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Faquir Chand Girdhari Lal S/o Amboo Ram Sharma W/o Sh Tilak Raj beloved Sh Ajit Singh Slathia left for heavenly abode on 9th Sharma R/o Extension Karan September 2020. Kriya shall be per - R/o Bhagtha Distt. Reasi, who S/o Smt Veena Devi & Dr Bagh, Adarsh Enclave Lane No Swarajya Singh Slathia R/o formed on 19-09-2020 (Saturday) at Sh. Rameshwar passed on 10.09.2020 Tenth Sh. Girdhari Lal Smt Kanta Sh Ajit Singh 1, Near National Hospital, H.No. 550, Sainik Colony, our residence H.No 52/2 Shakti Nath Khajuria Day will be performed on Sharma Slathia Nagar, Jammu. Uthala will be per - Gadigarh, Jammu. The 10th day Sector-D, who left for his formed on 21-09-2020 (Monday) 19.09.2020 at Bhagtha at will be performed on (Saturday) heavenly abode on from 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm Ram Mandir 10.30 am Kriya Karam will be 19/09/2020 at 11 am and Kriya September 10th 2020. The Gurha Bakshi Nagar. performed on 20.09.2020 at will be performed on 20/09/2020 Tenth Day will be performed GRIEF STRICKEN our residence. (Sunday) at our own residence. on September 19th 2020 at 10 Smt. Taro Devi - Mother IN GRIEF Smt. Geeta Devi - Wife GRIEF STRICKEN AM at our residence Sainik Sh Tilak Raj Sharma -Husband Colony. The 13th Day will be Mr. Arun Khajuria - Son Bhagat Family Mr Dheeraj & Shally Sharma -Son & Daughter-in-law Mr. Varun Khajuria - Son performed on September Mohinder Kumar & Rakesh Kumar Mr Neeraj & Sofia Sharma -Son & Daughter-in-law Brother & Bhabhi 22nd, 2020 at our residence Sh. Dawerka Nath & Smt. Adarsh Mr Ajay & Harsh Khajuria -Son-in-law & Daughter Sainik Colony. Mr Vipul & Aarti Khajuria -Son-in-law & Daughter Sh. Pawan Khajuria & Smt. Neelam GRIEF STRICKEN Mobile No: 9906210900, 7889670679, 7889820789 Sisters & Brothers-in-law Madhu Kumari - Wife Sh. Sat Pal Sapolia & Smt. Swaran Sapolia 10TH DAY Sister & Brother-in-Law Sh. Varinder Sharma & Smt. Darshana Sharma With profound grief and sorrow, Sh. Pawan Sharma & Smt. Nirmal Sharma Seema Jamwal & Sheetal Jamwal we regret to inform the sad and Samar & Vaibhav Jamwal - Nephews Sh. Vivek Sharma & Smt. Kiran Bala untimely demise of beloved fa - Mobile No: 9419181606, 9419186640 KRIYA Courtesy: Slathia & Anathal Family ther Sh. Parmod Singh R/o H.No. With profound grief and sorrow 66 A Patoli Mangotrain Jammu. we announce the sad demise of TENTH DAY will be performed at our beloved Pt Manohar Lal Sh. Parmod Hari Mandir, Rehari Colony on 19 Magotra (Bawe wale). The Kirya 10TH DAY Singh 10TH DAY KRIYA Sep 2020 Saturday at 7 AM. will be performed on 19/09/2020 With profound grief and sorrow, we With esteemed grief and sorrow, GRIEF STRICKEN Saturday at 12 noon at our resi - inform the sad demise of our beloved we regret to inform the sad de - Smt. Santosh Kumari- Wife dence 291 E Sainik Colony Pt Manohar Lal Smt. Renu Pandita W/o Sh Maharaj mise of our beloved father Sh Krishan Pandita, R/o Sehdugpora Sons and Daughters-in-law Jammu. (ONLY FAMILY MEM - Magotra Attan Ji Koul S/o Lt. Pt. Prem Handwara (Kashmir), A/p Trt Quarter Ravinder Singh and Ritu Thakur BERS TO ATTEND) Nath Koul R/o Ganpathyar Number A-10 Muthi Camp Phase Rajinder Singh and Rajshree GRIEF STRICKEN Srinagar at present at House No. 2nd on 10-09-2020. Tenth Day Kriya Daughter and Son-in-law Mrs Madhu W/o Late Pt Manohar Lal Magotra Smt. Renu 38 B-1 Laxmipuram Chinore, Sh Attan Ji Koul will be performed at Muthi Ghat on Lata Thakur and Joginder Singh Mrs Neelam W/o Late Pt Narinder Magotra (Bhabhi) Pandita Bantalab. The Tenth Day Kriya 8:00 am on 19-09-2020. Grand Children : Leeza, Atul, Rishab, Ritik, Shaifali Brother and Bhabi GRIEF STRICKEN will be performed at Muthi Ghat Mob No: 9419112020, 9419221945 Mrs Shivani and Mr Surinder Magotra Sh. Maharaj Krishan Pandita -Husband near DIET on 19/09/2020. Sisters and Brother-in-law Mr Suraj Pandita -Son Assembling will be held at Muthi Mrs Reva Dogra and Mr Girish Dogra Daughters & Son-in-Laws Ghat at 9.00 AM. Mrs Anu Mathur and Col (Retd) Ashutosh Mathur Smt Anuradha & Sh Rajinder Sumbli GRIEF STRICKEN 10TH DAY KRIYA Sons and Daughter-in-laws Smt Varsha & Sh. Sunil Dhar Mrs Girja Koul (Wife) Smt Shivani & Sh Raj Kumar Koul Mrs Manu and Mr Arun Magotra With profound grief and sorrow to Brothers & Bhabis Grand Children : Paris, Savi, Dhroon & Arav Mrs Priya and Mr Vivek Magotra inform sad demise of our beloved Mr Tej Krishen Koul & Mrs Raj Kumari Koul Contact Nos: 7006465909, 8717014890 Daughter and Son-in-law mother Smt. Mohan Piyari W/o Mr Vijay Krishen Koul & Mrs Santosha Koul Mrs Bhanu Ahuja and Col Deepak Ahuja Late Sh. Chuni Lal Makroo R/o Mrs Pyari W/o Lt.Makhan Lal Peshin (Aunty & Uncle) Nephews and Daughter-in-laws Qaziyar Zainakadal Srinagar Sister’s & Brother in laws Mrs Shashi Sharma and Mr Sanjay Sharma Kashmir at present H. No. 112 Mr Rattan Lal Raina & Mrs Kishni Raina 10TH DAY Smt. Mohan Mrs Tanya Dogra and Mr Amit Dogra Wazirbagh Surya Vihar Anand Dr Avtar Krishen Malla & Mrs Phoola Malla With profound grief and sorrow we in - Piyari Mrs Sareena Sharma and Mr Sumit Sharma Nagar Patta Bohri Jammu who Son & Daughter in law form the sad demise of our beloved Nieces and Son-in-laws Shri Ram Prakash Sawhney S/o Late left for heavenly abode on 15-9- Mr Amit Koul & Mrs Sonam Koul Gupta Mrs Sangeeta and Mr Vikram Doriaswami Shri Jia Lal Sawhney R/o 40 DC 2020. 10th Day Kriya will be per - Mr Akshay Koul (Son) Mrs Shefali Dubey and Mr Shashi Dubey Gandhi Nagar Jammu who left for formed on 24-9-2020 (Thursday) Grand Daughter Mrs Shilpa Tandon and Mr Aseem Tandon heavenly abode on 10.09.2020 at 9.00 AM at Muthi Ghat Kashvi Koul TENTH DAY will be held on Akhnoor Road, Jammu. Mrs Shachi Sharma and Mr Munish Sharma Shri Ram Contact . 9596829999, 9419620046,7006437099 19.09.2020. KRIYA will be held on GRIEF STRICKEN: Mrs Shyamli Padha and Mr Nipun Padha Prakash SAMAST KOUL, RAINA, PANDITA & BHAT PARIVAR 22.09.2020. Son & Daughter-in-law Mrs Charu Chowdhry and Mr Navang Chowdhry Sawhney GRIEF STRICKEN Sh. Dileep Kumar Makroo & Smt. Pinky Grand Children: Punya, Vasu, Nandit, Naini, Devika Smt. Pushpa Devi Sawhney (Wife) Daughter & Son-in-law & Nitika Daughter-in-law and Son Smt. Chander Kiran & Sh. Rajender Kumar Mattoo Mrs Saroj and Mr. Sudesh Sawhney Ms. Jeene Makroo -Daughter FIFTH DAY Daughter and Son-in-law With profound grief and sorrow, Mrs. Bindu and Mr. S.S.Nanda Grand Children we inform the sad demise of our Daughters and Sons-in-law Rohit, Ruchika, Kareena, Rishab 10TH DAY/KRIYA beloved elder Sister Smt Kamla Mrs. Manju and Mr. K.J. Kapoor SAMAST PARIVAR With heavy heart profound grief, Verma W/o Sh. Krishan Lal Mrs. Sunita and Mr. Amrit Sareen Makroo’s, Dembi’s, Gurtoo’s, Kakroo’s, Kak’s, we inform untimely demise of our Verma R/o Shakti Nagar (Dhar Grand Childrens:- Mattoo’s, Bindroo’s beloved Sh Om Parkash Mrs. Sonia and Mr. Suresh Puri Road), Udhampur who left for Mobile No: 9419143641, 9469487611, 6006189106, Chandel S/o Lt Sh Yograj Mrs.Ekta and heaven on 16th of Sept, 2020. Smt Kamla 9906299310 Chandal R/o H No. 18, Kucha Mrs.Pooja and Mr. Rohan Nanda FIFTH DAY will be performed on Verma Sardar Khem Chand, Chowk Mrs.Prerna and Mr.Varun Sawhney 19th of September, 2020 Chabutra Jammu, who left for Sh Om Parkash Mrs. Sakshi and Mr. Amit Anand (Saturday) at Hari Mandir, Rehari heavenly abode on 10/9/20 Chandel Karan Kapoor Colony, Jammu at 11 AM. Sehaj , Anmol & Sahara FIFTH DAY (Thursday). Tenth Day will be GRIEF STRICKEN Mob:- 9419124103,7051463110 performed on 19/9/20 (Saturday) With profound grief and sorrow, Bhabis & Brothers Due to covid-19 please stay at home and pray for the de - from 10.30 am onwards at Rani we inform the sad demise of our Smt Santosh Verma W/o Late Sh. Krishan Lal Verma parted soul Park Mandir Jammu. Kriya will beloved Jija Ji Sh. Ved Paul (9797824372) be performed on 19/9/20 Gupta Husband of Surishta Smt Ramni Verma & Sh Sham Lal Verma (Saturday) from 12.30 noon on - Gupta R/o Indra Nagar Near (Rtd. Head Draftsman) (7889914018) wards at our residence. Petrol Pump Domail Udhampur. Smt Sunita Verma & Sh Manohar Lal Verma UTHALA Sh. Ved Paul GRIEF STRICKEN : The Fifth Day will be performed (Manohar Jewellers, Jammu) (9419125481) With profound grief and sorrow, on Saturday,19th of September , Gupta Smt Asha Chandel (Wife) we inform the sad demise of our 2020 at our residence Saahil & Nitin Sajgotra (Daughter & Son in law) beloved Smt Kamla Verma W/o Thial,Tehsil Majalta, Distt. Neeraj Chandel (Son) Sh Krishan Lal Verma R/o Ward Udhampur at 11:00 A.M. Prince Chandel (Son) No 15, Shakti Nagar, Udhampur GRIEF STRICKEN 9086666800, 9797363688, 9796842524 OBITUARY who left for heavenly abode on Brothers-in-Law & Sisters-in-Law With profound grief & sorrow, we 16/09/2020. Uthala will be per - Smt Kamla Sh. Mangu Ram Gupta & Smt. Shobha Rani regret to inform the sad demise of formed on Saturday, 19-09-2020 Verma Sh. Madan Lal Gupta & Smt. Nisha Gupta our beloved father Sh Ved Lal at 4 PM - 5 PM at Mahajan Hall, Jandial Family KRIYA/RASAM PAGRI Tiku S/o Late Sh Ram Chand Sitla Mandir Gali, Udhampur. Mobile No: 9858509990, 7006135832, 9107444546 Tiku, original resident of Shalla GRIEF STRICKEN With profound grief & sorrow we Kadal, Srinagar at present T- Daughter-in-laws & Sons inform sad demise of our beloved 468, Govt Qtrs, Subash Nagar, Sh Ved Lal Tiku Smt Anuradha Verma and Sh Rajkumar Verma Sh. Pardeep Kumar (Advocate) Jammu. 10th Day will be per - Smt Arti Verma and Sh Rajesh Verma S/o Late Sh. Shiv Ram R/o Ward formed on 20th Sept, 2020 (8.30 Daughters & Son-in-laws OBITUARY No. 17, H.No 308, PTC Road, AM) at Muthi Ghat, Jammu. Smt Sashi Prabha & Sh Kewal Abrol With profound grief we express Omara morh Udhampur. Kriya Sh. Pardeep GRIEF STRICKEN:- Smt Anjana Anand & Sh Sudesh Anand shock at untimely demise of our will be performed at Devika Ghat Suneel & Rimmi Tiku - Son & Daughter-in-Law Kumar Grand Children: Poonam, Palvi, Hrithik, Akshat, beloved Shri Jai Krishan Koul S/o on 19.09.2020 (Saturday) at (Mobile No: 9569139334, 9419370234) (Advocate) Rakshit, Nirvi, Harvi, Rutvi Late Shri. Prithvi Nath Koul (erst - 10.00 AM UTHALA/ RASAM PA - Sanjay & Neetu Koul - Daughter & Son-in-Law while Peth Kanihama, Magam GRI at our residence on (Mobile Nos 9796033930, 9906908338) Kashmir) on 11th Sept. 2020, Shri Jai Krishan 19.09.2020 (Sat) at 4.00 PM . Sehaj, Akshara, Aahana - Grand Children 4.30 P.M at present H.No.48, Koul GRIEF STRICKEN. 10TH DAY Lane No. 27 Rajpura, Jammu. Smt. Rubi (Wife) With profound grief & sorrow, we The 10th Day Kriya will be per - Akash Kumar, Rohan Kumar, Dikshansh Kumar (Sons) inform the sad and sudden de - formed on 20th Sept. 2020 at Sister & Brother-in-laws 10TH DAY/KRIYA mise of beloved father Sh Mohan Muthi Ghat, Near Directorate of Smt. Madhu Balgotra & D.P Balgotra With profound grief and sorrow, Lal Tickoo S/o Late Sh Shiv Ji School Education, Jammu at Smt. Veena Dogra & Sh. Ashok Kumar Dogra we inform the sad demise of our Tickoo R/o Shakepora Anantnag 8.30 a.m. Brother's & Bhabhi's beloved Smt Uma Shori Bhat GRIEF STRICKEN: W/o Late Sh T N Bhat R/o A/p H.No.155, Sector-I Lane Sh Mohan Lal Late Sh. Jagmohan & Smt. Jyoti Devi. Smt. Sarla Koul (Wife) Uttersoo Anantnag (Kmr) at B/10 Vinayak Nagar, Muthi Tenth Tickoo Sh. Hem Raj & Smt. Anita Day will be performed on 22-9- Simran Koul (Daughter) Sh. Chaman Lal Sharma & Suman present H No. 136, Amit Nagar 2020 at 7 am at Muthi Camp near (Bhabhi and Brother) Mother-in-law & Father-in-law Muthi Jammu. Tenth Day will be Smt Uma Shori performed on 19-09-2020 at Director Education Office Smt. Basanti & Sh. Bhushan Lal Pandita (Koul) Smt Darshana Devi & Late Sh. Daya Ram Bhat Muthi Ghat near Director School Jammu. Sisters and Brother's in Law: Sister-in-law Education at 8:30 am. GRIEF STRICKEN Smt. Nancy Mujoo Smt Anita Balgotra W/o Ajay Balgotra GRIEF STRICKEN : Smt. Veena Raina & Sh. Prem Nath Raina Brother-in-law Sons and Daughters-in-law Smt Jagat Rani Bhat W/o Late Sh J N Bhat (Devrani) (Nephew's) Sh. Harish Dogra & Sunayana Bhardwaj (Wife) Rajesh Tickoo & Pratiba Tickoo Smt Brij Mohini Bhat W/o Late Sh B N Bhat (Devrani) Ajay Tickoo & Sarojni Tickoo Sh. Dileep Koul & Smt. Renu Nephew: Avikshit Dogra Smt and Sh O.N. Bhat (Devar) Daughter & Son-in-law Sh. Ravinder Koul & Smt. Daisy Nephew's & Nice Smt & Sh Suman Ji Moza (Daughter and Son-in-law) Sunita Raina & Shadi Lal Raina Sh. Dheeraj Pandita & Smt.Shailey Sarvisht Kumar, Seema Balgotra, Vandana, Smt and Sh R K Koul (Daughter & Son in -law) Kids: Sanchit, Diya, Ashmit, Pihu, Tejal, Aditya (Niece) Ninawat, Gorav, Chetna Dogra, Shweta, Monica, Smt & Sh Shuban Chrungoo (Daughter & Son-in-law) Sisters & Brothers-in-law Smt. Rekha Kadam and Tushar Kadam Ishaan, Vishal, Nishikant Smt and Sh Vinod Ji Bhat (Daughter & Son-in-law) Ratni Tickoo & Janki Nath Tickoo Mob. No. 7889736455, 9086096067, 7889532268 All grand children's & all members of District Smt and Sh Veer Ji Bhat - Son and Daughter-in-law) Sham Rani & Lt. Sh Badri Nath Bhat All Koul's, Pandita's, Mujoo's, Raina's, Tickoo's Near Bar Association Udhampur. Smt & Sh Sameer Ji Bhat (Son and Daughter-in-law) Ph:7006651970, 94191-98813, 9810185770, & Dear ones. 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DC Bandipora launches special registration drive Samoon launches a comprehensive for labourers BANDIPORA, SEPTEMBER 18: ‘Safe School Pilot Programme’ the district Administration bandipora today launched a special registration drive for laborers in the district. In this regard three special registration cells SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 18: were also established at three surplus blocks-Hajin, Nowgam and Mini-Secretariat here. principal Secretary, School deputy Commissioner (dC) bandipora, dr Owais education and Skill development, dr Ahmad said that the three registration cells have been es - Asgar Hassan Samoon today launched a tablished in pursuance to the nation-wide Mission Mode comprehensive ‘School Safety project and Jan Abhiyan launched by the Labour and programme’ here at Model GGHSS employment department. He said the administration Nawakadal. with active support of the Health department and CSC Speaking on the occasion, the centres, these labour registration cells will house 1 dental principal Secretary said that the pro - surgeon (for issuance of age certificates) and 2 CSC oper - gramme will be a landmark to ensure ators for facilitating online applications. safety of all children and teachers of dr Owais said he has already directed the relevant de - schools of Jammu and Kashmir. He said partments to collaborate and make the mission mode that Samagra Shiksha has developed project a success in the district so that all the left out complete SOps on School Safety includ - labourers of different categories are enrolled so that they ing Covid-19 infections, prevention and will also demonstrate an innovative ped - the programme. vised programme document on School get benefitted by the government schemes. He said the control, safe re-opening of schools, al-operated hand washing station based dr Manhas said, “School Safety has Safety has been prepared which includes department of Labour has already registered about school safety and mid-day meals with on UNICeF design. the model schools been on the agenda of Samagra Shiksha detailed SOps on School Safety in Jammu 25,000 labourers with the building and Other technical support from UNICeF. are proposed to be scaled up across all J&K but more than that it is our duty to and Kashmir and a two year Action plan. Construction Workers board and has been asked to cover dr Samoon said “COVId-19 pandem - districts of Jammu and Kashmir over a ensure that all children are safe whether As part of this programme, all Head of all the eligible labourers during the Jan Abhiyan. the ic forced school closures in March 2020 two year period. in school or out of school. therefore, even Institutions (HOIs) of Jammu and deputy Commissioner has appealed to the labourers of and it has opened an opportunity for re - On the occasion, eLFA International though schools are closed, it is our priori - Kashmir will be trained on School Safety, the district to enroll themselves in the nearest registra - visiting the school safety programme demonstrated all COVId-19 and school ty to ensure that children are safe wherev - re-opening measures, conducting safety tion cell so that they can avail the benefits of various wel - from a COVId-19 perspective”. safety measures by displaying mecha - er they are and we are ensuring their audits and IeC material on school safety fare schemes. He said earlier as part of Jan Abhiyan the dr Samoon said that during the cur - nism for children to take part in their own mental health and psycho-social support, will be displayed in all schools of Jammu administration distributed rs.46.41 lakh assistance un - rent pandemic, SOps for community safety through ‘Safe Saturation’ pro - online safety during virtual classes and Kashmir.director, School education der various welfare schemes among 36 construction schooling were issued by the department gramme. through the national flagship schemes Kashmir, M y Malik; principal GGHSS workers/ dependents of deceased construction workers of School education which form a part of project director, Samagra Shiksha like Manodarpan and pragyata”. Nawakadal, Fatima Shaheen tak also ac - block dewas program at Aloosa. the dC said that the de - these SOps and will further include J&K, dr Arun Manhas who introduced through further consultations be - companied the principal Secretary while partment is further working on disbursement of educa - school re-opening measures prepared by this programme in J&K, joined the tween Samagra Shiksha and other offi - as Md Samagra Shiksha, Arun Manhas tional assistance among around 2500 registered con - UNICeF and WHO. launch online and commended everyone cials of the department of School joined the programme through video struction workers till Oct 2. dr Samoon said that the model school involved in the successful realization of education and UNICeF experts, a re - conferencing. Dwivedi discusses action plan to revive carpet sector in J&K Schemes for yarn supply, CFCs, raw material banks, new looms, skill upgradation being proposed

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 – motion of traditional industries replacing 10,000 old and worn Operations & Other which have carved out a niche out carpet looms, Mr. dwivedi Construction Workers Welfare to overcome the stiff chal - for itself in overseas markets, fixed a target of 2000 looms board, by proposing an amend - lenges confronting the carpet Secretary Industries spelt out a during the current financial ment to Central Government in industry in Jammu and futuristic plan to revive the car - year and issued directions to the Act. On this, the Secretary Kashmir, Commissioner pet sector, which remains the take up the matter with the Industries said he will take up Secretary, Industries & mainstay of craft products ex - Ministry of textiles for consid - the matter with the Labour & Commerce, Manoj Kumar ported from Jammu & ering the proposal under the employment department to dwivedi, Friday chaired a Kashmir. He asked director relevant scheme. He also ad - come up with a similar scheme meeting to discuss slew of Handicrafts and Handloom to vised director IICt to propose to provide social security net to measures to revive the sector, submit a detailed proposal for prototype of various carpet the artisans and weavers in the which remains the mainstay of implementation of the yarn looms with technical support of form of life insurance, health exports to overseas destina - Supply Scheme for different experts, which shall ensure that incentive, academic scholar - tions. types of raw material to regis - knotted quality of the finished IICt for GI labeling for brand - CepC for handholding of carpet pandemic on exports. taking ship and marriage assistance Special Secretary, I&C, tered carpet weavers. He also product is world class. ing of silk carpets. Highlighting and craft exporters. the craft cognizance of the need to ex - etc. On the issue of unsold in - M.M.r. Ghassi, Managing issued directions to director On the issue of immediate the need to provide a level play - entrepreneurs and exporters pose carpet weavers to de - ventories in craft sector, director, J&K Handloom & IICt to work out a proposal for need of establishing a yarn ing field to craft exporters and are slated to participate in two mand-driven products, Secretary Industries issued Handicrafts Corporation, establishing at least two raw dyeing House in IICt campus, entrepreneurs, Mr. dwivedi big virtual fairs being organized Secretary Industries stressed standing instructions to Md, Hashmat Ali yatoo, director, Material banks in carpet craft- Secretary Industries asked laid emphasis upon their par - by the Ministry of textiles later upon design diversification and J&K Handloom & Handicrafts Handicrafts & Handloom, concentrated areas, one in director Handicrafts & ticipation in virtual fairs in view this month and in November. skill upgradation of weavers. Corporation to explore the pos - Kashmir, Mussarat Islam, Central Kashmir and one in Handloom to earmark requisite of the pandemic and restric - this shall provide an opportu - director Handicrafts & sibility of reserving certain director IICt, Zubair Ahmad, North Kashmir, which shall en - funds in the revised Capex tions on holding of physical nity to the exporters to find on - Handloom briefed Secretary craft-related items for besides other senior officers at - sure sustained supply of quality budget 2020-21. He also issued fairs. He also advised director line buyers to sell their finished Industries on the need to bring Government procurement for tended the meeting. of raw material. directions for expediting Handicrafts and Handloom to products, which shall minimize the artisans and weavers within estates, Hospitality & protocol emphasizing upon the pro - responding to the issue of upgradation of existing lab in coordinate with epCH and the adverse impact of Covid-19 the ambit of building and tourism departments. Glimpses of Future 5 lOcal/natiOnal JAMMU, SAtUrdAy, SepteMber 19, 2020 Doda admin deputes health surveillance Samoon reviews constitution of team in containment zones Task Force for implementation Oxygen Doot with Pulse Oximeter to visit door to door for checkup: DDC of National Education Policy SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 18: Languages to be promoted for inter region - DODA, SEPTEMBER 18: Oxygen /Oxygen ties. al emotional attachment among students, Messenger". the ddC also demon - principal Secretary, School education freedom to learn in mother tongue, focus on district He said that these strated the use of the pulse and Skill development, dr Asgar Hassan foundational literacy and numeracy, cu - Administration doda has Oxygen doot /Oxygen oximeter and said that if Samoon today, chaired a meeting regarding riosity to study mathematical and scientific deputed health surveil - Messenger will be provid - the oxygen levels in the constitution of task Force for implementa - learning. principal Secretary asked the sen - lance team in containment ed pulse Oximeter and will body is above 90 the per - tion of National education policy (Nep), ior officers to ensure that National zones to check the oxygen go door to door in the con - son will be considered as 2020. threadbare discussion was held on education policy 2020 fill up gaps in access levels of the family mem - tainment zones and will physically fit and if the National educational policy 2020 in the and retention, human resource manage - bers in the households check the oxygen levels of oxygen levels are recorded context of Union territory of Jammu and ment, infrastructure deficit, digital accessi - twice a day. the family members in the below 90,then the person Kashmir and mechanism to be devised for bility, on ground implementation of right Addressing media per - households twice a day. is advised to visit the hos - identification of curriculum and new gap to education Act and rules, bridging the gap sons here today, district “If during checking the pital for immediate oxygen analysis requirements for implementation in infrastructure and quality education be - development oxygen level of any indi - support. of National education policy. the meeting tween Government and private Schools. Commissioner, dr Sagar d vidual is found below 90, Medical discussed the nomination of Academician Additional Secretary, School education, doifode informed about the person will be immedi - Superintendent asked them to understand check the oxygen levels of and principals of Government and private Nassir Ahmed Wani; Nodal Officer, Sed, the district ately shifted to the hospital Associated Hospital GMC their role and responsibili - every individual twice a Schools for appointment as members of the Fayaz Ahmed; principals and other officers Administration's initiative for oxygen support” he doda dr yaqoob Mir was ty well for effective imple - day on priority basis,” he task Force. It was decided to devise a mech - attended the meeting while Chairperson, of Oxygen doot/Oxygen said. also present at the press mentation of initiative at told them anism for inviting suggestions from all JKbOSe, Veena pandita, director, School Messenger. the ddC advised the conference. ground level. district stakeholders regarding the policy with spe - education Kashmir, M y Malik, director, the ddC informed general public of the dis - Meanwhile, the ddC “you have been ap - epidemiologist Umar cific reference to the challenges being faced School education Jammu, Anuradha that teams have been con - trict to make use of the held an interactive session pointed for an important Anayat Khan and Sohail in Jammu and Kashmir. he meeting also Gupta, Md Samagra Shiksha J&K, Arun stituted for every contain - pulse oximeter for early with designated Oxygen task of visiting to the raja Coordinator of the discussed other issues including Indian Kumar participated via video conferencing. ment zones and named detection of the low level of doot/Oxygen Messenger households in the assigned program also participated them as "Oxygen doot oxygen to prevent fatali - through online mode. He containment zones and in the online interaction. JaMMu & KaShMIR SPORTS COuNCIl BaKhShI STaDIuM SRINaGaR JAN ABHIYAN: M Raju listens to public NOTIFICaTION Pursuant to Notice NO:50-BOPEE of 2020 dated:15.09.2020 issued by J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examinations, applications on prescribed format are invited from issues at Reasi Panchayat eligible candidates who participated in NEET UG test 2020 for admission in Medical Courses for determination of Sports merit. The candidate who fulfill the following qualification/ condition as prescribed in Reviews water supply scenario in the district Government order No: 808-GAD of 2008 dated: 17.06.008. 946-GAD of 2008 dated: 15.07.2008, 1090-GAD of 2008 dated: 14.08.2008 & 733-GAD of 2010 dated: REASI, SEPTEMBER 18: Chairperson, Sarpanches officers to resolve all M.raju also felicitat - in dharmari are already 24.06.2010 should only apply:- and panches and public those pending issues be - ed the beneficiaries whose covered under tapped wa - i) A person who has represented India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games, SAARC As part of the Jan on the occasion projected fore the next block diwas. houses have been com - ter connection. She in - Games, Common Wealth Games or other officially recognized test Matches /World Abhiyan, Secretary numerous issues of public the Secretary said pleted under the pMAy-G formed that 1766 house - Cup Competitions in any of the games/Sports mentioned below. planning, development importance and sought that the Ut administra - scheme by providing holds in reasi and 2356 in ii) A person who has participated and secured one of the first three positions in the indi - and Monitoring their early redressal. the tion is working with an them momentos and dharmari are to be con - vidual events or was a member of the team which obtained first, second or 3rd posi - department, M.raju specific demands raised aim to ensure time bound blankets. He also handed nected with tapped water tion or has participated twice or more in the same discipline in the National along with the district during public hearing disposal of all the genuine over domicile certificates connection through ongo - Championship in any of the sports or games as mentioned below. development programme included ade - issues and assured of pro - among the applicants. ing water supply schemes. The disciplines (Sports/Games) covered under the above rules are athletics, Commissioner reasi, quate staff in health and viding transparent and re - the Secretary also She further informed Badminton, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Hockey, Swimming, Table Tennis, Volleyball Indu Kanwal Chib on educational institutions, sponsive governance to convened a meeting with that as many as 117 retro - Tennis Weight Lifting, Wrestling (International Style) Boxing Cycling Gymnastics, Judo Friday visited panchayat better road connectivity, the people. the concerned officers of fitting schemes have been Shooting Archery Equestrian, Handball Rowing Roller/Ice Skating, Skiing Squash, Sujandhar of block up-grading of health in - He highlighted the ob - the Jal Shakti and sanctioned under Jal Billiard & Snooker, Chess Golf Kabaddi, Karate, Kayaking Canoeing, Polo, Power bhamagh to take the first frastructure and augmen - jective of the Jan Abhiyan Irrigation and Flood Jeevan Mission through Lifting, Taekwondo, Yachting, Kho-Kho Body building Ball Badminton Bridge, Tennikoit, hand appraisal of griev - tation of drinking water saying that this grand Control departments to which 11401 households Carrom Softball, Wushu, Sport Climbing, Thang-Ta Baseball and all other games falling ances of the general pub - facility, inclusion of public campaign is aimed review the progress of in reasi and 17272 house - within the purview of Indian Olympic Association and or recognized by the Government lic. names of left out eligible at reaching out to the pub - various schemes being holds in dharmari shall of India. Scores of people in - beneficiaries under bpL lic for redressing their implemented in the dis - be provided functional The forms duly numbered are available on payment of Rs.200/- in the office of Sports cluding block etc. the visiting Secretary grievances and address trict. tapped water connection. Officer J&K Sports Council , M.A Stadium Jammu & Sports Officer J&K Sports Council development Council gave a patient hearing to developmental issues. the district the Secretary asked Bakhshi Stadium Srinagar from 16.09.2020 to 26.09.2020 during office hours Chairperson bhamagh, all the issues and de - the Secretary exhort - development the concerned officers to The other terms and conditions as enclosed with the application form will also be appli - Ashok Kumar, Sarpanchs, mands. Some of the issues ed upon the concerned of - Commissioner apprised work in a mission mode cable for determining the eligibility of the candidates for grant of Sports category weigh - panchs, civil society were resolved on the spot ficers and officials of dif - that there are 31728 and and complete the works tage. The last date of receipt of applications is 28.09.2020 during office hours in the office members participated in while the rest were for - ferent departments to 42370 households in on the projects within al - of the respective sports officers. Sports Council at both the division at Bakhshi Stadium, the Jan Abhiyan warded to the concerned play a key role in achiev - reasi and dharmari re - ready set deadlines to pro - Srinagar and M.A Stadium Jammu. programme. departments for their re - ing the objectives of the spectively out of which vide relief to the general Sd/- the bdC dress. He also directed the programme. 18561 in reasi and 22744 public. 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UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR DLRC/DCC meeting held at Shopian OFFICE OF ThE ExECuTIvE ENGINEER (PhE) Jal ShaKTI MECh. DIvISION NORTh JaMMu ly sponsorship and early credit dis - e-mail: [email protected] pensation of cases during the current Ph.No. 0191-2549374 financial year to achieve all the set targets leading to generation of self- employment opportunities in the dis - NOTICE INvITING TENDER trict. the ddC underscored the need e-NIT No. 122 of 2020-21 for a greater coordination between For and on behalf of President of India, Executive Engineer, (PHE) Jal Shakti Mech. Division North Jammu, invites tenders by e- banks and line departments besides tendering mode from the reputed/registered firms for the below mentioned work:- directed the concerned to cover the beneficiaries under various social se - S. Name of work Name of Cost of document/ Earnest Validity Bid curity schemes and ensure cent per - No Division Tender Fee Money of rates validity (in Rs) cent coverage of all form operating families under KCC scheme. 1. Design, fabrication, installation PHE Jal 200/- 02% of 180 days 180 days the meeting discussed in detail and commissioning of mechan- Shakti Mech. quoted SHOPIAN, SEPTEMBER 18: achievements made by the banks in the progress and achievements made ical single girder over head ga- Division rates the implementation of various gov - by the banks in the implementation ntry crane at CPS Gujjar Nagar. North Jammu district development ernment sponsored schemes. of various government sponosored Commissioner Shopian, Choudhary ddC emphasized upon the banks Date of Publishing : 16-09-2020 02.00 pm. schemes like KCC, MUdrA, credit 1. Bid documents can be seen at and downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 16-09-2020 (02.00 pm). Mohammad yasin today chaired to increase the lending in agriculture cards, pMJdy, pMSby, pMJJby, 2. The Bids shall be deposited in electronic format on the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 16-09-2020 (02.00 pm) to 22-09- district Level review Committee and allied activities to generate em - Apy, ebt/dbt beside loans provid - 2020 (02.00 pm). (dLrC) and district Consultative ployment in the district and also ex - ed banks under direct lending mode 3. The complete bidding process will be online http://jktenders.gov.in. Committee (dCC) meeting to review horted upon them to work in synergy 4. The Technical bids received shall be opened online on 23-09-2020 (02.00 pm) or any other subsequent date in the office of and digitization was also discussed. the performance of banks and line with the departments and conduct Executive Engineer Jal Shakti PHE Mech. Division North Jammu. the meeting was attended by departments for the first quarter of camps to spread awareness among 5. The Financial bids of the bidders shall be opened online after scrutinizing the technical bid in the office of the Executive LdM Shopian, Gh rasool dar, ddM the financial year 2020-21 ended the people about various banking Engineer Jal Shakti PHE Mech. Division North Jammu in presence of the bidders who wish to attend. If the office happens to NAbArd, Cluster Head J&K bank, be closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bids will be opened on the next working day at the same time 30th June 2020 here. schemes to increase the credit plan district coordinators and concerned and venue. during the meeting threadbare flow in various sectors. He urged up - officers of various departments. 6. Bids must be uploaded along with scanned copy of cost of tender document in the shape of e-challan / copy of receipt from discussion was held on progress and on the all participants to ensure time - treasury favouring Executive Engineer PHE Jal Shakti Mech. Division North Jammu indicating name of work by crediting the requisite charges to MH:0215 (Revenue), scanned copy of the earnest money / bid security in the shape of CDR pledge to Awareness/ Training Executive Engineer PHE Jal Shakti Mech. Division North Jammu will also be required to be uploaded alongwith. The original instruments in respect of cost of document, EMD and other relevant document of L1 bidder will be required to be submitted to programme for Jan Abhiyan: Samba admin the Executive Engineer PHE Jal Shakti Mech. Division North Jammu within 10 days after opening of financial bids on line. No Aganwardi workers, separate intimation about opening of financial bids will be sent by this office / by the tender opening authority. In case the orig - prioritizes filling of infrastructural inal documents are not submitted by the L1 bidder within 10 days after opening of financial bid, the tender will be cancelled Farm women held at and the bidder will not be allowed to participate in any further / future tendering process in the division for a period of one year. Pulwama 7. The date and time of opening of financial bids will be notified on website http://jktenders.gov.in and conveyed to the bidders gaps for improving essential services automatically through an e-mail message on their e-mail address. SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 18: 8. The original documents when submitted by L1 bidder for the cost of tender documents, EMD, specified in the tender docu - SAMBA SEPTEMBER 18: and address the deficits in structive interaction with ment should be same as uploaded on line (Scanned copies) otherwise allotment will not be issued, the tenders will be can - celled and the bidder will not be allowed to participate in any further / future tendering process in the division for a period of Krishi Vigyan Kendra the infrastructural gaps public Officers was held one year. district pulwama in collaboration prevalent with respect to and the local issues got pri - 9. Bid security of successful tenderer will have to be in form of CDR of any scheduled bank and shall have to be valid for one with SKUASt- Kashmir or - Administration Samba has the departments of Jal oritised with a result ori - year or more after last date of receipt of Bid. ganized day long On-cam - decided to address the is - Shakti, pdd and pWd, the ented approach of differ - 10. Only such firms should submit tender, who have requisite infrastructure and workshop facility for carrying out similar type of pus awareness cum- train - sues of immediate nature district heads of these de - ent departmental conver - job which may be inspected by the competent authority before awarding the job contract so as to access the working capac - ing programme for including provision for partments shall be de - gence. the designated ity of the tenderer. The workmanship and material used should be of high quality and as per the specifications of the job order Aganwardi workers and better essential services ployed in each block as per Nodal Officers under the / tender. 11. The bid for the execution of work shall remain open for acceptance for a period of 180 days from the date of opening of bids. Farm women as part of cel - being projected by the lo - the roaster daily and di - direct supervision of cals at panchayat level Jan If any bidder/tenderer withdraws his bid/tender before the said period or makes any modifications in the terms and conditions ebration of rashtriya rected that a result orient - district development of the bid, the earnest money of the firm shall stand forfeited. poshan Mah. the pro - Sunvaye meetings. In this ed approach should be em - Commissioner, Samba 12. The tenderers are advised to visit the site of work / inspect the parts to be fabricated before uploading their tenders so as to gramme was chaired by regard, district ployed for resolving any in - rohit Khajuria interacted acquaint themselves with exact measurement and site conditions. development prof. and Head dr. ter departmental issues with members of 13. Special conditions as per Finance Department order No. OM A/24 (2017)-651 dated 07-06-2018. Commissioner convened i. Furnishing of hard copies of bids immediately after submission of e-tenders is dispenses with. The same should be obtained Musarat Shafi. In her ad - and efforts be made for panchayati raj a meeting with all the proving relief to general Institutions and locals at only from the bidder who is declared as L-1 after opening of financial bids. dress, she gave an overview Nodal officers of Jan public. Meanwhile, each panchayat of nine ii. The cost of tenders should be collected by introducing e-challan or simply uploading a copy of necessary treasury challan / of poshan Mah and receipt. Abhiyan programme and district Samba’s nine blocks and addressed their stressed on the need for en - iii. Similarly, instead of insisting on actual call deposit receipt, a copy of same duly pledged to the concerned department should reviewed daily reporting, blocks today witnessed a issues. On-spot domicile suring consumption of be uploaded by the tenderers. However, before allotting the work or issuing the supply order, the original CDR should be ob - achievements and docket huge participation of certificates, pension sanc - wholesome and nutritious tained and kept on record. file of each panchayat.the panchayat representa - tioning, scholarship sanc - 14. Other details, instructions and terms and conditions can be seen / downloaded from the bidding document. food, so that what we grow ddC, taking cognisance of tives and locals during the tioning, SC certificates, Executive Engineer and consume has a positive the demands of general ongoing Jan Abhiyan rbA certificates, ObC cer - (PhE) Jal Shakti Mech. Division North impact on human health. public, ordered to assess programme wherein con - tificates. DIP/J- 4669/20 Jammu Glimpses of Future 6 Edit/OpiniOn JAMMU SAtUrdAy SepteMber 19 , 2020 Glimpses of Future The tale of two IPLs eStAbLISHed IN 1986 By : SUMANyU SATPATHy sons in politics does the IpL proffer? the election Commission lays IpL is one of the rarest sports down the rules of the game in the Provide free smartphones to children spectacles which completely sub - Model Code of Conduct. the IpL fol - verts otherwise ubiquitous national - lows most of the rules laid down by o ensure that no children are left behind in education in the ist and parochial discourses. After the International Cricket Council COVId pandemic situation, governments should distribute months of uncertainty and specula - (ICC). during the IpL and also the tion, the Indian premier League General elections, many of these textbooks, free smartphones or tablets to all school children. t (IpL) is all set to start; outside the rules were flouted, decidedly or al - Also, states should provide free data package or reimburse the cost of country of its origin and minus the legedly. the IpL cricketers, drawn data, which would also require substantial investment to strengthen shrieking fans. everyone, even its from across cricket-playing nations, digital infrastructure including the regular supply of electricity to all critics and detractors, admits to its were bought and sold much before households, child right NGO Cry said in a report. A clear roadmap stupendous popularity. For most of the event. Apparently, inconsequent with timelines needs to be developed to ensure inclusive digital infra- its supporters and fans, it is an event to the followers of the game, the structure are some of the key measures required for delivering online almost of national importance, no prices, sometimes incommensurate classes to the last mile child. the report expressed concern for many of less than the General elections. In with the reputation of many players, the children who have been excluded from school education during the fact, a year ago, a large majority of were headlined. Many high profile COVId pandemic and voiced fear that they may not be able to return to Indians were simultaneously sub - players and erstwhile heroes were jected to two kinds of spectacles: one left unsold or sold late. political par - schools again. even if they do, a large number of children would not in the sports arena and the other in ties also tried to highlight names of d a level playing field anymore. the Cry report also dwelt on the fin the political playing field. the dates politicians who crossed over from pandemic-triggered disruption in school meal services affecting the for both overlapped for a period of their rivals’ party. there seemed to nutrition of 6-17 years children. As schools are closed across the coun- one month as the grand spectacle of be a competition of sorts to rope in try, the school feeding programme could no longer provide the much- the IpL (March 23-May 12, 2019) co - barred election campaigns. there is on how both affect the public psy - glamorous cricketers or film stars needed free lunch to 115.9 million children who are enrolled under the incided with the heat and dust gen - no doubt about the ephemerality che. For cricket has always been from Chennai and Mumbai, from Mid-day Meal scheme. to cater to the hunger of millions of children erated by the General elections. the and inconsequentiality of the first, seen, at least in the former colonies, bhojpuri to tamil stars. Many of who depend on MdM as their source of only nutrition, government Code of Conduct was immediately nor about the epochal nature of the as a weapon for political dominance them even floated new parties for needs to devise newer ways of delivering meals till schools are closed. effective after the dates for the elec - second. And yet, many cricket fans or even as an instrument to fight the cause of democracy, freedom of tions were announced on March 10, Also MdM coverage including the breakfast scheme need to be extend- think otherwise. With the pandemic back dominance; any reader of CLr expression and so on. 2019. In between the elections, the and economy playing havoc, and James’ beyond the boundary would In a certain sense, they were en - ed till secondary level, which clearly highlights the need for a signifi- din over the IpL rose to a crescendo none of the venues in India playing know that. Until the advent of IpL, gaged in completely different prac - and forthcoming fi- cant increase in the MdM budget in the current and climaxed with the final in which host, the event may have already lost cricket was about national teams tices; in another sense, they shared nancial years by the government. the report calls for developing sys- the Mumbai Indians defeated its usual sheen. Also, the forthcom - and races. As James says, “Cricket… certain commonalities, especially in tems for doorstep delivery of supplementary nutrition in the form of Chennai Super Kings at a “neutral” ing elections in bihar are no match had plunged” him “into politics long the visual space of the electronic me - cooked food or take home ration for young children. to discuss some of venue in Hyderabad. As the great ex - for the national polls last year. yet, before [he] was aware of it. When dia. the high octane media cover - the critical policy issues and practical challenges relating to public pro- citement over IpL subsided, all hell now that both the events are round [he] did turn to politics, [he] did not age, with experts in both “fields” cry - visioning of education for the children within 3 to 17 years during and broke loose over the no-holds- the corner, it is a good time to reflect have too much to learn.” What les - the tale on Page 7 beyond the pandemic, Cry and Centre for budget and Governance Accountability recently organised a Webinar that brought together academicians, policy experts, civil society leaders and child rights de- fenders. Underscoring the need to look into the public provisioning framework for childrens education, priti Mahara, director, policy, We are being sucked into an ash pond research and Advocacy at Cry said at the webinar, humanitarian crises tend to hit the most vulnerable children the hardest, and By : KOTA SRIRAJ a red flag and the National Green COVId-19 is no exception. It is evident how it has impacted school edu- tribunal (NGt) imposed an interim cation, created a digital divide, limited access to social welfare, and Fly ash is inevitable while pro - penalty of rs 10 crore on the NtpC compromised health and nutrition schemes provided through schools. ducing thermal power. However, and essar after reviewing the to address the new normal in education sector and to universalise edu- leaving it to pollute the environ - ground report filed by its commit - cation, adequate public provisioning will play a very crucial role. It ment is not desirable. Fly ash, a by- tee. Additionally, the NGt also should be taken into account that childrens education, especially sec- product of coal-fired electricity- rapped the Lanco-Anpara power ondary education, had been traditionally under-prioritised and suf- generating power plants, has al - plant to stem the excess ash pond fered further set back during the pandemic. the suggestions emerging ways been a predominant challenge flow into the reservoir. the fly ash for the environment, as its unsafe from the discussion will be collated and shared with the union and caused soil pollution, too, due to disposal or ineffective recycling can which agricultural land became in - state governments with reference to the processes of revision of budget pose a direct threat to the quality of fertile and standing crops suffered. ed measures like making upward allocations. the suggestions includ the air we breathe. Such is our de - thanks to the fly ash pollution, revision of scholarship amounts for marginalised children, developing pendence on thermal power plants the levels of mercury in the soil, air inclusive learning solutions especially for the most vulnerable and for energy that apart from the air and water spiked besides causing marginalised sections of the society. the other suggestions are sub- pollution caused by these behe - health complications for local com - stantial resource allocation from both Union and state governments, moths, the fly ash is also compro - munities as the rihand reservoir is recruiting special educators, adhering to the rights of persons with mising other aspects of our envi - a source of drinking water for many. disabilities Act, 2016 to meet the needs of different types of students ronment. For instance, the breach All these adverse developments with disabilities and an overall focus on equity and inclusion in policy of the fly ash dyke at the took place despite the existence of Vindhyachal NtpC Super thermal statutory notifications from the making and investment among others. Amid the range of recommen- power Station in Singrauli district Ministry of environment, Forests dations, it is absolutely crucial for the union and state governments to of Madhya pradesh in October 2019 and Climate Change (MoeFCC) un - provide enough fiscal support for ensuring equitable and effective ac- led to the seeping of nearly 35 lakh der the environment protection Act cess to education for children. metric tonnes of fly ash into the (epA) that mandates a 100 per cent Govind Vallabh pant Sagar, popu - utilisation of fly ash. However, the larly known as the rihand water full extent of the damage caused by reservoir. the essar power plant at the fly ash pond breach has come to Mahan in the same district, too, saw light now thanks to a new report port estimated that the fly ash 104 crore. the committee based its breaches in its fly ash dykes leading submitted recently by the joint breach by essar power Limited damage estimations on two param - No country for children to its seepage into the environment. committee comprising the Central caused damages worth rs 7.35 eters: One was the Green House Gas the huge level of water pollu - pollution Control board (CpCb) crore while the damage inflicted by (GHG) emissions caused by the tion triggered by the seepage of fly and the Indian Institute of the fly ash dyke breach at the NtpC clean-up operations and two the ex - ash into the rihand reservoir raised technology (IIt), roorkee. the re - plant was pegged at a whopping rs We are being on Page 7 Spare a thought for our kids By : SUMITRA MISHRA like Kerala and Goa and turning more attention towards the poor- Let our children, including those performing regions and States like at the margins of territory, identity, Jharkhand, Uttar pradesh, bihar services, social and economic inter - and Madhya pradesh. With recom - ventions, find themselves future- mendations stemming from ex - ready. Infants and children naked, haustive analysis, it can also enable hungry, crying, sleeping in over - in envisioning a post-pandemic crowded trucks, on the shoulders of world where the issues of marginali - their tired parents and caretakers. sation and neglect receive due atten - these were some of the heart-break - tion and policy intervention. the ing pictures that emerged as every - Integrated Child development the World bank’s human capital index shows the potential develop - day lives were disrupted following Services scheme (ICdS), the world’s ment of kids slid to 50 per cent in pandemic times. As expected, the impact the Covid lockdown put in place in largest programme catering to chil - of the Coronavirus pandemic has not just been on health and global March across India. the multiple dren, requires recalibration for it economies; its multi-pronged effect is now threatening to erase the gains fault lines of our societal order were suffers from design and capacity made in improving child education and health in the years before the out - more visible than ever as migrant deficits, does not adequately ad - break. this fallout of the contagion is the most evident in the poor and workers and their families were seen dress the components of care and third World nations, the World bank said while commenting on the out on the roads across major cities, early education and is still a long Human Capital Index for 2020, which ranks countries on how well chil - while the rest of us took to working way from reaching the most margin - dren are prepared for the future, with an emphasis on factors like school - from home. this was not “a long alised in an effective and equitable ing and healthcare. despite the fact that most countries made steady gains walk to freedom”. It was a walk back manner. the youngest child is often in improving health and education prior to the pandemic, the virus has home through a terrain that was as did not receive an adequate diet, one development (eCd), released re - the most invisible and exceptionally indifferent as it was strange. It was dealt a body blow to all these efforts. Children in a low-income country will in three (38 per cent) of children un - cently. While the report was fi - vulnerable. this calls for tapping de - reverse migration, a story of lost velopment opportunities in this No country on Page 7 der five years of age was stunted, one nalised before the pandemic hit the livelihoods and ever-increasing in five (21 per cent) of the children world, it nevertheless offers impor - young age that can set a healthy struggles. For some, it was a walk to was wasted, 36 per cent were under - tant insights into the status of foundation for life. Investment in their deaths. As we battle the weight. the lockdown resulted in a India’s children under six years of eCd not only has the potential to en - H I S T O R Y T H I S D A Y Coronavirus and its varied impacts more dire situation where the re - age who form over 13 per cent of the hance individual capacity and eco - on our lives, it is important that we sulting socio-economic impacts, the country’s population in addition to a nomic growth, it also provides an do not lose sight of these fault lines. closing down of anganwadi centres critical examination of legislative opening for women empowerment 1787 : U.S. Constitution signed It has especially hit the families of and the resource crunch minimised frameworks designed to address by recognising the overlapping workers in the unorganised sector, the likelihood of availability of food their needs. the report also goes be - rights of women and children and the Constitution of the United States of America is signed by 38 of 41 who do not have adequate social to counter malnutrition. these in - yond a homogenising understand - bringing in State interventions and delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in protection, support and additionally tersecting impacts of poverty, gen - ing of the child, as it emphasises var - increased budgetary allocations. philadelphia. Supporters of the document waged a hard-won battle to win find it hard to provide adequate care der discrimination, caste and class ious disadvantaged categories with - the SOyC report recognises the bio - ratification by the necessary nine out of 13 U.S. states. the Articles of to their children. One of the casual - differences, violence, issues of avail - in this age group and the dire situa - logical role in care-giving yet ques - Confederation, ratified several months before the british surrender at ties of the lockdown was the slew of ability and accessibility of services tion they are in. It calls for specific tions the gendered stereotypes that yorktown in 1781, provided for a loose confederation of U.S. states, which programmes tackling malnutrition. to the young child and lack of profes - interventions for each vulnerable result in an undue burden on the t of their affairs. On paper, Congress–the central au- were sovereign in mos As per the National Family Health sionalisation of childcare workers category, otherwise it results in a mother. In the unorganised sector thority–had the power to govern foreign affairs, conduct war, and regulate Survey-4 (2015-16), 21 per cent chil - are brought to the fore in the State of risk of lifelong consequences of dep - especially, women are bogged down currency, but in practice these powers were sharply limited because dren below the age of five in India the young Child in India (SOyC) re - rivation. the results emerging from by a triple burden the responsibility Congress was given no authority to enforce its requests to the states for were undernourished, 91.4 per cent port, that Mobile Creches, an organ - the indexing can be used to draw out of childcare, work outside the home of the children aged six to 23 months 1787 on Page 7 isation working for early childhood good practices from top performers Spare a thought on Page 7

Printed, published and owned by Prem Nath Sharma, Printed at Glimpses of Future Press 63 Padha Street, Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191-2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Glimpses of Future 7 natiOnal JAMMU SAtUrdAy SepteMber 19 , 2020 Kejriwal appeals to all non-BJP parties Govt's decision on FDI in Schools in Meghalaya to defence to enhance self- to unite in RS to oppose farm bills reliance in sector : Goyal partially reopen from Sep 21 PRESS TRUST Of INDIA PRESS TRUST Of INDIA growth of investment, in - New Delhi, Sep 18 PRESS TRUST Of INDIA all levels in view of COVId- notification said. New Delhi, Sep 18 come and employment. In Shillong, Sep 18 19 pandemic. elementary school teach - line with our collective vi - delhi Chief Minister As per the guidelines ers are to attend schools as the government's deci - sion of Aatmanirbhar Arvind Kejriwal appealed to Schools in Meghalaya issued by the education per their roster duty chart sion to ease FdI norms in bharat, amendments will all non-bJp parties on which are shut for six department principal sec - developed by the school the defence sector will push enhance self-reliance in de - Friday to unite in the rajya months due to the COVId- retary dp Wahlang, "regu - for compulsory transac - self-reliance in production fence production, while Sabha and oppose three 19 pandemic will partially lar" classroom activities in tion of daily or weekly les - and keep national interests keeping national interests bills that he claimed would reopen from next week for schools, colleges and other sons plans or worksheet and security paramount, and security paramount," leave farmers in the hands students to meet teachers educational institutions accordingly via online or Commerce and Industry he said in a tweet. the per - of big companies for ex - to clarify their doubts, would remain closed till through parental distribu - Minister piyush Goyal said mit for up to 74 per cent FdI ploitation. In a tweet in education minister September 30 across the tion at the school campus, on Friday. He said that for - in the defence manufactur - Hindi, the Aam Aadmi Lahkmen rymbui said on state. the direction from Wahlang said. Schools eign investments in the de - ing through the automatic party (AAp) chief asked the Friday. the schools will be the Ministry of Home have been asked to devel - fence sector would be sub - route was announced by non-bJp parties to ensure open for students of class 9 Affairs which emphasised op individual micro plan - ject to scrutiny on grounds Finance Minister Nirmala that all of their members to 12 to meet teachers to on easing restrictions in ning relating to flexibility of national security. Sitharaman in May while are present in the House clear their doubts but areas outside containment in school timings, the the government has announcing the fourth and that they do not stage a over the country are watch - parliament on Monday to there will be no regular areas across the country, scheduling of students vis - permitted 74 per cent for - tranche of the rs 20 lakh walkout "drama". ing you," he said. the replace ordinances promul - classes and no classroom has also been taken into it and uniform code, he eign direct investment crore stimulus package for "All three bills of the Centre introduced the gated earlier. these bills session, he said. "Schools consideration. "regular said. the notification said (FdI) under automatic the coronavirus-hit econo - Centre will leave farmers in Farmers' produce trade seek to provide a barrier- will be partially opened up class activities for schools, that all schools should pre - route in the sector with cer - my. In July 2018, the gov - the hands of big companies And Commerce (promotion free trade for farmers' pro - from September 21 for stu - colleges, and educational pare a Continuous tain conditions. "Now, FdI ernment had relaxed foreign for exploitation. I request And Facilitation) bill, the duce outside the notified dents to come and meet institutions will continue Learning plan (CLp) to en - is allowed up to 74 per cent direct investment norms in the all the non-bJp parties to Farmers (empowerment farm mandis (wholesale their teachers and clarify to remain closed up to sure all students are learn - through automatic route defence sector by allowing up to unite in the rajya Sabha and protection) Agreement markets) and empower doubts on subjects they September, 30," Wahlang ing, continue online or dis - and beyond 74 per cent to be 49 per cent FdI under the and oppose these bills, on price Assurance and farmers to enter into farm - find it difficult. there will said in the order. Students tance learning modes and permitted through govern - automatic route. the move make sure all your Mps are Farm Services bill and the ing agreements with private be no regular classes and who intend to attend the develop a 50 per cent at - ment (approval) route. this was aimed at boosting do - present and do not stage a essential Commodities players prior to production no classroom sessions," teacher-student coun - tendance of teaching and will enhance ease of doing mestic industry as India im - walkout drama. Farmers all (Amendment) bill in for the sale of their produce. rymbui told ptI. the selling would have to get non-teaching staff. the business and contribute to ports about 70 per cent of its guidelines for reopening of the written consent of department has laid strict military hardware. According schools have been issued their parents or guardians emphasis on compliance to the department for on thursday, he said. the to visit the schools and ed - of health protocols, such as promotion of Industry and education minister said ucational institutions. maintaining physical dis - Haridwar Kumbh to be numerically restricted: Rawat Internal trade data, de - the state government has Schools should have flexi - tance, wearing masks, fence industries have re - PRESS TRUST Of INDIA said he had drawn the attention of the rationalised the school bility in school timings, washing hands with soap ceived FdI equity inflows of Dehradun, Sep 19 Centre to this aspect of the apex curriculum for this aca - students visit and uniform and alcohol-based hand USd 9.52 million (rs 56.88 court's order and emphasised on the demic year and the adjust - code and ensure short du - sanitisers and sanitising crore) during April 2000 the 2021 Haridwar Kumbh will indispensability of a wider all weather ed academic calendar for ration visit of students, the all teaching materials. be held with a restriction on the num - road. rawat described the constitu - and March 2020. ber of people congregating for the tion of the Chardham devasthanam event, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Management board as the biggest re - trivendra Singh rawat said on formative step taken during the last Friday. "passes will be issued to devo - 3.5 years. "the board has been consti - Contn. from Page 6 ...... tees as the congregation will be nu - tuted after a lot of thinking and every - merically restricted due to the coron - one including tourists, visitors and avirus pandemic," rawat told re - teerth-purohits are bound to benefit No country ...... porters here at a virtual interaction. from the decision," he said. rawat also rawat said he had discussed the highlighted the declaration of likely achieve only 56 per cent of their human capital com - and mortar classrooms. In an online setting, students may matter with saints and seers and they with the media on completing three Gairsain as the summer capital of the pared to ones with access to a complete education and full have more distractions and less supervision, which can re - were in agreement with the idea of re - and a half years in office also said the state as a major achievement of his healthcare. this is alarming as human capital is absolutely duce their motivation to do well academically. First there is ducing the scale of the event numeri - limit of 5.5 metres imposed recently government as it fulfils a long cher - vital to the financial and economic future of any country as the issue of keeping them engaged. then how do you teach cally owing to the coronavirus pan - by the Supreme Court on the width of ished aspiration of the people who well as its social well-being. And as World bank president subjects which require live experiments and demonstra - demic. "A numerically restricted the Chardham all weather road was fought for statehood. "by declaring david Malpass has warned, “inequalities among children tions? What of personal attention to struggling students? Kumbh makes it necessary that devo - not enough from the strategic point of Gairsain the summer capital we have are set to increase” and as “more than one billion children research shows that students who struggle in physical tees are allowed entry into the Kumbh view. "From the strategic or national proved that we are a decisive govern - have been out of school due to Covid, they could lose as classes are likely to struggle even more online. Also, being fair on the basis of passes," rawat security point of view we can't make ment capable of resolving issues much as $10 trillion in lifetime earnings.” In our case, the in school/college in person with teachers and friends cre - said. It will be for the first time in the do with a 5.5 metre wide all weather hanging fire for long," rawat said. "In girl child would be the first victim as her education is the ates social pressures and benefits that can help motivate history of Kumbh Mela that passes road which passes through several the last three and a half years we have first casualty in poor households forced to choose between the young to engage. On the health front, too, there is cause will be issued to devotees for entry to border districts located in the hills. accelerated development by deliver - feeding the family and reserving knowledge pursuit as a for concern as the lockdown impacted programmes tack - the religious congregation, arguably the smooth movement of troops by a ing a blow to corruption and giving a rare privilege. besides, while the education of children ling malnutrition. With schools closed, children from im - the largest of its kind in the world. the road with this kind of limit is not pos - clean and transparent government to from well-heeled families will not face so much disruption, poverished families h ave been deprived of their one, daily nutri - chief minister who was interacting sible," rawat said. the chief minister people," he said. students from marginalised families and in rural areas will tious food in the form of free mid-day meals. Immunisation pro - suffer, both due to lack of smartphones, computers, lap - grammes have been hit by the lockdown as has the communi - tops and the lack of infrastructure and knowhow on how to ty vigilance by the ASHAs and ANMs, who were the first Contn. from Page 6 ...... use these enablers. though both teachers and students point of contact for parents with sick children. If the world have adapted to online classes to a large extent in urban ar - had to work hard to provide an equitable world for chil - eas, teachers themselves are not satisfied because they feel dren, it will have to work doubly hard to mend the damage We are being ...... that the learning experience can never compete with brick caused by the contagion in the years to come.

tent of water pollution due to ash overflow. the use of of fly ash in the construction material industry has not Spare a thought ...... diesel during the clean-up operations caused the carbon been a spectacular success as red bricks continue to be that mostly entails unequal access to the market, longer training of these workers and can strengthen the early footprint to spike, leading to the damage estimation spik - sold and used in open violation of the Government’s rules working hours, unhealthy working environment and less - Childhood Care and education (eCCe) component, ing as well. Similarly, the fly ash infusion into the water that ban them. bricks are made out of top soil which is a er wages, and the household work as well. Often, young which remains a weak focus of the ICdS. All children in bodies led to heavy metals and suspended solids leaching precious part of our environment. An inch of top soil children are seen lying or roaming around these unsafe the ages of three to six should have a right to quality eCCe, into the water. this, too, was translated into cost and takes 500,000 years to form as it essentially involves the work sites since these women are deprived of maternity or irrespective of whether they are located at anganwadi cen - added to the damages. thermal power stations are still breaking down and erosion of rock. If the Government childcare benefits. this weak support system compromis - tres, pre-primary sections of Government, private schools the mainstay of our power sector with renewable sources cannot shut the countless red brick kilns that can be seen es their ability to provide quality care to the infant/child. or any other pre-school centres. For the country, prioritis - of energy being nowhere near the required potential to dotting the countryside, it cannot promote the use of fly therefore, it is important that where families are unable ing eCd can translate into fulfilment of Sustainable take over as primary sources of our needs. Moreover, the ash in the building material industry. the buyer will have opening up of the coal sector for mining to private play - no option but to continue with the traditional red brick, to provide due childcare, compounded by their multiple development Goals and its international commitment to - ers, besides nixing of the mandatory coal-washing re - which is easily available. Once the red brick production issues, the State steps in as an enabler. As the sole scheme wards child rights. While data paucity on multiple dimen - quirements, is set to increase the production of fly ash in and supply chain is broken, it will not only save the top to cater to the needs of children of women engaged in the sions of child well-being hampered the indexing process the future. Already the ash ponds are overflowing across soil but also stem the pollution caused by these kilns as informal sector, the Government-sponsored National and a more accurate insight in certain areas, the budget - the nation due to increasing output and decreasing utili - they use diesel and sugarcane waste as fuel. Fly ash can be Créche Scheme has actually seen a reduction in the num - ary analysis through national-level data and allocations to sation. As a result, the dykes are frequently breaking, successfully used to produce bricks in combination with ber of creches, with only 7,930 of them functional across States brings forth issues of inadequate allocation, under- leading to the ash polluting the nearby fields and water gypsum or lime. the resultant brick is not only eco- the country in 2019, which translates into one creche per utilisation, lack of management capacity to cater to the bodies. the last 10 years saw the ash ponds contain a hu - friendly but lighter and stronger. technologies are avail - 21,000 children. the scheme needs to be re-imagined and needs of children. the per child expenditure in the coun - mongous 627 million tonnes of unused material. this is able today that use compressed natural gas (CNG), an strengthened with serious revision of the budget, and this try for 2018-19 was an abysmally low figure of rs 1,723. three times the fly ash being generated per year today, eco-friendly fuel, to fire autoclaves or huge ovens to man - can also be supplemented by a phased conversion of an - this must be enhanced to rs 1.25 trillion annually to cover which is 200 million tonnes per annum. the close of 2019 ufacture fly ash bricks. each autoclave can manufacture ganwadis into anganwadi-cum-creches. the pandemic- funding gaps and ensure holistic interventions. this ap - saw an unused fly ash stock quantity of 1,647 million 22,000 fly ash-lime bricks in an eight-hour span. So, if induced lockdown witnessed a rare visibility of anganwa - proach has the potential to bring in returns that would ex - tonnes in India, which is eight times the annual genera - the thermal power plants in the country were mandated di and ASHA(Accredited Social Health Activist) workers ceed budgetary spends on any alternative welfare pro - tion quantity. this is despite the fact that India has the with a target to produce a certain quantity of bricks using as they emerged to be the first line of defence in dealing gramme. Coronavirus has significantly altered the way we regulations in place that mandate 100 per cent usage of the autoclave technology, then the problem of excess fly with the contagion. However, as the SOyC report notes, thought of our lives, our work and our very support sys - fly ash and there is technology available to put this into ash would disappear. there are ways to ensure full utili - they are otherwise marginalised not seen as a profession - tems. It has taught us lessons, tragic ones at that. yet, it is action. yet we are still far from a “full utilisation status.” sation of fly ash; only a strong political will is required to al cadre, treated as part-time workers, paid well below the in this moment that we must recognise the deprivations, the Government-driven initiative to promote the use implement the rules that have been put in place for this. minimum wages in most States. there is a pressing need neglect and exclusion that mar equitable access of various for their critical role in the childcare ecosystem to be vulnerable groups, including children, to essential servic - recognised, acknowledged, professionalised and for their es. Let our children, including those at the margins of ter - remuneration to be in line with their responsibilities. the ritory, identity, services, social and economic interven - 1787 ...... professionalisation of this service will also mean adequate tions, find themselves capable for the future. money or troops. by 1786, it was apparent that the Union pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and Connecticut—rati - would soon break up if the Articles of Confederation were fied it in quick succession. However, other states, especial - the tale ...... not amended or replaced. Five states met in Annapolis, ly Massachusetts, opposed the document, as it failed to re - Maryland, to discuss the issue, and all the states were invit - serve un-delegated powers to the states and lacked consti - ing themselves hoarse regarding the current performanc - bollywood. For decades, prime Ministers have made it a ed to send delegates to a new constitutional convention to tutional protection of basic political rights, such as free - es, strategies and forecasts, was common to both the are - point to pose with winning cricket teams and cricketing be held in philadelphia. On May 25, 1787, delegates repre - dom of speech, religion, and the press. In February 1788, a nas. A few IpL specialists like Gautam Gambhir, who until heroes. but these are about winning international tourna - senting every state except rhode Island convened at compromise was reached under which Massachusetts and last year were commenting both on cricket and political ments like the World Cup. Seldom does one see politi - philadelphia’s pennsylvania State House for the other states would agree to ratify the document with the as - matters, jumped into the fray, hoping to prove their polit - cians in IpL events. Last year, around the time of the Constitutional Convention. the building, which is now surance that amendments would be immediately pro - ical prowess. but, of course, the man in the street took a General elections, many actors posed with major politi - known as Independence Hall, had earlier seen the drafting posed. the Constitution was thus narrowly ratified in keen interest in both, while the satellite channels made cians. One of the X-factors in popularising IpL was that of the declaration of Independence and the signing of the Massachusetts, followed by Maryland and South Carolina. merry with increased trps and phenomenal commercial popular film stars like Shah rukh Khan and preity Zinta Articles of Confederation. the assembly immediately dis - On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth state gains. In the background of both, the balakot airstrikes owned franchises. Whereas communal-based politics is carded the idea of amending the Articles of Confederation to ratify the document, and it was subsequently agreed that fed the emotions directly and indirectly: directly in the the order of the day, cricket and bollywood, at least super - and set about drawing up a new scheme of government. government under the U.S. Constitution would begin on political arena of elections, and indirectly by the absence of ficially seen, symbolise communal amity. Last year, exact - revolutionary War hero George Washington, a delegate March 4, 1789. In June, Virginia ratified the Constitution, cricketers from pakistan. For one thing, the IpL is not about na - ly at a time when communal identities were dominating from Virginia, was elected convention president. during followed by New york in July. On September 25, 1789, the tional teams. No one cares which country the players come electoral arithmetic, and politicians were busy dividing an intensive debate, the delegates devised a brilliant feder - first Congress of the United States adopted 12 amend - from. the jerseys are of individual franchises and one and stereotyping people with a certain kind of facial hair, al organization characterized by an intricate system of ments to the U.S. Constitution–the bill of rights–and sent looks in vain for the nat ionality behind the jersey in case the Indian cricketers had broken down this identity divide by checks and balances. the convention was divided over the them to the states for ratification. ten of these amend - player happens to be one of the lesser-known. No, IpL is not almost all of them flaunting facial hair. Such is the privi - about nations and nationalism. Nor is it about parochialism. the leging of cricket over other sports. the one cricketing issue of state representation in Congress, as more-populat - ments were ratified in 1791. In November 1789, North teams are named after cities but even the Indian players are spectacle that the spectators in the subcontinent look for - ed states sought proportional legislation, and smaller Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. not from these cities. they could well be from the city of ward to is the Indo-pak encounter during which rabid na - states wanted equal representation. the problem was re - Constitution. rhode Island, which opposed federal control the rival team. Sourav Ganguly can be the coach of delhi tionalism rises to the fore. IpL, in contrast, is one of the solved by the Connecticut Compromise, which proposed a of currency and was critical of compromise on the issue of daredevils playing against the Kolkata Knight riders for rarest sports spectacles which completely subverts other - bicameral legislature with proportional representation in slavery, resisted ratifying the Constitution until the U.S. whom he had earlier played and whose coach he had wise ubiquitous nationalist and parochial discourses. the the lower house (House of representatives) and equal rep - government threatened to sever commercial relations with eventually become. Shah rukh Khan (a delhiite) living in one puzzle that social psychologists need to sort out and resentation of the states in the upper house (Senate). the state. On May 29, 1790, rhode Island voted by two Mumbai is the owner of Kolkata Knight riders. the same explain is how the same people can be so deeply involved On September 17, 1787, the Constitution was signed. As votes to ratify the document, and the last of the original 13 kind of fuzzing of identities is seen even among specta - in two kinds of spectacles, one entrenched in rabid na - dictated by Article VII, the document would not become colonies joined the United States. today, the U.S. tors. talking of Shah rukh Khan brings to mind the two tionalist discourse and an other which is aggressively interna - binding until it was ratified by nine of the 13 states. Constitution is the oldest written constitution in operation sets of affiliation leading to a triangular bonding. politics tionalist. this year, some of these q uestions will be tested beginning on december 7, five states—delaware, in the world. and bollywood, politics and cricket, and cricket and against the backdrop of the Assembly elections in bihar. Glimpses of Future 8 wOrld JAMMU, SAtUrdAy, SepteMber 19, 2020 President Trump not to US Embassy in Kabul warns of extremist attend UNGA session in-person: WH chief of staff attacks against women Kabul, Sep 18 involve power sharing. process. rural areas where most Afghans By LALIT K JHA According to the embassy the United States has said still live. the 2018 Women, peace Washington, Sep 18 (PTI) the US embassy in warning, "extremist organisations that perhaps one of the most dan - and Security Index rated Afghanistan is warning that ex - continue to plan attacks against a gerous extremist groups operat - Afghanistan as the second worst US president donald tremists groups are planning at - variety of targets in Afghanistan, ing in Afghanistan is the Islamic place in the world to be a woman, trump will not attend in- tacks against a variety of targets including a heightened risk of at - State affiliate, headquartered in after Syria. person the landmark 75th but are taking particular aim at tacks targeting female govern - the country's east and held re - Only 16 per cent of the labour annual UN General women. ment and civilian workers, includ - sponsible for some of the most re - force are women, one of the lowest Assembly session next the warning issued late ing teachers, human rights ac - cent attacks. rates in the world, and half of week, White House chief thursday doesn't specify the or - tivists, office workers, and govern - the IS affiliate has declared Afghanistan's women have had of staff Mark Meadows ganisations plotting the attacks, ment employees. war on minority Shiite Muslims four years or less of education, ac - has said. the annual ses - but it comes as the taliban and the embassy did not provide and has claimed credit for horrific cording to the report, which was sion of the UN General government-appointed negotia - specifics, including how imminent attacks targeting them. compiled by the Georgetown Assembly (UNGA) com - tors are sitting together for the is the threat. the United Nations as well as Institute for Women, peace and menced on September 15 first time to try to find a peaceful the taliban have been harshly Afghanistan's many international Security and the peace research amid the devastating end to decades of relentless war. criticized for their treatment of allies have stressed the need for Institute of Oslo. coronavirus pandemic, the "taliban don't have any women and girls during their five- any peace deal to protect the Only around half of school- with world leaders set to address on September 22, by providing videotapes plans to carry out any such at - year rule when the insurgent rights of women and minorities. aged girls go to school, and only 19 meet virtually for the first the first day of the general of their speeches. the tacks," spokesman Zabihullah group denied girls access to school Negotiations are expected to per cent of girls under 15 are liter - time as they confront debate. However, accord - theme for this 75th Mujahed told the Associated and women to work outside their be difficult and protracted and ate, according to the UN children's some of the most serious ing to media reports, he is General debate is the fu - press on Friday. home. the taliban rule ended in will also include constitutional agency. Nearly 60 per cent of girls threats facing humanity, yet to submit his virtual ture we want, the United peace negotiations underway 2001 when a US-led coalition changes, disarming the tens of are married before they are 19, on including severe socio- address. In July, US en - Nations we need: reaf - in Qatar, where the taliban main - ousted the hard-line regime for its thousands of the taliban as well as average between 15 and 16 years economic consequences voy to the UN Kelly Craft firming our collective tain a political office, are in the ini - part in sheltering al-Qaida, which militias loyal to warlords, some of old, to spouses selected by their of COVId-19 and a raging had said that president commitment to multilat - tial stages with participants still was responsible for the 9/11 ter - whom are allied with the govern - parents, according to UNICeF. climate crisis. "president trump was likely to travel eralism confronting hammering out what items on the rorist attacks on the United States. ment. the advances for women Until now, parliament has been trump will not be in New to New york to attend the COVId-19 through effec - agenda will be negotiated and One of the government-ap - made since 2001 have been im - unable to ratify a bill on the pro - york City for the annual annual UNGA session, tive multilateral action. when. pointed peace negotiators, Fawzia portant. Women are now mem - tection of women. there are also gathering of world lead - which if happened would Several major events, in Washington's peace envoy Koofi, a strong, outspoken propo - bers of parliament, girls have the Islamic hard-liners among the po - ers. He would not attend have made him the only addition to the General Zalmay Khalilzad said at the start nent of women's rights, was shot right to education, women are in litically powerful in Kabul, includ - it in-person," Meadows world leader to address debate, are expected to of negotiations last weekend that last month in Afghanistan, but es - the workforce and their rights are ing Abdul rasul Sayyaf, who is the said on thursday speak - this year's virtual high- highlight action and solu - spoilers existed on both sides. caped serious injuries and attend - enshrined in the constitution. inspiration behind the philippine ing to reporters aboard level week in-person. tions that will ignite the He said that some among ed the opening of negotiations last Women are also seen on televi - terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, and the Air Force One en route World leaders, including transformations needed Afghanistan's many leaders would weekend. sion, playing sports and winning Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a US-des - to a trump campaign rally prime Minister Narendra to secure healthy, peace - be content to continue with the the taliban quickly denied re - science fairs. but the gains are ignated militant who made peace in Wisconsin. trump is Modi, are expected to ad - ful and prosperous lives status quo rather than find a sponsibility and Khalilzad again fragile, and their implementation with president Ashraf Ghani's scheduled to deliver his dress the session virtually for all. peaceful end to the war that might warned of the dangers to the has been erratic, largely unseen in government in 2016. Pak Govt Sends Arrest Warrants for Nawaz Sharif In London Islamabad Sep 18 treatment. trar of the Islamabad High Court He was given eight weeks to re - (IHC) directed the foreign secretary the pakistan government has turn but failed to come back due to to ensure production of the former sent arrest warrants through its mis - health complications, according to prime minister before the court on sion in London for deposed prime his lawyer. September 22. Minister Nawaz Sharif who has been the pakistan High Commission the secretary has been told to living in the UK for medical treat - in London has received arrest war - "cause the production of appellant ment, a media report said on Friday. rants sent by the government for (Mr Sharif) through the High Sharif, 70, has been in London Sharif, the dawn newspaper report - Commission of pakistan in the since November last year after the ed. United King dom" by 11 am on Lahore High Court granted him per - the documents were received on September 22. mission to go abroad for four weeks thursday but the mission did not the IHC earlier this week had is - for treatment. make an official comment on the de - sued non-bailable arrest warrants for the three-time premier, his velopment, it said. Sharif while dismissing his applica - daughter Maryam and son-in-law However, sources confirmed to tion seeking exemption from person - Muhammad Safdar were convicted in the newspaper that the mission had al appearance in the hearing of ap - the Avenfield properties case on July received the papers to serve the arrest peals against his conviction in the Al- 6, 2018. warrants on Sharif, who has been liv - Azizia and Avenfield properties refer - Sharif was also sentenced to sev - ing in London for treatment, the re - ences. en years in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills port said. Sharif was serving a seven-year case in december 2018. but, he was the sources added that all legal prison sentence in Lahore’s Kot bailed out in both cases and also al - formalities and procedures would be Lakhpat Jail before being allowed to Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., left, is greeted by Councilwoman Cherelle Parker during a campaign lowed to go to London for medical followed. earlier, the assistant regis - go to the UK. stop, in Philadelphia. Pak reports 752 new Germany to improve safety of Dubai Suspends Air India Express Flights Jewish sites after Halle attack cases of coronavirus: Berlin, Sep 18 For Carrying Covid Positive Patients Twice Germany is providing 22 million euros (USd 26 mil - Health Ministry lion) to improve security of synagogues and other Dubai Sep 18 Jewish sites in the country following an anti-Semitic at - the dubai Civil Aviation Authority tack last year. the government pledged to step up secu - By SAJJAD HUSSAIN death toll also has touched has suspended Air India express flights rity after a right-wing extremist tried to force his way in - Islamabad, Sep 18 (PTI) 6,408," the ministry said in a till October 2 for allegedly bringing pas - to a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle on Judaism's statement. the ministry said sengers with COVId-positive certifi - pakistan has reported holiest day, yom Kippur, killing two passers-by after he at least 579 were in critical cates twice during the last couple of 752 new cases of coron - failed to get in. the botched attempt at carrying out a conditions and it showed weeks, senior government officials said avirus, taking the total num - massacre caused alarm in Germany, which has sought to that 291,683 people have ful - on Friday. As per the UAe government ber of infections to 304,386, protect its Jewish population in response to the geno - ly recovered so far, which rules, each passenger travelling from the health ministry said on cide of 6 million Jews perpetrated during the Nazi era. meant that the number of ac - India need to bring original COVId- Friday. the Ministry of tive patients was 6,295. the Jewish community can rely on the German govern - negative certificate from rt-pCr test previously," said one of the officials. happened during the last couple of National Health Services Sindh reported 133,125 ment to do everything to ensure their necessary protec - done 96 hours prior to the journey. "A therefore, the dubai Civil Aviation weeks, the officials noted. When asked said nine more people suc - cases, punjab 98,142, tion, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said. We're aware passenger, who had a COVId-positive Authority has suspended Air India about this matter, Air India express cumbed to the virus in the Khyber-pakhtunkhwa of our responsibility. the head of Germany's Central certificate dated September 2, travelled express flights from September 18 to said it is focusing on reducing the hard - last 24 hours due to which 37,242, Islamabad 16,033, Council of Jews, Josef Schuster, said the new funds on Air India express' Jaipur-dubai October 2, the officials stated. both the ship of the passengers and it plans to the toll stands at 6,408. "the balochistan 13,991, Gilgit- would help Jewish communities that are struggling with flight on September 4. A similar inci - incidents of passengers flying with operate its four dubai flights, sched - coronavirus cases continue baltistan 3,381 and the financial burden of security measures. the attack in dent had happened with a passenger on COVId-positive certificates to dubai uled to operate from India on Friday, to to rise with the current figure pakistan-occupied Kashmir Halle drastically (shows) us that Jewish life needs mas - one of the airline's other dubai flights from India on Air India express flights Sharjah instead. standing at 304,386. the 2,472 cases. sive protection, he said. Biden admin will have no tolerance for terrorism in S Asia, says his campaign ticket. campaign said. during the from India. own economic competitive - Naval Observatory, and at the "We believe that India and Obama-biden administration, We will remove the uncer - ness, it said. pentagon. this election year the United States are natural the US and India strengthened tainty for dreamers by reinstat - Critically, Vice president biden recognised Holi and partners, and if elected, our ad - their cooperation to fight ter - ing the dACA programme and biden believes that we need to Ganesh Chaturthi. In doing ministration will place a high rorism in each of our countries explore all legal options to pro - reform our high skilled tempo - this, our hope is to showcase priority on continuing to and across the region, and if we tect their families from inhu - rary visas support to establish a how Hindu-Americans are, in strengthen the US-India rela - are elected, the biden-Harris mane separation. All of this is in wage-based allocation process every way, Americans and that tionship," the biden campaign administration will continue direct opposition to trump's and establish enforcement we are all bound by common said in a written response to a and build on this effort," it said. actions, the campaign said. mechanisms to ensure they are values and aspirations, and that series of questions asked by the expressing concern about A biden-Harris administra - aligned with the labour market this may help to minimize the Hindu American political dangerous conditions for reli - tion will work with the and not used to undermine kinds of misunderstandings Action Committee. gious minorities in South Asia Congress to increase the num - wages, and, as part of that re - about Hinduism that cause bul - the committee recently and elsewhere, biden said if ber of visas awarded for perma - form, he supports eliminating lying, he said. bhutoria said the sent a series of questions to the elected, his administration will nent, employment-based im - the limits on employment- biden campaign made history campaigns of former Vice renew America's commitment migration - and promote mech - based green cards by country, in its outreach to the Hindu- By LALIT K JHA voters to come together to over - president biden and president to standing as a beacon of hope anisms to temporarily reduce which have kept so many American community. biden Washington, Sep 18 (PTI) come a "season of darkness" donald trump as part of its de - for refugees around the world, the number of visas during Indian and Hindu families in became the first major-party that has cloaked the US for cision-making process to en - including those fleeing reli - times of high US unemploy - waiting for too long, the cam - presidential nominee to re - A biden administration will "much too long". dorse either of them before the gious persecution and seeking ment, it said. paign said. spond to a questionnaire for the have no tolerance for terrorism Senator Kamala Harris, 55, November 3 presidential elec - the freedom to worship as they We will also exempt from Ajay bhutoria, national fi - Hindu-American community, in South Asia and will place a accepted the democratic tion. choose. any cap recent graduates of nance committee member of he said. biden's a response to high priority on strengthening party's nomination to be the "A biden-Harris adminis - Noting that the US is funda - phd programmes in SteM biden campaign, said in a state - real concerns in the communi - the ties between India and the vice president of the United tration will have no tolerance mentally a nation of immi - fields in the US... We believe ment that a biden-Harris ad - ty, addressing the unique chal - US, that are "natural partners", States lat month, scripting his - for terrorism in South Asia - grants, he said he is committed that foreign graduates of a US ministration will celebrate lenges facing Hindu students to his campaign has asserted. tory by becoming the first cross-border or otherwise. Our to immigration reform that doctoral programme should be Hindu holidays, as was done in the importance of reforming biden, 77, officially accept - Indian-American and also the administration will work to provides a roadmap to citizen - given a green card with their de - the Obama-biden administra - the immigration system to how ed the presidential nomination first black woman to be on a strengthen India's capabilities ship for nearly 11 million un - gree and that losing these high - tion, which celebrated diwali at to help small businesses recov - of the democratic party last major political party's national as a defence and counter-ter - documented immigrants - in - ly trained workers to foreign the White House, the Vice er from COVId-19, bhutoria month, urging the American rorism partner," the biden cluding more than 500,000 economies is a disservice to our president's residence at the said. Glimpses of Future

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Add to this the stress of the of work for home for nearly two is keeping employees connected the work from home arrangement uncertain COVId-19 situation and months, the company said it has with each other despite the dis - that started as a temporary fix is no clear end in sight, and she decided to make “partial or full tance. set to continue in many compa - seems quite done. work from home a permanent fea - Working remotely has con - nies, to the delight of some and “the initial lockdown phase al - ture for certain roles/teams”. spicuously reduced informal inter - dismay of others. brand Wagon lowed me to explore my culinary “We felt the biggest advantages actions between colleagues, al - Conclave the old normal has given skills and keep in touch with my were flexibility of work hours and most eliminating the workplace way to the new and WFH, an creative side. but it has been six saving the workforces’ travelling social culture. acronym that was born in the lock - months. 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Also looking at WFH as a per - Anand Ayyadurai, CeO, VOGO (a lead to abnormally low levels of with meals for better absorption of iron have been confined to their homes, that the precautionary meas - manent solution is Cars24, a plat - scooter/bike rental platform). Ired blood cells as iron is needed to Symptoms of iron deficiency industry giants as well as start-ups ure — India’s lockdown started on form for buying and selling used “people joining in don’t get make haemoglobin, a protein in red blood earlier, Union Health Minister dr have told their employees to con - March 25 — would continue for six cars that currently has 60 per cent enough of the team bonding exer - cells. Without enough haemoglobin, the Harsh Vardhan had pointed out some tinue to be there. months and counting was unfath - of its staff working from home. cise that used to happen involun - tissues and muscles are unable to get the symptoms of iron deficiency — tiredness, It works for some and not for omable. For companies and their the company said it felt confi - tarily earlier,” Lama added. required amount of oxygen and work ef - headache and dizziness, shortness of others, longing to get back to life as employees. dent about the decision, particu - poornima Singh, an Hr pro - fectively, leading to anaemia. breath, heart palpitations, and hair fall. it was. As India’s COVId-19 tally larly after “the tremendous hike in fessional at a Noida-based multi - brand Wagon Conclave “Fight off the symptoms of Iron Finance analyst rishabh surges — it crossed 52 lakh with the Happiness Index” as well as national, said a lot of her col - Food Safety and Standards Authority deficiency Anemia (IdA) by consuming Maheshwari is saving on four 96,424 people testing positive in a the productivity matrix of its em - leagues have been availing the (FSSAI) recently suggested some useful fortified staples like rice, wheat flour & hours of commute from his home day, according to the Union Health ployees during the lockdown. ‘work from office’ option too. tips to prevent iron deficiency in the body, double fortified salt, rich in iron,” he had in Gurgaon to his office in Noida. Ministry on Friday — companies “Our employees have been “We have extended work from as part of poshan Maah 2020. “Iron defi - advised. He has been using the extra hours big and small are also calculating happier working from home be - home till April next year, but have ciency most commonly occurs during – Iron-rich foods to work out, and also prepare for a the pros and cons and tweaking cause they get to spend more time given an option to our employees menstruation, pregnancy and early child - Food has two types of iron — heme certification exam later in the year. their work rules. with families. there has been ‘a to work from office on some specif - hood,” the organisation wrote on twitter. and non-heme iron, according to red - “I am getting more things done the trigger for the WFH intro - growth in discipline’ among the ic and predefined days in a week, How to avoid iron deficiency crossblood.org. Heme iron is found in in a day, thanks to work from duction might have been the risk of employees. For instance, meetings and a lot of people are increasingly Here are some tips that FSSAI sug - meat, fish, poultry and is most readily ab - home. It has allowed me to be flex - contracting the infection, but one start on time. We also believe that opting to work from office. gested: sorbed by the body. Non-heme iron, on ible with my time. My productivity major reason for its prolonged WFH brings in a factor of conven - “Many employees feel there * prepare meals using iron-fortified the other hand, is found in plant-based at work too has increased. 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She is tired the lockdown, said real estate has several other companies have their homes,” she said. vegetables heme iron. Matters of the Mind: The business of finding happiness

hat has made finding happiness day, a few hundred likes on a picture you post - are manufactured with the sole purpose of so hard; how and where can we ed, luxury possessions or drugs (prescription making us happy. Wfind it once and for all, and keep or otherwise), we allowed it to become contin - Whether it be the experience of it during it safe in our pockets? Is it in top jobs, the cars gent on the outside. holidays tucked away in exotic locations, be - we drive, the size of our homes or cash in the 1. Are we overrating happiness? there are ing flown first class for a work trip, a surprise bank? Is it in acquiring knowledge, making so many other emotions. Why not invest in event planned by your partner for your birth - winning arguments, in success, relationships choosing enthusiasm, inspiration, amuse - day, a few hundred likes on a picture you post - or stardom? Where lies this elixir of life, good ment or even curiosity? recognise and em - ed, luxury possessions or drugs (prescription health, enough food, a loving family, promise brace those too. It is this insatiable hunger or otherwise), we allowed it to become contin - of a long life, maybe? Many evolved humans and blind hunt for happiness alone which cre - gent on the outside. would say, compassion, giving or learning. ates the demand and supply imbalance gives With us chasing it in seemingly brighter We know that all of the above add fleeting birth to many pathologies, and can be the very spots outside of us, describing happiness has cheer, not eternal joy. Some fortunate ones cause of unhappiness. become very complicated and experiencing it, have all of the above, yet happiness eludes 2. We cannot be happy “at all times”. that more expensive. them. would account for manic and grandiose be - I am not getting into details of the trillions brand Wagon Conclave haviour, a probable diagnosis of abnormal of dollars spent every year in buying happi - Much research has been done on happi - mood and potential prescription of drugs to ness, but I do want to state that every year ness, from centuries-old wise philosophical calm us down. this one out of hundreds of with an increase in revenue via happiness declarations to psychological theories; from emotions, glamorised and thus coveted, is not sales, the incidences of mental health con - sociology to literature, religious studies, to our ultimate purpose and prize. being okay cerns are only increasing. this does not tally. important people-centered-corporate strate - with both the troughs and crests, not de - Industry, commerce, market strategy and gies, happiness has been spoken of as the ulti - manding highs alone, is part of the purpose commercials that promise “buy this and be mate quest for human life. and process. Halting this hectic chase to want happy” are not holding true to their promise. A basic universal human emotion, after it and preserve it forever can be very relieving In fact, it works like a mirage, disappearing years of research and funds spent on it, has a and restful. tion. the more we see it in “what we have”, ap - declarations to psychological theories; from just as we think we were close enough to tentative, contextual definition as a mental or 3. biologically speaking, happiness is as - preciate “what is”, the easier it is to find it. sociology to literature, religious studies, to touch, adorn, consume, leaving us exhausted, emotional state, ranging from pleasant emo - sociated with activation in certain parts of the he business of finding happiness important people-centered-corporate strate - thirsty and yearning even more. tions like contentment and joy to life satisfac - brain, leading to the release of certain “happy What has made finding happiness so gies, happiness has been spoken of as the ulti - Historically speaking, this man-made tion, well-being and cheer. this subjectivity hormones”. While the cause of activation may hard; how and where can we find it once and mate quest for human life. myth around finding joys in unseen lands, and lack of clarity was the loophole that has be subjective and psychological since it is in - for all, and keep it safe in our pockets? Is it in A basic universal human emotion, after digging and drudging endlessly elsewhere, in now become a cavernous crater. side our brain, we can conclude that happi - top jobs, the cars we drive, the size of our years of research and funds spent on it, has a winning invasions and wars, to millennials Commercialisation of happiness was in - ness is a neurobiological process not contin - homes or cash in the bank? Is it in acquiring tentative, contextual definition as a mental or waiting with bated breath for clicks on sub - evitable. Our biggest error, I suppose, has gent on the outside alone, as we are made to knowledge, making winning arguments, in emotional state, ranging from pleasant emo - scriptions and followers, despite the progress been to externalise happiness. From buying believe. We have been systematically condi - success, relationships or stardom? Where lies tions like contentment and joy to life satisfac - through discoveries of new horizons, has led beauty products leading to confidence and tioned to believe that those external stimuli this elixir of life, good health, enough food, a tion, well-being and cheer. this subjectivity us into dark depths of depression, addictions, happiness, to vacuum cleaners that partners cause the sensation of happiness. Well, saying loving family, promise of a long life, maybe? and lack of clarity was the loophole that has anxiety, suicide among uncountable other use together to indicate happiness in partner - gratitude, exercising, learning something Many evolved humans would say, compas - now become a cavernous crater. personal, inter-personal and social chal - ship, from coffee to sanitary pads, all products new or simply resolving to choose happiness sion, giving or learning. We know that all of Commercialisation of happiness was in - lenges. Again, it does not add up. are manufactured with the sole purpose of are also known to stimulate the amygdala and the above add fleeting cheer, not eternal joy. evitable. Our biggest error, I suppose, has the joke is on us. It exists for free and not making us happy. release dopamine just as well as the long list of Some fortunate ones have all of the above, yet been to externalise happiness. From buying far, within each one of us, elicited, perceived Whether it be the experience of it during “must-haves” we assume we need to experi - happiness eludes them. beauty products leading to confidence and and experienced within the realm of each holidays tucked away in exotic locations, be - ence happiness. brand Wagon Conclave happiness, to vacuum cleaners that partners one’s biology, psychology and spirituality. ing flown first class for a work trip, a surprise It is not in things but in the “meaning” we Much research has been done on happi - use together to indicate happiness in partner - the world is changing. We are looking for event planned by your partner for your birth - put to things, that we find or miss this emo - ness, from centuries-old wise philosophical ship, from coffee to sanitary pads, all products answers. Glimpses of Future 10 EntErtainmEnt JAMMU SAtUrdAy SepteMber 19, 2020 Urmila Matondkar slams Kangana 14 : and Mahira Rupal Patel: I have not taken a Ranaut's comments on drug abuse single leave on my own in the and asks if she knows Himachal is last one and a half years the origin of drugs Sharma to enter the show for a special task?

post the announcement of the second sea - son of Saath Nibhana Saathiya, audience are eagerly waiting to see the equation between Gopi bahu aka and Kokilaben aka rupal patel. rupal patel's iconic dialogue rasode Mein Kaun tha from the first season went viral on the internet and we saw many bollywood celebs recreating it with in their own versions. talking about that viral video, rupal told pinkVilla, "the most impor - tant thing for any artist is their audience and if As the days are passing, As per the pinkVilla report, a there." Well, the special en - one question in my mind: we get love in enormous, it is just an over - the excitement of fans are source said, "bigg boss 14 try of paras and Mahira will What if the person next to me whelming feeling. I feel blessed to have been able to touch people in such a way. Many people raising to another level for will see former contestants definitely raise the excite - is infected? It takes a toll on from various industries have shared the viral bigg boss 14, which will start coming in support of this ment for their fans. earlier me.” He added, “even if you meme featuring me and have enjoyed it, it is a from October 3. While earli - season contestants and to talking to bollywoodLife, are going out of your house moment of pride for me. When asked how she er, it was reported bigg boss participate in a task. paras spoke about the (for a bit), may sure you are will manage between yeh rishtey Hain pyaar 13 winner Sidharth Shukla, Shehnaaz COVId-19 situation and ac - wearing your mask, shield Ke and Saath Nibhana Saathiya, she replied, "I will co-host a special seg - Gill along with paras cepting the new normal as he and gloves. don’t even think have been working in the industry for a long ment with in Chhabra, Mahira Sharma are said, “I am happy that gradu - about leaving your house time and have a reputation for being punctual the new season, the latest de - also in talks for the same. the ally we are all getting back to carefree.” the actor also jok - and sincere with my work. And the channel velopment suggests that former contestants will enter our normal life, but I am ingly said that he doesn't knows it very well. both rajan Sir and the chan - even paras Chhabra and the house at different mo - scared at the same time. A think that the upcoming sea - nel are aware how I treat my work. you won't Mahira Sharma will enter the ments and weeks and will be part of me feels happy to re - son will be better than bigg believe it but I have not taken a single leave on controversial reality show spread out efficiently to en - sume work, but a part of me boss 13, which he and my own in the last one and a half years from the and perform a special task. sure the necessary buzz is feels anxious. I always have Mahira were part of. show.

Sonam Kapoor slams US-based blogger for calling her Bollywood drug story is a diversion bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar has from Sushant Singh Rajput death slammed Kangana ranaut for her comments on 'pure product of nepotism', and Anand Ahuja the 'ugliest drug abuse and calling Mumbai poK. Calling out the Gangster actress, Urmila told India today. realise and now ignoring so-called case,' says actress Nagma “the entire country is facing the menace of drugs. "actresses" like you. you don't even does she (Kangana) know Himachal is the origin of know how to act. pure product of drugs? She should start from her own state.” She nepotism. One more thing: you think added, “If one person shouts all the time, doesn’t your husband is hot? I think you mean the person is speaking the truth. Some peo - should look at him once more cuz he ple want to crib all the time and play the victim card is the ugliest. to which Sonam and if all that fails, they play the woman card.” replied, "I hope you get followers Urmila Matondkar also asked about about y-cate - through this post, as I know that’s gory security given to Kangana and asserted, “Why what you wanted by my attention. did this person who has been given y-security from this girl is an influencer in America the taxpayers’ money didn’t give information about and is saying the most vile things to the drug nexus to the police?.” Kangana ranaut's me. Is this how people's minds really old drug addict confession video got viral on the in - work? It's awful and painful to hear ternet. In the video, we can see Kangana saying, "Soon as I ran away from my house, I became a film things like this. to carry so much hate star in a couple of years and a drug addict. So much in their hearts must really damage stuff was happening in my life, I fell into the hands them. another reason they post this of such people and all of this happened while I was stuff I know is for attention and un - still a teenager. Imagine how dangerous I am. fortunately I'm tagging her because I earlier, Kangana had requested ranbir Kapoor, think by giving her something she ranveer Singh and Vicky Kaushal to undergo a wants may make her kinder for the blood test for drugs as she tweeted, "I am more day to someone else. Later, the ac - than happy to oblige Mumbai police Anil tress said that she will share some deshmukh NCp please do my drug tests investigate happy messages as there more posi - my call records if you find any links to drug ped - tive people than the negative one and dlers ever I will accept my mistake and leave posted some positive replies on her Mumbai forever, looking forward to meet you bollywood actress and fashionista mostly not read this message but Insa stories. On the work front, (Slightly smiling face)." She grabbed the headlines is one of the celebs, who is known for shame on you. you talk fake sh*t about Sonam Kapoor was last seen in the with a tweet, which reads, “Sanjay raut Shiv Sena giving epic replies to trolls on social patriarchy and feminism. Women like Zoya Factor, which also featured leader has given me an open threat and asked me media, has once did it like a boss. A US- you bring negativity to the society. you dulquer Salmaan, Angad bedi and not to come back to Mumbai, after Aazadi graffitis based blogger recently called Sonam a are nothing without your dad and I am Sanjay Kapoor in pivotal roles. It was in Mumbai streets and now open threats, why pure product of nepotism and his hus - glad the Indian community in India as directed by tere bin Laden and the Mumbai is feeling like pakistan occupied Kashmir? band ugliest as she wrote, "you will well as around the world is starting to Shaukeens helmer Abhishek Sharma. Tiger 3: Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif's espionage thriller to travel across 7 countries? After the monstrous success of ek Fan, Shuddh desi romance, tha tiger and tiger Zinda Hai, fans are Ladies Vs ricky bahl and more than excited for the official an - band baaja baaraat. As per nouncement of third installment from the reports, the announce - the franchise, which is tentatively titled ment of this project might tiger 3. While Salman Khan is currently happen on September 27, packed with radhe: your Most Wanted which marks the birth an - bhai, Kabhi eid Kabhie diwali and Kick niversary of yrF founder yash Actress and Congress politician Nagma has taken a jibe 2, the latest development about tiger 3 Chopra. On the work front, at bJp politician and actress Jaya prada, alleging people has come out, which expects that it will Salman Khan will be next seen are talking of bollywood and its alleged drug culture to di - grander and larger than its previous two radhe: your Most Wanted vert attention from the Sushant Singh rajput death case. CbI, NCb, ed pls answer to bJp Member Jaya prada Ji on parts. reportedly, tiger 3 will be shot bhai. the film, which is the what's happening to SSr case.. it's been so long we are all across 7 countries including UAe, Indianised version of the waiting for what's the outcome but no result, and to cover Istanbul and US. According to Mid-day, Outlaws, has three action di - up suddenly all bjp members r talking about drugs in a source revealed, "If everything goes as rectors, which have choreo - bollywood as Nation is still waiting SSr death Case," planned, Maneesh Sharma and his team graphed the stunts sequences. Nagma tweeted from her verified account on thursday. will conduct a recce across the UAe, With one being a Korean ac - Nagma's jibe at Jaya prada comes a day after the latter Istanbul and the US in december. the tion director, the other two are opened up in support of fellow party Mp ravi Kishan over rest of the countries have yet to be pen - Anbu-Arivu (twins), who cho - his comment that bollywood is addicted to drugs. Nagma's cilled in. tiger 3 is close to Adi's heart as reographed the action-se - allegation that the focus is being shifted from Sushant's he has developed the screenplay along quences of yash's KGF. case, is also reflected in the words of television actress with Jaideep Sahni. despite the indus - directed by prabhudheva, Kamya punjabi, who wrote in a tweet from her verified ac - try slowdown, Adi is certain that the radhe: your Most Wanted count: "It all started wit Justice for SSr then "Justice4kan - film has the makings of a blockbuster. bhai also stars randeep gana" now "justice4ravikishan" kal koi aur hoga parso koi Maneesh and he want to take it on floors Hooda, disha patani, Jackie aur phir koi aur..wer is Ssr in all this? Who is gutter n who by February." director Maneesh Shroff and in had a fall out wit johar, who all did drugs n who is gettin da Sharma is known for helming films like key roles. y security, inn sab meh wer is ssr?     11 LOCAL !!)'()&,'$(!& 

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