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On this app, peo- ing to review the COVID sit- lage Khanpur Khurd in Jhajjar ple can get information about   # uation in the State with the district. the places where different types senior officials of the Health, The initiative is a part of the of plants are available, he added.  6  % ;  their meagre financial resources. Medical Education, School campaign launched by the State Khattar said that the State  Stressing the need to reduce Education departments, and all Government for setting up Government has also set up 60 the farmers’ financial burden as Deputy Commissioners, Oxyvans across Haryana. herbal parks in Haryana and unjab Chief Minister Capt a result of such litigation, he expressed concern over the During the ‘Lado ki Bagiya' soon four more will be set up at PAmarinder Singh on noted that the Central Legal movement of people to Punjab programme, about 500 saplings different places. Wednesday urged Prime Services Authorities Act, 1987, from neighbouring states, where were planted by 500 daughters, He informed that medicinal Minister Narendra Modi to provides free legal aid to certain the virus cases were once again who have decided to take care forest is being developed on immediately initiate steps for categories of persons, who are on the rise. of these trees. about 5000 acres of land in the repeal of the controversial perceived to be the vulnerable She asked the officials con- Extending his best wishes, Morni area. Flower cultivation farm laws, and an amendment sections of the society. Pointing cerned to keep a close watch on the Chief Minister said that the is also being done in Gurugram to the relevant law for includ- out that the country’s farmers the positivity rate ahead of the festival of Teej brings greenery and Rewari, and the same is ing farmers in the free legal aid are also very vulnerable, he festival season when extra vigil and prosperity. On the occasion being promoted on 116 acres of category. The Chief Minister, said that they are, at times, com- was required to prevent the of Teej, he encouraged the land in Murthal and 11 acres in who called on the Prime pelled to commit suicide due to surge of virus. daughters to shine bright in Yamunanagar. Minister late Wednesday financial problems, even though Instructing all the districts to every field. About the concept of evening, submitted two separate they remain proud and prefer to continue aggressive testing and "Every daughter should be Oxyvan, the Chief Minister letters calling for immediate till their land even at the cost of contact tracing and testing to given a chance to shine", he said. said that this concept, which was review and revocation of the their lives. “It is, thus, the need check the spread of the pan- Khattar said that trees are started from Panchkula and three farm laws that had “trig- of the hour to amend Section 12 demic, Mahajan said that epi- 'Paranvayu Devta'. At present, Karnal, is now being adopted gered widespread resentment of the Legal Services Authorities demiologists have been appoint- trees cover about 7 percent across the state. Students, among farmers of Punjab and Act, 1987, to include farmers ed in all the districts and all-out area in the state and now, the youth, voluntary organizations other states, who have been and farmworkers in the cate- efforts should be made to thwart target has been set to increase and social organizations are protesting at the Delhi borders gory of persons entitled to free the possible third COVID wave. this to 10 percent. For this, actively participating in this since November 26 last year”. legal services to pursue and Quoting the forecast from three crore saplings will be and their efforts deserve Pointing to the prolonged defend themselves in the courts the University of Cambridge, planted in Haryana during the applause, he said. agitation which had cost the to secure their livelihood,” said Mahajan said that going with the monsoon season, he added. In our scriptures, trees are lives of more than 400 farmers Capt Amarinder. forecast, new cases can be The Chief Minister said considered auspicious and are and farmworkers, the Chief expected to double in about 64 that in order to promote the symbolic of creation and that is Minister said that the stir had days (under the assumption that conservation of trees in why they are worshipped, he the potential of posing securi- the growth rate remains con- Haryana, a provision has been added. Speaking on the occa- ty threats for Punjab and the stant). She expressed satisfaction made for giving a pension sion, Forest and Education country with Pak-backed anti- over the fact that 2,45,823 sam- amount of Rs 2500 for the trees Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar India forces looking to exploit ples have been taken in the past above the age of 75 years. Along while congratulating the people the farmers’ disgruntlement week from August 3 to 9, and with this, the farmers who plant of the state on Teej festival said with the Government. only 352 had tested positive, trees in their fields will be given that 'Lado ki Bagiya' is one of its Urging the Prime Minister’s which accounted for a positivi- Rs. 10,000 for a period of three kind initiative. intervention for expeditious ty rate of 0.1 percent. years, he said. He said that Oxyvan is redressal of the farmers’ legiti- Stressing the need to further He further said that 134 vil- being developed on govern- mate concerns by the Central ramp up the lages come under the 48-kos ment and private land in the Government to explore an existing health parikrama route of Kurukshetra, state and efforts are being made enduring solution, the Chief infrastructure in on which the State Government to make the irrigated land as Minister said that the continued the state, the will plant Panchavati having five green area with the cooperation agitation was not only impact- Chief Secretary different types of trees. 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The in the region the state govern- Union minister assured Dhami ment would provide land for it. Nepal borders, a broad gauge Rudraprayag and the state gov- assistance to the state for set- that a meeting of states con- He also requested that the rail line should be constructed. ernment was to set up infra- ting up infrastructure in the cerned would soon convened to Indian Science Education and The CM also told Singh that structure facilities in the school. He said that the discuss the Kisau project. The Research institute should be the Union Government had schools but in view of the lim- Memorandum of duo also decided to conduct   ;  the implementation of a vil- profits while neglecting the established in Dehradun. given its approval for setting up ited resources of the state, the Understanding (MoU) should joint review of the ‘ Jal Jivan lage tourism policy in public of Uttarakhand. He In his meeting with the of a Sainik School in Jakholi in centre should provide financial be amended for the same. Mission’ in Uttarakhand. ccusing the State Uttarakhand like in Himachal said lands nearby main roads Union Defence Minister Dhami told Shekhawat that the AGovernment of selling Pradesh and the provision of in the villages must be pro- Rajnath Singh, the CM said norms for the ‘ PMKSY-Har lands to outsiders for profits, subsidies to people involved in tected by locals and appealed that a broad gauge rail link Q-(" # /  / Khet ko Pani’ scheme should be the leader of the Bharatiya the transport business under to the farmers to not sell their between Tanakpur and relaxed for the mountainous Kisan Union (BKU), Rakesh the transport policy. Tikait lands to outsiders. Tikait said Bageshwar should be approved states and requested that 422 Tikait supported the demand also asked the state govern- the farmers will also protest in view of its strategic impor- *# #+ ( micro irrigation projects in the for stringent land laws in ment to make a separate zone against the Uttarakhand gov- tance. He said that railway state should be approved under Uttarakhand. Addressing for the villages located near ernment if nothing will be ministry has ordered survey for the scheme. media persons on Wednesday the border with China and done to improve the situation a narrow gauge rail link  ;  tre would provide an addi- He also assured that cen- The CM said that all nec- at the Press Club in Dehradun, making of a policy for the pro- of farmers here. between Tanakpur and tional sum of Rs 300 crore tre would help the state in con- essary clearances for 300 MW Tikait gave suggestions to the tection of villagers. He said it will not take Bageshwar. He said that the he Union surfaced under central roads infra- struction of ropeways and Lakhwad multipurpose pro- State government to improve He further said that many much time to reform the State construction of the narrow TTransport Minister Nitin structure fund. Gadkari told cable cars. Dhami thanked ject have been obtained and the conditions of farmers and educational institutes are government here. We only gauge is impractical as it would Gadkari has said that Uttarakhand Chief Minister Gadkari for these announce- work on the ambitious project labourers. charging exorbitant fees from need to close the borders of neither serve solve transporta- Uttarakhand would receive a Pushkar Singh Dhami on ments and said that historic having strategic importance He said that the people of farmers and labourers and Uttarakhand for eight days tion neither purpose nor it sum of Rs 1000 crore for con- Wednesday that every require- work in the increasing con- would start when the financial the plain areas are given many nothing is being done by the and ask the authorities at bor- would be of strategic impor- struction of new national high- ment of Uttarakhand would be nectivity has taken place in approval from the cabinet sub- benefits for serving in the government here. ders to improve the gover- tance. Dhami said that since the ways. He added that the cen- addressed. Uttarakhand in last your years. committee is received. mountains so people living in Talking about land laws, nance here, averred Kathait. He area is close to China and mountainous areas should be Tikait said the government is also asserted that farmers will given more facilities too under selling lands to the industri- continue to protest against the the hill policy to prevent alists and entrepreneurs of Central government till it with- ' 2
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Earlier, the corpo- managing this project in of the novel Coronavirus dent of Congress party Rahul +    ration had planned to com- Dehradun informed the cor- (Covid-19) and 48 recoveries Gandhi condemned the rape mence the GIS based survey in poration had planned to com- from the disease in and murder of a nine year old Kaulagarh ward as a pilot pro- mence the survey from August Uttarakhand on Wednesday. girl in Delhi after which his     ject under the Urban using drones and door to door Death of one patient from the twitter account was locked on Development Directorate survey but it has been post- disease was reported on the the insistence of the govern- (UDD) from this month poned due to frequent rainfall day. ment. He said that Pradesh  )R-$# through drones to get the com- in the city. "We have not start- The cumulative count of Congress Committee (PCC) plete details of all residential ed the process considering the Covid-19 patients in the state president Ganesh Godiyal sup-  ;  In his facebook page Rawat and commercial properties. At ongoing rainfall here because is now at 3,42,502 while a total ported Rahul Gandhi by using said that some turncoats are present, all the property tax- once we start the process of the of 3,28,658 patients have recov- '#I am also Rahul' and demand- eplying to his critics who asking him that which would be payers submit the property tax survey through drones and ered from the disease so far. In ed justice for the victim after Rare asking questions on his his last elections. “I want to on the basis of the self-assess- door to door survey, we want the state 7369 people have lost which the account of Godiyal last elections in his unique make it clear that Harish Rawat ment of their properties most it to be regular and consistent their lives to Covid -19 till date. too was locked. Amarjeet Singh style former Chief Minister would rise even from his ashes of which are not verified by the for our pilot project. The MCD The recovery percentage from said that he also tweeted in sup- and general secretary of All whenever Uttarakhandiyat is corporation. will start the survey by the end the disease is at 95.96 while the on Wednesday. Rudraprayag 23 each, port of Rahul Gandhi and India Congress Committee under threat, whenever the According to the officials, of this month or at the begin- sample positivity rate on No new patient was found Uttarkashi 19, Bageshwar 16, Godiyal and raised questions (AICC) Harish Rawat has said interests of farmers and Dalits this survey will help the cor- ning of September," said Wednesday was 0.20 per cent. in Tehri district on the day. Pauri 10, Nainital seven, Tehri on the Delhi incident following that he would rise from his are affected and whenever poration to maximise the prop- Kathait. The state health depart- Death of one patient was and Almora six active patients which his Twitter account was ashes whenever employment is snatched away,’’ erty tax as all the actual details It is pertinent to mention ment reported eight new reported from Government each of the disease. also suspended. Uttarakhandiyat is under threat. he said. of each establishment in the here that UDD has planned to patients of Covid -19 each Doon Medical College The State reported no “The accounts of many city along with their owners' commence GIS based survey in from Bageshwar, seven from (GDMC) on Wednesday. new case of Mucormycosis information will be available at the urban local bodies of Dehradun, six from The State now has 435 (Black fungus) on Wednesday. one click after this survey. The Dehradun, Haridwar, Pithoragarh, four from active cases of Covid 19. A total of 570 patients of the collected data through the sur- Rudrapur and Rishikesh as the Chamoli, three from Haridwar, Dehradun with 171 cases is at disease have so far been report- 2"  "7 +. vey will also be used to gener- pilot project in the State after two each from Almora, top of the table of active cases ed. In the ongoing vaccination ate a unique property identifi- which, the plan will be execut- Champawat, Nainital, while Pithoragarh is at second drive 99,348 people were vac- cation number which can be ed in other ULBs too. Rudraprayag and Udham Singh spot with 58 active cases. cinated in 701 sessions in dif- *2 
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Pangti said that tal conservation and develop- the next date of hearing on the Shivalik elephant reserve,  %  ; here have become self-suffi- most of the people living in ment. The court asked the PIL for August 25. spread across about 5,404 cient from this plantation. Simgadi are associated with National Highways Authority Dehradun resident Reenu square kilometre area citing he history of tea cultivation They get 18 to 20 days of work this work. A woman earns of India (NHAI) about the Paul had filed the PIL stating factors including the fact that Tin Uttarakhand is about every month, but only a few upto Rs 7,000 per month from steps being taken to save the that the state wildlife board had this area is used by the pachy- 150 years old. In 1824, the days in the three rainy months. her work in the tea garden. He trees along the Delhi- decided to denotify the Shivalk derms to travel between here British writer Bishop Heber, They get remuneration at the further said that there was a Dehradun national highway. elephant reserve in November and Nepal. while expressing the possibili- rate of Rs 316 per day. Along time when the tea from ty of cultivating tea in the with their farming, these Uttarakhand was exported to Kumaon region, said that tea women are augmenting their all over the world with the tea plants grow naturally on the income with their work in the from Berinag, Chaukori and  ;  lations and seized 13 mobile  .# ".2 ..# land here but are not used. tea garden which is also moti- Kausani leaving its mark. phones of drivers and two- Heber had said that Kumaon's vating the women of other vil- Today this has come down due he enforcement team of wheeler riders," stated Saini. ;< ..+/# *# 2# " soil, temperature and other lages to do the same. to factors including govern- Tthe Dehradun regional Besides this, the team also weather conditions closely The Uttarakhand Tea mental apathy. He demanded transport office (RTO) has penalised 63 drivers and rid- match those of China's tea gar- Development Board estab- that the government should set started impounding mobile ers for traffic rules violations   ;  cleaners of the State from informed that the department dens. Tea cultivation has a lished the tea garden at up a tea factory here. phones of traffic rules violators like overspeeding, invalid Wednesday as potential bene- received a total of 1,889 appli- come a long way in Simgadi in 1994. The former The Bageshwar chief besides imposing penalties. permits, no driving licence he Uttarakhand transport ficiaries for the monetary aid of cations on Wednesday through Uttarakhand since it was Uttarakhand chief secretary development officer DD Pant The regional transport officer and for not wearing helmets Tdepartment received a total Rs 2,000 to each eligible bene- the portal http://uk.gov.in out of encouraged by the British. RS Tolia and statehood activist said, “Tea plantation is pro- (enforcement), Sandeep Saini among others, informed Saini. of 1,889 applications from the ficiary whose livelihood was which only 185 were approved, Today, there are some tea gar- Ganga Singh Pangti also viding employment to women said that distraction caused He said, “Traffic rules vio- public transport operators, con- affected due to Covid-curfew. 16 were kept on hold, two dens which not only produce played a role in establishment while the mountain soil and due to using mobile phones lations put the life of the dri- ductors and cleaners on the first The department will send Rs were rejected while the remain- good quality tea but also pro- of this tea garden. At a time climate are also better for tea while driving or riding a vehi- ver as well as other people on day to register as the benefi- 2,000 for the next six months to ing 1,686 applications are pend- vide locals with a source of when lack of employment cultivation. A letter will be sent cle has resulted in many major the road at risk. We hope ciaries for the monetary aid the bank accounts of the eligi- ing for approval. “It was the first employment. The Simgadi tea opportunities remains one of to the government for setting accidents and fatalities in the people will be more careful provided by the State ble beneficiaries as per the day of registering at the portal garden located along the bor- the major factors for migration up a tea factory here and district in the past few days. while driving and follow traf- Government. The transport recent orders. due to which numbers of appli- der of Bageshwar and from the mountainous other measures. A tea factory "The enforcement team on fic rules after observing strict department recently invited The deputy transport cants were less but this number Pithoragarh districts is one regions, the tea garden is pro- is being operated in Wednesday took strict action actions taken by the authori- applications from public trans- commissioner of the depart- will surely rise in the next few such example. viding a reason for villagers to Harinagari.” against such traffic rules vio- ties.” port operators, conductors and ment Sanat Kumar Singh days,” said Singh.   !  #  $  % # &'( ')'& 

   
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Subsequently, Wednesday, two days before witter on Wednesday the agency filed applications schedule, after Opposition Tinformed Delhi High Court under Prevention of Money protests over the Pegasus that Congress leader Rahul Laundering Act against four snooping row, farm laws and Gandhi’s Twitter account is accused persons, Roy Bahadur other issues. locked due to violating their Nirwal, Mahesh Gaba, Anoop Addressing a press confer- policy by uploading the photos Singh Kahlon and Varinder ence, Birla said out of the total so that elected representatives had climbed on the officers’ of recently raped and murdered   Singh Raja, who were abscond- 96 hours, the House func- can raise matters of public table in the Well and hurled nine year old Dalit girl’s par- ing during the course of trial. tioned for only 21 hours and its concern and feel saddened files on Tuesday, and said that ents. Twitter was responding to " #  “In this case, the Court productivity reduced to 22 when it does not happen. they had committed sacrilege. a petition seeking FIR against   $ while passing the confiscation percent due to the ruckus. He Asserting that the House can On possible action to check Rahul Gandhi for allegedly order categorically observed disapproved of the members only run through dialogue and unruly behaviour of members, revealing the identity of the " %&' that no objection regarding Drug and Psychotropic So far, a total of five coming into the Well and consensus, the Speaker said he Birla said it is not necessary that Dalit girl.     confiscation of the properties Substances (NDPS) Act, Indian Provisional Attachment Orders shouting slogans, saying pre- also held several meetings with action would yield the desired Senior advocate Sajan has come from any quarter in Penal Code (IPC) and Arms have been issued in this case siding officers have maintained leaders from both treasury and result, but added that he will Poovayya, representing Twitter, "  spite of publication in the Act were registered by the wherein total ‘proceeds of that such conduct was unac- opposition sides to end the log- call a meeting of leaders from told the court that the tweet by %   newspaper to the general pub- Punjab Police in 2013 and crime worth 95 crore has ceptable. “I am pained at con- jam but it could not happen all parties to discuss “stringent Rahul Gandhi has been "   lic. The Court held that since 2014. Consequent to that, the been attached, it said. tinuous disruptions of the due to several factors. action against habitual offend- removed as it was found to be the properties attached by ED ED initiated investigation in Jagdish Singh alias Bhola, House. I don’t have words to “Members should maintain ers”. Birla also informed that the in violation of the platform’s have been confirmed by the this case of multi-crore syn- who was the kingpin of the express my anguish over the the dignity of Parliament and construction of the new own policy. “The account has Rahul Gandhi. Adjudicating Authority and thetic drug racket that was syndicate, was arrested under ruckus in the House... I am help run the House according Parliament building is expect- been locked and the tweet is A bench of Chief Justice D the accused persons have been operated by wrestler-turned- the relevant Section of extremely hurt,” Birla said. to traditions... It is a collective ed to be completed before not available,” Poovayya said. N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh declared as Proclaimed cop-turned-drug Mafia Jagdish Prevention of Money The Speaker said he will responsibility,” he said while August 15 next year. Counsel for Mhadlekar, advo- refused to issue notice on the Offenders by the Court for Singh alias Bhola. Laundering Act (PMLA) in call a meeting of leaders of all replying to questions, and After the Lok Sabha was cate Gautam Jha, however, public interest litigation (PIL) evading the process of law During the course of the January 2014 by the ED, and parties to build consensus on expressed confidence that the adjourned sine die, Prime responded that he disputed by Makarand Suresh subsequent to the Prosecution money laundering investiga- since then he has been in judi- ways to ensure that rules are next session will be more pro- Minister Narendra Modi, Twitter’s stand and urged the Mhadlekar at this stage and Complaints filed against them, tion, statements of accused cial custody. strictly followed and to discuss ductive. His remarks came on Home Minister Amit Shah, court to call for an affidavit. “If asked the parties to “keep 1-2 said properties are confiscated persons and witnesses were Singh had filed three bail stringent action against habit- a day Rajya Sabha Chairman M Congress President Sonia this is the attitude, we are not pages of submissions ready on to the Central Government,” recorded and numerous docu- applications on various dates to ual offenders. Birla said the Venkaiah Naidu broke down in Gandhi and floor leaders of issuing notice,” the court next date”. The case was post- the agency said in a statement. ments from different agencies/ secure his bail, however, all people of the country expect the Upper House while various other parties met the remarked as it proceeded to ed for hearing on September 27 In the Bhola Drug case, authorities have also been were dismissed by the Special Parliament, which is the tem- expressing anguish over the Speaker in his chamber over adjourn hearing. 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Scammers Government over use of security attackers are using ‘ngrok’ platform often mask their identity by using personnel in the Rajya Sabha dur- to host phishing websites that look email-to-text services to avoid ing the passage of the insurance like internet banking websites of revealing their actual phone num- amendment Bill to privatise general popular banks in India to collect ber. Genuine SMS messages insurance companies. sensitive information such as inter- received from banks usually contain The Opposition MPs walked net banking credentials, mobile sender ID (consisting of bank’s out of the Rajya Sabha alleging number and one-time password short name) instead of a phone heavy deployment of marshals to (OTP) to carry out fraudulent number in sender information prevent their protests. transactions. field,” it said. It further suggested While the Opposition alleged the Rajya Sabha Derek O Brien on Thursday. “It has been observed that internet banking users to “only that marshals manhandled two alleged that there were more secu- “The insurance amendment Indian banking customers are being click on URLs that clearly indicate women MPs, the treasury bench- rity guards in the Rajya Sabha than Bill to privatise general insurance targeted by a new type of phishing the website domain.” “When in es accused the Opposition to attack MPs as the government bulldozed companies was passed in the Rajya attack using ngrok platform. The doubt, users can search for the the marshals and pushed in the the insurance Bill. Sabha with a large force of securi- malicious actors have abused the phishing links ending with Once stolen, the scammer gen- organisation’s website directly using Rajya Sabha. “RSTV will not show you that. ty personnel present. The govern- ngrok platform to host phishing ngrok.io/xxxbank. erates OTP by entering your details search engines to ensure that the The incident comes a day later This is censorship, the Modi-Shah ment refused to send it to a select websites impersonating internet According to officials, you may on the actual online banking web- websites they visited are legiti- when two Opposition MPs had Gujarat model at work in committee as demanded by all banking portals of Indian banks. get a message like “Dear customer, site which gets delivered to your mate,” it said. jumped on the table of the Parliament,” he said. Opposition parties, including those Using these phishing websites, your xxx bank account will be sus- phone number. “Users are advised to hover Secretary General in the House. The TMC also alleged that the close to the BJP. What happened malicious actors are collecting sen- pended! Please Re KYC Verification Now, the victim unknowingly their cursors over the shortened Before staging a walkout in the government used “gender shields” this evening was worse than atro- sitive information such as internet Update click here link enters the same OTP on the phish- URLs (if possible) to see the full upper house, Leader of Opposition to foil MPs’ protests inside Rajya cious,” Congress chief whip Jairam banking credentials, mobile num- http://446bdf227fc4.ngrok.io/xxxba ing website, thus giving away the real website domain which they are vis- Mallikarjun Kharge conveyed to Sabha. “Male marshals were sent Ramesh said. ber and one time password (OTP) nk” The moment you click on this OTP to the scammer. For stealing iting or use a URL checker that will the presiding officer that women after women MPs and female mar- Before the Deputy Chairman to carry out fraudulent transac- link to login to your internet bank- money, the SMS text may be allow the user to enter a short URL MPs were manhandled and this shals were posted in front of male Harivansh announced sine die, tions,” the advisory said. ing account, your online banking changed to fetch OTPs in a similar and view the full URL,” it said. Users should be condemned and MPs,” Brien said as some women Rajya Sabha passed The In a warning, the CERT-In login details and mobile number way. can also use the shortening service demanded that sufficient number MPs, including TMC’s Dola Sen Constitution (One Hundred and said the scammers are sending may be stolen to carry out fraud CERT has also released some preview feature to see a preview of of female Marshals should be and Congress’ Ami Yagnik, alleged Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, SMS to customers with embedded money transfers. best practices which users should the full URL, the advisory stated. deployed so that our female col- manhandling by marshals. 2021 that restores the states’ right leagues are safe. Congress Chief Whip in Rajya to create their OBC list, General Condemning the allegations Sabha Jairam Ramesh termed the Insurance Business "
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 has heard or seen such a nasty inci- Parliament on Thursday to protest. 2021, and the National   dent guided by the government. Congress has convened all its Commission for Indian System of    Trinamool Congress leader in Parliamentarians in the Parliament Medicine (Amendment) Bill, 2021. he India Meteorological TDepartment (IMD) said on Wednesday the monsoon  5&  over the country has entered a break mode and is likely to      )06
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Crisil In a written reply, Minister o promote the Ayush industry will be conducted through a series Research in its report on of State for Housing and Urban Tnationally and globally, the of tutorials, which will run all along Kharif sowing forecasts that Affairs Kaushal Kishore said the Government is infusing young pro- the course. uneven distribution of mon- central government is adminis- fessionals in the sector to help This programme is designed to soon rainfall is likely to tering ‘Shelter for Urban them start their own small-scale provide students, practitioners, impact the kharif sowing, Homeless (SUH)’ scheme under Start-ups. pharmacists an in-depth under- which is expected to fall one per cent is very likely over Tamilnadu and the Deendayal Antyodaya In this direction, the Union standing and detailed knowledge of as compared to last year. 6;  :=;  Kerala during next five days with iso- Yojana National Urban Ayush Ministry has also launched a medicine globally. For this purpose, core-concepts of Ayurvedic phar- According to the IMD data,  ; 9 : % lated heavy falls over Tamil Nadu dur- Livelihoods Mission (DAY- web-based e-learning programme of there is also a need for quality. This maceutical science, techniques and from June 1 to August 10, the ing August 11-14 and over Kerala NULM) through states and all the pharmaceutical processing course will help meet the cus- principles involved in the prepara- country received 5 per cent less rain- >46++:;  during August 11-12. “The current UTs. The guidelines of SUH involved in preparation of tomers’ desire for quality, safe and tion of classical Ayurvedic and fall than normal. The east and spell of weak monsoon conditions provide for conducting system- Ayurvedic drugs in line with the effective medicines. Ayurvedic patent and proprietary northeast India meteorological divi- :4;6+:; over the country is likely to contin- atic third party surveys in cities New Education Policy. “Since there are less Start-ups in formulations, said an official. sion of the IMD has recorded 12 per < ;I:I< ; ue till next 5 days (August 11-15), and towns by urban local bod- The web-based e-learning pro- the Ayush sector and to infuse A total of 50 students will be cent less rainfall, while the northwest outside northeast and adjoining east ies to identify the number of gramme for Rasa Shastra Bhaishajya young professionals of Ayush system allowed to enroll on first come-first India and central India meteoro- India, northern parts of Uttar Pradesh urban homeless in order to Kalpana (RSBK) education has been to start their own small-scale Start- serve basis and a student has to logical divisions have recorded and Bihar where current activities of assess the need for shelters. launched by the Rashtriya Ayurveda ups, this course will give them complete the whole course within 6 minus 2 and 7 per cent rainfall intense rainfall spell likely to contin- “So far, 2,45,945 urban Vidyapeeth (RAV), an autonomous great scope. to 8 months of enrollment, the offi- respectively. “Subdued rainfall is very likely ue till August 14 with reduction there- homeless have been identified in organisation under the Union This programme will help in cial said. The south peninsula meteoro- over north Indian plains (Punjab, after,” the IMD said. surveys conducted by respective Ministry of Ayush. achieving the Prime Minister’s goal It will also provide an opportu- logical division has 8 per cent more Haryana, Rajasthan), adjoining cen- In its report, Crisil said that states/Union territories (UTs),” This programme will give the of Atmanirbhar Bharat”. nity to get exposure through live rainfall than normal so far. The cur- tral India and most parts of penin- overall kharif sowing is expected to the minister said. The Union participants a practical feel of con- Dr Srivastava further said, “This demonstration and working expe- rent spell of fairly widespread to wide- sular India (outside Tamil Nadu and remain one per cent lower year-on- government is augmenting ceptual learning of the principles programme will not only help in the rience in the manufacturing units of spread rainfall activity with isolated Kerala), including Maharashtra and year. “Cumulative sowing till August efforts of state and Union terri- and knowledge of RSBK. setting up Start-up of the sector but Pharma industries to learn the con- heavy to very heavy falls are very like- Gujarat till August 15, the IMD said. 8 was two per cent lower year-on- tory governments through the According to Director of RAV, will also be helpful to students in cept of the operations involved in ly to continue over northeast and sub- Rainfall activity will increase over year, attributable to the advancement Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Dr Anupam Srivastava, “In the cur- acquiring credit points to enrich the manufacturing of classical and Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim peninsular India from August 16 in sowing last year, and three per cent Urban (PMAY-U) to meet the rent scenario, there is a great their credit bank for their future P&P Ayurvedic preparations among during August 11-14 and reduce onwards, it said. higher than the average of the past housing demand through finan- demand in Ayurveda system of endeavor in line with the New others. thereafter. 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They were suspecting tested while the Test Positivity Meanwhile the Kerala Banerjee and a couple of senior ly attacked in Tripura. which is likely to be attended wrote “I would like to express killed in Bihar's East some untoward incident might Rate remained on the higher High Court lambasted the State Bengal leaders including a state Subsequently three Bengal by Pope Francis and German my personal congratulations on Champaran district, an official have happened with him. side with 14.49 per cent. A administration for the second minister and an MP. youth TMC leaders were also Chancellor Angela Merkel. your significant election and for said. Hence, they have lodged FIR release issued by Health day in succession for the latter’s Apart from Banerjee who attacked in that State by alleged The conference being organ- the important work for social The decomposed body of against 12 persons including Minister Veena George said indifference towards the court is also the nephew of Bengal BJP men. In the attack their ised by a religious Community justice, for the development of Manish Kumar Singh was those two alleged journalists." 116 persons succumbed to the directive to ensure that the pan- Chief Minister Mamata vehicles were smashed and they of Sant Edigio Ait will be held in your country and, therefore, for found on Tuesday from "The father suspects that he pandemic on Wednesday and demic does not spread through Banerjee the Bengal Education sustained injuries for which the first week of October. peace, which you have been Mathlohiar Gaddi Tola — three has property dispute with his this took the death toll to the outlets of the liquor outlets. Minister Bratya Basu, TMC they were flown in to Kolkata In the invitation written to doing for over ten years now.” days after his disappearance. cousin brothers and they may 18,120. Justice Devan MP Dola Sen and State and were being treated at the Banerjee the President of the When contacted the The killers have removed both be involved in his murder. Thrissur replaced Ramachandran, hearing a peti- Trinamool spokesperson and Government-run SSKM Community Marco Impagliazzo Bengal BJP leadership would of his eyes. Besides, he also suspects that Malappuram as the district tion against the Kerala former MP Kunal Ghosh, Hospital. has, apart from congratulating not give a public reaction but Singh is a native of his son, who had done many with the highest number of Government for its vacilla- senior leaders Subal Bhowmick Incidentally Mamata the Chief Minister for her recent privately a senior leader sar- Paharpur village in the same investigative stories and new Covid-19 patients on tions towards court directive to and Sri Prakash Das also have Banerjee had earlier blamed electoral victory in Bengal, said castically said “good! Finally district and his father Sanjay exposed wrongdoings in the Wednesday. Thrissur tested provide safe and clean envi- been named in the FIR. Union Home Minister Amit “in the framework of this Mamata Banerjee has received Kumar Singh is an editor of a district, could have been tar- 3,124 new Covid-19 cases while ronment to tipplers queuing up The Bengal politicians have Shah for the attacks saying human, social and spiritual an international invitation for Hindi news paper (Areraj getted by criminals he exposed. Malappuram was relegated to in front of the watering holes been booked for misbehaving “Biplab Deb does not have the dimension I would like to invite promoting peace and social jus- Darshan). He was receiving threatening the second spot with 3,109 new in the State, told the Beverages with Additional SP and SDPO courage to do such works … it You, Excellency, to honour us tice regardless of the unre- In a statement to the calls for the past few days," the patients. Corporation that just because of Khowai and obstructing pub- all have been done on the with Your relevant presence strained post-poll violence in Harshidhi police, Sanjay Singh officer said. Till Wednesday evening, the State gets revenue out of lic servants from discharging instructions Amit Shah.” She and your meaningful and Bengal, and the damning said that his son went to "The villagers on Tuesday, the State had 1.75 lakh patients liquor sale, it cannot compro- their official duty, sources said. said the BJP was running anar- enriching contribution to the National Human Rights Mathlohar Gaddi Tola three spotted a pair of shoes in the undergoing treatment for mise on safety norms to expose Bengal TMC leadership chic governments wherever international event in Rome: Commission report.” days ago. farm land. When they searched Covid-19. The weekly Infection customers to Covid. condemned the legal process they were in power. "He had posted a photo- further, the dead body was Population Ratio (WIPR) in 52 The justice told the saying “this only proves the fas- “I have information that graph of a get-together party of found from a Sareh village. The local self-government bodies Government that it should not cist nature of the BJP Abhishek’s life is in danger as the Meanwhile former Bengal was done in Bengal by Mamata himself and two other jour- dead body was in a semi- spread across 266regions stood have an indifferent attitude Government.” Senior BJP’s goons are following him … Minister and senior CPI(M) Banerjee who provided that nalist friends Amrendra Kumar decomposed state," the officer at 10 which means that the towards people who line up in Trinamool leader Firhad when he went to Tripura five leader Ashok Bhattacharyya political relevance to the BJP and Ashlaj Alam at 8.42 p.m. said. entire regions would be shut front of the Bevco outlets. “We Hakim said “today the Tripura suspicious people followed him said “the BJP knows that the using similar tactic … again in Since then, he was missing and "We have arrested journal- down as per the revised safety must save the lives of every cus- Police is framing us but tomor- and were seated around him in TMC is not a threat in that State the Centre the BJP is using the we lost contact with him. ists Amrendra and Ashlaj regulations. tomer who goes there because row when we will capture the flight,” Banerjee who enjoys … they are doing so to provide same tactic to use Mamata "We searched for him for Alam. A bag belonging to On Tuesday, Kerala had it doesn't affect just them, they power the same police will a reputation for making similar them unnecessary publicity in Banerjee to break the opposi- the entire night and the next Manish was also found in the diagnosed 21,119 new Covid will carry the disease to their salute us … and power we will “life-threatening” claims order to divide the opposition tion vote… these two parties are two days but he has not been house of Amrendra," he cases across the State, Veena house and give it to their wives capture in that state definitely throughout political career said. votes … the very same thing complementary to each other. traced," Sanjay Singh said. said. George had told media persons and children,” the judge said.     
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TWednesday stayed till fur- stitute a judicial commission Tbetween senior and young Former MPs Rajesh ther orders the probe by judi- to probe the functioning of the leaders in Uttar Pradesh Mishra, Rajaram Pal, Rakesh cial commission constituted ED,” the agency told the Congress, the party brass con- Sachan, Begum Noor Bano, by Government of Kerala into Court. stituted Uttar Pradesh Congress Zafar Ali Naqvi, Harendra the functioning of the Solicitor General Tushar Election Committee (UPCEC) Malik, Rashid Alvi, Enforcement Directorate in Mehta, appearing for the ED, including almost all senior lead- Mohammad Muqeem,  % ; the State in connection with the other three who reported- had argued that constitution of ers and present office bearers of Naseemuddin Siddiqui and the the infamous gold smuggling ly played major role in getting the Commission by the State UPCC in it on Wednesday. party's Lok Sabha candidate he Karnataka High Court case in which many senior the gold smuggled in with the Government was ultra vires Congress president Sonia from Lucknow in 2019, Thas ordered the manage- Government Staff attached connivance of people in power Section 3 read with Section 2A Gandhi approved a proposal for Acharya Pramod Krishnam ment of 16 mosques in to the Chief Minister’s Office continue to languish in of Commission of Inquiry Act the setting up of the Pradesh are also part of the panel. Bengaluru to submit affidavit allegedly played crucial jail. (COI Act) wherein the Central election committee which was All India Congress in connection with sound pol- roles. The Kerala Government Government is the competent confirmed by a statement issued Committee (AICC) secretaries lution on Tuesday. A single Bench headed by constituted the commission of authority for matters related to by AICC general secretary Imran Masood, Brijlal Khabri, The divisional bench head- Justice P B Suresh Kumar grant- inquiry following the ED’s an entry in Central list/ list 1 of (organisation) KC Venugopal Sudhanshu Tripathi, BP Singh ed by Chief Justice A.S. Oka and ed interim stay to a plea by the probe extending to other the 7th Schedule of the on Wednesday. and Jitendra Baghel are also Justice Sanjay Gowda gave direc- Enforcement Directorate which areas like the LIFE Mission Constitution Apart from the 38 members among those included in the tions in this regard. The Public challenged the Kerala pay off, a flagship programme Section 3 of the COI Act Panaji: A day after a video incidents will not be tolerated," named in the panel, national committee. Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed Government Order dated 7th of the LDF Government to states that a COI can be showing three rape accused adding that the enquiry would presidents or chairpersons of Congress functionaries said by 32 residents of Icon apartment May, 2021 constituting a com- provide houses and liveli- appointed "for the purpose of being forced to do sit-ups in the also probe whether such "rag- AICC organisations or depart- that the party was prioritising on Thanisandra Road. mission of inquiry headed by hood to those without a roof making an inquiry into any nude at the Aguada central jail ging" rituals are common in the ments from Uttar Pradesh, the organisation building and con- During the hearing, the retired Judge V K Mohanan over their head. The judicial definite matter of public impor- in North Goa, prison authori- prison complex. state heads of frontal organisa- tinuing with the battle against masjid management submitted under the Commission of probe was ordered to examine tance". ties on Wednesday directed a The three accused were tions, vice-presidents and gen- the Bharatiya Janata party gov- that they have taken permis- Inquiry Act 1952 to probe the if the ED and the Customs However, Mehta submitted probe into the incident. arrested last month in connec- eral secretaries of UPCC will be ernment on the streets in the sions to use loudspeakers. agency’s role in the alleged gold Department had made an that the notification in this case Speaking to reporters, tion with the alleged rape of its ex-officio members. run-up to the crucial polls. The bench stated that the smuggling through the green alleged attempt to falsely was issued to impede an ongo- Inspector General of Prisons, three persons at Colva beach in The poll committee UP Congress leaders have management of masjids has to channel of Thiruvananthapuram implicate Chief Minister ing investigation against the Goa, Venancio Furtado, said South Goa. includes UP Congress chief already organised ‘BJP Gaddi submit an affidavit before the International Airport in the Vijayan in the gold smuggling same executive functionaries that that the central jail super- In the video, the three Ajay Kumar Lallu, CLP leader Chhodo’ marches in all assem- court on whether they are fol- year 2020. case. There were allegations who have issued said notifica- intendent has been directed to naked inmates can be seen Aradhana Mishra `Mona’, senior bly constituencies across the lowing the guidelines pre- M Sivasankaran, the then by the State Government that tion and therefore it serves per- submit a report within 24 hours. made to do sit-ups, while other leaders Mohsina Kidwai, state to expose the wrongdo- scribed by the government to principal secretary to Chief the ED and the Customs were sonal interests "I have asked the jail super- other inmates can be heard Salman Khurshid, Rajeev ings of the Yogi Adityanath avoid sound pollution. Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, coercing Swapna Suresh and Judge Suresh Kumar, while intendent to submit the inquiry cheering in the backdrop. Shukla, Nirmal Khatri, Pramod government as well as to high- They also have to mention Swapna Suresh, a former her kingpins to falsely impli- accepting the argument of the report within 24 hours. If other In all, four persons, name- Tiwari, PL Punia, RPN Singh light how the prices of all in the affidavit that, they have employee of the UAE Consulate cate the Chief Minister in the ED, ordered notice to the inmates are found to be ly Asif Hateli, 21, Rajesh Mane, and Vivek Bansal. essential commodities, includ- obtained a license as per the in the capital city, Sarath and case. Kerala Government (except involved, we will take action as 33, Gajanand Chinchankar, 31, Lallu said that the ing petroleum, have gone Pollution Control Board (PCB) Sandeep Nair were arrested in The contention of the ED the chief minister) and ordered per the prison rules," Furtado and Nitin Yabbal, 19, have Congress would fight the 2022 through the roof in the BJP rule guidelines and if a license is not connection with the scam. was that the Kerala interim stay to the functioning told reporters.Terming the inci- been arrested in connection UP Assembly polls under the at the Centre in 2014 and in obtained they will not use Sivasankaran was released on Government did not have the of the said judicial dent as deplorable, Furtado said, with the alleged rape incident. leadership of party general sec- Uttar Pradesh in 2017. loudspeakers. bail after 90 days in jail while authority to order an inquiry commission. "A message needs to go that such IANS 758     6       R         8%  9):  % ; distancing. As many as Medical Education Dr K. 5,25,196 cases have been Sudhakar said on Wednesday ruhat Bengaluru lodged in connection with that Karnataka has crossed 4  :6 foreign currency through BMahanagara Palike Covid guidelines violations. crore Covid tests marking yet diplomats, she replied that in (BBMP) has collected Rs 12.58 About 150 industries were another milestone in the battle n what could spell further the beginning of 2017, she got crore as fine for Covid guide- shut down by the BBMP in the against the pandemic. More Itrouble for Kerala Chief instructions from the Consul lines violations in the past 16 same period for Covid proto- than 80 per cent of the tests Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, General to call (Vijayan's then months in Bengaluru. col violations. conducted in state are RT- gold smuggling case prime Principal Secretary) M. According to data given BBMP has deputed mar- PCR. accused Swapna Suresh has Sivasankar and to ask whether by BBMP, from May 2020 to shals to ensure the implemen- Karnataka has tested the alleged that a packet of foreign any arrangements could be August 7, 2021, Rs 11.86 crore tation of Covid guidelines third-highest number of sam- currency was sent to him made for Chief Minister's fine amount has been collect- across the city. The fines were ples in the country. The tests while he was on a visit to the arrival at UAE, that she had ed from 4.93 lakh plus persons collected from apartments, were conducted in 3,338 swab UAE in 2017, through a diplo- called Sivasankar and he told for not wearing masks.A total markets, hotels, bars, restau- collection centres, 252 Covid- mat of its Consul General's her to try to make necessary of 31,339 cases were lodged rants, bus stops and other 19 testing labs and 81.45 per office here. arrangements, if possible, but and Rs 71.35 lakh fine has places. cent of total tests conducted Her allegation came in they were also trying to make               66      ! been collected from those Meanwhile, Minister for are RT-PCR tests, he response to a show cause notice arrangements through the 6   
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The most lucrative perk H  3  I    (        of such opposition is it can belittle a leader who stands unreachably tall in their polit- ical arena. Congress and its cohorts are now in such an op(portunistic) position. One of the prime examples of this opposition behaviour is the attempt made to derail the Central Vista Project (CVP) by dubbing it as sheer wastage of public money at a time when India is reeling under ::+$ This would be a major deterrent to lobby worked overtime to derail the of Unity was completed in a record the impact of the pandemic. It was said that 4;   +; the anti-development lobby that projects. time of just three years and today the healthcare budget is being subverted  ;;  : plans to block any project of nation- Imagine what would have been this engineering marvel attracts and that the project will have grave envi- al importance. the scene if there was no more visitors from around the ronmental consequences. All this was  ;%   The hullabaloo over CVP and Rashtrapati Bhavan, no Parliament world than the Statue of Liberty in being done just to delay the project, like in + : + the manner in which it is being building, no Red Fort, no India the US. the case of all development projects or pro- 9 ;I %+ protested is not new. It bears the Gate, or no Rajpath made by the In just five years, from 2014 to people policies in India particularly in the ; +I footprints and traits of the same earlier rulers. The President of the 2019, the Ganges in Modi’s parlia- last seven years under the government led :; + anti-development lobby active in World’s largest democracy would mentary constituency of Varanasi by Narendra Modi. However, the Delhi the country for the last several have been living in some decrepit became cleaner than ever before. High Court and recently, the Supreme 4;9:; ;:9 decades with the singular motive of accommodation and the national He paved way for three new Court, rejected all such petitions and :;+  *  depriving India of any major devel- flag on August 15 would have Sewage Treatment Plants, rural   <@@@@   =  *+ >    $   5  review petitions seeking to stay the CVP.  opment project and painting our been hoisted by the PM from atop sanitation, and bioremediation in  (    7             The CVP, besides constructing the + 4+ own country in a bad light. some insignificant structure. a record time, to make Varanasi the           =4   ( ( new Parliament building, also aims at 9; +;6+;  Take the example of the Statue The foundation of our Supreme first Indian city with zero discharge integrating the Central Secretariat and of Unity, the world’s tallest statue, Court building was laid in 1954. of sewage into the river.     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These pro- overhaul of India’s power corridor 4;:16+$4:4        4          ?@*, and the then Minister of Environment of protest was many times bigger in paganda wars were, however, dealt in the form of CVP, people must               and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, had  + 44:;+ the case of the Sardar Sarovar with by a firm conviction of a polit- support the project wholehearted- #        S         expressed an urgent need for a new +4;:16+ Project (SSP) where even the inter- ically decisive government in ly as it is for their larger benefit. Parliament building saying the existing national anti-development lobby Gujarat under the leadership of Eliminating parking woes in               )  : ;+< one was simply “outdated”.  + 9:; lent hands to scuttle the project that Narendra Modi who also brings the Central Secretariat, lesser traf- 5             Opposition in India has for long used was to ensure water security in with him a high reputation of con- fic woes owing to VVIP move- D        9    the judiciary to slow down development. + ; ;%; Western India. Several years rolled structing futuristic infrastructural ments, and a safer Parliament             4    This ploy has, however, been busted by the 9 + by, depriving thirsty communities monuments of distinction in record building for MPs would do more                  Judiciary in recent times wherein cases of of water. The project was anyway time. 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he Supreme Court is show the somersaults Congress ing of the Constitution in its It becomes necessary here mote or incite violence.” enacted by Congress in 1967 seized of a bunch of peti- party has made on the subject. milder form in the name of to give the background of the Evidently, even Gandhi was of under the protection of Ttions challenging the law Law of sedition in India, “public order”, as interpreted in Amendment: it is was primar- the view that expressing disaf- Sixteenth Amendment which of sedition, effectually tasked like other laws, was imported by the Kedarnath judgment. ily done to legally tame Syama fection can be an offence if it added the “the sovereignty and with reviewing a five-bench Britishers from Common Law The restriction of public Prasad Mookherjee who had has the tendency to subvert a integrity of India” restriction to judgment in the landmark in England and customised to order was not there in the orig- been a stern critique of the “government established by Article 19(2). India was yet Kedarnath case where in it had ., sustain the British inal Article, it was added by the Nehru-Liyaquat Pact and was law” by inciting violence. struggling with appeasement upheld its constitutionality. The Government’s rule over First Amendment to the the flag-bearer of ‘Akhand Another argument for and secessionist politics of law of sedition is enacted in sec- ‘Akhand Bharat’. The Indian Constitution in 1951 by Bharat’ seeking the reunion of retaining the law is that the unreasonably ambitious politi- tion 124A of IPC under which version was much different place in the Constitution in let- Jawahar Lal Nehru, having the India-Pakistan. Kedarnath judgment in 1962 cians when Sixteenth bringing of hatred, contempt, from its counterpart in England ter but is espoused in spirit in full support of Sardar Patel who Even Gandhi, whose lega- has already diluted the law to Amendment was brought and inciting disaffection against where it was narrowly defined Article 19(2). Its constitution- was spearheading the integra- cy the Congress first family match its ancestral provision in because Punjab, Nagaland, and the government established by to mean “inciting violence” or ality is challenged against the tion of newly Independent claims to have privately inher- the England by holding that the Dravidian states were seek- law is penalised. “insurrection” against the gov- right to free speech enacted in India with reluctant princely ited by adopting his surname only the acts which have the ing separate Republics to fulfill The challenge to this law ernment. In England, it was just Article 19(1)(a). It shall be States. Patel wrote to Nehru, was not in favour of erasing effect of “subverting the gov- their Prime Ministerial dreams. comes amid a resonating nar- slander that attracted a two-year adverted here that Article “Constituent Assembly had sedition from the book of the ernment by violent means” or The political regimes may rative created by the opposition sentence and hence was bail- 19(2) which enumerates the drafted very idealistic provi- law. In 1922, pleading guilty to creating “public disorder” have changed, but the issues that the ruling regime has mis- able. In India, it is a grave restrictions on free speech sions in the Constitution which the charge of sedition Gandhi would come within the defin- marring the national integrity used the law to muzzle dissent (The writer is a lawyer at offence attracting life imprison- does check free speech which were not rooted in practical said: “Affection can’t be manu- ition of sedition; reading the and public order remain large- and criticism in the country. Chandigarh High Court ment and hence non-bailable. has the propensity to disturb considerations.” This is how the factured or regulated by law. If spirit of sedition in Article ly the same even today and, the Not going into a political and Sr. Additional However, the offence was made “public order”, the Common First Amendment came into one has no affection for a per- 19(2). Let's counter the other refore, the law holds good. debate, a flashback into the his- Advocate General for congnisable by Indira Gandhi Law counterpart of sedition. being adding three restrictions: son or system, one should be narrative. Sedition is often However, a case for making the Govt of Haryana. tory of the law of sedition and The views expressed in 1974, just before imposing Thus, though the sedition public order, friendly relations free to give the fullest expres- charged with provisions under sedition non-cognisable offence Article 19(2) of the are personal.) the Emergency. finds no mention in the with foreign states, and incite- sion to his disaffection, so long the Unlawful Activities can be made to thwart allega- Constitution will be enough to Sedition does not find a Constitution, it has the bless- ment to an offence. as he doesn’t contemplate, pro- (Prevention) Act, 1967. It was tions of bias and misuse.   !  #  $  % # &'( ')'&  12

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! a radio conversation that five insurgents from warlords now taken more than a quar- pardon letter. There is a big leaders have to come together,” security situation as Taliban ive people jumped from an people — four men and a linked to allegations of atroci- ter of the country’s provincial queue.” he asserted. PTI insurgents make sweeping gains Dandong (China): A Canadian Fapartment building in woman — jumped from the ties and corruption. capitals in less than a week. In Mazar, Ghani held talks in the Central Asian country. entrepreneur was sentenced to Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, apartment building before they While Kabul itself has not His visit was immediately with long-time local strongman Almost 30,000 Afghans in 11 years in prison Wednesday in to escape government security could be apprehended. They been directly threatened in the overshadowed by the mass sur- Atta Mohammad Noor and ,    Germany, many of them failed a spying case linked to Beijing’s forces who were raiding the said three died and the two oth- advance, its stunning speed render of hundreds of Afghan infamous warlord Abdul asylum-seekers, are currently effort to push his country to building, and at least two died, ers had life-threatening injuries. raises questions of how long the soldiers in nearby Kunduz, Rashid Dostum about the  
2,$ required to leave the country. release an executive of tech according to Government and In a statement, however, Afghan government can main- along with the overnight cap- defence of the city, as Taliban Germany’s interior minister giant Huawei, prompting an media reports on Wednesday. the government said the inci- tain control of its countryside. ture of another provincial cap- fighters inched closer to its out-   
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This fiscal, the com- we should touch USD 1 tril- Addressing a virtual event offering of Life Insurance sector witnessed 39,539 regis- ment for selling tobacco prod- additional price limits would To curb excessive volatil- merce ministry is aiming at lion figure in exports of mer- organised by industry body Corporation is expected by the trations in FY21 compared to ucts is made mandatory, it will be applicable only to certain ity in mid and smallcap coun- USD 419 billion of exports chandise,” Subrahmanyam CII, the road, transport and end of the current fiscal, and 26,406 in FY20, a growth of 50 drive the families of micro- stocks having market capital- ters, the BSE has introduced and for that a detailed analy- said at the CII’s Annual highways minister said delays the Govt is looking to collect per cent.In FY21, a total of retailers to starvation as it will isation of less than 1,000 a new surveillance measure sis has been carried out and Meeting 2021. He also said and not taking decisions is a big 50,000 crore as dividend from 1,95,880 businesses were reg- severely impact their liveli- crore. for certain stocks having a the target was disaggregated at that work is underway for the problem in the country. state-run companies. istered, which is a record high, hoods, besides causing likely During the day, the small- market capitalisation of less the level of country, com- services sector as well and the “Infrastructure (develop- Stressing that privatisation of it said. “While the agriculture harassment to poor and most- cap index tumbled 3.30 per than 1,000 crore. modity, region, and states target is to take these exports ment) is very important for the Air India, BPCL, Shipping sector observed 12,368 regis- ly uneducated micro-retailers at cent and the midcap index across 31 commodity groups. to USD 700 billion in 2027-28. country...Even during the Corp of India, Pawan Hans, trations in FY21 compared to the hands of enforcement offi- Covid-19 pandemic, we have BEML and Neelachal Ispat 6,107 in FY20, the services sec- cials, the samiti said. made a world record of con- Nigam Ltd would be complet- tor also fared well with the structing 38 km of road in a ed this year, Pandey said highest number of registra- day,” he said. change of ownership and con- tions at 83,079 in FY21 and wit- The pace of highway con- trol would boost the valuations nessed a growth rate of 14 per struction in the country of these companies. “COVID cent,” the paper showed. touched a record 37 km per day actually hit us very badly... 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TRIFED as the nodal agency that is This turnkey order includes the three new working towards tribal empowerment, line projects — Belgam-Dharwad via Kittur, has been implementing several notewor- Shimoga-Shikaripura-Ranebennur and Tumkur- thy initiatives in this direction. TRIFED Devangree via Chitradurga, with a total cost of has been providing necessary marketing 4027 crore. RITES is currently executing a dou- interventions for the tribal products on bling project at Gooty-Dharmavaram and a 3rd which tribal livelihoods depend. The line project at Annupur-Pendra road of approx- main philosophy behind this approach is imately 140 km, which are near completion. to empower tribal communities with Commenting on this order, V G Suresh knowledge, tools and pool of information Kumar, chairman and managing director (addl which further aids them to undertake charge), RITES Limited, said, “We are happy to their operations in a more systematic and have secured RITES’ highest-ever order. This scientific manner. new order testament to our project delivering The presentation touched upon the capabilities and expertise in undertaking mega importance of minor forest produce in infrastructure projects. It also demonstrates our the tribal economy and the various ini- efforts to consolidate our order book amid the tiatives that have been undertaken. A challenging business environment.” holistic model of MFP-led Tribal Development, which includes the MSP for MFP scheme and the Van Dhan Yojana and has put in place several schemes for the same were touched upon. Currently in Assam the total procure- scheme and take lead in empanelling arti- will be sold through the chain of Tribes The MSP for MFP scheme envisages fix- ments achieved is  34.79 lakhs under the sans and provide impetus to its tribal India outlets. There are plans of setting ation of Minimum Support Price (MSP) MSP for MFP scheme with some of the products using the scheme. TRIFED has up new Tribes India outlets in the major for the selected MFPs which provides key products procured being thatch, entered into MoU with different min- cities/towns of Assam. A Tribal Mall is both subsistence and cash income for an bamboo, cane, hill broom, medicinal istries where in convergences are pro- being planned to promote tribal artisans estimated 100 million people who live in plants, ahoi and koroi. Under the Van posed to further develop the value chain and create a brand recognition for the or near forests. Dhan Yojana, TRIFED has set up 128 for the established Van Dhan Vikas heritage products that the tribals produce. In the past two years, the revamped VDVKCs benefiting over 37,786 house- Kendra Clusters. Currently in Assam, To preserve the tribal heritage and gen- ‘Mechanism for Marketing of Minor holds. under convergence with MSME Ministry, erate local employment, at the same time Forest Produce (MFP) through As a follow up to this meeting, 100 trainings have been identified. Under protecting the interests of tribal produc- Minimum Support Price (MSP) and the TRIFED and the government of Assam the SFURTI scheme, two proposals are ers, TRIFED is also working towards pro- Development of Value Chain for MFP’ will be developing an enterprise model under development. In convergence with moting geographical indication products has impacted the tribal ecosystem in a for Van Dhan Yojana incorporating MoFPI, 10 Mini-TRIFOOD units have in the State of Assam. 11 new products positive way. It has injected  3000 crores components of forward linkages includ- been proposed and four Honey FPOs have been identified for GI tagging and into the tribal economy, even during such ing setting up of common facilities at dis- have been allocated, in conjunction with more tribal suppliers will be supported difficult times, aided by government trict HQs for handling/packaging, test- the Ministry of Agriculture. to register as authorised users. push. The Van Dhan Yojana is an initia- ing, demonstration centers for minor for- to develop a marketing and logistics plan With regard to the intervention The fruitful meeting thus out- tive targeting livelihood generation for est produces/silk/lac/agri produces, clus- for promoting tribal products from the ‘Marketing and logistics development for lined the plans that TRIFED has in the tribals by harnessing the wealth of for- ter level tertiary processing units, mar- Northeast region, where it plans to promoting tribal products from the state of Assam and the CM’s support : + +;: est i.e. Van Dhan. The programme keting and branding. The initiatives will empanel more than 4,000 artisans and Northeastern region’, it will be imple- was sought. It is hoped that the imple- envisages to establish tribal entrepreneurs be implemented in convergence with identify tribal products which can be reg- mented across all the eight Northeastern mentation of these beneficial schemes for generating livelihoods leading to MoTA, TRIFED, Govt of Assam, MSME, istered under Geographical Indication states including Assam. Through that, can be accelerated with the leadership  0  + :  enhanced income generation among MoFPI and MoRD. The presentation having a proposed budget of  150 Crore. TRIFED will procure tribal products and patronage of the CM, the entire tribal people and cover over 5.3 lakh trib- spoke in detail about these plans. It was iterated during the meeting that worth  6.625 Cr. from over 250 Tribal tribal population in Assam will be ben- ;= 6 al households. In addition, TRIFED has proposed Assam can hugely benefit from this suppliers in the next year. These products efitted. or the convenience of metro commuters, Kolkata FMetro has decided to add eight more metro ser- elhi Development Authority held public dealing departments of DDA are vices (UP & DN). Metro will now run 228 (114 UP Dits meeting on August 10, through PM Uday, Land Disposal and Housing. & 114 DN) daily services instead of 220 services video conferencing under the chair- The processes in PM Uday and LD from Monday to Friday so that the passengers can manship of Anil Baijal, Lt Governor of Updates from DDA meeting have already been computerised. It was travel comfortably. Delhi and chairman of DDA, attend- brought to the notice of the Authority Out of these services, 150 services (75 UP & 75 ed by Anurag Jain, IAS, vice-chairman stantially lesser in comparison to the liminarily approved by the Authority that processes of Housing have also DN) will run in between Kavi Subhash and of DDA and other members of the fee payable in neighbouring states. The in its meeting held on March 13 ear- been computerised and from June 1, Dakshineswar. Metro services will run at an inter- Authority including Vijender Gupta new policy will encourage private lier this year. After that, a public 2021, only online applications are val of 5 minutes during morning and evening peak (MLA), Somnath Bharti (MLA), O P investment by improving the environ- notice was issued for inviting objec- being received. The offline process has hours. />0#   Sharma (MLA) and Kailash Sankla, ment of certainty. tions/suggestions. been done away with. municipal councillor of the South The policy is futuristic and The new norms will bring more A campaign was initiated to dis- :   Delhi Municipal Corporation. improves the ease of doing business. It clarity in terms of the FAR to be utilised pose of all the offline cases in a time- At 07:30 hrs from Dakshineswar to Kavi  Following major decisions were allows CNG and any other non-fossil for commercial use, which is a prereq- bound manner so that after the tran- Subhash (no change) taken: fuel. Further, only restrictions are uisite considering the viability of the sition to the online processes, no case At 07:30 hrs from Dum Dum to Dakshineswar those mandated by Petroleum and projects. The current modification has will remain pending beyond the time (no change)     POLICY FOR ALLOTMENT OF Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) adopted a graded approach for appor- prescribed in the citizen's charter. At 07:30 hrs from Kavi Subhash to CNG STATION SITES and Unified Building Bye-Laws tionment of commercial FAR on the The matter was also discussed in Dakshineswar (no change) AIL (India) was today awarded by the To bring in transparency and (UBBL) plots which varies as per the plot size. the Authority meeting in January At 07:30 hrs from Dum Dum to Kavi Subhash GGovernment e-Marketplace (GeM) for mak- increase efficiency in the process of Any gas distributing companies, The norms have introduced flexibility 2021 where it was desired that the (no change) ing the highest procurement of  1,033 crore allotment of CNG station sites' plots, their LoI holders or even those persons in the provisioning of commercial process should be completed at the ear- among Central Public Sector Enterprises through the Authority has approved policy for who are likely to get LoI within a year FAR for the specific size of plots to be liest.   the GeM portal in 2020-21. e-auction of CNG station sites, under are eligible to participate in the auction. constructed for public use provided the Anurag, the vice-chairman At 19:48 hrs from Dakshineswar to Kavi Accepting the award, GAIL's chairman and which DDA will allot sites to individ- Therefore, any person who may not stipulated condition of Traffic Impact informed that there is no pendency on Subhash (no change) MD, Manoj Jain said GAIL was continuously uals or gas distribution companies and have an LOI at the time of auction but Assessment (TIA) and Traffic part of DDA in Housing Department At 20:00 hrs from Dum Dum to Kavi Subhash striving to increase its procurement through its Letter of Intent (LoI) holders is eligible to get the LoI of M/S IGL can Management Plan (TMP) is fulfilled. cases before June 1. However, there are (no change) GeM. He also thanked GeM for accepting through the mode of the auction on a also participate in the e-auction It has been mandated that the con- pending 882 cases, where action is At 20:00 hrs from Kavi Subhash to GAIL’s suggestion to facilitate the procurement license basis. Earlier, the lands were process. struction of MLCP is to be linked with awaited on part of applicants, where- Dakshineswar (no change) of critical items like line pipes through its por- allotted for five years and the increase It was also decided to allot 25 per TIA and TMP studies and the manage- in either payment is due or some doc- tal for the first time. in the rates was also uncertain as it was cent sites directly to IGL for running ment aspect of assigning a single uments need to be submitted. The On Saturdays, 104 numbers (52 UP & 52 DN Government e-Marketplace facilitates online related to average auction rates. Under the station on Company Owned agency to ensure proper utilization of name and other details of these appli- )maintenance special services will be run only for procurement of common use Goods & Services the new policy, the tenure of the Company Operate (COCO) model. the MLCP and decongestion of the cants have been uploaded to DDA’s essential staff from 08:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs and 15:30 required by various government departments, licence is 10 years, renewable up to 30 adjoining areas. Besides, annual website. The applicants may access the hrs to 19:15 hrs between Kavi Subhash and organisations, PSUs. years, and the increase in the licence MULTI-LEVEL CAR PARKING accounts of the Authority for the year deficiency letter online using NSK ID. Dakshineswar. GAIL Director (Finance), A K Tiwari was fee is fixed. The Development Control Norms 2019-2020 were approved by the The Land Disposal Department of There will be no services on Sundays. also present on the occasion. The award was pre- To promote green fuel in the cap- of Multi-Level Parking for private Authority. DDA is also making similar efforts to East –West Metro services will remain unchanged. sented by P K Singh, CEO of GeM. ital city, the Authority decided to modes were approved by the Authority reduce pendency and it is expected to No tokens will be issued. In the current financial year, GAIL has made grant a discount of 50 per cent on the for consideration and final approval by OTHER DEVELOPMENTS bring down the pendency within the Commuters are requested to maintain social dis- procurement of  526 crores through the GeM value of land in fixing the reserve price. MoHUA, as a part of the amendment Computerisation of processes time limit prescribed by the Citizen tancing and all other covid protocols in the metro portal till July 2021. The licence fee (reserve price) is sub- to MPD-2021. 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In case the pitch offers Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, irat Kohli might have to training session at the Lord’s on brittle England batting used during that post-match some assistance, Moeen Ali, who Mayank Agarwal, Ajinkya Rahane seriously consider playing Monday. line-up with their differ- conference and hence has been inducted might again like (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, his best tweaker It’s still not clear whether he ent variations. The Ashwin, who is currently on to torment the Indians like he did Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. VRavichandran Ashwin picked up the injury during the first poor quality of the new the verge of surpassing in 2014 and ‘18 series or else there Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar instead of the injured Shardul Test or not. With Thakur all but generation of Harbhajan Singh’s (417 wick- is world’s fastest bowler Mark Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Thakur but the Indian captain did- ruled out of the upcoming match England Test ets) tally, comes into the pic- Wood, whose average speed is 90 Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, n’t specify whether the seasoned off- starting Thursday, Kohli might have ture. clicks per hour. Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul, spinner would get the nod ahead of to revisit his 4-1 bowling combina- If the skipper believes that For India, KL Rahul would Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), a pacer in the second Test against tion which can’t be cast in stone his batting needs to be suitably like to consolidate his position at the Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi England. While India were in a bet- considering the lean nature of his beefed up, then Ashwin is the right top of the order even though Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav. ter position to win the first Test team’s lower-order batting. choice in case weather permitting, Mayank Agarwal being back in the England: Joe Root (capt), James before the heavens opened up on the “For us, it’s about finding there is something available on the nets is a welcome sign for India. Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen final day, the first innings score of that perfect balance but if some- fourth or fifth day Lord’s pitch. While batting order might not Ali, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Zak 278 was still below par as none one like Shardul is not available, England are likely to miss their be tinkered with but Agarwal’s fit- Crawley, Sam Curran, Haseeb among Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara then we definitely need to think senior pacer Stuart Broad as he had ness could also make Rahul an Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Jack and Ajinkya Rahane scored runs. how to pick up 20 wickets and injured his right calf muscle during option in the middle-order, where Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Not to forget that all three not try to plug in another guy, players was a training session which possibly he personally prefers batting. Dom Sibley, Mark Wood, Saqib haven’t scored heavily in the past two who can give us some runs with exposed again as rules him out of the game. While both Pujara and Rahane Mahmood. years and save Rahane, who got a the bat. I think we are very com- skipper Joe Root had to hundred in Melbourne, the other fortable how first Test went,” come to his team’s rescue two batting mainstays haven’t been Kohli gave an open-ended for the umpteenth time nd able to convert a lot of their half-cen- answer. with a fifty in the first Stuart Broad to miss 2 Test with right calf injury: ECB turies into three-figure marks. London has been record- innings and a match-saving “I don’t think that’s an area of ing a maximum temperature 21st Test hundred in the   :: concern. Our basic focus is not to of 24 degrees with average second essay. think individually where people are temperature around 14 There is every possibil- ngland will miss the services of Stuart Broad in but collectively how much strength degrees. ity that Rory Burns could be Ethe second Test against India as the senior fast they bring into the team is our focus. It would be interesting replaced by Haseeb Hameed, bowler was on Wednesday ruled out due to a calf What’s your best and strongest bat- to see if England retain a who scored a hundred open- injury sustained during a training session ahead of ting unit that you can take on the green top like they did ing the the match starting on Thursday. park,” the skipper said. in 2018 when Indian innings for the “England seamer Stuart Broad has sustained a As far as team combination is batting collapsed Combined Counties tear to his right calf and has been ruled out of the concerned, Shardul being ruled out twice in two days against Indians in the tour LV= Insurance Test series against India,” the England with a “left hamstring injury” does and all-rounder game last month. and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement. tilt the lower-order batting balance, Chris Woakes For Kohli, if four pac- “He underwent an MRI scan in London on although the Mumbai seamer did- walked away with ers are non-negotiable, Wednesday lunchtime, which revealed a tear. Broad n’t trouble the scorers in the only the honours. then one among Ishant sustained the injury during the warm-up on In 22 first-class games, he has picked up 65 wick- innings that he played. In case, the Sharma or Umesh Yadav Tuesday afternoon at Lord’s.” ets. With Saqib joining the squad, the ECB informed Ashwin, who was dropped from pitch is on the will be straightaway replac- England have called up Lancashire seamer that off-spinner “Dom Bess will leave the squad and the playing XI in the drawn open- drier side, there ing Thakur but the choice Saqib Mahmood as cover. The 24-year-old Saqib, who return to Yorkshire this morning.” ing game in Nottingham because of will possibly be might not be that easy. is of Pakistani descent, has played 16 white-ball games Broad was on the verge of playing his milestone Ravindra Jadeja’s superior skills with no harm in play- “Most likely it will be a for England — seven ODIs and nine T20Is — from 150th Test. 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