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He said new Opposition party for “double % #) * ## passed by the Lok Sabha of moves by the Government crossing” farmers and creating ## “standing with middlemen”, would provide farmers with “disinformation”. % # Prime Minister Narendra “rakhsha kavach” and save Praising Bihar Chief Modi on Friday assured farm- them from brokers. Minister Nitish Kumar, Modi ers that the Government’s pur- “But a few people who said, “Nitish understood what ' (% ) *# chase of their produce and ruled the country for decades damage Agriculture Produce ) # + ,-,- Minimum Support price are trying to mislead farmers Market Committee (APMC), (MSP) would continue. He and telling lies. They had set up by States to regulate asked them “not to be mislead promised about the reform in markets, had done to the by the lies” of those “who ruled their manifesto but forgot farmers and “removed APMC the country for after reforms and when the Act in the State.” Haryana, the members of the ! Bharatiya Kisan Union blocked the national highway-44 on agriculture marketing infra- September 10, demanding the structure network created in immediate withdrawal of the day after the Lok Sabha the past five decades. Benod agriculture ordinances. Apassed two contentious Anand of Rashtriya Kisan Protesters were also baton agriculture Bills, despite the Mahasangh, an organisation of charged in Pipli near Haryana’s party’s coalition with the BJP opposition by BJP’s oldest ally 62 farmers unions,” he said, Kurukshetra, for defying the in Haryana is going strong Shiromani Akali Dal terming it adding that farmers will hit the administration’s warnings dur- and accused the Opposition as an “anti-farmer” move, farm- road on September 24 across ing the coronavirus Congress of trying to mislead ers’ protests have spread in sev- India. pandemic. the farmers. He downplayed eral States, including wide agitation against the farm secretary Sarwan Singh Union, All India Kisan The Centre has brought the reports that there was fissure Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Bills and is in talks with other Pandher said. Already, differ- Sangharsh Coordination Bills without discussion with in the alliance saying the Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Opposition parties to corner ent farmer organisations in Committee and Rashtriya stakeholders, he alleged. ❝ +!) Congress spreads rumours. western Uttar Pradesh. the Modi Government. Punjab Punjab have given a call for a Kisan Mahasangh. The farmers “Agriculture falls in the ' # Interestingly, JJP had ear- A protesting farmer in Finance Minister Manpreet “bandh” on September 25. argue that the legislations State list of subjects,” he said, # % % , lier apologised for the lath- Punjab on Friday tried to com- Singh Badal on Friday said A protesting farmer has would lead to the dismantling adding that the Union # # icharge on farmers in mit suicide by consuming poi- Punjab alone would suffer a tried to commit suicide in of the minimum support price Government’s action impinges % # # day after Akali Dal’s Kurukshetra’s Pipli last week sonous substance. Farmers’ loss of 4,000 crore every year Badal village, the hometown of (MSP) system, leaving them at on the State’s rights. ##! - AHarsimrat Kaur Badal when farmers were protesting organisations have decided to due to these legislations that the Badals, in Muktsar district. the “mercy” of big corporates. Traditionally at odds (farmers & # resigned from the Union against the three farm ordi- hold a “rail roko” agitation will lead to mass destruction of He ate poison on Friday morn- According to Rakesh Tikait, and arthiyas) are together in % Cabinet opposing the contro- nances promulgated by the from September 24 to 26 in rural livelihoods, increase ing around 6:30 and his con- Bharatiya Kisan Union, thou- this one-on-one against the %, versial farms Bills, Haryana Union Government. protest against the Bills. farmer distress. dition is still critical. sands of farmers have protest- BJP-led Centre aided by # Deputy Chief Minister and JJP Asked if the JJP was fac- Thousands of farmers from “We have decided to hold Thousands of farmers are ed at the Delhi-Meerut Opposition parties, farmers’ ❝ ##% leader Dushyant Chautala met ing any pressure in its alliance western Uttar Pradesh held a sit a rail roko nationwide agitation sitting on dharna in Muktsar, Expressway against the passage organisations and activists. # -.% Chief Minister Manohar Lal with the BJP after Harsimrat’s in protest on the Delhi-Meerut from September 24 to 26 Amritsar and other areas in of farm Bills. Perhaps the real issue is too Khattar on Friday in a bid to resignation, Digvijay said, expressway on Friday. against the three agriculture Punjab under the banner of A member of Punjab technical and the threat of % ! find a way out of the vexed sit- “Our tie-up is strong. Our The Congress has legislations,” Kisan Mazdoor Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Aarhtia Association, said, new ecosystem rendering MSP & D&% uation with farmers on the responsibility is to ensure that announced to launch a nation- Sangharsh Committee general Committee, Bhartiya Kisan “These legislations will ruin the irrelevant more impacting. In D, warpath in the State. farmers’ crops are procured as Sources said the State per the MSP and we will ❝ 0# Government would reach out ensure this in the upcoming " ' # to the farmers and their procurement season. The . / R !" #$% ! organisations to take the mes- biggest issue is the MSP. It is - # sage across that the Bills our commitment to farmers ! L M! would actually help their that we will not allow their 0+ R ) cause. crops to be procured below # JJP leader Digvijay Singh the minimum support Chautala asserted that the price.” ! # !! " oogle on Friday restored $# %&! Thakur started attacking the Gthe Paytm app on its Play Opposition and alleged that store after removing it for a few ! # he Lok Sabha on Friday “Gandhi family” fooled the hours for violating its policy on Twitnessed heated exchanges people by including the sports betting activities. " ' ! between the Congress and the Congress president in the The app was back on the BJP members, leading to four PMNRF set up by Jawaharlal Google Play Store on Friday adjournments over Minister Nehru. evening after the Softbank- ours after the suspension the DCAA temporarily sus- Court have been contravened.” of State for Finance Anurag “Opposition opposing PM backed Paytm removed the Hof flights by Dubai Civil pended Air India Express Op Amshipora had earlier Thakur barb that Sonia Cares Fund, just for the sake of “cashback” feature from a Aviation Authority (DCAA) flights scheduled to resume n enquiry ordered by the come under the scanner after “Gandhi family was cheating it, is like they opposed EVMs recently-launched game on the from India to Dubai for 15 days from September 19 to October AIndian Army to probe a three Rajouri-based families the public”, during a debate on & then lost many elections. application. after two fliers tested positive 2, for 15 days alleging that two controversial encounter in lodged a missing report on the tax laws amendment Act They subsequently termed Jan “Update: And we’re back!” for coronavirus, Air India coronavirus positive passengers which three unidentified “ter- August 10 at police post Peeru to include tax concessions to Dhan, demonetisation, Triple Paytm said in a tweet. On Express on Friday evening flew on board the flights on two rorists” were killed in in Kotranka tehsil claiming donations in PM Cares Fund. Talaq and GST bad. They find Friday morning, Google announced that flight opera- separate occasions despite hav- Amshipora of Shopian on July they were not in touch with The Lok Sabha resumed only a defect in everything, truth is removed the Paytm app — tions will begin as originally ing Covid-19 positive test 18 has concluded that the three their children, ever since they after Thakur apologised. their intention is defected. which facilitates use of wallet scheduled from September 19. reports, a day before start of of them were labourers from had reached Shopian in search Chaos started after Nehru ordered the creation of and payments bank services — The announcement was mega T20 cricket event ‘Indian Rajouri. of work since July 17, 2020. Congress MPs Shashi Tharoor, the Prime Minister’s National from the Play Store. made by the Air India Express Premier League’ in the They have been identified These families had Manish Tewari and TMC MP Relief Fund in 1948 like a “The app was blocked for on its Facebook and Twitter UAE. as Imtiyaz Ahmed, Abrar facie answerable. approached the police after Sougata Roy opposed the cre- royal order but its registration violation of Play policies — a pages late on Friday. “Attention The Air India Express ear- Ahmed and Mohd Ibrar. Srinagar-based Defence images of the slain ultras, killed ation of PM Cares Fund and has not been done even till clarification of our policy was passengers from/to Dubai! All lier submitted a letter to DCAA Army chief General Manoj spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia in in the encounter, were circu- Finance Minister Nirmala today. How did it get FCRA released earlier today ahead of Air India Express flights expressing its profuse apologies Mukund Naravane on Friday a written statement said, “The lated in the social media along Sitharaman allowed her deputy clearance?,” Thakur the IPL tournament,” Google from/to Dubai will operate as and detailing various actions said investigation into the laps- enquiry has brought out certain with images of three youngsters Thakur to reply to the asked. said in a response, adding that per original schedule w.e.f taken in association with the es will be conducted with prima facie evidence indicating from Rajouri. Opposition charges. The Opposition leaders only the app availability on Play tomorrow, September 19, 2020 concerned ground-handling utmost fairness and will be that during the operation, pow- The Defence spokesman, Praising Prime Minister slammed Thakur and sought store was (sic),” the airline tweeted. agents to guard against such taken to the logical conclusion. ers vested under the AFSPA however, added, their DNA Naredra Modi and the fund, his apology. impacted. Earlier on Friday morning, lapse in the future. The Indian Army has 1990 were exceeded and the report is awaited and the police ordered disciplinary proceed- do’s and don’ts of Chief of are also investigating if they ings under the Army Act Army Staff (COAS) as were in anyway involved with ) '('*+ against those found prima- approved by the Supreme terrorism or related activities. 1"23 ' 33,45,647 83,8536,39,854 > here that before the $/$/ $# ( :,7;,556 5,9445,3;,6;3 advent of the Covid pan- or the first time in the his- demic, the State govern- # % 5,87,;76 6,:65 4,<5,<3< Ftory of the largest religious ment was expecting that =) 5,79,;69<,6768,;4,79: congregation in the world— the crores of people would !" >( 8,49,<66 4,6:;9,<7,7;4 Kumbh Mela— the number of be attending the Kumbh attendees will be limited and Mela at Haridwar in " 9,86,696 9,73,:<3 only those with valid passes will 2021. Due to the pan- & 9,36,<<9 4,9493,;7,793 be allowed to attend. demic, though the . 3,<3,843 <853,88,4:: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Kumbh Mela will be held Trivendra Singh Rawat said as scheduled, the num- " 3,:<,74: 3,73:3,85,85< that due to Covid-19 pandem- ber of people allowed to ""! & 3,:5,8<3 65;3,53,477 ic, it has been decided that only participate in it will be # 3,59,656 5473,93,:37 a limited number of people will limited. The first Shahi be allowed to attend the Kumbh Snan of Kumbh is slated = 3,9:,868 579 ;7,765 Mela to be held in Haridwar Akhada Parishad and it had Only those issued passes will be to be held on March 11, 2021 %$ 3,97,4;6 8,96<3,73,973 during 2021. been decided that due to the sit- allowed to attend the Kumbh on the occasion of Maha $ 3,33,9;7 3,876;9,9:5 In a virtual press confer- uation caused by the pandem- Mela in Haridwar. However, the Shivratri while the fourth Sahi ence on Friday, the CM said ic, entry in the Kumbh Mela Kumbh Mela will be held on Snan is slated to be held on 3,7:,9:3 3,7;968,6<6 that the state government had will not be unrestricted. “We schedule,” he said. April 27 on the occasion of '( 3,77,456 3,;73<:,;59 held discussions with the will implement a pass system. It is pertinent to mention Chaitra Poornima. !"#"# 4 1 /R " & ,$0 11 and regular sanitization of the tinued raising the issue in the occupied by persons under gym areas are being followed to DDMA meetings,” he said. . quarantine, including travellers elhi Chief Minister Arvind ensure safety inside the gyms. “I am glad that we were who have returned by ‘Vande DKejriwal on Friday Kejriwal appealed to the able to convince Lieutenant Bharat Mission’ and bubble ,1 appealed to gym owners and the gym owners that they should Governor that the opening of flights, it said. general public to follow the safe- ensure all the ‘Standard yoga and gym establishments The number of tests done 11 ty protocol at the gym centers Operating Procedures’ issued were very important so that per million, as was 127927 it > > ' to minimize the risk of spread- by the central government are people stay healthy and said. A total of 201671 patients ing of Covid-19 infection. properly followed. immune,” he said. have recovered, migrated or urugram recorded 5,237 The representatives of the “People coming for work- Meanwhile, the national been discharged. The number GCovid-19 cases in the last gym associations of Delhi met outs at these establishments Capital recorded 4,127 fresh of COVID-19 containment twenty days from August 30 to with the Chief Minister and should follow all safety stan- COVID-19 cases on Friday, zones in Delhi has risen to September 18. The officials thanked him for opening the dards and protocols to cease the taking the total number of 1751. said the reason behind the rise gyms and yoga centres in spread of Corona infection. persons infected with coron- On Thursday, Delhi spike is the flouting of Covid- Delhi. The Delhi government has avirus to over 2.38 lakh. recorded 4,432 fresh COVID- 19 norms. Kejriwal tweeted, "I appeal started opening the city after According to the Delhi 19 cases, taking the tally to over However, the city had to all gym operators and the Unlock orders of the Central health department bulletin the 2.34 lakh while the death toll recorded over 421 fresh Covid public in Delhi to follow the The meeting came after an outside the containment zones government were issued and active cases tally was 32250 and reached 4,877 with 38 fresh patients on Wednesday, the safety protocols at gym centers. order issued by Delhi Disaster in Delhi. The order was issued the economic activities also out of the total number of beds fatalities. While on Wednesday, highest single day count in the We have to stop the spread of Management Authority say- on September 13, and various began in Delhi. It took some in Covid hospitals, 8018 are the national capital had regis- last three months. The health corona infection along with ing that the gyms and yoga cen- safety measures such as ther- time to get the permit for the vacant. As per report, 2335 tered a record single-day spike department attributes this spike staying healthy." tres will be allowed to open mal screening, limited entry, openings of gyms but we con- beds in Covid care centres are of 4,473 COVID-19 cases. to the fact that more people are getting themselves tested fol- ed with coronavirus died on lowing Haryana government's Friday in Gurugram. A total of %# decision to allow walk-ins for 156 persons in the district % * Covid test without prescription. have lost their lives to the "We are registering more dreaded virus to date. # than 300 cases every day. It is There are a total of 2,755 11 Accordingly, 160 Kmph "The average running with freight trains and passen- solar plants on its vacant land a concern for us. We are work- active Covid cases in ! # projects on the Delhi-Mumbai speeds of trains on railway sys- ger carrying trains being oper- and along the tracks. “As a part ing hard to contain spread in Gurugram. A total of 14,152 ith an aim to increase the and Delhi-Howrah sectors are tems depend upon various fac- ated on common tracks with a of this initiative, 4.7 Mega Watt limited places. People need to people have been cured and Wspeed and ensure timely already sanctioned, he said, tors, such as, type of track very high level of capacity uti- (MW) land based solar plants follow Covid guidelines and discharged after recovery. 11 running of trains including adding that discontinuance of structure, signalling systems, lization. have already been commis- maintain social distancing rules The health department goods trains, Indian Railways manufacturing of Integral motive power, type of rolling During the financial year sioned. Action has been taken said a health official. said out of 156 deaths 110 died he Delhi Development has initiated several measures Coach Factory (ICF) design stock, network congestion, etc,” 2019-20, the average speed of for installation of solar power In view of the rising cases, due to co-morbidities and the TAuthority (DDA) has fully for upgrading the infrastruc- coaches with ‘Maximum he said. premium trains (Rajdhani, projects on unused railway the district administration has remaining 46 without co-mor- automated the process of pay- ture, modernising the rolling Permissible Speed’ (MPS) of “Some of the international Shatabdi, Duranto and Vande land at Bhilai (Chhattisgarh, 50 suggested home isolation."It bidity. ment of water bills to facilitate stock for streamlining opera- 110 kmph and enhanced man- railway systems, such as the Bharat) was above 70 kmph, MegaWatt (MW), Diwana has been observed that 80% Meanwhile, Amit Khatri, digital mode of payment. tions. ufacture of Linke Hofmann Shinkansen in Japan and Superfast trains was above 55 (Haryana, 2 MW) corona-infected patients may District Commissioner, “Public who are availing In a written reply to a Busch (LHB) coaches with theTGV system in France, have kmph, express services was To further proliferate solar recover from it if they follow Gurugram has directed all gov- services of DDA can deposit question in the Rajya Sabha, MPS of 160 Kmph. dedicated networks of high above 50 kmph and that of plants, railways has planned to necessary guidelines of the ernment and private hospitals their bills online. Most of the Railways Minister Piyush Goyal “Introduction of modern speed railway lines with maxi- freight trains was 24 kmph. install solar plants of 20 Giga health department," he said. in the district to reserve at least people taking services are from said the blueprint for increas- signaling systems such as ‘Train mum speeds over 300 Kmph. However, during the current Watt (GW) capacity by the Meanwhile,the district 35% beds for Covid-19 Dwarka and Rohini and this ing the speeds of trains will be Collision Avoidance System’ The average running speeds of financial year, i.e. 2020-21, the year 2030 by utilizing its vacant health department detected patients. process will benefit them the taken such as including increas- (TCAS), accelerated removal of all categories of trains across average speed of freight trains land and to begin with, bids for 339 fresh infections in the dis- “These health facilities most,” the Delhi Development ing the track speeds on trunk permanent speed restrictions, different railway systems abroad has increased to 46.71 kmph, he 3 GW solar plants on vacant trict on Friday. The Covid-19 have been instructed to update Authority (DDA) said in a routes to 130 Kmph, enhancing construction of roads over are not compiled,” he added. said. railway land parcels and land tally in Gurugram rose to the data about availability of statement. the speed potential of Golden bridges and under bridges will The railway minister fur- In reply to another ques- parcels along the railway track 17,063 according to a daily beds daily on “The customers will be Quadrilateral and its diagonal also be done to eliminate level ther said that Indian Railways tion, he said that Indian have already been invited, he health bulletin. “onemapggm.gmda.gov.in,” required to have a bank to 160 Kmph. crossing gates,” he said. has a heterogeneous system Railways has planned to set up said. Three more patients infect- Khatri said. account for the payment of water bills online. The payment can be made through debit card, credit card and net bank- ing etc. The payments can also + 4 ) 9 1 be made through Bharat Bill pay system as well. The URL of the water bill system is slammed the farm legislations maaru (Destroy Farmers, abo hawa (environment). “Delhi the situation was perilous and the in fact, the incumbent govern- https://online.dda.org.in/water- “being forced on to the nation” Destroy Punjab) conspiracy of has to rethink on this issue,” he SAD had only contributed to the ment at the Centre was trying billonline. Its link also exists on unjab Chief Minister Capt by the Central Government as the BJP-led NDA, of which the stressed, adding that the legis- crisis by supporting the farm to destroy with their brute DDA’s website www.dda.org.in. PAmarinder Singh on Friday part of the Kisan maaru, Punjab Akalis “shamelessly” continue lations would undo the sacri- ordinances. majority. “Even the MSP to be a part at the cost of their fices made by Punjab and its “Notwithstanding the already announced on items own State and its people. farmers over 65 years to make Centre’s denials, these new like Maize is not being given to “I don’t know what enmi- India self-sufficient in laws will eventually pave the the farmers,” he noted, ques- ty the BJP and the Akalis have food. way for the elimination of the tioning the sincerity of the with Punjab and why they are Accusing the Akalis of play- MSP regime and end of the FCI Government of India. out to destroy us,” said the ing their own political games in (Food Corporation of India), Categorically rejecting BJP Chief Minister while launching this entire affair, Capt Amarinder leaving the farmers at the and SAD claims that Punjab was the virtual Kisan Mela of the asked the Badals why the SAD mercy of big corporates, as rec- on board with the farm ordi- Punjab Agriculture University, had failed to stand with the ommended by the Shanta nances, the Chief Minister made Ludhiana. The launch was held Warning again that the leg- Punjab Government on these Kumar committee. it clear that the issue of any such with virtual connectivity at islations will lead to growing Bills and even on the critical Strongly opposing the leg- ordinances or new laws on 100 locations and participated angst among the people in the water issue. “Did you not think islations, the Chief Minister agriculture was never discussed by farmers, farmer representa- border State, thus giving even once what will happen to also trashed the Centre’s guar- at any of the meetings in which tives, and other stakeholders, Pakistan the opportunity to Punjab without agriculture and antee of MSP not being tam- his Government was represent- including Ministers, MLAs and stoke more fires, Capt without water?” he asked the pered with, saying that it was ed at the high-powered com- Punjab Congress president Amarinder said that the anti- Akalis, pointing out that with the a Constitutional guarantee mittee set up by the Centre on Sunil Jakhar. farmer move will spoil Punjab’s SYL issue hanging over the State, given by the Parliament, which, agricultural reforms.
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CSingh Rawat stressed that forces and defence equipment tested positive for rom April 2017 to and selection for 6,000 posts Rawat also announced that the from the strategic point of to the strategically important " ) +0+ the disease. FSeptember 2020, more than was done from 2017 to 2020. government will establish a view, limiting the width of the border areas in Uttarakhand .") )") Congress 7.12 lakh people have been pro- The requisition process for world class science college and all-weather Char Dham road to which shares international bor- MLA from vided employment in the State. 7,200 posts is currently under- set up Himalaya eco clubs in 5.5 metres will not do. He der with China and "!" Dharchula in Chief Minister Trivendra Singh way. While six lakh persons are 5,000 schools also providing said, “Apart from facilitating Nepal. ! 1 Pithoragarh dis- Rawat said this in a virtual provided work under MNRE- funds for the same. all-weather connectivity to the It will be recalled that ear- trict, Harish press conference on completion GA every year about two lakh He said that declaring Char Dham shrines, this road lier this month, the Supreme Dhami was report- of three and a half years of the additional labourers were pro- Gairsain the summer capital is also vital from the strategic Court had directed the gov- > ed positive for Covid-19 on 19 in Dehradun, 161 in Udham state government’s term in vided work under the scheme was a historic decision taken by point of view. Considering this, ernment to limit the width of Friday. He is currently admit- Singh Nagar, 106 in Haridwar, office on Friday. this year. An additional expen- the government and also noti- 5.5 metre width of the road will the said highway to 5.5 metres he number of patients of ted in a private hospital in 83 in Nainital, 32 in Pauri, 29 Rawat said with a zero tol- diture of Rs 170 crore was fied. Infrastructure and provi- not do. We have expressed our as specified in 2018 by the Tnovel coronavirus (Covid- Dehradun. in Bageshwar, 26 in Almora, 21 erance for corruption, the state made this year compared to the sion of basic facilities required concern to the centre and will Ministry of Road Transport 19) in Uttarakhand climbed to Death of four patients of in Chamoli, 19 in Uttarkashi, 10 government had focused on last year. Further, 40,000 peo- for a capital are now being request the centre to take a and Highways for roads under 38, 007 on Friday with the state the disease which included a in Tehri, nine in Pithoragarh, development works including ple are to be provided work developed in the area. Another decision accordingly.” construction in mountainous health department reporting four year old girl was reported seven in Champawat and six in enhancement of connectivity, under CAMPA in the next landmark decision taken by the According to Rawat, limit- regions. 868 fresh cases of the disease. on Friday at All India Institute Rudraprayag district. interests of farmers and women three months. Uttarakhand is State government was for the The authorities also reported of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Uttarakhand now has while ensuring that 85 per also the first state to launch a creation of the Char Dham state government has spent system of facilitating transfers the death of four patients which Rishikesh. 11293 active patients of the dis- cent of its announcements had scheme like the Mukhyamantri Devsthanam Board consider- more than Rs 180 crore. through dubious means. increased the death toll to 464 The authorities discharged ease with Dehradun maintain- been fulfilled. He said, “In the Swarozgar Yojana to enable ing the future requirements, Providing national portability Stating that more than Rs in the State. 427 patients in Dehradun, 293 ing its top position in the table past State governments didn’t self employment even as 40 per facilities for pilgrims, interests facility, beneficiaries can seek 25,000 crore worth of invest- On a positive note the in Haridwar, 183 in Nainital, with 3811 active patients of the do this but we have kept a cent of district plan budget has of priests and the local busi- treatment from 22,000 hospi- ment announced during the health department discharged 110 in Udham Singh Nagar, 93 disease. Dehradun is followed record of the jobs provided been allocated to facilitating nessmen. The traditional rights tals across the country listed investors summit in 2018 had 1285 patients of the disease in Tehri, 40 each from by Haridwar with 2209 active during our tenure so far self employment.” of the priests have been under the scheme. undergone grounding, Rawat from different hospitals of the Uttarkashi and Rudraprayag, 22 patients while Udham Singh because we think the people The CM further informed untouched, he reiterated. Yet Rawat also referred to said that a target of increasing state after their recovery from from Chamoli and 20 in Nagar at third position with should also know such aspects. that the state government is another major decision was to other initiatives including the this sum to Rs 40,000 crore had the disease. This incidentally is Champawat districts. Similarly 1415 active patients. Nainital A total of 7,12,837 persons working on a scheme for pro- implement the Atal Ayushman e-cabinet, e-office and the CM been set for the next year and the highest single day recovery 16 patients each were dis- has 1316, Pauri 565, were provided employment tection of crops from wild ani- Yojana for all families in the helpline 1905 through which a half. The CM also spoke in the state ever since the pan- charged from Almora and Pithoragarh 327, Uttarkashi from 2017 to 2020. These mals. This will entail con- state, providing them free more than 65 per cent of the about reverse migration, steps demic started on March 15 this Bageshwar, 15 in Pauri and 10 315, Tehri 289, Chamoli 243, include regularised employ- struction of four monkey res- treatment costing upto Rs five public grievances received had taken to facilitate rural devel- year. A total of 26095 patients in Pithoragarh district on the Champawat 226, Almora 225, ment for about 16,000 people, cue centres with capacity for lakh a year. More than two lakh been resolved. He also said that opment, boost tourism and have so far got cured from day. Bageshwar 196 and outsourced/contract-basis 25,000 animals, 125 kilometre persons have benefitted from implementation of the Transfer develop infrastructure in the Covid-19 infection. The per- The health department Rudraprayag 156 active employment for 1.15 lakh peo- wall construction for protect- this scheme so far on which the Act had eradicated the corrupt state. centage recovery for Covid-19 reported 359 patients of Covid- patients. 3" 2P + # > Vidhan Sabha secretariat is now trying to ensure that some nding suspense over the of the members attend the ses- / Evenue of the upcoming sion virtually. To ensure that monsoon session of the MLAs, ministers and offi- Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, cials are safe from the infection the authorities concerned have of Covid-19 the state govern- > decided that the session would ment has also mooted the plan 2!')")) ) be held in the hall of assembly of having a one day he Uttarakhand Congress in Dehradun. The speaker session. Thas reacted sharply to the ! /! "/ Premchand Agarwal informed The Speaker Agarwal held claim made by chief minister on Friday that after weighing a meeting with the senior offi- Trivendra Singh Rawat that in "'!'" ! different options it was finally cials of National Informatics the last three and half years of decided that the session would Centre (NIC) on Friday and BJP rule, 85 percent of the .." * )' be held in the hall of assembly discussed arrangements for announcements made by him building in Dehradun. It is per- making the members attend have been fulfilled. Addressing tinent to mention here that the the session virtually. The media persons at Rajiv Bhawan the loans of the farmers, con- ernment during its three and assembly secretariat exercised speaker said that arrangements here on Friday, the Vice trol prices in 100 days and con- half year rule. various options for holding in all the district headquarters President of Uttarakhand stitute the office of Lokpal Claiming that the BJP gov- the session. As part of this exer- should be made so that the Congress Surya Kant within 100 days. It talked about ernment has proved to be a cise the chief minister MLAs can join the session Dhasmana termed the present zero tolerance on corruption total failure, the Congress Trivendra Singh Rawat and from there. BJP government as the worst and recruitment on the vacant leader said that the state gov- the speaker had inspected the The speaker said that government the state had since posts in all government depart- ernment is immersed neck Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali arrangements both inside and its creation. He said that in the ments. Dhasmana said that deep in corruption and every- hall located at the state secre- outside the house are being run up for the assembly elec- none of these promises made one in the government includ- tariat on Thursday. made to make sure that the of Covid-19. The meeting was Development Agency (ITDA) officiating secretary of Vidhan tions of 2017, the BJP had have been fulfilled by the ing the CM is maintaining a In an attempt to tide over members, ministers and offi- attended by the director Amit Sinha, deputy director Sabha Mukesh Singhal and assured that it would waive off Trivendra Singh Rawat gov- stoic silence. the space constraint, the cers are safe from the contagion Information Technology general of NIC, K Narayan, others. 2 ( &3" 4 .
> Minimum Support Price (MSP) is the fundamental right n protest against the pur- of farmers and if the benefit of Iported anti farmer bills and the MSP is demolished then the ordinances former chief min- farmers would be hit hard. > earn livelihood for sever- ister and general secretary of Rawat alleged that the govern- al shopkeepers. However, All India Congress Committee ment is promoting the mid- he Municipal Corporation people have started to (AICC) Harish Rawat was on dlemen while destroying the Tof Dehradun (MCD) will complain once again Maun Vrat ( silent fast) on Mandis. start a survey to mark all the about the encroachments Friday. After breaking his fast He said that by allowing encroachments in the market- in the market areas of the veteran Congress leader unlimited procurement of places of the city from next Dehradun," stated unleashed an acid laced attack grains by the private players the month. Talking about this, the Pandey. on the Narendra Modi gov- concept of Public Distribution Dehradun municipal commis- He added that sever- ernment for its anti farmer System (PDS) which helps in sioner Vinay Shankar Pandey al locals have complained to informed Pandey. According to polices. feeding the poor would be said that the corporation was MCD against the encroach- him, when the corporation Talking to the media per- demolished. Rawat added that working on encroachment in ment in areas like Hanuman marks all the encroachments, sons, the former Uttarakhand in the name of contract farm- market areas even before Chowk, Paltan Bazaar, Rajpur MCD will send notices to all CM said that the union gov- ing the BJP is benefiting Adanis Covid-19 pandemic hit the Road and Dhamawala stating the shopkeepers concerned. ernment is trying to get the and Ambanis. He said that the State but it got hindered due to that the encroachment in such He added that such shopkeep- three such bills passed in the contract farming concept is State wide lockdown in March. areas have increased after the ers will receive three warnings parliament which would taken from the USA and it "We did not start the process of lockdown which is causing from the corporation to remove increase the problems of farm- would ensure that the lands of removing encroachments traffic issues among other their encroachments on their ers. He said that one stroke of farmers are controlled by immediately after the State problems. Therefore, the cor- own and if anybody fails to do the BJP government has put the industrialists. He said that the government permitted the poration will soon commence so by the third warning, the future of farmers into the dark Congress party would hold a operations of shopkeepers after the survey to mark all such ille- corporation will seal their while giving benefits to brokers massive protest in Delhi on lockdown because we knew gal establishments in the city, shops till further action taken and traders who are supporters of the BJP. He said that the Congress party firmly believes that the September 23 on the issue. that it was a difficult phase to possibly the next month, against such operators. ! " # 4 /5 >
he State’s Tourism and TCulture minister Satpal &! Maharaj said that tourists arriv- ing in Uttarakhand can now avail the benefit of the tourist > sons. "I am sure if we could remain closed on Sundays but men should spread awareness incentive coupon scheme. The possibly bring the number of now many will be closed on and adopt strict measures minister said this during the hile the members of Covid cases down by just clos- Saturdays too. When will those against people who enter in the inauguration of a virtual B2B WDoon Udyog Vyapar ing marketplaces two times a people buy things who work marketplaces for shopping. "It travel trade event on Friday. Mandal (DUVM) have decid- week, the administration would from 9 AM to 6 PM every day? is like giving false assurance Representatives of 18 countries ed to keep their shops closed have already it. This contagion I live with my old parents who and making people believe and 13 Indian states attended for the next three weekends is not going to disappear so cannot go shopping, so I go that something concrete is different sessions of the event. supposedly to minimise the soon, that is why all we can do shopping every second and being done to prevent conta- Maharaj said, “Tourism has risk of Covid-19 contagion is to take appropriate precau- fourth Saturday with my moth- gion. It is not just misleading been badly hit by the Covid among the locals and shop- tions and continue to live our er and also spend some quali- but it is wrong too which can pandemic but I am confident keepers, the general public life," said Singh. Some people ty time with her. Also, I think give people an impression that that we will collectively over- opined that a two-day closure also added that since the it is absurd to shut down mar- two days lockdown can do come this challenge too. I also of shops in a week for the three Sundays are already closed, ketplaces due to Covid-19 con- wonders to prevent Covid-19 want to assure those involved next weeks is not going to halt closing shops on Saturdays is tagion because one can also disease," opined Jeevan Negi, a with tourism in Uttarakhand the spread of contagion and just a way to create more prob- catch this virus on other days resident of Rajpur. Meanwhile, that the government is fully launched the tourist incentive lakh units. Further, the govern- and other roadside eateries has termed this move irrational. lems for locals. "People who too. I fail to understand the the members of DUVM stated aware of your situation and is coupon scheme under which the ment will compensate interest been brought down to nine per According to a local resi- have the privilege of earning logic behind this move," said that they will keep the shops committed to resolving the tourists will receive Rs 1,000 or on the principal amount in the cent from the usual 15 per cent. dent Tej Singh, when the State while sitting at home can think Sandhya Dwivedy, a local closed on Saturday in the main problems.” 25 per cent (whichever is less) first quarter on loan taken under The minister also spoke government has not ordered to about shutting down bazaars teacher. market areas while the He further informed that rebate on their daily accommo- Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali about the steps being taken in shut down the shops in mar- during such financial crises. Many locals opined that Municipal Corporation of there is no restriction on move- dation expense. Apart from this tourism self employment Uttarakhand to boost the rural ketplaces during the increasing Besides, a common man gets instead of closing shops for just Dehradun (MCD) will sanitise ment of tourists with Covid neg- Rs 1,000 compensation each scheme and Deendayal home- economy, religious tourism, rate of Covid-19 cases, it must the time to shop mainly on three Saturdays to lessen the such places in all the 100 wards ative lab report. To boost had also been announced for stay scheme. The annual hike in wellness tourism and adventure be because of some valid rea- weekends. The shops already risk of Covid-19, the business- on Saturday and Sunday. tourism, the State has also 2.43 lakh workers linked to 1.09 water bills of hotels, restaurants tourism among other aspects. !"#"# ! 4 .+ ) R :-= ! / # % ed in the current global distri- parisons). bution of reported COVID-19 The second important F ##G ndian genes are helping bat- cases per 1,00,000 inhabitants. finding is about two major Itling coronavirus and reduc- The international team mutations which are responsi- ing the mortality rate in com- analysed complete DNA data of ble for strengthening the entry & parison to the US and Europe, the ACE2 gene from various point of the Coronavirus according to scientists includ- continental populations and among South Asians. “Thus, ing an expert from the Banaras found that certain mutations in this paper adds important Hindu University (BHU). The this gene are helping South potential implications to arlier in the day, the study is published in the PLOS Asian and East Asian popula- understanding the transmis- EHomoeopathy Central was necessary to carry out ONE journal. tions in successfully battling the sion patterns of Coronavirus in Council (Amendment) Bill, development works in their A team comprising distin- virus and reducing mortality various populations across the 2020 seeking to further extend arliament on Friday passed respective constituencies. guished genetic experts from rate in comparison to the US world,” said Anshika the time to form the Central Pa Bill to reduce for one year Parliamentary Affairs Minister six institutions, led by Prof and Europe. Srivastava, one of the authors Council of Homeopathy by the salaries of MPs by 30 per Pralhad Joshi, however, said Gyaneshwer Chaubey of the There have been a few ini- of the paper. a year and the Indian cent “to meet the exigencies this was a temporary suspen- BHU, analysed complete DNA tial studies on the ACE2 gene Rudra Pandey and Prajwal Medicine Central Council arising out of the Covid-19 sion. data of the Angiotensin-con- by other research groups, but Singh from BHU, Avinash (Amendment) Bill, 2020 pandemic”. The Bill was passed Minister of State for Home verting enzyme 2 (ACE2) gene all of them looked for the Rasalkar, Pankaj Srivastava also seeking a year’s time to in Rajya Sabha with a voice vote G Kishan Reddy moved the of X chromosome from various tality rate of COVID-19 has ed a possible molecular genet- presence or absence of various from Sagar Central University, reconstitute the central while Lok Sabha had passed the Salaries and Allowances of continental populations and been much higher in European ic explanation for why Iranians, mutations, whereas, this team Rakesh Tamang from Calcutta council and provides for a Salary, Allowances and Pension Ministers (Amendment) Bill, found that it is the Indian genes countries and in the US, as Europeans and Americans of used more powerful haplo- University and Pramod board of directors to exer- of Members of Parliament 2020 and both bills were taken that have protected the popu- compared to India and European ancestry are at more type-based analysis (the Kumar from National Centre cise its powers in the inter- (Amendment) Bill, 2020 Bill up simultaneously and passed lation and helped battle the Southeast Asian countries, they mortality risk to the novel method in which experts break for Disease Control (NCDC) im period was passed in earlier this week. The Rajya by voice vote. deadly virus. said. Coronavirus than people in the whole length of DNA into were also involved in this the Upper House after a Sabha also approved two Bills, During the debate, Joshi This explains why the mor- The scientists have provid- India and East Asia, as reflect- several pieces and make com- research. debate. replacing ordinances related said it did not matter how to the Central Council of much money was being saved crore. to some private trust from PM Senior Congress leader small roads and community kept,” he said. Satav said “no one knows to Homoeopathy and the Indian through salary cuts of mem- On several opposition Relief fund. These people Ghulam Nabi Azad said centres. Similarly, Vishambhar whom it is caring”. He also Medicine Central Council. bers. “Charity should begin members asking the govern- raised similar issues in 2019 around 70 per cent MPs “It (MPLAD) should not Prasad Nishad (SP), V Vijaysai pointed out expenses by the While supporting the cuts from home and that is the con- ment to stop various projects election and people have depend on their salaries and be suspended for two years. Reddy (YSRCP), K government during the pan- in salaries, most Opposition cept we have started. It is not like Bullet train and construc- answered,” Joshi further said. have to take care of every How did you presume that Somaprasad (CPI-M), Fauzia demic on projects such as members who participated in 4 crore saving as said by tion of a new Parliament build- Reddy said COVID-19 has expense through these emolu- corona will go on for two Khan (NCP), Veer Singh (BSP), Central Vista, Bullet train and the discussion urged the gov- DMK member but 53.9 crore ing to cut costs, Joshi said, impacted the incomes of peo- ments alone. He said MPLAD years? Even if you had to do it Nazir Ahmed Laway (PDP) a special 850 crore aircraft for ernment to review its decision per year from members’ salary,” “First you say public spending ple working in the private sec- funds are meant for taking you should have reduced it by while supporting the reduction the PM. Trinamool Congress to suspend the Members of he said. DMK member P should be increased and now tor and so the Prime Minister care of needy people in their half to 2.5 crore. My sugges- in salaries, sought restoration member Dinesh Trivedi said Parliament Local Area Wilson had earlier during the you are demanding that all initiated this bill which entails constituencies and are utilised tion to the Government will be of the MPLAD scheme. the bill for reduction of mem- Development (MPLAD) discussion said the measure these projects should be 30 per cent reduction in min- for various things like pur- to reduce it to one year and in Pointing at the PM CARES bers’ salaries was decided only scheme for two years saying it would entail savings of just 4 stopped. At least, we don’t pay isters’ salaries. chasing ambulances, making that one year 2.5 crore fund be fund, Congress MP Rajeev by some MPs on whatsapp.
With farmers protesting at AICC Press conference tioned as to why the Modi per cent own less than two against the bills, Congress near Parliament. Government is trying to fin- acres of land. How can such ! 8 he Congress on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Congress said any move to ish off MSP. “Both the poor farmers have access to Tannounced to launch a Narendra Modi has misled the “disturb” the present procure- Agriculture minister and the far-off markets,” Surjewala nationwide agitation against farmers and the country and ment system may deepen PM are saying that MSP will said. He was joined by his the forthcoming military level on the ground. The last round the Centre’s three agriculture- Modi is a big liar. “social unrest” amongst farm- continue but when mandis party colleagues and talks was discussed at great was held on August 2 when it related Bills. It is in talks with “Person sitting on prime ers of the state”. “We urge upon will be finished, who will give Parliamentarians Gaurav ollowing the agreement length for more than 90 min- was agreed to disengage and other Opposition parties to minister’s post should not the government to review and MSP? Will FCI (Food Gogoi, Rajeev Satav, Jasbir Fbetween External affairs utes in the China Study de-escalate. come on board to corner the mislead farmers and country. reconsider these measures as Corporation of India) go to Singh Gill, Hibi Eden, and minister S Jaishankar and his Group(CSG)meeting chaired However, China did not Modi Government on the The PM is lying at a time these are unlikely to deliver on farmers’ fields to give MSP?” Amar Singh. Chinese counterpart Wang Yi by National Security Advisor honour the commitment and farmer related issue which has when the country is battling the promises made to them. Prime Minister Narendra Surjewala further asked on September 10 to defuse Ajit Doval here on Friday, in fact tried to unilaterally also led to the resignation of coronavirus and China is Agri-marketing should be left Modi says now farmers can the Centre, “How will small tension at the Line of Actual sources said. The top defence alter the LAC in south bank of Union Minister Harsimran breathing down our neck,” to the states as envisaged in the sell produce anywhere, 86.2 farmers fight for rights Control (LAC) at the earliest, brass including Chief of the Pangong Tso(lake)on Kaur of Shiromani Akali Dal, Congress chief spokesperson Constitution,” the party said. per cent farmers own less against mega corporate?” the next round of military Defence Staff(CDS)General August 29 and 30. The aggres- BJP’s oldest ally in the NDA. Randeep Singh Surjewala said Congress again ques- than six acres of land and 60 “When APMC act will no level talks will see India urging Bipin Rawat took part in the sive action was thwarted by the longer be there, how will simultaneous disengagement crucial meeting, they added. Indian army. small farmers, mandi workers and de-escalation. The Corps The two commanders Lt Moreover, both the sides in and transporters earn their Commander-level talks General Harinder Singh and the last fortnight fired more livelihood? The mandi fees between the two armies are Major General Liu Lin have than 200 rounds in the air on helps development in vil- likely to take place in the next held five rounds of parleys so at least four occasions thereby lages,” Surjewala said also two to three days. far since June 6 but no signif- increasing tension at the announcing for the joint agi- The Indian stance during icant improvement took place already volatile border. tation against the decision. AICC sources said that agitation being planned with % other parties can be both 49 physical and virtual. Accusing the Congress O P ) # of doublespeak, the BJP has been pointing out that the fully submitted that the present # opposition party itself had in case is one of the most impor- its manifesto for 2019 Lok udarshan TV, which is fac- tant cases concerning the pub- Sabha elections proposed the Sing legal proceedings in the lic at large as the question of abolition of APMC Act and Supreme Court, has moved an freedom of press protected by making agricultural produce application seeking a live tele- Article 19(1)(a) of the he Supreme Court has free from restrictions. cast of the hearing of the plea, Constitution of India is Tenhanced the compensa- But former Haryana which has raised a grievance involved.” tion to a victim of road accident Chief Minister Bhupinder over its “Bindas Bol” pro- It said crores of viewers of saying that courts should be Singh Hooda said his party gramme, the promo of which the channel want to know mindful that a serious injury will move a resolution had claimed that the channel about the legal proceedings not only imposes disabilities against the legislations when would air a “big expose on the and hear the points of argu- but also inflicts deep mental the assembly session is con- conspiracy to infiltrate Muslims ments being raised by the par- and emotional scars. vened. Talking to reporters in government service”. ties. The apex court said it has later, Hooda said Haryana On September 15, the top “Direct for a live telecast of emphasised time and again farmers are facing an exis- court had restrained the chan- the proceedings of this case that “just compensation” tential crisis due to the three nel from telecasting the through audio-visual broad- should include all elements “black laws”, which will “take episodes of “Bindas Bol” till casting/telecasting universally that would go to place the vic- away” the protection pro- further orders, saying that “the by an official agency as the tim in as near a position as she vided to them. It is important intent” of the episodes “prima court may deem fit and prop- or he was in, before the occur- that all parties raise their facie” appeared to “vilify” the er,” the application said. rence of the accident. voice in the interest of the Muslim community. A bench comprising jus- The top court said that no State’s farmers, he said, The application filed by tices D Y Chandrachud, Indu amount of money or other adding that they will not Sudarshan News through its Malhotra and K M Joseph will material compensation can allow the implementation of director and editor Suresh take up the matter for hearing erase the trauma, pain and suf- the legislations in Haryana. Chavhanke said, “It is respect- at 12 noon. fering of the victims. of the fight against coronavirus. besides eight essential oils to Palaniswami launched the So is the case with Delhi and empower immunity of the body scheme by distributing the s the Covid-19 battered Punjab where cops are being system. drink to police personnel. Aworld continue to scout for armed with the formulation Dr Sanchit Sharma, Similarly, Karnataka vaccine to combat the deadly based on medicinal plants and Executive Director of AIMIL Government is offering virus, States in India are bank- essential oils to fight the virus Pharmaceuticals which has ayurveda-based immunity ing on herbal immunity boost- from the front. developed the herbal brew, boosting tablets and decoction ers among other safety norms Punjab has recently noted that not only a strong to lakhs of families in like masks and social distanc- announced doling out to its immune system but multi-sys- Shivamogga under an initia- ing to keep the pathogen at a police personnel Covid-care tem immune defence could be tive by Karnataka Rural bay which has so far infected 54 kits having medical gadgets the perfect solution to tackle the Development and Panchayat lakhs people and claimed like mask, oximeter besides infection which has brought the Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa 83,000 lives across the country. medicines and an herbal immu- world standstill. as part of the fight against While Tamil Nadu is dis- nity booster Amynity Plus to Like in Punjab, police per- covid-19. Likewise, Uttar tributing Siddha-based herbal combat the virus. Nearly 3,800 sonnel in Delhi are being dis- Pradesh too is pushing herbal immunity boosters like police personnel have tested tributed ‘Ayuraksha Kit’ com- immunity boosters to fight the ‘Athimathuram’ and ‘Kabasura Covid positive in the State. prising of ‘Kadha’ concoction virus. Kudineer’, Karnataka is sup- The herbal formulation is (herbal tea), ‘Sanshmani’ tablet In fact, scientists from plying ayurveda-based immu- extract of around 51 herbs like (made from Giloy), oil to be Government organisations too nity enhancing tablets and harad, Neem, Amla, Sunthi, used as nasal drops and pack of are doing their bit in this decoction to the locals as part Ashwagandha, Gudduchi Chyawanprash while Tamil regard. For instance, Dr Sanjay Nadu is offer- Jachak, scientist from ing the concoc- Researchers from National tion like Institute of ‘Athimathuram’ Pharmaceutical Education and ‘Kabasura and Research (NIPER) in Kudineer’. Mohali, Punjab has devel- “These are oped an immunity booster not a cure for herbal tea —a combination of Covid-19 but six herbs such as Aswagandha, for boosting the Giloy, Mulethi, Tulsi and immunity of an GreenTea--to strengthen the individual,” said body and build physical resis- Chief Minister tance to the virulent infec- Edappadi K tions. !"#"# ! ,
41"23 56 $$1 " 52/ ! -"))! ) - + & !)6!-"7!* 2 / =. ness. But the Congress and the BJP =. 2 D ''> are blowing it out of proportion,” he CPI(M) on Friday alleged said the Secretary who se son ven as the CPI(M) State Secretary Kodiyeri ifteen more Covid-19 patients died here in Jammu & Tthat there was a deep-rooted Bineesh Kodiyeri too had been EBalakrishnan alleged about a BJP-Congress con- FKashmir while 1,330 new cases of coronavirus were conspiracy by the BJP and the invited by the Enforcement spiracy to derail the Kerala Government, the Central - .0 2 reported taking the total tally of active positive cases to Congress against the Government Directorate recently. Balakrishnan investigating agencies, probing the gold smuggling, 20,770 and the total number of deaths to 966 on Friday. of Kerala and the current unrest said that the BJP and the Congress import of Quran and violation of protocols by a =. H across Kerala were with the intention Compared to Kashmir valley, the situation is worrisome seen in the State is a proof of this were on a massive drive to recruit Minister, said that the Intelligence Wing of the Kerala of sabotaging the good works being across Jammu region as no district remains untouched with secret plan. goondas to eliminate the CPI(M) Police was spying on them. he forecasts made by Chief done by the CPI(M)-led Government. the spread of the virus in the last two weeks. “The BJP and the Congress cadre and the State Government has “Telephones of senior investigating officials are TMinister Pinarayi Vijayan and They threw to the wind all safety pro- The hilly districts of Doda and Kishtwar and twin bor- want to sabotage and derail the all the documentary evidence. “The being tapped by the State Intelligence Wing report- Health Minister KK Shylaja early this tocols and restrictions like wearing der districts of Rajouri and Poonch are recording spike in Kerala Government led by the Congress is organizing ‘get togeth- ing directly to the Chief Minister. They are keeping month is coming true in Kerala as the facemasks and maintaining social dis- number of cases due to blatant violation of social distanc- CPI(M). A conspiracy has been ers’ of its goonda elements across an eye on all out activities in the gold smuggling number of persons diagnosed with tancing,” Balakrishnan said while ing norms and ignorance over use of face masks in public. hatched by the Sangh Parivar and Kerala. The BJP is also doing the probe, Quran import case and drug trafficking probe,” Covid-19 continued to surge ahead on speaking to the press after the State Several social gatherings in the region were directly the Congress to murder Minister K same thing,” he said. a senior official in the investigating team told The Friday too. The last 24 hours saw the Secretariat meet. linked to spread of the virus in remote areas of the hilly dis- T Jaleel. The attacks on the official The State Secretariat in its Pioneer on Friday. He said though he or other offi- State identifying 4,167 new patients Thiruvananthapuram district tricts. Meanwhile, situation across Jammu hospitals remain car of the Minister on Thursday by meeting concluded that the Centre cials in the team are not familiar with the nuances across Kerala out of which 3, 849 per- topped the table with 926 new patients grim. Large number of patients from the periphery are the BJP elements is proof of this was deliberately denying and delay- of telephone tapping, it is a truth that the State offi- sons contracted the disease through on Friday while Kozhikode diagnosed reaching GMC, Jammu for admission and when they failed plan,” said Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, ing the financial dues meant for the cials were resorting to all kinds of dirty tricks to keep social contact. 404 patients. Except in Wynadu district to get hospital bed or admission in the isolation ward the CPI(M) Kerala secretary during a State. “ The Congress is upset over track of the progress they make in the investigating. The death toll in the State touched which diagnosed 68 new cases, all dis- caretakers show their resentment as chaos is prevailing in press meet at the capital city on the general impression that the The Intelligence Bureau is closely following the activ- 501 by Friday evening as the tricts registered high numbers of the hospital premises. Friday. CPI(M) would come back to power ities of their Kerala counterparts. Department of Health confirmed that patients. The medical fraternity in the According to the media bulletin, 672 cases were report- Balakrishnan was addressing in the 2021 Assembly election and “It is routine and characteristic of the CPI(M) to 12 persons succumbed to the pan- State is upset over the ever increasing ed from Jammu while Kashmir region recorded 658 cases. the media after Friday’s State that party is staring at a bleak future. ensure that their people are guarded and protected demic. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, CPI(M) number of health workers who con- Out of fifteen deaths, 10 patients died in Jammu and five Secretariat meet of the CPI(M). He Irrespective of the attitudes of the from the investigation. They feel that we do not know State Secretary who addressed the tract the pandemic. On Friday 102 in Kashmir valley on Friday. Out of 20770 active positive said there was nothing unusual in BJP and the Congress, the CPI(M) of their antecedents. Swapna Suresh and her associ- media earlier in the day blamed the health workers were diagnosed with cases, Jammu region accounted for 11823 patients while the National Investigation Agency is going ahead with its development ate were taken to the Thrissur Medical College opposition BJP and the Congress for Covid-19. As on Friday, there were 35, Kashmir reported 8947 cases. Out of 966 deaths, 757 were summoning Jaleel to their office. agenda for the welfare of the peo- Hospital so that they could communicate with her the surge in the Covid-19 cases. 724 Covid-19 patients in the State. On reported from Kashmir and 209 from Jammu region. “The NIA in its letter of invitation ple,” said Balakrishnan while through the mobile phones of the hospital staff. A “The demonstrations and rallies Friday, 3,282 persons were admitted to A total number of 39,305 patients have recovered so far sent to Jaleel has said that the agency explaining the decisions taken in the minister (A C Moideen) reaching the hospital at that staged by the BJP and the Congress hospitals across the State. across Jammu & Kashmir. would like to speak to him as a wit- Secretariat meeting. time was not a coincidence,” said the official. . ; * D% ' &' 7 + % !! from a host of film personali- <; 3 wholesalers. =.= ties and politicians. 3 Master Bajaj Lock, and other Dutta reportedly did not 3 ecause of the increasing . # well-known brands had estab- minent fashion designer enjoy good chemistry with his 3 Bnumber of Corona patients, here was a time then the lished unitary rule on domes- ESharbari Dutta on Friday son and his wife who lived in f your electricity bill is not the district administration has 5# Twhole world was crazy tic and foreign markets. At that was found dead under myste- the same building running Ireaching your home or there unior engineer Dharmpal of banned the supply of oxygen about the cycle and all the time, 70 to 100 skilled laborers rious circumstances police said separate brands after the moth- is a mistake in the bill, then Jmedical road electricity cylinders for industries. Now cycles around the world were worked in a factory. With pass- adding she was discovered er and the son parted ways don't worry, you will have to house was suspended for giv- cylinders will be supplied in the fitted with Aligarh lock at that ing time, the design of the bicy- dead inside her bathroom with three years ago. send the old bill to Whatsapp ing the wrong electricity con- hospital only. An order has $,4*5- + time. The frame lock was not cle changed and the demand blood oozing out of her mouth Though preliminary post- number 9193304552 of the nection. On his suspension, the been issued on behalf of the drug made anywhere in the world also started decreasing because and some bruises on her mortem reports suggested she Electricity Department and the union of JEs visited inspector to all four whole- - except Aligarh. Its technology of the bike market. Ranger ankle. “might have suffered a cerebral problem will be resolved. Superintendent Engineer SK salers in the city. The cylinder , %# and design were prepared by Cycle replaced Standard Dutta 63 and daughter of attack,” the police would not If there is not too much Jain and said that wrong action will be issued for industry only % technicians of the Aligarh lock Cycle. Dutta Bengali poet Ajit Dutta, come out with any final con- mistake in the bill then the new has been taken against under special circumstances. # % industry. That lock was man- The locks installed in them was a pioneer of male fashion clusion. “The investigation bill will be generated in an hour Dharmpal. In this case, the There are 4 wholesalers + ufactured in more than hun- started being made in other designing. She had draped a process is on and things would and will be reached on your inquiry committee has been supplying oxygen gas cylinders 5# '- dreds of factories here. countries as well with new galaxy of cricketing icons like be clear in a few days though WhatsApp, otherwise, it will be established. in the district. These include ## %%- But now the time has technologies. Cable and wire Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil initial PM reports suggest that available on the second day, In the medical road pow- Radhika Air Traders based at &%% ), changed and this industry has lock started trending in the Gavaskar, Imran Khan, Kapil she had suffered cerebral Aligarh is the first district in the erhouse,there was a domestic Talanagari, Laxmi Traders at been reduced to 30% only. In market. Due to the fashion Dev, Sourav Ganguly apart stroke.” state to start this facility. connection in the name of Ram Ghat Road, Universal Gas % I%#) , addition to the decreased look, the demand of Aligarh's During the corona period, Aslam. Executive engineer Cylinder at Masudabad, and % , # demand for bicycles, the frame lock started decreasing. the major problem was that the Akhilesh Kumar told that a bill Trilok Gas Service at Marris #!% increasing demand for the After 2005, Chinese made bill not reaching the con- was outstanding for Rs 3.67 Road. These traders are supply- % cable lock and wire lock also cheap wire and cable locks N # sumers. Meter readers also did lakh on Aslam’s connection. A ing cylinders for industries and - results in the lagging demand came in the market, this direct- not stop visiting the homes to new connection cannot be medical purposes. Etah, Kasganj, & ), %# of frame locks. ly affected the manufacturing N' ), take the readings during the given on an outstanding bill Hathras, and Agra also 877+477 - All kinds of locks are made unit of Aligarh. lockdown. connection. getting cylinders from these in Aligarh from the vault to fur- President of Aligarh O O niture and are export to dif- Manufacturing Bicycle Lock ferent countries from here, but Association Hari Om Aggarwal Jaipur: Rajasthan by the year 1980, Aligarh was said that Aligarh bicycle locks Commissioner of Information 447#', ' recognized worldwide for its had a worldwide identity but and Public Relations bicycle lock. Konark Lock, changing trends brought the Department Mahendra Soni Link Lock, Harrison Lock, crisis on this business. said that to prevent the rising 83,<;3 corona infection in the State, the resolution of “no mask-no '>'& 11,45,840 to 11,67,496. '>'& entry” and other measures Of the total 440 deaths should be made available to he daily Covid-19 toll (including 35 old deaths) wo more Maharashtra Ministers — Nitin Raut and Hasan the people. Spread wide pub- Tcrossed 400-mark in reported on Friday, Nagpur TMushrif – tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday. lic awareness of corona by Maharashtra for the second accounted for a maximum of The two ministers took to twitter to share information about using various means of pub- consecutive day on Friday, as 64 fatalities, while there were their having contracted Coronavirus. licity. Soni was directing the 440 more deaths were report- 52 deaths in Mumbai, 39 in Sixty-three-year Raut, who is Maharashtra Energy Minister district information and pub- ed in the state, while 21, 656 Pune, 34 in Satara, 32 in and the State working president of Congress, tweeted: “I have lic relations officers through more people tested positive Thane, 21 each in Ahmednagar tested positive for COVID-19. I would request all those who had video conferencing from the for Coronavirus. and Sangli, 16 each in Nashik come in contact with me to get themselves tested as a precau- headquarters here on Friday. A day after staggering 468 and Jalgaon, 12 each in Solapur, tionary measure. Stay Safe everyone and take care”. Commissioner Soni said deaths were reported in the Aurangabad and Latur and 11 Mushrif, who is the State Rural Development Minister and that cases of corona infection state, Maharashtra logged 440 deaths in Kolhapur and 10 in NCP leader, said in a Marathi tweet posted on his official han- in the State have been steadi- more deaths on Friday, taking Yavatmal. dle: “I have tested positive for COVID-19 and those who came ly increasing. the total number of deaths to Similarly, in the lower in my contact should get themselves tested. I will soon be at your In view of this, we all have 31,791. range, there were 9 deaths in service defeating coronavirus. My health is fine”. to become more serious and Of the 440 deaths record- Raigad, 7 in Beed, 6 in With Friday’s development, the total number of Maharashtra responsible, he said. For this, ed on Friday, 405 deaths were Sindhudurg, 5 in Palghar, 4 ministers testing positive for Covid-19 has gone up to ten. Earlier, eminent doctors of the coun- reported today while 35 old each in Nanded and Gondia, 3 Ministers Jitendra Awhad (housing), Ashok Chavan (PWD), try have considered masks to deaths were added to the tally each in Dhule, Parbhani and Dhananjay Munde (social justice), Sunil Kedar (animal hus- be the most useful. According after the updation of the Covid- Washim, 2 in Osmanabad and bandry), Balasaheb Patil (cooperation), Aslam Shaikh (textile), to him, if all people have 19 portal. one each in Jalna, Hingoli, Abdul Sattar (MoS-rural development), Sanjay Bansode (MoS- masks, then the possibility of With 21,656 fresh infected Akola, Amravati and Buldhana. environment) and Vishwajit Kadam (MoS-cooperation) had test- infection of this virus is great- cases, the total number of In addition, two from outside ed positive for Coronavirus. ly reduced. infections jumped from the state died in Maharashtra. !"#"# ! ! 0 1 1 !)-#* ? ( #-#* * )#)%.7$'>)#++$5/ R
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Avoiding the and worry. * mutually accusatory statements Should a person, eventually that have been doing the rounds, I proved innocent, have been ?* @ A A $ ?AA$@ ( would rather focus on some of the made to suffer all this because 0A$ # deeper issues involved. The first is media pressure led to him/her 5$ % * * whether the extent of coverage being pronounced guilty? This extended to it is justified. does not mean that investigative 5 7 * 0 9 5 > $ ) The event, doubtless, was most journalism should not extend to $ * * 0 P Q tragic. A young man, who has given cases under investigation. But it B3 $ ( much to Indian cinema, and could does mean scrupulous obser- have given more, has been cut short vance of the canons of fair play , % P ( in his prime. The unnatural nature and integrity and two cardinal Q of his passing, the allegations and principles of democratic, liber- ( counter-allegations ranging over it, tarian jurisprudence, wedded to the controversy about who should respect for human rights. % 0 investigate it, the Centre’s decision Here, rationality dictates the would be a bit too much to cite up of private people gathered The first is enshrined in ( to put the CBI in charge, the question: Whether Rajput’s the possibility of its unearthing together as a public and articu- Article 11(1) of the Universal ( Supreme Court’s verdict endorsing death and its sordid aftermath a pan-India drug racket to jus- lating the needs of society with Declaration of Human Rights the transfer and the subsequent has greater relevance to the tify the massive coverage given the state.” It is a space where pri- adopted by the United Nations developments, certainly merited lives of the country and its peo- to the train of events following vate individuals discuss public in 1948. It reads, “Everyone ) ( media coverage. But did it have to ple than the Chinese aggression, Rajput’s death. This leads to the matters, which mediates charged with a penal offence has " ( take up huge chunks of prime-time the COVID-19 pandemic second justification cited above: between society and the state, the right to be presumed inno- > > S $ # 8 ?$ coverage on most channels since and/or the economic crisis? Viewers want it. This may be leading to a critical consensus cent until proved guilty accord- June 14 when the alleged suicide One can argue that the after- true given that the titillation and translating itself into a coherent ing to law in a public trial at >@ 0 2323 $ occurred? math’s importance can hardly be voyeuristic pleasure that a very public opinion, which makes the which he has had all the guar- 5 8 ?$58@ ) The question is relevant when under-stated because it is lead- large number of people get state accountable to citizens. antees necessary for his defence.” * % $58 the country is facing a serious ing to the unravelling of the from watching the lives of The media has a critical role It is also incorporated in The threat of Chinese aggression, a rag- Bollywood drug network, which celebrities unscramble or the in providing information for dis- European Convention for the S " $ ing and escalating COVID-19 pan- in turn may lead to the eradica- aftermath of a shocking tragedy cussion in the public sphere. It, Protection of Human Rights, 7 P Q demic and an economy in crisis — tion of the drug trade’s tentacles unfold. however, also has a responsibil- originally Convention for the to mention three of the most throughout the country. Against The mere fact that people ity to ensure that investigations Protection of Human Rights and important challenges. The argu- this, one has the Union Minister want to see something does not proceed along right lines. Fundamental Freedoms, which ment that these are also receiving of State G Kishan Reddy’s writ- make it acceptable. Time was Investigating and prosecuting came into force on 3 September , attention raises the question: Is the ten reply to a question by a when nothing was considered agencies charged with delivering 1953. It states in Article 6(2), attention of the deserved quality Congress MP, K Sudhakaran, in wrong with masses assembled in criminal justice are known to “Everyone charged with a crim- and extent? The question can be the Lok Sabha on September 15 Rome’s Colosseum roaring in make mistakes and even frame inal offence shall be presumed 0 countered by two arguments. First, stating, “Narcotics Control applause as a gladiator killed innocent persons, often when innocent until proved guilty * % $ any answer, in the negative or affir- Bureau (NCB) carries out another or a lion. Even now, under pressure to solve a crime. according to law.” $58 mative, will involve a large measure search, seizure, arrest and inves- many in Spain are happy to wit- This writer’s decision to become The famous English jurist, of subjective judgement and, hence, tigation continuously through- ness bullfights in which mata- a journalist has been significant- William Blackstone, articulated # > ?C $ @ cannot be regarded as definitive. out the year on the actionable dors kill bulls in unequal com- ly influenced by his witnessing, the second principle when he $ > * 0 2323 The second can be that viewers inputs developed on its own bat, and thousands participate in as a school student in the early wrote in Commentaries on the * $58 * ( want the kind of coverage provid- and/or on receipt from other jallikattu in South India in 1950s, the film Call Northside Laws of England, “..all presump- ed. sources. During the period of which bulls suffer horribly. 777. Directed by Henry tive evidence of felony should be # ( As to the first, all judgments on COVID-19 lockdown, no such Clearly, popular participa- Hathaway, it was based on the admitted cautiously, for the law all issues are subjective in the actionable inputs were received tion or viewing does not by itself real life efforts by a Chicago Daily holds that it is better that ten > sense that whatever the quality of by the NCB revealing the nexus justify an event or its extensive Times reporter, James McGuire, guilty persons escape than that C 8 ? @ 0 2323 the evidence, a person or a group between people in the film and approbatory coverage — undertaken at the behest of the one innocent suffer.” Benjamin must assess it and come to a con- industry and drug traffickers.” especially when it diverts atten- city editor, Karin Walsh, that led Franklin, one of the founding clusion. The assessment is by indi- He, however, added, “However, tion from critical issues facing a to the release of Joseph Majczek, fathers of the United States, # % ( viduals who have their own a case in this regard has been country and trivialises discourse wrongly convicted of murdering went further and said, in a let- S ( predilections and orientations, registered by NCB Mumbai in what the German social a police officer and serving a 99- ter in March,1785, “That it is which they may or may not be able zonal unit on August 28, 2020. philosopher, Jurgen Habermas, year prison term. better 100 guilty Persons should to overcome. But then, a society Till date, in this case 10 persons calls the “public sphere.” The lat- One, however, must proceed escape than that one innocent > ( ( would not have been able to func- have been arrested. Drugs such ter, he states in The Structural with extreme caution. Pressures Person should suffer, is a Maxim 9 $ ! # tion if it did not proceed by accept- as Ganja, Hashish, Tetra Hydro Transformation of the Public on investigative agencies to pro- that has been long and general- ing as valid judgements that, under Cannabinol and Lysergic acid Sphere (1962), is a virtual or duce results can make probes go ly approved.” 5 the normative criteria embedded in De-ethylamide have been seized imaginary community which horribly wrong, leading to pro- Journalists should remem- % $ 0 D3 S its underlying social contract, in the operation.” does not necessarily exist in any longed, rough interrogation, ber both, always. 0 * AA$ passed the tests of rationality and Clearly, one has to see what identifiable space. In its ideal arrest and prosecution of inno- (The writer is Consultant morality. the NCB produces. Until then it form, the public sphere is “made cent people whose lives are dev- Editor, The Pioneer, and author) 0 * 5*$ # 0 0A$S S 1 " : $ 0# % ! #% !% (%$!-% % #, )%, - --- ) ! !% + # ! ( - %## % % %#+ # + #,, ! # ! % # ) ' & & !! %!% - - ! - # - 1##)+*$$(5 #745(&&$(*.(5 #745(&&#:*7 >2-,)( #'&(,.( & K % K$ % K ' K. ) # * 9 9 S + , - # matter of national security. An P Q English newspaper report said Sir — Question Hour is the liveli- that a company associated with +S ( ( est hour in Parliament and lends ' $ L # the Chinese Government and the % 0 ! a certain depth to proceedings. L # ! )M military is monitoring the ( MPs ask questions to hold the ( # L#% - Internet and social media activ- Government and its Ministers !,' % % ities of about 10,000 distin- ( accountable. It is a sacred parlia- (#' ', guished Indians and their close 1 mentary device meant for exer- !- , # (' ones. It is clear from this that ( cising legislative control over % % # along with strategic and econom- executive actions. Unfortunately, - ic aggression, the digital breach + ( the ruling party has watered $ % # is also a part of China’s hybrid 0 2323 down the Question Hour for this ( #-0# war against India. Along with the ( monsoon session. This decision ' = % #) expansion of information tech- erodes the constitutional man- nology and the Internet, the (4 " ( date of parliamentary oversight % I% % % #- issue of data security is a matter over executive actions as envis- # # % I%- ' % of grave concern. aged under Article 75 (3) of the ( L ! #F( G % # % - ##, %+ Bhupendra Singh Ranga L M % ! #+ )! # Indian Constitution. Haryana Noor Ahmad %% - # ,#-, 5 ( Hyderabad % % % + # !- ) % I%- *,. ,$)#7 Sir—The Telangana Government * % has announced that senior stu- dents of classes IX to XII should start attending school with 50 per ( migrants, who have not been able investigation has shifted from the be thorough, fair and transpar- cent teachers. However, with 6 Sir — It was heart-wrenching to to articulate their plight. perpetrators of the riot and its ent, and deemed as such. many parents unwilling to pay watch the viral video on social AMS Nadwi instigators and turned towards Bhagwan Thadani the fees for the month of June, # media, which claimed that thou- Lucknow only civil society dissenters and Mumbai the State Government must # " ( sands of Indians, mostly from UP protesters of Government poli- arrange the necessary amount ( and Bihar, are lodged in jails of e cies. In effect, the conspiratorial Q from its Treasury to get the sys- Saudi Arabia for more than six net has been cast so wide as to tem rolling. months now. With the lockdown capture anyone who opposed the Sir — The collection of digital SM Arif Hussain # ) eased, many Governments have Sir — The ongoing investigation Citizenship (Amendment) Act data on our President, Prime Hyderabad 7 evacuated their citizens as has into the Delhi riots of February (CAA), be it a student activist, Minister, politicians, judges, mil- ours. But somehow we have 2020 has begun to assume a far- political leader or voluntary itary officers, industrialists and / been callous about these helpless cical character. The focus of the worker. The investigation must other dignitaries by China is a $())(5&)#8,#7((594:*,$%;#: !"#"# )) # 1 1 19 : #$"& :9#$"& / % / /2 2 1 % /? 1 % 1 2 1 / 3 % 2 % . ,% L L $% % % % % '
/, :7: 9" & ! # ! ) ) ( " ! & / # &!! " ) ) ( ( 0 7 ) 5 8 E C :2:B % ) ( % ( '3 +'+0+&4%2 ; # ) esponding to the pandemic, the Reserve Bank :<2D 5 S 8 5 0 of India (RBI) had “permitted” banks to grant 8 C ) 8 Rmoratorium on payment of instalments of ) term loans due after March 1 up to August 31. A # ( similar dispensation was “allowed” on recovery of E 0 interest on working capital. The moratorium was 8 # ( initially permitted up to the end of April and 55.1 $ ) 6 ? per cent of customers of Scheduled Commercial @ A $ 0 Banks (SCBs), accounting for 50 per cent of out- standing credit, had availed this facility. In Public ( ( Sector Banks (PSBs), 80.3 per cent of all individ- ual customers, accounting for 80 per cent of total ) ( outstanding individual loans, opted for the mora- torium. A whopping 74 per cent of Micro, Small A E * A F # and Medium Enterprise (MSME) borrowers and & :;;D % 28.8 per cent of corporate borrowers, covering 81.5 .00>B ) > per cent and 58 per cent (by outstanding amount 8 :;G3 , $ :;<2 in category loans), availed the facility. . 00 8 * % For private banks, 41.8 per cent of individual B( .0. ) 2H customers, accounting for 80 per cent of outstand- > ing individual loans, and 20.9 per cent of all MSME
( '. . >', customers opted for moratoriums, comprising 42.5 & =+.0++ per cent of outstanding loans to MSMEs. About 21.6 per cent of corporate borrowers, covering 19.6 per C.( ) ( cent of total outstanding corporate loans, had availed N> 0 . the facility. .0 '( 7 # * The Supreme Court has extended the morato- .0 8 rium and the Central Government has appointed 0 & ( an expert panel to look into the issue. Exactly how 3 = . changing loan terms already contracted. assuming interest relief to be about one 102,65,888 crore ( 97,29,002 crore a year many loans accounts and what loan amount is under ( '. Loan contracts can be changed only on per cent per month on total pre-pandem- ago) and investments were 42,78,294 moratorium are not known. Some borrowers may >' the orders of insolvency courts. ic outstanding credit of about 100 lakh crore ( 35,57,063 crore a year ago). The have decided against seeking the moratorium facil- Mandatory moratorium requires more crore. Even direct fiscal relief to the gen- combined effect of risk aversion of banks * ( 0 ity due to uncertainty about relief on interest. Had .& &.> than the BR Act. eral population is not of this magnitude. to lend and predominantly domestic # * 8 the interest relief been announced upfront, almost There are no free lunches in econom- Financial stakes on the Supreme financing of fiscal deficit is that only about ( all borrowers would have instantly opted for the .( ics except those paid for by others. If bor- Court’s verdict are very high. The inter- two-third of deposits get lent to non- = ( moratorium, except possibly for borrowers too ( '.. rowers get interest relief during the est relief has been sought from the high- Government entities. % ! 9 7 8 * proud of their financial standing to seek any relief. . moratorium period, bank investors and est court of justice precisely because it is We have made great strides in terms 4 , Since the verdict of the apex court was not avail- ( +( ' depositors would stand to lose unless not a legal right. The golden balance of of expanding the reach of banking ser- able by August 31, it was the borrowers’ call to take .> compensated by the Government, like it justice is being watched by distressed bor- vices and financialisation of savings but a wager on the verdict and decide whether to opt .0 &.> happens in farm loan waivers. Charity at rowers and anxious depositors. All bor- high-profile delinquencies by those who C # for a moratorium or not. It is unclear if the relief, 377 = . - others’ expense is systemic. Relief to bor- rowers are not equally distressed by the can afford to pay continue to eclipse these 8 > 5 $ if and when granted, would be available only to C rowers at the expense of depositors is akin pandemic. Some differentiating criterion achievements. those availing of the moratorium. Overall, the sys- to relief to consumers ending up suppress- based on quantum of liability outstand- The gross NPA of SCBs that had ?85$@ 0 0 tem lacks incentives for those remaining fully com- . ing remunerative market prices for farm- ing on March 1 and purpose of loan peaked to 11.2 per cent in 2017-18 has B3333 pliant while the non-compliant people may hope ers.The bank depositors are also adverse- (whether educational; for first home/car been brought down to 8.5 per cent by * 8 to get some relief. Had the interest relief been a mat- (.(> . ly impacted by the pandemic-induced fall or second one, for the Economically March. This achievement is at great cost ) ( ter of legal right under the Banking Regulation or ..0 in interest rates that stand to benefit new Weaker Section or affordable housing, to bank investors/depositors on account (( Disaster Management Acts, it would have been ' > borrowers as well as the borrowers who past credit history) and proven impact of of hefty haircuts following not-so-com- * 8 0 A 5 through by now. The Disaster Management Act are able to refinance high-cost old loans. the contagion on income can be evolved petitive slump sales of distressed compa- (DMA), empowering the Government to take The post-outbreak rate cuts and liquidi- to give relief to a truly needy class of bor- nies under the conventional, single round # * ( immediate relief and rescue measures, cannot be ty infusion by the RBI, aided by rising for- rowers. The relief even to this subset bidding system being followed under the G333 over-read to give it unfettered powers to deal with eign exchange reserves, has caused a pre- should not be entirely a burden on bank IBC. The RBI has assessed that the gross S ( # ( the full economic fallout of the disaster. It certain- cipitous fall in interest rates. Some are depositors. Ideally such relief is best pro- NPA of all SCBs may increase from 8.5 ly does not empower the Government to alter terms offering record-low home loan interest vided by governments under fiscal stim- per cent in March to 12.5 per cent by of private contracts on jobs, rentals, sales, lending rates under seven per cent per annum ulus paid by taxpayers, current or future. March 2021 and even to 14.7 per cent if # and so on. That explains why the tone and tenor with new products of repo-linked home The need to maintain the health of the adverse economic impact of the of parts of the “orders” issued under the DMA is loans on offer. Low interest rates bring banks can hardly be overemphasised. pandemic is very severe. Seeing the # * 8 ( not peremptory, prescriptive, definitive but indica- cheer to borrowers but gloom to depos- Deep-rooted socio-cultural beliefs stigma- plight of forecasting tools, the economic H3333 tive, persuasive and advisory in nature. Hence, legal- itors. tising indebtedness (indebted person fallout of the contagion is hard to predict ly binding orders regarding timely payment of full There are no fiscal guarantees to embarrassed and lenders reviled ) contin- and measure. # salaries, non-recovery of rent and school fees and depositors on minimum interest rates and ue to change worldwide. Since bank lending is only about 50 0 so on could not be issued for this reason. Appeals the IBC haircuts have been too costly in Post World War, the wheels of growth per cent of the GDP and post-pandem- 8 # to good conscience is a different matter. some cases. When corporate borrowers are lubricated by the continuous supply ic recovery would require a heavy dose ( Likewise, the Banking Regulation Act (BR Act) get a tax reduction bonanza, they don’t of credit. India joined the borrow/spend of credit, it is imperative to maintain would by itself not confer any rights on the RBI to share the booty with lenders as they are bandwagon in the 80s. Lending by incentives for financial savings. mandate any alteration in individual contracts not obliged to. When farm loans are Scheduled Commercial Banks rose from Erosion of bank profitability runs the # " entered into by the banks unless supplemented with waived, Governments provide fiscal sup- 8,64,300 crore (30 per cent of the Gross risk of dire consequences of de-finacial- - # ( legal remedies under the Securitisation and port to banks but at present the Centre Domestic Product [GDP]) at the end of isation or informalisation of savings, ( Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement does not seem able and willing to com- March 2004 to 67,35,200 crore at the end derailing the hard-won recovery. The % ( of Securities Interest Act (SARFAESI Act) or the pensate the banks for interest relief. of March 2014 (60 per cent of the GDP). banking system needs calibrated support 0 ( Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). In the absence of fully disaggregat- At present, bank lending is only about 50 to prevent relapse into transmitted sick- # ( Appropriately, the RBI has “permitted” grants of ed data on different types of loans under per cent of the GDP. ness. " moratorium while extending regulatory forbearance moratorium, a back-of-the-envelope As on July 31, the total deposits of (The writer is a retired IAAS officer on recognition of the non-performing asset (NPA). quantification of the impact of interest SCBs were 141,61,689 crore (127,44,583 and former Special Secretary, Ministry of ? @ The BR Act does not empower the RBI to mandate relief can be 1 lakh crore per month, crore a year ago); outstanding credit was Commerce and Industry.) 2 && " & D E ! "#""
years from 38.4 per cent to 25 per cent Indradhanush for immunisation cov- been proven to be an economical authors observe that despite the receiver. Disseminating a scientifical- is not exclusively a rural phenomenon. during the same period, along with erage and rural income schemes, such solution to the food crisis globally. Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, ly-validated diet chart according to age Many people, especially children, in reducing the level of anaemia and low as MNREGA, respectively. The LPG This saves time and the cost of trans- 2006 mandating the legal age of and sex to the Panchayat level can help the cities, too, suffer from malnutri- birth weight in children. distribution scheme by the Ministry portation while promoting the use of marriage at 18 for girls, 30 per cent in spreading awareness and help tion, albeit of a different kind. Since With inter-sectoral convergence of Petroleum and Natural Gas enabled fewer preservatives. Such food items of them are married before that age households modify their practices. a good part of their diet is filled with being the key strategy, the pro- safe and hygienic cooking in under- are also suitable to fulfil the nutrition- and eight per cent are already preg- Clear and visible measures for refined and finished items, not to gramme makes a shift from the exist- privileged households. al needs of the people in a way that nant by the time they are 15-19 years better accountability: Owing to the mention the large amounts of salt, '3&" 9 52 ing approach of making planning and But will India accept malnutrition is commensurate with the local envi- of age. Facing intra-household depri- possible institutional leakages, sugar and trans-fat they consume, the implementation the responsibility of as everyone’s problem? The copious ronment. vations due to their sex and abject Government initiatives should be children lack micronutrients such as t is disconcerting that every sec- one Ministry. Instead, it rightly notes fund allocation for the ‘POSHAN The concept of introducing poverty, these young girls often forego monitored by some metric for iron and zinc. Traditional crops and ond child in India suffers some the various critical components of Abhiyaan’ and its increase in the past kitchen gardens in schools to fulfil necessary nutrition, care, and rest even accountability. For this, an enhanced millet, marked as nutri-cereals that Iform of nutritional failure in India. success and makes ‘POSHAN three years have shown the some part of the requirements under during their pregnancy, thus deliver- information and process system is should have been part of our diet, are Over the years, Government data have Abhiyaan’ a multi-ministerial initia- Government’s sincerity in taking the the MDMS is an innovative step. In ing low birth weight babies. For crucial. Monitoring, surveillance, and fast becoming a favourite of the edu- borne witness to how many people, tive. While the Ministry of Women mission to its intended conclusion. the coming days, introducing more these babies, the cycle of malnutrition evaluation remain critical to all cated and wealthier part of the soci- especially women and children, do and Child Development acts as the From 950 crore in 2017-18, the cur- steps, such as promotion of local, has already begun, they note. Government initiatives not only to ety. However, as companies produc- not get three square meals in a day. nodal office, the Ministry of Drinking rent allocation for the ‘POSHAN nutritious millet and crop diversifica- This long-standing social bias firm up the people’s trust but for bet- ing fast-moving consumer goods Worryingly, the potential disrup- Water and Sanitation is responsible for Abhiyaan’ reached a sum of 3,400 tion to promote traditional millet will deepens with socio-economic ter outcomes as well. Understanding look to the rural market to revive from tions caused by the lockdown may the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) crore for the financial year 2019-20. be the right steps to complement this nuances. For example, in tribal house- ground-level realities will not only the economic effect of the pandem- make the varied forms of malnutri- that ensures cleanliness and hygiene However, the potential challenge can ongoing effort. Recent studies have holds, the overall amount of food is enrich policymakers’ understanding, ic, it is important to ensure that rural tion a lasting reality. However, the and the Ministry of Education is be bringing social and behavioural observed that investing $1 in nutri- anyway low and the men, by tradition, it may help in building a positive per- consumers do not acquire the habits launch of the Government’s flagship responsible for the Mid-Day Meal change towards malnutrition at the tion-related interventions will have get the larger share of it, considering spective among beneficiaries about of cities. The onus is on the programme ‘POSHAN Abhiyaan’, Scheme (MDMS). community level. Ensuring equitable economic gains of about $19 to $22. the physical labour they must under- public interventions. Public consulta- Government to ensure that the learn- seems to have made some headway, Two other Ministries, that of nutrition to build a healthier nation Addressing intrinsic social and take. A male child may get less to eat tions, surveys among beneficiaries ings from the cities reach the villages with an ambitious target of achieving Health and Family Welfare and the will require the following. cultural biases: In his paper than his father, but is likely to get more and social audits are some of the most before it is too late. a malnutrition-free India by 2022. one responsible for Rural Eating local and seasonal food: ‘POSHAN Abhiyaan: Making than his mother, grandmother or sis- effective ways to do this. (The writer is Associate Professor, It also aims to reduce stunting in Development, are looking after health This comprises a part of the trend Nutrition a Jan Andolan’, NITI Aayog ter. There is a need to free nutrition Building a case against hidden Health Economist, IIHMR University, children aged between zero and five programmes such as Mission known as “sustainable eating” and has member Vinod K Paul and co- from the perceived requirement of the hunger: Few realise that malnutrition Jaipur) !"#"# ! +
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Monday as a US envoy held a response to the current situation type of formal interaction strengthening of Peace and tion to treat her ovarian cysts, ing US-China tensions and TikTok’s brand of brief, day of closed-door meetings across the Taiwan Straits to between other countries and the reconciliation in the region.” but a month later, she’s still not . ( . > . efforts by the Trump adminis- quirky videos made on users’ on the self-governing island safeguard national sovereignty self-ruled island democracy. The honour is given to sure what procedure she got. . '' tration to engineer a sale of cellphones has become hugely claimed by China. and territorial integrity.” Krach’s trip follows a visit in local and foreign citizens for After Cardentey repeatedly .' D.( O TikTok to American investors. popular, especially among young Under Secretary of State “Recently, the U.S. And August by U.S. Health Secretary their high contribution in requested her medical records “The Chinese Communist people. Keith Krach, who handles the (Taiwan’s ruling) Democratic Alex Azar, the highest-level U.S. defending Kosovo’s freedom. to find out, Irwin County & B. C Party has demonstrated the The plan follows through on economic growth, energy and Progressive Party authorities Cabinet official to visit since the Trump’s administration has Detention Center gave her means and motives to use these a threat by President Donald the environment portfolio, held have stepped up their collusion U.S. Switched formal relations been working to normalise more than 100 pages showing apps to threaten the national Trump, who has claimed talks with Taiwan’s minister of and frequently stir up troubles,” from Taiwan to China in 1979. relations between Serbia and a diagnosis of cysts but noth- they never sought or didn’t fully security, foreign policy, and the Chinese tech operations may be economic affairs and vice pre- Ren told reporters Friday It is one of a series of moves Kosovo, two former Balkan ing from the day of the surgery. understand. Although some economy of the US,” Commerce used for spying, and it ramps up mier. He also met with business morning. by the Trump administration to war foes, and two weeks ago “The only thing they told procedures could be justified Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a the pressure on TikTok parent leaders over lunch and was to “Whether it is using strengthen relations with Serbian President Aleksander me was: ‘You’re going to go to based on problems document- statement. ByteDance to conclude a deal to dine with President Tsai Ing-wen Taiwan to contain China or Taiwan, including stepped-up Vucic and Kosovo Prime sleep and when you wake up, ed in the records, the women’s The initiative would ban sell all or part of TikTok to allay later Friday. relying on foreign powers to arms sales and support for the Minister Avdullah Hoti signed we will have finished,’” lack of consent or knowledge WeChat, an app with massive US security concerns. In response to Krach’s visit, threaten others, it is wishful island’s participation in inter- an economic normalisation Cardentey said this week in a raises severe legal and ethical use among Chinese speakers, A deal which appeared to be the Eastern Theater Command thinking and is destined to be national forums. deal at the White House. phone interview. issues, lawyers and medical and TikTok from the online taking shape would allow Silicon of the Chinese People’s a dead end.” In a brief message Before Krach’s arrival, the Thaci also awarded Trump’s Cardentey kept her hospi- experts said. marketplaces operated by Apple Valley giant Oracle to become Liberation Army held combat on its microblog, the Eastern U.S. Ambassador to the United National Security Adviser tal bracelet. It has the date, Aug. Amin has performed and Google. the tech partner for TikTok, but exercises near the Strait, in at Theater Command said the Nations, Kelly Craft, had lunch Robert O’Brien and his envoy 14, and part of the doctor’s surgery or other gynecological But while WeChat will effec- some US lawmakers have least the second round of war exercises involved naval and air Wednesday with Taiwan’s top for Serbia-Kosovo talks Richard name, Dr. Mahendra Amin, a treatment on at least eight tively be shut down from Sunday objected to allowing ByteDance games this month aimed at force units in the Taiwan Strait official in New York, in a meet- Grenell with the lower gynecologist linked this week women detained at Irwin in the US, existing TikTok user to keep a stake. AFP intimidating supporters of the aimed at gauging their ability ing she called historic. AP Presidential Medal of Merits. AP to allegations of unwanted hys- County Detention Center terectomies and other proce- since 2017, including one dures done on detained immi- hysterectomy, said Andrew Free, ? >+P* 1 grant women that jeopardize an immigration and civil rights % 7! their ability to have children. lawyer working with attorneys An Associated Press review to investigate medical treat- of medical records for four ment at the detention center. (6 women and interviews with Doctors on behalf of the attor- lawyers revealed growing alle- neys are examining new records 1 '. . gations that Amin performed and more women are coming & " surgeries and other procedures forward to report their treat- ussia has approved R- Beijing: Thousands of people on detained immigrants that ment by Amin, Free said. AP RPharm’s Coronavir treat- 1 . =. ernment-subsidised flat, a year in northwest China have test- ment for outpatients with mild after marrying his partner in ed positive for a bacterial dis- to moderate COVID-19 infec- ong Kong’s high court on London, according to court ease after a leak from a state- *:% " '& tions and the antiviral drug HFriday ruled that same-sex documents. owned biopharmaceutical plant could be rolled out to phar- couples should receive equal Under Hong Kong’s hous- making animal vaccines last : + macies in the country as soon treatment under inheritance ing policy, his husband cannot year. 1 3 2 as next week, the company said law, in a step forward for LGBT be recognised as the joint Health officials in Lanzhou @ " @ " ; on Friday. rights in the finance hub. homeowner, and Ng was con- city said 3,245 people had con- ! & Coronavir’s approval as a But the victory came on the cerned that should he die with- tracted brucellosis, a disease prescription drug follows the same day as a separate legal bid out a will, his property would often caused by close contact United Nations: The UN They “strongly encouraged green light for another Russian for full recognition of foreign not be passed to his partner. with infected animals or animal 2 Security Council on Friday parties to the negotiations to COVID-19 drug, Avifavir, in same-sex marriages was struck In the judgement handed products that can bring about welcomed the start of the continue pursuing confidence- May. Both are based on favipi- down, underscoring what cam- down Friday, Judge Anderson fevers, joint pain and P 1* Afghanistan Peace building measures including ravir, which was developed in paigners say is a lack of Chow said the exclusion of headaches. Negotiations in Doha and reductions in violence and to Japan and is widely used there progress on equality issues. spouses in same-sex marriages Another 1,401 people test- Washington: An Indian- technical expertise. The tech- strongly encouraged the parties continue to engage in good as the basis for viral treatments. Hong Kong’s law does not from their legal entitlements ed as an early positive for the American federal judge has nology companies depend on to continue pursuing confi- faith.” R-Pharm’s announcement allow same-sex marriage and “constitutes unlawful discrim- disease, and health authorities turned down an appeal by 169 it to hire tens of thousands of dence-building measures, The Council reaffirmed the is another sign Russia is push- does not recognise foreign ination”. said there was no evidence of Indian citizens who had chal- employees each year from including reduction in vio- importance of the UN’s role in ing hard to take a global lead unions, though limited recog- The judge said “differential person-to-person transmission lenged President Donald countries like India and China. lence and to continue to engage promoting peace and stability in the race against the virus. It nition has been granted in treatment is not justified”. so far. Trump’s order that barred for- US District Judge Amit P in good faith. in Afghanistan and welcomed is already exporting its recent years in several land- LGBT rights activists with Chinese authorities eign nationals on H-1B spe- Mehta of US District Court for In a statement, the 15- the efforts of all regional and COVID-19 tests and has mark rulings. campaign group Hong Kong found a biopharmaceutical cialty occupation visas from the District of Columbia in his member powerful organ of the international partners of clinched several international Edgar Ng, a gay Hong Marriage Equality described the plant had used expired disin- entering the US till the end of 11-page order on Wednesday world body reaffirmed its Afghanistan in facilitating intra- deals for supplies of its Sputnik- Konger, last year launched a ruling as an “important victory”. fectant in its production of the year. said that Indian citizens, who strong commitment to the sov- Afghan negotiations and in V vaccine. legal challenge against the city’s “The government should Brucella vaccines for animals The H-1B visa is a non- are now trapped abroad during ereignty, independence, terri- helping the parties reach peace. R-Pharm said it received inheritance and intestacy laws, seize this opportunity to work between July and August last immigrant visa that allows US trips to India when borders torial integrity and national The Security Council mem- approval for Coronavir after alleging discrimination on the with the LGBT+ community to year — meaning the bacteria companies to employ foreign closed, are unlikely to win their unity of war-torn Afghanistan. bers also thanked the govern- Phase III clinical trials involving basis of sexual orientation. implement marriage equality in was not eradicated in its facto- workers in speciality occupa- case contesting the travel ban “The members of the ment of Qatar for facilitating the 168 patients with COVID-19. In 2018 he bought a gov- the city,” the association said. ry exhaust. AFP tions that require theoretical or proclamation of Trump. PTI Security Council recognised first round of negotiations. that a sustainable peace can be The first-ever direct talks achieved only through a com- between the Afghan govern- prehensive and inclusive ment representatives and the Afghan-led, Afghan-owned Taliban began on September 12. peace process that aims at a Negotiators from the permanent and comprehen- Afghan government and the sive ceasefire as well as an Taliban will hold talks as part inclusive political settlement to of intra-Afghan negotiations in end the conflict in Doha to bring a lasting peace Afghanistan,” it said. to Afghanistan. PTI !"#"# '! "<
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"!. 2> of pulses, coconut oil, chillies- Mumbai: India Ratings and revised the rating outlook on low in the first half of 2020, hit Indian customs authorities will the sources said. labourers cooled down to 6.32 )#$#0"" dry, onion, fish fresh etc. Research has revised its outlook PSBs to 'negative' for 2HFY21. by bilateral tensions that could strictly scrutinise documents For example, if a mobile is per cent and 6.28 per cent, !. 2>9 #$+ Labour Minister Santosh on the banking sector to 'neg- "PSBs' modest capital see more Chinese companies provided by importers claiming exported from, say, Indonesia to respectively, in August com- Gangwar said, "The continued ative' from 'stable' for 2HFY21. buffers are expected to deplete come under pressure to divest duty benefits under free-trade India, then it would qualify to be pared to the year ago period "" -) softening of inflation in suc- The ratings agency Ind-Ra further in FY21, due to provi- US operations, a research report agreements, a move aimed at of Indonesian origin only if mainly due to the softening of cession for seven months may said this revision was done in sioning requirements. Also, said. Investment, both direct curbing serious misuse of the such mobile is made significantly prices of some food items. be mainly attributed to the view of an expected spike in pre-Covid profitability expec- investment by companies and concessions under these pacts, in Indonesia and 35 per cent of Point-to-point rate of inflation month last year. relief measures announced by stressed assets, higher credit tations for FY21 would be venture capital flows, between finance ministry sources said. its value is contributed by that based on the CPI-AL Among states, the maxi- the government to help poor costs, weaker earnings on belied and most banks are the two countries fell 16.2% to Importers will now have to country. The move assumes sig- (Consumer Price Index- mum increase in the CPI-AL people including labourers dur- account of interest reversals likely to report net losses," the $10.9 billion in January-June provide sufficient proof to the nificance in the backdrop of con- Agricultural Labourers) and and CPI-RL was experienced ing the COVID-19 pandemic. and lower fee income, and agency said in a statement. from the same period a year ear- domestic customs authorities cerns being raised by certain CPI-RL (Consumer Price by West Bengal State (27 points "The increase in the index will muted growth prospects. "They may also need to lier - also hurt by the coronavirus that the goods being imported quarters of the domestic indus- Index-Rural Labourers) was and 28 points respectively) have a positive impact on the Even the capital buffers continue to build-up their pro- pandemic, according to figures have a minimum 35 per cent try about misuse of free trade 6.39 per cent and 6.23 per cent mainly due to rise in the prices wages of millions of workers for most public sector banks vision cover in FY22 for from consultancy Rhodium value addition in the country agreement (FTA) benefits from respectively in August 2019, the of wheat-atta, pulses, mustard- working in the unorganized (PSBs) remain modest, it said. restructured assets as some of Group and the National from which it is being exported 10-member ASEAN countries. labour ministry said in a state- oil, milk, chillies-green, ginger, sector in rural areas." As per Ind-Ra's bear case, the restructured assets could Committee on US-China to India, they said. The importer has to possess ment. country liquor, firewood, bidi, Director General Labour the spike in stressed assets due turn NPA in FY23. PSBs' could Relations, an NGO. That's a far "It will be the responsibility all documentary proof to prove Inflation based on food meat goat, fish dry, bidi, bus Bureau D S Negi said, "Labour to the pandemic is expected to require INR350 billion-550 bil- cry from half-yearly totals of of importers to ensure that the that the 35 per cent value addi- index of CPI-AL is at 7.76 per fare, vegetables and fruits etc. Bureau has been able to bring double the credit costs for lion in 2HFY 21 for Tier-1 ratio nearly $40 billion seen in 2016 goods being imported by them tion requirement has been met cent and of CPI-RL at 7.83 per The maximum decrease out the monthly indices as per banking system than estimat- of 10 per cent. Covid-19 or and 2017. Flows are unlikely to should have been only manu- and showing a mere 'certificate cent in August 2020 compared in CPI-AL and CPI-RL was the pre-defined schedule con- ed pre-Covid-19 levels for contingent provisions are much recover this year, regardless of the factured or produced on the for- of origin' provided by the export- to 7.27 per cent and 6.98 per experienced by Kerala (6 points sistently even during the tough FY21. lower than that for private outcome of the U.S. presidential eign countries and minimum 35 ing country to Indian importer cent, respectively, in the same and 8 points respectively) time of COVID-19." PTI Consequently, Ind-Ra banks." IANS election, the report said. per cent value addition have would not suffice. PTI ! P # " &0 I% 0#%% # %! ## . ## % %957 ! 36! ! $ ! ) ! #( # 5R#36R " New Delhi: The rapid increase New Delhi: Google on Friday New Delhi: Markets regulator New Delhi: Although festive (OEMs) hoping for a retail in Covid-19 afflictions and inter- said it does not allow apps facil- Sebi on Friday extended the season demand may provide demand revival from the rural mittent lockdowns will increase New Delhi:Indian fan manu- Mumbai: Equity benchmarks green for most of the day, suc- itating sports betting and will deadline till October 18 to some temporary relief to the auto side during the upcoming festive asset quality challenges of non- facturers on Thursday sought nursed losses for the second con- cumbed to a round of selling in remove such apps from the submit public comments on the industry in the next two-three season," the ratings agency said banking financial companies lower GST rate at 5 per cent on secutive session on Friday as the last hour of trading, to close Google Play Store. There is often proposed format for business months, the continued dispro- in a statement. It added that sales (NBFCs), already grappling with fans, saying the existing 18 per investors offloaded banking, out the day flat, with a slight a surge in launch of such apps responsibility and sustainabil- portionate wholesale billings by are likely to remain sluggish in the economic slowdown since cent tax is "adversely" impact- finance and consumption stocks negative bias. PTI before major sporting tourna- ity reporting in view of the original equipment manufac- September, especially on the last fiscal, Crisil Ratings said on ing the industry. amid mixed global cues. ments like the IPL. The latest sea- impact of the COVID-19 pan- turers could lead to increased retail side, "due to the inauspi- Friday. According to Crisil, the The lower GST (goods and The BSE Sensex, which son of the IPL is scheduled to demic. stress for dealers if uptake is cious period of Shraadh". trend in monthly collection effi- services tax) slab would make opened on a firm footing, came % !93 start from September 19 in the The proposed format for lower than expected, according The retail demand also ciency till August 31, 2020 the fans a promptly accessible under fag-end selling pressure 3+) United Arab Emirates. "We don't business responsibility and sus- to a report. improved sequentially over (unadjusted for moratorium) commodity for everyone by and closed at 38,845.82, down allow online casinos or support tainability reporting covering In its latest report on the April-August 2020, the sales shows there is still some way to increasing grass-root level pen- 134.03 points or 0.34 per cent. ) any unregulated gambling apps environmental, social and auto sector, India Ratings and volumes are still much lower go before reaching pre-pan- etration, exceptionally in rural Similarly, the broader NSE that facilitate sports betting. This Governance perspectives will Research (Ind-Ra) on Friday than wholesales. But, passenger demic levels. India, the Indian Fan Nifty slipped 11.15 points or 0.10 Mumbai: The rupee strength- includes if an app leads con- be applicable to top 1,000 list- said retail sales are likely to vehicle (PV) and two-wheeler While the recent restructuring Manufacturers Association per cent to finish at 11,504.95. ened by 21 paise to close at sumers to an external website ed firms by market continue to lag behind wholesale (2W) retail sales volumes fell 7 scheme afforded by the Reserve (IFMA) said in a statement HDFC Bank was the top loser more than one-week high of that allows them to participate in capitalisation. sales in September 2020 per cent and 29 per cent year-on- Bank of India (RBI) would be a after its virtual Annual General among the Sensex constituents, 73.45 against the US dollar on paid tournaments to win real The comments on the pro- although the sector has report- year, respectively, in August leash on reported non-per- Meeting. skidding 2.39 per cent, followed Friday as the greenback weak- money or cash prizes, it is a vio- posed format were invited till ed a month-on-month rise in 2020.Amid the increasing cases forming assets (NPAs), under- The fan industry lost by Kotak Bank, Bajaj Finserv, ened in the global markets. lation of our policies," Google September 18. sales over May-August 2020 of COVID-19 and job losses lying challenges continue.Loan around 35 per cent of its annu- Maruti, Titan, SBI, HUL, HDFC At the interbank forex said in a blog post. PTI PTI after the washout in April. across the sections of the society, delinquencies of NBFCs could al sales due to the outbreak of and Tata Steel. market, the domestic unit "After an above-average consumer sentiment remains dart up 50-250 basis points COVID-19 this year during the Bharti Airtel led the gain- opened higher at 73.47 against acreage backed by adequate weak; the overall retail sales in (bps) this fiscal, depending on peak sale period, causing huge ers' list with a jump of 3.73 per the dollar and touched a day's monsoon, the prospects of a August 2020 were only around the segment of operation, financial losses for fan compa- cent. M&M, NTPC, Tech high of 73.15 as the dollar fell .4-6<+! robust kharif harvest have orig- 71 per cent of the August 2019 because of vulnerability in bor- nies, said the association. Mahindra, Sun Pharma, against its major rivals. inal equipment manufacturers levels, it said. PTI rower cash flows. IANS PTI PowerGrid and ONGC were The local unit later lost 38-65 ) % among the other winners, some ground to close up by 21 climbing as much as 2.72 per paise at 73.45, a level not seen New Delhi: Over 4.87 crore e- coronavirus lockdown came D=D$ % N % cent. During the week, the since September 7. On way bills, valued at over Rs into force, 5.63 crore e-way bills % Sensex dropped 8.73 points or Thursday, the rupee depreciat- 13.85 lakh crore, were gener- were generated, valued at Rs F G !%!) % #$ 0.02 per cent, while the Nifty ed by 14 paise to end at 73.66 ated by businesses and trans- 15.39 lakh crore. )) advanced 40.50 points or 0.35 against the US dollar. The rupee porters in August, reflecting a In a statement, GSTN, 9:5 per cent. "Indian benchmark advanced largely due to broad pick up in economic activity, which manages the technology ##O indices, after trading in the dollar decline globally. PTI GSTN data showed. backbone of GST, said busi- Gurugram:, RITES Ltd. (NSE: ! Electronic way or e-way nesses can now download their New Delhi:Shri J K Jain has RITES, BSE:541556), the leading New Delhi:29th August 2020 bills are required for inter- e-way bill data for past one- taken over as Director (HR) of Transport Infrastructure was a day which will be marked NewDelhi: In order to cater the )3'9 state movement of goods worth month period from the e-way Delhi Transco Limited. With Consultancy and Engineering as a special occasion in the rising passenger traffic and over Rs 50,000. For intra-state bill portal run by the National proficiency in Hindi , English firm, reported that its Board of diaries of many women. On this the demand for better ser- ! movement, limits vary from Informatics Centre (NIC). and Bengali, Shri Jain is a qual- Directors has approved buy- day, a unique networking plat- vices, AAI`sTuticorin Airport state to state. So far, taxpayers or trans- ified Chartered Accountant. back of96,98,113 equity sharesof form for Global Indian Women, is undergoing major up-gra- New Delhi:Telecom regulator TRAI on Friday issued a fresh set As per the data shared by porters could download e-way He has also done courses in face value of `10 each at `265per GIWA - was launched at the Taj dation in phaseswith cost of Rs of rules for publication and advertisement of tariff plans by tel- the Goods and Services Tax bills generated by them for a Marketing&Financial share, translating into the total Ambassador, New Delhi. 381 crores.The master project cos, in a bid to boost transparency in mobile offers and to help Network (GSTN), 4.76 crore e- limited period of 5 days. GSTN Management as well as buy back amount not exceeding Though keeping in mind, the includes widening extension subscribers make informed decisions. way bills, valued at over Rs said it had received suggestions Business & Labour Laws from 257 crore.The company was restrictions of COVID 19, the and strengthening work of The consumer-oriented move assumes significance as tele- 13.66 lakh crore, were gener- from taxpayers to increase the Indian Institute of listed in July 2018 and at present gathering was of only 25 women existing Runway and associat- com subscribers often grapple with issues such as lack of infor- ated in July. number of days for which e- Management,Kolkata(IIM– C). 72.02 % shares are held by GoI (maintaining the social distanc- ed infrastructure. mation, unclear or hard to find plan details - a situation that affects The number stood at 4.27 way bills could be downloaded. An officer of DANICS of and balance is with the public& ing norms), the excitement they In order to cater to the ris- subscribers' ability to make proper choices. crore in June (worth Rs 12.40 "Taxpayers can now make 1994 batch, Shri Jain has exten- FIs. Commenting on the share demonstration was massive and ing passenger traffic, con- Tightening the rules for telcos, Telecom Regulatory Authority lakh crore), 2.51 crore in May use of this facility to download sive work experience of more repurchase program, Mr. Rajeev mind blowing. Based on the idea struction of the new Domestic of India (TRAI) on Friday issued directions on tariff publica- (Rs 8.98 lakh crore), 84.53 the e-way bills in excel format than 26 years. Shri Jain started Mehrotra, Chairman and of giving women ‘Wings to Fly’, Terminal Building is also tion and tariff advertisements. "...It has been observed that exist- lakh in April (Rs 3.90 lakh and use in their systems. This his career as SDM of Haus Managing Director, RITES GIWA Women Association aims planned, spreading over an ing measures adopted by telecom service providers are not trans- crore) and 4 crore in March (Rs facility is presently available Khas, Delhi and move to Limited, said, “The company has at helping women from diverse area of 13530 sqm.The new parent as they should be and that some of the telecom service 11.43 lakh crore). daily between 8 AM to 12 become Deputy Secretary strong financial fundamentals backgrounds to come forward Terminal Building will be able providers are not prominently highlighting additional terms and In February, before the noon," it said. PTI (Finance). The other important with debt free balance sheet. This and fulfil their dreams. Giving to handle 600 passengers dur- conditions," TRAI directive said. PTI postings Shri Jain has handled repurchase reflects manage- them the requisite platform to ing peak hours. 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he pandemic and then a series of lock- downs, that followed shortly after, gave Tus a moment to hit pause on our fast- paced lifestyles. There was enough time to reflect on our actions, relationships, beliefs, the power of art, fashion and creativity. We could discover a narrative that stirs the exist- ing dialogue of love, where the boundaries are patched, corridors of division are nar- row, cults and definitions are pushed far and wide to make space for love — the only thing that matters. This is what fashion designer Gaurav Gupta’s muse turned out to be while he worked on his collection for the FDCI India Couture Week 2020, the digital ver- featured pieces created with rare diamonds, sion. He said, “Through our theme — Name rubies, emeralds, opals and is Love — we aim to put all the light on love; tanzanite — sourced from for self, all genders, all body shapes, all eth- Burma, Botswana, nicities, all sexualities, and most important- '>%+>57 Colombia and ly, for inclusivity.” Hyderabad. During the process of casting models for The handmade col- the show, which kickstarted online yester- lection was created with day, he discovered “beautiful stories” where precious stones, crafted in differences and sexualities were not just shades of white and accepted but celebrated. Said Gaurav, “We rose gold. It was ren- were enamoured by every individual’s sheer !+'@55/ dered with details of a optimism. Their experiences felt familiar and custom wedding gown. bold. And I realised that their stories need- The jewellery was ed to be told.” ;! < inspired by the Indian A young, proud lesbian couple Anjali heritage integrated with and Manauti living with their parents; Vee, ";2?;4"2 ;P the influences of the an 18-year-old trans-male student; Anjali Victorian era. Said Lama, the first Indian trans-female super- Gaurav, “We have model, and many other models who earned taken this ideology a name in unconventional setups, became -;+1! 1;?; to construct and re- the designer’s many ways to represent the invent these jewels. varied forms of love. “I hope that this mes- to reflect me and my choices. It had to be vet suits with the house’s signature sculpt- What makes our jew- sage resonates and connects with millions very ‘Gaurav Gupta.’ I also discovered new ing techniques, punctuating the looks and ellery couture unique is years. They can also mix and match a lot of who are facing prejudice or feel inhibited to colours like Cerise, Bright Emerald, Berry creating perfect statement pieces for a a distinct approach, things from my collection. They wear our express themselves due to the pre-conceived Pink, Snow Pink, Shadow Pink and more. cocktail or reception.” where each diamond is lehenga blouses with saris because there’s so societal norms,” said Gaurav and empha- I wanted to give a new life to these sophis- The garments, sharply tailored and individually cut accord- much detail in each element that one is able sised, “We’re celebrating uniqueness.” ticated colours. I also wanted to do a whole accented with ornate hand embroi- ing to the design.” His lat- to play it up as and when they want to.” In these desperate times when humans Black-and-White line. It was very new and deries, gave a meticulous and detailed est collection included When we talk of the Couture Week, it have become more agile and vulnerable, the cool for me. I also played with a lot of organ- look — coming all the way from the necklaces, bracelets, rings, is imperative to know the consumer behav- designer was glad that technology could za giving rise to new forms,” he said. crisp ‘Downtown Abbey’ shirt in earrings and ear-cuffs. iour as the buying pattern internationally has make the Couture week happen. Said he, “It Another notable thing about his collec- Egyptian cotton. The collection was Talking about whether undergone a drastic change. The gulf coun- was the need of the hour to keep the show tion, he pointed out, was the indigenous further elevated with timeless the festive market is trend- tries are purchasing more as they are com- going, lighten up the mood and make things technique of sculpting, which was reinvent- accessories across all categories ing more than the wedding paratively less affected from COVID-19. more celebrative. It has given me hope. It’s ed in the form of structured wings, graph- like pocket squares, bow-ties and one, the designer chose the Added Gaurav, “But slowly and gradually, so nice to see that millions of people around ic spiralling ruffles and architectured waves. loafers. latter. He said, “The wedding the international markets are coming back the world can view the show and our col- “We have also incorporated dramatic shim- Gaurav’s collection also market is more in trend and into line. We have a big market in the gulf lections.” mers, sheer fabrics, 3D floral applique, intri- found their way to the couture will always be. Brides are all across UAE and Middle East. Earlier, they Well, the show is definitely different cate hand embroideries along with pearls jewellery. The line was looking for authentic sculp- used to fly down and have couture appoint- under the shadow of the novel Coronavirus and metallic sequins,” said Gaurav. expressed through five tures and that ‘wow’ factor, ments but this time they’re all purchasing but what’s new this time? “We have present- The designer’s men’s wear was refined distinct elements of something timeless our products online, even couture. They do ed 50 new women’s wear, 20 men’s wear and with embroideries and mystical motifs. Said infinity, classic, pearl, that they can wear video consultation with our stylists and get 50 jewellery pieces. I wanted my collection he, “We have introduced full Bordeaux vel- feather and forest and even after four to five garments fitted virtually.” " Dutta’s body was sent for the post-mortem examination. Daughter of celebrated 2&# # 9; Bengali poet Ajit Dutta, Sharbari Dutta was a popular name in the costume design- ctor Farhan Akhtar will open Star Sports’ ing industry for over past few Live Broadcast on ‘Cricket Live’, ahead of decades, and was the only Athe opening match of Dream11 IPL 2020. & > women designer to work on The nation has been going through tough ! , ##! men’s ethnic fashion wear. It times due to COVID-19, making this season was Dutta who had intro- even more special since it gives a reason for peo- ## !% duced coloured Bengali dhotis ple to come together to watch our very own and designer Punjabi kurtas to tournament. # # the mainstream fashion world Farhan will set the tone of the tournament with her exclusive touch on by introducing ‘Cricket Live’, before the much- ashion designer Her family members bright colours along with anticipated clash between Mumbai Indians and FSharbari Dutta was said Dutta (63) was last embroidery works. Chennai Super Kings. He will be addressing found dead inside the seen during the dinner on The fashion mogul has today’s testing times, and how we need to to ride bathroom of her South Tuesday. After that she also styled present Prime over this crisis. Kolkata’s Broad Street res- also went incommunicado. Minister of Pakistan Imran Speaking on this, Farhan said, “These are idence on the intervening Primary investigation Khan and cricketer Sachin trying times and our nation continues to per- night of Thursday and suggests that she died of a Tendulkar. severe and move forward. With the world pick- Friday. sudden cardiac attack in Dutta has shattered stereo- ing up pace in the new normal, the announce- As per police sources, the toilet. But Dutta’s fam- types defining men’s ethnic ment of the IPL was a breath of fresh air. I have Dutta was found dead ily members claim that fashion over the years. Well, been looking forward to some sporting action, inside her bathroom at she was otherwise keeping through a flood of condo- and Live Indian cricket is back after a long hia- ilar ethos. It is important to stay resilient, opti- around 12.15 am on fine and had no such lences from models, actors and tus. There’s much to learn from the journey of mistic and ready to battle all odds for a better Friday. Officials of local chronic ailment. people from the film industry a team or an individual in it. To rise after you tomorrow. Personally, it also is an absolute plea- police station and the Kolkata Police’s homi- for her family on social media, fall, to learn from ones mistakes and most sure to open the maiden show. Looking forward Kolkata Police headquar- cide branch will carry out we can certainly see how signif- importantly, to stay grounded and humble in to a grand opening game.” ters Lalbazar’s homicide the investigation to find icantly she contributed to the victory. I resonate with this feeling even more (Watch the actor on Star Sports’ pre-show branch reached the spot at out the actual reason of the Indian fashion at large. after working on my forthcoming film Toofaan Cricket Live from 6 pm onwards on September night. designer’s sudden demise. 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say for honking near a hospital or a night within a colony. It also incentivises the least honkers by measuring their relative performance to peers in the same city. Such positive citizens may receive recog- nition or rewards or corporate dis- counts, while non-compliant citizens would pay hefty fee. They would also receive surrogate tutorship on how to improve their citizenship by adjusting to acceptable behaviour. Measurement, transparency and connectivity: More complex issues like safety in cities and equity would require an ecosystem level shift, which shall be achieved using measurement of some key parameters, tabling them in a transpar- ent, technology-driven manner and then publishing the data real-time on public ndia has made a remarkable progress platforms so that all the stakeholders are in several areas over the seven decades connected with that data. Such awareness Isince Independence. But at the same and collective intelligence of the ecosys- time, it has been beset by some fundamen- tem shall raise the median performance tal and chronic problems. There is pover- of all systems and accelerate the trans- ty and inequity, the air in many cities is formation to higher ground. unbreathable, the streets are littered with garbage, women feel unsafe, levels of basic In a country as diverse as ours, how education are low and the economy is difficult do you think it is to catalyse sharply declining. The problems have last- change? ed so long that they seem unsolvable in a When demographics are diverse, lifetime. one has to work out simple and binary Architect-author Goonmeet Singh solutions where expected behaviour by Chauhan argues that they can actually be citizens is understood by all. Like the solved decisively. To achieve this, he pre- Odd-Even scheme of the Delhi Government sents a new methodology that he calls was easily understood by an auto driver as Invertonomics in his eponymous book, well as a financial analyst because the expec- which inverts problems into economic tation was binary. The compliance was high. opportunities. The book identifies eight three methods — physical measurement These sanctuaries would be set up and run concessionaire would pay an annuity to the cially both in terms of revenue as well as In India, we tend to obfuscate the law persistent problem areas and proposes and secondary data collection on ground, by educational trusts and the entire capi- market association in addition to paying the ability to raise capital at lower inter- and the poor citizen often finds himself on well-resolved and, in some cases, success- internet-based research to inform us of tal and operational expenditure would be a upfront bid money to acquire the rights est rates. The corporation shall also run the wrong side of it, forcing him to use unfair fully-implemented models for tackling interventions that spread across geogra- paid by the trust. However, the govern- to build to the municipality. a proper logistics centre to ship these means to extricate himself out of the situ- them. It presents innovative yet pragmat- phies and time, interviews with ment would step in as a regulator and The proposal was implemented and cocoons (containers), which are rodent, ation. This phenomenon has led to the incre- ic ideas that will have a direct impact on informed persons in civil soci- funding agency. They would pay a fee 28 new international-quality toilet com- dust and weather-proof, and even refrig- mental lowering of the median of citizen- our lives and help us realise the dream of ety and the bureaucracy to for each child like a parent would plexes were constructed and the erated in case needed for their trade des- ship, with citizens adopting a sort of flexi- an advanced India. We speak to him to gauge the practi- pay for a residential school. This Municipality earned significant sums in tinations. The platform would radically ble morality that suits their convenience. find out how. Excerpts: cality of our fee would enable the educa- revenues. The project has been hugely empower farmers, making agriculture the Invertonomics proposes the use of very sim- solutions tional trust to receive a successful and can be easily replicated engine of rural economy once again, not ple laws and the new ecosystem would lay How did you conceptualise it? proposed. return on investment for across India. remittances from rural folk living in down binary expectations. Also incentives I have always enjoyed solving prob- Every the educational trust, cities. in terms of money are easily understood by lems, especially the stubborn ones. A three- chapter thereby allowing How can invertonomics be used wide- Residential development around all. Money is like a universal language that pronged strategy typically works for me. starts this project to ly in India, including the remote and the office of Bharat: A true socio-eco- possibly rivals music in its universal appeal! It begins with analysing the problem and with a scale up. underprivileged areas? nomic revival shall happen around these Money-based systems shall ensure that its key drivers in a manner where we can general We are Invertonomics imagines a rejuvenat- offices of Bharat as new residential things operate in a demography-agnostic measure the critical root causes and their narrative of imagining a ed Bharat and proposes three mega developments, schools, hospitals, cultur- manner, successfully. impact. Then, the process of solutioneer- the problem — project of interventions in India’s rural hinter- al complexes, etc, will enable jobs, liveli- ing begins on how the ‘whole relates to the for this, we used one million land. hood and quality life for the rural folk. You’ve mentioned in the book, “In parts’, and simultaneously, how the ‘parts internet-based research children Office of Bharat: The office of It will decongest our cities too as villages India, we are in a negative cycle as far as relate to the whole’. It may seem abstract to find out about the histo- across 500 centres Bharat would be like a central business- would become preferable places to live, citizen participation for common good is but the key to problem-identification ry of the problem across geo- in 30 states. The Delhi cum-administrative district centre, one learn and work. concerned. This shift can only come from typically lies in a few parts, while the solu- graphies and time. For instance, Government has also each for India’s 650 districts. This 100- policy change and legislation aimed tion lies in the whole. Once the key stone we studied how honking was a expressed its eagerness to acre development would have within it Long-term solutions such as sensitis- towards the creation of definitive goals.” and the king pin have been identified, the public issue in post-World War I adopt this model and are look- a new administrative set up including ing the public through education and How do you think this can be acted upon final step begins. The third leg of the exer- London and in Hitler’s Germany. We ing to establish the first such civil administration, police, district awareness campaigns have always been in India, where it might take years to cise is imagining a new ecosystem studied the solutions that various govern- school in Delhi soon. courts, disaster management centre. there. Do you think this approach change policies and laws or create a new approach, wherein all parts work synergis- ments and NGOs had attempted earlier; Clean and dry toilets: Six months Social infrastructure such as education- would lead to faster and more effective one? tically to achieve a newer, brighter and successful case studies that could be before the Commonwealth games, the al facilities, health facilities, cultural means of modifying citizen behav- Change is always bottom up. While it’s beautiful possibility. scaled up to be applied across a national Municipal Corporation of Delhi took on complex, sports centre, vocational train- iour? affected through top-down instruments like As architects, we have a free hand in scale; a lot more. It took seven years to the challenge of building public toilets of ing centre and business centres includ- The book promises to change the new legislations, new institutions and a new creating newness within the limits of a complete the book including an year-long international quality in the city. They were ing an international logistics oriented pace of change. So far, we have been cut- ecosystem, the demand for it is always pro- land. Sometimes, we look at urban design process of edits and updates. in need of 100 crore for the project and agricultural mandi, ware housing, cold ting butter with a chainsaw, while all we pelled by the need for it. It takes civil soci- and try it to impact the quality of lives of struggled to get provision for the funds. storage, food processing plants, commer- need is a butter knife called invertonom- ety and thought leaders to articulate a vision people. But our interventions tend to be Your book lists some successfully- At this point, we suggested a model cial office centre, rural hotels, hostels, ics! I feel citizen behaviour can be that gradually alters the popular narrative. more physical in nature. This book is a implemented models that you’ve wherein new toilet complexes would be rural shopping centre etc. A new cen- altered using a three-pronged approach, Thereafter, the course of transformation can response to my inner calling to go beyond designed. Can you elaborate on them? created on a PPP model and sited adjacent tralised powerhouse like this will spur the including creating an inspired citizenship either take an incremental route or an accel- the physicality so that true transformation A few of the book’s ideas have been or to existing MCD governed marketplaces dormant administrative, commercial wherein individuals act in the interest of erated route, depending upon the willing- can happen. It has ideas that use money, are being implemented with some initial within their parking lots. A concessionaire and socio-economic energies of our collective good. ness of the political dispensation and the technology and common sense to solve success and a lot of promise. would build on a 2,000-square foot plinth, hinterland into action. This nucleus Money and technology: strength of the advocacy to take a hard look some real, hard problems of our country. The Wise foundation (World modern toilets with a frontal entrance into would infuse capital into the district Invertonomics uses a carrot and stick at issues and seek convenient and strong res- Initiative for Service and Education): a reception area that would be manned to economy and act like a catalyst of com- approach by offering each individual olutions. What research went into it? And how This idea looks at establishing free residen- collect charges and lead to separate, clean merce and social change. monetary incentives or disincentives for We need conversations around inspired long did it take to complete the book? tial schools for underprivileged children, and dry toilets with dedicated attendants. Cocoons: The Cocoon expected citizen behaviour. For assessing citizenship, and local-level leadership to I started thinking about it 10 years ago. who seek out a living foraging through These would be flanked by two kiosks for Corporation of India shall provide post- individual behaviour, it uses non-inva- demonstrate action in areas, which can be I wanted to write 21 ideas but when I got garbage. These kids would now be housed ice-cream/florist/ATMs and on top of this paid containers (called cocoons) to the sive technology to gauge behaviour in the handled locally like segregation of garbage, to the research part and assessing the prac- in free residential hostels-cum-schools and structure would be a coffee shop of 2,000 farmers to store their produce and sup- public domain. For example, to manage pedestrian safety and much more. For this, ticality of each solution, it turned out to receive love and care. They would grow up square feet. The janitors and operations of port with facilities for digital trade of the incidence of honking on our roads, we have also set up the Invertonomics be an exhaustive process and every idea in campuses called Sanctuaries, which the entire complex would be managed by their agri-commodities. This facility the book proposes an auditory charge of Foundation for India, which promises to took more than a year each to be accom- would be set in suburban fringes of the the concessionaire. The revenues from pay would help the farmers and allow them 1 for every instance of honking beyond take up issues from the book and pursue plished. The book project relied on a team cities and would impart value based edu- and use toilets would far exceed the oper- to fetch a better price for their produce a threshold of say 30 free honks a them to make sure that they get imple- effort for research, which was based on cation based on Sewa and Samridhi. ational expenses and we recommended the and significantly empower them finan- month. It further levies a charge of 10, mented and how. "
co-existence of life with things chemicals are necessary.” He that connect — for instance the approaches the medium with 2 29 ? lantern connects with life and empathy. “It’s about assessing the light. I didn’t want to create a composition I want to make, portrait of the lantern as it is. responding to it, and giving it 5 /"/),4' That would be too common, I what it needs,” he explains. “My 6 wanted a unique portrayal.” approach is to treat papier mache The lantern born of Vivek’s like a complex yet beautiful con- 1 3 &"% many moorings and thoughts is textual composition with a a metaphor for the existence of dynamic, hidden life.” ast month, I discovered the power of Vivek Das’s lantern tells us that man through thick and thin, for Lpaper in the hands of an artist sculp- paper has a vast potential as a material his spirit of being that lives P tor. I was looking at a lantern. One that for sculpture. Not only is it versatile: it through the times rendered both 1 was sliced vertically and had a surreal can be featherweight and translucent within and without. “Beauty has Using the traditional papier- flavour. Suddenly, the object had become while being heavy and rigid like papier- no other origin than the singu- mâché process to shape his subject through an interplay colours and mâché. But most importantly, it’s non- lar wound, different in every sculptures, he models and occa- the contours. Master sculptor Vivek toxic, it’s not so expensive and is acces- case, hidden or visible, which sionally carves the paper to Das from Jharkhand is expanding the sible to everyone. Vivek says, “I try to cre- each man bears within himself,” achieve the desired shape, creat- paper’s potential through the time worn ate sculptures all the time in the hope that said the French writer Jean ing a sort of hybrid of sculpture art of papier mache. I can convert these into bronze.” Genet. Vivek’s sculptures are and drawing. His admiration for Curves, curls, convex and concave about solidity and an inner life- paper’s tactile qualities, the sub- 2 1 surfaces all come into play as he creates force, their undulating forms tlety of its colour and the softness Paper oscillates through time and sculptural wonders that celebrate the conveying “tension, force and of its shadows evokes a sense of tide. Paper has been the greatest inven- malleable magic of papier mache. Vivek vitality.” physical space. tion for an artist, it has been a symbol brings back the words of the great The lantern seems to speak of possibility and an abacus for writers, French writer and poet Rainer Maria of a psychological space and time researchers architects, designers, artists Rilke who in his Book of Hours said: “Go Vivek says, “I’m touching through the layering of paper. and sculptors ever since its invention to the limits of your longing… Let every- upon untold histories, as well as Looking at Vivek’s works we in China around 105 A.D. We think of thing happen to you: beauty and terror.” highlighting its parallel to my realise that papier mache is Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings, we think In that universal cadence, Rilke own identity.” He appreciates the innovative and inventive, there of Reubens, Raphael, Rembrandt, Van assures us to “just keep going,” for “near- papier mache for its accessibili- are endless ways that paper can Gogh and the ultimate Picasso. Paper is by is the country they call life.” Das exem- ty, and explores the medium in be drawn on, cut, embossed more than a medium, more than a mate- plifies this and more in his brilliant various ways. “It’s a practice and manipulated, both two- rial, it is the most humble of tools in an works. Says he, “Whenever I try to pick that’s very practical to follow,” he dimensionally and sculpturally artist’s hands. out a subject to create, I find there is a says. “No kiln, foundry, or harsh to create masterpieces. !"#"# )!%
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Bollywood had its share of prime tance is the most formidable with found vigour and more pragmatic ' time in the past few months but rest Rohit, Pandya brothers — Hardik new owners, found their mojo last when Indian cricket goes through ning for a place in the summit clash MI START FAVOURITES assured, the next 53 days would and Krunal, the indomitable Kieron year and would like to go one better another change of guard in next few and their skipper David Warner Mumbai Indians are traditional belong to Dhoni’s CSK, Kohli’s RCB Pollard and the ‘King of Death’ under an enormously talented skip- years. knows how to win the IPL having slow-starters in the IPL but on Abu Dhabi: Going through a poor and Rohit’s Mumbai Indians chal- bowling Jasprit Bumrah giving it a per in Shreyas Iyer, who can be There will be a lot of interest as always led the way with spectacular paper, they will be the favourites run of form, Australian top-order lenged by young pretenders compris- menacing look. matched in skills by a Prithvi Shaw to how he handles players like Glenn performances. against Chennai Super Kings in the batsman Chris Lynn is banking on ing KL Rahul’s KXIP and Shreyas The perennial Dad’s Army or a Rishabh Pant. Maxwell, Gayle and Mohammed There is Jonny Bairstow’s flair, opening game in Abu Dhabi. his exploits at last year’s T10 tour- Iyer’s Delhi Capitals among others. Chennai Super Kings can never be Seasoned brains like Shami, who are savage on their days Kane Williamson’s poise and Rashid MI looks the most prepared nament in UAE to turn things IPL happening in foreign shores counted out till that man with ‘Hawk Ravichandran Ashwin would be but can be ordinary on some others. Khan’s flamboyance with a host of and set team with a scary batting line- around and contribute to his IPL is not a new phenomenon, not even Eyes’ uses his peripheral vision ideal foil for the team’s youthful exu- Handling an inconsistent team to youngsters like Virat Singh and up of Rohit, Quinton de Kock, team Mumbai Indians. the shift to the Emirates but as Indian behind the stumps. berance. a decent finish will be on top of Priyam Garg eager to make a name Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Lynn, a hard-hitting opener, had sports hits the restart button with the Experience can’t be bought and KXIP’s KL Rahul is a class act Rahul’s agenda. for themselves. Hardik and Krunal Pandya, Kieron a poor run at the recently-conclud- billion dollar cricketing extravagan- the likes of Shane Watson, Dwayne and how he shapes as a leader could The low profile Sunrisers When the IPL was partially held Pollard. Trent Boult and Nathan ed Caribbean Premier League hav- za, the hugely popular event to be Bravo, Faf du Plessis and Ravindra also create a narrative for the future Hyderabad once again will be gun- in UAE back in 2014, KKR were the Coulter-Nile will complete their ing scored less than 150 runs in nine games for St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. However, the 30-year-old was )! the highest run-getter at last year’s ! 5> > 4 ! " %6 T10 league in UAE. He amassed 371 !." ' " runs for Maratha Arabians and also smashed the highest individual *'= ; score of 91 off 30 balls. New Delhi: Olympic Silver medal- “I have got some really good list PV Sindhu on Thursday pulled on Star Sports show Game Plan. memories from the T10 tour- out of the Denmark Open tourna- “With Santner, Jadeja needs to step up namemt last year here in Abu ment scheduled to be held in and be the No 1 spinner and CSK have got Dhabi, so hopefully just reconnect ;,< Odense from October 13 to 18. great variety and none of the spinners are with what worked for me there and “Sindhu is not playing in same, so they are at an advantage for the con- hopefully put some performaces on Paris: The French Open Denmark, she has pulled out,” a ditions in the UAE as the tournament pro- the board,” he said. rescheduled for later this source in the Gopichand Academy gresses.” However, Lynn will find it dif- month will be limited to 5,000 told PTI. Four-time winners Mumbai Indian will ficult to break into the MI’s playing spectators daily, a reduction The BAI had on Tuesday writ- miss the services of their bowling spearhead XI with coach Jayawardene already from the 11,500 announced by ten to the players who have sent Lasith Malinga who opted out of the tour- making it clear that he will not tin- organisers, the Paris police their entries for the Denmark nament citing personal reasons. ker with the opening combination prefecture said on Thursday. Open, stating that they would be However, the 43-year-old Lee said he has of Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Earlier this month, the “travelling or participating at their no doubts that Jasprit Bumrah will be able Kock. French tennis federation own responsibility due to the cur- to fill in the shoes of the experienced seam- The Australian said he is ready ( hamstring is still sore so I won’t revealed plans to allow 11,500 rent pandemic” and “have to send er. to bat at any position that Mumbai have enough time to prepare for fans to attend each day, with the their consent within September “I am always Bumrah’s fan since he burst Indians coach Mahela Jayawardene ewly crowned US Open the clay — these two tourna- Roland Garros venue divided 17”. onto the scene some years ago. He has got deems fit.“Rohit! what a Nchampion Naomi Osaka ments came too close to each into three independent zones. Though Sindhu decided a different bowling action, he pushes the ball world class player, runs pulled out of the French Open other for me this year.” However, the deteriorating against travelling to Denmark, she in, and can swing the ball both ways. He is on the board, on and off with a sore hamstring on Friday, The French Open is due to health situation in the country plans to participate in the Asia good with the new ball but I like him with the field what he’s con- in a fresh blow to the coron- start on September 27 at Roland and current French Open-I and Asia Open-II sched- the old ball and that’s why he can fill the shoes tributed to Mumbai is avirus-hit Grand Slam which is Garros, rescheduled from earli- Government regulations cap- uled to be held in November. of Malinga and can bowl at death overs,” something really real- already missing world number er in the year because of the ping public gatherings at 5,000 Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya he said. ly special. And one Ashleigh Barty. coronavirus pandemic. forced them into a rethink. The Sen and Subhankar Dey were “He can bowl at 140kmph and Quinny (De Kock) Japan’s Osaka made the Osaka, who has never made revised number was among those players who have sent New Delhi: Former Australian speedster zoom the ball in at the batsman’s has been out- announcement just days after it out of the third round of the announced by tournament their consent letters and will be Brett Lee has tipped three-time champions feet. He is bowling the yorkers standing with lifting her third Major title French Open, did not say when director Guy Forget just 10 days participating in the super 750 Chennai Super Kings to win the 13th IPL, consistently and there are very the gloves and behind closed doors in New she will play next. She did assure ago. AFP event. saying the variety in their spin department less bowlers like that, so he can bat in hand,” York. her fans they would see her Saina Nehwal and Parupalli gives them an advantage in the UAE condi- fill those shoes.” Lynn said in a “Unfortunately I won’t be “sooner than later”. world’s top three, after reigning Kashyap have also sent their con- tions. Lee, who has 310 wickets in video posted on able to play the French Open this The withdrawal of third- champion Barty said earlier this sent letters but will take a final call “They (CSK) are up there. I have picked 76 Tests and 380 scalps in 221 ODIs, Mumbai Indians year,” Osaka said in posts on ranked Osaka means Roland month that she wouldn’t return nearer to the date of the tourna- them to win and I think CSK have a good said he considers Mumbai Indians in official Twitter Instagram and Twitter. “My Garros will be missing two of the to defend her title. ment. chance because of their spin attack,” Lee said his top four. handle. + )! "'6)) -" ) 1 .. C (.. Germain in the Champions League ottenham scored twice in the final in August. He also won seven Tfinal 10 minutes to avoid a humil- iverpool completed the signing straight Bundesliga titles with .' clay courts of the Foro Italico, iating Europa League exit to Lof Thiago Alcantara from Bayern. defending champion Karolina Lokomotiv Plovdiv as Jose Mourinho’s Bayern Munich on Friday, bring- “When the years are passing, op-seeded Simona Halep Pliskova defeated Russian qual- men came from behind to beat the ing in one of the world’s most tech- you are trying to win as much as Timproved to 7-0 in tennis’ ifier Anna Blinkova 6-4, 6-3 nine-man Bulgarians 2-1 on nically gifted players to add anoth- you can — and when you win, you restart with a 7-5, 6-4 win over and will next play 11th-seeded Thursday. er dimension to the English cham- want to win more,” Thiago said. Dayana Yastremska on Friday to Elise Mertens, who eliminated Harry Kane’s penalty and Tanguy pions’ midfield. “I think this club describes reach the Italian Open quarters. Montenegrin qualifier Danka Ndombele’s winner five minutes from The 29-year-old Thiago ended what I am as well. I want to Halep, who is actually on an Kovinic 6-4, 6-4. time ensured the 2019 Champions his seven-year spell at Bayern by achieve all of the goals, win as 11-0 run overall stretching back In men’s action, 15th-seed- League finalists did not fall at the first moving for an initial fee of 20 mil- many trophies as possible.” to February, recovered an early ed Grigor Dimitrov ended the hurdle of their Europa League cam- lion pounds ($26 million), with a At Liverpool, he will add a break in the opening set and then run of 19-year-old Jannik paign to a side that have never pro- " potential additional 5 million more creative edge — nurtured at overpowered her 29th-ranked Sinner with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 gressed beyond the qualifying stages 1 pounds ($6.5 million) later. Barcelona’s famed La Masia acad- opponent the rest of the way. win. of European competition. ) -? " “My decision is purely of emy — to a midfield that cur- Having won a title in Dubai Sinner, the Italian who had “I think it was a helluva experi- ) a sporting nature,” the Spain rently is more notable for its before the coronavirus pan- beaten third-seeded Stefanos ence for the players. Sometimes in international said in a video energy and intensity through demic, Halep marked her Tsitsipas in the previous football miracles happen and when '(*8 *(( ; announcing his departure hard-running players like return with another trophy round, missed an easy over- you play a knockout, one-leg it is the from Bayern. Jordan Henderson, Georginio in Prague last month. She head smash into the net on perfect scenario for a miracle to why Spurs are desperate to secure shown a second yellow card before “As a football player, I Wijnaldum and James then skipped the US Open Dimitrov’s fifth match point. happen,” said Mourinho. Gareth Bale’s return on loan from Real Kane dispatched the spot-kick into seek new challenges to Milner. due to health concerns The tournament has “Everyone on their side had the Madrid as they struggled to break the top corner. develop myself fur- Thiago — with amid the pandemic. been played without moment where they dream and we Plovdiv down and went behind to Ndombele has struggled for game ther. Bavaria will his technique, touch Halep, who lost fans so far due to the had the moment where we believed Georgi Minchev’s header 19 minutes time under Mourinho despite being always be my home.” and vision — will two straight finals in pandemic, although a nightmare could arrive.” from time. the club’s record signing. Thiago, whose provide Liverpool Rome to Elina the Italian Govt Mourinho named a strong side The tie swung back in Spurs But the Frenchman, who was father is former with more control Svitolina in 2017 announced Friday featuring Kane, Hugo Lloris and Son favour nine minutes later when introduced on the hour mark, proved Brazil midfielder in midfield, too, and 2018, will next that up to 1,000 Heung-min with just four changes Momchil Tsvetanov punched clear off the match winner by bundling home Mazinho, leaves allowing manager face either 10th- spectators will be from Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to Everton his own line and the referee had no from close range. Bayern as a European Juergen Klopp to seeded Elena Rybakina allowed in to watch to start their Premier League cam- option but to point to the spot and A trip to Macedonia next week to Cup winner, his last adopt a different or Yulia Putintseva. the semifinals and paign. send Tsvetanov off. face KF Shkendija faces Mourinho’s match being the 1-0 vic- approach in certain Also on the red finals. But there was more evidence Birsent Karagaren was then also men in the third qualifying round. tory over Paris Saint- games.