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VOLUME 10, ISSUE 154 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL Loan recast scheme by Sept 15

AGENCIES rebuilding businesses desperate for n Sitharaman focused on lenders help owing to Covid-19 related dis- New Delhi, Sept 3: Finance Minister RELIEF TO immediately putting in place board- tress,” the Finance Ministry said. approved policy for resolution, Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday told On August 6, the RBI had announced identifying eligible borrowers and banks in a meeting to put in place a loan a loan restructuring scheme for all BORROWERS reaching out to them and quick restructuring scheme for rescuing all implementation of a sustained types of borrowers – corporate, MSME viable business units affected by the resolution plan by lenders and personal loan segments. Covid-19 pandemic by September 15. For non-MSME account holders, such n “During her interaction, the Finance Sitharaman restructuring can be sought till December Minister focused on lenders immedi- impressed upon 31 this year, provided that the borrower Queue outside is getting the lenders that as ately putting in place board-approved should not be in default for more than Khurda beats longer since the govt and when banned PUBG policy for resolution, identifying eligible moratorium on 30 days as of March 1, 2020. The banks borrowers and reaching out to them and loan repayments is have to implement the resolution frame- quick implementation of a sustained lifted, borrowers work within 180 days of agreeing upon resolution plan by lenders for revival must be given the restructuring proposal. Ganjam in SHORT TAKES of every viable business,” the Finance support and For MSMEs, the RBI has allowed all Ministry said in a statement. Covid-19 related the three types of stressed assets to The meeting was held with the chief distress must not avail restructuring, provided their CHSE Plus II Arts executives of all scheduled commercial impact their total exposure is not more than `25 Covid caseload banks and non-banking financial com- credit worthiness crore. But for others, including MSMEs results tomorrow ` panies to “review their state of pre- with loan of more than 25 crore, re- DISTRICT NEW CASES TOTAL DEATHS Bhubaneswar: The Council of paredness for implementation of the structuring window will not be avail- Higher Secondary Education loans resolution framework for Covid- able if they fall under SMA-1 or SMA- KHURDA 722 18,881 70 (CHSE) in Odisha will 19 related stress.” tress must not impact the lenders’ as- lines stipulated by the Reserve Bank 2 categories. announce the results of Plus II The FM stressed that banks should sessment of their creditworthiness,” of India (RBI),” the ministry added. There are three types of stress assets, GANJAM 107 18,345 197 arts stream for 2019-20 at 4 keep in mind the Covid-19 related dis- the Finance Ministry said. The finance ministry is also in touch technically known as Special Mention p.m. September 5, informed tress of borrowers which should not The banks were told to put in place with the RBI to ensure that the regu- Accounts, before an account becomes POST NEWS NETWORK Reinforce Covid the State School and Mass come in the way of assessing their credit- FAQs on the debt restructuring on lator provides assistance to lenders in an NPA: SMA-0 are those in which Education Minister Samir worthiness at the time of giving loans. their websites in multiple languages. the resolution process. loan repayments have been overdue Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: mgmt, says CM Ranjan Dash Thursday. The “During the meeting, Sitharaman “The lenders assured that they are “The Finance Minister also exhorted for a period of up to 30 days, SMA-1 are Khurda district has sur- Bhubaneswar: With the contin- results will be available online impressed upon the lenders that as ready with their resolution policies, the lenders to proactively respond to the ones that have been overdue for a passed Ganjam district in re- uous rise in Covid-19 cases in on www.chseodisha.nic.in and and when moratorium on loan repay- have started the process of identifying needs of companies and businesses, period between 31 and 60 days, while porting the highest num- Khurda and Cuttack districts, www.orissaresults.nic.in. A ments is lifted, borrowers must be and reaching out to eligible borrowers, as well as those of individual borrow- SMA-2 accounts are those with a delay ber of COVID-19 cases. While Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik total of 2.18 lakh students had given support and Covid-19 related dis- and that they will comply with the time- ers, and to spearhead the efforts for of 61-90 days. the infections are rising Thursday directed concerned appeared the Plus II arts alarmingly in the state cap- officials to strengthen Covid examination this year which ital, Ganjam is currently management strategy for was held in March. However, a these two districts. Though few papers could not be held seeing a decline in the num- Twitter a/c of PM ber of cases. state’s Covid situation is due to nationwide lockdown much better than the nation- Latest data released by amid the Covid-19 outbreak Modi’s personal China funds anti-India protests al level, the management forcing the state government the state Health department strategy for Khurda and to come up with a new showed that with the addi- Cuttack need to be revised process of evaluation. website hacked INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE China deploys five militia tion of 722 new COVID-19 as the cases are going up, he cases Thursday, Khurda is said while holding a high- New Delhi, Sept 3: China has paid `2.5 squads in Eastern Ladakh now the hotbed of the disease level review meeting through crore (in Nepali currency) to various in the state. As of date, the video conferencing mode. P4 Another minister organisations based in Nepal to carry out NEW DELHI: China has deployed five militia district has reported 18,881 tests Covid +ve demonstrations against India along the squads for rapid response at the disputed COVID-19 cases. On the other cently, moved towards sta- Indo-Nepal border that stretches to over Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh. It hand, Ganjam reported bilisation in August. Bhubaneswar: Odisha Minister 1,700 km, intelligence agencies said. has done so to “consolidate the border” and 18,345 cases till Thursday. At the same time, of Textile and handicrafts, “Chinese Embassy in Nepal has pro- China situated atop the Kalapani Valley “stabilise Tibet region”, sources said. However, in terms of fa- Mayurbhanj and Rayagada Padmini Dian, Thursday said she vided financial support to the tune of `2.5 in Uttarakhand. The road construction “Militia is basically a reserve force of the talities owing to the infec- districts too have started has tested positive for COVID- crore (NPR) for organising anti-India was aimed at shortening travel time for Chinese's People Liberation Army. They are tion, Ganjam is still at the seeing a spike in the num- 19, and was undergoing home AGENCIES protests/demonstrations along India- pilgrims visiting the Kailash Mansarovar. deployed during war time situations and top of the chart. A total of ber of COVID-19 cases. isolation. Dian is the third Nepal border areas highlighting the re- After this, Nepal brought out a new help the PLA in its military operations,” said 197 patients died in Ganjam Meanwhile, the COVID-19 minister in the state to have New Delhi, Sept 3: Twitter cent border disputes and interferences political map showing the contested a senior government officer. The officer also so far against 70 deaths in tally in the state rose to explained that Chinese militia conducts contracted the disease. Thursday said it has fixed the ac- of India in Nepal’s internal/political area as its own. Khurda district. 1,13,411 on Thursday as 3,631 independent operations and provides com- Meanwhile, Basudevpur BJD count of Prime Minister Narendra matters,” the agencies stated. NPR India rejected the new map saying it As far as recoveries are more people tested positive MLA Bishnubrata Routray also bat support and manpower to replenish the Modi’s personal website that was stands for Nepalese Rupee. was not based on historical facts or ev- concerned, Ganjam has seen for the disease, while eight tested Covid positive Thursday. PLA. “It is an irregular mix of mountaineers, briefly hacked in the wee hours and The India-Nepal relation has been Earlier, Higher Education idence. The new political map of Nepal boxers, members of local fight clubs and 17,162 recoveries, while 12,445 fresh fatalities pushed the Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo, and tweets asking people to donate strained after China increased its in- features parts of Lipulekh, Kalapani others. Most of the members are raised patients recovered from the state’s coronavirus death Labour Minister Susant Singh Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fluence on the Himalayan nation. and Limpiyadhura areas which are in from the local population,” said the officer. disease in Khurda in the toll to 522, a health depart- were diagnosed with the were posted on it. It was India's road construction to Indian territory. Nepal also increased its last one month. ment official said. infection. “I undertook sample Twitter said it has secured the the Lipulekh at 17,000 feet that had force deployment across the Indo-Nepal India-Nepal as an opportunity, China, In August, there has been Of the fresh cases, 2,214 tests after developing mild fever compromised account known as sparked a diplomatic row between India border. It has also planned to increase which is already having a border dispute a paradigm shift in terms of were detected in quaran- and came to know that I have @narendramodi_in. and Nepal as Kathmandu claimed the the number of border posts (BOPs) from with India in Eastern Ladakh, increased districts reporting highest tine centres, while 1,417 contracted COVID-19,” she said. The affected account is linked area to be its territory. Lipulekh is a 120 to 500 along the 1,751-km border. its troop deployment at Lipulekh,” said cases. Ganjam, which was tested positive for COVID-19 to PM Modi’s personal website tri-junction between India, Nepal and “Taking the strained relationship of a senior government officer. the worst-hit district till re- during contact tracing. and has more than 2.5 million fol- Diesel price cut lowers. “We are actively investigating by 17 paise the situation. At this time, we are Twelve teachers Bhubaneswar: In a marginal not aware of additional accounts Ganjam sand mining under SEIAA lens caught with fake relief to the common man, being impacted,” a Twitter diesel prices were slashed by spokesperson said in a statement. POST NEWS NETWORK A petition filed before the au- sand mining mafia. The Sarpanch ing the agricultural lands unfit 15-17 paise across the metros According to Twitter, this breach thority alleged that the lease hold- was, however, rescued following po- for cropping. Moreover, vehicles en- B.Ed certificates and Bhubaneswar Thursday was not due to a compromise of its Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: The ‘ille- ers in the area started mining sand, lice intervention. “The present gaged in the mining are causing but petrol prices remain systems or service. gal’ sand mining activities along thereby damaging various struc- Tahasildar has clamped Section 144 air and land pollution as they are POST NEWS NETWORK unchanged. The price of diesel “There is no indication or evi- the Ghodahad river near tures and bridges lying in close CrPC in the sand mining area stop- not covered while transporting in the state capital was slashed dence of any correlation between Maulabhanja in Ganjam district proximity without obtaining req- ping the sand mining for a while. the mined sand. Keonjhar/Joda, Sept 3: The to `79.92 per litre from `80.19 this account compromise and the have come under the lens of the uisite approvals, including envi- However, no damages or compen- “It is pertinent to mention that Keonjhar district administration per litre, while petrol prices incident that took place in July,” State Environmental Impact ronmental clearance for the same. sation was collected from the ‘so the Application for Environmental Wednesday issued show-cause remained constant at `82.70. As the company said in a statement. Assessment Authority (SEIAA). It also alleged that there have called’ lease holder,” the petition Clearance for Ghodahad sand min- notices to 12 teachers of various per the notification from Indian Twitter faced a mega crypto Villagers from the affected areas been several clashes between the before the SEIAA said. ing, Maulabhanja, has been re- government schools of the district Oil Corporation, in the national hack in July that spread a Bitcoin have approached the SEIAA seek- villagers and those operating the It has been alleged that due to jected by the State Environment for allegedly submitting fake capital diesel price was cut to , scam by hijacking accounts of ing an enquiry into the alleged il- sand mining activities in the re- the ‘illegal’ sand mining in the Impact Assessment Authority B.Ed certificates to get jobs. Mumbai diesel prices were cut high-profile celebrities, politicians legal sand mining in the area and gion. The villagers said that in area, sand was deposited in around Odisha in pursuant to the SEAC The matter came to the light to `73.40 per litre from `73.56 and businesses as a result of a also pass orders putting a stop to all the process, a former Sarpanch 10 hectares of agricultural land, Meeting minutes dated 27/02/2017,” when the candidates, who had per litre, while the petrol price sand mining activities in the area. received appointments as junior remained steady at `88.73. phone spear phishing attack. of the area was abducted by the including vegetable fields – mak- the petition said. teachers under Sarba Siksha Abhiyan in 2019, submitted their MARKET WATCH fake B.Ed certificates for scrutiny. Keonjhar District Programme Unable to pay bills, couple ‘sells’ newborn to hosp Coordinator Purna Chandra Sethi INDEX VARIATION said, “The department has iden- AGENCIES After the delivery of the baby, Assistant Chief Medical Officer tified 12 teachers of eight blocks SENSEX 38990.94 95.09 Shiv Charan’s wife had to stay at the Dr RK Agnihotri said that the hos- of Odisha who have furnished Agra, Sept 3: In a shocking inci- hospital for several days. On being pital was being sealed and inquiry fake B.Ed certificates to get the

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FORTUNE FORECAST Tips to buy art for your home Priyanka enjoys last Placing one big piece of a sculpture or a wall-hanging can make even a small room few days of summer feel more spacious, says eminent designer Hemil Parikh ARIES Los Angeles: Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas is in the mood to soak in the last few days of summer. Today people will actual- space. If you desire the art to show ly drag you into alterca- off a chief colour, then everything The Mary Kom actress shared a picture on Instagram tions, so flash the peace around it must support it. For in- where she is seen standing in the sun. She wears a flo- sign if you must. You may face some sort stance, if the artwork has a warm ral dress and completes the look with a messy bun, big of legal troubles from peace-loving tone, ensure the pieces placed around sunglasses and hoop earrings. groups. Therefore, Ganesha advises you it are in cool hues since it will make “The last few days of summer,” she captioned the image. to meditate, take a walk or just seek out the company of your near and dear ones. the art work stand out more. Priyanka recently officially confirmed that her mem- oir, Unfinished, is ready. The actress will next be seen Size of art in the digital film The White Tiger where she features By and large, if you have a small with Adarsh Gourav and Rajkummar Rao. The film is TAURUS room, placing one big piece of art based on Aravind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize-winning You need to be very and like a sculpture or a wall-hanging novel of the same name, and is directed by Iranian practical and realistic in can make a room feel more spa- filmmaker Ramin Bahrani. IANS all that you do today, cious. Incorporating multiple urges Ganesha. You are known to be pret- ty emotional and sensitive and generally Representational image smaller pieces can make a small go by your feelings. Your mind, your rea- room feel muddled. Hence, con- son do not normally feature in you deci- New Delhi: Works of art can be in- unframed canvas; a framed piece sidering the rooms dimen- sion making. Even minor problems, com- spiring, there is no wonder why with imageries that feature diverse sion prior to selecting an plications get you worked up. beautiful art makes it to home in- lines and structure in darker shades art is of prime signifi- Sharman wants teriors and personal spaces. Striking will lend the space a formal tone. cance. Give yourself and meaningful art like sculptures, the chance to fall in GEMINI paintings, figurines and wall art Never rush into a decision love with art and to liven things up and facilitate in There is no doubt on the fact truly appreciate the Maintaining the image more comedy films, you have created in the creating a home’s soul, reflecting that whatever you pick to embellish pieces you bring minds of people, as well one’s personality in their sur- your home or walls, it’s an indi- into your per- as upholding your reputation in society rounding space. vidual choice, nevertheless, you sonal space. will give you some anxious moments Therefore, it makes sense to ded- must never rush into it. Always today. You will work hard to improve your icate some time in considering take into consideration what ac- shows in OTT space social standing, and will get results by the end of the day. It is an auspicious and which pieces you would want to tually appeals to you about a par- lucky day for you, says Ganesha. display, and which really bring ticular piece, whether it is the shade, forth your interests as an art col- the subject or anything else about lector. Popular designer and ar- the artwork that charms you. An im- New Delhi: Actor Sharman Joshi OTT platforms. There’s only a stock CANCER chitect Hemil Parikh shares a few mediate impulse buy can be a mis- feels there is less comic content of old comedy movies and shows. useful tips to consider when choos- You will secure your take since it may ruin the look by available on OTT platforms. I tried to find out comedy projects place with hard work in ing art for your home: going against your decor. “Comedy is on top of my mind to watch, but hardly got anything your job or business. right now. I want to make people new and exciting. So I started watch- Ties with partners will Setting the tone Colour selection laugh with my films. Also, during ing Friends again. I really feel more improve. Closeness with spouse is indi- Prior to selecting your preferred The colour of an art creation lockdown I have re- comedy films and shows should cated. Melody and joy will mark domes- art, you must first decide whether has an ability to inspire the look and alised that there be made,” Sharman said. tic bliss. You will spend the evening with your beloved. Ganesha's blessings are you want your home to feature a ca- feel of the entire is hardly any Sharman has showcased his with you. sual or formal vibe. While comedy hap- comic skills in films like Style, light and bright hues pening on Golmaal and 3 Idiots. His up- lend off a casual people not to coming comedy film Aankh LEO feel, predomi- be scared to travel Micholi also belongs to the The friends we make go nantly on amid pandemic. “And genre. a long way in making us KIRTI those of you who wish to IANS who we are, says do the same, just some pre- Ganesha. Over the cautions and you could do it years, with your natural instinct to be a too... #besafe #dontbescared,” social charmer, you have built a fine cir- feels blessed cle of dedicated friends on whom you she added. Fans were mes- can bank with confidence under any cir- merised seeing Kirti’s cumstance. pictures of her stay at to travel amid Kharota. “Such beau- tiful clicks,” a user VIRGO commented. “Wanna Today, your soul mate pandemic will both give and travel too,” an- demand pleasant sur- other one prises, says Ganesha. Mumbai: Actress Kirti Kulhari is currently wrote. On the Your business partners may bring in spending time amidst mountains in Himachal work front, some good news. Take responsibility of Pradesh, and she truly feels blessed. Kirti was recently your past mistakes and make plans for the days to come. Do not be shy of the “And finally the actual morning... all seen in the second advice of loved ones, as it will help you the way from #kharota #himachal- season of the web more than hinder. pradesh In the current times, I actu- show Four More Shots ally feel so blessed that I can travel Please!. She will also be and experience this,” she wrote on seen sharing screen space LIBRA her Instagram account, adding with Parineeti Chopra in the Today, you will be in a pictures of herself enjoy- Hindi adaptation of The mishmash of emotions ing the scenic back- Girl On The Train. and feelings. Also, there ground. Kirti also IANS are chances of accumu- asked lated feelings finding an outlet. Your capacity for emotional display may take people by surprise. However, you will also enjoy the higher responsibilities reposed on you, predicts Ganesha. SUDOKU PEANUTS post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, each row, SCORPIO CROSSWORD column and box must contain the numbers You will see every colour 0 to 9 and the letters A to E. of the kaleidoscope today — people with different temperaments and differ- ent attitudes, many of whom will sur- prise you with their reactions. You may be shocked at the way your colleagues or close friends react to your strategies or success.

SAGITTARIUS Today will be a day for introspection, says Ganesha, as you try and find the root causes of your problems. But the job is only half- done: the rest will depend on the initia- tives you may take to implement possible CALVIN AND HOBBES solutions to your problems.

CAPRICORN Planning strategic moves will be done with, and all SOLUTIONS that will remain is execu- tion. But Ganesha says there may be delays in implementing ideas that are crucial to the success of your project, and this may leave you dis- appointed and dismayed.

AQUARIUS Set any target, take up any activity or accept any challenge; you will suc- BREVITY CROSSWORD ceed in any of them with flying colours, foresees Ganesha. Your well-wishers will shower praises upon your for those hard earned achievements.

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Man sells off son; wife moves NHRC POLITICKLE by MANJUL POST NEWS NETWORK that her son had been sold off. Tapan he matter came to the told her that he had sold their son Tfore when the Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: A man has distraught mother knocked for Rs 50, 000 to settle the nursing sold off his baby son for just Rs the doors of National home dues. He even warned her 50,000. Shocking, but this has hap- Human Rights Commission against disclosing the matter to pened. It happened in the state cap- anyone, not even to his parents and ital a few months back and has hen confronted, threatened to kill her, if she does so. come to the light only recently. WTapan told the woman Then he simply disappeared and The accused did not want to have that he had sold their son also did not call her back in spite of a baby and asked his wife to un- for Rs 50, 000 to settle the numerous messages from the dergo abortion. However, the wife nursing home dues woman. went ahead with her pregnancy The woman then lodged an FIR and gave birth to a baby boy. Since a resident of Ranpur area in ceived. When Tapan came to know with the Nayapalli police station the husband did not want a baby at Nayagarh fell in love with Tapan about this development, he gave about her missing son as well as hus- that particular juncture, he decided Palai of Nayagarh town. In 2018, they her some medicines to terminate the band. But that did not yield any re- to sell the baby for Rs 50,000. eloped to Bangalore and got married pregnancy. But it did not work. sult. She even met the DCP, but to The matter came to the fore when in a temple there. The couple moved to a rented no avail. the distraught mother knocked the Last year, the couple returned house in Salia Sahi. The woman de- Eventually, the woman moved doors of National Human Rights to Odisha. However, Tapan asked his livered a baby boy at a nursing home the NHRC. She sought action against Commission (NHRC). She had ap- wife to stay with her parents and in Jaydev Vihar area, March 26. the IIC of Nayapalli police station proached the police initially, but went back to his native village. He A few days later, the woman did who did not register her case. She did not get any help from them, used to frequently drop into his in- not find her son even after search- also in her complaint has demanded she said. laws place to meet his wife. ing for him everywhere. When she a compensation of Rs 7,00,000 from As per the complaint, the woman, In the meantime, his wife con- confronted Tapan she came to know Tapan and his family. Online classes for spl Afternoon ‘Mo Bus’ kids since July: Govt Home dept’s one-time relief Factories & Boilers service suspended for poor footfall POST NEWS NETWORK plan for fire safety violation dy dir under Vig lens POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: The Social Security and Empowerment of POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: The Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) Compliance period for Capital Region Urban Transport department Thursday said that Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: The state submitting wanting Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: Vigilance (CRUT) Thursday decided to it has taken steps to ensure that government has made a one-time sleuths raided the houses of deputy reschedule the timing of Mo Bus children with special needs are relaxation scheme for issuance of documents will be two director of Factories and Boilers service citing poor footfall. not left behind and have access fire safety certificates to buildings weeks and compliance Directorate, Ramesh Chandra The CRUT authority has sus- to all educational benefits. operating prior to the implemen- for safety requirements Behera, Thursday morning on pended Mo Bus service for more The department said it has been tation of Odisha Fire Prevention and charge of accumulating assets dis- than three hours during the reaching out to differently-abled Fire Safety Rules, 2017. will be three months, proportionate to his known sources afternoon every day. students by providing study ma- The Home department has re- extending up to 6 months of income. “Mo Bus service is not available terial through e-platforms since cently issued a notification in this Acting on allegations against between 12pm–3:30pm due to less March 2020. regard. Deviation in height, built- Behera, separate teams of the anti- footfall,” tweeted the CRUT. “We have produced audio and up area and occupancy area will width and there is accessibility to In all such cases of relaxation, corruption wing conducted si- CRUT also said that the bus video study material which has be taken into consideration under fire tenders, such buildings can after obtaining the fire safety cer- multaneous raids at six places in- Allegations of availing services will resume operation been uploaded on the department the scheme. also avail the benefit. tificate, the owner or occupier is re- cluding his office and residences at on more routes and increase fre- website,” said Ambika Prasad In case of buildings having no ap- In case of high-rises, if public quired to regularise the deviation Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur and 70 foreign trips along quency in the future. Pattnaik, deputy secretary of proved plan, the owner will have to road of 6-metre width is available by the plan approving authority of Puducherry. The officials are con- with his family had The Mo Bus service is avail- SSEPD department. submit the building plan as per ac- in front and 6-metre open space/pub- jurisdiction as per guideline issued ducting raids on strength of a able on various routes through- The video library has two units tual construction being signed by lic road is available at any of the ad- by Urban Development department search warrant issued by Special surfaced a few days back out the week following Unlock 4 meant for hearing-impaired stu- himself/herself and a registered joining sides of the building then from time to time. Judge Vigilance, Bhubaneswar. guidelines. dents and intellectual disabil- architect. setback norm will be relaxed. In all cases, the period for com- As per sources, allegations of the search operation, Vigilance of- The eight routes in which the ity/autism spectrum disorder/cere- The fire service officials will in- Similarly, the low-rise buildings pliance to submit wanting docu- availing 70 trips to foreign countries ficials said. Mo Buses are plying are: 11 bral palsy students. The study spect the building and if the build- having public road of 6-metre ments will be two weeks and com- along with his family had surfaced Raids are being conducted on (Nandan Vihar to Lingipur), 16 materials for Class X students ing or occupancy fulfills the other width in front and 6-metre open pliance for safety requirements a few days back. The Vigilance of- his residential house located at (Master Canteen to Biju Patnaik have been uploaded and process is requirements of relaxation scheme, space at any of the adjoining sides will be three months, which can ficials examined his bank pass- Vipul Garden, Ghatikia Park, Cuttack), 18 (Baramunda to on for the remaining classes. The his case will be considered for is- of the building then also setback exceed maximum upto books, land records and other im- Bhubaneswar; house of a relative Jagatpur), 20 (Master Canteen audio library carries study ma- suance of fire safety certificate. is not required. six months. portant documents during the raids. at Pilgrim Road Cuttack; house at to Khurda via Vani Vihar), 23 terial for the visually-impaired In case of government build- If there is no setback available If the applicant fails to meet the A detailed report of the assets re- the native place at Pampalo, Korei (Master Canteen to SUM students of Classes VIII, IX and X. ings, if the plan is prepared by a on left and right side of any build- compliance within the specified covered is awaited, as raids are Jajpur; one plot located at CDA Hospital), 24 (Sai Temple to The e-book library is also in technical person of any depart- ing, then the owners of the ad- time his application shall be re- still under way. The exact amount with a room on it; offices at Kalinga Vihar), 25 (Dumduma to the process of collecting and up- ment, it will be accepted for is- joining plots can remove the com- jected and in such cases the appli- of disproportionate assets pos- Bhubaneswar and Cuttack; in- Mancheswar) and 33 (Master loading quality books for the stu- suance of certificate. If the ad- mon boundary wall to provide open cant needs to apply afresh, the no- sessed by the accused officer will cluding a residential house located Canteen to Pipli), according to dents with special needs. joining road is of minimum 6-metre space and get the certificate. tification said. be ascertained after completion of at Puducherry. sources at CRUT. The online classes have been initiated by the department since July 2020 for all classes of special schools. To continue the educa- tional activities due to closure of Criminal hacked to death in Cuttack the schools on account of Covid- 19, an SOP has been issued for POST NEWS NETWORK sailants attacked both of reference and guidance of the con- them with sword-like sharp cerned staffers of special schools. Cuttack, Sept 3: A hard- weapons. Further, class-wise WhatsApp core criminal was allegedly The miscreants ran them groups of teachers and students killed by two unknown mis- down and hacked Prakash have been advised to collect the creants Wednesday late night to death, leaving his aide’s feedback of the students and pass on Bidanasi road near Ipsar right arm severely injured. the same to the department Gada in Cuttack city. The at- On being informed, through district Collectors for tack also left one of his as- Bidanasi police reached the quality monitoring and upgrad- sociates severely injured. spot and rushed both injured uation. The deceased was identi- to SCB Medical College and Besides, online classes for fied as Prakash Behera alias Hospital where doctors de- teacher trainees of State Institute Hadia, 45, who hailed from clared Hadia brought dead. of Special Education and Research Dagarapada area. Notably, Meanwhile, local police (SISER) including 37 visually-chal- Prakash was involved in il- Police probing the incident, Thursday OP PHOTO have launched investigations lenged and other disabilities are legal liquor trade and had into the murder case. The also being taken up by the experts over 22 criminal cases lodged sources said. two bike-borne miscreants police suspect previous ri- of the state institute with the help against him at several po- According to the sources, while he was with one of his valry behind this brutal at- of Google Meet app. lice stations in the city, police Hadia was intercepted by associates when the as- tack. BAGALA LAND ROW BJP LAUNCHES DIGITAL SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN benevolent person, had do- nated Rs 35,000 to then Health Commissioner for setting up of a shelter for devotees. Bagala Dharmashala was then con- structed on around three acre land. The saffron party has asked the state government to cancel the land sale deeds with six persons and renovate the BJP leaders Sambit Patra and Samir Mohanty launch the mobile app shelter by utlilising the money sanctioned by the Centre. POST NEWS NETWORK presence of senior party leaders. BJP national spokesperson The newly-launched app has Sambit Patra said that his Puri, Sept 3: The Bharatiya detailed information on Bagala party would use social media Janata Party (BJP) Thursday Dharmashala in three lan- to intensify its stir over Bagala launched a digital signature guages—Odia, Hindi and Dharmashala. campaign to intensify its ag- English. Puri Collector Balwant itation against the alleged sale As per the information pro- Singh, however, said the ad- of Bagala Dharmashala land vided in the app, thousands ministration has rehabili-

in the Holy City here. of devotees had faced diffi- tated some evicted persons

k y m c The saffron party also culties in getting shelter fa- of the heritage corridor proj- launched a mobile app to ac- cility during Rath Yatra in ect on 12 per cent of Bagala cept online petitions on the al- 1899. Then many pilgrims had Dharmashala land. leged land sale from public. BJP died in an epidemic. “Henceforth, no one would state unit president Samir Considering the plight of devo- be rehabilitated on the land,” Mohanty launched the app in the tees, Kanheiyalal Bagala, a said the Puri Collector. P4 FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 4 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR downtown

Strengthen strategy in Khurda,

k y m Virus test must before remand c PNN & AGENCIES Cuttack, Naveen tells officials Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: The state NUGGETS FROM HOME DEPT’S 8-POINT SOP government has made coronavirus ny person to be produced POST NEWS NETWORK ing the monsoon season, the Chief test mandatory for any person to be Abefore a magistrate for Minister has asked to keep a close produced before a magistrate for re- remand by the authorities shall Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: With the con- eye on all these symptoms. He ad- mand as over 500 inmates and 30 of- first be screened or tested for tinuous rise in Covid cases in vised to keep all fever clinics alert ficials of different Odisha jails have COVID-19 in a designated hospital Khurda and Cuttack, Chief Minister in both public and private sectors. been tested positive for COVID-19. Naveen Patnaik Thursday directed The Health and Information & In a modification of the COVID he medical officer of the concerned officials to strengthen the Public Relations departments asked management in the state prisons, Tdesignated hospital will Covid management strategy for to launch an awareness campaign the Home department has issued an examine the persons to be these two districts. on various Covid protocols im- eight-point Standard Operating remanded to jails and shall record Though the state’s Covid situa- midiately. Procedure (SOP) to be implemented that the person is asymptomatic tion is much better than the na- The recovery rate was also 76.78 Naveen also suggested setting by different arresting agencies like or symptomatic tional level, the management strat- per cent and the death rate was up ICU beds at a hospital at dis- police, excise, forest and vigilance egy for Khurda and Cuttack need 0.46 per cent in the state. trict-level for critically ill Covid pa- departments. nybody found positive in the to be revised as the cases are going The monsoon rains, floods and tients and directed concerned offi- process, should be sent to the “We have already circulated the A up, he said while holding a high-level resumption of public transport has cials to ensure that very serious dedicated COVID Care SOP to authorities of different jails review meeting through video con- Centre/dedicated Covid Health created challenges for the man- patients get access to ICU facilities. across the state,” Director General Centre/dedicated COVID Hospital ferencing mode. agement of the Covid in the state. The CM directed all government (Prisons) Santosh Kumar by the concerned remanding He said that 2 million people “In view of these challenges, we officials to strictly abide by all the Upadhayay said. agencies have been tested in the state so far. need to implement a cohesive strat- Covid rules as the number of Covid Since the RT-PCR test is time The testing rate in state is 42,404 per egy," he said. cases is on the rise among gov- consuming, the Home department's The accused may be shifted to jails after being recovered Newly remanded persons having COVID-19 negative million people, which is much In view of the possibility of dis- ernment employees, especially in SOP suggested Rapid Antigen Test in dedicated COVID Care Centre/dedicated Covid Health reports will be kept in prisons in isolation wards or higher than the national average. eases like colds and coughs dur- Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. (RAT) which indicates COVID sta- Centre/dedicated Covid Hospital quarantine wards in concerned jails tus of a person within an hour, the official said. VP nominates Amar “Any person to be produced be- the case may be for treatment with jail), it said. required to be admitted in fore a magistrate for remand by the permission of remanding courts. The Chief District Medical the COVID facility, one escort Man jumps into Daya the Police/ Excise/Forest/Vigilance The accused may be shifted to Officers (CDMOs) of concerned dis- shall be allowed to remain in the Patnaik as member authorities shall first be screened the jails after being recovered in ‘ded- tricts will depute medical staff for COVID facility for safe custody of of Viswa Bharati or tested by medical officers for icated Covid Care Centre/ dedi- random tests of prisoners at des- the prisoner as is done for non river; search ops on COVID-19 along with the mandatory cated Covid Health Centre / ignated places (to be decided by dis- COVID prisoners. medical examination in a desig- dedicated Covid Hospital,” the trict administration) for which SPs "Such escort may be allowed to POST NEWS NETWORK nated hospital,” it said. SOP said. or DCPs shall provide police escort. use PPE. After the discharge of the POST NEWS NETWORK the river. The incident took place The medical officer of the des- Only those asymptomatic ac- In case any prisoner is detected prisoner, the escort shall be quar- at around 1pm, Thursday. Khuntia Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: Vice ignated hospital will conduct thor- cused persons (to be declared by as COVID positive, the same antined for 14 days, either in home Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: A man placed his helmet and mobile phone President and Chairman of the ough exanimation of those persons the medical officer of the desig- prisoner shall be shifted to dedi- isolation (if a separate room with Thursday went missing after jump- on the seat of the scooter before Rajya Sabha Venkaiah Naidu has proposed to be remanded to jails and nated hospital), shall be remanded cated COVID Care Centre/ dedi- attached toilet and a caregiver is ing into Daya river from a bridge jumping into the river. now nominated Biju Janata Dal shall record that the person is to jails after being tested with cated Covid Health Centre/ dedi- available) or may be kept in a COVID near Nuagaon on the outskirts of Meanwhile, police sources claimed (BJD) MP from Rajya Sabha Amar asymptomatic or symptomatic to the Rapid Antigen Test and found neg- cated Covid Hospital forthwith for Care Centre. Covid-19 Test shall be Capital city. that the family mem- Patnaik as the member of Samsad novel coronavirus. ative, it said. which local police shall provide po- done on the 14th day of isolation or The man has been Madhusudan bers of the man have of Viswa Bharati, Shantineketan Anybody found positive in the All newly remanded persons hav- lice escort. quarantine," the SOP said. identified as Khuntia parked lodged a missing com- and Sriniketan. process, should be sent to the ded- ing COVID-19 negative reports will To avoid infection due to physi- Official sources said that Madhusudan Khuntia pliant with Dhauli po- Visva Bharati was founded in icated COVID Care Centre/ dedi- be kept in prisons in isolation wards cal production, technology-based the state prison authorities have alias Mantu of Khuntia his scooter on lice. They reportedly 1921 by the first non-European cated Covid Health Centre/ dedi- or quarantine wards in concerned virtual production from jails may so far released as many as 16,789 in- Sahi of Kapileswar area the bridge informed the cops that Nobel Laureate Rabindranath cated COVID Hospital by the district jails or sub jails within be considered with concerned mates on bail in order to decongest here. The identification Khuntia used to engage Tagore. It was declared a central concerned remanding agencies, same revenue district (in case of courts. jails. Still, there are 16,931 inmates of the man was ascer- before jumping in heated exchanges university and an institution of na- the SOP mentioned, adding that as overcrowding of any particular If a COVID positive patient is in 90 odd jails. tained from his driving into the river with his family over his tional importance by an act of licence which the police drug addiction. Dhauli Parliament in 1951. Prime Minister found from his two-wheeler. Police police, however, failed to trace Narendra Modi is the Chancellor have seized the vehicle. Khuntia Khuntia. of the University. Cabinet move will POND CLEANING is a servitor in Kapileswar, Ananta Informed, fire personnel rushed Overwhelmed by the gesture, Basudev and Lingaraj temples. to the spot and initiated a rescue op- the Parliamentarian welcomed ‘affect autonomy People gathered at the bridge to eration. Similarly, local youths also the move and said he would try his have a glimpse of the floodwater said searched immediately after Khuntia best to serve the responsibility. of state varsities’ that the person parked his scooter jumped into the river. However, the He said, “It’s an honour and I on the bridge before jumping into missing person was yet to be traced. look forward to the engagement.” POST NEWS NETWORK

Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: The All India Democratic Students’ Organisation Thursday objected Ch’garh seeks data from state to the state government’s deci- sion of bringing all universities under the Odisha Universities Act, 1989. on Mahanadi water dispute They also objected to the deci- sion of increasing the tenure of VC POST NEWS NETWORK project report for additional spill- 2018 had said that both states can to four years from three years and way of Hirakud dam, weather data requisite data/information related assigning the responsibility of se- New Delhi, Sept 3: Chhattisgarh of different IMD stations in to the river water dispute and it lection of teachers for the uni- has filed an interim application in Mahanadi basin in Odisha. It has shall be made available within two versity to Odisha Public Service the Mahanadi Water Dispute also sought the report of advisory weeks. Commission (OPSC). Tribunal seeking several docu- committee (1948) on Hirakud dam Chhattisgarh submitted in the pe- Ganesh Tripathy, president, ments related to the river water project as appointed by the Union tition that it had sought certain AIDSO, said that the government dispute with Odisha. government. Chhattisgarh has data from Odisha in December 2018 decision will impact the auton- The state pleaded before the tri- urged the tribunal to direct the and it had also sought certain doc- omy of university and affect ad- bunal to direct Odisha to produce Odisha govt to produce daily in- uments before August 8, 2020 hear- ministration. “The decision of in- data/ information sought by flow, outflow, reservoir level from ing. Chhattisgarh submitted that it creasing VC’s tenure will not bring Chhattisgarh with respect to commissioning of Hirakud dam had also reminded the govt August any change in the university struc- Mahanadi water dispute. till date, for June 1 to November 30. 6 but it has not been provided the ture. The government interfer- Locals remove water hyacinths from ‘Papanashini’ pond in Old Town area of Bhubaneswar, Thursday PIC: BIKASH NAYAK Chhattisgarh has sought detailed The tribunal had in December documents. ence in selection of the VC will be harmful for education as it can lead to favoritism,” he added. AIDSO also alleged that the de- cision of giving responsibility to STATE PLANS RIVER CRUISING TO BOOST TOURISM OPSC for teachers’ selection will bring more irregularity. PNN & AGENCIES Subash Nayak, secretary, AIDSO, MITIGATING COVID IMPACT alleged that government is try- Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: In a bid to OTDC’S 41ST FOUNDATION DAY ing to privatise the education and offset the COVID impact and give a hree principal river cruise circuits break the autonomy of the state boost to the hospitality sector, the Tcan be developed on the Mahanadi BHUBANESWAR: At a time when universities. state government Thursday asked river, Chilika lake and in waterways in COVID-19 has dealt a severe blow to the Tourism department to start Dangmala reserve forest tourism and hospitality sectors, river cruises on select water bodies hitarkanika circuit in the Dangmala Odisha Tourism Development Bhub-Bolangir Inter under Public-Private Partnership Breserve forest can connect Corporation (OTDC), through its (PPP) mode. destinations like Chandbali-Aradi- 21 Panthanivas and two tourism City to run daily Chief Secretary Asit Kumar Dhamara-Khola to other spots in units, has facilitated service like Tripathy gave the directive while ex- Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary food, shelter and transport to peo- POST NEWS NETWORK ploring the possibility of cruise ple, especially to the COVID warriors, tourism at a meeting with experts hilika circuit can link Chilika, OTDC chairperson Shreemayee Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: ECoR and stakeholders. CKalijai-Nalabana-Honeymoon Mishra said on the corporation’s island, and Mangalajodi-Satapada- Thursday decided to increase the “River cruising is compatible 41st foundation day Thursday. On the occasion of the foundation day, OTDC has adopted melanistic tiger Rajhans island-Satapada and Puri frequency of Bhubaneswar- with COVID-19 restrictions. There In a bid to revive the COVID-hit Spandan at Nandankanan Zoological Park OP PHOTO Bolangir-Bhubaneswar Inter City is a huge scope and latent market tourism sector, OTDC has recently Odisha has a long coastline of around 482 km, five major rivers, and water Special Train from 5 days a week for world-class river cruising in introduced special tourist pack- promotion in Odisha. This include suc- nity for people for showcasing the bodies including Chilika, the largest brackish water lake of Asia to daily with effect from 4th Odisha,” Tripathy said. ages for domestic travellers. The cessful organising of Eco Retreat traditional and healthy Odia cuisine September, 2020. Bhubaneswar- It can also be con- corporation has also released a pro- festival at Konark, Khelo India pro- while staying at home. Bolangir-Bhubaneswar Inter City nected with many eco- River Bhitarkanika circuit Chilika circuit can link Chilika, motional a video featuring major gramme, signing of MoU with online On the occasion, OTDC has Special leaving from spots and refill the cruising is in the Dangmala re- Kalijai-Nalabana-Honeymoon is- tourism destinations in Odisha and travel organisations like MakeMyTrip, adopted a melanistic tiger, Spandan, Bhubaneswar at 0630hrs and from economic activities compatible with serve forest can con- land, Mangalajodi-Satapada-Rajhans how precautionary measures were Yatra and Goibibo for reservation of at Nandankanan Zoological Park Bolangir at 1445hrs. in the labour-in- COVID-19 restrictions. nect destinations island-Satapada and Puri. It could in place for tourists’ safety. OTDC hotels and tour packages. (NZP). The corporation also This train has stoppages at tensive sector. There is a huge scope like Chandbali- be a three nights and four days In the last one year, OTDC in as- It also launched a cooking com- launched an audio and video titled Mancheswar, Naraj Marthapur, Tourism secre- and latent market for Aradi-Dhamara- cruise. sociation with the state government petition titled ‘Ama Ghara, Ama Atithi devo Bhava to attract tourists. Dhenkanal, Meramandali, tary Vishal Kumar world-class river Khola to other spots Issues relating to regulatory per- has worked on various initiatives Handishala’ (Our Home, Our Chief minister Naveen Patnaik also Talcher Road, Angul, Boinda, Dev said that three cruising in Odisha in Bhitarkanika missions, compliance to pollution and programme related to tourism Kitchen) to give perfect opportu- wished the OTDC on the occasion. Bamur, Rairakhol, Sambalpur, principal river cruise ASIT KUMAR TRIPATHY I Wildlife Sanctuary, he norms and construction of river Hirakud, Bargarh Road, Barapali circuits can be devel- CHIEF SECRETARY said, adding that jetties were also discussed at the sultation with the Tourism de- the Tourism department to coor- Odisha has a long coastline of and Loisinga between oped on the Mahanadi this circuit can meeting. partment and the Odisha Tourism dinate with the Inland Waterways around 482 km, five major rivers, and Bhubaneswar and Bolangir from river, Chilika lake and in wa- be a five nights and The state PPP cell was directed Development Corporation (OTDC). Authority regarding statutory re- water bodies including Chilika, the

both the directions. terways in Dangmala reserve forest. six days cruise. to work out details of the plan in con- The Chief Secretary also asked quirements. largest brackish water lake of Asia.

k y m c P5 FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 4 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR state

Falling Indravati water may hit Floodwater recedes, but woes continue

k y m POST NEWS NETWORK water levels in local rivers have people of 16 panchayats under Bhuinbruti, Ghatapur, Badaostia, c come down over last couple of days, Chandbali block and a ward under Mato and Mousudha will be given Chandbali/Dhamnagar, Sept 3: but normalcy is yet to return to the municipality. assistance. Flood situation in many parts of flood-affected areas, a report said. On the instruction of the dis- Local retailers will distribute irrigation, power production Bhadrak, including in Chandbali The report said that the admin- trict administration, the BDO has the relief material in the presence and Dhamnagar has improved as istration has announced relief for apprised the decision to officials of people’s representatives. POST NEWS NETWORK of the various departments. As per The administration is trying its the 2011 census, each flood-hit fam- best to ramp up the measures to Bhawanipatna, Sept 3: Declining ilies will be provided with 50 kg of distribute relief among the victims water level in Indravati reservoir BANKI: 10K FAMILIES AWAIT AID rice and Rs 500 as assistance. with floodwater receding over last might seriously hit farming in BANKI: Surging floodwater in the The block requires 9,350 quin- couple of days. Kalahandi district, a report said. Mahanadi river and its distrib- tals of rice which will soon be trans- Many displaced people have The fear stems from the fact that utaries have badly affected over ported to various panchayat started returning home in the wake only one-third of the reservoir’s 10,000 families of five villages of godowns by the officials-in-charge. of improvement in flood situation capacity is filled with water. Bilipada panchayat under Banki- Rs 85 lakh will be distributed to but they have to live in soaked This has happened because the Dampara block in Cuttack district. the flood-hit families. houses. district experienced less than nor- Twelve wards under Bilipada About 17,000 peole in 74 villages Meanwhile, a 200-ft stretch of mal rainfall during this monsoon. panchayat have been submerged in panchayats like Aradi, left embankment of Genguti river Moreover, heavy siltation taking under rising floodwater. About Nanadapur, Nalgunda, Kheranga, caved into river near Dalanga under place in the reservoir has dimin- eight days have elapsed since vil- with flood relief. Sundarput, Jaleswarpur, Jashipur, Dhamnagar block leaving locals ished its water retaining capacity. lages were submerged. However, An embankment on the Bhatapada, Olaga, Tentulidihi, panicked. Indravati which is termed as the life- local villagers are yet to receive Mahanadi river had caved in near line of Kalahandi district lacks help from the district adminis- Gayalbanka area under Banki- adequate water reserve for tration. People are struggling for Dampara block in Cuttack dis- irrigation. LOOMING CRISIS basic needs like food and water, trict. Local villagers are in panic It is apprehended that if the dis- some flood-affected villagers over this for past week. trict does not receive good rain- This has happened because the district experienced less than normal rainfall fumed. Floodwater has entered nearby fall in coming days then whatever during this monsoon. Moreover, heavy siltation taking place in the reservoir has In addition, people in these vil- villages and farmlands in water is left in the reservoir might diminished its water retaining capacity. Indravati which is termed as the lifeline of lages are reeling under darkness Bhagipur panchayat near the em- not support farmers till the end of Kalahandi district lacks adequate water reserve for irrigation due to power failure. The au- bankment. A road breach meas- their cultivation and will also affect At present, 90 cusecs of water need to be The water which is left over thorities have allegedly failed to uring around five-ft was initially power production. discharged from the reservoir to its right and after power production is provide proper medical facili- formed on the embankment which Reports said that water level at left canal daily to help irrigate the farmlands. released into Hati barrage for ties. Under these circumstances, later widened to around 60-feet Indravati reservoir currently stands The reservoir currently produces 300 discharge into right and left the locals have urged the district causing heavy flood, the People collect drinking water from a submerged at 336.85 meter by Thursday while megawatt of power canals for irrigation administration to provide them villagers said. tubewell in Chandbali area of Bhadrak the water level in the reservoir was 640.34 meter by August 31, last districts in the state. The water which is left over after year. This is 76 per cent of the high- The two back to back low-pres- power production is released into est water retaining capacity of 642 sure triggered rainfall was less Hati barrage for discharge into meter of the reservoir. and helped in raising the water right and left canals for irrigation. LEOPARD SKIN Reports said that floods came level in the reservoir from 632 meter Indravati reservoir is placed at Mafia strips reserve forest of in various rivers due to low-pres- to 636.85 meter-- an increase of only a height 613 meter above sea-level. SEIZED; 1 HELD sure triggered rainfall in the state. four meters. The highest water retaining ca- The water level rose in those At present, 90 cusecs of water pacity of the reservoir is 642 meter. POST NEWS NETWORK rivers and several areas and farm- need to be discharged from the However, the reservoir is filled till precious timber in Keonjhar lands were inundated. However, reservoir to its right and left canal 636.85 meter by August 31. At times Baripada/Rairangpur, Sept 3: the low-pressure triggered rain- daily to help irrigate the farm- water-level goes down below 625 POST NEWS NETWORK Forest officials along with police fall in Kalahandi district was lands. The reservoir currently meter due to heavy siltation hitting have seized a leopard skin and much less in comparison to other produces 300 megawatt of power. power production. Patana, Sept 3: Timber mafia has arrested a person in Rairangpur been on a plundering spree in some area of Mayurbhanj district. The remote pockets of Keonjhar with the big cat, aged about 4 years, was sus- forest department allegedly fail- pected to have been poached. The 4 of kin ill after eating pesticide-laced puffed rice ing to keep a watch on the plun- accused was identified as derers. Lakhman Nayak (35) of ter Namita (8) and son Badal (6) According to reports, Aratei re- Badbalichua village. The offi- and his brother Saroj Naik’s daugh- serve forest under Patana range cials of Rairangpur Forest Division ter Rima (5) and Satyabrata (2). has now been on the target of the had received a tip-off about the il- The health condition of the children mafia, who have chopped off over est department could get no clues mentalists demanded that the for- legal wildlife trade racket allegedly is learnt to be still critical. 500 valuable trees like sal, dhala, about chopping of so many trees in est department and the adminis- The children were alone at home mahula, kusma and jamun trees. the reserve forest tration take effective steps to rein Wednesday afternoon as the eld- The reports said, about 70 per The matter came to light when in illegal timber smuggling. erly members were away at farm- cent of the trees taken away are sal some people were herding goats Expressing concern over the de- land. The children unknowingly trees. The trees were spread over in the forest Thursday. clining of the forest cover, Rajendra mixed some pesticide kept at home five acres of forest land. However, While locals are not aware of Mahakud, a local youth said, ”Our with puffed rice and consumed who looted them is not known, the men behind this illegal tim- livelihood solely depends on the re- together. The family members, to even though there is a forest beat ber loot, Pratap Mahakud, a mem- serve forest. We collect minor forest POST NEWS NETWORK village of Pratappur panchayat their horror, were shocked to find house two km away at Tanda near ber of the villager forest protec- produce like sal leaves, mahua flow- under Badasahi block in Mayurbhanj all the children unconscious. After Pichhulabeda village. tion committee, suspected that it ers, firewood, resin and tooth twigs.” being operated near Khejurikatas Baripada, Sept 3: As many as four district Wednesday evening. learning that they had consumed It has raised concern of locals and might be the handiwork of some in- Those who are damaging the village. Following this, a team was children of a family fell seriously ill The children undergoing treat- pesticide-laced puffed rice, the wor- social activists amid allegations fluential people. He demanded an forest should be arrested, he de- formed and an operation was after they consumed puffed rice ment at PRM Medical College and ried family members immediately that the reserve forest has been investigation into the matter and manded. DFO Ajit Tripathy said launched. While Nayak was ar- mixed with pesticide. The shocking Hospital, Baripada, have been iden- rushed them to PRM Medical losing its valuable trees every day. punishment to the guilty. he can make a comment only after rested during the undercover op- incident was reported from Barapada tified as of Jagannath Naik’s daugh- College and Hospital for treatment. They pointed out that how the for- Social activists and environ- an investigation into it. eration, his associates managed to flee from the spot. An FIR was filed against the accused under relevant Sections of IPC and a MP’s signature forged HELPING HAND manhunt was launched to nab him. Youth stabs mother to for MPLAD funds death in Jagatsinghpur BARIPADA POLICE REVEAL ‘MODUS OPERANDI’ POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK other staff in the office,” Senapati expressed. Jagatsinghpur, Sept 3: In a ghastly Baripada, Sept 3: A day after the Complicity of both the accused incident, a man stabbed his mother arrest of two persons for allegedly came to the fore during imple- to death at Chandapur village forging signature of Mayurbhanj mentation of two Integrated Tribal under Raghunathpur police lim- MP Bishweswar Tudu, local po- Development Agency (ITDA) proj- its in Jagatsinghpur district late lice revealed the ‘modus operandi’ ects, one at Baripada town and an- Wednesday night. of the accused Wednesday. other in Morada panchayat in According to sources, the ac- One of the accused named the district. cused, Nityananda Das, was being Hemant Soren is the mastermind. The MP suspected foul play in the interrogated by police in his house Soren is a samiti mem- Probe revealed ongoing ITDA project in when his mother Kalyani (65) re- ber of Morada pan- ward No 22 of Baripada buked him. This infuriated chayat and is working that, Soren used town because the work Nityananda. in the BJP legislator’s to collect money was being carried out at In a fit of rage, Nityananda office at present, a different location than thrust a knife into the woman Baripada town police from people the earmarked area. leaving her grievously injured. station IIC Birendra with the promise Tudu also had mis- She was immediately rushed to Senapati informed. givings about construc- Raghunathpur hospital, where The other accused, of providing tion of a Chhau Pandal doctors declared her brought dead. Sailesh Giri, is a com- them works under Morada block. Raghunathpur police with the puter operator in the Following this, he lodged help of fire brigade personnel MP’s office. While one funded from a complaint on the basis managed to nab the accused who accused happens to be MPLAD of reports by depart- went onto the roof top of his house a relative of the MP, mental engineers holding the weapon. Raghunathpur the other is a member of the party’s concerned. police arrested him. The body of media cell, Senapati added. Acting on the complaint, police Collector Pramod Kumar Behera and ADM Sarat Chandra Panda flagging off a special bus from Rayagada Thursday carrying students appearing the second his mother was sent to a hospital “Investigation has revealed that, launched a probe and found that phase of JEE main examination in Berhampur and Bhubaneswar OP PHOTO for postmortem. Soren used to collect money from Soren has forged the signature of people with the promise to pro- the MP on a duplicate office pad and vide them work under various sent it along with project propos- schemes financed by the MP Local als to the PA, ITDA for approval. Area Development (LAD) fund. Police have seized the duplicate Phulbani man plucks fortune from mushroom farming Besides, he was not paying salaries office letter pads which were used of the MP’s personal driver and by Soren and Giri. DEBABRATA BEHERA OF DHADKI VILLAGE PRODUCES 8 TO 10 KG OF MUSHROOM EVERY DAY AND GETS 50 PER CENT PROFIT IN IT

POST NEWS NETWORK every day. There is 50 per cent profit in He has laid 20 beds and produces 10 the farming,” he pointed out. kg of mushroom every day that fetches Phulbani, Sept 3: Even as mushroom The demand for his mushroom is so him Rs 1800 to Rs 2000. It has become cultivation is gaining traction driven by high that he need not go out, people a major source of his income. The youths its low input cost, a man from Phulbani come to his farm to buy it. If anyone or- can take this farming as a business, he of Kandhmal district has become self- ders mushroom over phone, he delivers added. sufficient. the mushroom packets in his auto rick- He pointed out that the best season to Debabrata Behera of Dhadki village shaw. grow mushroom is between March and has set an example for others while Debabrata spent his childhood in September. many have spent major part of their life Daringbadi. While pursuing matricu- As mushroom has a high demand in running after government jobs.His lation, he produced mushroom from the market, this farming has a potential mushroom is popular in his area as paddy straw. After riots, he left for to create good job avenues for many in Bullu Chhatu. “If you start this mush- Bhubaneswar in search of job. Unable the state, he added.

room farming, there is no need to run to get a job, he returned to Phulbani He added that “The mushroom farm-

k y m c after government or private jobs,” he as- and stayed at a rented house with his wife ing helps me to cover most of his ex- serts. and two children. penses. The youths need to be provided He started this farming in a small He started the mushroom farming with training to enhance its reach. way. As demand for mushroom increased and that clicked. He produces three va- Mushroom farming is gradually emerg- in the area, he made it a full time job. rieties of mushroom depending on the ing as a thriving business for many ed- “I now produce 8 to 10 kg of mushroom seasons. ucated unemployed youth.” P6 FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 4 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR power post

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he recent Republican US President Lyndon Johnson National Convention was once observed that, "What the man scandalous for many rea- on the street wants is not a big Centre can’t renege T sons – from the misuse of debate on fundamental issues; he the White House as a campaign wants a little medical care, a rug he Good Services Tax (GST), introduced with much fanfare in July 2017, prop (in violation of the Hatch on the floor, a picture on the wall." is unraveling itself. The new tax regime, touted to be the biggest ever Act and longstanding norms) and But as Johnson's Democratic Party T tax reform in independent India, has failed to meet the purposes it had the brazen mendacity of its speak- learned the hard way, even "a lit- promised to serve. Both the Centre, which had appropriated to itself a lion’s ers, to the parade of Trump fam- tle medical care" can become a share of power in the GST Council, and the state governments, who had been ily members. Amid the tawdry matter of principled conflict. silenced by the carrot of annual compensations of a hefty 14 per cent, have spectacle of the GOP being trans- Such contests are best hashed found themselves at a loss. So much so that the Union government last week formed into a subsidiary of the out not just with one's partisan threw up its hands, saying it cannot pay the compensations to states as it had Trump Organisation, one shock- adversaries but also in open, plu- promised, and state governments are free to borrow funds from the RBI. Little ing aspect stood out: the party of- ralistic internal debate. When dis- did the Centre say who will finally foot the bill. Many state governments like fered no platform. The Republicans' putes are settled in this fashion, the Kerala have proposed that the Centre should borrow on its own account and only purpose, apparently, is "to losers are more likely to accept pass it on to states. The Centre has declined it. Exacerbated, some states like enthusiastically support the defeat and remain loyal to the Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Pondicherry have threatened to go back to President's America-first agenda." party. By contrast, mass accla- the pre-GST regime. The Centre has been so helpless that Union Finance Minister On one level, eschewing a pol- mations of the kind the GOP staged Nirmala Sitharaman has blamed it on God for the shortfall in revenue. icy platform can be read as a smart Just as the GOP has outsourced its identity to for Trump often send some party The GST system was flawed from the word go. The BJP, in its hurry to gain strategy to insulate the party from culture warriors on far-right television networks members heading toward the exits. political advantage, pushed through the indirect tax regime and got state gov- Donald Trump the person. In the The hallmark of a well-func- ernments to sign onto it by offering them juicy carrots. During negotiations Jan-Werner Mueller event that Trump is defeated in and websites, so has it handed off intellectual tioning party is its ability to attract prior to the formal rollout of the GST, the Centre had promised to compen- November, members of the GOP work to think tanks, most of which are more people with stable partisan com- sate states by 14 per cent. The logic was based on a calculation that the state establishment can wash their committed to their donors than to crafting mitments over time. Paradoxically, revenue would grow at a rate of 14 per cent year-on-year. 2015-16 was taken ACROSS hands of it, claiming that it was the party that allows members to as the base year to calculate the state's annual revenue. Any gap between the THE WEST, only an unpopular leader who broadly popular and effective policy proposals offer criticism without being tarred 14 per cent growth projection and actual GST revenue would be met by the lost; the party's long-standing prin- as traitors ultimately instills deeper compensation. This would be financed by a special compensation cess levied TRADITIONAL ciples remain sound. loyalty. over and above the GST on sin goods (for example tobacco and liquor) or lux- PARTIES But a more plausible interpre- than engage with his opponents' ing broadly popular and effective The point is not to idealize intra- ury goods (for example SUVs). This promise had obviously silenced the tation is that the toxic mix of po- arguments, Trump simply smears policy proposals. party participatory democracy. most recalcitrant of the states opposed to the GST like Tamil Nadu. Then Gujarat HAVE BEEN larization and hyper-partisanship all critics as "un-American." These are not just American Yet there is a reason why the con- Chief Minister Narendra Modi himself had opposed the GST during the UPA in America has reached a new As the political scientists Jacob problems, of course. Across the stitutions of Germany, Spain, and regime. However, the windfall of 14 per cent compensation had silenced all CHALLENGED BY level of concentration. Having S. Hacker and Paul Pierson have West, traditional parties have been Portugal, for instance, prescribe the critics of the new tax regime. States had bartered away their powers of UPSTARTS THAT been completely hollowed out, at shown, the GOP's propensity for challenged by upstarts that tend internal party pluralism. By ha- taxation for the short term promise of increased revenue. The promise of this least one of the country's main culture warfare owes much to the to hold no serious internal de- bituating people to democratic de- massive windfall, in fact, had encouraged many state governments like TEND TO HOLD political parties no longer fulfills fact that its economic-policy agenda bates, let alone embrace demo- bate and forcing them to consider Odisha to splurge on populist schemes and elections. NO SERIOUS its basic democratic function. is profoundly unpopular. Having cratic decision-making. In the that the other side might have a The basic fault here was that the compensation for states should have been That function requires parties cut taxes for the rich and failed ut- Netherlands, the far-right populist valid point, this model embodies linked to actual economic growth instead of making the provision hard-wired. INTERNAL not only to offer the electorate a terly in the face of the Covid-19 pan- Geert Wilders' party has just two what has been lost in an age of Now, state governments are not willing to climb back, nor the Union can re- DEBATES, choice, but also to determine how demic, Trump and his party need official members: Wilders and a polarization. nege on its promise. This is a real Gordian knot. The Centre cannot just wash political battles will be waged. By to distract potential voters from ma- foundation of which he is the only Parties that are internally au- its hands of its responsibility as it did in the GST Council meeting last LET ALONE appealing to some groups more terial concerns. member. Similarly, in the United thoritarian are more likely to gov- Thursday. It was the Centre which had cajoled and forced state governments than others, parties draw lines in This "plutocratic populism," Kingdom, the Brexit Party boasts ern accordingly. A system of prop- to sign on the GST and now when the chips are down it cannot just renege EMBRACE the sand; and by focusing on some Hacker and Pierson show, is the more than 110,000 "paying sup- erly functioning political parties on its promise. The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged the economy of every state DEMOCRATIC political fault lines over others, result of the GOP's complete in- porters," but is in fact a limited li- is not sufficient for democracy, government. Inasmuch as health is a state subject, the spending on this parties assemble coalitions that ability to generate new policy ability company with four offi- but it is necessary. Though the head due to the pandemic has skyrocketed in states. At this difficult time for DECISION- could have looked quite different ideas. Republicans have simply cers and just one registered "person state cannot require parties to them, the Centre cannot ask state governments to fend for themselves. The MAKING had the emphasis been placed on doubled down on tax cuts and with significant control": the ubiq- hold vigorous internal debates, Centre may try to wriggle out of this mess by taking the plea that the com- various other equally salient issues. mindless deregulation, while prov- uitous Brexiteer and serial po- laws can and should establish pensation guarantee clause cannot be legally enforceable in courts. In The point of democracy is not ing incapable of offering any co- larization entrepreneur Nigel stronger guidelines for internal January 2017, Karnataka had argued that the draft GST compensation be ed- to forge consensus on every issue, herent alternative to the 2010 Farage. pluralism and accountability. ited to guarantee that full compensation will be paid for full five years. To but rather to manage conflicting Affordable Care Act To be sure, political parties Limited liability companies and this the Centre had agreed that the compensation would be paid even if the interests and commitments. But ("Obamacare"), which they are aren't debating societies. But they family enterprises have their place cess falls short. The council had decided that the law should be amended. But democracy can break down when always just about to replace with are supposed to produce new ideas in society; crafting public policy this was not eventually done. When Telengana had asked why it was not being parties or politicians openly de- "something terrific." and policy plans, which a one-man is not it. done, former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley – the main driver of the monise or deny the legitimacy of Just as the GOP has outsourced show or a family enterprise is un- Act, had assured the states that compensation was guaranteed and the cen- other contenders for power. Such its identity to culture warriors on likely to do. While parties need to Jan-Werner Mueller is tral government could raise resources by other means for compensation pay- tactics have long been the spe- far-right television networks and represent certain principles that Professor of Politics at out to states. This being the assurance, the Centre can’t leave it to state gov- cialty of right-wing populists, who websites, so has it handed off in- their members share, deciding on Princeton and a fellow at the ernments to meet revenue shortfall by way of loans from the RBI. The Union wage culture wars in an effort to tellectual work to think tanks, such principles will always be con- Institute of Advanced Study government, as a bigger partner of the federal system, should be forthcom- reduce all political conflict to ques- most of which are more commit- tentious, and upholding them does in Berlin. ing to underwrite the loans, and definitely not renege on its promise. tions of belonging. 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WISDOM CORNER SPECTRUM SC-ST WELFARE The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. IMMANUEL KANT Too much of talk, too little of action When I say be creative I don’t mean that you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be he idea of India is envis- protective laws and developmental ity and atrocities are not being re- the Odisha Economic Survey 2018, a painting, let your life be a poem. OSHO aged in the preamble of the programmes for the SCs and STs. viewed. In 2018, the state regis- which said some 42 per cent of the TConstitution,which has vi- Article 164 of the Constitution tered 1,810 cases of atrocities against SC and 64 per cent of the ST house- sualized building a society of democ- says that in Odisha, there shall be SCsand STs. The NCRB report 2018 holds are under BPL. This is ex- WORDSWORTH racy, equality and justice for all its a minister in charge of welfare of says that 10,000 cases of atrocities tremely higher than the national citizens. There are special provi- STs, SCs and BCs; and Article 244(4) have been pending for trial in dif- average of 33 per cent (2011-12). Through the grapevine sions for SCs and STs to ensure re- speaks about TAC in states hav- ferent courts in the state, whereas Agriculture Census and the alization of their fundamental ing 5th Schedule areas. Similarly, the conviction rate was only 3 per SECC 2011 established the fact that o hear something through the grapevine is to learn of something rights through participation in as per provision of SCs and STs un- cent. The survey revealed that hun- a vast majority of the SC popula- Tinformally and unofficially by means of gossip and rumour. The usual governance in matters relating to derthe POA Act 1989, there shall be dreds of caste and ethnicity-based tion is landless and without Record implication is that the information was passed person to person by word of Manas Jena their protection, participation and a state vigilance and monitoring untouchability practices, as also of Rights over their homestead mouth, perhaps in a confidential manner among friends or colleagues. There development. Since the days of committee under the chairman- social segregations, have been ex- land in possession. This, though al- are several expressions of this type, of which a well-known couple are bush Constitutional governance, a num- ship of the CM. There is also pro- isting in villages. most 85 percent of the SC rural telegraph and jungle telegraph. These are historically rather odd, because THE NCRB REPORT ber of statutory bodies are being vision for a standing committee Students and employees from households depend on agriculture both were created well after the era of the telegraph. But that’s because FOR THE YEAR 2018 constituted to look after the pro- under the chairmanship of minister these communities have been fac- for livelihood as share croppers both are imitations of the first such expression, grapevine telegraph, which tection and wellbeing of these sec- for SC- ST development under ing institutional discrimination. and agricultural workers. is where our term comes from. The phrase was invented in the USA tions. Unfortunately, it is observed Odisha Reservation of Vacancies These people are not being treated The state has witnessed inef- sometime in the late 1840s or early 1850s. It provided a wry comparison SAYS THAT 10,000 that the successive governments of Act, 1975. But, it has been observed with dignity in local government of- fective implementation of the sys- between the twisted stems of the grapevine and the straight lines of the CASES OF then new electric telegraph marching across America. The telegraph was the Odisha and other states too, have that, for the last so many years, fices. Very often they face extor- tem of reservation in education marvel of the 1840s (Samuel Morse’s first line was opened between ATROCITIES HAVE paid less attention tosuch aspects. there have been no regular meet- tion, humiliation and negligence in and services sectors. The jobs avail- Washington and Baltimore on 24 May 1844 and rapidly expanded in the The three important bodies – ings of these bodies. The SCs and dealings, while they make any claim able in the social sector are many, following decade), vastly improving the speed of communication between BEEN PENDING FOR the state Tribal Advisory Council STs constitute almost 40 per cent for their rightful dues and entitle- but there is social exclusionfor SC- communities. In comparison, the grapevine telegraph was by individual to TRIAL IN (TAC),the state Scheduled Castes of the population.Even the elected ments under different government STs in recruitment of rural serv- individual, often garbling the facts or reporting untruths (so reflecting the Welfare Board (SCWB), and the members from these communities schemes, laws, and provisions. ice providers such as Aganwadi, gnarled and contorted stems of the grapevine), but likewise capable of DIFFERENT COURTS state Vigilance and Monitoring are not much concerned about this. Most SC and ST hamlets are de- MDM cooks and contractual ap- transmitting vital messages quickly over distances. The first recorded usage, Committee (SVMC)constituted The government reports itself prived of basic amenities such as pointments. Thereare 1.45 lakh according to Jonathan Lighter in The Random House Historical Dictionary of IN THE STATE, under the chairmanship of the reveal that the socio-economic sit- safe drinking water, toilet, elec- cooks-cum-helpers; and 29,900 American Slang, was in a political dictionary of 1852, which included the WHEREAS THE chief minister to review and mon- uations of a majority of the SCs and tricity, housing and connectivity women self-help groups are en- sentence “By the Grape Vine Telegraph Line ... we have received the itor the protection and welfare of STs in Odisha have not changed sub- which are linked to health and hy- gaged in MDM scheme operational following”. Various early references suggest that it was associated with CONVICTION SCs and STs – are almost defunct. stantially in terms of social trans- giene during this Covid-19 pan- in the state since 1995. There are clandestine communication among Southern blacks, especially slaves. For RATE WAS ONLY Mostly, the elected leaders and formation and economic develop- demic situation. The structural thousands of contractual jobs being example, a writer named Samuel Bowles wrote a book in 1865 called Across higher-level government officials ment. Every day, caste-based poverty and distress migration is- created in rural areas to facilitate the Continent in which he remarked that Colorado ladies seemed to have 3 PER CENT are members of these bodies, which atrocities are occurring. sues aremore visible among these effective service delivery systems, some secret method of learning about the latest fashions from the East: are supposed to meet regularly to The protective legislations communities. The incidence of where too, the SCs and STs have in- “How it is done I do not understand — there must be a subtle telegraph by review implementation of various against practices of untouchabil- poverty is very high as reported in significant presence. crinoline wires; as the southern negroes have what they call a grape-vine telegraph”. The term became widely known during the American Civil War period, so much so that the phrase permanently entered the standard language. Soldiers used it in the sense of gossip or unreliable rumour, as was made very clear in a diary note of 1862 reproduced in Major James Floods, the selfie-crowds Drug-peddling, Connolly’s Three Years in the Army of the Cumberland: “We get such ‘news’ Odisha in the army by what we call ‘grape vine,’ that is, ‘grape vine telegraph.’ It is Sir, Recently, there was news, with photos, in the media not at all reliable”. However, it was widely acknowledged that the Blacks’ on the floods in the Mahanadi. When 46 sluice gates communications network was extremely useful to the Union cause, as John etters were opened at Hirakud for discharge of water, Sir, It’s quite shocking to know that G. Nicolay and John Hay reported in Abraham Lincoln: A History in 1888, some people found itto be an occasion for enjoy- the roots of drug mafias are spread- calling it “one of the most important and reliable sources of knowledge to ment. They gathered near Hirakud in so large num- ing fast. Bhubaneswar is not spared the Union commanders in the various fields.” TOL THE EDITOR bers that the police had to impose Section 144 to either. We are under the impres- Readers of Orissa POST disperse them. The National Highways and bridges sion that Odisha is quite safe; but are most welcome to contribute letters over different distributaries of Mahanadi became wrong.Recent news on this has (200 words), articles and over-crowded with suchcongregations. When hun- shockedthe capital. Mainly young- LOL columns (between 750-1250 words). Contributors are dreds of villages in the mouth of Mahanadi were ma- sters are influenced into drug-tak- before saying, requested to send their rooned and lakhs were put to serious trouble, there ing. The student community is MONKS “Food bad.” contact numbers and full were alsothose turned themselves into ‘tourists’ clicking pictures. The embankments at Munduli, Netaji falling prey to this.Mumbai is a city

Ten years later, he says, postal address/email ID. They may also Subhas Bridge, Jobra Bridge, Kuakhai Bridge, Daya Bridge etc were swarmed with these ‘tourists’ and of film stars.They are habituated

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c very ten years, the monks in a “Bed hard.” It’s the big day, a and suggestions, preferably by email, pleasure-seekers. Significantly, they could spare time and money for transport to watch the floods, but with this drug. There are drug Emonastery are allowed to break decade later. He gives the head monk to: [email protected] would not pay even a rupee by way of a contribution to the CM’s Relief Fund to support the lakhs of peddlers who are supplying the their vow of silence to speak two a long stare and says, “I quit.” the waterlogged and hungry people. Instead, they form into crowds at the sight of any devastation or stuff via door delivery. Police need words. “I’m not surprised,” the head monk accident and enjoy the day with a flood of mobile selfies, to be distributed via their facebook page or be more alert. Ten years go by and it’s one monk’s says. “You’ve been complaining ever B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, other social media sites. It’s a matter of grief that people are untouched by the sad plight of others. Naresh Mandal, first chance. He thinks for a second since you got here.” Bhubaneswar-751010 This should be discouraged. Sudhanshu Sekhar Dhada, KHANDAGIRI BHADRAK TELANGANA P7

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k y m FB bans BJP MLA for ‘promoting’ violence T’gana police gun c THE ACTION COMES AMID MOUNTING PRESSURE ON FACEBOOK OVER ITS HANDLING OF HATE CONTENT down ‘suspected’ BEING CIRCULATED BY MEMBERS OF THE RULING BJP AGENCIES 25-yr-old Maoist Hyderabad, Sept 3: Facebook Not on FB, where is question Thursday banned BJP MLA from AGENCIES police and Maoists in July and Hyderabad, T Raja Singh, who is at since then the police had stepped the centre of a controversy that of ban, asks MLA T Raja Singh Hyderabad, Sept 3: A suspected up search operations. erupted after a report in ‘Wall Street Maoist was killed in an alleged ex- Meanwhile, Director General of Journal’ that Facebook’s content HYDERABAD: Meanwhile, the new page which “was unpub- change of fire with the police Police Mahender Reddy continued policies favoured the BJP. MLA T Raja Singh claimed he lished/ deleted in April 2019.” Thursday in Telangana’s Bhadradri- his visit to Komaram Bheem The social media giant banned the had no account with the net- “So, Since April 2019, I’m not on Kothagudem district bordering Asifabad district for the second legislator from its platform and working site for over a year and Facebook itself, so no question of Chhattisgarh, police said. day Thursday. Instagram for violating its policy that wondered if the social media giant banning (me). Is Facebook work- The incident occurred in the for- The police chief, who rushed to prohibits content promoting vio- was working under Congress ing under the pressure of est near Devallagudem village of the united Adilabad district in a hel- lence and hate. “pressure.” Congress,” Singh said in a brief Gundala Mandal in the early hours icopter from Hyderabad Wednesday, “We have banned Raja Singh He also accused former statement. of the day. had a night halt at Asifabad and had from Facebook for violating our Congress president Rahul Gandhi In a separate video message District a meeting with dis- policy prohibiting those that promote of making false statements against the legislator said leaders like Superintendent of THE INCIDENT trict police officials. or engage in violence and hate from Prime Minister Narendra Modi Rahul Gandhi made “false” state- Police (SP) Sunil Dutt The DGP having a presence on our platform,” and the BJP using social media ments against the BJP and Modi, said the exchange of OCCURRED IN Wednesday con- a Facebook spokesperson said. platforms, even as he wanted to ex- using social media platforms and fire occurred when a THE FOREST ducted aerial sur- The process for evaluating po- ercise his right to be on Facebook. demanded that after thorough re- police team was con- vey of the forests in tential violators is extensive and Singh, the lone Saffron party leg- search, accounts of Congress and ducting vehicle check- ingh, who is known for making he BJP leader, who NEAR Adilabad and it is what led us to Facebook’s de- islator from the southern state, AIMIM parties should be deleted ing following infor- Scontroversial comments and was Trepresents Goshamahal DEVALAGUDEM Asifabad districts cision to remove his account, it also booked by police on various constituency in Hyderabad, also claimed he did not have a Facebook from social networking sites. mation about the bordering added. occasions, claimed that his official stated that there were several account since April 2019 and that Singh said he will write to presence of Maoists VILLAGE OF Maharashtra. He The action came amid mount- Facebook account was hacked and Facebook accounts being run in the pages the social networking site Facebook to open an account for in the area. also flew over the ing pressure on Facebook over its blocked in 2018 the country in his name now banned might have been cre- him, adding that all rules and reg- “When two persons GUNDALA area on the banks handling of hate content being cir- ated by his followers. ulations will be adhered to. who were on a motor- MANDAL IN of the Pranahita culated by members of the ruling Reacting to the ban, Singh “I will write to Facebook to bike were asked to stop, river. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Facebook representatives that he never posted any inflam- wanted to know whether the so- open my official account. I will they tried to escape by THE EARLY The police chief ’s Facebook, which has over 300 Wednesday appeared before a matory content on social media. cial networking site was working follow all rules and regulations opening fire on police. visit to the region million users in India, came under Parliamentary panel led by Congress Singh, who is known for mak- under the Congress party’s pres- to use it. I should be given the The police team re- HOURS OF assumed signifi- criticism after the ‘Wall Street MP Shashi Tharoor after they were ing controversial comments and sure. right to use Facebook account turned the fire. A sus- THURSDAY cance in view of re- Journal’, published a report last summoned to discuss the issue of was also booked by police on vari- He said he had written a letter and I will seek their permis- pected Maoist was ports of the pres- month that Facebook deliberately alleged misuse of the social media ous occasions, claimed that his of- to Hyderabad Police Cyber Crime sion,” he said. Stating that killed while the other managed to ence of some top Maoists in the ignored disruptive content from platform. ficial Facebook account was hacked department October 8, 2018 that his Facebook is a neutral platform, escape,” the SP said after a visit to area. This is his second visit to the members of the ruling BJP as well Earlier Tuesday, IT Minister Ravi and blocked in 2018. official Facebook verified page Singh said linking it with BJP the scene of the encounter. district in less than two months. as right-wing voices and groups Shankar Prasad had written to The BJP leader, who represents was hacked. He again started a is not fair. The police official said the search He is believed to have discussed who have been ‘flagged internally’. Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, Goshamahal constituency in was on for the man who escaped into with top officials the strategy to The report quoted unnamed alleging that some Facebook em- Hyderabad, also stated that there interest of the nation and dharma. Stating that he has only one of- the forest. The slain person, aged counter the Maoists, who are try- Facebook insiders that one of the ployees were abusing the Prime were several Facebook accounts Cite at least one instance where ficial YouTube account and Twitter, about 25 years, is yet to be identi- ing to revive their activities in India policy executives intervened Minister and senior cabinet min- being run in the country in his there was a riot because of my Singh said he never posted any- fied. Police recovered a weapon the state. in an internal communication to isters. name and that he cannot be held re- statement,” he asked. thing provocative on these plat- from his possession. Telangana police have success- stop a permanent ban on Raja Singh After the WSJ report, Raja Singh sponsible for the comments posted “There are many Facebook ac- forms. Sunil Dutt said the police had fully thwarted the attempts by after he allegedly posted communal, had denied making any social media on these pages. counts in my name. I can’t be held The BJP leader said he had only intensified combing operations in Maoists to revive their activity divisive content. posts which have the potential to “I am being projected as if I am responsible for what they post. I one official Facebook account but the area in the wake of reports during the last six years. However, The WSJ report triggered a po- whip up communal passions. the most dangerous in the entire can’t stop them from posting some- it was hacked and blocked in 2018. about the presence of Maoist ac- in the areas bordering Chhattisgarh litical controversy with the Congress The member of the Telangana world and whenever I post some- thing. If they like or share some- “I lodged a complaint with tion teams. and Maharashtra, the banned out- and the BJP trading barbs over Legislative Assembly posted a video thing on social media, something or thing, I can’t be blamed for that,” Cyberabad police commissioner The district had also witnessed fit has been continuing efforts to re- Facebook’s alleged bias. on his Twitter account to claim the other happens. I work in the he said. but there was no response,” he said. an exchange of fire between the gain the lost ground. PREP WITH POOCH Covid recoveries cross 1L-mark in T’gana

AGENCIES en more people succumbed to Tthe virus during the last 24 Hyderabad, Sept 3: The number hours, taking the death toll to 856 of people recovered from Covid-19 in Telangana crossed one lakh- atality rate of the state is low at mark and the number of tests F0.64 per cent against the crossed 15 lakh Thursday even as national average of 1.75 per cent the state reported 2,817 new positive cases and 10 deaths. tricts continued to surge. The health officials said 2,611 Karimnagar recorded 164 new cases, people recovered during the last Khammam 157, Nalgonda 157, 24 hours, taking the total number Siddipet 120, Suryapet 116 and of recoveries to 1,00,013. The state’s Warangal Urban 114. recovery rate improved further to Age-wise Covid positive details 74.9 while the national average is show that 65.3 per cent of those 77.09 per cent. tested positive were in the age group The new cases pushed the state’s of 21-50 years. Officials said that tally to 1,33,406. Of them, 92,050 (69 24.71 per cent are above 51 years of per cent) were asymptomatic and many of these were rapid antigen daily testing target of 5,600 per day age. About 10 per cent were aged 41,356 (31 per cent) symptomatic. tests. The number of tests con- as per the World Health below 20 years. Ten more people succumbed to ducted in the state so far rose to Organisation (WHO) benchmark Officials said 64.41 per cent of the virus during the last 24 hours, 15,42,978. According to a media bul- of 140 per million per day. those tested positive were male taking the death toll to 856. letin issued from the office of the Of the fresh cases recorded in while the remaining 35.59 per cent The health officials said the case director of public health and fam- the state, Greater Hyderabad were female. fatality rate of the state is low at 0.64 ily welfare, 26,869 primary contacts Municipal Corporation (GHMC) ac- According to the media bulletin, per cent against the national aver- and 8,359 secondary contacts were counted for 452, down from 477 out of 20,396 beds under govern- age of 1.75 per cent. Out of the total tested during the last 24 hours. The the previous day. ment, 17,622 beds are vacant in- fatalities, 53.87 per cent had co-mor- results of 2,537 samples are awaited. The number of cases also cluding 1,563 ICU beds. bidities. The number of active cases A total of 17 government and 35 dropped in the state capital’s neigh- The government added four in the state stands at 32,537 in- private laboratories are conduct- bouring Rangareddy and Medchal more private hospitals to the list cluding 25,293 in home/institu- ing these tests while the state has Malkajgiri districts to 216 and 129 of hospitals treating Covid-19 in the tional isolation. 1,076 rapid antigen tests centres. respectively. Sangareddy, another state. Now a total of 191 private hos- Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services department officials take part in a flood evacuation drill demonstration at The authorities conducted 59,71 The samples tested per million district bordering the state capital, pitals treating Covid-19 patients Paruthipattu lake and Eco-park, in Chennai, Thursday. The drill showcased response to any disaster in the wake of tests during the last 24 hours but population rose to 41,560. Officials recorded 76 cases. have 10,063 beds, out of which heavy rainfall during the North-East monsoon PTI PHOTO there was no information as to how say this is much higher than the However, the cases in other dis- 5,593 are vacant. How TN reached out to 50K TB patients amid lockdown Chennai hotels are adapting to Covid-19 CONTACTLESS CHECK-IN, IMMUNITY BOOSTER DRINKS, WELCOME KIT WITH SANITISERS, MASKS AND OTHER SUCH ITEMS, AGENCIES during Covid. ATT drugs were stocked & distributed promptly for SANITISING CARS AND BAGS ARE SOME OF THE NEW SERVICES BEING PROVIDED BY THE STAR HOTELS Chennai, Sept 3: In a move to en- 52,489 TB pts since March’20.” (sic) sure that Tuberculosis (TB) pa- “Sputum collection, mobile X- AGENCIES Prakash Chandran, Founder and terval of 30 minutes between guests tients remain safe in the comfort Ray were done at the doorsteps of CEO, Crossway Hotels and Resorts for deep cleaning of stations. of their homes during the Covid- patients who required continuous Chennai, Sept 3: Star hotels in said. Crossway Hotels manages the “It will take at least two/three 19 lockdown, the Tamil Nadu gov- monitoring,” he added. the city are welcoming guests with Days Hotel OMR Chennai and sev- years to return to normal opera- ernment helped reach vital drugs District-level officers ensured nu- new health safety standards like eral hotel and resort properties in tions. The industry has been set to over 52,000 af- tritious food was sup- touchless check-in, offering im- and around Chennai, Andamans back by five years,” Chandran said. fected people at their DISTRICT-LEVEL plied by various non- munity booster drinks, welcome and Sri Lanka. Industry officials said there are doorstep. OFFICERS governmental kit containing sanitiser, mask and He said the staff have also been not many enquiries for booking In addition to pro- organisations (NGOs), other such items, sanitising cars, trained in health safety aspects and rooms. “Pricing is also under pres- viding them drugs, ENSURED he said and appreciated bags and asking the restaurants to are given masks, gloves and other sure while the Covid-19 safety pre- the government was NUTRITIOUS the district level offi- maintain social distancing, said such items. cautions add to our costs. Rates are continuously mon- cers and field workers industry officials. “The restaurant is also open but being renegotiated with institu- itoring their health FOOD WAS for their committed They said that handling Vande the number of covers has been cut tional clients with new rates going condition, Chief SUPPLIED BY service. In a statement, Bharat Mission (VBM) guests was by half to 30. Guests can also order down by about 30 per cent,” Minister K Vijayabaskar said as a great learning experience. food from their room with QR code cleaned and sanitised room allot- ficial said rooms are rented after 24 Chandran said. Palaniswami said VARIOUS NGOS part of the govern- “The guest cars, bags are sanitised enabled menu,” he added. ment,” said Zubin Songadwala, hours between each guest, after “There may be some negative Thursday. ment’s special meas- when they come in at Days Hotel Chandran said it is only Days General Manager, ITC Grand Chola, stringent deep cleaning and sani- reviews of some properties by VBM Palaniswami, who took to Twitter ures to contain the spread of coro- OMR Chennai. Our modified soft- Hotel that is accepting guests now Area Manager - ITC Hotels, South. tising protocols. guests,” Chandran said. to inform his government’s ini- navirus infection throughout Tamil ware enables touchless check-in. and other properties in its fold will ITC Grand Chola has 600 guest It is contactless dining for both Hoteliers said the VBM guest

tiative, said it provided the medi- Nadu, the government ensured reg- The guests are given a welcome kit open soon. rooms, suites and luxury service in-room and restaurants. The hotel tariff ranging between Rs 1,500

k y m c cines throughout the treatment pe- ular supply of the medicines to the containing mask, sanitiser and liq- “Our safe practices start with apartments. crockery, cutlery and trolley that to Rs 2,500 inclusive of break- riod for 52,489 TB patients. TB patients. “Our efforts on pro- uid handwash. The welcome drink pre-arrival check-in, safe car ride, An official said all high touch- carry in-room dining orders are fast, lunch and dinner is a gov- Health Minister C Vijayabaskar viding better treatment to the TB pa- is now an immunity booster which security personnel in PPE, hand points like elevators, knobs, taps sanitised. ernment fixed rate and prop- said on Twitter, “TN Health has tients without any hassles during the can be had in the lobby or in the sanitisers at touchpoints, luggage etc are disinfected every hour while At the salons, the treatment sta- erties accepted the same in done a commendable job in tak- lockdown received appreciation room. Room service orders can be sanitisation, remodelled receptions floor markings enable social dis- tions have been remodelled for safe order to meet the minimum ing care of TB Pts across the state from various quarters,” he said. placed from mobile phones,” Yangya with Welcome Separators, deep- tancing. The ITC Grand Chola of- distancing and there will be an in- running costs. P8 JAISHANKAR TO VISIT MOSCOW FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 4 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR Chinese are surreptitiously External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar encircling the Indian sub- will travel to Moscow to attend a continent, and India must meeting of foreign ministers of the keep a close watch on Shanghai Cooperation Organisation developments in Sri Lanka (SCO) September 10, it was officially y and Nepal

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of the day uote India can counter I thank the ‘LAC row result of Chinese actions’ Maharashtra government gagement," he said at an online of the two sides were holding talks for its decision to China, says Rawat reserve 600-acre media briefing. to ease the situation. Aarey land near On Monday, the Indian Army Following the Chinese attempts, Sanjay Gandhi said the Chinese military carried the Indian Army has strengthened In a warning to Pakistan, he said the country will suffer National Park in suburban out "provocative military move- its presence in at least three strate- "heavy losses" if it attempts any misadventure against Mumbai as forest ments" to "unilaterally" change the gic heights in the southern bank status quo on the southern bank of of Pangong lake. Replying to a India taking advantage of the border row with China SUPRIYA SULE | NCP MP Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh on question on whether External the intervening night of August Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 29 and 30 but the attempt was travel to Moscow to attend a meet- Small thwarted by the Indian troops. ing of the SCO foreign ministers New Delhi, Sept 3: India's armed industrialists Srivastava Tuesday said the on September 10, Srivastava said forces are capable of handling ag- have not got Chinese People's Liberation gressive Chinese actions in "best any financial "yes". The Shanghai Cooperation support. I am very Army(PLA) was engaged in Organisation (SCO) is an eight- suitable ways", Chief of Defence worried. Everyone AGENCIES all issues through dialogue, noting "provocative action" again a day ear- nation regional grouping that in- Staff Gen Bipin Rawat said knows that the the way ahead to address the issue lier when the ground commanders cludes China and India. Thursday, remarks that came economy is going down, but I worry New Delhi, Sept 3: India Thursday is negotiations. "It is clear that the against the backdrop of China's that the central government does said the situation witnessed in the situation we witnessed (in east- ARMY CHIEF BEGINS TWO-DAY VISIT TO LADAKH attempts to change the status quo not have any roadmap ready to border areas in eastern Ladakh ern Ladakh) over the past four in certain areas in eastern Ladakh. revive an economy after the decline over the past four months is a "di- months is a direct result of ac- New Delhi: Army Chief Gen MM Naravane began a two-day visit to Ladakh In an interactive session at the rect result" of actions taken by tions by Chinese side aimed at ef- Thursday to carry out a comprehensive review of the security situation in US-India Strategic Partnership SACHIN PILOT | FORMER RAJASTHAN DEPUTY CM China aimed at effecting unilat- fecting unilateral change in sta- the region in view of China's fresh attempts to change status quo along Forum, Gen Rawat said India's pol- eral change in the status quo of tus quo. "We strongly urge China the southern bank of Pangong lake, official sources said. Gen Naravane icy of engagement, if not backed the region. to sincerely engage with the Indian will be briefed about the evolving situation by top Army commanders by credible military power and re- overseeing deployment of troops as well as India's combat readiness in It can't be said External Affairs Ministry side with the objective of expedi- gional influence, would imply ac- if it attempts any misadventure the region, they said."The Chief of Army Staff is on a two-day visit to Leh that Delhi is Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava tiously restoring peace in border knowledging China's preeminence against India taking advantage of witnessing a to review operational preparedness in Ladakh region," said a source. said India is committed to resolve areas through complete disen- in the region. the border row with China. second wave of COVID-19 The former Chief of Army Staff The Chief of Defence Staff spoke said India faces the most complex extensively about how Pakistan SATYENDAR JAIN | DELHI threats and challenges spanning has been engaged in a proxy war HEALTH MINISTER FINAL TOUCH Blast in factory a full spectrum of possible con- against India and pushing terror- flict -- from nuclear to sub-con- ists into Jammu and Kashmir, at- kills man, son ventional -- but asserted that the tempted to spread terrorism in SHORT TAKES armed forces are ready to deal with other parts of the country. INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE them."Of late, India has been see- He also touched upon a host of ing some aggressive actions by other issues including India's vi- Girl found dead Vijayawada, Sept 3: Two per- China but we are capable of han- sion for the Indo-Pacific region, im- sons were killed in a massive ex- dling these in the best suitable portance of defence and security Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): A plosion at a plywood factory on the ways," Gen Rawat said. ties with the US and the govern- three-year-old girl was found outskirts of Vijayawada on In a warning to Pakistan, he said ment's focus on self-reliance in dead in a sugarcane field in Thursday, police said. defence manufacturing. Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur the country will suffer "heavy losses" Kheri Thursday morning, The incident occurred in an in- police said. Having injury dustrial estate in Surampalli in marks on the head, the Gannavaram mandal of Krishna MAN’S BEST FRIEND toddler's body was recovered district. The explosion occurred from the vicinity of her when a scrap dealer and his son village in the Singahi area. were shifting empty chemical cans ITBP raises fresh She has been missing since into an auto-rickshaw. The vic- Wednesday, police said. In tims were identified as Koteshwar his complaint to police, the Rao and his son Chinna Rao, res- girl's father alleged that one idents of Raja Rajeswaripet in unit of assault dogs Lekhram, a resident of their Vijayawada. village, had abducted and Such was the impact of the ex- killed her due to an old plosion that the victims were flung enmity with his family. into air and their bodies fell 50 Lakhimpur Kheri meters away. Police and personnel Superintendent of Police (SP) from the National Disaster Satendra Kumar Singh said a Response Force (NDRF) rushed case of murder has been lodged against the accused. PTI PHOTO to the scene for rescue and relief work. The explosion was suspected to have been caused by some chem- Woman held Artisans give a finishing touch to an idol of Goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja in Kumartuli, Kolkata, Thursday ical left in the cans. New Delhi: A 33-year-old woman was arrested for JEE, NEET ROW allegedly supplying drugs in the national capital and These states account for heroin valued at over Rs 30 Top court to hear lakh in the international PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Belgian Malinois and the market was seized, police German Shepherd breeds, and said Thursday. The accused review plea today New Delhi, Sept 3: The Indo- the force proposes to train a total has been identified as India’s 62 pc active cases Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) of 30 dogs in the first go. Sandhya, a resident of PRESS TRUST OF INDIA has raised a new unit of assault "These assault dogs have been Madipur, they said. Police got PRESS TRUST OF INDIA There was a decline of both ac- dogs, which have been trained trained to attack in a team of a tip-off that a woman, New Delhi, Sept 3: The Supreme tive cases and deaths but there has to work in packs of four to pin quartets, which means that four involved in drug trafficking, Court is scheduled to consider New Delhi, Sept 3: Maharashtra, been a rise in the past few weeks in down enemy troopers if the dogs will act in tandem to bring would come to the west Friday a plea of ministers of six Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi the national capital, he said. Giving force's patrol teams are attacked, down the target be it a terrorist Delhi's Nihal Vihar area to opposition-ruled states seeking and Tamil Nadu account for 70 per statistics on the number of cases per officials said Thursday. or any element that may harm supply heroin, a senior police review of its August 17 order al- cent of the total COVID-19 deaths million population, Bhushan said The first batch of about half- the troops during patrolling," a officer said. lowing holding of NEET and JEE in the country, the Health Ministry India has 2,792 cases of COVID-19 a-dozen dogs completed suc- senior ITBP officer said. exams physically. said Thursday. per million population which is cessful training recently at an "This canine strategy has The ministers had claimed that The ministry further said that Trajectory. However, in Andhra amongst the lowest in the world. ITBP academy in Bhanu near never been used in the world. Probe ordered the top court order failed to secure the five states of Maharashtra, Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil He added that in India, deaths Chandigarh, and the canines Even the Israeli K9 (canine) Indore: Prison authorities in students' "right to life" and ignored Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Nadu there is decrease in daily per million population is 49 which are now being sent to various "im- Oketz have never trained dogs to Madhya Pradesh have "teething logistical difficulties" to be Pradesh and Tamil Nadu account for deaths," he said. is also amongst the lowest in the portant and sensitive" bases of attack in a quartet arrow-head initiated a probe after photos faced in conducting the exams dur- 62 per cent of the active cases "On a week to week basis, there world."Recovered cases of COVID- the paramilitary force, including fashion," he said. of a jailer talking to a woman ing the pandemic. National Testing in the country.Addressing a press has been 4.5 per cent decrease in av- 19 are 3.6 times the number of active those along the Line of Actual The officer claimed that the inmate at the Indore jail went Agency which conducts both the conference, Health Secretary Rajesh erage daily deaths reported in cases," he added. Bhushan said states Control (LAC) with China, they mountain-warfare trained ITBP viral on social media, an exams is holding JEE Main Exams Bhushan said if deaths are tracked Andhra Pradesh, 11.5 per cent de- and UTs where COVID positivity said. The about 90,000-person- is the first force in the world to official said Thursday. The from September 1 to September 6, in these states and UTs across weeks cline in Maharashtra and 18.2 per rate among healthcare workers is on nel strong ITBP is primarily have such a canine unit. woman in the photos is an while NEET exams will be held then a different picture emerges."If cent decline in Tamil Nadu. On the the higher side are Telangana (18 per tasked with guarding the 3,488- "The dogs of this new unit accused in a honey trap September 13. A bench of Justices we track deaths in these five states other hand, Delhi has seen 50 per cent), Maharashtra (16 per cent), km-long LAC and it was raised are trained to seek, track, chase, case, in which politicians Ashok Bhushan, B R Gavai and across weeks, then out of 5 only 2 cent and Karnataka has seen 9.6 Delhi (14 per cent), Karnataka (13 per in 1962. The new team of canine pin down and hold the target, till and bureaucrats were Krishna Murari will consider the states i.e Karnataka and Delhi have per cent increase in average daily cent), Puducherry (12 per cent) and soldiers includes the ferocious commanded to let go," he said. allegedly trapped. In review plea in chambers. shown an increase in Case Fatality fatalities," he said. Punjab (11 per cent). September 2019, five women and a man were arrested from Indore and Bhopal for allegedly running the racket. BENGAL POLLS The photos show jailer K K Kulshreshta sitting on a chair outside the video- conference room in the women's wing of the district AGE AND IMAGE: KEY FACTORS FOR MAMATA jail, talking to Shweta Vijay Jain, who has been lodged at INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Hundreds of people had staged organisational structures in July. Jhargram and South Dinajpur had the jail here after her arrest sit-in demonstrations in districts To troubleshoot the party's image also been removed. New and in the case. Kolkata, Sept 3: As the Mamata protesting against the irregulari- in run up to the next year's elections, younger faces like cricketer-turned- Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress ties over distribution of Amphan Mamata Banerjee had made a num- politician Laxmi Ratan Shukla in government in West Bengal gears relief packages. They also agitated ber of changes in the Trinamool Howrah, Mahua Moitra in Nadia, up for a high-voltage Assembly over the irregularities of Cyclone Congress -- from its core commit- Dulal Murmu in Jhargram, Cop arrested polls scheduled in 2021, the party Amphan relief funds that went to tee members to district presidents. Gurupad Tudu in Purulia and Ahmedabad: An assistant leadership is focusing on the young various fake accounts of local Announcing a major rejig, the Shyamal Santra in Bankura had sub-inspector of police in brigade at the grassroots primarily Trinamool leaders depriving those West Bengal CM gave more prior- been given charge of the districts. Rajkot city of Gujarat was with a clean and clear track record who were actually affected due to ities to younger and new faces in Party insiders said that Team caught for allegedly in politics. the cyclone. the party's forefront with a relatively Prashant Kishor (popularly known demanding and accepting Rs The state's incumbent forma- According to party sources, the clean political image. She had an- as Team PK within Trinamool 5,000 bribe from a fellow tion is already plagued with cor- key responsibilities are now being nounced a new state committee Congress) is working closely with policeman, the state Anti ruption charges in various dis- given to those who are aged below with 21 members in it and a seven- the party's top leadership to find Corruption Bureau (ACB) said tricts, especially after the Cyclone 40-years and have a reasonably clean member core panel of Trinamool many critical areas. "Various steps Thursday. ASI Balwantsinh Amphan that ravaged a large part image in their respective localities. Congress that included names of like preparing a unique database y Jadeja, currently posted at of south Bengal districts. Be it dis- There is a clear instruction from the Abhishek Banerjee, Subhendu of localities, fights between inter- Rajkot city control room, was

tribution of food grains and tar- party's top leadership to give im- to every booth level across West days," said a senior Trinamool Adhikari, Partha Chatterjee, nal factions, performance record of

k y m caught accepting the bribe c paulin in cyclone-ravaged pockets from a traffic constable on portance to young people in the or- Bengal that people over the age leader. Subrata Bakshi, Firhad Hakim, local leaders etc. are being taken into Wednesday, the ACB said in a of Sunderbans or inclusion of ganisation. All district committees group of 40 will not be entertained Keeping in mind the age factor Kalyan Banerjee and Shanta Chetri. account to chalk out a campaign statement. The complainant ghost names in the list of benefi- will have to follow the directive. in the district committees. "The and a considerably clean image of Besides this, the presidents of sev- strategy ahead of the next year's serves as a constable with ciaries -- Trinamool Congress' name The instruction was sent out size of the district committees will her party workers, the Trinamool eral districts, including Howrah, poll," a Trinamool Congress the Rajkot city traffic cropped up almost everywhere. from the senior state leadership also likely shrink in the coming supremo has reshuffled the party's Coochbehar, Purulia, Nadia, insider said. police department. COVID EFFECT P9 The government and Finance FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 4 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR Minister Nirmala Sitharaman should The Rajasthan government has not stay in office for any longer as decided to deduct a part of the they have inflicted a big blow and salary of the Chief Minister, damage to the country’s economy, state ministers, MLAs, All India seen never before in the country’s State Service Officers and other y history since independence

national state employees every month

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of the day uote RAGING CONTROVERSY PDP meet foiled, leaders stopped Even though there have The meeting was called by the party General Secretary G. N.Lone Hanjura at been demands FACEBOOK RESPONDS TO CONG to reopen temples the party headquarters in Srinagar. It was supposed to be the first meeting of the and other places of Responding to concerns raised by the Congress, Facebook’s Public Policy, Trust and party leadership after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 last year worship as part of the 'Unlock' process, Safety Director Neil Potts has said that it has taken the party's allegation of bias the government is exercising very seriously and will ensure that it remains non-partisan and is committed to INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE a video on Twitter of him being party meet post August 5 they told caution on the issue stopped by the police. Akhtar us we are under detention. "Question maintaining the highest levels of integrity Srinagar, Sept 3: A meeting of the tweeted: "Despite being free on now is how choking our space in the UDDHAV THACKERAY | MAHARASHTRA CM People's Democratic Party (PDP) paper and in government submis- name of law & order is contribut- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA the question of hateful content by here Thursday was disallowed by the sions in High Court and Supreme ing to the so called ‘peace'." The central public figures, we want to assure police, which stopped some of its lead- Court, PDP leadership continues to Iltija Mufti, who operates her government New Delhi, Sept 3: Amid a raging you that our Community Standards ers from moving out of their houses. be under illegal detention, with- mother former Chief Minister has controversy over Facebook's al- prohibit attacks against people The meeting was called by the out any official orders. Video from Mehbooba Mufti's Twitter account completely failed in leged political bias and interfer- based on their protected charac- party General Secretary G. N.Lone today - I wasn't allowed to attend the tweeted: "Shameful that J&K admin management of the ence in India's democratic process, teristics, including religion, caste, Hanjura at the party headquarters PDP meeting nor were any of my along with police physically pre- Covid pandemic as the social media giant has told the ethnicity, and national origin. In line in Srinagar. It was supposed to be colleagues." vented PDP leaders from leaving well as the economy Congress that it is non-partisan, with our hate speech policy, we the first meeting of the party lead- Party leader Waheed Ur Rehman their homes in Srinagar today. They of the country. Despite the denounces hate and bigotry in all have removed and will continue ership after the abrogation of Article Parra also tweeted: "Our story: A shamelessly lie to courts that these warnings from our leader Rahul forms and strives to ensure that its to remove hateful content by pub- 370 on August 5 last year. year of unfreedom & many claims people are free to move and then Gandhi of a tsunami hitting the platforms remain a space where Facebook and WhatsApp India's lic figures in India on our plat- Senior party leader and former later we were told we are free now. have the audacity to detain them il- nation if timely action is not people can express themselves freely. leadership team flagged bias and forms." PDP Minister Naeem Akhtar posted But when we try to attend the first legally at home." initiated to boost the economy, the Responding to concerns raised by proximity with the ruling BJP. Facebook is at the centre of a rag- BJP government preferred to the opposition Congress, Facebook's "We take seriously the concerns ing political debate in the country continue with its ignorant approach Public Policy, Trust and Safety and recommendations you raised with both the ruling BJP and the UNBELIEVABLE! and chose to celebrate with Director Neil Potts has said that it on behalf of the Indian National opposition Congress accusing it Four more Punjab banging of thalis and lighting of has taken the party's allegation of Congress... First and foremost, we of colluding and influencing opin- diyas, which has now resulted in bias very seriously and will ensure want to take this opportunity to ion. The BJP has accused the social MLAs Covid positive crashing of economy Youths steal mobile, rob that it remains non-partisan and is state that we are non-partisan and media giant's employees of sup- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE DIGAMBAR KAMAT | GOA LEADER OF OPPOSITION committed to maintaining the high- strive to ensure that our platforms porting people from a political pre- est levels of integrity. remain a space where people can disposition that lost successive cab to enjoy ‘parathas’ Chandigarh, Sept 3: Four more The Congress accused Facebook express themselves freely. We take elections, and "abusing" Prime legislators in Punjab tested coro- Demonetisation of interfering in India's democratic allegations of bias seriously and Minister and senior cabinet min- navirus positive, taking their did not erase process and social harmony and want to make clear that we de- isters. In a three-page letter to total number to 33 of 117. the black being soft on members of the rul- "Four of our MLAs, Randeep money as it was nounce hate and bigotry in all Zuckerberg, IT Minister Ravi claimed by the Prime ing BJP while applying its hate- forms," Potts said in the letter, Shankar Prasad flagged the social Nabha, Angad Singh, Aman Minister and it did not speech rules. dated September 1. media platform's alleged "bias and Arora and Parminder Dhindsa, benefit the poor. The The Congress had written to In his letter to AICC general sec- inaction" by individuals in the have tested Covid-19 positive," advantage was given to India's Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg retary (organisation) K C Facebook India team on complaints Chief Minister Amarinder Singh biggest billionaires after a report by the Wall Street Venugopal, who had written to by people supportive of right-of- informed in a tweet Thursday. Journal about the conduct of Zuckerberg twice, Potts said, "On centre ideology. "Wish them all a speedy recovery. RAHUL GANDHI | CONGRESS LEADER INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE powered him. They robbed his Fight against Covid-19 is real two mobile phones, wallet and and the onus is on all of us to ob- New Delhi, Sept 3: In a daring threw him out of the car. serve full precautions, to test, SHORT TAKES PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE robbery, a group of youths first Accordingly a robbery case was and if found positive, to start stole a mobile phone and then registered at Nangloi and in- treatment quickly," he added. made a call for an Ola cab and vestigation taken up," said DCP The legislators who have con- Couple ends life robbed it. Their motive was to (Outer) A. Koan. tracted the disease comprised go to Murthal and have 'parathas' During the course of inves- five ministers in the govern- Kanpur: A Kanpur man and for dinner. tigation on the basis of intelli- ment. At 2.8 per cent, the state's his wife were found hanging The Delhi Police has arrested gence, accused Sagar and Pankaj, death is the third worst in the Thursday in their room while the three accused and appre- both residents of Nangloi were country, bypassing the national apparently their children hended two juveniles in this were asleep with the arrested. During sustained in- capital. The national rate is grandmother, police said. connection. One of the accused terrogation both accused con- 1.8 per cent. Rakesh Kumar, 39, who was is a BBA student in a Noida- fessed to the crime and disclosed Rajesh Bhaskar, Punjab's nodal working in a mobile based college. the names of three of their as- officer for Covid-19, said that accessories shop had lost his Police station Nangloi, re- sociates. Two juveniles were ap- the reason for the spike in deaths job during the Covid ceived a complaint where the prehended and one co-accused is that people are not coming lockdown. complainant reported that his Abhijeet, also a resident of forward for testing and they are cab was booked through Ola Nangloi, was arrested as well. only reporting when their con- from Krishna Mandir, Najafgarh Abhijeet is a BBA student in a dition deteriorates. "That is why Boy killed Road, Nangloi. When the cab Noida-based college. we have been asking the people reached the pick-up point, 4 to "They planned to go to to opt home isolation if they Malda (WB): A class 9 5 boys were present there who Murthal to have dinner and don't want hospitalization," student was killed after he confirmed OTP of the booking hence robbed the Ola cab by Bhaskar said. In the highest sin- was hit by a running goods to the driver. overpowering the driver. One gle-day rise in deaths, 106 people train while taking a selfie "After that when they reached of the juveniles apprehended succumbed to the virus on video in Malda district of near Rajdhani Park, all the ac- is also involved in a murder Wednesday. Besides, 1,514 new West Bengal, police said cused riding in the car started case," said a senior police cases were reported. The state toll Wednesday. Manoj Mondal, A Delhi Metro employee sanitises a coach as part of preparations ahead of the resumption of metro services from beating the driver and over- officer. has reached 1,618, while the num- who was accompanied by a September 7 with restrictions in New Delhi, Thursday PTI PHOTO ber of cases climbed to 56,989. friend, was taking the selfie video on a railway track at Madhughat locality in Englishbazar area. When he Minor abducted, gangraped was taken to Malda Medical BORDER TENSION College and Hospital, doctors Bhadauria reviews situaton declared him brought dead, INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE the officer said. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The IAF chief has been tinue performing their duty with due diligence," the official said. Bareilly (UP), Sept 3: A minor girl, New Delhi, Sept 3: Chief of Air regularly visiting key The IAF chief has been regularly who was on her way to a photo stu- Couple arrested Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS air bases along the visiting key air bases along the LAC dio, was allegedly abducted and Bhadauria reviewed the IAF's op- LAC since the border since the border row broke out be- gangraped by four boys Wednesday Shillong: A couple was erational preparedness along the tween Indian and Chinese troops in Sarvodaya Nagar under CB Ganj arrested and over 46 gm Line of Actual Control (LAC) in row broke out between in eastern Ladakh in early May. In police circle. heroin seized from their Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim in June, Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria Two of the accused have been ar- possession in Meghalaya's view of the escalating border ten- Indian and Chinese made a quiet visit to Ladakh and rested and the police is searching East Khasi Hills district sions with China, officials said troops in eastern Srinagar air bases to review the for the remaining two. According Thursday, police said. Acting Thursday. Ladakh in early May IAF's overall preparedness. to reports, the girl was going to a one of the incident. However, when on a tip-off, anti-narcotics "Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria In the last two months, the IAF photo studio to get her photograph the girl returned home, she in- task force personnel visited frontline air bases in Eastern deployed almost all its frontline clicked for school form when she formed her father and he took her intercepted a vehicle on Air Command (EAC) on Wednesday," Force have increased their alert paredness of the combat units fighter jets like Sukhoi 30 MKI, was picked up by four boys and to the police station to lodge a com- Umshyrpi Bridge and seized an IAF spokesperson said without levels in all key bases along the under the command. Jaguar and Mirage 2000 aircraft in taken to a secluded place where plaint. the drugs worth Rs 3.60 lakh, mentioning the names of the air nearly 3,400 km-long LAC following "Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria the key frontier air bases in east- they raped her by turns. SP (City) said that a case has district Superintendent of bases. The Eastern Air Command, China's fresh attempts to change also met and interacted with air ern Ladakh and elsewhere along The girl, a student of class 11, has been registered under relevant sec- Police S Nongtynger said in a headquartered in Shillong, looks the status quo in the Southern Bank warriors serving in these units the LAC. identified the four accused as her tions of IPC and the Protection of statement. after the aerial defence of sensi- of Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh. during the course of his visit. He The IAF has also deployed Apache neighbours. The girl was also beaten Children from Sexual Offences tive areas along the LAC in Sikkim The IAF spokesperson said lauded the focussed efforts by the attack choppers as well as Chinook with an iron rod as the boys filmed (POCSO) Act and the two remain- and Arunachal Pradesh as well as the Chief of Air Staff was ap- station personnel towards main- heavy-lift helicopters to transport the act on their mobile phones. ing accused would be arrested at the Five held various other parts of the region. prised about the "state of readi- taining proficiency in all roles en- troops to various forward locations She was threatened with dire earliest. The girl will be sent for med- Shillong: Five persons, all The Army and the Indian Air ness" and operational pre- visaged and urged them to con- in the region. consequences if she informed any- ical examination, he said. residents of a Punjabi locality here, were arrested for assaulting a local man, police said Thursday. The five WORKOUT AMID PANDEMIC allegedly attacked and assaulted Arnell Steward Nongdhar on August 25 while they were returning from the warehouse of a multinational Cycling gaining popularity as gyms remain off the radar e-commerce company located in the area, East Khasi Hills superintendent of police INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE cular diseases, and arthritis need Cycling is one of the safest and the further compounded this problem. Sylvester Nongtnger said. at least 30-50 minutes of daily ex- best forms of exercise during this A study published in the Lancet New Delhi, Sept 3: As gyms remain ercise to manage their chronic con- time and is very effective for diabetes, journal had revealed that cardio- off the radar for most people due to ditions. heart disease, hypertension, etc. It vascular diseases contributed 28.1 Himachal minister safety concerns amid the Covid-19 Dr Maninder Shah Singh, can also help keep weight under per cent to the total deaths in India pandemic, people are moving to Orthopaedic and Joint Replacement check without compromising so- in 2016, compared with 15.2 per cent corona positive free-weight and cardiovascular ex- Surgeon, Indian Spinal Injuries cial distancing norms," Singh added. in 1990. Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Jal ercises to build endurance and stay Center, New Delhi, said that lack of Cycling is a non-impact cardio- Dr R R Dutta (Internal Medicine), Shakti Minister Mahender in shape. Cycling is gaining popu- adequate physical activity can vascular exercise that not only im- Paras Hospital, Gurugram, said Singh Thakur said he tested larity as the preferred mode of worsen the disease condition of parts strength to the bone struc- that urban authorities should use positive for COVID-19 on workout in these times. such patients and can make them ture, but can rejuvenate the entire people's growing liking of cycling y Thursday, four days ahead of Children and the youth are lov- vulnerable to further complica- body, including abs, lumbar muscles, as an opportunity. "In the current

the monsoon session of the ing it, and now even the doctors tions. "Cycling can prevent it in a and arms. At the same time, it also Covid era, when people are scared

k y m c assembly. Singh, 70, in a are advocating it, especially to the great way," he added. helps lower blood sugar and cho- of going to gyms and yoga studios, Facebook post urged people patients with lifestyle ailments. "A worrying by-product of the reopening, not many people are Zumba classes, etc., have also been lesterol levels while keeping a lid on and any group workouts are nearly who came in his contact Doctors said that people having Covid induced social isolation comfortable sharing space during suspended. your blood pressure. impossible due to obvious safety recently to quarantine lifestyle ailments and non-com- regime has been a further reduction workouts with growing disease "As doctors, we advise patients to A largely sedentary lifestyle of issues, cycling is the best way to a themselves and get tested municable diseases (NCD) such as in physical activity levels of the prevalence. Yoga clubs, group ex- ensure they get at least 30 minutes many urban Indians is a major healthier body and management for the dreaded disease. diabetes, hypertension, cardiovas- people. Even as gyms have started ercise sessions such as pilates, of exercise through any means. health concern. The lockdown has of chronic diseases. P10 SAVE MOTHER EARTH FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 4 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR Climate change protests Clean energy delivers by environmental more jobs, cleaner air, activists from the better health and stronger Extinction Rebellion economic growth group resumed for a ANTONIO GUTERRES | second day in London

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Thousands of finalise deal for London families still GIVE INDIA ANOTHER AK-47 203 rifles live in unsafe buildings PRESS TRUST OF INDIA SADIQ KHAN | Moscow, Sept 3: India and Russia LONDON MAYOR CHANCE TO APPOINT have finalised a major deal for manufacturing AK-47 203 rifles The coronavirus will not be in India during Defence Minister Singapore's last public health Rajnath Singh’s ongoing visit crisis, and the LAWYER: PAK COURT here, the official Russian media country should reported Thursday. apply lessons it has IN JULY 2019, THE ICJ The AK-47 203 is the latest and learnt in managing JADHAV CASE DIRECTED PAKISTAN TO most advanced version of the AK- this disease to ALLOW CONSULAR ACCESS 47 rifle, which will replace the prepare for future PAKISTAN HAS INTRODUCED TO JADHAV Indian Small Arms System (INSAS) pandemics A SPECIAL LAW TO ALLOW 5.56x45 mm assault rifle. KULBHUSHAN JADHAV TO The Indian Army has a LEE HSIEN LOONG | GET HIS SENTENCE REVIEWED AS SINGAPORE PRIME MINISTER requirement for around 770,000 ASKED BY THE ICJ AK-47 203 rifles, of which 100,000 will be imported and the rest There is LAST MONTH, INDIA SAID will be manufactured in India, unequivocal THAT ISLAMABAD HAD ‘BLOCKED Russia's state-run Sputnik news proof that ALL THE AVENUES’ FOR AN agency said. EFFECTIVE JUDICIAL REMEDY Russian opposition The rifles will be manufac- politician Alexei tured in India as part of the joint Navalny was PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Jadhav has reiterated his earlier venture Indo-Russia Rifles Private poisoned with a stance and has preferred to pursue Limited (IRRPL), established be- Novichok nerve agent Islamabad, Sept 3: A high court the remedy of clemency instead tween the Ordnance Factory ANGELA MERKEL | CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY in Pakistan Thursday directed the of invoking his right under the Board (OFB), the Kalashnikov federal government to give India Ordinance of 2020. Concern and Rosoboronexport - “another opportunity” to appoint Khan told the court that India was - the Russian state agency for SHORT TAKES a lawyer to represent death-row duly informed of the proceedings military exports, it said. prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav as it of the court held on August 3, but Actress Tilda Swinton poses at the 77th Venice Film Festival REUTERS PHOTO adjourned hearing for a month. its response is awaited, according Unarmed Black The Islamabad High Court (IHC) to the order. The court raised ques- man killed in US took up the case of appointment of tions about the efficacy of the case lawyer for Jadhav to hear the review and judgment if India or Jadhav New York: An unarmed of the death sentence given to him were not ready to avail the oppor- Kremlin rejects Navalny poisoning accusations African-American died in by a Pakistani military court. tunity of review.The court observed New York state after the Jadhav, the 50-year-old retired that “in order to remove any fur- REUTERS spokesman Dmitry Peskov said police held him down on the Indian Navy officer, was sentenced ther doubt, India should be given Moscow rejected any suggestion road for two minutes and to death by a Pakistani military another opportunity to appoint a Moscow, Sept 3: The Kremlin that Russia had been behind the also put a "spit hood" on his court on charges of “espionage lawyer”. “In order to remove any Thursday rejected accusations that attack on Navalny and warned head, designed to protect and terrorism” in April 2017. doubt, and to fulfill the require- Russia had been responsible other countries against jumping officers from a detainee's saliva, according to body Attorney General Khalid Javed ments of a fair trial, we feel that an- for the poisoning of opposition to hasty conclusions. camera footage. Although Khan told the court that to comply other opportunity ought to be ex- politician Alexei Navalny and The Kremlin was speaking a day the incident took place in with the orders of the International tended to the Government of India said it saw no grounds for sanc- after German Chancellor Angela March, it came to light only Court of Justice (ICJ), Pakistan to consider taking appropriate tions to be imposed against Moscow Merkel said Navalny had been poi- Wednesday, the BBC granted consular access to India, measures so as to ensure effective over the case. soned with a Soviet-style Novichok reported. In a news however, it has not replied to compliance with the judgment of The Kremlin was speaking a day nerve agent in an attempt to mur- conference Wednesday, Pakistan's offer to appoint a lawyer the International Court... We, there- after German Chancellor Angela der him. Navalny, 44, is an outspo- the brother of the victim, for him. According to the short fore, yet again restrain ourselves Merkel said Navalny had been poi- ken opponent of Russian President Daniel Prude, 41, order issued after the hearing, from proceeding in the matter in soned with a Soviet-style Novichok Vladimir Putin and has specialised said he called police in Khan told the court that Jadhav hand,” according to the order. nerve agent in an attempt to mur- in high-impact investigations into Rochester, New York, March was informed about the judgment On August 4, the IHC named der him. Navalny, 44, is an outspo- official corruption. attack on Navalny and warned Nord Stream 2 is set to double the 23 as the latter was of the ICJ and his rights under three senior lawyers as amici cu- ken opponent of Russian President He was airlifted to Germany other countries against jumping capacity of the existing Nord Stream suffering from acute Article 36 of the Vienna Convention riae in the case of Jadhav as it had Vladimir Putin and has specialised last month after collapsing on a to hasty conclusions. 1 pipeline in carrying gas directly mental health problems. on Consular Relations as well as IHC ordered the Pakistan government in high-impact investigations into domestic Russian flight after She faced growing pressure on from Russia to Germany. It is more orders on the appointment of his to give "another chance" to India to official corruption. He was airlifted drinking a cup of tea that his al- Thursday to reconsider the Nord than 90% finished and due to operate defence counsel.The Attorney appoint a counsel for the death- to Germany last month after col- lies said was poisoned. Kremlin Stream 2 pipeline, which will take from early 2021. Peskov said the NBW issued General told the court that he was row prisoner. Amicus Curiae is a lapsing on a domestic Russian flight spokesman Dmitry Peskov said gas from Russia to Germany, after Kremlin regarded talk of taking informed by the officials of the lawyer appointed by a court to as- after drinking a cup of tea that his Moscow rejected any suggestion her statement on Navalny, who is action against the pipeline as being against Sharif Government of Pakistan that sist in any matter or case. allies said was poisoned. Kremlin that Russia had been behind the being treated in a Berlin hospital. based on emotions.

Lahore: A Pakistani court Thursday directed the OIL TANKER WITH FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 Ministry of Foreign Affairs to execute a non-bailable 2MN BARREL CATCHES UK public tribunal to probe arrest warrant against Steroids cut death rates: WHO former prime minister FIRE OFF LANKA COAST Nawaz Sharif in a 34-year REUTERS land allotment case, AGENCIES according to media reports. Uighur ‘genocide’ claims London, Sept 3: Treating criti- During the plot allotment Colombo, Sept 3: Fire broke out cally ill COVID-19 patients with hearing, Model Town Police on a supertanker carrying about ASSOCIATED PRESS mony from several former secu- corticosteroid drugs reduces the Inspector Bashir Ahmed 2 million barrels of oil in the rity guards who were involved in risk of death by 20%, an analysis told Lahore Accountability Indian Ocean off the east coast London, Sept 3: A prominent the Xinjiang detention camps. of seven international trials found Court's Judge Asad of Sri Lanka, spokesmen for the British human rights lawyer is “At the moment, the strongest Wednesday, prompting the World Ali that Sharif was not at country’s navy said Thursday, convening an independent tribunal evidence would appear to be Health Organisation to update Major development: The US his residence. adding that one of its 23 crew was in London to investigate whether evidence of incarceration and pos- its advice on treatment. Centers for Disease Control and missing and another injured. the Chinese government's alleged sibly evidence of enforced The analysis - which pooled Prevention (CDC) has asked state The Indian Coast Guard pressed rights abuses against Uighur sterilisation,” Nice said. data from separate trials of low public health officials to prepare Hurricane into action three of its ships and Muslims in the far western Xinjiang China has long suspected the dose hydrocortisone, dexam- to distribute a potential coron- a Dornier aircraft after the Sri region constitute genocide or crimes Uighurs, who are mostly Muslim, ethasone and methylprednisolone avirus vaccine to high-risk groups hits Belize Lankan Navy sought assistance to against humanity. of harbouring separatist tendencies - found that steroids improve sur- as soon as late October, documents Punta Gord: Hurricane Nana control the fire onboard the The tribunal is expected to reveal cide are “questions that should be because of their distinct culture, lan- vival rates of COVID-19 patients published by the agency showed. made landfall in Belize, Panamanian-registered oil tanker new evidence and testimony over asked and answered” but such guage and religion. sick enough to be in intensive The timing of a vaccine has pelting a relatively sparsely New Diamond. According to media several days’ hearings next year. claims have never been legally scru- In July, the Trump care in hospital. “This is equiv- taken on political importance as populated stretch of the reports, the fire started in the en- While the tribunal does not have tinized in public, Nice told The administration imposed sanctions alent to around 68% of (the sick- US President Donald Trump seeks country's coast with heavy gine room of the oil tanker, which government backing, it is the latest Associated Press. Organisers are in on three senior Chinese Communist est COVID-19) patients surviving re-election in November, after rain and wind before was carrying crude oil from Kuwait attempt to hold China accountable the initial stages of gathering ev- Party officials for alleged human after treatment with corticos- committing billions of federal weakening to a tropical to India, and then spread. for its treatment of the Uighurs and idence, and expect to receive a sub- rights abuses targeting Uighurs, teroids, compared to around 60% dollars to develop a vaccine to storm while pushing across In a swift sea and air coordi- ethnic Turkic minorities, who have stantial number of submissions ethnic Kazakhs and other surviving in the absence of cor- prevent COVID-19, which has Guatemala Thursday. been subject to an unprecedented from Uighurs exiled abroad over the minorities in Xinjiang, including ticosteroids,” the researchers said killed more than 180,000 crackdown since 2017. Allegations next few months. New evidence mass detentions and forced in a statement. Americans. against China about potential geno- that may emerge includes testi- population control. FB’s new rules San Francisco: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said PANDEMIC’S HIDDEN THREAT Thursday that the platform will not accept new political ads in the week before the November 3 US presidential Female poverty rate in South Asia projected to rise: UN elections. The social networking giant has nated Search and Rescue (SAR) operation, the Coast Guard said it PRESS TRUST OF INDIA revised projections now put that "pandemic will push 96 million peo- announced a slew of other “nCoV WILL PUSH 96MN immediately diverted ICG Ships MATTER OF CONCERN figure at 18.6 per cent,” the re- ple into extreme poverty by 2021, 47 measures to help secure the PEOPLE INTO EXTREME integrity of the US elections Shaurya, Sarang and Samudra United Nations, Sept 3: The female port said. The report pointed out million of whom are women and THE REPORT, ‘FROM INSIGHTS TO POVERTY BY 2021, 47MN by encouraging voting, Paheredar, besides a Dornier air- poverty rate in South Asia will that the resurgence of poverty girls. This will increase the total ACTION: GENDER EQUALITY IN THE OF WHOM ARE WOMEN connecting people to craft for the firefight on oil tanker increase in 2021 due to the due to the pandemic number of women and girls living WAKE OF COVID-19’, SAID THAT AND GIRLS,” THE UN SAID authoritative information, New Diamond. COVID-19 pandemic and more threatens to deepen gender poverty in extreme poverty to 435 million, THE GENDER POVERTY GAP WILL and reducing the risks of Two Russian anti-submarine women than men in the 25-34 WORSEN FURTHER STILL IN SOUTH ASIA gaps, especially for people aged 25 with projections showing that this post-election confusion. warfare ships anchored at age group will be poorer in the to 34, which is a key productive and number will not revert to pre-pan- Facebook said that it Hambantota Port also joined the next decade, according to new family formation period for both demic levels until 2030," the UN will remove posts that claim operation by the Sri Lanka Navy data released by the UN. GLOBALLY, THE POVERTY RATE women and men. In 2021, it is ex- agencies said. that people will get to douse the fire, the Daily Mirror The UN Women and the UN FOR WOMEN WAS EXPECTED TO pected there will be 118 women in While the pandemic has posed DECREASE BY 2.7 % BETWEEN 2019 Covid-19 if they take part in reported. The tanker New Diamond Development Programme (UNDP) poverty for every 100 poor men a serious threat to the prospects AND 2021, BUT PROJECTIONS NOW voting. A link to authoritative was sailing from Kuwait to India. said that the COVID-19 pandemic will globally, and this ratio could rise of eradicating extreme poverty information about POINT TO AN INCREASE OF 9.1% It is currently staying 180 miles off disproportionately affect women to 121 poor women for every 100 by the end of this decade, the re- coronavirus will be the coast of Sri Lanka. and push 47 million more women lion and 24 million people, respec- port released on Wednesday said. poor men by 2030. provided to posts that ality is even grimmer as these might use Covid-19 to The team, except for two crew and girls into extreme poverty by tively, living below the interna- The pre-pandemic female poverty While sub-Saharan Africa and projections of increased poverty discourage voting, members, has left the tanker 2021, reversing decades of progress tional poverty line as a result of rate in South Asia was projected to South Asia will be the most im- rates for women and girls only

and is staying on rescue craft to lift this demographic above the the pandemic. “The expected rise be 10 per cent in 2021 but is now ex- pacted, “significantly more women account for the downward revision

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However, the New Delhi, Sept 3: Railway Indian private banks have handling and use of buffers, are likely to gain market of state-owned counterparts during capital raising has been limited Minister Piyush Goyal met in- had a decade of strong sustainable farming methods such share from their state-owned peers this time. thus far to private banks, which dustry leaders of the logistics sec- growth, backed by better as drip irrigation. The traceability in the medium term. Most of the gains occurred in collectively raised USD 6.3 billion tor, including representatives of capitalisation and fewer feature is the transparent Private banks’ loss-absorption the five years preceding the coro- in the past three months. courier companies, as part of efforts asset quality problems mechanism to share sustainable buffers, in particular enhanced cap- navirus pandemic as state banks "While state banks have an- to boost freight revenue, amid huge and ethical agriculture practices of ital bases, strengthen their ability Fitch said the were hamstrung by ballooning im- nounced their intentions to raise losses in the passenger segment our farmers to recognise losses up-front with government-led merger of paired loans, larger losses and fresh equity, they have not gone due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PANKAJ KHANDELWAL | less disruption in their efforts to ac- state-owned banks helped weaker capitalisation. further than routine board ap- celerate market-share gains, Fitch IT SAID SOME INDIAN BANKS HAVE RAISED them to consolidate their CHAIRMAN AND MD, INI FARMS Fitch said the government-led provals nor given clear indications EASE OF DOING said. However, it does not expect CAPITAL AFTER THE RBI IMPLORED THEM TO market positions in the merger of state-owned banks on the timelines, except for a few immediate gains as the sector’s RAISE FRESH EQUITY last few years helped them to consolidate their banks. "This is despite the need to BUSINESS The credit growth is likely to remain market positions in the last few expedite improvement in the state coronavirus subdued, and will only resume have stronger loss-absorption buffers medium term," Fitch Ratings said. years, but the state-owned banks' banks' capital positions, which we During the meeting, logistics pandemic has meaningfully once a sustained re- than the public sector banks (PSBs), Indian private banks have had a market shares will continue to believe remain vulnerable to vary- and courier companies were as- brought a sea covery from the pandemic gets un- are likely to gain market share from decade of strong growth, backed erode if they do not raise adequate ing degrees to future stress and un- sured that the Railways would change in demand derway. "Indian private banks, which their state-owned peers in the by better capitalisation and fewer capital to absorb future stress and expected losses," Fitch said. provide reliable, fast, affordable and dynamics, with easy to handle parcel services, ac- consumers cording to a statement from the rail- increasingly seeking Ayurvedic way ministry. To quickly work products that build immunity and Infosys to acquire BIZ BUZZ out the best guidelines for ease of the company is well positioned to doing business, a joint working address this trend Services activity Kaleidoscope Innovation SBI donates PPE kits to BMC group is going to be formed. This AMIT BURMAN | CHAIRMAN, DABUR INDIA group will comprise Railway of- New Delhi: Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, for the benefit of India’s ficials and representatives of lo- health workers, State Bank for India (SBI), Bhubaneswar Circle donated second gistics and courier providers. 1,500 PPE kits to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). The donation We are largest IT Companies like DHL, Blue Dart, made under the aegis of SBI Foundation & Ladies Club as part of its working with services firm DTDC and FedEx were among the a target to shrinks for sixth Corporate Social responsibility, was handed over by SBI Chief General companies that participated in the Infosys Thursday said it will Manager Ruma Dey to Prem Chand Chaudhury, Commissioner BMC in the achieve a 40% acquire US-based product design meeting, which was called late presence of Bejoy Kumar Kuzur, General Manager NW-II, Anup Kumar increase in apparel and development firm Wednesday night, to discuss and Sinha, DGM & CDO, Eudith Ekka, Asst. General Manager (PR & CSB), and exports this Kaleidoscope Innovation for up to Suvendu Kumar Sethy, Dy. Commissioner BMC. explore possibilities of expand- financial year with $42 million (about `308 crore). ing business of private parcel serv- major focus on new medical textiles month in August Kaleidoscope Innovation is a full- ices through the Indian Railways. A SAKTHIVEL | CHAIRMAN, AEPC spectrum product design, TPCODL inaugurates Customer Care Center The minister said that win-win According to a poll the Indian economy is likely to suffer development and insights firm solutions were needed to ensure sus- innovating across medical, its worst 12-month performance since 1979 for the fiscal Bhubaneswar: Tata Power tainable business development for SHORT TAKES consumer and industrial markets. Central Odisha Distribution Ltd all. The Indian Railways ran 5,292 year that ends March 2021, contracting 6% It designs microsurgical (TPCODL), a joint venture parcel trains between March 22 instruments, devices used in between Tata Power and the and September 2, and out of these, minimally invasive surgery, drug Government of Odisha, 5,139 were time-tabled trains. SAIL’s August delivery devices for ophthalmic inaugurated its Master Customer In total, 3,18,453 tonnes of con- therapies and user-centric Care Center at Power House sales rises 35% wearables. It also offers usability signments were loaded on these Square in City. The Customer trains and `116.19 crore was earned. New Delhi: State-owned testing in support of regulatory Care Center was inaugurated by The Railways' freight loading for SAIL Thursday said its total submissions, including the UN Behera, Chairman of Odisha sales jumped 35% to 14.34 delivery mechanism for aortic State Electricity Regulatory August was 94.33 million tonnes, lakh tonnes (LT) of steel in stents. In a regulatory filing, Commission (OERC). With an which was more than the loading for August 2020. The company's Infosys said the cost of acquisition aim to provide reliable power the same month last year. sales stood at 10.60 LT in is "up to $42 million including supply and ensure customer August 2019, the Steel earn-out, management incentives satisfaction, TPCODL has Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and bonuses". The acquisition by established the Customer Care Centre for providing services like bill Apparel exports said in a statement. SAIL Infosys Nova Holdings, LLC (a payment, new connection registration, different types of query resolution has recorded its best ever wholly owned subsidiary of and complaint registration pertaining to operation and commercial to register 40% August sales performance at Infosys) is expected to close services. Moreover, the Centre is fully equipped with modern equipments 14.34 LT. The sales in August during the second quarter of FY for customer convenience like queue management system for managing have grown significantly by 2021, subject to customary closing the customer footfall efficiently at the Centre, e–kiosk for all types of growth in FY21: AEPC 35% over 10.60LT achieved conditions, it added. information like new connection/duplicate bill/customer billing history etc. in August 2019, it said. While 12.40 LT steel was sold in AGENCIES navirus cases growing at the fastest the domestic market, 1.94 LT rate in the world’s second-most was exported, the Bangalore, Sept 3: Activity in populous country. statement said. India’s crippled services industry Amid the raging pandemic, even Amazon, Verizon likely to fell for a sixth straight month in if restrictions are eased, economic August as coronavirus restrictions activity is unlikely to quickly return Strides Pharma continued to hurt business opera- to pre-COVID-19 levels as fear of gets USFDA nod tions and demand, causing the getting infected will keep millions longest streak of job losses on of people indoors, avoiding shop- invest $4 bn in Voda-Idea New Delhi: Drug firm Strides record, an industry survey showed. ping malls, cinemas, restaurants and Pharma Science Thursday Thursday’s survey adds to the hotels. REUTERS INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE said it has received approval gloom in the service sector, an en- A Reuters poll showed the Indian from the US health regulator gine of economic growth and jobs, economy is likely to suffer its worst Bangalore, Sept 3: US wireless New Delhi, Sept 3: Apparel Export for generic Prednisone suggesting a long and painful road 12-month performance since 1979 carrier Verizon Communications Promotion Council (AEPC) tablets used as an anti- to recovery after the economy for the fiscal year that ends March Inc and Amazon may invest more Chairman A. Sakthivel, Thursday inflammatory medication. shrank nearly a quarter in April- 2021, contracting 6.0%, pushing than $4 billion for a stake in India’s said the apparel exports from the Strides Pharma Global Pte June. millions more into poverty. Vodafone Idea Ltd, as reported by country is likely to expand by Ltd, Singapore, company's Although the Nikkei/IHS Markit Although improved from July, a private newspaper Thursday. The about 40% in the current financial step-down wholly owned Services Purchasing Managers’ sub-indexes tracking domestic and struggling Indian telecom firm’s year. subsidiary, has received Index increased to 41.8 in August foreign demand remained firmly in shares rose as much as 30%. Addressing the 41st Annual approval for Prednisone tablets USP in the strength of from July’s 34.2, it remained well contraction territory, leading firms The news comes days after India’s General Meeting of the indus- 1 mg from the United States below the 50-mark separating to reduce their workforce for the top court ruled that mobile carri- try body through a video con- Food & Drug Administration growth from contraction. sixth straight month, the longest ers must settle government dues ference, the Chairman said: "We (USFDA), Strides Pharma August was the sixth straight streak on record. within 10 years, giving Vodafone Idea are working with a target to Science said in a filing to the month the index was sub-50, the Expectations for future business some reprieve in a case it had said achieve a 40 per cent increase in BSE. longest such stretch since a 10- activity gave little hope for an im- could affect its ability to continue apparel exports this financial month run to April 2014. minent turnaround as service firms as a going concern. year with major focus on new “August highlights another gave a neutral outlook for the next Vodafone Idea, a joint venture medical textiles. This will take our month of challenging operating 12 months. between Britain's Vodafone Group total apparel exports up from RBL Bank offers conditions in the Indian services A composite index, which meas- and India’s Idea Cellular, still owes Vodafone Idea — India’s third largest Canada's Brookfield Asset $15.4 billion last fiscal to about $22 cardless facility sector,” Shreeya Patel, an economist ures both services and factory ac- roughly $6.8 billion to the Indian gov- telecom firm by subscribers — Management Inc and private eq- billion in 2020-21." at IHS Markit, said in a release. tivity, improved to 46.0 in August ernment. some respite but analysts say the uity group KKR & Co Inc were con- Sakthivel was of the view that New Delhi: RBL Bank “Sustained periods of closure and from July’s 37.2, cushioned by a Vodafone Idea’s stake-sale talks loss-making company’s financial tenders for the business, CNBC- although Covid-19 is the most dis- Thursday said it has ongoing lockdown restrictions in better manufacturing perform- had been paused pending the court pressures persist. TV18 said. ruptive health crisis in modern launched cardless cash both domestic and foreign mar- ance, but remained well below the ruling, but Amazon and Verizon Shares in Vodafone Idea hit a Vodafone Idea was planning to human history, India and the world withdrawal facility from ATMs, leveraging the Instant kets have weighed heavily on the neutral 50.0 level. are now set to resume them, re- more than one-year high before raise about $1.5 billion and was will achieve faster progress and Money Transfer (IMT) health of the industry.” On the price front, both input ported the newspaper, citing two peo- closing up 26.77% amid a flurry of working with advisers as it seeks new quality of development post- system. The private sector Hoping to avert more serious costs and prices charged rose in ple aware of the negotiations news about its fundraising plans. investors, Bloomberg News re- Covid as "every adversity pres- lender said it has tied-up economic damage, the government August, suggesting Asia’s third- Amazon and Verizon did not re- CNBC-TV18 reported Vodafone ported. Vodafone Idea and KKR de- ents multiple new opportunities". with Empays Payment has said it planned to reopen un- largest economy could enter a pe- spond to Reuters requests for com- Idea could "take stock" of a sale of clined to comment, while a repre- During the address, he thanked Systems, a global financial derground train networks and riod of stagflation - a phase with ment outside regular US business its optic fibre business at a Friday sentative for Brookfield did not Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti technology provider, to offer allow sports and religious events lofty inflation, high unemployment hours. board meeting scheduled to dis- immediately respond to a request Zubin Irani for taking several ini- this service. RBL Bank in a limited manner despite coro- and stagnant demand. The Tuesday ruling gives cuss fundraising plans. for comment. tiatives to help the industry. customers can withdraw cash without their debit cards from 389 IMT-enabled ATMs of the bank or more ‘ALL DISCOMS LIKELY TO BE than 40,000 other bank ATMs ‘US economy grows modestly amid pandemic’ across the country, it said in a release. PRIVATISED BY DECEMBER’ INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Continued uncertainty stances of furloughed workers being laid off permanently as demand POST NEWS NETWORK ing could be a good solution in Washington, Sept 3: The US econ- and volatility related remained soft," it said. such pandemics but on the other JSPL posts omy grew modestly over the sum- US private companies added Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: Principal hand it needs additional invest- mer amid continued uncertainty to Covid-19 and its fewer-than-expected 428,000 jobs Secretary of Energy Department ments too,” Dhal said. 21% growth about the Covid-19 pandemic and its negative effect on in August, indicating a slow re- Nikunja Bihari Dhal expected that State Energy Minister Divya New Delhi: Private sector negative effect on consumer and consumer and covery in a labour market ravaged all the discoms will be privatised Shankar Mishra urged all to give steel maker JSPL Thursday business activity, according to a by the Covid-19 crisis, payroll data by December, 2020. Speaking at importance to renewable energy. posted a 21% rise in its Federal Reserve survey. business activity, company Automatic Data ICC National Energy e-Conclave, Mishra also told that cyclone re- consolidated production and "Economic activity increased was a theme echoed Processing (ADP) reported ear- Dhal said, “If all goes well, then by sistant electrical infrastructure a 38% growth in its sales for among most districts, but gains lier on Wednesday. December,, all the discoms will be must be looked at as it will be very August 2020. Jindal Steel and were generally modest and activity across the US Amid fragile economic recovery privatised.” He also informed that helpful for states like Odisha. He ad-

Power Ltd (JSPL) said its remained well below levels prior to from the pandemic, Fed Chairman Covid-19 has hit hard the collec- vised that energy sector should be

k y m c production of steel on a the Covid-19 pandemic," Xinhua volatility related to the pandemic, employment increased overall Jerome Powell announced last week tion part. IT & Electronic friendly to make it consolidated basis rose to news agency quoted the Fed as say- and its negative effect on consumer among districts. that the central bank will seek to “The technical & commercial more sustainable. MD & CEO of 8.25 lakh tonnes in August ing in its latest survey on economic and business activity, was a theme "Some districts also reported achieve inflation that averages 2% losses have gone up from 20% to 30% Fluentgrid Ltd, G Murali Krishna 2020 compared with 6.81 lakh conditions, known as the Beige echoed across the country." The slowing job growth and increased over time, a new policy strategy during Q1 of the current fiscal due explained about the Smart Grid tonnes in August 2019, a rise Book, Wednesday. survey also showed that the labour hiring volatility, particularly in that will likely keep interest rates to the lockdowns and for TPCODL solutions in the power sector and of 21%. "Continued uncertainty and market remained volatile, while service industries, with rising in- near zero for years. it was 46%. Though smart meter- the road ahead that lies ahead. P12 FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 4 | 2020 | BHUBANESWAR sports

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k k y y m m c DJOKO OPTS c won’t dissect loss New York: know if you understand tennis well Under normal cir- enough.” cumstances, After a first round that went more Karolina Pliskova would not to form than ever – 29 of 32 seeded have been seeded No.1 at the US women won their opening matches, FOR HOME Open and so, while a second- a US Open record since the number round loss certainly would have of seeds was doubled from 16 in 2001 been disappointing to her, and no- – the surprises started in the second ticed by others, it wouldn’t have been round. as newsworthy. Pliskova had chances to take the sec- But what’s normal in 2020? With the ond set against Garcia, who had been Serb marches into US Open 3rd women who are 1-2 in the rankings 0-8 against top-five opponents at Grand choosing to skip the trip to Flushing Slam tournaments. Garcia trailed 5- Meadows because of the pan- 4 in that set while serving at 15-40. Two demic, No.3 Pliskova ascended break points that also were set points. round as he sees off Edmund to the top spot in the draw – On the first, Pliskova got a look at and by Day 3, she was gone. an 89 mph second serve, but she ASSOCIATED PRESS the garden, maybe, outdoors,” he said. Mladenovic said. Pliskova, the 2016 runner-up pushed a forehand return wide. On the “I saw the hotel. The hotel is not in a “I just col- at the US Open, made her mood second, Garcia smacked a quick-strike New York, Sept 3: Novak Djokovic has best position in terms of having nature lapsed. I clear during a 1-6, 6-7(2-7) loss forehand to a corner and Pliskova’s earned more than USD 140 million in around. It’s very close to the highway.” had to 50th-ranked Caroline Garcia running reply found the net. prize money over his accomplished ca- 6-1, 5-1 & COLLAPSE nothing left Wednesday by throwing a Garcia grabbed the next two points reer, plus plenty of other millions in en- Well, in the tank.” racket, then again afterward with a service winner followed by a dorsement deals, so there wasn’t much this Mladenovic was with a series of clipped responses gutsy second-serve ace to take that of a question in his mind when the pos- one of the players who were at her news conference. game and then was superior in the tie- sibility was offered to rent a private allowed to remain in the tournament Pliskova fidgeted with the mi- breaker. home during the US Open. but were placed under stricter COVID-19 crophone. Sighed. Shrugged her Although much has been expected The cost is USD 40,000. The conven- was protocols after they came in contact with shoulders. Rolled her eyes. When a re- of her, the 26-year-old Garcia only ience is Priceless. “As soon as there was quite a Benoit Paire, the 17th-seeded porter offered possible explanations once reached a Grand Slam quar- a chance for us to choose to be in a come- Frenchman who tested positive for the for the defeat – a new, faster surface terfinal and never has been past the house, we took it right away – without back ... or coronavirus. on the courts, a lack of atmosphere US Open’s third round. To do so this thinking. I’m glad we did,” the top- quite a col- After her first-round win, Mladenovic because there are no spectators, the time, she’ll need to beat 28th-seeded ranked Djokovic said after improving lapse. Depends on said the whole episode was hard to deal pressure of her high seeding – Pliskova American Jennifer Brady. to 25-0 this season and reaching the US the point of view. with. After what happened Wednesday, replied: “Nothing from what you As a teen, Garcia built, albeit lost, Open’s third round with a 6-7(5-7), 6-3, 6- Kristina Mladenovic, seeded 30th, she said: “Physically and mentally, I’m said.” a big lead against Maria Sharapova 4, 6-2 victory over Kyle Edmund Wednesday. served for the victory while leading 6-1, completely drained. It’s just worse and Her reasoning for the result? “I at the 2011 French Open, inspiring “Any player had that opportunity. It’s 5-1 against Varvara Gracheva in the sec- worse.” didn’t play good,” Pliksova said, Andy Murray to write on Twitter not the privilege of the top guys or girls. ond round of the US Open – and not only ANYBODY’S GAME “so that’s it.” that the Frenchwoman ‘is going to Anyone that wanted to spend money and couldn’t close the deal there or when she Shelby Rogers pulled off an upset, DIVIJ-CACIC When another member of be No.1 in the world one day’. Never stay in the house, he or she could have held four match points soon thereafter, even though she doubts there is such a the media said this back- happened, although she did get as done that,” Djokovic said. “I know there’s but also somehow, some way, she lost the thing these days in women’s tennis. BOWS OUT and-forth must be bor- high as No.4. Pliskova, meanwhile, did very few players that have chosen to stay match. Rogers defeated 11th-seeded Elena NEW YORK: India’s Divij ing to Pliskova, she get to No.1 briefly. in a house, but it is a personal choice.” Eventually, Gracheva – a Russian who Rybakina in the second round of the Sharan and his Serbian said, “Yeah, a little bit. Other winners Wednesday included Most players competing at Flushing is ranked 102nd and is a month past her US Open Wednesday, 7-5, 6-1. Two other Did you see the No.4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, No.5 Alexander Meadows amid the coronavirus pandemic 20th birthday – came all the way back to unseeded Americans, Ann Li and partner Nikola Cacic fought match or no?” and Zverev and No.7 Davis Goffin. Tsitsipas this year opted for the official tournament win 1-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-0. “Definitely,” Madison Brengle, also beat seeded hard before going down in three soon after re- made it to the US Open’s third round hotel options. The US Tennis Association Mladenovic said, “the most painful match opponents. By advancing to the third sets to eighth seeds Nikola Mektic marked, “I for the first time by withstanding the paid for one room for each player, who then and loss I've had in my career.” round, Rogers matched her best showing and Wesley Koolhof in the first round don’t so-rare-these-days serve-and-volley would need to pony up if they wanted a sec- Her match points came while ahead 5- at the US Open. She’s ranked 93rd. of the US Open men’s doubles event style of his 168th-ranked American ond for members of their entourage. 2 in the second set as Gracheva served. The 20-year-old Li defeated 13th- here. Sharan and Cacic lost 4-6, 6-3, 3- opponent, Maxime Cressy 7-6(7-2), 6- Serena Williams and Milos Raonic Three came at love-40, and another came seeded Alison Riske 6-0, 6-3. Li, who 6 against Croatia’s Mektic and Koolhof 3, 6-4 after two-time Grand were among the eight players who, like at Ad-Out. Mladenovic never got that is ranked 128th, now has two ca- of the Netherlands in a tough Slam champion Naomi Djokovic, opted for one of the Long Island close again. Gracheva will move on to meet reer victories over players ranked contest that lasted one hour Osaka’s 6-1, 6-2 win homes the USTA made available instead. No.8 seed Petra Martic for a berth in the in the top 75, and the wins have come and 46 minutes against Camila Why did Djokovic go that route? “Well, fourth round. in her two matches this week. Brengle, Wednesday. The Giorgi. I think it’s obvious. Being in a hotel, “She was brave and she went for it,” ranked 84th, eliminated 19th-seeded winners will next you’re unable to open the window in the Mladenovic said about her opponent, Dayana Yastremska 6-2, 6-3. Brengle play Italy’s Simone room. You constantly have to be with a who is participating in her first Grand first played at the Open in 2007, and Bolelli and Maximo mask indoors, outdoors, everywhere. Slam tournament. “From 5-2, slowly I matched her best showing by reaching Gonzalez of Argentina. You can’t really go out, spend time in started feeling like I was crashing down,” the third round.

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Punia, 2 other Iniyan wins World Akhtar slams critics after being trolled wrestlers test

INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE praised Kohli and Rohit, something world, which comes close to Kohli? dreds right now. Who else has this Open online chess that has not gone down well with I don’t know why people are angry; many hundred right now in inter- COVID-19 +ve New Delhi, Sept 3: Former Pakistan Pakistani cricket fans. they should go look at the stats first national cricket? How many series pacer Shoaib Akhtar has lashed The former fast bowler asked his before criticising me,” Akhtar was has he won for India? Should I not PRESS TRUST OF INDIA in American time zone, meaning out at the critics who trolled him for critics why he shouldn’t laud Indian quoted as saying by Cricket praise him then?” Akhtar added. that Iniyan was playing from 9:30 praising Indian cricketers Virat players as they were the best in the Pakistan. “This is very strange. We all can Chennai, Sept 3: Indian pm till 6 am every day. The 17-year Kohli and Rohit Sharma. business in the current era. He further said people should see clearly he is the biggest batsmen Grandmaster P Iniyan won the old Indian had prepared specifi- While reviewing the perform- “Why should I not praise Indian check the statistics if they have in the world. He and Rohit Sharma prestigious Annual World Open cally for this event by practicing at ance of both Pakistan and Indian players and Virat Kohli? Is there any any doubts about Kohli’s abilities. are performing all the time. Why online chess tournament held re- night before the tournament. cricket teams, Akhtar recently player in Pakistan, or all over the “Kohli has 70 international hun- shouldn’t we praise them?” cently, having practiced at night to He said the preparation helped get used to the American time zone. and rated the win over Baadur The Tamil Nadu player scored Jobava as his best game of the seven and half points out of a pos- tournament. The 48th edition of the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE sible nine with six victories and annual event, which ran from NEWS IN BRIEF three draws to finish on top, ahead August 7-9, was held online due to New Delhi, Sept 3: Three Indian of many higher rated Grandmasters, the COVID-19 pandemic following CSK squad undergoes second COVID-19 test 5-sub rule stands for new Bundesliga season wrestlers – Deepak Punia (86kg), a press release said Thursday. classical time control. Navin (65kg) and Krishan (125kg) Dubai: The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) squad, barring the two players who Frankfurt: The German Bundesliga will keep five substitutions for the 2020- On the way to his title, Iniyan de- The results of the event were – have been tested positive for tested positive for coronavirus last week, is likely to train from Friday 21 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 36 clubs in the top feated Grandmasters Baadur Jobava officially announced a few days subject to clearance after a second round of testing was conducted two German men’s football leagues voted at a German Football League Coronavirus, the Sports Authority of Georgia, Sam Sevian, Sergey ago after Fair Play Analysis. A Thursday. Deepak Chahar was among the two players to have tested meeting Thursday to continue the rule for next season. That comes after of India (SAI) said Thursday. Erenburg of USA and Nyzhyk Illia total number of 120 players from 16 positive last week and overall 13 members of CSK contingent were infected the English Premier League moved back to three substitutions after using All wrestlers were tested, upon of Ukraine. countries participated in the event with the deadly virus, raising safety concerns ahead of the IPL beginning five to finish the 2019-20 campaign during the pandemic. FIFA allowed arrival for national camp at the SAI Iniyan and Sjugiro Sanan fin- which included more than 30 here September 19. “Tests were done today. Results will come late night or leagues to use up to five substitutions in May as a way to reduce fatigue Centre in Sonepat, as per the SAI ished with 7.5 points, but the Tamil Grandmasters. tomorrow morning,” a CSK official told PTI. Earlier, CSK CEO Kasi for players in a busy run of rescheduled games. That measure was SOP for resumption of sports ac- Nadu player emerged winner be- Iniyan had recently defeated Viswanathan had said that the team will start training from Friday after the extended in July to allow competitions to use the rule until the end of 2021. tivities. As per the protocol, cause of a better tie-break score. World No.2 Fabiano Caruana in second round of testing. The French league has started its 2020-21 season with five substitutions. wrestlers along with the coaches Interestingly, the event was held an online blitz event. and support staff were made to un- dergo mandatory RTPCR test for Tour de France: Van Aert wins Stage 5 COVID-19, SAI said. “Three senior men’s wrestlers, Privas (France): Wout van Aert made it two-from-two for his who had reported to the national purring Jumbo-Visma team with victory in Stage 5 of the Tour de France here as Julian Alaphilippe lost the yellow jersey in wrestling camp at SAI Centre controversial circumstances to Adam Yates after incurring a time in Sonepat, have tested positive

penalty for an illegal feed. No sooner had the in-form Belgian Van for COVID-19 virus,” reads the y Aert finished celebrating his team’s second win in as many days statement.

“During the test wrestlers,

k k y y m m c as the race jury announced that a 20-second penalty had been c imposed on Frenchman Alaphilippe for taking on an illegal water Deepak Punia (86kg), Navin (65kg) bottle from his Deceuninck-QuickStep team car with 17km and Krishan (125kg) were found remaining, contrary to the regulations. Yates now leads the race positive and have been moved to by three seconds on van Aert's Jumbo-Visma teammate Primoz a SAI empanelled hospital as a Roglic of Slovenia, the Stage 4 winner. The Tour continues precautionary measure and for Thursday with the 191km Stage 6 from Le Teil to Mont Aigoual. further monitoring,” it added.

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