over four lakh in mid May. asked senior advocate Vikas Singh, voters of the two categories. Powered by a solid rocket motor booster representing petitioner lawyer Reepak The remaining electors have preferred to visit the developed by the Advanced Systems Laboratory Kansal, to file details of cases where the polling booth to cast vote. (ASL), the Nirbhay missile has an operational court had passed orders in the absence Those who have opted for the facility would be pro- range of 1,000 km, officials said. of laws to deal with issues. vided postal ballots on a pre-informed date by the con- In the last few weeks, India has test-fired a In a hearing conducted via video cerned returning officers with proper security and number of missiles including a new version of conferencing, the bench referred to the videography arrangements to ensure secrecy, safety, and the surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile framing of the Vishaka guidelines to transparency in the process. Bypolls are to be held on BrahMos and anti-radiation missile Rudram-1. deal with sexual harassment of women November 3 and November 7. BLOs will visit homes of India also carried out successful test-firing of a at work places and the decriminalisation approximately 12 lakh such electors in Bihar in the next laser-guided anti-tank missile and nuclear- of consensual gay sex by the apex court two phases of elections to help them exercise the postal capable hypersonic missile ‘Shaurya’. in the absence of laws. Singh said he ballot option. The successful test firing of Rudram-1 is would be filing such details as asked by An official explained that this postal ballot facility seen as a major milestone as it is India’s first the court. PTI is different from the one extended to service voters. indigenously developed anti-radiation weapon. ((.## 2 # .)$#$

esearchers at Indian Institute of einforcing the need for good RTechnology (IIT), Madras, have Rpractices such as regular hand developed an environment-friendly anti- washing and cleaning surfaces, a bacterial food wrapping material that is study has found that novel coron- also fit for consumption. avirus responsible for Covid-19 According to the team, which has may survive for up to 28 days on also filed a patent for the wrapper, its common surfaces, including ban- product can tackle two major problems knotes, glass — such as that found -- prevent packaged food contamination on smartphone screens — and stain- by bacteria and reduce the plastic waste degrees Celsius and 30 degrees Celsius less steel. The laboratory study by generated in the environment when dis- for 10 days and tested for the effect of Australia’s national science agencies posing the wrappers. the coating on reducing the bacterial is published in the Virology Journal. “We have developed a biodegradable growth with respect to the uncoated The research, undertaken at the “At 20 degrees Celsius, which is ried out at 30 and 40 degrees wrapping material with in-built anti-bac- wrapper,” said Puja Kumari, research Australian Centre for Disease about room temperature, we found Celsius, with survival times decreas- terial activity to prevent bacterial growth scholar at IIT Madras. Preparedness (ACDP), found that that the virus was extremely robust, ing as the temperature increased. in stored food. It degrades at various “Our study found that 99.999 per SARS-CoV-2 survived longer at surviving for 28 days on smooth sur- The study was also carried out in the environmental conditions with the rate cent reduction in bacterial colonies was lower temperatures and on non- faces such as glass found on mobile dark, to remove the effect of UV of degradation varying from 4 to 98 per observed in food samples wrapped with porous or smooth surfaces such as phone screens and plastic banknotes,” light as research has demonstrated cent in 21 days, thus playing a major role our anti-bacterial wrap and stored at 30 glass, stainless steel and vinyl, com- Debbie Eagles, Deputy Director of direct sunlight can rapidly inactivate in plastic waste reduction,” said Mukesh degrees Celsius for 10 days when compared to porous complex surfaces ACDP added. the virus. Doble, Professor, Department of pared with a plain wrapper. This study such as cotton. For context, similar experi- “While the precise role of sur- Biotechnology. also suggests that our anti-microbial The researchers at CSIRO, ments for Influenza A have found face transmission, the degree of sur- The films developed by researchers wrapper can, to some extent overcome, Australia’s national science agency, that it survived on surfaces for 17 face contact and the amount of virus were made with polymeric blends con- the reduced availability of cold storage also found that the novel coron- days, which highlights just how required for infection is yet to be taining starch, polyvinyl alcohol, cyclic units,” she added. avirus survived longer on paper ban- resilient SARS-CoV-2 is, the determined, establishing how long beta glycans (CBG). The composition Packaging is projected to grow into knotes than plastic banknotes. researchers said. this virus remains viable on surfaces was optimised to achieve the best film a US$72.6 billion industry in India by “Establishing how long the virus The study involved drying the is critical for developing risk miti- with a smooth texture, flexibility, uni- 2020 from about US$31 billion in 2015, really remains viable on surfaces virus in an artificial mucus on dif- gation strategies in high contact form thickness and good clarity. with a proportionate rise in waste vol- enables us to more accurately pre- ferent surfaces, at concentrations areas,” Eagles said. “Our anti-bacterial coated polymer umes. According to a report by World dict and mitigate its spread, and do similar to those reported in samples According to Professor Trevor wrapper was used for wrapping paneer, Economic Forum, if no immediate steps a better job of protecting our peo- from infected patients and then re- Drew, Director of ACDP, many meat and chicken and its performance are taken, oceans may have more plas- ple,” said CSIRO Chief Executive isolating the virus over a month. viruses remained viable on surfaces was tested. Samples were placed in 4 tic than fish (in terms of weight) by 2050. Larry Marshall. Further experiments were car- outside their host.

>?<88'/@($ top Pakistani commander Abu Usama resident of As per police records, the on 24/09/2020 and 02 CRPF involved in targeted killing of Pulwama. Referring to total LeT Commander Saifullah infil- personnel at Kandizal area of very single security person- security forces in the recent arrests made so far DGP said, trated earlier this year and since Pampore on 05/10/2020. He was Enel including jawans of the weeks. A total number of 18 ter- “180 terrorists and their asso- the last two months had shift- also part of the group involved Indian Army, who laid down rorists have been gunned down ciates/Over ground workers ed his base from north to south in killing of two police person- their lives in the line of duty this in eight encounters in and have been arrested while a total Kashmir. He was involved in nel at Nowgam Srinagar on ! the elections,” Banerjee said year, went down only after around Srinagar only. number of 26 terrorists have planning & executing several 14/08/2020. 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Amit Shah ji in Bengal before and will give them a befitting tralised till date in 75 success- Addressing a press confer- Jammu: Cracking its whip, found to have joined ranks of uloom Imam Sahib. “It is not Days after Chief Minister the Durga Pujas,” Vijaybargiya reply in the coming ful operations while 55 securi- ence in Srinagar on Monday, the Jammu and Kashmir Police different terrorist groups. that this school has not been Mamata Banerjee announced said adding the Home Minister elections.” ty personnel including 15 army Director General of Police on Monday said it has booked Students from Kulgam, under observation. We have 50,000 each, for the commit- would visit North Bengal dur- Earlier the Chief Minister men have sacrificed their lives Dilbagh Singh said, “ a total three teachers of a religious Pulwama and Anantnag dis- already booked three teachers tees organising Durga Puja it is ing this period. on Monday came out with a in action”. number of 10 terrorists have school in Shopian district tricts of South Kashmir are of the school namely Abdul the turn of Prime Minister The Prime Minister’s bid to “special Puja gift for the coro- He said a total number of 19 been neutralised in four differ- under the stringent Public enrolled in the school. Ahad Bhat, Rouf Bhat and Narendra Modi to deliver a vir- address the Bengal electorate na patients” reducing the fees jawans of Jammu and Kashmir ent operations in the last five Safety Act (PSA) after it came Addressing a press confer- Mohammad Yusuf Wani under tual address to the people of comes days after Chief Minister for corona tests to 1,500 per police, 21 CRPF personnel and days in Kashmir valley”. He to the fore that some of its stu- ence in Srinagar on Monday, the PSA”. Bengal on Durga Pujas. Mamata Banerjee announced case. 15 Indian Army soldiers have said, the top LeT Commander dents and alumni were found Inspector General of Police, He said about half a dozen The Prime Minister will for 50,000 each for the various “The Chief Minister has made the supreme sacrifice so gunned down in Rambagh area involved in terror activities. Kashmir range Vijay Kumar other teachers of the school the first time in his seven-year- clubs organizing Durga Puja been pleased to reduce the far. of Srinagar on Monday has The religious school in told reporters, the said school were under surveillance. rule virtually address the apart from announcing hono- rate for corona test to 1,500,” On Monday, the joint team been identified as Saifullah (a south Kashmir’s Shopian dis- is affiliated with the banned (Conduct of) five to six Bengali population on October rarium for the Hindu priests State Chief Secretary Alapan of security forces gunned down Pakistani National) while his trict had recently come on the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) outfit. teachers of the school are 22, the Maha Sashthi Day much in the line of her previ- Bandopadhyay said. Earlier it two more Lashkar-e-Tayyeba local associate has been identi- radar of the investigating agen- He also identified the under surveillance (under (sixth day of the Pujas), the ous announcement of month- was 2,250. The Chief (LeT) terrorists, including a fied as Irshad Ahmed Dar @ cies after 13 of its students were name of the school as Siraj- Section 107 CrPC). State BJP leadership said. ly allowances to the muezzims Secretary also said that the “Prime Minister Narendra and moulanas in 2013. Government had decided to Modi ji will deliver a virtual Meanwhile, in a related add about 600 more corona address before the people of development the Chief beds to the ICUs across the $7$3 Bengal on the auspicious occa- Minister on Monday attacked State for treating the corona sion of Durga Puja,” senior the BJP comparing it with a patients adding “the M There is a demand for brass idols in var- New Delhi : CPI MP Binoy Viswam on passing,” the Left leader said in a state- leader and party’s observer for pandemic for “using all kinds Government has also asked the ious forms of Goddess Durga in Monday filed a writ petition in Supreme ment. According to Viswam, “this vio- the State, Kailash Vijaybargiya of dirty tricks to infect the col- non government ambulance here is a worldwide demand for lock Navratri. Orders for Deepawali have Court challenging the constitutional lates Articles 100 and 107 of the said on Monday. Modi is like- lective mind of Bengali people.” service providers to reduce Thardware as well as brass idols, stat- started coming from abroad. Demand validity of the newly enacted three agri- Constitution of India, depriving the ly to address the people of the Banerjee who was inaugu- their fare for carrying the coro- ues and other brass household decora- for Lakshmi Ganesh's brass sculptures culture laws. Urging the apex court to Upper House of proper consideration of State on October 22, he rating the yearly edition of na patients.” tions, temple and church bells and has also increased. Most consignments strike down the laws as unconstitution- the bill passed”. On the second level, said. Trinamool Congress mouth- Besides, during the Pujas European figures in the developed are shipped by courier for urgent deliv- al, the MP in his petition alleged that the Viswam challenges the statutes on vari- Not only the Prime piece Jago Bangla said “the BJP the Government also decided countries. Due to corona crisis, this ery. legislations violate the federal structure ous grounds as being in violation of Minister Home Minister Amit is the worst pandemic… I have to cancel the leaves of all the business has fallen to 70%. Restrictions The work of brass idol was affect- of India's constitutional framework. Articles 14, 19, and 21 of the Constitution. Shah too will reach out to the not seen a bigger pandemic doctors and other medical staff. in temples on Shri Krishna Janmashtami ed since 22 March due to the closed “The challenge proceeds on two lev- “The petitioner also charges parlia- Bengali population ahead of than the BJP … it is worse than This apart, a round-the-clock faded away from the shine of this brass markets in other states of the country els: At the first level, the petitioner ment to have no legislative competence the Pujas, the senior leader the corona virus.” monitoring centre would be statue business. Now from 15 days, the with restriction of Covid-19 and the claims that the passage of two of the farm- to enact the legislations as being in vio- said. Slamming the saffron out- opened at Nabanna the State idol makers have started getting orders production was halted in all the facto- ers' Bills in the Rajya Sabha by a voice vote lation of the division of subjects under “We do not have the dates fit for “setting one community secretariat, the Chief Secretary which have risen from 25% to 30%. ries due to lockdown. Brass idol trad- deprived it of chance to properly delib- Schedule VII of the Constitution,” the as yet but we are trying to bring against the other for winning said. Navratri starts from 17th October. ing season starts from June. erate and vote on the statutes prior to its statement said. PNS 22668! ! 8:;<= CHENNAI/KOCHI: The number of new patients by half 68$ Kerala Government has found within 24 hours. On Sunday, the New Delhi: The Information Technology step in that direction. Availability of courses a new method to bring down State tested 9,347 new cases but Ministry’s digital arm Common Services in 22 languages will increase its uptake among learning an interesting experi- genetics engineering said the only the number of new patients the number of samples tested Centers (CSC) has partnered with IIT the youth in rural areas, contributing to an ence. option was to keep the little stu- afflicted with Covid-19. On were 62,000,” said a senior Bombay through its Spoken Tutorial initia- Atma Nirbhar Bharat. This will also support he Covid-19 pandemic which “The only relief we get is that dents at home and teach them Monday the State saw the num- Government doctor who has tive to provide various IT courses for youth in skilling the youth to meet the emerging Tis getting propagated in large we need not carry heavy textbooks through on line. “It is not a per- ber of new cases diagnosed been cynical from the begin- in rural India to enhance their job readiness technological challenges,” CEO CSC Dr. numbers across the State has put and notebooks to school. We also manent affair. We have to ensure with the pandemic getting lim- ning about the figures released in IT and related sectors. Dinesh Tyagi said. parents and teachers in Kerala in miss the cricket and football maid- the safety of their health and this ited to 5,930 as per the press by the Government. The courses available as Free and Open Elaborating on the partnership IIT a quandary. With the Test ans which had offered us a refresh- is a contagious disease. The par- release issued by the Out of the 5,930 persons Software (FOSS) will be delivered through Bombay Director Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri Positivity Rate (Number of persons ing feeling,” said Jaya Ram, his twin ents and teachers could handle this Department of Health. The day diagnosed with Covid-19 on CSC Academy centers at the block level across said with this ICT program we can bridge the per million testing positive) show- brother. situation,” said Dr Nair. saw authorities testing 38, 259 Monday, 4,767 contracted the the country in audio-visual mode. The audio digital divide between rural and urban areas. ing 15 per cent in the State and the But C Prakash, a scientist- There are medical experts samples. pandemic through social con- lessons under the Spoken Tutorial are avail- “Language will not be a barrier for learning number of active Covid-19 turned-teacher in Aluwa is faced like Dr C V Krishnaswamy who “There is some discrepan- tacts. The day also saw 195 able in all 22 official languages of India. The as this training program is available in 22 offi- patients breaching the one lakh with a problem. “How to make are firm in their view that educa- cy in these numbers because it health workers getting afflicted course delivery is unique as the youth can cial languages of India. mark, an uncertainty stares at the these students follow social dis- tional institutions should remain is not possible to bring down the with Covid-19. PNS study IT programming courses at the CSC With proficiency certificate, youth from future of school students. tancing norms as mandated by shut throughout the period of Academy centers. There will be trained rural areas will come up very strongly in the Students with whom The medical experts? Children are pandemic. “We should treat this as resources at each of the CSC Academy to sup- job market and India will become Atma Pioneer interacted expressed their children and they do not like either a natural disaster. Since the vaccine port the students in learning. Help Desk facil- Nirbhar.” CSC Academy provides access to unhappiness over the on-line parents or teachers making them is yet to take shape and the ity will also be provided by IIT Bombay to professional learning for learners of diverse classes. “We miss the classroom obey with an iron hand. There Government is no mood to incor- address the queries of the students. backgrounds and educational needs. CSC has ambience and the inter personal should be a way out of this,” said porate the Ayurveda/Homeopathy “It has been our endeavour to provide planned to set up 7,000 CSC Academy cen- contacts with teachers,” said Jaya Prakash. branches in the treatment proto- quality education to students and youth in tres (one in every block) across the country, Krishnan, a 9th standard student Dr C K K Nair, former prin- col, all we can do is to wait, wait rural areas to bridge the digital divide. Our out of which more than 5000 are in in a reputed school in Ernakulam. cipal scientist with Atomic Energy patiently for the pandemic to association with IIT Bombay is a significant place. PNS He said class room sessions make Commission and an authority on subside,” said Dr Krishnaswamy. 32 2!6 8 . E %$ Aligarh: A 16-year-old girl who went to the toi- M $($ let in Muhiakheda village went missing. Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim Amaravati: Expressing dis- ment.On the directions of the The family kept searching all night and went n the case of village Boolgarhi in Hathras dis- University students went out on pleasure over the investigation High Court, the Andhra to the police station and gave missing infor- Itrict, police registered six cases in different a march on Sunday evening for by the Andhra Pradesh Crime Pradesh HC Registrar General mation. Police filed a case and started search- police stations. There is also a preparation for the release of four suspects Investigation Department lodged a complaint with the ing. Police found a water jug and some objec- questioning of nominated leaders and organi- arrested by Mathura police. (CID), the Andhra Pradesh CID. tionable things at the spot in the field. SSP also zation heads in the cases registered in Chandpa, They protested against the High Court on Monday direct- The state police wing has visited the village and sought information. Four Sasni and other police stations. Earlier, Congress Unlawful Activities Prevention ed the CBI to probe the alleged reportedly booked nine people police teams are engaged in search operation but leader Shyouraj Jeevan has been questioned. SP Act (UAPA) and raised slogans derogatory comments made in the case, so far.The court did not get any clue till late night. Vineet Jaiswal said that the people named will against Modi and Yogi. Students by a few YSR Congress leaders took serious note of the com- The teenager went to the forest from the be questioned by giving notice. Notices will be also handed over a memoran- against the judiciary. ments made by AP Assembly back door of the house to defecate without telling sent to everyone soon. dum addressing the President to A bench comprising Speaker Tammineni Sitaram, the family at night. When family members woke Case filed against 500 workers including ACM II regarding the arrest of Justices Rakesh Kumar and J Deputy Chief Minister up, they did not find her. At first, they thought Chief Chandrashekhare these four youths, including a Uma Devi, directed the CBI to Narayana Swamy, MPs V that she must have gone for defecation but when A case was filed against Congress leader journalist by Hathras police. register an FIR in the case and Vijayasai Reddy, Nandigam she did not come back, they started searching Shyouraj Jeevan at Chandpa Kotwali for mak- During this time police and the submit its report within eight Suresh, former MLA A Krishna and went to the police station and lodged a coming inflammatory statements about the proctorial team were present. weeks.The court expressed dis- Mohan and other leaders plaint against the unknown, accused him of lur- Boolgadhi case. Police was called for question- AMU Students and pleasure over the manner in belonging to the ruling YSRC ing the daughter. During the search, a teenag- ing after giving them notice. Coordination Committee which the state CID had con- party and questioned the CID er's water jug was found lying in a millet field, He was released conditionally after three together held Protest March ducted the investigation in the why cases were not registered a towel and other objectionable objects were hours of questioning. Hundreds of SP-RLD from Duck Point to Bab-e-Syed. case. The court also directed the against them. found nearby. Inspector Gangiri Parmendra activists have also been booked in Chandpa Student leader Sharjeel Usmani state government to cooperate “Their (YSRC leaders’) Kumar, CO Barla Karamveer Singh, SP Village Kotwali. Police are marking them based on video and other leaders released in with the CBI. comments are perilous to Shubham Patel reached there. Surveillance, footage. Meanwhile, in Sasni, a case has been AMU ruckus led the march. A few YSR Congress lead- democracy and amount to an dog squads, and forensic teams arrived and col- filed against 500 activists including Bhima Army With posters of four youths in ers allegedly posted derogato- attack on the judiciary. If some lected evidence. SSP Muniraj, who arrived in the Chief Chandrashekhar. The police is preparing hand, the students came from ry remarks against the judicia- ordinary person makes any afternoon, said that the family has denied any a questioning by sending a notice to Duck Point to Bab-e-Syed rais- ry on social media platforms comment against the govern- kind of enmity. PNS Chandrasekhar. ing anti-government slogans. following a few verdicts that ment, cases are promptly reg- went against the interest of the istered against such Andhra Pradesh state govern- persons. PTI

Patna: Seven men in Bihar's Buxar district gangraped a woman and killed her 5-year-old son, an official said on Monday. One person has been arrested. The incident was reported near Chaigain village on Saturday. A man hunt is underway to nab the others, police said. The victim had visited a bank in the village to deposit money. While returning home, she was intercepted by the accused and taken to a nearby forest area, where they took turns raping her. Their brutality did not end there. The accused then stran- gulated the mother and son (who had accompanied her) using ropes and threw them in to a canal. The men thought them to be dead. However, passersby rescued them and took them to Sadar hospital where doctors declared the child brought dead. The woman survived. “The medical examination of the victim is complete and report is awaited. We have arrested one of the accused named Munni Ram and raids are on to nab others,” said KK Singh, SDPO of Dumraon range. 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P Q 6 / ( The Government’s cavalier atti- $ ( tude to the Opposition parties’ Central legislation. It was one of ernments in coalition in seven 1966). It had its origin in the neglected problem of agricul- / stance is equally uncharitable. the key legislations enacted out of 11 provinces (under decline in wheat production, tural marketing. In pursuit of Motives have been imputed to their during the Green Revolution Government of India Act 1935). consecutively between 1962 to doubling the farmers’ income 1 ( decision. They are accused of hav- era. Still, one is reminded of how These included debt relief mea- 1964, and decline and margin- by 2022 (from the level of 6 $ C ? ing a vested interest in the the Atal Bihari Vajpayee sures, tenancy reforms and al recovery of rice production 2016), the Narendra Modi / # % Agricultural Produce Market Government approached the licencing and regulation of during the corresponding peri- Government formed a com- Committee (APMC)-run mandis, contentious subject of contract money lenders and so on. But od. This compelled the mittee led by Ashok Dalwai, / 6 # 0 besides being friendly towards the farming. This was envisaged in separation from Burma (now Government to revisit its open IAS. The committee produced 6 P Q middlemen who call the shots in the National Agriculture Policy Myanmar) from the Indian market policy for wheat and a 14-volume eminently read- = -;4; those market yards. Ironically, on 2000. Instead of bringing a Union in 1937 stressed rice modest control on transport able report. Though the deci- . / the National Agriculture Market Central law, the Government in availability in India. and sale of rice. The severity of sion to “liberalise” the farm was portal (eNAM), started by the 2003 circulated a Model India’s agricultural policy the food shortage could be not among its direct recom- 6 present Government in 2016, there Agricultural Produce Marketing since Independence was aimed understood from the sheer mendations, one has to realise 2 # ( were no less than 83, 958 commis- (Regulation) Act to the States for at attaining food security. With number of speeches that Shastri that significant decisions are / -;-- sion agents registered as on August adoption in 2003. The ensuing fragmented landholdings, inad- delivered on the subject as the always political rather than 31. Why is the Government pro- UPA-I Government continued equate electricity supply, pitiable Prime Minister. His Selected bureaucratic in nature. The 6 8 S moting middlemen here? the policy. Contract farming was irrigation facilities and poor Speeches, published by the farmers must have better alter- # ! 6 6 D( The fear that APMC-run man- included as an option in the acreage, production was insuf- Publications Division, Ministry natives for remunerative pric- # 1 6 $ dis would be abolished is largely National Farmers Policy (2007). ficient. To bridge the require- of I&B (1972) categorises a ing with legal safeguards. Even unfounded. The eNAM platform By August 2007, a total of 15 ment and availability of food total of 10 under “Food today, there is no legal restric- / # ( can today boast of connecting States had brought amendments grains, India entered into an Problems.” tion on farmers selling his/her : ( about a 1,000 of them across 18 in the APMC (Regulation) Acts agreement with the US under The Shastri Government product in the open market. (( 6 States and three Union Territories based on the model legislation. their Public Law 480 on August moved in towards a regime of What cripples the farmer, how- (UT). However, the passage of the Why did the four Labour 29, 1956. It allowed India to greater regulation and control ever, is not merely the logisti- # / ( Bills was not preceded by any kind Codes, recently enacted, did not obtain wheat, rice, cotton, dairy on sale, purchase and move- cal problem but also the # 6 of consensus-building. There was become a source of dispute products and tobacco in Indian ment of food grains. On January absence of a legal architecture $ # ( no dialogue with the farmers’ despite the presence of contro- rupees. It could not, however, be 1, 1965, two new organisations to protect his/her interests. unions, State Governments or the versial provisions? This was denied that import of food were created, which became A single line in these Acts, 6 " # Opposition parties. The laws were because the Codes, meant to grains, in excess of the market the hallmark of the like “notwithstanding anything # % ( rushed through the Ordinance reduce 29 existing labour laws requirement, de-incentivised Government’s intervention in contained in the aforesaid sec- # 6 / # ( route on June 5. This starkly con- into four legislations, were vet- the farmer to produce more. the agricultural sector. These tions, no trade transactions trasts with the spirit of federalism ted by the department-related The production increased as the were Food Corporation of India should take place below the #S and the consensus model that Standing Committee of the Lok imports were brought down to (FCI) and Agricultural Prices notified MSP”, would have # marked the implementation of Sabha. It was chaired by realistic levels around 1966. Commission (now Commission allayed the misgivings of the 6S E the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Bhartruhari Mahtab of Biju However, the completion of for Agricultural Costs and farmers. A line in time could The matters concerned with agri- Janata Dal. The Government the Bhakra-Nangal Dam on Prices). The ambit of have saved the Government @. ? # 6 / culture being under the State list in agreed to several suggestions of Beas-Sutlej (1963) was an Government procurement, from putting eight Cabinet # Schedule VII of the Constitution the committee. achievement of the Jawaharlal which was limited to a few edi- Ministers on ground (not P 6(/ Q / / called for Centre-State consensus. How justified is the claim that Nehru Government, which ble items in the beginning, now including the Agriculture and # # " O @.( O The legislative competence of previous governments had kept accelerated the advent of the extends to 23 items (in addition Farmer Welfare Minister Parliament to discuss a Bill on a the farmers in chains? Such a Green Revolution. to sugarcane). Narendra Singh Tomar) to con- 6 / subject placed in the State list view stems from inadequate The current regime of MSP The developments since the vince agitating agriculturists. 1 / ( (Schedule VII of the Constitution) appreciation of facts. Definite and Government procurement Green Revolution (1967) have (The writer is an author and 1 / ( was questioned by some members. pro-farmer measures were taken is a legacy of the short-lived Lal led to the growth in acreage independent researcher based in However, we have precedence of by Indian National Congress Bahadur Shastri Government and food surplus situation. New Delhi. The views expressed 6 / the Seeds Act, 1966, which is a since 1937 when it formed gov- (June 11, 1964 to January 10, Time is ripe for addressing the here are personal) # # 6 / "

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((,& 6'!6$ Q / $$$$#$#$ : " # ( ( # ( ( ( ( / ))&- > ( ! ? 2 n the last bi-monthly Monetary Policy . ? $ 2 Committee’s (MPC) review announced by its ( IGovernor Shaktikanta Das on August 6, the G Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had kept the policy repo / ( rate unchanged at four per cent. It had also kept the 6 ( reverse repo rate or the interest rate the banks get : ( on their surplus funds parked with the RBI unchanged at 3.35 per cent. It continued with the 8 “accommodative” stance of the monetary policy as P Q long as necessary to revive growth and mitigate the impact of COVID-19, while ensuring that inflation 8 remains within the target. In the build-up to the next bi-monthly review << (originally scheduled for October 1, which was post- # ( poned to October 9, due to the delay in appoint- ment of three external members of the MPC), there " was an expectation that there wouldn’t be any 1 / changes this time round. Things have happened on " expected lines even as the RBI has maintained sta- ( tus quo on key policy rates. 8 S There are four major reasons as to why any further action in gliding the policy rate on the down- # < ward trajectory — as demanded by a certain sec- < ( tion of the industry — was totally unnecessary. 6 First, ever since the incumbent Governor took charge (December 2018), the RBI has handed out banks by way of corresponding reduction by them have crossed 8,00,000 crore. power, reduced the NPAs of Banks/NBFCs a cumulative reduction in repo rate of 2.5 per cent. _ in the lending rate. If transmission is not Apart from the disruption caused by the and increased their ability to lend more. # Of this, during 2019, a total cut of 1.35 per cent was even 50 per cent then, why keep harping contagion and the resultant compression Unlike the pall of gloom surrounding delivered in five instalments, the last one being under _ on a cut in the policy rate. Are we to infer in demand for credit, sanctions and dis- the August meeting of the MPC, this time -* the policy review announced on October 4, 2019. that banks are pocketing the differential? bursements have also been impacted by the RBI exudes confidence even as the 8 > , H8>,I 1 This brought down the rate from 6.5 per cent in the The truth is, we are trying to see a strong the banks’ increasing risk-aversion and Governor sees the “Indian economy . beginning of the year to 5.15 per cent on its close. < correlation which either does not exist or conservative approach to lending. entering into a decisive phase, seeing eas- The apex bank also tried to boost the economy by is very feeble, if at all there is one. A bank Fourth, the initial uninterrupted spell ing of contraction in various sectors. Deep pumping liquidity using policy instruments such as fixes the interest rate it charges from bor- of lockdown for three months and even contractions of Q1 are behind us and sil- 0 P Q , Open Market Operations (OMOs). rowers based on the interest rate it pays thereafter, intermittent lockdowns at the ver linings are visible in easing caseloads ( _ The above policy moves were made in the back- < on deposits, plus cost of its intermediation. State/local level, have exterminated across India.” He also sees retail inflation )< ( drop of the slide in the real Gross Domestic Product It has also to factor in the cost of non-per- demand on a scale never seen before. to be moderating from the third quarter # ( (GDP) growth that had commenced in the third < forming assets (NPAs) or loans which can’t Apart from lakhs of businesses downing onward, driven by a bright agriculture out- quarter of the financial year (FY) 2018-19 and con- < be recovered. Even as the policy rate is shutters, millions losing jobs or facing cut look and oil prices remaining range- ( tinued all through FY 2019-20, the intent being to posited as an external benchmark for in wages and salaries, even those who sur- bound. The Governor has also promised not just contain the slide but also to revive it. Yet, determining lending rate, the latter can’t vived the COVID onslaught and had sur- measures as necessary “to assure market the deceleration continued with growth plunging to exactly follow the movement in the for- pluses, could not spend (due to the sheer participants of access to liquidity and easy a little over three per cent during the last quarter of mer. A perfect correlation would have compulsion of “social distancing”, forcing finance conditions” ( 20,000 crore-OMO FY 2019-20 and the yearly figure settling at a low been possible if only the RBI was its sole prolonged closure of a vast swathe of busi- auction next week and On-tap TLTROs 8 ( of 4.2 per cent. But that did not deter Das from con- source of funding; but that is theoretical, nesses especially in the service sector, like of 1,00,000 crore to be made available till tinuing with a cut in the policy rate. to say the least. Third, despite the RBI restaurants, cinema halls, multiplexes, March 2021 — linked to the repo rate — / ( On March 27, he reduced the policy rate by 0.75 < opening several taps and banks flushed tourist destinations and so on). are some of the steps in this direction). ( per cent. This was followed by a further cut of 0.4 with funds for onward lending (this was The gravity of incapacitation engi- These are add-ons to the existing pool per cent on May 22, thus delivering a total reduc- < done during FY 2019-20 and on a much neered by the pandemic can be gauged of measures in the same category. Just as tion of 1.15 per cent post-pandemic. Das also [ larger scale during the current year), the from the fact that currently, cash with the those measures failed to deliver, it is ( announced on March 27 and April 17 measures like latter have not stepped up lending. During public is at a historic high of about unlikely that these incrementals will do ( reduction in the cash reserve ratio (CRR), auction O_ 2019-20, bank credit grew by 6.1 per cent, 26,00,000 crore or 15 per cent of the GDP any better. It is good that the RBI has kept of Targeted Long-Term Repo Operations (TLTRO), less than half of the 13.4 per cent growth (assuming 10 per cent contraction in nom- the key policy rates like repo and reverse # ( hike in accommodation under the Marginal registered during 2018-19. The trend has inal terms during FY 2020-21) — up from repo rates unchanged or else in the cur- Standing Facility (MSF) and so on, to inject total liq- got aggravated during the current year. the 17,00,000 crore it was at the time of rent scenario, when the economy is ( uidity close to 5,00,000 crore. Overall non-food credit off-take from the demonetisation in November, 2016. besieged with structural constraints, any ( Despite these measures, growth during the first banking system declined by 1,40,000 A major factor that has a profound further cut thereof would have been ren- 8 quarter of the current FY plunged to minus 24 per crore to over 90 lakh crore during impact on demand has a lot to do with dered infructuous. A holistic approach is ( cent. During the second quarter ending September April-July, 2020. scams galore. These involve siphoning off needed to address the structural con- S 1 ( 30, though the situation was not as bad, the growth On April 17, while announcing reduc- funds from banks, non-banking finance straints of the economy. This should was still lower than during the corresponding quar- tion in the reverse repo rate from the exist- companies (NBFCs) or even directly encompass policy reforms to lift business 6,J/ / ter of 2019 (for the whole of the current year, Das ing four per cent to 3.75 per cent, Das had from the public (say by builders) and so sentiment and boost investment; tackle has projected a decline of 9.5 per cent — that, too, argued it would goad banks to lend to on. Running into hundreds of thousands NPAs on a war footing; goad banks into 8 is predicated on positive growth during the last quar- businesses instead of parking excess funds of crores, these add to the personal proactively taking up project lending; and = ter). These trends clearly show that neither reduc- with itself (they were then holding a gar- wealth of a select few, which is either result in stern measures to deal with scams tion in policy rate, nor pumping liquidity in the sys- gantuan 6,90,000 crore with the RBI). stashed abroad or kept within India as with greater emphasis on prevention. Sans tem are working. The rate has since been further lowered “undisclosed income” (black money). these, any stimulus won’t be of much use Second, according to Das, of the 1.35 per cent to 3.35 per cent to ensure that banks don’t Had this money remained with millions in lifting the economy. H reduction in the policy rate during the pre-COVID keep the money with the apex bank; to whom it actually belongs, this would (The writer is a New Delhi-based I phase, only about 0.6 per cent was transmitted by instead lend. 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strive incessantly and consistently to made by the police that the post- Constitution contemplates the setting vided by the Constitution to respond ternity, poignantly embedded through promote fraternity among all citizens mortem report does not disclose any up of the National Commission for to such a situation. The apex court, the provisions of Part III, which such that the dignity of every person evidence of rape. Obviously since the SCs and Article 338A of the while deciding the review petition of assures true equality, where the State is protected, nourished and promot- post-mortem was conducted after a Constitution constitutes a commission Dr Subhash Kashinath, observed that treats all alike, promises the benefits ed. The conduct of the police in cre- lapse of more than eight days of the for STs, they are only recommenda- the prevailing conditions in various of growth and prosperity to all, with mating the Dalit gang-rape victim alleged incident, there is a big possi- tory bodies. The Constitution only areas of the country show that the equal liberties to all, and what is more, from Hathras, allegedly without the bility of the evidence of rape getting confers power upon them to prepare SCs/ STs are still struggling for equal- guarantees that every person treats < consent of the family members, con- erased. However, there is a dying dec- reports and the President shall cause ity and for exercising civil rights. They every other citizen of the country in stitutes an offence under the laration made by the victim that she all such reports to be laid before each have been suffering ignominy and a like manner. 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'( }~ that Azerbaijan was observing signed a truce in Moscow after the ceasefire but accused Russian President Vladimir rmenia and Azerbaijan on Armenian forces of shelling the Putin had brokered it in a AMonday accused each Goranboy, Terter and Agdam series of calls with Azerbaijani other of attacks over the sepa- regions of Azerbaijan that lie President Ilham Aliyev and ratist territory of Nagorno- around Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian Prime Minister Karabakh despite a ceasefire The recent bout of fighting Nikol Pashinian. deal brokered by Russia in an between Azerbaijani and The cease-fire took effect at effort to end the worst outbreak Armenian forces started noon Saturday, after talks in of hostilities in the region in September 27 and has left hun- Moscow that were sponsored decades. dreds of people dead in the by Russian Foreign Minister The ceasefire came into biggest escalation of the Sergey Lavrov. The deal stipu- effect on Saturday, but was decades-old conflict over lated that the cease-fire should immediately challenged by Nagorno-Karabakh since a sep- pave the way for talks on set- mutual claims of violations P aratist war there ended in 1994. tling the conflict. that persisted throughout the &( The region lies in Azerbaijan If the truce had held, it weekend and continued on $ but has been under control of would have marked a major Monday morning. ethnic Armenian forces backed diplomatic coup for Russia, Armenian Defence Monday that Azerbaijani forces zone. by Armenia. which has a security pact with Ministry spokeswoman were “intensively shelling the Azerbaijan’s Defence The foreign ministers of Armenia but has also cultivat- Shushan Stepanian said on southern front” of the conflict Ministry, meanwhile, insisted Armenia and Azerbaijan ed warm ties with Azerbaijan. %E" &<$ !( 3+"G$P3$. $ Brussels: European Union for- still recovering there. eign ministers were weighing Last week, tests conducted Portland (US): Protesters over- threw red paint on the monu- lent conflict with white settlers Monday whether to impose at labs designated by the Hong Kong: Hong Kong leader various ministries and com- turned statues of former ment and began using a blow- in Minnesota. sanctions on Russian officials Organization for the Prohibition Carrie Lam said on Monday that missions and see if the central Presidents Theodore Roosevelt torch on the statue’s base, news After toppling the statues, and organizations blamed for of Chemical Weapons con- her annual policy address sched- authorities will support the pro- and Abraham Lincoln in outlets reported. the crowd began smashing the poisoning of opposition firmed that Navalny was the vic- uled for this week will be delayed posed measures. She declined to Portland, Oregon, in a decla- The crowd pulled down windows at the Oregon leader Alexei Navalny with a tim of a Novichok nerve agent. until she travels to Beijing to ask give details on the proposals. ration of “rage” toward the statue just before 9 pm. The Historical Society and later Soviet-era nerve agent. German Foreign Minister the Chinese central govern- Lam added that gaining the Columbus Day. group later turned their atten- moved onto the Portland State The ministers, meeting in Heiko Maas said Monday that ment for help with measures to support from the central author- Protest organisers on tion toward Lincoln’s statue, University Campus Public Luxembourg, are considering a given the OPCW’s findings, it help her city’s battered economy. ities in Beijing would allow her Sunday night dubbed the event pulling it down about eight Safety office. proposal from France and is now “objectively clear that Lam’s announcement comes this is a convention that is not to give an address later in the “Indigenous Peoples Day of minutes later. Police later declared the Germany to freeze the assets of this is a breach of the Chemical just two days before her policy “cast in stone.” year that will boost the confi- Rage,” in response to Monday’s Historians have said event a riot and ordered the those suspected of involve- Weapons Convention, one that address was scheduled to take She said she is postponing dence of the city’s economic federal holiday named after Roosevelt expressed hostility group to disperse. Police said ment and ban them from trav- cannot remain without conse- place, and amid reports that the address after submitting revival. 15th-century Italian explorer toward Native Americans, once anyone involved in “criminal elling in Europe under sanc- quences.” Chinese President Xi Jinping several proposed measures to “For our economy to revive, Christopher Columbus, a saying: “I don’t go so far as to behavior, including vandalism” tions to combat the use and In a statement on Friday, would be travelling to the Beijing seeking their support to we need the support of the polarising figure who Native think that the only good Indians was subject to arrest. It’s unclear spread of chemical weapons. France and Germany said that Chinese southern coastal city of help boost Hong Kong’s econo- mainland. We have to better American advocates have said are dead Indians, but I believe if any arrests were made. Navalny, an anti-corrup- despite repeated calls Russia Shenzhen to commemorate the my, which has taken a battering integrate into the national devel- spurred centuries of genocide nine out of every 10 are ...” The monuments are the tion investigator and major has provided “no credible 40th anniversary of the special due to the coronavirus pan- opment plan,” she said. against indigenous populations Protesters spray-painted latest statues to come down in political opponent of Russian explanation” for what hap- economic zone. demic and months of anti-gov- “The supporting policies of in the Americas. “Dakota 38” on the base of a wave of removed monu- President Vladimir Putin, fell pened and that “there is no The leader of Hong Kong, a ernment protests last year. central authorities would go a The group threw chains Lincoln’s statue, referencing ments and protests sparked by ill on August 20 during a other plausible explanation for semi-autonomous Chinese ter- Lam said at a news confer- long way to boosting the confi- around Roosevelt’s statue, offi- the 38 Dakota men Lincoln the May 25 death of George domestic flight in Russia. He Mr Navalny’s poisoning than a ritory, typically gives a policy ence that she will travel to dence in our economy as well as cially titled “Theodore approved to have hanged after Floyd in Minneapolis police was flown to Germany for Russian involvement and address at the start of each leg- Beijing at the end of October to the revival of economic activity Roosevelt, Rough Rider.” They the men were involved in a vio- custody. AP treatment two days later and is responsibility.” AP islative year, but Lam said that participate in meetings with in Hong Kong,” she added. AP 2$ ) * #$8 ) + #- * * , ) 3#( Taipei: China says it has cap- photos of paramilitary armed tured people spying for rival police in Shenzhen, a city Lashkar Gah (Afghanistan): from the Nad Ali and Nawa Beijing: Chinese health author- Beijing: China has released year. Taiwan and cracked a series of that borders Hong Kong. It American forces conducted districts because of the fighting. ities will test all 9 million peo- new regulations for Muslims The new regulation issued espionage cases. said he was detained in August over the past couple days sev- Omer Zwak, spokesman ple in the eastern city of visiting Saudi Arabia for annu- for Haj pilgrimage has a total Reports by state TV and at a Shenzhen border crossing. eral airstrikes in support of for the provincial governor in Qingdao for the coronavirus al Haj stipulating that the pil- of 42 articles, including one other outlets Sunday said mul- “The pictures and videos Afghan security force under Helmand, said Taliban fighters this week after nine cases grimage should be organised that stipulates that Chinese tiple suspects were detained but he shot are enough for profes- attack by Taliban in the south- had started their coordinated linked to a hospital were found, only by the country’s Islamic Muslims’ pilgrimage should be gave no numbers or identities sional espionage organizations ern Helmand province, the attacks in different parts of the the government announced Association and pilgrims organised in accordance with for most of them. analysis. It is enough for them spokesman for the US military province over the past week Monday. should follow Chinese laws laws, and the Chinese Islamic China and Taiwan split to assess our entire troop’s in Afghanistan said on Taliban agreement and under- and that these had intensified The announcement broke and oppose religious extrem- Association is the only organ- amid a civil war in 1949 and numbers and equipment sta- Monday. mines the ongoing Afghan over the weekend. a two-month streak with no ism. isation that is authorised to have extensive business ties tus,” said an unnamed police Col Sonny Leggett con- Peace Talks,” Leggett’s tweet “The Taliban have virus transmissions within There are 20 million arrange for Chinese Muslims to but no official relations. Both officer interviewed in the seg- firmed on his twitter account said, quoting Gen Scott Miller, destroyed several bridges over China reported, though China Muslims in China, mostly go to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to sides regularly gather intelli- ment. that the strikes over the past the Commander of the US the main highway, so the high- has a practice of not reporting Uyghurs - an ethnic group of perform Haj. gence on each other. It is unclear what other two days in Helmand did not Forces in Afghanistan. way is closed right now and no asymptomatic cases. Turkic origin - and Hui No other organisation or Security personnel solved information Li was accused of violate the U.S.-Taliban agree- Leggett said that US forces one can travel,” said Zwak. The ruling Communist Muslims, who are of Chinese individual should organise the more than 100 spying cases gathering or what other ment signed in February. have and will continue to pro- Representatives of the Party has lifted most curbs on ethnic origin. Both Uyghurs trips, and Chinese citizens part of an initiative dubbed detainees were accused of. “The Taliban need to vide support in defense of Afghan government and the travel and business but still and Hui Muslims have a pop- should meet basic requirements Operation Thunder 2020, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs immediately stop their offen- Afghan national security forces Taliban are holding intra- monitors travelers and visitors ulation of about 10 million when applying for the Haj, the China Central Television council said Monday the accu- sive actions in Helmand under attack by the Taliban. Afghan negotiations in Qatar, to public buildings for signs of each, according to an official regulation, which would be reported. sations are purely “political Province and reduce their vio- The announcement of US a Mideast country where the infection. white paper. implemented from December CCTV identified one speculation” from the Chinese lence around the country. It is strikes comes after a gun bat- Taliban have had a political Authorities were investi- About 10,000 Chinese 1, stipulates, state-run Global suspect as a Taiwanese man, side. AP not consistent with the US- tle on Monday was reported in office for many years. gating the source of the infec- Muslims perform Haj every Times reported. PTI Li Mengju, who it said took and around Lashkar Gah, the The negotiations are meant tions found in eight patients at capital city of Helmand to end the country’s decades- Qingdao’s Municipal Chest province. long long war, following a US- Hospital and one family mem- Eyewitnesses said there is Taliban peace deal signed in ber, the National Health sporadic shooting inside the February in Doha, Qatar’s cap- Commission said. city and residents have fled ital. AP “The whole city will be tested within five days,” the NHC said on its social media account. China, where the pandemic began in December, has reported 4,634 deaths and 85,578 cases, plus nine suspected cases that have yet to be confirmed. The last reported virus transmissions within China were four patients found on Aug. 15 in the northwestern city of Urumqi in the Xinjiang region. All the cases reported since then were in travelers from outside the mainland. 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After rallying nearly 400 and Bajaj Auto were among the for the 2019-20 season in its output of manufacturing, min- revised to (-)10.8 per cent against a flat growth in August points in the morning, the 30- main laggards, shedding up to Mumbai: The rupee September estimate due to ing and power generation sec- from the (-) 10.4 per cent pro- 2019. share BSE Sensex buckled 2.33 per cent. Traders said snapped its three-session higher production in the cen- tors, official data showed on visional data released last Power generation shrank under selling pressure in after- benchmark indices traded with winning run on Monday, tral zone. Monday. month. by 1.8 per cent, compared to a noon trade, before ending a positive bias through the day, declining by 12 paise to The total cotton produc- According to the Index of Similarly, May IIP has contraction of 0.9 per cent a 84.31 points or 0.21 per cent but market participants turned close at 73.28 against the US tion in 2018-19 (October- Industrial Production (IIP) been revised marginally to 33.4 year ago. higher at 40,593.80. cautious after the finance min- dollar amid weakening September) stood at 312 lakh data, manufacturing sector per cent contraction from 33.9 Output of capital goods, Similarly, the NSE Nifty ister's press conference to Asian peers against the bales, the CAI said in a state- season on October 1, 2019, production registered a decline per cent decline. which is a barometer of invest- rose 16.75 points or 0.14 per announce the stimulus mea- greenback. Starting off on a ment on Monday. crop for the season estimated of 8.6 per cent, while the out- The decline in IIP for June ment, fell by 15.4 per cent in cent to close at 11,930.95. sures. According to Arjun Yash bullish note, the Indian cur- CAI in earlier its estimate at 360 lakh bales and imports put of mining and power seg- remained unchanged at (-) August as against a contraction Both the key indices have Mahajan, Head Institutional rency touched the day's high had pegged the production at estimated at 15.50 lakh bales. ments fell 9.8 per cent and 1.8 15.8 per cent. of 20.9 per cent earlier. extended their winning streak Business at Reliance Securities, of 73.06 before losing 354.50 lakh bales for the 2019- The imports are estimated per cent, respectively. The government had Consumer durables output to eight sessions. In a bid to the government's effort to stim- momentum. It swung 25 20 season. to be lower by 16.50 lakh bales The IIP had contracted by imposed a lockdown to contain also declined by 10.3 per cent, stimulate consumer demand ulate consumers demand by paise during the session. The production estimate compared to the previous year's 1.4 per cent in August 2019. the spread of COVID-19 infec- as against a contraction of 9.7 during the festival season and offering advances and cash Clocking its first loss in four for the central zone has been estimate of 32 lakh bales. " It may not be appropri- tions on March 25, 2020. per cent in August 2019. boost the economy, Finance voucher schemes looks to be sessions, the domestic unit increased by 5.50 lakh bales Domestic consumption for ate to compare the IIP in the The IIP had shrunk by Consumer non-durable Minister Nirmala Sitharaman short-term in nature and lacks finally settled 12 paise lower that is 2.50 lakh bales each in the entire crop year, that is up post pandemic months with 57.3 per cent in April as most goods production fell 3.3 per on Monday announced pay- commitment to have a sustain- at 73.28 against the Gujarat and Maharashtra and to September 30, has been the IIP for months preceding industrial and commercial cent, compared to a growth of ment of cash in lieu of LTC and able growth. "This may lead to American currency. 50,000 bales each in Madhya estimated at 250 lakh bales. the COVID 19 pandemic," the establishments remained 3.1 per cent a year ago. Rs 10,000 festival advance to a kind of destocking led Analysts said the rupee came Pradesh. The CAI has retained its Ministry of Statistics and closed. The IIP for April-August government employees. demand improvement ahead under pressure in view of The total cotton supply till export estimate for the season Programme Implementation As per the latest data, the period has contracted by 25 per She also announced addi- of festivals or fiscal end. strengthening US dollar the end of the season, that is up at the same level as estimated said in a statement. manufacturing sector, which cent, according to the data. It tional capital spending and Rs However, it may not necessari- against Asian currencies, to September 30, was at 407.50 by it previously, that is 50 lakh "With the gradual relax- constitutes 77.63 per cent of the had registered a growth of 2.5 12,000 crore, 50-year interest- ly result in a sustainable recov- though easing crude oil lakh bales, which consists of the bales. The carryover stock esti- ation of restrictions, there has IIP, recorded a decline of 8.6 per cent during the same peri- free loan to states to boost the ery. This may not entice the prices lent some support to opening stock of 32 lakh bales mated at the end of the season been a relative improvement in per cent in August 2020, as od last fiscal. economy that has been battered market," he said. the Indian unit. at the beginning of the cotton is 107.50 lakh bales. ' [ % .) /3 # (K&>:

?@5A Jaipur: Under the mass move- Singh. <# ment against Corona launched Masks will be distributed $ ajiv Chaudhry, General by Chief Minister Ashok and explained by the teams in 1,08,000, 60,000 and also cut away funds for future RManager Northern & Gehlot on the occasion of their respective areas. Each 18,000, respectively between travel demand source for the North Central Railways Gandhi Jayanti, Jaipur day's work report will also be he Government's measures now and March 31 to get fare next year when the LTC block informed that Northern Development Authority has so prepared by the teams. Tto boost consumption reimbursement as per entitle- ends in 2021," Federation of Railway through its Business far distributed 31,000 masks to JDC said that in the move- etail inflation rose to 7.34 demand by providing more ment for unused portion of Associations in Indian Tourism Development Unit (BDU) team protect against infection of the ment launched under the joint Rper cent in September, money into the hands of indi- LTC. & Hospitality (FAITH) said, has been striving to increase corona epidemic in Jaipur city, aegis of Honorable Chief mainly on account of higher viduals would require a central Similarly, for getting 10 reacting to the Government's freight business. Northern wearing masks among com- Minister Shri Ashok Gehlot food prices, according to gov- Government employee to days' reimbursement of leave announcements on Monday. Railway's initiative to cater to mon people, keeping proper and Minister of Autonomous ernment data. spend in excess of 1 lakh to travel encashment available Central Government the needs of automobile sector, distance And the rules of Governance, Housing, and The inflation based on the claim leave travel concession under LTC package to employees get LTC in a block Delhi Division has successful- crowd avoidance are being Urban Development, Shri Consumer Price Index (CPI) reimbursement of just over Government employees, an of 4 years (one to anywhere in ly loaded its 4th "two-point explained. Shanti Dhariwal, messages are stood at 6.69 per cent in 30,000. individual will have to spend India & one hometown or two rake" of tractors for Danapur Jaipur Development being distributed and explained August. It was 3.99 per cent in As per the LTC fare sched- value equivalent to the encash- for hometown). (Bihar) & Chaukhandi Commissioner Gaurav Goyal by JDA for mask distribution, September last year. ule provided by the finance ment to get the refunds. The entitlement for air or (Varanasi) from Faridabad on informed that JDS will carry protection from corona The rate of price rise in the ministry, the deemed airfare "The LTC money of rail fare, as per pay scale, is 09.10.20 and earned a revenue out the task of mask distribu- The JDC said that in order food basket was 10.68 per cent (round trip) for a person enti- Government employees to buy reimbursed and in addition, of Rs. 9, 28,697. tion and interpretation to make the JDA a 'mass move- in September compared to 9.05 tled to travel business class is consumer goods would dry leave encashment of 10 days throughout the month of He informed that six teams ment against Corona', the JDA per cent in August, as per the 36,000 while those entitled for up those funds for the travel (pay + DA) is paid. \ October. Tender for making have been formed by the JDA, Zone Deputy Commissioners data released by the National economy class air travel and rail sector. Additionally, it would The government has ``cf` masks was invited by JDA, through which mask distribu- and Engineers in Jaipur city Statistical Office (NSO) on travel (any class) is 20,000 and also send a vote of no-confi- allowed reimbursement /\ under which the order to make tion will be done. The six distributed masks in their Monday. 6,000, respectively. dence to the tourism travel and scheme for LTC as due to New Delhi: Union Minister 2 lakh masks has been issued teams constituted of Executive respective areas of work, wear- The Reserve Bank of India What this means is that hospitality industry which was Covid-19, employees are not in Nitin Gadkari will lay the foun- to M / s Bajia Exports on Engineers are Aminuddin ing masks among the common mainly factors in retail inflation under the special cash package looking to get back on its feet a position to avail full quota of dation stone of seven highway Saturday, which will make the Azad, Ayub Khan, Jagdish people, keeping proper dis- while deciding on the key involving LTC, an individual after 'Unlock'. Since this (LTC) LTC in the current block of projects worth 11,571 crore in masks available to JDA at the Pannu, Ramkishan Yadav, tance and avoiding crowds interest rate. will have to spend in excess of is a 4-year block scheme, it will 2018-21. Kerala on Tuesday. earliest. Subhash Saini, and Mahendra The cradle is being explained. $>!%>=!>>> 0-2-

!"=;X&=>! Power Minister R K Singh than 2000 MW which went off, restoring full electricity supply mainly because of a failure in said. about 1900 MW has been in Mumbai. the state grid. The city is sup- !&%>& central team comprising "A central team will visit restored, the remaining will be Large parts of Mumbai plied electricity under an Aofficials from the Central Mumbai to identify the prob- restored soon. The national and its suburbs faced a power 'islanding system'. n view of providing addi- tions have good infrastructure Electricity Authority (CEA) lem and to find out possible grid is fine, the problem hap- failure on Monday morning Under the islanding sys- Itional healthcare facility to for maintaining these coaches would be sent to Mumbai to solutions against such break pened in some parts of the state due to which several trains tem, an area is supplied elec- the people of Delhi NCR, and also proper approach roads study the power breakdown in down," Singh said in a state- grid," he added. were held up. Traffic signals at tricity in such a way that it is Northern Railway on demand for movement of ambulances the city on Monday and assist ment issued by the Ministry of ister said the power supply in The Minister also said cen- some areas were also not work- insulated from any grid failure of the state govt. is providing etc. Sh. Rajiv Chaudhry, the State Government in find- Power on Monday evening. Mumbai has been restored tral power sector officers have ing. or other technical issues hap- 503 isolation coaches equiva- General Manager Northern & ing solutions to such situations, Earlier in the day, the min- substantially. "Out of more been rendering assistance for The power outage was pening outside the zone. lent to 8048 beds as Covid Care North Central Railways Centers at 9 different stations informed that a total number of Delhi area i,e; at Anand of 672 patient have admitted at Vihar Terminal, Shakurbasti, Shakurbasti Covid Care Center Delhi Sarai Rohilla ,Safdarjung, till date out of which 642 have Delhi Shahdara, Adarsh Nagar, been discharged/ shifted and 30 Delhi Cantt, Badli and patient are still under treatment Tughlakabad. All these sta- at there. ) /0L 4 5/6 77 87446

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Most of us have endured finite #0 optimal quality and provides several health episodes of severe pain whether that be a fractured bone, benefits. toothache or headache, and are fortunate to remember these as dis- It is enriched with Vitamins A, D, E, and tant memories. Some are, however, denied this luxury of forget- K. It is lactose-free and contains no sugar or fulness and suffer from chronic pain which simply explained is pain &"&>;&!>!=!="&>%>&>X=X??=>=>;>>;!== salt. It is also said to be rich in antioxidants persisting beyond the healing period of three-six months. and antibiotics and has anti-inflammatory Persistent pain beyond this period can lead to changes in the >=&X%;!;!=X>!""!%$$"!%%! < properties. nervous system and transform into continuous pain even after the original cause for the pain is removed, and hence timely treat- _ ment is a priority. Chronic pain conditions are amongst the lead- >""=X;%%>&>;=$>=%%?!> Ghee increases the availability of certain ing causes of disability as even mild joint pain can have a debil- enzymes in the body that help in detoxifica- itating impact on mobility and quality of life. In contrast acute he World Arthritis \ tion. pain, such as after an injury, has a distinct beginning and end Day is celebrated If you experience joint It is enriched with antiviral and antibac- and abates with healing or appropriate treatment. each year on Oct 12 pain, stiffness, and swelling, terial properties that help your body fight Preconceived notions such as accepting pain as a part of age- since 1996. It is pain in the hand and foot $ against illnesses. ing can be detrimental. Social fabric and cultural values unique- observedT to raise awareness joints along with swelling, It has antioxidants that help reduce wrin- ly influence the way pain is interpreted and treated. One can about arthritis around the severe backache and neck anagement of arthritis include a few Stay active: Avoid lazing around, and kles and signs of aging that make your skin appreciate how popular Bollywood dialogues such as “Mard ko world. Arthritis affects pain, then it could be arthri- Msimple lifestyle changes, which try to exercise and stay active as much look younger and radiant. dard nahi hota” may influence expression and acknowledgement around 15% people which is tis. There are some very include: as possible. It is not just beneficial for It works wonders for your digestive tract, of pain. Beliefs like these can become a hindrance in seeking time- about 180 million people in early and peculiar symptom Physical therapy: A course of physi- management of arthritis, but also good eyes, bones, skin, and hair health. ly medical advice and hence there is a dire need to raise aware- India. The World Health such as the night pains and cal therapy is often recommended by for overall health. It also helps your heart and boosts immu- ness. It is indeed ironic that despite the high prevalence, knowl- Organisation data show that morning stiffness which doctors for patients to overcome some of Remember to rest: Staying active is nity. edge about pain is lacking and misinformation abounds 0.3-1% of the world’s popu- lasts for 30-40 minutes and the challenges and regain some extent of important, and so is getting enough rest. amongst patients and care providers. lation has rheumatoid patients find it difficult to control of mobility. It is an important part It will provide relief to your joints and [_ The complexities of pain and the fact that surgery or pills arthritis and 18% women start their day. of arthritis treatment, and it includes dif- save them from exhaustion. The only disadvantage is it can be stored cannot resolve all pain issues has been long recognised. After while around 10% men Some arthritis effects ferent physical exercises that help Eat a healthy diet: A healthy diet helps as fat in your tummy if you eat more than the all it is the pain which brings a patient to the hospital whether above 60 yrs have “sympto- our internal organs as well strengthen the muscles around the affect- in managing the body weight and con- required amount. On average, a healthy adult it’s a slipped disc or a cancer matic osteoarthritis”. causing non-specific symp- ed joints. Walking, swimming and trol inflammation. can have two to three spoons of ghee every hiding deep inside the tummy, Commonly known as gatiya, toms of low grade fever cycling are some of the most effective Try to avoid refined and processed day. Another potential setback is that in some so why should the treatment of which means inflammation (without a cause), bluish joint-friendly physical activities that are food as much as possible, and consume cases of ghee consumption by lactose-intol- pain be a second priority. and swelling in the joints, discoloration of hands, appropriate for adults with arthritis. more foods that are high in antioxidants erant people may cause health concerns. It is time chronic pain is Arthritis is often misunder- mouth ulcers, hair fall, rash- Organised lifestyle: Stay aware of your and have high anti-inflammatory prop- Oil: Vegetable oils are derived from plants managed as a disease and not stood as the disease of the es over the body. Arthritis is condition, keep track of the symptoms, erties. and fruits. There are several different types B as a symptom. In certain situ- old age. a common feature of and always stay on the toes about the Although arthritis cannot be cured of oils and they all have pros and cons. Let's ations where the root cause Arthritis is broadly clas- autoimmune diseases like consultations and follow-ups with your completely, it can be effectively managed discuss a few of the most common vegetable cannot be removed the empha- sified into two types: Rheumatoid Arthritis, doctor regarding your condition. with the right treatment and simple oils used for cooking, here. sis shifts to management of Inflammatory and Ankylosing Spondylitis, Learn to manage pain and fatigue: lifestyle changes. Just make sure to Sunflower Oil: Sunflower oil is extracted pain and prevention of flare Degenerative. Degenerative, Gout, Lupus (SLE), Sjogrens For an arthritis patient, learning to always stay in touch with your doctor to from the seeds of the flower and is very com- D ups. Like Diabetes and high known as osteoarthritis is Syndrome, Scleroderma, manage the pain and fatigue is like tak- consult any changes in symptoms, and monly used. blood pressure, pain therapy the disease which comes vasculitis which are cate- ing control over your condition. It is the take your medicines on time. Benefits: Sunflower oil is rich in omega 6 needs to be adjusted from time with age (>50 years) and has gorised under inflammato- key to living comfortably. + and linoleic acids. Contains essential nutri- to time. Often this concept is a high association with being ry arthritis. ents that can help lower the risk of heart dis- B not well appreciated, and suf- overweight. Inflammatory spondylitis)and others. nosis of arthritis starts with one is experiencing, pre- eases and also blood cholesterol. Sunflower fering is prolonged in the quest arthritis affects the individ- Clinician/rheumatologists the first step of going to see venting further damage to oil also aids in digestion and is good for your for a cure. ual from as early as an infant The complete physical help is required in narrow- a specialist. Upon confirm- the affected areas, as well as immunity, skin, and hair. Early initiation of treat- of two years to 40-50 years. examination, medical histo- ing the diagnosis and indi- ing the symptoms, it will improving or maintaining Disadvantages: A diet that is high in sun- ments is a priority in conditions Most of patients fall in the ry, radiological & following vidualising the treatment take extraction and analysis function and quality of life. flower oil may increase blood sugar levels. It such as rheumatoid arthritis as this reduces the detrimental dis- young age group of 20-40 laboratory investigations are according to a particular of inflammation levels in the With that mind, doctors may also cause allergies in people who are ease consequences and long-term disability. This raises a need which is their peak time for commonly used to diag- case, as arthritis behaves blood and joint fluids for an often prescribe a combina- allergic to the Asteraceae/Compositae plant for a robust primary health care system with established care and the careers and family. nose arthritis: CBC , ESR differently in every indi- expert to determine the tion of treatment methods, family. referral pathways. Osteoarthritis (OA) and ,C-Reactive protein, ANA, vidual. But what is most kind of arthritis one may including anti-inflammato- Both ghee and oil are beneficial for health; The impact of pain is not just limited to physical suffering rheumatoid arthritis (RA) RA factor , Anti-CCP , important to understand is have. ry and pain relieving med- however, moderation is the key. Additionally, as it affects all aspects of one’s life. It is not uncommon for peo- are two of the most common Complement levels , Uric not to self-medicate by ications, to achieve the best it is vital to consult your healthcare profes- ple to become irritable, depressed, anxious, socially isolated, devel- types of arthritis. But there acid , Urine R/M, using painkillers, as they do results. sional to learn which one is right for you op strained relations, have financial and work problems. 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On the medical fraternity to improvise and keep pace with communi- In pursuit of that flawless skin, we Tone inside the four walls of their home, first day of the campaign itself we saw an ty expectations. A number of new drugs and interventional making people rethink their movements engagement of over 3 million people 60-year old Diabetic male from Jaipur, who options for pain treatment have been developed in the last few all have tried almost anything and actions. Plix, a plant based nourish- across the social media channels. fell on his chest, was successfully treated years. Unfortunately, not all of these are available in India cur- and everything for atleast once. er has launched a campaign As a part of the campaign, Plix has Afor his debilitating pain in the chest and rently, but it is only a matter of time. Newer drugs such as a strong But sometimes putting too much #MyUnlockStory to create an awareness opened up a challenge where the users on spine. After the fall the patient developed drowsi- Capsaicin patch, used in patients with localised nerve pain, have about the importance of building strong Instagram has to post a picture with a ness, severe chest pain and was immediately taken the potential to relieve pain for months with just one applica- of cosmetics can cause break outs. Immunity and holistic living. mask and talk about how they have to a hospital in Jaipur. tion and have minimal side effects. New medications for reliev- ROSHANI DEVI shares easy tips The campaign conceptualised and unlocked their immunity during the pan- On evaluation in hospital he was found to ing constipation have helped improve the tolerability of exist- that can help executed by Gozoop kicked off on demic. The best story will receive a ham- have other medical problems such as severely ing strong morphine like painkillers. 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( 4 + ) & + DUGOUT # 2 + /@3 4 4 # : # MOTION PICTURE 4 /039/0; + + A 9 4 + + 4 + # # + # )!$% ) G%&//F'2!HA q told me he couldn’t continue. I pressed on. With 50 in the basket, Rahul Tewatia’s explosive bat- he changed gears, starting to play B de Villiers smashed 73 ting in the ongoing IPL 2020 may his shots. His second fifty came in not out off just 33 balls in have come as a surprise to many but just 15-20 deliveries. Once he Aa magnificent batting dis- those who have played with him for reached 100 in the 22nd over, he play to power Royal Challengers long know what he is capable of. said he couldn't continue as the Bangalore to 194 for two against Tewatia played with a fractured pain got aggravated. But I asked Kolkata Knight Riders in their foot in a Dehradun Gold Cup him to try another five overs, and Indian Premier League match tournament, immediately after last then another five overs. He carried here on Monday. year’s IPL for his office team and on. Unfortunately, when he was on De Villiers looked effortless smashed 197 against a strong Food 197, he went for a scoop and was in finding the gaps, smashing six Corporation of India (FCI) team brilliantly caught at short fine-leg. sixes and five fours in the com- that included the likes of Rishi The shot was certain to fetch him pany of skipper Virat Kohli (33 Dhawan, who has played for the a four or a double but the fielder not out off 28 balls) as the duo national team. plucked it out of thin air,” added put together an unbroken third Praveen Thapar, who is a Thapar. wicket stand of 100 runs from former Delhi Ranji player and Thapar recalls another "3 7.4 overs to take the team out of captains the Income Tax match played last year in >8<7$G7 77W+ a middle-over muddle. Department team that Tewatia December when Tewatia On a pitch that was slowing plays for, told IANS: “He injured his hand during a down, spinner Varun (Tewatia) was hit by a yorker tournament in Faridabad. The Chakravarthy bowled a tidy on the right foot during a 27-year-old was struggling 0/25 from four overs, while game and suffered a hairline to bowl, with split web- young pacer Kamlesh Nagarkoti fracture. Our next match bing on little finger, (0/36 from four overs) cleverly was against FCI and he did- but still bowled and mixed up his deliveries with cut- n't want to play. He kept say- picked three wickets, ters to put brakes on RCB mid- ing 'I can’t’. overshadowing bet- way their innings. “We insisted, saying he ter-known India Opener Aaron Finch (47 doesn't need to run but players like from 37 balls) looked sluggish in just bat. After much reluc- Yuzvendra Chahal, the middle and struggled to find tance he went on to bat and Jayant Yadav and boundaries before being castled struggled initially as it was Aniket Chaudhary, by Prasidh Krishna. painful. He took singles who are his team- With boundaries drying up, only when the ball went mates at I-T depart- De Villiers unleashed his array deep and didn’t take dou- ment. of shots against a disciplined bles. Thapar has seen Nagarkoti, smashing him for .XX7$G33 “After the first five Tewatia since he was $7 consecutive sixes, over mid- overs, when I went in, 14 and also got him to "33 wicket, one of which hit a run- openers Finch and Padikkal while the talented youngster fuller delivery. he said he couldn't play for Delhi’s 77WW++ ning car. started off in a blazing fashion Padikkal hit back-to-back Bowling in absence of their continue. I told him Malviya Club. The South African raced to and took the attack on KKR boundaries off Cummins. ace spinner Sunil Narine who to take it five “We’d use him at his fifty in 23 balls as KKR new-ball bowlers Pat Cummins But boundaries soon dried was left out after being report- overs at a time. the top of the batting cruised to 83 runs from the last and Prasidh Krishna. up after the Power-Play with ed for suspect action, “He man- and he knew how to five overs to prop up the total. Finch clubbed one out of the Russell giving the breakthrough Chakravarthy bowled a tidy aged to get to exploit the field Earlier opting to bat, RCB stadium in Prasidh’s first over, by cleaning up Padikkal with a spell. his fifty and restrictions.”

_ 2& itation programme goes. While Delhi Capitals is all set _ order to. other way round - play the big be hurting the Hyderabad outfit eteran pacer Ishant Sharma to seek a replacement with two After facing brickbats for shots and even if you get out, it badly as at one stage, they looked Vwas on Monday ruled out of senior bowlers ruled out of the ime is fast running out for the persisting with Kedar Jadhav, is fine because we can't leave too in complete control after posting the Indian Premier League with remainder of the IPL, Ishant's TMahendra Singh Dhoni-led CSK dropped him in their last many after the 15th or the a competitive 158 for 4. a rib-cage injury, his team Delhi absence wouldn’t hurt them as Chennai Super Kings, a team match and his replacement 16th over. That just puts too Batting has not been SRH's Capitals said. much as Mishra’s, simply because which desperately needs its bat- Narayan Jagadeesan (33 off 28) much pressure on the lower concern at all as the likes of Jonny Ishant is the second Delhi of the wrist spinner’s role on the ting to click when it takes on made a decent score in the order batsmen.” Bairstow, skipper David Warner, Capitals player to be ruled out bigger UAE grounds. Sunrisers Hyderabad here on company of Ambati On the bowling front, Manish Pandey and Kane after leg-spinner Amit Mishra, Delhi Capitals had tried all Tuesday in a battle to keep its IPL Rayudu (42 off 40). Deepak Chahar and Williamson are all among runs whose campaign ended due to a their pacers and Harshal Patel hopes alive. However, CSK's chase Jadeja were impressive and have the ability to shoulder ring finger fracture sustained seemed to have fit the bill as far The three-time champions fell apart after the the other night and the responsibility on their own. during one of the earlier match- as head coach Ricky Ponting is and last edition’s runner-up, CSK duo departed. Bravo’s return was a But it is the bowling unit es. concerned. are seeking a revival of fortunes The likes of Sam welcome relief but which let SRH down on Sunday. “Fast bowler Ishant Sharma In case, Delhi Capitals after suffering five defeats in Curran, Ravindra the likes of Curran, Despite losing senior pacers experienced an acute episode of replace Ishant with a pacer, they seven games. Jadeja and Dwayne Shardul Thakur and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and all- left rib cage pain while bowling have Pradeep Sangwan among They are currently at the Bravo too failed to come Karn Sharma need to pull rounder Mitchell Marsh to at a team training session on net bowlers, who can directly penultimate position in the eight- to the team’s rescue. up their performances. injuries, SRH have shown October 7, 2020 in Dubai,” Delhi integrate with the team. team standings halfway into the Dhoni himself has The tie also provides tremendous fighting abilities 2 $$ )' Capitals said in a statement. DC could also look for a sec- tournament. not been able to force Dhoni and Co. A chance with Rashid Khan and yorker ` - `g “Subsequent investigations ond Indian wicketkeeper in case Considered one of the most the pace while chasing to avenge their seven-run specialist T Natarajan doing the revealed that he sustained a left Rishabh Pant's hamstring injury successful chasers in the history and the skipper had no loss to SRH in their previ- job for the side. j `g internal oblique muscle tear. This break takes more than a week. of IPL with a chase-master in qualms in admitting the ous outing. But on Sunday SRH let k !!$ m injury will unfortunately rule With Shimron Hetmyer Dhoni, CSK’s batting struggle this flaws in his batting SRH, on the other Royals off the hook in the mid- him out of the remainder of the being dropped at the expense of year can be gauged from the fact department. hand, are a only a tad bet- dle overs after reducing them to n $6 m IPL.” a wicketkeeper Carey, Delhi that all their defeats came while “Batting has been ter-placed than CSK at the 78 for 5. c '$ p Ishant has played 97 Tests, 80 Capitals can check with going after targets. bit of a worry. We need fifth spot with three wins The likes of Sandeep Sharma, ODIs and 14 T20Is for India. But Rajasthan Royals if they have any While Shane Watson and Faf to do something about from seven games. Khaleel Ahmed and young p $$ ^ p But the the five-wick- Abhishek Sharma are the weak his participation in the Test series plans to release one of their du Plessis have had decent out- it,” Dhoni had said. f '! ^ n in Australia later this year will keeper Anuj Rawat as a part of ings so far, CSK need a stronger “I think we are et defeat to Rajasthan links in bowling which they now depend on how his rehabil- mid-season transfer. show from its faltering middle better off playing the Royals on Sunday would need to address. m !> ^ j

Uttarakhand is now ready to go full throttle when he begins his )$77 (' - 67?- Badminton campaign here with a clash against France's Christo Popov, who won the first medal for his Italy was held to a 0-0 draw returns with country at the World Junior ortugal and France lost their against Poland but remained Championships last year. Pperfect records in this sea- top of its group after the Denmark Open “I have improved a lot and son’s UEFA Nations League Netherlands drew by the same I am in a better shape than last after playing out a 0-0 draw score against Bosnia- year. It is the first event for against each other, and Belgium Herzegovina. everyone, so I can't expect any- saw its 13-match unbeaten run The match was supposed thing, will just go all out from ended by a 2-1 defeat against to pit two of Europe’s top the start,” Lakshya said. England. goalscorers against each other “I got a lot of confidence Two of the sport’s best for- in Robert Lewandowski and after training for the last few wards were kept quiet at a chilly Ciro Immobile. However, Italy months but unless I play match- Stade de France on Sunday. coach Roberto Mancini sures, put myself in a pressure sit- Portugal star Cristiano prisingly left Immobile on the }~ ple of years and the COVID-19 uation, I won't be able to assess Ronaldo had a good chance in bench. enforced break helped him to myself. So I am really excited.” the second minute of injury Italy is a point above the lympic hopeful Kidambi work on his body and game. Besides, Ajay Jayaram and time, but goalkeeper Hugo Lloris Netherlands and Poland in OSrikanth and fast-rising The 27-year-old from Subhankar Dey too will be palmed away his angled shot Group 1 of League A. It plays Lakshya Sen will look to strike Guntur will look for a fresh start aiming to go deep in the men's from the left. France's Kylian the Netherlands on Wednesday. the right note from the word go as he tries to rediscover his old singles draw that has been left Mbappe was substituted near the as they return to competitive self and reclaim the lost glory. He depleted due to the withdrawals end after having failed to make badminton at the USD 750,000 will open against world no 52 of the Japanese contingent, an impression against the Erling Haaland netted a hat Denmark Open, which will re- Toby Penty of England in the including world champion Nations League champion’s res- trick to help Norway thrash start the calender after a second half of the draw. Kento Momota, world no 35 olute defense. Romania 4-0 and assuage its COVID-19 forced seven-month Lakshya, on the other hand, Koki Watanabe, world no 11 Portugal stays top in Group European Championship play- hiatus. had been on a title-winning Kanta Tsuneyama. 3 of League A, ahead of France off disappointment. With Saina Nehwal and spree last year, claiming as many Former world no 13 on goal difference, with both Alexander Sørloth scored Parupalli Kashyap withdraw- as five titles, including two BWF Jayaram, who was missing in teams on seven points. Norway’s other goal. Haaland ing from the tournament at the World Tour Super 100 top hon- action due to a long injury lay- Third-place Croatia has already has six goals in the eleventh hour, all eyes will be on ours - SaarLorLux Open and off, was finding his groove three points after beating competition. Srikanth and Lakshya as they Dutch Open - to zoom to 32nd early this year when he reached Sweden 2-1. Substitute Andrej %K5.K+E%0G Norway lost a Euro 2020 resume their title hunt at the in the international standings. the semifinals at Barcelona Kramaric scored the winner in playoff to Serbia on Thursday. Super 750 event. But with the deadly pan- Masters. But the health crisis that match, nine minutes after behind to beat Belgium and Lukaku’s spot kick in the first nine years. Norway is level on six Former world no 1 Srikanth, demic bringing everything to a halted his progress and he can't coming off the bench. move top in Group 2 of League half before Mason Mount’s England moved a point points with leader Austria in who had claimed the Denmark halt in March, it has been a frus- wait to go all out when he takes A. looping, deflected shot ahead of second-place Belgium Group 1 of League B. title three years back, had been trating wait for Lakshya, who is on local favourite and world no Marcus Rashford's penal- clinched England’s first victo- and three above Denmark Austria beat host Northern battling a series of injuries and currently ranked world No 27. 3 Anders Antonsen in the England came from ty cancelled out Romelu ry over a top-ranked team in which beat Iceland 3-0. Ireland 1-0. indifferent form in the last cou- The 19-year-old from opening round.