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So we Parambar Singh went on Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan have carefully prepared a list record saying that he was “emo- Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh around these compulsions,” he tionally disturbed” after his Governor Anandiben Patel, said. ex-manager Disha Salian’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath On inviting the Muslim lit- alleged suicide. and Mahant Nritya Gopaldas igant, Rai said: “Celebrating an A day after Mumbai BJP — at the grand Ram Temple event does not mean someone general secretary and MLA foundation-stone laying cere- else should feel bad. No one Ameet Satam raised suspicions mony at Ayodhya on August 5. should be teased.” over Disha’s alleged suicide Even someone like Defence PM Modi is expected to and indirectly linked the devel- Minister Rajnath Singh, who is establish a 40 kg silver brick for opment with the actor, the one of the tallest leaders from the symbolic start of the con- Mumbai Police chief came Uttar Pradesh and former struction of a Ram Temple that clean on the issue by saying that Chief Minister of the State, will has been central to the BJP’s the late actor was “emotional- also search for “painless death”, in two tweets. not be on the dais. Home core agenda and election ly disturbed” to see his name “schizophrenia and bipolar dis- Fadnavis charged that the Minister Amit Shah will not be promises for decades. being linked with Disha. order’,” the police chief said. Mumbai Police were adopting able to make it due to Covid- According to news agency Disha allegedly committed The Mumbai Police chief’s different yardsticks for police 19 infection, and veteran LK ANI, three prominent scholars suicide by falling from the clarification came after for- from different States and for Advani and MM Joshi will of Astrology and Vyakaran left 14th floor of a building in mer Chief Minister and current different cases. have to watch the ceremony on for Ayodhya from Kashi on Malad in Mumbai on June 8. Leader of Opposition “A medical team from video conference from Delhi Monday to participate and Talking to mediapersons, Devendra Fadnavis tore into Kerala visited Mumbai, UP itself. Both Joshi and Advani supervise in the rituals of the the city police chief said, the Uddhav Thackeray dis- Police came to investigate Vikas were reportedly advised by the ‘Bhoomi Pujan’, “When the actor saw his name pensation for quarantining an Dubey case, a team from the organisers to not travel to The scholars are office- being linked to Disha Salian’s IAS officer from Bihar who is Bihar Police is already working Ayodhya due to their age relat- bearers of the Kashi Vidwat death in the social media, he in Mumbai to investigate the in Mumbai since 4 days but ed vulnerability to Covid-19. ! " #$ #$ $% $ $ Parishad, an organisation of was emotionally disturbed. He actor’s suicide case. none of them were quarantined Firebrand BJP leader Uma % $ #$ & ! & ' intellectuals and scholars of (Sushant) had met Disha Salian “It is really very strange then why only an SP rank offi- Bharti said she would, for the Veda, Astrology, Paninian, only once, he even asked his why the Maharashtra cer is treated differently?,” the safety of the PM and other of the Muslim litigants in the indicating a vastly trimmed list the Ram Temple trust. Sanskrit Grammar and Indian advocate who she was”. Government is coming under senior BJP leader asked. guests, stay away from the Ayodhya case. Padma Shri in the time of Covid-19. Invites have been sent to philosophy. The organisation Singh said that the actor unnecessary suspicion by not event and visit the site after recipient Mohammad Sharif, The invite also has an some 175 people for the elabo- represents Kashi. was acutely conscious about allowing Bihar Police to per- everyone was gone. another Muslim, honoured for image of the idol of “Ram rate “Bhoomi Pujan” organised Three scholars, including what was being published, form their duties. ) Incidentally, only a day ago she cremating over 10,000 Lalla” or infant Lord Ram. on Wednesday in the middle of the VHP vice-president Prof appearing about him in both Instead of solving the mystery had declared she would take unclaimed bodies, has also Each invitation has a security the nation’s coronavirus fight. Ramchandra Pandey, the media and social media. of Sushant’s death, such behav- R +% part in the ceremony. been invited. code that will work only once; Champat Rai said the invi- member Prof Vinay Kumar “Sushant would Google ior will only result into huge The invitations are only for The invitation card men- if the guest exits the venue they tees were finalised only after Pandey and Prof Ramnarayan search for articles and his name public outcry and disbelief residents of Ayodhya. The first tions Prime Minister Narendra will not be allowed back in, they RSVP-ed on phone calls. Dwivedi, the convener have left to find out what was being amongst the people about the invite went to Iqbal Ansari, one Modi and three more names, according to Champat Rai of “We have the Covid situation, for Ayodhya. written about him. He would investigation,” Fadnavis said , +-( he Enforcement & !' ( $ TDirectorate (ED) on Monday questioned Sandeep 24,801 cases. This was after International Health Sridhar, Chartered many weeks that the USA’s Regulations (2005) (IHR), Dr Accountant of deceased ndia on Monday piped the caseload came below 50,000 467, Brazil 514 whereas Mexico Dr Tedro also said several Tedros said, “The pandemic is Bollywood actor Sushant IUSA and Brazil to record the marks and Brazil listed below listed 784 deaths. vaccines are now in phase-3 a once-in-a-century health cri- Singh Rajput, in connection highest daily rise in coronavirus 30,000 cases. Meanwhile, Dr Tedros clinical trials and the world can sis, the effects of which will be with a money laundering 0!122( cases in the world. This was the In terms of mortality, India Ghebreyesus, Director- hope to have a number of felt for decades to come. Many case against his girlfriend first time that India’s daily spike was again ahead of both the General, World Health effective vaccines that can help countries that believed they actress Rhea Chakraborty was the highest in the world. USA and Brazil, but Mexico Organisation (WHO has said prevent people from infection. were past the worst are now and others. While India recorded recorded the highest number of the number of cases globally However, there’s no silver bul- grappling with new outbreaks. The ED registered the 52,783 cases, the USA report- death on Monday. India has increased more than 5-fold let at the moment and there Some that were less affected in case under Prevention of n a major development, the ed 49,038 and Brazil reported recorded 758 deaths, the USA to 17.5 million and the number might never be, he said. the earliest weeks are now see- Money Laundering Act last IDrugs Controller General of of deaths has more than tripled Addressing the Emergency ing escalating numbers of cases week after taking cognisance India (DCGI) has given nod to to 6,80,000 since WHO’s emer- Committee on Covid-19, con- and deaths. And some that had of a Bihar Police FIR against Pune-based Serum Institute of gency committee on Covid vened by the WHO Director- large outbreaks have brought Chakraborty, her family India (SII) for conducting last met 3 months ago. General under the them under control.” members and others under phase II and III clinical trials of the Indian Penal Code Oxford University-Astra through the data and protocol +#0' Sections relating to Zeneca vaccine against Covid- submitted for the trial was sat- cheating, theft, criminal 19 in the country. isfied with the results,” it said. ($($(% !"#$%& breach of trust and abetment The drug regulator has On July 20, the initial trial to suicide. allowed the trial on 1,600 par- results for the vaccine candi- '%(%) The Patna Police had ticipants in India in over 20 date, Covishield, which were *'+ registered its case following selected trial sites. Now, SII can made public by Oxford )$# a complaint from Rajput’s start the process to begin the University had shown promis- father Krishna Kumar Singh. trials, said the Union Health ing results. The preliminary (%) Sources said Sridhar Ministry in a statement here. trial results published in The ) )',$ appeared before the agency’s The DCGI approved SII’s Lancet said the vaccine candi- !)$',' office in Mumbai for ques- revised protocol to start the date was safe and induced tioning. human trials on Sunday, a day immune reaction against -&. Sridhar was earlier ques- after subject expert committee SARS-CoV-2, which causes # tioned by the Mumbai Police (SEC) of the DCGI gave its nod Covid-19, and protect healthy /.' at his apartment in Mumbai to the SII proposal. people from infection. " on June 14. “The DCGI has granted “As soon as they (DCGI) Sridhar was questioned permission for phase 2 and 3 grant permission, we will begin ! $ ( ' by the ED officials about the $ $ $ clinical trials of vaccine candi- trials for the vaccine in India. 1%# banking transactions )*+ & date named Covishield after it We will soon start manufac- %(%) between Rajput and was found that the subject turing it,” Adar Poonawalla, , & ' Chakraborty, the sources expert committee that went CEO, SII, had said. *)$ further said. O % ! P &' further delay. On Monday, a two-mem- "# $ he Islamabad High Court ber bench comprising IHC ( ( Ton Monday ordered the Chief Justice Athar Minallah policy in our State,” he said. Pakistan Government to give and Justice Miangul Hassan in the afternoon — 24 hours Palaniswami also asked the “another chance” to India to Aurangzeb heard a petition after it came under attack. The amil Nadu Chief Minister PM to reconsider the three-lan- appoint a lawyer for death-row filed by the Pakistan fghan forces retook a fighting had also left at least 50 TEdappadi Palaniswami guage formula. prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav, Government to appoint a Aprison in the country’s east wounded, he said. declared on Monday his “The collective sentiments Pakistani media reports said. lawyer for Jadhav. on Monday afternoon, follow- Even as Afghan troops Government will not allow the of the people in Tamil Nadu Jadhav, a 50-year-old The Pakistan Government, ing an hours-long gunbattle a retook the prison, ISIS militants three-language formula pro- and political parties, including retired Indian Navy officer, in the petition, asked the IHC Indian Government or Jadhav day after the facility was tar- continued to fire on Afghan posed by the Centre in National the AIADMK, are only for fol- was sentenced to death by a to appoint a legal representative may reconsider their decision geted by ISIS militants in an security forces from a nearby Education Policy (NEP). lowing the two-language poli- Pakistani military court on for Jadhav so that it can fulfil pertaining to the review peti- attack that killed 29 people. The neighborhood. Sporadic gun- The CM presided over a cy. It is saddening and painful charges of espionage and ter- its responsibility to see to the tion. “India and Kulbhushan prison is believed to hold hun- fire rang out from nearby res- meeting which was attended to know that the three-lan- rorism in April 2017. India implementation of the ICJ’s Jadhav should once again be dreds of ISIS members. idential buildings in central among others by his council of guage formula is part of the approached the International decision. extended an offer to appoint a The attack highlighted the Jalalabad, an area of high secu- "#$!) '%#' " Ministers and top officials on National Educational Policy,” Court of Justice against It also claimed that Jadhav legal representative” for the challenges ahead for rity near the provincial 2),3#2$$23'))%3#'O Monday. The main agenda of Palaniswami said in a statement Pakistan for denial of con- refused to file a review petition death row prisoner, he added. Afghanistan, even as US and Governor’s office. ( )6#63&'%36"#$# the meeting was to finalise the after the meeting. sular access to Jadhav and or an application to reconsid- Responding to the judge’s NATO forces begin to withdraw As security forces swept $+##$$'323"83"#)3' State’s response and reaction to He pointed out resolutions challenging the death sentence. er the verdict against him by remarks, Pakistan’s Attorney following a US-Taliban peace through the prison, they found '%#O)#3#$#'),#'% the NEP announced by the have been adopted by the The Hague-based ICJ ruled the military court. General Khalid Javed Khan deal struck earlier this year. the bodies of two Taliban pris- 2$)$#%%#)',,)")'36 Centre in which three-language Assembly expressing in July 2019 that Pakistan must “Now that the matter is in said an ordinance was issued to Afghan Defense Ministry oners apparently killed by the 33863"(',3',!3'% formula finds “pride of place”. its opposition to Hindi and undertake an “effective review the high court, why not give give an opportunity to India and spokesman Fawad Aman said Islamic State group, 6)3)6#2#3'83#'#' “We will not allow the making it known without any and reconsideration” of the India another chance,” Justice Jadhav to file a review petition the prison in Jalalabad, the cap- showing the tensions between ))'%+3&$%9) three-language policy ever in doubt that the State conviction and sentence of Minallah was quoted as saying against the sentence. “We will ital of Nangarhar province, the two militant factions bat- 23"8$))%))$#): Tamil Nadu but we will go would stick to the two-lan- Jadhav and also to grant con- by Geo News. contact India again through located some 115 kilometres tling each other in eastern ahead with the two-language guage policy. sular access to India without The judge said that the the Foreign Office,” he said. east of Kabul, was taken back Afghanistan.
"3))$% 7(6 82 %6 ($%%5!$%-9,( :(,9 6 6 #'(&'.9 mounted to 15,842, while the 7 in Latur, 6 each in Nashik and state is 3.52 per cent. The state total positive cases crossed the Jalgaon, 5 each in Raigad, health authorities pegged the 3322) agpur suddenly made its 4.50 lakh mark to touch Solapur and Nanded, 4 in number of “active cases” in the Npresence felt in the Covid- 4,50,196. Nandurbar, 3 each in Palghar state at 1,47,018. 19 map of Maharashtra on Of the total 266 deaths and Aurangabad, 2 each in With 97,343 infected cases Chandigarh: The Punjab Monday, as the orange city reg- reported from various parts of Ahmednagar, Ratnagiri, Akola, and 2703 deaths, Thane con- Police on Monday appre- istered 50 deaths on a single the state, Pune recorded the Yavatmal and Amravati and tinued to be the second-worst hended 12 more people, day, while the State logged 266 highest 60 deaths, followed by one each in Dhule, Satara, hit district in Maharashtra. including two businessmen, pandemic deaths and 8968 50 deaths in Nagpur and 46 Jalna, Osmanabad, Beed, Pune, which has emerged and launched manhunt for a infections. deaths in Mumbai. Washim, besides 3 from other as the third worst-affected dis- Ludhiana-based paint busi- Nagpur, which had record- The deaths in Mumbai fell states. trict in terms of spread of the ness owner who had ed relatively low 77 fatalities below 50-mark for the fourth In a related development, pandemic, has recorded 96,669 allegedly supplied three and 5432 infections till Sunday, time in a week. With 49 new as many as 10221 patients were infections and 2286 deaths till drums of spurious liquor sprang unpleasant surprise on deaths, the pandemic toll in the discharged from hospitals in now. that triggered over 100 Monday, as many as 50 suc- city rose from 6447 to 6493, the state after full recovery, tak- Out of 22,98,723 samples deaths. cumbed to Covid-19 on a sin- while the number of infected ing the total number of sent to laboratories, 4,50,196 Chief Minister gle day and 284 others tested cases went up by 970 to touch patients discharged from var- have tested positive (19.58 per Amarinder Singh asked positive for the pandemic. tak- 1,17,406. ious hospitals after full recov- cent) for COVID-19 until Director General of Police ing the total deaths to 127 and Apart from 60 deaths in ery since the second week of Sunday. (DGP) Dinkar Gupta to total infected cases to 5716. Pune, 50 deaths in Nagpur March this year to 2,87,030. Currently, 9,40,486 peo- apprehend every person With fresh 266 deaths and and 46 deaths in Mumbai, The recovery rate rose to 63,76 ple are in home quarantine involved in the case and 8968 infections, the total num- there were 29 deaths in Thane, per cent. while 37,009 people are in move swiftly to ensure strin- ber of deaths in the state 9 each in Kolhapur and Sangli, The mortality rate in the institutional quarantine. gent action against them. -# $ P $ & $ Gurugram: The police have Pandey, director Rajmal Jain, half-yearly instalments. But builders can charge only for the registered an FIR against four manager Renu Mehta and the project was not completed carpet area," Namrata said and / officials of a real estate com- Neha Dhawan have been till 2018," Namrata said. added, when I demanded the pany for allegedly duping a named in it. They also made her pay for refund, they refused. I was left afia Naaz, a Yoga teacher homebuyer of Rs 40 lakh. Namrata Kumari, a resi- the built-up area of the flat by with no option but to file a com- Rfrom Doranda area, is once According to the police, the dent of Rewari, said she had giving pre-dated property doc- plaint with the police, she said. again on target of radical mem- FIR has been registered on the booked a service apartment in uments, Namrata alleged. Subhash Bokan, Gurugram bers from her community for Economic Offence Wing's rec- a project on the Dwarka "As per the Haryana RERA police PRO, confirmed that the following her passion. She has ommendation at the Sushaant Expressway in 2012. "They (Real Estate (Regulation and FIR had been registered and been regularly receiving threat Lok police station. VSR promised to complete it in 36 Development) Act) that came the accused had been asked to calls since April this year and Infratech's president Devendra months. I paid Rs 40 lakh in into force on May 1, 2017, join the probe. IANS when she approached the top police echelon the senior police officer refused to entertain her complaint, said the teacher. -# Rafia, who teaches yoga for a living and considers yoga to be beyond religion, has been 4 "! targeted for daring to teach Yoga despite being a Muslim. Rafia Naz came into public $ focus after photos of her doing yoga with Baba Ramdev went 4 4% # 5 viral on social media in 2017. # 6 The radicals from her com- !1- munity started targeting her increased. mail.” Yousafzai. Malala is a Pakistani and even making threat calls on The radicals used to use all The yoga teacher said, “Äs activist for female education case under various sec- her mobile. types of abusive languages.” She all doors were closed for me I and the youngest Nobel Prize Ations of IPC and SC/ST The then BJP government further said, “After the with- had no other alternative but to laureate was shot by a Pakistani Prevention of Atrocities Act headed by Raghubar Das look- drawal of security fearing threat approach BJP legislative party Taliban gunman in an assassi- 2015 has been registered ing into the complaint of Naaz on my life I approached senior leader BabuLal Marandi. Naaz nation attempt in retaliation for against the BJP Panki MLA decided to provide her securi- police officers including DGP, tied Rakhi to Marandi and her activism. Shashi Bhushan Mehta, said ty. Two armed police person- SSP and others but none of sought help from him in con- Marandi said, “The State sources. nel round the clock used to them entertained my com- nection.” should be proud of Rafia Naaz The case has been lodged guard her. plaint.” The Yoga teacher BJP leader Marandi raising as despite threats from radicals on the written complaint of However, this year after claimed, “I had written sever- the issue said that the State she continued her passion. The the BDO Panki P Murmu regime change in the State her al mails to top police officers Government's lack of help and State government has failed to who is now transferred and security was withdrawn in including DGP, SSP and even cooperation in this connection provide security to her at the has moved out bag and bag- March. She said, “After with- to officers at Chief Minister’s indicates that the government same time behaviour of some gage from Panki. . / / " $ drawal of security in March, the Secretariat but none of them wants that in Jharkhand anoth- police officers towards Rafia is / & 00& threat calls, which I used to get even bothered to reply to my er woman become Malala shocking.” )* $ . $% 0% 123 $ 2) ) & % '' & - / $ )*+ / / - / mendation to the Centre to let 3 fresh cases of Covid-19 the CBI as well as the ED inves- 4were reported in - / unjab Government is not tigate the production and dis- Chandigarh on Monday tak- Ponly under attack of the tribution of illegal liquor in ing the total tally to 1159. Out he doubling rate of opposition parties in the State Punjab. of the total positive cases, THaryana’s Covid-19 cases but also that of its own men “We have written the letter 433 were active cases till the improved to 26 days on over the shocking hooch to highlight the existence of the evening. Monday even as the state's tragedy that claimed over 100 liquor mafia in Punjab to seek The fresh cases were infection tally shot up to lives. Several Congress legisla- immediate action. reported from Sectors 7, 8, 10, 37,173 with 654 more people tors and parliamentarians have For several months now, 20, 23, 25, 34, 35, 38, 51, 56, testing positive for the virus. come out in open to put their there have been reports of loss Bapu Dham colony in Sector The death toll rose to 440 own party’s government in to the public exchequer due to 26, Kajheri, Burail, Maloya, with seven fatalities, accord- dock over the illicit liquor smuggling of liquor by licensed Khuda Lahora, Raipur Khurd, ing to an official bulletin. trade allegedly going unabated distilleries, functioning of ille- Ramdarbar, Dhanas and As per report, there were in the state. gal distilleries and production ! Butrela. 6263 active cases in the State Latest in the attack are of spurious liquor in Punjab,” “43 fresh cases have been while 780 patients got recov- Rajya Sabha members— Partap he added. reported in Chandigarh. ered or discharged in the last Singh Bajwa and Shamsher Bajwa added, “We have While 42 cases were detected 24 hours from different hos- Singh Dullo — who on raised this issue as it shows a - / through RCPCR, one was pitals of the State. Monday met the Punjab clear-cut failure of the admin- - / A resident of Punjab was also icy, few houses will be demar- detected through rapid anti- The State, however, has Governor VP Singh Badnore, istrative machinery in the State.” unjab Chief Minister Capt found positive of Covid-19 cated as micro-containment gen testing,” stated witnessed a positive trend as joining the opposition’s chorus, Known Capt Amarinder’s PAmarinder Singh on ith the Covid-19 cases through antigen testing. zones from where a high Chandigarh Health far as recoveries are con- seeking CBI and Enforcement detractors, Bajwa and Dullo Monday tweeted a video of his Wwitnessing rapid surge Notably, Delhi was the number of positive cases are Department’s evening bul- cerned. The State has record- Directorate probe into the pointed at the functioning of conversation with five-year- in Chandigarh, the UT first state to start antigen being reported. letin. ed a recovery rate of 81.97 per hooch tragedy. illegal distilleries in Punjab. old Noorpreet Kaur, the young Administration has begun based Covid-19 testing and Out of 37 rapid antigen cent so far and a total of 30, Mincing no words, both “The first illegal distillery was TikTok sensation, who was antigen testing in the city. other states that have Administrator directs to tests conducted in the city, two 470 COVID-19 patients have Bajwa and Dullo accused the found at Khanna, the second at scheduled to tie him ‘rakhi’ on For this, 5500 kits of anti- deployed antigen testing in a start dedicated dialysis facil- were found positive. While recovered in the State till Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Rajpura and the third at Raksha Bandhan but could gen testing have been pro- significant way include ity for COVID-19 patients one is a resident of Bapu date. Singh, who also holds the Ghanaur. Interestingly, Rajpura not as she was tested positive cured. Initially, the Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab Governor and UT Dham colony, another positive The number of tests so Excise and Taxation portfolio, and Ghanaur are both part of for Covid-19 a day before. Administration has planned Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Administrator VP Singh patient is from Punjab, the far crossed the 6.57 lakh mark of failing to reign in on the ille- Patiala which is the Chief “Spoke to our little star to utilize these kits for exten- Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana Badnore has directed the bulletin stated. on Monday, with 25, 955 tests gal distillery rackets in the Minister’s home district and the Noor on Raksha Bandhan. sive testing of samples, par- among others. Administration to start a ded- Among fresh cases, four per million. The fatality rate State. parliamentary constituency of Happy to share that she is ticularly among health offi- icated dialysis facility for members of a family includ- was at 1.18 per cent. The duo, who had also his wife,” read the letter sub- doing fine and am sure she and cials, police personnel, Two micro-containment COVID-19 patients, who ing a five months old male According to a Health raised the issue of liquor mafia mitted by the Congress Rajya her father will beat COVID-19 municipal officials and ven- zones declared in UT require regular dialysis. “This child from Sector 51 were test- department bulletin, out of a few months back, claimed Sabha MPs. soon. Already looking forward dors in the grain market here. In an order issued on will reduce burden on ed positive for COVID-19. seven, four fatalities were that the Excise Department Congress MPs, in their let- to meeting you. God Bless,” An antigen is a protein (in Monday, the UT PGIMER and all such COVID Four members of a family reported in Panipat while two and the Police turned a blind ter, claimed that the Chief Capt Amarinder said in a tweet this case present on the virus) Administration has declared patients, who require regular including three females aged in Kuruks eye to the liquor mafia despite Minister was “clearly unaware accompanying the video. that induces an immune six houses in Pipliwala Town dialysis may contact Director 19, 22, 43 and 17 years old hetra and one in Bhiwani. several warnings and requests of what is going on in his own The five-year-old, who response in the body in the in Manimajra and a residen- Principal, GMCH-32,” he said male from Sector 35 and four Meanwhile, 654 more people made to the Chief Minister. district. Excise and police offi- became a TikTok star during form of production of anti- tial block of EWS Colony during his review meeting family members tested positive for the disease “They couldn’t avoid it and cers are not aware of the same the lockdown period with over bodies against a disease, and Dhanas as the new micro- with senior UT officers on including males aged 7, 20 29 onnow cannot investigate it. It is and both departments are head- 1.5 million followers, was detecting its presence through containment zones. UT Monday. and five years old girls from Monday with Faridabad beyond them…Central agen- ed by the Chief Minister him- scheduled to personally tie an antigen-based test deter- Home-cum-Health Secretary In view of the surge of posi- Sector 56 were also found reporting the highest number cies need to take over. The self. It needs to be pointed out ‘rakhi’ to the Chief Minister mines a present infection. Arun Kumar Gupta told The tive cases, the Administrator infected. of 170 cases, the bulletin said. Chief Minister was repeatedly that no fair investigation could Capt Amarinder but tested As the antigen tests are Pioneer that the perimeter also directed the Apart from this, three Panipat saw 106 fresh warned about the liquor mafia, ever be conducted by officers positive for COVID-19 on faster and less expensive than control in the micro-con- Administration to identify cases from Sector 20 includ- infections followed by 60 but the indifference to these from the same departments”. Sunday when she underwent molecular tests are, experts tainment zone will remain in additional facility, where ing two persons working in Panchkula where 60 warnings claimed so many The functioning of illegal testing made mandatory for consider antigen tests more place for 14 days starting COVID-19 patients could be immigration office, 53 years people were tested positive. lives. The families of the vic- distilleries in the home district those who wanted an appoint- practical to use for large num- from the last positive case accommodated, as and when old female from Sector 22, 23 Other districts where new tims deserve justice for repeat- of the Chief Minister speaks ment with the Chief Minister. bers of people. detected in such zones. such additional facilities will years old female from Sector cases were recorded include ed administrative failures. If volumes of lawlessness and Her father Satnam Singh, a Till the evening, out of 37 The micro-containment be required. He said that 25, 43 years old male from Gurugram (43), Sonepat (25), this is how he will run the state, administrative failure of the labourer at a brick-kiln, also rapid-antigen tests done, a 16- zone policy of Chandigarh Community Halls located Sector 38, 22 years old male Karnal (20), Rewari (50), then God have mercy on us,” government, said Bajwa and tested positive for the virus year-old boy, who is a resident has been prepared on the away from residential areas from Sector 41, 25 years old Hisar (33), Palwal (15), said Bajwa. Dullo, who have been the for- along a person who is believed of Bapu Dham colony was pattern of the Punjab could be utilised for the pur- female from Sector 24 among Kurukshetra (27), Fatehabad Congress leaders urged the mer presidents of the state to be part of Noor’s TikTok tested positive for Covid-19. Government. Under the pol- pose. others were tested positive. (10). Governor to send a recom- Congress unit. team.
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*! Government has made 17 ded- ! icated Covid-19 hospitals and % has set up 355 Covid Care + Centres (CCC). The State now has 3134 / active patients of the disease / with Haridwar continuing its fter extending the period of top position in the table of Athe 20 per cent rebate on he contagion of the novel active cases with 917 cases fol- the property tax multiple times TCoronavirus (Covid-19) in lowed by Udham Singh Nagar this year, the Dehradun mayor Uttarakhand is continuing to district which has 819 active Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' finally surge with the patient count in cases. Nainital is in third posi- decided not to extend this the state hitting the 7800 figure tion with 586 active cases while rebate further for the property mark on Monday. The state Dehradun is in fourth position taxpayers of the previous finan- health department reported with 419 active patients of cial year. Due to the Covid-19 four deaths and 207 new cases Covid 19. Uttarkashi has 78, pandemic, the Municipal of the disease on the day. The Pithoragarh 72, Almora 62, Corporation of Dehradun authorities discharged 101 Champawat 53, Bageshwar 38, (MCD) had to close its tax sec- -! erty tax of the current year, as patients of the disease from dif- Pauri 33, Tehri 29,, Chamoli 15 tion in the middle of March due ./ informed by the officials. ferent hospitals of the state on and Rudraprayag 13 active to which hundreds of property As per the norms of the cor- the day after their recovery cases each of Covid-19. taxpayers could not deposit the ! poration to penalise the tax- from the disease. A total of A 65-year-old female A total of 90 patients of Covid- Almora and Uttarkashi and The surge of patients has tax. ! ! payers for delayed payment, 4538 patients have so far recov- patient and a 35 year old male 19 have so far died in the state. two patients in Champawat forced the administration to set Though the corporation 01 the penalty of 100, 1,000, and ered from the disease. The were reported dead at Sushila Haridwar continued to reel were detected by the authori- up 330 containment zones to has given the option to submit 5,000 is imposed on the area recovery rate of Covid-19 in Tiwari Government hospital, under the onslaught of the ties. One patient each was prevent the spread of the dis- the property tax online during of the property up to 50 square Uttarakhand is now at 58.18 Haldwani on Monday. disease as the health depart- reported from Rudraprayag, ease. The threat of the infection the lockdown period too, very metres, 200 square metres, and which incidentally is less than Similarly a 55 year old male ment reported 101 patients of Tehri and Udham Singh Nagar in Haridwar district can be few people deposited the tax said that it would not be extend- 400 square metres respectively. the national average. The died at Government Doon the disease on Monday. In districts. gauged from the fact that the online. Furthermore, the MCD ed further for the taxpayers of The penalty of 15,000 is authorities have so far collect- Medical College (GDMC) hos- Nainital 47 patients of the dis- In Haridwar, 85 patients administration has set up 301 resumed the property tax col- the last financial year. imposed on the property of ed swab samples of 178595 pital Dehradun. In another ease were detected on Monday were discharged from hospitals containment zones here. In lection with the 20 per cent Though the same rebate is more than 400 square metres. suspected patients for Cpvid-19 case of Covid-19 related mor- by the health department while after their recovery from Dehradun 13 such zones have rebate in Town Hall from June applicable to the taxpayers of the Moreover, if the submission of test and out of the total samples tality, a 46 year old male was 38 patients surfaced in the Covid-19 on Monday. Similarly been set up while Udham 8 in Unlock 1 with the token current financial year, the tax- the property tax is delayed by 30 tested 4.46 percent samples reported dead at All India provisional state capital 16 patients were discharged in Singh Nagar has 11, Uttarkashi system to minimise the risk of payers of the last year will have days, five per cent of the penal- have so far been tested positive Institute of Medical Sciences Dehradun. Similarly six Dehradun district. four and Champawat one such contagion. However, this rebate to deposit the property tax with ty is imposed as the delay fee by for the disease. (AIIMS) Rishikesh on the day. patients in Pauri, five each in To combat the disease the zone. ended on July 31 and the mayor the penalty along with the prop- the corporation. !% ;&+:: .<( +, -% % $ $ !"" / -'2 !$ ' )./ early 4,000 people of NDehradun district have $ $ % 0 -% registered themselves for !! employment and self employ- ment opportunities so far applicants have shown their / fering from diabetes, through Helping Out People interest through the applica- ! hypertension and heart Everywhere (HOPE) portal. tion. Subsequently, the officials he All India Institute of diseases. He cautioned This portal was inaugurated by from these departments con- TMedical Sciences (AIIMS) that the people in the high Uttarakhand chief minister tact the applicants and hear Rishikesh has set up an ultra risk category of stroke Trivendra Singh Rawat on May about their work plan and who have returned to the modern ‘Brian Stroke should strictly follow 13 and according to the offi- inform them about the avail- State due to Covid-19 pan- Treatment Unit’ for the treat- social distancing and cials, the HOPE portal helps in able options including the demic, the CDO said that all ment of stroke patients. The personal hygiene mea- collecting a database of skilled norms which must be fulfilled kind of people are registering director of the institute, sures to prevent Covid-19 and unskilled people of the dis- by each applicant, added Negi. in the portal. "Besides the / - Ravikant said that a window Rishikesh, Dr Niraj Kumar infection. The virus of the dis- trict so that the administration On the question of how many returnees, people who live in period of 4.5 hours is very said “urgent recognition of ease is reported to be associ- can help facilitate employment applicants have benefited from the district have also applied n a novel gesture, a social crucial for the stroke patients. stroke is essential as every lost ated with increased risk of opportunities for them. this initiative so far, Negi said for the self-employment Iorganisation involved in ! 3 “The thrombolytic (clot bust- second results in further dam- blood clotting. As informed by Dehradun that most of these opportunities in the portal. empowerment of women has ing) drugs can be adminis- age to the patient's brain. chief development officer opportunities are being No discrimination is being sent 2000 rakhis and masks for tered during this window Paying attention to face, arms, -'23 (CDO) Nitika Khandelwal, provided under Mukhyamantri done from the district admin- army personnel deployed at ! period. The earlier the drug is speech and time (FAST) help there are about 3,900 people in Swarozgar Yojana (MSY) and istration's side between the Siachen glacier. A group of 30 given, the better is the result. in early recognition of stroke.” the district who have registered most of the work is under returnees and other appli- skilled women associated with Patients arriving after the Elaborating on the troke, also called brain themselves for employment process as the scheme was cants in providing employ- Trikon Society were engaged in window period could benefit symptoms of the disease, he Sattack, is caused by sudden opportunities. started only about two months ment opportunities," stated making these rakhis and masks The women of the society from mechanical thrombec- said that sudden deviation of interruption in blood supply She said that it is up to an ago. Khandelwal. for soldiers. were helped by Kairos tomy which is removing the face on one side, drifting to the brain. Brain is unable applicant whether he or she is The REO also informed On being asked about The director of the society, Consciousness and Stitch Shop thrombus by entering the down of one arm on to sustain for more than a few looking for training or self that most of the applicants how effective these employ- Neha Sharma said, “During the in this endeavour. brain arteries using a raising both arms, slurring of seconds without adequate employment opportunity in a who have registered in the ment opportunities can be in ongoing pandemic of Covid- “Considering the situation that catheter,’’ he said. The direc- speech or difficulty in under- blood supply, resulting in specific field. Explaining the portal till now are men and order to prevent migration in 19, we are continuously work- our country is in, our brave tor added that a neuro- standing commands are some death of brain cells. The most process in details, the regional most of them have shown the rural areas, Khandelwal ing towards Atmanirbhar soldiers are vigilant on the sciences centre including a of the indications of stroke. common type of stroke employment officer (REO) their interest in the spheres of said that though not much Bharat by providing work from front. We have sent our love, ‘Comprehensive Stroke Care Dr Niraj said that the involves blockage of arteries Mamta Chauhan Negi said tourism and horticulture. can be said about it current- home opportunities to under and blessings in the form of Centre’ is on anvil and would preventive measures include supplying the brain, a less that the list of registered appli- While this portal and the ly, this initiative will definitely privileged women. We have rakhi, praying for their long life soon be operational. having a healthy diet, regular common but equally disabling cants in the portal is sent to the scheme was launched to provide a support system and tried our best to show our grat- and vitality", said Komal Batra, The Additional Professor exercise, avoiding smoking stroke results due to rupture departments concerned regard- provide employment a boost to those who want to itude towards our soldiers, the founder of Kairos and Head of Neurology and having regular medical of these arteries with bleeding ing the field in which the opportunities to the natives do something here. who are safeguarding us." Consciousness. department, AIIMS check-up in the persons suf- inside the brain. )-2+( ! %
world’s cattle population. Brazil draught breeds in the world. on tractors and other farm the inception of Industrial Age with 22.64% and China with The Vechur breed found in machinery, on the other hand, when the world began to burn 10.03% of the world’s cattle Kerala is the smallest cattle due to exclusive dependence of fossil fuels, we have warmed up population are at second and breed in the world. You can fossil fuels, adds to climate the globe to the extent of 0.8 third rank respectively. India is milk it making it stand on a woes. degrees Celsius. A World Bank also the largest producer of table, and yet it produces very India’s food independence report says that the world is milk in the world. Total milk hardy and valuable draught and food security are largely locked into 1.5 degrees Celsius production in the year 2016-17 bullocks. attributable to overwhelming warming due to the past and is estimated at 155 million Agriculture in India in majority of small and margin- the predicted carbon emis- tonnes, which is likely to rise to some of the areas, especially in al farmers (accounting for more sions. The Paris climate nego- 210 million tonnes in 2021-22. the Himalayan mountains and than 83% of total land holdings) tiations of December 2016 fix It is thanks to India’s robust cat- in other mountain ranges, is dependent on draught animals, the target of 2 degrees Celsius. tle population that we have unimaginable without cattle. not to a handful of large farm- The figure of 2 is small but it has been recoding an annual incre- Almost all mountain commu- ers dependent on farm machin- to have phenomenally negative ment of 4% in milk production nities all over the world are live- ery. Contributing to green- impact on life and on living for the last 10 years. The NDDB stock-dependent.Draught house gases to the extent of 32% planet. Food habits, in the same chairman expects an annual power input in cultivated lands (14% each from agriculture, way, appear to be personal &%'%() increment of 7.8% during the and food productivity are and deforestation to give way to matters (not to be next eight years. The white rev- directly correlated. Thus, we agriculture, and 4% from crop questionable!), but largest phe- olution, thus, has been sus- Kathmandu based International muscles, and only 11% from animals, especially bullocks. can understand the value of residues), the world’s agricul- nomenal human impact on cli- fter cow slaughter ban tainable unlike the green rev- Centre for Integrated Mountain machines like tractors and com- Bullock carts still serve as life- draught animals in food pro- ture, in fact, is a climate culprit. mate is only owing to food Asome time ago in India’s olution which has been record- Development (ICIMOD) who bine harvesters. These figures line of transport in most of rural duction and consequent food But it is the green revolution habits. largest State of Uttar Pradesh ing unsustainability indicated ventured to carry out research might vary today. In fact, no India. security of the nation. type of agriculture – largely A meat diet, especially and tough laws to deal with by stagnancy and diminishing work on draught animals. organisation in the country Not only is India supreme Draught animals the cow is operated by big farmers relying composed of beef, has the worst violators, the cow once again returns. Per capita milk pro- Ventured, because working on keeps draught animal power in cattle population and milk the mother of also play phe- heavily on fossil fuel-based effect on the environment. became a buzzword in India. duction in India has also risen or even thinking about the related data in records. “There production, but also in the nomenal role in maintaining mechanisation and excessive Graphical representation of the Cow, undoubtedly, has been from merely 178 g in 1991-92 draught animals is regarded as will be a separate cell for diversity of cattle breeds. There agro-ecological integrity of our nitrogenous fertilizers – which data in a CNN report suggest one of the central symbols of to as high as 337 g in 2015-16. a symbol of backwardness. draught animal power in the are fewer than 30 well- farming systems, especially in is to blame. that the largest carbon footprint Indian civilisation ever since Thus, contribution of the live- “Professors do not want to Planning Commission,” said described breeds in India. mountain areas, by managing Small and marginal farm- due to a variety of foods is on the Vedic Age (might be even stock sector, especially of cat- work on draught animals, or Som Pal, the then member of Number of non-descript breeds agro-biodiversity, agricultural ers largely manage crop-live- account of beef,which is about before that). tle, to India’s food security is they will not get promotion,” the Planning Commission, in is still larger. Each of the breeds diversification, nutrient cycling, stock mixed farming in linkages 60 times larger than that of the The role of the cow is enormous. said Prof NS Ramaswamy, the an international conference on has specific traits such as of and soil fertility. with forests and apply no or lit- diet composed by beans, peas more pivotal ever since the Contribution of cattle is former director of Indian livestock organised at Pantnagar milk yield, draught power, feed Further, dependence on tle chemical fertilisers. and soybean (vegetarian diet). dawn of agriculture some counted only in terms of their Institute of Management based University in December 2002. conversion efficiency, sturdi- draught animals precludes use Smallholders’ agriculture is, The evitable cow contro- 10,000 years ago. The cow, milk production. As draught in Bangalore, who has done But, I don’t think the Planning ness, adaptability, negotiation of petroleum thereby prevent- thus, less likely to add stress to versy has merely political ram- since then, has been providing animals, nevertheless, they play seminal work on draught ani- Commission ever made such with terrain, etc. Some Indian ing carbon emissions that climate. ifications. Analysing from the the power necessary for feed- still a more phenomenal role. I mals and is one of the pioneers commitment. In the Green breeds, such as Sahiwal, Gir, would have added to climate Now something about beef. socioeconomic end environ- ing India, rather most of the did my first doctoral degree of research work in this field. Revolution belt of the country Red Sindhi, Tharparkar and miseries. It is also true that cat- There is much lamenting by the mental angles we arrive at the world. with research focus on draught Cattle are used in almost all we generally encounter tractors Rathi are amongst the milk tle also add to carbon emission so-called secularists over the conclusion the cow must be A poster hanging in the animal power with subsequent agricultural operations making tilling land and carrying agri- breeds. Hariana, Amritmahal, particularly in the form of issue of banning cow slaughter. regarded as a pivotal source of office of Navdanya in postdoctoral work also focused them the largest (but rather culture produce from fields to Kankrej, Ongole, Red Kandhari, methane. However, that emis- They are not concerned about India’s socio-economic and eco- Dehradun portraying cattle on the draught animal power in informal) power sector in India. home and market place. But, Malvi, Nimari, Negori, sion is more than compensat- the facts and figures, about logical development. A cow- reads that if all the cattle of Indian agriculture. In the first When I was working on most of India still depends Kangayam, Hallikar, Dangi, ed by their phenomenal role in national emotions, and not powered India will truly be a India stand in a queue, the agricultural university of India draught animal power in Indian overwhelmingly on cattle for Khillari, Baraguru, Kenkatha, enriching soils with organic even about the crux of the prob- happy and sustainable India. queue would reach the moon. (Pantnagar University), I was agriculture in 1980s and early field operations ranging from Siri, Bachaur, Ponwar, carbon and in cultivating agro- lem. With as many as 200 million the first ever PhD student to 1990s, the figures of cattle con- ploughing to levelling, pud- Kherigarh, Mewati, etc. are biodiversity. Dependence on Meat industry is one of the (The author is a professor of cattle heads, India stands at have appreciated role of cattle tribution to agriculture were dling, inter-culture, threshing draught breeds. Hariana cattle bullock power for agriculture, most brutal climate villains Environmental Science in GB number one in the world shar- as draught animals. Again, I was dazzling: 66% from draught etc. Most of the agriculture pro- breed of the Haryana state is on the whole, is of carbon-neg- leaving trail of huge amounts of Pant University of Agriculture ing as high as 33.39% of the the first research fellow at the animals, 23% from human duce in rural India is hauled by regarded one of the best ative proportions. Dependence carbon in the atmosphere. Since and Technology) 0 - ! R O#$ $ $P .#= $ % $ 1 > pipeline. close contact with patients by “The device is completely doctors and nurses, savings in RD Ministry on Monday esearchers at IIT-Madras’ self-contained, portable, wire- PPE and monitoring equip- Hannounced a new alter- RHealthcare Technology less and can be clipped on to ment was found to be a sig- native academic calendar for Innovation Centre (HTIC) and patient’s finger and data is nificant advantage by hospitals. classes 6 to 8 which is a con- Helyxon, a healthcare startup, streamed to a mobile phone or Based on the clinical tinuation of the previous 4- have developed an AI-backed central monitoring system. inputs, the team engineered week calendar. gymnasiums located in Covid- remote patient monitoring sys- “The temperature is mea- this device in response to The Calendar contains 19 containment zones shall not tem for Covid-19 to keep tabs sured at the armpit and blood demand for low cost, simple detailed guidelines for teachers rom maintaining a distance be permitted to open. on critical parameters like oxygen level, and other para- and easy to use devices for on the use of technology & Fof six feet to using a visor Yogic kriyas are to be avoid- temperature, oxygen satura- meters at the finger itself. The monitoring patients anywhere social media tools to impart rather than a mask, from fol- ed or planned in open spaces. tion, respiratory rate and heart device is reusable and has a at hospital or home. education while the students lowing respiratory etiquette to Users to be put in batches and rate. lifetime of over a year,” said Commenting on the prod- are at home. It further aims to a strict no to kids and elderly allocated staggered timings to Equipped with geo-fencing Prof. Mohanasankar uct, Mr. Vijai Shankar Raja, empower our students, teach- nology for education is a ref- Council of Educational persons with co-morbidities, avoid overcrowding of people tracking alerts, the OXY2 can Sivaprakasam, Healthcare founder and managing direc- ers, school principals & parents erence for teachers to contin- Research and Training the Union Health Ministry on while entering and exiting the keep a tab on the patient’s vital Technology Innovation Centre tor of Helyxon said, “It is more with positive ways to deal with ue teaching during the Covid- (NCERT). Monday outlined the dos and fitness centre. parameters and inform the (HTIC), IIT Madras. than a monitoring device. #Covid19 via online teaching- 19 pandemic. “Alternative Academic don’ts for gyms and yoga cen- Each batch could have a medical staff about any aber- The core technology was “Based on feedback from learning resources and achieve HRD minister Ramesh Calendar for upper primary tres ahead of their reopening gap of 15-30 minutes in ration. validated by a year-long multi- doctors and hospital manage- the best possible learning out- Pokhriyal Nishank had stage (Classes VI to VIII) for from August 5. between to keep rush at bay and Costing between 2,500 to centric study at various ment, deployment of OXY2 comes. released the academic calendar four weeks was released earli- Come Wednesday, it will be facilitate cleaning and disin- 10,000 depending on config- Chennai-based medical insti- reduces overall load, stress The academic calendar for the primary classes of 1 to er. I have launched the acade- a new normal at gyms and yoga fecting process, the release stat- uration, the device has already tutions for the accuracy and and anxiety in the healthcare consists of subject-wise direc- 5. mic calendar for the next eight centres when these institutes ed. “Those having oxygen sat- found usage among 2,000 performance with reference system, saves hospital beds tives for eight weeks and The academic calendar for weeks today,” Pokhriyal said on will reopen as a part of the third uration level below 95 percent patients in public and private to current standards. for severe cases, and increases detailed guidelines on using the upper-primary classes was twitter after announcing the phase of easing of lockdown in should not be allowed to exer- hospitals, and at homes, with The scientist said that spe- confidence for patients at social media tools and tech- developed by the National calendar. the country. cise,” as per the guidelines. another 5,000 devices in the cific to Covid, the reduction of home.” The Union Health “Individuals must main- been asked to create specific read. Only asymptomatic peo- spaces, corridors and elevators Ministry’s guidelines maintain tain a minimum distance of 6 use a visor as a preventive “Cover mouth and nose plan fitness activities keeping pathways for entry and exit ple are to be allowed admission to avoid overcrowding and that elderly people above 65 feet as far as feasible,” it says measure. while sneezing/coughing with the floor area of 4m2 per per- points into the premises by while thermal screening of all ensure social distancing. The years, people with comorbidi- adding that wearing of masks Frequent hand washing a tissue, cloth or flexed elbow son. Equipment and machines using floor or wall markings. users has to be carried out administration is required to ties, pregnant women and chil- and face covers is mandatory, and using hand sanitisers have and dispose off used tissue should be placed at a distance Regular and timely disinfection mandatorily. maintain a detailed account of dren below the age of 10 years however, those may cause been emphasised besides a properly,” the guidelines stated. of 6 feet. Utilisation of outdoor of premises, machines, equip- A minimum distance of six check-in and check-out time of should not use gymnasiums or breathing difficulties during strict practice of “respiratory The owners and managers space, if any, has been encour- ment has to be carried out. feet is to be maintained at all the users along with their details yoga institutes in closed spaces. exercising, therefore, the gov- etiquettes” have been advised as of gymnasiums and yoga insti- aged. “Promote card-based, con- times. Staggered batches and including name, address and Also, yoga institutes and ernment said that people can per the guidelines. tutes have been directed to The institutes have also tactless payment,” the guidelines proper arrangement at parking contact information. -(%2(2() .! % / $ $ $ $$ ) % & and stakeholders involved with Indian criminal justice system nion Home Ministry on to submit their suggestions,” ith China stalling a pull UMonday invited sugges- said MHA. The Committee Wback and India insisting tions from subject experts and for Reforms in Criminal Laws on a complete disengagement all stakeholders for the incor- is created to recommend from “friction points” at the poration or amendments in reforms in a principled, affec- Line of Actual Control (LAC) criminal laws. The Committee tive, and efficient manner in Ladakh, the all-powerful for Reforms in Criminal Laws, which ensures safety and secu- China Study Group (CSG) on a joint forum organised by rity of the individual, the com- #$ 6 , % # 4 ' 6 P ! & Tuesday will review the out- Ministry of Home Affairs munity and the nation, said the 6 / P ( ' come of the fifth round of (MHA) and National Law statement. Corps Commander level talks University, Delhi, has opened a NLU Vice Chancellor Prof that were held on Sunday. The separate page on their website Ranbir Singh is the CSG comprises top brass of the for the public to make sugges- Chairperson of the Committee. = defence, external affairs and = tions regarding various crimi- Other members are NLU home ministries besides the nal laws including Indian Penal Registrar Prof GS Bajpai, Prof National Security Advisor ( Code (IPC) and CrPC. Balraj Chauhan, Vice (NSA). “National Level Committee Chancellor of Jabalpur Law ? The military-level talks for Reforms in Criminal Laws University, noted lawyer between Lt General Harinder set up by MHA has been invit- Mahesh Jethmalani and former Singh and Major General Liu $ & 9:9: ing professionals, functionaries judge GP Thareja. ( / Lin at Moldo near the LAC in Chushul, Ladakh, on Sunday, % ! ! ! % ajasthan Chief Minister lasted more than 10 hours RAshok Gehlot has written after starting at 11.00 am. ( to Prime Minister Narendra While an official statement is ! Modi, demanding that the yet to come, sources said here locust menace affecting many on Monday that India asked capabilities of the country for $ ? States of the country be China to step up the with- self-reliance and exports. declared a national disaster, drawal of its troops from the Besides achieving a according to a statement on Pangong Tso (lake). iving a fillip to defence turnover of 1,75,000 Crores, 4 / Monday. In fact, the CSG in its Gmanufacturing in the the policy also aims to devel- In the letter, Gehlot said the meeting last week also favoured country with the focus on op a dynamic, robust and com- “brought the administration of locust outbreak was an inter- complete disengagement by ‘Atmanirbhar’ (self-reliance), petitive defence industry, justice in disrepute”. national problem and the China as a major confidence the Government on Monday including aerospace and naval In a 142-page reply affi- Centre should coordinate will building measure to defuse came out with a draft Defence shipbuilding industry to cater davit filed through lawyer all affected countries to tackle tension. The government may Production and Export to the needs of armed forces Kamini Jaiswal, the activist the menace, the statement said. give details of the latest round Promotion Policy(DPEPP) with quality products. lawyer has referred to several The Chief Minister said Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Rajasthan was affected by of Corps Commander talks to 2020. The main objective is to Moreover, the document apex court judgements, that it would be appropriate to Pradesh and Maharashtra. locust. In 2020-21, locust con- end the 10-week-old impasse at achieve a turnover of more focuses on efforts to reduce speeches of former and serv- declare the locust menace as This has become a multi- trol has been done in about the LAC after the crucial CSG than 1,75,000 crore(25Billion dependence on imports by ing judges on contempt of national disaster due to possi- state problem, he said in the let- 3.83 lakh hectares so far, session on Tuesday, sources dollar) including 35,000-crore giving a push to Make in India court and the “stifling of dis- ble damage to crops of kharif ter. Gehlot said. added. worth of exports in aerospace through initiatives like he expression of opinion, sent” in a democracy and his and rabi crops, and the weak Locust outbreaks have According to the earlier The CSG was set up in by 2025. domestic design and develop- T“however outspoken, dis- views on judicial actions in economic condition of farmers been seen on such a large estimates of the Food and 1976 by the Cabinet Giving details of the draft ment. Also to promote export agreeable or unpalatable to some cases. and states due to the novel scale in the country after sev- Agriculture Organization, the Committee on Security (CCS) of the policy, now in public of defence products and some”, cannot constitute con- Bhushan also stood by his coronavirus pandemic. eral decades. In such a situa- locust outbreak arrived early in to advise on policy issues domain for inviting sugges- become part of the global tempt of court, activist lawyer two tweets. It will further strengthen tion, declaring this problem as the state and is expected to be relating to China and includes tions, officials said the main defence value chains, the draft Prashant Bhushan said on “The respondent the capacity of states to deal a national disaster will be in the much higher this year, the top secretaries and military focus is on providing a frame- said. Monday in his reply to a show (Bhushan) states that expres- with locust outbreaks, the chief interest of all the affected states statement said. and intelligence officials. It work to position India amongst The policy brings out mul- cause notice issued by the sion of his opinion however minister said. and the farmers, Gehlot said. In such a situation, the was initially headed by the the leading countries of the tiple strategies under the fol- Supreme Court. outspoken, disagreeable or Gehlot informed Modi that Locust swarms were con- Centre should take appropri- Foreign Secretary. world in defence and aerospace lowing focus areas like pro- The top court on July 22 however unpalatable to some, locusts had started coming in trolled quite effectively by the ate steps in time, he added. Though appreciating the sectors. curement reforms, indigeniza- issued notice to Bhushan for cannot constitute contempt Rajasthan from April 11 and 32 joint efforts of the Centre, Gehlot underlined that the position that China has sub- The DPEPP 2020 is envis- tion, support to hearing on August 5 the crim- of court. This proposition has out of the 33 districts had Locust Warning Organisation locust outbreak was an inter- stantially reduced and with- aged as an overarching guiding MSMEs/Startups, optimise inal contempt proceedings ini- been laid down by several been affected. and the state government, but national problem and they drawn its troops from Galwan document of the defence min- resource allocation, invest- tiated against him for his two judgments of the Supreme In addition to Rajasthan, still the farmers lost about Rs must be stopped at their point valley, Gogra and Hot istry to provide a focused, ment promotion, FDI and ease alleged derogatory tweets Court and in foreign jurisdic- locust attacks have been report- 1,000 in rabi crops, he said. of origin in order to check the Springs, the Indian security structured and significant of doing business amongst against the judiciary, observ- tions such as Britain, USA and ed in In 2019-20, about 6.70 origin of new locust establishment is, however, thrust to defence production others. ing his statements prima facie Canada,” he submitted. Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, lakh hectares in 12 districts of groups. concerned that the Chinese troops have not withdrawn insisting that the LAC is at India and China have from the contentious Pangong ‘Finger 4.’ been engaged in discussions Tso. In fact, the first face-off Besides deploying on the through established military = $ $% took place at this place on crucial spurs, the Chinese and diplomatic channels to May 5 when the Chinese have also built a jetty in the address the prevailing situa- intruded more than five km Indian side of the Pangong tion along the LAC. Meteorological Department's The IMD advised fishermen Beharampur in West Bengal Azamgarh and efforts were on to into India and obstructed an Lake and moved several fast The engagement(July 14) Odisha centre said a low-pres- to not venture deep into the Bay and Mizoram and Meghalaya. seal them. As many as 188 med- Indian army patrol. It led to interceptor boats thereby pos- was consistent with the con- ain lashed Mumbai on sure area was developing over of Bengal till August 6 as surface Under its influence, sever- ical teams and 16 disaster exchange of blows. ing a threat to the Indian sensus reached between the RMonday as the monsoon north Bay of Bengal under the winds with speeds up to 50 al areas in Rajasthan were response and provincial con- Since then, the Chinese security interests, they said. Special Representatives of system active over the Arabian kmph will make the sea condi- lashed by rain since Sunday. stabulary teams have been bolstered its troop strength Flagging its concern on India and China earlier, on Sea strengthened and the weath- !)6$33%#'#' tions very rough. Jaipur, Tonk, Bhilwara and deployed for rescue operations. there forcing India to take the tardy pace of disengage- July 5, to discuss complete er department sounded a red "#"83)%3' The low-pressure area is Pilani recorded 34.8, 7, 2 and The flood situation in Assam preventive steps to thwart ment, India last week said the disengagement. alert that it will get intense in the likely to trigger heavy rainfall and 3.1 mm rainfall, respectively, in improved on Monday as the any major challenge, sources process of disengagement of The Senior Commanders metropolis and its suburbs dur- 3'%)) thunderstorms in parts of the past 24 hours till Monday water receded from many areas, said adding as per the latest troops in eastern Ladakh has reviewed the progress on ing the next two days. )2)%)%63""' Madhya Pradesh, too, where evening, according to the local though one more person lost his satellite photographs of the not yet been completed implementation of the first Though Mumbai had been the monsoon activity has meteorological centre. life in the deluge. Pangong Tso the Chinese though some progress has phase of disengagement and receiving intermittent rainfall, )3&,3') remained subdued so far. Several areas in the State This year, floods and land- have not gone back though been made. discussed further steps to forecasting agencies said this "3)8)3'$3# In north India, a sultry reported waterlogging. In Jaipur, slides have damaged roads agreed upon in the last round This was a counter to ensure complete disengage- would be the second spell of weather prevailed in Delhi, a car got stuck on a flooded road. and other infrastructure at of Commander-level talks. China’s claim that frontline ment. The two sides remain heavy rainfall this monsoon $#6)#')%)$&,) Punjab and Haryana as the axis Locals rescued the driver and the several places and claimed 136 The Chinese continue to forces of the two countries committed to the objective of after a gap of a fortnight. of the monsoon trough, which other occupants of the car. lives in Assam, according to occupy positions in depth on have “completed” this exercise complete disengagement. This Mumbaikars are advised to influence of a cyclonic circula- was active over the region last More than 800 villages in 15 official estimates. slopes along ‘Finger 5’ and on at most locations along their process is intricate and avoid going out on August 4 and tion over Gangetic West Bengal week, shifted southwards. districts have been inundated in The number of flood-hit slopes extending towards border. requires constant verifica- 5, said private forecaster Skymet and another one over northeast The trough is now passing Uttar Pradesh due to swelling of people decreased by 4.65 lakh ‘Finger 8.’ India maintains After the last round of tion. They are taking it for- Weather, adding that the inten- Bay of Bengal. It will bring Ganganagar and Pilani in Sarayu and Rapti rivers, state since Sunday but around 3.89 the LAC is at Finger 8. talks between the Corps ward through regular meet- sity will start decreasing from heavy rainfall to several parts of Rajasthan, through Gwalior in minister Anil Rajbhar said. lakh people in 17 districts are still Mountain spurs are called Commanders, the statement ings at diplomatic and mili- August 6. the State between Tuesday and Madhya Pradesh and Banda in He said embankments had affected, the Assam government Finger. However, China is said tary level. On the east coast, the India Thursday. Uttar Pradesh, towards been breached in Gonda, said in a bulletin. / 0 1 / $! 4= 5 # $ %&'
Bengaluru: Allaying fears about the day,” he said. Kumaraswamy, opposition In a related development, state decided to undergo self-quaran- his health after testing Covid pos- Yediyurappa also thanked BJP Congress leader Siddaramaih and Home Minister Basavar Bommai tine, as they in contact with "() " " " itive, an upbeat Karnataka Chief President J.P. Nadda, Union seers of mutts for praying for his and new Bengaluru City Police Yediyurappa on Friday and Minister BS Yediyurappa on Finance Minister Nirmala speedy recovery. Commissioner Kamal Pant have Saturday. IANS / *1 itive on Monday, 801 contracted the pan- Monday assured people that there Sitharaman, former Prime He also urged people to wear demic through local transmission, he was “nothing to worry about” and Minister and JD-S supremo H.D. masks and maintain social dis- s 962 new persons were diagnosed said. “There were 55 expatriates and 85 he would be discharged from the Deve Gowda, his son and former tancing to prevent the spread of the Awith Covid-19 on Monday, Chief persons from other States who tested hospital soon. Chief Minister H.D. disease. @)%#&88B#66) Minister Pinarayi Vijayan gave a piece positive today while 40 patients could “There is nothing to worry of his mind to all including Health not furnish details of the source from about. I will be discharged soon )83##)63233'#& Minister KK Shylaja over the ever where they contracted the disease,” and start work,” said Yediyurappa ,% increasing number of pandemic cases in said Vijayan. in Kannada in a video message - / cial of the chief minister's office the State. The only positive news from the played in all the local news chan- told IANS. Monday saw two persons suc- field was the number of persons who nels across the state. $ ix persons, including a woman Yediyurappa's official resi- cumbing to Covid-19 in Kerala. The made recovery from the ailment. “815 Yediyurappa, 77, and his Sworking at the official resi- dence 'Cauvery' and the adjacent Chief Minister was upset over the persons got cured on Monday. daughter B.Y. Padmavati who also - / Governor last week to discuss the dence of Karnataka Chief home-office 'Krishna' are located increase in the number of patients in the Thiruvananthapuram continued to be tested positive, are under treatment Covid situation in the state and Minister BS Yediyurappa here, on Kumara Krupa road in the State which had declared that Covid the city with highest number of Covid- at a private hospital here though arnataka Governor Vajubhai measures being taken to contain also tested positive for coron- high security area of the city cen- curve has been flattened. 19 patients (205) followed by Ernakulam they are asymptomatic with mild KVala has tested negative for the pandemic spread. avirus, an official said on tre. “Initially all of us were working with (106) and Alappuzha (101),” he said. symptoms of the virus. coronavirus, three days after meet- “The Governor's ADC and Monday. The asymptomatic chief min- dedication and commitment. But that The number of hotspots shot up to Assuring the people that he ing Chief Minister B.S. Personal Secretary Tejas Bhatti “As Yediyurappa and his ister and daughter are under was lost midway and a sense of com- 506 while the Chief Minister said he had was doing fine, the Chief Minister Yediyurappa who was diagnosed have also undergone antigen tests, daughter Padmavati tested posi- treatment at the privately-run placency has set in. All of us are equal- entrusted the covid-19 management to said doctors had conducted positive on Sunday, an official said and were found to be negative,” tive, all staffers and others at his Manipal Hospital in the city's ly responsible for the present situation the State Police who would take stringent required tests and observed no on Monday. “The Governor has the communique said. official residence and home- eastern suburb. as we threw caution to wind. We were measures to eliminate the pandemic. complications. undergone a corona antigen test Yediyurappa, 77, and daugh- office are being tested as prima- “A team of doctors and nurs- carried away by the praise showered on The responsibility of marking the “I will recover soon. I am in and tested negative,” said a com- ter B.Y. Padmavati who also test- ry and secondary contacts. Of es from the state-run hospital us by other countries which were com- containment zones too have been hand- touch with all officials since munique from the Raj Bhavan. ed positive, are under treatment at them 6, including a gunman, rushed to Yediyurappa's resi- peting against each other to wax elo- ed over to the State Police. The Chief Sunday to ensure that the govern- The Chief Minister, along a private hospital though they are cook, maid, driver, housekeeper dence and home office to test the quence on us,” said Vijayan as minister Minister said the police has been asked ment works are not affected. I also with Home Minister Basavaraju asymptomatic with mild and a policeman on security staff and those frequenting the Shylaja and other officials sat grim faced. to mark and monitor the containment spoke to senior officials earlier in Bommai, had called on the symptoms. duty tested positive so far,” an offi- places on duty. Out of the 962 persons tested pos- zones. ! ;@: % $$% ? A$ $$ ( ! ))#,)
/ of them have been regu- ! C%6$##) larised by the govern- fter scoring 92 percent marks ment till date. / *1 wrote to Prime Minister’s Office stating #%) Ain his class 12th examinations, President of the all the details. “I was surprised when I Inderjit Singh Gill, has now set his Valmiki Community in ays of the coffee and tea shops in the received a letter from the PMO saying / eyes on the prestigious UPSC Jammu, Garu Bhatti told Dcountry’s airports charging exorbi- that all my concerns have been taken into examinations to realise his dream The Pioneer, “the deci- tant rates for the hot beverages are over consideration and the AAI have been 09 deaths and 5,609 new Covid- of becoming an IAS officer. Since sion of the BJP govern- thanks to an initiative by a lawyer based instructed to sell tea, coffee and snacks 119 patients in the last 24 hours. childhood he had tutored his ment to Abrogate Article in Kerala’s Thrissur city. at affordable rates,” said Shaji. This is what the medical bulletin mind to crack the prestigious 0 / B"C& ( B C = $ # B#C 370 and 35-A has infused Shaji Kodankandathu, a lawyer by The lawyer said that there are thou- issued by the Tamil Nadu examination at all costs. new lease of life among profession who is also a social activist had sands of passengers among the flyers who Government said on Monday. The Inderjit is not the only one Article 370 and 35-A last year they discontinued my studies after the deprived members of the taken up the cudgels for the general pub- would not be able to afford the tea and State saw the highest number of who is nurturing dreams of mak- claimed all the doors closed by the passing class 12 examination. community”. lic in this regard. Shaji asked the Cochin coffee being sold at the shops on the air- fatalities till date on a single day ing it big in life. successive State Governments There was no future for us when He said , “an estimated num- International Airport Authority of India port. “What we need is a cup of black tea while 5,800 persons were dis- Eklavya, currently working have been thrown open by the BJP Article 370 was there. Now it has ber of 150-200 youth are studying Ltd (CIAL) Airport about the reason or coffee and a samosa or something like charged following recovery from as office assistant in the Central led Narendra Modi Government been abrogated and i have already in different graduate and post behind the unbelievable prices charged that bat affordable rate. There is nothing hospitals across the State. University Jammu is also prepar- in one go. received my Domicile certificate, graduate courses in Jammu and by the shops for tea and coffee. “A cup which prevents these shops from selling As on Monday, there were ing to crack an entrance exami- “We have seen difficult times she added. “I can apply for gov- Kashmir and now with the of coffee costs 200/- while a cup of tea these items at this rate,” said Shaji who 56,698 Covid-19 patients in Tamil nation for the post of J&K Bank in the past, my father was work- ernment jobs as per my qualifi- issuance of Domicile certificates costs 150/- and there is no justification also disclosed that he has seen hundreds Nadu. The day also saw 56, 278 per- associate. ing as a sweeper when i was a kid. cation and also pursue higher they can all compete in the com- for these prices. The airport authorities and hundreds of passengers starving at sons getting tested through 122 lab- After discontinuing her stud- He worked hard and rose to the studies”. petitive examinations and secure could not give any convincing reply to airport because they cannot afford such oratories across Tamil Nadu. The ies in 2016, another bright student level of supervisor in Jammu Eklavya told The Pioneer, their berth”. Previously, despite me questions,” Shaji told The Pioneer. high rates. death toll in Tamil Nadu till date from the Valmiki community, Municipal Corporation. Now, I “after my graduation I started acquiring degrees majority of He said he had to give up meals and “Its not exotic or exquisite tea or cof- reached 4,241. Radhika Gill is planning to take an want to become an IAS officer and working as office Assistant in the youth could not apply for a gov- even snacks while waiting to catch flights fee that they sell at these airports. Most While the situation in Chennai admission in the government make my parents, my communi- Central University Jammu. Now i ernment job or take admission in after the security check in. “I am not that people do not react to such over pricing remained stable with the degree college to pursue her grad- ty proud”, Inderjit Singh told The have applied for a J&K Bank post the professional degree courses. rich to spend 500 for a cup of coffee and because it is a time consuming process. Metropolis testing 1,021 new uation studies. Pioneer. and also filing forms for other In 1957, the then Prime a banana fry. Its only because of time con- But Ill react because it is a matter of sur- patients, Chengalpet (331), These youngsters represent Inderjit, is currently living posts advertised by the J&k gov- Minister of Jammu and Kashmir straint that I travel by flight and the vival for me,” said Shaji. Kancheepuram (322) and the fourth generation of the with his parents and three other ernment to try my luck. I feel Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad had authorities should not squeeze me,” he He said airports all over the country Thiruvallur (332) , the three Valmiki community living in siblings in Valmiki colony in empowered now”, he added. decided to bring in Safai karam- said. may have to sell the hot beverages and neighboring districts remained Jammu since 1957. Gandhi Nagar area of Jammu. There are around 13 colonies charis (sweepers) from other When Shaji failed to get any response snacks at the rate specified by Coffee problematic without showing any After the Abrogation of Radhika told The Pioneer, “I in Jammu district alone but none States. from the Airport Authority of India, he Board or Tea Board. abatement. " $ $ $ D,& % doned burnt car has been found near *1* ! claimed that the new education Informing that the State Chancellor Sabyasachi Basu very cleverly cloaked dirty fangs of Kulgam. It is suspected that the soldier policy was discussed extensively at Government had formed its own Roychowhdury, educationist vet- the NEP by some velvety cover like he whereabouts of an Indian Army has been abducted by terrorists. Search pposing the new education various levels neither the issue was committee which would discuss eran educationists Pabitra Sarkar credit banking system etc. Tjawan,who went missing late Sunday op in progress”. Opolicy (NEP) introduced by discussed in Parliament nor the the worth of the new system and and Nrisinghaprasad Bhaduri and According to a JUTA member evening from near Kulgam, could not be The burnt car, which belonged to the Central Government on State Government was taken into submit a report, Chatterjee who State syllabus committee chief “what seems to get lost from the traced in the last 24 hours by the joint Manzoor, was found from Rambhama grounds that the State was not confidence ...particularly when earlier called the NEP a “copy Avik Majumdar. vision amid the hype is the element teams of security forces combing the area area of neighbouring Kulgam district. consulted and the issue was not education is in concurrent list.” paste” of the western and Apart from this the of dangerous centralization in inch by inch across South Kashmir dis- In May 2017, a young, unarmed army discussed in Parliament before A number of serious questions American model said the report Government will also consult var- terms of original research … one tricts. officer was kidnapped by terrorists when giving clearance, Bengal have been raised in the aftermath would then be sent to the Centre. ious academic associations like wonders whether critical evalua- He was currently visiting home on he was attending a family wedding in Government has formed a six- of the central declaration he said, “We have formed a team of Calcutta University Teachers tion would be allowed by the account of Eid holidays. Shopian. The bullet-riddled body of member committee to ponder adding “questions are being raised advisors which will review the Association (CUTA), Jadavpur National Research Foundation The day-long searches conducted in Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz was recovered over the new scheme and table its as to why Madhyamik (Class X) NEP and submit a report to the University Teachers’ Association ever.” the South Kashmir belt of Kulgam, the next day 30 km from the wedding own report. board exam has been done away State Government which will then (JUTA) etc. Besides “private indi- In fact the JUTA said “the NEP Shopian and Anantnag could not yield venue. Contradicting Prime Minister with in the new scheme of things, consider sending it to the Centre,” viduals and other institutions may 2020 seeks to replace the inclusive, desired results.Meanwhile, the family The 22-year-old had joined the Narendra Modi’s assertion that the why Bengal was not represented in Chatterjee said. The report is to be also send in their views by August democratic, progressive, idea of members had issued a passionate appeal Rajputana Rifles five months before. He new education was discussed and the central advisory team that pro- submitted by August 15. 15,” Chatterjee said. India by a narrow, sectarian, and to the suspected abductors to release their was believed to be the first Kashmiri offi- debated over the last five years at posed such a sea change in the The team comprises According to inside reports bigoted notion, driven by the com- son without causing any harm to him. cer to be murdered while on leave in his various levels before being intro- national education system and Trinamool Congress MP Professor though the State Government sees pulsion to propagate the divisive According to a statement issued by home state since 1991. duced, Bengal Education Minister why there is such a vehement Sougato Roy, Jadavpur University central encroachment in the NEP ideology of a particular political the Indian Army, “Rifleman Shakir In June 2018, another soldier Partho Chatterjee on Monday trend towards centralization in the Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das, it is willing to gauge the general party… It has set back education Manzoor of 162 Battalion (TA), is miss- Aurangzeb, who went home to Poonch said “though the Prime Minister new system.” Rabindrabharati Univeristy Vice view as the “BJP Government has in India by at least a century.” ing since 17:00hrs yesterday. His aban- for Eid, was abducted and killed. (" " + *B+)) ' 1 !#8& ( $#,%38 Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Jal Raghuraj Singh and Jai Pratap "+,-. Shakti Minister Mahendra Singh -- have tested positive %)6#) Singh has tested positive for and are undergoing Jammu: Ahead of the first anniversary of Abrogation of Article #'%#$2) COVID-19, hours after the treatment. 370, 35-A, the District Magistrate of Srinagar has decided to $ ' State BJP President Swatantra Cabinet Minister Kamal D&'#') impose strict curfew restrictions on August 4th and 5th of August Dev Singh and two other leg- Rani Varun, who tested positive with immediate effect to prevent violent protests. Amaravati: In a shocking inci- %3*"%44$3$*"'%5, 5 ,*65%+ islators were confirmed to have for coronavirus last month, 3%) According to the order signed by the District Magistrate, dent, three Covid-19 patients $7)%)# $73$, 7)&5$8*5 *")# Bengaluru: After logging more contracted the virus. died on Sunday at the Sanjay Srinagar, “Superintendent of Police, Srinagar has reported that were allegedly shifted to a hos- 7)5 8 ,$3*"%44$3 5 **)5$ than 5,000 Covid-19 cases a Apart from Mahendra Gandhi Post Graduate Institute Agartala: Ruling BJP MLA in a series of inputs have been received suggesting that separatist pital in a garbage vehicle in $'*$,)# *8+("*73 *' day for the past several days, Singh, eight other state minis- of Medical Sciences Tripura and former State and Pakistan sponsored groups are planning to observe August Andhra Pradesh's Karnataka saw a drop in infec- ters -- Yogendra Upadhaya, (SGPGIMS) in Lucknow. Health Minister Sudip Roy 5, 2020 as 'Black day', therein apprehensions of violation action Vizianagaram district. ' 7)$88 ,$*) "*4) 5" *57$7; tions with 4,752 new cases in Devendra Pratap Singh, The families of two more Barman on Monday defied or protests are not ruled out.There are specific inputs about vio- A video, which shows three *+%())# 6*)$ 7)'45%8 the last 24 hours, raising the Rajendra Pratap Singh, Ministers, Satish Mahana and orders to go into quarantine lent protests endangering public life and property”. persons boarding the trolley in %"(7) 5'+()+ 4%5 )# #$3" state's tally to 1.39 lakh, said a Dharam Singh Saini, Chetan Brijesh Pathak, have also been after visiting a Covid Care “Complete restrictions on public movement under Section Nellimarla town, has gone viral 3%(",5 *3#)# 5 )# "%3*" health official on Monday. Chauhan, Upendra Tiwari, infected with the virus. IANS Centre (CCC) and distributing 144 to be in place”, the order stated. Medical emergencies and on social media, prompting the 5 '$, 7)'8%+$"$ ,*)5%"" Similarly,Bengaluru has fruits among the Covid patients movement of staff on Covid-19 duty with pass/valid cards shall authorities to order a probe. also witnessed lesser number of here on Sunday. be exempted from above restrictions, the District Magistrate order The incident reportedly 45%8)# 8(7$3$6*"+%, cases with 1,497 infections as Barman in reply to the said. PNS occurred on Saturday when an Panchayat Commissioner J. R. compared to 2,000 cases on a /+ '%'9#',2)) West Tripura District ambulance did not reach to Appala Naidu said the vehicle daily basis. Magistrate (DM) Sandeep shift three members of a fam- was being used to carry With the new infections, 92+3"+)#' , Mahatme's letter, said: “Some 4536- ily to the hospital. Sodium Hypochlorite and the city's tally breached 60,000 vested interested persons are They had undergone other items for burying the mark to settle at 60,998, out of -/ restrictions are in place, many trying to put me intentionally /7 Covid-19 tests on Wednesday Covid-19 victims. which 36,290 are active. people have chosen to visit in the quarantine centre so that and it was on Friday that they Vizianagaram District Among other places, aksha Bandhan brought Govardhan and Vrindavan, in I can easily come in contact 2 Jammu division and 9 from were found positive. Locals Medical and Health Officer Dr Mysuru accounted for 372 Rsome cheer back to markets groups, in their private vehi- with others who have tested Kashmir Division. alerted 108 ambulance and Ramana Kumari said she had infections, followed by Ballari in Agra as people ventured out cles,” said Jugal Kishor Pandit. positive for the coronavirus, Moreover, 905 more requested that they be shifted ordered a probe into the inci- (305), Bagalkote (209), of their homes to buy sweets However, with 29 fresh which could be hazardous to he total number of coron- Covid-19 patients have recov- to hospital. However, the dent. Former chief minister N. Dharwad (191), Kalaburagi and gifts for relatives and sisters. cases, Agra's Covid-19 tally my health.” Tavirus positive cases ered and discharged from var- ambulance did not reach the Chandrababu Naidu said he (170), Koppal (157) and Shopkeepers reported brisk has risen to 1,870, with 100 He also wrote that he had Monday crossed 22,000 mark ious hospitals, 160 from Jammu location, forcing the residents was appalled over the treatment Shivamogga (155) among oth- sale of 'rakhis' early Monday deaths. The principal of the SN neither clinically or otherwise while 11 patients died taking Division and 745 from to arrange a trolley from meted out to the patients. ers. and flower garlands for special Medical College Dr Sanjay Kala tested positive for COVID-19, the total death toll due to Kashmir Division. Nellimarla Nagar Panchayat. “Appalling! Three Covid-19 98 more patients have suc- pujas. “Tempo is high right and half-a-dozen staff reported nor was he a symptomatic or Covid-19 to 407 in Jammu & According to the daily Local officials ordered a patients in BC Colony, cumbed to the virus, raising the now, more so because of the positive on Sunday evening. asymptomatic patient. Kashmir. Media Bulletin, out of 22006 probe into the incident. Jarjapupeta in Vizianagaram state's toll to 2,594. Ayodhya festivities beginning Kala has been home quaran- The BJP MLA told the According to the media positive cases, 7567 are Active Primary Health Centre medical Dist were taken to the hospital However, on a positive today,” said priest of the Sri tined. The number of active media that an FIR was regis- bulletin, out of 590 new posi- Positive, 14032 have recovered officer Gayatri Devi said the in a garbage vehicle',” the note, record 4,776 more Mathuradheesh temple Pandit cases is 292. tered against him on Monday. tive cases, 157 were reported and 407 have died; 30 in ambulance was sent immedi- Telugu Desam Party (TDP) patients have been discharged Nandan Shrotriya. Mathura reported 32 fresh Barman became the Health from Jammu division and 433 Jammu division and 377 in ately after learning about the chief tweeted. in the last 24 hours, 2,693 in “Though the scare of cases in the last 24 hours, with and Family Welfare, from Kashmir division, taking Kashmir division. patients from volunteers but “Don't know about coron- Bengaluru Urban alone, raising Covid-19 is writ large every- Mainpuri (20), Firozabad (26), Information Technology and the total number of positive The Bulletin further said before the vehicle could reach avirus, but the helpless patients the total number of recoveries where, still people are now Etah (18), Kasganj (5). The Science and Technology cases in Jammu and Kashmir to that out of 662941 test results there the local residents mobi- might contract other dangerous to 62,500. moving out and thronging the health department has started Minister after the BJP-led 22,006. available, 640935 samples have lized a trolley from the munic- diseases. Why are they not Of the 1.39 lakh cases in markets. More roadways buses screening people in mohallas alliance government came to Also 11 Covid-19 deaths been tested as negative till ipal body. being treated like humans?,” the southern state, 74,469 are are ferrying people to their and crowded locations in the power in Tripura in March have been reported; 02 from August 3, 2020. Nellimarla Nagar Naidu asked. IANS active. IANS homes in rural areas. Though interior of the city. 2018. 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The freeze on its oil revenues seriously ly a commercial dispute and from Nixon-Kissinger was annexed in 1948. The Mediterranean Sea opens into ! ? * hurt Iran’s economy, forcing it to seek Tehran needs to be reasonable. remained invested in CIA-MI6 operated from the Atlantic Ocean via the < S ( ways to end its economic and diplo- But for Chabahar and relat- Islamabad. Balochistan to overthrow the Strait of Gibraltar; this could )S ( ) matic trauma. ed projects, India will have to Now, the China-Pakistan then Iranian Prime Minister M bring Beijing closer to Tehran moved cautiously, leak- pioneer some deft diplomacy to axis has eroded Washington’s Mossadegh after he nation- Washington than ever envis- ing “news” about a $400 billion deal break the deadlock between relationship with its non- alised the Anglo-Iranian Oil aged by the State Department G,( ? G, with China, which seemed credible Washington and Tehran or NATO ally. Baloch resistance to Company. Washington used or Pentagon. Beijing in , * , ( given Beijing’s huge investments sacrifice its regional ambitions Islamabad’s unceasing atrocities Balochistan for its proxy war Chabahar would also have across the globe. An unverified 18- forever. It is no secret that and resentment against the against Soviet forces in access to the Arabian Sea, , , ( page document gave the details of a Islamabad is now firmly in China-Pakistan Economic Afghanistan and opened war Strait of Hormuz and Sea of ( 5 ) S 25-year Iran-China agreement that Beijing’s sphere of influence; its Corridor (CPEC) that against the Taliban. Oman, besides a shortcut to its < G, Chinese President Xi Jinping had deafening silence on the treat- encroaches upon their land Gwadar Port, China’s big military base in Djibouti. A proposed during a visit to Iran in ment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang and resources give America an prize and raison d’être for the US-friendly Balochistan and ) * ) January 2016. It mentioned a $280 and refusal to bring its citizens opening. For, Balochistan is the CPEC, belongs to Balochistan. Iran would end this dream run. billion investment in Iran’s oil and back from Wuhan after the geostrategic region without Chabahar is part of the same Interestingly, in June 2020, > , ( gas industry and $120 billion across pandemic in order to save which Pakistan is just a land- Makran coastline. If US Moscow arrested Valery Mitko, various sectors. Beijing would China’s face leave no scope for locked landmass, of no use President Donald Trump can president, Arctic Academy of ) receive crude oil and gas at discount- doubt on this score. India did even to the Army that controls be persuaded to see the Baloch Sciences, for allegedly giving ( ed prices for 25 years. not blame China but rushed to it. quest and Iran as potential China information about sub- ? ) * ) - New Delhi was alarmed at the bring its students back from As Italian scholar Valeria F allies, that could take the entire marine detection, a reflection possibility of China funding the rail- Wuhan; now, the Chinese Piacentini observed in 1945, Makran coast away from China of Moscow’s anger at Chinese H G, I ( way and depriving India of its cov- aggression in Ladakh has dra- Balochistan is at the cross- (depriving it also of the military ambitions in the Arctic region. P ( Q *S eted alternate route to Afghanistan matically altered the situation. roads of two “axes”, east-west base it is building in Jiwani Washington has also arrested " ( and Central Asia, bypassing An independent and north-south, of three peninsula off Gwadar). It citizens in prestigious institu- Pakistan. Envoy Gaddam Balochistan offers a way out. At macro-regions: Asia, Africa would put a powerful brake on tions working covertly for @* ; * Dharmendra rushed to meet Iranian the time of the Soviet invasion and the Mediterranean basin. China’s relentless acquisition of China. It should investigate # Speaker Bagher Ghalibaf and Vice of Afghanistan in 1979, It forms the hinge between the ports and bases across the whether the tales of Russian @ < * Minister of Roads and President of American scholar Selig Indian sub-continent, Central Indian Ocean littoral. interference in the 2016 and $ the Railways, Mohsen Pourseyed Harrison had the prescience to Asia and the Euro-Asiatic Iran is a catch for Beijing 2020 presidential elections Aghaei, to salvage the Chabahar- realise that the turmoil in steppes and the Iranian plateau; because like Pakistan, it can originated from “friends” in ? $@ Zahedan (and possibly Zarang) line. Kabul would bring Pakistan’s as also the link between regions join the Belt and Road Initiative institutions that received lavish +24J Also at stake is a free trade zone to Baloch problem to the forefront that gravitate towards the (BRI) by land and sea, giving it Chinese funding. Perhaps * $ C I serve the landlocked Central Asian (In Afghanistan’s Shadow: Indian Ocean and its western access to staggering geostrate- Russian President Vladimir states. Further, the Farzad-B gas field Baluch Nationalism and Soviet “sea routes”, the Persian Gulf gic space. Tehran could link Putin has signalled as much. was discovered by ONGC Videsh in Temptations, 1980). Till his and the Red Sea. Beijing with Ankara, which (The author is a senior % R 2012 but its development has been death in 2016, Harrison urged This is why London want- offers access to the journalist. Views are personal) $ 3 2 ( 9 :%- 3+ $ 4'!' 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6 9<' 2 5 $ $ - $ S S ( +6+). ' $ Q # , # * ) - B * P Q = ( ? P; ; Q G, P G Q # ( ( 4J ) 7 :('4 , * $ # S ( S he innocuous-sounding statement of the P Q < S # ) General Secretary of the Shri Ram " S * ) TJanmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, # Champat Rai, that the construction of the Ram K temple, whose foundation will be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 5, will be P S S completed within three-and-a-half-years, has Q political overtones which no one can miss. , ( “We will try to complete the construction by - - three years but we have six months extra in case ( we fail to meet the deadline because of any even- +2 # tuality. But, mark my words, the temple will be B ready with its pristine grandeur by the end of 2023 or early 2024,” Rai had said when announc- ?1/!1 = ( ing that Modi would be the chief guest of the 1 < ( ground-breaking ceremony for the Ram temple’s !!1 construction. # For those who need it to be spelled out, the (1 ! ( timing of the completion of the temple is cru- !! - cial — end of 2023 or early 2024. The Lok Sabha 1?! # elections are expected by March 2024. This means 1 (! 1 ) (( that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would again 1?! " P Q use the Ram temple to play the Hindutva card ! ( , and propel the party towards victory. This time / K # S , the BJP will go to the masses saying “jo kaha, woh 1? ( kiya (we did what we said we would do).” The 1/ /@ : (, common refrain of BJP leaders and campaign- !1* ers will be,“We promised the people that the Ram of events that shaped the country’s pol- construction of the Ram Temple in ple can witness the ground-breaking ) 5 temple would be built in Ayodhya and we ful- ! 1 / itics in years to come. Advani’s arrest Ayodhya.” ceremony and watch the Prime B B filled that promise.” I would not be surprised if K(! @ triggered massive protests across the That commitment was fulfilled in Minister lay the foundation stone of the # the party takes a miniaturised model of the Ram / : country, sparking communal riots November 2019 when the Supreme temple on August 5. They argue that it temple across villages or puts up such models ! across several towns, especially in Court paved the way for the construc- is natural for people to want to witness 5 S ( before the Model Code of Conduct comes into ! !! north India. Hundreds of Kar Sevaks tion of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and this historic moment at the Ram ) play in every gram Sabha. The process has already / ! @ ! (voluntary workers) marched towards allowed the construction of a mosque, Janmabhoomi Complex but because of 4L ( , begun as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has ( /!@1 Ayodhya to liberate the Ram which incidentally will come up 30 kilo- COVID-19 guidelines they cannot be , < asked for funds from the people for temple con- - ! Janmabhoomi. Exactly a week after metres away from the complex where allowed entry there, hence they can struction. The VHP has set a target of reaching / ! (!1 Advani’s Rath Yatra was stopped — on the original mosque stood. watch it on big screens near their over 10 crore families in five lakh villages across October 30 — as many as 28 Kar Sevaks With the completion of one aim, mohallas (localities). = ( ( @! ( India with an appeal to donate at least 100 vol- were killed in police firing while try- the BJP has already got ammunition for The VHP has done its part and has untarily for the temple’s construction. It is set to !A ing to storm the Babri Masjid. Even the elections — which is powerful and asked people across India to decorate # start from Uttar Pradesh (UP) and will then / before the Kar Sevaks had entered emotive. And the subsidiary props their homes, mohallas and mandirs and 4D spread out across the country. (/1( Ayodhya, then Uttar Pradesh Chief can come from more communal pitch- watch the live telecast of the grand cer- , ) - The VHP’s plan does not end here. The Ram !( /!@ Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav had es like cow vigilantism and the anti-cit- emony together while singing bhajans ? Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, the temple !1 / claimed that “parinda bhi par nahi maar izenship law protests. Emotion is a very (hymns). Milind Parande, Secretary trust which is entrusted with the task of con- A !1/@ sakta (not even a bird can enter there).” important quotient for winning or General of the VHP, had issued a state- < # # structing a temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi Mulayam Singh still justifies the police losing elections in a democracy. ment saying that the live telecasts S Complex, in collaboration with the VHP, plans action. Corruption, religion, nationalism, caste should be accessible to the communi- I to kick-start the ‘Akhand Bharat Week’ after the The events that unfolded then et al are some of the issues which have ty on big screens or at auditoria. bhoomi pujan (ground-breaking ceremony). only benefited the BJP as its political an emotive appeal and can unite peo- “People should decorate their houses, The week will be celebrated from August 16 to clout grew exponentially and it grabbed ple in no time. This is not limited to neighbourhoods, villages, markets, August 23 when the Parishad volunteers will go the opportunity with both hands. In the India only. Even in the US, the slogan monasteries, gurdwaras and ashrams ) to the villages and tell the masses about the Ram 1991 election, for the first time the party “America First” did wonders for Donald and distribute prasad and also light Mandir construction and how this temple will gave the slogan of “Mandir wahin Trump. Similarly, in 2019, Balakot lamps after sunset,” the VHP leader had B ensure the “akhandata” (integrity) of the coun- banayenge (we will build the temple supplied the required emotive quotient said in that statement. “Use all means ? try. there only)” but it was only in 1996, that in the form of nationalism and the BJP of publicity to make this grand pro- S ? B The BJP has always used the temple issue for the first time, the BJP mentioned the and Modi swept the Lok Sabha polls. gramme available to more and more G,> 5 S to meet its political aims. It has always found a Ram Mandir in its manifesto. The BJP has already made the construc- people in society,” he had further said. " B mention in its election manifesto, whose nomen- The party reiterated its commit- tion of the Ram temple a political issue. The paraphernalia is ready. The BJP and ? 4F( B clature has changed with the passage of time, The ment to facilitate the construction of a Ayodhya city has been painted in saf- its right-wing organisations are all set ? " BJP election manifesto is now called ‘Sankalp magnificent Ram temple at the fron hues. Students of the arts faculty to milk the situation for political gains. # ( Patra’. After the famous Rath Yatra carried out Janmasthan (birthplace) in Ayodhya of Saket Degree College have drawn The Unlock 3.0 guidelines may have by Lal Krishna Advani along with Pramod after coming to power as “this is the pictures of Ram, Laxman and charac- asked people to desist from organising - Mahajan in 1989 from Somnath to Ayodhya, with dream of millions of people in our land. ters of the Ramayana on the walls religious functions but the BJP - S Narendra Modi accompanying the yatra from The concept of Ram lies at the core of around the city — not even leaving the Government and the party are ready for = S " ?S Somnath till the border of Gujarat, the BJP saw their consciousness.” walls of the Sulabh Shauchalaya toilet such a big event. After all, it is all pol- > ? the potential of the issue to propel the party to The words remained the same in complex. itics. And an investment made today : great political power. manifesto after manifesto and in 2019 In the backdrop of the COVID-19 will hold good later. One wonders if O ( ( ( When the yatra was stopped in Samastipur it said: “We reiterate our stand on the guidelines, people have been asked not COVID-19 management could be pur- in Bihar by the then Lalu Prasad Government Ram Mandir. We will explore all pos- to go to the Ram Janmabhoomi site sued with such intent. Lord Ram would . S R and Advani was arrested, the whole of India was sibilities within the framework of the where the main function will be held. have wanted that. !! "#S/ drenched in the spirit of Hindutva. The rath was Constitution and make all necessary But the BJP has plans to put up LED (The writer is Executive Director, stopped on October 23, 1990. This set off a string efforts to facilitate the expeditious screens all across Ayodhya so that peo- News, Lucknow edition) 4 $ to nurture and pursue private inter- Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) notorious gang- borne out of records, as laid down in SC in 2019 initiated suo motu con- consequent dismissal, as bland as it racket from within the jails. A system ests. It offered a political theatre for ster Vikas Dubey and his associates the Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lalan case. tempt proceedings and, after taking may appear, soaked in the semantics in which the families of policemen guerrilla warfare in a layered style. It by the police. However, the PIL action contin- into consideration the objectionable of apology, not be considered one murdered are looking at a long and soon became the Frankenstein’s mon- The single-member commission ued. The first round was followed by conduct of the petitioner, including more assault on the mutilated bodies hard road to justice. A system in ster that could make the legislature of enquiry appointed by the objections to the appointment of a his acts of filing frivolous petitions, of the policemen who died on duty? which endless aspirations for the idea and the executive shiver. And this Government of UP was undone fol- particular retired judge of the sentenced him to three months’ jail Keeping aside differences on of justice are only soaked in the body year, the PIL industry wants to lowing certain PILs filed before the Supreme Court even after the CJI and a suspension of the sentence if he political or ideological leanings, mis- of hope. Just because hope is the only achieve its final goal and that is to dic- apex court. This was done even after cleared the name. The “bias” of the undertook that he would never brow- givings or otherwise concerning the feeling stronger than fear and it is with tate terms to the Supreme Court (SC) the SC has ruled in the Bharati retired bureaucrat in the commission beat a judge. He was additionally judiciary, the police force and the that hope that we look up to Court No 7 )2%3'%(( of India. Tamang and State of West Bengal Vs was mocked. The Special barred from practising before the SC graver grouse we have developed 1 to dispense justice now. There has been so much degen- CPDR cases that a PIL for seeking a Investigation Team (SIT) constituted for one year. towards the criminal justice system, It is time to move beyond sim- eration that Justice Arijit Pasayat commission of enquiry is maintain- by the State under the Additional Further in the case of Suraz we need to pause and introspect. ple dismissals and imposition of he seeds of the Public Interest underscored that the ‘P’ in PIL stands able only in exceptional circum- Chief Secretary was challenged. Value India Trust v Union of India, the court The commission is expected, as costs. In spite of settled laws, the Litigation (PIL) germinated in for politics, paisa, publicity or private stances. and virtue certificates from an invis- ruled that the petitioner be preclud- per the terms of reference, to enquire tyranny of frivolous petitions is not TIndia during the time of Justice interest. This position has been ade- It was further qualified in the ible, point-based human rights cur- ed from filing any case in public inter- into the nexus between the criminals just obstructing the functioning of the Krishna Iyer in 1976 and subse- quately reiterated by the SC in the Zahira Habibulla Sheikh and riculum were exchanged and exhib- est before any court in this country and the police/establishment and apex court by eating up precious time quently in 1979, when the inhuman Ashok Kumar Pandey case. However, Common Cause Vs Union of India ited before the Bench. and imposed a penalty of 25 lakh. make suggestions to ensure such and resources but is mocking at the conditions of 50,000 undertrial pris- the litany of frivolous petitions over case that such “exceptional circum- How far should the court go to When one thought that the SC- events do not recur in the future. very idea of justice. It is time to ensure oners led to their release. The idea that a period of time has become so big stances”, justifying a relief-seeking satisfy the petitioners — especially appointed commission would final- How long do we wait for the that just because the highest court has emerged in a movement that was that PIL activists have started issuing court-appointed enquiry, arise only when they have no track record of ly get to work on why the mockery of commission to function and make opened its doors to justice, it cannot steered by Justice PN Bhagwati was integrity certificates to serving and where deficiency in a probe is visible representing the public at large in any rule of law in the gory death of police- appropriate recommendations to fix be converted into a platform for to ensure speedy justice as a funda- retired judges and bureaucrats. or there is prima facie evidence of matters of grave concern — and those men should not be repeated, anoth- a broken system? A system in which enabling the agenda of one particu- mental right, which was never with- “Why is your shirt not buttoned abuse of power, which casts any who attack the reputation of retired er bunch of petitions was filed, this a history-sheeter with more than 60 lar section of activist lawyers. It is time in the reach of the poor and the and why are your collars open?” the doubt on the independence of the judges, whose contribution to the time based on a media article. The heinous offences was out on bail. to act against those misusing the PIL, underprivileged. Chief Justice of India (CJI) asked a commission. The SC further held that legal system for decades is in the pub- PILs again questioned the integrity of A system in which “insiders” which is considered the most impor- From being a potent weapon PIL lawyer in the ongoing proceed- even in such cases, a third party can lic domain? a commission that collectively brings appeared to have tipped off the crim- tant tool in delivering speedy justice meant to check the failures of the leg- ings in Court No 1, following the seek remedy through a PIL only when How did the apex court deal with to the table 150 plus years of service inals. A system in which there is no to the underprivileged. islature and the executive, the PIL murder of eight policemen on duty the allegations of such abuse of such frivolous petitions in the past? to the nation. speedy trial or regular hearings. A sys- (The writer is a Special slowly and steadily became a domain and the subsequent encounter of power or deficiency in enquiry are In the Mathews Nedumpara case, the Should these petitions and their tem in which the criminals run a Correspondent of The Pioneer) = ( ( %!&' 7890 2 province, later claimed respon- overthrew following the 2001 3:; Q R sibility for the attack. American-led invasion after fghan forces retook a prison However, some of the 1,500 the Sept. 11 attacks. Ain the country’s east on prisoners there escaped during The Taliban’s political $5('#*'G$"" ,7 *5" there might never be.” joint efforts to identify the Monday afternoon, following an the fighting. Khyogyani said spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, “For now, stopping out- virus origins,” he said. hours-long gunbattle a day after about 1,000 prisoners who ear- told The Associated Press that 6 %6" *) breaks comes down to the “WHO and Chinese the facility was targeted by ISIS lier escaped had been found by his group was not involved in basics of public health and experts have drafted the terms in an attack that killed 29 peo- security forces across the city. the Jalalabad attack. The U.S. " *')&87$74 3) , disease control. of reference for the studies ple. The prison is believed to It wasn’t immediately clear if struck a peace deal with the “Do it all,” he urged. and programme of work for an hold hundreds of ISIS members. any prisoners were still at large. Taliban in February. A second, ? -A The novel coronavirus has international team, led by The attack highlighted the The attack came a day crucial round of negotiations killed nearly 6,90,000 people WHO. “The international team challenges ahead for after authorities said Afghan between the Taliban and the he World Health and infected at least 18.1 mil- will include leading scientists Afghanistan, even as US and special forces killed a senior political leadership in Kabul TOrganization (WHO) lion since the outbreak and researchers from China NATO forces begin to withdraw Islamic State commander near has yet to start. warned on Monday that there emerged in Wuhan in China and around the world. following a US-Taliban peace Jalalabad. Several hundred pris- The Taliban had declared a might never be a “silver bullet” last December, according to a “Epidemiological studies deal struck earlier this year. oners in Jalalabad are believed three-day cease-fire starting for the new coronavirus, tally from official sources com- will begin in Wuhan to identi- Afghan Defence Ministry to be Islamic State members. last Friday for the major despite the rush to discover piled by AFP. fy the potential source of infec- spokesman Fawad Aman said The fighting ended after Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. effective vaccines. tion of the early cases. the prison in Jalalabad, the cap- ! ! the final attackers, holed up in The cease-fire expired at 12 The WHO urged govern- CHINA MISSION “Evidence and hypotheses ital of Nangarhar province, %& ,% & !& ! the nearby residential complex, a.m. Monday, though it wasn’t ments and citizens to focus on generated through this work located some 115 kilometers (70 were killed, said Aman, the immediately clear if it would be doing the known basics, such as The WHO began pressing will lay the ground for further, miles) east of Kabul, was taken through the prison, they found with bars, several Taliban pris- defense ministry’s spokesman. extended as the U.S. pushes for testing, contact tracing, main- China in early May to invite in longer-term studies.” back in the afternoon — 24 the bodies of two Taliban pris- oners peeked out at reporters He said 10 IS attackers were an early start to intra-Afghan taining physical distance and its experts to help investigate The pair have not yet hours after it came under attack. oners apparently killed by the and media crews at the scene. also killed in the operation and negotiations that have repeat- wearing a mask in order to sup- the animal origins of Covid-19. returned to the WHO’s Geneva The fighting had also left at least Islamic State group, showing The attack began Sunday, that the assailants killed five edly been delayed since press the pandemic, which has The UN health agency sent headquarters for a debriefing. 50 wounded, he said. the tensions between the two when an Islamic State suicide prisoners, including two mem- Washington signed the peace upended normal life around the an epidemiologist and an ani- Scientists believe the killer Even as Afghan troops militant factions battling each bomber drove a car laden with bers of the rival Taliban, before deal with the Taliban. globe and triggered a devastat- mal health specialist to Beijing virus jumped from animals to retook the prison, IS militants other in eastern Afghanistan. explosives up to the prison’s the raid ended. “We have a cease-fire and ing economic crisis. on July 10 to lay the ground- humans, possibly from a mar- continued to fire on Afghan The 29 dead included civil- main gate, detonating the While the Islamic State are not involved in any of “We all hope to have a work for a probe aimed at iden- ket in the city of Wuhan sell- security forces from a nearby ians, prisoners, guards and bomb. Islamic State militants group has seen its so-called these attacks anywhere in the number of effective vaccines tifying how the virus entered ing exotic animals for meat. neighborhood. Sporadic gun- Afghan security forces, said opened fire on the prison’s caliphate stretching across Iraq country,” Shaheen said. that can help prevent people the human species. Chinese officials said early fire rang out from nearby res- Attaullah Khogyani, the provin- guards and poured in through and Syria eliminated after a The Taliban also had from infection,” WHO direc- Their scoping mission is in the outbreak that the virus idential buildings in central cial governor’s spokesman. the breach. yearslong campaign, the group denied being involved in a tor-general Tedros Adhanom now complete, said Tedros. may have spread from a mar- Jalalabad, an area of high secu- After the fighting was over, The IS affiliate in has continued fighting in suicide bombing in eastern Ghebreyesus told a virtual press “The WHO advance team ket in the city, which sold live rity near the provincial gover- Afghan forces held up a black Afghanistan, known as IS in Afghanistan. The extremists Logar province late Thursday conference. that travelled to China has and wild animals, but no fur- nor’s office. IS banner captured during the Khorasan province and head- also have battled the Taliban in that killed at least nine people “However, there’s no silver now concluded their mission to ther confirmation of that has As security forces swept battle. From behind windows quartered in Nangarhar the country, whom the U.S. and wounded 40. bullet at the moment — and lay the groundwork for further been revealed. )2: 2 $$ < $5('O )5*%5,$7*5$"$, '65 *,P2 6 5)' -'2--%() % 11 -!1 we are seeing today is different tions. Admiral Brett Giroir, an according to a Reuters tally. to come back and protect those F from March and April. 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Standing Committee meeting on July 28 for the ninth time. epal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and While Oli stood for calling the Secretariat CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla: Nthe ruling party’s executive chairman meeting to resolve the differences, Prachanda Two NASA astronauts returned Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Monday said that it would be inappropriate to call the to Earth on Sunday in a dra- held informal consultations for two hours to sort Secretariat meeting as the Standing Committee matic, retro-style splashdown, out their differences, but the talks remained meeting that was put off on July 28 is yet to be their capsule parachuting into inconclusive, party sources said. over, My Republica newspaper reported. the Gulf of Mexico to close out The two leaders held a marathon three-hour “The meeting between the two top leaders an unprecedented test flight by long meeting on Sunday but failed to agree on of the NCP ended inconclusive as both the sides Elon Musk’s SpaceX company. a power-sharing deal. stood adamant in their demands,” the paper said. It was the first splashdown “Sunday’s talks were positive and Citing party insiders, the paper said that by U.S. astronauts in 45 years, on Monday also the talks were held in the same Prime Minister Oli wants the Secretariat meet- with the first commercially direction,” a party leader close to the Prime ing to resolve the key issues of intra-party dis- built and operated spacecraft to Minister said. pute as he now commands a majority in the carry people to and from orbit. During Monday’s meeting, Prime Minister nine-member body after Vice Chairman Gautam The return clears the way for Oli was accompanied by his close confidante stood in his favour. another SpaceX crew launch as Subash Nembang, who has been working as a Prachanda, who is backed by Madhav early as next month and pos- mediator to resolve the differences between the Nepal, believes that the Standing Committee sible tourist flights next year. two warring factions. could take decisions favourable to him as their Test pilots Doug Hurley Prachanda was accompanied by senior faction commands a comfortable majority, the and Bob Behnken arrived back leader and former Prime Minister Jhala paper said. on Earth in their SpaceX Nath Khanal. Gautam had proposed that Oli be allowed Dragon capsule named As the Standing Committee meeting has to stay as prime minister for the remaining term Endeavour, less than a day been postponed indefinitely, the two leaders were of the House of Representatives after departing the making efforts to decide a fresh date for the (HoR), that is, two-and-a-half years, and chair- International Space Station and meeting of the party’s 45-member powerful man of the party until the unity general con- two months after blasting off body, sources said. vention that Oli has proposed to hold by mid- from Florida. Prime Minister Oli postponed the crucial December. AP 7 % < ) nomic conditions in one of the sions. %3 countries worst affected by the Moreover, export orders ndia’s manufacturing sector Covid-19 pandemic,” said Eliot also witnessed a decline. Survey Iactivity contracted at a slight- Kerr, Economist at IHS Markit. participants commented that ly faster pace in July as demand The survey results showed international clients were hes- According to This is the fourth conditions remained subdued a re-acceleration of declines in itant to place orders while the / * amid prolonged closures, fol- the key indices of output and duration of the pandemic lowing which firms reduced new orders, undermining the remained uncertain. !1* both staff numbers as well as trend towards stabilisation seen Deteriorating demand con- purchasing activity, a monthly over the past two months, Kerr ditions led Indian manufac- survey said on Monday. said. He further noted that turers to continue cutting staff The headline seasonally “anecdotal evidence indicated numbers during July. On the he Sensex crashed 667 adjusted IHS Markit India that firms were struggling to cost front, manufacturers Tpoints while the Nifty Manufacturing Purchasing obtain work, with some of reported another decrease in closed below the 10,900-mark Managers’ Index (PMI) stood their clients remaining in lock- input prices during July, the on Monday as investors at 46 in July, down from 47.2 in down, suggesting that we won’t survey said adding that sub- remained in selling mode for June. This is the fourth straight see a pick-up in activity until dued demand for most goods the fourth straight session amid month of contraction for the infection rates are quelled and more than offset the inflation- frothy valuations and mount- Indian manufacturing sector. restrictions can be further ary effects of shortages in some ing Covid-19 cases. In April, the index had slipped removed”. raw materials, the survey said. A depreciating rupee and into contraction mode, after As per the survey, output However, despite the ongo- grim macroeconomic data fur- remaining in the growth terri- contracted at a slightly faster ing negative impact of COVID- ther sapped risk appetite, tory for 32 consecutive months. pace than in June as demand 19, sentiment towards future traders said. The 30-share BSE In PMI parlance, a print above conditions remained subdued activity improved for the sec- Sensex, which opened in the 50 means expansion, while a traction. Indian manufacturers shed with some businesses still ond month running, the survey red, stayed in the negative traders, massive selling in index straight month of contraction score below that denotes con- “Latest PMI data from more light on the state of eco- closed amid lockdown exten- said. zone throughout the session to majors RIL and HDFC duo for the Indian manufacturing close at 36,939.60, down 667.29 dragged the key indices lower. sector. points or 1.77 per cent. Further, foreign fund out- “As virus cases continued 0? Similarly, the NSE Nifty tum- flows and concerns over the to rise and with the uncertain- -3'))%3)23'3$3)$) bled 181.85 points or 1.64 per unabated rise in Covid-19 cases ty regarding rate actions by the cent to end at 10,891.60. across the world kept investors RBI, markets succumbed to the The Sensex has now lost on edge, they added. momentum slowdown visible =$ $ 36",#')-%+##)3( 1,553.35 points in four days, The rupee too sank 20 in the last couple of trading ses- while the Nifty has shed 408.95 paise and settled below the 75 sions. Losses were led by finan- New Delhi: Concerned over Modi regarding the of trans fat in it. Its use has points. Kotak Bank was the top per US dollar mark. cials. the rise in use of margarine in matter.”Taking immediate cog- increased significantly in hotels loser in the Sensex pack in On the macro front, India’s >.?@ " hotels and restaurants, Union nisance of the demand, the and restaurants.”This is affect- Monday’s session, slumping manufacturing sector activity Minister Nitin Gadkari has Prime Minister’s Office direct- ing adversely the health of the 4.41 per cent, followed by contracted at a slightly faster ! raised the issue with PM ed the FSSAI which immedi- people and the sale of the but- IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, pace in July as demand condi- New Delhi: With economic The current expansion (in Narendra Modi and suggested ately issued clarification, direc- ter made from the cow milk, ONGC, HDFC Bank, Bajaj tions remained subdued, PMI disruptions set for a long haul deficit), the brokerage said, is that the Govt needs to have tives and future course of fetching financial loss to the Auto and Reliance Industries data showed. */>. ? due to Covid-19 pandemic, primarily due to low econom- control over the sale of mar- action to control the use of the farmers. The Govt needs to (RIL). The headline seasonally India could see its fiscal deficit ic activity in the last two garine as it is adversely affect- margarine in edible items,” have control over the sale of Only six index con- adjusted IHS Markit India this year to balloon to over 6.8 months (e-way bill 7 per cent ing health of the people and according to an official release. margarine,” the Minister for stituents closed with gains -- Manufacturing Purchasing per cent of Gross Domestic lower than last year in June- causing financial loss to dairy Margarine has a negative Road Transport and Highways Titan, Tata Steel, SBI, L&T, Managers’ Index (PMI) stood Product , brokerages analysing end) and an extension of the farmers. “Gadkari had recent- impact on human health due to and Micro, Small and Medium HCL Tech and PowerGrid, at 46 in July, down from 47.2 in he Indian rupee on the first quarter deficit num- tax filing deadline to Aug’20. ly written to PM Narendra the presence of large amounts Enterprises (MSMEs) said. spurting up to 3.15 per cent. June. TMonday slid 20 paise to bers have said. “Capital spending has close at 75.01 to the US dol- The Controller General of surged 40% due to ways and lar, weighed down by lack- Accounts on Friday said that means advances for FCI (high - 32+&83' lustre equities and concerns country’s fiscal deficit has procurement) and road spend- #2336N#$$23'#'&)%#2'39& over continuous surge in expanded to 83 per cent of ing (base effect due to low Covid-19 cases in the coun- Budget Estimate in the April- spending in Q1FY19 due to 0<8! #,'36#'%&#$ try. June quarter primarily due to elections); excluding these two, !#+!3+#' 6)%)$C!&"8$+ Starting off the session lower tax collection and high- spending has declined by 4%,” 0!1;& )23)))3' on a weak note, the domes- er expenditure for Covid-19 Emkay has said in its report. @1/* ers or an executive order to ban review and providing proper tic unit swung between a relief.According to a report on The fiscal deficit is the TikTok in the US over nation- economic benefits to the US, $+ high of 74.88 and a low of Indian economy by Emkay total amount by which the echnology giant Microsoft al security issues.Redmond- including the US Treasury,” 75.03. It finally ended at Global Financial Services, low government’s expenses for a Thas said it will continue headquartered Microsoft, in a the statement said. Microsoft 75.01, registering a loss of 20 economic activity and lower tax year exceeds its revenues. old prices rose by 185 to talks to purchase the popular statement on Sunday, said that will move quickly to pursue !1*@1 paise against the greenback. collections coupled with The concern on the deficit G54,678 per 10 gram in the Chinese-owned video-sharing following a conversation discussions with TikTok’s par- The dollar index, which expanded expenditure in comes from the trend wit- national capital on Monday app TikTok’s American busi- between Nadella and Trump, it ent company ByteDance in a lobal shares edged up on gauges the greenback’s schemes like Mahatma Gandhi nessed in the first quarter of amid rupee depreciation, ness after its India-born CEO is prepared to continue dis- matter of weeks and will com- GMonday as investors strength against a basket of Rural Employment Guarantee current fiscal. Lower net rev- according to HDFC Securities. Satya Nadella and President cussions to explore a purchase plete these discussions in any weighed risks from rising coro- six currencies, rose 0.11 per Act, PM-KISAN and extension enue receipts and elevated In the previous trade, the Donald Trump had a conver- of TikTok in the US. “Microsoft event by Sep 15, it said.”During navirus cases against evidence cent to 93.45. Forex traders of Pradhan Mantri Garib expenditure has pushed the fis- yellow metal had closed at sation. fully appreciates the impor- this process, Microsoft looks of a recovery in industrial attributed the rupee fall to a Kalyan Yojana till November, cal deficit to 83 per cent of 54,493 per 10 gram.Silver also The statement from tance of addressing the forward to continuing dia- activity in China and Europe. host of reasons like stronger 2020 has created a scenario budget estimate in the three jumped 1,672 to 66,742 per Microsoft came days after President’s concerns. It is com- logue with the United States U.S. Secretary of State dollar, muted domestic equi- where the deficit would widen. month period of April-May. kg from 65,070 per kg in the Trump said that he could use mitted to acquiring TikTok Govt, including with the Mike Pompeo’s weekend com- ties and rising Covid-19 previous trade. the emergency economic pow- subject to a complete security President,” the company said. ments that President Donald cases dragged the local unit Trump plans to take action on down. 7$$ :6! $ a what he sees as a broad array On the domestic equity of national security risks pre- market front, the BSE Sensex +!$+ sented by software connected plunged 667.29 points or < " "+%=' to the Chinese Communist 1.77 per cent to end at Party caused market jitters in 36,939.60; while the NSE New Delhi: Informa Markets in India, formerly UBM India, in Hyderabad: Sumit Deb has 2019 heassumed charge as years accumulating rich and Asia. Nifty slumped 181.85 points association with Jewellery NET, will hold its debut “Jewellery & assumed charge as Chairman- Director (Personnel) and was diverse experience in the steel Pompeo’s remarks fol- or 1.64 per cent to settle at Gem Virtual Exhibition” on August 19-20. The virtual show will cum-Managing Director of heading various functions of industry. lowed reports that Microsoft is 10,891.60. see participation from Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, NMDC Limited on 01August, Personnel& Admin, Human He has worked in different in advanced talks to buy the Brent crude futures, the Telangana, UP, J&K, Karnataka, West Bengal. Yogesh Mudras, 2020. Prior to assuming the Resource Development, Law, regions of the country, dealing U.S. Operations of TikTok, global oil benchmark, fell MD of Informa Markets, said, “The show will be a leading-edge role of CMD, NMDC, Sumit Corporate Communications, with heterogeneous mix of which is owned by the Chinese 0.64 per cent to USD 43.24 web-based platform that will ensure a grand display of luxury, Deb was Director (Personnel) CSR,Rajbhashaand has given a both external as well as inter- company ByteDance and is per barrel. variety of jewellery, insights, markets trends and networking and succeeds N Baijendra new dimension to company’s nal customers and handling the seen as a source of national Foreign institutional opportunities all configured through the touch of a fingertip. Kumar, IAS, who has superan- vision & objectives. domains of HR, marketing & security and censorship con- investors bought shares nuated from the services of the Sumit Deb is a graduate in distribution. cerns by the Trump adminis- worth 7,818.49 crore on Corporation yesterday.He Mechanical Engineering from Shri Deb has diverse expe- tration. Monday, exchange data brings with him vast knowl- Orissa University of rience in man power & suc- Market sentiment showed. edge gathered through his Agriculture and Technology, cession planning, training & improved in European trading Meanwhile, the number extensive experience at RINL& Bhubaneshwar. Prior to development and other HR after so-called PMI surveys of of cases around the world NMDC. He aspires to help NMDC,he was functions. He also has experi- industry showed activity in linked to Covid-19 has NMDC reach new heights and (Commercial) in 2015, later he withRashtriyaIspat Nigam ence in the marketing and dis- the sector picked up markedly crossed 1.80 crore and in levels of success. was then promoted asExecutive Limited (RINL). He joined as tribution of steel &iron ore, in July as lockdowns continued India, the number of infec- He joinedNMDC as Director (Personnel & a Management Trainee and sponge iron, pellets and dia- to ease. tions has topped 18-lakh General Manager Administration) at NMDC.In worked with RINL for about 25 monds. mark. "0 "#! "0 $ ) + ) 8 !! ) $9 3
New Delhi: Mondol has been with NTPC for over 35 years and has held several key leadership positions across multiple business units. Mondol joined NTPC as 9th Batch Executive Trainee (ET) in 1984. He has vast experience and comprehensive knowledge of the power sector and has worked in both power plant and cor- porate functions. He started off his jour- ney with the project execution and com- missioning of 3X500 MW units at Ramagundam and 4X210 MW units at Kahalgaon. Mondol as a strategic planner has led several initiatives at NTPC. In 1998, Shri Mondol joined Corporate Commercial where he worked towards developing commercial & marketing Organisational Restructuring, identify- strategies, execution of domestic and ing risks of the company and its miti- international Power Purchase gation through comprehensive Agreements (PPAs), formulation of Enterprise Risk Management Policies Tariff Regulations with CERC, partici- etc. Shri Mondol took charge as Business pation in Ultra Mega Power Plant Unit Head (BUH) of Khargone in (UMPP) bidding, etc. March 2015 and was responsible for exe- Mondol was also associated with the cution of 1320 MW Green Field Power Government of India where he repre- Project involving land acquisition, Right sented NTPC for the formulation of var- of Use, Right of Way, R&R plan, Project ious policies and statutes including the Planning & Construction, Boundary Electricity Act 2003, the National Management with the local adminis- Electricity Policy, the Tariff Policy and tration, State Government and other the Competitive Bidding Guidelines. statutory authorities. He joined Corporate Planning in Before his appointment as Director 2012 as head of Strategic Planning (Commercial), he has worked as RED- Division and was also responsible for WR1, RED (DBF & Hydro), ED periodic review of Business Plan, (PP&M) and ED (Commercial). .
O What’s so regressive, netizens? % 3 ! ! P $$ "+ 3 Q ) "+"+! +" - 9))'3)))"3' 554*7/#*7 8)%: Q0(()$" ($ " () ! 0 +$ 00 0 ( / 323C )%#)$)23#'# ) " < ( " - 6 62 2 $)$))'#'))#', ')2%3)))2$$3+#', he recent Netflix series, Indian show for celebrating patriarchal mindsets For the most part, I think it’s an actu- Matchmaking, has taken netizens in were either unable to see this fact or sim- al inability to see these marriages for what ##": TIndia by storm. Perhaps, a good ply considered what it actually meant as they actually have been, much like the )38)')%&83')93'% measure of the show’s success is the large irrelevant. Both of which indicate that inability to actually see how Indian ))%# 6'3')) number of memes that it has spawned. most people expressing disgust or dismay Matchmaking transpires in its eight 36)#6#$" Not all of that attention has been approv- aren’t really responding to the show at all. episodes. Most of us are woefully blind '%)%3)&)% ing, however. The show has been heavi- Logically, then, what actually happens to the marriages of our parents, grand- 32$$#"L88M3 ly criticised. There’s been a lot of talk doesn’t matter to their responses. parents, friend’s parents, or even our online about how the series captures the On another note, I am also bewil- friends, siblings, and cousins. We don’t L%%M: ')6#$" worst of Indian culture — colourism, dered at the bad rep that things like know what makes these marriages tick, 6'8$)%/%#+O casteism, and patriarchy. There are some ‘adjusting’, ‘flexibility’ and ‘compromise’ and what works and what doesn’t. We 6): who “can’t believe” that a “horrible” seem to have. They are like ‘dirty words.’ don’t know what makes for a happy mar- L ')) institution like arranged marriage is It only takes a moment of looking at our riage nor what breaks one. And perhaps, %%))%#" being celebrated through a Netflix orig- own relationships to acknowledge that most regrettable of all, we don’t want to inal instead of being definitely laid to rest, adjusting, being flexible and compromis- find out. We have either accepted the # $ as it surely should be. ing could actually be sometimes pretty ridiculous, outlandish ideas of romance %%))%#" Since I couldn’t connect to most of valuable in any relationship, be it with and marriage fed to us through films or, 883%%:) the arguments online and the condem- friends, family, colleagues, and even in conversely, we are passionate defendants 3&$%.&"#$): nations therein to the show itself, I was those fleeting bonds with co-passengers of the equally non-existent 50-50 mar- )")"9))' compelled to ask — did we watch the in a cramped public transport from the riages, mythically-free of adjustment 6#")#"'% same show? Sure, the show isn’t perfect. pre-COVID days. In the delectable khich- and flexibility. It’s not even brilliant. But neither in the di of human relationships, being adjust- In other words, we are satisfied 2$$)%#"%% show nor in its contestants could I see any ing is actually an essential ingredient. defending ideological notions of how #')%366))$#', malice or immorality. But then why did Without that, we’d all be individual one ought to find a partner when they )#%93&#) some viewers find it deplorable? grains of dal and rice that do not fit into “don’t know” them or “love” them. “Why ,)")9#, For the sake of contrast, and to put each other’s daily lives. To hammer the are you going for an arranged marriage, &,: #$$$ my surprise in context, let me share with point home, are there any mythical crea- you’re good looking and progressive, you )")"9)#" you my own responses to the show. tures, who, even after being in a dream can find someone on your own!” is how Quite simply, I found Indian relationship, have not adjusted, been flex- it goes. They have no interest in looking %%M Matchmaking to be mostly hilarious and ible or made space for some compromise? at what marriages ought to be like and in /%#+#%: sometimes, heartwarming. The stand-out Did the authors of such arguments not observing what happens and often suc- feature of the series was its cast. More look at their own experiences or relation- ceeds in practice. This may be our state. than the spicy editing and high-budget ships before giving away such grave Notably, it isn’t where most of the partic- O+ production, it’s the people featured in the My guess is Sima Taparia, the match- an industrialist family?’ ‘Sure.’ ‘You want denouncement? Or worse still, have they ipants of Indian Matchmaking are coming % show that creates the magic. They’re all maker in the show, feels it too. She seems someone good looking?’ ‘No problem.’ never understood the sweet nothings in from. Many of them explicitly state, delightfully strange, and convincingly and to be looking out for her clients and real- ‘You want a guy who has his career plan a relationship? My mind is boggled. they’ve tried dating and it didn’t work for % compellingly real. This is not the careful- ly wants them to be happy. Throughout firmly in place?’ ‘Got it.’ ‘You’re looking The idea of mythical creatures in per- them. So now they’re looking to try ly-curated cast of an average reality the eight episodes of the series, Mumbai- for someone with a progressive mindset?’ fect, adjustment, flexibility, and compro- something different. In several responses show. It is a bunch of human beings out based Sima more than a few cartwheels ‘I might not be able to find you that per- mise-free relationships, actually brings us to the show, this choice, and the process and about in all their glorious variety. in her attempts to get her clients the hap- son, but I know someone who can.’ to the next part of the answer. A lot of of looking for a partner through match- They are not at all self-conscious or apolo- piness that they desire. Impressively, she Much like how Sima doesn’t quit in people who found Indian Matchmaking makers or arranged marriages, has been + >: % getic about their conversations and in doesn’t seem to be worried about what the face of her clients’ demands, viewers immoral, also have a deep discomfort labelled everything from un-empowered stating about what they desire in their her clients will think once the show is haven’t been able to stop watching (or with the idea of arranged marriages. It is and regressive to straight-out bigoted. This future partner or damaad/bahu. Everyone aired and they see her plain-spoken even ‘hate-watching’) her and her clients strange when you think about it. As Sima is astounding. It is also true of most ‘pro- > ! in Indian Matchmaking gave me a plen- descriptions of them. As the show pro- in action, if Indian Matchmaking’s rank- aunty rightly pointed out, in India, we say gressive’ responses to the show. ty of laugh-out-loud moments, some gresses, Sima emerges as a character her- ing on Netflix and all the buzz it has cre- marriage and love marriage. In other But consider this — if those who have !! raised eyebrows, and even some collec- self and a supremely relatable one. In sev- ated online are an indication. But as we words, arranged marriages are much the choice not to (and here I’m not talk- >A tive gapes and gasps. Well, not to forget eral scenes, she reminds me of the older saw, not all of that buzz was the happy more common in India than love mar- ing only about the participants of the % some silent smiles. women in my life, many of whom are kind. So, to return to the questions that riages and this has been the case for the show) choose arranged marriages as the All of the show’s participants are nav- those no-nonsense, straight-forward aun- set off this article, why did some viewers last several decades at least (going by what way to find their partner, they must be C igating the deep and sometimes not-very- ties, who apparently have joined the many find the show deplorable? Did we even our grandparents and parents remember doing so after having learnt something % still waters of an arranged marriage. On groups that have a ‘gaze’ (I am complete- watch the same show? and report on the issue). So surely, most about the process of dating, and about camera, no less. They’re figuring out what ly stumped by this term ‘aunty gaze’, I believe a part of the answer really of the marriages we see around us are themselves in it. They must also have they’re looking for in a partner, what kind which is supposed to be right up there is that we didn’t. A recent tweet against arranged ones. Some of them are unhap- observed successful marriages around of a person would fit beautifully with alongside ‘the male gaze’ and the ‘Western the show was in reference to Sima aunty’s py from the beginning, some start off them, many of which might be arranged. them, and what they value not just gaze’, but that’s a conversation for anoth- alleged penchant for telling young women happy and then sour over time, for rea- Surely then, when they choose arranged today, but likely, for many years to come. er time). that they have to adjust, be flexible and sons perhaps unknown even to those cou- marriages, they are acting from experience >P And in the process, they’re figuring out In other words, Sima seems to be a compromise, in order to find a groom. ples. Many arranged marriages around us, and from some kind of knowledge. To L ' the most about themselves. We even see part of the real, current world. A big part The allegation itself is strange. Because however, are actually doing quite alright. explain their choice as bigoted, or worse some of the participants grow as people of that comes from how matter-of-fact she in the show Sima tells almost every one Some of them are even resounding suc- still, ignorant, betrays a deliberate blind- through the course of eight episodes, los- is about her profession. She doesn’t have of her clients, including the rich guys, that cesses, healthy and happy and deserving ness. Most notably, it demonstrates the 3$$33%23 ing some of their hardness, loosening any judgements about what her clients she is setting them up for someone in of being the #goals. What then explains expectation for people to root their choic- some of their knots. 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When all this is done, "We have come a long way. it can be a monumental growth,” Globally FIFA now acknowledges The coronavirus-delayed season Chhetri, who turned 36 on Monday, that Indian football has to be support- ended almost 12 months after it said during the E-Delhi summit ed and strengthened for the sport to started on Aug. 24, 2019. organised by Football Delhi to cele- grow in the region. FIFA and AFC “The longest season in history brate the occasion of his birthday. have made it clear that football has to ends today, in our country's most dif- All India Football Federation be commercially viable and it has to ficult year in recent memory,” said (AIFF) President Praful Patel lauded support the overall ecosystem around Vincenzo Spadafora, Italy’s sports the Government of Odisha for setting it,” he opined. minister. At the start of the lockdown an example of how a state government “That is why it is important to pro- in March, Italy was the epicenter of can help sports thrive in a particular fessionalise the sport. The I-League the pandemic in Europe and has region. was the first step towards that. Now, now registered more than 35,000 “I think states like Odisha need to the ISL has taken it further and made deaths from COVID-19. be commended. They have actively more additions to Indian football.” “During those weeks we really supported every sport. That is some- Sports Minister Rijiju lauded the thought that the season should be thing that other state governments AIFF for bringing FIFA events to India stopped,” Spadafora said. should follow too,” Patel said. 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(3"9#',232 been possible since BWF national coaching camps, 62 with the bat as England sealed the had shut down their World said he has been focussing series with a 269-run win. ndia have been handed Tour and other sanctioned on his fitness in the last few The experienced Anderson, on Irelatively easy draws in tournaments following the months. the other hand, was included in the the twice rescheduled completion of the All- “The last few months first Test but rested in the second Thomas and Uber Cup England in March due to have been a huge challenge match before finally joining his long- Finals slated to be held the global health crisis. for all of us. However, I have time partner Broad in the third Test. from October 3 to 11 in BWF Chief Operating taken the time to focus on “How stupid did it look to break Aarhus, Denmark. Officer Stuart Borrie said: my fitness. I know I am up England’s most successful bowling The Indian men’s team "We acknowledge the many close to receiving an oppor- partnership of all-time when we lost has been placed in Group disruptions this year to tunity to play for Indian that first Test match?" Swann, who has C alongside 2016 champi- our calendar but we would junior men’s team in the taken 255 wickets in 60 Tests, was ons Denmark, Germany like to assure you that the near future and I don’t want quoted as saying by ‘Mirror.Co.Uk’. and Algeria, while the BWF continues to monitor to miss the chance due to an “Jimmy and Broady have formed women's side has been the ongoing developments injury. one of the most -successful bowling clubbed with 14-time win- surrounding COVID-19 “I have been practicing double acts Test cricket has known. 11 ners China, France and and to plan for a safe return yoga to become mentally Why would you want to chuck it out Germany in group D in the to international bad- stronger as well. I have to be before its sell-by date? I can under- ormer batsman Jonathan Trott draw which was staged at minton. absolutely ready to grab my stand the attraction of 90mph pace, Fhas been appointed England’s BWF headquarters in “We trust everyone opportunities whenever and both Jofra and Woody are huge batting coach for the upcoming Kuala Lumpur on Monday. within the badminton in Spain last year. However, they are presented to 11 assets.” three-Test series against Pakistan, Both the men's and community is keeping safe I have realized that injuries me,”said Singh. “But I’m sorry, you don’t discard starting Wednesday. women's team are seeded and well and preparing for ndian junior men’s hock- will be a part and parcel of Talking about his future ormer off-spinner Graeme Swann blokes with 500 Test wickets lightly,” The 39-year-old, who scored fifth in the tournament, the return to international Iey team core probable any sportsperson’s career. I goals, Singh said there is Fhas slammed selectors for splitting Swann said. 3835 runs in 52 Tests between according to the BWF competition.” Arshdeep Singh wants to look up to the way nothing bigger than playing England's most successful new-ball Broad and Anderson have cap- 2009-2015 for England, will be release. In Thomas and Uber take a leaf out of senior play- Ramandeep Singh has dealt for the country. pairing of Stuart Broad and James tured 1,090 wickets between them, joined by former New Zealand Indonesia, 13-time for- Cup Final, the top two er Ramandeep Singh’s book with injuries in his career,” “Playing for senior team Anderson during the recently-con- with 895 of those scalps coming in the spinner Jeetan Patel and mer champions, and six- teams in each group at the on how to manage injuries Singh said. is always going to be my cluded Test series against the West 117 Tests they have played together. Warwickshire seamer Graeme time former winner Japan end of the group stage will in his bid to seal a place in “He (Ramandeep)is an biggest goal. However, I Indies, saying “you don’t discard “Jimmy and Broady go -togeth- Welch, the ‘BBC’ reported. will headline as the top make it to the knock-out the national side. inspiration for all young have to first perform at the blokes with 500 Test wickets lightly”. er like Morecambe and Wise or Trott, who played 68 ODIs and seeds for the Thomas Cup round. The 19-year-old Singh hockey players in India. junior level and get recog- England paid the price for dump- Bonnie and Clyde,” Swann said. seven T20 matches, has scored and Uber Cup respective- The Indian men’s and missed out on the Six- One needs a lot of determi- nized as a skilful player. I ing Broad in the first Test as they lost Swann, a three-time Ashes win- 18,662 runs in first class cricket. ly. women’s teams had failed Nation Championship in nation to come back from will keep working towards by four wickets at Southampton. ner, added that England should not England and Pakistan will The prestigious event to reach the knockout stage Spain last year due to a knee injuries and now I know my goal in whichever way I With Jofra Archer missing the second mess with the two experienced lock horns in a three-match Test was originally scheduled to in the last edition in 2018. injury. He is inspired by the how important it is to can. Test due to a bio-secure breach, bowlers and give them an equal series starting Wednesday at the be held from May 16-24 The Indian women’s way Indian men's hockey ensure that I keep checking “I am sure one day I will Broad returned to take six wickets as opportunity to try and make it to the Old Traford in Manchester, fol- but was postponed to team had lost to champion team forward Ramandeep on how my body is reacting walk out on the pitch with England bounced back with a 113-run 2021 Ashes in Australia. lowed by the next two games in the August 15-23 before final- China in the semifinal has dealt with injuries in his in every situation,” said the the senior Indian team. I win. “You can’t put a price on a bowler Ageas Bowl in Southampton. ly rescheduling it in stage in the 2016 edition of international career. young forward in a Hockey will work very hard to In the third Test, Broad was who runs in with the same passion England won the recently-con- October due to the Uber Cup. They also “It was really disap- India release. ensure that I get a chance to awarded the man of the match after and ability to make things happen in cluded three-Test series, that mark COVID-19 pandemic. reached the semifinal in the pointing to miss out on the Singh, who has attend- contribute to India’s famous he took 10 wickets to cross the 500- the 80th or 90th over of the day as the the resumption of international No tournament has 2014 New Delhi edition. Six-Nation Championship ed several junior men’s victories in the future.” wicket mark and also scored a crucial first,” the 41-year-old said. cricket, against West Indies 2-1. : ! '%'33+)8#'
Shafiq (18th) and Shan Masood (33rd) tain Joe Root (ninth) and opener Rory 3")'O3$%D&O#8 are other Pakistan batsmen to have Burns (17th) their next batsmen on the kipper Azhar Ali and his enjoyed higher rankings in the past but list. Dom Sibley (35th), Jos Buttler the global health crisis. Sdeputy Babar Azam will be will have to contend with a sharp bowl- (44th) and Ollie Pope (46th) get a Considering the aiming to move up the ladder in ing attack in order to move up again. chance to build on recent progress in ndia on Monday pulled August 15 deadline, the the ICC Test rankings when In the bowling department, pacer home conditions, as do fast bowlers Iout of the Women's SRFI had requested the Pakistan take on England in the Mohammad Abbas (13th) and experi- Mark Wood, Sam Curran and Jofra World Team Squash WSF for an extension for three-match series starting on enced leg-spinner Yasir Shah (24th), Archer, ranked close to each other from Championship scheduled registration which was Wednesday. who have in the past, been ranked third 36th to 39th positions. to be held in Kuala not given, the release According to latest rankings, and first, respectively, and left-arm fast In the WTC points table, England Lumpur, Malaysia from said. Azhar, presently 27th among bowler Shaheen Afridi (32nd) are moved up to third position after the December 15 to 20 due to “The SRFI is also % batsmen, will be hoping to other Pakistan players to watch. series against the West Indies and “lack of preparation time” waiting for guidelines regain the form that lifted him For England, Stokes displaced could potentially leapfrog Australia to and “uncertainties” about from the Ministry of to a career-best sixth in West Indies captain Jason Holder from second place, while Pakistan have the travelling amid the Youth Affairs & Sports : 2 December 2016, while Babar the top of the all-rounders’ list during chance of overtaking New Zealand to COVID-19 pandemic. (MYAS) & Sports will be hoping to progress from their last series and formerly top- fourth position. SRFI secretary gener- Authority of India (SAI) a career-best aggregate of 800 ranked Broad rose to third position in Apart from the 2-1 win over the al and former national for international partici- * / innings your chances of winning rating points. the bowlers’ list, currently led by West Indies, England drew a five- coach Cyrus Poncha said pation with top priority are around 75 percent.” Babar is currently sixth after Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins. match series against Australia 2-2 and the decision was taken being safety and security akistan’s head coach and Misbah said that not play- having occupied a career-high Stokes is also England’s top-ranked won a four-match series against South after consulting with the of the players and staff for Pchief selector Misbah-ul- ing at Lord's and Oval, the two fifth place in February. Asad batsman in fourth position, with cap- Africa 3-1. top players. any international event,” Haq has not ruled out the pos- happy hunting grounds for “Due to uncertainties it said. sibility of playing two spinners Pakistan on previous tours, regarding guidelines for The coronavirus case in the first Test against England would not really matter as the the safe travel of our ath- count continues to rise in which begins from Wednesday pitches and conditions in 3+)889)#',63")83$#, letes and staff for nation- the country with at Old Trafford. Manchester and Southampton al & international tourna- Mumbai, Delhi and “We have looked at the could help the visitors. ments (yet to be obtained Chennai — all major West Indies series and we have He conceded that playing !/ and I want to make match-win- them and making them as good happy,” Woakes added. from the Ministry of squash centres — badly seen that at Manchester and the right combination in the Test ning performances for England as they can be,” Woakes England are in a unique situ- Youth Affairs & Sports hit by the virus, making Southampton conditions are would be a decisive and impor- acer Chris Woakes on Monday but it really doesn’t bother me said. ation with all their pacers fit to play (MYAS) & Sports resumption of training different and we are seeing tant factor in the first match. Pis happy staying away from the if I’m first choice to write “At my age and where I resulting in an intense competition Authority of India (SAI)), difficult. some dry conditions and help “I think I am pretty much spotlight and says he just wants to about or not, to be brutally am now at 31, it’s unlikely between the speedsters to start the coupled with lack of “As the situation for spinners and reverse swing,” satisfied with the preparations, churn out match-winning perfor- honest,” he added. that I’m going to go on and match. preparation time and develops and improves, Misbah said during a media we assembled after three months mances for England. The 31-year-old, who get 500 Test wickets like “It’s not an easy team to just be match readiness of ath- SRFI in consultation with interaction on Monday. and started from zero. It has Woakes’ performances often has 106 wickets from 35 Jimmy and Broady but I still cemented in. My record in letes, and after consulting the Sports Ministry and Misbah also felt that the top been a wonderful experience, we go unnoticed as the likes of Stuart Tests, feels while he can't join want to go on and get as England is brilliant, I’m obvious- our top players, the SRFI SAI will take necessary order of both teams would play require such camps before a Broad, James Anderson and Jofra compatriots James Anderson many as I can individually. ly pleased with that. has decided to withdraw steps for resuming sport a decisive role in the series as major series. Archer steal the spotlight. and Broad in the 500 wick- “I still feel like I can pro- “I want to keep getting better from the championship,” in the country in compli- bowling of both teams was top “This period was important “I honestly really don’t mind. ets elite club, he still has a lot vide really good services to and improving myself and every he said in a press release. ance with the SOPs that class. “England’s batting has for team bonding and prepara- I’m not one for being centre of to offer. England for many more time I get the opportunity to play The WSF and Squash would be brought out struggled in these conditions. It tions, creating match scenarios attention," Woakes was quoted as “My stats have been men- years to come so I'm happy for England, whether it is home or Rackets Federation of along with any further will be a match between how the and good thing is the team is in saying by ‘Sky Sports’. tioned and they’re very good in with how it works and as long away, I’m giving 110 per cent and India (SRFI) have been development required for top order of both teams perform. good shape and looking forward "Don't get me wrong, I want England, I want to keep working as I continue to be able to rep- trying to do my best for the team,” constantly monitoring squash,” the governing If you can cross 300 in the first to the series.” to go out on the field and perform on those, keep improving on resent England then I'll be Woakes said. the scenario arising out of body said.