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  While the MLAs went to Gehlot Government was clear.        the Hotel Fairmount where “The country is ruled in n ugly political drama they have been camping for last accordance with the law and Aunfolded in Jaipur on several days, the CM headed to constitution. Governments are       Friday when Congress MLAs his residence, where he held a formed and run based on peo- in the Ashok Gehlot camp sat meeting of his Cabinet meeting ple’s mandate. BJP’s conspira- on a five-hour dharna at the Raj to pass a proposal to hold an cy to topple the Rajasthan    of the writ petition. Till then, Bhawan, insisting they will emergency session of the Government is clear. This is an the ‘status quo’, as exists today stay put till the Governor sum- Assembly. insult to 8 crore people of he Rajasthan High Court viz-a-viz impugned notices mons a session of the State Later, The Governor sec- Rajasthan. The Governor must Ton Friday ordered main- dated 14.07.2020, shall be Assembly. retariat said the Governor had call Assembly session so that taining status quo on disqual- maintained,” the order stated. They ended their protest consulted legal experts on the the truth comes before the ification notice issued by the “The writ petition has been after 9 pm after assurance that paper presented by the State country,” he said. State Assembly Apeaker to 19 admitted and the court has the Governor will convene a Government on the night of The MLAs, led by Gehlot, dissident Congress MLAs, ordered for status quo on the session of the State Assembly as July 23, to convene the session arrived at Raj Bhawan in four including Sachin Pilot. notices dated July 14. The mat- recommended by the State of the Assembly at very short buses from a hotel on the city The bench, in its order, said ter will be heard in due course Cabinet. But after the MLAs notice. outskirts around 4pm where the writ petition is maintain- now,” a counsel for the Speaker ended the dharna, the “There is no justification they have been camping for the able and is admitted on the said. Governor wrote to Gehlot provided for holding of the ses- past few days. Before heading                    !      #   ground of three pleas of the The Speaker issued the about his “gherao” threat and sion at short notice nor any for the Raj Bhawan, Gehlot said     $% petitioners. notice to the MLAs on July 14 the Governor Secretariat stat- agenda has been proposed for he had requested the Governor “After completion of filing after the Congress complained ing that there is no justification the same. 21-day notice is on Thursday night to call a ses- of pleadings of the parties and to him that the MLAs had provided for holding of the required for the session to be sion of the Assembly on the intervenors, Counsel for the defied a whip to attend two leg- Session at short notice. called according to normal Monday, but the Governor had  $     parties shall be at liberty to file islature party In his brief letter to the procedures,” said Rajasthan not heeded his request. . an application for early hearing meetings. Chief Minister, the Governor Governor’s Secretariat. Gehlot said the Governor said even before he could dis- It went on to say that the is the constitutional head and cuss the matter with experts State Government should he could not have stopped the    %&R            regarding Assembly session, ensure freedom and free move- Assembly session from taking you (Gehlot) publically said ment of all the MLAs. There place “without some pressure       !"# that if Raj Bhawan is was no mention of the MLAs from the top”.   The Congress also including Sachin Pilot. Sibal “gheraoed” then it is not your kept at Manesar in Haryana by “Why did he not decide on slammed Rajasthan Governor said the Rajasthan High Court    Jaipur: For the first time since responsibility. Sachin Pilot. It also pointed out Thursday? We’ve requested he Congress on Friday Kalraj Mishra for not calling an passes status quo orders against Rajasthan plunged into a polit- “If you & your Home that the Cabinet note didn’t him again to make a decision Tlaunched an unprecedent- Assembly session by accusing the Constitution bench judg- Jaipur: The Rajasthan BJP on ical crisis almost fortnight ago, Ministry can’t protect Guv then mention any specific date for soon. People are waiting,” ed attack on judiciary for him of abdicating his consti- ment of the Supreme Court on Friday demanded the Centre to the state BJP has said rebel what about law & order in the convening the Gehlot said, adding, “I am allegedly tying the hand of the tutional obligation and acting the power of the Assembly deploy the CRPF to maintain Congress leader Sachin Pilot State? What agency should be Assembly. sure that the Governor will not Rajasthan Assembly Speaker at the behest of the Central Speaker. law and order, reacting sharply could be the Chief Minister if contacted for Governor’s secu- Senior Congress leader come under any pressure, he for acting against the rebel Government. He also said may be to Congress MLAs staging a the situation allowed. Backing rity? I’ve never heard such Rahul Gandhi said the will make a decision. We hope MLAs with senior party leader The party questioned the lawyers should take their robes “dharna” at Raj Bhawan. Pilot, BJP State president Satish statement from any CM. Is this Rajasthan Governor must call the Assembly session begins and noted lawyer Kapil Sibal Rajasthan High Court’s order off since High Courts are no Incidentally, on December 4, Poonia, said, “If the situation not the beginning of a wrong an Assembly session to let the soon. So we are sitting here in going to the extent of saying maintaining status quo on the longer bound by even the 1993, BJP MLAs had sat on allows, Sachin Pilot can become trend where MLAs protest at Congress Government prove its protest. After he gives us a let- what was the point in arguing disqualification notice issued Constitution bench judgments dharna on the lawns of the Raj the Chief Minister. In fact, he Raj Bhawan?,” the Governor majority. He alleged that the ter we will decide the further before the court if precedents by the State Assembly Speaker of the Supreme Bhawan. Baliram Bhagat of has taken a big step with this wrote. BJP’s conspiracy to topple the course of action.” are brazenly ignored. to 19 dissident Congress MLAs, Court. Congress was Governor. goal in mind.”  &' ()*    $     ()  & +,    -- .)/     !!*+   ,-,-   # slum at BJB Nagar and 20 N-6, two of Khandagiri Bari, a "  # cases were found in a slum at 26-year-old man of Unit-9 near         Nayapalli on the day. All the Ram Mandir, a 28-year-old  P     (  (  cases in the two slums have link man of Rasulgarh Sabar Sahi, ix more persons succumbed (  with earlier positive cases. a 49-year-old man of Shastri Sto coronavirus on Friday,      The quarantined cases Nagar, a 43-year-old man of taking the total death toll in the   AIIMS in Delhi on Friday,  ) #    included 45 from BJB Nagar Bhimatangi, a 66-year-old State to 120. While three of the        with the first dose of the injec- *" +   Mahisikhal Basti, 21 of woman of Niladri Vihar near deceased were from ndia on Friday saw yet anoth- tion given to a man in his Nayapalli Sitapalli Basti, 27 Jagannath Enclave park, one district, the three others were  Ier massive spike in coron- 30s.   ) cases, all employees of a private case, a 35-year-old man of from , Gajapati and avirus cases taking the total well Cabinet Secretary Rajiv hospital linked to an earlier Baramunda near Fire Station, .       past 13 lakh mark. In the past Gauba on Friday reviewed the      case, five cases of Unit-3 Mali two staffs of a Central The deceased included a four days alone, the country has management of Covid-19 in    Colony linked with an earlier Government hospital, two 44-year-old man of Ganjam,      added over 1.82 lakh cases. The nine States with high active case, five case of Rasulgarh cases of Khandagiri Bari who was also suffering from country also overtook France caseload and advised n the highest single-day jump GGP Colony linked with an Sitaram Bast, two cases of diabetes, a 71-year-old man of on Friday as the number of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Iof Covid-19 cases in earlier case, three cases of Salia Laxmisagar near high school Rayagada, who was also suf- reported the highest-ever surge Subarnaput four, Gajapati, deaths linked to virus crossed Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, , as many as 248 Sahi linked with an earlier and a 32-yearold man of fering from diabetes, hyper- of 1,594 Covid positive cases. and 30,961. The number of deaths Bihar, Jharkhand, , West persons tested positive for the positive case, four cases of Patrapada. tension and chronic kidney With this, the total tally three each, in is now the sixth-biggest Bengal and Assam to urgently virus on Friday. With this, the Nayapalli Krishna Balaram However, 29 patients disease, a 53-year-old man of reached 22,693. This is the two and Kalahandi behind the US, Brazil, Britain, ramp up testing, strictly capital city’s total tally rose to Vihar linked with an earlier recovered from the disease in Gajapati, a 59-year-old woman third consecutive day that and Nupada one each. Mexico and Italy. implement containment plan, 1,717 case, four cases, all employees the city on the day. and a 50-year-old woman of 1,000-plus positive cases were However, 808 more Maharashtra has the high- augment health infrastructure Out of new cases, 207 were of a construction company in city registered 93 Ganjam and a 60-year-old man reported. patients recovered from the dis- est number of cases at 3,57,117, and ensure effective clinical detected from quarantine cen- Rajmahal Sqaure linked with positive cases on the day. With of Bhadrak, who was also suf- Of the new cases, 1,067 ease on the day, taking the total followed by Tamil Nadu with management. tres and 41 were local contacts, an earlier case, five cases, all this, the city’s total tally mount- fering from diabetes and hyper- were detected from quarantine recoveries to 15,200. Out of 1,99,749 and Delhi with The Union Health the Bhubaneswar Municipal woman of Pandra GGP Colony ed to 579 with 379 active cases. tension. centres and 527 were local them, 530 recovered in 1,28,389 cases. Ministry said that in keeping Corporation (BMC) said. linked with an earlier case and Of the new cases, three were Besides, two other patients contacts. Ganjam district Ganjam, 61 in Rayagada, 35 in The number of coronavirus with the “Test Track Treat” In a matter of concern for three cases of Nayapalli Behera detected from institutional also succumbed due to other recorded the day’s highest 732 Cuttack, 30 in , 22 cases in India have doubled in strategy, the States were advised the authorities, the over- Sahi. quarantine, one from paid health complications. A 75- cases, followed by in Gajapati, 19 in Baleswar, 19 nearly three weeks since July 2 to ramp up testing, with special crowded city slums are going The local contacts includ- quarantine, 14 were local con- year-old man of Khordha dis- with 320, Cuttack 136, Bhadrak in Khordha, 18 each in when the country crossed the focus on containment the Dharavi way as 45 positive ed a 64-year-old man of tact cases and 75 home quar- trict, who died due to intra- 60, Sundargarh 56, 41, Baragarh and Bhadrak, eight in six lakh-mark. The country’s zones. cases were detected from a Palasuni, three of IRC Village antine cases. cerebral hemorrhage and 33, Mayurbhanj 32, Boudh, seven each in Covid tally touched the 10 brainstem infarction, and a 30, Baleswar 22, Keonjhar , Jagatsinghpur, lakh-mark last Friday. Since 40-year-old man of , 20, Kandhamal 17, Kendrapada and Keonjhar, five then, around three lakh new who died due to cancer of 13, and Nayagarh 10 in Sambalpur, four in infections have been reported.  #  &     stomach and lungs, the Health each, Kendrapada and Nabarangpur, three in The first phase of human and Family Welfare Malkangiri nine each, Sundargarh, two each in Angul, clinical trial of India’s home- Department said. and Jharsuguda eight each, and Puri and one each in made vaccine against coron- On the day, the State : six, Jajpur five, Koraput and Nayagarh. avirus, Covaxin, began at &   recognised as the nodal centre for a plasma '    bank.  "          % So far, 13 patients 0 P    2 (  have received plasma therapy in the State and most are recuperating #$%   &      well. ,    Meanwhile on After the intervention of the ere’s good news —the first Friday, Chief Minister ! "  concerned authorities, he had HCovid-19 patient treated Naveen Patnaik entrust- to pay a rebated bill of with convalescent plasma ther- ed his Ministerial col-   ## #  Rs 9,700. apy in the State has recovered leagues the responsibil- As decided by the author- from the disease. ity to encourage dona- $%"% ities, a new electricity meter “Happy to share that a 48- tions of plasma in dif-      tive. The textile sector is in a was installed at his house in year-old female patient of ferent districts. bad shape. Only 15-20% com- December last year. However, Cuttack who was the first While Niranjan disha-born and Surat- panies are functional,” Swain      billing has not been carried out patient of #Odisha treated with Pujari was given the Obased industrialist and said. for the consumer since then till #PlasmaTherapy (at Ashwini responsibility for Puri social worker Hrusikesh Notably, Ganjam is the n electricity bill of whop- July this Covid Hospital) has recovered district, Bikram Keshari Arukh Balangir and Sambalpur, Naba Jagatsinghpur, Padmini Dian Swain has appealed to people worst-affected district in Aping 58 lakh has come as year. and is being discharged today,” was assigned the task for Kishore Das for Kalahandi and for Rayagada and Tusharkanti from Ganjam to defer their Odisha with 3,076 active cases a shocker for a Bhubaneswar A seven-month bill informed the Health & Family Kandhamal and Ganjam, , Tukuni Sahu for Behera for Malkangiri. return to Surat in view of the and 70 deaths so far. family comprising a visually- amounting to around Rs 58 Welfare Department on Friday. Prafuall Kumar Mallick for Deogarh and Sundargarh, Notably, Odisha is the third increasing Covid-19 cases in District Collector Vijay impaired couple that uses mere lakh was received by Nayak on Recently, one unit of B+ve Bargarh, Ranendra Pratap Jagannath Saraka for Gajapti State after Delhi and thatAmruta Kulange on Friday two ceiling fans and four LED Thursday. plasma was transfused to the Swain for Bhadrak and and Koraput, Dibyashankar Maharashtra to have intro- city. said, “Intensive door-to-door bulbs. “We will lodge our griev- patient at the Ashwini Covid Kendrapada, Padmanabha Mishra for Dhenkanal, Ashok duced plasma therapy for the “There are around 12,000 screening has resulted in the Prasanna Nayak and his ance with the power utility Hospital. Behera for Jharsuguda and Chandra Panda for Angul, treatment of serious Covid-19 to 15,000 Covid-19 cases in increase of cases. We hope the wife reside at Panchagaon authorities. We will approach In the first phase, the plas- Boudh, Pratap Jena for Samir Ranjan Dash for Jajpur, patients. The Government has Surat, of which many Odias numbers will come down in a under the Airfield police lim- the Consumer Court if our ma collection was carried out Mayurbhanj and Cuttack, Arun Jyoti Prakash Panigrahy for appealed to eligible Covid-19 are also undergoing treat- week or so. In last one week, its. He had reportedly received grievances are not redressed,” from four convalescent donors Sahoo for Nayagarh and Baleswar, Premananda Nayak survivors to donate their plas- ment. Every day around 250 30 red zone areas have been a bill of Rs 18,845 for the said Ajay Nayak, brother of at the SCB Medical College Khordha, Sudam Marandi for for Keonjhar, Raghunandan mas, which would help in people are being tested posi- converted to green,” month of September last year. Prasanna. Hospital, which has been Subarnapur, Sushant Singh for Das for Nabarangpur and treating corona patients.  !"#$!%$!' %(!) * +) ,-, , (        3 # !           4 .  /   %                nother MLA he State Government Aalong with his Thas asked wife has tested posi- Commissioners of all tive for coronavirus. positive while test reports of Municipal Corporations to He belongs to the ,##    remaining employees are yet to sensitise Resident Welfare State’s worst Covid- come. All have been sent for Associations (RWAs) of 19-hit district  (  home isolation,” Patro told apartments/colonies in Ganjam. media. their areas to ensure avail- Official sources The employees had under- ability of isolation facilities said Polsara MLA -" $ gone test after MLA along with all logistics for Srikant Sahu and his Sukanta Kumar Nayak and treatment of Covid patients. the notification said. wife, who are under      MLA Prashant Behera, Besides, all health protocols The RWAs would also have home quarantine who attended the meeting, are to be strictly followed with- to be trained and tuned to because of mild ive employees of the State were found positive. out any deviation, said a noti- coordinate with ULBs and symptoms at his official quar- Sahu.      gramme here on FLegislative Assembly have Similarly, the employees, fication issued by the Housing Health Department officials ters in Bhubaneswar, have test- Tracing of his contacts and Thursday. tested positive for Covid-19, who had attended the com- and Urban Development as and when required, the ed positive for the virus. active surveillance are under- he Sri Sri Shirdi Sai State Government Media informed Assembly Speaker mittee meeting headed by Department. notification added. “As I started to develop way. TCharitable Trust, Advisor Manas Ranjan Surjya Narayan Patro on MLA Debi Prasad Mishra, “Since RWAs play a crucial Earlier, instructions were mild symptoms, I and my wife Sahu is the State’s fourth Basantpur, Kendrapada felic- Mangaraj and the organisa- Friday. were asked to go for test. role in decision making in issued by the department for came to Bhubaneswar from MLA to have contracted the itated journalist Lingaraj tion’s managing trustee Dr “At least 12 employees had The Assembly building their campuses, their involve- establishment of Covid Care Ganjam and gave our swab virus. Earlier, three MLAs, two Sahoo with “the Bishistha Rudhi Sundar Mohanty attended a committee meeting would be sanitised again and ment is absolutely essential in Homes near bigger slums for samples for testing on last from Baleswar district and one Corona Joddha Samman” appreciated Sahoo’s sustained in Assembly early this month. the office would reopen on establishment and manage- treatment of patients having Tuesday. The reports of both of from Cuttack district had been (Special Covid Warrior service to the society during Five of them tested Covid-19 August 4, the Speaker said. ment of Covid Care Homes,” mild symptoms. us came out positive,” said infected with the virus. Award) at a special pro- the Covid pandemic. Q3 R   45  35P - '6/7& 1     / #  &          R 633 37 meeting held here under Chief from these clusters.      underground slurry pipe line Secretary Astir Tripathy on OFSDP Director from its proposed beneficiation    digital mode on Thursday. Sudarshan Panda appraised and shutdowns. one and all, the State our investment proposals in plant in Bonai/Champua sub- Forest and Environment ACS that 778 VSSs covering around   %+ Morcha, State president Government has hatched a Fthe metal and metal down- division to its three different 8( (   Dr Mona Sharma outlined pos- 50,000 households in the pro- Pradeep Purhohit demanded conspiracy to ruin farmers,” stream sectors worth Rs plant locations. The project to sible interventions in the liveli- ject villages of 12 forest divi- #   that the Government with- alleged Purohit. 2172.92 crore were approved at come up at Rs 951 crore would %  # hood sector for discussion. sions have been linked up with draw the decision of taking Putting a question to know a State Level Single Window provide jobs to 72 people. Tripathy directed the respective departments for car- ##   refund of KALIA money from who were the persons respon- Clearance Authority (SLSW- The Shyam Metalics and BHUBANESWAR: To boost department to intensify income rying forward the livelihood farmers and collect the amount sible for identification of inel- CA) meeting held under the Energy would expand its pel- economic activities in hill and generation activities through activities in the mushroom 590  from the erring Government igible beneficiaries and dis- chairmanship of Chief let plant from 0.3 MTPA to 1.2 forest tracks, the State forward and backward link- cultivation, honey collection officials soon. bursement of money to them, Secretary Asit Tripathy here on MTPA capacity at an invest- Government has starting ages. He too directed to iden- and processing, kitchen garden, “The BJD Government Purhohit said, “Money should Friday. ment of Rs 76.92 crore and undertaking sustainable liveli- tify forest division specific poultry, pisci-culture etc.  had introduced the KALIA be collected from those officers The projects would gener- employ around 610 hood and income generating ‘product clusters’ and scale up Apart from this, 497 com- scheme in a hurry to win elec- who included ineligible farm- ate employment for 1,122 peo- people. activities in 12 territorial forest those through interdepart- munity development projects      tions. Identifying party work- ers in the KALIA scheme by ple. Besides, the Wellman Steels divisions on joint forest man- mental convergence in terms of of Rs 11.38 crore have also been ers as beneficiaries, KALIA misusing power.” The Rungta Mines would Gangeya Supply Agency would agement (JFM) mode with resources, technical support, approved through convergence he BJP Krushak Morcha on money had been distribut ed. He too slammed the State set up a 34-MTPA beneficia- set up a 1.8-MTPA beneficia- direct participation of Vana skill building and marketing. with MGNREGS to be imple- TFriday slammed the State Now, the Agriculture Government for not submit- tion plant at an investment of tion plant and a 1.2-MTPA pel- Surakshya Samitis (VSSs) and It was decided to establish mented through VSSs. Around Government for asking ineli- Department has identified ting a list of famers to the Rs 975crore and provide let plant at a total investment of Self Help Groups ( SHGs) ‘product clusters’ of Sal, Harida, Rs 1,000.30 crore would be gible farmers to refund KALIA about two lakh ineligible farm- Centre for availing assistances employment to about 290 peo- Rs 170 crore. When complet- under Odisha Forestry Sector Bahada, Char, Cashew, invested in development of the assistance at a time when they ers and asked them to return under the Pradhan Mantri ple. ed, it would create additional Development Project (OFSDP) Mangao, Mahua and Neem. forest ecosystem and sustain- are severely affected due to money within one month’s Kissan Nidhi Besides, the company employment opportunities for Phase-II. Around 88,000 households able livelihood activities under Covid-19-related lockdowns time. While Covid crisis has hit Yojana. would also set up a 20-MTPA 150 people. This was revealed at a would have additional income OFSDP, PhaseII. PNS ''&  4     , #  ,8        0&       5 disha BJD Rajya OSabha member  2 Swain said that earlier some     %  Sasmit Patra has personnel from Khordha Town been nominated to ven as the fight against and Balugaon had tested pos-      (SRC).      around 179 MT and would the panel of Vice- Ecoronavirus is in a critical itive. Now 11 more personnel The notification said the meet up to 75% of current Chairmen of the stage, as many as 11 police per- from Banpur, Balugaon police he State Government has guidelines issued to allow home he ArcelorMittal India has requirement of ArcelorMittal Upper House of sonnel of various police stations stations and two outposts have Tnow allowed Covid-19 isolation of all Covid-19 posi- Tcommenced operations at Nippon Steel India (AMNS Parliament. and outposts in Banpur and tested positive, he patients in rural areas who are tive cases in urban areas would the Thakurani iron ore block in India) for its manufacturing Rajya Sabha Balugaon areas in Khordha added. asymptomatic or have mild apply to rural areas with imme- Keonjhar district. facilities in Odisha. The AMNS Chairman M district have tested positive for Meanwhile, all personnel symptoms with no co-mor- diate effect. This was announced by the India owns a 6-MT-per-annum Venkaiah Naidu Covid-19 on Friday. of the affected police stations bidities to stay in home isola- Sarpanches or Government ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel pellet plant in Paradip. reconstituted the The frontline warriors of and outposts have been asked tion in rural areas. officers as notified by the con- India, which is a 60:40% joint In February 2020, the panel on Friday. different police stations and to go on home quarantine. A The patients would have to cerned district Collectors of the venture between LN Mittal- AMIPL was selected as the pre- Five others, outposts have contracted the special officer would be meet the required conditions respective districts would be owned ArcelorMittal and ferred bidder for the Thakurani Bhubaneswar Kalita, virus in their line of duty, said deployed at Banpur to manage set by the Government, said a the Nodal Officer for the pur- Japan-based Nippon Steel iron ore mine licence following Vandana Chavan, the Khordha Collector. the functioning of the police notification issued by the pose, said the Corporation. Thakurani block an auction process conducted Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Hanumanthaiah, have also Khordha SP Ajay Pratap stations. Special Relief Commissioner notification. has an estimated reserve of by the State Government. Surendra Singh Nagar and L been included in the panel. *,&./'0,1-12/3    %        

is believed to have said prior to be appointed on the advice of him a copy of resolution signed may be discussed. Like as the by the gubernatorial office in of 1983 and finally, the Sarkaria the meeting that, it is part of his the Prime Minister, leader of by the legislature party. Chancellor of State universities, order to influence the day-to- Commission of 1988, were all duty to preserve, protect and another party. You are inviting In the recent years, . 4  technically he is at liberty to act day State politics, but as Dr consistent on the point that,the defend the Constitution under friction.” It seems his appre- Congress in 2018 lost on his own, within the stipu- Ambedkar had quite candidly image of the Governor, mere- Article 159. However, the rul- hensions have become evident Meghalaya despite emerging as 5   lations prescribed by the uni- opined, to secure ‘good and ly as a ‘mischief mongering’ ing party in West Bengal and over the course of time. the single largest party in the versity statute. But then, as per pure administration’. agent of the Centre will be critics view this as an overreach In 1952 (Madras), for the elections, since, Conrad the Sarkaria Commission, the The important ‘discre- detrimental to federalism and of authority and penchant first time, the Governor’s office Sangma of the NPP was invit-  Governor being an outsider to tionary power’ vested in the democracy. towards unrestrained media was accused of acting in unjust ed by Governor Ganga Prasad the State and not well conver- Governor to reserve a bill for There have been well interactions by the Governor. way, as Governor Sri Prakasa to prove his majority. sant with local affairs, he is the President’s consideration is meaning suggestions by expert According to them, his invited C Rajagopalachari, who Thereafter, NPP formed an without doubt that, the insti- handicapped regarding neces- meant to ensure that the State bodies like having fixed tenure interactions with the State wasn’t an elected member to alliance with UDP, PDF, tution of Governor is at times sary information to run the laws are within the confines of of five years for the Governors Government and opinions form the Congress HSPDP, and the BJP to form negatively perceived as,‘an State universities and therefore, the Constitution, but this as under Art.156 (3) and which about it must be circumscribed Government in Madras; in the Government in the State. It agent of the Centre’ and the finds it comfortable to lend his should be sparingly resorted to shall not be subject to 156(1), #"+ # by accepted precedents and 1959 (Kerala), the first demo- was a fact that, out of 50 controversies surrounding it in ears to the local representatives and not just to ‘fridge’ a bill i.e., ‘during the pleasure of the Constitutional propriety. cratically elected Left Assembly seats, the Congress the recent times have been of the party ruling at the justly passed by the legislature President’ and consulting the he ongoing scuffle between The office of the Governor Government of EMS won 21 seats, followed by NPP more around selection of the Centre. This is something from for scoring political points. Chief Ministers of concerned TWest Bengal Governor is considered as a bridge Namboodiripad was dismissed 19, and BJP 2 and UDP 6 seats. Chief Minister, determining which he should ideally refrain Even the incumbent ruling States before appointing a Jagdeep Dhankar and Chief between the Centre and the by Governor Burgula Besides, in another startling the time for floor test, seeking from, as opined by the party at the Centre had then Governor. Here, the suggestion Minister Mamata Banerjee is a State; however, even the Ramakrishna Rao, at the behest incident on November 23 last information about day-to-day Commission,and rather seek submitted before the Sarkaria made by BJP and ‘the Left matter of great concern revolv- Constituent assembly had of the Union Government led year, Maharashtra Governor BS administration and at times advice and suggestions of the Commission that, the Centre Front Government of West ing around two constitutional apprehended such future con- by PM Jawaharlal Nehru, Koshiyari administered oath dilly-dallying in giving of assent Chief Minister or the State before passing a bill even relat- Bengal’ in the 1980s that the dignitaries. It is reported that troversies surrounding the since two bills, ‘cap on early in the morning to to bills or reserving them for Government with optimum ing to the Concurrent List Governor should be appointed Governor Dhankar had recent- Governors. Ploughing through landownership’ and ‘on educa- Devendra Fadnavis as Chief the Presidential assent, and transparency. This will be lot should consult the States, in a by the Inter-State Council ly met Home Minister Amit the Constituent Assembly tion’, proposed by the Minister and Ajit Pawar as arbitrarily exercising powers of more beneficial in terms of way to avert any interference by instead of the Central Shah, apparently to intervene, debates, we find Biswanath Government led to massive Deputy Chief Minister, without the Governor as the Chancellor securing administrative har- the Centre in the State’s leg- Government from a panel pre- apprising him about the ‘cliff- Das (representing Odisha in agitation in the State; in 1988, proper ascertainment of the of State universities. All of this mony. islative process. pared by the State legislature edge governance’ in the State, the Constituent Assembly) had the Karnataka Janata Dal Chief fact that they had the requisite requires absolute fairness as The Governor is empow- The Administrative holds relevance even today. like, ‘rampant corruption and aptly articulated it as, “It may Minister SR Bommai wasn’t numbers to form the intended by the Constitution ered under the Constitution to Reforms Commission of 1968, nepotism’, ‘alarming Covid-19 be that a party absolutely dif- given a chance by Governor P Government or not. itself. seek information on adminis- the Rajamanar Committee of (The writer is a lawyer and situation’ and ‘worrisome and ferent from that at Centre may Venkatasubbaiah, to prove his Without commenting on To give a glance of what the trative matters from the Chief 1969, the Committee of the public policy expert. He can be dangerously deteriorating law be functioning in office in a majority in the Assembly, even the merits of the particular Constitution expects from the Minister, but this shouldn’t be Governors of 1971, the reached at and order situation’. Further, he province. The Governor has to though, Bommai presented instances as above, it can be put Governor, a few of his powers used as a nose-poking device Bangalore Seminar of Experts [email protected])

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20"   F%' *7   ,  2&512/!  /%)'    ,#+)#    &'  (% KORAPUT: The district administration on Friday     BHADRAK: In a matter of big announced a four-day shut- concern, frontline workers are down in the    increasingly testing Covid -19 Municipality area from mid- positive. On Friday, as many as night following detection of a eight Covid warriors, including number of Covid-19 cases in    &  six police personnel tested pos- the locality. itive for the virus in Bhadrak After some persons, who  district. “An ASHA worker, six are in close contact of positive !$  4 3  SP Dr Saravana Vivek M police personnel and a woman patients in the town were appealed all citizens to stay health worker have been infect- found infected, Koraput ayagada reported 84 Covid home and come out only when   moving around the village and ed with the Covid-19. Wish Collector Madhusudan Mishra Rpositive cases by Thursday, there is an urgent need. He also meeting several people even them a speedy recovery, said imposed the shutdown as part informed CDMO Dr requested the public to avoid wo groups of locals clashed though he wasn’t formally the Bhadrak Collector. of effective measures to contain Artabandhu Nayak. gatherings, wash hands fre- Tafter a resident of released from the quarantine “The police personnel were spread of the virus. Especially, Ambaguda and quently, use masks always and Nisibhanar village in Puri dis- centre. performing their duties as front- The shutdown would areas emerged as maintain social distance. trict escaped from a temporary The incident triggered a line workers. We wish them remain in force till midnight of hotspots. In last two days, the Collector Pramod Behera - ./ 01&/$ (";%' :3;&(%'( ( medical centre (TMC) and violent clash between two speedy recovery,” said the SP July 28. positive cases stood at 47 and visited the 30 bedded Covid %'%#& %$#") ) $  later tested positive for Covid- groups of villagers and bombs The district on the day However, essential and 86 respectively. Due to the Care Centre established by ($(&(:( '%/%  /'))% 19 on Thursday. were also hurled. One person reported 60 new positive cases, emergency services such as increasing Covid positive case, IMFA, Therubali. Behera mon- & ' (&&# $)(':  (&(: 2 "' The returnee, who was was injured during the clash including 41 local contacts and hospitals, police, fire, telecom, a weeklong shutdown was itored the hospital at JKpur % %  !"%)(% ("( lodged in quarantine centre and later admitted to the one death. With this, the dis- postal services, sanitation, announced throughout including its kitchen and func- !/>/('# after his return from New Nuagaon Community Health trict’s tally mounted to 484, drinking water, ATMs, move- Rayagada district till July 29. tioning of ventilators and ICU, Delhi, fled from the TMC to his Centre (CHC). Some houses including 140 active cases. ment of goods vehicle via Essential services will etc. $)$  +!"2++ ! village before his test result was were also damaged in the While 343 patients have recov- National Highways, agricul- remain unaffected. The district Through a Press release, SP - ./ 01L(M: announced and the mandated bombing. ered from the disease, two ture activities, LPG distribution police will remain present in Saravana said that strict action /)/((/% /(/ quarantine period was over. Police force was deployed succumbed. Besides, three and petrol pumps would con- important junctions. Normal including fine and criminal )'(:3;&(%'( ( However, some locals were in the area to prevent the situ- patients have died of other tinue to operate during the patrolling would continue as case would be initiated against %(%!" enraged after witnessing him ation from flaring up further. health complications. PNS shutdown. PNS usual. the violators. $& ("&''% ('&(""/$ 1%$)#')   /( /% ('((%'#'' (6 /%3( .  & %%  /%   '&"%& /&'# $) %%/% (':$&/9 %   ' ))   "/: 9  %   8   :6 3/& BOUDH: A 29-year-old BJP  $/&( ): '% member of Sialjhuli village &  % $% ("% under the Kantamala police  / ' !'3/%%;/%/: limits in Boudh district was &)    '% %%/;('$/%'%(# % ( found dead under mysterious circumstances on Friday. His      2  BHAPUR (NAYAGARH): O2455+  62!P  2  mutilated body was recovered Two bike-borne miscreants  0 -1 % >/ABC'' %  ( ( from Ambagaon. woman, who was Class-V boy staying in the snatched away a money bag (($( /($$//$( %'''# (' n its fight against Covid-19, The deceased Loknath Akidnapped and AGopabandhu Ashram (an containing Rs 1.70 lakh from a L$$/$%/(M%/)((  ('% ( / (' (  Ithe Boudh administration Pradhan was a member of the raped for five days in orphanage) at Jeypore in trader, Srinibas Sahoo, at %$$/''($!/(%'('/&&''($$/''($#L (' on Friday announced closure of BJP youth wing. the area, Koraput district was found Bahada Bazaar under Fategarh '  &(('%/)&) %!'( %)# (' all offices for an indefinite Pradhan’s family said he has been rescued and hanging in its bathroom on police station in Nayagarh dis- ((6/$( %/)((%'(>//(!% period. All Government offices had received a phone call from the accused person Thursday. trict in the broad daylight on $():('/'% )($:M'%9': except health institutions and an unknown number on detained by police Sources said the boy had a Tuesday. $%:&($(   $$/)%/$(): police stations shall remain Thursday evening, after which for interrogation. fight with another inmate of the After closing his grocery 3 3 9:/ "# shut down from 2 pm on July he went outside and did not The 29-year-old orphanage in the morning. shop, Sahu kept the money bag 24 till further orders,” said an return thereafter. When they unmarried woman of After a while, he ended his life in his Tata AC vehicle when the  $$+$"$5 +6) order issued by the Boudh called him up repeatedly, all Kantol village under by hanging himself from the miscreants came all of sudden  0 -1 /&/%/  %O')'(!/( Collector. calls went unanswered. On Athagarh NAC had been kid- his proposal. ceiling of the bathroom with a and decamped with the bag. ' $ /)/'(E(F:GHGH# 6%' '(:!%%'L The Collector directed all Friday morning, locals spotted napped by Sanjay Barik of the The victim’s mother lodged towel. Acting on Sahu’s com- I/(M:/% $(*J:HHH!/(&%/ (' the employees to stay at the his body and informed police. same village on July 18 night a missing complaint at the On receiving information, plaint, the SDPO and local /&# $A /&%( $C#'/% &%/ (' headquarters and keep their Police reached the spot while she went outside her Athagarh police station after police along with Sub- police rushed to the spot and 3%5!': &'3%'':4:(B/":9!4: mobile phones on for commu- and sent the body for post- house for toilet. She fell uncon- she failed to find her in the Collector, Block Development conducted an investigation. O2 '%1 &!%':$)(': $%2 nication if any urgency arises. mortem. From the bruises, the scious; and next morning morning. During investiga- Officer (BDO), District Child However, the bag was located 9';# The move came after 41 cops assumed that Pradhan found her confined in a room tion, police came to know her Protection Officer (DCPO) near a tree on Bahuda outskirts fresh Covid-19 cases were was hit with sharp weapons. at Agrahat under the whereabouts. In support of the and Child Welfare Committee on Wednesday. Police said the reported from the district in the The police began investiga- Choudwar police limits. Choudwar police, their (CWC) officials reached the bag had some documents but %/%  J%   ) last 24 hours. Since most of tion into the incident. Barik allegedly raped her Athagarh counterparts raided spot and initiated an inquiry no money. Government employees were The BJP district wing for five days in the closed a house at Agrahat and rescued into the incident. Locals have questioned found positive in past few days, demanded a thorough inquiry room and offered her for mar- the victim. The accused youth, The deceased was studying police’s efficacy in conducting '    $(( the authorities announced the and immediate arrest of the riage. He reportedly threat- who was present in the room, at the Parabeda Upper Primary a proper investigation into the shutdown of all the offices. culprits. PNS ened to kill her if she spurned was caught. School. matter. %&: /$ ( ' /% NABARANGPUR: "%   Superstitions still rule the !% 505 7  : ;     roost, especially in rural areas.   This was evident from an inci- seven-year-old child was dent at Jamadarapada village /  Alured in bid to sacrifice under the Chandahandi police   % & #  5 * him for just Rs 25. station in Nabarangpur dis-    9 As per the allegation, the trict, where five persons minor victim is the son of allegedly forced a man to eat in Tech Mahindra and JAGATSINGHPUR: A 58- Satyaranjan Mandal of human excreta over witch- %   0    was staying in a rented year-old woman of Nalibar vil- Sandhakud slum area in craft suspicion. Later, police quarter in New Town lage here has tested corona pos- Paradip. He was playing out- arrested the five persons and area of city, itive. She had visited a private side his home when some forwarded them to ed the industries after getting 1"+  had complained of clinic here for her diabetic test woman approached and lured court. )##   the feedback from its alumni fever since last one where a doctor found Covid him by paying cash. They One Debisingh Hati (26) "  who are still working with  (  week. On Tuesday symptoms in her and advised asked the child to draw a line of Jamadarapada died due to them. The short bio data con- early morning, he col- her for antigen test at the in pond water as part of their snakebite on July 4. His fam-   9  cept (which is followed in IITs) lapsed at home, follow- DHH. works related to sorcery. ily members then invited a during placement has been  2  ing which he was After a rapid antigen test at In the evening, the boy's sorcerer from Chhattisgarh to he Government ITI, developed that varies from one rushed to hospital. But, the DHH, the woman tested father after a hectic search perform puja at their house. TBrahmapur, Principal industry to another. A Google ody of a 39 years old youth at least two hospitals positive and was put in isola- spotted his son near a river The sorcerer told the family under the present Covid-19 sit- form for generating the short Bof , who died at had rejected his admission, Rourkela, they were informed tion ward. area, wearing a garland and that the youth died because of uation coordinated with vari- bio data as per the requirement Kolkata on Tuesday morning, mentioning that their hospital as per the Covid protocol, the After this, the vermillion on forehead. He black magic performed by one ous industries for conducting of the industry has also been on the way to hospital and was is fully occupied and when the cremation would be conduct- Jagatsinghpur municipal rescued the boy. Later, he Hirasingh Dalei of the interviews in digital platforms designed. tested Covid positive, after his patient was on his way to third ed at Kolkata only. But, due to authorities sealed the clinic lodged a complaint in the village. for its students and former stu- After receiving the data- death, could not be cremated hospital (Rabindra Nath Tagore some other issue, the body has and the adjacent market com- Jatadhari Marine police station. Debisingh’s family mem- dents. The very objective base eligible lists of candidates even on Friday. The family Hospital), he had died on the been left stranded and crema- plex and launched a sanitisa- The police arrested Jayant bers believed the sorcerer’s behind organising the digital are generated and send it to the members of the deceased youth way. tion has not been done even on tion drive. Kumar Panda(Gunia), Minati advice and then called for a recruitment process was to industry. Shortlisted candidate at Rourkela, who have been Hospital sources had con- Friday. Meanwhile, a Covid Care Matia, Siva Matia, Jhilli Jan, village meeting on July 20 to build the confidence of the job are provided with a short train- helplessly waiting here, con- firmed that during autopsy, he "We contacted various offi- Centre has been inaugurated by Jitan Gayan and forwarded punish Hirasingh. In pres- seekers at a time when mass ing on how to use the digital firmed that the cremation was tested Covid positive. cials over phone and request- district Collector SK them to Kujang Court. All the ence of elders of the village, the sacking had dented their con- platform and how to face the could not be done on Friday. Although the family members ed to complete the cremation Mohapatra in the presence of arrestees admitted to have per- family members beat up fidence. interview, Principal Panigrahi Significantly, the deceased, of the deceased youth had process, but in vain," said Bijay the Chief District Medical formed a puja to get rid of a Hirasingh and forced him to The ITI has only shortlist- pointed out. who was working as a Manager wanted to bring the body to Bhol, father of the deceased. Officer. PNS disease. eat human excreta. PNS !     7')29 #         &   6   7%

#!   tion of the district administra- that, but lack of digital infra- levels in math and schools are running without a education will push the have- tion. Digital divide structure and the rural-urban language. computer, 23% without a ramp, nots out of the education sys- olamani Rana of "When I got complaints Regrettably, online divide will also keep millions of According to the Annual 79% without a playground, tem as well as compel them to DKarngamal village in from people of Doto and education in India causes children at the periphery of the Status of Education Report 81% do not have electricity, 2% work to support their families. Boden block of Nuapada dis- Lesunpali villages, I verified inequality, creates a divide education system during Covid (ASER) 2019 report, only 16 donot have boy’s toilets, 1% do Moreover, schools are more trict received her monthly some of the cards and found among students and 19, the NSS report revealed. per cent of children in Class 1 not have girl’s toilets and 0.4% than a teaching-learning place quota of two litres of kerosene the complaints genuine. I vis- estranges the most mar- in 26 surveyed rural districts are running without proper for the underprivileged chil- oil on July 11. It was long after ited the block office. The ginalised and underprivi- Learning Levels can read the text at the pre- buildings. The same abysmal dren. For them, the school a year of receiving two litres in Supplies Officer said the leged ones. Though the Minimum Levels of scribed level. Almost 40 per situation prevails as well in the remains the centre of social July last year. monthly quota of kerosene classroom-based learning Learning (MLL) approach usu- cent of them cannot even other States which were sur- protection, health and nutri- "I used to ask the GP sales- was issued to the dealer regu- has shifted to the virtual ally refers to a set of desired understand letters and 41 per veyed. tion. man about my kerosene quota larly, but he could not explain mode of education due to competencies to be achieved by cent of these children could In States, where the basic In this situation, what solu- whenever I go there to bring why the beneficiaries not given the pandemic induced practically all children at the understand two-digit num- infrastructure of the school is tion that our State my rice, but he would say that their quotas," said lockdown, an National level of mastery. bers. in a bad state, the Government Governments can offer to the quota had hot been issued Panigrahi. Sample Survey (NSS) Recently, the Atmashakti needs to provide immediate ensure children’s right to edu- by dealer," said Dolamani. Complaints about such pil- report (2017-18) said that Trust, an NGO, undertook a Infrastructure woes attention to the betterment of cation during the Covid-19? Phulbai Rana, another ferage of thousands of litres of ,+ #  only 23.8 per cent of Indian study on the learning level of Lack of school infrastruc- students learning. Experts opine that the National Food Security Act kerosene in Gandabaheli pan- households had access to the Government school children ture poses another challenge Governments should use lock- (NFSA) card holder of the vil- chayat of Sinapali block came ccording to a report internet. Further, only 12.5 per with over 4, 000 children across during the pandemic which Remedial classes down as an opportunity to lage has also a similar com- to the fore last month. The out- Areleased by the Unicef, cent of the students of these the country. The findings of the will affect the education of A report of the World provide remedial classes for plaint. She got only two litres come of inquiry made by the Covid-19 pandemic and lock- households have access to the study showed that in class-VIII, children. Numerous studies Economic Forum (WEF) states weaker students so that they are of kerosene last year. district administration is, how- down has impacted 247 million internet. only 49.79 per cent, 54.35 per are suggesting that students that there is no equality of suf- on par with the other students Verification of NFSA cards of ever, yet to be made public. children enrolled in elementary While the privileged stu- cent and 79.14 per cent passed studying in schools with poor fering or equality of sacrifice once regular school starts. And, 200 card holders of Thongo, "Such pilferage and misap- and secondary education in dents have coped with the the test in English, Math and infrastructure can have lower during an epidemic that is if we nurture those, especially Lesunpali and Karngamal vil- propriation would be found India. What could be the rea- shift, the unprivileged ones language respectively. In Class- scores than those with access to unreasonably aching the poor- during the pandemic time, lages of the block reveals that everywhere in Boden block. son: Lack of school infrastruc- are in difficulty. With no access V, only 41.04 per cent, 48.72 per better infrastructural facilities. est and most vulnerable. cases of drop-out and out-of- they have received kerosene The administration should ture, digital divide between to the internet connection and cent and 71.12 per cent passed An overcrowded classroom Therefore, underprivileged and school will drop significantly. only twice between July 2019 conduct a inquiry immediate- rural and urban children or the lack of a computer or a smart- the test in English, Math and with a chaotic learning envi- disadvantaged children will be and July 2020. ly," said Panigrahi. absence of a policy decision phone, these children, who language respectively. Similarly, ronment can adversely affect a the worst preys of the pan- (The author is a Learning about this pilfer- Meanwhile, the Boden that should carry the very spir- study in Government schools, 43.42 per cent and 27.64 per student’s learning capabilities. demic. Bhubaneswar-based freelance age and misappropriation, Tehsildar has sealed the it of ensuring “Education for are deprived of the alternative cent students in Class-III did The Niti Aayog report states With the existing digital journalist and Right to MLA Adhiraj Mohan kerosene godown of agent Arif All”? mode of learning. Not only not meet the expected learning that 93% of Government divide, relying only on online Education enthusiast) Panigrahi had drawn the atten- Mohammad.  !"#$!%$!' %(!) * +) ,-, ,  $        !!"

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Kumar, a 1987 disease dengue, which is a authors of the article cited changes. ed as the new Health Secretary batch IAS officer of Tripura threat now in the monsoon recent a report from Singapore As if this is not enough,   as part of a minor top-level cadre, has been appointed in season, could compound prob- of false-positive card tests for burden of both diseases being bureaucratic reshuffle on place of Ram Kumar Mishra, lems for the health care pro- reach epidemic proportions at diagnosis of Covid-19. dengue in two patients with borne by crowded urban areas linical trials of indige- Friday, according to a named Women and Child fessionals, especially, in the the same time, it may be diffi- Nevertheless, she said, SARS-CoV-2 infection which could make the matters worse. Cnously-prepared Covaxin Personnel Ministry order. He Development secretary. outpatient settings. cult to distinguish these two ill- “The laboratory diagnosis of they said, raises serious con- “While we exit from the lock- vaccine began on Friday at the will succeed Preeti Sudan, who The Appointments Nabaneeta Dash from the nesses particularly in outpatient individual infections would cern in the reliability of these down, we should have a All India Institute of Medical was given a three-month Committee of the Cabinet has pediatric infectious disease settings….The implications of become a challenging task. commercially available tests multi-pronged approach to Sciences (AIIMS) with a Delhi extension in April and demits also approved the assignment Unit, Department of Pediatrics, potential temporal overlap of Being a systemic viral infec- during Covid-19 pandemic. early case detection, isolation resident being administered office on July 31, it said. of additional charge of the post Christian Medical College, these two outbreaks can be tion, diagnosis of dengue large- Also, the effect of possible and management of not only the first dose of the Covid-19 Bhushan, a 1987 batch of secretary, Ministry of Mines, Vellore, explained that rainy and fourfold,” she pointed out in an ly relies on serological tests. co-infection with dengue and Covid-19 case, but also various vaccine. Doctors said no imme- Bihar cadre IAS officer, is the to Anil Kumar Jain, the order post-rainy periods between July article published in Pediatrics ELISA-based methods are rec- SARS-CoV-2 or the clinical febrile illnesses that visit us diate side-effects have been Officer on Special Duty in the said. Jain, a 1986 batch IAS and October in India report the Research. ommended; nevertheless, course of dengue in a during these pre-monsoon and observed so far. Department of Health and officer of Madhya Pradesh bulk of seasonal infections such However, she said that point-of-care card tests are recently recovered Covid-19 monsoon times. He will be monitored for Family Welfare under the cadre, is secretary, Ministry of as dengue, scrub typhus, malar- while the initial clinical symp- increasingly being used due to patient is unknown. “As physical and social the next seven days. Over 2,000 Ministry of Health and Family Coal. Mishra succeeds Ajay ia and other tropical fevers. toms such as fever, headache ease of performance and rapid- Much remains to be distancing becomes a norm in volunteers have enrolled for the Welfare. He was named OSD Tirkey who has been appoint- “Dengue is widely prevalent and myalgia are common to ity of results.” understood about the this changed world, so should first phase of human clinical in April this year. The Health ed secretary, Department of among all ages and known to both illnesses, the presence of Winsley Rose also from immune-pathogenesis of vector control and effective trial of Covaxin, said Dr Sanjay Ministry is at the forefront of Land Resources. present with a short history of respiratory symptoms such as pediatric infectious disease severe disease in dengue, they management of urban and Rai, Professor at the Centre for the fight against the novel Tirkey, a 1987 batch IAS undifferentiated fever. When cough, sore throat and new loss unit, Department of Pediatrics, added. household waters,” said the Community Medicine at the coronavirus pandemic. officer of Madhya Pradesh both dengue and Covid-19 of taste or smell may favour the CMC and Karthi Nallasamy, The authors have also health experts. AIIMS. In another move, Mines cadre, will replace The vaccine has been Secretary Sushil Kumar has Ruolkhumlien Buhril, who developed by the Hyderabad- been appointed secretary of superannuates on July 31. The first volunteer was will have 1,125 participants. According to the ethical informed consent, with no bursed for the commute, and based pharmaceutical compa- screened two days ago, said the Around 375 volunteers will be guidelines for conducting financial benefit from the any cost for controlling the side ny Bharat Biotech in collabo- Council of Medical Research the Indian Council for Medical doctor. needed in the phase 1 study human trials, volunteers sponsor. effects will also be borne by the ration with National Institute of (ICMR). AIIMS-Delhi is Research (ICMR) for conduct- The clinical trials registry across 12 sites, and 750 in should participate in the clin- If there was a need for trav- sponsor, one of the investiga- Virology (NIV) and Indian among the 12 sites selected by ing phase I and II trials. for the phase 1 and 2 studies phase 2. ical study only after giving el, the participant will be reim- tors said. =    &    %    &   &    %  , ; '<< &  ;        & &    O  # P  

he Election Commission          '<<      Ton Friday said it will announce the schedule for   Shah said the initiative holding by-elections to   the milestones for transfor- motivation strategies should would go a long way in Assembly and Lok Sabha seats mation of IAF in the coming keep pace with the changing eeking to empower and strengthening the marginal- at an "appropriate time". A esponding fast to the situ- decade. He said it was impor- times. Sassociate the marginalised ized potters’ community by total of 57 bypolls—56 Ration developing on the tant to recognise the nature of The commanders potters’ community with India’s incorporating technology to Assembly seats and one Lok hostile Line of Actual Control emerging threats in a rapidly reviewed the situation on the quest to become improve productivity while Sabha constituency —are due. (LAC) by deploying frontline changing world, officials said. LAC and the Line of “Aatmanirbhar”, Union Home also reviving the traditional art But the Commission did fighter jets at forward bases, He also emphasised on Control(LOC)with Pakistan, Minister Amit Shah on Friday of pottery. not specify whether the deci- the IAF in the three-day com- the need for rapid capacity took stock of operational pre- distributed 100 electric potter He also interacted with sion has been taken for all manders’ meet here discussed building, increase in service- paredness and strategies for wheels to 100 trained artisans five potters trained by KVIC in pending by-elections. The better ways to recognise the ability of all assets and dedi- countering security threats under the Kumhar pottery making and provided announcement came after the emerging threats and take cated work towards effective envisaged across the entire Sashaktikaran Yojana of the with electric potter wheels and poll panel decided to defer   .   action accordingly. integration of new technolo- spectrum. Khadi and Village Industries other equipment for their eight bypolls — seven assem- In fact, the IAF deploy- gies in the shortest timeframes. Chief of Defence Staff Commission (KVIC). future endeavours. bly and one Lok Sabha seat -- n the backdrop of ongoing '    ment in the last eight weeks or The IAF chief reiterated that (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, Addressing the beneficiaries at In Gandhinagar district, citing floods and the COVID- Itension at the Line of Actual (   so earned laurels from Defence the IAF’s long term goals for Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), his constituency Gandhinagar KVIC has trained 100 potters 19 pandemic. The six-month Control(LAC)in Ladakh,  #  Minister Rajnath Singh, who sustainable capability man- Admiral Karambir Singh and through video conferencing, from 14 villages and distributed deadline to hold these eight Defence Minister Rajnath while inaugurating the meet on date the acquisition and Chief of the Army Staff Shah said proper marketing 100 electric potter wheels and bypolls was ending on Singh on Friday urged Israel to     Tuesday, said it sent a message employment of niche tech- (COAS), General MM arrangements including tie-up 10 blunger machines. September 7. forge closer defence ties in %   to the “adversaries.” He also nologies and development of Naravane addressed the with Railways will be made for The average income of pot- The remaining 49 bypolls manufacturing weapons here. appreciated the IAF aerial indigenous platforms and Conference and interacted the potters’ community to sell ters under the Kumhar are due after September. An EC This message to his Israeli    strikes carried out in Balakot. weapons. with the Commanders as well their products. Sashaktikaran Yojana has gone spokesperson tweeted that "a counterpart Bajnamin Gantz   (    Concluding the confer- The Chief stated that since as the Principal Staff Officers KVIC Chairman VK up from nearly  3,000 per decision to hold by-elections in came as India needs modern ence here, IAF chief R K S human resource was the most (PSOs) at Air HQ on matters Saxena was also present in the month to nearly 12,000 per assembly and parliamentary rifles for its soldiers guarding #   Bhadauria on Friday articu- valuable asset of the IAF of jointness and integrated function. month. constituencies was taken by the the LAC and the Line of (   lated Vision 2030 laying down recruitment, training and warfighting. Commission after a review Control(LOC)facing Pakistan. * :) today (on Friday)." The Indian Army recently pur- ongoing collaboration in order another batch of 12 further clearances to cut short ("(9  !%(' "The schedule etc. shall be chased more than 10, 000 light research and development in launchers and around 250 mis- the procurement cycle. announced at an appropriate machine guns from Israel and fighting pandemic COVID- siles of Spike Anti-Tank Guided Similar powers were given (!'('"%&$(%'(& time," the spokesperson said may go in for more sniper rifles border. In May, the 19. Defence Minister of Israel Missiles(ATGM) and to them after the Balakot air without specifying whether for its Special Forces. Government increased the responded positively to an invi- additional Heron unmanned strike in February 2019 during   health monitoring devices, the decision pertained to all 57 In his telephonic conver- limit for FDI in defence tation from Rajnath to visit Aerial vehicles (UAV) among which the first batch of Spike smart power grids, and LTE bypolls or the eight deferred sation with Gantz, Rajnath through the automatic route India at the earliest others from Israel through the ATGMs were procured. o promote skill develop- cellular networks etc. due to pandemic and floods. also invited greater participa- from 49% to 74%. opportunity, an official state- emergency procurement route. Israel has emerged as one Tment at doorsteps in rural Artificial Intelligence is the Considering the ongoing tion of Israeli defence compa- Giving details of the talks, ment added. The three armed forces of the biggest arms exporters to India, the Common Services process of making machines pandemic situation and floods, nies under the new liberalised defence ministry officials said Sources said Rajnath also are likely to go procure weapon India in the last three decades Centres (CSC) will work with intelligent with human-like ECI had earlier deferred by- foreign direct investment (FDI) here both the Ministers briefed his Israeli counterpart systems in the coming weeks to since diplomatic relations were MATLAB Enabled Centres at characteristics. elections of eight constituen- regime in defence manufac- expressed satisfaction at the about the current situation on meet any operational require- established between the two CSC Academies that are specif- It has the ability to con- cies up to September 7 this turing. progress of strategic the LAC, the ongoing stalemate ments. countries in early 1990s. ically designed to promote tribute to all the sectors of the year. These talks took place as cooperation between the two and efforts by India and China To enable them do so, the The Israeli defence indus- Artificial intelligence and industry. It offers many possi- “The situation of COVID- the Indian armed forces are countries and discussed possi- to defuse tension through mil- defence ministry some days try, at present, is actively Machine Learning in all cor- bilities for rural India to grow. 19 has not improved in sever- also going in for emergency bilities of further strengthening itary and diplomatic level par- back granted involved in various research ners of life. CSC is an SPV We are seeing that implemen- al parts of the country and defence purchases including the defence engagements. leys, sources said. emergency powers to the and development projects with under Ministry of Electronics tation of conducting elections in this sit- from Israel amid ongoing The two Ministers also Exercising discretion to armed forces to procure India besides selling them state and IT. Artificial Intelligence in fields uation would pose a grave tensions with China on the expressed satisfaction at the buy weapons in the backdrop weapons systems up to 300 of the art weapons, electronic MATLAB is used in auto- like healthcare, education, risk to the health and safety of of the LAC situation, the Army crore on an urgent basis with- and information technology mobile active safety systems, financial inclusion, digital the citizen,” a source from has already taken a decision to out any based systems. interplanetary spacecraft, economy and agriculture. ECI had stated. 0   5& P    ;'?@ more for rice cultivation so far. reported from Uttar Pradesh (6.50 maximum areas have been report- #,6   Officials of the agriculture lakh hectare), Jharkhand (6.10 lakh ed from Maharashtra (5.32 lakh ministry said that the higher hectare), Madhya Pradesh (5.98 hectare), Karnataka (4.01 lakh espite floods in 11 States that acreage coverage also reflected that lakh hectare), Bihar (5.66 lakh hectare), Madhya Pradesh (3.11 Ddisplaced over 70 lakh popu- there is no impact of coronavirus hectare), Chhattisgarh (3.57 lakh lakh hectare), Rajasthan (2.13 lakh lation and damaged lakhs of hectare infections and nationwide lock- hectare), West Bengal (2.80 lakh hectare), Jharkhand (1.62 lakh of crops during this monsoon year, down for kharif crops plantation. hectare), Telangana (2.50 lakh hectare) and Telangana (1.09 lakh the Ministry of Agriculture’s data According to agriculture min- hectare), Assam (1.63 lakh hectare) hectare). on Friday showed that there is an istry’s data, 220.24 lakh hectare area and Gujarat (1.33 lakh hectare). As per the ministry’s data, increase of over 18 percent in is covered under rice plantation as This despite Assam, Bihar and about 137.13 lakh hectare area kharif crops’ plantation on 800 lakh compared to 187.70 lakh hectare, West Bengal are reeling under coverage under coarse cereals as hectares as compared to 675 lakh which is an increase of 32.54 lakh severe floods this monsoon. Punjab, compared to 120.30 lakh hectare hectares last year till date. The sow- hectare areas during the corre- Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Tripura while about 166.36 lakh hectare ing of pulses have been recorded 24 sponding period of last year. have reported less rice plantation so area coverage under oilseeds as percent more while it is 18 percent The maximum sowing is far. compared to 133.56 lakh hectare About during the corresponding period of 99.71 lakh last year. hectare has According to the Ministry of been cov- Home Affairs data, heavy rains in ered under Assam, Bihar, West Bengal and pulses some other states have led to a plantation severe flood situation resulting in as com- deaths and displacement of people. pared to In Assam, the CWC data says12 sta- 79.30 lakh tions reported Severe Flood hectare Situation and nine reported Above during the Normal Flood Situation. River corre- Brahmaputra is in a Severe Flood sponding Situation all along its course from period of Dibrugarh to Dhubri except in last year, an Guwahati where it is flowing in increase of Above Normal Flood situation 24 percent with a rising trend. According to or an CWC data, Bihar is the worst- increase of affected state due to the flood sit- 20.41 lakh uation. It said of 33 stations report- hectare ing Severe Flood Situation in the area. The country, 14 are in Bihar.  

 !"#$!%$!' %(!) * +) ,-, , 2+!9:+ , ,() :   #$$%&$ 9  ;# ,6 2$$ on Friday, 63,182 persons were physician , said the testing ratories tested negative in other    A    C  tested in these laboratories. being done in the State needs laboratories to authenticate the 6,504 patients were cured evaluation. efficacy of the laboratories. our barracks of the Jhansi district jail have ast 24 hours saw Covid-19 of the disease and they were “There are 114 laborato- He said the unprecedented Fbeen converted into a level one Covid hos- Lcausing havoc in Tamil discharged. While 1,299 per- ries across the State. But most increase in the number of pital after a total of 128 inmates tested Corona Nadu as it claimed 88 lives sons were tested positive in of these laboratories were set up patients was yet another indi- positive. across the State and a record , neighbouring after the pandemic went out of cation that modern medicine A spokesman of the Director General number of 6,785 new persons Chengalpet (419), control. Do we have a alone cannot take on this (Prisons) said “two inmates were symptomatic getting diagnosed with the Kancheepuram (349) and mechanism to monitor the pandemic. while 126 were asymptomatic” about the pandemic. Thiruvallur (378) continued quality of tests being done in “It is not late even now to Thursday development. There were 53, 132 Covid- to have high number of these centres?” asked Dr launch an integrated system of So far, 748 inmates in the district jail have 19 patients all over the State as patients. Krishnaswami. treatment protocol which we been tested and of these, 126 have turned out on Friday evening according to Virudhunagar (424) and He said he was forced to are following. But who is there positive. the media bulletin issued by Thoothukudi (313) did not come out challenging the lab- to listen,” asked the octogenar- District Magistrate Jhansi, Andhra Vamsi, Government of Tamil Nadu. show any signs of the numbers oratories because there were ian doctor who still takes care said: “Four barracks have been converted into The State has 114 laboratories coming down. Meanwhile Dr C many instances when persons of hundreds of patients a level one Covid hospital and all the 120 are working round the clock and V Krishnaswamy, eminent tested positive by these labo- approaching him. admitted there. A% ,     .&    %" (%  $" ,6 2$$ 2 sion undertaken by Swapna, Sarith and # # + Sandeep Nair. %'(*H* Sivsankar, the former principal Sivsankar denied that he had under- ,6 2$$  Msecretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi taken foreign jaunts without informing the Vijayan, has been asked to be present Kerala Government. But he broke down oncerned over the hike in the number of patients test- Kolkata: Amala Shankar the himself on Monday in the Kochi office of when the NIA offcials encountered him Cing positive for Covid-19, Tamil Nadu Government has famous ballet dancer, choreogra- National Investigating Agency (NIA) with details of his passport which had decided to distribute free face masks through fair price pher, actress and writer and wife probing the gold smuggling scam that has details about his private visits abroad. shops across the State. All ration card holders are being of legendary Uday Shankar passed rocked Kerala politics. Similarly, he denied the contention of issued two masks per person whose name figures in the away early on Friday morning. She Though the sleuths of NIA interro- the NIA that he was having close ties with card. Nearly 16 small scale units in the State are working was 101 and is survived by daugh- gated Sivsankar for five hours last evening, Sarith and Sandeep Nair. But the digital overtime to produce quality and safe masks, the distribu- ter and actor-cum-dancer Mamata the officials are not satisfied with some of records shown by the agency sleuths about tion of which would begin from Monday. Shankar apart from daughter-in- the replies given by him to their queries. his presence in the alleged meetings held A senior Revenue Department official in Fort Saint law Tanushree Shankar who is also While the NIA officers remained tight- by the three to execute the smuggling mis- George said that the first consignment of 6.5 lakh masks a noted ballet exponent. lipped about what happened during the sion came as a shock to him. have been received by the department. “The masks are being Uday Shankar, who was the interrogation, news trickling out from Though he was let off by 9.30 pm on tested for safety and effectiveness before we start distrib- elder brother of the late sitar sources in the agency is that the IAS offi- Thursday, the officer, who is said to be the uting them from ration shops,” said the official. maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, cer told them that he was having ‘close conscience keeper of the chief minister has Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami has made it a married Amala Shankar then a relations’ with Swapna Suresh, the king- been asked to be ready to face another vol- habit to persuade people in the State to wear masks. He is member of his ballet troupe in pin of the smuggling racket. But he said ley of queries on Monday at the NIA office in the habit of affectionately chiding media persons who 1942. The marriage however failed he was ignorant about the smuggling mis- at Kochi. do not wear face masks. in the subsequent years. PNS 7        4 &    !"#Q     (/( (/'(  & /   !     %    !)   2  ) ) 2  Chowdhury said “by propagating superstitious and obscurantist ,6 2$$ 2 nce again acting on the requests of the Bengal engal Opposition outfits on ideas the BJP leadership has OGovernment the Centre has decided to withdraw BFriday slammed the BJP lead- taken up the responsibility of ituation continued to be grievous in Kerala flights from Kolkata on the lockdown days in the State. ership for preaching “obscuran- destroying the good works done Sdespite a small fall in the number of patients No aircraft will fly in or out of the Netaji Subhas Chandra tist” and “superstitious” ideas by the renaissance icons of diagnosed with Covid-19 on Friday. Bose International Airport on Saturday and on July 29 which after BJP leaders from Delhi and India.” The State which saw more than 1,000 per- has also been scheduled as a lockdown day, Airport author- Madhya Pradesh prescribed Reminding how “Prime sons getting afflicted with coronavirus on ities said. “unscientific and magical ways” to Minister Narendra Modi upheld Wednesday and Thursday saw the number of Bengal Government has decided to impose twice-a-week fight corona. the example of Lord Ganesha to positive cases coming down to 885 on lockdown in the coming days to contain the rising cases of Hours after Union Minister claim that plastic surgery was Friday. This was stated by Chief Minister corona infections. Accordingly the State will impose lock- Arjun Meghwal launched a spe- existent in ancient Pinarayi Vijayan in his daily press briefing on down on Saturday and Wednesday. Subsequent dates will cial kind of Papad claiming it will India,” Chowdhury said “here Friday. be provided by the Government. About 8-10 municipalities help fight corona and MP Protem are the people who propogate that The Chief Minister said the only positive of the State are also following a week-long lockdown. Speaker Rameshwar beating of thalis and lighting note on Friday is the increase in the number of During the lockdown that will continue between 5 am Sharma said that the laying down mobile torches at specific time persons who were cured of the pandemic and and 10 pm when everything will be closed save facilities pro- of the foundation stone of Ram will tackle corona virus when the were discharged from hospitals. viding essential commodities. All Government and private Temple at Ayodhya will drive whole world is burning the mid- For the first time since the pandemic offices, commercial establishments, public and private away the pandemic virus night oil in search of a became widespread in Kerala, the State saw 968 transport will be barred, State Home Secretary earlier said. Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir vaccine.” persons getting cured fully from Covid-19. ;  =3 7   & -<') 2 

 ) 9 9 L er and asked him to work for him to political parties – both direct and operate the CEO’s campaign during proxy – during the elections. But, in aharashtra’s former Chief the October 2019 State Assembly the instant case, the CEO MMinister senior Congress leader polls. Maharashtra worked with an office Prithviraj Chavan on Friday dropped Chavan said that there was “clear bearer of the ruling party” a bombshell in the State political cir- evidence” to establish that the CEO “The Election Commission has cles, as he alleged that the Maharashtra’s social media cam- access to voter data bases and demo- Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer paign in the October 2019 Assembly graphics. The data is crucial in tar- (CEO) had hired an advertising polls was run by a BJP sponsored dig- geting specific voter groups. It is clear agency owned by a member of ital agency “Social Central” owned by that this data was available to the BJP BJYM, a youth wing of the BJP, to a BJP officer bearer Devang Dave, through the social media agency run operate its social media page during who is an office bearer of BJP and the by the BJP,” the former chief minis- the 2019 State Assembly polls. National Convenor of the IT and ter said.    &    & ,&&  B ,C %  In a letter written to the chief social media cell for the BJYM, the “We request you to conduct a   ;  5     #      A  Election Commissioner, Chavan said: Youth Wing of the BJP. thorough enquiry into the whole 0 P   &         ; #  “It is shocking that a senior of the Demanding an investigation into episode because the very integrity of  9, &   . & && %  ;   &     ECI, the Chief Electoral, Officer the State CEO’s alleged wrong doing, the free and fair conduct of the elec- # D ;     # $ E    5   # Maharashtra, chose a company Chavan said: “The ECI is mandated tion process appears to be under-     &   &     && # D E owned by a BJP national office bear- to monitor social media activity of all mined,” Chavan wrote. '('   ")*  71 "((  # "      "   "   " 2  Jammu: After a long gap the total num- in J&K while 508 patients were dis- ber of recoveries surpassed fresh cases charged from different hospitals after New Delhi: The Union HRD versities. Pokhriyal 'Nishank' announced of coronavirus detected in the Union ter- they recovered on Friday while 14 Ministry on Friday set up a According to officials, the committee will present its ritory of Jammu &Kashmir on Friday. patients died due to Covid-19 taking the committee to form guidelines mechanisms will be explored report within 15 days.”Due to In order to contain the spread of total tally of deaths to 296”. and suggest measures to ensure for starting multi-disciplinary the current Covid-19 situa- coronavirus, a 60 hour long weekend In Jammu, a car show room and that more students study in and innovative programs, twin- tion, many students who want- lock down began late Friday evening their workshop had to be closed down India and there is a smooth ning and joint degree pro- ed to pursue studies abroad across Jammu district . The lock down after one of the employees working there transition for students return- grams, cross-country designing have decided to stay back and will continue till 6.00 a.m on Monday. tested positive. The employees working ing from abroad due to Covid- of centres, facilitating online pursue the studies in India. Neighbouring districts of Udhampur, there are expected to be screened on 19 situation. lectures by eminent faculty There is also a rising number Reasi, Ramban, Samba, Kathua and Monday. In Kathua, 26 jawans of CISF, The committee, headed by abroad, linkage between acad- of Indian students returning to Rajouri are also witnessing lockdown to 1 CRPF personnel and 1 army jawan chairman of the University emia and industry, facilitate India with concern about com- effectively screen local contacts of fresh tested positive while several local resi- Grants Commission (UGC), is joint degree ventures and lateral pletion of their studies,” cases. dents from Rajouri and Jammu contin- also supposed to recommend a entry to Indian higher educa- Nishank said at a session on According to the media bulletin, ue to report positive raising fears among mechanism to increase the tion institutions. “Stay in India and Study in “353 new positive cases were detected the local population. PNS intake in well-performing uni- HRD Minister Ramesh India”. 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The war, fought mainly in the uncom-           ,   ( promising climate of the upper Himalayas, saw the                 ( raw courage of Indian soldiers assaulting uphill,          )     ( unmindful of enemy fire and dislodging them after                 a tough hand-to-hand fight. They regained our lost                territory which the enemy forces had occupied sur-      reptitiously, throwing to wind the unsigned conven-             tion between the two armies of maintaining status quo in the traditional gaps along the Line of   ) 8             ( Control (LoC). But for the raw courage and auda-              +  cious bravery of our soldiers and young officers, his-  29                 tory would have been different as the unscrupulous 22      ()   #      ( enemy had succeeded in taking us by surprise. Sadly             #         ( enough, what happened in Kargil is being replicat-  94  (   (  %A         ed, albeit on a much larger scale, across the trans- 2 3           +          Himalayan region in Eastern Ladakh along the Line  9   2#   , # ,   B     ( of Actual Control (LAC).  9     *              We were surprised then and we have been sur- 211 21   ) prised now. Intelligence, Surveillance and enable the armed forces to meet their quite vast and the enemy has many vul- never operated earlier. We were never con- Reconnaissance (ISR ) remain our major weakness.   2  immediate and critical needs. Today, our nerabilities. The possibility of collusion sulted on targets and never apprised of )              ( Since the war was limited and the LoC was much   4 armed forces are well-equipped with lat- between China and Pakistan cannot be strike missions. Occasionally we would                ( smaller in length, though there were shortages, the 5 2  est platforms, smart munitions, UAVs, mis- ruled out completely, though Islamabad hear aircraft north-east of Zozila and see   #       (       $  crunch was not felt. The amassing of Bofors guns and 9 222 siles and so on. We have definitely made does not have the capability to launch such some puffs around some features. Though, 0 B$ A          ( ammunition played a crucial role in enabling 2 5   a qualitative jump but numerically we are an offensive for the time being. Where we the stories of bombs/rockets hitting our    #         2  !    infantry assaults. The Indian Air Force (IAF), too,  21 still short of fighting a sustained two-front were holding the entire frontage with a own troops are exaggerated, it is a fact that                played a major role though it was not equipped to   2  war. Also criticality still exists in our Air brigade then, now we have a full infantry sometimes the munitions would land a few ,      )      $  0  + fight at those heights with the restriction of not cross-   4 Defence and the infantry weapon systems. division with well-sited and hardened ridges away where our troops were            A   ing the LoC. India also successfully called the nuclear 9  39 The Navy and IAF also have critical gaps defences along the entire length of the LoC. deployed. Fortunately we never had a                , bluff of Pakistan. A determined political leadership   which need to be filled. Depending on the Similarly, compared to 1962, our defences friendly fire casualty. Equally and impor- )        ()     made a critical difference. The higher military lead- quality of security we need, a percentage in eastern Ladakh are very strongly held tantly we never saw any target destroyed. ership and higher direction of war left many ques-  5 of the GDP (not below 3.5) has to be ear- with adequate reserves and a well-devel- “When we were planning an attack on               tions to be answered which were subsequently 21 3  2 marked for the defence budget. oped road and track network. The Kargil Tiger Hill, in order to maintain surprise,      , #        ,  addressed by the Kargil Review Committee (KRC)  2  Unlike 1999, when we had just experience has shown us that a ratio of 1:9 the artillery was tasked to fire on distrib-      9?? "   )      but unfortunately no heads rolled. Our true homage  # 2 become a nuclear power, today we boast or 1:12 is needed in these heights to launch uted targets but the IAF kept hitting Tiger          B !  B    to the martyrs would be to say with certainty and 2  of our triad capability with ICBM capabil- offensive operations. Hill without consulting us. Infuriated, Hq                )  authority that their sacrifices would not go waste and    4 ity. However, in view of the looming threat, ISR was a weakness then and remains 15 Corps was informed, which also con-                     a Kargil-like situation will not be repeated. 212   2  we must review our policy of “No First so even today. Though a lot of structural firmed that they had no knowledge of air 0  0 F    ,      $   While we can say with confidence that Kargil 2.0     Use.” India has always believed in honour- changes have taken place like the Defence plans.” This should give adequate idea of    C    2   #     will not happen again but while achieving that capa-  3#  ing various treaties and agreements but Intelligence Agency (DIA), National the absence of jointness during the last war   S         B     bility, did we ignore our other neighbour? While we    both our neighbours have shown scant Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), we fought. It would be unfair to say that   2     #         considered Pakistan as a threat, we continued to treat  :  respect for them while threatening us on Defence Image Processing and Analysis there has been no change. Lot of changes China as a challenge. Our political leadership was the LoC/LAC. In the case of Kargil, the Centre (DIPAC), yet the optimal has not for the good have taken place. Joint plan-       B   B    ( convinced about averting a conflict with China     plan was made as early as during the Zia been achieved. The problem does not lie ning is quite obvious in the current stand-        B         B  through political and diplomatic outreach. Despite   regime. We should have known about it. in the assets but in timely processing and off. Even the idea of theatre commands is            /F/D +    the alarm raised by the Army and other services, the  :  Thereafter, Pakistan began a proxy war dissemination. The permanent office of the gaining currency. Post-Kargil, two joint    B   S      ) # ( political hierarchy was overconfident of their capa- 9  692: against us. Just prior to Kargil War, it began National Security Advisor (NSA) is meant commands were raised as Strategic Forces           /6? "         bility to handle China. Like Pakistan, China, too, 9  6 4: regular shelling of the national highway, to look into this vital aspect of national Command and Andaman & Nicobar   B  #         proved to be treacherous and lulled our leadership 6 : linking Kashmir and Ladakh. Our respons- security management but the desired Command. Lately, a Special Forces joint ,   #       )    " ( into being friendly because it needed the Indian mar- GEQ- es were mainly defensive and ad-hoc. Pro- level of integration has not taken place. We command has also been raised.      2  2    B   ket to become an economic superpower. China all  5   active and punitive responses were absent also need to enhance the capability of oper- Another recommendation of the KRC     A     )       ) the while wanted to be the sole power in Asia but 3   due to the fear of an escalation. Pakistan ational and tactical intelligence. In such a was regarding border management. One       /F/D           our leadership failed to read the Chinese mind cor- took advantage of it, ignored the under- terrain, with unpredictable and harsh force per border has been implemented. rectly as it did with Pakistan at the time of Kargil. standing about “traditional gaps” and weather, a multi-mode, multi-layered, all- But the question of command and control )      C         While AB Vajpayee had taken a bus ride to Lahore presented us a fait accompli in the form weather, 24x7 surveillance grid is needed. still remains an issue. Particularly, along              ,  +   in search of peace, its scheming Army Chief Pervez of Kargil incursions. We also need to develop capability to mon- the LAC with China where the Indo-Tibet  C  +           -    Musharraf was planning the Kargil incursions. It is the same with China. Despite sala- itor the movement of Chinese troops and Border Police (ITBP) has been deployed.              Like any developing nation with a large segment mi-slicing, we continued to appease it. formations to the plateau or towards the There is a divided responsibility between          %   B    ( of the population below the poverty line, we also face Even after Doklam, we failed to wake up. LAC from the Xinjiang Military District. the Army and the ITBP, which has proved          *      /F/6 the dilemma of butter versus barrel of the gun. Every The net result is the multi-point, well- Mountains do impose certain restric- highly ineffective in the current stand-off. )          C  ( Government had to tread a very cautious path while planned incursions in eastern Ladakh with tions but we need to invest more in the Incursions happened under the watch of    #               allocating resources for defence forces. Even during a definite aim of holding out and not vacat- required means. Lack of jointness was a the ITBP and the Army had to come in            )      Kargil, General Malik, the then chief, had said that ing. Our planners would have known that major lesson from Kargil. Here I would like when the crisis developed. A poor arrange-     *            *  “my Army will fight with whatever we have.” our claim of Aksai Chin and Gilgit to quote the first-hand experience of the ment, particularly when we are faced with Immediately after Kargil, unmanned aerial vehicles Baltistan will definitely raise hackles in then Colonel General Staff of 8 Mountain a cunning enemy on the other side. The             )   (UAVs) and other surveillance equipment were added China because both are very critical to Division, which was moved from the ITBP should be placed under the com-     )             to the inventory. However, post-Kargil, because of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pet project Valley to dislodge the intruders. “Ever since mand of the Army following the LoC              ( the Bofors scandal, all major defence contracts were of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). the infamous huff between the then Army model.   #             ( put on hold. As a result, the country’s armed forces However, our planners, including the and IAF chiefs in the initial stages of the Needless to say the situation then and     S       )    began to suffer not only obsolescence but shortages military, failed to take any preventive and operations, the Army and Air Force never now is quite different. But some of the           # )     in spares, affecting the battle-readiness of equipment. precautionary measures to thwart the operated in unison. In the first week of lessons learnt during the Kargil War still  E            )   However, the trend was reversed post-2014 and Chinese threat. Once again we are react- June, the IAF recommenced Operation remain unaddressed for which we paid the                big ticket purchases were made for enhancing the ing. Worried about escalation, we did not Safed Sagar as we were in Operation Vijay. price at Galwan. 3       4 combat efficiency of the forces. Delegation and even exercise the option of quid pro quo. Two standalone operations in a small (The author is a Jammu-based veter- enhancement of financial powers was also done to Now it may be too late though the LAC is mountainous area, where the IAF had an and security and strategic analyst.) 5 %      %                       !,1/2&/?/ 9  A review of health geographic infor- requested applications of GIS services outbreaks, the spread pattern as well Using GIS functionality such as Ranging from mapping the out- mation system (GIS) literature has as early as February was the as its intensity to be able to implement spatial analytics, mapping and location break source, site selection for treat- 2 shown that almost 30 per cent of all Coronavirus dashboard. The interac- control, preventative as well as surveil- intelligence, health officials and ment, monitoring supply chains, /) volumes is focussed on infectious tive maps can locate as well as tally con- lance measures. Government agencies have access to resource location and so on, GIS has disease mapping. This is why one of firmed infections, fatalities and recov- It is an undeniable fact that in confirmed and active cases, fatalities contributed significantly to fighting the % ) our biggest champions in the ongoing eries, along with graphs detailing the order to identify at-risk populations in and recoveries. Since COVID-19 virus and speeding up efforts in places &&/( fight against COVID-19 is the use of progression of the virus. real-time, public health agencies, pol- impacts demographics in a dispropor- that they are needed the most. ( /(/')%':( GIS. Viewers can see the time and day icymakers as well as administrators tionate manner, such as the elderly and Modern GIS technologies are '('/ '/%! 2+3,1-4-. COVID-19 is a challenge like no of the most recent data update from need GIS to be able to understand out- those with co-morbidities, mapping based around web tools that improve other in recent times as the virus various sources, which include author- break patterns and plan targetted criteria such as social vulnerability, age data sharing and offer real-time infor- $$'(#/% he relationship between map- spread strikingly fast from China to the itative bodies such as the WHO and intervention such as the evaluation of and other factors have been helping in mation that can aid critical decision- (%/ ('/' $ ping systems and healthcare rest of the world. For comparison, one the Centre for Disease Control and available facilities and increasing their monitoring at-risk groups across making. A comprehensive GIS plat- $( ('(&# ($/'( Thas existed for centuries. In can look at how MERS took about 30 Prevention. If you look at India, the healthcare capacities. Apart from this, regions. Based on the available data, form can support the entire process of !(":(! /(/ fact, the earliest recorded map visual- months to infect a thousand people, National Centre for Disease Control is there is also the need for effective com- agencies can take a look at the relevant disease surveillance, preparedness and )('# %$''' isation goes back to 1694 and the SARS took around four months and the source of authoritative data via the munication amid all the supporting area of interest such as hospitals, response. With the world now shift- plague containment in Italy. Over the the Coronavirus reached that figure in application programme interface agencies as well as citizens so that there location of the cases being reported, ing to a new normal, epidemiologists %&%( $ last 300 years, the value of maps as a just 48 days. When a disease has the (API). Epidemiologists are utilising can be a coordinated response to the areas that have been affected, capaci- expect that outbreaks like this could  /$'( '%& #( communication tool for the under- capacity to travel so quickly, informa- GIS to map disease occurrence mea- crisis. Since location is the common ties as well as key demographic data happen more frequently in the future. $(('$'('($ standing and tracking of infectious dis- tion, too, has to keep up and in fact, sured against multiple parameters denomination between all these, GIS in order to create strategies that can aid Hence, GIS will continue to be crucial &&((%!/( eases, be it the yellow fever, cholera, the outpace it. This is the reason why map- such as demographics, environment, provides the capability to create a com- in the descriptive, predictive as well as for tackling viruses. ((%# 1918 influenza pandemic or the new- based dashboards have become crucial. geographies, past occurrences and so mon operating picture that will allow prescriptive stages of combating (The writer is co-founder and age MERS-CoV, has only heightened. So much so that among the top 10 on, to understand the origin of future multi-agency collaboration. COVID-19. director of a technology company) A   %(C  !"#$!%$!' %(!) * +) ,-, ,   2.      

Beijing: China on Friday istry statement said. have accused the Chinese con- ordered the US to close down “It gravely harmed China- sulate in Houston of being its consulate in Chengdu in US relations. The measure part of Beijing’s espionage oper- F,   O &  #&& P   retaliation to Washington’s taken by China is a legitimate ation in the US. decision to shut the Chinese and necessary response to the US President Donald mission in Houston, further unjustified act by the US. It Trump on Wednesday said he        #   #  straining the already tense conforms with international may order the closure of more bilateral ties. law, the basic norms of inter- Chinese consulates in the coun- Washington: Upping the ante nearly 50 years after President tainment. It’s about a complex A statement by the Chinese national relations, and cus- try. The Chinese consulate in on China over its expansion- Richard Nixon became the first new challenge we’ve never Foreign Ministry said the US tomary diplomatic practices”, it Houston was one of five in the ist policies and alleged cover- US president to travel to China. faced before: The USSR was Embassy here has been said. US, along with the embassy in up of the COVID-19 out- The top American diplo- closed off from the free world. informed of the Chinese gov- “The current situation in Washington DC. It has con- break, US Secretary of State mat formally announced a Communist China is already ernment’s decision to with- China-US relations is not what sulates in New York, San Mike Pompeo has pitched for reversal in the decades-old here, within our borders,” he draw its consent for the estab- China desires to see, and the Francisco, Los Angeles and a new “alliance of democra- China policy, which now insisted. lishment and operation of the US is responsible for all this. Chicago. cies” to counter the challenges would be more of confronta- “So we can’t face this chal- US Consulate General in We once again urge the US to Relations between the US posed by the authoritarian tionist in nature and organis- lenge alone. The UN, NATO, Chengdu, the provincial capi-      #  # #         9  immediately retract its wrong and China have taken a turn for Chinese regime. ing the rest of the free world the G7, the G20, our combined tal of southwestern Sichuan    decision and create necessary the worse in recent months Echoing President Donald against the authoritarian economic, diplomatic, and province. conditions for bringing the over Beijing’s handling of the Trump that the US has had Chinese regime led by military power is surely The consulate, established Wenbin accused staff in the duties and engaging in espi- bilateral relationship back on coronavirus pandemic. Fresh “enough” with China, Pompeo President Xi Jinping. enough to meet this chal- in 1985 and currently having Chengdu consulate “of inter- onage related activity. track”, it said. concerns over China’s crack- announced “distrust and ver- Today China is “increas- lenge, if directed properly. more than 200 staff, some 150 fering in China’s internal affairs Earlier, the ministry, in a Chengdu is one of six US down of its Uygur Muslims in ify” as US’ new rules of ingly authoritarian at home, Maybe it’s time for a new hired locally, is seen as strate- and harming China’s national statement noted that on July 21, foreign missions, including the Xinjiang and Beijing imposing engagement with the Chinese and more aggressive in its grouping of like-minded gically important because it security interests.” the US launched a “unilateral embassy in Beijing, in main- a controversial national secu- Communist Party and called hostility to freedom every- nations…a new alliance of allows the US to gather infor- Wang said that closing the provocation” by abruptly land China. The US also has a rity law in Hong Kong have on all nations to insist on rec- where else,” he said. democracies,” Pompeo said. mation on the sensitive region US mission in Chengdu was a demanding that China close its consulate in Hong Kong. also raised bilateral tensions. iprocity, transparency and “Let’s not repeat the same He said that if the free of Tibet, where the followers of “legitimate and necessary Consulate General in Houston. The US ordered the closure In a major speech on the accountability from them. mistakes of the past. The chal- world did not change the Dalai Lama have been response” to Washington The US move seriously of the Chinese consulate in Trump administration’s China Pompeo’s remarks at the lenge of China demands exer- Communist China, the latter demanding meaningful auton- demanding that the Chinese breached international law, the Houston, a move it said was policy on Thursday, Secretary Nixon Library on Thursday, tion from democracies… will change them. omy. consulate in Houston be shut. basic norms of international aimed “to protect American of State Mike Pompeo called the titled “Communist China and those in Europe, in Africa, in There can be no return to At a regular press confer- US officials have made similar relations, and the terms of the intellectual property and pri- Chinese consulate in Houston the Free World’s Future,” cast South America, and especial- past practices just because ence on Friday, Chinese foreign accusations about Chinese China-US Consular vate information.” “a hub of spying and intellectual aspersions on Beijing and its ly those in the Indo-Pacific they are comfortable, or con- ministry spokesman Wang diplomats acting beyond their Convention, the foreign min- Top American officials property theft.” PTI relations with Washington, region. This isn’t about con- venient, he noted. PTI ;   *   5 62.    ;7 ; %  :           %     /%  %  Geneva: Protesters and jour- unidentified officers. “That is a nalists in US cities, including worry, because it may place Washington: The United able,” tweeted US nuclear dis- Portland (US): A federal judge Portland in Oregon, must be those detained outside the pro- States accused Russia of test- armament negotiator Marshall     specifically blocked US Agents able to take part in peaceful tection of the law, and may give firing an anti-satellite weapon Billingslea, adding that it       from arresting or using physi- demonstrations without risking rise to arbitrary detention and in space, warning that the would be a “major issue” dis- cal force against journalists arbitrary arrest, detention, the other human rights violations,” threat against Washington’s cussed next week in Vienna, O   P and legal observers at protests unnecessary use of force or she told reporters in Geneva. systems was “real, serious and where he is in talks on a suc- in Oregon’s largest city where other rights violations, the UN Throssell said authorities increasing.” cessor to the New START Moscow: Russia on Friday dis- President Donald Trump is human rights office said Friday. should make sure that securi- US Space Command said treaty. missed accusations from the testing the limits of federal Spokeswoman Liz Throssell ty forces who are deployed are it “has evidence” that Moscow The treaty caps the nuclear United States and Britain that power. of the Office of the High “properly and clearly identi- “conducted a non-destructive warheads of the US and Russia it had tested an anti-satellite Federal agents appeared Commissioner for Human fied and use force only when test of a space-based anti- — the two Cold War-era weapon in space as “propa- to deploy tear gas early Friday Rights noted reports that some necessary” — proportionate- satellite weapon” on July 15. superpowers. ganda”. to force thousands of demon- peaceful demonstrators in ly and in line with interna- “Last week’s test is anoth- Commenting Friday on Moscow responded after strators from crowding around Portland had been detained by tional standards. AP er example that the threats to the accusations, Kremlin the United States Space the federal courthouse.   &   & #&    &      &!   US and Allied space systems spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Command on Thursday Protesters had projected      3E9  F  ,        2+$6,!+22)+ , are real, serious and increas- Russia supports “full demili- accused Russia of test-firing an lasers on the building and ing,” the Thursday statement tarisation of space and not bas- anti-satellite weapon in space attempted to take down a secu- made his ruling late Thursday, months since George Floyd    32 ment agents to the city. continued. ing any type of weapons in and warned the threat against rity fence that had been rein- a day after Portland’s mayor was killed in Minneapolis. Crews used a large crane “Clearly this is unaccept- space.” US systems was “real, serious forced to keep demonstrators at was tear-gassed by federal Simon had previously statue of Christopher to remove the statue from its The US Space Command and increasing”. The Russian a distance. agents while making an appear- ruled that journalists and legal AColumbus that drew pedestal as a small crowd said the test consisted of Foreign Ministry insisted on The protesters moved away ance outside a federal court- observers are exempt from chaotic protests in Chicago’s gathered to watch. Russia’s satellite called Moscow’s “commitment to as clouds of gas rose from the house during raucous demon- police orders requiring pro- Grant Park was taken down Several work trucks were Cosmos 2543 injecting an obligations on the non-dis- area and flash grenades could strations. testers to disperse once an early Friday amid a plan by seen in the area but it was object into orbit. criminatory use and study of be heard. Protesters have been kept unlawful assembly has been President Donald Trump to unclear where the statue could Russian state media has space with peaceful aims. “We US Judge Michael Simon up in the city for nearly two declared. AP dispatch federal law enforce- be taken. AP said that Cosmos-2543 had call on our US and British col- been deployed by another leagues to show professionalism satellite, Cosmos-2542, and instead of some propagan- * R  .   which was launched on 25 of distic information attacks, sit %  #  &   ; November 2019 by the down for talks,” the Ministry AFP AFP       Russian military. said in a statement. F,  , O P     Muslim faithful came from    that a US jet had passed by the across Turkey and quickly Iranian airliner, but at a safe ulfilling a dream of his filled specially designated areas ranian officials on Friday distance. FIslamic-oriented youth, outside of the Byzantine era Islammed the interception of According to Iranian state Turkish President Recep monument to join in the inau- an Iranian passenger plane by TV, two fighter jets came with- Tayyip Erdogan joined hun- gural prayers. a US fighter jet in the skies over in a distance of 100 meters (328 dreds of worshippers on Friday Many others were turned Syria as “illegal,” threatening feet) of the Iranian Airbus for the first Muslim prayers in away, while Orthodox action against Washington over A310. The pilot of Mahan Air 86 years inside Hagia Sophia, Christian church leaders in the incident. Flight 1152 quickly took the the Istanbul landmark that Greece and the United States Iran had said that one of its aircraft to a lower altitude to served as one of Christendom’s announced a “day of mourn- airliners, flying from Tehran to avoid a collision, the report most significant cathedrals, a ing” over Hagia Sophia’s return Beirut on Thursday, was said. mosque and a museum before as a mosque. “harassed” by fighter jets, but The sharp maneuver its conversion back into a later landed safely in Lebanon. caused slight injuries among Muslim place of worship. A US official confirmed some of the passengers. Thousands of other 0     & / 4    

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India, the timing of the this fiscal. “And that downward ing up with another round of a commendable job by pro- through macro stress tests influenced by the regulatory level CRAR is projected to “I expect the economy to COVID-19 pandemic was momentum could not be stimulus. Problem is going to viding liquidity and regulato- which attempt to assess the moratorium in the face of the drop from 14.6 per cent in start recovering completely by very unfortunate as the econ- reversed because of COVID- be on the demand side. The ry support to banks and other impact of cumulative shocks on COVID-19 pandemic, the pro- March 2020 to 13.3 per cent in the fourth quarter.... And omy was bottoming out in the 19,” he observed. government may look at a financial institutions. banks balance sheet and gen- jections for this exercise are March 2021 under the baseline achieve a positive growth. last quarter of 2019-20. 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In line ment has effectively deployed pace of economic growth. at 38,128.90. Similarly, the NSE  9 9 Nifty declined 21.30 points, or   he exact duration of how 0.19 per cent, to 11,194.15. mpact of the loan morato- Tlong COVID-19 pandem- Axis Bank was the top lag- he upper and lower limits Irium on private non-bank- ic will last is still uncertain and     !# gard in the Sensex pack, shed- Ton domestic airfares have ing financial companies resulting in significant down- ding over 3 per cent, followed been extended till November (NBFCs) and housing finance side risks to growth in FY21, by SBI, ICICI Bank, ONGC, 24, the Aviation Ministry said companies (HFCs) can be the Reserve Bank of India said =6    !$%&&!% HDFC and Kotak Bank. on Friday. substantial, with close to 50 on Friday. On the other hand, The Ministry had on May per cent of the aggregate The RBI had earlier said Kolkata: Manoj Joshi, General stock of the present status of   pre-purchase stage. Under Reliance Industries’ market 21 placed these limits till assets under moratorium as the country’s GDP will contract Manager, Metro Railway held Kavi Subhash to Hemanta the rules, e-commerce players valuation crossed the ? 14 lakh August 24. of April-end, the RBI’s in FY21, but did not give any a high -level meeting with Rail Mukherjee Station stretch of he Government has noti- have to display details about crore-mark after its stock ral- “As per the prevailing sit- Financial Stability Report number on the same, even as Vikas Nigam Ltd.(RVNL) offi- New Garia- Airport Metro Tfied new rules for e-com- return, refund, exchange, war- lied over 4 per cent to scale its uation of COVID-19, the said on Friday. analysts are pegging a negative cials at Metro Rail Bhavan project as well as Joka to merce companies, including ranty and guarantee, delivery fresh peak. Central government...directs In March, the RBI had growth of up to 9.5 per cent. today (24.07.2020) to review Majerhat stretch of Joka - mandatory display of ‘country and shipment, and any other HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, that the order shall remain in announced a moratorium on “For the fiscal year as a the progress of different on- Esplanade Metro Project. of origin’ on their products, and information that may be Sun Pharma, IndusInd Bank force till 2359 hrs on 24th repayment of term loans till whole, there is still heightened going Metro Projects in the General Manager instructed said any non-compliance will required by consumers to make and Infosys were among the November, 2020, or until fur- May 31. It was later extend- uncertainty about the duration city. all to complete all the pending attract penal action. informed decisions. other gainers. According to ther orders,” the Aviation ed for another three months. of the pandemic. As such, the In this meeting, he was works within the stipulated The ‘Consumer Sellers offering goods and traders, despite the rally in Ministry said. Domestic pas- “The impact of the downside risks to growth briefed about the progress of time. Senior Officers of Metro Protection (E-Commerce) services through a market- index-heavyweight RIL, senger services resumed on moratorium on private remain significant,” the RBI works of Noapara- Railway were also present in Rules, 2020’ were notified on place e-commerce entity will domestic markets turned May 25 after nearly two NBFCs/HFCs can be sub- said in the half-yearly Financial Dakhineswar Extension this meeting. Thursday. The new rules will be have to provide the above volatile amid a selloff in glob- months of suspension to stantial, with proportion of Stability Report released on Project. Shri Joshi also took applicable to all electronic details to the e-commerce enti- al equities on escalating ten- combat the coronavirus out- assets under the moratorium Friday.A full restoration in retailers (e-tailers) registered in ty to be displayed on its plat- sions between the US and break. for NBFCs averaged between economic activity would be India or abroad but offering form or website. China.Earlier in the day, China The aviation regulator 39-65 per cent based on contingent upon the support goods and services to Indian Under the new rules, e- ordered the US to close its con- DGCA had on May 21 issued underlying assets with for robust health infrastructure, consumers. The vio- commerce entities should not sulate in Chengdu in retaliation seven bands of ticket pricing approximately 50 per cent of recovery in demand condi- lation of the rules will attract impose “cancellation charges” to Washington’s decision to with lower and upper fare lim- the aggregate assets under tions and fixing of supply dis- penal action under the on consumers cancelling orders shut the Chinese mission in its. The first such band con- moratorium as on end April locations, it said. Additionally, Consumer Protection Act, after confirmation unless sell- Houston, further straining the sists of flights that are of less 2020,” the Financial Stability the state of global factors like 2019. According to the new ers are ready to pay similar already tense bilateral ties. than 40 minutes duration The Report (FSR) showed. trade and financial conditions rules, the e-commerce players charges in case cancellation of Bourses in Shanghai, Hong lower and the upper fare lim- Based on the disclo- will also have a bearing on the will have to display the total orders are from their side. 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Two one truth was the chemistry between stranger women, Krishna and Alia A NIGHT OF Keeping in mind the mood and the Krishna and Alia. From writing every (played by Serena Walia and Ayushi cultural backdrop that form the texture conversation that leads to something big- Gupta), meet on a festive night of of the film, how does the Navratri ger to maintaining the pace and rhythm Navratri. Romance blossoms between backdrop connect with the storyline? of the story, choosing small moments, them as they walk the night in the lanes Having my roots in Ahmedabad, glances, reactions in the edit — every- of Ahmedabad, exchanging mythology Navratri has always been that time of the thing was choreographed keeping in trivia, laughter, street food and experi- ROMANCE year when this otherwise stiff city mind the one aim to make these two ences of life only to realise it could lead loosens up a little and comes to life. I was characters and the energy they share to more. never a good dancer and so I was usu- come alive. It was actually interesting to ally more drawn to what happened out- not have my editor (also the co-produc- Recently, you had said, “Two women side the loud garba grounds. People like er of the film), Manan Bhatt on set and freely roaming the city, sharing a safe me are usually out on the streets, laugh- also, to have him step in creatively only space in the absence of a patriarchal ing, flirting and eating without any time- when the film was at its post-production gaze and falling in love was something bound commitments. There is a sense of stage. This helped in giving it a fresh and that I’ve longed to see on screen. This liberation during these nine nights of the unbiased perspective in the edit — was a very instinctive thought for this festival (very much contrary to the cel- something that is always the hardest for love story...” What did you want to ebration of the unflawed “divine femi- a director because you are just so showcase through this simple yet pow- nine” that Navratri originally stands for). attached with every good moment cap- erful vision? Considering this film is about an instant tured that you just don’t want to let them I majored in film and TV in college. connection between two women and a go! So to pull all of it off in 20 minutes One day, one of my friends, who was also night of romance, this cultural set-up fit was definitely a challenge but a fun one. studying with me, showed me some really well. Also, I am a sucker for pret- beautiful pictures that he had taken of ty ghaghras so maybe that might have How do think the streaming plat- Pune at night — the empty streets and subconsciously played a role. forms can impact the short film space? the glaring lights. I had just bought a new Streaming platforms can hugely DSLR then and I remember being real- Do you think films around the queer impact the short film space as I think ly motivated to try my hand at street community still provoke debates and short films are where the next crop of photography for the first time. So when controversies despite attempts to nor- cinematic storytellers will emerge. And I was in Mumbai, I took my DSLR out malise conversations? just how streaming platforms are now and decided to spend two days walking I am a huge fan of conversational relieving feature films of various limita- down the lanes of the city without a films, especially when it comes to love tions, dependencies and length bound- definitive plan, taking pictures (I had stories. But I wouldn’t say I chose a topic ations, they can really help budding pro- mapped out an itinerary of the locals I to tell this story. It stemmed more from duction houses by providing them a was going to take to make good use of choosing a genre that I was keen on financially-viable model for short films. my time). But when I actually got down exploring as my first film. I don’t think This will also allow young and indepen- to doing so, I didn’t find it as fulfilling that creative endeavours are always dri- dent filmmakers to focus on the craft and liberating as I had hoped it to be. I ven by thoughts like what ignites con- itself. found myself looking back every five troversy and what doesn’t. Of course, Being a debut film for me and my minutes, pulling down my shirt every- there is the politics of the film, which is team, it has been challenging because time I bent to take a photograph, avoid- pretty apparent in what the story is and such a model for short films is unfortu- ing dark lanes and quiet corners and pri- how it is told. But I think ultimately, for nately still close to absent but I am very oritising my safety over a good shot. It me and my team, this was an honest hopeful that it will improve in the com- resonated deeply with an American attempt to explore a love story in a world ing years with OTTs and so many poet and novelist Sylvia Plath’s words: that was closer to ours. It was an initia- streaming options. “Yes, my consuming desire is to mingle tive to bring something fresh on screen with road crews, sailors and soldiers, bar- by exploring our understanding of the Such an issue might not find a place room regulars — to be a part of a scene, craft of filmmaking. in the mainstream cinema. How do you anonymous, listening, recording — all Having said that, it was a conscious think short films are the right this is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, choice to show a queer love story, nor- medium to present such ironies to the a female always supposedly in danger of malising the relationship by not contrast- audience? assault and battery. My consuming ing their love with any external backlash. I humbly disagree to the claim that interest in men and their lives is often The protagonists are not seeking soci- such films might not find a place in the misconstrued as a desire to seduce etal approvals or trying to convince the mainstream cinema. I believe and hope them or as an invitation to intimacy. Yes, world of their sexual orientation, but are that our understanding of mainstream God, I want to talk to everybody as unapologetically walking the city and cinema itself will evolve with the advent deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep just breathing in the night of romance of not just new-age filmmakers but with in an open field, to travel West, to walk and comfort. a healthier competition between plat- freely at night...” forms and theatrical releases. Our coun- In this film, I tried showing an ideal Chance encounters have been a com- try has so many different pockets of peo- version of this reality — one where the N   2 2  mon leitmotif in films. What was ple with such varied stories to tell. It is city is a safe space for love, a dreamworld your approach while exploring this a matter of time that with the tremen- (which hopefully becomes a reality) 2 22 idea? dous exposure to world cinema and for- where two women can immerse them- B 2524: Both Krishna and Alia have lived eign content, which is accessible so eas- selves in their conversations and just very different pasts. The fears that they ily now, there will be a surge of demand enjoy their night the way they wish to. 29   3 hold today, their hopes and desires, to for feature films which are unique on our a large extent, have been shaped by the shores as well. You said that while writing the film,   2 42 choices they have made so far. We are Having said that, like I mentioned, your co-writer Chintan Bhatt and you 2  3  after all a product of our choices — be the short-film space is an important were conscious of the nuances of the it conscious ones or even the ones that avenue that needs an equally strong genre. How did you rein everything in? 25  4 might have seemed inconsequential at model to sustain, especially considering Conversational films were always in — one where they go from awkward Q   # the moment. These two characters are the digital age and the changing needs something that both Chintan silences, getting to knowing each other never passive receivers of their surround- and modes of watching films. and I have been drawn towards, to gradually stripping down their guards  2 32  ings but are constantly making choices. especially when it comes to love and becoming vulnerable. We used ele- Their decision to ditch the garba event Were there any stereotypes that you stories. We’ve been huge fans of ments like stories, anecdotes as well as 2 3 and choosing to roam the streets with had to hear? films where dialogue has led the some powerful songs in their conversa- 2   25  each other is in itself a way of making Stereotypes exist in every field and way for two people to come tions such as ‘Kai Baar Yuhi Dekha Hai’ them responsible for this time together. in everything that one does. Isn’t it? But together. To do justice to this from Rajnigandha and ‘Na Jaane Kyun’ 24 32 I believe that is what makes the night I think identifying those stereotypes pre- genre, it was important that we from Chhoti Si Baat to give a warm and even more special and romantic. Besides sents an opportunity to pave something understood the heart of the film. nostalgic mood to it. Also, people have 25 2 this, there are also certain choices they unique. It is important that we realise The chemistry between Krishna commented on how this was an ode to 21 Q  might not be aware of, which have led that stereotypes are not norms but are and Alia was always central and we Basu Chatterjee’s them here. We have tried to explore meant to be identified rightly and bro- approached every conversation, films. I want to 2   2O those possibilities not just in the narra- ken. One way of doing that is by creat- trying to make sure that they seem take this tive of the film but also in its structure. ing something that challenges that both magical and believable at the moment to thought. same time. This set-up of a first- mention that Since it is a short film, exploring the (The film will have its India Premiere meet romance automatically gave us this was actual- warmth of an instant connection, at 11th edition of Kashish Mumbai a structure that we could play with- ly a homage to heartbreak and choices, how do you International Queer Film Festival.)

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So Schlafly, was it daunting to play a ing out somebody who had such a on Mrs America? extraordinary things across indus- every lunchtime, I was going real life person or a historical fig- particular and polarising national I’ve always identified as a fem- tries, I’ll ask them a question hop- through the outtakes from the ure? identity. It was about having to look inist but I was also a part of the anti- ing that they’re going to solve the Pennebaker documentary to try There’s another trait that I share behind and beyond that without any wave in the mid-80s and during the problem and they take the time and and understand his energy. So it was with Phyllis Schlafly and that is that sense of judgement or pre-suppos- 90s. Feminism was a dirty word at have the courage to say ‘I don’t quite obsessive and I became I am quite bossy and opinionated. ing what she truly thought inside! the time. The conversation that was know, what do you think.’ So sud- obsessed with him in a lot of ways. 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  with outgoing deliveries. “I was too worried thinking about the ball he lesson of “forward press against fast that might come in. I was opening up a bit too Tbowlers” from Sachin Tendulkar and a tip early so the ball that was going away I was get- from head coach Ravi Shastri to stand outside ting out to it every time. I just couldn't get past the crease led to his transformation as a prolif- that confusion,” he admitted. ic Test batsman after a disastrous England tour However with the tweak in technique also in 2014, feels India captain Virat Kohli. came a tweak in his stance, which was suggest- Kohli had a nightmare of an England tour ed by Shastri (Team Director in 2014-15) just where he failed in 10 successive innings but before the start of 2014-15 Australia tour and the came back later in the year against rest is history. Australia scoring four tons in “He (Shastri) told four games, including two in me one thing, to stand Adelaide. outside the crease. He In a chat with Mayank explained the mindset Agarwal for 'bcci.Tv', the behind it. 'You should be in Indian skipper decoded his control of the space you are technical changes post that playing in and not giving oppor- England tour. tunities to the bowler to get you “The 2014 (tour) will be out’.” a milestone in my career. Lot Shastri also explained the of people take good tours as a logic that by standing outside milestone in their careers but for the crease, so many dismissals me 2014 will be a milestone,” get taken out. Kohli told Agarwal in the show “So I started practising ‘Open Nets with Mayank’. that the same year and “I came back from England results were unbelievable.” and spoke to Sachin Paaji and had a He also credited for- few sessions with him in Mumbai. I told mer India coach him that I am working on my hip position. Duncan Fletcher, He made me realise the importance of big someone with vast stride, a forward press against fast bowlers,” knowledge about bat- Kohli explained. ting. “The moment I started doing that with “I made my my hip alignment, things started falling in stance bigger after a place nicely and then the Australia tour conversation with happened,” said Kohli. Duncan Fletcher, who He explained what went wrong in has amazing under- England and how he realised it. standing of the game. “My hip position was an issue during He only asked one ques- that England tour. It was basically not tion, ‘Will I be able to play  9  tail left for England after the dis- that was too close to him and England's batting lineup field with an apparent ham- adjusting to the conditions and doing what the short ball with a forward missals of Ben Stokes and Rory finding an edge that was taken has been weakened after choos- string strain after pulling up I wanted to do. So being rigid doesn’t press and that base (widened ngland’s truncated bat- Burns in the second session. one-handed - and brilliantly - ing to select four fast bowlers as during his fourth over. He take you anywhere. It was a long and stance)’. I said I can.” ting department fell Stokes - promoted to No. 4 by Rahkeem Cornwall at slip. well as a spinner for the test. returned, though, to the relief painful realization but I realized it,” he There was another inter- Echeaply as disciplined so England could squeeze in England is crawling along, Stokes, the star of the second of captain Jason Holder and is said. esting little chat with Shastri bowling by the West Indies another fast bowler - was scoring 65 runs at a rate of 2.5 test won by England back bowling.Roach has 2-28 The opening of hip limited his shot which was an example of reduced the hosts to 131-4 by bowled by a beauty through the per over between lunch and tea. in Manchester, is struggling off 12.4 overs, and needs one making ability, Kohli realized. Kohli's determination. tea on the first day of the gate by Kemar Roach for 20, Before lunch, the West for full fitness and unlikely to more wicket for 200 in tests. “One thing stood out, right hip “Ravi bhai asked me that if deciding test at Old Trafford on having added 13 runs to his Indies snared Dom Sibley in the bowl, so is being used as a spe- The series is tied at 1-1 and opens or closes too much you now you are I was scared of short ball,” Kohli Friday. score at lunch. first over and captain Joe Root cialist batsman. the Windies, who won the first in trouble. Keep that hip position nice and laughed. Ollie Pope (24) and wick- Burns reached his sixth - to a run-out - near the end of West Indies paceman test in Southampton, are look- side-on and balanced so that you can play “I said I am not scared and I etkeeper Jos Buttler (2) were test half-century but departed the session after putting Shannon Gabriel started for the ing to capture a test series in through both off side and leg side with equal don’t mind getting hurt but I don't aiming to rebuild the innings in soon after for 57, wafting at a England into bat under gray third straight match this series England for the first time since control is very very important,” he said. want to get out,” the India skipper Manchester, with only a long ball from spinner Roston Chase skies. and spent some time off the 1988. Anderson was taking him out mainly added.    % Q     A1        ?  /    R

 22 English way of doing it by the Brathwaite cited the exam-   2 book, but all good teams need ple of star all-rounder Ben ormer West Indies T20 skip- the X-Factor. I think he Stokes, who has courted trou- eteran South Africa spin- Fper Carlos Brathwaite feels (Archer) brings that X-Factor ble in the past but emerged as Vner Imran Tahir heaped England pacer Jofra Archer is and I thought Kevin Pietersen one of the most consistent per- praise on Pakistan white-ball the “do-it-my-way” type of brought that X-Factor,” formers for England in the last skipper Babar Azam and player which every team needs Brathwaite told BBC Sport. two years. He also led the referred to him as one of the and also has the potential to be “While you’re hoping that England team in the first Test best in the world. a future leader of the side. the majority of the team are 75 in the absence of Joe Root. Over the years, Azam has The 25-year-old Archer per cent consistent and they do Brathwaite sees a leader in been one of the most consistent was included in the England everything by the book - they Archer and wants England to Pakistan batsmen across for- team for the third Test after are always early, they eat right, support him in discovering his mats. He holds the top spot in being dropped from the second they do this and they do that - leadership qualities so that he ICC rankings for batsmen in game for breaching the side’s you do need that rogue. can serve English cricket for a T20Is, third spot in ODIs and COVID-19 bio-secure protocol. “I am not saying that he long time. sixth in Tests. He apologised for his action of (Archer) is that, but every team “If you think about it, Tahir also lauded Azam” visiting his home while the needs that rogue, that X-Factor, Stokes not so long ago, was seen leadership skills and stated he I believe he is one of the best a lot of effort into the game. My team was in a bio-secure envi- that doesn't play by the rules of as that type of character. Now is perfect for young Pakistan players in the world today,” experience tells me that they ronment. the book and ‘do it my way’ type he’s seen as a leader,” Brathwaite cricketers to follow. Tahir was quoted as saying by will do well in the future but at “There is the traditional of character.” said. “The current team led by Cricket Pakistan. the same time they should be Babar Azam is very young and “He is surrounded by prepared to not give up if they I wish him all the best because youngsters. Young players put lose some games,” he added. Healy disappointed after Ind cancelled tour of Eng

  England in June is scheduled to be Emirates. which got postponed played in New His tweet read, op Australian due to the coron- Zealand from “Why is it harder to Tcricketer Alyssa avirus outbreak. February 6 to March send the Indian Healy has expressed But the UK 7 next year. national women’s disappointment at sojourn was called Healy’s remark is team to England the cancellation of off earlier this week. significant as she is than it is to send the the Indian women’s “Would be sad one of the top female entire IPL to the team’s proposed tour to see it not happen cricketers of not only UAE?” of England owing to especially with the Australia but the A challenging the COVID-19 pan- hope of a WC world. tour of England demic. (World Cup) early Eyre wondered would have helped The Indian next year,” Healy why it’s so difficult immensely in the women’s team was tweeted in response for the women’s team Indian team’s prepa- originally slated to to a post by Sydney- to tour England even rations for the World play a bilateral series based cricket writer as the BCCI plans to Cup, reckoned a few comprising three Rick Eyre. go ahead with the from the cricket ODIs and as many The ICC rescheduled IPL in community after the T20Is against Women’s World Cup the United Arab cancellation.