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& 567 6)8% not yield the desired result as the situation worsened at the ndia and China on Thursday border afterward. The two Ireiterated their commitment Ministers had reaffirmed their to ease the present tension at faith in defusing the tension the Line of Actual Control through dialogue and bring (LAC) in Ladakh through sus- peace and tranquility at the tained dialogue at all levels. LAC. The two sides also resolved Terming the current situa- to disengage and withdraw tion as “more serious than their armed forces from the 1962 (when the two countries friction points at the earliest fought a war),” Jaishankar through mutually agreed recently said diplomacy alone processes. will solve the issue. He then $ *$ ' ' These understanding gave the past examples of 2013 emerged in the much-awaited and 2017 when there were bilateral meeting between prolonged stand-offs in the External Affairs Minister S Depsang valley and Doklam Jaishankar and his Chinese respectively. Sustained talks at counterpart Wang Yi in the military and diplomatic lev- Moscow against the backdrop els helped in ending the face- of the worsening situation at offs then. the LAC. The External Affairs The two sides on Thursday Minister also pitched for polit- held yet another round of ical-level talks to address the Brigadier-level talks to end the current four-month long log- R sage to those eyeing India’s sov- Speaking on the occasion impasse but no result so far. jam at the LAC in Eastern ereignty. He also said the Rajnath said, “The induction These talks focused on the sit- Ladakh. Rafale jets are a “game chang- of Rafale jets is a big and stern uation emerging after India on His comments to have er” for national security. message for the entire world, August 29-30 foiled the “very, very deep conversations” R He made these observa- especially to those eyeing our Chinese bid to alter the status P P to end the stalemate came as tions after presiding over the sovereignty. This kind of induc- quo on the LAC in the south- !P "# $ five rounds of military and an formal induction of the French- tion is very important for the ern banks of the Pangong Tso ! % ! $$ ! ' equal number of diplomatic manufactured Rafale jets into kind of atmosphere that has (lake) in Eastern Ladakh. In a % $ ' ' talks in the last few weeks & ' the IAF’s “Golden Arrows” been created on our borders.” proactive action, the Indian failed to end the hostilities. 567 6)8%A+!) squadron. He said Rafale is consid- forces also occupied the crucial the first face-to-face meeting the LAC becoming volatile from the hilltops in the last few Another round of the Corps These jets had arrived at ered one of the best combat air- hilltops in the south and north between the two leaders. They after the Chinese fired a few days and ramping up their Commander-level talks was mid continuing tension at the Ambala airbase on July 27 craft globally and the deal to banks of the lake thereby giv- had talked on the phone on rounds in the air on September troop strength, took place days expected in the next two or Athe Line of Actual Control from France. The French procure the jets was a “game ing them an advantage. June 17 after the bloody brawl 7. It was the first time in 45 after Defence Minister Rajnath three days, sources said. (LAC) in Ladakh, Defence Minister for armed forces changer” for India’s national The political-level parleys in the Galwan valley two days years that firearms were used at Singh held two and half hour External Affairs Ministry Minister Rajnath Singh, in an Florence Parly too was present security. in Moscow took place on the earlier leaving 20 Indian Army the 4,000 km long LAC. long meeting with China Spokesperson Anurag obvious reference to China, at the induction ceremony. The Defence Minister said sidelines of the Foreign personnel, including the com- Incidentally, these provoca- Defence Minister Wei Fenghe. Srivastava said here India and said on Thursday the induction Chief of Defence Staff General the Government is determined Ministers’ conclave of the manding officer dead. tive actions, including the The bilateral interaction China are in touch via diplo- of five French-made multirole Bipin Rawat and Air Chief to do “everything possible” to Shanghai Cooperation The high-level engagement Chinese repeatedly trying to at the request of the Chinese matic, military channels to Rafale jets into the Indian Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria too protect India’s sovereignty and Organisation (SCO). This was came against the backdrop of dislodge the Indian soldiers Defence Minister, however, did resolve the situation. Force is a “big and stern” mes- participated in the function. territorial integrity. $ ! ) & 567 6)8% lakh new cases in the first ten have been 72,939 recoveries in ' *+,+ days of this month. Last the last 24 hours — total recov- ndia’s Covid-19 caseload month, during the same peri- eries stand at 35,33,851. There Icrossed 4.5 million marks on od — between August 1 and are over 9.41 lakh active cases Thursday as the country raced August 10 — the country had in India, which is the second (-% towards topping the count of added just around 5 lakh cases. most affected nation due to the ! " one lakh new cases every 24 This goes to show India’s ten- deadly virus in the world. Chandigarh: Haryana Chief hours. India is also speedily day total has gone up by around On a global scale, India is $% & /85 % *8 106 deaths were reported on Minister Manohar Lal Khattar narrowing the gap with the 40 per cent during the one contributing more than one-
September 2. was discharged from the USA, which heads the list of the month period. third of the total cases every & reaking all previous records, Among the Thursday’s Medanta hospital in Gurugram worst-affected nations. India registered a record day for the last two weeks. BPunjab on Thursday regis- fatalities, maximum 16 were on Thursday afternoon after India has added around 8 95,735 coronavirus cases in 24 India is also adding tered the steepest hike of 2,464 reported from Amritsar; fol- recovering from Covid infec- hours taking the total number around 55,000 cases per day $L fresh cases in a single day — lowed by 14 from Mohali; 11 tion. In a medical bulletin of infections to over 45.52 more than the USA, which is $% pushing the state’s COVID-19 from Ludhiana; nine from issued by the hospital, Medical lakh, Government data showed nearly 20 lakh cases ahead of & tally to 72,143. Registering Jalandhar; seven from Superintendent AK Dubey said on Thursday. The country also India. With this acceleration more than 2000 cases for the Ferozepur; five from Ropar; that Manohar Lal Khattar has ! ! recorded the highest deaths in and daily narrowing of the and Uttar Pradesh besides the M second consecutive day, the four from Kapurthala, Patiala, recovered from Covid-19 and a day with 1,197 fatalities. The gap, India should be able to national Capital Delhi are State has witnessed a record and Moga; three from has been discharged from the last recorded highest spike was leave the USA behind by the recoding huge number of new number of cases, for four times, Fatehgarh Sahib, and hospital on Thursday. Doctors " R on Tuesday when India regis- end of October. cases every day, but Tamil in the past five days. Gurdaspur; two from have advised Khattar, who was tered 90,802 cases. The highest The worst-affected Indian Nadu has seen a trend rehearsal "# The State had earlier reg- Hoshiarpur, and Sangrur; and in the hospital for 17 days, to deaths were recorded a day States like Maharashtra, for the first time since the last istered the highest number of one each from Faridkot, Mansa, stay in home-quarantine and later with 1,133 fatalities. There Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka one week. 1,946 cases on September 6, fol- Muktsar, and Tarn Taran. monitor his health for a week, New Delhi: Serum Institute of )" lowed by 2,110 cases the next Maximum 307 cases were an official said.Doctors at the India on Thursday said it is * day (September 7), 2137 on reported from SAS Nagar hospital said that he did not putting on hold clinical trials of + 119:1; <=<=<:99:,; + September 9, and now a record (Mohali), followed by 295 from have any symptoms of the an experimental Covid-19 vac- ;>:?=: -:9<->;?-: high of 2,464 fresh cases was Amritsar, 277 from Jalandhar, infection and was in good cine for which it has been ,-$.& " reported on September 10. 202 from Bathinda, 195 from health. A multi-disciplinary enlisted to manufacture a bil- . 5 -=?9;< =,;: -<1-,? In just the first 10 days of Pathankot, 156 from team of doctors from AIIMS in lion doses. " ->91-:?1>:><<-;- September, the State has, till Gurdaspur, 144 from Patiala, New Delhi, PGIMS in Rohtak, “We are reviewing the sit- (+)+*),-- 2 <1<9<1 -<9?<<,;9? /0,1 $ date, recorded 18,197 cases — 141 from Hoshiarpur, 120 from Dr Virender Yadav, Civil uation and pausing India trials,” on an average, recording 1,820 Ludhiana, 91 from Kapurthala, Surgeon, Gurugram, Dr Sushila SII, the world’s biggest vaccine -*) <9;-=< ()***,:;-99 $% cases every day. 80 from Faridkot, 76 from Kataria and their team had manufacturer by volume, said 7! ,1>,:; >::,,??9<: &% As many as 697 patients Tarn Taran, 75 from Muktsar, reviewed his condition, line of in a brief statement. ! ,;>:>; :=;,>:<:, "# .2/ have succumbed to the deadly 62 from Ferozepur, 50 from treatment.Khattar tested posi- The move came a day after " .+).+)*, . ,;9,:? 1<:,,:,-> contagion in September till Sangrur, 43 from Ropar, 36 tive for Covid-19 on August 25, the company stated that it date — reporting 70 deaths from Fazilka, 30 from just a day ahead of the mon- would push ahead with the tri- ,)(()/-, @ ,>1,<, ?--,9=99, every day, on an average. Fatehgarh Sahib, 27 from soon session of the Assembly als in India despite British ,>>9?? >1?,9,<-9 " 3 + On Thursday, Punjab Barnala, 22 from Moga, 20 on August 26. The Chief drugmaker AstraZeneca hitting ,91?<: >,?;19>>9 reported 88 casualties — sec- from Mansa, and 15 from SBS Minister had shared the Covid- a pause button following an / ond highest figure reported by Nagar (Nawanshahr). 19 infection information via unexplained illness in a study 111: :<;:- $. the state. Till date, the highest Continued on page 2 twitter. PNS participant. * 1:>:? ,,1<=9-=< 2 8 =;1-- 19:??:9; O ( ! R + =,>:1 ,??,?,<=; $ ' #R !"# "! ! $ $ ) total of 1562 patients of the dis- from Panipat, Ambala, # $ $! decide on crucial issues — that the RBI and other banks be & 567 6)8% ease were discharged from dif- Kurukshetra while two each sector-specific loan restruc- given time to respond on the ferent hospitals of the day after were reported from Rohtak, % # turing, charging of interest on prayers made on Thursday. elhi’s Deputy Chief their recovery from the disease. Sirsa, Fatehabad, and one each interest, etc — and then come He submitted that the DMinister and Education Out of total confirmed cases, from Bhiwani, Jind, !' up with a concrete decision. banks have been following a Minister Manish Sisodia on 66,705 patients have so far Yamunanagar, Nuh, Rewari Meanwhile, the govern- broad system of banking and Thursday said private schools recovered from the disease. and Faridabad. '& 567 6)8% ment on Thursday said it has without considering their are not allowed to increase fees The percentage recovery for the Among the districts which constituted an expert commit- stand, no interim order be without the permission from & /85 % *8 Covid-19 patients in the State reported a big spike in cases are he Supreme Court on tee under former CAG Rajiv passed. the Government during the is 77.61 percent and out of the Gurgaon (309), Faridabad TThursday asked the Centre Mehrishi to look into the The top court said it is Covid pandemic. n the highest single day surge total samples tested 6.17 per- (282), Ambala (225), Panipat to consider a plea for not much-debated issue of waiver inclined to grant two weeks to Announcing the with- Iso far, the Haryana State cent samples have tested posi- (199), Karnal (189), charging interest on interest on of interest on loans during the Mehta, appearing for the the Centre to file an appropri- drawal of the earlier permission Health department on tive for the disease. Kurukshetra (180), Panchkula deferred EMIs during the moratorium period. Centre, submitted that an ate affidavit and it will consid- granted to the Sanskriti School, Thursday reported 2,591 fresh Haryana's previous record (174). moratorium period and also The announcement came expert committee at the high- er different prayers made by Sisodia said, “The Kejriwal cases of Covid-19. The spike of highest single-day spike of Yamunanagar (131, Hisar not downgrade the credit/asset hours after the Government est level has been set up to take petitioners on the next date. Government will not bow caused the patient tally to 2294 was witnessed on (115), Jhajjar (114), Sirsa (112), classification of the borrowers. informed the Supreme Court decisions on the issue of mora- The SC observed that its down to any pressure. We are mount to 85,944 in the State. September 9 followed by 2289 Rohtak (110), Sonepat (83), A bench of Justices Ashok that an expert panel has been torium extension, interest on interim orders, where it had taking this decision based on Deaths of 25 patients were cases on September 5 and 2286 Rewari (81) and others. Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy set up to look into the issue of interest during moratorium said that accounts not declared some serious complaints also reported on the day which on September 8. On Thursday, the State's and MR Shah asked the Centre, interest being charged by banks and other connected issues. NPAs on August 31, shouldn’t received from the parents of the increased the death toll to 907. Of the 25 deaths on fatality rate was 1.06 per cent, the Reserve Bank of India and on instalments deferred during Senior advocate Harish be declared NPAs till further Sanskriti school, According to the Health Thursday, four were reported while the doubling rate of the banks to put their heads the moratorium. Salve, appearing for the Indian orders, shall continue till the Chanakyapuri,” he said. department's daily bulletin, a from Karnal, three each were infection was 30 days. together within two weeks to Solicitor General Tushar Bank Association, submitted next date of hearing. ! " #$%&$'$ (() *+*+
(-% $ ! $ *67R $! *68R !! % 7 !555 Chandigarh: Keeping in view the severe may file their application online at units desirous and eligible for migration pandemic stress being faced by the state’s www.pbindustries.gov.in. from Fiscal Incentives for Industrial industrial sector, Punjab Government has Arora said that the decision was taken Promotion (Revised)–2013 to Industrial From page 1 decided to further extend the timeline for considering the representations received and Business Development Policy, 2017, Among them are four units to migrate from 2013’s Fiscal from the industry that they were new to within 60 days from December 2, 2019, to police personnel each from Incentives for Industrial Promotion the online system of fiscal incentives February 1, 2020,” said the Minister. He Mohali and Gurdaspur, besides (Revised) policy to 2017’s Industrial and developed on the Invest Punjab Business pointed that earlier too, when Punjab two from Fatehgarh Sahib, six Business Development Policy till First Portal and they could not file their Government had notified Industrial and prisoners from Bathinda; December 31, 2020.“Units can avail of this online application for migration from Business Development Policy, 2017, on besides 22 of those who have last time extension as per prescribed pro- Fiscal Incentives for Industrial Promotion October 17, 2017, wherein the provision returned from other countries cedure under Detailed Schemes and (Revised) – 2013 to Industrial and Business was made for the units migrating from or states. Operational Guidelines, 2018,” said the Development Policy, 2017.“The Punjab Fiscal Incentives for Industrial Promotion In all, 1,348 patients — 353 state Industries Minister Sunder Sham Industrial and Business Development (Revised)-2013 to Industrial and Business from Jalandhar, 235 from Arora on Thursday adding that a notifi- Board, constituted under the Chief Development Policy- 2017, these units Ludhiana, 154 from Amritsar, cation to this effect has been issued on Minister, had accorded one-time special were given time of 90 days to exercise their 92 from Kapurthala, among September 10, 2020, and eligible investors opportunity of making application by other option for migration, the Minister added. others — were discharged after recovering from the con- tagion, taking the total number of recoveries to 51,906 (71.95 percent). The state has 18,088 active cases (25.07 percent), of which 544 patients are on oxygen sup- port, and 79 are critical and on ventilator support.
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$ Group admin of What’s App who post fake or unverified Panhkula police stated that in Please read any message before WHAT YOU SHOULD DO AS /85 % *8 Group should be careful while contents on social media would case of false news or rumour forwarding it. If it is not nec- ! ""# ! A MEMBER OF GROUPS IN its members post any for- also be held responsible. Police regarding Covid-19 or a mes- essary, do not forward it. MESSAGING PLATFORMS aking serious note of spread warded messages on the group will take stringent action as per sage which may create panic During this catastrophe of 6 of factually incorrect and related to Covid-19. the law against those found and disturb peace among reli- Covid-19, the cyber depart- T " unverified information on “WhatsApp group admin guilty, he added. gious communities is circulat- ment is receiving such com- social media about Covid-19 will be held responsible if “Do not listen to rumours ed on social media, both the plaints where people are % which may create confusion members forward any hate or or pay heed to them. Do not administrator of the group as spreading false information on and potentially lead to panic fake message on Covid-19, or believe anything unless check- well as the sender of the mes- social media. The department % among the general public, the a message which may create ing its veracity and truthful- sage will be held responsible. has also asked the users as well Police officers of Gurugram, panic and disturb peace among ness. Take all precautionary The advisory said, “False news as the admins of groups to Panchkula, Faridabad and religious communities,” he steps to stop the spread of the has been seen to be broadcast- report cases of false news and 7 % % other districts of the State on added. coronavirus. Stay safe, stay ed on various social media plat- messages to their nearest police Thursday asked people to be Handa said that the special healthy,” the DCP added. forms like Whatsapp which is station online through their more careful about the authen- teams at Cyber Crime Police Assistant Commissioner also the fastest. Several organ- website. $ ticity of information before Station level have been formed of Police (ACP) Gurugram isations have related Whatsapp www.cybercrime.gov.in sharing or forwarding them on to flag down and take action Karan Goel who is in-charge of groups to increase work out- Panchkula Police also /" social media. against widespread rumour- district cyber crime police sta- puts. But some people have urged the people to no post the group setting to messages religion, spread hatred, give a WhatsApp group admin mongering regarding the tion said that cases regarding used these to make fake mes- fake news, hate speech or mis- by admin only. message of bigotry or which A AA will be held responsible if Covid-19 scare. District has fake news, messages have been sages viral which may cause information in groups and not They further asked the may cause communal tension, members forward any hate or received 62 cyber crime relat- registered and team members unrest. For any circulation of forward or disseminate fake admins to ensure that every the admin of the group will be fake message on Covid-19, or ed complaints including fake are investigating it thoroughly. such false messages both the news which they read in other group member is reliable and held fully responsible.” 5 a message which may create news, messages and other IT “We have issued advisory to the sender and the whatsapp group groups, delete objectionable responsible and shares only Panchkula Cyber police panic and disturb peace among related violations. The cyber people regarding the same and admin will be held responsible.” posts immediately, report cases verified news. Inform group have asked the Group Admin religious communities,officials police and IT teams of Police also warned strict action The advisory urged people of fake news or hate speech to members about the rules of to change the settings to Admin said. have been directed to act against those sharing mislead- to beware of such messages the police and group admin posting in the group and mode only. This will ensure A $ Talking to The Pioneer accordingly in this regard. ing and unverified information which are also increasing the and further, not share content actively and regularly monitor that the admin will only be able over phone, Panchkula Deputy “Team members at Cyber related to Covid-19 on social cases of fraud. Giving out tips which many be violent, the content that is being shared to post any message and with- Commissioner of Police (DCP) Crime Police Station, media platforms,“ he added. on how to battle these, the obscene and discriminatory on the group. The advisory fur- out his knowledge no members mation related to Covid-19. Mohit Handa said that the dis- Panchkula are regularly mon- Panchkula DCP said that police department has sug- against any religious commu- ther sated: Even after the in the group can post any for- Also it is advised that if there trict cyber media cells of itoring activities on social an advisory has been issued gested that users of social nity. The department urged the appropriate setting, if a fake ward that is related to spread- is multiple admin then it Panchkula Police are keeping media especially Whatsapp. regarding the same. media keep an eye on the mes- group admins to either remove message makes its way to the ing communal hate, fake should be changed to a single an eye on social media. The Apart from group admin, those An advisory issued by sages coming on social media. miscreants from groups or put group which may insult any rumours and misleading infor- admin. . ! 34 $ + , - $ & /85 % *8 intervention has been sought in notice seeks to debar his entry 45, DGP Dinkar Gupta said. into India and to arrest him to ntensifying crackdown While Facebook has blocked face trial as soon as he sets foot Iagainst rumour mongers 47, Twitter has blocked 52, in the country. spreading misinformation on YouTube has blocked 21 and 01 A total of 18 FIRs have Covid on social media, Punjab Instagram accounts/links from been registered from August 27 Police on Thursday approached their platforms. to September 10 against per- $%& ' " "
the Centre for blocking access In addition, 292 more such sons involved in rumour mon- to 45 links indulging in false URLs/Links carrying malicious gering, said the DGP. This #
propaganda after the social content have been reported to includes the FIR registered media platforms concerned Social Media Platforms for against LIP leader and MLA ! !# ' failed to act against them with- blocking the same, said the Simarjit Singh Bains. ! ) +# in the mandated 36 hours of DGP. The police have also The State Cyber Crime notices being issued to them by issued a look-out circular for Cell, Punjab, has also appealed the state. one Satwinder Singh, current- to the people not to share any , - With 13 more ly residing in Vienna (Austria). kind of unverified/unauthentic accounts/links blocked by the Satwinder @ Sam Thind, r/o posts, news, videos or stories "./0 " various platforms, the total vill Phul Shahkot, was alleged- regarding Covid on social !! ## # ! ! number of URLs/links blocked ly responsible for posting fake media platforms, in the inter- , - . - ! $ for spreading false propaganda videos and refraining people in est of the safety, security and * *$ ! $ ' /, 0 + in the state has gone up to 121, Punjab from going to hospitals maintenance of public order in + $ * 1. while the central government’s for treatment. The lookout Punjab. & 5 * Dayalan informed that an FIR has been registered against arning that stringent the unknown miscreants who Waction will be initiated had made a malicious audio . <=>/ *- ! against those who spread clip to lower the confidence of rumors on Covid-19, Mohali public in the medical facilities / . Deputy Commissioner Girish at Mohali Civil Hospital. "!#$ % &$"! & Dayalan on Thursday said that Whereas the sharing of unverified, mislead- Administration is making all & /85 % *8 tory failure at Grecian Hospital, 20 + ' #& ( ) * ing, malicious information on out efforts to contain the spread Mohali on September 4.” social media would invite of COVID-19 in the district, hree residents died due to Out of the total 283 new & /85 % *8 tory manner in which Punjabi action under relevant provi- certain anti-social elements are TCOVID-19 in Chandigarh positive cases, 223 were detect- has been excluded as an official & /85 % *8 # &78475 7 sions of Indian Penal Code, spreading all sorts of rumors on on Thursday as the city report- ed through RT-PCR testing hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) language of J&K by its admin- :#0307 25#5 Disaster Management Act and social media including ed 283 fresh infections. while other cases were found Shas decided to take up the istration. Punjabi has been he Special Investigation 52;22 5 7<2 Epidemic Diseases Act. WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, “The COVID-19 death toll through rapid antigen testing. issue of restoration of Punjabi given the status of an official TTeam of Punjab Police on 73=304"" 7 “Do not forward Covid Instagram and others. “This reached 80 in the union terri- A two and a half years old as an official language in the language in the erstwhile con- Thursday carried out raids in related messages without ver- not just creates panic in the tory while the total cases stood female child from Sector 44, Union Territory of Jammu and stitution of the J&K State and Himachal Pradesh and Delhi to 3#2;33 ifying. We are monitoring such society but is also extremely at 6987,” stated the Chandigarh three years old female child Kashmir with Prime Minister this status should be retained in nab former DGP Sumedh posts on social media. discouraging for the frontline Health Department’s evening from Hallomajra, four years old Narendra Modi and Union the present dispensation also,” Singh Saini who is facing arrest working as a junior engineer Legal action will be taken corona warriors,” said the bulletin. male child from Khuda Lahora Home Minister Amit Shah said Sukhbir.Sukhbir assured in the 1991 Balwant Singh with Chandigarh Industrial against those who spread false Deputy Commissioner. There were 2573 active and five years old male child besides taking up the issue in the party leaders that he would Multani disappearance case. and Tourism Corporation. news,” said Dayalan adding He said that the entire cases and 4331 recovered cases from Sector 27 were among the Parliament also.As per the take up this issue forcefully However, the former Director The Punjab and Haryana that “action would be taken government machinery is in the city till the evening, the those tested positive for decision, taken at the party’s with the Centre as well as raise General of Police remained High Court on Tuesday had against all WhatsApp Admins working 24X7 and making all health bulletin said. COVID-19 in the past 24 hours high level meeting, presided the issue in the Parliament to elusive. dismissed Saini's anticipatory who share unverified, mis- out efforts to keep people safe Giving details of the fatal- in Chandigarh, according to over by SAD president Sukhbir ensure the due status of Punjabi Officials on Wednesday bail plea in this matter. The leading COVID-19 informa- from the virus but a few bad ities, the bulletin said, “A 46 the bulletin. Singh Badal, the party would language was restored. “Punjabi had said that they had carried bench of Justice Fateh Deep tion. elements are hampering the years old male resident of The fresh cases were seek a change in the draft leg- was embedded in the culture of out raids at residences of asso- Singh had also dismissed Saini's “Rumors spread fast on process by posting and sharing Manimajra, who was comor- reported from Sectors 7, 8, 9, islation seeking to make Urdu, J&K from the time of the ciates of Saini at various places second petition that sought social media, leading to unfounded messages. bid, has expired at GMCH-32 10, 11, 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi, and Khalsa Raj and was widely including Hoshiarpur and quashing of FIR (first infor- unwanted panic among the “None would be allowed to on Thursday during treatment 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, English official languages of used as a medium of instruc- Mohali in Punjab, Dabwali mation report) in the case or people. So, our cyber cell sabotage our pandemic control for COVID-19. A 66 years old 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, J&K by seeking inclusion of tion. Punjabi was a compulso- and Sirsa in Haryana, and the transfer of investigation to sleuths are up on guard. We efforts; we will take sternest male resident of Sector 48, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, Punjabi language in this list. ry subject like Urdu in J&K till Delhi. the Central Bureau of have stepped up online sur- action in the book against the who was comorbid, expired at 55, 56, 30 west, Bapu Dham “There is widespread 1981. Any attempt to dislodge Saini, whose whereabouts Investigation. Saini had veillance to identify senders of miscreants”, said Dayalan. GMCH-32 on September 6. A colony in Sector 26, Behlana, resentment amongst Sikhs and it as an official language in J&K were still unknown, was approached the high court such fake news, frivolous, Meanwhile, he also made 59 years old female resident of Burail, Daria, Dhanas, Punjabis living in Jammu and is an assault on the identity of booked in May in connection after his bail plea was dis- unfounded COVID-19 related an appeal to the people not to Sector 22, a case of pneumonia, Hallomajra, Industrial Area Kashmir as well as Punjabis the Sikh community in the with the disappearance of missed by a Mohali court on messages and other content,” he fall prey to rumors and fake expired due to type 4 respira- Phase I and II, Kaimbwala. worldwide at the discrimina- State,” he added. Multani in 1991 when he was September 1. added. news. $ .+ $ R& '''( + $ $ Q* * R & /85 % *8 fire brigade vehicle and pelted minister Bhupinder Singh stones on the police. Hooda and AICC spokesman & /85 % *8 spokesperson. teacher ratio. “They are quite he Bhartiya Kisan Union Superintendent of Police Astha Randeep Singh Surjewala & /85 % *8A - The spokesperson said that open, airy and have green or Tand other farmer organi- Modi said agitators blocked the strongly condemned the use of )5 8* o further improve the qual- the village panchayats, various white boards. Separate toilets sations on Thursday blocked national highway. The district police force on farmers and Tity of education and to leaders, communities, donors, are provided for boys and girls. the national highway at Pipli in administration relented and lift- charged the BJP-JJP combine aking an emotional " provide better infrastructure to school management commit- There is provision for separate Kurukshetra district of ed the barriers outside the rally government with suppressing Mappeal to the people of the students, about 6,000 tees, NRIs and school staff rooms in smart schools for Haryana to protest three farm site to allow thousands of pro- the voice of peasantry through Punjab, the state Health and schools have been converted have made invaluable contri- principals or headmasters and ordinances of the Centre, testers reach their destination. oppressive measures. Farmer Family Welfare Minister Balbir # ! into smart schools so far under bution in this drive to build staff rooms in addition, science which they claimed were “anti- Haryana BKU president leader Akshay Hathira, who led Singh Sidhu on Thursday the Punjab Government’s ini- smart schools. “The Education laboratories, vocational labo- farmers”. Gurnam Singh Charuni one of the protester groups, told urged the people to come for- tial drive to create excellent Department has now decided ratories etc has also been The Pipli Chowk on described the rally as its first the media that the state gov- ward and undergo COVID-19 environment in the govern- to honor these individuals, ensured,” added the spokesper- National Highway 22 remained success against the “repressive ernment was trying to curb the testing as delayed reporting by ment schools. who came forward to improve son. tense and a centre for a ''battle'' government”. He said farmers voice of farmers by banning the the patients to the hospitals is He added that everyone As a result, enrollment in the school infrastructure and between the police and pro- would continue to hold rallies rally and imposing prohibito- the cause of concern in this bat- has to play a significant role in government schools has support the smart school cam- PUNJAB GOVT SIMPLIFIES testers for about four hours. and demonstrations through- ry orders under CrPC section tle against the pandemic. this war by remaining vigilant increased by 14.55 percent this paign,” added the spokesper- PROCEDURE OF ACCRED- The police had raised a num- out the country till the “anti- 144 (prevents assembly of five Sidhu, who held a review about the precautions which year and about 1.60 lakh stu- son. ITATION OF OF PRIVATE ber of barriers to stop the farmer” ordinances are not or more people at one spot) at meeting on COVID-19 situa- would help them to protect dents of private schools have “The condition of class- SCHOOLS farmers from reaching Pipli withdrawn. Charuni alleged Pipli. tion in Jalandhar with the from COVID-19 pandemic as take admission in the govern- rooms, playgrounds, educa- To make the functioning of Mandi to hold ''Kissan Bachao, that the BJP government The BJP-led state govern- Health Department, said that only awareness is vital for ment schools,” said the state tion parks, science laboratories Punjab School Education Mandi Bachao'' rally organised through these ordinances was ment had asked the BKU not the State Government and its keeping the contagion at bay. Education Minister Vijay Inder and toilets in schools has been Department smooth and trans- by the farmer organisations and trying to get out of the well test- to go ahead with the rally in machinery are working round Calling the health staff as Singla. improved. This has led to an parent, the State Government supported by the Congress and ed Minimum Support Price view of the coronavirus pan- the clock to halt the spread of his own family, the Minister Singla said that the number increase in the performance of department has simplified the AAP. The protesters, however, and Mandi system, and was demic. the virus and we need just also hailed their contribution of students in government students which is evident from procedure of issuance of managed to break many of throwing the farmers before Farmers in Haryana and wholeheartedly support of saying that they are working schools in 2019 was 23,52,112 the results of government Accreditation or Registration these barriers. “big sharks” to exploit them. He Punjab have been protesting everyone in the terms of quick tirelessly in this war against the which has increased to schools this year. These smart Certificate to the Private The agitating farmers also also condemned the police against the Farmers'' Produce reporting to the Health pandemic. He said that histo- 26,94,424 this year. schools are completely differ- Schools and Institutions. The blocked traffic on the national action on protesters and Trade and Commerce Department at the very onset ry will remember this battle “Singla had launched the ent from normal schools. Smart state’s School Education highway for over four hours, claimed many farmers were (Promotion and Facilitation) of sickness or other symp- which was fought by doctors, smart school policy in schools are technology-based Secretary Krishan Kumar has causing hardship to thousands injured and several of them Ordinance, 2020, the Farmers toms. medical staff and others for September 2019 to raise the learning institutions which are issued a letter in this regard. of commuters who used village were taken into custody to (Empowerment and “As soon as someone devel- rendering the duty to serve the standard of education with the playing the significant role in “Now private schools or insti- link roads to bypass Pipli. Police prevent them from reaching Protection) Agreement on ops fever or flu-like symp- ailing humanity. main objective of uplifting the the overall development of stu- tutions have to apply online to resorted to lathicharge when the rally spot from across the Price Assurance and Farm toms, he or she must get test- He said that the entire school infrastructure and rev- dents,” added the spokesperson. get the certificate of recognition farmers coming from Shahbad state. Services Ordinance, 2020, and ed for COVID-19 promptly so humanity bows before these olutionize the education sector. Spokesperson said that or registration. The registration area pushed their way into the Opposition leaders like the Essential Commodities that treatment can be started at brave hearts who were working Under this campaign, the face each smart school has a sepa- fee will also be paid online by rally site. The agitating farmers Haryana Congress chief (Amendment) Ordinance, the earliest of the patients with untiringly to save human exis- of 6,000 schools has been rate classroom for each section the school or institution,” said also broke window panes of a Kumari Selja, former chief 2020. co-morbidities,” said Sidhu. tence. changed in one year,” said the according to the student- the spokesperson. ! " #$%&$'$ (() *+*+ . :$ - '5! $ $! 5
& 567 6)8% on Thursday. as well as the Ministry clearly to all the States/UTs and urged in the joint letter that while the “Health Ministry urges state that the two specific cat- them to ensure that the all RAT is being used to increase ! larmed at the huge spike in States/UTs to Mandatorily egories of persons — all symp- symptomatic negative cases of access and availability of test- ACovid-19 cases each pass- retest all Symptomatic Negative tomatic (fever or cough or RAT are mandatorily retested ing in the field, RT-PCR ing day, a worried Centre on Cases of Rapid Antigen Tests breathlessness) negative cases using the RT-PCR test. remains the gold standard of & 567 6)8% increasing the bilateral defence future. Thursday asked the States to through RT-PCR,” the Union of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) “This is necessary to ensure Covid tests. engagements under the Special Last month, Abe decided mandatorily re-test all symp- Health Ministry tweeted. and asymptomatic negative that such symptomatic negative Meanwhile, India saw a n an effort to further cement Strategic and Global to resign citing health issues. tomatic coronavirus negative “Union Health Ministry cases of RAT that develop cases do not remain untested record single-day spike of Ithe defence and strategic ties Partnership between the two “Prime Minister Modi cases of rapid antigen tests has noted that in some large symptoms within 2 to 3 days of and do not spread the disease 95,735 infections and 1,172 and in view of an expansionist countries, they said. expressed his gratitude to through RT-PCR test, consid- States, symptomatic being tested negative — must among their contacts. This will fatalities taking India’s Covid- China, India and Japan on This agreement now allows Prime Minister Abe for his per- ered a gold standard for detect- negative cases tested by Rapid necessarily be retested through also ensure early detection and 19 caseload past 44 lakh and Thursday signed an agreement the armed forces of the two sonal commitment and lead- ing the infection. Antigen Tests (RAT) are not RT-PCR tests,” said a senior isolation/hospitalization of death toll to 75,062, while here concerning Reciprocal countries to use each other’s ership in greatly strengthening The advisory comes as being followed up by RT-PCr official from the Ministry. such false negatives,” said an recoveries surged to 34,71,783 Provision of Supplies and facilities like replenishment in the relationship between the India saw a record single-day testing. In this regard, the Ministry official from the Ministry. on Thursday, according to the Services between the Armed terms of diesel, food, fresh two countries,” the MEA said. spike of nearly 1 lakh infections “The guidelines of ICMR and ICMR have jointly written It has also been reiterated Ministry. Forces of India and The Self- water and other such logistical The two leaders also wel- Defense Forces of Japan. The items. India has similar agree- comed the signing of a recip- agreement was signed by ments with the US, Australia, rocal logistics support agree- # 50> )03 2 2:5 "7 2 Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar France, Oman and Singapore. ment between the Indian 4;( ! $! and Ambassador of Japan For his part, Prime Minister Armed Forces and the Self- Suzuki Satoshi. Narendra Modi held a tele- Defense Forces of Japan. & 567 6)8% tions and examination conducting Giving details of the pact, phonic conversation with his “They concurred that the authorities may plan out the examina- <6 $ defence ministry officials said outgoing Japanese counterpart agreement will further enhance head of the conduct of NEET tion schedule in a staggered manner so here on Thursday this agree- Shinzo Abe and conveyed his the depth of defence coopera- A2020 scheduled on September 13, as to avoid overcrowding at any exam- New Delhi: The ITBP Referral Hospital equipping, staffing and moral boosting ment establishes the enabling gratitude for playing a key role tion between the two countries the Union Health Ministry on ination centre on any day, the guide- at Greater Noida “successfully” treated of all ranks. DG has taken keen inter- framework for closer coopera- in greatly strengthening ties and contribute to peace and Thursday revised guidelines for the pre- lines outlined more than 1,150 Covid-19 patients of est in each and every detail of hospi- tion between the Armed Forces between India and Japan. In the security in the Indo-Pacific cautions and planning to be done Exam functionaries and examinees Central Armed Police Forces personnel tal functioning and ensured that noth- of India and Japan in recipro- talks, Modi apprised Abe his region,” the MEA said. while conducting exams amid the would need to submit a self-declaration and their families. Till September 8, the ing falls short for patients.” cal provision of supplies and intention to work closely with “Made a phone call to my pandemic. about their health status at the time of hospital has treated and cured Covid-19- The hospital had recorded a very services while engaged in bilat- the new government of Japan dear friend @AbeShinzo to Only asymptomatic staff and stu- entrance to the examination centre. Such hit CAPF and Central Police high recovery rate which is almost 100 eral training activities, United and wished him the very best wish him good health and dents would be allowed inside the exam self-declaration form may be circulat- Organisations fraternity, including 91 percent (except one patient who died Nations Peacekeeping for the future, the Ministry of happiness. I deeply cherish our hall while those examination centres in ed at the time of issue of admit cards. personnel from BSF, 196 from CRPF, 200 of heart attack). This is way higher than Operations, Humanitarian External Affairs said. long association. His leadership the containment zone would not be Students should also be given prior from CISF, 289 from ITBP, 159 from SSB, the national recovery rate of 78 per International Relief and other It said the two leaders and commitment have been given permission to function. information on what they should carry, 83 from NSG, 64 from SPG, 15 from cent, despite the fact that 25-30 percent mutually agreed activities. expressed confidence that the vital in taking India-Japan part- Noting that examination centres which includes exam related docu- NIA, 10 from NDRF, one from BPR&D, of admitted patients were having other The agreement will also strong momentum attained in nership to new heights. I am are frequented by a large number of ments, admit card, ID card etc., face 19 from IB, three from CBI, seven from co-morbidities, along with the Covid- enhance the interoperability partnership between the two sure this momentum will con- students, as well as their parents, and mask, water bottle, hand sanitiser etc. NTRO and five from the MHA. 19 infection like cancer, TB, heart dis- between the Armed Forces of countries in the last few years tinue in the coming years,” staff till the entire duration of the exam “If a student is found to be symp- No doctor or hospital staff suffered ease and the like, officials said. India and Japan thereby further will continue unabated in the Modi tweeted. and therefore, the Ministry called for tomatic, the permission or denial any Covid-19 infection despite being About 8-10 per cent of the patients following specific preventive measures thereof, in such cases shall be granted exposed to the disease for long periods were critically ill at the time of admis- like physical distancing of 6 feet, use of as per the policy already enunciated on of time during their duty. Inspector sion with major breathing difficulty. The face covers and masks, frequent hand- the issue by the examination conduct- General (Medical) and Medical 200-bed hospital is equipped with spe- washing with soap, use of alcohol-based ing authorities,” the Ministry said Superintendent Dr DC Dimri said, cialised facilities like hip replacement, hand sanitisers and following respira- adding all staff and students would be “Due to active motivation and support knee replacement, dialysis, non-invasive tory etiquette strictly. allowed entry only when they are of SS Deswal, DG ITBP, the ITBP Cardiology, Laparoscopic surgical pro- Universities, educational institu- using face cover and masks. Referral Hospital has seen significant cedures and cancer screening. PNS . - * /00
&$$ 567 6)8% by Swamy. The Education Minister exams this last week - out (of ) While Swamy claimed that also added that out of 8.58 lakh 18 lakhs who downloaded pass- ducation Minister Ramesh only 51 percent of the total JEE Mains applicants, 6.35 lakh es only 8 lakhs turned up to take EPokhriyal Nishank and BJP applicants took the exams, the appeared for the exam. “Central up the exam. What a disgrace leader Subramanian Swamy on NTA, responsible for the con- & respective State Governments for the nation which extols Thursday sparred on social duct of entrance tests like JEE assured all possible assistance to vidya and gyan,” Swamy had media on the issue of the num- and NEET, claimed that 75 the students, for which I com- tweeted initially. ber of students who actually percent took the exams. NTA pliment all State Governments Following Pokhriyal’s tweet appeared for the Joint Engeering sources said the figure is almost as well. This entire effort dis- late Wednesday night, Swamy Entrance (JEE) tests held last the same when compared to the played the spirit of cooperative retorted on Thursday by post- week amid the controversy over applicants and examinees every federalism,” Pokhriyal shared ing what he said was a copy of the conduct of the exams by the year in the recent past. further in response to Swamy, the official figures the ministry National Testing Agency (NTA) “I would like to place some who is also a Rajya Sabha mem- gave to the Supreme Court. during the Covid-19 pandem- facts on the record regarding ber. Swamy responded that the “I will soon tweet what the ic. The duo engaged in a Twitter JEE (Main) exams. The number numbers are wrong and that the Ministry of Education stated to face-off after Swamy shared of applicants for #JEEMains number of registered candi- the Supreme Court as candi- that due to the pandemic less stands at 8.58 lakh, not 18 lakh dates was 9,53,473, according to dates registered state wide and than half of the applicants final- as you tweeted,” mentioned a Ministry of Education abroad at 9,53,473 at 660 cen- ly took the exams. Nishank Pokhriyal on the microblogging response submitted at the tres. The Minister’s tweet for responded saying the number of site countering Swamy, who Supreme Court. me to see his “facts” was 8.58 JEE applicants this year was 8.58 has, of late, been targeting his “I had the accurate count on lakhs. Now who’s is official?” lakh and not 18 lakh as claimed own party on several issues. how many students took the JEE Swamy said. 9 ' ! $ $') $'
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ok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Lon Thursday said the House and the Government have to take a call on the election of the Deputy Speaker, amid the Congress’ demand for an appointment to the post which is vacant for the past one year. Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had on Wednesday demanded the appointment of the Deputy Speaker, pointing out the delay of more than a year. Customarily, the Deputy Speaker’s post is given to the main opposition party or its allies. However, in 2014, Government-friendly AIADMK got the post of Deputy Speaker. Birla did not elaborate further on this mat- ter. Addressing the media about the monsoon session from September 14, the Speaker said holding the Monsoon Session this year was a challenge because of the Covid-19 pan- demic but it will be “historic”. Birla said the Zero Hour will be of half-an-hour duration and there will be no Question Hour but written questions could be asked and they will have to be answered. The mon- soon session of Parliament is scheduled from September 14 to October 1. Hectic preparations are underway for the session with several first-time measures being taken because of the pandemic, such as testing of MPs, staggered seating arrange- ments in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and use of both cham- bers and galleries to accom- modate the members. Birla said 257 members will be seat- ed in the Lok Sabha hall, 172 in Lok Sabha gallery, 60 in Rajya Sabha and 51 in Rajya Sabha gallery. Chambers will be sani- tised and the MPS will have to undergo RT-PCR test for Covid-19 before the session begins, the Lok Sabha Speaker said. ! " #$%&$'$ (() *+*+ 1
& $ - +# $ : ! 12. )3 , 3 Kolkata: Soon after assuming the $ & @) . presidentship of Bengal Pradesh Congress Behrampore MP and & & @ )% *8A 8%* Jammu: The Pakistani Army resorted to 'unpro- n an apparent indication that the BJP was heavily depend- Congress Leader in Lok Sabha voked' ceasefire violations at multiple locations Iing on polarisation politics while marching into 2021 Adhir Chowdhury on Thursday he process of selling the land in Andla for along the line of control in Poonch sector on Bengal Assembly elections party president JP Nadda on raised the pitch for an electoral Tthe Defence Industrial Corridor is accel- Thursday. Hitting back, the Indian troops too Thursday came down heavily on the Mamata Banerjee alliance with the Left Front. erated. Land deals of about 10 crores done in ! gave them a befitting reply. Government for its politics of minority appeasement. “The Congress had always a year. Now land allotment to investors will be Unconfirmed reports from across the line Alleging that the Trinanool Congress Government could been firm in its belief about an starting from 15th September. Investors will be Jaipur: Judge Ajay Kumar Sharma, suspects had been seen near his res- control suggested several Pakistani troops were go any distance to mollycoddle the Muslim minorities — electoral alliance with the Left. It able to transfer the land on their firm’s name who pronounced the death sentence idence. “These terrorist groups are hurt in retaliatory firing while several military who account for nearly 28 percent of the State’s vote bank is the CPI(M) which required to after the payment of fees. This work boosted for four convicts in the Jaipur ser- quite dangerous and can do any- structures were also flattened. —Nadda slammed the ruling party for “fanning anti-Hindu take a decision on this… For the up soon after the review meeting chaired by ial blasts case, recently wrote a let- thing. They have also been seen In Jammu Defence PRO Lt Col Devender sentiments in Bengal. past several months the two CM Yogi. Principal Secretary Avnish Awasthi ter to DGP Bhupendra Singh, ask- clicking pictures of my place.” Anand said, “ Pakistan initiated unprovoked The Mamata Banerjee Government which had failed sides are jointly organising polit- has directed the district administration to allot ing him to extend his security Sharma also quoted the case of ceasefire violation by firing with small arms & in all front and irked the electorate by promoting corrup- ical programmes … now time the land by 15th September. cover fearing threats to his family Judge Neelkanth Ganjoo who pro- shelling with mortars along LoC in many loca- tion and goonda-police-syndicate raj was in a bid to regain has come when we need to A total of 53 land deeds were signed in the and him. nounced the death sentence for ter- tions on Thursday”. its lost ground was “creating an anti-Hindu sentiment in strike a political and electoral past year in and around Andla. As per the cir- In the letter, retired judge rorist Maqbool Bhat in 1984. He was He said, Pakistani troops first resorted to the State,” Nadda said in a virtual rally adding the TMC alliance to take on the misrule of cle rate, the total land price of these deeds Sharma quoted intelligence reports later killed by terrorists on October ceasefire violation at about 5.30 a.m in Mankote would have to account for its misdeeds in the elections. Trinamool Congress,” comes around 2.75 crores. Apart from this, the and said that the terrorist groups can 2, 1989. Sharma further said his only sector. The second incident was reported at about Wondering why the Government had declared lock Chowdhury said adding the government has made a deal of 7.55 hectares extract revenge from his family and fault was that he had punished the 11.45 a.m in Degwar sector & the third time at down in Bengal on September 5 when the whole world cel- Left-Congress alliance can joint- of land from 79 farmers for about 6.5 crores him. “Also officials said that my terrorists with death sentences. about 12. 15 p.m in Mendhar sector of district ebrated the ground breaking ceremony of the Ram Temple ly put up a massive fight in (twice the circle rate). In this way, the purchase security is being removed. I request He said these terrorists were Poonch”. At all the locations the Indian Army in Ayodhya Nadda said “construction of a Ram Temple had Bengal. of land worth about 10 crores has been done you to continue the security cover related to the ISI and were working retaliated befittingly, he addd. been the historic aspiration of the Indian people for ages There was no immediate until now. Registrar of Khair, Dheeraj Singh given to me in the context,” he with sleeper cells of the organisation. Meanwhile, the Indian troops have been and when the long awaited date came when Prime reaction from the Marxist lead- said that 19 land deeds have been done in Andla said Jaipur witnessed serial blasts on Ma keeping a tight vigil to fail the nefarious designs Minister Narendra Modi visited Ayodhya during ground ership though a senior leader said since September 2019 which consists of 8 deeds The retired judge further said 13, 2008, in which more than 80 of the Pakistan army which is desperately try- breaking ceremony here in Bengal the Government “the Left Front will take a deci- till March 2020 and 11 deeds after that. In one that liquor bottles had been thrown people died and 250 were ing to send across heavily armed infiltrators declared a lockdown so as to forcibly stop the people from sion on the issue at an appro- year, about 3.49-hectare land was purchased at him and some motorcycle-borne injured. IANS inside the Indian territory. PNS expressing their sentiments and enjoy the day. priate moment.” PNS from farmers. 77+ '67 1 $ *$ 8 7 ,;1< !# P = >! $ / New Delhi: Prime Minister sion of the digital launch of the viding farmers with support F Kochi: Kerala is in for major Narendra Modi on Thursday 20,050 crore Pradhan Mantri during the times of coron- & & @ depending on foreign countries trouble as the number of Covid- $ && /8655% exhorted people of Bihar to put Matsya Sampada Yojana avirus pandemic, Modi said five )% *8A 8%* for mobile, voice and sensor 19 patients and deaths due to the their best to become the pillars (PMMSY).Setting the tone for years ago, safe drinking water control type advanced locks. pandemic are all set to see a hike here is encouraging news of “Atmanirbhar Bharat” which the upcoming Bihar assembly had reached only 2 per cent of fter CM Yogi’s call of Only a modern machine is a in the coming weeks, according Tfrom Tamil Nadu as the will enrich the villages further polls, Modi began his address the households and now this Aresearch for new technolo- solution to develop new tech- to KK Shylaja, Minister of number of fatalities and Covid- and strengthen them.”Today in local dialect, Bhojpuri and number has crossed 70 per gy in the field of locks, a ray of nologies of locks in Aligarh. health. 19 new cases showed a fall for the schemes that have been ini- greeted the people of Bihar. cent. happiness lightens the face of Based on that only our business “Now that we are relaxing the the sixth day in succession. On tiated, the thought behind that “Bihar is bravely facing Modi said that even in this businessmen. They believe that will be grown and compete in lock down rules and life is com- Thursday, the State diagnosed is that our villages become pil- floods' situation as well as coro- time of Corona, about 60 lakh Jammu: The Union Territory if the government will launch the local and international mar- ing back to normalcy, the 5,528 persons with Covid-19 lars of an “Atmanirbhar Bharat”. navirus. We are aware of the houses in Bihar have been of J&K is set to record 50,000 schemes to develop the industry kets. chances for the transmission of while 64 deaths were recorded The attempt is that now in flood situation in Bihar and ensured to get water from the tap coronavirus cases on Friday here only then will new tech- CM Yogi had a review meet- the disease are high. It is for the in the last 24 hours. this century - Blue Revolution adjoining areas. The efforts of and this is a really big achieve- after it recorded more than nology be developed. ing through video conferencing. people to ensure that they follow According to Government means work related to fisheries, both Centre and state govern- ment To support farmers, the 1,000 cases for the eight day in Without government ini- During this, he said that the lock the guidelines,” said the Minister releases, there has been a fall in White Revolution means dairy ment is to ensure the comple- government has transferred sucession taking the tally to tiative, this work is not possible hardware manufacturing sector while inaugurating the Covid-19 the number of Covid-19 cases work, Sweet Revolution means tion of relief work in a speedy 6,000 crore directly to the 49,134, while 13 more covid-19 because of the non-availability of of Aligarh has immense scope test centre at Ernakulam by diagnosed in Tamil Nadu since honey production. It will enrich manner,” Modi said.Praising bank accounts of 75 lakh farm- patients succumbed to the advanced machinery. and he emphasized to develop video conferencing from the September 4. While there were our villages further, strengthen the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish ers in Bihar since the launch of virus on Thursday. Manufacturers here are mainly new technology. State Capital. Later in the day, the 5,976 new cases on September them,” Modi said on the occa- Kumar’s good works for pro- PM-Kisan, he said. PNS With 1.592 fresh cases Minister’s office said in a release 4, the subsequent days saw the detected on Thursday the that 12 persons died in the numbers coming down to 5,870 active positive cases in the ++ ,$$ - . )&/! State on Thursday taking the (Sept 5), 5,783 (Sept 6), 5,776 ,=1 * 9:; $ region stood at 14074. total fatalities to 396. The day (Sept 7), 5,684 (Sept 8) and This is the second biggest saw 3,349 new persons testing 5,584(Sept 9). Similar trend was single-day spike in new infec- , &/ "&!/ , & positive for Covid-19 which noticed in the number of per- $ 20 76< tions in Jammu and Kashmir. took the total number of patients sons succumbed to the pan- Aligarh : The deadliest corona The Union Territory had $ && /8655% accused has been brought back in the State to 26,229. PNS demic since September 4. is spreading rapidly. A record & 567 6)8%A++2 educational empowerment recorded its sharpest spike of to the top leafdership of the breaking 189 news cases report- schemes of the Central 1,617 fresh cases on K Stalin, president, DMK, party by promoting him to the ed in the district superseded the nion Minister of Minority Government. Wednesday. Mbegan the process of forti- post of deputy general secretary. ? 1 '@ %! $! previous record of 188 in a sin- UAffairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who is on a According to the media fying the party for the upcom- K Ponmudi, former education gle. While 163 recovered. The Naqvi on Thursday said that two-day visit to the Union bulletin, out of 13 deaths, eight ing Assembly election scheduled minister too has been elevated % total number of covid-19 cases abolition of Article 370 has Territory of Ladakh, addressed of these were reported from for March-April 2021. The to the post of deputy general sec- in the district is 5858 out of demolished the “speed break- various public meetings, met Jammu and five from the tenure of the present assembly retary. +2+!% court that Rhea and her younger which 4100 recovered so far and er” of redundant laws which representatives of various social Kashmir Valley. comes to an end in May 2021. The post of general secre- brother had cooperated with the 1629 are active. had obstructed the develop- organisations in Leh, Saboo- With this, the death toll On Wednesday, the gener- tary has been lying vacant since Mumbai sessions court on investigations. “The allegations Today, 189 people were ment process in Thang, ChushotShama, due to the disease has risen to al council of he DMK elected March 2020 when the incum- AThursday reserved its order against the applicants would at found infected in the JN Medical Jammu-Kashmir and Leh- ChushotGongma, Phyangetc 845. Meanwhile, out of 1592 Dorai Murugan as general sec- bent K Anbazhagan, the oldest till Friday on the bail applica- the most make out a case of pur- College, Pandit Deendayal Ladakh. Naqvi said that now and also reviewed different freeh cases, 770 were reported retary and former Union active politician in the country, tions of Bollywood actress Rhea chasing of drugs which is a bail- Upadhyay Joint Hospital, Private Jammu-Kashmir and Leh- development projects with offi- from the Jammu region and Minister TR Baalu as treasurer. breathed his last at the age of Chakraborty and her brother able offence. There is no shred Lab and Antigen Test. PNS Ladakh are also getting bene- cials of the UT 822 from the Kashmir A Raja, the 2G Spectrum scam 98. Showik in a drug case relating to of evidence to connect the appli- fits of various socio-economic- Administration. Valley. PNS actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s cants with financing of any illic- death. it traffic or harbouring any A day after he moved an offenders,” he said. application before the sessions In one of the several court seeking bail for the arrest- grounds cited by for grant of bail ed actress, Rhea’s lawyer Satish to Rhea, Maneshinde stated in Maneshinde argued that his the bail application filed before client was “innocent”, that she the court:a “The application “has not committed any crime has been arraigned for an whatsoever” and that “she has offence punishable under sec- been falsely implicated in the tion 8 (c) read with 20 (b) (ii) 22, case”. Maneshinde, who is also 27 A, 28, 29 and 30 of the NDPS seeking bail for Showik, told the Act, 1985. ! " #$%&$'$ (() *+*+ # 2 2 !$,!&& 2# "$ A B. $ A A ((B1 0 49 ( / /$ %A / - 1 4 5# *- - 7 < @ 4 ! ? ) $ .EO A.@ ( B ! .S ? ) ( 9 ) ? * - B . C ? ? 5 B 4 D . @ E 3 6)& . ? 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The charges the State Assembly. service reporting on this root actually inspired by an Ogden against Rhea Chakraborty seem In the case of drugs too, it cause rather than spending 5 ? ? ) Nash poem that has nothing to do to (on the face of it) lack any is hardly ever the powerful most of its time on what can D with marijuana. weight and will be rightly who are punished. Most drug only be called voyeuristic enter- $ S 9 6$97 $9 On a completely unrelated examined by a court of law but .3*@+ arrests are on charges of con- tainment. ? $ G C ( note, in this past week, Rhea the trial in all respects has +2+!%*6E6)6 sumption of marijuana by At its core, all of these Chakraborty has been arrested by already been played out on our watchmen, students and hard- episodes show that we as . ? ( the Narcotics Control Bureau television screens. The only .8..8@2 8 ly ever well-connected politi- Indians have slowly but surely * (NCB) apparently on the allega- real consequence, I suspect, will /55!% cians or media moguls. In a descended to a state where # S tion that she procured marijuana be that officials will now be able study by the think tank Vidhi, political agenda trumps rule of for Sushant Singh Rajput and to scare individuals by just /@5.%.2.6 2. data from Mumbai revealed law. This cuts both ways. For . B < might have even consumed it talking about this entire episode that though cannabis constitut- example, though Kangana )S P Q herself. The arrest came after Ms and extracting a larger bribe. ?$</*@*6@3.86 ed just 6.2 crore of the 60.6 Ranaut’s statements on Mumbai ) Chakraborty was being grilled for You, dear reader, might crore worth of drugs seized in being Pakistan-occupied close to eight hours for three days say you have nothing to fear ?9$?/*@*6 Maharashtra in 2016, it Kashmir are ridiculous and E straight and without any contra- and will, therefore, welcome 7@*.8@3 *2 accounted for 87 per cent of would lead to sedition and . C ! . 9 ( band actually being recovered. The scrutiny of my WhatsApp mes- arrests and convictions. This NSA charges in a State like ? ! 9 ( inspiration behind the arrests sages or that of your children. 6%N6 %5<9,?%. means that more serious drug Uttar Pradesh (going by how appears to be the WhatsApp mes- Maybe you have nothing to consumption, like that of hero- Kafeel Khan was treated), she sages that allegedly referred to the worry about when it comes to //@25.6 3@*=: in, opium and so on, easily slips is seen as a “nationalist.” .?E # !()(? 6!)?7 A. procurement and consumption of marijuana but are you sure that 6*/65.@3 through the cracks while minor However, the demolition of a 4 ( 9 marijuana. Before the arrest, cer- the State and these news chan- marijuana charges are picked part of her office by the tain “news” channels had already nels cannot find something **6.5 up to show better statistics. The Bombay Municipal $ ! declared her guilty with hashtags else to pin you on? Again on a nexus of politicians with dan- Corporation “smacks of mala 4 ) !)? like #ArrestRhea, were displaying completely separate note, let us /@5E%/.%@5$.8% gerous drugs like heroin is well fide” as noted by the High S ? ! ) WhatsApp conversations and talk about pornography. There +65.8.+@*6 documented and this is with Court of Bombay and is anoth- extrapolating conspiracy theories is technically a ban on pornog- respect to not merely con- er instance of how the rule of ? ! on national television from morn- raphy in India. However, as per 6*%@2 *2 sumption but of widespread law has been treated as an ing till late night as “political ana- statistics, India is a world leader /@52+ .%@5 sale. However, all our attention inconvenience. The only way < ) ? lysts” gave their non-expert com- in the consumption of porno- has been on this 28-year-old forward, in my humble opin- mentary. After seeing the steep fall graphic material with close to )% 6.8.@3 woman for allegedly smoking ion, is to course-correct and to ?S < in standards of TV journalism 89 per cent consuming it on pot, while a Bill to regulate the call out all instances where the ! ;3( ? over the past few years, it may be their phones. If you enjoyed 86*@%5@ %2+ use of cannabis is pending in rule of law is being compro- ! -(4 - naïve for us to expect such chan- watching another person’s inti- 5 @@56%)D Parliament. mised to suit an agenda. Sadly ? . E ( nels to follow rigorous (or even mate texts displayed all over Even assuming the best of though with the state of TV lax) journalistic standards but it national television, I wonder if )% .8*@2 8 intent, that the Government is news as it is today, there is a lot )S J,/ .(/33 )S (A. was amusing and a bit surprising you would feel the same about serious about drug consump- of damage to be undone and ( 4 to see viewers tuning in and even your internet search history. .86/*/ 78%)6 tion, it would do well to note this goal may be a long time J;3 :3:, ! ? supporting such on-air antics. I say What is especially interesting +%5@*+*%25 that one of the primary reasons coming. So till then, please surprising because if Rhea about the instances highlight- young people are pushed to make sure that you are not lis- J003 ) ! ( ( Chakraborty can be arrested in the ed above is that rarely are the /8* 6*6 drug consumption is unem- tening to “Puff the Magic # ? K manner she has been, parents rulers governed by the same %/ 6 2 ployment. Statistics on employ- Dragon” in your car stereo or ! should be seriously worried about rules as the ruled. ment generation are abysmal in public. Who knows what their college-going children and Just look at the example of with the Mint reporting that may follow? ( # ) A. even themselves and should pon- the Laxman Savadi and CC India is witnessing its weakest (The writer is a former IPS ) ! der on when the State and its Patil, BJP Ministers who were hiring sentiment in 15 years. officer, a former MP and cur- S ? A. informal agents may turn their caught watching porn inside The media would do a great rently a member of AAP) 3 4 5%, 4 ! .H* 7 %K % " I K =: H I , - " -$; == % -9L)" $7 67 "!8' " H* I K % 0 $ " $ $ $ > 7= 723 0; 75=37 0""00527: 2 0 70 # K* K+ K ! K + ) ( ( , , & , 3 ,, + %,3& commonly used in high-end P parties. The police-peddler * nexus, watered by politicians, ( Sir —The resolution framework +5 + makes for a flourishing drug ( for Coronavirus-related stress 0 trade. accounts of the Reserve Bank of % + Slack laws aided by ineffec- +, - S India (RBI) has been well-pre- E 5 5H +E5I tive border vigil encourage the . pared to cover as many as 26 unscrupulous to strike it big. +/ 0123 ( industries. The prescribed ratios "$.0 Sadly, the youth fall prey to the are realistic and suitable for these ,9999 diabolical ways of the drug syn- # 4 5 64457 8 difficult times. The umbrella is so $% dicate. It is unfortunate that the . 9 :3+00 /;1: wide that it will cover majority of % social media and films depict and < borrowers in stressed sectors. $+O breed drug consumption activ- The sanction and implementation $. ities. Drug rings push youngsters # ) = of restructuring will take time and into crimes when the latter run 33; till then the moratorium has to be $ out of money. ( extended. +K 0 Paucity in vigil over poppy Further, the success of the res- 0 $+K 0 production areas and its deriva- ;,0 :30+ ;3: :30> olution plan depends on timely $! 0 " LM " " tive heroin is an age-old issue. Of % implementation and banks have & $.LM M course, quick police cover-ups 4 1/ 9 to frame their own restructuring L M " K$ when celebrities are caught red- policy within the ambit of the $ @ LM handed with drugs make sure the ? RBI’s guidelines to take care of +" mafia thrives well. A common # /, working capital requirements and $. $.% grouse against the police is that ) current losses. The banks should 0 0 $ they don’t act on complaints. +$7 + L L! M make use of this opportunity to India has not lagged behind in obtain personal guarantees of M $ the fight against drugs. However, < - promoters even if they were not 5 $ plugging every loophole in the 4 ( taken previously. " $+ 0 5 "307 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic M Raghuraman $! Substances Act should be the Mumbai Government’s aim. Beginning ( with the definition of addiction. = and the mafia. The Narcotics dling, involving the high rollers. cian, many actors, businessmen Ganapathi Bhat ? " Control Bureau (NCB), while In Karnataka, a filmmaker-cum- and sons of politicians in a drug Akola Sir — Many youngsters are investigating the death of actor scribe caused a huge sensation by scam.
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P)S Q ating strong and buoyant but routine financial poli- %5/6.8% cies and mechanisms to firefight and embrace $ - # ) 5 6+%/% exceptional and extraordinary actions to fight the 25 *6/6 65.6 damage unleashed by this contagion. - 5 Since no country is in this pandemic alone, 5 .86 AF 5 6 7 and almost all of humanity is hit, it is essential for 6P.65.@3%.% 4 4 () )) the world to act in coordination and cooperation, .%))25/)6* - A. with the G-20 playing a major role here. These %5.6*5.%@5) A. unusual and unexpected times require exception- /@@ 6*.%@5 4 - . al management and a strategy to create policies, 5 .86*@)6@3 ? 4 B - - A. ( interdependent monetary, fiscal and prudent .86 <9*6E6*D . A strategies to sail through and be ever-ready for any /*2/%)86*6 future uncertainties. first stage, the interplay between demand fications that are graver than the reper- just price stability. %5 *@E% %5 The economic aftermath will far outlive the )%Q2% %.D.@ and supply and any imbalance between cussions of the global financial crisis. The final step is to gradually de- . A. health consequences, forcing governments to them can lead to major concerns. Supply Long-term strategy for healing: leverage the global economy by reduc- - 5 # develop a strong anti-COVID long-term strategy, )@!) shocks, caused globally during this pan- The impact of the shocks faced by the ing the debts and increasing the inter- which should be more permanent in nature than 6/@5@+%6$ demic, due to production delays caused global economies is expected to linger, est rates in a phased manner. This will ( just a knee-jerk reaction to the present situation, .8%/@2) by major lockdowns worldwide and both in the financial and other sectors be, by far, the most difficult step for any 6 knowing that most of the world’s economies have !6/8%6E6 interruptions in supply chain and logis- of economies. There will be dampness country. It should be an important and 7 # B B been pushed back by more than a decade. .8*@2 87 tics, have a domino effect and initiate in investment, consumption and growth coordinated effort to increase the inter- :30> P ( Nonetheless, some of the lessons of the last few **5 6+65. demand shocks, in turn leading to dis- due to still existing uncertainties, dispar- est rates but at the same time ensuring ( Q decades can come in handy while creating new 25 6*.86 ruptions to cash flow and the entire pay- ity in resource allocation due to unem- that the liquidity does not dry up. < # strategies, getting around earlier oversights, reduc- 2 %/6 ment cycle. Some companies unable to ployment and firm closures. Therefore, Prudential policies, at the same time, this second stage should focus on help- should focus on capital and leverage @ 4 # ing the risk of financial uncertainties and enabling @3.86 face this short-term disruption will face a steady transition into the “new normal” after %5.6*5.%@5) financial distress and as result, rise in ing individuals, companies and countries ratios. Clear fiscal measures should O ascertaining the damages caused by COVID-19. unemployment is expected. resume normalcy in their operations and slowly reduce public debt and reverse any Therefore, taking into consideration the experi- +@56.*D325 To help firms and people tide over any hope for growth. This stage will be excessive tax incentives. All these mea- O P Q ences of major countries, and the requirements of 6 %/.6 this period, the central banks should longer than the first stage. sures should be implemented, keeping a 0,3 ? 4 handling these enormous jolts, monetary policy ).6*5.%E6 infuse liquidity into the economy by cre- Here, fiscal policies take the lead definite finger on the pulse of the ? 4 60+>0(>,7 < strategies should be narrowed down. The G20 3%55/%5 ating policies to drive commercial banks from monetary policies and would take nation’s economic condition. 0: should step up and help develop these conceptu- **5 6+65. to provide loans to businesses and charge but with sustained support from Therefore, it can be inferred that for ( 4 al points and implement them as practical mea- 3@*/@E% 0,1 households alike. Liquidity is needed for monetary policies. Several measures the global economies as a single unit, the L " ( ( sures. 6+6* 65/D the securities market, too, which is like public expenditure, transfers, tax following strategies can be crucial to help 0: A monetary policy, conventionally, has been 6 6/%))D3@* feeling the heat due to the turn of events reliefs will play a major role in this stage. them revive economically from the used by governments around the world to control 6+6* %5 during the outbreak. Additional support The monetary policy must play a sup- COVID-19 pandemic. the money supply in the economy, which, in turn +* 6. by a slew of supplementary measures, porting role at this stage by keeping a First, the monetary, fiscal and pru- 4 is used for adjusting inflation and stabilising prices. like decline in interest rates and an exten- close watch on liquidity and keeping the dential policies must work in a coordi- 6 7 0,3 During an economic slowdown or recession, there 6/@5@+%6 sive credit support for SMEs, should be interest rates low. nated manner with the aim to achieve < A. 01>, ( is a substantial decline in consumer spending. The 5 )6. provided by governments. Sole reliance on monetary policies financial stability. Second, at the global (* 4 production levels dip due to general fall in 6E6)@ 6 The monetary policies should be can be untenable, unproductive and very level, the indebtedness, which was >3 demand and low capital expenditure by compa- /@25.*%6 well-supported by fiscal and prudential serious, with one of the grave problems already at the higher side before the com- # ,3 :3// nies, unemployment increases as firms lay off the policies. Bad loans is one such area and being excessive inflation. In addition, mencement of the pandemic, would have existing workforce to save costs and stop any fresh governments should make provisions for political frictions and trade barriers can further increased during stage two. So, # ( 4 recruitments, and foreign investments dry up. So, such requirements in their budgets. To create disruptions. One of the key roles financial instabilities will be here to stay there is an overall downturn in the economy in escape any financial meltdown, central of the G20 is to help resumption of eco- for a long term and governments have # terms of new investments and consumption. banks should also step in to buy bonds nomic integration among various coun- to be very careful in reducing leverages Governments have to respond to this situation and commercial paper. Since this pan- tries. The G20 can help by overseeing the in future, in stage three. through policy changes that have the responsibil- demic is unprecedented and the extent coordination by central banks of differ- For global economies to get back up 4 ity to reverse the prevalent situation. of it is still unclear, international coop- ent countries, leading to stable exchange on their feet after this pandemic, inter- (4 So, a monetary policy, which is essentially eration and the role of the G20 are very rates and reducing any potential curren- nationally coordinated monetary policies # ? 4 counter-cyclical and expansionary in nature, crucial here in providing liquidity to cy wars. become very crucial. Trade barriers, geo- P4 $ Q helps in increasing the money supply and boost- global economies. This could be achieved The new normal: This third stage political rivalries and hostilities must be * ing the demand for products, building confidence through swap arrangements under the will be post the Covid crisis and a done away with. Although economic O # S and credibility and ensuring overall stability. auspices of the International Monetary revamp of the regular policies followed instability appears similar around the ( # A. However, for a monetary policy to work effective- Fund (IMF) as a dedicated alternative for decades would require a hard rethink. world, it is, in reality, dissimilar, in nature * ) ( ly, the central bank has to be independent of the financing arrangement for COVID-19 All the policies of a country — mone- due to different structural aspects of each elected Government. In addition, to the monetary emergency, especially for Emerging tary, fiscal and prudential — will have nation. Therefore, the role of internation- policy, the fiscal policy — public expenditure and Market Economies (EMEs) and Least to work in full coordination. al bodies like the G20 becomes very taxation — is another tool for governments to try Developed Countries (LDCs). An action The role of the monetary policy important here. 6 S "#R % &' ' and come out of an economic crisis. that is lacking or is wrong could spark should be two-pronged and should (The writer is Associate Professor, (#)S7 Immediate actions to face the shock: In the a financial crisis that could have rami- include macro-financial stability and not Amity University, Noida) 2
Naxalism has flourished because it nectivity. This, in turn, affects literacy, Sironcha, was the only NH in the dis- Chhattisgarh border near Patagudam this road section has been taken up. conditions. A police station had to be touches the emotional chord of socio- healthcare and mobility of the people. trict. The network has since been ensure seamless inter-State connectiv- Construction of major bridges across set up in order to help construct the political and economic wrongs. It’s iron- But things have begun to change now. enhanced to 647 km after declaration ity to the neighbouring States. The NH- Perimelli, Bandia and Paralkota, too, bridge. It was an excellent manifesta- ical that in the name of revolution, In the last six years, the Ministry of four new NHs of 591 km length. In 930 connects Gadchiroli to Chandrapur has been taken up at cost of 194 crore. tion of commitment, political desire Naxals are collecting money and block- of Road Transport and Highways all, MoRTH has approved 44 road pro- district and the work of improving 81 The Wainganga river, which divides and coordination between various ing development and Government (MoRTH) has put development of road jects of 541 km with an outlay of 1,740 km of this road to two lanes with paved Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts, Government agencies and the securi- funds meant for tribal and rural devel- networks and enhancement of connec- crore for Gadchiroli district. The major shoulder (2L+PS) standards is in is one of the important rivers in ty forces. 5 4- opment remain unspent or fall into the tivity in Naxal, tribal and backward infrastructure initiatives in Gadchiroli progress at a cost of 646 crore. Maharashtra. Due to the current nar- With a major push to infrastruc- wrong hands. areas on the fast track. With the vision include a 855-metre major bridge Improvement of the 39.76 km-long row, low-level bridge, commuters face ture, the vision of development of back- naugurating and laying foundation The lack of connectivity within the of connecting every district with across the Pranahita River on the stretch of the Nagbhid-Armori section many difficulties, especially during ward areas like LWE-hit Gadchiroli can stones for road projects and bridges State and with other States has turned National Highways (NHs) and special Nizamabad-Jagdalpur Road (NH 63) of the NH-353D has been completed the monsoon season. To eliminate the become a reality. With an abundance Iis a routine activity for politicians. Gadchiroli into a hotbed of Naxal activ- emphasis on Naxalism-hit areas, the at a cost of 168 crore. Then there is at cost of 269 crore. This road now hardships of the people, a new 825- of natural resources like bamboo in the However, when Union Minister Nitin ities. Along with it, the adjoining dis- MoRTH has launched a special pro- the 630-metre, high-level bridge across connects Gadchiroli district with the metre bridge will be constructed at a district, Gadchiroli can become a hub Gadkari inaugurated and laid founda- tricts of Chandrapur, Gondia, Yavatmal, gramme for LWE affected districts. the Indravati River near Patagudam on city of Nagpur. The NH-353C, connect- cost of 99 crore near Asthi. for sticks used by incense manufactur- tion stones for various road projects in Bhandara and Nanded have also In Maharashtra, a LWE scheme the Nizamabad-Jagdalpur Road (NH ing Sakoli, Wadsa, Gadchiroli, Four new major bridges on the ers as the import of agarbattis has been Gadchiroli district recently, it had a spe- become prone to Naxalism. These dis- connectivity programme of 495 km 63) at a cost of 248 crore; a 30-metre Chamorshi, Alapalli and Sironcha, Perimilli, Bandiya, Pearikota and banned. More than 100 such units can cial significance. tricts are situated in the Left Wing length was announced with an invest- bridge near Lankachen on the links the remotest part of Gadchiroli Waingagana Rivers and 14 minor be set up, which would give employ- Located in the eastern-most cor- Extremism (LWE)-affected belt, ment of over 920 crore. This pro- Bejurpalli-Aheri Road; the improve- district with the old NH-6 and in turn bridges will ensure seamless transporta- ment to the local people. With these ini- ner of Maharashtra, Gadchiroli has seen stretching across Telangana, gramme comprises development of ment of Bejurpalli-Aheri Road (SH provides connectivity with the rest of tion in otherwise inaccessible areas of tiatives, job creation in Gadchiroli little development even after 73 years Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and road networks and bridges on Pranhita, 275) between Watra and Moyabinpeta the country. The Gadchiroli-Asthi sec- Gadchiroli. This remarkable progress will get a fillip as the Government has of Independence. Over 90 per cent of Madhya Pradesh. Indravati and Godavari, the major and the improvement of the Garanji- tion of this road is being improved to of infrastructure development is not a target of providing employment to the district is a designated forest area Gadchiroli is one of the least rivers of Gadchiroli. For the first time, Pustola Road. 2L+PS standards at a cost of 577 crore. a small achievement. We must compli- more than 10,000 youth within the next and almost 40 per cent of the popula- developed districts where people live the district is seeing infrastructure pro- These projects were inaugurated Strengthening other sections of this ment the engineers and contractors five years. This would be a fitting trib- tion is tribal. Inaccessible terrain and amid extreme violence and abject jects of high magnitude being taken up on September 6. The bridges across the road has also been taken up. The trib- who are working hard despite the con- ute of an aspirational district to the con- infrastructure deficiencies have hin- poverty. Dense forests and large peren- and completed within a span of five Pranahita River at the Maharashtra- al areas of Alapalli, Hemalkasa, stant fear of Naxal attacks. In fact, the cept of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. dered Government welfare pro- nial rivers criss-crossing the district years. Till recently, the NH-63, with a Telangana border and at Sironcha and Bhamragarh are now connected bridge across River Indravati was com- (The writer is Advisor, NHAI, grammes for the masses. Decades on, have posed a major challenge to con- total length of 56 km passing through the Indravati River at the Maharashtra- through NH-130D. Improvement of pleted under very trying and war-like under MoRTH, New Delhi) ! " #$%&$'$ (() *+*+ 8
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Mueller has warned that Russia the Russian Government as Wednesday it had “voluntari- that the novel coronavirus uses as a historic step towards peace and drove her to the border tion. She was detained Monday A person familiar with was meddling in the current the likely culprits, according ly paused” its trial of a drug to invade cells. in the Middle East. with Ukraine before she fought and destroyed her passport in SKDK’s response to the campaign. to the three sources briefed on developed alongside Oxford After vaccination, this pro- Israel and the UAE her removal from Belarus and a no-man’s land between attempts said the hackers failed One of the sources said it the matter. AGENCY University after a UK volunteer tein is produced inside the announced on August 13 that was jailed. Ukraine and Belarus the next to gain access to the firm’s net- developed an unexplained ill- human body, which primes they were establishing full diplo- “They threatened to kill day to prevent her expulsion. works. “They are well-defend- ness. the immune system to attack matic relations. The first com- me,” Kolesnikova said. “They Kolesnikova, who remains ed, so there has been no $ $ An independent commit- the coronavirus if the person is mercial direct flight between stated that if I refuse to leave jailed in the Belarusian capital breach,” the person said. tee was drafted in to review later infected. Israel and the UAE landed in the territory of Belarus volun- of Minsk, is accused of under- SKDK Vice Chair Hilary Moscow: Reports that Russian alerted the firm in question safety but the company said it The director of UK scien- Abu Dhabi on August 31 after tarily, they will get me out of mining national security as Rosen declined to comment. A state hackers targeted one of that it had been targeted by was a “routine action” designed tific research charity the both countries announced nor- the country anyway - alive or part of a criminal probe against Biden spokesman did not U.S. Democratic presidential suspected Russian state-backed to maintain the integrity of the Wellcome Trust, Jeremy Farrar, malisation of relations. The deal in fragments.” She demanded senior members of the oppo- respond to a request for com- candidate Joe Biden’s main hackers. trials. said there were often pauses in would be signed on September that the nation’s Investigative sition Coordination Council. ment. election campaign advisory The hacking attempts tar- “We will be guided by this vaccine trials. 15 at the White House. Committee probe the KGB She faces up to five years in The hacking attempts on firms “look like nonsense”, geted staff at Washington-based committee as to when the tri- He told BBC radio in an The UAE is only the third officers on charges of abduc- prison, if convicted. SKDK come as U.S. intelligence Kremlin spokesman Dmitry SKDKnickerbocker, a campaign als could restart, so that we can interview that it demonstrat- Arab country to establish tion, illegal detention and All of the council’s senior agencies have raised alarms Peskov told reporters on strategy and communications continue our work at the ear- ed the importance of con- diplomatic ties with the Jewish threats of killing. members except for Nobel about possible efforts by for- Thursday. firm working with Biden and liest opportunity,” Soriot said in ducting vaccine trials proper- state. Israel’s neighbours, Egypt Opposition activists came Prize-winning writer Svetlana eign governments to interfere Three people briefed on other prominent Democrats, a statement. ly, with independent over- and Jordan, being the other under increasing pressure this Alexievich have been jailed or in the November presidential the matter told Reuters earli- over the past two months, the AstraZeneca’s vaccine can- sight and the involvement of two Arab states to recognise week as Belarus marked a forcibly expelled from the election. er that Microsoft Corp had sources said. AGENCY didate is one of nine around the the regulator. AFP Israel. PTI month since massive demon- country. AP , # 9* / = ( (
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567 6)8% worsened in that month, with to services, amid a continuing -S T!%* a continuing surge in infections healthy outlook for agriculture,” ! . >?@- atings agency ICRA expects causing the re-imposition of ICRA’s Principal Economist & 567 6)8% meat and fish. It was 3.15 per said. Ra single-digit contraction in lockdowns in some states. Aditi Nayar. cent in the corresponding The Reserve Bank of India, the upcoming print for the As per the agency, “In our view, the contrac- #ABC@ ttributing the recent surge month last year. which mainly factors in retail Index of Industrial Production Government expenditure, a tion in GDP will narrow con- Ain retail inflation to huge “We expect August infla- inflation while arriving at its for July 2020. key driver of economic activi- siderably to 11-13 per cent in government procurement and tion numbers to be elevated at monetary policy, had kept the According to the ratings ty in Q1FY21, reported a Q2FY21, from 23.9 per cent in < supply disruptions on account around 7 per cent or even short-term lending rate agency, while the improve- volatile trend in July 2020. Q1 FY2021. of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher and if the base effect is unchanged to help tame infla- ment in industry had gathered It pointed out that revenue While some indicators of & +2+!% 23.9 per cent in the economy. an SBI report said that the price the primary reason, inflation tion last month. speed in July 2020, the momen- expenditure growth slipped the industrial sector displayed Crisil said the 9 per cent rise was likely to come down to could only come down to The report postulate that tum of the recovery in the ser- from 40.1 per cent in June a sharp year-on-year (YoY) he Indian economy will contraction will be the high- below 4 per cent only after below 4 per cent possibly the jump in food prices is vices sector stalled that month. 2020 to 18.6 per cent in July improvement in July 2020, rel- Tcontract by 9 per cent in est since the 1950s. December. beyond December,” the SBI largely because of huge pro- Other indicators, GST e-way 2020, while remaining sub- ative to June 2020, especially 2020-21 as the coronavirus The government had The Consumer Price report said. However, the curement by government and bills, rail freight, port cargo stantial. automobile output and non-oil infections are yet to peak and announced a Rs 20 lakh crore Index (CPI) inflation rate dur- report further said that it looks supply disruption that pushed traffic, domestic airlines’ pas- However, capital expendi- merchandise exports, the core the Government is not pro- relief package but the actual ing August, the data for which difficult to believe that supply up prices of cereal, potato, senger traffic, and the con- ture contracted by 47.1 per cent sector displayed a muted recov- viding adequate direct fiscal new spending was less than 2 is yet to be released, was like- disruptions would normalise tomato and protein items. sumption of petrol and ATF, in July 2020 after having more ery.” support, ratings agency Crisil per cent of GDP. ly to remain at about 7 per cent, against the huge upsurge in It further said as inflation reported only a modest than doubled in June 2020. Besides, ICRA pointed out said on Thursday. “With the pandemic’s said SBI Ecowrap. The data is pandemic in rural areas and targeting comes up for review improvement in their YoY per- “The Indian economy is that available indicators for In May, Crisil had esti- peak not yet in sight and the scheduled to be released on this now poses an upside risk in 2021, “we believe, one way formance in July 2020, relative undoubtedly recovering from August 2020 have provided mated the economy to con- government not providing Monday. to inflation numbers. to make inflation targeting to June 2020. the lows seen in Q1 FY2021. mixed cues, with a sharp tract by 5 per cent. The latest adequate direct fiscal sup- According to government “We are thus less hopeful successful in the Indian context In contrast, the YoY per- However, the pace of the improvement in coal and rail projection comes days after port, the downside risks to our data, the retail inflation rose to of any rate cut in current fis- as time goes by is to reach the formance of diesel consump- improvement in Q2FY21 is freight, juxtaposed with dips in official data for the June quar- earlier forecast have materi- 6.93 per cent in July, mainly cal/at best 25 bps as February 4 per cent target over a partic- tion, hydroelectricity genera- fragmented, with a sharper electricity generation and diesel ter showed a contraction of alised,” the agency said. driven by rising prices of food MPC meeting would consider ular business cycle rather than tion and refinery output had momentum in industry relative consumption. items likevegetables, pulses, December inflation only,” it for a particular date...” & # - " T2 %+ ( 3;? '! &9 ?-? 3O% *$ !$79' " % 3 '5 > ,-A; <96&3 567 6)8% ed gross market borrowing in *%)O & 567 6)8% the financial year 2020-21 New Delhi: Union Road Mumbai: Invesco Mutual he Government proposes increased to Rs 12 lakh crore in Transport & Highways +2+!% Fund launched Invesco India eliance Industries Ltd is Tto exhaust its entire bor- place of Rs 7.80 lakh crore as Minister Nitin Gadkari on Focused 20 Equity Fund, an Rreported to have offered a rowing of 12 lakh crore for per budget estimate. Thursday said policy of the he Indian stock market open-ended multi cap equity 567 6)8% domestic product (GSDP) to 40 per cent stake in its retail FY21 by December as it looks With the change in bor- Govt is to ensure reduction in Twitnessed a rally on scheme investing in a maxi- bridge the fiscal deficit. An arm worth about USD 20 bil- to step up expenditure to stim- rowing plan for FY21, the gov- road construction costs and Thursday with the BSE Sensex mum 20 stocks across market he Centre is willing to pro- additional, two per cent bor- lion to Amazon.Com, Inc. ulate the economy hit by the ernment had also modified improve its quality. The gaining over 600 points.The capitalizations. The offer will Tvide further borrowing rowings with both condition- Bloomberg News citing Covid-19 pandemic. the indicative calendar for Minister urged the industry to rally was fuelled by a 7 per cent end on September 23. The flexibility to states to help al and unconditional elements a source reported that “Amazon Government sources said issuance of government dated increase use of plastic and rub- rise in Reliance Industries’ minimum investment amount break the deadlock and allow has been added recently under has held discussions about that the aim is to exhaust the securities for the first half of fis- ber wastes in road construc- shares. RIL stocks touched a during the NFO is 1,000 and their participation in the new the Atmanirbhar Bharat pack- investing in the conglomerate’s entire borrowing space early to cal 2020-21 in consultation tion, which also helps the envi- record high of 2,343.9 and its in multiples of Re 1 thereafter. GST compensation formula age. With Covid-19 inflicted Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd give a lift to the economy dur- with the Reserve Bank of India. ronment. ‘Apart from this, the market capitalisation is cur- For SIP investments, the min- put on the table.Government revenue shortfall and rising unit and has expressed interest ing the current unlock phase. So, instead of H1 borrow- use of waste products like oil rently over 14.67 lakh imum application amount is sources said that the uncondi- GST compensation load, the in negotiating a potential trans- If need be, additional bor- ing of Rs 4.88 lakh crore as per slags from steel plants and crore.The surge in share prices 500 and in multiples of Re 1 tional borrowing limit for states Centre has given new options action.” rowing would be done for one budget estimates, the RBI will flash should also be encour- comes on the back of the thereafter. No exit load will be could be raised by another 0.5 to compensate states for short- The report went on to say or two months early next year now conduct auctions of dated aged,” Gadkari said addressing announcement of 7,500 crore charged, if up to 10 per cent of per cent if they agree on the fall in their revenue due to GST that Reliance was “willing to to mobilise resources for any securities worth Rs 6 lakh the two-day Virtual Conference investment by Silver Lake into the units are redeemed/ new GST compensation switchover. The two options sell as much as a 40 per cent additional expenditure, sources crore till September 30. and Exhibition for the Bitumen Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd, an switched out within 1 year options suggested by the given by the Centre under the stake in the subsidiary to said. In May, the Government The calendar would and Road Construction. RIL subsidiary. from the date of allotment. Centre. Under Fiscal Atmanirbhar Bharat package Amazon” and the deal size at raised the targeted levels of bor- include issuance of dated secu- Responsibility and Budget allows flexibility to the states to USD 20 billion would be the rowings in the current fiscal by rities with maturity ranging Management (FRBM) Act, make additional borrowings biggest ever in India. over 50 per cent to meet addi- from 4-40 years. It will also states are allowed to borrow up to meet their shortfall in GST Both Reliance and tional Covid-19 related expen- have an auction of floating rate to three per cent of gross state compensation. Amazon refused to comment diture. With this, the estimat- bonds. on the report. “We would like to reiter- ate that as a policy, we do not % :! comment on media speculation and rumours and we cannot confirm or deny any transac- # # tion which may or may not be in the works,” Reliance said in & 567 6)8% August, down 7.5 per cent an email response. 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Only one in five (20 per outcomes, yet the ones that within a pair of twins, the sibling ‘Workforce Confidence Index’ “One factor is balancing cent) working mothers rely on a increased their exercise also with decreased physical activity survey by Microsoft-owned office and domestic work, the family member or friend to take reported increased anxiety and had higher levels of anxiety than 0 he COVID-19 pandemic is LinkedIn that was based on the bulk of the latter being shoul- care of their children, when stress,” said lead author Glen the sibling who reported no Ttaking a heavy toll on the responses of 2,254 professionals dered by women. Studies reveal compared to 32 per cent men. Duncan from the Washington change. emotional well-being of working in the country. For working increased participation of men The findings showed that State University. In addition, anxiety levels women in India as nearly one in men, the number stood at 38 per during the pandemic, but women more than 46 per cent working For the study, the research were higher among older people two of them (47 per cent) are cent, pointing towards a dispro- still spend most time caring for mothers report working till late team analysed data from over and working women. “It’s not experiencing more stress or anx- portionate impact on women in children,” said Neha Bagaria, to make up for work, and 42 per 900 pairs of identical and same- necessary that exercise won’t $+ iety, said a new survey. these testing times. CEO of online portal JobsForHer. cent are unable to focus on work sex fraternal twins from the help you personally manage Worryingly, more than two Around one in three (31 The data suggested that with their children at home. Washington State Twin Registry. stress. 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I attended a special preview drive as the overall environment of the interi- that you are worried when you have to ensure that speed loss is close to nothing. heavy processes on it, it does get very hot! : of the EQC from Delhi to the ICAT ors feel like you are in a modern face mountains disguised as speed break- In maximum regenerative mode, you The constant calculations the vehicle’s < # Automotive test centre at Manesar. Mercedes. Tesla is minimalistic inside ers in some parts of the country. However, frankly don’t need the brake pedal. In fact, computers have to make about the Well, what felt weird when setting out their cars; Mercedes is not. 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Devoid of any engine noise or thanks to the overall familiarity of the You even have ‘flappy paddle’ gear rear-seat and the boot space, the EQC is a country with high levels of ambient heat <% vibrations, the well-insulated Mercedes- cabin. controls on the steering column that allow comparable to the GLC. There is no like India. " Benz cabin was almost deathly quiet, so Certain things are different than the you to dictate the intensity of the regen- ‘frunk’ at the front as that space is taken Before heading back to Delhi, I decid- much so that playing a bit of music GLC. First, the ride position is quite high erative braking. On the highway, you can up by the huge power control unit and ed to give the EQC a blast down the ICAT ' through the sound system was needed and that is because of a giant battery pack the need for a coolant for the car. test track. The EQC can move very fast. '"
$ - ! + " - / 0 " ? 0 he amount of likes and someone wearing a wig. The ear- retweets I have received on lier car was a wonderful off-road- " Tnew Mahindra Thar post er, one in which I have had lots of " $ have outnumbered the likes on my fun on the sand dunes outside previous posts. I have also never Bikaner and Jaisalmer as well as the received so many number of phone muddy Western Ghats next to the calls from friends and acquain- Mahindra factory at Igatpuri. tances, all asking about the new However, you scratched your head 0 Thar. Just purely on the basis of this, at why hundreds of people went to it would be easy to surmise that the Goa and rented one for the holi- new Thar is the most awaited days. That suspension could help launch of the year. Just like the it climb up a 50-degree incline but 0 Royal Enfield Bullet, Thar attracts would shatter your spine on a speed ,= a certain ‘type’ of buyer — the breaker and give you a workout young alpha or wannabe alpha operating the steering and the <,$ male, the old gentleman or a gears. And that offset steering, that woman, who wishes to relive her became a private joke among those L% K youth now that the kids are slight- of us who evaluate cars for a living. " ly grown up. The latter is something So I’m happy to say that the all- " " that psychoanalysts would call a new Thar not only looks amazing $ mid-life crisis purchase. Elsewhere than the previous model but drives bar and the power window they could be hosed down after a off-roading enthusiast, shifting to but if you are more than five feet K in the world, you might buy a way better on the roads as well. I switches are in the centre. This is muddy day. four-wheel low will multiply the tall, they will not be comfortable. Porsche or a Mini but here, in our was recently driving a pre-produc- because the doors are removable Yes, it is a bit ‘floaty’ in the cor- torque 2.48 times and with a If this is indeed a mid-life crisis car " M rugged country, you got yourself a tion second-generation Thar with as is the fixed roof, that said, ners, but listen it is a short wheel- mechanically locking rear differen- and you have kids, this is not the Thar. the 130hp proven mHawk diesel unless you know what you are base car and it is quite clearly not tial, you could possibly take this car car for a family vacation, although It is for those people that I am engine and 130hp of power mated doing don’t try that at home. The a vehicle you would want to attack anywhere. Honestly, I cannot wait it works just great as your office $ writing this review of sorts because to a six-speed torque converter air-conditioner works well and corners in. It isn’t a racer either, but until I get an opportunity to take commute car. Thankfully, the rear . 8 I turn 42 in a couple of weeks and automatic and on the hard-plastic keeps the cabin pretty cool, it is quite comfortable for two adults this car to some muddy or a sandy seats can be easily removed. While I completely understand where fixed-roof option. although the black plastic roof to use it on a daily basis. I am not place. I did take it on some trails no formal price announcement has the urge to buy a Thar comes from. Driving down the Gurugram- does absorb heat. As for the allowed to comment on the new around the Bhatti Mines area and been made yet, the top-end petrol The truth be told, the first-gener- Faridabad highway, the car was switchgear, kudos to Mahindra for Thar’s off-road capabilities. I did on rough tracks, and I must say that and diesel models are expected to "" ation Thar was a great car for the comfortable to drive. While I can- the solid look and feel of the but- not use the four-wheel gear system, you have a level of confidence with be in the 12 to 15 lakh range. It is $ first kind of buyer but thoroughly not talk about the infotainment sys- tons and fitting steering mount- you can change from two-wheel Thar which is unparalleled. a great car to buy during a mid-life impractical for the mid-life crisis tem other than to say that the ed controls. While not spartan, the high-ratio to four-wheel high-ratio However, those rear seats are crisis because it has so much more just like buying a convertible is for speakers are mounted on the roll- interiors did certainly look like on the fly. If you are a passionate pointless. Yes, they are front facing to offer. ! " #$%&$'$ (() *+*+ 99 =9:@* :9*@=. ! " 7% "& / & 8/ & 8/ ' "& $ ) ' "% 3 % &,$ & " "& /" $ , & $ $ !/ &!& & & $$8& )8 !& $ ,$ & ndia’s diversity in terms of climate, soil, unknowingly created a revolution in the race, language, religion, sect, tribe and culinary world. Central Asian cuisine Icuisine is truly unique. No country can cooked by local Indian chefs utilising match this great socio-cultural multi- mostly indigenous ingredients, resulted plicity. We were also one of the world’s in a beautiful marriage of culinary styles first global economies. of Central Asia and local Hindustani From the time of the Indus valley influence. Although Babur didn’t live civilisation, it was the centre of a vast net- long enough and died at the young age work of land and sea trade routes con- of 47, he definitely established a culinary necting Afghanistan, Persia, Central Asia, trend which laid the foundation, of now Middle East, Africa, China and South East world famous Mughlai cuisine. With the Asia. Later, Europeans brought a multi- passage of time, this cuisine kept evolv- tude of edible plants originating in the ing and each Mughal ruler contributed Western hemisphere and cultivated them. their own sensibilities, refining it to Each and every one of these cultural amal- become even more delicious, exotic and gamations added layer upon layer to exciting. Indian cuisines and it evolved beautiful- During the reign of Emperor ly over the centuries. In light of this diver- Humayun, dried fruits and nuts were sity, it is intriguing to unearth what makes incorporated into recipes for sweets, Mughlai and Awadhi food so special and sauces and rice. The emperor sympa- introduced a new level of sophistication using rose water, so vegetables would smell ter in various gravies and curries made the outstanding. thised with Hindu beliefs and com- into the Mughlai kitchen with the liber- aromatic when cooked. This was sheer dishes very delicious and rich. The use of In order to understand this exotic pletely shunned the consumption of al use of saffron and dry fruits, adding opulence on a huge scale. a range of different spices, saffron, dry food journey, we have to go back close to beef, which was replaced by mutton, fowl a new dimension to Mughlai cuisine. When Shahjahan shifted his capital fruits, ghee and other dairy produces 500 years in the past. It all started in 1526, and venison. Humayun’s This sophistication of the cuisine from Agra to Shahjahanabad, he was expertly handled by talented chefs, made when Zahiruddin Mohammad Babur Persian wife Hamida then rose even greater heights during informed that the drinking water in this traditional Mughlai cuisines heavenly. (1483-1530) a prince of the tiny kingdom Bano Emperor Akbar’s era. He employed over city was causing his subjects to get sick. On The emergence of Awadh as an inde- of Ferghana in Central Asia, entered 400 cooks, many of whom were the advice of royal Hakeems, he ordered pendent kingdom under Saadat Khan in Punjab and defeated Ibrahim Lodhi at the from present day Rajasthan. that all food should be cooked with more 1722 took the Mughlai food to an unpar- Battle of Panipat. He self-proclaimed They fused their turmeric, red chillies, cumin and corian- alleled level. The Awadhi rulers were of himself the Emperor of Hindustan indigenous tech- der for their medicinal and antibiotic prop- Persian origin and great connoisseurs of and laid the foundation of niques and ingre- erties. Mughlai food underwent a major food. They gave a free hand to their chefs Mughal Empire in India. dients with the transition during this era. It became less who were called Rakaabdars. In order to Babur was also a talented rich style of bland and the colour of curries became maintain exclusivity, they cooked only in Persian poet, a sensitive Persian redder because of the addition of tomatoes, small quantities. As a result, because of memoirist and a devotee flavours. which fascinatingly is not at all native to royal patronage, this cuisine developed in and gardening enthusiast. It Akbar’s feasts India and are believed to have been intro- a skillful and refined way. The hallmark is believed he did not have would have duced by the Portugese. Interestingly, of Awadhi cuisine is that in each dish, all much of a palate for Indian more than 100 food was cooked in rain water, mixed with the ingredients utilised maintain their food at that point of time but different dishes. water brought in from Ganges and Yamuna unique properties in a subtle way and loved fish which was unavail- The kitchen com- to ensure the best possible taste. there is no overlapping of flavours. That able in his native home. He chose manded the finest Aurangzeb, however, did not believe in a nutshell is the evolution of Mughlai only four of his predecessors’ chefs ingredients available from in luxury, pomp and show. He was a veg- and Awadhi cuisine which has captured out of an army of more than 50. every part of his empire. etarian for most part of his life and his the heart of everyone in and around the This was an extremely interesting Regional and seasonal varieties of favourite dish was Qubooli, a type of pulao world. turning point in the history and evolution rice, butter from a certain town, with Bengal gram, basil and curd. (The virtual conference Awadh ke of Mughlai cuisine in India. Babur duck and waterfowl from Kashmir. The Among the most distinctive features Zaike Ka Safar was held recently by palace chickens were hand-fed with pel- of Mughlai cuisine are, the unique use of Rishihood University. The facts stated are lets flavoured with saffron and rose a combination of ground as well as whole the first-hand information obtained from water, and massaged daily with musk oil spices and the easily distinguishable aroma the Royal family. The writer Dr Rajan and sandalwood. He even had his own that gives each dish a unique and exotic Makkar is Dean, School of Hospitality, kitchen garden, with plants being watered taste. Extensive use of milk, cream and but- Rishihood University.) ! " #$%&$'$ (() *+*+ # 9
& 567D@* reverse a deficit that reached the scale of a set and a break after hey were just two partic- 45 minutes of her quarterfinal ular points from Serena against Tsvetana Pironkova on 3 .0;0 TWilliams’ latest three-set a cloudy Wednesday in empty comeback at the US Open, yet Arthur Ashe Stadium. they were pivotal and consisted Williams needed both of F " of the sorts of lengthy exchanges these points during a five-game, filled with athleticism and bril- match-altering run — along how you finish, right?” Williams need to figure that out.” liance that in any other, non- with 20 aces, her most in a said. Two more victories would How big an upset would pandemic year would be match in eight years — to end allow her to claim a record-tying this have been if Pironkova marked by thousands of folks up on the right side of a 4-6, 6- 24th Grand Slam singles title. had held on? Not only is she not rising to their feet for delirious 3, 6-2 score after more than two “In the beginning, I was a seeded at Flushing Meadows, roars and raucous applause. hours to get to the semifinals at little fatigued, for whatever rea- she doesn’t even appear in the She needed both of these Flushing Meadows for an 11th son,” Williams said. WTA rankings at all — this was points, one of which included a consecutive appearance. “Obviously, I can’t do that if her first tournament of any shot she hit left-handed, to “It’s not how you start, it’s I want to keep winning, so I sort in more than three years, because she left the tour to become a mother. “It’s unbelievable,” Williams said about Pironkova’s impres- sive return to competition. “Wow. I couldn’t even do that.” When the players stepped out onto the court, the stadium announcer — announcing for whom, exactly, was something of a mystery — referred to Pironkova, a 32-year-old from Bulgaria, as “Alexander’s mom” and then to Williams as “Olympia’s mom” during the pre-match introductions. “It just shows me how tough moms are,” Williams said after- ward. “You play a match and you go home and you’re still chang- ing diapers,” said Williams, whose daughter turned 3 on Sept 1 and is a little older than Pironkova’s son. “It’s like a double life. It’s really surreal.” The American, who turns 39 in less than three weeks, has won six US Open champi- onships; she was the runner-up the past two years. Williams last lost before the semifinals in New York in 2007, when Justine Henin elim- inated her in the quarterfinals. On Thursday, Williams will face Victoria Azarenka, who returned to the US Open semi- finals for the first time since 2013 by overwhelming Elise Mertens 6-1, 6-0 on Wednesday night. Williams leads her head- to-head series against Azarenka 18-4, including beating her in the 2012 and 2013 finals in New York. The other women’s semifi- nal on Thursday will be 2018 champion Naomi Osaka vs No 28 seed Jennifer Brady. DOMINANCE PERSONIFIED Not only had 2019 runner- up Daniil Medvedev not dropped a set in this US Open entering his all-Russian quar- terfinal against long-time pal Andrey Rublev, but Medvedev hadn’t allowed more than four games in any set. So when Rublev grabbed a sizable lead in the opening-set tiebreaker on Wednesday and three times was a single point from closing it, the moment felt momentous. Turned out it was. The No 3-seeded Medvedev fought off that trio of chances for No 10 Rublev in the tiebreaker by reeling off five points in a row, and was on his way to a 7-6 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory to return to the semifinals at Flushing Meadows. The only concern for Medvedev in the latter stages was whether his body would hold up — he was dealing with cramps and needed his right shoulder massaged by a train- er in the third set — but he did, indeed, hold on. “It was tough at the end,” Medvedev said. It’s been 60 years since a man won this Grand Slam tournament without ceding a set; Neale Fraser did so in 1960 at the event then known as the US Championships. A year after losing to Rafael Nadal in a five-set final that lasted nearly five hours, Medvedev heads to his second career major semifinal. He will now face No 2 seed Dominic Thiem for the title showdown place, who bull- dozed 21st seed Alex de Minaur 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in just 2 hours 4 minutes. The other semifinal on Friday will be No 5 Alexander Zverev vs No 20 Pablo Carreño Busta, who won quar- terfinals on Tuesday. None of the remaining men has won a Grand Slam title.