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M aking a strong case for a significant role for India in the United Nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed the need for changes in the international body and questioned its posi- tion in fighting the coron- avirus pandemic. He also assured the global community that India will pro- vide corona vaccine to the world as it is the world’s biggest pharmaceutical drugs manu- facturer. Addressing the 75th annu- al session of the United Nations General Assembly virtually in Hindi, Modi said India has already supplied relevant drugs to more than 150 countries in the past few months since the outbreak of the pandemic. He said while the world is fighting it for the last eight to nine months, “where is the UN in this joint fight. Where is the effective response.” Focussing on a more prominent role for India in the UN and fight against corona, the Prime Minister avoided making any reference to ongo- ing tension at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and frosty ties with Pakistan in his 20-minute speech. He also did not respond to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s remarks about India in his speech. However, Modi put a ques- tion mark on the UN role by stating that though the third world war did not take place so far but the past years saw sev- eral wars and civil strifes besides terrorist attacks killing scores of innocent people. The PM acknowledged that while the UN had several notable achievements to its name in the 75 years of its experience, including the pre- vention of a third world war, “we can’t deny terrorist attacks shook the world”. “We have successfully avoided a third world war but we cannot deny many wars happened, many civil wars happened. Terrorist attack shook the world. Blood was spilled. Those were killed were like you and me. Children left the world prematurely,” he said. Strongly pitching a greater position for India, he said when the UN was formed in 1945 the world was signifi- cantly different. Challenges in the 21st century and future are now different and the UN has to change to keep pace with changing times, Modi said adding the global forum need- ed to introspect. Underlining that the UN commands respect in India, Modi, however, said the coun- trymen were anxious as to when will the much awaited reforms take place in the body. “They are worried whether the process will reach a logical end. Till when will India be kept away from the UN’s deci- sion-making process?” he said. “When we were weak, we didn’t trouble the world. When we became strong, we didn’t become a bojh (burden) on the world. Till when do we have to wait? India has sent soldiers to UN peace-keeping missions and India has lost the most number of soldiers. India has always thought about the wel- fare of the world,” the PM said in strong opening remarks. Turn to Page 4 B JP national president JP Nadda on Saturday announced a new team of office-bearers and significant- ly replaced Ram Madhav, P Muralidhar Rao, Anil Jain, Saroj Pandey as general secre- taries. Nadda appointed Bengaluru Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya as party’s youth wing president, replacing Poonam Mahajan. The list of eight general secretaries has five new faces with Bhupender Yadav, Arun Singh, and Vijayvargiya being retained. Dushyant Kumar Gautam (MP Delhi), D Purandareshwari, CT Ravi (MLA, Karnataka), Chugh (Punjab), and Dilip Saikia ( MP, Assam) are new choices as general secretaries. In the list of vice presidents, Nadda has retained ex-Chief Ministers Dr Raman Singh (Chhattisgarh), Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan), and Baijyant Jay Panda (Odisha). The new vice-presidents are: West Bengal leader Mukul Roy, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, mem- bers of Parliament Rekha Verma, Annapurna Devi, Bharatiben Shiyal, DK Aruna, Radha Mohan Singh, M Chuba Ao and AP Abdullakutty. Radha Mohan Singh is a former Union Minister and former State BJP president. His induction as the party’s national VP comes ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls, obviously to send a message among his Rajput caste men. Besides Radha Mohan Singh, the poll- bound Bihar has three others in the list of office-bearers, most of them retained from the last team. Similarly, Mukul Roy’s ele- vation as vice-president is seen as a move with an eye on the next year’s Bengal Assembly elections. In addition to Roy, Member of Parliament (West Bengal) Raju Bisht figures as spokesperson in the list. The “new team” which has come into effect eight months after Nadda took up the reins of the party represents more or less a status quo, mirroring the profile under the two-terms of Amit Shah. Among 12 vice-presidents announced, Dr Raman, Raje and Panda have been retained in their posts. Ahead of the crucial Madhya Pradesh bypolls for an odd-22 Assembly seats, the BJP has continued with its senior leader Kailash Vijaywargiya as party general secretary from MP. Turn to Page 4 T he CBI has filed a chargesheet against nine police officials, including then Inspector/SHO, two Sub- Inspectors, two Head Constables and four constables of Sathankulam Police Station (Tamil Nadu) for allegedly tor- turing a father-son duo, both traders, to death on June 19, in a case that triggered nationwide outrage. Traders P Jeyaraj (59) and his son J Feniks (31) were taken into custody by the Sattankulam Police allegedly for violating the lockdown rule that mandated the closure of all business establishments after 8 pm. Jeyaraj, who owned a mobile phone shop, had kept open his shop beyond the time limit, according to the police version. He was taken to the police station while his son reached the station to find out why his father was taken into custody. While Feniks died on June 22 at the Kovipatti General Hospital, Jeyaraj was found dead on June 23. Police bru- tality is said to be the cause of the deaths. The Tamil Nadu Government had ordered a magistrate level probe, but the cops in the Sattankulam Station refused to cooperate with the magistrate which led the Madras High Court to order the revenue administration to take possession of the police station, a first of kind incident in the country. Later the State Government ordered a CBI probe into the case following the request by the Director General of Police. Turn to Page 4 B ollywood came alive — albeit for wrong reasons — on Saturday, as the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) grilled three top actresses Deepika Padukone, Shraddha Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan and Deepika’s manager Karishma Kapoor while it arrested Kshitij Ravi Prasad, a former executive of Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput’s death-related drug case. The day unfolded as Deepika took the media Paparazzi by surprise as she walked quietly without any security into Evelyn House, the guesthouse of the Mumbai Port Trust near the Taj Mahal Palace which has been con- verted into the makeshift NCB office, at 9.48 am on Saturday. She confronted with her manager Karishma Prakash during questioning. She was questioned for nearly six hours. Shraddha Kapoor reached the NCB office around 12 pm and left after six hours, while Sara Ali Khan reached around 1 pm and left around 5.30 pm. Turn to Page 4 T he government will need 80,000 crore over the next one year to buy and dis- tribute Covid-19 vaccine across the country, said Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII). “Quick question; will the Government of India have 80,000 crores available, over the next one year? Because that’s what @MoHFW_INDIA needs, to buy and distribute the vaccine to everyone in India. This is the next concerning the challenge we need to tackle. @PMOIndia,” Poonawalla tweeted. The world’s leading vac- cine manufacturer, SII, has joined hands with five global pharma companies including AstraZeneca to produce one billion doses of its vaccine candidate, besides partnering with Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute to manufac- ture the Sputnik V vaccine. The Serum Institute of India has pledged half of it to the country. Turn to Page 4 O ne of the oldest partners of the BJP — the Shiromani Akali Dal — which has been with it through thick and thin for decades, finally quit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Saturday, signaling a complete political break from its past on the three farm Bills passed by Parliament early this week. Eyeing the March 2022 Assembly elections which is expected to be fought on the Farm Bills, SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal announced the decision to part with NDA after a meeting of the core committee of the party here saying the decision was taken due to injustice to farmers, Sikhs, Punjab and Punjabi language. “In the last two months, our attempt was to make aware the Central Government, the sentiments of the people of Punjab. But with regret we have to say that the Bill was passed with brute force…You know what hap- pened in the Rajya Sabha…Our Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal had resigned earlier in protest,” Badal said late in the evening. He said the party took a conscious decision after talk- ing to the party workers, talk- ing to the farmers and people of the state. “For the last few days, I have been talking to everybody… The entire lead- ership of the Akali Dal has decided not to be a part of the NDA which has brought Ordinances and Bills which are against Punjab and farm- ers,” he said. Turn to Page 4 U ttar Pradesh got six rep- resentations in the new central committee of Bharatiya Janata Party, with five new faces getting a chance for the first time. Except for general secre- tary Arun Singh, MP, the five others are new faces in the committee of JP Nadda announced in New Delhi on Saturday. The surprise inclusion is Rajesh Agarwal, the former finance minister of UP who will be the new treasurer of the BJP. However, general secre- tary Arun Singh has been retained by the party while Turn to Page 4 Ayodhya (PTI): The Ayodhya administration has refused to allow the staging of Ram Leela in the district amid the COVID- 19 spread. The district admin- istration, however, has begun preparations to organise a grand celebration of virtual Deepotsav on the occasion of Diwali in the city. The permission to stage Ram Leela in the city was sought by the ‘Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan’ , the government department that organises the performance, but it was denied by the government, said Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan man- ager Ram Teerath. Teerath said the Department had sought the permission to hold Ram Leela in the open within the Ayodhya museum premises. “Over 300 Ram Leela artists have been facing difficulties in earning their livelihood for the last seven months as, after the suspension of the Ram Leela, the government did not issue payments to them. Ram Lila artist,” he said. The Ayodhya administra- tion, however, has started the preparations to celebrate a vir- tual Deepotsav in the right earnest. The celebration of a grand Deepotsav in Ayodhya was started by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi after he assumed the office in 2017. Minister for Tourism and Culture Nilkanth Tiwari has issued detailed instructions to the Ayodhya administration for the celebration of a ‘Virtual Deepotsav’ this year. During a review meeting of the Ayodhya administration officials on the arrangements to celebrate a virtual Depotsav, Tiwari had said that a new record of lightning diyas' would be created during this Deepotsav. “A virtual platform will be developed from the banks of river Saryu to Ram Katha Park to control the crowd and only the volunteers, fol- lowing the anti-COVID-19 guidelines will be allowed to light up the lamps,” he said.

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Making a strong case for asignificant role for India

in the United Nations, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onSaturday stressed the need forchanges in the internationalbody and questioned its posi-tion in fighting the coron-avirus pandemic.

He also assured the globalcommunity that India will pro-vide corona vaccine to theworld as it is the world’s biggestpharmaceutical drugs manu-facturer.

Addressing the 75th annu-al session of the United NationsGeneral Assembly virtually inHindi, Modi said India hasalready supplied relevant drugsto more than 150 countries inthe past few months since theoutbreak of the pandemic. Hesaid while the world is fighting

it for the last eight to ninemonths, “where is the UN inthis joint fight. Where is theeffective response.”

Focussing on a moreprominent role for India in theUN and fight against corona,the Prime Minister avoidedmaking any reference to ongo-ing tension at the Line ofActual Control (LAC) andfrosty ties with Pakistan in his20-minute speech. He also didnot respond to Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan’s remarksabout India in his speech.

However, Modi put a ques-tion mark on the UN role bystating that though the thirdworld war did not take place sofar but the past years saw sev-eral wars and civil strifesbesides terrorist attacks killingscores of innocent people.

The PM acknowledgedthat while the UN had several

notable achievements to itsname in the 75 years of itsexperience, including the pre-vention of a third world war,“we can’t deny terrorist attacksshook the world”.

“We have successfullyavoided a third world war butwe cannot deny many warshappened, many civil warshappened. Terrorist attackshook the world. Blood wasspilled. Those were killed werelike you and me. Children leftthe world prematurely,” he said.

Strongly pitching a greaterposition for India, he saidwhen the UN was formed in1945 the world was signifi-cantly different. Challenges inthe 21st century and future arenow different and the UN hasto change to keep pace withchanging times, Modi saidadding the global forum need-ed to introspect.

Underlining that the UNcommands respect in India,Modi, however, said the coun-trymen were anxious as towhen will the much awaitedreforms take place in the body.“They are worried whetherthe process will reach a logicalend. Till when will India bekept away from the UN’s deci-sion-making process?” he said.

“When we were weak, we

didn’t trouble the world. Whenwe became strong, we didn’tbecome a bojh (burden) on theworld. Till when do we have towait? India has sent soldiers toUN peace-keeping missionsand India has lost the mostnumber of soldiers. India hasalways thought about the wel-fare of the world,” the PM saidin strong opening remarks.

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BJP national president JPNadda on Saturday

announced a new team ofoffice-bearers and significant-ly replaced Ram Madhav, PMuralidhar Rao, Anil Jain,Saroj Pandey as general secre-taries.

Nadda appointedBengaluru Member ofParliament Tejasvi Surya asparty’s youth wing president,replacing Poonam Mahajan.

The list of eight generalsecretaries has five new faceswith Bhupender Yadav, ArunSingh, and Vijayvargiya beingretained.

Dushyant Kumar Gautam(MP Delhi), DPurandareshwari, CT Ravi(MLA, Karnataka), Chugh(Punjab), and Dilip Saikia ( MP,Assam) are new choices asgeneral secretaries.

In the list of vice presidents,Nadda has retained ex-ChiefMinisters Dr Raman Singh(Chhattisgarh), VasundharaRaje (Rajasthan), and BaijyantJay Panda (Odisha).

The new vice-presidentsare: West Bengal leader MukulRoy, former Jharkhand ChiefMinister Raghubar Das, mem-bers of Parliament RekhaVerma, Annapurna Devi,Bharatiben Shiyal, DK Aruna,

Radha Mohan Singh, M ChubaAo and AP Abdullakutty.

Radha Mohan Singh is aformer Union Minister andformer State BJP president.His induction as the party’snational VP comes ahead of the

Bihar Assembly polls, obviouslyto send a message among hisRajput caste men. BesidesRadha Mohan Singh, the poll-bound Bihar has three others inthe list of office-bearers, mostof them retained from the lastteam.

Similarly, Mukul Roy’s ele-vation as vice-president is seenas a move with an eye on thenext year’s Bengal Assemblyelections. In addition to Roy,Member of Parliament (WestBengal) Raju Bisht figures asspokesperson in the list.

The “new team” which hascome into effect eight monthsafter Nadda took up the reinsof the party represents more orless a status quo, mirroring theprofile under the two-terms ofAmit Shah.

Among 12 vice-presidentsannounced, Dr Raman, Rajeand Panda have been retainedin their posts.

Ahead of the crucialMadhya Pradesh bypolls for anodd-22 Assembly seats, theBJP has continued with itssenior leader KailashVijaywargiya as party generalsecretary from MP.

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The CBI has filed achargesheet against nine

police officials, including thenInspector/SHO, two Sub-Inspectors, two HeadConstables and four constablesof Sathankulam Police Station(Tamil Nadu) for allegedly tor-turing a father-son duo, bothtraders, to death on June 19, ina case that triggered nationwideoutrage.

Traders P Jeyaraj (59) andhis son J Feniks (31) weretaken into custody by theSattankulam Police allegedlyfor violating the lockdown rulethat mandated the closure of allbusiness establishments after 8pm. Jeyaraj, who owned a

mobile phone shop, had keptopen his shop beyond the timelimit, according to the policeversion. He was taken to thepolice station while his sonreached the station to find outwhy his father was taken intocustody.

While Feniks died on June22 at the Kovipatti GeneralHospital, Jeyaraj was founddead on June 23. Police bru-tality is said to be the cause ofthe deaths.

The Tamil NaduGovernment had ordered amagistrate level probe, but thecops in the Sattankulam Stationrefused to cooperate with themagistrate which led theMadras High Court to orderthe revenue administration totake possession of the policestation, a first of kind incidentin the country. Later the StateGovernment ordered a CBIprobe into the case followingthe request by the DirectorGeneral of Police.

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Bollywood came alive —albeit for wrong reasons —

on Saturday, as the NarcoticsControl Bureau (NCB) grilledthree top actresses DeepikaPadukone, Shraddha Kapoor,Sara Ali Khan and Deepika’smanager Karishma Kapoorwhile it arrested Kshitij RaviPrasad, a former executive ofKaran Johar’s DharmaProductions, in connectionwith the Sushant Singh Rajput’sdeath-related drug case.

The day unfolded asDeepika took the media

Paparazzi by surprise as shewalked quietly without anysecurity into Evelyn House,the guesthouse of the MumbaiPort Trust near the Taj MahalPalace which has been con-verted into the makeshift NCBoffice, at 9.48 am on Saturday.

She confronted with hermanager Karishma Prakashduring questioning. She wasquestioned for nearly six hours.

Shraddha Kapoor reachedthe NCB office around 12 pmand left after six hours, whileSara Ali Khan reached around1 pm and left around 5.30 pm.

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The government will need�80,000 crore over the

next one year to buy and dis-tribute Covid-19 vaccine acrossthe country, said AdarPoonawalla, CEO of SerumInstitute of India (SII).

“Quick question; will theGovernment of India have�80,000 crores available, overthe next one year? Becausethat’s what @MoHFW_INDIAneeds, to buy and distribute thevaccine to everyone in India.This is the next concerning the

challenge we need to tackle.@PMOIndia,” Poonawallatweeted.

The world’s leading vac-cine manufacturer, SII, hasjoined hands with five globalpharma companies includingAstraZeneca to produce onebillion doses of its vaccinecandidate, besides partneringwith Russia’s GamaleyaResearch Institute to manufac-ture the Sputnik V vaccine.

The Serum Institute ofIndia has pledged half of it tothe country.

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One of the oldest partnersof the BJP — the

Shiromani Akali Dal — whichhas been with it through thickand thin for decades, finallyquit the National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) on Saturday,signaling a complete politicalbreak from its past on thethree farm Bills passed byParliament early this week.

Eyeing the March 2022Assembly elections which isexpected to be fought on theFarm Bills, SAD chief SukhbirSingh Badal announced thedecision to part with NDAafter a meeting of the corecommittee of the party heresaying the decision was takendue to injustice to farmers,Sikhs, Punjab and Punjabilanguage.

“In the last two months,our attempt was to makeaware the CentralGovernment, the sentimentsof the people of Punjab. Butwith regret we have to say thatthe Bill was passed with bruteforce…You know what hap-pened in the RajyaSabha…Our MinisterHarsimrat Kaur Badal hadresigned earlier in protest,”Badal said late in the evening.

He said the party took aconscious decision after talk-ing to the party workers, talk-ing to the farmers and peopleof the state. “For the last fewdays, I have been talking toeverybody… The entire lead-ership of the Akali Dal hasdecided not to be a part of theNDA which has broughtOrdinances and Bills whichare against Punjab and farm-ers,” he said.

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Uttar Pradesh got six rep-resentations in the new

central committee of BharatiyaJanata Party, with five newfaces getting a chance for thefirst time.

Except for general secre-tary Arun Singh, MP, the fiveothers are new faces in thecommittee of JP Naddaannounced in New Delhi onSaturday.

The surprise inclusion isRajesh Agarwal, the formerfinance minister of UP whowill be the new treasurer of theBJP. However, general secre-tary Arun Singh has beenretained by the party while

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The permission to stageRam Leela in the city wassought by the ‘Ayodhya ShodhSansthan’, the governmentdepartment that organises theperformance, but it was deniedby the government, saidAyodhya Shodh Sansthan man-ager Ram Teerath.

Teerath said theDepartment had sought thepermission to hold Ram Leelain the open within the Ayodhyamuseum premises.

“Over 300 Ram Leela artistshave been facing difficulties inearning their livelihood for thelast seven months as, after thesuspension of the Ram Leela,the government did not issuepayments to them. Ram Lila

artist,” he said.The Ayodhya administra-

tion, however, has started thepreparations to celebrate a vir-tual Deepotsav in the rightearnest. The celebration of agrand Deepotsav in Ayodhyawas started by Uttar PradeshChief Minister Yogi after heassumed the office in 2017.

Minister for Tourism andCulture Nilkanth Tiwari hasissued detailed instructions tothe Ayodhya administration forthe celebration of a ‘VirtualDeepotsav’ this year.

During a review meeting ofthe Ayodhya administrationofficials on the arrangements tocelebrate a virtual Depotsav,Tiwari had said that a newrecord of lightning diyas' wouldbe created during thisDeepotsav. “A virtual platformwill be developed from thebanks of river Saryu to RamKatha Park to control the crowdand only the volunteers, fol-lowing the anti-COVID-19guidelines will be allowed tolight up the lamps,” he said.

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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath expressed his

annoyance at the reporteddemotion of Provincial ArmedConstabulary (PAC) personnelwho had been promoted tohigher ranks, without inform-ing the government about themove.

An investigation has beenordered against the officialwho took the decision withoutgiving information to the gov-ernment.

The chief minister saidthat any decision which demor-alised the police force wouldnot be tolerated.

According to a press releaseissued by the Chief Minister’sOffice (CMO) on Saturday,Yogi Adityanath has orderedimmediate promotion of thedemoted PAC personnel.

“The chief minister hasdirected the DGP to ensurepromotion of the personnel asper the rules. He has said thatthe officials who took thisdecision without informingthe government should be heldaccountable and a reportshould be sent to the govern-ment in this regard,” the pressrelease said.

At the centre of the contro-versy is an order issued byADG (Establishment) PiyushAnand, directing 896 PAC per-sonnel to join back in their par-ent cadre.

After this all the jawanswere sent back to the PAC fromthe civil police. This led to thedemotion of the jawans whowent to the civil police from thearmed constabulary.

Besides those who got pro-motion in their pay scale, ahead constable and six sub-inspectors were demoted asconstable after they were sentback to PAC.

In the last 20 years, all ofthem went from PAC to civilpolice after joining as consta-

ble in PAC.Interestingly after the con-

troversy, the ADG(Establishment) claimed thatno staff would be allowed to beharmed and they would beadjusted according to theirbatch.

However, when the com-plaint reached the chief minis-ter, he expressed displeasure

and instructed the DGP toimmediately promote all these896 jawans. The decision hasalso been challenged in theAllahabad High Court.

The entire matter is nowunder probe.

It may be mentioned thatin 1948, the UP Military Policeand UP State ArmedConstabulary were amalga-

mated into the ProvincialArmed Constabulary. The PACwas created to prevent the fre-quent deployment of the armyin grave law and order situa-tions that the local police couldnot handle on its own. Eventhough it was meant for the UP,the PAC has had the privilegeof serving across the length andbreadth of the country.

Lucknow (PNS): SamajwadiParty president Akhilesh Yadavsaid that if his party was votedto power in the 2022 UPAssembly polls, his governmentwould ensure the welfare offarmers, artisans and peopleengaged in other professions inrural areas.

Akhilesh Yadav also flayedthe Yogi Adityanath govern-ment for the deterioration inlaw and order and the corrup-tion rampant in the administra-

tion.“Even the Bharatiya Janata

Party leaders are not safe in UPand criminals, under thepatronage of the ruling partyleaders, are indulging in anti-social and illegal activities withimpunity. A woman BJP leaderhas lodged an FIR in Aligarhdistrict and she has facedstrong opposition from fellowpartymen who mobbed her inthe police station while the res-idence of a BJP leader has

been attacked and his proper-ty has been damaged,” the SPpresident said.

“The situation due to cor-ruption in administration is sograve that a sub-divisionalmagistrate in Pratapgarh dis-trict had to sit on dharnaagainst the district magistratein the office chamber of theDM,” he added.

Dismissing the BJP govern-ment’s claim of good gover-nance, the SP chief said the

subordinate staff in policeand civil administration arelevelling charges of corrup-tion against their superior offi-cers.

He said, “A former DGPhas exposed the corruptionwhile serious charges of extor-tion of over Rs 35 lakh permonth from the common peo-ple and business establish-ments have been made againstthe police in Chandauli dis-trict.”

Yadav said people from allwalks of life were fed up withthe BJP government and thenext SP government wouldensure justice to the people ofall sections of society and liveli-hood and employment for thepoor.

He said only the pathshown by socialist leaders RamManohar Lohia and MulayamSingh Yadav could uplift thepoor and disadvantaged sec-tions of society.

Lucknow (PNS): In yet anothergang-rape on bus, a woman passen-ger was allegedly raped inside a run-ning bus for entire night on Fridayand was later thrown out of the bus.She was found lying unconscious onDelhi Road in Meerut on Saturdaymorning and was rushed to the hos-pital where she later revealed hertrauma.

This is the third such incident inUttar Pradesh in the last about onemonth when a woman passenger onway to Delhi was gang-raped on amoving bus and that too by the staff.

Reports said that a woman wasfound in an unconscious state andwas shifted to hospital in Meerut onSaturday morning.

After regaining consciousness,the woman revealed her trauma. Shetold the police officers that she hadboarded a bus from Bhaisali busstand on Friday night. On the bus,she was given cold drink after whichshe was gang-raped by the driver andthe conductor for the entire night.

The victim is a native ofSardhana town of Meerut district.

Police recorded the statement ofthe woman but no FIR was registeredso far. SSP of Meerut, Ajay Sahani,confirmed the gang-rape of a womanon a running bus in the district andsaid that efforts were on to nab theculprits. He said that they were alsotaking the help of the Close CircuitTelevision to collect evidence andalso to help them in identifying theculprits. In a separate case, a youthwas shot dead under mysterious cir-cumstances.

Reports said that Mahesh akaMonu (35), a resident of RamlokColony in Mandi area of Saharanpur,was missing since Friday morning.His father informed the local policeabout he disappearance of his son.

On Saturday morning, the bodyof Monu was found lying in theRedimalakpur area under theRampur Maniharan area of the dis-trict. Local SHO Kuldeep Singh, whorushed to the spot, said the victimhad bullet injury marks on his headand shoulder.

The cops said that Monu washaving a dispute with his in-laws as

he took divorce from his wife a fewmonths back. The cops suspect thehands of the in-laws in the murder.

The cops are also looking for thewoman with whom the victim left hishouse on Friday afternoon afterwhich he went missing and was laterfound murdered.

Meanwhile, fed up with thehabit of taking drugs, a man killedhis son in Etah late Friday night.

Reports said that Mahendra Pal,a resident of Kakrawali area ofPiluwa in Etah, was fed up with hisson Sunil (24) as the youth used totake drugs and also misbehavedwith the family members if theyrefused to give him money.

On Friday night also, Sunildemanded money from his fatherand after he refused, he manhandledhim. Annoyed with the conduct ofhis son, Mahendra took out an axeand with the help of his other sonVineet, brutally hacked Sunil todeath and escaped. The policereached the spot and registered a caseand also managed to nab Vineetwhile Mahendra was absconding.

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The Uttar Pradesh government willinaugurate the newly-constructed can-

cer hospital here on coming Wednesday,the day when the state is set to completeone crore Covid tests.

Additional Chief Secretary (Home)Awanish Awasthi told media personshere on Saturday that the state had alreadyconducted 94 lakh Covid tests and with-in the next four days, the number wouldreach one crore as around 1.50 lakh testswere being conducted every day.

Awasthi said that on September 30, thestate would get its new cancer hospital inLucknow. The function to inaugurate thecancer hospital will be attended by DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh along with ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath during his daily Team-11meeting to review the Covid situation,expressed satisfaction over the positivityrate and said it showed that the state hadto some extent controlled the spread of thenovel coronavirus.

The chief minister said that testing of

the samples were being done effectively. Hesaid that nodal officers had been sent to16 coronavirus-prone districts and afterremaining there on Saturday and Sundaythey would report back to the governmenton Monday.

It may be mentioned that UttarPradesh registered 4,412 fresh coron-avirus cases on Saturday, pushing the state’scaseload to 3,82,835, while the recoveryrate brought a sigh of relief as it climbedto 83.6 per cent. The cases showed a declin-ing trend with 6,546 additions to the recov-eries. The number of active patients is alsocoming down substantially.

Meanwhile, 5,517 people lost their livesto the lethal virus with 67 fresh fatalities

being reported across the state in the last24 hours. Additional Chief Secretary(Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said therewere 57,086 active cases in the state whilethe number of recovered COVID-19patients reached was 3,20,232.

He said on Friday, 1,56,828 samplewere tested and now the total Covid testsin the state had reached another milestoneof over 94 lakhs so far.

Prasad said there are 29,266 asympto-matic COVID-19 patients in home isola-tion while 3,629 patients were admitted inprivate hospitals and 145 in semi-paidhotels and the rest were in the government-run Covid hospitals.

Over 3.83 lakh surveillance teams vis-ited 1,21,693 areas of the state and visit-ed 2.51 crore houses to check the healthof over 12.46 crore people.

The additional chief secretary (health)said that UP had taken the second placein terms of patients taking the assistanceof e-Sanjeevani app for online outdoormedical assistance. He said the state hadnow crossed one lakh patients in the onlineportal after Tamil Nadu, with 2,253 peo-ple registering themselves on Friday.

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One person was killed andsix injured after a two-

storey house collapsed in anexplosion in a firecrackers unitin Surir area of Mathura, policesaid on Saturday.

Superintendent of Police(Rural) Shree Chandra saidthat there was an explosion inJogendra’s house in Surir Kalanvillage after midnight on Fridaythat led to his two-storey housecollapsing and cracks develop-ing in the adjacent houses .

The police were informedabout the blast and they start-ed the rescue work.

The Police and administra-tion officials also reached thespot after some time and reliefwork was started on a war foot-ing. Seven people were rescuedfrom the rubble but by thattime, Jogendra (25) succumbedto his injuries.

Indravati (55), Jogendra’s

wife Shivani (22), Bobby (40),Savita (18), Mahendra (48)and Deepanshu (13), who wereinjured, were taken to the pri-mary health centre whereSavita, Mahendra andDeepanshu were dischargedafter first aid.

Shivani and Bobby areundergoing treatment at thedistrict hospital.

In view of her critical con-dition, Indravati was sent to theAgra medical college for bettertreatment. As per the police,firecrackers were stocked ille-gally in Jogendra’s house andthere was a sudden explosionin them.

Senior Superintendent ofPolice Dr Gaurav Grover hasordered a probe into the inci-dent. The chief fire officer atMathura will soon submit hisreport.

A case was registeredagainst Indravati in connectionwith the case.

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To promote production andexport from the garment

industry, the Uttar Pradeshgovernment has decided to setup an apparel export cluster inNoida.

Around 77 acres of land isproposed to be earmarked forthe project with the aim to getprivate investments worth Rs900 crore in the infrastructureproject.

This follows Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath’s plan to devel-op UP as a global garment hubwith the state looking to tap thelucrative international textilesupply chain by providing acompetitive avenue to the mar-quee buyers, who are current-ly procuring textile and fabricsfrom China.

The proposed Noida textilehub, comprising nearly 55manufacturing and exportunits, is expected to generateemployment for more than1,00,000 people.

According to UPHandloom and Textile MinisterSidharth Nath Singh, UP ispoised to emerge as the mostattractive investment destina-tion in a gamut of sectorsowing to the abundant pres-ence of skilled, semiskilled andunskilled workers and labour-ers, the largest consumer baseand high ‘Ease of DoingBusiness; matrix.

He said that the UP gov-ernment was also planning to

establish integrated textileparks across the state, for whichit had invited expression ofinterest (EoI) from privateplayers. “So far, six developershave evinced interest in settingup such parks at Agra, Meerut,Gautam Buddha Nagar(Noida), Chandauli, Jhansi,Kanpur and Gorakhpur dis-tricts,” Singh added.

The officials have beendirected to earnestly pursuethese proposals with the privatedevelopers, who would beexpected to submit theirrespective detailed projectreport (DPR) based on therequest for proposal (RfP) doc-ument to be floated by the stategovernment. Recently, a dele-gation of Agra-based industri-alists representing 300 textilemanufacturers met the UP’sMinister of State for Textiles,Chaudhary Udaybhan, andsought suitable land for settingup textile and apparel units inAgra.

The government has alsoexpedited the process of iden-tifying land for the proposedtextile parks in the state formass employment generationand faster economic growth atthe local level.

The state is looking toemploy the skilled and semi-skilled migrant workers, whowere forced to return to UP fol-lowing COVID-19 lockdownfrom top textile manufacturingcentres, including Surat,Ludhiana etc.

Jaunpur/Deoria (PTI): UttarPradesh Chief Minister YogiAdityanath on Saturday saidthose opposing the Centre’sagriculture-related Bills are“anti-farmer”.

Prime Minister NarendraModi had promised to doublethe income of farmers and theBills have been passed withthis aim in mind, he said,addressing BJP workers at aschool auditorium in Jaunpur.

The chief minister said thelegislations will free farmersfrom the grip of middlemenand provide them with anoption to sell their produce asper their choice.

The opposition is mis-leading people but they willnot be allowed to succeed, hesaid, terming those opposingthe Bills as “anti-farmer”.

Without taking names, thechief minister in Deoria said:Those who exploited farmersand mocked migrants... thosewho don’t know whether sug-arcane is grown on land ortrees are pretending to bewarriors of farmers andlabourers.”

Speaking about the workdone by his government dur-ing the coronavirus pandem-ic, he said those who have beenwith the people in the mostdifficult times will be in powerand claimed that in the last sixmonths, the state governmenthas distributed free foodgrain

12 times so that no one faceshunger.

Referring to the upcomingbypolls in the state, he saidthere will not be any big ralliesor public meetings.

So, every BJP worker andoffice-bearer will have to takethe responsibility of everybooth. If you win a booth, youwill win an election, he said,exhorting party workers towin the Malhani (Jaunpur)and Deoria Sadar assemblyseats for the BJP.

We are dedicated to devel-opment and in this by-electionyou all have to think aboutwho will bring developmentand who will provide employ-ment, he said.

Bypolls to eight Assemblyseats in Uttar Pradesh arelikely to be held soon.

Enumerating the achieve-

ments of the BJP-led govern-ment at the Centre and inUttar Pradesh while speakingin Deoria, he said: “We tookthe development work for-ward with establishment ofMedical College in Deoria... bynext year classes will also startwith 100 students and peoplewill get high quality medicalfacilities. He said that due togovernment focus on waterdrainage, potable water andcleanliness, the number ofdeaths due to encephalitis hasreduced substantially in com-parison to 2014.

The world is appreciatingour management duringCOVID-19 challenge and thegovernment not only provid-ed employment to 40 lakhmigrant workers but also pro-vided them free food (ration),he said.

Hathras /Aligarh (PTI): A 19-year-old Dalit woman, who wasallegedly raped by four men inHathras, is struggling for life in anAligarh hospital where she has beenput on a ventilator, officials said onSaturday.

Hathras Superintendent ofPolice Vikrant Vir said that the fouraccused named in the rape case,which took place on September 14,have been arrested.

He said the teenager has beenadmitted to JN Medical Collegehospital in Aligarh where she hasbeen put on a ventilator, the SP said.

Giving details of the incident,

the SP said that the woman hadgone to the fields with her motheron the fateful day and had gonemissing soon after.

She was later found brutallyinjured, with her tongue having aserious cut as she bit it while theaccused attempted to strangulateher, he said. The SP said initiallythey came to know that Sandip (20)had tried to kill her followingwhich he was arrested the same day.

Later in her statement to themagistrate, the victim said thatbesides Sandip, Ramu, Lavkush andRavi had raped her and when sheresisted their attempts, they tried to

strangulate her, leading to the cutin the tongue, the official said.

Later, Luvkush and Ramu werealso arrested and the fourth accusedwas arrested on Saturday, the SPadded.

Meanwhile , a report fromAligarh said the condition of thegirl was “critical”.

The girl who was gangraped onSeptember 14 was brought to theAligarh hospital the next day. Shehas injuries on the neck and is onventilator, a JN Medical Hospitalspokesman said. HathrasAdditional Superintendent of PolicePrakash Kumar told reporters that

originally the accused were chargedunder section 307 (attempt tomurder) of the IPC but after receiv-ing more inputs they were chargedunder section 376 D (gangrape).

He said that the legal processof trying the case under a fast trackcourt has also been initiated.

Senior Congress leader SheorajJiwan accused the Hathras police ofgross negligence in the case andalleged that the woman was shift-ed to Aligarh only after her condi-tion turned serious. Jiwan, who metthe woman’s family members,alleged that the police tried toshield the accused.

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APara resident attemptedself-immolation near GPO

in Hazratganj on Saturdayafternoon, in protest against theclean chit given by some of thecops at Para police station to anaccused against whom he hadlodged a case there. A team ofHazratganj police detained himand later handed him over topolice.

According to Afsar ofDeputy Kheda, he had lodgeda case against Bachchu,Jamshed and their aides formurderous assault on August 4.He said the police worked onthe case and gave a clean chit

to Jamshed (of Hardoi), whoused Bachchu to lure him intovisiting Dubagga-Sitapurbypass where he was attackedon on August 4. He said he hadan old enmity with Jamshed asthe latter was the oppositeparty in a case involving one ofhis (Afsar’s) relatives.

“Bachchu befriended meand asked me to meet Jamshed

at Dubagga-Sitapur bypass.When I sought to know thereason, Bachchu told me thathe would get a job. When Ireached the scene, I foundJamshed and his aides presentthere. They caught hold of meand thrashed me.”

“I somehow managed toflee the scene. Their act wascaptured in CCTV camerasinstalled at a school close to thecrime scene. However, thepolice did not includeJamshed’s name,” he alleged. Hedemanded that a case be reg-istered against Jamshed and hisaides who he identified asNizam, Sonu, Lallan and Azad(all of Hardoi).

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CEO of GennovaBiopharmacuticals Limited

(Pune) Sanjay Singh said thatthe search for new knowledgeand capacity to challenge pre-conceived notions in the face ofnew evidence is the key tomeeting the unmet needs of thecountry and to move towardsmaking India self-reliant or‘atmanirbhar’. He said they arecurrently working to developHGC019, an mRNA vaccineagainst Covid-19.

He was speaking at the79th Foundation Day of TheCouncil of Scientific andIndustrial Research at IndianInstitute of Toxicology Research(IITR). He said that the entireworld is currently goingthrough a tumultuous period

due to the Covid-19 pandem-ic, and history is replete withnumerous examples of howscience has improved the exis-tence and standard of livingover centuries. “In a country aslarge as ours, a strong founda-tion laid on science and tech-nology is essential to ensurebetter lives to over a billion peo-ple,” he added.

The celebrations wereonline given the pandemic sit-uation and several senior mem-bers of the scientific commu-nity took part in the pro-gramme. Chief scientist ofIITR and chairperson of organ-ising committee DevendraParmar welcomed the gather-ing. The programme waspresided over by IITR directorAlok Dhawan, who said thatthe role of CSIR in the battle

against Covid-19 has been phe-nomenal with contributionsin different spheres like diag-nostics, treatment, hospitalequipment, supply chain,genome sequencing etc.

He also said that the sum-mer training programmes atCSIR labs are much sought-after among the student com-munity. In these challengingtimes, IITR, along with sisterlaboratories, successfully con-ducted a summer researchtraining programme for 75students in online mode, hesaid. IITR also felicitated itsemployees completing 25 yearsof service and those who super-annuated in the previous year.Prizes were also given away tochildren of IITR employeeswho have excelled in academicsduring the previous year.

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The Hazratganj police arrest-ed a truck driver who had

allegedly issued a threat toChief Minister Yogi Adityanathon the WhatsApp number of‘UP 112’ using derogatory lan-guage against the CM and ask-ing him to set free mafia-turned-politician MukhtarAnsari. The case was lodged byHazratganj inspector AKPandey.

The accused was identifiedas Amarpal Yadav of Etah. Hewas arrested by a team that wasformed to work out the case.

As per reports, the policecontrol room got a message onWednesday morning. Thepolice worked on the case andnabbed the accused, who hadthreatened the CM with direconsequences if MukhtarAnsari was not released fromjail within 24 hours.

“Yadi Mukhtar ko jail senahi free kiya gaya, to 25tareekh yani shukrawar kosarkar mita di jayegi (ifMukhtar is not released fromjail, the government will beannihilated on September 25)”.The inspector said the accusedwas arrested on Thursday.

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District Magistrate AbhishekPrakash on Saturday

issued guidelines for markets,shopping malls and shops foreffective containment of coro-navirus in Lucknow. The guide-lines are for wearing masks andsocial distancing.

The DM asserted that fol-lowing unlock, it is necessaryto follow the guidelines. “It isimportant to carry out thermalscanning before a person entersa shop, lift or parking area.Hand sanitisation is also essen-tial and circles will be drawnoutside shops for social dis-tancing. People should not beallowed to enter the malls orother shops without maskson,” he said.

He added that there wouldbe mask booths through whichmasks would be provided tothose without it. “Shopkeepersand staffers must wear masksand gloves,” he said. As per theguidelines, sanitisation of areaswhere there is maximummovement of people has to beensured. The shopkeepers havebeen asked not to sell theirproducts to any customers whois not wearing a mask.

The DM said that cus-tomers present in market areaswould be informed that theyshould make the purchasesand leave while maintainingsocial distancing. The cus-tomers will be encouraged todownload Aarogya Setu Appand Vyapar Mandal willappoint two nodal representa-

tives from market areas andgive their numbers to local

police stations for coordinata-tion with the officers of admin-

istration and Nagar Nigam toensure adherence to guide-

lines in market areas.In malls, railings, escala-

tors, floors and all those placeswhich witness a lot of move-ment of people will be sanitisedregularly. People have to beencouraged to shop and leave,and not unnecessarily roamaround. Malls and complexeshave to choose two represen-tatives each and give theirnumbers to the assistant com-missioner of Entertainmentand Commercial Tax so thatlocal police stations can coor-dinate and ensure adherence toguidelines.

Meanwhile, a special cam-paign called ‘Lucknow NeThana Hai, Corona Ko HaranaHai’ was launched at 1090crossing. It was flagged off byDivisional CommissionerRanjan Kumar and DMAbhishek Prakash. The teamsspread awareness across thedistrict, distributed masksamong people and appealed forsocial distancing.

The divisional commis-sioner said it was an endeavourto beat the deadly virus collec-tively and make people aware.

The DM said it would bedifficult to get rid of the diseaseif people did not take it seri-ously. He said that the 100teams which were flagged offwould distribute 10,000 masksamong people and also makecitizens aware. The divisionalcommissioner and DM alsovisited Vivekanand PolyclinicInstitute of Medical Sciences totake stock of Covid facilities.

Meanwhile, Additional

CMO MK Singh said that test-ing has been increased to12,000-13,000 per day, includ-ing 5,000 antigen tests and6,142. The remaining tests willbe done by private labs.

On people complaining ofgetting reports as late as 2-3days, he said there was a slightdelay because when the num-ber of samples is high, reportsget delayed. “However, sinceCovid-19 track reporter hasbeen launched, people can gettheir reports merely by enter-ing their mobile numbers,” hesaid. Singh said they were car-rying out focused testing,immediate containment andincreasing the testing for effec-tive containment of the dead-ly virus. He said the impact ofthe efforts is showing as thenumber of cases is decreasing.

“The surveillance teams,while detecting SARS and ILIsymptoms, make sure peopleare tested immediately so thatthey can be identified for homeisolation or hospitalisation,”Singh said.

Meanwhile, KGMUspokesperson Dr Sudhir Singhsaid they have crossed the 5-lakh mark in terms of thenumber of samples tested at theMicrobiology department.Regarding ICU beds at theKGMU Covid hospital, he saidall the beds were totally occu-pied. “We have 109 ICU bedsand all are occupied,” Singhsaid. He pointed out that 238patients are admitted in theCovid hospital, which has acapacity of 397 beds.

1������ ����������������� ���� �$%&�� ���Lucknow (PNS): The Tourism departmentwill be encouraging rural tourism in the com-ing days in view of the Covid pandemic.Principal Secretary, Culture and Tourism,Mukesh Meshram said there were various her-itage villages in the state which were not over-crowded like cities and could be visited bytourists. “Tourists can go and have tradition-al and ethnic food and boost their immuni-ty and health in surroundings with healthyenvironment. Tourists can also go for expe-riential tourism, adventure tourism and eco-tourism,” he said.

He added that the state was full of oppor-tunities and potentials, and there were manyplaces which could be visited. He said peopleshould take advantage of nature and naturalsites with proper Covid-19 protocols whilemaking the visits. “If one wears mask and prac-tises social distancing, it is enough. Most ofthe business activities have already started inEuropean & western countries as well as inJapan. Life has to go on as coronavirus isunlikely to be eradicated in near future,” hesaid. He added that they were working on sev-eral things as far as promotion of tourism was concerned and they would soon comeout with projects for encouraging tourism inthe state.

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The dip in the number ofnew Covid patients con-

tinued as 599 persons testedpositive in Lucknow onSaturday while 1,137 recovered.The death toll is at 664 while the number of activecases is 8,409.

A senior official at theCMO office said those whotested positive included 45from Gomtinagar, 43 fromIndiranagar, 32 fromHazratganj, 29 each fromTalkatora & Rae Bareli road, 28from Madiaon, 25 each fromJankipuram & Mahanagar, 24

from Chowk, 22 from Aliganj,21 each from Thakurganj,Vikasnagar & VrindavanYojana, 20 from Ashiyana, 19each from Alambagh &Chinhat, 13 from Naka, and 10each from Hasanganj,Aminabad and Para. Therewere 16 deaths in the city andthe deceased included eightfrom Lucknow while othersfrom Lakhimpur Kheri, RaeBareli, Hardoi, Gonda andAmethi. Six patients died atKGMU, including a 66-year-old man from LakhimpurKheri, a 65-year-old womanfrom Gonda, a 27-year-oldwoman from Shahjahanpur, a

45-year-old man fromGosainganj, a 76-year-old manfrom Rajajipuram and an 83-year-old man from Thakurganj.

In the state, 4,412 personstested positive, including 270 inKanpur, 250 in Prayagraj, 133in Gorakhpur and 138 inGhaziabad, taking the UP tallyto 3,82,835 cases. There were 69deaths in the state, includingfive each in Moradabad &Varanasi and three each inPrayagraj, Sonbhadra &Fatehpur, taking the state’sdeath toll to 5,517. Besides,6,546 persons recovered, takingthe total number of recoveriesto 3,20,232.

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Aman was accused of drug-ging and raping a woman

after befriending her, inGomtinagar. He also shared thevideo of the act in WhatsAppgroups and Facebook todefame the woman. As thewoman was alerted by herfriends on Friday, she lodged acase in this connection.

With Chief Minister YogiAdityanath asking the police todeal with iron hands and nameand shame those involved incrime against women, thepolice worked on the caseovernight and nabbed theaccused following a tip-off.

The accused, identified asRaju aka Ramu of Vipul Khandslum area in Gomtinagar, is anative of Hardoi and wasnamed in the case on Friday.The woman stated in the FIRthat Raju befriended her anddrugged her. After she gotsedated, he raped her andfilmed the act. Raju later sharedthe video on WhatsApp groupsand Facebook. When the vic-tim confronted the accused, shewas threatened and was askedto keep mum or face the music.The police registered a caseunder sections376/328/323/506 of IPC forrape, drugging, beating andissuing threats.

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Lucknow (PNS): Thieves made off with Rs 42,500 in cash andornaments worth Rs 45,000 from the house of a printing pressowner in Jankipuram on Friday night. Reports said Raj Sonkarof Saraswatipuram was at his workplace while his wife was at herfather’s house and the house was locked. Sonkar said when hereached home on Saturday morning, he found it burgled.

In another incident, thieves struck at four houses inGaytrinagar of Madiaon and decamped with cash. Reports saidthe thieves made off with Rs 5,000 from the house of Sharda Singh,Rs 1,800 from the house of Rajveer Singh, Rs 4,515 from the houseof Ram Sajiwan and Rs 6,000 and a mobile phone from the houseof Aquil Ahmad. Meanwhile, thieves broke into the house of acontractor in Gomtinagar Extension on Friday and decampedwith cash and ornaments. As per reports, Mohammed Zamir ofMalesamau village in the area had gone to his brother, Muneer’shouse along with his family to attend a birthday party on Friday.They stayed back overnight and returned home on Friday. “I wasshocked to find the lock at the gate broken and articles lyingstrewn across the floor in the house. He said the thieves madeoff with Rs 7 lakh and ornaments worth Rs 8 lakh,” he said.

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He said 130 crore Indians still believed inthe ideals of the UN but added the global bodyneeded to adapt and change to stay relevant incurrent times.

His remarks came in the backdrop of Indiaelected as a non-permanent member of the UNSecurity Council (UNSC), the highest-decisionmaking forum.

There are five permanent members - theUnited States, the United Kingdom, China,Russia and France. India was elected as a non-permanent member of the UNSC for a two-yearterm in June, along with Ireland, Mexico andNorway and will assume the new responsibil-ity from January next year.

He also said India took the lead in mark-ing October 2 as International Day of non-vio-lence and June 22 as International Day of Yoga.India has always thought about the welfare ofthe world. “From our neighbourhood first pol-icy to look-east policy, are all guided by theseprinciples,” the Prime Minister said.

A regards India’s efforts against corona,Modi said vaccine production here will help inbringing the world out of the pandemic. “Weare moving towards Phase 3 of clinical trials.We are increasing infrastructure and will helpothers increase it,” he said.

On its role as a non-permanent memberof the UNSC, Modi said India will use its expe-rience as the world’s largest democracy for thebenefit of the world. “India will stand for shan-ti, suraksha and samriddhi. We will alwaysoppose drugs, illegal weapons, money laun-dering. India’s experience will strengthen theway for vishwa-kalyan (good for the world).”

Highlighting the achievements in the lastfour to five years, Modi said India broughtchanges through Reform-Perform-Transformprocess. In the last few years, linking 400-500million people with the banking system was noteasy. India is one of the leaders in digital trans-actions globally. India is working on makingcountry tuberculosis-free by 2025. India has ini-tiated a huge process of connecting villages withoptical fibre, he said.

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al spokespersons - dropping leaders GVLNarasimha Rao (RS MP) and MeenakshiLekhi (MP, New Delhi).

One of the stark and distinct changes in theteam is the replacement of the high-profileMadhav who was overseeing sensitive States,including Jammu & Kashmir, with Punjab’sTarun Chugh as general secretary.

It is expected that the changes in the partymight be followed by the long-awaited Cabinetreshuffle in coming months, according tosources. There is no confirmation whetherthose who were moved out of the office-bear-er’s list would be shifted to Government orassigned other key party jobs.

‘Firebrand’ Bengaluru MP Surya, appreci-ated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi him-self, has been appointed as party’s youth wingpresident, replacing Poonam Mahajan.

The reshuffle has raised the number ofnational spokespersons to 23, MP Anil Balunielevated as chief spokesperson and remainsmedia in-charge. The list of spokespersonsinclude Sambit Patra, Sudhanshu Trivedi (RSMP), Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Rajiv PratapRudy, Nalin Kohli, Rajiv Chandrashekhar (RSMP), Seyed Zafar Islam (MP RS), and TomVaddakam.

Dr K Laxman from Telangana has beenappointed in-charge of the OBC cell while RajKumar Chauhan, an MP from Uttar Pradesh.will head the Kisan Morcha. Lal Singh Arya hasbeen named the head of the SC Morcha, SamirOaraon will head the ST Morcha and JamalSiddiqui will head the Minority Morcha.

There are 12 vice-presidents, eight nation-al general secretaries and one general secretary(organisation) BL Santosh with joint generalsecretaries ---V Satish, Saudan Singh, ShivPrakash (all four RSS representatives in the BJP)--- and 13 national secretaries. Treasurer’s posthas been given to Rajesh Aggarwal withSudhir Gupta (MP) being his deputy.

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Shiv Prakash has been made the co-organisation secretary.

Member of Parliament Rekha Verma hasbeen made vice-president of the party while twoMPs — Vinod Sonkar and Harish Dwivedi —have been appointed as secretaries, all newfaces. Earlier, Vinod Sonkar was the chairmanof the SC/ST cell of the BJP.

IT Cell chief Amit Malviya, also from UP,has been retained while MP from FatehpurSikri, Rajkumar Chahar, will be the new headof the Kisan cell.

The three spokespersons who have beenretained are Sudhanshu Trivedi, Syed ZafarIslam (both Rajya Sabha members), along withlawyer Gaurav Bhatia.

Meanwhile, BJP STATE presidentSwatantra Dev Singh, Vice-president VijayBahadur Pathak and others congratulated thenew members of the team Nadda.

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Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020, inwhich Punjabi was not recognized as an offi-cial language in the Union Territory which hasa sizeable number of Punjabi speaking people.

After the resignation of Harsimrat Kaurfrom the Narendra Modi Cabinet, SAD hadbeen raising the twin issues of the Farm Billsand the status of Punjabi language publically.He had repeatedly lashed out at the BJP for“misusing” its “brute majority” to pass bills inthe Parliament.

“Dr Farooq Abdullah of the NationalConference, who is a former Chief Minister ofJammu and Kashmir, supported me and saidthat a sizable number of Kashmiris also spokePunjabi. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)has also supported the inclusion of Punjabi asan official language in the union territory,” hesaid earlier.

Terming the entire development as a “sadday for democracy”, Sukhbir said that thefounding fathers of the Constitution wereinspired by a vision of India as a multi religious,multicultural and multilingual nation andrespect for regional languages was seen animportant tool to preserve and promote thisideal.

He also expressed anguish that whilePunjabi had been excluded from the list of offi-cial languages, English had been included in thelist. “This is sure to hurt the sentiments ofPunjabis in Jammu and Kashmir as well aseverywhere else”, he added.

Earlier this week, Sukhbir had hinted thatno alliance or government was important forAkali Dal in front of the welfare of the farm-ers, while declaring that the party would ful-fill its responsibility towards the ‘annadaata’come what may. He said that the SAD had takena consistent stand from day one in favour offarmers and told farmer representatives that itwould fulfill its responsibility as and whenrequired.

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SII presently produces 1.5 billion doses ofpolio, measles and influenza vaccines for 170countries.

A fortnight ago, Poonawalla said that itwould take four to five years until “everyoneon the planet” gets vaccinated. He estimated theneed for close to 15 billion doses of the Covid-19 vaccine if a two-dose programme — simi-lar to the measles vaccinations drive — is putin place.

“It’s going to take four to five years untileveryone gets the vaccine on this planet.”Poonawala had earlier predicted that if the coro-navirus shot is a two-dose vaccine, as is the casewith measles or rotavirus, then the world wouldrequire 15 billion doses. The phase-III or thelast stage of the clinical trial of the Covid-19vaccine “Covishield”, being developed byOxford University, and manufactured by the SIIbegan at the state-run Sassoon General Hospitalin Pune on Monday.

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Karishma, who appeared before the NCBfor the second consecutive day and whosearrival at the investigating agency’s officewent unnoticed, was grilled for nearly eight-long hours.

Talking to media persons after the film per-sonalities’ day-long questioning, NCB’s DeputyDirector General Mutha Ashok Jain said: “Wehave not issued fresh summons to anyone elsetoday. Over the next couple of days, our SpecialInvestigation Team and the Mumbai zonaloffice will review the progress of the two cases– CR no 15/20 and CR no 16/20 and plan forthe future”.

“We have questioned Deepika Padukone,Karishma Prakash, Sara Ali Khan and ShraddhaKapoor,” Jain said.

Jain clarified that while Deepika was ques-tioned in connection with the expandedBollywood-drug nexus case involving the useof drugs by the film personalities, Sara andShraddha were grilled in connection with theboth the Sushant death-related case andexpanded Bollywood-drug nexus case.

Jain confirmed that Kishtij, a former asso-ciate of film maker Karan Johar, had beenarrested “We have questioned and formallyplaced him under arrest. He will be producedbefore court tomorrow,” Jain.

Jain, however, steadfastly declined to spellout as to what transpired at the questioning ofthree actresses and Karishma.

Asked if the NCB would question film-maker Karqan Johar in the wake of the arrestof his former associate Kishtij, Jain said: “Wecannot reply in ifs and buts.”

In a related development, the Mumbaipolice warned the media vehicles againstchasing the vehicles of celebs who are beingsummoned for the drugs probe by the NCB.

“Today we have observed a lot of mediavehicles chasing people who were called for theinquiry. The vehicles will be seized because theyare endangering their lives as well as lives ofwhoever was called & common people,”Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police(Zone-1) Sangram Singh Nishandar said.

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The chargesheet has been filed underIndian Penal Code Sections relating to crimi-nal conspiracy, murder and common intentionamong others.

The chargesheet filed before a designatedcourt at Madurai also covers other IPC Sectionsincluding those dealing with wrongful con-finement, destruction of evidence, false infor-mation, false evidence, false charge of offensemade with intent to injure, falsification ofrecords by a public servant.

One more accused, then Sub Inspector diedduring investigation. The charged policemenwere arrested during the investigation and arepresently in judicial custody.

The CBI had registered two cases on July7 this year related to the allegations of the cus-todial deaths on the request of Tamil NaduGovernment and further notification from theCentre. “A CBI team camped continuously atMadurai and worked untiringly in the casesdespite the odds of Covid-19 pandemic,” theagency said in a statement here.

CBI investigation revealed that the father-son duo was arrested in the evening of June 19and allegedly tortured at the SathankulamPolice Station by the accused in the evening aswell as in the intervening night, consequent towhich both of them succumbed to the injuriesand died in the intervening night of June 22 andJune 23.

After investigation, a combined chargesheetin both cases has been filed. Further investi-gation is continuing to look into the role ofother persons in the case, it added.

Patna: Senior BJP leader RaviShankar Prasad said onSaturday that the constituents ofthe NDA will contest the Biharassembly elections together,asserting that the problemswithin the coalition will beresolved.

Prasad, the Union LawMinister, exuded confidencethat the Nitish Kumar-ledalliance in Bihar will win theelection with a decisive man-date because of the develop-ment work done by the Centreand state government.

“NDA is one... We willcontest the elections together. Ifthere is some problem, it willbe solved,” he said, replying toa question on the differencesbetween the LJP and JD(U).

Nitish Kumar's JD(U) andChirag Paswan-led LJP havebeen at loggerheads for sometime.

The LJP has indicated thatit would field candidates againstthe JD(U), leading to an uneasysituation within the NDA inBihar. Even as Paswan swears byhis loyalty towards PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, inwhose cabinet his father andLJP founder Ram Vilas Paswanis a minister, he has often crit-icised the Nitish Kumar gov-ernment.The elections will beheld in the state in three phas-es from October 28 toNovember 7. The votes will becounted on November 10.

Speaking to reporters at theparty office here, Prasad saidthat discussions are underwayon the seat-sharing “at levelswhere it should be”

“This is the domain of theparliamentary board and cen-tral election committee. It istheir job to decide. I can't entertheir domain,” he said, reply-

ing to a question on the seat-sharing formula.

Prasad, who represents thePatna Sahib seat in the LokSabha, said the Nitish Kumar-led government has done a lotof work for the state's overalldevelopment.

“I am confident that thepeople of Bihar will bless theNDA and help it return topower with a decisive mandatebecause of its developmentwork. Prime Minister NarendraModi's love for Bihar is evidentfrom the fact that theannouncements which he madehave been translated into real-ity,” the minister said.

In an apparent swipe at RJDleader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav,Prasad questioned why thephotos of Lalu Prasad andRabri Devi have been droppedfrom the party's hoardings. PTI

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Amid a grim battle beingwaged by it against

Coronavirus, Maharashtranotched a positive milestone of10 lakh recoveries on Saturday,as 23,644 more people were dis-charged from various hospitalsafter full recovery.

On a day when 430 morepeople succumbed to Covid-19and 20,419 others tested positivefor the pandemic, the numberof people discharged from var-ious hospitals after full recoverysince the second week of March this year went up to10,16,450. With fresh 430deaths, the Covid-19 toll in thestate breached 35000 mark, asthe total number of deaths shotup from 34,761 to 35,191.

Similarly, with the fresh20419 new cases, the total infec-tions rose from 13,00,757 to13,21,176.

Of the 430 deaths reported

on Saturday, Pune accounted fora maximum of 90 deaths, fol-lowed by 56 deaths in Thane, 44in Mumbai, 28 in Sangli, 27 inKolhapur, 21 in Satara, 18 eachin Nashik and Solapur, 15 inNagpur, 12 in Parbhani, 11 inOsmanabad and 10 in Jalgaon

In the lower range, therewere 9 deaths in Chandrapur,8 each in Ahmednagar andAurangabad, 7 each in Raigadand Yavatmal, 5 each inRatnagiri, Nanded and Wardha,4 each in Latur, Amravati andBuldhana, 3 in Palghar, 2 eachin Sindhudurg and Beed andone death each in Jalna andWashim. In addition, five per-sons from outside the statedied in Maharashtra.

With 44 deaths, Mumbai’sCovid-19 toll went up from8,706 8,750 while the infectedcases rose by 2,282 cases to trig-ger a jump in the total numberof infections from 194,303 to196,585. Meanwhile, for the

seventh consecutive day, thestate recovery rate rose from76.33 per cent to 76.94 per cent.The mortality rate in the statestood at 2.66 per cent. The num-ber of “active cases” in the statewent down from Friday’s figureof 2,72,775 to 2,69,119.

Pune district with 2,82,266infected cases continued to bethe worst-affected city-district inMaharashtra. The number ofdeaths in Pune increased from5534 to 5624.

Thane district remained onthe third spot --after Pune andMumbai – with 1,80,838 totalcases, while the pandemic tollrose from 4665 to 4721.

Out of 63,76,676 samplessent to laboratories, 13,21,176have tested positive (20.74 percent) for COVID-19 untilSaturday.

Currently, 19,45,758 peopleare in home quarantine while30,751 people are in institutionalquarantine.

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The Jammu and Kashmirunit of the BJP on Saturday

urged Lieutenant GovernorManoj Sinha to immediatelyprovide compensation to thefamilies of three men whowere allegedly killed in a fakeencounter in South Kashmir'sShopian district in July.

The men, hailing fromremote areas of Rajouri district,had gone to Shopian for workbut they went missing on theday the Army claimed to haveneutralized three “terrorists” ina gunfight. “The Army in itsinquiry into the killings atAmshipora village, prima facie,found that the soldiers involvedhad exceeded their powersunder the Armed ForcesSpecial Powers Act (AFSPA),

and that disciplinary actionwould be taken. “Also recent-ly, the DNA samples of thelabourers have matched withthose of their family members,”BJP spokesperson TahirChoudhary said in a state-ment here. He said the fami-lies of the deceased are facingdifficult times and therefore,the government must inter-vene. “I urge the LG to give ahearing to their families andprovide compensation to themat the earliest,” the BJP leadersaid, thanking Sinha for his“efforts and for pushing author-ities for a fair probe”.

Choudhary said he hadalso submitted a presentation toUnion Home Minister AmitShah for providing compensa-tion to the families of the vic-tims.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi will inaugurate

online eight sewage treatmentplants (STPs) set up at

different places in Uttarakhandunder the Namami Gangeproject on September 29, ChiefMinister Trivendra SinghRawat said on Saturday.

Out of the eight STPs, builtat a cost of over Rs 500 crore,four are in Haridwar, two inRishikesh and one each inMuni-ki-Reti and Badrinath,he said.

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The reports of growing riftwithin the Bengal BJP that

was hitherto ruled out by partystalwarts on Saturday came tothe fore with senior leader andformer State party presidentRahul Sinha speaking outopenly against the central lead-ership’s decision to honourTrinamool Congress defectorswith priced posts at the cost oftime-tested performers.

Sinha’s outburst camehours after Mukul Roy andAnupam Hazra were elevatedto the post of BJP national vicepresident and national gener-al secretary respectively.

Both the leaders haddefected from the TMC withformer once being ChiefMinister Mamata Baneree’sMan Friday.

Refusing to hide his angerSinha said, he was higly disap-pointed “at the way the TMCdefectors are being honoured inthe party at cost of old time-tested workers.”

Sinha was replaced byHazra a former TMC MP.Apparently expecting some‘compensatory’ arrangementfrom the party high commandSinha said, he would come outwith a detailed statement a fewdays later. “I will speak up indetails 10-12 days later but fornow I can say that I amextremely disappointed by thenew arrangement where TMCdefectors have been honouredwith priced posts… Is this thereward I got for serving theparty for the past 40 years?” hesaid adding “nothing can bemore unfortunate and disap-pointing than this.”

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Amid the protests over farm Bills, Punjab farmers are backat burning stubble. Satellite images released by the NationalAeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)show that stub-ble burning has started for nearly five days in the farm basketof India, which means in the next three days, Delhi's air may turninto 'poor' category amid the Covid-19 pandemic, sparking healthconcerns.

The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting AndResearch (SAFAR) has already started to show the results withDelhi's air quality turning 'moderate'.

To put things into context, the air quality in Mumbai andAhmedabad is 'satisfactory', while it is 'good' in Pune.

SAFAR has red-flagged that in the next three days alone, PM2.5, which is in moderate quantity in Delhi air as of now, willturn into 'poor'. As on Saturday, PM 2.5 count in Delhi air was68. In the next three days, it is likely to reach 96. PM 2.5 countin Mumbai was 33 on Saturday, and is likely to go up to 35 inthe next three days.

While farmers are being brazen about the Supreme Courtguidelines on stubble burning, the state administrations too seemto have turned away their attention from it.

In August this year, the Supreme Court had asked Delhi,Punjab, Haryana and other state governments about their pre-paredness to prevent stubble burning.

Like in recent years, when Delhi turned into a gas chamberlast year, the Supreme Court had asked, "Why are people beingforced to live in gas chambers?" IANS

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On the second day in suc-cession, Congressmen on

Saturday staged a protest at thestatue of Mahamana Pt MadanMohan Malviya in Lanka herein protest against the farmbills passed by the Parliament.The Congress Party hasannounced a three-day protestagainst the controversial billsand also joined the nationwideprotest called by various farm-ers’ and labourers’ organisa-tions on Friday to oppose thesebills.

The activists of the localunit of National StudentsUnion of India (NSUI), studentwing of All India CongressCommittee (AICC), gatheredat the statue of Mahamana, atthe main entrance gate ofBanaras Hindu University(BHU) and staged a demon-stration to raise their protestagainst the bills blaming, the

government got controversialbills passed in both houses ofthe Parliament as it wants tohand over the agriculture sec-tor into the hands of corporatehouses.

The bills will deprive thefarmers of their right ofMinimum Support Price(MSP) and also force the farm-ers to be slave of capitaliststhrough contract farming, theyblamed adding, the farmers billneither get actual cost of theircorps nor get honour what theydeserve and they will becomejust labourers on their ownland. The farm bills of BJP willremind the rein of East IndiaCompany, they blamed further.

Prominent among thosewho joined the protest includ-ed Krishabh Pandey, VishalChaubey, Prince Pandey,Harshit and Gautam.

YOUTH KILLED: In asudden rise in heinous crime,the rural area of the district wit-

nessed another killing on thesecond consecutive day onSaturday with a youth lynchedto death at Ayar market underthe Cholapur police station.The police sent the body forautopsy and started investigat-ing the matter.

According to the informa-tion, the body of a paan selleridentified as Vinay Jaiswal (35)was found in the lobby of tinshade in above mentioned mar-ket. On being informed, thelocal police reached the site andtook a stock of informationabout the incident. The head ofthe youth was lynched withsome heavy object.

It was said that the familyof the deceased live in themarket and run the stalls ofpaan and tea for its livelihoodin the front side of the house.On the fateful night, thedeceased went to sleep in a tin-shade constructed in front ofthe house. On Saturday early

morning, his nephewPriysnahsu Jaiswal came outfrom the house for any workand was stunned to see theupper part of the deceased’sbody on the bed and his headwas on the ground.

He informed other familymembers about this and theyfound the head of the deceasedlynched with some heavyobject and the entire body waslying in a pool of blood. Thefamily members reported tolocal police about this.

On being informed, thepolice and crime branch per-sonnel reached the site andgathered the information aboutcrime. The SP (RA) MP Singhalso reached the site andinquired about the incident.The police informed that thecriminals committed heinouscrime anytime late at night onFriday last. The deceased wasunmarried. It was said that thedeceased was a drug addict.

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District Magistrate (DM)Kaushal Raj Sharma said

that the burning of Parali(straw stubble that remainsafter grains) is prohibited andpunishable as it causes air pol-lution and appealed to thefarmers to use straw stubble asorganic manure in view toincrease soil fertility of theiragricultural land. Accordingto him, there are guidelines ofthe government for manage-ment of straw stubble by usingSuper Straw ManagementSystem (Super-SMS) with thecombine harvester at the timeof harvesting.

Besides, he said severalother methods can also beused with combine harvestersas an alternative to Super-SMS

so that bundles of crop residuescan be used in the field forother use or cut and mixed inthe soil. It will be the respon-sibility of combine harvesteroperators that during the har-vesting, all the arrangementswill be carried out. In case ofviolation of instructions, legalaction will be taken against theconcerned farmers. DM hasalso directed all the SDMs,tehsildars and officers ofAgriculture and Police depart-ments that if any incident ofburning of straw stubble comesto light, punitive action shouldalso be taken against thosefound guilty as per rules.

Meanwhile, ChiefDevelopment Officer (CDO)Madhusudan Hulgi said thatfor the poorest families ofScheduled Castes living belowthe poverty line, the govern-

ment is running severalschemes like DeendayalUpadhyaya Rozgar Yojana,Tailoring Shop Scheme,Laundry and Dry ClinicScheme and development ofcommercial sites at own landunder Shop ConstructionScheme (for urban areas), thebeneficiaries have been givenan opportunity till October15, instead of June 27 as it wasprovided earlier. According tohim, to get the benefits of theschemes, the genuine personsby attaching copies of incomecertificates, caste certificatesand Aadhaar cards on plainpaper applications can send thesame to the office of DistrictManager, Uttar PradeshScheduled Caste Finance andDevelopment Corporation(Fifth floor, Vikas Bhavan) tillOctober 15. The income limit

for the urban area is Rs 56,460and rural area Rs 46,080 perannum.

In another notice, citymagistrate has informed that allthe properties of BhanngarajAnathalaya Trust are main-tained and protected throughthe trust whose executive pres-ident is district magistrate andex-officio member city magis-trate as per the order of UPGovernment. He said that it hascome to the notice that someland mafia is trying to buy andsell land properties of the trustwhich is completely wrong andillegal. He said that if anyproperty of the trust had beenillegally bought and sold, strictaction would be taken againstthe concerned after investiga-tion and the sale and purchaseof any property of the sametrust is strictly prohibited.

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Divisional Commissioner(DC) Deepak Agrawal has

directed the concerned officersand constructing agency toexpedite the works with specialemphasis on completion ofShri Kashi Vishwanath TempleDham project, being devel-oped with the cost of Rs 800crore, by August next year. Healso laid special emphasis onincreasing the number oflabourers in view to speed upconstruction work. Currently900 workers are working on thespot and he was informed thatthe same will be increased to2,500 by next month.

Agrawal inspected theprogress made in constructionwork and held a review meet-ing with officials at the templeoffice on Friday. During thediscussion on proposed use ofstone in about 40,000 squarefeet in the premises, the offi-

cials of constructing agencyapprised the DC of the prob-lem in getting required avail-ability of Makrana white stone.The DC was also informedthat the Makrana stones arequite suitable as its quality willnot be affected for 400 to 500years. Agrawal directed theofficers, who visited Makranato test the quality of stones, to

give their report and send thesame to the government.

He also reviewed theprogress made regarding theapproved design of the con-struction work and instructedthe agency to determine acertain route for bringing andcarrying construction materi-als in the temple premises.When Agrawal asked about

the progress, the agency offi-cials informed that only 15 to16 per cent work was done butthey assured him of complet-ing the project in scheduledtime.

DC instructed them tochalk out an effective strategyto complete the constructionwork in time. He also laidemphasis on the adoption ofsafety standards at all levelsduring the work and arrange-ments to ensure following theCOVID-19 guidelines.

After the meeting, he alsocarried out on-site inspectionof the work being done withthe officials of the executivebody of temple management.During the period, the ChiefExecutive Officer (CEO) ofthe temple Sunil KumarVerma and officers of thePublic Works Department(PWD) and constructingagency PSP Projects(Ahmedabad) were present.

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Amidst the growing havoc ofCorona, 321 people defeat-

ed the deadly coronavirusagainst 259 newly infected peo-ple who were reported late onFriday night.. At the sametime, three patients died dur-ing treatment. According toCMO Dr GS Bajpai, the num-ber of Covid tests is increasingevery day in the district. On anaverage, more than 3000 sus-pects infected people are beingscreened every day.

RTPCR testing has beenarranged in more than fivedozen private hospitals of thecity along with antigen testing.This testing will be done byMLN Medical College. Hesaid that 259 people werefound infected on Friday after

testing. Among them, 135people tested through anti-gens, 16 by treunat andRTPCR testing of 108 peoplewere conducted. In which 28people have conducted testingfrom private centres.

On Friday, the highestnumber of 148 patients admit-ted to SRN Hospital is Covidinfected patients. At the sametime, the maximum 15patients were discharged fromSRN. Kalindipuram Covid

Care Centre has 14 patientsadmitted, six patients weredischarged. Similarly, 42 dis-charged patients included onefrom Unani Medical College,eight from Railway Hospital,five from Beli, four fromUnited, three from SainathAMA Hospital.

Meanwhile, according toSRN Deputy Incharge CovidDr Sujit Verma, three Covidinfected died on Friday dur-ing treatment.

These includedDhoomanganj residents whohave been suffering frompneumonia, 70-year-oldcancer victim and 65-year-oldelderly residents of Allapur.He was admitted onSeptember 23. Hesuffered from BP and pneu-monia besides sugars withinfections.

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Treatment of corona patientswith plasma therapy began

on Friday at SRN Hospital ofMLN Medical College’s L3level. A 60-year-old Covidinfected from Karanpur admit-ted to ward no 7 of the hospi-tal was given plasma. The teamof experts conducted the trialof the division’s first plasmatherapy under the direction ofPrincipal Dr SP Singh. Thepatient is constantly beingmonitored. Plasma will beoffered to other patients soon.The plasma donation was start-ed by Deputy CM KeshavPrasad Maurya on September19.

The infected patientadmitted to ward no 7 wasselected for therapy two daysbefore the preparation of plas-ma donation. On Friday, the

team of experts along with theprincipal gave plasma to theinfected patient after severaltests. Principal Dr Singh saidthat the first trial was encour-aging. The patient is beingmonitored. Other infectedwill also be treated with thistherapy. The first plasma ther-apy trial included SIC SRN DrAK Srivastava, Dr SujitVerma, Dr RK Yadav of theDepartment of Medicine, DrSantosh Singh, Dr Nitish, DrKrishna, Bhagya Lakshmialong with Staff Nurse Maya.

Plasma Therapy NodalOfficer and head of thePathology Department DrVatsala Mishra informed that30 donors have registered forplasma. The condition is thatthe donor has been freed 28days before the Covid infec-tion. Donors will be called forpajama donation after sever-

al necessary tests. Currentlysix people have been identi-fied, whose plasma donationwill be done on Monday. Alltesting has been found to bestandard. The junior doctorsof the college, who had donat-ed the plasma, have started thetherapy.

MLN Medical CollegePrincipal Dr SP Singh andNodal Officer Dr VatsalaMishra have appealed to moreand more people to donate theplasma. Dr Vatsala told thatonly those who have becomeinfection free by beatingCorona can donate plasma.The obligation is to complete28 days of infection free. Ifpeople donate plasma afterbecoming aware of the serviceto mankind, then more andmore infected people will getthe benefit of plasma therapy.For this the blood bank of

SRN Hospital can be contact-ed.

Dr Rajneesh Dubey,Additional Chief Secretary,Medical Education and NodalOfficer of the state, came hererecently. He instructed theMedical College Principal DrSP Singh to start plasma ther-apy here. Dr Vatsala Mishra,head of the Department ofPathology for Plasma Therapy,was nominated the NodalOfficer. Preparations werestarted for this.

Then on Saturday last,the Deputy CM introducedplasma donation in a briefprogramme organised at theMedical College. Plasma wasdonated by two junior doctorsof the college who beatCorona. The Deputy CM alsohonoured both donors on thespot by giving them certifi-cates.

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Two incidents of drowningin the Ganga river occurred

in Prayagraj on Saturdaytogether. The first incidenttook place at ShringverpurGhat on Saturday morning.Now another incident tookplace on Arail Ghat. Here twoyoung men who went to take adip with friends drowned in theriver Ganga. Their friends triedto save them but failed to do so.

On receipt of information,police also reached the spot andgot the bodies fished out withhelp of the boatmen after mucheffort.

Suraj Singh, 22, son ofShailendra Singh resident ofChakia Kasari Masari underthe Dhoomanganj police sta-tion area, was a photographer.At the same time, RajneeshJaiswal (21) son of Shivababuresident of Rajrooppur was hismanager.

On Saturday morning,Suraj and Rajneesh arrived atArail Ghat to take a bath withfour friends by a car. Whilebathing, Suraj and Rajneeshwent into deep water and start-ed drowning. Seeing themdrowning, friends made noiseand tried to save them, butfailed to do so. Meanwhile, thepeople present at the ghat onhearing the screaming of theduo and when tried to saveSuraj and Rajneesh, they had

drowned in the waves of theGanga. When the informationwas received, the police reachedthe spot and started the searchfor both the youths with thehelp of the sailors. After a fewhours of effort the sailors recov-ered the bodies of Suraj andRajneesh. Meanwhile, after get-ting information, his familymembers also reached the ghat.Both were the only sons of theirfamily. Suraj Singh’s fatherShailendra Singh died threemonths ago.

Meanwhile, an accidentalso took place on Fridaymorning at Mahewa Ghat,located in Naini. A labourerfrom a private company wentwith his friend to bathe in theYamuna River at Mahewa Ghat.While taking a bath, the labor-er of Unnao perished in deepwater. He died due to drown-ing in the water.

The body was fished out bythe police after the long hours’efforts. Raju (20) son of Pintuwas a resident of Asroha villagein Unnao district. He came toNaini police station area towork in a private company nearMaheva. While living here, heused to work in the company.On Friday morning, Raju wentto bathe at Mahewa Ghat withhis friend Shani son of Nanakaand a mishap took place there.

CHEQUES DISTRIB-UTED: DivisionalCommissioner R Ramesh

Kumar and IG range KP Singhon Saturday distributedcheques of �180 lakh loansanctioned to a total of 20 ben-eficiaries of various schemes inthe meeting of DivisionalIndustries Bandhu held atGandhi auditorium. Underthis, under the Chief MinisterYuva Swarojgar in the districtPrayagraj, � 25 lakh to BrijeshPatel for interlocking bricks, �10 lakh to Vedansha Khannafor cooler assembling, � 10 lakhto Kamlesh Kumar Vanshkarfor purifying the best paper, acheque of � 10 lakh to Usmanfor furniture industry, � 10 lakhto Pradeep Kumar Gupta formultifood item packing underODOP Margin Money Scheme,� 2.50 lakh to Sudeep Kumarfor milk production, � 25 lakhto Raj Kumar Kesharwani forcorn floor construction, � 7lakh to Amit Kumar Sharmafor Dalia Mill, a cheque of � 10lakh to Animesh Bhardwaj formaking salt, �10 lakh to IrhanSiddiqui for restaurants underthe Prime Minister'sEmployment GenerationProgramme Scheme, A loancheque of �5 lakh was provid-ed to Mangala Kanaujia for themanufacture of paper, cupplates. Apart from these, atotal of 5 beneficiaries ofKaushambi and Pratapgarhdistricts have also been givenloans under these schemes.

Under the Vishwakarma

Shram Samman Yojana, theDivisional Commissioner andIG also distributed tool kits toa total of 9 beneficiaries of thedivision, including VaibhavPrakash Vishwakarma ofPrayagraj district, Jeet NarayanCarpenter kits, Preeti Srivastavaweaving basket, tool kits wereprovided to Saroj Kumar inconfectionery and SubhashRam in cobblers. Apart fromthis, toolkits were distributedunder the Vishwakarma ShramSamman Yojana to two peoplein the carpentry field ofKaushambi district and twopeople in the gold field ofPratapgarh district.

SELECTION PROCESSCOMPLETED: RailwayRecruitment Cell, NorthCentral Railway completedselection process under culturalquota within stipulated timeframe.

The cell had organised awritten examination forrecruitment to the post ofLevel-2 under cultural quota ofthe year 2019-20 on March 1,2020 at Prayagraj.

Candidates qualified in thewritten examination werecalled on the basis of merit andfive times of the total vacanciesadvertised; on September 16 at‘Spandan’ Railway OfficersClub, Railgaon, Subedarganj,Prayagraj for practical perfor-mance and document verifica-tion.

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After a two-day rest the JCBmachines of Prayagraj

Development Authorityreached Beli Gaon area of thecity to demolish unauthorisedconstructions of two activemembers of Atiquegang Bhutto and Rashid onSaturday. The demolition teamwas backed by heavy policeforce to avert any violentprotest.

The PDA demolition teamand the police were engaged indemolishing the Chakiya resi-dence of Atique Ahmed a cou-ple of days earlier, and onSaturday they reached BeliGaon to demolish the illegallybuilt houses of Bhutto andRashid of the Atique gang.The team had to face a bit ofopposition, but heavy deploy-ment of police gave them thesignal of go ahead.

CM Yogi who had receiveda life threat from a criminal ofMukhtar Ansari, has turnedmore furious for the mafiadons in the state and has askedthe concerning officers to iden-

tify all unauthorised construc-tions of the gang members, andraze them to ground.

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over two dozen such buildingsowned either by Atique Ahmedor his near and dear ones havebeen taken. Half of them have

been demolished while theremaining ones have beenseized to cut all the incomesources of the gang.

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been detected in the districthere on Saturday, increasing thetotal number of cases to 12,677.Besides, the district also sawthree more deaths, increasingthe toll to 206. During the day,the follow-up negative reportsincluded 199 patients and outof them, 195 recovered fromhome isolation, increasing thenumber to 8,308 and fourpatients have been dischargedfrom the hospitals and thenumber of cured patients fromthe hospitals reached 2,657.The total number of curedpatients is now 10,965, leaving1,506 active patients. Therecovery rate has improved to86.49 per cent but the mortal-ity rate has increased slightly to1.62 per cent.

Meanwhile, District NodalOfficer and Additional ChiefSecretary (Agriculture) DrDevesh Chaturvedi held ameeting with the district andmedical department officersand reviewed the condition ofprevention and treatment ofCOVID-19 in the district. Hedirected efforts to furtherreduce the time of the sampletests and their results. He also

discussed in detail about treat-ment of patients, availability ofbeds in hospitals, contact trac-ing and efforts to reduce mor-tality. He said that patients, whohave been kept in home isola-tion, should be contacted reg-ularly through the controlroom and if there is any prob-lem, they should be admitted tothe hospital immediately.District Magistrate (DM)Kaushal Raj Sharma, ADM(Finance and Revenue), ChiefMedical Officer (CMO) andothers were present.

CMO has informed that inthe first report of the day by 11am, 105 positive patients weredetected out of 3,857 received

reports. Till then, the total testreports received were 1,89,625and the results of 5,287 areawaited. Out of them, 1,76,979were negative while 12,646positive. The total number ofsamples collected was 2,05,177.Earlier, a male aged 33 andfemale (48) from Susuwahiand Badagaon respectively suc-cumbed to COVID-19 while amale (59) from Ramsingpur(Harahuwa) died at ApexHospital. Besides, with theaddition of 20 new red zones,the total number of hotspotshas increased to 1,984 includ-ing 364 red zones. One greenzone has been converted intored zone again. There are 1,620

green zones. Earlier, the ongoing mass/

group antigen tests continuedand a day ago 456 persons weretested at Shri Shiv PrasadGupta (SSPG) Hospital and outof them, one was found posi-tive while one each was alsodetected positive out of 300 and60 tests at GovernmentWomen’s Hospital and ShivpurCHC respectively. Apart fromthem, nine out of 127 were alsofound positive at LBS Hospital,Ramnagar while two out of 474at BHU. However, all 56 tests atSwami Vivekanand Hospital,Bhelupur were found nega-tive.

In this belt of Purvanchal(eastern UP) comprising 10districts of three divisions, asmany as 508 new coronapatients were found, increasingthe total number of cases to42,653. The maximum numberof 197 was tested positive inVaranasi, followed by 63 inBallia, 59 in Jaunpur, 47 inSonbhadra. 46 in Azamgarh, 40in Ghazipur 26 in Chandauli,13 in Bhadohi, nine in Mau andeight in Mirzapur. Besides, theday also saw six deaths includ-ing three in Varanasi, two inChandauli and one in Ballia,increasing the number of deathtoll to 573.

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Lalganj police recovered thebody of a driver in

Kushiyara jungle on Friday.As per the reports, police wasinformed about the recoveryof an unidentified body of ayouth in Kushiyara jungle onFriday morning and reachedthe spot. The police was busyin ascertaining the identity ofthe victim when they got infor-mation about the missing caseof a taxi driver for which a casewas lodged at Rohania policestation in Varanasi. The

Rohania police reached Lalganjalong with the kin of the miss-ing man who identified thedeceased as Parvindar Singh, aresident of Darekhu villageunder Rohania police station inVaranasi. Giving details, thesibling of the victim said thatsomeone had booked the taxi(UP-65/CD-8348) of his broth-er on September 23. But whenhis brother did not return tillnight, his wife, Yogini Singh,lodged a missing case atRohania police station onSeptember 24. The body wasspotted on Friday. In the pres-

ence of Rohania police theLalganj police got the the post-mortem examination con-ducted and handed over thebody to the victim’s family.

INJURED: Four personswere injured when a balconycollapsed in Kanokhar villageunder Lalganj police station.As per the reports, the balconyof the house of Sitaram col-lapsed due to heavy rain. Ongetting information the policereached the spot and broughtthe injured to a hospital atBaraundha where their condi-tion was out of danger.

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The efforts of the businessdevelopment unit formed

at the headquarters and divi-sional level on the NorthEastern Railway (NER) are get-ting positive results. As a resultof the efforts of the headquar-ters and Lucknow division aKathmandu (Nepal)-basedfirm through rail transportfrom Penukonda in AndhraPradesh to Nautanwa through25 new modified goods (NMG)wagons ordered 100 Kia SUVs.In one NMG wagon four SUVswere loaded, Chief PublicRelations Officer (CPRO)

Pankaj Kumar Singh said. As aresult of the railway adminis-tration providing cheap and

fast freight transport servicethis freight was received by rail-ways. It is relatively cheaper totransport goods by rail than totake them by road and it tookless time too. Due to this theinclination of industries andtraders was constantly increasingtowards railways. It may bepointed out here that the TataMotors vehicles are being sent toBangladesh from Haldi Road sta-tion of Izzatnagar division. Totalseven NMG rakes of automobileshave so far been sent toBangladesh. Apart from it tworakes each of foodgrains weresent from Subhagpur, Gonda,and Chauri Chaura.

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The Swachhta Pakhwada(cleanliness fortnight) is

being observed on the entireIndian Railways fromSeptember 16 to 30. Under itvarious cleanliness programmeswere conducted under thesupervision of nominated offi-cers at Izzatnagar, Lucknowand Varanasi divisions, CPROPK Singh said. Cleanlinessprogrammes on Friday wererun under ‘Swachh Neer’ (cleanwater) in Varanasi Division,‘Clean premises’ in Lucknowdivision and ‘Clean office’ inIzzatnagar division. Duringthe cleanliness programmessocial distancing was main-tained and Covid-19 normswere followed. In Varanasidivision under the supervi-sion of nominated officers therailway personnel under ‘cleanwater’ cleaned water storagetanks installed for water atvarious places and checkedthe cleanliness of water throughtesting kits. Besides availabili-ty of clean water for passengersand quality water at everyplace of passenger service wasensured. Under the Lucknow

division’s ‘Clean premises’ pro-gramme under the supervisionof nominated officers atLucknow Junction, Gonda,diesel shed, Gonda, Gorakhpur,new coaching complex,Gorakhpur, Divisional RailwayManager’s Office, Lucknow,broad gauge coaching depot,Aishbagh, TRD depot and

Lucknow Junction-situated rail-way premises were cleaned. OnIzzatnagar division under ‘Cleanoffice’ under the supervision ofall the branch officers the rail-way personnel cleaned offices ofall departments, those located atstations and the ones at all sta-tions of the division were cleanedand the old unusable goodswere disposed of. Such cleanli-ness programmes will be runcontinuously till September 30.

ONE CAUGHT: The RPF,NER, was making continuousefforts to protect passengers andprovide them better travel facil-ities. In the same sequence on

September 24 near RPF Ekmarailway station one person wascaught while looking for goodsin an air-conditioned coach oftrain no. 05910. On being friskedfour stolen mobile phones, twoear phones and other items wererecovered from the possession ofthe accused and a case was reg-istered against in this connectionat the Chhapra GRP, CPRO PKSingh said. On Thursday oneperson was caught with two e-tickets by the inspector and staffof Railway Protection Force,Prayagraj Rambag and registereda case against him under theRailway Act. Besides Earlier onSeptember 23 under the cam-paign jointly run by RailwayProtection Force, Lucknow, andCommercial Department, oneperson was arrested at theLucknow Junction along withtwo e-tickets and a case was reg-istered against in this connectionunder the Railway Act.Meanwhile inspector and staff ofCrime Intelligence Branch,Gonda, and RPF post Balrampur,arrested two persons recently. Fivee-tickets were recovered from oneof them and two from the other.A case against them was regis-tered under the Railway Act.

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District Magistrate SushilKumar Patel has directed

the officials concerned to keepupdated information on mal-nutrition cases and do accord-ingly to eradicate the menace inthe larger interest of the society.Such directions were issued bythe officer while chairing themeeting of the District NutritionCommittee at Collectorate onFriday. Expressing his satisfactionwith updated data feeding hedirected the officials concernedwith convergence that a blot

like malnutrition should bewiped out from records witheffective working. He saidthat malnutrition cases should

be reduced to zero. Though thedepartments were coping withit through different schemesbut awareness was the best way

to solve the problem, he added.The DPRO was directed by theDM to ensure the presence ofthe gram pradhans in the meet-ings of ‘poshan chaupal’ andplay an active role in fightagainst malnutrition. The DMwas apprised by the ProjectOfficer ICDS PK Singh that thefield workers, includingAnganbadi wrorker, were activein creating awareness amongthe mothers to keep a balancebetween breastfeeding andtheir own diet. The meetingwas attended by BSA, DPRO,DIOS along with others.

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Under the ongoing cleanliness fortnight,Varanasi Division of NER observed Friday

as ‘Clean water day’. During the day the officersnominated by DRM Vijay Kumar Panjiarchecked water coolers, water vending machinesand water purifiers at various offices, railwaycolonies and stations of the division, includingrailway colonies and stations of Manduadih,

Varanasi City, Chhapra,Mau, Siwan, Azamgarh,Bhatni, Deoria Sadar andothers. To ensure purity ofwater, sanitation and unin-terrupted water supply,extensive inspection andintensive water testing andavailability of water were

done. During their inspection, the team of seniordivisional medical officers and health inspectorschecked the purity of water through TDS mon-itors and got necessary improvements done asper requirement. A team of medical officers andhealth inspectors led by CMS of NER DivisionalHospital Dr MS Nabial also checked the purityof water through the TDS monitor. Besides, ateam of senior supervisors led by senior divi-sional mechanical engineer (carriage and wagon)checked availability of drinking water at trains andstations apart from in-depth inspection of watertanks, taps, filter plants and water booths, expirydate and quality of packaged water bottles, cool-ers and RO plants, electrical fittings and cateringstalls. Pamphlets were distributed among the pub-lic on cleanliness during corona period and thedamage caused by dirt in stations and railwaypremises. The passengers were made awarethrough audio/video messages at stations.

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Awalkathon was organised from NER MiniStadium, Lahartara to Manduadih, Bhullanpur

and Varanasi City station on Friday under the ‘Fit IndiaFreedom Movement’ being run by the Governmentof India till October 2. In this programme organisedunder the auspices of the Operations department ofVaranasi Division of NER, railway officials,employees and sportspersonsenthusiastically participated. Itwas led by senior divisionaloperations manager (General)Anil Kumar Saxena and seniordivisional personnel officerSanath Jain. During the event participants complet-ed the 16-km walkathon maintaining social distanceand Covid-19 guidelines. On the occasion assistantoperations manager (Coaching) AK Rai and youngplayers, Ram Pravesh Yadav and Anish Rai, also tookpart, motivating the railway employees to take careof health in their busy routine. The campaign’s objec-tive is to keep all railway employees and publichealthy and fit as it is necessary for everyone toremain healthy during the corona period.

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The Syedraja police and SWAT team on beingtipped off by an informer jointly recovered 403

boxes of liquor from a DCM truck near Naubatpuron Thursday night. Two smugglers were caughtbut its driver escaped. The police brought theseized commodity to the police station and tookaction against the accused, Rohitash Yadav, a res-ident of Acharol village under Chandwaji policestation in Jaipur, Rajasthan, and Deepak.

+*+���������������KANPUR (PNS): KanpurNagar reported 202 fresh casesof coronavirus infection tillSaturday evening.

Chief Medical Officer DrAK Mishra said 202 morepeople had tested positive forcoronavirus infection betweenFriday evening and Saturdayevening, taking the count ofconfirmed cases to 24,366.He said a total of 32 cases wererecovered and total recoveredpersons f igure stood at6283. Now at present 4091active coronavirus cases wereundergoing treatment.

The CMO said f iveCOVID-19 deaths werereported in the city til lSaturday evening taking thetoll to 638. He said a total of6067 samples were taken fortesting.

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Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner Raj

Shekhar on Saturday directedofficials to check the photoidentity card and address proof,including Aadhaar, and verifythe mobile phone number

of every person at the timeof Covid testing. He said thesehad to be cross-checked at thevery spot.

The divisional commis-sioner said it was a matter ofconcern that tracking and con-tact tracing was being retard-ed on account of people givingwrong or incomplete addressand wrong mobile phone num-ber at the time to sample col-lection.

He said the average num-ber of coronavirus positivecases in the city in the last fewdays was around 300 as com-pared to 450 cases earlier.

Shekhar said the positivecases detected earlier throughtracking and contact tracingwas between 15 per cent and 20

per cent which had nowreduced to 10 per cent in thelast one week, indicating adecline in the spread of theinfection in the city. He saidthis had been possible due toincreased awareness because ofthe awareness campaignlaunched by the administra-tion.

The divisional commis-sioner said it was essential toidentify the coronavirus posi-tive cases in time and thiscould be possible by testing allsuspects and contacts of thepositive cases without anydelay. He said for this contacttracking had to be more exten-sive.

Shekhar said it was also theresponsibility of the medicalfraternity to ensure they pro-vided better care and treatmentto COVID-19 patients having

comorbidity and severesymptoms.

The divisional commis-sioner carried out a surpriseinspection of Urban PHC atKidwai Nagar. He said there

was need for more improve-ment in the working of thePHC, tracking and tracing pos-itive persons.

He expressed concern overthe false addresses and mobilephone numbers being given bythe persons who were in con-tact with the positive patients.He said this was posing a bigchallenge to the district admin-istration in its effort to bringdown the COVID-19 deathrate.

He directed officials toensure that they obtained thecorrect address and mobilephone numbers of the positivepersons and their contact.

During the visit to areaslike Kidwai Nagar, TransportNagar and Railway Colony,the divisional commissionerinteracted with the rapidresponse teams (RRTs) andtook a feedback. He personal-ly visited the patients in homeisolation and enquired if therewas daily supervision by theauthorities from the CommandControl Centre.

He said all those in homeisolation must possess pulseoximeter and infrared ther-mometers and provide feed-back every day to the controlroom and in case of deteriora-tion of health, immediatelysend an SOS so that they couldbe immediately taken to thehospital.

Shekhar said it had beenobserved that people fromthe lower strata were not fol-lowing the home isolation pro-tocol.

He said currently 40 RRTswere working in the city. Hesaid contact tracing averagewas seven persons per positivecase and it had to be increasedto 10 in the next 10 days.

He expressed concern overthe poor sample testing paceand said it needed to beimproved and said the targetwas 100 per cent for the effec-tive COVID-19 control.

The divisional commis-sioner was accompanied byACMO, City Magistrate andSDM (Sadar).

KANPUR (PNS): Going onthe offensive against the districtadministration, the medicalofficials have started gatheringevidences of negligence andabsence of static magistratesposted at hospitals.

LLR Hospital ChiefMedical Superintendent DrRicha Giri on Saturday said thedistrict magistrate had placedthree static magistrates to mon-itor the working of the hospi-tal in three eight-hourly shiftsbut out of the three only oneperson reported for duty onThursday.

She said this was in factgross negligence and thus the

issue had been brought to thenotice of the district magistrateand reported to the govern-ment as well.

Dr Giri said strict moni-toring was equally needed forprivate nursing homes whichwere blatantly violating theCovid norms. She said the dis-trict administration’s raids onthese nursing homes ensuredthey worked as per the Covidprotocol.

The LLRH chief medicalsuperintendent said the LLRHospital would now draw theattention of the district magis-trate and the governmenttowards irregularities on the

part of the district administra-tion.

She said the issues of poorquality of PPE kits had beenbrought to the notice of the dis-trict magistrate yet nothinghad been done so far. Similarly,she said, oxygen supply wasalso retarded and this had alsobeen brought to the notice ofthe district administration.

Meanwhile, DistrictMagistrate Alok Tiwari saidraids were being carried outregularly on private nursinghomes . He said it had come tolight that the unlicensed andunauthorised nursing homeswere running under the

patronage of doctors. He added that a special

team had been set up to traceunauthorised nursing homesand the Kanpur NursingHomes Association (KNHA)had also been asked to providea list of the licensed and regis-tered nursing homes.

The chief medical officerclaimed that unregistered nurs-ing homes would not beallowed to run illegally inKanpur Nagar and a crack-down on them had alreadybegun. He said after getting thelist from the KNHA, the crack-down would gain furthermomentum.

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Additional Chief Secretary(Medical Health and

Family Welfare) Alok Kumar-II carried out a surprise inspec-tion of LLR Hospital here onSaturday and held an in-cam-era meeting with the GSVMMedical College and LLRHauthorities.

Addressing press personslater, Kumar said the govern-ment was making every effortto remain prepared for theworst situation vis-à-visCOVID-19.

He said the administra-tion was fully prepared tocheck the COVID-19 deathrate and reduce the number ofactive coronavirus positivecases in the city.

Kumar said the focus ofthe UP government was oncities from where over 100coronavirus positive caseswere being reported everyday.He said to check the spread ofnovel coronavirus andCOVID-19 death rates inthese cities, they would bebrought under stricter scannerand for this nodal officer,special secretary, two doctorsone anaesthetist would campthere for 48 hours to bringdown the death rates.

He said testing had been

increased, tracking and sur-veillance had been beefed upand the number of beds inCovid care centres had beenincreased.

He said with the seniorofficials camping in the city, astrict vigil would be kept onthe government hospitals andpathologies.

Kumar expressed happi-ness that for the first time afterseveral days, the GSVMMedical College hospital hadnot reported a single COVID-19 death on Friday.

Meanwhile, chairing anIntegrated GrievanceRedressal System meeting,District Magistrate Alok

Tiwari said if there were alarge number of complaintson the portal regarding aparticular department andperson, an inquiry would beconducted by a different offi-cial.

He said the grievancesshould be redressed in a qual-itative manner and he action

taken should be cross-checkedat the level of additional citymagistrate (ACM) and sub-divisional magistrate (SDM)levels.

Those who took part inthe meeting included ADM(Revenue) Narwal and sever-al officials of various depart-ments.

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KANPUR (PNS): Sugar stan-dards for the crushing season2020-21 were released onFriday at the National SugarInstitute here. They willbecome effective from October1, 2020 and remain in force tillSeptember 30, 2021.

The expert committee onsugar standards has approveda set of seven sugar standardsin seven grades — L31, L30,M31, M30, S31, S30 and SS31.The standards have been pre-pared after carrying out a sur-vey of the existing sugar qual-ity on pan-India basis andthen taking up preparation ofthese standards using scientif-

ic techniques of crystal size,colour measurement by mea-suring the reflectance value.

NSI Director ProfNarendra Mohan, said that L,M, S and SS denoted crystalsize as large, medium, smalland super small while 31 and30 represented the colour serieswith 31 being superior white.

He said India was perhapsthe only country providingsuch sugar standards in phys-ical form for ease of qualitycontrol and consumer protec-tion.

Prof Mohan said to facili-tate the sugar factories, thesesugar standards could be pro-

cured from the institute online. He said the released stan-

dards were a joint effort of NSI,Indian Institute of SugarcaneResearch, Directorate of Sugar,Sugar TechnologistsAssociation of India and IndianSugar Mills Association.

Earlier, Joint Secretary(Sugar and Administration)Subodh Kumar Singh hadcalled upon the sugar factoriesto take effective steps for wastemanagement in order to main-tain the eco-system in the larg-er interests of society.

He said sugar industry hadgone a long way in improvisingits working in all spheres but

still there was need to impro-vise on fresh water usage toconserve the natural resources.

Kumar said one had toensure a clean and green sugarindustry through technologicalinterventions and removingthe tag of a polluting industryby 2030.

Prof Mohan stressed uponthe importance to conservewater so as to reduce freshwater consumption and tolower effluent generation. Hesaid presently the fresh waterconsumption in sugar factorieswas about 10-15 litres/ton onsugarcane crushed and a mea-gre 10 per cent reduction

may result in fresh water sav-ings to the extent of 30 millioncu/m per year.

He said one had to work onsetting up small treatmentplants at various unit opera-tions to treat and recycle thewater as per its quality ratherthan sending all the wastewater as effluent to main efflu-ent treatment plant.

He added that the surpluscondensates from various heatexchangers could be recycledafter desired treatment andmooted that sugar factoriesshould create ‘environmentcells’ to monitor and minimisepollution.

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2�����������KANPUR (PNS): A teenagedgirl, missing for the past twodays, was killed under myste-rious circumstances in NadihaDhamu village, under theKakwan police station. Shewas strangled from her dupat-ta. Brother of the deceased hassuspected the involvement oftwo local youths and accusedthem of killing his sister. Policehave quizzed the villagers toascertain the cause of killing.According to reports, RamDayal Gautam of NadihaDhamu village is engaged inagriculture work. He said, onThursday afternoon, around 3pm, his daughter Radha (19)had proceeded from house tocollect fodder from the field.When she did not return tilllate evening, he along with sonsSonu and Sarvesh traced herbut failed to locate her tillFriday night. On Saturdaymorning, when he was think-ing of informing the police, vil-lager Vimal, who had gone tohis field to supply water,informed him about Radha’sbody lying under a Banyan treethere. Immediately, KakwanStation Officer Anil KumarMisra along with forensicexperts reached the spot andcarried out investigations.

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With an aim to tackleshortage of medical oxy-

gen and the resultant increasein prices amid rising Covid-19cases in the country, theNational PharmaceuticalsPricing Authority (NPPA) hascapped the ex-factory price ofliquid medical oxygen (LMO)and filled cylinders for sixmonths.

It has also instructed thestates to fix transport costs forthe supply of medical oxygen toaddress COVID-19 exigencies.

The ex-factory price ofLMO at the manufacturers’end has been capped at Rs15.22 per cubic metre, exclusiveof GST, while the ex-factorycost of a medical oxygen cylin-der has been capped at thefillers’ end at �25.71 per cubicmetre, exclusive of GST, asagainst the existing ceilingprice of �17.49 per cubic metre.

However, it is subject to thetransportation cost fixation atthe state level.

The move by the NPPAcomes after a three-foldincrease in the price of medicaloxygen gas. A few days ago theCentre had urged the States toallow unhindered movement ofthe oxygen cylinders to ensuretimely help to the needypatients.

The authority said that thedemand for medical oxygenhad gone up almost four times,from 750MT/day to 2,800MT/day. Besides, deliverythrough cylinders has increasedfrom 11 per cent pre-Covid to50 per cent of current oxygensupply, leading to an exponen-tial rise in prices.

“This has caused a strainat all levels in the value chainof production and supply,especially for distant and inte-rior districts based on terrainand distance.”

The manufacturers ofmedical oxygen and fillershad represented to theGovernment for up to a three-fold price increase in the ceil-ing price of gaseous medicaloxygen.

“It is, therefore, imperativeto cap the price of LMO toensure uninterrupted avail-ability of medical oxygenthrough cylinders to the hos-pitals and consumers,” theorganisation said.

The NPPA said that use ofoxygen for medical purposesfrom the overall productionhas also signif icantlyincreased. “Currently, duringthe Covid-19 pandemic,around 50% of the total liquidoxygen production is used formedical purposes in compar-ison with around 15% usageduring the pre-Covid period.

Liquid oxygen is beingdiverted from industrial use tomedical use to cope with theadditional demand. Manystates/UTs are dependent onthe medical oxygen supplyfrom other states/UTs. To meetthe enhanced requirement,medical oxygen is being sup-plied to remote areas of thecountry after incurring addi-tional cost on transportation,”it added.

However, the All IndiaIndustrial Gas Manufacturers’Association (AIIGMA)felt thatthe Government should capthe cost of oxygen at the levelof the hospital instead of thesupplier end.

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As former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh turned

88 on Saturday, greetingspoured in from across thepolitical spectrum withCongress leader Rahul Gandhisaying that India feels theabsence of a PM with the“depth” of Singh.

If anyone in public lifealive today is deserving of theBharat Ratna, it is “undoubt-edly” Singh, said his party col-league P Chidambaram whoserved as finance minister andhome minister under the UPAI and II governments led byManmohan Singh.

Greeting his predecessoron his birthday, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi wished Singha long and healthy life.

Several Union Ministersand BJP leaders, includingNirmala Sitharaman, RajnathSingh, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi,Jyotiraditya Scindia andVasundhra Raje Scindia, DMK

chief M K Stalin and WestBengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee also extended theirgreetings.

Manmohan Singh headedthe UPA coalitionGovernments between 2004and 2014 and earlier as afinance minister under the P VNarasimha Rao governmentsupervised the liberalisation ofthe Indian economy in the1990s.

“Birthday greetings to DrManmohan Singh Ji. I pray toAlmighty that he is blessed witha long and healthy life,” PrimeMinister Modi tweeted.

Former Congress presi-dent Rahul Gandhi wishedSingh, saying, “India feels theabsence of a PM with thedepth of Dr Manmohan Singh.His honesty, decency and ded-ication are a source of inspira-tion for us all.”

“Wishing him a very happybirthday and a lovely yearahead,” Gandhi tweeted withthe hashtag

‘HappyBirthdayDrMMSingh’.Stalin hailed Singh for his

“visionary leadership & futur-istic ideas”, saying that they hadbeen instrumental in estab-lishing India’s global promi-nence.

“Greetings to former PrimeMinister and Economist Dr.Manmohan Singh ji on hisbirthday. Wishing him goodhealth and more productiveyears in public life,” TrinamoolCongress supremo MamataBanerjee tweeted.

Congress general secretaryin-charge organisation K CVenugopal lauded Singh’s“journey filled with incredibleachievements”.

“Dr. Manmohan Singh’s lifeis an inspiration to us all. Hishumility, honesty and incredi-ble intellect make him anexemplary leader,” he tweeted.

Punjab Chief MinisterAmarinder Singh extended warm wishes toSingh, praying for his goodhealth and long life.

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After announcing minimumsupport prices for rabi

crops in advance, the Centre onSaturday ordered commence-ment of procurement opera-tions for kharif paddy/rice“immediately” (from Saturday)in Punjab and Haryana to pla-cate farmers agitating againstthe farm Bills. Significantly,these two States have beenwitnessing maximum protestagainst the farm Bills in the lastfew days.

While ‘rail roko’ agitationby farmers organisations wascontinued in Punjab’s Amritsarand Ferozepur districts onSaturday as more farmers andtheir farmers joined in. Theprotesters reached the protestsite in tractor trailers, buses,four-wheelers and even onmotorcycles and went bare-chested to express their resent-ment over the response gotfrom the Union Government.Farmers have extended the‘rail roko’ agitation tillSeptember 29. Besides, farmersprotests continued in sporadicmanner in Haryana, UP andsouthern states.

In its order, the Ministry ofConsumer Affairs, Food andPublic Distribution said itwould commence procurementof paddy in the two northIndian States from Saturday,ahead of October 1, the date setfor commencing procurementacross the country otherwise.The order said that the step hasbeen taken in view of earlyarrival of paddy this year. According to the ministry,state procuring agenciesincluding Food Corporation ofIndia (FCI) are in a state ofreadiness for smoothly under-taking procurement opera-tions.

The Kharif MarketingSeason (KMS) 2020-21 forpaddy/rice was scheduled tocommence from October 1 inall procuring States, but the

Centre has allowed procure-ment operations to begin fromSaturday in both these states.

“…in view of early arrivalof paddy in the mandis ofHar yana and Punjab.Government of India hasappeared the commencementof procurement operationsfor paddy/rice immediatelyin both these States fromtoday, i.e. with effect from26th September 2020 toensure that farmers are facil-itated in selling their pro-duce at Minimum SupportPrice (MSP) expeditiously,”the order said. “Orders forcommencement of procure-ment operations for paddy/rice from 26th September,2020 in Haryana and Punjabhave been issued,” it added.

P K Das, additional chiefsecretary, Food, Civil Suppliesand Consumer Affairsdepartment, Haryana, saidthat about 4 lakh quintals of‘PR-126’ variety of paddy hasbeen harvested by farmers infour districts of Kurukshetra,Karnal, Ambala and Kaithal.Farmers of these districts havebrought their crops to themandis and procurement will

start from Sunday.The Government has kept

a target to procure 113 lakhtonnes of rice from Punjaband 44 lakh tonnes fromHaryana during the kharifmarketing season. Otherwise,total rice procurement targetis kept at 495.37 lakh tonnesfor the entire country for the2020-21 kharif season.

The Centre has fixed MSPfor ‘’common variety’’ paddyat �1,868 per quintal and for‘’A’’ grade variety at Rs 1,888per quintal for the currentyear.

In the last kharif season(KMS 2019-20), a total quan-tity of 512 lakh metric tonnesof rice was procured from 23states. However, biggest quan-

tity of rice was procured fromPunjab (109 lakh tonnes met-ric tonnes), and the state wasfollowed by Telangana (73LMT), Andhra Pradesh (54LMT), Chhattisgarh (49 LMT),Odisha (47 LMT) and Haryana(43 LMT).

Farmers have been protest-ing on rails tracks at manyplaces in the state sinceSeptember 24. Squatting onrails tracks, agitating farmerson Saturday shouted slogansagainst the BJP-led government at the Centre anddemanded the rollback of thefarm Bills which theydescribed as black laws.

In Amritsar, a group ofprotesting farmers went shirt-less to express their anger

against the farm Bills. Farmershave taken off their ‘kurtas’ andshirts to make the governmenthear our voice, said KisanMazdoor SangharshCommittee general secretarySarwan Singh Pandher overthe phone. Bare-chested pro-testers, sitting on Amritsar-Delhi rail track, raised slogansagainst the BJP-led centralgovernment.

In Mohali, farmers burnteffigy of PM Modi and blockedroads. Keeping in view theundergoing blockade of rail-way lines by farmers at sever-al places, the Northern rail-way’s Ferozepur division hasextended the cancellation of 14trains (up and down) for onemore day on September 27.

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The Congress on Saturdaylaunched a ‘Speak up for

farmers’ campaign on socialmedia protesting the farmBills, with former party chiefRahul Gandhi urging people toraise their voice against whathe described was the NarendraModi Government’s “exploita-tion” of farmers.

The party also attackedthe Centre over the controver-sial labour Bills passed by theParliament. It asked the otherOpposition parties to join theprotest on the new labour lawsjust like they extended theirunited protest against the farmbills that has led to a country-wide agitation.

“Let us raise our voicestogether against the atrocitiesand exploitation of farmers bythe Modi Government,” Rahulsaid in his message.

The three farm Bills andthe labour code laws werepassed by both houses ofParliament during theMonsoon session and areawaiting presidential assent.

Rahul , who was abroad forhis mother and party chiefSonia Gandhi’s treatment whenthe bills were passed, said theselegislations will “enslave” farm-ers and minimum supportprice (MSP) will be “snatched

away”. Rahul extended party’s full

support to the ongoing farmers’agitation across the country,particularly in Punjab andHaryana, where it entered itssecond day with sporadic inci-dents of violence being report-ed.

Rahul even went to theextent of claiming that theselegislations will result in an EastIndia company-like culture.

The Congress, on its offi-cial Twitter handle, alleged thatthe agriculture bills passed bythe government in a “highlyundemocratic manner arenothing but an attack on ourfarmers and an attempt totransform agriculture intoanother revenue stream fortheir crony capitalist friends”.

Describing the three labourcodes passed by Parliament as“anti-labour”, Congress saidthe farms bill passed hasalready led to country wide agi-tation by farmers and this newlabour law will bring anotherset of restlessness to the work-ers class who are the propellerof the country growth.

“They have weakenedtrade unions and finished thesecurity and safety for theworkers,” senior Congressleader and former minister oflabour and employmentMallikarjun Kharge said at

AICC Press conference. Hewas joined by partyspokesman Pawan Khera andINTUC General Secretary GSanjeev Reddy.

Attacking the Governmentover the Bills, Kharge said thegovernment’s claim that thelaws will increase ease of doingbusiness is false.

“States’ powers have beenusurped by the central gov-ernment with these laws.These codes are anti-worker,anti-labourer and it is impor-tant to agitate against them,”the Rajya Sabha MP said.

“All parties must opposethese laws. The Modi govern-ment only listens to corporatesand after these laws it will notlisten to trade unions,” hesaid.

Congress spokespersonPawan Khera alleged this gov-ernment is “betraying theinterests” of different sectionsone after another. As the issueof injustice to farmers wasongoing, this governmentbetrayed workers, just likefarmers,” he said.

Reddy alleged that there isno provision for safety andsecurity of workers in thesebills.

“We will protest andstruggle against these unjust,anti-labour and anti-tradeunion laws,” he said.

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The Khadi and VillageIndustries Commission

(KVIC) has appointed SunilSethi, a leading personality inthe Indian fashion industry, asits adviser.

Sethi will advise theCommission on latest designinterventions in the ready-made garments segment aswell as promotion of Khadi inIndia and abroad.

Earlier, renowned fashiondesigner Ms Ritu Beri servedas advisor to KVIC whose

term expired recently.Sethi has over four

decades of experience in glob-al merchandising, where hehas contributed significantly tothe growth of Indian handi-crafts, design and the textileindustry, through many inno-vative and successful initia-tives.

As Chairman of theFashion Design Council ofIndia, which is represented by400 designers, Sethi has beenworking to take Indian fashionindustry global.

“Sustainable growth of

Khadi in the fashion industry,both locally and internation-ally, is the key idea behind theappointment. KVIC hasalready marked its advent onthe global platform and fromhere on we must capitalise onevery opportunity.

Khadi artisans are capableof producing the finest quali-ty and the most unique fabricin the world and with thenewest design innovations,Khadi can be a favourite of avast global consumer seg-ment,” KVIC Chairman, VinaiKumar Saxena said.

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NITI Aayog CEO AmitabhKant on Thursday said

the idea of an aspirationalIndia is deeply linked to ourspirit of entrepreneurship andthis spirit is a driving forcewhich will turn the wheels ofIndian economy, propelling itto greater heights.

“If India’s growth story hasto continue then withoutwomen entrepreneurs and gen-der parity, India cannot grow,and it is pretty clear that India’sbusinesses cannot grow with-out women entrepreneurs.Gender constraints impedewomen entry in the entrepre-neurial Landscape and ahealthy ecosystem, it trulyrequires conscious efforts toimprove women’s access toknowledge and the requisiteskills,” Kant said at a webinarorganised by FLO, the Women’sWing of FICCI on “AspirationalIndia- Role of WomenEntrepreneurs in India’sTransformation.”

The session elaborated onthe role of women entrepre-neurs as an important,untapped source of economicgrowth and have an importantrole as key drivers in India’stransformation journey.

Jahnabi Phookan, NationalPresident, FLO said “Talkingabout an aspirational India isnot enough, we should all be apartner in the process. Ourendeavour is to create eco-nomic possibilities for womenat different levels and equipthem to be in charge of theirlives and participate in thesustainable development of thenation”.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Saturday held

wide-ranging talks with his SriLankan counterpart MahindaRajapaksa, covering the entireexpanse of bilateral ties andwith a focus on further expand-ing cooperation in key areas.

In his opening remarks ata virtual bilateral summit, Modisaid he was confident that themassive electoral victory of theruling party in Sri Lankabacked by the RajapaksaGovernment’s policies will facil-itate deeper cooperationbetween the two countries.

“An opportunity has cometo begin a new chapter inIndia-Sri Lanka ties after yourparty’s electoral victory. Peoplefrom both the countries arelooking at us with new hopeand expectations,” Modi said.

Rajapaksa was sworn in asSri Lankan prime minister for

a fresh term on August 9 afterhis party, the Sri Lanka People’sFront, secured a two-thirdmajority in the parliamentarypolls.

Modi said India gives pri-ority to its relations with SriLanka as he mentioned his gov-ernment’s neighbourhood-firstpolicy as well as SAGAR(Security and Growth for All inthe Region) doctrine.

It was Prime MinisterModi’s first such virtual bilat-eral engagement with a leaderof a neighbouring country. ForRajapaksa, it was the first diplo-matic engagement with a leaderof a foreign country after hewas sworn in as prime minis-ter.

It was learnt that the twoleaders deliberated on a host ofissues like ways to furtherdeepen overall defence andtrade ties as well as expansionof existing cooperation in sev-eral key areas.

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APIL has been filed in theSupreme Court for equal

protection of law to peoplebelonging to the third gender,alleging that there was nopenal provision which pro-tects them from offences of sex-ual assault.

The plea, which has madethe ministries of law and jus-tice, and social justice andempowerment as parties,referred to the provisions of theIPC of 1860 and recentamendments into the statuteand other laws on sexualoffences and alleged that noneof them talked about the “trans-gender, transsexuals, kinnar

and eunuchs”. “In spite of declaring trans-

gender people to be a ‘thirdgender’ by this court, there isno provision / section in theIndian Penal Code which mayprotect the third gender fromthe sexual assault by male/female or another transgender,”it said.

The PIL challenged theconstitutional validity of certainclauses of Section 354A (out-raging the modesty of woman)of IPC, to the extent that theyare interpreted to exclude vic-tims of sexual harassment whoare transgender persons, asbeing ultra vires Articles 14, 15and 21 of the Constitution.

The plea filed by lawyer

Reepak Kansal, in his person-al capacity, said that though theapex court in 2014, had grant-ed “recognition to the trans-gender/ third gender as ‘per-sons’ falling under the ambit ofArticle 14 of the IndianConstitution”, still they do not

have equal protection of law inrelation to sexual offenses.

“The petitioner is filingthis petition...With respect toequal protection of law to thethird gender/transgenderfrom the sexual assault/offences as there is no provi-

sion / section in the IPCwhich may protect the thirdgender from the sexual assaultby male/ female or anothertransgender therefore, an anti–discrimination laws areneeded to safeguard the basiccitizenship rights of trans-gender persons,” the plea said.

The plea, which may

come up for hearing in fewdays, has sought a direction tothe Centre to “make appro-priate modification/ interpre-tation of sections/ provisionsof IPC dealing with sexualassault to include transgender/transsexuals/ kinnar andeunuchs in the definitionsaccordingly”.

It also referred to an inci-dent of not lodging an FIR byDelhi Police on a sexualharassment complaint of aDelhi University transgenderstudent on the ground thatthere was no provision in theIPC to deal with transgenders.

The plea urged the topcourt “to issue an appropriateorder... Directing the respon-dents to pass an Anti-Discrimination Bill thatpenalises discrimination andharassment on the basis ofgender”.

It also sought a directionto the Centre to adopt andimplement the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rightsbeing signatory of it.

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Union Home Minister AmitShah will inaugurate a

four-day event here on Sundayto highlight the Northeastregion’s various potentials likeeco-tourism, culture, heritageand business.

The ‘Destination NorthEast-2020’ is a calendar eventof the Ministry ofDevelopment of North EasternRegion conceptualised withthe objective of taking thenortheastern region to otherparts of the country and bring-ing them closer together inorder to strengthen nationalintegration, an official state-ment said.

The home minister willinaugurate the event throughvideo conference while UnionMinister for Development ofNorth Eastern Region

(DoNER) Jitendra Singh willbe the guest of honour.

For ‘Destination NorthEast 2020’, the theme is ‘TheEmerging DelightfulDestinations’, which speaks ofthe tourism destinationsemerging stronger and moreattractive when the sectorpicks up momentum.

The programme focusesmostly on tourism and coin-cides with World TourismDay which falls on September27.

The four-day programmewill feature audio visual pre-sentation of the tourist spots ofthe states and the region, mes-sages from State icons andachievers, introduction toprominent local entrepreneursand virtual exhibition of hand-icraft, traditional fashion, andlocal products, the statementsaid.

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BJP’s Kerala unit president KSurendran alleged on

Saturday that the CPI(M)Government in the State is sab-otaging the probe into all cor-ruption cases brought to lightby his party.

“A day after the CentralBureau of Investigationlaunched a probe against theLIFE Mission project of theState Government, theVigilance Department underthe direct control of ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan hasremoved and destroyed all therelevant files from theSecretariat atThiruvananthapuram. It was tosubvert the probe by the CBI,the Chief Minister orderedVigilance probe into the alle-gation of corruption worthhundreds of crore rupees,” saidSurendran while speaking to

reporters at Pathanamthittawhere he inaugurated a MahilaMorchcha rally demanding theresignation of Ministers E PJayarajan and K T Jaleel againstwhom there are big allega-tions of corruption.

The CBI on Friday has reg-istered a case in the ChiefJudicial Magistrate Court,Ernakulam, in awarding theLIFE Mission contracts ofbuilding apartment complex atWadakancherry to two privateentrepreneurs without anyexperience in construction sec-tor.

According to sources inCBI, even ministers would besummoned for questioning inthis case.

The CBI case is a follow upto a complaint filed byCongress legislator AnilAkkara, who representsWadakkancherry constituencyin the Assembly.

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Kerala, which declared itselfas a Covid-19 free-State on

May 8, is facing an unprece-dented grievous situation witha steep hike in the number ofnew patients diagnosed withthe pandemic as well as thetotal number of persons under-going treatment for the disease.

The State has put neigh-bouring Tamil Nadu waybehind in both the categories,according to the facts and fig-ures released by the respectiveState Governments onSaturday.

While Kerala diagnosed7,006 new persons with Covid-19 by Saturday evening, therewere only 5,647 new patients inTamil Nadu which has morethan twice the population thanthe former. There were 52,678

active Coronavirus afflictedpersons in Kerala as onSaturday evening. But the cor-responding figure for TamilNadu was 46,336.

The only segment in whichKerala is trailing Tamil Nadu isin the number of fatalities.While Kerala announced 21deaths on Saturday, Tamil Nadusaw 85 persons succumbing tothe pandemic during the last 24hours.

A Government physicianin Kerala, whom The Pioneerhas been in touch with sincethe first case was reported inthe State, said that theGovernment of Kerala hasbeen furnishing false detailsabout the number of casesfrom the beginning itself. Buthe did not want his name to bedisclosed.

“Even the number ofdeaths from the State is faulty.

I have authentic figures fromPathanamthitta district wheremore than 50 persons had diedbecause of Covid-19. But theofficial claim is just threedeaths,” said the doctor.

A senior scientist ofVikram Sarabhai Space Centre,Thiruvananthapuram, said thesituation in Kerala has beengrave from the beginning itself.“If you are bold enough, just goto Medical College Hospital inthe capital city. I have seen itpersonally,” said the scientist.

The doctor said that ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan knewwell that the situation in theState would no more be keptsecret from the general public.“It is dangerous to come toKerala at this juncture. Out ofthe 7,006 new cases diagnosedon Saturday, 6,668 contractedthe pandemic through socialcontact” he said.

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Panaji: Goa BJP presidentSadanand Shet Tanavade onSaturday said that the fact thatdozens of BJP workers, includingChief Minister Pramod Sawant,tested coronavirus positive onlyshowed that the cadres were outin the field during the pandem-ic.

“Sixty eight BJP workersthroughout Goa tested positiveduring the pandemic. They testedpositive precisely because theywere out in the field, in the serviceof people, unlike Congress leaders

who stayed indoors and only issuedstatements,” Tanavade said.

Speaking at the inaugural ses-sion of the state Bharatiya JanataParty executive meeting held inMapusa town, located a short dis-tance from Panaji, Tanavade saidthat the BJP was already activelypreparing for a host of elections,including zilla panchayats andmunicipalities, ahead of the 2022Assembly polls.

In all, one fifth of Goa's 40 leg-islators have tested positive, includ-ing Sawant, former Deputy Chief

Minister Sudin Dhavalikar, formerChief Ministers Churchill Alemaoand Ravi Naik, MLAs AntonioFernandes, Nilkanth Halarnkar,Dayanand Sopte and Clafasio Dias.

Union Minister of State forDefence and AYUSH Shripad Naik,who is a Lok Sabha MP from Goa,had also tested positive.

Tanavade said that the BJP inGoa was gearing up for the upcom-ing polls delayed due to the Covid-19 spread. “The BJP will return topower with an absolute majority inGoa in 2022,” he said. IANS

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Alocal court on Saturday awarded seven year sen-tence to a man for raping a woman on the pre-

text of marriage in Udhampur district of Jammu andKashmir, an official said.

Additional session judge Udhampur, S R Gandhipronounced the judgment after hearing the addi-tional public prosecutor Anil Kumar Magotra for thestate, and counsel for the accused and the materialon record, the official said. Surinder Singh, a resi-dent of Kotli Jija village of Udhampur, was arrest-ed after the woman lodged a written complaint atRehmbal Police Station on December 7, 2011, alleg-ing that the accused had called her and when shemet him, he outraged her modesty and also threat-ened her not to tell anyone about the incident.

The victim also claimed that Singh afterwardsrepeatedly made physical relations with her with apromise to marry her, the official said.

On the basis of the report, an FIR was registeredand the accused was arrested after thorough inves-tigation. Later, the charge sheet was presented in thecourt of Additional District and session judge court,Udhampur.

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Following repeated inci-dents of arms dropping

using drones by the Pakistanbased handlers of terroristoutfits in different parts ofJammu region, the bordersecurity grid and securitycheckpoints a long theNational highway has beenbeefed up to prevent anymajor terror strike on a vitalsecurity installation in theregion.

Inspector General ofPolice, Jammu Zone , MukeshSingh Saturday chaired ahigh level meeting with thedistrict police chiefs follow-ing apprehensions of 'sub-versive' activities by the antinat ional e lements andreviewed the Border SecurityGrid and National Highwaysecurity.

In the recent weeks, sev-

eral incidents of arms drop-ping along the Internationalborder in Samba and Kathuahave come to light wherelocal Over ground workers(OGW's) were tasked to ferrythe arms and ammunitionconsignment to their con-duits before handing themover to the commanders ofdifferent terrorist outfits. Inmany cases, these conduitshave been caught red hand-ed with arms consignment bythe alert security forces butthere are apprehensions thatsome of these consignmentshave been delivered 'success-fully' without coming on theradar of the security forces.

In a separate meeting onFriday IGP, Jammu MukeshSingh had directed thesenior police officers toremain alert in their respec-tive jurisdiction and ensurestrict 'Naka' checking on the

National Highway fromKashmir valley to Jammuregion to prevent the move-ment of arms and terrorists intheir region.

The meeting was attend-ed by the senior police offi-cers including range DIG'sand district police chiefs ofJammu, Samba, Kathua andUdhampur.

During the securityreview meeting, detailed pre-sentations were given by thesenior officers discussing thethree tier deployment ofparamilitary forces along theInternational border and thecounter terrorist grid in theregion. Direct ions wereissued to the police officers ofthese bordering districts tostrengthen the intelligencenetwork in the border beltand maintain tight vigil onthe movement of suspectedpeople in the area.

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Finance ministry sourceshave countered CAG audit

finding of central Governmentwrongly retaining �47,272crore of GST compensationcess meant for States, sayingtemporary retention cannot betermed as diversion.

Days after theComptroller and AuditorGeneral (CAG) flagged that theCentre in first two years of theGST implementation wronglyretained GST compensationcess that was meant to be usedspecifically to compensatestates for loss of revenue, min-istry sources said compensationdue for the year 2017-18 and2018-19 was fully paid to states.

Time taken in reconcilia-tion of compensation receiptscan’t be termed as diversion ofGST cess fund when the duesto states were fully released bythe central government, theysaid.

Sources said that in 2017-18, �62,611 crore was collect-

ed, out of which the govern-ment released full compensa-tion dues of �41,146 crore tothe States and union territories(UTs).

In 2018-19, an amount of�95,081 crore was collected, outof which �69,275 crore waspaid as full compensation duesto States and UTs.

They said an amount of�47,271 crore collected in the2017-18 and 2018-19 hadremained unutilised for rec-onciliation post full payment ofGST compensation dues.

For the year 2019-20, thecentral Government released�1,65,302 crore as GST com-pensation against a cess col-lection of �95,444 crore whichit could do so with theunutilised cess of �47,271crore.

The GST (Compensationto States) Act guarantees allstates an annual growth rate of14 per cent in their GST rev-enue in the first five years ofimplementation of GST begin-ning July 2017. It was intro-

duced as a relief for States forthe loss of revenues arisingfrom the implementation ofGST.

If a state’s revenue growsslower than 14 per cent, it issupposed to be compensated bythe Centre using the fundsspecifically collected as com-pensation cess. To providethese grants, a GST compen-sation cess is levied on certainluxury and sin goods.

The collected compensa-tion cess flows into the con-solidated fund of India (CFI),and is then transferred to thePublic Account of India, wherea GST compensation cessaccount has been created. Statesare compensated bi-monthlyfrom the accumulated funds inthis account.

However, instead of trans-ferring the entire GST cessamount to the GST compen-sation fund during 2017-18 and2018-19, the CAG found thatthe Centre retained these fundsin the CFI and used it for otherpurposes.

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Persistently high inflationfanned in part due to sup-

ply side disruptions along withseasonal factors will deter theReserve Bank to administer adose of lending rate cut duringthe upcoming monetary poli-cy review.

In a poll conducted byIANS, economist and industryexperts cited elevated inflationlevel as a key determinant fora pause in policy easing.

Notably, the expected movecomes at a time when industrialoutput is at historic low due tothe Covid-19 pandemic.

A policy easing, if admin-istered, would have theoreti-cally allowed commercialbanks to reduce their lendingrates thereby helping both con-

sumers and the industry to getcheaper finance.

Subsequently, the increasedmoney flow in the hands ofconsumers would have helpedto boost demand, and for theindustry provided a higherflow of capital investment onthe back of lower cost.

Nonetheless, retail inflationhas been at an elevated levelduring July-August.

“In view of the retail infla-tion being higher than RBI’scomfort zone for two consec-utive quarters in the past andlikelihood of it remaining inexcess of 6 per cent in July-September as well, no rate cutis expected in the upcomingpolicy review,” Sunil KumarSinha, Principal Economist,India Ratings & Research toldIANS.

“But RBI will continue tomaintain its accommodativepolicy stance to signal thatpolicy rates are not going to goup either.”

Lately, data showed thatIndia’s August retail inflationstood at an elevated level.

The retail or consumerprice index stood at 6.69 percent in August. It had risen to6.73 per cent in July.

As per the data, retail infla-tion level has reached the upperlimit of the medium-term CPIinflation target of 4 per cent.The target is set within a bandof +/- 2 per cent.

“Given the elevated CPIinflation, we expect an extend-ed pause from the MPC,” saidAditi Nayar, PrincipalEconomist, ICRA.

The RBI’s MPC (MonetaryPolicy Committee) is expectedto release its resolution on themonetary policy after theirmeet on Sep 29th to Oct 1st,2020.

“We believe that MPC willcontinue to hold the interest

rates in the near term given thecontinuing inflationary con-cerns,” said Suman ChowdhuryChief Analytical Officer atAcuite Ratings and Research.

“However, the accom-modative stance is likely to per-sist in the face of the ongoing

economic contraction.”Besides inflation, other

economic indicators, showeddecline in production and inessence revival of economicgrowth due to localised lock-downs, supply chain disrup-tions and lack of labour sup-ply.

“Our inflation trajectorysuggests that technically thenext opportune time to cut maynot come before end-3QFY21,”said Madhavi Arora, LeadEconomist, FX and Rates forEdelweiss Securities.

“However, the modestreduction in July and AugustCPI inflation will provide somecomfort for the RBI. We main-tain the depth of ongoing fallin demand is not yet reflectedaccurately in inflation, and asit starts to percolate in data and

as supply normalise progres-sively, headline CPI inflationwill likely moderate towards 4per cent by end-CY20, admit-tedly also helped by base effect.”

The August datapoint fur-ther showed that India’s con-sumer food price index hadeased a bit to 9.05 per centagainst 9.27 per cent reportedfor July 2020.

On its part, BrickworkRatings said: “We expect infla-tion to remain b elow 6 per centin Q3FY21 as food inflation islikely to lower in the wake ofabundant harvests.”

“The pandemic is stillevolving, and credit offtake,even at a low rate of interest,looks sticky. With uncertaintyregarding the pandemic looming large, the RBI may not pro-vide a GDP forecast for FY21

in the upcoming MPC meet-ing. As in the previous state-ments, the RBI may continue totalk about economic contrac-tion without quantifying themagnitude.”

Last month, the MPC ofthe central bank decided toretain its key short-term lend-ing rate to curb the rise in infla-tion, and stabilise the generaleconomic environment.

Even though it retained therepo rate -- or short-term lend-ing rate for commercial banks,at 4 per cent, the MPC agreedto maintain the growth-ori-ented a ccommodative stance.

Likewise, the reverse reporate stood unchanged at 3.35per cent, and the marginalstanding facility (MSF) rateand the ‘Bank Rate’ at 4.25 percent.

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Caution over the upcomingmonetary policy review

along with a strong US dollaris expected to check the appre-ciation in Indian rupee duringthe short-term.

Notably, a likely US fiscalstimulus package combinedwith caution over the upcom-ing monetary policy reviewslated for October 1 may limitthe rise in the USDINR spot.

“The strength in dollarindex, foreign fund outflowscould weigh Rupee for next fewweeks going ahead,” saidDevarsh Vakil, Deputy Head ofRetail Research at HDFCSecurities. “Dollar continues togain as concerns about risingCovid-19 cases in ducing aslowdown in the global eco-nomic recovery weigh on stockmarkets and emerging cur-rencies, in turn benefiting theoversold dollar.”Recently, acomment by a senior US Fedofficial on the need for moreUS fiscal stimulus added “fur-

ther fuel to the fire”.“In near term, dollar and

the safe haven yen are likely tooutperform,” he said.

According to Sajal Gupta,Head, Forex and Rates,Edelweiss Securities: “Rupeeclosed at 73.60 after a rollercoaster week, but remainedstable to strong on expectedReliance Retail deal pipeline.”

“Other developments suchas RBI again mopping-up $3billion in the previous w eek,S&P affirming India’s ratingswith a word of caution onfuture growth outlook areexpected curtail the apprecia-tion, however, rupee maystrengthen toward 73 in com-ing days within a range of73.90 to 73.20.” Besides, mar-ket will keep an eye out for thepan-ultimate monetary policyre view for the calendar year2020 which is slated for Oct 1.

Last week, the rupeestrengthened to Rs 73.60against a greenback.

“Rupee can be in range of73.25-74.10 as the dollar index

keeps has strong support near$94-94.20, and some upsidepossibly towards $95-95.40shall keep rupee appreciation atcheck,” said Jateen Trivedi,Senior Research Analyst(Commodity & Currency) atLKP Securities. “The market iscautiously awaiting the out-come of the RBI monetarypolicy me eting on October 1.More or less the range remainsbetween 73.25-74.10 on broadtrading.”However, corporatedollar inflows along with IPOlisting will keep the apprecia-tion momentum going on forthe Indian currency.

“The hope that the US fis-cal stimulus package will rolloutsoon is tempting to think thatthis may be an end to the dol-lar bull run, but there s tillremains a high risk over the pas-sage of the stimulus package. Sounless the bill is passed, we mayobserve some appreciation in theUSDINR spot towards the 74zone,” said Rahul Gupta, Headof Research-Currency at EmkayGlobal Financial Services.

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Diesel prices fell again onSaturday continuing its

southward movement in tan-dem with fall in global productprices and steady crude prices.

Oil marketing companies,however, kept petrol pricesunchanged for the fourth con-secutive day.

In the national capital,diesel prices fell by 16 paise perlitre to �70.94 a litre down from�71.10 per litre on Friday.Petrol prices remained static at�81.06 a litre.

In the other metros ofMumbai, Chennai and Kolkataas well diesel prices fell between15-18 paise per litre.

The price fall is on theback of expectation of slowingdemand for oil globally as asecond wave of coronavirusspike threatens further deraileconomic activity.

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Building on the opportunityof trust, transparency and

security in Crypto trading,India’s first Business-to-Business (B2B) Crypto tradingexchange, DigitX, hasannounced its commencementof trading operations.

Speaking on the occasionAshish Mehta, Co-Founder,DigitX said “Crypto even sinceits inception have had a rollercoaster ride, where it enjoys ahigh degree of popularityamong a certain section of thesociety and at the same time itfaces questions on security andtransparency. It is our humbleinitiative, to educate investorsin the ecosystem and people atlarge about the potential of thisalternative asset class, whichworks on the principal of superefficiency through BlockChain. We are starting opera-tions with our trusted membersand by the end of 2021, we areaiming to have members onboard.”

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Amaravati: The Andhra PradeshGovernment has ordered the policeto secure all places of worship toavoid any untoward incident, espe-cially in the light of the AntarvediSri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamytemple chariot blaze, at a time whenreligious politics is raging in thestate.

The police department has

already initiated the process ofasking priests and religious headsacross the state to be vigilant andfix surveillance cameras in church-es, temples, mosques.

In Prakasam and WestGodavari districts, like all others,the police visited temples, church-es and mosques, suggesting safetymeasures to the clergy as well as

locals.A Prakasam police official said

the department is keeping 24x7vigil at all places of worship in thedistrict. A couple of policemen wereseen securing a Lord Hanumantemple at Parchur village, anothertemple at Komarole, a mosque inKandukur town and a TeluguBaptist Church in Pamuru. IANS

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Seven people were in custodyon Saturday after a stabbing

outside the former Paris officesof satirical newspaper CharlieHebdo, including the suspectedassailant, authorities said.Counterterrorism authoritiesare investigating what authori-ties called an Islamic extremistattack linked to Charlie Hebdo,which lost 12 employees in anal-Qaida attack in 2015.

The weekly, which rou-tinely mocks religious andother prominent figures,recently republished carica-tures of the ProphetMuhammad that outragedmany Muslims.

The suspected assailant inFriday’s stabbing had beenarrested a month ago for car-rying a screwdriver but was noton police radar for Islamicradicalisation, Interior MinisterGerald Darmanin said. He saidthe screwdriver was considereda weapon, but did not explainwhy.

The suspect arrived inFrance three years ago as anunaccompanied minor, appar-

ently from Pakistan, but hisidentity was still being verified,the minister said.

Seven others were detainedin the aftermath of Friday’sattack, but one has beenreleased, according to judicialofficials.

Five of those in custodywere detained in the Paris sub-urb of Pantin in a residencewhere the suspect is believed tohave lived, a police officialsaid.

Two people were woundedin Friday’s attack, a woman anda man working at a documen-tary production company whohad stepped outside for asmoke break.

The interior minister con-ceded that security was lackingon the street where CharlieHebdo was once headquar-tered, and ordered special pro-tection for all “symbolic sites,”noting in particular Jewishsites around the Yom Kippurholiday this weekend.

A Jewish grocery store wastargeted days after the CharlieHebdo newsroom massacre,in what authorities say werecoordinated attacks.

Colombo: Former Sri LankanPresident Maithripala Sirisenashould take responsibility forthe 2019 Easter Sunday bomb-ings that claimed the lives ofover 250 people, ex-policechief Pujith Jayasundara hastold a panel probing theattack, according to mediareports.

On April 21, 2019, EasterSunday, nine suicide bombersbelonging to the local Islamicextremist group NationalThawheed Jamaat (NTJ) car-ried out a series of blasts thattore through three churchesand as many luxury hotels inthe island nation, killing 258

people, including 11 Indians,and injuring over 500 people.

Sri Lankan police havearrested over 200 suspects inconnection with the bomb-ings. Links between the NTJand the Islamic State (IS)were later established.

Suspended InspectorGeneral of Police Jayasunderatestified on Thursday beforethe presidential inquiry com-mission probing the attacks,the Daily Mirror Lankareported. “I provided intelli-gence to senior DIGs NandanaMunasinghe, Latheef, PriyalalDasanayake and WarunaJayasundara who had been

appointed to cover the entireisland. Provincial officers werealso informed,” the newspaperquoted Jayasundera as saying.

He said Sirisena’s brotherhad ensured the intelligencethat he provided was deletedfrom telecom records, who atthe time was the president ofMobitel Telecom, reportedthe Colombo Page.Jayasundara told the com-mission that Sirisena hadasked him to take responsi-bility for the attack and indi-rectly offered inducements —high government post,appointment as anAmbassador. PTI

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US President Donald Trump hasalleged that a new set of docu-

ments have revealed that Russiansinterfered in the 2016 presidentialelections on behalf of his then rivaland Democratic presidential nom-inee Hillary Clinton.

The alleged Russian interferencein US elections in 2016 was one ofthe major topics for the OppositionDemocrats in the first three years ofTrump’s presidency and also becamethe basis of the failed impeachmentproceedings against him.

“I’ve been tarred with this hor-rible witch hunt for four years. AndI didn’t do it. Think of it. Whatwould my numbers be, if I didn’t gothrough almost four years of aRussian witch hunt that turned outto be just the opposite. They were theones involved with Russia,” Trumpsaid while addressing a Repubicancampaign rally in Newport, Virginiaon Friday.

“A new trove of documents…now prove that Russia interferedin 2016. Unfortunately, it was onbehalf of Hillary Clinton, not Trump.

They interfered with disinfor-mation,” Trump said.Trump allegedthe 2016 presidential elections wereinterfered by the Russians on behalfof rival Clinton’s campaign.

“The newly released text mes-sages make 100 per cent clear. TheFBI knew that Democrats pur-chased Russian disinformation tar-geting me, your favourite president,which then formed the basis for thewitch hunt,” he said as he praisedseveral Fox News anchors for stand-ing by him during those days.

Trump also accused theDemocrats and the Russians of spy-ing on him and his campaign.

“It was a whole big disinforma-tion campaign,” he said amidstcheers and applause from his audi-ence. Now it’s turning out….Not

turning out, turning out, it’s donebecause if you look at everything,that’s come out over the last few days,it’s we caught them. They spied onmy campaign and they tried for acoup,” he said.

“Can you believe it, in this dayand age? And we caught them cold.… It turned out to be a total hoax.In fact, Biden’s son was just revealedtwo days ago, got USD 3.5 milliondollars from the wife of the mayorof Moscow,” he alleged.

The Trump administration ear-lier this month charged a Russiannational in a sweeping plot to sowdistrust in the American politicalprocess and imposed sanctionsagainst a Russia-linked Ukrainianlawmaker accused of interfering inthe US presidential election.

Those actions, combined with aMicrosoft announcement on hack-ing

attempts targeting US politicalcampaigns, parties and consultants,

underscore the extent to which thesame cyber intrusions and foreigninfluence operations that defined the2016 White House race remain apersistent concern, according tolocal media reports.

Meanwhile, latest polls show thatTrump, 74, is fast catching up withhis Democratic rival and former vicepresident Joe Biden, 77, with the lat-ter leading by 6.7 per cent on anational average against a double-digit lead more than a month ago.

In the battleground States, thelead has now come down to 3.6 percent ahead of the November 3 pres-idential election.

Trump in his rallies over the past10 days has been attracting a hugecrowd, with his supporters ignoringsocial distancing measures of coro-navirus pandemic.

Biden on the other hand has notbeen doing large public rallies. Hismeetings are mostly virtual andsmall in-person ones at times.

Seoul: South Korea said onSaturday it will request NorthKorea to further investigate thekilling of a South Korean gov-ernment official who was shotby North Korean troops afterbeing found adrift near therivals’ disputed sea boundarywhile apparently trying todefect.

Seoul could also possiblycall for a joint investigation intoTuesday’s shooting, whichsparked outrage in the Southand drew a rare apology fromNorth Korean leader Kim JongUn.

Kim was quoted as sayinghe was “very sorry” over whathe described as an “unexpect-ed, unfortunate incident” in amessage sent by Pyongyang’sUnited Front Department, aNorth Korean governmentagency in charge of inter-Korean relations.

However, the North Koreanmessage, which was announcedby the office of South KoreanPresident Moon Jae-in onFriday, largely passed the blamefor the shooting to the SouthKorean official, claiming that herefused to answer questionsand attempted to flee beforeNorth Korean troops fired athim.

South Korean officials dur-ing a presidential NationalSecurity Council meetingFriday evening concluded thatfurther investigation was need-ed because the North’s accountof the incident was differentfrom what was gathered bySouth Korean intelligence,Moon’s office said.

“We have decided torequest the North to conduct anadditional investigation andalso request a joint investigationwith the North if needed,” the

Blue House said in a statement. It said the South will also

“swiftly take measures to fur-ther strengthen surveillanceposture” in waters off the coun-try’s western coast to preventsimilar incidents.

South Korea’s coast guardwas deploying dozens of vesselsand hundreds of officers tosearch waters near the westernsea border Saturday for the offi-cial’s remains.

The North’s state mediahave yet to report on the inci-dent or Kim’s apology.

South Korea earlier accusedthe North of shooting the man,who was likely trying to defect,and burning his body afterfinding him on a floating objectin North Korean waters. SouthKorean officials condemnedwhat they called an “atrociousact” and pressed North Korea topunish those responsible. AP

Beijing: The ruling Communist Party of Chinahas suspended a senior official in Tibet for cor-ruption and divulging state secrets, accordingto the official media.

Wang Jinhe, 55, a former party member anddeputy director of Tibet’s transport authority,has been subject to disciplinary and supervisoryinvestigations for suspected serious violationsof discipline and law in April this year.

He has been in the vice post of the Tibettransport authority for eight years since 2012,the state-run Xinhua news agency.

The discipline inspection commission of theTibet Autonomous Region announced onFriday that Wang was expelled from theCommunist party and removed from his posi-tion for corruption, divulging state secrets andillegally possessing ammunition.

The commission said Wang had demon-strated disloyalty to the party and even coun-tered the inspection by transferring and con-cealing evidence.

He illegally occupied public houses; divulgedstate secrets, and illegally possessed ammuni-tion, the commission said.

He took advantage of his position to pro-vide unlawful help in contracting projects tothose who offered him bribes of a huge amount,it said, without releasing details.

Wang has seriously violated the party’s dis-ciplines of politics, organisation, work and life.And, his actions should be dealt with serious-ly, it said.

Wang has since been expelled from the partyand removed from his government position withall illegal gains confiscated.

Thousands of Communist Party of Chinaofficials have been suspended since ChinesePresident Xi Jinping took power in 2012.

Critics allege that Xi also made effective useof the anti-graft campaign to consolidate hispower. PTI

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United Nations: Russia andChina blocked the official releaseof a report by UN experts onLibya that accused its warringparties and their internationalbackers -- including Russia -- ofviolating a UN arms embargo onthe conflict-wracked country,UN diplomats said Friday.

Germany’s deputy UNambassador, Günter Sautter,said he brought the issue to theSecurity Council after the twocountries blocked the report’srelease by the committee mon-itoring sanctions on Libya,which Germany heads. “Manydelegations have asked for thepublication of the panel ofexperts’ interim report,” he said.

“This would create muchneeded transparency. It wouldcontribute to naming and sham-ing those who continue to bla-tantly violate the arms embargoin spite of agreements that havebeen made.”

But diplomats, speaking oncondition of anonymity becauseFriday’s council consultationswere closed, said Russia and

close ally China again blockedthe report’s publication.

Sautter said before the meet-ing, when asked what Germanycould do if Russia and Chinablocked the report’s releaseagain: “Let me assure you I willcontinue to use every tool athand in order to make sure thatwe have the necessary trans-parency.”

The report, seen by TheAssociated Press earlier thismonth, said the arms embargowas being violated by Libya’sUN-supported government inthe west, which is backed byTurkey and Qatar, and by rivaleast-based forces under com-mander Khalifa Hifter, backedby the United Arab Emirates,Russia and Jordan.

The panel said the embar-go remains “totally ineffective.”The experts said 11 companiesalso violated the arms embargo,including the Wagner Group, aprivate Russian security com-pany that the panel said in Mayprovided between 800 and 1,200mercenaries to Hifter.

In addition, the experts saidthe warring parties and theirinternational backers, along withEgypt and Syria, failed to inspectaircraft or vessels if they havereasonable grounds to believethe cargo contains militaryweapons and ammunition, asrequired by a 2015 SecurityCouncil resolution.

Anwar Gargash, the UnitedArab Emirates’ minister of statefor foreign affairs, told a groupof reporters at a virtual briefingFriday that he wouldn’t com-ment on a report he hadn’tseen. But he said that “we cate-gorically deny” many of the“wild allegations that we’ve beenhearing in the press.”

In the years after the 2011uprising that toppled longtimeautocrat Moammar Gadhafi,Libya has sunk further into tur-moil and is now dividedbetween two rival administra-tions based in the country’s eastand west, with an array of fight-ers and militias backed by var-ious foreign powers allied witheach side. AP

Washington: President DonaldTrump plans on Saturday toname conservative federalappeals court judge AmyConey Barrett to fill the vacan-cy on the US Supreme Courtcreated by the death of JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburg, twosources said on Friday.

His decision, which comesa week after the liberal icon’sdeath at age 87, sets the stagefor what promises to be a bit-ter confirmation fight in theU.S. Senate, which is controlledby Trump’s fellow Republicans.Trump has asked SenateRepublicans to confirm hisnominee ahead of the Nov. 3US election, when he seeks asecond term in office andDemocrats aim to seize controlof the chamber.

Barrett, 48, was appointedby Trump to the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals in 2017 and is knownfor her conservative religiousviews. Supreme Court justices

are given lifetime appoint-ments.

If confirmed by the Senate,she would become the fifthwoman to serve on the highcourt while expanding its con-servative majority to a rock-solid 6-3.

Trump plans a formalintroduction at the WhiteHouse on Saturday. Twosources confirmed on Fridaythat Trump plans to nominateBarrett, but warned thatTrump could change hismind. Trump himself toldreporters on Friday that hehad made his decision, butdeclined to say who his pickwas.

Barrett has been viewed asa frontrunner throughout,along with fellow federalappeals court judge BarbaraLagoa. Barrett previouslyserved as a clerk to conserva-tive Supreme Court JusticeAntonin Scalia, who died in2016. Agency

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London’s MetropolitanPolice has warned demonstra-tors to follow social-distancingrules. Police said before theevent that officers will firstengage with people and explainthe social distancing rules, butthey may take enforcementaction if protesters still fail tocomply. As the protest began,police were visible around theedges of the crowd but didn’tconfront protesters, most ofwhom weren’t wearing masks.

“I know there is great frus-tration to these regulations, butthey have been designed tokeep everyone safe from what isa lethal virus,” Cmdr. AdeAdelekan said. “By flagrantlygathering in large numbers andignoring social distancing, youare putting your at risk.” AP

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Kyiv: Hundreds of women call-ing for the authoritarian pres-ident to step down protested inBelarus’ capital on Saturday,continuing the large demon-strations that have rocked thecountry since early August.

Police blocked off the cen-ter of Minsk and arrested morethan 60 demonstrators, accord-ing to the Viasna human rightsorganisation. Some of thosearrested were chased down by

police in building courtyardswhere they were trying to takerefuge, Viasna said.

Protests, by far the largestand most persistent in Belarussince independence from theSoviet Union in 1991, beganAugust 9 after an election thatofficials said gave PresidentAlexander Lukashenko a sixthterm in office.

Opponents and some pollworkers say the results, in

which Lukashenko was talliedwith 80 per cent support, weremanipulated.

Despite wide-scale deten-tions of demonstrators and thearrest of many prominentopposition figures, the protestshaven’t shown signs of abating.Lukashenko further angeredopponents this week by takingthe oath of office for a newterm in an unexpected cere-mony. AP

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The Trump Administrationis seeking to restrict the

stay of journalists from Chinain the US to just 90 days withthe provision of another exten-sion for a similar duration,according to a federal notifi-cation.

The move came amidstworsening of bilateral ties overa range of issues like the coro-navirus pandemic, trade,Beijing’s increasing grip onHong Kong and alleged humanrights abuses against minoritiesin the Xinjiang province.

The proposal of the

Department of HomelandSecurity is part of the fixedtime limit on visas of students,researchers and foreign jour-nalists in the US.

While the time limit forforeign journalists in generalhas been restricted to 240 daysand another extension of asimilar period, those for ajournalist from China wouldbe issued a I visa by the UnitedStates just for 90 days, as perthe federal notification issuedon Friday.

Stake holders have 30 daysto respond to the federal noti-fication before it can beenforced.

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train, travelling at 160 kms perhour, made its debut in south-ern Guangzhou city, officialmedia reported on Saturday.

The subway train will beput into service at GuangzhouMetro’s No. 18 and No. 22metro lines, which are stillunder construction. Once it isput into service, it will take 25minutes and 30 minutes fromNansha Free Trade Zone to theSouth Guangzhou train stationand East Guangzhou train sta-tion, respectively, state-runGlobal Times reported. Thetwo lines will extend toGuangdong’s Zhuhai,Zhongshan and Dongguancities in the future. PTI

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:���1��������������������������������:���Tehran (AP): Iraq’s foreignminister arrived Saturday inTehran for bilateral talks withsenior Iranian officials, accord-ing to the state-run newsagency.

IRNA reported that FuadHussein planned to meet hisIranian counterpartMohammad Javad Zarif andPresident Hassan Rouhani, inwhat marked his first visit tothe Iranian capital.

Zarif visited Baghdad inmid-July, when he met withHussein and Iraqi PrimeMinister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.It was Zarif ’s first visit to Iraqsince a US airstrike in Januarykilled a top Iranian general,Qassim Soleimani, outsideBaghdad’s international air-port.

The strike catapulted Iraqto the brink of a US-Iran proxywar that could have desta-bilised the Middle East.

After Zarif ’s trip, the Iraqipremier visited Iran in July.

The report did not elabo-rate on the main reasonsbehind the top Iraqi diplomat’stwo-day trip to Tehran.

Iran sees neighbouring Iraqas a possible route to bypass USsanctions that PresidentDonald Trump re-imposed in2018 after pulling the U.S. outof the 2015 nuclear dealbetween Tehran and world

powers.Last year, Iran’s exports to

Iraq amounted to nearly USD9 billion, the official IRNAnews agency reported onTuesday. It said the two nationswill discuss increasing theamount to USD 20 billion.

Before the current globalpandemic, some 5 millionIranian pilgrims annuallybrought in nearly USD 5 billionvisiting Iraq’s Shiite holy sites.

Iran has seen the worst out-break in the region, with morethan 443,000 thousand con-firmed cases and at least 25,300deaths.

A news website affiliatedwith Iranian state TV, yjc.ir,reported that Iran cancelled allits flights to Iraqi cities until thereligious holiday of Arbaeen,due to concerns over the coro-navirus outbreak.

The holiday marks the endof the 40 days of mourning thatfollow annually on the deathanniversary of the seventh-century Muslim leaderHussein, who was killed at theBattle of Karbala during thetumultuous first century ofIslam’s history.

Iran fought an eight-yearwar with Iraq that killed near-ly 1 million people on bothsides, after former Iraqi dicta-tor Saddam Hussein invaded inthe early 1980s.

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OTT, much too smoothly to notraise an eyebrow or two.

Having said that, the webseries that he has directed,Crackdown, brings in it, explosiveenergy, slick pace and of coursethe ability to withstand and negatein style any possibility of beingfathomed, till the very end.

That’s what makes this slicklyput together anti-terror spy storyworth the time you would spendwith it, on it. Lakhia skillfullypursues the goal of making hisviewers susceptible to bingewatching and then audaciouslywalks away with an ending that’sabrupt, killing and fodder foranother season chant withoutlosing much time.

Without letting out anyspoilers, the story pursues acovert operation and operatorswithin RAandW to take downterrorati in general and terrorcells in particular. Taking downterror cells, as it turns out,becomes like a walk into thebeehive with plot after plot

springing up to taunt the hero inpursuit. Saqeeb, by the way,manages the operation with a nononsense approach that leaves notime for the viewer to dwell onanything else than the job athand. That gives the series apinpoint focus and narrows downavenues to stray into emotionsother than the one which givesthem constant palpitation andanticipation.

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sister was all along. This movie directed by Harry Bradbeer is based on a series of books written

by Nancy Springer. Now that we have one of the most popular detective characterall sorted out, it’s time to talk about the movie.

It is interesting to see how this sister is so much like Sherlock Holmes andat times smarter. Yes, she does manage to outwit and outsmart him, at least inthis one, to be a step ahead and solve the mystery. A bit strange to see a film thathas Sherlock Holmes and him taking a back seat. But Henry Cavill, yes the manwho plays Superman, fits the bill here. His straight laced face with somewhat smirkwhen he realises that he has been upped by a 16-year-old makes one smile sincewe all know that Sherlock Holmes was only outwitted once in his life — a womanwhom he referred to as The Lady.

Given that Benedict Cumberbatch played this life size character in the BBCseries so well, Cavill sits pretty in this role.

Millie Bobby Brown who plays Enola Holmes is brilliant. She is funny,charming and steals your heart from the word go even if she doesn’t conform tothe definition of how a proper lady should behave — definitely not stand in frontof her brothers in knickers pants and camisole worn in 1890s. But she holds herground brilliantly and takes you on a roller coaster ride. While there isn’t muchof a mystery yet Brown manages to keep the viewers entertained till the very end.So much so that one will wait for the next one. There are more right?

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if one goes by the movie directed by Anna Mastro. Here, if you are second-born you are born with certain privileges or should one say powers uniqueto each royal born later even if it is by a minute. So if one is missing outon watching Avenger movies, Secret Society... is somewhat of asubstitute. Or one can say that it is the fun take on the X-Men series.

While it may not be on the lines of Avengers and X-Men, it does comewith its fair share of gizmos, secret organisation, a fancy costume, a jetand not to forget a plot where there is revenge and murder. The filmis entertaining enough given that these royals have weird powers whichthey must master not to benefit themselves but to do good for the othersand ensure that the world is free from dangerous criminals.

It is engrossing, exhilarating and kid-friendly. At the same time, theadults can enjoy the intrigue and the underground operative station —like a Batman Cave and state of the art weapons and computers to keeptabs on what is happening around the globe and in the house of the mostnotorious criminals as well. Quite the operation that will keep the adultsglued to the seats till the very end.

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His love for the game beganwhen he was in Class III.From there on there was noturning back. While heplayed cricket at district

level, he didn’t pursue it further becausehis parents wanted him to have a prop-er job that was steady. Meet PrathameshAvachare, the co-founder of theViratGang fan community that has sevenlakh followers since its inception in2012.

“I was a good player and maybe man-aged to play at the State level as well. Butdestiny had other things in mind. I wasalways good with numbers and comput-ers hence, did my computer engineeringand today I have my own digital market-ing agency in Nashik. What keeps megoing is the ViratGang — a fan club thata friend, Dileep MK, and I started backin 2012. It was a chance meeting that ledme to Dileep. When I was 17, I had wona competition run by Cinthol to challengeVirat Kohli to an unusual game. I wasamong the top five winners. I had playedwith Kohli using a baseball bat; neitherwon. We were tied. It was fun. He is sucha good player. I love the way he plays. Icame to Delhi and came to know ofDileep. We instantly connected and keptin touch,” the 25-year-old tells you.

Both Avachare and MK are Kohlifans and wanted to do something. Hence,ViratGang was born. The communityholds events where fans congregate. Ifpossible, the present Team India captainmakes and appearance. One is told thattheirs is the only fan club that Kohli fol-lows on Twitter.

“It is not possible for Virat Kohli tobe there at each and every event that weorganise but he does make an appearancewhen possible. We are always in touch

with him over Twitter. There is very lit-tle that we don’t know about the man andthe game that he plays. Even during thelockdown, we posted things that ViratKohli said to keep the morale of the peo-ple high and ensure their mental wellbe-ing. While there was nothing muchrelated to the game, it was important thatwe were in touch with the community,”Avachare tells you.

While it is not always possible for himto be present for each and every matchthat India plays, he is there for all the

matches that are played in the countryand the important ones.

“I was there in England last year forthe World Cup. I travel as much as I canand follow the team. It is easier to do sowhen they are playing domestic cricket.It is a bit of an expensive hobby but thepleasure that I derive from watchingKohli play in the stadium has a charmthat can’t be replaced,” Avachare tells you.

The lockdown pushed forward someof the plans that the club had planned butthings are moving now, he tells you andsoon they will be out with merchandiseon Virat Kohli. He tells you that since theIPL started, they have a parallel fan clubfor the RCB team where they just don’tgo ga-ga over Kohli but the entire team.“We have the RCB Bold Brigade calledThe Red Army. This means that when theteam won their first match the other day,we were thrilled. It goes without sayingthat they are my favourites. Here we fol-low all the players in the team and evenhave merchandise to offer to the fans likeT-shirts, key chain and wrist bands,”Avachare says.

All this requires a lot of work andplanning, he tells you and thereforeDileep and he make a calendar of eventsthat they need to follow everyday. “It isnot as if we can afford to have a blank dayon Twitter. We have to update everydayand let the fans know what is happening.If it is not about the game, it is about theevents that we are set to organise,”Avachare says.

He tells you that while he has fol-lowed every game that Team India hasplayed since 2005, when SachinTendulkar was in the team he hasn’t seenany reruns of games played before that.

“I started following cricket serious-ly in 2005. Don’t know much about thematch played before. But that doesn’tmean I don’t know who the top playersof that time were or what their recordswere. It is just easier to follow the gameas one is growing up and keep tabs onyour favourite player,” Avachare says.

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He is a CharteredAccountant by profes-sion and takes tutorials.Numbers is his love butwhat keeps the family

together is their love for cricket. Hischildhood dream was to play crick-et or become an umpire. But unfor-tunately, the love for food meant thathe couldn’t maintain the well of fit-ness that was required to play inter-national level. Meet Ashish Thakkar.

“We are a Gujarati family and ourinherent love for numbers is in me aswell. However, my grandfather, father,me and now my daughter are suchavid fans of the game that it wasimpossible to stay away from it.While I did not end up being anumpire or a cricket analyst, I amhappy that I can still be part of thegame even as a spectator,” Thakkartells you.

Ashish’s love for the game comesfrom his family. He tells you that hisgreat grandfather had some interestwhich was passed on to his grandfa-ther who then introduced his son andlater Ashish to the game.

“I still remember it was inNovember 1986 that I saw my first gameat Wankhede Stadium. It was a match that my father took me to; it was just apractice match between England and Bombay. I fell in love with the atmosphere.It was in Class IX when I started regularly going for all the international gamesthat were played in the city. I am not a fan of any player, it would be difficult toname one. I am a fan of the game. As long as the game is played in the spirit ofthe sport, it doesn’t matter who wins,” Ashish says.

While his great grandfather, grandfather and father grew up listening to thecommentary for away games. For other games, they would end up watching atBrabourne Stadium. He started watching the game on the Black and White TVand then Wankhede Stadium.

His father, Surya Kanth Thakkar tells you that his memory of the game datesback to the radio days. Like his son, he is the fan of the game. “When I was intro-duced to the game, I was told to love the game and no side with a team. I taughtthe same thing to my son and now granddaughter,” the 71-year-old tells you andsays that during his time, his favourite player was Andy Roberts. He used to regaleAshish with stories about the cricketer.

“I am will be honest here. I am a traditionalist and love Test Matches, thenODIs and then comes T20 format. There have been instances when I have satalone to just watch a Test Match. My daughter on the other hand prefers the T20,”Ashish tells you.

His 12-year-daughter, Ishti is no less. While she may not be a fan of the TestMatch, her love for the T20-format keeps her glued and interested in the game.When I first saw the T20 game, I fell in love with the players who would hit foursand sixes. My problem with the IPL is that since all of them have Indian players,it has become difficult for me to choose a team. But since I live in Mumbai, Isupport Mumbai Indians and its Captain Rohit Sharma. The way he captains histeam is great,” Ishti says. For her, the best part of cricket is the sportsmanship thatthe game inculcates. And while there are boys in her class who are fans of thegame, she did manage to convince some of her girlfriends who are now fans ofthe game.

He and his family have no problems that the game had to be held outside.While he would have preferred it to be held in India, what he loves is that theleague is being held at least even though there is no crowd to cheer the playerson the field.

While Ashish’s dream to umpire at the international level never materisled,he has umpired for the local community games. “I was perhaps the only 16-year-old who was umpiring games for 25 year olds back when I was in school. I haveno regrets that I was not able to umpire. I am happy I can watch the game withall the changes that have been introduced over the years including the introduc-tion of the third umpire. If technology can eliminate human error, why not? Therehave been matches in the past that a team has lost due to a wrong decision bythe umpire. It is good to improve the game and introduce new rules,” Ashish says.

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Sanju Samson would like to contin-ue his dream form while the pres-

ence of Jos Buttler puts RajasthanRoyals on even keel with Kings XIPunjab in an IPL game which promis-es to be yet another six-hitting contest.

Coming into the match aftermorale-boosting victories, both KXIPand the Royals would look to build awinning momentum after starting thetournament as underdogs.

Buttler, who missed the first matchdue to quarantine rules as he reachedthe UAE separately with his family, isexpected to open alongside YashashviJaiswal while Steve Smith will takeDavid Miller’s position in the battingorder. Tom Curran and Jofra Archerwill again complete the four-playeroverseas quota.

“I am really excited to play my firstgame, it was great to be back in train-ing with the boys, there’s a great vibearound the team so I’m really lookingforward to taking the field,” Buttler saidon the eve of the match.

“The atmosphere and energyaround the squad is fantastic, obvious-ly lots of confidence after that firstgame. The training has been veryenergetic, guys are lively and enjoyingeach other’s company. So expecting areally tough match against Kings XI,”Buttler said after a net session at

Sharjah ground.KL Rahul, touted as a future

India captaincy material, plun-dered a record 132 not out offjust 69 balls with the help ofseven sixes in a much biggerground in Dubai to lead KXIPto a resounding 97-runwin over RCB.

The 28-year-oldRahul, one of thecleanest hitters of theball, notched up thehighest score by anIndian in IPL histo-ry and he wouldlike to continue inthe same vein on aground which hasshort boundarieson all sides.

The youngSamson, on theother hand,made amincemeatof theC h e n n a iSuper Kingsbowlers, hit-

ting nine sixes in his 32-ball 74before Jofra Archer joinedthe party with a four-six burstin the final over in the matchplayed at the same venue inSharjah on Tuesday.

The Royals captainSmith also chipped in

with a 47-ball 69 whileplaying his first matchafter concussionrelated issues in theUnited Kingdom.

“Great to get awin on the board,the team playedfantastically wellin the firstgame. It was ano u t s t a n d i n gbatting perfor-mance and afantastic bowl-

ing performance in tough bowling con-ditions,” Buttler said, praising his col-leagues.

For KXIP, Australian all-rounderGlenn Maxwell would look to makeamends for his low score (5) in the ear-lier match against RCB.

In the bowling department,Mohammed Shami and West IndianSheldon Cottrell led the pace-bowlingdepartment quite well for KXIP whilethe likes of leg-spinners Ravi Bishnoiand Murugan Ashwin grabbed threewickets apiece against RCB.

The Royals managed to defendtheir 216 run target with Archer bowl-ing brilliantly at the death and leg spin-ner Rahul Tewatia (3/37 in 4 overs)inflicting top order damage.

The sore point was yet anotherpoor show from Jaydev Unadkat, whohas never been able to raise his IPLgame save one odd season with Rising

Pune Supergiants.It will be interesting if Smith

and Andrew McDonald decide totry out rookie Kartik Tyagi or sea-soned Varun Aaron in Unadkat’splace keeping his lack of pace andshort boundaries in mind.

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Two consecutive defeats have left ChennaiSuper Kings reeling and skipper Mahendra

Singh Dhoni is contemplating rejigging thecombination, saying they are lacking steam andneed to come back with a clearer picture forthe next IPL games.

“I don’t think it was a good game for us.There was no dew, but the wicket did slowdown. We are lacking a bit of steam in the bat-ting and that hurts. The run rate keeps onmounting after such slow starts and adds pres-sure, we need to figure that out,” Dhoni saidafter the match against Capitals on Fridaynight. “We need to come back with a clearerpicture, looking at the combination. Maybe, theteam balance will get better once (Ambati)Rayudu comes back in the next game.”

Rayudu, who struck a brilliant 48-ball 71in CSK’s five-wicket win over MI in the tour-nament-opener, missed the next two games dueto a hamstring injury.

The CSK captain expressed hope thatRayudu will be available in their next game.

“That will give us the room to experimentwith an extra bowler perhaps. There are quitea few things we can think about. We are onebatter extra to start off, so the players need tostep up.”

Dhoni also asked his bowlers to pull uptheir socks after two ordinary outings.

“We need to get better with our lengths,lines and pace. I think the spinners have notcome to the party yet. We are bowling good

deliveries, but we are giving away the bound-ary deliveries bit too often,” he said.

Spin bowling has been traditionally CSK’sstrength but struggling at the moment, prompt-ing head coach Fleming to say it was an areaof concern.

“Yeah, it’s an area of concern, because it’sbeen such a strength for CSK, and you’ve got

to think that the style of play that we’ve devel-oped over the last 12 years is heavily based onspin. So what we’re trying to do is find a dif-ferent personality.

“Spin still plays a part, and we’ve played onthree different grounds, so each game has beendifferent conditions. We’re struggling to adjustto find the pace and the style to bowl throughthe middle, and that, in the last two games inparticular, has been an area where we haven’tdone so well. So from a strength to an area ofconcern, we need to rectify that.”

Asked about the possible team combina-tion in the upcoming matches, Fleming said,“All bets are on the table at the moment as wetry to find a way. We are looking forward toplaying a number of games here (in Dubai), wewere interested in how this pitch played, andget conditions right so we can get right com-bination.”

Barring some fielding lapses, Delhi Capitalscaptain Shreyas Iyer was happy with the per-formance of his side so far.

“I am really happy with the performance.I would give them the benefit of doubt, is toughto catch in these conditions. You misjudge theball, really don’t know how to pace yourself,”he said.

Shimron Hetmyer grassed two chances butit did not hurt the team much.

“In the team meeting we decided that weare going to assess the batting conditions earlyand then play accordingly. The way the open-ers started, gave us a lot of confidence and thefinish was good too.

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Neetu David, one of India’s finest woman cricketersin the late ‘90s and early 2000s, has been appoint-

ed chairman of the women’s selection committeereplacing Hemalata Kala, the BCCI announced onSaturday.

The other members of the panel are MithuMukherjee, Renu Margrate, Arati Vaidya and VKalpana — all former India players.

The four-year term of the previous panel, led byKala, ended in March 2020. It had Sudha Shah, AnjaliPendharkar, Shashi Gupta and Lopamudra Banerjeeas other members.

Their last assignment was selecting the team forthe women’s World T20 in Australia, where India endedrunners-up.

“On account of seniority, Neetu David, the formerleft-arm spinner, will head the five-member commit-tee,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a statement.

She holds the world record for best bowling fig-ures in an innings in a Test — 8/53 against Englandin Jamshedpur in 1995.

“She is also the second-highest wicket-taker forIndia in WODIs with 141 scalps and was also the firstfrom India to take 100 WODI wickets,” Shah observed.

India’s women’s cricket will get back to action witha three-team Women’s Challenger Series in the UAEand for that, the BCCI was required to form a newwomen’s selection panel.

There were a lot of applications but the former left-arm spinner David, who was India’s highest wicket-taker in WODIS before Jhulan Goswami surpassed her,was the top contender.

David played 10 Tests in which she had taken 41wickets. She retired from international cricket in 2008.

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Brilliant performances fromAshleigh Gardner and

Megan Schutt helped Australiadefeat New Zealand by 17 runsin the first T20I of the three-match series on Saturday.

With both sides playinginternational cricket for thefirst time since the T20 WorldCup in March, it was the expe-rienced hand of White Fernsskipper Sophie Devine whoelected to bowl first, andclaimed 3/8 from her first threeovers to leave the Australiansreeling at 81/5.

However, Gardner, whocame to bat at number five,played a superb knock of 61 tohelp the hosts post 138/6 in theirallotted 20 overs. The 23-year-

old batswoman scored 6 foursand 3 sixes during her 41-ballknock.

Chasing the target, the vis-itors had a decent start as open-ers Devine (29) and MaddyGreen (5) put on 27 runs for thefirst wicket. However followingtheir dismissals, the White Fernswent off the track and kept los-ing wickets at regular intervals,thus unable to keep up with therequired run-rate.

While Suzie Bates (33) didkeep their hopes alive, shecouldn’t find support from theremaining batters as NewZealand could manage 121/7 intheir full quota of overs.

For Australia, Schutt wasthe pick of the bowlers as shescalped four wickets givingaway just 23 runs.

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Samson smashed a 32-ball 74 againstChennai Super Kings to power RajasthanRoyals to a 16-run win in the IPL onTuesday.

Warne praised the 25-year-old playerafter his exploits.

“Sanju Samson, what a player he is. Ihave said for a long time and I think SanjuSamson is probably one of the most excit-ing players I have seen for a long time. I amsurprised that he is not playing all forms ofcricket for India,” said Warne in anInstagram live session of Rajasthan Royals.

The Australian legend added, “He is thatgood. He is an absolute champion he is gotall the shots, quality, and class.

“So, hopefully, he has a consistent yearand helps Rajasthan Royals lift the IPL tro-phy and I hope to see in him Indian coloursin all three forms of cricket.”

In recent times, KL Rahul has cement-ed his place as the number one wicketkeep-er-batsman in the Indian team for the lim-ited overs format, pipping Rishabh Pant. PTI

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authority in an unbeaten 62-ball 70 as Kolkata KnightRiders overwhelmedSunrsiers Hyderabad by sevenwickets in the Indian PremierLeague here on Saturday.

Gill and Eoin Morgan (42not out in 29 balls) comple-mented a disciplined bowlingeffort, helping the KnightRiders open their accountwith a convincing win.

The 21-year-old openeranchored the chase perfectlyas Morgan counterattacked toseal the issue in KKR's favourwith two overs to spare, after

their opening game debacle.Opting to bat, Sunrisers

Hyderabad never got goingafter Pat Cummins (1/19)and rookie spinner VarunChakravarthy (1/25) removedthe opening pair of JonnyBairstow and David Warnerrespectively, and were restrict-ed to a below-par 142/4.

After an explosive start byKKR, the bowling-heavy SRHdid make some inroads withKhalil Ahmed and TNatarajan dismissing SunilNarine (0) and Nitish Rana(26 off 13).

Rashid Khan got into theact straightway, trapping KKRskipper Dinesh Karthik for aduck.

But a calm and composedGill was in complete control ofhis innings and paced it bril-liantly on way to his fifth IPLfifty.

Reigning World Cup-win-ning skipper Morgan playedthe perfect supporting rolebefore joining the party bysmacking BhuvneshwarKumar for a huge six in the15th over to tilt the match infavour of KKR.

Earlier, KKR looked moreintent and aggressive withtheir approach, havingbrought in Narine andCummins up front with thenew ball.

Having drawn flak forbowling short against Mumbai

Indians, the IPL’s most-expen-sive overseas buy Cumminssmartly altered his length andbowled Jonny Bairstow withan absolute ripper to giveKKR the first breakthrough.

In his second-coming,architect-turned-spinnerChakravarthy dismissed awell-set Warner (36 off 30) ina soft manner for his maidenIPL wicket, giving KKR the bigbreakthrough.

The Australian left-han-der, who got out cheaplyagainst Royal ChallengersBangalore, looked to make amark with some clean hits, buta lapse in concentration didhim in and he spooned asimple catch to Chakravarthy.

The two wickets meantthat SRH could not step up themomentum and at the halfwaymark, at 61 for two, the run-rate was just above six.

Manish Pandey returnedto form at No. 3 with a 38-ball51 and along withWriddhiman Saha (30 off 31balls), tried to repair the dam-age but the duo were dis-missed at the death and SRHlacked the finishing touch tosettle for a seemingly below-par total.

In hindsight, sending Sahaahead of Mohammad Nabilooked like a tactical blunderas the Indian wicketkeeperwasted a lot of deliveries inmaking 30 off 31.

Dubai: Rohit Sharma, one of the most success-ful captains in the IPL, says he learnt the art ofmaking teammates feel important fromAustralian great Ricky Ponting.

The India opener has led IPL side MumbaiIndians to a record four titles after beingappointed Ponting’s successor in the 2013 sea-son of the T20 tournament.

“I want to make sure the 10 guys who areplaying and the other players on the bench, Ishould be talking to them and make them feelimportant,” Sharma, who has also captainedIndia in the absence of regular skipper ViratKohli, told India Today TV.

“And that is something that I learned fromRicky Ponting.”

Ponting, currently coach of Delhi Capitals,stepped down as captain of Mumbai midway intothe sixth IPL edition and Sharma eased into therole to help the team clinch its first title.

The 33-year-old Sharma led by example withhis high-scoring role as opener with Mumbaiwinning three more IPL titles in 2015, 2017 and2019.

Sharma, who has played 224 one-day inter-nationals, 32 Tests and 108 T20 matches for thenational side, believes in giving youngsters free-dom to perform.

“Those players will come out good or willbe at their best when they are not under pres-sure,” said Sharma.

“When there is not too much talking goingon about them in the squad. They get to knowall these things.” AFP

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Serena Williams admittedshe is still feeling the lin-

gering effects of an Achillesproblem on Saturday butsaid it would not derail herprotracted pursuit of arecord-equalling 24th GrandSlam at the French Open.

The American is a three-time winner at RolandGarros but remains onemajor triumph short ofMargaret Court’s all-time

mark after losing in thesemi-finals of the US

Open earlier thismonth.

She has yet toplay on clay thisseason and with-

drew from theItalian Open in

Rome last week dueto a left Achilles tendon

injury sustained in NewYork.

“I didn’t play any tune-ups, which is really rare. Butthis whole year has beenreally rare,” said Williams.

“After New York I flew toFrance and I’ve just beentraining at (coach PatrickMouratoglou’s) academy,mostly rehabbing, trying tobe ready.

“I wouldn’t be playing ifI didn’t think I could per-form,” she added.

“I'm not at 100% physi-cally. But I don’t know anyathlete that ever plays phys-ically when they’re feelingperfect. That’s just some-thing I think as athletes wehave to play with.”

Williams turned 39 onSaturday and is appearing atRoland Garros for the 18thtime. She made her tourna-ment debut in 1998, losing toeventual champion ArantxaSanchez Vicario in the fourthround.

“I honestly neverthought I would be playing atmy age. I mean, I don’t quitelook 39. But yeah I don’tknow when it’s going to stopfor me. I just have fun. When

I feel it’s over, it’s over,”Williams said.

“But I could have guar-anteed and pretty much betmy life that I would nothave been playing at 39.”

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came at the 2017 AustralianOpen while in the earlystages of pregnancy. Sincegiving birth to baby Olympia,she has reached four finals innine attempts without beingable to land that elusive 24thmajor.

She has not gone beyondthe last 16 in Paris since herdefeat to Garbine Muguruzain the 2016 final.

Williams initially indi-cated she would prefer to stayin private accommodationwhile competing at theFrench Open, but organisersinsisted that all players stayin tournament hotels toreduce the risks from coro-navirus.

“It’s definitely weird. Thishas always been my homeaway from home. I always

loved being here. It has beenreally different for me stayingat an apartment,” saidWilliams, who plays compa-triot Kristie Ahn in a repeatof their US Open first-roundencounter.

“It was really important todo everything that I could tojust create my own personalbubble, just to stay in it, atravel bubble, like everythingthat I can possibly do we kindof do. It works. It definitelybeats staying at home.”

The rescheduled tourna-ment, pushed back fourmonths due to the Covid-19outbreak, will begin in wetand blustery conditions withtemperatures at 16 degreesCelsius (60 Fahrenheit)accompanied by winds of upto 60 km/h.

“I hate the cold. I’m fromLA and I live in Florida. Forhalf my life I’ve never seensnow. Cold weather and medo not mix. That’s my Achillesheel,” joked Williams.

“But I’m dealing with it.I’m having a positive attitudeabout it.”

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Novak Djokovic willrenew his love-hate rela-tionship with Roland

Garros in the knowledge that itis himself rather than seeminglyunsettled 12-time championRafael Nadal who could posethe greatest threat to winninga second Paris title and 18thGrand Slam crown.

The only man to beatDjokovic in 2020 is Djokovic,after the Serb’s hair-triggertemper prompted a sensation-al disqualification from the USOpen.

The 33-year-old arrives inthe French capital with a 31-1record this year after his NewYork brain-fade was followedby a record 36th Masters title inRome.

Djokovic’s 2016 triumph atRoland Garros allowed him tobecome only the third manafter Don Budge and RodLaver to hold all four GrandSlams at the same time.

Not even Nadal, the hold-er of 19 majors, or RogerFederer, with a record 20 Slams,can match that staggeringachievement.

Federer will miss theFrench Open as he rehabs hisinjured knee while Nadal hasplayed just three matches sinceFebruary, a ring-rustiness evi-dent in his quarter-final exit inRome.

However, Djokovic refusedto get carried away by hischances at Roland Garrosahead of Sunday’s start in a wetand chilly Paris.

“It’s Nadal,” insisted theworld number one whenpushed on who is the favourite.“You just can’t put anybody infront of him.”

Djokovic is right to becautious after experiencingnumerous low points on the redclay of Paris.

In the 2012 final againstNadal, having won eight gamesin a row, he was up a break andpushing to level the match at

two sets apiece when rainbrought an overnight suspen-sion.

Play resumed the followingday but Djokovic’s momentumwas lost and a double-fault onchampionship point complet-ed his misery.

Twelve months later,Djokovic was poised for asemi-final win over Nadal withjust a routine putaway requiredto help give him a 5-3 final setlead and a chance to serve forthe match.

However, he chose a smashrather than a soothing touch.He tumbled into the net, losingthe point and Nadal pouncedto eventually take the tie afterfour hours and 37 minutes.

In 2018, he lost a quarter-final to world number 72Marco Cecchinato while lastyear he was beaten in the semi-finals by Dominic Thiem.

That match took two daysto complete, featured numerousrain stoppages and winds sostrong that a courtside umbrel-la was sent flying across court.

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nament against Sweden’sMikael Ymer, the world num-ber 80.

Nadal, who skipped thedefence of his US Open titledue to fears over coronavirus,eyes a 13th French Open.

Since his title-winningdebut in 2005, the Spaniard hasonly lost twice at Roland Garrosin 95 matches — to RobinSoderling in 2009 and Djokovicin 2015.

The 34-year-old mayappear to be under-cookedafter his last-eight exit in Rometo Diego Schwartzman.

However, the last time hesuffered such an early depar-ture from the Italian capitalwas in 2017 — just weeks laterhe was lifting a 10th FrenchOpen without dropping a set.

Nadal cut an unsettledfigure at a pre-tournamentpress conference on Friday

where he admitted the coldand damp conditions forcedhim to face his “most difficultever Roland Garros”.

He is also unhappy aboutusing a new brand of ball.

“For the health of theplayers, the ball is super heavyand becomes dangerous forthe elbow and for the shoul-ders,” he said.

Nadal begins his cam-paign against Egor Gerasimov,the 83rd-rankedBelarusian.

The unusual sightof Roland Garrosbeing played in theautumn also meansradically differentconditions to thoseexpected in its normaltime slot of May andJune.

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crowned US Open winnerThiem who has lost the lasttwo finals to Nadal in Paris.

The world number threeAustrian has 17 career titleswith 10 of those on clay.

Four of his five wins overNadal have come on clay withthree of four victories againstDjokovic carved out on thesport’s most testing surface.

This year, Thiem will be inthe same half of the draw asNadal and starts against MarinCilic, the 2014 US Open win-ner and a former world num-ber three.

World number five DaniilMedvedev has yet to win amatch at the tournament inthree visits while sixth-rankedStefanos Tsitsipas made thelast 16 in 2019, losing a five-set marathon to 2015 cham-pion Stan Wawrinka.

Wawrinka faces fellowthree-time major winnerAndy Murray in the firstround on Sunday in a rematchof their 2017 semi-final epic,a tie which Murray describedas the clash which “ended hiship”.

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Brighton: Bruno Fernandesconverted a penalty in the 10thminute of stoppage time withthe last kick of a wild game toearn Manchester United a 3-2win over Brighton, which hadearlier scored in added-on timeand also hit the goal frame onfive occasions on Saturday.

United was awarded a spotkick after the referee saw on thepitchside monitor that HarryMaguire’s header deflected offthe outstretched hand ofBrighton striker Neal Maupaybefore being cleared off the line.

Despite the full-time whis-tle having already been blown,Fernandes was allowed to takea penalty and the Portugal play-

maker found the corner ofthe net to score the latestPremier League goal since2011 and secure a first winof the campaign forUnited.

Even Bruno acceptedit was fortunate. “They have alot of chances, it’s true,”Fernandes said. “Maybe every-one can say they deserve more,or not. The point is, score goals— don’t hit the crossbar or thepost. “Sometimes you have tohave some luck.”

Brighton went ahead inthe 40th minute when Maupayconverted a cheeky Panenka

penalty after Fernandes broughtdown Tariq Lamptey.

United equalized threeminutes later via an own-goal byLewis Dunk, who inadvertent-ly turned the ball into his ownnet after Nemanja Matic pulledthe ball back across the face ofgoal at a free kick.

Brighton was denied apenalty at the start of the secondhalf after Paul Pogba was ini-tially adjudged to have clippedthe legs of Aaron Connolly. The

referee changed his mind afterviewing the incident on thepitchside monitor and bookedConnolly.

Then United went aheadthrough Marcus Rashford,who cut in from the left afterbeing played in behind theBrighton defense, deliveredtwo shimmies, before gettingthe ball back on his left footand rifling in a shot thatdeflected into the top corner inthe 55th minute. AFP

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Everton extended their per-fect start to the Premier

League season as Richarlison’scontroversial penalty sealed a2-1 win at Crystal Palace onSaturday.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side tookthe lead through DominicCalvert-Lewin’s fifth goal ofthe campaign in the first halfat Selhurst Park.

Cheikhou Kouyateequalised for Palace beforeEagles defender Joel Wardwas penalised for handballafter the video assistant refer-ee advised Kevin Friend toconsult the pitchside monitor.

Brazil forward Richarlisonconverted the spot-kick andEverton held on in the secondhalf to make it three successiveleague victories and five winsin a row in all competitions.

Everton sit top of the tableat this early stage and while atitle challenge is unlikely, theycould be contenders for a top-four finish.

The visitors went aheadwith their first serious attackin the 10th minute.

Colombian playmakerJames Rodriguez unfurled asublime pass into SeamusColeman and the captain cut

back for Calvert-Lewin to netwith conviction.

Palace hit back in the 26thminute when Kouyate gotbetween Michael Keane and

Richarlison to head his secondgoal for the club.

The Eagles richly deservedit and yet they were almostimmediately pegged back

when VAR had to look at ahandball incident involvingWard on the half-hour mark.

Richarlison’s cross had hitthe Palace full-back on the

shirt sleeve and it was notdeemed a spot-kick, but it wasonly a brief let-off for RoyHodgson’s men.

In the 40th minute, James’ssuperb pass was headed byLucas Digne onto Ward’s handin the penalty area.

Friend pointed to the spotafter using the pitchside mon-itor and Richarlison fired intothe corner to put Evertonback in front.

Calvert-Lewin shouldhave grabbed his sixthgoal of the season and putthe game to bed in the51st minute, but his effortfrom James’s corner sailedwide.

As rain poured down insouth London, Palace pressedfor an equaliser, with WilfriedZaha and Ebere Eze havingshots blocked.

Eze was replaced by MichyBatshuayi with 15 minutesleft and Hodgson also intro-duced Christian Benteke, butit was to no avail.

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Runaway Formula One seriesleader Lewis Hamilton

emerged from a “horrible” red-flagged qualifying session atSochi on Saturday with a stun-ning pole position for Sunday’sRussian Grand Prix.

The Mercedes six-timechampion clockeda best lap in oneminute and 31.304seconds to outpaceMax Verstappen of Red Bull byhalf a second.

His Mercedes team-mateValtteri Bottas was third-quick-est with Sergio Perez of RacingPoint sharing the second row.

Hamilton is bidding toclaim his fifth win at the Sochitrack where Mercedes havedominated winning all six racessince 2014.

If he translate pole intovictory, he will equal MichaelSchumacher’s career record of91 Grand Prix wins.

Saturday’s second sessionwas interrupted for 10 minutesafter Sebastian Vettel crashed inhis Ferrari. He was unhurt.

Replays showed that theGerman driver, in his final sea-son with Ferrari, clipped a kerbat Turn Four and lost control ashe smacked into the barriers.

The red flags came outwith Hamilton in a perilous15th place with just over twominutes remaining.

He said: “It was one of theworst qualifying sessions. It

was horrible — heart in yourmouth.

“I wanted to stay out and doa banker but they said come inand get new tyres and then thered flag came out. It was a risk,we got through but I am start-ing on softs which is not good.

“Undoubtedly I am likely toget dragged past tomorrow, itwill make it hard to win therace.”

Once Q2 eventuallyresumed Hamilton managedto put in the fourth quickesttime to get through to the top10 shoot-out but missing fromit were both Ferraris with Vettel’steammate Charles Leclercknocked out in 11th place.

In fifth place on Sunday’sSochi grid is Daniel Ricciardofor Renault, Carlos Sainz wassixth for McLaren, ahead ofEsteban Ocon in the secondRenault, Lando Norris in thesecond McLaren, Pierre Gasly ofAlpha Tauri and Alex Albon inthe second Red Bull.

Sunday’s race is due to bewatched by the biggest sportingcrowd in the Covid-19 era with30,000 fans allowed to attend.

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One week after its youngattacking stars

impressed in theBundesliga, Borussia Dortmundslumped to a 2-0 defeat atAugsburg.

Gio Reyna, Jadon Sancho,Erling Haaland and JudeBellingham grabbed the head-lines in beating BorussiaMönchengladbach 3-0 in theopening round, but were frus-trated by a stubborn defensemarshaled by Augsburg goal-keeper Rafal Gikiewicz onSaturday.

Dortmund dominatedthe first half with eight effortson target, but FelixUduokhai scored withAugsburg’s onlychance of the half,heading home afree kick fromclose range inthe 40thminute.

F o r m e rSchalke player DanielCaligiuri doubled thelead in the 54th, holdingoff Thomas Meunier’s

challenge before shoot-ing past Dortmund ‘keep-er Roman Bürki.

Dortmund coachLucien Favre sent on

Marco Reus and Julian Brandtwith half an hour to play, to lit-tle effect. The 18-year-oldBrazilian Reinier followed for hisBundesliga debut in the 69th,but he couldn’t lift the sideeither.

Gikiewicz denied MatsHummels, then Haaland late on,as Augsburg claimed its secondwin in two games.

Gikiewicz’s former side,Union Berlin, salvaged a 1-1 draw at Gladbach thanksto Nico Schlotterbeck’s late

equalizer. Marcus Thuramscored with a deflect-

ed header forGladbach in the

56th.B a y e r

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drew 1-1, andpromoted sides

Arminia Bielefeldand Stuttgart enjoyed

wins over Cologne andMainz, respectively.

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Mohun Bagan on Saturdayannounced the signing of high-profile defender SandeshJhingan.

The 27-year-old Arjunaawardee is said to be the high-est-valued footballer in India butthe club did not reveal the sign-ing amount.

“I am delighted to havejoined ATKMB. I had a detailedchat with the coach and theowners and I admire their visionand I am very happy that theyfelt that I could be a part of thefamily,” Jhingan said in a release.

The former Kerala Blastersdefender was keen to ply histrade in Europe, preferablyPortugal but because of thepandemic he changed his plansand joined the club, will competein the AFC Cup 2021.

Jhingan will form a troikawith his India teammate PritamKotal and Spaniard recruit Tiriand he will have a chance toprove his mettle at Internationallevel.

Turin: Serie A’s leading scorerlast season with 98 goals,Atalanta began its new cam-paign in the same carefree,entertaining style as it camefrom behind to win 4-2 atTorino.

The host, thumped 7-0 inthe same fixture last season,started strongly but in the endhad little response to Atalanta’srelentless attacks.

Simone Zaza fired againstthe bar in an early Torino attackand the Bulls went ahead in the11th minute with the goal com-ing almost inevitably from theircaptain Andrea Belotti, whoscored with an angled shotoff Tomas Rincon’s pass.

Atalanta was behindfor just two minutes beforecaptain Alejandro Gomezscored with a long-rangeshot. Gomez also set up asecond for Luis Muriel eightminutes later with a looping passover the Torino defence and theColombian provided a spectac-ular finish with a low shot intothe far corner of the net.

The goals continued to flowas Hans Hateboer scored a thirdfor Atalanta from a Gomez

cross in the 42nd minute beforeBelotti struck again to pull oneback a minute later for Torino.

The second half began inthe same vein with Torino’s

Alex Berenguer forcing asave from Marco Sportiellobefore Hateboer headedover from a good positionat the other end.

Atalanta kept pouringforward and added a fourth

in the 54th minute.Muriel broke down the right

and laid the ball into the path ofDe Roon who side-footed theball into the corner of the goalto hand Torino its secondstraight defeat under new coachMarco Giampaolo following its1-0 loss to Fiorentina. AFP

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It was not long ago when people pre-pared their travel bucket lists on theNew Years eve for a happy 2020 and

were waiting passionately to tick off theboxes. However, they ended upanguishing about the pandemic and thelockdown that followed and manymight have even torn off the lists.

The raging fury of the virus has ledto many business to draw their shutters,while others are left struggling. Onesuch sector that is on the receiving endis the tourism industry. With manyflights still suspended and travellingbeing the least favourite thing to do inthe current time, the industry is defi-nitely going through major loses.

“There have been a lot of estima-tions that predict the recovery of theoverall industry, which has been hithard by this pandemic. We believe thatit may take anywhere between 12-18months for us to recover from the cur-rent situation and come back to the pre-covid levels of travel demand, alsodepending upon how other countriesresume their international operations.Moreover, the demand will largelydepend on the fact that how differentcountries are placed in terms ofCOVID-19. We expect the aviationindustry to slowly and steadily rise evenstronger after this pandemic. In India,we are expecting a good economicgrowth on the back of a strong con-sumer demand, interest in travel and

festive season,” Willy Boulter, ChiefCommercial Officer, IndiGo, tells you.

He adds that the aviation industryis slowly getting back on track and thatthe travel demand has shown consistentgrowth.

“Travel demand has shown con-sistent growth after the opening of thedomestic markets since May 25, 2020.We have seen a positive trend over thefirst 100 days of resumption of opera-tions post the lockdown including thesteadily rising PLF, unit revenue andfuture bookings on the back of increas-ing customer confidence in air travel.We are bullish that our passengerloads will grow with the increase incapacity across our network. In addi-tion, if the regulation around the var-ious states becomes consistent and moreliberal in terms of rules and regulations,we should see much faster growth inpassenger numbers. IndiGo has estab-lished more than mandated proceduresand guidelines to provide a safe and has-sle-free travel experience onboard a leanclean flying machine,” Boulter asserts.

While the airlines are doing theirbest to increase the capacity anddemand and give a push to the tourismindustry, the positive is that the festiveseason is waiting right ahead.

“We have analysed the traffic everyfew days and the trends are up and itis encouraging that the demand is sus-taining now, with the travel trend

going up in terms of unit revenue andfuture bookings. The demand has cer-tainly picked up after July and we arebullish that it will further augment dur-ing the festive season. Also, the relax-ation in State Government restrictionsand the allowance of 60% capacity byCentral Government will further helpin increasing capacity as well asdemand. We are hoping to increase ourdomestic capacity as per our approvedsummer schedule for 2020 to 60% byDiwali. We recently celebrated theoperation of 50,000th flight post lock-down,” he tells you.

Not only this, but contrary to thebelief that air travel is not a good optionduring Corona, Boulter tells you thatthey have witnessed a shift from rail toair travel. “We have witnessed a shift ofrail traffic to air travel, with evenmigrant labourers travelling in flightsto ensure safety from COVID-19.Annually over a billion Indians travelby trains and even if 10% of that traf-fic shifts to air travel, it will drive astrong recovery for the aviation sector.Not to mention that the consistentgrowth is because of the returning con-sumer confidence,” he tells you.

Vipul Prakash, Chief OperatingOfficer, MakeMyTrip, too agrees withBoulter and tells you that more andmore people are now travelling aftermonths of being cooped up in theirhomes.

“The demand is likely to stayuneven as the pandemic situation is liveand evolving but it is clear that moreand more people are travelling and evenmore are willing to travel as we look atour search and booking data,” Prakashsays.

He adds that the industry holds abright future ahead as people have start-ed pre-booking their trips for the win-ter season.

“In the intermediate future, peoplewill start prioritising and planninghyperlocal and micro-getaways tounexplored and lesser-known destina-tions or places with lesser coronaviruscaseloads. While road-trips or self-driveholidays are increasingly being con-sidered and booked, travellers arealready showing signs of optimism bypre-booking trips for the winter seasonto Kerala and Andaman. A trend thatcan be largely attributed to the avail-ability of exclusive future travel dealsand vouchers on the platform — thatpromise more choices, flexibility inbooking along with heavy-discouns. AtMakeMyTrip, we are ensuring that ourtravellers can plan and book withgreater flexibility and ease as the uncer-tainty continues to linger on. Almost95% of our hotel bookings are hap-pening on flexible fares as we are work-ing with hotel partners to come up withflexible tariff options till the day ofcheck-in,” Prakash explains.

�What was the attraction of being partof the virtual concert?

To be honest, as you areaware due to the pandemic, we

have not done any perfor-mances. Just the thought of

coming together and play-ing was a wonderful

experience. I am gladwe got this opportu-nity.�Howtough/easy toput it all togeth-

er?We had become a little rustic. We need-

ed to brush up and did a couple of rehearsalsbecause we had not played in the last sixmonths. The tough part was that there wasno audience and one had to imagine them.While it was okay to get the feedback vir-tually with hearts and balloons but the feeland energy of a live performance couldn’tbe replaced. Having said this, virtual con-certs are the way forward. Even after thingsare back to normal, these kind concerts willcontinue. �You have been there for three decades,changes in music seen?

I have seen changes and I will see morechanges in the coming years. When we

started, there were very few venues. Theonly places where we played were at

college festivals. Today, there aremany venues that make it possiblefor us to reach out to different peo-ple. Also, the kind of music haschanged and it goes throughwaves. There were Punjabi songwaves, then there was the remixwave. A bunch of indie pop artists

came up. Things come and go.Now, there is electronica and DJs.�Did playing for a virtual audi-

ence affect the band’s energy?Well, it was not as if we had to get up

at 4:30 am to catch a flight, reach the venue

and set up the stage to perform. We werefar more rested and hence the energy levelwas high. But yes, we didn’t get to hear thelive audience shout and scream. Also,when one is on the live stage, the conver-sation one has with the audience is highlydependent on the response. Here it was abit different.�Has the profile of your fans changed?

The age spectrum is broader. There arepeople who grew up listening to our music.Then there is the whole audience who arein their 30s-40s. At the big festivals, thereare a lot of young professionals since studentscan’t afford the cost of the ticket. Studentsare at the college festivals. There are peoplewho are now bringing their children. I haveplayed for the bikers as well in Goa.�Do you think that the concept ofbeing part of a band is finally here?

When during our time, there werebands because there were college festivals.I remember when I was in school, I wouldgo to IIT Delhi to listen to bands come fromall over the country and watch them per-form — young college students who werepart of the band. For professional nights,there were bands coming from outside.Indian Ocean was not the first band norwould it be the last. However, the numbershave increased and music has becomemore Indianised.�Has technology helped promote

music for you?Yes and no. Yes, because we have more

equipment, we don’t have to go to a studioand pay big money to play. The record com-pany doesn’t have a big hold over you. Today,sitting at home, I can create music. No,because due to the Internet, everyonewants free music. Nowadays, people watchmusic. When you don’t sell, you don’t get anyroyalty. Ten cents a download won’t get youanywhere. Take an example. All our musicis on iTunes and the total annual income weget is $100. This is true globally.�Over the years, some members leftand new joined. Did it affect thedynamics when new members joined?

When we began, there were four of usfrom 1994 till 2009 and then Asheem(Chakravarty) died and it was like the leftside of the stage was empty. We had to bringin two people to replace him since he couldsing and play the table. Then our guitar play-er left and we brought in a new person. Buteach new person brings something newsince we don’t want clones.�What are your future plans?

We have a bunch of songs recorded andready for release. Since people watch ratherthan listen to music, we were planning todo some form of video. But they were puton hold but since going out of town is clear-ly not going to happen, we are going to workon new material.

� How did you get associated with Kiss The Ground?It is a bit of a long story. I was working on a previous project

— Life After Carbon which was about how we can make cities moresustainable. That is when I heard about Josh Tickell who had goneto college in my hometown in Florida. I heard that he wanted adviceon the film and did a bit of background research on him and hisdocumentary film Pump. I was completely blown away with it andit touched something in my heart and knew that this is what I want-ed to do with my life. I called him and requested him to come backto his hometown and give a talk in the college that he went to. Forthe next nine months I was trying to learn as much as I could aboutthe environment, about story telling and about production. A fewweeks later, I joined the team and have been here since Februarythis year.� What are the difficulties associated with making such films?

There are several. Take this film for example. It took us sevenyears to put it out. There were over a hundred scientists who weapproached and talked and collaborated with to corroborate whatwe are saying in this film.� Has the present pandemic made people sit up and take noticeof the documentary?

In some ways it is. The studio that I work with, when the pan-demic started, we went to a store and stocked up on things becausewe knew we would be on our own and didn’t know what wouldhappen. A lot of people realised that they needed to be in touchwith food supply and have food security.� Do you think that the movie can be a catalyst to creating abalance between environment and man?

Definitely, they are absolutely a catalyst. One thing that I haveseen with such films when I went to college of Environmental Studiesis there is one thing missing in the environmental movement iscommunication. The only people involved here are the one whostudy it and there is a large gap between the people who study itand the rest of the world. What movies do is bridge this gap espe-cially those like Kiss The Ground which bring regular people togeth-er and celebs and show a unified movement to make the world abetter place.� How necessary is to facilitate a conversation about the envi-ronment?

It is extremely important to bring everyone on one platform.But it is very difficult to do this. What we try to do is tell peoplethat they can be part of this movement from the comforts of theirhomes and day to day tasks.� Is the world prepared to make the change/transition?

I feel that people are ready to make changes in their lives. Thepresent pandemic has opened eyes of the people. Everyone is nowgoing back home; they are not congregating. At least in the US,food supply has been disrupted. What we are seeing is a resurgencein the local food economy. This means communities growing theirown food. What this film is about is empowering the local farmerto feed his family and the local community. I am not sure we areready to make a huge change but the world is pushing us in thatdirection.� How bleak will the future be with no changes?

It would be very bleak. At the rate at which we are going, thefilm shows that in 15 years, we will not be able to harvest food fromthe soil and we will be completely reliable on pesticides and fer-tilisers. Hundreds of thousands of people are being forced out of

their homes due to climate change. This is really themoment that we are take action now.� How important is it to teach importance of envi-ronment and Nature at school level?

All changes happen at the grassroot. It is thepeople who make things happen. Everyone has thecapacity to learn and change but it is the young peo-ple who are most likely to do it. It is important to

teach children these regenerative ways of life.Taking care of the planet is the most impor-tant thing for us to do today. It is not the sci-ence of it but to teach them to love the plan-et; the connection we have with it.�One lesson that people should take awayfrom the film?

Know where your food comes from,meet your farmer and talk with him andjust to know that everyone can be a partof this movement. Even the smallestdecision can make a decision.� What next?

We have a few projects that we areworking on. We are currently working ona short documentary series for TV on the

pesticides being sprayed on our food in ourhometown and how the town can shift to

regenerative agriculture. It will be a modelon how communities can come together to

bring a change. We are making another film —Revolution Generation, it is about how millen-nials are coming to power and taking over andcreating a more democratic equable system.

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Picture this: Jay worked as a techni-cal consultant for a financial soft-ware company’s taxation productteam. For a new project, his teamwas forced to interact with the

financial services team due to political pres-sure from senior management. As expected,the initial interactions were a bit contentious.The technical lead for the taxation team,Abhay, saw this as an opportunity to shineand mandated that he would be the point ofcontact for interacting with the financial ser-viced team. All communications were nowrequired to be funneled through him.

This created a precarious situation forJay. All his emails and documents were pre-sented to the other team as if Abhay had pro-duced them. Abhay was taking credit foreverything Jay did. Abhay would edit outmajor chunks of essential technical advicebeyond his level of competence, and hewould keep coming back to Jay for moreinputs on how to answer questions comingfrom the other team. This entire episode leftJay feeling angry, frustrated, and unmotivat-ed.

The above is a classic example of officepolitics. Office politics is a reality that existsin every organisation, big or small: the largerthe firm, the more complex the politics.There is more of everything — players, com-petition, agendas, information, and more togain and lose. If you have enjoyed a goodnumber of years of work experience, I’m sureyou have experienced politicking in theworkplace.

Companies with a great culture knowhow to create systems to minimise or miti-gate politics. Indeed, productivity, employeeengagement, and a company’s growth dependon how much politics exists. Leaders have ahuge responsibility to recognise what causespolitics and which systems, processes, orpeople initiate or encourage it in their com-pany environment. Alternatively, employeesmust also understand their workplace’s polit-ical machinery to bring about success forthemselves and their team members.

As a leadership coach, I work with peo-ple managers from mid-level managers up toCXOs and board members from diverseindustries. These folks are all brilliant, intelli-gent, and accomplished individuals. When Iwork with them on their leadership goalsand challenges, I get to hear the real-life situ-ations they have encountered. The only thingsetting them back is their collective belief inoffice politics. I listen to statements like, “Idon’t like office politics, and I don’t want togo there at all.” “I cannot get to this positionbecause it requires me to be political, and Iam not a political person,” etc.. They holdthemselves back from greatness because oftheir limited perception of office politics. Intheir minds, office politics is a dirty wordthat they are better off not handling.Understanding and cruising through anorganisation’s power dynamics is the key dif-ferentiator between successful and extremelysuccessful people.

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tionships, the power entanglements betweencoworkers trying to get ahead. These strug-gles for advancement are usually based onwhat you are after and whom you formalliances with. Some people are drawn into itintentionally, many accidentally and mostunknowingly.

Definitely, through years of work experi-ence, people do learn to deal with this beastmore effectively. But why leave such a criticalskill to chance? Why not address it head-onby understanding the power dynamics early

on in your career and moving ahead victori-ously in your leadership journey.

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ments being intensely political. If youencounter these signs, often you know thechances of getting stuck in the dirty swamp ofpolitics are high. Beware when you encounterthe following patterns:● There is a lack of transparency in communi-cations. People are not direct and don’t meanwhat they say. There exists an unspoken sys-tem within the organisation that needs to beworked. ● Often poor performers are neither fired norreprimanded. Superstar employees quitbecause they don’t want to play the game anddon’t see any future growth.● The majority of the people are unwilling toacknowledge and celebrate their team mem-ber’s successes. Other’s growth invokes nega-tive emotions such as discomfort, resentment,or jealousy! They view it as being left behind.● Fear and limitations of opportunities drivemost conversations, decisions, and behaviours.● There is a constant underlying sense of com-petition amongst individuals for roles, visibili-ty, or growth.● Trust in leadership is weak.● Most individual performance rewards arenot in alignment with those of the organisa-tion’s wins.● People’s need for opportunity or recognitionmakes them nervous and fearful of makingmistakes and taking risks.● Most employees have little knowledge of andvisibility into the company’s decision-making.There is a significant distance between junior-level employees and executives; too manyclosed-door meetings with exclusive informa-tion are not shared with the rest of the organi-sation.● There is a lack of ownership amongst peo-ple. The general tendency is to shirk responsi-bility when possible. Instead of stepping upand taking on tasks outside their area, peoplecan quickly assign blame to someone else.

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porate politics:Observe and listen: Most people jump intothings from the intention of action and contri-bution. Whether it is a meeting, a project, or anew role, everyone wants to perform well, andso they start doing things. Instead, be in anobservation and listening mode before youchoose to take action. This will help you iden-tify the influencers — they are the stakehold-ers that hold power to move things in theorganisation. Understand their needs andmindsets.

Do you know how the power distributionin your organisation works? Who are the keydecision-makers? What are their motivations?

Trust but not blindly: It is wonderful to findgood friends in your colleagues; after all, youare spending many waking hours with them.Research proves that it can be extremelyhealthy to have friendships at work. Personalbonds at work are essential; however, there is adifference between personal and professionalrelationships. Knowing the limits and bound-aries of these relationships is crucial.

It requires one to walk that tightropebetween sharing and oversharing. Practicessuch as socialising outside of work are helpingto advance careers and build networks andbonds. Be mindful — a drink too many canexpose you and give people something to talkabout or lead to even more severe conse-quences. The same rules apply to social mediainteractions with colleagues.

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Be clear of your vision: We all have avision for our lives, spoken or unspo-ken, explicit or implicit. A vision is howone commits to living their life, demon-strated by their choices, actions, words,and behaviors. What separates greatleaders from the average one is theirability to crystallise their vision andthen execute goals towards it. Beingclear of your desired reality helps youstay out of the unnecessary messes andface with courage and conviction, thepaths essential to actualise your dreams.

Communicate your vision: Once youknow and own your vision, communi-cate it intelligently and smartly withyour manager and team members. Thismay or may not mean sharing every-thing. Your vision may be to become theCFO of an organisation in a few years,identify the skills and experiences youneed to get there, and communicateonly those.

Stay informed, but avoid gossip: Keepin mind, no matter how tempting itmight seem, hear gossip but don’t gen-erate or propagate it. Being aware ofwhat is going on around you is prudent,but make sure not to get sucked into it.Being viewed as a gossip underminesthe trust people will have in you. Loosetalk can get you in trouble or make youseem immature.

There is a significant differencebetween gossiping and stayinginformed. The former projects you asimmature while the latter is a skill onemust develop to succeed at work.

Information is powerful: Most suc-cessful politicians spend their energymanaging up, down and sideways.They hustle and work their chain ofcommand. Such people base theircareer on building alliances with thepower brokers. They are astute enoughto be present at all the right meetings,jump in, and take personal credit for

other’s work and are informationhoarders. Information is power, andpower is politics. The one who hasknowledge holds power. The clear signof a political person is that they rarelyshare information.

Learn to read people: So many times, Ihave come across leaders misjudgingsituations and the intentions of people.The outspoken ones are edged to speakup the politically incorrect things likecomplaining about the health benefitsor a new policy. People don’t flinchbefore showing enthusiasm for ideasand activities that may harm yourcareer. As part of building ExecutivePresence, I often help leaders get edu-cated on sensing and reading body lan-guage in others and utilising powerstances for themselves. Reading peopleand situations is the number one talentto get ahead without getting in trouble.

Integrity and ethics always win: Thegeneral impression is that people thatrise quickly often have to do unethicalthings to get there. The negative conse-quences of acting out of your value sys-tem or integrity will catch up with you.There is no escaping that. Sometimesthings may take a little longer but staythe course and don’t succumb to wrong-doings and temptations.

��� ������������������ ������My book Checkmate Office Politics

discusses the distinction between goodpolitics and bad politics. Practicinggood or healthy politics enables peopleto further personal and team interestsfairly and justly. Staying alert and awareof the ‘bad’ politics helps to avoid need-less suffering and being taken advantageof. To look at politics through a positivelens, one must first understand the dif-ference between good and bad politicsor healthy and unhealthy politics.Healthy Politics: Healthy politicsalways attempts to empower

individuals. An effective politicianbuilds a strong network at all levelsinside and outside of an organisation.They are familiar with the pulse ofemployees at all levels. They have acrisp and clear understanding of thesuccess parameters in theirorganisation. Healthy politics requiressharing information and encouragingothers to do the same. Good politicsbelieves unity is Strength. Goodpoliticking fuels the promotion ofinnovation and problem-solving. Itadvocates respect and inclusiveness forall, irrespective of their role andposition. There is a goal of improvingsystems instituting permanentsolutions to problems. In the aboveexample of Jay and Abhay, Abhay wasdoing a good thing by streamlining thecommunication through a narrowchannel to avoid confusion, howeverhe could have given credit to Jayhighlighting his contributions in hisinteractions to avoid the bad politics.

Unhealthy Politics: The mostsignificant sign of harmful politics is thepersonal gains of a handful of people.Unhealthy politics leads to a divide andrule philosophy. It promotes authorityand compliance and creates a distanceamong people based on thesedifferences. Bad politics deviateattention away from the real issues.

As individuals working in the busi-ness world, when you feel powerless andout of control in situations where youbelieve you are at the receiving end ofpolitical manoeuvers of coworkers, it isessential to remember that there areseveral techniques you can apply to suc-ceed. You have a choice. The choice maynot always be an easy one. However, it isusually a choice between staying in yourcomfort zone or getting uncomfortablebut evolving into a better leader.

The writer is a leadership coach and anauthor. She has just published

Checkmate Office Politics: Build aPositive Power Equation at Work

with SAGE India

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used for politics. Nevertheless, Bollywood has been provid-ing three hours of power-packed action, fantasy, joy andromance — all for the price of peanuts. It made people laugh,cry, filled them with rage, and made them partake in theworld of make-believe. It aroused and awakened too, at times.All that has been pushed to the backburner. But before blam-ing Bollywood for all that is bad in the society we need topause and ponder. In more than a century of its history, theMumbai film industry has served the society in a way fewindustries have done. It has researched like no institutioncould do, it has taught like no teacher would have done. Itde-stressed the masses, at a price that the common mancould afford. It provided an outlet for the pent up feelingsof the people, made them rejoice and giggle, filled them withecstasy, made them forget their sorrows casting a magicalspell. There was a salutary hangover too. People would talkand discuss even after they had seen the film. No mean ser-vice to a huge majority that was starved for pleasure andjoy. It advocated the right lessons too. That it’s the good thattriumphs over the evil in the end. Or as you sow so you reap.All of a sudden, everything is being painted black. So blackthat it reeks of a design. Reasons are not far to seek. FrancisBacon once said that if you go deep into any problem youwill find people. Only, replace people with politics. Man,after all, is a political animal. So if you go deep into a prob-lem, you will find politics. Dirty politics. Forget those blamegames. Forget those ideas of cronyism and syndicate, lob-bies and pressure groups. They are everywhere. Even in thenoblest of institutions. We must go back to the basics. Andthat reminds of the class four English language idiom — Abad workman blames his tools. There is a hindi equivalent,too, and in Bollywood lingo: “If you don’t know how todance, you find fault with the dancing floor”. Films and thefilm world are of a different genre and for a different pur-pose. To be objective, films don’t create society, they reflectsociety. And on this count they are more real than manynews channels which pollute the society more than the films.Films are market driven and showcase the society. There isno formula for a hit film nor a lobby. It is the film goer whodecides and he is highly erratic. Interestingly, he himself does-n’t know why. Same happens in the case of film stars. Orelse meagre budget and no star film like Jai Santoshi Maawould not have been a bigger hit than the mega budget multi-starrer Sholay in the same year. Coming to stars making itbig, examples galore prove that it’s God given merit and notGodfather. From Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Rajkumarto Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha and the like provethat it is only merit. And failure of star sons confirms this.One last take. And a crucial one. While many news chan-nels try selling lies as truth, films are doing it the other wayround. Bollywood must stand and the show must go on.

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Then, we accept His creation.This has a huge implication onour lives. We will begin to seek

God’s guidance and help, because thisis the cosmic design. We, souls, areparts of God. (Bhagawad Gita 15.7) Ourexistence, independent of God, is verytroublesome as those who don’t havea connection do realise sooner orlater. And God will guide and help; wejust need to approach Him in allhumility. Therefore, humility is the firstquality we inculcate in ourselves.Imagine a world where people are hum-ble and treat others with respect. Thisbrings us to the next quality — becom-ing better. The way the creation is, thereis only one big entity, that is God. Wehumans are small and will remain so.However, there is no bar on becomingbetter.

This leads us to the third quality —to be able to coexist with others. Ourrelationships improve greatly. We realisethat no one is perfect, only God is,therefore, we need to accept faults ofothers as others accept ours. We alsorealise that we depend upon a whole lotof people for our existence. Slowly, themode of goodness begins to gainascendency. We speak better, we behavebetter, etc. This mode has an enormousinfluence over our senses and themind. It prods us to eat what is usefulto us, see what is illuminating, hearwhat benefits, and so on.

Gradually, we enter the spiritualrealm. We understand that there is athing like the Karmaphala principle.This is in short — what we sow, we reap.This is as simple as that. Some fruits areinstant, like if we appreciate someonewe get excellent vibrations from thatperson. Some take long like studyingto become financially self-supporting.

We begin to watch all our actions inorder to create a better future for our-selves. This is the beginning of spiritu-al intelligence. The wise ones turn tothe book eternal wisdom — The Gita.One then progresses to become eithera medium of God or an instrument.God uses us to deliver benefits to otherpeople. For example, someone is to geta donation, the Lord inspires one of usto do this noble deed, for which theLord rewards handsomely. Then, Goduses advanced devotes to deliver Hisinstructions to other devotees, that isHe uses one of His own to do this veryimportant job. Advancing this way, asoul begins to enjoy the company ofGod — the highest achievement priorto qualifying for liberation after a fewlives.

This is about those who acceptGod. The story is quite different forthose who don’t. They believe in thechance theory, that is anything can hap-pen anytime, though this is absurd. Onetime a person was arguing with meabout this; he said that he believed inchance. I asked him whether he sends

his children to school. He said yes. I,then, advised him to avoid this pain;they may get educated by chance. Egoof such persons is quite dominant; theydon’t listen to reason. They are guidedby material intelligence even thoughthere is cause and effect there also. Theyare mostly in the modes of passion anddarkness, and suffer on account ofthem. Their senses and minds are most-ly uncontrolled. They wish to becomebigger — a mirage.

Most of their lives such persons tryto compete with others or feel that oth-ers are after them. They are mostlyalone, at least this is how they feel. Lifeis mostly rudderless, jumping from onematter to another; there is hardlymuch focus. After all, without God con-sciousness, one will be whimsical only.

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Krishna, the theme did notconfine itself to the literaryworks alone, but also hasmanifested itself elaborate-ly in the art forms of India

which include, sculptural representa-tions, icons, images, paintings, murals-miniatures and archaeology (whichhas its subparts seals — epigraphy,coins and monuments etc). This arti-cle aims at providing an idea as to howShri Krishna has deeply expressedhimself through this varied art tradi-tion of India.

Generally, the icons are named asKrishna’s archa-avataras. Sanskrit termfor icon is archa-vigraha. Besides, termicon has its parallel in the word, pra-tima, which means an image. In theform of the science of images or pra-timas, iconography has a long histo-ry in India, which dates back to theVedic age. As one of the Rigvedicmantra mentions, one best icon (para-maapratima). After the Mauryan peri-od, elaborate temple iconographydeveloped in India and it continued tillthe Muslim invasions.

Iconography has an importantplace in India’s cultural tradition,since the same has religion and phi-losophy as its integral parts and as theimage worship constitutes the very

basis of its religion. Since, the religiousand philosophical trends originatefrom people’s mind and thus provemajor role in their lives, the icons thusserving as effective modes of express-ing this ideals and imparts regardingthe favorite icons of Krishna and othergods were also engraved in sculpturesalong side in the temples.

This art tradition on Krishna wasdeveloped on the basis of the Puranasand the Mahabharata. Its main aimwas to depict concepts-imageriesthemes, which are associated withKrishna from time to time. It also aimsto delineate new theological themes —or trends and symbols associatedwith Krishna in the later Puranas.With the result, his icons were engraft-ed with murals depicting new mean-ings and dimensions of his concept.Although, the scriptures in this wayhave provided much fundamentalframe-work to his icons and haveplayed a major role in the developmentof iconography of Krishna, yet differ-ences of treatment of Krishna conceptby both these sources (scriptural andicon — Art) is vividly visible.

As any tradition in India has neverceased to grow and further develop,the same trend applies to the Art tra-dition relating to Krishna’s iconic

manifestations. It has developed itselfunto a new form to meet the chal-lenges of time and circumstances. Italso had developed within its rangenew theological details from thepuranas, and the icons thus madeserved as very important mediums ofworship in the religious scenario of theIndians. Hence, during these times,the iconography of Krishna attainedthe mega position in the cultural artof India.

Now, to define icon, it is found thatgenerally icon of God or Krishnaimplies his imitation. Reference to theart tradition of iconography in Indiabe cited in the Vedas and upnishads,in the form of pratikriti. Besides, it isalso held that the vedic concept of theGods has inspired the framework ofthe icons of Gods, as in the Vedas andthe subsequent works Gods are spo-ken ‘men of the sky or Divo-naras andalso having forms like those of thehuman beings or Nri-peshas”.

As far as Krishna’s iconography isconcerned it has developed on thebasis of the scriptures like Agamas andthe Puranas. These works providemuch authentic material on Krishna’sicons, which are said to be of such typelike Chala, Achula, meaning thosewhich are very light in weight and

heavy in weight, light weight icons arefurther of four types known as Vautaka(those worshipped daily); utsava (wor-shipped on particular occasion); Bali(worshipped each day with offering ofPrasad); Snapana (sprinkled withholy water).

Where as the Achala icons aremade of stone and are of types suchas, mula vigraha and Dhruva. TheDhruva icon is further of these typeslike standing (sthanak), asan (sitting)and shayan (lying), with regard to thedetermination of dress ornamentssymbols which are to be applied thepeople of those regions according totheir cultural standards and trends.Apart from these types of Krishna’sicons other types of icons are men-tioned by Krishna’s icons other typesof icons are mentioned by Krishnahimself to Uddhava in a dialogue inBhagavatapurana, where he says thathis icons can be made of clay, sandalwood, stone, metal, sand, crystal, andof mental imagery (manomaya).

Generally, in the literary traditionon Krishna, the icons of Krishna aremade on the basis of the symbolswhich serve as key notes for makingicons individually and distinguishingthese form the other. The frameworkof icons is contemplated according tosome symbols in the abstract formand then is expressed in materialabstract form of specific symbol.Amongst all the Gods, it is Krishnawho has mostly impressed the templeart form of the medieval age, where-by he is shown in multiple form suchas Venugopal, alone or accompanyingRadha and other gopis during Rasa,holding govardhana mountain; asYogi in Narada’s vision, as youngcowherd boy in the company ofBalarama and Subhadra, as warriorkilling Kansa and his wrestlersJarasandha and Shishupala, drivingArjuna’s chariot.

In the icons, Krishna is eitherendowed with two or four arms. Twoarmed Krishna is in abhayadana pose.While, four armed Krishna is endowedwith conch, mace, chakra and lotus inhands. That various cults have addedto varied manifestations of Krishna iniconic forms. For instance, the cult oflotus and of conch, of mace associat-ed with Yaksha (he always holdsmace) be mentioned. Besides, mythol-ogy has also its role in the frameworkof the icons where he is depicted alongwith his family members.

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going on in Qatar is a con-certed effort to chart a newcourse of peace and tranquili-ty in Afghanistan, torn apart by decades of occupationand civil war.

As the Taliban have beenwaging war to regain power bybrutal means, it is important inthis situation to look at the crit-ical roles played by Pakistanand America in this long--drawn Afghan quagmire.

Interestingly, Pakistan acountry that was reprimandedby US President Donald Trumpin 2018 for its “lies and deceit”joined as the third key player inthe historic US-Taliban peacetalks. This has even despiteWashington cutting securityassistance to Islamabad.

Since the signing of thepeace deal in February 2020amid the peak of the Covid-19pandemic, Pakistan’s fortunehas started changing. Somestrategic experts say the ImranKhan Government is trying toshed its image of a state asso-ciated with terror and terrorfinancing. Pakistan has beencriticised by world leaders fornot uprooting anti-India terrorforces on its soil.

As Pakistan has involveditself in the Afghan peace talks,it is vital for New Delhi toapproach the Afghan dilemmaafresh. Taliban is now in aposition of strength. New Delhi,Islamabad and Washingtonneed to tackle the monstervery cautiously. For the Ghaniregime, the durability of peacedepends on limiting Taliban’sinfluence in small pockets.Allowing the Taliban to regroupfor seeking a role larger than itsusual strength would heraldfull-scale disaster to Kabul.

Further, the arrival of theTaliban cadre to the heart ofAfghan politics once againmight jeopardise the democ-ratic institution building takenup by the previous Karzairegime and the current estab-lishment in the country.

Is there any hope that therewould be lasting peace inAfghanistan? It seems unlike-ly. Resting on the most unpre-dictable Taliban might beanother misstep in the lexiconof peace building inAfghanistan. However, theresilience demonstrated by the

group this time is extraordi-nary. They are working hard toproject themselves as a pan-Afghan identity. However, thisexpedient tactic would notoffer sizeable dividends to themas their brutality and antipathytowards the Afghan minoritieslike the Hazras and Sikhs areentrenched in the memory ofthe persecuted.

Hence, the enormity ofchallenges faced by the currentGhani regime is more than areality. Practically speaking,the US support in the form ofaid, advice and supervisionmust continue. WhetherTrump or Biden, whoevercomes to Washington inJanuary, without a secondthought, America must backany democratic regime thatcomes to Kabul. Else the hopeof building a civil society andgrassroot democratic institu-tions would be completelydestroyed.

It is unlikely that Pakistanwill learn from its past mistakesof aiding and abetting terrror-ism. No one knows how longthe Imran Government can

survive. As long as the PakistanArmy calls the shots, no demo-cratic leader or regime wouldhave a free hand in politicalaffairs of the country. And forsure, a country like Pakistancan best be safeguarded only bythe Army. It’s a notion deeplyentrenched in power corridorsof the country and among thepublic.

Its people have rarely hadthe experience of governed bystrong civilian leaders in the his-tory, except one like late BenazirBhutto. She ruled Pakistan dur-ing a tumultuous time. Butthen till her assassination in2007, she was always regardedby the country’s military a“security threat” simply becauseshe was working hard to pro-mote peace in South Asia andvoicing for a broad-basedGovernment in Afghanistan.

It is fair to say military inPakistan is an omnipotent insti-tution. Its influence in politicsis here to stay. So whatever isconvenient to it, accordingly,the future roadmap of Pakistanwill be drawn. Afghanistanhas always been viewed as a

playing ground and a zone ofinfluence by the PakistaniArmy. Thus its proxies, ratherthan Islamabad’s, have a majorsay in Kabul for years.Whenever this equation doesnot match, such regimes inKabul find it too difficult tosustain. Experience saysPakistan never wants a strongIndian presence inAfghanistan. Considering itstraditional rivalry with India,Islamabad would not allowDelhi to be in good termswith Kabul. Though India’scontinued outreach toAfghanistan has mostly beenreceived positively, the complexpower structures in that coun-try has hardly left any role forNew Delhi, except as an aidpartner.

The root cause for thisdilemma is no other thanPakistan, and to some extentthe US. Washington knowspretty well that without takingIslamabad into confidence,peace in Afghanistan wouldnot last long.

Currently, the ModiGovernment is advocating that

the talks must be Afghanowned and Afghan led. This isfine. But then, will Delhi beready to forge a deal with theTaliban if it comes back topower? This must be madeclear to the world that Delhiwould be forging a new normalwith the Taliban if it forms alegitimate Government inAfghanistan. Can anyone thinkthat Taliban will have trust inthe democratic process? Will itbe ready to contest elections incase it takes place?

What will happen if its can-didates are outright rejected bythe common people? TheTaliban is an experienced play-er. Its Government from 2001to 2006 led by Mullah Omarwas barely recognised by one ortwo countries around theworld. Afterwards, the Talibanregime tasted defeat from thepowerful force led by the USand its allies.

Since then, Afghanistan isvirtually under the occupa-tion of NATO forces eventhough democratically electedGovernments have reinforceda new sense of security and

peace in the country. In the last two decades, the

way the Taliban has intervenedin several pockets of the coun-try has demonstrated how bru-tal it could be. Its complete dis-regard for basic rights, partic-ularly of the minorities, chil-dren and women, have onlybrought fear and darkness tothe civilians in Afghanistan.

In such circumstances, theonly possibility for the Talibanis to charter a new peace courseto be acceptable as a Afghangovernment. It could be asmart power-sharing deal thatmay make the group a partnerin the legitimate Governmentof the country. Then the ques-tion comes, will these radicalsbe accepted by the democrati-cally elected leaders? Will therebe a working relationshipamong them that could survivefor some time? Will these war-lords simply accept a rule-based order? It all looks topsy-turvy.

They may not be accept-able by either Ghani or anyother popular leaders in thecountry. Accepting them is

simply a big blot on the fragiledemocratic set-up of the coun-try. Neither would they accepta system that offers an orderwherein one needs to beresponsible and deliveringgoods to the people. So theroad ahead in Afghanistan ismurky.

To conclude, the Taliban isto be handled carefully. It’sgood that they are back to apeace table. Pakistan has final-ly realised that its willingnessto back the peace process maymean a lot to the making ofpeace in its neighborhood. TheUS role is inseparable from adurable peace process inAfghanistan. Other criticalplayers such as India, Chinaand Russia need to see that theyare all engaged in any peacedeal that brings stability to alegitimate government inKabul.

When the Taliban repre-sentatives and the delegates ofthe Ghani Government meet inDoha, they would find it hardto resolve many critical issues.The two parties are showingvisions that could hardly meetat any point, particularly inregard to how Afghanistanwould be governed in future.Many hardline Taliban com-manders demand that Ghanibe replaced and an interim gov-ernment should come to Kabul.

Many of these militants arenot ready to work with theGhani Government. They evenview the Ghani Government asnot a legitimate representativeof the Afghan people. They allhave referred Ghani as a pup-pet. How will they work withsuch a leader now?

Way back in June, Ghanisaid during a virtual confer-ence: “I serve at will of theAfghan people, not to the willof the Taliban.” Such conflict-ing statements from both theTaliban and Ghani might puthurdle in the ongoing intra-Afghan talk. Ghani also saidany discussion of an interimgovernment is premature. He isabsolutely right as there aremany other critical issues to besorted out with the Taliban.Only, time will tell us, whatcould unfold for the war-rav-aged Afghanistan.

(The writer is an expert oninternational affairs)

7����������'�5���������������������������Wonder and mystery surrounds

the magnificent “Fairy Circles”.They are one of the most beautifulcreations of God. These unique“Fairy Circles” are found in theNamib Desert of Namibia in South-Western Africa. They are 10-65 feetin diametre. Usually, they are barrencircles lined with patches of vegeta-tion. They stretch for hundreds ofkilometres. Surprisingly, these circleslook other-worldly from imagestaken from various satellites.According to the local folklore, the“Fairy Circles” were once created bythe God himself. Some say that theyare no other than the footprints leftbehind by the God on the red soil ofthe Namib Desert. Another local tra-dition claims that these circles arepatches of desert poisoned by thebreath of dragons living beneath theNamibian Desert. This is mentionedin the folk tales of the Himba resi-dents of Namibia.

Much beyond, it has always beenpopular in South-Western Africathat “Namibia is the land that Godmade in anger”. This comes from thewide areas of Namibia that consistsof rugged and deeply forbiddingjungles. Indeed, rare records showthat this series of expressions believeto derive from the local inhabitantswho directly refer to the treacherousskeleton coast of the Namib Desert.Thus the tales of the Fairy Circles goon. They provide us clues to redis-cover the strange patterns.

Some mathematicians say thatthe whole landscape that covers theFairy Circles looks like polka dotsdress. Interestingly, these dots areregularly spaced across the NamibDesert. From far and the sky, theylook like islands in a sea of smallgrasslands. Even the biologists havefound it difficult to unearth the exis-tence of them. Tarnita, a theoretical

biologist and her team at the presti-gious Princeton University in the USsay that it is not possible to conductclose experiments about the FairyCircles in an area like the NamibDesert. Therefore such vast areaspose real big hurdles to test multiplehypotheses.

However after decades of stren-uous research, the environmental sci-entists and mathematicians havehighlighted two primary hypothesesabout these Circles. They are PlantCompetition Hypothesis and TermiteColony Hypothesis. Firstly, the entireNamib Desert is an arid desert.And such arid deserts are normallyfound closer to the equator becauseof direct sunlight it gets. Water is veryrare and the existing plants struggleto survive in areas like the NamibDesert. About the growth of strangepatterns like the Fairy Circles, Tarnitasays, “As vegetation expands, andthrives into a patch, smaller plantsnearby cannot get the water neces-sary to survive. The amount of veg-etation thins or disappears at theedges of the patch, forming regulardistanced gaps.”

Thus, all the Fairy Circles exhib-it regular patterns across this desert.Secondly, the Termite ColonyHypothesis says that under each ofthese patches, there exists a termitecolony. According to the ecologists,the eusocial insects where individu-als are divided into specialised groupsto support the overall survival oftheir colony make a large number ofunderground tunnels to transportfood for the rest of the members. Inthis whole process, the termitesseem to destroy the vegetationaround their colonies. Further, sci-entists state that in case of encroach-ments of one colony by the other,they fight till their enemy is finished.In this long and underground war of

survival, a series of termite coloniesdevelop in due course of time. Butinterestingly, these colonies areseemed to be of equal size and thereis no “termites land” between twocolonies. These are some of thenovel revelations that open up scopefor future research.

Thus the Namibian Fairy Circlesrepresent a unique ecosystem so fartill 2015. In the year 2016, such FairyCircles were discovered outsideNewman, in a small mining towncalled Pilbara region in WesternAustralia. This provides a new oppor-tunity to the scientific community toonce again uncover the origin and

growth of such phenomena. By now,the Australian Fairy Circles indicatethat these circles are the reaction ofthe plants to scare waters. Thoughboth the Australian and NamibianFairy Circles are more than almostthousands of kilometre apart, they aredeclared to be identical. UnlikeNamibia, where a large number ofinsects of species like ants and ter-mites are found in the Fairy Circles,the majority of the circles found inPilbara do not have ant or termitecolonies. Such nests or mounds ofinsects wherever discovered inAustralia are also randomly distrib-uted unlike the Namibian ones.

Besides their mysteries and sci-entific discoveries, the Fairy Circlesadd to the beauty of the biodiversi-ty of Namibia and Australia. Theyattract numerous insects and animalssuch as ants, bees, geckons, spiders,wasps and small mammals like gold-en moles, bat-eared foxes, black-backed jackals and aardvarks. Again,the Fairy Circles can be well-regard-ed as fine examples of allogenicecosystem engineering. Such ecosys-tems refer to an environment thattransforms the environment bymechanically changing materialsfrom one form to another. Such landforms helps in restoring water, peren-

nial plant and termite biomass acrossthe Namib Desert. As far as they arenot a threat to human and naturalenvironment, the Fairy Circles are tobe preserved.

For years, though the scientistsand researchers have suggested var-ious theories about the Fairy Circlesyet the mysteries have not come toan end about them. Hence, its veryexistence is highly debatable. Theywould remain enigmatic unlessdestroyed in the course of nature orthrough some man-made actions.

(The writer is a young environ-mental activist)

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One day, a group of self-acclaimedrationalists barged into my officeunannounced to question me on

the relevance of astrology. “Why do youmislead people with this unscientific dis-cipline?” they asked. “Well, I have been astudent of science, which is why I pursuethis discipline with confidence,” Iresponded. More than exposure to oneor other discipline of science, it is thescientific temper that matters the most.Scientific temper calls for a thoroughscrutiny before accepting or rejectingany view point, and with an open mind,free from any limitation whatsoever. Youare expected to thoroughly explore asubject before challenging its relevance.Let me tell you, astrology is a disciplinein its own right, having its own philoso-phy, premise, phraseology and workingmodalities. It doesn’t need sanction ofany other belief or discipline, includingscience, which itself is subject to contin-ued change.

A decade back, a lady known to mecame with a list of astrological terms,not in popular use. She wished to have asmall note on all of them. She informedme that Khuswant Singh (then alive)wished to write critically on Astrology. A

week later, in his weekly column in anational daily, he wrote disparagingly onastrology, based on those few liners.How can such a serious discipline becommented upon through a look intofew selective terms, which he did notunderstand?

Then came the next question: “Howcan you define anybody’s destiny infinite terms? Does individual freewillnot count in making one’s destiny?”Well, it’s your power of freewill thatdefines your destiny. Human beingsenjoy the exclusive privilege to guidetheir actions by choice and discrimina-tion. But whenever there is choiceoption in hand, the probability of its useand misuse remains equal.

And there is nothing like a freelunch in this world. You have to own upand bear with the consequences of thechoices you make. It’s again a mistakenperception that astrology straightawaylooks into one’s future space. Instead, itlooks into your present, which is noth-ing but a culmination of doing in thepast. And, seeded in the present is theway future is expected to unfold. If youknow that you have the seed of a mangotree in hand, if you plant and nurse it,

following its natural chemistry (expectedtimeline), will first sprout and then growinto a full-fledged mango tree. It maynot be out of place to mention here thatshould you self-reflect, through a dispas-sionate look into your thought-trends,you may figure the indwelling desiretrends. And all actions on your part aredriven by inlaid desire-trends, withrelated bearing on future course of life.So, astrology looks into your present,based on which future trends are antici-pated with a fair amount of precision.

Then came a counter: “Agreed, onecan watch out for own thought-trendsthrough self-reflection. But how can youread it through planetary projections?Planet’s gravitational pull can hardlyhave any bearing on us.” First, let me tellyou that it is not just the gravitationalpull of the planets that matters. Theplanets are not to be seen just as physicalobjects moving in the cosmos. All ofthem are energy balls either excitinglight in own right as Sun and other stel-lar bodies, or reflecting those drawnfrom other stellar bodies, or both.

Here a look into scientific principlesdeserves attention. Going by the percep-tion of modern theoretical physics, allexistences in this living world are actual-

ly manifestation of energy streams excit-ed from a ‘Singularity’ following the Big-bang. And energy particles having com-mon root, are in immediate and intimateconnect with each other. Even in so faras human beings are concerned, whatyou see of a being with a form body withhard bones, are at subtle level nothingbut an inseparable web of energy pat-tern, all primarily sourced to nature. So,at energy plane, there exists immediateconnect between man and the cosmicworld.

Now, thoughts playing throughmind are again nothing but energy.Their flow can’t be directly read. Butplanetary motions can be measured witha fair amount of precision. It is the cor-respondence between the movement ofcosmic bodies and the man that helpsdecipher how one’s mind would be flow-ing. So, planets are not doers, they arerather markers of what is going withinour minds. To sum up, though the disci-pline of astrology doesn’t claim scientificheritage, but its operating principlescan’t be termed unscientific either.

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