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ON BODY POSITIVITY 24MW PROJECT NOW ON UAE TO RELAX LAWS Emmy-nominated actor Maanvi Gagroo says CM Naveen inaugurates a 24 MW The UAE will allow unmarried couples to with time she has become more hydroelectricity project on Baitarani river cohabitate and eases restrictions on alcohol consumption comfortable with her body LEISURE | P2 in Anandpur, Keonjhar DOWNTOWN | P3 INTERNATIONAL P10

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IRREGULAR by MANJUL Amid ‘no headway’ in de-escalation talks, BIDEN TRUMPS soldiers freeze at -20°C AGENCIES

Exactly 160 yrs ago around this time, New Delhi, Nov 7: The military talks between India and China at Chushul in Eastern Ladakh to resolve the border dispute and de-escalation Abraham Lincoln was elected US President of forces ended in stalemate. The soldiers of both the countries continue to remain exposed AGENCIES to minus 20 degrees Celsius. TRUMP ‘GOT THE “There was no headway during the talks as It’s like this for past 3 days. New York, Nov 7: The moment has China was not ready to withdraw from the dis- Exit polls predict He called up to know the result HELL OUT’ met Joseph R. Biden. The networks puted position. We had made it clear there is no and they put him on hold! have called the US election for iden’s big breakthrough going back an inch,” said a government source. Biden. B came around 9 am Friday The eight Corps Commander level talks be- Tejashwi triumph After four full days of waiting pa- EST when he broke into the tween both the countries began at 9:30 am and ISRO’S LOCKDOWN tiently for the slow march of vote lead in Pennsylvania and ended at 7 pm Friday. It was for the first time that Voters may not have bought the free Covid counting to work itself out, initially overtook Trump by Lieutenant General PGK Menon led the Indian BLUES ARE OVER Democratic vice presidential can- about 5,000 votes. Since then, military delegates. that lead is only growing as vaccine promise from the Saffron even when didate Joseph R Biden, 77, pulled off Earlier, he had attended two such rounds of votes continue to be counted. SRIHARIKOTA: India successfully one of the great political turn- talks but the delegation was led by then Lieutenant the pandemic is on a killing spree launched its latest earth Oddly enough, this is the arounds in America by defeating General Harinder observation satellite EOS-01 and state where, in the week AGENCY MAHAGATHBANDHAN NDA nine international customer Donald Trump in the US 2020 elec- before Election Day, Trump Singh who was trans- spacecraft on board a Polar rocket tion and is now effectively the coun- told voters that he wanted to ferred last month to Chanakya-CNN News18 180 55 from the spaceport here Saturday, try’s President-elect. “get the hell out of here.” the Indian Military India Today-Axis My India 139-161 69-91 Exactly 160 years ago around That was a roundabout Academy (IMA) in its first mission this year amid ABP-CVoter 108-131 104-128 the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indian this time, Abraham Lincoln was reference to the where he would be in- Space Research Organisation’s elected US President. circumstances forcing Trump charge of training the Times Now-CVoter 120 116 workhorse Polar Satellite Launch The current occupant of the White to campaign in places which future generations of Republic TV-Jan Ki Baat 128 104 he won comfortably in 2016 Vehicle (PSLV-C49) injected EOS- House continues to project a defiant Army officers. CDS BIPIN RAWAT TV9 Bharatvarsh 120 115 01, intended for applications in public posture, though. White House but the irony is not lost in the Joint Secretary agriculture, forestry and disaster insiders, although deflated, have been context of a Biden win here. from the Ministry of HAS WARNED The poll of polls predict 2-5 seats for LJP management support and other sending signals that Trump has no External Affairs THAT WAR WITH satellites, one by one in orbit plans to concede until every last fight Navin Srivastava was around 20 minutes after lift-off is finished. Five states are yet to re- also part of the dele- CHINA CANNOT BE from the Satish Dhawan Space port final results. gation. Centre (SDSC), about 110 km from RULED OUT For Biden, today’s win caps a DATA FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS “We have firmly Chennai, at 3.12 pm. more than three decade hunt for the stated to China that disengagement will happen big prize. During that time, he has demic. Biden is a sharp contrast to of the Trump presidency. Two full at all friction points and not at the selected lo- carried the burden of many personal Trump, both in the personal and po- days before the final results came, cations as they want. Our stand is clear,” the source WEATHER sorrows in his winding path to litical realm. The last three days in the Biden campaign unveiled its tran- said. America’s highest office. particular have shown Americans sition website, underscoring its quiet While talks were on, Chief of Defence Staff BHUB CTK Biden’s victory comes amidst a glimpses of that very difference. confidence in what was to come. General Bipin Rawat Friday claimed that situ- MAX 31.4° 32.0° most unusual terrain for a Biden spent every day since “I ask everyone to stay calm. The ation at Line of Actual Control remains to be tense AGENCIES The ABP-CVoter exit poll Presidential election. From coast to November 3 trying to ease tensions process is working,” Biden has said and war with China cannot be ruled out. predicted NDA to get 104- TEMP MIN 20.6° 19.0° Forecast coast, mail-in ballots did the star and delivering his messages with lit- repeatedly. “It is the will of the vot- He said: “In the overall security calculus, bor- New Delhi, Nov 7: Several 128 seats and 108-131 seats for Humidity 94% 79% turn for Biden and his VP pick tle outward show of anxiety. The dis- ers. No one, not anyone else who der confrontations, transgressions, unprovoked exit polls Saturday gave the the Opposition Grand Mainly Rainfall Nil Nil clear sky Kamala Harris in an election trans- ciplined nature of the campaign ex- chooses the President of the United tactical military actions spiralling into a larger RJD-led Opposition alliance Alliance. It projected Chirag formed by the coronavirus pan- tends to plans for the lame duck phase States of America.” conflict therefore cannot be discounted.” in Bihar an edge over the rul- Paswan-led LJP to get 1-3 ing NDA while at least three seats. of them predicted a clear A similar trend was pre- majority for the dicted by Times Now-CVoter, MAHANADI WATER DISPUTE IMMERSE IN COLOURS ‘Mahagathbandhan’ which which projected 116 seats has projected Tejashwi for the NDA, 120 for the Yadav as its Chief Opposition alliance and a Ministerial face. single seat for the LJP. It Odisha to Tribunal: Most of the exit polls also predicted six seats for others. predicted RJD to again Republic TV-Jan Ki Baat emerge as the single largest exit poll also gave a clear party in the 243-member majority to the RJD-led al- Pass order in Assembly along with a clear liance with 128 seats, while dip in the seat tally of Bihar it projected 104 seats for the Chief Minister Nitish ruling NDA, seven seats for Kumar-led JD(U). LJP and four for others. TV9 interim application Counting of votes for the Bharatvarsh projected NDA three-phase Bihar Assembly to win 115 seats, the Grand The Tribunal posted the matter for hearing December 5 polls, which ended Saturday, Alliance 120 and four each will be held November 10. for LJP and others. POST NEWS NETWORK some concerns. Katarki requested Exit polls are typically based In terms of vote share, the tribunal to conduct Dam Break on feedback from a limited Today’s Chanakya projected New Delhi, Nov 7: Odisha Analysis of barrages constructed number of voters in select 44 per cent for the RJD-led Saturday pleaded the Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh. The senior ad- areas and none of them have Opposition alliance and 34 Water Dispute Tribunal to pass vocate said that it is important to a 100 per cent accuracy per cent for the NDA. order on merit in the interim ap- know whether the barrages are record. Today’s Chanakya- However, ABP-CVoter pro- plication filed by the state. The constructed after a proper study. CNN News18 projected 180 jected a higher vote share for government of Odisha sought di- He further argued that if in case seats for the RJD-led Grand NDA at 37.7 per cent fol- rections to Chhattisgarh to main- the barrages break down they may Alliance, 55 for the NDA lowed by the Grand Alliance tain1.74 million acre feet flow of have huge impact on Hirakud dam and eight for others. The with 36.3 per cent and 26 Mahanadi water during non-mon- and can create chaos in the state. majority mark is 122. per cent for others. soon months, starting from In response, the Tribunal said India Today-Axis My India Today-Axis My India November to May. The Tribunal that the assessor will consider India poll showed the RJD- poll showed 44 per cent of re- posted the matter for hearing conducting the Dam Break led block winning 139-161 spondents prefer Tejashwi December 5. Analysis and if Chhattisgarh dis- seats, as against 69-91 for Yadav as the next Chief During the hearing, senior ad- agreed with the demand of Odisha, the NDA. It predicted 3-5 Minister, while 35 per cent vocate Mukul Rohatgi appeared then the state can file an appli- An artisan gives finishing touches to a vase at ‘Mruttika-2020’, a terracotta exhibition, at Exhibition Ground in Bhubaneswar, seats for LJP and also 3-5 would like to give another for Odisha and pleaded the Tribunal cation in the Tribunal for the Saturday PIC BY BIKASH NAYAK for others. chance to Nitish Kumar. to pass order in the interim ap- same. plication filed by the state. Rohatgi Significantly, the Dam Break apprised the Tribunal that both Analysis involves the field data col- states, Odisha and Chhattisgarh, lection and computer simulation could not arrive on amicable set- to evaluate the dam failure and the Is Odisha safe for human rights defenders tlement as directed by the Tribunal impact of dam break to down- earlier. Rohatgi also argued that the stream area. Tribunal can hold hearing on the It is to be mentioned here that BETWEEN 2017 AND AUG 2020, ODISHA RANKS THIRD-WORST STATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS interim application in December Odisha, in 2018, filed an interim to record arguments again as the application in the Mahanadi GYAN RANJAN MOHAPATRA, OP severe criticism from several watch- n In UP, 52 complaints were filed by activists from Uttar Pradesh while the government to implement matter is two years old. Tribunal seeking directions to dog agencies over treatment meted human rights activists with the NHRC 33 defenders from Tamil Nadu com- Whistleblowers Act to safeguard A three-judge bench of the Chhattisgarh to maintain 1.74 mil- Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: The role of out to human rights activists. But plained harassments before the the human rights activists. Similarly, Tribunal headed by Chairperson lion acre feet flow of Mahanadi human rights defenders is inextri- what comes a surprise is that the n While 33 defenders from Tamil Nadu NHRC during the period. As many the dedicated focal point for re- Justice AM Khanwilkarand com- river water during the non-mon- cably linked to the ‘democratic’ quo- state picture is much similar to the complained harassment before the as 26 complaints of harassment of ceiving and examining complaints prising Justices Ravi Ranjan and soon months, starting from tient of a nation. While 2020 has national picture. NHRC during the said period human rights activists in Odisha about alleged violation of Human Indermeet Kaur also asked both November to May. The state had been a tumultuous year in terms of The defenders in the face of such n Odisha saw 26 complaints of were lodged with the NHRC be- Rights of the defenders at the ear- states to frame a specific time- also urged the Tribunal to order freedom exercise, the recent NHRC attacks and harassments approach harassment of human rights activists tween 2017 to till August 2020. liest is lying largely defunct. The line for early disposal of the main stay on the operation and con- numbers presented at the country’s the National Human Rights Similarly, as per information rights body in the state should also petition in Mahanadi water dispute struction of barrages built by Parliament, with state-wise data, Commission (NHRC) or the rights minister revealed that Odisha ranks available with the Commonwealth create a focal point in Odisha to and apprised the Tribunal on next Chhattisgarh on Mahanadi river paint a grim picture for Odisha. bodies at their respective states third in connection with number of Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), hear and take stringent action hearing of the case. Tribunal af- till the adjudication of main pe- While one might perceive Odisha seeking protection as the authori- attacks on human rights activists six RTI activists were murdered in against persons harassing human firmed that it does not want to tition. The Tribunal completed as a peaceful state with no restraint ties are usually found standing be- during the last three years. Uttar the state from 2008 to till date. The rights activists. The human rights drag the matter for a longer period arguments in the interim appli- on dissenting voices, the NHRC hind the influential oppressors. Pradesh tops the list closely fol- Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhiyan, activists are not anti-government but y and want to fast track it. cation in 2019 and reserved the data says otherwise. Veteran Biju Janata Dal (BJD) lowed by Tamil Nadu. a forum of RTI activists, claimed that the defenders of constitution.”

State of Odisha also raised con- judgment. The Tribunal had asked The rights defenders often come leader and MP, Pinaki Mishra re- G. Kishan Reddy, the minister of as many as 54 cases of murderous Echoing the same sentiments,

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FORTUNE FORECAST Rashami wows Ajay to direct Amitabh in Mayday released in August 2013. Mayday is being dubbed as ‘a thrilling, absolute edge-of- ARIES the-seat human-drama’. It is fans with her said that Ajay will be seen Today you will have to give in to your spouse's playing a pilot. Details about demands for improving Big B’s character are being the environment at kept under wraps. The rest of home. In your own interest it will be the cast is still being finalised. advisable, says Ganesha, to hasten the weekend styling measures needed to be taken and stay The film is produced by Ajay focussed on them as you are the one Devgn. who is guilty of neglect. MUMBAI: Actress Rashami “The project will go on floors Desai has amped her style this December in Hyderabad TAURUS quotient on social media with MUMBAI: Ajay Devgn is all Khakee, Satyagraha, and after Ajay completes his work sultry Saturday vibes in white. set to direct Amitabh Bachchan Hindustan Ki Kasam, and the on Bhuj. Bachchan senior is Be prepared for taking “Weekend vibe,” she wrote in a film titled Mayday that new film, which belongs to currently shooting for KBC,” instant decisions and acting promptly on on Twitter along with the pic- will also see the two actors re- the drama genre, sees the two said a source close them. Today you are like- tures. unite before the camera. stars collaborate after over to the proj- ly to meet several such situations In the images, she sits next Big B and Ajay have worked seven years. Their last out- ect. IANS Ganesha is pleased to see that you have to a bed in a white shirt that together in Major Saab, ing together, Satyagraha, the acumen and experience to deal with reveals laced innerwear. Her such contingencies. You will have no trouble finding the right solutions and make-up is subtle and she seeing things through. Your exemplary keeps her hair open. managing skills will be noticed, appreci- Her fans loved her new ated and admired. Others are likely to image, and were asking for Maanvi becomes more come to you for consultation and advice. more. “Dil mange more & more,” comfortable with her body GEMINI shared one user, while one wrote: “One of your best ever MUMBAI: Actress Maanvi tress or healthy enough to Your family members and your friends will photoshoots. Indeed you’re Gagroo, who played one of play a fat girl. You are in the have much higher going places.” the protagonists in the middle so either put on expectations from you today, and trying “Uff you are so hot and International Emmy-nom- weight or lose weight. I to fulfill the same will make your irrita- gorgeous,” posted another inated show Four More was always like, ‘this is ble. However, you will figure out creative user. Shots Please!, says that with who I am, normal ways to juggle the many demands made Rashami is currently all time she has become more girls look like this’. upon you and come out on tops at the end of it all, says Ganesha. set to enter the digital world, comfortable with her body Why does it have and says her upcoming web and that in turn helped her to be about project will help her break in engaging in fashion evo- weight at all?” CANCER away from the regular tele- lution for herself. However, Minor ailments like vision image. Talking about body pos- she added how cough and cold may The actress plays the lead itivity, Maanvi said: “I never the web series bother you, warns opposite Tanuj Virwani in considered myself fat or Four More Shots Ganesha. So avoid cold the web series Tandoor, an ‘not attractive’ until I began Please! changed or sweet items. People admire your helpful nature. Take special care of your investigative thriller about a working in the (film) in- her wardrobe for health, says Ganesha. married couple whose lives dustry. At the beginning of the better. take an unexpected turn after my career, many people told IANS a murder. IANS me how I am not skinny LEO Pic: @TheRashamiDesai enough to play a lead ac- You need to curb down on your expenses. You need to moderate the risks you take on in the share market. It is a good day for financial gains though. You need to understand the Leisure travel makes comeback breaking lockdown monotony value of compromise, says Ganesha. ravelling is innate to humans the week days. With people gradually ing for staycations at hotels and al- and the young Indian travel getting comfortable with the idea ternative accommodations that offer VIRGO Gen Z is increasingly T enthusiasts are eyeing the of taking their first leisure flight early check-in and late check-out, Ganesha foretells that upcoming festive season to step out for that much-deserved break post deals & discounts on a la carte or in- your writing abilities opting for to celebrate the festive time at home the pandemic there is a growing room dinning, and complimentary will help you give vent or home away from home, suggests preference for bookings to distant des- and safe pick and drop facilities to your emotions with- staycations at hotels out hurting others. You will finish all your a study. tinations across Goa, Kerala, Coorg among others. incomplete tasks successfully. Ganesha and alternative Travel bookings on the Goibibo, and Darjeeling among others. More travelers from tier II and III cities says that you will experience success in accommodations that an online travel platform, indicates Safety, hygiene top priority Travelers aged between 20 years everything that you choose to do today. an uptick of 40 percent in daily Young travellers are willing to to 30 years from tier II and III cities offer early check-in, check-ins for this year’s Diwali sea- splurge on their next leisure trip are actively stepping out to take LIBRA late check-out, son when compared to the average while opting for travel options that their first break or holiday post the bookings made in October this year. promise high-safety standards, offer lockdown. The growth is largely A REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE Ganesha says that there discounts on For the young Indians, the one greater booking and payment flex- driven by the availability of safe are chances that today you might start some in-room dinning thing that tops the wishlist is to hit a leisure break over the past seven who are eager to break away from the ibility and are clubbed with great inter-city cabs and bus options to long-pending renova- the road or the sky or the trail or the months or more, one in every two lockdown monotony and are looking deals, discounts and other value- some of the popular tourist desti- tion project for your house. You may dec- and safe pick and waves again. young Indian is now actively con- to spend ‘Just Us’ time with their part- adds. For the upcoming Diwali nations including Goa, Udaipur, orate your home with new paintings and drop facilities As travellers’ sentiment shifts sidering travelling in the coming ners or close friends away from break more than 50 percent of the Manali, Jaipur and Darjeeling. items. There may be guests over in the before the year ends, the travel plat- weeks, as revealed a survey con- home. Since unlock 4.0, there has stay reservations have been made So whichever group you may evening that will make you very happy. among others form shared some emerging trends: ducted by Consumer Insights team been a significant uptick in bookings for premium or mid-premium hotel You may also go out for dinner with your fit in, you will find your reasons family and friends or, more probably, Yearning for ‘Just Us' time at Goibibo. This trend is largely for long weekends and a propor- properties. Amongst all travel here to pack your bags, mask up with your sweetheart. Having being deprived of taking driven by millennials and couples tionate spike in staycations during groups, Gen Z is increasingly opt- and travel! AGENCIES SCORPIO You are all set to paint the town red as you feel SUDOKU romance and love creep- PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, ing into your life slowly. CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers You may bump into 'someone special' 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. today and see love blooming for you. There are also chances of marriage pro- posals and meeting prospective candi- dates, says Ganesha.

SAGITTARIUS For you, appreciation and recognition for the efforts you put in may be delayed, but it's not denied. There's is no point losing heart and getting disappointed. This may only affect your work, instead, wait for a better tomorrow, Ganesha says giving you hope.

CAPRICORN CALVIN AND HOBBES You'll be popular today at your workplace. Your honesty and efforts will be recognised, which will be fulfilling for you. But, tomorrow will be a different day and times may not be favourable for you. It is, therefore, nec- essary for you to understand the impor- SOLUTIONS tance of today and utilise it to the maxi- mum, advises Ganesha.

AQUARIUS Today is the day to turn dreams into reality and how! With your talent, wit, and intelligence you will make a great impression on every- one's mind, feels Ganesha. Icing on the cake will be the cash inflow. You know BREVITY your cards and you play them well to your CROSSWORD advantage. There may be a catch though, keep yourself guarded, advises Ganesha.

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24-MW power project turned on in Keonjhar SUNSET IN PURI STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO IMPROVE ROADS IN THE DISTRICT WHILE WORK FOR A MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL IS UNDERWAY, SAYS CHIEF MINISTER NAVEEN PATNAIK

POST NEWS NETWORK HYDROELECTRICITY BOOST Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: Chief n The project came up through Minister Naveen Patnaik, Saturday, utilisation of District Mineral Fund inaugurated a 24 megawatt (MW) hy- n droelectricity project on Baitarani The project built on the river at Sinhanali in Anandapur Baitarani River was set up by the block of Keonjhar district through Hyderabad-based Baitarani Power Project Pvt Ltd videoconferencing. The project came up through n The state grid can now utilisation of District Mineral Fund Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurates the hydroelectricity project, generate 100 million units of (DMF) for the welfare of the people. Saturday. 5T Secretary VK Pandian is also seen electricity every year Patnaik said mineral-rich Keonjhar district has made signif- is a milestone in the green and re- had been displaced by the project Development and Technical icant contributions to the economy newable energy sector. He expressed and that many such small-scale en- Education Minister, and Telkoi of the state and the country. He happiness that no one had been ergy projects could effectively ad- MLA Premananda Nayak said said that steps have been taken to displaced by the project and that dress the challenge of environ- that the project has increased improve all roads in the district many such small-scale energy proj- mental change in Odisha. the state's capacity in the field of while a medical college and hospi- ects could effectively address the The project, built on the Baitarani renewable energy. It will benefit tal work is underway in Keonjhar. challenge of environmental change River, was set up by the Hyderabad- the people of Keonjhar and Similarly, work is in progress to in Odisha. based Baitarani Power Project Pvt Odisha in entirety. provide piped drinking water to The Chief Minister said the Ltd. The state grid can now gener- Energy Minister Divya Shankar all households in villages and towns Lower Baitarani Small Irrigation ate 100 million units of electricity Mishra, who attended the meet of the district under the mega drink- Project is a milestone in green and every year. This will allow the peo- from Bhawanipatna, said, “It would ing water project scheme, he said. renewable energy sector. Patnaik ple of Anandapur area to get better play an important role in supplying The Chief Minister said the lower was happy that the project was en- electricity, Patnaik pointed out. power to the grid during the peak Baitarani small irrigation project vironment-friendly and that no one On the occasion, Skills hour.” The sun sets on the backdrop of coconut trees at Grand Road in Puri, Saturday OP PHOTO Supplementary Budget Aditi first Odia woman to top CDS-II exam PRESS TRUST OF INDIA THE DAUGHTER OF Aditi finished her graduation in versity, sources said. mass communication from When contacted, Aditi (20) said: Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: Odisha- AN INDIAN ARMY Symbiosis College, Pune this sum- “I was motivated to join the Indian to have livelihood thrust born Aditi Parida has topped the BRIGADIER, ADITI mer and she is also the topper of her Army since my childhood. I am Combined Defence Services (CDS) batch 2017-2020. born and brought up in an army at- POST NEWS NETWORK II, 2019 examination (women), the ALSO HAS THE The combination of intelligence, mosphere as my father serves as a ABSORBING SHOCK results of which were published valour and elegance, the girl is also brigadier. Serving Mother India is Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: The state gov- recently, official sources said. CREDIT OF BEING a good classical dancer having per- a dream of my life." ernment has started the exercise for As the The merit list carrying a total THE NATIONAL formed in stages both in Odissi and Aditi's mother Sujata Parida, preparation of Supplementary Covid-19 of 241 candidates includes 174 who Bharatanatyam. who hailed from Nadhara village of Budget for financial year 2020-21 pandemic and cleared the exams for Officers DEBATE CHAMPION The daughter of an Indian Army Odisha's Dhenkanal district, said: which will be presented in Assembly subsequent Training Academy, Chennai for Brigadier, Aditi also has the credit “My daughter is trained in all as- November 20. lockdowns short service Commission Course Technical) Course. of being the national debate cham- pects of life. She is a good orator, a As the Covid-19 pandemic and have crippled (NT) (for Men) and 67 candidates Aditi is the first woman from pion amongst the Army Schools in topper in studies, a classical dance subsequent lockdowns have crippled the state who cleared the exams for Officers Odisha to top the CDS examina- 2016. performer, a good sports person the state economy, the Finance de- economy, the Training Academy, Chennai, Short tion and selected for the training for She is a very good volleyball and above all a person who loves her partment is busy prioritising Finance dept Service Commission Women (Non- Army Officer. player having represented her uni- country. I am proud of her.” schemes and programmes which is busy would need sufficient fund. prioritising Finance Secretary Ashok Kumar schemes and ue to the pandemic, the state he Senior lawyer Ashok SONEPUR RECORDS Meena has recently written a letter programmes D govt’s revenue generation TSupplementary ` to all the secretaries in this regard. which would and spending have taken a nosedive. Budget would be Mohapatra dies of Covid Brown sugar worth 1cr 11.8 DEGREES C Covid-19 pandemic has posed a need Fund flow from the Centre including presented in the tremendous challenge to every sufficient fund GST compensation has also dried up Assembly Nov 20 POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK sphere of governance, the state has been fighting the pandemic since Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: Senior seized; three arrested Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: Mercury March 2020 and the battle against sources said. groups and MSMEs. Besides, suf- lawyer and started dipping in many parts of the virus is likely to continue for As per state government’s esti- ficient fund is needed for execu- Orissa High the state with Sonepur recording some more time. mation, the economy is likely to tion of major projects taken up in Court Bar POST NEWS NETWORK dents of Sahadevkhunta. lowest minimum temperature of “While priorities of the state contract by about 1-2 per cent in the Puri under Augmentation of Basic Association’s Acting on a tip-off, the STF and 11.8 degrees Celsius, Saturday. government in the medium-term current FY and it is expected to Amenities and Development of former pres- Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: In a major Balasore police conducted a raid at As per records of Bhubaneswar still remain to achieve sustainable register a growth of about 7 per Heritage and Architecture ident Ashok haul, the Special Task Force (STF) a place near Hotel Jyoti Sagar and Meteorological Centre, Angul town development goals, effective Covid cent during FY 2021-22. (ABADHA) scheme and Ekamra Mohapatra of Crime Branch along with apprehended the accused. has recorded the lowest minimum management, saving lives and pro- Considering the likely level of Kshetra Yojana. So, the supple- passed away Balasore police seized brown sugar Besides the contraband, Rs 85,680 temperature of 12.6 degrees Celsius viding livelihoods to the people Central assistance and expected mentary budget would be prepared after losing weighing 1.105 kg during a raid at in cash and some incriminating while it was 14 degrees C at will remain priority,” Meena said. receipts from own revenue, the es- keeping all the above things in view, his battle Sahadevkhunta area in Balasore materials were also seized from Daringibadi, 14.1 degrees at Keeping this in view, he has asked timated shortfall in revenue during the source said. against Friday. their possession. The accused were Jharsuguda and 15 degrees at all the secretaries to prepare their the current year would be of the Last year, the state government Covid-19 at a private hospital here Three peddlers were arrested arrested after they failed to pro- Keonjhar. Similarly, the minimum proposals accordingly. order of 20-25 per cent. Therefore, had presented a supplementary Saturday. in this connection. duce any valid evidence in sup- temperature at Baripada was 15.6 Due to pandemic, the state gov- the state may have to depend on budget of Rs 8,126.32 crore in ad- He was 61. He was admitted to The value of the seized contra- port of the possession of such con- degrees, Phulbani and Bolangir 16 ernment’s revenue generation and higher borrowing during the cur- dition to the Annual Budget of Rs a private hospital after being in- band in grey market is somewhere traband material and forwarded degrees each, Sambalpur & Talcher spending have taken a nosedive. rent year to finance higher spend- 1.39 lakh crore. For the current fected with novel coronavirus a few near Rs 1 crore. to the court based on a case regis- 16.4 degrees each and Besides, fund flow from Union gov- ing on pandemic management. year, Finance Minister Niranjan days ago and had since been un- The arrested were identified as tered by the STF under Sections Bhawanipatna 16.8 degrees. ernment including GST compen- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Pujari had presented a Rs 1.50 lakh- dergoing treatment there. Sk Jamir alias Chhotu of Masjid 21(c), 29 NDPS Act, 1985. The Met Centre said night tem- sation has dried up. Therefore, the has recently said his government crore Budget in the Assembly apart Mohapatra was elected as the pres- Gali, Arada Bazar, Prabhat Sethy The STF has so far seized 23.273 perature will further fall by 2-3 supplementary budget would be a would give emphasis to credit to from a separate Agriculture Budget ident of the Orissa High Court of Nayabazar and Jasobant Bagh kg of brown sugar and detected 25 degrees C over the districts of revised one of the annual budget, farmers, Mission Shakti, self-help of Rs 19,408 crore. Bar Association in 2015. alias Sukuras of Kasimela, resi- cases this year. coastal Odisha.

FLESH TRADE 3 NABBED, FIVE Odias in US expect Biden to ease visa rules, curb nCoV WOMEN RESCUED Even as Democrat leader and former US Vice President Jo Biden trounced his Republican counterpart Donald Trump, the incumbent President, by winning 284 electoral votes as against Trump’s 214, reactions poured in from Odia community living in US regarding the future course of action to be followed by Biden-Harris Administration. Trump has drawn FROM HOTEL flak for the alleged ‘inept’ handling of Covid-19. The total cases in US reached 9.61 million and fatalities have touched a whopping 2,34,944. Arindam Ganguly of Orissa POST talks

POST NEWS NETWORK to the overseas Odias from different parts of USA and asked them about their expectations from Biden administration and what they think of Trump's tenure as presidency…...

Puri, Nov 7: Baliapanda police BHUBANESWAR: Many Odias in fraud and the process not having mandate, but I also believe that he Saturday claimed to have arrested the US feel that the Jo Biden ad- changed at all over the years.” any criticised the electoral will help heal a nation that has three persons and rescued five ministration would bring the Covid- Many criticised the Electoral Mcollege voting system saying been divided by President Trump's women from a hotel here in con- 19 pandemic under control while oth- College voting system saying under under this system the voters do racist rhetoric and irresponsible nection with flesh trade. ers decried the electoral system this system the voters do not elect not elect the President, instead policies.” The arrested have been identi- dubbing it ‘outdated’ and at the the President, instead they choose they choose presidential electors Pratyush Das from Oklahoma fied as Sapan Datta of West Bengal, same time some others hope re- presidential electors who then vote who then vote for the President said that Trump has failed miser- Shubhanesa Swain of Nimapara laxation in visa policy and a strong for the President. ably in tackling Covid-19 pandemic. in Puri district and Devi Prasad anti-China stand. “The system is pretty outdated US now has the highest deaths in the Majhi of Erasama in Speaking to Orissa POST, and it seems like many Americans ome Odias believe that Biden world. “I don't have much faith in Jagatsinghpur district. Sarmishtha Satpathy from are also unhappy with it because it Swill help heal a nation that has politics. The very fact that so many “The trio has been booked under California in doesn’t value each vote equally,” been divided by President Trump's people in my country do not think various Sections of the Immoral the USA, said, Satpathy said. racist rhetoric and irresponsible that climate change is a real phe- Trafficking Act. The rescued “Trump has Similar thoughts were shared policies nomenon and it leads me to believe women were from Bengal,” po- been making by Sadyasnata Pattanaik of we will not survive as a species for lice said. multiple false Chicago. She ally. “But if you look at the facts, one Jayanta Rout of Texas, how- good, Rout added. much longer.” According to police, there was remarks said that the candidate is threatening our democ- ever, expects About Biden, Satpathy said it Ranjan Panda, who hails from information regarding flesh trade about his vic- Electoral racy, lies to the public constantly, uses relaxation in would be nice to have an American Naperville, at a hotel near the beach. A police tory in the College is in- racist, prejudiced and sexist rhet- US visa rules president who believes in science Illinois, said, team conducted surprise raid on states when credibly out- oric all the time. So, I would say and healthy and climate change, listens to sci- “The new two rooms of the hotel Friday counting was dated. “The that we are pro-Biden.” relationship entists and takes steps to reduce president’s evening and arrested three per- underway. reason we Talking about expectations from with India. global warm- focus should sons. Five women were also rescued Trump, how- have it in the new president, Pattanaik said, “I “We also ex- ing. be on im- during the raid, police said. ever, is incorrectly claiming vic- first place is hope the new president issues a na- pect some def- Anya Rath proving

“We have seized several objec- tory, whereas Joe Biden is asking peo- only because tional mask mandate and brings inite action of Indiana

k y m economy, c tionable items from the two rooms,” ple to be calm and patient, and is of slavery. It the virus to control here. He should against China said, “Biden health sector police added. waiting for the results.” has been controversial since its in- address all the ‘Black Lives Matter’ from the new deserves a win in the coun- Earlier, police had arrested three She said, “It’s a close race, but with ception. We must come up with a bet- protests and help to lessen police president,” Rout said. Trump did- because he not try which had suffered in a big way. persons and rescued two women an impressive turnout. Trump’s ter system,” Pattanaik added. power nationwide. Lastly, priority n't handle the pandemic situation only has over- Also, the relationship with India from another hotel in Baliapanda statements have incited multiple She said that whosoever deserves should be given to addressing climate in exceptional way and also his re- whelmingly re- also should improve after looking area of Puri September 14. people to baselessly talk about voter to win is not important there re- change issues.” sponse towards visa policy is not so ceived the at the role of China post Covid-19.” P4 SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 8 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

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k y m State’s Covid-19 tally c crosses 3 lakh-mark

PNN/AGENCY NO LET-UP Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: Odisha's hurda district, of Covid-19 tally crossed the three Kwhich the state lakh-mark Saturday as 1,372 more capital Bhubaneswar people tested positive for the in- is a part, reported the fection, while 17 fresh fatalities maximum number of pushed the state's coronavirus death fresh cases at 145, toll to 1,410, a health department of- followed by Cuttack ficial said. at 121 and Nuapada The fresh infections reported at 108 from all the 30 districts have taken the state's caseload to 3,00,140, he KHURDA HAS ACCOUNTED FOR THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FATALITIES SO said. Of the 1,372 new cases, 796 FAR AT 245 FOLLOWED BY GANJAM AT 231 AND CUTTACK 118 were detected from quarantine cen- A review meeting on Covid-19 chaired by Khurda Collector Sanat Kumar Mohanty is under way at the special circuit house in Bhubaneswar, Saturday. Senior tres while the rest were found dur- officials attended the meeting OP PHOTO ing contact tracing. Khurda district, of which the DMs to take a call on crowd sizes at marriage state capital Bhubaneswar is a part, reported the maximum number of BHUBANESWAR: The state government has amended the earlier unlock fresh cases at 145, followed by guidelines for the month of November and empowered the Collectors to take decision on the sizes of crowds for marriage functions. Earlier, 7-year prodigy creates learning app Cuttack at 121 and Nuapada at 108, the official said. Taking to Twitter, the government in their unlock notification had allowed 200 guests for marriage functions by expanding the ceiling from earlier allowed the Health and Family Welfare POST NEWS NETWORK maintain a log of reward points Silicon Valley is the epitome of Department said, "Regret to inform crowd. However, the amendment has given the power to Collectors to earned and redeem the points ac- innovation, a personification that the demise of seventeen #COVID19 monitor the crowds with the new norms. The new norms, issued Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: A 7-year- cordingly. nothing is off-limits. WhiteHat Jr Saturday said, “Provided that the respective Collector/Municipal positive patients while under treat- old boy earned accolades as he cre- The state’s whiz kid was also one crafted the Silicon Valley program Commissioner shall take decision regarding the number of persons to ment in hospitals." be allowed in marriage related functions (within the overall limit of ated an app named Let’s Reward of the 26 winners of Silicon Valley to reinforce this idea in kids to Three fresh fatalities were re- 200) keeping their local situation in mind in the interest of public Kids, a learning application. Venkat prgramme for creating the inno- make industry veterans accessible ported from Khurda and two each health and issue specific order in that regard,” Raman Patnaik from Bolangir was vative app for the kids. Out of total to them and help them understand from Cuttack, Mayurbhanj, inspired to create an app to inspire winners, 22 were Indians while that nothing is out of bounds if Sambalpur and Bargarh. One each kids to develop in them positive were from the US. one dares to dream. died in the districts of Puri, the official said. Over 48.88 lakh Corporation (BMC) in a tweet habits, to make them more re- The program entailed getting "The concept of getting these Balasore, Koraput, Kalahandi, sample tests have been conducted Saturday. sponsible and boost their self-con- kids to create an app to solve real- bright kids to interact with thought Kendrapara and Bhadrak. for Covid-19 so far, including 50,385 Among the fresh cases detected, fidence. life problems. The kids were short- leaders was to reduce these condi- Khurda has accounted for the Friday, he added. 17 were reported from quarantine With this app, kids can customize listed from a long list of over 7,000 tional barriers that we have placed highest number of fatalities so far a list of activities worthy of earn- entries from across the globe. The Capital city of Bhubaneswar centres and the rest 47 contracted Venkat Raman Patnaik on our kids. When kids are equipped at 245, followed by Ganjam at 231 and reported 64 new Covid-19 cases in the virus locally. All the new patients ing reward points. They could mu- Venkat drew inspiration from with the right set of tools to learn Cuttack at 118. Fifty-three Covid-19 the last 24 hours taking the total have either been shifted to tually decide how much reward Tanmay Bakshi, a young computer inspire kids to develop positive in environments that don't restrict patients have died due to pre-ex- tally in the state capital to 29,647. Covid-19 hospitals or asked to un- each activity is worth. Both par- programmer, artificial intelligence habits, become more responsible their creativity, the results are al- isting ailments. The positivity rate This information was shared by the dergo treatment at their respective ents and kids can track the activi- expert and joined his coding class. and boost their self-confidence and ways astonishing," said Karan Bajaj, in the state stands at 6.14 per cent, Bhubaneswar Municipal homes, BMC said. ties for completion. They could He was inspired to create an app to self-esteem. Founder and CEO, WhiteHat Jr.

Lower Indra dam: HC Cong slams govt for cut in orders Nuapada LAO BDA CAGEY FOR ALLOTTING to compensate oustee LAND FOR GAS FILLING HUBS size of SC/ST scholarship POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK PETROL PUMP BLAST POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: The Orissa Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: Following High Court has directed the the recent blast at an LPG gas fill- Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: The Youth Nuapada Land Acquisition Officer ing station near Raj Bhavan here, Congress Saturday slammed the (LAO) to consider the grievance the Bhubaneswar Development state government for reducing the of a land oustee who sought higher Authority (BDA) has been tread- post-matric scholarship amount compensation at par with other ing with caution while leasing out being provided to SC and ST stu- land for new stations largely in res- dents. The petitioner sought idential zones. Addressing reporters here higher damages citing The 232nd DP&BP (Development Saturday, Youth Congress state Planning and Building Planning) Cops still clueless president Smruti Ranjan Lenka examples of payments Committee meeting held October said, “Both state government and made to co-villagers 29, discussed a range of building and FILE PHOTO after one month the Centre are playing with the fu- land approval plans. Amongst these ture of the SC and ST students by following displacement was the issue of land demanded when all safety measures are met. BHUBANESWAR: Although a cutting down the post-Matric schol- for lease by GAIL (Gas Authority of Moreover, as the land concerned month has passed since the severe arship. On the bypoll day (November displaced villagers. This comes India Limited) at Sandhapur under falls in a residential area the agency explosion at the fuel station near 3), the State SC, ST Development Surgery (BHMS) from Rs 40,000 to the fund flow which is highly un- after Gaurang Sahoo was displaced Jatni tehasil for erection of a CNG shall obtain prior approval of BDA Raj Bhawan here that claimed two Department has issued a notifica- Rs 7,200 and B Pharma from Rs fortunate, the Congress leader said. in Lower Indra Dam project. The filing station. under Sections 15 and 16 of the lives and left many injured, the tion reducing the post-Matric schol- 45,000 to Rs 25,000. He also sought a clarification as petitioner from Rajana village in The committee observed that ODA Act before setting up the agencies probing the mishap are arship amount.” Now, if a poor SC or ST student to why the state government hur- Komana area of the district ac- the land in question was a resi- pump,” the committee said. yet to find the actual cause of Showing a copy of the govern- has taken admission in a technical riedly came up with a notification cused the local government of de- dential zone and that a special rec- As per BDA sources, officials the blast. Meanwhile, the State ment notification, Lenka said the institution in B Tech, as per the to this effect soon after the con- laying giving him adequate com- ommendation is required by the have been instructed to strictly en- Forensic Science Laboratory re- state government has slashed the earlier course fee of Rs 60,000, clusion of the bypoll to Balasore and pensation owing to his displacement BDA committee that will seek ap- sure safety norms for new approvals cently confirmed the human scholarships being provided to B he/she will not be able to complete Tirtol constituencies November 3. due to government project. proval of all consenting parties. of gas filling stations. Consequently, body parts collected from the Tech students from Rs 60,000 to Rs the study due to this cut in the size Alleging the BJD had supported He cited the examples of pay- Thus, it was decided that the NOC the committee is said to have put on blast site. The body parts were of 25,000 while the scholarship for M of the scholarship, he said. each and every Bill of the Union gov- ments done to other villagers fol- (No Objection Certificate) will only hold seven such approvals and have the missing engineer, Simanchal Tech students has been cut down The Post-Matric scholarship ernment in recent past Lenka said, lowing their displacement and be provided after the party obtains asked them for further safety clear- Parida. However, the SFSL is from Rs 66,000 to Rs 25,000, Bachelor scheme is a central sponsored “In this case also, the BJD gov- asked the HC for its intervention. clearance from all parties. ances. The instructions have come yet to submit the examination of Management Studies (BMS) scheme and started by then UPA gov- ernment has remained silent. If The HC in its order asked the au- “Since setting up of a CNG sta- after the city saw a powerful blast report of other materials seized from Rs 45,000 to Rs 25,000, MCA ernment with 100 per cent fund- the government will not restore thorities to consider the griev- tion is equivalent to setting up of a in an LPG station near Governor’s from the scene and the CCTV from Rs 40,000 to Rs 25,000, Bachelor ing. However, after the Modi gov- the earlier scholarship amount, we ance and pass an appropriate order petrol pump station, the certificate House which saw two people dead footage of the spot. of Homeopathic Medicine and ernment took charge, it reduced will hit the street.” within a three-month notice. of approval will only be provided and left about 10 people injured. NGT rules in favour of Nuahat water project Locals oppose land survey for ROB POST NEWS NETWORK thorities had planned to acquire POST NEWS NETWORK the government. port told the NGT that the feasi- SIDDHAMAHAVEER ROB 2.66 acres for the 900-metre long It challenged the wisdom of the bility of using water from Brahmani Puri, Nov 7: A group of locals and ROB, sources said. It is learnt that Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: The National government on the issue. The NGT, and other resources was also dis- shopkeepers who are likely to be dis- at least 129 private plots at Green Tribunal (NGT) has passed however, based on the hearings and cussed and the best option for sur- placed by a proposed rail overbridge Balukhand, Kumutipatna, an order in favour of the state gov- inspection report submitted by the face water supply for the saline (ROB) at Sidhhamahaveer level Matiapada and Siddhamahaveer ernment on the Nuahat Mega government, ordered in favour of the areas of Bhadrak was chosen from crossing here Friday opposed land revenue villages would come under Drinking Water Project. The order Odisha government. the Kharasrota river. measurement and survey for the the land required for the ROB proj- of the tribunal has come against a The order of the NGT said, "It The project as per the petitioner project at Matiapada Square in the ect. “Around Rs 53 crore has been petition filed before the NGT seek- would appear from the above that was said to have neglected the peo- Holy City. sanctioned for the proposed ROB. ing its intervention against ex- the concern expressed by the ap- ple of Kendrapara district, partic- They pleaded for a change in the The final design of the project traction of water from the plicant appears to be unfounded ularly, those of Rajakanika and all location of the proposed ROB to would be made after the completion Kharasrota river for drinking water as all relevant factors pointed out blocks who are dependent on the avoid the displacement of families sions with agitating locals and of land measurement and survey project. by the applicant have been taken into river Kharasrota. from their ancestral lands. The lo- shopkeepers. The residents of the work,” said a source. The project was planned to serve consideration while undertaking It was further alleged that the cals claimed that more than a hun- Pilgrim City have been demand- Land acquisition officer Prasanta drinking water in 91 saline gram the project. The response to each of ground water of Bhadrak dis- dred shopkeepers would be affected ing construction of an ROB at Kumar Jena said the land meas- panchayats in Bhadrak district. the queries put by the tribunal trict is comparatively safer for by the ROB project. They urged Siddhamahaveer level crossing on urement work was being conducted The petitioner alleged that despite clearly indicates this fact." drinking than the water of the authorities concerned to con- Puri-Konark National Highway for as per the National Highways Act- the availability of other rivers, the It added, "We do not deem it nec- sions of the NGT Act, 2010 and sec- Kendrapara district and, therefore, struct the ROB on government land. last two decades. The Centre had 1956. “The survey is being done to Kharasrota river, a tributary of the essary to continue further with ondly, even in its merits, we do not the residents/farmers of the said The locals alleged that the land given its nod to the project in fix the value of the landed proper- river Brahmani, was used for ex- this matter firstly, on account of find the applicant having made out district are dependent upon the measurement and survey for the December 2019. ties. The value of the land would be tracting water for the project. It the fact that the subject matter any case for our interference in the river Kharasrota which accord- ROB project had been conducted The NHAI and the district ad- made known to the households. was alleged that this could lead to raised by the applicant is not a sub- light of the report of the commit- ing to the applicant is the only without holding any Pallisabha. ministration had initiated the They would have two months to more stress on the water body and stantial question relating to envi- tee reproduced," source of domestic and agricul- On being informed, police process for land acquisition for the put forth their grievances before the

other alternatives could be seen by ronment that would attract provi- The inspection committee re- tural consumption. reached the spot and held discus- project January 16 this year. The au- district administration,” he added.

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Millers, civil supplies dept at loggerheads Firecrackers worth `70L

k y m Millers demand release of Rs 30-cr dues while the dept refutes the claim; farmers fear distress sale if procurement is delayed seized in Aska; 3 arrested c

POST NEWS NETWORK losses. “There is no transparency in OVER 20 FAMILIES EARN THEIR LIVING FROM PROCUREMENT UNDER CLOUD he report said the rice the function of the department,” Bhawanipatana, Nov 7: Even as Tcollection season from millers lamented. CRACKER-MAKING BUSINESS millers for 2019-20 has been the administration has been brac- The civil supplies department over, but millers have ing up for paddy procurement for claimed that Rs 25 crore to used to pay Rs 22.50 per km as trans- the current Kharif season in Rs 30 crores towards trans- port fare in 2018-19. The fee was re- Kalahandi, the procurement pro- port, unloading and mainte- duced to Rs 18.50 per km in 2019-20. gramme is caught in a stalemate nance of paddy in godowns Owing to fare reduction, millers over payment of dues – a dispute be- has not been cleared. had to suffer the loss to the tune of tween the civil supplies depart- Besides, they said they are Rs 6 crore. ment and rice millers. yet to get back 7 lakh empty “Even though the cost of fuel The administration allegedly gunny bags from mandis has increased several times, re- shows no interest to resolve the ducing the transport fare has made illers say, the civil sup- issue. The millers have warned of things worse for us,” they pointed POST NEWS NETWORK about illegal manufacturing and sell- not cooperating in the paddy pro- Mplies department used out. ing of firecrackers for Diwali and to pay Rs 22.50 per km as curement process. Farmers in Four gunny bags are needed for Aska, Nov 7: Police seized a huge raided the area with the help of transport fare in 2018-19. Kalahandi are apprehensive of fac- The fee was reduced to Rs a quintal of rice. The civil supplies cache of firecrackers and other police. ing distress sale if the procure- 18.50 per km in 2019-20. department is supposed to give two materials worth Rs 70 lakh during The team seized the firecrackers ment is delayed or stalled. Besides, Owing to fare reduction, sacks while millers have to arrange a raid on a cracker-making unit like bombs, kumpi, fataka, chakri, ven though the cost of fuel has increased several thousands of labourers who are millers had to suffer the loss two sacks. at Nalabanta under Aska police and other varieties in huge quan- times, reducing the transport fare has made part of the procurement process E to the tune of Rs 6 crore Last year, the department had limits in Ganjam district Saturday. tities as well as the raw materials will be hit in the event the pro- things worse for us, some millers pointed out not given 7.5 lakh gunny bags to Three persons were arrested on such as gun powder, palm leaves, gramme is stalled. them, millers claimed, adding that charges of illegal manufacturing nitrogen powder, sulphur powder, The report said the rice collection empty gunny bags from mandis. the claim of the millers, saying not Delay in procurement will provide they have been incurring losses. and selling firecrackers despite a charcoal, iron cylinder used in season from millers for 2019-20 has The millers made it clear to the a single penny of the millers is an opportunity to middlemen and Earlier, there were 119 rice mills ban by the government. 12 others making of the crackers from the vil- been over, but millers have claimed Collector that unless their massive pending for clearance. trader to cash in on the difficulties in the district. Now, their number managed to flee when police raided lage. that Rs 25 crore to Rs 30 crores to- dues are cleared and their bags re- The tussle is expected to make life of farmers. has come down to 72. 47 rice mills the area. Police transported the seized wards transport, unloading and turned to them, they will not take of farmers difficult as they may Some millers alleged the civil have closed due to losses. The accused were identified as firecrackers in 8 mini-trucks to maintenance of paddy in godowns part in paddy procurement process. not dispose their produce in the supplies department is not follow- They also said that more mills will Laba Behera, Jitu Pradhan and Aska police station. It is alleged that has not been cleared. Besides, they On the other hand, district civil season unless there is a solution ing procurement guidelines as a face closure due to faulty policy by Ranjan Pradhan. over 20 families are engaged in said they are yet to get back 7 lakh supplies officer Ashok Das refuted in sight. result of which they have to incur the civil supplies department. A team of officials got a tipoff cracker-making business over years.

Land hurdle for Nalco pipeline EVICTION DRIVE SEXUAL HARASSMENT Students come out POST NEWS NETWORK A construction agency of Andhra Pradesh was awarded the con- Koraput, Nov 7: About 36 years struction of the pipeline. in support of have passed since Naclo was set As soon as the work started up in Koraput. However, some proj- Friday, locals opposed it and warned accused principal ects linked to its expansion have not the staff of the construction agency been able to make headway for var- of dire consequences if they con- ious factors. tinued with the work. One of its projects is water The pipeline is be laid from pipeline which has been facing op- Earlier, Nalco had set up a pump Puruna Kotiaguda to Damanjodi position from locals. house at Sunabeda and used to while its work from Chougan to The administration and the com- take water from Kolab reservoir Damanjodi is nearing completion. POST NEWS NETWORK pany are allegedly failing to sort out through pipes. But gradually the But the work from Zero Point to the issue so as to carry forward water level in that part of the reser- Ghatguda has been stuck due to Sunabeda, Nov 7: Hundreds of the project, a report said. voir plummeted. As a result, Naclo resistance from residents of Puruna students including day scholars and The report further said that the faced water shortage. Dumuriput. former pupils of Plus II Junior expansion work had been hit by In order to remove water crunch, Locals were shown documents Women’s College at Sunabeda in intermittent protests by the land los- Nalco wanted to change its place of about the land acquisition for the Koraput district came out Saturday ers. water intake at the reservoir. Upper Kolab, tehsldar’s permis- in support of the principal who had People who have lost their land The central PSU signed another sion and copies of the agreement earlier been arrested on charge to the Upper Kolab hydropower agreement with the state govern- papers with the water resources of sexual harassment. project have strongly opposed its ment to draw water of the Kolab department, but the latter refused The sexual harassment allega- water pipe line project. reservoir near Puruna Kotiagunda, to budge from their stand. Due to tion was framed against the prin- Notably, Naclo has signed an a low-lying area. stalled work, the agency faced loss. cipal by a female colleague of his agreement with the water resources The water resources department Saturday, some people detained the college a few days ago. department to draw the water from had permitted Nalco to lay road staff and their vehicle. A police According to sources, the stu- the Kolab reservoir for its use. and a pipeline in the low-lying area. complaint was filed in this regard. A family carries away its household belongings during an eviction drive at Similipada in Angul OP PHOTO dents said principal Pabitra Kumar Bedanta has been victimised. The complainant has conspired to tar- nish the image of Bedanta. DOUBLE MURDER In order to unravel the truth, the BSF jawans save two lives Job fraud: Three students urged Koraput Collector ACCUSED NABBED Madhusudan Mishra and POST NEWS NETWORK Superintendent of Police Mukesh POST NEWS NETWORK Kumar Bhamoo to order an in- Malkangiri, Nov 7: Not all he- held in Nayagarh vestigation by the cyber police. Angul, Nov 7: In a major crack- roes wear capes, sometimes they just Notably, a 23-year-old staffer down, Angul police arrested a wear camouflaged uniforms. The POST NEWS NETWORK who works as a computer opera- youth named Sujan Kumar saying has become popular here The arrest was made tor in the college had lodged an FIR Senapati of Rantalei area Friday after three BSF jawans saved the Nayagarh, Nov 7: Police arrested following a complaint by against the principal November 3 night on charge of double murder lives of two pregnant women in three people in Sarankul area of alleging sexual harassment. She including illegal possession of Mathili block in Malkangiri dis- Nayagarh district for allegedly Monali Priyadarshini, further alleged that the principal firearm. trict. duping people on the promise of jobs who alleged that her had shared inappropriate mes- According to police sources, They reached the Malkangiri at Bhubaneswar Municipal sages with her on mobile phone. the accused had allegedly mur- district headquarters hospital (DHH) Corporation Saturday. former classmate dered two brothers identified as in the nick of time, donated blood The arrest was made following a po- Abhijeet Pradhan took Dusasan and Dusmanta Senapati and brought the lost smile back on lice complaint by Monali of the Rantalei village in Angul dis- the faces of the women’s relatives. Priyadarshini. `2 lakh from her on the trict November 4. The jawans did the noble act She alleged that her former class- promise of getting her Acting on an FIR lodged by Friday and they have since been re- mate Abhijeet Pradhan took Rs 2 Dusasan’s son Rakesh, police had garded as the real heroes who are 19 pandemic, the process of blood jawans - Sandeep Kumar and lakh from her in exchange of get- an appointment registered a case and launched a not only saving people’s lives and collection has been severely af- Indrajit Singh too came out as ting her an appointment at the at the BMC manhunt. The accused was properties by fighting with Maoists fected as no blood donation camp knights in shining armour and BMC. Later, Abhijeet took Rs 1.5 nabbed along with the seizure of in the region but also lending their is being organised lately. saved the life of another pregnant lakh each from Monali’s younger weapons. names to various social causes. The family members ran from pil- woman. Chhabi Nayak of brother and a few others from the and later filed a complaint. Police recovered a double-bar- Muye Sodi, a resident of lar to post to get a unit of the re- Kansariput village under the same village with the same promise. She Sarankul IIC Bimal Mallick said rel gun and a machete from near Kaikigudda village of Temurupalli quired blood group. All their ef- panchayat was experiencing labour said sometime later they even re- Abhijeet Pradhan and his associates Derjang reservoir in the district. panchayat under Mathili block, forts failed, leaving them in despair. pain and her family members as per ceived appointment letters for the have managed to extract Rs 5 lakh Notably, the brother duo was went into labour pain Friday. She was A jawan of 160 BSF Battalion the doctors’ advice were frantically same by post. from them. Police got enough evi- shot dead Wednesday in the immediately rushed to Malkangiri stationed at MV-3, Rabindra Kumar searching for a unit of blood. It However, they did not receive their dence against him. He was arrested evening. district headquarters hospital (DHH). Nayak, somehow came to know was then Sandeep and Indrajit joining letters. Abhijeet later tried and produced in court. Two oth- The accused had disposed There the doctors asked her fam- about Muye and came forward to reached the DHH, donated blood to convince her that the High Court ers are in custody. weapons near Derjang reservoir ily members to arrange a unit of A help the family in distress. and saved the life Chhabi. has pronounced a stay order on the However, the accused said that the after committing the crime. + blood. The blood bank in the dis- He donated a unit of A + blood Local residents have since been appointment, leading to delay in mastermind of the racket man- Further investigation is under- trict has been running short of and saved the life of Muye. looking to these three jawans for joining. Sensing something fishy aged to lure and trap him into their way. blood for months. Due to the COVID- On the same day, two other BSF what they did for Muye and Chhabi. about it, they were sure about a scam fraudulent activities. Jute cultivation in Kendrapara on the wane NOT LONG AGO, THE COASTAL DISTRICT WAS KNOWN FOR THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF JUTE IT PRODUCED POST NEWS NETWORK in the district require 30 quintals of Farmers also get decent earnings seeds but the centre provided only from selling jute sticks ahead of Kendrapara, Nov 7: Jute cultivation two quintals in 2018. Diwali. However, this year they failed is on the wane in Kendrapara district The centre waded into more prob- to get seeds due to failure of the agri- due to lack of government support, lems as it stopped getting seeds from culture department to supply them. a report said. Reports said decades 2019-20. Left with no options, farm- Saraswati Samal, a woman farmer, back jute sticks known as ‘Kaunria ers were forced to buy seeds from of Parapangara said the district has Kathi’ in local parlance was used as open market. However, they proved a jute based cottage industry which firewood. However, things have to be of sub-standard quality. employs over 60 women belonging to changed over the years as a piece of Banamabar Sahu, a senior resi- self-help groups. The unit manu- jute stick now sells for Rs 1 during dent, said the district lacks major or factures various jute based prod- Diwali festival. small industries and agriculture is ucts but its profit margin is declin- The decline in cultivation of jute is the main occupation of people. The ing as it has to pay more for blamed on the rise in the price of jute farmers are turning away from jute purchasing jutes from outside. sticks. Observers said the district has cultivation due to lack of sponsorship When contacted, Ashok favourable climatic conditions and from the state government. Mahasuara, deputy director, agri- land resources for jute cultivation but and the variety of use. Its fibers are tion, the state government estab- The Centre and the state govern- culture department, said the de- little government support led to a de- composed primarily of the plant ma- lished a jute research centre over ment have imposed a ban on use of partment is trying to revive jute cul-

cline in its cultivation. Farmers are terials cellulose and lignin. 46 acres at Jajanga in the district. plastic bags and replace it with jute tivation in the district from next

k y m c turning to other crops to earn a living. Jute was cultivated on 2,152 That encouraged farmers to use bags. However, the district is lag- year as per the plan of the Centre and Jute is a long, soft, shiny bast fiber hectares in 2005. The cultivation various types of seeds. As a result, ging behind in fiber cultivation. the state government. The depart- that can be spun into coarse, strong rose to 8000 hectare in 2010 as the cli- jute cultivation rose to 14, 000 hectares Niranjan Parida, a farmer, of ment is also making arrangements threads. It is one of the most afford- mate and soil proved conducive for in 2014. However, the jute research Kansar panchayat said he has culti- to provide subsidies on seeds and able natural fibers, and second only the cultivation. In view of the in- centre soon got into problems and vated jute on 12 acres and transports other agricultural implements for to cotton in the volume of production creasing prospects for jute cultiva- stopped selling jute seeds. Farmers the harvest to Kolkata for sale. farming jute. P6 SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 8 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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mong Democrats and succeeding his archrival John many Republicans, there Adams in 1801, called “the safety is a great temptation to with which error of opinion may Changing scenario Adismiss US President be tolerated, where reason is left Donald Trump’s administration as free to combat it.” n American from Chennai won reelection this week. Her name is a bizarre aberration. Just as The same cannot be said for the Pramila Jayapal and she heads the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Republicans may try to blame the corruption and systematic cru- AA few months ago, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar cancelled a meet- many transgressions of the past elty that the Trump administration ing with the United States House Foreign Affairs Committee, which in- four years on Trump, hoping that has exhibited in its response to cluded its Republican chairman and Democratic members. Jaishankar re- their enabling role is quickly for- the Covid-19 crisis, and in sepa- fused to meet them because the group included Pramila Jayapal, who had gotten, Democrats might want to rating children from their par- pushed a resolution demanding that India end the communications black- make a show of observing demo- ents at the border. As the Harvard out in Kashmir. Jaishankar told the Americans he would meet them only if cratic norms, by graciously re- law professor Mark Tushnet has they dropped Jayapal from the group. Of course, the Americans refused. fraining from litigating the past. Americans need to distinguish among three suggested, a commission of in- Jaishankar is paid by us to defend India abroad but chose instead to duck If so, should Joe Biden prevail issues: crimes Trump may have committed quiry should be established to in- the meeting because it would involve a difficult conversation or perhaps just when all votes in the November 3 vestigate policies and acts that in case he is afraid of confrontation. After his running away was reported election are counted, Trump and before assuming office; corruption and went beyond incompetence into the in the American media, Senator Kamala Harris of California tweeted: “It’s his administration are unlikely cruelty committed by him and his cronies while realm of politically motivated wrong for any foreign government to tell Congress what members are allowed Jan-Werner to be held accountable for their in office; and behaviour that has exposed malevolence. It is critical that we in meetings on Capitol Hill.” Mueller egregious record of corruption, establish a proper record of these Jaishankar felt he could afford to do this because the US administration cruelty, and violations of basic structural weaknesses within the broader events, perhaps by offering le- was headed by Republican Donald Trump who doesn’t care about human rights. constitutional principles. US political system niency in exchange for candid ac- It will not be possible for Jaishankar to do what he did in December 2019 again. AMONG Quite apart from political cal- counts. The latter should help The Bharatiya Janata Party has invested a lot in doing what no other Indian culations, many observers – from thinking about structural reforms, government did before: meddle in US elections and try and get Trump DEMOCRATS AND former Democratic presidential removed from power have simply forcement officials in question hap- making at least quid pro quo cor- elected again. A group called the ‘Overseas Friends of the BJP’ registered contender Andrew Yang to dis- gone “on to live their normal lives.” pen to be Democrats. On the other ruption and blatant human-rights itself officially as a foreign agent in the US in September. After this was dis- MANY tinguished jurists and historians Nonetheless, in cases where new hand, if the investigations were to abuses less likely. covered, the party instructed these Indian Americans to help Trump in REPUBLICANS, – have argued that only tin-pot or restored democracies did not result in the incarceration of a for- Finally, Trump has broken their “personal capacity” and to not use the BJP’s name, but it is clear that dictatorships pursue their van- prosecute former officials, they mer President, Trump's gun-toting plenty of informal presidential they are all BJP supporters. THERE IS A quished opponents. With all-too-ob- often established truth commis- supporters might decide to take the norms, from the relatively trivial Modi himself asked Indians in the US to GREAT vious motives of his own, US sions, offering amnesty in ex- law into their own hands; at a min- – calling people names on Twitter vote for Trump at the Howdy Modi rally in Attorney General Bill Barr has change for truthful information and imum, the country's political divi- – to the serious: hiding his tax re- September last year. Or at least that is one in- TEMPTATION TO also opined that “the political win- confessions by the perpetrators sions would deepen even further. turns. As many US jurists have terpretation we can give to his line “ab ki baar ners ritually prosecuting the po- of crimes. This approach was most Bearing these risks in mind, argued, a prudent response would Trump sarkar”. DISMISS THE US litical losers is not the stuff of a famously pursued by post- there is no reason, in principle, be to establish a separate com- What happens now that Trump is on his PRESIDENT mature democracy.” Yet these gen- apartheid South Africa. why a political leader cannot be mission to study the structural way out? The BJP has started to back-pedal from eralizations are too hasty. Trump’s The peculiarity of the current properly punished for a crime he vulnerabilities of the presidency. its recklessness. It trotted out in-house intel- DONALD “lock her up” slogan, directed US situation is that Trump is al- has committed. Many leaders have Such an investigation may find lectual Ram Madhav to write in The Indian TRUMP’S against Hillary Clinton in 2016, ready under investigation for pos- been, and some have even returned that many informal norms – from Express on Saturday under the headline ‘US- should not be answered with “lock sible crimes unrelated to his pres- to political life. Former Italian financial transparency to rela- India ties stand on a bipartisan and strong ADMINISTRATION him up”; but “forgive and forget” idency. Both the Manhattan district Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi tions with the Department of footing’. Madhav wrote: “Some in India be- Aakar Patel AS A BIZARRE is not the only alternative. attorney and the New York attor- was forced to perform community Justice – need to be codified. lieve that Biden-Harris would be bad news for Americans need to distinguish ney general are investigating the service following his conviction This three-pronged approach need US-India relations.” The Bharatiya ABERRATION among three issues: crimes Trump Trump Organization for various on charges of tax fraud. Today, he not distract from more urgent Actually nobody believes that. Madhav is may have committed before as- forms of fraud. While ostensibly is sitting in the European tasks of governance. Although it confusing BJP with India. There is no question Janata Party has suming office; corruption and cru- apolitical, Trump’s business prac- Parliament, which makes it hard might require spending some po- that US-India relations run deep and at times invested a lot in elty committed by him and his tices foreshowed – and overshad- for anyone to claim that liberal litical capital, the costs of inac- there is a civilisational connect between the two cronies while in office; and be- owed – the shameless cronyism judges simply wanted to silence tion or breezily “moving on” could nations. This is not such a time. India has doing what no haviour that has exposed struc- and corruption of his presidency. the Cavaliere. But the point of en- be even higher, as was arguably the taken a turn towards majoritarianism. The other Indian tural weaknesses within the broader Even if he did not succeed in fully forcing the law was to send a clear case following Gerald Ford’s par- Indian State is bullying and harassing its own government did US political system. Each requires transforming the United States signal that Berlusconi's strategy of don of Richard Nixon, and the le- citizens at a scale which has alarmed the world. a somewhat different response. into a mafia state along the lines entering politics in order to gain niency shown after the Iran-Contra Pramila Jayapal and Kamala Harris did not before: meddle in Historically, plenty of other of Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, that is immunity and distract from his scandal and the George W. Bush ad- casually take up the issues that they chose to. US elections and countries’ transitions from au- largely beside the point. shady business dealings would not ministration's extensive use of They will not stop taking them up now be- thoritarianism – or recovery from Moreover, if the investigations into become a precedent. torture in pursuing its “global cause the previously partisan BJP now pleads try and get Trump democratic degradation – has been the Trump Organization were sim- Then there is the question of war on terror.” for bipartisan support. elected again characterized by a willingness to ply to be dropped upon his departure Trump’s actual record in office. One The writer, a professor at Events in America have strengthened the hand leave former power-holders un- from office, the charge that they can find plenty of deeply objec- Princeton University, is a fel- of those leaders there who wish India well but punished. As the political scientist were mere political machinations tionable policies, but it would be low at the Berlin Institute of think of India as being a collection of Indians. If Indians are mistreated, Erica Frantz observes, 59% of au- would appear to be justified, espe- a mistake to abandon what Advanced Study. they will object. thoritarian leaders who have been cially considering that the law-en- President Thomas Jefferson, upon ©PROJECT SYNDICATE The Democrats fought the current election on a very liberal platform. On the question of human rights, the most powerful message they were aligned with was Black Lives Matter. This part of the Democratic Party (which in- cludes Jayapal) has become stronger inside because of the success of the human rights messaging. Indians may not know that in April India was marked as a Country of Particular Concern by the United States Commission on International SPECTRUM FREEDOM OF PRESS Religious Freedom. Its report said that “India took a sharp downward turn in 2019” because the Modi government “instituted national-level policies vi- olating religious freedom across India, especially for Muslims”. It said of the Citizenship Amendment Act that “this law is meant to provide protection for listed non-Muslim religious communities – but not for Muslims – against exclusion from a nationwide National Register of Citizens and the result- Ending impunity for crimes against scribes ing detention, deportation, and potential statelessness”. It said India had seen “nationwide campaigns of harassment and violence against religious mi- n many ways, there has never liest country not at war. In the past time, but I will do it,” he told me. Belarusian journalist Pavel norities to continue with impunity, and engaged in and tolerated hate speech been a more dangerous time decade alone, nearly 1,000 jour- Guterres now has a little more Sheremet, killed by a car bomb in and incitement to violence against them”. Ifor journalists than the pres- nalists globally have been killed than a year of his current term 2016 in Kyiv; and the Ghanaian It names Amit Shah and Adityanath and reproduces their statements. ent. With simultaneous crises threat- in connection with their work. remaining. That is more than journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, Most importantly it has recommended that the US administration act and im- ening media freedom and sus- Many of these cases have never enough time to ensure meaningful shot three times in 2019 while driv- pose “targeted sanctions on Indian government agencies and officials re- tainability, this decade will be been properly investigated, and action to end impunity and pro- ing his car in Accra. sponsible for severe violations of religious freedom by freezing those individuals’ decisive for the future of a vocation the vast majority of perpetrators tect journalists. Guterres’s ap- There are many other cases. assets and/or barring their entry into the United States under human rights- that is crucial for societies’ well- have never been held to account. pointment of a member of his staff The young freelance journalist related financial and visa authorities, citing specific religious freedom violations”. being. What would the world look This year’s International Day as a contact person on this issue – Christopher Allen was killed in India was able to ignore this till now because Trump was running the ad- like if there were no professional, to End Impunity for Crimes against the only concrete step he has taken 2017 while reporting on the civil ministration and he was the one who would decide. India put out a statement Christophe Deloire ethical journalists to report the Journalists, on November 2, is an so far – is not enough. conflict in South Sudan, and Kirill which said: “We reject the observations on India in the USCIRF Annual Report. news? Worryingly, this question ideal opportunity to start taking con- The mandate for a special rep- Radtchenko, Alexandre Rasstorgo- Its biased and tendentious comments against India are not new. But, on this is no longer hypothetical. crete action to end this endemic resentative would not be merely a uïev, and Orhan Djemal were occasion, its misrepresentation has reached new levels.” IN MANY WAYS, The issue of reporters’ safety impunity for good. The United paper-based exercise that gener- murdered in 2018 while making This was also a form of running away. If you think you are friends with remains vitally important. Although Nations should appoint a Special ates more reporting. Rather, it a documentary about Russian America you have to convince them that their findings are wrong. Refusing THERE HAS NEVER killings of journalists have de- Representative for the Safety of would be a means of bringing to- mercenaries. to engage with them is not a solution. It worked when Trump was in charge. BEEN A MORE creased during the Covid-19 pan- Journalists, with the aim of en- gether the relevant existing UN Enough is enough. RSF calls for It will not work now. demic, threats to their safety con- forcing international law and mechanisms, resolutions, and rec- concrete action now to end violence DANGEROUS TIME tinue to evolve and increase. Last thereby finally reducing the num- ommendations. against all journalists, wherever FOR JOURNALISTS year, more journalists were killed ber of reporters killed every year Tangible impact is desperately they live and work. We call on the WISDOM CORNER in countries supposedly at peace in the course of their work. needed in many of the cases in UN secretary-general to support THAN THE than in war zones, and the per- The Reporters Without Borders which RSF is involved – including the establishment of a Special centage of reporters killed on the (RSF) campaign to establish a spe- that of Saudi columnist Jamal Representative for the Safety of It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person PRESENT job who were deliberately targeted cial representative has gained Khashoggi, who was murdered Journalists, and for member states then. LEWIS CARROLL was higher than ever before. Many tremendous momentum in recent and dismembered inside Saudi to enable and support the work of Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people of the victims were working to ex- years, but one obstacle remains. Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul in this crucial mandate. Finally, we from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers. pose corruption and report on other Because the appointee would be a 2018. Many of the cases concern in- call on the international public – and SOCRATES sensitive topics. representative of the UN secre- vestigative journalists, including decision-makers – to join our cam- Just a few days ago, on October tary-general, we need the secre- Daphne Caruana Galizia, assassi- paign to end impunity for crimes Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized 29, reporter Arturo Alba Medina anyway. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT tary-general’s active support. nated in 2017 by a car bomb outside against journalists once and for all. was killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Unfortunately, António Guterres has her home in Malta; Ján Kuciak, The author is Secretary- near the US border. He was the not yet lived up to the promise he shot dead in 2018 along with his General of Reporters sixth journalist murdered this year made when we met one month after fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, in- Without Borders. WORDSWORTH in Mexico, which remains the dead- he took office in 2017: “It will take side their home in Slovakia; the ©PROJECT SYNDICATE Bee’s knees Stubble burning Cry for justice t’s sometimes explained as being from an Italian-American way of saying Ibusiness or that it’s properly Bs and Es, an abbreviation for be-alls and Sir, Every winter, till the end of November or more, burning of stubble augments the Sir, I am saddened to read that a minor boy in end-alls. Both are without doubt wrong. Bee’s knees are actually one of a set pollution levels in Delhi. On an average, 23 million tonnes of rice straw are burnt in Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj area was thrashed and then of nonsense catchphrases from 1920s America, the period of the flappers, etters north India by farmers to make way for wheat production. A small gap between rice killed by a group of five men after he refused to fetch speakeasies, feather boas and the Charleston. Various writers have harvesting time and wheat sowing period means the farmers quickly burn the stub- snacks and serve them while they were drinking. accumulated long lists of phrases of this type that you might have heard ble to remove the paddy stubble. The particulate matters emitted by the burning of The incident took place in Kalindi Kunj’s Madanpur in that decade: elephant’s adenoids, cat’s miaow, ant’s pants, tiger’s TOL THE EDITOR stubble tend to cause severe air pollution. Waxing and waning of “fire spots”, noth- Khadar area Wednesday evening. The family of spots, bullfrog’s beard, elephant’s instep, caterpillar’s kimono, turtle’s Readers of Orissa POST ing but the number of stubble burning spots, and reduction in pollution due to increased the deceased protested against the murder and de- neck, duck’s quack, duck’s nuts, monkey’s eyebrows, gnat’s elbows, are most welcome to contribute letters wind speed, occasionally make sure the pollution relents, but only just. Agriculturists manded all the accused be arrested. The family oyster’s earrings, snake’s hips, kipper’s knickers, elephant’s manicure, (200 words), articles and are piqued by the meager compensation offered by the government. Manual removal refused to let authorities take the body for post- columns (between 750-1250 clam’s garter, eel’s ankle, leopard’s stripes, tadpole’s teddies, sardine’s words). Contributors are of stubble is not cost effective for them. Pisa bio-decomposer is being projected as mortem as they demanded action against the cul- whiskers, canary’s tusks, pig’s wings, cuckoo’s chin, and butterfly’s book. requested to send their the solution to stubble burning. It has been described as one that can change crop residue prits. Finally, they let go of the body 12 hours later, Plus many others. None of these made much sense — but then slang contact numbers and full into manure in about 20 days. The decomposing technology makes use of fungal but continued with the protests outside the residence,

fashions often don’t — and their only common feature was the comparison postal address/email ID. They may also strains that rapidly decompose the paddy stubbles. Farmers will have to spray the paddy while a large police deployment in the area tried

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c of something of excellent quality to some inappropriate or non-existent and suggestions, preferably by email, straws with the fungi strains and then decompose them in soil. Subsidised combined to calm them. I completely condemn the incident. part of an animal with, if possible, a bit of alliteration or rhyme thrown in. to: [email protected] harvesters, provided by the government at subsidised rates, are helpful but again a The accused indeed committed a crime and they need Another example was cat’s whiskers, which is sometimes said to have farmer may have to shell out quite a considerable amount towards rent and fuel. Of to be punished so that such incidents don’t happen been the first of the bunch to arise, from the cat’s whisker that was the all methods, the Pusa bio-decomposer looks the most promising because it is simple in the future. We hope justice will be provided adjustable wire in crystal sets used to receive early radio broadcasts. B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, and cost-effective. them as soon as possible. Some researchers argue that it was the model for all the others. Bhubaneswar-751010 Ganapathi Bhat, EMAIL MN Qasmi, EMAIL

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No relief for YASHVARDHAN Arnab Goswami India’s largest Covid hospital TAKES OATH Gupkar alliance to PRESS TRUST OF INDIA AS NEW CIC contest DDC polls Mumbai, Nov 7: The Bombay facing acute shortage of beds INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE High Court Saturday reserved its order on an interim bail plea of New Delhi, Nov 7: Yashvardhan The parties, including the Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Kumar Sinha took oath as the new National Conference (NC) Goswami, arrested in an abetment Chief Information Commissioner of suicide case, without giving New Delhi, Nov 7: Lok Nayak Jai (CIC) here Saturday, a Rashtrapati and the PDP, are part of him any immediate relief. Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital, Bhavan statement said. the People's Alliance for After hearing arguments, a di- India's largest Covid-19 hospital President Ram Nath Kovind ad- vision bench of Justices S S run by the Delhi government ap- ministered the oath to Sinha as the Gupkar Declaration Shinde and M S Karnik said they pears to be crumbling under the CIC at a ceremony at Rashtrapati (PAGD), which was will pass the order at the earliest, weight of soaring coronavirus Bhavan Saturday morning. The without giving any date. "We will cases, with only 6 per cent ventilator post was lying vacant since the re- formed for the restoration pass the order at the earliest. beds vacant in the hospital. tirement of Bimal Julka on August of special status of the Pendency of this matter, how- According to Delhi government's 26. Sinha will have tenure of about be held in eight phases from ever, does not preclude the ac- Corona application, only 19 per three years as the CIC. erstwhile state of Jammu December 1 to December 24 in cused persons from approaching cent of the ICU beds with ventila- A former diplomat who had and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir, according the sessions court to seek regular tors are vacant across the city, 22 per joined the Central Information to a notification issued by the J-K bail," the court said. cent of ICU beds without ventila- Commission as the Information Election Commission on Friday. Goswami was arrested by tors are unoccupied, while only 50 other hospitals." in the last one week, the admissions Commissioner on January 1 last PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The PAGD decided to partici- Alibaug police in Maharashtra's per cent of normal Covid-19 beds The Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty have gone up to at least 100 a day, but year, the 62-year-old has served as pate in the DDC polls at its first Raigad district November 4 in are available. The patients are run- Hospital confirmed that it has been only serious patients or those with India's High Commissioner to Jammu, Nov 7: Seven mainstream meeting in Jammu, since its for- connection with the suicide of ar- ning from pillar to post just to oc- receiving patients from LNJP due moderate disease are being admit- the United Kingdom and political parties of Jammu and mation last month. The alliance's chitect-interior designer Anvay cupy a single bed. to shortage of beds. Delhi has been ted," Kumar said. He added, "Over Sri Lanka. A three-member panel Kashmir, who are part of the spokesperson, Sajad Ghani Lone, Naik and his mother in 2018 over LNJP currently has only five va- witnessing a massive spike in daily the last one week, we are getting headed by Prime Minister Gupkar alliance, Saturday an- said, "One point of the agenda (for non-payment of dues. cant ventilator beds, 22 ICU beds Covid-19 cases for the last one week. more and more elderly people be- Narendra Modi and including nounced they would unitedly fight the meeting) was the upcoming without ventilators and 1,398 Covid- It had witnessed its highest single- cause of the pollution. At one side, Union Home Minister Amit the upcoming District Development DDC elections, and a unanimous de- 19 beds. LNJP Medical Director day spike on Friday, when it re- you have low oxygen in the air and Shah and leader of the Congress Council (DDC) elections in the cision was taken that we will fight Suresh Kumar said, "If we run out ported 7,178 cases. then the Covid-19. These factors in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Union Territory. these elections unitedly despite Showik files of beds, we have central allocation. Earlier this week, the increase in cause double harm to the lungs and Chowdhury, had short-listed The parties, including the the abruptness of the timing." For example, if the beds are full, pa- the number of cases had prompted people have low oxygen saturation." Sinha for the post. National Conference (NC) and the "All of a sudden, they (govern- fresh bail plea tients can be sent to Rajiv Gandhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to "Before this, people from all age The panel also selected jour- PDP, are part of the People's Alliance ment) sprung a surprise and are GTB or other hospitals." admit that a 'third wave' of infection groups used to come, but now only nalist Uday Mahurkar, former for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), going to finish the task within a INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE The Medical Director further has hit the national capital. Kumar those above 60 years of age are com- Labour Secretary Heera Lal which was formed for the restora- month," said Lone, who was flanked emphasised, "We are admitting ma- said that admissions to city hospital ing. Such patients are more criti- Samariya and former Deputy tion of special status of the erst- by NC leader and PAGD chairper- Mumbai, Nov 7: Arrested over two jority of the patients, but a few sta- have doubled in the last one week. cally sick and require more ventila- Comptroller and Auditor General while state of Jammu and Kashmir. son Farooq Abdullah and PDP chief months ago on peddling charges, ble patients, who require mere ob- "The hospital used to admit over tor beds, oxygen support as they have Saroj Punhani as the Information Elections to DDCs and vacant and the alliance's vice chairper- actress Rhea Chakraborty's brother servation, are being referred to 50 Covid-19 patients every day, but more complications," Kumar said. Commissioners, officials said. posts of sarpanch and panch will son Mehbooba Mufti. Showik Chakraborty has moved a fresh bail plea in a special court in an NDPS case, his lawyers said here Saturday. TN’s twin villages prepare The special NDPS court is Goons trigger blast in Assam school likely to hear his bail plea next week, which was earlier rejected INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE subsequent death in the Mizoram by the same court, Metropolitan for early Diwali celebration government's custody on Monday. Court, and the Bombay High PRESS TRUST OF INDIA for a formal declaration that Aizawl/Silchar, Nov 7: Amid the While Assam police officials Court, his lawyer Satish Kamala has won alongside Joe 11 day long Assam-Mizoram inter- stated that he died at the hands of Maneshinde said. Nagapattinam (TN), Nov 7: With Biden to start celebrations. state border dispute, tension inten- miscreants on the other side of the Showik, 24, was arrested on Democratic candidate for the Vice The villagers have now kept sified along the border after mis- border, Mizoram Home Secretary September 4 by the Narcotics President of the United States, firecrackers ready to hail a win for creants triggered a blast at a Lalbiaksangi said that 48-year-old Control Bureau (NCB), which is Kamala Harris confident of her Kamala Harris, also a US Senator. government school in Cachar district Intyaz Ali was apprehended with probing the drugs angle to the victory, the people of two villages Women are also planning to draw of southern Assam, police said. drugs and he was found dead at a death of Bollywood actor Sushant in Tamil Nadu, which are native a mega rangoli in front of the vil- A senior Assam police official hospital on Monday after he was re- Singh Rajput at his Bandra home to her maternal grandparents, lage temple. "We have collected said that the miscreants "belong- ferred to the health centre for a on June 14. are also equally convinced that she Rangoli powders in different ing to Mizoram" triggered a bomb medical checkup. Rhea, who was arrested in the would emerge victorious and colours and are planning to draw blast at the Upper Painom Lower Police said that educational in- same case later, was granted bail eager to celebrate her win, an the image of Kamala Harris. It Primary school after Friday mid- Lal Meena Saturday went to the pled Saturday in three southern stitutions, government offices, by the Bombay High Court on early Diwali. is a matter of pride for the entire night causing massive damage to school and interacted with the lo- Assam districts -- Cachar, Karimganj banks and various financial insti- October 7. Currently lodged in The mood is upbeat at womenfolk," said Meenakshi, a the school. However, there were no cals. Southern Assam's Deputy and Hailakandi -- as the All Cachar tutions, shops and markets re- Taloja Central Jail in Raigad, Thulasenthirapuram and housewife at Thulasenthirapuram. casualties as the incident took place Inspector General of Police Dilip Karimganj Hailakandi Students mained closed and vehicles went off Showik has pointed out how he Painganadu, tucked away in a cor- The people feel proud that their at around 1.30 a.m. when the school Kumar Dey said that the matter Association called a 12-hour Barak the roads due to the dawn to dusk had been falsely implicated in ner of Tiruvarur district, a part villages happen to be the native was deserted. was communicated to Mizoram po- Valley shutdown to protest against strike, which passed off peacefully. the case and that no drugs were of the fertile Cauvery delta re- place of the grandparents of Cachar district Deputy lice as the miscreants belong to the the abduction of a man from Lailapur Both the states have now decided to seized from him during the gion, and people are waiting only Kamala Harris. 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investigations. Superintendent of Police Bhanwar Meanwhile, normal life was crip- the Assam-Mizoram border and his (CPMF) personnel at the border.

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of the day uote ELGAR CASE Woman ends life Over 57% polling in final phase along with child The national capital is INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Stan Swamy seeks INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE currently reeling under the third wave of the Patna, Nov 7: The third phase of Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 7: COVID-19 infection, polling for 78 seats in 15 districts in In yet another case of suicide in but cases should Bihar ended Saturday with some straw, sipper in jail Delhi's National Capital Region begin to come down soon scattered incidents of violence. (NCR), a woman committed suicide The Election Commission of along with her four-year-old child SATYENDAR JAIN | DELHI HEALTH MINISTER India recorded 57.70 per cent voting Father Stan Swamy was arrested from his home in on Saturday in Noida by jumping till 6 p.m. The calculation of the Ranchi last month in connection with the violence in from her 17th floor apartment. voting percentage is still under- Both died on the spot. The atrocities way in some of the polling booths. Bhima Koregaon near Pune in January 2018 The woman was alone in the on farmers in A person named Beni Singh, brother house with her child when she Uttar Pradesh, especially on the of RJD supporter Bittu Singh, was PRESS TRUST OF INDIA took the extreme step while her pretext of taking gunned down in Damdaha area of husband was away for work in action against Purnea district. ber of anti-social elements created Act in the run up to the elections Mumbai, Nov 7: Eighty-two-year- Moradabad. The Noida police has pollution, Jitendra Kumar, ADG head- a ruckus at a polling booth in and during all the three phases. A old Father Stan Swamy, arrested in informed the family of the de- particularly caused by burning of quarters of Bihar police, said that Damdaha. huge quantity of illegal liquor was the Elgar Parishad-alleged Maoist ceased and sent the bodies for crop stubble, is extremely the incident was reported in Purnea An FIR was registered against a also seized. The Bihar police reg- links case, has filed an application post-mortem. condemnable. Before taking action district and an investigation is cur- candidate Sarfaraj Alam in Jokihat istered 384 criminal cases in the before a special court here, seeking The police said, " As per the in- in such cases, the Yogi Adityanath rently underway. It has nothing to police station under sections 171F third phase and 880 FIRs in all the that he be allowed to use a straw and formation received by the Bisrakh government needs to extend do with the election, he added. Beni and 188. He was accused of violat- three phases. sipper in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai, police station, a mother along with necessary help to farmers and also Singh was working as an observer ing the model code of conduct at a H R Srinivasa, the chief elec- where he is currently lodged. her four-year-old child committed spread awareness among them for the RJD candidate in Damdaha polling booth. Kumar informed toral officer of Bihar, expressed Swamy was arrested from his suicide by jumping off from her about protecting the environment and was on his way to monitor elec- that 439 illegal firearms were seized satisfaction over the generally home in Ranchi last month in con- 17th floor Supertech Ecovillage- by saying 'no to stubble-burning'. tion proceedings in Sarsi village. He during the third phase and over peaceful polling in all the three nection with the violence in Bhima Committee (PPSC), a frontal or- Phase 1 society apartment. Both are This is the demand of the Bahujan was attacked by three to four per- 1,334 illegal firearms were seized in phases. "This election has signifi- Koregaon near Pune in January ganisation of the CPI (Maoist), the confirmed to be dead. The police Samaj Party sons, killing him on the spot. all the three phases. Besides, the po- cant importance due to timing. It 2018. The accused, through his NIA officials have claimed. officials are present at the spot MAYAWATI | BSP CHIEF Kumar said a firing incident lice also asked the licensed arms was held in the time of corona with lawyer Kritika Agarwal, moved They said that literature, prop- and necessary inquiries are on." took place at booth number 282 in holders to deposit their weapons and Bihar being a densely populated the plea before the special NIA aganda material of the CPI (Maoist) Additional Deputy Damdaha in Purnea at 10.30 a.m. on a total of 25,449 weapons were de- state," Srinivasa said. court on Friday seeking straw and and documents related to com- Commissioner of Police, Noida, India believes Saturday. He said the firing was posited. Compared to 2015, Srinivasa said sipper in jail citing health issues. munications for furthering the Ankur Aggarwal said, "The de- that resorted to by paramilitary forces The police also arrested 5,112 there was a 45 percent increase in The special court judge D E group's programmes were seized ceased woman was alone at her cooperation, in self defence after a large num- persons under the Crime Control polling booths in 2020. Kothalikar has asked the national from his possession. Last month, Noida apartment when she took not competition probe agency to file its reply on her as well as her only child's life should be the basis the NIA had filed a charge-sheet in of international the matter on November 26. NIA of- the matter against eight people, while her sister-in-law had gone to relations ficials have said that investigations including Swamy. a hospital in the morning. The established that Swamy was ac- As many as 16 people have been woman's husband had gone to S JAISHANKAR | EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER ARTISTIC TOUCH tively involved in the activities of arrested in connection with the Moradabad for some work. At the CPI (Maoist). The NIA has also case so far under various sections present, the case appears prima- alleged that he was in contact with of the Indian Penal Code and the facie to be that of suicide. The SHORT TAKES "conspirators" -- Sudhir Dhawale, anti-terror law UAPA. The probe family of the deceased has been in- Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, into the Elgar Parishad case was formed and the woman's husband Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, taken over by the NIA on January is on his way back." Two NSUI Hany Babu, Shoma Sen, Mahesh 24 this year. "The reason behind the twin Raut, Varavara Rao, Sudha The Pune police have claimed suicides will be revealed only after activists arrested Bharadwaj, Gautam Navlakha and that speeches delivered at the Elgar a further police probe. The bodies Nagaon (Assam): Two Anand Teltumbde to further the Parishad conclave, held on of the deceased mother-child have activists of the NSUI, the group's activities. December 31, 2017 at Shaniwarwada been sent for postmortem," students' wing of the It also alleged that Swamy had in Pune city, led to the violence at Aggarwal added. Congress, were arrested received funds through an associ- Koregaon Bhima the next day. The Saturday for allegedly ate for furthering the agenda. police have claimed the conclave assaulting policemen in Besides, he is convenor of the was organised by people having Assam's Nagaon district, Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Maoist links. Pakistani troops police said. The incident took place in Morikalong outpost shell villages on Friday evening when police personnel seized a scooter CBI gets 3-day custody of Kulkarni from one of the National Dharwad (Karnataka): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team secured three- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Students' Union of India day custody of Karnataka Congress leader, Vinay Kulkarni from the local court in (NSUI) members for riding it Dharwad Friday. The CBI special team had arrested him after intensely grilling more Jammu, Nov 7: Pakistani troops without requisite documents, than eight hours on Thursday for his alleged role in four year old murder case of a senior officer said. resorted to unprovoked firing and BJP's slain Zilla Panchayat member, Yogeeshgouda Goudar in 2016. The CBI had shelling on forward posts and vil- petitioned to the court that they needed his custody for three days, the Court lages along the Line of Control however, pronounced its verdict late in the evening as a result of this, Kulkarni will (LoC) and the International Border Man nabbed remain in Hindalga prisons in Belagavi. A senior prison officer said that the CBI (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's might take him into custody from Saturday onwards as the prison guidelines do not Poonch and Kathua districts in Kolkata: Police have nabbed a permit anyone including police or CBI to meet any accused after 6 p.m. man from Bihar for allegedly An artist gives finishing touch to a clay idol of Goddess Kali, ahead of Kali puja in Kolkata, Saturday PTI PHOTO violation of the ceasefire, officials committing theft from a house said Saturday. in Rabindra Sarobar area here, Mortar shelling in the Mankote where he was working as sector along the LoC in Poonch domestic help, an officer said Delhi tops in new cases in last 24 hrs started around 2.30 am, while the Saturday. The accused was 82-year-old woman is cross-border firing along the IB in arrested from Bihar's Banka the Hiranagar sector continued area. He had allegedly stolen PRESS TRUST OF INDIA throughout the night, the officials 750g of gold ornaments from Sikkim’s oldest paraglider said. They said there was no report the residence of the owner of New Delhi, Nov 7: Delhi overtook of any casualty or damage on the a famous sweet chain shop in PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Adventure at Sikkim Tourism Maharashtra and Kerala by re- Indian side. the city, the officer said. and Civil Aviation Department, porting 7,178 COVID-19 cases in a "At about 2:30 am, Pakistan ini- Gangtok, Nov 7: An octoge- Manoj Chettri, said Saturday. span of 24 hours, becoming the tiated unprovoked ceasefire vio- narian, who is a grandmother Paragliding will be a totally largest contributor to the new 50,356 lation by firing with small arms and Youth held of three, has become the old- new product for tourists and single day infections, according to shelling mortars along the LoC in est paraglider in Sikkim, the tour operators, he said. "It was Union Health Ministry Saturday. Mankote sector. Army retaliated Bulandshahr: A 22-year-old Paragliding Association of the such a pleasant experience. I Seventy-seven percent of these befittingly,” a defence spokesman youth has been arrested for state said Saturday. 82-year-old enjoyed it and no I was not new cases of COVID-19 are from said. The officials said the firing allegedly killing his friend by slashing his neck on being Dukmit Lepcha took to the skies afraid. My granddaughter, 10 states and union territories -- - and shelling between the two sides asked persistently by the October 28 from a paragliding who is 17 years old, went be- Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, West stopped around 4 am. victim to return his money, point near Aangi monastery at fore me but she was a little Bengal, Karnataka, Andhra Pakistani Rangers started the police said Saturday. Bharat, Ranka, which is a small town 20 scared. I did not tremble at Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, firing on border outposts in Karol 22, a resident of Imliya village km from capital Gangtok, all because I wanted to know Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Krishna, Satpal and Gurnam under Kotwali Dehat police sources said. what it feels like to fly," Lepcha Kerala recorded 7,002 new cases ing down the active caseload which The average daily new cases have around 10 pm on Friday, prompt- station area in the district was The oldest paraglider regis- said. followed by Maharashtra at 6,870 is presently pegged at 5.16 lakh dropped to 46,000 cases from more ing strong retaliation by the Border arrested along with his tered by Sikkim Paragliding She flew for nearly six min- new cases on Friday, the ministry cases and comprises 6.11 percent of than 73,000 average daily new cases Security Force (BSF) personnel accomplice Ankush, 19, on Association before Dumkit utes at an elevation of about said. A total of 50,356 new coron- total cases, the ministry said. in the first week of October. The ac- guarding the border, the charges of murdering Lepcha was a 68-year-old man, 4,500 feet as her family, on- avirus infections were reported in "This trend has been observed for tive cases are on a sustained de- officials said. Rajendra, 30, said Bulandshahr sources in Paragliding lookers and the members of a span of 24 hours, while 53,920 re- the last five weeks. This also played cline as a result of the aforemen- The exchange of fire between the Superintendent of Police Association of Sikkim said. the Paragliding Association coveries were being recorded dur- a pivotal role in pushing down the tioned trend, the ministry said. two sides continued till 5.10 am, Santosh Kumar Singh. "The 82-year-old woman will in- of Sikkim cheered on. Lepcha ing the same period, it said. active caseload which is presently The number of people who they said, adding the Pakistani spire many to make Sikkim said this was not the first ad- The trend of India's daily new pegged at 5.16 lakh," the ministry have recuperated from the dis- firing caused panic among the tourism a new adventure des- venture sport she has partici- COVID-19 recoveries exceeding the said. The last five weeks have seen ease has surged to 78,19,886, push- border residents who were forced 4 dead, 15 injured tination," the Assistant Director, pated in nor is it her last. single-day cases for the last five a continuous decline in average ing the national recovery rate to to spend the night in underground weeks played a pivotal role in push- daily new cases of COVID-19. 92.41 percent. bunkers. Singrauli (MP): Four persons were killed and at least 15 others injured after a mini truck overturned at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli Smog not only health hazard, but hits economy too: Experts district early Saturday, police said. The incident occurred around 2 am at Bhalaiya Tola INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE However, if left unchecked, it will and senior citizens who are visit- According to Skymet's Chief village, about 60-kilometers definitely have a greater impact in ing or residing in the national cap- Executive Yogesh Patil: "It is an- from the district New Delhi, Nov 7: Smog, which the future," Sunil Kumar Sinha, ital," said Rajnish Kumar, Co-founder other type of lockdown when peo- headquarters, Sarai Police for long is considered as a health Principal Economist, India Ratings and CTO, ixigo. In 2020, when the ple avoid going outside or even vis- Station in-charge Shankhdhar and environment hazard, is quickly & Research, said. pandemic has crippled international iting Delhi-NCR for these months Dwivedi said. taking a toll on economic activities "There is also a reputational risk travel, Kumar said: "We are wit- just to be safe from smog. The health as well. involved with smog and this im- nessing a trend of 'escape tourism' this cost for some people might come out Industry experts contend that if pacts tourism and other travel re- year owing to an increasing level of to be as high as their other eco- Naxal killed unchecked, the issue of smog will lated factors, when one considers vis- pollution in metros like Delhi. Current nomic expenditure, so it does have assume a larger role in hampering iting any place," he added. Given that AQI in the city is double of what it an economic cost. Balaghat: A 25-year-old economic activities in and around most of these trends are witnessed was last Diwali when the AQI peaked "However, pollution concerns woman Naxal, carrying a north India, especially Delhi-NCR. year after year, this time around, the to 235. This has led to a spurt in out- have not gained the sort of promi- reward of Rs 8 lakh on her Among sectors, tourism, construc- Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated bound travel from Delhi to pollution nence in India that they should head, was killed in an tion, aviation, insurance and real es- some of the downside risks. free destinations like Goa, have, but fortunately programmes y encounter with the police in tate prices will be heavily dented due "Environment externalities are Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh." are being started for plantations

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Biden team before the matter is settled for a change in the military as well Florida and Alabama passed ballot US President Donald Trump, as the ISI leadership measures Tuesday that codify what who lost Tuesday’s election to AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE is already law: That only US citizens challenger Joe Biden, has applied IMRAN KHAN | PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER 18 and older can vote. a "maximum pressure" policy Beijing, Nov 7: With the battle The passage of the largely-sym- and punishing sanctions against for the US presidency likely to rage bolic measures has triggered ques- Iran since his 2018 withdrawal on for some time, regardless of the As we said on tions about why the pro-Trump from a landmark nuclear agree- official result, observers say there July 19th, the group behind them spent time and ment with Iran. "We hope the could be a spike in tensions be- American The passage of the largely-symbolic Before the 2020 election, North money on the effort. three-year experience will be a tween the US and China on thorny people will decide measures has triggered questions Dakota and Arizona were the only this election. And The amendments passed over- about why the state constitutions that specified lesson for America's next ad- issues like Taiwan and the South the United States whelmingly in all three states, in- pro-Trump group behind them spent non-citizens could not vote in ministration to abide by laws and China Sea before the inauguration the South China Sea and Taiwan. government is cluding by a nearly 8-to-1 ratio in time and money on the effort state or local elections regulations and return to its com- ceremony in January. There have been several furious perfectly capable of escorting Alabama and Florida. Before the mitments," Rouhani said in a tel- Wu Xinbo, director of the Centre exchanges between Beijing and trespassers out of the White House 2020 election, North Dakota and “They're giving voters the im- known as green card holders, or evised speech. for American Studies at Fudan Washington this year over the US Arizona were the only state con- pression that there’s not already a immigrants living in the US with- "Our people have faced eco- University in Shanghai, said the sending aircraft carriers and sur- ANDREW BATES | BIDEN CAMPAIGN stitutions that specified non-citi- citizenship requirement to vote in out legal permission and student nomic terrorism for the past three Donald Trump administration was veillance planes to the disputed SPOKESMAN zens could not vote in state or local almost all elections nationwide,” said visa holders to vote in local elections years." Rouhani said Iran would likely to continue to confront China waterway, and Beijing stepping up elections. A former GOP state leg- A Florida-based organization called for school boards or town councils. "continue its resistance and pa- on political, diplomatic and eco- its military exercises directed at islator from Missouri who led the Citizen Voters, Inc., funded a ma- Many attempts have failed, in- tience until the other side bows nomic issues. Taiwan. Just as Lord effort said the ballot measures were jority of the state campaigns for cluding a New York City bill that before laws and regulations". That might include labelling Liu Yawei, programme director Rama and his needed to combat recent changes these amendments — including aimed to grant green-card holders The Islamic republic hoped that China’s persecution of minority at the Carter Centre China, said in wife Sita that allow non-US citizens to vote $1.4 million towards Colorado's ef- and immigrants with work visas the "those imposing sanctions realise Uygur Muslims in Xinjiang as August that China-US relations found their way in some local elections. their path was wrong and that they “genocide”, imposing more sanc- home after the forts, according to public filings to ability to vote in city elections. could enter their “most unstable pe- defeat of the demon Opponents counter that the meas- the Secretary of State. San Francisco allows nonciti- will not achieve their goals in any tions on Chinese companies or pro- riod” between November 3 and king Ravana, their ures are unnecessary and fuel anti- The group's founder is John zen residents of the city to vote in way". Iranian officials have said viding more support for Taiwan. January 20, and called on both way lit by many millions of lamps, immigrant sentiment. Loudon, a former Republican state school board elections if the voter they will focus on the policies of the “Trump has blamed China for the sides to show restraint on the South so too we shall find our way On the Colorado ballot, the ques- senator in Missouri and past advisor is a parent or legal guardian of a next US administration rather spread of the [coronavirus] pan- China Sea and Taiwan. through this (Covid-19 pandemic), tion read: “Shall there be an amend- to America First Policies, a group child in the school system. In than who becomes president. demic and may think that has cost Taiwanese officials said earlier and we shall do so triumphantly, ment to the Colorado constitution supporting President Donald Maryland, 11 municipalities allow Tehran has also stressed that him the election,” Wu said. that the People’s Liberation Army requiring that to be qualified to Trump. Loudon said the ballot non-citizens to vote in local elections. a possible US return to the nuclear “People like (US Secretary of – China’s military – had conducted BORIS JOHNSON | UK PRIME MINISTER vote at any election an individual amendments were needed because “It seems like there's a lot of en- agreement would have to be ac- State Mike) Pompeo and (White more than 1,735 air sorties and must be a United States citizen?” The the current constitutional language ergy being expended to give these companied by compensation for House trade adviser Peter) Navarro 1,032 maritime incursions into the Alabama and Florida ballots had isn't strong enough. rights away and dilute the fran- damages caused by the with- will also seize their last chance to self-ruled island’s air defence iden- SHORT TAKES similar language. “The language that we have now chise, dilute the power of the vote drawal and a "guarantee" it will sabotage Sino-US relations.” tification zone since the start of Had the measures failed, it would is objectively, provably not suffi- to people who are fully commit- not be repeated. Iran's supreme In the months ahead of the elec- the year. have kept Colorado's state's consti- cient because of all the successful ted,” Loudon said. leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tion, several Chinese experts ex- Taiwan’s Defence Minister Yen Pak cops kill two tutional language of “allowing every efforts to give legal voting rights to In Alabama, the Republican said Tuesday that the US elec- pressed concerns that Trump’s Te-fa warned that Beijing might eligible U.S. citizen to vote in Colorado non-citizens, at least in local and leader of the state Senate, President tion would have "no effect" on China-bashing tactics heralded a step up its military deployment al-Qaeda men elections.” Julian Camera, man- school board elections all across Pro Tempore Del Marsh sponsored Tehran's policies towards dangerous period in the relation- against the island during the US Multan: Pakistan’s ager for a campaign that opposed the the country,” Loudon said. the measure in 2019. It was ap- Washington. ship between the two countries election, while Su Chi, the former counterterrorism police said measure in Colorado and field or- Cities across the US have con- proved by both chambers of the Biden has said he plans to em- and that tension could reach a peak head of its National Security they killed two militants ganiser for the American Civil sidered measures in varying de- Alabama Legislature without a dis- bark on a "credible path to re- if the incumbent president lost Council, said the situation might belong to an al-Qaeda Liberties Union of Colorado, said the grees to allow non-citizens such as senting vote and put on the ballot turn to diplomacy" with Iran if he the White House. become critical after the election subcontinent chapter in an ballot language is misleading. legal permanent residents, also for voter consideration. wins the presidency. Two of the possible hotspots are race had been decided. overnight operation in eastern Punjab province. In a statement Saturday, police said the militants had plans UAE to relax Islamic laws REFLECTIONS Rapper King Von to carry out “subversive activities” in the district of among 3 killed in Dera Ghazi Khan. The for personal freedoms intelligence-based operation Atlanta shooting was underway at the militants’ hideout in Choti ASSOCIATED PRESS ties for alcohol consumption, sales Bala area when they opened and possession for those 21 and ASSOCIATED PRESS fire on the raiding party, Dubai, Nov 7: The United Arab over. The legal reforms were an- triggering a shootout. Emirates announced Saturday a nounced on state-run WAM news Atlanta, Nov 7: Chicago rapper major overhaul of the country's agency and detailed in state-linked King Von was among three people Islamic personal laws, allowing newspaper The National. shot and killed in a shooting early unmarried couples to cohabitate, Previously, individuals needed a Friday outside a nightclub in EU sanctions loosening alcohol restrictions and liquor license to purchase, trans- Atlanta that also left three people Belarus Prez criminalising so-called “honour port or have alcohol in their homes. wounded, state investigators said. killings.” The new rule would apparently “The preliminary investiga- Brussels: The European Union The broadening of personal free- allow Muslims who have been tion indicates that Dayvon Bennett, (EU) has added Belarusian doms reflects the changing profile barred from obtaining licenses to aka King Von, and a group of men President Alexander of a country that has sought to bill drink alcoholic beverages freely. left the Opium Nightclub and went Lukashenko and his son to its itself as a skyscraper-studded des- Another amendment allows for to the Monaco Hookah Lounge,” sanctions blacklist, tination for Western tourists, fortune- “cohabitation of unmarried cou- the Georgia Bureau of increasing the number of seekers and businesses despite its ples,” which has long been a crime Investigation said in a statement. designated people from the legal system based on a hard-line in- in the UAE. Authorities, especially eastern European country to The London Eye is pictured during sunset in London, Britain REUTERS PHOTO 59. Under the new sanctions terpretation of Islamic law. in the more free-wheeling financial imposed Friday, travel visas The changes also reflect the ef- hub of Dubai, tend to look the other will be blocked and any forts of the Emirates' rulers to way when it comes to foreigners, but assets the designated keep pace with a rapidly chang- the threat of punishment still lin- persons might have in EU ing society at home. gered for such behavior. WTO defers decision on new chief member states will be frozen. The announcement also follows The government also decided Also EU citizens and a historic US-brokered deal to nor- to get rid of laws protecting “ho- Rapper King Von companies will be forbidden malise relations between the UAE nour crimes,” a widely criticised INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE which period I will continue to un- a General Council meeting, origi- from lending to them. and Israel, which is expected to tribal custom in which a male rel- dertake consultations with dele- nally scheduled for November 9. “Once there, two men ap- bring an influx of Israeli tourists ative may evade prosecution for as- Geneva, Nov 7: The World Trade gations,” Walker added. But the assessment was chal- proached the group in the parking and investment. saulting a woman seen as dis- Organization (WTO) postponed a On October 28, Walker told WTO lenged by the United States, which lot, and the two groups of men UK bans travellers Changes include scrapping penal- honoring a family. General Council special meeting members at a Heads-of-Delegation said it would continue to support started to argue with each other. on the appointment of the next meeting that based on their con- South Korea's Minister for Trade Yoo The argument quickly escalated from Denmark Director-General slated for sultations with all delegations, the Myung-hee and could not back the to gunfire between the two groups.” London: The UK has imposed November 9, citing reasons in- candidate best poised to attain con- candidacy of Okonjo-Iweala. The GBI said on- and off-duty an immediate for all cluding “health situation and cur- sensus and become the new Director- Since early October, Okonjo- Atlanta police officers responded travellers from Denmark rent events.” General was Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Iweala had been facing off against and one of each fired shots. amid concerns of a mutated “It has come to my attention that of Nigeria. Yoo in the final round of race to be- “During the shooting incident, Covid-19 strain found in for reasons including the health “She clearly carried the largest come the new director-general of six men were shot during the minks that has been situation and current events, dele- support by members in the final WTO. If selected, Okonjo-Iweala group altercation and officer en- transmitted to over 210 gations will not be in a position to round and she clearly enjoyed would become the first woman and counter. Bennett and two men people in the Scandinavian take a formal decision November 9,” broad support from members African to head the global trade died as a result of their injuries, country. The new measure General Council Chair David Walker from all levels of development watchdog in its 25-year history. and three were injured and are was announced by Transport of New Zealand said in a written and all geographic regions and has The WTO's leadership vacuum being treated at a hospital," the Secretary Grant Shapps on statement to all members Friday, done so throughout the process,” was created after its former chief GBI said in a statement. Twitter Saturday morning and Xinhua news agency reported. Walker said. Roberto Azevedo stepped down The Atlanta Police Department it came into effect at 4 a.m., “I am therefore postponing this He added that a formal decision August 31, a year before the end of said in a statement that its officers the BBC reported. “The meeting until further notice during had to be taken by the members at his official term. did not kill the rapper. decision comes after Denmark reported widespread outbreaks of coronavirus in mink farms,” Shapps said in the tweet. Myanmar’s election and Suu Kyi’s expected victory Ex-Afghan TV Myanmar holds national and state elections Sunday in which Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party will be looking to hold on to power presenter killed ASSOCIATED PRESS itary-directed rule. Those polls were majority. Suu Kyi is by far the coun- vote might give victory to the mil- military regimes is not clear. Kabul: A former Afghan seen as largely free and fair with try’s most popular politician, and itary-backed Union Solidarity and To a large extent, the polls are seen television presenter, along Yangon, Nov 7: Myanmar holds na- one big exception – the army-drafted the NLD has a strong national net- Development Party, or USDP. as a referendum on Suu Kyi’s five with two other civilians, was tional and state elections Sunday in constitution of 2008 automatically work, reinforced by holding the Suu Kyi’s failure to come through years in power, just as the 2015 elec- killed in a blast Saturday in which Nobel peace laureate Aung grants the military 25% of the seats levers of state power. with an agreement giving ethnic tion was seen as a judgment on mil- Kabul, according to San Suu Kyi’s National League for in Parliament, enough to block con- Nevertheless the NLD has been minorities the greater political itary rule. There has been economic authorities. The blast took Democracy party will be looking stitutional changes. That proviso criticised for lacking vision and autonomy for decades has disen- growth, but it benefited a tiny por- place at about 7 a.m., in the to hold on to power. still holds true. adopting some of the more au- chanted them, and this year they tion of the population in one of the Makrorayan-e-Char area in More than 37 million of Myanmar’s Overshadowing the polls is the the capital city's Police thoritarian methods of its military will be working against the NLD region's poorest countries, and fell

56 million people are eligible to vote. coronavirus and restrictions to con- predecessors, especially targeting rather than with it. The main short of popular expectations.

k y m District 9, reports TOLO c News. The police said that More than 90 parties are fielding tain it, which are likely to lower critics through the courts. Opposition USDP was founded as a Not only were ethnic minority the explosion was caused candidates for seats in the Upper turnout despite government plans Suu Kyi’s party has lost the co- proxy for the military and again is groups disappointed by Suu Kyi’s due to the detonation of a and Lower Houses of Parliament. for social distancing and other operation of many ethnic minority the NLD’s strongest competitor. It is failure to grant them greater au- magnetic IED that targeted a The NLD’s landslide victory in the safety measures. Suu Kyi’s party is parties, which are popular in their well-funded and well-organised. tonomy, but the well-trained and vehicle carrying the the last election in 2015 came after more heavily favoured to win again, border area homelands. In 2015, the NLD and arranged not to com- Whether voters still see it as tainted well-armed Arakan Army has risen three victims. than five decades of military or mil- though probably with a reduced those parties were tacit allies with pete strongly where splitting the by its association with previous to become the biggest military threat. P11 The economy is CHINA SMARTPHONE SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 8 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR expected to bounce MARKET DROPS 14.3% back from the next fiscal The China smartphone market witnessed a starting from April 2021. The 14.3% drop in the third quarter this year with next normal will see a 84.8 million units shipment, according to an IDC paradigm shift and some of report, as the country faced soft demand, them will be permanent Huaweis supply constraints and delayed business DINESH KUMAR KHARA | CHAIRMAN, STATE

flagship launches from both Huawei and Apple

k y m BANK OF INDIA c of the day uote NCRTC, BEL sign MoU State MSEs demand EPM procurement system to develop platform Emerging POST NEWS NETWORK ernment to make amendment in don’t have any problem with GeM markets in The MSE associations the policy. but asked state government to screen doors search of Bhubaneswar, Nov 7: State’s OSSIA president Smarajit claim that the state investment must make a balanced policy that also show lasting reform Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Mohanty said, “To help MSEs in government’s policies mandates procurement of mate- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE agendas and that units expressed their concerns over marketing their products, have discouraged these rials from these local industries their planning state government’s one-sided policy Directorate of Export Promotion and through DPEM. New Delhi, Nov 7: Taking a step extends beyond the immediate that mandates procuring materi- Marketing (DEPM) was created units and shut all doors “We the MSEs of the state de- forward towards realising PM crisis als from Government e-Marketplace which was entrusted with regis- mand before the government that Narendra Modi's vision of (GeM) alone. The MSE association tration of MSE manufacturing units GeM. This policy may lead over 1,000 from selling any products they involve the stake holders while ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant KARBY LEGGETT | GLOBAL HEAD (PUBLIC claims that the policies have dis- and formulating a process of pro- industries to uncertain fate or dis- to government formulating policies as mandated India), the National Capital Region SECTOR & DEVELOPMENT ORG), STANDARD couraged these units and shut all curement for the state government astrous situation,” Mohanty said. by IPR and continue with the old Transport Corporation (NCRTC) CHARTERED institutions in the state doors from selling any products to called Rate Contract System”. State government procures time tested mechanism of pro- Saturday signed a memorandum government institutions in the state. Since then this time tested pro- around 88 products from thousands curement through rate contract MSE bodies Orissa Young curement system is followed for of MSE units for a value of around In this regard, OASME Secretary which will create wealth and re- The IT Entrepreneurs Association (OYEA), procurement of goods and services `300 crore, on an average, through General Satwik Swain said, “These sources for the state which proba- industry may Utkal Pharmaceutical and has been incorporated in OGFR EPM. But this policy has shut their are micro and small industries and bly no other sectors can,” mem- not get back Manufacturers’ Association as one of the procurement processes doors from their business. they don’t have proper brand names bers of the bodies said. to the old style of (UPMA), Orissa Small Scale for goods and services benefitting It is mandatory to register in GeM which is why, they are unable to The associations said that they working from office Industries Association (OSSIA) and majority of MSEs of our state.” to be a participant in the selling register in GeM and sell their prod- will go for a peaceful sit-in dharana and around 75% of Odisha Assembly of Small and “However, state finance depart- business. State’s MSEs are unable to ucts. Sadly, they can’t register as if their legitimate demands of liveli- the workforce may Medium Enterprises (OASME) gath- ment issued a new circular man- register in the portal as they don’t manufacturers but as retailers.” hood are not addressed in its true continue to work from outside ered Saturday and asked state gov- dating all procurement through only have a trademark or proper brand. MSE bodies stated that they perspective. office going ahead

AJAY PRAKASH SAWHNEY | SECRETARY, MEITY

of understanding (MoU) with The EU to impose tariffs Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) governments ITI in talks with firms to for indigenous development of of India and platform screen doors (PSDs). the African nations The MoU was signed by NCRTC could come on $4 bn US goods Director (Systems) Navneet together and help in Kaushik and Manoj Kumar, BEL's the global revival of Executive Director (National the economy. Our mission is to A MAJORITY OF EU offer 5G network gears Marketing). enhance ties to 100 x 100 matrix by 2025, i.e. a target of $100 billion of GOVERNMENTS HAVE The NCRTC and BEL, a gov- bilateral trade and $100 billion of PRESS TRUST OF INDIA BACKED IMPOSING ernment of India enterprise under investment the Ministry of Defence, will in- New Delhi, Nov 7: State-run elec- THE WIDELY digenously develop PSD system for RAJIV PODAR | PRESIDENT, IMC CHAMBER OF tronics manufacturing firm ITI the upcoming MRTS/RRTS/high- COMMERCE Saturday said it is in discussion EXPECTED TARIFFS speed rail projects, both in India with Indian companies to provide ONCE EU TRADE and abroad. end-to-end 4G and 5G network gears US Trade Representative Robert According to NCRTC, the PSDs SHORT TAKES in the country. MINISTERS MEET Lighthizer last month warned any act as a safety barrier between The company is also looking at EU tariffs would “force a US re- the passengers on the platform manufacturing equipment for E NEXT MONDAY sponse” and Trump has threat- and the train. GHAC signs and V band spectrum which are ened to “strike back harder”.. The PSDs also help in crowd considered essential for 4G and 5G REUTERS Brussels views its own tariffs - management and prevent any un- MoU with TSRTC technologies, ITI said in its annual authorized by the World Trade toward incidents like jumping or Hyderabad: GMR Hyderabad report released on Saturday. Brussels/Washington, Nov 7: Organization last month - as im- falling on the track. Air Cargo (GHAC), Saturday "Our company with its efficient The European Union is poised to We have recently portant leverage in negotiations The NCRTC said that till date, signed an MoU and innovative state-of-art facili- area. On similar lines, our Company move next week to impose tariffs to end a dispute that began in 2004. the PSDs used in India were im- signed a withTelangana State Road ties and capabilities for manufac- is also planning to tie up for man- on $4 billion of US imports in re- “I would expect the tariffs to be ported. Transport Corporation turing telecom equipment plans to T-o-T agreement with ufacturing of E and V band radios taliation for US subsidies for plane- imposed next Tuesday or The NCRTC said in a statement (TSRTC) to jointly promote manufacture eNodeB and 5G NR DRDO to manufacture which are very essential with the maker Boeing, EU diplomats said, Wednesday,” an EU diplomat said. that it will design and develop international export and (new radio) products in its vari- portable ventilators at its emerging technologies of 4G and 5G. teeing up an eleventh-hour show- In October 2019, Washington im- PSDs for different rail-based sys- import of cargo. As part of ous plants," ITI chairman and MD manufacturing plants. The "The partnerships with these down with US President Donald posed tariffs on Airbus planes and tems in India and abroad in col- the MoU, GMR Hyderabad Air RM Agarwal said in the report. prototypes are ready for Indian companies and the prod- Trump. other European products from laboration with BEL. Cargo Terminal will be ITI is also in talks with other testing and once cleared, we ucts with Indian IPR not only help A majority of EU governments cheese to olives and single-malt "This will be a first and one of connected to other parts of Indian companies to provide end- intend to mass manufacture to reduce dependency on import have backed imposing the widely whisky. Combined, the two cases its kind initiative where indige- Telangana and neighbouring ventilators which will be expected tariffs once EU trade min- states through first mile and to-end solutions for 4G and 5G net- of Telecom equipment but also ad- represent the world’s largest ever nously developed PSD system will last mile cargo bus feeder works across the country through supplied to defence forces dress the concerns in building a isters meet next Monday - the lat- corporate trade dispute. be used in India and will be ex- service, the GMR group said an ecosystem of the local tech- RM AGARWAL I CHAIRMAN AND MD, ITI strategic network for defence com- est twist in a transatlantic trade saga Washington argues there is no ported globally as well," it said. in a press release. GHAC nologies, he added. munication," Agarwal said. that has spanned 16 years and four legal basis for EU tariffs because NCRTC Managing Director specialises in handling ITI has partnered with Tech to manufacture enterprise grade The Defence Ministry has US presidents. underlying subsidies to Boeing Vinay Kumar Singh said, sensitive cargo such as Mahindra and Tata Consultancy routers, a segment dominated by for- awarded ITI a `7,796 crore ASCON Democratic presidential candi- have been repealed. European of- "NCRTC is working continu- Pharma, Vaccines, Services (TCS) for development of eign companies, for secure data project for deployment of a strate- date Joe Biden is edging closer to ficials argue it is only the WTO ously towards identifying items Perishables, Aerospace, etc. 4G and 5G technology. transfer in the defence network as gic and secured communication victory in the US election, but that can decide on compliance and that are presently being im- "With these tie-ups, two streams well as for the networks of tele- network for the army across the Republican Trump would remain that last month’s green light stands. ported for MRTS/RRTS/high- of solutions for 4G upgradeable 5G com service providers. country. ITI has planned to manu- president until January 20 and has Both sides accuse the other of fail- speed rail projects and make I-T dept unearths can be worked out with ITI being "For this, ITI has already entered facture and supply 11,000 kilometre plenty of leeway to increase US ing to obey WTO rulings but are strategies to bring such tech- the common manufacturing part- into a technology collaboration optical fibre cables against the tariffs on Europe that were im- seen as determined to maximize nologies to India through RRTS `1,000cr cash ner," Agarwal said. agreement with a Bangalore-based mega ASCON phase IV order re- posed in a parallel case over sub- their positions ahead of probable project to trigger domestic ca- The company is also planning leading start-up company in this ceived by ITI. sidies for Airbus. negotiations. pacity development." Chennai: The Income Tax (I-T) department has conducted searches at five locations here and Madurai in the case of a Chennai-based group EOW case against Radia’s operating in the IT Infra GOLDMAN SACHS INFUSES sector and unearthed unaccounted cash of around ` `1,000 crore, according to a firm for 300cr fraud ` news release issued 1,125CR INTO BIOCON’S BIZ Saturday. The search INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE The firms -- Nayati and Narayani conducted on 6 November led -- have been accused of siphoning, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar- to the unearthing of evidence New Delhi, Nov 7: The Economic embezzlement and forgery of bank Shaw said. This transaction is a relating to investments in a Offences Wing of Delhi Police has loan amounting to `312.50 crore in New Delhi, Nov 7: Biocon Saturday part of the overall strategic plan of Singapore registered firm, as registered a case and started probe 2018-2020 in Primamed hospital said its subsidiary Biocon Biologics value creation for the company's per a statement issued by the against two firms, including projects of Gurugram has approved a `1,125 crore in- shareholders through Biocon Central Board of Direct the Nayati Healthcare, whose and Vimhans Hospital vestment from Goldman Sachs. Biologics, she added. Taxes (CBDT). chairperson and promoter Delhi. This capital injection by Goldman Biocon Biologics CEO Christiane is Niira Radia of the infa- The complaint was Sachs will enable Biocon Biologics Hamacher said, “With three of our mous Radia tapes contro- filed by Rajeev K. to make prudent investments in issued Optionally Convertible products commercialised in the Future Retail versy. Sharma, a Delhi-based R&D, high-quality manufacturing, Debentures at a post money equity US market, we continue to strive to- Along with the Gurugram orthopaedic surgeon. as well as, establish a global com- valuation of $3.94 billion, it added. wards expanding access for our moves Delhi HC health firm, the other one According to sources, mercial footprint. "We are extremely pleased to patients and unlocking value for our New Delhi: Kishore Biyani named in the EOW FIR is the the firms embezzled The board of Biocon Biologics has welcome a capital injection by shareholders. This capital injec- led-Future Retail Ltd (FRL) Narayani investment private lim- crores from bank loan by opening approved a `1,125 crore ($150 million) Goldman Sachs at this inflection tion by Goldman Sachs will enable Saturday said it has ited -- both have been accused of fictitious accounts in the name of capital injection from Goldman point of Biocon Biologics’ journey us to make prudent investments approached the Delhi High misappropriating funds amount- various well-known contractors Sachs, Biocon said in a statement. in its quest for global leadership in in R&D, high-quality manufactur- Court seeking relief against ing to more than `300 crore that and directly transferred loan money As per the terms of the proposed providing affordable access through ing, as well as, establish a global com- an arbitration order passed were obtained through a loan. to these accounts. agreement, Goldman Sachs will be Biosimilar drugs," Biocon Executive mercial footprint.” by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) with regard to `24,713-crore deal with Reliance Industries. The ‘India likely to become fastest growing economy from FY22’ Future group firm has contended that Amazon is INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE around US$ 4.42 trillion consider- Business Momentum (EBM) “misusing” the interim order The size of the passed by an emergency economy will ing the exchange rate at 74.9 (aver- Index, estimated that the GDP arbitrator of the SIAC New Delhi, Nov 7: India is ex- increase from `203 tn age of current fiscal year 2020-21; growth will be at around (-) 7.9 per October 25, 2020. pected to become the 'Fastest in FY 2019-20 to `331 April-October)." cent for the current financial Growing' major economy from FY22, tn in FY 2025-26 at Besides, the industry body year 2020-21 as compared with PHD Chamber of Commerce and pointed out that percolation of the median forecasts of (-) 9.3 current prices, which Industry said Saturday. According more and more economic reforms per cent by various national and RBI Guv recovers to Sanjay Aggarwal, President, PHD becomes at around $4.42 tn at the ground level with effective international forecasting or- from COVID-19 Chamber of Commerce and considering the exchange implementation would be crucial ganisations. Industry, the country’s economy is rate at 74.9 to attain the potential trajectory of "At this juncture, demand cre- New Delhi: Reserve Bank of "going to attain its fastest growth tra- SANJAY AGGARWAL I PRESIDENT, PHD $5 trillion in the next 6 financial ation measures are needed to at- India (RBI) Governor jectory from the next financial year CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY years by FY 2026-27 (GDP at current tain a positive growth trajectory Shaktikanta Das Saturday 2021-22 onwards". prices; considering the exchange sooner rather than later," he said. said he has turned Covid In a recent growth estimate by the rate between 74-75). "Demand creation along with in- negative and will join office International Monetary Fund (IMF), 2.3 per cent of Germany, 2.3 per cent "On the back of various reforms creased spending on infrastructure next week. Das was tested

India is projected to become the of Italy, 2.3 per cent of Brazil and 1.4 undertaken by the government, will have multiplier effects on the

k y m COVID-19 positive October 25. c fastest growing economy among "I have tested COVID-19 per cent of Japan," Aggarwal was economic recovery has become vis- economic growth trajectory by negative. Will be back in the top 10 major economies in the quoted as saying in a statement. ible in the high frequency economic boosting private investments, cre- office next week. Thank you world economic system from 2021 "The size of the economy will and business indicators of the re- ating new employment opportuni- everyone for your good to 2025. from 2021 to 2025 will be at 7.8 per of China, 3 per cent of France, 2.9 increase from `203 trillion in FY cent months," he said. ties in the country, generating de- wishes for my early recovery," "The average GDP growth of cent, highest as compared with top per cent of United Kingdom, 2.9 per 2019-20 to `331 trillion in FY 2025-26 Recently, PHD Chamber on the mand for commodities such as steel, Das said in a tweet. Indian economy in next five years 10 economies including 6.2 per cent cent of Canada, 2.4 of United States, at current prices, which becomes at basis of PHDCCI Economic and cement and power." P12 SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 8 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

y Supernovas win thriller; enter final

k k y y m m c c SRH FACE CAPITALS AGENCIES Atapattu (67, 47b, 5x4, 4x6) contin- ued her purple patch, smashing a PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Sharjah, Nov 7: Supernovas nearly quick-fire half century as two-time conceded the title before even reach- champions Supernovas posted 146/6 Abu Dhabi, Nov 7: Peaking at the ing the final, but somehow man- against Trailblazers in a must-win right time and with all their boxes aged to pull off a two-run win game. ticked, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) against Trailblazers to enter the Electing to bat, Supernovas rode are certain to hold sway over a di- final of Women’s T20 Challenge on Atapattu’s aggressive knock and shevelled Delhi Capitals (DC) in here, Saturday. skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s big the second IPL qualifier here Sunday. Supernovas, Trailblazers and shots (31) in the slog overs to post The past couple of weeks have Velocity won a game each. However, a challenging total on board. been a picture in contrast for the two better net run-rates helped Supernovas were going strong franchises. After an underwhelm- Harmanpreet Kaur-led Supernovas at 80 for no loss in 10 overs but the ing first half, SRH started pushing and Smriti Mandhana-led Trailblazers spinners Harleen Deol the envelope with the mercurial Trailblazers seal the summit clash (1/34) and Salma Khatun (1/25) David Warner marshalling his re- berths. pulled things back, giving away sources well. Chasing a challenging 147, just 23 runs in next five overs. Capitals, on the other hand, Trailblazers were restricted to 144/5. CHAMARI ATAPATTU Experienced Jhulan Goswami (1/17) looked like serious contenders till Deepti Sharma (43 n o), Smriti was the best bowler. their first nine games, winning Mandhana (30) and Deandra Dottin BRIEF SCORES seven in that phase before an in- (27) and Harleen Deol (27) batted Supernovas 146/6 (Chamari explicable slump saw them lose brilliantly for the losing side. Radha Atapattu 67, Harmanpreet Kaur five out of their next six matches Yadav (2/30) and Shakera Selman 31, Priya Punia 30; Jhulan with skipper Shreyas Iyer looking (2/31) were standout with the ball Goswami 1/17) beat Trailblazers all at sea. for Supernovas. 144/5 (Deepti Sharma 43 n o; The current situation notwith- Earlier, Sri Lanka’s Chamari Radha Yadav 2/30) by 2 runs. standing, young Iyer would want to lead the Capitals to their first sum- mit clash in 13 editions while Warner wouldn’t mind adding an- Bruno brace Nadal on course other silverware to his 2016 tri- Messi strikes help umph. for maiden Paris In fact, if he can win the next two scripts Man games, Warner could boast of guid- Masters crown ing comparatively one of the more United’s win Barca thrash Betis inexperienced teams in this IPL. REUTERS For Capitals, the biggest worry AGENCIES has been their top-order woes – es- Paris, Nov 7: Rafa Nadal stayed on pecially the first three slots where Manchester, Nov 7: Bruno track for a maiden Paris Masters Shikhar Dhawan (525 in 15 games) Fernandes scored twice and title by beating fellow Spaniard has shone the brightest. Edinson Cavani opened his Pablo Carreno Busta 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 Prithvi Shaw’s (228 from 13 Manchester United account in a Friday, a result that gave Argentine games) technique against top qual- 3-1 win at Everton that will ease Diego Schwartzman the last spot at ity fast bowling has left a lot to be the pressure on manager Ole the season-ending ATP Tour Finals. desired and Ajinkya Rahane (111 Gunnar Solskjaer. Spain’s 20-time Grand Slam from 7 games) has had only one After back-to-back losses to champion recovered from a wob- knock of note so far. Arsenal and Istanbul Basaksehir, bly start and revved up the engine Something that would definitely Saturday’s Premier League clash near the end of the second set to worry coach Ricky Ponting is the at Goodison Park was viewed by clinch victory and progress to a number of ducks by the top order when asked about their strategy TODAY’S some as a must-win match for Lionel Messi (R) and clash with German fourth seed – nine. Dhawan has four, Shaw has to face DC attack. MATCH Solskjaer amid increasing spec- Antoine Griezmann Alexander Zverev, who beat Swiss three and Rahane didn’t bother the “And then we have the level head- ulation over his future. celebrate a goal Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 7-6(7-1). scorers twice. edness of Kane (Williamson). Being Things looked worrying for the Carreno Busta needed to lift However, the bowling unit has good to come and finish games. So SRH DC Red Devils boss when Bernard the trophy at Bercy, and at next AT 7:30 PM done well save a few occasions like we don’t play names, we see the put Carlo Ancelotti’s side ahead, AGENCIES line and doubled his tally late on to week’s Sofia Open, to deny the first qualifier, where Mumbai ball and strike the ball,” Holder TELECAST: STAR SPORTS but Fernandes scored twice be- kill off Betis following Loren Schwartzman a spot in the ATP Indians batting took them apart. said. fore half time and Cavani struck Barcelona, Nov 7: Lionel Messi Moron’s strike. Finals at the O2 in London after Kagiso Rabada (25 wickets), Saha’s groin injury, which ruled weak spots which they can exploit at the death to deliver three valu- scored twice and played a key part Pedri then capped a much-im- the Argentine was earlier thrashed Anrich Nortje (20) and him out of the eliminator, might is the inexperience of two middle able points. in another goal in Barcelona’s 5-2 proved display for Koemen’s side 6-3, 6-1 by Russian Daniil Medvedev. Ravichandran Ashwin (13) have also keep him out of the second order players – Priyam Garg and The visitors were behind 19 min- La Liga win over 10-man Real Betis with a fifth goal late on, as they done exceedingly well in most of the qualifier. Abdul Samad – who are playing utes in, though, as Bernard squeezed after being left out of Ronald secured a first league win in five games. “We have faith in (Shreevats) some of the biggest matches of an effort into the bottom-left corner. Koeman’s starting line-up. The Saturday. Sunrisers’ batting line-up, which Goswami. He has been around for their nascent careers. Fernandes drew United level, pow- Argentine started a league game on Marc-Andre ter Stegen, making has gathered momentum over the some time and we need to give con- In the event Capitals make early ering a header beyond Pickford the bench for the first time since his first league appearance of the last few games, is well aware of fidence,” said Holder, whose 13 inroads, it will be a test of charac- after running into the box to meet September 2019. season, kept out William Carvalho’s that, and Orange Army’s premier wickets in six games along with ter for the young but talented duo. Luke Shaw’s delivery. The Portugal The mercurial forward was header before Ansu Fati and all-rounder Jason Holder ac- crucial middle order contributions, Daniel Sams’ poor show with the international then put his side brought on at half time with the Griezmann wasted more present- knowledged the fact. has been the ‘X’ factor for his side. ball so far is a concern for the Capitals ahead, his cross at the end of a 20- game poised at 1-1 after Ousmane able opportunities. “What we have done in batting Rashid Khan’s parsimonious and they might explore the option of pass sequence going in off the right- Dembele’s strike was cancelled out Mandi was sent off for inten- The ninth seed played with con- is that we have been aggressive up- economy rate of less than six runs bringing back Shimron Hetmyer in hand post after Marcus Rashford had by Barca academy product Antonio tionally handling the ball inside fidence early on as Nadal struggled front. David has obviously led the per over, the unheralded T place of the left-arm seamer, which tried to glance it in. Sanabria, either side of an Antoine the box. After a lengthy VAR check, to find his range but when the 13- charge, well supported by Natarajan’s subtle variations and will also add some batting firepower. As Everton poured forward in Griezmann penalty miss. Mandi was deemed to have blocked time French Open champion hit (Wriddhiman) Saha. Jonny Sandeep Sharma’s ability to get In that case, Marcus Stoinis might injury time, Maguire’s interception Messi paved the way for Dembele’s shot on the line with his stride, there was no hope for (Bairstow) has done an outstanding some swing upfront only add to the have to bowl his full quota of overs sent Fernandes away on the break, Griezmann’s goal, then scored a his arm and Messi had no trouble Carreno Busta. Nadal bagged the job and Manish (Pandey) has kept strengths of Warner’s team. alongside Rabada, Nortje, Ashwin and he waited before teeing up penalty after Aissa Mandi was dis- converting his fourth penalty of second set to set the tone for the rout

the momentum going,” Holder said For the Capitals however, the and Axar Patel. Cavani to sweep home. missed for handling the ball on the the season. in the decider.

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