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TAPSEE’S SPECIAL DAY MYANMAR POLLS INDIA IN SEMIS Actor Taapsee Pannu has shared a Myanmar’s junta chief Sunday said that elections India enter semifinal of Olympic hockey philosophical post on her Instagram would be held and the state of emergency event after 49 years beating Great Britain 3-1 handle to mark her birthday LEISURE | P2 lifted by August 2023 INTERNATIONAL | P10 SPORTS | P12

VOLUME 11, ISSUE 123 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | MONDAY, AUGUST 2 | 2021 12 PAGES | `5.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL Sindhu tames Bing Jiao, wins bronze THE ACE SHUTTLER IS COUNTRY’S FIRST WOMAN TO WIN TWO OLYMPIC MEDALS

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA think about the emotions. I’m really Sindhu galloped to a 4-0 lead early happy and I think I've done really well. on but Bing Jiao started to engage Tokyo, August 1: Reigning world It's a proud moment getting a medal for her in rallies and waited for her to champion PV Sindhu Sunday became my country.” make errors. The rallies started get- only the second Indian and the coun- Wrestler Sushil Kumar is the first ting intense as Bing Jiao set up the try’s first woman to win two Olympic and only other Indian to win two points with her angled returns and flat medals, securing a bronze after a Olympic medals, following up his pushes to claw back at 5-5. straight-game win over world No.9 bronze at 2008 Beijing with silver at The Chinese didn’t give Sindhu SC to hear petitions He Bing Jiao of China in the bad- the 2012 London edition. pace to play her power game but the Blaming Nehru for current woes minton women’s singles third-place She also became only the fourth Indian soon worked her way around is not helping. Guess, we should play-off here. player to win two consecutive medals even as her opponent committed a start blaming the Mughals! on Pegasus Thursday Sindhu, who has returned with in women’s badminton singles few unforced errors. medals from each of the big-ticket across the Olympic history. Sindhu ended another superb rally events such as the Commonwealth Up against an opponent, who with a cross court smash and entered AGENCIES CBSE Class X results and Asian Games and the BWF World had beaten her nine times so far in the interval with another down the line Tour Finals in the last five years, out- the last 15 meetings, hit at 11-8. New Delhi, August 1: A by August 8 witted eighth seed Bing Jiao 21-13 Sindhu showed great The Indian stepped up the pace two-member Bench, headed 21-15 to add a bronze to the silver determination to out- after the break to gather three more by Chief Justice NV Ramana, New Delhi: After the declaration of that she had secured at the 2016 play Bing Jiao with her points and looked in total control to will hear the petitions. Justice CBSE Class XII Board results 2021, Rio Games. aggression to scoop pocket the opening game when her op- Surya Kant is the second Sanyam Bhardwaj, the Controller of “It makes me feel India's third medal at Tokyo. ponent went wide. After change of judge on the Bench. Examinations, CBSE, confirmed that really happy because I've Sindhu showed great forti- ends, Sindhu continued her aggressive The Supreme Court will be the CBSE Class X Board results, 2021 will be declared in a week. “We will worked hard for so many tude as she recovered from her game, egged on by coach Park Tae-Sang hearing a clutch of petitions start working on Class X result from years. I had a lot of emo- painful semifinal loss to world No.1 Tai from the sidelines, to lead 4-1 with a seeking a special investiga- Sunday and try to deliver it by next tions going through me - Tzu Ying and produced an aggressive cross court return. tion into the Pegasus scandal week,” said Sanyam Bhardwaj. should I be happy that I show at the Musashino Forest Plaza Bing Jiao tried to change the mo- involving allegations that However, Bhardwaj didn’t reveal the won bronze or sad that I Sunday. mentum but Sindhu rode on her at- opposition politicians, jour- exact date and time when the CBSE lost the opportunity to “It was a fresh game altogether; we tacking half smashes and slices to nalists and others were tar- portionate invasion of the Class X Board results, 2021 would be play in the final?” the both had losses yesterday and came keep her nose ahead at the interval gets of the Israeli spyware. right to privacy”. It added, declared. Meanwhile, once the result 26-year-old said after back. For us, it was very important in with a three point advantage. Senior journalists N Ram “The Pegasus hack is a di- is declared, students can check the the match. getting a medal for the country and at Bing Jiao erased the deficit and Sashi Kumar, CPM MP rect attack on communica- CBSE Class X Board results 2021 on “But overall, I had the Olympics,” Sindhu said. quickly before a precise smash on the John Brittas and advocate tional, intellectual and in- the official websites – cbse.gov.in and to close off my emo- “It’s not easy. It’s a big thing. There line helped Sindhu wrest back ML Sharma have petitioned formational privacy, and cbseresults.nic.in. tions for this one Pusarla V Sindhu reacts after winning her women’s singles were really long rallies but I had to be control. She soon restored the the top court to direct the critically endangers the match and give it badminton bronze medal match 21-13 21-15 against China’s He patient and calm. Even though I was three point advantage with another government to disclose meaningful exercise of pri- my best, my all and Bing Jiao, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Sunday PTI PHOTO leading, I did not relax.” cross court drop. whether it has obtained a li- vacy in these contexts.” Maha reports first cence for the spyware or While Sharma’s plea cited Zika virus case used it – directly or indi- media reports on the con- rectly – to conduct surveil- troversy and said “the Pune: Maharashtra officially confirmed Woman shot lance of any kind. They also Pegasus scandal is a mat- its first case of Zika virus a mosquito- seek a probe by a sitting or ter of grave concern and a borne viral infection Saturday. A blood former judge of the Supreme serious attack on Indian sample of the 50-year-old resident of dead in Court into the matter. democracy, judiciary and Belsar village (Purandar taluka) in Satellite imaging to resolve Senior Advocate Kapil country’s security”, Brittas Pune district tested positive for Zika- Nuapada district chikungunya co-infection at Indian Sibal, appearing for senior said the Pegasus spyware Council of Medical Research-National journalists N Ram and Sashi allegations give rise to two Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) in POST NEWS NETWORK Kumar, had said that the inferences – which it was Pune late Friday. The sample was civil liberties of citizens, done by the Indian govern- drawn as part of routine surveillance to Nuapada, August 1: A woman was politicians belonging to ment or by a foreign agency. rule out mosquito-borne illnesses after North East border disputes allegedly shot dead at Duajhar vil- Opposition parties, jour- “If it is done by the Indian some villagers showed dengue/ lage under Khariar block in Nuapada nalists and court staff were government, it is done in an chikungunya-like symptoms in Belsar PRESS TRUST OF INDIA district Saturday night. Past enmity at stake as they were put unauthorized manner. The and Parinche villages in early July. is said to be the reason behind the under surveillance. He added spending of sovereign New Delhi, August 1: The Centre has crime. The deceased has been identified that Pegasus snooping row amount for personal and po- roped in the North Eastern Space as Basanti Meher (47), wife of was making waves in India litical interests of the ruling J&K: No jobs, passport Applications Centre (NESAC), a joint Bibhishan Meher who runs an eatery and all over the world. party cannot be permitted. If initiative of the Department of Space in the locality. Ram and Sashi Kumar snooping is done by some for stone-pelters and North Eastern Council (NEC), Sources said that Basanti was at the said in their plea that such foreign agency, it is an act of Srinagar: The CID wing of Jammu and to undertake satellite mapping of bor- eatery Saturday night when a person “targeted surveillance” external aggression which Kashmir Police has ordered the denial der areas to help “scientifically” de- appeared from nowhere and shot her using a “military-grade spy- also needs to be dealt in a se- of security clearance required for marcate inter-state boundaries. from point blank range before fleeing ware” is “grossly dispro- rious manner”, he contended. passport and other government Union Home Minister Amit Shah the spot. Hearing the agonising cries services to all those involved in stone- came up with the suggestion some of Basanti, the staff of the hotel and pelting or subversive activities. In an time back to commission NESAC with other local residents rushed her to order issued Saturday, the senior mapping the inter-state border areas ASSAM-MIZORAM ROW the Khariar sub-divisional hospital. superintendent of police (SSP), CID, PTI FILE PHOTO Site showing excess and forests in the northeast region so However, doctors declared her “brought nion Home Minister Amit Shah Special Branch (SB), Kashmir, has that there is a “scientific” basis to Border disputes are in focus following the recent dead” on arrival. Ucame up with the suggestion to directed all the field units under it to demarcation of borders between states. violent clash along Assam-Mizoram border On being informed, police reached ensure that the person’s involvement in commission NESAC with mapping the According to senior government inter-state border areas and forests in the hospital and sent the body for Covid mortality law and order, stone-pelting cases, and officials, the task of demarcating putes could be resolved permanently, post-mortem. other crime prejudicial to the security the northeast region boundaries has been given to the the officials said. The cops also visited the spot where of the state be specifically looked into North Eastern Space Application ince there shall be scientific The current tensions in the Assam- the crime took place. On the basis of during verification related to passport, rationale in the demarcation of data pulled down Centre (NESAC), a joint initiative of S Mizoram border area first flared up an FIR lodged by the husband of service and any other verification borders, there will be no room for any related to government schemes. P8 the Department of Space (DoS) and the in October of last year and then again the deceased, police have launched North Eastern Council (NEC). bias and there shall be better in June. On June 5, two abandoned an investigation. Efforts are on to Why is demarcation necessary acceptability of the boundary solutions houses along the Mizoram-Assam nab the culprit. GOVT SAYS DATA IS UNAVAILABLE DUE by the states concerned The inter-state border disputes border were burnt down by uniden- Sources said that Basanti had mar- TO 'SERVER PROBLEMS' WEATHER have come under fresh focus after the tified persons, fuelling tension along ried off her daughter to a person in BHUB CTK recent violent clash on Assam- Shah had suggested giving the task the volatile inter-state border. Jharsuguda. However, she was not AGENCIES data to show that immuni- Mizoram border that resulted in the to NESAC for mapping the inter-state On June 30, Mizoram accused on good terms with her daughter and sations for children as well MAX 33.8° 35.0° deaths of six Assam Police personnel borders and forests in the Northeastern Assam of encroaching upon its land son-in-law. The son-in-law used to New Delhi, August 1: Key as access for adults to drugs

TEMP MIN 25.4° 25.2° and a civilian. region and coming up with a scientific in Kolasib, one of the bordering dis- visit the eatery quite often and dur- official health data that pointed and treatments for life-threat- Forecast The idea for demarcation of inter- demarcation of boundaries between tricts. Assam, in turn, accused ing most of his visits he would have to excess mortality and dis- ening diseases had declined Humidity 80% 71% state boundaries through satellite im- states. Once the satellite mapping is Mizoram of building structures and a spat with Basanti. There have been rupted health services during sharply during March-May Light rain aging was mooted by Union Home done, the boundaries of Northeastern carrying out plantations of betel nuts many occasions when he had threat- the Covid-19 pandemic have 2020. Following the publi- Rainfall 0.5mm NIL very likely Minister Amit Shah a few months ago. states could be drawn and the dis- and banana saplings. ened to kill Basanti. suddenly gone offline, an in- cation of the article, the data dependent investigation by became unavailable from IndiaSpend shows. While gov- the HMIS website. ernment officials say that the In early July 2021, the data reason for the data being un- became available again on Konark to be India’s first ‘Zero Emission City’ by 2022 available is “server prob- the website, updated up until lems”, all pre-pandemic data May 2021. IndiaSpend used A 10MW SOLAR PLANT AT KALAHANDI WILL CATER TO CITY’S ENERGY REQUIREMENT hosted on the same website re- the data to show that there main available. had been a large and unex- MANISH KUMAR, OP year, officials at Odisha Renewable including off-grid project for the tion demands. We have planned how of Bengal. Corrosion activities and vul- The National Health plained spike in mortality Energy Development Agency Konark Notified Area Council to reduce the dependency of the nerability to cyclones could have cre- Mission’s Health Manage- in rural India during the Bhubaneswar, August 1: The state (OREDA) told Orissa POST. (NAC) area where smaller solar city on fossil energy and boost use ated problem for such plants techni- ment Information System pandemic, which rural health government with assistance from the OREDA has recently taken equipment are being in- of renewable energy sources like cally,” he said. (HMIS) is a public portal experts interpreted as an in- Union government is working hard up the work to set up solar stalled. solar energy,” Ashok Choudhury, Instead, OREDA plans to install a where data from over 200,000 dication of severe under- to make Konark India’s first ever panels at the Konark tem- “There is a vision Joint Director, OREDA, told this solar power plant at Kalahandi to cater public health facilities – most counting of Covid-19 deaths. ‘Zero Emission City’ by September ple as well as across for the development correspondent. to the energy demands of the city. A of them government-run Following IndiaSpend’s 2022, following which the city will Konark city. To of the city. The agency has planned solar trees, 10MW solar power plant for Konark will and rural – across India are report, a team of researchers use only renewable sources for its achieve this, In future drinking water stations, rooftop solar be setup soon at Kalahnadi soon. The uploaded every month. The led by Prabhat Jha, director energy demands. OREDA has when the panels, introduction of electric vehicles tender process is already over and data currently available date of the Center for Global The government agencies involved been work- city devel- and battery charging stations. The city work will start soon, the official said. back to 2008, and are avail- Health Research and pro- in the work claimed that several as- ing on two ops, it will will soon host charging points for elec- As per the plan, the energy pro- able down to the sub-district fessor at the University of y pects of the project have already been different have more tric vehicles passenger and commercial duced in Kalahandi will be supplied level for every state. Toronto, Canada, used the

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ARIES to be working philosophical on b’day Today you will land up in a tricky or hazardous situa- tion. You will feel compelled Maaya 4 to wade against the tide, which may not in be such a productive thing, says Ganesha. Nothing seems to be going your way. Take some time off for yourself Mumbai: Actress Pooja Dey, who ctress Taapsee Pannu, to relieve the stress. is known for featuring in web who is currently series Gandii Baat 5, is now set Ashooting for her to feature in Vikram Bhatt’s up- maiden production film coming web series Maaya 4 Blurr, Sunday rang in her TAURUS which also stars popular actors 34th birthday on the sets of Today you are going to like Rohit Roy and Rushaad SPECIAL OLYMPICS BHARAT the movie. focus on enhancing your Rana. The Pink actor took to her looks and appearances, The actress is quite impressed Instagram handle and shared says Ganesha. Instead of trying to seek satisfaction from within yourself you will with the working style of her Sonu appointed an early morning philo- be flaunting your fine clothes, your hair- co-star. Pooja praised Rohit sophical post to mark her spe- styles. A visit to a beauty parlour cannot Roy’s grounded nature and cial day, and wrote that the be ruled out. said working with him is a last one week has been tough great opportunity for her brand ambassador for her. and he is always sup- Alongside a beautiful pic- GEMINI portive. Mumbai: Actor Sonu Sood has Sonu will support Special ture of herself gazing at the You will feel out of sorts She shared: “Working consented to support Special Olympics Bharat in all its endeav- bright sun, Taapsee wrote, today. This could result in with Rohit Roy was very Olympics Bharat as the Brand ours of promoting Inclusion for “Last week has been distances between you and comfortable. He is very Ambassador. At a virtual event Persons with Intellectual Disabilities tough, tricky, testing your loved ones. You may fall into the jolly and cracks jokes on viewed by over 500 athletes, in and beyond the sporting arena. but with this sunrise wrong sorts of debates on account of your set. He is friendly and coaches, families, officials and Speaking about his role as the and this new year I ill-temper. You need to keep a curb on your emotions to perform better, says Ganesha. looks after everyone. I volunteers, he interacted with Ambassador, the actor said, “Today shall again gather learnt a lot of things from the special athletes responding is a very special day for me and I am the strength to him too.” to their queries while admiring delighted to join this journey of look forward to Pooja made her act- and appreciating their sporting Inclusion with Special Olympics what life has in CANCER ing debut with reality achievements. The inaugural Bharat. Through their sporting store for me.” You are most likely to show Dating in the Dark session introduced him to the achievements, each and every Taapsee’s appear edgy and hypercriti- and now she is work- #WalkForInclusion, an ini- Special Olympics Athlete rede- sisters cal to others, says Ganesha. ing with Bhatt in his tiative of the Special Olympics fines the human spirit that Shagun and Remain your typical poised self. Try not to be harsh to others, if you wish to save directorial project. She Asia Pacific Region, demon- stands tall in the face of every Evania your relationships and sustain a rep- said: “I learnt so much strated by the athletes, marking his challenge. I wish luck to them to Pannu utable image. Avoid clashes with your from Vikram sir. I wish to work entry into the Inclusion Revolution of do their best and showcase their joined superiors and colleagues. with him again and again.” IANS the Special Olympics movement. abilities with confidence.” AGENCIES her for a birth- day cel- LEO ebra- You will pay more attention tion. to matters at home. You may Hindi films that broke surrogacy stereotypes take up home renovation projects. You may end up replacing the Sharing entire furniture at your place even. You Doosri Dulhan, made in 1983, revolves around a childless couple who hire a sex worker to carry their child a picture will spend the day enjoying with your fam- with the ily members and friends, says Ganesha. he recent OTT-released film This 1983 film was way ahead only accepted in the industry. of how society will treat her birthday girl, Mimi is getting a lot of ad- of its time. The film revolves Tabu and Sushmita Sen are seen unconventional journey. Shagun wrote, Tmiration from the audience around a childless couple who in powerful roles as best friends Good Newwz “Made it in time! VIRGO for the portrayal of the complex hire a sex worker to carry their who are always there for each #myhappy- Avoid all kinds of prejudice subject of surrogacy in a nu- child. Directed by Lekh Tandon, other. While Tabu isn't able to place.” and do not allow intolerance anced way. the film had popular actors conceive due to birth complica- Actor to enter your mind today, In the film, Kriti Sanon plays Shabana Azmi, Sharmila Tagore, tions, Sushmita offers to be their Gulshan advises Ganesha. In all likelihood, you will look around yourself in search of love and the role of a dancer who agrees and Victor Banerjee in lead roles. surrogate mother. As the movie Devaiah, who affection. You will do well to keep negativity to be a surrogate mother for an The film was inspired by the progresses, it shows conflicts be- was one of the at bay as otherwise it may cow you down. American couple in exchange American film The Baby Maker. tween the two best friends. first people to for Rs 20 lakh. Before Mimi, sev- Filhaal I Am wish Taapsee, eral other Hindi movies have also In Onir’s also shared a LIBRA dealt with the concept of surro- critically ac- The 2019 film is a comedy- lovely, candid reel gate motherhood. claimed an- drama based on the concept of the actor. Along Ganesha says that you will Here goes a look at the other thology I Am, with it, he wrote, be busy in your work field of in-vitro fertilisation. Starring today and will be able to Hindi films that tackle the subject a segment ti- Akshay Kumar, Kareena “Happy birthday, attain your goals in your work field today. of surrogacy: tled I Am Afia Kapoor Khan, Kiara Advani TAAPS!! Be candid, be Your level of enthusiasm will be at its Doosri Dulhan is on the sub- and Diljit Dosanjh, it is about bindaas and be curly.” peak. Today you may be able to meet with ject of surro- a hilarious swap that happens AGENCIES a person from the opposite sex who will gacy. Starring when the two couples attempt be your future partner. Ganesha showers you with his blessings always. Nandita Das surrogacy. However, trouble and Purab Kohli, the film was ensues when they find that Meghna Gulzar’s directorial released in 2010. The film por- the sperm of each couple has SCORPIO debut in 2002 was ahead of its trays a single woman who de- been mixed with the other. time when romantic genres were sires to be a mother but is scared IANS Being a workaholic may divert your attention from your family and you may have to bear the consequences. It's time SUDOKU to sort differences with your spouse. But, all this while, you need to be calm and post To solve the Sudoku puzzle, fill in the boxes in such a patient. Watch your words in case of any PEANUTS CROSSWORD manner that every row, column and 3x3 box contains arguments, warns Ganesha. the digits 1 to 9, without repeating any.

SAGITTARIUS You need to increase your tolerance power as you may have to face criticism from close ones. However, it is not feasible to please everyone around. You may just be happy doing basic favours for your loved ones. Ganesha asks you to be patient.

CAPRICORN Not everyday is the same day. And, today is one of those days when you feel extremely confused, feels Ganesha. While CALVIN AND HOBBES you won't be able to get rid off negative emotions, your hard work will be paid off and lay a strong foundation for future. You'll not understand whether to feel good about your achievements or experi- ence sadness of confusion. Ganesha throws light on your path and advises you SOLUTIONS to keep a calm head over your shoulders.

AQUARIUS You are already overloaded with work. On the top of it, people around you will con- veniently put their share of load on your back, and you will take it most of the times. You, however, will not get bogged down by the additional responsibilities.

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CM congratulates Indian men’s hockey team Cinemas to reopen, POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, August 1: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik con- gratulated the Indian men’s hockey team Sunday for reaching the semi- rules dispirit owners finals of the Olympics after 49 years. The Chief Minister also con- Orissa POST had earlier highlighted the financial burden on cinema halls veyed his best wishes for the last four encounter against Belgium in Bhubaneswar due to the Covid induced lockdown. Maintenance and to be played August 3. equipment costs, salary bills and other expenses have already pushed the Expressing his joy over the India’s victory over Great Britain, owners to the edge. Big cinema halls in the City have incurred losses of the Chief Minister said the na- around Rs 20-30 lakh each due to the restrictions tional team have come out with flying colours in the quarterfi- nals. He expressed hope that the team will keep up the momen- tum to win the semifinals and as well as the final at the Tokyo Olympics. It should be stated here that the Odisha government is the main sponsor of the Indian men’s and Keen enthusiast: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik watching the India-Great Britain Olympics quarterfinal game which women hockey teams till 2023. was played Sunday at Tokyo OP PHOTO Odisha is the only state that in India which is promoting the na- ernment trying its best to help Indian Olympic Association tending his best wishes to the tional game and has become the cra- India regain their lost glory in the (IOA) president Narinder Dhruv India team for their success against dle of hockey. The Odisha gov- global scenario. Batra thanked Patnaik for ex- Great Britain. Decision on school reopening soon: Min Residents breathe easy ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Orissa POST had earlier high- Complex, Bijendra Mohanty said, lighted the financial burden on “It will be difficult to bring the au- Bhubaneswar: School and Mass Bhubaneswar, August 1: After cinema halls in Bhubaneswar dience back to cinema halls as Education Minister Samir Ranjan months of shut down, the cinema due to the lockdown. Maintenance there was no movie show for the last Dash Sunday said that discussions as parks reopen today halls in the City are getting ready and equipment costs, salary bills several months. Gone are the days are underway regarding the to run again. However, the rules and and other expenses have already when a movie ticket was considered reopening of schools for the guidelines set by the state gov- pushed theatre owners to the a catch. Emergence of private tel- students of class I to class VIII. The POST NEWS NETWORK ernment have upset the owners. edge. Big cinema halls in the City evision channels, piracy, and OTT department will come to a decision As per the guidelines, halls have have incurred losses of around Rs platforms such as Netflix and regarding this soon. The statement Cuttack, August 1: With the state been granted permission to run 20-30 lakh each due to the re- Amazon Prime have dented our from the Minister came after the government easing Covid restric- with 50 per cent seating capacity. strictions. business. It will take some time to state government issued fresh tions, the Cuttack Municipal However, people visiting theatres Earlier, the cinema halls were al- recover.” Covid-19 guidelines for the month Corporation (CMC) here has geared are required to furnish certificates lowed to open in January this year. “We demand the government to of August Saturday. While up to reopen parks Monday with of their second dose of vaccination. Because of the second Covid wave, at least allow night shows as peo- announcing the guidelines for this strict adherence to the norms laid Maharaja cinema hall owner they were shut down again. The fear ple mostly comes to cinema halls month, SRC Pradeep Jena said that down by the state government to Biswajit Mohapatra said, “The continues among the owners as at this hour,” Mohanty added, the School and Mass Education check the infection. weekend lockdown is not good there are talks of a third wave. Producer Shridhar Martha said department has complete Parks and other recreational fa- news for us as our business heav- This apart, the demand for sec- that they would take steps towards authorisation to take a decision on cilities across the state were re- ily depends on weekends. Also, as ond dose vaccination certificate releasing their new movies ‘Dil whether to reopen schools for the mained out of bounds for people for per the guidelines, the 8 pm dead- is problematic to the cinema hall Mora Manena’ and ‘Patnagarh’ students studying in Class I to around three months in the wake line will hamper our business as crew as checking the authenticity soon. “The cinema halls will take Class VIII at this juncture or not. of the second wave of Covid-19 there won’t be night shows.” of so many certificates will be a hu- some time to resume shows. The re- Notably, the state had announced pandemic. “We have started sanitising the mongous task. lease dates of our movies would be the date for reopening of schools CMC sources said parks in the seats and hall premises. We will be The All Odisha Cinema Hall announced after due consultation for students of Class X and Class Silver City here will remain open ready to reopen the halls after Owners’ Association president and with cinema hall owners,” Martha XII to be July 26 after assessing the for people from 6am to 10 am and August 5,” said Mohapatra. owner of Sriya-Swati-Stutee Cine- added. Covid-19 situation in the state. 4pm to 6pm on the weekdays. Those visiting the parks have to follow CMC sources said parks hose visiting the parks have to follow Covid appropriate behaviour like in the Silver City here TCovid appropriate behaviour like wearing wearing facemasks and main- will remain open for facemasks and maintaining social distance Man commits suicide taining social distance. The civic people from 6am to 10 POLITICKLE by MANJUL body has barred people from using am and 4pm to 6pm on he civic body has barred people from over ‘financial stress’ gym equipment at the parks. the weekdays Tusing gym equipment at the parks CMC deputy commissioner Ajaya POST NEWS NETWORK Kumar Mohanty said that ade- the Silver City has brought cheers play some outdoor games with quate arrangements are in place to to the residents. “Staying indoors his friends, thanks to the re- Bhubaneswar, August 1: A 45- make sure that Covid appropriate all these days due to the Covid-in- opening of the parks. “Nothing year-old man Sunday committed sui- behaviour are followed by the park duced lockdowns and shutdowns can match the excitement one cide due to financial miseries, visitors. “There are around 45 parks was really boring. I’m very excited gets from outdoor games. I am sources said. in the CMC area. While almost all as now we can visit a nearby park,” excited that I can now play some The deceased was identified as the parks have been sanitised, said Supratik Sahu, a 10-year-old outdoor games with my friends at Dukhishyam Pattanaik of grass-cutting will be carried out at boy of Chauliaganj. a park here,” he added. Pokhariput area under Airport all these facilities once in a week. Sunayana Dash, 39, of Nayabazar Puspalata Pasayat, 47, said, “The police limits. All the major parks will have se- breathed easy as she could now only place I find safe and suitable for According to sources, Pattnaik curity guards to keep a tab on peo- spend time with her family amid morning and evening walk is a was under severe financial stress ple visiting the facilities and ensure greenery or just go for a walk. nearby park which was remained as he suffered huge losses in busi- that they strictly adhere to the Abhigna Abhinash Patnaik, a shut for months now due to the pan- ness recently. Pattanaik had bor- Covid norms,” Mohanty said. nine-year-old boy of Nuapatna demic. With the reopening of parks, rowed money from some people The decision to reopen parks in area here, said that he can now I can resume my walks,” she said. for his business. Pattnaik Sunday hanged himself from the ceiling of his bedroom with a rope while his family members were away. 27 students Aspirants demand probe into Pattanaik’s wife informed police when he did not open the door. Police rushed Pattnaik to Capital qualify NTSE ‘recruitment scam’ in OSSC Hospital, where he was declared dead-on-arrival. POST NEWS NETWORK who assist them in various offi- Stage-II exam cial works. Additionally, the mem- Bhubaneswar, August 1: Aspirants bers form an integral part of Viva- Sunday demanded probe into the Voce Boards and other recruitment POST NEWS NETWORK alleged recruitment scam on part process as well. Khurda farmer grows Himachal apple in his orchard of the Odisha Staff Selection So the possibility of other offi- Bhubaneswar, August 1: Students Commission (OSCC) following the cials’ involvement in the racket POST NEWS NETWORK I have been told that each tree can from FIITJEE Odisha Centers arrest of Biranchi Narayan Sahoo, cannot be ruled out. initially produce 10 to 20 kilograms demonstrated outstanding scholas- personal secretary to the Member Meanwhile, vigilance sources Khurda, August 1: While many of apples. Thereafter, the produc- tic brilliance in National Talent of OSSC Saturday. revealed that the names of Sahoo’s insist that Himachal Pradesh and tion will rise as the trees grow Search Exam (NTSE 2020) con- The students preparing for var- wife and brother-in-law are in the Kashmir apples can’t be grown in older,” added the 40-year-old farmer. ducted by the NCERT. ious competitive examinations FIR on charges of helping Sahoo hot climate of Odisha, a farmer Nayak has recently planted In NTSE Stage-II, a total of 27 stu- under OSSC were reportedly seen amass assets disproportionate to his from Arikama village under saplings of top-quality guava and dents from the institute passed reading books in open at MLA known sources of income. The sus- Bolagarh block in Khurda district Indian Jujube in his orchard. He with flying colors. colony here to protest against the pected officer has allegedly pur- has proven them wrong. said he had ordered the guava and The Stage II of this national alleged malpractices in recruit- chased many properties in his Arun Kumar Nayak, who stud- Indian Jujube saplings online. Only level exam was delayed owing to the ment examinations. They de- wife’s name. She is included in the ied only till Class VIII, has suc- organic manure is being used in his Covid-19 pandemic and was later manded probe by a special inves- FIR as an abettor. cessfully turned a patch of his land orchard. held February 7, 2021. tigation team to unearth the alleged Similarly, the vigilance sleuths into an apple orchard here and has Besides these, Nayak is culti- Mahandeep Parida, who racket fixing jobs by receiving have recovered Rs 13,31,000 from the been a source of inspiration for vating paddy and vegetables in his scored 155 in the exam, said, bribe. house of his brother-in-law. many. farmlands. “We also raise fish in “For me, qualifying National The vigilance, during search op- Notably, Sahoo was found to be Narrating about his success our pond. We had never thought that Talent Search Exam is the first erations, stumbled upon admit possessing disproportionate as- story, Nayak said the seed of the de- This is the first apples could be grown in the hot and step towards my dream. cards of applicants, who had applied sets of 268 per cent of his known sire to grow Himachal Pradesh time that the humid climate of Khurda. Now, NTSE was all about battle of for recruitment tests conducted sources of income. apple in his land was implanted in apple trees have we are sure that apple farming is brains, where concept and rea- by the OSSC, at the residences of The officials arrested Sahoo by his mind after he saw YouTube he said. borne fruits. I have been possible in Odisha too,” said Nayak’s soning were to be used to crack Sahoo. The seizure of huge num- registering a case (16/21) Saturday. videos of apple farming there. “Initially, three saplings with- told that each tree can wife Lili. the questions within the ber of admit cards during the raids Earlier, the officials of anti-cor- “I then consulted agriculture ered and died. But I did not lose initially produce 10 to 20 Speaking about Nayak’s stipulated time,” he said. indicated towards the Sahoo’s in- ruption wing had Friday carried experts, got my soil tested and pre- hope. I kept on working in my or- kilograms of apples. achievements, a fellow villager Parida added, “In order to volvement in alleged ‘job for money’ out simultaneous raids on houses pared accordingly. I gathered in- chard and tending to the saplings. Thereafter, the Judhishtira Nayak said Arun qualify the exam, it was impor- scam in the OSSC recruitment of Sahoo and his relatives at six formation about an organisation in The saplings grew up to small trees production will rise as may not be highly qualified, but tant for me to train my brain to process. places in Bhubaneswar and

Himachal Pradesh from YouTube and they began flowering around his self-confidence, dedication get accustomed to the required Many opined that further probe Cuttack. They had unearthed prop-

k y m the trees grow older c and placed an order for 30 saplings six months ago. Now, each tree has and never-say-die attitude has type of ability.” into the matter would unearth the erties worth over Rs 3.79 crore around two years ago. I planted a few green apples. Seeing apple ARUN KUMAR NAYAK transformed him into a success- Ambarish Pradhan, Kanishk involvement of some more offi- that included Rs 25 lakh in cash, the saplings in pits each measur- trees in my garden laden with ap- ful farmer. As things stand, youths Modi, Veda Raju and Pratyush cials of OSSC in the alleged scam. 1.5 kg gold ornaments worth over ing three feet wide and three feet ples, my joy knew no bound,” Nayak and-a-half years to see apples in his and other farmers from the village Kumar Das are other top students As per rules, the private secre- Rs 60 lakh and 14 landed plots in deep. Organic manure such as cow narrated. orchard. “This is the first time that and nearby areas are taking a from the institute who have taries are attached to Chairman Bhubaneswar, Khurda and Puri dung was used to process the soil,” Nayak said he had to wait for one- the apple trees have borne fruits. page from his book, he added. qualified the exam. and Members of the Commission possessed by Sahoo. P4 MONDAY | AUGUST 2 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR downtown BJD MPs seek GI Srimandir admin to decide

Covid toll nears 6K; TPR dips below 2% tag for ‘Rasabali’

k y m on shrine reopening Aug 4 c ODISHA’S CORONAVIRUS CASELOAD SURGES TO 9,78,705 AS 1,437 MORE PEOPLE TEST POSITIVE INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE FOR THE INFECTION, WHILE 64 FRESH FATALITIES TAKE THE COASTAL STATE’S TOLL TO 5,966 Bhubaneswar, August 1: Three Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MPs from PNN & AGENCIES and set a target to administer at least state Sunday demanded 3.5 lakh doses every day. Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Bhubaneswar, August 1: Odisha’s All districts have been given spe- ‘Kendrapara Rasabali’, a sweet Covid-19 caseload Sunday surged cific goals to achieve so that the over- dish claimed to have originated to 9,78,705 after 1,437 more people all inoculation figure increases from the 400-year-old Baldevjew tested positive for the infection, substantially. temple in Kendrapara district. while 64 fresh fatalities took the Odisha has successfully ad- BJD MPs—Subash Chandra coastal state’s toll to 5,966, a Health ministered 1.64 crore doses since Singh, Munna Khan and Mamata department official said. the vaccination drive began in Mohanta, met Union Commerce Of the 1,437 cases, 832 were from January, Additional Chief Secretary, and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal quarantine centres and the rest Health department, PK Mohapatra, in Delhi and submitted a memo- Devotees gather in front of Srimandir in Puri, Sunday, even though the Holy detected during contact tracing. said. randum seeking GI tag for City is under weekend shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic OP PHOTO For the first time, the Test As many as 1.25 crore (40.61%) ‘Kendrapara Rasabali’. AGENCIES guideline for August, has categor- Positivity Rate (TPR) in Odisha vaccines have been administered ically stated that SJTA, Puri and the dipped below 2 per cent—1.9 per as the first dose and 39.11 lakh Bhubaneswar, August 1: With Shree Lingaraj Temple cent—as 1,437 samples, out of the (12.65%) jabs as second dose, he the Odisha government allowing re- Administration, Bhubaneswar may 74,735 tested in the past 24 hours, said in a letter to district Collectors. opening of religious institutions decide on reopening of temples turned out to be Covid positive. Vaccine supply from the Centre with Covid restrictions from Sunday under their management for pub- OVER 1.60 THE CUMULATIVE Khurda district, which encom- improved in July and the trend is as part of its unlock process, all eyes lic in consultation with stake- CRORE SAMPLE IN A NUTSHELL POSITIVITY RATE passes state capital Bhubaneswar, expected to continue in August, are now set on the meeting of Shree holders concerned and in compli- TESTS HAVE Odisha currently has 14,085 active cases, IN THE COASTAL reported 409 new cases, followed by depending on the consumption The MPs, in their memoran- Jagannath Temple Administration ance with Covid safety protocols. BEEN while as many as 9,58,601 patients, STATE NOW Cuttack at 190 and Puri at 146, said dum, said, “Kendrapara Rasaballi, (SJTA) to be held August 4, where The notification said that places CONDUCTED including 1,773 Sunday, have recovered STANDS AT 6.07 and wastage rates, he pointed out. the official, adding that these three THUS FAR from the highly infectious disease PER CENT Mohapatra asked the district which originated in Baladevjew the body will decide on the re- of worship across the state will be districts together accounted for authorities to prioritise the ad- temple more than 400 years ago, is opening of the 12th century shrine opened based on an assessment of 51.84 per cent of the Covid cases. THE STATE GOVERNMENT REVISED ITS VACCINATION POLICY AND SET A TARGET ministration of second dose. deep-fried patties of cheeses soaked in Puri. the local situation by district au- As many as 10 districts in the TO ADMINISTER AT LEAST 3.5 LAKH DOSES EVERY DAY The Bhubaneswar Municipal in thickened milk. Several people SJTA Chief Administrator thorities. However, no prashad will state registered single digit Covid Corporation Saturday said that it in Kendrapara district depend on Krishan Kumar has convened the be offered by the devotees. cases. the audit process has been duly the coastal state stands at 6.07 per has achieved 100 per cent vacci- the sale of the sweet for their liveli- virtual meeting to decide on al- The Jagannath temple remained According to the official, eight completed and the cause identi- cent, said the official. nation. hood.” lowing the devotees into the out of bounds for devotees for around deaths each were recorded in fied as Covid-19’. Over 1.60 crore sample tests have The civic body, which listed 9.7 However, due to improper mar- Jagannath temple, a senior offi- 100 days due to a spike in Covid Bhadrak, Cuttack and Khurda dis- The department also notified been conducted thus far, includ- lakh beneficiaries, has adminis- keting strategies and misuse of its cial said. cases. They were even prevented tricts, seven each in Puri and that 53 Covid-19 patients in the ing 74,735 Saturday. tered 18.35 lakh doses in all, BMC name, it has failed to gain wide- Puri’s District Magistrate-cum- from attending the Rath Yatra July Sundargarh, four in kendrapara, state have died due to comor- Although the state’s TPR stands additional commissioner spread recognition, they said. Collector, Superintendent of Police, 12, as shutdown and curfew were im- and three each in Dhenkanal and bidities. at 1.9 per cent, Jagatsighpur and Laxmikant Sethy stated. The MPs urged Goyal to con- Chief District Medical Officer and posed in the Pilgrim City. Nayagarh districts. Odisha currently has 14,085 ac- Khurda recorded 6 per cent and “The BMC has covered a wide sider according GI tag to the members of the temple coordina- In the wake of the second wave The Health department clari- tive cases, while as many as 9,58,601 5.2 per cent TPR respectively, while range of beneficiaries including ‘Kendrapara Rasabali’ as it will tion committee will attend the of the pandemic, the SJTA had fied that ‘the list of fatalities does patients, including 1,773 Sunday, the rest 28 districts recorded TPR those from rural areas. A huge provide a distinct identity to the meeting to take stock of the Covid April 24 prohibited the entry of not reflect deaths that have oc- have recovered from the highly in- less than 5 per cent. number of outsiders keep coming sweet delicacy while also building situation and decide when to reopen devotees to the shrine even as all curred on a particular day. It gives fectious disease, the official said. Meanwhile, the state govern- to the city regularly. No one has been its reputation in the market na- the shrine for devotees. daily rituals were performed by details of past deaths for which The cumulative positivity rate in ment revised its vaccination policy ignored,” he added. tional as well as international level. The state government, in its servitors and other temple staff. HEAVY RAIN SHG workers’ income too Contaminated water blamed for Nandankanan to LIKELY FROM low, alleges Congress reopen August 3 AUG 4: IMD kidney diseases at Khurda village POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, August 1: The POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK Nanadankanan Zoo in the state capital has been scheduled to open Bhubaneswar, August 1: The Khurda, August 1: Many villagers from August 3. The decision came regional office of the India of Boriknuagaon under Bolagarh after the state government an- Meteorological Department block in Khurda district have been nounced new guidelines and re- (IMD) Sunday said that heavy suffering from kidney ailments laxations. rain would resume from for the last few years. The villagers Zoo director Manoj Mahapatra Wednesday. This came after the blamed contaminated drinking informed media that the arrange- weathermen issued no warning water for the health crisis. ments for the general public are of heavy rains, lightning or thun- It has been alleged that at least likely to be completed by Monday. derstorms till Tuesday. 10 villagers of Boriknuagaon have The zoo administration is antici- In its weather forecast for died due to kidney ailments in last pating lesser crowd in the initial Monday and Tuesday, the depart- five years. The village has only days. If conditions favour and de- ment said, “Light to moderate rain four tube wells to meet the drink- mand increases, the authorities or thundershower is very likely ing water needs of around 300 peo- may entertain more visitors. to occur at a few places over the dis- ple of 80 families. However, two Facilities like boating and safari tricts of Odisha.” POST NEWS NETWORK reality is different. “In 2020-21, among the four tube wells have may be added later. the government claimed that it turned defunct due to poor main- The decision on the same was Bhubaneswar, August 1: The help SHGs do business in crores. tenance, sources said. taken after the director took stock state leadership of Congress party If the government’s own data is “Many people of our villages of the situation inside the zoo and Sunday held a press conference calculated considering the num- have been suffering from kidney ail- held discussion with other stake- and attacked Mission Shakti for ber of SHG workers, the daily in- ments for last few years. holders. The last time the zoo was not doing enough for the women Self come turns out to be only Rs 16 for Contaminated drinking water is A tube well at Boriknuagaon under Bolagarh block in Khurda district OP PHOTO open amid pandemic, the author- Help Groups (SHGs) of the state. each member. It was Rs 32 in 2019- said to be the main reason behind ities had ensured social distanc- Party leader and former minis- 20,” she said. the health crisis. We have raised the from kidney-related diseases. The for us. But, all our requests have ing, sanitistion at entrance, and From Wednesday, the state is ter Bijayalaxmi Sahoo said, “The Another leader Prashant Kumar issue with the administration sev- doctor told me that impure drink- fallen on deaf ears,” he added. wearing of masks among visitors likely to see heavy rain in six dis- state government has been claim- Satpathy who was present in the eral times but to no avail,” said ing water is the reason behind my When contacted Bolagarh Block throughout their visit. The same tricts. “Heavy rainfall is very likely ing to have helped the women SHGs meeting said, “It has been claimed Sribatsha Behera, a villager of illness. Now, I am under medication. Development Officer (BDO) Dhobei rules will be strictly followed this to occur at one or two places over in increasing their income through that the income of persons in the Boriknuagaon. According to the I have spent around Rs 10,000 on Nayak said he would direct the of- time too. the districts of Sundargarh, Mission Shakti. The condition of state is rising. The government is villagers, several health experts medicines in the last three-four ficials of Rural Water Supply and Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jharsuguda, these SHG workers is not as good misleading people. The Mission have cited impure drinking as the months,” said a villager. Sanitation (RWSS) department to Sambalpur and Deogarh.” as the government projects.” Shakti department has been claim- reason for the prevalence of kidney- He claimed that at least five per- examine the quality of drinking The department said that She also said that while the ing of connecting more SHG work- related diseases in the village. sons in his neighborhood are now suf- water at Boriknuagaon. “We would Bhubaneswar might see rain or government has been boasting ers in the state. But the question is “I was taken ill a few months fering from similar ailments. “We have raise the issue with our higher au- thundershower Monday. The max- about giving financial assistance if the income of SHG workers is in- ago. Upon consulting a doctor, I urged the administration several thorities and take appropriate imum temperature in the city could to the SHG workers, the ground creasing or not.” came to know that I was suffering times to arrange pure drinking water steps,” he added. go upto 35°C. The department, in its bulletin, said that only Malkangiri district received excess rain in the last 24 GATHERING DUST hours. While majority of the dis- Climate change is evident, tricts received deficient rains or re- mained largely deficient, 11 dis- tricts received no rain. protect ecosystems: OES

CLASSIFIED POST NEWS NETWORK Experts highlighted the lide with the natural processes.” Sundara Narayan Patro, Bhubaneswar, August 1: The problems created by the President of OES, said, “The need AFFIDAVITAFFIDAVIT Orissa Environmental Society excessive use of fossil of the hour is to reduce human (OES) organised a webinar Sunday interference in the functioning of By virtue of affidavit - on the theme ‘Climate change from fuel and detrimental nature. By changing our mindset 53AA137767 (23.07.2021) global perspective’. Citing some of human activities and lifestyles, and emphasizing on sworn before Notary the recent catastrophic events like the protection of ecosystems, we can Public, Bhubaneswar, I do landslides in Himachal Pradesh ated by the excessive use of fossil secure our own future.” declare that my name has and glacier burst in Uttarakhand, fuel like coal and petroleum, and Meanwhile, environmentalist been changed from the experts attending the webinar diverse detrimental human activ- and Secretary of OES, Jaya discussed the seriousness and im- Sunanda Padhi to ities. She cautioned, “We need to be Krushna Panigrahi explained the pacts of climate change from a clear that the earth may not be de- seriousness of the changing global Sunanda Panda after my global point of view. Issues relat- stroyed by the impacts of climate scenario in the context of global marriage to Sri Prafulla ing to global warming were also dis- change as the solar system will warming and climate change. He Chandra Panda. cussed. last for another ten billion years. urged the government, the non- Henceforth, I shall be Former Vice Chancellor of Fakir But the ecosystems and living be- government organisations and peo- known as Sunanda Panda Mohan University and former Head ings may very likely perish, as ple in general to contribute to- for all purposes. Signed- of Geology department, Utkal happened to the dinosaurs. Hence, wards the reduction in greenhouse Sunanda Panda. University, Madhumita Das high- it is imperative that human activ- gas emissions and balance between

Farm equipment lying unutilised at OUAT in Bhubaneswar, Sunday OP PHOTO lighted the current problems cre- ities should not contradict and col- development and conservation.

k y m c P5 MONDAY | AUGUST 2 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR state

Sundargarh sees drop in delivery deaths FIRE MISHAP

k y m c POST NEWS NETWORK MATRUJYOTI YOJANA the next six months, after the launch of ‘Matrujyoti’, has come Sundargarh, August 1: The num- down to 9. Moreover, not a single ber of maternal deaths during death of expectant mothers was delivery in Sundargarh district has recorded in the months of January shown a decline in the past six and March 2021. months as compared to the pre- Although the numbers are for vious period. As per the district six months only, it is needless to health department, the number of say that the flagship project deaths from November 2020 to ‘Matrujyoti’ is going to be one of April 2021 is recorded as 9 against the key factors in reducing IMR 19 recorded between May and (Infant Mortality Rate) & MMR in October last year, thanks to the the district, the CDMO added. launching of mother and child Under ‘Matrujyoti’, over 28,000 health programme ‘Matrujyoti’. pregnant women of the district are Reports said that ‘Matrujyoti’, going to avail the benefit annually. is a flagship programme launched To achieve these objectives, seven by the Sundargarh district ad- government hospitals and 45 pri- ministration, with the financial ‘Matrujyoti’ is a flagship As per the monthly data from May- vate clinics have been empanelled support of the District Mineral programme launched by the October 2020, the maternal mortality by the district administration. Foundation (DMF). The scheme of- Sundargarh district administration, cases recorded were 19. However, the Anganwadi and ASHA workers with the financial support of the number recorded in the next six fers four time free ultrasound and along with members of Gaon District Mineral Foundation months has come down to 9 other tests to every woman dur- Kalyan Samiti (GKS) and the local ing pregnancy. Under ‘Matrujyoti’, over 28,000 pregnant women of the district are going to community have been roped in Fire personnel pour water on an eatery to douse fire at Angul bus-stand, Sunday OP PHOTO Thus, the service launched in avail the benefit annually. Over 19,500 ultrasound tests have already been as they play a vital role in en- November 2020 has thrown up en- carried out and more than 250 high risk cases have been addressed with suring the success of this pro- couraging results and it is hoped necessary medical care and advice gramme. to be instrumental in curbing The programme which was on ` Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) deavour to further check the tended under the service. Special hold for a temporary period due Top Maoist carrying 4L bounty in the district in the long run. same.” attention is given to the high risk to Covid-19 has resumed from Contacted, Dr Saroj Kumar The ‘Matrujyoti’ programme cases by providing proper medical July 1. Over 19,500 ultrasound Mishra, chief district medical of- launched by the district admin- intervention at the right time, the tests have been carried out since on head surrenders in Bolangir ficer (CDMO) of Sundargarh dis- istration has started giving rich CDMO said. the inception of the programme. trict said, “The MMR in dividends in the said direction. The As per the monthly data from Similarly, more than 250 high Sundargarh district is currently health condition of the pregnant May-October 2020, the maternal risk cases have been addressed AGENCIES/PNN 101 (for every one lakh live births), mother and the unborn baby is as- mortality cases recorded were 19. with necessary medical care and and it has been our constant en- sessed through ultrasound tests ex- However, the number recorded in advice. Bolangir, August 1: A top Maoist cadre carrying a cash reward of `4 lakh on his head surrendered be- fore the Bolangir police Sunday PROBE STARTS in the presence of DIG (Northern Range, Sambalpur) Deepak Kumar INTO INDRAVATI Irregularities alleged and Bolangir SP Nitin Kusalkar. The Left wing ultra, identified as Aitu Korsa, has several criminal CANAL BREACH cases filed against him in the state, including IED explosion and mur- POST NEWS NETWORK in Anwesha scheme der, Kumar said. He was an area committee mem- Koksara, August 1: An investi- ing after the execution of the ber (ACM) of Committee of The Left wing ultra, Bolangir police headquarters. gation has been launched into the scheme have bent the rules and Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh- identified as Aitu Korsa, Meanwhile, DIG Abhay appre- occurrence of a breach on Indravati provided lakhs of rupees to some Nayagarh (KKBN) division of the ciated the efforts of Bolangir police Lift Irrigation Project canal near schools which fail to fulfill many outlawed organisation. has several criminal and appealed Maoists to shun Majhiguda village under this block conditions or are lacking facilities Aitu is a resident of Mankelli cases filed against him in violence and surrender. in Kalahandi district, Sunday. as prescribed by the department. village under Gangaloor police "I again appeal to the Maoists to A breach of around 10 feet had Between 2015-16 and 2021-22, limits in Bijapur district of the state, including IED desist from violence and surrender. occurred in the left embankment crores of rupees have been Chhattisgarh. However, he was explosion and murder They should join the mainstream.” of the canal on the intervening provided to some schools towards active in several divisions of the “Aitu Korsa, ACM of KKBN night of Friday and Saturday. As admission and re-admission of Maoist party in Odisha. (Northern Range, Sambalpur), divn, r/o Chhattisgarh, surren- a result, hectares of agricultural students. “He (Aitu) has been working in Deepak Kumar. dered before DIG NR today at land in the region were submerged. Though the locals have repeat- the state since last eight years. He “Responding to the appeal of Bolangir. I again appeal to the According to sources, a small edly drawn attention of the state had earlier worked in the Bolangir, Odisha Chief Minister and the Maoists to desist from violence breach eventually broke a large government and the district ad- Bargarh and Mahasamund (BBM) DGP, I have surrendered before and surrender. They should join the portion of the embankment near FILE PHOTO ministration about the irregular- division of the CPI (Maoist) and the police. Maoists have been mainstream. Well done SP, Majhiguda village and submerged ities, no step has been taken yet, it later joined the KKBN division. involved in protests against the Bolangir,” tweeted the DGP. large swathes of farmlands in the POST NEWS NETWORK ties. As per letter-2956 (December was alleged. The State government's surrender developmental schemes in remote Earlier, July 18, three other canal water. 27, 2017) and letter-5891 (July 10, Notably, the scheme is aimed at and rehabilitation policy for the areas. This is wrong and therefore Maoist cadres, including two Bhawanipatna, August 1: To en- 2021), the School and Mass fulfilling hopes and aspirations of Maoists are encouraging these I decided to give up arms,” said women, had surrendered before sure quality education for students Education department has laid the parents of ST & SC communi- cadres to surrender,” said the DIG Aitu after surrendering in the the Odisha Police. belonging to ST and SC categories, down certain conditions in case ties to get their children educated the government is executing of granting funds under like public schools in urban areas Anwesha programme. But the ANWESHA to private schools. in partnership with urban educa- MURDER OF 5-YR-OLD scheme is allegedly marred by ir- The private schools having tional institutions (private, aided Estuarine crocodile regularities in Kalahandi district. certificate of recognition or NOCs and other central government Allegations have come from var- by right authorities, quality managed schools) located in urban Locals gherao ious quarters that lakhs of rupees playgrounds, safe drinking water, centres or district headquarters. under the scheme are provided to electric inverters, libraries, fire The scheme is currently being nesting sites dip to some private schools, in violation safety and some other facilities implemented in 17 districts like police station of guidelines. They have sought are entitled to get funds. Besides, Angul, Bargarh, Bolangir, Deogarh, to know how far the SC and ST these schools should be affiliated Ganjam, Gajapati Kalahandi, POST NEWS NETWORK Local villagers had blamed it category students are benefitting to CBSE along with hostel facilities Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Koraput, 84 in Bhitarkanika on low-quality construction works. from the scheme. for the SC and ST students from Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, August 1: In a gruesome The consultancy firm that had un- They have demanded a high level Class-1 to Class-10. Mayurbanj, Nuapada, Rayagada, crime, a youth killed the five year old PRESS TRUST OF INDIA dertaken the construction of the probe into the alleged irregulari- It was alleged that officials look- Sambalpur and Sundargarh. son of his neighbour over past enmity mega irrigation project is respon- at MV-19 village under Sadar police Kendrapara, August 1: The sible for the breach, many villagers limits in Malkangiri district, Saturday. number of nesting sites of es- alleged. The deceased was identified as Ankit tuarine crocodiles in the marshy The villagers claimed that a FOLK DANCE Mandal, 5, son of a local resident and wetlands of Bhitarkanika minor crack had earlier developed the accused as Bikash Ray in the vil- National Park has dipped to 84 in the canal a few days ago after the lage. The boy was playing outside his from 103 last year, a senior of- project was inaugurated in 2021. The house when he suddenly went missing ficial said Sunday. 10-feet-wide breach occurred as no at around 11am. Meanwhile, hundreds Tidal waves during cyclone immediate steps were taken to re- of villagers visited the Model Police Yaas might have washed away is one of the richest storehouses pair the cracks, they added. Station in Malkangiri, Sunday and de- several crocodile nesting sites of mangrove genes. In the na- Sources said, a high-level team manded stern action against the ar- but the factors behind the drop tional park, researchers have headed by the internal vigilance cell rested youth. They relented after are being examined, JD Pati, come across 11 of the 70 man- engineer-in-chief Ashim Mohapatra Malkangiri IIC Ram Prasad Nag in- Divisional Forest Officer of grove species that were facing Sunday visited the site and started tervened and assured of action against Rajnagar Mangrove (Wildlife) a threat of extinction around the an investigation into the matter. the accused youth. Family members Forest Division said. world. “Larsen and Toubro - the im- searched for him but failed to trace Female crocodiles lay around Officials claimed that con- plementing agency of the lift canal him. Neighbours soon joined hands 50-60 eggs, and the hatchlings servation measures by the state system has been entrusted to look and traced him in an unconscious state usually emerge from the nests Forest Department over the after its maintenance for five years. in the house of Bikash Ray in the neigh- after 70-80 days of incubation, years have led to a systematic I have just come here to examine bourhood. They rushed him to the MV- he said. rise in the number of croco- the exact reason behind the breach. 19 primary health centre where a doc- The national park houses an diles. Bhitarkanika continues to I have collected the sample and it tor pronounced him brought dead. estimated 70 per cent of the remain out of bounds for will be sent to laboratory for test- Later, Bikash surrendered in the police country’s estuarine or saltwa- tourists in view of the global ing,” said Mohapatra. station and admitted to the murder. ter crocodile population, con- Covid-19 pandemic. It remains The investigating team which Malkangiri police registered a case servation of which started closed from May 31 to July 31 comprises Quality Control chief and arrested Bikash in this connec- in 1975. every year to ensure distur- along with Water Resources de- tion. The body was sent for post- The number of saltwater bance-free nesting of croco- partment officials will examine mortem. Tension was palpable as a crocodiles, which are not found diles, the official said. the exact cause behind the breach team of police reached the village and in any other river system in Incidentally, Odisha is the in the canal and submit a detailed Artistes performing a traditional dance on the occasion of Sambalpuri Day held at Madri Kalo Bhawan in tried to defuse the tension arising out Odisha, stood at 1,768 as per only state in the country where report to the state government. Sundargarh, Sunday OP PHOTO of the boy’s killing. the census conducted in three species of crocodiles – Bhitarkanika in January saltwater, gharial and mugger this year. – are found inhabiting the river Beekeeping leads women to self-sufficiency Bhitarkanika, a Ramsar site, systems.

POST NEWS NETWORK WOMEN EMPOWERMENT used to earn their livelihood from Thanks to the bees, the women daily wages were led by Rebati members said, they were able to n SHG of Landeikur village Boudh, August 1: As the state gov- Beheram to take up the access fresh produce from their Aunder Harbhanga block ernment has taken a host of meas- received funds from the bank to opportunity. kitchen gardens pollinated by the ures for women empowerment, a take up income generating The SHG started apiculture or industrious insects. group of women in Boudh district acivities. 35 women of the beekeeping and mushroom farming, They have set up 90 honey boxes has been able to earn well from bee village who used to earn their apart from vegetable farming. in the locality and harvest the honey keeping. They have become self- livelihood from daily wages Over the years, the women mem- every six months. They earn `50,000 sufficient from beekeeping and were led by Rebati Beheram to bers worked hard and managed to in every harvesting season, they

shown a way for earning a healthy take up the opportunity grow their farming activities, which said.

k y m c income. have made them self-sufficient today. Some members admitted that According to reports, an SHG of hanks to the bees, the women The SHG had earlier received `3 they are earning enough from bee- Landeikur village under Harbhanga Tmembers said, they were able lakh from ORMAS with which they keeping and other activities. to access fresh produce from block received funds from the bank started preparing turmeric pow- They hope that they will take up their kitchen gardens pollinated to take up income generating aciv- by the industrious insects der, selling resins and other minor beekeeping on a large scale if proper ities. 35 women of the village who forest produces. support is made available. P6 MONDAY | AUGUST 2 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR power post

FOCUS SOCIETY A God who cannot smile, could

not have created this humorous

k y m universe. c SRI AUROBINDO BID TO ERASE BAPU’S LEGACY

or the past two years, fre- intentions. Otherwise, why this quent reports in the press shroud of secrecy? What is the suggest that the govern- government hiding? This is the Tibet, Taliban, China Fment of India through the background of what is happen- government of Gujarat is going to ing to the Sabarmati Ashram. ndia and China held the 12th round of the Corps Commander-level talks redevelop Sabarmati Ashram and Soon it may be irrevocably lost! July 31 on the Chinese side of Chushul-Moldo Border Personnel Meeting build a ‘Grand World Class’ mon- Bapu said, ‘My life is my mes- IPoint to end the nearly 15-month-long military standoff in eastern ument there. There are many, very sage,’ that is his legacy. In today’s Ladakh. But, that does not seem to be indication that China has any inten- loud rumours but there is very times it is very difficult to imag- tion to ease tension along India’s borders. For, the past few days saw manoeuvrings scant official information; it seems ine the simplicity, frugality and by China at the highest level along India’s borders with Tibet and Afghanistan. officially they prefer secrecy. During openness of that man. His was a In a first ever exercise, China’s President Xi Jinping visited Nyingchi in Tibet, this time, whenever I have visited truly transparent life, there was no close to Arunachal Pradesh, and Lhasa, while a key Taliban leader met Sabarmati Ashram, I have met Bapu in his bequest clearly stated that the public man and a hidden, private China’s top leadership in China. The two developments took place at a time many of the long-term residents person. In present times it is dif- when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held high level talks with the of the Ashram precinct. These Sabarmati Ashram has to work for the uplift ficult to imagine, let alone believe Indian leadership on a range of issues, including the current turmoil in are descendants of those who lived and benefit of Harijans. How will the proposed that such a person ever lived. Afghanistan, and also met a representative of the Dalai Lama in Delhi. in the Ashram since Ba and Bapu revamp achieve this? Sabarmati Ashram and Sevagram These are but calibrated moves by both China on the one hand and India and first established it in 1917 - fami- Ashram at Wardha are the visual the USA on the other to test each other’s nerves and diplomatic skills. The lies who have continued to live symbols of the man’s simplicity, stakes are too high and China is acting from a vantage ground. The Taliban there for over a hundred years. Bapu lived in the Ashram. Ever port claims that a ‘grand’, ‘world his frugal existence, his trans- are making conciliatory gestures towards it and China’s grip in Tibet is now When Bapu left on the Dandi since then, families and descen- class’ tourist attraction is planned. parency. On visits to Sabarmati firmer than ever before. These do not augur well for India. March 12th March 1930, he vowed dants of the residents have con- Bapu in his bequest clearly stated Ashram, at Hridaykunj, I have Xi Jinping’s Tibet visit is significant for a number of reasons and it im- Tushar Gandhi not to return to the Ashram till tinued to live in these tenements, that the Sabarmati Ashram has to often heard children ask their par- pinges on the future of Tibet and India-China ties. The last time when a top India won freedom and in 1933 he some for over a hundred years con- work for the uplift and benefit of ents, “Such a great man lived in ranking Chinese leader visited Tibet was in 1990 and it was Jiang Zemin, VARIOUS finally decided to disband it but tinuously. Now they are faced with Harijans. How will the proposed such a small and simple hut? He then General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. Xi’s visit is planned was dissuaded from doing so. In the the possibility of being evicted, revamp achieve this? There are sat and worked in such an open to send clear political signals to the people of China, the Tibetans and India. REPORTS IN THE wake of the Dandi Kooch and the uprooted, displaced. Harijan families living in the place. ” It is when they see He was accompanied by Zhang Youxia, vice-chairman of the Central Military subsequent nation-wide Namak So, for the past two years, when- Ashram precinct, they too face Hridaykunj at Sabarmati Ashram Commission. The intent appears to flex muscles and possibly also browbeat MEDIA SUGGEST Satyagraha, the colonial regime ever I visit the Ashram, the current eviction because of the ‘proposed’ and Bapu Kutir at Sevagram that India. Visits by India’s leaders to Arunachal Pradesh are seen by China as THAT THE unleashed a brutal reprisal to crush occupants of these properties, revamp. How does that benefit Bapu becomes believable to the politically provocative. Xi’s visit to a place in Tibet opposite Arunachal the non-violent revolt. Farmers who feel threatened by the gov- them? The colonial government present generation. When these are Pradesh appears to be an act of provocation as well. Of course, India has ac- GOVERNMENT IS and Satyagrahis bore the brunt of ernment’s proposal, meet me with forcefully seized homes of farm- lost, Bapu will become a myth. cepted Tibet as part of China, but it would be naive to treat the visit of Xi IN A VERY the tyrannical oppression. Their a plea to safeguard their Ashram ers and Satyagrahis causing much Mythology is so convenient to live and other top leaders as China’s internal matters. For, Tibet is being used properties were seized by the State and of course, their residences. I distress to Bapu. Why is an Indian with and tweak as required. by China as a launching pad for advancing its persistent territorial claims ADVANCED along with all their possessions have grown up knowing many of government acting like the au- Sabarmati Ashram today en- on India. Moreover, the visit was timed when China is embroiled in a mili- STAGE OF and they were rendered destitute. them as belonging to the extended thoritarian and tyrannical colonial shrines the ideals of Bapu’s life and tary confrontation with India. This anguished Bapu and he decided Ashram family. The thought of administration? legacy. It is sparse, it is simple and Had Xi visited Tibet after the settlement of the current border dispute PLANNING THE that he would surrender Sabarmati them being displaced is disturbing, All this and much more about the it is starkly frugal. Those who un- and restoration of the ground positions that existed in April 2020, India would Ashram to the colonial power as a and naturally they are anxious. plans and intentions of the gov- derstand Bapu’s ideals and life have had no reason to be bothered about it. But, Xi didn’t wait for the com- ‘TAKEOVER’ AND mark of protest against the brutal Various reports in the media ernment are unofficially known, know that this is his true legacy pletion of negotiations on restoring the status quo ante and hammering out REVAMP OF THE methods employed by it. Since he suggest that the government is in but nothing has been officially and the Sabarmati Ashram por- new terms of border management. This makes the purpose of the visit sus- was the instigator of the regime’s a very advanced stage of plan- said. One thing is certain that it is trays them truly. It is only those who pect and indicates China under Xi is toughening its stand on India on the SABARMATI ‘troubles’, he believed he must be ning the ‘takeover’ and revamp a ‘PM’s Project’ and like all the have never understood Bapu and border question. ASHRAM punished. When Bapu’s associates of the Ashram. Stories have cir- other ‘PM’s Projects’ it is going to are not bothered about under- As for China’s Tibet policy under the Xi regime, it is tightening its mili- were informed about his decision culated about the architect being be steam-rolled through, and shoved standing him, let alone emulat- tary hold over the region, exploiting its resources and building dams on the there was much consternation and appointed and detailed plans of down our throats. His men in ing him, who feel that it needs to Brahmaputra, throwing to the wind environmental concerns. It plans to con- a lot of voices were raised against the redesign of the Ashram keep Gujarat are driving the bulldozer. be made ‘grand’. Their intention struct a dam at the river’s bend before it enters India. China has already built this. Eventually, Thakker Bappa, one appearing in the media and are in The present residents have given is not to preserve or conserve the roads and railway lines in Tibet for both military and economic reasons. It of Bapu’s very senior associates, circulation; many of the reports me many details, but when I talk Ashram or make it more attractive; is systematically changing Tibet’s demography through the settlement of Hans convinced him not to take such a are conflicting. One says that the to the trustees of the several trusts their intention is to obliterate it and in newly-built villages close to India’s border in the east. Xi’s policies seem drastic step. Bapu relented, and government possesses a photo- associated with the Sabarmati the legacy it enshrines. To con- to aim at undermining the Dalai Lama’s position on a truly autonomous Tibet handed over the Ashram to the graph of the Ashram as it was in Ashram, who are custodians and vert a shrine of our Independence as part of China. Harijan Sevak Sangh. He instructed 1947 when India became caretakers of the Ashram, they movement and the life of the cou- Intriguingly, China has settled its border disputes with Russia and con- them to use the Ashram for the Independent and it intends to re- keep reiterating that they have no ple who lived there into a tourist tiguous Central Asian states. But, it has illegally acquired Indian territory uplift and benefit of Harijans in per- store the Ashram to that state. ‘official’ information or intima- plaza, an amusement park. That in Shaksgam valley and is unflinchingly staking its maritime and land petuity. As he bid farewell to his The sinister implication of this tion from the government, even is their real intention. The ques- claims in South and East China Seas, Bhutan and India. Against this back- home of 13 years, he instructed move is that even the acclaimed and now. Tenants and residents say tion now is not about saving drop, it is only natural that China would take umbrage at the meeting Maganlal Gandhi, who was man- award-winning Sanghrahalaya, they have been approached, some Sabarmati Ashram, it is about Blinken had with the Dalai Lama’s representative in Delhi. China is wor- aging the Ashram, to ensure that designed and built by the eminent say threatened, to accept com- saving the legacy of Bapu and Ba. ried about US-India bonhomie with increasing military cooperation and joint all those who were occupying architect Charles Correa will also pensation and move out amicably The writer, a stakes in the security of the Indo-Pacific region. Blinken’s meeting with the Ashram properties were allowed to be removed. Why? Because it was or face being evicted. Yet the peace activist, heads the Director of the Bureau of the Dalai Lama in Delhi, Ngodup Dongchung, has do so, as long as they lived ac- commissioned and inaugurated trustees have no official intima- Mahatma Gandhi turned out to be a sore point with China. As the USA follows one-China pol- cording to the ideals of the Ashram, by the then Prime Minister Pandit tion. The whole thing smells bad, Foundation. icy, it is expected not to meddle with China’s Tibetan affairs. This is why the which were practiced when Ba and Jawaharlal Nehru? Another re- rotten and reeks of hidden and ill ©THE BILLION PRESS Foreign Ministry in Beijing immediately lashed out at the US and asserted it won’t allow “foreign interference with China’s internal affairs in Tibet.” China is extremely allergic to any form of contact between foreign officials and the Dalai Lama. Blinken’s meeting, seemingly goaded by India, touched SPECTRUM PANDEMIC a raw nerve with China. But, what is of greater concern for India is the meeting of nine Taliban representatives with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin. It is reported that peace process and security issues figured in the discussion. China could extract a promise from the Taliban delegation, headed by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, that they would crack Time to inoculate our children down on the East Turkestan Islamic Movement posing a threat to China by allegedly helping the Uygur Moslems being subjugated by China. The hile over 40 crore vac- Some western countries have particular, are in the race for com- is going through its clinical trial Taliban are seeking international legitimacy of their forcible occupation of cine shots have been ad- gone ahead with their vaccination pleting the formalities for launch- phases (phases II and III) for its vast swathes of Afghanistan weakening the Afghan rule of Prime Minister Wministered to adults in programme for children. The US ing their shots for children. nasal spray for children and the Ashraf Ghani. Pakistan is their ally and now China is veering to its side with the country, inoculation drive for Food and Drug Authority and Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila, data for the results is likely to be mediation by Pakistan. China also wants to protect its economic interest and children against Covid-19 is yet to Canada’s drug regulatory author- which is developing a DNA plasmid- available by September. Similarly, expand its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China-Pakistan Economic take off and is long due. The edu- ities have recently given the Pfizer- based vaccine, has already con- Pune-based Serum Institute of Corridor (CPEC) into Afghanistan. This is bad news for India. A Taliban regime, cation sector has been hit badly BioNTech vaccine emergency use cluded its trial for the 12-18 age India is all set to start phase II and supported by Pakistan and China, has potential to turn the Kashmir tangle by the pandemic with school chil- authorisation for children. This group, and subject to statutory pro- phase III paediatric trials of its even more problematic and it could go well beyond that. dren missing their physical class- vaccine requires two shots to be visions, the vaccine might be avail- Covovax in 920 children (460 each room sessions for nearly one and given 21 days apart. Similarly, the able soon in the near future. The in 12-17 year and 2-11 year groups) Nikunja Bihari Sahu a half years. Although some states European Union’s regulatory au- company has already applied to from next month. The primary ob- WISDOM CORNER are embarking on ambitious plans thority, the European Medicines the Drugs Controller General of jective of the study is to assess the for reopening schools in a restricted Agency, has recommended autho- India (DCGI) for emergency use safety and immunogenicity of the TIMELY manner, parents have expressed rising the Moderna vaccine for use authorisation for its vaccine ZyCoV- vaccine among children. If If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your their concerns in sending their in children aged between 12 and 17 D, which it claims would be effec- everything goes well, a first-hand DESMOND TUTU AVAILABILITY enemies. wards to schools. and, according to research con- tive for both adults and children. vaccine for children is expected Availability of a dependable vac- ducted on more than 3,700 children The vaccine will be the first needle- by early October. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to OF A VACCINE FOR cine for children will be a mile- of 12 to 17 age group, the shots in- free shot to be administered as an Going by the 80 per cent cover- pause and reflect. MARK TWAIN CHILDREN IS THE stone achievement in bolstering deed produced substantial anti- intra-dermal injection using a age strategy, the government would As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our ONLY WAY OUT the education sector in the country body response. spring-powered jet injector. The have to ensure supply of enough world, none of us can truly rest. NELSON MANDELA as this would not only ensure the Russia, the manufacturer of efficacy of the vaccine is reported vaccines to cover its 104 million OF THE PRESENT safety of children, but also facili- Sputnik V vaccine, has also tested to be 66.6 per cent against the symp- strong children population against SITUATION tate reopening of schools in a a nasal spray version suitable for tomatic and 100 per cent against the the disease. The exercise would, graded manner. This would also children aged 8-12 and plans to moderate or severe patients based therefore, require at least 208 mil- WORDSWORTH boost the confidence of parents in launch the new product in on the interim analysis of its phase lion doses of a two-dose vaccine. letting their wards to go to schools. September. III trial data. The vaccine contains Hence, it is going to be herculean It is widely speculated that the im- In India, the situation is fast a DNA plasmid vector that carries task for the government to bring Opisthograph pact of a possible third wave on picking up momentum and the the gene encoding the spike protein back the lost glory of children’s children due to the new variants is government plans to rope in in- of the virus. As with other DNA vac- education in the country. e’re used to bound books, in which a blank page is unusual enough that likely to be more severe compared digenous manufacturers to ensure cines, the recipient’s cells then pro- Wthe reader may on occasion encounter the reassuring — albeit with the first or the second wave. adequate and timely supply of qual- duce the spike protein, triggering The writer is Education paradoxical — legend, “this page intentionally left blank”. It was very different Hence, the timely availability of a ity vaccine to fulfill its dream of in- an effective immunogenic response Officer, Regional Science when texts were hand-written scrolls on papyrus or parchment. To write on vaccine for children is the only oculating its younger citizens. In against the virus. Centre, Bhopal. both sides would result in handling rapidly wearing away the writing on the way out of the present situation. India, two vaccine candidates, in Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech Views are personal. outer side. It was also awkward to read the reverse side and it was difficult to unroll a scroll and roll it up the other way, because, once rolled, they took on a permanent bend. As a result, scrolls written on both sides are rare enough that a special term has been created to describe them: opisthograph. It comes via Time to ponder Promote cycling French and Latin from Greek opistho, behind, plus graphos, written. Rather rarely, the word also refers to a memorial slab that has been reversed so that a Sir, This is in reference to the news item “Girls outshine Sir, Cycling is beneficial for both the body and the mind and it also new inscription can be made on the blank side. Bound books (the technical boys in CHSE +2 exams,” published in the front page of Orissa fosters intellectual and social development. No one’s prestige is lowered term for one is codex, to distinguish it from the scrolled sort) are for the most etters Post August 1, 2021. Definitely this is a milestone in the process by riding a bicycle. Man’s greatness is not measured by his attire but by part opisthographic, a useful property that was a key reason why they of girl child education and women empowerment in the his actions and virtues. In foreign countries, bicyclists are adored as superseded scrolls. But hand-written documents are still commonly state, but there are worrying aspects too. This news may nature lovers and least pollution-creators. But, in India, cyclists are anopisthographic, written on one side only. TOL THE EDITOR be true as a ‘whole’ taking an account of all the female stu- lampooned as lesser citizens and indigent. Cycling costs nothing but one Readers of Orissa POST dents in the state. However, with reference to specific so- can gain many things from that activity. Money is saved, physical fitness are most welcome to contribute letters cial groups like STs, SCs, and other backward sections, the is assured, pulmonary condition is stabilised and heart rate is improved. (200 words), articles and case could be exactly the opposite. This is likely so due to State government officials should at least go to their offices once in a week columns (between 750-1250 LOL words). Contributors are the patriarchal social system existing where the education on a bicycle. It will be inspiring and motivating for the youth. Former Chief requested to send their of a male child is given more importance than that of a Minister the late Biju Patnaik, the architect of modern Odisha, once contact numbers and full female child. Another intriguing question one could ask reached the Odisha Legislative Assembly by a bicycle. However, cycling

Angry drivers meet Finally, one of them postal address/email ID. They may also is: What is the representation of female students from as an activity should not be taken up in compulsion. It should be taken

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c picks up a newspaper and and suggestions, preferably by email, backward sections in the current CHSE +2 results, where up as an activity that ensures a pollution-free atmosphere. The state n a very small alley, two trucks starts reading. to: [email protected] the girls seem to outshine the boys? Thus, before we government should promote bicycle riding among the public, especially Idriving in opposite directions meet. The other one politely asks, “When celebrate the social development of any kind, it is time to the youth. Bicycling reduces global warming and lessens greenhouse gas As the drivers are equally stubborn, you’ve finished the paper, will ponder and reflect if we are making the right strides in the effect on the atmosphere. Cycling is also a morale booster and an neither of them wants to reverse. you please bring it over, and let me B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, right direction. enchanting experience. They angrily look one at the other. read it?” Bhubaneswar-751010 Aswino Gomango, GUNUPUR Prabhudutt Dash, BHUBANESWAR P7 MONDAY | AUGUST 2 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR state

Iron ore smuggling rampant in Jajpur TACKLING THE PANDEMIC

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Scores of trucks are also allegedly operating from Kalinganagar to Budhakendua carrying iron pellets in huge quantities. Sources said, 20 to 30 trucks are engaged in such illegal iron ore transportation without valid doc- uments, but police and officials of the Mines department have failed to take any preventive measures. In fact, some of them are not even aware that such activities are con- tinuing under their noses. Budhakendua is a hill-locked place and tribal dominated area, 15km from NH-16, which makes it easy for mafia to carry on their activities, it is said. In another development, a num- Reports said, miscreants are Sources said, 20 to 30 trucks ber of trucks carrying iron ore transporting iron ore illegally in trucks have been engaged in such from Kalinganagar area at the dead of illegal iron ore have been hijacked and taken to a night and selling it to a factory in transportation without valid different destination from their With forecast about the third wave of Covid-19, officials of the district administration and Bhawanipatana civic body take tour of the town, making people collusion with its staff. documents. Bairi IIC original one in the past. The situ- aware of safety guidelines and protocols OP PHOTO Lack of action by enforcement agencies Sanghamitra Nayak feigned ation has become a cause of con- and police has encouraged such illegal ignorance when asked about cern for the police. Police suspect activities in the area, locals alleged the smuggling of iron ore that a huge racket is behind such a clandestine operation. Some locals demanded that spe- Class-XII student raped in Sambalpur POST NEWS NETWORK Budhakendua area of Jajpur dis- cial squads of the Mines depart- trict. The smuggling mafia is man- ment should conduct raids in the POST NEWS NETWORK lice later in the day. During inves- all alone, he allegedly raped her. Chandikhole, August 1: Iron ore aging to hoodwink the law and area. They said that is the only tigation, police have detained a They also said that Suresh had transportation to Paradip port cur- carry out their nefarious way to bust the racket. Sambalpur, August 1: A minor girl youth, who has been identified as tied the nuptial knots only a few rently remains suspended as trans- activities. When contacted, Bairi IIC studying in Class XII was allegedly Suresh Mahakud of Potubahal vil- days back. This has been men- porters and truck owners are re- According to reports, the mis- Sanghamitra Nayak said that po- raped by a youth while she was on lage, for interrogation, an official tioned by the victim’s father in the fusing to take the mineral due to creants are transporting iron ore lice are aware of trucks operat- her way back home from her col- said. FIR lodged. the hike in fuel prices and spare illegally from Kalinganagar area ing in the area. lege Saturday evening. The crime Sources informed Sunday, that “The accused has been detained parts of vehicles. They have said in trucks at the dead of night and However, she feigned ignorance was committed in a locality under the victim was returning home on and we are interrogating him,” that transporting the mineral leads selling it to a factory in collusion when asked about the smuggling the Badamal police outpost in her bicycle at around 5.00pm after Charamal police IIC Basant Kumar to heavy losses. with its staff. Lack of action by of iron ore. However, she assured Sambalpur district. her classes got over. As it started Dalai said Sunday. He did not, how- Taking advantage of the situa- enforcement agencies and police that she will look into the matter After the girl narrated her ordeal raining, the girl took shelter under RESPRESENTIVE PHOTO ever, disclose whether the detained tion, smuggling of iron ore, pel- has encouraged such illegal ac- personally and a proper investi- to her family, the father of the vic- a tree in a lonely locality. travelling through the same lo- youth has confessed to lets and coal are on the rise in tivities in the area, it was alleged. gation will be carried out. tim lodged an FIR with Badamal po- Sources said that Suresh was cality at that time. Seeing the girl the crime. Umerkote’s 2-year-old `400 crore drinking water Bhitarkanika National Sampurna amazes all project shelved in Balasore Park to reopen Aug 5 Wonder kid with stunning memory finds Groundwater level VISITORS ALLOWED DURING THE DAY ONLY; OVERNIGHT STAY NOT PERMITTED place in India Book of Records depletes in Jaleswar POST NEWS NETWORK of tourists into the park to ensure for Sampurna. According to the and Basta blocks, safety of all and at the same time, old saying ‘morning shows the day’ Kendrapara, August 1: After re- give a congenial environment to the Sampurna’s talent and mind-blow- leaving people high maining closed for a little over reptiles. ing memory power caught the at- three months to facilitate the breed- Four days after shutting the tention of her parents and rela- and dry in summer ing of crocodiles, the Bhitarkanika park’s gate for tourists, the Odisha tives when she was only a toddler. National Park in Kendrapara dis- government had imposed lock- She used to answer even the tough- POST NEWS NETWORK trict will reopen for visitors from down May 5 in the state due to the est of questions without an iota August 5. The national park, under second wave of Covid-19. Since of hesitation. Jaleswar, August 1: In summer, Rajnagar block had been kept out then the park had remained out She always wanted to learn some- a large number of people in many of bounds for visitors from May 1 of bounds for visitors even though, thing new and had great memory pockets under Jaleswar and Basta till July 31 as it was the breeding officially the ban ended July 31. power, Samir informed. Due to her blocks have to face acute shortage season of the endangered estuar- Due to the Covid-19 guidelines vis- talent and interest in various mat- of drinking water. This happens as ine crocodiles. itors were prevented from visit- ters, Sampurna’s parents kept her groundwater level plummets ing the park for few more days. teaching new things. sharply, leaving scores of tube Since the lockdown Now, with lockdown restrictions The little genius is smarter than wells defunct. The reducing level A private agency had prepared a The DPR suggested lifting of water slowly easing in the state, the au- any child of her age and is pas- of groundwater has become a cause DPR suggesting provision of from Subarnarekha at Sasanabada May 5, the national thorities of the Bhitarkanika drinking water for 30,000 people in POST NEWS NETWORK sionate to learn new things by read- of concern for people in this coastal with three treatment plants at park had remained out National Park have decided to open ing books and by learning from pocket. 17 wards under Jaleswar Sitabaghipada, Deuli and Nahanjara the gates once more for visitors. Umerkote, August 1: A two-year- acquaintances and surroundings, Now the government has started municipality in the first phase near Jaleswar stadium of bounds for tourists Officials announced Sunday that old girl from this remote region her parents said. an initiative under which small due to Covid curbs the park will again reopen from in Nabarangpur district has made Her father after coming to know ponds are being dug up at different Subarnarekha river to the house- Subarnarekha at Sasanabada and August 5. However, the visitors everyone proud by making it to about the competition by India places to conserve rainwater. holds. As per approval of the state setting up of a treatment plant at will be allowed to visit the park the India Book of Records for her Book of Records prepared her for Through this process, officials feel and Central governments, an in- Sitabaghipada. Two more treat- During the mating season, croc- during the day only. No decision has photographic memory and high the big test. She applied for the that the groundwater level will ternational agency had conducted ment plants were proposed at Deuli odiles tend to become ferocious been taken regarding overnight level of IQ, a report said. The girl test June 10, 2021. also be replenished. a survey on the project. It submit- and Nahanjara near the Jaleswar and attack at the slightest hint of stay of tourists inside the park, Sampurna Gantayat has stunned Later, the authorities of IBR A mega drinking water project ted a detailed project report (DPR) stadium. provocation. So a three-month ban even though the facilities are there, everyone by effortlessly answer- sought details about the talent of had also been planned few years to the Odisha government five The project proposal also en- is imposed each year on the entry officials said. ing tough questions and in iden- Sampurna following which her fa- back, locals informed. However, years ago. The project aims at meet- visaged supply of drinking water tifying the colours and shape of ther sent 20 videos to its office. The the project has since then remained ing the drinking water needs of to 1,00,000 people in 14 panchay- any object with absolute fluidity. organisation also conducted a test in the ‘planning’ stage with no de- 3.5 lakh people. It should be stated ats on the western side of the river. Sampurna is the only daughter over video call with Sampurna velopment. They said that the state here that the majority of people liv- Lifting of the water from the river of Purnima Pattnaik and Samir with questions on various sub- government talks about providing ing in 35 panchayats of Jaleswar was proposed at Makidia-Kuanrpur. Gantayat and resident of Gulipatna jects. She answered all the questions clean and hygienic drinking water. block and 13 panchayats under Another component of the mega area in this town. She has made it correctly with absolute ease. However, when it comes to deliv- Basta block have been facing acute drinking water project was to lift to India Book of Records for her ex- Among the questions, she had to ering on its promise, there is sheer drinking water crisis in summer river water at Rajghat for 2.5 lakh traordinary memory which she is name 46 animals, 20 birds, 18 types indifference. The failure to start the every year. people living in 21 panchayats bestowed with since childhood. of vegetables as well as flowers, drinking water project in the two In the first phase, a Bangalore- under Jaleswar and 14 panchay- She also sings bhajans without for- 17 types of fruits, 11 colours, six in- blocks is a proof of the govern- based agency had prepared a DPR ats under Basta block. getting or fumbling even once. She sects and eight varieties of food. ment’s apathy. for provision of water for 30,000 However, till date nothing has also has the ability to replicate the Family members were informed of The cost of building the drink- people in 17 wards under Jaleswar moved after the DPR was submit- sounds of birds and animals. her inclusion in the book, June 30 ing water project would be around municipality. The cost was esti- ted. The project has been under These might sound too much to while she received the `400 crore. Once implemented it mated at `50 crore. The report sug- red tape while people continue to handle for a two-year-old, but not certificate, Friday. would provide water from the gested lifting water from suffer due to lack of drinking water. Forest dept foils pangolin sale Kutarakend’s long wait for bridge to end soon

POST NEWS NETWORK POST NEWS NETWORK Kutarakend village is just four under the Pradhan Mantri Gram kilometers away from the Muribahal Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). However, Kotpad, August 1: A pangolin of Titilagarh/Kesinga, August 1: main road. But, to reach the village, the proposition fell through as rare breed was rescued by the for- The dream of residents of one has to cross three rivulets that lie the village lacked the requisite est department personnel near Bania Kutarakend village for a road and in close proximity. The village remains population to get benefit from bridge while it was being smuggled bridge is soon going to be ful- cut-off from the rest of the world for the Central government scheme. by a poacher. The pangolin weighed filled. The village is under seven months as the rivulets swell up However, with Sahu’s an- approximately 4.60kg and the poacher Mahulapada panchayat in during the monsoons nouncement, it now seems that the was going to sell it for around Titilagarh block of Bolangir dis- woes of the villagers will finally `5,00,000, the officials said. trict. Women and Child Critically ill Despite repeated end. The minister said that the Prabhu Datta Himansu Mishra, Development and Minister Tukuni patients and appeals to the bridge will be constructed under ACF Jeypore, division, said the Sahu visited the remote hamlet pregnant administration, Mukhya Mantri Sadak Yojana department received information Saturday. She experienced her- women are the villagers did (MMSY) scheme. The entire ex- Saturday regarding an impending self the hardships villagers face carried in not get a proper penses will be will be borne by the deal to sell the mammal. “We laid after she had to walk on a tem- makeshift cots bridge. So they Western Odisha Development got together and a trap and rescued the pangolin porarily built wooden bridge to and slings as Council(WODC) fund. on their own alive. However, the miscreant man- reach the village. the village During interaction with the lacks an made a makeshift aged to escape towards Kutarakend village is just four girls and youths of the village, approach wooden bridge Nabarangpur,” he informed. kilometers away from the road for over one of the Sahu inquired about their online A manhunt has been launched Muribahal main road. But, to ambulances rivulets education.

to nab the accused in this case. It reach the village, one has to cross inside a reserve forest. It is mostly of the major hurdles they have to for ambulances. She also promised to sanction

k y m c is suspected that the poacher belongs three rivulets that lie in close inhabited by tribal families dis- tackle is the lack of proper road In spite of repeated appeals to funds for the construction of a to a neighbouring state and was proximity. The village remains placed due to the construction of communication. the district administration, the vil- minister visited the village by clubhouse in the village. The vil- in the district to smuggle pangolins, cut-off from the rest of the world the Badmal ordnance factory in Critically ill patients and preg- lagers did not get a proper bridge. crossing the bridge. lagers thanked Chief Minister Mishra further informed. for seven months as the rivulets 1984. Since their displacement, nant women are carried in So they got together and on their In 2011, the construction of a Naveen Patnaik and the minis- Mishra expressed confidence swell up during the monsoons. these tribal people have been fac- makeshift cots and slings as the own made a makeshift wooden proper bridge over the three ter for taking the initiative to end that the poacher will be nabbed The village is tucked away deep ing a plethora of problems. One village lacks an approach road bridge over one of the rivulets. The rivulets was more or less finalised their 37-year-long issue. soon. JAMMU & P8 KASHMIR RAJASTHAN

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k y m No govt jobs, no passport BJP MP unfurls tribal flag at Raj fort, held c PRESS TRUST OF INDIA this. Police officials said they took the MP to Vidhyadhar Nagar po- Jaipur, August 1: BJP MP Kirori lice station here to hold talks with clearance for stone-pelters Meena was detained Sunday after him and he raised certain de- he unfurled a tribal flag on the mands, including permission to the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA wall of the Ambagarh Fort by hood- tribal people for worshipping at winking the heavy police force de- a Shiv temple located inside the Srinagar, August 1: The CID wing ployed at the monument, a centre fort, which is under the forest de- of Jammu and Kashmir Police has of dispute between the members of partment. ordered the denial of security clear- the Meena community and Jaipur Police Commissioner ance required for passport and Hindutva organisations. Anand Srivastava said Kirori other government services to all The white flag was unfurled at Meena was not arrested but he those involved in stone-pelting or a parapet in the rear side of the fort, was detained for entering into a pro- subversive activities. where the tribal leader along with hibited forest area. In an order issued Saturday, the around a dozen supporters reached Additional Police Commissioner senior superintendent of police after walking on the hilly terrain Rahul Prakash said the BJP leader (SSP), CID, Special Branch (SB), during rainfall in the early hours. did not enter the fort and reached Kashmir, has directed all the field Tensions had escalated between only up to its rear wall. units under it to ensure that the per- the Meenas and Hindu organisa- “The MP was not arrested. Talks son's involvement in law and order, tions in June after a saffron flag atop with him were held on the issue dur- stone-pelting cases, and other crime the fort here was removed by a ing which he has made certain de- prejudicial to the security of the state group of youths from the Meena mands,” the officer said. be specifically looked into during community, allegedly led by inde- Rajasthan BJP president Satish verification related to passport, SB, Kashmir said. government jobs besides getting pendent MLA Ramkesh Meena. Poonia and former chief minis- service and any other verification Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief contracts of (developmental) proj- Cross FIRs were lodged at Jaipur's ter Vasundhra Raje condemned related to government schemes. Ravinder Raina Sunday welcomed ects. As per the new order, they Transport Nagar police station BJP MP Kirori Meena unfurling the tribal flag on the wall of the Ambagarh Fort the police action against Kirori “The same must be corroborated the Jammu and Kashmir admin- will not get the security clearance July 22. in Rajasthan, Sunday. Meena. from the local police station istration's decision to deny secu- which is a good step and will serve Police had tightened the secu- “He always strives for nation- records,” the order read. rity clearance for passports and as a severe blow to such elements,” rity around the fort in view of an a saffron flag, BJP leader Kirori Soon after the BJP Rajya Sabha alist thought and social harmony The SSP also said digital evi- other government services to all Raina said. announcement by Kirori Meena Meena had opposed him, saying MP released videos and photos of and action taken against him shows dence like CCTV footage, photo- those involved in stone-pelting or He said the J&K home depart- that he would visit it August 1. Meenas are Hindu too. Kirori unfurling of the flag, police rushed the petty mentality of the Congress graphs, videos and audio clips, subversive activities. Raina said it ment, police and Lieutenant Editor-in-chief of Sudarshan TV, Meena had demanded action to the spot and took him away from government,” Poonia tweeted. quadcopter images available in is a great step and would serve as Governor Manoj Sinha are wor- Suresh Chavhanke, had also an- against Ramkesh Meena for trying the fort. “I, along with dozens of Raje issued a statement de- the records of the police, security a severe blow to those elements thy of praise for coming out with nounced on social media that he to disturb harmony. youths of the Meena community manding the release of Kirori forces, and security agencies be also conspiring against the country such a “major decision” in the in- will go to the fort to unfurl a saf- Reacting to Kirori Meena un- have entered the fort and unfurled Meena. referred during the verification. and fleeing abroad to escape ac- terest of the country amid a spurt fron flag August 1. furling the flag, Ramkesh Meena the flag in Ambagarh,” he said in She said he has given a “strong “Any subject found involved in countability. in anti-terrorist operations that While Ramkesh Meena had ac- said he has no objection as long a video message. reply to the Congress, which is any such cases must be denied the “They use passports to flee the has led to the killing of a number cused the RSS of trying to tamper as the tribal flag is unfurled and not Kirori Meena tweeted that he doing politics in the name of security clearance,” the SSP, CID- country and also get absorbed in of dreaded terrorists. with the tribal culture by placing the saffron one. was "arrested", but police denied religion.”

Schools, colleges offer fee ROYAL RIDE CONGRESS TO SORT OUT discounts amid pandemic RAJASTHAN ISSUE IN DELHI INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE private universities that are giving benefits to the parents during the New Delhi, August 1: After tak- Jaipur, August 1: At a time when ongoing pandemic. ing feedback from Rajasthan lead- parents and schools are at logger- One such university is JK ers and MLAs, Congress General heads over the fee issue in many Lakshmipat University which Secretary Ajay Maken has re- parts of the country, a few insti- started giving admissions to un- turned to Delhi and will meet top tutions in Rajasthan are trying to dergraduate students on the basis party leaders in a few days to dis- make it a win-win situation for of Class X results when Class XII cuss the issue and adjustments to both the parents and themselves. results had not been declared. be made in the state unit and the Working on a corporate method- They are giving 100 per cent un- government. ology, they have offered discounts dergraduate scholarship to stu- The Congress top brass is keen and other attractive offers to gen- dents that covers academic and to resolve the issue of Rajasthan erate revenue for themselves and hostel fees based on Class X marks. after the changes in Punjab where their willingness to resign and benefit parents. Their message says: “Don't let the Navjot Singh Sidhu has been made work for the party. "Some people DPS Jaipur had announced a 10 financial constraints be a hurdle to state chief. Congress sources say want to leave cabinet positions and per cent fee waiver if the parents your global education. JKLU en- that there will be a major rejig in work for the organisation. We are deposit the entire term fee by July courages talent with 'Education the Ashok Gehlot government and proud of such people." 31 this year. at no cost' for deserving students. the state organisation. Asked about the possible role of A circular sent to parents on be- Also, meritorious students can Sources say that after Maken Pilot, Maken had said: "Everyone half of Aditi Misra, School Director, avail a 15 per cent to 100 per cent submits his report, a final call will trusts the high command and all and Rita Taneja, Principal, had fee waiver (academic and hostel be taken by interim party chief have said in a united voice that said: “A 10 per cent concession in fees) under UG scholarship in the Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi they shall accept any role given the school fees if the entire year's first year of the programme.” and the General Secretary en- by the high command." fee is paid for the academic ses- A parent, Pawan Kumar, whose trusted to implement the decisions. Following Maken's meeting with sion 2021-2022, latest by July 31, son got 75 per cent fee waiver on ad- Former Deputy Chief Minister the MLAs, Chhattisgarh Home 2021. We wish to inform that par- mission, said: “This is a guiding and state chief Sachin Pilot is in Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu, who ents willing to avail the conces- light for other universities. My son New Delhi and has been meeting chairs the Congress manifesto im- sion can do so as the last date is non- scored 92 per cent in Class X and party leaders to push for Cabinet plementation committee, and MP extendable.” he got a 75 per cent fee waiver. expansion and appointments in Amar Singh were in Jaipur on Another private institution, Imagine how relieved a parent will boards and corporation in the state Saturday to evaluate the status of Seedling School, is giving 10 per cent feel if other universities too fol- to adjust his loyalists, a year after promises made in the party man- concession to parents on deposit- low the same model.” he revolted. ifesto, as per the directions given ing the complete school fee for the While these educational insti- Maken, before returning to Delhi, by the Congress high command. 2020-21 session. tutes are setting an example by had one-on-one interaction with The meeting of the committee Vidhyashram has declared 10 caring for parents during the pan- all 115 Congress MLAs, and senior was held at the Chief Minister's res- per cent waiver on school fees for demic, there are other institutions party leaders. idence, where Gehlot said that 64 the year 2021-22. that have hiked fees, creating chal- A mahout rides an elephant near the Ajmer Fort during monsoon season in Jaipur, Sunday. PTI PHOTO Indicating changes, he had said per cent of the promises, or 321 Besides the schools, there are lenges for parents. that some ministers have expressed out of 501, have been fulfilled. Kashmir farmer’s son secures ‘Valley’s youths visiting Pak on valid second rank in IES examination papers, infiltrating back as terrorists’ PRESS TRUST OF INDIA PRESS TRUST OF INDIA to Pakistan even two years back Srinagar, August 1: Tanveer have been called for questioning and Ahmad Khan, a farmer's son from Srinagar, August 1: The recent a proper analysis of their activities Kulgam district of Jammu and killing of terrorist Shakir Altaf after their return was being carried Kashmir, has brought laurels to Bhat and subsequent finding that out by the security agencies. the Union Territory by securing the he had left the country on a valid Those questioned by the secu- second rank in the prestigious passport for studies in Pakistan rity agencies were asked for a valid Indian Economic Services (IES) in 2018 and returned as a terror- reason for their travel to Pakistan, examination conducted by the ist set alarm bells ringing in the the officials said, adding that the Union Public Service Commission security establishment in Jammu background of all these people was (UPSC). and Kashmir, officials said here checked and verified thoroughly. Hailing from the remote Sunday. The Jammu and Kashmir police Nigeenpora Kund village -- about Security agencies made a quick also issued a directive on Saturday 80 kms from here -- in south estimate of passports issued be- asking its Special Branch, a unit Kashmir, Khan did primary school- tween 2015 and 2019, and found mandated for verification, to “en- ing from Government Primary that out of the 40 youths who had sure that during verification related School, Kund, and later from said. never lost hope. gone to Bangladesh or Pakistan to passport and any other gov- Government High School Being a JRF Fellow, he went to “I worked very hard and con- for studies, 28 had infiltrated back turned-politician who has with- with their families not knowing ernment scheme, the individual's Waltengoo, officials said. Institute of Development Studies, sidered my first attempt as my last into the country as trained ter- stood at least three such bids in about their wards, they said. involvement in law and order, They said Khan passed Class 12 Kolkatta, for Masters in Philosophy attempt and in the end I achieved rorists, the officials said. the past. As a precautionary measure, stone pelting is specifically checked. from Government Higher (M.Phil) in Development Studies, this feat,” he said. This is in addition to over 100 Between April 1 to 6 of last year, even the youths from the valley Also, the digital evidence like Secondary School, Razloo Kund which was awarded to him in April While appreciating the govern- Kashmiri youths who travelled to some youths hailing from Shopian, who travelled on valid visas for a CCTV footage, photographs, videos and did Bachelor of Arts degree 2021. A son of a farmer, who also ment for initiating several educa- Pakistan on valid visas for short du- Kulgam and Anantnag districts duration of over seven days over and audios clips, quadcopter images from Government Degree College used to go to Kolkata in winters to tional reforms, he suggested there rations, and have either not come of south Kashmir were seen as the last three years were ques- available in the records of police Anantnag in 2016. work as a seasonal rickshaw puller, was a dire need to revamp the basic back or disappeared after their re- part of the infiltrating groups of tioned, the officials said. stations should be referred to by the Khan has been a bright student Khan believes that hard work pays education system. turn in the last three years. terrorists and all of them had trav- The figures have surprised the unit. Any subject found involved in from the very beginning, secured off when one is focused and noth- “Government has initiated var- The security agencies fear that elled to Pakistan on valid docu- officials as in some of the cases it any such cases must be denied any third rank in University of Kashmir ing seems impossible. ious steps for educational reforms they could be possible sleeper cells ments and never returned there- was found that the youths never re- security clearance, the order said. entrance test and got himself ad- “During the Covid period, I con- and we should also focus on other of terror groups operating from after, they said. turned and in others they disap- The officials believe that there mitted in the post-graduate course fined myself to the four walls of my aspects like research centers in all across the border. A massive exercise was under- peared after their return, raising is a six weeks' training course for

in economics at Kashmir University, room and started preparing for colleges with full-fledged faculty The July 24 encounter in the taken by the security agencies along suspicion that they could have be- new terror recruits and intelli-

k y m c the officials said. IES examination while doing my and priority should also be given heights of Bandipora led to the with the immigration officials at come "sleeper cells", waiting for gence inputs suggest that some of Continuing with his brilliance, M.Phil. I never let Covid impact my to other lesser opted subjects,” killing of three terrorists, including Wagah border as well as at the New instructions from their masters the youths were provided a quick he achieved another feat by se- schedule of studies,” Khan said. he said. In his message to the youth Bhat, a resident of the same district. Delhi airport during which it was in Pakistan's spy agency ISI or module of fabrication of impro- curing Junior Research Fellowship Khan, who achieved the feat in of J-K, Khan said they should think Security agencies believe that found that at least 40 youths who had handlers in terror groups located vised explosive devices using eas- (JRF) during his last year of the his maiden attempt only, remarks out of the box and look for alternate Bhat had targeted to assassinate travelled to either Bangladesh or across the border. ily available material within a post-graduate programme, they that it was a hard struggle, but he career choices. Usman Majid, a former militant- Pakistan for studies were missing The youths who had travelled week's time, they said. RAINFALL 7 % BELOW P9 NORMAL IN JULY: IMD MONDAY | AUGUST 2 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR July has also After its vigorous revival in the first week of gone but vaccine July that saw floods, cloudburst and landslides shortage has in several parts of the country, the Southwest not gone Monsoon ended with a seven per cent deficit RAHUL GANDHI | for the month, the India Meteorological

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of the day uote Army, PLA set GREAT EXPECTATIONS The tension between Assam and Mizoram is a matter of grave concern. For the first time in the up hotline for history of the country, a state has issued a travel advisory to its residents not to travel to another state ASHOK GEHLOT | RAJASTHAN CHIEF MINISTER Sikkim sector

They (NDA) AGENCIES coincided with the PLA Day August have over 350 1,” it said in a statement. The two seats in the Lok New Delhi, August 1: In a confi- sides have already have hotline fa- Sabha. The BJP is dence-building measure, the Indian cilities for ground commanders in ruling in many states. and the Chinese armies Sunday eastern Ladakh and Arunachal Why and what was activated a new hotline in the North Pradesh sectors. “The armed forces the government Sikkim sector to facilitate their local of the two countries have well-es- trying to find through snooping? commanders to speak directly and tablished mechanisms for com- They are helping ‘videshi takatein’ address any issue or differences on munication at ground command- (foreign forces) with this act the ground along the Line of Actual ers level. These hotlines in various AKHILESH YADAV | SAMAJWADI PARTY CHIEF Control (LAC), officials said. sectors go a long way in enhancing The establishment of the hot- the same and maintaining peace line between the Indian Army and tranquillity at the borders,” the These people in Kongra La in North Sikkim Army said. “The inauguration was (Congress) and China’s People’s Liberation attended by ground commanders were the James Army (PLA) at Khamba Dzong in of the respective armies and a Bond of spying the Tibetan Autonomous Region (when in power). message of friendship and har- They spin a web of came a day after the two armies mony was exchanged through the spying when in held a nine-hour meeting with a hotline,” the Army said. Farmers work at a field in Jabalpur UNI PHOTO government and when in opposition focus on the disengagement Officials said with the setting create a hullabaloo alleging process in remaining friction up of the hotline, the ground com- surveillance points in eastern Ladakh. manders will be able to speak di- The Indian Army said the hot- rectly and resolve any differences K’TAKA CABINET MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI | UNION MINISTER line has been established to fur- if they crop up. 3rd wave scare amid rising cases ther the “spirit of trust and cordial In May last year, both the armies EXPANSION relations along the borders”. The had a face-off in North Sikkim's As India grapples with the threat of third COVID-19 wave, AIIMS Chief Dr Randeep SHORT TAKES setting up of the hotline coincided Naku La, a region located at an al- Guleria has warned about the rising ‘R-Value’ with PLA Day. It said the inaugu- titude of 16,000 feet. Bommai leaves ration of the new hotline was at- The establishment of the hot- AEGCNIES It went past 60 lakh September Ex-Manipur Cong tended by ground commanders of line assumed significance as it INDIA BATTLES 28, 70 lakh October 11, crossed 80 for Delhi amid chief joins BJP the two armies and a “message of came amid a continued standoff New Delhi, August 1: India saw lakh October 29, 90 lakh November friendship and harmony” was ex- between the two armies in a num- a single-day rise of 41,831 new COVID-19 20 and surpassed the one-crore speculation New Delhi: Former Manipur changed through it. “A hotline was ber of friction points in eastern Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to cumulative tests conducted so far mark December 19. Congress president Govindas established between Indian Army Ladakh. In the 12th round of high- 3,16,55,824, while the cumulative for detection of Covid-19 in the India crossed the grim milestone AGENCIES Konthoujam joined the BJP in Kongra La, North Sikkim and level military talks, India Saturday vaccine doses administered in the country to 46,82,16,510, while the of two crore May 4 and 3 crore Sunday, saying he was PLA at Khamba Dzong in Tibetan pressed for an early disengage- country has crossed 47 crore, ac- daily positivity rate was recorded June 23. The 541 new fatalities in- Bangalore, August 1: Karnataka impressed with the Modi Autonomous Region to further the ment of troops and weapons in the cording to Union Health Ministry at 2.34 per cent . clude 225 from Maharashtra and 80 Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai government’s development spirit of trust and cordial rela- remaining friction points such as data updated Sunday. Weekly positivity rate was from Kerala and 68 from Odisha. left for Delhi Sunday to hold con- work for the region. He joined tions along the borders. The event Hot Springs and Gogra. The death toll climbed to 4,24,351 recorded at 2.42 per cent, according A total of 4,24,351 deaths have sultations with the BJP central the BJP in the presence of with 541 daily fatalities. Registering to the health ministry. The number been reported so far in the country, leadership on expansion of his Manipur Chief Minister N an increase for the fifth consecutive of people who have recuperated including 1,32,791 from cabinet. Biren Singh, state BJP chief A cases, the active cases have climbed from the disease surged to Maharashtra, 36,562 from “Most probably there is a meet- Sharda Devi, Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni and the party's in- to 4,10,952 and comprises 1.30 per 3,08,20,521, while the case fatality Karnataka, 34,076 from Tamil Nadu, ing tomorrow. I will meet our party charge for the state Sambit cent of the total infections, while rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the 25,053 from Delhi, 22,756 from Uttar president J P Nadda,” Bommai Patra, among others. the national Covid-19 recovery rate data stated. Cumulative vaccine Pradesh, 18,136 from West Bengal told reporters before leaving for the Konthoujam later met BJP was recorded at 97.36 per cent, the doses administered so far has and 16,293 from Punjab. The health national capital by a flight. Earlier president J P Nadda. data updated at 8 am showed. reached 47.02 crore under the na- ministry stressed that more than in the day, he said the cabinet ex- An increase of 2,032 Covid cases tionwide vaccination drive. India's 70 per cent of the deaths occurred pansion exercise may not take a has been recorded in the total num- Covid-19 tally had crossed the 20- due to comorbidities. "Our figures week's time and a direction from ber Covid-19 caseload in a span of lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on are being reconciled with the Indian the leadership was likely by Heavy rains 24 hours. Also, 17,89,472 tests were August 23, 40 lakh September 5 Council of Medical Research," the Monday. batter Delhi conducted on Saturday, taking the and 50 lakh September 16. ministry said. Bommai took oath as the Chief Minister July 28 after the resig- New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed nation of his predecessor B S parts of the national capital Yediyurappa July 26. Sunday bringing the mercury Border dispute: Mizoram to He is the lone Cabinet member down, the India Meteorological in the government. Department (IMD) said. The Over 24K kids died by suicide Meanwhile, many ministerial as- Safdarjung Observatory, ‘relook’ FIR against Assam CM considered the official marker pirants called on Bommai and for Delhi, recorded 28.2 mm raised the pitch for a cabinet berth. rainfall, while the Ridge from 2017 to 2019: NCRB data INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Chuaungo also said that the Former agriculture minister B C station registered 126.8 mm state government had taken up the Patil, who met Bommai, main- rainfall from 8.30 am Saturday PRESS TRUST OF INDIA cluding 411 girls, according to the Guwahati/Aizawl, August 1: issue of “economic blockade in tained that his meeting was re- to 8.30 am Sunday, officials data. About 3,315 children died by The Mizoram government Sunday Assam”, which stopped supplies, lated to an irrigation project in said. The maximum temperature New Delhi, August 1: Over 24,000 suicide for reasons related to love said that it is considering including transport fuels, with the his constituency. was recorded at 32.1 degrees children in the age bracket of 14-18 affair, while illness was given as rea- withdrawing the FIR lodged against Union Home Ministry. Asked whether he spoke to the Celsius, two notches below the years committed suicide from 2017- son behind the suicide of 2,567 Assam Chief Minister Himanta “We have understood that the CM about a ministerial berth, season’s average, they said. 19, with failure in examination being children. Physical abuse was given Biswa Sarma in connection with MHA would be able to convince he said, “The CM is aware of it. the reason in over 4,000 such cases, as reason for 81 children's death. the July 26 border clash that left six the Assam government to lift the He has already spoken about it according to government data. Death of a dear person, drug Assam Police personnel dead and blockade in southern Assam.” (cabinet expansion) to the media Navy rescues The consolidated data of the abuse or alcohol addiction, ille- scores of others injured. “Mizoram's 95 per cent supplies that he will do it at the earliest. National Crime Records Bureau gitimate pregnancy, fall in social rep- Mizoram Chief Secretary come through the National So I did not discuss with him on 7 fishermen (NCRB) on children's suicide was utation, unemployment, poverty Lalnunmawia Chuaungo said in Highway-306, which is the lifeline this issue.” Port Blair: The Indian Navy recently presented in Parliament. and ideological causes or hero wor- Aizawl that following the advice of for our state,” he told the media. Patil also took exception to rescued seven fishermen from According to the data, as many as cide among children in this age shipping were other reasons given Chief Minister Zoramthanga, the Besides Sarma, who is accused terms like 'outsiders' and 'Bombay a distressed fishing boat, off 24,568 children, including 13,325 bracket was reported from Madhya for the death of these children by administration would “relook” the of “attempt to murder and crim- Boys' used to describe the 17 the coast of Car Nicobar, an girls, aged 14-18 years, died by sui- Pradesh at 3,115 followed by West suicide. Raising alarm over the FIR registered against the Assam inal conspiracy”, six other offi- MLAs,who broke away from official release said. INS cide between 2017-19. Bengal at 2,802, Maharashtra at probability of worsening of situ- Chief Minister. cials, including an Assm IGP, DIG Congress and the JD(S) to topple Airavat was transiting through In 2017, as many as 8,029 chil- 2,527 and Tamil Nadu at 2,035. ation due to Covid-19 pandemic, He said that Zoramthanga did and the Deputy Commissioner the coalition government led by H the strait at Car Nicobar Friday dren in the age group of 14-18 years Failure in examination was given child rights activists stressed on in- not approve of the inclusion of and Superintendent of D Kumaraswamy in 2019, were night when it received a died by suicide. The number rose as the reason behind the suicide of clusion of life skill training in Sarma's name in the FIR, adding Police of Cachar district, were disqualified from the Assembly distress call from the fishing to 8,162 in 2018 and then further in- 4,046 children, while marriage-re- school curriculum and making that he too was not properly aware named in the FIR lodged at the and later joined the BJP. Of them, boat which had developed a creased to 8,377 in 2019, it said. The lated issue was the reason behind mental health part of mainstream of Sarma's name being included Vairengte police station in Kolasib a majority of MLAs won the by- gearbox problem. It highest number of deaths by sui- the suicide of 639 children, in- healthcare and wellness agenda. in the FIR before it was lodged. district July 26. polls and 11 were made Ministers. immediately proceeded towards the distressed vessel at its maximum speed to render assistance and successfully deputy secretary in 2003. But opposed at the highest level in the in the series is RB Sreekumar who may not have re-opened situation is that successive established contact with the insiders discount this theory saying government any such move on the was Additional DGP Gujarat Police Sreekumar’s case 27 years later governments, be it Congress, BJP fishing vessel, the release said. Vaishnaw had no access to ground that political battles be and led a unit when riots broke out had he not committed the hara-kiri or Third Front parties, have been Vajpayee at any point of time or better fought in the electoral arena in Godhara. The CBI has re-opened in Godhara. He ostensibly filed a acquiring legal teeth to tap more any such tip as he was quite below rather than through agencies. Modi a probe in falsely implicating ISRO false affidavit and statements and more people in the name of Kuru in the hierarchy. It is said that Modi did face CBI’s grilling but the UPA scientist Nambi Narayanan and before the Nanavati-Mehta national interest, public order, tax Two houses was looking for a pool of bright did not go to the extent of arresting others way back in November 1994 Commission and JM Lyngdoh evasion, etc. An old hand who collapse in MP Kolumn boys like Vaishnaw who have him. Modi also got one relief after in Kerala. Sreekumar was Deputy Committee about the dubious role spent his life in the IB said more multiple experiences. Vaishnaw’s the other from courts. This apart, Director, Intelligence Bureau, of law and order authorities under than 1 Lakh telephones are under Rewa/Singrauli: Six people actual qualification was that he the personal rapport also Kerala then. It was on the basis of Modi. The Supreme Court, however, observation at a given time legally were killed and four others was also very close to Naveen developed when Gujarat cadre IAS his ‘top secret’ report that the found all such claims to be false. or illegally by these agencies. There injured in two incidents of Patnaik as well. In fact, Vaishnaw officer PK Mishra had been Kerala Police arrested Nambi, two But the ghost of the ISRO case is were times when entry of house collapse due to heavy set up his units in Gujarat and promoted to the rank of Secretary Maldivian women and others in the now haunting Sreekumar as the CBI journalists to the PMO was for a rains in Madhya Pradesh's Odisha. Secondly, PK Mishra helped at the Centre but no Union minister infamous ‘ISRO Spy Ring’. Nambi has got a mandate from the song. It changed after the Rewa and Singrauli districts Vaishnaw in setting them up. Modi was willing to take him in his Narayanan was ISRO’s rising star Supreme Court now. assassination of India Gandhi and Sunday, officials said. In Hidden talent of found virtues in Vaishnaw and he ministry. It was at this juncture that and working on critical cryogenic the advent of the SPG. Even then, Rewa, a 35-year-old man, his Ashwini Vaishnaw worked as Modi’s backroom boy in Modi reported to have called up technology. Though CBI gave Why crib now? the access to the PMO was a lot 60-year-old mother and two his 2014 War Room like many such Pawar to help Mishra as he was Nambi a clean chit in December easier in an earlier era. If daughters, aged 7 and 8 years, any theories are doing the high-skilled persons. holding many portfolios. Pawar got 1994 itself and filed a closure report ave a look at who all have the someone's frequency in the PMO were killed when their mud Mrounds as to why Prime Mishra appointed as Agriculture acquitting all, the Supreme Court Hlegal right to snoop! The goes up or is seen often in the PM’s house collapsed in the Minister Narendra Modi developed Secretary under him in 2006. Since upheld the closure report terming it Intelligence Bureau, CBI, company, the agencies put the morning, police officials said. a fancy for Ashwini Vaishnaw to the Modi-Pawar then, both have had a perfect malicious and based on ‘notions of Enforcement Directorate, person on the radar. The message extent that he telephoned BJD chief bonhomie bonhomie. fancy.’ Nambi was given a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, is clear that anybody who has been and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen compensation of Rs 1.9 crore from Central Economic Intelligence somebody in the corridors of Patnaik to spare a Rajya Sabha seat hat is the secret behind Modi- Bureau, Narcotics Control Bureau, y Maoist killed various agencies including the powers, has to be verified for the

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k y m Hyderabad: A Maoist was three RS seats but spared one for many are aware that it goes back to after 27 yrs Sreekumar escaped any penalty Technical Research Organisation tapped to verify what’s cooking. c killed in an exchange of fire Vaishnaw in 2019. What was Modi’s the UPA era when Modi was facing and the case has now been re- and many CPOs have the authority The moral of the story: The between the police and connection with Vaishnaw? One the ire of Central agencies and here is a long list of politicians, opened by the CBI after SC’s to tap into your computers, mobiles King has to be saved, means extremists on the Telangana- theory is that Vaishnaw gave vital Congress’ ‘hawks’ were seeking Tofficers and journalists paying special permission for Sreekumar and other devices. With 36 states don’t matter. So why crib in 2021 Chhattisgarh border in tips to Modi when he was working Modi’s custodial interrogation. the price for being dirty with Modi for his dubious fake IB report which and UTs snooping, the number of over Pegasus software being used Bhadradri Kothagudem in the PMO under Vajpayee as Sharad Pawar is reported to have during the Gujarat riots. The latest caused immense damage. The CBI agencies is touching 60. The bizarre for snooping? district Sunday. Today, I stand on behalf of COVAX AID TO SL P10 the New Zealand Sri Lanka received 728,460 doses of MONDAY | AUGUST 2 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR government to offer a formal and AstraZeneca from the COVAX unreserved apology to Pacific program Saturday. The communities for the discriminatory consignment was flown as part of implementation of the immigration the total contribution of more than laws of the 1970s that led to the 1.4 million doses provided by Japan events of the Dawn Raids through the COVAX’s dose sharing,

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The Covid Junta promises polls in 2023 vaccine’s Israel, Iran tensions protection LAST WEEK THE JUNTA CANCELLED THE RESULTS OF THE POLLS, ANNOUNCING against the Delta variant may have IT HAD UNCOVERED OVER 11 MILLION INSTANCES OF VOTER FRAUD somewhat declined, enter stormy waters but the current AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE vaccine still has a good preventative ASSOCIATED PRESS the allegation Iran carried out the and protective effect against Nay Pyi Taw, August 1: attack as “baseless” during his the Delta variant Myanmar’s junta chief said Sunday Dubai, August 1: Israel’s Prime last news conference. that elections would be held and a Minister Sunday directly blamed “Such blame games are noth- FENG ZIJIAN | CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL state of emergency lifted by August Iran for a drone attack on an oil ing new,” Khatibzadeh said. Those AND PREVENTION, CHINA 2023, extending the military’s ini- tanker off the coast of Oman that who are responsible for this (attack) tial timeline given when it deposed killed two people as Tehran de- are the ones who made it possible Aung San Suu Kyi six months ago. nied being involved in the assault. for the Israeli regime to set its foot The people The country has been in tur- The comments by Premier Naftali in this region.” want moil since the army ousted the Bennett and Iranian Foreign He added “This is not strange, participative civilian leader in February, launch- Ministry spokesman Saeed the well-known anti-Iran lobby in democracy, not just representative ing a bloody crackdown on dissent Khatibzadeh come after the strike the US uses any opportunity to democracy. You have that has killed more than 900 peo- Thursday night on the oil tanker make ... Accusations against the to have faith in the ple according to a local Mercer Street, which marked the Islamic Republic of Iran.” people, you have to have confidence monitoring group. Junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, first-known fatal attack after years In Jerusalem, Bennett directly in the people and their free choice, In a televised address junta leader envoy tasked with ending violence Yangon. Tens of thousands of civil has taken on the role of Prime of assaults on commercial ship- blamed Iran for the attack at a not be afraid of the people Min Aung Hlaing said “we will ac- and promoting dialogue between servants and other workers have ei- Minister in a newly formed ping in the region linked to ten- weekly Cabinet meeting. complish the provisions of the the junta and its opponents. ther been sacked for joining rallies sions with Iran over its tattered nu- The American nuclear-powered ANDRÉS MANUEL LÓPEZ OBRADOR | ‘caretaker government’ state of emergency by August 2023. or are still on strike in support of clear deal. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan PRESIDENT, MEXICO I pledge to hold multiparty elec- Months of protests a nationwide civil disobedience The general’s announcement While no one has claimed re- and the guided missile destroyer tions without fail.” Across Myanmar small groups campaign. would place Myanmar in the sponsibility for the attack, Iran USS Mitscher were escorting the The army has justified its power of demonstrators marched Sunday, “In the six months since the military’s grip for nearly two and and its militia allies have used so- Mercer Street as it headed to a Our grab by alleging massive fraud six months after soldiers launched coup, the people of Myanmar have a half years called “suicide” drones in attacks safe port, the US Navy’s Mideast- government during 2020 elections won by Suu their putsch with pre-dawn raids demonstrated remarkable courage previously. based 5th Fleet said in a statement and military Kyi’s National League for ending a decade-long experiment Sunday, Khatibzadeh described will keep a close eye and conviction in the face of wide- a democratic, inclusive future of early Saturday. on whether the South Democracy in a landslide, and with democracy. spread violence,” said the US em- their own choosing.” Koreans go ahead has threatened to dissolve Protesters in the northern town bassy in Myanmar on its official In a report on the 2020 polls, the with the aggressive the party. of Kale held banners reading Facebook page Sunday. Asian Network for Free Elections war exercises, or make a big ASEAN foreign ministers are “strength for the revolution” while “The United States remains firmly monitoring group said the elec- decision. Hope or despair? to meet Monday, when diplomats demonstrators let off flares at a committed to supporting the people tions were “by and large, repre- That’s not up to us say they aim to finalise a special march in the commercial capital of Myanmar in their aspirations for sentative of the will of the people”.

KIMYOJONG| INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF WPK, NKOREA OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT SHORT TAKES US logs highest cases since Feb Rockets hit Afghanistan Washington: Amid a resurgence, the US has registered the highest number airport, flights suspended of single-day Covid-19 cases since February this, the INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in Kabul, August 1: Flights in its latest update. According to Afghanistan’s Kandahar airport the update Saturday, a total of were suspended Sunday after rock- 101,171 new cases were ets struck the nation’s second reported across the country main international airport, a local July 30, reports Xinhua news official confirmed. agency. As of Sunday “The initial information found Kandahar city, the capital of morning, the country’s overall Taliban militants fired three rock- the southern namesake province, infection tally has increased ets at the Kandahar International to 34,974,823, while the death has been the scene of fierce clashes toll stood at 613,133. Airport and two of them struck recently as Afghan government se- the runway late Saturday night,” curity forces continued heavy the official told Xinhua news fighting to prevent Taliban mili- agency. tants from advancing. Pak says no to “Local authorities were in- Saturday, three civilians were specting and trying to repair and killed and 10 civilians, were Afghan refugees reopen the runway as soon as pos- wounded during heavy battles in Islamabad: Pakistani National INS Tabar entered Port Stockholm. The ship was received by Brig Gen Peder Ohlsson, Deputy Chief of Royal Swedish Navy and Group Captain Pankaj Mittal, sible,” the official said, adding Kandahar city, according to offi- Security Advisor (NSA) Moeed Indian Defence Attache PTI PHOTO that there were no casualties. cials Sunday. Yusuf has said that the country cannot accept additional Afghan refugees and the international community is obliged to make Teen pilot eyes aviation record India leads UNSC for August arrangements for them inside Afghanistan. Yusuf said that if AGENCIES FLYING SOLO aviation between men and women. a civil war erupts in So my goal is to bring the records AGENCIES counterterrorism,” India’s Somalia, Yemen, and other coun- Afghanistan, the asylum London, August 1: A 19-year-old closer and then hopefully inspire Permanent Representative to the tries of the Middle East. “I’m con- seekers should not be pushed is paving the way for girls in STEM other girls to try and beat my record New Delhi, August 1: India today UN, Ambassador TS Tirumurti, fident that India’s Presidency will towards Pakistan. The NSA by setting the record for the and then go and start competing assumed the Presidency of the said in a video message contribute to strengthening in- and Faiz Hameed, head of youngest woman to fly solo around with the boys.” United Nations Security Council straight from the ternational peace and se- Pakistan’s spy agency ISI, During the world next month. Rutherford’s parents, Beatrice de (UNSC) for the month of August. Security curity further,” had embarked on a visit to our Presidency in the US for discussions Belgian-British Zara Rutherford Smet and Sam Rutherford, are both It has several important items on Council. August, India is Ambassador over Afghanistan and sets off on her 51,000 kilometre pilots themselves, although her its agenda for the world body’s “India organising three high-level Tirumurti said. bilateral issues. (32,000 miles) journey in her be- mother had mixed feelings when functioning under this period, es- will also be signature meetings, focusing Expressing hap- spoke Shark ultralight plane, the her daughter announced her gap pecially those focusing on areas organis- on our priority areas: maritime piness over India world’s fastest microlight, August 11. of its core interests. year plans. “When she first told ing a security, peacekeeping, and taking over the Once complete, Rutherford will the way for girls and women in me about it, my heart skipped a beat. Flagging off its tenure, India solemn Security Council counterterrorism Thai protesters be the youngest person to fly a mi- STEM (Science, Technology, It took me a bit of time to digest. thanked France, its immediate event in Presidency, the asks PM to resign crolight around the world and the Engineering and Mathematics) And now I’m so proud and fully, fully predecessor in the position, for the memory TS TIRUMURTI | PERMANENT French Ambassador youngest woman to fly solo around and inspire others to follow in behind her,” she said. leading the Council in July. of peacekeep- REPRESENTATIVE TO in New Delhi, THE UN, INDIA Bangkok: Anti-government the world. The current world record her footsteps. The teenager will be funding “During our Presidency in ers,” he said. Emmanuel protesters in Thailand took to for the latter is held by Shaesta “I wanted to fly around the world, the trip herself, with the help of August, India is organising three The Council, he Lenain, said his the streets in cars and Waiz who completed the journey have the girls see me and think, I’d sponsors, and she hopes to complete high-level signature meetings, fo- said, plans several impor- country would work with India in motorcycles Sunday, aged 30. love to fly one day too,” she told the journey in around two to three cusing on our priority areas: mar- tant meetings, including those with tackling several issues faced by demanding the resignation of Rutherford hopes she will pave Reuters. “There is a difference in months. itime security, peacekeeping, and representatives of Syria, Iraq, the world today. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan- ocha over his handling of the spread of Covid-19. In Bangkok, drivers honked horns and motorcyclists raised three-finger salutes - a Protests spur in Italy, France as citizens reject vax passes gesture of resistance inspired by “The Hunger Games” movie MANY SAY VACCINE PASS REQUIREMENTS ARE A SOURCE OF INEQUALITY THAT WILL FURTHER DIVIDE SOCIETY, AND THEY DRAW UNEASY HISTORIC PARALLELS - as they headed along a 20 The French health pass is required at museums, km (12 miles) route stretching ASSOCIATED PRESS ITALY’S ‘GREEN PASS’ FRANCE’S movie theatres and tourist sites, and comes into from the Democracy ‘HEALTH PASS’ Monument in the centre of the Verona, August 1: Shouts of In Italy, just one A negative test effect for restaurants and trains Aug 9 capital out to Don Muang “Liberty!” have echoed through vaccine dose is within 48 required, and it hours or proof To get it, people must be fully vaccinated, have a recent negative test, or International Airport. the streets and squares of Italy applies to outdoor of having proof they recently recovered from Covid-19 and France as thousands show dining, cinemas, recovered In France, nearly 5 million got a first dose and more than 6 million got a their opposition to plans to re- stadiums, from the virus quire vaccination cards for normal second dose in the two weeks after President Emmanuel Macron Greece forest fire museums and in the last six announced that the virus passes social activities, such as dining other gathering months also Athens: Around a dozen indoors at restaurants, visiting places from Aug 6 provide access homes were destroyed and museums or cheering in sports five people were hospitalised stadiums. Vaccine demand in Italy increased Slot booking system hacked in Italy with breathing problems by as much as 200% in some Leaders in both countries see the Hackers have attacked and shut down the IT systems of the company that Saturday in a forest fire near regions after the government cards, dubbed the “Green Pass” in manages Covid-19 vaccination appointments for the Lazio region surrounding Patras, Greece’s third largest announced the Green Pass Italy and the “Health Pass” in Rome, the regional government said Sunday. “A powerful hacker attack on the city, authorities said. Some region’s CED is under way,” the region said in a Facebook post. It said all 145 firefighters, 50 trucks, France, as necessary to boost vac-

cination rates and persuade the un- cines and those who fear them. systems had been deactivated, including those of the region’s health portal

k y m eight firefighting planes and c and vaccination network, and warned the inoculation programme could suffer helicopters have been decided. More than 200,000 marched across bringing together otherwise un- The biggest reasons for hesi- a delay. Italy’s postal police and Rome prosecutors are looking into the matter mobilised to extinguish the About 80,000 people protested in France Saturday, 14,000 of them in likely allies, often from the polit- tating or refusing to get vacci- and could open an investigation to find out who is behind the attack. fire in the Zeria region in the cities across Italy last weekend, Paris, in the biggest show yet. ical extremes. They include far- nated, cited by more than half of Peloponnese, about 210 while thousands have marched In France and Italy, demon- right parties, campaigners for respondents, are fears of serious kilometres west of Athens, in Paris for the past three week- strations against vaccine passes or economic justice, families with side effects and concerns that the tested. Another 25% said they don’t fear the virus, and 8% the firefighting service said. ends, at times clashing with police. virus restrictions in general are small children, those against vac- vaccines have not been adequately don’t trust doctors, 12% said they deny it exists. P11 India and US SAP BETS ON INTERNET-LED BIZ MONDAY | AUGUST 2 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR relationship is so SAP is looking at expanding its presence in new complementary. Their segments like internet-led businesses in India while interest is also continuing to bolster its role in sectors like oil and technology-based. Our gas, public services and retail, a top executive said. cultivation, collaboration SAP Indian Subcontinent President and MD lies in technology Kulmeet Bawa said that the environment has

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k y m business c of the day uote MCL’s coal production Auto majors post double-digit sales growth in July reached 10.87 MT in May We achieved AGENCIES strong performance of newly domestic sales of 30,185 units in July, POST NEWS NETWORK our production launched model Alcazar and other as compared to 15,012 units in the ramp-up from New Delhi, August 1: Leading Bhubaneswar, August 1: A lead- last week of July and products like Creta, i20 and Venue. same month last year. have streamlined auto makers, including Maruti "A positive growth mo- Another player, MG Motor India ing coal producer Mahanadi supplies in line with Suzuki India, Hyundai and Tata A mentum is clearly vis- reported a two-fold increase in re- Coalfields Limited (MCL) produced market activity. Motors, Sunday reported high dou- positive growth ible in the passen- tail sales at 4,225 units last month 10.87 million tonne (MT) of coal Barring few locations, dealer outlets ble-digit growth in their domestic momentum is clearly ger vehicle as compared to sold 2,105 units in in the month of May during fi- were mostly operational last month, passenger vehicle sales in July rid- visible in the passenger industry with the July 2020. The company also nancial year of 2021-22. The com- albeit with lesser capacity ing on stabilisation of macro-eco- vehicle industry with the stabilisation of recorded its highest-ever bookings pany had targetted to achieve 12.22 nomic factors and better consumer macro-eco- and retail sales of ZS EV in July. MT of coal production during the RAJESH GOEL | SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT stabilisation of macro- sentiments. nomic factors, "A lot of people ask about EV po- second month of current finan- AND DIRECTOR (MARKETING & SALES), HCIL economic factors, good Similarly, Honda, Nissan, MG monsoons and increase in good monsoons tential in India and my typical an- cial year. Motor and Skoda also reported consumer shift towards and increase in swer is: People are ready and they healthy growth in their sales last consumer shift need good solutions/ options from Kushaq was personal mobility month leveraging on improved launched with towards per- OEMs (original equipment man- market mood amid prevailing lower While sales of mini cars com- hicles, including TARUN GARG I DIRECTOR (SALES, sonal mobility," ufacturers). One proof point: We the vision of MARKETING & SERVICE), HYUNDAI substantially growing coronavirus infection rate, despite prising Alto and WagonR stood at Vitara Brezza, S- MOTOR INDIA LTD Hyundai booked all-time high 600+ ZS EV in our volumes in India, supply constraints of semi-con- 19,685 units as compared to 17,258 Cross and Ertiga, Motor India July alone!!," MG Motor India and it is very ductors. units in the same month last year, stood at 32,272 units last Ltd Director President and Managing Director encouraging to see The country’s largest carmaker those of compact segment, in- month as compared to 19,177 (Sales, Marketing & Service) Rajeev Chaba said in a tweet. our plan taking shape. Despite a Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) do- cluding models such as Swift, in the year-ago month. Tarun Garg said. Elaborating on the overall sales A subsidiary of Coal India challenging environment, we have mestic sales increased by 39% to Celerio, Ignis, Baleno and Dzire, rose Rival Hyundai Motor India re- Homegrown auto major Tata in July, MG Motor India Director Limited (CIL) produced signifi- managed to have a really successful 1,41,238 units last month as against to 70,268 units as against 51,529 ported 26% jump in its domestic Motors also continued its impres- (Sales) Rakesh Sidana said the cantly from opencast mining. launch 1,01,307 units in July 2020, the com- cars in July last year. sales at 48,042 units as against sive growth momentum in the pas- Hector and ZS EV further gained Company’s monthly report claimed

ZAC HOLLIS | BRAND DIRECTOR, pany said in a statement. MSI said its sales of its utility ve- 38,200 units in July 2020, driven by senger vehicles segment posting momentum during the month. that MCL produced 108.29 lakh SKODA AUTO (INDIA) tonne of coal in opencast mining whereas the company produced 0.414 lakh tonne from underground MPC MEET mining in same month. As on date 12 states and 2 MCL had posted 10.63 MT in coal July’s GST collection at over production in the month of April UTs where PVR is present in India RBI likely to maintain during current fiscal. The com- and Colombo, Sri pany fell short to achieve monthly Lanka, have allowed ` target in April as it produced 11.82 cinemas to reopen 1.16L cr; 2nd highest this fiscal status quo on interest rate MT of coal during the first month with varying norms relating to of current financial year. social distancing. We are reopening PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The company aims to cater the our cinemas on a staggered basis The RBI is scheduled to coal demand. According to offi- starting July 30 onwards PATH TO RECOVERY New Delhi, August 1: In signs of announce its bi-monthly cials, apart from a couple of months, GAUTAM DUTTA | CEO, PVR acceleration in economic activity, he GST ST tax collections had topped when industries were under Covid- India's tax collections on goods Tmop-up GRs 1L cr-market for 8 straight monetary policy review induced lockdown, the demand for sold and services rendered re- grew 33% months before the onset of the August 6 at the end of the coal has remained encouraging. turned to over `1 lakh crore in y-o-y in July second wave leading to the The company, which produced SHORT TAKES July after the second wave of Covid- to over re-imposition of lockdowns, three-day meeting 148.01 million tonne during 2020-21, related restrictions caused a blip `1.16L cr, muting economic has kept a target to produce 163 Royal Enfield reports in the previous month. Goods and indicating activity AGENCIES million tonne coal to meet the grow- Services Tax (GST) mop-up grew that the RBI to be in a wait-and-watch mode ing energy demand of the country. 9% rise in total sales 33% year-on-year in July to over economy is Mumbai, August 1: Amid fears as it has limited elbow room to In the current financial year, ` recovering Two-wheeler 1.16 lakh crore, indicating that of a third wave of coronavirus manoeuvre monetary policies," MCL has been able to liquidate New Delhi: at a faster market Royal Enfield Sunday the economy is recovering at a pandemic and hardening of retail opined Rumki Majumdar, around 6 million tonne coal from pace reported a nine per cent rise faster pace. In July 2020, the col- inflation, the Reserve Bank of Economist, Deloitte India. the stock, which was around 23 in total sales to 44,038 units lection was `87,422 crore. India (RBI) is likely to maintain sta- Shriram Transport Finance million tonne at the end of last fi- for July. The company had This is the second highest col- tus quo on interest rate and watch Managing Director and CEO Umesh nancial year. sold 40,334 units in the same lection so far this fiscal after a the developing macroeconomic Revankar too said the central bank MCL has also planned to sup- month last year, Royal Enfield record `1.41 lakh crore mop-up in situation for some more time be- will keep the repo rate at the pres- ply 100 MT coal from Talcher coal- said in a statement. Domestic April. The finance ministry in a fore taking any decisive action on ent level despite higher inflation. fields, as it moves steadily to achieve sales stood at 39,290 units last statement said robust GST rev- monetary policy. "The rise in inflation is because of the coal production and despatch month, a growth of 4% as enues are likely to continue in the The RBI is scheduled to announce the fuel prices, which will get nor- targets in financial year 2021-22. against 37,925 in July 2020, it coming months as well. last year and include GST returns 2021 predominantly related to the its bi-monthly monetary policy re- malise (in sometime), and the infla- added. Exports grew 97% last The gross GST revenue col- filed between July 1-31 as well as month of May 2021; and during view August 6 at the end of the tion pressure will ease," Revankar said. month to 4,748 units as lected in the month of July 2021 IGST and cess collected from im- May 2021, most of the states/UTs three-day meeting -- August 4-6 of The RBI, which mainly factors Paytm to hire 20,000 compared with 2,409 units in is `1,16,393 crore of which Central ports for the same period. were under either complete or par- the Monetary Policy Committee in the retail inflation while arriv- the year-ago month, the GST is `22,197 crore, State GST is GST tax collections had topped tial lockdown due to COVID. With (MPC). The RBI Governor-headed ing at its monetary policy, has been company said. sales execs; to create `28,541 crore, Integrated GST is `1 lakh crore-market for 8 straight the easing out of COVID restric- six-member MPC decides on the key mandated by the government to `57,864 crore (including `27,900 months before the onset of the sec- tions, GST collection for July 2021 policy rates. The panel had left the keep Consumer Price Index (CPI) jobs in small cities crore collected on import of goods) ond wave of Covid-19 infections has again crossed `1 lakh crore, rates unchanged last time citing con- based inflation at 4% with a mar- Prime Day marks and Cess is `7,790 crore (includ- led to the re-imposition of lock- which clearly indicates that the cerns on inflation. gin of 2% on either side. ing `815 crore collected on im- downs in different states, muting economy is recovering at a fast "Higher commodity prices and Inflation ruled above the toler- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA most SMBs selling port of goods). economic activity. pace. The robust GST revenues are rising global prices post the ro- ance band during June-November New Delhi: Prime Day 2021 The revenues for the month of "GST collection... Dropped below likely to continue in the coming bust recovery in a few industrial 2020 and has again moved above the New Delhi, August 1: Digital pay- marked the most Small July 2021 are 33% higher than the `1 lakh crore in June 2021 as the col- months too," the ministry said in countries will have implications upper tolerance threshold in May ments and financial services com- Medium Businesses (SMBs) GST revenues in the same month lections during the month of June a statement. on production costs. We expect the and June 2021. pany Paytm has started a process selling on Amazon.in ever, as to hire around 20,000 field sales ex- they saw an overwhelming ecutives across India to educate response from Prime merchants on digital adoption, ac- members. With customers Archana Joshi takes cording to sources aware of the from over 96% pin codes of PSBs mobilise record fund of development. India placing orders and with According to a Paytm hiring ad- the month leading up to Prime charge as new GM, SER vertisement, field sales executives Day marking the highest ` (FSEs) would have the opportu- viewership for Prime Video POST NEWS NETWORK University, Chandigarh did her 58,700cr from markets in FY21 nity to earn as much as `35,000 and highest number of listeners for Prime Music, Post Graduation in Sociology and and more in monthly salaries and Prime members enjoyed the Kolkata, August 1: Archana is a Gold Medalist in her subject. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA basis during the financial year Various reforms undertaken commissions. The company is look- best of what Prime Day has to Joshi, an officer of Indian Railway She thereafter completed her M. ended March 31, 2021. by the government including ing to hire youth and undergrad- offer with the unique SMB Traffic Service (IRTS) of 1985 Phil in Public Policy and New Delhi, August 1: At the same time, Bangalore- recognition, resolution and re- uates as FSE. selection, new launches, great Batch, assumed the charge of Administration. Joshi has worked Notwithstanding economic dis- based Canara Bank raised `2,000 capitalisation resulted in pro- "Paytm has started hiring FSEs. savings, and engagement with General Manager, South Eastern in different Zonal Railways — ruptions caused by the pandemic, crore from QIP, as per data col- gressive decline in non-perform- It is an opportunity open for indi- various Prime benefits. Railway July 30, 2021. Prior to Northern Railway, North Western public sector banks (PSBs) have lated from regulatory filings. ing assets (NPAs) and subsequent viduals who have either passed joining as General Manager, Joshi Railway, West Central Railway managed to raise a record `58,700 Series of successful QIP reflect rise in profit. Class 10, Class 12 or are a graduate. was working as Additional and North Eastern Railway in crore from markets in FY2020-21 confidence of both domestic and NPAs of PSBs had declined to It will help in employment gener- Patent approvals rise Member, Tourism & Catering, various capacities as Additional through a mix of debt and equity global investors in PSBs and their `7,39,541 crore as on March 31, ation in small cities and towns, es- Ministry of Railways, Railway General Manager, Chief to enhance capital base. potential, said a senior official of 2019, `6,78,317 crore on March pecially for those who have lost to 28,391 in FY21 Board. She is the first lady officer Commercial Manager, Chief This included `4,500 crore raised a public sector bank. 31, 2020 and further to `6,16,616 jobs during the pandemic. to become the General Manager of Operations Manager, Senior by Mumbai-based Bank of Baroda In addition, 12 PSBs raised funds crore as on March 31, 2021 (pro- "The company wants to en- New Delhi: The number of South Eastern Railway. She is also Deputy General Manager etc. She from qualified institutional place- from Tier I and Tier II bonds tak- visional data). Provision Coverage courage more women to take up the patents granted has increased the first lady IRTS Officer to be- has also worked as Divisional ment (QIP). Punjab National Bank ing the total fund mobilisation to Ratio (PCR) at the same time in- opportunity to help educate women from 6,326 in 2015-16 to 28,391 ` ` in 2020-21, while trademarks come a General Manager. Railway Manager, Kota, and West mobilised 3,788 crore through 58,697 crore, highest amount gar- creased sequentially to a high of merchants about digital payment," registration has risen from Joshi, an alumnus of Punjab Central Railway. share sale on private placement nered in any financial year. 84 per cent. the source said. 65,045 in 2015-16 to 2,55,993 in 2020-21, the commerce and industry ministry said Sunday. It also said that while 4,505 copyrights were granted in India’s 5G space booming with global, domestic firms pitching in 2015-16, a total of 16,402 were given in the last fiscal. It AGENCIES acquiring controlling stake in tele- In June, telecom giant first telecom service provider in the added that the government is com equipment maker Tejas country to successfully demon- committed to bolstering the New Delhi, August 1: India’s 5G Networks would toughen the com- Reliance’s Jio partnered strate and orchestrate live 5G serv- ecosystem of patents, design, dreams may have been delayed petition. with US chipset maker ice. The demonstration took place trademarks and GI systems to amid the pandemic but this has Panatone Finvest will buy a 43.3 in Hyderabad. encourage innovation. not been able to detract the equip- per cent stake in Tejas Networks for Qualcomm to Last year, Bharti Airtel extended ment makers from engaging in `1,850 crore and along with other manufacture critical its multi-year contract with Ericsson terms of equipment manufacturing Tata Group companies, Panatone for deploying 5G-ready radio net- Skoda sales surge and network development. Further, would make a public announce- equipment for the 5G work, strengthening their long- both domestic and global players are ment to acquire up to another 26 per ecosystem in India standing partnership. over 3-fold in July set to benefit from the non-partici- cent stake in Tejas. Vodafone Idea in June announced New Delhi: Skoda Auto India pation of Chinese majors Huawei In a regulatory filing, Tejas said to collaborate with Cisco to im- Sunday reported over three- and ZTE in the 5G trials. that it sees a very large opportunity telecom space have been announced, prove its existing 4G network and, fold increase in sales in July Global equipment majors such in the telecom sector both in India last month Bharti Airtel and Tata in the future, 5G use cases for of- at 3,080 units compared to 922 as Ericsson are not the only ones and global markets with the new Consultancy Services announced fering better quality experience units in July 2020. The surge in in the game. Even domestic play- cycle of investments in 5G and partnership for the implementation for its customers. sales is fuelled by the launch ers have risen up to the occasion fiber-based broadband rollouts. of 5G solutions, starting pilot from The telco said that it would of compact SUV Kushaq and are now actively pursuing tie In June, telecom giant Reliance’s January 2022. work with Cisco to design and which will be one of the ups along with growing their tech- Jio partnered with US chipset TCS will implement the 5G so- build a cost-efficient network important growth drivers of

nical prowess. Tech Mahindra, maker Qualcomm to manufacture MIMO and indoor 5G small cells is ter of FY22 and analysts are of the lutions it has developed for Airtel. architecture to drive greater

k y m the brand going forward, the c Czech carmaker stated. Sterlite Technologies Ltd and state- critical equipment for the 5G ecosys- in advanced stages. view that with the government's Tata Group has developed 5G so- speed to market as it taps op- “Kushaq was launched with run ITI Ltd are among the Indian tem in India. Tech Mahindra is also under- plan to stick to India-made 5G roll- lutions using Open-Radio Access portunities in 4G, 5G, Cloud, and the vision of substantially companies which have come up Jio has also indigenously de- stood to be going with robust plans out, the company is expected the Network (O-RAN), a part of telecom- IoT. Finnish mobile and equip- growing our volumes in with 5G expertise. veloped 5G Radio integrated with in terms of 5G technology. gain a significant portion of that munication architecture. ment maker Nokia may to be India," Skoda Auto India The latest announcement of Tata Jio's 5G core network and is in its The company recently reported "5G tech" pie. Earlier this year, Bharti Airtel seen in India's much awaited Brand Director Zac Hollis said. Sons’ subsidiary Panatone Finvest development of in-house Massive strong earnings for the first quar- As several partnerships in the announced that it has become the 5G scenario. P12

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k k y y m m c INDIA END 49-YEAR WAIT c MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM IN SEMIFINALS AFTER BEATING GREAT BRITAIN 3-1

Sindhustan PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 2nd Indian sportsperson to win two successive Olympic medals Tokyo, August 1: A determined Indian men’s hockey team advanced AGENCIES two Olympic medals. to the Olympic semifinals for the Congratulations on the #Bronze. first time in 49 years, beating Great New Delhi, August 1: The coun- Britain 3-1 in the quarterfinals try rejoiced at badminton ace PV Ishant Sharma: Sensational here Sunday. It is a triumph which Sindhu winning her second Olympic #Sindhu!! 2 olympics, 2 medals!! leaves the side within touching medal with the sports fraternity You’ve made the country proud. distance of a medal that has proved hailing her feat and President Ram Hearty congratulations to elusive for over four decades. Nath Kovind lauding her for setting @Pvsindhu1 for this massive win! The eight-time former Olympic ‘a new yardstick of consistency, champions scored three field goals dedication and excellence’. Sindhu Mahesh Babu (Actor): Yet another through Dilpreet Singh (seventh became Sunday only the second historic win…by one of India's minute), Gurjant Singh (16th) and Indian and first woman to win two best!! Congratulations on winning Hardik Singh (57th) to seal the win. Olympic medals. She secured a the bronze@Pvsindhu1! Immensely Great Britain’s lone goal was scored bronze after a straight-game win happy and proud!! by Sam Ward from a penalty over World No.9 He Bing Jiao of Abhinav Bindra (shooter): You make corner in the 45th minute. China in the women’s singles third- us super proud!!! Your feat is really Team India: You did it. Back to India will take on World place play-off here. The Indian shut- extra-ordinary. back Olympic medals for PV Champions Belgium in the semi- tler won 21-13, 21-15. People from Sindhu! Defeats Bing Jiao to be finals Tuesday. Belgium however all walks of life took to various so- Sachin Tendulkar: What an achieve- the 2nd Indian athlete to win 2 in- has always proved to be a bogey cial media platforms to congratulate ment to win 2 Olympic dividual #Olympics medals. team for India. Sindhu. Here’s what they said: medals@Pvsindhu1! You have made #RukengeNahi #Ek India Team India’s last of the eight Olympic the whole nation very very proud. India #Cheer4India. gold medals came way back in the Ram Nath Kovind: PV Sindhu be- 1980 Moscow Games. However, there comes the first Indian woman to win Bajrang Punia (Wrestler): History Randeep Hooda (Actor): It’s the were no semifinals in that edition LET’S CELEBRATE: Dilpreet Singh (right) is over the moon after scoring India’s first goal against Great Britain at the medals in two Olympic Games. has been created as it’s a back-to- Indian Women showing us the way. as only six teams participated in the Tokyo Olympics, Sunday PTI PHOTO She has set a new yardstick of con- back Olympic medal for India’s Bravo #PVSindhu !! 1st Indian event. The last time India featured sistency, dedication and excellence. @Pvsindhu1. She wins the Woman Olympian to win in the semifinals of the Olympics time went by and took the lead the Great Britain ‘D’. He then sent as minutes from the end of the My heartiest congratulations to BRONZE. 2 individual medal at was in 1972 Munich Games where through Dilpreet, who beat Great the ball to an unmarked Gurjant, third quarter Great Britain se- her for bringing glory to India. the #OlympicGames they lost 0-2 to arch rivals Pakistan. Britain goalkeeper Oliver Payne who kept a calm head to put the ball cured four back-to-back penalty Anil Kumble: #Bronze. Belgium defeated Spain 3-1 in after being fed by Simranjeet Singh. into the net through the legs of corners the last of which was put Narendra Modi: We are all elated by Congratulations another quarterfinal to seal their It was Simranjeet who created the Payne. In the 35th minute, Gurjant into the back of the net by Ward. the stellar performance by @Pvsindhu1. Pramod Bhagat place in the last four round. chance after he stole the ball from had another chance to extend the In the fourth quarter, Britain @Pvsindhu1. Congratulations to her Proud of your (Paralympian): Great Britain enjoyed the early a rival defender. just outside the lat- lead but his reverse hit from a tight launched an all out attack for the on winning the bronze at @Tokyo achievement. Congratulations@PV share of exchanges, earning ter’s circle. angle was easily saved by Payne. equaliser. They earned three penalty 2020. She is India’s pride and one Sindhu for winning the their first penalty corner as The Indians didn’t let their rivals Thereafter, it was all Great corners, but Sreejesh saved all. of our most outstanding Olympians. Virender Sehwag: bronze medal for India. early as the third minute but settle down and doubled their lead Britain as they pressed numbers in India extended their lead against Isaayi Muslim Sikh Time to move on to the next India defended well to keep seconds into the second quarter front in search of goals. the run of play when Hardik scored Naveen Patnaik: Well done! Hindu, Sabko jodein mission now. Still lots to the danger away. through Gurjant. It was Hardik Leading by two goals, the Indians with a rebound from a counter-at- Congratulate @Pvsindhu1 on her #PVSindhu. First win in the near future. The Indians got their who created the opportunity by dropped back and tried to defend tack. after his initial shot was historic win to secure the Bronze Indian woman to footing into the match as intercepting a pass just outside the lead but the move proved costly saved by Payne. medal in #Tokyo2020 #Badminton win final. Her triumph, the consecu- tive Olympic medals and grit is CHANCE FOR RANI-LED SIDE TO CREATE HISTORY ONCE MORE both exemplary and inspiring. SPECIAL GIFT FOR Wish her my best. ‘EMOTIONAL’ DAD Anurag Thakur (Sports Minister): PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Indian eves face tough Oz test SMASHING VICTORY PV Sindhu!!! You dominated the Hyderabad, August 1: PV Sindhu event was played in the round- game & made history needed an extra dose of motiva- robin format. There were no quar- #Tokyo2020! An Olympic tion following her semifinal loss at terfinals and semifinals like the medallist twice over! India the Tokyo Games and that came present tournament. is so proud of you & from her father PV Ramana, whose In spite of the odds stacked heav- awaits your return! wish for a ‘gift’ was duly fulfilled ily against the Indian side, coach It was a fresh by his world- conquering daughter. Sjoerd Marijne said Sunday that the game altogether, Ramana expressed his happi- Australians will be under pres- we both had ness over Sindhu securing her sec- sure. “The pressure will be on losses yesterday ond successive Olympic medal. Australia as they are one of the (Saturday) and He said he had asked her to con- highest-ranked teams in the com- came back. For centrate on her game against He petition. We will be able to play us, it was very Bing Jiao in the bronze medal freely, which is very important for important in play-off and ‘just think that you are us. Our own focus is on approaching getting a medal giving me a gift’. each game one at a time and to for the country Ramana said he had consoled keep improving with every match. Sindhu after her semifinal loss. We will take the field tomorrow and at the HISTORY BECKONS: The Indian women team have a chance to enter the “Yesterday I had told her you gave (Monday) and try to express our- Olympics. It’s not semifinals if they manage to overcome Australia your best and no problem. selves there,” Marijne pointed out. easy. It's a big Concentrate today (Sunday) and just AGENCIES The Rani Rampal-led side thing. There were think that you are giving me a gift INDIA HAVE EARNED 33 PENALTY showed grit and determination to really long rallies and play on the court. So, I am very Tokyo, August 1: The Indian CORNERS SO FAR, BUT MANAGED bounce back after three consecu- but I had to be happy,” an emotional Ramana said. women’s hockey team’s grit will be TO CONVERT ONLY FOUR tive defeats. It is this determination patient and calm. “I am happy that she is the first put through a severe test when which may test the Australians. Even though I IF THE EVES MANAGE TO REACH Indian woman to win two consecutive they face World No.4 Australia THE SEMIFINALS, THEY WILL BE However, the Indians will have to was leading, I did medals at the Olympics – a silver and here Monday in the quarterfinals. THE FIRST INDIAN WOMEN’S utilise the chances that come their not relax a bronze. That way she has brought The Indian eves would be hoping TEAM TO DO SO way. And for that reason hat-trick PV SINDHU name and for the country,” Ramana to create history by reaching the woman Vandana Kataria will have said. “Playing the third-fourth match semifinals of the Olympics for the AUSSIES ARE CURRENTLY RANKED to lead from the front. is always painful. So I had to moti- first time. However, to do that, they 4TH IN THE WORLD WHILE INDIA Also the team have to utilise vate her Saturday,” he added. will have to play out of their skins. ARE 10TH the penalty corners that come their “I shall thank Park (her South The Indian eves have shown re- way. In the five pool games, India Korean coach Park Tae Sang) who silience to qualify for the last eight sition all together. have earned 33 penalty corners, has taken great pain, the govern- stage winning two matches on the The best-ever show by the but have converted only four. Star ment of India, BAI, her supporters, trot against higher-ranked Ireland women’s team at the Olympics drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur will have everybody has given her encour- and South Africa and finishing came 41 years ago at Moscow when to come to the party, if the Indians agement, I am grateful to the media fourth in Pool A. However, the they finished fourth among six have the aspiration to beat also,” Ramana further stated. Aussies will be a different propo- teams. However, then the hockey Australia.

INDIAN BOXER BRAVES STITCHES TO FIGHT WORLD CHAMPION TOKYO OLYMPICS ROUND UP Fastest she won gold in Rio de Janeiro and was placed second in qualifying man last week. Jennifer Gadirova of Britain will replace Biles in the Gutsy Satish effort ends in bloody loss Tokyo: Lamont finals, which are scheduled for Marcell Jacobs Monday. Biles is dealing with a PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Satish had earlier scripted his- won the men’s mental block that in gymnastics is tory by just qualifying for the Olympic 100 metres race Sunday referred to as ‘the twisties’. In Tokyo, August 1: A bruised Satish Games as he was the first super night, crossing the line in 9.8 other words, Biles is having trouble Kumar (+91kg) put up a gutsy per- heavyweight from India to achieve seconds to bring the sprint gold to figuring out where her body is in formance against reigning World the feat. Italy for the first time. Jacobs MAKING A MARK: Caeleb Dressel of relation to the ground when in air. Champion Bakhodir Jalolov but With Satish’s defeat, the Indian topped America’s Fred Kerley and the United States (centre) wins the Biles has been dominant on floor it was not enough to upstage the men’s boxing campaign came to Canada's Andre DeGrasse to take 50 metres freestyle competition at exercise during her elite career, rampaging Uzbek as the Indian an end in the Games. the spot held for the past 13 years the Tokyo Olympics winning five World Championships boxer made a quarterfinal exit Initially, there were doubts by the now-retired Usain Bolt. along with her triumph in Rio. from the Olympic Games here whether Satish would compete freestyle sweep. She touched in Sunday. Taking the ring with mul- with stitches all over. However, he Swimming’s golden stars 23.81s to take the women’s 50 tiple stitches on his forehead and had no doubts about entering the freestyle, adding to her victory in Zverev takes gold the 100. Then McKeon entered chin after sustaining cuts in the pre- ring despite the handicap. Tokyo: Securing his place as one of the biggest stars of the truly rarified territory in the Tokyo: Alexander Zverev followed quarters, Satish lost 0-5 but the “My chin has seven stitches and Olympics here, swimmer Caeleb women’s 4x100 medley relay up his comeback win over Novak scoreline was not reflective of his my forehead has another six. I Dressel won his fourth gold medal leading the Australians to a Djokovic by winning the men’s brave performance. knew I wanted to fight. Otherwise with a victory in the 50-metre victory over the two-time singles gold here Sunday at the Satish sustained the cuts dur- I would have lived with that regret freestyle here Sunday with an defending champion Americans. It Olympics. The fifth-ranked ing his pre-quarterfinal showdown of what if. Now I can be at peace and Olympic record time of 21.07 was her fourth gold of the Games German overwhelmed Russian against Jamaica’s Ricardo Brown. also probably a little content with seconds. An hour later, Dressel in addition to the three bronze opponent Karan Khachanov 6-3, 6- The 32-year-old Army man stood myself that I gave my best,” Satish helped the United States break medals she had earlier won. 1 for the biggest title of his career. his ground, occasionally managed said after the bout. their own world record to win the Zverev’s previous best to land a shot with his right hand “My wife had told me not to last swimming gold from the performance was reaching the but Jalolov dominated the pro- fight. My father also said that it is men’s 4x100m medley relay. Biles opts out again final of last year’s US Open. The women’s singles gold went to

ceedings all through, relying on THAT HURTS: India’s Satish Kumar takes one flush on the chin during his bout too much to watch me fight like However, Emma McKeon left quite

k k y y m m c Tokyo: Simone Biles will not Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic who c his imposing demeanour and ex- against Bakhodir Jalolov at the Tokyo Olympics, Sunday PTI PHOTO this. That’s not unexpected, fam- a mark too in the pool with seven defend her Olympic gold medal on medals, the most by any woman in beat Marketa Vondrousova of the cellent counter-attacking game to ily can’t see you hurt. But then floor exercise. USA Gymnastics Czech Republic 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 and sail through. Satish’s forehead cut Jalolov, a 27-year-old footballer- Olympic Games medal. He is also they understood that I wanted to a single Olympics. A few minutes announced Sunday that the six- after Dressel climbed from the then dedicated her victory to expectedly opened up during the turned-boxer, acknowledged his a three-time Asian champion, all do this at any cost for my satis- time Olympic medallist has opted Roger Federer. third round but he fought through rival’s bravery at the end of the those gold medals coming in suc- faction,” said the father of two pool, McKeon completed her own not to compete on floor, where even with that. bout after securing his maiden cession to him since 2017. school-going children.

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