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        * (  9  7  cine. Out the total requirement on date, the Minister said. Till of 6.18 crore vaccine for the today, 99.5 per cent health tourist boat parked at the n offline vaccination drive State, the Central Government workers have been given first ANehru Bungalow fishing 5R  Awas inaugurated on Friday has given 1,380, 756 vaccines as dose vaccine, he informed. port near here was reduced to at the Hanuman Vidyalaya ashes in a fire incident on near Jharsuguda Jhanda Friday. 7    region and sidelined the sup- Chowk by the joint collabora- The boat had been parked porters of Mahakud. After the tion of the District Health here because of the Covid 8"  *5 news of betrayal of Meenakshi Department and Hum organ- restrictions. Though the exact ) "
 spread among the people, the isation.Offline vaccination is cause of the fire was not yet supporters of Mahakud start- done in 150 vaccination centres known, locals suspected it to be ed quitting the BJD and joined after registration on the spot. the handiwork of some mis-  7  !   other parties like BJP. Health and Family Welfare creants. The Marine police However, in the meantime, Minister Naba Kisore Das inau- arrived at the scene after being HAMPUA On Sunday, Meenakshi is said to have gurated the centre and urged informed by the local people to CChampua MLA joined hands with some arch every individual to take vac- investigate. Meenakshi Mahanta held a rivals of Mahakud. More inter- massive gathering of people at estingly, Sanjay Barik, who is the Shiva temple, Jajanga near alleged to be involved in many =     Joda, to conduct a membership criminal cases, was seen to be &   (   drive for the ruling BJD. sharing stage with Meenakshi  !1  During the event, the villagers on the occasion. 7    assembled with total disregard The local police who are   of Covid norms like wearing of supposed to enforce Covid   (  masks and social distancing. norms turned a blind eye on      The MLA was not report- the event as there is a specula- *   "    - 
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and media. The girl is in utter teacher. It may be noted Jena, norms, it was alleged. Rather, that Meenakshi is going to be #)  5 distress after losing both par- editor of monthly feature mag- (  she was boasting of her inducted in the next Cabinet ROURKELA: Five persons, ents. She has none to look after azine ‘Rebati’ and wife of for- achievement of making many reshuffle of CM Naveen including the owner of a city  0  as well as to win bread for her. mer Baleswar MP RK Jena, has people join the BJD. Patnaik. based hotel, were arrested by Therefore, I went to her house been into the social and phil-      persons allegedly kidnapped Sources revealed that The police have received the Rourkela police, for alleged- 6
   and consoled her. Initiative anthropic services over a him in a car. Left with no Meenakshi who was a political flak for their double standards ly running a sex racket. would be taken to see how she decade now. She has been con- ess than a month after his option, the newlywed woman nonentity till 2019 had won the as they don’t hesitate to slap According to sources, getting gets all the benefits including ducting several services includ- Lmarriage, a man allegedly informed about the incident to last Assembly election due to fine for any violation on the an input that a sex racket was    education and healthcare etc ing mass marriages for eco- faked his own kidnapping in a her father and later lodged a the whole hearted support of common people. Contacted, going on in Hotel Comfort under the Government nomically weaker sections and film style in an attempt to dis- complaint at the Burla police former MLA Santatan Bhakta Banndhu Mahanta, under Uditnagar police limits, 12- year-old girl, who vir- schemes,” said Jena, adding helping people during the time sociate from his wife. The inci- station suspecting involvement Mahakud, but dispute started husband of the MLA, said they a team of police conducted a Atually turned orphan after that the orphaned girl wants to floods, cyclones and Covid dent was reported from the of her husband’s family mem- between the two when Bhakta had organised a meeting for raid during late night on losing her widowed mother read and become a school pandemic. Burla area in Sambalpur dis- bers behind his abduction. Banndhu Mahanta , the hus- Covid awareness but had not Wednesday. Two customers lately, found solace after she trict. The Burla police arrested Based on the complaint, the band of the MLA, interfered in anticipated that there would be were found in compromising was assured of Government the person and his sibling for police registered a case and ini- all the mining business of the a huge gathering of people. position with five girls in two compensation and facilities by the fake abduction. tiated an investigation. During rooms of the hotel. The police social worker and BJD women According to reports, the probe, police found an rescued the five girls while wing State working president Pinku Singh of Goshala under unexpected scoop that sur- detained two staff members of Subasini Jena. The minor, a res- the Burla police limits decided prised all. the hotel for further interroga- ident of Nayabali village under to marry his ladylove of the Police sources said that tion. Sources said these girls Bishnupur GP of same locality after staying in a Pinku was under pressure from were imported from Kolkata Baliapal block, has only her relationship with the young his family as he had married area and were being used here 70- year- old grandmother to woman since a long time. On the girl who was not from their in sex racket. Police on take care of her following the May 30, the couple left their caste. To get out of the situa- Thursday also arrested hotel demise of her parents. The houses and tied the knot in a tion, he decided to leave his owner who was identified as father of the girl had died of court in Bhadrak district on wife forever. He plotted the kid- Manjit Singh Sandhu. "We cancer before her birth while June 20. After the marriage, the napping conspiracy with sup- recovered four packets of con- her mother who was working couple returned to Burla and port of his younger brother doms, two mobile phones and as a pachika in an Anganwadi started living together in a Bikash Singh and one of his cash worth Rs 7,500 from the centre died of Covid recently. rented a house. On July 12, friends. As per plan, he staged spot," Additional SO Rourkela “I learnt about the plight of the Pinku had visited a shop with his own kidnapping drama, but Bikaram Keshari Bhoi told. girl from local village sources his wife when two unidentified that led to his arrest. %,- %!


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The Covid-19 has migrant parents informed that children don’t have access to even after their return they reintegration of migrant chil- tematically excluded from ed the livelihood and education amidst the Covid-19 pandem- immensely affected the educa- closure of schools due to online classes. "I have been could not enrol the children in dren into the education process accessing the online classes of children, especially migrants' ic. The Covid-19 pandemic tion of these vulnerable chil- Covid-19 compelled them to migrating to brick kilns for the school "I could not enrol myself at the source be initiated. and various Government enti- children who remain invisible forced the authority to close dren. These children not only bring their school going chil- last two years. Since the school in the school as the school was Government needs to tlements like Mid Day to the people and administra- schools and the system of were excluded as usual but lost dren with them and only 11per was closed, I took my children closed," said Jharana Sahu(15) encourage education volun- Meal(MDM), text book, uni- tion. imparting education was education both at source and cent of the parents said that along with my family. However, of Matiabhata village in teers to initiate remedial class- forms and other financial sup- Due to the unprecedented changed. destination. The second wave since there was no one to take there was no facility of educa- Khaprakhol block. "I had gone es at the households for chil- port should be provided with Covid-19, despite preventive Online teaching and learn- of Covid pandemic forced their care of the children at the vil- tion available in the worksite to brick kiln with my parents dren to prepare for re-school- all facilities. measures taken up by both the ing enabled through televi- migrant parents to take them lage, especially the girl children, and my children have not and after my return I could not ing," said programme manag- More children should be State and Central sion, WhatsApp and web-based along from place to place. they had to bring them with received any education since I enrol myself in school as the er, Aide et Action, accommodated in the season- Governments, thousands of education were the options. As According to a study by them. arrived," said Mahadev Sa (27) school is closed for last two Bhubaneswar, Saroj Barik. al hostels and those migrating migrant workers and their chil- children of seasonal migrant Aide et Action, in 82 brick The Covid-19 pandemic of Matiabhata Village of years. Moreover, the administration out should be provided educa- dren including infants and workers in normal times spend kilns in Patna, Hyderabad, also witnessed a rise in the Khaprakhol block. Moreover I do not have should take steps to accom- tion,care and protection at the adolescents faced a lot of hard- half of their life in movement Bhubaneswar and Chennai and number of migrant children Even though some smart phone .Hence I cannot modate the returnee migrant destination States. Those who ship. During the first wave of from source to destination, 27 construction sites in this year than the previous migrant families had smart- avail online class," said children and stop them from are recruited as child labourer the pandemic, around 10 mil- there is always a problem of Hyderabad it was found that a year. 49per cent of children phones, as they carry mobile Jharana.According to the sur- re-migrating again in the next at the source be prevented, res- lion migrant workers were enrolment and retention majority of migrating parents were in the age group of 6-14 phones to work sites, children vey, 56% of parents said they upcoming migration cycle cued and effectively rehabili- traumatised and suffered mas- among them. The pandemic are from Odisha (52 parents) years who migrated along with could not avail the facility dur- left most of their children with through expansion of season- tated.A comprehensive migrant sively due to the lockdowns. situation further added to their followed by Telangana (23 par- parents this year. The reasons ing the day time, not to men- the grandparents. 30% did it al hostels, opined Barik. children monitoring and track- The Supreme Court in April vulnerabilities. Migrants' chil- ents) and Bihar (18 parents). for the rise in the number of tion those who are without it. with relatives while only 2 % of Director of Migration and ing drive should be undertak- directed all States to inform dren are disadvantaged in Rest were from Jharkhand, migrant children to worksites More interestingly, other par- parents left their children in Education,Aide et Action en as soon as possible, Daniel about the number of migrant terms of enrolling and attend- Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and were closure of village school, ents said they did not want to seasonal hostels initiated by the International Umi Daniel said emphasised.  !"#$%!$!' (!)  *) +,-.-+   3

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Chief of Defence Staff operation Organisation (SCO). blocking connectivity in prac- on economic viability and Uzbekistan with an aim to sig-     (CDS) General Bipin Rawat The two ministers resolved tice while professing support financial responsibility and nificantly boost connectivity 
    and Army Chief General M M to hasten the process of dia- in principle benefits no one. they should not create debt between the two regions. Naravane apprised the two logue to find an amicable and Participating in an inter- burdens, seen as an oblique Pakistan Prime Minister ' :      / senior politicians about all the mutually solution. The two national conference in reference to China’s Belt and Imran Khan, Afghanistan aspects related to the current ministers, S Jaishankar and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Road Initiative (BRI). President Ashraf Ghani and dispute at the LAC. Antony and Wang Yi, also agreed to hold Jaishankar said building con- His remarks came in the leaders from around 35 coun-   PMLA revealed that Anil   Pawar were also briefed about the 12th round of Corps nectivity is an act of trust and backdrop of several countries tries attended the conference. Deshmukh, while acting as the operational preparedness of Commander parleys as soon as he Enforcement Home Minister of State of he CBI has registered a the armed forces to meet with possible. The 11th round was in the Pangong lake area in late solved, Jaishankar said. About Friday’s meeting, TDirectorate (ED) has Maharashtra, with dishonest Tcase on a complaint from any challenge, sources said held in first week of April. February this year had created As of now, more than one sources said that Antony and attached assets worth 4.2 intention has received illegal State Bank of India, New here. Referring to the tension at conditions for resolving the lakh troops from both the Pawar had some doubts and crore in connection with its gratification of approxi- Delhi against private com- The meeting took place the LAC, Jaishankar had also remaining issues. It was expect- sides are engaged in an eyeball- had sought clarification about money laundering case mately 4.70 crore in cash pany (borrower company) two days before the monsoon said “...It was visibly impacting ed that the Chinese side would to-eyeball confrontation at the present situation at the against former Maharashtra from various orchestra bar Fedderes Electric and session of Parliament begins the relationship in a negative work with India towards this three friction points including LAC. Rawat and Naravane Home Minister Anil owners, through Sachin Engineering Ltd and others next Monday. The Opposition manner.” He pointed out that objective, but the situation in the Hot Springs, Gogra and the explained all the issues to the Deshmukh and his family. Waze, then Assistant Police including its directors/pro- may raise a din on the contin- the successful disengagement remaining areas is still unre- Depsang Valley. senior leaders, sources said. Besides Deshmukh, the Inspector of Mumbai Police,” moters for causing an alleged attached assets were held in it said. loss of Rs. 1028.94 crore to the name of his wife Aarti Further, with the help of SBI and other consortium  (3(&  "&3*+ Deshmukh and company Delhi-based dummy compa- member banks. 3,+* + "+
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Dhutum Villages in Uran, Worli, Mumbai which is ben- banks including Central bank outreach by being more inter- media revamp, the insiders population control measure “The Hindu society must Raigarh district of eficially owned by Anil of India, Axis Bank, Standard active as he posed a query on said. should be considered keeping in think that there should be at least Maharashtra, the agency said. Deshmukh is registered in the Chartered Bank, Karnataka Twitter: “I’m wondering what On his birthday on June 19, mind that the dominance of two children in a family. If there The ED had initiated name of his wife Aarti Bank, Punjab National Bank, you guys are reading these Rahul for the first time Hindus remains intact in the will be just one child in a fami- money laundering investiga- Deshmukh and found that ICICI Bank”The accused days?” responded on Twitter to ran- country. Addressing the media, ly, the population of Hindus will tion on the basis of an FIR entire payment was made persons and the entity had His communication on the dom people who wished him. VHP general secretary Milind be reduced by the Hindus them- under Indian Penal Code through cash only in 2004, cheated the consortium by microblogging site and other He also replied to political Parande also said if there is just selves,” Parande said.He was (IPC) Section relating to crim- however, sale deed was done way of diversion of bank social media platforms will get leaders who had extended one child in a family, “the pop- addressing the media ahead of a inal conspiracy and relevant in month of February 2020 funds, sham transactions more interactive in the days to wishes to him on the social ulation of Hindus will be two-day meeting of the VHP’s provision of the Prevention of when Anil Deshmukh was with related parties, borrow- come, party insiders said. The media platform. reduced by the Hindus them- governing council and board of Corruption Act registered by Home Minister of ing funds from the bank by casual, informal question on In less than an hour, selves”. trustees, scheduled to begin in the CBI against Anil Maharashtra. misrepresentation, falsify- Twitter is perhaps the first tions on news developments of Friday’s open ended question “When we talk about pop- Faridabadon Saturday. Deshmukh and others for Further, Deshmukh fam- ing/fabricating books of step towards that. the day, tagging articles of on what his followers are read- ulation control, the dominance Parande’s comments on the attempting to obtain undue ily has acquired the 50 per accounts, entries, vouchers Sources said the former interest, or condoles the death ing saw more than 13,000 likes of the Hindu society must issue came after the VHP recent- advantage for improper and cent ownership in Premier and financial statements, fur- Congress president, who has of a known person – now and 2,200 comments – many remain intact in the country. All ly asked the Uttar Pradesh gov- dishonest performance of Port Links Pvt. Ltd. including nishing false, incorrect or 19.3 million followers on wants his social media engage- trolling him and some the principles of politics, secu- ernment to remove the one-child their public duty for collection its assets like land and shops misleading information and Twitter, may in the next few ment to be more interactive so responding earnestly with their larism and tolerance are being policy norm from its draft pop- of funds to achieve the target valued at approximately 5.34 siphoning off funds including days share on Twitter the books his connect with people book list. followed in the country because ulation control bill, saying it is of 100 crore per month from Crore (Book Value) by mere- various loan proceeds. The he is reading. increases, the sources added. In the coming few days, of the dominance of the Hindu likely to lead to furthering of the various bars, restaurants and ly paying an amount of  allegations were based on a Rahul, who usually posts Pratishtha Singh, a former more interactive engagements population,” he said when asked- imbalance between different other establishments in 17.95 lakh, that too after a forensic audit report,” the trenchant comments about the Mahila Congress functionary, are in store from his handle, the about the issue of population communities and contraction of Mumbai, it said. substantial gap of time, it CBI said in a statement. Government, makes observa- is playing a key role in reshap- sources said. contr. the population as well. “Investigation under added. 57 &          8)  6
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He Territory administration in all precautionary measures to paign from educational institutions itself. TSabha seat vacated by former nating at least 39 terrorists out tions, Inspector General of said that terrorists and their Jammu & Kashmir has issued strictly implement the Animal Governor Khan, who had convened a meeting of the vice- TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi will be of a total of 78 gunned down Police, Kashmir range Vijay masters across the border are orders banning illegal Welfare Laws viz. Prevention of chancellors of universities in the State at Ernakulam on Friday, held on August 9, the Election since January 1, 2021 across Kumar on Friday said that a attempting to create distur- killings/sacrifices of cows, Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960; asked them to get undertakings from students and their par- Commission of India has said. different encounters in the total of 78 terrorists have been bances and added that forces calves, camels and other ani- Transport of Animal Welfare ents at the time of admission to under graduate courses that The ECI said that the notifica- Kashmir valley. neutralised in the valley so far have to be extra alert to foil mals. The festival of Eid-ul- Rules, 1978; Transport of they would not seek or give dowry. “The students and their tion for the polls would be issued After the South Kashmir this year. their evil designs. Adha will be celebrated during Animals (Amendment) Rules, parents should a bond at the time of admission itself that they on July 22 and the elections would districts of Kulgam, “Two local terrorists He emphasized that to July 21-23 across Jammu & 2001; Slaughter House Rules, would not seek or give dowry. The Universities should also be held on August 9. Shopian,Pulwama and belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba combat terrorism more effec- Kashmir. 2001; Municipal Laws & Food get bonds/affidavits signed from employees at the time of their The last date for filing nomi- Anantnag the maximum num- were killed during an tively a strategy for the The ban on the illegal Safety & Standards Authority of appointment itself that they would not seek dowry,” said the nation would be July 29 and the last ber of encounters have taken encounter at Alamdar strengthening of operational killings/sacrifices of cows, calves India directions for slaughtering Governor after the meeting. date for withdrawal of nomination place in the Central Kashmir colony,Danmar area of Srinagar capabilities is needed for which and camels has been commu- of animals (under which camels Universities in the State should have indoctrination pro- would be August 2. district of Srinagar. on Friday. joint operational drills of forces nicated by the Director of cannot be slaughtered) during grammes against dowry, the worst social evil. Eradication of Trivedi a former Trinamool Out of nine encounters He further said, “In these should be planned using latest Planning, J&K Animal/Sheep the festival.” dowry is not a programme meant for the welfare of leader and a Lok Sabha MP was reported so far in the month of encounters, most of the ter- electronic gadgets. Husbandry and Fisheries The senior officer of the women. “It is the need of all people, irrespective of caste, creed defeated from Barrackpore seat by July 2021, two have taken place rorists (39 out of 78) were affil- The DGP also highlighted Department, to Divisional Animal/Sheep Husbandry and and gender,” said the Governor whose fight against dowry BJP contestant Arjun Singh in in Srinagar. In these nine iated with proscribed terror that OGW networks which Commissioner, Jammu & Fisheries Department has also is being described as historical. Speaking in chaste Malayalam, 2019 general elections. Thereafter encounters two dozen terror- outfit LeT followed by Hizb-ul- help in sustaining the terrorism Kashmir, and IGP, Jammu & requested the Divisional the Governor told the youth and their parents: “Namukku he was nominated to the Rajya ists have been gunned down by Mujahideen (HM), Al-Badr, and also involved in the recruit- Kashmir. Commissioners of Sthreedhanam Venda” (Malayalam for we don’t want dowry Sabha. His term was to end in April, the security forces. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and ment of local youths need to be Referring to an official let- Jammu/Kashmir to take all pre- system). 2026. The common thread of all Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind. targeted. He said that with ter from the Animal Welfare ventive measures as per the pro- Governor Khan pointed out that women in Kerala play Subsequently he announced these encounters was sharing of Earlier, the Director joint efforts various such net- Board of India, Ministry of visions of the acts and rules for major role in the economic and social spheres of the State. his resignation from Rajya Sabha in real time intelligence related to General of Jammu and works were busted in the past Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & implementation of the animal “They should get more respect and recognition. It is the need February this year saying he felt suf- the movement of the group of Kashmir police Dilbagh Singh and added that more intelli- Dairying, Government of India, welfare laws in order to stop ille- of the Kerala society to show respect to women,” said the focated in the House as he was terrorists hiding in the area. had chaired a high level secu- gence sharing and coordination the communication reads, “In gal killing of animals and to take Governor who became the first Constitutional figure to stage unable to do anything for Based on these vital inputs, the rity review meeting between forces would help in this regard, large numbers of stringent action against the a fast for a social cause. The State has seen a number of deaths, the violence going on in security forces successfully with senior officers of the smashing more such sacrificial animals are likely to offenders violating animal wel- inclusing murders and suicides of women as a fall out of Bengal. Subsequently he joined tracked their footprints and Indian Army and CAPFs at networks. be slaughtered in the UT of J&K fare laws. demand for dowry. the BJP. '     Q*    ; 7   &" +   =( R ;*  R  CHENNAI: There is a concerted move by China to subvert      Indian economy through underhand dealings, according to  $8  8$  6  international shipping magnates and experts. This came to light on Friday as persons privy to logistics, exports and container !$      . rating the south western districts of major State,” a close associate of Dr fter befriending former BJP leader business told The Pioneer that the knitwear industry in Tirupur Tamil Nadu. Ramadoss had told The Pioneer. AYashwant Sinha, Bengal Chief Minister has been targeted by their counterparts in China. Annamalai, the new president “The BJP has not discussed The new BJP chief said that Mamata Banerjee may induct Congress’ “We are doubling the production with the active help of Kof the Tamil Nadu BJP who about this demand. It is an issue Chief Minister Muthuvel Shatru into the Trinamool Congress. Centre and State Governments to meet the increase in demand assumed office on Friday had a which has not come up for any kind Karunanidhi Stalin's demand to the Mumbai super star Shatrughna Sinha is from USA and Europe. Buyers in these countries are impressed stormy first day in office as he had of discussion in the party. So the Centre for exempting the State likely to join the Trinamool Congress on with the casual apparels manufactured in Tirupur which com- to issue a clarification about a state- question of a separate Kongu Nadu from NEET was out of tune with July 21, party sources said claiming “talks mands a premium because of the quality maintained by us. But ment he had made on Thursday demand does not arise,” said the times. “Last year saw more than are on … expecting positive response.” all of a sudden there has been a severe shortage of containers enroute to Chennai from Annamalai. 400 students, mainly from rural According to sources in the Trinamool 21. Malakar a veteran Congress man how- in ports in South India,” said Raja M Shanmugham, president, Coimbatore. The failure of the DMK to regions cleared NEET while the Congress, the Bihari Babu of the tinsel town ever would not comment on the issue. Tirupur Exporters Association, an organisation, the constituents Annamalai, who quit the make any inroads into South West period 2010 to 2016 saw on an could quit the Congress and join the Sinha is known to have been impressed of which earn the country Rs 25,000 crore per year through Indian Police Service to join the region of Tamil Nadu, known more average 19 students per year qual- Bengal ruling outfit in the presence of by the Bengal Chief Minister’s astounding exports. The TEA in its mission to generate three lakh addi- BJP, said at the party headquarters popularly as Kongu Nadu had ifying for the same course,” said Banerjee when she would deliver a speech success in defeating the BJP which came to tional jobs is making use of the concessions in lock down and in Chennai that he was obviously given rise to speculations about the Annamalai. from Delhi’s Constitutional Club on the win the State with all its might and money working full time to meet the export orders. “But all in a sad- misquoted by a section of the carving out of seven or eight dis- He said the BJP in Tamil Nadu occasion of Trinamool Congress Martyrs’ power. He praised Banerjee calling her a den we are faced with severe shortage of containers. A 40 ft media which reported that he had tricts to form a Union Territory. was on the same page with other Day. “real Bengal tigress” and a “tried and test- long container which used to cost us $1800 dollars a few months said that the media would be The fact that former Chief Minister political parties over the Mekedatu On whether there was a likelihood of ed leader” who defeated “propaganda and ago now cost $4,500. If it is emergency, we have to shell out brought under control within six Edappadi Palaniswamy and his Dam issue. “The BJP is against the his changing sides, Sinha recently gave a cir- 'dhanshakti' (money power)” in the Bengal another $1,500/,” said Sakthivel executive secretary, TEA. months. close associates in the AIADMK construction of Mekedatu Dam cuitous reply reminding, “politics is the art elections. Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Shipping and “While responding to party and many BJP leaders hail from the over the Cauvery River because it of possibilities.” Sinha a former Patna In an apparent bid to blow up her image Ports, is faced with a major challenge which he alone would activists’ complaint that the on-line region made the grapevine work would lead to denial of Tamil Sahib MP had quit the BJP to join the as a true national leader who should be be able to resolve the issue to sustain the export and econom- media was spreading lies about the full steam and a controversy has Nadu’s quota of water as directed Congress but was defeated in the 2019 gen- taken seriously by all anti-BJP parties the ic growth of Tirupur and Tamil Nadu, said TEA members. Raja BJP, I told them that once the Over arisen over the issue. by the Cauvery River Water eral elections. TMC supremo will deliver the July 21 Shanmugham has written to Sonowal highlighting the issue and The Top platform Bill comes into There is already a demand Dispute Tribunal,” said A senior TMC leader and a State min- Trinamool Congress Martyrs’ Day speech requesting the intervention of the minister to help TEA tide being, there will be accountability from Dr S Ramadoss, the founder Annamalai. ister said “wait for many surprises on July from Constitution Club in Delhi. Her vir- over the issue. and the on line media too would of Pattali Makkal Katchi that Tamil Annamalai is the youngest 21 … some leaders and prominent per- tual rally would be not only in Bengal but China, in its mission to demolish India’s advantage in the become accountable. There was no Nadu should be trifurcated into State chief of the BJP in India. “We sonalities may join the Trinamool Congress in many other states. knitwear sector is deploying all tricks in the game, according mention about controlling the three small States for administra- have an experienced team in Tamil to buttress Mamata Banerjee’s fight against In Delhi Banerjee is likely to meet a to shipping agents and port authorities. “We do not find any media,” said Annamalai. He also tive convenience. There are 38 Nadu and I am sure with their the communal forces.” host of senior leaders from other parties. reason for the sudden shortage of ships as well as containers. asked the media not to make a districts in the State which have dis- guidance and blessings, the party According to TMC sources Bengal She also said that “if I get an appointment If the TEA decides to send the consignment through air cargo, mountain out of a molehill while tinct geographical and topograph- would grow and make an impact in Congress vice president Shankar Malakar I will also meet the Prime Minister and the it would lose the advantage of competitiveness it enjoys in the reporting about the moves to form ical features. It would be easy to the State in coming months,” said too is likely to join Banerjee’s party on July President.” global casual wear market,” said Shanmugham. PNS a separate Kongu Nadu incorpo- administer smaller States than a Annamalai.   :2(  . *$*. + + *) (+    73
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In Kathawalla and SP Tavade had asked TECNAM P-2008 Jc, crashed near said: “Shocked to hear about the trag- the event there was inaction by the Koshyari as to why he had not so far  3:   Wardi village in in Chopda taluka of ic crash of a training aircraft that Governor, could that be challenged taken a decision on state’s government’s Jalgaon district, at around 4 pm. The belonged to the NMIMS Academy of before a constitutional Court? The HC recommendation. area where the mishap took place is Aviation, Maharashtra. An investiga- bench will now hear the PIL on Monday. The HC bench had also directed that    . 6 Responding to a question the UP Investors’ Summit was part of the Satpura mountain tion team is being rushed to the site”. Earlier, appearing for the petitioner the Secretary of the Governor be made on jobs, Singh said the UP organised in February 2018. He ranges. “Unfortunately, we lost the flight Ratan Soli Luth, Advocate Aspi Chinoy a respondent in the case and asked the ttar Pradesh’s Minister of Government had provided four said the unprecedented success The two-seater aircraft of Italian instructor & the trainee was severely said that though the Governor cannot be latter to file his say in the matter by June UMicro, Small and Medium lakh government jobs in the of UP Investors’ Summit 2018 make belonged to the NMIMS injured. My heartfelt condolences to made a party to the case, his actions or 9 when the case would be heard next. Enterprises (MSME) Sidharth last four-and-half years. He led to the generation of 1,045 Academy of Aviation (NMIMSAA). the bereaved family & prayers for the inactions were subject to judicial review. “We direct respondents to file an affi- Nath Singh on Friday claimed said the Government also pro- investment intents worth more The flying school, located at Shirpur trainee’s quick recovery,” the Minister On his part, Senior Advocate Rafique davit in reply setting out reasons for not that the UP Government had vided 2.5 lakh crore loans to than 4.28 lakh crore across in Dhule district, is affiliated to the said in another tweet. Dada, representing the Maharashtra acting on the representation submitted provided 2.64 crore jobs to MSMEs, which created 2.60 sectors. reputed Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Describing the incident as “unfor- government, told the court that the to the Hon'ble Governor of Maharashtra people. lakh jobs in UP. Talking about the new Mandal (SVPKM)’s group of educa- tunate”, Amrish Patel said that the air- Governor had two options before him – by the Council of Ministers for nomi- During the last four- and- He said the UP govern- opportunities during Covid-19, tional institutions in Mumbai. craft was new. “The pilot had 500 either accept or reject such a recom- nation to the Maharashtra Legislative a-half years, four lakh ment had helped 4.41 lakh Navneet Sehgal said the state The Academy identified the hours of flying experience. He had mendation made by the State Council under Article 171 (2) (e) and 171 Government jobs were pro- stressed MSME units by pro- government set up a dedicated deceased flight instructor as Noorul joined us in January this year. We are Government and that there was no (5) of the Constitution of India, and by vided directly and 2.60 crore viding them credit under help desk at Invest Ameen (28) from Bengaluru in still not sure what went wrong,” Patel third option available for him. what time the submission of the coun- jobs were provided by helping Central Government's UP in April, 2020 and it had Karnataka, and the trainee-pilot as said. “The Governor has received the cil of ministers, November 6, 2020, will MSMEs, Sidharth Nath Singh Emergency Credit Line attracted more than 96 invest- Anshika Gurjar (22) who is a resi- The aircraft involved in the mishap nominations from the channel he has for- be considered and disposed of,” the HC claimed during a virtual press Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) ment intents, dential student of the SVKM NMIMS was in a good condition. It had been mulated in the Rules of Business. He can- bench had said in its order. conference which was also and till date, 12.22 lakh crore including intents from compa- Academy of Aviation from Khatgaon given airworthiness and training cer- not just sit tight on the file. It has been “He (the Governor) must decide it attended by Navneet Sehgal, had been provided to the nies from around 10 countries in Madhya Pradesh. Anshuka report- tificates barely six months ago. The air- a year since the posts (MLCs) fell vacant. either way. This is something he has to Additional Chief Secretary, stressed MSMEs. such as Japan, US, UK, Canada, edly suffered multiple fractures in the craft had joined the academy's exist- The mandate of the law is that he is do. He can't keep it in his drawer, not to Information, MSME, Export Highlighting the key Germany, South Korea and mishap, but is ‘out of danger’. ing fleet of 3 other small trainer air- required to act on the advice of the coun- see the light of day.” Justice Kathawalla Promotion, Khadi and Village achievements of the UP Singapore, worth around Amrish Patel, who is a senior BJP craft for training the students. cil of ministers< Rafique Dada told the had said. Industry. Government, the Minister said 66,000 crore.  !"#$%!$!' (!)  *) +,-.-+ 4

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Lastly, other imperatives will Afghanistan will validate the and a NATO power. The  8 7 While Turkey has growing be at work to deter such a quantum of “bind” for the effec- Taliban have stated plainly: 6.   commercial-military transac- Triad, as Biden forewarned of tive functioning of such a Triad. “Turkey is a Muslim, brother tions (including purported actions to ensure “that China Afghanistan has cartograph- country. 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hilosopher Ali-ibn-Abi politics for the RSS to woo Bhagwat’s perspicuous state- waged a destructive war against tion. national interest. Many social Talib once said, “do not Muslims ahead of assembly ment, started a political game Kalinga resulting in 100,000 In addition, there are sev- reformers have struggled to Psee who is saying; see elections, Bhagwat said his by charging him of hypocrisy, deaths and 150,000 deporta- eral yardsticks to ascertain unite the society by cutting what is he saying!” The Rig organization firmly believes image makeover, and vote- tions. He then repented his the truthfulness of the RSS through religious beliefs. Veda says, “let noble thoughts that in a democracy like India, bank politics. From a principle actions and converted to chief’s statement.The first test Mahatma Gandhi, the great come from all corners”. the only dominance can be of of reasonableness, one needs to Buddhism. Consciousness is is whether Bhagwat’s rhetoric integrator throughout his life, At an event of a book ".69*6'7 Indians, rather than Hindus or answer whether Mohan the essence of the self (soul). is similar to that of Yogi struggled to institutionalise release organized by the Muslims. Bhagwat, being a seasoned Why cannot Bhagwat’s state- Adityanath and Anurag brotherhood. He said: “By Muslim Rashtriya Manch, held A day after Bhagwat’s leader of RSS, does not have the ment be logically assumed to be Thakur. Secondly, do his state- religion, I do not mean formal in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, rhetoric, opposition leaders wisdom to discern the logic of a sign of transcending the con- ments reveal positivity or neg- religion, but that religion RashtriyaSwayamsewakSangh questioned the motive behind Parishad/Bajrang Dal workers gaining handful of votes of the sciousness of self? ativity? which underlines all religions, (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat such remarks. They pointed out also? Will you pass on these minority community by most For the great Buddhist There can be two reactions that brings us face to face with urged Muslims not to get that the Sangh Parivar, BJP, and teachings to Modi-Shah Ji and likely losing votes of Hindus thinkers, logic was the main to Bhagwat's statements from our Maker.” He also said, “We “trapped in the cycle of fear” the government speak differ- BJP chief ministers also?” who may resent his words. anvil arsenal on which they the Sangh Parivar constituents. want to reach not the dead about Islam being in danger in ently on the matter. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Opposition leaders must forged the weapons to combat The conglomeration of level, but unity in diversity.” India. He said those asking Congress said if Bhagwat is Owaisi and BSP supremo admit the fact that there is destructive criticism. Logic Hindutva can follow his suit The great reformer, Sir Muslims to leave the country true to his words, he must give Mayawati were equally critical always room for introspection, can serve as a cathartic in and change their thought Syed Ahmed Khan echoed cannot call themselves Hindus directions that all those BJP of Bhagwat’s statement. amelioration, and realization in clearing the mind of the process. Or, they will distance similar sentiments: “Centuries and those indulging in lynch- leaders who “harassed” inno- Mayawati using a Hindi every man’s life. There is no cramping effects of obstructive, themselves from his state- have passed since God desired ing people in the name of cent Muslims be removed from proverb said the RSS chief’s fixed time or age for such real- cold criticism. Every human ments. If neither of these reac- that Hindus and Mussalmans cows must know that they are their posts. Senior Congress statement was like ‘muhmein ization. Valmiki had been a rob- being may step in successful- tions emerges, then Bhagwat’s may share the climate and the against Hindutva. The DNA of (The writer is a legal journalist leader Digvijaya Singh said, Ram, bagalmeinchuri'. ber before turning into a Rishi ly from the dark tunnel of the healthy views will fade away produce of this land and live all Indians is the same. and author. The views “Mohan Bhagwat Ji, will you It is, however, a sad state of and excelling in poetry and lit- soul to the upward path, cross- over time. and die on it together.” The Asserting that it is not expressed are personal.) pass on these views to your dis- affairs that the opposition lead- erature. ing through the stages of spir- There is an urgent need for world as such is one family and image makeover or vote bank ciples, preachers, Vishwa Hindu ers, instead of appreciating Emperor Ashoka had itual illumination and realisa- Hindu-Muslim unity in the one nest.  !"#$%!$!' (!)  *) +,-.-+   ;


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In spite he has dispatched his Police he situation in Hong Kong was to be hosted by Pakistan from and Afghan-led solution, the of very close border operations Minister and premier of Tis deteriorating and the Saturday, has been postponed till Pakistan Foreign Office said here. normally not acceded to by inter- KwaZulu Natal province to a Chinese Government is not Eid al-Adha, officials said on statement. nationally accepted norms/stan- township in Durban amid esca- keeping the commitment that Friday, amidst escalating vio- On Thursday, Afghanistan dards/procedures, Pakistan took lating tensions between the it made, US President Joe Biden lence in the war-torn country and Vice President Saleh tweeted: necessary measures within its ter- Indian and Black African com- has said. trading of barbs between Kabul "Pakistan air force has issued (an) ritory to safeguard our own munities there. “The situation in Hong and Islamabad over alleged sup- official warning to the Afghan troops and population," the The tensions between the Kong is deteriorating and the port to Taliban militants. Army and Air Force that any Foreign Office two communities in the Indian Chinese Government is not Congressman Mike The conference was origi- move to dislodge the Taliban said. It said Pakistan in the last township of Phoenix and sur- keeping the commitment that Gallagher had introduced the nally scheduled from July 17 to from Spin Boldak area will be week had rescued 40 Afghan rounding areas have been minister Bheki Cele and are volatile at the moment,” it made on how it would deal resolution ahead of the CCP''s 19 in Islamabad and was to be faced and repelled by the Pakistan National Defense and Security sparked by social media posts Premier of KwaZulu Natal Ramaphosa said. with Hong Kong,” Biden told centenary on July 1, and has attended by a number of high- Air Force. Pak air force is now Forces (ANDSF) personnel, who in which there are calls for province Sihle Zikalala to go to Concerned over the wide- reporters on Thursday at a called on Speaker Nany Pelosi ranking Afghan leaders. Taliban providing close air support to fled war scenes, and they will be action against each other’s these areas to address the sit- spread violence and rioting in joint news conference with to bring the bipartisan resolu- leaders were not invited. Taliban in certain areas." (sic) sent to Afghanistan with "respect communities following the vio- uation. South Africa, India''s External German Chancellor Angela tion to the House floor for a "The Afghan Peace Fierce fighting has been going on and dignity". lence over the arrest of former “The Minister of Police Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Merkel. vote. Conference scheduled to be held for the last few days between the "We remain committed to President Jacob Zuma on July was on his way to Phoenix. Our on Wednesday spoke with his The Biden administration The resolution supports in Islamabad from 17-19 July Afghan forces and the Taliban in peace in Afghanistan and shall 7. local leaders - the Premier, the South African counterpart is expected to issue a business the inherent right of the 2021 has been postponed until Spin Boldak town of Kandahar. continue to endeavour towards Ramaphosa was briefly in MEC’s (Members of the Naledi Pandor who assured advisory on Hong Kong on Chinese people to self-deter- after Eid Al-Adha. The new The Taliban militants have this end irrespective of the detrac- Ethekwini, a metropolitan Executive Committee of the him that her government was Friday. mination and free political dates of the said Conference will seized dozens of districts in tors," said the FO. municipality that includes the City) are going to have to deal doing utmost to enforce law “And so it is more of an expressionism independent of be announced later,” the Pakistan recent weeks and are now Meanwhile, in another tweet city of Durban and surround- with that type of situation," the and order and an early restora- advisory as to what may hap- one-party rule, and denounces Foreign Office said in a short thought to control about a third on Friday, the Afghanistan Vice ing towns, to assess the situa- president said. tion of normalcy was the over- pen in Hong Kong. It''s as the CCP’s egregious record of statement. This year Eid Al- of the country, ahead of the President dismissed the tion following the continuing “I wanted to go myself, but riding priority. simple as that and as compli- human rights violations. Adha will be celebrated on July complete withdrawal of US and Pakistan Foreign Office state- violence and looting in the time now is of the essence. We Phoenix and Chatsworth cated as that,” he said in “The Chinese Communist 21. Western troops from Afghanistan ment. "On Pakistani denial: For region. are going to have a Cabinet are the two sprawling town- response to a question on the Party brutally represses its own The cancellation was by September 11. over twenty years Pakistan However, he did not visit meeting later, so I’m going to ships created to forcibly issue. people — from pro-democra- announced as the Foreign Office Pakistan on Friday said it had denied the existence of Quetta the suburbs of Phoenix and have to go back to Gauteng rehouse the thousands of Meanwhile, the Problem cy citizens in Hong Kong to in another statement rejected accepted a request by the Shura or presence of Talib ter- Pietermaritzburg, the provin- (province), but I’m here now, Indian citizens of the region Solvers Caucus'' on Thursday Uyghurs and other religious the remarks made by Afghanistan Afghanistan government to carry rorist leaders in its soil. Those cial capital of KwaZulu-Natal, encouraging and holding the under the draconian apartheid- endorsed the bipartisan reso- minorities — and has not been Vice President Amrullah Saleh out air operations close to the familiar with this pattern, know that have been most affected. hands of both our people on era policy of separate develop- lution condemning the Chinese shy about trying to spread its that the Pakistan Air Force was border adjacent to its Chaman exactly that issuing a statement Durban is the largest city in the ground and also directing ment. Phoenix is now sur- Communist Party''s (CCP) 100 influence beyond its borders,” providing air support to the sector, despite risks and interna- of denial is just a pre-written the KwaZulu-Natal province. the security forces and getting rounded by several Black years of human rights abuses said Congressman Jared Taliban militants in the border tional practice to not allow such paragraph," Saleh wrote. Ramaphosa asked police them to go to those areas that African townships. against its own people. Golden. & :     ( * !! +3(#*) (+    76 talked about the many facets of China agreement on trade that whether we can agree on com- how we deal with China ought cooperation and also of com- they abide by the core labour mon norms, I think, particu- to rest and do rest on our hallenges posed by the rise petition with China, be it in the norms of the ILO,” Merkel larly as regards to our rela- shared values,” she added. ) ##3*#*+$+.  Cof an aggressive China economic area, climate pro- said. tionship with China,” Merkel On the Covid pandemic, were discussed by US President tection, military sector, and Merkel said the US and said. the German chancellor further Joe Biden and German security. Germany will cooperate in “We ought to coordinate said getting everyone vacci-     China," he said. scheduled for Friday. Chancellor Angela Merkel dur- And obviously, there are a developing state of the art our efforts. We do that in the nated was vital and companies Khan assured Li that no The decision to postpone ing their bilateral meeting at lot of challenges ahead, she told technologies including chips. European Union and we manufacturing anti-coron- rime Minister Imran Khan effort would be spared to fully the meeting was taken a day the White House. reporters. “We want to trade togeth- should do it with the United avirus vaccines must be Pon Friday assured his investigate the incident, adding after the Dasu incident, under- “We talked about China “Trade with China needs to er at a time of digitalisation States. But we also have obvi- encouraged to increase pro- Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang that security of the Chinese scoring the challenges that both and there is a lot of common rest on the assumption that we where security issues loom ously, areas where American duction. that no effort would be spared nationals, workers, projects, the nations have to face due to understanding that China, in have a level playing field so that very large on our agendas. We companies compete with “We are trying to boost to fully investigate the bus blast and institutions in Pakistan was changing regional security sit- many areas, is our competitor,” we all play by the same rules ought to have an exchange on European companies and we production. We are also trying that killed nine Chinese nation- the highest priority of the gov- uation. Merkel told reporters at a joint and have the same standards. this; we ought to talk about is; have to accept that,” she said in to get as many people in our als, stressing that "hostile forces" ernment. China was expected to raise news conference with Biden. That, incidentally, was also the we ought to talk about norms, response to a question. country vaccinated as possible,” would not be allowed to harm He also said that people of the issue of re-energising the The two leaders, she said, driving force behind the EU- standards, govern the internet, “Basically, the rules as to said the German Chancellor. the "brotherly" ties between the Pakistan shared grief and pain CPEC, making the CPEC Long- two countries. of the bereaved families and Term Plan 2017-30 effective Khan held a telephone con- underlined that Pakistan was and issues being faced by versation with the Chinese pre- providing the best possible Chinese companies working  8 0!       mier to express condolences medical care to the injured on the CPEC projects, includ- over the loss of lives of Chinese Chinese nationals. ing a delay in clearing their nationals caused by the tragic So far, it is not clear if the power generation dues. 0//8 incident in Dasu area of Upper blast was caused by a technical “The JCC-10 meeting on Kohistan district of the restive failure or the vehicle was hit by CPEC which was scheduled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province an explosion. While China be held on July 16, 2021 has "" '   @  on Wednesday. termed the mishap as a bomb been postponed to a later date At least 13 people, includ- attack, Pakistan stated that the after Eid,” Lt. General Asim     if it is able to provide attractive ing nine Chinese nationals and blast was caused by a gas leak. Saleem Bajwa, chairman of the financing arrangements accept- two Frontier Corps soldiers, China on Thursday said it CPEC Authority, tweeted. akistan and Russia have able to Pakistan. In any case, died and 39 others were injured is rushing a special team of He said that a fresh date will Psigned an agreement for the Pakistani entities will maintain when the bus carrying Chinese experts to Pakistan to probe the be shared when finalised but in construction of about 1,100-km majority shareholding. The engineers and workers to the blast. The Chinese engineers the meanwhile preparations gas pipeline from Port Qasim Russian side will arrange fund- site of the under-construction and construction workers are continue. Bajwa on Thursday in Karachi to Lahore at an esti- ing for foreign exchange com- Dasu Dam exploded. The bus helping Pakistan build a dam, received a call about the post- mated cost of $ 2.5-3 billion by ponents through suppliers’ fell into a deep ravine after the which is part of the USD 60 bil- ponement of the meeting in the the end of 2023, according to credit or typical project financ- explosion. lion China-Pakistan Economic midst of a meeting that a media report on Friday. ing to cover imported items like According to an official Corridor (CPEC). Planning Minister Asad Umar The Heads of Terms steel, consultancies, pipelines statement, Khan reiterated that Meanwhile, The Express was holding with the provinces (HoTs) of shareholders’ agree- and related products and mate- Pakistan and China had an Tribune reported that the meet- to sort out issues before the JCC, ment was signed on Thursday rials not available in Pakistan. iron-clad friendship which had ing of the Joint Cooperation a senior official told The Express after four days of talks, the The pipeline size was agreed withstood the vicissitudes of Committee – the strategic brain Tribune. Dawn News reported. at 56-inch diameter to cater for time. of the China-Pakistan He said that the Chinese The two sides also signed next 30-40 years of energy “No hostile forces would be Economic Corridor – was were not happy with the way minutes of the third meeting of needs in the country that will allowed to damage brotherly abruptly postponed on Pakistan handled the bus attack the Russia-Pakistan Joint ensure 700-800 million cubic relations between Pakistan and Thursday. The meeting was issue. Technical Committee (JTC) feet per day (mmfcd) of free gas for implementation of the flow which can go up to Pakstream Gas Pipeline Project 2,000mmcfd with     – commonly known as North- compressors. <'       South Gas project. The next steps will be the  "  The two sides agreed over signing shareholders’ agree- 74:26 per cent shareholding in ment, financial agreement, gas 
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Subramanian said the sup- recent expansionwas speaking According to the docu- ply-side reforms undertaken by at a function to launch four ment, the company plans to per cent stake), SAIF III the government in sectors such new flights from Gwalior. raise 8,300 crore through Mauritius Company Ltd (12.1 as agriculture, labour, export “Coronavirus has hit the fresh equity and another 8,300 per cent), SAIF Partners India PLI scheme, changein MSME aviation sector hard, but things crore through offer-for-sale. IV Ltd (5.1 per cent), SVF definition, creation of the bad are improving. By 2024, we Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad and Scindia was working hard to Paytm founder, managing Panther (Cayman) Ltd (1.3 per bank, privatisation of public have to develop 100 airports in Mumbai. 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Government so far and also as over the last one and a half effectively the common flu and under the UDAN scheme,” he Mumbai too, he said. now with Scindia heading the stake to bring its shareholding The company has pro- Covid-19 vaccination drive years, I have no hesitation in reduce its impact significantly. said. “In the economy of any At present 14 flights oper- civil aviation ministry, this below 25 per cent in Paytm to posed to use 4,300 crore for progresses, Chief Economic saying that I look forward to a While addressing the event country, transport sector plays ate from Bhopal,22 from problem will be resolved. comply with regulatory growing and strengthening Advisor Krishnamurthy decade of high growth for earlier, Economic Advisory a major role. Today we are con- Indore, 14 from Jabalpur and A beginning in this direc- requirements, according to a Paytm ecosystem, including Subramanian said. India.” Council tothe Prime Minister necting Gujarat and six from Gwalior, and the tion has been made with the source. through acquisition of con- He said the second wave He said the momentum in (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Maharashtra with Madhya number will be increased in launch of new flights from According to the docu- sumersand merchants and pro- of Covid-19 is unlikely to have recovery that was seen in the Debroy said GDP growth rate Pradesh,” he said. coming days, said Scindia. Gwalior, he said. SpiceJet CMD ment, investors selling stake viding them with greater access a very significant on the econ- fourth quarterof FY21 and is a function of what the base He had a personal con- Union agriculture minister Singh said his airline has start- include Antfin (Netherlands) to technologyNand financial omy. overall in the second half of was in the last year. nection with the two states as Narendra Singh Tomar, ed flights from 14 airports in Holding BV (which has a 29.6 services. The country’s economy FY21 got impacted to some “Since the base in 2021 he was born in Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Chief the country from where no air per cent stake), Alibaba.Com Paytm plans to earmark Rs contracted by 7.3 per cent in extent by the second wave of dropped by 7 and some deci- and is the “son-in-law of Minister Shivraj connectivity was available until Singapore E-Commerce Private 2,000 crore for business initia- fiscal 2020-21. COVID-19. mal point percentages, corre- Gujarat”, Scindia quipped. Singh Chouhan and now. 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At the same time, however, he has an everyday citizens, his documentary, Invisible under- outsider’s point of view coming back to Demons — which recently had its world pre- taking, Delhi after being away for a few years. miere at Cannes 2021 in the ‘Cinema For which He tells us, “This film addresses how The Climate’ section — delivers a visceral eventual- people with greater financial means have and immersive journey through the stories ly became tried to avoid dealing with climate change. of Delhi’s 30 million inhabitants fighting to Invisible If there’s a heatwave, they invest in air con- survive. Jain engages the senses by directly Demons. ditioning. If the water is polluted, they buy stimulating our desire to live in a world with Initially, he a filter. Eventually, however, the effects equitable access to clean air and water. thought that become inescapable.” Conceived while he was still a student returning home would Now, the question arises — Can such at the California Institute of the Arts, Jain’s reconnect him with his family realistic films impact people’s mindsets debut feature, Machines, was screened at the and the land itself. Soon, however, he and make them start acting towards Sundance Film Festival in 2017. The doc- became consumed with working on his becoming more responsible citizens? Jain umentary, which chronicled the gruelling sophomore effort day in and day out. But this really moved me a lot. I, at least, had maybe, wanting to use the privilege that I narrates one incident, “Trust me, the day conditions workers endure inside a textile But how did he conceptualise it? He tells the option of leaving the place and settling have; being the hands, the legs, and the eyes I landed from Bhutan, the threat became factory in Gujarat, captivated the festival’s us that even before when he decided to be somewhere else, but what about other for the victims; use my spirit to find a way existential. I can still recall the day when audience all across the world. Following the a filmmaker, he was concerned about the people who have been living there for ages? to express their suffering. I don’t know if a I met my family doctor, somebody with success of his first project, Jain returned to natural world and the biosphere. He still They can’t leave, and it was the same thought film can explicitly change anything, but it, whom I have a close relationship with, he college to pursue a Master’s degree in recalls answering this question as a teenag- that came while I was filming Machines.” indeed, changes the way one thinks. It just was crying because his wife was sick. I Aesthetics and Politics. It was during this er, “‘What do you want to do when you grow This forced him to carve his feelings into sits somewhere in your subconscious mind.” consoled him and said, ‘you’re a doctor, time that he started to think about the visu- up?’ I used to say that I want to do some- something more concrete. As he considered Despite feeling like an alien in his birth- you can provide the best treatment to her’. al representation of the anthropocene (the thing related to the environment. And I this project, Delhi was repeatedly in the news place, this was a process of endearment for He said, ‘What do you want me to do? current geological age, viewed as the peri- studied environmental and areological as the world’s most polluted city, revealing him. Still, there’s no denying that reacclimat- How do I create a sterilised environment od during which human activity has been engineering in my first year of college but his hometown as the perfect container for ing to Delhi was a physical challenge. The for her?’ When a doctor, who knows the the dominant influence on climate and the I failed miserably. I couldn’t really deal with his vision. Tackling climate change global- taxing heat and humidity took a toll on him. ins and outs of a human body, had given environment). His thesis centered on the numbers. So yes, I was subconsciously ly would have been too large a task to man- Working 12-hours, Jain and his team would up hopes to save somebody so close to intersection between cinema and this rele- already trying to do something about this deserts, everything combined. Going there age. While troubling, Delhi provided the film in two or three different locations each him, that’s when you know things are real- vant concept. as a younger person.” made me feel like, ‘whoa! What is this is canvas he needed to achieve his goals. day. Mobility, in a city of 30 million people ly bad.” He says, “Even for my thesis, I wrote on Jain admits that he was terrified of going place?’ It definitely made me come one step Given the number of films made about and three and a half million cars, was one “In Delhi, there are these billboards Anthropocene and Cinema. I was trying to back to Delhi, where he grew up. closer to nature. And at the same time, I climate change and other environmental of the most challenging aspects of the pro- cajoling you to buy your dream palace, find a way to depict the relationship Throughout his childhood, he didn’t engage remember, everybody around me was con- issues in recent years, his goal was to pro- duction. Half of the time they had allocat- and you see them while you’re stuck in a between humans and nature and what will with his surroundings — whether natural cerned about climate change, the rising lev- duce a project that went beyond the head- ed to shoot was spent in traffic. traffic jam. There’s a shot of this in the happen if that relationship ends. I was or urban — and spent most of his time els of pollution, global warming et al,” shares lines. He wanted to resonate this project with He says, “I didn’t want to make anoth- film, which is promising people a sterilised exploring how artistes in the last 100 years indoors. In a sense, he was a stranger to his he and adds, “After some time, I went to people on a visceral level. Rather than mak- er film grounded on informational overload place while you’re stuck in the extremely of filmmaking have been able to commu- own hometown. It was only after his time Bhutan and on my way back, I saw Delhi ing informational content the basis of his because for the average person numbers smoggy morning during winter. It’s so nicate our species’ relationship to the nat- in California, where his friends introduced and its surrounding region enveloped and work, he’d strive for evocative filmmaking. alone don’t have real value. Therefore, my sickening. It’s like saying, ‘we’re going to ural world. I gradually learned that it’s not him to the local diversity, that his relation- shrouded in a thick white mist. When I land- The filmmaker shares, “You know, focus became the first-hand experiences of find a way to ruin your lives, and then we about how the world is right now, but what ship with the environment changed. ed at the airport, I immediately fell sick. I when you’re young — I don’t mean as a those working and living in Delhi.” He will offer you a solution that you can buy it used to be and what we have lost.” “As a student in California, I was felt like a genie was choking me and it was child, but somebody like me at the time refused to make scientists the loudest voic- to get out of this situation’,” he adds. He has been deeply concerned about blessed enough to have a few gems as my really unbearable. I know it’s such a naive when I was working on this project — you es. Jain’s work is a natural extension of the these things his whole life but didn’t know friends who introduced me to the diversi- perspective to talk about your great life — try to find a purpose of your life. It has to He was aware of the possibility of push- things he is passionate about. Therefore, what to do about them. By the time he fin- ty of the place within a 100 kilometres landing from Bhutan in an airplane and then be derived from something deeper. 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