Fully Weighing the Yatra from Aug 19 Railways Has Identified 75 Stations Across the Pros and Cons

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US Congressional Gold Medal for Gandhi Partition Horrors Remembrance Day WASHINGTON: Resolution reintroduced in US Congress to NEW DELHI: Ahead of the 75th Independence Day Sunday, Prime posthumously award Congressional Gold Medal to Mahatma Gandhi. Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said that the partition’s pain can Gandhi would be the first Indian to receive a Congressional Gold Medal, never be forgotten and that in memory of people’s sacrifices, an honour bestowed upon such great figures as George Washington, August 14 will be remembered as Partition Horrors Remembrance Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, and Rosa Parks. Day. “Partition’s pains can never be forgotten. Millions of our sisters An influential US lawmaker from New York Friday reintroduced a and brothers were displaced and many lost their lives due to resolution in the US House of Representatives to posthumously award mindless hate and violence. In memory of the struggles and the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal to Mahatma Gandhi in sacrifices of our people, 14th August will be observed as Partition recognition of his promotion of peace and non-violence. Horrors Remembrance Day,” the Prime Minister tweeted. Bombay HC tears into new IT Rules CLAUSES THAT ADHERE TO ‘CODE OF ETHICS’ BY DIGITAL MEDIA HAVE BEEN STAYED

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA As such a committee was yet to be formed, it did not see any reason to stay Mumbai, August 14: In what may be clauses 14 and 16 at present, the court called a victory for news publishers, es- said. The HC also did not stay sub- pecially the digital media, the Bombay clause (2) of clause 9 which provides High Court Saturday granted an interim for action in case of the contravention stay to the operation of parts of the re- of any law in force for the time being. cently notified Information Technology The petitioners had sought an interim Rules, 2021 that require that all online stay on the implementation of the publishers follow a “code of ethics” new IT Rules till the court gives its final and norms of conduct. decision in the matter. Senior counsel A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Darius Khambata, lawyer for The Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni stayed Leaflet, had argued that the new IT Sub-clauses 1 and 3 of Clause 9 of the Technology Act of 2000), it said. tions’ on freedom of speech and ex- Rules were beyond the rule-making Information Technology (Intermediary The order came on petitions filed by pression allowed by Article 19 (2) of the power of the Union government as the Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics legal news portal The Leaflet and jour- Constitution, the petitioners said. The “parent Act”, that is the Information Code) Rules, 2021. It found “prima nalist Nikhil Wagle which challenged HC, however, refused to stay Clause 14 Technology Act, did not provide for any- facie” (on the face of it) that these several provisions of the new IT Rules that pertains to the setting up of an thing seeking to regulate ethics and sub-clauses violated the petitioners’ claiming that they were vague and inter-ministerial committee with pow- content of online publishers. Constitutional right to freedom of likely to have a “chilling effect” on a ers to regulate online content and On Friday, the HC had asked the speech and expression under Article citizen’s right to free speech guaran- deal with grievances and breach of Union government what was the need 19, the high court said. Provisions of teed by the Constitution. The Rules rules, and clause 16 which is about to introduce the new IT Rules, 2021 Clause 9 also went beyond the scope went beyond the scope of the main IT blocking of online content in case of without superseding the existing IT of the substantive law (the Information Act and also the `reasonable restric- an emergency. Rules of 2009.

IRREGULAR by MANJUL 98.58% REGULAR STUDENTS CLEAR PLUS II ARTS EXAM

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Bhubaneswar, August 14: About 98.58 per cent of regular students of Arts stream have cleared the annual Plus II examination this year, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said Saturday. Due to Covid-19, the Plus II exam- inations were cancelled this year. The Council of Higher Secondary It reminds me, any idea Education (CHSE) has given the scores what is the life on alternative methods. expectancy in India? Announcing the results, Dash said a total of 2,20,081 students, including 1,89,363 regular students, had registered in the Plus II Arts stream, of which, NOTICE 1,96,959 students, including 1,86,685 regular students, have passed in the There will be no edition of the Arts stream. The total pass percent- paper August 16 (Monday) as the age in Arts stream (both regular and office and press of Orissa POST ex-regular) stood at 89.49 per cent. will remain closed Sunday on the The Minister informed that 30,685 occasion of Independence Day. students secured first division, 46,563 –EDITOR students passed in second and 1,19,505 students got third division this year. At least 95 students secured more PATRIOTISM IN THE AIR than 90 per cent marks, he added. Shaurya Chakra for two According to him, 92.34 per cent of A boy celebrates with the national flag at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar on the eve of the girls passed the HSE as compared Odisha Police commandos the Independence Day, Saturday PIC: BIKASH NAYAK to 85.98 per cent of the boys.

BHUBANESWAR: The Union government Saturday selected two martyred commandos of the Odisha Police for awarding Shaurya Chakra, the third 11 kids at VIMSAR test Covid +ve highest peacetime gallantry award given to civilians and military personnel. The jawans, identified as Commandos Sudhir The increasing number of infections has spread fear in the region Kumar Tudu and Debashis Sethy, laid old boy of Budhiakata area in down their lives during an operation Jujumura block of the district, were against Left Wing Extremists (LWE) last year. The Ministry of Defence conferred infected with the virus, Friday. the award posthumously for their This was stated here by VIMSAR su- exemplary bravery, valour and perintendent Dr Lalmohan Nayak to courageous actions during a fight the media, Saturday. However, it is against the Left ultras in a dense forest yet to be known if any children have near village Sikri of Kalahandi district been detected with the virus, Saturday. September 9, 2020. DGP Abhay in a video According to sources, the children message said, “Two able sons of Odisha were admitted to the hospital after police will be awarded Shaurya Chakra they fell sick due to some disease. posthumously. The duo participated in Later, their samples were collected an anti-Maoist operation in Kalahandi and the test reports showed they were last year, September 9. P3 COVID-positive. They are undergoing treatment in the Covid-II ward of the hospital. WEATHER Notably, 32 children in the age group POST NEWS NETWORK undergoing treatment at Veer Surendra of 1-17 years had tested positive for y BHUB CTK Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and COVID-19 in Kendrapara in the first

Sambalpur, August 14: Research (VIMSAR) in Burla have nine days of August. While the in-

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TEMP MIN 25.5° 25.6° ernment that it is prepared to meet the August 1 to Friday, hospital authori- positive to the virus has triggered fear Forecast possible third wave of COVID, more and ties said Saturday. among the local people, the government Humidity 82% 97% more children are being infected by the In the latest incident, two kids, a claims that they are prepared with Light rain Rainfall 0.8mm 20mm very likely deadly coronavirus in the state. seven-year-old girl of Khetrajpur area necessary infrastructure for the treat- As many as 11 children were in Sambalpur town and a nine-year- ment of the infected children. P2 SUNDAY | AUGUST 15 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR leisure

When SRK danced to Mumbai: Actress Kiara rifices made by the loved her role of the real-life Advani is known for ones of the army offi- character of Sakshi Akshay is my forever hero: Lara her roles in Kabir Singh cers and their families, Rawat, a hotel manager, New Delhi: Lara Dutta Bhupathi made her debut in Hindi film y Govinda’s direction Kiara Advani

and Good Newz. Her lat- who I would want to and cricketer MS industry 18 years ago in Andaaz starring Akshay Kumar and

k y m est film Shershaah is salute because they are Dhoni’s wife, in sports she cannot stop praising the actor. The actress tags the Khiladi c also receiving rave re- the unsung heroes, and biopic M.S. Dhoni: The star as her ‘forever hero’. “I always maintain that Akshay is my would’ve been views from the audi- they form the backbone Untold Story was the friend, philosopher and guide. He is not just my first hero, he is ence. and are a pillar of turning point of literally a forever hero,” Lara said. Lara revealed that it was Sharing her experi- strength for an army her career. Interestingly, Akshay who encouraged her to take up the role of late Prime ence of working on the officer. For me, I salute Kiara had an interest Minister Indira Gandhi in their upcoming movie Bell Bottom, a paediatric patriotic film, Kiara both, our army and the in psychiatry besides which is slated to release August 19. “The amount of faith said: “What I learned army behind acting. She said, “If not Akshay has in me is tremendous. He has offered me roles in the while shooting for the army.” an actor, I would have last few years where we have worked together that have really Shershaah, one of my Kiara, 29, made her been a child challenged me. Before anybody saw it he saw the potential that psychiatrist experiences was the sac- IANS I could do this (play Indira Gandhi),” added the actress. IANS debut with Fugly, but psychiatrist.”

SUDOKU Mumbai: Farah Khan recently PEANUTS had some interesting revelations To solve the Sudoku puzzle, fill in the boxes in such a post manner that every row, column and 3x3 box contains about how she asked Govinda to CROSSWORD the digits 1 to 9, without repeating any. choreograph Shah Rukh Khan during the shoot of Deewangi Deewangi song of Om Shanti Om. She shared this interesting incident on the Zee Comedy Show. Farah is the judge of the show. “Govinda’s jodi with Ganesh Acharya was so good that I felt if I choreographed him, it would be proven that I am not good enough to choreograph him. In fact, even when he came to shoot for Om Shanti Om’s Deewangi Deewangi song, I didn’t have the courage to choreograph him. Hence, I told Govinda to choreograph Shah Rukh CALVIN AND HOBBES Khan for his portion, telling them that we’ll keep those steps. They did the Bade Miyan Chote Miyan in the end and it came out so well. So, whenever we dance, Govinda will have to choreograph me, like how he did today,” revealed Farah. IANS SOLUTIONS I tell stories about real lives: Ayushmann Mumbai: Actor Ayushmann Khurrana feels he has celebrated and represented India correctly through his films which have res- BREVITY

onated with the world. CROSSWORD “I try to tell stories that are es- sentially rooted in the Indian mi- crocosm and are about real people and their real lives in our culturally diverse country,” said the 36-year-old actor. He added: “I think that’s why these stories have resonated with people not just in India but also with Indians who live abroad or with people who are interested to SUDOKU

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POST NEWS NETWORK ASHOK CHAKRA IN THE MIDDLE WAS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED JULY 22, 1947

New Delhi, August 14: As many NEW DELHI: Even as the country is The Indian Independence Bill was as 67 personnel from Odisha Police celebrating its 75th Independence Day introduced in the British House of would be conferred with the Police Sunday, there is an apparent cu- Commons July 4, 1947, and it was Medal for Gallantry (PMG) on the riosity about the national flag, passed within a fortnight. occasion of 75th Independence which holds the central place The Bill brought an end to Day, Sunday. in recalling the sacrifices British rule in India. The Two personnel would be con- made by the freedom fight- first Prime Minister of ferred with President’s Police Medal ers. The national flag is the country, Jawaharlal for Distinguished Service (PPM) manufactured and sup- Nehru, unfurled the and nine are being awarded Police plied from only one place Indian national flag Medal for Meritorious Service (PM). in India. The Karnataka atop Lahori Gate of Two Civil Defence personnel Khadi Gramodyog the Red Fort in Delhi and five Home Guards would also Samyukta Sangh August 15, 1947. be conferred with President’s Home (KKGSS), located at Since then, the tra- Guard and Civil Defence Medal Dharwad in dition has been fol- for Distinguished Services while Karnataka, has been lowed by the in- four Fire Service personnel are authorised to manu- cumbent Prime being awarded with Fire Service facture and supply the Ministers. Medal for Gallantry. Tricolour. As the country is Significantly, three Prison officials According to the going to celebrate its would be awarded with Correctional Bureau of Indian 75th Independence Day Service Medal for Meritorious Standards (BIS), the flag Sunday, Prime Minister Service. A total of 1,380 police per- is manufactured only with Narendra Modi is all set sonnel from across the country are hand-spun and hand-woven AMRIT MAHOTSAV to unfurl the Tricolour on being awarded medals on the oc- cotton khadi wafting. There the ramparts of Red Fort in the casion of the Independence Day, are 100 specialist spinners and ccording to the Bureau of National Capital. the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) another 100 weavers employed at AIndian Standards, the flag is Our national anthem, ‘Jana Gana announced Saturday. KKGSS to manufacture the flags, manufactured only with hand-spun Mana’ was composed by Nobel laureate Amongst 628 Gallantry Awards, said sources. and hand-woven cotton khadi Rabindranath Tagore in 1911, but the one President’s Police Medal for The first variant of the country’s wafting song was originally composed as Gallantry (PPMG) has been given national flag was designed by freedom ‘Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata’. It was re- here are 100 specialist spinners to Jammu and Kashmir Police and fighter Pingali Venkayya in 1921. The named as ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and Tand another 100 weavers one to the CRPF posthumously. current flag with saffron, white and employed at KKGSS to manufacture adopted by the Constituent Assembly The PPM is a decoration awarded green colours and the Ashok Chakra the flags of India as the National Anthem to the police personnel in India. in the middle was officially adopted July January 24, 1950. Established March 1, 1951, the medal 22, 1947, and was hoisted August 15, 1947. he first variant of the country’s Along with India, five other countries was originally called the President's Interestingly, the national flag with Tnational flag was designed by namely Bahrain, North Korea, South Police and Fire Service Medal. three horizontal stripes of red, yellow freedom fighter Pingali Venkayya Korea, Republic of Congo and According to the MHA, 398 police and green was hoisted at Parsee Bagan in 1921 Liechtenstein celebrate their personnel are being awarded for Square in Kolkata August 7, 1906. he national flag with three independence day August 15. their gallant action in J&K region, Every year people across India cele- Thorizontal stripes of red, yellow Goa was the last state to join 155 personnel for their gallant ac- brate Independence Day August 15 and and green was hoisted at Parsee the Indian Territory. Even after tion in Left Wing Extremism-af- remember the sacrifices made by the free- Bagan Square in Kolkata (Erstwhile India’s independence, Goa was fected areas and 27 personnel in dom fighters to get independence from Calcutta) August 7, 1906 a Portuguese colony. It was annexed

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k y m Tribunal for talks on c ARIES A new acquaintance will make you feel happy today. You must remember that river basin documents things don't have to be expressed explicit- ly; a word or a song from deep within can make a bigger impact. Ganesha says today A THREE-JUDGE BENCH OF THE MWDT, HEADED BY SUPREME COURT is the right time to do something which will be more rewarding in the long-term. JUDGE JUSTICE AM KHANWILKAR, POSTED THE MATTER TO SEPTEMBER 4

POST NEWS NETWORK TAURUS New Delhi, August 14: The This day, your heart is likely to rule your head. You will Mahanadi Water Dispute Tribunal be driven by your moods (MWDT) Saturday asked Odisha, feelings and sentiments. Most of the Chhattisgarh and Central Water decisions will be based on your Commission (CWC) to hold a meet- emotions, instead of your reason and ing with regard to the river basin doc- experience. Ganesha urges you not to allow your emotionality to enter your uments sought by the riparian states professional activities. for adjudication of the matter. A three-judge bench of the tribunal headed by Supreme Court GEMINI judge Justice AM Khanwilkar Artists draw graffiti at Doordarshan road in Bhubaneswar to create awareness on dengue, Saturday. The Capital city posted the matter to September 4. Your day will be spent indulging in activities that has reported more than 1,000 cases of the vector-borne disease OP PHOTO Justices Ravi Ranjan and Indermeet appeal to you. You may go Kaur are the two other members The Odisha government The Odisha government had out shopping with your family members, of the bench. sought copies of Technical Advisory or go out to dinner with friends. A lesiure- WETLAND CONSERVATION Special train between During the hearing, both Odisha had sought copies of Committee notes on over 23 proj- ly, entertainment filled, fun day awaits and Chhattisgarh apprised the tri- ects cleared in Mahanadi Basin you, says Ganesha. Technical Advisory Puri and Rourkela bunal that they have not received since 1950 namely Mayana Tank, all the documents required in con- Committee notes on Gej Tank, Dhara Tank, Saroda CANCER Step up eviction of BHUBANESWAR: It has been nection with the case from the cen- more than 23 projects Tank and others. It also sought de- tral agencies. Both the states also tailed reports on several projects People will be stunned at decided to run a special train cleared in Mahanadi the swift pace of your work. between Rourkela and Puri. This suggested a meeting with CWC for cleared by the Central Water All your pending tasks and train will run from Rourkela with availing the remaining documents Basin since 1950 Commission in Mahanadi Basin. projects will fructify. But Ganesha coun- prawn gheris: HC effect from August 24 and from of Mahanadi river basin. Moreover, the Odisha govern- sels you not to do any-thing haphazardly Puri with effect from August 25, The Central Water Commission for adjudication of Mahanadi river ment sought environment clear- or in any careless manner. Ganesha POST NEWS NETWORK 2021 till further notice. This train also submitted to the tribunal that water dispute. The MWDT had di- ance reports given to around 35 thinks you as an extraordinary orator. will leave from Rourkela at 08:05hrs after the meeting it would become rected the central agencies June 26 projects in Mahanadi basin by the Cuttack, August 14: The Collectors towards Puri and will leave from easy for the two states to understand to provide the required documents Ministry of Environment, Forest LEO of four districts Saturday deposed Puri at 04:35hrs towards Rourkela. the kind of documents they need to the two states. and Climate Change. before the Orissa High Court in Long forgotten relationships may be renewed today. Old virtual mode on a case pertaining acquaintances, room part- to the conservation of wetlands. ners, hostel mates and the like may bump Deposing before the HC, the Collectors to file separate affidavits into you today. You will be in a happy Collectors of Kendrapara, Khurda, regarding steps taken by the district Swargadwar to open for non-Puri residents Aug 16 mood as a result. Marital life will be bliss- Ganjam and Puri submitted de- administrations to remove prawn ful, says Ganesha. tailed data on the eviction of prawn gheris from Bhitarakanika in POST NEWS NETWORK The Puri sub-collector safety protocols,” read the order. maintaining social distancing. gheris (enclosures) from wetlands Kendrapara district and Chilika The relatives of the deceased The Puri sub-Collector has been has been asked to keep VIRGO at Bhitarakanika and Chilika lake. lake that spreads over Khurda, Bhubaneswar, August 14: In persons will have to submit the asked to keep close surveillance Similarly, some fishermen also Ganjam and Puri districts. view of the low Covid positivity close surveillance in necessary documents relating to in this regard and take appropri- You will be the flag-bearer deposed before the HC in connec- The Collector of Ganjam sub- rate in Puri, the district admin- non-Covid deaths at the reception ate action in case of any difficulty, for people around you, tion with the case. mitted his affidavit in the HC July istration has allowed last rites this regard and take counter of Swargadwar Seva said sources in Puri district ad- spreading hope and inspira- tion. Ganesha advises you to be the ideal A bench of Chief Justice S 27 while his counterparts in the of the deceased from other dis- appropriate action in Samiti, the order said. ministration. family man today. By doing this you will Muralidhar and Justice BP Routray other three districts did not do so. tricts at Swargadwar cremation Maximum 10 persons will The district administration had radiate affection and love. This will, in directed the four Collectors to ex- Expressing displeasure over the ground in the Holy City from case of any difficulty be allowed for the last rites of imposed restriction on the per- turn, work remarkably in cultivating pedite the eviction of illegal prawn non-submission of affidavits, the August 16. Puri Collector Samarth a deceased. The relatives of formance of the funeral rites of positive relationships. gheris and seize their equipment. HC directed the four Collectors to Verma Saturday issued an the deceased will have to strictly the deceased belonging to other The bench posted the next hear- depose before it and furnish all order in this regard. other districts/states as well as of Puri follow the Covid appropriate districts at Swargadwar April 25 this ing to September 23. data regarding the eviction of “The funeral rites of the deceased district are allowed at Swargadwar behaviour such as use of face year in the wake of the second LIBRA Earlier, the HC had directed the prawn enclosures. (non-Covid deaths) belonging to with strict adherence to Covid-19 masks, hand sanitisers and wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ganesha advises you not to take stress about small issues or matters. To avoid tension and to gain mental peace it is Rain may play NEWS SNIPPETS advised you perform yoga or meditation. Rly’s handloom stalls in Bhub, Puri stations There will be pressure put on you regard- State sees uptick ing certain matters at the work-front. You spoilsport BJP’s Jan Aashirbad BHUBANESWAR: Participating in the year-long celebration ‘Azadi Ka Amrit should take decisions regarding critical Mahotsav’, which marks India’s 75 years of Independence, the Indian matters only after carefully weighing the Yatra from Aug 19 Railways has identified 75 stations across the pros and cons. for I-Day fete country to install handloom stalls symbolising in Covid-19 cases BHUBANESWAR: The state unit of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’. The celebration will Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) begin August 15 this year. Altogether 75 POST NEWS NETWORK PNN/AGENCIES Bhubaneswar falls, registered the Saturday decided to launch Jan SCORPIO highest number of new cases at railway stations across the country will install Aashirbad Yatra across the state Handloom/Khadi stalls for exhibition-cum- According to Ganesha, your Bhubaneswar, August 14: The Bhubaneswar, August 14: Odisha's 410, followed by Cuttack at 197, he from August 19 that will continue family and friends top your sale purpose. Bhubaneswar railway station, regional office of the India Covid-19 tally rose to 9,93,507 said, adding that the daily test pos- till August 22. Several senior party priority list today. Life looks being one of those 75 stations, opened the hunky dory on personal as well as profes- Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday as 1,132 more people tested itivity rate slightly dipped to 1.64 leaders and Union ministers from handloom stall August 14 that will run till sional front. Apart from business develop- Saturday issued warning of heavy positive for the infection, while 66 per cent from 1.67 per cent on the state are likely to participate August 22. The stall, opened with the help of ments, romantic relations are on the rains in nine districts of the state fresh fatalities pushed the state's Friday. Barring Khurda and in the event. The programme is Khadi and Villiage Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry of Micro, Small bloom. And this is evident from your on Independence Day. coronavirus death toll to 6,823, a Cuttack, the remaining districts likely to be attended by Union and Medium Enterprise (MSME), was inaugurated in the presence of blushing cheeks. Creative indulgences The department in its warning Health department official said. registered less than 100 cases each, minister Dharmendra Pradhan may give a new dimension to your life! Bhubaneswar station director C R Nayak and Director of KVIC, Sameer for The state had registered a slow while Nuapada did not report any and Ashwini Vaishnaw. While Kumar Mohanty. Another stall will be installed in Puri railway station too. Sunday rise in fresh infections for four fresh infection. Pradhan is likely to march in said, days after daily cases dipped below Cuttack reported the highest Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and SAGITTARIUS “Heavy 1,000 August 9. While 886 cases number of fresh fatalities at 15, Khurda, Vaishnaw might visit Rayagada in Hirakud Express. He Your business is likely to rainfall is were recorded August 9, it increased followed by Nayagarh (12) and Cong team to probe Kendrapara violence is expected to visit Koraput, scale new heights, says very likely to 1,041 August 10, 1,078 August 11, Kendrapara (nine). Ganesha. You need to build Jeypore, Nabarangpur and BHUBANESWAR: The state Congress Saturday announced formation of a up your confidence and move ahead with to occur at 1,107 August 12 and 1,193 August 13. Odisha has thus far tested over 1.69 Bhawanipatna too. The national special ‘fact finding committee’ that will probe into the revolt against a zest and enthusiasm. Rake in the moolah one or two As many as 657 new cases were crore samples for Covid-19, leaders of the party are likely to drinking water project proposed to be set up in a village in Kendrapara.The as the business yield profits. places reported in quarantine centres, including 68,872 Friday. Its cumula- conduct meetings in around seven committee, chaired by former finance minister Panchanan Kanungo, will over the while the remaining 475 fresh in- tive positivity rate stood at districts to garner support for the analyse the reasons for the wrath of people against a project in which districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, fections were detected during con- 5.85 per cent. As many as 1.91 crore party ahead of the panchayat diversion of Kharasrota river water from their area into Bhadrak district CAPRICORN Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Gajapati, tact tracing. people have been inoculated elections by highlighting the was proposed. The panel comprising party leaders would visit the site and Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh Khurda, under which submit a report to OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik. You will walk down the mem- so far. works done by the BJP. ory lane, cherish those lost and Deogarh.” moments and later on feel an It also said that thunderstorm urge to meet or contact old friends, says with lightning could be seen in dis- Ganesha. Expectations of your near and tricts of Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, 17TH ANNUAL CONVOCATION OF KIIT dear ones, however, may seem burden- Malkangiri, Rayagada, Kandhamal, some. You will still see the brighter side of everything, and spending quality time with Bolangir, Nuapada, Mayurbhanj, your sweetheart will certainly re-energise Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, your powers to deal with difficulties. Sundargarh, Deogarh, Balasore, Create positive impact on the less fortunate: Min Bhadrak and Jajpur Sunday. POST NEWS NETWORK come. While you strive for excel- plauds KIIT & KISS Founder Prof AQUARIUS lence, I hope you also measure that Achyuta Samanta as he has chosen If the Almighty loads you Bhubaneswar, August 14: With excellence in terms of outcomes that to offer his humanitarian service with pain, He will also bless CLASSIFIED a culture of quality research and help achieve the greater common in ‘Kalinga’, which is the soil of you with pleasure, assures the quest for empirical accuracy, goal that positively impacts people compassion.” Ganesha. You will begin the day AFFIDAVIT KIIT Deemed to be University con- less fortunate than you.” Bhanshali said that no human with a long list of things to be done, but AFFIDAVIT tributes effectively towards tak- “Recent initiatives like the ac- quality is greater than gratitude and luckily you will be able finish them off one by one. I Sri Shiva Swaroop. ing India to the top of the global ademic bank of credit, multiple suggested students to cultivate knowledge economy, said Union entry and exit system and National this quality. Harihara Sanyasa Minister of Education and Skill Education Technology Forum “The batch of 2021 has fared PISCES Ashram Bettarasingi Development & Entrepreneurship launched on completion of the well with their erudite and re- (Golabandha Road), Dharmendra Pradhan at the 17th first year of the National silience despite challenges posed You are not by nature ill- P.S./Tahasil- Buguda, tempered or jealous. Annual Convocation of the uni- Education Policy 2020 will act as by the Covid-19 pandemic,” said However, you will need to Ganjam affidavit that by versity held virtually, Saturday. catalysts for developing the qual- Samanta, in his message to the be on guard against being some mistake my name Altogether 7,032 students of 2020- ity higher education in India,” students. He said it is the only uni- both, today. Someone may recorded as Rasmi Ranjan 21 batch of KIIT Deemed to be he stated. versity in India to have sent three try to sully your image or University received their degrees The university conferred Honoris Bhanshali, Co-founder, ENAM in Chemistry (1987), France. Pattanaik SBI accounts. of its students – Dutee Chand slander your name today. However, the on the occasion. Causa Degrees of DLitt upon Mata Securities; Founder, Desh Apnayen Amma said, “The most important (Athletics), Shivpal Singh (Javelin best way to deal with provocation is not Both Rasmi Ranjan to loose your temper and to continue as Pradhan said, “You have ac- Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma), Sahayog Foundation & Founder- thing to be developed through ed- Throw) and CA Bhavani Devi usual, for things will take care of them- Pattanaik and Sri Shiva quired skills that will help you Spiritual Leader, Guru & Director, FLAME University, and ucation is compassion towards our (Fencing-Sabre) – to represent India

selves soon enough, says Ganesha. Swaroop same person. achieve milestones in the years to Humanitarian and Vallabh Prof Jean-Marie Lehn, Noble Prize fellow beings. Amma heartily ap- in Tokyo Olympics, 2021.

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hockey stoles. Giridhari Meher, Gunanidhi Meher of Pada village and Jhasaketan Meher of Bandhapali village have weaved the stoles. Seven weavers of Bargarh district have prepared 54 silk stoles and 64 cotton stoles within three days while 16 stoles have been made in Sonepur. Sisir Kumar Nag, managing director of Sambalpuri Bastralaya, marketing officers Hemant Kumar Mishra, Chandrabhanu Meher, Ramachandra Meher, Dutia Meher and Ghanashyam Meher supervised the preparations of the stoles by the designers and weavers. Notably, Sambalpuri Bandha art has carved a niche for itself in the whole world. The success of the design (Top) A cotton stole and (bottom) a silk stole with Sambalpuri Bandha designs made by Sambalpuri Bastralaya OP PHOTO is attributed to Padma Shri Krutarth Acharya who worked tirelessly dur- POST NEWS NETWORK stoles with a new design which is a Pada village have done the Bandha ing his lifetime to put the design and combination of last year’s design designs and colour work of cotton the fabric in the world map. Bargarh/Sonepur, August 14: and a logo of the Stoles with special Sambalpuri hockey stick and Bandha designs will don the shoul- Olympics, he ders of Indian hockey players, the said. Prominent bronze medal winner in Tokyo weaver Bhikari Olympics this year, a report said. Meher, winner of The stoles will be gifted to hockey Santh Kabir players by Chief Minister Naveen award of Barpali Patnaik at a felicitation programme has dyed the silk organised by the state government, stoles in the tra- August 16, the report said. ditional Bandha In this function, hockey players style assisted by will be felicitated with the stoles weaver Ganesh made with special Sambalpuri Meher. Bandha designs. This was stated Weavers Gopal here by Sambit Acharya, former Meher, Abhaya president of Sambalpuri Bastralaya Meher of to media persons, here Saturday. Khuntapali, He said the stoles have been pre- Bhikari Meher of pared as per an order placed by the Barapali and state sports and youth services de- Siba Shankar partment with the Sambalpuri Meher of Bastralaya. Sonepur have The state sports and youth services weaved the department, in a letter (6786 dated- stoles. 11.08.2021) had placed an indent for Similarly, 65 silk stoles and 64 cotton stoles. Jeetendra Meher These stoles will be sent to the de- of Banjidunguri, partment for use in the felicitation Birendra Meher, of the Indian hockey team. Designer Sabita Meher,

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he people of North-East As it is, the indigenous people India have been, in nu- from the North-East face enor- merous ways, paying the mous difficulties in securing ac- Moment To Reflect T price for geopolitical re- commodation in metropolitan moteness. The reality that, after cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai he Indian government leads the celebrations for two national holi- Partition, this region was tenu- or Bangalore, because house own- days. One is Independence Day, which is 15 August. The second is ously connected to mainland India ers are suspicious of their ori- TRepublic Day, 26 January. On the first we mark the passing of the British through a 20-km-wide ‘chicken’s gins. The pandemic made a bad sit- Raj and the transfer of power to Indians. This did not happen fully, and the neck’ had, of course, accentuated uation even worse, and hundreds head of state even after 15 August 1947 continued to be Lord Mountbatten, this sense of remoteness. of tenants in different parts of for another 10 months. In this period, the Congress party began integrat- For instance, much of the ig- the country, some of whom had ing the princely states into the Union, often with Mountbatten’s assis- norance of the rest of India about lived for years on the same prem- tance. Some of the states were more tricky than others. For instance the people and cultures of the ises, were asked to vacate these. Jodhpur’s king Hanwant Singh wanted to join Pakistan and Hyderabad’s North-East is due to the peripheral Often crowds had gathered to en- Nizam Osman Ali Khan wanted to remain independent. Mountbatten nature of its role in mainstream force their removal and some who nudged these individuals towards India and was useful for the Congress polity. The common masses in resisted were beaten up! party as it began the hard task of integration. The task was hard because many other parts of India even The harassment and abuse con- many princely states said that their agreement with the Raj stood cancelled today do not know that the fronted by individuals from the the moment the British withdrew. Mongoloid element constitutes an North-East have aroused the con- Independence Day is seen as a cut-off point but in many ways it wasn’t. important component of the eth- science of right-thinking people The British transferred significant power to Indians through the few nic diversity of our nation. Little from other parts of India and many decades before 1947. It was already clear by the late 1930s that the British wonder that often individuals from have appealed to the Union and would leave India at some point in the near future. The people who would the North-East, where Mongoloid- state governments to undertake lead India after independence, Nehru and Patel and the rest, all had expe- Arup Kumar Dutta stock tribals constitute over 80 Little wonder that often individuals from corrective measures. Student or- rience in legislatures because the British al- per cent of the population, are the North-East, where Mongoloid-stock ganisations from this region have lowed limited power sharing. Of course the THERE CAN BE mistaken to be foreigners by peo- also stepped up their efforts to Indian army was entirely British in its rais- ple in other parts of India! tribals constitute over 80 per cent of the eradicate this blatant blot on India’s ing and creation. The British had also fallen LITTLE DOUBT The outcome is that people from population, are mistaken to be foreigners image of a unified nation where to hard times, especially with the Second THAT this part of the country who had there is no discrimination based on World War, where it had a limited role. Managing chosen to go out are often treated by people in other parts of India! one’s religion, race or colour. India in these circumstances was quite diffi- DISCRIMINATION as aliens in their own land. Today, For instance, a number of stu- cult. As we have seen even in 2021, our we have the presence of citizens dents’ organisations have placed Atmanirbhar government runs large deficits AND PREJUDICE from the North-East in almost cases it had roused the envy of this region have increased dra- a ‘joint petition’ before the Union which must be financed through borrowing. CONFRONTED BY every nook and corner of the na- the so-called local populace, who matically after the COVID-19 pan- Minister of Education appealing Lastly, Churchill and the American President tion. Unfortunately, in many parts used the ‘alien’ dresses, customs demic spread in India. A study to the Ministry to add a mandatory Roosevelt had signed a document called the PEOPLE OF THE of mainland India the local people and languages as an alibi for per- commissioned by the Indian chapter/section highlighting the Atlantic Charter in 1941 which committed NORTH-EAST were unable to come to terms with petrating hate crimes. Council of Social Science Research culture, ethnicity, natural resources, them to decolonising the world after Hitler was Aakar Patel the ethnic and cultural differences This resulted in the targeting of (ICSSR) on racial discrimination WITHIN OTHER history, people and society of North- defeated, and giving all people the right to Independence Day embodied by migrants from the individuals from this region by and hate crimes against people East India in NCERT textbooks. self-determination. COMMUNITIES North-East, and the latter in- hoodlums and predators -- things from the North-East found that Apart from other measures that For all these reasons, 15 August was in- is a good moment creasingly became the target of reached such a pass that in places “North-East India seamlessly fits may be contemplated, the above evitable and though we use the words freedom IS THE RESULT hate crimes. Ignorance not only like Delhi the administration had the Indian’s imagination of a suggestion appears to be prag- to reflect on what at midnight, indicating that the event hap- OF THE LATTER’S breeds indifference but also bigotry; to set up help-lines in order to aid Chinese person.” matic and laudable. There can be pened in a moment, it was really a longer time- we have done with the free, fun-loving nature of the persons under assault. The study found that 78 per cent little doubt that discrimination frame. This is the background we need for a fuller IGNORANCE people of the North-East and the The immensely adverse conse- of the people from the region who and prejudice confronted by peo- understanding of 15 August and its meaning. the power we easy mixing of the sexes not preva- quence of such bigotry born of were interviewed believed that ple of the North-East within other The second holiday the government leads us acquired on that lent, say in North India, seemed to ignorance dawned upon the na- physical appearance was the most communities is the result of the through is the Republic Day. This is when the be an ethos unacceptable to certain tion in a dramatic fashion in 2012, important reason for the preju- latter’s ignorance. Familiarising Constitution of India, which began being writ- day and what we sections of mainland Indian society. when there were widespread at- dice against them. The study said them with the ethnic and cultural ten before Independence (because the British There was another reason for the tacks on people from this area, that, amid the pandemic, people history of this region as well as allowed it) formally came into force in 1950. On are leaving for the antipathy displayed by some ele- forcing thousands of them to leave from the region “faced an increased other relevant aspects might be that day we celebrate India as a Republic. What generations to ments towards migrants from the their jobs and return home. Fed by number of acts of hate and prej- one way of combating the adverse does that mean? It means a form of government North-East. Early enough, canny rumour-mongering and propa- udices against them.” A series of wages of ignorance. where the power is held by the people. It is the come after us employers in other parts of the ganda through social media, vic- attacks were reported in various Indian people who are sovereign and not any country had discovered the rela- tims were identified and targeted, parts of the country where people The writer, a Padma Shri individual. It is their government through tive innocence and trustworthi- almost undoing the slowly en- from the region were “harassed, awardee, is a prominent their representatives. And so Republic Day is a celebration of the Constitution, ness of people from this region, hancing empathy of the North- abused, and traumatised” and social historian and author the document which says Indians are sovereign. The question is: are we? The which made them a preferred East with mainland India. were disparagingly called ‘coro- based in Guwahati. answer is no. choice for employment. In many The travails of individuals from navirus,’ the study said. ©THE BILLION PRESS The sovereign in India is the really the State, meaning the government and all the apparatus is controls. It is not the people. The people are useful for the State because they give it legitimacy but they are also seen as a nuisance that gets in the way of government. It is for this reason that the Constitution has been severely undermined SPECTRUM SUSTAINABILITY over the years. It is true that this has happened under all governments but it is equally true that it has particularly accelerated under the present one. This has happened in three ways. First through the attack on fundamental rights. Though these are constitutionally guaranteed, the rights to equality, freedom of expression, occupation, religion, movement, assembly and association Big Tech flies too much and right to life and liberty do not exist in India in any meaningful way. This is not the place to go into why and how but ask constitutional scholars and they will agree with what I have said. I have discussed this at length in my ast year, Microsoft announced work” should practice what it that flying is a function of privilege. dering whether the expense of busi- last book, ‘Our Hindu Rashtra’. that it will be carbon-nega- preaches, crank up Microsoft And according to the International ness flights makes any sense. The second attack has been through the misuse of the State and ensur- Ltive by 2030. “If we don’t curb Teams, and fly less. Air Transport Association, many, Employees can hold more meeting that those who violate the law but are on the side of the ruling party are emissions, and temperatures con- But Microsoft is hardly an out- if not the majority, of frequent fly- ings in a day via videoconference, not punished or prosecuted. They include legislators and ministers, like Anurag tinue to climb,” the firm said on its lier among tech firms. Five of the ers are businesspeople. and business flyers say the pause Thakur and Kapil Mishra. A judge ordered FIRs to be filed against them but official blog, “science tells us that 10 largest buyers of corporate air Microsoft, which is so commit- in air travel either had no impact he was transferred out the same night and the FIRs not filed. This sort of thing the results will be catastrophic.” travel in the US are technology ted to business travel that it has its on their productivity, or actually im- is common now in India. Microsoft deserves credit for pub- companies: Amazon, IBM, Google, own priority check-in lane at Seattle- proved it. The third thing has to do with the Parliament. Those parties for whom Indians licly discussing the climate crisis, Apple, and Microsoft. These digi- Tacoma International Airport, sits Meanwhile, many Big Tech firms voted but are not part of the government are treated with disdain, as if being transparent about its own tal giants, along with the big con- near the top of a highly unequal and buy ‘carbon credits,’ and maintain their voters are irrelevant. The government has made much of these par- greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, sulting firms, are also among the skewed global carbon hierarchy. that this somehow erases or ‘offsets’ ties creating a nuisance in the Parliament. However, the problem is that the Richard Gokrun and at least having some sort of top buyers of flights globally. The wealthiest (and often the their own flight emissions. But violation of parliamentary rule was initiated by the government. Passing plan to reduce them. Although one might expect these whitest) pollute the most, while this claim is losing whatever sci- the farm laws without a vote in the Rajya Sabha was unconstitutional. COMPARATIVELY But the elephant in the room is big, growing companies’ large num- those who emit the least – pre- entific credibility it once may have All this leads us to the question — how much of a republic are we? And if that Microsoft is one of the top 10 ber of employees to fly to many dominantly people of colour, the so- had. A recent investigation re- we are not especially republican seven decades after Independence what WEALTHY FLYERS corporate buyers of commercial meetings, there are plenty of even cially vulnerable, and inhabitants vealed that the most popular car- does the future hold? These are things we have to consider as a nation. MUST RECOGNISE flights in the United States. Before bigger employers that fly less. of the Global South, including the bon-offset scheme used by airlines Independence Day is meant to unite us as a nation across parties because it the pandemic, in the financial year Companies that tout technological Pacific – bear the costs. is based on a flawed system, in marks our victory over outsiders who did not consider themselves Indian. It THEIR 2019, the firm’s business travel innovation as the key to tackling cli- Comparatively wealthy flyers which so-called ‘phantom credits’ is a good moment to reflect on what we have done with the power we acquired RESPONSIBILITY alone accounted for 392,557 tonne mate change should be savvy enough must recognise their responsibil- are often sold on the promise to on that day and what we are leaving for the generations to come after us. of GHG emissions. to use video calls, rather than shut- ity to those less fortunate, who de- protect forest areas that were never TO THOSE LESS That’s far more than my entire tle employees around the planet serve to live without fear of global at risk of being cut down. In real- FORTUNATE, Pacific island country emits in a on airlines that before the pan- warming’s effects. Climate-vul- ity, neither airlines nor their biggest WISDOM CORNER year. Tuvalu is well known for its demic burned 7-8 million barrels of nerable people want to maintain corporate customers are in a po- WHO DESERVE TO vulnerability to the effects of cli- oil per day – more than India. their homes and identities as citi- sition to claim that their flights mate change. We contribute almost In May last year, a paper in the zens of their country, rather than are ‘carbon neutral.’ Happiness is a direction, not a place. SYDNEY J. HARRIS LIVE WITHOUT nothing to global GHG emissions, journal Nature Climate Change being forced to migrate elsewhere. Microsoft and other big tech- FEAR OF GLOBAL but their consequences affect us found that the pause to aviation If concern for equality and cli- nology companies therefore must The greatest remedy for anger is delay. LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA on a monthly or even daily basis. accounted for 10 per cent of the mate justice won’t cure Big Tech’s commit to remain permanently at WARMING’S Microsoft’s high level of corpo- decrease in global emissions dur- corporate flight addiction, maybe their 2020 flight levels. This is pos- Art is man’s expression of his joy in labour. HENRY KISSINGER rate air travel is not a good look for ing COVID-19 lockdowns. Given money will. The profits of Amazon sible, necessary, and fair. It is also EFFECTS a company that talks big on cli- that only 4 per cent of the global pop- and other large technology firms good business. mate, sustainability, and racial jus- ulation took an international flight soared during last year’s lock- WORDSWORTH tice, especially one that literally in 2018, and that half of all aviation downs, even when commercial The writer, a former has its own videoconferencing plat- emissions come from just 1 per flights were reduced to zero for meteorologist, is form. Surely an advanced tech firm cent of the global population, this many months. Executive Director of Tuvalu Orotund that claims to be “reimagining vir- outsize impact shows not only how Chief financial officers and ac- Climate Action Network. tual collaboration for the future of often the 1 per cent fly, but also countants are therefore now won- ©PROJECT SYNDICATE his started its life, at the end of the eighteenth century, as a Tpositive word that was associated with the qualities of good public speaking, especially a way of speaking that was full, round and imposing. It comes from the Latin phrase ore rotundo, “with rounded Concern for India Grim scenario mouth” which appears in Ars Poetica by the Roman writer Horace (so the word has a very close link to rotund, which comes from Latin Sir, This is in reference to “Taliban nears Kabul as major cities fall,” Orissa POST, Sir, The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental rotundus, as indeed does round, all three ultimately deriving from rota, August 14. With the rampaging Taliban having captured Kandahar and Herat, the Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released recently makes a wheel.) In 1840, the Penny Cyclopaedia described the qualities of etters trouble-torn country has plunged deeper into chaos. A bloody power struggle and for grim reading for the world in general and for India such speech in terms as rounded themselves as one could reasonably humanitarian crisis have ravaged Afghanistan, even as the world is struggling in particular. According to the IPCC report, the evidence wish: “The name of orotund ... is given to that natural or improved to come to grips with the fast-deteriorating situation. Although, 12 nations including is now unequivocal that anthropogenic warming is in ef- manner of uttering the elements, which exhibits them with a fulness, TOL THE EDITOR the US, China and India along with the UN and the EU representatives in Qatar fect and that temperatures have already risen by 1.1 de- clearness, strength, smoothness, and a ringing or musical quality Readers of Orissa POST conclave agreed that peace process needs to be accelerated and decided not to recog- gree Celsius since the Industrial Revolution. There are rarely heard in ordinary speech.” One thinks of rounded vowels are most welcome to contribute letters nise any government imposed through military force, most countries prefer to pur- special warnings in the report for South Asia and India. rumbling up from rounded bellies, of expansive language accompanied (200 words), articles and sue their own interests amid the mayhem in Afghanistan. The ongoing develop- The Indian Ocean is warming faster than the global av- columns (between 750-1250 by equally expansive gestures. But such oratorial tendencies can words). Contributors are ments leave no room for doubt that the Taliban will remain a decisive player in erage and snow covering in the Himalayas is fast de- quickly tip over into pretentious or pompous long-windedness, and requested to send their the scheme of things. India has invested about $3 billion in projects aimed at re- pleting. It is a fact that India is one of the countries most this is the word’s downside. When William Makepeace Thackeray contact numbers and full building Afghanistan. New Delhi’s contingency plan ought to include negotiations exposed to the impact of global warming. Rising sea lev-

wrote The Book of Snobs, which appeared in 1848, he had this other postal address/email ID. They may also with the Taliban so that the good work done by India doesn’t come to naught. But, els, frequent cyclones and other extreme weather events

k y m send in their valuable comments, opinion c sense in mind, but preferred the Latin original to the derived and suggestions, preferably by email, the reports of Pakistan’s continued support to the Taliban and the influx of ter- pose threats to its coastline. Hilly regions in India are vul- English term: Jawkins is a most pertinacious Club Snob. Every day he to: [email protected] rorists into Afghanistan from that country are of grave concern for India. India’s nerable to landslides. Recently occurred landslides in is at that fireplace, holding that Standard, of which he reads up the strategic interests in Afghanistan will be under serious threat as long as Pakistan Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have led to great loss leading-article, and pours it out ore rotundo, with the most keeps providing logistical and tactical aid to the militant outfit. New Delhi must of lives. Frequent glacial runoffs and intense cloud- astonishing composure, in the face of his neighbour, who has just read B-15, Rasulgarh Industrial Estate, spearhead global efforts to expose Islamabad’s nefarious designs. bursts increase the chances of landslides. every word of it in the paper. Bhubaneswar-751010 N Sadhasiva Reddy, BANGALORE Venu GS, KOLLAM (KERALA) P7 SUNDAY | AUGUST 15 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR state RWSS plans drinking water ACF SOUMYA DEATH STF seizes 990 kg cannabis

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POST NEWS NETWORK gineers of the RWSS in Balasore, CB takes over probe POST NEWS NETWORK Ganjam district. Bhadrak, Keonjhar, Anandapur, During the search, the seized Balasore/Langaleswar, August Baripada and Rairangpur on its POST NEWS NETWORK Balasore, August 14: A special task contraband was found concealed in 14: The Rural Water Supply and technical knowhow, maintenance force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch a secret chamber of the truck. The Sanitation (RWSS) under the pan- and management and application Paralakhemundi, August 14: raided a truck near Mathani accused could not produce any chayatiraj and drinking water de- of solar power in this sector. Police DG Abhay has directed Chhack on NH-60 in Basta area of valid document in support of pos- partment is planning to run drink- It was learnt that many remote Crime Branch to investigate Balasore district Friday and seized sessing the contraband following ing water projects with solar power, and hilly areas lack electricity. The Paralakhemundi assistant con- 990.6 kilogram of cannabis from the which he was arrested. without depending on hydro elec- solar power will come handy in servator of forests (ACF) Soumya vehicle which was on its way to Pravat was produced in the court tricity in various parts of north running the drinking water proj- Ranjan Mohapatra’s death case, a West Bengal from Balasore. of District and Sessions Judge in Odisha. ects in these areas. top police official said Saturday. According to an official, the raid Balasore. A case was registered in It was learnt that the RWSS has In a related development, two According to Crime Branch ADG was carried out by STF team based this connection. A detailed probe set up scores of drinking water mega drinking water projects will Sanjeev Panda, a three-member on a tip-off from a reliable source is still underway, STF officials said. projects with funds provided under be set up in Naikudi panchayat investigating team has been con- that the contraband was being Notably, in its special drive Water Mission, Basudha, RIDF, under Basta block of Balasore. stituted. The team will be led by a transported to a location outside the against narcotic drugs being car- OMBADC and DMF. Local MLA Nityananda Sahu laid DSP level official. state. Swinging into action, the ried out for the last one year, the STF At a workshop organised by the the foundation stone for the two proj- The Crime Branch was earlier team intercepted a ten-wheeler has seized more than 36 kilogram RWSS, Balasore, it was stated that ects recently. Rs1.5 crore has been assisting local police in the probe, truck loaded with cannabis and of brown sugar and heroin apart in future all drinking water proj- allocated for the projects to be set Panda further said. apprehended a person named from more than 84.28 quintal of ects will be operationalised with up at Nadabani and Agatmala. It is pertinent to mention, Pravat Kumar Sahu, son of Kailash cannabis. The STF has arrested solar power. Once completed, the two proj- Soumya’s father Abhiram ACCORDING TO CRIME BRANCH ADG THE CRIME BRANCH Chandra Sahu from Kantapada around 100 drug peddlers and Expert trainers groomed by ects will provide safe drinking Mohapatra had written to Prime SANJEEV PANDA, A THREE-MEMBER WAS EARLIER area under Kodala police limits in mafia so far. Unicef imparted training to all en- water to over 3,000 people. Minister Narendra Modi and INVESTIGATING TEAM HAS BEEN ASSISTING LOCAL Union Home Minister Amit CONSTITUTED. THE TEAM WILL BE LED BY A POLICE IN THE PROBE, Shah seeking justice for his son DSP LEVEL OFFICIAL THE ADG ADDED Conjoined-twin Jaga gets sister Subhadra August 8. Flag design error in I-Day cards Abhiram had complained against Abhiram had also claimed that says the deceased ACF’s residence POST NEWS NETWORK Jaga’s mother Puspanjali gave the tardy pace of investigation in the incident was a well-planned was the crime spot. However, there POST NEWS NETWORK invited journalists to attend the birth to the baby girl at Phulbani his letter. The death of his son had murder in which Soumya’s wife was no trace of fire when his fam- function. Journalists have pointed Phulbani, August 14: Conjoined district headquarters hospital taken place July 12, Abhiram stated. Bidyabharati Panda, Gajapati DFO ily members visited the house fol- Bargarh, August 14: In a curi- out the design error in the card. twin survivor Jaga from Melupada (DHH) August 7. He had alleged Soumya’s death to Sangram Keshari Behera, Gurandi lowing the incident,” Abhiram had ous case, Bargarh district admin- The card had a vertical strip of village in Kandhamal district, who “We were in fact heartbroken be a case of murder and sought police station OIC Mamata Panda mentioned. istration was found printing an saffron colour and green colour had lost his brother Balia last year following the demise of Balia. The action against persons who are in- and the cook who was present at “Moreover, the DFO who is also inaccurate symbol of the National on its left side. There was an Ashoka following separation, has got a newborn in our family has helped volved in it. ACF’s government residence on a suspect in the case has not been Flag on its Independence Day cel- Chakra in the middle of these two newborn sister, his family said us overcome our grief. Everyone in “Paralakhemundi police have the intervening night were involved transferred elsewhere, thereby in- ebration invitation card. colours. It missed the white colour Saturday. our family is very happy and the been beating around the bush for in the ‘murder’. fluencing the probe,” he had writ- Bargarh district administration in the middle. When the mistake According to Jaga’s father Bhuan infant is healthy,” Pushpanjali said. last so many days. An unfair and The conspiracy to eliminate his ten in his letter. Besides, Abhiram will celebrate 75th Independence was pointed out to the district ad- Kanhar, the family is happy to have Jaga feels immensely happy to biased probe which is underway has son Soumya was hatched a month had threatened self-immolation in Day at George High School ministration, they hastily printed got a baby girl as part of their fam- play with Subhadra. He is taking made the incident murkier,” he back, he had added. front of Naveen Niwas in case jus- ground this year. fresh invitation cards, correcting ily. She has been named Subhadra. care of his sister. had written. “The investigating police team tice is denied to him. The district administration has the error, it was learnt. YOUTH’S HOPES TAKE WINGS ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Subhransu Dash, a young author, country would concentrate on indi- said: Youth is the voice of this nation. viduals rather than their religion. The country has been doing a lot for India will celebrate the betterment and development of Jyotsna Priyadarshini, an an- youth but I think they need to be im- chor, said: India is progressing but 75 years of plemented in a correct manner. Here, not us! As an artiste I am insecure Independence August about my life with regard to my fu- 15, 2021. Youth (15-24) society and not merely engage as key- constitute one-fifth of word warriors or arm-chair activists. India's 1.3 billion Nishant Nihar, a youth activist, people. On the occasion said: I think the first 75 years have put us in a unique position where of 75th Independence we are at the cusp of achieving I am saying about the rural youth. We Day, what does many dreams. We are recovering as urban people enjoy a lot of things ture! I believe there is a lot to be done well from the effects of the pan- as compared to rural youth. I expect for today’s youth! I wish “entrepre- freedom mean to this the government to take bold steps neurship” is something that is talked towards development and educa- a lot but isn’t practiced. new generation? tional responsibilities of rural youth Orissa POST asks this because they do not get enough re- Jayshree Pradhan, an associate sources like their city analyst in a private company, said: as question to youths from counterparts. we know the outbreak of Covid-19 has affected India's economic and so- different fields Ayushi Reddy, a young model, said: India has come a long way in these 75 years. Since it’s a developing coun- Naimisha, a research analyst, said demic. The start-up sector is boom- try, it has more growth to achieve. As a country is known for its people and ing and many MNCs are now shift- the youth of this country, I wish my not merely for its territory. As we ing their manufacturing bases to complete 75 years of 'Azaadi' I want India. I hope this serves as a ploy in our citizens to ask themselves what generating more employment for have they contributed for the growth India's youth. The National and development of the country Education Policy's implementation cial level in a big way. Even health- except asking what has the country is going to be a game changer. Good care is facing a lot of challenges. given to them. Covid-19 taught us col- performance in Olympics will in- The situation is coming under con- lective cooperation. It showed us spire many young people to follow trol. But at some places, people are the power of social media to help alternative career paths. still affected.

GANG-RAPE, MURDER OF ORPHANED GIRL 7 years on, CB fails to crack case

POST NEWS NETWORK volved in the crime. Locals and various out- Chhatrapur, August 14: fits had staged agitations Seven years have passed over the failure of the CB since a college student in cracking the case. was gang-raped and mur- Another case being in- dered at vestigated by the CB has Dharmasharanpur in met the same fate. A per- Ganjam district. The son suspected to a Maoist Crime Branch has failed was detained at to get a breakthrough and Chamakhandi police sta- arrest the culprits. tion. The accused had As the case drags on, lo- died in police custody. cals accused the Crime The case was handed over Branch of being in slum- to the Crime Branch, but ber, a report said. there is no headway According to reports, in the case. an orphaned girl of Ganjam police have Dharmasharanpur was also failed to get break- pursuing Plus-II. August throughs in many other 2, 2014, the girl had gone cases. A girl of SC com- to her farmland with her munity was found hang- aunt at Benigouri. After ing in Benigouri Road work, she was returning area December, 16, 2016. home alone. But she did Five years have passed, not reach home. but the case has not been August 3, her body was cracked by police. found near a hill in a September 14, 2020, a cashew forest with mul- woman of Nimashala vil- tiple injuries. It was al- lage was found hanging at leged that the girl was Palang panchayat under gangraped and murdered. Rambha police limits. It Ganjam police started was confirmed that she

an investigation into the was raped and hanged.

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AGENCIES vened and neutral forces were de- ployed along the interstate border, budget focuses on Hailakandi (Assam), August 14: the situation eased considerably After a brief lull, tension along with both the states withdrawing the Assam-Mizoram border esca- the cases against each other. lated again Saturday after uniden- Two Assam ministers Atul Bora farmers’ income tified miscreants bombed a gov- and Ashok Singhal visited Aizawl ernment educational institute in and the both the state governments Hailakandi district, triggering fear subsequently issued a joint state- among locals, a senior police offi- ment pledging to maintain status cer said. quo and peace along the border. The blast that took place at The Assam government also Sahebmarra around midnight dam- persuaded the organisations stag- aged a major portion of a primary ing a blockade to lift it and free school, close to the interstate bor- movement of vehicles resumed der, though no casualty has been re- from August 8. ported so far, Hailakandi Tension along the border with Superintendent of Police Gaurav Mizoram in Cachar and Hailakandi Upadhyaya told reporters. districts of Assam has been build- Locals in the area suspect that ing up since October 2020 with fre- miscreants from the other side of quent incidents of land en- the border bombed the school. croachment, grenade blasts reported According to the SP, more details from these areas. will be available after a thorough The two states share a 164.6-km investigation. the Assembly Friday.” It will take time for conflict July 26 in Cachar district. border spanning across Assam's Assam Chief Minister Himanta “It will take time for complete complete peace to A series of complaints was filed districts of Cachar, Hailakandi Biswa Sarma stated that he will peace to return to Assam’s border return to Assam’s in both the states against top offi- and Karimganj, and Mizoram's write to his Mizoram counterpart with Mizoram,” he added. border with Mizoram cials, with the Mizoram Police even Kolasib, Mamit and Aizawl. and request for a probe into the Meanwhile, AIUDF MLA from registering a case against the Assam The long-standing dispute has its AGENCIES gets - a) to bring in additional 11.75 HIMANTA BISWA SARMA I ASSAM CM blast. Katlicherra, Suzam Uddin Laskar, chief minister. origin in two notifications -- one of hectares for cultivation (b) an area As the incident occurred within alleged that people from Mizoram Assam followed it up by issuing 1875 that differentiated Lushai Chennai, August 14: Encouraging of 10 lakh hectare cropped area to “our territory, the Assam police have initiated road construction made the boundary dispute criti- a travel advisory cautioning peo- Hills from the plains of Cachar, agriculture graduates to turn into be doubled in 10 years and (c) Tamil will conduct an inquiry into it,” work in Chuninullah area of cal.” Officials in Mizoram have de- ple from travelling to Mizoram and another of 1933 that demar- entrepreneurs, farmers to produce Nadu to be brought within the first Sarma maintained. Hailakandi, and demanded im- nied the allegation. while several organisations re- cates a boundary between Lushai millets/pulses/oilseeds, convert- three positions in the country in He also said that intelligence re- mediate action from the Assam Border dispute between Assam sorted to a road blockade to prevent Hills and Manipur. Mizoram in- ing fallow lands into cultivable agricultural productivity in crops ports had suggested sporadic in- government. and Mizoram had reached a flash- trucks from moving to the neigh- sists that the boundary demarca- ones, focus on organic farming, like foodgrains and commercial cidents may occur along the border He claimed that “inaction on point with six Assam policemen and bouring state. tion made in the 1875 notification are some of the major points of crops such as coconut, cotton, sun- and “I had mentioned about it in the part of the state government has a civilian losing lives in a bloody It was after the Centre inter- be followed. the Tamil Nadu’s first agriculture flower, and sugarcane. budget. The government plans to convert The budget was presented by 11.75 hectares of fallow land into Minister for Agriculture and cultivable land over the next ten Farmers Welfare MRK years and the crops like millets, Aspirants of all castes Assam’s border dispute with Panneerselvam in the Assembly pulses, oilseeds, vegetables and Saturday. fruits will be grown to increase According to Panneerselvam, a the net sown area to 75 per cent, total of Rs 34,220.65 crore has been Panneerselvam said. appointed as temple Arunachal at 1,200 places allocated for the agriculture and al- A cluster of 100 hectare of rain- lied sectors for the year 2021-22. fed lands will be identified wherein AGENCIES He dedicated the budget to the summer ploughing, rainwater har- farmers protesting in Delhi against vesting systems such as farm ponds priests in Tamil Nadu Guwahati, August 14: Amid bor- the three farms laws of the central and contour bunding will be created, der disputes with Mizoram, government. bio-fertilizers and quality seeds of Meghalaya and Nagaland, Assam The minister also announced nutri-cereals, pulses and oilseeds The DMK had assured in the run up to the April 6 Chief Minister Himanta Biswa the procurement price of paddy will be distributed at subsidised Sarma told the Assembly Friday Grade-A varieties at Rs 2,060/- per rates. Assembly polls that it would appoint persons that the state’s boundary disputes quintal and common varieties at Rs The farmers who adopt organic belonging to all castes, who have completed training, with Arunachal Pradesh are at 2,015/- per quintal. About six lakh farming will be encouraged with 1,200 places. farmers will be benefited and the provision of inputs subsidy. The as priests in temples The Chief Minister said that government will be incurring an noble project of "Organic Farming the Assam government has been additional expenditure of Rs 99.38 Development Scheme" will be im- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA belonging to all castes who have holding informal talks on the bor- crore. The DMK government plemented during the current year. completed training for the envisaged der issue with the Arunachal headed by Chief Minister MK According to Panneerselvam, Chennai, August 14: Implementing priestly role in temples. Pradesh government. Stalin had announced that a sep- traditional paddy variety seeds its electoral promise of appoint- Stalin on his Twitter handle said “Assam has 12 areas of border dis- arate budget for agriculture will be will be multiplied in 200 acres in ing aspirants belonging to all castes the initiative to appoint priests putes with Meghalaya, but the dis- presented by the government. State Seed Farms to distribute as temple priests, the DMK gov- from all castes fulfilled the dream agreement with Arunachal is at “There are more challenges -- them to the farmers. ernment Saturday appointed as of Kalaignar (former CM, M 1,200 places,” he said. decrease in crop area due to con- He also said the government many as 24 trained ‘archakas’ of Karunanidhi). Tamil orator Suki “There was clear demarcation of version of agricultural lands into will focus on making agricultural various communities as priests in Sivam, noted for his Hindu reli- boundary when the states of said that in 1870, the British ad- Assam-Mizoram border July 26 real estate, depletion in soil nu- graduates into entrepreneurs and shrines. Chief Minister MK Stalin gious lectures, welcomed the move Uttarakhand and Jharkhand were ministration had given the forest left six Assam Police personnel trition, declining of water resources also make efforts to nurture the handed over the appointment or- to appoint persons belonging to created. However, when Mizoram, (now a reserve forest) to the Lushai dead and around 100 civilians and due to over-exploitation; reluctance impression that agriculture is a ders of the Hindu Religious and all castes as priests. Arunachal and Nagaland were Hills (present day Mizoram). security personnel of the two neigh- among youngsters to take up farm- noble profession so that educated Charitable Endowments Rigid casteism in Hinduism curved out, the matter was left to “The forest areas were bifur- bouring states injured. ing, deprivation of remunerative youth take farming to the next Department to 75 persons here would only be an obstacle for its certain conditions and the uncer- cated in 1932 with one portion going The fierce border troubles be- price for agricultural produce, en- level. marking appointments to 208 po- growth and this initiative of the tainty remained, causing the dis- to Assam and the other to Mizoram. tween Assam and Mizoram sub- hanced cost of cultivation, post- With the demand for millets in- sitions under various categories. state government is a seed for eas- putes,” he added. When Mizoram was given a Union sided only August 8 after the with- harvest loss, etc. Farmers are fac- creasing, Panneerselvam said a The appointments include 24 as- ing rigidity, he said. Sarma said that Assam’s bound- Territory status in 1972, it was de- drawal of the 'economic blockade' ing these challenges in agriculture Millet Mission will be implemented pirants who had formally com- Mata Amritanandamayi, hail- ary dispute cases with Nagaland cided that the 1932 boundary will on National Highway 306, ensuring like Atlas,” the minister said. to increase its production. pleted training in a state-run cen- ing from a humble background, and Arunachal Pradesh are lying be the inter-state border. During the supply of essential goods, transport Panneerselvam said during the Value addition in minor millets tre for becoming priests in Hindu provided a great spiritual leader- in the Supreme Court and any for- signing of the Mizo peace accord fuel and vital medicines to the current fiscal the cultivable land will will be encouraged to ensure re- temples, 34 others who completed ship and Sri Ramakrishna ward movement on these issues in 1986, that very boundary was mountainous border state. be increased by creating water munerative price to farmers. Minor ‘archaka’ training in other Paramahamsa chose Swami without the direction of the apex agreed to be maintained as The Assam Chief Minister had sources in about 2,500 villages so Millet rice will be procured by Co- ‘patashalas.’ Vivekananda as his key disciple court would be unwise. Mizoram's boundary. Based on this also discussed with his Arunachal as to increase the farmer's income. operative societies and distributed The 208 appointees include only based on spiritual mooring and Referring to the historical per- boundary, Mizoram created a state Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu A total sum of Rs 1,245.45 crore through Public Distribution System ‘Bhattacharyas,’ ‘Odhuvars’ Poojaris no other consideration, he told spective of the Mizoram bound- in 1987,” he stated. about an out of the court settle- has been allocated for the scheme. in Cities like Chennai and and technical and office assistants PTI. Such a reformist path initiated ary with Assam, the Chief Minister The worst-ever violence along the ment of the boundary disputes. He said Stalin has given three tar- Coimbatore, he added. who were recruited after due by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa process, the government said. While led to the growth of Hindu reli- Bhattacharyas are Vaishnavite gion because of Swami priests, Odhuvars are trained in Vivekananda, he said. ULFA (I) extends ceasefire ` Tamil Shaivite tradition to recite Only when the in-built caste TN TO LAUNCH 500 CRORE and sing devotional hymns com- based structures break up, “Hindu posed by Shaivite saints includ- religion will see a magnificent for another three months ing Appar and Manickavasagar in growth,” Sivam said. The event to CLIMATE CHANGE MISSION praise of Lord Shiva. While August give away the appointment orders For first time in three 14 marks the 100th day of DMK was held at a temple owned mar- GREEN TAMIL NADU MISSION TO INCREASE THE TOTAL AREA UNDER government assuming power in riage hall here. Pontiff Kundrakudi decades, ULFA (I) has Tamil Nadu, the party had assured Ponnambala Adigalar, spiritual announced it will not FOREST AND TREE COVER TO 33 PER CENT OF THE STATE’S LAND AREA in the run up to the April 6 leader Shantalinga Marudhachala engage in any ‘armed Assembly polls that it would appoint Adigalar, Hindu Religious and AGENCIES persons belonging to all castes, Charitable Endowments Minister protest’ or call for Over the next five years, who have completed training as PK Sekar Babu, Health Minister Ma bandh on this Chennai, August 14: In order to 10 beaches will be priests in temples. Stalin took over Subramanian, Municipal combat and mitigate the impact as Chief Minister on May 7. Quoting Administration Minister KN Independence Day of climate change in the coastal state upgraded with active reformist leader Thanthai Periyar Nehru, top HR and CE and gov- of Tamil Nadu, the government support of local bodies EV Ramasamy the government in ernment officials participated. AGENCIES nouncement. The ULFA (I) has said that it will launch a climate an official release here said he While most temples have also not called for any bandh on change mission under Chief to achieve prestigious fought for equal rights in worship Brahmin priests, there are also Guwahati, August 14: The banned Independence Day either, which Minister MK Stalin. Blue Flag Certification for all those who believe in God. many shrines where people be- ULFA (Independent) outfit Saturday was the norm earlier. These meas- Presenting the Budget for 2021- which mandates higher Following in his footsteps, the pre- longing to several other castes of- extended the unilateral ceasefire, ures are commendable. I hope that 22 in the Assembly, Finance vious DMK government (2006-11) ficiate as archakas. announced in May this year, for the ceasefire becomes permanent Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan standards of quality, helmed by late Chief Minister M The previous AIADMK gov- another three months as the COVID- and the outfit under the leader- said: “This government will launch safety, environmental Karunanidhi had issued a ernment had appointed a couple of 19 pandemic situation in Assam ship of Paresh Barua returns to the the Tamil Nadu Climate Change Government Order paving the way non-Brahmin priests in temples is yet to improve. mainstream.” Mission under the Honourable education, information, for appointment of persons be- who had completed training. Hindu ULFA (I) commander-in-chief Since assuming office May 10, the Chief Minister to focus on climate and safety services longing to all Hindu castes as priests outfits and BJP leaders had al- Paresh Barua, in a statement chief minister had urged the out- change adaptation and mitigation in temples, the government said. ready welcomed the initiative to ap- mailed to journalists here, said fit to come forward on the negoti- activities with a total outlay of Rs Continuing the initiative, the gov- point aspirants belonging to all that the outfit had announced the ating table. 500 crore.” The mission will identify and ernment has appointed persons Hindu communities as priests. ceasefire May 15 and decided to re- For the first time in three decades, He also said the state govern- map 100 wetlands in 5 years and re- frain from any operation during the ULFA (I) has announced that ment will launch the Green Tamil store the ecological balance with this three-month period as peo- it will not engage in any "armed Nadu Mission to increase the total will be prepared and implemented. focus on livelihood options at a ple were facing difficulties due to protest" or call for bandh on this area under the forest and tree Over the next five years, 10 cost of Rs 150 crore. the pandemic. Independence Day, which was the cover to 33 per cent of the land area beaches will be upgraded with the These apart, a Green Fund will “The COVID-19 situation is yet norm earlier, due to several issues of the state. A massive tree plan- active support of local bodies to be created based on the levy of the to stabilise and as our social re- including the pandemic, border tation programme of indigenous achieve the prestigious Blue Flag green seignorage cess to ensure sponsibility, we have extended the conflicts in South Asia, floods, ero- and diverse species, in co-ordina- Certification which mandates that abandoned quarry sites are ap-

ceasefire for another three months sion and unemployment. tion with multiple departments, higher standards of quality, safety, propriately secured and restored.

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of the day uote BSF high alert along Taliban warn India against military moves in Af Indo-Bangla border Announcing August 14 as We INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE wards us, on the neighbouring nations. PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Partition appreciate basis of politi- On reports of Indian officials Horrors New Delhi, August 14: The everything that has cally motivated meeting the Taliban in Doha, Dhubri (Assam), August 14: The Remembrance Day is been done for people of a rightful tribute to Taliban have warned India against goals, he the spokesperson said that he Border Security Force (BSF) has Afghanistan like dams, the struggles and military moves in Afghanistan, added. The could not confirm the develop- been put on a ‘high alert’ along sacrifices of our people who were a pointing to the fate of other mil- national and infrastructure Taliban have ment. the India-Bangladesh border fol- casualty of the Congress’ ambition itary powers. projects and anything that’s for assured em- Shaheen said the Taliban ap- lowing inputs of possible security and tunnel vision If they (India) come to Afghanistan’s development, bassies and preciates India for helping the threats on Independence Day from Afghanistan militarily and have reconstruction and economic staff that Afghan people, while also prais- Islamist terrorists based in the DHARMENDRA PRADHAN | UNION MINISTER their presence, I think that will not prosperity for people there is no ing reconstruction activities. neighbouring country and Indian be good for them. They’ve seen MUHAMMED SUHAIL SHAHEEN I danger from We appreciate everything that insurgents operating in states shar- the fate of military presence in TALIBAN SPOKESPERSON their side. has been done for people of ing the international boundary, a One of the Afghanistan of other countries, so The Afghanistan like dams, national senior officer of the paramilitary reasons: ONLY it is an open book for them, Taliban Taliban and infrastructure projects and force said Saturday. 12 per cent of spokesperson Muhammed Suhail spokesperson said that it anything that’s for Afghanistan’s Strict vigil is being maintained Bills in Modi-II have Shaheen said as per media re- follows a general policy of not al- along the entire India-Bangladesh gone through any development, reconstruction Parliamentary ports. has ties with other terror groups based on ground realities but on lowing anyone to use Afghan soil and economic prosperity for peo- border in Assam and Coochbehar Committee scrutiny. He also denied that the Taliban based in Pakistan. They are not basis of their certain policies to- against any country including the ple, he added. district of West Bengal and orders This was 27 per cent in Modi-I, 71 per have been issued to strictly deal with cent in UPA-II & 60 per cent in UPA-I anyone trying to cause any unto- ward activity along the interna- JAIRAM RAMESH | CONG LEADER PREZ’S I-DAY ADDRESS tional boundary, BSF Deputy 4 more Indian wetlands Inspector General, Regional Headquarters, Shailendra Kumar I have Sinha said Saturday. requested the make it to Ramsar list The BSF has launched ‘Operation Indian Navy to ‘Parliament temple of democracy’ Alert’ along the international bor- go ahead with their der and all officers and jawans original plan and from all branches of the paramil- have assured full AMID ONGOING IMPASSE itary force are participating in the cooperation from exercise that will continue till Goa Police. These attempts of We have adopted the August 16, he said. anti-India activities shall be dealt system of with an iron fist. It will parliamentary always be ‘Nation First’ democracy. Therefore, Ex-IPS officer to contest PRAMOD SAWANT | GOA CHIEF MINISTER our Parliament is the temple of our democracy poll against Adityanath which provides us highest forum where we discuss, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA SHORT TAKES debate and decide issues for the well-being of our people Lucknow, August 14: Former Uttar JeM module busted RAM NATH KOVIND I PRESIDENT OF INDIA Pradesh cadre IPS officer Amitabh Thakur, who was given premature re- Jammu: In a major success, tirement, will be contesting the next security forces have busted a Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine PRESS TRUST OF INDIA to inform that four more Indian year’s state assembly polls against module of Jaish-e- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his Mohammad (JeM) tasked to die August 11, two days ahead of the wetlands have got Ramsar recog- trigger violence by planting a scheduled date of August 13, after New Delhi, August 14: Four more nition as wetlands of international family has announced. vehicle-based IED on the eve a tumultuous Monsoon session Indian sites -- two each from importance. Thol and Wadhwana In a statement issued here, of Independence Day here by that witnessed unruly scenes in the Haryana and Gujarat --have been from Gujarat and Sultanpur and Amitabh Thakur's wife Nutan said arresting four terrorists and PRESS TRUST OF INDIA get better price for their produce. Upper House Wednesday when recognised as wetlands of inter- Bhindawas from Haryana have it is a fight for principles for him. their associates, officials said Referring to the recently con- the Insurance bill was being passed. national importance under the made the cut for Ramsar recogni- Adityanath undertook many un- Saturday. They were planning New Delhi, August 14: President cluded Tokyo Olympics, he lauded The Government and the op- Ramsar Convention, taking the tion. The number of Ramsar sites democratic, improper, suppressive, collection of arms dropped Ram Nath Kovind Saturday said the stellar performance by the position parties had traded charges number of such sites in the coun- in India is now 46, he added. harassing and discriminatory steps by drones and supply to Parliament is the temple of the country’s sportspersons. over the abrupt end of the Monsoon try to 46, the Union Environment Haryana’s Bhindawas Wildlife during his tenure as Chief Minister, active terrorists of Jaish-e- country’s democracy which pro- President Kovind said when session which was marred by con- Ministry said Saturday. Sanctuary is a human-made fresh- she alleged. Hence, Amitabh shall be Mohammed in Kashmir vides the highest forum to discuss, India won independence, many tinuous disruptions since it com- According to the ministry, for water wetland. It is also the largest contesting the election against valley. debate and decide issues for the sceptics thought democracy would menced July 19. the first time, two wetlands in in Haryana. Over 250 bird species Adityanath from any place he con- well-being of people, remarks that not survive in India. The opposition parties accused Haryana -- Sultanpur National Park use the sanctuary throughout the tests. It is a fight for principles for him, came against the backdrop of the “Little did they know that roots the government of crushing their in Gurgaon and Bhindawas Wildlife year as a resting and roosting site. where he shall be presenting his HP landslide recent ruckus and continuous dis- of democracy were nurtured in voice in Parliament, murdering Sanctuary in Jhajjar -- have been in- The site supports more than 10 protest to the wrongdoings, she said. ruptions that led to the abrupt ad- this soil in ancient times, and even democracy and bringing outsiders cluded in the Ramsar list. globally threatened species in- Following a decision taken by the toll reaches 23 journment of the two Houses. in modern times India was ahead as marshals to beat up MPs, a The aim of the Ramsar list is to cluding the endangered Egyptian Union Home Ministry, Thakur was Shimla: Six more bodies were In a televised address to the na- of many western nations in of- charge denied by the government. develop and maintain an interna- Vulture, Steppe Eagle, Pallas’s Fish given compulsory retirement March recovered from the site of the tion on the eve of the 75th fering franchise to all adults, re- The government on its part had al- tional network of wetlands which Eagle, and Black-bellied Tern. 23 in public interest. landslide in Himachal Independence Day, the President gardless of any distinctions.” leged that it was pre-planned by the are important for the conserva- The Sultanpur National Park in He was not found fit to be re- Pradesh’s Kinnaur district, also referred to the second Covid- The founding fathers had re- opposition to not allow Parliament tion of global biological diversity the state Haryana supports more tained for the remaining tenure taking the death toll to 23 on 19 wave, and said the country is yet posed their faith in the wisdom of to function. and for sustaining human life than 220 species of resident, win- of his service, an order from the the fourth day of rescue and to come out of its devastating ef- the people, and ‘we, the people of Kovind also said it is a matter of through the maintenance of their ter migratory and local migratory Union Home Ministry had said of search operations Saturday, a fects. He asserted this is the time India' have made India a strong great pride for all Indians that our ecosystem components, processes waterbirds at critical stages of Thakur, who would have completed senior official said. State for extra care and caution, and democracy, he added. Parliament will soon be housed and benefits. their life cycles. his service in 2028. Disaster Management Director people should not let their guard “We have adopted the system in a new building. Union Environment Minister Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said six down. of parliamentary democracy. It will be a fitting statement of our Bhupender Yadav tweeted, PM bodies had been retrieved from President Kovind also sought to Therefore, our Parliament is the outlook. It will honour our legacy Shri @narendramodi ji’s concern the rubble at Chaura village on address the concerns raised by temple of our democracy which while also walking in step with for the environment has led to over- National Highway 5 in Nichar protesting farmers’ unions against provides us highest forum where the contemporary world, he said, all improvement in how India cares tehsil. The search and rescue the three contentious farm laws, say- we discuss, debate and decide is- adding that it is more than symbolic for its operation for the rest of the ing the series of agricultural mar- sues for the well-being of our peo- that the new building will be in- wet- nine missing persons is keting reforms will empower our ple,” the President said. augurated in the year of the 75th lands. underway, he added. ‘annadata’ farmers and help them Both the Lok Sabha and the anniversary of Independence. Happy

Curbs in UP on Muharram Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has asked district authorities to not allow any religious processions to be taken out on the occasion of Muharram in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and security concerns. ‘Tazias’ will not be installed publicly. However, they can be set up at homes, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said in directions issued to district magistrates, senior superintendents of police and other senior officials.

Jallianwala Bagh memorial unveiled Amritsar: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday inaugurated Jallianwala Bagh Centenary Memorial Park here. It has been set up in the memory of all those who died in the massacre of April 13, 1919. The CM dedicated the memorial to people of Punjab, saying this second memorial at the site of the gory massacre is a tribute to all those unknown martyrs

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k y m Bagh massacre. Nobody c knows the exact number of lives lost, although the DC office has the names of only 488 who fell to the bullets of the British led by General Dyer. SUNDAY | AUGUST 15 | 2021 | BHUBANESWAR op special P10 Wildfires are raging

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k y m scorching temperatures and dry c conditions fuel the blazes that have cost lives and destroyed livelihoods. The combination of extreme heat and prolonged drought have in many regions led to the worst fires in almost a decade. Scientists warn rising global temperatures due to greenhouse gas emissions are increasing the risk of fire conditions across the planet. Parts of Europe are enduring severe heatwaves, while hot, bone-dry gusty weather has caused devastating wildfires in California DIXIE FIRE Evia: A Greek island California’s monster flame July 13 - present ravaged by wildfires reece has been fighting some of The second largest fire in the the worst blazes in Europe amid Gblistering temperatures. Fires state’s history have raged across the country for nearly two weeks, leaving dozens needing hos- The fire has burned 790 pital treatment. Evia, Greece’s second largest island, square miles (500,000 acres) was under severe threat over the week- end and thousands packed up their be- longings and fled their homes. Death toll from the wildfire In the 10 days to 7 August, nearly climbs to 30 57,000 hectares (140,000 acres) were burnt in Greece, according to the European Forest Fire Information 233% increase over the same System. The average area burnt over the same period between 2008 and 2020 was period last year 1,700 hectares. Hundreds of firefighters battled he Dixie Fire, the second largest fire son in recent recorded state history. the Dixie Fire, along with the McFarland Thursday to contain new flare-ups in in state history, has destroyed 893 California’s raging blazes were among and Monument Fires, which collectively have wildfire-ravaged areas of Greece, where n Wildfires started early August Tstructures and damaged another 61 107 large fires burning across 14 states, burned an additional 85,000 acres. summer infernos have caused what the in 27 days, according to Cal Fire. Last year’s mostly in the west. Wildfires have burned more than 917,000 prime minister described as the coun- n More than 100,000 hectares August Complex, the largest fire in California After burning through huge swaths of acres across California this year, a, which try’s “greatest ecological disaster in burned in Greece history, burned more than 1 million acres forest and reducing small Northern went on to become the state's worst wild- decades”. over nearly three months. California towns to ash, the nation’s fire year on record, according to Cal Fire. Greece’s most severe heatwave in n Greece is experiencing the worst country’s firefighting capabilities to Heatwaves and historic drought tied to largest active wildfire continues to grow Across eight California counties, more decades has fanned blazes that have heatwave since 1987 the limit, and the government appealed climate change have made wildfires harder in hot and dry conditions even as con- than 12,000 people are under evacuation or- destroyed more than 100,000 hectares of for help from abroad. Around 24 to fight in the American west. California’s tainment inches up. ders from the 11 large fires, according to the forests and farmland, the country’s European and Middle Eastern coun- fire season is on track to surpass last year’s Gov Gavin Newsom has declared a state California Governor’s Office of Emergency worst wildfire damage since 2007, the System said Thursday. tries sent aid, including firefighters, season, which itself was the worst fire sea- of emergency for the counties affected by Services. European Forest Fire Information The fires in Greece stretched the aircraft and vehicles. Biggest blaze in Siberia ANTICYCLONE ‘LUCIFER’ Heatwave fuelled fires boil Italy

talian firefighters Thursday The heatwave across vast swathes under control”, including in the battled hundreds of fires of the Mediterranean region in re- Madonie mountain range, near Ithroughout the country’s south cent days began to shift west Palermo. that have killed four people, fu- Thursday, with many of France’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi elled by unrelenting temperatures southern areas put under a high said the government would put in enveloping southern Europe. temperature alert. place a “relief programme for peo- Firefighters said there were over The searing heat is due to con- ple and businesses affected, along 500 blazes reported overnight as the tinue in Italy for several days and with a special plan for reforestation anticyclone dubbed ‘Lucifer’ sweeps risks fuelling fires that have al- and securing the territory”. across Italy, sending temperatures ready plagued much of the coun- The Mediterranean has been soaring and causing what is be- try’s south in recent weeks, no- singled out as a “climate change lieved to be a new European record tably in Sicily and the region of hotspot”, with increasing tem- of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 Calabria. peratures and aridity lengthening Fahrenheit) in Sicily Wednesday. The fire service Thursday morn- fire seasons and doubling the areas An anticyclone is an area of high ing reported making 528 inter- potentially burnt, according to a atmospheric pressure that in sum- ventions in the past 12 hours, draft UN assessment seen exclu- mer brings dry, hot weather. “where the situation is currently sively by AFP.

he fires raging in Siberia are bigger than fires in Greece, AUTHORITIES ARE TTurkey, Italy, the United States LETTING 69 FIRES Evacuations affecting lives and Canada combined, with ana- CLIMATE ON CODE RED lysts warning that this year could BURN UNHINDERED ildfires that have ripped thing,” said Wasim Khan, an em- surpass Russia’s worst fire year BECAUSE THEY atest extreme weather events through the woodlands ployee of a pottery workshop de- which was 2012. come after a “code red” re- Waround Athens and en- stroyed by the blaze. “Everybody For Russia, there are two types ARE TOO DIFFICULT L port from the UN’s croached on the city’s northern has left, so I will leave too. of fires raging across Siberia, the Intergovernmental Panel on suburbs have not caused the What are we going to kind authorities are fighting and TO CONTAIN Climate Change was published human casualties seen three do now, where are the others they are allowing to Monday warning that the world years ago when more than we going to go?” burn. effort to fight them. is warming far faster than previ- 100 people were killed in Many people That’s because Siberia is so vast As Russia increasingly confronts ously feared. Greece’s deadliest fires. face uncertain that huge fires can burn without extreme weather associated with The report, the sixth from the But the flames and days before threatening any major settlements, climate change, the rapid spread of Intergovernmental Panel on apocalyptic spirals of they know transportation systems or infra- fires in Yukutia — a vast forested Climate Change since 1988, took black smoke - visible from whether they structure — but are still part of a Siberian region around the size of eight years to conduct and pub- the centre of the capital - will have a home swath of infernos that together Argentina — came with drought, lish. It represents the fullest knowl- “These events are caused by the do see will be more severe.” have spread alarm among to return to. are larger than all the other blazes some of the hottest weather on edge of how the Earth’s climate weather. The weather generates “The most extreme events we residents forced to flee. “I was watching around the world. record and strong winds. has changed and how that change heat waves, heavy rain and asso- see today will be kind of elevated “We are very sad, very sad,” said TV and I could see the fire Russia is fighting more than 190 More than 8600 firefighters, agri- will continue. ciated flooding or wildfire weather to unprecedented events in the fu- a resident of the suburb of Kapandriti burning on the mountain opposite. forest fires in Siberia that have cultural workers, soldiers and other One of the lead authors of the conditions,” Allan explained. “But ture,” Allan added. as she hosed her garden. “It’s not just I could never imagine it would closed airports and roads, forced emergency workers are fighting report, Richard Allan, a professor when these ingredients come to- Climate experts say that if the about us, there are thousands of reach us,” Papaioannou said. widespread evacuations and sent forest fires that have burned more of climate science at the University gether in a warmer world, they Earth continues to heat up at the people who lost their homes, their for- “We’ll probably sleep in the car a pall of smoke across the North than 62,300 square miles since the of Reading, told Yahoo News that will be more intense or more severe current rate, life could be devas- tunes,” said the woman. tonight until we find a friend to Pole. But it has abandoned dozens beginning of the year, according to wildfires and other extreme weather than they would otherwise be.” tating for many “Fire, so much fire. Everything host us.” more fires covering thousands of Greenpeace. events could become more intense “It’s not really a matter of there’ll communities. burned, houses, factories, every- square miles, if global warming is not tackled ef- be more [extreme weather] events,”

with no fectively. he said. “It’s just the events that we

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CENTRE WOOS US INVESTORS TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES

k y m OTMA accuses NEW DELHI: Union minister RK Singh interacted with investors from the US and invited them c to explore investment opportunities in the renewable energy and power sector in India. The power and new & renewable energy minister also highlighted India's achievement in the sector during his virtual meeting with the business community. “The meeting provided an Tata Power opportunity to the business community to interact with Union Minister on various aspects the renewable energy and power sector in India and the associated opportunities available to of negligence the global investors,” a power ministry statement said.

POST NEWS NETWORK that intention of Tata Power to purchase transformers Bhubaneswar, August 14: from out of state which will The members of the Odisha be indirectly loss of revenue Transformer Manufactures in crore to state exchequer Association (OTMA) accused and also going to sick our that Tata Power is not follow- local transformer industries ing procurement policy framed and services of our state.” by the state government, which The body urged state gov- might lead to the shutting ernment to order Tata Power down of 60 transformer units. to proper procurement pol- “After takeover of icy. Satwik Swain, Secretary Discoms by Tata Power, state General, Odisha Association transformer units and al- of Small and Medium lies’ items manufacturers Enterprises (OASME) said and service units are not get- that, “We want Tata Power ting orders due to monop- to start vendor development oly and unilateral policy of programs and all vendors of the company. The company the state must be enlisted. is deliberately creating such Tata Power must have to rules which will not entertain relax its strict eligibility cri- the state manufacturer. teria immediately to enlist all Though having all certifi- vendors. TATA power should cation from BIS, BEE, ISO, procure all material from etc but Tata power is inten- state only.” tionally not taking us as their Odisha transformer units vendors,” said members. have investment worth Rs 100 OTMA faced loss of around crore and are giving employ- Rs 40 crore in one year. ment to 1,520 persons directly and Sarada Prasana Das, 3,000 persons indirectly. These President, OTMA said, “State units have Rs 40 crore bank loan government has its own pro- exposure. Transformer units curement policy and it was of Odisha have paid Rs 19 crore previously followed by and Rs 11 crore GST respectively OPTCL under MSME in 2019-20 and 2020-21

Policies. It is purely indicate financial year.

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Bruno, Pogba lift United; Chelsea win too

k k y y m m c Joe becomes Root ASSOCIATED PRESS Lindelof and rifling a shot high c into the net, Pogba made it four as- Manchester, August 14: Bruno sists for the match — one more Fernandes scored a hat-trick and than he managed in the whole of last Paul Pogba set up four goals as season — by providing the cross that for England essay Manchester United thrashed Leeds Fred swept home in the 68th. 5-1 Saturday to make a statement Sancho was given the final 15 about their Premier League title cre- minutes as a substitute to soak in dentials. Later in the day, Chelsea the Old Trafford atmosphere in Home team skipper remains unbeaten on 180 to help thrashed Crystal Palace 3-0, front of 72,722 fans, who had ear- Leicester edged past Wolves 1-0, lier seen Varane walk onto the his side take 27-run first innings lead against India Watford scraped past Aston Villa field holding a team jersey and 3-2 and Mohamed Salah helped take a selfie in the center circle Liverpool with a goal and two as- before the match after finalizing his PRESS TRUST OF INDIA sists to beat Norwich City 3-0. move from Real Madrid. On a day when Jadon Sancho Leeds was blown away in an London, August 14: England cap- made his debut off the bench and eight-minute spell from the 52nd tain Joe Root (180 n o, 321b, 18x4) Raphael Varane was presented as when United scored three times continued his dream run with an the club’s second big signing, a in response to Ayling’s fierce long- artistic 22nd hundred to ensure a packed crowd at Old Trafford was Bruno Fernandes (R) and Paul Pogba celebrate one of the former’s goal range strike. morale boosting first innings lead treated to a midfield clinic by Brentford, Friday, started their as the second Test against India is United’s two most high-profile play- in Mason Greenwood for a low, an- in a low effort that just went over first topflight campaign since 1947 by poised for an interesting finish in ers against a fierce local rival. gled shot that regained the lead for the line before being cleared away stunning Arsenal 2-0 in the opening the next couple of days. Pogba set up Fernandes for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side. by Ayling. game of the EPL season. Sergi Canos Root, who scored his second suc- United’s 30th-minute opener and, Fernandes was the beneficiary And after Fernandes completed put Brentford ahead in the 22nd cessive hundred of this series, took after Luke Ayling equalized with a of another through-ball from Pogba his first hat-trick for United by run- minute and Christian Noergaard England from a position of weak- long-range strike in the 49th, played before cutting inside and driving ning onto a long pass by Victor headed in the second in the 73rd. ness to strength with the first innings total of 391 after India scored 364 in their first essay. OPENER’S STRONG COMEBACK AFTER BEING DROPPED More than the quantum of lead Unmukt Chand Neeraj has fever which stands at 27 currently, it is the psychological advantage that inks multi-year Rahul ‘used axing as fuel’ but tested Covid England gained after a poor first day which will put them in good stead deal with MLC PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Rahul said he has overcome his ear- negative: sources as their bowlers would go flat out PRESS TRUST OF INDIA lier mindset of always going for runs. to dismiss the low on confidence London, August 14: Being dropped “Before I got dropped, I played in PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Indian middle order cheaply on New Delhi, August 14: Former from the Test team two years ago different conditions, in South Africa, the fourth day. India U-19 World Cup-winning cap- did hurt him but India opener KL England, Australia and though I was New Delhi, August 14: Olympic En route his knock, Root be- tain Unmukt Chand has signed a Rahul says he used that as “fuel” touring these countries for the first champion javelin thrower Neeraj came the first England captain to deal with Silicon Valley Strikers for to make a strong comeback in the time, there were a lot of takeaways. Chopra has developed high fever hit five hundreds in a season and the 2021 season of the Minor League ongoing tour of England. I realised my mind was very clut- over the past few days after re- also complete a personal milestone Cricket (MLC) in USA. “Getting dropped from Test was tered, I felt like I had two shots for turning to the country to a rousing of 9,000 Test runs while clinically The 28-year-old, who announced disappointing, it did hurt but I had every ball, I was always thinking welcome following his historic feat annihilating the Indian attack his retirement from all forms of nobody to blame but myself. I just runs, runs and runs. at the Tokyo Games, but he has which has till now failed to crack cricket Friday, will make his debut waited for my opportunity, the way “This time I was telling myself tested negative for COVID-19. the ‘Root Code’. for the Strikers against the Socal it came to me, I think it was meant just play the ball and not go search- The 23-year-old became the toast If these records were not enough, Lashings at the Morgan Hill to be. I just enjoyed my batting, ing for runs. It’s a conscious effort of the country after becoming only he is also now the first English Shami (2/94), who would like to help the cause as runs leaked eas- Outdoor Sports Complex in a Toyota getting a 100 at Lord’s makes it for me. It did not happen overnight. the second Indian to win an indi- captain with six 150-plus scores, a forget this innings in a hurry. ily in the form of cover and square MLC Championship Saturday. more special,” he said. When I was doing practice in these vidual gold at the Games. testimony to his knack of hitting Old workhorse Ishant Sharma drives and along with the whip Chand has relocated to the San “I do not carry the baggage, but two years, sitting and watching But a couple days after return- ‘Daddy Hundreds’. (3/69) once again did his part but through mid-wicket region. Francisco Bay Area and signed a it is the fuel, you need that hurt be- other guys play. The process re- ing home Monday, he developed His sequence of scores now reads at times looked tired in his later As many as 97 and 98 runs were multi-year agreement with Major cause that has pushed me extra main the same how batsmen get high fever and underwent a COVID- 64, 109, 180 n o in this series. What spells although the in-cutter that scored in first two sessions, sig- League Cricket to support the de- mile, to work harder. I have got the runs and build innings. I am glad 19 test on the advice of doctors. makes him more special is the fact cleaned up Jos Buttler (23) would nalling the plight of the Indian velopment of the game in the United opportunity now and I don’t want it has helped me.” “He has tested negative for COVID- that he had made an attack, which be any pacer's dream. bowling attack. States by playing with and men- to throw it away,” said Rahul in a He said Test cricket is some- 19. But we have put all his en- otherwise gave a decent account of Jonny Bairstow (57, 107b, 7x4) did toring the next generation of conversation with his opening part- thing very close to his heart and he gagements on hold for the time themselves, look pedestrian with help him with a 121 run stand for BRIEF SCORES American cricketers, according to ner Rohit Sharma. has always wanted to do well in being,” a source privy to the de- his counter-punches. the fourth wicket as the first ses- India 364; England 391 the league’s website. Before the England tour, Rahul the format. “It is very special. Not velopment told this agency. Mohammed Siraj (4/94) had the sion was a virtual nightmare for (Joe Root 180 n o, Jonny “I’m delighted to take the next last played in a Test in August 2019, because it was a 100 at Lord’s. That Chopra’s uncle Bhim said through most number of wickets but bowled Indian bowlers. Bairstow 57; Mohammed Siraj step in my career by being part of the against the West Indies in Kingston. adds to the excitement and joy. I have social media that the star athlete is too many boundary balls in that first Kohli’s decision to not start with 4/94, Ishant Sharma 3/69). long-term growth of American cricket Asked what changes he has made dur- grown up wanting to be a Test reaching his home at Khandra vil-

session along with Mohammed Ishant or Bumrah first-up didn’t Match to continue. and the launch of MLC,” said Chand. ing the two years in Test wilderness, cricketer.” lage near Panipat Tuesday.

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