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district Jhajjar, a Wrestling Olympic Games about 25 per- regarding renaming the Rajiv ! $+!"$ $"-!F - "%&"&$ -6 "& ""& '&)%$ Indoor Stadium with modern cent of participants are from Gandhi Khel Ratna Award as wo Haryana sports per- $3%& ) world-class facilities would be Haryana. Out of 120 players, 30 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Tsons on Saturday scripted &6 8$"&! +-3!"#%"&$F &&!B -!F B!3 ;# 6-! constructed by the State are from Haryana, which is a Ratna Award by the Central history in Tokyo Olympics by 3 -%) ) 7!-& Government", said Khattar. matter of pride. Government, Khattar said that winning Gold and Bronze for Entire Haryana is proud of the The Chief Minister said this move would encourage the India. Hailing from Panipat -#+&$ +$ !&!)$ -6 $/ +!-!& ) / +!-!& good performance of the State's that winning and losing is not young players. The Central district, Neeraj Chopra, made !&$&+"&% 6-! 7-" -! ) ;# athletes in the Olympics, he important in sports, but play- Government has renamed Khel the country and his state proud ""&H%&&% 6&%+""- +&!&'- "- 7& &%) - #3#$" " added. ing with passion for the coun- Ratna Award after the player after winning gold medal in ;+?#% "- --#! $""& %&!$F -#+&$ 8 He added that on August try is important. Sports facili- who has achieved a distin- Men's Javelin Throw, while #" -6 %&!$ !"+"3 %'+$F !& 6!-' 13, the State Government has ties will be promoted in all the guished achievement and this Bajrang Punia, from Jhajjar !F $$ 8 planned a grand felicitation rural stadiums of Haryana, he move would certainly give a district, bagged bronze after ceremony to honour all these added. good message among the bud- registering a win of 8-0 in state players who have made Responding to a question ding players. freestyle wrestling. Panchkula to Neeraj Chopra provision made in State's Sports India and Haryana proud. The Addressing media persons under the provision of giving Policy, said the Chief Minister. ceremony would be held in after watching the match at his government jobs as per State’s He further announced that Indradhanush Stadium in residence in Chandigarh, Sports Policy,” announced both Neeraj Chopra and Panchkula, he added. "?$ ! Haryana Chief Minister Khattar. Bajrang Punia would also be Khattar said that while Manohar Lal Khattar while winners respectively. Minister of Rs.6 crore, the State He said that Bajrang Punia provided a plot of HSVP at promoting sports facilities in congratulating both the athletes of State for Sports and Youth Government has decided to would be given a cash reward concessional rates. the state, the state would be 8 6-! -#+3 )--! announced cash rewards of Affairs Sandeep Singh was also offer the position of Head at of Rs 2.5 crore for winning "To encourage the young made a sports hub. Despite Rs. 6 crore and Rs.2.5 crore for present on this occasion. Centre of Excellence for bronze. He will also be given and budding players hailing having only 2 per cent of the !&$"%3 $")#' ! the gold and bronze medal “Apart from a cash reward Athletics to be constructed in a government job as per the from Punia's village Khudan, country's population, in the
brought to the countrymen by making Haryana’s and the okyo Olympics silver country’s name shine at the 0 % $123 (*)$1 Tmedalist Ravi Dahiya has Tokyo Olympics." thanked Haryana Chief "We have made several hold ever since as congratula- The Chopra family had world but also ended India's Many locals said that he seniors and joined the athlet- Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announcements to encourage tory messages poured in from put up a giant screen and all 100-year wait for a track and had started the sport after ics nursery in Panchkula near- for announcing the construc- other talented players like you. he state of Haryana on several dignitaries. Chopra's from the neighbourhood, field medal in the Olympics. watching some of his village ly ten years ago. tion of an indoor wrestling sta- We want to make Haryana the TSaturday erupted in joy father Satish, who has a farm- including children, had gath- With this win, he won the dium at his native village biggest sports hub." with people, overwrought with ing background, said his son ered there to watch the live country's seventh medal and Nahri in Sonepat. Earlier, Khattar had emotions, taking to the streets had made the entire country action from Tokyo. With a also joined shooter Abhinav "I thank the chief minister praised Dahiya for his effort to rejoice at Neeraj Chopra's proud. "He had the blessings battery of media persons at Bindra (2008 Beijing Games) as for announcing construction after he became only the sec- gold-medal winning feat at the of the entire country," he said. their home, the Chopra fami- India's only second individual of a wrestling indoor stadium ond Indian wrestler to win a Tokyo Olympics. The news of Chopra's vic- ly was busy attending to the gold winner in the showpiece. in our village," Dahiya said in silver medal at the Olympics. The 23-year-old on tory came shortly after wrestler guests. Nearly, five years ago, a video message, which Dahiya lost the men's freestyle Saturday became only the sec- Bajrang Punia had claimed a Chief Minister Manohar Chopra had become the only Khattar posted on his twitter 57kg title clash 4-7 to reigning ond Indian to win an individ- bronze, which led to a big cel- Lal Khattar, who earlier spoke Indian athlete to win a gold handle. Dahiya also thanked world champion Zavur Uguev. ual gold in the Olympics and ebration in Sonipat. And it to Bajrang Punia's father, also medal at the world level when the chief minister for encour- He will get a cash award of Rs the first from the country to continued as fans in Sonipat, rang up Chopra's parents to he made a new U-20 world aging the players by announc- 4 crore as per state govern- claim a track-and-field medal Rohtak, Jhajjar, Bhiwani and congratulate them. record of 86.48m in the men’s ing jobs and cash rewards. ment's policy for silver win- at the Games. Panipat rejoiced at the perfor- Chopra's second round javelin throw event in the IAAF In his tweet, Khattar said, ning Olympic medallists, a The phone hasn't stopped mances of the players from the throw of 87.58m in the finals World U-20 Championships in "Ravi Dahiya, we all thank you Class-I job and a piece of land buzzing in the Chopra house- state. not only stunned the athletics Bydgoszcz, Poland. for the happiness you have at concessional rates. +4 ! $ -,7&* '+% &6 8$"&! ' ?#! $ +-3!"#%"&) &&!B in Athletics, Punjab Chief The Chief Minister said it Chopra practiced most of 88.07 Metres throw. Olympics. -! 6-! 3 "& 3-%) '&)% "& B&% "!- &&" " -?- minister Capt Amarinder was a proud moment for India the time at NIS Patiala. He had It is the second Gold According to the Punjab %'+$H / & &6 8$"&! $) "" -! $ ')& "& &"!& n recognition of the stu- Singh on Saturday announced and all Punjabis, since the earlier won Gold medal in Medal by an Indian in the government release, Chopra +-#"! !-#) 7 $ $"-!+ &!6-!'+& "& %'+$/ & $) "" ) Ipendous achievement of a special cash reward of Rs. 2 family of Neeraj Chopra, a Asian Games and individual category of Olympic studied at DAV College $ 3-" $&+-) 3-%) 6"&! &!$ "& ))#% &&" -6 %'+$F + Subedar Neeraj Chopra Crore for his award winning serving soldier of Indian Commonwealth Games in Games after Abhinav Bindra, Chandigarh and joined the $ '""&! -6 !)& 6-! "& -%& +-#"!/ $ $ $"-!+ ) 6-! "& (VSM), who has won India’s 87.58 metres javelin throw in Army, traces its roots to 2018 and was Current hailing from Punjab, won Indian army (4 Raj Rif) in +-#"! $ " $ )E$ 6!$" '&)% %'+ "%&"+$/ ?#! $) "" "$ first ever Olympic Gold medal Tokyo. Punjab. National Record Holder with Gold medal in 2008 Beijing 2016. +&&'&" -6 &&!B -! -#%) $!& "& -#" -6 "& +-#"! "- '-& &) "& 6&%) -6 $-!"$/ 8" " 6! ! !"#"$ -#" ?% % -* .,3* - H&!H-%) -' $ 6-#) '#!)&!&) " &! -#$&F &+"-! )3! - %"& *!) 3"/ & +"' - $ 7&& )&"6&) $ %&)&! $-" -3)&! #! $ %%&3&)% '#!)&!&) 7 #)&"6&) &!$-$ 7 $%""3 &! % "!-"/ & $ $"3 %-& " &! -#$&/ 8&%&F $-- 6"&! -%+& &!& 6-!'&)F %-3 " 6-!&$+ "&' ) )-3 $O#)F )3! ; #%)&& )&) 8-% 3 % ) -"&! -%+& -66+&!$ !&+&) "& $-" ) &$"3"&) "& $"&/ %?3 "- N& ;-&&!OF ; )3! ;-%+& &)O#!"&!$ ' -% & $) "" +$& -6 '#!)&! $ 7&& !&3$"&!&) " "& &+"-! ;-%+& ""- aryana Government has riggering shockwaves, Youth ) &$"3"- ""&) "- "/ ;-%+& !& -!?3 - )66&!&" 3%&$ "- Hprepared a special scheme October 15. TAkali Dal leader Vicky $-%& "$ +$&/ #!3 "&!!-3"-F "& ') !&"% $) "" $& ) for those farmers who use To give relief to the people Middukhera was shot dead in 3-& 6-! %? "& !? "& &&3 $ #$#%/ 9& $& +'& 7+?F $& micro-irrigation. With the he Punjab Government has from pollution of Buddha broad daylight in Mohali on $ -3)&! #! %3 --% -6 7%--)/ &+&$&)O$ #$7) $ %!&) formulation of this scheme, Tundertaken a slew of major Nullah, a seasonal tributary of Saturday, police said. )&)/ & )&+&$&)E$ $- %&$ "& ) )#3"&! #$"!%/ where on one hand the farm- infrastructure development the Sutlej flowing through Two armed miscreants ers can ensure more produc- projects worth Rs 11,493.89 Ludhiana, the Chief Secretary opened fire at Middukhera in a % 06 tion of crops consuming less crore in Ludhiana district to said the rejuvenation of the market area and fled the spot. -* .,3* -! - "#!) !&-!"&) -& -)H!&%"&) 6"%" "?3 water with a micro-irrigation convert the industrial hub of Buddha Nullah at a cost of Rs A case has been registered, and "& +#'#%"& "-%% "- F,F %& & +$&$ #$&) "& "-"% +$& +-#" "- system hence saving water on the state into a smart and 650 crore was going on in full further investigations are under- F F / ++-!)3 "- "& &%" )&!"'&"E$ )% 7#%%&"F "& 6"%" $ the other hand expenditure ultra-modern city, Chief swing and this project would be way, police officials said, adding !&-!"&) 6!-' !$ )$"!+"/ 6 "& & +$&$F & +$&$ &!& !&-!"&) 6!-' on irrigation of crops would Secretary, Vini Mahajan, said completed by December next that police are trying to identi- #!#3!'F 6& 6!-' *!)7) ) "- 6!-' -"? ) -& &+ 6!-' "% also be reduced. ponds, solar pumps, mini of water tank construction and in Ludhiana on Saturday. year. fy the accused, four in total, and ) !% )$"!+"$/ &!& !& +"& +$&$ "& $""&/ For all such farmers who sprinklers/drips for micro-irri- 40 per cent on the installation Reviewing the progress of She said the construction are hopeful of nabbing them wish to take advantage of the gation should also be ensured, of micro irrigation system in the major development works dur- of the international airport at soon. scheme, a portal has been shared Sh. Bijender Singh Nara. beneficiary area. The land for ing a meeting with the district Halwara would be completed Footage from CCTV cam- -,7&* '&&"3 -6 "& ""& 2&&% -''""&& $ -!3$&) 7 ; ""& developed by the State He said that farmers can 'on-farm pond' to be used in administration officials, she by January next to improve the eras in the area showed the mis- -"!-% -+&" "- +%? -#" "& % 6-! $#++&$$6#% '%&'&""- -6 Government, on which the take advantage of this scheme micro-irrigation will have to be said a 24x7 surface water sup- air connectivity of the indus- creants open fire at Middukhera & )> '3 "- 7& -!3$&) - +-'%&"- -6 &!$ -6 farmers can register and apply individually and also as a group made available to the farmers. ply project was being executed trial city, also known as as he was getting into his parked )&&)&+& -6 )/ ; ""& -"!-% -+&" K;L %% -!3& for the installation of a micro- of at least four farmers. He said that 2 kanals of at a cost of Rs 3,383.89 crore, Manchester of India, besides car. The police said he had gone '$$ !&&$$ )!& 3$" < ) "#7&!+#%-$$ "- '!? "$ $&+% irrigation system. Individual farmers will be land would have to be made for which the land has been bringing investment and jobs to meet a real estate dealer in the -++$-F 6!-' "- #3#$"/ %--) )-"- +'3$ -#%) %$- 7& Chief Engineer, Micro given a 70 per cent subsidy on available for 'on-farm pond' for identified and an amount of Rs for the district. area. The miscreants, all wear- -!3$&) !-#$ !"$ -6 "& $""& %-3 " !-#$ +-'&""-$ " Irrigation and CADA, Bijender the construction of the water micro-irrigation on 25 acres of 38 crore has already been To bolster the industrial ing caps and face masks, can be $+--%$ ) +-%%&3&$ )#!3 "$ &!-)/ ;!&$)3 -&! "& '&&"3F ;!-B&+" Singh Nara said that while fol- tank, 75 per cent on the solar land. Under this scheme, 99 released. Land registration sector and create jobs, Mahajan seen chasing Middukhera and !&+"-! ;F !/ !+ - $) "" "& +-#"! %% +-''&'-!"& "& lowing the directions given by pump and 85 per cent on mini per cent of the expenditure for process should be completed by desired that the upcoming hi- firing shots as he attempted to )'-) B#7%&& -6 )&&)&+& &" &! ) "& +&"!% 3-&!'&" )&$!&$ the Chief Minister, Manohar sprinkler/drill. Similarly, 85 per the construction and recon- August 31. tech cycle valley at Dhanansu run for cover. The police said "- 7#%) "& +-+&" -6 & )> F " &66+&"F "!$!&" ) Lal and Farmers' Welfare and cent subsidy will be given to a struction of the Khal will be Mahajan said the land village should be made fully eight to nine rounds were fired, ++-#"7%& 3-&!+&/ & $) "" "& !&&$$ +'3$ -#%) 7& Agriculture Minister, J.P Dalal group of farmers for the con- borne by the government pro- acquisition process for the con- operational by February next. after which the miscreants %#+&) $&) '&! " $+--%$ ) +-%%&3&$/ & #!3&) %% %& farmers are being encouraged struction of a water tank, 75 per vided the shareholder of Khal struction of new national high- The valley has already attract- escaped in a car. )&!"'&"$ "- -!? +--!)"- 6-! "& $#++&$$ -6 "& &&"/ to adopt micro-irrigation sys- cent on the solar pump and 85 is ready to deposit 1 per cent of ways -- Delhi-Katra express- ed prominent industry players After the attack, tems. per cent on mini sprinkler/drill. their share. way, four-laning of Talwandi such as Hero Cycles, Aditya Middukhera, who was a former 6 !6 ! The officers have been fur- Bijender Singh Nara fur- He informed that for more Bhai to Ferozepur, Ludhiana- Birla Group and JK Paper president of the SAD's student -* .,3* -& 8-$-- $&$$- -6 ! <) 7 %% 7&3 6!-' ther directed that more and ther said that 20 per cent sub- information in this regard, Talwandi NH-95, Kharar- Limited. Hero Cycles Limited wing, Student Organisation of #3#$" 6!-' ' -!)$/ -"6+"- "$ !&3!) $ 7&& $$#&) more farmers should be made sidy would be given on com- detailed information can be Ludhiana and Ladhowal bypass has already set up their anchor India, was rushed to a nearby 6!-' ! <) 7 &+!&"!" - *!)F $) "& -&!'&" -66+% aware in this regard and con- pletion of water tank excava- obtained on the portal of the with a total cost of Rs 5,700 unit with a production capac- hospital, where he was declared $-?&$&!$-/ struction and installation of tion, 40 per cent on completion department. crore should be completed by ity of 4 million bicycles per brought dead, the police added. annum, especially e-bikes and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) premium bikes. Similarly, senior leader and party 5 6 Aditya Birla Group has pro- spokesperson Daljit Singh posed to invest around Rs Cheema said the incident has 1,000 crore in the hi-tech val- once again exposed the state's ley. deteriorating law and order sit- #(" 1&/!&($/ #$& &*!# !"#$ % Under the smart village uation. “No one feels safe campaign, as many as 3,353 because the law and order situ- development works with a cost ation in Punjab has broken Sharma, Chairman, Balkar eminent artiste Pt. Subhash Tabla, Bharat played flute, Shiv !#& ' "' of Rs 200 crore were going on down,” he said. Sidhu, Vice-Chairman & Jit Ghosh in various ragas playing Sameer played cajon & Arjit in full swing and should also be Cheema said the incident he Chandigarh Singh, Secretary of CSNA. Nav Swar Ragini for the com- Singh played keyboard. A story functional within this month. completed by October. also raises questions as there is TAdministration opened Punita Bawa gracefully positions by Rabindranath titled Jeevit Aur Mrit by Guru A PICU at Civil Hospital in The Chief Secretary said heightened security across the Tagore Theatre for various per- anchored the show. Tagore. Famous singer Amrita Rabindranath Tagore was bril- o further augment the Ludhiana would also be ready that new bus stands were being state ahead of the Independence formances on Saturday by pay- At the outset Rabindra Gangoli sang various compo- liantly narrated by Dr. Navdeep Thealth infrastructure for by next week. constructed in Mullanpur Day celebrations. “This shows ing a rich tribute to the great Sangeet was ably interpreted by sitions while Avirbhav played Kaur and Teekam Joshi. successfully taking on the Appreciating the efforts of Dakha, Raikot and Khanna there is no fear of law as the inci- Playwright and poet Guru possible third Coronavirus the district administration in with a cost of Rs 5 crore, Rs dent took place in broad day- Rabindernath Tagore on his wave, ten pressure swing successfully coming over the 3.87 crore and Rs 3.73 crore, light,” he said, and demanded a 80th death anniversary. adsorption (PSA) oxygen gen- first and second Covid waves, respectively. The projects for high-level probe. He described Department of Cultural erating plants and paediatric the Chief Secretary expressed providing water supply and Middukhera as a bright and tal- Affairs in collaboration with intensive care unit satisfaction over the fact that sewerage schemes at Raikot, ented youth leader. Chandigarh Sangeet Natak (PICU) have come up in 50 per cent eligible population Samrala and Khanna with a Former MP and senior Akademi presented a pro- Ludhiana district, Chief of the district has received cost of Rs 31 crore, Rs 23 crore Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) gramme titled “GEETANJALI” Secretary Vini Mahajan said either single or both doses of and Rs 124 crore, respectively, leader Prem Singh at Tagore Theatre, Chandigarh. on Saturday. Covid vaccine, which would should be completed by Chandumajra visited the resi- The event was presented Addressing, ‘Naman’ — a help fight effectively the pos- December 31 this year. dence of Vicky Middukhera celebrating India's 75th gratitude ceremony to honour sible wave of the pandemic in She said that the construc- and expressed his condolences Independence Day celebra- Covid warriors, in Ludhiana, future, if any. tion of the much-awaited inte- with the bereaved family. tions. Director, Cultural Affairs, she said of the 10 PSA plants She directed the district grated rail over bridge and rail Speaking to reporters, UT Sorabh Arora, being the with a capacity of 5,500 LPM authorities to continue with under bridge project on Chandumajra said “it is clear chief guest of the evening, (litre per minute), the work the sampling on a large scale Pakhowal road with a cost of Rs from the CCTV coverage that inaugurated the function along on two such plants has to test, trace, and treat the 123 crore was going on in full this was a targeted killing and with the new team of already been completed while virus patients at an early swing and this project would be that the killers had been Chandigarh Sangeet Natak the remaining would be made stage. completed soon. assigned the job of eliminating Akademi (CSNA) – Atul Middukhera”. He said. + ,- ./.0 $&!$7
2R,$# - ;-%+&' ?%%&) '%"" 3 % , 4% ""+? CE$ #%3' ! 88 “As a precautionary mea- tration in shifting all the 58 Talking to media persons, sure, the patients were shifted patients from the affected Aditya said: “The hospital staff s many as 58 patients, to another building on the building, including 20 under- acted swiftly and averted a 3<# , % locals in the area the policemen Aincluding 20 Covid-19 hospital premises away from going treatment for the pan- major tragedy. The situation is 88 were diverting traffic in the patients, were shifted from the the affected area,” BMC’s demic, to another safer build- now under control. The work area when terrorists targeted Brihanmumbai Municipal Additional Municipal ing located on the hospital of controlling the gas leak is policeman was killed in a the police party in the area. Corporation (BMC)-run Commissioner Suresh Kakani premises. Before long, a team underway". 94### -' Aterrorist attack on a police Security forces immedi- Kasturba hospital at said. from Hindustan Petroleum There were two versions as party in Jammu & Kashmir’s ately rushed to the spot and Agripada in south-central Incidentally, Kasturba Corporation Limited (HPCL) to what might have contributed Kulgam district late Saturday cordoned off the area and Mumbai to some other build- Hospital was the first Covid-19 rushed to the hospital and to the gas. While the fire 4 2 88 F 9 evening. launched a man hunt for the ing on the same hospital facility in Mumbai, when plugged the leak LPG bullet brigade personnel said that 44 4 According to a tweet post- attackers behind the terror premises, following a Liquefied Covid-19 broke out in the tank located in the hospital the leak might have started he Karnataka Government 4 ;;F ed by the Jammu & Kashmir strike. Petroleum gas (LPG) leak on metropolis in March-April last grounds. after a hit by a JCB machine Ton Saturday issued an order police, "Terrorists in the Meanwhile, firefight Saturday. year. Soon after the hospital Maharashtra Tourism being used by some workers for providing former Chief 4=;44 48 evening fired indiscriminately between terrorists and a joint The gas leak took place at administration notified them Minister Aditya excavation work on the hospi- Minister B S Yediyurappa all 4 ; 2 4 on a police party in Kulgam team of security forces resumed 11.34 am in building number about the gas leak that was tak- Thackeray, who rushed to the tal premises, the other version facilities on par with Cabinet- 4= 48 2 district. One policeman was in the Panghai forest belt of 148 of the hospital, triggering ing place from a joint in an hospital soon aftrer the news of was that the leakage reported- rank Ministers. injured in the attack & attained Thanamandi in Rajouri district panic among the hospital staff LPG tank, the Mumbai Fire gas leak spread, ly occurred because of the This will be applicable 424 martyrdom". on Saturday morning. The and relatives the patients. Not brigade personnel arrived on complimented the hospital malfunction of a valve during until Chief Minister Basavaraj The deceased policeman security forces had eliminated wanting to take any chances, the scene. administration for averting the transfer of the gas from the Bommai is in office, an official remain in the post until the has been identified as Nisar two LeT terrorists in the area the hospital administration The fire brigade personnel what could have been a major tanker to a storage facility at the notification from the protocol next assembly elections in Ahmad Wagay. According to on Friday. cordoned off the area. helped the hospital adminis- tragedy. hospital. wing of the Department of 2023. Personnel and Administrative Yediyurappa does not hold Reforms (DPAR) said. any official position other than !!&$"&) 6"&! Ending months of specu- being a MLA from Shikaripura ' () *+! lation over his exit, assembly constituency. Yediyurappa on July 26 had According to official - 7-'7 +%% stepped down as the Chief sources, other than the salary, 2 9 Government at the Centre had men’s conference in the pres- Doing Business ranking. The Minister of Karnataka, coin- the cabinet rank minister is done for farmers, adding that ence of Chief Minister Yogi per capita income has doubled. $&)$ 8#'7 ciding with his Government entitled to certain allowances haratiya Janata Party pres- during the United Progressive Adityanath. In his speech, The State is becoming a lead- completing two years in office. and facilities for vehicle, offi- Bident JP Nadda said that no Alliance (UPA) regime, the Nadda highlighted how Uttar ing destination for investments -%+& "- " Bommai, who succeeded cial accommodation, among Government had done as much budget for agriculture sector Pradesh had transformed under the Yogi Adityanath Yediyurapp,a is expected to others. as the Narendra Modi was only 1.21 lakh crore under the Yogi Government. government and UP is the first Mumbai: Three persons were which had been doubled by the He also encouraged the district state to implement a one nation arrested on Saturday after a Modi Government to 2.11 panchayat chairmen and block one ration card scheme." hoax call claiming that bombs lakh crore. chiefs to understand the "Earlier the condition of had been planted at three rail- Nadda arrived in the state ground situation of the citizens the country was such that way stations and actor Amitabh capital on Saturday on a two- of the State and work accord- once Prime Minister Rajiv Bachchan's residence in the day visit to chair a series of ingly. Gandhi had said that the responsibility of our public city led to hours-long futile organisational meetings. Nadda The BJP chief said, "This Centre sends 1, out of which representatives to ensure that searches, an official said. No addressed the block pramukhs should be your responsibility to 85 paise remain in the middle the 100 paise are fully invest- suspicious material was found at and district panchayat chair- ensure the construction of toi- and only 15 paise reach the ed in the work of develop- any of the four locations, the lets in every block. It is your intended beneficiary. And ment,” he said." police spokesperson said. duty to find people in your today we can say with great Asking the elected pan- “Our main control room areas who are still lacking LPG pride that if one rupee is sent chayat representatives to be received the call around 9.45 pm gas and electricity connec- by Prime Minister Narendra proactive, Nadda said, "The on Friday. The caller claimed tions.” Modi, then the entire 100 leader should set the agenda by that bombs had been placed at He added, "Today UP paise goes down to the poor understanding the people's the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj stands at number 2 in Ease of people. That is why it is the point of view and move for- Terminus (CSMT) and Byculla ward with that agenda. That is and Dadar railway stations and why I want to request all of you also at Amitabh Bachchan's that you should become polit- bungalow in Juhu,” the official ically active. Debate, ask ques- said. "Teams of the Government tions and tell how much was Railway Police, Railway spent on agriculture in the Protection Force, Bomb UPA Government and how Detection and Disposal Squad, much is Modiji spending now. dog squads and local police per- Today, the Modi Government sonnel rushed to these locations is spending twice as much as it and carried out searches," he has spent." said. PTI + ,- ./.0 &$/&#-8 --$ 9='#-, - + P% ( 4##;>0; ? % 7 7 49 42 Advanced Manufacturing dressing market in India is Technologies programme of largely monopolised by foreign hose suffering from painful the Department of Science & companies. Hence, the indige- Tdiabetic foot ulcers or Technology (DST) is in the nous dressing based on sea- chronic wounds may soon third stage, tested on rat mod- weeds, widely available on the find succour in eco-friendly els that provide agar dressing country’s huge coastal land will wound-dressing material films for the treatment of not only allow cost-effective based on cost-effective but infected diabetic wounds. The dressings for chronic wound nutrition-enriched “wonder dressing may be used as a sin- patients but also will pave the plants of the sea” seaweed gle layer, bilayer, or multi-lay- way for business incubation agar. ered hydrogel films depending In fact, realising the huge The brain behind this on the severity and type of potential of seaweeds which innovation, Dr Vivek Verma, wound. Diabetic foot ulcers are have a huge domestic and glob- scientist from the Indian a major reason for lower limb al market, India is already tak- Institute of Technology (IIT), amputations, disability, and ing various steps to promote its Kanpur, said this indigenous death among patients. cultivation among the cooper- 49 42 tioning of the House like According to sources, due dressing for chronic wound The next step would be to atives with the National MDMK are considered, then it to continued disruptions for has been developed by adding test its efficacy in the treatment Cooperatives Development mid the continued stale- comes to over 90 percent. TMC the last three weeks, of the several additive molecules like of large wounds in big animals Cooperation (NCDC) hand- Amate between the and SAD, insisting on Pegasus total available time of 78 hours iodine and citric acid besides like rabbits or pigs and the final holding such entities to be self- Government and the and farmers bills account for 30 minutes, a total time of 60 seaweeds which have myriad stage will include clinical tri- sustaining in the sector. The Opposition in Parliament, the less than 6 percent of the hours 28 minutes has been properties from being anti-oxi- als. Once successful, the tech- Government has already allo- passing of eight Bills in the strength of the House. Then, lost. dants, dietary fiber, essential nology can be commercialized cated 637 crore for the culti- Rajya Sabha during the third going by the participation of 17 “Of the total functional amino acids, food to bio-stim- in the market as single or all vation of these nutrition-rich week of the ongoing Monsoon parties, who got opportunities time of 17 hours 44 minutes, ulants and carbon sequestra- ingredient loaded uni/multi- marine plants, as part of its Session provided the silver lin- to speak on Bills and other fac- the House could spend 4 hours tion. layer dressing material, said Dr 20,050-crore central scheme ing even as it increased the pro- tors, over 90 percent of mem- 49 minutes on Government $ 49 42 under this abhiyan. The invention which has Verma. Pradhan Mantri Matsya ductivity of the House to 24.20 bers want the Upper House to Bills, 3 hours 19 minutes on The Parliamentary stand- been supported by the The advanced wound Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). per cent. function better. Question Hour and 4 hours 37 he Modi Government’s ing committee headed by Lok “With the Rajya Sabha As per the information minutes on the Short Duration Tambitious project Sabha MP Rama Devi said it is passing eight Bills during the from the RS secretariat for Discussion on Covid-19 relat- ‘Accessible India Campaign’ “constrained” to note that the third week of the ongoing three weeks, the Upper House ed issues during the first three (AIC) or ‘Sugamya Bharat progress of the Accessible India Airports and road transport are ministries is not satisfactory them, which is quite disap- Monsoon Session, the produc- spent 3 hours 25 minutes in weeks of the monsoon ses- Abhiyan’ for Persons with Campaign launched for people discouraging as mostly ‘partial’ and instead, target dates are pointing and unworthy of a tivity of the House for the passing these Bills. sion,” sources said. Disabilities, launched in 2015 with disabilities has been accessibility has been ensured. being extended continuously,” seasoned and gigantic ministry week has increased to 24.20 per Of the total available time A total of 80 members to make transport, public “rather slow.” It said despite The Committee also found it said like the railways,” the panel cent from 13.70 per cent of the of 28 hours 30 minutes during participated in the discus- spaces, tourist places, airports, postponing the initial target that penal provisions under the It noted that the railway said. previous week but fell short of the week, 1 hour 41 minutes sions on 12 Bills that were so railway stations and IT in India date of July, 2016, several States Act exist, however those have ministry was not able to pro- It also took exception that 32.20 per cent productivity was spent on Question Hour far passed by the Rajya Sabha. differently-abled friendly, is viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, not been invoked in the cases vide an update on model several ministries are yet to clocked during the first week. during when 17 Starred “A total of 197 Zero Hour moving at a snail’s pace. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & where performance of accessible railway stations as start work on accessibility The overall productivity of the Questions were orally and 153 Special Mention occa- Irked at the delay, a Kashmir, Jharkhand, States/UTs and line Ministries directed in the AIC review guidelines and standards. “The House for the first three weeks answered. 21 hours 36 minutes sions were lost due to the per- Parliamentary panel has in its Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and is not satisfactory and in its meeting in December 2019 to committee is surprised from of the Monsoon session has of the time of the House has sistent disruptions during the report tabled recently in Tripura still do not have any stead, target dates are being make the New Delhi Railway further revelation that all the been 22.60 per cent,” been lost due to disruptions monsoon session so far,” they Parliament suggested invoking targets/timelines for making extended continuously. Station a model station by ministries and departments Parliament sources said. during the week. added. penal provisions against con- 193 buildings accessible by the “Similarly, the progress in January, 2020. of the government of India They informed that during Significantly, the parties The business of both the cerned defaulters as a last extended date of June, 2022. other transportation sectors “First of all, the committee have failed to accomplish the the third week, 68 members whose members took part in Houses of the Parliament resort if timelines are not met The panel said it was also i.e. airports and road transport desires to know the current task by the target date of June from 17 parties took part in the the discussion on bills in the remained majorly disrupted under the programme. not satisfied with the pace of is discouraging as mostly par- position on this aspect. 2021 as they still are at various discussions on eight bills. limited period were from due to the continuous ruckus Sample this: Just 494 build- work of the line Ministries as tial accessibility has been Further, the committee has stages of finalisation.” The 17 parties and the protesting Opposition side created by the Opposition ings (29.7 per cent) out of a Railways are lagging much ensured. The committee also also been informed that the The panel recommended nominated members of RS Congress, CPI, CPIM, AAP, over the issues including farm- total of 1,662 identified build- behind the schedule of making finds that penal provisions update on accessibility guide- that steps be taken for early account for 87 per cent of the Shiv Sena, NCP, RJD, DMK ers’ protest, Pegasus spyware, ings have been made accessible model Railway Stations or pro- under the Rights of Persons lines, model accessible rail- finalisation of accessibility total strength of the House in and also from AIADMK, BJD, Covid-19 and inflation. The by nine States/UTs till date viding complete facilities for with Disabilities Act exist. ways stations, and action taken standards and these be noti- percentage. If BJP allies like BJP, JD(U), RPI, TDP, Monsoon Session commenced while only 558 websites (64.61 Pwds in their identified sta- However those have not been report on findings of verifica- fied urgently and hoped that AGP, MNF, NPP etc and oth- TMC(Moopanar), TRS and on July 19 and is scheduled to per cent) out of 917 websites tions. Similarly the progress in invoked in the cases where per- tion audit of selected railway there would not be any further ers who wanted normal func- YSRCP. continue till August 13. have been made accessible other transportation sector i.e. formance of States/UTs and stations are also awaited from extension beyond June, 2022.
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he Supreme Court has Tdirected the Rajasthan Government to reimburse within four weeks 70 per cent of the salary paid to teachers of a Government-aided school which was shut in 2011. A bench of justices RF Nariman and B R Gavai closed the contempt proceedings against the state education department officials for non- compliance of its 2019 order directing reimbursement of 70 49 42 and revive Assam’s dairy develop the dairy infrastruc- 120 crore (31st March 2021). per cent of the salary to the cooperative institution. Since ture and enhance productiv- Seeking necessary support teachers. he National Dairy then WAMUL has been on a ity of milch animals through to dairy institutions of Assam The bench noted that the TDevelopment Board high growth path. To further sex sorted semen and embryo from the government, Shah trust running the school has (NDDB) will manage West strengthen the dairy move- transfer technology. said NDDB and its subsidiaries since paid a sum of 52.26 lakh Assam Milk Producers’ ment in the State, the Assam He hoped that NDDB’s are already associated with according to the Sixth Pay Cooperative Union Ltd Government has again intervention will the dairy development activi- Commission to the teachers of (WAMUL) for another five extended NDDB’s manage- safeguard interest of Assam’s ties of Assam. ( + % % -1 1 + * % the institution and according years. The Assam ment of WAMUL for a fur- rural milk producers and bring NDDB is always commit- + & & 56 & 3 78% * + to the order of the court, the Government has extended ther period of 5 years. An the much-needed transforma- ted to support institutions that state was to reimburse the NDDB’s management of agreement to this effect was tion of rural households. remain true to cooperative val- institution with 70 per cent of WAMUL. This was decided also signed on 6 August 2021. Presently, WAMUL pro- ues, he added. this amount. at a meeting between Assam In the meeting, Assam cures an average daily quanti- Mr Shah also met Mr Atul + / % “Admittedly, the State has Chief Minister Himanta Chief Minister Himanta ty of 41,000 kg of milk from Bora, Assam % reimbursed the institution only Biswa Sarma and NDDB Biswa Sarma urged NDDB 13,916 dairy farmers in Assam. Government’s Minister for % to the extent of 70 per cent of Chairman Meenesh Shah Chairman Meenesh Shah to Today brand “Purabi” mar- Agriculture, Horticulture, 10.41 lakh thereby leaving 70 held in Guwahati. ensure the next growth kets around 64,000 litres of Animal Husbandry & 9 per cent of the balance which In 2008, the Assam surge of dairy institutions in milk per day. Although the Veterinary, and discussed var- &* (1 is Rs 41.85 lakh. This state is to Government had handed Assam. market was adversely ious aspects of dairy 49 42 do within a period of four over the management of The Chief Minister impacted by the COVID 19 development and creating a weeks. The contempt petitions WAMUL, which was on the showed keen interest in pandemic, WAMUL still road map to boost up the rural he Government has roped stand closed. We have made verge of closure, to restore adopting innovative ways to attained a sales turnover of economy. Tin Indian Air Force to carry % 7 this order in order to do com- out relief and rescue operations plete justice between the par- in flood affected areas of ties,” it said. Rajasthan. Torrential rains in Advocate Dushyant Rajasthan have flooded several 49 42 DY Chandrachud and M R Parashar, appearing for peti- *(% 7 districts, including Kota. Shah said Rule 7A of the tioner trust ‘’Managing Several people were trapped he Supreme Court has Bombay High Court Public Committee Bishambhar Lal inside their houses in Kota — Tcome to the aid of a cor- Interest Litigation Rules 2010 Maheshwari Education 49 42 removal or concealment of known for being a major coach- porator of Pune Municipal has been invoked by the high Foundation’’ told the court property etc, to prevent dis- ing hub of India for competitive Corporation by reducing pre- court to make an order for the that the top court’s 2019 order he CBI has booked a tribution among creditors,” examination preparations — admission cost of 3.9 crore to deposit of costs and the is still not complied with by the TKanpur-based company the CBI said in a statement. due to the deluge. Indian Air 10 lakh to be deposited at purpose of incorporating such state government. Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Limited The credit facilities grant- Force will be carrying out relief Bombay High Court where he a provision is to ensure that He said that the September and its directors as also oth- ed to the accused was classi- operation in Kota to save has filed a PIL public projects in particular are 30, 2019 order was passed by ers for causing an alleged fied as fraud on July 20,.2020 trapped lives. A senior govern- challenging tender process of not dislocated by the the top court while invoking its loss of 6,833.82 crore to 10- by the Central bank of India. ment officer stated that the construction of sewage treat- institution of “motivated PILs”. plenary power under Article member consortium banks Searches were conducted local administration had ment plant and new drainage “We accordingly allow the 142 of the Constitution and led by Central Bank of India at nine locations including at requested for Indian Air Force system project. appeal and set aside the state need to comply with it. and conducted searches at Noida, Roorkee, Fatehpur and to undertake coordinated flood The top court said that impugned order of the high The bench noted its 2019 nine locations across the Kanpur. relief and rescue operations to while keeping in mind court. The writ petition is order and said that the state country. Besides the company Shri save precious lives. On receipt Rule 7A of Bombay High restored to the file of the high government has to comply The case was registered Lakshmi Cotsyn Limited, its of the requisition from civil Courtcourt. It would be open for the with its direction within four on a complaint from Central Directors Dr Mata Prasad administration, Indian Air which deals with deposit of one appellant to move the weeks. Bank of India on behalf of 10 Agarwal,Sharda Agarwal, Force swiftly mobilised its assets. per cent cost before admission high court for listing of the In May, the top court had consortium member banks. Pawan Kumar Agarwal and In the meantime, five choppers of a PIL, it is equally necessary petition for admission. We issued notice to the state gov- “It was alleged that the Devesh Narain Gupta , — Advanced Light Helicopter to ensure that a balance is clarify that we have made no ernment education officials company had reported inflat- unknown public servants and mi 17 helicopters — are car- struck so as to preclude the observations in regard to the seeking their reply as to why ed inventory records, the auc- sale transactions were carried allegedly siphoned/ diverted besides unknown others have rying out rescue operations in possibility of a denial of access maintainability of the petition contempt action be not initiat- tion process was not fairly out with undisclosed related by the company and this been listed as accused in the Madhya Pradesh from August to justice. or on the merits of the case,” ed against them for non-com- organized and voluminous parties. The funds were amounts to fraudulent case. 2 onwards. A bench of justices the bench said. pliance of its 2019 order. + ,- ./.0 !#/9 ) ' 3 *$4 + 2 deeply secure neighborhood of the capital. aliban fighters entered the In a report to the UN 2 ' Tcapital of northern Security Council on Friday 2 2 Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province the UN envoy for Afghanistan on Saturday, a provincial law- urged the council to demand 4 waters in the Arabian Sea off maker said, after sweeping the Taliban immediately stop the coast of Oman that killed through nine of 10 districts in attacking cities in their offen- ran on Saturday denounced two people was “a clear viola- the province. sive to take more territory. 2 . ( Iaccusations by leading indus- tion of international law.” They The government did not Deborah Lyons also called trial nations that Tehran was added that “all available evi- deny lawmaker Mohammad on the international commu- 28 said. Prime Minister Imran behind last week’s deadly attack dence clearly points to Iran.” Karim Jawzjani’s claim that nity to urge both sides to stop Khan in June ruled out hosting on an oil tanker in the Arabian “We condemn the unlaw- Taliban fighters had entered fighting and negotiate to pre- akistan’s National Security American bases in Pakistan for Sea, the official IRNA news ful attack committed on a mer- Sheberghan, but said the city vent a “catastrophe” in the PAdviser Moeed Yusuf has military action inside war-torn agency reported. chant vessel,” the foreign min- had not fallen. If the city falls, war-torn country. said that no US official or law- Afghanistan, fearing it might The report quoted Foreign isters said in a joint statement. it will be the second provincial 9 - % 3 %- In Afghanistan’s Helmand maker asked for a military lead to his country being “tar- Ministry spokesman Saeed “This was a deliberate and tar- capital in as many days to suc- + P) ( 3 * - - and Kandahar provinces in base in Pakistan, rejecting geted in revenge attacks” by ter- Khatibzadeh as saying Iran geted attack, and a clear viola- cumb to the Taliban. Several + & + the south of the country thou- reports that the Biden admin- rorists. Earlier reports in both “strongly condemns” Friday’s tion of international law.” other of the country’s 34 sands of Afghans were dis- istration was seeking American US and Pakistani media statement by foreign ministers Khatibzadeh said Iran as been provincial capitals are threat- from the city jail. They request- southern Helmand and placed by the fighting and liv- military bases in the country to claimed that the Biden admin- of the Group of Seven. The committed to providing secu- ened. ed to remain anonymous fear- Kandahar provinces as Afghan ing in miserable conditions. influence developments in istration was seeking military group is made up of represen- rity in the Persian Gulf and On Friday, the Taliban took ing retaliation from both sides. security forces try to prevent a In Helmand’s provincial neighbouring Afghanistan. bases in Pakistan to influence tatives of Britain, Canada, Strait of Hormuz and said Iran control of the southwestern Taliban fighters have swept Taliban takeover. capital of Lashkar Gah, Yusuf made the comments developments in Afghanistan, France, Germany, Italy, Japan was ready to work with nations Nimroz provincial capital of through large swathes of On Saturday, the US and Afghanistan’s elite commando as he wrapped up his 10-day trip particularly if the Taliban and the US. to form a collective security Zaranj, where the government Afghanistan at surprising British embassies in Kabul forces aided by regular troops to the US. He met senior officials seized Kabul. Khatibzadeh said the state- system while defending its sov- says it is still battling insurgents speed, initially taking districts, repeated a warning to its citi- were trying to dislodge the during his visit before leaving for At recent congressional ment made baseless accusa- ereignty. inside the capital. many in remote areas. In recent zens still there to leave “imme- Taliban but with little success, Islamabad, the Dawn newspaper hearings, US officials did talk tions against Iran. He called the In their statement, the G- Sheberghan is particularly weeks they have laid siege to diately” as the security situation said Nafeeza Faiez, a provincial reported on Saturday. about using Pakistani airspace accusation a “scenario” created 7 countries said “Iran’s behav- strategic because it is the several provincial capitals deteriorated. council member. Taliban are in “The word base was not for reaching Afghanistan and by Israel and said Israel has had ior, alongside its support to stronghold of US-allied Uzbek across the country as the last On Friday, Taliban fighters control of nine of the city’s 10 mentioned, not even once, having bases in the region but a long history designing simi- proxy forces and non-state warlord Rashid Dostum, whose US and NATO troops leave the assassinated Dawa Khan police districts. during our talks, except in the did not say where. lar “plots.” The vessel Mercer armed actors, threatens inter- militias are among those res- country. The US Central Menapal, the chief of the Faiez said conditions for media,” Yusuf told US-based Underlining Pakistan’s Street is managed by a firm national peace and security.” urrected to aid the Afghan Command says the withdraw- Afghan government’s press residents are desperate as they Pakistani journalists while desire to maintain good ties owned by an Israeli billionaire, “We call on Iran to stop all National Security and Defence al is more than 95 per cent operations for local and foreign hunker down inside their summing up the visit. with the US and China, Yusuf and Israel — along with the US activities inconsistent with rel- Forces. complete and will be finished media. It came just days after homes, unable to get supplies “Bases were not discussed said, “if there are tensions and Britain — had previously evant UN Security Council Heavy airstrikes were by Aug. 31. a coordinated attempt was or get to hospitals for treat- at all from either side during between the United States and pointed the finger at resolutions, and call on all reported by residents of The US Air Force contin- made to kill acting defence ment. Many of the public build- this trip because we have China, we cannot say that our Tehran. parties to play a constructive Sheberghan who also said the ues to aid the Afghan air force’s chief Bismillah Kha ings have also been badly dam- already made our position relations with both will remain The G-7 said Friday the role in fostering regional sta- Taliban had freed prisoners bombing of Taliban targets in Mohammadi in a posh and aged in the fighting. clear. That chapter is closed,” he seamless.” July 29 attack in international bility and peace,” they said. ) " 3 4 $ 5 9 4 ;2 ities said. Myanmar’s military Westchester County, where the overthrew the country’s civilian ambassador lives, according to hai riot police on Saturday 822 Gaza Strip. wo Myanmar citizens were government in February. two criminal complaints. Tfired water cannons, tear gas The launch of the balloons Tarrested on charges alleging Myanmar’s currently recog- Htut last month was con- and rubber bullets to repel a sraeli warplanes struck two comes over two months after that they conspired to oust nized UN ambassador, Kyaw tacted by the arms dealer, who crowd of several hundred young Itargets in the Gaza Strip an 11-day war between Israel Myanmar’s ambassador to the Moe Tun, staunchly opposed wanted to pay several thousand anti-Government protesters early Saturday, the Israeli mil- and Hamas, the fourth since United Nations, who opposes the ouster of civilian leader dollars for Htut to carry out the who marched on an army base itary said, in response to incen- the militant group seized power the military junta that seized Aung San Suu Kyi. In a speech attack, the complaints said. where Prime Minister Prayuth diary balloons launched from in Gaza in 2007. power earlier this year, by injur- to the General Assembly in late Htut received a $2,000 advance Chan-ocha has his residence to Gaza into Israel. Hamas is upset that Israel ing — or even killing — him. February, Tun called for “the on July 23, it added. demand his resignation. The Israeli military struck has done little to ease a crip- Phyo Hein Htut and Ye strongest possible action from After the FBI learned of the The demonstrators threw what it said was a Hamas mil- pling blockade on the territo- Hein Zaw plotted to seriously the international community” plot on Tuesday, it arranged to rocks, bottles, fireworks and itary compound and a rocket ry since the fighting ended and injure or kill Myanmar’s to restore democracy. interview Htut on Wednesday, fired slingshots during the launching site after four incen- appears to be using incendiary ambassador in an attack that Myanmar’s military has when Htut described the plan, hours-long confrontation in + 7) % -' & + diary balloons were launched balloons as a pressure tactic. was to take place on American tried to remove Tun from his which included initially tam- the Din Daeng area of into Israel, setting fire to land Israel’s new prime minister, soil, US Attorney Audrey post, but the 193-member pering with the ambassador’s Bangkok, which was obscured raling and the health care sys- overnight curfew, for weeks. and damaging Naftali Bennet, has compared Strauss said in a release Friday. General Assembly is responsi- tires to cause an accident, the by swirling smoke. tem stretched to the limit. According to the city’s agriculture. There were no the balloon launches to rocket According to court docu- ble for accrediting diplomats complaint said. It said Htut The rally was led by the Prayuth has been criticised for Erawan Medical Center emer- reports of casualties in Israel or fire. ments in White Plains federal and has not taken action at the received $4,000 in payments to Free Youth, a student protest a slow vaccination programme. gency services, five people were Gaza. Israel and Egypt maintain court, a Thailand arms dealer military’s urging. carry out the attack and was to group that drew tens of thou- Thailand reported a new hospitalised, including three There was no immediate a blockade of Gaza that who sells weapons to the There was no immediate be paid another $1,000 once it sands to its protests last year. It’s high of 21,838 confirmed cases police officers. The march was comment from Hamas. includes Israeli control over the Myanmar military hired the response to a phone call and was finished. demanding Prayuth’s resigna- on Saturday, with 212 more called off in the early evening Israeli media reported that territory’s coast and airspace pair to hurt the ambassador to email to Myanmar’s UN In a complaint against Zaw, tion over his handling of the deaths. Bangkok and sur- but disturbances continued, four fires caused by incendiary and restrictions on the move- try to force him to step down. Mission seeking comment. authorities said Zaw admitted coronavirus crisis, which has rounding provinces have been with protesters battling the balloons broke out Friday after- ment of people and goods in If that didn’t work, the ambas- The plot to maim or kill after his arrest that he sent the seen the number of cases spi- under lockdown, including police and hurling objects. noon in areas close to the and out of the territory. sador was to be killed, author- Tun was to be carried out in $4,000 to Htut. 15 ! + #R . ' % +) ) 5+ + & 15 2 2 66738 & % + 9: -;; 2 6 4 " Baltimore: The US is now averaging 1,00,000 new Covid- 9 in 2019, the document says. 2 4 such incident happens (in the 4 19 infections a day, returning to The department took the future). Besides, the restoration a milestone last seen during the he whereabouts of a USD unusual step of noting that the akistan’s law enforcement work of the temple has been hina’s Wuhan city, where winter surge in yet another T5,800 bottle of Japanese whereabouts of the whiskey is Pagencies on Saturday arrest- underway in full speed,” he Cthe coronavirus first bleak reminder of how quick- whiskey that was gifted to for- unknown. Similar filings over ed over 50 people, including the said. emerged in 2019 and which is ly the delta variant has spread mer US Secretary of State Mike the past two decades make no main suspects, allegedly involved He also shared the pho- currently experiencing a resur- through the country. Pompeo is baffling the state mention of any similar inves- in an attack on a Hindu temple tographs of some of the arrest- gence of infections, has tested The US was averaging department which has tigations, The New York Times in a remote town of the coun- ed people on his social media 11.23 million of its over 12 mil- about 11,000 cases a day in late launched an inquiry into what reported. try’s Punjab province, a day account. District Police Officer lion people, local authorities June. Now the number is happened to the expensive “The department is look- after the Supreme Court admon- (DPO) of Rahim Yar Khan said on Saturday. 107,143. booze, according to media ing into the matter and has an ished the authorities for their Asad Sarfraz told PTI that all Wuhan reported six new It took the US about nine reports. ongoing inquiry,” the filing failure to protect the shrine. “main suspects” in the temple locally-transmitted confirmed months to cross the 1,00,000 The US Department of said. But it is unclear if Pompeo They also booked 150 peo- attack case have been arrested. cases and 15 asymptomatic average case number in State is looking into the where- himself received the whiskey or ple in connection with the An FIR has been registered cases. By the end of Friday, November before peaking at abouts of the bottle, CNN if a staffer accepted it. attack on Wednesday. under terrorism and other sec- Hubei province, Wuhan’s cap- about 2,50,000 in early January. reported, citing state depart- Pompeo said Thursday that A mob attacked the temple tions of the Pakistan Penal ital, reported 47 confirmed Cases bottomed out in June but ment filings in the federal reg- he never received the bottle of at Bhong city of Rahim Yar Code against over 150 people Cocid-19 cases, including 31 took about six weeks to go back ister. whiskey and that he had “no Khan district of the province, for their involvement in attack- locally-transmitted cases. above 1,00,000, despite a vac- The Government of Japan idea” it was missing, nor what some 590 kms from Lahore, in ing the temple, he said. Wuhan has collected over cine that has been given to gifted the whiskey to Pompeo happened to the gift. protest against the release of an Pakistan’s Supreme Court 11.23 million samples for more than 70 per cent of the eight-year-old Hindu boy, who on Friday pulled up authorities nucleic acid testing, local adult population. was arrested for allegedly uri- for failing to stop the attack and authorities said. The virus is spreading nating in a local seminary. ordered the arrest of the cul- There were also 64 asymp- quickly through unvaccinated “More than 50 suspects prits, observing that the inci- tomatic cases under medical populations, especially in the have been arrested so far dent has tarnished the image of observation, the state-run South where hospitals through analysis of video the country abroad. Chief Xinhua news agency reported. have been overrun with footages in a shameful ran- Justice of Pakistan Gulzar The city launched a new, patients. sacking incident at a temple in Ahmed said that vandalism at all-inclusive testing drive on Health officials are fearful Rahim Yar Khan,” Punjab Chief the temple had brought shame August 4. The results from 10.8 that cases will continue to soar Minister Usman Buzdar tweet- to the country as police acted million of the samples are if more Americans don’t ed. “We will make sure that no like silent spectators. available. embrace the vaccine. AP 7 $) + 5+ ' 2% 2 # <6= 2 of course, if the virus changes sub- 1&' stantially.” British scientist who gained Data released Friday showed the 4 <4 KL Aprominence for issuing dire warn- latest virus surge in the UK has eased, ings about the spread of Covid-19 said with the number of people testing pos- hen the delta variant started spreading, Gina Saturday the UK is unlikely to need itive for Covid-19 falling in most parts WWelch decided not to take any chances: She future lockdowns, although new infec- of the country. Based on its weekly sur- got a third, booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine tions may rise significantly as social vey of infection levels, the Office for by going to a clinic and telling them it was her first interactions increase. National Statistics said infection rates shot. Professor Neil Ferguson, an infec- appeared to be falling in England, The US Government has not approved boost- tious disease expert at Imperial College Scotland and Wales, though not in er shots against the virus, saying it has yet to see London, told The Times of London Northern Ireland, with the biggest evidence they are necessary. But Welch and an that Britain is likely to move to a sit- declines in younger age groups. untold number of other Americans have managed uation where the disease can be man- Public health experts credit the to get them by taking advantage of the nation’s vac- aged by vaccinations rather than “cri- U.K.’s successful nationwide vaccina- cine surplus and loose tracking of those who have sis measures” such as lockdowns. tion program for slowing the spread been fully vaccinated. “I wouldn’t rule it out altogether, of Covid-19 even in the face of the Welch, a graduate student from Maine who but I think it’s unlikely we will need a more infectious delta variant, which is studying chemical engineering, said she has kept new lockdown or even social-dis- was first discovered in India and is tabs on scientific studies about Covid-19 and fol- tancing measures of the type we’ve had now the dominant form of the disease lows several virologists and epidemiologists on so far,’’ he said. “The caveat to that is, in Britain. social media who have advocated for boosters. !$ : + , - ./.0
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Under the faceless assess- to taxpayers without any phys- tually, Modi also called for The department issued a ment system, a taxpayer or an ical touch points. close co-ordination among the message on its official Twitter assessee is not required to visit The department has now diplomats, Commerce handle saying: “In a move an I-T department office or created dedicated e-mail ids for Tax Department has now cre- Ministry, Indian exporters and aimed to further improve tax- meet a department official for registering grievances in ated dedicated e-mail ids for producers in a bid to boost ufacturing and services sectors payer services in alignment income tax-related businesses. respect of pending cases under registering grievances in exports from the country. in the country, there is scope to with the Taxpayers’ Charter, the A central electronic-based the Faceless Scheme. respect of pending cases under “’India House’ present in increase the share of exports in Income Tax Department cre- system picks up tax returns for So a taxpayer may now be the Faceless Scheme,” the I-T different countries should also the GDP. ates dedicated e-mail ids for scrutiny based on risk para- required to just mail his/her department said on a tweet. 49 42 is in line with our expectations,” become the representatives of Talking of the registering grievances in meters and mismatches, and grievance related tax assess- The department said that it asserted. India’s manufacturing power. Government’s decision to nul- respect of pending cases under then allots them randomly to ment, levy of penalty or appeals grievances can be furnished ; ndia’s real GDP is expected to Notwithstanding the dou- From time-to-time you should lify the much contentious ret- the Faceless Scheme.” a team of IT officers in any city. and the tax department would for Faceless assessments at Igrow by 20 per cent on a ble-digit growth in 1QFY22, alert and guide stakeholders in rospective taxation provisions, It said grievances can be The scrutiny by these officers address the same without samadhan.faceless.assess- year-on-year (YoY) basis in the real GDP growth would India, which will help in the Prime Minister noted that furnished under three separate are stated to be reviewed by requiring taxpayer to be phys- [email protected]; for the first quarter of FY22, slow towards 5-7 per cent in the improving the exports,” he the decision shows the govern- email IDs created for the pur- officers at another randomly ically present for the work. Faceless penalty at samad- Motilal Oswal Financial remaining quarters of FY22. told the diplomats while ment’s commitment towards pose. selected location. “In a move aimed to fur- han.faceless.penalty@incometa Services (MOFS) said in a “The way EAI-GVA, EAI- speaking on stable policies and consistency “For faceless assessments: The scheme was launched ther improve taxpayer services x.gov.in; and for Faceless report. GDP was also supported large- ‘#LocalGoesGlobal - Make in of those policies. samadhan.Faceless.Assessment by the Union government in in alignment with the Appeals at samadhan.face- According to MOFS’ ly by a low base. Although EAI- India for the World’. He mentioned of four key @incometax.Gov.In; For face- 2019. Taxpayers’ Charter, the Income [email protected]. EcoScope report, the GDP grew by a modest 3.6 per He was of the view that factors which are required to ‘Economic Activity Index’ for cent YoY in June as against 11.6 now is the time to move ahead improve exports, the first factor India’s real GVA grew by 11.6 per cent YoY in May, it with targets in terms of ‘Brand being the requirement for a 6 per cent YoY in June, after increased by 23 per ent YoY in India’. multi-fold growth in manufac- -% +%%$ 6-! +!&$3 )%--' growing 22.8 per cent YoY in 1QFY22 as against a contrac- “This is the time to estab- turing. Elimination of obstacles May. tion of 21.2 per cent YoY in lish a new recognition regard- in terms of transportation and “It implies EAI-GVA Q1FY21. ing quality and reliablity. We logistics, government’s sup- growth of 22.6 per cent YoY in “While private consump- need to ensure that India’s port for exports, and the inter- &-!"$ "- F +! 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A low base led to enue spending contracted in the world,” Modi told the diplo- tors to enhance exports from ' -< higher double-digit growth in real terms in the quarter. mats. the country, Modi added. extiles Minister Piyush the non-farm sector, while Preliminary estimates indicate Observing that exports Speaking of the govern- TGoyal on Saturday called he Directorate of Tourism, farm activity grew 6.6 per cent India’s EAI for GVA posted amount to 20 per cent of the ment’s support for the growth for increasing handloom TJammu, organised a one in the quarter,” the report said. lower double-digit growth of country’s GDP, the Prime in domestic manufacturing, he exports to Rs 10,000 crore and day Trek from Shri Mata “The estimates suggest that 11.6 per cent YoY in June, after Minister said that given the size said that the ‘production- doubling the production to Rs Vaishno Devi Shrine Board India’s real GDP growth was 20 growing 22.8 per cent YoY in and potential of the Indian linked incentive’ (PLI) 1.25 lakh crore in the next three Nursery, Panthal to Devi Pindi per cent YoY in 1QFY22, which May,” the report said. economy and that of the man- schemes would help not only years with a view to promoting which is situated at foothills of in increasing the scale of the growth of the sector. Trikuta hills and believed to be Indian manufacturing, but At present, handloom as equally important to Mata also aid in raising the stan- exports are worth Rs 2,500 Vaishno Devi on 7th of August, dards of global quality and crore and production is about 2021 .A group of 30 Trekkers efficiency. Rs 60,000 crore. and bloggers was flagged off by “Let us today all resolve collectively on this day that we stakeholders to recommend Sh. Abhishek Sharma, IAS, will go for a Rs 10,000 crore tar- ways and means to promote the SDM Katra and Smt. Natasha get for exports of handloom growth of the sector. The sec- Kalsotra, JKAS, Joint Director products and a target to tor should become strong and Tourism, Jammu. The trek is increase our production to Rs prosper without depending about 5 km to the temple and 1.25 lakh crore in the next three much on state support, Goyal starts from a narrow stream years,” he said at the National said. “We have to look for new flowing throughout the trek Handloom Day celebrations. ways to boost handloom pro- route. On this adventurous He also suggested forming duction and explore new mar- track, there’s a variety of flora a team under the chairmanship kets,” he added.Speaking at the and fauna making every sight of Sunil Sethi of Fashion event, Textiles Secretary U P delightful. Huge peaks and Design Council of India Singh said the ministry is hillocks on the way promise to (FDCI) consisting of weavers, working on ways to ensure arti- keep the journey magnificent. trainers, equipment makers, sans and weavers get the right The surroundings are a visual marketing experts and other price for their products. treat, particularly for nature lovers. #99 3# $ B < 9
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ndia expects to refund $1 bil- Ilion to UK-based Cairn Energy after it moved to scrap a retrospective tax law that unleashed bitter fights with prominent foreign investors, Financial Times reported. The lower house of parlia- ment on Friday approved a draft law introduced the pre- vious day, cancelling a 2012 policy that enabled New Delhi to tax some foreign investments retrospectively. The upper house is expected to approve the law as early as next week.
New Delhi would also drop $13.5 billion in outstanding claims against multinationals such as telecoms group Vodafone, pharmaceu- ticals company Sanofi and brewer SABMiller, now owned by AB InBev, as part of efforts to repair its damaged reputation as an invest- ment destination, the report said. Analysts say the legal initiative would allow New Delhi to resolve a bitter interna- tional tax battle with Cairn that has grown increasingly embar- rassing for India. The UK energy group has sought in recent months to seize some of the government’s estimat- ed $70bn worth of over- seas assets. “It’s a settlement offer masquerading as a law,” said one foreign business analyst, who requested anonymity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gov- ernment hopes the res- olution of the dispute can bolster its reputa- tion among foreign companies as it seeks new investment to revive India’s Covid- battered economy. 1!#5
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Panipat: Celebratory scenes Bajrang Punia’s father, also rang were witnessed in Haryana on up Chopra’s parents to congrat- Saturday with people, over- ulate them. wrought with emotions, taking The Haryana government to the streets to rejoice at Neeraj also announced a cash reward of Chopra’s Gold-medal winning 6 crore for the star javelin feat at the Tokyo Olympics. thrower. The phone hasn’t stopped His neighbours here said buzzing in the Chopra house- that he was always full of moti- hold ever since as congratulato- vation and knew he would win ry messages poured in from sev- a Gold. eral dignitaries. Neeraj Chopra’s uncle Chopra’s father Satish, who Bhimsen Chopra said that he has a farming background, said was confident that he will give his son had made the entire India an Olympic Gold. country proud. Nearly, five years ago, “He had the blessings of the Chopra had become the only entire country,” he said. Indian athlete to win a Gold The news of Chopra’s victo- medal at the world level when ry came shortly after wrestler he made a new U-20 world Bajrang Punia had claimed a record of 86.48m in the men’s Bronze, which led to big celebra- javelin throw event in the IAAF tion in Sonipat. World U-20 Championships in And it continued as fans in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Sonipat, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Bhiwani Many locals said that he had and Panipat rejoiced the perfor- started the sport after watching mances of the players from the some of his village seniors and state. joined the athletics nursery in The Chopra family had put Panchkula nearly ten years ago. up a giant screen and all from the neighbourhood, including children, had gathered there to watch the Live action from Tokyo. With a battery of media persons at their home, the Chopra family was busy attend- ing to the guests. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who earlier spoke to Punia has realized my dream, says father
Sonipat: “My son has realized my dream,” said Bajrang Punia’s father Balwan Singh, holding back tears of joy after the star Indian wrestler clinched a Bronze at the Tokyo Olympics. “I had told you in the morning that he will not return without a medal. He has realized my dream by winning the medal,” said Balwan Singh told reporters. Bajrang’s family watched the proceedings Live on TV along with scores of journal- ists and once the wrestler ended the bout, Balwan Singh was overwhelmed with emo- tions. “Bajrang has made the country proud..I cannot tell you how happy I am feeling,” he said. “My heart says he will win,” said the wrestler’s moth- er, shortly before the event got underway, and her joy knew no bounds after her son tast- ed victory. PTI ) **
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ne of the fondest impressions approach work itself. Phrases like, “do the meant that the companies must be on their tional culture, the breadth of potentialities in from the final year at college, was right thing”, “what is the customer value edge to tap the potential and stay relevant. At an organisation and the belongingness felt by the interview with the dignitaries here?”, “why should they give you time?”, “sim- least two things ensued — spike in global associates. The constantly increasing rates of of the TCS Interview Panel. For a plify the proposition”, “we get things done” demand for talent and the need to embrace attrition across most companies is but a testi- free-spirited college student who and so on, uttered during times of crisis with new and smart models to work - both having mony to this phenomenon. Disengaged associ- Owas all set to land with one of the US “visible” conviction, acted as guiding beacons their share of influence on the conventional ates are effortlessly and dispassionately mov- Universities to do Masters, as was the tradition to constantly inspire the teams and make them workplace setups. ing from one company to the other fully of the time, everything about the panellists believe that difficult problems can be over- exploiting the market opportunity and touch- looked oddly awe-inspiring — their attire, come. The office buildings, the meeting L less digital interventions. their demeanour, the high pride of the rooms, break out areas, cafeterias, even the Companies are trying to counter it by TCS/Tata Value system in their words, their communication equipment — themselves While every organisation approaches the bringing in focused initiatives, competing with knowledge and experience — left a lasting acted as symbols of strength and rejuvenation paradigm of in-house human capital manage- higher remuneration or other incentives and impression on me. ‘I should someday become for the associates to draw constant inspiration ment differently, most organisations also tap standing up executive roles with ‘people’ focus, as professional and respected, as them’, I from. into multiple external channels to constantly but unless an associate is touched in the ‘day- thought. Visiting the TCS office shortly after, on-board new talent to deal with specialised in-their-lives’ via these initiatives genuinely, going through the on-boarding process, the demands or to optimise their run costs. And these initiatives tend to miss the mark or at initial learning program and the first project at Perhaps the most advantageous aspect of these external channels rely on sub-channels best yield temporary results. work — all had distinct experiences and conventional workplace setup was the comfort and Geo-specific sources to fulfil the demands Now, the pandemic has certainly acted as a touchpoints which sometimes gently, but not of “leaning back” on others tied up in the themselves. Although this is not a new phe- super-catalyst to speed up the facet of remote- always so, unravelled the real-world and same cause, and gaining strength from each nomenon, the spike in global demand, and the ness with most associates moving out of the helped transition from a life of education to other, visibly. A quick huddle would charge up paucity of resources in-house, has taken this conventional bind of the workplace. Before we the one of industry. an operations team to take the most daunting to a new level. Teams are getting diversified delve into how organisations can counter this issue by the horn and face it. A comforting and distributed, with minimal opportunity to when associates start to come back to work in nod from the manager signalling, “I am the conventional touchpoints and patterns to the post-pandemic world, let us examine a few around, don’t worry, let’s keep going”, would exist. Workflow management has shifted to a (non-exhaustive) of the unstated assumptions The first thing I remember as I set foot in make the most difficult problems seem vul- large extent on what gets assigned in your dig- of the conventional workplace wisdom that the huge work-zone in my first assignment nerable. The momentum of the workplace ital workflow manager, and unless an associate need to be carefully and contextually (based was the bulletin board on the wall with “Star wouldn’t let “tiredness” settle in, and there was takes up the initiative to demand the big pic- on the nature of business of the organisation) of the Month” awardee pictures. A team of never a thought of “giving up”. ture, most times, it barely comes to the fore. re-looked at: over 70 associates, along with the leadership During the times of the tangible work- This makes it convenient for the individuals to Associates fully understand the company team was gathered around to celebrate three places, an associate’s journey starting from the keep to themselves and not feel part of a big- values, purpose, and mission and see them- associates who surpassed expectations and did day of job interview all the way through ger agenda or value system. selves as a contributing element to those facets a great job. ‘We should be up there on that building a career and several work-relation- Another equally interesting facet that is Associates join the organisation as they board some time’, I mentioned to my friend. ships, was wrought with several of the above promoting ‘remoteness’ is, how the talent, sense a fulfilment beyond monetary gains Growing up in the company and as we touchpoints and patterns that profusely sup- whether in-house or externally sourced is There is no need to put extra effort in com- moved from one role to the other, there were ported the influx of culture and purpose. employed. If the onus is on constantly driving municating the company values and contextu- touchpoints of ‘culture transference’ and Depending upon the scale and nature of work efficiencies and maximising returns (given the alize them to the day-to-day work situations, ‘learning’, constantly — a compassionate at one’s organisation, the flavour of the above 4 ; 48 constraints) only, it tends to push the organi- associates infer them on their own via on-the- senior popping by to check on how we were touchpoints and patterns might vary. 4 2 4 sations to look at each associate as a ‘work job interactions doing, frequent team meetings, stepping out However, in came the pandemic and invoked ;4 H2 package’ waiting to be explored, and their Having good values, mission and vision is for frequent breaks with friends, bidding digital workspaces bringing the yesteryear entire time ‘at work’ is oriented towards enough — they automatically get seeped into farewell to associates leaving for other assign- patters to a crawl to a large extent and ush- ;44 ; 4 *4 extracting the same. This leaves no room for the organisation and get passed on from one ments, feedback sessions, town-halls, brain- ered in a new era of ‘remoteness’. But before * 484 4 9 engaging the associates in other activities that organisational tier to the next storming ideas, solving difficult problems, cel- we totally buy into that argument and ‘blame- 8 4 contribute to a holistic work culture. And with Team alignment and cultural alignment is ebrating successes together and so on. These it-on-the-pandemic’, let us pause and reflect 8< * 4 the models shifting heavily towards source- automatic when associates spend considerable touchpoints and behavioural patterns helped on whether the drift to remoteness was begin- on-need basis, time and material or even sub- time with a company us to understand and to some extent live the ning to appear in the minds of the associates <4 2 scription-based charging, the onus on the Frameworks/processes of appreciation and meaning behind the words like “value system” even before most organisations switched gear * 4 9 ;24 associates is strictly on constantly delivering recognition can be globally applied to all asso- or “mission” or “culture” and slowly helped us to remote work. ‘work packages’ and justifying their hours. ciates in the company and result in same satis- over a period “be the company that we were On the other hand, this has also promoted faction levels working for”. the associates, especially contract workers, to The influence of leadership and organisa- With the tremendous technological reimagine their contribution in terms of how tional policies is inferred automatically by the advancements, especially in the ability to con- much remuneration they can derive out of associates by virtue of the organisational setup nect, conduct and interact from anywhere, their ‘work-hours’ and find avenues to maxi- and structures Watching some of our senior leaders walk securely and seamlessly, the conventional mize the same, with minimal burden on the Associates consciously shoulder the brand into work every day, or deliver a message dur- workplaces were waiting to be made archaic. value/purpose that their work is contributing image and ethics of the organisation in their ing team meetings, a quick 2-minute interac- Increasing need for digitisation and emer- to. day-to-day conduct tion with them in the hallway — all con- gence of digital ecosystems, ever expanding In certain industries and organisations, tributed to building a mental model of profes- possibilities to leverage new tech and market this shift over the years has posed a serious sionalism, belongingness and the way to pressures on growth and transformation threat to the healthy circulation of organisa- ;; &* 4 <4 / 22 2/ 2 4 9422 buuqy K 8 ) ** #+,-#$ - # $ % & ' % 7!3$ "- #$ +-'&)#' -6 $3"6#% !&$&!+&$ "" "-#+ #- $-'& 6'%! ) $-'& -" $- 6'%! !"$ -6 "& 8#3% -!%)F !"&$ 8 2 2
crolling through Instagram or of artists like Nanha whose mastery have Exploring this intense transregional Pinterest on any average day, the been neglected so far. interactions which finds a captivating number of images of Mughal Delving deeper into the collections of narrative in Pamuk’s writing, this volume paintings, monuments, textiles, the Imperial Mughal Library, Ursula also yields to this transregional tent hangings, the beautifully Sims Williams’ essay, ‘The Imperial exchanges which has become a major ornateS decorative and luxurious items library of the Mughals: The British field of inquiry in the study of the arts like jade cups and turban jewels that one Library Collections’, focuses on the codi- and culture of the early modern views creates for a phantasmagoric and cological study of four extremely impor- Islamicate world. The deeply insightful aesthetic social media experience that tant illustrated manuscripts of the Juki essays by Gulru Necipoglu, Sheila Camby transports us back to the opulent and Shahnama, a 15th century Khamsa of and Sunil Sharma takes us through the lavish world of the Mughal Empire in Nizami with illustrations by the celebrat- complex mediations and dialogues India. In the current political environ- ed Persian artist Bihzad, a Shahnama between the connected worlds of the ment in India where there is an incessant attributed to the collection of Abdul three Islamicate empires of the Mughals, effort spent on subverting, dismissing Rahim Khan-i-Khanan and a volume of Ottomans and Safavids in the early mod- and even in a way villainising the poetry composed by Hijri commissioned ern world. Mughal rule this overwhelming recep- by Akbar and belonging to the collection Gulru Necipoglu’s essay, tion and consumption of the rich Mughal of his mother Hamida Banu Begum takes ‘Transregional Connections: visual culture on an everyday basis often us through a meandering history of Architecture and Construction of Early leaves one wondering about the nuances patronage and ownership of the these modern Islamic Empires’, takes on the of the relationship between power and manuscripts reconstructed on the basis critical task of understanding architec- the arts, and also the power of the arts in of the seals and fly note inscriptions. This ture and empire building in the Mughal India and how it manifests in study elaborates on the complex histories Ottoman, Mughal and Safavid empires today’s context. Responding to many of formation and dispersal of collections and she challenges the assumption on such pointed enquiries, the newly pub- of the imperial Mughal library and Islamic architecture being “an unmedi- lished book of Reflections on Indian art extends the narrative further into trajec- ated and self-propelled evolution of and culture edited by Roda Ahluwalia tories of colonial collecting under the regional forms in these empires that are and published by Niyogi Books in collab- aegis of the English East India Company treated as segregated entities”. Spreading oration of K R Cama Oriental Institute and its many Nabobs like Richard between the Balkans and Bengal, brings to us a compendium of thirteen Johnson. Necipoglu charts out the typology of the incredibly insightful and fresh researches The peek into the lapidary arts of iconic buildings of the three empires to that touches upon some familiar and agate, rock crystals and such hardstone further her argument that a shared com- some not so familiar arts of the Mughal decorative items from the royal Mughal mon cultural semi-nomadic Turko- world and asks some rather unfamiliar ateliers of Jahangir and Shah Jahan Mongol and a Persianate Islamic her- questions to a diverse range of extrava- brought to the fore by Susan Stronge’s itage was a binding force for the conti- gant materials thereby captivating the essay ‘The lapidary arts in the Mughal nuity that the three empires displayed. attention of academics, connoisseurs, Empire’, is a further extension of Sims- While, she does emphasise on the inter- purveyor or simply any lover of Indian Williams’ narrative. In her essay, Stronge connectedness on the architectural arts. traces the nature of ownership and work- forms and styles and motifs, especially Looking beyond just the pomp, manship of hardstone decorative items of the capital cities of Istanbul, Ishfahan beauty and extravagance of Mughal arts, from the high Mughal period through and Shahjanabad, she is very particular the historical and structural complexity the 18th and early 19th century touching of variant local contexts which were of art and culture of Mughal India have upon the transformations in styles and incorporated in their “common heritage for decades now generated more ques- motifs as the patronage and ownership of to create syntheses of local architectural tions than answers. The very first essay of the objects changed swiftly especially in traditions, each choosing particular the volume ‘Mughal Chronicles: Words, 18th c India. building types with which to strengthen Images and Gaps in Between’ by Kavita Anamika Pathak’s essay, ‘Splendid their claims to dynastic legitimacy”. Singh asks a series of vitally crucial ques- decorative art objects of Mughal India’, Exploring the theme of interconnect- tions, “Were the words and pictures in a provides another piece in the puzzle of edness further Sheila Canby’s essay, ‘The book as companionable as their makers. reconstruction of this opulent and mag- Shahnama of Shah Tahmsp and its Did text and images always work in tan- nificent material world of the Mughal impact on Mughal painting’, on a partic- dem, the one echoing the other. If the empire as she discusses the many ularly fantastic manuscript of Shahnama image was at variance with the text what resplendent Mughal decorative objects commissioned by the great Safavid con- kind of questions should that raise for from the National Museum of India’s col- noisseur of art, emperor Shah Tahmasp us?” Visual tropes were strategically lection. nuances how with the migration of employed by the Mughal artists to repre- Vivek Gupta’s impressively artists’ from Shah Tahmasp’s atelier to the sent sophisticated and carefully consid- researched essay on the Kalamkari tex- Mughal kitabkhana there was a continu- ered imperial implications that go deeper tile culture of sub-imperial Mughal ity and adaption of the Safavid visual than textual facts of literary sources. Burhanpur, ‘Splendour of the City, vocabularies in the Mughal arts well into Foregrounding the dissonance Nagarshobha: Textile Culture of Mughal the 17th century and the Shahnama dis- between text and images persistent in Burhanpur’, unveils the complexities of cussed in this essay had a particularly Indian painting traditions, Kavita Singh studying a place, especially one that had enduring rule to play in that. in her essay cites three examples from a transitory nature in Mughal India. A Finally, the last essay in this volume the luxury Mughal illustrated manu- +% =3 % ( -< > cosmopolitan entrepot with a bustling by Sunil Sharma, ‘The Indian Woman in scripts of Akbarnmana, Jahangirnama economy, in his essay, Gupta weaves a a Persiante world: Comparisons across and Padshahnama to challenge the power and visuality. sentation of the ‘paradise garden’ con- neat narrative by setting off a dialogue Mughal, Safavid and Ottoman Literary notion of visual inaccuracies as formulaic Looking beyond the engineering cept. pivoted around ubiquitous motif of the and Visual cultures’, follows the represen- semiotic schemes used for ‘flattery and prowess and aesthetic splendour, Mughal The Mughal kitabkhana or workshop poppy between textile pieces, extant tation of the idyllic Indian women of a wish fulfillment on the patron’s part’. “By architecture have been long acknowl- was instrumental in producing huge architectural decorations , trading prac- ‘nayika’ or a generic heroine and traces reading into the gap deliberately created edged for the crucial role it played in number of copies of gorgeously illustrat- tices and poetry in both Persian and the her portrayal through the non-homoge- as a rhetorical strategy, designed to pro- empire building and staging of imperial ed manuscripts and leading scholars of vernacular to imagine the meaning that nous, non-monolithic Perso-Islamic and duce resonances within what is left and sub imperial ideologies. Every little the field like John Seyller and Yael Rice the place of Burhanpur held in the his- Indic literary traditions of the Persianate unsaid” Singh sets the tone of the volume detail from building styles, mediums of have shed light on the complex collabo- torical context of Mughal India. By con- world. In Sharma’s essay, “the Indian with this remarkable essay that highlights constructions, forms and motifs that rative practices of the artists in the ducting this search for the meaning of woman has changed from being a self- the very important trend of scholarship could be represented were guided by Mughal ateliers. Their studies have been place in the objects through the textile sacrificing wife to an alluring courtesan focusing on image text relations of highly formalised visual strategies of pivotal in establishing how crucial and pieces, and the literary archive Gupta and now to a frigid sexless creature” Mughal book arts. assertion of power and legitimacy. central a role lesser known and non-mas- knits an affective perception of the thereby displaying distinctive characteris- Mika Natif’s in her essay Catherine Asher’s essay in this volume ter painters played in the production of imagination of a city (Nagar) which tics, depending on the different systems ‘Preliminary Thoughts on Portraits of ‘Muslim Kings, Hindu Temples: The the illustrated manuscripts. allows one “to begin seeing traces of its of aesthetic renderings which problema- Mughal Women in Illustrated Histories: legacy of India’s multicultural history’, While academic efforts have been shobha (beauty) as well as its surur tizes the general assumption of women Mahim Anaga and Hamida Banu’, dis- discusses the construction of Hindu tem- spent on retrieving the distinctive styles (intoxication). “thereby distilling the being ‘stock figures’ in the Mughal world. cusses a few folios from the Akbarnamna ples under Mughal rule, rather than the and recovering the artist biographies of very essence of a bhava or experience Reflections on Mughal Arts and and Jahangirnama to unveil the complex oft-mentioned destruction. Her keen the Master painters of the Mughal that was comprised of Persianate, Culture have thus brought together thir- mediations between the public and pri- observation of the construction activities kitabkhana like Govardhan, Basawan or Islamicate, European and vernacular teen different studies on paintings, archi- vate spheres of the Mughal empire where of especially the Kacchwahas of Amber Manohar, Roda Ahluwalia’s essay, ‘A sensibilities in Mughal India. Reflecting tectures, book arts, textiles, decorative she highlights how the idealised but non- and the rulers of Bundelkhand and noteworthy Ustad in the Imperial further on Mughal cosmopolitanism my arts, literary sources by leading scholars stock female portrays of elite Mughal Mewar goes on to elaborate how these Mughal Kitabkhane of Akbar and mind wanders away to Orhan Pamuk’s and curators from India and around the women like Mahimanga (foster mother ‘Hindu’ constructions under the Mughal 3 C* Jahangir’, sheds light on not a master, but masterpiece ‘My Name is Red’ where the world whose fresh, original and sharp who served as Emperor Akbar’s advisor) rule can be read as carefully pro- 3C C a masterful painter in Akbar’s atelier: author takes us back to 16th century researches have provided a novel insight and Hamida Banu (Emperor Humayun’s grammed strategies of ‘staging’ power; 0 .# Nanha. Focusing on the period between Ottoman Istanbul in the royal atelier. into the Mughal world. wife ) are represented as symbols of cul- Oscillating between celebration, adaption #$#) D 1590 to 1610 she maps the evolution of We will remember how the Ottoman Along with a sumptuous visual treat tural prowess and legitimacy. In fact, they and at times subversion of the centralised Nanha’s artistic career under the patron- royal painters working for the Pasha of the high quality images of the Mughal played a significant part in the court’s Mughal control, Asher’s essay is a crucial age of Akbar and Jahangir. Nanha’s forte constantly drew inspiration from the arts, this compendium while in a manner elite circle owing to their Central Asian- read for understanding the fluid concept Quran, Parodi challenges the concept being portraiture and real-life genres, Safavid Master painter ‘Bihzad’, and in a of speaking has filled in some of the gaps Timurid lineage as depicted in the of authority and sovereignty reflected in and design of the quadripartite Mughal Ahluwalia’s essay highlights his “visual moment of conflict of styles, forms and that had existed in Mughal scholarship, it Mughal illustrated histories. Albeit ide- the architecture of the different echelons ‘charbagh’. Drawing up a typology of language that pre-empted the quietude content causing murder, treason and has at the same time by opening up sev- alised portraits, they were much more and ranks of the Mughal empire. Mughal gardens, she classifies them on and realism of Jahangiri painting, veering betrayal of faith, the escape away from eral methodological and thematic ques- than just stock female figures and thus Laura Parodi’s essay ‘Mughal Garden the basis of their range of function rather away from the dynamism of Akbari peri- Ottoman Istanbul was considered to be tions initiated new studies that will con- Natif’s essay offers us a way to explore Typologies Reconsidered’ is a re-exami- than forms as well as location and there- od works, well before the end of Akbar’s Akbar’s Hindustan where the most lux- tinue to better our understanding of the female representation together with the nation of Mughal gardens. Generally by argues them as the main distinguish- reign” to reflect on the links between urious and magnificent illustrated man- Mughal visual culture in India and the text they illustrate to explore questions of believed to be a representation of the ing characters rather than considering all Akbari and Jahangari aesthetic require- uscripts of those times were being pro- world. relationship between gender, dynastic paradisiacal imagery depicted in the Mughal gardens one and the same repre- ments and the skillful accomplishments duced. The writer is PhD Visual Arts, JNU 4 <=
announced a permanent work-from- We are perhaps dealing with once in a ates make a connect with company ates from different teams and groups well as leaders in helping create a more home looking at the powerful new pat- hundred-year phenomenon, and mak- values and purpose can share positive narratives with each nurturing and ethical workplace. The Most associates that have transi- tern of flexibility and comfort that ing it memorable for the associates will Expanding the boundary of what is other themes of the book centre around cre- tioned to remote work are staying work-from-home has ushered in, just help them ease into the post-pandemic considered as “a team” to include the Freeing up time selectively for key ating a culture of workplace ethics cov- close to families, near and extended, in under a couple of years. And where workspaces entire ecosystem of partners and sup- roles to allow for activities that allow ering a diverse set of topics, encourag- and for the first time in a long-time, there is ‘return-to-work’ on the cards, Allowing a gradual settling time pliers into that construct. Understand- for a “holistic engagement” with the ing managers and their employees to are spending more time at home than organisations should carefully review back to work, and embracing the ing their value system and helping them associates and make them feel taken establish a positive work environment ever before. This has naturally allowed the pre-pandemic touchpoints with the unique needs of the associates, subject understand yours will have a greater care of. Helping the associates perceive where proficiency and productivity the older patterns like fighting stress, above perspective and prepare to wel- to the company policies and possibili- impact when associates from different that their company cares for them is a can thrive. appreciation, finding comfort with a come the associates holistically. ties teams interact with each other big win for the organisations and in The writer is an avid writer in the world co-worker, breakout routines and so Let us now look at certain broad Initiatives to re-introduce the ‘pur- Empowering the decision-making turn will ensure that the associates rec- of Technology Consulting. He has recent- on, replaced by interactions with fami- approaches on how organisations can pose’ and ‘values’ of the organisation. roles in the organisation to perform to iprocate with their “belongingness” ly published The Conscientious Manag- ly or attending to family priorities. approach the post-pandemic phase to Reimagining and enabling some of the the values of the organisation. Associ- In fact, my book, The Conscien- er: Nurturing Workplace Ethics and There are multiple versions on how nurture work ethics and company cul- key operative roles close to the associ- ates have a greater degree of adopting tious Manager: Nurturing Workplace Synergies with SAGE Publications India. this has led to increased or decreased ture (either in back-to-office or ates, like project managers or delivery the company values when they see Ethics and Synergies discusses several The views expressed in this article belong stress levels depending upon who is remote-work scenarios): leads, as Chief Purpose Officers, who their immediate supervisors and man- bottlenecks/derailers to the workplace to the author alone and have no bearing asked this question or when it is asked. Coming back to work can be made can continuously help reinforce the agers being empowered to do the same morals and offers key resonating on his affiliation to any organisation that Certain organisations have also as a unique experience, a celebration. right behaviours and help the associ- Establishing forums where associ- actions to both individual associates as he may be associated with uvitiut <" > 2 R
he United States of America has Talways been ridiculed and casti- gated for being an interventionist nation state along with being a nation which labels and brands other nations and outfits as rogue states and recalcitrant non-state actors. It’s in the political and strate- gic nature of Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza strip that the political con- test model gets a practical redemp- -)!-*(*&*( tion. The non-state actor herein +)) * *&&:( *)&0 happens to be the terror actor, Hamas, which regulates the Gaza -) ), 0 -),.,7 strip. Hamas might be a tom- * . -),74*9 : -) tommed force in the region with its present day deadly barrage of rock- *., , *&: ,) .(-,4 ets aimed at Jerusalem and Lod. +) )) *(-, 3 The US has always been an ally of Israel, wherein, the idiom and the * .$) (*&)73) ( impact of the traditional friendship between Washington and Jerusalem * *74&) ):&)9 , , gets an ample reflection in the au -)*9 * ! courant US foreign policy. 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It was the a full night in the Knesset plenum.” work for tackling regional threats in reported in newspaper that, “a fail- rect US Secretary of State Anthony declaration of independence. first major political test for Prime Such a great iota of melodrama the context of Iran. ure to agree on a budget was one of Blinken too stuck to the often used President Trump also cut off around Minister Naftali Bennett, who for has been added to the Knesset that In 2015, the Israeli side inaugu- the factors that led to the collapse of parlance of “dignity,” which is much 200 million dollars of aid to Palestine nearly a month now has been head- voting is being forecast and attempt- rated a diplomatic office in the the previous government, led by deified in the diplomatic circles. which made the American foreign ing a narrow and diverse coalition ed even during the night which does UAE, so in a manner the ties were Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu. That Still, one needs to reinforcingly policy Israel-centric in a fulsome that includes Left-wing, centrist and not characterise any semblance of already there but now both the resulted in new elections early this remember that President George manner. Even, President Biden did Palestinian parties, along with his normalcy in the Israeli political diplomatists have decided to open year that ultimately put Prime Bush Jr heralded the ambitious not oppose the planned evictions of own ultranationalist party.” structure; and one senior political and declare their past hobnobbing, Minister Naftali Bennett in charge of “roadmap for peace” for West Asia. the Palestinians from their settle- The ban on Palestinians was first leader has commented that legisla- too. Thus, the quagmire and the an eight-party coalition spanning the And Joe Biden too as a Presidential ments and the sobriquet of President enacted in the period of the second tors can work and vote in the nights quicksand of the gravest crisis of faith political spectrum.” candidate had upped the ante on the Biden being the beacon for the globe Palestinian Intifada. The law was too, but if it persists for a month then and stability in West Asia persist with Israel is returning to work, said theme of restoring respect for human does not stand tested and verified. considered draconian in the genre of it will be troublesome for all and only subtle indications emanating Bennet after an all-night session. He rights, rule of law and international There has been a change of apartheid against the minority of sundry. It was within the ambit of out of the heady portals of the said the 2021-2022 spending plan law for the bedeviled West Asian regime in Israel with Naftali Benet Palestinians in Israel. these developments in Israeli politics White House. “reflects concern for all citizens of quagmire. The return to a value- taking over as the head of the State. What has been going on in the that Naftali Benet and Yair Lapid vis- What has made the Israel- Israel and does not serve any narrow 3++?(@A( laden diplomatic narrative is some- Benjamin Netanyahu, his predeces- context of Benjamin Netanyahu is ited the nation of the United Arab Palestine conflict explodes now can sectorial interest.” The issue which thing which President Joe Biden has sor, lost the confidence of the house. the poser which observers of Israeli Emirates to drive in a new pact with be a million dollar poser. Both the led to the ouster of Netanyahu and too personified in his diplomatic dis- There were great expectations from politics may be asked. Netanyahu has the estranged neighbour. sides in an unprecedented moment his alleged corrupt acts facilitated the course on Tel Aviv. Still, the devel- the new regime led by Naftali Benet been undertaking a virulent modus The UAE visit is a striving for decided that enough is enough and ushering in of the coalition opment that makes one stand up and but in its first citizenship reforms it operandi as an opposition leader spawning normalisation of relations more of conflict was in Government led by Naftali Benet, take notice is the one that President has failed to deliver in the context of which might work as the spanner in between Israel and the UAE, which the offing in the Gaza strip. Benjamin which will impact the question of Biden has talked about Palestinians the Jewish tradition. Al Jazzera his own works. The Jerusalem Post might act as a precursor to the ini- Netanyahu declared that Tel Aviv will Palestine as a change has been having inalienable human rights reported, “Israel’s new government reported recently that “to that end, tiating reconciliation with the rest of wait for a victory while Hamas observed in the Jerusalem denomi- which no force in the global polity suffered its first big defeat in Netanyahu has led the Opposition the Arab states much to the dismay vowed for a new uprising or nation’s other sectoral issues too. can snatch from them. Parliament, failing to renew a con- through two weeks of all-night fili- of the Palestinians. These talks are a novae Intifada. Still, expectations are anew in the troversial law that prevents busters. He has tried to wear out and being called the Abraham accords, All these soured the strategic and (The writer teaches at Palestinian quarters that the whole- Palestinians living in the occupied fluster his opponents, while por- wherein, the normalisation of the geo-political scenario in West Asia. International Relations and some support doled out by former West Bank and Gaza Strip who traying himself as an indefatigable relationship includes a well-pro- From now on, the new Government International Organisations, IIPA, President Trump has been replaced marry Palestinian citizens of Israel Energizer Bunny who posts videos nounced security dimension, where- in Jerusalem has its work cut out as New Delhi)
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ust before the Covid crisis at the Making the Best Use of lion non-farm jobs by 2030. This Jend of 2019-20 financial year, Demographic dividend would be in line with the employ- India had (according to the data pro- According to the National Policy ment growth achieved by India vided by the Centre for Monitoring for Skill Development and between 2000 and 2012 — and Indian Economy) around 403.5 mil- Entrepreneurship, more than 54 per almost double the 0.8 per cent his- 99 ., 3 -)* , *& lion employed people and around 35 cent of India’s population is below 25 torical employment growth over the &,9: =,&& million openly unemployed people years of age and 62 per cent of India’s past 20 years. in the country. To this existing pool, population is aged between 15 and Two sectors — manufacturing ))&47) * . each year India adds roughly 10 mil- 59 years. and construction — have the poten- )4 ) ) (-,407 ) lion (or 1 crore) new job seekers. 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Hence apart from mental non-farm jobs. -)(=,&&() (:+ - ) million in 2016-17 and then fell to skilling the workforce as per the Achieving this growth potential ) * (* . -)),( , 3 405.9 million in 2017-18, and to industry requirements, we need to would mean the share of manufac- =: 9). 7* 9- 400.9 million at the end of 2018-19. keep ourselves prepared for the turing rising from 18 per cent of , .( )B, )7) ( In other words, even with India’s upcoming challenges. GDP to 20 per cent over the course economy growing, albeit at a decel- of a decade. erating pace, before the Covid crisis, Challenges ahead with the proportion of agricultural rebound to 30 per cent by 2030, with tude is possible only if India For construction, growth would the employment situation was getting in coming decade employment found in other low 55 million more women potentially manages to grow at the rate of at least need to rise by 8.5 per cent annual- worse. That is why the total number India’s population is rising and and middle-income countries like entering the labour market. The dri- 8.0 to 9.0 per cent annually over the ly, compared with historical growth of openly unemployed people could grow to more than 1.5 billion China and Vietnam. ving force of this increase could be next decade. rates of 4.4 per cent in fiscal years became 35 million. people by 2030. The working-age Accommodating a labour force women in the prime age group of 25 Given the sharp economic 2013 to 2019. In addition The Indian youth has become population — those over the age of transition of this magnitude, in to 54 years. Such an increment downturn witnessed during the last to this, each State would also need to the first casualty, with the unem- 15 — could increase by 1.3 per cent addition to natural labour force would be a legitimate aspiration for one year of Covid pandemic, achiev- create enabling conditions to push ployment rate reaching 34 per cent annually, to 1.2 billion. Based on this growth, implies that India needs to India, in line with the level of female ing high growth of this magnitude productivity within its champion among the 20-24-year-olds in the demographic surge alone, India create at least 90 million non-farm employment seen in other low and seems a tall order. Nevertheless, the sectors. first quarter of 2019, it was 37.9 per would have 60 million more people jobs between 2020 and 2030. The middle-income South Asian emerg- black swan event like Covid should- The Covid-19 pandemic pre- cent among the urban lot, according entering the labour force and seek- country’s current labour force par- ing economies such as Bangladesh n’t be an excuse to lose the sight of sents us with an opportunity to intro- to the CMIE. ing employment by 2030. ticipation rate is just 49 per cent, and Sri Lanka. an impending job crisis. duce the next phase of pro-growth (2B&0+3+1 Official sources from the India saw an annual shift of meaning that only about half Including this potential increase During the year 2,000 to 2019, reform measures to achieve long- Government of India do not give about 3.7 million jobs out of agri- of people of working age engage in in the proportion of working women, India’s employment rete grew at 0.8 term growth as well as job target. very different data: According to the culture between 2012 and 2018. If paid work. and assuming they all seek non-farm per cent while its GDP grew at an last 2018 Periodic Labour Force this pace is sustained, India’s farm At the same time India’s female employment, India would need to average rate of 6.9 per cent. An annu- (The writer is a former IRS Survey, the unemployment rate employment would decline from 44 labour force participation was at 21 create 145 million incremental non- al economic growth rate of 8-9 per officer & author of upcoming book among the urban 15-29-year-olds (a per cent of the total in 2018 to about per cent in 2019, fallen from about farm jobs by 2030. cent is needed for India to generate ‘The Current Perspective on INDIAN very large bracket) was 23.7 per cent. 30 per cent in 2030. This is in line 32 per cent in 2005. But it could The job creation of this magni- 60 million net new jobs and 90 mil- ECONOMY’) 4 8 4 4 4F 2 4 4 4 4 axu! K 4 ; 4 ) **
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