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The officials spoke chools in Delhi will reopen side the gates of Kabul airport. on condition of anonymity Sin a phased manner from In the wake of the attacks, because they were not autho- September 1, the Delhi Disaster General Frank McKenzie, the rised to speak to the Management Authority US Central Command chief media. (DDMA) decided on Friday. overseeing the evacuation, The US said 13 troops Colleges, and warned that more were possi- were killed in the deadliest day coaching institutes in the ble, and American comman- for American forces in Capital will also reopen begin- ders were working with the Afghanistan since August 2011. ning next month. Taliban to prevent them. As Afghan officials struggled to Soon after the DDMA Sweden’s Foreign Minister also deal with the dead, at least 10 meeting, Arvind $  %&     %'%(     said there was a threat, but bodies lay on the grounds out- Kejriwal said, “Amid decreas-      !     offered no details. side Wazir Akbar Khan ing cases of Covid, Delhi An enraged US President Hospital, where relatives said schools are being opened grad- He said social distancing over Delhi to vaccinate teach- Joe Biden vowed to complete the mortuary could take no ually using full precautions; should be strictly followed and ers and 98 per cent of Delhi the evacuation of American cit- more.                    along with education of chil- no students will be forced to Government schoolteachers izens and others from dren, their health will also be come to the school. “Consent and all school staff have Afghanistan despite the dead- taken care of.” of parents will be essential for received their first dose. ly suicide bomb attack at the & '   As per the Delhi students to come. If parents do “We are administering the Kabul airport. He promised to O    Government, the offline not permit, then students will second dose as well. Private avenge the deaths of 13 US Classes for students of standard not be forced to come. They schools have also reported that Service members killed in the 9 to 12 will start from will not be considered absent a high number of staff have attack, declaring to the extrem-   !   P     September 1 , and classes either,” he told media in an been vaccinated. We are ensur- ists responsible: “We will hunt for 6 to 8 will begin on online briefing. ing that all staff get fully vac- you down and make you September 8. “There has been a massive cinated as soon as possible, “ he pay.” ' =).2:*  !  Deputy Chief Minister loss of learning in the last 1.5 said. Meanwhile, evacuation Manish Sisodia said it has been years. It is a matter of fact that Before its decision to flights from Afghanistan day after an all-party meet- decided to resume schools, online education cannot reopen all sort of academic resumed with new urgency on Aing was assured that the ' )%:*=367= colleges and coaching activities replace physical education, and activities, the Delhi Friday, a day after two suicide top priority was to evacuate all in Delhi with all precautionary our children have missed out Government had invited sug- bombings targeted the thou- Indian citizens from strife- he US officials in measures, in a phased manner. on years of proper learning. gestions from parents and sands of people desperately torn Afghanistan, the TAfghanistan naively hand- “From September 1, Classes 9 Experts agree that online edu- teachers. “At least 70 per cent fleeing a Taliban takeover and Government on Friday said it ed the Taliban the list of to 12 in all schools, their coach- cation cannot replace education people wanted schools and killed dozens. The US warned has managed to bring out near- Afghans who aided American ing classes, as well as colleges that is attained in a classroom colleges to reopen, while rest ly all Indians willing to return. forces in the country, accord- and universities will be per- with a conducive environment,” believed that schools should The question of whether to ing to a media report. mitted to reopen,” Sisodia said. Sisodia said. reopen in a staggered manner.  recognise the Taliban rule in Following the Taliban He also holds the portfolio of Sisodia said in the last one Only a handful of people did Afghanistan or not comes later. takeover of Kabul earlier this education in Aam Aadmi Party month, the State Government not want schools to reopen,”    Given the fluid situation there, also stand by Afghans who month, US officials there gave (AAP) Government. has instituted several drives all the Delhi Government said.   it will be “jumping the gun” in stood by us.” the militant group a list of    recognising the Taliban dis- He said as per the assess- names of American citizens,       pensation, it clarified. ment a vast majority of Indians green card holders and Afghan occupation that followed the      ! Stressing these points here, wishing to return were evacu- allies so they could be allowed September 11, 2001 terror    !  " Ministry of External Affairs ated, adding some more are to enter the Taliban-controlled attacks. P   #  # spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi likely to be in Afghanistan. “I perimeter around the Hamid The move, detailed by      !  !    said, “Besides Indian citizens, do not have the exact number Karzai International Airport in three US and congressional     we were able to bring out some for that,” Bagchi said. Kabul, according to Politico. officials, was designed to expe-  !%R   #   $% Afghan nationals as well as As regards the scenario The decision was made dite the evacuation of tens of       #  #   nationals from other coun- there, he said the situation on despite the Taliban’s notorious thousands of people from # ' #  ( tries. Of these, many of them the ground is uncertain and the reputation for brutally execut- Afghanistan as chaos erupted Q  R !     were and Hindus. primary concern is the securi- ing Afghans who helped the US in Afghanistan’s capital city    $ Primarily, our focus will be on ty and safety of the military and other Western after the Taliban seized control      '  =).2:* Indian nationals, but we will people. forces during the war and of the country, the report said       -:%=.*3%1: president — announcing the ctor Sonu Sood will be the      same on Facebook Abrand ambassador of the  ! %!    mid intense power struggle The power struggle Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) )  #      Awithin Congress, between Amarinder and the Government’s “Desh ka !    !    R    Malvinder Singh Mali quit as Sidhu is intensifying with each Mentor” programme aimed at *  #     Punjab Congress chief Navjot passing day — forcing the providing guidance to students   #!  Singh Sidhu’s adviser after his party high command to final- on career choices, Delhi Chief + O-  #  controversial remarks created a ly rein in the cricketer-turned- Minister said #  !  !(.       major row and the party threat- politician after giving him on Friday. The announcement $/   $0# ened to dismiss him if Sidhu enough liberty despite his dia- was made after a live interac- 1 02  ! ( failed to remove him. tribe against his own party’s tion with Kejriwal and his . -! . ! ' =).2:* and inspect the various projects Mali had invited the ire of government and the Chief deputy Manish Sisodia. -  # -  and works there,” Baghel told the State party affairs’ general Minister. “Worked very hard to     !  he crisis in the media outside Rahul’s res- secretary in-charge Harish Continued on Page 2 transform Delhi Government     3   O TCongress Government idence after a three-hour long Rawat as well as the Congress schools; want to make educa- N5 .O  $ deepened on Friday with State marathon meeting. AICC high command over his views tion a people’s revolution,” 6  !  *  Cabinet Minister TS Singh General Secretary Organisation on Article 370 and Kashmir,     Kejriwal said. 3     !   Deo persistent on his demand K V Venugopal and State AICC and a sketch of former Prime The programme will help !   for replacing Chief Minister incharge PL Punia were also Minister   students of Delhi Government- 7  $ Bhupesh Bhagel. present. terming her a “tormentor”. run schools find a mentor who Bhagel met former party Priyanka who has been After he refused to with- !#  will help them unlock their   " chief in Delhi on taking active participation in draw the posts, Sidhu was potential. Children will find # # #$% Friday but the issues remained resolving the political and advised by Rawat to sack Mali. : Amid intense answers to their career-related !&& 8  # unresolved. Rahul is expected either of them. There were political as well Government crisis in Punjab Sidhu had, however, dug his infighting in the Congress’ questions through mentors  O      to visit the State next week to After meeting Rahul and State administrative discus- and Rajasthan, also joined the heels in. Rawat had even gone Punjab unit, party general sec- who sign up to be a part of the #  #  !   find a solution to the crisis. party general secretary sions. In the end, I requested meeting. The war between CM public in an interview to a pri- retary in-charge of the State programme. -%%  39:# While Baghel had to rush Priyanka Gandhi, the Chief Rahul Gandhi to visit and TS Singh vate TV channel in saying that Harish Rawat wants to be Under the “Desh Ke -       to Delhi to meet Rahul Gandhi, Minister said Rahul Gandhi Chhattisgarh. He gladly accept- Deo has been a cause for con- if Sidhu did not sack such advis- relieved from the assignment as Mentor” initiative, a mentor      ! # several MLAs of the warring would visit Chhattisgarh next ed the invitation, he will be cern for the Congress leader- ers, he would do so himself. he wants to focus on the will have to take out 10 minutes  #  #  factions also landed in Delhi to week. there next week. He (Rahul ship for some time Eventually, Mali quit as upcoming elections in the every week to guide 3   $ express their solidarity with “I told him everything. Gandhi) will first visit Bastar, now. advisor to Punjab Congress home State — . students. !           !"# $"%  

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From page 1 ident and not given the respon- sibility of the entire Congress While Opposition parties party. “We have given the party are gearing up for the 2022 leadership to Sidhu, not the polls, the both factions are Congress to him,” he said on engaged in ‘show of strength’ to moves to change the Chief outdo on one-another. On Minister ahead of the Assembly Thursday night, Cabinet polls slated in early 2022. Minister Rana Gurmeet Singh Besides, Rawat had also snubbed Sodhi threw a dinner party the ‘dissident’ Ministers and claiming that 59 legislators and MLAs, who met him in eight MPs among others , seeking Capt attended the same, and exhib- Amarinder’s ouster declaring ited confidence in Capt that the veteran Congress leader Amarinder’s leadership. would lead the party in 2022 The development assumes polls. Amidst severe infighting significance as the Sidhu camp in the state Congress unit, Rawat had, the previous week, on Friday met the Congress’ claimed that 34 MLAs did not interim president have faith in the Chief to apprise her regarding the pre- Minister’s leadership and want- vailing situation and discuss ed him to be replaced. In a the same. He maintained that major embarrassment to Sidhu the high command wanted the camp, no less than nine lead- state party unit to work in cohe- ers claimed not to be part of the sion. At the same time, Rawat meeting against the Chief has advised the State party lead- Minister. On Friday, Capt ers to act responsibly and in a Amarinder met the former way that they were not misin- Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur terpreted, which in turn may Bhattal - apparently to fortify harm the party, ahead the cru- his support. cial 2022 assembly polls. Only recently, the state party affairs’ general secretary in- charge Harish Rawat made it clear to Sidhu that he has only been appointed Congress pres-

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      *1     2%%  %3( ' -:%=.*3%1: six should be expedit-        ed at the earliest.     aryana Chief Minister Landowners who have        HManohar Lal Khattar on consented to give their lands !     " Friday gave approval to make for proposed government pro- ' -:%=.*3%1: ignoring opposition from Capt remarks," he said, adding that has never made compromises negotiation amounting to Rs jects also attended the meeting. #$ #  %! Amarinder. But the two camps Sidhu is the respected chief of on his principles for cheap 172.08 crore with the landown- Divulging project details later,  #    & $   he political soap opera in in the state Congress have not the Punjab unit. "Who else has personal benefits. ers for the landholdings to be the Chief Minister told the TCongress in Punjab con- yet called a truce. Addressing the power to take decisions if He claimed he even refused purchased through e-Bhoomi mediapersons that a total of tinues unabated with attack and a trade and industry associa- not the state presidents?" the a Ministerial post at the Centre for setting up seven projects in seven agendas pertaining to the counter attack becoming a tion, Sidhu said he will ensure AICC general secretary told when he was asked to contest the State. purchase of landholdings in six in Delhi Ambala section in has been passed so as to ensure daily affair. that the Congress remains in reporters when asked to com- from Kurukshetra. He had put The Chief Minister chaired districts were discussed in the Sonipat near Ganaur smooth commencement and Now in what could be seen power in Punjab for the next 20 ment. It is not clear if Sidhu’s his foot down and said, “I will the meeting of the High- meeting. Railway Station, providing sew- completion of linear develop- as a dare to the Congress high years. outburst was in response to die while serving the people of Powered Land Purchase “All the seven agendas erage system and construction ment, essential and emergency command, newly appointed “But if you don’t let me take Rawat’s recent suggestion that Amritsar.” He said industrial- Committee (HPLPC) here. The tabled in the meeting were of STP in village Chautala projects. Punjab unit president Navjot the decisions, I will also ensure his two media advisers should ists, rather than bureaucrats, projects are related to the approved after making negoti- under Mahagram Yojana and “In the said bill, now a new Singh Sidhu has asked it to total devastation,” Sidhu said in leave after their controversial would draft Punjab’s industri- Department of Medical ations with the landowners. construction of canal-based system of land acquisition allow him the freedom to take Punjabi, using the term “itt naal comments related to Kashmir al policies. He said the states Education and Research, Public The list of projects approved water supply scheme Jind city,” would be followed excluding decisions or he will give a dev- itt bhi khadkavunga”. He added and Pakistan, seemingly against can't grow in the absence of a Works (B&R), Haryana State includes the establishment of the Chief Minister said. He also social impact, while the com- astating reply. Sidhu said he there was no point in being just the stated position of India and healthy industry, and batted for Agriculture Marketing Board All India Institute of Medical said that around 200 acres of pensation clause in the Bill is didn’t want to remain just a a show horse ("darshani the party. a single-window system to set and Public Health Engineering at Rewari, construc- land is required for the con- unchanged. Earlier land acqui- “show horse”. ghoda"). At the beginning of his up new ventures and expand Departments in six districts tion of Ring Road from four struction of AIIMS at Rewari sition was a lengthy process He made the remarks Harish Rawat, who is speech, Sidhu said the people the existing ones. namely Rewari, Nuh, Sirsa, laning Medical College Road to district, of which around 140 because of which various devel- Thursday at a meeting with Punjab affairs in-charge at the of Amritsar, from where he had “Presently people in Faridabad, Sonipat and Jind. Gurugram Alwar Road (NH acres land of private landown- opment projects suffered industrialists and traders in All India Congress Committee been an MP earlier, know him Punjab are frustrated with false Khattar while chairing the 248 A) in Nuh district, devel- ers has been purchased on unnecessary delays, therefore Amritsar, amid the continuing (AICC), appeared to downplay well. “Navjot Sidhu believes in and hollow promises of politi- HPLPC meeting with the opment of additional Anaj Friday after making required now the State Government has tussle with Chief Minister Capt Sidhu’s remarks. In Delhi, he the politics of hope and faith,” cians,” the Congress leader Deputy Commissioners Mandi at Sirsa, construction of negotiations, while about 60 already made a system where ahead of said state presidents are free to he said. “I have always worked said. He promised the cancel- through video-conferencing road and bridge for Greater acres of land is panchayat land. the purchase of landholdings next year’s assembly polls. take decisions within the to bring a change in people''s lation of “faulty” power pur- said that after the purchase of Noida via Jasana Manjhawali Responding to the allega- from farmers and landowners The party leadership party's constitution and in lives,” he added. Sidhu, who chase agreements entered into these landholdings, the work of Atta Gujran over Yamuna river tions of opposition that the is being done with their con- picked the cricketer-turned- accordance with its position. "I switched over to the BJP from by Punjab and assured elec- the proposed projects to be set under interstate connectivity amended land acquisition bill sent through the e-Bhoomi politician a few weeks back as will see the context in which the Congress before the 2017 tricity at Rs 3 per unit to up on the lands voluntarily scheme of central road fund, in Haryana is anti-farmer, the portal, ensuring least litigation the Punjab Congress chief, made these assembly polls, asserted that he domestic consumers. given by landowners in these construction of two lanes ROB Chief Minister said that the Bill chances,” he added.     !       0+,       -  P6 ' -:%=.*3%1: ority sector, the Chief Minister university would be start-    ! *+, said that after achieving top ed in a transit campus till o mark the 400th birth position in School Education, the time the main cam- ' -:%=.*3%1: nection to every household of It was informed that till Tanniversary of Sikhs’ ninth his next aim is to make Punjab pus is ready, for which 25 every village would be com- now, about 1.5 crore people master, , No.1 in Higher Education and acre land has been ear- aryana Chief Minister pleted before November 1, have been vaccinated in the Punjab Chief Minister Capt Technical Education also. marked in Kairon village. HManohar Lal Khattar on 2021. Dhanis are also being state. Of these, 36 lakh people Amarinder Singh on Friday In line with the State He said that with this Friday said that those eligible covered under this scheme, he have also received the second virtually laid the foundation Government’s thrust on edu- University coming up at families who do not have a said. dose. stone of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur cation, the Chief Minister said village Kairon was a real domestic gas connection in The Chief Minister direct- Khattar also said that no State University of Law, Tarn that he will inaugurate 18 new tribute to former Chief the state will be given gas con- ed that the meetings of district student should be deprived of Taran, directing the Finance fully functional degree col- Minister Partap Singh nection in the next one month. level DISHA Committees must school education in the state. Department to ensure suffi- leges and 25 ITIs on October 2. Kairon, who was the The Chief Minister while be held every three months. At He directed the concerned cient funds for timely opera- “Education must keep pace architect of modern presiding over a state level the same time, he said that all officers to target children tionalisation of the Institution. with times,” he stressed, under- Punjab and credited with meeting of DISHA Committee the Deputy Commissioners between the age of 3 to 18 years The Chief Minister, on the scoring the need for constant setting up PAU, directed the department con- should also be present during so that no student drops out. occasion, also launched com- evolution to ensure that edu- Ludhiana, which ush- cerned to provide connections the state level meetings so that On the issue of old age memorative Gold and Silver cation does not become irrel- ered in the green revolu- to the eligible families under any kind of problem being pension facility, he directed the coins to mark the birth evant in the coming decades. tion. already underway. the state, the government is also the Ujjwala scheme by running faced in the districts can be dis- officers to make necessary anniversary of Guru Tegh Though Law Degrees are Listing some of the recent Earlier, Higher Education scaling its universities to world an intensive campaign. He also cussed. arrangements to ensure that the Bahadur. also being conferred by the initiatives undertaken by his Minister Tript Rajinder Singh standards. directed to find solutions to the Special Covid vaccination benefits of social security sam- Making it clear that short- Guru Nanak Dev University, government in the Higher Bajwa said that the new Law Patti MLA Harminder problems of the farmers relat- camp for school staff man pension scheme are given age of finances would not be , and Panjab Education sector, the Chief University would prove to be a Singh Gill, proposing a vote of ed to the Fasal Bima Yojana. The Chief Minister direct- to the elderly and other bene- allowed to hold up education University, apart from law Minister said that three uni- boon for imparting quality law thanks, noted that the Chief He also asked the officers ed to organize special vaccina- ficiaries at the village level projects in the State, the Chief being taught in about 30 col- versities — Maharaja education to the rural students Minister’s grandfather, late to make drinking water avail- tion camps for the staff of the itself. Minister termed it the most leges of the State, there was only Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports in the border area. He said cur- Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, able in every house while work- schools in view of the COVID- It was informed in the important focus area to enable one Law University (Rajiv University ; Jagat Guru rently, GNDU was handling the had got constructed a Girls’ ing seriously in this direction. 19 pandemic. meeting that provision of the youth of Punjab to compete Gandhi National University of Nanak Dev Punjab State Open affairs of the proposed univer- hostel in 1916 in village Kairon. Khattar said that drinking Now, the situation is slow- Common Service Center is with the world. Law, Patiala) in the State so far, University Patiala; Amity sity and the process to appoint With the laying of the founda- water is a fundamental right ly returning to normal, yet in being made in the new village He lauded the concerned he pointed out, adding that this University and Plaksha a new Vice-Chancellor will tion stone of this Law and it is our responsibility to view of the possibility of re- secretariats being built at every Department for enabling the new university will enable spe- University — have been estab- start soon. University here, Captain provide clean drinking water to emergence of this pandemic, village level. With this, it will be State to become number 1 in cialised law courses to be lished in . He said that Chief Secretary Vini Amarinder was propagating every person. Under the Jal these camps should be orga- easy for the villagers to take the school education in the coun- offered to the state’s youth. the process to fill 931 posts of Mahajan said while many pri- his family’s legacy to spread Jeevan Mission, the work of nized for the school staff at the benefits of government try. Capt Amarinder said that Assistant Professors in vate universities of interna- education across the state, he providing drinking water con- earliest, he said. schemes. Citing education as a pri- the classes of the upcoming Government Colleges is tional repute are opening up in added.                4   +        "()*## ' -:%=.*3%1: pandemic and its adverse          ,   impacts on the industry, espe- he SBI-PHDCCI Industry cially on MSMEs and exports. ' -:%=.*3%1: as per the condition of the restrict the celebrations of the TRoundtable Meet, organ- He said that SBI is open for patient, sufficient supply of upcoming festive season to ised in Baddi, the industrial belt meeting the financing require- aryana Government on oxygen, sufficient number of their homes. He said that the of Himachal Pradesh, on ments of Himachal Pradesh’s HFriday directed the officers ambulances and availability of speculated third wave can be Friday, brought industry stake- industries and assured the concerned to prepare for the ambulances to critical patients prevented by the people if they holders and exporters of the industry participants attending speculated COVID-19 third in the state. adhere to the COVID proto- state on a common platform the Meet about SBI’s unwaver- wave at the micro-level in the The officers were also cols. and discussed crucial aspects ing support for their business- coming three weeks in the asked to prepare kits for He also appreciated the concerning businesses and pro- es and Himachal Pradesh’s state. patients on home isolation and pace at which vaccination dri- ject finance with focus on development at large. The directions came after to put in place a mechanism so ves are being conducted in the Micro, Small and Medium In their presentations, O P the COVID-19 review meeting as to monitor such patients as state and the COVID-19 man- Enterprises (MSMEs), large Choudhary, Deputy General held under the chairmanship of the number of patients on agement of the State during the corporates and enhancing the Manager (SMEs), SBI, and member, NITI Aayog, Dr home isolation is also high. first and second waves. export potential from the state. Pawan Kumar, Deputy General Vinod K. Paul. Also, availability of appropriate The Health Minister Anil The Roundtable Meet at Manager (B&O), Shimla, SBI The meeting was attended medicines and food to such Vij apprised through video Baddi was attended by the key and Jawahar Koul, RM (RBO), by Health Minister Anil Vij, patients both in rural and conferencing that Haryana has policymakers from SBI and Solan, SBI highlighted the who is admitted in PGIMER, urban areas should be ensured, got 40 PSA plants from PM state’s industry to ideate the way favourable offerings from SBI Chief Secretary Vijai Vardhan, they were directed. Cares Fund, which is being ' -:%=.*3%1: the 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' to their agitation till then. Tikait forward for an ever closer for MSMEs, exporters and ACS Health Rajeev Arora and During the meeting, Dr installed. In addition, 139 be held at Muzaffarnagar in also accused the government of cooperation between SBI and farmers in Himachal Pradesh. other senior officers. Paul suggested the Civil PSA plants are in the process of haratiya Kisan Union leader Uttar Pradesh on September 5, selling off public sector enter- industry entities in Himachal The Session was moderated by After the meeting, the offi- Surgeons to prepare an esti- being set up by the State BRakesh Tikait on Friday said that the Central prises. Pradesh to support the eco- Atul K Thakur, Deputy cers concerned were directed to mate, considering the maxi- Government in the dubbed the Right to Fair Government has not held talks On contesting elections, nomic fundamentals and Secretary, PHDCCI, from the make preparations of basic mum COVID cases during the hospitals. Compensation and with the farmers since January Tikait said that Sanyukt Kisan strengthen the business ecosys- PHDCCI Himachal Pradesh requirements like appropriate peak of the second wave and to He said that orders have Transparency in Land 22. “They brought the anti- Morcha will not contest elec- tem. State Chapter, Dhian Chand, number of ICU beds, ventila- ensure that the required num- been given to install these PSA Acquisition, Rehabilitation and farm laws. This government tions in Punjab or any other The Chief Guest & Mentor; Narender Bhardwaj, tor beds, paediatric beds, bers of beds are available even plants in hospitals of 50 beds or Resettlement (Haryana will have to rescind these three state. We will protest against the Keynote Speaker Anukool Co-Chair and Sanjay Gupta, neonatal ventilators, sufficient in the far-flung villages and above. Apart from this, private Amendment) Bill, 2021, passed farm laws and give a legal ruling BJP in the elections. The Bhatnagar, Chief General Co-Chair were among the availability of COVID-related rural belts of the hospitals have also been asked by the Haryana Assembly ear- guarantee for minimum sup- next course of action will be Manager, SBI, Chandigarh speakers who presented indus- medicines, setting up a mech- state. to set up oxygen plants, other- lier this week as “anti-farmer”. port price,” Tikait said, adding announced at ‘Kisan reflected on the macroeco- try’s perspectives from the anism for allotment of beds and Dr Paul also asked the wise their recognition will be The BKU leader, who was the farmers protesting at Mahapanchayat’ in UP on nomic trends in the light of state. administration of medicines officers to ensure that people cancelled. here to galvanise support for Delhi's borders will continue September 5, he added. 6=3#  !      # ! $  !   05 ? 9 -  # ! ! !! 1     !-  (./0    '-:%=.*3%1: !$ %*    n the wake of intense infight- Iing in the ruling Congress ' -:%=.*3%1: the State Government will start ' -:%=.*3%1: farmers have been camping at with a section of legislators, the procurement of paddy crop three border points of Delhi including four Cabinet aryana Deputy Chief from September 25 and this aryana Chief Minister – Singhu, Tikri (along Ministers, raising the demand HMinister Dushyant procurement will continue till HManohar Lal Khattar on Haryana), and Ghazipur to replace the Chief Minister, Chautala on Friday directed the November 15. The procure- Friday appealed to the (along Uttar Pradesh) for ' -:%=.*3%1: the opposition parties on officers concerned that no ment of crops like bajra, maize, protesting farmers to hold nine months now - demand- Friday raised the demand for problem should be faced by any moong etc. will be done from negotiations with the Central ing a repeal of the three farm amil Nadu Governor floor test. farmer visiting the mandis for October 1 to November Government on the issue of laws enacted by the Central TBanwarilal Purohit has A delegation of Aam the sale of Kharif season crops 15. three farm laws. Government in September been given the additional Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs on starting from September 25. Dushyant said that this “Dialogue is the only last year. charge of Punjab and the Union Friday met the Governor VP He directed them to get the year, about 200 procurement solution to the ongoing The farmers have also Territory of Chandigarh, Singh Badnore challenging the sheds, roads, packaging bags, centers have been set up for protest. It’s been more than been holding protests against according to an official state- Capt Amarinder Singh-led ready to face a no-confidence was in minority, demanded weighing machines etc. ready paddy procurement. Similarly, nine months since they the leaders of BJP and its ally ment issued on Friday. Purohit Government to prove its motion in the forthcoming from the Governor to convene in the mandis so that the farm- there will be 86 procurement (farmers) have been protest- JJP across Haryana. Since will replace V P Singh Badnore majority. At the same time, assembly session as he has lost a special session of the Punjab ers do not face any problem. centers for bajra, 19 for maize ing,” said Khattar while talk- November last year, the farm- who has been discharging the Shiromani (SAD) the confidence of a majority of Assembly, directing Capt The Deputy Chief Minister and 38 for moong. ing to the mediapersons ers have held strong protests duty as Governor as well as president his Ministers and legislators Amarinder to prove majority in who also holds the portfolio of He said that the govern- here. against the Chief Minister Administrator of Chandigarh. asked the Chief Minister to be and did not have any right to the House. AAP leaders urged Food, Supplies and Consumer ment has fixed the minimum He said that the farmers , Deputy The appointment will come ready to face a ‘no-confidence remain in his chair,” said the Government to dissolve the Affairs Department, held a support price for paddy in this should not remain adamant Chief Minister Dushyant into effect from the date motion’ in the forthcoming Sukhbir. present Government immedi- meeting here to review the Kharif season at Rs 1940, bajra over their demands and Chautala, BJP state chief OP Purohit assumes charge of the assembly session. Meanwhile, the AAP dele- ately if the Chief Minister preparations regarding the pur- at Rs 2250, maize at Rs 1870 should hold negotiations with Dhankar, ruling MPs and office and will continue till reg- “Chief Minister Capt gation, maintaining that the evades proving his majority in chase of crops. and moong at Rs 7275, ground- the Central Government. MLAs in the ular arrangements are made. Amarinder Singh should be Capt Amarinder Government next seven days. He informed that this time, nut at Rs 5550 per quintal. Notably, thousands of state.  !"#  %&# '  &"&% ()* (+(,  '

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Of this, 87.29 per cent was the UK and their putting them security establishment admit- vaccination drive — the high- on vaccination, genome sur- including two BMW, two 2019-20 but spent only 45.57 received by four national par-  !  out in public domain, Indian ted.In 2019 too, when the est ever vaccination achieved in veillance, testing strategy, con- Mercedes, one Honda Civic, per cent (1,651.022 crore) of ties – BJP, INC, AITC & NCP,” security agencies or the exter- “Easter Bombings” happened, a single day since the start of tainment measures and other one Toyota Fortuner and a it. In contrast, the total income it said. nal affairs ministry delayed in the agencies did not issue an vaccination drive on January 16. preventive steps to combat the Mahindra Scorpio following of Congress was five times less “Seven national parties  $%  =).2:* taking cognizance of the evolv- advisory to the Indian citizens Union Health Minister infection which is spreading searches in a posh locality in than BJP at 682.21 crore but (BJP, Congress, CPM, NCP, ing threat in Afghanistan and in Sri Lanka despite the Centre Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted, unabated in the region. “All 14 Kolkata in connection with the main Opposition party BSP, AITC and CPI) have ollowing the directions of issuing specific advisory of a having an advance and specif- “Congratulations to the citizens districts in the State have been the money laundering case overshot its expenses spending declared a total income of Fthe Supreme Court, the terror threat in the Afghan ic inputs of an impending ter- as India today administers his- identified with high positivity against Rose Valley Group of 998.158 crore. 4,758.206 crore, collected Election Commission of India Capital. Luckily, no Indian was ror attack in the high security toric 90 lakh #COVID19 vac- rate which is a ‘cause of grave companies. In its report, the from all over India,” the ADR (ECI) has created a fund in either hurt or killed in the diplomatic zone of Colombo to cines until now - and still concern’ …the cases have been The ED had initiated Association for Democratic report said. which fines pertaining to con- deadly bombings in Kabul on the Government there. The counting! been on the higher side in money laundering investiga- Reforms (ADR) said that The national parties that tempt of court can be deposit- Thursday. Even Pakistan, diplomatic staff and the secu- In another significant view of the Onam festival and tion on the basis of FIRs reg- between 2018-19 and 2019-20, received the maximum income ed for not publishing criminal which has close ties with rity personnel already present achievement, India’s Covid vac- the trend is likely to continue in istered by West Bengal Police the BJP’s income increased by from donations or contribu- antecedents of their candidates Taliban, stopped its flights to in Afghanistan were evacuated cination coverage crossed 62 next few days, containment against Rose Valley Group of 50.34% (1,213.20 crore) from tions include the BJP ( by the political parties. Kabul a week before the twin even before the Indian nation- crore, said an official from the measures should be strictly companies, its Chairman 2,410.08 crore to  3,623.28 3,427.775 crore), the Congress The ECI has created a bombings. “This should have als could fly out of Kabul. Union Health Ministry. The adopted,” said the letter. Gautam Kundu and others. crore. On the other hand, the (469.386 crore), AITC Fund in which fines for con- Congress’s income decreased (108.548 crore), CPM ( tempt of court can be deposit- by 25.69 per cent ( 235.82 93.017 crore) and CPI (3.024 ed. The fines can be deposited " # crore) from 918.03 crore dur- crore). by way of cheque in the name (      ing 2018-19 to682.21 crore “Four national parties of PAY AND ACCOUNTS during 2019-20. namely BJP, INC, AITC and OFFICER or through elec- !  $ !%& However, it was NCP NCP collected 62.92 per cent tronic mode in the Punjab    ! R #   which registered highest (2,993.826 cr) of their total National Bank receipt accounts New Delhi:Farmer groups Samyukt Kisan Morcha said increase in income. “Between income from donations i.e. A/C No. 0153002100000180 ' =).2:* vaccine candidate against Covid-19, the exercise will be protesting against the farm the move is aimed at further 2018-19 and 2019-20, the high- through electoral bonds in (Name of the account Covid-19. The proposed jab conducted at 10 sites, including laws on Friday called for a strengthening and expanding est percentage increase in 2019-20. BJP received dona- “Collection A/C Election he Subject Expert comprises two doses, and is those in Delhi, Maharashtra, ‘Bharat Bandh’ on September the farmers’ agitation which income was declared by the tions through electoral bonds Commission of India”) IFSC TCommittee (SEC) has rec- based on a recombinant protein Tamil Nadu and Andhra 25 to intensify their fight. They began in Nov last year. NCP of 68.77% (34.873 crore) worth 2,555.0001 crore, code PUNB0015300. ommended phase 1 clinical platform, as per reports. Pradesh. Phase 1 lasts for near- had earlier called Bharat Bandh Addressing a press conference from 50.71 crore in 2018-19 Congress received 317.861 trials of Reliance Life Sciences’ Reliance Life Sciences, ly two months, or 58 days, and on September 25, 2020 at Delhi’s Singhu border, Ashish to 85.583 crore during FY crore, AITC received s owned by Mukesh Ambani-led is conducted to detect the December 8 ,2020 and March Mittal from SKM said ,”We are 2019-20,” it said. 100.4646 crore and NCP business group, if given a nod highest number of doses that 26, 2021. This will be the calling for a ‘Bharat bandh’ on The ADR said that as per received 20.50 crore,” the from the Drugs Controller most patients can tolerate, as fourth “Bharat Bandh’, by the Sept 25. “This is happening the data shared by SBI in report said. General India, the country’s per reports. The DCGI has thus farmers and second in 2021. after a similar ‘bandh’ was top drugs regulator, can begin far granted Emergency Use On Thursday, the farmers’ organised on the same date last the first phase of clinical trials Authorisation (EUA) to six protest against the three con- year, and we hope that it would for its vaccine candidate. vaccines, of which two are tentious laws completed nine be more successful than the one While Reliance Sciences indigenous while the rest are months since they first arrived last year which was held amid itself is a testing centre for foreign-made. at the Delhi borders. The the coronavirus pandemic.PNS  (  !"#  %&# '  &"&% ()* (+(,

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FChief Minister and presi- Yatra” by demanding to know the latter did to it in Bengal larly after he was sacked from about the high speed trans- the 32, 801 new patients were On Friday, 116 health workers dent of the Peoples Democratic he Madras High Court on as to what kind of bravery the before this year’s Assembly elec- his post in 2019. mission of Covid-19 in the afflicted with the disease tested positive all over Kerala Party (PDP) TFriday dismissed a petition Shiv Sena-led MVA tions, speculations ran high State, 32,801 new persons were through contact adds to the putting a question mark on the has been found guilty of vio- filed by Anubhav Ravi, a local Government displayed when it over senior BJP leader and diagnosed with the pandemic seriousness of the situation in depleting number of medical lating Covid-19 appropriate leader of the AIADMK from arrested him like a “dacoit” "or MLA Sudip Roy Burman’s visit ,+  !  in Kerala on Friday, says a the State, according to doctors staff available to take care of the behaviour and other standard Nilgiri seeking a directive to a "robber" using such a huge to Kolkata on Wednesday along release by Veena George, in the Government service. “It patients. operating procedures by the Tamil Nadu Police to call off fur- police force at a time when it with three other party 89   Health Minister. looks like things have gone out Chief Minister Pinarayi Union Territory administra- ther investigation into the is supposed to be addressing Legislators. The Health Department of control in Kerala and the Vijayan, who was briefing the tion. Kodanad Estate heist case of the problems of the While the BJP leadership tested 1.7 lakh samples Government should take media regularly about the According to official April 2017. Meanwhile, the ses- people. remained tightlipped about a Kolkata: The Enforcement throughout the State during the immediate emergency mea- State’s measures to counter the sources, after the PDP chief sions court in Nilgiri district Resuming the third phase possible split in the Tripura saf- Directorate probing the multi- last 24 hours which also saw sures to check the fatalities,” transmission of the disease addressed a largely attended which was to hear the case on of his “Jan Ashirwad Yatra” at fron ranks Trinamool sources in crore Sharada and other chit 179 patients succumbing to the said a doctor with more than has remained incommunicado public gathering in South Friday, adjourned the same to Ratnagiri in coastal Konkan Bengal confirmed that a meet- fund scams on Friday sub- pandemic. With this, the death three decades experience in for the last three weeks. Kashmir area of Shopian on September 2 in response to a region, a belligerent Rane ing had taken place between mitted supplementary August 25, Executive request made by the lawyers rep- trained his guns at his bête noir Roy Burman — a former chargesheet implicating a Magistrate Ist class/ Tehsildar resenting the AIADMK. and Maharashtra Chief Trinamool Congress-turned- number of known personali- Shopian served her a notice to The case has many political Minister , by BJP leader— and TMC nation- ties that included TMC leader explain as to why action under implications as the estate mea- saying: “You arrested a Union al general secretary Abhishek and former MP Kunal Ghosh, the relevant sections of the suring 900 acres and the man- Minister like you arrest a dacoit Banerjee. senior journalist Suman Disaster Management Act and sion built inside the vast stretch and that too using a police force There chemistry between Chatterjee and others, sources the Indian Penal Code may not of forest land was owned by late of 250 personnel. What kind of Roy Burman— a former Health said. be initiated against you for vio- J Jayalalithaa, former chief min- bravery it was, doing such a lations of Covid appropriate ister and the AIADMK General thing when the people are dis- behaviour and SoP's. Secretary. The Estate was a tressed, farm loan waiver has “It has come to the notice favourite retreat of Jayalalithaa not happened and flood-affect- '     that PDP President Mehbooba and she had spent a lot of time ed people have not received Mufti had called a public gath- in the sprawling estate which relief?”. ering beyond the prescribed was designated as her unofficial Rane -- who was appar-  ()$$ number and the time in viola- headquarters. The Estate bun- ently still bitter about the man- tion of the COVID-19 SOPs in galow was robbed allegedly by ner in which he was arrested '  2:@=).2:* Parliament to strengthen vogue. I am serving a notice a group of people and the secu- from Sangameshwar in democracy at all levels includ- under Section 51(b) of the rity guard Om Bahadur was Ratnagiri district on Tuesday ok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ing at the Panchayat level. Disaster Management Act found murdered on April 24, “tight-slap-slur” against Lon Friday inaugurated the Emphasising on the role of (DMA) 2005 and you are 2017. Since Jayalalithaa passed Maharashtra Chief Minister Parliamentary Outreach Parliament as a forum of dis- directed to explain as to why away intestate, there were alle- and Shiv Sena President Programme for the empower- cussion, Birla shared that action under the relevant sec- gations that the robbery was part Uddhav Thackeray – vowed ment of Panchayati Raj Parliament, as the supreme tions of the DMA and the of a move by someone to remove not to spare ruling Shiv Institutions of the Union democratic institution, should Indian Penal Code may not be valuable documents from the Sena. Territory of Ladakh at the be the centre of discussion and initiated against you”. Estate Bungalow. “Your Government has no Sindhu Sanskritik Kendra, Leh. not disruption. He appealed the money to compensate the The programme was also Members to maintain the sanc- flood-affected people. What attended by Union Ministers tity of the House. kind of things do you say Nityanand Rai, Bhagwant Birla also said that recently against me? I am not going to Khuba, Ladakh UT LG 13 parliamentary standing com- spare you. If you want to dig Lieutenant Radha Krishna mittees of and Rajya into my past, please do. You Mathur; Ladakh MP Jamyang Sabha with more than two hun- have been digging into my Tsering Namgyal amongst oth- dred Members have visited the past for the last two years. But ers. UT of Ladakh which speaks you have not found anything Referring to the just con- about the commitment of the against me.. I also know your cluded Monsoon Session, Birla to further past. 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The two sides, it said, be announced along with the %+7(66:6%2*+%= Government. “The day the forces, according to interviews will have the goal of “releasing completion and agreement :7=7(1*=36: deal was signed we saw the with more than a dozen all the remaining prisoners over over the future political change. Everyone was just Afghan officers, police, special the course of the subsequent roadmap of Afghanistan.” :(5%=1*3:6 looking out for himself. It was operations troops and other three months”. Also, the US will The Afghan Government, like (the US) left us to fail.” soldiers”. start diplomatic engagement the fate of which was to be 7"%"3:%= Despair grew with time. A The stage was set for the with other members of the fundamentally affected by the report in the New York Times collapse that followed. United Nations Security Council accord, was neither a signato- by Thomas Gibbons-Neff, (The author is Consulting and Afghanistan to remove ry to it nor a participant in the Fahim Abed and Sharrif Editor, The Pioneer. The views members of the Taliban “from talks leading to it. There was Hassan of August 13, 2021, expressed are personal.) the sanctions list with the aim of * +,-.+* SOUNDBITE % #    /   +            +    $*  Sir — The situation in Afghanistan has just   *#  # gone from bad to worse after the terror-  !  #$+  !   5 ists attacked the Hamid Karzai Airport. A :$*! series of explosions were reported on the !! !      3     $      $ periphery of the airport where hundreds of Afghans had gathered in the hope of ?     '  -       evacuation. The explosion claimed the lives            <+,!6!=6+,4 of more than 70 Afghans and 13 US sol-  #          K% 3   #. /    diers and left many wounded. The Islamic !           State (IS) has taken responsibility for the    $7  #   )       )    *     +  ,       -.( attack. The IS terrorists were previously           !         (     /       eradicated from eastern Afghanistan by the         $:        US and Afghan troops in 2019. However,      *                     0 ,   +  ,     it appears that the current circumstances                       %                O  $   * in Afghanistan have led to the revival of  #    !  !  # !    #  !  #$                        many terror organisations, including the IS. 2    #   #  # #      # $       .2        The US and the UK had warned the  $6   !   !  5 !          '4+&6,     34   /    (   Taliban of a possible terror attack which  #  #! #$6     !     !  K 0 + the Taliban ignored. The casualties of        #   3      !  5 !          ( American soldiers have raised questions    !          !               ( on the competency of US President once        9$ 6        #   $ 6    6  !  ! # #   6    5  S     again. 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Some highly influential persons from ly affected students’ learning and cogni- 5  /  +   -2-9       #         prominent industrial groups enter the tive abilities. It is worrisome to learn that % *   #                      Sir — The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha only to use it as an effective children have forgotten basics like writing *  # # Secretariats should update the compara- tool for lobbying without any contribution simple words, doing calculations, recog-   6      S              tive figures of development activities of the as parliamentarians. The Rajya Sabha, in nising colours and so on.    #              6        Members of Parliaments on their respec- the absence of any publicised comparative While there is an urgent need to                         ( tive websites. The activities can include study of developmental activities, has reopen schools, all measures must be taken !     #$    -2--(-2-3 #               their attendance records, number of ques- become a billionaire club where seats are to prevent transmission of COVID-19. tions asked and the Bills presented, par-     / +          0 ,  purchased by the ultra rich in this system The reopening must be guided by careful (4468 6&95,6 ticipation in Parliamentary debates, util- of open voting for the Upper House. risk analysis and epidemiological factors. K5  C#                      0  isation of the development funds and other Madhu Agrawal |New Delhi Not all the schools can be opened at once;               +  such activities. This comparative study will therefore, schools must devise special time )    # ,   0 ,       %  S      motivate the parliamentarians to perform       tables. If possible, classes should be con- #   ! responsibly and will induce positive com- ducted in open places instead of cramped 7              :          ( Sir — The decision by the States to reopen      petition to work more effectively. Political schools after nearly 18 months has creat- rooms. Healthcare workers could be     $   0         %        parties will then be compelled to give tick- ed mixed feelings. Students who were appointed at schools and symptoms must +                          ets only to the better performing members. forced to stay at home due to the pandem- be monitored carefully.        ;    %                Even the ‘best parliamentarian award’ ic are eager to return to classrooms. Venu GS |Kollam   #    $ should be given on the basis of perfor- Parents, on the other hand, are anxious #             %      mance which is currently awarded to three and apprehensive. 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he noise for caste census tends 1.--2-2* to inevitably surface in India   /          whenever it is time for the 10-           ;     year general census. Not sur- 8 Tprising that ahead of the launch of the         D  +  *     upcoming 2021 census, several political       /        parties have revived the demand for a   !             nationwide caste-based census.     #            In such a scenario, it becomes crit-  #E     (         ical to ask how desirable is a caste cen-           +       ( sus. In the past, the issue became an               electoral plank in states like Tamil Nadu. Many political parties in Bihar            # #   and Uttar Pradesh are making a strong      /              pitch for a caste census. In Bihar, a res-     #       ;        olution was passed by both the houses   :        ;          of legislature, and aneleven-member del- /            (   egation of 10 political parties, under the              /    leadership of Chief Minister , met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put forward this demand. But such a step needs to be thor- oughly discussed and assessed keeping in mind the national interests and the unity of the nation. And to do so, all the 6:12%6*C political parties need to rise above divisive politics and work in the inter- +%-<)%1.= est of the country and the society. This 7"+*:%1%=. is not a simple matter to be decided in (66%1?1%.: haste since it can threaten the unity and *2*=<.67 integrity of the nation. 6:*1 This is not the first time that this strongly against it? They believed , Vinoba Bhave, politics. The census itself is a very demand for caste census has come up. .75*=%=6 that casteism would be a hin- Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay have complex task. Whenever a new The last caste census was done in India -%6 +%. drance to the development of advocated social harmony by entry is registered in the census, in the year 1931, but due to the outbreak ?72*6*-$ India. Lok Nayak Jayaprakash doing away with the evils of the a new kind of politics is also born of World War II, it was not taken up in 6:-=( Narayan considered social revo- caste system. All these social out of it. This leads to the forma- 1941 and never again thereafter. After *62"*%C1B lution truly important in the reformers believed that all-round tion of new parties and associa- Independence in 1947, a proposal for "Saat Kranti" and always propa- development in India would be tions based on caste, which in no #    ;  E          caste census was made before the then -75?2H6%<$ gated that the caste system should possible only by eliminating the way strengthens the unity of the  /          %E government in 1951, but it was dis- ):=C1% be abolished by eradicating the caste system. Then only we could country. A good society should        %E        missed. The then Home Minister Sardar =) =61B* discrimination based on caste. He hope to build a great nation earn not be inclined to save caste     ;            ( rejected it saying that 13*61. started his movement in 1974 in the respect of the global commu- dominance but to strengthen            (     ( a caste census could disturb the social *=6:-=( his village Sitab-Diyara and nity. democracy. How unfortunate it is fabric of the country. around ten thousand people pre- In such a situation, raising the that even after 75 years of inde-       /         The demand was again raised in %=)<*=. sent in that meeting resolved to bogey of caste census would be pendence, we are going on the          .@92 EA2  E@2     2011 but the government at that time 7"?72*6*- leave the caste system behind by against the ideals of these great path of destruction instead of    /       +   (   also rejected it and conducted a survey *%27+71= breaking their sacred threads. leaders and an insult to their lega- development. That is why this    # /         ( on an economic basis instead. That sur- 7(67"*6 Along with this, JP had given the cies. This will lead to a divided issue needs to be discussed thor-              +   .@@@  vey is today utilized by the Union slogan”? (leave the caste, break society and encourage caste oughly in a country with the sec- /     <  )          ( Government under the leadership of the sacred thread, connect human politicization, which would ond-highest population in the   #      ;    / Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the to human). It is ridiculous that threaten the unity and integrity of world and hundreds of castes. A benefit of the downtrodden. Many the very politicians who swear by the nation. caste census will further divide                 /   schemes have been implemented for the JP day and night are today fan- Those raising the divisive people and spur competition           :       deprived and backward classes and ning the heat around the demand demand may think that it would amongst them to increase the                (   ( millions of Indians have benefitted for the caste-based census. help them politically. But at what population of their respective "                ; from it. Dr. Lohia also believed caste cost? They should realize that castes.    #         @ ..    ( The welfare schemes include distri- to be a symbol of orthodox forces they are playing in the hands of This will make our country        ) E   bution of free food grains to the poor, that promote inertia. Babasaheb forces that want to divide and lag behind in multiple spheres. #    D  +      E6  #  E   ( free gas cylinders to women, the open- Bhimrao Ambedkar, the architect break the country. The price the country will pay in ing of bank accounts through Jan Dhan of the Constitution of India, was At this time, we must look terms of development is unimag-      ;      / " #  ( Yojana, Rs 6,000 assistance to farmers also a staunch opponent of back at the lesson few learned inable.It is obvious that caste       @ ..         per year, and Ayushman Bharat for the casteism and used to say that from our history and under- census is a demand that strikes at         )     #    uplift of people from the last rungs of casteism cannot increase effi- stand how the Britishers ruled the unity and integrity of India by           /     " the society. It is the need of the hour to ciency and neither can ethnicity over us by dividing us along threatening to destroy social har-   # #          ensure an equitable development of soci- improve race. caste lines. Why should we mony.       E/ + E F/+/+G       / "  ety. Undoubtedly, the ill effects of unleash the same evil design all This is totally against the How ironic is it that politicians who (The writer is over again? We should remember ideals of "one India". The politi-     +          the caste census would largely allegedly follow the paths of intellectu- Vice-President of BJP in harm Hindus. To maintain social the price we have paid due to the cal parties and opinion makers as /        #      als like Jayaprakash Narayan and Dr. Bihar and a Member of harmony, Rashtriya Swayamsevak promotion of caste-based politics. well intelligential must come           H       6    ( Bihar Legislative Council. Ram Manohar Lohia are raising their The views expressed Sangh has undertaken many his- The relative backwardness of together on one platform and    E6  #  E  /      ( voices in favour of the caste census when are personal.) torical works. 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he inauguration of the thousand innocent persons, The sinister designs of the innocent people by the police number has never become The British failed to judge renovated Jallianwala gathered to celebrate the joyous British were reflected in the and the crawling orders in known; there is a vast differ- the mood of Indiansand the TBagh Memorial at festival of Baisakhi on April 13, actions of Michael O'Dwyer, Khuh Korian waliGali (street ence between the official and far-reaching consequences of Amritsar by Prime Minister 1919, were mercilessly gunned the then Lieutenant-Governor with flogging well). unofficial figures. To rub salt the tragic episode. Young Narendra Modi on August 28 down by the British Brigadier- of Punjab. The educated class Brigadier-General into the wounds, Dyer Indians were out to avenge may raise the question of its General Reginald Dyer. The was heaped with insults, hun- Reginald Dyer was shifted imposed curfew with a com- these acts of brutality. The enduring relevance to the ,$0 - *1 episode has left an indelible dreds were put behind the from Jalandhar to Amritsar plete ban on movement so that great revolutionary Udham nationafter more than a centu- mark on the memory of the bars and the press gagged. just a day before the episode. the wounded could not be Singh took the task upon him- ry of the gruesome massacre by wounded nation. cy to crush Indians by letting Peaceful hartals in Lahore and On his arrival, he promulgat- attended to and the dead could self and shot dead Michael the British. Volumes have been written loose a reign of terror through Amritsar were forcibly broken ed restrictions on public gath- not be removed. O'Dwyer on March 13, 1940, India has seen just too to record the horrid experience. inhuman acts that by any stan- and peaceful protesters were erings which remained The replies given by Dyer in London.Patriotic revolu- many invasions resulting in the Events like the enactment of dards would be unthinkably fired upon. Local leaders were unknown to common people. to the Hunter Committee are tionaries like Bhagat Singh wanton killing of thousands of the Rowlatt Act in March shameful for any civilized arrested and deported. Places A large number of them, most- not only a reflection of the per- and Chandrashekhar Azad innocent people but each time 1919, the promulgation of country. like Kasur and Gujaranwala ly peasants, had already gath- petuator's state of mind but that were the direct result of the life carried on with the attitude martial law in Punjab, the role Ever since India's first war bore the brunt of atrocities ered in Amritsar to celebrate of the entire setup. He told the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. We reflected in the popular Punjabi of Michael O'Dwyer, the then of independence in 1857, the along with Lahore and Baisakhi on April 13. Dyer Committee that his actions owe our independence to their- proverb, 'Khada peetalahe da, Lieutenant-Governor of British were badly shaken. Any Amritsar. reached the main entrance of were the result of a fully con- supreme sacrifices. The memo- baaki Ahmad Shahe da' Punjab, the massacre by prospect of revolutionary activ- The situation became tense Jallianwala Bagh with his sol- scious and pre-planned strat- rial at Amritsar shall forever (Consume whatever is avail- Reginald Dyer followed by the ities against their rule deeply when as a result of unprovoked diers, none of whom was egy. The only action taken remind an indebted nation of able, the rest shall be plundered setting up of the Hunter scared them. At the beginning firing five Europeans were British, in the afternoon and against Dyer by the then gov- the martyrs who laid down The writer is whole-time by Ahmad Shah Abdali), mak- Member, National Committee absolving the cul- of the 20th century, leaders like killed in Amritsar and a lady ordered firing without any ernment was relieving him of their lives for the motherland, ing light of the tragedy. Monuments Authority. prits of all charges are too well- Lala Hardayal, missionary named Sherwood warning. Nearly 1650 rounds his active duties, whereas a monument of national pride This has not happened in The views expressed known to deserve any repeti- and Ajit Singh were deported was beaten up on a street. This were fired within minutes, Michael O'Dwyer and and an inspiration for the the Jallianwala Bagh massacre are personal.) tion here. It was a well-planned but it did little to assuage the bruised the British pride as it killing and wounding a large Chelmsford were completely cause of freedom for all times in which an estimated one deep-rooted British conspira- British fears. led to the brutal flogging of number of people. The exact absolved of all guilt. to come.  !"#  %&# '  &"&% ()* (+(,  3   '     !        &44  ' )%:*=367= K assets, leadership and facil- the ISIS in carrying out the air- ities. port attack. S President Joe Biden has "We will respond with force "No one trusts them (the ' 27=.7= had happened. ing three Afghan employees Uvowed to "hunt" down the and precision at our time at the Taliban). We're just counting “We'll find out and get to and eight family members terrorists and make them "pay" place we choose in a moment on their self-interest to con- he UK's defence chief the bottom of it,” Wallace told stranded outside Kabul's air- for the twin blasts at the Kabul of our choosing...These ISIS tinue to generate their activi- Tpromised Friday to “get to LBC radio. port as they tried to leave. airport in Afghanistan that terrorists will not win,” he said. ties. And it's in their self-inter- the bottom of” a security lapse Thousands of citizens who The government said they killed 13 American soldiers and He asserted that the US is est that we leave when we said that saw documents identifying worked with Western forces were eventually found and injured 18 others, and ordered determined to continue with its and that we get as many peo- Afghan staff members and job have been trying to leave taken to safety. The Times said his commanders to develop mission to evacuate American ple out as we can,” Biden said. applicants left behind at the Afghanistan, fearing reprisals the fate of at least two of the job plans to strike back at them. nationals from Kabul and com- Responding to a question, abandoned British Embassy in now that the Taliban control applicants remains unknown. Two suicide bombers and plete the mission by August 31. he said the Taliban are "not Kabul. the country. The House of Commons' gunmen attacked crowds of August 31 is the cut-off good guys". Times of London reporter Loyd said the documents Foreign Affairs Committee said Afghans flocking to the Hamid date set by both the US and the "They (Taliban) are not Anthony Loyd said he found included the name and address it would hold an inquiry into Karzai International Airport in Taliban for America's pullout good guys...But they have a the papers scattered on the of a senior embassy staff mem- how the documents got aban- Kabul airport on Thursday, from the war-torn country. keen interest...They very much ground as he toured Kabul's ber, the contact details for doned during the hurried killing more than 100 people, "We can and we must like to figure out how to keep abandoned diplomatic district other employees and the departure of U.K. Diplomats including 13 US troops. The complete this mission and we the airport open and have the with a Taliban escort this week. resumes and addresses from the embassy as the Islamic State's Afghanistan will. That's what I've ordered capacity to do it. They are try- Defence Secretary Ben of people applying to be inter- Taliban advanced on Kabul affiliate, dubbed Islamic State them to do. We will not be ing to figure out whether or not Wallace said “clearly it's not preters. earlier this month. Khorasan or ISIS-K, deterred by terrorists. We will they can maintain what is a good enough” that the docu- He called the phone num- The Foreign Office said in claimed responsibility for the not let them stop our mission. portion of an economy that has ments were left unsecured. He bers he found and learned that a statement that “during the attack. We will continue the evacua- become not robust but funda- said British Prime Minister some of the staffers had already drawdown of our embassy "To those who carried out tion,” Biden said. mentally different than it had Boris Johnson “will be asking left Afghanistan but others every effort was made to this attack, as well as anyone "We will complete our mis- been,” Biden said. some questions” about what were still in the country, includ- destroy sensitive material.” who wishes America harm    7 /     ;    !   sion, and we will continue Responding to a question, notice, we will not forgive. We   ! 8 4!  <  *    after our troops have with- he said the reason why the will not forget. We will hunt drawn, to find means by which Taliban did not attack the US 3   you down and make you pay. totally appropriate here - were community, was an undertak- we can find any American troops in the last one year was &5)#!)  I will defend our interests and heroes," said Biden, who ing attack by a group known as who wishes to get out of because of the deal that they 3 our people with every measure appeared to be fighting back ISIS-K," Biden said. Afghanistan. We will find had with the previous Trump at my command," Biden said in tears. He ordered US flags to "They took the lives of them, and we will get them administration. his remarks at the White House half-staff across the country. American service members out,” he added. “The former president        on Thursday. Biden said the ISIS-K was standing guard at the airport Biden also warned that it is (Donald Trump) made a deal An emotional president behind the gruesome attack at and wounded several others in the interest of the Taliban, with the Taliban that he would ' *6%=+(2 bowed his head for a moment the Hamid Karzai International seriously. They also wounded, which is now the de facto get all American forces out of    of silence for US service mem- Airport in Kabul and at a hotel a number of civilians, and ruler of Afghanistan, that the Afghanistan by May 1...In he Taliban has asked bers killed in the attacks at the nearby on Thursday. civilians were killed as well," he ISIS-K does not "metastasize" return, he was given a com- TTurkey to operate Kabul Kabul airport. "As you all know, the ter- said. beyond what it is. mitment that the Taliban would ' 3=C% !869++;68 airport but no decision has "These American service rorist attacks that we've been Biden said he has ordered He said there is no evi- continue to attack others but been made yet, Turkish members who gave their lives talking about and worried his commanders to develop dence so far to suggest a collu- would not attack any American he UN refugee agency is 64 DE22 (6=(4,+ President Recep Tayyip - it's an overused word, but it's about within the intelligence operational plans to strike ISIS- sion between the Taliban and forces,” he said. Tgearing up for as many as 4+5(6+5 6=(4 Erdogan said on Friday. half a million people or more 6,48694F46,+ “The Taliban have made a to flee from Afghanistan in a request for us to operate Kabul “worst-case scenario” in the airport. We have not yet made #             coming months. internally displaced within a decision on this matter,” he UNHCR says the situa- Afghanistan due to armed con- told a news conference at tion in Afghanistan following flict this year alone – four in Istanbul''s Ataturk Airport 4      !  O P 1 the Taliban takeover last week five of them women and chil- before leaving for a trip to “remains uncertain and may dren. “UNHCR estimates that Bosnia. He added: “We will Beijing: on Friday ing, verified and found that Tehran: Iranian President on Raisi's website. He said Iran by the Taliban. evolve rapidly,” with up to the number of displaced will make a decision after the expressed shock at the deadly there were no Chinese casual- Ebrahim Raisi said has hosted some 4 million Unlike in 1998, when Iran 515,000 new refugees fleeing. rise, both internally and across administration (in suicide attacks at Kabul airport, ties in the suicide attacks. Afghanistan's neighbours Afghan refugees in the past came to the bring of war with The agency said that would border,” it said. Afghanistan) is clear.” saying the security situation in “China is shocked by the should support the formation four decades and it has sup- the Taliban over the killings of add to the 2.2 million Afghans Najeeba Wazedafost, CEO Erdogan said a meeting Afghanistan remained “compli- explosions near the Kabul air- a broad-based government in ported the people of several Iranian diplomats in who already are registered as of the Asia Pacific Refugee with the Taliban lasting more cated and severe” and that port which caused massive Kabul. Raisi spoke on Thursday Afghanistan. The presence of Afghanistan after the Taliban refugees abroad — nearly all of Network, in an online UNHCR than three hours took place at Beijing will work with the inter- casualties. We also strongly during a meeting with visiting Western nations in the region came to power, Iranian state them in Pakistan and Iran. news conference on Friday, the Turkish embassy in Kabul, national community to cope condemn that,” Zhao said. Pakistani foreign minister to would not be conducive to its media have in recent weeks “The upsurge of violence warned of “coming darkness” without saying when the meet- with terrorist threats and prevent Two suicide bombers and Tehran, saying other nations “security,” he alleged. claimed that the Taliban have across the country and the fall in Afghanistan amid a “tragi- ing took place. “If necessary, we the war-ravaged country from gunmen attacked crowds of should only play the role of a Iran has seen the presence changed and pose no threat to of the elected government may cally intertwined series of will have the opportunity to becoming a hotbed of terrorism. Afghans flocking to the Hamid “facilitator for establishing a of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan Iran. Critics, however, warn have a serious impact on civil- crises.” hold such meetings again.” Foreign Ministry Karzai International Airport in broad-based and inclusive gov- and Iraq as a threat on its that the Taliban will return to ians and cause further dis- The U.N. agency is seeking The president added that spokesman Zhao Lijian said Kabul on Thursday, killing ernment with presence of all doorstep. It has welcomed the their anti-Iranian stance as placement,” the plan said. nearly $300 million for its the evacuation of Turkish that the Chinese Embassy in more than 100 people, includ- people and groups.” U.S. Evacuation even as it cau- soon as they shore up their full The agency cited estimates response plan for inter-agency troops from Kabul, was ongo- Kabul, which was still operat- ing 13 US troops. PTI The remarks were posted tiously looks to the next moves control of Afghanistan. AP that 558,000 people have been requirements. ing.   (,     / !    5--   

                 ' )%:*=367= first to the US as prime minis- Raisi was sworn in as Iran''s ' <%1%-:* spread across the factory in Officer Mubeen Ahmed was ter. Bennett told his Cabinet new president. Mehran Town of the city, Geo quoted as saying in the report. sraeli Prime Minister Naftali before the trip that he would Raisi, 60, a conservative t least 15 labourers were TV reported Mubeen said that the roof ' 7(2 Korean cultural products or IBennett is aiming to dissuade tell the American president cleric with close ties to Supreme Akilled after a massive fire The bodies of 15 labourers of the factory was locked and sexual content punishable by President Joe Biden from “that now is the time to halt the Leader Ayatollah Ali broke out in a chemical facto- working in the factory have there was only one way to enter N human rights investiga- death under a law adopted returning to the Iran nuclear Iranians, to stop this thing” and Khamenei, has suggested he''ll ry in Pakistan''s commercial been retrieved. Over 20 people the factory, making it difficult Utors have asked North last December. deal when the two leaders not to reenter “a nuclear deal engage with the US But he also capital of Karachi on were still feared to be trapped for the labourers to escape. Korea to clarify whether it has Daily NK published photos meet at the White House that has already expired and is has struck a hard-line stance, Friday, according to media inside, police said. According to a report in ordered troops to shoot on of a document that supposed- Friday. The meeting, original- not relevant, even to those ruling out negotiations aimed reports. Two fire fighters were The Express Tribune, fire sight any trespassers who cross ly spells out the law, aimed at ly scheduled for Thursday, was who thought it was once rele- at limiting Iranian missile Fire brigade officials said injured while trying to put out brigade officials declared the its northern border in violation stemming out “reactionary postponed for one day as Biden vant.” development and support for that the incident happened the flames, the report said. blaze to be a third-degree fire of the country''s pandemic clo- thought and culture.” The site focused his attention on deal- Biden has made clear his regional militias — something when the blaze started in a The fire has been brought and given its severity, all of the sure. said the law prescribes the ing with the aftermath of a sui- desire to find a path to salvage the Biden administration wants drum of chemical used to under control and the cooling city''s tenders were deployed to They were referring to a death penalty for import or dis- cide bomb attack at the Kabul the 2015 landmark pact culti- to address in a new accord. manufacture various items and process is underway, Chief Fire douse the flames. report by a news site focused tribution of cultural contents airport that killed at least 13 US vated by Barack Obama''s Administration officials on North Korea, Daily NK, from South Korea and other troops. administration but scuttled in acknowledged that Iran''s which published a photo of “hostile” nations such as the “On behalf of the people of 2018 by Donald Trump''s. potential “breakout” — the what it said was a poster United States and Japan and , I share our deep sadness But US indirect talks with time needed to amass enough &        describing an August 2020 does the same for sexual mate- over the loss of American lives Iran have stalled and fissile material for a single proclamation prohibiting acts rial. The UN rapporteurs'' let- in Kabul,” Bennett said in a Washington continues to main- nuclear weapon — is now that impede the closure of the ter came weeks after activists statement posted on social tain crippling sanctions on the down to a matter of months or    6"7      northern border, shared most- from the South Korea-based media. country as regional hostilities less. ly with China and a smaller Transitional Justice Working “Israel stands with the simmer. But a senior administration ' 01(%25 Embassy in Amman on Aug. 9 served as a top adviser to the section with Russia. Group asked the U.N. to press United States in these difficult Trump''s decision to with- official, who spoke on condi- “expressed concerns to the gov- king, and Sharif Hassan bin The poster describes a 1-2 North Korea over the alleged times, just as America has draw from Iran''s nuclear deal tion of anonymity to preview he US State Department ernment of Jordan over allega- Zaid, a member of the royal kilometer (0.62-1.24 mile) moves. always stood with us. Our led Tehran to abandon over the scheduled talks, said the Thas raised concerns with tions of mistreatment and the family, were found guilty of buffer zone and says any per- “We are concerned over the thoughts and prayers are with time every limitation the administration sees the maxi- Jordan about the possible mis- denial of family visits.” sedition and incitement last son who makes an unautho- shoot-on-sight policy for unau- the people of the United States.” accord imposed on its nuclear mum pressure campaign treatment of a former top offi- The official, speaking on month and sentenced to 15 rized entry to North Korea thorized entry into the buffer Before arriving in enrichment. The country now employed by the Trump cial imprisoned for sedition in condition of anonymity under years in prison. They are “shall be shot unconditionally.” zone along the northern bor- Washington, Bennett made enriches a small amount of ura- administration as having an alleged plot against the department guidelines, said alleged to have conspired with It also says trespassers from der, as well as over the death clear that he would push nium up to 63 per cent, a short emboldened Iran to push ahead Western-allied monarchy that Jordan denied the allega- Prince Hamzah, the king's half- other countries found on the penalty, without judicial guar- against the Iran deal, arguing step from weapons-grade lev- with its nuclear program. involving the half-brother of tions. “The embassy will con- brother, and to have sought for- North Korean side of the Yulu antees, imposed on acts that Tehran has already advanced in els, compared with 3.67 per Bennett is also looking to King Abdullah II. tinue to provide all appropriate eign assistance. and Tumen rivers will be “shot appear to be guaranteed by its uranium enrichment, and cent under the deal. turn the page from his prede- Representatives for Bassem consulate assistance to Mr. The convictions took place without prior warning.” international human rights law sanctions relief would give Iran It also spins far more cessor, Benjamin Netanyahu. Awadallah, who is a U.S. Awadallah in line with our following a closed trial that last- In an Aug 23 letter posted relating to the rights of freedom more resources to back Israel''s advanced centrifuges and more Netanyahu had a close rela- Citizen, have said the trial commitment to assisting US ed just six sessions in a military on the website of the Office of of opinion and expression and enemies in the region. of them than were allowed tionship with Trump after fre- lacked due process and alleged citizens abroad,” the official court. The court denied the UN High Commissioner the right to take part in cultural The Israeli leader met sep- under the accord, worrying quently clashing with Obama. his client has endured inhu- said. The US considers Jordan requests by defense lawyers to for Human Rights, the special life,” said the U.N. letter. It arately Wednesday with nuclear nonproliferation Biden, who has met with every mane conditions, including a key ally and source of stabil- call witnesses, and prosecutors rapporteurs expressed concern asked the North to provide Secretary of State Antony experts even though Tehran Israeli prime minister since beatings, torture and solitary ity in the turbulent Middle East shared only purported tran- about the alleged order. They information on the number of Blinken and Defense Secretary insists its program is peaceful. Golda Meir, had his own ten- confinement. Jordan rejects the and rarely expresses criticism of scripts, but not original audio also asked North Korea to executions carried out under Lloyd Austin to discuss Iran Bennett''s Washington visit sions with Netanyahu over the charges. A State Department the kingdom in public. recordings, from surveillance of confirm reports that it made the alleged law against reac- and other issues. 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' 6:%*2%=. conference in the capital 6+,,&22/222 Rohingya fled to neighbouring The government employs Naypyitaw, where he also said (!68466 Bangladesh after security forces the term Bengali for members 2  spokesman for Myanmar''s the authorities are trying to 64,(4,!6 in Buddhist-majority Myanmar of the Rohingya minority, ' +%=.%%-:I*=.7=*%J Amilitary-installed govern- vaccinate 50 per cent of the *22/222(=,! 6 in August 2017 began their which it doesn''t recognize as of a male cub was found on in an investigation. Sumatran ment said Friday that Covid-19 country''s population this year. harsh crackdown following an an official minority group Thursday about 5 meters (15 tigers, the most critically endan- vaccines will be given to mem- Myanmar, whose poor +F &6&94(&& attack by insurgents. The crack- native to Myanmar. Many hree critically endangered feet) away, he said. An exami- gered tiger subspecies, are under bers of the country''s perse- public health system was weak- &+5 96,95+ down included rapes, killings members of other ethnic TSumatran tigers, including nation determined they died increasing pressure due to cuted Rohingya ethnic group. ened further by the political and the torching of thousands groups consider them to be ille- two cubs, were found dead in from infected wounds caused poaching as their jungle habitat The Muslim minority was the turmoil caused by the army''s bringing the total to 383,514 of homes. gal immigrants from a conservation area on by traps, Arianto said. shrinks, according to the IUCN target of a fierce counter-insur- February takeover of power since the pandemic began. An estimated 600,000 Bangladesh. Indonesia's Sumatra island after He said several traps sim- Red List of Threatened Species. gency campaign in 2017 that from the elected government of There were 113 new deaths to Rohingya remain in Myanmar International courts are being caught in traps appar- ilar to ones used to capture wild It stimated fewer than 400 some critics charged amount- Aung San Suu Kyi, has been bring the total to 14,850. but more than 100,000 of them seeking to determine whether ently set by a poacher, author- pigs on farms were found in the Sumatran tigers remain in the ed to ethnic cleansing or geno- facing a devastating outbreak of About 8.2 per cent of the live in squalid and crowded dis- genocide was committed by the ities said on Friday. area of the bodies. wild. It was the latest in a series cide. The Rohingya face wide- the coronavirus, although in country''s 54 million people placement camps. government forces in 2017. The mother and a female “Setting traps for pigs in a of killings of endangered animals spread discrimination and the past month the daily num- have received at least one dose Zaw Min Tun said A U.N.-established inves- cub were found dead Tuesday conservation area is very unlike- on Sumatra island. most are denied citizenship ber of reported new cases and of vaccine, according to the “Bengalis” living in the western tigation has recommended the in the Leuser Ecosystem Area, ly,” Arianto said, “This was Conservationists have warned and other basic rights. deaths has been falling. website “Our World in Data,” state of Rakhine, including the prosecution of Myanmar''s top a forested region for tiger con- intended to poach endangered that the coronavirus pandemic Government spokesman Health authorities on which compiles global statis- population townships of military commanders on servation in Aceh province, animals for economic gain." He has led to increased poaching as Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun made Thursday reported 2,635 more tics.. Maungdaw and Buthidaung, charges of genocide, war crimes said Agus Arianto, head of the said his agency will cooperate villagers turn to hunting for eco- the announcement at a news confirmed COVID-19 cases, More than 700,000 will be vaccinated. and crimes against humanity. conservation agency. The body with law enforcement agencies nomic reasons.  !"#  %&# '  &"&% ()* (+(,  5      -  >     &      !   ? %@ 19  # "    314     A((: 4   ' =).2:* parties concerned have to give ' 5(5+%* kets remained buoyant during an undertaking for withdraw- the whole week, with advances ' 5(5+%* per cent of GDP in FY22 than federal court in al all cases against the govern- quity benchmark Sensex seen in the frontline as well as the earlier forecast of 1.5 per AWashington has set time- ment/tax department. Eclimbed 175 points to close the sectoral indexes. The ndia Ratings and Research cent of GDP," it said. lines for responses to be filed "So, while all this is in above the 56,000-mark for the progress which the markets Ion Friday said it expects the After analysis of informa- to an Indian Government peti- process, the government is first time on Friday, driven by have made so far is based on aggregate fiscal deficit of States tion of 14 states for Q1 FY22, tion seeking dismissal of a suit obligated to respond in any strong buying in infrastructure, the expected performance of in the country to moderate to the agency found that the by Britain's Cairn Energy that legal matter where there is a finance and pharma stocks the economy, and therefore, of 4.1 per cent of GDP in the cur- aggregate revenue receipts of sought enforcement of a $1.2 time bar for doing so," an offi- despite lacklustre global cues. the corporates, mainly against rent financial year from its ear- these states grew 30.8 per cent billion arbitral award. cial explained. A strengthening rupee, the background of low interest lier expectation of 4.3 per cent. to Rs 3.95 lakh crore during the Judge Richard J Leon of the Cairn had challenged the which surged 53 paise against rates and liquidity which is In line with the slight mod- period. US District Court for the Rs 10,247 crore tax demand the US dollar, further bol- aplenty. eration in its forecast for fiscal Although the considerable District of Colombia has given before an international arbi- stered sentiment, traders said. "FIIs have been sellers all deficit in FY22, the agency improvement is due to a low Cairn time till September 10 to trict court lacked subject mat- tration tribunal, which in Staging a smart rebound the days while the mop up expects the aggregate base, revenue receipts grew file a response to the ter jurisdiction in the dispute December last year overturned after a gap-down opening, the even as global markets traded through IPOs stands at close to debt/GDP ratio to come in 1.5 per cent in Q1 FY22 over Government's 'Motion to between Cairn and the Indian the same and ordered the gov- 30-share BSE Sensex settled mixed as investors awaited USD 2.50 billion so far this lower at 32.4 per cent in FY22 the pre-COVID 19 period of Dismiss' petition. tax authority. ernment to refund the money 175.62 points or 0.31 per cent announcements from the month. There has been some as against the previous estimate Q1 FY20, it said. Thereafter, the Indian gov- The move came within collected. higher at its new closing peak Jackson Hole Economic selling in the midcaps and of 34 per cent. The agency further said the ernment can file a reply in sup- days of the government enact- The government initially of 56,124.72. Symposium. Mid and small- small caps which stems from "We expect the aggregate aggregate own tax and non-tax port of its motion by October ing a legislation to scrap a tax refused to return the USD 1.2 Similarly, the broader NSE cap stocks continued their out- the fact that both the indexes fiscal deficit of Indian states to revenue receipt of 14 states 1. rule that gave the tax depart- billion, forcing Cairn to take Nifty gained 68.30 points or performance while recovery have become relatively more moderate to 4.1 per cent of the grew 77 per cent Y-o-Y and 46 This can be countered by ment power to go 50 years back action to recover that money 0.41 per cent to finish at a in the metal and pharma sec- expensive, and the large caps gross domestic product per cent y-o-y, respectively, in Cairn by October 20 and a fur- and slap capital gains levies through seizure of Indian assets record 16,705.20. tors guided them to be the sec- looked a shade better," said (GDP)," the agency said in a Q1 FY22. ther two months have been wherever ownership had overseas. UltraTech Cement was the toral leaders. Joseph Thomas, Head of report. This indicates that these granted to the Indian govern- changed hands overseas but In May, it took flag carrier top gainer in the Sensex pack, "Globally, markets are Research, Emkay Wealth The revenue receipts of states'' revenue collection was ment to file its reply in support business assets were in India. Air India Ltd to court in the surging 3.64 per cent, followed awaiting comments from the Management. state governments are expect- resilient to the disruptions of its motion, according to an That rule had been used to US. by L&T, Dr Reddy’s, Bajaj Fed chair on the US economy All BSE sectoral indices ed to improve, backed by an from the second Covid August 25 order of the levy a cumulative of Rs 1.10 Last month, it got a French Finserv, Sun Pharma, TCS, and clarity on its future policy closed in the green on Friday, economic recovery, resulting wave. court. lakh crore of taxes on 17 enti- court order to seize real estate Bharti Airtel and Kotak Bank. changes," said Vinod Nair, led by capital goods (2.14 per from a large section of the pop- All states'' gross market The British firm had in ties, including Rs 10,247 crore asset belonging to the Indian On the other hand, Infosys, Head of Research at Geojit cent), basic materials (1.69 per ulace receiving vaccinations, it borrowings were Rs 7.88 lakh May asked the US federal court on Cairn. government in Paris. IndusInd Bank, M&M, Nestle Financial Services. cent), industrials (1.58 per said.This would lead to states crore in FY''21. to force Air India to pay the Officials said rules for It had contended before the India, HCL Tech, HDFC Bank During the week, the cent) and power (1.46 per further easing restrictions on During April-July 2021, USD 1.26 billion arbitration withdrawal of such tax US court that Air India is con- and Tech Mahindra were Sensex gained 795.40 points or cent). business and commercial activ- states'' aggregate market bor- award the firm had won in demands are in the process of trolled by the Indian govern- among the laggards, shedding 1.43 per cent, while the Nifty The broader BSE midcap ity, the agency said. rowing was lower at Rs 1.94 December. being framed. ment so much that they are up to 1.07 per cent. advanced 254.70 points or 1.54 and smallcap indices spurted "We now expect the aggre- lakh crore than Rs 2.1 lakh The government on "One of the requirements "alter egos" and the airline "Indian benchmark indices per cent. up to 1.04 per cent, outper- gate revenue deficit of states to crore in April-July 2020, the August 13 filed a 'Motion to for the dropping of the retro- company should be liable for remained in positive territory "The domestic equity mar- forming the benchmark. come in marginally lower at 1.3 report said. Dismiss' petition saying the dis- spective tax demands is that the the arbitration award.   *5   + 1      1,, 4 8#  3 (    % )   / +  /   % (?!   >        6         % ) 5*         ' =).2:*    #       ' =).2:* ublic sector lenders Union ' <72<%6% usinesses that have not filed PBank of India (UBI) and ' =).2:* diesel. These have a combined ' =).2:* BGSTR-3B returns in the Central Bank of India on naugurating a 1.24MWp capacity of 81.2 million tonne. preceding two months will not Friday said the Government Irooftop solar power plant, ndia's top oil firm Indian Oil It plans to raise the capaci- s monsoon deficiency be able to file details of outward has extended tenures of their Manoj Joshi, General ICorp (IOC) on Friday said it ty of its Koyali refinery in Gujarat Atouched 10 percent supplies in GSTR-1 from executive directors. Manager, Metro Railway, on will invest close to  1 lakh crore to 18 million tonne from the cur- between June 1 and August 26, September 1, GSTN has The terms of UBI''s execu- Thursday, dedicated it to the to raise its refining capacity by rent 13.7 million tonne while the the Ministry of Agriculture’s said. tive directors -- Manas Ranjan service of the nation. This almost a third in the next 4-5 same at Panipat refinery in data released on Friday showed large deficit in rainfall in While businesses file Form GSTR-3B for preceding Biswal and Gopal Singh Gusain power plant has been installed years as it saw fuel demand con- Haryana is planned to go up to area sown to paddy has dipped Odisha, Gujarat, Jammu and GSTR-1 of a particular month tax period. -- have been extended vide a on the roofs of the two major tinuing to grow in near future. 25 million tonne from the cur- 1.23 per cent at 388.56 lakh Kashmir and Mizoram. by the 11th day of the subse- EY Tax Partner Abhishek notification dated August 26, the buildings of Central Park Addressing the company's rent 15 million tonne. hectares so far. In the same Area sown to coarse cere- quent month, GSTR-3B, Jain said this is a well thought lender said in a regulatory filing. Depot of East-West Metro annual meeting of sharehold- Expansion is also planned period, area sown to coarse als too showed a slight decline through which businesses pay restriction and a necessary Biswal''s term has been and is scattered over 19173 sq. ers, IOC Chairman Shrikant at Guwahati and Barauni cereals, oilseeds and cotton to 170.98 lakh hectares till taxes, is filed in a staggered control check to eliminate the extended beyond his current- metre rooftop area. As a Madhav Vaidya said petrol refineries while a new plant is remained lower, while that of August 26 of this kharif season manner between 20th-24th cases where taxpayers ly notified term, which expires result, Metro Railway will be demand is already back at pre- being built at the subsidiary, pulses, sugarcane and as against 173.61 lakh hectares day of the succeeding although report their supply on February 28, 2022, till the able to save Rs. 45 COVID levels and diesel - the Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd jute/mesta rose marginally. in the year-ago period. Oilseeds month. invoices in GSTR-1 (due to date of his superannuation lakhs(approx) per most used fuel in the country (CPCL). As per the Ministry data, acreage was also down at In an advisory to taxpayers, constant follow ups from (April 30, 2022) or until further annum. - should return to normal lev- These expansions will take farmers planted paddy in 189.51 lakh hectares as against GSTN, which manages the recipients' side) but they do orders, whichever is earlier, This project which has els by Diwali. IOC's refining capacity to 106.7 388.56 lakh hectares till August 192.51 lakh hectares. However, technology backbone for not submit their correspond- Union Bank of India said. been executed through Public "Forecasts by various agen- million tonne. 26, as against 393.41 lakh pulses acreage rose marginal- Goods and Services Tax, said ing GSTR-3B return through Similarly, Gusain''s term has Private Partnership Mode is cies see Indian fuel demand Vaidya said IOC is focus- hectares in the year-ago peri- ly at 135.83 lakh hectares till that Rule-59(6) of Central GST which tax is actually paid to been extended till the date of his equipped with all standard climbing to 400-450 million ing on optimally integrating od. Total paddy acreage has so August 26 compared to 134.23 Rules which provides for government. superannuation, (January 31, protections and safety checks. tonne by 2040 from the present current refining processes to far remained marginally lower lakh hectares in the year-ago restriction in filing of GSTR-1, "Compliant taxpayers 2022) or until further orders, Metro Railway has provided 250 million tonne. This offers yield more chemical products in most states, except for states period. Among cash crops, will come into effect from would appreciate this move as whichever is earlier. His term was the rooftop areas whereas the enough legroom for all forms per barrel of oil. like . For area sown to cotton remained September 1, 2021. till now their input tax credit coming to an end on September solar power developer has done of energy to co-exist," he said. "This will intensify petro- instance, area under paddy in down at 117.42 lakh hectares as According to the rule, a was also at risk in case vendors 19. The Department of Financial complete designing, procure- To cater to that demand chemical and lubricant inte- Odisha was down to 31.25 against 128.41 lakh hectares. registered person shall not be do not file their GSTR-3B even Services, through a notification ment, installation, testing and surge, IOC is aggressively rolling gration leading to a diversified lakh hectares as against 36.04 In contrast, area under allowed to furnish the details though such invoice is appear- on August 26, has also extend- commissioning work. Solar out new projects. "These trans- product portfolio and attain lakh hectares, while in sugarcane was up marginally at of outward supplies of goods ing in GSTR-2A," Jain ed the term of office of Ashok power developer will also oper- late into refining capacity expan- profit maximisation." Telangana it was 17.61 lakh 54.70 lakh hectares as against or services or both in Form added. Srivastava, executive director of ate and maintain this plant for sion of over 25 million metric "In fact, integration pro- hectares as against 18.79 lakh 53.96 lakh hectares, while that GSTR-1, if he has not fur- AMRG & Associates Central Bank of India, the lender 25 years. tonne per annum, including jects, like the upcoming Styrene hectares in the corresponding of jute/mesta was flat at 7.03 nished the return in Form Senior Partner Rajat Mohan said in a separate filing. This plant has been con- (subsidiary) CPCL, and an Monomer Project at Panipat or period of last year. Similarly in lakh hectare as against 7 lakh GSTR-3B for preceding two said from September 1 GSTN His term has been extended structed as a part of 100 MW- investment commitment of close the Lube Integration Project at Chhattisgarh, paddy acreage hectares earlier, as per the data. months. is implementing GST rules beyond January 22, 2022, till the peak rooftop solar generation to Rs 1 lakh crore over the next Gujarat Refinery will also was down at 36.67 lakh Sowing of paddy, the main For taxpayers filing quar- that bars a taxpayer to file date of his superannuation projects for Indian Railways 4 to 5 years," he said. reduce India's import depen- hectares till August 26 as kharif crop, begins with the terly return, GSTR-1 filing GSTR 1 wherein taxpayer has (November 30, 2022) or until which aims to become ‘Net IOC operates 11 refineries dence and strengthen the against 39.04 lakh hectares in onset of southwest monsoon would be restricted if he has not paid taxes for previous two further orders, whichever is ear- Zero Carbon Emitter’ by that convert crude oil into val- promise of an Aatmanirbhar the year-ago period. The fall in from June. Harvesting com- not furnished the return in consecutive tax periods. lier, Central Bank of India added. 2030. ued fuels such as petrol and Bharat," he said. paddy sowing was due to the mences from October. ##   ,   59         )    0-)  1,0!                             !4    ' =).2:* ' =).2:* Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) are ' =).2:* said.     key constituents under the IBC frame- eading stock exchange NSE on Friday asked Singh underlined to the US he Corporate Affairs Ministry is work. Linvestors to deal with only registered stock- ndia plans to emerge as a Presidential envoy that Prime ' =).2:* Tworking with the Finance Ministry, Addressing a conference organised brokers amid instances of unregistered entities tar- Iglobal leader in green hydro- Minister Narendra Modi places Reserve Bank of India and the Indian by industry body CII on five years of the geting gullible investors with false promises of exor- gen and the country is propos- the highest importance on the omegrown auto major Tata Motors Ltd (TML) Banks' Association (IBA) on the issue of IBC, Verma said erosion of the value of bitant returns. ing to mandate using green environment. Hon Friday said it has received approval of the the conduct of the committee of credi- a debtor before it comes to CIRP In a statement, National Stock Exchange hydrogen in fertilizer and in He suggested to him that National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Mumbai tors under the insolvency resolution (Corporate Insolvency Resolution (NSE) has asked investors not to transfer funds or refining, Power Minister R K India and the USA could work Bench to hive off its passenger vehicles business unit process, a senior official said on Friday. Process) is a matter of concern and securities to the stockbroker under any arrange- Singh has told the US Special together in the areas of inno- into a separate entity. The role of Committee of Creditors emphasised that "timing and asset preser- ment or agreement of assured or guaranteed Presidential Envoy for Climate vations for power and tech- Earlier in March this year, the shareholders of (CoC) is crucial in deciding a resolution vation is of real essence". returns. (SPEC) John Kerry. nology, pointing out the the company at an extraordinary general meeting plan under the Insolvency and "The issues and challenges that often The advisory came after the exchange noticed In a telephonic conversa- requirement of bringing down convened as per an order of the NCLT had voted Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which provides crop up are valuation, conduct of CoCs, that some unregistered entities and unregulated tion last evening, Singh also the cost of storage of renewable and approved the transfer of the passenger vehicles for a market-linked framework for insolvency professionals, delays hap- internet-based platforms are targeting gullible informed Kerry that India will power. business unit to TML Business Analytics Services resolving stressed assets. pening in NCLT, post resolution imple- investors with false promises of high/exorbitant invite bids for green hydrogen The minister informed Ltd as a going concern on a slump sale basis for a The discussions on the issue of the mentation difficulties. returns on their investment schemes or products. in the next 3-4 months to Kerry about the recent mile- lump sum consideration. conduct of CoC in the context of the "... Still we see that creditors have "Investors are advised to deal only with Sebi encourage viable usage of stone the country had achieved Subsequently, the matter moved back to the insolvency resolution process assumes been able to recover more than 180 per registered stockbrokers and check the registration hydrogen as a fuel, according to by crossing 100 GW in NCLT for a final order. significance amid recent instances of cent of the liquidation value of the cor- details of the said entity they are dealing with since a power ministry statement. Installed solar and wind capac- "We are pleased to inform you that, the Hon'ble creditors taking steep haircuts on their porate debtors that have been resolved. it allows recourse to regulatory action," NSE said. India is looking at bids for ity. NCLT vide its order dated August 24, 2021, has exposure under resolution plans. This is the outcome," Verma said. and They have been cautioned not to transfer funds, 4,000 MW of electrolysers "If we add Hydro capacity sanctioned the said scheme," Tata Motors said in "We are working with IBA, RBI and cited that more than 30 per cent of the for the purposes of trading to anyone, including capacity, it stated. also, the total installed renew- a regulatory filing. Department of Financial Services on the companies that have been resolved were an authorised person or an associate of the bro- As per the statement, Kerry able capacity is 147 GW. The company will be filing the said order along very important issue of the conduct of not going concern. ker, other than a Sebi registered stockbroker. has congratulated India on Further, 63 GW of renewable with a copy of the scheme with the Registrar of CoC," Corporate Affairs Secretary Rajesh Mentioning about efforts being made The exchange has advised investors to refrain achievements in renewable capacity is under construction Companies, Mumbai within 30 days of the date of Verma said. to make the insolvency law framework from any investments/dealings arising out of a con- energy on reaching 146GW which makes India one of the receipt of the order, it added. He did not elaborate further. more effective and efficient, the corpo- tract in securities that are not permitted under the Renewables with 63 GW under fastest growing in terms of Tata Motors had said that its passenger vehi- The Department of Financial Services rate affairs secretary said the infrastruc- rules. It has alerted investors against falling prey construction and 25 GW under renewable capacity addition," it cles business unitnhas been valued at Rs 9,417 crore. comes under the finance ministry. ture of NCLT and NCLAT (National to fraudsters sending emails and SMSs luring them bids. stated. Last year, Tata Motors had announced that it Verma also acknowledged that it has Company Law Appellate Tribunal) is to trade in stocks or securities promising huge prof- "Union Minister R K Singh Singh also informed Kerry would turn its domestic PV business unit into a sep- been upheld in judgements that com- being strengthened to address the delays it in unregistered schemes/ products. has informed Mr Kerry about that the National Hydrogen arate entity and seek a strategic partnership in order mercial wisdom lies with CoC as the IBC in disposal of cases by filling up the Earlier this week, the two exchanges BSE and India's plan to emerge as a Energy Mission has been to help the unit secure its long-term viability. provides for a competitive market driven vacant positions. NSE asked investors to refrain from investing in global leader in green hydro- launched to enable cost com- The company's management has so far stated process for value discovery of the debtor. "Concerns of the market with respect unregulated derivative products such as contracts gen. India is proposing to man- petitive green hydrogen pro- that it has not taken a decision on a partner. According to him, the IBBI has to implementation of resolution plans for difference and binary options offered by inter- date using green hydrogen in duction. He added that India Tata Motors has maintained that as part of an been working on increasing the capaci- due to claims by various government net-based trading platforms. fertilizer and in refining. This would be conducting compet- overall business reorganisation plan and in order ty of CoC through various seminars and entities is also being addressed... The exchanges said that investors falling prey is part of the government's itive bids for green hydrogen in to provide for the optimum running, growth and addressing the market issues. Advocacy efforts are being taken up to to the promises of high or exorbitant returns by commitment towards replacing the next 3-4 months to pave the development of the PV undertaking and its inter- The Insolvency and Bankruptcy sensitise state government entities also," these trading platforms may eventually lose money grey hydrogen with green road for viable usage of hydro- ests, it was necessary to realign the PV Board of India (IBBI) and the National he noted. heavily. hydrogen," the statement gen as a fuel. business.  !"#  %&# '  &"&% ()* (+(, /

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When non-sense Munir is known for penning becomes extreme, it starts some of the beautiful Bollywood making sense.” he grinned. songs like Maana Ke Hum Yaar Talking about his short- Nahin, Suno Na Sangemarmar, Falak film Laali which also made it Tak, among many others. to IFFM this year, he said, “the As the poet-lyricist is part of India hen I tell you I spoke with vividly that there were four-five just the thought of it. I thanked director met me at the airport Shayari Project (ISP), a poetry show, someone as down to elders sitting on the chaupaal very them and then God for bringing on and narrated the story to me in she was about how writing poetry is “For example, the 90s saw Wearth as Pankaj Tripathi, worried for my future. They did- this unexpected journey.” thirty minutes. I was impressed different from writing lyrics of a Nadeem-Shravan bring in a complete- I am not sure if you will be able to n’t think I could reach a stage where As I praised his acting and the by her passion and decided to be Bollywood song, she responded, ly new sound. Even in the new mil- fathom the depths of the truth in I would have the money to travel most realistic roles he plays, the a part of the film. It revolves “Poetry is very different in that sense lennium, we have wonderful poets the statement. In a heartfelt conver- voluntarily. So, they predicted I Mirzapur series star credited around a lonely man who is lost in compared to writing lyrics of a song and writers who have bought in new sation with him, the award-win- would be an employee, a technician National School of Drama where he his own world, and is a prisoner of as poetry follows certain rules and ways. Javed sahib and Gulzar sahib ning actor cogitated about how you or something, of Air India, because studied, for helping him make his his past and present ordeals. It is parameters. Poetry is essentially remain the doyens of this space. can never accomplish the true there was no other way I would characters relatable, in addition to hardly a forty minute venture, something that I feel arises from your Rockstar can be accounted as one of definition of ‘achievement’ and have made foreign trips in future.” his poignant personal experiences with negligible dialogues. It is a own experiences, narratives, thoughts the finest albums lyrically of all time. that it is very subjective. “I don’t know how I recalled in life and a dash of imagination. beautiful tale.” and expressions. It's purely the poet's The depth of thought, vocabulary and He confessed, “There’s nothing this incident suddenly.” he laughed. He continued, “acting is a product On the lines of OTT platforms expression. Whereas film or songwrit- of Irshad Kamil is wonder- like that, there is no hallmark of Tripathi, who recently bagged for which the recipe is complicat- becoming trendy, he noted,“OTT ing is a very specialised and cus- ful. Amitabh Bhattacharya, I think, is achievement in the field of . the Diversity in Cinema award at ed. Every time you have to change mediums provide an unlimited tomised job. You're writing for a the new age Anand Bakshi and Since this is not a race that I can fin- the Indian Film Festival of the ingredients and alter the tim- screen. The work is globally acces- script, for a character by a brief given Anand Bakshi is a giant. We need to ish in eight seconds, every time I Melbourne (IFFM), claimed in a ing. Acting/our job is a beautiful sible because of the same. It does- by the director, keeping in mind the do what is the mood of the moment,” reach a milestone, I want to explore recent interview that he had accom- story that is hard to express in n’t matter what money the movie compulsions of the commerce, which she pointed out. more. There is no ‘best actor’ in the plished more than he expected. words.” makes at its opening. Here, the is the music label and the producer. As ISP launched on ZEE5 with world.” After following up on the same, he He quoted Anurag Kashyap actual content matters. Whether a So, of course, while thoughts are Kumar Vishwas, Zakir Khan along He commented on how, in his heartily expressed, “The mere fact who had previously commented on plot line is good or not makes or yours, what they need to achieve has with Kausar, she added that such an perception, we are all like sea- that there are some people in his diverse portrayal of various breaks it. There has been tremen- been dictated by somebody else.” initiative will open many doors for explorers, where the sea is the Melbourne who know my name in roles, “One commendable thing dous improvement in cinema. Now Asked if somewhere, in main- young poets to flourish. metaphor for life. “This process of itself is a big deal for me. I am shak- about Pankaj is that he does mul- good actors are getting work.” stream entertainment space, poetry is “I believe the younger generation exploration for us will continue for- en, at times, at the magnitude of the tiple and diverse projects at once - Tripathi will be seen playing fading, Munir emphasised on staying is extremely interested in shayari ever. In life, we will never know the things around me.” a commercial budget film, inde- the role of PR Man Singh in his relevant with time and moving with and poetry, but perhaps they need script of tomorrow.” In a slightly emotional tone, he pendent cinema and a short film, upcoming movie 83. He the vibe. more portals and doorways to open He narrated a delightful inci- added, “when some upper-rank too.” expressed, “my character in 83 is She explained, “No, it is not. With for them to familiarise with it and dent from his childhood, as he officers, who were located at high The actor was nominated very unexpected. Even old crick- every changing era, the requirement understand it better. I think ISP is explained, “my village was 50 kms altitudes, told me that they down- recently at IFFM for Best et fans would not be aware of changes. In times where emojis have great because the first sampling of the from Nepal and I was very young. load my content and take it with Performance (Male) in the film cat- the contribution of Man Singh their own language, if I am going to show was catered towards different There was a specific pundit who them to watch it, I was shocked. I egory for Ludo and for the Best in the 1983 world cup, since say Chaudavi Ka Chand Ya Aftab Ho, sensibilities and demographics so did palmistry, and reading my didn’t know how to accept it. I gen- Performance (Male) in series for team-managers, like directors, it is not going to fit well, unless it's a that you could understand what the hand, he told the elders that I am uinely couldn’t understand whether Mirzapur 2. are behind the camera and so period drama. Everything keeps scope and scale of poetry can be,” the destined for numerous internation- I should thank them, or show Asking him what he specifical- are lesser known. I’m very excit- changing in accordance with the lyricist signed off. al travels in future. I remember another gesture. I was humbled at ly looks for in a script, he answered, ed for the response of my audience.” vibe of the moment.” L C-

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For a long time now, Armed with acerbic dia- ward relationship truths in Tone but particularly for those who I have led a sustainable, zero-plastic logue and honest monologues works like this and have faced financial setbacks, lost loved lifestyle and I don’t like to buy anything written by the Tony Award- Catastrophe. Why are you ones or suffered from mental and physi- just for the sake of it. With time, I have winner Dennis Kelly, an Oscar- drawn to that? cal health challenges. For expectant moth- learnt that the joy of letting go is bigger nominated director in Stephen SHARON: It's what I find ers too, this has been a tough phase. Actor than the thrill of gathering more. Try Daldry and a freedom to break interesting to write and it's and producer Dia Mirza expresses, “As an decluttering your home and you will the fourth wall and address the what I find interesting to per- expectant mom, I was worried not just instantly feel lighter and better.” audience directly, McAvoy and form. When you're writing about my own health but the health of the Sharon got to flex their skills as about relationships, the things planet. There was and is deep anxiety child to remind myself of how much good  # %#   actors while diving into the col- that are easiest to write are the about what kind of a world our children I can still do.There are so many people We can all go back to a childhood lective trauma of the past 18 ones that are dysfunctional will grow up in amid so many environ- going through a hard time right now and hobby when being an adult seems hard- months. The film opens in because it's funny or interesting. mental and social challenges. I also faced extending hope and help in some way er than usual. Mirza adds, “I love to paint. North American theaters on I don't have a huge amount of a health crisis and now as a new mom, instantly gives me a sense of Be it a wall, a piece of fabric, a canvas or August 27. interest in just having sweet sto- there are days, I feel overwhelmed. purpose." furniture. We all have unexpressed creativ- McAvoy and Sharon spoke ries. However, over the years, I have developed ity within and when we are at home for to The Associated Press recent- MCAVOY: Generally when some tools to regain my sense of joy and  # '# longer hours than usual, why not bring ly about the intense process and we're happy, we understand optimism.”  it all out and rediscover the joy of paint- did not hold anything back. why we're happy. We don't Mirza says doing little things around Mirza states, “One thing ing, knitting, crocheting, dancing, Remarks have been edited for really understand why we're a the house helps her regain mindfulness books have taught me is to playing an instrument or anything clarity and brevity. mess, that's why we do years and these are her go-to activities when seek joy even while facing that you may not have had the time to and years of therapy. That's pandemic blues seem overpowering. challenges. I think of books as focus on?”  This was an insanely quick what any kind of art is for - to soul food and they always come 10-day shoot. 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When bad things are hap- from the world and connect with a deep- in your home have always loved to cook. visually interesting, we needed SHARON: It was really gy. But this is so detailed and pening to you, you kind of turn er calmer part of me. And, of course, for reading, Trust me, baking is truly to sort of get it up on its feet and exciting. Every day you just did- so dense... you couldn't just save to see something worse hap- nature is a big healer. Put your gadgets and spend as therapeutic as it is get moving with it. Stephen just n't know where you'd get to and it for the camera. You couldn't pening to someone else. away and water your plants, hug a tree, go some time deemed to be. When the kept us moving constantly. it felt really unusual to get to do just save it for the day and hope MCAVOY: I actually start- for a walk in a green space and you will everyday with house begins to smell of Then this funny thing hap- that... I'm quite shy as a person. a better truth would come out ed playing online video games feel instantly grounded and calm." a book. It will cinnamon and happiness, pened, well it wasn't funny at I'm a bit like, "Don't look at me" because maybe a truth comes with four of my pals. A bunch change your perspec- you will feel all your stress just the time, but it kept happen- and James is so immediately in out in the first five seconds and of 40-something males and %'   tive and possibly your melting away. You can also ing... we would rehearse some- it and doing it. It was like, "Oh then you realize you have 20 here we are playing computer One way to instantly feel good is to life.” cook a meal for your building thing and work it all out in we're doing this?" You had to minutes of this and you need to games, whilst holding control help someone else feel better. Mirza watchman, for a daily wage movement and choreograph it lose your inhibitions. You had make every minute work. 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I am Mughal Bachcha also took Nimra back to a mem- 0      085,8)('!     extremely free-spirited and as a perfor- orable evening many years ago and she recalls, mance artiste, I believe that being in that “I was lucky enough to watch Ratna Pathak Shah state of mind, completely free of any perform a story by  "          #)!'; $!-)99 reservations or limitations, is essential Chughtai on stage to thriving as an artiste. I never fancied when she and n the recently concluded Indian Film ing. Being first-timers, in our case, we my performances. You see, I regard that we had to let go of a lot of the the idea of being someone’s employee, Naseer Saab had Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), Shut had no such intentions or connections. myself as more than just an entertain- footage (chuckles heartily). I would never subject myself to a role come to Pakistan IUp Sona bagged the coveted award But I had to do this. I felt that I was er. I protest and raise my voice on things where someone gets to dictate what I with their drama for the best documentary. Based on, and pushed against the wall in the industry, that seem unfair and all these factors led You have said that living life on your can or can’t do. And this conviction has group, ‘Motley’. She produced by, Sona Mohapatra’s person- I wasn’t getting enough chances to to more things, not unlike the domino terms and speaking your mind made only grown stronger over the years. performed with al voice and journey, the film has been express myself. I was constantly feeling effect. your journey tougher... Could you My decision applies for these times such energy and courting critical acclaim across the choked, that I wasn’t getting to share my Those three years were an eye- please share the first instance that as well, where social media and your now I too have the globe. craft as often as I should, and the best opener of sorts. I recall my partner, Ram comes to your mind, concerning this digital image rules the roost, where one privilege to bring a As someone who wears her heart way to combat that feeling was to go and Sampat, telling me that he thought we statement? has this subconscious urge to produce Chughtai story to on her sleeve, Mohapatra has never had do my own thing which is creating were going around shooting something Knowing that speaking my mind, content that can obtain maximum life.” qualms in baring it all with her audi- opportunities for myself. For me, it was very self-indulgent. But how could I tell even though it might make my journey ‘likes’. Just to be clear, the internet has Mughal Bachcha ence. Charming, unabashed, and all about taking hold of the reins of my him how serious and exhausting it was, somewhat difficult, makes things eas- scores of advantages, but it comes revolves around unstoppable, she is one of the impor- life, instead of sitting and complaining we were travelling across the length ier for others, I won’t ever change my with its share of disadvantages. I would- Kalay Mian, a proud tant figures debating the existing gen- about things. and breadth of the country, with little ways. The very first example that n’t want to wake up and think about Mughal lad and der discourse within the performing With these thoughts, I reached out to no funding and only a skeletal crew comes to mind is that of the NH7 what new antics I can do to engage with Gori Bi, his beauti- fraternity in India. Her film chal- to Deepti, an old friend of mine who at our disposal. To sum up the process, Weekender, a music festival that I have my audience and build my following to ful bride. Mian is lenges the status quo and tackles the is a DOP and a cinematographer. She I would have to run around, hustle, been calling out for a while now. Their feel important. Ever since Instagram unable to set aside his ego and inferiority complex prejudices that run deep in the music had earlier helped me with some music arrange enough money for the next lopsided gender representation is infu- introduced the feature where you can for a happy married life and Nimra says, “The story industry in particular and Indian soci- videos but has never directed anything. segment of our shoot. As I said, this riating. They have 50 acts, or more at disable showing the number of ‘likes’ remains relevant till date because it is about love ety in general while showing a journey But I reached out to her with the pro- is no run of the mill documentary. every festival, but their female represen- your post has received, I happily went that has gone wrong; ego and conflict over a small across the length and breadth of India’s posal that since both of us are in love Thankfully we got an editor of tation is a mere four per cent. In a coun- and activated the feature. I refuse to sub- issue that grows so big that it never lets two peo- diverse landscape where she shares her with the history and music of our land, Arjun Gaurisaria’s stature to come on try like India, in the 21st century does ject myself to the mentality that I should ple come together.” musical roots and inspirations that why don’t we document a journey cov- board who, as a filmmaker himself, that not seem absurd? But guess what, do what gets the maximum likes. I Director Kanwal Khoosat adds, “This is such range from folk, semi-classical to icon- ering musical, sort of like a travelogue. crafted Shut Up Sona as the wholesome after seven years of calling them out, just could care less about something as triv- an interesting story and when I first read it, I ic artists, Mirabai to Amir Khusrau to That is how the idea originated. I get to package it is. It is a straight-up a year before the pandemic, female rep- ial as the numbers on social media. immediately thought that Nimra would be perfect modern-day influences that make her travel around 20 days a month with my masaaledaar, musical, politi- resentation at the Weekender festivals To be governed by social media val- for it. Luckily, she loved it too! Our rehearsals were a rockstar, playing to hundreds of band and the idea sort of evolved cal commentary, produced as went up to 21 per cent. Now, I wasn’t idation will be the bane of the coming full of laughter and improvisation and she was fab- thousands at her live concerts. Provided wherein it was all about me a fun film. The first time I invited to perform at the festival and generations, but we are now used to this ulous as always on stage.” below are excerpts from the interview. travelling to explore some watched the film with peo- honestly, I did not expect them to call reality. I look forward to the day when Nimra adds, “The story is so rich that I feel musical inspirations, ple in the theatre, I could- me since I am considered to be a we can entertain such conversations in the text did all the work for me. I really enjoyed What led to the conceptualisation of with her shooting n’t believe that people were whistleblower and/or a troublemaker. the public domain. being a genderless explorer of the narrative where Shut Up Sona? As a producer, did you whatever is going actually laughing, or crying But what I did/said affected change, and I could be a man or a woman and just play around really call the shots or did you trust on. But as inci- for that matter, during cer- that made me happy. I am not saying For someone who is known to be with the material with complete freedom.” the director, Deepti Gupta, had for the dents unfold- tain segments of the film, that I alone was the root cause for such unapologetically herself, have you According to her, the experience of shooting documentary? ed during the because none of it was a change, but I certainly did my bit and ever adjusted to something? a dramatic reading was no different than acting This is not your conventional doc- three years staged. I was amused by I do not regret what I had to experience, Yes, of course! Adjustment is the in a film, OTT or TV show but it had an addition- umentary where you raise funds that we were some journalists review- the consequences of my actions. way of life. It would be very unfair, on al dimension because the ambience was that of live through a trust. To begin with, India shooting ing my ‘acting’ in Shut Up the verge of being dictatorial, if I try to theatre. She remarks, “The shoot had the energy does not have a clear understanding of this, we Sona; well, it was just me Do you remember what your dreams have my way all the time. I can’t be right of a live performance on stage with the camera act- documentaries and therefore doesn’t covered a being me, captured in were when you first set foot in this all the time. I have the sense to apolo- ing as an observer. I enjoyed the whole process back it as a cinematic medium; it is con- lot many real-time. We made a industry? gise when I am in the wrong. There is immensely.” sidered to be a very niche, artsy genre. aspects 90-minute film from Of course! I aspired to establish my no harm in adjusting, but not at the cost (Tune in to Airtel Spotlight, to watch Nimra’s So, most documentary filmmakers apart over 300 hours worth of voice as my face and I think it is fair to of going against your principles and dramatic reading for Yaar Julahay, through next tend to look westward for their fund- from footage, I rue the fact say that I have achieved my dream. value systems. week.) 8,.+9  OF NATURE, TRADITIONS AND MORE /         17 18   !     %0;6A3/6=56 >/%A6/49

he unique benevolence and beauty from nat- reat designers from all over the often, and in different ways. Tural bliss gives our garments feminine per- Gworld use the most exquisite He also brought in his signature sonality, colour and variety. Keeping in mind embroideries, done by the hands of floral-inspired prints, and added nature’s gifts, designer Reynu Taandon celebrat- India’s master artisans. But at home, those to the mix. It was slightly ed Whimsical Surrealism as the theme for her col- we have somehow equated embell- bohemian, with a hint of glamour, lection at the FDCI India Couture Week 2021. ishments with bridal wear for and like a finely-executed mosa- Reynu expressed that the collection, ZURI, decades now. This deep-seated ic, it brought together his was an excitingly unusual experience. From heav- connection made Varun rede- thoughts on what haute cou- ily Swarovski embellished greens, nudes, pinks fine how haute couture is ture can be. You’ll find to rich classic pieces, tone-on-tone mirrored worn, and what it means to draped skirts and dresses lehengas, anarkalis, traditional saris, sharara and today’s informed and style- paired with bralettes, jack- gharara the collection was bound to make a state- conscious consumer. ets with power shoulder, ment. Through his collection, lehengas, peplum tops with The collection had been divided into three Memory / Mosaic, Varun tried skirts, slip dresses paired parts which showcased shades of green, pink and to pull together a few themes with long jackets, capes nude. For Reynu, this season was all about tak- that have grown stronger in his with trousers, as well as ele- ing a leap into clashing kaleidoscopes of colours. mind over the past year. Apart gant sarees, all realised in The collection opened with from embellishments, he also fabrics like organza, silk, light and breezy outfits for young thought deeply about silhouettes satin, tulle, velvet, and even girls in beautiful pastel shades and the idea of drama as defined denim in Memory / Mosaic. which were shown around a lot by the demands of haute couture. The designer’s colour of flowers, rose petals, leaves Here, he tried to simplify his palette played with ivory, and a dreamy look, play- designs and cuts to reduce the black, red, sage green, and ing around with sunrays ritual of wearing haute couture, blushing pinks — light, con- to keep it as close to infusing them with a certain trasting, and refreshing, ideal for nature as possible. This refreshing lightness so that one would the upcoming festivities no matter then transitioned to the be encouraged to wear them more where you are in the world. intricate embroideries with pearls and Swarovski’s in greens and multi- 7/9:A624/60 emerald green, royal purple, turquoise colours - shades increas- and valiant poppy. A splash to metal- ingly preferred by the 0/-5-' lic hues viz. silvers and gold ele- brides and families vated the grandeur while adding today for mehendi, he collection, Love is, was inspired a dash of glamour. The intricate cocktails and pre-wed- Tby the monument of love - Taj crafting techniques replicated ding functions. The Mahal. The details of the collection the structural marvel on the last bit of the collec- sought to translate the visionary fabric via architectural tion showcased a saga of love by borrowing from motifs of domes and range in the beauty of Taj Mahal; from minarets, filigree of foliage, caramels, transcribing the innumerable and motifs of the century’s beiges, and motifs of the architectural fauna and birds. The line neutrals - a gem on ensembles to var- is innovational in terms of classic look you nishing them with refined method but strongly root- can wear to any adornments of Swarovski ed in terms of approach, a function from cocktails and sangeets to recep- crystals, pearls, mirrors, signature aesthetic of the tions, paired with different jewellery to add colour sequins and beads. label. The cuts were tradi- to your ensemble. The collection was a tional yet au courant, “The silhouettes of Zuri were crafted keep- medley of colours that think trailed lehen- ing in mind all generations, making the collec- scaled from mellow gas, fitted-and-flared tion versatile yet timeless. The nude ones are my muted tones such as silhouettes, and ball favourite, since it can be worn at any function. I baked beige and gown-style lehen- want my brides to look elegant, while maintain pearl ivory, to pas- gas that made for a the old world wedding charm in a contemporary tels like the rose pink befitting wedding way,” expressed the designer, speaking at the and mint green, even day bridal launch. extending to deeper tones like trousseau.  !"#  %&# '  &"&% ()* (+(, 6

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