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  .3!81 communiqué, women police beat in-charge, chowki in-    - -     % .    " personnel have been tasked charge, station officer and the xpressing displeasure over with the responsibility of circle officer would be held   !010 Union Centre and Trade Union Ethe increasing incidents of implementing ‘Mission responsible. Coordination Centre have crime against women in the Durachari’. They will identify Meanwhile, ‘Operation armers’ union in Punjab come out in support of “Bharat state, Chief Minister Yogi offenders, whose posters will Shakti’ was also launched in Fbegan their three-day “Rail Bandh”. The Ola Cab Drivers’ Adityanath on Thursday direct- then be put up at public places Lucknow to tackle crimes Roko” protest on Thursday Association and lorry drivers’ ed officials to take strict action across the state. against women in the state. against the three farm Bills, association too have decided to against those involved in sex- The release said that the On the instructions of IG while others have given a call support the farmers and are ual harassment cases. The chief operation would be imple- Lucknow Range, Laxmi Singh, for a nationwide “bandh” on unlikely to operate on Friday. minister also ordered officials mented as to the anti-Romeo this operation was conducted September 25, and indefinite Meanwhile, several social that posters those harassing squads operated in the state. in Unnao, Hardoi, Sitapur, “Rail Roko” protest from media users were quick to females be put up at public The police teams in every dis- Lakhimpur, Rae Bareli and October 1. According to farm- point out that NCB has sum- places to “name and shame” trict would be crack the whip Lucknow rural area. ers’ leaders, roads, highways moned Bollywood actress them. on criminals committing So far, action has been initi- and rail tracks will be blocked. Deepika Padukone on Earlier, posters were put up crimes against women. ated against 2,200 accused in a Farmers from Western September 25 itself in a drug by the administration to “name The chief minister further month. FIRs have been registered , Madhya case, on the day of nationwide and shame” the accused who said that people should know against 822 people while 770 Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West protests by farmers. Social allegedly caused damage to who were the people who were accused have been served notice. Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, media is abuzz with speculation public property during the vitiating the atmosphere in The action also includes litiga- Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra that this may act as a diver- protests against the Citizenship society and indulging in crime tion, restriction and imposition have decided to join the farm- sionary tactic. Amendment Act (CAA) and against women. of challans for hampering the ers’ protests. The farmers have In view of the mass National Register of Citizens He said that in case any peace. This action was taken after also received support from 18 protests, Railway authorities (NRC) in the state capital. incident related to crime reports of molestation surfaced political parties, including the said 26 pairs of special trains According to an official against women took place, the from the area. Congress which has and nine parcel trains will Governments in four States, remain suspended from TMC in West Bengal, Left in September 24 to September 26, Kerala, AAP in Delhi, TRS in while 20 trains have been par- Telangana, Samajwadi Party tially canceled, five terminated R   in Uttar Pradesh, Shiv Sena and before destination.   "           # #$           %   "  NCP in Maharashtra. Among the trains that will &           " '( $   !   ! As many as 10 Central remain suspended are the  2    1 .  /       trade unions, including All Golden Temple Mail Jalpaiguri), Sachkhand Express 1+  3  3   # % !  /      India Trade Union Congress, (Amritsar-Mumbai Central), (Nanded-Amritsar) and    R   -   O National Trades Union Jan Shatabdi Express Shaheed Express (Amritsar- Congress, Centre of Indian (Haridwar-Amritsar), New Jaynagar), officials said. Many  %        45      Trade Unions, Hind Mazdoor Delhi-Jammu Tawi, freight and parcel trains have  ,  46       , % .  !    !010 like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri the overall scenario. Sabha, All India United Trade Karambhoomi (Amritsar-New also been rescheduled.  !   % .      %  Lanka, and Nepal recorded Farmers under the banners .   /   " , .  % .    ix months after India first just 1,666, 533, 11 and 1,172 In many States, ever since of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh % .          Simposed lockdown, the cases respectively. the antigen testing has been Committee and the Bharatiya N+  + O country has emerged as the While India is nearing 6 introduced, the positivity rate "" Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan)  %8  " O,      O      worst global hotspot — so million caseloads, the next in has drastically come down. It squatted on rail tracks in         #  2  much so that India’s daily tally the Asian list is Iran with just clearly shows that the real pic- Barnala, Sangrur, Ferozepur is more than double of Asia and 4.32 lakh cases. Bangladesh, ture of coronavirus spread is far and Amritsar on Thursday  *      9:         one and a half times more than Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and worse than reflected by the out- "  R morning. They have set up        "9; "9: 96 that of entire Europe. Put Turkey occupy third, fourth, come of the tests. tents on railway tracks in the   "        "     together, these two continents fifth, and sixth spots with 3 The situation in Africa is State. Farmers in Fazilka and have more than 100 nations. lakh plus cases. Pakistan has far better than Asia. As many Abohar districts took out trac- the farm Bills. According to A representative of organ- India’s daily spike is also 10 3,07,418 cases. as 57 nations of the continent  %#   tor rallies in their districts. farmers leaders, over 100 farm- isations said roads and railway times more than the total num- The latest trend shows that registered just 8,000 new cases They vowed to gherao BJP ers and arhatiya (commission tracks will be blocked at 125 ber of cases recorded by 57 while Asian countries have on Thursday with an average of      leaders and socially boycott agents) will participate in the places across Punjab. African nations. come to terms with the virus — fewer than 150 cases. Of them, those who voted in favour of nationwide shutdown. Continued on Page 11 When India declared the at least 10 of them recorded no around 16 countries didn’t reg-      first of a series of lockdowns on fresh case on Thursday and 15 ister a single case while nearly March 25, the country had less of them recorded new cases in two dozens logged cases in      "#$%$% "# than 500 Covid-19 cases and double-digit only — Europe is double-digit numbers.         "$&$ ' &)*+ was placed at the bottom of the seeing a resurgence in the The European situation is world tally. In six months, the number of cases and talks of becoming alarming again with   !010 Kolkata: Veteran atomic sci- cases have shot up to nearly 6 fresh lockdowns have begun to the United Kingdom, France entist and former chairman of million, and India now occupies do the rounds. and Spain registering around he farm Bills are loaded in    !" Atomic Energy Commission the second spot in the world. India’s situation is worri- 10,000 new cases every day, but Tfavour of small farmers Dr Sekhar Basu succumbed to During the same period, some because the country con- the USA has stabilised and vis-à-vis investors and these Covid-19 on Thursday at a pri- barring India all other Asian tinues to see bigger spikes numbers are also declining in would completely transform #$$   vate hospital here, a health countries have staged remark- week after weeks. The number some of the worst-affected their lives, said Union take their produce to mandis. department official said. He able fightbacks against coron- of cases is impacted by low test- nations of South America. Agriculture Minister Narendra There are 25-30 people with breathed his last just three avirus. On Thursday, while ing on weekends or reduction However, India is showing Singh Tomar on Thursday. licences in these mandis. They     /./+, “Today Simone Khambatta days after turning 68. “Dr Basu India recorded nearly 87,000 in the number of testing due to no sign of plateauing out. Tomar said the Bills do auction of produce. and Shruti Modi joined the was suffering from Covid and cases, 48 Asian countries put any other reason. While some States like passed by Parliament will Whatever price is decided in ontinuing its investigations investigation and statements in other kidney ailments. He died together reported just 40,000 The huge margin of error Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh bring revolutionary changes in the auction, farmers are bound Cin the Sushant Singh this regard have been record- at 4.50 am,” official said. cases. India’s close neighbours in antigen testing has clouded and Tamil Nadu are reversing the lives of farmers as they can to sell their produce at that Rajput death-related drug case ed at NCB. Tomorrow Rakul the trend and registering a sell their produce to any buyer, price whether they are happy and the expanded Bollywood- and Karishma will be joining & '()        !  reduced number of cases dur- get a guarantee of price of their or not because if they decide drug nexus case, the Narcotic the investigation,” NCBs /     4959<:= =;=;><?=94; ing the last one week, new crops, go for crop diversifica- to take their products and go Control Bureau (NCB) grilled Deputy Director (Operations) ** ,    :>;=5> >>>5>?<;?; States are replacing them with tion, use new technology and home and come back again, Sushant’s ex-manager Shruti KPS Malhotra said. far bigger numbers. reduce their input costs. they will have to pay additional Modi and fashioner designer Sources said that the NCB   % !  >:=:<4 <6?: >65946 For example, Kerala Addressing a Press con- logistics cost,” Singh said. Simone Khambatta and sched- had also called director and 3   # >;5>>?5==4;;;:>5 reported 6,324 new cases and ference here at the BJP head- He said 86 per cent of uled the questioning of actress executive producer Kshitij Ravi   0 ,1-*.-232 .   =?;9?? >=::=6?:44 21 persons died in the State quarters, the Minister said in farmers in the country are Rakul Preet Singh and Deepika Prasad of Karan Johar's during the last 24 hours due to Punjab farmers are taxed by small and marginal who would Padkone’s manager Karishma Dharma Production for ques-  0+.-.4,   9:6:9= ,-*./99;=?> Covid-19. This is the biggest 8.5 per cent in the “mandis” now get the guaranteed price Prakash for Friday and actress tioning on Friday. However, 1+   9=?5:< ;:6:9656;9 single-day spike for the State and they are forced to sell their of their produce from investor Deepika on Saturday. there was no formal confirma- ! 0 8  4<:555 56>4>?9:> which boasted of taking the produce at a low price. They or processor without any risk. Deepika arrived in tion from the NCB that it had best possible measures to con- also bear the transportation He said terms and conditions Mumbai from Goa on indeed issued summons issued 34-3+-3+/ %  4?<9;: 46?64;54=< tain the pandemic. The State cost of moving their produce of the contract farming are Thursday night. to Kshitij.  !0+-45-5,, +   4?;9:: 5?54><?66 has so far not ever crossed to the mandis. loaded in favour of farmers. If As a section of the elec- During Thursday’s ques- , 4:>>59 :654=9?6< 50,000 new cases in a day. “We have given them free- prices of the produce go high tronic media carried on with tioning, Shruti Modi and With winter now knocking dom to sell their produce out- after the contract is signed, their trial of the Bollywood per- Simone were grilled on the 3  4>;;>5 :4; 46?5;: at the door, India will have to side mandis where there is no investor is bound to give sonalities on issues relating to issues that had come to -   495<;< ==5946<=44 hope and pray that the situation tax either by the Central or farmer a fixed percentage of the Bollywood-drug nexus, the the fore during the grilling of * -  499?96 4=>; 49>><5;46 human factor has paid little “Farmers do farming and Continued on Page 11 tioned Simone for five hours. Continued on Page 11 /    44>=:4 9499<6;<> results so far.  %$ &'                )                 (                         "                        /./+,   /./+,     New Delhi: American cult   "  bike manufacturer Harley           #        ormer Australia batsman Dean Jones, one of audi Arabia has partially lifted its suspen- Davidson on Thursday said it the finest exponents of ODI cricket, died of a sion order for travel to India. Now flights is discontinuing sales and  !       F S # R  " #$% sudden cardiac arrest in Mumbai on Thursday. would be allowed from Saudi Arabia to India manufacturing operations in Jones, 59, was in but not from India to Saudi Arabia. India, a decade after it start- "    "  "   "       Mumbai with the Star Late on Wednesday night, Air India ed selling its premium bikes in Sports’ commentary Express informed passengers of a partial relax- the country.    #    !010      N O team for the Indian ation in the Saudi Arabian order. Industry sources said the Premier League. He The airline’s official Twitter handle said, company is looking to tie up ( )                          *+ O      was in a bio-bubble in “Air India Express Vande Bharat flights with a partner to run its busi- rime Minister Narendra a city hotel. He is sur- would continue to carry passengers on it’s ness in the country. The India Modi on Thursday inter-                         P    !   !   $ vived by his wife and flights from Saudi Arabia to India. The action will include an associ- acted with fitness influencers, two daughters. Airline would not carry passengers from ated workforce reduction of sports persons and citizens     Jones played 52 India to Saudi Arabia.” approximately 70 employees, during a nationwide online Fit Diwekar, sharing anecdotes an attempt to involve citizens     Tests and 164 ODIs for Australia and was part of In a circular issued on Tuesday, Saudi Harley-Davidson Inc said in an India Dialogue organised to and tips of their own fitness of the country to draw out a  %,  "   the 1987 World Cup winning team. Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation SEC filing. celebrate the first anniversary journey while drawing out plan to make India a fit nation.        “It is with great sadness that we share the news said it was “suspending travel to and from the In a separate statement, of the Fit India Movement. guidance from the Prime The Prime Minister said       of the passing away of Dean Mervyn Jones AM. following countries: (India, Brazil and Harley-Davidson said it plans The online interaction saw Minister on his thoughts about fitness is not something which    -  He died of a sudden cardiac arrest,” Star Sports Argentina) including any person who has been to close its manufacturing facil- participants, including cricketer fitness and good health. is very difficult to achieve but .   $ said a press release. According to an IPL source, in any of the mentioned countries above ity in Bawal (Haryana) and sig- Virat Kohli, actor-model and Brainchild of the Prime requires about thirty minutes it happened in matter of seconds. in the last 14 days prior to their arrival to nificantly reduce the size of its fitness-freak Milind Soman Minister as a people’s move- “dose” of exercise daily. Detailed report on P14 the Kingdom”. sales office in Gurgaon. and nutrition expert Rujuta ment, the Fit India Dialogue is Continued on Page 11    !" #$ %&'%(%(   /         &2%&#,, .    Lucknow (PNS): Aam Aadmi Party (state president, Sabhajeet Singh said on Thursday that the party would contest on all the seats in the panchayat elections. Singh said the party had set up district   .3!81  1    2'- level committees in 287 Assembly constituencies and committees for other constituencies would be formed soon. He said the party ttar Pradesh Chief was carrying out a ‘Jan Jan Oximetre’ campaign in all districts of UMinister Yogi Adityanath Uttar Pradesh. Singh said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has asked officials to start the       had done historic work by implementing the Kejriwal model of process to link medical insti- development, under which people were being provided with free tutes with virtual ICUs by electricity, water supply and good education and health facilities using technology in such a way   .3!81 The chief minister said the National in New Delhi. Addressing a press conference, AAP national that the serious patients may Education Policy-2020 also espouses the cause spokesman Dilip Pandey said the people would break the myth of get treatment from experi- tressing the need of imparting uniform edu- of uniform education. casteism in Uttar Pradesh panchayat and other elections. Pandey enced doctors. Scation to all the students of the state, Uttar “There is ample scope and need of the time said the party would welcome those convinced with the Kejriwal He also asked the officials Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on for a multi-discipline education system weav- form of governance in New Delhi. “If they think, Kejriwal has done to keep ventilators/high flow Thursday said that uniformity in education ing various streams like science, arts, social sci- public welfare work, served the people who voted the party to power, nasal cannula (HFNC) func- would bring equality in society. ence, humanities, engineering and sports into provided electricity and water supply free of cost, improved schools tional in all districts. “In view of the future requirements, the edu- a unified syllabus,” he said. and hospitals and the quality of education and has bravely fought Presiding over a high-level be conducted through RT-PCR The chief minister said cation should be unified and all levels of edu- The chief minister said digital technology the coronavirus pandemic, they are welcome in the party,” he said. Unlock review meeting at the and the rest by rapid antigen that the people should be sen- cation should be coordinated so that students brought by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Bhawan here on Thursday, method. He further directed sitised about protection from have alternatives to choose their areas of skill,’’ the country in 2014 had proved to be very use- Yogi also directed officials to officials to increase the number COVID-19 in view of coming the chief minister said while dedicating to the ful. adopt an effective strategy to of beds in Covid Level-2 and festivals. He said the festivals people of the state the Unified Re-imagined “We managed to bust several conspiracies control spread of novel coron- Level-3 hospitals. had to be celebrated at home Innovation for Student Empowerment (U- of fake teachers through digital technology,” he avirus in districts where 100 or The chief minister stressed and no public functions should Rise) portal at a function in Lok Bhawan here said. more positive cases are being on taking up enforcement exer- be organised and all the norms on Thursday. Through this, all students, teachers, train- found every day for the last one cise to check observance of of social distancing and use of It is a joint initiative of the Technical ers, institutions providing employment related week. social distancing and use of masks should be followed Education department, Training and to technical education, ITI and skill development The chief minister direct- masks by people. strictly. Employment department and Skill Development may converge on one place with all the relevant ed the chief secretary, addition- “Create micro-contain- The chief minister direct- Mission that has been developed by Dr APJ information about the life-cycle of a student al chief secretaries of home ment zones as and where ed officials to review progress Abdul Kalam Technical University. being available here. (health and medical educa- required. Public address sys- of Smart City projects and Underlining the importance of this portal, It will not only empower the students but tion) along with medical tems should be functional all AMRUT Yojana on a regular the chief minister said the convergence of edu- also provide them a useful platform to get experts to hold a detailed dis- the time to spread awareness basis. He asked them to pro- cationists, employers and researchers through exposed and open up to the entire world. The cussion to finalise the action about protection from coron- ceed in an organised manner to this portal would benefit lakhs of students. aim of the portal is to ensure uniform quality plan in this regard. avirus and the prevailing traf- get maximum benefits of the “It will empower them by providing them education to all the students who can improve He reiterated that nodal fic rules,” he said. special economic package every possible information from online exams their learning curve while using this portal. officers be nominated in these The chief minister direct- announced by Prime Minister to digital contents, digital assessment, to digi- It, in fact, is a place with a unique network districts with deployment of ed officials to maintain the Narendra Modi. He said that tal examination papers, webinar to internship, of trainers, faculty and industry. The students special secretary-rank officers availability of all protective more and more labourers and e-library, recorded video content and lastly once registered will continue to receive its ben- with each of nodal officer. gears, including masks, PPE street vendors should be facil- employment,” he pointed out. efits life-long and their track records will also The chief minister asked kits and sanitiser and medi- itated to get loans and the The chief minister said that about 20 lakh be digitally stored which will help them in the officials to maximise contact cines, testing kits used in the loaning for MSME units students, who were getting vocational and future for employment purposes etc. tracing for effective control on treatment. through packages should be technical education, would be benefited from On the occasion, the chief minister released coronavirus infection. He also “The Health department facilitated accordingly. this portal which would guide them from learn- Rs 100 crore in the second phase of Deendayal asked them to target high risk should also review these He asked the officials to ing to career counselling to employment. The Upadhyay Quality Improvement programme. It groups and put them to tests. requirements from time to keep cow shelters in e-content, e-library and online courses available will be spent on the development of digital and He said one-third of the time,” he added, stressing on Bundelkhand region properly on this portal would reach even the most inte- physical infrastructure of various technical total Covid tests per day should sanitation and cleanliness. functional. rior parts of the state, he said. institutions in the state.    '   

  .3!81 ASP Prakash Kumar said the carbine inside his barrack     the girl’s statement under early Thursday morning. 19-year-old Dalit girl was Section 161 of CrPC was not IG Moradabad Range, Lucknow (PNS): Hitting out at Chinmayanand also be put Aallegedly gang-raped by recorded earlier by the investi- Ramit Sharma and SSP the Yogi Adityanath govern- up?,” the SP MLC said. four persons who also tried to gating officer as she had been Moradabad, Prabhakar ment over its decision to put up “We too believe that strin- strangle her to death to conceal in the ICU after she was Chowdhary, rushed to the spot. posters of people accused of gent action must be taken the crime in Hathras. referred to Jawaharlal Nehru They claimed that Hussain, eve-teasing, the Samajwadi against the culprits, but let the The girl has been admitted Medical College in Aligarh hailing from Pilibhit, went on Party on Thursday asked the courts do their work,” Sajan to an intensive care unit (ICU) from Hathras district hospital. 10 days’ leave but joined after government to put up posters said. in Aligarh medical college hos- He said the chargesheet would remaining missing for 10 more of those supporting rape pital. She managed to give her be filed soon. days just on Wednesday accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar statement to the police days Congress MLC Deepak evening. His family members and Swami Chinmayanand. NOTICE after the incident and stated Singh also met the survivor and were informed of the incident The advice from a that she was raped by four alleged that the family was and the police were probing the Samajwadi Party leader came I have change my name upper caste men on September being threatened by the reason for the suicide, after the BJP government Sazid Khusain Khan to Sajid 14 when she had gone to col- accused as well as the police. Chowdhary claimed. decided to put up posters of Husain Khan S/o Sabir Husain lect fodder for animals. He said that he would give a Meanwhile in Bahraich, a eve-teasers and those accused Khan for future purpose Earlier, based on her broth- detailed report on the matter to gangster, convicted for killing of other crimes against women, Duphelya Maina Itwa er’s complaint, the police had party general secretary nine people, allegedly stole a at prominent road crossings in Siddharthnagar booked a man identified as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. buffalo while on parole and was the state. Sandeep for attempt to murder Congress leader Sheoraj arrested, police said on SP leader Sunil Singh Sajan and under the provisions of the Jivan Valmiki, who also Thursday. Bulta, alias said here on Thursday that the SC/ST Act. reached Hathras on Wednesday Muneshwar, was arrested on administration had failed to The accused was arrested to meet the survivor’s family Wednesday in connection with curb crimes against women and remanded to judicial cus- members, has demanded the theft case. Bulta and his and its ‘anti-Romeo Squads’ tody after the family alleged action against the police offi- gang killed nine people in the constituted for women’s safety that he had tried to kill the girl cers for delay in recording the Katarniaghat police station area had failed. over some old enmity. statement, adding that injustice of the district in 1992. He was “Today, the UP govern- However, after the victim to the members of the Dalit convicted and sentenced to ment issued a new diktat of regained her conscious and community would not be tol- life imprisonment in 2001. He putting up posters of eve- gave statement to the police, erated. In another incident, a was granted parole by the High teasers. It should first say how rape charges were added to the police head constable reported- Court, Additional many laws it has come up with FIR and three more people ly ended his life in Moradabad. Superintendent of Police in this regard so far. The gov- were booked. According to reports, Mazhar (Rural) Ashok Kumar said. ernment also said that those “One more accused has Hussain, head constable post- The district police have taking sides of the culprits will been held and others, too, will ed in reserve police lines in decided to appeal for getting his be punished. So will posters of be arrested soon,” Hathras SP Moradabad, committed sui- parole cancelled by the High those taking sides of accused Vikrant Vir said on Thursday. cide by shooting himself with Court, he added. like Kuldeep Singh Sengar and         /0   

Lucknow (PNS): After consistently state while 3,17,611 COVID-19 patients Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi touching the over 5,000-mark for the last have recovered, including 4,922 people dis- Adityanath has directed officials to pay more than a month, Friday brought good charged from hospitals on Thursday,” attention in 16 Covid-prone districts news for Uttar Pradesh as the number of Prasad said. where the daily increase of the patients is COVID-19 cases declined, bringing relief On Wednesday, 1,53,458 Covid sam- over 100. among the officials as the recovery rate ple were tested in the state. “There are He has asked officials to deploy a spe- climbed to 82 per cent. 31,751 asymptomatic patients in home iso- cial team to monitor the arrangements and Additional Chief Secretary (Health) lation and 3,644 patients in private hospi- to strengthen contact tracing in districts Amit Mohan Prasad said 4,674 fresh tals and 185 in the semi-paid hotels while like Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Gorakhpur, coronavirus positive cases were reported the rest are in government-run Covid hos- Prayagraj, Noida, Meerut, Ghaziabad, on Thursday while 4,922 people were dis- pitals,? he said. Moradabad, Jhansi Saharanpur and charged, taking the recovery rate to 82.19 The additional chief secretary said that . He also asked the hospitals to per cent. Now the tally of confirmed coro- over 3.78 surveillance teams covered link with virtual ICUs so that the critical navirus cases in the state has gone up to 1,18,865 areas in the state and visited 2.48 patients could get more benefit. He said the 3,84,277. crore houses and checked the health of high risk people should be tested imme- “There are 61,300 active cases in the over 12.32 crore people. diately. "$      &  

  .3!81 ened them with their objection- the backdrop of recent cases of He said that the entire able photographs and videos murder inside some schools,” Close Circuit Television footage n a bizarre incident of whenever they asked for the pay- the secretary told some media would be examined and the Iexploitation through black- ment of their pending salaries. persons. statements of the staff and NOTICE mailing in Meerut, as many as Based on the complaint, The secretary, however, even students would be record- 52 teachers of a private school the police on Wednesday, reg- admitted that for the past few ed before initiating any I am Murti Devi W/o have collectively lodged a com- istered an FIR against the sec- months, the school had action. 6579284 Ex-Sep Murari Singh plaint with the local police, retary and his son under sec- failed to pay salaries to the The financial record of the (Late) declare that as per Army alleging that the school man- tions 504 (intentional insult), teachers. He attributed this school will be also scrutinised to Record my name Murati & agement was covertly filming 354 (a) (sexual harassment) failure to the ongoing pandem- confirm whether the salaries Date of Birth 02-11-1935 is them in the school’s wash- and 354 (c) (voyeurism) of the ic situation. were not paid due to money incorrect. My name is Murti rooms and then using the Indian Penal Code. A case has been registered shortage or not. It may be men- Devi W/o Late Murari Singh & videos and photographs to Meanwhile, the secretary and investigation is underway, tioned that in 2017, the same date of birth 01.07.1940 is writ- blackmail them into working dismissed the allegations of Station House Officer (SHO) of school had ordered its students ten in all of my legal documents without salary for several sexual harassment levelled the Sadar Bazaar police station, to get their hair cut like chief which is correct. Murti Devi w/o months. against him. Vijay Gupta said, adding that a minister Yogi Adityanath’s. The Late Murari Singh, Vill & Po.- Sources said that the teach- “There is no CCTV inside team of officials from the foren- students were also asked to not Bardiha, Teh. Sagari, Dist.- ers, in their complaint, stated the women’s toilet. But they sic department has been roped keep beards “as the school was Azamgarh (U.P.) that the secretary of the school’s have been installed in the gents’ in to provide assistance to the not a madarasa where people management committee threat- toilets. This was done against police in the investigation. offer namaz”.                                                                                                                                                                                   !             "            # $ S                      &                       !          

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Three Covid slum area in Gudamba and protect the elderly from exposure 9,391. patients died at KGMU, works as a sweeper at a cinema to the deadly virus and adopt A senior official at the including a 65-year-old man complex. He is currently living effective preventive measures. CMO office said those who from Hardoi, a 50-year-old with his wife in Banarasi Tola The official pointed out that tested positive in the city man from Hazratganj, and a locality. On Thursday, the cou- till now, 4,949 persons aged above included 59 in Gomtinagar, 49 52-year-old man from ple picked up a fight over in Indiranagar, 38 in Chowk, Amausi. some issue during which the 32 from Rae Bareli road, 27 in In the state, 4,674 persons man attacked his wife with a Chinhat, 26 each in Alambagh tested positive, including 250 knife. He then slashed his own & Vikasnagar, 25 in in Kanpur, 275 in Prayagraj, throat and both started Hazratganj, 24 in Talkatora 23 138 in Gorakhpur and 214 in writhing in pain. Neighbours in Ashiyana, 21 in Aliganj, 19 Ghaziabad, taking the toll to reached the house and alerted each in Thakurganj & Cantt, 3,74,277. There were 68 police. The couple were rushed 17 in Mahanagar, 15 each in deaths across the state. to hospital and later discharged. Bazaarkhala & Vrindavan Besides, 4,922 patients recov- A police spokesman said the Yojana, 12 each in ered, taking the total number couple pleaded anonymity and Gomtinagar Extension, of recoveries in the state to the woman did not give any Telibagh, Sushant Golf City & 3,07,611. There are 61,300 complaint. Naka, 13 each in Hasanganj & active cases in the state.    60 years out of a total of 49,598 and it increases the chances of A team of anti-corruption have contracted coronavirus mortality,” he said. He added organisation nabbed a junior infection, which is approxi- that people should go for daily clerk of Resham Directorate for mately 9.9 per cent. He said that walks with masks on and demanding bribe from a retired out of 647 deceased, 347 have ensure social distancing. driver of the department to been senior citizens, which is CMO Dr Rajendra Prasad release his GPF and insurance 53.1 per cent. Singh said proper care is being on Thursday. The accused, Dr Tanmay Ghatak from meted out to senior citizens Alok Shukla, demanded Rs SGPGI, while talking about who are suffering from Covid- 10,000 from retired driver mortality rate in senior citizens, 19. He said patients having co- Kanhaiya Singh to clear his said co-morbidity is one of the morbidities need to be taken papers for GPF and insurance. most important factor for care of. The victim sought help of anti- deaths. “If the senior citizens Meanwhile, District corruption organisation and have diabetes, the chances of Magistrate Abhishek Prakash the accused was nabbed outside mortality increase by 8-10 per and Divisional Commissioner the office in Vishwas Khand. cent while in case of hyperten- Ranjan Kumar inspection the sion, the chances of mortality Covid hospital of KGMU at increase by 6-7 per cent. If they Limb Centre. The officials suffer from COPD, the chances found no arrangements for the of mortality increase by 7 per stay of attendants. cent. However, age factor also They also inspected the makes a difference. While in control room on the fourth those up to 50 years of age, the floor of the new block and were mortality rate is just one per informed that there are 110 cent, but it starts increasing after beds and 82 of them are occu- 60,” he said. He added that they pied. Except for 26 beds, cam- have the best of facilities and the eras were fixated on all others. treatment is given depending It was also found that a control upon the condition of patients, room was established only for as per respective co-morbidi- the new ward and not for the ties. Dr Tanmay said people old ward, and directions were should avoid the habit of hav- issued to set up separate con- ing meals together for the time trol rooms for new and old being because asymptomatic or wards. The DM inspected TS mildly symptomatic adults may Mishra Hospital where he was pass the infection to senior cit- informed that there are 100 iso- izens. He further pointed out lation beds. There are 18 HDU that patients aged above 60 beds on the first floor and 28 years should be hospitalised critical care beds on the sixth early. “Senior citizens are floor. The DM issued directions brought to the hospital when for deputing a senior resident they start getting pulmonary on duty at the hospital. 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  .3!81 development projects of Kanpur presided over by the CM. Thursday. Pleasant weather also division on Thursday. Recalling Yogi had an interaction with 7   %  made it a nice outing for peo- anpur will soon have a mag- the last visit of Prime MInister them and received direct feed-  "     ple. City magistrate SP Singh Knificent riverfront. The Narendra Modi to Kanpur, Yogi back about the development   "     said as many as 458 people vis- announcement regarding this said, “Modiji was all praise for works in their respective con-   ited the monument till it closed, was made by Chief Minister Yogi the clean water of Ganga, so we stituencies.   .3!81 !     and the income through the sale Adityanath while reviewing the give him the gift of a riverfront He said that the purpose of tickets of was Rs 22,500. in consonance with his feelings of his divisional meetings was ains lashed the city “It was a good turnout towards the holy river.” to have interaction with the Rovernight and throughout considering that it was a rainy      The CM said that Ganga public representatives and the day on Thursday, making day. We followed all Covid pro-      touches many districts of this ensure timely and qualitative the weather pleasant. The city tocols. People are willing to O #" $% $ % division, hence the projects completion of development had received 34.4 mm rainfall come to the monument which    % & ''  % under ‘Namami Gange’ should projects. He said public rep- till 8:30 am on Thursday while has been re-opened after a long (" #))  %%)'%0++ % , be implemented in an effective resentatives should be con- that recorded till 5 pm was 8 time,” he said. He said that #-& % % ."/0,"# %1%  ' 2 %1%  ' % ,",)"" manner. He directed officials sulted about development mm. Met director JP Gupta said monitoring for the Covid pro- " ( 3 24"5+ % ,   concerned to prepare an action projects and if the same were the rains occurred because of a tocols would be carried out till ) " &6/," 7#+ plan for construct of a grand ignored, it would entail action. low pressure area which devel- visitors got accustomed to the riverfront besides expeditious The CM also asked the oped over eastern UP. He said same. He said that after clo- www.etender.up.nic-in  + % ,  O8)'%   8#9 ,% implementation of ‘Namami officials to speed up Smart the south-west monsoon was sure, sanitisation of the entire &:;<73 3% 245 Gange’. City and metro project in still not receding but Lucknow monument would be carried % ,#17  #=3%  % The CM reviewed the Kanpur. He pointed out that was unlikely to receive any cent with eastern UP receiving ture is expected to be around 33 thunderstorm accompanied by out in the evening on a daily 2 $ % ,O("" 243 development projects of Kanpur the under-construction more rains. better rainfall than western UP. degree Celsius and 25 degree lightening at isolated places basis. division comprising Kanpur Bundelkhand Expressway As per Met department, For Lucknowites, it was a respite Celsius, respectively. Rain and over eastern UP. “We cannot carry out sani- 7#+  www.etender.up.nic.in # % / 3 Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Kannauj, would pass through Etawah Lucknow had a rain deficit of 29 from the hot and sultry weath- thundershowers are likely at iso- Meanwhile, it was a good tisation in the presence of vis- # 24 % ,O8  ) Farrukhabad, Auraiya and and Auraiya districts of the per cent and it had to receive er as they enjoyed a cool breeze. lated places over east UP while turnout of visitors at the Asafi itors” he said. He added that 7#+  www.etender.up.nic.in  2 Etawah through video-confer- division and it would give a 868.8 mm rainfall but there was The forecast for Lucknow is the weather is expected to be Imambara, popularly known they had made arrangements   3 #) 5 % , # encing. There are 30 mega-pro- fillip to economic growth of only 488.1 mm rainfall. The partly cloudy sky. The maxi- dry over west UP. There is a as Bada Imambara, which re- for both manual ticketing and #17   +   O( 4  > # jects worth over Rs 50 crore in the state. state has a rain deficit of 18 per mum and minimum tempera- warning of light to moderate opened after lockdown on e-ticketing. "= %2  3)5 each division. Agriculture He directed the officials to  2=  7%+ 7 Minister Surya Pratap Shahi start construction work of #  8 #  % ,"  and Panchayati Raj Minister Kanpur Dehat Medical 6     78/      = /  3/ %= %  Bhupendra Chaudhary, along College. “The delay is not  # 245 =?3%  with all the public representa- good,” he remarked. He also Lucknow (PNS): LMC started said that eight vendors were “The vendors were settled # O#"$ %9"  8 = tives of the division, were pre- asked for reduction in Covid a drive to identify spaces for settled on Solomon Marg, 50 and the process was complet-  ,#17 " % ,% sent in the meeting which was death rate in Farrukhabad the vendors in Aminabad dur- on Prakash Kulfi divider, 15 on ed by evening. A verification  ,%"/#   7#+ district. He expressed surprise ing the weekly market closure Manyawar road, 46 near will be made after the vendors www.etender.up.nic.in A)A%"5 that there was no Covid on Thursday. Officials started Garha Bhandar, 25 on settl in their marked spaces,” %1%  ' % ,##"BB;''% Level-2 hospital in the drive at 6:30 am in the Nazirabad road and 15 on a senior official said. Asked  8;C::CDDD99" % ,##"BBEBBF Farrukhabad. He said every presence of police personnel. Gwynne road. The exercise about the remaining vendors, G''%   8DDEC::CDDD %   bed in the hospitals should Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia witnessed the presence of the official said they had made  33 224<< (:)6 %+ % , have an oxygen supply. said spaces for 438 vendors senior officials along with markings as per the list avail- #"'  //B;/DDD The CM said Kanpur had been identified in the LMC’s enforcement team. The able to them. The exercise was : (D) + % , #"'  continues to be Covid hotspot first phase while over a 100 mayor said these vendors can carried out following a tussle //BE/DDD: (J) + % , and the next six months others would be settled in the set shops from Friday between roadside vendors and #"'  //BF/DDD would be crucial. “One-third second phase. LMC officials onwards. shopkeepers in Aminabad. : (B) + % , #"' " of the total Covid tests per day //G/DDD:     should be conducted through ,         RT-PCR,” he said. The CM O     % also asked the officials to Lucknow (PNS): Having failed to track waist and shot Ashutosh. Victim’s father 9#9 # 41# & ' ) take up enforcement exercise down an accused who had shot his had lodged a case against Jai Singh. %) '%0DDK: ("  :GE and ensure social distancing friend, Ashutosh Trivedi (36) of Khadra, ,%"DBCFCD  2" 73 7-"" and use of masks. at his shop on September 19, police      announced a cash reward of Rs 20,000 Two fraudsters, involved in illegal on his arrest on Thursday. The move mining while using fake e-documents to came after the deceased’s kin protested get the trucks past check posts, were delay in the arrest of the accused. The nabbed by a team of cyber police on protesters received support from leaders Thursday. They were identified as of different political parties as well. Shivanshu Rastogi of Ayodhya and On the fateful day, Ashutosh was in Jeewan Lal Singh aka Bablu Patel of the shop of his friend Jai Singh and the Prayagraj. The team recovered a smart- duo locked horns over some issue. Jai phone and a bank passbook from their Singh whipped out a pistol tucked in his possession. &           .3!81 Baghpat (UP-Haryana border), Jalaun (MP-UP border), o check illegal mining and Fatehpur (MP-UP border) and Tsupply of material by unau- Etawah (MP-UP border) in thorised vehicles, the Mining the first phase. department has decided to set He further said that an e- up checkgates at major entry commerce platform was start- points into the state by ed by the department to facil- October. Besides, the depart- itate sale of minerals to com- ment has also started a portal mon man at the cheapest rate named Mine Mitra to facilitate available. building material at reasonable “Anyone can visit the site, rates to the common man. chose minerals available at Secretary-cum-Director of cheapest rate in different min- Mining department, Dr ing sites of the state and book Roshan Jacob, told news per- it for delivery. Consumers have sons that the department had also been given the option of introduced mining tags to own transportation and col- check illegal mining and trans- lection of the material from the portation by unauthorised site. Jacob said that efforts vehicles. “Besides, it has been were also made to provide decided to set up and operate online contacts of transporters four checkgates’ by next so that consumers could iden- month,” he added. tify transporters ready to sup- The official said that so far ply material and minerals at the 35,000 trucks had been regis- cheapest rates. To do away tered and received mining tags. with delays in disposing of He said the work was delayed complaints or requests made by due to the ongoing pandemic contractors, consumers etc, a but now camps were being charter for every work has organised to expedite the been set. If complaints are not process and ensure that all disposed of within the stipu- vehicles had mining tags. lated period, then action will be Jacob said that checkgates taken against erring officials,” would have RFID Reader, he said. Jacob said that mining Automatic Number Plate of soil carried no royalty so far Recognition (ANPR) cameras but for doing so, one would and Varifocal cameras and have to take permission from would be made operational in the department. /%"."'%%")" "%#'+"

  .3!81 trict president of the party’s minority cell in Aligarh. fter She claimed that after she AMLA in Aligarh created opposed his sexual advances trouble for the party by threat- and issued a warning, the ening the local district police leader sent his goons to her chief not to harass the party house and they attacked her leaders in the beginning of this and her husband last Monday. week, now a former office- The entire incident was record- bearer of BJP District Minority ed on close circuit television. Cell in Aligarh alleged sexual Mohisin said that finding harassment and attempt on no other way and seeing that life by a senior leader of her Imran was adamant to “outrage own party. her modesty”, she had quit the She too accused the local party post. She was secretary in police of working under the the district minority cell. influence of the BJP leader and She denied lodging an FIR claimed that instead of lodging and said that she knew that an FIR, she made a complaint some leaders were trying to to senior party leaders, includ- bring a bad name to the party ing the chief minister, request- in Aligarh so she appraised the ing them to punish the guilty party top leadership of the leader. issue and hoped that she would Farheen Mohisin, hailing get justice. from Usmanphada area of Sources said that Imran Delhigate in Aligarh, levelled denied all charges and claimed sexual harassment charges that efforts were made to against Imran Aleem Saifi, dis- malign his image.    !" #$  %&'%(%(     (1:&+;'() " 07/      *  + department is trying to make  9   !E,*,!,  Earlier, on the instructions  9   !,,,+, this medicine available to more of District Magistrate (DM) and more people. Whether the s many as 146 new Kaushal Raj Sharma, the ongo- s many as 341 patients test report of corona is positive ACOVID-19 patients have ing mass/ group antigen tests Aoutnumbered coronavirus or negative, this medicine will been detected in the district continued and a day ago 604 for the second consecutive day be made available to all the here on Thursday, increasing persons were tested at Shri Shiv on Covid infection, with more patients for free. For this, pri- the total number of cases to Prasad Gupta (SSPG) Hospital than 248 new corona infected vate hospitals have also been 12,345. Besides, the district and out of them, five were late on Wednesday night.. directed to provide ivermectin also saw three more deaths, found positive, while one was These included 28 patients medicine to patients undergo- increasing the toll to 200. detected positive out of 498 admitted to various Covid hos- ing corona examination in During the day, the follow-up tests at Government Women’s pitals and 313 infected com- their hospital. People can also negative reports included 199 Hospital, five out of 173 at LBS pleting home isolation. take this medicine to prevent patients and out of them, 198 Hospital at Ramnagar, one out According to CMO Dr GS corona infection. Ivermectin recovered from home isolation, of 10 at Swami Vivekanand Bajpai, 173 patients were found medicine is very old which is increasing the number to 7,942 Hospital, Bhelupur and eight positive in the antigen test on effective in killing insects. and just one patient has been out of 453 at BHU. However, Wednesday, 58 in the RTPCR Experts from several other discharged from the hospital none out of 100 tests was test (including two private lab institutes, including KGMU and the number of cured found positive at Shivpur CHC. reports) and 17 in the True-not Lucknow, have suggested this patients from the hospitals $   ! %        !    CMO has informed that the test. About 3,500 people were medicine to kill the virus as reached 2,615. The total num- Health department has dis- tested for Covid. A total of 28 well. On this, the government ber of cured patients is now of 1,462 reports received. Till COVID-19 at SSH BHU while tributed 8,168 ivermectin patients were discharged from had directed all the Covid hos- 10,557, leaving 1,588 active then, the total test reports one male aged 87 died at Apex tablets to 1,021 persons. So far, various Covid Care Centres pitals to take this medicine to patients. The recovery rate has received were 1,79,391 and the Hospital. Besides, with the 9.21 lakh tablets were distrib- and Covid Hospitals. the corona patients. This drug improved slightly to 85.51 per results of 6,943 are awaited. Out addition of 17 new red zones, uted to 1.15 lakh persons and Maximum 154 infected are has been given to corona cent but mortality rate of them, 1,67,107 were nega- the total number of hotspots out of them, 7.31 lakh tablets hospitalised at L3 SRN patients in Prayagraj since last remained at 1.62 per cent. tive, while 12,284 positive. The has increased to 1,950 includ- to 91,417 persons were distrib- Hospital. In the same sequence, month. Chief Medical Officer total number of samples col- ing 347 red zones. Two green uted only by the Health depart- 13 infected patients are admit- This is also proving effec- (CMO) Dr VB Singh has lected was 1,96,598. Earlier, two zones have been converted ment while rest of tablets by ted in Kalindipuram Covid tive. Nodal Officer for COVID- informed that in the first report males aged 62 and 59 from into red zones again. There are other departments including Care Centre, 20 in Unani 19, Dr Rishi Sahai said that it of the day by 11 am, 85 posi- Maldahia and Kakarmata 1,603 green zones with 67 new Supply and Education depart- Medical College, 46 in Railway is listed in the list of essential tive patients were detected out respectively succumbed to ones. ments and Civil Defence so far. Hospital, 67 in Beli, 37 in medicines of WHO. This drug United Medicity and 30 in can be given to all individuals Sainath MMA Hospital. (except pregnant women, chil- According to CMO Dr dren under two years of age, Bajpai, the number of active and nursing mothers). He said <   ,.""  corona patients in the district that it is our effort that more is 3,290. At the same time, and more people should take 9,895 patients have become this medicine.  9   !E,*,!,  Jaiswal represents the con- infection free by completing CMO Dr GS Bajpai said stituency. home isolation. Home isolation Corona Deputy Incharge, Dr resident was suffering from that a research has confirmed P Minister of State To make physical verifica- of 313 patients was completed Sujit, a 73-year-old elderly res- an infected kidney infection. that the effect of ivermectin U(Independent Charge) tion, Jaiswal, along with the on Wednesday. ident of Georgetown was He also had other diseases. He drug is very effective in fight- Ravindra Jaiswal has taken the officials including ADM (City), Meanwhile, three corona admitted to Covid treatment in was also dialyzed twice on ing against the virus in viral officers of PWD to the task, ACM and officials of PWD and infected died on Wednesday in a critical condition on Tuesday September 18 after admission. diseases. This prevents the seeing a big pit at Meerapur Nagar Nigam reached Central the district. One of them night. He was also a patient of He died during treatment at 6 process of the virus's proteins Basahi during his on-spot Jail road and then inspected remained infected, who BP and sugar with chronic o'clock on Wednesday evening. getting inside and out of the inspection here on Thursday. Sikraul, Bhim Nagar, Kunj reached SRN Hospital in crit- asthma disease. He died during Meanwhile, the ivermectin cells' DNA. 24 hours after tak- He expressed his surprise that Vihar, Shivpur Bazar, ical condition but died before treatment at 7 o'clock this drug is proving effective in ing this drug, the viral load even after spending 80 lakh Atulanand Bypass, Bhojubir being admitted. morning. treating patients suffering from decreases from 93 per cent to during Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Sindhora Road, Sabzi Mandi According to SRN's The 54-year-old Kanhaipur corona. Now the Health 98 per cent, added Dr Bajpai. (PBD) when such huge struc- Bhojubir, Sarsauli and tures have been built, in which Meerapur Basahi. During his low quality materials were used inspection, he said that due to in the construction. He lack of coordination between instructed the ADM (City) to PWD and Nagar Nigam, con- 6*         prepare a report and sent it to tractors are being given the the government. ‘Such negli- +  #   ,       %       opportunity to delay the work gence would not be tolerated so that the estimated costs can now and action would be taken be increased. The road was not against the guilty officers,’ he held a meeting with the them time to the concerned levelled by Nagar Nigam dur- +  # added. Divisional Commissioner, departments to ensure making ing the last eight months even Jaiswal, checking the real- District Magistrate and other the roads pits-free. Later, the after the completion of IPDS ities of all the claims of officers senior officers in which he DM had constituted four teams work near Sabzi Mandi on  9   !,,,+, She quoted that Right to papers of the official Samajwadi colleges under Higher regarding making the roads had given them instructions to under the leadership of the Bhojubir-Sindhora Road and shelter is fundamental right candidate were rejected. Then Education department Uttar pits-free, himself walked to check the condition of the SDM and magistrates to see the asked the executive engineer of ow the Samajwadi Party under Article 19 (1) (e) read came the opportunity for Richa Pradesh. The result of which many areas to see the quality of roads by making physical ver- condition of roads in City Nagar Nigam to ensure repair Nhas come forward to seek with Article 21 of Constitution who was supported by the SP, has also been announced. In construction work. Recently, he ifications apart from giving North Assembly constituency. of the road within 24 hours. justice for mafia don Atique of India, says the Allahabad and she made it. which 31 candidates were Ahmed who is facing the wrath High Court in Rajesh vs State Atique, though contested declared successful. Among of the Yogi Government at of UP 2019 SCC online Alle and won most of the Assembly those who succeeded were present particularly in and 2555. Atique should have been elections as an independent Soumya Sharma, Vipul Kumar, around Prayagraj. provided with an opportunity candidate, supported by the SP. Anjali Sharma, Anupam     96 : Samajwadi Party leader to regularise the irregular con- Later he joined Apna Dal, but Kumar Yadav, Kirti Madnani, Richa Singh met the Divisional structions, said Richa Singh. won the Parliamentary election Vatsal Priyadarshi Pandey, Commissioner and the District It may be mentioned here from Phulour on SP ticket. Anubhuti Jain, Jyoti Srivastava,  9   !E,*,!,  period. Besides, the visiting Magistrate, and handed them that about a dozen properties RESULTS DECLARED: Garima Yadav, Surabhi officers also inspected the over a memorandum seeking of Atique Ahmed and his gang Uttar Pradesh Public Service Srivastava, Jaya Kumari, Swati ivisional Commissioner CCTV camera control room justice for the family members men have been demolished in Commission (UPPSC) on Mishra, Shailendra Sharma, D(DC) Deepak Agrawal and installed in the CMS’ room. of Atique whose palatial house and around Prayagraj, and Wednesday declared the results Priyanka Shukla, Astha Sakshi, District Magistrate (DM) They also asked how the doc- was also demolished in about 10 haven put under seal. of research officer, lecturer Ruchi Pandey, Akanchha Devi, Kaushal Raj Sharma inspected tors are kept on duty in the Chakiya area, denying shelter Most of the above properties psychology and lecturer auto Akanchha Chaurasia, Amit the ESIC Hospital here on wards and monitor the treat- for the family members. were raised on Nazul land by engineering. Commission Kumar Vishwakarma, Swati Thursday and reviewed the ment of patients. Atique and his younger using muscle power. Secretary Jagdish, Deputy Gupta, Vishal Kumar Gupta, arrangements and facilities During the inspection, the brother Ashraf are in jail while Atique is one of the top Secretary Pushkar Srivastava Krishna Kumari, Ruchi available at this COVID-19 DC wanted to talk to a patient his son is absconding. Atique's gangsters of UP, and he was and Deputy Secretary Lakhan Satyendra Mani Vikram, Sudha level-1 hospital. When the DC and with the help of the con- wife Shaista Parveen has shift- also involved in Guest House Lal Shivhare jointly informed Jaiswal, Yogesh Chandra, inquired about the availability trol room, he asked about the ed to the residence of her par- case of Lucknow where that the research officer catego- Yogendra Pratap Singh, of oxygen cylinders, he was treatment from a patient ents. Mayawati was allegedly molest- ry under Uttar Pradesh Ghanshyam Saroj, Amit informed that there are 28 D - $     .)-&      !    admitted there. He also asked The house of Atique was in ed. Horticulture and Food Kumar. and three B cylinders which are the patient about the supply the name of his mother in Richa Singh, former pres- Processing Department was According to Deputy sufficient for the patients. The about any problem in availabil- token vending machine there and quality of food, changing records, but according to the ident of Allahabad University selected on one of the two Secretary of the Commission, Chief Medical Superintendent ity of resources in view to pro- and asked how one takes the of bed sheets, cleanliness and officials of the Prayagraj Students Union, got an acci- unreserved categories for Lakhan Lal Shivhare, Nisha (CMS) said that currently 24 vide adequate treatment to the token, if one does not know availability of inhalers. The Development Authority the dental entry into the Samajwadi which the interview process Sharma, Durgesh Singh patients of L1 symptoms are patients and assured the hospi- about the machine. He was patient expressed satisfaction whole construction was unau- Party just before the above was conducted on September Bhadauria, Ankur Verma and admitted. DC also inquired tal management that if there is informed that the guards on with the treatment and said thorised and was raised with- students union election, and 18. In which Sachin Kumar Satish Namdev have been about the refilling system of any problem, the same would duty help the people in this that his treatment is being out an approved blue print. then became a candidate fir the Singh has been declared suc- declared successful in the inter- oxygen supply. be diagnosed immediately direction. Sharma was also done well. The DC directed the The SP leader Richa Singh Assembly election. Richa Singh cessful. Similarly, in September, view conducted on September Agrawal asked the medical when it would be brought to informed that at four registra- CMS to give correct informa- is of the view that the pre- had filed her nomination for the Commission conducted an 18 by the Commission for reg- superintendent about the seat- the information of the district tion counters, tokens are being tion about the patients’ condi- scribed legal procedure was not the union election as an inde- interview for selection by direct ular selection by direct recruit- ing area of the patients coming administration. given from such vending tion to their attendants, so followed while demolishing pendent candidate. At the recruitment on 31 posts of ment under the Department of to the hospital, sanitisation DM, while inspecting the machines so that the physical that they would be satisfied and the house of Atique's mother. eleventh hour the nomination psychology lecturer of state Technical Education. and availability of medicines at reception/ registration counters distance can be maintained there was no confusion about the counters. He also asked of the hospital, asked about the during COVID-19 pandemic the treatment. 44       ;  7  89#,R   9   !,,,+, Welcoming the decision to SHUATS NSS volunteer (Monirba), Institute of  9   !E,*,!,  Corporation for the construc- families has been paid. also misbehaved with the of Chief Minister Yogi Chris John. On the occasion Management, Allahabad tion of Phulwaria four-lane Besides, on the spot, work on women of locality. ahant Narendra Giri, Adityanath to create a film city Sports Minister Kiran Rijuju University. Company officials istrict Magistrate (DM) with the cost of 307.77 crore. one out of five pillars was When they reached the Mpresident of Akhil in Noida, the Akhara Parishad was also present. An amount of closely assessed the students' DKaushal Raj Sharma said Discussions were held sever- started earlier by Bridge liquor shop and asked its Bharatiya Akhara Parishad president said that this will also  1 lakh was also awarded to ability, brain skills, confidence, that as many as 55 houses al times at the levels of Corporation but now the license holder to close it, he (ABAP), the largest organisa- increase employment opportu- the SHUATS volunteer Chris and other aspects of personal- have been provided to the Divisional Commissioner and same has also been started on misbehaved with them. tion of saints, has supported nities. It is hoped that the John. ity in various stages of the affected residents during the District Magistrate, but it was the remaining four pillars as Later on, the liquor shop Kannauj MP Subrata Pathak's films made in UP will reflect Dr Rohit Lal said that process. ongoing construction of found that it was not possible well. owner along with his men statement that Bollywood is the Indian culture and civilisa- under the guidance of Pro During this, many ques- Phulwaria four-lane and all to change the alignment tech- PROTEST: Strongly reached the locality and promoting Islamisation. It is tion, Giri added. Vice-Chancellor tions were also asked about the procedures will be complet- nically, he said, adding that protesting the opening of a threatened the women in the part of a conspiracy to divide SHUATS NSS VOLUN- (Administration) Prof (Dr) SB corona from the students. On ed within 24 hours to handover after this, he also made phys- liquor shop at Karsara village absence of male members of the society. TEER BAGS AWARD: Sam Lal and Registrar Prof (Dr) the other hand, in the corona the houses allotted to these ical inspection of the area in Rohania, the villagers on family for opposing the open- Speaking to media per- Higginbottom University of Robin L Prasad, the NSS has set era, where companies are being beneficiaries under Aasra along with the officials of Thursday submitted a memo- ing of shop further, the vil- sons here on Thursday, Mahant Agriculture, Technology and another record. Dr Rohit also sorted, at the same time, stu- scheme of District Urban Bridge Corporation and randum demanding the lagers charged adding, the Narendra Giri said that the Sciences (SHUATS), an insti- thanked to NSS Regional dents have made a place in Development Authority Public Works Department District Magistrate to local police is also favoring the sequence of spoiling the image tute dedicated to agriculture Director, Dr Ashok Kumar ICICI Bank due to their talent (DUDA). Not only this, he said (PWD) and afterwards, the direct the concerned author- shop owner instead of paying of Gods and Goddesses in the education, research and exten- Shroti and State Liaison Officer and ability in which 11 students that the vehicles like Tata alignment was changed in ity to shift it elsewhere from attention to their problem. movies has been going on for sion for the last 110 years and Dr Anshumali Sharma for their of the institute have been select- Magic, Vikam, tractors, trolleys such a technical way so that here. Moreover, the police have years. The situation was differ- the National Service Scheme special support to SHUATS ed for the post of Deputy and labourers have also provid- only the minimum number of A licensed liquor shop made challan of some ent when films started in India. (NSS) of the University has set NSS. Manager. The average annual ed to help the affected residents houses would be affected on was opened in the village unknown villagers in this Movies started with 'Om another achievement as one of Programme Officer package has been fixed at 6.54 carry their belongings to their the spot. which is located near the direction, they charged fur- Namah Shivaay'. The saints the NSS volunteer has been vir- Satyam Kumar Kesari said that lakh. Aditya Vishwakarma new houses allotted to them DM said that many affect- locality and an educational ther. and seers were respected. The tually awarded by the President students are also participating Aishwarya Kesari, Anjali Rajan, under Aasra. ed residents had already start- institution as well which leads The annoyed villagers situation changed in the later of India on Thursday at a pro- actively in the Prime Minister's Harshit Jaiswal, Manisha ‘Though the residents ed shifting their all the to inconveniences to them, the submitted a memorandum period, he added. gramme organised in New Fit India programme, which Kanaujia, Parigyan Singh, were settled illegally on the belongings to Aasra houses villagers including women urging the District Magistrate Now the Akhara Parishad Delhi. will conclude on October 2, Rohit Juyal, Shivam Tiwari, land of Defence department, from Wednesday. In the past, said after submitting a mem- to cancel the challan and also will oppose the attempt to tar- NSS Coordinator Dr Rohit Gandhi Jayanti. With this Shrestha among the students yet the district administration the affected 12 families had orandum at the office of the ask the concerned authority to nish the image of Gods and Lal informed that a programme achievement, there is an atmos- selected in the placement drive had showed generosity and shifted to their allotted hous- DM. shift the shop elsewhere from Goddesses. If needed, legal was organised on Thursday by phere of happiness among the organised under the guidance allotted them houses under es of Aasra scheme. The camp The persons having drinks here in the larger interest of action will be taken against the the Ministry of Youth and SHUATS volunteers, students, of Dr Ekta Verma, Placement the Aasra scheme to protect has been set up by the PWD at the liquor shop passed women and children of the concerned artist, producer and Sports, Government of India at teachers and staff. Officer of Monirba. Dr. Ekta them from being homeless,’ to compensate the construc- filthy remarks on women and village. director. He demanded the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi in ICICI BANK HOLDS Verma informed that the said that DM, adding that one tion work done on the land on children of locality when they Vinod Kumar, Tara Devi, Central and Maharashtra which President Ram Nath PLACEMENT DRIVE: selected students will be trans- of the priorities of the govern- the site, in which the Aadhar passed through there to go to Prabhavati, Heera Mani and Government to take tough Kovind was virtually connect- Placement drive was organised ferred to different parts of the ment was to change the align- card, bank account numbers Aaganwadi Kendra and school many others were present at steps to end Islamisation from ed from Rashtrapati Bhavan. online by ICICI Bank at Motilal country. More placements will ment prepared by the Uttar are being collected. In the of village, the agitated villagers the time of submiting the Bollywood and said that no one He presented the National Nehru Institute of Research and be organised in the coming Pradesh State Bridge past, compensation to nine blamed adding, the dunkards memorandum. should dominate there. Service Scheme Award 2018-19 Business Administration semester.   !" #$ %&'%(%(    

' &(". "'".$#&'"'+ ". &     8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $( 1+#0 nated to Jaunpur Junction. On ‘Clean premises/clean residen- the other hand, on October 10 tial premises day’ being ue to pre-interlocking and the 02233 Ghazipur City- observed on . )-      Dnon-interlocking works in Anand Vihar Terminus - Such cleanliness programmes view of doubling of Aunrihar- Special Train will be run from will be run continuously till Taraon rail section of Varanasi Jaunpur Junction. September 30, CPRO PK Singh  9   !3,!.* division the following trains CLEANLINESS FORT- said. will be diverted/short termi- NIGHT: Under the Swachhta RPF’S BID TO istrict Magistrate Alok nated/short originated, said Pakhwada being observed on PROTECT PASSENGERS: DTiwari has directed the CPRO PK Singh. From the entire Indian Railways from The Railway Protection Force chief medical officer to lodge September 24 to October 10, September 16 to 30 on (RPF), North Eastern Railway an FIR against Gyan Pathology 09089 Ahmedabad-Gorakhpur Izzatnagar, Lucknow and (NER) is making constant which has been found guilty of special running from Varanasi divisions various pro- efforts to protect passengers giving wrong Covid test Ahmedabad will be run on the grammes for cleanliness were and provide them better trav- reports. diverted route i.e. Varanasi Jn- run at various places, stations, el facilities, CPRO PK Singh He said all the 30 samples Jaunpur-Shahganj-Mau. From railway premises and railway said. The RPF team on sent from Gyan Pathology for September 25 to October 11 the colonies etc under the super- September 22 found a 10-year- cross-check were found neg- 09090 Gorakhpur-Ahmedabad vision of the designated offi- old boy in an unclaimed con- ative. special running from Gorakhpur cers. Cleanliness programmes dition in train no 01055 near The district magistrate will be run on the diverted route were organised under ‘Clean Salempur station. On being said the Gyan Pathology i.e. Mau-Shahganj-Jaunpur- premises, clean circulating area’ in questioned the boy said told would remain sealed. Varanasi Jn. Meanwhile from Lucknow Division, ‘Clean that he had boarded the train He said the pathology was September 24 to October 11 the premises/clean residential premis- by mistake. Thereafter the RPF not only giving wrong reports 05008 Lucknow Jn-Varanasi City es’ in Varanasi division and in post, Bhatni, handed over to but was also charging more Special train running from Izzatnagar division on the child to the Childline there. than the rates fixed by the Lucknow Jn will short terminate Wednesday. In Izzatnagar, On September 22 the RPF team government and it He said this              !  /  at Mau Jn. Likewise from Bareilly City, Pilibhit, Kathgodam, received the vehicle no. On pathology was raided after September 25 to October 12 the Lalkuan, Tanakpur, Kashipur, September 22 RPF team found many complaints were ples of COVID-19 and dengue warned private nursing homes Social Welfare Officer patients who were critical and 05007 Varanasi City-Lucknow Rudrapur City, Ramnagar, a 10-year-old boy crying in received against it. patients admitted there were of Kanpur Nagar that they Amnarjeet Singh had been submit their daily reports to Junction special running from Kasganj, Farrukhabad, Mathura train No 02555. On interroga- Meanwhile, during crack- collected and the officials should possess a valid legal made static magistrates of the chief medical officer. Varanasi City will be run from Cantt, Haldwani, Badaun, tion, the boy said that he got sep- down against illegally run were directed to shift them to sanction to run the nursing neuroscience ward and Tiwari said in view of Mau Jn. On October 8, 10 and 11 Hathras City and Kannauj sta- arated from his father while going private nursing homes on another private nursing home homes and have the basic District Development Officer doctors’ crisis in LLR Hospital, the Anand Vihar Terminus- tions of Izzatnagar division clean- to Bandra and by mistake board- Thursday, the district magis- as per their choice. infrastructure and equipment, GP Gautam also placed in the it had been decided to trans- Ghazipur City special running ing in their circulating area and ed this train. The boy RPF post trate found blatant violation of In another similar raid, it especially if they were treating neuroscience ward and fer five doctors from three from Anand Vihar will be short premises was ensured by the Gonda handed him over to norms and directed that FIR was found that another private COVID-19 patients. District Probation Officer cities — Jhansi, Meerut, Agra terminated at Jaunpur Jn. On designated officials. In Lucknow Childline, Gonda. On September be lodged against Mahavir nursing home, Medanta He directed the district Abhay Kumar in the materni- — there. October 09, 11 and 12 the 02219 Junction, Gonda, Gorakhpur, 21 three persons were caught with Nursing Home which was Kanpur Hospital, was also officials to ensure that all the ty ward. He said the five doctors to Ghazipur City-Anand Vihar Badshahnagar, Khalilabad, Basti three bundles of signal cables from running without a licence and running without any registra- patients admitted in this nurs- He said besides them, Zila join LLR Hospital were of pro- Terminus special running from and Mankapur stations of Old Malgodam, Gonda, by had admitted around 40 tion. The district magistrate ing home were shifted to a Udyan Adhikari CP Awasthi fessor rank and were experts Ghazipur City will be run from Lucknow division the designated inspector and staff of RPF post patients, including those suf- directed officials to take legal licensed private nursing home had also been stationed at the from anaesthesia, respiratory Jaunpur Jn. On October 9 the officers and station managers there. Action was taken against fering from COVID-19 and action against it. with Level-2 facility. maternity ward. He said these medicine and medicine 02234 Anand Vihar Terminus- got the circulating area cleaned. them under relevant sections of dengue. He said this nursing home Tiwari said six static mag- static magistrates would departments. Ghazipur City Special Train The designated officials got Railway Property Unlawful Tiwari said what was had been running without istrates had been posted at remain there and monitor the He said with the arrival of running from Anand Vihar the railway colonies and resi- Possession Act and a case was more shocking was that there legal sanction and had admit- LLR Hospital and they would working of the senior doctors these doctors the pressure on Terminus will be short termi- dential areas cleaned under registered against them. was not a single doctor in the ted many patients in violation work in eight-hour shifts. He and the paramedics, keep a LLR Hospital would reduce nursing home except a few of Covid protocol. said Veterinary Officer Dr vigil on the CCTV cameras and its working would be paramedics. He said the sam- The district magistrate Ramapati Mishra and District and take feedback of the much more smoother. 2&. &&!&%'*&"'*%% .

8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '()*+,  also attended by GM (O&M) AC Sahu, GM (FM) M Ramesh, GM 0=7  xecutive Director, NTPC (Maintenance) S Srikrishna, GM #    "  ERihand, Balaji Iyengar, laid the (ADM) N Reddy, GMs (TS) E foundation of 20 MW capacity Nand Kishore and AK Papaneja,    solar power plant recently by dig- CMO of Dhanwantari Hospital Dr "     ging the ground with shovel and Renu Saxena, AGM (HR) KS Murthy, performing traditional rituals. The AGM (FQA) Umesh Kumar Srivastava,  > plant will be set up on ash dyke at AGMs PB Pranjpe, Ravi Shankar and  9   !3,!.* COVID-19 patients about their The district magistrate problem in breathing, he/she Tola Adhaura near Sirsoti village and SK Srivastava, DGM (Project) SC condition. added that senior citizens who should immediately get oneself  9   !3,!.* is targeted to be completed by Srivastava, DGM (TAC) D Mandal istrict Magistrate Alok He said COVID-19 were asymptomatic COVID-19 checked in a pathology. March next year. The function was and project manager (Safety Control DTiwari has asked the home patients opting for home iso- patients and submitted medical He said they could also anpur Nagar reported 274 organised following Covid-19 guidelines and was and Devices) Abhishek Chopra. isolation monitoring commit- lation would have to give an fitness certificate could also be approach the LLR Hospital’s Kfresh cases of coronavirus tee to take feedback from the undertaking that they have allowed home isolation. Flu OPD. Besides, he added, infection till Thursday evening. COVID-19 patients in home home isolation facilities at their He said pregnant women those who come in contact Chief Medical Officer Dr 3Q**"%&!'+"' isolation. houses. He said in case of sur- who were not at high risk and with an affected person and AK Mishra said 274 more He said the family mem- prise visit, if the home isolation were expected to give birth have no symptom should get people had tested positive for 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  -. /#0 organic fertilisers the DM the time to be more alert. He bers of such patients should patient was found not in pos- within three weeks could be themselves checked and if coronavirus infection between appealed to farmers to learn the said arrangements related to strictly monitor the patients session of health check-up kit, allowed home isolation after needed they should also get Wednesday evening and t a seminar organised by ways from experts for preparing treatment, vaccination, and immediately inform the which included a thermometer, obtaining the opinion of a their chest X-rayed. Thursday evening, taking the AAgriculture department in it apart from traditional ways. ambulance service etc was control room if the condition a pulse oximeter, Vitamin C gynaecologist. Tiwari said the most count of confirmed cases to Zila Panchayat on Wednesday The seminar was also the responsibility of the deteriorates. and zinc tablets, masks the per- He also suggested that if a encouraging part was that all 23,937. He said a total of 73 DM SK Patel said that burning addressed by agricultural sci- Health department. However, He said the control room son would be admitted to hos- person was suffering from the people in home isolation cases were discharged and of residue of crop would be taken entists from different institu- the other departments should had to apprise the kin of the pital. fever, cough, sore throat and were getting cured. 6212 COVID-19 patients had as crime and accused might face tions, including South Campus complete their preparations, been cured in the city so far, action. He quipped that when he said. The Panchayat Raj and at present 4331 there were other ways of dis- department had to build more active coronavirus cases were posing of the crop residue then toilets, install more hand- undergoing treatment. why were farmers opting for pumps, repair old ones and 8R" '"   The CMO said 8 detrimental ways like burning it. ensure sanitation in rural area, COVID-19 deaths were He said that farmers were well the Secondary Education reported in the city till aware about its harms but were department had to make stu- Thursday evening taking the adopting it as a shortcut. He dents aware online about the toll to 628. appealed to them to mix residue Barkachha BHU. An earlier precautions to be taken to   He said a total of 5861 in soil and make their fields report said that DM at a meet- check diseases and nagarpa- samples were sent for testing more fertile. Highlighting gov- ing held at Collectorate directed the likas had to ensure cleaning of in the district. ernment schemes introduced in departments concerned to drainage system, total sanita-  9   !3,!.* had a potential to clear farmers’ interest he appealed to achieve the target under the tion, including fogging. For cytokines which caused the them to avail themselves of mega drive to control commu- the Health department the MA Charitable Hospital ‘storm’. He said the double-fil-    them. He further appealed to nicable diseases timely. He said DM made it clear that each and IMonitoring Committee chief tration plasmapheresis was them that agriculture equip- that the health department had every field staff had to remain Dr Pravin Katiyar while effective in removing particles ment were available at half price been made the nodal depart- in their area with updated addressing presspersons on bigger than 55-60 nm and the  for which the applications were ment for it so other depart- information of patients even of Thursday said the dream of the method stood the rationale of being submitted so they should ments had to coordinate with those with fever or cough. He said IMA-Kanpur to set up a full- possibly coronavirus from    apply for it timely and get them it. He said that October that the drive would run from fledged blood bank would be blood. for increasing their yield. month was the transition October 1 to 31 and no laxity fulfilled with the blood bank Addressing the gathering, KANPUR (PNS): Activists of Emphasising over the use of period of the year and it was would be tolerated. becoming functional from Dr VC Rastogi said any per- Joint Forum of Central Trade Friday. son between the age of 18-60 Unions, on the call of their -   < '(    He said this blood bank who had undergone treatment national leadership, staged had been given sanction for and possessed two negative demonstration at the statue of QIT  3 )'. culverts, points and crossings, gave directions to officers in plasmapheresis — a medical Covid test reports was eligible Martyr Chandra Shekhar Azad electric poles, road underpass- connection with height of rail- procedure designed to remove for blood donation. He said the on Thursday in protest against RM, Varanasi Division of es and other safety and distance way tracks, over head cable, 800 some plasma from the blood. person must have a haemo- the anti-labourers and anti- DNER, VK Panjiar made a KV high tension crossing and Dr Katiyar said recently, globin level of 12.5 gm. farmers bills passed in window trailing inspection on traction line of Madhosingh- convalescent plasma containing He said with this blood Parliament. Leaders of INTUC, Manduadih- Prayagraj Rambag Jhusi rail section. He empha- protective antibodies, donated ! "    $-  "%%        bank becoming functional and AITUC, HMS, CITU, AICC- rail section on Wednesday to sised on completing the ongo- from cured COVID-19 having the most modern tech- TU,s AIUTUC, TUCC and see the progress and quality of ing doubling-cum-electrifica- patients, had been shown as a said Severe Acute Respiratory definitive anti viral therapy nologies and facilities, it would independent trade unions affil- ongoing works and review the tion works in the section main- promising and safe treatment Syndrome coronavirus had and aimed to prevent further be successfully able to treat iated to the Joint Forum took safety norms under doubling taining quality and time limit so of the coronavirus infection. He spread throughout the world, complications during viral patients not only of COVID-19 part in the demonstration. the tracks project between that after the inspection of CRS, said during a plasma exchange, most notably causing death clearance. but dengue as well. They handed over a 29- Gyanpur Road and Jhusi rail- the train operations on the route unhealthy plasma was swapped owing to pneumonia and Dr Katiyar said the thera- Dr R Mittal, Dr Rajesh Jain, point memorandum, addressed way stations. DRM first standards. He also made a could be started. He was accom- for healthy plasma or a plasma cytokine storm syndrome. He peutic plasma exchange was the Dr Gaurav Dubey and several to the Governor and President reached Jhusi through new thorough inspection of panied by SDOM Rohit Gupta, SDE substitute, before the blood added that the treatment was separation of plasma from others were present on the of India, to Additional Labour line in his special vehicle. Gyanpur Road and Jhusi rail- (Coordination) Rajiv Agarwal, was returned to the body. He highly supportive with no other blood components and occasion. Commissioner SP Shukla. He checked tracks, fittings, way stations, seeing the yard SDE-III Atul Tripathi, SDEE crossover lines, ballast spread, plans in connection with dou- (Electrical Traction) Pankaj overhead traction, colour light bling of infrastructure devel- Kesharwani, SDS&TE Ashutosh signals, information/warning opment works. Looking at the Pandey and chief project man- boards, station and block sec- maps, he gave directions to the ager of Rail Vikas Nigam &    tions, major and minor bridges, officers concerned. Panjiar also Limited Vikas Chandra. "6     2'" )#! %  "'" "".    9   ! 3,!.* House to RN Lane ( 31 lakh); QIT  3 )'. footpath construction near 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  20) he Cantonment Board has Cantonment Board (6.71 GM of NER Amit Kumar Agarwal conducted a Tdecided to carry out devel- lakh); from Status Club to St SA Premchand Yadav inspected the Awindow trailing inspection between Deoria Sadar opment works worth .1.59 Mary’s School (15.21 lakh), Bgovernment schools of Basic Shiksha and Kusumhi railway stations in view of speedy move- crore. repairing of sewer line near department recently. He inspected the schools ment of goods trains and pro- In the Cantonment Board Pakaria Chauraha ( 3.08 lakh). at Bamhori Kala and Bardar. viding improved freight trans- meeting held on Tuesday, the In the last Board meeting, At Bardar he issued a port facilities to the industry members also approved the it was decided to construct notice to an assistant and traders. He also checked construction of zonal pumping small zonal pumping station. teacher for not attending safety, security and speed of station involving an expendi- But now it has decided to the school for long without goods trains on the route. ture of 12.12 crore. construct big zonal pumping permission. He inspected During his inspection he They also approved a  50 station at a cost of 12.12 primary school, Rirua, and reviewed modernisation work of lakh tender for repairing of crore. the composite upper pri- goods sheds and development of pipeline leakage and laying of Cantonment Board mary school at Laikapur, where he instruct- commercial facilities at Deoria Sadar, Chauri Chaura, new pipelines Chairman Brig Dinar Didhe, ed the authorities for proper implementation Sardarnagar and Kusumhi stations. Agarwal first vis- . Many other estimates Vice Chairman Lakhan Lal of Kayakalp Yojana. He inspected primary ited Deoria Sadar and inspected its goods shed seeing were passed by the Omar, Pushpendra Kumar, Col school, girls’ primary school, and girls’ upper the progress made in development works of increas- Cantonment Board that includ- Anurag Dwivedi, Col UK primary school, Karmer. All the schools are ing trading facilities there. Subsequently he inspected ed road construction up to Vaishya, Lt. Col. MZ Khan, under Dakor block. He instructed all prin- goods sheds of Chauri Chaura, Sardaranagar and Kusumhi Cantonment Board store Prastavna Tewari, Mohd cipals and teachers to get toilets repaired and stations. During his visit he talked to traders and sought their (18.85 lakh); from Tagore %    %    -   % /  Farog Alam, Anita Yadav, schools painted with the budget under suggestions to attract them for transporting goods Road to Circuit House (26.06 Shikha Trivedi and Raju were Kayakalp Yojana. He found that the distribu- through rail. AGM was accompanied by SDCM (Varanasi lakh); from Koela Ghat to Golf Course Gate (27.30 lakh); from Golf Course to Welcome gate (26.53 lakh); from Circuit present. tion of uniforms had been done in all schools. Division) Sanjeev Sharma, SDE-I JK Singh and others.   !" #$ %&'%(%(   

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N+#    "   O Tof Civil "         Apolice Force (CRPF) attained mar- “During the search operation, as the Aviation tyrdom in a terror attack in the central presence of terrorists got ascertained they (MoCA) has Kashmir district of Budgam while a joint were given an opportunity to surrender,   !010 peace, prosperity and security drugs, medical consumables, amended provi-   "    team of the security forces eliminated a however instead the terrorists fired in our South Asia region,” he and protection and test kits to sions regarding hardcore terrorist of Al Badr terror outift indiscriminately upon the joint search isting cross-border terror- added. the region, and a video con- baggage limit on   !010 The General Authority of in a separate encounter in Machama area party, which was retaliated leading to an Lism as one of the main chal- The Minister said, “Over ference of health professionals domestic flights, Civil Aviation in Saudi Arabia, of South Kashmir's Awantipora on encounter. lenges, External Affairs the last 35 years, Saarc has from the region to share infor- giving airline audi Arabia has partially in its order two days ago said, Thursday. Meanwhile, another operation In the ensuing encounter, one ter- Minister S Jaishankar on made significant progress. But mation and best practices on carriers the free- Srelaxed its suspension order “Suspending travel to and from was launched by the security forces in rorist was killed and his body was Thursday said the South Asian our efforts towards collective the pandemic. dom to decide for travel to and from India. It the following countries (India, Sirhama area of Anantnag late Thursday retrieved from the site of encounter. The Association for Regional collaboration and prosperity India had also launched a on it as per their has decided that flights would Brazil and Argentina) includ- evening after receiving inputs about the killed terrorist has been identified as Cooperation (SAARC) has to have been hampered by acts of Covid-19 Information internal policy. be allowed from Saudi Arabia ing any person who has been presence of terrorists in the area. Irfan-ul-Haq Dar of village Gadikhal overcome it to ensure everlast- terrorism and threats to nation- Exchange Platform (COINEX) Ahead of this, to India but not from India to in any of the mentioned coun- Late last evening a Block Charsoo Awantipora associated with pro- ing peace in the region. The al security. to facilitate exchange of spe- passengers fly- Saudi Arabia. tries above in the last (14) days Development Council Chairman of scribed terror outfit Al-Badr”. other hurdles are blocking con- “Such an environment cialised information, helped ing domestic Air India Express, which prior to their arrival in the Khag Budgam, Bhupinder Singh, was As per the police records, the killed nectivity and obstructing trade, impedes our shared objective of the development of an innov- routes were only operates maximum flights Kingdom.” Saudi Arabia said shot dead by the 'unidentified' terrorists terrorist had a long history of criminal he said. realising the full potential of ative website by the Saarc allowed to take between India and the this was in view of the grow- in the Budgam district. His mortal involvement. In April 2019 he was The Minister made these our collective endeavour. It is, Disaster Management Centre one hand bag- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ing number of Covid-19 cases remains were shifted to Jammu on involved in grenade lobbing on Police observations in an obvious ref- therefore, crucial that we col- to provide reliable information gage and one informed passengers of the in these countries. They how- Thursday to perform his last rites. Station Awantipora for which case vide erence to Pakistan while lectively resolve to defeat the and updates on the evolving check-in lug- partial relaxation. ever, excluded passengers who According to the official sources, ter- FIR No. 54/2019 under relevant sections addressing an informal virtu- scourge of terrorism, including situation, and activated the gage. The airline’s official Twitter have official Government invi- rorists targeted a CRPF officer in a bid of law stands registered at Police Station al meeting of foreign ministers the forces that nurture, support Saarc Food Bank mechanism Issuing a handle said, “Air India Express tations from this order. Kuwait to loot his service weapon at Kaisermulla Awantipora and the subject was arrest- of the eight-member grouping. and encourage it. This will to mitigate the impact of the new memoran- Vande Bharat flights would have a blanket ban on travel to in Budgam district. The officer was iden- ed and subsequently sent to Kot Balwal It was not functioning for some generate the much needed trust pandemic, he said. dum, the MoCA continue to carry passengers and from India, jurisdictions tified as Assistant Sub Inspector NC Jail Jammu. Earlier in 2016 he was time now because of differ- and confidence to collectively In his address, Pakistan said, “Baggage on it’s flights from Saudi Arabia like Hong Kong have an ongo- Badoley of 117 Bn,hailing from Nagpur involved in a stone pelting/arson case of ences between India and build a stronger and prosper- foreign minister Shah limitation to India. The Airline would not ing suspension on Air India’s area of Maharashtra. Police Station Awantipora FIR No. Pakistan. ous Saarc.” Mahmood Qureshi spoke of would be as per carry passengers from India to flights to its airport till October According to the local police author- 126/2016 under relevant sections of law The meeting of the foreign India holds Pakistan his country’s “willingness to the airlines’ Saudi Arabia.” 3. ities, after seriously injuring a CRPF offi- stands chargesheeted in the Court of law. ministers is an annual event responsible for cross-border host the 19th SAARC Summit policies.” “The cer the terrorists ran away with his ser- The police spokesman said, “after his held on the margins of the UN terror in Jammu & Kashmir and for obstacles created in its matter with regard to check-in baggage hand baggage per passenger must be vice weapon. Later ASI Badoley suc- release in April 2020, Irfan-ul-Haq was General Assembly (UNGA) in (J&K). way to be removed for SAARC has been reviewed based on the feed- allowed. Passengers were also allowed cumbed to injuries at the Army's 92 base secretly involved in terror activities New York. These meetings Jaishankar said he had also to function as an effective back/inputs received from the con- to carry check-in baggage up to 20 kg hospital at Badami Bagh. In a second which include Al-Badr related recruit- have often seen sharp reaffirmed India’s commit- instrument of regional coop- cerned stakeholders,” the ministry without any additional charge. operation of the day,the joint teams of the ment in Awantipora & Tral areas. He was exchanges between the two ment to its “neighbourhood eration”. noted. Following the notice, airlines will Currently, airlines are permitted to security forces eliminated an Al-Badr ter- an important motivator and influenced nations in recent years. first” policy and towards build- The summit was scheduled be able to reset the domestic check-in operate not more than 60 per cent of rorist in Machama area of Awantipora. young minds for joining terror ranks in “Cross-border terrorism, ing a connected, integrated, to be held in Islamabad in baggage limit back to 15 kg as it will their pre-COVID domestic flights. According to a police spokesman, the Awantipora/Tral areas”. blocking connectivity and secure and prosperous South November 2016 but was called help them slightly increase their rev- Recently, in a significant state- obstructing trade are three key Asia. He also highlighted off after an attack on an Indian enues. ment Union Civil Aviation Minister challenges that SAARC must India’s Covid-19-related coop- Army camp at Uri in Kashmir When the domestic passenger Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday told the overcome,” Jaishankar said in a eration efforts, including a that was blamed on Pakistan- flights resumed on May 25 after a gap Rajya Sabha that by the time its Diwali 9 :';       string of tweets highlighting the commitment of $10 million to based terrorists. Since then, of two months due to the coronavirus and towards the end of the year, India contents of his speech. “Only the emergency fund for the SAARC has largely been dor- pandemic, the ministry had stated would have pre-Covid aviation figures then will we see enduring region, the supply of essential mant. that only one check-in baggage and one of 3,00,000 passengers a day. 8    38 875 Covid-19 patients as on Thursday evening. The chief minister disclosed n yet another sign that the situation that out of the 6,324 persons tested pos- Iarising out of Covid-19 has gone out itive on Thursday, 5,321 persons con-      % 6-    .),   7)! of control in Kerala, the State on tracted the disease through social con- Thursday diagnosed 6,324 persons tacts. with the pandemic (the highest num- Abhijit, President of Kerala -012      7 ber to test positive on a single day till Students Union, who impersonated        date). Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan while undergoing Covid-19 detection to protesting farmers were said that 21 persons died in the State test would face criminal charges under         !010 taken at a meeting of the State   !010 ing bio-data of six persons of the during the last 24 hours due to Covid- IPC and and Kerala Epidemic Acts, said Unit Chiefs and General complainant’s firm to the Office 19. the Chief Minister. A person has been   !010 he Congress on Thursday Secretaries early this week. he CBI on Thursday arrest- of GE (I), MES, Bhubaneswar Briefing the media on Thursday taken into custody at the capital city for Tlaunched a two-month- The protest across the country Ted a Military Engineer for formal approval relating to evening, Vijayan said that there were video filming the nude scenes of a he Union Health Ministry on Thursday said long nationwide agitation will be led by party chief Sonia Services (MES) Junior the Work Order in favour of vic- 45,919 Covid-19 patients across the woman who was under observation in Tthat new recoveries in India have continued to against the Centre for passing Gandhi and former chief Engineer for accepting a bribe tim firm. The CBI laid a trap State as on date. Kerala may overtake a Covid monitoring centre. exceed the new cases for the last six days, pushing the farm bills during the Rahul Gandhi who have of 30,000. In a separate case, and caught the accused red- Tamil Nadu if this is the trend, accord- Chief Minister Vijayan also dis- the national recovery rate to 81.55 per cent. Monsoon Session of returned from the abroad after the agency arrested three GST handed while demanding and ing to medical professionals in the State. closed that the State had never experi- This even as India’s Covid-19 caseload Parliament. The Congress said the former’s treatment. officials in a graft case of 5 accepting the bribe amount Tamil Nadu succeeded in containing enced such a grievous situation as it was breached the 57-lakh mark and the death toll went they will be also supporting the Party chief spokesman lakh. from the complainant. the number of new patients on facing right now. “But it is only because past 91,000, protests announced by various Randeep Surjewala informed The MES Junior Engineer Searches at the office and Thursday to 5,692 while there were 46, of the irresponsible attitude of the oppo- In all, 87,374 recoveries have been registered farmers groups across the that in due course the protest Rajiv Ranjan Reddy was post- residence of the accused officials 405 patients across the State. sition parties and the leader of the in the last 24 hours in the country, while the num- country. may be joined by other ed at Paradeep (Odisha) and were conducted leading to For the first time, Kozhikode Opposition. Kerala was the role model ber of new confirmed cases stands at 86,508. With Widespread protests, espe- Opposition parties and like- was nabbed while demanding recovery of incriminating doc- topped the table of districts with the for the country as well as other nations this, the total number of recoveries are 46.7 lakh cially in states like Punjab and minded parties. and accepting the bribe from the uments, the agency said. highest number of patients-883. Out of in how to check the spread of the pan- (46,74,987). The death toll climbed to 91,149 with Haryana, where farmers and Several opposition parties complainant, officials said. In the GST graft case, the this, 820 contracted the pandemic demic. The demonstrations and agita- 1,129 people succumbing to the disease in a span farmer organisations have have protested the passage of The agency has registered a agency arrested two through social contacts, said Vijayan. tions staged by the opposition parties of 24 hours. taken to the streets while the farm bills in Parliament case under various Sections of Superintendents and one Thiruvananthapuram district had caused havoc in the State,” said Vijayan. The Covid-19 case fatality rate due to the coro- opposing the move, are going and have boycotted the pro- the Prevention of Corruption Inspector, all working in the navirus infection was recorded at 1.59 per cent. on. ceedings of both Houses. Act on a complaint alleging that office of Commissioner, Central There are 9,66,382 active cases of coronavirus A farmers’ body will hold Opposition parties had also the accused official demanded Goods & Service Tax, Central infection in the country which comprises 16.86 per a ‘rail roko’ agitation till taken out march inside a bribe of 30,000 from com- Excise, Belgaum (Karnataka) in %   6 $     cent of the total caseload, the Ministry said. September 26 to lodge their Parliament during this plainant’s relative for forward- an alleged bribery case India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh protest against the three agri- Monsoon Session. :(       mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh culture ordinances passed by “The Government has on September 5 and and it went past 50 lakh on the Union Cabinet. “We have destroyed the democratic sys- $     )   September 16. decided to hold a rail roko agi- tem. The agricultural bills are   !010 ment. On Wednesday, pursuant to According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of tation from September 24 to 26 neither in the interest of the Jammu: Less than 24 hours local police authorities, Union Home Ministry’s directions, the 6,74,36,031 samples have been tested up to against the three agriculture state government nor the farm- after a Chairman of the Block Advocate Babar Qadri was day after registering two cases in NIA took up the investigation of two September 23 with 11,56,569 samples being test- ordinances,” said Kisan ers. We raised our voice against Development Council in the shot at from a close range and Aconnection with the large-scale Bengaluru violence cases registered by ed on Wednesday. Mazdoor Sangharsh this in Parliament and will now central Kashmir district of was rushed to the SKIMS violence in Bengaluru in August, the the State police at DJ Halli and KG Halli Nearly 74 per cent of the new recovered cases Committee General Secretary take to the streets,” senior Budgam was shot dead by where doctors declared him National Investigation Agency (NIA) on police stations on August 12. are found in 10 States/UTs. Maharashtra has main- Sarwan Singh Pandher. Congress leader Ahmad Patel 'unidentified' terrorists from a dead on arrival. Thursday conducted searches at 30 The cases have been registered tained this lead with 19,476 cases (22.3 per cent) Different farmers’ organi- said. close range, a famous Advocate Qadri had recently locked locations and arrested an alleged key under various Sections of the Indian for the sixth consecutive day, said the Ministry. sations in Punjab have already Opposition parties also who appeared on TV news horns with his opponents on conspirator related to the Penal Code (IPC), provisions of the There has been sustained focus of the given a call for a ‘bandh’ on made a representation to channels and participated in the social media who often incident. Prevention of Damage to Public prop- Union and State/UT governments on September 25 in protest against President Ram Nath Kovind 'volatile' debates on Kashmir labeled him an agent of 'agen- The arrested conspirator Sayed erty Act, Karnataka Prevention of improved and effective clinical treatment in the Bills. and requested him not to give issue was gunned down in cies' in Kashmir valley. Saddiq Ali, 44, resident of Bengaluru, is Destruction and Loss of Property Act hospitals, supervised home isolation, use of Senior Congress leader his assent to the contentious Hawal area of Srinagar on In one such case, Qadri alleged to have been involved in the and relevant Sections of the Unlawful non-invasive oxygen support, use of steroids, and party spokesperson farm bills. They conveyed to Thursday evening. had even posted a tweet urging attack on KG Halli Police Station in Activities (Prevention) Act. anticoagulants, and improved services of the Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the President that the passage The deceased Advocate the police authorities to regis- Bengaluru that took place late in the These cases pertain to a massive ambulances for ferrying patients for prompt that the decision to call for a of the bills in Rajya Sabha was has been identified as Babar ter FIR against one social evening on August 11 resulting in mob violence post a derogatory social and timely treatment. silent protest and lend support “unconstitutional. Qadri. According to the media user. “huge” damage and destruction of pub- media remark by one Naveen, nephew lic and government property, including of Srinivas Akhanda Murthy, a sitting damage to the police station building Congress MLA, (Pulakeshi Nagar, and vehicles parked in its premises and Bengaluru) allegedly insulting the reli- +P P O  P5         nearby areas. gious sentiments of Muslims, the agency Ali works as a recovery agent with said. a bank and has been absconding since “The State Secretary, Social August 11, immediately after the riots. Democratic Party of India (SDPI),      !010 meeting,” Rahul, Field Director of ested in enjoying other wildlife. The Central Zoo Authority ploughed back into tiger reserves In addition to Ali’s arrest, searches Muzamil Pasha and other members of the CTR, said adding that the safari Diverting such tourists to safaris (CZA) and the National Tiger while 30 per cent will go into the were also conducted at 30 locations in SDPI /Popular Front of India (PFI) gath- ttarakhand’s ambitious tiger will come up in the area sprawling will lessen the burden on the CTR Conservation Authority (NTCA) management of such safaris. Bengaluru city to unearth the conspir- ered a mob at the houses of Naveen, Usafari, proposed in the buffer over 106.16 hectares in the buffer and hence the wildlife,” explained have already given in- principle Such safaris are allowed for acy behind the attacks on DJ Halli and Akhanda Srinivas Murthy and at the zone of Corbett Tiger Reserve, area of the CTR. Rahul. CTR has over 231 big cats approval to the project. only those reserves that have KG Halli police stations. premises of DJ Halli and KG Halli police inched towards reality with the He said that the  25-crore pro- as per the latest census. When contacted, NTCA Chief achieved full carrying capacity of “During the searches, airgun, pellets, stations, who vandalised the premises Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) ject envisages construction of five Besides ex-situ conservation, SP Yadav said that the authority will the tourists in core and critical sharp weapons, iron rods, digital devices, and resorted to arson, creating fear and under the Union Environment enclosures with each having 35 the safari will also have an off- fund the safari which will have to areas. The guidelines also clearly DVRs and many SDPI & PFI-related panic among the masses,” the agency Ministry giving its nod to the pro- hectares area for two males and exhibit rehabilitation centre for the follow the design approved by the states that for such safaris, “no tiger incriminating documents and materials said, adding further investigation in the ject that aims at boosting the three female big cats. The safari will rescued animals or those injured in CZA. The NTCA guidelines issued shall be obtained from a zoo” and have been seized,” the NIA said in a state- case is continuing. tourism revenue as well as pro- ease tourism pressure on the CTR infighting and in human-animal in 2016 allows setting up of tiger only animals such as injured and viding home to the injured and old which is visited by over 3 lakh conflicts in the CTR, said the Field safaris in buffer and fringe areas of orphaned tiger cubs (which are wild animals in the big cat habitat. tourists every year. Director. The purpose is to divert tiger reserves, aiming to reduce unfit for re-wilding) would be “We have been informed that “Since tiger sighting at the tourism from the famous Dhikala tourist pressure on the key areas of selected and that too from the ) )%  "   8 the proposal has been cleared by safari will be 100 percent, it will zone and other adjoining areas of these reserves. same landscapes as that of the area the FAC in a recent meeting. But mostly cater to the tourists who just Bijrani, Jhirna and Sona Nadi to the As per the guidelines 70 per where the tiger safari is being       we are yet to get the minutes of the want to see tigers and are not inter- Dhela range in the State. cent of earnings from safaris will be established. Chennai: Tamil Nadu is in a state of anx- said. iety as the health condition of legendary SPB was in a serious condition ear- # "9  singer S P Balasubramanyam(SPB to lier this month which necessitated to friends and fans) deteriorated by put him on a ventilator and ECMO.       383,%, electricity charges for the Puja com- Howrah, Asansol and Siliguri on Pujas fearing politics. will help the Puja committees to a Thursday evening, according to the There were prayer meetings all over mittees and requested the private- Municipal corporations and pan- “People are doing politics regard- great extent. We thank the Chief corporate hospital where he had been Tamil Nadu which were attended by engal Chief Minister Mamata owned Calcutta Electricity Supply chayats were. The Fire Brigade ing this. If I don’t allow puja, they will Minister for her gesture,” said an admitted since August 5 for Covid mega stars like Rajnikanth, Sarat Kumar BBanerjee on Thursday Corporation to follow suit. Last year Department too would not charge say look they didn’t allow puja to be organiser from South Kolkata. treatment. , Kamal Haassan and others. The announced liberal largesse to the the State Government had allowed any fees from the Puja organisers, celebrated,” she said, adding “We will The Chief Minister’s declaration “His condition in the last 24 hours prayer meeting was led by music mae- clubs organising Durga Puja prompt- only 10 percent rebate in power Banerjee said. She also said that this virtually show Durga puja and also comes within a fortnight of announc- has deteriorated further warranting stro Ilayaraja. ing the Opposition BJP and Left to charges for the Durga Puja com- year round the much bandied Durga announces prize on the virtual plat- ing special allowances for the Hindu maximal life support and his condition The hospital authorities had said link her actions with next year’s mittees. There are aobut 28,000 Puja carnival would not be organised form.” With sponsorships coming in priests which the BJP dismissed as a is extremely critical. The team of experts later that SPB tested negative for Covid- Assembly elections. Durga Puja committees in Bengal so as to maintain the corona proto- trickles in post-corona period the pre-electoral bribe to the Hindu com- at MGM Healthcare are closely moni- 19. According to his son, Charan, the The Chief Minister’s latest and the dole could cost the cols. Banerjee who also announced clubs have been under great stress to munity to balance out her pro- toring his health condition,” the health great master was getting ready to watch announcement include a grant of Government about 200 crore, a number of “dos” and “dont's” for the organise the Pujas. “This has come Muslim bias which she had exhibit- bulletin issued by Dr Anuradha the live matches of the IPL which are 50,000 to the clubs organising sources said. Besides, she said that no Puja organisers --- like making open as a great relief to us. The Chief ed soon after coming to power Baskaran, Assistant Director-Medical underway at UAE when his health suf- Durga Puja. This apart, Banerjee also tax would be charged by the munic- pandals for better air circulation --- Minister has given us Rs 50,000 apart when she announced allowances for Services, MGM Healthcare hospital fered a setback. PNS announced a 50 percent rebate in ipal authorities including Kolkata, said she could not impose restriction from granting rebate in taxes. This Imams and Muezzins.    !" #$  %&'%(%(     5. %* &""'5&+ "#$ A    @%      $ A   A , ,=.0, +* 0 7 6 >          *         @                       !        "         ,   *     "             (          !                  -        "      + -                   !             "  !       .     ,)    O       !                 S         !               4       .                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There                       8      politics close to a decade after leav- vants and judges carry out their 0  8!%8%0 Therefore, what is the way are many possible solutions but ing the civil services, I believe that duty as contemplated under ahead? It is obvious that relying in order to implement any solu-                        ! I can offer a unique perspective on the Constitution without fear or 1 /,! on the integrity of individuals to tion, we need to first accept that                >        the topic. incentive to act otherwise. take the right call every time is there is a problem and that there                      To be clear, this is far from the Dr Ambedkar, in all probabil- 2,! 082,!D not a tactic that has worked. is a dire need for a structural first time questions regarding the ity, believed that the individuals, While there are a number of solution.         !           ! ethics of appointment or nomina- who would form part of the judi- 8E% !810*$ individuals who have displayed As said by Dr Martin Luther @ 4#.5-6   '  C               ! tion of individuals who come ciary or the civil services, would and continue to display courage, King, “The arc of the moral uni-                       ! from the civil services or the judi- exercise their personal ethical %0* %0* ,28* integrity and a strong con- verse is long but bends towards ciary have been raised. Even in a framework and to this extent the science, the damage by a few to justice.” Therefore, I am hope-                      ! meeting of the Constituent issue of independence of these . the institutions that they have ful that in the long run our insti-          7           $  S  ! Assembly, this issue was discussed. institutions would not be tar- ,8 !%/0!% served can be so scarring that its tutions will survive, not least                       Professor KT Shah moved an nished. However, it is becoming impact would be felt on the core because of the many righteous amendment, which contemplated increasingly obvious that there 8.+0/,0 foundations of a democratic individuals who serve these   >    ,                 restricting judges who had served is a need for us to legislate ethics republic such as ours. Therefore, institutions. 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When it is fight- 4 5,#446 ing for its very survival as the virus throws up a "  S      ?HF      ! kind of socio-economic disparity and devasta-            =E    tion we have not witnessed in recent times.                   At a time when people tell us that there are                  much more important things to worry about in            ?;E      ! this world than art, one would beg to differ. Art                talks to us like nothing else does. It re-awakens       >         . our senses and reminds us of the power of imag- ination in the face of the death and destruction            !    ! !% %.% 8!     "        !    ! brought upon us by the pandemic. The New York Times states that though fairs  30%0              0 have been cancelled and galleries have closed, the , %3,, + -              ' wealthy are still buying. In India it’s difficult to ,3,0/ ,E0,              .  get true stories of buying and selling from art gal- *0,%*80%8                 leries/dealers/consultants/artists. The physical- ,D !80! !               ity of looking at a work and buying is something %0 *,0%8             *    that needs to be worked upon. An image does ,/,!D88         ,          ?G   not do justice to a work of art. Perhaps private 81, Saffronart’s success: The next auc- materials. Questions arise as to how others has been that of the great artist           =EF      appointments by clients are the way to go in the tion high was Saffronart’s Evening Sale. they are eking out their living. Bansky. The British street artist new pandemic scenario. But there are hectic 8 +0 The highly-anticipated online live auc- The buyer’s market is not so well financed a boat to rescue refugees 2  '   -S            %8 2%%0 D??<<    2  ?EIIF     "    announcements of online shows and galleries tion — the first since the pandemic — laid out. Galleries have their own list of attempting to reach Europe from north coming together to host prized possessions on ,*3!0 !%0 closed at 88 per cent lots sold, achiev- collectors and buyers but it is only Africa. The vessel, named Louise Michel                ! the internet and social media. Some galleries are 18*82%0 ing a total sale of 66.4 crore amid established artists who can share in that after a French feminist anarchist, set off          "           stating that they have a few sales but it’s not as 8!0D,*% % enthusiastic bidding. The 300th auction bouquet of well-being. One of the great- in secrecy on August 18 from the                   ! much as they would like in a stagnant market. 1, % ! !%0 in Saffronart’s 20 years, this sale was a est contributions to an artist’s life can Spanish port of Burriana, near Valencia,            $  S    In the West, a report of 795 galleries repre- 1 !$%0 ! , unique hybrid experience that allowed be through corporate houses, hotels, and was in the central Mediterranean   senting 60 different national markets, called The !%0*!,% 8!, bidders from across the globe to par- Government and private offices and Sea, where on August 30 it rescued 89                  ! Impact of COVID-19 on the Gallery Sector, writ- 0!%*0,! ticipate virtually. complexes that can use art works and people, including 14 women and four   !          H?     ten by the cultural economist Clare McAndrew, , 2,8 The sale was led by VS Gaitonde’s help artists to thrive in a market that children.           -     is the first major survey of how the contagion has masterpiece painting of 1974 from the has fallen to the Covid climate. It was looking for a safe port to dis- hit art dealers globally. Until sales statistics are D08/,!O collection of Sabira Merchant, which Take for instance Tom Vattakuzhy, embark the passengers or to transfer                0*E 028*%0               -  ! shared by galleries all over India, it’s difficult to sold for 35.5 crore, making it the sec- a brilliant artist in Kerala who lost out them to a European coast guard vessel. add a percentage of propensity to the real figures. ,*%$+ ,*% % ond-highest price achieved for the on a historic series of illustrations in the Since setting off from Burriana, the                   ! But one scene that has remained buoyant is that %88!00%80% artist, as well as for a work of Indian art Malayala Manorama because of a mis- boat, registered in Germany and               of online auctions. 8.%82%0 * to be sold in an auction worldwide. understanding with the Church. His manned by a crew of activists from          Pundoles looking West: Pundoles Mumbai 888!,! Among the best works Gaitonde ever works echo his solitude. They make across Europe led by Pia Klemp, res- >           4     ruled the roost the past month with its Looking 08%0* ! produced, this ethereal, luminescent everyone empathise with him and stir cued more than 150 people off the coast                     West auction split into two parts, featuring a part !00 work embodies his preoccupation with their inner recesses. Vattakuzhy, a of Libya. The majority of the passen-                  of the collection of fish baron Masanari Fukuoka, Zen Buddhism as well as his associa- Masters from Shantiniketan and then gers were transferred to a larger rescue        '          ! who decided he wanted Pundoles to handle the tions with the sea. Vadodara, is a prime example of a bril- vessel a few days ago, after European    7   $          sale rather than international houses like Among the top highlights of the liant artist waiting to be shown by a authorities appeared to ignore Mayday                  Christies, Sotheby’s or even Saffronart. With blue sale were two exquisite works by mod- curator, gallery or promoter who will calls from the Louise Michel, which had           (     ! chip names on its avant-garde list, the auction ernist NS Bendre, including a figura- not throw him to the sharks. Let’s face become too overloaded to steer. The threw up some magnificent numbers. VS tive work from 1971 which sold for it, the art world thrives on profit mar- survivors finally arrived in the port of               ! Gaitonde, the abstract master, was top draw. His 1.56 crore, more than tripling its pre- gins and cut-throat competition. India Palermo, Sicily.                untitled 1967 work set a new record at 32 crore sale estimate, and an untitled work needs more institutions and philan- Underscoring the hypocrisy of 7               ! as the selling hammer price. Two sculptures also (possibly a view of Mandu), 1982, thropic agencies to help artists all over governments shouting out for racial          >        set their own highs. The first was a “Bull’s Head” which sold for 1.14 crore. Jehangir the country. equality while simultaneously taking a               !! (1998) by Tyeb Mehta, who created this sculp- Sabavala’s “The Cactus Wave”, 2006, Institutions like the Lalit Kala hardline anti-immigration stance,    "             ! ture as his tribute to the trussed bull (he used to sold for 2.63 crore. Akademi have a great role to play in Banksy’s video of the rescue mission,                 hear their heart-wrenching cries when he lived Artists in studios/homes: Across opening their spaces to as many solo posted on Instagram, concluded with                next to a slaughterhouse in Mumbai). It sold at the land in homes, in studios that shows as possible to lift the darkness in the words: “All Black Lives Matter.”      $             a new record of 3.2 crore. belong to them as well as others, the world of the lonely artist waiting in Perhaps in a blanket equation of every-       *   "         The second sculpture was printmaker and artists are still pouring out their imag- the wings. The India International one in the world, we could tweak it to sculptor Somnath Hore’s “Goat” (1988) that sold ination. Those who have computers and Centre and AIFACS do yeoman’s ser- say “All Lives Matter.” Maybe the vir-                 ! at 65 lakh, a new high for this venerated mas- laptops are busy with Zoom webinars vice for the arts. Big artists, too, need tual world is here to stay until the virus         8  !   ter. India’s greatest figurative master Jogen and the like but my heart goes out to to get out of their cocoons and help oth- is tackled with a vaccine that says: “Get                "  Chowdhury’s “The Couple” (1999) sold for 1.7 artists who have no technology. They ers in need. thee behind me.”             crore, setting a new record for the 80-year-old continue to be inspired in their own Black Lives Matter: The most (The writer is a senior art critic and 5          Kolkata artist. small rooms with minimal media and beautiful example of an artist helping independent curator)           R  

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girls are less valued than boys in UP, of Social Science Research (ICSSR), support to parents in their old age. Six 15 and 49 years. This means an esti- maximum missing female births due a State that has recorded the most the study was conducted by years later, as the ICSSR study shows, mated 8.2 million women have been to the preference for a boy and crimes against women in the country. Bijaylaxmi Nanda, Nupur Ray and little seems to have changed on the denied access to family planning. In accounting for almost a third of the The latest 2018 National Crime Ritwika Mukherjee. The preliminary ground. Badaun, which has a more than 70 per total number projected. Records Bureau (NCRB) data ranked findings indicate that perceptions The ICRW-UNFPA report found cent rural population, the total unser- But girls don’t just go missing at the State as the worst for women’s about crime play a pivotal role in the that of the seven States studied, UP viced need is almost 14 per cent. This birth. India also has the highest rate security with 59, 443 crimes against increasing preference for a male had the largest proportion of men is higher than the national average of of excess girl child deaths at 13.5 per them. Incidentally, in 2018, the crime child. Thus, as long as women contin- reporting high control over their 12.9 per cent. 1,000 births. This critical data suggest   (" rate was the highest for cruelty by hus- ue to remain insecure in the nation, intimate partners and the lowest pro- The preference for sons puts post-birth sex selection. An estimat- ,3 %,!/.% bands and relatives. Although the chances that girls will be unwanted by portion of men displaying gender women under so much pressure to ed one in nine deaths of girls below ast week, a six-month pregnant NCRB data for 2019 has not been families will be high. equitable attitudes. produce a male heir that many times the age of five may be attributed to 0,*!2*8/ ! , woman in Badaun, Uttar released as yet, media reports of Further, with three out of every Education is a big tool to engen- they are forced into numerous preg- post-birth sex selection, says the !   " Pradesh (UP), was attacked by crimes against women in UP during 10 women, who had more daughters der transformation in beliefs, attitudes nancies and a series of abortions until UNFPA report. So, while gender- L       her husband with a sharp-edged the last two years do not inspire con- than sons, reporting that the hus- and practice. It is an equally impor- they do so. The preference for a son biased sex selection accounts for weapon. Her family alleged that he slit fidence in the possibility of any turn- band/family members express dissat- tant predictor of son-preference atti- has led to around 4,60,000 girls going about two-thirds of the total missing   "  her stomach to find out the gender of around. isfaction at the birth of a girl child, the tudes. In UP, the ICRW-UNFPA missing due to sex selection at birth girls, post-birth girl child mortality  " #  $ the unborn baby. They told the police But do the rising crimes against study also reinforces the fact that gen- study found that 55 per cent of men each year between 2013 and 2017, accounts for about one-third. %#      that the father of five daughters was women have any bearing on the der inequality remains at the heart of with no education had a high prefer- according to the UNFPA’s 2020 State UP lags behind on many indica-     so desperate for a son that he resort- preference for a son? Yes, says a new violence against women in UP. The ence for sons compared to 39 per cent of the Population Report. tors of gender equality, including early ed to this brutal way to check if the study conducted in UP and Haryana. male offspring is preferred because he of men with graduation or higher Last month, noted researcher marriage and crimes against    foetus was that of a boy or a girl. Its objective was to examine discrim- is culturally perceived as a protector degrees. Fengqing Chao of King Abdullah women. #     Although a First Information Report ination against the girl child and its and provider during the old age of the Studies have shown that spouses University of Science and Technology If Yogi Adityanath really wants  O $% (FIR) has been registered and the hus- linkages with the declining child sex parents. An earlier study to under- of men with no or little education are (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, and his col- development, the Chief Minister must      band arrested, this gruesome crime ratio and violence against women. The stand the intrinsic relationship unlikely to have ready access to sex- leagues projected an even darker make greater investments in improv- underlines once again the deeply- report states that the responsibility of between masculinity, son preference ual and reproductive health services. future for girls in India. According to ing gender indicators. Prejudice "   O    entrenched preference for sons in our security and maintaining the chasti- and intimate partner violence came to In the Badaun case, the fact that the their research published in the jour- against girls can be countered by pro-  O   culture. Despite the best efforts of the ty of daughters in the context of ris- similar conclusions. woman had five children and was nal PLOS ONE, the average annual grammes that focus on engaging    #  H Union Government, States and non- ing sexual violence in the country has The 2014 study by the pregnant with her sixth child indicates number of missing female births boys and instilling values of gender     governmental organisations over the added to the larger concern of want- International Centre for Research on she may have faced barriers in access- between 2017 and 2025 was likely to equality in them at an early age.     " years, there seems to be very little ing a son. In other words, the increas- Women (ICRW) and United Nations ing family planning services. The be 4,69,000 per year and would Comprehensive sex education in change in attitudes towards the girl ing crime against women has emerged Population Fund (UNFPA), found fourth National Family Health Survey increase to 5,19,000 per year for the schools could help redefine notions of     P% child in the country. This is not just as yet another factor for augmenting that in UP, the two most important (NFHS 2015-16) states that the unmet time period between 2026 to 2030. masculinity and foster respect for    $ deeply worrying but also frightening. the traditional preference for a son. reasons for having a son were to carry need in UP was 18 per cent for cur- This research singles out UP as the women. (   ) It is not, however, surprising that Supported by the Indian Council on the family name and to provide rently married women aged between Indian State most likely to have the (The writer is a senior journalist)   !" #$ %&'%(%( , - #   " '%"63 .& *   *%&%&".     /./+, psychological 11,000 mark. points or 2.93 per cent from its perfect storm of problems Post Thursday’s selloff, previous close. including rising virus infec-  "=9 angers to an overall inter- Sensex lost 2,292 points in the Manish Hathiramani, tech- tions, new lockdowns, a slow- +!' )! %     Dnational economic recov- last four sessions. This was the nical analyst, Deen Dayal ing economic recovery, stalled ery such as rising Covid-19 sixth consecutive session of loss Investments, said: “The support US stimulus talks and election       !010 cases, along with possible reim- for the Indian indices, as well level of 10,900-10,950 has been uncertainty. Investors also fret- )*   position of lockdown mea- as the biggest single day fall for disrespected during today’s ted that a second wave of coro-  H   ruiser bikes giant Harley- sures in some European coun- the BSE Sensex in four months trading session. We have also navirus cases during the north- CDavidson on Thursday   /./+, tries, pushed the global and the and the biggest losing streak (6 pierced 10,882 which was made ern hemisphere’s coming win-  . said that it plans to close its Indian stock markets deep into sessions) in seven months. on August 3, 2020. This opens ter will derail the economic manufacturing facility in nflow of foreign portfolio the red on Thursday, with the The Nifty50 on the a new target of 10,750. Any recovery.”   /./+, Haryana’s Bawal and signifi- Iinvestments (FPI) surged last BSE Sensex losing 1,100 points, National Stock Exchange (NSE) bounce can be utilised to short According to Vinod Nair, cantly reduce the size of its sales month with around $6 billion, its worst performance in six fell well below the psycholog- the Nifty for this target.” Head of Research at Geojit he rupee dived 32 paise office in Gurugram. or around 47,000 crore, of net months. ical 11,000 mark. Among the sectors, auto, Financial Services: “Indian Tto touch a near one- The development comes as investments by overseas Besides, no new stimulus The recent bear run has banking, metal and IT indices benchmark indices had a gap month low of 73.89 against part of ‘The Rewire’ initiative investors with a majority meant measures for the US, com- been due to resurgence in lost the most. down opening and kept losing the US dollar on Thursday, which intends to overhaul the for primary issuances of shares. bined with a slower growth coronavirus cases across the “European stocks and ground as the day wore on, to following massive sell-offs in company’s operating model Around 63 per cent of net forecast for the world’s largest world, largely in Europe, and Asian stocks dropped following finally end the day around 2.8 equities and concerns over and market structure. FPI flows last month were into economy, also impacted glob- anticipation of fresh lockdown a rout in tech shares in the US per cent down. Markets tracked continuous surge in The company said that it is updated on future support. primary issuances, according to al sentiments. restrictions across several on Wednesday and as investors weak global cues as the uncer- COVID-19 cases. changing the business model in The Harley-Davidson dealer a report by ICICI Securities. Not just equities, but crude countries of the continent, have largely given up on the tainty witnessed in the last Besides, stronger dol- India and evaluating options to network will continue to serve Interestingly, last month, oil and precious metal prices including the UK and France. idea that the US Congress will few days gave way to negativ- lar against key rivals cur- continue to serve its customers. customers through the contract India outperformed other fell, leading to a chaos across The BSE Sensex closed at provide a new stimulus, while ity, with broader markets also rencies and robust outflows “Harley-Davidson plans to term.” emerging markets in terms of asset classes.However, the US 36,553.60, lower by 1,114.82 worrying about a recent rise in underperforming.””The uncer- of foreign funds from close its manufacturing facili- According to the company, inflows. dollar made the most of the points, or 2.96 per cent, from Covid-19 cases,” said Deepak tainty regarding an economic domestic markets weighed ty in Bawal and significantly these actions are aligned with The report also said that bloodbath.The domino effect the previous close of 37,668.42. Jasani, Head of Retail Research recovery, the unabated rise in on forex market sentiment. reduce the size of its sales ‘The Rewire’ which is planned domestic institutional invest- of such massive downside It opened at 37,282.18 and at HDFC Securities. virus infections, and today At the interbank forex office in Gurgaon to continue through the end of ments (DII) too had positive resulted in the Indian stock touched an intra-day high of “Economists at Goldman being derivatives expiry day, all market, the Indian currency (Gurugram),” the company 2020, leading to ‘The Hardwire’, flows towards primary markets witnessing a gap-down 37,304.26 or a low of 36,495.98 Sachs cut their US growth contributed to the negativity. opened on a weak note at said in a statement. a new strategic plan for 2021- issuances, although the sec- opening on Thursday.The BSE points. forecast for the fourth quarter With volatility expected to be 73.82 and traded in a range “The company is commu- 2025 aimed at building desir- ondary flows continued to be Sensex lost 1,100 points and the The Nifty50 closed at in half, to 3 from 6 per cent. high, traders are advised to of 73.75 and 73.96 a dollar nicating with its customers in ability for the Harley-Davidson negative with an outflow of $1.5 NSE Nifty50 fell well below the 10,805.55, lower by 326.30 Investors are bombarded by a remain cautious.” during the session. 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Ltd., which operates made by Google in its affidavit September 24 listed the matter for National Payments Corporation data — like name, address, email The affidavit was filed in he Government has extend- corporate affairs ministry decid- the GPay app, has told the Delhi filed before a Bench of Chief hearing on November 10 as the of India (NPCI), apps like GPay ID and transaction related details response to the petition by advo- Ted the suspension of fresh ed to suspend initiation of fresh High Court that it is allowed to Justice DN Patel and Justice Centre and Reserve Bank of are permitted to share customers — in accordance with the NPCI cate Abhishek Sharma who has insolvency proceedings under proceedings under the share customers transaction data Prateek Jalan in response to a PIL India (RBI) have not filed their transaction data with third par- guidelines and not payment sen- sought a direction to Google not the insolvency law for another Insolvency and Bankruptcy with third parties with the prior seeking action against ‘Google responses yet. ties and group companies with sitive data like debit card num- to share any data from UPI three months, a senior official Code (IBC) for six months permission of NPCI and pay- Pay’ (GPay) for allegedly violat- Google, in its affidavit, has prior permission of NPCI and ber or UPI PIN. A customer’s switch with any other party. said on Thursday. In the wake starting from March 25.   BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11011.00 11015.30 10790.20 10805.55 -326.30 Script Open High Low LTP DABUR 484.80 490.80 479.20 487.30 NAM-INDIA 255.25 261.95 250.00 251.55 LTTS 1605.95 1616.35 1574.90 1598.90 INFRATEL 165.00 175.65 162.20 171.70 4.75 ADANIPORTS 323.90 323.90 312.00 313.85 JUBLFOOD 2321.00 2321.00 2236.60 2264.85 SUMICHEM 303.50 305.05 287.00 289.75 WABCOINDIA 5797.40 6143.75 5719.55 5945.95 ZEEL 185.00 195.80 182.85 193.50 1.70 IDEA 8.90 9.44 8.55 9.12 COLPAL 1351.05 1394.05 1339.30 1372.75 BIRLACORPN 620.00 630.20 605.35 607.20 BALMLAWRIE 100.40 100.40 95.00 97.20 HINDUNILVR 2044.00 2081.00 2035.05 2057.60 5.05 RELIANCE 2210.00 2226.00 2175.65 2181.15 ADANIENT 279.50 281.30 269.50 270.30 CENTURYTEX 329.90 329.90 315.30 317.65 JKPAPER* 90.00 90.00 88.20 89.35 BRITANNIA 3590.00 3655.00 3560.20 3611.00 -13.90 HEROMOTOCO 2910.00 2947.30 2901.40 2920.00 MFSL 580.00 588.10 568.00 578.50 GRAPHITE 165.00 177.80 163.05 169.55 TATACOMM 775.00 799.75 775.00 779.90 HDFCLIFE 574.80 580.80 572.70 577.35 -2.90 BHARTIARTL 426.60 433.45 414.95 418.85 ADVENZYMES 224.00 272.80 219.05 272.80 WELSPUNIND 58.85 60.50 57.30 59.90 TIINDIA 540.00 608.50 522.75 579.25 DRREDDY 5060.00 5202.90 5002.50 5058.00 -49.75 DRREDDY 5075.00 5206.20 5000.00 5024.45 BPCL 379.65 385.85 375.55 377.25 ISEC 451.45 474.20 440.85 470.00 DCAL 144.10 150.35 144.10 145.45 NESTLEIND 15348.00 15438.30 15175.00 15210.60 -155.45 BAJFINANCE 3205.00 3205.00 3008.85 3027.90 BERGEPAINT 572.00 579.95 560.35 575.30 IRCON 83.10 83.75 77.45 78.00 WOCKPHARMA 270.30 275.50 266.00 268.05 LT 856.00 859.90 843.00 851.50 -9.10 ITC 171.60 171.60 166.15 166.60 BATAINDIA 1330.00 1338.65 1282.10 1297.90 GNFC 205.00 211.50 203.05 206.00 RELAXO 649.90 649.90 625.00 634.00 HEROMOTOCO 2911.35 2949.00 2900.00 2914.70 -42.05 TCS 2450.00 2450.00 2302.50 2331.50 CUMMINSIND 453.30 453.30 437.85 441.00 MARICO 339.00 345.10 333.30 342.80 GALAXYSURF 1666.00 1831.40 1666.00 1770.00 HDFCBANK 1038.00 1047.00 1025.00 1030.50 -16.75 LT 857.80 859.50 842.50 850.35 SUNTV 459.00 459.00 439.40 442.05 UJJIVAN 200.00 206.35 200.00 202.25 RAMCOCEM 707.00 712.45 690.20 691.50 GODREJCP 669.00 701.80 669.00 691.25 BANKINDIA 40.40 40.40 39.00 39.30 DBL 335.35 341.55 331.00 333.85 RELIANCE 2207.90 2226.00 2176.05 2195.00 -35.80 SFL 1362.00 1400.00 1312.35 1333.55 ASHOKLEY 72.10 72.15 66.85 67.30 GRASIM 703.00 714.05 676.00 680.40 HEXAWARE 467.00 468.50 465.60 465.60 AEGISLOG 222.15 231.25 220.00 227.30 ASIANPAINT 1941.55 1945.00 1907.75 1915.00 -31.55 LAURUSLABS 1332.00 1347.30 1246.45 1291.40 NESTLEIND 15362.95 15454.65 15180.85 15235.90 BAYERCROP 5881.00 6014.95 5793.65 5900.00 BASF 1414.00 1445.35 1383.60 1387.35 HDFC 1646.80 1654.15 1623.00 1636.25 -30.85 AXISBANK 410.05 414.00 400.00 402.40 POWERGRID 160.00 164.95 158.55 159.55 RAIN 98.00 102.30 97.20 99.10 SOBHA 225.20 230.00 224.15 228.75 TITAN 1113.00 1113.90 1076.00 1093.35 -23.85 HDFC 1644.00 1655.00 1623.00 1637.80 HAVELLS 673.00 678.15 657.65 669.20 UBL 967.00 967.00 915.45 917.50 RALLIS 280.00 284.95 265.00 284.00 POWERGRID 162.25 165.05 158.50 160.40 -3.50 TATAMOTORS 127.80 128.80 122.15 122.80 MCX 1630.00 1642.90 1561.00 1630.65 TVSMOTOR 442.40 442.40 426.20 433.75 OBEROIRLTY 401.00 414.60 394.60 398.00 CENTRALBK 16.40 16.95 15.75 16.60 BAJAJ-AUTO 2964.90 3001.90 2912.80 2922.00 -64.20 HDFCBANK 1036.50 1045.05 1025.15 1029.95 ASTRAZEN 4201.00 4349.25 4200.00 4213.35 CAPPL 537.00 551.80 533.10 540.20 3MINDIA 18195.15 18500.00 18090.00 18435.00 SUPREMEIND 1368.60 1399.90 1368.60 1375.95 EICHERMOT 2052.45 2079.00 2023.00 2032.00 -44.80 SBIN 181.15 181.45 175.55 176.45 INDIAMART 4745.00 4889.00 4683.90 4820.00 JUBILANT 722.80 736.45 694.20 698.85 GUJGAS 300.00 303.00 294.90 298.00 HERITGFOOD 315.00 329.70 310.15 315.35 ULTRACEMCO 3869.00 3869.15 3753.90 3780.00 -89.15 APOLLOHOSP 1798.00 1974.00 1794.35 1948.00 NAUKRI 3404.70 3449.00 3330.30 3376.65 CONCOR 375.00 377.55 366.65 372.00 DHANUKA 774.90 784.05 746.05 767.30 GUJALKALI 330.00 330.05 323.00 324.50 ONGC 66.05 67.35 65.50 65.95 -1.70 HCLTECH 806.90 811.00 783.35 788.05 MRF 56814.55 56900.00 55360.35 55850.00 ABB 870.00 880.90 856.20 860.70 JAICORPLTD 79.20 81.00 78.20 78.75 KANSAINER 470.00 485.00 461.85 479.40 BPCL 378.20 386.15 375.35 377.55 -10.10 INFY 1008.00 1008.00 970.15 975.35 BHARATFORG 435.10 443.05 427.95 435.95 HINDZINC 210.20 210.65 204.50 204.70 ASHOKA 64.20 66.95 62.50 64.00 KSB 481.50 481.50 455.55 460.45 KOTAKBANK 1267.00 1284.90 1236.00 1240.05 -35.35 INDUSINDBK 518.70 519.95 485.00 490.20 BRITANNIA 3614.70 3652.30 3560.05 3613.00 CGCL 227.65 227.65 218.00 224.00 MRPL 27.05 27.15 25.95 26.70 HATHWAY 29.30 29.30 28.55 28.55 NTPC 84.10 85.65 82.15 82.70 -2.40 BANDHANBNK 262.75 264.75 252.75 256.10 JBCHEPHARM 918.70 956.20 872.10 919.80 LALPATHLAB 1800.95 1828.05 1775.00 1791.00 JKTYRE 55.15 57.95 55.15 55.90 TTKPRESTIG 6146.00 6146.00 5891.00 5990.00 SUNPHARMA 497.50 501.25 483.00 488.30 -14.60 MARUTI 6410.00 6482.45 6273.70 6295.85 BAJAJ-AUTO 2987.00 3001.40 2912.00 2912.05 RADICO 408.00 409.90 393.00 402.00 IIFL 79.00 79.00 75.55 77.00 VBL 662.00 694.65 662.00 680.70 ITC 171.70 171.75 166.15 167.40 -5.10 HINDUNILVR 2040.00 2079.55 2034.65 2060.30 DMART 2053.40 2083.95 2037.80 2046.60 AUBANK 641.00 647.00 616.30 634.45 HFCL 14.35 14.75 14.25 14.45 FINOLEXIND 506.75 507.80 488.00 491.50 WIPRO 314.25 314.25 302.15 304.60 TATAMTRDVR 59.90 61.70 57.00 57.25 SPICEJET 48.00 48.00 46.20 46.35 GMM 4033.05 4033.05 4033.05 4033.05 MARUTI 6435.00 6486.80 6270.15 6301.55 -199.75 NH 302.25 328.75 302.25 311.00 INFRATEL 161.30 175.50 161.30 168.60 DIXON 8695.00 8695.00 8342.15 8513.95 SOUTHBANK 6.60 6.60 6.37 6.47 ENDURANCE 1060.60 1097.80 1031.05 1032.15 BHARTIARTL 425.25 433.50 416.15 419.95 -13.85 GMDCLTD 41.60 41.60 41.00 41.10 GODREJIND 403.00 411.00 384.00 403.25 AARTIIND 1012.00 1021.10 988.75 991.95 SUZLON 2.90 3.05 2.85 3.01 SANOFI 8422.00 8422.00 8301.40 8392.95 HCLTECH 811.00 811.45 784.00 788.00 -26.10 NLCINDIA 50.50 50.50 48.60 49.30 ICICIBANK 345.55 347.20 334.00 335.80 IEX 187.05 195.00 185.00 190.80 ABBOTINDIA 15801.00 16143.90 15731.95 15954.05 KRBL 249.45 258.20 244.00 256.30 SHREECEM 18800.00 18846.90 18183.55 18340.00 -611.85 VGUARD 165.00 166.80 162.60 164.10 SRTRANSFIN 590.00 605.15 555.90 565.75 IRCTC 1359.80 1365.05 1332.00 1337.85 HAWKINCOOK 5163.00 5165.00 4950.00 5010.00 IFBIND 543.60 565.40 543.00 552.00 ADANIPORTS 321.55 322.95 312.10 314.00 -10.60 TVTODAY 196.05 200.20 189.00 194.95 CIPLA 765.80 766.25 729.65 732.80 PFC 85.60 85.80 82.15 82.55 DCBBANK 80.05 82.40 77.75 78.65 EMAMILTD 380.00 380.00 351.20 352.75 JSWSTEEL 263.05 264.95 257.55 259.30 -8.90 TATAINVEST 839.35 839.35 808.00 814.20 JINDALSTEL 172.00 174.35 162.30 164.15 APLLTD 899.00 948.20 883.00 934.35 ABCAPITAL 61.70 62.90 60.60 61.20 KEC 303.00 317.70 299.10 307.65 GAIL 84.25 85.45 81.95 82.75 -2.95 VSTIND 3465.00 3469.20 3390.00 3469.20 ZEEL 184.00 195.70 183.00 192.85 ZENSARTECH 203.00 211.90 201.50 205.90 NAVINFLUOR 1981.70 2046.00 1952.70 2015.20 FINCABLES 268.00 275.50 257.25 275.05 WIPRO 313.40 313.40 302.45 304.00 -10.85 WESTLIFE 361.50 388.00 356.00 361.10 ADANIGREEN 558.95 617.75 558.95 617.00 FORTIS 132.60 141.30 132.60 136.15 RAJESHEXPO 467.00 471.00 442.50 446.05 BALRAMCHIN 145.00 145.00 140.10 141.00 HINDALCO 158.00 162.30 154.40 159.50 -5.95 AAVAS 1347.55 1371.65 1309.70 1309.70 AUROPHARMA 772.00 777.45 737.90 743.35 NATIONALUM 31.60 31.60 30.00 30.10 ATUL 5950.00 6064.80 5836.20 6020.00 RITES 240.00 243.60 240.00 241.70 AXISBANK 414.00 414.30 401.15 403.75 -16.00 CREDITACC 698.95 698.95 684.85 690.70 IBULHSGFIN 147.80 150.65 137.60 138.95 COROMANDEL 757.60 809.55 755.65 803.70 DEEPAKFERT 141.55 148.00 141.55 143.95 INDOCO 250.60 265.00 245.00 254.95 IFCI 5.90 5.99 5.64 5.91 CIPLA 764.45 766.65 730.00 738.00 -29.40 DIVISLAB 3128.00 3150.35 2986.70 3021.25 MANAPPURAM 145.00 145.00 139.90 141.70 CASTROLIND 111.45 111.60 107.00 108.10 DISHTV 12.10 12.10 12.01 12.01 CCL 246.75 252.10 244.15 251.95 COALINDIA 121.05 121.10 115.20 116.30 -4.75 M&M 605.00 606.00 566.00 573.75 ICICIPRULI 411.95 415.20 404.95 413.95 HONAUT 31974.05 32925.00 31556.00 32054.70 ORIENTELEC 185.00 187.20 179.00 185.20 SYMPHONY 850.20 859.20 836.00 846.50 SBIN 181.10 181.80 175.50 176.45 -7.35 ADANITRANS 240.00 243.75 233.15 235.00 FRETAIL 83.95 85.10 82.35 82.35 BDL 293.85 304.25 283.20 293.90 MINDAIND 316.00 327.85 309.95 316.20 VMART 2047.95 2103.95 2005.00 2011.80 BAJAJFINSV 5580.00 5600.00 5400.00 5415.00 -231.65 KOTAKBANK 1265.00 1284.75 1236.05 1245.90 IGL 403.50 403.60 388.35 397.50 LEMONTREE 25.35 27.80 25.30 27.05 KTKBANK 40.20 40.50 39.50 39.80 BLUESTARCO 621.30 640.30 612.40 626.55 ICICIBANK 344.95 346.95 333.75 337.35 -14.50 VEDL 129.00 133.95 128.10 132.00 COFORGE 2208.00 2208.00 2101.00 2130.00 INFIBEAM 73.80 73.80 70.65 72.25 HEIDELBERG 178.00 179.00 174.50 175.00 EIDPARRY 287.25 287.25 275.05 277.00 INFY 1003.00 1009.00 970.00 977.75 -42.00 BAJAJFINSV 5590.00 5590.05 5401.00 5427.20 ALKEM 2742.70 2987.50 2682.95 2831.10 BEML 600.00 609.95 590.10 606.40 SCHNEIDER 79.00 79.70 76.50 76.95 JAGRAN 36.20 37.40 35.50 36.30 IOC 75.00 75.20 71.65 72.35 -3.60 TATASTEEL 359.00 359.00 343.00 343.85 APOLLOTYRE 119.95 119.95 114.50 115.80 PIIND 1850.05 1916.10 1850.05 1894.95 JKLAKSHMI 244.00 252.35 244.00 249.15 UCOBANK 12.04 12.18 11.75 11.92 TATASTEEL 356.80 357.25 342.75 344.00 -17.30 SBICARD 815.00 820.80 804.95 816.05 BSOFT 189.90 192.75 182.20 183.20 MEGH 77.25 77.90 75.75 76.05 IRB 109.00 109.00 101.45 102.05 SOMANYCERA 182.00 182.00 168.05 170.50 M&M 605.00 606.40 567.50 582.00 -30.60 COALINDIA 121.00 121.00 115.10 115.70 KPITTECH 113.00 115.00 106.95 111.30 SWANENERGY 118.00 118.00 113.20 114.90 IOB 9.24 9.24 8.81 8.86 KALPATPOWR* 235.00 239.15 232.10 237.20 TECHM 787.95 787.95 747.55 753.00 -40.05 TECHM 786.25 786.30 747.35 748.00 TEAMLEASE 2128.70 2210.00 2102.10 2171.95 INDIACEM 115.55 117.25 113.50 117.25 INOXLEISUR 260.40 262.35 248.75 251.20 LAOPALA 206.50 209.95 198.00 200.50 FEDERALBNK 46.80 47.90 45.50 45.75 ALKYLAMINE 2905.00 3025.70 2902.60 2965.00 PNBHOUSING 322.90 323.35 312.75 319.25 CENTURYPLY 161.70 165.75 158.60 161.00 UPL 525.45 525.45 502.20 505.50 -26.90 MAHABANK 11.15 11.15 10.55 10.81 SAIL 34.35 34.35 32.65 32.80 FSL 74.75 74.75 70.00 70.80 RVNL 19.00 19.25 18.75 18.85 KPRMILL 585.35 602.20 573.60 581.80 TCS 2450.00 2450.00 2302.60 2332.90 -134.55 KNRCON 248.00 253.10 242.90 244.75 ESCORTS 1161.00 1205.00 1150.00 1154.00 JUSTDIAL 360.60 360.60 339.85 343.90 CANFINHOME 414.00 414.00 391.50 402.75 GICRE 120.05 123.70 118.20 121.95 GRASIM 708.00 715.00 675.50 677.60 -40.80 POWERINDIA 941.25 943.65 919.10 921.75 IOC 75.00 75.50 71.35 71.95 ECLERX 688.75 718.30 660.00 692.00 COCHINSHIP 314.00 317.50 304.95 313.30 BAJFINANCE 3191.00 3194.75 3006.90 3030.65 -213.20 CHENNPETRO 68.15 68.25 66.65 67.00 PVR 1015.00 1116.95 1015.00 1062.65 NOCIL 132.00 132.50 125.70 126.95 NESCO 543.25 558.05 536.05 551.95 TATAMOTORS 127.90 128.80 122.15 122.75 -8.65 TNPL 101.50 101.50 98.45 99.45 APLAPOLLO 2300.00 2599.60 2300.00 2577.45 STRTECH 142.50 144.70 140.00 140.50 BAJAJELEC 460.00 460.95 447.90 453.40 INDUSINDBK 517.15 519.00 485.00 488.70 -39.35 SKFINDIA 1473.00 1473.00 1443.00 1445.65 EICHERMOT 2040.20 2078.10 2024.00 2030.00 PETRONET 215.40 215.40 209.75 210.75 VAIBHAVGBL 1800.05 1843.00 1800.00 1820.00 CSBBANK 217.85 219.60 210.50 215.30 GRANULES 350.00 368.00 350.00 361.00 UNIONBANK 25.05 25.05 24.60 24.85 PARAGMILK 92.95 95.35 92.95 93.65     SIS 367.00 373.55 364.30 368.00 INDIGO 1253.00 1262.65 1182.60 1194.80 ADANIPOWER 36.10 36.65 36.00 36.30 MOTILALOFS* 617.45 631.45 606.85 622.60 GARFIBRES 1868.00 1872.90 1808.10 1841.10 BHEL 30.90 30.90 29.55 29.85 GSFC 54.70 58.80 54.00 55.45 SCI 53.50 53.50 51.85 52.30 PRSMJOHNSN 56.25 56.25 54.40 55.10 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE TATACONSUM 490.00 492.75 477.55 488.75 OFSS 2850.00 3051.10 2850.00 2960.90 NHPC 20.00 20.20 19.85 20.00 STARCEMENT 83.00 84.35 80.25 81.95 NIFTY NEXT 50 26056.25 26089.95 25636.70 25696.60 -593.40 JSWSTEEL 264.00 264.80 257.70 258.75 VOLTAS 667.00 667.00 646.70 649.00 JSWENERGY 56.60 56.75 55.55 56.20 DALBHARAT* 735.35 740.70 723.00 740.70 GODREJCP 673.30 701.95 670.00 690.85 11.95 RBLBANK 161.55 164.75 156.00 157.70 MIDHANI 191.10 193.80 188.30 188.85 VRLLOG 158.45 159.55 153.30 157.00 JSLHISAR 79.55 79.75 75.00 77.40 COLPAL 1357.00 1395.35 1340.00 1373.00 19.00 SUNPHARMA* 498.15 501.10 483.00 485.40 OIL 87.20 87.40 83.50 84.70 ARVINDFASN 122.00 131.00 120.00 123.40 JYOTHYLAB 140.00 141.45 137.80 139.70 MARICO 337.75 345.95 333.00 342.35 2.05 RATNAMANI 1185.95 1187.60 1161.20 1164.00 AJANTPHARM 1559.55 1585.55 1532.85 1559.65 JMFINANCIL 75.00 77.70 72.90 76.60 GODREJAGRO 491.60 495.70 485.30 487.00 ICICIPRULI 407.00 415.35 403.30 410.00 1.30 TATAPOWER 52.80 52.95 50.00 50.35 PCJEWELLER 13.55 14.10 13.10 13.50 PNCINFRA 151.25 158.00 151.00 154.75 GHCL 157.90 160.60 154.00 156.00 DABUR 484.00 490.75 478.80 487.00 1.25 IDFCFIRSTB 27.85 28.15 26.85 27.00 TAKE 41.00 46.60 40.50 44.10 GILLETTE 5335.15 5441.00 5330.00 5433.00 MAHSCOOTER 2800.00 2802.70 2752.75 2779.00 BERGEPAINT 570.80 580.00 562.05 572.10 1.30 SYNGENE 552.00 596.85 552.00 564.75 WABAG 182.00 182.90 172.20 173.35 SJVN 22.20 22.20 21.70 21.80 MOIL 138.50 138.95 136.45 138.30 ABBOTINDIA 15899.00 16194.95 15720.10 15994.90 6.55 STAR 643.00 661.00 630.20 646.60 BBTC 1298.00 1320.00 1249.95 1256.80 ALLCARGO 118.60 122.60 118.25 121.45 SHRIRAMCIT 873.60 896.95 871.55 896.95 GICRE 120.00 123.75 119.00 121.65 -0.20 M&MFIN 116.10 117.95 112.85 113.50 TORNTPOWER 315.10 320.70 305.35 306.20 TRIDENT 6.40 6.44 6.20 6.26 OMAXE 66.50 67.50 64.90 65.75 ICICIGI 1240.05 1258.00 1225.10 1256.00 -2.15 ONGC 66.00 67.30 65.45 66.40 TASTYBIT 10000.00 10480.25 9949.95 10032.00 CROMPTON 269.90 274.00 259.90 262.65 DCMSHRIRAM 361.45 361.45 352.15 352.20 DMART 2047.90 2084.00 2037.60 2049.95 -5.35 TITAN 1116.50 1116.50 1076.00 1094.00 PERSISTENT 1215.00 1220.00 1162.20 1176.30 HSCL 50.35 50.35 48.10 48.40 MAHLOG 319.00 319.00 310.60 313.00 TORNTPHARM 2646.00 2678.35 2455.00 2652.00 -8.95 HINDPETRO 173.00 177.00 171.00 172.40 VIPIND 285.30 305.30 281.00 292.55 AVANTI 481.50 487.00 476.45 481.35 TCIEXP 763.10 794.25 750.20 778.00 NHPC 20.05 20.20 19.80 20.00 -0.10 HDFCAMC 2130.00 2139.20 2101.05 2104.15 AFFLE 2858.00 2905.00 2805.35 2815.50 NIACL 102.25 103.75 101.00 101.60 SCHAEFFLER 3577.30 3608.05 3541.90 3550.00 NAUKRI 3376.00 3450.00 3330.00 3370.15 -18.55 HINDALCO 157.90 162.25 155.00 159.05 IBREALEST 51.85 51.85 48.05 48.30 POLYCAB 808.00 819.15 803.55 819.15 GESHIP 248.00 248.00 238.50 239.40 SIEMENS 1221.10 1224.80 1193.60 1217.35 -13.20 TATACHEM 298.65 301.00 277.00 278.65 EQUITAS 49.35 49.65 48.30 48.65 KEI 348.50 351.30 335.30 343.05 ESABINDIA 1327.65 1340.85 1290.00 1314.10 PGHH 9959.05 9959.05 9812.80 9850.00 -109.05 TATAELXSI 1200.00 1200.00 1160.80 1184.90 LAXMIMACH 3505.00 3575.00 3500.00 3500.00 SONATSOFTW 319.70 333.75 315.30 322.15 BRIGADE 157.15 165.00 157.15 161.00 SBICARD 811.30 820.80 805.00 810.00 -11.05 ASIANPAINT 1946.40 1946.40 1908.95 1919.20 CUB 134.50 136.05 132.00 133.80 PRESTIGE 237.60 241.85 231.00 232.25 CERA 2369.95 2369.95 2232.00 2251.60 PIDILITIND 1408.00 1427.00 1395.00 1401.00 -19.85 ENGINERSIN 65.20 65.20 63.45 63.65 BAJAJHLDNG 2402.00 2458.25 2402.00 2432.60 SPANDANA 520.00 531.75 505.00 517.00 JKCEMENT 1577.95 1577.95 1471.05 1481.00 HAVELLS 669.90 678.60 657.00 663.00 -11.75 BOSCHLTD 12580.00 12680.00 12122.10 12360.00 BLISSGVS 152.00 152.50 145.65 147.35 BLUEDART 2715.05 2811.00 2703.00 2754.00 HUDCO 31.00 31.60 30.50 30.60 FLUOROCHEM 498.15 507.00 490.55 497.00 CONCOR 373.45 378.50 366.00 370.50 -6.60 NTPC 84.10 85.65 82.10 82.65 SHREECEM 18650.00 18813.25 18214.40 18357.00 KAJARIACER 517.00 517.00 497.45 498.65 IDBI 33.90 34.50 32.75 32.90 SUNDRMFAST 397.00 403.00 393.00 399.75 PETRONET 213.45 215.20 209.60 211.65 -3.90 GAIL 83.05 85.40 82.30 82.85 PFIZER 4670.00 4959.05 4670.00 4873.60 FINEORG 2590.00 2590.00 2481.00 2491.45 TIMKEN 1065.10 1081.50 1045.00 1050.00 SHANKARA 331.50 331.75 322.70 326.30 HDFCAMC 2138.00 2138.45 2100.10 2104.00 -39.10 L&TFH 58.50 58.85 56.05 56.25 PAGEIND 19398.70 19498.90 18643.35 18717.15 FDC 337.00 339.00 324.05 325.60 GSPL 195.25 197.20 193.75 195.60 MMTC 16.80 16.80 16.10 16.20 CADILAHC 381.75 383.80 374.15 375.25 -8.65 MUTHOOTFIN 1018.30 1040.00 1010.00 1017.90 SRF 4121.50 4121.50 3996.20 4042.00 GODFRYPHLP 903.00 924.00 898.85 915.15 PHOENIXLTD 565.00 565.00 542.65 548.70 GDL 87.70 88.50 85.15 87.40 MUTHOOTFIN 1038.00 1039.00 1010.55 1020.50 -24.75 BANKBARODA 41.00 41.00 39.65 39.80 HEG 705.00 762.85 697.80 739.10 AMBER 1930.00 1985.00 1873.60 1898.00 THYROCARE 777.45 805.00 765.00 765.00 GEPIL 422.00 432.00 416.75 419.10 DLF 148.00 148.35 144.40 146.85 -3.60 SIEMENS 1230.00 1230.00 1193.50 1215.00 ADANIGAS 182.00 183.55 174.50 175.20 PHILIPCARB 119.50 119.60 116.30 116.65 UFLEX 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Mainland Affairs Council.  %0*,! Joe Biden. Trump told reporters at a Not satisfied with Trump’s ahead. Yes, go ahead. You asked Senator Mitt Romney, a Utah “Our government will contin- Trump, a Republican, also White House news conference answer, the reporter again a question. Go ahead please,” he Republican who has stood at aiwan on Thursday con- ue to cooperate with countries ran’s President Hassan said he believed the election on Wednesday when asked asked. “Do you commit to said. Trump’s reluctance to odds with the President in the Tdemned recent Chinese with similar values.” IRouhani declared “victory” result could end up in the US about a peaceful transition of making sure that there is a commit to a peaceful transition past, slammed Trump’s military activity after Beijing Last week, China sent a over the United States after the Supreme Court, as he again cast power after the presidential peaceful transferal of power?” was rooted in what he said were remarks. sent two military surveillance total of 37 warplanes, including UN Security Council rejected doubt on postal voting. Many polls in November irrespective Trump exuded confidence concerns about ballots, extend- “Fundamental to democ- planes toward the island for bombers and fighter jets, across the Trump administration’s bid American states are encourag- of the outcome. that there will be a continuation ing his assertion that wide- racy is the peaceful transition three straight days, calling it a the Taiwan Strait in a warning to reimpose UN sanctions on ing mail-in voting, citing the “President, real quickly, of power. “We want to get rid spread mail-in voting is rife of power; without that, there is “deliberate provocation.” as a high-level U.S. State the Islamic republic. need to keep Americans safe wins, lose or draw in this elec- of the ballots and we will have with fraud. Belarus,” Romney tweeted. Tensions have risen in the Department official visited the “The Iranian nation has from the coronavirus pan- tion, will you commit here a very peaceful — there will not In 2016, Trump also “Any suggestion that a Taiwan Strait as the U.S. has island. The Taiwanese defense achieved great political, legal demic that has killed over two today for a peaceful transferral be a transfer. Frankly, there will refused to commit to accepting President might not respect this stepped up its official engage- ministry said the planes crossed and diplomatic success at the lakh people in the country. of power after the election? be a continuation. The ballots the election results in his con- Constitutional guarantee is ment with the self-ruled island the midline of the Taiwan Strait. United Nations,” Rouhani told “Well, we’re going to have And there has been rioting in are out of control, you know it, test against the Democratic both unthinkable and unac- that China considers part of its The midline has acted as a televised weekly meeting of to see what happens,” Trump Louisville, there has been riot- and you know who knows it candidate, Hillary Clinton, ceptable,” he said. national territory. an unofficial buffer zone his cabinet. On Monday, Tuesday and between China and Taiwan “The reason for this victo- Wednesday, China sent two for decades, in what Taiwan’s ry lies solely in the support and 26; <  '+*6**& ". planes into Taiwan’s air defense Mainland Affairs Council on resistance of the people,” /1,2 % 0 +3  identification zone, according Thursday called “a tacit agree- he said.    7.)"."' to Taiwan’s Ministry of ment that has kept the peace.” “America’s greatness has National Defense. In response, Chinese foreign ministry collapsed (just like) the global     "%" &6"' the Taiwanese side dispatched spokesman Wang Wenbin on hegemony they thought 30+ 4 5 / /1 air patrols, the ministry said. Monday denied the existence of they had.”   '*  *&%  %%" “We oppose China using any midline, saying that Taiwan In May 2018, US President Washington: US President virus. And actually, Biden’s what we’ve done,” Trump said. military force against Taiwan, is part of China. He also Donald Trump withdrew from Washington: Underlining that  !,E 0 Donald Trump and his plan will crush America, if you Talking about Johnson & deliberately violating Taiwan’s warned that China would retal- a landmark deal that gave Iran the scope of India and the Democratic rival Joe Biden think about it. You can’t lock Johnson announcing that their naval and airspace safety and iate for the U.S. visit. “We will relief from sanctions in return United States partnership con- S District Judge Eli have clashed on the coron- down. Again, we’re growing at vaccine candidate has reached damaging the status quo,” take countermeasures, includ- for UN-verified guarantees that tinues to expand, US State URichardson, a Trump avirus pandemic, both putting levels that nobody has ever seen the final stage of clinical trials, added Chiu Chui-Cheng, ing against relevant individu- it is not seeking nuclear Department on Wednesday administration appointee who forward their plans to bring before. Our plan is unleashing Trump said, “this is record deputy minister at Taiwan’s als,” he said. weapons. (local time) said that bucked the President’s conserv- America out of the worst health a rapid recovery. Our oppo- time. This is the fourth vaccine Washington’s growing security ative base by blocking a crisis if voted to power. nent’s plan would hurt America candidate in the United States and diplomatic cooperation Tennessee law that restricts mail- The US is the worst-affect- very badly. It would send us into to reach the final stage of trial. :>  @          with New Delhi is vital to a free, in voting, had an announcement ed country from the pandem- a depression,” Trump told So, we have four candidates open, and inclusive Indian- to make before wrapping up his ic with over 200,000 Americans reporters at the White House on already at a very late date. Hong Kong (AP): Hong Kong a bail requirement. He said he a student leader during the 2014 Pacific region. decision: it had nothing to do losing their lives to the disease. Wednesday, asserting that his ‘Late’ being a very positive pro-democracy activist Joshua was also accused of violating a Umbrella Movement protests for “The pace and scope of the with politics. The declaration The virus has also battered the Democratic challenger would word, in this case,” he said. Wong said he was arrested again pre-coronavirus law banning the universal suffrage, and is among #USIndia partnership contin- dropped as lower-court judges, country’s economy with mil- not have been able to handle the Trump also announced Thursday for allegedly partici- wearing of masks in public places a growing number of activists ues to expand! Whether it’s at like Richardson, face greater lions of people losing their jobs. pandemic. that his administration is pating in an unauthorised assem- on the pretext they obscure iden- being charged for various rela- @UN or with Quad partners, scrutiny over their perceived Trump, a Republican, and “Our approach is pro-sci- awarding $200 million of bly last October. Wong tweeted tity. Wong told reporters after tively minor offenses since our growing security and ideological purity. Richardson Biden are pitted against each ence. Biden’s approach is anti- CARES Act funding to all 50 that he was arrested when he leaving the police station that it Beijing imposed a sweeping diplomatic cooperation with even took the step of addressing other for the November 3 pres- science. I don’t think they know states to prepare to distribute reported to the semi- is the third case against him. He national security law on the ter- India is vital to a free, open, and potential critics in his opinion. idential election. what their approach is, the vaccine to high-risk resi- autonomous Chinese territory’s vowed to continue to resist. ritory that has severely restrict- inclusive #IndoPacific,” tweet- Richardson ruled in favor of “Our plan will crush the although a lot of it’s copied from dents. PTI Central Police Station as part of Wong rose to prominence as ed political speech. ed State Department for the expanding the ability of first- Bureau of South and Central time voters in this reliably Asian Affairs (SCA). Republican-leaning state to cast 6 ; ! >   6 >  Indian-Pacific region is mail-in ballots this election. 2 "# "   largely viewed as an area com- But first, the lifetime-appoint- prising the Indian Ocean and ed judge said, he had to “address the western and central Pacific head-on the proverbial elephant       Ocean, including the South in the room,” declaring his own     8" China Sea. impartiality in the case. China’s territorial claims in In his September 9 ruling,   08. between the rivals — already a North Korean navy boat London (AP): Facebook’s long- Instagram posts constitute hate thorough, principled and glob- the South China Sea and its Richardson wrote that he was strained amid a deadlock in came and opened fire at awaited oversight board that speech. ally effective takes time and our efforts to advance into the “not concerned about how his outh Korea said on broader nuclear diplomacy — him, South Korea’s Defense will act as a referee on whether We are currently testing the members have been working Indian Ocean are seen to have decisions could aid one side or SThursday that North Korean will probably suffer a further Ministry said. specific content is allowed on newly deployed technical sys- aggressively to launch as soon challenged the established the other on the political front.” troops fatally shot a South setback, observers say. Sailors from the boat clad the tech giant’s platforms is set tems that will allow users to as possible, the board said. rules-based system. The judge from Tennessee’s Korean Government official According to Seoul, the in gas masks and protective to launch in October. appeal and the Board to review The board’s 20 members Amid China’s growing Middle District also said his who may have attempted to man disappeared from a gov- suits poured gasoline on his CEO Mark Zuckerberg cases,” it said in a statement are a multinational group that assertiveness in the Indian- personal opinions on election defect and set his body on fire ernment ship that was check- body and set it aflame, the said two years ago that he was Thursday. includes legal scholars, human Pacific region, foreign ministers laws have “simply no bearing” after finding him on a floating ing on possible unauthorised Defense Ministry said, setting up the quasi-indepen- If those tests go to plan, the rights experts and journalists. of Quad — India, Japan, the US on the constitutional claims object near the countries’ dis- fishing in an area south of the citing intelligence gathered by dent board, following intense board said it would start It will start by hearing and Australia — are planning brought before his bench. For puted sea boundary. boundary on Monday, a day surveillance equipment and criticism that the company accepting and reviewing appeals from users whose to hold a meeting in Tokyo next months, President Donald South Korean officials con- before he was found in North other assets. wasn’t moving fast enough to appeals from users in mid to content has been taken down month. The officials are likely Trump claimed without proof demned what they called North Korean waters. It’s unclear how he ended remove misinformation, hate late October. by Facebook before expanding to affirm their countries’ coop- that there could be widespread Korea’s “atrocious act” and North Korea sent officials up in North Korea. But a speech and malign influence The board was initially to appeals from users who eration to realise the voter fraud in November, even urged it to apologize and pun- wearing gas masks aboard a defense official said the campaigns. expected to start operating in want the company to remove “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” as officials in states that have ish those responsible. North boat near the man to learn why man might have tried to defect The board is intended to early 2020 but the launch was content. Facebook can also vision upheld by Japan and the relied on mail-in ballots cited Korea is unlikely to accept the he was there on Tuesday after- to the North, citing acquired rule on thorny content issues, delayed. refer cases to the board on its US. Agencies little evidence of such. South Korean demand, and ties noon. Later in the day, information. such as when Facebook or “Building a process that is own. '  ) - 3 " + 2*002,*/0*2*8// 0/0!O grains and other essential goods as well as the movement of pas- She is a huge source of inspiration for me and for many others.” !    sengers travelling on special trains, mostly on an urgent basis. He further said, “If you go the villages, women travel kilo- .%/ ! %0* Officials here said that Punjab loaded 990 rakes of FCI foodgrains metres to fill water and for other activities. The problem in cities in August this year and 816 rakes till September 23. Thus, FCI with the widespread of technology is that we sit a lot at a place     “Farmer can at any stage go back on his word and withdraw is loading more than 35 rakes of foodgrains daily from Punjab. for work and other things. This makes them lazy.” from the contract but the same cannot be done by investor who They said Punjab also loads 9-10 rakes daily of fertiliser, cement, He detailed on his women-only fitness programme, would be liable for a heavy penalty,” Tomar said. The Minister auto, mixed goods in containers. The State also receives around Pinkathon, where women aged even 60 above, begin with a reg- Kathmandu (PTI): A key trad- Kerung and Tatopani-Khasa said any dispute between investor and farmer would be settled 20 rakes daily of coal, food grain, farm products, machinery petro- ular run of 3 kms before moving on to regular exercises and end- ing route between Nepal and remained closed since late by sub-divisional magistrate within 15 or 30 days. leum products, imported fertiliser etc. ing up running 100 kms. Tibet in China has been January to prevent the spread “If a farmer wants to come out of the agreement, he can do Interacting with Indian captain Kohli, the Prime Minister reopened for movement of of the coronavirus which was so. But a trader cannot pull out of the agreement. The trader can 00 3,,** E0 !/./+, 28*!+ quipped “your name is Virat and kam bhi aisa hi hai” and then goods, over eight months after first detected in China’s Wuhan only leave the agreement after paying the farmer the price he had asked him as how he keeps himself fit. it was closed following the city in Hubei Province in late promised. There is full protection for farmers in these Bills. There N. GG !%8/8**81 Kohli while interacting with the Prime Minister talked about outbreak of the coronavirus 2019. Over the period, these cannot be any action concerning farmers’ land. If there is any the importance of fitness in daily lives. The cricketer, who is cur- pandemic. trade points were opened only dispute, recovery can only be done of the money, which the farmer The NCB will continue the same line of questioning when rently in the United Arab Emirates with the Royal Challengers The Rasuwagadhi-Kerung for a few days allowing the has taken for growing the crop,” he said. its investigators grill actress Rakul and Deepika’s Manager Bangalore, gave insights on his own experience with the transi- transit point was opened on movement of a limited number Tomar said the Modi-led Government has provided the free- Karishma. "Deepika has acknowledged the summons and had tion to importance of fitness over the years in cricket. Wednesday after the Chinese of cargo trucks carrying med- dom to farmers through the Bills. He said the Bills will free farm- submitted for joining investigation on Saturday," Malhotra said. In the digital interaction Kohli said he experienced the need authorities agreed to condi- ical kits in particular. ers from chains of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee At Saturday's questioning, the NCB will record Deepika's for fitness levels to be better in his initial playing days. tionally reopen the border The representatives of both (APMC). statement under Section 67 in the Narcotic Drugs and “I experienced a transition. In the era when I started play- point for movement of goods. the governments will hold a “Small farmers can now get a guarantee of their produce dur- Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. The section 67 of ing cricket, the demands of the game were changing very quick- The Chinese authorities virtual dialogue on Friday to ing the sowing of the crop. They can now go for expensive crops, the NDPS Act vests powers with the investigating agency "to call ly. Our fitness routines weren’t fit for the demands of the game have allowed the movement of ease vehicular movements use new technology, new seeds, good pesticides and reduce the for information from any person for the purpose of satisfying and we needed to change. We were short from fitness point of a limited number of cargo through the land route between input cost. These Bills are crucial and will bring revolutionary himself whether there has been any contravention of the provi- view, the skills were not an issue,” Kohli told the Prime Minister. vehicles abiding specific rules, the two countries, the ministry changes in the lives of farmers. I want to tell farmers that when sions of this Act, to require any person to produce or deliver any “I experienced a self-realisation on fitness, that it should be according to the Ministry of sources said. provisions of these Bills will be implemented, there will be change document or thing useful or relevant to the enquiry and to exam- a priority. I realised that I needed to improve on my fitness. Now, Industry, Commerce and During the talks, the mat- in their lives,” he said. ine any person acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the priority on fitness is such that I won’t mind losing training Supplies. ter relating to resumption of The Minister rejected Opposition criticism over the Bills and the case". Deepika will be questioned in the context of the infor- sessions but I feel bad when I lose fitness session,” he said. Some cargo trucks carrying vehicular movement through asserted that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and APMC will mation that surfaced during the questioning of actress-accused Modi pointed out that Virat, who hails from Delhi, must be Chinese products entered the Tatopani-Khasa border continue as in the past. Rhea Chakraborty in the drug case. missing the delicious foods of the city, naming “chhole bhatoore” Nepal on Wednesday and point, situated 120 km east of Karishma works with Jaya Saha, with whom Rhea in particular, to which Virat chuckled and said that he had to Thursday. Both Nepal-China Kathmandu, is also expected to 2*8/*, *838%8 Chakraborty had chatted about CBD oil, as a manager in Kwan sacrifice the food to maintain his fitness levels. border points of Rasuwagadhi- feature. talent management agency. During the questioning, the NCB had “I miss the chhole bhatoore in Delhi so much! But I never +,*,%+,! reportedly quizzed Jaya if she had any knowledge about experienced health issues with our native diet. My grandmoth- Karishma procuring drugs for Deepika Padukone. er is so healthy and she always used to eat homemade food. I, “As per information from across the State, the call for bandh The NCB had retrieved Deepika's WhatsApp chats with on the other hand, had city food because we travel everywhere. UK preparing HR has received a positive response from various unions of truck- Karishma in which the two were seen discussing drugs. Earlier, We used to eat out and some food items were unhealthy. So that ers, buses, tempos, employees, youngsters, students, labourers Jaya's chats with Rhea Chakraborty about CBD oil were also made me realise that fitness is important,” said Kohli. and others,” said Benod Pandey, a representative of all farm retrieved by NCB. The NCB investigations have thrown up a “If we don’t improve our fitness, we would be far behind in curbs against Belarus unions. He added that as per their initial estimates, rail tracks whatsApp chat of 2017 between D (Deepika Padukone) and K terms of our game too. Our brain and body fitness works togeth- and roads would be blocked at around 125 locations across var- (Karishma). In the chat, Deepika reportedly asks Karishna: "you er,” he said. The Indian cricket captain further pointed out that London (AP): Britain is prepar- zens have taken part in nearly ious districts of Punjab. In Haryana, INLD and Congress held have Maal?, Karishma responds saying: "Yes, but at home. I am in daily lives, it is important to keep fitness priority, instead of ing sanctions on individuals seven weeks of rallies against the protests at several districts. Farmer leaders said that several farmer at Bandra. Later Krishma tells Deepika that one Amit is bring- weight loss. allegedly involved in human authoritarian leader’s reelection, organisations like Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), All India ing it to a high-end restaurant "koko" at Lower Parel. Deepika “Important to give time in between food intake. We eat heavy rights violations in Belarus, work- which the opposition says was Farmers Union (AIFU), All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination seeks to confirm if it is hash not weed. food in our daily lives, and in between, we continue to have other ing with the United States and rigged. We are willing to join the Committee (AIKSCC), All India Kisan Mahasangh (AIKM) have food intakes. We don’t allow our system to process the food. There Canada to hold President EU in adopting targeted sanc- come on a common platform for the nationwide shutdown. 2 %!0 8!,*01 %/8 is no activity in between food intake. These small things are Alexander Lukashenko and his tions against those responsible for Farmer leaders in Haryana are considering blocking the rail and important, you need to give time for body to process food,” said government to account. the violence, the repression and road traffic in various districts of the State on the day, said lead- 0*0%82%,D !0,%D Kohli. “It is important to keep priority - if you’re doing it for Foreign Secretary Dominic the vote-rigging, although the EU ers familiar with the developments. weight loss or fitness,” he said. Raab told the House of process has now been delayed in Farmer union leaders, including the BKU (Charuni) and BKU The first anniversary of Fit India Movement saw Modi Kohli said despite the significant improvement in fitness lev- Commons in London on Brussels, Raab said. Given that (Tikait) were holding meetings with leaders of different organ- addressing Soman as ‘Made in India Milind’ after the 90’s song els among the Indian team members, the side still lags behind Thursday that in light of the delay ... we're co-ordinating with isations like Ahritia’s (commission agents) Association, trans- that shot the actor to fame. Modi acknowledged how the 54-year- the other international sides on the same. He pointed it out in European Union’s delay in the United States and Canada to porters and shopkeepers to support the Bharat Bandh by keep- old star had contributed to the fitness movement in his own vocal reply to Modi’s question on the need of Yo Yo Tests in Indian preparing its own sanctions, the prepare appropriate listings as a ing their shops shut from 10 am to 4 pm. They claimed that all way by even penning a book titled after the famous track. cricket setup. “It (Yo Yo Test) was very important. Our level in UK would join other allies to matter of urgency. The EU said the mandis in the State had decided to remain shut and there On a lighter note, the Prime Minister pointed out about how fitness in comparison to other teams is still low. Yo Yo Tests were adopt targeted sanctions against that the swearing in of will be no business on Friday. netizens keep discussing his age and asked, “Whatever you say a basic requirement,” said Kohli. those responsible for human Lukashenko on Wednesday to a Farmers in West Bengal will block roads and highways while your age is - are you really that old or is it something else?” “The T20Is and ODIs last only one day but the Test match rights abuses. We will apply all the sixth term lacks democratic farmers in Uttar Pradesh will jam their respective villages, towns A laughing Milind answered, “A lot of people ask me the same is of five days, so the fitness standard from that point of view is tools at our disposal to hold legitimacy, defies the will of the and highways. question about my age. They also ask me how am I able to run important. Even I won’t be available for selection if I fail the test. Lukashenko and his regime to Belarusian people and will only The Railways on Thursday said the ‘rail roko’ agitation in such long distances (like from Delhi to Mumbai in 2012) in this It is important to set the fitness culture. It improves overall cul- account, he said. deepen the country’s political Punjab over farm Bills will severely impact the loading of food- age. I tell them - my mother at 81 - is capable of doing all this. ture of the side,” he said. Thousands of Belarus citi- crisis.   !" #$ %&'%(%(    -

he illegal tiger trade is threatening the survival of one of nature’s most Tbeautiful beasts. Exposing the shocking secrets of illegal tiger farms and the power players who profit, former Royal Marine Commando Aldo Kane uncovers key trafficking routes connect- ing Malaysia, China, Thailand, Laos and O)+0  0 , Vietnam, covertly filming the traffickers, and meeting those trying to conserve ,,/;+ ,0 P tigers. He calls the series, Tigers: Hunting the Traffickers, a gripping, fearless and an ,8    action-packed investigation into the sick-          ening network of ruthless, organised      wildlife crime. It’s also a crusading film,     H with enough clout to ignite a campaign   + $ for real change, before a majestic species %   L  #  is wiped out completely. Excerpts: the Counter Tiger Poaching units in the  "    H What is the film about? Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia.       We look at how the growth in illegal We spent weeks in the jungle tracking      tiger farms throughout Southeast Asia and down tiger poachers. They have dedicat-   China is stimulating a demand for tiger ed their lives to the protection of the few    products like tiger bone, wine and glue. wild tigers left in Malaysia. It’s frustrat- !"#$ Tiger trafficking is now big business and ing that their efforts are being complete- this rise in demand is having a devastat- ly undermined by the industrial scale L0  ing effect on the world’s wild tiger pop- poaching taking place in their own back- #  # ulation as a premium is now paid for its yard. The wild tigers are being trafficked  $% L wild provenance. This film investigates the nearly all across Southeast Asia — from North into Vietnam and China where a   murky underworld of the illegal tiger Malaysia right up through Thailand, premium is fetched as the dead or   $, farms feeding this demand. It is about the Laos, Vietnam and further into China. butchered ones are worth more than those complex issues that surround the trade Due to the nature of the trade in these alive and wild. It was truly great to spend    and tries to raise awareness of the imme- countries, trafficking can also be linked time with these dedicated and loyal  "  3/ diate threat to these endangered animals. to other illegal activities such as drug teams, learning how they operate and     H I, alongside a team of investigators, try to smuggling, illegal logging and human traf- what their biggest challenges were. This     expose and piece together the shocking ficking. So the level of risk and danger is gave me the background knowledge and  #  secrets of the illegal tiger farms and those 8 0 5 31 / quite high. But the biggest challenge and drive to find out more about the illegal   " who profit. Numbers of wild tigers in risk was to the investigators we worked trade. much of Southeast Asia are declining and alongside because in some of these coun- For me, the most shocking scenes

   wild tigers risk getting extinct if this ille- tries they could risk their lives for expos- revealed how large some tiger facilities     H gal trade continues and is left unchecked. *      -   ing these illegal trade operations. For me, were. I also visited some places where  $  H the biggest challenge was feeling quite hundreds of tigers were locked up in cages.       What attracted you to this project?  A% >!9R    helpless at the industrial scale of the trade. The tiger trade is hidden from sight,     Since I first joined the Royal Marines unlike the ivory or rhino trade where the               - " at the age of 16, I have spent many years You have put yourself in some brutality is on show for the world to see. travelling the globe and a huge amount            extremely risky situations to make this The world is largely unaware of the bru-     M of time in the jungles of Southeast Asia. film. How has your former life as a Royal tal way in which they are farmed and ulti- %    $ I still remember the exhilarating feeling   &    6   Marines Commando Sniper equipped mately slaughtered for their bones. of sharing the dense forests with the wild you to deal with them? Breaking into these facilities to expose the tiger — for me, the most majestic Apex         My background turned out to be valu- cruelty these tigers are exposed to is a vital O# 3 8 9 predator. Since then, I have been fascinat- able throughout the filming. I was able to part of bringing the truth to the wider ed by these beautiful creatures and acute-           use many of the skills I was taught in the world. 15 /:  43 ly aware of their plight as an endangered Marines like collecting useful information 2 3 / species.           for the investigation. Often, it was just Why should people watch the film and A few years ago, I was talking with myself and my director Laura out on the what do you hope they’ll take away from +8 4 ;1 director Orlando Von Einsiedel from &B " 9 CC ground, gathering information. We had it? 3 Grain Media about such risky stories to plan operations as if they were a mil- Anyone with an interest in conserva- 1,  which needed to be told. And this one personnel the opportunity to play a crit- It soon became very clear to me that itary tasking, taking into account vehicle tion should watch this film. It is an inves- topped the list. Telling a story of a ical role in conservation and the preven- all anti-poaching operations were being moves, communications, actions and tigation into the destruction and extinc- 5 0/14: #  species closer to extinction partly due to tion of wildlife crime around the world. continually undermined by this growing worst-case scenario planning. Flexibility tion of an apex predator, an insight into 3 3  5  man’s desire to turn it into “luxury” prod- As highly military trained individuals, our demand, high-tech trafficking syndicates is the biggest asset to any live investiga- how the commodification of a farmed ucts would require intricate storytelling, work on the ground is very much focussed and endemic governmental corruption. tion. Sometimes, we would be out on the product can affect an entire wildlife 0  01+2  5  investigative journalism and a healthy on training and mentoring anti-poaching Where there is a demand, there will always ground for 18 hours and then all of a sud- species. It is an action-packed, thrilling 01 /:  0  dose of risk-taking. It felt like the perfect units to deal with illegal poaching. The be someone willing to risk their life to sup- den, we had to follow a different lead into shocker of an investigation that will take ;+, 3 01 /: project to me. poachers, who are risking their lives for ply. That is why I wanted to try and find a different country, the whole time being the viewer to some unexpected places. I very little in return, are very often the ones out more about the networks, the organ- aware that what we were doing was hope that this film will make a small dif- <3 3/

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t’s a well-known fact that rice has always been a staple food in Asia but we usu- Ially think or talk about white rice. However, did you know about black rice, the    3   3 surprising health benefits that it consists? Well, it has properties such as anti-inflam- matory, anti-cancer, anti-diabetes and antioxidants. This superfood is also a rich         double the amount available in brown rice. the small intestine, this can lead to nutrition- preventing overeating. In addition, source of nutrients and minerals like pro- If you are looking for a fiber rich diet then al deficiencies. And black rice is naturally researchers have found out that it helps pre- tein, fiber, iron and copper. Unprecedented      D !   it is better to start consuming black rice. gluten-free. If you are allergic to gluten and vent insulin resistance in your body, which times like these calls for boosting our have the Celiac (an autoimmune disorder leads to and is related to the risk of becom- immune system. The rich source of antiox- ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES that’s triggered when you eat gluten) disease, ing overweight or obese. So if you are some- idants in black rice helps to build up the *-1 *->6:   Black rice is a natural healing food. then you should consider having black rice one who is looking to reduce weight, start immunity and improves the body’s ability Research has shown that it helps in reduc- in your daily diet plan. The potential to cause with including black rice in your weight loss to fight diseases. ing inflammatory compounds in your body intestinal damage is a major disadvantage regime. Black rice, also known as as forbidden and increase the anti-inflammatory com- of gluten. Gluten can also cause abdominal rice or purple rice, used to be a valuable pounds. This increase in the anti-inflamma- and bloating pain. Not everyone can digest PROMOTES HEALTHY HEART commodity in ancient China and this is why tory compounds further help in reducing it easily. Black rice provides all healthy nutri- A healing food like black rice has been every grain of it was seized and consumed inflammation in various diseases such as ents including protein and fiber. shown to reduce the atherosclerotic plaque by the royalty only. Hence, the term forbid- cancer, arthritis and allergies. formation in the arteries, which is the main den was coined. It mainly grows in the FIGHTS DIABETES reason for a heart attack and stroke. In addi- Northeast (called as Chak Hao) and the A NATURAL DETOXIFYING AGENT The black rice bran contains fiber, which tion to this, it also helps to reduce the two Southern parts (called as Kavuni in Tamil) It is a rich and natural detoxifying agent. in turn helps glucose to be absorbed by your common factors in heart disease, namely of India. In order to select the best variety, Studies have shown that the phytonutrients body over a longer period of time. Research LDL, triacylglycerol and total cholesterol. closely look at the colour of the rice — the in black rice help detoxify your body and has proven that eating whole grains like Consider including forbidden rice to pro- darker the shade, the more nutrition it has. remove harmful toxins from your liver. It black rice helps your body lower the risk of mote a healthy heart and keep heart-relat- Here are a few benefits and uses of it: helps the liver to flush out waste material Type 2 Diabetes and also keeps your weight ed ailments at bay. with its antioxidant property. So next time in check in addition to boosting your ener- RICH IN ANTIOXIDANTS you throw a party, have a detox week by con- gy levels. It maintains consistent sugar level. SUPPORTS EYE HEALTH Black rice is a grain, which is loaded varieties, research shows that black rice has against heart diseases, cancer and many suming it. So if you are a diabetic person, you must It includes zeaxanthin and lutein that with antioxidants. The deep black colour is the highest overall antioxidant capacity and more. It is good for eye, immune health and substitute your regular rice with black one protect retina from damaging free radicals. a mark of its antioxidant properties. The activity. Antioxidants protect cells against skin as well. A GLUTEN-FREE GRAIN as it’s way better and helps fight diabetes. Hence, black rice is an ideal food for achiev- anthocyanin content found in it is way more oxidative stress caused by free radicals. Gluten is a group of seed storage pro- ing a healthy body. They are a package of than most of the grains and this is what Adding black rice to your meal helps in more LOADED WITH FIBER teins found in cereal grains. Eating foods YOUR WEIGHT LOSS PARTNER nutrients with several health benefits. makes it stand out in comparison to other disease protecting antioxidants. Studies Black rice is loaded with fiber and min- with gluten causes an immune reaction that Since it’s a whole grain and super-rich Switch to black rice to stay fit! superfoods such as quinoa and red rice. have shown that the anthocyanin antioxi- erals. A typical bowl of 100 gm of black rice damages the lining of their small intestines. in fiber, this combination helps your body (The author is the co-founder of Naturally Despite being less popular than other rice dants in grains helps the body to protect serving has over 4.9 grams of fiber. This is Since most nutrients are absorbed through reduce signals of hunger, thus, helping in Yours.)

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Havertz was due to be Arsenal also booked their place Abraham pounced on loose replaced by Chilwell 25 minutes      !" #$# "%" in the League Cup fourth round pass deep in the Barnsley half to from time but just completed his  + with a 2-0 win at Leicester. slam home the opener before hat-trick in time by rounding   !010 our fitness level is still low Havertz had struggled to Havertz’s calm finish opened his Brad Collins before tapping into compared to other teams and make an impact in his Chelsea an empty net before Olivier    < )             90 %  P kipper Virat Kohli explained we want to take it up, which is first two Premier League Giroud completed the scoring.    '(1>+.$ -  <  +.$ )- $ -" Show the Yo-Yo test helped a basic requirement.” games since sealing a “I am very happy to score London: Chelsea on Thursday ?- ;< < ;- #  ) .  -%@!  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Prime Minister Modi was side by the time the next beep spending spree in the transfer Premier League tie of the night The Senegalese interna- /'& % & interacting with fitness experts sounds, turn and get back to market. as Christian Fuchs’s own goal tional will compete with Kepa and influencers from across where he started before the But the 21-year-old broke the deadlock at the King Arrizabalaga and Willy Barcelona: Atletico Madrid Liverpool in 2014, Suarez has the country to mark the one- third beep. German was one of just three Power. Caballero for a starting spot at announced the signing of won a host of trophies, includ- year anniversary of the Fit India The frequency of the beeps players to retain his place from Eddie Nketiah added a Stamford Bridge. Barcelona forward Luis Suarez ing the 2015 Champions League Movement. gradually increases for the sub- Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool late second for the Gunners, “I am so excited to be on Wednesday, confirming the and four Liga titles. Modi was keen to know sequent runs. and Lampard’s decision reaped who could face Liverpool joining Chelsea,” said Mendy. Uruguayan striker is set to con- He leaves as the club’s third what is Yo-Yo test and asked if Kohli, who is currently in its reward as he scored his first at Anfield twice in three “It’s a dream for me to be a part tinue playing in La Liga rather highest scorer with 198 goals the captain also has to pass it or the UAE for the IPL, said even senior hat-trick. days next week should of this exciting squad and to than joining Juventus in Italy. behind Cesar Rodriguez (232) he gets spared? he has to clear the test to get “I am delighted with Kai, the Premier League work with Frank Lampard and Barcelona said that Atletico and Lionel Messi (634). “I heard these days there is selected for the India team. it was everything I wanted champions progress past all of his coaching staff. had agreed to pay six million The move to Barcelona’s La a Yo-Yo test for the team, what “I’m the one who goes to from him,” said Lampard. Lincoln. “I look forward to meeting euros for Suarez, who left his last Liga rivals follows a failed is this test,” asked Modi during run first and this is the condi- “He had no pre-season Everton continued my team-mates and can’t wait training session in tears on attempt to join Juventus. the virtual interaction. tion that if I fail that I am also so I wanted to give him their fine start to the sea- to get started.” AFP Wednesday having been told Juve coach Andrea Pirlo Kohli, smiling, replied, not available for selection. It is more time on the pitch with son with a 5-2 win at over the summer that he was no disclosed last week a deal was “This Test was very important important to set that culture and his teammates, learning how League One Fleetwood keeper Jordan Pickford. Also, longer required by new coach unlikely because of delays in the from fitness point of view. If we it will lead to improvement in we play and press. It was a great despite two howlers from Newcastle thrashed League Two Ronald Koeman. Uruguayan’s bid to get an Italian talk about global fitness level, overall fitness levels.” night for Kai and it is the first of England number one goal- Morecombe 7-0. Since joining Barca from passport. AFP