CORONA CATASTROPHE INDIA UP HOLIDAY NOTICE 45,083 14 The press and offi ces of First India will new cases new cases remain closed on August 30, 2021, on account of Janmashtami. Therefore, there will be no edition of the paper on 460 02 August 31, 2021. —Editor LUCKNOW l MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. UPENG/2020/80229 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 257 new fatalities new fatalities Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya on ARMAAN KOHLI The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday, August 29, arrested actor MANDAVIYA LAUNCHES Sunday launched the fi rst commercial batch of Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN ARRESTED BY NCB IN Armaan Kohli in connection with a drugs case, an offi cial said. Sources on 1ST COMMERCIAL manufactured in Gujarat’s Ankleshwar. He said that India is focused on Sunday said a small quantity of cocaine was found at Kohli’s residence, CONNECTION WITH BATCH OF BHARAT slowing the spread of COVID-19 in the country, and the key to achieving following which a case was registered against him and he was arrested. DRUGS CASE BIOTECH’S COVAXIN this lies in the swift and effi cient administration of vaccines. P6 OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW & NEW DELHI www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia Dear Readers cracy and political system, On the editorial front, Pradesh, we are sure that Delhi just needs a newspa- the newspaper’s policy Delhiites too will welcome e are delighted to per like First India, which will be fair and independ- us wholeheartedly giving introduce First In- offers contemporary and ent but with an intelligent us a place in their homes dia newspaper in thought-provoking opin- support to the popular in the same way that they W the cosmopolitan ion pieces on issues that policies and programmes have incorporated all of city of Delhi, which is In- matter the most, hyper lo- of the centre and state gov- India and Indians at large. dia’s Dil in every sense. cal news and the insightful ernments. Being multi-ethnic and happenings from the pow- After making a mark in Jai Hind! multi-cultural due to pres- er corridors in India’s the hearts of people of Ra- —Jagdeesh Chandra, ence of the vast bureau- Rajdhani. jasthan, Gujarat and Uttar CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India WITHOUT RAM, AYODHYA IS KABUL ROCKED AGAIN Rocket hits airport neighbourhood, kills child NOT AYODHYA: PRESIDENT Kabul: US officials said He became the first President to offer prayer at the upcoming Ram Lalla a drone struck a vehicle JAISHANKER carrying multiple ‘sui- DISCUSSES AF Temple in Ayodhya. He also inaugurated the Ramayana Conclave cide bombers’ which was WITH BLINKEN on its way to attack the New Delhi: The US and First India Lucknow Kabul international air- India will continue to port amid the American work closely on Afghani- Lucknow/Ayodhya: military’s evacuation. stan and the United Na- President Ram Nath Ko- The terror threat, of tions, the US vind Sunday offered which the US had issued State Depart- prayers to Ram Lalla, warnings earlier in the ment said in visiting the site where a day, is believed to have Photos and videos of a huge smoke in a congested residential a statement Ram temple is being been eliminated. area near Kabul airport surfaced on social media soon after the after a meet- blasts were reported on Sunday. ing between constructed in Ayod- Days after two blasts at Secretary of hya, a city which he Kabul airport claimed ‘INDIA-PAK CEASEFIRE SUCCESSFUL State Antony J Blinken said was nothing with- close to 200 lives, sound of and Foreign Minister out the deity. another powerful explo- BECAUSE OF OUR STRENGTH: SINGH S Jaishankar. “Secre- “Without Ram, Ayod- sion was heard in the Af- Wellington (TN): Referring to Pakistan as In- tary of State Antony J hya is not Ayodhya. ghan capital on Sunday. dia’s “neighbour”, without explicitly naming Blinken spoke with Indian Ayodhya exists where According to Afghan po- the country, Union Defence Minister Rajnath External Affairs Minister there is Ram. Lord Ram lice chief, a rocket hit the Singh on Sunday said that the ceasefi re be- Dr S Jaishankar. They discussed a broad range resides permanently in President Ram Nath Kovind, accompanied by First Lady Savita Kovind, offers prayers to Lord Ram in northwest neighbour- tween the two countries is successful today “only because of our strength”. “In 2016, of shared priorities, this city, and hence in Ayodhya on Sunday. hood of Kabul airport cross-border strikes changed reaction- including continued coor- the true sense, this killing a child. The two ary mindset into proactive mindset, dination on Afghanistan,” place is Ayodhya,” he for Railways and Tex- coming Ram temple prayers at the Hanu- strikes (drone and rocket) which was strengthened by Balakot State Department spokes- said while inaugurat- tiles Darshana Vikram were also presented to mangarhi shrine, about initially appeared to be airstrike in 2019,” Singh said. person Ned Price said. ing a Ramayan Con- Jardosh, CM Yogi Adi- Kovind who interacted 2 km away. The presi- separate incidents. clave, shortly before tyanath, and his depu- with the priests briefly dent was presented visiting the temple con- ties Keshav Prasad and planted a sapling. with a pink-coloured struction site and offer- Maurya and Dinesh Before he went there, turban at the Hanuman- Bhavina, Nishad ing his prayers. Sharma. They also of- Kovind, who is on his garhi temple. Earlier in Mann Ki Baat: Skill devpt The president was ac- fered their prayers to first visit to Ayodhya the day, the president win Silver, Vinod companied by his fami- Ram Lalla amid chant- after the landmark 2019 reached Ayodhya by a clinches Bronze ly members, Uttar ing of slogans by priests Supreme Court verdict special train from Luc- need of the hour: PM Modi Pradesh Governor at the makeshift temple. paved the way for the know on the last day of Anandiben Patel, Un- A shawl and a minia- construction of the his four-day visit to New Delhi: Prime Min- ion Minister of State ture replica of the up- temple, also offered Uttar Pradesh. More on P2 ister Narendra Modi ad- dressed the 80th edition of his monthly radio pro- gramme Mann Ki Baat UP POLICE BUST on August 29. HAPPY JANMASHTAMI —PTI PHOTO INTERNATIONAL Tokyo: Indian athletes PM Modi begins his HUMAN-TRAFFICKING - paddler Bhavina Patel address for the August MODULE (silver), high jumper edition of ‘Mann ki Noida: With all the Nishad Kumar (silver) Baat’, heaping praises on humbleness that the Ut- and discus thrower Vi- the Indian Hockey team tar Pradesh police often nod Kumar (bronze) on at the Tokyo Olympics. PM Modi also said that today’s youths are breaking away from swallow the bitter pill Sunday won three med- He said, “Every medal is the mould and embracing start-up culture in the country. of criticism, they now als for the country at special. When India won deserve a big round of the ongoing Tokyo Par- a Medal in Hockey, the SANSKRIT HELPS NURTURE KNOWLEDGE, applause as they bust alympics. The 22-year- nation rejoiced. Today, STRENGTHENS NATIONAL UNITY, SAYS PM an international module old Nishad Kumar Major Dhyan Chand Ji New Delhi: Urging the citizens to cherish and preserve involved in human made a jump of 2.06m to would have been so hap- Sanskrit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said traffi cking. Nargis (45, win the silver medal in py. India’s youth wants to the language helps nurture knowledge and strengthens name changed) from the men’s high jump do something new and national unity. Addressing the 80th edition of his monthly Unnao, in Uttar Pradesh T47 event and set an on a large scale.” radio programme ‘Mann ki Baat’, PM Modi said, “Through its was living separately thoughts and medium of literary texts, Sanskrit helps nurture Asian record. The per- India’s space sector from her husband after knowledge and also national unity, strengthens it. Sanskrit formance also saw the reforms have captured years of marriage, along A day ahead of Janmashtami, the whole of Mathura-Vrindavan bathes in Lord literature comprises the divine philosophy of humanity and with her two daughters Krishna’s glory as they revere the Lord on the special day. Here, scores of devotees world No 3 Nishad the imagination of the knowledge which can captivate anyone’s attention.” He pay obeisance to Lord Krishna at Iskon temple, Vrindavan in Mathura on Sunday. and a son. More on P3 match his personal best youth, who are giving said the efforts made in recent times have brought a new in the event. P5 emphasis to quality. awareness about Sanskrit. BIRLA MEETS J&K LT GUV SINHA CRUCIAL READ Shah reviews development PRADHAN LAYS FOUNDATION OF FACILITY FOR THREE OIL MARKETING COMPANIES OVER 63 CR DOSES ADMINISTERED works in his constituency Dhenkanal: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday laid foundation stone for a common New Delhi: Amid growing Ahmedabad: Union per cent beneficiaries user petroleum facility to be utilised by three State-run concern over the third Home Minister Amit had received the first oil marketing companies (OMCs) at Sadashivpur under covid wave, Health Min- Odapada block in Dhenkanal on Saturday. Designed seven istrty on Sunday said that Shah on Sunday re- dose of COVID-19 vac- India has administered viewed development cine in the Assembly years ago, the project will be set up on a 50-acre land at an estimated Rs 394 cr and completed by August 2023.