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Vol. 13 No. 70 RNI NO. DELENG/2008/25465 New Delhi, Sunday, 25 July, 2021 [email protected] 9971359517 12 pages. 2/- Buddha's ideas more relevant now Mamata Banerjee new chairperson of TMC parliamentary party as humanity faces COVID crisis Z Although not unprecedented, it is rare for parties to appoint leaders who are not MPs as their parliamentary party leaders.
New Delhi. Mamata Banerjee will PM Modi on Guru Purnima now be the chairperson of the Trinamool Congress parliamentary party, the TMC announced on Friday ahead of the West Bengal Chief Minister’s first visit to the national capital after her spectacular victory / in the Assembly elections. Quoting 'Dhamm Although not unprecedented, it is rare for parties to appoint leaders who are Pada', Modi said not MPs as their parliamentary party enmity does not leaders. In 1998, the Congress had appointed Sonia Gandhi as its were among those present at the quell enmity but is parliamentary party chairperson. She was Constitution Club here, where her address not an MP then. The Congress was broadcast live by her party. TMC MPs rather won over with parliamentary party had then amended its unanimously chose party chief Banerjee as provisions, making the party chief its ex- the chairperson of its parliamentary party. officio member. The move by the TMC, on Announcing the decision, Rajya Sabha floor love and a big heart. the other hand, is seen as part of the well- leader Derek O’Brien said she has been the choreographed efforts to set a narrative that guiding force behind the TMC Simmi Kaur Babbar Banerjee is eying a larger national role. parliamentary party for a long time. “We are teachings in times of tragedy. "The entire teachings, the prime minister said, "Harmony During her visit next week, Banerjee is just formalising a reality. Our chairperson is New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi world is moving in solidarity following the between our mind, speech, and resolve and expected to lay the groundwork for her a seven-time MP. She has the vision to guide said on Saturday (July 24) that Lord Buddha's teachings of the Buddha. In this, the 'care with between our action and effort can guide us party’s greater stress on national politics the parliamentary party. She has the ideas are all the more relevant now as prayer' initiative of the International Buddhist away from pain and towards happiness." even while its electoral success is limited to experience and insight. She was anyway humanity faces the COVID-19 crisis and Confederation is praiseworthy," the prime "This inspires us to work for general welfare Bengal. Ever since her third election guiding us,” he said. The decision, he said, asserted that India has shown how to face minister said, according to news agency PTI. during good times and gives us strength to victory, Banerjee has been giving has been taken both at a “conceptual and even the most difficult challenge by following Quoting 'Dhamm Pada', Modi said enmity does face difficult times. Lord Buddha gave us an indications that she intends to play a role in tactical level”. “She has always been a call the path shown by the founder of Buddhism. not quell enmity but is rather won over with eight-fold path to achieve this harmony," he national politics and pose a challenge to the away. We feel more empowered,” O’Brien In his message at Ashadha Purnima and a love and a big heart. "In times of tragedy, the said. When Lord Buddha, forged in the fire of BJP. She has appointed her nephew and said. Banerjee will be in Delhi for 3-4 days Dhamma Chakra Day programme, which world has felt this power of love and sacrifice and endurance, speaks, then these Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee next week. She is likely to meet Opposition marks the day when Buddha gave his first harmony. As this knowledge of Buddha, this are not mere words but an entire cycle of as the TMC’s all-India general secretary. leaders including Congress president Sonia sermon after attaining enlightenment, he said experience of humanity gets enriched, the 'Dhamm' begins and the knowledge flowing Earlier this week, she turned her party’s Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, AAP the world has felt the power of Lord Buddha's world will touch new heights of success and from him become synonymous with welfare annual Martyrs’ Day event into a national chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind prosperity," he added. Citing Buddha's of the world, the prime minister said. affair. Several senior opposition leaders Kejriwal. CPM MP calls Rijiju’s reply on Modi critic Dhiru Gajera set to return to judges’ vacancies ‘misleading’, All my phones tapped, says submits notice to move privilege Rahul Gandhi; hand them for BJP ahead of Gujarat assembly polls motion against him probe, counters BJP New Delhi. A day after Law Minister Kiren New Delhi. Days after it was reported that his Ahmedabad. Former Gujarat MLA who had rebelled, had been Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha that a time frame phone was on a list of potential targets for Dhiru Gajera, who had jumped unsuccessful at the hustings for filling up vacancies of judges cannot be surveillance using the Pegasus spyware, ship from the BJP to the Congress after they switched allegiance to indicated as it is continuous, integrated and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said 14 years ago, will rejoin the the Congress. collaborative process between the Executive Friday that not only all his phones are saffron party in the presence of A Surat-based businessman from and the Judiciary, CPI(M) MP John Brittas “tapped” but his security personnel had been state unit chief CR Patil on July 24 the Patidar community, with submitted a notice for moving a privilege asked to report to their seniors everything he at the party’s Surat headquarters. origins in Saurashtra, Dhiru motion against the minister, claiming that his said. Gajera had rebelled against then Gajera contested assembly reply was “misleading”. Gandhi accused the BJP government of having Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra elections on a Congress ticket on Rijiju’s reply came after a question from Brittas used the Pegasus spyware, which he called a Modi and left the party to join four separate occasions but asking him to provide details of the number of weapon, against the Indian state and Congress in 2007. Some 30 failed to win even once. He was High Court judges recommended by the institutions. Gandhi said he was not a Patidars (Patels), including Dhiru vice president of the Gujarat Supreme Court collegium for appointment potential target. “My phone is tapped. It is Gajera, had severed ties with the Congress when he left the party a during the last one year and how many judges clearly tapped, so it is not a potential target.” BJP and contested assembly few years ago. The ex-MLA is had been appointed out of those “It is not only this phone, every single phone elections as Congress candidates. recommendations. Brittas, in his notice, now returning to the BJP fold, as pointed out that the details provided by the of mine is tapped. And let me tell you A three-term BJP MLA, Gajera had the party looks to strengthen its another thing, I get phone calls from IB saffron party. He now admits that he, as Minister shows that “out of 80 proposals from contested Gujarat assembly polls from Patidar voter base ahead of the Gujarat the collegium, only 45 have been notified for people who tap my phone. They call me up Surat but had lost to a candidate from the well as the other Gujarat BJP members assembly polls in 2022. and say please be aware that we are tapping appointments between July 1, 2020, and July your phone. Also, by the way, my security 15, 2021. “The reply given by the Minister is people tell me that they have to debrief what in contravention to the order of the Supreme I say and they have to report to their seniors UN General Assembly President-elect Abdulla Shahid meets PM Modi Court wherein the Court specifically says that everything I say. So, I am under no New Delhi. Maldives Foreign Minister foreign minister. Prime Minister Modi discussed the rapid growth in the India- ‘if the Supreme Court collegium after pretensions that I am not tapped,” Gandhi Abdulla Shahid, the President-elect of the congratulated Shahid on his resounding Maldives bilateral relationship in recent consideration of the aforesaid inputs, still told reporters. “This has happened to me 76th session of the UN General Assembly victory in the election, noting that this years. Prime Minister expressed reiterates the recommendation(s) three-four times. My friends were called and unanimously, such appointments should be called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi reflects the growing stature of the Maldives satisfaction that bilateral projects are processed and appointment should be made told to tell Rahul Gandhi that his phones are here on Friday. He arrived in India on on the world stage. He also felicitated the progressing well despite the constraints of being tapped,” he added. The SPG cover of within 3 to 4 weeks’. It is reliably learnt that Wednesday on a three-day visit. Shahid is President-elect on his Vision Statement for the Covid-19 pandemic. He emphasised many proposals reiterated by the collegiums Gandhi as also his mother and Congress visiting India in his capacity as President- 'Presidency of Hope', and assured him of the importance of Maldives as a key pillar president Sonia Gandhi and sister and AICC are pending with the Government well elect of the 76th session of the UNGA, India's full support and co-operation of India's Neighbourhood First policy and beyond the stipulated time frame given by the general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra following the election held in New York on during his Presidency. Modi emphasised vision of SAGAR -- Security and Growth were withdrawn by the Government in 2019. Supreme Court,” Brittas wrote in his notice. It is the CRPF which now provides close July 7, 2021. the importance reforming the multilateral for All in the Region. The Ministry of He added, “The action/reply of the Minister is proximate security cover to all three. India is the first country Shahid is visiting in system, including the UN organs, to reflect External Affairs on Thursday said Shahid's in contempt of the Supreme Court and also a the current realities of the world and the visit give India an opportunity to reiterate “If Rahul Gandhi feels that his phones are his official capacity after he was elected to breach of privilege as he has deliberately being tapped…then as per law of the land he the post on June 7. He had last visited India aspirations of a vast majority of the world's country's abiding commitment to misled the House keeping the House in dark should hand over his phones for in April in his capacity as the Maldivian population. Modi and Shahid also multilateralism . regarding the order of the Supreme Court.” investigation. And if it is confirmed…then action can be initiated under the IPC,” BJP leader and former minister Rajyavardhan 12 Central University Singh Rathore said. He claimed Gandhi’s strategy seems to be to not let Parliament Punjab Congress crisis far from over: Sunil function. Attacking the Government over V-Cs appointed the revelations involving Pegasus spyware made and licensed by Israeli company NSO, New Delhi. President Ramnath Kovind Gandhi said while Israel has classified Jakhar questions Sidhu's appointment appointed vice-chancellors (V-Cs) to 12 Pegasus as a “weapon” which is supposed to central universities on Friday. The be used against terrorists, Prime Minister announcement came against the backdrop of Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Directly questioning the party's high command's decision on the appointment of Sidhu as the new Punjab Congress chief, Jakhar said that several centrally-run higher education Shah have used this weapon against the the person who was trying to patch up the rift between Captain Amarinder Singh and Sidhu was forgotten by the Congress party. institutions remaining headless for months “Indian state and against our institutions.” and, in some cases, even years. The “They have used it politically. They have Chandigarh. All is not well within Punjab Minister other than Captain Amarinder universities which finally got a V-C include used it in Karnataka. They have used it to Congress as former state Congress chief Singh, then, the protests being held against central universities in Haryana, Himachal scuttle probes, they have used it against the Sunil Jakhar has expressed his grievance the BJP government at the Centre today Pradesh, Jammu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Supreme Court…they have used it against openly, saying the party has forgotten him, would have been against the Punjab Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad. Central all the institutions of this country, against our indirectly pointing to the incapability of government and Congress as entire Punjab university of South Bihar (Gaya), Manipur democracy. The only word for this is treason. the newly appointed state party chief came out in protest against the new farm university, Maulana Azad National Urdu There is no other word for this and this has to Navjot Singh Sidhu. Directly questioning laws. Speaking at the Congress ceremony University (MANUU), North-Eastern Hill be investigated and the Home Minister has the party's high command's decision on the to commemorate the appointment of University (NEHU) and Guru Ghasidas to resign,” Gandhi said. “My phone was appointment of Sidhu as the new Punjab Navjot Singh Sidhu as the new state party University, Bilaspur are also among the 12. tapped. But it is not about my privacy….I am Congress chief, Jakhar said that the person chief, Jakhar said, "The whole of Punjab Former V-C Guru Jambheshwar University of an Opposition leader and I give voice to the who was trying to patch up the rift between came out in protest of the farm laws. At that Science and Technology Professor people and raise their issues. This is an Captain Amarinder Singh and Sidhu was time, if there had been any other chief Tankeshwar Kumar is the new V-C of Central attack against the voice of the people. They forgotten by the Congress party. minister, other than Captain Amarinder University of Haryana, the incumbent V-C of used Pegasus to stop the investigation into Jakhar further said, "In Congress, it has Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan. "The route to Singh, then, the protests being held against Himachal Pradesh Technical University, SP the Rafale deal…Narendra Modiji has used become a tradition that if someone gets the national revival of the Congress party BJP today would have been against us Bansal, has become the head Himachal this weapon against our country,” he added. upset, then people go to their home to goes via Punjab, and the road to Punjab (Punjab governemnt and Congress). He Central University. Sanjeev Jain, V-C of Shri “The Home Minister should resign and there persuade them. But today, who did you hand Congress' return to power goes via (Amarinder Singh) handled them brilliantly Mata Vaishno Devi University, is going to should be a judicial inquiry…Supreme over the keys to? Today, you forgot Sunil Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan," added Jakhar and sent them there (Delhi border)." head Central University of Jammu. Rajarshi Court inquiry on Narendra Modi because no Jakhar." Rahul Gandhi tried to settle the referring to the incidents when two youths Meanwhile, farmers were permitted to Tandon Open University V-C KN Singh has one else can give authorisation for crisis in Punjab but it seems another were killed in the police firing at Behbal protest at Jantar Mantar with limited been appointed to Central University of South Pegasus…only the Prime Minister and simmering tension is brewing which may Kalan on October 14, 2015, while protesting numbers not exceeding 200 persons for Bihar. While former pro-vice-chancellor of Home Minister can give authorisation,” he harm the party's prospects in the 2022 state against the desecration of Guru Granth Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and six IGNOU Kshiti Bhushan Das is the new V-C of added. Asked about revelations that the Assembly elections. He also stated that the Sahib at Bargari on October 12. Police had persons for Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Central University of Jharkhand and former phones used by industrialist Anil Ambani route to the national revival of the Congress also opened fire on protesters at Kotkapura, Committee (KMSC) from 11 am to 5 pm professor of Osmania University Battu were also potential targets of surveillance, party goes via Punjab and the road to Punjab leaving many injured, the same day. Jakhar daily. Earlier on Thursday, Bharatiya Kisan Satyanarayana will head Central University of he said: Congress' return to power goes via said that if there had been any other Chief Union (BKU) leader Rakesh. 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2 terrorists killed in encounter 136 dead, over 84,000 evacuated as heavy rains in North Kashmir's Bandipora: J&K Police batter Maharashtra; IMD issues red alert for 6 districts Kashmir. Two unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces that broke out in the forest area of Sokbaba Mumbai. More than 100 people have died and Talai village in Mahad tehsil on Rescue teams of the NDRF, State in North Kashmir's Bandipora district on thousands moved to safer locations as heavy Thursday evening. NDRF teams and Disaster Response Force and other Saturday morning. The operation is still rains continue to batter Maharashtra, local officials were engaged in rescue agencies shifted people to safer underway, Kashmir Zone Police tweeted. triggering landslides and floods in several work in Mahad. Landslides also hit locations by Friday evening, the districts. Even as the armed forces and the Ambeghar and Mirgaon villages in officials said. Rescue teams are also According to police sources, a search National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Satara's Patan tehsil during Thursday evacuating stranded people using operation was launched on Friday afternoon carry out rescue operations, no immediate night, burying a total of eight houses, helicopters. More teams of the Indian after receiving input about the presence of relief appears in sight. The India saidAjay Kumar Bansal, Superintendent Army and Navy will join the rescue militants in the forest area. As the search Meteorological Department (IMD) has of Police, Satara rural. Ten persons were work on Saturday. NDRF teams have teams of army and police headed towards issued a red alert for six districts of also feared trapped after a landslide in been pressed into rescue operations. the suspected spotted today (July 24) Maharashtra, forecasting "extremely heavy" the coastal Ratnagiri district. But no The Maharashtra government has, morning, the hiding militants fired on them, rainfall and recommending preventive deaths have been confirmed in the two meanwhile, announced an ex gratia leading to an encounter. Sources said that actions. The six districts are: Raigad, incidents by local officials so far. of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of people the exact number of militants is not known Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg in coastal Konkan RAINS TRIGGER FLOODS those reported from eastern districts such as who have died in landslides triggered but the exchange of fire is going on from and Pune, Satara and Kolhapur in western by heavy rains in different parts of the state. both sides. In Pune division, 84,452 people, including Gondia and Chandrapur. Besides Pune and Maharashtra. On Saturday morning, a over 40,000 in Kolhapur district, were Kolhapur, the division also includes the A statement from the Chief Minister's Office passenger train derailed between Dudhsagar shifted to safer places as rains battered the districts of Sangli and Satara. Satara is hit in Mumbai said, Chief Minister Uddhav Kozhikode gold smuggling and Sonaulim in South Goa after heavy rains region. The Panchganga river near the hard, especially by heavy rains and Thackeray, who announced the financial and the overflowing of the Vashishti river Kolhapur city was flowing at a level higher landslides. In Sangli district, over 36,000 assistance, also expressed grief over the loss case: Friend of prime suspect between Chiplun and Kamathe in than that witnessed during the peak of floods people have been shifted to safer places, the of lives. The statement said landslides have Maharashtra. in 2019, officials said. As many as 54 officials said. In Kolhapur district, 11 been reported in ten places spread across dies in road accident DEATH TOLLCLIMBS TO 136 villages were completely affected due to the people, including eight Nepalese workers, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Satara districts. The Kozhikode. Afriend of the key accused in the At least 136 people have died in rain-related floods while 821 were partially affected, were rescued before the bus in which they injured will be treated in hospitals at Kozhikode gold smuggling case died in a incidents, including landslides and floods, in officials said. At least 39 roads, including 10 were traveling was swept away in the government expense, the statement said. As road accident on Friday. Ramees (25), a Maharashtra over the last few days, officials state highways, are closed for traffic due to flooded Chikodi river. In another incident in many as 14 NDRF teams have been native of Kannur, was a person of interest as said on Saturday. Most of the deaths are from the floods in Kolhapur district. As many as the wee hours of Friday, a Ratnagiri-bound deployed in the affected areas, the chief he was reportedly friends with Arjun Raigad and Satara districts, the official said. 40,882 persons have been shifted from bus of the Karnataka government's transport minister said. He said 500 people have been Ayanki, the prime suspect in the case of The deceased included 38 people who died in a flood-affected areas in Kolhapur district service got stranded in water on Kolhapur- rescued in Chiplun in Ratnagiri district and 2.33 kg of smuggled gold recovered at landslide in a village in the coastal Raigad alone. The official put the death toll in Panhala road. All 25 passengers were safely four relief centres have become operational Kozhikode airport back in June. district's Mahad tehsil on Thursday. The various incidents in Western Maharashtra's evacuated, the police said. in the coastal town, around 250km from Police said the accident occurred around landslide in Raigad district took place near Satara district at 27. Other fatalities included RESUCUE OPS ON Mumbai. midnight on Thursday, when the bike that Ramees was driving rammed into a car. Ramees sustained grievous injuries in the accident. Though he was shifted to a hospital, he succumbed to his wounds on Gyanvapi mosque gives Friday morning. An investigation is Gigantic asteroid '2008 GO20' nears underway and police haven’t ruled out foul play. Earlier, the customs team had raided land near it for Kashi Ramees’ house in Kannur for clues regarding the gold smuggling case. Ramees temple corridor project was also questioned by investigators as he was close friends with Arjun Ayanki. Earth, likely to pass on July 25 Lucknow. The committee that runs According to police, Arjun Ayanki had the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi reached the Kozhikode airport to collect the has handed over a piece of land smuggled gold. He absconded after the fields put together. It is moving outside the mosque complex to the customs department and police started "This asteroid has visited towards the planet at a speed of 29,000 kilometers per hour, which Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, in investigating his involvement in the gold exchange for another plot of land in smuggling attempt at the airport. He was earth at a much closer is an average of 8 kilometers per second, he added. "Given this the vicinity. later arrested on June 28. On Friday, the distance of 19 lakh km and 29 The land ceded by the mosque had Economic Offences Court in Kochi high speed, anything that crosses lakh km in 1935 and 1977 the path of the asteroid will be been given by it earlier on a rejected Arjun Ayanki’s bail plea in destroyed," Dr Pattnaik noted. Dr perpetual lease to the connection with the attempted gold respectively. At that time, it Pattnaik noted that many asteroids administration, to build a police smuggling case. orbit the sun between Mars and control room, in the wake of the flew away and never came Jupiter. They range in size from demolition of the Babri Masjid, Navy declares 'no-fly zone' for towards the earth," said Dr one meter to hundreds of mosque officials said. The Trust kilometres. had sought it several years ago for drones, UAVs around Pattnaik. He added that some out of these the temple corridor project in installations in Bengal Earth in 2034. "We should not panic. We millions of asteroids are at times attracted to Varanasi, a mosque official said. can safely say that it will not hit the earth," the earth by gravitational pull, but over 99.9 While this plot, located around 15 Dr Pattnaik told ANI. "This asteroid has percent of them are burnt to ashes in the Kolkata. The Navy on Friday declared a 'no- visited earth at a much closer distance of metres from the mosque complex, fly zone' around its installations in West atmosphere before they hit the earth's surface. is equal in value to the one it was 19 lakh km and 29 lakh km in 1935 and "Scientists have now compiled a list of more Bengal for non-conventional aerial 1977 respectively. At that time, it flew exchanged for, it is larger in size. objects, drones and unmanned aerial than 23,628 large asteroids that move closer to The land given by the mosque New Delhi: Amid reports of a four football away and never came towards the earth. earth and are monitoring their movements. Out vehicles. The move comes in the wake of fields sized asteroid hurtling towards the earth, This time it is around 45 lakh km, which is measures 1,700 sq ft compared to of these, only 1,045 have been classified as the 1,000 sq ft given to it in an attack on the Indian Air Force station at Dr Suvendu Pattnaik, Deputy Director of about 11 to 12 times the earth-moon distance, potentially dangerous asteroids which are Jammu with armed drones and reported Pathani Samanta Planetarium in Odisha said so there is no danger of hitting the earth," he exchange. S M Yasin, joint named as Near Earth Objects (NEO)," he said. secretary of the Anjuman Intezamia sightings of similar objects around the that there is no need for anyone to panic as this added. As per Dr Pattnaik, '2008 G20' will be Many organizations, scientists are keeping an sensitive region near the India-Pakistan same asteroid had flown past earth earlier as closest to the earth on July 25, 2021 at 11.21 mosque and the caretaker of the eye on such objects that are approaching earth. Gyanvapi Masjid, told The Indian border. well and at a much closer distance. Dr Pattnaik pm as per Indian Standard Time (IST). He also Astronomers and scientists have been working also stated that there are no chances of '2008 revealed that the gigantic asteroid is estimated Express that the plot handed over "An area of radius 3 km from the perimeter of tirelessly on how to protect the planet from was not connected to the mosque GO20' asteroid colliding with the planet. He to be 97m in width and 230 meter in length such a catastrophe. all Indian Navy establishments/areas and also added that this asteroid will again revisit which will be around the size of four football and is separate. “Under the naval assets in West Bengal is hereby Gyanvapi mosque committee, designated as 'No-Fly zone'" a statement there are three plots of land. One of from the office of the Naval Officer-in- 7 from MP killed in fire, explosion caused by LPG cylinder leakage in Gujarat them has the mosque, then the Charge, West Bengal, said. "All second plot is a common passage individuals or civil agencies are prohibited New Delhi. Seven persons died due to burn next kin of seven persons, who died in an between the two places of worship. from flying any such non-conventional injuries after leakage of gas from an LPG explosion caused due to leakage of gas from an The third plot was handed over to aerial objects, drones and UAVs within cylinder triggered fire and explosion inside a LPG cylinder. The deceased persons belonged the district administration a year these zones," it said. Defence Chief Public room on the outskirts of Gujarat’s to Madhusudangarh in Guna district of after the Babri mosque was Relations Officer at Kolkata Wing Ahmedabad city. The incident took place on Madhya Pradesh, the Chief Minister's Office demolished to build a control room Commander, M K Hooda, said "civil Tuesday night (July 20), but the victims - (CMO) said in a statement. According Gujarat for security of both the places,” said agencies" are private entities, which does labourers and their family members - died police, these deceased included male labourers Yasin. The police control room that not include state or central government over the last couple of days during treatment, and their family members, including children. stood at the spot has now been agencies. police said on Friday. Besides men, the “Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has demolished for the project. Yasin deceased included children and women, the expressed deep condolences on the death of said the land, owned by the Uttar Pradesh Central Sunni Waqf Board, Indian Railway Recruitment cop added. seven workers of Madhusudangarh (MP's was given on lease for an unlimited Guna district) due to gas leak in Ahmedabad. 2021: Apply for these posts by “Some labourers working in a factory and their engulfed the room. While three persons died period and without any transaction. family members were sleeping in a small room Chouhan has directed a financial assistance of “The Trust had requested us to give during their treatment on Thursday, four others Rs 4 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased and July 27, check details here when gas from their LPG cylinder started succumbed to the injuries at a hospital on this land a couple of years ago, and leaking on the night of July 20. When their Rs 2 lakh to the injured besides free treatment after checking the rules for such a Friday,” he said. Three persons are undergoing to them,” the CMO said. Madhya Pradesh neighbour knocked on their door to alert them, treatment, the official added. MP CM Shivraj transfer, we finalised it on July 8.” a labourer got up and switched on the light, Governor Mangubhai C Patel also expressed Waqf Board Chairman Zufar Singh Chouhan announces Rs 4 lakh aid to kin grief over the death of workers. Praying for the which caused an explosion due to of 7 deceased Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Farooqui said the land given to the concentration of gas," the officer said. “Ten departed souls and for strength to the bereaved Trust was commercial and was Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced families, Patel wished a speedy recovery to the persons were sleeping there at that time and all financial assistance of Rs four lakh each to the more valuable. of them received severe burn injuries as fire injured, the governor's office said.
New Delhi: The Northern Railway is inviting applications from interested Worst flood in decades: Nearly 1,000 homes candidates for recruitment to several posts. According to the official notification released by the Northern Railway damaged, hundreds evacuated in Goa Recruitment, the walk-in-interview will be held on July 27 and 28. It must be noted that the candidates will not have to appear while other areas also suffered damage. He damaged and nine people evacuated, for any written test and the selection for said there was a report of a woman Sawant said. He said in Bicholim taluka, this recruitment process will be done drowning in Dharbandora taluka but a Valvanti and Chapora rivers were through direct interview or walk-in confirmation on the exact cause of the overflowing due to which 164 houses were death was awaited. The chief minister damaged, while 40 people rescued. Sattari interview. Interviews for the following visited certain affected areas in Bicholim was one of the worst hit talukas where 130 posts will be held on 27 July The taluka in the afternoon to monitor rescue houses were damaged while 65 people had candidates who want to apply for these and relief operations. He said government- to be rescued as Valvanti and Mahadayi posts, must have a Postgraduate Degree run schools have been converted into rivers crossed their danger levels, the CM and Diploma in a relevant department temporary shelter homes to accommodate said. He said in Ponda taluka, several people from an institute recognized by MCE or people evacuated from flooded areas. in Waghurme village were stranded in their NBE. Apart from this, the candidates also “This is one of the worst floods since 1982. submerged homes and attempts were on to need to have at least 3 years of experience Properties worth crores of rupees have rescue them. in the post of Junior Resident in a 300-bed been damaged,” Sawant said. The chief Health Minister Vishwajit Rane was hospital after MBBS. The candidates who minister said teams of the disaster personally monitoring the evacuation will be selected for these posts will get management cell swung into action on process. In South Goa's Salcette taluka, the Friday and evacuated several people who Kushavati river was flowing above the salaries as per the recommendations of 7th were stranded at different locations. He Pay Commission. As per the job danger level, damaging 18 houses, Sawant said in Pernem taluka (North Goa), the said. In Dharbandora taluka in South Goa, notification, the selected candidates will Chapora river was flowing above the 135 houses were damaged and 150 people be entitled to get a salary ranging from Rs Panaji. One person died, around 1,000 houses worst floods in nearly 40 years, the state danger mark due to which water had evacuated, he said. In Canacona, the 67,700 per month to Rs 2,08,700 per were damaged and hundreds of people government said. Chief Minister Pramod entered low-lying areas damaging 88 Talpona river was overflowing due to which month on the basis of Matrix Level 11. evacuated from low-lying parts inundated Sawant told reporters here that the floods houses, while eight persons were evacuated. 60 homes were damaged, the chief minister Apart from this, they will also get other due to heavy rains and overflowing of rivers had badly hit talukas of Sattari, Bicholim, The Chapora river also caused devastation said. The coastal state has been experiencing allowances. Venue and time of interview. as Goa on Friday reeled under one of the Ponda, Dharbandora, Bardez and Pernem, in Bardez taluka where 167 homes were heavy rains over the past few days. New Delhi, Sunday, 25 July, 2021 DELHI/NCR THE SIKH TIMES 4
Maharashtra rains claim over IMD predicts heavy rainfall and strong winds in 129 lives, Army, IAF and coast guard pressed into service as IMD issues red alert for various Maharashtra, Goa, other places| Top developments
districts New Delhi. Even after six days, heavy rainfall trapped under the debris." the next of kin of those who lost their continues to create havoc in Maharashtra, NDRF carries out rescue and relief lives due to a landslide in Raigad, New Delhi: Incessant rains have thrown Marathwada, Vidharba and other places in operations in Maharashtra: Maharashtra. Rs. 50,000 would be given normal life out of gear in Maharashtra, India. As per the predictions by the IMD, The National Disaster Response Force to the injured." Here is the weather claiming the lives of at least 129 people. rainfall has been predicted in Maharashtra, (NDRF) team has been carrying out forecast for different states: Several reports of deaths in rain-related Marathwada and also for the Konkan coast rescue and relief operations in the flood- Heavy rains predicted in Himachal, incidents, including multiple landslides, and Goa for Saturday. Along with the heavy affected lower Chiplun area in the Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh: have been reported in Maharashtra over the rainfall, strong winds of 50-60kmph gusting Ratnagiri district. Chipuln district is The IMD has predicted that a low-pressure last two days, while over 84,452 people to 70kmph have also been predicted by submerged in water following incessant area is very likely to develop over the under the Pune division were shifted to officials over the southwest and west-central rainfall in the area. Meanwhile, heavy northern Bay of Bengal and the safer places on Friday as heavy showers Arabian sea. Maharashtra continues to suffer rains have also triggered landslides in neighbourhood during the end of the first continued to wreak havoc in the state, badly due to the extensive rainfall. Around Ratnagiri, killing at least 36 people. The week and the beginning of the second according to the officials. 61 people have lost their lives so far due to torrential rains in the state have claimed week. As per the latest forecast, isolated "The death toll in Maharashtra in the last 48 rainfall, floods and landslides. at least 129 lives so far over the last two days. torrential rains in the state have claimed at heavy rainfall is expected to occur in hours has reached 129. Most of the deaths Large number of goods vehicles stranded National State Response Force(NDRF)least 129 lives so far over the last two days. Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand today are from Raigad and Satara districts," the on Kolhapur Highway teams have been deployed in the state and are Teams have been deployed in the state and and its intensity will increase on July 25 and official said. A flood-like situation has On Saturday, a large number of goods vehicles carrying out search and rescue operations. Aare carrying out search and rescue 28. On the other hand, very heavy rainfall is prevailed in parts of Maharashtra’s were stranded on Kolhapur Highway, as red alert has been sounded for six districts of operations. A red alert has been sounded for also predicted over Uttar Pradesh on July 25 Kolhapur, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Palghar, vehicular movement halted due to floods in Maharashtra and heavy rainfall has beensix districts of Maharashtra and heavy and 26 and isolated heavy falls on July 27 Thane, and Nagpur. Besides landslides, Kolhapur. "We're stuck here since last night. predicted for Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhurainfall has been predicted for Raigad, and 28. many people have been swept away in Mobile network affected too. We can't even Gurg, Pune, Satara and Kolhapur districts. Ratnagiri, Sindhu Gurg, Pune, Satara and Rainfall intensity to increase in Gujarat: floodwaters. The death toll in Western get tea here," said a truck driver. Kolhapur: NDRF personnel distribute food Kolhapur districts. Maharashtra's Satara district reached 27, Even as Gujarat continues to experience 136 accidental deaths reported in as part of relief operations Train services PM Modi express condolences over the lives isolated heavy falls for the past two days, the the officials revealed. Additionally, the Maharashtra till last evening finally restored on Konkan route The lost in landslides death toll also includes 38 people who situation will prevail in the state. However, Raigad District Collector, Nidhi Chaudhary, Konkan Railways on Saturday revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his the intensity of the rainfall will increase from perished in a landslide in a village in the train services have been restored on the condolences over the lives lost in the coastal Raigad district's Mahad tehsil on said a rescue operation is still going on in the July 24. On the other hand, the state might areas affected by the landslide.ANI tweeted, Konkan railway route, amid the extensive landslide in Maharashtra's coastal Raigad experience isolated heavy to very heavy Thursday. Landslides also hit Ambeghar rainfall in the state. The train services were district. Taking to Twitter, PMO India wrote, and Mirgaon villages in Satara’s Patan "According to officials and staff present at rainfall on July 25 and 26.Light rainfall the spot, around 50 more people are feared suspended and many routes were diverged "PM Narendra Modi has announced an ex- predicted for Delhi, NCR region today: Tehsil, burying a total of eight houses, on due to incessant rainfall in the state. The gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each from PMNRF for Thursday night, said Ajay Kumar Bansal, Superintendent of Police, Satara rural. Over eleven people, including eight Nepalese 'Exploitation of farmers': Kisan workers, were rescued in the nick of time before the bus in which they were traveling Approval given to use Coronil as supporting Sansad passes resolution was swept away in a flooded river in Western Maharashtra's Kolhapur district on against APMC bypass act early Friday morning, police said. measure in Covid management: MoS Health Army deploys 15 teams for flood relief: New Delhi. The Kisan Sansad, being held at According to a defence release, a total of 15 the Jantar Mantar near Parliament where the relief and rescue teams comprising troops AYUSH ministry reviewed the application question on whether the Centre has Monsoon Session is underway, passed a from the Aundh Military Station and Uttarakhand has granted submitted by the Patanjali Research upgraded the license for Patanjali unanimous resolution on the second day of Bombay Engineer Group based at Pune license for Coronil tablet to Foundation Trust for “updating the Ayurved's Coronil from an “immunity the protest Friday demanding a repeal of the have been deployed in affected areas. The AYUSH license for Divya Coronil tablet” booster” to a “supporting measure” in APMC bypass act. Indian Army has launched ‘Operation be used as supporting from ‘immunity booster’ to ‘medicine for treating Covid-19 and the details thereof The resolution takes into account the "adverse Varsha 21' for flood relief and rescue work COVID-19’. along with the data/studies based on which experience" of the operation of the APMC in the state, it said. "With the measure in the management The committee suggested that the tablet may such an upgrade was approved. Explaining bypass act from June 2020 to January 2021 unprecedented rains and resultant heavy be used as supporting measure in Covid the rules under which such an approval was before the Supreme Court suspended its flow of water in various rivers, a number of of Covid-19 without claiming management, she said. “The application granted, Pawar said the regulatory implementation, a statement said. Friday's areas in many states are likely to be titled ‘Updating AYUSH license for Divya provisions for granting license and proceedings were similar to the way the impacted by floods. Presently the districts cure, the Lok Sabha was Coronil tablet from Immunity booster to approval of Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani and actual Parliament functions. The Kisan of Ratnagiri, Raigad, Pune, Satara, Medicine for Covid-19’ submitted by Homoeopathy drugs are prescribed under Sansad won't function on Saturday and Kolhapur and Sangli in Maharashtra have informed on Friday. Patanjali Research Foundation Trust, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and been affected," it said. Sunday just like the Parliament. The second Haridwar, Uttarakhand to this Ministry, Rules 1945. The Section 3(a) and Section day of the Kisan Sansad also saw the was placed before the ITRC on October 27, 3(h) define all Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani Samyukta Kisan Morcha appoint a speaker Kerala weekend lockdown 2020 for examination of the medicines intended for internal or external (Hardev Arshi), a deputy speaker (Jagtar applications/claims on patent and propriety use for or in the diagnosis, treatment, Singh Bajwa) and an agriculture minister. begins today: Check what's New Delhi. The State Licensing Authority of (P&P) ASU&H medicines with new mitigation or prevention of diseases or Uttarakhand has granted license for The 37-year-old agriculture minister, indications or repurposing of licensed P&P, disorder in human beings or animals, and Ravneet Singh Brar, tendered his resignation open and what's closed Coronil tablet to be used as supporting ASU&H medicines for Covid-19,” Pawar manufactured exclusively in accordance measure in the management of Covid-19 before the sansad after he failed to address said in her reply. "The ITRC reviewed the with the formulae described in, the farmers' issues and could not give any New Delhi: The Kerala government has without claiming cure following the advice study and it was suggested that it may be authoritative books of Ayurvedic, Siddha imposed a full lockdown for this weekend of a review committee set up by the satisfactory response to them. "This includes used as a supporting measure in Covid. The and Unani Tibb systems of medicine, exploitation and cheating of farmers to the that is July 24 and 25, after reviewing the AYUSH ministry, the Lok Sabha was State Licensing Authority was also specified in the First Schedule. "The State COVID situation in the state. During the informed on Friday. Minister of State for tune of crores of rupees, APMC transactions informed that Coronil tablet may be used as Licensing Authority Uttarakhand has reducing significantly and large number of weekend lockdown, the state government Health Bharati Pravin Pawar, in a written supporting measure in the management of granted license of drug Coronil after has also directed the health department reply, said the Interdisciplinary Technical mandis suffering massive losses pushing Covid-19 without claiming cure," she examination of the application submitted them to the verge of closing down," the officials to conduct mass COVID testing Review Committee (ITRC) setup by the added. The MoS was responding to a by the applicant. with a target of 3 lakh tests. statement said. The resolution stated that However, the special focus will be on the "farmers need much higher number of districts where the seven-day test positivity operating mandis and not fewer mandis". rate (TPR) is above 10 per cent. Apart from The resolution called for a repeal of the this, the state government has also asked No shortage of vaccines, govt providing central act immediately claiming it district collectors to identify and demarcate undermined the Constitution. The resolution micro-containment zones on a district level. also asked state governments to bring in Issuing fresh order on Friday (July 23), the improvements in their mandi systems so that state government said that the prevailing free jabs to states and UTs, Lok Sabha told they protect farmers' interests. Paramilitary category-wise system of exemptions and forces and police personnel have been deployed at the site with heavy barricading restrictions will continue. No additional New Delhi. There has been no shortage manufacturer, the minister said as of relaxations would be made. There would be at the entrance to avoid any kind of untoward of vaccines and the Government of July 20, around 34.5 per cent of the incident. The protest by the farmers a full lockdown on July 24 and July 25 with India has been supplying the jabs to estimated population aged 18 years and the same guidelines issued during the earlier remained peaceful. The Kisan Sansad states and Union Territories for free to above has received at least one dose of (farmers' parliament) had a one-hour phase of lockdowns on weekends. The be given to prioritized beneficiaries as Covid-19 vaccine. As of July 20, 2021, present categorisation of Local Self- question hour where questions were thrown government Institution (LSGI) regions recommended by NEGVAC, Minister a total of 32.64 crore first doses and at the agriculture minister who tried his best based on the seven-day average test of State for Health Bharati Pravin 8.55 crore second doses have been to defend the Centre's new agriculture laws. positivity rate (TPR) shall continue. Pawar informed the Lok Sabha on administered across the country.Atotal The minister told the Sansad how amid the Exemptions and restrictions already Friday. of 2.15 lakh Covid-19 vaccination raging Covid pandemic, farmers were applicable to the respective category areas Advance visibility of vaccine allocation - centres have been operational across requested to head back to their homes and get will continue. The Health Department has - total doses that would be available for the country, Pawar said. The themselves vaccinated. Every time the also been directed to conduct a mass testing states and UTs -- are provided 15 days Government of India has taken many minister failed to give a satisfactory campaign on Friday. The number of daily in advance to enable them to plan for been providing free supply of vaccines to steps to augment the domestic response, the members shamed him, raised tests shall also be enhanced immediately to acceleration of vaccination coverage while states and UTs for administration to manufacturing capacity of Covid-19 their hands and objected to his answers. the peak testing capacity for the effective prioritised beneficiaries as recommended Bajwa told the media, "The agriculture being cognizant of the available vaccines, vaccines. These include support to M/s minister failed to answer questions containment of the pandemic. Giving she said in a written reply. Asked whether by NEGVAC (National Empowered Group Bharat Biotech and three Public Sector further details, Chief Minister Pinarayi following which the members shamed him, the government is aware that many on Vaccine Administration against Covid- Enterprises under 'Mission COVID leading to a disruption. The question was Vijayan said the restrictions already in place 19)." On whether the government is aware would continue for another week as the inoculation sites got closed down due to Suraksha-the Indian Covid-19 Vaccine that when the Prime Minister himself has average test positive. non-availability of vaccines there, Pawar that less than 10 per cent of Indians have got Development Mission', technology transfer stressed on the fact that the MSP will stay, said, "There has been no shortage of single dose of Covid vaccine despite India of Covaxin production, financial assistance why there is any issue to make it a law. vaccines and the Government of India has being the world's leading vaccine to one of the domestic. Third Covid wave may occur either due to mutations in virus or pool of susceptible population: Govt
New Delhi. The third Covid wave may occur either combat the intensity of the third wave, he said the restrictions were imposed on its industrial use. He said a because of mutations in the virus or due to the ministry monitors the trajectory of Covid as per dynamic and transparent framework for allocation of available pool of susceptible population, and is also details provided by states. The public health approach oxygen in consultation with states and UTs and all dependent on various pharmaceutical and non- and clinical management protocol for Delta variant stakeholders was prepared. pharmaceutical interventions for management of the remain the same, he said. NEW FRAMEWORK TO TRACK OXYGEN pandemic, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. FOCUS ON RAMPING UP BED CAPACITY, DEMAND In a written reply, Union Health Minister Mansukh ESSENTIAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Oxygen Demand Aggregation System and Oxygen Digital Mandaviya said vaccination protects from severe Health is a state subject, the Centre provides required Tracking System were developed to ascertain the demand manifestation of the disease and improves herd technical support to states and has supported them from medical facilities and track transportation, he said. immunity, and is accordingly likely to mitigate the towards strengthening health infrastructure to ensure The minister said 1,02,400 oxygen cylinders were impact Covid-19 may have with any future sufficient beds, drugs, medical oxygen and other procured in April and May last year and distributed to resurgence. Vaccines currently being utilised for consumables to aid proper clinical care of Covid-19 states. Orders for additional 1,27,000 cylinders have been immunisation offer substantial protection against patients, the minister said. placed on April 21 -- 54,000 jumbo cylinders (D-type) and the infection, besides reducing severity of the Due to concerted actions of the Centre and state 73,000 regular cylinders (B-type). Deliveries have started disease, hospitalisation and deaths, he said. On governments, isolation bed capacity and ICU bed and 24,207 -- 24,511 B-type and 8,893 D-type -- cylinders warnings by health experts and authorities about a INFRASTRUCTURE capacity, which was 10,180 and 2,168 before the first were delivered as on July 7. In addition, around 4,962 B- probable advent of a third wave of the coronavirus in the According to the World Health Organization, the Delta lockdown (as on March 23, 2020) is being increased and is type and 1,895 D-type cylinders are in-transit, he said. To form of its Delta variant, which is likely to affect children, variant of SARS-CoV-2 has shown higher transmissibility currently at 18,21,845 isolation beds and 1,22,035 ICU generate oxygen at the health facility level, PSA plants are Mandaviya clarified there is no scientific evidence either than other mutant variants of concern (VOCs) identified to beds, as on July 20, he said. States, union territories and being installed, especially in far-flung areas, to enable in India or globally to show that children get date. "There is however no scientific evidence either from central government institutions have been allocated hospitals to become self-sufficient in oxygen generation disproportionately infected with Covid-19, including its India or globally, to show that children get 56,218 ventilators with 48,446 already supplied, as on July and thereby, reduce the burden on the medical oxygen Delta variant. He said multiple waves have been noticed disproportionately infected with Covid-19, including the 19, he said. On medical oxygen supplies, he said liquid supply grid across the country, the minister said. across the world. "The (third) wave may occur either due Delta variant. Children, if infected, generally remain medical oxygen (LMO) production was increased to a MORE COVID-19 VACCINES IN DEVELOPMENT to mutations in the virus or due to the available pool of asymptomatic or exhibit mild symptoms and do not get high of 9,690 MT, as on May 13. This was done by To improve vaccine accessibility, manufacturers are being susceptible population, which in turn is also dependent on severe disease," Mandaviya stated. However, the health increasing production in steel plants and other LMO provided requisite handholding to increase production and various pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical ministry has issued specific guidelines and has advised plants, the minister said. He said a system for real-time newer vaccines are also being planned to be included in interventions for management of the pandemic," he said. states to upgrade health infrastructure with respect to monitoring of oxygen production in steel plants and Covid-19 immunisation activities which will further UPGRADATION OF PAEDIATRIC HEALTH paediatric case management, he said. On preparedness to distribution to states and UTs was put in place and improve availability, he said. New Delhi, Sunday, 25 July, 2021 DELHI-NCR THE SIKH TIMES 5
Arms license case: CBI raids multiple locations across ‘Mahad like a river, city under water’ Jammu & Kashmir Mumbai. Intense rainfall coupled with excess The landslide took place at Sutarwadi in However, this time there is 14-15 ft of New Delhi. Launching swift action, multiple rainwater from Mahabaleshwar draining into Govele gram panchayat area around 10 water and in several places, the first teams of the Central Bureau of Investigation river Savitri and causing it to overflow pm on Thursday. Rescuers had found the floor has got submerged. The whole (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches at triggered disaster at Mahad in Raigad, with bodies of 10 people in the debris by Friday Mahad taluka looks like a river. We several locations in Jammu and Kashmir in the city and surrounding villages under evening. Thirteen others were moved to could not even find the roads under the connection with its probe into an alleged water, two landslides in the district in which Poladpur rural hospital for treatment. A water.” illegal arms license case. According to CBI more than 40 people are dead, rescue clearer picture about casualites, health The NDRF team that arrived on sources, the searches began early morning. operations hampered by the floodwaters and emergencies and other mishaps, damage Thursday from Pune got stuck at a However, no details of the premises where disruption in telecom services and power to property and vehicles as well as bridge between Lonere and Dasgaon the searches were underway have been supply. Taliye in Mahad taluka, where a huge livestock and animals at both the landslide in Raigad that was submerged in flood shared. landslide occurred on Thursday evening, is a sites would be clear only after a day or water. Two other roads to reach Information from another source revealed that village of 240 people, located 22 km from two, officials said. With phones and power Mahad were also inaccessible due to the agency is carrying out searches at the Mahad city. Around 35 houses were buried supply down, those with family members, flooding and landslides. The NDRF premises of former Deputy Commissioner under the debris of a hillock that came relatives and friends at the two landslide could reach Mahad taluka only on Srinagar, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, among government officials, have no access to crashing down on the houses. Officials said sites have been unable to reach them. Pranita electricity even to charge their phones. The Friday morning. The authorities tried to others. Senior officials of the agency remain over a 100 people escaped the landslide as Panchal, a resident of Kalyan, whose airlift the NDRF team but due to inclement tight-lipped on the developments. The CBI police are using wireless devices to they were out for work. Around 85 people relatives live in Taliye village, said no communicate with the people. The weather, it had to wait till morning. Finally, had registered a case on the consent of the were hit by the landslide. communication has been possible since they accessed the area by boats. According to Jammu and Kashmir government and authorities said that Mahad city may not have A rescue team of National Disaster Rescue Thursday evening. “Finally, my brother went electricity supply even on Saturday. Two 220 the district administration, around 110 further notification from the central Force (NDRF) pulled out 33 bodies on to the village to check on my relatives. He villages are landslide-prone, and of these, 20 government in 2018 and taken over probe KV towers between Kandalgaon and Mahad Friday morning. Some 50 people are still found out that my cousin has died. He sent a have collapsed, disrupting power supply to are particularly at risk. The administration from the state police that during the period missing and feared trapped under the debris. photo of her body, which had been pulled out has appealed to the people living in low-lying 2012 to 2016, the district magistrates of 80,000 people. Mahad and Poladpur talukas “Thirty-three bodies have been recovered from of the rubble.” were in darkness Friday night – the second and flood-prone areas to relocate to safer various districts of J&K, including the debris of Taliye village and the rescue “She was staying with her in-laws, her five- areas for the next few days. “The Kupwara had fraudulently and illegally night in a row. Mahad, Poladpur, Birwadi, operation on,” said Raigad Collector Nidhi month-old baby, 10-year-old daughter andVinhere, Vahur, Nate, Nangalwadi, Nagaon administration is in the process of relocating issued bulk arms licenses in lieu of a Chowdhury. “The postmortem of the bodies husband. We have no idea about where they people. We have provided various monetary consideration. and Kumble as well as 260 villages, will be conducted at the accident site. Teams all are except for the husband who survived, including Poladpur city, Turbhe, Pitalwadi necessities like clothes, drinking water, of doctors have already been dispatched,” as he had gone to work on Thursday,”and Warandh have been affected due to the biscuits, food grains and medical treatment 'Mai UP 112 bula loonga': UP said Dr Suhas Mane, civil surgeon of the Panchal said. Over a 1,000 people have been collapse of 44 high pressure 22 KV feeders to the flood victims,” said an official. The district hospital. As rain has disrupted power evacuated by the district administration from and power supply towers. An official from two highways – Mangaon-Mahad and supply, rescue operations were continuing on Mahad taluka, including Mahad city. WithRaigad district administration said flooding Goregaon-Dapoli – which had to be closed Police's tweet reply to Zomato, Friday night with the help of generator- the entire Mahad city under water, power is an annual phenomenon in Mahad. “People have been opened for traffic after water powered lights. In another landslide in sub-stations have been damaged and therein Mahad city are used to tackling flooding started receding and rain stopped on Friday. Paytm goes viral neighbouring Poladpur taluka, 10 people has been no electricity since Thursday night. up to six feet. Local residents evacuate their Teams of Navy and Coast Guard have also died and six others were seriously injured. With no electricity, people, includingground floor rooms and stay on the first floor. reached Mahad. New Delhi. Digital payment platform Paytm and online food delivery platform Zomato recently teased Twitterati with a funny meme as a part of an outreach campaign and it gained a good response as netizens began Centre never asked Chhattisgarh for data on sharing their funny take on the meme. But it CBI raids IAS Shahid was the response by the UP police's social media cell which created quite a buzz and Choudhary's Srinagar tickled netizens. oxygen deaths during second wave: T S Singh Deo house in illegal arms UP police’s reply to Zomato, Paytm, ‘in UP mothers don’t say “ Beta So Ja Nahin to licensing case Gabbar Singh Aa Jayega”, Kids say “Mai surplus state, the minister added that the state public audit to get all information on any death UP 112 bula loonga” & We think that’s government is conducting a re-audit of deaths in hospitals or outside due to a shortage of beautiful", has gained the attention of recorded during the second wave to ascertain oxygen during the second wave of Covid-19 in The CBI on Saturday carried out a searches several Twitter users. The 112 is a one-stop He said that the Central if any of the patients succumbed due to a the state.” The minister requested NGOs, in some parts of Jammu and Kashmir, emergency number people can dial if they shortage of medical oxygen. members of civil society and journalists of the including at the house of former deputy need any help anytime. UP Police's spin to On July 20, the Central government said in the state to inform the government if they have the original tweet has gone viral. It garnered government had not Rajya Sabha that no deaths due to lack of come across the death of any coronavirus commissioner of Srinagar Shahid over 3 lakh impressions, 2,500 retweets, demanded any figures from oxygen were specifically reported by states patient due to medical oxygen shortage. Choudhary. The searches were in and 12,400 likes. Many other Twitter users and UTs during the second wave of Covid-19, “Transparency is a core of a democratically- connection with a illegal arms licensing enjoyed the moment and even indulged in triggering criticism from opposition parties. elected government and we shall follow the friendly banter with the police department. state governments regarding Congress’s commitment towards case registered by the CBI in 2019. This is not the first time that UP police Speaking to reporters on Friday, Singh Deo creative tweets have created a buzz. Earlier, these deaths so far. said: “The government of India has been given transparency,” he said. The state has no record UP Police had also participated in the constant data from the state government. They of deaths due to lack of oxygen either in ‘Chellam Sir’ meme fest and came up with a however never asked, not even as a separate government or private hospitals, according to "24/7 solution for every family in crisis" column on the forms that the states had to fill, the health department. “Complaints were with advisory. Also, UP Police had replied of deaths resulting due to Oxygen shortage. received sporadically, but they were to Swiggy who had asked Twitterati to Then making a statement that the state unsubstantiated. We will audit deaths again to complete a sentence by posting a tweet, to governments didn’t provide them with dispel all doubts,” Singh Deo added. Singh which the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police Raipur. Chhattisgarh Health Minister T S Singh enough data is willfully an attempt to cover up Deo urged the Centre to conduct a similar audit responded and turned the campaign slogan their mismanagement.” “Chhattisgarh is an of deaths across the country. “If the and made it its own. Deo on Friday accused the Centre of misleading the country with its statement that oxygen-surplus state, so we haven’t recorded government at the Centre can accuse states had not reported any data on deaths any oxygen shortage related death. But instead Chhattisgarh for vaccine wastage with no New Delhi. The Central Bureau of Bihar: Most wanted gangster, caused due to lack of oxygen during the second of being stubborn, we are willing to listen to the proof, they should also be able to deduce how Investigation on Saturday carried out wave of the Covid-19 pandemic across the people and other stakeholders. We have many deaths had occurred by sending their a search at the government involved in over four dozen country. He said that the Central government already been conducting an audit of Covid-19- teams across the country,” he said. Singh Deo accommodation of former deputy had not demanded any figures from state related deaths in the state, to ensure that all pointed out that the oxygen production commissioner of Srinagar Shahid criminal cases, held governments regarding these deaths so far. possibilities are tracked and checked for,” said capacity of the state was 388.87 metric tonnes, Choudhary in connection with an Maintaining that Chhattisgarh was an oxygen- the minister. He added, “We are expanding our while the peak consumption. illegal arms licensing case. Shahid New Delhi. A most wanted gangster, involved Choudhary is a 2009 batch IAS in over four dozen criminal cases, was officer and currently serves as the arrested from a village in Bihar's Gopalganj district on Friday in a joint operation of the Administrative Secretary of Tribal JD(U): Centre non-committal on caste census Affairs Department of Jammu and Bihar and Uttar Pradesh Police. Gopalganj SP Anand Kumar said that the joint team Kashmir. also seized a huge cache of arms and Patna . The Janata Dal (United) on Friday government had got a proposal passed in the The searches were in connection with a ammunition including an AK 47 rifle, one slammed the Centre for being “non- Bihar legislature on the caste census demand case registered by CBI in 2019, magazine and 27 live cartridges from committal” over the caste census and long ago. wherein it had alleged that between Munna Mishra's possession. The joint team extending the term of the Justice G Rohini BJP national spokesperson Guru Prakash 2012 and 2016, the deputy has also arrested his wife as well. Commission on sub-categorisation of OBCs. Paswan, however, said: “When we say commissioners of various districts of Mishra was involved in the murder of a JD(U) national spokesperson and principal ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas and Sabka Jammu and Kashmir had teacher named Dilip Singh -- with whom he secretary general K C Tyagi told The Indian Vishvas’, it is not just a slogan but a fraudulently and illegally issued bulk had a land dispute -- in Jamuah Bazar in Express: “We are incensed at the central commitment. Apart from development arms licences to seek monetary Gopalganj 60 days ago. "During the government’s response towards caste initiatives, the party has ensured dignity to consideration. The CBI conducted investigation, it appeared that the accused's census. The government remains non- every section of society by ensuring adequate searches at 40 locations, including wife Anu Mishra was also a co-accused in committal on the issue… And just when we representation in places that matter. The Jammu, Srinagar, Udhampur, this murder," the SP said. "Both the accused had been waiting for implementation of sub- social diversity in the council of ministers is were on the run after that murder. They were “All social justice parties have been unanimous Rajouri, Anantnag, Baramulla, and categorisation of OBCs by Justice G Rohini on its demand of caste census. Weaker indicative of that”. Bihar’s principal Delhi. Official and residential frequently shifting locations in Uttar Commission, its term has been extended by Opposition party, RJD, is on the same page as Pradesh and Bihar. Uttar Pradesh ATS learnt segments within the BJP also want it. But the premises of then public servants six months.” On July 20, Union Minister of Narendra Modi government has not yet lived JD(U) on the issue. The RJD, too, has (including IAS Officers) and around that Mishra was hiding in Pakaha village State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai had mounted pressure on the BJP over under Kateya police station in Gopalganj. up to our expectation on the matter. What 20 gun houses were searched by the The Uttar Pradesh ATS contacted us and we told Parliament that the government had should hold us back from knowing if the implementation of caste census. Leader of central agency. The CBI has not said immediately constituted a dedicated team to directed it as a policy matter not to enumerate benefits of reservation and social welfare are Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav tweeted: whether a fresh case has been raid the village," he said. 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Minister for within the multilateral agreed commitment to the objectives of the 2030 Environment, Forests and convention and its Paris Agenda for Sustainable Development and its in Jangaon, no injuries reported Climate Change, Bhupender Agreement. sustainable development goals (SDGs) and Yadav, today said that the G20 The Minister mentioned about the targets. We stress that biodiversity Hyderabad. A super luxury bus of must respond to the call of science vision of Prime Minister Shri conservation, protection, sustainable use and Telangana State Road Transport for urgent global climate action in Narendra Modi , installing 450 restoration are critical to achieve the SDGs Corporation (TSRTC) caught fire here on this decade, on the second and GW (Giga Watt) of RE and to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. We Friday. However, no injuries were concluding day of the G20 (Renewable Energy) by 2030, recognize that some of the potential reported. The bus of Warangal Bus Depot 1 summit. enhanced ambition in bio-fuels, underlying causes of some emerging was going from Hanmakonda to The G20 Energy and Climate Joint India’s NDCs (Nationally infectious diseases and zoonoses in humans Hyderabad. The bus was about to reach Ministerial Meeting held today at, Determined Contributions) and are the same as those that drive biodiversity Ghanpur town bus stand at around 3.30 pm Naples, Italy was attended various other initiatives taken by loss, land degradation and climate change this noon when it caught fire. virtually by the Indian delegation. India on Urban Climate Action. and that pandemic risk can be lowered by The driver sensed some problem as the bus Speaking at different sessions on “With increase in urbanization, it targeting such drivers.’’ slowed down. On checking the bus, he Climate Change, the Environment is important to create and preserve The summit has also stressed increased observed fumes coming from the engine. Minister underlined the need to green spaces and protect attention must be paid to illegal logging and Acting immediately, the driver stopped the cut absolute emissions rapidly biodiversity in urban areas” said illegal wildlife trade, illegal, unreported and bus and asked all 30 passengers to get while taking into account the Paris benchmarks for global climate ambition,” Yadav, informing that India’s unregulated (IUU) fishing and illegal traffic down. Within minutes, the fire spread and Agreement which emphasised on respective said the Minister today, adding that common Urban Climate Actions include Climate of waste, combating illicit financial flows the bus burnt to ashes. The bus driver said, historical responsibilities, delivery of but differentiated responsibilities to combat Smart Cities Assessment Framework, deriving from crimes that affect the "When I was about to reach Ghanpur, the promised climate finance and technologies climate change, as per respective capabilities National Mission on Sustainable Habitat, environment, health of oceans and seas, bus slowed down. I started checking the at low cost keeping in perspective per capita and national circumstances, lies at the heart Climate Center for Cities, Climate Smart concentrating on dealing with marine litter bus, meanwhile, some smell was coming emissions, differences in per capita GDP and of the UNFCCC & its Paris Agreement. In a Cities Alliance, Climate Practitioners India and in particular marine plastic litter and a and I stopped the bus. By that time, fumes the unfinished agenda for sustainable session on ‘Paris Aligned Financial Flow’ at Network, Urban Forestry, etc. India also focus on resource efficiency and circular started coming and the bus caught fire, I development. “While the promised support, the ongoing G20 summit, India said that the welcomed the G20 works on Sustainable economy. The G20 also highlighted the immediately warned all the passengers. All on the basis of which developing countries momentum of climate change can only be Recovery, Cities, Financial Flows, etc. In its “urgent need to align financial flows to of them got down from the bus." TSRTC have taken ambitious targets and have accelerated when there is enough support final communique, the G20 issued a sustainable development”, as well as for officials and firefighters reached the spot ratified the Paris Agreement, was not through means of implementation including statement saying that, “Conscious of the role additional financial flows from a wide and dozed off the fire. TSRTC officials delivered, we find that new benchmarks for finance and technology.Yadav said that India G20 members have in responding to these variety of sources if biodiversity, ocean, land said that the mishap took place possibly global climate ambition and Climate remains steadfast in its commitments to join challenges and mindful that 2021 is a critical degradation and climate targets were to be due to a short circuit in the engine. leadership are being proposed. We should and lead efforts to combat climate change year for catalyzing and scaling up met and ecosystem services were to be not be shifting goalposts and setting new transformative action, we restate our enhanced. New Delhi, Sunday, 25 July, 2021 EDITORIAL THE SIKH TIMES 6 Letters to the editor: Green gold Pegasus snoopgate, Prithvi Under the theme, 'Be better, together — for the planet and the people', the Tokyo Olympics are set to be the most sustainable and environment-friendly Games ever Shaw should stay focussed, We keep buying smarter phones or better laptops, but what happens to our scrapped devices? Well, when the top death by lightning athletes of the world contest in Tokyo, they would essentially be fighting for some recycled mobile phone or laptop. The organizing committee conducted the Tokyo 2020 Medal Project to collect small electronic devices from all over Japan to produce the Olympic and Paralympic medals. Under the theme, “Be better, together — for the planet and the people”, the Tokyo Olympics are set to be the most sustainable and environment-friendly Games ever. About 32 kilogrammes of gold, 3,500 kg of silver and 2,200 kg of bronze, the metals required to manufacture the approximately 5,000 gold, silver and bronze medals, have Sir — The term, ‘Pegasus’, is gaining wide currency been extracted from 78,985 tonnes of in India’s political discourse (“Big brothers”, July used devices collected between April 23). The latest startling revelation that Pegasus, a 2017 and March 2019 from wards, penetrative, powerful and sophisticated software cities, towns, villages and 6.21 million developed by Israel’s NSO Group, was allegedly used mobile phones collected by NTT used to snoop on people for questionable reasons DoCoMo shops across Japan, all shows that the Narendra Modi government does contributed by people. not believe that spying on citizens is unethical or Efforts towards sustainability, which will antithetical to democratic practice. be part of the legacy of the pandemic- The government’s rebuttal that the allegation of hit Tokyo Games, do not stop there. hacking by the private company is without Uniforms for the Olympic torch relay substance is belied by forensic evidence of were partially produced from recycled Pegasus infections. The government is now trying plastic bottles, and the victory to hide behind the all-too-familiar ‘international ceremony podiums are being made conspiracy’ theory. The statement of the Union from recycled household and marine home minister, Amit Shah, that the complaint was plastic waste — around 45 tonnes of being brought about by ‘disruptors’ to show India household plastic was contributed to in a bad light and to derail the country’s create the 100 podiums. But how development trajectory was unconvincing. India serious is the problem of electronic is ‘defamed’ on the international stage more by the waste. Waste from equipment like general consumer more e-waste. India, China, the United States ofAmerica, remaining parts are thrown into rivers and drains, or act of snooping than by its disclosure. In this electronics, computers, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, Japan, and Germany are the top five e-waste generating disposed of in solid waste dumps. Burning of e-waste digital era, hacking smartphones and other white goods and industrial grade electronics is hazardous countries. India’s e-waste was estimated to increase to 5.2 generates toxic fumes, while its disposal in water bodies devices for political ends is nothing short of owing to the presence of deadly chemicals and metals; MMT by 2020 from 2 MMT in 2016, mostly because of degrades soil and water quality. Development and weaponizing technology. Illegal snooping or long-term exposure to these substances causes serious economic growth and changing consumption patterns. implementation of low-cost and environment-friendly surveillance is a cybercrime; it invades privacy, health risks. How big is the threat? According to a report Computer equipment account for almost 70 per cent of recycling and disposal infrastructure are a must. In 2017, infringes on civil liberties and threatens personal by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry this e-waste, followed by phones (12 per cent), electrical scientists at IIT Madras came up with a novel technique security. It can also give undue advantage to the of India, 44.7 million metric tonnes of e-waste was equipment (8 per cent), medical equipment (7 per cent), where e-waste can be used as a resource not only to treat ruling party in the electoral game. The question of generated worldwide in 2016; the amount is expected to and household items. China, Peru, Ghana, Nigeria, India, waste water but also to generate electricity utmost importance is whether the prime minister, grow at a 3.15 per cent compound annual growth rate. and Pakistan are also the biggest recipients of e-waste simultaneously. The world’s first microfactory for Narendra Modi, was aware of this large-scale The United Nations University compared the weight of from industrialized countries. converting e-waste into reusable materials has been snooping. He owes the nation an honest answer, 2016’s e-waste to “nine Great Pyramids of Giza” or However, a meagre 1.5 per cent of the total e-waste opened in Australia. South Korea managed to recycle 21 and is expected to take steps to get to the bottom of “4,500 Eiffel Towers”. It is estimated that by 2021, global generated in India is recycled through an institutional per cent of its 0.8 MMT of e-waste. Effective the ‘snoopgate’ controversy rocking the country. e-waste will have risen to 52.2 MMT. The increased process, and most of the e-waste gets channelized into the collaboration with the industry is needed. One needs Modi needs to do more than just hit out at the digital dependence owing to the pandemic would result in unorganized sector where low-cost, rudimentary more and more innovative ideas. But for the time being, Congress. He should accede to the demand for a methods are used to recover valuable material. The Japan gets a gold medal for sustainability. probe by a joint parliamentary committee or a sitting Supreme Court judge. Sir — While Game on accusations of cybercrimes are looming large against China in the international sphere, another frightening news afloat is that an Israeli spyware, The Opposition must find a leader of stature to take on Mr Modi who, in spite of his blunders, commands a formidable following Pegasus, is being used to snoop on journalists, Another game, after the one in Bengal in which the who, in spite of his blunders, commands a politicians, activists and even students across over Trinamul Congress trounced the Bharatiya Janata formidable following. It will be interesting 50 countries. The findings of a consortium of 16 Party, is now afoot. This one has the nation — not to see whether the Opposition can cobble up media organizations reportedly bolster Bengal — as the turf. In the course of her Martyrs’ such a consensus candidate. Ms Banerjee, accusations that not just autocratic regimes but Day address, Mamata Banerjee — several leaders interestingly, desisted from throwing her hat democratic governments, including India, have of the Opposition were all ears — reiterated the into the ring. The dilemma about mutual, used this spyware. Science and technology, meant need for forging unity among like-minded parties to state-level antipathy between many of the to improve the lives of people and provide them take the battle to the BJP in the forthcoming general partners of the alliance, if there were to be with a peaceful life, are misused by the powers elections. Ms Banerjee’s appeal is based on one, needs to be addressed too. Would the that be for selfish objectives. It is an attack on the practical, not ideological, considerations. electorate be accommodating of a coalition democratic foundation of the country. Nations Individual parties in the Opposition — the of proverbial strange bedfellows? The BJP must come together to defeat the evil designs of Congress is an example — have failed to take would undoubtedly exploit these chinks in cyber criminals. Sir — Hitting the headlines, the Narendra Modi and his party to task the Opposition armour. A possible counter- Pegasus case has rocked Parliament proceedings. notwithstanding their numerous policy failures. Ms strategy would be for the Opposition to It is now being insinuated that the fall of the Janata Banerjee believes that there is strength in numbers: highlight bread and butter issues that affect Dal (Secular)-Congress government in Karnataka a United Opposition can, she hopes, pose a more the lives of the people. An unchecked was made possible by tapping the phones of potent political threat to the BJP that is well- pandemic, a devastated economy, entrenched electorally. The other point about a encroachment on India’s territorial important leaders. This is a matter of concern. This is because the Opposition, a fragmented coalition of Surveillance, to some degree, may appear to have concerted effort is equally pragmatic. Ms Banerjee is sovereignty, spiralling prices of fuel and other essentials aware that the biggest danger to Opposition unity is the parties with pockets of influence, is confronted with — each of these issues would have been enough to corner become a necessary evil, especially in the several problems. Parliamentary elections are aftermath of the 9/11 attack, in order to prevent contradictory pulls and pressures within its ranks. That any elected government. Mr Modi is blessed to have an calls for a planned, coordinated approach. increasingly turning personality-oriented. The Opposition Opposition that has not been able to capitalize on these terrorism. But its misuse by most governments to must, therefore, find a leader of stature to take on Mr Modi spy their opponents must be condemned. Yet, stitching up a national alliance is easier said than done. thus far.
Fiction over fact The rise of the Post Truth Family
A moment of crisis is often seen as a call to feels more real than the real. There is successful Indian State glues families together in such a realism, a summons to the moment of truth. something seductive about it as a construct. way that no Covid crisis can tear them apart. But crisis in recent times has been more a The Post Truth Family is a classic example. Advertisements add a final touch. The amount of pretext for fictions, a strengthening of The narrative begins with two quick tactical property advertisements, the epidemic dream of the ideal stereotypes. The first site for such fictions, steps. In the first, the migrant family in its dream house, erases any sense of the homeless migrant. which serve as quick myths, is the Indian nomadic temporary state is swept aside. The sense of paradise is intensified with Bollywood stars State. In this Olympiad of death we call Covid, Citizenship and respectability belong to the buying new homes, serving as a model for the the Indian State was portrayed as reasonably middle-class office goer. The newspaper aspirational class. In fact, Covid has now become a form competent. Between lockdown as legend and supplements literally create a new leisure of urban cleansing, setting the stage for Modi’s the myth of statistics, it was seen as a class around this phenomenon. Husband and aspirational era. To add a sinister touch, the old are now functioning, not as a failed, State. Its wife work happily to create and share leisure constructed not as a family cycle but as a dispensable part ignorance of the tragedy of the informal time. In a reversal of the old home science, of the family. In the industrial lingo of today, they are economy was totally ignored. The fact that husband and wife cook together as a recipe for obsolescent. Covid created the second biggest migration conviviality. The Covid city brings the two When one hears about the varieties of anxiety, one realizes after the Partition is hardly cited. The fact that genders together by bridging office and home the need for an oral history project of its own. We these migrants became non-citizens and and by creating leisure as a cultural way of substitute social science as management and talk overtly companions in narrative to the Rohingya being together. The impersonality of work is of spiritual techniques and hand books of anxiety refugee was rarely recognized. In fact, the wished away at leisure as children join management. Social science, like the State, has stopped dualism of formal and informal economies has parents in rediscovering the family. To the listening, or even understanding, that silence speaks in become one of the great tragedies of this home as play, one adds a spell of tourism to many voices and has to be listened to. Whole domains of decade, creating a genocide whose memory is express the joy of togetherness. What life have been silenced, the varieties of violence inside erased. Whether it is State, media or academia, advertising does as a construct, Bollywood the family have been ignored, because of cost benefit they all cling to the idea that they are catering has to replay as a more convincing myth. models of violence. Once you flatten the family and the to the middle class. The margins, the nomads Bollywood replays the Covid crisis as being State, it is easy to capture the intermediate spaces. Amit and the migrants disappear in these narratives. resolved by conspicuous consumption and Shah is set up as exhibit A to add machismo to the What we are fed is the happy narrative, that Modern industrialism is basically built on the three conspicuous sexuality. The film star’s body is cooperatives. Cooperatives will be treated like cadre and Narendra Modi is in power and ‘all’s right with the oppositions of the informal/formal, public/private, emblematic of that as young couples play out the myth of lose the nuances of work they created. Cooperatives are a world’. office/home. In a gendered sense, men generally went to Maldives. But mere romance is not enough. It is an unique blend of family and work. Everyone is involved in Within this world, classifications become the legitimations work and the housewife stayed at home. Covid has frozen expected icing to domesticity. One sees relationships different ways. Children learn to work as they grow up. In for genocide and indifference. But what is more certain dualisms. While it ignored the informal economy which would normally be frowned upon than being given that sense, the cooperative hinges on a different kind of intriguing beyond the taken for granted of policy and and its travails, it played up the hyphenation of office and legitimacy. The independent woman provides a pedagogy. To treat it as industry destroys the diversity of sociology is the active fictions that a section of the media home. The home became a place for office work and resilience to this aspect of sexuality. Whether it is Disha work. All this is done in the name of normalcy, tries to create. This Pollyanna class always looks for the breathed a certain conviviality. Years ago, Nirad C. Patani or Malaika Arora, the new woman comes out rechristened as the new normalcy. There is nothing more happy story as the human interest story. It tries to use the Chaudhuri observed acutely that Indian couples are strongly. A touch of liberty and liberation is provided by Orwellian than the word, normal, in this regime. It allows narrative of media icing to create more seductive fictions. divorced and don’t know it. Consigning the acuteness of these narratives to the Sunday supplement. This Post a moral imperative which permits you to ignore dissent, One of the most successful of these has been the construct Chaudhuri to the dustbin, the media invented a new Truth Family in private space creates conviviality which suffering, distress. New normal is the language of policy one labels the ‘Post Truth Family’. The Post Truth Family sociological simulacrum. A simulacrum in as togetherness, an intimacy, is the opposite of the official whitewash signalling everything is fine. The sadness is is a new, saccharine construct built on old dualisms. communication theory is an imitation of the real which policy of social distancing. It is claimed that the that as a middle class we believe in such fictions. 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Do you feel awkward ReportingReporting toto aa reporting to a younger boss? A new Younger generation is Boss?Boss? trying to allay sailing once they have succeeded in doing so. they did not expect this from such a young guy. As long as a manager is good at his job, But the team saw this and it increased their your fears by manages his team well and is willing to learn confidence in me too." from others, he usually earns the respect of With over 65% of India's population under 30, employees. "I used to make sure I did my it almost seems natural that younger people asking, "What's homework before we met prospective clients," are increasingly taking up managerial says Saurabh. "We had all the answers to their roles.The great news is that their colleagues questions and that would stump them because don't see this as a threat or a disadvantage. age got to do Age, it seems, is just a number, after all. with it?"
Innovation apart, fast proliferating startups have 5 office etiquette tips another side effect -younger bosses. This shift in status quo does give rise to a certain anxiety. In a that will make your traditionally hierarchy-friendly country, does this tipping of balance change things at the workplace? According to the recent 2015 TimesJobs Leadership Survey, over 60 per cent entry-to-mid level employees say they would Workplace better like to have young bosses. This, however, is in contrast to 80 per cent senior professionals, who Saurabh Agarwal was already an entrepreneur made no differ ence to me that they were younger after 20 years of experience, would prefer older when it hadn't even become cool to become bosses. The question of age seems to have left than me. In my mind, there is no bias for either Working in open-plan offices comes with its one. He started Unify Facility Management in younger or older bosses. I learned from them, like India Inc in a bind, but it is strangely the young 2009 and was only 26 at the time. Today, Unify share of hassles. entrepreneurs and business managers who I would from any boss. Conversely, they took my You get to hear chatter from other departments is one of the biggest housekeeping service opinion on things just like they took opinions themselves are offering a solution. providers for corporate and commercial and may have an air-conditioning system that THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT from other colleagues who were their age." leaves your part of the office with Arctic facilities in the country. In a business that had RESPECT YOUR JUNIORS For startups and companies that are concerned little to do with new technologies, Saurabh temperatures while everyone else is quite with newer technologies, the media and the The situation at a senior management level proves comfortable. While you may not be able to shush was surrounded by older experts. "Even when to be even more age-agnostic. While junior-to- internet, young bosses often prove to be a huge I started taking interviews, I made sure I didn't people all the time and have no control over advantage. At 23, Rega Jha is Editor, Buzzfeed mid level functions involve a lot of personal temperature control, there are other courtesies sound bossy.These people were more reviews and feedback, working with younger India, and she leads a team of people where you can observe at work to keep the inter- leftover water. experienced than me. They had worked in the bosses when you are a part of senior management almost everyone is older than her. "For an departmental peace. DON'T HANG AROUND IN THE RESTROOM industry for 20 years and seen and done things is all about doing things together. "At a senior internet company," she says, "there is a DON'T CROWD THE WATER COOLER The ladies' loo is another favourite spot for women to I hadn't. I told them I needed them for this management level, it's all about collective premium on being young. We have an inherent Most people chat at the office water cooler so chit-chat in between work. But make sure you don't venture to succeed. They had the expertise I responsibility," says 63-year-old Tapan Bose, advantage because we grew up with this didn't and I did not even try to hide this fact." that they can get a break from their workstations hijack the space in front of the sink or block the door technology. Older people in their 30s and 40s who is currently retired and working on contract The respondents to this article made it clear with the SP Jain Institute as a Project Advisor. In and perhaps have a chinwag about office politics. while you're chatting away. This way, you don't cause will walk up to my team in office and ask, `Hey, that most employees in the country value skills That's all very well, but the moment you see that inconvenience to other people who may want to dash what do you kids think of this?' So age does not the past, he has worked in senior management far more than age. Rahul Sharma, for instance, positions with a few IT multinational companies someone else is in line to use the cooler, you in and out. come with any negative connotations at work." joined the Teach For India Fellowship in 2013 should make way for them so that they can use it FILL UP THE PRINTER While youngsters may be better equipped to where he had to report to a CEO younger than to teach students of low-income him.He does, however, add, "It wasn't like I had to and head back to their desks. Sometimes, different departments have to share a tackle new age jobs, young bosses are not schools.Because the average age of people EMPTY YOUR GLASS common a printer. So if you're sending a printout, you complacent enough to be oblivious to the lack of take permission for anything. Important decisions working in the NGO fell within the mid-20s were mostly taken as a group and the whole If your office doesn't have disposable cups at the should first make sure that there's enough paper in experience that comes with their age. In fact, spectrum, only a handful of people were older water cooler, chances are there will be a tumbler the printer. Otherwise, you could be holding up because they are so keenly aware of this fact, process was objective-driven, based on than Rahul. for everyone to use. For starters, don't fill the someone else's print in the queue. they constantly try to learn from older responsibility and accountability, so age had At 40, Rahul was 10-15 years older than the entire tumbler if you know you aren't going to WAIT TO ENTER THE LIFT colleagues. In her tenure with Buzzfeed, Rega nothing to do with it." Program Managers he reported to during the finish it — that's just being plain eco-friendly. If It's a common sight to see people standing right in has been conscious of her age and thus In today's competitive world, it's not that easy to two years he spent there. "Even though I was you do have leftover water in the tumbler, empty it front of the lift waiting for it to open and then bump into respectful of employees with more experience, be at the top and employees across the spectrum older than my Program Managers, they had realise this. While younger bosses have to work a before putting it back in its place — especially if the people getting out of it when they enter. Let even going out of her way to ask them for tips more experience than me in the education and advice. Their own failures and successes little harder than their older counterparts in order you've just had hot water. After all, you wouldn't whoever is already in the lift exit it and then enter. It's field," says Rahul, who had left his cushy to earn trust and credibility, it's often smooth want someone else getting scalded with your only polite. have helped provide her a priceless map. corporate job to engineer soci etal change. "It TWO-WAY STREET OF EDUCATION is seen in poor light. "It would be whether you are using it just advisable that the candidate like that or are frustrated - it shows employees in a bad light. Dos and don'ts for your job application figures out who he is applying to 5 things to avoid / and address the mail to the Never hide things at your work HR professionals point concerned person, making the place. It is good to be Resources - South Asia, Looking unprofessional transparent in your out common mistakes SAS Institute (India) Pvt application personalized. And made by those applying one should never make the communications. That way, you Ltd. Rao adds that have nothing to hide and your for their job, providing a freshers need to mistake of applying to multiple Coming across as unprofessional is the last list of dos and don'ts. companies by adding several communication with your highlight their thing one would want to be. Here are some tips colleagues and your seniors Many argue that educational email ids in the BCC as it's seen academies fails to as unprofessional," says Rao. A that can help you avoid the same: remains unaffected. qualifications, technical / Do not run away from prepare fresh graduates in skills and their college suitable salutation in such emails communication etiquette, could be `Dear Sir', `Dear HR / Have you heard of the responsibilities. A responsible projects in their resume. than words, you should still employee is not only the most necessary in the "If you've done an Manager' or `Dear Hiring 'expectation hurts' phrase? mind your words. Do not use corporate world. It is thus Manager'. That is exactly what would be sought after, but also tends to be internship, you need to bad words at work place - more successful at his/her a task for some of them to mention your exact role On a different note, the email id termed as optimism bias or even get employed as job created to send your resume being unrealistically work. On the and learning from it in contrary, do not interviews require one to your resume," adds Rao, could also affect your chances of optimistic. Assuming present his or her skills, getting short-listed. "If an that there is a lesser overpromise, too, if who feels that grammar you cannot while conducting oneself in a resume for consideration. But and punctuation cannot be employer receives a resume from chance for one to be at certain manner. To address when you're a fresher, your an id like risk than others leads accomplish it. compromised in one's CV. "A cover / Leering could make these concerns, we list mistakes resume may not be your biggest letter is also a must and it should [email protected], the them to believe that made my first-time job strength. So what do you do? reaction it would receive is they can afford to be you look like a creep briefly summarize the candidate's and interactions aspirants and how they can be "A mistake freshers make in their skills and the kind of role they're obvious," laughs Ashish Arora, more laidback and they corrected. resume is, since there's little to Managing Director, HR Anexi often start taking the with those from the looking for, along with a reason for opposite sex - Email etiquette speak of in terms of professional applying for the role and choice of Pvt Ltd, who recommends short safe route. This could So, you've heard about a achievement, they litter it with and straightforward email ids make one look become difficult. company," says Rao. You'll be in the radar suitable job, managed to details about their family and How one addresses the person with a subject line clearly unprofessional. procure the employer's email id their hobbies,"says Srinivas Rao drawing attention to the role / Words matter. While for all the wrong receiving the resume is vital too. A reasons, of course. and decided to shoot off your Katkoor, Director Human "Hi" followed by the person's name being applied for. actions speak louder New Delhi, Sunday, 25 July, 2021 WORLD THE SIKH TIMES 8
Afghanistan Vice President Chinese Covid-19 Sinopharm vaccine offers trolls Pakistan, posts Pak Army's photo of 1971 surrender to Indian Army poor protection among elderly, finds study New Delhi. At a time when Pakistan and Afghanistan relations are facing a bitter Budapest. Anew study suggests that a measurements. Still, the study’s findings from the antibody study’s authors state of affairs, Afghanistan Vice President Sinopharm vaccine offers poor protection have value and are the first public, Balazs Sarkadi and Tamas Ferenci — Amurllah Saleh took a jibe at Islamabad by from Covid-19 among the elderly, raising scientific attempt to analyze the effect of Prime Minster Viktor Orban finally posting an old picture of the Pak army's questions for dozens of countries that have the Sinopharm vaccine in the elderly, said acquiesced last week in the face of surrender to the Indian Army in the 1971 given the Chinese company’s shots to their Wang Chenguang, a former professor at growing public anger. He announced Bangladesh Liberation War. most vulnerable populations. Peking Union Medical College and an that the government would provide Taking to Twitter, Amurllah Saleh shared an A survey of blood samples taken from 450 immunology expert. China’s National its citizens with an optional third old photo slamming Pakistan Twitter people in Hungary at least two weeks after Health Commission declined to comment shot. His office said, though, that all attackers and Taliban saying terrorism their second Sinopharm dose found that 90 on the study, saying it would only respond vaccines authorized by Hungary are won't heal the trauma of the past. "We don't per cent under 50 years old developed to studies by governments or major effective. The United Arab Emirates have such a picture in our history and won't protective antibodies. But the percentage research institutions. This is not the first and Bahrain both announced in May ever have. Yes, yesterday I flinched for a declined with age, and 50 per cent of those time questions have been raised about the that they, too, would offer a third dose friction of a second as a rocket flew above over 80 had none. The study by two efficacy of the vaccine, which was given a of Sinopharm amid concerns about & landed few meters away. Dear Pak Hungarian researchers was posted online greenlight by the World Healthshowed that almost all the participants in an insufficient antibody response. twitter attackers, Taliban & terrorism won't this week but not yet reviewed by other Organization in May and is being used in final-stage clinical trials were under 60 — Bahrain recommended that people over 50 heal the trauma of this picture. Find other scientists. Three outside experts said they more than 50 countries, many of which and its own researchers said there was and some other vulnerable people receive ways," Saleh wrote on Twitter. However, had no problems with the methodology of the seized upon it when other vaccines were insufficient evidence to say whether the Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine as their booster Pakistan Federal Minister for Information study of the vaccine developed by tough to come by.vaccines work in the elderly. Overall, the regardless of whether they got Sinopharm & Broadcasting, Fawad Hussain was quick Sinopharm’s Beijing Institute of Biological A spokesperson for the WHO said Wednesday Beijing Institute vaccine was found to be 78 initially. CNBG, the Sinopharm subsidiary to hit back at the Afghanistan Vice Products. “This is very, very worrying that that its experts “are aware of the study and per cent effective. that oversees the Beijing Institute, has said a President calling him a 'hyena'. Hussain these people, who are high-risk, have a poor continue to look at all available evidence.” In Hungary, concern about the shots led many third dose is not part of the company’s also took to Twitter and said, "Afghanistan antibody response,” said Jin Dong-yan, a The agency’s advisers raised questions to seek out private antibody tests. Eventually, clinical guidance. It’s not clear how many belongs to brave people of Afghanistan Hong Kong University virologist who was months ago about whether it provided the capital city of Budapest offered free doses of the Beijing Institute Sinopharm unlike hyena’s like you." Hussain further not affiliated with the study. Antibody levels protection for people 60 and over, but when it testing to elderly residents as part of a bid to vaccine have been exported. Overall, China said, "a bunch of you have little interest in are not a direct measure of how protected a was OK’d a WHO expert said that there was ratchet up pressure on the government to exported 500 million vaccines doses in the Afghanistan or even this region you are just person is from Covid-19, but there is no reason to think it would work differently conduct its own wider survey and provide first half of the year, and the company is one a scavenger will fly to safe heavens when growing evidence that they are a good proxy. in the elderly. The vaccine is one of two booster shots to those who need them. After of country’s two major COVID vaccine the time ll be up..." Several other Pakistani One expert cautioned that the choice of test similar shots developed by Sinopharm. The initially rebuffing calls for a government makers, along with privately owned ministers jumped into the argument, trying kits could have limited the accuracy of the state-owned Chinese company’s research response to efficacy concerns — including Sinovac. to save the country's face. Pakistani federal minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari called Saleh a 'delusional man' and 'direct his RAW venom introspection'. A junior minister to Fawad Hussain Farrukh Habib Time for bold action: Meet Shrina Kurani, the also pitched in the conversation and called Pakistan deploys troops Saleh an 'Indian stooge' and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'daily wager'. Pakistan in forward areas along andAfghanistan relations are not going any Indian-American engineer running for Congress Afghan border as good at a time when US troops are leaving the latter country, and the Taliban getting New Delhi. An Indian-American engineer and odds are stacked against Shrina Kurani. tensions increase: Report aggressive in its capture or control tactics. entrepreneur has challenged a Republican Ken Calvert is a 15-term Congressman, and leader in his own backyard in her bid for the the Riverside congressional district she is Islamabad. Pakistan has deployed UN adopts first resolution on House of Representatives. Shrina Kurani, running from is a Republican bastion, regular troops at forward positions born to Indian immigrant parents in where the party currently wields a 6.2 point along the Afghan border due to the vision, aims to help 1 billion Riverside, California, will be facing off registration advantage. She will also be fluid security situation in the against incumbent Ken Calvert for the mid- going up against fellow Democrat Brandon neighbouring war-torn country in United Nations. The U.N. General term elections in November 2022. She will Mosley, who already has a list of the wake of the withdrawal of Assembly approved its first-ever contest on a Democratic ticket. 0 endorsements in his kitty. American and NATO troops, a media report said on Saturday. resolution on vision Friday, calling on its A rank outsider, 28-year-old Shrina Kurani However, she is determined to “make things doesn't consider herself a politician; rather, work better in Washington and build an Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid 193 member nations to ensure access to Ahmed said that Pakistan Army eye care for everyone in their countries she would like to be thought of as a "fact- Inland Empire where people feel safe, based problem solver". Shrina Kurani healthy, and have opportunities to succeed soldiers have replaced the Frontier which would contribute to a global effort to these days. Opportunities are out of reach for Constabulary (FC), Levies Force help at least 1.1 billion people with vision decided to take the plunge into politics after she far too many people while career Washington in fulfilling jobs." WHO IS SHRINA realised that Republican Ken Calvert is no KURANI? Born and raised in Riverside, and other militias from the impairment who currently lack eye politicians like Ken Calvert are focused on frontline positions, the Dawn services by 2030. problem solver and it was time for a new helping themselves, their political parties, and Shrina Kurani graduated from La Sierra High newspaper reported. The “Vision for Everyone” resolution, approach and bold action. “As a first- their corporate donors,” she said. Slamming School at the age of 16 and earned her degree in generation American, my family worked mechanical engineering from the University of The US and NATO are on the verge of sponsored by Bangladesh, Antigua and her opponent, she added, "Ken Calvert has completing their final troops Ireland, and co-sponsored by over 100 together to build a successful pool supply been in Washington for nearly 30 years and California. She has worked as an adviser to withdrawal from Afghanistan. countries, was adopted by consensus by the business right here in Riverside. My parents he’s voted against our interest time and time start-up businesses, both large and small, that Ahmed said the FC Balochistan world body. It encourages countries to didn’t take a single day off for 10 years, but again. I’ve spent my career building businesses are developing ways to make healthcare and and other militias working under institute a “whole of government approach even that level of hustle is often not enough that reduce waste and create quality jobs.” The education more affordable. the interior ministry had been to eye care.” And it calls on international called back from border patrolling. financial institutions and donors to provide “Now regular army troops are targeted financing, especially for On US airstrikes in aid of Afghan forces, Taliban says manning the border after replacing developing countries, to address the the paramilitary forces,” the increasing impact of vision loss on minister said, adding the decision economic and social development. had been made in the wake of the According to the resolution, “at least 2 violation of signed agreement will have consequences volatile situation across the border. billion people are living with vision Ahmed said the situation not only impairment or blindness and 1.1 billion TALIBAN? demanded containment of the people have vision impairment that could influx of refugees from The US military launched several airstrikes Afghanistan but also the entry of have been prevented or is yet to be this week in support of Afghan armed army personnel and addressed.” “Global eye care needs are > Confirming US airstrikes in government forces fighting Taliban militants into Pakistan. projected to increase substantially, with insurgents, including in the strategically “Paramilitary troops including the half the global population expected to be Kandahar to support Afghan important province of Kandahar, officials Frontier Constabulary, Levies, living with a vision impairment by 2050,” said Thursday. Under the original Rangers are deployed at the the resolution says. Bangladesh’s U.N. government forces, a Taliban withdrawal deal between the United States borders to deal with regular issues Ambassador Rabab Fatima introduced the and the Taliban, brokered by the Trump including illegal border crossing, resolution, stressing its first-ever focus on spokesperson said the action, administration and signed in Qatar's smuggling etc,” the minister was vision, and calling it “a long overdue capital, all foreign troops were expected to quoted as saying in the report. recognition of the central role that healthy which was in violation of the be gone by May if the Taliban met security “However, the current volatile vision plays in human life and for signed agreement, would have Mujahideen. The Islamic Emirate condemns guarantees. President Joe Biden announced in situation (in Afghanistan) demands sustainable development.” He said over these barbaric attacks in the strongest terms.” April that US troops would withdraw by that regular military troops be 90% of the 1.1 billion people worldwide consequences. It is a clear violation of signed agreement that September 11, angering the Taliban who had deployed along the border,” he with vision loss live in low- and middle- will have consequences, the Taliban said, expected the withdrawal to be completed by said. Military spokesperson Major income countries, adding that 55% of blind referring to an agreement between the United May. Since Biden's withdrawal decision, General Babar Iftikhar recently people are women and girls. States and the Taliban clearing the way for the violence has risen sharply with the militants told a TV channel that troops were withdrawal of US forces. launching major offensives, taking districts manning the border and the move Technology use against civil “...Ashraf Ghani made an announcement in his and important border crossings and encircling would help prevent escalation of New Delhi. The Taliban has termed the US commando corps that he has planned major or closing in on several provincial capitals, conflict from the Afghan soil or society, regime critics, airstrikes to support Afghan government forces operations in the next six months. The Islamic including Kandahar. Almost all US troops, airspace to the Pakistani side. in Kandahar and Helmand provinces as a Emirate also warns that in the next six month except those protecting the embassy in Kabul Meanwhile, sources in the armed period, the responsibility for all military and the capital's airport, have left the country. forces told the newspaper that the journalists always concerning: "violation of the signed agreement that will most serious challenge in the have consequences”. In a statement on developments will fall on the leaders of Kabul The rival Afghan sides have held peace talks in administration,” Taliban’s Zabihullah Mujahid Doha but progress has been slow. Kandahar current scenario was not just the US on Pegasus Saturday, a Taliban spokesperson said, inflow of refugees or any “American occupation forces carried out said in the statement and added that they will province has traditionally been a Taliban strongly defend their territories and will “not infiltrators in the garb of refugees, Washington. The United States has said it is airstrikes in Kandahar and Helmand provinces stronghold and fighting there has been heavy in remain in a defensive posture if the enemy recent weeks with the insurgents capturing the but the movement of Afghan army against the use of spying technology on of Afghanistan on Thursday night, which has personnel or Taliban fighters. civil society, regime critics, and journalists, caused casualties to civilians and some insists upon war”. main border crossing with Pakistan in the even as it maintained that the US has no WHAT PROMPTED THE RESPONSE OF south, at Spin Boldak. particular insight into the Pegasus issue in India. "The whole notion of using this type of technology against civil society, or Amid border tensions, China's Xi 'secretly' visits Tibetan town bordering Arunachal Pradesh regime critics, or journalists, or anybody like that through extrajudicial means is always concerning," Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Chinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Nyingchi, a strategically located border town close to Affairs Dean Thompson told reporters Arunachal Pradesh, during his first visit to Tibet, state media reported on Friday. during a news conference here on Friday. On Sunday last, an international media New Delhi. Chinese President Xi Jinping Pradesh border. China claimsArunachal visit Tibet. But Xi, who also heads the ruling consortium reported that over 300 verified has made a rare visit to Nyingchi, a Pradesh as part of South Tibet, which is Communist Party of China (CPC) and the mobile phone numbers, including of two strategically located border town close to firmly rejected by India. The India- powerful Central Military Commission -- ministers, over 40 journalists, three Arunachal Pradesh, during his first visit China border dispute covers the 3,488- the overall high command of the Chinese opposition leaders and one sitting judge to Tibet, the official media reported on km Line of Actual Control (LAC). Xi’s military -- is perhaps the first top leader in besides scores of businesspersons and Friday. visit to Tibet took place amidst the recent years to visit Tibet's border town. In activists in India could have been targeted current India-China military tensions in video footage shared on Chinese social for hacking through the Pegasus spyware. Xi arrived at the Nyingchi Mainling Airport on Wednesday and was greeted by local eastern Ladakh. media, he was seen greeting residents in The government has been denying all Nyingchi, known as the Switzerland of Opposition allegations in the matter. "We – people and officials of various ethnic India and China have been locked in a I don't have any particular special insights groups, Xinhua news agency reported. military standoff at multiple friction Tibet. “[As for] the future, the people of all into the India case," Thompson said when He is perhaps the first Chinese leader to points in eastern Ladakh since early ethnic groups in Tibet will march towards a asked about the news reporters emerging visit the town at the India-China border. May last year. The two sides completed happy life, I am as confident as you are,” the from India. "I know this is a broader issue, Xi's politically significant visit was kept the withdrawal of troops and weapons Hong Kong-based South China Morning but I will say that we've been, I think, quite under wraps by China's official media till year has approved plans to build a huge dam from the North and South banks of Pangong Post newspaper quoted Xi as saying. This is vocal about trying to find ways for Friday. During his visit to Nyingchi, Xi, 68, over the Brahmaputra river during the Lake in February following a series of Xi’s first visit to Tibet after he took over as companies to be able to ensure that their visited the Nyang River Bridge to inspect the current 14th Five-Year Plan, which raised military and diplomatic talks. The two sides president in 2013. He visited the Himalayan technology is not used in these types of ecological preservation in the basin of the concerns in the riparian states of India and are now engaged in talks to extend the region as Vice President in 2011 to ways. And we will certainly continue to Brahmaputra river, which is called Yarlung Bangladesh. Nyingchi is a prefecture-level disengagement process to the remaining commemorate the 60th anniversary of “the press those issues," he said. Zangbo in the Tibetan language. China this city in Tibet that is adjacent to the Arunachal friction points. Chinese leaders periodically peaceful liberation of Tibet’’. New Delhi, Sunday, 25 July, 2021 CareerCAREER THE SIKH TIMES 9 Master of Medicine FormakolojistFormakolojist According to global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co's Studies, Indian Pharmaceutical Industry in 2020 may reach 45 billion U.S. dollars. The terms of this sector in the coming days will be the option plethora of jobs in the field. 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Bank Holidays July 2021: Banks Gold Price to remain closed for THESE 3 days New Delhi: The month of July will come to an end soon and according to the Reserve Gold price continues to fall, remains Bank of India’s (RBI’s) mandate, only three more holidays are left for lenders in the month of July. This month saw the maximum number of bank holidays across the country and it ranges from state-wise leaves to religious below Rs 48,000, check prices in metros and festival holidays. The RBI has categorized these holidays under ‘Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act’, Z In the national capital, New Delhi: Gold price continues to drop even today as it reached Rs 46,870 per 10 gram.Gold ‘Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act gold rate is Rs 46,860 and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holiday’, rate fell by Rs 10 per 10 gram. The sharp fall in and ‘Banks’ Closing of Accounts’. The last per 10 gram of 22-carat the gold prices means 10 gram of 22-carat gold three bank holidays will be applied for the and Rs 51,120 per 10 price is down to below Rs 47,000. Meanwhile, private sector as well as public sector 10 gram of 24-carat gold is down below Rs banks, foreign banks, cooperative banks, gram of 24-carat. 48,000, according to good returns website. and even regional banks, with only a state- Z In Mumbai, gold rate is In the national capital, gold rate is Rs 46,860 per wise difference defining their holidays. In 10 gram of 22-carat and Rs 51,120 per 10 gram the last three holidays, two will be Rs 46,860 per 10 gram of 24-carat. In Mumbai, gold rate is Rs 46,860 weekends off and one is a religious festival of 22-carat and Rs per 10 gram of 22-carat and Rs 47,860 per 10 and the days are July 24, July 25, and July 47,860 per 10 gram of gram of 24-carat. Meanwhile, 22-carat gold per 31 ( Saturday, Sunday, and Sunday again) 10 gram in Chennai is priced at Rs 45,060 and On July 31, Ker puja is celebrated which 24-carat. 24-carat gold is priced at Rs 49,160. Gold price will only apply to lenders in Agartala. Z in Kolkata is Rs 47,260 per 10 gram of 22-carat Gold price in Kolkata is and Rs 49,960 per 10 gram of 24-carat. Rs 47,260 per 10 gram Meanwhile, the gold rate in Bengaluru is Rs Labour survey shows job of 22-carat and Rs 44,700 per 10 gram of 22-carat and Rs 48,770 per 10 gram of 24-carat. scenario improved in 2019-20 49,960 per 10 gram of Gold price in Hyderabad is Rs 44,700 per 10 gram 24-carat. of 22-carat and for 24-carat gold, the price stands at Rs 48,760. Gold rate in Kerala is Rs 24 carat gold is Rs 48,770. On July 23, in the green at USD 1,808 per ounce and silver was flat 44,700 per 10 gram of 22-carat and the price of international market, gold was trading in the at USD 25.33 per ounce.
7th Pay Commission: THESE govt On debut, Zomato serves listing-day New Delhi. Labour indicators recorded an pensioners will get hiked Dearness Relief all-round improvement in 2019-20 compared with the previous two years, data New Delhi: The central government has finally Pensioners/ Family Pensioners including employed family pensioners and re-employed gains of 65.5% released by the National Statistical Office brought happiness on the faces of central Central Government absorbed pensioners in Central Government pensioners will be (NSO) on Friday showed. government employees and pensioners by PSU/ Autonomous Bodies in respect of whom regulated in accordance with the provisions Mumbai. Zomato on Friday made a According to the third annual report on announcing a hike in the Dearness Allowance orders have been issued for restoration of full contained in the OM dated July 7, 1999, as strong start on the bourses, with its Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), and Dearness Relief with effect from July 01, pension after the expiry of commutation period amended from time to time. The provisions shares ending at Rs 125.85, a 65.59 conducted by the NSO between July 2019 2021, to 28 percent, representing an increase of of 15 years. The Armed Forces pensioners/ related to the regulation of Dearness Relief per cent premium against its issue and June 2020, the unemployment rate fell 11 percent over the existing rate of 17 percent family Pensioners and Civilian Pensioners/ where a pensioner is in receipt of more than one price of Rs 76 per share on the BSE. to 4.8 per cent in 2019-20. In 2018-19, it of the Basic Pay/ Pension. Family Pensioners paid out of the Defence pension will not be changed. When it comes to On the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the stock ended at Rs stood at 5.8 per cent and 6.1 per cent in According to the Office Memorandum (OM) Service Estimates. All India Services retired Judges of the Supreme Court and High 125.30. 2017-18. Unemployment rate is defined as shared by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Pensioners/ Family Pensioners. Railway Courts, it is important to know that required the percentage of persons unemployed Grievance & Pensions Department of Pension Pensioners/ Family Pensioners. Pensioners orders will be issued by the Department of On the BSE, the stock listed at Rs among the persons in the labour force. NSO & Pensioners’ Welfare, the Dearness Relief who are in receipt of a provisional pension, the Justice separately. It will be the responsibility 115, a 51 per cent rise over its issue launched the PLFS in April 2017. The first (DR) admissible to Central Government OM said. The Burma Civilian Pensioners/ of the pension disbursing authorities, including price. It touched an intra-day high annual report (July 2017-June 2018) was pensioners/family pensioners shall be Family Pensioners and displaced Pensioners/ the nationalised banks, etc. to calculate the of Rs 138. The counter saw a huge released in May 2019 and the second (July increased from the existing rate of 17 percent to Family Pensioners from Pakistan will also be quantum of Dearness Relief payment in each trading volume, with nearly 740 2018-June 2019) in June 2020. The results 28 percent of the basic pension/ family pension given the hike, the OM added. individual case, the OM mentioned. The million equity shares changing of PLFS 2017-18, out in 2019, showed (including additional pension/ family pension) The memorandum also revealed that the payment Accountant General’s office and authorised hands cumulatively on the NSE and unemployment at of 6.1 per cent. The with effect from July 1, 2021. The of Dearness Relief which involves a fraction of Pension Disbursing Banks are further asked to the BSE during the day. “The stellar pandemic hit the country hard in March- memorandum further stated that the increased a rupee shall be rounded off to the next highest make arrangements for the payment of debut of Zomato’s on the domestic April last year. According to the Centre for rates of Dearness Relief (DR) will be rupee. Besides that, other provisions governing Dearness Relief to pensioners/ Family bourse after attracting robust Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE), applicable to Civilian Central Government the grant of Dearness Relief in respect of Pensioners on the basis of these. subscription is a testimony to the the monthly jobless rate for March 2020 fact that investors are willing to bet was 8.75 per cent, which rose to 23.52 per big on new-age technology cent in April 2020, then came down a little companies which have the to 21.73 per cent in May and in June 2020, it characteristics of a disruptive was 10.18 per cent. business model. It is also a tribute THIS youngest billionaire will buy upcoming to Indian entrepreneurship,” said S India betters UN trade Ramesh, MD & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company. facilitation survey score Ola electric scooter, tweets 'Done' Zomato’s market capitalisation hit the Rs 1 lakh crore-mark in intra- New Delhi. India has substantially improved day trade. With Rs 98,732 crore its score on a trade facilitation survey market-cap, Zomato stood at 49th conducted by the United Nations for a total position in market-cap rankings on of 143 countries, scoring 90.32 per cent in the BSE at the end of the day. Sneha the United Nations Economic and Social Poddar, research analyst, Broking Commission for Asia and the Pacific’s ? harma’s tweet came when Ola co- & Distribution, Motilal Oswal (UNESCAP) latest Global Survey on founder Bhavish Aggarwal shared 10 Financial Services Ltd said, Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation, colour options to choose from and further “Despite the large IPO size … the and improving from 78.49 per cent in 2019. company saw a healthy overall In its evaluation of 143 economies, the asked buyers to register for the Ola subscription of 38 times. There is a Survey for 2021 has pointed out India’s Scooter. lot of fancy for such a unique and improvement in the scores on all five key ? Ola Electric is said to be offering a first of its kind listing in the indicators — transparency, formalities, market.” According to Kapil institutional arrangement and cooperation, range of around 150 km on a full charge. Goenka, director at CM Goenka paperless trade and cross-border paperless ? The company filings showed that the Stock Brokers, for the investors trade. Under the transparency indicator, scooter will be named Series S and it is who are looking to gain from this India scored 100 per cent in 2021, up from IPO, Zomato might prove a gem. 93.33 per cent in 2019. The score for expected to be priced at Rs 1.2 lakh and “Moreover, in the backdrop of the ‘paperless trade’ improved to 96.3 per cent Rs 1.4 lakh. coronavirus pandemic, Zomato from 81.48 per cent, while that for IPO and enthusiasm around this has institutional arrangement and cooperation undoubtedly boosted the investors’ Ola Scooter. Paytm’s founder Vijay Shekhar in blue and black, the vibrant hues of red, pink confidence in the IPO market. indicator rose to 88.89 per cent from 66.67 Sharma in a tweet acknowledged and shared and yellow, as well as white and silver. Ola per cent. The survey is conducted every However, we advise that successful by captioning it as “Done”. Sharma’s tweet Electric is said to be offering a range of around allottees must book full profit and two years by UNESCAP and includes an came when Ola co-founder Bhavish 150 km on a full charge. The company claims assessment of 58 trade facilitation measures Electric scooters are a new fantasy for buyers and must wait for some time to buy Aggarwal shared 10 colour options to choose that the bike can run up to 75 Kms with an 18- again,” Goenka said. Zomato’s IPO covered by the World Trade Organization’s if we look at Ola Scooter, it has become the talk from and further asked buyers to register for minute charge. However, customers may get Trade Facilitation Agreement. A higher of the town as bookings have increased after it had received a strong response and the Ola Scooter. The company had earlier said complete clarity when the bike hits the road. generated bids worth Rs 2 lakh score for a country helps businesses in their was started on July 15. It saw more than one that the exact names of the colours will be The company filings showed that the scooter investment decisions. These 58 measures lakh registrations after a few days of its crore as it was subscribed over 38 announced at the launch, but there will be will be named Series S and it is expected to be times last week. include publications of existing import- opening. Interestingly, one of the youngest options in matte and gloss shades from options priced at Rs 1.2 lakh and Rs 1.4 lakh. export rules on internet, risk management, billionaires has shown interest in buying an advance ruling on tariff classification, pre- arrival processing, independent appeal mechanism expedited shipments, automated customs system, among others. Centre changes rules related to incorporation of companies “The CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs) has been at forefront of September 1. The corporate affairs ministry, Regional Director Not Complied'), the year path breaking reforms under the umbrella which is implementing the Companies Act, of passing of the direction, the serial number of ‘Turant’ Customs to usher in a Faceless, 2013, has amended the Companies and the existing Corporate Identity Number Paperless and Contactless Customs by way (Incorporation) Rules, 2014. (CIN) of the company shall become the new of a series of reforms. This has had a direct In the rules, changes have been made with name of the company without any further act impact in terms of the improvement in the respect to the allotment of a new name to an or deed by the company," as per a UNESCAP rankings on digital and existing company under Section 16 of the notification. Further, the Registrar of sustainable trade facilitation,” according to Act. Section 16 relates to rectification of a Companies will accordingly make the entry the Finance Ministry. During the Covid-19 company name subject to various of the new name in the register of companies pandemic, Customs formations worked to conditions, including that the government and issue a fresh certificate of incorporation, expedite imports such as oxygen-related may direct changing a firm's name if it is it added. According to the ministry, once the equipment, life-saving medicines, vaccines identical with or too nearly resembles the company's name has been changed, then etc, the statement said. The CBIC also name of an existing company. In case such a necessary steps should be taken to comply created a dedicated single window to direction is issued, the same has to be with Section 12 of the Act that pertains to facilitate quick resolution of issues faced by implemented by the company concerned registration of a firm. As per the new rules, importers, it added. Quoting the survey, the within three months. Now, the ministry has 'ORDNC' should be "mentioned in brackets Finance Ministry said India is the best put in place new rules wherein the tag of below the name of company, wherever its performing nation when compared to the 'ORDNC' (Order of Regional Director Not name is printed, affixed or engraved". In South and South West Asia region (63.12 Complied) would be attached to the name of another notification, the ministry said per cent) and Asia Pacific region (65.85 per the company that does not comply with the provisions of Section 4 of the Act would cent). “The overall score of India has also direction within the specified period. For come into force from September 1, 2021. been found to be greater than many OECD New Delhi: The government has amended the companies under the Companies Act, 2013 such companies, the letters "ORDNC (which Section 4 pertains to memorandum of countries including France. rules pertaining to incorporation of and the changes will come into effect from is an abbreviation of the words 'Order of companies. New Delhi, Sunday, 25 July, 2021 SPORTS THE SIKH TIMES 11
Tokyo Olympics: Saurabh Chaudhary finishes 7th in Men's Tokyo Olympics: Sachin Tendulkar hails silver 10m Air Pistol final New Delhi. World No. 2 shooter Saurabh medallist Mirabai Chanu's 'Absolutely amazing display' Chaudhary's slow start in the final cost him in the end as he finished seventh in the men's 10m air pistol final on Saturday after topping the qualification round with 586 in Tendulkar hailed Mirabai for how she capped her come back from a back injury with a his 60 shots. The young Indian shooter settled for a total score of 137.4 and faced historic silver medal at the Olympocs an early elimination. In what was then effectively a shoot-out for New Delhi. Cricket great Sachin Tendulkar Olympics, but roared back to form with sixth place, Saurabh shot 10.6 and 9.8 to hailed Mirabai Chanu after the latter world championships gold in 2017 and end with a score of 137.4. However, his became the first Indian weightlifter to win Commonwealth Games gold in 2018. A competitor Bowen Zhang of China took his silver at the Olympics. Mirabai is also just lower back injury ruled her out of most total to 137.7, which pushed Saurabh the second Indian weightlifter to win an competitions for the rest of the year but she Chaudhary to a seventh-place finish. Olympic medal after Karnam Malleswari, made a remarkable comeback by lifting Earlier, Saurabh Chaudhary led the charts who bagged bronze in the 69kg category at over 200kg for the first time in her career at early at the Asaka Shooting Range, the 2000 Sydney Games. the 2019 World Championships. She consistently hitting 10s before a few 9s "Mirabai Chanu! Absolutely amazing display finished only fourth despite the lift but it dropped him back after the first series of 10 of weightlifting. The way you have marked a high point in her road to recovery shots. Saurabh Chaudhary then put up a transformed yourself after your injury and from the injury. Mirabai then set a new much-improved showing shooting 98 each clinched a historic silver for #TeamIndia is world record of 119kg in clean and jerk at in the second and third series to firmly absolutely stupendous. You have made the 2021 Asian Weightlifting establish himself in the top eight. The (India) very proud. #Tokyo2020 Championships. Prime Minister Narendra young Indian shooter then shot a perfect #Olympics," said Tendulkar. Mirabai lifted Modi is among countless people who have 100 in the fourth series and finished with a 84kg and 87kg successfully but failed to lift congratulated Mirabai for her medal. 98 and 97. 89kg as she was placed in the second spot "Could not have asked for a happier start to after snatch while China's Hou Zhihu lifted @Tokyo2020! India is elated by Tokyo 2020: Could not have 94kg to create an Olympic record. Mirabai @mirabai_chanu’s stupendous equaled her personal best in a snatch of performance. Congratulations to her for asked for a better start to 87kg. She lifted 87kg in Snatch when she winning the Silver medal in weightlifting. won the gold medal at the World Her success motivates every Indian. Olympics, tweets PM Modi after Championships in 2017. Mirabai had a #Cheer4India #Tokyo2020," PM Modi said Mirabai Chanu's silver disappointing outing at the 2016 Rio in his tweet.
Tokyo. Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the many who congratulated Tokyo Olympics: Abhinav Bindra pens heartwarming letter weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on social after she won silver at the Tokyo Olympics on Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Saturday. The 26-year-old is the first Indian to Mirabai Chanu - Inspiration for generations to come weightlifter to win the silver medal, Yadav likely to join Indian finishing second in the women's 49kg event on the first day of the Olympics. This is New Delhi. India woke up millions in the country that will be remembered for a long team in England India's first medal of the Tokyo Games. to hope and inspiration that has been going time to come and will inspire on Saturday as the through tough times in generations. Well done," Abhinav Chanu lifted 84kg and 87kg successfully but country opened its medal the wake of the Bindra wrote in his post while Mumbai. Opener Prithvi Shaw, failed to lift 89kg as she was placed in the tally with a historic pandemic. Among the sharing the letter to India's warrior middle-order batsman Suryakumar second spot after snatch while China's Hou Silver at the Tokyo m a n y w h o w e r e girl. Mirabai became the first Yadav and off-spinner Jayant Zhihu lifted 94kg to create an Olympic Olympics as early as the inspired by Mirabai's Indian weightlifter to win a Silver Yadav are likely to join the Indian record. Mirabai equaled her personal best opening day of the efforts on the dice in medal at the Tokyo Games. The Test team in England as in a snatch of 87kg. She lifted 87kg in Games. 26-year-old Tokyo on Saturday Manipur weightlifter is the replacements for injured players. Snatch when she won the gold medal at the Mirabai Chanu reigned w a s a n o t h e r second Indian after Karnam The Indian team management had World Championships in 2017. Five years supreme in Tokyo, Olympian, arguably Malleswari in 2000 to finish on asked for two openers and one off- ago, Mirabai had headed to her maiden finishing on the podium the greatest from the podium. It was not easy for Olympic Games at Rio as one of the big spinner as replacements for the in the women's 49kg I n d i a , A b h i n a v Mirabai as she had failed to Indian hopes, but she suffered a poor three injured players; opener event. Bindra. The 2008 register legal lifts in 5 out of 6 lifts outing. Mirabai has the world record of Shubman Gill, all-rounder as she did not register a legal lift in Beijing Olympics gold medalist at the Rio Games. As a 21-year- 119kg in clean and jerk at the 2021 Asian Millions tuned in to watch the Washington Sundar and fast the final Clean and Jerk attempt. took to social media to share a old it must have been hard for the Weightlifting Championships. The lone Manipuri weightlifter in action bowler Avesh Khan. It is learnt that Mirabai knew she had done the job. heartwarming letter that he had Manipur woman to take the loss at Indian weightlifter in Tokyo roared back to and she delivered on the biggest the team management wanted She knew she had achieved what penned for Mirabai. Many many one of the biggest stages of her form with world championships gold in stage, finishing second in the Shaw, Yadav and Jayant Yadav, she had agonisingly missed 5 C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o career. But she made it, gave 2017 and Commonwealth Games gold in women's 49kg event behind who can also bat. Gill has returned years ago at the Rio Olympics. @mirabai_chanu on winning herself an opportunity to compete 2018. She heads into Tokyo Games after China's Zhihui. It was an home following a shin injury, Mirabai knew she has done her bit India's first medal at #Tokyo2020. at the Olympics and make the having set the world record in clean and unforgettable moment as a smile Sundar and Khan both have finger to put smiles on the faces of Such An inspiring performance country proud. jerk in the women’s 49kg category. bloomed on Mirabai's face even injuries. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it is learnt, is making plans to fly the players to 3rd ODI: Indian middle-order England. Shaw and Suryakumar Tokyo Olympics: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Yadav are currently in Sri Lanka collapse hands Sri Lanka where they are playing a limited over series, whereas Jayant Yadav consolation win Shetty stun World No 3, Sai Praneeth loses opener is in India. The Indian team had earlier asked for Shaw as a New Delhi. Chetan Sakariya was the most replacement for Gill but the request impressive among the Indian debutants. the break. Satwik and Chirag trailed was turned down by the BCCI. But Over the past 12-odd months, tragedy and 11-13 but two successive points helped with the injury list increasing, the ecstasy have played peek-a-boo with his them draw parity. Errors crept in for the BCCI has changed its mind. life. In his maiden ODI, the left-arm seamer > men’s doubles pair of Chirag Indians as their opponents led 17-14. A Opener Mayank Agarwal is part of from Saurashtra briefly brought his team powerful smash was followed by a the team and so is Rohit Sharma. back into the game by claiming two quick Shetty and Satwiksairaj poor serve by Chirag but Satwik Abhimanyu Easwaran is a standby. wickets. But the Indian bowlers didn’t have unleashed a smash to make it 15-18. A The BCCI had picked 23 players enough runs to defend and Avishka Rankireddy defeated the world smash by Satwik and a superb serve for the World Test Championship Fernando, aided by a dropped catch on 68, no. 3 pair of Yang Lee and Chi- and a follow-up body return by Chirag and the five-match Test series took Sri Lanka over the line. At long last, the helped the Indian duo draw parity. Lee against England starting from islanders won an ODI against India; a three- Lin Wang of Chinese Taipei to and Wang then erred at the net as it was August 4. Khan had injured his wicket victory in a 227-run chase with 38 advantage India. The Chinese Taipei finger during a practice game a few balls to spare. But more than the result, India win their opening Group Stage duo then made it 20-20 before sending days ago while Sundar was unable minute men's singles group D match. Satwik the shuttle long as match points exchanged would rue a below-par batting display that match in the ongoing Tokyo and Chirag matched their fancied rivals both to bowl. Sundar is likely to be out had a touch of complacency. The three- hands frequently with both the pairs looking for six weeks. Suryakumar Yadav match series was already won and from in attack and defense during the one-hour and to outwit each other. Two lucky net chords Olympics. six minute contest, which turned out to be an is being picked because Ajinkya India’s point of view, naming five debutants helped the Chinese pair make it 24-24, before Rahane is dealing with a hamstring for the third ODI made things exciting. edge-of-the-seat thriller. they grabbed a match point. But they failed to Sanju Samson has been in the T20I mix but The Indian duo ran-up a 7-2 lead early on, issue. India’s vice-captain Rahane convert it and then with the shuttle going played the warm-up game after this was his first ODI and he would be before entering the break at 11-7. Satwik and long, India once again had another match disappointed not to capitalise on a fine start. New Delhi. Indian men's doubles pair of Chirag continued to move ahead and taking an injection. Reason for not point. Chirag and Satwik grabbed it this time asking for a like-for-like When he is timing the ball well, Samson Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, eventually grabbed the opening game. In the when their opponent goofed up at the oozes elegance. He was reading mystery world no. 10, notched up a stunning 21-16 16- second game, it was Lee and Wang who replacement for injured medium- forecourt. Earlier, Praneeth jeopardised his pacer Avesh Khan is because the spinner Akila Dananjaya from the hand, his 21 27-25 win over the world no. 3 pair of converted most of the opportunities but the qualification to the knockout stage after footwork was nimble and his treatment of Yang Lee and Chi-Lin Wang of Chinese Indian duo managed to keep breathing down team felt they had enough fast going down to Zilberman. Praneeth, a 2019 bowlers in the touring party. Jasprit offie Ramesh Mendis bordered on Taipei in their opening Group Stage match in their neck at 8-10. After the interval, the World Championship bronze medallist and contemptuous. A run-a-ball 46 on Friday the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Chinese duo changed gears and soon bounced Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, now ranked 15th, will next face world Mohammed Shami, Mohammad was easy on the eye, but Samson became Lee and Wang had claimed back-to-back titles back into the contest. In the decider, the number 29 Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands. Siraj, Shardul Thakur and Umesh greedy and was caught at extra cover while at the Yonex Thailand Open, Toyota Thailand Indian pair enjoyed a slender 2-0 lead, which In the opening game, Praneeth raced to a 8-4 trying to play one lofted drive too many. K Open and BWF World Tour Finals earlier this was quickly erased by their rivals. The two lead early on but soon Zilberman reeled off Yadav form the pace unit. Jayant Gowtham missed a full-toss from year. However, 13th seeded B Sai Praneeth pairs moved neck-and-neck from there on till Yadav last played a Test match Dananjaya as he attempted a premeditated five straight points to turn the table as the suffered a shock 17-21 15-21 loss to world 10-10. A net error by Satwik allowed the Indian committed a series of unforced errors. againstAustralia in Pune in 2017. paddle. Then, he reviewed the stone-dead Chinese Taipei pair to held a one-point lead at LBW decision which made even the bowler number 47 Misha Zilberman of Israel in a 41- scratch his head. When he bowled, Gowtham was a tad nervy to start with, but got his maiden ODI wicket in his first over Mirabai Chanu creates history with silver at Olympics: From heartbreak in Rio to redemption in Tokyo by dismissing Minod Bhanuka. Flurry of wickets Tokyo Olympics: 26-year-old Mirabai Chanu buried the ghosts of Rio Games with a sensational performance on Saturday in Tokyo. Nitish Rana came at No. 7 and the situation presented him with an excellent opportunity She became the first athlete from India to win a medal on the opening day of the Games. to bat long and resurrect India’s innings. The tourists were 147/3 after 23 overs when rain Saturday what she had agonisingly left Commonwealth Games in Glasgow at the stopped play. On resumption, the ball started behind at the Rio Games 5 years ago. age of 20. However, this was followed by to grip on the surface, thanks to some extra Mirabai Chanu put behind the memories of disappointment two years later when she moisture. Four wickets fell in quick the Rio Olympics heartbreak where she failed to life the weight in any of her three succession and Rana was the last specialist failed to pull off even one legal lift in Clean attempts in clean and jerk section, thus batsman standing. But he tried an expansive and Jerk. But she had had to the Tokyo becoming one of just two lifters who did drive, disrespecting the loop and turn from Olympics with the Clean and Jerk World not finish in the event. Mirabai bounced Dananjaya. The dropped catch of Bhanuka Record of 119kg. back from this disappointment in emphatic Rajapaksa added insult to injury. Rahul Tokyo Olympics 2020: Mirabai Chanu fashion in 2017, becoming the first Indian Chahar, despite being a tail-ender, showed scripts history in over two decades to win gold at the application and added 29 runs with Navdeep It was her stage on Saturday and Mirabai Weightlifting World Championships. A Saini for the ninth wicket to give India’s made sure she opened India's medal tally. lower back injury in 2018 ruled out of total some respectability. His bowling (3/54) Mirabai enters record books as India won a competitions for much of the year but she found zip towards the back end of Sri medal on the first of the Olympic Games made a remarkable comeback by lifting Lanka’s innings. Prithvi Shaw couldn’t hold for the first time in its history. The 26-year- over 200kg for the first time in her career at on to an edge from Ramesh Mendis. Another the 2019 World Championships. She wicket on the heels of Dasun Shanaka’s exit old also becomes the first Indian weightlifter to win a Silver. Hailing from finished only fourth despite the lift but it could have made matters interesting. When marked a high point in her road to recovery India batted, Shikhar Dhawan was done in Manipur's capital Imphal, Mirabai Chanu New Delhi. The Olympic Games are about Mirabai Chanu's story proves it right. The first showed her mettle in international from the injury. Mirabai then set a new by the away movement from Dushmantha world record of 119kg in clean. Chameera. perseverance, fight and redemption. And 26-year-old from Manipur picked up on competitions when she won the 2014 12 New Delhi, Sunday, 25 July, 2021 FILM THE SIKH TIMES Kartik Aaryan turns pilot for Hansal Mehta's Captain India. GehanaGehana Vasisth Vasisth Shares first-look poster saysRaj Kundra was going to launch new app, had cast ShamitaShamita Shetty Shetty in a film artik Aaryan is all set to give a powerful performance in his upcoming film, Captain KIndia. He shared the first-look poster of the film today, July 23. The flick is based on true events and is being directed by acclaimed filmmaker, Hansal Mehta. Kartik will be seen essaying the role of an air force officer. KARTIK AARYAN DROPS FIRST-LOOK POSTER OF CAPTAIN INDIA While Kartik Aaryan keeps on treating fans to his stunning photographs, the actor is now impressing everyone with the first-look poster of his upcoming film, Captain India. In the poster, Kartik is dressed in a pilot’s uniform and has his face slightly hidden as he holds his cap. “When a man goes beyond the call of duty. With great pride and honour, we bring to you #CaptainIndia @hansalmehta sir @rsvpmovies @bawejastudios #RonnieScrewvala #HarmanBaweja @soniyeah22 @vicky_bahri @sanchit421 @iampriyadarshee @karanvyas11 (sic),” Kartik Aaryan captioned the post.
ehana Vasisth has revealed that Raj Kundra was planning to launch a new app and had cast his sister-in-law Shamita Shetty for a film. The actress said that she was Raashi Khanna and Ggoing to direct the film. Raj Kundra was arrested by the Mumbai Police on July 19 in a case of alleged production of pornographic films and their publishing on some apps. 'RAJ KUNDRA WAS WORKING ON A NEW APP, FILM WITH SHAMITA Arya in a new still from SHETTY' In an interview with Navbharat Times, Gehana Vasisth made many revelations about Raj Kundra, who had been arrested in a porn video racket. She said, "Just a few days before his arrest, I went to his office. There, I got to know that he is planning to launch an app called Aranmanai 3. ICYMI Bollyfame. He was planning to do chat shows, reality shows, music videos and feature films for the app. There was no plan to involve 'bold scenes' in these films." She added, "We also discussed the scripts. Then we thought about casting Shamita Shetty for one script, Sai Tamhankar and two other artists for another. I was supposed to direct these films and was thinking about it just a few days before his arrest." The actress added that she has never met Shamita Shetty as she knew that her job was simply to direct the film and she stuck to it. GEHANA VASISTH HAD ISSUED STATEMENT AFTER RAJ KUNDRA'S ARREST After Raj Kundra's arrest, Gehana Vasisth's publicist issued a statement. Gehana is on bail in the same case. The statement read, "The law will take its course. We have full faith in the Mumbai police, but they should not mix up porn with erotica or bold content. We have always said that the Mumbai police are the best force in the world. The courts will eventually decide during trial as to who are the real culprits and which of the arrested accused were merely used by others (sic).” Not directly naming Raj Kundra, the statement further read, "We don't want to comment anymore, as Gehana is on bail in the same case and she does not want to prejudice or impair her right to her personal defence. However, police should investigate fully as there are many more skeletons in the cupboards of the rich and famous (sic)." The actress also said that Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam Pandey should be arrested if there is any pornography case. The two actresses had also released statements in connection with the case. They were questioned by the Maharashtra cyber cell. Sherlyn and Poonam had contracts with Raj Kundra's firm Armsprime Media. Both the actresses had later terminated their contracts. Poonam had also filed a case against the businessman. JacquelineJacqueline FernandezFernandez aashi Khanna, who has been hanging out with her BFF Vaani Kapoor in Mumbai, Rrecently shared a new picture of herself and goes backless for new photoshoot, Arya from a song in Aranmanai 3. In the photo, the two actors can be seen dressed in red. Directed by Sundar C, Aranmanai has an ensemble cast featuringAndrea, Manobala, Yogi Babu and shares a powerful message RAASHI KHANNA SHARES NEW PIC OF ARYA-STARRER ARANMANAI 3 acqueline Fernandez has turned up the heat on red towel and posing for the camera. She styled her hair Raashi Khanna, who was shooting for Naga Instagram once again with her new photos. The in retro style and kept her make-up minimal. Yet, she Chaitanya’s ThankYou during the Covid-19 crisis, Jactress can be seen flaunting her toned back while looks absolutely glamorous. Jacqueline captioned the shared a new picture of Aranmanai 3 on Instagram wrapped in a red towel in the new photoshoot. Of post with a powerful message for her fans. She wrote, on July 22. Captured during a dance sequence, the course, she looks drop-dead gorgeous. While sharing “You.. you’re not ugly.. society is #liveyourlifenow photo shows Raashi dressed in a red ghagra-choli the pictures on social media, Jacqueline wrote a strong (sic).” while Arya is dressed in black leather pants and a message in the caption of the post. JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ LOVED SHOOTING red jacket. JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ SETS INSTAGRAM VIKRANT RONAWITH KICHCHA SUDEEP The two actors are surrounded by junior artistes. ON FIRE WITH NEW PICS Jacqueline Fernandez recently shot for Kichcha Sudeep's According to several reports, the makers of the Jacqueline Vikrant Rona. She talked about her experience in an film are keen to release Aranmanai 3 in theatres Fernandez Instagram post. Sharing a photo from the sets of the once the lockdown restrictions are eased. Sharing ,who film with Sudeep, she wrote, “Had an amazing time the new picture, the Tholi Prema actress wrote, often shooting with @kichchasudeepa in #VikrantRona “Welcome to the world of #aranmanai3 @aryaoffl delights Thank you @shaliniartss and @jack_manjunath_ for her fans the warm welcome and amazing hospitality Working @khushsundar (sic).” Sakshi Agarwal. with with @KichchaSudeepa is an experience I will cherish ALL ABOUT ARANMANAI 3 stunning for a long long time, get ready for a tough game of chess Directed by Sundar C, the Tamil film Aranmanai 3 is photos of next time we meet (sic).” She added, “@anupsbhandari the third film in the series. Aranmanai 2 featured herself, took your clarity of thought and the way the universe of Hansika Motwani, Siddharth and Trisha in lead things up Vikrant Rona is created is amazing Thanks to the entire roles, while Aranmanai starred Hansika Motwani, a notch team, see you again soon!! #VikrantRona is surely Vinay Rai, Andrea Jeremiah and Raai Laxmi. in her going to make India proud on a global level (sic)." Though Aranmanai 3 was set to release in theatres latest WHAT'S MORE ON THE WORK FRONT? on May 14, it was postponed indefinitely due to the photos Jacqueline Fernandez will be seen next in Bhoot Police. second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic. hoot. The horror-comedy also stars Saif Ali Khan, Arjun The makers are keen to release the film once The Kapoor and Yami Gautam. Bhoot Police will release on theatres reopen at full occupancy. Produced by act ress can Disney+Hotstar on September 17. Jacqueline also has be seen Avni Pictures, the film's music has been scored by Ram Setu and Bachchan Pandey with Akshay Kumar in Sathya and cinematography by UK Senthil Kumar. wrapped in a the pipeline.