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VOL 15 ISSUE 28 ● NEW YORK / DALLAS ● JULY 09 - 15, 2021 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 ● [email protected] www.theindianpanorama.news ’s PM in a India celebrates the 75th Independence Day on August 15,2021. major reshuffle drops 12 senior To commemorate the historic event, we are bringing out a profusely ministers and inducts a younger team illustrated special edition. Besides the commissioned articles, we invite readers to contribute. Please send in your articles by August 01, 2021 to [email protected]. Advertising space may please be booked by July 26, 2021 at [email protected] For more information, please visit www.theindianpanorama.news For all inquiries, please call 646-247-9458 or email to [email protected] The new inductees in the council of ministers with India's President Ram Nath Kovind, 8th from left, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 6th from left. - Photo / Courtesy PIB

INDIAN AMERICAN I.S. SALUJA dropping 12 ministers and inducting 15 in a few States, the most important being NEW DELHI (TIP): In a balancing act cabinet ministers and 28 junior Uttar Pradesh, a State which plays a ASTRONAUT SIRISHA and to refurbish the image of the ministers. decisive role in the fortunes of political BANDLA SET TO FLY OFF government, Prime Minister of India The exercise is believed to have been parties and the federal government. INTO SPACE ON JULY 11 Narendra Modi, reshuffled his ministry, necessitated by the upcoming elections CONTD ON PAGE 38 Third woman of Indian descent to fly LEGENDARY INDIAN ACTOR into space will be a mission specialist Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh on Virgin Galactic’s ‘Unity 22’ flight. HAS DIED AT 98 Sandhu interacts with White House fellows I.S. SALUJA WASHINGTON (TIP): Founded in 1964, the White MUMBAI (TIP): Founded in 1964, the White House Fellowship is a non- Dilip Kumar, the House Fellowship is a non- partisan programme that icon, partisan programme that brings young leaders into the hailed as the brings young leaders into the federal government to provide "Tragedy King" and federal government to first-hand experience working one of Hindi provide first-hand at the highest levels of cinema's greatest experience working at the government. actors, died highest levels of government A key element of this Wednesday,July 7, in Sirisha Bandla is all set to fly off into space India’s Ambassador to the unique fellowship is the a Mumbai hospital on July 11 as a mission specialist on Virgin US Taranjit Singh Sandhu on education programme in after a prolonged Galactic’s next test flight Thursday, July 1, interacted which prominent leaders illness. He was 98. "Dilip Kumar will be Ambassador Sandhu is the remembered as a with White House fellows first one to be invited from across society meet the "Dilip Kumar will cinematic legend’, WASHINGTON (TIP) July 5: Indian and discussed with them the under the Biden fellows. be remembered as a tweeted Prime American Sirisha Bandla is all set to fly intricacies of diplomacy and administration to this In the past, the fellows have cinematic legend. Minister Narendra off into space on July 11 as a mission the relationship between the interaction heard from dignitaries like He was blessed with Modi. specialist on Virgin Galactic’s next test world's oldest and largest democracies. Colin Powell, the former secretary of state. unparalleled brilliance, due to which flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity with Sandhu, in a tweet, said "an enjoybale Sandhu was the first one to be invited audiences across generations were Company’s founder, Sir Richard and substantial interaction" with the under the Biden administration to this enthralled. His passing away is a loss to Branson. White House fellows at Eisenhower interaction. In the past, several Indian- our cultural world," Indian Prime The “Unity 22” mission, the twenty- Executive Office Building, which is part of Americans have been selected for the Minister Narendra Modi said in a second flight test for VSS Unity, will be the White House complex. prestigious fellowship. Prominent among tweet. the first to carry a full crew of two pilots "Covered wide areas ranging from them include Dr Sanjay Gupta of CNN, "An institution has gone," Bollywood and four mission specialists in the diplomacy, India-US relations, regional Rajeev Venkayya, EVP Vaccines, Takeda superstar tweeted. cabin, according to a company developments, health care, energy, Pharmaceuticals. "Whenever the history of Indian Cinema announcement. environment, IT and education with this Indian-American Priya Dandiya from will be written, it shall always be 'before CONTD ON PAGE 38 group of young emerging American Florida is a White House fellow for the year Dilip Kumar, and after Dilip Kumar'.” leaders in different fields!” he added. 2020-21. (Source: PTI) READ MORE ON PAGES 2,4,5 Dr. Anupama Gotimukula is the New President of AAPI ATLANTA (TIP) July 5: Dr. Anupama Gotimukula assumed charge as the President of American Association of Physicians of Indian Dr. Anupama Gotimukula is the Origin (AAPI), during the 39th annual Convention fourth woman President of AAPI, of America’s largest ethnic physician organization an association of more than 80000 in Atlanta on July 4. practicing physicians of Indian CONTD ON PAGE 38 origin in its 39 years long history THE INDIAN PANORAMA EDITORIAL FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 02 -: GUEST COMMENT :-

PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: Prof. Indrajit S. Saluja VICE PRESIDENT: Goodbye, Dilip Kumar Chitagam Saluja CHIEF EDITOR: he passing of Dilip Kumar, the of characters — a dapper young man in Prof Indrajit S. Saluja king of melancholia on the silver Andaz, a farmer in Mela and Naya Daur, CONSULTING EDITOR : Tscreen, signals the final break an unbounded adventurer in Azaad and Deepak Dwidedi, Chairman, from the early days of Hindi film Kohinoor, the prince in Mughal-e-Azam, Bhaskar Group, Delhi ‘talkies’, when actors were beginning to a dacoit in Ganga Jamuna. But the role ASSISTANT EDITOR: shed the exaggerated theatricality of that epitomized his ‘Tragedy King’ Bidisha Roy stage drama and learning to love the persona was as Devdas in Bimal Roy’s SPL. REPORTER UNO: camera. In the 1930s and 1940s, Ashok film of the same name in 1955. Deep- H.S. Panaser Kumar, Motilal Rajvansh and Balraj diving into tragic characters caused him GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Sahni were among the handful of actors to be depressed, and the light-hearted, Om Parkash Malik taking pioneering steps towards natural, swashbuckling roles he played in the DIRECTOR realistic acting. They were eschewing mid-1950s were part of efforts to cheer ADMINISTRATION: the preceding style that — with its hand- his spirits. Gauri Beri waving, over the top gestures and facial By the 1970s, with Dilip Kumar in his expressions — seemed affected and 50s, his charm as the leading man began CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: artificial. Then came Dilip Kumar, the to fade and he made an impressive Pathan from Peshawar, who went a step transition into character roles — the Baldev Singh / BJ Videos Gunjesh Desai / Masala Junction further, deep into the skin of the most memorable role of this phase was Jay Mandal, character he was playing. He didn’t as a police officer in Shakti (1982), in Mohammad Jaffer, make a mark in his earliest movies, but which he is clearly the giant among SnapsIndia collaborating with Nitin Bose in 1946 Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil and Mohammad Shahzad, proved a turning point. He began to Kulbhushan Kharbanda. His brooding Zia Khan, develop the finer nuances of his craft style, however, began to seem dated by Nisha Rani and, in his own words, ‘evolved a the time he did his final films. He long Vaaho Photographers, method’ — a method actor without outlived his two foremost rivals and Vijay Shah - Photo Journalist. training. friends, Raj Kapoor and Anand — CORRESPONDENTS : The Finest actor of his time takes the final Through the 1940s to 1960s, in a newly- bow but at 98, it is time for the finest actor of SACRAMENTO: independent country brimming with his time to take the final bow. Parminder S. Aujla hope but grappling with new challenges, Dilip Kumar played an impressive range (Tribune India) NEW YORK : Chitagam FRESNO: -: GUEST COMMENT :- Tarlochan Singh DALLAS: Harjit Dhesi, Amarjit Dhillon OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS The death of Fr. Swamy LONDON Nirpal Singh Shergill DENIAL OF BAIL TO UNDER-TRIALS MUST COME UP FOR SPL CORRESPONDENT NATIONAL DEBATE DELHI BUREAU CHIEF: Chandan Singh tanislaus Lourduswamy or Father CHANDIGARH: Stan Swamy, a Jesuit priest, was Manjit Sidhu Sborn in Tiruchirappalli, worked in LUDHIANA: Ranchi for the rights of forest dwellers A.S. Arora, and died at the age of 84 in Mumbai as an R.P.Sharma under-trial prisoner, exemplifying the JAIPUR : undying spirit of rebellion against the State power and life-giving kindness for Dr. Yashpaul Goyal Custodial death of Fr. Stan Swamy, a the meek. The National Investigation DALLAS BUREAU CHIEF & VP Parkinson’s patient kept in jail during a Agency (NIA) claimed that he was a raging pandemic and denied bail raises Lovllien Kaurr Maoist and a key conspirator in the serious questions about the right to life and 972-330-3139 Bhima-Koregaon case, but it did not, freedom [email protected] even for a day, seek his custodial should be scrutinized to stop the misuse The Indian Panorama interrogation after it arrested him on of the Unlawful Activities Prevention P.O. Box No. 190067, South October 8, 2020. The NIA just wanted to Act to deny bail to the accused. In Fr. Richmond Hill, NY 11419, keep him in jail. The FIR of the case goes Swamy’s case, the NIA court invoked Tel: 646-247-9458 back to 2018 when the NIA raided Fr. chapters IV and VI of the Act to detain Email: Swamy’s residence first and he was him. These provisions pertaining to [email protected] questioned too, yet he was not arrested terrorist activities and organizations till 2020. Obviously, the NIA did not should not have been used in the case of DISCLAIMER consider him a flight risk. Then, why did a man who never picked up a weapon. it keep a Parkinson’s patient in jail The greatest misfortune of our THE INDIAN PANORAMA ASSUMES during a raging pandemic? criminal justice system is its propensity NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CLAIMS MADE IN ADVERTISEMENTS. Fr. Swamy’s lawyer has sought a to allow the misuse of the judicial WE ONLY SELL SPACE. VIEWS judicial probe into the incarceration of process to punish the accused rather PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER an ailing man leading to his death; and than awaiting verdicts dependent on ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS AND the least that the Bombay High Court evidentiary merit — be they enemies of DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE can do now is to order one. After all, it the State or the moneyed. Fr. Swamy’s VIEWS OF THE NEWSPAPER. ALL failed in assessing the need for interim death should trigger a national debate on RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. bail to Fr. Swamy when it agreed to shift the denial of bail to under-trials. Let his REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IN the priest to a hospital of his choice. The suffering not go in vain. WRITING FROM THE INDIAN conduct of the NIA and jail authorities, (Tribune India) PANORAMA IS PROHIBITED. which denied him a sipper to drink, THE INDIAN PANORAMA NY/NJ/CT FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 03

Garcia, who campaigned as a government-savvy fixer and who had 49.5 percent of votes in the BOE’s most recent Eric Adams Wins Democratic Nomination for preliminary count, addressed supporters at a press conference in Manhattan Wednesday, where she NYC Mayor; Garcia and Wiley Concede congratulated Adams but noted that his win was “only by a razor-thin margin.” “For 400 years, no woman has held the top seat at City Hall. This campaign has come closer than any other moment in history to breaking that glass ceiling,” Garcia said in her speech, in which she urged other women to run to elected office. “We cracked the hell out of it, and it’s ready to be broken.” Maya Wiley, a former de Blasio administration lawyer who positioned herself as the more progressive Democratic candidate in the race after Dianne Morales’ left-leaning campaign was consumed by staff complaints about working conditions, also conceded the race during a press event outside the Lucerne Hotel in Manhattan, which has been the scene of a bitter fight over where and how the city should house New Yorkers experiencing homelessness. The three top contenders: Eric Adams, Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley “Though the City has continued its inhumane policy of NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The city’s Board of Elections race. BOE officials said Tuesday that 942 ballots are eligible moving men out of hotels back into congregate shelters, released updated preliminary numbers Tuesday, July 6, — to cure—a chance for voters who filled out their ballot they aren’t giving up their fight. And neither will I,” Wiley now counting absentee ballots—which show the Brooklyn incorrectly to fix and resubmit them—and are due back by said in a statement following her concession speech. “I Borough President leading over former Sanitation July 14, at which points election results will be certified and didn’t run for Mayor because I wanted to be a politician and Commissioner Kathryn Garcia with 50.5 percent of votes an official winner declared. sit at a big desk. I ran because I have a mission—a mission after eight elimination rounds of Ranked Choice Voting. “While there are still some very small amounts of votes to make the City we love more fair, more just and more It may be mentioned here that The Indian Panorama was to be counted, the results are clear: an historic, diverse, five- affordable.” In an earlier statement, Wiley—who after among the first to endorse Eric Adams. borough coalition led by working-class New Yorkers has led Tuesday’s updated preliminary count trailed Garcia by The city’s Board of Elections released an updated us to victory in the Democratic primary for Mayor of New 12,367 votes in the seventh round of Ranked Choice Voting preliminary vote count Tuesday, July 6, in the city’s York City,”Adams said in a statement Tuesday night. “Now before being eliminated in the eight—criticized the BOE’s primary election, showing Brooklyn Borough President we must focus on winning in November so that we can handling of the initial primary count. Eric Adams leading over former Sanitation Commissioner deliver on the promise of this great city for those who are “It would be an understatement to express dismay at the Kathryn Garcia with 50.5 percent of votes after eight struggling, who are underserved, and who are committed BOE’s administration of this election,” Wiley said in a elimination rounds of Ranked Choice Voting. Garcia and to a safe, fair, affordable future for all New Yorkers.” statement, referring to last week’s bungle when the board Maya Wiley,who placed second and third respectively,both Adams is expected to face off in the November general released its first batch of preliminary ranked choice conceded to Adams on Wednesday. election against Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, the primary votes, only to retract them hours later, saying The new tally, which included absentee ballots, put presumed Republican primary winner, who had 68.1 they’d mistakenly included some 135,000 test ballots in the Adams ahead by 8,426 ballots over Garcia. While official percent of his party’s votes in Tuesday’s preliminary initial tally. election results won’t be certified for another few days, count, beating out rival Fernando Mateo. Democratic State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Adams’ lead was enough to prompt the Associated Press to voters greatly outnumber Republicans in New York City, has pledged to hold hearings in the coming weeks to declare him the winner and Democratic mayoral nominee. meaning Sliwa will face an uphill battle in the race for City explore how to reform the beleaguered agency. Some affidavit and cured ballots still need to be tallied, Hall this fall. Should Adams win as many anticipate, he’ll (Source: CityLimits) but likely not enough to shift the outcome of the primary become the second Black mayor in the city’s history. SAI Temple Baldwin Celebrates 20 years I.S. SALUJA BALDWIN, NY (TIP): Sai Temple, Baldwin celebrated 20th anniversary July 4. Consul General of India at New York, Randhir Kumar Jaiswal was the chief guest. He was accompanied by his wife Dr. Abha Jaiswal. Dr. Gaddam Reddy, Chairman, Hindu Temple was the guest of honor. He was accompanied by Mrs. Reddy. On the occasion, special prayers were offered. An 8-page supplement on the institution was also released. In his brief address, Consul General spoke of the huge following of Sai Baba. He took out of his pocket a memento Consul General Randhir Kumar Jaiswal speaks. Seen in the picture, from L to R: Kamlesh Mehta, Publisher of The south from Shirdi Sai Baba while telling the gathering that he Asian Times, Dr. Abha Jaiswal, Consul General, Dr. himself has great faith in Sai Baba who recommended Dattatreyudu Nori and Dr. Subhadra Nori simple living and having patience and faith in Sai Baba. Mr. Jaiswal commended the services of Dr. and community services. Nori Foundation has established Dattatreyudu Nori and his wife Dr. Subhadra Nori, and SAI Temple in Baldwin Sai Mandir in Baldwin, New York in the year 2002. To fulfill wished them all success with their projects to come. the requests made by several Sai Baba devotees, Sai Dr. and Mrs. Nori honored the Consul General and his Mandir USA Hicksville NY was started in 2020 wife. The guest of honor Dr Reddy and Mrs. Reddy too Since their inception, both the centers have been serving were honored, as were some more for their association the community and standing as a source of inspiration with and services to the temple. and tranquility and peace to all the Sai devotees. The Earlier, Dr. Nori spoke at length about the setting up of places have evolved into a sacred Shirdi for the USA East the Sai temple at Baldwin 20 years ago. He said since then Coast region and facilitate worship services similar to that 2 more Sai temples have been added. One in New Jersey in Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir in Shirdi, India. The main and another, recently,in Hicksville. A short video was also objective is to promote the gist of his teachings and screened. philosophy of Sai Baba, Shraddha (devotion) and Saburi ABOUT NORI FOUNDATION : Nori Foundation USA (patience). Inc. was started by Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori and his wife Dr. Nori Foundation Inc, in addition to community service, Subhadra Nori in the year 1998, as a modest gesture in also promotes harmony among all cultures, promotes memory of his parents, Late Sri. Satyanarayana Nori and human values and provides sanctum for everyone. Nori Late Smt. Kanaka Durgamba Nori. The charitable trust Foundation stands as a model on how to accomplish serves the needy in the fields of medical relief, education, collectively and with integrity. Inner view of the temple with devotees in prayers THE INDIAN PANORAMA TRIBUTE FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 04

DILIP KUMAR (1922-2021) Dilip Kumar, movie icon and acting institution, passes away at 98 Murtaza Ali Khan Bollywood’s tragedy king Dilip Kumar breathed his last on Wednesday, July 7, at inema legend Dilip Kumar has Mumbai’s PD Hinduja Hospital. The 98-year-old actor passed away due to various age- passed away at the age of 98, related ailments. The multiple-award-winning actor’s career spanned over more than five Dilip Kumar only Cfollowing prolonged illness. He is survived by his wife, actor Saira Banu. decades and during the golden era of Hindi cinema, Dilip Kumar charmed millions of Indian actor to Immediately after the news broke out hearts with his performance in more than 65 films. He was also popularly known as the on Wednesday , July 7, morning, heartfelt First Khan of Bollywood. Born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan in Peshawar, Pakistan, he began tributes from all across the globe started receive highest pouring in, as Chief his acting career with the screen name, Dilip Kumar. Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced a Pak honor state funeral for the Bollywood legend. Born Mohammed Yusuf Khan in 1922 ilip Kumar’s ancestral home, in Peshawar, now in Pakistan, he became where he was born and spent his known to the world by the screen name of Dearly days, recently made it to the Dilip Kumar once he joined the Hindi film news, for the Pakistani Government industry in the 1940s.The original king of wished to buy it and turn it into a tragedy who's revered the world over for museum, along with Raj Kapoor’s his iconic screen performances in films ancestral property. such as Devdas (1955), Naya Daur (1957), The house, located in the Qissa Mughal-e-Azam (1960), Ganga Jamuna Khawani Bazaar of Peshawar, Khyber (1961), Ram Aur Shayam (1967), Sagina Pakhtunkhwa, is more than 100 years Mahato (1970), Kranti (1981), Shakti (1982), old, and has been declared a national Karma (1986), and Saudagar (1991) was heritage of Pakistan. Raj Kapoor was laid to rest at the Juhu Qabrastan in not only Dilip Kumar’s contemporary. Santacruz Mumbai. Dilip Sahab was Their association goes back to living in draped in the tricolor, given a gun salute neigbouring “havelis”, being after which band of police personnel paid schoolmates and studying in the same him their tribute. The funeral was college (Khalsa College). And, evidently, completed with COVID restrictions in it was Raj Kapoor who first told Dilip place as only family and close friends that he could be a star. were allowed to attend it. Bollywood When Dilip’s father, Lala Ghulam megastar Amitabh Bachchan was among Sarwar Khan, came to know of his the few B-town celebs who attended the career switch from fruit trader to film funeral. actor, Raj, as a true friend, came to his There was a time when young people rescue and made his father, Prithviraj hailing from good families couldn't dream Kapoor, reason with him. of taking up acting as a profession. For, The only Indian actor to receive the profession was looked down upon. Pakistan’s highest civilian award, But, Dilip Sahab not only brought dignity Nishan-e-Imtiaz in 1998, Dilip Kumar to the profession but also inspired was later pressurised to return the numerous young men and women to honour during the 1999 Kargil war by follow his footsteps and become legendary then coalition government of Shiv Sena figures in their own right. He was a in Maharashtra. method actor long before the movie stars He had thought that the protests in the West even knew what it actually outside his house would die down soon, meant to be a method actor. In fact, he was but when they didn’t, he met then so deeply involved into his roles that he Prime Minister , had to consult a psychologist who advised who intervened. him to avoid doing serious roles to keep “There’s no doubt about Dilip’s his sanity intact. That's precisely why he patriotism and commitment to the had to turn down Pyaasa (1957). nation. He has proved that time and But, he was able to soon turn the tide by girl and quite open minded. But on one institution that has continued to inspire again during his film career. He has successfully playing rather light hearted rainy night he gets enticed by a generations of artists. His death truly received the award at an individual characters which allowed him to further milkwoman's beauty and is unable to stop marks the end of an era. For, there will level. It’s his will to keep it or return it. diversify himself as a performer. He himself from raping her. Try and imagine never be another Dilip Kumar. To quote No one can pressurise him,” Vajpayee famously turned down David Lean's offer Dilip Kumar, a heartthrob of the nation, Amitabh Bachchan: "An epic era has had said. to play Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia in a newly independent India of the early drawn curtains... Never to happen again." It was revealed later that in a letter (1962) in order to focus on his work in 1950s, raping a girl on the silver screen. Of that Dilip Kumar wrote to arrange a Hindi cinema. A truly consummate actor, course, the act of rape isn't shown but (Murtaza Ali meeting with Vajpayee, he mentioned Dilip Kumar took on Amitabh Bachchan merely implied symbolically via the Khan is an that if returning the award was in the at the height of his fame in 'Shakti' and shattering of the window pane. Indian Film & best interests of the nation, he would yet again came out supreme, winning the Now, any other actor in his place would TV Critic / gladly do so. Filmfare Award for Best Actor in 1983. He have refused to do the scene. It was really Journalist who Former Foreign Minister of subsequently went on to play pivotal roles too much for the '50s but Dilip Kumar has been Pakistan, Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri in films like Mashaal (1984), Karma (1986), seldom backed down from challenges. He covering the described Dilip as the “one who could and Saudagar (1991). The 1998 film Qila went ahead with it once he was convinced world of bring India and Pakistan together” in was his last film. that the story demanded it. Moreover, entertainment his book titled “Neither a Hawk nor a As a performer, Dilip Sahab was always there would be repercussions for for over 10 years. Dove”. ahead of his time and never backed down Amarnath which would ensure that the He tweets at Dilip’s picture greeting Abdul from new challenges. In the 1954 film scene isn't misinterpreted by the @MurtazaCritic Ghaffar Khan, the independence titled 'Amar', he played the central audiences. Clearly,even as early as the '40s and can be mailed at: activist, advocate of Hindu-Muslim character of a lawyer named Amarnath and '50s, Dilip Sahab was a trailblazer who [email protected]. His unity,who was against partition, on his who is known for his sense of justice. was constantly pushing the boundaries of video essays / commentaries can be visit to India at Meenambakkam Now, as per his father's wish Amarnath acting and setting up new standards with watched on his YouTube Channel at: Airport, Chennai, bears witness of him agrees to marry Anju (essayed by each new performance. By the '70s, he https://www.youtube.com/c/murtaza19al being the figure of peace throughout Madhubala) who is a Western educated attained the stature of an acting ikhan). his life. Source: TNS THE INDIAN PANORAMA TRIBUTE FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 05 How Yusuf Khan became Dilip Kumar

egend, thespian, tragedy king, god of but asked her whether it was really acting… Dilip Kumar was given necessary,”Kumar says in the book. Lseveral monikers in his illustrious “She gave her sweet smile and told me career but how he acquired his screen that it would be prudent to do so. She added name is a story unto itself. that it was after considerable thought that He was born Mohammed Yusuf Khan she came to the conclusion of giving me a but Devika Rani, who was head of the screen name.” Bombay Talkies where he joined as an Rani told Kumar that she foresaw a long actor, wasn’t too happy with the name. and successful career for him in films and Dilip Kumar, she thought, would be in tune it made good sense to have a screen identity with his “romantic image” which he was that would “stand up by itself and have a bound to acquire and would also have a secular appeal”. “secular appeal”. Kumar was quick to appreciate her And so Dilip Kumar it was. Kumar, who concern, but added that he needed to think died at the age of 98, narrates in detail about it a bit. how he went from being Yusuf Khan to She responded, “Fine… come back to me Dilip Kumar in his autobiography “The with your thoughts. Substance and the Shadow”. “One “We are now ready to begin preparations morning, as I entered the studio I was for your debut. So we must hurry up.” given the message that Devika Rani The actor recalls spending the rest of the wanted to see me in her office. I wondered day, going about his routine, but with the what it could be. I was certain it couldn’t be name ‘Dilip Kumar’ ringing in his mind”s for expressing any displeasure because The trio: Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor inner recesses. she was always courteous and pleasant S. Mukherjee, who was effectively the whenever she met me and enquired how I second in command at Bombay Talkies was doing. So what could it be?” Kumar after Devika Rani, noticed that the actor writes. When he walked into Rani’s office, was rather contemplative that afternoon. she was seated at her desk, smiled warmly After lunch, when work started on the and asked him to sit down. shooting stage, Mukherjee asked him if Devika Rani began the conversation there was something disturbing him and if with the usual courtesy of asking him he could share with him. whether he would care for some tea made “I told S. Mukherjee Sahab about the specially for her from leaves she had suggestion that had come from Devika purchased from an English store in the Rani. He reflected for a second and, looking city,he recounts in great detail. me straight in the eye, said: ”I think she has According to the autobiography, she a point. It will be in your interest to take the soon came to the point and said quite name she has suggested for the screen. It is matter-of-factly, “Yusuf, I was thinking a very nice name, though I will always about your launch soon as an actor and I know you by the name Yusuf like all your felt it would not be a bad idea if you brothers and sisters and your parents,” adopted a screen name”. says Kumar in the autobiography. “You know, a name you would be known Kumar said he was touched by what by and which will be very appropriate for Mukherjee said and it was a validation that your audience to relate to and one that will cleared his thoughts then and there. be in tune with the romantic image you are Dilip Kumar with wife Saira Banu The rest as they say is history. Dilip bound to acquire through your screen Kumar went on to debut with Jwar Bhata presence. I thought Dilip Kumar was a nice mind when she was thinking about a “I was speechless for a moment, being in 1944, becoming one of the biggest names name,” she is quoted as saying. She told suitable name for him.“How does it sound totally unprepared for the new identity she in Indian cinema history. him the name just “popped up” in her to you?” she asked. was proposing to me. I said it sounded nice Source: PTI

1944-1960 score big. He then moved on to playing Illustrious films of the legend only quality roles in films such as Shakti (1982), Vidhaata (1982), Mashaal (1984) 1970-1980 and Karma (1986)- all of which were hits. 1990-2000

Dilip Kumar's first film, Jwar Bhata (1944) went largely unnoticed; three In 1960, the historical film Mughal-e- years later, Jugnu was his first major Azam, where he played the role of Salim box- office hit. Several hits followed: became a blockbuster, and up until 2008, The ‘70s wasn’t a particularly good Mela (1948), Andaz (1949), Deedar (1951). it was the second highest grossing film in time for Kumar with several new and After PC Barua, he was the second actor the history of Bollywood. In Ganga young actors entering the film industry. to play the role of Devdas in the 1955 Jamuna (1961), his first and only His career was at an all time low. He tried With Saudagar (1991), Kumar, film, an adaptation of a Saratchandra production, for the first time Kumar and his hand at experimenting with his roles alongside veteran actor Raj Kumar Chattopadhyay novella. The 50s anointed his brother appeared in films such as Dastaan (1970) and delivered a hit film at the box-office. At Kumar as the ‘Tragedy King’ of together and played the title roles. (1976), even playing a triple role, that time, both actors were reportedly Bollywood, the only superstar who Kumar, in fact was also one of the few but neither film did well. From 1976 to not on good terms with each other. Two excelled in this form at the time of Raj actors of that time to have been offered 1981, he decided to take a hiatus from years later, Kumar won his first Lifetime Kapoor and Dev Anand. The tragic roles, an international project: he was offered acting. Achievement Award after having however, took their toll. On the the role of Sherif Ali by British director completed almost 50 years in the suggestion of his psychiatrist, Kumar David Lean for the film Lawrence of 1980-1990 industry. In 1996, Kumar wanted to try decided to do light-hearted roles. And he Arabia (1962). Kumar, however, declined After five years, in 1981, Kumar his hand at direction with the film, did just that with films like Aan (1952), rejected the offer. In 1967 with Ram Aur returned to the big screen with the Kalinga. Unfortunately, the film was Azaad (1955) and Kohinoor (1960). Shyam, Kumar for the first time played a superhit, Kranti, proving once again that shelved. Kumar made his last film double role. It was a major hit. a superstar of his caliber would always appearance in the movie Qila (1998). 1960-1970 THE INDIAN PANORAMA INDIANS ABROAD FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 06 Indian man wins top prize in govt-initiated competition for migrant workers He performed a sequence of Silambam - a traditional martial art form practiced in India since the 4th century BC

SINGAPORE (TIP): An Indian man in Singapore dance form known as the Karagattam in costume won has won the top prize in a government-initiated him SGD 500 (USD 372). competition for migrant workers for choreographing The winner of the third position - with prize money and performing a sequence of Silambam - a traditional of SGD 300 (USD 223) - was Saran Raj, an assistant martial art form practiced in India since the 4th supervisor with a cleaning company who submitted a century BC. video of himself singing. Ganesan Sandhirakasan, 33, who hails from Tamil Ganesan said he was “happy and excited” to win the Nadu, secured first place with the most number of first position. He plans to keep half of the prize money likes and views for his video on the @sg4mw (SG 4 for his use and donate the other half to a foundation in Migrant Workers) TikTok account, beating 19 other his hometown in Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu to shortlisted individuals. He took home the prize money provide at least 500 meals for the elderly. of SGD 1,000 (USD 743). Ganesan said he hopes the money will help The series was made for migrant workers in individuals who are facing “challenging times” due to Singapore and the final episode was aired on Monday Ganesan Sandhirakasan in Singapore has won the top prize in the COVID-19 pandemic. a government-initiated competition for migrant workers. 'Chill night. Pannu Maappi' Talent - Photo /Ganesan-YouTube screen grab The reception for the show and the competition The competition is part of the Tamil variety series segment has been "pretty good" so far, Vikneshwaran Chill Pannu Maappi!, commissioned by the Ministry of choreographed (a demonstration of) the Indian martial said, adding that both migrant workers and Communication and Information and produced by art Silambam," the Channel New Asia quoted Ganesan Singaporeans enjoy the series. Cosmic Ultima Pictures for migrant workers. as saying. "They seem to love the idea of being able to connect Migrant workers were invited to send in video Ganesan said he submitted his video with the with familiar faces that they know from back home. submissions of their talents and the show received intention of making the martial art form known to They enjoy the dance, the songs, their favorite so far more than 600 entries, said executive producer of the more people, and to encourage others to keep fit. has been the stand-up comedy segment, which features show S.S. Vikneshwaran. "It takes concentration, fitness, and practice to some sensational comedians from Tamil Nadu," he Ganeansan started practicing martial arts at the age perform a continuous sequence of Silambam. Learners said. of 12 and won a silver medal for India at the first benefit from both physical, health and mental health," The competition saw submissions including those of Silambam World Championship in 2010. he added. singing, dancing, playing instruments, said Soffy "(I decided to take part) after seeing the Ganesan has been living in Singapore for the past Hariyanti, director of the Ministry's campaigns and advertisement (for the competition) on the website. My seven years, and teaching Taekwondo here for the past production department. workplace was closed during the COVID period," he five years. There were also some unique entries featuring said of the first talent competition held in Singapore. The second place in the competition went to Vignesh martial art forms and folk dances, she added. (Source: "I wanted to use the time on something. Therefore, I Sathish, whose video of him performing a traditional PTI) Indian origin Gupta Brothers of South Indian workers to be brought in Africa on Interpol red notices Singapore on 'small scale' and in a Eight suspects on Interpol notice criminals from another state. 'calibrated manner' are wanted to answer to allegations Interpol has issued a “red notice” against two of the brothers, Atul and that they looted over 25 million Since the coronavirus outbreak, the Rajesh, said the National Prosecuting CMP sectors have been severely rands Authority’s Investigating Directorate head, Hermione Cronje, in a statement affected by restrictions on the on Monday. inflow of migrant workers The move would help the prosecution SINGAPORE (TIP): Migrant workers to bring Atul and Rajesh along with their from India will be brought into elder brother Ajay to South Africa so Singapore on a "small scale" and in a that they stand trial for their alleged role "calibrated manner" this month through in a fraud and money laundering case a pilot programme led by the worth 25-million rand linked to the failed construction, marine and process (CMP) Estina Dairy Farm project in Free State sectors, according to a media report here Photo for representational purpose only province. on Wednesday, July 7. Since the coronavirus outbreak, the Police raid the home of the Gupta family, The wives and several associates of If successful, this method will be used CMP sectors have been severely affected friends of President Jacob Zuma, in the Gupta brothers are also on the to facilitate a steady inflow of migrant by restrictions on the inflow of migrant Johannesburg, South Africa, February 14, Interpol list. workers in a safe and secure manner, workers. 2018. - File photo / Reuters “Interpol has issued red notices The Straits Times reported, quoting a Currently, those who have recent against Atul Gupta and his wife, Chetali; joint statement by the Singapore travel history to Bangladesh, Nepal, JOHANNESBURG (TIP): Two of the Rajesh Gupta and his wife, Arti; Ankit Contractors Association, Association of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India are not three Indian-origin Gupta brothers, who Jain, former Nulane Investment Bank of Singapore Marine Industries and allowed to enter Singapore under fled South Africa with their families Baroda account signatory; Ravindra Association of Process Industry. enhanced border restrictions. amidst investigations into their alleged Nath, director of Wone Management; (as The move comes after zero incidences In May, the Ministry of Manpower looting of billions of rands from state well as) Ramesh Bhat and Jagdish of Covid-19 in the first few batches of stopped accepting new entry and parastatal organizations, are now Parekh, the directors of Pragat workers entering from Malaysia under applications for work pass holders from officially wanted fugitives after Interpol Investments,” the National Prosecuting the pilot project, according to the higher-risk countries or regions due to has issued red notices against them. Authority’s Investigating Directorate statement. Covid-19, except for workers needed in A red notice is an alert to all Interpol head, Hermione Cronje, said on Monday. "We will continue to carry this (the key strategic projects and member states that an individual is a The eight suspects on the Interpol pilot) out on a small scale and in a infrastructural works. wanted fugitive but is not equivalent to notice are wanted in South Africa to calibrated manner to better manage the an arrest warrant. However, it answer to allegations that they looted risks involved and validate the (Read full story at strengthens the case of a country over 25 million rands. (Read full story robustness of the tightened end-to-end www.theindianpanorama.news) negotiating the extradition of wanted at www.theindianpanorama.news) process," the trade bodies said. THE INDIAN PANORAMA INDIANS ABROAD FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 07 INDIAN ORIGIN SIKHS IN Indian American Neha Parikh appointed new SINGAPORE THRILLED AS CEO of crowd-sourced navigation app Waze SINGAPORE PM WEARS TURBAN, GREETS HOUSTON (TIP): Neha Parikh, the different languages and employs over Indian American former president of 500 people, a significant number of AUDIENCE WITH 'SAT SRI the travel website Hotwire, has been which are based out of Israel. AKAL' WHILE appointed as the new CEO of Waze, a “On my first visit to the Carvana crowd-sourced navigation app and a offices, I took a picture of their INAUGURATING subsidiary of tech giant Google. prominently displayed values, one of Neha, 41, a board member of the which is ‘Your next customer may be GURDWARA online used car retailer Carvana, your mom,' which I love,” Parikh said in replaced Noam Bardin, who stepped a statement. down in November as the CEO after Neha Parikh, who joined Waze as the CEO in “Relentless customer focus has been leading the Israeli company for 12 years. late June, is a veteran of online hospitality central to my career, so I'm thrilled to Parikh, who joined Waze as the CEO brand Expedia, and has served in a variety of align with a company that puts their positions at two of the corporation's in late June, is a veteran of online subsidiaries: Hotels.com and as Hotwire's customers first,” she said. hospitality brand Expedia, and has youngest and first female president. Founded in Israel in 2008. Waze served in a variety of positions at two of quickly emerged as a top choice the corporation's subsidiaries: spokesperson of the company. between Uber and Lyft drivers. Google Hotels.com and as Hotwire's youngest Waze currently has over 140 million acquired the company in 2013 for a and first female president. active monthly users in more than 185 reported USD 1.1 billion (110 crore). It The picture top right shows PM Loong "As Neha leads Waze into the future, countries that drive more than 24 billion continued to flourish as Google wearing a white turban and a black mask. she will remain hyper-focused on our miles (40 billion kilometers) every refrained from absorbing it into its passionate community, beloved brand, month. Maps division and allowed it to stay SINGAPORE (TIP): Singapore and best-in-class products,” said a The app can give out directions in 56 independent. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wore a turban and greeted an audience with ‘Sat Sri Akaal' while inaugurating a Gurdwara at Silat Road in Singapore. Indian American Diaspora Saddened at death Parminder Singh, CXO-Mediacorp, shared a clip of the incident on Twitter saying: “Singapore Prime Minister, in detention of Stan Swamy @leehsienloong inaugurated a newly renovated Gurudwara wearing an WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian tested positive for COVID-19. immaculate turban and greeting American diaspora on Tuesday, July 6, "It is a dark day for democracy in everyone with a perfect Sat Sri Akaal!” expressed grief over the death of Father India, and the national leadership and Stan Swamy and described him as a members of the judiciary should hang INDIAN-ORIGIN VETERAN social worker who dedicated his life to their heads in shame," said George ANTI-APARTHEID ACTIVIST serving poor tribals in India. Abraham, vice-chairman of the Indian Eighty-four-year-old Swamy, who was Overseas Congress, in another MANIBEN SITA DIES IN arrested last year under the Unlawful statement. SOUTH AFRICA DUE TO Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in "Father Swamy's detention and connection with the Elgar Parishad treatment in prison that led to his death COVID-19 case, died in detention on Monday, July is a blot on the consciousness of the 5. nation and a travesty of justice," said The Federation of Indian American Eighty-four-year-old Swamy, who was Abraham. Christian Organizations of NA arrested last year under the Unlawful The INOC said it is also time to (FIACONA), in a statement, said he was Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in remember many other human rights a brave man who tirelessly worked to connection with the Elgar Parishad case, died warriors who are still in prison. protect and help tribals in India. in detention on Monday, July 5. "We can only hope the passing of "A simple and an unassuming man, Fr their resources," FIACONA said. Father Stan Swamy may reopen the Swamy stood his ground against a Swamy suffered from Parkinson's mindset of those in power to release system that is bent on exploiting the disease and several other ailments. those on bail while awaiting charges," it Indian-origin South African Veteran anti- poor tribals and their sovereign rights to During his custody, Swamy had also added. apartheid activist Maniben Sita died on Wednesday, July 7 due to Covid-19.

JOHANNESBURG (TIP) Indian- Indian-origin student dies in origin South African Veteran anti- apartheid activist Maniben Sita died road accident in UAE on Wednesday, July 7 due to Covid-19. Maniben, 94, was hospitalized last DUBAI (TIP) A 19-year-old Indian- week in Pretoria after contracting the origin student died after he crashed his virus. Inspired by her father Nana Sita, car into a tree in the UAE, according to a who in turn was influenced by media report on Thursday, July 8. Mahatma Gandhi, Maniben devoted Ibad Ajmal was driving the car when her entire life to fighting apartheid in the accident occurred on Wednesday, all its forms. Maniben was born in 1926 July 7 on Abu Dhabi's Yas Island, local into a family that was actively involved news reported. in political resistance in both her Last month, he flew down to Abu father's native India and then in South Dhabi to spend time with his parents. Africa. Like her father, she was also The family hails from Kannur district of jailed many times in the prisons. Kerala. Nana Sita, who had spent several Photo for representational purpose only “Ibad was alone in the car and must months living with Mahatma Gandhi, have dozed off while driving,” said a Indian School, Ibad was pursuing became a part of his Satyagraha and close family friend after the funeral held aircraft engineering and maintenance continued the resistance even after on Wednesday, July 7 evening. systems at the University of South Wales Gandhi returned to India. A former student of the Abu Dhabi Cardiff campus in the UK. THE INDIAN PANORAMA EDITORIAL FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 08 AS I SEE IT The most flagrant abuse of the UAPA, and constant rejection of bail applications of those accused as a means of silencing opposing voices, Darkness at noon, felled can be seen in the Bhima Koregaon cases, including Fr. Swamy’s case, as well as the cases pertaining to by the judiciary protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), where and communication with other activists in mere thought is elevated to a crime. the field, such as Sudha Bharadwaj and In multiple instances, evidence is BY AJIT PRAKASH Varavara Rao, who were also arrested for similar charges. The authenticity of some untenable, sometimes even SHAH of the allegedly indicting documentation, arguably planted, and generally including a key report, has been weak overall. But as a consequence questioned by international forensic data t has been 81 years since Arthur experts. But the state defended its arrest of UAPA being applied, the accused Koestler’s Darkness at Noon was first arguing that these issues must be gone cannot even get bail. Courts cannot Ipublished. The novel is set in the into only during trial, and that the accused Posterity will blame the judiciary for the go into the merits of the case due incarceration and unfortunate death of Father backdrop of the Great Purge of the late — i.e., Fr. Swamy — should remain in jail to the Supreme Court judgment. 1930s in the Soviet Union under Stalin. until then. Stan Swamy This period was marked by, among other Pointer to judicial decline interpretation of the UAPA has affected all The most flagrant abuse of the UAPA, things, political repression, police downstream decisions involving the and constant rejection of bail applications surveillance, general suspicion of the This is the outcome also of the statute. This decision has created a new of those accused as a means of silencing opposition, imprisonment, and executions. problematic Watali judgment, which I doctrine, which is that effectively, an opposing voices, can be seen in the Bhima Decades on, thousands of miles away, discuss in subsequent paragraphs. accused must remain in custody Koregaon cases, including Fr. Swamy’s darkness fell at noon in India too, when Repeated pleas for medical assistance by throughout the period of the trial, even if case, as well as the cases pertaining to Father Stan Swamy passed away at a Fr. Swamy were consistently ignored or it is eventually proven that the evidence protests against the Citizenship private hospital in Mumbai on July 5. dismissed. Medical reports taken on against the person was inadmissible, and (Amendment) Act (CAA), where mere Ominously reminiscent of the macabre record clearly showed that Fr. Swamy had the accused is finally acquitted. The illogic thought is elevated to a crime. In multiple world Koestler had drawn, Fr. Swamy’s the degenerative Parkinson’s disease, and of this veers on the absurd: Why must an instances, evidence is untenable, death is much more than the death of an could not even do basic tasks, such as accused remain in jail only to be sometimes even arguably planted, and activist accused of terrorist activities. It is holding a spoon, writing, walking or eventually acquitted? generally weak overall. But as a the result of a systemic abuse of bathing. Indeed, the court noted that he According to the decision, in consequence of UAPA being applied, the majoritarian authority and disregard for had a severe hearing problem, and was considering bail applications under the accused cannot even get bail. Courts the rule of law. physically very weak. But even that did not UAPA, courts must presume every cannot go into the merits of the case due to His life in a nutshell move them. Every regular bail application allegation made in the First Information the Supreme Court judgment. that was filed by his lawyers was Report to be correct. Further, bail can now An issue for the judiciary For many, Fr. Swamy will be unequivocally rejected. When he applied be obtained only if the accused produces remembered as an inspiration. A Jesuit for medical bail, the court kept adjourning material to contradict the prosecution. In When courts do go into such matters, as priest, he chose to make the upliftment of the matter, and merely offered him the other words, the burden rests on the in the instance of the Delhi High Court marginalized communities in Jharkhand services of a private hospital. In my accused to disprove the allegations, which granting bail to three young activists his life’s work. He lived and worked in a opinion, this demonstrates a lack of is virtually impossible in most cases. The accused in a conspiracy relating to the 2020 single room, prolifically writing (over 70 sensitivity on the part of the judges, which decision has essentially excluded the riots in Delhi, the Supreme Court books are credited to him) on dispossessed is deeply saddening. admissibility of evidence at the stage of uncharacteristically decides to weigh in. people. He was an activist for most of his The series of events that led to Fr. bail. By doing so, it has effectively The Supreme Court reportedly expressed life, and used the legal system to fight for Swamy’s eventual and tragic passing is excluded the Evidence Act itself, which “surprise” and dissatisfaction at the High the rights of those who were being testimony to the judicial decline that we arguably makes the decision Court’s decision, giving the direction that unfairly targeted, and thought that the have seen in recent years, which unconstitutional. Bail hearings under the the decision will “not to be treated as Constitution would help in securing coincidentally or not, appears to be UAPA are now nothing more than mere precedent by any court” to give similar justice, even moving the Jharkhand High coterminous with the current political farce. With such high barriers of proof, it reliefs. Specifically, the Supreme Court Court in a public interest litigation on regime in India. is now impossible for an accused to obtain reportedly said that “in a bail application, undertrials. When doing all of this, surely, Why is the political establishment, and bail, and is in fact a convenient tool to put a 100-page judgment discussing all laws is he would never have imagined that his fate the police, so emboldened to pursue cases a person behind bars indefinitely. It is surprising us”, perhaps forgetting that the would be decided by the very system he under UAPA against individuals like Fr. nothing short of a nightmare come true case that started it all, i.e., the Watali used and believed in. Swamy? A key reason, undoubtedly, is the for arrestees. judgment of the Supreme Court, was itself It started in August 2018, when the Pune weak judiciary we have today. Indeed, our This is being abused by the government, a judgment in a bail matter! This seems to police raided Fr. Swamy’s single-room judiciary today suffers from a great many police and prosecution liberally: now, all imply that only the Supreme Court can home, seized his computer, cell phone, flaws besides mere weakness. In Fr. dissenters are routinely implicated under hold forth on matters of statutory books and some classical music cassettes. Swamy’s case, the judges displayed apathy (wild and improbable) charges of sedition interpretation, and that High Courts — Another raid took place in June 2019. of a shocking order. It is perplexing when, or criminal conspiracy and under the which are constitutional courts in their Finally, on October 8, 2020, Fr. Swamy was on the one hand, the Chief Justice of India UAPA. Due to the Supreme Court own right — may not? By extension, if arrested by the National Investigation grandiloquently states that personal judgment, High Courts have their hands statutes ought not to be examined at all by Agency (NIA), under the Unlawful liberties and fundamental rights must be tied, and must perforce refuse bail, as High Courts, does this mean that Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the protected, and courts do precisely the disproving the case is virtually impossible. individual arrestees must languish in jail 16th to join a roster of professors, activists, opposite. As a result of this decision, for instance, a till, say, the constitutional validity of the writers, and public intellectuals, as a A weakened central principle High Court judge can no longer really statutes under which they are arrested are suspect in the Bhima-Koregaon case. Fr. adjudicate and assess the evidence in a decided? Surely, this would be completely Swamy,aged over 80, remained an accused, It would not be too bold to suggest that case. All cases must now follow this irrational. in the custody of the state, till his death. the idea of the “presumption of straitjacketed formula of refusing bail. Posterity will blame the judiciary for the Besides being arrested for what many innocence” — a central principle of The effect is nearly identical to the incarceration and unfortunate death of Fr. believe to be improbable causes, and being criminal law and procedure — is on a draconian preventive detention laws that Swamy, and the continued imprisonment possibly the oldest person ever accused of terribly weak footing these days in our existed during the Emergency, where of so many others like him. But voices will terrorism in India, the most tragic story is country, and this should worry all of us courts deprived people access to judicial continue to rise in protest. As Fr. Swamy how his detention was handled by the greatly. remedy.If we want to prevent the disasters himself said, though, “we will still sing in state, by the police and worst of all, by the The source of this worry is the Supreme of that era, this decision must be urgently the chorus. A caged bird can still sing.” courts. Court of India itself. Its April 2019 decision reversed or diluted, otherwise we run the (The author is Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Fr. Swamy was arrested on flimsy in National Investigation Agency vs risk of personal liberties being Court and Former Chairperson, Law Commission evidence of some propaganda material Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali on the compromised very easily. of India) THE INDIAN PANORAMA PERSPECTIVE FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 09 Troubling prospects in Afghanistan BY RAKESH SOOD As the reality of the U.S. withdrawal takes hold, the future will depend on Taliban-Kabul dynamics and Pakistan’s role ast week, on Friday,the United States handed over the Bagram airbase to In coming months, as L the Afghan authorities, marking a uncertainties mount, there symbolic end to its military presence, as U.S. forces complete their withdrawal will be increasing Taliban well ahead of the September 11 deadline, announced by American President Joe presence in the countryside Biden on April 14. A familiar air of as the Kabul government uncertainty surrounds Kabul as the Afghans ponder over the future of their concentrates on ensuring land, ravaged by conflict for nearly 50 security in urban areas and years. Afghanistan’s immediate neighbors are now faced with a new of the road networks. The challenge — how to persuade the Taliban Taliban military strategy has against overplaying their military hand? A costly misadventure been to target districts that enable them to surround Could anyone have predicted when the U.S. commenced its military provincial capitals. intervention in Afghanistan in October 2001 that it would get embroiled in an network is active in Khost and Paktika, endless war for 20 years and to exit safely, and the IS-K in Nangarhar, Kunar and it would have to negotiate with the President Biden on July 8 announced that the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will end on Laghman. Further south, the Taliban Taliban, the same entity that it went in to August 31, nearly 20 years after it began. control large parts of Kandahar, punish? counterinsurgency, shades of Vietnam options but the Taliban are still pushing Helmand and Farah (bordering Iran). It has been a costly lesson. The war began to emerge. To Hamid Karzai’s ahead militarily. As the reality of the U.S. withdrawal effort has cost $980 billion, over 2,400 U.S. credit, he saw the writing on the wall From less than a fifth, today, over a takes hold, how events unfold by end-2021 soldiers (plus 1,144 allied troops) and 388 when he protested about the night-raids third of Afghanistan’s over 400 districts depends on three factors. First, have the private military contractors have lost and warned the Americans “to either are under Taliban control. The day after Taliban changed their ideological colors? their lives. It also spent $143 billion on take the fight to the safe havens and the exit from Bagram, 13 districts, in The U.S. in recent years, and Pakistan for reconstruction; about $90 billion went for sanctuaries across the Durand Line or Badakhshan, Takhar, Paktia and much longer, have been pushing this line the Afghan army, police and other make peace with the Taliban” but it only Kandahar fell to the Taliban, adding to but the Taliban leadership have given no security forces, $36 billion for soured his relations with the U.S. the 50 that have fallen since May.In many clues about it. Related to this is the governance and economic development Eventually, U.S. President Barack cases, the locals manning the security question of Taliban unity. Distances activities (the rest of the international Obama diluted the objective to posts and checkpoints have just have grown between the Quetta shura, community contributed an equivalent “preventing Afghanistan from becoming surrendered. From villages and towns, the Doha negotiators and the fighters amount) and the balance on counter- a safe haven for global terrorism”. He there is already a move towards the who want to guard their individual narcotics and humanitarian relief oversaw a successful operation to cities. Intra-Afghan talks in Doha have preserves. This works as long as works. eliminate Osama bin Laden in 2011, been in limbo for months. everyone is pursuing the military option, Yet, the real price has been paid by the implemented an unsuccessful military Questions about the future but when it comes to power sharing, who Afghans. The 20-year war has claimed surge concluding with an end to combat calls the shots? Or, does it lead to no the lives of nearly 50,000 Afghan operations in end-2014 and Taliban Gen. Austin S. Miller, the U.S. power sharing? civilians and nearly 70,000 Afghan opened the Doha office in 2013. commander in Afghanistan, indicated in Second, can the Kabul regime present security forces (a majority during the U.S. President Donald Trump saw a recent press conference, “Civil war is a unified front? If the leaders in Kabul last seven years); add to it another 60,000 himself as a dealmaker and in 2018, certainly a path that can be visualized if and the government continue sniping at Afghan Taliban, and the scale of the initiated direct negotiations with the it continues on this trajectory.” Dr. each other, it will adversely impact the Afghan human loss becomes evident. Taliban. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the integrity of the chain of command of the There have been gains too. In 2001, (U.S. Special Representative for High Council for National Afghan security forces. If opportunistic there were 9,00,000 boys in school. Today, Afghanistan Reconciliation) began by Reconciliation, warned on June 30, “The leaders are tempted to strike their own eight million children attend school and a setting out four elements — a ceasefire, truth is, today the survival, security and deals with the Taliban, it will only third are girls. Literacy is up from 12% in cutting ties with al Qaeda and other unity of Afghanistan is in danger....” hasten the collapse, and even western 2002 to 35%; life expectancy from 40 to 63 terrorist groups, intra-Afghan peace Ironically, the most vocal critics of the funding will dry up. years. Urbanization is 26% and 70% of talks, and a withdrawal of all foreign U.S. overstaying in Afghanistan and The Pakistan factor the population watch TV. From 320 miles military forces, declaring that “nothing hinting that the U.S. would never leave of paved roads in 2002, today,tarred roads is agreed till everything is agreed”. are the ones now blaming the U.S. for a Finally, is Pakistan still seeking cover 10,000 miles. Infant mortality rates Within months, the Taliban had whittled hasty and irresponsible withdrawal. strategic depth in Afghanistan or has it are down from 20% by over half. With a down the U.S. demands till it got what it In coming months, as uncertainties realized that a Taliban-dominated Kabul median age of 18.5 years, a majority of wanted — a withdrawal timeline not mount, there will be increasing Taliban will be a magnet for its own home-grown Afghans have grown up in a post-Taliban linked to the other factors. In addition, presence in the countryside as the Kabul extremists as well as those from the era. Today, they bear the brunt of 130 the Taliban managed to get the U.S. to government concentrates on ensuring neighborhood? Can it persuade the daily Taliban/IS Khorasan (IS-K) attacks, push the Kabul government to release security in urban areas and of the road Taliban that its legitimacy will be at risk the highest since the U.S. ended combat over 5,000 Taliban cadres in custody. In networks. The Taliban military strategy unless it shares power? Pakistan’s operations in end-2014. Tomorrow, even short, the U.S. ended up legitimizing the has been to target districts that enable influence will weaken once the Rehbari these limited gains are at risk. Taliban at the expense of the them to surround provincial capitals. Shura decides to move back from Quetta Taliban gains legitimacy government in Kabul that they had The clutch in the northeast including to Afghanistan. worked to create and support. Badakhshan, Takhar, Kunduz and History tells us that in Afghanistan, For U.S. President Bush, the objective U.S. President Joe Biden was no Baghlan enable them to control the there have only been winners and losers, was “to build a stable, strong, effectively stranger to the Afghan dossier. He was Afghanistan–Tajikistan border and the seldom any lasting compromises. governed Afghanistan that won’t convinced that the U.S. had to exit from Wakhan corridor that links to China. In (The author is a former diplomat and degenerate into chaos”. As the U.S. its quagmire of “forever wars”. The U.S. the east, they exert control in Ghazni, presently, Distinguished Fellow at the shifted from counterterrorism to may have decided that it had no military Zabul and Paktia while the Haqqani Observer Research Foundation) THE INDIAN PANORAMA OPINION FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 10

BJP does balancing act to BY RADHIKA check dissidence RAMASESHAN

“BARRING STRAY THE TENSION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, THE CORE ADHERING TO THE RSS’S TEAM REMAINED IDEOLOGY AND EXECUTING ITS DIVISIVE AGENDA AND UNQUESTIONINGLY MAINTAINING THE POWER LOYAL TO THE BJP BALANCE AMONG A THROUGH THICK AND MOTLEY GROUP OF NEW THIN. BUT THE BJP’S INDUCTEES IS ONE ASPECT RECENT ENLARGEMENT OF THE NEW BJP. of RSS provenance, AND THE INDUCTION OF was up against intra-party dissensions led by seven legislators, all from the DEFECTORS FROM THE Congress and the Trinamool Congress CONGRESS AND (TMC). Before the elections, the BJP lacked a viable functioning organization REGIONAL PARTIES and candidates. However, realizing the groundswell of anger against the Left Front government, the BJP pressed its ETCHED THEIR OWN Tightrope walk: The BJP has been able to manage contradictions despite its expansion. traditional attributes, like campaigning FAULT LINES. ADDED TO Photo / PTI and propaganda dissemination, to versions of nationalism and Hinduism. were law unto themselves in the years advantage and channelized popular THIS TREND IS THE Power carries a price tag despite when the nucleus was less strong. disenchantment into an offensive generously rewarding the BJP. The cost A recent manifestation of the post-2014 against the former CM, Manik Sarkar. OVER-CENTRALIZATION entailed in maintaining and retaining features was in the leadership The Congress and the TMC were defectors from the other parties — changeover in Uttarakhand, seven ineffective counters. Seeing the wind OF AUTHORITY IN variously labelled as imports, turncoats, months before the assembly elections. blow in the BJP’s favor, their leaders and IDENTIFIABLE POWER opportunists and weathervanes — is The BJP anointed its third chief rank-and-file switched allegiance and enormous. These are men and women minister in four years. The first, filled in the human resources vacuum. CENTERS ENSCONCED who did not enter the BJP to embrace its , went out on However, under Deb, the trust deficit ideology and imbibe the RSS’s bible. account of his ‘unpopular’ decisions, one between the originals and the outlanders IN DELHI WHICH RIDE Their entry was a derivative of the of which upset the powerful Hindu never closed. They were mutually party’s rise to a pole position where it clergy. His successor, Tirath Singh suspicious to the extent that Sudip Roy ROUGHSHOD OVER THE held out the promise of a supreme patron Rawat, a MP, had to quit Burman, a former Congressman who handing out the loaves and fishes of ostensibly because he could not meet the became a minister, was dropped for REGIONS AND THE power in much the way the Congress did deadline set for his election to the allegedly “conspiring” against the CM. in the decades gone by. There are two legislature. The view from inside the BJP In , when the BJP PROVINCIAL SATRAPS significant differences: the BJP was was that the leadership was afraid for candidate was convincingly defeated by birthed by an ideologically motivated Rawat to contest a by poll in case he lost. the Congress nominee in the Damoh WHO WERE LAW UNTO RSS, albeit out of expediency, when the If this reasoning is even partially true, it Assembly by poll in May, the axe fell on Sangh needed political and shows that despite the Congress’s failure Jayant Malaiya, a former BJP minister THEMSELVES IN THE parliamentary presence to lobby in to step up to the plate, the BJP is unsure and a heavyweight at that, on the YEARS WHEN THE crises and was part of a large family about its prospects of returning to suspicion of sabotage. , the with equally ambitious progenies power. The choice for the third candidate, came to the BJP from the NUCLEUS WAS LESS desirous of sharing power. On the other incumbent fell on a relatively younger Congress in the en masse defections that hand, the Congress spawned off-springs Pushkar Singh Dhami, who like his precipitated the downfall of the Kamal STRONG.” such as the Sewa Dal and the National peers in Himachal Pradesh and Goa, Jai Nath government. In this instance, a BJP Students’ Union of India that were Ram Thakur and , enters old-timer paid the price for allegedly always subservient to the parent. through the by now established route of getting back at a Congress defector. he BJP has reasons to applaud and Second, the BJP or the Bharatiya Jana the ABVP and the Bharatiya Janata Goa, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh are raise a toast to the success that Sangh in its previous incarnation was on Yuva Morcha. If demography were a the other states that exemplify a system Tcame its way over the past seven the political periphery until 1989 but the determinant, nothing explains why the stressed out by the pulls and pressures of years. The party’s website party organization was put together by leaders could not have chosen the 45- power and possibly, of overreaching its commemorates every milestone there is dedicated founders who never swerved year-old Dhami over the senior Rawats in ambitions. The tension between to celebrate. The BJP is the world’s from the original political objectives and the first place. Except that Uttarakhand adhering to the RSS’s ideology and largest party with 11 crore members, it built a corps of workers, initially drawn has a line-up of CM aspirants, consisting executing its divisive agenda and rules at the Centre and over 18 states and from urban India, with the RSS’s help. of the BJP’s originals as well as the maintaining the power balance among a union territories autonomously or in Barring stray individuals, the core team migrants who are reportedly miffed at motley group of new inductees is one conjunction with allies, and has an remained unquestioningly loyal to the being passed over thrice and could work aspect of the New BJP. Undergirding the unassailable grip over Parliament with BJP through thick and thin. But the against the official candidates in their unwieldy growth is a powerful and 301 MPs in the 543-member Lok Sabha BJP’s recent enlargement and the large- districts in the elections. cohesive center in the hands of Prime and 95 in the 245-member Rajya Sabha. scale induction of defectors from the Over to another state, Tripura, that Minister Narendra Modi and Home With its rapid spread in the east and the Congress and regional parties etched was trumpeted and showcased as a bang- Minister who so far have north-east, the BJP has shed the tag of a their own fault lines. Added to this trend up win in 2018 after the Left Front demonstrated an uncanny ability to hold party confined to the north and west of is the over-centralization of authority in government was ousted, because the together the contradictions. It’s not just India. The south stands like a parapet identifiable power centers ensconced in event marked the victory of about enforcing ‘discipline’. against the unbridled expansion and the Delhi which ride roughshod over the ‘nationalism’ over ‘communism’. Two (The author is a senior journalist) core beliefs enshrined in the BJP’s regions and the provincial satraps who years hence, the BJP government, led by THE INDIAN PANORAMA SOUTH ASIA FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 11 MYANMAR FORCES KILL Pak expects five lakh fresh Afghan refugees in 25 DURING RAID YANGON (TIP): Myanmar security case of civil war in Afghanistan: Report forces killed at least 25 persons on July 8 in a confrontation with opponents of ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan the military junta at a town in the expects some five lakh fresh Afghan centre of the Southeast Asian nation, refugees in case of a civil war in two residents and Myanmar media said neighbouring Afghanistan, according to on Sunday. a media report here on July 7, amidst A spokesman for the military did not the Taliban militants gaining rapid respond to calls requesting comment strides in the war-torn country. on the violence at Depayin in the The Express Tribune reported that Sagaing region. this time the Pakistani authorities The state-run Global New Light of insist refugees would be kept at special Myanmar said “terrorists” ambushed camps in the bordering areas instead of security forces patrolling there, killing letting them in the settled parts of the one of them and wounding six. It said country. the attackers retreated after retaliation Afghan refugees started coming to by the security forces. — Reuters Pakistan following the invasion by the former Soviet Union. NEPAL, INDIA REVISE Pakistan has been pushing to send RAILWAY SERVICE PACT them back but it may face fresh waves of refugees if Afghanistan plunged into KATHMANDU (TIP): In a major civil war. boost to the Nepal-India bilateral ties, At a recent briefing given to a select the two neighbouring countries revised group of parliamentarians, the military the Railway Service Agreement on authorities in Pakistan painted grim newspaper, said although Taliban gains advances since the US vacated its main June 30, according to a media report. prospects of any peace in Afghanistan. were quite rapid in recent weeks, the Afghan base as part of a plan to According to the revised text of the The members of parliament were told situation could change if the Afghan withdraw all foreign troops by Letter of Exchange, all authorised that Afghanistan was fast descending security forces show some resistance. September 11. private container train operators into civil war, something that did not In recent weeks, the insurgents have “Therefore, it is too early to predict (Indian as well as Nepali) will be able to bode well for Pakistan. seized nearly a third of Afghanistan’s where things are heading in utilise the Indian railway network to The negative fallout of unrest in rural districts and besieged several Afghanistan. The situation at best is carry freight containers for Nepal’s Afghanistan includes a rise in provincial capitals. volatile and unpredictable,” a Pakistani imports or exports, ending the terrorism and a fresh influx of Afghan Hundreds of Afghan security force official said when asked about the monopoly of the Indian government- refugees, the report said. members have fled into neighbouring chances of Afghanistan slipping into owned Container Corporation of India, Pakistani officials, quoted by the Tajikistan in the face of Taliban another phase of chaos. (PTI) the Kathmandu Post daily reported. The agreement was singed in 2004 and the two sides have tried to amend it TALIBAN TAKE DISTRICTS several times in the past. As the IN NORTHERN After pressuring telecom countries are planning to expand and extend more cross-border railway AFGHANISTAN FROM firms, Myanmar's junta bans service in both passengers and cargo FLEEING TROOPS facilities, the agreement was needed to be revises without any delay, a Nepali KABUL (TIP): The Taliban’s march executives from leaving official said. —IANS through northern Afghanistan gained momentum overnight with the capture SINGAPORE (TIP): Senior foreign would require telecoms providers to 38 PEOPLE KILLED, 51 of several districts from fleeing Afghan executives of major telecommunications provide data when requested and remove INJURED IN RAIN- forces, several hundred of whom fled firms in Myanmar have been told by the or block any content deemed to be across the border into Tajikistan, junta that they must not leave the disrupting "unity, stabilisation, and TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES, officials said July 5. country without permission, a person peace". It also amended privacy laws to FLOODS IN NEPAL More than 300 Afghan military with direct knowledge of the matter said. free security forces to intercept personnel crossed from Afghanistan’s A confidential order from Myanmar’s communications. KATHMANDU (TIP): Flash floods Badakhshan province as Taliban Posts and Telecommunications The travel ban comes after intensified and landslides triggered by torrential fighters advanced toward the border, Department (PTD) in mid-June said pressure from military officials to finish rains across Nepal have left at least 38 Tajikistan’s State Committee for senior executives, both foreigners and the implementation of the surveillance people dead, including seven children, National Security said in a statement. Myanmar nationals, must seek special equipment. The source, who spoke on and wounded over 50 others in the last The Afghan troops crossed over at about authorisation to leave the country, the condition of anonymity for fear of 20 days, the Home Ministry said on 6:30 pm local time Saturday. person said. reprisals, said the ban was meant to July 5. The ministry said 51 people “Guided by the principles of A week later, telecom companies were pressure telecoms firms to finish sustained injuries and 24 people, humanism and good neighborliness,” sent a second letter telling them they had activating the spyware technology, including three children, have gone the Tajik authorities allowed the until Monday July 5 to fully implement although the order itself does not specify missing in the incidents of floods and retreating Afghan National Defense and intercept technology they had previously a reason. landslides in different parts of the Security Forces to cross into Tajikistan, been asked to install to let authorities spy Three other telecoms sources, also country. said the statement. on calls, messages and web traffic and to speaking on condition of anonymity,said Similarly, 1,250 people have been Since mid-April, when US President track users by themselves, the source the authorities had stepped up pressure evacuated from different parts of the Joe Biden announced the end to said. Reuters has not seen the orders. on the companies to implement the country that were hit by the natural Afghanistan’s “forever war,” the The directives follow pressure on the intercept, but declined to elaborate disaster, it said. Taliban have made strides throughout companies from the junta, which is further. Two sources said companies had Five people were killed in the country. But their most significant facing daily protests from its opponents been warned repeatedly by junta officials Sindhupalchowk district, four killed in gains have been in the northern half of and a growing number of insurgencies to not to speak publicly or to the media on Doti district, three each in Gorkha and the country, a traditional stronghold of activate the spyware technology. the intercept. Rolpa, two each in Chitawan, Tanhun, the US-allied warlords who helped A spokesman for the military did not Telenor declined to comment. There Pyuthan and Rautahat, one each in defeat them in 2001. answer multiple requests for comment. was no immediate response to requests Lalitpur, Khotang, Saptari, Kavre, The Taliban now control roughly a The junta has never commented on the for comment from Ooredoo, state-owned Dhading, Sindhuli, Jumla, third of all 421 districts and district electronic surveillance effort, but MPT and Mytel, a joint venture between Arghakhachi, Dang, Palpa, Kaski, centers in Afghanistan. announced soon after seizing power its Vietnam's Viettel and a Myanmar Kalikot, Panchthar, Bajhang and Bajur (AP) aim to pass a cybersecurity bill that military-owned conglomerate. (Reuters) districts, the ministry said. (PTI) THE INDIAN PANORAMA NY/NJ/CT FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 12 Indian Overseas Congress, USA Vice-Chair George Abraham condoles Father Stan Swamy's death in custody of people. Some have sent their written UAPA, which is supposed to be a tool clamping down any criticism of its statements of condemnation. against terrorists. It is pitiful that a hierarchy. George Abraham, a community country that professes to broadcast to the Father Stan Swamy dedicated his activist and vice chairman of IOC USA world about its cultural and human whole life defending the marginalized has sent the following statement which virtues would treat a frail, old man of 84 and the oppressed people who didn’t have we are publishing without editing. years old who was suffering from a voice of their own while facing the “It is a dark day for democracy in Parkinson’s disease this way! He even onslaught of corporate lobby fully India, and the national leadership and needed a court’s intervention to receive a backed by vested interests and members of the judiciary should hang straw to drink water, and the delay to his dissenting voices were routinely their heads in shame,” said George request to move him to a hospital due to branded as anti-nationals charged with Abraham, Vice-Chairman of the Indian Covid by the judiciary that may have cost colonial-era sedition laws, and Father Father Stan Swamy dedicated his whole life Overseas Congress, USA who was him his life. Swamy himself became another victim defending the marginalized and the reacting to the death of Stan Swamy,who Is India anymore a country of equal of this nefarious scheme. oppressed people dedicated his life to serving the poor justice under the law? It is about time to It is also time to remember many other NEW YORK (TIP): The custodial tribals in India. Father Swamy’s reexamine the path it has chosen in the human rights warriors who are still in death of the Jesuit priest Stan Swamy in detention and treatment in prison that past six years that has witnessed the prison, such as Sudha Bharadwaj, who is Mumbai, India has sent shock waves led to his death is a blot on the undermining of Institutions and said to have been facing health risks of across the world. The Indian panorama consciousness of the nation and a devaluing the lives of ordinary people her own. We can only hope the passing of received a number of calls from readers travesty of justice,” said Mr. Abraham. across the nation. Freedom of Father Stan Swamy may reopen the condemning the Indian government’s Father Stan Swamy was held in expression is becoming a thing of the mindset of those in power to release total disregard of the basic human rights detention under the draconian law called past as the Government appears to be those on bail while awaiting charges.

lifetime in service of the poor and tribal Indian Overseas Congress (IOC, USA) Condemns people. He said that the Modi Government has been twisting the judiciary as one can see how bail was given to Pragya Thakur the custodial death of Father Stan Swamy (BJP MP) and Arnab Goswami (Founder of Republic TV) and the same denied to NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian India to hold accountable those Father Stan Swamy and celebrate his life Father Stan Swamy. He said that this is a Overseas Congress (IOC, USA) has responsible for the detention, inhuman which was spent in service of the poor black mark in Indian Democracy. He expressed shock on the way Father Stan treatment and death of Father Stan and helpless people. expressed his deep condolences to the Swamy was treated inhumanly without Swamy. He said that the UAPA/Sedition Secretary General Harbachan Singh family of Father Stan Swamy. basic facilities in spite of his fragile act is being misused and used against said that he was saddened by the death of Washington DC IOC, USA Chapter health in police custody resulting in his people for political reasons. Father Stan Swamy, a Jesuit priest & President Johnson Myalil said Father death. Vice Chairman George Abraham said tribal rights activist, who died in Indian Stan Swamy’s custodial death is the result The President of Indian National that it is a dark day for democracy in custody under charges of the Unlawful of high-handedness of NSA, indifference Overseas Congress Mohinder Gilzian India, and the national leadership and Activities Prevention Act. He said that the of the judiciary, and the failure of expressed outrage at the death of Father members of the judiciary should hang Indian Government should respect the political leadership. Government of India Stan Swamy under custody and said that their heads in shame. He said that Father vital role of human rights activists in should allow the UN High Commissioner the Indian Government should punish Swamy's detention and treatment in healthy democracy. for Human Rights to conduct a the people responsible for foisting false prison that led to his death is a blot on the The National General Secretary comprehensive and thorough cases on the activist, his continued consciousness of the nation and a Rajendar Dichpally has said that the NDA investigation into the circumstances of detention and inhuman treatment. He travesty of justice. He said that he will be Government should be held accountable the incarceration and death of Father urged the intervention of President of organizing a meeting to pay homage to for the death of a man who has spent his Stan Swamy. Mayor De Blasio and Chancellor Porter Announce Academic Recovery Plan for Pivotal School Year Ahead $635M historic investment to jumpstart academic achievement for every student

NEW YORK (TIP): Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Academic Recovery Plan when schools open their doors Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter, on Chancellor Meisha Porter, on July 8 announced their this September,”said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “It’s not enough July 8 announced their academic recovery vision for New York academic recovery vision for New York City’s public to only get our kids back in the classroom. We have got to City’s public schools and students in the wake of the pandemic schools and students in the wake of the pandemic. The close the COVID achievement gap. And we will do that by for students in kindergarten through 2nd grade, with a bold, rigorous framework will guide school communities reaching every child and supporting them—academically, singular goal of all students reading on grade level by the and support students during the 2021-22 school year and emotionally,and socially—every step of the way.” end of 2nd grade. To accomplish this, schools will use a beyond, stressing six critical areas of focus: early literacy “This historic, high-impact investment in the academic universal literacy screener for all K-2 students. The for all, developing students as digital citizens, preparing growth and success of New York City’s students will allow screeners will identify risk for dyslexia, as well as other students to be college- and career-ready, investing in us to come back from the COVID-19 pandemic stronger challenges and print-based disabilities, and schools will special education services, building a rigorous and than ever,” said Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter. “This implement intervention plans based on the results. inclusive universal curriculum, and investing in social fall, we will welcome our students back to schools that are The Department of Education (DOE) will support emotional supports for every student. In addition, each prepared to support them academically and emotionally focus area includes dedicated supports for multilingual after all they have been through – that’s what the Universal schools through the literacy intervention process learners and immigrant students to address their unique Academic Recovery Plan is all about.” by: needs and support their academic progress and language Early Literacy for All – $49M in FY22 Targeted class size reduction achieved through hiring acquisition. approximately 140 teachers in 72 higher need elementary “Our kids deserve the best that New York City has to This administration will redouble its commitment to schools. offer. That’s why we’re rolling out the NYC Universal early literacy by investing in screening and intervention (Read full story at www.theindianpanorama.news) THE INDIAN PANORAMA ADVT FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 13 THE INDIAN PANORAMA INDIA FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 14 Cabinet reshuffle: Political reboot in Modi 2.0 delivered Ahead of the rejig, 12 ministers resigned, including , Harsh Vardhan, Prakash Javdekar, Nishank and Santosh Gangwar

he much-awaited Union Cabinet expansion of Prime Here is the complete list of ministers who were newly inducted into the Union Cabinet on Wednesday, July 7 Minister Narendra Modi’s second term has finally taken Tplace. In one of the biggest ministry expansions in India’s history, 36 new ministers have been inducted, seven promoted to Cabinet rank, while 12 sitting ministers have been shown the door. Modi in his second innings, at a time when India is at a critical crossroad during the COVID-19 pandemic, is building a fresh team which will lay the foundation of a new India, and, of course, will help the BJP in the 2024 general elections. Modi, running his Cabinet like a corporate chief executive officer, carried out a performance appraisal of various ministers over the past few weeks. The ministers were evaluated on various key performance indicators (KPIs) like vision, mission, objectives, targets versus action plan, impact, communication and outreach. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had introduced a Results Framework Document (RFD) to evaluate the performance of his Cabinet colleagues, but had to shelve it after some ministers opposed such evaluation. Modi, however, adopted this people-centric performance approach, giving it his personal touch. He believes that transparency and accountability are the two cornerstones of any pro-people government and feedback from them improves public participation in decision-making. Twelve of the 53 ministers (which amounts to 22 percent) who were found lacking were asked to put in their papers. Seven of the 53 ministers (13 percent), who scored well in the evaluation, have been elevated. In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sweeping reshuffle of his council of ministers – nearly one in five of the existing After the July 7 expansion, the Union ministry will now ministers have been dropped, while a number of new additions have taken the strength of the Union Council of operate at 95 percent capacity, with just four positions vacant. Ministers to 77, just one short of the record 78-member Council of Ministers in the NDA government’s first term in office. Big names like Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar, prominent spokespersons of the government, are among the 12 Narendra Modi: Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Mansukh Mandaviya: Health and Family Welfare; and asked to leave. The mishandling of the COVID-19 second wave Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Chemicals and Fertilizers Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All which has affected the government’s image and led to a dip in : Environment, Forest and Climate important policy issues; and All other portfolios not Modi’s popularity ratings, has probably cost Health Minister Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment allocated to any Minister Harsh Vardhan his job. Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey: Heavy Industries The Cabinet reshuffle clearly shows that Modi has taken CABINET MINISTERS Parshottam Rupala: Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and feedback from all stakeholders and has responded to public Raj Nath Singh: Minister of Defence Dairying opinion. Through this he has also given a message to the new Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of G Kishan Reddy: Culture; Minister of Tourism; and inductees that they need to deliver. Cooperation Modi has also not necessarily opted for domain expertise in Minister of Development of North Eastern Region Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways the reshuffle to encourage new faces to bring in new ideas to Anurag Singh Thakur: Information and Broadcasting; and provide solutions. The example being the preference of Kiren : Finance and Corporate Affairs Youth Affairs and Sports Rijiju over Bhupender Yadav for the law ministry. Narendra Singh Tomar: Agriculture and Farmers Welfare MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) Apart from performance, the focus has been on youth, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: External Affairs Rao Inderjit Singh: Minister of State (Independent inclusiveness, broader representation to communities, and faces Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme : Tribal Affairs with administrative experience. Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) MPs from 25 states and union territories are now ministers in Smriti Zubin Irani: Women and Child Development of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the the Union Cabinet. The new Cabinet includes seven former IAS : Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Corporate Affairs officers, 11 women and 14 ministers below the age of 50. Food and Public Distribution and Textiles Dr Jitendra Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) The BJP was earlier referred to as a party of the upper caste Pradhan: Education and Skill Development of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of and ‘baniyas’. It has shed this image over the last few years. A and Entrepreneurship State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth majority of the OBC vote-bank nationally, which was earlier Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; with the Congress and erstwhile Janata Dal, has moved to the : Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public BJP. The party won the maximum SC/ST reserved seats in the Narayan Tatu Rane: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in 2019 general elections. : Ports, Shipping and Waterways, the Department of Space Today Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes and AYUSH (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), apart from the upper caste, are MINISTERS OF STATE : Minority Affairs its core support block. Shripad Yesso Naik, Faggansingh Kulaste, Prahalad Singh Dr Virendra Kumar: Social Justice and Empowerment The expansion gives due weightage to people from these Patel, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Arjun Ram Meghwal, communities and bolsters the image of the party as the Giriraj Singh: Rural Development and Panchayati Raj General (Retd) V K Singh, Krishan Pal, Danve Raosaheb champion their cause. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia: Civil Aviation Dadarao, Ramdas Athawale, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Dr Currently,27 ministers out of 77 are from the OBC community, Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Nityanand Rai, Pankaj 12 from the SC and eight from the ST community, representing Ramchandra Prasad Singh: Steel Chaowdhary, Anupriya Singh Patel, S P Singh Baghel, around 60 percent of the ministry strength. Ashwini Vaishnaw: Railways; Communications; and , , Bhanu Pratap This is expected to boost the BJP’s prospects in state elections Electronics and Information Technology Singh Verma, Darshana Vikram Jardosh, V Muraleedharan, Meenakashi Lekhi, Som Parkash, Renuka due next year. Seven states, including the all-important Uttar Pashu Pati Kumar Paras: Food Processing Industries Singh Saruta, Rameswar Teli, Kailash Choudhary, Pradesh, go to the polls in 2022, with the BJP in power in six of Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Jal Shakti Annpurna Devi, A Narayanaswamy, Kaushal Kishore, Ajay them. Bhatt, B L Verma, Ajay Kumar, Devusinh Chauhan, Kiren Rijiju: Law and Justice This mid-term course correction is likely to bring Bhagwanth Khuba, Kapil Moreshwar Patil, Pratima transparency and accountability in governance and help the BJP Raj Kumar Singh: Power and New and Renewable Energy Bhoumik, Dr Subhas Sarkar, Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, win the ensuing state as well as general elections with its deft Hardeep Singh Puri: Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, political messaging. Housing and Urban Affairs , Shantanu Thakur, Dr Munjapara Mahendrabhai, John Barla, Dr L Murugan, Nisith Pramanik THE INDIAN PANORAMA INDIA FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 15 French court Govt clears Rs 23K-cr Covid lets Britain’s Cairn Energy package to boost health infra seize 20 Indian NEW DELHI (TIP): The revamped Union Cabinet, in its first meeting on Thursday, July 8, approved Rs 23,123 assets in Paris crore Covid-19 emergency response French court has reportedly package to boost health infrastructure allowed Britain’s Cairn and paediatric care across all 736 AEnergy to seize 20 Indian districts in the wake of a possible third Government properties in Paris to wave. recover an arbitration award of $1.7 The package will be implemented by billion (over Rs 12,600 crore) even as the Centre and states till March 2022, in the Finance Ministry here said it had a financial sharing pattern of Rs 15,000 not received any notice in this regard crore and Rs 8,123 crore, respectively. and was trying to ascertain facts. The aim is to add 2.4 lakh medical beds The French court had agreed to an and 20,000 ICU facilities with a special application by Cairn to seize the focus on paediatric care, add 8,800 residential real estate owned by ambulances, help states maintain a India in central Paris. The legal testing capacity of 21.5 lakh a day and formalities were completed on install medical oxygen storage tanks Wednesday, said French media with gas pipelines in every district. reports. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya The Finance Ministry suggested said the package would accelerate that a dialogue was on with the preparedness to improve Covid company’s representatives. response. “The aim is early prevention, “Constructive discussions have been detection and management and The package approved by Cabinet is to be implemented by Centre and states from July this year held and the government remains infrastructure development, including to March 2022. open to an amicable solution to the for paediatric care,” he said. dispute within the country’s legal The plan will support central could derail India’s fight against Covid- quoted in the first instance. framework,” said a ministry hospitals, including AIIMS, Delhi, and 19, and a single mistake could have far- The PM said India’s fight against the statement. PGI, Chandigarh, for repurposing 6,688 reaching impact and weaken the fight to pandemic was powered by frontline The centrally located properties beds for Covid management, boost defeat the virus, according to people workers and was underway with full mostly comprise flats worth over 20 genome sequencing capacity, support aware of the developments. vigour. He also said that India was million Euros used to accommodate implementation of hospital At the meeting of the expanded steadily vaccinating a substantial visiting VIPs in France, according to management information system in all council of 77 members, Modi also asked percentage of its population and testing the French media. “Whenever such district hospitals and increase the ministers to be punctual, learn from was also consistently high. an order is received, appropriate telemedicine capacity to 5 lakh their predecessors, and focus on public In the past, the PM has urged people to legal remedies will be taken in consultations a day. service. The event came a day after Modi not let their guard down against the consultation with our counsels,” said Although sero surveys showed over rebooted his council, dropping 12 pandemic and adhere to Covid safety the statement. 55% kids had already developed ministers, inducting 36 new faces, and protocols. At the meeting too, the PM Cairn had received a notice from antibodies and may not be promoting seven. said that everyone must remember that the Income Tax Department in disproportionately vulnerable to a third Modi said India’s fight against the the threat of Covid-19 was far from over January 2014, raising a preliminary wave, the government does not want to pandemic was on track but expressed and many nations were seeing surges in assessment of Rs 10,247 crore tax take any chances. concern at the persistently high number infections, said the person quoted above. liabilities for the group The response package is an extension of cases from Maharashtra and Kerala, He told the ministers that their aim reorganisation it had done in 2006. of the first part of the package worth Rs said a person privy to the details of the should not be to instil fear but request In March 2015, the IT department 15,000 crore announced in March 2020 to meeting. people to keep taking all possible contended that Cairn made a capital boost health infrastructure in the wake According to the person quoted above, precautions so that India can move gain of Rs 24,503 crore. Cairn of the pandemic. the PM said that over the past few days, beyond the pandemic. challenged the move before an Don’t be complacent, single mistake can pictures and videos of crowded places A second person aware of arbitration tribunal in The Hague, were being circulated and people were developments said Modi asked ministers which awarded it $1.2 billion plus derail fight against Covid: Modi seen roaming without masks or social to reach office on time and channel their costs and interest, which totals $1.7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi distancing. “This is not a pleasant sight energies on ministerial work. billion. Source: TNS cautioned his council of ministers on and it should instil a sense of fear in us,” He also said new ministers should not Thursday, July 8, that complacency Modi was quoted as saying by the person make unnecessary statements.

Magisterial inquiry to be conducted into death of Father Stan Swamy

MUMBAI (TIP): A magisterial worsened on May 28. where there were no allegations, days, while asking Swamy to bear inquiry will be conducted into A prison department official probes were not conducted into the cost of his treatment. Swamy the death of Father Stan Swamy, sid that as per procedure, an all such deaths for a decade. was shifted to the hospital ICU who passed away at the Holy accidental death report (ADR) However, last year, NHRC defined the same night and put on oxygen Family hospital in Mumbai’s will be registered by the police, the scope of inquiry to include support. The HC continued his Bandra on Monday, July 5, following which the magisterial cases of custodial deaths, stay at the hospital from time to officials of the Maharashtra inquiry will begin. “According to including natural deaths and time. prison department said. mandated procedure for cases deaths caused by illness. Seeking interim bail on The 83-year-old Jesuit priest where a person dies in police or “With this, Swamy’s death in grounds of the pandemic, Swamy and tribal rights activist, who judicial custody, a magisterial judicial custody will fall under had said that he suffered from was arrested by the National inquiry is required to be this particular section. Hence, Parkinson’s, among other health Investigation Agency (NIA) in conducted,” the official added. though as per the hospital, he issues. He had also filed for bail connection with the Elgaar The official further said that as Prior to this, such probes were died of natural causes, a on grounds that he was arrested Parishad case on October 8, 2020, per Section 176 (1A) of the Code of conducted by the executive magisterial inquiry will be for challenging indiscriminate died in judicial custody while Criminal Procedure, inquiry into magistrate. conducted,” the official said. arrests of thousands of young undergoing treatment at the all cases of custodial deaths, The official said that due to a The Bombay High Court, on adivasis labeled as “naxals” hospital. He was lodged in Taloja rapes and disappearances in National Human Rights May 28, had directed state prison without any proof of their Central Jail in Navi Mumbai custody have to be conducted by a Commission order in 2010 that authorities to shift Swamy from involvement. The special court before he was shifted to the judicial magistrate. The section stated that judicial inquiries Taloja Central Jail to the private- had, however, disallowed his private hospital as his health was added in the statute in 2005. were not mandatory in cases run Holy Family Hospital for 15 pleas. Source: The Indian Express THE INDIAN PANORAMA COVID-INDIA FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 16 India adds 43,393 Covid cases; active cases see decline again

NEW DELHI (TIP): India on Thursday, Among states with more than 10 million July 8, reported a net addition of 784 in population, the top 5 in number of active coronavirus cases to take its count vaccine shots per one million population to 460,704. India’s share of global active are Delhi (510654), Kerala (496204), coronavirus cases now stands at 3.93 per Gujarat (489941), Uttarakhand (477256), cent (one in 25). The country is fourth and J&K (416064). among the most affected countries by Backwards from here, the last 1 million active cases. On Wednesday, it added cases for India have come in 21 days. 45,892 cases to take its total caseload to The count of active cases across India 30,709,557 from 30,663,665 — an increase of on Thursday saw a net addition of 784, 0.1%. And, with 817 new fatalities, its compared to net reduction of 4,437 on Covid-19 death toll reached 405,028, or 1.32 Wednesday. States and UTs hat have seen per cent of total confirmed infections. the biggest daily net increase in active With 3,381,671 more Covid-19 vaccine cases are Kerala (3823), Maharashtra doses being administered on Wednesday, (333), Manipur (303), Mizoram (286), and India’s total count of vaccine shots so far Arunachal Pradesh (190). reached 364,847,549. The count of With 44,291 new daily recoveries, recovered coronavirus cases across India, India’s recovery rate stands at 97.18%, meanwhile, reached 29,843,825 – or 97.18 while fatality rate remained unchanged per cent of total caseload – with 44,291 at 1.32%. new cured cases being reported on The Indian states and UTs with the Thursday. worst case fatality rates at present are Now the fourth-most-affected country Punjab (2.70%), Uttarakhand (2.15%), and by active cases, third by deaths, second by Maharashtra (2.02%). The rate in as total cases, and first by recoveries, India many as 17 is higher than the national has added 297,923 cases in the past 7 days. India has so far administered of number of vaccine shots administered average. India now accounts for 3.93% of all 364,847,549 vaccine doses. That is 1188.05 are Maharashtra (40140035), Uttar India’s new daily closed cases stand at active cases globally (one in every 25 per cent of its total caseload, and 26.17 per Pradesh (40125660), Gujarat (31293703), 45,108 — 817 deaths and 44,291 recoveries. active cases), and 10.08% of all deaths cent of its population. Rajasthan (30700753), and Karnataka The share of deaths in total closed cases (one in every 10 deaths). Among Indian states, the top 5 in terms (27585937). stands at 1.81%. Third wave of Covaxin to get WHO nod soon? Chief Covid can hit India scientist says trial data ‘looks good’ NEW DELHI (TIP): In what in August: Report potentially comes as a piece of good news for Hyderabad-based vaccine NEW DELHI (TIP): India may be hit by a third wave manufacturer Bharat Biotech, the of the coronavirus pandemic from August and it could World Health Organization (WHO) reach its peak in September, a report released by the has indicated that it might just State Bank of India said, the Hindustan Times reported. provide its much-awaited approval The report projected that Covid-19 cases in India can to Covaxin, the company's dip to around 10,000 in the second week of July, but indigenous jab against the infections will increase by the second fortnight of coronavirus disease (Covid-19). August. The projections are based on “historical Soumya Swaminathan, the chief trends” of cases, the SBI said. The report stated that scientist at WHO, told a Mumbai- global data shows that on an average, third wave peak based news organisation that the cases are around 1.7 times that of the second wave, Mint final phase trial data for Covaxin reported. “looks good” and meets the safety In a separate report published in June, the SBI had profile of the international public projected that the third wave could be as severe as the health agency so far. second one and could last for 98 days. The report had The pre-submission meeting said that Covid-19 vaccination should be India’s key between Bharat Biotech and WHO priority, especially for children who could be the next was held on June 23, Swaminathan vulnerable group. told CNBC TV-18 in an interview, The forecast made by the latest SBI report is quite adding that the data packet is different from the government’s projections about the currently being assembled. She third wave. noted that although Covaxin's Covaxin provides 65.2% protection its population. The focus should not On June 27, chairperson of India’s Covid-19 Working efficacy against the Delta variant of against the B.1.617.2 (Delta) strain, be on booster shots but on Group of the National Technical Advisory Group, NK Covid-19 is a bit low, it is still not currently the most predominant broadening the scope of primary Arora, said that a study conducted by the Indian bad, while the overall efficacy is Covid-19 variant in India, it said. vaccination, she said. Only after a Council of Medical Research has shown that if a third "quite high." The World Health Organization sizeable population has been wave of the coronavirus hits India, it is likely to come Bharat Biotech finally made keeps a close watch on all the vaccinated can India draw late. “We have a window period of six to eight months public its findings from the Phase-3 vaccines which are on the pipeline inspiration from countries like the [before third wave] to immunise everybody in the efficacy analysis of Covaxin last for emergency listing, United Kingdom, which have moved country,” Arora said. Saturday, where it claimed an Swaminathan said, adding that the on to focusing on booster doses. ICMR scientists found that at least 30% of the overall efficacy of 77.8% against agency is awaiting more data for a Most of the world, except some population who had been infected earlier must entirely symptomatic Covid-19 patients. The final say on the matter. districts in the United States, has lose their immunity for the third wave to be as pre-print data from "India's largest Speaking on the Covid-19 recently seen a spurt in Covid-19 devastating as the second one. In another possible efficacy trial" showed that Covaxin situation in India, the WHO chief cases while there has been no scenario, they found that the third wave must occur demonstrates 93.4% effectiveness scientist said that the government reduction in the death toll, immediately after the second wave for it to be equally against severe symptomatic Covid- should focus on primary Swaminathan noted. severe. 19 cases. On the other hand, immunisation of at least 60-70% of Source: HT THE INDIAN PANORAMA INDIA FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 17 Rajasthan HC cancels Adani group’s land allotted for solar park near Pokhran

By Dr Yash Goyal Petitioners had challenged the legality of order dated DB in its same order stated, "Indisputably, the land JAIPUR (TIP): In a serious setback to the ambitious 11-1-2018 issued by the Jaisalmer district collector allotted to the respondent AREPRL near GIB Arc area solar energy planning of the state government, allotting the land measuring 6115.06 bighas of revenue relates village Rasla, which is not subject matter of Rajasthan High Court has cancelled the allotment of village Nedan in favour of AREPRL for installation of present special appeals, and therefore, we have the land measuring 1452.13 Bigha made in favour of the 1500 MW Solar Park. Question regarding legality of the said allotment to be Adani Renewable Energy Park Rajasthan Limited Similarly in second case, Khatedar Tenants and dealt with suo moto PIL (DBC Writ Petition No. 825/19) (AREPRL) in village Nedan in Pokhran on the reasons cultivators for 40-45 years of agriculture land pending consideration before this court. Let the copy of that it is the 'public utilities' land of farmers and comprising various 'Khasras of village Nagnechinagar this order be placed on the files of said writ petition". villagers. in Jodhpur district assailed the legality of order of Reaction on HC judgement related to solar projects On a joint petition of 23 Khatedar Tenants led by one Jodhpur Collector on 23-3-2018 allotting the lands Barkat Khan of village Nedan, a Division Bench of measuring 70.08 bighas in favour of ESUCRL for Rajasthan, the biggest state in the country, has a vast High Court justiceRameshwar Vyas and Justice establishing Solar Park. potential for solar and wind energy in Jodhpur, Sangeet Lodha (rpt Sangeet) have cancelled forthwith In third land allotment case too, Khatedar tenants Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Barmer districts with an the possession of 1452.13 bigha land by respondent- challenged legality in the allotment of 2045.11 Bighas in installed capacity of 5002 MW in Solar and 4337 MW in AREPRL whereof it has not been handed over the revenue village Ugras by Jodhpur collector on 23-3-208 wind energy, respectively. Adani firm. in favour of ESUCRL for installation of 450 MW Solar In its 56 pages judgement made on June 29, HC has Park. asked the state government that it shall conduct survey Earlier on 27-11-2019, the Single Bench of the of the lands allotted to the respondent companies in all Rajasthan High Court had 'dismissed the three the three villages and if any part of the land allotted is petitions' filed by scores of Khatedar Tenants and found covered by public utilities, the allotment of the villagers on a number of legal grounds and references. land to that extent shall also be cancelled. The petitioners had strongly alleged that the allocation HC further ordered that the allotment of the land of land by district collectors of Jodhpur and Jaisalmer surrounding the lands of the petitioners, other would curtail their public utilities such as Pond, Talab, Khatedar Tenants and the land of public utilities made Graveyard, but the Single Bench Judge had justified, in favour of the respondent-ESUCRL (Essel Surya Urja "Such places of civic rights has not been handed over to Company of Rajasthan Ltd) in village Nagnechinagar AREPRL and they would not insist for handing over and Ugras, and in favour of AREPRL in village- Nedan possession or allotment of such land, possession shall also be reviewed by the state government so as to whereof has not been given". ensure that on account of allotment made in favour of Single judge opined that the petition preferred the respondent companies, ESUCRL and AREPRL the involve host of dispute question of facts, which cannot rights of the Khatedar Tenants and the inhabitants of be gone into the Court in exercise of the writ the aforesaid villages to the beneficial use and jurisdiction, and thus, the petitioners were heard only enjoyment of their properties and public utilities are qua the prayer clause (a) of the writ petition i.e. with not infringed or adversely affected. respect to order impugned therein dated 11.1.2018 issued by the District Collector, Jaisalmer allotting 6115 Bighas 6 Biswas land comprising various Khasras of Rajasthan Energy Minister Dr BD Kalla. village Nedan in favour of AREPRL. Then petitioners have moved to the DB of HC where When asked for his reaction on the HC judgement, special appeals and consequently the writ petitions are Rajasthan Energy and PHED Minister Dr B D Kalla told partly allowed, and the judgement was made in their TIP here that of course there would be a hurdle in new favour. investment plans and employment generation in the HC's SUO MOTO interest on Solar Park on area sand desert of the state. It is the judicial matter, which is not my concern, Dr Kalla said adding, land nearbyGreat Indian Bustard arc "Rajasthan has presently 4702 MW of solar power The DB of Rajasthan High Court also stepped into a generation, and it has planned a solar energy target at land allocation case in favour of ADANI's AREPRLfor 30,000 MW in years to come. Solar Energy Plant near Great Indian Bustard (GIB) Recently,the GoR has signed an MoU of 5000 MW with Arc area in village Rasla in Jaisalmer district. NTPC, and another 5000 MW MoU was in the pipeline with another company (SECI: Solar Energy Corporation of India), he discloses. And Rajasthan Adani Renewable Energy Park Rajasthan Limited (AREPRL) in Power Generation Corporation would set up 810 MW village Nedan in Pokhran solar plant in next 2 years, the Minister said. In a new plan put up in the state Budget 2021-22, HC categorically asked the state government that the Rajasthan Power Distribution Corporation will set up a entire exercise pursuant to thisorder shall be completed Green Corridor of 6.3 Gigga Watt to enable new projects by the State Government within a periodof six weeks of Renewable Source of Energy covering Jaisalmer, from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. Barmer, Jalore, and Jodhpur districts, he added. In 2018, the then District Magistrate of Jaisalmer in Joint Venture Company Rajasthan has allotted a total of 6115.06 Bighas of land in Nedan village for setting up of a power plant (1500 Adani Renewable Energy Park Rajasthan Ltd MW), and of which the HC has now cancelled part of (AREPRL) is a 50:50 Joint Venture Company (JVC) the land (1452 bigha) in the very village. incorporated by Adani Energy Park Ltd (AREPL) and Villagers ran from pillar to post against Rajasthan Renewable Corporation Ltd (RRECL), Government of Rajasthan, under the Companies Act, allotment of 3 land casessince 2018 2013. The JVC has been formed under the provisions of Entire legal matter deals in the allotment of three MNRE Scheme for development of solar parks and land cases: one belongs to Adani's AREPRL at Nedan in UMPPs 2014, wherein both the parties hold equal Jaisalmer district, and two to Essel's ESUCRL in shareholding, quoting AREPRL web site, an official Jodhpur district. Villagers have run from pillar to post said here. against the allotment of their lands for which they are An MoU has been signed with RRECL, the called Kahatedar Tenants and Cultivator for 40-45 years. Government of Rajasthan's nodal agency for the Villagers contended that they are entitle for development of non-conventional energy sources, to regularisation of their old possession. They also develop solar parks with a cumulative capacity of 10,000 stressed that their families residing in their Dhani MW in a phased manner. As a part of the first phase, constructed in village Nedan, and their exists schools, AREPRL is developing a 500 MW capacity solar park temple, water tank, pond, Oran land etc, but while Great Indian Bustard (GIB) Bhadla, Jodhpur and 1500 MW capacity park in allocating the land this fact was ignored. Photo / courtesy Pinterest.com Fatehgarh, Jaisalmer. THE INDIAN PANORAMA US FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 18 Former President Donald Trump announced he is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google

as they rally Republican voters, his joint fundraising committee Save The three related lawsuits, filed in fundraisers and donors. America, which also raises money for federal court in Florida, allege the tech Trump revealed Wednesday, July 7, other Republican political initiatives. giants have violated plaintiffs’ First that he is suing Facebook, Twitter and The lawsuits were unveiled just over a Amendments rights. Google, as well as their respective CEOs month after Facebook decided to uphold The suits want the court to order the Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Trump’s ban from using the platform media companies to let Trump back on Sundar Pichai, in class-action lawsuits. until at least January 2023. Twitter, their platforms. They also want the court Trump, who has a history of Trump’s preferred social media outlet to declare that Section 230 of the threatening legal action but not always throughout his one term in office, Communications Decency Act, a piece of following through, made the permanently banned him on the heels of legislation that stops tech companies announcement at his golf club in the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol by a from being held liable for what users post Bedminster, New Jersey, alongside two mob of his supporters. on their platforms, is unconstitutional. leaders from the America First Policy The lawsuit against Pichai also names As president, Trump railed against Institute, the pro-Trump nonprofit group as a defendant YouTube, the video- Section 230 and repeatedly called for its that is supporting the lawsuits. sharing website bought by Google in repeal. He even tied the issue to a crucial Shortly after the news conference 2006. YouTube indefinitely banned round of stimulus checks at the height of Donald Trump - File photo wrapped, Trump’s political entities Trump in January. the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the WASHINGTON (TIP): Former started sending out fundraising “We’re not looking to settle,” Trump passage of an annual defense spending President Donald Trump took his fight messages that touted the lawsuits in told reporters at Bedminster when asked bill. with three massive tech companies to their appeals for money. One such text about the lawsuits. “We don’t know Legal experts doubt whether Trump’s court, filing lawsuits that legal experts message, written as if it were coming what’s going to happen but we’re not latest attack on big tech companies will say are all but guaranteed to fail – even from Trump himself, includes a link to looking to settle,” he said. succeed.

US WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY LIFT TRAVEL Toyota won't donate to election objectors after RESTRICTIONS: WHITE company was targeted by anti-Trump PAC in ad HOUSE WASHINGTON (TIP): The on Feb. 4 — less than a month after Jan. announcement came after an anti- 6 — to Rep. Alex Mooney, R-WVa. Trump PAC said it would target "In the months since, corporate and companies that donated to lawmakers industry interests have had to choose who refused to certify the election. whether to do their part to uphold our The decision backtracks on Toyota’s democracy by turning off the flow of previous donation stance. corporate donations to these members, Toyota Motor Corp. will no longer also known as the Sedition Caucus, or to donate to members of Congress who continue to support them in order to voted against certifying President Joe seek political influence," CREW Biden’s 2020 election win in January, the reported. "Many have failed this test, Photo for representation only company said Thursday, July 8. some reneging on a promise to change "Toyota is committed to supporting their giving while others made no WASHINGTON (TIP): The Biden and promoting actions that further our commitment and are giving like nothing administration will not immediately lift democracy. Our company has long- ever happened." any international travel restrictions, standing relationships with Members of Toyota’s decision to cut financial ties even as it faces growing pressure from Congress across the political spectrum, Detroit News that it did “not believe it is with election objectors came after The US business groups and lawmakers, a especially those representing our U.S. appropriate to judge members of Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump political White House official told Reuters on operations," spokesperson Edward Lewis Congress solely based on their votes on action committee, announced it would Wednesday, July 7. told The Detroit News via email. the electoral certification.” release a series of ads targeting In June, the administration launched "Our bipartisan PAC equally supports Between then and now, the motor companies that continued to donate to interagency working groups with the Democrats and Republicans running for company has donated more than $55,000 lawmakers who refused to certify European Union, United Kingdom, Congress. In fact, in 2021, the vast to Republicans who opposed certifying Biden’s 2020 win. Toyota was the PAC’s Canada, and Mexico to look at how to lift majority of the contributions went to the results — more than three times as first target. restrictions and eventually resume Democrats and Republicans who much as the next biggest donor, “Toyota vehicles feature safety travel. supported the certification of the 2020 according to an analysis by the watchdog detection systems, smartphone "While these groups have met a election. We understand that the PAC group Citizens for Responsibility and integration, and more white nationalism number of times, there are further decision to support select Members of Ethics in Washington (CREW). than you might've expected,” The discussions to be had before we can Congress who contested the results More than 140 Congress members Lincoln Project tweeted Thursday announce any next steps on travel troubled some stakeholders. We are voted against certifying the 2020 alongside its ad targeting Toyota. reopening with any country," the White actively listening to our stakeholders, election, all Republicans, baselessly After Toyota announced it would cease House official told Reuters. and, at this time, we have decided to stop claiming fraud. On Jan. 6, the same day donations to Congress members that "We have made tremendous progress contributing to those Members of as the certification, pro-Trump rioters, voted against certification, The Lincoln domestically in our vaccination efforts, Congress who contested the certification emboldened by widespread Project tweeted that the company “put as have many of these other countries, of certain states in the 2020 election,” the misinformation about the 2020 election, democracy ahead of transactional but we want to ensure that we move statement continues. stormed the Capitol aiming to stop the politics.” deliberately and are in a position to The decision backtracks on Toyota’s formal counting of Electoral College “We hope that the rest of Corporate sustainably reopen international travel previous stance on funding members of votes. America will follow their lead,” the tweet when it is safe to do so." (Source: Congress who voted not to certify the Toyota's first donation to an election reads. (Source: USA Today) Reuters) election. In April, the company told The objector after the Capitol siege was made For advertising in www.theindianpanorama.news Call @ 646-247-9458 THE INDIAN PANORAMA US FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 19 U.S. military mission in Afghanistan to end August 31, says Joe Biden

WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. President remain tethered to policies created to Afghan armed forces could stand up to Joe Biden announced on Thursday , July respond to a world as it was 20 years ago,” the Taliban, who have made strong 8, that the U.S. military mission in he said. “We need to meet the threats advances across the country since the Afghanistan will end on August 31, where they are today.” beginning of the year. nearly 20 years after it began. Mr. Biden said the United States “did “I do not trust the Taliban,” Mr. Biden The U.S. military has “achieved” its not go to Afghanistan to nation-build.” said, “but I trust the capacity of the goals in the country — killing Osama bin “It is the right and the responsibility of Afghan military.” Laden, degrading al-Qaeda and the Afghan people alone to decide their Asked if a Taliban takeover was preventing more attacks on the United future.” “inevitable,” the President said: “No, it is States, Mr. Biden said in a White House Mr. Biden pledged to continue not.” speech. supporting the Afghan government and He flatly rejected comparisons to the “We are ending America's longest war,” security forces and said thousands of US experience in Vietnam. he said. Afghan translators who worked for US “The Taliban is not the North “The status quo is not an option,” Mr. forces and face threats from the Taliban Vietnamese army,” Mr. Biden said. Biden said of staying in the country. “I would be able to find refuge in the United “They're not remotely comparable in will not send another generation of States. terms of capability. Americans to war in Afghanistan.” “There is a home for you in the United “There's going to be no circumstance Also read: Political, economic support States, if you choose,” he said. “We will where you are going to see people being will continue after U.S. troops leave: stand with you, just as you stood with lifted off the roof of an embassy of the Biden tells Afghan leaders us.” United States from Afghanistan,” he said. U.S. President Joe Biden announced: “We are ending America's longest war”. - File photo “The United States cannot afford to Mr. Biden said he was confident the “It is not at all comparable.” (Agencies) Texas Democrats Provide Update on Legislative Priorities Ahead of Abbott’s Special Legislative Session AUSTIN, TX (TIP): Texas Democratic targeting voters of color, disabled voters, ableist anti-voter legislation, money lawmakers and statewide organizations trans children, immigrants, and others in going to a racist border wall, a including the Texas Democratic Party, order for employees of the legislature to prohibition on teaching an accurate Black Voters Matter, the Workers Defense be paid for their work. version of American history, more Action Fund, the Black Freedom Factory, Most notably,the governor’s agenda for control over our bodies and less access to the Texas Right to Vote Coalition, MOVE this special session doesn’t even include abortion, and additional trauma being Texas, and the Texas Freedom Network, anything about the state’s crumbling afflicted on trans kids who just want to among others, hosted a press conference electric grid, which failed in February play sports,” said Darcy Caballero, Policy at the south steps of the state Capitol on and left millions without power and and Advocacy Strategist for the Texas Thursday, July 7 morning to bring hundreds of Texans dead, resulting in Democratic Party. “What’s not on the attention to Republican anti-voter laws the deadliest carbon monoxide poisoning agenda is a way to fix our crumbling and other items that Gov. Greg Abbott event in recent U.S. history. Even last infrastructure so Texans can be confident has labeled as priorities during his month, ERCOT asked Texans to reduce that their A/C and power will stay on special legislative session. energy and set their air-conditioning to a during what’s likely to be the hottest During the regular session, Texas higher temperature in the middle of summer on record. House Democrats were successful in summer in order to prevent the state’s “Instead, we continue to get more of stopping the passage of Republicans’ energy grid from failing, yet again. the same red meat legislation that anti-voter law, Senate Bill 7 (SB 7), which Instead, the governor’s list of issues to Republicans depend on to win their would have made it even more difficult address during the special session is elections,” Caballero added. “After for Texans with disabilities and Texans of largely red meat for his base, such as Texans came out to vote in record color to vote in the status quo. Upset that banning transgender children from numbers in 2020, Republicans are trying the Republican-dominated legislature engaging in school sports that match to cling to power the only way they know failed to advance his anti-voter their gender identity, even more funding how: by preventing voters of color, Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Ft. Worth, speaks at a press conference on the south steps of the legislation, the governor defunded the for border security and his new border working people, and young people from Texas Capitol on Thursday, where Democratic entire legislature -- a co-equal branch of wall, abortion, social media censorship, voting.” lawmakers and organizers spoke out against government -- and demanded they come and critical race theory, among others. (Read full story at anti-voter legislation and the Governor’s back for a special session and pass bills “On the agenda, we have racist and www.theindianpanorama.news) misplaced priorities for the special session.

As of 11 p.m. EDT Thursday, Elsa was centered about 65 miles north-northwest of Tropical Storm Elsa slams East Coast; at least 1 Norfolk, Virginia and 170 miles southwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey, moving dead in Florida and 10 injured in Georgia northeast at 25 mph, the hurricane center said. The storm has strengthened slightly, ARLINGTON, VA. (TIP): Tropical A flash flood watch was issued for tens of and sustained winds howled at 50 mph. Storm Elsa powered its way up the East millions of people along the East Coast Elsa was expected to gain speed over the Coast on Thursday, July 8, an unrelenting because of the threat of heavy rain. The next couple of days, pass near the eastern weather system that has claimed one life, National Hurricane Center issued the mid-Atlantic states by Thursday night and injured at least 10 people and flooded parts tropical storm warning as far north as then edge near or over the Northeast on of New York City. Boston and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Friday and Friday night, said Jack Beven, About 27,000 homes and businesses In New York City, pictures and video on a senior hurricane specialist at the remained without power in the eastern social media showed flooded subway stops hurricane center in Miami. U.S. on Thursday, July 8, and flooding was and shut down highways and roads. The (Read full story at a concern as isolated areas could see up to NYPD had to rescue several motorists www.theindianpanorama.news) 8 inches of rain before the storm passes. from rising waters, they said on Twitter. THE INDIAN PANORAMA BOLLYWOOD FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 20 Taapsee Pannu: Want to reaffirm audience trust in me for choosing quality films

aapsee Pannu has been signed up for a Telugu film Ttitled “Mishan Kriti Sanon urges Impossible”. The actress says she wants to reaffirm the trust the audience has in her for paparazzi to not choosing quality. “In last seven years I have always been on a lookout to be coverriti Sanon funeralshas made a 'humble part of the stories I want to see request' to the media and the myself as an audience, movies Kpaparazzi who are sharing visuals that I will spend my time and from Dilip Kumar's funeral. The actor money on. And ‘Mishan took to her Instagram Stories and urged Impossible’ is one of them,” the media to avoid covering celebrity Taapsee said. funerals for it's disturbing to see 'videos of She added: “I want to reaffirm such a sensitive event with photographers the trust the audience has in me talking casually in the background'. for choosing quality films and Dilip Kumar died on Wednesday, July 7 I’m doing exactly that by morning. In the evening, the actor was becoming a part of a movie like buried at the Juhu Qabrastan in Mumbai. this.” Videos and pictures from the funeral were Taapsee joined the team of the shared on social media. film today. Welcoming the In her appeal to the media, titled 'A actress on to the sets, the makers humble request', Kriti Sanon said, "Is it released a working still where necessary for media and paparazzi to the actress can be seen with a cover someone's funeral? A funeral is a broken hand. She looks anxious, very personal affair and media should let as she watches something on the people mourn in peace without a camera laptop. flashing in their faces! It's disturbing to Niranjan Reddy and Anvesh see videos of such a sensitive event with Reddy produce the film, while N photographers talking casually in the M Pasha is the associate background. I urge the media to please not producer. The film has cover funerals and give the family and cinematography handled by closed ones their privacy. Would you like Deepak Yeragara and music such a personal loss being flashed all scored by Mark K. Robin. Ravi over? Lets change things a bit.. Lets put Teja Girijala is the editor. humanity before profession!" Source: IANS , Mira celebrate 6th Esha Deol to make digital debut with Ajay Devgn wedding anniversary eturning to the spotlight after a long ctor Shahid Kapoor is celebrating his sixth Rhiatus, actor Esha wedding anniversary with wife, Mira Rajput. Deol Takhtani is all set to AOn Wednesday, July 7, Mira took to Instagram make her entry into the to share a photo with Shahid and a romantic message digital space with for him. upcoming crime-drama In the photo, Mira Rajput and Shahid Kapoor are series ‘Rudra – The Edge of seen in a lush green garden. She has her arms Darkness’, launching soon wrapped around him and he is seen giving her a kiss only on Disney+ Hotstar on her head. "I love you more than words suffice. VIP. Having garnered Happy 6, my love my life," she captioned her post. admiration in both critically acclaimed and The couple were showered with blessings and love commercially successful movies, the actress will be from their fans. "God bless u," wrote one. "So jealous reuniting with her fellow Bollywood megastar Ajay but happy," commented another. Devgn after more than a decade. Mira and Shahid got married in 2015 and welcomed Rudra – The Edge of Darkness is an engaging dark, their daughter Misha in 2016. Two years later in 2018, gritty crime-drama series that brings together a unique their son Zain was born. Shahid is 13 years older than storytelling format and powerful characters, making it Mira, a Delhi University graduate. a must-watch for fans of thrillers and crime-dramas. While Mira made the romantic post on the Esha said, “I am really happy to collaborate with occasion, Shahid is yet to share a message for his wife Applause and BBC Studios for Rudra – The Edge of on social media. He has been sharing selfies from the Darkness on Disney+ Hotstar VIP.As an actor, I believe shoot of his upcoming movies with Mrunal Thakur in working on projects that would let me explore and Kunal Kemmu. something new and engage me as a viewer as well. This He also paid tribute to actor Dilip Kumar, who died series is a fresh take on the quintessential cop drama, on Wednesday. Sharing a picture of him on spiritual home. The prayers of millions are with you. with a grey overtone, something which has not been Instagram, Shahid wrote, "We are all nothing but Thank you for giving us all you did. And sharing your explored in the Indian context before. With the versions of you Dilip Saab. Every actor has studied enlightened soul with us through all your resounding success of the OTT space, I am charged up you in awe. Wondering how you did it all. You were as breathtaking performances. You will live on forever for my digital debut with this one and I am looking close to PERFECT as it can get. As you return to your sir. You are TIMELESS. Rest in peace." forward to working with Ajay Devgn after a long time who has been a fantastic co star to me in many films.” THE INDIAN PANORAMA HOLLYWOOD FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 21 Julianne Moore is no fan of words ‘aging gracefully’ scar-winning actor Julianne Moore has criticised the term "aging Ogracefully" as it applies to women, saying it is "totally sexist". "There’s so much judgment inherent in the term 'aging gracefully'. Is there an ungraceful way to age? We don't have an option of course. No one has an option about aging, so it's not a positive or a negative thing, it just is," the actor told As If magazine. Superman and Lethal The Still Alice star said, "(aging is) part of the human condition, so why are we always Weapon director Richard talking about it as if it is something that we have control over?" Donner dies Julianne Moore said she takes to heart a quote from Helen Mirren with regards to her ilmmaker Richard Donner, who helped create philosophy on aging: “Aging is a the modern superhero blockbuster with 1978’s requirement of life: You either grow old or FSuperman and mastered the buddy comedy with die young.” the Lethal Weapon franchise, has died. He was 91. The actor said, "We are given a narrative Richard died Monday, July 5, in Los Angeles, his as children that we keep growing through family said through a spokesperson. school, maybe go to college then, after school Richard gained fame with his first feature, 1976’s is finished, the idea of growth is done. The Omen. A then-unheard-of offer followed: $1 But we have all this life left to live. How do million to direct 1978’s Superman. Richard channeled we continue to challenge ourselves, to his love of the character into making the film, interest ourselves, learn new things, be more repeatedly facing off with producers over the need for helpful to other people, be the person that special effects that would convince the audience that a your friends and family need or want? How superhero could really fly. In the title role, Richard do we continue to evolve? How do we cast Christopher Reeve, who was associated with navigate life to have even deeper Superman for the rest of his life. experiences?” By the 21st century, the genre was dominating the The 60-year-old actor is set to reunite with box office in the US and thriving overseas. The heads her Far From Heaven director Todd Haynes of Marvel Studios and DC Entertainment—producers for the film May December, which also of most of today’s superhero fare—both worked for features Natalie Portman. Source: PTI Richard when they were starting out in Hollywood. Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of Charlize Theron finally breaks the blocking her winery sale news of ‘The Old Guard’ Sequel

ollywood star Charlize Theron has confirmed that she and co- Hstars Marwan Kenzari and Luca Marinelli are “definitely” returning for another instalment of “The Old Guard”. Theron confirmed to Variety that the script is already done and that they plan to start shooting the action flick early next year, reports etonline.com. The first film of “The Old Guard” series, an adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name, followed Charlize Theron’s character Andy and ngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt‘s would affect the other amid a covert team of immortal mercenaries divorce has spilled over to proceedings, in order to finalize the who are suddenly exposed and must Athe south of France, or, more sale — but Brad has not consented now fight to keep their identity a secret. particularly, Château Miraval, the to the removal yet, stalling the “The Old Guard” was directed by French winery and castle shared by process. Gina Prince-Bythewood. the duo. Angelina, 46, has accused Angelina’s lawyers have stated Meanwhile, Charlize Theron and her estranged husband, 57, of that the actress is “extremely filmmaker Niki Caro have joined hands blocking the sale of their winery to desirous of closing the pending for a film on gender equality. Theron a third-party buyer in court agreement for the sale” and would will produce the film, while Caro will documents filed on Tuesday, July 6 very much like to “extricate herself direct. in Los Angeles. (HollywoodLife has from being business partners with The film will focus on four female reached out to Angelina and Brad’s her ex-husband.” The document athlete’s fighting for equality in big reps for comment.) further read: “Petitioner should not wave surfing. It will revolve around the In the documents obtained by be indefinitely held hostage to lives of Bianca Valenti, Andrea Moller, HollywoodLife, Angelina has asked being Respondent’s business Paige Alms and Keala Kennelly and for the removal of an automatic partner with respect to separate their journey to make a place for temporary restraining order property assets in a family court themselves in the sport which is (ATRO), a routine order that proceeding to divide community predominantly male-dominated, prevents divorcing parties from property.” according to contactmusic.com. making financial decisions that Source: HollywoodLife THE INDIAN PANORAMA LINCOLN CENTER FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 22 LINCOLN CENTER BOUNCES BACK BY MABEL PAIS

VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON EVENTS ALL activates outdoor space through artistic and “WE ARE THE WORK” community initiatives that speak to our current Mahogany L. Browne Residency SUMMER AT RESTART STAGES moment and reimagines cultural engagement in public space for a new era. For her residency, Browne has curated events that draw from her experience as a poet and activist— including a racial justice writing workshop, film screenings, a poetry jazz night, book readings of justice-oriented children’s books, and more. The residency opens on July 10 with a multipart roving artistic experience that showcases visual and literary artists as they investigate systems of oppression and includes art by Russell Craig, Rico Frederick, Eboni Hogan, and more. The event will be hosted by Browne, and features youth poetry performances as well as live music by DJ Reborn and Mylez Gittens. Mahogany L. Browne - Photo /lincolncenter.org Said Mahogany L. Browne, “My landscape of being SCHEDULE OF EVENTS has been impacted by mass incarceration, poetry, social movement work, abolition, immigration, July 10, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. reclamation of joy, youth leadership, literacy, and We Are The Work - Opening mental wellness. This grouping of writers, artists, Sunken Plaza & Performance in Hearst Plaza movement workers, experts, performers, and educators A live and roving artistic experience showcasing visual is a call to the frontline. We are collecting our and literary artists as they investigate systems of heartbreaks, our anxieties, our fears, and our desires. oppression. The event includes musical performances, We are growing this harvest of impossible humanity; youth slam poets, and a poetry reading with Mahogany L. this messy evolution that can grow so much goodness.” Browne and special guests. Artists include Russell Craig, Rico Frederick, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Eboni Hogan, Caits Lincoln Center Map - Photo /lincolncenter.org Meissner,Migz, The Supremacy Project x Michael Boyd, DJ Reborn, and Mylez Gittens. Lincoln Center’s (LC) RESTART STAGES — an July 17 at 7:00 p.m. outdoor performing arts center with 10 outdoor Poetic Intersections – Online Premiere (Virtual performance and rehearsal spaces — helps kickstart Event) the performing arts sector and New York City’s revival. On July 17, Browne hosts the first virtual event of her Fostering a dynamic environment for artists, residency: “Poetic Intersections,” an online collection of community organizations, and audiences, Restart poetry readings from some of the most compelling voices Stages is a welcoming and safe place for live in the literary field and Browne's personal literary heroes performances, family activities, and civic engagement. and colleagues. Experience the artists that teach, challenge, Restart Stages is part of the Stavros Niarchos and fortify her as a mother, writer, and community Foundation-Lincoln Center Agora Initiative, a organizer. Performers include: Terrance Hayes, Jon Sands, collaboration that reimagines and reactivates public Lincoln Center's "The Green." - Photo /lincolncenter.org Richard Blanco, Tai Freedom Ford, Yesenia Montilla, space for a new era. Christina Olivares, Crystal Valentine, Roberto Carlos Throughout the summer, audiences are invited to Garcia, Jive Poetic, Aricka Foreman, Jen Benka, Cathy enjoy performances by Lincoln Center, its resident Additional highlights include the Woke Baby Book Linh Che, Sarah Kay,Aracelis Girmay,and Cristin O’Keefe organizations, cultural and community arts partners, Fair, a family-friendly celebration with book readings, Aptowicz. and guest curators from across the five boroughs. To a baby movement class led by Paris Alexandrea of BK For the complete schedule of “We Are The Work” events learn more, visit lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at- Yoga Club, and a fresh produce giveaway from Seeds in continuing until September,visit lincolncenter.org/lincoln- home/series/restart-stages the Middle; a conversation with V (formerly Eve center-at-home/series/we-are-the-work TICKETS Ensler), Yolanda Sealey Ruiz, and Idrissa Simmonds on RESTART STAGES: FAMILY & KIDS : Lincoln Center Racial Equality Work in the Community and for the Performing Arts is thrilled to present fun-filled — Free tickets are made available through the TodayTix Classroom; and a jazz and spoken word event featuring and sun-filled! — outdoor programming and activities for Lottery, the Official Ticketing Partner of Restart Adam Falkner, Max Michael Jacob, Vuyo Sotashe, and young audiences and the young at heart. From ticketed Stages. The TodayTix Lottery opens for entries two Shanelle Gabriel. Film screenings include Wash the performances to pop-up workshops and events, an open-air weeks before each performance. Dead, a short film by Mahogany L. Browne & Russell reading room, and participatory art installation (The Health and safety are LC’s top priority.In accordance Craig on The GREEN. The culminating in-person event GREEN), Restart Stages will keep your family busy and with the New York State guidelines and in consultation on September 10, How the Work Begins: A engaged all summer long. You can enter the TodayTix with its medical advisors, Lincoln Center has Revolutionary Concert, includes poet, DJ and activist, lottery for a chance to win tickets to a Concerts For Kids implemented protocols to enhance safety for all staff, Jive Poetic, Resistance Revival Chorus, dance live performance, or be on the lookout for surprise dance artists and guests. performances, film presentations, hands-on activities workshops, story time, arts and crafts, poetry readings, and LC POET-IN-RESIDENCE showcasing Words of Art and Brain Yoga, and readings so much more. You never know what events will pop up on by Isaac Fitzgerald, Jon Sands, and best-selling YA The GREEN! Mahogany L. Browne is appointed as First Ever Poet- Authors. lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/series/restart- in-Residence. The residency, entitled “We Are The “As we do our part to champion the cultural and stages-family-kids Work”, will feature a variety of in-person and virtual economic comeback of our city,it’s incumbent upon us DANCE BREAK : Join LC for Dance Break—a pause in events, along with new poetry by Browne, to ensure we’re supporting the voices, stories, and lived your day to move, re-energize, and have fun! Filmed commissioned specifically for the residency. “This experiences of those whose artistry holds up a mirror outdoors on Lincoln Center’s campus, these one-minute residency will include all of the intersections that to our world—even when those stories and experiences dance lessons feature a wide range of dance styles and are shaped my process as both artist and advocate,” said may be difficult to see,” said Jordana Leigh, Senior meant for all ages and abilities. Take a break, learn Mahogany L. Browne. Director of Programming at Lincoln Center for the something new, and DANCE! Featured Artists and Collaborators Include Richard Performing Arts. Dance Break is now available in the Headspace Blanco, Aracelis Girmay, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Isaac All events are free and open to the general public. (headspace.com) app as part of a new partnership! Every Fitzgerald, Terrance Hayes, Sarah Kay, Christine Platt, Tickets to the event on July 10 are now available via the Thursday, check your "Today" section on the app for new Liza Jessie Peterson, DJ Reborn, Crystal Valentine, TodayTix Lottery or by calling Lincoln Center Guest dance styles. To learn more, visit lincolncenter.org/lincoln- Hank Willis Thomas, Jacqueline Woodson, V (formerly Services at 212-875-5456.* To learn more about free center-at-home/series/dance-break Eve Ensler), Vuyo Sotashe, & more tickets and access to the in-person and virtual events, (Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social Issues, It is presented as part of “Restart Stages,” which please visit LincolnCenter.org/WeAreTheWork. Spirituality, and Health & Wellness) THE INDIAN PANORAMA THEATER FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 23 THEATRE WORLD CELEBRATES 75 BY MABEL PAIS SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATES 75 YEARS PLAY-PERVIEW PLAY-PERVIEW LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT FOR ANDRÉ DE Play-PerView is an organization that believes in SHIELDS, PATTI LUPONE the power of community and highlights the ways in BENEFITS RAICES which artists can support one another both in times EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR AUDRA PRESENTS STREAMING OF “LIVING AND of triumph and crisis with love, joy, and innovation MCDONALD in the digital age. Play-PerView programs present a BREATHING” variety of one-time-only events — including play SUNDAY, JULY 11 @ 7 PM BY MANDO ALVARADO readings, non-scripted series, panel discussions, DIRECTED BY JERRY RUIZ and more — as well as a desire to bring live NET PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT RAICES theatrical experiences to audiences outside of the major hubs of New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles (REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR — this initiative will raise funds for arts EDUCATION AND LEGAL SERVICES) organizations and other charities such as The STREAMING BEGINS SATURDAY, JULY 10 Actors Fund, Broadway Cares, not-for-pro?t institutions, and theatrical unions who are helping to relieve those in need of ?nancial assistance due to job loss, medical bills, and other essential needs. To learn more, visit play-perview.com CREATIVE TEAM

MANDO ALVARADO (Playwright) is an award- winning playwright/screenwriter from Pharr, Texas. He is currently a Supervising Producer on “Brand New Cherry Flavor” for Netflix. To learn more, visit mandoalvarado.com JERRY RUIZ (Director) is a director, producer and new play aficionado. Having directed several plays Living And Breathing" Poster - Photo / play-perview.com in New York theater, he has developed work at Theatre World Awards Logo - Photo / theatreworld.org Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep., The Public Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, the Oregon The Theatre World Awards, Dale Badway, President, Play-PerView’s next streamed event benefits Shakespeare Festival, and the Playwrights Realm. in association with Tom D'Angora and Michael RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Currently, Jerry serves as Head of Directing at D'Angora present the star-studded line-up of this year’s Education and Legal Services). Texas State University. To learn more, visit "Theatre World Awards: Special Event Celebrating 75 Featuring Tony Award winners and a jruizdirector.com Years!!” Each year The Theatre World Awards presents constellation of stars from the worlds of Broadway, JEREMY WEIN (Producer) is a producer and 12 awards to outstanding debut performances on and Off-Broadway, film, and television, Play-PerView, a director based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the off-Broadway. After a year of no debuts, The Theatre new live-streaming theater initiative founded by founder of the New York City Podcast Festival, World Awards, the oldest American award for debuts in producer Jeremy Wein (NYC PodFest, Kevin which he produced from 2013-2018. He recently theatre in New York, will return for a one-night virtual McDonald: Alive), will deliver unique, one-time- produced the debut EP for The U.S. Open (featuring benefit gala honoring Broadway legends André De only, live-streamed theatrical events and original Shawn Randell, William Jackson Harper, Steven Shields and Patti LuPone with the 8th Annual John series into the homes of theater fans around the Boyer, Diana Oh, Je? Biehl, and Bobby Moreno), Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in The Theatre globe. which will be released later this year. Follow him at as well as presenting Audra McDonald with the Dorothy On Saturday, July 10th at 7:00pm EST (on demand Twitter: @ThisMyShow Loudon Special Award for Excellence in Theatre. through July 14), Play-PerView will stream a LIVE Instagram: @JeremyWein90 Directed by Tom D'Angora and Michael D'Angora, the performance of “Living and Breathing” by Mando JENNIFER CAMPOS PRODUCTIONS (Producer) star-studded benefit gala will feature performances Alvarado (“Vida,” “Greenleaf”). Directed by Jerry JC Productions was founded to promote diverse and from past Theatre World Award winners. Ruiz (Mala Hierba, Basílica), the cast will feature inclusive theatrical productions across the country. The special event will be hosted virtually by Chris Gardner, Thomas Mejia, Jose Joaquin Perez Ms. Campos has worked as an equity stage manager BroadwayWorld.com on Sunday, July 11th beginning at (“We Need To Talk About Kevin,” “Person of with several off-Broadway theater companies 7pm. The free event will stream exclusively on Interest”), and Johnathan Tchaikovsky (“The Wolf including The New Group and Primary Stages. Most BroadwayWorld.com of Wall Street,” “Bull”). recently, Jennifer was an Associate Producer for The event and accompanying fundraising campaign In “Living and Breathing,” when Todd purchases The New Group Off Broadway production of are being produced by Tom D'Angora, Michael a ‘living sculpture,’ the controversial piece of art “Waiting for Godot” with Ethan Hawke, John D'Angora, and Tim Guinee. The trio are donating their causes a rift with his old college friends Michael Leguizamo, and Wallace Shawn. She can be accessed time to the Theatre World Awards project. The event is and Jeremy that leads to a hilarious and incendiary at linkedin.com/in/jennifer-campos-9386075 produced in association with The Theatre World examination of the nature of their lifelong bond RAICES (REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CENTER Awards Board of Directors. through a conversation about race, friendship, and The Theatre World Awards relies on the support and art in today’s America. FOR EDUCATION AND LEGAL SERVICES) contributions of its alumni and donors. Tax deductible Proceeds from all events will be directed to arts RAICES is a nonprofit agency that promotes donations may be made by visiting the Go Fund Me link organizations impacted by the COVID-19 virus. justice by providing free and low-cost legal services at gofund.me/cf2604da. Play-PerView’s producers Jeremy Wein and Jen to underserved immigrant children, families, and In what has become a highly entertaining and often Campos Productions, have raised close to $0.5M to refugees. With legal services, social programs, bond touching tradition, 12 previous winners serve as the date in support of arts organizations and other assistance, and an advocacy team focused on presenters, and often relive moments from past charities across the country impacted by the changing the narrative around immigration in this ceremonies and share wonderful stories rarely heard at COVID-19 virus through 48 major live-streamed country, RAICES is operating on the national other theatrical awards. Many people feel that this is events and additional auxiliary programming. frontlines of the fight for immigration rights. We the most fun and enjoyable awards show of the Tickets are “pay what you can” and are available defend the rights of immigrants and refugees, Broadway season! This special gala presentation will at eventbrite.com/e/play-perview-living-and- empower individuals, families, and communities, celebrate past and present honorees showcasing the breathing-live-reading-tickets-152845417759. and advocate for liberty and justice. Watch the video historic heritage of the organization. For additional information on these and future - youtu.be/7YTmuSkgsWY For additional information about the Theatre World events, visit Play-PerView.com or follow To learn more, visit play-perview.com and Awards, visit @Play_PerView on Twitter and @Play_PerView on raicestexas.org www.theatreworldawards.org Instagram for updates, trivia, contests, and more! (Mabel Pais writes on The Arts and Entertainment, Social www.facebook.com/TheatreWorldAwards/ Issues, Spirituality, and Health & Wellness) www.twitter.com/TWAwards THE INDIAN PANORAMA WORLD FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 24 ONE OF CHINA’S WANDERING ELEPHANTS Hearings in Hong Kong RETURNS TO RESERVE BEIJING (TIP): One member of a group of elephants that left a nature subversion trial extended reserve and wandered close to cities in China's southwest has been tranquilised and returned to the to September reserve after leaving the herd. The elephants left the reserve in Yunnan HONG KONG (TIP): Hearings in the province last year and walked more trial of 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy than 500 kilometers north. AP activists charged under a Beijing-imposed national security law have been extended RUSSIA TO LAUNCH NEW to September. INT’L SPACE STATION The activists, aged 23 to 64, appeared in court on July 8 in the government’s effort MODULE to convict them of conspiracy to commit MOSCOW (TIP): The long-delayed subversion for their involvement in Russian module for the International unofficial primary elections held last year Space Station is set to be finally by the pro-democracy camp to determine launched this month, but the date has candidates to field in legislative elections been pushed back several days, the which were later postponed. head of the country's space Authorities say the primaries were part corporation said July 8. The launch of of a plot to paralyse Hong Kong’s ‘Nauka’ has been delayed because of government and have cracked down technical problems. AP heavily on dissent following months of anti-government protests in 2019. IRAN HOSTS AFGHAN Defendants protested the move to extend PEACE TALKS AS the hearings and shouted that Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement must FIGHTING SURGES “hang on”. The hearings will resume on TEHRAN (TIP): Iran on July 7 September 23. intimidated into silence or have sought necessary to restore order in the hosted the first significant talks in In addition to the new national security asylum overseas, while demonstrations Asian financial hub. Critics say they months between Taliban and Afghan law, authorities have changed the criteria have been banned and the city’s most mark a betrayal of the central Government representatives, a for Hong Kong elections and the makeup of prominent pro-democracy newspaper, the government’s promise to maintain surprise meeting that comes as the US the legislature to ensure an overwhelming Apple Daily, has closed after police Hong Kong’s civil liberties for 50 completes its withdrawal from pro-Beijing majority. Most outspoken arrested staff and froze its assets. years after its handover from British Afghanistan and districts fall to the democracy advocates have been jailed, Beijing has defended the moves as colonial rule in 1997. AP Taliban across the country. The high-level peace talks between the warring sides follow months-old discussions in Qatar that have been South Africa's Zuma hands himself over to stalled by a diplomatic stalemate and escalating violence. Even as officials police to begin sentence faced each other across vast tables in Tehran and Iran’s top diplomat NKANDLA (SOUTH corruption under his pledged to end the crisis, fighting AFRICA) (TIP): South African leadership and he had struck a surged in Afghanistan’s Badghis. former President Jacob Zuma defiant note on Sunday, lashing The Taliban political committee, led turned himself in to police on out at the judges and launching by chief negotiator Sher Mohammad July 7 to begin 15 months in jail legal challenges to his arrest. Abbas Stanikzai, flew from Doha to for contempt of court, the His lawyers asked the Iran’s capital to meet Afghan culmination of a long legal Constitutional Court on government officials, including drama seen as a test of the post- Wednesday to suspend its order former Vice-President Younus apartheid state's ability to to the police to arrest him by Qanooni and others from the High enforce the rule of law. midnight pending the outcome Council for National Reconciliation. Police spokesperson of his challenge against a jail Iranian Foreign Minister Lirandzu Themba confirmed in sentence. Mohammad Javad Zarif urged the a statement that Zuma was in Zuma gave in to pressure to delegates to “take difficult decisions police custody, in compliance quit and yield to now-President for their country. — Agencies with the Constitutional Court Cyril Ramaphosa in 2018. He judgment. has since faced inquiries into ICELAND REDUCES The Department of Correctional Hundreds of his supporters, some of allegations of corruption dating from WORKING HOURS BUT Services said in a separate statement them armed with guns, spears and his time as president and before. that Zuma was admitted to Estcourt shields, had gathered nearby at his The Zondo Commission is examining MAINTAINS PRODUCTIVITY Correctional Centre, about 175 km (108 homestead to try to prevent his arrest. allegations that he allowed three Indian- AND PAY miles) from his rural homestead in But in the end, the 79-year-old Zuma born businessmen, Atul, Ajay and Nkandla in eastern South Africa. decided to go quietly. Rajesh Gupta, to plunder state resources LONDON (TIP): A four-day work Television aired live footage of his "President Zuma has decided to and traffic influence over government week has been an "overwhelming motorcade entering the facility. comply with the incarceration order," his policy. He and the Gupta brothers, who success" in Iceland, with the majority The court gave Zuma a 15-month jail foundation said, the first time Zuma's fled to Dubai after Zuma was ousted, of the labour force switching to work term last week for defying an instruction camp had shown any willingness to deny any wrongdoing. fewer hours without affecting their earlier in February to give evidence at an cooperate with the court. Zuma also faces a separate court case productivity, according to researchers inquiry into corruption during his nine It was a remarkable fall for a revered relating to a $2 billion arms deal in 1999 in the country. A study was conducted years in power until 2018. The inquiry is veteran of the African National when he was deputy president. He denies between 2015 and 2019 in the Iceland led by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Congress liberation movement, who was the charges. national government and capital Zondo. jailed by South Africa's white minority The former president maintains that Reykjavík's City Council, part of Police had been instructed to arrest rulers for his part in its struggle to make he is the victim of a political witch hunt which over 2,500 workers. (PTI) Zuma by the end of Wednesday if he everyone equal before the law. and that Zondo is biased against him. failed to appear at a police station. Zuma denies there was widespread Reuters THE INDIAN PANORAMA WORLD FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 25 Haiti police battle gunmen who killed president, amid fears of chaos

PORT-AU-PRINCE (TIP): Haiti's U.S. Secretary of State Antony security forces were locked in a fierce Blinken, in a call with Joseph, expressed gun battle on July 7 with assailants who Washington's commitment to work with assassinated President Jovenel Moise at Haiti's government to support his home overnight, plunging the "democratic governance, peace, and already impoverished, violence-wracked security," State Department nation deeper into chaos. spokesperson Ned Price said in a The police had killed four of the statement. "mercenaries" and captured two more, Many people in Haiti had wanted Police General Director Leon Charles Moise to leave office. Ever since he took said in televised comments late on over in 2017, he faced calls to resign and Wednesday, adding that security forces mass protests - first over corruption would not rest until they had all been allegations and his management of the dealt with. economy, then over his increasing grip "We blocked them en route as they left on power. the scene of the crime," he said. "Since Lately, he presided over a worsening then, we have been battling with them." state of gang violence that rights "They will be killed or apprehended." activists say is linked to politics and Moise, a 53-year-old former business leaders using armed groups for businessman who took office in 2017, was their own ends. shot dead and his wife, Martine Moise, In recent months, many districts of the was seriously wounded when heavily capital Port-au-Prince had become no-go armed assassins stormed the couple's the Americas. The first lady had been airlifted to zones and one of Haiti's most powerful home in the hills above Port-au-Prince at The government declared a two-week Florida for treatment where she was in a gang leaders warned he was launching a around 1 a.m. local time (0500 GMT). state of emergency to help it hunt down stable condition, Joseph said. revolution against the country's business Haiti's ambassador to the United the assassins, whom Edmond described Haiti, a country of about 11 million and political elites States, Bocchit Edmond, told Reuters in as a group of "foreign mercenaries" and people, has struggled to achieve stability https://www.reuters.com/world/americ an interview the gunmen were well-trained killers. since the fall of the Duvalier dynastic as/haiti-gang-leader-launches- masquerading as U.S. Drug Enforcement The gunmen spoke English and dictatorship in 1986, and has grappled revolution-violence-escalates-2021-06-24 - Administration (DEA) agents as they Spanish, said interim Prime Minister with a series of coups and foreign although rights activists said he was entered Moise's guarded residence under Claude Joseph, who assumed the interventions. more linked to Moise than the cover of nightfall - a move that would leadership of the country, where the U.S. President Joe Biden denounced opposition. likely have helped them gain entry. majority speak French or Haitian Creole. the killing as "heinous" and called the Moise himself had talked of dark The brazen assassination, which drew "I am calling for calm. Everything is situation in Haiti - which lies some 700 forces at play behind the unrest: fellow condemnation from Washington and under control," Joseph said on television miles (1,125 km) off the Florida coast - politicians and corrupt oligarchs neighboring Latin American countries, alongside Police General Director worrisome. unhappy with his attempts to clean up came amid political unrest, a surge in Charles. "We stand ready to assist as we government contracts and to reform gang violence, and a growing "This barbaric act will not remain continue to work for a safe and secure Haitian politics. He provided no proof of humanitarian in the poorest nation in unpunished". Haiti," he said. this. (Reuters)

KIDNAPPERS DEMAND China's gene giant harvests data from FOOD FOR CHILDREN millions of women SEIZED IN NIGERIA SCHOOL RAID BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese gene test, one of the most popular in the in their routine prenatal care. But the KADUNA (TIP): Kidnappers who company selling prenatal tests around world, is a source of genetic data for the studies show that they yield increasingly abducted more than 100 students from a the world developed them in company, which has worked with the potent information for research. boarding school in Nigeria’s Kaduna collaboration with the country's military Chinese military to improve "population One BGI study, for instance, used a state warned that the children could and is using them to collect genetic data quality" and on genetic research to military supercomputer to re-analyse starve unless parents supply them with from millions of women for sweeping combat hearing loss and altitude NIFTY data and map the prevalence of food, parents and the head of the research on the traits of populations, a sickness in soldiers. viruses in Chinese women, look for Kaduna Baptist conference said on July Reuters review of scientific papers and BGI says it stores and re-analyses left- indicators of mental illness in them, and 7. company statements found. over blood samples and genetic data from single out Tibetan and Uyghur The Baptist official said about 125 US government advisors warned in the prenatal tests, sold in at least 52 minorities to find links between their students are missing, while at least 28 March that a vast bank of genomic data countries to detect abnormalities such as genes and their characteristics. were reunited with their families, after that the company, BGI Group, is Down's syndrome in the foetus. The tests The scale of BGI's accumulation of the overnight raid on the Bethel Baptist amassing and analysing with artificial — branded NIFTY for "Non-Invasive prenatal data, and its collaboration with High School early this week, the 10th intelligence could give China a path to Fetal TrisomY"—also capture genetic the military in prenatal and neonatal mass school kidnapping since December economic and military advantage. As information about the mother, as well as research, have not been previously in northwest Nigeria. science pinpoints new links between personal details such as her country, reported. The company has published at Parents of those missing told Reuters genes and human traits, access to the height and weight, but not her name, BGI least a dozen joint studies on the tests that the kidnappers promised the biggest, most diverse set of human computer code viewed by Reuters shows. with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) children would be safe if parents genomes is a strategic edge. The So far, more than 8 million women since 2010, trialling and improving the delivered rice, beans, palm oil, salt and technology could propel China to have taken BGI's prenatal tests globally. tests or analysing the data they provided, stock cubes. They said abductors told dominate global pharmaceuticals, and BGI has not said how many of the the Reuters review found. them that a ransom demand would also potentially lead to genetically women took the test abroad, and said it DNA data collected from prenatal tests follow. “Search and rescue operations enhanced soldiers, or engineered only stores location data on women in on women outside China has also been (are) ongoing and we strongly believe pathogens to target the US population or mainland China. stored in China's government-funded that these students will safely return to food supply, the advisors said. The tests are a private procedure for gene database, one of the world's largest, their parents soon,” Reverend I.A. Reuters has found that BGI's prenatal the women who take them, a component the company confirmed. (Reuters) Jangado said in a statement. (Reuters) THE INDIAN PANORAMA COVID-WORLD FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 26 UK sees biggest Global Covid-19 caseload surge in Covid cases since tops 185.5 mn January WASHINGTON (TIP): The overall ritain reported the highest global Covid-19 caseload has topped daily number of new Covid 185.5 million, while the deaths have TRACKING THE VIRUS Bcases since January 29 on surged to more than 4 million and Tuesday, and the greatest number of vaccinations soared to over 3.35 billion, deaths within 28 days of a positive according to the Johns Hopkins GLOBAL test since April 23. Recent figures University. INDIA showed that there were 28,773 new In its latest update on Friday, July 9, cases, up from 27,334 on Monday, and morning, the University's Center for Cases Deaths Cases Deaths 37 deaths. As of the end of Monday, Systems Science and Engineering 185,500,538 4,009,084 30,752,950 405,939 86.2% of British adults had received (CSSE) revealed that the current global one dose of a vaccination against caseload, death toll and the total number Covid and 64.3% had received two of vaccine doses administered stood at doses. 185,500,538, 4,009,084 and 3,351,337,474, Meanwhile, Covid deaths in Russia respectively. have hit another daily record, with The US continues to be the worst-hit the authorities reporting 737 more country with the world's highest fatalities amid a rapid rise in number of cases and deaths at 33,790,136 infections. Russia's Covid task force and 606,468, respectively, according to on Tuesday reported 23,378 new cases. the CSSE. The daily tally of confirmed In terms of infections, India follows in infections has more than doubled in the second place with 30,709,557 cases. the past month. The other worst countries with over 3 million cases are Brazil (18,962,762), France (5,861,128), Russia (5,638,901), Turkey (5,465,094), the UK (5,040,053), Argentina (4,613,019), Colombia (4,450,086), Italy (4,267,105), Spain (3,915,313), Germany (3,741,470) and Iran (3,327,526), the CSSE figures showed. In terms of deaths, Brazil comes second with 530,179 fatalities. Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are India (405,028), Mexico (234,458), Peru (193,743), Russia (138,441), the UK (128,601), Italy (127,731), France (111,473) and Colombia (111,155). Source: IANS

Delta variant, first identified Pfizer developing Covid booster in India, now ‘dominant’ in US shot to target delta variant

he delta variant of the coronavirus fizer and BioNTech announced disease (Covid-19) -- or B.1.617.2 -- Thursday, July 8, they are Tfirst seen in India, will soon end up Pdeveloping a Covid-19 booster shot being the most dominant strain of the intended to target the delta variant as virus in the United States, news agencies concerns rise about the highly reported on Thursday morning, adding transmissible strain that is already the that the delta variant constitutes almost dominant form of the disease in the half of the total infections in the country United States. right now. The companies said although they The delta Covid-19 variant makes up believe a third shot of their current two- 30% of the total number of samples dose vaccine has the potential to preserve sequenced for the virus in the US over a the “highest levels” of protection against Clinical studies could begin as early as two-week period ending June 19, said Jude national genomic surveillance since all currently known variants, including August, subject to regulatory approvals, Fulce, spokesperson at the US Centers for December last year. delta, they are “remaining vigilant” and the companies said. Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The US CDC categorised the delta developing an updated version of the The announcement comes the same day She told the Bloomberg news agency that Covid-19 variant as a 'variant of concern' vaccine. Olympics organizers said they are this number is likely to be 52% now,which last month, noting that the extent to which “As seen in real world evidence released banning all spectators from the games will be confirmed once the data for the the strain has affected the country varies from the Israel Ministry of Health, this year after Japan declared a state of two-week period ending July 3 comes in. across regions. While the delta variant vaccine efficacy has declined six months emergency that’s meant to curb a wave of So far, the 'alpha' variant of Covid-19, constitutes 30% of the total Covid-19 post-vaccination, at the same time that new Covid-19 infections due in part to the first identified in the United Kingdom, infections in the Pacific Northwest, it the Delta variant is becoming the delta variant. had been dominant in the US. Now alpha ranges to more than 80% of the cases in dominate variant in the country,” the Delta is estimated by the World Health cases constitute 28.7% of the total cases -- the Midwestern region of the country. companies said in a written statement. Organization to be about 55% more a declining trend -- while delta variant However, the variant has been found in “These findings are consistent with an transmissible than alpha, the variant cases are on the rise. every US state, officials confirmed. ongoing analysis from the companies’ first found in the United Kingdom that The data is a result of a study conducted The delta variant of the coronavirus Phase 3 study,”they said. “That is why we once dominated the U.S. While current by the CDC in which the health agency disease is believed to be more potent than have said, and we continue to believe that evidence shows Pfizer’s is highly effective estimated proportions of the most the earlier strains of the virus, in the it is likely,based on the totality of the data against delta in preventing severe disease common SARS-CoV-2 lineages circulating sense that it is more infectious and lethal, we have to date, that a third dose may be and death, it may not protect as well in the US on a bi-weekly basis. The virus leaving the younger population especially needed within 6 to 12 months after full against mild disease and spreading the sequences have been collected in the vulnerable. vaccination.” disease to others, scientists say. THE INDIAN PANORAMA ADVT FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 27 THE INDIAN PANORAMA WOMEN FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 28 Guide to ace the foxy FOOD CORNER eyeliner look Moong Dal Pakodi akeup enthusiasts will understand the satisfaction of having aced a trend, especially Msomething that has got to do with the eyes. It is said that eye makeup can make or break your look, and as such, it becomes important to have a clarity as to exactly what it is that you are looking to achieve. Now, you must have come across the viral foxy-eye trend while scrolling through social media channels or flipping the pages of a magazine. Whatever may be your source, Samir Modi, the founder and managing director at Colorbar Cosmetics says it is "all about manipulating Ingredients your eye shape for a lifted look, emphasising on the outer corners for a sultry effect. Overall, you get an end Moong Dal - 1 cup, Onion - 1/4 cup, finely chopped, result similar to that of a subtle face-lift, but all with Green Chillies - 4, finely chopped, Baking Powder - a makeup." pinch, Salt as per taste, Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp, Coriander Leaves - few, Oil as required for frying How different is it from the winged eyeliner look? Method Soak the dal for 2 hours. Modi says unlike the winged eyeliner trend, "the Drain well. straighter tip of the fox-eye helps to achieve a more You're now going to draw a line from your lower lash Add salt and grind to a coarse paste. slanted and almond-shaped look, while a curved wing line or waterline and connect it to the line you Add green chillies, onion, coriander leaves, baking rounds up the eye to make it appear larger". have already created and then fill in the space. The powder and cumin seeds. Start by taking a brown eyeshadow shade on the result is that the angular triangle you create with Heat oil in a deep frying pan. smallest size fluffy blending brush and create a your liner has its top edge connecting to your Make small balls of the dough and fry them in hot line at the crease of your eyelid, while elongating eyelid, but the bottom edge connected to the lower oil until golden brown. up towards your temples at a 45-degree angle. lid. Remove and drain excess oil. Blend the edges of the line that you just created, Serve hot with sauce or mint chutney. maintain the overall shape and make sure there Ways you can enhance your eyeliner are no harsh lines. To enhance the look, you can use concealer or a Q To make Moong Dal Pakodi Chaat Grab your eyeliner in either a brown or black and tip soaked in makeup remover to sharpen the edge Ingredients make sure it has a superfine tip. Start with the of your eyeliner. inner corner or your eye and create a ‘V’ shape Go for a negative space triangle for a feline effect, or Curd - 1 cup, whisked, Sev - 1 cup, G r e e n along the tear duct. Don't worry about any minor simply continue your top lid liner all the way Chutney for Chaat, Sweet Chutney, Coriander imperfections, you can always take a Q tip, soak towards the tear duct for a Cleopatra-esque Leaves - few, chopped makeup remover and touch it up. definition. Method Now for the outer corner of your eye, you're going Add some single falsies to the outer corner of the to take your eyeliner and start at the outermost lash line, to emphasise the length of the eye and if Transfer the prepared pakodis to a plate. corner of your eyelid and draw a straight low line false lashes aren't for you, use a mascara that will Add 2 to 3 tblsp of the whisked curd on top. and pull outward. Make sure the line is close to the flare your outer lashes. Sprinkle sev. Garnish with green chutney, sweet lower lash line. Source: The Indian Express chutney and coriander leaves. Women who communicate with female friends have lower level of stress t is believed that communication can interdisciplinary team and a single solve many things. It not only rules query came out, which read across Iout misunderstanding, but also women’s lifespans, how are the allows you to explain yourself. And at tendencies to “tend and befriend” as well times, a small chat with your friends can as socially select reflected in their cheer you up in unexpected ways. Now communication? recently, the Beckman Institute for A pool of 32 women, including 16 older Advanced Science and Technology adults (aged 62-79) and 16 younger adults researchers at the University of Illinois (aged 18-25) participated in the research. Urbana-Champaign learned that women Each participant was either paired with who communicate with their female a friend or a stranger. The partnerships friends have lower level of stress established between two individuals hormone across the lifespan. underwent a series of conversational The study was published in the challenges. Journal of Women and Aging. It was The research found that the younger titled ‘What are friends for? The impact adult pairs communicated efficiently of friendship on communicative with familiar partners as compared to efficiency and cortisol response during their older counterparts. They collaborative problem solving among communicated less efficiently with younger and older women.’ unfamiliar partners, while the older The study highlighted the key adults demonstrated conversational differences in the ways various age dexterity. It seems that the younger groups communicate. Along with this, familiarity with one another affect a masculine “fight-or-flight” dichotomy, adults are a little more hesitant in trying one conversational component emerged conversation. The overall effectiveness while the latter postulates a social to have communication with strangers, that stands the test of time — friendship and stress responses of the interaction “pruning” as human beings with their whereas the older adults have an easier — specifically,bonds between two female were reviewed and the results were increasing age pursue higher-quality time. individuals. generated. The foundation of this circles of friends. Along with many other observations The study was led by former Beckman female-driven study is on two Rodrigues explained that women have included in the study, researchers have Institute postdoctoral researchers hypotheses. evolved an ‘alternative mechanism in also noticed that friendship has the same Michelle Rodrigues and Si On Yoon. First, being the tend-and-befriend response to stress.’ According to him, in effect throughout the lifespan. Rodrigues Under their guidance, an hypothesis and the second is the socio- order to deal with stress, women can said that familiar partners and interdisciplinary team studied and emotional selectivity hypothesis. The befriend their female peers. Both the friendship buffer stress, and its evaluated how interlocutors’ age and former one challenges the traditionally above-stated theories were merged by the preserved with age. THE INDIAN PANORAMA HEALTH FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 29 Milk chocolate at this time of day can help body burn fat

ating milk chocolate every day may sound like a recipe Efor weight gain, but a study of postmenopausal women has found that eating a concentrated amount of chocolate during a narrow window of time in the morning may help the body burn fat and decrease blood sugar levels. The study was published in The FASEB Journal. To find out about the effects of eating milk chocolate at different times of day, researchers from Brigham collaborated with investigators at the University of Delta variant 8 times Murcia in Spain. Together, they conducted a less sensitive to vaccine randomized, controlled, cross-over trial of 19 postmenopausal women antibodies: Study who consumed either 100g of chocolate in the morning (within he Delta variant of coronavirus is eight times one hour after waking time) or at less sensitive to antibodies generated by night (within one hour before Tvaccines as compared to the original strain that bedtime). They compared weight came from China’s Wuhan, according to a new study. gain and many other measures to no The study, which was conducted on more than 100 chocolate intake. reduce blood glucose levels. only 'what' but also 'when' we eat healthcare workers (HCWs) at three centres in India Researchers report that among „ Evening/night chocolate can impact physiological including Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) here, the women studied: altered next-morning resting mechanisms involved in the found that the B.1.617.2 Delta variant not only „ Morning or night-time and exercise metabolism. regulation of body weight," said dominates vaccine-breakthrough infections with chocolate intake did not lead to Frank AJL Scheer, PhD, MSc, Scheer. higher respiratory viral loads compared to non-Delta weight gain; Neuroscientist and Marta Garaulet, "Our volunteers did not gain infections (Ct value of 16.5 versus 19) but also „ Eating chocolate in the PhD, Visiting Scientist, both of the weight despite increasing caloric generates greater transmission among the fully morning or in the evening can Division of Sleep and Circadian intake. Our results show that vaccinated HCWs. influence hunger and appetite, Disorders, Departments of chocolate reduced ad libitum The collaborative study, “Sars-Cov-2 B.1.617.2 Delta microbiota composition, sleep Medicine and Neurology, Brigham energy intake, consistent with the Variant Emergence and Vaccine Breakthrough: and more; and Women's Hospital. Drs Scheer observed reduction in hunger, Collaborative Study”, from India with scientists from „ A high intake of chocolate and Garaulet are co-corresponding appetite and the desire for sweets Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and during the morning hours authors of the study. shown in previous studies," said Infectious Disease is yet to be peer-reviewed. could help to burn fat and "Our findings highlight that not Garaulet. Source: ANI It revealed that in vitro, the Delta variant is approximately eight-fold less sensitive to vaccine- elicited antibodies compared to Wuhan-1. “Across all scenarios considered, our results suggest the Delta variant is both more transmissible Physical activity helps avoid health issues and better able to evade prior immunity elicited by the previous infection compared to previously circulating lineages,” the findings of the study read. related with poor sleep says study Dr Chand Wattal, chairperson of the Institute of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, SGRH, said, new study has found that those who had both “From this study, it appears that we have miles to go the poorest sleep quality and who exercised before we sleep in case of Covid-19 pandemics. These Athe least were most at risk of death from heart mutations are bound to happen if we lower our guard disease, stroke, and cancer, prompting the and allow ourselves to fall prey to this virus, giving it researchers to suggest a likely synergy between the an opportunity to multiply.” two activities. “This is a straight eye-opener to the fully vaccinated The findings of the study were published in the people that you cannot lower guard in the name of British Journal of Sports Medicine. vaccination. The virus is on the prowl, still looking Both physical inactivity and poor sleep are for its prey. This mutant has come back with independently associated with a heightened risk of enhanced spike proteins for attachment to the lung death and/or cardiovascular disease and cancer. But epithelial cells which have provided it with a much it's not clear if they might exert a combined effect on higher capacity to infect many more people than the health. Wuhan strain,” he said. Source: PTI To explore this further, the researchers drew on (1200 or more MET minutes/week); medium (600 to information provided by 380,055 middle-aged less than 1200); or low (1 to less than 600); and no (average age 55) men and women taking part in the moderate to vigorous physical activity, according to PAGE SPONSORED BY UK Biobank study. The UK Biobank is tracking the World Health Organization guidelines. long-term health of more than half a million 37-73- Sleep quality was categorised using a 0-5 sleep DR. SATISH AND GITANJLI ANAND year-olds, who were recruited from across the UK score derived from chronotype ('night owl' or between 2006 and 2010. 'morning lark' preference), sleep duration, insomnia, DR. SATISH ANAND Participants supplied information on their normal snoring, and daytime sleepiness: healthy (4 ); Former Chairman, Board of weekly physical activity levels, which were measured intermediate (2-3); or poor (0-1). Trustees, AAPI National in Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) minutes. A dozen physical activity and sleep pattern E-Mail: These are roughly equivalent to the amount of combinations were derived from the information [email protected] energy (calories) expended per minute of physical supplied. activity. Participants' health was then tracked for an For example, 600 MET minutes a week is the average of 11 years up to May 2020 or death, GITANJLI ANAND equivalent of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity whichever came first, to assess their risk of dying Former President, India activity, or more than 75 minutes of vigorous- from any cause as well as from all types of Association of Long Island intensity physical activity a week. cardiovascular disease; coronary heart disease; (IALI) Physical activity levels were categorised as: high stroke; all types of cancer; and lung cancer. E-mail: [email protected] THE INDIAN PANORAMA SCIENCE & TECH FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 30 Apple Watch Microsoft issues emergency credited with saving woman's life update for PrintNightmare in US: Report security flaw he Apple Watch has again been credited with helping to detect a icrosoft has released security Tuser's potentially life- updates for Windows users to threatening heart condition, media Mpatch a security flaw impacting reports said. the Windows Print Spooler service. The Diane Feenstra from Michigan said vulnerability called “PrintNightmare,” her Apple Watch alerted her to an that was discovered last week, allows abnormally high heart rate, sending attackers to remotely execute malicious her to urgent care where an EKG code with system privileges and install revealed that she had had a recent programs, make changes in the existing heart attack without realising it, programs, and create new accounts with reports 9To5Mac. full user rights. Microsoft has brought "The day in question, April 22, I had the emergency patch for all major 169 beats per minute heart rate even Windows versions — starting from though the most vigorous exercise I Windows 7 to Windows 10. Windows had done was to walk up 12 steps. So I Server users have also been provided called my husband at work and said with specific security updates to fix the do you think this is concerning? And critical flaw. he said call your doctor," Feenstra told The list of Windows versions that have WZZM in an interview. received the security updates to patch the At the local urgent care centre, PrintNightmare vulnerability comprises doctors performed an EKG, which Windows Server 2004, Windows Server revealed that Feenstra had recently 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows had a heart attack without realising Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, it. Windows Server 2019, Windows 7, According to the report, the Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and symptoms of a heart attack may vary Windows 10. Microsoft said that the a lot in both men and women. updates contain protections for the issue "I had pain going down my left that has been recorded as CVE-2021- hand, I had a little swelling in my left 34527. foot, I had indigestion that I just Since the Windows Print Spooler explained away as acid reflux that I service exists on all Windows versions, was experiencing as I got older," the vulnerability has impacted all Feenstra said. Windows machines. However, the "The biggest thing was a pain in my security updates list is currently limited “Set-Service -Name Spooler -StartupType The PrintNightmare flaw was reported shoulder and I figured I had to a few versions initially. Microsoft said Disabled” commands through by researchers at Chinese cybersecurity vacuumed and put my muscles out of that it would update the remaining PowerShell. firm Sangfor Technologies last week. It is whack somehow," she added. Windows versions soon. Inbound remote printing, on the other known as a remote code execution Feenstra then visited a clinic Meanwhile, users on a Windows hand, can be disabled by going to vulnerability that could be exploited to located at Grand Rapids in Michigan machine that is yet to receive the security Computer Configuration > run arbitrary malicious code with where additional testing uncovered fix are recommended to manually disable Administrative Templates > Printers and system privileges. The flaw exists when that she had a full blockage in the the Print Spooler service or disable switching off the Allow Print Spooler to the Windows Print Spooler service widow maker artery, following which inbound remote printing. The Print accept client connections option. You improperly performs privileged file she had a stent procedure done to Spooler can be disabled by passing the need to restart the Print Spooler service operations, Microsoft explained. rectify the situation. Source: IANS “Stop-Service -Name Spooler -Force” and for the change to take effect. Source: Gadgets360

Chinese researchers want to send over This funny bug can disable Wi-Fi 20 rockets to deflect asteroids on iPhones hinese researchers want to send security researcher has more than 20 of China's largest discovered a funny bug that can Crockets to practice turning away a Acompletely disable your iPhone's sizable asteroid - a technique that may ability to connect to Wi-Fi. eventually be crucial if a killer rock is Carl Schou said in a tweet that if an on a collision course with Earth. iPhone comes within range of a network Sometime between late 2021 to early named %secretclub%power, the device 2022, the United States will launch a won't be able to use Wi-Fi or any related robotic spacecraft to intercept two features. asteroids relatively close to Earth, He found that certain Wi-Fi networks reports Reuters. with the percent symbol (%) in their When it arrives a year later, the NASA names can disable Wi-Fi on iPhones and spacecraft will crash-land on the smaller other iOS devices, reports 9to5Mac. of the two rocky bodies to see how much Once an iPhone or iPad joins the the format string out to a variable passed the asteroid's trajectory changes. rocks with the potential to cause network with the name to the string format function. The Wi-Fi At China's National Space Science regional or continental damage. '%p%s%s%s%s%n', the device fails to subsystem probably passes the Wi-Fi Center, researchers found in simulations Asteroids spanning more than 1 km connect to Wi-Fi networks or use system network name (SSID) unsanitised to that 23 Long March 5 rockets hitting would have global consequences. networking features like AirDrop. some internal library that is performing simultaneously could deflect a large China's National Space Science Center The issue persists after rebooting the string formatting, which in turn causes asteroid from its original path by a cited a recently published study in device. an arbitrary memory write and buffer distance 1.4 times the Earth's radius. Icarus, a journal on planetary science. The '%' symbol is commonly used in overflow," explained the report. Their calculations are based on an Long March 5 rockets are key to China's programming languages to format "This will lead to memory corruption asteroid dubbed Bennu, orbiting the sun, near-term space ambitions - from variables into an output string. and the iOS watchdog will kill the which is as wide as the Empire State delivering space station modules to "In C, the '%n' specifier means to save process, hence effectively disabling Wi- Building is tall. It belongs to a class of launching probes to the Moon and Mars. the number of characters written into Fi for the user," it added. THE INDIAN PANORAMA BUSINESS FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 31 Amazon Fitch slashes Google sued by 36 states over begins new India’s growth alleged Play Store abuses chapter as Bezos hands forecast to 10% lphabet Inc.’s Google was itch Ratings on Wednesday, July sued by three dozen over CEO role 7, cut India’s growth forecast to Astates alleging that the mazon founder Jeff F10% for the current fiscal, from company illegally abused its Bezos stepped 12.8% estimated earlier, due to slowing power over the sale and Adown as CEO on recovery post second wave of Covid, distribution of apps through Monday, handing over the and said rapid vaccination could the Google Play store on mobile reins as the company support a sustainable revival in devices. navigates the challenges business and consumer confidence. State attorneys general said of a world fighting to In a report, the global rating agency in a complaint filed Wednesday emerge from the said the challenges for banking sector in federal court in San coronavirus pandemic. posed by the coronavirus pandemic Francisco that Google used Andy Jassy, who ran have increased due to a virulent anticompetitive tactics to Amazon's cloud- second wave in the first quarter of the thwart competition and ensure computing business, financial year ending March 2022 that developers have no choice replaced Bezos, a change (FY22). but to go through the Google the company announced Fitch believes that rapid vaccination Play store to reach users. It then in February. could support a sustainable revival in collects an “extravagant” Bezos, Amazon's business and consumer confidence; commission of up to 30% on biggest shareholder with however, without it, economic app purchases, the states said. and ignoring that Google it has also become the a stake worth about $180 recovery would remain vulnerable to Google was accused of paying competes with Apple Inc. for gatekeeper of our digital billion, will still hold further waves and lockdowns. Samsung Electronics Co., the developers and consumers. devices --resulting in all of us sway over the company he It said localised lockdowns during largest Android manufacturer, “We don’t impose the same paying more for the software started out of his Seattle the second wave kept economic to ensure that the Korean restrictions as other mobile we use every day,” New York garage in 1995. He takes activity from stalling to levels similar company didn’t develop its own operating systems do,” Wilson Attorney General Letitia over the role of executive to those during 2020, but disruption in competing app store. White, Google’s Senior James said in a statement. chair, with plans to focus several key business centres has Additionally, after Fortnite Director of Public Policy, said The complaint, filed by 36 on new products and slowed the recovery and dented Fitch’s maker Epic Games Inc. began in a blog post. “So it’s strange states and the District of initiatives. expectations of a rebound to pre- distributing its app outside of that a group of state attorneys Columbia, marks a new attack Jassy takes the helm of pandemic levels by FY22. India’s Google’s store, Google “bought general chose to file a lawsuit by government officials in the a $1.7 trillion company economy contracted 24.4% in June off” developers to dissuade attacking a system that U.S. against the search that benefited greatly quarter of 2020. them from doing the same, provides more openness and engine’s business practices. from the pandemic, more according to the complaint. choice than others.” The Justice Department and a than tripling its profits in Details of those payouts were New York is leading the case group of states filed separate the first quarter of 2021 Saudi Arabia blacked out in the complaint. with Utah, North Carolina and complaints over Google’s and posting record The company said the lawsuit Tennessee. search business last year, while revenue as customers “gets it wrong” by limiting the “Google has served as the another state coalition sued grew ever more pushes back on definition of the app gatekeeper of the internet for over Google’s digital dependent on online marketplace to Android devices many years, but more recently, advertising business. shopping. UAE opposition to OPEC+ deal Jaguar Land Rover sees chip Didi plunges below IPO price as China expands audi Arabia's energy minister shortage dent output, profits pushed back against opposition Sby fellow Gulf producer the crackdown United Arab Emirates to a proposed this fiscal year idi Global Inc. plunged in U.S. trading as the ride- OPEC+ deal and called for uxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc issued a hailing company faced scrutiny over its data "compromise and rationality" to profit warning on Tuesday citing the impact of semiconductor Dsecurity and a broader Chinese crackdown on secure agreement when the group Lchip shortage on vehicle production, sending shares of its companies listing their shares abroad. reconvenes. It was a rare public spat parent Tata Motors Ltd as low as 10%. China’s State Council issued a sweeping warning to between allies whose national The British carmaker, which saw sales reviving over the last six China’s biggest companies, vowing to tighten oversight interests have increasingly diverged, months, said it will report a negative operating margin and an of data security and overseas listings. That spilling over into OPEC+ policy setting operating cash outflow of £1 billion this quarter. The company said it announcement followed the opening of a security at a time consumers want more crude expects the supply of semiconductor-based parts to improve in the review by China’s internet regulator last week and a to aid a global recovery from the Covid- fiscal second half, though the problem will continue to impact vehicle demand for app stores to remove Didi. 19 pandemic. production for the next year-and-a-half, until suppliers boost output. Didi’s American depositary shares fell 20% to $12.49, Tata Motors shares recouped some of the losses later in the day, wiping out about $15 billion of market value and taking closing 8.14% lower on the BSE, while the benchmark Sensex the stock below the $14 price from its initial public Zomato gets remained unchanged. “The company had about £3.7 billion of cash offering. Beijing-based Didi controls almost the entire and short-term investments (unaudited). Based on this and broadly in ride-hailing market in China and raised $4.4 billion last line with expectations given the supply constraints, the company week in the second-largest U.S. IPO for a Chinese firm. SEBI nod for expects to report a cash outflow of about £1 billion with a negative The State Council’s broadside marked an escalation Ebit margin for the quarter. Total liquidity at the end of the first in President Xi Jinping’s campaign to bring the quarter was over £5.6 billion, including a £1.9 billion undrawn nation’s technology firms -- and their reams of valuable Rs 8,250-cr IPO committed credit facility (RCF),” JLR said. data -- under control. Over the weekend, China also moved against two other companies that also recently ood delivery platform Zomato listed in New York, -- Full Truck Alliance Co. and has received SEBI’s nod to raise Kanzhun Ltd., Ltd. The warning “is aimed at securities FRs 8,250 crore through an IPO. violations, but it also makes special provisions for The IPO comprises fresh issue of cross-border data supervision, which signals that data equity shares worth Rs 7,500 crore and supervision has become one of the most important an offer-for-sale to the tune of Rs 750 regulatory fields in China,” said Xia Hailong, a lawyer crore by Info Edge (India) Ltd, at the Shanghai-based Shenlun law firm. according to draft red herring “Sine there is no mechanism in place for cross-border prospectus. Zomato obtained its supervision of securities, conducting a security review observation on July 2, an update with on data could serve as an effective tool for Chinese the regulator showed. regulators to rein in overseas listed companies,” he said. Source: Bloomberg THE INDIAN PANORAMA ASTROLOGY FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 32 Shree Ganeshaya Namah

By Vedic Astrologer Nastur Bejan Daruwalla is available for astrological consultations. He can be reached at [email protected] and on phone +91 8141234275 for astrological queries VEDIC ASTROLOGER NASTUR Chirag Bejan Daruwalla with his father late Bejan Daruwalla BEJAN DARUWALLA www.bejandaruwalla.com

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will set a positive mood for the week. Your Aries quality of work will significantly improve as Sagittarius This week you will enjoy living your life and you have invested a lot of time in learning new The positive aspect of your life this week is relaxing because you will have the time to do things. Your focus towards your goal as well as that you will learn to stand up for yourself and what you love instead of slogging off your patience is very commendable. say no when you do not want to do anything. constantly which you have been doing since Standing up for yourself will help you to live quite a while now. Make sure you’re focused on life to the fullest this week. You will come yourself this week and not on other people. As Virgo across a lot of people this week; you will help you spend your time in new adventures and You will look at the world with a unique new you better your love life. This week is full of exploring nature throughout the week you will insight this week. You will notice that if you love and peace for you. This is a great week learn more about yourself this week than you look out for the little good things that keep for you overall. It would be good to love and have in the last few weeks. happening throughout the week. Life might be most importantly be kind towards everyone a little bit tough this week but you will realize this week. that you are tougher than any circumstances or Taurus challenges that you come across you this week. Your health trouble you this week. You will You will be a force to reckon with in the face of Capricorn feel a discomfort in your body, most likely your adversities that you face this week and You may need to be a little pragmatic as you stomach, it is a sign that you need to stop eating everything that you do in life will be an seem to be so overwhelmed with love, you need poorly and irregularly. If you ignore the pain inspiration to all those around you from this to think about taking the next step now. You and discomfort, it will progressively keep point onwards. also need to accept that both lovers are never getting worse, so you need to be disciplined in similar hence deal with your differences with terms of eating well. compassion and kindness. If you focus all your Libra energies on the goal which you have set for Your business will seem to be improving this yourself, you are bound to get success. During Gemini week as new clients arrive, and it is gradually this time, you will do well in your professional You will come across a lot of people this week improving in your favor. Discipline in your life as financial abundance is in your sign’s you will help you better your love life. This work must be maintained for you to see favor this week when comes to your business. week is full of love and peace for you. This significant positive changes in your work. Your week is a great week for your love life as well. business will work out on its own with only a It would be good to love and most importantly small amount of supervision needed from you. Aquarius be kind towards your partner this week. Outsourcing has worked in your favor, now all Your passion will shine through in you need is management skills and discipline, everything that you do this week; You need to patience, responsibility. be fearless and bold in following your dreams Cancer this week. The risks that you took this week You will do great this week. Material will work out in your favor this week. You will security is on your way this week. This week Scorpio have the most fun this week more than any you will realize the importance of your family You might be feeling fit and fine mentally and other week. as you will have gone through something very even elated by the love that is being shown to challenging and difficult in your life this week you but physically your health with be like a itself. Make sure to express your gratitude to leash to you which prevents you from having Pisces them and apologies for your past mistakes fun and living life to the fullest this week. Even You will come across someone you will be genuinely. though the trouble that you have in your health very interested in unexpectedly this week. this week is quite temporary and won’t go on to Venus is in your favor this week. You will have bother you as much as it does this week in the wonderful adventures with your partner this Leo next few weeks but this week might be a week. You will need to put some effort to please You will have the time, space and finances to slightly tough week for you. your partner. But all in all, this will be a great follow your passion this week. You will gain a week for you and your loved ones. lot of profit in your business this week which

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CONTD FROM PAGE 32 be very supportive of you throughout the day today and July 14 will do all that is required so that you can have some time July 12 You will have a very positive day today. You will get for yourself. Use this time to recharge and rejuvenate. what you’re trying to accomplish by practicing gratitude Your day will begin with a lot of surprises, sparkles and staying content, a feeling of gratitude and love will and smiles. You will have the best day looking after the be consistent throughout the day.Get yourself more time July 17 people you love. Even though as the day goes on you will to sleep to relax, rejuvenate, and recharge. Your body Your business will take off on a new level just because have a lot of chores to do, you will enjoy the best today needs rest, and you need to give yourself some time off of a single person in your team. You will reach new and you will realize how fulfilling your day has been from the work and stress that you have been experiencing prospects due to this one person. Relaxing by meditating today. all along. and doing what you love will be very important for you today as well as appreciate your business partner that is doing your business this good as they are the reason July 13 July 15 why your business is doing so good. Today is a favorable day for you to start your own Today is the day it all starts getting better and then goes enterprise. There will be an inclination on your part to on to be better than you could have ever imagined. Luck start a venture or setting up an agency that will take up will provide you with a lot of positive outcomes that you July 18 quite a bit of investment but on the whole, it will be deserve today. If you do not let the stress and anxiety of You will experience a minor yet significant profit that successful. You will only make life more difficult for the busy life get to you, you will have the best day today. you have made, which will fill your day with joy today. yourself today if you indulge in eating foods you know You need to remember that there is work that needs to be you’re not supposed to. done today and not spend the whole day celebrating the July 16 profit you have made today. To avoid overspending, You will experience an exuberant day today.Which is investing all of your money immediately will be a great relaxing easy and full of love for you? Your partner will idea. THE INDIAN PANORAMA ADVT FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 34 THE INDIAN PANORAMA SPIRITUALITY FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 35 Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra: world’s largest chariot festival

ne of India's biggest religious festivals, the the east, who tried to steal the Hindu god Krishna's heart. Yatra. The deities on chariots, pulled by elephants and Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra, is unique in that three It had been immersed in the legendary Dwarka sea after humans, replicate their own journey in Puri, completing OHindu gods are taken out of their temples in a his cremation and had reappeared to the tribes people of a set of rituals that sanctify the two places where colorful procession to meet their devotees. the place as an idol. When Indrayumna tried to claim its Krishna's mortal remains are believed to have come to The biggest of these processions takes place in Puri in possession, the idol disappeared. The repentant king rest. the eastern state of Orissa, while the other takes place in sought absolution from Krishna by sanctifying him in the western state of Gujarat. another form. What happens to the chariots and Believed to be the oldest Rath Yatra or chariot Another speaks of how Krishna's grief-stuck siblings - elephants after the journey? procession in the world, this festival marks the annual his elder brother Balabhadra and younger sister ceremonial procession of Lord Jagannath, his elder Subhadra- rushed into the Dwarka sea carrying his half- At the end of the festival, the chariots are dismantled brother Balabhadra and younger sister Subhadra, from cremated body. At the same moment, King Indrayumna and their wood is used as fuel in the temple kitchens - their home temple to another temple, located in what is dreamed that Krishna's body had floated back up on his believed to be the largest in the world that cook 56 things believed to be their aunt's home. shores as a log. The two legends merge here: Indrayumna every day and feed anywhere between 2,000 to nearly This journey is documented in undated Hindu sacred decided to build a temple to house the log. His next task 200,000 people. texts known as the Puranas which are believed to have was to find someone to craft the idols from it. Legends say The elephants are returned to the lands managed by the been written a few thousand years ago. that Vishwakarma, God's own architect, arrived as an old temple trusts to roam free - until the procession the However, the Supreme Court has rejected the petitions carpenter. He agreed to carve the idols, but on the following year. This year's festival was, however, marred seeking permission to conduct the Rath Yatra this year at condition that he was not to be disturbed. However, when by controversy over the elephants. various places in apart from the Puri Jagannath he did not emerge from his workshop for weeks, going Following the death of some of the temple elephants in temple where it has been allowed. without food, water or rest, a worried and impatient King Gujarat, there was massive outcry over plans to replace The religious festival will be held on 12 July. Last year threw the door open. them with elephants from the north-eastern state of too, the devotees were barred from taking part in the yatra At the time the images were only half-finished, but the Assam. due to Covid-19. carpenter disappeared. Still, believing the idols to be The four elephants would have had to make a perilous made from the very body of God, the King sanctified them train journey of more than 3,100km (1,926 miles) in What makes it so interesting? and and placed them in the temple. heatwave conditions to participate in the festival. This is the only festival in the world where deities are When the deities disintegrate, they are remade in the This decision was suspended by a wildlife official after taken out of temples to travel to devotees, and it is also the same half-done image with new wood every 12 years. They activists went to court. largest chariot procession in the world. were last remade in 2015. Source: BBC Millions of people come to watch as a "king" sweeps the Why are there two rath yatras and road with a golden mop and three massive 18-wheeled PAGE SPONSORED BY chariots bearing the sibling deities make their way how are they connected? through massive crowds. Their chariots, which are mini ARISH K. SAHANI architectural marvels, are constructed over 42 days from Dwarka in Gujarat - where Krishna's half-cremated Serving Since 1972 over 4,000 pieces of wood by the only family that has the body is believed to have been immersed into the ocean - is hereditary rights to make them. located on the west coast of India and Puri in Orissa- Please Call or Write for Your Legend says it always rains on the day of the where it is said to have re-emerged as a log - is located in Insurance Needs procession. For a whole week before, the temple doors are the east. Arish K Sahani shut and no one is allowed inside, because it is believed About 500 hundred years ago, a travelling Hindu saint (Father) that the sibling deities have a fever after bathing in the and temple priest of a Hanuman temple in Gujarat, Shree sun with 108 pitchers of water.The breaking of their fever Sarangdasji, arrived in Puri to offer prayers at the historic Shiv Sahani (Son) calls for a change of scene, which is why they go to their Jagannathan temple. Priya Sahani Sood aunt's home for a few days. While sleeping at the temple guest house, it is believed (Daughter) The size, pomp and splendour of this procession has that he received visionary instruction from Lord even contributed a word to the English dictionary: Jagannathan to go back to Ahmedabad in Gujarat and 7 1 8 - 2 7 1 - 1 9 0 6 Juggernaut. install three idols of Jagannathan, Balbhadra and Subhadra there. Carrying out the instructions received in [email protected] What is the legend of the sibling deities? his dream, he founded the Ahmedabad Jagannathan Unlike the ornate, carefully crafted metal idols Temple. everywhere else, these three deities are fashioned from By doing so, he sanctified the two locations - one where “If Hindus don’t maintain Hinduism, who shall save it?” wood, cloth and resin. They are malformed with large Krishna's mortal remains began their journey from the “If India’s own children don't cling to their faith, who shall heads and no arms: reminders of the legend of an west, to their transformation as Puri's Lord Jagannathan guard it?” impatient King. in the east. The legend begins in different ways. About 142 years ago, one of the founder's disciples, “Indians alone can save India, and India and Hinduism are One speaks of an arrogant Indrayumna, King of Puri in Shree Narsinhdasji Maharaj, began the Ahmedabad Rath one.” THE INDIAN PANORAMA CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 36 THE INDIAN PANORAMA TRAVEL FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 37

opularly known as "God's Own Country", Kerala is one of the most Psought after tourist destinations in the world. This exotic land is renowned Kerala: God’s Own for its rich cultural heritage, tropical climate, palm fringed beaches, misty hill stations, health resorts, wild life sanctuaries, enchanting art forms, grand festivals and, the serenity of the Country backwaters and the emerald blue Arabian Sea which promise an unforgettable holidaying experience to travellers. According to "National Geographic Travel", the leading travel Magazine, Kerala is one of the 50 must see destinations of a lifetime and one of the 10 paradises of the World. Top Places to Visit Munnar Munnar is a popular hill station of Kerala perched at an altitude of 1600 metres in the Western Ghats. Famous for its tea estates, various shades of green, blankets of mist forming natural-view points, Munnar is aptly known as the 'Kashmir of South India'. Munnar is a popular destination for a honeymoon with an abundance of resorts and cottages. Situated on the banks of three rivers- Madupetti, Nallathanni and Periavaru. Munnar is divided into Old Munnar, Thekkady where the tourist information office is, boat race in the months of August and unique 15m high 'Northern Cliff' adjacent and Munnar, where the bus station and September and try out some toddy (palm Home to the country's largest Tiger to the Arabian Sea. It is popular for its most guest houses are located. The wine) at a local toddy shop for adding a Reserve- Periyar, Thekkady is a great way hippie culture, shacks on the cliff Eravikulam National Park, Salim Ali touch of authenticity to your travel to enjoy a jungle vacation. Periyar serving great seafood and playing global Bird Sanctuary and tea plantations are experience in Allepey. National Park, being a major attraction, music and the samadhi of Kerala's saint its major attractions. is one place where you can enjoy bamboo Sree Narayana Guru. Varkala is also Alleppey Wayanad rafting in the catchment area of known for Jardana Swami Temple, also Mullaiperiyar Dam, hiking, and in the known as Dakshin Kashi. Varkala has Officially called Alappuzha, Alleppey Replete with waterfalls, historical midst of the wilderness, shopping! some of the best pristine beaches, hills, is the picture-perfect place known for its caves, comfortable resorts and Popular for its good eating joints, you can lakes, forts, lighthouses, natural fisheries beautiful backwaters and the houseboats homestays, Wayanad in Kerala is also enjoy its vast stretches of spice and springs - all of this together makes offering overnight stays. The coastline of famous for its spice plantations and gardens and various adventure sports. this town a little paradise. You will also Alleppey offers some of the best beaches wildlife. Walking through the You can also enjoy a night trek in the find a lot of shops with signboards in in Kerala with water sports during the sprawling spice plantations, trekking wilderness of Periyar. The early morning Hebrew selling Yoga mats, oxidised silver dry season. to the pre-historic caves and ride in the boat within the sanctuary is jewellery and harem pants made of Alleppey is located close to Kochi in the experiencing a resort holiday are one of an extremely awesome experience and cotton. Ayurvedic spas, affordable South Indian state of Kerala. Its palm- the many things you can do to get a you might be able to spot wild elephants, resorts, hostels, clean beaches make it a fringed inter-connect network of canal taste of Wayanad. bisons, wild boars, various kinds of must-visit city of Kerala. backwaters attracts a lot of tourists from Wayanad is best known for the birds, etc. Anakarra is also located Poovar all over the world. Coupled with other wildlife reserves - Wayanad wildlife nearby which is a great place to enjoy beautiful places in Kerala, Alleppey is reserve which is home to an exquisite nature. Murikaddy is located around 5 Poovar is a small rustic town situated often considered for a honeymoon or for a variety of flora and fauna. Wayanad km from the city and is famous for coffee 27 kms from Thiruvananthapuram with great family vacation. wildlife reserve is an integral part of and spices plantations. Chellar Kovil is unspoilt, unexplored golden sand There are plenty of houseboats, the Nilgiri biosphere reserve another area located nearby with a lot of beaches and beautiful backwaters of homestays, and rejuvenating Ayurvedic peacefully located amidst the serene picturesque waterfalls and cascades. Kerala. Also known as a fishing village, resorts that make staying in Alleppey hills of Western Ghats. Wayanad Mangala Devi Temple, located at an the tranquil Poovar island lies between brilliant. The houseboats pass through homes a wide variety of wildlife like altitude of 1337 m and at a distance of the Arabian Sea and the Neyyar River. the serene backwaters, where you can elephants, leopards, and bears. around 15km from Thekkady opens only Hiring a boat, (especially during the catch glimpses of green paddy fields, Wayanad is a perfect weekend idea on the Chitra Pournami Festival. sunset)that will take you through the choir-making activities, beautiful from the cities of South India. If taking Varkala mangrove forest of backwaters is a must- avifauna, and witness the life of locals in a road trip from Bangalore, you will do activity. The town has some of the Kerala. drive through three national parks: Varkala is a coastal town in the beautiful resorts and hotels that are Be sure to catch a traditional snake Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai. southern part of Kerala known for the known for the hospitality they offer. THE INDIAN PANORAMA TURN PAGE FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 38 contd from page 1 aim to promote the commercial space industry and Contribute to our education system and improve the make commercial spaceflight a reality. Before CSF, she lives of millions of Americans,” Gotimukula said. India’s PM Narendra Modi in a... worked as an aerospace engineer designing components “We joined AAPI to socialize and meet others like us Modi’s government has faced sharp criticism for the for advanced aircraft at L-3 Communications in and in that journey learned that through this wonderful chaotic rollout of a nationwide immunization Greenville, Texas. organization, we were able to make a bigger impact campaign that experts said had worsened the impact of She has a Bachelor of Science degree in with the many academic, philanthropic and social the second wave, killing hundreds of thousands. aeronautical/astronautical engineering from Purdue initiatives.” The official death toll after a surge in COVID-19 and holds a Masters of Business Administration from Acknowledging and thanking “our founding infections in April and May passed 400,000 last week. George Washington University. members and all the past leadership of AAPI who More than half of those reported deaths – the third Bandla currently serves on the Board of Directors for contributed to the growth of the organization,” Dr. most of any country – occurred during the past two the American Astronautical Society, Future Space Gotimukula said, “We stand on the shoulders of our months as the Delta variant of the virus tore through Leaders Foundation, and is a member of the Young predecessors.” the nation and overwhelmed its already strained Professional Advisory Council at Purdue University. They “fought the good fight in bringing AAPI to healthcare system. Bandla also helps to coordinate the Matthew Isakowitz where we stand today; vibrant, strong, healthcare Experts believe the actual number may be much Fellowship Program. heroes being recognized and valued by our peers, higher and there are fears of a third wave soon. Meanwhile, Bandla’s grandparents back in Andhra communities and most importantly the patients.” Millions remain unvaccinated. Pradesh are flooded with phone calls and messages Healthcare professionals have made a significant The reshuffle also comes after the defeat of Modi’s showering their blessings and wishing her the best, difference in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Hindu nationalist Bharatiya (BJP) in according to the Indian Express. Gotimukula noted. April elections in the key state. Bandla Ragaiah, her paternal grandfather based in “AAPI and our members have been on the frontlines Modi will face another major test of his popularity in Guntur, says it was at the age of four years that Sirisha, serving patients, working with local public health state elections in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab who was always curious about flying and had her eyes authorities donating and distributing resources such as and Uttarakhand states in February and March next set on the skies, took to her first adventure. PPEs, critical hospital supplies as well as most recently year, which may prove to be a bellwether for his party in “At the age of four, she travelled alone to the US where providing much needed oxygen concentrators and 2024 national elections. her parents and older sister lived,” the 83-year-old who ventilators in India. Read related stories on page 14 worked as a principal scientist and professor at state- “You are truly healthcare heroes who stood up and run Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University told risked your lives to serve when it was most needed. A Indian American Astronaut Sirisha... Indianexpress.com over the phone. value that is not just American but also something we While boss Branson will be testing the private “Though the person who accompanied her was brought along from our motherland of India,” she said. astronaut experience, Bandla, Vice President of known to us, he was a stranger to her. She was not Dr. Gotimukula has a new Executive Committee, Government Affairs and Research Operations at Virgin scared to fly alone. She was excited,” he said. consisting of Dr. Ravi Kolli, President-Elect; Dr. Anjana Galactic, will be evaluating the human-tended research Ragaiah is happy and proud that his granddaughter Samadder, Vice President; Dr. Satheesh Kathula, experience. is set to achieve her dreams. He recalls her as a child Secretary; Dr. Krishan Kumar, Treasurer; Dr. Kusum Andhra, India born Bandla will be using an who was decisive in her thoughts and determined to Punjabi, Chair, Board of Trustees; Dr. Soumya experiment from the University of Florida that achieve them. Neravetla- President, Young Physicians Section; and, requires several handheld fixation tubes that will be “We don’t know how she got interested in aircraft, Dr. Ayesha Singh, President, Medical activated at various points in the flight profile stars and skies. It has been in her since childhood. Student/Residents & Fellows Section. “I am so incredibly honored to be a part of the Whatever she has achieved today is on her own accord Dr. Gotimukula will lead AAPI as its President in the amazing crew of #Unity22, and to be a part of a and her parents gave her full freedom to pursue her year 2021-2022, the largest Medical Organization in the company whose mission is to make space available to dream. She has proved her excellence and rose to the United States, representing the interests of the over all,” she tweeted. occasion,” 100,000 physicians and Fellows of Indian origin in the Bandla will be the third Indian American woman to Ragaiah was quoted as saying. United States, serving the interests of the Indian fly into space after Karnal, India, born Kalpana Chawla Her maternal grandfather, Venkat Narasiah, who American physicians in the US and in many ways and Sunita Williams. retired as a Chemistry professor and lives at Tenali in contributing to the shaping of the healthcare delivery Building on the success of the Company’s most recent Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, echoed similar in the US for the past 39 years. spaceflight in May, Unity 22 will focus on cabin and views. “As we look forward to the future beyond Covid-19, we customer experience objectives, including: He recalled that Bandla used to visit NASA during the at AAPI have so much more room to grow and serve,” – Evaluating the commercial customer cabin with a family’s stay in Houston. “She was so interested in Dr. Gotimukula said outlining her vision to make AAPI full crew, including the cabin environment, seat flying an aircraft that even after she could not make it a premium healthcare leader, primarily focusing to comfort, the weightless experience, and the views of to NASA due to a condition in her eyesight, she pursued improve and reform the current healthcare system. Earth that the spaceship delivers — all to ensure every higher education in the same field. For those like her, I challenge myself, my Executive Committee, and you moment of the astronaut’s journey maximizes the she has done videos on YouTube — ‘lessons from all, my AAPI colleagues, to rise up to the task of wonder and awe created by space travel Bandla Sirisha’ on how to get into the Space industry,” building on our accomplishments and successes over – Demonstrating the conditions for conducting Narasiah told Indianexpress.com. the last several years. My team and I have defined human-tended research experiments Both her grandparents agree that Sirisha was a several goals for this year to further AAPI’s mission, – Confirming the training program at Spaceport fearless and active child. “When I used to come home along three key dimensions.” America supports the spaceflight experience late at night, I used to discourage her from stepping out. “As one of the biggest stakeholders in the current For the first time, Virgin Galactic will share a global But she would always tell me not to worry and that she healthcare system, there is an urgent need for livestream of the spaceflight. The livestream will be could take care of herself,” said Ragaiah. Healthcare & Societal Reform, she said. “We need to be available to watch on Virgin Galactic.com and will be “Even during a power cut when other children of her a part of the change we want in our healthcare system.” simulcast on the Virgin Galactic Twitter, YouTube, and age would be scared of the pitch darkness around, she Dr. Gotimukula urged AAPI to “improve health Facebook channels. It is expected to begin at 7:00 am was not one of them,” Narsiah added. equity; get rid of discrimination; fight South Asian MDT / 9:00 am EDT on the day of the flight. racial bias; reduce physician burnout; and improve the Branson said: “I truly believe that space belongs to all Dr. Anupama Gotimukula is the New... career trajectory of the younger generation of Indian of us. After more than 16 years of research, During a solemn ceremony attended in person by American doctors who will be taking care of us as we engineering, and testing, Virgin Galactic stands at the hundreds of AAPI delegates from around the nation at age.” A resident of San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Gotimukula vanguard of a new commercial space industry,which is the Omni Atlanta, outgoing AAPI President Dr. is a board certified pediatric anesthesiologist, set to open space to humankind and change the world Sudhakar Jonnalgadda passed on the gavel to Dr. practicing since 2007, is affiliated with Christus Santa for good.” Gotimukula. “I am happy to declare that AAPI is Rosa, Baptist and Methodist Healthcare systems in San “It’s one thing to have a dream of making space more stronger and is going to be in safe hands, as I pass on the Antonio. accessible to all; it’s another for an incredible team to traditional gavel to Dr. Anupama Gotimukula, the new After graduating with distinction from Kakatiya collectively turn that dream into reality,” he said. President of AAPI,” he said. Medical College, NTR University of Health Sciences in “As part of a remarkable crew of mission specialists, “We came to the US pursuing the American Dream,” India, she did Residency at University of Miami & I’m honored to help validate the journey our future said the fourth woman President of AAPI in it 39 years University of Illinois, and Fellowship in Pediatric astronauts will undertake and ensure we deliver the long history in her inaugural address, noting AAPI Anesthesiology at University of Michigan. unique customer experience people expect from helps “to elevate the voice of Indian Americans A resident of San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Gotimukula is a Virgin.” everywhere.” “Through hard work and a bit of luck, board certified pediatric anesthesiologist, practicing Previously, Bandla served as the Associate Director most of us achieved that dream and have become since 2007, is affiliated with Christus Santa Rosa, for the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, an industry successful and caring doctors who play a crucial role in Baptist and Methodist Healthcare systems in San association of commercial spaceflight companies. the American healthcare system, “she said. Antonio. (Read full story at At CSF, Bandla works on various policies with the “We serve patients. Raise money for local causes. www.theindianpanorama.news) THE INDIAN PANORAMA SPORTS FRIDAY JULY 9, 2021 39 New-look England England outlasts Denmark thrash Pakistan in ODI opener in Euro 2020 semifinal, will ngland's makeshift one-day international team put the ECOVID-19 issues that hit the meet Italy for championship previous squad behind them to bowl out Pakistan for 141 runs before cruising to a clinical nine-wicket win LONDON (TIP): After five decades of in the series opener in Cardiff on heartbreak and anguish, of shootout Thursday, July 8. defeats and unfulfilled dreams, England Stand-in skipper Ben Stokes led an again will play for a major men’s soccer entirely fresh England XI, including trophy. five debutants, after a COVID-19 The Three Lions on Wednesday, July 7, outbreak in the squad during the took another step toward their first title recent series win over Sri Lanka since the 1966 World Cup, defeating meant all 16 players initially selected Denmark, 2-1, in extra time at Wembley had to self-isolate. Stadium to advance to the European But the revamped hosts were on the Championship final. front foot from the start, with paceman On Sunday, July 11, they will return to Saqib Mahmood marking his return to the famous venue in northwest London to the side with four wickets for 42 to help face Italy, which advanced Tuesday with bowl out Pakistan with just under 15 a penalty-kick triumph over Spain. overs to spare. “They can see what it’s meant to the Chasing 142 for a 1-0 lead in the whole country and what it’s meant to the three-match series, England lost Phil fans in the stadium,” said Coach Gareth Salt in the fifth over before fellow Southgate, who guided England to the opener Dawid Malan and Zak Crawley 2018 World Cup semifinals in Russia. steadied the ship. “I’ve never known the new Wembley like this. Nights like tonight make it all worthwhile.” Harry Kane and teammates celebrate his extra time goal. Federer unsure England has not witnessed its national team in a major final since it won the don’t want to get too carried away. … Christian,” Coach Kasper Hjulmand World Cup at home 55 years ago — an We’re obviously excited about a final on said. “We have received a lot of love and if he’ll be back eternity for a country that invented the our home ground.” support. It was an amazing feeling. These modern game in the 19th century and The outcome ended an emotional ride guys are outstanding. The whole nation oger Federer has been feted by boasts the sport’s most popular club for Denmark, a decided tournament should be proud.” plenty of ovations at circuit, the Premier League. underdog that, in its group opener last The outcome was not without RWimbledon’s Centre Court. It will mark England’s first appearance month in Copenhagen, watched in horror controversy. Although England was the None quite like this one, though. This in the Euro final in 10 attempts. (It lost in as star midfielder Christian Eriksen better side in the second half and extra was not a celebration and didn’t come the semifinals twice.) suffered a cardiac arrest on the field. His time, following a 1-1 draw through 45 at the end of the match. “We know we haven’t won nothing yet, life was saved by teammates and medics. minutes, the deciding goal came after Instead, it delayed the beginning of but you have to enjoy winning,” said The Danes lost their first two matches referee Danny Makkelie awarded a what turned out to be the last game of striker Harry Kane, who scored the before winning three straight and getting questionable penalty kick. his quarterfinal loss and felt more like winning goal on a rebound of his saved within two victories of repeating their England’s Raheem Sterling tumbled in a “thank you” or — just in case — a penalty kick in the 104th minute. “There 1992 European crown. the box after light contact, and following “goodbye.” And Federer acknowledged is always that feeling in the back of your “We needed the support. We needed the Makkelie’s ruling, video review upheld afterward he isn’t sure whether he’ll mind we’ve got one more to go, so you empathy when that happened with the call. be back. The eight-time champion at the All England Club bowed out 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-0 against 14th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of No spectators for Tokyo Poland on Wednesday, a surprisingly Karolina Pliskova rallies to lopsided finish to Federer’s 22nd Olympics 2021 as Japan appearance in the tournament. reach first Wimbledon final Asked whether it also might have been his last appearance here, he declares state of emergency LONDON (TIP): Former replied: “I don’t know. I really don’t TOKYO (TIP): With Covid-19 infections rising, the world number one Karolina know. I’ve got to regroup.” Japanese government has announced a state of Pliskova reached her maiden As for whether retirement is an emergency in the country to contain the spread. It has Wimbledon final after coming immediate possibility, he offered this: also been announced by the International Olympic back from a set down to beat “No, I hope not. ... The goal is to play,of Committee and Japanese organizers that fans will be second seed Aryna Sabalenka of course.” barred from the Tokyo Olympics as the Belarus 5-7 6-4 6-4 on Thursday, That likely was on thousands of administration look to contain the virus. July 8. minds in the stadium when Federer The widely expected move was made following talks The Czech goes into stepped to the baseline to serve while between the government, Tokyo organisers and Saturday's decider looking to trailing 5-0 in the third set: He waited Olympic and paralympic representatives. capture her first Grand Slam while fans in the full-to-capacity It was "regrettable" that the Games were going to be title, having only ever reached stands applauded and cheered, some held in a limited format, Tokyo 2020 President Seiko one other final when she rising to their feet. Hashimoto told a briefing, adding her apologies to finished runner-up to Angelique Soon enough, it was over, only the those who had bought tickets. Kerber at the 2016 U.S. Open. third shutout set ceded by Federer in Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential Pliskova will face another 429 career Grand Slam matches; both to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta Wimbledon final debutant in of the others came at the French Open. COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the world number one Ash Barty,who beat Kerber earlier on Thursday. “The last few games, obviously, you source of another wave of infections. The 29-year-old Pliskova found it hard going against Sabalenka, can feel that you’re not coming back The ban all but robs the Tokyo Games, which are the first seeded player she had faced in this year's tournament, and from it,” said Federer, who spoke scheduled to run from July 23 to August 8, of their last it showed as she dropped her first set on the only break point she steadily and did not betray any hope for pomp and public spectacle. faced with a double fault. emotion in his news conference. Once seen as a chance for Japan to stand large on She made inroads on Sabalenka's booming serve, which reached “I’m not used to that kind of the global stage after a devastating earthquake a speeds of 193 kilometres per hour, to clinch a break to love midway situation, obviously, very much. decade ago, the showpiece event was delayed by the through the second set. It was her ninth break point of the match Especially not here.” pandemic last year and has been hit by massive but the first she converted, giving her the confidence to serve out budget overruns. the set and level the score. THE INDIAN PANORAMA HISTORY THIS WEEK FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 40 History this week: July 9-15 men's singles championship and U.S. Union Maid, and Hard Traveling. July 9 Open in 1968 and the men's singles at Birthday JULY 9, 1868 - The 14th Amendment Wimbledon in 1975. As a pioneering Birthday to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The African American athlete, he fought Amendment defined U.S. citizenship and against racism and stereotyping and was prohibited individual States from arrested numerous times while abridging the rights of any American protesting. In 1992, he announced he had citizen without due process and equal likely contracted HIV through a protection under the law. The transfusion during heart surgery. He Amendment also barred individuals then began a $5 million fundraising involved in rebellion against the U.S. effort on behalf of the Arthur Ashe from holding public office. Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS and campaigned for public awareness July 10 regarding the dreaded disease. He died Henry David Thoreau JULY 10, 1943 - The Allied invasion of from pneumonia in New York, February Italy began with an attack on the island 6, 1993. American philosopher Henry David of Sicily.The British entry into Syracuse Thoreau (1817-1862) was born in was the first Allied success in Europe. July 11 Concord, Massachusetts. At Walden General Dwight D. Eisenhower labeled BIRTHDAY - John Quincy Adams Pond he wrote, "I frequently tramped Gerald R. Ford the invasion "the first page in the (1767-1848) the 6th U.S. President, and son eight or ten miles through the deepest liberation of the European Continent." of the 2nd President, John Adams, was snow to keep an appointment with a Gerald R. Ford, the 38th U.S. President JULY 10, 1973 - The Bahamas gained born in Braintree, Massachusetts. After beech tree, or a yellow birch, or an old was born in Omaha, Nebraska, July 14, their independence after 250 years as a serving just one term as President, he acquaintance among the pines." 1913 (as Leslie King). In 1973, he was British Crown Colony. served 17 years as a member of appointed vice president following the JULY 10, 1991 - Boris Yeltsin took the Congress. He died in 1848 while in the July 13 resignation of Spiro T. Agnew. He oath of office, becoming the first House of Representatives in the same JULY 13, 1787 - Congress enacted the became president on August 9, 1974, popularly elected president in Russia's room in which he had taken the Northwest Ordinance establishing following the resignation of Richard M. thousand-year history. presidential Oath of Office. He was the formal procedures for transforming Nixon. He was the first non-elected vice BIRTHDAY - Theologian and founder first president whose father had also territories into states. It provided for the president and non-elected president of of Presbyterianism, John Calvin (1509- been president. eventual establishment of three to five the U.S. 1564) was born in Noyon, France. states in the area north of the Ohio River, BIRTHDAY - American artist James July 12 to be considered equal with the original July 15 Whistler (1834-1903) was born in Lowell, JULY 12, 1943 - During World War II, 13. The Ordinance included a Bill of July 15, 1918 - During the Battle of Mass. He is best remembered for his in the Battle of Kursk, the largest tank Rights that guaranteed freedom of the Marne in World War I, German portrait Whistler's Mother. battle in history took place outside the religion, the right to trial by jury, public General Erich Ludendorff launched BIRTHDAY - French author Marcel small village of Prohorovka, Russia. education and a ban on slavery in the Germany's fifth, and last, offensive to Proust (1871-1922) was born near Paris. About nine hundred Russian tanks Northwest. break through the Chateau-Thierry "Happiness," he wrote in The Past attacked an equal number of German salient. However, the Germans were Recaptured, "is beneficial for the body tanks fighting at close range. When July 14 stopped by American, British and Italian but it is grief that develops the powers of Hitler ordered a cease-fire, 300 German JULY 14, 1789 - The fall of the Bastille divisions. On July 18, General Foch, the mind." tanks remained strewn over the occurred at the beginning of the French Commander-in-Chief of the Allied battlefield. Revolution. troops, launched a massive counter- Birthday JULY 12, 1994 - Germany's JULY 14, 1791 - In England, the offensive. The Germans began a retreat Constitutional Court ended the ban on Birmingham riot occurred on the second lasting four months until they requested sending German troops to fight outside anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. an armistice in November. the country. The ban had been in effect Mob rule lasted for three days, targeting BIRTHDAY - Dutch painter Rembrandt since the end of World War II. The ruling controversial scientist and theologian van Rijn (1606-1669) was born in Leiden, allowed German troops to join in United Joseph Priestly's home and laboratory as Holland. Best known for The Night Watch Nations and NATO peace-keeping well as the homes of his friends. Priestly, and many portraits and self-portraits. missions. On July 14, German military who had expressed support for the BIRTHDAY - The first American units marched in Bastille Day American and French revolutions, fled to saint, Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) celebrations in Paris, the first London with his family and later moved was born in Lombardy, Italy. She was the Arthur Ashe appearance of German troops there to America. founder of the Missionary Sisters of the since World War II. BIRTHDAY - American folk singer Sacred Heart of Jesus and established Tennis player Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) BIRTHDAY - British pottery designer and social activist Woody Guthrie (1912- Catholic schools, orphanages, convents was born in Richmond, Virginia. He won Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) was born in 1967) was born in Okemah, Oklahoma. and hospitals. She was canonized, July 7, a total of 33 titles including the U.S. Burslem, Staffordshire, England. Best known for This Land Is Your Land, 1946, by Pope Pius XII. THE INDIAN PANORAMA ADVT FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 41 THE INDIAN PANORAMA ADVT FRIDAY JULY 09, 2021 YEARS 42