Indian Horizon National English Daily [email protected] www.indianhorizon.org RNI NO: DELENG/2013/51507 In memory of Dr Asima Kemal and Prof. Dr. Salim W Kemal [email protected] Volume Issue No: 228 Published from New Delhi & Hyderabad New Delhi Pages 12 + 4 pull out (P16) No:7 , SSaturday,aturday, AAugustugust 22,22, 20202020 Price: 3.00 CURBS ON CENTRAL BIDEN ACCEPTS NASEEM SHAH FORCES’ MOVEMENT NOMINATION, BATTLE AMONG 17-MAN IN MIZORAM VIOLATE FOR PRESIDENCY PAKISTAN SQUAD FOR MHADIRECTIONS: GETS IN HIGH GEAR ENGLAND T20S ASSAM RIFLES P-8 P-5 P-11 India’s Covid tally crosses India, China to sincerely work “Deeply unfortunate”, 29L-mark, toll nears 55K towards de-escalation of troops says PM Modi on in Ladakh sector: MEA New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) cases in the world, has eight Srisailam Fire With 68,898 new Coronavi- states where the number of New Delhi Aug 21: India New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) rus infections in 24 hours, cases is higher than one lakh and China have agreed to Prime Minister Narendra India tally mounted to each and account for 77.87 resolve outstanding issues Modi has expressed shock 2,905,823 on Friday, while per cent of the total cases. It in an expeditious manner, and anguish at the loss of the death toll climbed to includes Maharashtra, Tam- the ministry of external af- lives due to the fire at the Sri- 54,849 with 983 more fatali- il Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, fairs (MEA) said on Thurs- sailam plant. ties, said the Health Minis- Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, day while briefing the media Taking to twitter, Prime try. Out of the total cases, Delhi, West Bengal and Bi- on the on-going diplomatic Minister said, “Fire at the recoveries have crossed the har. Maharashtra remained talks between the two coun- Srisailam hydroelectric 20 lakh-mark and surged to es, which then doubled to 20 the worst-hit state with a tries. India and China, in plant is deeply unfortunate. 21,58,946 with 62,282 more lakh in 20 days on August 7 total of 6,43,289 cases and their 18th Working Mecha- Srivastava said. In a state- they agreed to resolve the My thoughts are with the people recuperating in the and added more than nine 21,359 deaths; followed by nism for Consultation & Co- ment, the MEA said, “The outstanding issues in an ex- bereaved families. I hope past 24 hours, taking the re- lakh cases in just 14 days. Tamil Nadu with 3,61,435 ordination on India-China two sides reaffirmed that in peditious manner and in ac- those injured recover at the Sunder, Divisional Engineer covery rate to nearly 74.30 Notably, the case fatality cases and 6,239 deaths. Border Affairs (WMCC) accordance with the agree- cordance with the existing earliest.” All nine persons Srinivas Goud and Mahesh, per cent. The actual casel- rate, which is the proportion It is followed by Andhra meeting, held on Thursday ments reached between the agreements and protocols.” trapped after a huge fire an employee of a battery oad of the country is the ac- of people who die from the Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar to work towards de-esca- two foreign ministers and In a separate statement, the at an underground hydro- company. A short-circuit is tive cases, which currently disease among individuals Pradesh, Delhi, West Ben- lation of troops in the La- the two Special Represen- Chinese embassy said the electric power station in believed to have caused the stands at 6,92,028. diagnosed, has dropped to gal and Bihar. On the global dakh sector, “had a candid tatives (SRs), the two sides two sides agreed to “fur- Telangana were killed, of- fire at the unit of one of the India’s journey to over 29 1.89 per cent, the Ministry front, India continues to be and in-depth exchange of will continue to sincerely ther cool down the border ficials said on Friday. The underground power house. lakh cases has taken over said. As many as 8,05,985 the third worst-hit after the views on the existing situa- work towards complete dis- situation, properly handle rescue workers recovered Of the 30 persons reported 200 days since the emer- samples were tested on US with 55,73,501 cases and tion” and “agreed to resolve engagement of the troops the remaining issues on the the bodies of five victims. to be present at the spot, 15 gence of the first case on Thursday. 1,73,114 deaths, followed by the outstanding issues in along the Line of Actual ground, and jointly main- They were identified as As- escaped to safety through January 30. On July 17, the India, with the third-high- Brazil with 35,01,975 infec- an expeditious manner,” Control (LAC) in the West- tain peace and tranquility in sistant Engineers Mohan a tunnel while six were res- country logged 10 lakh cas- est number of Coronavirus tions and 1,12,304 deaths. MEA spokesperson Anurag ern Sector. In this context the border areas”. Kumar, Uzma Fatima, and cued by rescue personnel. NEET-JEE may go ahead Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking Allowing economic with ‘elaborate arrangements’, inquiry into conduct of ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi activities, but strange hint govt sources New Delhi Aug 21: The petitioner did not press petitioner Arun Ram- Supreme Court on Fri- for a hearing in last two chandra Hublikar, who temples closed: SC tional Eligibility cum En- day refused to entertain years and moreover, now had sought inquiry into trance Test) and JEE (Joint a plea seeking setting up Justice (retd) Gogoi has the alleged omission and New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Entrance Examination), of a three-judge panel to already demitted office. commission by Justice The Supreme Court on Fri- sources in the government inquire into the conduct Why did not you (peti- (retd) Gogoi as a judge of day told the Maharashtra cited the Supreme Court of former Chief Justice of tioner) press it for hearing the apex court. The peti- government that the court order which said, “We find India Ranjan Gogoi as a in the last two years? This tioner claimed before the finds it very strange that the New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) that there is absolutely no judge of the apex court. plea has become infruc- bench that he had met the and credited for bringing state is allowing activities Government sources have justification in the prayer Gogoi is now a Rajya Sab- tuous as he has demitted secretary general of the the curtains down on the involving economic inter- claimed that there has been made for the postponement ha MP. A bench headed office, the bench, also top court for listing of his decades old politically and ests, but COVID-19 is cited a rise of almost 50 per cent of the examinations in ques- by Justice Arun Mishra comprising Justices B R plea but it was not listed. religiously sensitive Ayod- when it comes to opening of in NEET centres this year as tion relating to NEET UG- termed as infructuous Gavai and Krishna Mu- Justice Gogoi, the first per- hya land dispute, had re- temples. A bench compris- compared to last year, and 2020 as well as JEE (Main), the public interest litiga- rari, said. Sorry we can’t son from the northeast to tired as the CJI on Novem- ing Chief Justice S.A. Bobde indicated that enough ar- 2020. In our opinion, though tion (PIL), and said the entertain, the bench told reach the top of judiciary ber 17 last year. and Justices A.S. Bopanna that the Centre’s SOP on rangements are in place to there is a pandemic situa- and V. Ramasubramanian opening religious places hold the competitive exami- tion, ultimately life has to go told the state counsel that should be followed. nations, which many people on and the career of the stu- India willing to garner regional, international the Maharashtra govern- Earlier, Senior Advocate want to be postponed, in- dents cannot be put in peril ment is willing to take the Abhishek Manu Singhvi, ap- cluding BJP’s Rajya Sabha for long and a full academic support for intra-Afghan peace process so-called risk where money pearing for the Maharashtra MP Subramanian Swamy. year cannot be wasted.” is involved, but talks about government, contended In what appears to be “Accordingly, the admit New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) India has and Delhi in the near future, taking into COVID-19 and risks thereof that COVID-19 cases have the Centre’s decision to cards for the JEE (Main) expressed willingness to garner regional account the Corona Virus health regime if it involves religion. increased exponentially go ahead with NEET (Na- were released by the Nation- and international support for the intra- and the norms of the International Avia- The court observation in the state, and India has al Testing Agency (NTA) Afghanistan peace process and reiter- tion Organization (ICAO), sources said was made during hearing of crossed many other coun- HOLIDAY NOTICE and the exam is sched- ated that it would egg on Afghanistan’s here on Friday. They also discussed the a matter on keeping the Jain tries vis-a-vis the number uled from September 1-6. position in the negotiations. External strengthening of the emerging regional temples open in Maharash- of cases. The bench said it OUR OFFICE WILL BE Till date, out of 8,58,273 Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who had a consensus on the peaceful end to the tra during the Paryushan is not treating this as an ad- CLOSED ON candidates, 6,49,223 have telephonic conversation with Afghani- conflict in Afghanistan, ensuring that period.