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It names would be written in good news coming in from the counterparts when it takes on was India’s fifth medal of the golden words in the history of golf course where Aditi Ashok Great Britain in the bronze ongoing Games and perhaps Indian hockey. put herself in contention for a medal playoff. the one which evoked the most In a cricket-mad India, podium finnish with a flawless Rani Rampal and her gutsy emotional response. hockey has always been a sen- five-under 66 in the second teammates have already To put it in context, the last timental sport, making the lay- round hat left her tied second                 P             exceeded all expectations by time India won a hockey medal man nostalgic about a glorious at the end of the day’s play. getting this far but within at the Olympics, the USSR still past, which is dotted with eight But there were plenty of bronze medal but conceded the (31st) also them to pick up hockey, play 25 minute and 7 seconds, well touching distance of their own existed. Olympic Gold medals. disappointments too, the winning lead to San Marino’s sounded the board to immor- the game.” outside his national record maiden Olympic medal, they On Thursday morning, And having ruefully seen biggest one being star wrestler Myles Nazem Amine with just talise themselves and the team. Away from the spotlight, time of 1:20:16 which he had would hope to raise the bar one Manpreet Singh and his men its decline in the past several Vinesh Phogat. a few seconds left in the bout. “Today when we won it, the India’s race walkers endured clocked in February to qualify last time at the Games. outran, outwitted, outpaced years, it was only fair that the After a good win in the But nothing could dampen this gives a boost and gives an expectedly ordinary outing. for the Olympics during the On the wrestling mat, all and to an extent outplayed an nation celebrated with gusto. opening round, she lost to the euphoria of a hockey energy to the youngsters to pick National record holder National Open Race Walk eyes will be on Bajrang Punia aggressive German team 5-4 to Dahiya added to this cele- Belarus’ Vanesa Kaladzinskaya medal, the sentimental up hockey, play this game,” said Sandeep Kumar was going Championships in Ranchi. when he opens his campaign in shed the baggage of failures and bration with a Silver medal in in the quarterfinals. Her medal favourite of a cricket-mad 35-year-old veteran custodian strong at second position till His two other compatriots, the 65kg category. The cele- announce the “rebirth” of the men’s 57kg division. hopes were dashed when country. PR Sreejesh, quite literally the near the halfway mark but he Rahul Rohilla (1:32:06) and K brated grappler is a top medal Indian hockey as the genera- He lost the final to reign- Kaladzinskaya failed to make Simranjeet Singh (17th, wall that protected India’s faded to finish 23rd with a T Irfan (1:34:41) brought up contender for the country. tion before this one knew it. ing world champion Zavur the finals. 34th minutes) scored a brace, citadel. below-par timing. the rear at 47th and 51st with Among the women, Seema “...We didn’t give up. We Uguev of Russian Olympic The 19-year-old Deepak while Hardik Singh (27th), “This is a beautiful game. The 35-year-old Kumar disappointing performances Bisla (50kg) will stake her kept fighting back,” said an Committee to sign off with a Punia (86kg) came close to a Harmanpreet Singh (29th) and Now we are giving a reason for crossed the finish line in 1 hour under hot and humid condi- claim for a podium finish.                .      '                      !                       . '/              India well in Government or its             advance,” the bench agencies and the     !    said in its order. Centre has to answer       During the argu- why they have not        ment, the petitioners taken any action or   %  &' pointed out that lodged FIR in the         Pegasus spyware can- matter of alleged       not be used unless it snooping.  !      is purchased by the Continued on P11 !   " #     forums. spective effect, to clarify that   45675,!.    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Somebody as the Opposition is deter- records pertaining to lawful  , -      Sitharaman introduced “The the retrospective tax legislation transfer of shares of a foreign Meanwhile, Lok Sabha should appear for the mined not to allow proceedings interception are destroyed reg-   .   "  Taxation Laws (Amendment) came into force”. “It is also pro- company (indirect transfer of proceedings were adjourned Government to take notice,” of both the Houses, the Centre ularly as per provisions con-   /    Bill, 2021” in the Lok Sabha posed to refund the amount Indian assets) was a subject five times on Thursday amid said the bench headed by Chief on Thursday told the Rajya tained in Sub-rule 18 of Rule        that seeks to withdraw tax paid in these cases without any matter of protracted litigation. continuous protests by Justice of India NV Ramana, Sabha that the records of 419A of the Indian Telegraph    demands made using a 2012 interest thereon,” it said. The Supreme Court in Opposition members over the while asking series of questions interception are destroyed reg- (1st Amendment of 2014) retrospective legislation to tax The Bill has a direct bear- 2012 had given a verdict that Pegasus spying issue and three to petitioners and observing ularly as such they have no Rules, 2014 and Sub-rule 23 of )  &   the indirect transfer of Indian ing on long-running tax dis- gains arising from indirect farm laws. the seriousness of the matter. record of persons whose Information Technology    assets. The Bill said the money putes with British firms Cairn transfer of Indian assets are not Out of the 17 cases, arbi- “Let the matters be listed phones were intercepted. (Procedure and Safeguards for ! !     will be refunded in these cases Energy Plc and Vodafone taxable under the extant pro- tration under Bilateral on Tuesday, the August 10, In a written reply to Interception, Monitoring and       without any interest. Group. India has lost two sep- visions of the Act. Investment Protection Treaty 2021. In the meantime, CPI(M) MP John Brittas, Decryption of Information)        The Taxation Laws arate arbitrations brought by But to circumvent this, the with the United Kingdom and Advocate-on-Record appearing Union Minister of State for Rules, 2009. Such records are         (Amendment) Bill, 2021 pro- the two companies against the provisions of the Income Tax the Netherlands had been for the petitioners are directed Communications Devusinh not being maintained by   & 01  .  vides for the withdrawal of tax levy of retrospective taxes in Act, 1961 were amended by the invoked in four cases. to serve copies of the writ Chauhan said that “such MHA,” Chauhan said.  .       demand made on “indirect international arbitrations Finance Act, 2012 with retro- Continued on Page 11 petitions upon the Union of records are not maintained” by Continued on Page 11 -.-/          + (  0% 1  9 & &%% &  :2R  * 2      ,:-+426 Q  -    fter Prime Minister ANarendra Modi lauded the "     ing conditions for the process 2 3 . work being carried out by the of national reconciliation in Yogi Adityanath government,    Afghanistan. the government When asked about India    -!47.%! breached yet another record in #    not being invited to the ‘extend- the distribution of free ration    $   ed Troika’ meeting, External ive months after Punjab to more than 3.36 crore bene- Affairs Ministry Spokesperson FChief Minister Capt ficiaries, arguably the largest    45675,!. Arindam Bagchi said that New Amarinder Singh appointed number on a single day in the engages with Moscow on the renowned poll strategist as world. ndia has not been invited to Afghanistan on a regular basis. his principal adviser allotting Ensuring that no one slept Ia key meeting next week reach out to all key stakehold- “Our two countries share a the Cabinet rank, Prashant hungry during the ongoing  *  +  *        * 0 1 (23) 4  convened by Russia on the ers in the war-torn country to special and privileged strategic Kishor, on Thursday resigned pandemic, the state govern-  4 + #  5 *  2(3     (  fast-evolving situation in stop the violence and push the partnership. We engage with from the post saying he was ment gave free food grains to Afghanistan that is expected to Afghan peace process. Russia on a regular basis on taking “a temporary break from over 3.36 crore people through bag to store the grains. tribution system and how it address lauded the work of the be attended by Pakistan, China The ‘extended Troika’ Afghanistan,” he said. active role in public life”. 80,000 ration shops across the The prime minister inter- changed their lives amid the UP government. “This decade and the US, even as New Delhi meeting is scheduled to be Last month, Russian The move, which comes state on Thursday under acted with beneficiaries present pandemic. is the decade of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday sought to down- held in Qatar on August 11. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov months ahead of the crucial Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan at select fair price shops in Chief Minister Yogi to make up for the shortfall in play its absence, saying it Talks under this framework said in Tashkent that Russia will 2022 State Assembly elections, Anna Yojana. More than 1.68 Varanasi, Kushinagar, Jhansi, Adityanath carried out the dis- the last seven decades. This engages with Russia on regular were earlier taken place on continue to work with India has served a major blow to lakh metric tons of grains were Sultanpur and Saharanpur tribution from the fair price work cannot be done without basis on Afghanistan. March 18 and April 30. and other countries which can Capt Amarinder as Kishor was distributed on over 80,40,816 through video conferencing shop at Vasudev Ghat in adequate participation of the As the Taliban continues its Russia has also been hold- influence the situation in expected to formulate his elec- ration cards. The beneficiaries where the latter shared their Ayodhya. youths in UP, daughters, poor, major offensive in Afghanistan, ing the ‘Moscow Format’ of Afghanistan. tion campaign. were also given a 25-kg ration experiences of the ration dis- The prime minister in his Continued on Page 11 Russia has stepped up efforts to talks to bring peace and creat- Continued on Page 11 Continued on Page 11     ! "#$%$&

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Lucknow (PNS): The Uttar Pradesh government, year results will be declared by August 31. In such a )#  % -       +    on Thursday, issued guidelines to reopen all the uni- situation, the undergraduate third year and post-grad- versities and degree colleges in the state from August uate first-year classes will start from September 13. Only Uttar Pradesh reported 34 new coronavirus pos- 16. After celebrating Independence Day in the univer- 50 per cent of the students will be called for classes on itive cases in the last 24 hours while in the correspond-   ,:-+426 sity and degree colleges, the new academic session for campus. The daily timetable will be prepared by all ing period, 50 COVID-19 patients recovered. the second-year students of undergraduate and post- higher educational institutes. Information will be given Additional Chief Secretary (Information) Navneet n the first anniversary of graduate courses will start from the next day -- August about which student has to come to the campus on Sehgal told media persons in on Thursday Obhoomi pujan for the con- 16. which day and on which day he/she will attend the class- that at present the number of active cases in the state struction of Ram temple in Classes for 50 per cent of the students will be held es online. Classes can be held in two to three shifts to was 659. “In the testing done in the last 24 hours, not Ayodhya, a special puja was on the campus and the rest will attend classes online avoid overcrowding. It is mandatory to have a system a single new infection was found in 56 districts, while held at Ram Lalla temple which from home. The process for admission to the first year of thermal screening at the gate itself of the campus- COVID-19 patients were found in single digits in 19 was attended by Chief Minister of undergraduate courses started on Thursday. es of universities and degree colleges. Students of dif- districts. Till now, 6.67 crore Covid samples have been Yogi Adityanath on Thursday. In institutes which take admission according to the ferent classes will enter the institute through different tested across the state and 2.53 lakh samples were At the special function, Lord merit of intermediate marks, a new session will start gates. Spitting will be banned on the campus and sani- examined in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate of Ram Lalla was clad in yellow from September 1. The undergraduate first year class- tisation will be done daily. Such students, teachers and coronavirus infection in the state is 98.6 per cent while clothes and a special bhog was es will be started from September 13 in institutes where employees who have symptoms like cold and fever, will the daily positivity rate stands at 0.01per cent. So far, also offered to Him. admission is done through the entrance test. The guide- be identified and their Covid test will be done. Adequate more than 5.21 crore Covid vaccines have been admin- “Yogi Adityanath partici- lines, issued by Additional Chief Secretary (Higher vigilance will be taken in the hostels also. Students will istered in UP and more than 4.40 crore people have pated in a small religious func- Education) Monika S Garg on Thursday, have been sent be called in different batches in the mess. Mess tim- taken at least one dose of the vaccine, which is the tion held at the Ram Lalla tem- to the registrars of all universities and principals of ings will also be extended. The rules of physical dis- highest number of vaccinations done by a single state,” ple, which was also attended by degree colleges. The undergraduate second and third tance will be strictly followed. Sehgal said during his briefing. many local saints and mahants,” a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party said. 3      $( )    The chief minister reached Ayodhya 45 minutes before Lucknow (PNS): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congrat- his scheduled programme and ulated the Indian men's hockey team for winning the bronze R   upon reaching there he dis- medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. cussed the progress of different "Today, the Indian men's hockey team won the bronze medal development projects with offi- with a historic performance in the Tokyo Olympics. Today's suc- Q   )R cers at Yatri Niwas. He also cess has added a golden chapter in the history of Indian hock- enquired about the progress of ey. The entire nation is proud of this unforgettable achievement   ,:-+426 even 400 seats. The BJP has the construction of Ram tem- of 'Team India'. Hearty congratulations 'Team India'. Jai Hind!," harassed people of all sections, ple from the officials and mem- the chief minister posted in a tweet on Thursday. laiming that his party could including Brahmins, Dalits, bers of the Ram Janmabhoomi In another tweet, Yogi wrote, "Today, on the historic date Cwin up to 400 seats in the and Muslims, in the state,” Tirath Kshetra Nyas. of August 5, another history has been created. 'Team India', Jai Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls Akhilesh said while addressing After the meeting, Yogi Hind!” This tweet was probably about the Bharatiya Janata Party- early next year, Samajwadi a media conference in reached the Ram led Union government’s decision two years back when Article Party chief and former chief Lucknow on Thursday. Janmabhoomi complex and 370 relating to Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated and on the minister of UP, , "Even today the BJP min- participated in religious rituals same day last year, the foundation of Ram temple was laid in launched his poll campaign by isters are inaugurating pro- organised to mark the comple- Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. joining the ‘Samajwadi Cycle jects initiated by the SP govern- tion of one year of bhoomi Yatra’ in Lucknow on the occa- ment. The Yogi Adityanath pujan for the construction of the temple would start. He allowances to youths if voted to sion of the 89th birth anniver- government did not work at all Ram temple. Later he did dar- said the construction was going power in UP. sary of socialist leader and now they are confused. shan of Ram Lalla and took as per plan and the temple He asked the party work- Janeshwar Mishra on Thursday. They are misleading people by part in the aarti and performed would be completed by 2025. ers to inform villages in UP Akhilesh paddled to reach spreading lies,” he said. the puja. On August 5, 2020, Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi about the Kejriwal model of Janeshwar Mishra Park from Responding to the BJP Prime Minister Narendra Modi Party’s Rajya Sabha member governance. the Samajwadi Party state head- government claims that it had had laid the foundation for a and UP incharge Sanjay Singh Speaking as the chief guest, quarters, where he paid established Uttar Pradesh as a grand Ram temple at the Ram took a jibe at Yogi Adityanath’s Singh started his speech with a homage to the late socialist ide- top state in the country, the SP Janmabhoomi premises. visit to Ayodhya, saying the poem ‘Jis ore jawani chalti hai, ologue. On his nearly six kilo- president said that the present Chief priest of Ram journalists should ask the CM us ore jamana chalta hai (the meters cycle yatra to the park, regime had rendered the state Janmabhoomi, Acharya about the embezzlement in time is towards which the which was flagged by his wife number one in malnutrition, Satyendra Das, said that today donation money. youths are). He said it was not and former MP from Kannauj, number one in dead bodies being a special day, there was He was addressing the a slogan only but it was for Dimple Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav found floating in the Ganga a rush of devotees but no one Yuva Samvad organised by remembering the sacrifices of was accompanied by over a river, number one in taking off   ' ( (&  ()    was stopped from darshan and AAP here on Thursday to Bhagat Singh, Chandra thousand enthusiastic party shrouds from dead bodies and Covid protocol was strictly mobilise the youths in favour Shekhar Azad, Sukhdev leaders and supporters. number one in its failure to ( ) (& * 0 adhered to. of the party ahead of the UP Ashfaqulla Khan and Ram Before launching the provide oxygen to dying A trustee of Sri Ram assembly elections in 2022. Prasad Bismil. He said Uttar ‘Samajwadi Cycle Yatra’, the SP patients. Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Singh said that AAP would Pradesh was ruled by a politi- chief claimed that the citizens He added that under the     Trust, Anil Mishra, said almost provide free education, free cal party which had its theme of Uttar Pradesh were so upset present dispensation, the state       !"#" 60 per cent of the foundation medical treatment, free 300 based on hatred, adding that with the incumbent BJP gov- had also become number one $% &   ' ( (&  () * 0 )  ,& - &    .  *   ,  /0 )0/&12 work was over and by the end units of electricity and water the Yogi government had failed ernment that his party might in beating youths asking for   ,   "#"   , 4 1    1 5 )  )6    /78   of this year the construction of supply and unemployment on all fronts. win 400 assembly seats in the employment, in crimes against 2022 state polls and the ruling women, in deaths due to O6  '  ,  )   "#"    1    ),  ( ' 0( 7: party would find it difficult to absence of proper medical  ;2<& & ) & O = ,   /78   1 5  O =   , ;>?        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MVA "44     ( < D )&  : & / , with the authorities concerned. UP minister and Bharatiya also taken effective measures to 2  &     &L <& .( ><: & A G-  !   "44 Hawaldar Rajesh Kumar Singh Janata Party spokesman uplift the agriculture sector,” he S/o Jang Bahadur Singh R/O Sidharth Nath Singh said that claimed.     ( < D )&   2< #,(  )&.)   , Jairamnagar khambhapur, PS the Yogi Adityanath govern- “The BJP government has  %  ' & ,   /0 Kotwali District Fatehpur (UP) ment had always been commit- taken the sugar industry to a ted to the welfare of all across new height by transforming Lucknow (PNS): Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati A :  ' ,2    the state without any discrim- cane farming in the state. slammed the Samajwadi Party for enacting a “political drama”   ' ( (&  () * 08 NOTICE ination. Contrary to Akhilesh’s regime to woo the Brahmins by celebrating the birth anniversary of late "People have been exposed where sugar mills used to be socialist leader Janeshwar Mishra on Thursday. However, she paid to the corrupt and criminal face sold, defunct sugar mills were hearty tributes to the late socialist ideologue on his birth anniver- Change Of Name, My Army Ministry of Social Justice and Document's my Son's Name of Akhilesh Yadav and revived and 119 sugar mills sary. In a couple of tweets posted on Thursday, the BSP chief Dilsad Khan & Shahil Khan is Samajwadi Party’s complicity continued to function even alleged, "After the immense success of BSP's ‘Prabuhdha Varg Empowerment, Government of India wrong. correct Name is Dilshad with criminals and the corrupt amid the coronavirus crisis,” Sammelan’ (intellectual seminars) in all districts of Uttar Khan & Sahil Khan for the pur- which failed to develop UP as Singh claimed. Pradesh, the SP has now started recourse to remembering Shri On-line registration for Free of Cost Skill Development pose of avoiding future compli- a safe and prosperous state. The minister said that a Janeshwar Mishra and his society persecuted by the BJP govern- Training Programmes under Akhilesh is no longer aware of record procurement and pay- ment. All this is a drama for political selfishness and cheap pop- cations with the authorities ‘Pradhan Mantri-Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann concerned. Irshad Khan S/o the problems of the people and ment of wheat took place and ularity. Or else what?" In another tweet, Mayawati lamented, "The Masalahuddin Khan (Army No. he should step out of his cool UP continued to be number park named after Janeshwar Mishra in Lucknow was built by the Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Yojana’ comfort zone to see reality one in the country in ethanol BSP government in the name of Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao 14433980 W Hawaldar) Vill. Applications are invited from the candidates belonging to Biddi Post Chainpur District and accept it,” Singh said in a production. Ambedkar. Due to casteist thinking and hatred, its name was also Kaimur (Bihar) repartee to the allegations lev- “Over 50 lakh farmers were changed like the names of some districts etc. What kind of honor Scheduled Castes (SCs),Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically elled by the SP chief on given the benefit of the Per is this?” The Samajwadi Party took out a cycle yatra across the Thursday. Drop More Crop irrigation state to mark the birth anniversary of late Janeshwar Mishra, high- Backward Classes (EBC), De-notified, Nomadic, Semi-nomadic Tribe NOTICE Taking a jibe at Akhilesh scheme. In Bundelkhand, 50- lighting the failures of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in (DNT) and Safai Karamcharis including Waste Pickers & their dependents, Yadav for coming out of his 75 per cent rebate was given in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, the party had also announced the instal- in the age group of 18 to 45 years. ‘cocoon’ after a year-and-a- the fixed charge of electr lation of a statue of Lord Parshuram at the SP headquarters besides IN My PPO No- 08/14/B/ half, MSME Minister Sidharth icity bill of farmers. More organising conferences for upper caste voters. For Up-skilling/Re-skilling, Entrepreneurship Development Programmes, 12257/1999, the name of my Nath Singh said, “The problem than 27 mandis of the state Short Term and Long TermSkill Development Training Programmes wife is registered NEELU which of the SP chief is that his are being developed as is wrong. Her correct name is politics is confined to Twitter, modern farmers' markets. The interested candidates may register themselves at NEELA SINGH. She should be far away from reality and Apart from 69 Krishi Vigyan pmdaksh.dosje.gov.inor on Mobile App known from NEELA SINGH in real issues. He is scared and Kendras, the work of setting future for all work. NEELA nervous to accept that the BJP up 20 other Krishi Vigyan “PMDAKSH” to be downloaded from Google Play Store SINGH W/O Ramashray Singh government has brought a Kendras has been done to con- For more details, please visit the respective Corporations’ website. R/0-112A/2A, Anant Nagar, semblance of crime-free nect farmers with technology,” Po- Dhoomanganj, Prayagraj society, including eradication of he said. Implementing Organizations corruption and attachment of “What is more, despite the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation NOTICE properties of criminals in COVID-19 pandemic, 96 pro- the state. Akhilesh, who is posals for investment of Rs (NSFDC) — for SCs (Website: https://www.nsfde.nic.in E-mail: support- dreaming of winning 400 66,000 crore have been [email protected] Toll Free No.: 1800110396) For information O/C Arty assembly seats, will have to received. This has been possi- Record's that my name, Date face the challenge of saving ble only due to the investor- National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation of Birth and date of marriage 40 seats in the upcoming friendly policies of the present (NBCFDC) - for OBC, EBCand DNT are wrongly mentioned elections. Opposition party government. Out of this, land Shyama Kumari Chauhan, leaders, desperate to regain has been allotted to 18 investors (Website: https://nbcfdc.gov.in E-mail: [email protected] Toll Date of Birth 22-12-1951, lost political ground, are who submitted proposals Free No.18001023399) Marriage Date 22-07-1967 to solely engaging in political worth Rs 16,000 crore. be corrected as under :- Name stunts instead of helping the Investors used to be skeptical National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Shyama Chauhan Date of people.” about investing in UP before Corporation (NSKFDC) - for Safai Karamcharis including Birth 10.04.1952 Date of Singh asked Akhilesh to 2017 due to the anarchy and marriage:- 14-05-1968 Shyama observe the prosperity of farm- chaos present here. As a result Waste Pickers & their dependents Chauhan w/o No. 1176698A ers and agricultural develop- of the zero tolerance policy of Ex. 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   %    $   # (              *  3   :2 *   ,:-+426   ,:-+426 man, along with his &  &  itive in UP are sent for back, it was expected that if the concentrating on this for the ohanlalganj witnessed just 498 Asons, axed his brother to ,:-+426 genome sequencing to labs in third wave struck, it would last two months. All the health Mcases in the second Covid wave death over a land dispute in Delhi and Hyderabad apart affect the population below 18 centres are well-equipped in all but the community health centre is Nigoha on Thursday. The he genome sequencing from CDRI and KGMU. There years. “We have made arrange- aspects,” he added. gearing up to keep the figures even less victim was identified as Shiv Twhich has been carried has been only the Delta vari- ments for the paediatric ICUs He said they were also in the third wave. Over 500 samples are Kumar of Ramdaspur while out in the state has shown only ant in the last two months, he and doctors. The sero-survey ensuring that all the health ser- being collected per day for testing. the accused as Raj Kumar. Delta variant of the virus so said. The samples for genome which was carried out by the vices are available along with Mohanlalganj CHC superinten- His sons were said to be far, Health Minister JP Singh sequencing have been ICMR recently in 42 to 44 dis- the national health pro- dent Dr Jyoti Kamle said they have absconding and police said here on Thursday. increased to 10% from 5%. tricts of the country showed grammes which have suffered already made preparations for 30 beds launched a manhunt for Though four cases of the “We are carrying out up to that children below 18 years a setback due to the pandem- for the third Covid wave, which is them. A case was registered Delta-Plus variant had been 2.50 lakh tests per day across had high levels of antibodies. ic. “Also, routine immunisa- expected to strike in a month or two. in this connection on the detected in the state two the state with 60% of them The survey was also done in tion is a very important part of “We have 10 paediatric ICU beds complaint of Shiv Kumar’s the scene. Villagers also forced us to divide the prop- months back, there have been being RT-PCR,” he said. UP where we found that the our health programme. There and this is the first time that these beds widow Kamla Devi. reached the scene to help erty in the presence of gram such cases in UP since then, He pointed out that results level of antibodies was as high are schemes for pregnant have been made available at our CHC. As per reports, Raj Shiv Kumar but it was too pradhan and some villagers. Singh said. of a family that had returned as 72% in children above 11 women under which they are The rest of the beds are oxygen beds. Kumar had a dispute with late,” Kamla Devi said. A Raj Kumar wanted to usurp The minister said that the from Kerala were awaited. years. In addition, UP has given medicines and advice in Ten of them are supported by oxygen his younger brother Shiv police team took Shiv the land between his and my Delta variant was there in UP “This family had come from ramped up vaccinations. the ninth month and it is concentrators and others by oxygen Kumar over the division of Kumar to the CHC where he husband’s house and killed in April-May earlier this year. Kerala 4-5 days back and test- Hence, the third wave, if it ensured that they are looked cylinders in cases of emergency. There farming land for some years. was declared brought dead. my husband for a small “The mutant which is prevail- ed positive. Their samples strikes, is not expected to be after. There are also pro- will be proper oxygenation when the On Thursday morning, Shiv The police said Kamla piece of land,” she said. ing in Maharashtra, Kerala have been sent for genome severe,” he added. The minis- grammes for the young adoles- oxygen plant is functional at the CHC,” Kumar was returning home and her son suffered minor and North-East is also the sequencing and the results ter said that apart from getting cents. Besides, there are vacci- she said. She added that the oxygen gen- after working in the field injuries and both were dis-  8   Delta variant,” he added. are expected in 10-12 days,” he ready for the third wave, the nation programmes for eration plant has been established and and met Raj Kumar on the charged from the hospital.   He further said that 10% said. plan is to get the health ser- Japanese Encephalitis and the base has already been made. “Only way. As Raj Kumar raised To prevent further clashes, A Class IX girl student of the samples which test pos- Singh said that 3-4 months vices in shape. “We have been dengue,” he added. a shelter has to be made on it and it will the issue of division of the police were deployed in the ended her life at her house be completed by August 6. As per the land, both indulged in a ver- area. Senior officers, includ- in Jankipuram police station oxygen generation capacity of the plant, bal spat. Raj Kumar incited ing Nigoha CO Sayed area on Thursday. Kanchan ,     it will be able to meet the requirement his sons to attack Shiv Naimul Hasan and inspec- Rawat (15) of Chaudhary Ka  %%    considering the number of beds,” she Kumar and then attacked tor Nand Kishore, reached Purwa locality in the area    said. She pointed out that Nigoha, him with an axe. Shiv the scene. Several teams was found hanging from Jabrauli and Mau could well be sensi- Kumar died on the spot. were formed to arrest Raj the ceiling with a dupatta           tive areas in the third wave. Kamla Devi and her Kumar and others named in tied around her neck in a Dr Kamle said that many of the son reached the spot, only to the case. Preliminary inves- room at her house. Lucknow (PNS): Religion patients going to SGPGI get themselves find Raj Kumar and his tigation revealed that Raj Preliminary investigation   ,:-+426 posted. The police said Shafiq at the Aliganj police station. helps in joining people rather tested for Covid at the Mohanlalganj sons attacking Shiv Kumar. Kumar was unhappy with revealed that Kanchan had had sent the letter in the name The letter had created than creating disharmony CHC because it is the closest to the insti- She said she found Shiv the division of the parental not been keeping well for a ucknow police on Thursday of Intezar. panic among the cops as it amongst them and this is tute. “Also, whenever our ASHA work- Kumar lying in a pool of land. Kamla Devi told the long time and was depressed Lclaimed to have arrested the A spokesman said the came into public a day before something which needs to be ers and ANMs go out for vaccinations, blood with multiple police that her father- in-law as a result. However, the person who had sent letters Aliganj police were tipped off the visit of Home Minister taught to everyone, especially they also check the beneficiaries with wounds. “Raj Kumar and his passed away two months police ruled out the possibil- threatening to blow up the about Shafiq’s presence near Amit Shah to the city where he the youth. Religion teaches us thermal scanners and those who exhib- sons also attacked me and back. “After my father-in- ity of foul play and sent the Hanuman temple in Aliganj Purania flyover and he was had to lay the foundation stone the art of living and in the cur- it any symptoms are sent to the PHCs my son Pintu before fleeing law’s death, Raj Kumar body for autopsy. and Mankameshwar temple. nabbed. The police recovered of State Institute of forensic rent circumstances, the respon- for RT-PCR tests. If the tests cannot be The accused was identified as a mobile phone, four SIM Science in Sarojininagar. The sibility of religious leaders has carried out there, they are sent to the Mohammed Shafiq of New cards, a letter, an Aadhaar threat letters were related to increased immensely. CHC,” she added Delhi who was staying in Asti card, a PAN card, a motorcy- temples and RSS offices in These views were expressed She said there were very few Covid village, Bakshi-Ka-Talab. cle and an ATM besides Rs 570 Lucknow and it was stated by by Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia while cases in the area under the CHC dur- The police have yet to nab in cash from his possession. the accused that they would speaking at the ‘Global Interfaith ing the second wave. “We would get 4- another person, Joginder Singh, He said Shafiq was booked blow up the temples if the Convention’ held at City 5 cases per day and with the maximum whose name was written in the for spreading communal hatred jihadis detained by Indian gov- Montessori School’s Gomtinagar was 15 in a day. People were aware and letter as the sender. As per an between two communities, ernment security agencies were auditorium on the eve of proper medicine supply to the residents official communiqué, the police insulting a religion, spreading not freed by August 14. Hiroshima Day on Thursday. was ensured. Also, these areas are far got a tip-off about Shafiq. The enmity and challenging the Security around the Hanuman Religious leaders of various faiths from the city and because of the lock- letter was sent by registered law of the land. A case under temple in Aliganj and unanimously called for establish- down imposed, people were staying post and the police traced the sections 153(a), Mankameshwar temple was ing world unity and world peace indoors and following Covid protocol. post office where the letter was (b)/294(a)/505(1)b/505(2)/507 increased manifold thereafter. to deal with the increasing reli- Besides, we have been regularly testing gion-based animosity in the people as a part of surveillance,” she said, global society, terming it the only adding that the CHC covers a popula-   & way towards development and tion of 2.5 lakh. Regarding vaccinations, %!   -. / uplift of humanity. Dr Kamle said people have become 9< “The message which should more aware and are ready to get vacci- be given to people is that there nated. “Mohanlalganj is a big area and is one humanity and one god. people are now ready to get themselves &     The basis of all religions is the vaccinated so much that the demand unity of mankind and hence all has exceeded the supply,” she said.    religions need to be respected Mohanlalganj SDM Dr Shubhi and we should work for people Singh said they met the target fixed for   ,:-+426    from all walks of life,” she said. the mega vaccination drive which was Religious leaders and followers carried out on Tuesday. She said the orona kits will be provid- of various faiths, thinkers, edu- response was encouraging and people Ced to all the 5.90 lakh can- cationists and enlightened peo- turned up in large numbers. didates scheduled to appear for ple from Japan, Russia, “People seem to have shed the vac- the JEE-BEd across the state Switzerland, Brazil, USA, cine hesitancy which was prevalent ear- on August 6. The entrance Germany, Singapore, Philippines, lier, and now we are getting calls from exam is being conducted by Malaysia, UAE and Thailand also the gram pradhans that vaccination Lucknow University. Exam participated in the convention should be carried out in their villages,” coordinator Amita Bajpayee online and put forth their views. she said. said extensive arrangements have been made in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. She said that last year they had given the responsibility to centre superintendents for sanitis-   ,:-+426 going to their homes and asked ing the buildings and giving officials to confirm polling masks to the candidates. he Election Commission of booths and polling centers at “This year we will be pro- TIndia (ECI) has started the earliest. viding corona kits to each preparing for the crucial 2022 In view of the pandemic, and every candidate entering UP Assembly polls by the ECI has now instructed the exam centres. These kits announcing its schedule to officials to make one polling have already reached the exam categorise polling booths. The booth for 1,200 voters instead centres. Each kit has a face determination of new polling of 1,500.They have also been shield, two face masks, four booths and polling centres will asked to shift polling centres sachets of sanitisers and two commence from August 17 where the number of booths small boxes of ink pads for and after seeking objections are more. There are two polling thumb impression. The kits from political parties and oth- centres in Bareilly and Gonda are being provided by ers, a final list of polling booths where there are 23 polling Lucknow University,” she said. would be announced by booths each. Instructions have She said extra budget has August 23. also been given to shift them to been allocated for sanitisation District magistrates are to another place. of exam centres to prevent resolve all complaints over The ECI has asked officials Covid-19 spread. polling booths by September 7 to re-inspect all the polling cen- Arrangements have also and then submit their final list tres where there are more than been made for extra rooms or to the ECI by September 20. 10 polling booths. While set- isolated areas for candidates The state ECI office will send ting up new polling centres, it with Covid-like symptoms. the final list to the ECI in Delhi has also been asked to keep in The exam coordinator said by September 25. mind the minimum facilities that a command centre has On the other hand, in view there. Also, while fixing the been set up with 150 comput- of the prevailing COVID-19 booth, it has been asked to keep ers to monitor the exams pandemic, the ECI has in mind that all the members across the state. “We have a announced that elderly voters of the family residing in a total of 1,476 examination above the age of 80 years and house should vote at the same centres in the state and 10 cen- differently-abled will be given place. tres will be monitored through the facility of voting from The chief electoral officer each computer,” she said. home. Elderly and handi- asked all district magistrates to There are 137 exam centres in capped voters will be able to pay special attention to the Lucknow. cast their votes through postal voter list and those areas where Only 50% of the space will ballots this time. Polling party voters were increasing or being be utilised in the examination will visit their homes and col- deleted in unexpected ways. centres. If a centre has a capac- lect the postal ballots. The District magistrates were also ity of 1,000 candidates, only number of voters above 80 asked to keep a tab on areas 500 will be made to sit there. years of age in the state is where more than 40 per cent of She said the main concern around 23 lakh while handi- voter forms had been can- is the entry points. “In the capped voters account for nine celled. Where the ratio of admit cards too, we have men- lakh. The ECI has directed dis- female-male voters is less, tioned that students should trict magistrates to conduct instructions have been given to report to the centres an hour door-to-door verification of increase them. At present, there in advance. We have instruct- all these. are 852 female voters for 1,000 ed the exam centres to allow Chief Electoral Officer males in UP’s voter list. the students to enter whenev- Ajay Kumar Shukla along with The election commission er they arrive, unlike previous all the DMs, ADMs and SDMs has sought information about years,” she said. of the state held the first major the progress made in the FIRs The examination will be meeting through video confer- registered in the 2017 Assembly held in two shifts and the stu- encing on Wednesday evening elections and 2019 Lok Sabha dents will be given 100 objec- and took stock of the prepara- elections. The chief electoral tive-type questions which they tions and informed about the officer asked district magis- have to answer within three new instructions. trates to inform the election hours. “We had made a pro- Shukla said that after ver- commission after getting posal for the examinations to ifying the elderly and different- detailed information about all be held in a single shift but it ly-abled voters, 12-D forms these cases and if they were not did not get the nod,” she would be given to the voters resolved, they have to get it added. willing to cast a postal ballot by done immediately.     ! "#$%$&

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Former Olympian and selector Indian men’s hockey team on winning the In a statement, RLD and farmers will be the focal Sankalp Samiti, suggestions  ,0&  /& 0& & E & Syed Ali was the happiest person around. “I am bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Sahara national spokesperson point and the party will reach from the public will be taken '  7&, ^ 1   #R"4 feeling like I’ve won the medal as the team I’ve Group, in a statement, said that it is a proud Anupam Mishra described the out to the masses through Lok through Twitter, Facebook, )   4"#! ) cc  >? chosen has ended such a long wait,” said Ali, who moment for every Indian as the Indian hockey state government’s decision to Sankalp Samiti formed recent- WhatsApp and e-mail. Lok & bb4"K )   #R"4 Minister Narendra Modi's was impressed by the use of technology reduc- team reclaimed the glory of the national game. reopen educational institutions ly. Sankalp-2022 will take shape ) cc ^_  ,  A & /& efforts to ensure sustenance of ing the dependency on referees. “Sahara has stood unconditionally, a long and from August 16 as disastrous RLD national spokesper- only from these suggestions, crores of people amid the Meanwhile, sports director and former difficult path with Indian hockey for 22 long and said that when there was son Anupam Mishra said his and help in preparing the A & : d R! K"  >? & coronavirus crisis. On international player RP Singh credited the for- years sponsoring during the time when the a possibility of the arrival of the party was engaged in chalking election agenda. The objective d  4 " ^_  , : G ,?  Thursday, under PM Garib mation of Hockey India in 2010 for the trans- national game needed attention and support. We third wave of coronavirus out- out a strategy for the Uttar of Lok Sankalp Samiti is to /78 A @ F ' ,2 N0 &F Kalyan Anna Yojana, ration formation of Indian hockey. “Our hockey play- feel proud that hockey has come a long way and break, it could be even more Pradesh Assembly elections fight for all sections by raising )FE /&  6  #R   was distributed to four crore ers got ample exposure to play abroad which the long walk has resulted in bringing laurels for fatal and as it was more likely and it had intensified its cam- the issues of employment to !"#" & G</ ) 1 1 ,c people in UP and the hashtag improved their game drastically,” he said. the country.” to affect children. paign. Mishra said that the youth, improvement in agri- #Thanks_ Modiji kept resur- “Till now the vaccination first meeting of the newly- culture sector and welfare of facing on Twitter and it of children under 18 years of formed Lok Sankalp farmers and labourers, better UP. POWER TRANSMIS- remained the top trend of .( +(4 age has not even started. The Committee-2022 was organ- system of health and educa- SION CORPORATION LTD. Twitter India for about five decision to open educational ised on Thursday at the tion for all, social justice, OFF LINE TENDER NOTICE &  Following Offline Tenders hours. of 3.25 crore on Thursday. either a scientist or an engineer. institutions at such a time Constitution Club in New women's safety and secular- ace invited from the experienced/reputed People tweeted and  -  Congratulating the entire team Ashutosh scored 99 in English, shows the insensitivity and Delhi. ism,” he said. contactors/agencies for the execution of fol- praised the COVID-19 man- Municipal Commissioner of , UPMRC 100 in Hindi, 99 in Maths, 100 intellectual bankruptcy of the He said RLD national Mishra further said 20 lowing works:- For more details Pease con- agement of the Yogi Ajay Kumar Dwivedi, along managing director Kumar in Science, 100 in Social government. Significantly, the president Jayant Chaudhary, intellectuals, including veter- act/go through of the notice board of the Office Executive Engineer, Electricity Adityanath government and with his team of officials, faced Keshav said, “I thank the peo- Science and 100 in Computer. state government has Lok Sankalp Samiti chairman an politicians, former offi- Trans, Division Sidhari, Azamgarh 1. Off also praised the world's largest stiff resistance from slum- ple of Lucknow for their love, announced that the process of Dr Yashveer Singh, co-presi- cers, educationists, advocates line Tender No. 04/ETD(A)/2021-22:- vaccination campaign under dwellers who were removed faith and support since its       reopening of educational insti- dent Prof Ajay Kumar along and people from journalism, Providing one no light Diesel vehicle (Jeep/Belero) along with driver for a peri- the leadership of Modi. The from two areas in Mashakganj inception and I assure you State Bank of India’s tutions in two shifts should be with all the members were had been included in the Lok od of 9 months for the use of SDO ETSD- office of Chief Minister Yogi and Wazirganj on Thursday. As that Lucknow Metro will keep Managing Director (Retail & started from August 16 present in the meeting. Sankalp Samiti. I & III under Electricity Trans. Division Adityanath also expressed many as 112 safai workers providing its world-class ser- Digital Banking) Challa onwards,” he said. He said the meeting start- “Lok Sankalp Samiti will Azamgarh. Earnest Money : Rs. 2000.00 gratitude for the guidance of were pressed into service and vices in future also.” Srinivasulu Setty is visiting Mishra said that if the ed after paying tribute to RLD go to the people for its devel- (Rs. Two Thousand) only. Tender cost : Rs. 236.00 (Rs. Two Hundred Thirty Six) only. the prime minister with the they removed garbage with Lucknow on Friday (August 6). educational institutions founder Chaudhary Ajit opmental thinking and take Earnest money will be in the shape of hashtag #ThankYou_Modiji. the help of seven vehicles and   8   During his visit, he will inau- reopened then many problems Singh. their opinion. On August 7, RTGS/NEFT duly pledged in favour of @cmyogioffice wrote on cleaned 11 drains. They also Ashutosh Gupta, a Class X gurate a branch of RACPC at would arise simultaneously He said the RLD would be the Lok Sankalp Samiti will go Executive Engineer, Electy. Transmission Division, UPPTCL Sidhari Azamgarh, Twitter, "PMGKY is the removed 35 banners and student of DPS, Gomtinagar 11 am. Various loan facilities like children would go to organising ‘Lok Sankalp to the Ghazipur border for Documents of Tender No. 04 will be pur- world's largest food distribu- hoardings. During his visit to Extension, top-scored by secur- will be provided to people of schools by van or bus. Samvad’ programmes in dif- consultation with farmers,” chased upto 15:00 hrs of 06.09.2021 and tion campaign. Respected the areas, Dwivedi found ing 99.8% marks in CBSE Class Lucknow by the RACPC “If a single child in the ferent districts of Uttar he informed the media per- completed tender will be accepted upto Prime Minister's vision is the encroachment at two sites and X exams, results of which were branch. Setty will meet SME vehicles gets infected, it will Pradesh in the next one sons. Mishra said the Lok 16.00 Hrs same day in the office of under- signed and will be opened on 06.09.2021 result of the biggest pandem- he gave directions for its declared a couple of days back. and retail customers and cause infection to everyone month. He said the RLD Sankalp Samvad programme at 17:00 hrs. respectively. Please visit our ic of the century from April removal. Ashutosh achieved success due inform them about different and can infect the child’s own would fight the coming assem- would be organised in all the Notice board Office of the Executive 2020 to November, 2020 in the to his hard work and guidance banking products. He will also family as well. If the state bly elections of Uttar Pradesh districts of Uttar Pradesh. Electricity Transmission Divison Aamgarh ).6/    & for details for any other corrections/ first wave and in the second by his parents and teachers. attend various programmes and the people are to be ammendments/modification extension till wave in May 2021. Free food Lucknow Metro touched Ashutosh said he wants to under the bank's CSR initia- saved from catastrophic devas- tutions should not be opened of children is completed,” he the date of submission of tender. In case distribution is being done the cumulative ridership figure serve the country by becoming tives. tation, then educational insti- until 100 per cent vaccination said. the tender opening date is holiday or under- under this scheme from siged remain out of headquarters the date of submission and opening of tender will November 2021. Under the stand extended to next working day leadership of Chief Minister Undersigned has the right to reject/divide Yogi, the vision of respected  , '0'  1  #    any tedner without assigning any reason thereof. Conditional tedners shall not be Prime Minister 'Sabko Ration, accepted. Executive Engineer (Trans.) Sabko Poshan' is being realised Lucknow (PNS): arrested, one of his aides, Govind SSB Commandant Manoj Singh ation, hoping that the nexus will Gupta, said that a lot of mater- addictive injections, 18,782 syrup Division Azamgarh No. 1010 Dt. 4.5.21 in the state. Psychotropic drugs worth Rs Gupta, was said to be on the lam. said, "This was a joint raid con- break and the youth will be able ial was seized from the house bottles, 3,13,384 capsules, Save Electricity in the interest of nation. #ThankYou_Modiji for 'Anna 686 crore have been seized from The Maharajganj police, ducted along with the local to leave addiction behind. It was and a case under Narcotic Drugs 1,24,897 tablets and 1,34,460 Yojana'.” the home and godown of a res- Food and Drugs Administration police and drug inspector. The a well-coordinated raid. Sub- and Psychotropic Substances printed price labels from the U.P. POWER TRANSMIS- Till the time of writing the ident of Jamui Kala village of and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) drugs seized are worth Rs 686 Divisional Magistrate Pramod Act, Drugs and Cosmetics Act, warehouse. One of the accused SION CORPORATION news, more than 45,000 peo- Maharajganj along the Indo- jointly raided both places and crore. Some of them are sold in and SSB Commandant Sanjay Copyright Act and Indian Penal is Ramesh Gupta and drugs LTD.E-TENDER NOTICE ple had appreciated the pub- Nepal border on Wednesday. seized the drugs on Wednesday. medical stores while others are Kumar planned the operation Code sections 419, 429, 467, 468 were seized from his home and Following E-Tenders are invit- ed from the experienced/reputed contrac- lic welfare policies of Modi- While prime accused Giving details of the raid at smuggled to Nepal since the together." Superintendent of and 471 was registered against godown at Jamui Kala village in tors for the execution of following works:- Yogi with this hashtag. Ramesh Kumar Gupta was a press conference on Thursday, borders are open. It is a big oper- Police of Maharajganj, Pradeep the accused. "We recovered 104 Thoothibari police station area. For more details login on website www.etender. up.nic.in. 1. E-Tender No. 22/AETC/2021-22:- Work of Annual D  : 10(11)/2017-18/ESF/Pur. 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   % - C%4 . MLC Laxman Acharya at    % - ,,!>7 Ramnagar's Golaghat, MLC rime Minister Narendra Ashok Dhawan at Chetganj, he level of the Ganga and PModi on Thursday District Panchayat TYamuna rivers has started launched the Pradhan Mantri Chairperson Poonam Maurya rising at an alarming rate, forc- Garib Kalyan Mahotsav in at Kashi Vidyapeeth block, ing many residents living in the Uttar Pradesh and interacted Mayor Mridula Jaiswal at flood-prone areas to shift to with the beneficiaries, includ- Chittupur, MLA Neel Ratan safer locations in Prayagraj. On ing Badami Devi of his parlia- Patel at Mehandiganj, MLA Thursday afternoon, the flood mentary constituency, through Surendra Narayan Singh at water entered the premises of video-conferencing. The pro- Dholapur, MLA Dr Avadhesh Bade Hanuman temple at gramme was organized in Singh at Baragaon, MLA Triveni Bundh. Bhishampur gram sabha under Saurabh Srivastava at As the Ganga water Sewapuri development block Birdopur, Block Pramukh reached the Hanuman temple, here on Thursday. During his (Baragaon) Nutan Singh at the devotees chanted ‘Jay interaction, the PM first asked Kharavan, Block Pramukh Ganga Maiya’. The level of Badami Devi about her family (Pindra) Dharmendra Ganga rose about 5 cm in and also about the benefits of Vishwakarma at Bhanpur, Prayagraj. the government schemes that ) *  ( "3      Block Pramukh (Chiraigaon) The water level of Ganga she was getting. 7   .  Abhishek Singh Chanchal at and Yamuna rivers has started Badami Devi informed Ukthi, Block Pramukh rising again after one day's the PM that she was getting also interacted with the ben- ic, people will be provided free (Harahua) Vinod Upadhyay at relief. On Wednesday morning, benefits of all the govern- eficiaries of Kushinagar, ration,” he said. Principal Raispatti, Block Pramukh 17.81 lakh cusecs of water was ment schemes apart from Jhansi, Sultanpur, Saharanpur Secretary (Agriculture) and (Cholapur) Laxmina Devi at released in Chambal river from receiving a 35 kg ration every etc. District Nodal Officer Dr Katari, Block Pramukh (Kashi Dholpur barrage, then alert was month which she said is suf- In his address, Modi high- Devesh Chaturvedi also Vidyapeeth) Renu Patel at made in Prayagraj. If water ficient for her family. She also lighted the schemes and addressed the function. Bakharia, Block Pramukh comes here in the next three informed that her husband achievements of his govern- District Magistrate Kaushal (Arajiline) Mahendra Singh days, it can create trouble. In has got employed under ment apart from praising the Raj Sharma welcomed the Patel at Mohansarai and Block view of this, the district admin- MGNREGA, while her house Yogi government in UP. At guests and participants. On Pramukh (Sewapuri) Reena istration is busy preparing for now has electricity connection Bhishampur, Minister of the occasion, free food grains Kumar at Odarha. Apart from rescue efforts. The National and cooking has become eas- Backward Classes and were provided to more than this, State General Secretary Disaster Response Force 0       8   4! ier as she also got an LPG con- Divyangjan Empowerment 100 people. (Organisation) of Bhartiya (NDRF) has also been called. nection under Ujjwala Anil Rajbhar, while addressing Besides, UP Minister of Janata Party (BJP) Sunil Water is being released the migration of people living ADM, Finance and in the flood-affected areas. scheme. Badami Devi thanked the people, said that the State (Independent Charge) Bansal along with Regional continuously into the Ganga on the banks of the ghat start- Revenue, MP Singh said that The NDRF team has been Modi and said as she got a Central government is work- Dr Neelkanth Tiwari distrib- President Mahesh Chandra from Haridwar, Narora and ed. People living in the flood- apart from the city, some vil- called. Boats have also been house under Pradhan Mantri ing on its ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka uted food grain to the people Srivastava and District barrages. Recently, this affected areas have started lages of Meja, Karchana and arranged. The areas which are Awas Yojana. She said that she Vikas and Sabka Vishwas’ at Pieri, Daranagar and Konia Chief Hansraj Vishwakarma water has increased rapidly shifting to safer places. As the Bara tehsils are flood-affected prone to floods are Baluaghat, would leave no stone principle by fulfilling its while UP Minister of State distributed ration to the ben- towards the danger mark. On water rises in the Sangam area, areas. The SDM said that there Karailabagh, Kareli, Ashok unturned to make the future promises. (Independent Charge) eficiaries at Keshripur Tuesday, the water level grad- Tirtha Purohit has made is constant monitoring. Nagar, Salori, Nevada, Rajapur, of her children bright. The PM “In this hour of pandem- Ravindra Jaiswal at Khajuri, (Rohania). ually started receding. When it makeshift arrangements on the Arrangements are being made Beli etc in the city. People have increased again on Wednesday, dam. for the rescue of people living been alerted there too. 3      2 & 3   ' have been shifted upstairs. The    % - C%4 . rising trend has also increased the heartbeats of thousands of ow-lying areas of this belt of residents living near the banks LPurvanchal (eastern UP) of rivers Ganga and Varuna. If =>'8?3 &   especially located near the river the same trend continues a few Ganga are facing threats of more days, the river Varuna floods as after one day of would start reverse flowing    % - ,,!>7 tion exercise will be carried suspended in rural areas due tion exercises in both rural falling trend the river has re- from its confluence into the out only at nine urban vacci- to shortage of vaccine and and urban based sites as per started rising, once again, on Ganga in the northern part of he Prayagraj district has set nation sites These sites vaccination will be held in the availability of vaccines. Thursday. As per the report of the city near Sarai Mohana. Ta record of highest vaccina- include MLN Divisional hos- urban areas only on Friday. In the Sangam City, over the local office of Central Water Though the river Gomti tion in a single day as 90,483 pital (Colvin), TB Sapru (Beli) Interestingly, District 13 lakh jabs have been admin- Commission (CWC), the river was steady both at downstream jabs were administered to peo- Hospital, Districtwomen hos- Immunization officer and istered to recipients of all age Ganga recorded rising right Maighat and upstream Jaunpur, ple of all age groups in the pital ( Dufferin), Manohar additional chief medical offi- groups till August 4. from upstream Phaphamau to the rising trend in Ganga has Sangam City under a special Das eye hospital, MLN cer (ACMO) Dr Teerath Lal Moreover, officials of the Varanasi, including increased the pulse rate of res- vaccination campaign. The Medical college, Swaroop Rani informed the newspersons district health department and Mirzapur. However, the idents of several villages of campaign was held at 383 sites Nehru (SRN) hospital, that the department aimed to have set a target of adminis- impacts of earlier receding 6     0     7   .  Daab area surrounded by river on Thursday and Prayagraj Railway hospital, High Court cover the maximum number tering Covid vaccine to trend was seen in downstream Ganga and Gomti near their recorded the highest turnout of vaccination centre and of recipients in a single day around 39.87 lakh people, as the river was steady at metres on August 25, 2016. The river had already reached the confluence at Kaithi. However, people. Government TB hospital, campaign and we have been including 27 lakh recipients Ghazipur and falling at Ballia, river has already been flowing Sheetla Mata Mandir and the river Sone continued receding However, there will be no Teliyarganj. successful in our endeavour. aged between 18 and 44 and where it is expected that Ganga above the danger mark of 57.61 Water Police booth at at Chopan but rising at Covid-19 vaccinations in rural A senior health official He, however, said that we 12.87 lakh above 45 years of would restart rising and its level metres there. In Varanasi, the Dashashwamedh Ghat. Due Bansagar Dam. River Rihand sites on Friday. The vaccina- said the vaccination has been would be taking up vaccina- age. would be at 57.9 metres by river is inching close to the to high levels of water, the con- was also rising at Rihand Dam Friday morning, just a few warning level at 70.26 metres as nections between the ghats but Kanhar was constant at centimetres below the highest at 8 am its water level was remain broken and Ganga- Duddhi in Sonebhadra dis- flood level recorded at 60.39 recorded at 67.69 metres. The aarti and cremation venues trict. !(    

   % - ,,!>7 gle to overthrow the BJP and studies. He said that Prayagraj The SP District President 2   form the SP government in the has been the center of educa- accused the police administra- amajwadi Party workers state. tion. Dozens of IAS, IPS keep tion of working on the instruc- Stook out a cycle yatra in the Former minister and in- coming out every year, but tions of the ruling party and district on Thursday to mark charge of cycle yatra Misa due to the short-sightedness of said that in many places, the    % - C%4 . of the districts,” Singh said. He the birth anniversary of Bandi Jaishankar Pandey paid the government, frustration is police did the work of stopping, alleged that the BJP govern- Samajwadi leader and former homage to Mishra by offering increasing among the youth. discouraging the SP workers o mark the 89th birth ment is only misusing the Union minister Janeshwar a garland of flowers to his por- The former minister regarding the cycle yatra, which Tanniversary of former resources to crush the democ- Mishra alias 'Chhote Lohia'. trait at SP's district office flagged off cycle yatras at var- failed. Union minister and socialist ratic values. The SP activists protested Georgetown and Janeshwar ious places including Asadhiya On this occasion Dharam leader Janeshwar Mishra, the The BJP has misguided against BJP government on Mishra Smriti Bhawan, in Handia, Chiroda in Phulpur, Raj Patel, Nagendra Patel, activists of Samajwadi Party on the people instead of doing any issues like unemployment, Katra. He said that High Court crossroads of the Sandeep Patel, Dan Bahadur Thursday took out ‘Samajik good for them, he said, adding inflation, women's safety and ever since the BJP came to city and Sorao. Madhur, Ashutosh Tiwari, Ram Cycle Yatra’ to highlight price that the state has been pushed poor law and order etc. Slogans power at the Centre, its inten- SP District President Sumer Pal, Satyaveer Munna, rise, increasing unemployment, back during the present gov- were raised against the govern- tion is to eliminate the region- Yogesh Chandra Yadav said RN Yadav, Subhash Yadav, corruption and the ‘anti-demo- ernment instead of develop- ment during the cycle yatra. By al parties at the state level. that Samajwadi Cycle Yatra Prakash Tripathi, Kamlesh cratic attitude’ of the Bharatiya ment. holding street meetings, mak- Section 144 is in force for has been taken out in protest Ratan Yadav, Santosh Yadav, Janata Party government. The party has announced ing people aware of the anti- almost two years. There is a ban against the Mohd. Azam Khan Sant Lal Verma, Sandeep Yadav, As per the earlier the fight against injustice people policies of the BJP gov- on dharna, agitation, and pro- being implicated in a fake case, Mahavir Yadav, Meraj Arif etc. announcement, the SP leaders through this yatra, the SP lead- ernment, they counted the cession. Freedom of expression corruption, rising crime, infla- Senior leader Nandlal Nishad and workers reached Shastry ers said, adding the party has achievements of the SP govern- is no more with us. Dozens of tion, unemployment, black Nanda in Kareli, Pappu Ghat on bicycles where they !      7   .  also registered annoyance ment. intellectuals are in jail. laws of farmers, oppression of Gautam in Uruva, Mohd in celebrated the birth anniversary against the anti-people policies In the coming 2022, the The plight of education is women, rigged in district pan- Naini. In Sharik, Pratapappur, of their leader by offering Akhilesh Yadav, party city informed adding, the aim was of the state government, they workers also reiterated their unprecedented. Children are chayat elections, poor health Pandhari Yadav, Jokhulal Yadav petals before his portrait. The president Vishnu Sharma also to apprise the people of added. Ex-MLA Abdul Samad resolve to continue the strug- getting frustrated with online system, deaths due to corona. etc took out a cycle yatra. Samajik Bicycle Yatra was informed. anti-democracy policy of gov- Ansari, Ajay Chaudhary, flagged off by former minister The purpose behind the ernments at center and in the Shamim Ansari, Vivek Singh, and MLA Ujjawal Raman yatra was to apprise the people state. Rahul Srivastava, . The yatra culminated at of uncontrolled inflation, farm ‘The BJP government in Sharma, Varun Singh, Kishan   " 4 Sadar Tehsil. The yatra was laws, increasing unemploy- the state is about to complete Dixit, Awanish Yadav ‘Vikki’ taken out at tehsil level as per ment, rampant corruption and five years but so far no devel- and many others joined the the directive issued by SP chief rising crime incidents he opment has taken place in any yatra.    % - ,,!>7 Sharma had arrived here in Tuesday, the hospital has 2019 to perform at the Theatre become free from Covid ormer director of National Festival organised by Vinod patients. During the second #         FSchool of Drama, New Rastogi Smriti Sansthan wave in Swarooprani Nehru Delhi, Suresh Sharma joined as Prayagraj, with a solo perfor- Hospital, no patient was getting the Director of the North mance of Maulana Abul Kalam admitted as all 550 beds were    % - C%4 . learned a lot even after losing and inspirational. Ghat under Pandeypur-Lalpur Central Zone Cultural Centre Azad, and with a play of NSD full. Even many doctors of a lot. “Such books are necessary On the occasion, Apna police station along with her (NCZCC) on Thursday. Repertory- Ek Aur Styagahi. SRN did not get the beds when P Minister of State to preserve human sensibility. Dal's District President Anita children, father-in-law and Sharma took the charge in NO COVID PATIENT AT they got infected. The condi- U(Independent Charge) Shikhar in his book has emo- Patel, Minister’s Public mother-in-law. Her husband Delhi itself and is expected to L3 SRNH: Doctors heaved a tion gradually became normal Ravindra Jaiswal released a tionally decorated songs, ghaz- Relations Officer and poet Ajay Shubham Kumar Maurya had arrive here on Monday or sigh of relief in Prayagraj as the and by the beginning of poetry collection, ‘Safar 2020’, als and poems,” Jaiswal said. Krishna Tripathi, Rupesh died in December last year due Tuesday. He took over the ! !  L3 Swaroop Rani Nehru August, the number of people of Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava Before the release, Shikhar Kumar Nagvanshi, Vijay to kidney failure. Her father-in- charge from Renu Singh of the Hospital was left with no Covid admitted in its ward eight ‘Shikhar', Assistant Manager welcomed the minister by pre- Agrawal, Dr Sunil Mishra, law Dev Narayan makes ends Ministry of Culture who had appointed. patient. All the patients have remained only two or three. (Human Resources), NTPC, senting angavastram. At pre- Rahul, Rajan and many other meet for the family by driving been the officiating director Sharma is a Bhartendu recovered and they have been The remaining two patients in a function held at Gulab sent, the author is working as literature lovers and social an auto-rickshaw. It was said after the completion of the term Natya Academy Lucknow pass discharged. During the second were also discharged. Due to Bagh here on Wednesday AM (HR) in NTPC Northern workers were present. that she was in depression of Mr Indrajit Grover. out of 1982, and National wave of coronavirus, SRN this, now the Covid Hospital evening. The author of the Region Headquarters, posted in WOMAN HANGS SELF: after the death of her husband With the joining of School of Drama pass out of Hospital was made L3 of has become vacant. Nodal offi- book has beautifully preserved Varanasi and his book has A30-year-old woman reported- as only her father-in-law was Sharma, the suspense as to who 1985. He had served as the COVID-19, Tej Bahadur Sapru cer of SRN Hospital Dr. Sujit his literary interest in the form been published by the Ankur ly committed suicide by hang- the only source of the family's will become the NCZCC direc- repertory chief of Sriram (Beli) Hospital was made L2. Verma said that not a single of a book through poetry. Prakashan, Noida, edited by ing herself from a ceiling fan livelihood. It was said that on tor is over now. Centre New Delhi for some L3 Covid Hospital, which has infected person was admitted Many books of Shikhar have Nirmesh Tyagi 'Vats' and co- some time on Wednesday Wednesday she went to sleep in On the recommendation of time, and then came to the been overloaded with corona on Wednesday. After a long already been published, but the edited by Sunita 'Sonu'. The night. The news came to light her room after having dinner. the Ministry of Culture, the National School of Drama as its infected patients, has also got time, the hospital has got this poetry collection 'Safar 2020' is poems in this collection are on Thursday. Police sent the On Thursday morning when Uttar Pradesh Governor repertory chief in the year a big relief as the number of relief. New cases of corona a memorable book telling the based on the events of the year body for the postmortem Gudia did not wake up, her appoints the NCZCC director. 2000. He later became the patients dropped. There is no infection are also very less in stories in the form of poems. 2020, ranging from a global examination. mother-in-law went to her Scores of persons had applied director of National School of single infected person in the L3 number. Only one positve case After the release, the Minister corona pandemic to Ram tem- According to the informa- room but was shocked to find for the directorship of NCZCC Drama in 2018 and retired in Covid Hospital i.e. was found in the last 24 hours. while praising the collection of ple construction, festivals, lock- tion, the deceased, identified as her hanging.The local police and after a strict scanning four July this year. Sharma has also Swarooprani Nehru Hospital Five people were discharged on poems said that the book of down, Rafale, China's devious Gudia (30), hailed from Buxar reached the site on getting persons had been called for to his credit some quality work (SRNH). Its ward number eight recovery. The Health Shikhar would be a reminder of policy, changing lifestyle and in Bihar, and she was living in information and sent the body interview, and ultimately on Nautanki the folk theatre of is completely vacant. With the Department team took samples the past year, that we have patriotism are very touching a rented house in Chowka for autopsy. Suresh Sharma has been Uttar Pradesh. discharge of two patients on of 8009 people in 24 hours.    ! "#$%$& 6

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Director (Technical/ Bharatiya Janata Party’s All the family members Operations) of NCL Dr senior leader Prakash Vir were in Vrindavan at the time Anindya Sinha, Director Arya inaugurated the distrib- of the theft and on returning (Finance & Personnel) RN ution of food grains at the fair from there on Wednesday they Dubey and Director price shop No (J)91 in Govind found the doors of the house (Technical/ Project & Nagar by cutting the ribbon. open and called the police. Planning) SS Sinha and He also distributed cloth bags Akash of Chanakyapuri in General Manager of Personnel containing food grains to the Shyam Nagar is a defence con- department attended the func- beneficiaries. tractor and lives with mother tion. In the programme the best wishes to all on the motivated everyone to con- While inaugurating the Geeta Awasthi, wife Siya and directors of NCL also directly appointment in Coal India. tribute to this company with food grain, he welcomed all two children Pari and Harsh. interacted with the manage- He also called upon them for hard work and dedication. At the beneficiaries present at He said to participate in ment trainees. In the function giving a new height to NCL the same time, referring to the the shop by garlanding Bhagwat Katha, all the family appointment letters issued by with concerted efforts. On the growth journey of NCL, he them and asked about the members had gone to Coal India in the name of all occasion RN Dubey asked the described the company as one problem, if any, they had Vrindavan on July 27. After the the trainees were handed over trainees to work with a positive of the best coal companies. In faced in collecting the ration :     7 (            0+        . katha was over, they returned to them along with a welcome attitude. Along with it he sequence of the recruitment of from the fair price shop. BJP on Wednesday and found the kit. On the occasion the read- asked them to use all the management trainees organ- South City unit president Dr Modi and Yogi Adityanath leaders in the city distributed orated with balloons with locks of the locker and almirah ing of the message of Coal facilities available in the com- ised by Coal India more than Bina Arya Patel was also pre- governments for distributing free cloth bags carrying pic- the facility of LED TV open and household goods India Chairman Pramod pany like sports, gym etc and 180 officials will join in various sent. free ration and shouted slo- tures of Modi and Yogi to enable the beneficiaries scattered on the floor. Agarwal addressed to the also called upon them to hone departments in NCL, out of At a fair price shop in gans in their favour. and supervised the hear live telecast of Prime Station House Officer Amit trainees was also done. their creativity. He said NCL which 43 of them were given , the beneficia- The BJP MPs, MLAs, cor- food grains distribution. Minister Narendra Modi’s Tomar along with a force and Addressing the function, management is always with the appointment letters on ries praised the Narendra porators and senior party Some of the shops were dec- address. forensic team reached the spot Dr Anindya Sinha conveyed his with for any help. SS Sinha Wednesday. and carried out an investiga- tion. The victim informed him that the miscreants took away   !" around Rs 20,000 in cash and # "1 P         jewellery worth about Rs 5 lakh 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  -* .#, that as per the Vedas, India was ation of Excise department from. more capable of governing, he and area police on Tuesday The SHO said the case ne person died in a road added. Speaking as the chief night. The team led by excise    % - +4":% in the year 2019. He said this brought to a well equipped citation till they were fit would be worked out soon Omishap which took place guest chairperson, Dr Kashi inspector Vivek Dubey and modern centre will house neu- trauma centre. enough to be shifted to with the help of footage of under Adalhaat police station Prasad Jaiswal Vidvat Parishad, Jigna Staion House Officer he Principal of GSVM rosurgery, neurology, cardiac He said when someone rooms or ICU would also be CCTV cameras installed in on Wednesday. According to a and member, Juvenile Justice (SHO) Pranay Prasoon TMedical College, Kanpur, surgery, orthopaedic, general was critically injured, every available. the locality. report received here, Suraj Board, Varanasi, Reeta Jaiswal, Srivastava the raid was con- Prof Sanjay Kala, informed surgery, emergency medicine, second counted and getting He said other facilities During investigation, it Modanwal (36), a resident of said she will try her best to ducted on the house of that the detailed project report and paediatric surgery depart- timely and adequate care was which would be available was observed that the miscre- Kasarhatti locality in Ahraura ensure that the historian got the Surendra Prajapati in Kothara for the setting up of a five-sto- ments housed under one roof the key for prevention of most under one roof would be a ants broke into the kitchen town under Ahraura police place he deserved. An eminent Mishran village under Jigna ried ultra modern Apex to attend to the critical trau- of the deaths. He said this fact dedicated operation theater through the neighbouring station, had come to Adalhaat litterateur, Ganesh Gambhir, police station. From the place Trauma Centre at a cost of Rs ma cases on priority. had been recognised by the for all life saving procedures, vacant plot. market for marketing and was said that Dr Kashi Prasad along with the house owner, 274 crore was ready. Prof Kala said the Apex Uttar Pradesh government state of the art operating KILLED: A retired teacher knocked down by a motorcy- Jaiswal could not get a place he Dheerendra Jaiswal of the He said the members on Trauma Centre had taken an which was planning to build rooms, anesthesia, X-Ray, ICU died after falling from the sev- cle as a result of which he died deserved. But what he wrote it same village were taken into the special committee would early initiative towards this trauma centers and Kanpur and laboratory. He said in enth floor of her apartment on the spot. On getting infor- was so authentic that nobody custody. During the search the finalise the modern equip- and it had been decided to was on its priority list. view of the apprehended third under mysterious circum- mation the Adalhaat police could challenge it, he added. Dr police recovered 150 litres of ment needed for the apex establish a well equipped and He said the ATC would wave of COVID-19, the LLRH stances in Gwaltoli police area reached the spot, took the Dhruvji Pandey also spoke on spirit, 395 bottles of illicit trauma centre (ATC) and it hi-tech trauma management take charge of the situation had girded up its loins and late Wednesday night. The body of the deceased into cus- the occasion. The seminar was liquor packed in boxes of dif- would be forward to the gov- system in keeping with the tra- and would have the best under the new plan admis- family members cremated the tody for completing the neces- conducted by Dr Arvind ferent brand names, empty ernment for approval. He said dition of providing world class ambulance facility equipped sions to the maternity wing woman at ghat without sary legal formalities and Awasthi, chaired by Dr Brajdev bottles along with caps and the mega trauma centre would facilities to the patients. with life saving machines like and neuro science centre post-mortem of the body. informed the family members Pandey while the vote of stickers. A car was also con- cater to the needs of sur- He said increasing urban- ventilator, monitoring devices, would be only once the BHT Residents of the apartment of the victim about the tragedy thanks was proposed by its fiscated by the team. During rounding 17 districts. He said isation and rapidly growing oxygen supply, basic and was prepared. said that as the woman was suf- which had befallen him. convenor and veteran jour- interrogation the accused currently LLR Hospital was a vehicular traffic was outpacing advanced life support system, He said, however, chron- fering from prolonged illness, SEMINAR: A seminar nalist Salil Pandey. Prominent confessed that with the mix- level-2 trauma centre in the the road space and danger- manned by trained personnel. ic kidney patients would be she committed suicide by was organised under the aegis among those present were ture of spirit and chemicals city. He said currently the ously increasing the density of He said in such hospitals directly admitted to the mater- jumping off the seventh floor. they used to prepare the LLR Hospital had merely 20 vehicles per km and this was specialised personnel and ser- nity wing as it had the facili- She was identified as Rekha liquor, after proper packing it beds for the trauma cases. He leading to an increase in road vices were available 24 hours ty of dialysis. Pandey (64) and had retired was being sold in the name of said dozens of cases from traffic accidents. He said more a day. He said it would also He said in the same way four years ago as a teacher from different brands for which Kanpur and surrounding dis- lives were lost each year due to house a well-equipped emer- for paediatric cases, arrange- a girls’ school of McRobertganj. the car was being used. After tricts arrived at LLRH here for traffic related accidents and gency room having dedicated ments had been made on the She lived in Ratandham registering the first informa- treatment but it was unable to deaths and permanent dis- triage beds with all equipment third and fourth floors of the Apartment of Gwaltoli and is tion report (FIR) under rele- meet the emergency needs. ability caused due to trauma or for resuscitation at bedside. He maternity wing where there survived by lawyer husband vant sections the police sent He said the requisition road traffic accidents could be said a high dependency unit was paediatric ICU, HDU and HN Pandey and two sons the duo accused to the jail. On for the ATC had been put up prevented if the victim was for continuous care after resus- isolation ward. Rahul and Rishu. Wednesday, the joint team of Station House Officer sub-divisional magistrate Kaishal Kishore Dixit said as (SDM) and circle officer (CO) the family members of the Madihan and excise officer $          deceased held it to be an acci- raided a loaclity in Madihan dental death, they did not send under Madihan police station the body for autopsy. of Dr Bhavdev Pandey Shodh Rajpati Ojha, Yogendra Mishra, and recovered 35 litres of Sansthan to mark the death Vindhyavasini Kesarvani, illicit liquor and destroyed   8  anniversary of renowned inter- Dhamjeet Singh, Ravindra four quintals of ‘lahan’. No national historian, Dr Kashi Pandey and Shailendra arrest could be made there. Prakash said mustard seed was ited herbicide options for con- launch the oilseed mission !  &  Prasad Jaiswal, in its office at Agrahari. Meanwhile under Lalganj    % - +4":% primarily used as a source of trolling broadleaf weeds. He from the upcoming kharif sea- Tiwarane Tola locality on ILLICIT LIQUOR police station the joint team of edible oil and protein meal, said these weeds significantly son across the country.     Wednesday. ARTO Vivek RECOVERED: During a drive SHO Lalganj and area excise ice-Chancellor of Chandra though it was also used as a impacted yields and reduced He said similarly the new Pandey, who was the guest of against the illicit liquor Jigna inspector the team raided VShekhar Azad University condiment. He said the gov- grain quality. varieties of flax had shown     honour on the occasion, said Dr police arrested two persons Khajuri village, destroyed 20 of Agriculture and Technology, ernment had increased the He said the university had encouraging results and would Jaiswal’s vision was still relevant. and huge quantity of it was quintals of ‘lahan’ and five Dr DR Singh, praised the sci- production target of mustard decided to hold interactions certainly help increase the pro-   Dr Jaiswal countered the British recovered under the joint oper- breweries. entists of the university for after the new better variety was with farmers during Kisan duction of high quality flaxseed developing a new variety of prepared by the farm scientists Goshthi and apprise them of oil and flax products. He said    % - +4":% mustard and flax. in the country. the newer varieties of mustard the level of flax production #$!$! %%  ! He said the research work He said the new varieties, and advise them to ensure should be increased via theo- he Support Foundation was being carried out at the Azad Chetna and Azad Mahek, they take to growing the retically substantiated cultiva- Torganised an awareness 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  +,( 90 per cent and 102 others between 70 and 80 varsity after the government had been developed in the improved variety. tion technologies by propagat- rally to give the message of fol- per cent. School president Radheshyam Nigotia, issued a green signal to grow laboratory and they had at Dr Prakash said the coun- ing a new variety, and plant lowing road safety rules and he students of BKD Aldrich Public School Director Dr Anand Itauria, Chairman Suvidha the new improved variety of least 10 per cent higher yield try’s mustard output was all set breeders consider the needs of wearing masks in view of the Texcelled in CBSE class X results. Om Gupta Itauria, principal Seema Shrikhande and vice- mustard and flax. He said the and better tolerance to abiotic, to be a record production this two categories of consumers – third wave of COVID-19. scored 98 per cent (pc) principal Ashish new variety of flax developed biotic stress and resistance to year after the sowing area flax producers and flax proces- Activists of the Support marks, Anushka Gupta Tiwari extended their by the scientists had high diseases. under the crop was said to have sors. Foundation along with NCC 96.4 pc, Apoorva Shukla best wishes to the stu- Omega-3 as compared to the He said quality traits in reached an all time high of He said the approach to cadets holding placards 95.2 pc, Poornima dents. Chairman BKD existing variety of flax seeds. He mustard, such as protein and more than 25 lakh hectare as develop a variety had recently appealed to the two-wheeler Sachan 95.2 pc, Yash Aldrich Group Ajay said the university would very oil content, had been improved the government rolled out the become targeted and cus- riders to follow traffic rules and Vardhan 94.2 pc, Itauriya said the stu- soon make available both the through the pedigree breeding oilseed mission as a pilot pro- tomised and the varieties wear helmets and masks at the Akshara Purwar 93.8 pc, dents will always new varieties to the farmers as system. He added that anoth- ject during 2020-21 rabi season. grown by CSA agricultural Noronha Crossing, Mall Road. Aradhya Shukla 93.4 pc, keep the standard of well. er major challenge for mustard He added that this achievement university showed high fiber The event was led by Ankita Agarwal 92.8 pc, education high. On Director (Research) Dr HG production was extremely lim- may help the government to yields. Support Foundation national Isha Sharma 92 pc, Purti the occasion president Jyoti Shukla. Gupta and Arjit Niranjan Purushottam Purwar, Praising the efforts of the 91.4 pc, Bharti Prajapati, Shiv Sharma, KK organisation, Deputy and Arjit Niranjan 91 pc, Damini Chaturvedi Chaturvedi, Govind Singh, Devesh Pathak, Commissioner of Police 90.6 pc, Aditi Gupta 90.4 pc and Vansh Gupta Diksha Doorwar, Neeraj Tripathi, Mahesh      &' (Traffic) BBGTS Murthy said, 90.2 pc. Out of 315 students 45 scored between Kushwaha, Mahendra Bajpai, Upendra Singh, “We should follow the road 90 and 98 per cent marks, 158 between 80 and Mahesh Kushwaha and others were present. safety rules to save our lives for the safety of our family mem-      bers and society. Ignorance is 567         the main reason for accidents and spike in COVID-19 cases. QIT  ' ()* ernment. In this sequence, in from it in various rail sec-    % - +4":% fact a couple-therapy that both Pradesh, over 63,000 divorce start feeling bored with their We should keep on following collaboration with the district tions, station premises, sta- the partners had to undergo to cases were pending. She said on routine life and start exploring the necessary and useful pre- nder the direction of administration a total of 493 tions and trains of the divi- he UP government has resolve their marital conflicts account of the slow pace of the other options and the fact was cautions while travelling on the UDivisional Railway doses of Covid vaccine were sion deep cleaning, sanitisa- Ttaken initiative to promote and this helped the couples to judiciary in handling the log- both of them could feel this road.” Manager (DRM) Vijay Kumar administered on Tuesday, in tion and cleanliness is being conciliation and secure speedy improve their relationships and jam of marital disputes the way. Jyoti Shukla highlighted Panjiar, the sequence of vacci- which division’s 10 employees, done daily. Moreover, at the settlement of disputes relating rebuild their relationships. She problem was growing mani- Chaturvedi said a com- the importance of following nation for the prevention of family members of 19 employ- major stations of the division to marriage and family affairs said in majority of the cases the folds. mon concern noticed in most road safety rules and Covid coronavirus infection in ees, including four contract for the passengers and in the such as, matrimonial disputes issue was superficial and due to She said most couples faced couples was the adjustment in appropriate behaviour. She said Varanasi division is going on labourers and 460 non-railway station premises for awareness between the couple and the lack of counselling and the issues throughout their married the family and especially in four-wheeler riders should continuously. In this sequence people, were administered of railway passengers and between the wife and her in- ego of the couples they were life and there was nothing India, the bride was expected always use the seat belt and under the leadership of Covid vaccine. At the employees messages related laws. It has advised the district unable to save their marital wrong with little fights, but if to stay with the groom and his avoid using mobile phones Additional Chief Medical Divisional Hospital of NER the to the prevention and vacci- legal aid committees and other lives. one fought a lot or did not feel family and due to this lots of while driving the vehicle. Superintendent (ACMS) Dr RR vaccination of old, physically nation of coronavirus infec- NGOs to take initiative to She said counselling could like living with the better half, conflicts were encountered NCC cadets of KK Girls’ Singh, at North Eastern Railway disabled and sick persons is tion are being displayed reduce the number of marital strengthen the relationships, one should undergo coun- either with a mother-in-law or College and office-bearers of (NER) Divisional Hospital, being done in their private through posters. Marking disputes in the courts. Mahila improve their understanding, selling. She said in a relation- sister-in-law. She said in most Support Foundation, holding Lahartara, here on Tuesday the vehicles in its lobby. During have been made in stations Manch has taken up marital resolve conflicts and settle dif- ship one tended to put the of the cases the girl felt placards carrying messages of Covid vaccination work of this period the employees and railway premises in order counselling of couples so as to ferences between the wife and blame on the other and this extremely exhausted to adjust road safety rules and COVID- employees on contract working along with their family mem- to follow social distancing resolve the marital conflicts. the husband. She said disputes created a lot of anger and to the new environment when 19 protocol, took part in the at various railway stations of the bers were also informed to fol- guidelines. Compliance of This was stated by the sec- arose only when both were fac- despair. She said both the hus- no one was ready to accept her rally in large numbers. division and of those associat- low the coronavirus preven- Covid-19 protocol is being retary of Mahila Manch while ing communication problems, band and wife thought that the just the way she was. She said Dharmendra Shukla, Dr ed with railway service through tion guidelines i.e wearing of ensured in the station premis- addressing a session on ‘Marital violence or abuse, conflicts problem was with the other half thus marriage counselling can Parvez Akhtar, priest other means was done in the the mask properly, washing es and trains and strict action Counselling’ at its Shyam Nagar over a child, sexual problems and not with one. She said help couples to understand Satyendra, Harmit Singh Gulati form of a campaign by the rail- their hands frequently and is being taken against the vio- headquarters on Thursday. She and other physical and mental often couples tend to lose inter- and adjust with each other’s and Shashi Prabha Singh were way medical team and the one thoroughly besides maintain- lators, Public Relations Officer said marital counselling was in conditions. She said in Uttar est in each other and they family and live with. also present. constituted by the state gov- ing physical distancing. Apart (PRO) Ashok Kumar said.     ! "#$%$& 7

0    % &   .   "    3          /   9:   8   /         on paper due to the lack of (Hyderabad) and Sterling adequate human resources Hospital (Ahmedabad). particularly ID experts. But these are not enough, In a review in a recent edi- she said.Dr PH Chandrasekar, tion of IJMR, a government educational coordinator for journal, she said, setting up ID Department of Infectious blocks in DHs is not enough if Diseases at Wayne State not met by adequate human University, Detroit, USA too resources and infrastructure to minced no words as he said, implement these interventions “The department of ID has   45675,!. in secondary-level remained an ignored stream. hospitals.“The first and the The government should recog- acing against time to meet most important challenge is the nize this field as a sub-special- Rthe target of inoculating the absence of ID physician posts ty.”ID is still a young branch in 60 crore adult population of the in DHs and the dearth of India. The educational system country, the Government is trained ID physicians in the never thought of introducing it holding back-to-back meet- country,” Dr Walia explained, as a sub-speciality. In the US, on a Ganesh temple in Rahim ings with the Covid-19 jab “To be effective, the ID blocks it was introduced way back in   45675,!. Yar Khan in Punjab, Pakistan. manufacturers to know the would need to be supported by 1960, Chandrasekar, a patron Mob attacked the temple, des- status and challenges in the trained manpower such as ID of National Clinical IDs Society xpressing concern over the ecrated holy idols and set fire production of the shots. physicians, microbiologists, (CIDS), said adding that ID is Eatrocities against minorities to premises. The mob also Union Health Minister infection control nurses, clini- the highest cause of death in in Pakistan, India on Thursday attacked surrounding houses Mansukh Mandaviya on cal pharmacists and well- India but there is a dearth of lodged a strong protest after belonging to Hindu communi- Thursday held discussions with equipped diagnostic laborato- doctors to support and provide summoning the Pakistan envoy ty.” Dr Reddy's Laboratories ries. medical care to such patients. here. He was told the attacks He said incidents of vio- Chairperson K. Satish Reddy to ID physicians would be “There are many doctors who were taking place at an alarm- lence, discrimination and per- discuss the Sputnik V vaccine central to creation of the ID without any formal training in ing rate. secution against the minority production and its supply while blocks.”Dr.Neha Rastogi Panda, ID call themselves a specialist”, The strong protest came communities including attacks on Friday he will meet Serum Consultant, ID Department, he said, as per a report. after reports said a mob on places of worship have con- Institute of India’s CEO-owner Fortis Research Memorial To improve the availability attacked a Ganesh temple in tinued unabated in Pakistan, Adar Poonawalla. Institute, Gurugram asserted of trained ID physicians, the Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab, Within the last year itself, "Had a discussion on the that “India is already becoming country should look at creating Pakistan recently. various temples and production of the Sputnik V a hub of bugs and the pandem- more ID fellowship opportuni- Giving details here, min- Gurudwaras have been COVID-19 vaccine and its that, especially, at a time when coronavirus that has wrecked ic should therefore be a wake- ties which can be offered online, istry of external affairs attacked including the Mata supply," the minister said on & 9   45675,!. India is fighting the Covid the health and economy world up call for India to take steps to with compulsory practical spokesperson Arindam Bagchi Rani Bhatiyani Mandir in Twitter. Although details of pandemic along with rising over. plug the demand-supply gap. training for a short period, said Pakistan Charge Sindh in January 2020, the meeting are not known, it dding to the already grim menace of antibiotic resistant They are seen as a critical In India, only AIIMS Delhi said Dr Panda. d'Affaires was summoned and Gurudwara Sri Janam Sthan in takes significance in wake of a Asituation in India's Covid- infections, the need for more asset to the medical and pub- and CMC Vellore have started Concerned at the acute a firm protest was lodged January 2020, a Hindu temple shortage of Covid-19 vaccines 19 catastrophe is the acute ID expertise has become a lic health communities.In fact, offering Doctorate in medicine shortage of ID specialists, Dr expressing grave concerns at in Karak in Khyber in the country. shortage of qualified infectious clear focal point. Dr Kamini Walia, senior sci- in IDs recently.”Also, AIIMS Panda along with a few other this reprehensible incident and Pakhtunkhwa in December, In the meantime, Bharat disease (ID) specialists—there It is high time the entist from ICMR, indicates Jodhpur, AIIMS Bhopal and ID specialists, early this year, attacks on freedom of religion he said. Biotech informed that manu- are less than 50 ID experts in Government looks at the that though the Government KMC Manipal University has had represented before the of minority communities and “These incidents are facturing of Covaxin has com- the country— who have severe shortage of ID special- has announced establishing recently started the DM from Union Health Ministry seeking their places of worship. occurring at an alarming rate menced at Malur (Karnataka) expertise in handling the pan- ties and does the needful, they ID blocks in district hospitals January 2021 while fellowship recognition of the ID specialist Pakistan was called upon to while the state and security and Ankleshwar (Gujarat) demic among other infections added.ID doctors are certified (DHs) which augur well with in NABH accredited ID pro- as a separate entity and starting ensure safety, security and institutions in Pakistan have since June. like HIV and TB and protect specialists in diagnosing and the overall intent to step up the gramme is being run in four ID departments at central gov- well-being of minority com- stood by idly and completely In a statement, it said that the communities from such treating IDs associated with fight against IDs, especially institutions Apollo Hospitals ernment and state government munities, he said. failed in preventing these before being released for health threats. bacteria, parasites, fungi – antimicrobial resistance (Chennai), Hinduja Hospital institutes in public interest. Bagchi said “we have seen attacks on the minority com- administering every batch of Health professionals said and viruses, such as the new (AMR),the plan will remain (Mumbai), Apollo Hospitals disturbing reports on social munities and their places of Covaxin is subjected to over media of a violent mob attack worship,” he said. 200 quality control tests and samples are submitted to Government of India's Central ,   Drugs Laboratory (CDL), and !'(%*% !    only after clearance are the batches released commercially. On the other hand, anoth-     er vaccine manufacturer, **"  *$+,     India's Panacea Biotec Ltd said on Thursday it had agreed to produce up to 25 million doses  !    of the Sputnik V COVID-19  (  vaccine using the drug sub- stance made by Russia's Generium. Panacea will then  &   &  45675,!. leverage with the Taliban to have supply the doses to drugmak- a significant say in managing the er Dr. Reddy's Laboratories xploiting its leverage with the war-ravaged country and control for distribution in India.   45675,!. ETaliban, the Pakistani covert banned drug trade in the sce-   45675,!. agency Inter-Services Intelligence nario of takeover and subse- ormer Congress president is feeding misinformation to quent rule in Afghanistan post- -     FRahul Gandhi on Thursday ongress leader P maximise attacks against Indians withdrawal of American troops targeted the Modi government CChidambaram on and the assets in Afghanistan. early next month.    +  O over a range of issues, includ- Thursday took a dig at the The ISI manoeuvre has The Pakistani politico-mil- ing large scale unemployment. government over fuel prices, posed a threat by Taliban not only itary complex has drawn an      Addressing party workers asking whether there was no the issue. to the Indian embassy in elaborate plan to hoodwink while leading a protest 'Sansad change in them in the last 19 Taking a dig at the gov- Afghanistan but to those in the China into funding it for secur-   45675,!. While Harivansh said the   45675,!. Gehrao' by the Indian Youth days as Parliament was in ernment, Chidambaram entire region, sources said. ing the Chinese investments in unnamed TMC MP broke the Congress, Rahul said the Modi session or chiefs of oil market- tweeted, "Petrol and diesel The ISI has convinced the the so-called China-Pakistan he Rajya Sabha proceedings glass after she was stopped central team that went to government failed to fulfil its ing companies "cannot talk to prices have not been changed Taliban that India had bombed Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Ton Thursday were marred from entering the House after AKerala to know the reason promise of providing two crore each other because their for 19 days because: a) a group of Taliban in Kandahar restive Balochistan under Pak by protests by the Opposition it was adjourned for the day on for increasing Covid-19 cases job opportunities to the youths phones are infiltrated by Parliament session com- province of Afghanistan. It has occupation. and repeated adjournments Wednesday, Sukhendu Sekhar has found gaping loopholes in of India. Pegasus spyware". menced on 19th July, i.E. 18 further told the UN-sanctioned “Now that the Pakistani over the Pegasus controversy Roy said the MP concerned was the management of the virus Rahul accused the PM of He also asked if prices days ago b) Chiefs of Oil group that attack helicopters and politico-military-ISI combine and other issues. The suspended for the remainder of which has resurged in the "snatching away employment" had not changed as all chiefs Marketing Companies can- military planes that were built in has fully exploited the Opposition also raised a din the sitting of the House and she Southern State at a fast pace. In from the hands of the youths of oil marketing companies not talk to each other because India were handed over to Americans for funding and over the alleged scuffle between had gone to fetch her bag after its report to the Union Health and would talk about every- were in quarantine until their phones are infiltrated by Afghan defense department technology support under the the Rajya Sabha security staff the proceedings were adjourned ministry, it said, contact trac- thing except unemployment. August 15 or all those reasons Pegasus spyware and the some time ago, they said. garb of war against terror and at and some MPs on Wednesday. for the day. ing of Covid-19 patients in the "Unemployment is the were responsible for it. Israelis are listening. C) All The ISI also told the Taliban the same time provided safe A woman security officer was As the TMC and other state is low, home isolation biggest issue this country is fac- Congress has been criti- the chiefs are in quarantine that fighter jets were stationed in haven to Al Qaeda founder injured. opposition MPs opposed the guidelines are not being fol- ing today...PM [Modi] will talk cal of the government for ris- until 15th August d) All of Kabul airport under Indian com- Osama bin Laden at Abbottabad The pre and post lunch ses- remarks and Leader of the lowed and the number of tests about everything but not ing prices of petrol and diesel the above." mand with Indian pilots. military garrison, Islamabad is sions witnessed the Opposition Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge conducted to detect the infec- unemployment. He had and Rahul Gandhi, accompa- Petrol prices have crossed The ISI and Pakistan army seeking to milk the Chinese who members rushing into the well cited former finance minister tion is showing a downward promised to provide 2 crore nied by his party colleagues 100-a-litre mark in several has provided over 10,000 jehadis apprehend the Taliban onslaught of the house raising slogans and Arun Jaitley's statement of dis- trend. employment each year," Rahul and Opposition leaders, rode cities with the Opposition from the ranks of terror groups to spillover to its restive Xinxiang shouting slogans. ruption in Parliament being According to official said. a bicycle to Parliament earli- protesting the high fuel mentored by these two agencies province predominantly inhab- The proceedings in the part of democracy. sources, the report pointed out Rahul said the day the er this week to protest over prices. within Pakistan to Taliban for ited by Uyghur Muslims,” an morning were adjourned thrice. The Opposition was in no that people are becoming more youth of the country start wresting control of the territories expert said. The House was first mood to adhere to the chair’s complacent regarding Covid- speaking the truth, the Modi in Afghanistan from the demo- Besides getting significant adjourned for 15 minutes dur- plea to allow the Question appropriate behaviour and government will crumble. The Pegasus is a way to silence the businesses". cratically elected government funding and military weaponry ing the Zero hour and then House and created a ruckus. highlighted the need for ramp- youth of the country cannot get voice of people," he said. "Hum do humare do ki there led by Abdul Ghani. for securing Chinese interests again soon after it met at 11.30 The deputy chairman contin- ing up vaccination. employment till Modi is the While the Opposition has sarkar, sirf kuch udyogpatiyon In addition to this, the ISI both in CPEC and Xinxiang, AM. The House which met ued with the Question Hour for In view of the sharp surge prime minister, he said. been attacking the government ke liye kaam karti hai (this is a has helped forge operational Islamabad will also be getting again at 12 noon was adjourned a few minutes and then in Covid cases in Kerala, the "Your mobile phone is your over the government of 'we two, our synergy between the Taliban and backing from Beijing for bailouts after opposition members con- adjourned the house till after Centre on July 29 had dis- voice. Narendra Modi has put Pegasus issue and accusing it of two' that works for a few indus- its terror cohorts like the for the economy that is in tatters tinued to raise slogans in the two pm. Earlier, senior patched a six-member team the idea of Pegasus in the spying, the ruling party has trialists only)”, said Rahul. Lashkar-e-Tayabba and Jaish-e- post-Covid as also support at well and disrupted the proceed- Congress leader and former headed by Dr Sujeet Singh, mobile phone of every youth, denied all charges. "Narendra Modi is not in Mohammad for the violent multilateral forum like Financial ings. finance minister P director of the National Centre not just mine. This idea is that In his address he also said partnership with youth, farmer, takeover of territories in Action Task Force (FATF) and Sukhendu Sekhar Roy Chidambaram raised the issue for Disease Control (NCDC) to if you speak the truth, the BJP-led Government at the labourers or small traders...but Afghanistan. avoid sanctions for supporting (TMC)first raised the issue of of ministers not being present the Southern State to take Narendra Modi and Pegasus Centre was trying to help big in partnership with two-three The ISI and Pakistan army terror and terror financing, he one of his party members not in Rajya Sabha for the laying of stock of the situation and rec- are there in your phones. corporates and "finish small businessmen," he said. are seeking to cement their added. allowed to enter the house on official listed papers. ommend necessary public Wednesday after it was Chidambaram raised the health interventions. adjourned for the day. issue when Parliamentary Kerala on Thursday report- Harivansh earlier said Affairs Minister V ed 22,040 fresh coronavirus when the member, who was Muraleedharan was called to lay cases and 117 deaths, taking the <#  7*5!,*#8 asked to withdraw from the official papers on behalf of six total infection count to 34.93 house by Chairman M of his ministerial colleagues. lakh and the toll to 17,328. Venkaiah Naidu, tried to enter Harivansh said the matter This was more than half the the house an argument ensued. was raised even on Wednesday total national caseload of 42,     A glass pane was broken and a and Chairman M Venkaiah 982 fresh coronavirus cases woman security officer sus- Naidu had stated that the par- officially registered in the last tained injuries. Naidu was liamentary affairs minister has 24 hours. It was also the second   45675,!. carrying out searches in Delhi,   45675,!. company had defaulted on looking into the issue. been allowed to lay papers consecutive day when India Jaipur and Ghaziabad on the repayment of loans worth The chair termed the inci- mentioned against the names of logged over 500 Covid fatali- he Enforcement premises of the companies he Enforcement 1,700 crore to a consortium dent as "highly deplorable and other ministers because of the ties. TDirectorate (ED) is carry- involved in it. TDirectorate (ED) has of banks. condemnable". Covid situation. The health bulletin said ing out searches at several The ED case is based on arrested telecom equipment It said that while 539 that 533 Indians lost their lives locations in Delhi, Uttar the FIR registered by the manufacturer VMC Systems crore was due to it from the due to Covid complications. In Pradesh's Ghaziabad and Central Bureau of Investigation Ltd's Managing Director company, over 1,207 crore is yet another subtle sign, the Rajasthan's Jaipur in connec- (CBI) in September last year Vuppalapati Hima Bindu in a pending towards the State number of active cases in India tion with its probe into the against Softwill Infotech Pvt bank fraud case involving Bank of India, the are on a gradual upward path. money laundering charges for Ltd, Innovana Thinklabs Ltd, hundreds of crore of rupees. Corporation Bank, the At present, India has 4,11,076 transmitting fake pop-ups to Jaipur, Benovellient An ED official said that it ny and its directors Andhra Bank, and the JM active Covid cases, the official the victims' personal comput- Technologies Pvt Ltd, Noida, has arrested Bindu under over an alleged bank fraud Financial Assets health bulletin says. The daily ers with warnings or bogus Systweak Software Pvt Ltd, Prevention of Money case to the tune of 1,700 Reconstruction Company. vaccination rate plunged to messages about serious techni- Jaipur, Saburi TLC Worldwide Laundering Act (PMLA). crore, on the complaint of the According to the CBI, the 37,45,862 on August 4. In com- cal problems including mal- Services Pvt Ltd, Saburi Global The ED case of money Punjab National Bank (PNB) VMC Systems had availed parison with August 3 data, ware infections. Services Pvt Ltd, Gurugram laundering is based on the in 2018. working capital credit facili- there was a drop of 42.8 per An ED source related to and unknown others on a FIR registered by CBI against In its complaint to the ties on August 12, 2009 to the cent. probe said that the agency is complaint. the Hyderabad-based compa- CBI, the PNB alleged that the tune of 1,010.50 crore.    ! "#$%$& 8

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Weeding out fake and ineli- # !  *             gible beneficiaries of government schemes       P  0 Q   *  H is a major governance challenge. Recently, Parliament was informed that about 42 lakh ineligible beneficiaries received 2,900 croreunder PM-KISAN scheme launched on February 24, 2019. (In February 2021, the figures were 33 lakh ineligible beneficiaries receiving 2,327 crore). An amount of 6000 per annum is it was found that using the ID and office and the bank, payments can only bonafide customers into supposed to be transferred to the bank :!54.-.24 certificates of one hapless Anamika go into fake accounts. I came across unmanned smart branches or kiosks accounts of eligible farmers in three Shukla, many ‘fake’ Anamika a fraud where a cheque drawing after biometrics recognition through   5-!42,2.5 instalments of 2000 each. Nearly 115,000 %55C2,C.42 Shuklas were working as teachers officer withdrew salaries of even fingerprints and iris scan, behavioral crore has been paid so far. The largest num- in Kasturba Gandhi Balika non-existent and transferred-out biometrics like the way customers ber of ineligible beneficiaries were in -!5-+24,.45 Vidyalayas (KGBV). The fraud was employees. These excess drawls type in the key board or click the Assam, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, /%:7  unravelled when the Prerna digital were directed to the bank accounts mouse, facial expressions (smile on and Bihar. .754.3!5/ system noticed teachers with iden- of corrupt officials. the face, blink of eyes), gestures, and Over 10 crore beneficiaries are regis- Q%-275  tical documents. Some govern- (Auditors in a foreign country speech recognition. P                 tered by various state governments.  +57 ments are deploying technology to found people having preserved cut We would like to have all IT sys- Typically, the registration process requires- check employee malfeasance. thumbs of dead people to be used tems including Aadhaar-based DBT     #* )           the 12-digit biometric Aadhaar, phone 7!%-%7 Biometric attendance and the for drawing old-age pension dis- systems to have strong audit checks              *  number, bank details, and KYC docu- > 575+3-. requirement for teachers to upload bursed by cash vans. Smart people and trails built into the system.        G           ! ments.These are “triangulated” (cross- .4-%5 .4,3 class pictures have been implement- find ways to evade even CCTV cov- However, we donot want auditors,           Q " #*   matched) by software with the help of the : 57.42>.,5 ed to check the chronic problem of erage. There is no limit to people’s managers, and public administrators    !!                public financial management system >4+.4 !5 absentee teachers. The problem of ingenuity in cheating.) to be guided by constant suspicion, (PFMS), the platform that enables the auto- bogus employees is not new. In Authentication technologies are intrusive scrutiny, invasion of pri-             *     : 5%.747         !    "    ! matic transfer of cash into bank accounts. areas of pure manual work, Thishas evolving to check online frauds, vacy, and assault on dignity. It Scamsters use Aadhaar numbers available " 62%7/2% been an outstanding concern for identity thefts. QR Codes, masked slows down the system. However,                  in the public domain to create fake 24,.45,2.4 long. There are fake muster rolls for Aadhaar-card-based e-KYC is there must be exemplary and deter-                   Aadhaar cards and bank accounts. !C5>554 workers whose wages would be increasingly used in mobile bank- rent actions to deal with those who           6         Beneficiary databases are likely to /2:47 drawn, who will verify thumb ing. The user ID and password for betray the trust in a trust-based,                  have undetected duplicate Aadhaar or impressions on clumsily organized, online login have been found insuf- simplified administrative system. .4 ://.-.54 "               ! mobile numbers if the registration and dis- sullied scrolls. Somebody may be ficient. Online financial transactions A troubling report from                     bursement (online transfers ) are done 24,.45 collecting wages while someone else now have additional safeguards of Microsoft 2021 Global Tech Support            *   4   4  without biometric authentication for each /.44-., is working in the field, usually with two-factor authentication in place. Scam Research says that 69 per cent transaction. connivance. Mobile OTP and complex Captcha ofconsumers in India experienced @*44A    !    !    ) : )   %4 -.24 Aadhaar linking of ration cards had 426!C5 Instances of duplicate and out- Codes — numeric, alphanumeric, online fraud encountersin the past @):)A                ! helped in weeding out 2.95 crore fake ration right fake beneficiaries have also visual, word clues, and even simple year. Nearly 48 per cent of con-               *     ! cards resulting in a saving of 17,000 crore 77..24, been reported such as already-mar- arithmetical calculations and click sumers were tricked into taking part   "            annually (ministerial statement on Feb 26, /5:%7 2/ ried girls participating in fresh to prove you are not a robot — vir- in scams. These instances are thrice    " #*            !! 2018). These invalid cards were misused by 62/-2% marriage ceremonies. The enrol- tual keyboards, disable-copy-paste, the global average. Around 31 per   *              ! dealers to show fake issuesto beneficiaries. :!54.-.24 ment-linked incentives under the etc., are now in place. Even then cent of surveyed Indians eventual-    "           - 6  Out of 21 crore ration cards, about 90 per .4",-5 mid-day meal scheme in schools scamsters are often able to steal IDs ly lost money-the highest propor- cent have been linked with Aadhaar of at and the aanganwadi schemes also and fool gullible people to part with tion globally. On average, Indian *S       )         least one of the family members listed on invite fake enrolments. How far can mobile OTP codes. consumers lost 15,334 in 2021      1           the card. Once every adult member’s one go to check if the children actu- So, what next in authentication although 88 per cent of them were       !            46/! Aadhaar is linked, more ineligible ration ally get the intended education and technology? Iris scan? Facial recog- able to recover some money.                )    card beneficiaries may come to light. This nutrition? nition software? Implanted chips? 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will never kneel before ed out that it is obviously real surprise here is how tical. US generals, therefore, Western armies really did the battles. such a destructive force America’s fault. “The reason thoroughly Western armed believed that some essential learn the lessons of those But losing doesn’t matter, I(as the Taliban),” declared for our current situation is forces managed to forget their difference between the two defeats. As a young man in because the insurgents are Ashraf Ghani, the soon-to-be that the (US decision to with- own history. armies protected American the 1970s I taught military always first and foremost ex-president of Afghanistan. draw) was taken abruptly,” he I’m not talking about the troops from the fate of the history and strategy in the nationalists. They may have “We will either sit knee-to- told parliament on Monday. old history, when three inva- Russians. Canadian Forces Staff College picked up bits of some grand knee for real negotiations at (1  Well, fair enough. US sions of Afghanistan at the Never mind all that. The and then at Britain’s Royal ideology to make them feel the table, or break their knees forces have been in height of British imperial really unpardonable mistake Military Academy at that ‘history’ is on their side on the battlefield.” Good luck Afghanistan for a bare twen- power (1839-42; 1878-80; was forgetting all the lessons Sandhurst. The doctrine I - Marxism or Islamism or with that, Ashraf. ty years and the treacherous 1919) all failed to achieve Western armies had learned taught was a) Western armies whatever - but all they want General Sami Sadat, still cowards are already quitting. abandoned) in the final weeks their objectives. from a dozen lost guerilla always lose guerilla wars in is for you to go home so they commander of Helmand Donald Trump signed a before the helicopters started I’m not even talking wars in former colonies the ‘Third World’, and b) it can run their own show. They province as I write this treaty with the Taliban eigh- plucking Americans from the about the Soviet occupation between 1954 and 1975. never really matters. won’t actually follow you (although perhaps not by the teen months ago promising US embassy roof in Saigon in of Afghanistan in 1979-89 France in Algeria and The Western armies lose home. time you read it), was equal- that all US troops would 1975. But it’s a nice day and when the United States Indochina, Britain in Kenya, no matter how big and well- By 1975 this hard-earned ly confident, but warned that leave Afghanistan by the 1st of I can’t be bothered. helped the Taliban and sim- Cyprus and Aden, Portugal in equipped they are because the wisdom was the official doc- the safety of the world is at May this year. Short notice President Ghani, General ilar Islamist groups to do to Angola and Mozambique, the insurgents are fighting on trine in almost every army in stake: “This will increase the indeed. Sadat, and all their friends are the Russians exactly what the proxy wars in Rhodesia and home ground. They can’t quit the Western world, but mili- hope for small extremist I’m tempted to go back reading from the same old Taliban have now done to the South-West Africa (as they and go home because they tary generations are short. A groups to mobilise in the into the archives and find script, just 46 years later, and Americans themselves. were then known), and the already are home. Your side typical military career is only cities of Europe and America, similar brave declarations of once that final scene has The problem there was United States again in can always quit and go home, 25 years, so by 2001 nobody and will have a devastating (Gwynne Dyer's new book imminent victory by South played out in Kabul they’ll go that Americans did not see Indochina. All the wars were and sooner or later your own remembered it. Their succes- is 'The Shortest History of effect on global security.” War'. The views expressed Vietnamese generals (fol- and live in the United States. Russians as Western, lost, and yet the defeated public will demand that they sors had to start learning it And how did it all come are personal.) lowed by similar predictions (Don’t worry. They’ve saved although viewed from a low imperial powers didn't lose do. So, you are bound to lose again the hard way. Maybe by to this? Ashraf Ghani point- of global disaster if they are up enough money.) The only orbit they are virtually iden- anything except face. eventually, even if you win all now, they have.    ! "#$%$& 10

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GST Network has said. filed in Form GST CMP-08 (for returns and blocking the gen- owned e-commerce major notice to e-commerce major According to financial The move, experts said, composition taxpayers filing eration of eway bills would Flipkart and its promoters for Flipkart over alleged violation probe agency sources, in the would help increase Goods quarterly returns) and restrict bring many businesses to a alleged violation of the foreign of foreign exchange norms, notice they have asked to and Services Tax collections in the generation of EWB in case standstill. exchange law. the company has said that it explain why they should not August as pending GST returns of non-filers, it added. “This automated punitive The notice under various has been compliant to the face a penalty of $1.35 billion are expected to be filed. Any taxpayer who has action will also lead to aug- sections of the Foreign Indian laws and will cooper- for alleged violation of foreign Last year, the Central not filed two or more returns mentation in Tax collections for Exchange Management Act ate with the authorities in the investment laws. Board of Indirect Taxes and in GSTR-3B up to June 2021, August,” Mohan added. (FEMA) was issued last month matter which pertains to The source said that Customs (CBIC) had sus- or has not filed 2 or more Under the GST regime, e-way to 10 persons, including 2009-2015. Flipkart and its other holding pended the blocking of elec- statements in GST CMP-08 bills have been made manda- Flipkart, its founders Sachin Responding to a query firms including one in tronic way (e-way) bill gener- for the quarters up to April to tory for inter-state transporta- Bansal and Binny Bansal, erating with the ED in this space and has recorded signif- on the notice, the company Singapore violated Foreign ation for non-filers to give June 2021, will not be able to tion of goods valued over Rs among others, sources investigation, a spokesperson icant business growth over the said in a statement: "Flipkart Exchange Magamenet Act them compliance relief during generate eway bill after 50,000 from April 2018. said. of the e-commerce giant said, last few years. is in compliance with Indian (FEMA) while attracting for- the COVID pandemic. August 15. However, gold is exempted. The notice followed com- "Flipkart is in compliance In 2018, US-based retail laws and regulations, eign investments between 2009 In an advisory to taxpayers, “To avail continuous EWB In the electronic way (e- pletion of investigation and with Indian laws and regula- giant Walmart Inc had picked including FDI and 2015. the GSTN said, “The govern- generation facility on EWB way) bill system, businesses and the charges include violation tions, including FDI regula- a 77 per cent stake in Flipkart regulations." According to ED, the ment has now decided to Portal, you are therefore transporters have to produce of the foreign direct invest- tions. We will co-operate with for USD 16 billion. Its "We will cooperate with the investigating agency has found resume the blocking of EWB advised to file your pending before a GST inspector the e- ment (FDI) rules as also reg- the authorities as they look at founders and many of its authorities as they look at this that WS Retail, a firm incor- (eway bill) generation facility GSTR 3B returns/ CMP-08 way bill, if asked. ulations relating to multi- this issue pertaining to the investors took either a partial issue pertaining to the period porated in 2009 to transact brand retail in India. The period 2009-2015 as per their or complete exit following the 2009-2015 as per their notice," with customers, was allegedly company and its executives notice." acquisition of major shares of it said. acting as a front for retail  '7  %  %&% will now face adjudication The case of alleged FDI the company. The Enforcement operations of Flipkart Online that will be conducted by a rules violation against Flipkart In July this year, Flipkart Directorate (ED) has issued Services, incorporated in special director-rank officer of has been under the ED scanner Group had announced raising notices to Flipkart, its founders 2008.    :>. After scaling its lifetime day record of 16,349.45. the agency based in Chennai, since 2012 and the agency has USD 3.6 billion (about Rs and nine others in connection The ED investigation start- peak of 54,717.24 during the Bharti Airtel was the top they said. found alleged violations of the 26,805.6 crore) in funding with foreign exchange violation ed after the RBI had raised the xtending its winning streak day, the 30-share index settled gainer in the Sensex pack, Proceedings under the FEMA, including an instance led by GIC, Canada Pension case, officials said on issue. Eto the fourth straight ses- 123.07 points or 0.23 per cent surging around 4 per cent, fol- FEMA are civil in nature and of transfer and issue of securi- Plan Investment Board (CPP Thursday. In 2018, Walmart took a sion, equity benchmark Sensex higher at its record high of lowed by ITC, Tech Mahindra, the final penalty, post adjudi- ty to a person or entity outside Investments), SoftBank A senior ED official relat- majority stake in Flipkart. ended 123.07 points higher at 54,492.84. In similar move- Tata Steel and HCL Tech. cation, can be at least three India. Vision Fund 2, and Walmart, ed to probe told IANS, "Yes, a Sachin Bansal sold his stake to a fresh record on Thursday ment, the broader NSE Nifty On the other hand, SBI, times the amount contravened Flipkart competes with pegging the value of the e- notice has been issued to Walmart during the deal, while amid gains in index majors rose 35.80 points or 0.22 per IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance under the law. Amazon and Reliance JioMart commerce platform at USD Flipkart, its founders and nine Binny Bansal retained a small Reliance Industries, HDFC cent to an all-time peak of and ICICI Bank were among Asserting that it was coop- in the Indian e-commerce 37.6 billion. others." stake. Bank and ITC. 16,294.60. It touched an intra- the laggards.

  BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE Script Open High Low LTP SBICARD 1036.80 1036.80 1015.95 1031.45 PIDILITIND 2284.95 2284.95 2237.05 2251.30 CERA 4592.05 4690.00 4492.00 4623.75 GODFRYPHLP 1051.50 1063.00 1041.05 1054.80 NIFTY 50 16288.95 16349.45 16210.30 16294.60 35.80 SBILIFE 1170.00 1174.00 1124.80 1140.00 SWSOLAR 292.70 293.00 279.20 284.95 GUJALKALI 504.90 504.90 485.25 490.20 ICICIGI 1440.00 1460.55 1437.20 1445.50 BDL 415.60 420.00 395.65 399.10 BHARTIARTL 577.50 619.00 577.50 596.60 22.20 IDEA 5.43 6.10 4.55 5.94 HAVELLS 1234.00 1241.95 1213.00 1215.95 BAJAJCON 282.00 282.00 271.40 272.50 NLCINDIA 58.60 59.15 57.55 58.35 INDOCO 448.60 476.00 442.80 457.50 EICHERMOT 2650.00 2757.00 2642.00 2732.90 91.10 BHARTIARTL 578.70 619.20 578.15 598.90 HFCL 69.00 72.95 66.15 72.30 PHILIPCARB 260.70 261.90 253.35 255.50 BLISSGVS 118.05 119.00 113.90 115.25 FLUOROCHEM 1772.70 1772.75 1686.85 1725.10 ITC 208.60 216.75 206.90 215.00 6.40 SBIN 460.20 462.60 438.50 441.85 BSOFT 396.15 407.00 390.10 402.10 BATAINDIA 1665.00 1684.20 1638.40 1655.10 VAIBHAVGBL 794.00 797.65 783.50 786.40 FINEORG 3018.25 3033.85 2954.40 2968.00 TECHM 1217.05 1254.00 1217.00 1249.90 33.40 GRAPHITE 738.90 743.35 705.25 719.20 CUMMINSIND 896.85 920.70 882.20 904.75 ADANIPOWER 92.00 92.30 87.10 88.75 MAHABANK 21.30 21.45 20.20 20.45 COCHINSHIP 380.00 380.00 369.50 371.20 TATASTEEL 1415.30 1450.00 1387.50 1449.00 32.80 ITC 208.60 216.70 206.85 215.15 HINDCOPPER 146.30 146.65 141.10 144.05 UFLEX 571.50 575.25 560.00 569.75 PNCINFRA 307.00 313.25 302.50 304.20 CENTURYPLY 439.00 439.00 412.75 420.30 JSWSTEEL 747.25 765.40 740.50 763.70 16.45 TATASTEEL 1418.40 1450.00 1387.50 1446.40 TATACOFFEE 214.00 214.00 207.65 208.95 HEROMOTOCO 2825.65 2829.95 2784.35 2818.00 PAGEIND 32678.90 32928.65 32481.65 32800.00 JBCHEPHARM 1819.95 1819.95 1771.70 1784.80 HCLTECH 1040.00 1073.00 1033.70 1058.80 18.85 SAIL 138.85 143.85 133.70 143.05 TATACHEM 766.00 774.55 754.40 769.35 MMTC 48.50 48.75 46.00 46.95 TNPL 149.40 160.00 142.80 153.10 SUPRAJIT 337.55 337.55 325.85 332.60 TATACONSUM 761.00 770.70 757.30 770.50 11.75 RELIANCE 2116.90 2154.60 2104.30 2133.30 M&MFIN 154.15 156.65 151.75 156.25 JINDALSAW 138.80 138.80 133.70 135.55 GNFC 374.90 378.65 364.45 369.55 RHIM 389.80 389.80 365.20 372.85 RELIANCE 2114.30 2154.80 2104.25 2131.00 27.25 HDFCBANK 1474.90 1506.95 1457.55 1485.65 FEDERALBNK 87.75 88.00 85.45 86.00 MUTHOOTFIN 1609.20 1609.20 1574.25 1585.75 GEPIL 325.00 325.00 313.25 317.80 SYNGENE 621.00 622.80 612.50 618.15 HDFCBANK 1467.10 1507.05 1457.40 1483.80 18.50 HCLTECH 1040.10 1072.60 1033.35 1060.80 BRITANNIA 3585.00 3615.65 3547.25 3610.95 WABAG 373.25 376.90 360.00 372.85 INDIAMART 7500.00 7500.00 7359.15 7375.35 JKCEMENT 3446.50 3446.50 3345.85 3363.00 KOTAKBANK 1761.70 1793.00 1752.55 1768.55 18.60 TATAMOTORS 295.95 300.75 292.75 299.70 PNBHOUSING 756.45 756.45 715.00 721.00 KPITTECH 309.00 314.30 299.20 305.80 THYROCARE 1342.05 1365.40 1342.05 1348.00 EPL 249.35 249.35 235.60 239.10 BRITANNIA 3578.30 3617.70 3547.60 3610.00 31.70 TATAPOWER 132.35 135.40 129.55 134.55 FORTIS 249.95 249.95 240.15 243.10 GHCL 375.00 383.00 361.55 364.00 HIMATSEIDE 258.30 264.70 245.00 251.05 WIPRO 597.50 614.50 597.50 601.20 4.40 IDFCFIRSTB 48.50 48.50 46.00 47.80 GODREJCP 1003.00 1003.00 971.90 976.85 UJJIVANSFB 27.70 28.00 27.30 27.45 NH 504.00 509.00 497.20 504.00 COALINDIA 145.00 145.90 142.20 145.60 0.90 WIPRO 597.00 614.55 597.00 601.00 NAVINFLUOR 3634.80 3708.00 3591.05 3707.45 JSWENERGY 248.00 249.00 242.05 247.00 LAOPALA 285.00 285.80 273.50 276.50 CIPLA 944.20 953.00 932.00 945.40 5.75 EICHERMOT 2644.00 2755.00 2644.00 2732.35 COALINDIA 145.50 145.80 142.25 145.35 BEML 1347.95 1347.95 1316.60 1340.20 UCOBANK 13.27 13.40 13.02 13.18 NESTLEIND 18150.00 18284.10 18002.00 18165.20 107.85 KOTAKBANK 1763.90 1792.60 1753.00 1772.70 IRB 171.10 171.10 164.15 168.10 KALPATPOWR 468.00 482.10 461.45 467.35 EIHOTEL 108.00 109.50 105.70 108.60 HEROMOTOCO 2806.00 2831.70 2785.00 2819.00 13.50 NATIONALUM 94.40 97.00 91.35 96.55 IOB 23.30 23.85 22.20 22.35 INTELLECT 734.40 734.60 715.00 718.00 VGUARD 249.60 250.05 246.35 249.60 TATAMOTORS 295.50 300.90 292.75 299.50 1.35 BHEL 57.30 57.55 55.00 57.20 WOCKPHARMA 524.00 524.00 506.45 513.65 HAWKINCOOK 6446.30 6450.00 6215.00 6352.40 SHRIRAMCIT 1807.65 1860.30 1785.10 1852.80 DRREDDY 4794.00 4809.00 4742.00 4785.00 16.20 GMM 4749.00 4749.05 4649.90 4683.10 ISEC 723.60 725.75 711.10 720.65 CSBBANK 341.10 344.00 337.70 342.50 SHK 174.00 175.90 171.40 175.00 TCS 3275.00 3315.00 3262.50 3282.15 8.20 IBULHSGFIN 273.00 274.25 264.25 270.30 ASHOKA 104.20 105.10 100.40 102.70 AAVAS 2570.00 2596.00 2493.35 2539.95 EQUITAS 126.00 126.00 121.65 124.90 INFY 1649.50 1666.00 1647.05 1652.00 2.75 BAJFINANCE 6398.70 6398.70 6231.75 6248.00 ARVINDFASN 218.00 226.50 214.60 220.70 SCHNEIDER 134.80 134.80 128.00 128.95 NAVNETEDUL* 103.65 103.65 99.30 100.30 IOC 104.50 104.80 102.55 103.95 0.15 LT 1623.90 1632.45 1609.35 1625.05 DIXON 4296.50 4347.65 4215.75 4300.00 PCJEWELLER 24.70 24.70 22.75 23.30 PHOENIXLTD 863.20 877.10 832.00 875.00 HINDALCO 445.00 445.70 432.90 443.25 0.55 DRREDDY 4808.00 4808.00 4744.00 4783.30 MAHLOG 707.50 745.00 701.05 704.60 BLUESTARCO 845.00 871.75 828.45 859.00 TCNSBRANDS 595.05 601.15 581.10 587.85 SBILIFE 1170.20 1175.70 1125.00 1138.25 1.40 JSWSTEEL 748.80 765.00 740.45 763.20 DCBBANK 99.65 99.90 94.40 94.95 CRISIL 2900.55 2906.45 2796.45 2814.95 TEAMLEASE 3981.45 4087.00 3901.50 3973.00 LT 1620.00 1632.85 1608.80 1624.20 1.00 BANKBARODA 83.90 83.90 80.80 82.50 NTPC 117.40 117.75 115.95 116.50 CYIENT 964.80 983.00 951.05 960.00 SWANENERGY 131.00 134.25 128.25 131.85 FINOLEXIND 170.60 174.65 166.00 174.10 VINATIORGA 1938.30 1983.15 1935.00 1952.65 GET&D 137.55 138.25 135.35 135.55 TITAN 1820.05 1821.20 1763.20 1800.00 0.40 PEL 2555.15 2615.40 2524.20 2601.15 TECHM 1220.85 1254.60 1217.10 1247.85 BIRLACORPN 1370.10 1422.30 1338.75 1387.80 ALKYLAMINE 4212.00 4228.00 4112.15 4217.90 MOIL 181.00 186.00 179.65 184.70 SUNPHARMA 785.50 794.40 783.30 784.50 -1.25 ADANIENT 1429.55 1437.50 1408.30 1432.00 APOLLOHOSP 4056.40 4108.80 4035.30 4075.50 ASTRAZEN 3470.00 3475.00 3420.05 3467.00 SUNDRMFAST 800.00 804.20 785.10 800.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 3842.00 3858.00 3813.60 3825.00 -7.00 ICICIBANK 715.20 716.75 699.55 702.10 L&TFH 89.85 89.85 87.60 88.25 VENKYS 3259.70 3270.15 3111.70 3130.60 TTKPRESTIG 8535.00 8652.00 8535.00 8621.50 MARUTI 7072.00 7079.95 7006.00 7042.55 -15.35 TATACONSUM 760.00 770.50 757.50 769.25 APLAPOLLO 1727.05 1740.00 1681.50 1724.80 UJJIVAN 229.10 230.15 217.55 218.35 BLUEDART 5600.00 5629.75 5508.90 5548.00 ADANIPORTS 695.00 700.50 684.00 692.00 -2.70 INDUSTOWER 202.40 215.90 194.25 214.65 M&M 766.00 766.80 757.00 759.15 UBL 1452.20 1453.80 1414.35 1437.00 HDFC 2680.00 2685.00 2644.30 2662.55 -13.50 IRCTC 2496.05 2522.25 2465.90 2473.50 VTL 1924.45 1972.55 1882.85 1945.00 ADVENZYMES 423.35 423.35 404.00 412.60 POWERGRID 175.25 175.75 173.25 174.20 -1.05 CHOLAFIN 515.35 541.90 511.15 539.70 SANOFI 8649.00 8866.05 8602.05 8830.00 VBL 800.10 800.10 776.30 780.35 ONGC 116.20 117.25 114.70 116.60 -0.75 3MINDIA 24470.60 24620.00 24100.05 24510.50 RCF 82.55 82.55 80.00 80.85 OBEROIRLTY 724.00 724.00 693.70 702.30 AXISBANK 753.00 755.00 743.50 748.00 -5.80 DLF 350.35 353.75 345.65 351.00 SPICEJET 73.10 73.55 70.40 70.90 LEMONTREE 40.85 41.20 40.20 40.80 BPCL 456.10 458.60 451.15 453.55 -3.60 ACC 2402.95 2412.60 2376.00 2398.00 EXIDEIND 173.10 173.25 170.50 171.80 PRSMJOHNSN 140.00 141.30 136.30 139.60 SOLARINDS 1789.80 1795.00 1744.85 1785.00 DIVISLAB 5000.00 5020.00 4916.50 4925.00 -39.25 ASHOKLEY 135.55 137.20 132.40 134.30 ASIANPAINT 3040.00 3040.00 2981.00 2990.00 SUNTECK 401.00 405.35 388.00 401.45 DISHTV 13.99 13.99 12.50 13.07 M&M 766.00 766.35 756.70 760.00 -6.25 MARUTI 7084.80 7084.80 7007.00 7026.50 DIVISLAB 4972.00 5018.80 4917.75 4923.45 BALKRISIND 2524.00 2524.00 2475.60 2503.85 TAKE 60.20 61.00 59.10 60.05 SHREECEM 29280.00 29429.80 28869.95 28882.00 -251.15 LUPIN 1153.00 1158.90 1138.00 1148.00 SHANKARA 627.95 627.95 592.85 597.70 INDIGO 1681.65 1681.65 1640.30 1649.00 RVNL 30.00 30.00 29.15 29.25 HDFCLIFE 678.00 678.00 668.20 669.30 -6.00 DEEPAKNI 2074.40 2132.65 2048.90 2108.55 ULTRACEMCO 7804.25 7820.00 7643.60 7650.00 ALKEM 3433.90 3470.00 3385.30 3410.50 ATGL 901.80 915.00 861.00 900.15 HINDUNILVR 2391.00 2391.00 2354.00 2355.00 -22.10 ESCORTS 1238.80 1255.00 1213.60 1224.45 CADILAHC 585.10 589.80 582.50 584.80 FINCABLES 523.30 523.30 507.15 510.00 RALLIS 315.00 316.45 311.10 312.85 ULTRACEMCO 7750.00 7829.85 7645.00 7676.00 -74.00 CIPLA 944.90 952.85 932.00 945.20 SUNTV 561.00 561.00 547.45 550.25 JUSTDIAL 974.00 976.00 965.00 967.75 CCL 418.00 418.00 396.90 404.05 ASIANPAINT 3034.00 3040.00 2980.05 2990.00 -28.60 JINDALSTEL 417.50 427.30 410.15 424.00 AUROPHARMA 906.05 929.20 897.95 908.65 RADICO 882.00 894.95 872.55 889.00 ENDURANCE 1740.00 1764.00 1718.80 1749.00 GRASIM 1539.00 1553.00 1525.00 1539.95 -14.90 GAIL 143.25 145.50 140.35 142.90 SUMICHEM 450.00 459.90 425.00 429.60 INDIANB 140.80 140.80 134.30 135.30 AFFLE 4181.00 4280.00 4111.00 4192.95 UPL 790.00 790.00 772.00 776.65 -8.35 TCS 3274.00 3315.00 3264.95 3285.15 NOCIL 279.95 285.75 276.15 280.25 IDBI 37.75 37.75 37.05 37.20 NATCOPHARM 1027.00 1027.00 994.85 1001.95 NTPC 117.05 117.80 115.95 116.55 -1.30 HONAUT 41980.00 42499.00 41272.35 41525.90 POLYCAB 1839.00 1845.00 1800.40 1822.05 INDHOTEL 144.60 146.10 142.75 144.80 MRPL 43.90 43.90 42.20 42.55 BAJAJFINSV 14207.80 14248.90 13961.60 14003.00 -184.20 OFSS 4296.50 4414.90 4256.00 4406.80 DABUR 594.00 596.20 586.00 589.45 INDOSTAR 350.55 382.00 345.70 372.05 RATNAMANI 2110.80 2229.20 2070.70 2173.75 OIL 163.40 164.75 161.70 163.00 BAJFINANCE 6354.00 6355.50 6232.00 6248.00 -111.15 COFORGE 4760.00 4842.00 4740.15 4751.00 JKLAKSHMI 670.00 692.00 647.45 683.55 IGL 545.55 548.50 538.15 540.60 MHRIL 307.20 314.00 296.30 305.75 MINDACORP 133.50 134.80 130.65 132.85 ICICIBANK 715.50 716.50 699.05 701.50 -13.15 AARTIIND 946.00 950.50 917.45 922.00 SRF 8976.70 9011.10 8892.60 8989.35 ZENSARTECH 418.00 424.60 411.55 419.05 ORIENTELEC 328.90 328.90 316.45 320.00 GLAXO 1685.00 1701.50 1658.25 1660.80 INDUSINDBK 1011.45 1012.45 986.00 996.75 -23.80 SIEMENS 2054.00 2068.00 2039.55 2061.40 UPL 790.00 790.10 772.20 777.30 DMART 3619.40 3621.00 3551.00 3562.60 CASTROLIND 141.75 141.75 138.20 139.85 RITES 271.80 271.80 264.05 265.40 SBIN 461.00 462.50 438.40 441.95 -15.00 AUBANK 1247.00 1258.30 1220.90 1240.85 GLENMARK 599.00 603.50 591.40 598.90 MGL 1171.70 1188.20 1166.55 1173.85 ECLERX 2199.00 2250.00 2117.50 2195.00 MIDHANI 192.90 192.90 188.45 189.35 SONATSOFTW 825.00 884.05 803.45 813.45 MOTILALOFS 894.00 898.15 857.25 886.25 PFC 130.15 132.95 128.45 132.00 PTC 103.40 103.40 99.95 100.65 KANSAINER 630.00 638.95 627.55 635.50 ATUL 9029.00 9131.00 8910.00 9109.85 TIMETECHNO 84.25 89.50 84.25 88.40 NESTLEIND 18180.00 18280.10 18000.00 18138.00 GESHIP 330.80 332.55 322.25 324.95 SUDARSCHEM 772.00 772.00 750.50 756.10     INFY* 1651.00 1666.25 1647.05 1654.85 HDFCLIFE 676.00 676.75 668.20 669.00 CGCL 546.00 546.00 520.25 529.30 LUXIND 4141.65 4234.30 4102.00 4213.05 KSB 1224.75 1224.75 1162.90 1178.50 HINDALCO 445.95 445.95 433.40 443.00 INFIBEAM 42.05 44.35 41.15 43.85 JAICORPLTD 147.00 148.75 142.30 146.55 GRSE 199.90 200.65 197.75 200.00 GULFOILLUB 641.00 642.75 628.55 635.25 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE TITAN 1821.95 1822.00 1764.25 1799.00 NCC 87.10 90.40 84.60 89.30 ALLCARGO 202.60 203.65 193.00 195.40 GICRE 174.20 174.25 170.25 171.10 VRLLOG 295.00 301.50 295.00 300.50 NIFTY NEXT 50 39861.35 39861.35 39401.10 39678.85 -87.00 PNB 39.60 39.60 38.20 38.90 BHARATFORG 820.00 820.00 777.50 783.20 DELTACORP 177.00 180.20 174.50 176.00 AVANTI 644.00 644.00 625.60 633.00 VARROC 328.80 338.65 328.10 337.90 INDUSTOWER 201.00 216.00 194.10 214.30 7.50 GUJGAS 774.50 782.80 759.80 772.25 NBCC 49.00 49.00 47.20 47.90 JSL 158.50 158.55 151.35 153.10 ADANIGREEN 908.00 914.00 869.15 896.40 GILLETTE 5870.00 5984.35 5823.45 5920.00 GLAND 3938.95 4092.00 3899.85 4057.10 113.65 HDFC 2686.00 2689.00 2644.85 2660.80 QUESS 898.00 920.25 837.45 852.00 NAM-INDIA 412.00 415.10 398.75 401.65 ABB 1648.00 1675.05 1632.85 1654.00 BALMLAWRIE 139.00 139.70 135.30 136.70 BANDHANBNK 302.90 310.95 298.20 307.25 5.30 VEDL 312.95 315.40 303.25 312.55 BEL 177.25 179.15 174.20 176.70 PRESTIGE 363.50 371.25 355.30 357.65 TIINDIA 1190.00 1211.60 1133.65 1205.00 BASF 2889.50 2889.75 2818.45 2865.00 PEL 2568.50 2615.00 2523.05 2592.30 41.80 SRTRANSFIN 1311.15 1337.10 1310.10 1330.30 NBVENTURES* 113.75 113.75 107.20 109.10 GSPL 345.10 345.10 326.60 334.70 DHANUKA 943.00 949.50 910.50 932.85 AMBER 3030.00 3030.00 2981.05 2988.65 ADANITRANS 915.25 949.80 900.00 947.00 14.80 RAMCOCEM 1079.90 1082.00 1061.30 1070.20 ABCAPITAL 115.75 116.70 112.65 113.65 CANFINHOME 566.00 575.65 558.90 569.00 KTKBANK 61.20 61.35 59.20 60.40 GMDCLTD 70.20 70.30 68.30 68.95 SIEMENS 2060.00 2068.95 2040.00 2065.00 21.70 SUNPHARMA 788.00 794.45 783.85 785.85 SCI 111.75 112.40 110.15 110.20 KRBL 283.00 283.00 269.50 271.30 GPPL 107.00 107.15 102.50 104.50 JAGRAN* 67.65 69.00 64.60 65.95 BAJAJHLDNG 3955.00 3994.00 3890.05 3984.00 29.20 AXISBANK 754.00 754.85 743.55 749.15 IPCALAB 2098.60 2242.50 2052.35 2130.10 BALRAMCHIN 349.75 359.00 335.50 354.00 LAXMIMACH 8374.05 8525.00 8172.00 8496.05 KEC 414.10 420.35 414.10 417.20 MCDOWELL-N 647.00 649.70 636.00 646.50 3.45 PIIND 3175.00 3236.50 3145.00 3209.00 ASTRAL 2260.00 2260.00 2136.85 2192.05 WELSPUNIND 136.95 136.95 130.60 132.80 POWERINDIA 1970.00 1992.65 1936.60 1959.95 BRIGADE 340.05 340.10 325.00 337.30 PETRONET 216.00 217.80 212.75 216.60 1.10 MPHASIS 2690.00 2755.35 2644.95 2670.00 CENTRALBK 23.00 23.25 21.70 21.90 DBL 557.25 580.00 546.80 557.00 FCONSUMER 8.41 8.51 7.66 7.94 ZYDUSWELL 2270.75 2276.95 2240.85 2249.00 VEDL 310.90 315.50 303.10 312.50 1.50 LTI 4700.00 4865.00 4677.30 4707.40 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140.40 IFCI 13.80 13.81 13.25 13.49 SJVN 27.50 27.50 27.00 27.20 LTI 4720.00 4867.95 4675.25 4705.00 10.10 PVR 1375.00 1387.80 1336.40 1344.90 IIFLWAM 1565.00 1577.65 1508.75 1533.90 ENGINERSIN 74.95 75.00 73.35 73.95 JCHAC 2258.90 2314.50 2221.95 2270.30 TATAINVEST 1160.00 1160.00 1135.65 1147.30 APOLLOHOSP 4084.80 4111.70 4036.00 4075.00 8.60 JKPAPER 248.00 275.00 239.90 262.70 STAR 791.00 791.00 766.40 776.45 DCMSHRIRAM 910.00 941.35 908.85 934.30 JAMNAAUTO 89.00 89.00 85.00 87.00 CHOLAHLDNG 661.90 678.00 653.80 670.60 GAIL 143.00 145.60 140.30 142.70 0.30 BPCL 456.70 458.60 451.25 453.60 MANAPPURAM 209.10 213.20 209.10 212.30 AEGISLOG 290.00 291.00 278.45 281.45 WHIRLPOOL 2169.00 2175.00 2135.25 2170.00 MAHSCOOTER 4398.95 4398.95 4209.00 4239.45 HDFCAMC 2934.90 2934.90 2860.05 2925.00 3.90 LALPATHLAB 3897.10 3994.20 3858.20 3954.10 PETRONET 216.70 217.70 212.80 217.25 AMARAJABAT 721.20 725.85 711.45 718.15 REDINGTON 329.90 329.90 317.10 322.80 BBTC 1235.00 1235.00 1202.10 1214.00 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-54%5>:%.5 %5%2 Territory of Ladakh was also introduced. telephone interception of individuals by were deposited directly in the account of command has reportedly conveyed to Capt state. H5 >.,,24.H competent authority in Government; (b) 13 lakh farmer families as the price of their Amarinder that he would be the party’s Subsequent to that, Kishor had then 5%C5-2".5 2/",5 if so, the details thereof; (c) the number of produce. In Uttar Pradesh 17 lakh fami- Chief Ministerial face for 2022 polls in the asked the officials to prepare a list of doable 754724-.%4 22C -5,, persons whose telephones were intercepted lies have been allotted houses, lakhs of poor State, scheduled to be held early next year. works as promised by the Congress ahead C27/245 from 2016 till today”. Brittas has sought families got toilets and 27 lakh households Even as Kishor’s resignation was not of the 2017 elections. Later, he had also "5 : "5..245% the “year-wise details” about these inter- have received piped water in the state,” unexpected, it has sent a shockwave in the taken feedback about the Congress per- “In two cases, the Arbitration Tribunal ception attempts by the Government. Modi said. Chief Minister’s camp. ception among people from the MLAs. ruled in favour of the taxpayer and against The bench comprising Justice Surya Brittas has also earlier moved the Signifying the importance of August “In view of my decision to take a tem- the Income Tax Department,” it said in a Kant was told by senior advocate Kapil Supreme Court on the snooping issue seek- 5, the prime minister said that the date had porary break from active role in public life, %: .,5C5 .47. reference to arbitration awards won by Sibal, appearing for veteran journalists N ing a court-monitored probe by a Special once again brought happiness and excite- I have not been able to take over the Cairn and Vodafone. Ram and Sashi Kumar, that it is a matter Investigation Team into the reports of ment to the people. “August 5 will be responsibilities as your Principal Advisor. 2:2/N5H54757 “The said clarificatory amendments of privacy and dignity and the Government snooping of activists, journalists and remembered in history as two years ago Since I am yet to decide on my future %2.+E/55 made by the Finance Act, 2012 invited crit- should answer why they have “kept quiet”. politicians using the Israeli spyware on this day Article 370 was abrogated in course of action, I write to request you to icism from stakeholders mainly with “The fact is that this technology can- Pegasus. Jammu and Kashmir. On this day last year, kindly relieve me from this responsibili- Following the comments, there were respect to the retrospective effect given to not be used in India unless you have pur- The Minister further stated that law- the first step was taken towards the con- ty,” said Kishor in his letter to the Chief speculations that India may be included in the amendments. It is argued that such ret- chased it. This cannot happen. And who ful interception is under the provisions of struction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Minister. the upcoming ‘extended Trioka’ meeting. rospective amendments militate against the can purchase it is only the Government Section 5(2) of the Indian Telegraph Today, construction of a grand Ram tem- Notably, Kishor had already made clear “We will continue working with the principle of tax certainty and damage and Government agencies,” he said. Act,1885 read with Rule 419A of Indian ple is underway,” Modi said. his intentions of discontinuing his work as Americans in the extended Troika format India’s reputation as an attractive desti- “We cannot give your lordships all the Telegraph (1st Amendment of 2014) Taking a dig at the opposition for poll strategising the day results for West as well as with all other countries that can nation,” said the new Bill. answers because we do not have all the Rules, 2014 and Section 69 of the chaos in Parliament, the PM said that they Bengal Assembly polls were announced. influence the situation in Afghanistan, While the Government has in the past answers. We cannot have access to these Information Technology Act, 2000 read were trying to do everything to stop the The speculations were rife that Kishor including our partners from Central Asia, few years brought major reforms in the things. Therefore, it is imperative that the with the Information Technology progress of this country. would resign as the Chief Minister’s India, Iran and the US,” Lavrov told financial and infrastructure sector to cre- Government comes and tell your lordships (Procedure and Safeguards for “At one hand, when the country is cel- Principal Advisor as the poll strategist had reporters. ate a positive environment for investment what the state of affairs is and why they Interception, Monitoring and Decryption ebrating goals in hockey, here in the coun- not visited Punjab ever since Bengal polls. “We have a Moscow format that in the country, “the retrospective clarifi- have not taken action,” said Sibal. He told of Information) Rules, 2009. try, a few people are doing self-goals. They However, Capt Amarinder had met includes all the main players,” he added. catory amendment and consequent the bench, which was hearing a batch of “As per both these Rules, for approv- are doing everything to stop the progress Kishor in Delhi recently when the Chief Though Russia has differences with the demand created in a few cases continue to petitions seeking independent probe into ing interception, Union Home Secretary of this country. They are trying to stop Minister was in the national Capital to US on various dimensions of the Afghan be a sore point with potential investors,” the alleged Pegasus snooping issue, that it is the Competent Authority in case of Parliament, but people will not tolerate meet the party high command constitut- conflict, both countries are now pushing it said. is not just an internal matter but a matter Central Government and Secretary in this, as they are least concerned about the ed a three-member panel, led by for the intra-Afghan talks and to put an “The Bill proposes to amend the concerning our national security as well. charge of Home Department in case of country’s development,” Modi said. Mallikarjun Kharge, to resolve the infight- end to the widespread violence being per- Income-tax Act, 1961 so as to provide that When Sibal referred to a recent report States/UTs,” he said. Expressing gratitude to the prime ing in the State Congress unit. petrated by the Taliban. no tax demand shall be raised in future on about old number of a former member of The Opposition has insisted that it will minister, Yogi said that during the pan- In fact, it has been learnt, that Kishor Meanwhile, Afghan Ambassador to the basis of the said retrospective amend- judiciary also being there in the list, the not call off its protests inside Parliament demic, the prime minister started pro- had given enough indications to several India Farid Mamundzay described as a ment for any indirect transfer of Indian bench said, “Truth has to come out, we without the Government allowing a full- viding free food grains to 80 crore bene- leaders from the State that he would not positive development the decision to hold assets if the transaction was undertaken don’t know whose names are there.” fledged debate on the alleged snooping ficiaries in the country in March 2021 continue on this post further. a meeting of the United Nations Security before 28th May 2012 (i.e., the date on Sibal said that there are questions that using Pegasus software. Meanwhile, the under PMGKAY, of which around 15 crore Kishor’s resignation also comes at a Council on August 6 to discuss the situa- which the Finance Bill, 2012 received the will have to be answered by the Government has also responded by say- beneficiaries in UP received ration. time when the election strategist, who so tion in Afghanistan. assent of the President),” it said. Government. When the bench asked why ing that the Opposition was making “an “It was a novel initiative of saving lives far has a 100 per cent success rate, has been India’s ambassador to the UN TS It further proposed to provide that the the issue has cropped up now when the issue out of a non-issue” and not allowing and livelihood by the prime minister,” he holding meetings with the Congress top Tirumurti announced that the UN Security demand raised for indirect transfer of matter came into light in 2019 itself, Sibal Parliament to function. The Government said. leadership, including Rahul Gandhi, giv- Council will meet on Friday under Indian Indian assets made before May 28, 2012 said they came to know about it after has neither confirmed nor denied whether ing indications that he may work with the Presidency to discuss and take stock of the shall be nullified on fulfilment of specified reports were recently published. He also it has purchased the spyware. The +. !2%Q:.  grand-old-party at the national level. situation in Afghanistan. conditions such as withdrawal or fur- said that the extent of surveillance was not Monsoon Session will conclude on August There are also unconfirmed reports that “Convening an emergency UN nishing of undertaking for withdrawal of known to them. Sibal said NSO, on its web- 16. "%.4-.",7C. 5%2 Congress is planning to formally induct Security Council Session on Afghanistan pending litigation and furnishing of an site, states its products are used by the 8 89-%>545/.-.%.5  ":4)>- Kishor into the party. is a positive development. UN & interna- undertaking to the effect that no claim for Governments to tackle terror activities. It may be mentioned that Capt tional community must play a greater role cost, damages, interest, etc shall be filed. “Does it mean that the Government is 5/%55%.24 Kishor, in the run-up to the 2017 Amarinder had, in March, appointed to stop the unfolding tragedy in The Bill proposes to amend the treating journalists, academicians, activists Punjab polls, had successfully designed the Kishor as his Principal Advisor in the rank Afghanistan due to violence & atrocities Finance Act, 2012 so as to provide that the as terrorists because only the Government downtrodden, and backward in UP Congress’ campaign and devised unique and status of a Cabinet Minister. by terrorists. Thank you India for the lead validation of demand under section 119 of can purchase such products,” Sibal said, and giving them better opportunities,” he programmes like “Punjab Da Captain”, and As per the notification issued by the role as UNSC President,” Mamundzay the Finance Act, 2012 shall cease to apply adding he has been told that it cost said. “Coffee with Captain” to mobilise support General Administration Department, tweeted. on fulfilment of specified conditions such around 52,000 USD to penetrate into a Stating about the development works for the party. Kishor’s association with the Chief The decision to hold the UNSC meet- as withdrawal of pending litigation and mobile phone. Answering the court’s of the Yogi government, the PM men- In fact, Congress’ resounding victory Minister was to be co-terminus with Capt ing over Afghanistan came two days after furnishing of an undertaking that no claim query as to why the petitioners have not tioned that the double engine government by claiming two-third majority was attrib- Amarinder’s tenure as the Chief Minister. Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammed for cost, damages, interest, etc shall be filed. lodged FIRs if their phones were hacked, has changed the narrow perception of peo- uted to Kishor who successfully managed It also mentioned that Kishor would Hanif Atmar spoke to his Indian coun- After repeated LS adjournments when senior advocate Arvind Datar, appearing ple on UP’s potential. The prime minister the party’s poll campaign. The plans of the take a token honorarium of Re one and was terpart S Jaishankar on the convening of the House met at 5 pm on Thursday, in the matter, said they do not know under said the double engine government had Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which, at that entitled to perks including a Government an emergency session of the UNSC on the Sitharaman rose to introduce the Taxation which provision they can lodge a com- ensured that the schemes made for the time, was perceived as the frontrunner, fell residence and half a dozen staff members. deteriorating security situation there. Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, leader of plaint. Datar said as per new rules under poor, downtrodden, backward, tribals flat restricting it to just 20 seats, while He was also to get free transport, free India holds the presidency of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan the IT Act, complaint can be lodged for were implemented expeditiously. pushing SAD-BJP combine to the distant air travel, telephone, and medical facilities, UNSC for the month of August. Chowdhary said Bills were being passed sending obscene messages on particular “The confidence that UP can become third. besides an office in Punjab Civil The Taliban has been making rapid in the House without a debate at an aver- devices and there is no express provision the powerhouse of India’s growth engine The development also assumed sig- Secretariat, which he never attended. advances across Afghanistan by resorting age time of seven minutes a Bill. He under which case can be lodged for has been born in recent years. Earlier, Uttar nificance as it comes close on the heels of After being appointed the Principal to widespread violence since the US accused that bringing a supplementary list snooping. Pradesh was always seen through the prism Navjot Singh Sidhu’s appointment as the Advisor, Kishor had visited Punjab once began withdrawing its troops from the of business at the last minute was not cor- of politics. It was not even allowed to dis- State Congress president and at a time and had held an interaction with Congress’ country on May 1. The US has already rect. RSP member N K Premchandran sup- .45%-5".24%5-2%7 cuss how UP can play a better role in the when the Chief Minister was facing a rebel- first-time legislators to get their feedback pulled back the majority of its forces and ported Chowdhary. development of the country,” he said. lion of sorts from his own party leaders, on various issues including the imple- is looking to complete the drawdown by Later, the Bill was introduced by a %5:,%,375 %2357 Praising the chief minister for record including Ministers and legislators, over mentation of poll promises. August 31. voice vote amid slogan shouting by  "5%,6R2C MSP procurement in the state, the PM said the non-fulfillment of the promises the He had earlier also held meetings with India has been a major stakeholder in Opposition members. Rama Devi, who that the largest number of farmers bene- party made ahead 2017 elections. top aides of the Punjab Chief Minister, the peace and stability of Afghanistan. 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With such a large cap- nce upon a time, your encer or a professional who is tive audience, memes are bound to leave an social media feeds were heavily reliant on these plat- impact on the minds of people. Its popularity Ocurated by who you forms, you should read on. further indicates that the consumers of online chose to follow (aka your social information are receptive to communication graph). Brands and influencers What this means for you that takes place via crisp, witty, and hilarious would camp on these plat- Learn to think of your posts. forms to 'build' their audi- audiences in two different cat- You must be wondering how a meme con- ences. They would get 100 per egories: Owned and rented. tributes to the popularity of a web series? cent reach and, as a consumer, Product manufacturers to movie/show produc- you’d see everything chrono- What do I mean by rented? ers have been adopting memes to communicate logically from whoever you’re When you rent an apart- with the audience. Memes are also seen as effec- subscribed to. ment from your landlord, s/he tive marketing tools during the post-launch peri- Things aren’t the same is the owner you pay rent to od for sustenance and the creation of high recall anymore. All social networks and s/he gets to dictate the value. Listed below are some ways through now have an algorithmic feed. terms. Of course, you get some which memes are contributing to this arena. The algorithm has one job — control over things — like to keep people watching, interiors and the like — but the Contribution to viral communication scrolling, coming back and landlord, being the owner, has The primary usage of memes is to gener- attentive (more or less) for as the ultimate say. ate awareness among the masses. It usually hap- long as possible. These algo- You share a similar rela- audience' there, because why pens in the pre-launch stage. For instance, before “Kabhi kabhi lagta hai apun hi bhagwan hai” rithms are unbelievably com- tionship with social media. not? The platforms gave the release of the Netflix original film Bird Box, from Sacred Games is still making rounds as one plex and constantly evolving. With each small change, these everything you wanted, from the marketers used snippets from different of the most loved memes, keeping the show alive Just when you feel like you’ve platforms seem to make lives reach to visibility to growth. scenes to create memes. These humorous con- in the process. finally cracked how a plat- tougher for creators. What’s Until they didn’t and, by then, tent pieces were circulated across social media form’s algorithm works, it’ll making them do this? Simple. you were desperately hooked. platforms and soon the film became famous Ease into the next season change. Ad revenue growth. Organic It’s time to start taking a across the internet. People found the templates If the time gap between two seasons is more, The organic reach on reach is taking a toll so that hard look at the past, creating amusing and were drawn to watch the film like then memes can efficiently ease into the Instagram is down by up to 70 paid reach (aka ads) can flour- communities where you own anything. Subsequently, Bird Box received announcement of the upcoming season. per cent than what it used to be ish. the social capital. Building an more than 70 million views in the first 24 hours. Circulating memes based on the content from just a couple of years ago. In the That’s not all. If you create audience with such loyalty to preceding seasons before the upcoming one pre- case of YouTube, the algo- or follow culturally sensitive your brand that regardless of Reach a vast target audience pares the audience and creates excitement. The rithm clearly favours regular content (LGBTQ, politics, what platform you’re on, your Very often, viewers come across memes viewers are reminded of the previous experience and diluted content that easi- activism and the likes) you community always flocks to based on unfamiliar subjects. Memes have the and storyline. As a result, they subconsciously ly engages the masses. Any might be familiar with the you. That’s the true meaning capacity to intrigue individuals. Piquing their start desiring more of such content. With your content that requires cognitive word 'shadow ban'. If you feel of ‘owning your audience’. No interests, it urges them to dive deeper into the viewer base already wanting more, it is an ideal load, gets slapped with lower like your posts are receiving question, social networks will topic. For instance, someone who has not time to announce a new season. Such tactics reach. low engagement suddenly, you nurture relationships with your and events to deepen their always remain an essential watched a single episode of the Emmy winning generate a widespread buzz, and producers do Creators are pulling off might be shadowbanned. Even audience. engagement with the riding part because of their scale. series – Schitt’s Creek — can be prompted to not have to reveal many details about the crazy stunts just to attract a worse, the platform is never community. Today, it’s a cul- But, today, the key is to follow watch the show by memes featuring lines by the upcoming episodes, keeping the surprise ele- click while many have had to going to acknowledge it. Own your audience tural phenomenon. Central to a hybrid approach where you show’s loved character Moira Rose ment intact. give up quality for quantity. As Shadowban is a soft temporary Before the rise of the company’s turnaround source new members from Marketing is a dynamic field. Now and then, the amount of content ban on your content showing Facebook, Twitter and was Harley Owners Group, social networks, but safely Trends 2.0 a new tool becomes a craze while the others take uploaded keeps growing, the into your subscribers’ feed Instagram, the internet used to the brand’s community, an house them in your own com- Trends are not everlasting. They have a lim- a back seat. In such a change-centric environ- competition is becoming even because you’ve apparently vio- hang out in communities audience that it has direct munity. ited life cycle; some might be longer than oth- ment, a successful marketing endeavour capi- more intense. lated community guidelines (which existed on discussion relationships with. Brands, But where? Explore plat- ers, but each reaches its maturity and gradual- talises on the popular tool to leave a long-last- If you break the consisten- — which are a grey area — forums). Pre-internet, there like Harley Davidson and forms like Reddit, Discord, ly fizzles out. A series, on the other hand, stays ing impact. In recent times, memes have cy, thou shalt be punished with no clear justification. were communities and associ- Royal Enfield, have grown Slack, Telegram and Scenes by on the platform since its very release. In such emerged as a major component in the secret with lower reach for your For a creator who relies on ations like YMCA, Rotary beyond the usual manufacture Avalon. These are some of the a case, it is essential to adopt techniques that behind the fame of most products, shows, and future uploads. The algorithms his/her social audience to make Club, Toastmasters. Brands and retail mould to become best places on the internet boost the current craze, adding to the lifespan services. However, while using memes for the (which lack transparency) dic- a living, these things are like Harley Davidson tapped more experiential in conjoin- where one can create and of the trend. Memes are the best way to promotion of series, marketers need to be cau- tate the rules. Many creators big painful. into communities as a core part ing the global riding commu- own their communities. achieve this goal. tious. They need to ensure that their sublimi- and small are burnt out and of their brand strategy. nity. Build a community and For instance, if your show is released in nal messages should not reveal too much disgruntled because of this. So, what can you do about it? In the early 80s, Harley- The decade-long shift to control your destiny! April, it might begin to lose its momentum after about the storyline while, at the same time, cater- It’s like their entire career is Well – own your audi- Davidson was doing poorly. social networks happened (The author is the co- some time. To avoid this from happening, mar- ing to the taste of a large audience base. based at the mercy of algo- ence! Ownership means not They transformed their busi- because of the insane reach founder of Scenes by Avalon, keters should use memes featuring famous dia- (The author is the CEO & co-founder of rithms. relying 'solely' on these third- nesses with a focus on marquee they had to offer. And, it a next-gen community plat- logues and characters, simultaneously creating MemeChat, a social networking app designed If you’re a creator/influ- party platforms to build and rides, exclusive memberships made sense to 'build your form made in India.) top-notch recall value. The famous dialogue, to revolutionise the world of memes.)

ne of the barometers I use for the the ground and even though you might have  S      Ostrength in demand for the Indian auto suffered on poor roads, on a nice stretch of market is the number of phone calls I enter- (     tarmac, nothing really could beat a sedan he tennis ace, Sania Mirza, The Padma Bhushan awardee said, tain every week from friends, family, in that price segment. Most importantly, the Tmotivated over eight lakh “The pandemic must never come in acquaintances and even friends of acquain- SUVs of the time were more about function- students in a masterclass the way of our commitment to pur- tances asking for advice. The past few weeks  %A  3   (     ality and their body-on-frame construction aimed at inspiring them to sue our dreams. Fitness and Yoga is I’ve had a lot of calls and the July sales fig- made them unwieldy on the road. That has adopt a healthy lifestyle a great way for children today to ures reflected that and I’m sure that sales for (       fundamentally changed today, as Utility through fitness and yoga. The build on their mental and physical the Indian automotive industry Vehicles, even extremely rugged ones such former World Doubles top- strength. A healthy body and mind is will be very good in August as as the Land Rover Defender are monoco- ranked athlete highlighted the central to overall growth well. In fact, I don’t think it will ques, where the body itself provides the importance of physical and learning; in the pre- be a demand problem for the structural strength to the car. But lower the and mental exercises sent context it is impor- industry, but the global semi- price range and that change to monocoques for students to combat tant that schools provide conductor shortage will impact +: !4 meant that SUVs could be produced on the limited physical activ- such opportunities to stu- sales during the next few '  same platforms as sedans and hatchbacks ity and anxiety. dents.” months. with much-reduced engineering and man- EdTech major in The co-founder and If you didn’t know, a mas- ufacturing complexity. So a Creta could be the K-12 segment, CEO of LEAD, Sumeet sive surge in demand for consumer electron- built on a platform similar to that of a Verna, LEAD initiated its Mehta, remarked, ics, coupled with firms shutting down pro- and while it could cost a bit more to build, second MasterClass “MasterClass provides duction in early-2020 thanks to the pandem- thanks to changing consumer preferences to provide school access to an exclusive ic has led to huge shortages of semiconduc- for SUVs, Hyundai could charge a lot more children with expo- world that is otherwise tors across the world. And given that mod- per Creta than they could for an Accent or sure to overall unavailable to students ern cars are essentially supercomputers on a Verna. development and and schools from small wheels, with hundreds of small chips mak- And it wasn’t just Hyundai, everybody growth by part- towns. Our mission is to ing millions of calculations every second, a saw the writing on the wall. While bad roads nering with make excellent education shortage means that even producers like were an excuse for the reason the SUV seg- renowned experts accessible and affordable Maruti-Suzuki, whose cars won’t be at the ment grew in India, even though roads have to share their to every child. Where top of your mind when you think ‘high-tech’, improved over the past decade, this wasn’t knowledge and would children otherwise are announcing a slowdown in production.   ?  8  an Indian phenomenon alone. The SUV experience. have a chance to attend a live But this column is not about that, it is <  4  @ body-style, and I call it a body-style rather The first class from Bhagat or Sania? about an anguished call from a friend who than a ‘type’ because really, these cars are not MasterClass on cre- LEAD brings this to them railed against Sports-Utility Vehicles and the Corolla Altis for a while and even is because the 1.0 litre engine does service on vehicles you’d ever really take off-road, in ative writing was held because we believe that chil- how that body-style is becoming ubiquitous Hyundai has been a bit cagey when asked multiple cars across Hyundai and Kia. fact, except some versions of the Jeep with author Chetan dren from small towns, if today. Indeed, the SUV craze has meant that whether the next-generation Elantra will Once upon a time, when you upgrad- Compass, there are no true off-road capa- Bhagat. given access and oppor- one in every three cars sold today in India come to India in 2022. When it comes to ed to your first ‘big’ car, you bought a Maruti ble SUVs out there in India (the Thar isn’t Sania shared her tunity, can shine as bright is an SUV. It has propelled Hyundai Motor the next-generation Tucson however, it is a Esteem or Hyundai Accent. Heck, owning an SUV, it is an off-roader which can work mantra of ‘building inner as students from met- Group (Hyundai and Kia) to a position of prompt yes. And therein lies the rub. It is the Honda City was a sign that you have in the city). I guess more people like sitting core and muscle strength ros. And with successful dominance behind Maruti-Suzuki, thanks the same story in the C-segment, none of arrived. And sedans were fun to drive, they high off the ground than low to the ground. to remain fit’ and celebrities such as Sania in no small part to the astounding success the offerings are terribly exciting anymore. were low to And this has killed the sedan and it will explained the role of disci- Mirza, students will get a of the Creta which was launched six years Yes, Honda City loyalists will buy a City, and slowly start killing premium hatchbacks pline in life to students by dose of inspiration to take ago this week. However, just like in antiq- I genuinely like the Hyundai Verna, espe- such as the Baleno and i20 too. sharing anecdotes on how fitness and health seri- uity, when one empire rose, it rose because cially the IVT variant that I’ve been driving Personally, I prefer sitting she managed both, sports ously in life. Because a fit another empire declined. And that decline the past few months. But anyone spending lower down, closer to the tar- and academics. She chatted mind lives in a fit body. in the automotive space has been the 12-15 lakh on a car almost reflexively mac than higher up. And I with mothers on their role in In future, we will decline of the sedan. asks about a Creta or Seltos, unless think it is a pity that the sedan supporting their children in bring more such Think about it, today in the D-segment, they’re in the government or a pub- is dying out. The SUV now remaining mentally and physi- Masterclasses to students of there is only the Hyundai Elantra and Skoda lic-sector company where the Ciaz has counts for one of every three cally strong during the pandem- LEAD powered schools!” Octavia, albeit at vastly different price become the new Ambassador. Sure, cars sold in India, it won’t be ic while also taking care of their L(+! points. 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black coffee where hot water is poured over a shot of espresso, the Long Java has the espresso shot poured over hot water, therefore, making it slightly more concentrat- ed and the flavours more pro- nounced. This winning cup of con- centrated black might come off as a little bit bitter for some people but gives an exquisite kick that only a good cup of coffee offers. Paired with lemon and floral taste notes, one sip doesn’t just jolt you awake but also freshens you up beautifully. However, what I found most    (R  innovative about the Slay Signature blend was how the taste notes change with different brews. While the 2     .   > 7  Americano was citrusy, the Cappuccino was a warm, chocolaty C455 .4!      hug. In my several years of drinking       coffee, I have always been wary of having coffee with milk. Having mostly drunk different brews of he past year has drastical- DTC beer delivery black coffee, I’m always scared that Tly changed everything — One interesting side-effect baristas will add too much milk into including a quantum transfor- that the pandemic had on the my drink creating not a latte but a mation — especially in the craft craft beer industry was consid- pale, milky mess. The Slay brewing industry. COVID’s eration for DTC (direct-to- Cappuccino was a pleasant surprise. impact forced many breweries, consumer) beer shipping and magine that feeling of entering a The steamed milk added to the globally, to close their tap- home delivery. As breweries coffee shop and being hit imme- blend seemed to elevate the flavour rooms, causing massive disrup- across the country shut down Idiately by that heavenly aroma of to a completely different level. While tion and losses in the industry. last year, many breweries and ground coffee beans and a freshly the fragrant brew reminded one of However, the resilience, beer manufacturing companies brewed pot of coffee. And as you a bitter caramel sauce, the flavour of dynamism and adaptability of and outlets have considered stand there staring at the plethora of RS the coffee had hints of chocolate in craft-brewing professionals making up for their loss of in- brews wondering and wishing you it. With just the right amount of across the world paved a path person sales with delivery had the time and capacity to drink milk, the Cappuccino made me for breweries to be able to find sales. all that they had to offer, you wish /    3 8     warm inside and I could close my new ways to sell their beer and the world would stop revolving and eyes and visualise myself on a rainy keep their business afloat Breweries go digital all of the time would stand still as  ( )%/ ,)         2 evening, sitting in the balcony with through innovation and dedi- As breweries safely navi- you take one deep breath after my fingers curled around a cup. cation. gate the current situation, another hoping this feeling would          The chocolate taste note doesn’t Despite administrative upgrading their conventional last forever. end here. Slay seems to have realised impediments — such as autho- customer processes has been a This was the exact don’t quite remember how that the company offers makes that coffee and chocolate happens to rising limitations, restricted necessity. It has also exponen- feeling I experienced old I was when I first authentic coffee both accessible and be a combo ‘made in heaven’ because charges and a nationwide taboo tially increased the adoption when the Slay tasted caffeine, but I affordable. In India, where the cof- their famous filter coffee, Madras on publicising of alcoholic rate of new software and apps Coffee brews distinctly remember fee culture has grown exponential- Mud, a tribute to the South Indian drinks — the industry contin- to improve the operations and arrived. Even tasting it. My ly in the past few years, I am sure coffee gods features it too. ues to flourish and makes efficiency of customer service. before I opened mother was having most of us have struggled to get a Caramelised with hints of cocoa over monstrous developments in the paper bag her regular hold of a good cup of gourmet cof- a medium roast, the Madras Mud the general refreshment indus- Packaging handed to me evening cup and fee that can be picked up on the way might have just become my new fil- try. The pandemic saw con- by a delivery offered me a sip. to work or simply ordered online. ter coffee favourite. Beer is gradually becoming sumers increasingly purchasing valet, the aroma That small mouth- The people at Slay seem to have Along with their hot options, more acceptable as a social items in bulk – including beer. seeped through it ful of strong, sugar- nipped this problem in the bud. Slay also offers a variety of cold drink among the urban youth. Packaging is always high on the and invigorated all less black coffee Introducing the brilliant initiative of brews and frappés to cool you down The Indian beer market is pro- list of craft brewery trends. my senses. In my seemed to titillate this takeaway coffee, its smart packaging on an unbearable summer day. With gressively attractive and it will Witnessing the growth in head, delivered cof- hitherto unknown taste techniques of insulated cups, snug crowd favourites, like the Hazelnut double in size till 2025. demand for craft beer, the fee can’t smelt like that. I bud that I never knew holders and artistic delivery boxes Cold Coffee that tastes like a cup of Increasing purchasing power market has seen bidding for was half-expecting a series of existed. While other kids of my dispatch their hand-crafted bever- Nutella, I can see this cloud kitchen and changing preferences are quality variants consequently. flat, cold drinks that I’d struggle to age turned their noses up against this ages of goodness to you without any becoming one of the prime places to some of the major factors of the Though at a nascent stage, digest. So, you can only guess my bitter drink, my love affair had spillage while also retaining the get coffee in India in a few years. growth of the beer industry in India's craft beer industry is absolute delight when I took a sip already begun. Since that day, years warmth and aroma of the freshly Coffee isn’t just a beverage. It is India. evidently one of the fastest- and was instead transported to a ago, I have consumed a copious brewed coffee. It is like having a cof- an overall stimulating experience of The craft beer segment in growing trades. 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This almost obsessive, romantic has been a wonderful experience. the award-winning coffee estates way I like it, it looked like an To all the coffee lovers of the Some of the notable craft (The author is the relationship with coffee began from This cloud kitchen for coffee-on-the- on the rolling hills of Chikmagalur Americano but has an interesting country, try a Slay cuppa—you won’t brewery trends that need to be founder of Medusa the moment I took my first sip. I go serves a collection of brews that in Karnataka, the diversity of brews twist to it. Instead of the usual regret it! watched out for are as follows: Beverages.)

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“We had a long gap when we did- 3 n’t get a medal. Now we will get more THURSDAY HIGHLIGHTS confidence, yes we can do it. If we can finish on podium in Olympics, we can Athletics: Sandeep Kumar, finish on podium anywhere.” Rahul Rohilla and K T Irfan —Manpreet Singh finished 23rd, 47th and 51st respectively in men’s 20km “People were forgetting hockey in race walk event. India. They loved hockey, but they Golf: Aditi Ashok and stopped hoping that we can win. But we Diksha Dagar at tied second won today. They can expect more from and tied 53rd respectively at us in the future. Keep believing in us.” the end of women’s individ- —Rupinder Pal Singh ual stroke play round 2. Hockey: India beat Germany 5-4 in men’s “It’s been 41 years. In the 1980s we Bronze medal match. won the last medal and after that, noth- Wrestling: Anshu Malik ing. Today when we won it, this gives a lost to Valeria Koblova boost and gives energy to the youngsters (ROC) in repechage round to pick up hockey, play this game.” of women’s freestyle 57kg. —PR Sreejesh Vinesh Phogat beat Sofia Magdalena Mattsson “It was my dream and it will be an (Sweden), lost to Vanesa unforgettable experience. When I went Kaladzinskaya in quarterfi- to sleep last night, I was dreaming about nals of women’s freestyle making these goals and today I was able 53kg. to fulfil my dreams and this is a very Ravi Dahiya lost to Zavur proud moment for us to help India lead Uguev (Russian Olympic in this game.” Committee) in men’s —Simranjeet Singh freestyle 57kg final.  P      0 "              Deepak Punia lost to Myles Nazem Amine (San Marino)    2+32 in men’s freestyle 86kg Bronze medal match. resolute Indian men’s !   hockey team rewrote his- IN ACTION TODAY Atory as it claimed an Athletics: Gurpreet Singh Olympic medal after 41 years,  S in men’s 50km race walk defeating a plucky Germany 5-  -,  event. (02:00am) 4 to win the Bronze in an edge- Priyanka Goswami and of-the-seat play-off match of * P    0 $?A    ?  Tokyo:The Indian men’s hock- over Germany. Bhawna Jat in women’s 20km the ongoing Games here on ey team’s coach Graham Reid “...I know that apart from race walk event. (01:00pm) Thursday. Benedikt Furk (25th) and Lukas a two-goal deficit to turn the Manpreet Singh and coached by came in 1968 Mexico City and on Thursday said he feels the country, this group has Indian team in men’s The eight-time former Windfeder (48th). Determined match in their favour after being Australian Graham Reid the 1972 Munich Games. In all, “privileged” to be a part of the been waiting for a medal for a 4x400m relay round 1 heat 2. Gold-winners, who battled a to clinch a medal, the Indians 1-3 down thanks to some defen- savoured the historic moment. the country now has 12 Olympic game’s revival in India after the fairly long time and I know (05:07pm) heartbreaking slump in the last made one of the most memo- sive lapses. It is India’s third hockey medals, eight of them Gold, side clinched its first Olympic how much hockey means to Golf: Aditi Ashok and four decades, made the resur- rable comebacks in the history There were tears and hugs Bronze medal in the history of making it the most successful at medal in 41 years, crediting India and I am privileged to Diksha Dagar in women’s gence of the last couple of years of the game, fighting back from on the field as the Indians led by the Olympics. The other two the showpiece. togetherness and a team first help play a part in that. It individual stroke play round count in the best way possible mentality for the triumph. means a lot after being in 3. (04:00am) with an Olympic medal. “It is a fantastic feeling, it quarantine for the last eight out Hockey: India vs Great Their Bronze, which is 0''   ,* % has come after a lot of sacrifices of 16 months.” Britain in women’s Bronze worth its weight in Gold for the that the whole group has India were 1-3 down in the medal match. (07:00am) sheer emotion and nostalgia New Delhi: Prime Minister words of praise to the team of the team.” specially for a “critical goal in made,” Reid said referring to match and Reid said one of the Wrestling: Bajrang Punia that hockey invokes in the coun- Narendra Modi on Thursday members. He praised goalkeeper a crucial match”. the time the players spent things that has been worked on vs Ernazar Akmataliev try, became India’s fifth medal at heaped praises on the players Lauding team captain Sreejesh P R for spectacular He similarly tweeted away from their fami- during his stint was to never (Kyrgyzstan) in men’s the ongoing Games. of Indian men’s hockey team Manpreet Singh, Modi said, performance throughout the praise for other players of the lies and in some cases, lose hope of a comeback. freestyle 65kg. ( eighth bout Simranjeet Singh (17th, 34th individually after they won “His 3rd Olympics and a tournament, and said his saves team, including Nilakanta battling Covid-19 as “Before the game I asked after 08:00am start.) minutes) scored a brace, while Bronze medal at the Tokyo medal he waited years for... played a big part in earning Sharma, Sumit, Vivek Sagar well. the guys to make sure they Seema Bisla vs Sarra Hamdi Hardik Singh (27th), Olympics, and said for every Throughout the Games, he led the medal for India. Prasad, Lalit Upadhyay, “It takes a long bring the next level if (Tunisia) in repechage round Harmanpreet Singh (29th) and hockey lover and sports enthu- from the front, including dur- Hardik Singh has put in Gurjant Singh, Dilpreet Singh, time to get where something happens, for of women’s freestyle 50kg. Rupinder Pal Singh (31st) were siast, August 5 will remain one ing critical moments of the immense effort and distin- Shamsher Singh, Mandeep these athletes have example, if you are (second bout after 08:00am the other goal-getters for world of the most memorable days. matches. India is proud of the guished himself as a bright Singh, , Amit gotten. All the sac- down, you need to bring start.) No 3 India. Germany’s goals Hockey has a special place leadership of @manpreet- hockey player, the prime min- Rohidas, Surender Kumar, rifices that go the next level of play and Live on SONY TEN were scored by Timur Oruz in the heart and mind of pawar07. A delighted nation ister tweeted and thanked Harmanpreet Singh and unseen,” he added they did that very well,” & SIX Network (2nd), Niklas Wellen (24th), every Indian, he said, tweeting thanks him for being the pivot him for all his hardwork and Rupinder Pal Singh. PTI after the 5-4 triumph Reid explained. PTI

MANPREET SINGH: The feature in the team’s midfield Inspirational Leader 3 and was a part of India’s Gold The 29-year-old hails from medal-winning feat at the 2019 a small village of Mithapur in FIH Men’s Series Finals in Jalandhar. The Indian skipper Bhubaneswar, as well a part of made his international debut in *    P     ?A  2019 Tokyo Olympic Qualifiers. 2011 at the age of 19. His first big tournament as member of debut for the senior team in Olympic Qualifiers. SIMRANJEET SINGH: Super uncle and aunt everyone has GRAHAM REID: The Master the senior team was the 2012 2006 at the South Asian Games, Striker played hockey for the country. tactician London Olympics. He has since and has been an integral part of RUPINDER PAL SINGH: The 24-year-old, who The 22-year-old midfield- A veteran of 130 interna- represented the country at all the national team since 2011. Another Drag-flick Genius scored a brace in the Bronze er born in Khusropur in tional matches, Reid was a major tournaments and fea- Appointed captain in 2016, ‘Bob’ to his teammates, medal playoff against Germany Jalandhar honed his skills under member of the Australian hock- tured in India’s fine victories Sreejesh led the side to Silver Rupinder is one of the most on Thursday, was added to the his uncle Jugraj Singh, the for- ey team that won the Silver including the Gold at the 2014 medals at the FIH Men’s Hockey lethal drag-flickers in the squad following the mer Indian drag-flicker. medal in the 1992 Barcelona Asian Games. Champions Trophy in 2016 world. The lanky defender International Olympic His other uncle — Gurmail Olympics. Under Manpreet’s captain- and 2018. made his international debut Committee’s decision to allow Singh — was part of the 1980 A disciple of the legendary cy, India were crowned cham- in 2010 at the Sultan Azlan ‘alternate athletes’ in team events Summer Olympics where India Ric Charlesworth, Reid was his $  $   pions at the 2018 Asian HARMANPREET SINGH: Shah Tournament, where because of the Covid-19 pan- clinched the historic Gold. assistant in the Australian team Champions Trophy. In 2019, he Drag-flick King India clinched the Gold. demic. Gumail’s wife and Hardik’s aunt for five years before being ele- was named the FIH Player of The son of a farmer in Named vice-captain in Simranjeet, a product of Rajbir Kaur was the former vated to the top position in the Year. Jandiala Guru township, a vil- 2014, Rupinder has had a Jalandhar’s Surjit Singh Hockey women’s team captain. 2014. Under his tutelage, the   !  ( lage in the outskirts of Amritsar, topsy-turvy journey as he Academy, was also a member of Hardik’s father Australia team finished sixth at P R SREEJESH: The Great Harmanpreet made his interna- was dropped from the team India’s 2016 Junior World Cup- Varinderpreet Singh Ray also the Rio Olympics after being    42.4! ves, were majestic and the con- Wall of India tional debut in 2015. He was for the 2018 Champions winning side. played for India and grandfather eliminated by the Netherlands trol over his own mind while Born in Kizhakkambalam part of the Silver winning teams Trophy squad, but was His cousin and junior Preetam Singh Ray was a hock- in the quarter-finals. he wily old James Anderson selecting the bad balls under village in Kerala’s Ernakulam at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup recalled for the Asian Games World Cup teammate Gurjant ey coach with the Indian Navy. The 57-year-old was Tonce again got his ‘bunny’ overcast conditions was exem- district to a family of farmers, and the FIH Men’s Champions later in the year, where he Singh is also a part the squad. Hardik made his interna- appointed the Indian men’s Virat Kohli in a mesmerising plary. India’s custodian is arguably one Trophy in 2016. made a solid comeback to the tional debut with the senior team coach in 2019. spell that undid India’s solid But Anderson did take the of the best goalkeepers in the He also played a pivotal role side by scoring a marvellous HARDIK SINGH: Upcoming team at the 2018 Hero Asian He has often spoken about opening stand to leave them tot- cake on the day the pacer with world, standing tall as the team’s in India’s Gold-winning cam- hat-trick against Sri Lanka midfield star of Indian team Champions Trophy where India pursuing a process and invest- tering at 125 for four against the highest number of Test last line of defence. paign at the FIH Men’s World and the team went on to Hockey runs in Hardik’s clinched the Gold medal. ing in youth to get the results at England on a rain-curtailed day matches under his belt (163rd The 35-year-old made his Series Finals as well as 2019 clinch the Bronze. genes. From his father to his He soon became a regular a big stage like the Olympics. two of the opening Test. game) equalled Anil Kumble’s The 39-year-old Anderson record of 619 scalps. He (13.4-7-15-2) swung it in matched Kumble’s record after England’s favour with successive fooling Kohli once again in the precision deliveries that got corridor of uncertainty. $     "   !  B# ;7   Cheteshwar Pujara (4) and Virat It was a fuller delivery that Kohli (0) as India from 97 for no Kohli played for the inswinger Tokyo: Indian golfer Aditi loss slumped to 112 for four in but it held its line to take a Ashok was in contention for a Chiba: Ravi Dahiya on of Belarus’ Vanesa a space of less than six overs. healthy edge into Jos Buttler’s historic Olympic medal after Thursday became only the Kaladzinskaya. # /    The in-from KL Rahul (57 gloves. Both Kohli and carding a flawless five-under 66 second Indian wrestler to win Vinesh had no answer to batting off 151 balls) is still Anderson would have a sense of in the second round of the a Silver medal at the Olympic the supreme defence of     -  standing tall amid ruins along- deja vu thinking about what women’s competition on Games but Vinesh Phogat’s Vanesa, who got her revenge side Rishabh Pant (7 batting) but happened in 2014. Thursday. redemption dream came from the Indian at the biggest New Delhi: Gracious in “I did not come to the advantage that India got in A ball before, the artist was The 23-year-old rolled in crashing down after a shock stage after suffering a similar defeat, young Indian Tokyo for a Silver medal. It the opening session was neu- at work as he got Pujara forward five birdies, which included quarterfinal exit and Deepak embarrassing defeat ‘by fall’ wrestler Ravi Dahiya on will not give me satisfaction. tralised by Anderson’s spell and with one that was shaping into three in her last four holes, on Punia let slip a Bronze in the earlier this year in Ukraine. Thursday said perhaps he Maybe this time I deserved the pressure also led to an him in the air but deviated away yet another steamy day at last 10 seconds of his play-off Later, Vanesa lost her deserved only a Silver medal only a Silver because Uguev unfortunate run-out of Ajinkya when he pressed forward for Kasumigaseki Country Club to bout here on Thursday. semi-final to China’s Qinyu at the Olympics at this stage was a better wrestler today,” Rahane (5). Buttler to take a low catch. lie tied second on nine-under There were huge expecta- Pang on criteria after scores and will strive to get better Dahiya said. Rahul’s classy Test match The manner of dismissal is 133 with Danish duo, Nanna tions from Dahiya for a Gold were tied 2-2, a result that to complete the unfinished “I could not achieve batting would surely be a relief sure to increase the cobwebs in Koerstz Madsen (64) and Emily medal after his phenomenal brought curtains on Vinesh’s task of winning a Gold at what I wanted to.” for the Indian team manage- Pujara’s mind as this series is cer- Kristine Pedersen (63). semifinal victory but the campaign at the Tokyo the 2024 Paris Games. “His (Uguev) style was ment after the talented tainly going to have a bearing on Aditi, playing her second reigning world champion Games. The top-seeded Speaking after his 57kg very good. I just could not Karnataka batsman lost his his international future. Olympics with her mother, Zavur Uguev of Russian Vinesh, who was a hot final, the 23-year-old find a way to play my game. place in the longest formats due However, Indian team had Maheshwari, as her caddie, trails Olympic Committee favourite for a medal, Dahiya said a Silver medal I don’t know what I could to a prolonged bad patch. one of its best opening stands in leader — world No 1 Nelly   ((  ( dashed those hopes needed Vanesa to will never give him satisfac- have done. He wrestled very He could have also been recent tours of England before Korda of USA — by four shots. with a comfortable beat the Chinese tion even though his perfor- smartly,” the two-time Anderson’s third victim but was Rohit Sharma’s (36 off 107 balls) Diksha Dagar returned a 72 position of delivering a first-ever 7-4 win the men’s to rejoin the mance would mean a lot for reigning Asian champion dropped in the slips, his only now familiar propensity to pull to share 53rd place on six-over medal in golf for India with freestyle 57kg 53kg compe- Indian wrestling. added. PTI batting glitch on the day. brought about his downfall at 148. birdies on Hole Nos. 2, 5, 15, 17 title clash. tition The nine fours, mostly dri- the stroke of lunch. Aditi kept herself in prime and 18. PTI Dahiya through the Deepak’s defence was Anshu never looked tried every possi- repechage superb throughout the bout intimidated by a stronger ble trick in his bag round and push but the San Marino wrestler opponent and was leading the $!%   05 but Uguev defended for a Bronze. grabbed the decisive two- bout at one stage on criteria 91: ! extremely well and kept In the men’s pointer after getting hold of the but towards the end, the consolidating his lead with freestyle 86kg cate- Indian’s right leg and convert- Russian pulled off a two- London: Star England pacer 4 his timely point-scoring gory, Deepak Punia ed it into a take-down in pointer to nose ahead. Jofra Archer will miss the IPL, moves. came agonisingly dying moments of the bout. India’s Gold medal hopes T20 World Cup and the Ashes Sapporo: National record hold- outside his national record time in the competition and 52 fin- Looking at a bigger close to winning a The 22-year-old Indian, now rest on Bajrang Punia, because of a “recurrence of a er Sandeep Kumar was going of 1:20:16 which he had clocked ished their races. Five were picture, Dahiya’s Silver Bronze medal on was leading 2-1 before that who will begin his campaign stress fracture on his right strong at second position till in February to qualify for the either disqualified or DNF (Did medal will further inspire his Olympic debut take-down but it was not on Friday against Kyrgyzstan’s elbow”, ECB announced on near the halfway mark but he Olympics. Not Finish). the young generation but but conceded a meant to be his day. Ernazar Akmataliev. Thursday. The 26-year-old faded later on to finish 23rd with His two other compatriots, Italian Massimo Stano star Indian wrestler Vinesh take-down in last 10 Young Anshu Malik also While Seema Bisla is the had undergone scans on his a below-par timing in the men’s Rahul Rohilla (1:32:06) and K T won Gold in 1:21:05, while the was left to endure a second seconds of the play-off bowed out of the 57kg compe- only Indian woman wrestler injured right elbow last week 20km race walk event here on Irfan (1:34:41) brought up the Japanese pair of Ikeda Koki consecutive heart-breaking against San Marino’s tition after losing her left in the fray. She will begin which revealed that he has Thursday. rear at 47th and 51st with dis- (1:21:28) and Yamanishi quarterfinal exit from the Myles Nazem Amine to repechage round 1-5 to her campaign in the 50kg cat- suffered a recurrence of a The 35-year-old Kumar appointing performances under Toshikazu (1:21:46) took the Olympic Games after a mas- miss out on achieving the Russia’s Valeria Koblova, the egory, where she will face stress fracture of his right crossed the finish line in 1 hour hot and humid conditions. Silver and Bronze respective- sive upset defeat at the hands feat. Rio Olympics Silver medallist. Tunisia’s Sarra Hamdi. PTI elbow. PTI 25 minute and 7 seconds, well Fifty seven athletes started ly. PTI