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Our training to players will cinated against it, it is called a Salima Tete in Tokyo Olympics proposal got approved boost their confidence breakthrough case. 2020, will be polished and by the Centre and we and it will help in A genome sequencing gov- toned in different skills includ- got an amount sanc- improving their per- ernment consortium Insacog ( ing Spoken English and body tioned for the pro- formance on the field. The Indian SARS-CoV-2 language at the State of the Art ject. Only ten districts Apart from this, the Genomic Consortia) has said training centre that went oper- have received this centre will also have a in its bulletin dated August 30 ational in the district fund for their special initiative roaster facility for the benefit of that Delta continues to be the on Wednesday. proposal. Such a centre where others so that everyone is aware dominant variant in India and Simdega, 150 Kms away                                   students, sports players and of the day to day training facil- across the world. from State capital, is one of the    youth can come and explore dif- ity. We aim to develop this cen- “The number of reported Based on high stringency distant and backward districts ferent opportunities under one tre as the ‘Centre of Excellence’ vaccination breakthroughs in reclassification by Insacog, the and many young individuals Spoken English, skill develop- dents, youth and sportsmen, employment centre. roof was need of the hour. Our for the youth and students of India is well within the num- total number of Delta sub-lin- from the district miss the ment training and personality anyone can come and utilise To achieve the desired out- district is one of the most dis- the district,” he added. bers expected from the total eages — Delta Plus AY.1 to opportunity to apply for development training to the facilities at the centre. It has come, the administration has tant districts from the State Youth & Sports are two number of infections, the frac- AY.12 —in India are only 856 Government jobs or other youth of the district. been targeted to benefit stu- tied up with different Non- capital, it would be difficult for major areas of the incumbent tion of population that is vac- out of all samples analysed, applications. The centre has To develop the centre as a dents and youth from under- Government and Social service our youth to travel to the capi- government of Jharkhand led cinated and the known reduc- which is much less than what been developed with the vision state-of-the-art facility, it has privileged sections, children organisations for the appoint- tal city and access facilities.” by CM Hemant Soren. With tion in the effectiveness of is reported on some global to provide the youth of the dis- been equipped with 10 of Divyang individuals, sports- ment of Counsellors. The cen- For effective and efficient this spirit, the District Covishield/Covaxin against websites. It said AY.12 that trict with all modern facilities Computer sets with an Internet men/women, children from tre has counsellors for English running of the centre it has Administration in Simdega has infections by Delta. Vaccines was first noted in Israel and under one roof. Apart from facility, library and a refresh- Children’s Observation Home, spoken training, body lan- been established in the District developed a Skill Development, continue to protect against currently driving infection in providing students and youth ment room. Apart from this, family and children of street guage training, computer and employment office, Simdega. Career Counseling and severe disease and remain a the country, which has inocu- with modern infrastructure the centre has a live TV demo vendors, spouse and children of skill development training and “Apart from this, Simdega Personality Development cen- cornerstone of public health lated 60 percent of its popula- facilities, the centre will also room with a projector facility. government employees and a dedicated counsellor for has been excelling in sports too, tre inside the District strategy,” Insacog said. tion, is not yet seen in India. provide career counselling; As it is a free facility for the stu- youth registered under district career counselling of students. therefore, the district has estab- Employment Office building.   !"!#!$  



  


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Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed Ted once again in Garhwa district. growth of the industrial sector, authority will work to ensure “Several entrepreneurs are Athrough virtual means between SAIL-Bokaro Steel Unknown persons in the name of JJMP the Jharkhand Industrial Area that the new investors are given forced to look beyond Plant and IIT Roorkee to identify and pursue joint have demanded levy from a road con- Development Authority all the facilities hassle-free and Adityapur due to lack of land. research projects in the areas of coke and sinter pro- struction company on Wednesday and (JIADA), Adityapur, has start- under one roof so that the Steps should be taken to duction, raw material handling and processing, iron and pasted pamphlets at two places near ed identifying industrial units industrialists can move ahead increase availability of land to steel production and troubleshoot technical problems and Milk Cooling center, Garhwa around 3 which have not become oper- with their projects. the industrialists and better digital transformation relevant to SAIL-BSL. From BSL km far from the Garhwa police station. ational even after getting land The Jharkhand Industrial infrastructure. The step will be side Atanu Bhowmik, ED (Works) signed the MOU and It is mentioned in the pamphlet that for the purpose in a year or whom the notices have been and cancel land allocated to Area Development Authority a great achievement and will S Mukhopadhyay, CGM (Maint & Digital Champion) the contractor of Khewalia Construction more. The authority has decid- served thrice. If they fail to industries. “ There are several of the total 2,923 acre is now prove boon towards develop- signed as witness. From IIT Roorkee side Prof. Vimal is informed that in relation to the work ed to scrap the land deal with respond we will cancel the other industrialists who are looking forward to for its ment of the State of Jharkhand Srivastava (HOD chemical engineering department), IIT being done in Garhwa Road, he should such defaulters. contract.” approaching us for the land. We expansion, around 2,076 acres especially Kolhan,” said an Roorkee along with Prof. Manoranjan Parida (Dy. talk to the organisation, otherwise the Prem Ranjan, the regional He said that the Adityapur would rather give them an comprising six villages falls in industrialist. Director, IIT Roorkee), Prof. G. P Chowdhary, (Head of Munshi, the contractor or manager who director of JIADA (Adityapur region is among the most opportunity to start their pro- nearby Gamharia while anoth- The sprawling Adityapur Metallurgical & Materials, IIT Roorkee) and Prof. is doing the work, can be shot anytime. region) said, “We have served investor-friendly destinations. ject,” noted Ranjan. er 226 acres is located a little Industrial Area houses 1200 Sanjeev Manhas were present during the ceremony. A mobile number 8434230781 is also notices to 150 such companies In recent years, the region is The director went on to further away at Seraikela, units- including 11 large-scale, Atanu Bhowmik, ED (Works), SAIL, BSL elaborat- mentioned below in the pamphlet. No asking them to start operations facing a land crunch and to inform that there are many another piece of around 621 64 small scale and 166 tiny ed that this MOU will collaborate joint research and one's signature is there in the pamphlet, within 15 days or clarify their resolve the problem instantly, companies that have not even acres of land is at Baharagora industries. A few important development project in different areas of steel plant neither the name of any organization is stand for not starting the oper- the JIADA management has constructed their boundary adjacent to East industries that have global including environment and safety. ED (W) also empha- written below in the pamphlet. The ations. There are several of started the process to identify walls, started any construc- Singhbhum. presence are Usha Martin sized that the rich field experience of our people and the name of the organization JJMP is writ- Meanwhile, another official Group, RSB Group, Tata Steel vast knowledge and expertise of academicians from IIT ten only in the middle of the pamphlet. said that about 150-200 pro- Growth Shop(TGS) etc., too Roorkee will help drive synergy and create values for both Confirming the incident, SDPO jects cleared by JIADA are situated in this industrial belt, the organization. S. Mukhopadhyay, CGM (Maint. & Awadh Kumar Yadav said that "pam- waiting for allotment of land. situated in Seraikela- Digital Champion), SAIL,BSL informed that collaborative phlet of JJMP extremists organization On the other hand the avail- Kharsawan. There are 20 work of the SAIL-Bokaro steel plant and IIT Roorkee will was found near Milk Cooling Center. ability of plot is practically industries, which export their aide in our Digital Transformation journey and to estab- For whom the police have seized and an very less. Steps should be taken products to the USA, Australia lish better practices in the areas of operations, mainte- FIR has been registered against to increase availability of land and other European nance and supply chain using deep tech and Industry 4.0 unknown JJMP extremists in garhwa to the industrialists. Land countries. technologies. police station." 2  3 4/  3  5  

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Bengal, Jharkhand Government assured on released on Wednesday. and Bihar are among the most Wednesday that no cases of the At the same time, the Out of total fresh Covid increase the pace of vaccina- affected states from floods. new C.1.2 coronavirus disease country created a record in infections reported on tion in the bordering districts (Covid-19) variant, said to be vaccination with 1.33 crore Tuesday, 19,622 of them were to Kerala. main reasons for subdued more transmissible and evade people inoculated in a single from Kerala alone, the high- The Union Health monsoon in August is negative protection provided by vac- day. This is the highest-ever est among the states, prompt- Ministry officials said that Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) cines, have been detected in single-day number, taking the ing Union Health Minister there is a need for “smart and which is normally India so far. total vaccination coverage in Mansukh Mandaviya to hold strategic lockdown” as over %  +. .%/ Releasing the forecast for July of the four monsoon unfavourable for monsoon; According to the World the country under the nation- a telephonic conversation with 85% of Kerala’s Covid-19 were the month of September, IMD months. Mostly, August rain complete absence of formation Health Organisation (WHO), wide drive to touch 65.41 health ministers of its neigh- isolated at home. ll eyes are on rainfall activ- Director General Mrutunjay deficits are associated with El of monsoon depressions in it is monitoring the new C.1.2 crore mark. bouring states Tamil Nadu Kerala has not been fol- Aity in September as the Mohapatra said considering Nino and negative Indian August (normally at least two virus strain. However, the UN India also recorded more and Karnataka. Mandaviya lowing the Centre’s advice India Meteorological the expected above normal Ocean Dipole (IOD) events depressions form in August); public health body is yet to deaths compared to the previ- discussed matters related to while reporting the highest Department (IMD) is expect- rainfall activity during (nine out of 15 years). only two low pressure areas classify the reported C.1.2 ous day. According to the Covid-19 management in daily cases in the country, offi- ing above normal rainfall at September, the current defi- Long periods of subdued formed over Bay of Bengal coronavirus variant as either a Health Ministry, on those areas of States of cials insisted, adding that 110 per cent of long period ciency of 9% in seasonal rain- rain in August and July have against a normal of four among ‘variant of interest’ or a ‘vari- Wednesday, the country Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, neighbouring states are feeling average (LPA) to reduce defi- fall during June to August is impacted agriculture. There others. There was very less ant of concern’. reported 460 deaths due to which border Kerala. the heat. ciency and predicted the very likely to reduce and accu- is deficiency in sowing in typhoon activity over the West C.1.2 Covid-19 variant was Covid, while on Tuesday 350 Highlighting the need to The Minister highlighted southwest monsoon is likely to mulated seasonal rainfall from many parts of central India; the Pacific. The remnants of these first detected in South Africa deaths were recorded. take adequate steps to contain the importance of micro-con- be “around the lower end of the 1 June to 30 September 2021 is rain deficiency over north- typhoons move westwards in May, but an alert about the Now, the cumulative the inter-state spread of tainment zones, and focus on normal” this year. A huge very likely to be around the west India particularly normally and help in creating “C.1.2 lineage” was issued by deaths due to Covid in the Covid-19, Mandaviya request- track, test and treat strategy deficit of monsoon rainfall in lower end of the normal. Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, low pressure areas over Bay of the National Institute for county has risen to 4,39,020 till ed the health ministers of to contain the cases, said the August may now, however, The LPA of rainfall during west Uttar Pradesh, west Bengal. Communicable Diseases in Wednesday morning. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to officials. put it at the “lower end of the September based on the data of Rajasthan can be dealt with to As per IMD website, 10 India on Monday. It said, how- normal” with 96% of the LPA. 1961-2010 is about 170 mm. an extent to availability of irri- Union territories / states expe- ever, that the Delta variant is If rainfall activity remains As per the latest forecast, gation.Monsoon entered a rienced rain deficit of 23-52 still the most dominant strain below normal in September, the IMD said Above normal ‘break’ or a ‘partial break’ per cent till August 31. Most of of the coronavirus in South variant’s spread has not yet from certain antibodies, have or deaths), the ‘variants of there is a possibility of rainfall activity is likely over phase thrice this season, main- these states were in the north- Africa. been confirmed by health also been found in C.1.2 interest’ usually show com- drought-like situation in the many parts of central India. ly between June 29 and July 11; east and northwest regions. On medRxiv, a preprint authorities. sequences. munity transmission in multi- country. Skymet weather, a Normal to below normal rain- it was very weak in the first two Manipur, for instance, report- server for health sciences, a According to the study WHO has a system of clas- ple clusters, but are not neces- private forecaster, has earlier fall is most likely over many weeks of August also leading to ed a 58 per cent deficit rainfall paper that is yet to be peer- cited earlier, the C.1.2 lineage sifying coronavirus variants sarily more virulent or trans- predicted below normal rain- areas of northwest, northeast a significant deficit in rains by August-end; Gujarat reviewed pointed out that the has a mutation rate of about based on their transmissibili- missible. fall this year. and southern most parts of across the country. While it received 50 per cent less rain- C.1.2 Covid-19 variant has 41.8 mutations per year, which ty, virulence, or efficacy in the An alert was still issued by By August 31, 10 Union peninsular India. revived over northwest India fall than normal. been detected across the is about twice as fast as the cur- face of social measures. While the South African institute Territories / States experienced The monsoon was mainly on August 19, it weakened In the eastern region, “majority” of provinces in rent global mutation rate of the ‘variants of concern’, such as since the C.1.2 variant is a rain deficit of 23-52 per done in by an unexpectedly again from August 24 onwards Odisha experienced 29 per South Africa and “seven other other variants. So far, the Delta variant, show an reported to contain a few “key cent. Most of these States were huge deficit of 24.1 per cent in and started reviving very grad- cent deficit rain and Kerala countries spanning Africa, researchers say that the muta- increase in transmissibility, mutations” which could trigger in the northeast and northwest rainfall during August, nor- ually from August 29. received 22 per cent less rain- Europe, Asia, and Oceania”; tions N440K and Y449H, asso- more severe disease (for exam- it to become variants of inter- regions. mally the second rainiest after According to IMD, the fall than normal. however, the exact extent of the ciated with immune escape ple, increased hospitalisations est or concern. %   + &  " $"%& '()       ?     ; $" P& *+!       "  
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He has there are structural problems and all the slogans of the ducted searches at the premis- also commanded core sectors on with how it is handling the Prime Minister have only been es of the accused persons at the Line of Control and had a ‘economy’. rhetoric and now the country three places in Rourkela and stint in the Intelligence Bureau.  +. .%/ AK Antony and former Rahul mounted his attack needs a new vision which can Rairangpur in Odisha.  +. .%/ tions in Odisha. Budakoti, who hails from speaker Meira Kumar and on the government over rising revive the economy. It was alleged that the pri- Naxal affected districts in Pauri-Garhwal, Uttarakhand, ongress president Sonia senior party leaders Ambika fuel prices and inflation and “We have to change our vate company Dinesh Das & order Security Force (BSF) Odisha, numbering around 10, has also served in the National CGandhi on Wednesday Soni and Ghulam Nabi Azad, said the situation is at the 1991 vision. Our strategy stopped Sons Mines & Steels Pvt. Ltd., BInspector General Satish include Koraput, Malkangiri, Security Guard (12 SRG) and constituted an 11-member an official statement issued by level. working after 2012 and we Gottivalasa, Garugubulli, Chandra Budakoti has been put Rayagada, Balangir, Kandhamal commanded Z plus security committee headed by for- the party said. “The problem is not cycli- wanted a new approach. PM Andhra Pradesh, represented in-charge of anti-Naxal opera- and Sundargarh. Security pres- around VVIPs including former mer Prime Minister Party general secretary cal, it is structural. The eco- Modi promised that he would by its Directors Dinesh Deputy Prime Minister L K Manmohan Singh to plan Mukul Wasnik will be the nomic crisis that we faced in bring a new approach for Chandra Das, Tarak Nath Das Advani and Narendra Modi and coordinate the year-long convenor of the committee 1991 has resurfaced. The solu- ‘New India’. Those were empty and Tanmay Nath Das, during when he was the Chief Minister celebrations to mark the 75th and its other members are tions that we brought worked promises,” Rahul further the period from April, 2015 to of Gujarat. Son of a former army anniversary of India's former chief minister till 2012 and I believe that added. April, 2018 entered into a con- officer, he was decorated with Independence. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, without a new approach we Rahul also criticised the spiracy with the Senior the President’s medal in 2009. While Manmohan Singh party leaders Pramod Tiwari, will not be able to come out of National Monetisation Pipeline Operative of RSP, Languli will be the chairman of the Mullappally Ramachandran, this crisis. We need a new and took a dig at the ‘Make in Charan Behera besides committee, other members KR Ramesh Kumar and approach. Our plan for the India’ initiative. He said the unknown others and cheated are former defence minister Pradyut Bordoloi, MP. economy, which worked from Congress knows what the the RSP to the tune of Rs approach should be. He 99,47,121, the CBI said. claimed that PM Modi and “It was further alleged that finance minister Nirmala the accused supplier had sub- Sitharaman don’t know how to mitted bills pertaining to raw address these ‘structural’ issues. material supplied to RSP He further said that people enclosing forged/fabricated are angry and the Congress weighment sheets purportedly understands the pulse of the issued by South Eastern nation from the rising prices of Railway (SER) by inflating the fuel and LPG. He said that the weight of raw material Congress workers have been (Quartzite) supplied and restraining themselves from claimed higher payments taking to the street to protest through the bills thereon,” it against the rising fuel prices, said. owing to the Covid-19 pan- It was also alleged that, in demic. furtherance of the said con- “The anger against the spiracy, the Senior government is building but Operative of RSP accepted and voices are being suppressed. processed the bills submitted by Covid-19 pandemic has not the supplier along with forged ended, hence we also do not weighment sheets and accord- want lakhs of people to take to ingly, excess payment of Rs the streets because this can lead 99,47,121 was made to the to other issues. We are exer- supplier, causing loss to cising restraint,” Rahul said. Rourkela Steel Plant, it added. !" +   !"!#!$

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Police and Delhi Police seeking leader of the CPI, who is also the Pinarayi Vijayan led LDF A Dalit woman too was  %8+ The Health department a detailed report along with the the better half of party gener- Government. assaulted by a civil police offi- has been asked to arrange for action initiated against the erring al secretary D Raja, while Raja’s criticism of the Police cer in Kollam district on hief Minister Yogi adequate paramedical staff and public servants within four lic servants. The DGP of Uttar addressing the media at department has come at a time Sunday. “All these point to the CAdityanath ordered the conduct camps round-the- weeks. Pradesh has also been directed Thiruvananthapuram when there has been an possibilities of RSS gangs hav- transfer of the chief medical clock to keep a close watch on A rape survivor and her to ensure the safety and securi- International Airport charged unprecedented increase in ing infiltrated into the State officer (CMO) of Firozabad the situation. He also directed male friend immolated them- ty of the family members of the that Kerala Police has been attacks and assaults of women. Police and they are derailing all and directed all departments ed as her replacement. Besides, senior officers to supervise the selves outside the Supreme victims. Issuing the notices, the infiltrated by RSS and that On Tuesday, 26-year-old laws dealing with women’s concerned to take due care of a team of 11 doctors, including treatment and preventive mea- Court in New Delhi on August NHRC observed that it was could be the reason behind the Suneesha of Payannoor in security in the State. These are medical facilities and cleanli- some experts, were deputed in sures and ensure that cleanli- 16, 2021, alleging police apathy shocking how an alleged victim upswing in the number of Kannur district was found all unpardonable mistakes from ness in view of dengue and viral the affected district. The chil- ness drives were taken up in in probing the charges. Later, of sexual assault was feeling vic- attacks against women and dead in her in-laws’ house. the police,” said Annie Raja, fever deaths of children in dren who fell ill will be looked right earnest. both died while undergoing timised by the system. custodial deaths in Kerala. Though she had given a com- who usually focusses her atten- Firozabad an adjoining areas in after by the team of expert doc- A State-wide surveillance treatment in RML Hospital in Before immolating them- The home department is plaint to Police accusing her tion on national and global the last couple of days. tors drawn from various places. drive will be taken up from Delhi. selves, the victims recorded a directly under the control of husbands and relations of tor- issues. Subsequently, Chief The Chief Minister said September 7 to 16 during As per an official release, the Facebook live video, wherein the chief minister and the attack by turing her, reports in vernacu- The CPI leader, who has a Medical Officer of Firozabad, that the expert team of Indian which health workers will go NHRC issued notices to DGP of woman said that in June 2019, the CPI leader is seen as an lar media say that the police mass following in Kerala, said Dr Neeta Kulshreshta, was sent Council of Medical Research door-to-door to find out if Uttar Pradesh and she had lodged a rape case indirect way of telling that all was indifferent to her pleas. the hike in the attacks on to Aligarh as senior consultant (ICMR) had also been pressed there is anyone suffering from Commissioner of Police of Delhi against an MP from Ghosi (UP), was not well with the Kerala Suneesha’s parents women and children come at a while Dr Dinesh Kumar Premi, into service to test the samples symptoms like viral fever, to submit a detailed report with- Atul Rai, but the accused police Government. The relation Sukumaran and Vanaja alleged time when the Left Democratic earlier posted as Additional and ruled out Covid-19 as the dengue, malaria or other ail- in four weeks along with action officials were supporting the between the CPI(M) and the that they doubted homicide as Front Government was in CMO in Hapur, was appoint- contagion. ments. initiated against the erring pub- offender. PNS CPI too is not cordial follow- the reason behind the death of power. 0         +    -  

# 8? Recognising the need to strengthen science and tech- he Maharashtra nology to shape India into the TGovernment on Wednesday 21st century, the proposed city decided to set up a world-class will help adopt a scientific science city at Pimpri- approach to change, boost the Chinchwad near Pune to devel- scientific temperament among op scientific outlook among the people and students, use the students and prepare them tech for social development, to become students in future. experiential learning approach, The decision to develop a creating curiosity for science .  -
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 & New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate name of their associates.“During the  %8+ (ED) has attached assets worth 25.28 investigation by ED, it was revealed that  %8+ crore of Sanjay Agarwal, Radhika Agarwal the gold procured duty-free from nomi- ttar Pradesh reported 19 new Covid-  %8+ video, the girl and her parents filed a com- and Preet Kumar Agarwal in a case nated agencies like MMTC and State U19 cases on Wednesday while during plaint with Paniyara police station, iming to increase employment oppor- involving smuggling of gold originally Trading Corporation and meant for the last 24 hours, 20 patients recovered. girl student of class 11 at a private demanding strict action against the accused Atunities for the youths and developing meant for export. The attached assets are export used to be diverted in the domes- High recoveries and low number of new Aschool was raped for months and and the school administration. The mis- their skills in Uttar Pradesh, the State in the form of residential villas and 54 kg tic market by Sanjay Agarwal with the Covid-19 cases have eased the active Covid blackmailed by a computer operator of her creant was finally arrested by the police on Government is working to fulfil their gold.The ED initiated money laundering active connivance of his relatives and other caseload in the State to 250. institution in Maharajganj before he was Wednesday. dreams by providing them jobs in the state investigation on the basis of a case regis- associates,” the agency said in state- The active cases in the most populous arrested on Wednesday. In her statement recorded with the itself. Government agencies will impart tered by the DRI, Kolkata, under the pro- ment.Earlier, the agency had arrested Preet state of the country have come down by A case against the accused was regis- police, the victim, a student of class 11, said training to youths under the Chief Minister visions of Customs Act, 1962 for smug- Kumar Agarwal in this case for his active over 99 per cent from its peak capped at tered with Paniyara police station for that the accused was a computer operator Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme in gling of gold and diverting it in the domes- role in the money laundering activities. 3.10 lakh cases on April 30. The new infec- repeatedly raping the minor after black- at her school and he first raped her by government, non-government, cooperative tic market. The Special Court (PMLA), Kolkata tions have also been reduced by over 38,000 mailing her through a sex clip. intoxicating her in the school premises and bodies, corporations, MSMEs and private The agency had carried out search has issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) from its peak which was 38,055 capped on As per reports, the accused raped the the rapist recorded a video of the incident industries. operations at Hyderabad on March 9 and against other accused persons Sanjay April 24 even as other major States continue minor girl a couple of months back and and used it to blackmail her. She said when To promote skill development in the 19 this year and seized incriminating doc- Agarwal, Radhika Agarwal, Ajay Kumar to witness a surge of fresh coronavirus recorded a video of the she refused to co-operate after a few youths and make them self-reliant, as many uments, which revealed acquisition of Agarwal and Avinash Soni. Further inves- infections (daily cases ranging from 22,000- lecherous act. Taking leverage through the months, he uploaded the video on social as 50,000 youths will be trained under var- properties by the accused persons in the tigation is under progress, it added. PNS 2,000). sleazy video, the miscreant forced the vic- media. ious schemes run by the Micro, Small, and tim into submission by threatening to In August, another video went viral in Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) depart- upload the video on social which the manager of the school was seen ment. In addition, 35,000 youth will be  #7   media, and continued to rape her at his in an obscene position with a given apprenticeship training in the will. girl. Industrial Development department. In the last week of August, when the SP of Maharajganj, Pradeep Gupta said Besides the two major departments, O3        4  
P girl refused to cooperate further, the that the matter was being investigated and apprenticeship training will also be impart- accused uploaded the video on the inter- strictest action will be taken against all ed to 37,000 youth in 18 more departments Aligarh: The Trayodashi rites Government Medical College net and it went viral. On watching the viral those found guilty during the probe. of the State. of former Chief Minister would be established in Kalyan Singh started in the Bulandshahr with the cooper- Wednesday morning itself. ation of the Government of Guests started coming to pay India. homage since morning only. CM Yogi Adityanath fur- In the afternoon, Uttar ther said that "Babuji's Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Trayodashi program is being Adityanath reached Atrauli held. We all have come with and took blessings by touching the BJP state president. The the feet of former Chief resolution taken by the former Minister Kalyan Singh's wife Chief Minister for social ser- Ramvati. CM Yogi Adityanath vice, he fulfilled it throughout has announced to rename his life. Lucknow's Cancer Medical Whatever responsibility College after former Chief he got, he did well. He worked Minister Kalyan Singh. sincerely for the party, gov- He said that Kalyan Singh ernment and organization. He fulfilled his responsibility with full determination. He said that he did not back down from any sacrifice. In 1992, he took full responsibility for the disputed structure for the Ram temple. Gave fear free and honest Government inside Uttar Pradesh. He worked for the poor and downtrodden. Babuji did all the work with complete devotion. He Took his respon- sibility in the matter of demo- lition of the structure for the Ram temple. He is one of the few people in the country who has seen the construction of a Ram temple in front of                     !     
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Contrary to the small trade num-     5       bers, the Pakistan Embassy is #      #        ( housed in a large complex in the      $  - S heart of Kathmandu city, which is     7 %       often seen as the epicentre of covert operations at the behest of the ISI. ?        .    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However, it does exploit this opportunity into a            $      Terrorism, the United States rorism desk of Nepal Army’s not provide any working strat- network of illicit activities         ,    !  )  /,!)0 reported that “due to the open Special Force, the training of the egy in this regard, precisely through Nepal and recruit vul-           .          border with India and insufficient personnel in collecting intelli- because Nepal has so far not nerable Afghans on the pretext              # .    security protocols at the country’s gence and on-ground opera- witnessed any terror attacks on of asylum in India. Similarly, sole international airport in tions remains to be tested. its soil, barring its homegrown the nexus between the ISI and            1""     #S   Kathmandu, Nepal could be used The absence of credible Maoists in 1996. In terms of Taliban may play out for   .   89;8   .            as a transit or staging point for security infrastructure in Nepal 6/.0.0. preparedness, the Nepal Army Pakistan-backed terror groups          1    #  $ international terrorists”. In its and a long open, porous bor- participates in a joint military to use the Hamid Karzai     "      .S           2018 report, too, the US had cat- der poses serious security '..0%6/.0 exercise — ‘Surya Kiran’ — with International Airport for smug- egorically mentioned Indian threats to India. In recent years, India, where its personnel train gling purposes, where Nepal   ) (#   )  8988 Mujahideen operating from India’s Counter-Terrorism and '8/+.+6' along with the Indian Army on may well fit as a launching pad. Nepal. On the other hand, Nepal Counter-Radicalisation 0.06.?3 counterterrorism tactics. In Therefore, the Nepal    has a poor counterinsurgency (CTCR) Division, under the 2017 and 2018, the Nepal Army Government should work infrastructure, and in case of a sig- Ministry of Home Affairs, has +O''.8063 for the first time participated in against time to advance its nificant terror scenario, it will be been tasked to monitor the 50.' /.0. the Sagarmatha Exercise with emergency and defence capa- insufficient. There are loopholes growth of madrasas on the China’s People’s Liberation bilities in this context. Above at the Tribhuvan International India-Nepal border. On July 21, '6+ Army aimed at countering ter- all, Nepal needs to be cautious Airport (TIA) regarding the avail- 2015, the Home Ministry had 6.000'6'/. rorism. China, however, has a against its casual approach ability of the latest detection tech- informed the Lok Sabha that different viewpoint towards the towards Islamic extremism as nology. It was only recently that a four infiltrators and 874 smug- 60.6.+6.0 Sagarmatha joint exercise alto- it poses a risk to regional secu- section of the TIA was upgraded glers were arrested from the gether. China has been tackling rity and its own national secu- to welcome tourists in 2019. India-Nepal border. While +6/082/ Free Tibet voices militarily, and rity. On the other hand, India In 2019, a Pakistani national India’s border security infra- +.%)66.6. since Nepal is home to more will have to be wary of such was caught with a load of Indian structure is flawless, Nepal will than 20,000 Tibetan refugees, it developments in Nepal, espe- currency worth 76.80 million. In have to double its intelligence 6'822%. aims to do similar brutalities in cially a potential nexus between 2013, Indian Mujahideen founder and security operations in the +06'+ Nepal. the ISI and China in Nepal. Yasin Bhatkal was arrested by the bordering region. Nepal will To conclude, the rise of the (This is the first of a two- Indian security forces from the also require strengthening its 5.800.+3 Taliban as a legitimate actor in part series on the Afghanistan Nepal-India border. There are sev- intelligence-sharing network +.P%'.' Afghanistan may allow the developments’ impact on Nepal.) eral other such incidents reported with India because information Pakistan-based terror groups to (The author is a Research by India’s security forces where plays a vital role in carrying out increase their presence in Assistant with the Vivekananda Pakistani terrorists have tried to joint operations. Nepal. Nepal may become a International Foundation. The enter India through Nepal, Nepal has come up with a gateway for illegal asylum seek- views expressed are personal.) //  / // 0 / SOUNDBITE             
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( its groups, alienating each from the oth-           (   (   ( ers in an irreconcilable manner, and     (   " (     #  A when the seeds of hatred flourish in all $ 8989             their cussedness and start enveloping the society with their squalor, it is only the    :BC       :(C        politicians who reap that monstrous har-  ;:DE   #   ;FD  %    vest. %  (     (      ;8G    In power, much of their energy and                 4      State’s resources are spent on perpetuat-     /%A!0       ;98E     89;F(89  ing and strengthening these social cleav-                      ages in the pretence of uplifting the backward castes so that they can exploit them in future elections. In the process, the idea of a casteless society, the dream of our constitution makers, becomes an ever-receding mirage. After his botched experiment with 6/.'6. prohibition which has indisputably thwarted Bihar’s economic development '3'6.' ed caste data except for the SCs place the act under the Ninth In 2019, even the Centre passed by depriving the state of revenue exceed- 028?%3+. and STs. Schedule by virtue of Article 31B the 103rd Constitution amend- ing 5000 crore, while failing miserably to 56/. 0%O' Extrapolating the NSSO data, of the Constitution through the ment bill reserving 10 percent curb the ever-thriving smuggling and %+2.'6 in 1980, the Mandal Commission 76th Constitution Amendment quota for EWS under the general bootlegging rackets operating all over the '80+2 had estimated the OBC population Act of 1994, taking it beyond judi- category thereby breaching the 50 state with impunity, Bihar Chief Minister at 52 percent which led to reserva- cial review.However, this amend- per cent limit of reservation. This Nitish Kumar apparently has no more '0+603 tion of 27 per cent for them.This ment itself is presently under judi- has since been challenged before ideas for the revival and resurgence of the +.P%66. percentage remains under dispute; cial review; one only wonders why the Supreme Court where it now 4            )A!#     state. With the old prophet of identity pol- '% a recent report using primary it has taken so many years without stands referred to a five-judge itics, Lalu Prasad Yadav, now a pale school enrolment data from the U- any verdict as yet. bench. The idea of India is fast   )  4     A  ) )  A /.00/3$ reflection of his old self, being back on the .06'5 DISE database which can serve as In 2018, Maharashtra legislat- becoming synonymous with the / )4A))A0    :(D    $        ( political scene after his bail, Nitish prob- a rough proxy, given our nearly ed for reservation for Marathas, idea of reservation and every            )4A))A #         ably feels threatened, especially after his +6+8. cent percent primary enrolment, becoming the state with the second community, regardless of their                   ( close shave in the last Assembly election. 0.'.06+6 suggests that the proportion of gen- highest percentage of reservation social and economic status, are                   With reduced numbers for his MLAs, 626.6' eral category, OBC, SC and ST pop- after Tamil Nadu, touching 65 demanding a share in the pie.     )4A))A         $ ( the ground under his feet has already '802.6/6 ulations are 25, 45, 19 and 11 per- percent; this was struck down ear- In 2011, responding to polit-            . .    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As regards the +6+8.'6 cent, respectively, with wide inter- lier this year by the Supreme Court ical demands from various quar- father-son duo of Lalu and Tejaswi, devel- state variations. which, while refusing to buy the ters, the UPA government con-   ,  ,            opment of the state is the remotest thing 55%680 Various states have been argument that the Marathas were ducted a full-fledged Socio             A$ 8989    in their minds - while the father had '.63..+ demanding increases in the reser- ‘educationally and socially back- Economic Caste Census (SECC) at                  #  turned Bihar into a den of outlaws, the son 56.0'..+ vation quota citing higher percent- ward’, reiterated the 50 percent cap a cost of nearly 5000 crore; the 3          ,  ,   would have emptied the treasury by ful- ..'5 ages of backward castes in their of the Indra Sawhney judgment.It data were published in 2016 but      (        :(F    # filling his promise of 10 lakh Government +..+.+. population and several states have was indeed absurd to treat excluding the caste data which has jobs to unemployed Bihari youth if elect- legislated increased quotas for Marathas who dominate the state's never been made public, ostensi-    -             ( +-.0'.  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Since Pradesh in 2000 reserved all seats of antagonizing dominant and    RH  $  S        %  ;    to demand a caste-based census in Bihar. then, however, as many as nine for ST candidates for the posts of powerful castes that may not have      (  '        )A!# The demand is likely to be echoed by other States - Tamil Nadu, Andhra school teachers in Scheduled sufficiently high numbers.          .,1#1    8G     States, for sure. Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Areas; as expected this was also The caste system is arguably                     The stand of the Union Government,” Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, struck down by the apex court. In one of the world’s longest surviv- as a matter of policy not to enumerate Maharashtra, Haryana and North Eastern India there are ing discriminatory and exploitative              3 I   ( caste-wise population other than SCs and Telangana - have passed laws several States, Meghalaya, social hierarchy. Merits of contin-                  ( STs in the Census",has already been made breaching this cap, though these are Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and ued reservation to mitigate its              "   ( clear by the Government in July. Even yet to be implemented pending Mizoram, for example, which scourge that continues to afflict our               then, Union Minister of State Ramdas judicial examination or have been have reserved upwards of 80 per society even after seven decades of ?                   Athawale and BJP leader Sushil Modi disallowed by the Supreme Court. cent seats in Government jobs, the independence and jeopardise our                have raised the same demand.The Claiming that the backward castes constitutional validity of which economic progress has never been National Commission for Backward constituted 87 percent of its pop- has never been judicially chal-      #                 (The writer is a former in doubt. 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India's GDP rose by a against the US dollar on the Indian economy may well vices rendered was 30 per cent second wave of Covid caused a After touching a lifetime record 20.1 per cent in Q1 due Wednesday as muted domestic grow over 9 per cent in FY22 higher than 86,449 crore col- blip. high of 57,918.71 during the to the low base effect and was equities and a strengthening with tailwinds coming from lected in August 2020, and 14 "With the easing out of session, the 30-share BSE powered by private consump- greenback overseas weighed rapid recovery of manufactur- per cent higher than  98,202 Covid restrictions, GST col- Sensex pared all gains to end tion expenditure and invest- on the market sentiment. ing and construction sectors. crore collected in August 2019. lection for July and August 214.18 points or 0.37 per cent ment. At the interbank forex mar- The data released by the omy back to its pre-Covid size. lation gets fully vaccinated. Sequentially, however, 2021 have again crossed  1 lower at 57,338.21, breaking its The auto sector showed a ket, the local unit opened at Union Ministry of Statistics on According to a Bank of Furthermore, one of the key there was a 3.76 per cent dip in lakh crore, which clearly indi- four-session winning run. flattish trend as sales for August 73.05 against the American Tuesday showed that the coun- Baroda economic research, drivers of growth in CYTD21 August 2021 collection vis-a-vis cates that the economy is recov- Similarly, the broader NSE saw a decline following supply currency and witnessed an try's GDP has recovered swift- GDP is expected to grow at 9.7 has been robust external 1.16 lakh crore mopped up in ering at a fast pace. Nifty snapped its seven-day constraints, he added. intra-day high of 72.92 and a ly to clock a growth of 20.1 per per cent in FY22. The improv- demand, which risks slowing July 2021. Coupled with economic record-setting spree, settling Ajit Mishra, VP - low of 73.50. It finally ended at cent in the April-June quarter ing pace of vaccinations, gov- given the increasing Covid "The gross GST revenue growth, anti-evasion activities, 55.95 points or 0.33 per cent Research, Religare Broking Ltd, 73.08, registering a fall of 8 of FY22 as against a contraction ernment tax collections, cases globally. collected in the month of especially action against fake lower at 17,076.25. said the benchmarks took a paise over its previous closing. of 24.4 per cent seen in the exports and corporate invest- Additionally, surging August 2021 is 1,12,020 crore billers have also been con- It touched an intra-day breather after the recent rally. On Tuesday, the rupee had set- same period of previous year. ments in select sectors are a freight costs and container of which Central GST is tributing to the enhanced GST record of 17,225.75. "Markets may see some tled at 73.00 against the There has been a 49.6 per tailwind for growth, it has said. shortages amid logistic bottle- 20,522 crore, State GST is  collections. Auto stocks were sub- consolidation ahead and it American currency. "Rupee cent growth in Manufacturing Taking a similar line, a necks pose downside risks to 26,605 crore, Integrated GST is The robust GST revenues dued after companies posted would be healthy. pulled back from two-and-a- and 68.3 per cent growth in report by Kotak Institutional growth. So may be the pressure 56,247 crore (including are likely to continue in the muted sales numbers for We reiterate our view to half-month high on back of construction. However, much Equities expects GDP growth of lower agricultural yield this 26,884 crore collected on coming months too," the August. focus on the banking index for short covering along with of the growth is due to the low of 9 per cent in FY22 against year in the wake of projections import of goods) and Cess is finance ministry said. M&M was the top loser further directional move in weaker Asian currencies. base in Q1 FY21. RBI's own projections of 9.5 per of lower than normal mon- 8,646 crore (including 646 ICRA Chief Economist among the Sensex constituents, Nifty. On the downside, the Rebound in dollar index also Though the Q1 growth is cent growth. But the brokerage soon. crore collected on import of Aditi Nayar, however, cau- shedding 2.89 per cent, fol- Nifty may find support around weighed on rupee along with a tad lower than RBI's expec- has cautioned that growth Morgan Stanley research goods)," the Finance Ministry tioned over the sequential dip lowed by Tata Steel, Bajaj the 16,900 zone. Considering dollar buying around 73 odd tation of 21.4 per cent growth, momentum may get disrupted has maintained its estimate of said in a statement. in collection and moderation in Finserv, TCS, HDFC, Infosys the trend, traders should con- levels," said Dilip Parmar, it is still on course to make a if a third wave of the pandem- GDP growth at 10.5 per cent During August this year, the August manufacturing and HCL Tech. tinue with the 'buy on dips' Research Analyst, HDFC good recovery taking the econ- ic comes before a larger popu- for F2022. the revenues from domestic PMI. On the other hand, Asian approach," he added. Securities. 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About 6,50,000 tonne of August as petrol consumption compliant additional tier 1 While the bank has AAA of Civil Aviation, Shri Pradeep to a halt with Indian merchants sugar has already been export- continued to rise but diesel (AT1) bonds, offering a coupon credit rating from local credit Kharola virtually flagged off reporting cancellation of orders ed so far in the current 2020- sales fell, preliminary data from rate of 7.72 per cent. agencies, the AT1 offering is two flights today strengthening in the wake of the current sit- 21 season ending this month, state fuel retailers showed on The issue garnered over- rated AA+, which is the high- the international & domestic uation there, a senior govern- as per the trade data. Sugar sea- Wednesday. While petrol sales whelming response from est rating in the country for aerial connectivity of Madhya ment official said on son runs from October to are already above pre-Covid investors with bids in excess of these instruments in view of Pradesh. The event marked Wednesday. September. "Our sugar levels, diesel continues to lag.  10,000 crore received against the hybrid and high-risk nature the commencement of Indigo’s The Taliban ousted the export to Afghanistan has been State-owned fuel retailers a base issue size of 1,000 of these instruments, the new direct flights on the government in Afghanistan affected now because of the sold 2.43 million tonne of crore, the bank said in a release. release said. Gwalior – Indore (Madhya and took over the control of the prevailing current situation out petrol in August, up 13.6 per "Based on the response, It is the first AT1 bond   +. .%/ demand showed some signs of Pradesh) - Delhi route & country after capturing Kabul there. Some orders have been cent from the year-ago period. the bank has decided to accept issuance in the domestic mar- weakness due to the pandem- resumption of Air India’s last month. cancelled," Joint Secretary in It was 4.1 per cent higher than  4,000 crore at a coupon of ket post the new Sebi regula- ndia's manufacturing sector ic. Yet, factory orders and out- Indore (Madhya Pradesh) – Afghanistan is one of the the Food Ministry Subodh pre-Covid petrol sales of 2.33 7.72 per cent," the release said. tions announced in March this Iactivities moderated in put rose across the consumer, Dubai (UAE) direct flight. top three destinations for Kumar Singh told PTI. million tonne in August 2019. This is the lowest pricing year, it said. August, as business orders and intermediate and investment Shivraj Singh Chauhan, production rose at softer rates goods categories," Pollyanna Chief Minister, Madhya due to the pandemic and rising De Lima, Economics Associate Pradesh graced the event vir- input costs, a monthly survey Director at IHS Markit, said. tually from Bhopal. said on Wednesday. A softer upturn in sales led Several other dignitaries The seasonally adjusted companies to pause their hir- including Shri Narendra Singh IHS Markit India ing efforts, with business con- Tomar, Union Cabinet Minister Manufacturing Purchasing fidence dampened by concerns for Agriculture & Farmers Managers' Index (PMI) stood surrounding the damaging Welfare, Shri Pradhuman Singh at 52.3 in August, down from impact of COVID-19 on Tomar, Energy Minister 55.3 in July, indicating a soft- demand and firms' finances, (Madhya Pradesh), Shri Bharat er rate of growth that was sub- the survey said. 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The shoot was stalled after the ly at certain times of year. home while still sharing it with man’s furnishings can hold pet hair as well as mishap and a doctor was immediately Pet hair has a tendency to embed best friend? pet dander, dust mixes and other aller- Peel pet hair from surfaces called to attend to the actor. While onto a carpeted surface or electrostat- gens. A mini-motorised tool is great for Some vacuums are engineered with Rajveer was advised bed rest for a while, ically “stick” to a hard floor surface. This Practise grooming your pet regular- furniture you can’t put in the wash. nylon and carbon fibre bristles at their the actor being a true professional chose is where vacuum cleaners come to the ly cleaner head to disturb the hair and peel to continue shooting for the sequence, rescue. 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ife Insurance Corporation of India, 1956 by deploying the funds to the best um anytime, anywhere. premiums can be 2021 to October 23, 2021, to facilitate Apart from being a leading Life a premier financial conglomerate advantage of the policy holders as well as paid by giving standing instructions to revival of lapsed policies. Insurance Company, LIC is an interna- Lwith footprints in 14 countries, the community at large. National priori- banks, through debit/credit cards, through Switching of fund type under ULIP tionally recognized financial conglom- entered the 66th year of its existence yes- ties and reasonable returns to the policy- netbanking, IMPS, wallets, prepaid cards, Policy can now be done online by our erate with its presence in fourteen coun- terday, September 1, 2021. True to the holders are the main criteria of the organ- apps, through authorised premium collec- Customers. LIC’s Chatbot, LIC Mitra, is tries. It has also ventured into other objective of nationalisation, LIC is com- isation’s investments. The total funds, tion centres apart from payment in capable of answering a variety of questions financial services through its subsidiaries mitted to propagate the message of life invested for the benefit of the communi- branches and satellite offices. Premium can on the plans available for sale, servicing and associates such as LIC HFL, LIC insurance to reach all insurable people at ty, at large are ` 36,76,170 crores as on also be paid online using MyLIC app, related queries and also premium payment Pension Fund Ltd, LIC Mutual Fund and a reasonable cost. March 31, 2021. downloadable on Android and Windows enquiries. Digital learning platform has AMC Ltd, LIC Cards Services Ltd, IDBI Starting with an initial capital of `five tical crossed the one trillion mark succes- Today LIC offers a bouquet of 32 plans phones. PayTM, PhonePe, GooglePay, been provided to the employees and Bank Ltd, LICHFL Care Homes Limited, crores in 1956, today LIC has an asset base sively for two years in a row by collecting for sale under individual business, each Amazon Pay, Mobikwik are some of the agents. Launch of Gyanpeeth for enhanc- LICHFL Financial Services Limited, and of ` 38,04,610 crores, with life fund to the `1,27,769 crores as new business premium catering to the needs of various segments more recent app based modes that are ing knowledge of employees of the cor- LICHFL Asset Management Company tune of ` 34,36,686 crores. As per a sur- income . of the society viz endowment, term assur- available to customers for premium pay- poration is a step in this direction. LIC Limited. vey report, released by Brand Finance Through its eight zonal offices, 113 ance, children, pension, micro insurance, ment digitally (except ULIP, Health and e- has also launched a mobile app, ANAN- LIC has won 19 awards in the insur- Insurance 100, LIC is ranked as the third divisional offices, 74 customer zones, health insurance and unit linked products term policies). DA (Atma Nirbhar Agents New Business ance category in the year 2020-21; notable strongest and 10th most valuable brand in 2048 branch offices, 1546 satellite offices, et al. Customers are offered with the best Renewal of premium collection trans- Digital mobile application) as a tool for ones being the Golden Peacock Award for the world. Despite two decades of open- more than 42,000 premium points and life products as per their changing needs. actions through the digital infrastructure the onboarding process for new policies Corporate Governance and Readers ing up of the insurance sector, the corpo- plus offices, over one lakh employees, 13.53 In 2020-21 LIC has settled 229.15 lakh have reached an all-time high of 74.8 per through a paperless module. Digest award for the Most Trusted Brand. ration continues to be a market leader by lakh agents, customers are sure to be pro- claims amounting to ` 1,47,754 crores. LIC cent in terms of total amount collected. LIC Golden Jubilee Foundation, LIC has stood tall in challenging holding the majority of market share viz vided with our best services. Besides this, has always been embracing technology for Online facility of loan repayment and loan established in the year 2006, caters to the times of Covid-19 pandemic and has been 66.18 per cent in the first year premium LIC has tied up with eight PSU banks, six providing hassle free services to our cus- interest repayment is available with or community development initiative of the able to provide seamless, unhindered, has- income and 74.58 per cent in the number private banks, 13 regional rural banks, 41 tomers and for making sales and services without logging through the customer por- corporation and works on a large vari- sle free services to our esteemed policy- of policies. During the year 2020-21, Life cooperative banks and one foreign bank easy. Many customer-centric initiatives tal. Online loan request through customer ety of projects focusing on relief of holders. Insurance Corporation of India sold a lit- to enhance productivity. LIC has a formi- have been taken by LIC besides improv- portal is available for premier service reg- poverty or distress, advancement of On this anniversary, LIC thanks all tle over two crores of new policies and reg- dable distribution channel to bring about ing pricing and creating operational effi- istered customers only. education, medical relief and advance- policyholders and stakeholders for repos- istered a growth of 3.48 per cent in the new qualitative and quantitative improvement ciencies. LIC has now facilitated revival of poli- ment of any other object of general pub- ing their unflinching trust in the organ- business in terms of the first year premi- in business. LIC has leveraged various digital plat- cies in the satellite offices and submission lic utility. Since inception, the isation. We rededicate ourselves to the um by collecting an amount of `1.84 lakh LIC has always been a frontrunner in forms for electronic premium payments to of claim forms in any branch across the Foundation has supported NGOs ded- welfare of our customers in the true spir- crores as on March 31, 2021. LIC’s pension the financial and infrastructure develop- provide a seamless experience to cus- country. A special revival campaign has icated to the above causes by sponsor- it of our moto, “Yogakshemam vahamya- and group superannuation business ver- ment of the nation since its inception in tomers which facilitate payment of premi- been launched by LIC from August 23, ing through 589 projects. ham” (thy welfare is our responsibility).

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avitri Jindal, former of the Asia-Africa Business now a change has come and of Jindal saheb for the uplift- opment to the society through Abbas Naqvi, Gajendra Singh SHaryana cabinet minister and Social Forum. daughters are taking lead in ment of the poor, farmers, journalism. The Asian conti- Shekhawat, Kiren Rijiju, Dr and emeritus chairperson of In her address on the several fields. They have got labourers, youth, and women, nent is today a leading eco- Ramdas Athawale, Sadhvi OP Jindal Group was con- occasion, Jindal, while dedi- equal opportunity to join she came into the field of nomic power. India has also Niranjan Jyoti, MP Gautam ferred with international hon- cating this honour to the armed forces also. It is a mat- social service and she will be made a lot of progress in many Gambhir, Manoj Tiwari, our for her achievements in women’s world said that she is ter of great pleasure. devoted to the service of the fields, although there are many Hansraj Hans, Ravi Kishan, the field of women empower- determined to educate and She added that she was a common people till her last such areas like education and Shri Shri Ravishankar, ment. The award was present- empower daughters. Her simple housewife and was tak- breath. health, which have immense Niranjan Hiranandani, Ashish ed to her online by AsiaOne dream is that daughters ing care of her family, but sud- She thanked Rajat Shukla, potential for development. Kumar Chauhan, Anant magazine at the 14th edition of should also get equal oppor- denly due to the death of OP the global head of AsiaOne, Rajasthan’s Governor, Goenka, Rishab Mariwala and the Pride of the Nation Series tunity to serve the country Jindal Saheb, she had to come and said that team AsiaOne Kalraj Mishra, union minister, other dignitaries were also Awards and Business Summit with their ability. She said that forward. To fulfill the dreams should show new light of devel- Anurag Thakur, Mukhtar present during the occasion. NTPC REL awarded by Madhya Pradesh CM

TPC REL received a Letter Nof Award (LoA) from the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, for 325 MW of solar projects in Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) at Shajapur Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh. Chauhan presented the LoA to Agar, Shajapur and Neemuch Solar Park with a capacity of 1500 MW at Bhopal. State DISCOMs and Railways will purchase the power from these projects. Mohit Bhargava, CEO of NTPC REL received the let- ter of award. NTPC REL has won a capac- ity of 105 MW worth `2.35/kWh, and also a capacity of 220 MW tion held on July 19, 2021 for 450 With this, NTPC achieves 4.4. worth `2.33/kWh in the Rewa MW of solar projects at Shajapur GW capacity through tariff + 8
    
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 of the only two companies of India to feature in the (PAL). studio apartments (coaching) income group. The residences offline and online. Applicant top 20. PAL is POWERGRID’s state-of-the-art institute are being implemented by at Studio Apartments (which should have a PAN card and ammu’s directorate of tourism, in collaboration with The Association for Talent Development (ATD, of learning in management and technology, cater- Rajasthan Housing Board. will be turned into a coaching Aadhar card. The full pre- JJKTDC, organised the Jammu Kite Festival’s second formerly ASTD) is the world's largest association ing to both domestic and international clients. At Hub, Pratap Nagar, Jaipur) hub), Pratap Nagar, Jaipur scribed amount of registration edition at Tawi River Front Park on August 28. Owing dedicated to those who develop talent in organi- PAL, training and initiatives are organised for has been started. Only online will be constructed on the for the application will be to the enthusiasm that residents of Jammu have for kites, sations and ATD’s BEST Award is the talent devel- enhancing employee performance, boosting applications will be accepted basis of self-financing scheme. deposited in one go along the festival witnessed huge crowds from various parts opment industry’s most rigorous and coveted recog- employee productivity, improving and strengthen- for these schemes. Application Under the Chief Minister with the form while applying of Jammu. The event was inaugurated by Dr Raghav nition. The global program recognises organisations ing company culture. can be made online by visiting Jan Awas Yojana, 2398 hous- online. Langer, IAS, Divisional Commissioner of Jammu by releasing the string of a kite. Speaking on the occasion he said, “Kite flying has been an integral part of the cul- ture of India. Kites have the ability to drag us out of our homes and go back to childhood for a while. I congrat- !    $   
      ulate Jammu’s directorate of tourism for organising such a festival” While addressing the media, Vivekanand Rai (IRS), the director of tourism in Jammu, shared, “Kites have been a part of a tradition since ancient time and even today they are flown to celebrate various festivals and sentiments. Ever since we started thinking about organ- ising a kite flying festival in Jammu, we were sure that it would get a great response. I would like to thank the people of Jammu for making our initiative a thorough success and using Indian thread for flying kites”. A Total of 50 kite enthusiasts participated in the event. The blue sky was dotted with numerous kites of various shapes, colours and sizes which added to every- one’s delight. It is important to note that the participants used only Indian thread for flying kites. It was ensured at the entry gate by the organisers that none of the par- ticipants can take Chinese thread inside the venue. Subhang Sethi and Mohit Sharma were declared win- ners in two categories and each of them won a two nights-three days stay at Patnitop, sponsored by JKTDC and Jammu’s Directorate of Tourism, for a family of four. All the participants were given certificates in the end. Naresh Kumar, KAS, Deputy Director Tourism (Publicity) expressed, “The purpose of organising this n the second day of his tour to connected to the VDVKC include productive visit to the state thus conclud- ment of Chhattisgarh and other senior ment of the tribal beneficiaries, artisans event was to revive the age-old tradition of kite flying OChhattisgarh, Arjun Munda, the Parapur, Lamraguda, Kutthar, Matnar, ed with this visit which provided a officers and reviewed the progress of the and forest gatherers. This was a produc- and to provide Jammuites an opportunity to witness minister of Tribal Affairs, accompanied Mardom, Badrenga, Kasturpaal, Anjar, glimpse into how the schemes are being implementation of tribal development tive visit as the Hon’ble Minister reviewed patangbaazi out in the open. This festival is also a part by Pravir Krishna, the managing direc- Alnar, Mandr, Chapar-Bhanpuri and implemented on ground. The visit programmes (MFP, VDSHGs and TRI- the ground level implementation, chal- of Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav Celebrations (75 years of tor of TRIFED and other senior officials Katnaar. The members of this VDVKC included a review meeting in Raipur FOOD projects) in the state. lenges and progress of these tribal devel- India’s Independence). This event will be made a regu- of the district administration paid a visit are involved in the procurement and pro- where the minister interacted with Dr Munda also inaugurated two Tribes opment schemes. It is hoped that with lar feature in coming years and will be organised in a to a Van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVKC) cessing of MFPs such as tamarind, Premsai Singh Tekam, the minister for India outlets, one in Jagdalur airport and review, monitoring and implementation more grand manner which will help in attracting tourists in Dhuragaon village on August 28, 2021. mango, bel, amla, jamun, chironjee, school education, tribal and scheduled the other in Chandni Chowk. Besides of the programmes at ground level, there from all parts of India. “ Located in Lohanigunda Tehsil in Bastar jackfruit, and guava. caste, backward class and minority this, the highlight was the visit to the will be an impact in generating income The Festival was attended by the joint director of district and at a distance of 35 kms from At the VDVKC, Munda interacted development, cooperation, government upcoming TRIFOOD project site in for the tribal people and empower tourism, Natasha Kalsotra, KAS, Sukriti Sharma, KAS, Jagdalpur, Dhuragaon has a population with the tribal beneficiaries which com- of Chhattisgarh, the secretary of environ- Jagdalpurwhere he also addressed a Van them. TRIFED continues in its mission GM of JKTDC, Dr Neha Mahajan DDT, planning of 1805 people, mainly tribals. prised both forest gatherers and artisans, ment and forest, the secretary, tribal wel- Dhan convention at the project site. It to effect a complete transformation of Jammu, Rahul Mahajan, accounts officer of Jammu’s Organised by the Bastar district and discussed more about their experi- fare department, government of was attended by beneficiaries of over 10 tribal lives and livelihoods across the directorate of tourism, Sheena Sahni, ADT of Jammu administration, the visit of Munda to the ences with regard to the schemes that Chhattisgarh, the secretary of rural VDVKCs and distributed the Van Dhan country and progress towards an and other officers/officials from the tourism department. VDVKC was an important one. Villages have been implemented. The two-day development and panchayat, govern- Natural awards, recognising the achieve- Atmanirbhar Bharat. &'"! 9   !"!#!$ %&Q &( "
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   Tokyo: World number one defeats in both her women’s shuttler Pramod Bhagat made singles and mixed doubles Barcelona: Barcelona’s 18-year- an impressive start to his cam- matches. Up against Japan’s old striker Ansu Fati is to inher- paign in the men’s singles com- Ayako Suzuki, a Gold medal- it the number 10 shirt worn for $ '6  petition but young Palak Kohli list at the 2009 World years by Lionel Messi, the club endured a tough day at the Championships, the 19-year- said on Wednesday.  0' Tokyo Paralympics, here on old Kohli lost 4-21, 7-21 in just In a short clip published on Wednesday. 19 minutes in a group A social media, the teenager is rance forward Antoine Griezmann has made a shock return to Bhagat, the reigning world women singles class SU5 thrown a blank shirt which he FAtletico Madrid just two years after leaving to join Barcelona, champion, outwitted fellow match. looks at quizzically before hold- on the final day of a hectic European transfer window. Indian Manoj Sarkar 21-10, 21- Kohli, whose left arm is ing it up to the camera, where it Real Madrid also bagged a French international star as Eduardo 23, 21-9 in his men’s singles under-developed since birth, is suddenly emblazoned with his Camavinga arrived from Rennes — but their attempts to sign Kylian group A class SL3 opener that will next take on Turkey’s name and the number 10. Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain failed. lasted 56 minutes. Zehra Baglar on Thursday. “Our new number 10, made World Cup-winning 30-year-old Griezmann, who scored 133 The 33-year-old, who had Kohli and Bhagat had ear- in La Masia,” the caption reads, goals in his first spell with Atletico, has rejoined on a one-year loan contracted polio during his lier gone down fighting against referring to the club’s prestigious deal with an option to extend by another year and an obligation childhood, will face Ukraine’s second seeds Lucas Mazur and youth academy which Fati to buy, the club said. Oleksandr Chyrkov on Faustine Noel in the mixed joined when he was 10-years- Midfield prodigy Camavinga, who is just 18, penned a six-year Thursday. Manoj too will clash doubles group B opener. old. Before Messi, Barca’s num- deal at Real, the club reportedly paying a fee of 31 million euros with Chyrkov on Friday. Bhagat and Kohli, competing ber 10 was worn by other play- plus nine million euros more in bonuses. Earlier, Kohli had a diffi- in SL3-SU5 class, lost 9-21, 21- ers like Ronaldinho, Rivaldo or Real had spent the last week trying to clinch a dizzying deal cult day in office as she suffered 15, 19-21 in 43 minutes. PTI Romario, all Brazilians. AFP for 22-year-old forward Mbappe, making two bids, the last under- stood to be worth a total of 180 million euros. But PSG’s Qatari owners do not need to sell and appear pre- pared to risk losing Mbappe for free at the end of the campaign 5) .' ).& in order to have the World Cup winner, Neymar and Messi togeth- er in attack for at least one season. Real can come back in for Mbappe again in January, when they .;&* . could sign him to a pre-contract agreement to move next summer without having to pay a transfer fee.   +. .%/ rules. Poland with some high quality On Tuesday, PSG also announced the signing of teenage Manika wants to continue sparring partners and will be Portugal defender Nuno Mendes from Sporting Lisbon, on a sea- ndia’s leading table tennis with her training regimen in playing some much needed son-long loan with an option to buy. Iplayers G Sathiyan and Pune while Sathiyan is playing quality matches in the Polish In Barcelona, Brazilian right-back Emerson Royal joined Manika Batra have sought an in the Polish league. “I request Superliga. “And then will rest Tottenham Hotspur for 25 million euros after two seasons on loan exemption from the national (the TTFI) to let me continue and recover for few days in with Real Betis, while teenager Ilaix Moriba head- federation for the national camp with the training plan I follow. Chennai and head to Doha for ed to RB Leipzig for an initial 16 million beginning in Sonipat on I would like to prepare well and WTT on September 17 fol- euros. Thursday, making them ineli- make a lot of effort (for the lowed by Asians at the same They also announced a deadline-day gible for selection for the upcoming events),” she said. place. So, unfortunately will not deal to take Sevilla forward Luuk de Jong upcoming Asian Sathiyan, on his part, said: be able to attend the camp this on loan. Championships as per the new “I am currently training in time.” In the Premier League, Chelsea secured the signing of Atletico midfield-         er Saul Niguez on a season-long loan. New York: World No 1 Ashleigh event outlasted Swiss Early strugglers Barty, coming off wins at Viktorija Golubic 7-5, 4-6, Arsenal signed Japan Wimbledon and Cincinnati, began 7-5 after two hours and 48 defender Takehiro her chase for back-to-back Slam minutes. Tomiyasu from Bologna titles by defeating Russian Vera Olympic champion and for a fee worth a report- Zvonareva 6-1, 7-6 (9/7) at the US 11th seed Belinda Bencic ed £19.8 million, and Open on Tuesday. claimed an opening-round offloaded defender Hector The 25-year-old Australian next win over Arantxa Rus of the Bellerin to Real Betis on a sea- faces Denmark’s Clara Tauson as she Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4 while son-long loan. goes for her sixth title of the year. Iga Swiatek, seeded seventh, On Wednesday former Canadian sixth seed Bianca defeating American qualifier Jamie Bayern Munich defender Jerome Andreescu, the 2019 US Open Loeb, 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 14 Boateng joined Ligue 1 side Lyon on winner who skipped last year’s minutes. AFP a two-year deal after his contract with the German giants expired.