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D ays after ransacking two Indian consulates, the Taliban on Saturday detained 150 Indian citizens about to return home. They were ques- tioned near the Kabul airport and later allowed to enter the airport. However, 60 to 70 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus were not allowed to travel to India, reports from there said. A batch of 80 Indians are about to reach New Delhi from Kabul in an IAF C-130J trans- port aircraft. A plane will go to Kabul to evacuate the group of 150 Indians now waiting at the airport there, sources said here on Saturday. On not allowing the Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, it was learnt the Taliban asked this group to go back as they were waiting outside the inter- national airport there for many hours. The Taliban fighters reportedly told them since they are Afghan citizens they have to go back. This group, including two minority members of Afghanistan Parliament, was supposed to be brought out by an IAF aircraft headed home with 80-odd Indian citizens. The aircraft landed at Dushanbe in Tajikistan after evacuating the Indians, officials said, adding the flight is expect- ed to arrive at the Hindon air- base near Delhi. The IAF planes are circumventing Pakistani airspace to go to Kabul, they added. Reacting to reports of 150 Indians detained by the Taliban, Government sources said all Indians in Kabul are Continued on Page 9 G ujarat-based Zydus Cadila’s Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D, the only needle-free vaccine in the world for adults and chil- dren aged 12 years and above, will be made available in India from mid-September. The company is still working out on its pricing per shot, which is likely to be announced within the next one or two weeks. At a virtual press confer- ence on Saturday, Zydus group Managing Director Dr Sharvil Patel said the company can scale up production of vaccines to one crore a month from October. “That would mean, by the end of January we can have 4 to 5 crore doses,” he said. “We can scale up produc- tion of vaccines to 1 crore a month from October at the new production plant,” he said, a day after the company got the nod from the DCGI for emer- gency use authorization for the jab. This three-dose vaccine, when injected, produces the spike protein of the SARS- CoV-2 virus and elicits an immune response which plays a vital role in protection from the disease as well as viral clear- ance, the company has claimed. The Zydus Cadila vaccine will come with an appicator which is already being manu- factured with the help of PharmaJet. A study done with the DNA vaccine has shown that it is effective on Delta vari- ant and other variants of con- cern. “Post the emergency use authorisation, now we will work closely with the regula- tory authorities to work on the pricing and modality of deliv- ery of the doses of our vaccine. In the next one or two weeks, we will have better clarity on the pricing,” said Dr Patel. “By the middle to end of September, we can start sup- plying the vaccines, and as I said we need to scale up to 1 crore doses and we believe by October we can achieve this. We believe by October we will start producing 1 crore doses and that would mean by the end of January we can have 4 to 5 crore doses,” he added. When asked about the Government projection that there would be five crore doses of Zydus Cadila vaccine in August, Dr Patel, said, “We faced a delay of 45 days to com- mission the new plant,” and added, “From October we will scale up [vaccine production].” “A subset of genome sequencing showed the vaccine also works on Delta variants. The study was carried out across 50 clinics. It showed that Plasmid DNA platform is suit- ed to deal with new mutants and viruses. “The company is also working on the new vari- ants and variants of concern VOCs,” said Dr. Patel. ZyCoV-D is set to become the first Covid vaccine candi- date developed on a plasmid DNA platform to be commer- cially introduced anywhere in the world. Continued on Page 9 Kabul: Days after vowing to respect women’s rights in Afghanistan, Taliban officials in the restive Herat province have banned co-education in Government and private uni- versities, describing it as the ‘root of all evils in society’.The decision was taken after a meeting between varsity pro- fessors, owners of private insti- tutions, and Taliban authorities, Khaama Press News Agency reported on Saturday. Guwahati: Fourteen people were arrested from across Assam for social media posts allegedly supporting the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, police said on Saturday. The arrests were made since Friday night and they have been booked under different sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, IT Act. T he Hindutva face of Bharatiya Janata Party and one of the key architects of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, Kalyan Singh, breathed his last on Saturday evening. The champion of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, Kalyan Singh, died at the age of 89 at Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, where he was admitted in the intensive care unit on July 4. A medical bulletin issued by the hospital said that Kalyan Singh died of sepsis and multi-organ failure. He is survived by his son Rajveer, who is BJP MP from Etah, and grandson Sandeep, who is a minister in the Yogi Adityanath government. PM Modi spoke to Kalyan Singh’s son Rajveer Singh and con- veyed his condolence, “I am sad- dened beyond words. Kalyan Singh Ji statesman, veteran administrator, grassroots level leader and great human. He leaves behind an indeli- ble contribution towards the devel- opment of Uttar Pradesh. Spoke to his son Shri Rajveer Singh and expressed condolences. Om Shanti,” the prime minister tweeted. “Generations to come will remain forever grateful to Kalyan Singh Ji for his contributions towards India’s cultural regenera- tion. He was firmly rooted in Indian values and took pride in our centuries-old traditions. “Kalyan Singh Ji gave voice to crores of people belonging to the marginalised sections of society. He made numerous efforts towards the empowerment of farmers, young- sters and women,” he said. Union Minister Amit Shah said Singh had dedicated his life to the nation, religion and people. “The country and the entire BJP family is mourning his death. This nation and future generations will always be indebted for his immense contribution,” he said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Kalyan Singh was the most popular chief minister who left an indelible mark on politics. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in his condolence message said that it was an irreparable loss to the county. “He spearheaded the Ram temple campaign and was the champion of empowerment of mar- ginalised class,” Yogi said. “Today, we are speechless. We lost one of the tallest leaders of Indian politics,” the chief minister said. The mortal remains of Kalyan Singh will be cremated on August 23. His body will be taken to the party office and on Sunday noon it will be taken to Aligarh. His body will be placed at the stadium in Aligarh so that people could pay their floral tributes. The Uttar Pradesh government has announced three-day mourn- ing in the state. All the government offices and educational institutions will remain closed on Monday as a mark of respect for Kalyan Singh. The importance of Kalyan Singh, former Governor of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh, can be gauged from the fact that after he was admitted to the hospi- tal many senior BJP leaders, includ- ing Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda went to the hospital to enquire about his health. This all happened despite Kalyan Singh having a love-hate relationship with the BJP due to which he left the party twice. He even joined hands with his one-time bete noire Mulayam Singh Yadav. But he parted ways and came back to the BJP. “Forget about some of my polit- ical decisions. But one thing is sure that my dead body will go to the cremation grounds wrapped in the BJP flag,” he had told this reporter during a private conversation with the former chief minister after he severed ties with Mulayam Singh but had not joined BJP by then. On Saturday night, his body wrapped in the party flag was kept for party workers to pay their tributes. Kalyan Singh was elected to the UP Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1967. In June 1991, BJP got the majority in the assembly elec- tion and Kalyan Singh became the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the first time. After the demolition of Babri Mosque on December 6 in 1992, Kalyan Singh resigned from the post of chief minister but again became chief minister in 1997 and remained till 1999. Due to differences with the BJP, Kalyan Singh left the party in 1999 and formed Rashtriya Kranti Party. He returned to the party in 2004 at the instance of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and in the 2004 general election he was elected to Lok Sabha from Bulandshahr. But in 2009 he left the BJP and contested the 2009 general election as an independent candidate from Etah's constituency. Later in 2009 he joined Samajwadi Party but re- joined BJP in 2013. On September 4, 2014, was sworn in as the Governor of Rajasthan and from January 28, 2015, to August 12, 2015, he served as Governor of Himachal Pradesh also. Before entering politics he was a full-time volunteer for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Related news on Page 4 C hoosing the most apt occa- sion of Raksha Bandhan to instill a fresh sense of safety, security and dignity among women, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the third phase of the ambitious ‘Mission Shakti’ in the presence of Governor Anandiben Patel and Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Announcing the launch of the women empowerment campaign on Saturday, the chief minister said, “Mission Shakti 3.0 will remain always on top of the agenda of his gov- ernment,” and attributed the resounding success of the pre- vious two phases of Mission Shakti to the steely resolve of women. When a woman gets encouragement and opportu- nity, she does not feel shy, and once she becomes a part of a task, she gives her best, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman added. “And, this is the speciality of women,” she said at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow after the launch of the campaign. The Union minister said the Centre was promoting women-led development, and the Uttar Pradesh government is taking all those programmes with the same vigour. UP government’s ‘Mission Shakti’ campaign focuses on ensuring safety and dignity of women and girls. Speaking on the occasion, the Union finance minister said, “When I was the defence minister, a small beginning was made to admit girls in the UP Sainik School in Lucknow. This opened up the possibility of getting admission to the National Defence Academy, and subsequently becoming a directly commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force or the Coast Guard.” Referring to the recent reshuffling of the Union Council of Ministers, Sitharaman said, “More and more women are being induct- ed as ministers. There are 11 women ministers in the coun- cil of ministers.” Speaking about the nationwide vaccination drive, she said, “There are six vaccines available in India, and we are making it in India, while in many developed countries, there are no vaccines. The vac- cine which got permission yes- terday (Friday) is for children in the age group of 12 and Continued on Page 9 The Press and offices of The Pioneer will remain closed on Sunday, August 22, 2021 on account of Raksha Bandhan. The next issue of the newspaper will appear on Tuesday, August 24, 2021. A joint team of security forces on Saturday eliminated three Jaish-e-Mohammad ter- rorists in the thickly forested area of Nagaberan in Tral town of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Among them was one of the 10 most wanted terrorists, JeM Commander, on the “hit list” of the Jammu & Kashmir Police. The slain JeM commander has been identified as Wakeel Ahmad Shah, son of Muzaffar Ahmad Shah, resident of Bagandar Tral. According to police, Shah was involved in the killing of Tral municipal chairman and BJP leader Rakesh Pandita at Tral Payeen. However, the identities of the other two killed terrorists could not be ascertained till the time of filing this report. Addressing a joint Press conference along with GOC Victor Force Major General Rashim Bali, Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar told reporters that JeM commander Wakeel Ahmad Shah was a categorised terrorist and his name had figured in the list of 10 most wanted terrorists released in August. Kumar said Shah had executed a series of attacks on police/security forces and resort- ed to brutal killings of civilians branding them as police/SF informers. Kashmir said Shah was also involved in the killing of Municipal chairman Tral and BJP leader Rakesh Pandita at Tral Payeen; Shabir Ahmad Bhat resident of Noorabad Tral; Mohd Ayoub Ahanger resident of Tral Payeen; Shakeela Begum resident of Dar Ganie Gund’ and SPO Fayaz Ahmad, his wife Raja Begum and daughter Rafia Jan at Hariparigam. According to police records, Shah was also Continued on Page 9 K eralites celebrated Onam and Vamana Jayanthi on Saturday amidst the Covid-19 pandemic tightening its tentacles across the State. The usual cel- ebrations associated with Onam festival were missing for the first time in mod- ern times because of the unabated spike in the number of Covid-19 cases report- ed across the State. People preferred to celebrate Onam within the premises of their houses. Though the thoroughfares were jam packed till Friday late, Saturday turned out to be a subdued day and the usual crowd was missing in all cities and towns. The main pilgrimage centers Sri Padmanabha Swamy Temple at Thiruvananthapuram, Sri Vamana Murthy Temple at Thrikkakkara, and Lord Krishna Temple at Guruvayur which would have brimmed to capaci- ty with devotees in normal times saw only minimal crowd. Ladies of the houses in arranged spe- cial floral tributes to Mahabali, the mythological character who they believe visits the State every ThiruOnam day in the Malayalam month of Chingam to greet his former prajas. They make spe- cial flower arrangements with flowers and plants with mud/clay statue of Thrikkakkara Appan (God Vishnu). The morning silence was broken by the ululation by ladies of the house which marked the arrival of Maha Bali. Over the years, the traditional cele- brations are confined to rural Kerala while cities celebrate Onam as the biggest shopping season. “Maha Bali and Vamana Murty are for traditionalists. What matters is how much you shop,” said Prof VT Rema, scholar in Ramayana and Mahabharata. The LDF Government had made elaborate arrangements to make life easy for the man in the street despite the ever- growing Covid cases in Kerala. All ration card holders numbering 8 million were promised kits containing groceries for preparing Onam feast for a five- member family. Though the Opposition Congress made some hue and cry over the non-availability of the Onam kits to the entire population, the CPI (M) leaders termed it as a ritual criticism. The BJP and the Sangh Parivar were busy organizing meetings across the State as a mark of respect to the Continued on Page 9

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Days after ransacking twoIndian consulates, the

Taliban on Saturday detained150 Indian citizens about toreturn home. They were ques-tioned near the Kabul airportand later allowed to enter theairport. However, 60 to 70Afghan Sikhs and Hindus werenot allowed to travel to India,reports from there said.

A batch of 80 Indians areabout to reach New Delhi fromKabul in an IAF C-130J trans-port aircraft. A plane will go toKabul to evacuate the group of150 Indians now waiting at theairport there, sources said hereon Saturday.

On not allowing theAfghan Sikhs and Hindus, itwas learnt the Taliban askedthis group to go back as theywere waiting outside the inter-national airport there for manyhours. The Taliban fightersreportedly told them since theyare Afghan citizens they have

to go back. This group, including two

minority members ofAfghanistan Parliament, wassupposed to be brought out byan IAF aircraft headed homewith 80-odd Indian citizens.

The aircraft landed atDushanbe in Tajikistan afterevacuating the Indians, officialssaid, adding the flight is expect-ed to arrive at the Hindon air-base near Delhi. The IAFplanes are circumventingPakistani airspace to go toKabul, they added.

Reacting to reports of 150Indians detained by theTaliban, Government sourcessaid all Indians in Kabul are

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Gujarat-based Zydus Cadila’sCovid vaccine ZyCoV-D,

the only needle-free vaccine inthe world for adults and chil-dren aged 12 years and above,will be made available in Indiafrom mid-September. Thecompany is still working out onits pricing per shot, which islikely to be announced withinthe next one or two weeks.

At a virtual press confer-ence on Saturday, Zydus groupManaging Director Dr SharvilPatel said the company canscale up production of vaccinesto one crore a month fromOctober. “That would mean, bythe end of January we can have4 to 5 crore doses,” he said.

“We can scale up produc-tion of vaccines to 1 crore amonth from October at thenew production plant,” he said,a day after the company got thenod from the DCGI for emer-gency use authorization forthe jab.

This three-dose vaccine,

when injected, produces thespike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and elicits animmune response which playsa vital role in protection fromthe disease as well as viral clear-ance, the company has claimed.

The Zydus Cadila vaccinewill come with an appicatorwhich is already being manu-factured with the help ofPharmaJet. A study done withthe DNA vaccine has shownthat it is effective on Delta vari-ant and other variants of con-cern.

“Post the emergency useauthorisation, now we willwork closely with the regula-tory authorities to work on thepricing and modality of deliv-ery of the doses of our vaccine.In the next one or two weeks,we will have better clarity onthe pricing,” said Dr Patel.

“By the middle to end of

September, we can start sup-plying the vaccines, and as Isaid we need to scale up to 1crore doses and we believe byOctober we can achieve this.We believe by October we willstart producing 1 crore dosesand that would mean by theend of January we can have 4to 5 crore doses,” he added.

When asked about theGovernment projection thatthere would be five crore dosesof Zydus Cadila vaccine inAugust, Dr Patel, said, “Wefaced a delay of 45 days to com-mission the new plant,” andadded, “From October we willscale up [vaccine production].”

“A subset of genomesequencing showed the vaccinealso works on Delta variants.The study was carried outacross 50 clinics. It showed thatPlasmid DNA platform is suit-ed to deal with new mutantsand viruses. “The company isalso working on the new vari-ants and variants of concernVOCs,” said Dr. Patel.

ZyCoV-D is set to becomethe first Covid vaccine candi-date developed on a plasmidDNA platform to be commer-cially introduced anywhere inthe world.

Continued on Page 9

Kabul: Days after vowing torespect women’s rights inAfghanistan, Taliban officials inthe restive Herat province havebanned co-education inGovernment and private uni-versities, describing it as the‘root of all evils in society’.Thedecision was taken after ameeting between varsity pro-fessors, owners of private insti-tutions, and Taliban authorities,Khaama Press News Agencyreported on Saturday.

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The Hindutva face of BharatiyaJanata Party and one of thekey architects of the Ram

Janmabhoomi movement, KalyanSingh, breathed his last on Saturdayevening.

The champion of the RamJanmabhoomi movement, KalyanSingh, died at the age of 89 at SanjayGandhi Post-Graduate Institute ofMedical Sciences in Lucknow,where he was admitted in theintensive care unit on July 4.

A medical bulletin issued by thehospital said that Kalyan Singh diedof sepsis and multi-organ failure. Heis survived by his son Rajveer, whois BJP MP from Etah, and grandsonSandeep, who is a minister in theYogi Adityanath government.

PM Modi spoke to KalyanSingh’s son Rajveer Singh and con-

veyed his condolence, “I am sad-dened beyond words. Kalyan SinghJi statesman, veteran administrator,grassroots level leader and greathuman. He leaves behind an indeli-ble contribution towards the devel-opment of Uttar Pradesh. Spoke tohis son Shri Rajveer Singh andexpressed condolences. Om Shanti,”the prime minister tweeted.

“Generations to come willremain forever grateful to KalyanSingh Ji for his contributionstowards India’s cultural regenera-tion. He was firmly rooted inIndian values and took pride in ourcenturies-old traditions.

“Kalyan Singh Ji gave voice tocrores of people belonging to themarginalised sections of society. Hemade numerous efforts towards theempowerment of farmers, young-sters and women,” he said.

Union Minister Amit Shah said

Singh had dedicated his life to thenation, religion and people.

“The country and the entire BJPfamily is mourning his death. Thisnation and future generations willalways be indebted for his immensecontribution,” he said.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singhsaid Kalyan Singh was the mostpopular chief minister who left anindelible mark on politics.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathin his condolence message said thatit was an irreparable loss to thecounty. “He spearheaded the Ramtemple campaign and was thechampion of empowerment of mar-ginalised class,” Yogi said.

“Today, we are speechless. Welost one of the tallest leaders ofIndian politics,” the chief ministersaid.

The mortal remains of KalyanSingh will be cremated on August

23. His body will be taken to theparty office and on Sunday noon itwill be taken to Aligarh. His bodywill be placed at the stadium inAligarh so that people could paytheir floral tributes.

The Uttar Pradesh government

has announced three-day mourn-ing in the state. All the governmentoffices and educational institutionswill remain closed on Monday as amark of respect for Kalyan Singh.

The importance of KalyanSingh, former Governor ofRajasthan and Himachal Pradesh,can be gauged from the fact thatafter he was admitted to the hospi-tal many senior BJP leaders, includ-ing Union Home Minister AmitShah and BJP national president JPNadda went to the hospital toenquire about his health.

This all happened despiteKalyan Singh having a love-haterelationship with the BJP due towhich he left the party twice. Heeven joined hands with his one-timebete noire Mulayam Singh Yadav.But he parted ways and came backto the BJP.

“Forget about some of my polit-

ical decisions. But one thing is surethat my dead body will go to thecremation grounds wrapped in theBJP flag,” he had told this reporterduring a private conversation withthe former chief minister after hesevered ties with Mulayam Singhbut had not joined BJP by then. OnSaturday night, his body wrappedin the party flag was kept for partyworkers to pay their tributes.

Kalyan Singh was elected to theUP Legislative Assembly for the firsttime in 1967. In June 1991, BJP gotthe majority in the assembly elec-tion and Kalyan Singh became thechief minister of Uttar Pradesh forthe first time.

After the demolition of BabriMosque on December 6 in 1992,Kalyan Singh resigned from thepost of chief minister but againbecame chief minister in 1997 andremained till 1999.

Due to differences with the BJP,Kalyan Singh left the party in 1999and formed Rashtriya Kranti Party.He returned to the party in 2004 atthe instance of former PM AtalBihari Vajpayee and in the 2004general election he was elected toLok Sabha from Bulandshahr.

But in 2009 he left the BJP andcontested the 2009 general electionas an independent candidate fromEtah's constituency. Later in 2009 hejoined Samajwadi Party but re-joined BJP in 2013.

On September 4, 2014, wassworn in as the Governor ofRajasthan and from January 28,2015, to August 12, 2015, he servedas Governor of Himachal Pradeshalso.

Before entering politics he wasa full-time volunteer for RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh.

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Choosing the most apt occa-sion of Raksha Bandhan to

instill a fresh sense of safety,security and dignity amongwomen, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath launched the thirdphase of the ambitious ‘MissionShakti’ in the presence ofGovernor Anandiben Patel andUnion Finance and CorporateAffairs Minister NirmalaSitharaman.

Announcing the launch ofthe women empowermentcampaign on Saturday, thechief minister said, “MissionShakti 3.0 will remain alwayson top of the agenda of his gov-ernment,” and attributed theresounding success of the pre-vious two phases of MissionShakti to the steely resolve ofwomen.

When a woman getsencouragement and opportu-nity, she does not feel shy, andonce she becomes a part of atask, she gives her best, UnionFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman added.

“And, this is the specialityof women,” she said at theIndira Gandhi Pratishthan inLucknow after the launch of thecampaign.

The Union minister saidthe Centre was promotingwomen-led development, and

the Uttar Pradesh governmentis taking all those programmeswith the same vigour.

UP government’s ‘MissionShakti’ campaign focuses onensuring safety and dignity ofwomen and girls.

Speaking on the occasion,the Union finance ministersaid, “When I was the defenceminister, a small beginningwas made to admit girls in theUP Sainik School in Lucknow.

This opened up the possibilityof getting admission to theNational Defence Academy,and subsequently becoming adirectly commissioned officerin the Army, Navy, Air Force orthe Coast Guard.”

Referring to the recentreshuffling of the UnionCouncil of Ministers,Sitharaman said, “More andmore women are being induct-ed as ministers. There are 11

women ministers in the coun-cil of ministers.”

Speaking about thenationwide vaccination drive,she said, “There are six vaccinesavailable in India, and we aremaking it in India, while inmany developed countries,there are no vaccines. The vac-cine which got permission yes-terday (Friday) is for childrenin the age group of 12 and

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The Press and offices of ThePioneer will remain closedon Sunday, August 22, 2021on account of RakshaBandhan. The next issue ofthe newspaper will appear onTuesday, August 24, 2021.

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Ajoint team of security forces on Saturdayeliminated three Jaish-e-Mohammad ter-

rorists in the thickly forested area ofNagaberan in Tral town of south Kashmir’sPulwama district. Among them was one of the10 most wanted terrorists, JeM Commander,on the “hit list” of the Jammu & KashmirPolice.

The slain JeM commander has beenidentified as Wakeel Ahmad Shah, son ofMuzaffar Ahmad Shah, resident of BagandarTral. According to police, Shah was involvedin the killing of Tral municipal chairman andBJP leader Rakesh Pandita at Tral Payeen.However, the identities of the other two killedterrorists could not be ascertained till the timeof filing this report.

Addressing a joint Press conference alongwith GOC Victor Force Major GeneralRashim Bali, Inspector General of Police(Kashmir) Vijay Kumar told reporters thatJeM commander Wakeel Ahmad Shah was acategorised terrorist and his name had figuredin the list of 10 most wanted terroristsreleased in August.

Kumar said Shah had executed a series ofattacks on police/security forces and resort-ed to brutal killings of civilians branding themas police/SF informers.

Kashmir said Shah was also involved inthe killing of Municipal chairman Tral and BJPleader Rakesh Pandita at Tral Payeen; ShabirAhmad Bhat resident of Noorabad Tral;Mohd Ayoub Ahanger resident of Tral Payeen;Shakeela Begum resident of Dar Ganie Gund’and SPO Fayaz Ahmad, his wife Raja Begumand daughter Rafia Jan at Hariparigam.

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Keralites celebrated Onam andVamana Jayanthi on Saturday amidst

the Covid-19 pandemic tightening itstentacles across the State. The usual cel-ebrations associated with Onam festivalwere missing for the first time in mod-ern times because of the unabated spikein the number of Covid-19 cases report-ed across the State.

People preferred to celebrate Onamwithin the premises of their houses.Though the thoroughfares were jampacked till Friday late, Saturday turnedout to be a subdued day and the usualcrowd was missing in all cities and towns.

The main pilgrimage centers SriPadmanabha Swamy Temple atThiruvananthapuram, Sri VamanaMurthy Temple at Thrikkakkara, andLord Krishna Temple at Guruvayurwhich would have brimmed to capaci-ty with devotees in normal times sawonly minimal crowd.

Ladies of the houses in arranged spe-cial floral tributes to Mahabali, themythological character who they believevisits the State every ThiruOnam day inthe Malayalam month of Chingam togreet his former prajas. They make spe-cial flower arrangements with flowersand plants with mud/clay statue ofThrikkakkara Appan (God Vishnu).The morning silence was broken by theululation by ladies of the house whichmarked the arrival of Maha Bali.

Over the years, the traditional cele-

brations are confined to rural Keralawhile cities celebrate Onam as thebiggest shopping season. “Maha Bali andVamana Murty are for traditionalists.What matters is how much you shop,”said Prof VT Rema, scholar in Ramayanaand Mahabharata.

The LDF Government had madeelaborate arrangements to make life easyfor the man in the street despite the ever-growing Covid cases in Kerala. Allration card holders numbering 8 millionwere promised kits containing groceriesfor preparing Onam feast for a five-member family. Though the OppositionCongress made some hue and cry overthe non-availability of the Onam kits tothe entire population, the CPI (M)leaders termed it as a ritual criticism.

The BJP and the Sangh Parivarwere busy organizing meetings acrossthe State as a mark of respect to the

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Heaping praise on the YogiAdityanath government

in Uttar Pradesh for robustinfrastructural developmentand for creating a conduciveenvironment for industrialactivities in the state, UnionFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman attributed thedevelopment of UP to thevisionary duo of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andChief Minister Yogi Adityanathand said "come to UP and seehow the infrastructure develop-ment is done".

“All praise for the overalldevelopment of the state,” sheexclaimed "UP has done it."

Sitharaman said the Yogigovernment had introduced anew UP to the world by bring-ing infrastructure projects likePurvanchal Expressway,Bundelkhand Expressway,Gorakhpur and Ballia LinkExpressway and GangaExpressway in the last four-fiveyears.

Being profuse in her appre-ciation for the UP govern-ment, the Union minister saidthat the mantra of 'Vocal forLocal' was clearly reflected inthe One District One Product(ODOP) scheme in UP.Referring to the UP DefenceIndustrial Corridor, she saidthat UP, which was generallyknown for agriculture andmicro, small and mediumenterprises (MSME), had notonly shown interest for such abig and important project butwas executing it successfully.

Appreciating the Yogi gov-ernment for giving a meaning-ful direction to the governmentpolicies, the Union financeminister said that the prompt-ness and success with whichthe schemes of the Central gov-ernment had been implement-ed in UP was an example forothers. Sitharaman was here toattend a meetingchaired by Chief Minister YogiAdityanath. The meet-ing was important in terms ofraising financial

resources for the constructionof Ganga Expressway.Managing Director-cum-CEOof Punjab National Bank, SSMallikarjuna Rao, transferreda sanction letter of securitisa-tion-based loan of Rs. 5100.00crore by PNB for GangaExpressway to UP ExpresswayIndustrial DevelopmentAuthority (UPEIDA).

Speaking on the occasion,Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathsaid that Uttar Pradesh had notonly been the centre of cultur-al and spiritual heritage ofIndia but was also becomingthe "growth engine" of the

country's economic develop-ment.

Recalling the statement ofPrime Minister Narendra Modiat the foundation stone layingceremony of PurvanchalExpressway, Yogi saidthat infrastructure was thebackbone of the economy.

“Expressway is not just aroad but industrial clusterswill also be developed on bothsides. The 594-km long GangaExpressway, to be built at a costof Rs 36,230 crore, will traversethrough 11 districts fromMeerut to Prayagraj and isgoing to be the backbone of

Uttar Pradesh's economy," thechief minister said.

The chief minister saidthat the Union finance minis-ter, in her Union Budget 2021-22 speech, had emphasised onthe development of necessaryinfrastructure for coordinateddevelopment in different partsof the country by defining theconcept of ‘NationalInfrastructure Pipeline’ and‘National MonetisationPipeline’. He said in order totake this concept further, theUP government had arrangedfor securitisation based loansfrom banks as a part of mobil-isation of financial resources forGanga Expressway and point-ed out that this step was thefirst innovative attempt tomonetise public infrastructureassets not only in the state butin the whole of North India .

He also expressed his grat-itude to Nirmala Sitharamanfor gifting the Defence indus-trial Corridor to UP as defenceminister and for making acces-sible the mythological

Akshayavat to the devotees atPrayagraj Kumbh.

He said the length ofGanga Expressway was594 km and it would be thelongest expressway in NorthIndia and the second longest inthe country. Hesaid about 92 per cent of theland required for this express-way had been purchased andabout Rs 36,230 crore would bespent on its construction.

UP Finance MinisterSuresh Khanna, in his address,said that Uttar Pradesh hadmany new dimensions in thefield of industrial developmentunder the dynamic leadershipof Chief Minister YogiAdityanath. He said that thenetwork of expressways wouldgive the state a smooth connec-tivity to the national markets.

It is noteworthy thatdespite the COVID-19 pan-demic, the construction ofPurvanchal Expressway isalmost complete whileBundelkhand Expressway isprogressing fast.

Lucknow (PTI): Union Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Saturday said the micro, small andmedium enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone ofthe economy, and the Narendra Modi government hasgiven the sector its rightful place.

Addressing the launch of the ‘Ubharte SitaareFund’ here, Sitharaman said, “The government ofPrime Minister Narendra Modi has given a properidentity to MSME. The place, which it had not gotin decades, is being given to it, and it will beimproved.”

“In the last two years, the Centre has done a num-ber of different things. The government has changedthe definition of MSME in a very flexible manner.Recently, a bill was tabled in the Parliament throughwhich the MSME sector will directly benefit,” sheadded.

Sitharaman further said MSME businessmen willnot have to undertake an audit for submission of theiraccounts. “The government has faith in them, andthey can self-attest their accounts and certify them,”she said.

Speaking about the geographical indication (GI)tags for specialised products, she said while they arescattered across the country, in Uttar Pradesh,Banaras and its immediate surroundings alone boastof eight GIs.

Sitharaman urged the state’s MSME MinisterSidharth Nath Singh to establish an MSME chamberin every district, and hold awareness programmesabout the 'Ubharte Sitaare Fund' so that entrepreneursworking under the One District, One Product(ODOP) scheme can know about its benefits.

Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of MSMEsand has effectively implemented the One District OneProduct programme, which provides the idealecosystem for success of an initiative like theUbharte Sitaare Fund.

The fund will go a long way in making India amajor exporting hub, she said.

Meanwhile, a tweet by Sitharaman’s office saidMSMEs have been at the forefront of the Modi gov-ernment’s economic policy through policies likechange in definition of MSMEs to ensure adequateflexibility, effective implementation of ECLGS andFactoring Bill increasing the number of designatedNBFCs to 9,000.

The ‘Ubharte Sitaare Fund’ has been set up byExim Bank and SIDBI.

The fund is expected to identify Indian enterpris-es with potential advantages by way of technology,products or processes along with export potential, butwhich are currently underperforming or unable totap their latent potential to grow.

Harsha Bangari, Deputy Managing Director, IndiaExim Bank, said the bank has developed a robustpipeline of over 100 potential proposals and support-ed several companies across a diverse range of sec-tors.

In her Budget speech last year, Sitharaman hadmentioned that MSMEs are vital to keep the wheelsof economy moving. They also create jobs, innovateand are risk takers.

Accordingly, India Exim Bank’s Ubharte SitaareProgramme (USP) identifies Indian companies thathave the potential to be future champions in the

domestic arena while catering to global demands.The fund is a mix of structured support, both

financial and advisory services through investmentsin equity or equity like instruments, debt (fundedand non-funded) and technical assistance (advisoryservices, grants and soft loans) to the Indian com-panies.

Exim Bank and SIDBI have developed a pipelineof over 100 potential companies, including those inUttar Pradesh, across various sectors such as phar-ma, auto components, engineering solutions, agricul-ture, and software.

Later speaking to reporters, the finance minis-ter, when asked about the steps taken to reduce theimpact of COVID-19, said, “Not only have we keptthis in mind in the Budget, but have also taken stepsfrom time to time to give relief to the economy. Theeffect of this is visible now. Industries have benefit-ed from different credit schemes.”

On unemployment and giving relief to the job-less, she said, “Small jobs have been made available.The budget of MNREGS has been increased from Rs66,000 crore to Rs 1 lakh crore. ODOP is a step inthe right direction.”

On rising prices of petrol and diesel, Sitharamansaid, “I had said earlier that this is not in our handsalone. From the price of crude oil to central and statetaxes contribute to the prices of fuel.”

“The state taxes increase whenever the prices ofpetrol and diesel go up. In other words, there is a bur-den on the public. We are keeping a watch on this,”she added.

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Union Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Saturday hailed Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath for creating aninvestment-friendly atmosphere in UttarPradesh.

She was in the state capital to attenda programme for Ganga Expresswaysecuritisation loan sanction. Speaking atthe event, Sitharaman said, “There was abit of hesitation when the defence indus-

trial corridor was announced for UttarPradesh. Industrial climate prevails inmany states like Tamil Nadu, Gujarat,Haryana and others while agriculture andmedium and small scale industries(MSME) were more important to UttarPradesh. But today, the chief minister hasshown it by doing it.”

“I am very proud of Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath who understandslarger national interest, translates thatinto state's policies and takes it at the

execution level to the last mile,” sheadded.

Sitharaman said that UP wouldbecome the backbone of economic devel-opment in the coming times. She said thatin the last four to five years a series ofworld class infrastructure projects likePurvanchal Expressway, BundelkhandExpressway, Gorakhpur and Ballia LinkExpressway and now Ganga Expresswayhad been created, and it had introducedthe country to a new UP.

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The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment has set a record in

timely procurement of caneand payment to sugarcanefarmers besides taking a bigstep in giving slips to the farm-ers from the information tech-nology (IT) centres.

Giving details here onSaturday, Additional ChiefSecretary (SugarcaneDevelopment) SanjayBhoosreddy said that thedepartment had set a record intimely payment and procure-ment of crop of sugarcanegrowers but to make their taskmore easy, the Yogi Adityanathgovernment had decided to setup IT Centres at all the 145Sugarcane CooperativeSocieties of the state to providesugarcane slips to the sugarcanefarmers in a timely and system-atic manner.

He said this would give abig relief to 4.5 crore farmersselling sugarcane to sugarmills.

This was another endeav-our of the government to con-nect farmers with moderntechnology towards a largergoal of doubling their income,he said.

The issuance of slips onlinehas been one achievement inthe sugarcane industry which

has brought transparency in thesystem to a great deal. For thispurpose, the state governmentis going to set up IT centres inSugarcane Co-operativeSocieties of the state in thecrushing season 2021-22. Theslips will be issued from thesecentres only. These IT centreswill be equipped with electric-ity, power backup, high speedinternet, computers and print-ers etc

Along with timely pay-ment to sugarcane farmers,the state government has beenworking assiduously to providethem every possible facility tosell their produce in a seamlessmanner.

The SugarcaneCooperative Societies are beingequipped so that cane farmersdo not face any problem in sell-ing sugarcane to the sugarmills.

The several efforts of thegovernment to provide contin-uous facilities to the sugarcanefarmers are paying off. Theyield of sugarcane is increasingcontinuously in the state whichin turn is adding to the incomeof the farmers. The averagesugarcane yield of UP in thecrushing season 2020-21 is815 quintal per hectare whichis likely to go up substantiallyin the next season, according toBhoosreddy.

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Samajwadi Party presidentAkhilesh Yadav claimed that

people had made up their mind tosupport SP to form the next govern-ment in UP in 2022. Yadav was inhis native village Saifai in Etawahdistrict on Saturday. He claimed thatthe people of UP had made up theirmind to dislodge the BharatiyaJanata Party government and givetheir all out support to SP for thenext government.

"The BJP has failed to deliver tothe people as per the promises madeby it in its election manifesto in2017. Everyone has seen the defeatof BJP in West Bengal elections andhow it came to power in Bihar. Nowsimilar things will happen in UPtoo," he said.

On the issue of pre-pollalliance with his uncle ShivpalSingh Yadav, Akhilesh said that allsmall parties that wanted to defeatthe BJP should come on one plat-form.

“Samajwadi Party is working asper its strategy to dislodge the BJPfrom power," he added.

On the question of BahujanSamaj Party leader Satish ChandraMishra holding Brahmin samme-lans in Etawah, Akhilesh Yadav saidthat it was a good thing if someonecame here (Etawah). “They can visitEtawah Safari Park and see howmuch development has happenedduring the SP regime in the past,”he added.

On the meeting of opposition

party leaders organised by Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi, AkhileshYadav said, “Before that, the biggestelection of the country is goingto be held in Uttar Pradesh nextyear,”

On giving a clean chit to thepolice on the Bikru case, the SPchief said that whatever agency wasinvestigating it may give a clean chit,but how could one remove thedoubts in people’s minds. “The peo-ple want to know the truth,” headded.

Akhilesh Yadav met partyworkers at PWD Guest House inSaifai and listened to their prob-lems. In the crowd of workers, a 7-year-old girl, resident of Kishnitehsil of Mainpuri district, tiedrakhi on the wrist of AkhileshYadav.

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Samiti, School of Management Sciences, and AlumniAssociation of Motilal Nehru Engineering College,Lucknow Chapter, at Vasanti Park. Veterans and mem-bers of Jankalyan Samiti besides chairman, environ-mentalist and DG of SMS Bharat Raj Singh; formerminister Gorakh Prasad Nishad etc were present onthe occasion. It was decided to adopt 1-km roadsideplantation in three layers, preferably on PurvanchalExpressway leading from Sultanpur Road nearGosainganj.

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tion was held on Saturday. UV Kiran played the roleof chief guest while Rachana Gangwar played the roleof Governor and Rajshree that of the CM. They wereaccompanied by VC, registrar and others. A total of1,420 students of the year 2019-20 will be awardeddegrees, including 423 undergraduate students — 262boys and 161 girls. Of the 815 students of Masters, 416boys and 399 girls will be awarded degrees. In MPhil,10 boys and 27 girls will be awarded degrees while 74male and 53 female PhD scholars will be awardeddegree.

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Markets remained abuzzwith crowds on the eve of

Raksha Bandhan on Saturday.There was a huge crowd at thesweet shops. Throwing cautionto the winds, people lookedexcited about celebrating thefestival, putting Covid proto-cols aside. Traffic snarls werewitnessed at several points asthe crowd swelled in theevening. The stalls sellingrakhis at vantage points wit-nessed brisk sales.

President of AkhilBharatiya Vyapar MandalSandeep Bansal said theresponse was encouraging inthe market and they wereexpecting twice the sales whichwere witnessed last year.

Regional manager of UttarPradesh State Road TransportCorporation (UPSRTC) PKBose said there was moderaterush at Kaiserbagh andAlambagh bus stations.

“The crowd may increaseon the day of Raksha Bandhanbut we expected betterresponse. Covid factor is

unlikely to be playing its partnow,” he said. He added that thecrowds were also not hugebecause most of the peoplewere still working from homeand did not have to travel tocelebrate the occasion.However, he pointed out that inthe evening, there was a greaterrush of passengers going toPrayagraj and Varanasi.

Some families are playingsafe and not celebrating the fes-

tival on a large scale.Shivani Mitra, a resident of

Gomtinagar, said she wouldwish her brother via video calland send him a virtual rakhi. “Itis still not safe and the thirdwave can strike till November.Festivities can wait as protec-tion and prevention is moreimportant at this point in timeas in small gatherings, peopletend to side-step Covid proto-cols,” she said.

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Acontractor engaged forPurvanchal Expressway

lodged a case of criminalbreach of trust against the jointmanaging director of a firmand his aides who had sublethim the contract in VibhutiKhand police station area. Healso alleged that he wasthrashed, threatened andabused by the accused.

The complainant, identi-fied as Anil Kumar Nishad ofBahraich, is a supplier ofmachinery and vehicles. Theaccused were identified asDeoria native Ashish KumarPandey, who is the joint MD ofthe company, and his aides SantKumar Sahu & Nazim.

In October 2019, Nishad

had signed a work agreementof Rs 2.8 crore under thePurvanchal ExpresswayPackage-III, Parvar Kurebharin Sultanpur with the compa-ny in question. He said heworked for two months at thecost of Rs 26.88 lakh, but waspaid only Rs 10.24 lakh.

“I demanded the dues onseveral occasions but Ashishfailed to give the same. On myinsistence, they called me andasked me to meet them atTakhva crossing in VibhutiKhand three months back.When I reached there, theythrashed me and threatened tokill me. I went to my home dis-trict but then I gatheredcourage to lodge a case againstthem,” he said.

Meanwhile, an official of

the Bureau of Immigrationlodged a case against an airtraveller for violating the visalaw under Passport Act 1967.

In his complaint, officialPankaj Kumar Tyagi said hewas conducting checking at theimmigration counter onAugust 20 (Friday) whenRakesh Chauhan of AmbedkarNagar district reached there.

“When I checked his doc-uments, I came to know thatChauhan had come fromDubai but his passport had avisa of Libya where travel forIndians has been banned by anorder (order number M-415/10/2016 since April 26,2016),” he said.

Tyagi further said thatChauhan went to Dubai on atourist visa on February 26

2021 and then entered Libya onFebruary 28 on a work visa.

“Chauhan stayed in Libyaillegally and then returned toIndia via Dubai, thus violatingthe rules,” he said.

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A team of PGI police sta-tion on Saturday claimed tohave nabbed two accused fortheir involvement in a case of

loot in which an elderly womanwas held hostage and injured.The accused, identified asMohammed Sufiyan and JanuKhan (both of Husainganj),were nabbed while planning tosell off the booty. Police said aninformer tipped them off abouttheir presence and they werenabbed.

The accused reportedlyconfessed to their crime anddisclosed that they had enteredthe house of the victim in theguise of beggars on August 14.The house in located in Eldecopolice outpost area. Theaccused held the victim hostageand looted goods from her. Thepolice recovered a lootedmobile phone, a gold bangleand a gold chain from the mis-creants’ possession.

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Ateenager was found deadunder mysterious circum-

stances on railway tracks inPara police station area onSaturday. Police said thedeceased, identified as OnkarPatel (18) aka Khelawan ofDeopur locality, was hit by atrain while he was there torelieve himself. The incidentcame to light when some vil-lagers happened to pass by therailway tracks and spottedthe mutilated body.

Initial probe revealed thatPatel, who was a native ofChhattisgarh and worked as alabourer, had left his house inthe morning on Saturday.Police sent the body for autop-sy and started further probe.

In another incident, ateenager was killed in a roadmishap in Alambagh policestation area on August 19evening. A case was registeredin this connection on Friday.The deceased was identified as

Arpit Saini of Anand Nagarlocality in the area.

Reports said Arpit wasgoing for some work on amotorcycle. He was knockedby a roadways bus around 5:40pm at the CPH Colony turn-ing point in the area and suf-fered grievous injuries. Hisfamily rushed him to KGMUTrauma Centre where he wasdeclared dead.

Meanwhile, a 25-year-oldman ended his life by jump-ing before a train inMohanlalganj police stationarea early Saturday morning.He was identified as BadluPasi of Gopal Kheda in thearea. He worked as a labour-er. Reports said Badlu wasunder depression after hiswife deserted him two yearsago. His family told the policethat Badlu tried a patch-upwith his wife, but his effortsproved to be futile. Policesent the body for autopsy andstarted further probe into thecase.

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Lucknow (PNS): Defence Secretary AjayKumar was on a one-day visit to Lucknowon Saturday. He visited the LucknowCantonment Board office andCantonment Board Hospital, and laudedthe officials concerned for all the facilitiesin place. He reviewed a presentation onLucknow Cantonment and otherCantonments under DEO, Lucknow, byVikas Kumar. Appreciated the smoothoperations of Lucknow Cantonment andarrangements made for the welfare of res-idents, Kumar laid emphasis on the useof technology to ensure ease of living andease of doing business in Cantonmentareas. He also interacted with public rep-resentatives of Lucknow Cantonment.

He said it is the priority of the gov-ernment to work for the ease of living ofpeople. He mentioned the stellar role ofe-chhawani app in facilitating this. Earlier,Kumar inaugurated a new block of theMangla Devi Junior High School. Hehighlighted the initiatives taken by thegovernment for 62 Cantonment areasacross the country, including doing awaywith the permission for minor repairs anddecreasing the number of documentsrequired for starting a business.

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The number of Covidorphans identified in

Lucknow so far is 417 and thestate government has sanc-tioned money for over 399 ofthem in the age group of 0-18years since February last year,according to district proba-tionary officer Vikas Singh.The process of identification isongoing and efforts are beingmade to publicise the govern-ment’s welfare scheme.

Of the 417 Covid orphansidentified so far, 17 are thosewho have lost both parents.“The Covid orphans whosemoney was sanctioned in Junehave already got it in theiraccounts while those whosemoney was sanctioned in Julywill get it now. They will get Rs4,000 per month,” Singh said.

On how will the govern-ment ensure that the money isnot misused, he said theywould have a monitoring com-mittee for the purpose and

besides, the Child WelfareCommittee will also be mak-ing random inspections.

“There is another set ofCovid orphans who have losttheir parents to Covid butthey do not have any certifi-cate. These orphans are alsobeing provided benefits underdifferent government schemesand we have already received100 such applications. Theamount to be given underthis scheme will be Rs 2,500per month and this is for onlythe small age group,” he said.

Chairperson of the ChildWelfare Committee (CWC)Ravendra Singh said whenev-er they get any informationabout Covid orphans, theyforward it to the Women andChild Welfare department.

Meanwhile, the CWC hassent letters under form 40 ofthe JJ Act to all the 18 shelterhomes in the city to knowabout their capacity andwhether they are accommo-dating children beyond that.

“Three of them haveinformed us that they havechildren beyond their capaci-ty. It is important that the shel-ter homes are not overcrowd-ed. We have also sough detailsof Covid guidelines being fol-lowed and the support whichthey have been provided byprivate players and the govern-ment,” he said.

He added that the com-mittee has already held discus-sions with the district proba-tion officer on what needs tobe done to check overcrowd-ing. “We have decided thatnew entrants should be sent tothe shelter homes run byNGOs since they have lessnumber of inmates. Thoseaged above 18 years may beshifted after proper coun-selling. They may also be sentto the aftercare. We have askedthe shelter homes to identifythose close to 18 years of age.We will also be identifyingthose above 21 years,” headded.

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Ending a 16-year-old stand-off, the All India Chess

Federation (AICF) and ChessAssociation of India (CAI)have gone for a merger inorder to work together for thebetterment of chess in thecountry.

In an unprecedented event,it was announced that theUttar Pradesh Chess SportsAssociation (UPCSA) andUttar Pradesh ChessAssociation (UPCA) wouldalso work together in the stateand that merger documentswere being signed.

AICF president SanjayKapoor played an importantrole in bringing both the war-ring factions on one podium,putting an end to a long-pend-ing problem of Indian chess.

AICF secretary BharatSingh Chauhan lauded Kapoorfor his foresightedness beforeexchanging the merger docu-ments with PC Chaturvedi of

CAI. UPCSA secretary AKRaizada and SK Tiwari of CAIalso exchanged the mergerdocuments.

On future activities in UttarPradesh, Bharat Singh said:

“UP is such a big state and wewant to bring more players. Wewill be appointing at least twoFIDE arbiters, two FIDE organ-isers and two FIDE trainers inalmost all the districts of the

state as part of our nationwideprogramme. We will pass on Rs3 crore to these districts fordevelopment of the game,” headded.

Meanwhile, Sanjay Kapoorsaid, “After decades, someonefrom north India has becomethe president of AICF and wewant to take this opportunity tocreate a system that will pro-duce more Grand Masters andInternational Masters fromnorth as well.”

“Like other federations, weare also struggling to organiseour annual events and champi-onships due to the Covid pan-demic. We could not afford tolet our internal differencesderail the sport even more. I’mhopeful of getting full supportof Prabhat ji and other mem-bers in order to achieve ourgoals,” he added. Also presentwere Lucknow District ChessSports Association presidentSudhir Dubey, IM DineshSharma and other chess afi-cionados.

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Deputy Jailor of Etawah DistrictJail escaped unhurt when some

criminals opened fire on him nearthe jail premises in the wee hoursof Saturday.

SSP of Etawah, Dr BrajeshKumar Singh, while confirming theincident said that Etawah DistrictJail’s Deputy Jailor SH Jafri wasattacked when he was on jailinspection. “Some unknown peo-ple opened fire on him and fled,”Singh said.

The deputy jailor was going

from his residence at around 3:30pm to inspect the jail premises.During this time, some people sur-rounded him on the way andopened fire and fled after threaten-ing to kill him. The deputy jailersaid that the miscreants fired sev-eral rounds and later they fled.

Jail Superintendent Raj KishoreSingh said that the attack on thedeputy jailer must have been madeby a miscreant who was lodged inthe jail and it was being investigat-ed. Deputy Jailor SH Jafri was alsoattacked by a miscreant at his res-idence about two years ago. Even

then too, the miscreant had runaway while firing at him.

Inspector Brijesh, in-charge oflocal Civil Lines police station, saidthat he inspected the spot on get-ting information about the firing.He said the matter was beinginvestigated, adding that there wasa PAC camp at the place where theincident reportedly took place.

The gate security guard of thejail was also deployed.

SSP Dr Brijesh Kumar Singhalso inspected the spot and talkedto the deputy jailor. He said that acase would be registered against

unknown miscreants on the com-plaint of the deputy jailor.

Four police teams have beenformed to nab those who attackedthe jailor.

Meanwhile a man was arrest-ed in Bahraich for allegedly killinghis wife and parents-in-law with asharp-edged weapon earlier thisweek, police said on Saturday.

The accused has been identi-fied as Mubarak Ali, a resident ofBanjaria village under Hardi policestation of Bahraich. He was arrest-ed on Friday, the police said.

Superintendent of Police Sujata

Singh said Ali was living with hisin-laws in Bhikabaandh village inBihar's Siwan district. According tothe Bihar Police, he killed his wifeNaseema Khatoon (30), father-in-law Ali Hussain Sai (75) and moth-er-in-law Najma Khatoon (70) onthe intervening night of August 15and 16 with a sharp-edged weapon.

Ali's nine-year-old daughterwas also injured in the incident, theSP said, adding that a case had beenregistered at Daraunda police sta-tion in Siwan and the Bihar Policehad taken the accused to Siwan ontransit remand.

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The defining moment inKalyan Singh’s life was the

fall of Babri Masjid onDecember 6, 1992. Just hoursafter mobs of kar sevaksdemolished it, Singh quit aschief minister of Uttar Pradeshowning moral responsibility.

Not that he had any regretsover his failure to save themosque which he had assuredthe Supreme Court would beprotected.

Maybe it was destined thatthe structure would be demol-ished with me as chief minis-ter, he told a newspaper aheadof the 2020 bhoomi pujan forthe Ram temple, now beingbuilt at the once disputed sitein Ayodhya after a historicSupreme Court verdict.

Had there been no demo-lition, probably the courts toowould have ordered status quo,he said then. And his lastwish, he said, was to live till thetemple comes up.

Singh, a Hindutva iconand a Bharatiya Janata Partyveteran, died at a Lucknowhospital on Saturday. He was89.

Hailed by many for hisadministrative acumen duringhis two stints as Uttar Pradeshchief minister, the influentialbackward caste leader fromwestern UP parted ways twicewith the BJP and has brieflyalso floated his own outfits.

His second parting was in2009, ahead of the Lok Sabhaelections, when he said he felthumiliated by the party andcomplained that he had hard-ly any say in the selection ofcandidates in his state.

Singh said it was a politi-cal blunder to have rejoinedthe BJP, which he had left thefirst time in 1999, only toreturn in 2004 before theGeneral Election.

Born on January 5, 1932,Kalyan Singh first became anMLA in 1967. Since then, hewon the assembly polls sever-al times, held important postsin the BJP and was appointedRajasthan Governor in the lastphase of his public life.

Soon after his Raj Bhavanterm ended in 2019, Singh for-mally rejoined the BJP as a pri-mary member, signalling thathe was not keen on retiringfrom political life just yet.

Back in 1991, he becamethe first BJP chief minister ofthe country’s most populousstate. A little over a year later,the Babri Masjid was demol-ished as the Sangh Parivarcampaign to build the templeat the same spot pickedmomentum. As UP’s chiefminister, Singh had filed anaffidavit in the Supreme Court,assuring that the 16th centurymosque will be protected. Buthe had also ordered police notto open fire at protesters, argu-ing later that any such actionwould have led to much blood-shed.

Admitting failure to pro-tect the mosque, he resignedthe same evening. The stateassembly was dissolved as riots

erupted at several places in thecountry. In the next assemblyelections in November 1993,he contested from two seats —Atrauli and Kasganj — andwon both. A Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party combineformed the government in thestate under Mulayam SinghYadav, even though the BJPwon the largest number ofseats. Singh was Leader of theOpposition in the UPAssembly.

He got his second shot atthe top post in September1997, becoming CM againunder a six-month rotationformula with the BahujanSamaj Party. The arrangementcollapsed soon with the BSPwithdrawing support.

But, backed by a group ofdisgruntled opposition mem-bers, his government survived.A controversial order byGovernor Romesh Bhandaridismissing his governmentwas also stayed by the highcourt.

But a section of BJP MLAswas gunning for him. One rea-son for the dissent was thealleged interference in the stategovernment by Lucknow cor-porator Kusum Rai, who wasalso said to control access tothe chief minister.

As opposition within the

BJP mounted, Kalyan Singhwas removed from the CM’spost by the party high com-mand in November 1999.

Later, he was also formal-ly expelled from the partyover remarks targeting theparty’s top leadership. Singhappeared to cosy up withSamajwadi Party leaderMulayam Singh Yadav, whooffered a ticket to his sonRajvir Singh. In 2010, he alsofloated the Jan Kranti Party, butlet his son head it till it mergedwith the BJP. All these years,the Babri Masjid demolitioncase trial dragged on. Singhenjoyed immunity from trial ashe held a gubernatorial post.

After demitting office asRajasthan Governor, heappeared before the CBI courtwhich pronounced its order inSeptember 2020, acquittinghim and 31 others accused ofconspiracy to demolish themosque. The judge concludedthat there was no evidence toshow that the demolition waspre-planned.

He was admitted to theintensive care unit (ICU) ofSanjay Gandhi Post-GraduateInstitute of Medical Scienceshere on the evening of July 4due to an infection andreduced consciousness levels.

Before being shifted to the

PGI, the former chief ministerwas undergoing treatment atDr Ram Manohar LohiaInstitute of Medical Scienceshere.

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President Ram NathKovind on Saturday condoledthe death of former UttarPradesh chief minister andsenior BJP leader Kalyan Singhsaying he had a “magical con-nect” with the masses.

Singh (89), breathed hislast at the Sanjay Gandhi PostGraduate Institute of MedicalSciences (SGPGI) in Lucknow.

“Kalyan Singh ji had amagical connect with masses.As chief minister of UP, hedeterminedly pursued cleanpolitics and purged gover-nance of criminals and corrup-tion,” the president said in amessage on Twitter.

“He dignified the offices heheld. His demise leaves a vac-uum in public life. My heart-felt condolences,” Kovind said.

A backward caste leader,Singh was instrumental in theBJP’s rise to power in UttarPradesh in the 1990s and wasthe chief minister of the statewhen the Babri mosque wasdemolished in Ayodhya in1992.

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Opposition leaders and other senior politi-cians condoled the death of former Uttar

Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh here onSaturday.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadavsaid: “Stunned by the news of the death of for-mer Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, formerGovernor of Rajasthan, Kalyan Singh ji.”

“May God give peace to the departed souland strength to the bereaved family to bear theloss,” Yadav said, adding: “My humble tributeto the great leader.”

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati, inher tweet, said, “Very sad to hear about the

demise of BJP’s stalwart leader and former ChiefMinister of Uttar Pradesh and former Governorof Rajasthan, Shri Kalyan Singh.”

“My deepest condolences to his family andsupporters etc. May nature give them all thestrength to bear this sorrow,” she added.

Meanwhile, Rajasthan Governor KalrajMishra, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, AssemblySpeaker CP Joshi, and former chief ministerVasundhara Raje condoled the demise of formerstate Governor Kalyan Singh.

Singh (89), the former chief minister of UttarPradesh and a senior BJP leader, died inLucknow on Saturday night after prolonged ill-ness. He had also served as the governor ofRajasthan from 2014 to 2019.

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It was difficult to believe that there was apolitician who was providing a lesson to a

bureaucrat on how the administration shouldbe run.

There were just three persons present forthe meeting: the Chief Minister (CM) of UttarPradesh, the Chief Secretary (CS) and myself.Normally in all such discussions, the presenceof the Appointments Secretary was imperative.But for some unknown reason, on that occa-sion, he was missing and the Chief Secretarywas carrying all the details. My presence wasalso incidental. I had come to brief the CM ona different issue and as the Chief Secretarywalked in, I sought the CM’s permission to go.However, I don’t know why he asked me to stayon.

A crucial discussion was underway. Someofficers who were holding the posts of DistrictMagistrates were to be shifted and new oneswere to be posted in their place. The ChiefSecretary had brought a list of officers whocould be considered for these posts. The State,at that point of time, had become notorious forfrequent transfers of officers. It was alsobelieved that the efficiency and integrity of theofficers were not the prime determinants forsuch postings in the past. The new ChiefMinister, Kalyan Singh, was determined tochange this.

He was of the firm belief, perhaps rightlyso, that the functioning of the district depend-ed primarily on the quality of the DistrictMagistrate. He was a leader who had come upfrom grassroots and understood the impor-

tance of the role of this crucial functionary.Hence, he conducted the exercise of selectingthese officers personally and meticulously. Hetook up each district individually. He had withhim written feedback about each of the offi-cers from his own sources. However, he hadconveyed his intention of selecting only suchofficers who were known for being efficient andwith proven integrity.

While discussing each officer, the ChiefSecretary kept referring to the caste of the offi-cer who was under consideration for a districtposting. He was perhaps going by the criteriaset during previous regimes, of balancing casteequations while considering the posting of offi-cers as District Magistrates.

Initially, the CM was ignoring such inputsbut as the CS persisted, the CM appeared irri-tated at the mention of caste. On the next occa-sion when the caste of the officer was men-tioned by the CS, he retorted, “I had asked forintegrity and competence of each officer andnot his caste. Then why are you mentioningthe caste?”

The Chief Secretary was a smart man. Hecould have provided an explanation by sayingthat that had been the earlier practice but hedidn’t do so. He immediately apologised and,thereafter, did not mention the caste of the offi-cer. The message was loud and clear. Caste wasnot be considered the criteria for the selectionof officers for posting. The discussions wenton smoothly and the transfer orders wereissued later in the evening.

It was difficult to believe that there was apolitician who was providing a lesson to abureaucrat on how the administration shouldbe run. However, the bureaucrat was himselfnot entirely to be blamed. That was how theState was run previously. That was how post-ings were done. And right there was a glim-mer of hope that it was all set to change. But,alas, it all came crashing down with the BabriMasjid.

(Writer is an IAS officer and was secretaryto Kalyan Singh when he was Chief Minister)

This article is from a book Ethical Dilemmaof Civil Sevant written by Mr Anil Swarup

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Expressing deep pain at thedeath of former Uttar

Pradesh chief minister KalyanSingh, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said onSaturday that coming genera-tions will remain forever grate-ful to him for his contributionstowards India’s “cultural regen-eration”.

Modi said he was sad-dened beyond words at hisdemise.

Singh was firmly rooted inIndian values and took pride inits centuries-old traditions, hesaid and lauded him as a“statesman, veteran administra-tor, grassroots level leader andgreat human”.

He leaves behind an indeli-ble contribution towards thedevelopment of Uttar Pradesh,the prime minister said.

Modi spoke to Singh’s sonRajveer Singh, a Lok Sabha MPof the BJP, to convey his con-dolences.

“Kalyan Singh Ji gave voiceto crores of people belonging tothe marginalised sections ofsociety. He made numerousefforts towards the empower-ment of farmers, youngstersand women,” he said.

Singh (89), who had beenailing for some time, breathedhis last on Saturday night, theSanjay Gandhi Post GraduateInstitute of Medical Sciences(SGPGI) in Lucknow said.

Singh was closely associat-ed with the Ram Janmabhoomimovement.

The Babri mosque inAyodhya was demolished whenhe was the state’s chief minis-ter in 1992.

The Supreme Court had in2019 handed over the disput-ed site to Hindu bodies, pavingthe way for the beginning of theconstruction of Ram templethere.

A backward caste leader,Singh was instrumental in therise of the BJP to power inUttar Pradesh in 1990s.

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New Delhi (PNS):Condoling the demise of seniorBJP leader Kalyan Singh, Unionminister Rajnath Singh onSaturday said he was a very pop-ular chief minister of UttarPradesh who left an indeliblemark on politics.

Describing Kalyan Singh asa stalwart of Indian politics, thedefence minister said with hisdemise, he has has lost his elderbrother and a companion.

“Kalyan Singh’s death is agreat loss for Indian politicsand a very sad moment for me,”he said in a series of tweets.

Rajnath Singh, who had suc-ceeded Kalyan Singh as theUttar Pradesh chief minister,said the latter was associatedwith the Rashtriya SwayamsevakSangh (RSS) and played animportant role in the Ram tem-ple movement.

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New Delhi (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah onSaturday mourned the death of former chief minister of UttarPradesh Kalyan Singh and said his life was dedicated to thecountry, the religion and the people.

In a series of tweets in Hindi, Shah said it was rare to finda great personality like Singh — a staunch nationalist who livedin the hearts of the people.

The home minister said Singh, as the chief minister of UttarPradesh, had delivered good governance with his devotion andpolitical skills and ran a public welfare government free fromfear and crime which was an excellent role model for the gov-ernments to come for its unprecedented reforms in the fieldof education.

“I bow down to such a great and ideal life dedicated to thenation, religion and people. The country and the entire BJP fam-ily is mourning his death,” he said.

Shah said Singh, through his diligence, while holding var-ious constitutional posts, made his unique contribution to theprogress of the country by connecting the farmers, poor anddeprived sections with the mainstream of development.

“With the death of Kalyan Singh ji, the country has lost atrue patriot, honest and devout politician today. Babuji was sucha huge tree, under whose shadow the organisation of BJP flour-ished and expanded. As a true worshiper of cultural national-ism, he served the country and the people throughout his life,”he said. The home minister said the country and the genera-tions to come will always be indebted to Singh for his immensecontribution.

“May God give him a place at his feet,” he said.

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When VP Singh brought Mandal,derailing Bharatiya Janata

Party’s Kamandal politics, theRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)was confronted with an immediatechallenge -- how to propel Hindutvaalong with the rising caste politics?

The answer came in the form ofKalyan Singh -- a Lodh leader withimpeccable oratory skill and astuteadministrative capabilities. The leadersoon became the Hindutva face of theBJP who later became the first chiefminister of the Bharatiya Janata Partygovernment in UP in 1991.

Singh’s emergence gave the BJPthe leverage to call itself a sarv-harabecause, with one brilliant stroke, thesaffron politics, till then largely seento be aligned with the Hindu uppercastes, was redefined. The KalyanSingh era went on to become the start-ing point of BJP’s caste calculationsand broadening the Hindutva baseacross the caste fault lines.

“For the Sangh and the BJP,which have not mustered mucharound the caste dynamics, the neces-sity to counter the rising tide ofMandal politics was making it imper-

ative to look towards their own lead-ers for an answer to the new challenge.Singh, a prominent OBC face, wasbest suited. He was the personifiedsynthesis of Kamandal and Mandal,”

said Pranshu Mishra, a senior journal-ist. Born in 1932, Kalyan Singh in hisyouth was drawn towards the ideol-ogy of Hindutva. Back then, when thepolitical landscape was dominated bythe Nehruvian Congress, it was noteasy to venture on a new road. As aJana Sangh activist, he soon made aname for himself and went on to con-test and win the Atrauli VidhanSabha seat on Jana Sangh ticket in1967. That was the beginning and hispolitical rise continued.

Singh, who served twice as thechief minister of the state, hailing fromthe electorally influential LodhaRajput community, which has a largepresence in over two dozen assemblyconstituencies in several districts ofcentral and west UP.

Singh rose to power riding theRam Temple movement of which hewas one of the main crusaders. But itis ironic that Kalyan Singh wanted toattend the foundation-laying ceremo-ny of the Ram temple held on August5, 2020, but could not do so due to his

health problem.The year 2020 was a landmark

year for Kalyan Singh. After BabriMosque was demolished onDecember 6, 1992, he resigned, tak-ing the moral responsibility. Caseswere filed against him by the CBI,which was probing the demolitioncase. A total of 49 cases were filed in1992 and in the second case FIR num-ber 198 he along with LK Advani,Murli Manohar Joshi and UmaBharati were named for promotingreligious enmity and instigating riot.

On September 13 ,2020, after 28years, the Special CBI Court inLucknow acquitted all 32 accused inthe Babri Masjid demolition case,including BJP leader Kalyan Singh,LK Advani, MM Joshi and others.

After the acquittal Kalyan Singhtold the waiting media: “Now I can diein peace.”

And actually he died in peaceleaving behind a trail of mourners andmillions of welled eyes who came tosay goodbye to him.

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Aam Dal (NISHAD) Party DrSanjay Nishad said that theBhartiya Janata Party (BJP)led central and state govern-ment might take an importantdecision regarding inclusion offishermen community into theScheduled Castes (SC) listsoon. Talking to the reportershere on Saturday, he said thatrecently he met the UnionHome Minister Amit Shah andBJP chief Dr JP Nadda in thisdirection in which both thesenior BJP leaders had assuredhim of taking the matter seri-ously and the government maytake a big decision in connec-tion with the quota soon.

He also praised the BJP-led state government for itssteps taken in this direction.

He said that as the BJP is sup-porting the NISHAD Party onits demands of reservation tofishermen community, thelatter is fully with the former.He said that apart from Shahand Nadda, he also metnational organising secretaryof BJP BL Santosh, state sec-retary (organisation) SunilBansal, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath and state BJPchief Swatantrata DevSingh and discussed variousissues of the fishermen com-munity.

Dr Nishad strongly criti-cised the previous govern-ments in the state for lodgingcases against the party work-ers due to political vendettaand bringing ‘black law’ todeprive the fishermen of theirtraditional rights on variouswater resources includingreservoirs, valleys, ponds etc.

He said that apart from inclu-sion of fishermen into the SClist, he also discussed all thesematters with top BJP leadersrecently.

He said that on the mat-ter of reser vation, theNISHAD party is serious andit would not sit mum till thedemands are not fulfilled.

According to him, on theissue of quota, the party hadmade an alliance with theBJP prior to the last LokSabha election in 2019. Heflayed the previous govern-ments of Samajwadi Party(SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) saying that both theseparties wanted to get the sup-port of fishermen in the elec-tions but they always misledthe community as they duringtheir governments haddeprived the fishermen oftheir traditional rights on

ghats, river banks and sandmining

He further said that onone hand SP leaders attackedfishermen in Prayagraj and onthe other hand, they tried tomislead the fishermen bymaking assurances ofinstalling the statues of theirideal leaders. He also criticisedMayawati as during herregime, she had forced thethen central government towithdraw the matter of reser-vation of fishermen and tookstay orders from the HighCourt on the issues of reser-vation of sub-castes of Majvar,Gond, Tureha, Khar var,Beldar, Kharit, Koli etc. Heasked both the SP and BSP tostop showing their pseudolove towards the fishermencommunity as the latterhad already seen their realfaces.

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Ahead of the forthcomingassembly elections next

year in UP , the CongressParty has started preparationsto establish contact with themaximum people and in thisorder, the party leaders andworkers on Saturday took outprabhat pheri on the last day ofthree-day Jai BharatMahasampark Abhiyan andpledged of fighting to protectthe Constitution and democ-ratic fabric of the country.

Minister in ChattisgarhGovernment and NationalSecretary of party RajeshTiwari flagged off the prabhatpheri at Shaid Udyan in Sigraand informed that the aim ofJai Bharat Mahasampark

Abhiyan is to connect thepeople with the party organ-isation by apprising them ofparty policies.

There is resentmentamong the people across thestate about the state govern-ment and the people are look-ing towards the CongressParty for a change in theguard in UP, said Tiwariadding, the youths havebecome fed up with the stategovernment and they wouldbe flag-bearers of change inUP. The BJP governmentwants to enact farm laws notin the interest of farmers butfor their exploitation, heblamed adding, the govern-ment fails in paying the duesof sugarcane growers and theproblems of the farmers are

still as it was earlier. To makea target on the democracy andConstitution of the country isthe only goal of the BJP butthe state people have nowmade their mind to bring thechange in the state under theleadership of PriyankaGandhi, he said further.

Former UP Minister andSenior Congress leader AjayRai said, it is only CongressParty which can fight for therights of the common peoplefrom the road to the assemblyand added, the party has con-stantly raised voices againstanti-people policies of thestate government since 2017when the BJP came to power.The state government has nointerest in sorting out theproblems being faced by the

people and it indulges day andnight only in making its mar-keting and weakening theconstitutional and democrat-ic institutions, Rai blamedalleging, the BJP makes busi-ness of politics.

The BJP-led Governmentat Centre and in the state havelost their credibility amongthe people as the govern-ment’s policies are only for thebig industrialists and not forthe welfare of poor, farmers,youths and common men, heblamed claiming, the changein UP is certain in 2022.

Pramod Pandey,Rajeshwar Patel, RaghvendraChaubey, Manish Chaubey,Shailendra Singh, Dr JitendraSeth and many others joinedthe prabhat pheri.

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Uttar Pradesh Minister forUrban Development and

Minister In-charge of the dis-trict Ashutosh Tandon distrib-uted acceptance letters to thebeneficiaries in various welfareschemes of the governmentduring the inspection ofCholapur development blockhere on Saturday. He alsoreviewed the developmentworks being done in the block.During his stay there, theMinister performed Godbharairituals of five women Pooja,Kiran, Pinky, Neetu and Jayaand presented them fruits. Healso performed Annaprashanrituals by offering kheer to thenewborn babies Aryan,

Ananya, Aryan and Yashven.He also distributed nutritionbundles to small childrenPranjal, Prasha, Priyanshi,Vaibhav and Nishant.

Tandon presented a democheque of �18.85 lakh to twowomen self-help groups(SHGs) and approved e-rick-shaws for 10 women SHGsunder the Aajeevika Expressimplemented to provide sus-tainable livelihood to ruralwomen including Kusum ofvillage Bela, Kumari ofDhaurhara, Sadhna andImirita, Rehana of Palkahan,Zarina, Jainav of Shrikanthpur,Chanda of Ajra and Sunita. Healso flagged off the e-rick-shaws. The Minister also dis-tributed various other benefits

to the people of the block. During the review of devel-

opment works, he said ‘todaydevelopment and welfare worksare visible on the ground.Common man is getting ben-efitted. As many schemes of thecentral and state governmentsare implemented at this time asnever before. It is also showinggood results.’

He directed the officersthat the benefits of governmentschemes should be available toevery eligible person on time.Various public representatives,dignitaries, District MagistrateKaushal Raj Sharma, ChiefDevelopment Officer AmitGoyal and officers ofvarious departments were pre-sent on the occasion. The

meeting was conducted by PDDRDA.

Later, Tandon visitedCommunity Health Centre(CHC), Cholapur, where heinspected general wards, Covidward, medicine distributioncounter, 333 LPM capacityinstalled oxygen plant, 41 oxy-gen concentrator machines etc.On being asked by the minis-ter, the Chief Medical Officer(CMO) Dr VB Singh said thatabout 47,000 people have beenvaccinated in Cholapur blockand on an average 500 peopleare being vaccinated daily. TheCMO also informed that 1,235child medical kits are availablein reserve. The Minister alsoplanted a mango tree in theCHC premises.

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Uttar Pradesh Minister forUrban Development and

Minister In-charge of the dis-trict Ashutosh Tandonlaunched Mission ShaktiPhase-3 from divisional head-quarters here on Saturday asthe main function of the pro-gramme was held in Lucknowon the eve of Rakshabandhanfestival where Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath digitally trans-ferred an amount of � 30.12crore in the bank accounts of1.55 lakh daughters underKanya Sumangala Yojana.

On the occasion, theMinister felicitated two womenof Revenue department fortheir outstanding work duringMission Shakti Phase 1 and 2apart from 10 women of Policedepartment, 10 of ChildDevelopment Nutrition, five ofNational Rural LivelihoodMission, five of Urban HousingLivelihood Mission, 10 ofHealth department, 10 includ-ing five each teachers and stu-dents of Secondary Education,10 including five teachers andstudents each from BasicEducation, five from Industry,nine from Women Welfare andthree from voluntary organi-sations. In all, he honoured atotal of 79 women on the occa-sion. The participants alsowatched the live telecast of thestate level programme from thestate capital.

Under the programme,‘Mission Shakti Room’ wasalso set up by the PanchayatiRaj and Home department inall the gram panchayats of thedistrict. Live telecast of the statelevel programme in gram pan-chayats and districts was alsovisualised. Besides, a campaignof excursion and awarenesswill be conducted in differentvillages of each police stationunder the leadership of women

ASPs, DSPs and police inspec-tors till December 31. Similarly,a campaign will also belaunched by the Labour andSocial Welfare departments,District Child Protection Unitand Childline to take the des-titute children found from rail-way stations, main crossings etcto the shelter homes.

UP Minister of State(Independent Charge)Ravindra Jaiswal, Chairperson

of District Panchayat PoonamMaurya, Mayor MridulaJaiswal, MLA RohaniaSurendra Narayan Singh, ADG(Zone) Brij Bhushan,Divisional CommissionerDeepak Agrawal, IG (Range)SK Bhagat, Commissioner ofPolice A Satish Ganesh, DistrictMagistrate Kaushal RajSharma, Chief DevelopmentOfficer Amit Goyal and otherswere also present.

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As the flood waters recede inthe city and rural areas, the

attacks of dengue-carryingmosquitoes have intensified inthe flood-affected areas ofPrayagraj. After the confirma-tion of dengue in eight peopleand the recovery of seven, twomore people tested positivefor dengue on Saturday.

The Malaria Departmentsaid that six teams have beenset up in three wards to spray

anti-larva. If the symptoms ofdengue are seen in the body,then people should immedi-ately go to any hospital and getthem checked.

District Malaria OfficerAnand Singh said that ifdengue is confirmed in theELISA test, then it is assumedthat the patient is definitelyinflicted with dengue. Thesetests are being done in somegovernment hospitals. Thesamples are being sent to theMicrobiology Lab of MotilalNehru Hospital. After the

ELISA test, dengue is con-firmed. Singh said that two newpatients have tested positive fordengue.

Teams are being sent to thehomes of such patients, anti-larva is being sprayed in andaround their houses. Besidessome rules are being told to allthe family members to staysafe.

Dengue spreads only in theongoing season. Therefore,keeping in view the records ofthe previous years, the HealthDepartment has made separate

dengue wards in all govern-ment hospitals.

Patients who are in seriouscondition will be admitted tothese wards.

Anand said that treatmentbecomes easy if the reportcomes on time. He has asked allthe people of the flood affect-ed area to get themselves test-ed for dengue in case of feverbecause the disease can take afatal form if the the patientstake ordinary medicine or ifthey get treatment by quacks,he added.

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The Pratapgarh ATS of UPgot a big success as they

claimed to have busted a gangthat illegally supplied solventfrom Rae Bareli to petrolpumps in tankers. The ATS hadinformation that the gangmembers supplied the solventto the petrol pumps inPratapgarh. On getting thisinformation, the active STFtook this action. On being

informed, the supply depart-ment also reached the spot andseized the petrol pump.

According to the STF, theyhad received information thatfor about two months a gangwas illegally supplying solventat petrol pumps. Informationwas also received about send-ing a tanker to Pratapgarh onFriday night. As soon as theinformation was received, theSTF chased a tanker at around12 o'clock on Friday night. Thistanker reached a petrol pump

located at Gopalpur in theKotwali area of Pratapgarh cityat 1.30 pm.

The STF noticed that thepipe of the tanker was fixed inthe tank of the petrol pump andits chemical started pouringinto the tank. At the same timeSTF raided the pump. Thetanker driver and three otherswere arrested from the spot.During interrogation, it wasfound that they had broughtnine thousand liters of solventfrom Rae Bareli and were mix-

ing it with petrol.After getting information

about this, ARO SK Pandeyand Inspector MayankChaturvedi of the SupplyDepartment in Pratapgarhreached the spot. According tothe ARO, the gang was caughtsupplying the solvent. Pandeysaid that the petrol pump hasbeen sealed. STF officials saidthat the proprietors of thepetrol pump Manoj Singh andGirdhari Singh are being ques-tioned in the matter.

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In a shocking incident, ayouth was shot dead in the

Lalapur police station of trans-Yamuna area in Prayagraj onSaturday morning. The identi-ty of the deceased was ascer-tained as Kallu Tiwari who hada dispute with some peopleover watering the field.

It is alleged that Kallu waskilled by shots fired from theother side. Allegations were lev-elled against some people of thevillage. Police reached the spoton getting the information,they took the body for anautopsy and the search for theaccused is going on. However,the accused are still away fromthe grip of the police.

According to the police,

Kallu Tiwari, a resident ofBirbal village of Ghurpur policestation area had a dispute withsome people of Agwar villageof Lalapur over some trivialissues. It is said that onSaturday morning, there was adispute between them overwatering the field in which fir-ing also took place, resulting inthe death of Kallu Tiwari. Theaccused are absconding afterthe alleged murder and policeare looking for them.

SHO Lalapur ManishTripathi said that the matter isbeing investigated. Based onthe complaint, a case was reg-istered and further action willbe taken. The search is on forthe accused, he said.

Meanwhile, RamkumarYadav (35) alias Maujilal, sonof Ramkaran Yadav, a resident

of Sultanpur village of Raniganjpolice station area inPratapgarh district, left thehouse on a bicycle on Saturdayafternoon. After that, hereached the Sharda SahayakBadi Canal Sultanpur bridge.Yadav parked his bicycle thereand jumped into the canal.

On being informed, acrowd of people gatheredaround. People started search-ing for him by setting a trap buthe could traced. Meanwhile,after getting information, thepolice reached the spot. Searchis still on for the young man.

VEGETABLE VENDORSHOT OVER PROPERTYDISPUTE: A vegetable sellerwas gunned down here in thetrans-Ganga area ofPhaphamau on Saturday.Property dispute was stated to

be the motive for murder.Vijay Kanojiya was going to

some place with his wife whenthe assailants on foot inter-cepted his bike and then shothim dead near the gate ofKanshiram Colony inPhaphamau in broad daylight. This incident came as a shockfor the local residents and thepassers by who immediatelyinformed the police.

According to the wife ofthe deceased, the killers are notoutsiders. Instead, our rela-tives might have executed thekilling of my husband, shealleged.

The FIR has also namedthe brothers-in-law of thedeceased. According to thepolice the shooters areabsconding, but the police willtrace them soon.

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The Allahabad High Courthas directed the civil judge

(senior division), Auraiya, toundertake an inspection of thesuit property and hold aninquiry as to whether any con-struction of police chowki hasbeen raised or attempted in vio-lation of this court’s order oftemporary injunction datedMarch 14, 2019 passed in thisappeal. It was further directedthat the civil judge, Auraiyashall put the entire suit prop-erty under immediate attach-ment.

Hearing a second appealfiled by one Satyawati Devi ofAuraiya district, Justice JJMunir directed the civil judge(senior division), Auraiya toobtain requisite photographsand also record necessary state-

ments of persons well acquaint-ed with the facts, alleged by theapplicant relating to the raisingof construction in violation ofthis court’s order.

It is further directed thatthe civil judge, Auraiya shallput the entire suit propertyunder immediate attachmentand entrust the same to an offi-cer of the civil court within 48hours. All the machinery andtools on the spot shall also beattached within the same peri-od of time after preparing aninventory thereof. The afore-said orders shall be carried outby the civil judge (senior divi-sion), Auraiya in the presenceof Auraiya district magistrate,superintendent of police, sub-divisional magistrate and thechief executive officer, NagarPalika Parishad.

The attachment will be

carried out within 48 hours butin all events before 05:00 p.m.on August 22, 2021. The courtdirected to list this matter onAugust 25, 2021.

During the court proceed-ings, appearing on behalf of theapplicant, senior advocatePradeep Kumar alleged that anorder of temporary injunctionpassed by this court on March14, 2019 is being brazenlyflouted by the Nagar PalikaParishad, Auraiya under thedirections, aid, assistance andactive participation of Auraiyadistrict magistrate and thesuperintendent of police.

It is stated that the order ofstatus quo to be maintained onthe spot regarding the suitproperty has been violatedwith impunity, though it wasserved by speed post undercovering memo dated July 19,

2021, dispatched on July 20,2021 upon the Nagar PalikaParishad, Auraiya through itsexecutive officer, and also uponAuraiya district magistrate andsuperintendent of police.

He further contended thata copy of the order has alsobeen served upon the parganaadhikari, Auraiya. It is submit-ted that a notification wasissued on July 20, 2021 in aHindi newspaper, advertisingthat on the suit property, apolice chowki shall be con-structed despite knowledge ofthe interim injunction orderpassed by this court datedMarch 14, 2019.

It is stated that the injunc-tion order has been violated byraising construction over thesuit property, whereJCB machines have beendeployed.

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Ahead of Raksha Bandhan,greetings cards with rakhis

are in high demand in the citymarkets.

Even as social media andonline messaging apps havemade greeting cards redundantin recent times, RakshaBandhan greeting cards withrakhis have once again becomethe latest fad among customers.

Rakhi sellers inKothaparcha, Chowk, CivilLines, Katra, Mutthiganj andadjoining areas claimed thatthere has been a rising demandfor greeting cards with rakhis.Traders have brought rakhigreeting cards of differentshapes and sizes from Kolkatawhich are selling like hotcakes.

Besides, chudiyan walirakhi, popularly known aslumba rakhi and rudrakshrakhi, are also attracting cus-tomers ahead of Raksha

Bandhan.Annu Gupta, a rakhi sell-

er in Kothaparcha, said, “Thesale of rakhi has picked up inthe market ahead of the festi-val. There is a lot of demand forgreeting cards with rakhis thistime. We have made specialorders for such greeting cards

from West Bengal.” Gupta fur-ther said, “Shopkeepers aresurprised to witness such ahigh demand and sale of greet-ing cards in the age of socialmedia and messaging apps.Many customers, particularlywomen, are choosing cardsbased on their content.”

“These are value-addedcards whose sales proceeds gotowards benefiting a goodcause. This promises to keepthe cards business growing inthe festive season,” said anoth-er seller at Civil Lines.

RT-PCR -VE REPORT AMUST FOR JAIL VISITORS:The authorities of NainiCentral Jail have made a neg-ative RT-PCR report compul-sory for visitors arriving onRaksha Bandhan. Senior super-intendent of Naini Central JailPN Pandey said that in order tofollow the Covid protocolstrictly, we have decided toallow only two persons of afamily to meet the inmates.Pandey added, “On RakshaBandhan, only women familymembers will be allowed tomeet their brothers lodged inthe jail.” Similarly, brotherswill be allowed to meet theirsisters lodged in Naini CentralJail.

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Suhasini Sangh, a voluntaryorganisation of women of

NTPC Vindhyachal, celebratedHariyali Teej Utsav with greatenthusiasm. In the programmeorganised at Bal Bhavan of

NTPC, Suhasini Sangh chair-person Mridula Johri, vice-chairperson D Bandyopadhyay,adviser, Tiny Tots, SumanBhatia, along with its othermembers were present. In theattractively decorated swingthe members of Suhasini Sanghenjoyed the celebrations byparticipating in colourful cos-tumes. On the occasion ofHariyali Teej, Queen Contestcompetition was organised bySuhasini Sangh. In it five

rounds were kept on the basisof which Somona Pal got thetitle of Teej Queen whileKalpana Sharma was adjudgedthe f irst runner-up andRashmi Gupta the secondrunner-up. In the otherawards the title of Mrs Elegant

went to Suman Bhatia whilethe title of best organiser toRicha Mangala. In additionthe title of Best Annapurnawas g iven to D urgesh .Var ious c u ltura l pro-grammes were organised onthe o ccas ion in whichwomen participated enthu-siastically in several compe-titions and enjoyed deliciousdishes. A surprise game wasalso organised for the mem-bers. The programme was con-

ducted by general secretary,Suhasini Sangh, Richa Mangla.

C O M P E T I T I O NORGANISED: In CentralIndustrial Security Force(CISF) unit NTPCVindhyanagar, the Sanrakshika(Women’s Club), organised theSawan Queen and MehndiQueen competition for thewomen of CISF campusrecently. Its chairpersonKavita Azad congratulatedthe winners. Priya Dey wasselected as Sawan Queen,while the second and thirdpositions were bagged byPuja Kumari and SanjanaDevi . B es ides , Bhavnabecame the Mehndi Queenwhile Sonu Janu and SadhnaMal stood second and thirdrespectively in the MehndiQueen competition. Theprogramme was organisedonline as per the instructionsof the Force headquarterswhose prize distribution washeld recently in the meetinghall of the unit. At the end acake was cut by all the womenpresent. Sanrakshika generalsecretary Sita Mahalakshmi wasalso present on the occasion.

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The 77th birth anniversary of former PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi was celebrated at

an inter college in Gaipura on Friday. On theoccasion party district secretary ManishDubey, said that Rajiv Gandhi had the visionto harness the youth force in the directionof nation building. Prior to the programmethe Congress workers, carrying banners withmessages of Rajiv Gandhi. took out a ‘prab-hat pheri’ in the area which passed throughseveral villages. Prominent among thosewho also participated in the programme wereAmitabh Pandey, Chhotey Khan, IndraBahadur Yadav and Janardan Pathak.

KAJARI MAHOTSAV: Chairman, NagarPalika Parishad (NPP) Mirzapur, Manoj Jaiswalwhile inaugurating the two-day KajariMahotsav organised in joint venture ofNABARD and Prabodhini Foundation atSagara Vindhyachal on Thursday said thatwomen should be promoted in all kinds ofwork. Praising the initiative of NABARDthe chairman said that it was an innovativeidea under which women had been engagedin work of making household items likepickles, rakhi, attractive table cloths, bed-sheets etc and earning to contribute to thefamily by sparing time from their routineworks. An exhibition was also organised todisplay the items prepared by the women. Healso visited all the stalls. He was of the viewthat organisation’s efforts were the shiningexample of women’s empowerment. On the

occasion he appreciated the spirit of AjitaSrivastava, a renowned folk singer, who wasinvolved in training the upcoming artistes. Inthe programme the artistes mesmerised the audi-ence by presenting Kajari with ease and elan. Thevote of thanks was proposed by NandiniMishra.

KAVI SAMMELAN: A kavi sammelan wasorganised in a hotel on Jangi road recently dur-ing which transferred RTO Dr RK Vishwakarmawas honoured. The programme started with theprayer of Goddess Vindhyavasini by LalluTiwari, a Bhojpuri poet, who also mesmerisedthe audience with his couplets. The poetswho presented their composition on the occa-sion were Dharm Prakash Mishra, KamleshRajhans, Kamal Nayan Madhukar, ManjariPandey, Arvind ‘Shant’ and Ashok ‘Agyan’. Theprogramme concluded with presenation ofmementos to the poets.

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Sadbhavana Diwas wasobserved in Banaras

Locomotive Works (BLW) onFriday. During the communalharmony oath-taking ceremo-ny in the premises of BLWadministrative building,General Manager Anjali Goyaladministered the pledge towork for emotional unity andgoodwill of all Indians irre-spective of caste, sect, region,religion or language and resolveall differences through dialogueand constitutional means with-out resorting to violence. On theoccasion Principal Chief

Electrical Engineer (PCEE)Rajesh Kumar Rai, PrincipalChief Mechanical Engineer(PCME) Amitabh, PrincipalChief Materials Manager(PCMM) Ashok KumarRathore, Principal FinancialAdviser (PFA) YK Srivastava,

Principal Chief PersonnelOfficer (PCPO) Pradeep KumarSingh, Principal ChiefEngineer (PCE) SantoshShukla, Deputy GeneralManager (DyGM) Vijay and alarge number of BLW officersand employees were present.

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For the convenience of thepassengers the railway

administration has decided toextend the running period of05301/05302 Gorakhpur(Gkp)-Bandra Terminus(BDTS)-Gorakhpur summerspecial train for three trips. Allcoaches in them will be ofreserved class and passengerstravelling in them will have tofollow the Covid-19 preventionguidelines, Chief PublicRelations Officer (CPRO)

Pankaj Kumar Singh said.The 05301 Gorakhpur-

Bandra Terminus summer spe-cial train will be run on August27 and September 3 and 10from Gorakhpur and the 05302Bandra Terminus-Gorakhpursummer special train onAugust 28 and September 4and 11 will be run from BandraTerminus. However, the trainwill run as per its predeter-mined route, timing and rakecomposition.

SADBHAVANA DIWASPLEDGE: The officers and

employees of North EasternRailway (NER) took the pledgeof Sadbhavana Diwas onFriday. On the occasion all therailway personnel took thepledge to work for the emo-tional unity and goodwill of allthe people of India irrespectiveof caste, sect, region, religion orlanguage. The Railway offi-cers and employees took thepledge to resolve all differencesthrough dialogue and consti-tutional means without resort-ing to violence, CPRO PKSingh said.

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For the convenience of pas-sengers the 01817 Lucknow

Jn-Meerut City daily specialtrain is being run by the rail-way administration fromAugust 18 till further advicefrom Lucknow Jn and 01818Meerut City-Lucknow Jn dailyspecial train from August 19 tillfurther advice from MeerutCity. All coaches in them are ofreserved category and passen-gers travelling in them will haveto follow the Covid-19-pre-vention guidelines, Chief

Public Relations Officer PankajKumar Singh said.

The 01817 Lucknow Jn -Meerut City daily special trainfrom August 18 till furtheradvice after departing fromLucknow Jn at 14.25 hrs,Balamau at 15.34 hrs, Hardoi at16.04 hrs, Shahjahanpur at17.07 hrs, Bareilly at 18.08 hrs,Rampur at 19.06 hrs,Moradabad at 20.05 hrs,Amroha at 20.38 hrs, Hapur at21.45 hrs is reaches MeerutCity at 22.30 hrs. On the otherhand, the 01818 Meerut City-Lucknow Jn daily special train

from August 19 till furtheradvice after departing fromMeerut City at 06.40 hrs, Hapurat 07.17 hrs, Amroha at 08.38hrs, Moradabad at 09.33 hrs,Rampur at 10.05 hrs, Bareilly at11.02 hrs, Shahjahanpur at12.20 hrs, Hardoi at 13.10 hrs,Balamau at 13.38 hrs arrives atLucknow Jn at 15.05 hrs.

In this special train, a totalof 12 coaches, including two ofSLRD, one of ordinary secondclass, six of second class chaircar, two of AC chair car andone coach of AC third class willbe attached

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The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment, on Saturday,

launched the third phase ofMission Shakti with an aim topromote safety, respect andself-reliance of women. Thethird phase will emphasiseupon the all-round empower-ment of women. The credit forthis goes to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath whohave introduced severalschemes for the welfare ofwomen. Women empower-ment is in fact a reflection ofthe inner strength of womenand in fact women haveenough strength and the onlything is that it has to be broughtto the fore.

This was stated by ZilaPanchayat ChairpersonSwapnil Varun while address-ing the Mission Shakti functionat Vikas Bhawan here onSaturday. She said womenpower reflected in society andwomen were strong enough toprotect self and others andcited the name of ACP RavinaTyagi, saying her presence sym-bolised the strength which hadbeen extended to women inUP.

Varun said women wereworking in different fields andwere excelling in their respec-tive areas and thus the UP gov-ernment had decided to felic-

itate these outstanding womenas part of women empower-ment.

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath was present virtu-ally and he inspired the gath-ering of the women.

A huge LCD had been putup for the occasion. Top offi-cials including the district mag-istrate, police officials, chiefdevelopment officer and allother prominent officials ofKanpur Nagar had assembledfor the occasion.

The main schemes thatare scheduled to be imple-mented in this phase of MissionShakti are launch of 'MissionShakti Kaksha' (classrooms) atall the 59,000 gram panchayatbhawans (village panchayatbuildings), formation of onelakh women self-help groups,linking of 1.73 new beneficia-ries to destitute women pensionscheme, safe city project in divi-sional headquarters andGautam Buddha Nagar, postingof women police personnel as

beat police officers, construc-tion of pink toilets (for women)in 1,286 police stations, specialrecruitment for women on2,982 posts of battalions ofProvincial ArmedConstabulary (PAC), deploy-ment of women sub-inspectorsin urban areas, setting up ofcrèche in all Police Lines andconstruction of health club inwomen's colleges. PoonamKapoor and all other BharatiyaJanata Party women leaderswere present on the occasion.

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National Botanical ResearchInstitute Director Prof SK

Barik, while addressing a vir-tual Varsha Mangal organisedby the Seth Anandram JaipuriaPublic School on Saturday, saidforests were important for thesurvival of all living beings asthey were vital for life as theyprovided oxygen, food, shelter,fuel and means of livelihood forthe tribal people living in andaround the forest area.

He said forests were hometo 80 per cent of the global ter-restrial biodiversity and asource that fulfilled all basicneeds for adjacent human set-

tlements. He said everythingfrom the oxygen one breathedto the wood used for fuel to usein construction came fromforests.

He said the trees were theworld’s largest storehouses ofcarbon which was important tomaintain global temperatures.He said the rise in carbon lev-els was believed to be the mainreason for global warming.

He said in spite of theadvantages of forests, defor-estation had become very ram-pant in the modern era, caus-ing several problems like pol-lution, soil erosion, and climatechange. He said forests werenatural habitat to many animals

and trees supplied oxygen tothe atmosphere and affectedthe rainfall in a particularregion. He added that forestsmaintained the ecosystem byabsorbing greenhouse gasseslike carbon dioxide that werebelieved to be the reason for cli-mate change.

Prof Barik said globallyaround 90 per cent of thespecies, including variousplants and animals, thrived inforests and they offered thenecessary habitat and supportbiodiversity and were home tothe genes of biodiversity. Hesaid photosynthesis was a crit-ical function of plants to gen-erate food and energy. He said

plants provided green coverwhich absorbed the sun’s radi-ation and kept the temperaturedown and regulated atmos-pheric temperature throughevapotranspiration and breezeand also promoted rainfallthat helped in maintainingthe water table and a cool cli-mate.

He praised the school fororganising the functionwhich was in fact a welcome torain.

Principal Shikha Banerjeeand Madhushree Bhaumickalso addressed the function.

The students later present-ed a cultural programme on theoccasion virtually.

KANPUR (PNS): Sustainablenanotechnology has made sub-stantial contributions in pro-viding contaminant-free waterto humanity especially in ruralareas. Clothes made from nanofibres will reduce the depen-dence on soaps and detergentswhich were one major cause ofwater pollution. If this can bemade available then it will pre-vent rural water sources frombeing polluted and this canachieve the mission of sus-tainability in clean water.Nanotextiles can remain cleanirrespective of being worn sev-eral times and this will certainlysave cost of cleaning clothes,ensure longevity and keep dirtand water away.

This was stated by DrApoorba Das from the IndianInstitute of Technology, Delhiwhile addressing the closingsession of the three-day inter-national seminar on ‘FutureTextiles’ at the UP State TextileInstitute here on Saturday.

She said the textile indus-try had more than one tech-nique for developing self-clean-ing textiles and with the help ofnanotechnology and multi-purpose chemical finishes todesign self-cleaning cloths. Shesaid there were various ways ofachieving the self-cleaningeffect on fabrics and one ofthem was biomimicry in tex-tiles, which had led to thedevelopment of water and dirtresistant finishes. She addedthat by using nanotechnologya fabric had been developedthat not only kept the exteriorclean but also prevented thetextile material from beingcontaminated and remainedbacteria-free.

Explaining the process, shesaid there were basically twodifferent types of self-cleaningcoatings: first hydrophilic and

second hydrophobic coats andthe lotus effect was achievedwith a hydrophobic coating,which had high water contactangles, above 90 degrees. Shesaid contact angle was deter-mined by evaluating the chem-ical and topographical qualitiesof the surface while superhy-drophobic coating had a watercontact angle of greater than150 degree and the waterdroplets from such surfacesformed a spherical shape androlled away from the surface,carrying all the dirt away.

Dr Das said nanoparticlesused in the coating had a largesurface area to volume ratioand possessed high surfaceenergy. She said this madeparticles have a better affinityto fabrics, which ultimatelymade the functional coatinglast longer. She said this had ledto extensive research andgrowth in the use of nan-otechnology.

She said today, there weretextiles that repelled not justwater and dirt, but also couldkeep wine and coffee stains,bacteria, and odour away. Shesaid villagers wore clothes fora longer period and finallyused traditional methods toclean them. She said the use ofmore detergent polluted thelimited water resources in thevillages and thus nano fibreswould be of great help to keepwater sources clean.

She said one of the tech-niques while using nano parti-cles for coating was by usingphotocatalysts, wherein a mix-ture of titanium dioxide andzinc oxide act as self-cleaningand anti-bacterial agents. Shesaid a thin coating of titaniumdioxide particles which mea-sure just 20 nanometers indiameter was treated over thefabric and the surface of the

textile material when exposedto light broke down the impu-rities such as dirt, pollutants,and micro-organisms thatcame in contact with the fab-ric into carbon dioxide andoxygen and this left the surfacefree from all sorts of stains andimpurities.

She said with the help ofthe chemical, uniforms andinnerwear of the defense per-sonnel could remain clean andbacteria-free for many days.

Dr Das said silver alsopossessed a quality to repel dirtand keep bacteria away and sil-ver injected nanoparticles usedas coatings could be beneficialto produce self-cleaning fabrics.She said it was also assumed tohave healing properties andhence used in garments likesocks. She said another chem-ical used to obtain self-clean-ing properties was chlorinewhich was used in the form ofmolecules that consisted ofhalamines, which had noadverse effects unlike chlorinein gas form. She said chlorinehalamines were adhered tocellulose fibres of cotton andafter a few washes, the fabricwas again treated with chlorinebleach to regain its cleaningproperties and such a treatmentwas used in medical textiles likewipes, beddings, and towels.

She said refining the tech-nologies for self-cleaning fab-rics and garments would helpdecrease the cost and also havea long-lasting effect on thenano-particles used. She saidthis environment-friendly solu-tion could help in saving drycleaning and laundry bills,energy, and time. She said onecould expect in the near futuregarments that had self-cleaningfeatures to be available in storestoo.

Others who spoke on the

day were Prof Sadhana Rayfrom Kolkata University, ProfAmjad, Prof Arun SinghGangwar and many more. Thedirector proposed the vote ofthanks.

‘NUCLEAR FAMILYSET-UPS EXPOSE ELDER-LIES TO INSECURITY’: Thetraditional Indian society andthe age-old joint family systemhas been instrumental in safe-guarding the social and eco-nomic security of the elderlypeople in the country. But dueto rapid changes in the socialscenario and the emergingprevalence of nuclear familyset-ups in India, the elderlypeople are exposed to emo-tional, physical and financialinsecurity. The World Citizen'sDay is observed with the objec-tive to instill self-esteem, careand love in elderlies. The dayis celebrated to recognise theexperience, abilities, achieve-ments and abilities of the oldpersons. This year the themewas ‘Pandemics: Do theychange how we address age andageing?’

This was stated by theKanpur Senior Citizens' Forumpresident AK Srivastava whileaddressing the session onSaturday. He said this day alsohighlighted the condition ofolder people. He said in Indiathe problems and issues of itsgrey population had not beengiven a serious consideration.He said abandoned elderlycouples with little or no meansof financial survival were themajor threat to the elderlies. Hesaid quality of life was impor-tant for health and well-beingas it was not enough to just bealive but good quality of lifewas especially important forolder adults who were dealingwith chronic health conditionsand major life changes.

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The Uttar Pradesh SarafaAssociation has decided to

go ahead with its one-day totalstrike on Monday. It has strong-ly condemned the adamantstand of the government whichhas refused to take up themajor issues of the jewellers. Ithas blamed the BIS of workingin a highhanded manner, forc-ing the jewellers to take to agi-tational path. It reiterated itsstand on Saturday that all theestablishments will remainclosed to protest the govern-ment's failure to accede totheir demands.

UPSA secretary RamMishra said the strike wasagainst the “arbitrarily imple-mented mandatory hallmark-ing process forced upon theBureau of Indian Standard”. Hesaid the sudden volte face of theAll India Jewellers andGoldsmiths Federation was onaccount of the pressure exert-ed by the government. He saidthe UPSA had decided that itwould pursue the one-daystrike for raising their genuinedemands.

He said the token strikewas a peaceful protest againstarbitrary implementation ofHUID (hallmark unique iden-tification number), which wasimpractical and unimple-mentable.

He said the penal andcriminal consequences on thejewellers , who had not manu-factured or hallmarked thejewellery and sold it like a trad-er, would eventually result inwinding up of businesses infear of inspector raj which hadalready begun. He said thedraconian provisions of can-cellation of registration for acivil offence was imposed onthis trade, resulting in loss oflivelihood of millions ofemployees, artisans and theirdependents.

Mishra said while theindustry was open to abidingby the hallmarking norms, itwas strongly against the arbi-trary implementation of six-digit Hallmarking UniqueIdentification (HUID) whichwas against the principle of easeof doing business as it wascumbersome and led toharassment for customers. Hesaid jewellers could not acceptthe new HUID as it had noth-ing to do with the purity ofgold. He said currently, the newHUID system was takingalmost 10 days to hallmark theproducts, resulting in a bottle-neck and retarding the pace ofthe industry which was arriv-ing on a standstill.

He said massive jewellerywas lying idle due to delays inthe existing hallmarkingprocess and BIS was simplyadding fire to anxiety instead ofresolving issues.

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Ateam of researchers hasidentified an antibody that

is less likely to lose its potencyeven as the virus mutates, i.e itis highly protective at lowdoses against a wide range ofviral Covid-19 variants.Moreover, the antibody attach-es to a part of the virus that dif-fers little across the variants,meaning that it is unlikely forresistance to arise at this spot.

The findings, published inthe journal Immunity, could bea step toward developing newantibody-based therapies thatare less likely to lose theirpotency as the virus mutates,said the researchers.

“Current antibodies maywork against some but not allvariants,” said researcherMichael S. Diamond from theWashington University in St.Louis in the US.

“The virus will likely con-tinue to evolve over time and

space. Having broadly neu-tralizing, effective antibodiesthat work individually and canbe paired to make new combi-nations will likely prevent resis-tance,” Diamond added.

To find neutralising anti-bodies that work against awide range of variants, theresearchers began by immu-nising mice with a key part ofthe spike protein known as thereceptor-binding domain.

Then, they extracted anti-body-producing cells andobtained 43 antibodies fromthem that recognize the recep-tor-binding domain.

The researchers screenedthe 43 antibodies by measuringhow well they prevented theoriginal variant of SARS-CoV-2 from infecting cells in a dish.

Nine of the most potentneutralizing antibodies werethen tested in mice to seewhether they could protectanimals infected with the orig-inal SARS-CoV-2 from disease.Multiple antibodies passed

both tests, with varying degreesof potency.

The researchers selectedthe two antibodies that weremost effective at protectingmice from disease and testedthem against a panel of viralvariants.

The panel comprised virus-es with spike proteins repre-senting all four variants ofconcern (alpha, beta, gammaand delta), two variants ofinterest (kappa and iota), andseveral unnamed variants thatare being monitored as poten-tial threats.

One antibody, SARS2-38,easily neutralized all the vari-ants. Moreover, a humanisedversion of SARS2-38 protectedmice against disease caused bytwo variants — kappa and avirus containing the spike pro-tein from the beta variant.

The beta variant is notori-ously resistant to antibodies, soits inability to resist SARS2-38is particularly remarkable, theresearchers noted.

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of country’s burgeoning car-diovascular diseases, scientistshave said.

“The consumption of mil-lets can reduce total cholesterol,triacylglycerols (commonlyknown as triglycerides) andBMI,” the scientists reached tothe conclusion after analysingthe data of 19 studies, withnearly 900 people.

The study was undertakenby five organizations led by theInternational Crops ResearchInstitute for the Semi-AridTropics (ICRISAT).

The results published inFrontiers in Nutrition, showedthat consuming millets reducedtotal cholesterol by 8 per centlowering it from high to nor-mal levels in the people stud-ied. There was nearly a 10 percent decrease in low and verylow-density lipoprotein cho-

lesterol (commonly viewed as‘bad cholesterol’) and triacyl-glycerol levels in blood.Through these reductions, thelevels went from above normalto normal range. In addition,consuming millets decreasedblood pressure with the dias-tolic blood pressure decreasingby 5 per cent, said the study.

Dr. S Anitha, the study’slead author and SeniorNutritionist at ICRISAT,explained, “We were very sur-prised how many studies on

humans had already beenundertaken on the impact ofmillets on elements that impactcardiovascular diseases, andthis is the very first time any-one has collated all these stud-ies and analyzed their data totest the significance of theimpact.

“We used a meta-analysis,and results came out verystrongly to show significantpositive impact on risk factorsfor cardiovascular disease.”

The study also showed that

consuming millets reducedBMI by 7% in people who wereoverweight and obese

All results are based onconsumption of 50 to 200 g ofmillets per day for a durationranging from 21 days to threemonths.

These findings are influ-enced by comparisons thatshow that millets are muchhigher in unsaturated fattyacids, with 2 to 10 times high-er levels than refined wheat andmilled rice as well as beingmuch higher than whole grainwheat.

“This latest review furtheremphasises the potential of mil-lets as a staple crop that hasmany health benefits. It alsostrengthens the evidence thateating millet can contribute tobetter cardiovascular health byreducing unhealthy cholesterollevels and increasing the levelsof whole grains and unsaturat-ed fats in the diet,” said ProfessorIan Givens, a co-author of thestudy and Director at Universityof Reading’s Institute of Food,Nutrition and Health (IFNH) inthe UK.

“Obesity and being over-weight are increasing globally inboth wealthy and poorer coun-tries, so the need for solutionsbased on healthier diets is crit-ical.

The study on the healthbenefits of millets further sup-ports the need to invest more inthe grain, including its wholevalue chain from better varietiesfor farmers through to agribusi-ness developments,” said Dr.Jacqueline Hughes, DirectorGeneral, ICRISAT.

The study identifies a num-ber of priority future researchareas including the need tostudy all different types of mil-lets, understand any differencesby variety alongside the differ-ent types of cooking and pro-cessing of millets and theirimpact on cardiovascular health.

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The Government onSaturday urged jewellery

body All India Gem andJewellery Domestic Council(GJC) to reconsider its decisionto go on strike on August 23.Sharing the progress made in50 days during the implemen-tation of the first phase ofmandatory gold hallmarking,the Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) said the number of jew-ellers registered for gold hall-marking has increased to91,603 now, from 35,000 jew-ellers when the mandatoryhallmarking came into force.

“When the HUID (hall-mark unique identificationnumber) was implemented, 1.17crore pieces of jewelleries werereceived between July 1 andAugust 20 at assaying centers.Out of which, more than 1 crorepieces were hallmarked withHUID. Even the number ofpieces jewellers sent for assay-ing and hallmarking hasincreased from 5,135 pieces inthe first fortnight of July, to14,349 pieces in the first fort-night of August,” said the BISDirector General PramodKumar Tiwari on Saturday.

Allaying fears that delay ingold hallmarking will impactjewellers’ business during festi-val and marriage season, the BISChief said, “When a new systemis implemented, initially onefaces problems. And those areresolved gradually.” As a result,the number of jewellery itemshallmarked increased from14.28 lakh pieces during July 1-15 to 41.81 lakh pieces during

August 1-15 of this year. OnAugust 20, 3.90 lakh pieceswere hallmarked in one singleday, he said. Gold hallmarking,a purity certification of the pre-cious metal, was voluntary innature prior to June 16.

On the proposed strike ofjewelers, Tiwari said ;”I heardthat some associations havegiven a call for strike. Strike forwhat? ... The Government is lis-tening to every issue raised bystakeholders. The idea of strikeis uncalled for”. In a recentmeeting held on August 19with industry stakeholders,Tiwari said many jewellers’associations had opposed thestrike and said they support thenew HUID system as it hasbecome a brand name for smalland medium jewellers in thecountry.

“If some people (jewellers)have problems, there is no basisfor that. Those who are think-ing about strike, I want toappeal to them that they willnot get a more sensitive andresponsive government thanthe current one,” he said. Tiwariasked the jewellery body GJC toreconsider its decision and takeback the call for strike. “We willregularly have dialogue withyou. HUID is in the interest ofthe country and consumers.This is a big initiative,” he said,adding that the government isalways ready to address theconcerns of jewellers.

The All India Gem andJewellery Domestic Council(GJC) has called a nationwide‘token strike’ on August 23,against the government’s arbi-trary implementation of

mandatory hallmarking of goldjewellery with HUID (hall-mark unique identificationnumber). Mandatory gold hall-marking has come into forcefrom June 16 in a phased man-ner. The government has iden-tified 256 districts from 28states and union territories forphase-1 implementation.

On apprehension of some

jewellers about lack of capaci-ty of assaying centres, he said,“One hallmarking centre in ashift of 8 hours can hallmark500 pieces. There are about 860.About 161 out of 860 assayingcenters have got more than 500jewellery pieces per day. A lotof capacity is underutilised.”The concerns raised aboutcapacity and pace of hallmark-

ing are not based on facts, henoted.

Tiwari said that the gov-ernment has addressed everygenuine concern of the jew-ellers. Even small jewellers’demand to hallmark a mix ofjewellery items having the samepurity has been accepted. “Anotification in this regard willbe issued soon,” he said.

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The Supreme Court has saidthat it could not show sym-

pathy to students who entered amedical college through back-door. A bench comprising jus-tices L Nageswara Rao, B.R.Gavai, and Krishna Murarijunked the review petition by agroup of students, against its July20, 2020, judgment, which dis-missed a plea by Glocal MedicalCollege.

Last year, the top court hadupheld the Medical Council ofIndia’s decision to discharge 67MBBS students, after it wasfound that they secured admis-sion through private counselling,in the backdrop of Uttar Pradeshgovernment’s notification forcommon counselling. “GlocalMedical College in contraventionof the said notification conduct-ed private counselling, which wasnot at all permissible in law. Thestudents cannot be said to beignorant about the notificationissued by the state of UttarPradesh. In such a situation, no

sympathies can be shown tosuch students who have enteredthrough backdoor”, said thebench. The review petitionerswere admitted in the first year ofMBBS course for academic ses-sion 2016-2017 by the medicalcollege, which was affiliated to theGlocal University, a deemedUniversity. The MBBS students,seeking review of the order,claimed they had cleared theNEET and admitted to the courseby the medical college, and theyhave also claimed to have clearedfirst- and second-year examina-tions.

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In a clear indication of an end to theprolonged stand-off between the

Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)Government and Governor BhagatSingh Koshyari over the nominationof 12 members to the State LegislativeCouncil, Chief Minister UddhavThackeray and his Deputy Ajit Pawarwill meet the Governor next week atthe latter’s invitation and sort out thematters relating to the pending issue.

Koshyari, who has come in severecriticism from the ruling MVA con-stituents— Shiv Sena, NCP andCongress – for his inordinate delay indeciding on the State Cabinet’s rec-ommendation to nominate 12 mem-bers to the State Legislative Council,has taken initiative to resolve the con-troversy that has arisen between himand the Uddhav ThackerayGovernment.

The Governor’s initiative comesafter the Bombay High Court – whiledisposing of a PIL seeking its inter-vention over the Governor’s “inaction”in taking a decision on theMaharashtra Government’s recom-mendation made on November 6,2020 -- expressed “hope and trust”that the Governor would discharge hisConstitutional “without undue delay".

The Governor extended an invi-tation to both the chief minister andhis deputy at the swearing-in cere-mony of Justice Vidyasagar M.Kanade, former Judge of the Bombay

High Court, as the new Lokayutka ofMaharashtra organised at Raj Bhavanon Thursday.

Confirming the development,Pawar said that at Thursday’s cere-mony, the Governor had invited thechief minister and him to visit RajBhavan once for a meeting with himon the pending nomination of 12members to the State LegislativeCouncil. “Following the invitation,the chief minister and I have decid-ed to meet the Governor next week,after seeking an appointment for themeeting,” the deputy Chief Ministersaid.

The Governor’s invitation to theChief Minister and DCM comes onthe heels of a ruling given by theBombay High Court on August 12.On that day, a HC division bench ofChief Justice Dipankar Datta andJustice G. S. Kulkarni had said: “Eightmonths, in fact, seems to be beyondreasonable time. This Court, havingregard to the gravity of the issueinvolved and the necessity to fill up thevacant seats of members expedi-tiously as well as to sub-serve the aimsset by the Constitution, would con-sider it eminently desirable if theobligation, in the present case, is dulydischarged without undue delay”.

Holding that “the Governor is notanswerable to the Court in view ofArticle 361 of the Constitution and nodirection can be issued to theGovernor”, the HC bench had said:“Before parting, this Court expresses

hope and trust that things will be setright at an early date. If indeed, dur-ing the pendency of this writ petition,the Governor has acted on the adviceof the Council of Ministers, in what-ever way it was thought appropriateby him, that would take care of thepetitioner’s concern completely. ThePublic Interest Litigation is, accord-ingly, disposed of with no orders as tocosts”

In its earlier observation in thejudgement, the HC bench averred:“This Court, therefore, concludes thejudgment by making a public law dec-laration that the obligation, which theConstitution vests on the Governor toeither accept or return the recom-mendations as made by the Councilof Ministers forming part *of advice,has to be discharged within a rea-sonable time”.

In its remarks preceding its con-clusion, the HC bench made somepertinent observations when it said:“The recommendations made by theCouncil of Ministers have becomeeight months old by the time thisCourt commenced hearing of thispetition. If the saying that everythinghappens for a reason is to be believed,this Court ought to assume that therewas/were genuine reason(s) for theGovernor not to convey his decisionearlier, whatever be the nature there-of ”

“However, it is time that theimpasse is resolved. It is mature, sen-sible and responsible governance,

both at the Centre as well as in theStates, that the people look up to.Should there be any misunderstand-ing or miscommunication betweentwo Constitutional authorities/func-tionaries, right steps in the correctdirection ought to be followed to obvi-ate the same,” the HC bench observed.

“If there be minor differences ofopinion, the same ought to be resolvedin such manner as deemed fit andappropriate including, inter alia, a dis-cussion between the Governor and theChief Minister in the guiding spirit ofthe Constitution.

Indeed, if there are major differ-ences, the same have to be madeknown for ironing out such differ-ences,” the Judges noted.

“It is in such circumstances thatthis Court is of the clear view that theduty of the Governor to speak and tolet the Chief Minister know his (theGovernor’s) reservations about therecommendees, if at all, within a rea-sonable time has to be read in section10(2)(c) of the 1950 Act read withclauses (3)(e) and (5) of Article 171of the Constitution, or else the leg-islative intent would stand defeated.What would be a ‘reasonable time’,however, must depend on the facts ofeach case,” the HC bench added.

It may be recalled that the highcourt had on May 22, 2021 issued anotice to the Governor demanding toknow as to when he would decide onthe recommendation of the state gov-

ernment for nomination of 12 mem-bers to the State Legislative Council.

The HC bench of Justices SJKathawalla and SP Tavade had askedKoshyari as to why he had not so fartaken a decision on state’s govern-ment’s recommendation.

The HC bench had also directedthat the Secretary of the Governor bemade a respondent in the case andasked the latter to file his say in thematter by June 9 when the casewould be heard next.

"We direct respondents to file anaffidavit in reply setting out reasonsfor not acting on the representationsubmitted to the Hon'ble Governor ofMaharashtra by the Council ofMinisters for nomination to theMaharashtra Legislative Councilunder Article 171 (2) (e) and 171 (5)of the Constitution of India, and bywhat time the submission of thecouncil of ministers, November 6,2020, will be considered and disposedof," the HC bench had said in itsorder."He (the Governor) must decideit either way. This is something he hasto do. He can't keep it in his drawer,not to see the light of day." JusticeKathawalla had said.

Interestingly, Bollywood actressUrmila Matondekar is one of the 12persons in the State LegislativeCouncil that have been recommend-ed from the fields of Literature,Science, Arts, Cooperative sector andSocial service, for nomination by theGovernor as MLCs.

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Growing up in the shadowof constant cross border

shelling, Priyanka Choudharya young girl from Kangwala vil-lage, located barely 2 kms fromthe international border inSamba district, is all set to jointhe prestigious club of 'flyingofficers' in the Indian Air Force.

Daughter of an ex-service-man Ujagar Singh Choudhary,she too wanted to serve theIndian Army and don the olivegreens but could not make itin the Indian Army.

As she was determined tojoin the belt force one of herclose friends motivated her totry her luck in the Indian AirForce.

On August 18 when thefinal selection list of flyingofficers was released her nametoo figured in the list.

Speaking to reporters at her

residence, Priyanka Choudharysaid, "I was sleeping at homeafter returning from MataVaishno Devi Shrine. My sis-ter came running in the roomand broke the news of myselection. My close friend hadinformed her about my selec-tion. Soon after confirmingthe news of my final selectionI rushed inside my 'poojaroom'. I wept there standing infront of the idols in the poojaroom for about 10 minutes". "Iwas full of emotions and could-n't hold myself. Since my par-ents were away I waited forthem and visited a nearby tem-ple on a thanksgiving visit"."My prayers were finallyanswered", she added.

Sharing her journey,Priyanka told reporters, "I havecovered a long distance beforeearning a place in the IAFselection list. Growing up in avillage where girls were always

put under the scanner, I canproudly say my parents stoodbehind me through my entirejourney". Since our village islocated close to theInternational border, we wereused to frequent cross bordermortar shelling. "These pre-vailing circumstances taught usmany things at an early age.Welearnt to survive". She said, icould not attend my interviewdue to Covid-19 pandemic.

But when I received anothercall in the month of March2021 I decided to attend at anycost. Despite peaking secondcoivd-19 wave i went to attendthe AFSB interview in the firstweek of May 2021.

She said after my initialschooling in a local Conventschool I studied in Army PublicSchool,Samba up to class 12. IGraduated from a Govt Degreecollege in Jammu and later on

joined the Physics departmentof Jammu University for mymasters degree. "I was alwaysactive in extra curricular activ-ities and also attended NCCcamps during my college days".

"All my teachers and sup-port group always motivatedme to realise my childhooddream of serving the Indianarmed forces". Her fatherUjagar Singh Choudhary said,"my daughter has made usproud. It's a moment of joy.I amoverwhelmed. I am receivingmessages from several peopleand well wishers of the family".Singh said after she failed tojoin the Indian army last yearI told her to keep faith in herabilities. "She has worked hardas a student and was dedicat-ed towards realising her child-hood dream. Now she hasmade it to the IAF and isgoing to be a flying officer. I amproud of her achievement".

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Former Jammu & Kashmir ChiefMinister and People's Democratic

Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti onSaturday sparked off a fresh controversyby first praising Taliban as the superpow-er America was forced to pack its bag inAfghanistan and secondly warned theUnion Government to restart talks the wayAtal Bihari Vajpayee did and restoreArticle 370 otherwise it will be too late.

Addressing a gathering of party work-ers in Kulgam PDP Chief also warned theUnion Government (without naming anyone) to immediately restore the special sta-tus of the erstwhile State of Jammu &Kashmir without wasting any time.

Mehbooba adopted a threatening pos-ture while thundering on top of her voice,“don’t test our patience and change your

ways while you still have a chance.Remember how Vajpayee initiated thepeace process. You must restart talkswith Kashmiris and return whatever you

have looted.”She further urged the people to fight

against the abrogation of Article 370“peacefully”.

Reacting to her statement, formerDeputy Chief Minister and a senior BJPleader in Jammu Prof Nirmal Singh saidthe PDP Chief has lost her political groundand it is the reason she is growing des-perate and making such statements in sup-port of Taliban.

“If she thinks that she can blackmailus then she needs to understand that thisis Modi’s India. Those days are gone andwe will not be blackmailed,” he added. Inthe recent past Mehbooba Mufti hadmade several provocative statements tar-geting the Union Government and its han-dling of Jammu & Kashmir after the reor-ganisation of Jammu & Kashmir leadingto Abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A.

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Film fans across South Indiawoke up to a teary Saturday

hearing the news about thedemise of leading actressChithra. Fifty-five-year-oldChithtra breathed her last earlySaturday morning following amassive cardiac arrest at herresidence in Saligramam.

She leaves behind her hus-band Vijayaraghavan and teenaged daughter Sruthi. Chithrawas a busy artist during the1980s and 1990s and had actedas the lead lady of Mohan Lal,Mammootti and Suresh Gopiin many Malayalam movies.She had paired with SivajiGaneshan, Rajnikanth, Prabhu,Kamal Haassan , Sarath Kumarand Vijayakanth in Tamilmovies and was a strong pres-ence in Telugu and Kannadamovies.

“She switched over to char-acter roles with poise and elanand gave sterling performancein Malayalam movies likeAttakalasam, Panchagni, OruVadakkan Veeragatha,Amaram, Ekalavyan andDevasuram,” said SanthivilaDinesh, movie maker. LalithaSree, actress and long timefriend of Chithra who wassobbing uncontrollably toldThe Pioneer that the latter hadcalled her Friday evening to

find out what she was makingfor Onam feast.

“She wanted to taste thepayasam which I used to makeevery Onam. Since I do nothave Onam this year onaccount of a bereavement in thefamily, I expressed my regretand she hang up the phone,”said Lalitha Sree.

After her marriage, Chithrahad bade farewell to moviesand later she became a busyserial actress in Tamil serials.“She had the rare girl-next-door image which made her apopular face among the fami-ly audience. Chithra was alwaysa director’s delight who couldperfect whatever roles assignedto her,” said MankombuGopalakrishnan, script writerand poet.

Chithra’s last rites wereheld at Saligramam, a Chennaisuburb on Saturday evening.

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Thirty years after they passedout of the first joint services

wing course from there, theChiefs of the Indian Army, theIndian Navy and the Indian AirForce were at their Alma-Mater National DefenceAcademy (NDA) atKhadakwasla on a two-dayvisit that ended on Saturday.

The visit marked a histor-ical moment for this prestigiousTri-Service Training Academyas all three service chiefs arecourse mates from the 56thCourse of NDA.

Their visit to the NDAwas rare and unique. Earlier,it was only in 1991 that all threeservice chiefs were coursemates from the first NDA (erst-while Joint Services Wing)course.

“The very idea and thoughtof them visiting their Alma-Mater together not only reaf-firms the eternity of the bondsof camaraderie imbibed in theAcademy but also signifies thespirit of ‘Jointmanship’ which

this Tri-Service TrainingInstitution stands for,” a defenceofficial said.

The three distinguishedalumni who visited the NDAwere: General M. M. Naravane,Admiral Karambir Singh andAir Chief Marshal RakeshKumar Singh Bhadauria, allhighly-decorated and in theirtop posts since 2019.

Admiral Karambir Singh,PVSM, AVSM, ADC assumedoffice as the Chief of the NavalStaff on May 31 2019. AirChief Marshal Rakesh KumarSingh Bhadauria, PVSM,AVSM, VM, ADC took over asChief of the Air Staff onSeptember 30 2019, whieGeneral MM Naravane, PVSM,AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC tookover as Chief of the Army Staffon December 31, 2019.

Speaking on behalf of thethree chiefs on this historicaloccasion the Chief of the NavalStaff Admiral Karambir Singhdwelt upon the emergingtrends of modern warfare. Healso exhorted the cadets toimbibe the basic tenets of mod-

ern military leadership. TheChiefs reviewed the ongoingtraining of cadets and the avail-able training and administra-tive infrastructure of NDA.

During their visit, thechiefs paid homage at the ‘Hutof Remembrance’, which com-memorates the sacrifice of ex-NDA officers of Armed Forces

who laid down their lives in theline of duty. The Service Chiefsalso visited their parentsquadrons ‘Hunter’ (NavalChief) & ‘Lima’ (Army & AirChiefs); and interacted with thecadets of the respectivesquadrons. An interaction withthe faculty and staff of NDAwas also organised towards

the end of their visit.Their visit to the Academy

comes – which has come on theheels of the The SupremeCourt’s landmark interim orderdirecting the Government toallow women to take the nextentrance exam for the hither-to male preeserve NationalDefence Academy (NDA) --has

provided unmatched inspira-tion and sense of pride to all thecadets and would further cat-alyze them to strive for excel-lence in their military careersand reinforce the Spirit ofCamaraderie and Jointmanshipamong the three services.

The idea of establishingthis Joint Training Academy fortraining officers of three ser-vices was conceived by a com-mittee headed by the thenCommander-in-Chief Of theIndian Army, Field Marshal SirClaude Auchinlek in 1945 andAcademy commenced func-tioning in its interim locationat Dehradun as Joint ServiceWing in January 1949.

The foundation stone ofthe Academy at Khadakwaslawas laid on October 6, 1949and inaugurated on January 151955.

In its glorious history ofover seven decades, theAcademy has produced thefirst Chief of the Defence Staff,13 Chiefs of Army Staff, 11Chiefs of Navy Staff and 09Chiefs of the Air Staff.

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Busting a �118 crore ITCrefund fraud case, the

Mumbai Zonal Unit ofDirectorate General of GSTIntelligence (DGGI), CBIC,(DGGI-MZU) has arrested oneSantosh Doshi for his allegedrole in the scam involving rais-ing of fake bills without sup-plying goods or services.

Doshi was controlling andoperating seven companieswhich had allegedly availedInput Tax Credit (ITC) withoutany supply of goods and ser-vices on the strength of bogusinvoices and claimed �118Crore as refund against exports.

The seven companies are:M/s Amal Overseas Pvt Ltd, C-Kluster Expotrade Pvt. Ltd.,Ekon Crystal Merchants Pvt.Ltd., Meticulous Overseas Pvt.Ltd., Ninad Overseas Pvt. Ltd.,Parees Overseas Pvt. Ltd andWhite Opal Expotrade Pvt.

Ltd.The modus operandi

allegedly involved in the fraudwas that several dummy unitswere created in the States ofJharkhand and West Bengal onthe basis of forged documents.

The alleged dummy unitspassed on the said bogus ITCto several shell trading firmsacting as intermediary entitiesin Chhattisgarh. Several unitswere created as exportingfronts at Pune and Mumbai inthe State of Maharashtra towhom the units situated in theState of Chhattisgarh suppliedfictitious goods purported to beexported. The exporting unitswere created merely for thepurpose of availing refund in afraudulent manner.

To nab the mastermindbehind the whole channel offinancial fraud, DGGI,Mumbai launched an opera-tion, by searching concerned

CHAs, CAs, CSs, key personsand freight forwarders andseveral statements were record-ed.

Enquiries revealed thatShri Santosh Doshi, a residentof Pune, Maharashtra, who isalso the Managing Director ofM/s Masumi Overseas Pvt.Ltd., was actually the promot-er and operator of these sevenexporting firms.

The accused created acomplex web using multiplelayers of transactions startingfrom manufacturers to tradersin between and ultimately toexporters to facilitate encash-ment of accumulated ITC.

Santosh Doshi was arrest-ed on August 17 and he hasbeen remanded to judicial cus-tody,

He is a habitual offenderand has also been arrestedpreviously in 2016 by MumbaiCustoms. The investigationsare on.

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In a move to improve CrewResource Management

(CRM), Air India Express hasissued an order asking its pilotsto address the pilot-in-com-mand (PIC) of their flight “byfirst name or simply as captain,”and not as “sir’.

The order was issued aftera report of the Aircraft AccidentsInvestigation Branch (AAIB)stated that lack of coordinationamong two pilots on a flight hadled to a tail strike and the aircraftlanding gear contacting airportperimeter wall during takeoff.

“While all the causative fac-tors brought about by theAircraft Accidents InvestigationBranch (AAIB) are beingaddressed, this circular aims totarget the breakdown of CRM inthe subject incidents. It is pro-posed that in order to improve

CRM and reduce Trans-Cockpit- Authority –Gradient,a more informal cockpit envi-ronment is required. This maybe a generational and culturalshift which has built up over theyears and may take time to befully accepted and reap results.However, as a first step, hence-forth, first officer shall addressthe PIC not as “Sir” by first namesimply as “Captain”, chief ofoperations, Captain VSRajkumar, Air India Expresssaid in a circular.

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tion on Friday (August 20), theairline’s chief of operations,Captain VS Rajkumar, cited anincident that took place onOctober 2018, during take offfrom Trichy, the aircraft did notmeet the take off performanceand the wheels contacted the ILSlocalizer antenna and airportperimeter wall causing damageto the underbelly. Fortunately,the aircraft landed back safely.

“The Aircraft AccidentsInvestigation Branch (AAIB)investigation report states thatthe cause of the accident was a

delay in takeoff due to reductionof take off thrust N1 from 98%to 77% before reaching V1 (which means the minimumspeed in the takeoff, following afailure of the critical engine atVEF’ at which the pilot can con-tinue the takeoff and achieve therequired height above the take-off surface withint the takeoffdistance), inability of both thecrew members to monitor thethrust parameter and to taketimely corrective action. Thecontributory factior being mech-anised failure of PIC seat backrest recliner mechanism duringtake off roll and breakdown ofcrew coordinationduringswitching between Pilot Flyingand Pilot monitoring, resultingin a tail strike and subsequent-ly the aircraft impacting thelocalizer antenna and boundarywall of the airport,” the circularsaid.

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The CBI has arrested an accused, who was absconding for aboutsix years, in a bank fraud case from the Indira Gandhi

International Airport here. The absconding accused Aarti Kalra is a private person and

was arrested on Saturday.A case was registered on December 16, 2015 against Arti,

her husband Sunny Kalra and others on the allegations that theseaccused (directors of a private company White Tiger Steels PvtLtd) fraudulently obtained a bank loan of �10 crore from PunjabNational Bank, Darya Ganj Branch here during October 2013,the agency said in a statement here on Saturday.

It was further alleged that after couple of months followingthe grant of the loan, the accused started defaulting on the time-ly interest payment and with a malafide intention removed theentire goods which were pledged to the bank, due to which theloan account turned non-performing assets (NPA). Both theaccused were absconding since registration of the case, it said.

After investigation, a chargesheet was filed on December 22,2016 against them and three other officials of Punjab NationalBank including then Chief Manager, then Manager and thenAdditional General Manager. Further investigation was kept open,it further said.

As both the accused did not join the investigation, InterpolRed Corner Notices were issued against them in 2016. In pur-suance of existing RCN, one of the accused (her husband) wasapprehended at Muscat, Oman and subsequently, he wasdeported to India on March 7,.2020.

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Days after vowing to respectwomen’s rights in

Afghanistan, Taliban officials inthe restive Herat province havebanned co-education in gov-ernment and private universi-ties, describing it as the ‘root ofall evils in society’.

The decision was takenafter a meeting between varsi-ty professors, owners of privateinstitutions, and Talibanauthorities, Khaama Press NewsAgency reported on Saturday.

This is the first ‘fatwa’ issuedby the Taliban after its swifttakeover of Afghanistan last week.Capital Kabul’s capture on Sunday

signified the end of the US’slongest war, launched after theSeptember 11, 2001 terror attacks.

On Tuesday, ZabihullahMujahid, the Taliban’s longtimespokesman in his first-everpublic appearance to addressthose concerns at a news con-ference, promised the Talibanwould honour women’s rightswithin the norms of Islamiclaw, in an effort to portray amore moderate stance.

During a three-hour meet-ing of university professors andowners of private educationalinstitutions, Taliban represen-tative and Head of HigherEducation, Afghanistan, MullahFarid said there is no alternative

and co-education must end.He also said virtuous

female lecturers would beallowed to teach only femalestudents but not the male ones.

Farid called co-educationthe ‘root of all evils in society’,the report said.

In the last two decades,Afghanistan has implementeda mixed system of co-educationand gender-based separateclasses in all universities andinstitutes.

Educationalists said gov-ernment universities wouldnot be affected by the decisionbut private institutes wouldstruggle with already a lownumber of female students.

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President Joe Biden has saidthat the mass evacuation

from Kabul, one of the largestand most difficult airlifts in his-tory, is not without risk of lossof lives, but vowed to bring allAmericans and partners homefrom Afghanistan, as hisadministration grappled withthe fallout from the chaotic exit.

Biden’s remarks on Fridaycome as the US rushed to air-lift as many people as possibleout of the Afghan capital aheadof a self-imposed deadline todepart Afghanistan by August31.

In a speech delivered fromthe White House, Biden saidthe United States has evacuat-ed more than 18,000 people

since July and approximately13,000 since the airlifts beganon Saturday.

Biden continued to defendhis decision to withdraw troopsfrom Afghanistan and said theUS has made “significantprogress” in its evacuationefforts since chaos broke out atthe Kabul airport on Monday.

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British Prime Minister BorisJohnson has said the UK’s

diplomatic efforts to find asolution in Afghanistan remainongoing, which leaves open theprospect of working with theTaliban “if necessary”.

Speaking to the media afteran emergency Cabinet OfficeBriefing Rooms (COBRA)meeting to discuss the crisis inthe region on Friday, Johnsonsaid “formidable” challengesremain around the evacuationof British nationals and sup-porters from Kabul airport butthe situation was getting“slightly better”.

“What I want to assurepeople is that our political anddiplomatic efforts to find a

solution for Afghanistan, work-ing with the Taliban, of courseif necessary, will go on and ourcommitment to Afghanistan islasting,” Johnson said.

“The situation is gettingslightly better and we are see-ing a stablisation at the airport.So yesterday [Thursday] wewere able to get out about1,000 people and today [Friday]another 1,000 people; a lot ofthose UK eligible persons com-ing back to this country and alot of them people comingback under the AfghanistanResettlement and AssistanceProgramme (ARAP) – inter-preters and others to whom weowe debts of gratitude andhonour,” he said, adding thatthe operation will continue ata fast pace.

Madrid: The European Union’stop officials warned the Talibanon Saturday that the currentconversations being held tosecure the exit of as manyAfghan evacuees as possible donot mean the bloc is preparedto recognise the new regime.

European CommissionPresident Ursula von der Leyenacknowledged the necessity ofcontinuing to engage with theTaliban during her visit, alongwith EU Council PresidentCharles Michel, to a receptioncenter for evacuees establishedby Spain near Madrid.

“We do have operationalcontacts with the Taliban in thismoment of crisis, because weneed to discuss in these difficulttimes how we can facilitate it forpeople in Kabul to come to theairport,” the EU leader said.

“But this is completely dis-tinct and separated from polit-ical talks. There are no politicaltalks with the Taliban and thereis no recognition of the Taliban.”

She also said the continu-ance of European humanitari-an aid to Afghanistan willhinge on the Taliban respectinghuman rights, especially forwomen and girls.

“We hear the Taliban state-ment that stresses that womenwill have their right place insociety and have the right tostudy and work, within theframework of Islam, whateverthat means. But we also hearmore and more reports of peo-ple being hunted down for theirpast work or opinions, and wehear of women being turnedaway when they show up at theirusual workplace,” she said. AP

Kabul: Tens of thousands ofpeople in Afghanistan waitednervously on Saturday to seewhether the United Stateswould deliver on President JoeBiden’s new pledge to evacuateall Americans and all Afghanswho aided the war effort.Meanwhile, the Taliban leaderarrived in Kabul for talks withthe group’s leadership on form-ing a new government.

Time is running out aheadof Biden’s Aug 31 deadline towithdraw most remaining UStroops, and the president onFriday night did not commit toextending it. He faces growingcriticism as videos depict pan-demonium and occasional vio-lence outside the airport, andas vulnerable Afghans who

fear the Taliban’s retaliationsend desperate pleas not to beleft behind.

In a new security warning,the US Embassy on Saturdaytold citizens not to travel to theKabul airport without “indi-vidual instructions from a USgovernment representative,”citing potential security threatsoutside its gates.

Tens of thousands ofAfghan translators and others,and their close family mem-bers, seek evacuation after theTaliban’s shockingly swifttakeover of Afghanistan in a lit-tle over a week’s time. The fallof Kabul marked the finalchapter of America’s longestwar, which began after theSept 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Taliban leader MullahAbdul Ghani Baradar, whonegotiated the religious move-ment’s 2020 peace deal with theUS, was in Kabul for meetingswith the group’s leadership, aTaliban official said, speakingon condition of anonymitybecause he was not authorisedto talk to the media.

Baradar’s presence is sig-nificant because he has oftenheld talks with former Afghanleaders like ex-president HamidKarzai.

Afghan officials familiarwith talks held in the capital saythe Taliban have said they willnot make announcements ontheir government until theAugust 31 deadline for thetroop withdrawal passes. AP

Hangedigi (Turkey): Fromabove, the new border wall sep-arating Turkey from Iran lookslike a white snake windingthrough the barren hills. So farit only covers a third of the 540-km (335-mile) border, leavingplenty of gaps for migrants toslip across in the dead of night.

Traffic on this key migra-tion route from central Asia toEurope has remained relative-ly stable compared to previousyears. But European countries,as well as Turkey, fear the sud-den return of Taliban rule inAfghanistan could change that.

Haunted by a 2015 migra-tion crisis fuelled by the Syrianwar, European leaders desper-ately want to avoid anotherlarge-scale influx of migrantsand refugees from Afghanistan.

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Washington: Secretary of StateAntony Blinken says 13 coun-tries have thus far agreed to atleast temporarily host at-riskAfghans evacuated fromAfghanistan and a dozen morehave agreed to serve as transitpoints for evacuees, includingAmericans and others.

Blinken says in a Fridaystatement that potential Afghanrefugees not already cleared forresettlement in the UnitedStates will be housed at facili-ties in Albania, Canada,Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile,Kosovo, North Macedonia,Mexico, Poland, Qatar,Rwanda, Ukraine and Uganda.

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China on Saturday asked Pakistan totake “practical and effective” mea-

sures and overhaul the security mech-anism to forestall attacks on its nation-als working on various infrastructureprojects after a suicide bomber attackeda convoy of Chinese nationals in therestive Balochistan province, in the sec-ond such attack in over a month.

The Chinese embassy here in astatement strongly condemnedFriday’s suicide attack on the convoyof Chinese nationals comprising fourvehicles in Gwadar, the port city ofstrategic importance due to the pres-ence of Chinese workers and invest-ment. In the attack, two children whowere playing nearby were killedwhile one Chinese national wasamong several others who sustained

injuries.The embassy said that it launched

the emergency plan immediately,“demanding Pakistan to properly treatthe wounded, conduct a thoroughinvestigation on the attack, and severe-ly punish the perpetrators.”

“At the same time, relevantdepartments at all levels in Pakistanmust take practical and effectivemeasures to accelerate to implementstrengthened whole-process securitymeasures and upgraded securitycooperation mechanisms to ensurethat similar incidents will not happenagain,” it said.

The embassy further said thatrecently, the security situation inPakistan has been “severe and therehave been several terrorist attacks insuccession, resulting in the casualtiesof several Chinese citizens.”

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s newPrime Minister Ismail SabriYaakob was sworn in Saturday,bringing back the rule of thecountry’s longest-governingpolitical party, but he faces a talltask in uniting a polarised soci-ety and reviving a slumpingeconomy amid a worseningpandemic. Ismail was the deputyprime minister under the gov-ernment of Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin, who resignedMonday after less than 18months in office as infighting inhis coalition cost him majoritysupport.

Ismail obtained the backingof 114 lawmakers for a slendermajority that broughtMuhyiddin’s alliance back topower. It also returned the pre-miership to Ismail’s United

Malays National Organization,which had led Malaysia sinceindependence from Britain in1957 but was ousted in 2018elections amid a multibillion-dollar financial scandal.

“Malaysia has a new PM,with essentially the old politicsand players. It’s back to the past:UMNO is now in PM seat,returning to power to thoughelite bargains despite being boot-ed out for corruption in 2018,”said Bridget Welsh, a SoutheastAsian expert with Malaysia’sNottingham University.

Ismail took the oath ofoffice before King SultanAbdullah Sultan Ahmad Shahduring a brief ceremony at thenational palace witnessed byleaders in the prime minister’salliance, including Muhyiddin.

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Addressing women self-help groups, the Union min-ister said, “The central government gives money for stor-age facilities in villages. I would request all women SHGsto utilise this opportunity and build a storage facility invillages so that things produced locally can be stored there.”

Showering praises on Chief Minister Adityanath forhis “energy” and “capacity to work”, Sitharaman said, “Infive years, he would have visited each district of the stateat least 10 times. I congratulate him for making womenfeel safe in the state, for the overall development, and forlaw and order.”

“In the coming days, UP will move with such speedthat the role of women will be clearly visible. Your futureis bright, and the coming days are absolutely promisingand bright with such a chief minister,” she added.

The Union minister said UP is the only state wherewomen have been made “bank mitra” and they are post-ed in every village to render banking services. “This willtake the progressive idea ahead,” she said.

Addressing the event, Adityanath said ‘Mission Shakti’will make the state and the country more capable.

“No society, state or country can become capable byignoring half of its population. This campaign of womenempowerment is a part of making the state and the coun-try capable. Today (Saturday) ‘Mission Shakti’ programmewas held in all 75 districts of the state, in which 75 womenwere honoured,” he said.

“Under the guidance of the prime minister, the stategovernment is working continuously for the safety,respect and self-reliance of women. Carrying forward thesame sequence, today the third phase of the campaign ismoving forward,” he said.

While extending his greetings to women, YogiAdityanath said, “Under the Kanya Sumangala Yojana,today (Saturday) Rs 30.12 crore has been transferred onlineinto the accounts of 1.55 lakh girls.”

Earlier, over 7.81 lakh women were benefited by thisscheme. The women and police beat programme waslaunched by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.Under it over 10,000 women beat officers would bedeployed in all 1,537 police station areas of the state.

The chief minister, with a pledge to empower thewomen in the state, honored 75 outstanding women underthe Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav programme for their note-worthy contribution in various fields. Besides, 75 womenfrom every district were honoured for their exemplarywork. Over 58,000 special Mission Shakti Kaksh will enablethe women cops in spreading awareness at the grassrootslevel in the state.

Saying that the state government was solely dedicat-ed towards women empowerment, Yogi Adityanath laidthe foundation stone of Avantibai battalion, one out of thethree new women battalions of PAC. Over 1.50 lakhrecruitments have been made in the Police department,out of which on 20 per cent posts women have been recruit-ed.

On the occasion of the launch of phase-3 of MissionShakti, the chief minister pointed out how effective the gov-ernment’s policy of zero tolerance had resulted in curb-ing crimes against women after 2017. He said that the gov-ernment had made provisions under which womenpolice officers would conduct the hearings related to mat-ters of the fairer sex so that the victims did not hesitate tocome forward and lodged complaint of any kind of excess-es against them to get the culprits punished. He said thestate government had made arrangements for drinkingwater, toilets for women in more than 1.5 lakh schools.

Ending his speech, Yogi Adityanath said, “This pro-gramme of Mission Shakti will prove to be a milestone forwomen’s dignity, security, self-reliance and respect.”

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“They were offered lunch and have now left for theKabul airport,” Government sources said. A team of Indianofficials was already in Kabul to help facilitate the safe

return of Indian citizens stranded outside the airport, theyadded.

India has already evacuated 200 people, including theIndian envoy and other staffers of its Embassy in Kabul,in two C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft of the IAF afterthe Taliban seized control of Kabul on Sunday. The firstevacuation flight brought back over 40 Indians onMonday. The second C-17 aircraft evacuated around 150people, including Indian diplomats, officials, security per-sonnel and some stranded Indians on Tuesday.

Since the Kabul international airport is controlled bythe US forces, high-level talks between the leaders of twocountries ensured safe passage for the Indian diplomaticcorps besides safe landing and take-off of the Indian C-17, they said.

Following the evacuation, the Ministry of ExternalAffairs said the focus now would be to ensure the safereturn of all Indian nationals from the Afghan capital.

The immediate priority for the Government is to obtainaccurate information about all Indian nationals current-ly staying in Afghanistan. The Ministry also urged theIndians as well as their employers to urgently share the rel-evant details with the special Afghanistan cell.

While one estimate puts the figure of Indians work-ing there at 1,000 to 1,500, another estimate indicates about400 Indians are stranded there and wanting to come out.Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh earlierthis week urged the Central Government to evacuate Sikhsfrom there adding there about 300 of them.

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involved in a series of firing/grenade lobbing attackson Police/security forces including firing on SF duringCASO at Brenthal, grenade lobbing at bus stand Tral on18/10/2020. Besides, Case FIR No 101/2020 of PS Tral per-taining to recovery of narcotics and explosives at TralPayeen was also registered against him.

In a separate statement, Srinagar based Defence PRPCol Emron Musavi said, “For the last four days Victor Forcewas conducting search operations in the upper reaches ofNagaberan and Dacchigam forests as a follow up of OpHANGALMARG.’

He said the first contact with the hiding group of ter-rorists was established at 6:45 am on Saturday. Three ter-rorists were neutralised in a swift operation. Two AK 47s,one SLR and other warlike stores have been recovered fromthem.

Another JeM top commander Saifullah @Lamboo,involved in Pulwama attack, was also neutralised in thesame area on 31 Jul 2021, he added.

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thousands massacred in the Mappila Rebellion of1921. It was on this day in 1921 religious zealotsunleashed South India’s biggest ever communal pogromunder the label of Khilafat Movement and massacredhapless people in Malabar region who refused to changetheir religion.

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“Zydus Cadila is the first DNA vaccine approved inthe world. It causes less pain and will help us expand vac-cine coverage in the young age group” said Dr RandeepGuleria, Director, AIIMS, on the jab being approved forchildren above 12.

The vaccine, jointly developed in partnership with theDepartment of Biotechnology, had demonstrated a primaryefficacy of 66.66 per cent in phase 3 clinical trials. It wasthe first Covid-19 vaccine in India to be tested on the ado-lescent population - those in the 12-18-year age group.

ZyCoV-D has become the sixth vaccine to be approvedfor use in India after Serum Institute’s Covishield, BharatBiotech’s Covaxin, Russia’s Sputnik V, and the US-basedModerna and Johnson and Johnson.

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The Taliban will be account-able for its actions and will

investigate reports of reprisalsand atrocities carried out bymembers, an official of theIslamist militant group toldReuters on Saturday.

The official, who spoke oncondition of anonymity, addedthat the group planned to readya new model for governingAfghanistan within the next fewweeks.

It has been just a week sincethe Taliban completed alightingfast takeover of the country,finally walking into Kabul lastSunday without firing a shot.

Since then, individualAfghans and international aidand advocacy groups havereported harsh reta l iat ionagainst protests, and roundupsof those who formerly held gov-ernment positions, criticisedthe Taliban or worked withAmericans. “We have heard ofsome cases of atrocities andcrimes against civilians,” theofficial said. “If Talibs (mem-bers) are doing these law andorder problems, they will beinvestigated.” He added, “Wecan understand the panic, stressand anxiety. People think we willnot be accountable, but thatwill not be the case.”

Although the Taliban hassought to present a more mod-erate face since its takeover, thegroup ruled with an iron fistfrom1996 to 2001, before being

toppled by US-led forces forsheltering al-Qaeda militantsbehind the September 11attacks.

Former officials told har-rowing tales of hiding from theTaliban in recent days as armedgunmen went from door todoor. One family of 16 describedrunning to the bathroom, lightsoff and children’s mouths cov-ered, in fear for their lives.

The new framework for gov-erning the country would not bea democracy by Western defin-ition but “It will protect every-one’s rights,” the official added.

“Legal, religious and for-eign policy experts in theTaliban aim to present the newgoverning framework in thenext few weeks,” he said.

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Kabul: Mullah Abdul GhaniBaradar, the co-founder of Taliban,arrived in Kabul on Saturday fortalks with fellow members of thegroup and other politicians onestablishing a new AfghanGovernment."He will be in Kabulto meet jihadi leaders and politi-cians for an inclusive governmentset-up," a senior Taliban officialsaid quoted AFP. Baradar arrivedin Afghanistan earlier this weekfrom Qatar, choosing to touchdown in the country's second-biggest city Kandahar — theTaliban's spiritual birthplace.

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2010. He was kept in custody untilpressure from the United Statessaw him freed in 2018 and relo-cated to Qatar. He was appointedhead of the Taliban's politicaloffice in Doha, where he oversawthe signing of the foreign forces'withdrawal agreement with theAmericans. AFP

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Any real-life story is reallyinspiring. And the latest filmthat released on Zee5, directed

by Sarthak Dasgupta that sees thecomeback of Amol Palekar on the 70mm screen, 200 Hallo Ho, is a trulygreat story — about how women fromthe lower caste who had beensubjugated for over a decade decidedto take justice in their hands when thesystem failed to do for them.

The film is truly gut-wrenchingbecause the story is not somethingthat happened decades back; theincident took place merely 16 yearsback in Nagpur. Headlines screamedabout the rapist being lynched and

parts cut off in broad daylight by 200women who had had enough of thegoon’s brutality from a higher caste.

When The Pioneer had gone tocover the story, the anger andfrustration of the women could beseen on the walls — blood splashedon the walls — told a story that onehopes that women don’t have toresort to ever again.

Those who have been followingEk Mahanayak-Dr BR Ambedkar onZee5 will know the cruelty Dalitsfaced at the hands of the upper caste.This movie just reiterates that whiledecades many have passed themindset is still deeply entrenched inthe caste system. We need manysuch stories to be told. Dasgupta’sattempt is in the right place.

The problem here is not how thestory unfolds and how much it hasdeviated from real-life incidents. Thedisclaimer clearly states that it isinspired from a true incident andeverything else — names and places

are fictitious. The issue is that thereare too many monologues thatbecome tedious after some time.

While it is great to see AmolPalekar make a comeback on the 70mm screen after such a long time,his tirade and long dialogues,however well-placed and well-intended, get to you; they are boringand too preachy. It is unfortunatethat the film fails to really talk aboutthe real issue here – oppression ofthe Dalit women. We all know howthe system fails the poor. Thismovie is yet another case in point.

However, Palekar and RinkuRsjguru give a good performanceand win hearts. Barun Sobti, as alawyer, appears to be uncomfortablein the shoes of the character andremains understated, a bit difficultto swallow given that he is a lawyer.

Overall, a movie not to bemissed on re-told story of Dalitrebellion!

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Your phone beeps, you unlock itonly to find a new notification fromsome social media site. A new friendrequest, it says. You find the profilepicture of the person attractive and

within a matter of minutes you both are con-nected and have become virtual friends. Thefriendship moves forward and now it is nolonger about just messages, but video calls too.

A few days later, you receive a text thatsends chills down your spine. Your private pho-tos and videos are on the verge of being leakedonline. You have fallen prey to sextortion. Whatwould you do?

While the aforementioned scenario maysound like a scene from a Bollywood movie toyou, it is as real as it can be. According to sev-eral studies, sextortion cases are on a high inmany States. Not only this, recently about 100Bollywood celebrities became a victim of sex-tortion.

“With technology taking the center stage,sextortion is becoming increasingly common.This is done in several ways. One, maliciousentities hack your cameras and can get accessto your private life, without you knowing aboutit. They can record your daily activities and canfurther use it to blackmail and extort money.If one is to wonder, how can one hack into yourcamera without you knowing, it is not some-thing unusual. This can be done in several waysdepending on the expertise of the hacker. Oneway is when you download a malicious file froman unknown source, it gives the hacker full con-trol of your device. Moreover, you won’t be ableto find it out ever because the camera light willnot blink in this case,” Ehraz Ahmed, aMysore-based ethical hacker, securityresearcher and Founder, StackNexo andAspirehive, tells you.

The second way, Ahmed says, is supposed-ly when a person is surfing through certaininappropriate sites, hackers manage to track hisactivities and store the data, and later, on thebasis of this, can blackmail him.

“When you visit any such site, you may beredirected to a malicious website where theycan ask for your sensitive information, includ-ing name, age and email address. This infor-mation can further be used to blackmail you,”says Ahmed.

Er Ashutosh Verma, Cybersecurity Analystand Founder, Exalta India, agrees with Ahmedand says that the current pandemic has broughtan epidemic of sextortion as flesh trade crimeshave gone digital.

“Dating apps, pornographic contents andsocial networking platforms are the deep darkweb’s easiest methods and hotspots for perpe-trators to find and trap you. Every website hasits background cookies storing system likeGoogle stores your searched data to provide youwith a better-personalised experience with ear-lier suggestions. But, perpetrators use thosecookies to start tracking you digitally. In

addition, hackers have trap mechanisms in pop-ular websites. For example, pop-up trapsdivert your attention immediately, and the mal-ware gets activated when you click on them.Once they get their malware onto your system,they can track your online history. They use allthis information to scare and blackmail you intogiving them pornographic content or money,”says Verma.

One such recent case, Verma says, wasreported for a Smart TV hack, situated in thevery bed room. A Government scientist hadgotten trapped by a girl online who got kid-napped then later had to be rescued. “Anotherone was where a Bangalore-based businessman’s wife got trapped in online sex racket asher phone was hacked and the hackers had theaccess to her personal photos and videos, theyused them to compel her. The most famous vic-tim of sextortion would be Jeff Bezos, CEO ofAmazon. While he could stand up and voicethe attempt of sextortion on a public platform,many people cannot and do not stand upagainst their blackmailer and fall prey tocyber bullying and cybercrime,” Verma tellsyou.

However, keeping safe from such incidentsis not a Herculean task. One just has to stayalert and not fall for easy traps.

“First and foremost, if you ever sense a riskof your device’s camera being hacked, cover itwith a black tape. This will block the view.Second, it’s a no-brainer that one shouldn’t openany suspicious links or websites, no matter howlucrative they might look. Third, make sureyour devices are secured with antivirus. Mostof the time, we don’t renew our antiviruslicense, this poses a major threat. Do this onpriority, just like you do with other householdsafety stuff. Remember, your devices are no lessprecious,” explains Ahmed.

In addition to this, one can also installbrowser extensions of the antivirus. “This willhelp prevent you from opening any maliciouswebsites or scripts on the browser by blockingthem. Further, one can also make use of adblocker extension on their browser. This willprevent unnecessary and malicious ads frompopping up on the browser,” adds Ahmed.

Pooja Sareen, Cyber law and cybercrimeexpert and a Criminal Advocate, says that fromextortion to sextortion, crimes have increasedmanifold, that too without having to put in toomuch of effort.

“Recently, eight accused have been arrest-ed in this connection on August 18, 2021, mostof whom are Class X-Class XII pass, as per apolice officer. No kidnapping, no effort, nopain, just make a sex video and what a fabu-lous gain. From extortion to sextortion, crimehas multiplied manifold to attract bulky ran-soms. Such a loot it is, and not to mentionexploitation of your private moments too,” saysSareen.

She recalls: “A 48-year-old who reported the

matter to the cyber cell police department com-plained that she got a Facebook Live requestfrom a friend that she had added to her FBfriend list. While she was watching theFacebook live water yoga session, she was inher washroom, all naked doing yoga.Everything seemed perfect, until she got a callthe next day asking for a ransom of �15 lakh.To her surprise, her nude yoga was recordedby the wrong doers, while she was under theimpression that she was only watching a nor-mal live session, but did not know that her ses-sion was also getting recorded.”

Sareen further adds and tells you that trap-ping laymen into this is very simple. You willget a call, often during late night hours, froma completely nude woman. She traps you in softconversation, and lures you into having privatemoments with her, without you having an ideathat your mobile screen was controlled by thecrooks.

“A video of your private life was made. Soonafter you hang-up, you get a YouTube link, inwhich you are engrossed in self sex, which youindulged in just a couple of minutes back. Youare in a fix. You get a call, for a ransom of �15lakh, else the video link would be made viral.Your relatives, your near ones, may be yourwife, or your husband, too, will have the accessto the video, what will they think of you? Youare still deciding how and when to arrange for

this handsome amount of money, you getanother call, perhaps one every two hours andthe amount will be increased by �1 lakh eachtime,” says Sareen.

This is not all. Sareen says one could betrapped in sextortion matters even withoutindulging in any conversation or act, as the cul-prits use the face, and the body is photoshoppedin such a way that it looks real in every way andthen the money chase game begins — �10 lakh,�15 lakh, �20 lakh and so on. A layman is ter-rified and desperately wants to come out of thissituation and hence, ends up paying the sum.

“However, this is not something one shoulddo. There are possible legal remedies, if you arevictimised in such a situation. First, don’t panic.Do not delete any messages or your video orpics, if any. Next, report the whole matter tothe online FIR cell, else call at 100 and com-plain, also record this call. Do not pay a sin-gle rupee, rather have the account number noti-fied to the police officials. Don’t be scared ofthis situation, fight it through,” explains Sareen.

The silver lining is the wrongdoers will beimprisoned for three years and a fine will beimposed on them. “If you report the matter tothe police well in time, the police can nab thewrongdoers. Their IP addresses could belocated, and they could be put behind the barsmuch before trapping any other innocent intotheir evil games,” opines Sareen.

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Ufa: Ravi Malik was the onlysaving grace for the IndianGreco Roman contingent atthe junior world championshipas he on Saturday reached the82kg Bronze medal play-offwhile other wrestlers from thecountry struggled to win evenone round here.

Malik began with a 6-0win over Estonia’s RobinUspenski and followed that upwith a 18-9 victory overKyrgyzstan’s ZhenishHumnabekov, who got threecautions in the quarterfinalbout.

Malik though could not domuch against Armenia’s KarenKhachatryan in the semifinal,which he lost by technicalsuperiority.

Once Malik was put on the‘par terre’, Khachatryan pulledoff consecutive gut wrenchmoves to finish the bout.

Narinder Cheema (97kg)was only the second Indianwrestler who managed to wintwo bouts and he got thereward by getting back into thecompetition through therepechage round.

Cheema edged outGermany’s Anton ErichVieweg 6-6 and then beatUzbekistan’s AbrorbekNurmukhammedov 11-6.

He lost his quarterfinal byfall to Pavel Hlinchuk butsince the Belarusian made thefinal, Cheema got anotherchance.

Vikas (72kg) and Deepak(77kg) managed first roundwins before losing.

Anup (55kg), Vikas (60kg),Anil (63kg), Deepak (67kg),Sonu (87kg) and Parvesh(130kg) all exited after losingtheir respective first roundbouts. PTI

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Amit Khatri won a Silver inmen’s 10,000m race walk

event to clinch India’s secondmedal at the World U-20Athletics Championship here onSaturday.

The 17-year-old Khatri, thenational record holder andworld U-20 season leader,clocked 42 minute 17.94 secondsto finish second behind Kenya’sHeristone Wanyoni (42:10.84)on the fourth and penultimateday of the championships.

The mixed 4x400m relayteam had won a Bronze on thefirst day of competitions onWednesday.

Khatri was leading after the9000m mark but the local ath-lete Wanyoni pulled ahead withless than two laps left in the raceto win Gold with a personal besttime.

Paul McGrath of Spain wonthe Bronze with a timing of42:26.11 minutes.

The Rohtak lad rued that hecould not produce his personalbest of 40:40.97 which he hadrecorded while winning Goldduring the Federation CupJunior National Championshipsin January.

The high altitude conditionsin the Kenyan capital had affect-

ed Khatri’s performance as hestruggled for breath during therace. Nairobi is at an altitude ofaround 1800m from sea level.

“It is not the result I expect-ed but I am happy with theSilver medal. Even though Icame here five days before theevent to acclimatise, the highaltitude affected me,” Khatri

said after his race.“At some point in the race,

I would not breath properly butI am happy with the Silvermedal,” he added.

It was also the youngster’sfirst international competition.

His coach Chandan Singhsaid Khatri’s Kenyan rival hadthe advantage as he knows the

local high altitude conditions.“I feel Amit could have

won the Gold but the high alti-tude conditions had affectedhim. The Kenyan was trainingin those home conditions and itwas advantageous to him.

“Amit was leading for mostpart of the race but the Kenyantook a sudden lead around oneand half laps to go. Amit couldnot anticipate that and could notcatch up him up,” Chandan saidfrom Army Sports Institute inPune.

Chandan, who has beenwith Khatri since 2018, said hehad put his ward for high alti-tude training for five monthslast year in Nainital andMukteshwar in Uttarakhandafter it became known thatNairobi will host the World U-20 Championships.

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Sri Lanka leg-spinnerWanindu Hasaranga, whoplayed a pivotal role in his

team’s T20 series win against adepleted Indian side, has beenpicked by Royal ChallengersBengaluru, which maintainedits trend of picking playerswho do well against Men InBlue.

Along with the world num-ber two T20 bowler Hasaranga,who replaced Adam Zampa,RCB also picked Sri Lankanpacer Dushmantha Chameerawho replaced Daniel Sams ofAustralia.

The franchise alsoinformed that their head coachSimon Katich has stepped downfrom his post due to “personalreasons” and Director ofCricket Mike Hesson will nowdouble up as team’s chief coachas well.

The Indian players, supportstaff and the team managementwill be assembling in Bengaluruon August 21 following whichthe team will undergo a seven-day quarantine.

They will also undergoCovid tests thrice days duringthe period.

The team will then departvia a chartered flight fromBangalore August 29. The otherinternational players and staffwill assemble in the UAE start-ing August 29 onwards. Therewill be another six days ofquarantine in the UAE.

“We have made somechanges to the squad pertain-ing to the situation. We havecome a long way and haveshown steady progress as ateam,” Hesson said.

“The addition of WaninduHasaranga, Tim David andDushmantha Chameera could-n’t have come at a better timeduring the replacement win-dow, as we aim to continue withthe momentum, building onour performance from earlierthis year,” he added.

When asked, if Hasaranga’sseries winning-seven wickets inthree T20Is against Indiaincluding best figures of 4/9,

prompted RCB to select the leg-break bowler, Hesson said it’sone of the reason but not theonly reason.

“It’s certainly not a recencyfactor and we certainly notsurprised by his success inrecent times. We like his skill-set. We like the fact that he ismulti-skilled cricketer andoffers to bat deep as well if weplan to play an overseas spin-ner along with Chahal.

“That gives us an excitingoption. The fact that he per-formed against India is great butnot surprising at all,” the former

Black Caps coach said aboutHasaranga, who has picked 33wickets in 24 T20I games at aneconomy rate of 6.56.

“We have a scouting pro-gramme that has been in placefor at least last two years. Weknow every player is playingcricket at a decent level. Wehave an extensive scouting pro-gramme and Wanindu has beenon our radar for a long time.

“If we needed a replace-ment last time, Wanindu wouldhave been the person, wewould have called upon,” heexplained.

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New Delhi: The second phaseof the 14th edition of IPL willfeature a Singapore cricketerfor the first time as RoyalChallengers Bangalore haveroped in freelance T20 sensa-tion Tim David, who hasmade a name for himselfacross leagues in the world.

While he is of Australiandescent, the 6 feet 5 inch tallDavid currently plays interna-tional cricket for Singaporeand he brings with him a nov-elty factor in Virat Kohli’steam.

Since ICC has accordedT20I status to all its 106 mem-ber nations, David has played14 T20 Internationals with558 runs in his kitty at a strike

rate of 158 plus.Overall, he has played 49

T20 games, factoring in hisappearances in the BBL andPSL with a tally of 1171 runsat a strike rate of 155 plus.

In BBL, he has played forHobart Hurricanes and PerthScorchers while he had recent-ly scored two List A hundredsin the Royal London Cup forSurrey, including a career-best140 against Warwickshire.

In fact, the 25-year-oldDavid’s father Rod David isalso an ex-Singapore interna-tional and represented thecountry in the 1997 ICCWorld Cup qualifier, a tourna-ment that was won byBangladesh. PTI

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New Delhi: England wicket-keeper-batsman Jos Buttler willmiss the second leg of the IndianPremier League due to theimpending birth of his secondchild, his team Rajasthan Royalsannounced on Saturday.

“Jos Buttler will not be partof the remainder of #IPL2021, ashe and Louise are expecting asecond child soon. We wishthem well, and can’t wait for thenewest member of the#RoyalsFamily,” the franchisetweeted.

The Royals will also bewithout the service of starEngland pacer Jofra Archer,who has been ruled out for therest of the year due to a recur-rence of a stress fracture of hisright elbow. “The franchisewishes Jofra Archer good healthand a swift recovery,” the fran-chise said in a statement.

The Royals have signedNew Zealand top-order wicket-keeper-batsman Glenn Phillipsas a replacement player. PTI

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New Delhi: Pace bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who isgradually regaining fitness,should be able to bowl in theT20 World Cup with the secondleg of IPL 2021, which beginsnext month, acting as a measureof his fitness for the multi-nation tournament, saidParas Mhambrey, whowas India’s bowling coachduring the limited overs seriesin Sri Lanka.

Mhambrey said that it isimportant to manage Pandya’sworkload in the lead-up to theT20 World Cup to be played inthe UAE during October-November immediately afterthe IPL.

“With Hardik, we are obvi-ously slowly taking it forward.I am not going to push him interms of the number of overs tobe bowled. He is pretty muchbeing monitored on how muchwe are going to push him. Wehave to slowly build up. TheWorld Cup is coming. For us,knowing that he is going to playa very crucial role for us, it isimportant to manage his bowl-ing workload very well,” saidMhambrey, who has served asIndia A bowling coach and is

the bowling coach at NationalCricket Academy (NCA) wherePandya and other Indianbowlers have been recuperat-ing.

“We know the batting thathe offers you. But if we add thebowling to it, he brings a differ-ent dimension. In that sense we

are working on it. Everyone —strength & conditioning depart-ment and the physios — is insync and we have chatted it out,”said Mhambrey.

The right-arm pace bowl-ing all-rounder, who has beentroubled by back injury over thelast couple of years, hasn’t beenpart of India’s Test match set-updue to his inability to bowl.

Although he bowled in therecent bilateral limited-oversseries in Sri Lanka in July, hecouldn’t complete his full quotain any game.

But India will need him tobowl full quota of oversthroughout the T20 WorldCup.

Mhambrey, the 49-year-old former India pace bowler,said that the IPL will eventual-ly decide Pandya’s availability atthe T20 World Cup. It will beup to the franchise to decide onhow to use him.

“Yes, the way I look at himand the way I feel, I am sure hewill bowl (in IPL). First step isthe IPL. Maybe the franchisewill decide how will they usehim. That, kind of, will decidehow it will be preparatoryground for the World Cup.”

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Australian women’s teamcoach Matthew Mott has

said that his team needs to playa lot of cricket ahead of thewomen’s Cricket World Cup inNew Zealand in March-Aprilnext year after missing a lot ofaction due to Covid-19 restric-tions.

“We need to play somecricket; we haven’t played a lotof cricket basically since thatWorld Cup at the MCG (inMarch 2020). It’s really impor-tant to try and rebuild some ofthat momentum we had,” saidMott to SEN radio.

Since the Covid-19 pan-demic began, Australia hasplayed just six ODIs and as manyT20Is, all against New Zealand.The multi-format series inSeptember against India will beAustralia’s first internationalouting after the tour to New

Zealand in April.Australia is ranked first in

the ODI and T20I rankings.Though they won the T20World Cup in 2018 and 2020,Australia will be looking to addthe ODI silverware after crash-ing out of the 2017 World Cupin the semifinals.

Australia’s bowling will bewithout their top-rankedbowlers Jess Jonassen (stressinjury in her tibia) and MeganSchutt (personal reasons). But

the 47-year-old believes thatthe duo’s absence creates anopportunity for others to stepup.

“We won’t have any excus-es, we’ve lost some key playersbut the flip side of that is anextraordinary opportunity for usto see the next generation, espe-cially in the young fast bowlers.Maitlan Brown has moved backto NSW and trained the housedown. Ellyse Perry probablyhasn’t had the bowling she’sbeen used to (of late) that she’shad throughout her career sothis is another opportunity forher to lead the attack.

“There’s a number of posi-tives, we’ve had such a settledside for so long and to break inhas been very difficult. Playingagainst India is going to be a realtest because we know their toporder will come hard at a rela-tively inexperienced attack,”concluded Mott.

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Karachi: Former Test captainand renowned commentatorRameez Raja may replaceEhsan Mani as the next chair-man of the Pakistan CricketBoard, source said onSaturday.

According to mediareports in Pakistan, PrimeMinister Imran Khan, who isalso patron-in-chief of theboard has decided againstgiving Mani extension afterhis term ends this month.

“In the next few days, thePM will send two names tothe PCB’s governing board forthe chairman’s election andthe members will elect one ofthem,” a PCB source said.

The source said while theywere hearing the name ofRameez as one of the two can-didates for the prestigiousposition, nothing is confirmedas yet.

The source said initially

the names of Mani and AsadAli Khan, a senior bureaucrathad been mentioned as thetwo candidates for the chair-manship but now apparentlythe PM had decided to go fora former captain.

“Rameez appears to bethe ideal candidate as he iswell educated, well-versed,and has international con-tacts due to his long years asa commentator. He was alsoCEO of the board in the pastand left due to his other com-mitments,” the source said.

Apparently Imran Khan,himself a former captainunder whom Rameez playedthe 1992 World Cup, feels it istime a former player runs thecricket affairs in the country.

Another source saidEhsan Mani had alsoexpressed reluctance to con-tinue for another term due tohealth issues. PTI

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Karachi: The Pakistan CricketBoard has put on hold a train-ing camp that was scheduled tostart on Saturday in Lahore andalso the announcement of itssquad for the One-Day seriesagainst Afghanistan next monthin Sri Lanka.

With Taliban taking overthe reins of Afghanistan and thecountry facing its worst crisis inlast two decades, the PCB wantsa confirmation fromAfghanistan board whether theseries is on and only the willthey announce the squad.

The series is due to begin onSeptember 3 in Hambantota inSri Lanka with the Sri Lankaboard hosting the matches onbehalf of the ACB.

The official said theAfghanistan cricket authoritiesare yet to confirm when theirplayers will leave Kabul forColombo and also the scheduleof the matches. PTI

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No 1 seed Ashleigh Bartycontinued to reprise herWimbledon title run at

the Western & Southern Open,defeating Angelique Kerber 6-2,7-5 in one hour and 14 minutesto book her place in the final onSaturday.

A month ago, Barty haddefeated Barbora Krejcikova inthe fourth round of Wimbledonand Kerber in the semifinals enroute to lifting her second majortrophy. This week, the Australianhas repeated both of thoseresults in Cincinnati to extendher 2021 record to 39-7 — aTour-leading number of matchwins. Against Kerber, she found29 winners to the German’s 16,and kept her error tally to 18compared to her opponent’s 21.

The victory moves Bartyinto her 19th career final, ninthat WTA 1000 level or higher,and a Tour-leading sixth of2021. She will face either No 5seed Karolina Pliskova in whatwould be a repeat of theWimbledon final, or wildcard JilTeichmann.Key to the match: As in Barty’sprevious two victories overKrejcikova and VictoriaAzarenka, the World No 1 hasmastered her opponentsthrough a combination of stel-lar serving and a knack of risingto the occasion on importantpoints. Though her first servepercentage against Kerber wasonly 56%, Barty nonethelessfired 12 aces to take her tourna-ment total to 34.Turning points: The first half ofeach set comprised a tightly con-tested passage of play in whichlittle separated the two GrandSlam champions. At 2-2 in thefirst, the match was evenlypoised, with both players havingdisplayed some electrifying ten-nis. From 0-2 down in the sec-ond, Kerber raised her game instellar fashion to lead by a break

at 3-2, and then to cling onvaliantly until 5-5.

In both sets, Barty was ableto turn a finely balanced situa-tion into a sprint to the finishline. At 3-2 in the first set, shecame up with her boldest shot-making of the day — a blitzedforehand crosscourt followed bya cheeky dropshot return — tobreak Kerber for the first time.In the second, another exquis-ite dropshot garnered her thecrucial hold for 6-5, where-upon Kerber’s forehand col-lapsed in the final game to leakthree errors.

On Friday, Barty recoveredfrom being down a break in thesecond set to sweep past fellowFrench Open champion BarboraKrejcikova 6-2, 6-4.

The Australian handed herCzech opponent only a third losssince mid-May.

“I feel like I did a good joblooking after my own serves,”Barty said. “For all but one ser-vice game, I felt like a lot of thetime I was in control.

“It was just staying patient,knowing that I was doing theright things.”

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Daniil Medvedev tookquick revenge on Fridayfor his Olympic loss to

Pablo Carreno Busta, with thetop seed at the ATP and WTACincinnati Masters delivering acrushing 6-1, 6-1 verdict.

The Russian world numbertwo had it all his way into thesemi-finals with a 56-minuterout, which ended on theSpaniard’s double-fault.

“I was feeling great duringthe match. In these conditionsyou try to win the match as fastas possible, especially againstCarreno Busta, who can catchfire at any moment and startgetting you into long rallies,”Medvedev said.

“I tried to keep pushinghim and I am really happy Imanaged to do it.”

Medvedev, last week’sToronto champion, won hiseighth match in a row as he pre-pares for a final four contest

against compatriot AndreyRublev.

Fourth seed Rublev defeat-ed France’s Benoit Paire 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 with the Russian advanc-ing to his fourth Masters 1000quarter-final in six tourna-ments this season.

Medvedev has won all fourtour matches against Rublev,including the quarters here in2019 when Medvedev went on

to win the title.“I’m happy to play against

him, because it’s a nice chal-lenge for me to see what I needto improve,” Rublev said.

The Medvedev domina-tion of Carreno Busta was totalwith the Spaniard never earn-ing a break point while losingserve five times. Medvedev fin-ished with 20 winners andseven unforced errors.

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Cristiano Ronaldo willremain at Juventus, coach

Massimiliano Allegri insistedon Saturday, saying he hadreceived assurances from thePortugal star dispellingrumours of a possible return toReal Madrid.

“Let’s clarify this issue,Ronaldo told me that he’s stay-ing,” Allegri said in response tonumerous questionson Ronaldo’s formand mindset aheadof Sunday’s SerieA opener atUdinese.

“He has alwaystrained well and hasalways been avail-able. I’ve readrumours in thepapers, but henever wanted toleave Juventus.”

Italy’s top scor-er last season with29 goals was absentfor Juve’s final warm-up against the club’syoungsters onThursday, butAllegri said he wasready to play inwhat will be hisfourth and finalseason of his con-

tract.Allegri’s comments follow

the 36-year-old’s own rejec-tion of reports he was anglingfor a return to Madrid underCarlo Ancelotti, calling suchtalk “disrespectful”.

Since moving to Juve in2018, Ronaldo has won twoSerie A titles and one ItalianCup, but has not brought theEuropean glory the Italian clubcraves.

Allegri has returned tomanage the club after a two yearabsence following the failure ofPirlo’s regime which saw Juvelet go of the league title for thefirst time since 2012.

“Like every year, we areout to win every compe-

tition,” said Allegri,who won five

Scudettos with Juvefrom 2015 to 2019.

“We’ll takethings one step ata time and try towin our firstmatch atUdine.

“It’s goingto be a finely

fought season andyou can’t have peaksat 100 and then 30,better to have acruising speed of80 to 90.”

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Kylian Mbappe and Angel diMaria were both among

the scorers as a Paris Saint-Germain side missing bothLionel Messi and Neymar won4-2 away at Brest on Friday tomake it three wins out of threethis season in Ligue 1.

Ander Herrera and IdrissaGana Gueye also found the netfor the capital side as theymoved ominously on to ninepoints from a possible nine andclear at the top of the fledglingFrench table with a second con-secutive 4-2 victory.

The full house of 15,000 inBrittany were denied the chanceto see Messi make his PSGdebut after the Argentine wasleft out of the squad as he con-tinues to build up his fitness.

Neymar, who like Messireturned to training late aftergoing all the way to the final ofthe Copa America last month,was also left out but PSG onceagain showed that they have lit-tle trouble finding the net andwinning without the two super-stars.

However, once again theirdefending left a lot to bedesired and will have givencoach Mauricio Pochettinofood for thought with a num-ber of players still waiting onthe sidelines.

“I prefer to win, but if Icould choose a result I wouldprefer to win without conced-ing a goal,” Pochettino said.

“We have lots of star names

but we need to build a team,that is the challenge. It won’t beeasy because we need to find abalance among all the talentedplayers we have. It will taketime.”

DONNA ON THE BENCHItaly’s Euro 2020 goalkeep-

ing hero GianluigiDonnarumma appeared in thesquad for the first time since hisarrival from AC Milan butwas left on the bench as KeylorNavas started in goal.

Donnarumma’s fellowEuropean champion, MarcoVerratti, did play for the firsttime this season in midfield butskipper Marquinhos was stillmissing.

MONACO LOSE AGAINMonaco’s slow start to the

Ligue 1 season continued onSaturday as the principalityside went down 2-0 at home toLens as both sides finished with10 men.

Niko Kovac’s Monaco cameinto this campaign with highhopes after finishing third lastseason, but second-half goals byCameroonian forward IgnatiusGanago and substitute SimonBanza gave Lens the victory atthe Stade Louis II.

Monaco, who had Russianinternational AleksandrGolovin sent off late on, havepicked up just one point fromtheir opening three Ligue 1matches and lie eight pointsbehind leaders Paris Saint-Germain.

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Agoal remained elusive forBengaluru FC despite a

late onslaught as they playedout a 0-0 draw withBashundhara Kings ofBangladesh to be virtually outof contention for a knock-outberth in the AFC Cup here onSaturday.

Bengaluru thought theyhad scored the decisive goal inthe 74th minute only to seeAlan Henrique Costa’s headerhit the crossbar in their secondGroup D match.

With just one point fromtwo matches, the SunilChhetri-led team is out ofequation for a spot in theknock-out stage with only thegroup winners making thegrade.

Bashundhara, on fourpoints now, should thank theirgoalkeeper Anisur Rahman formaking a series of saves late inthe match to help the

Bangladesh Premier Leaguechampions earn a potentiallycrucial draw.

In a match where both

sides had enough chances toclaim all three points, Rahmanand his Bengaluru oppositeGurpreet Singh Sandhu both

proved unbeatable, withBashundhara’s share of thespoils proving far more valu-able in the group standings.

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Rome: Roma head coach JoseMourinho said on Saturdaythat the ‘Giallorossi’ will alwaysstep onto the pitch with theintention of trying to win,despite acknowledging that itwill take time to put the clubback among European elite.

Mourinho is back inItalian football a little morethan a decade after leadingInter Milan to a treble ofItalian titles and is hoping thathis new club’s relatively mod-est activity in the summertransfer window will improveRoma’s fortunes.

23 year-old England strik-er Tammy Abraham is thestand-out signing for Roma —he joined from one ofMourinho’s former clubsChelsea for Euros 40 million.

Roma finished seventh inSerie A last season, 29 pointsbehind champions InterMilan.

The club have not won atrophy since their Copa Italiasuccess of 2008.

Roma open their 2021-22Serie A season with a homegame against Fiorentina onSunday. AP

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Borussia Dortmund slumpedto a shock 2-1 defeat at

Freiburg on Saturday as starstriker Erling Braut Haalanddrew a rare Bundesliga blank.

This is the first timeDortmund have lost toFreiburg in Germany’s topflight for 11 years withSaturday’s setback coming justfour days after losing 3-1 toBayern Munich in the GermanSuper Cup.

Freiburg raced into thelead when dead-ball expertVincenzo Grifo blasted in asuperb free-kick after just sixminutes.

Dortmund thrashedEintracht Frankfurt 5-2 lastSaturday on theopening weekend,but the visitors’defensive frailtiesemerged againhaving been aproblem last sea-son.

After England midfielderJude Bellingham lost the ball,Freiburg forward Roland Sallaiwas left unmarked to smashhome his shot as the hostsdoubled their lead on 53 min-utes.

Bellingham made amendsby pressuring the defence witha strong run which causedFreiburg midfielder YannikKeitel to put the ball into hisown net with half an hour to go.

Leipzig: Jesse Marsch celebrat-ed his first Bundesliga win incharge of RB Leipzig in a bat-tle of the US coaches on Fridaynight, as his side cruised to a4-0 victory over PellegrinoMatarazzo’s VfB Stuttgart.

Victory over Matarazzo’sStuttgart side was a welcomeboost for new Leipzig bossMarsch, in the first ever clashbetween two American coach-es in the Bundesliga.

Hungarian midfielderDominik Szoboszlai scoredbrilliant long-range goals eitherside of half-time as Leipzigbounced back from a disap-pointing opening day loss toMainz last week.

Marsch’s side put on a furi-ous attacking display in thefirst half, chalking up 12 shotson goal before they finallybroke Stuttgart’s defences on 38

minutes.The goal was worth wait-

ing for, as new signingSzoboszlai smashed the ballinto the bottom corner fromoutside the area to open hisBundesliga account.

Emil Forsberg doubledthe lead straight from thekick-off in the second half,flicking the ball over the goal-keeper after a brilliant backheelassist from Andre Silva.

Szoboszlai made it 3-0almost by accident a few min-utes later. His fizzing free-kickwas intended as a cross, butsailed into the bottom cornerwithout anyone else getting atouch.

Silva then also scored hisfirst goal for Leipzig, coollyconverted from the penaltyspot after a hotly disputedhandball decision. AFP

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Real Madrid coach CarloAncelotti again batted away

questions about rumouredgalactico signings and told hispre-match press conference onSaturday that he was happyworking with the stars he had.

Real won 4-1 away toAlaves on the opening weekendof La Liga and on Sunday visitLevante, who drew their open-er at Cadiz.

But many of the questionshe faced were about potentialsignings. After a while evenAncelotti began to losepatience.

“These are personnelissues, I don’t have to talkabout it here,” he said.

Ancelotti dismissed a ques-tion about the possible returnof Cristiano Ronaldo, withwhom the coach won theChampions League and ClubWorld Cup in a first stint atReal.

“The subject is finished,”Ancelotti said. “We look for-ward. Everyone at Real Madridloves CR7. I love him evenmore, because CR7 has helpedme win a lot of the titles I havewon.”

Ancelotti sidestepped aquestion on whether KylianMbappe might be arrivingfrom Paris Saint-Germain.

“I don’t know, really,” theItalian said. “It doesn’t matterto me. I have a very goodsquad, strong. I want to coachit. I’m very happy. I’m focused

on the team I have.”One question took a differ-

ent tack, asking if the Real play-ers were discussing Mbappe inthe dressing room.

“The atmosphere in thedressing room is very good,”Ancelotti said. “The players aremotivated, focused on theirwork, on the games. They don’ttalk about the mercato, theyonly talk about the games wehave to play.”

“This squad, as it is, cancompete for everything. Wehave very big stars here,” hesaid, naming Thibaut Courtois,Dani Carvajal, Nacho, DavidAlaba, Karim Benzema, GarethBale, Eden Hazard. “This squadis full of stars.”

But, he added, “the starshave to work together. Starsalone are stars. If they worktogether, they win titles.”

“If a player arrives at RealMadrid it is because he hastechnical and physical quality,”Ancelotti added. “The great

player shows himself becausehe has the character, the per-sonality of not being afraid.”

Ancelotti said Toni Kroosand Luka Modric would beabsent, injured, at Levantewhile Carvajal would return.

“We want to repeat thegame we played against Alaves,”Ancelotti said “It’s clear that wehave to play a better first half,try to play with more intensi-ty, more speed with the ball.”

CÁDIZ DRAWS 1-1 Álvaro Negredo’s retaken

penalty and Jeremías Ledesma’skey save saw Cádiz secure a 1-1 draw at Real Betis in theSpanish league.

The match on Friday wasthe first with fans at Seville’sBenito Villamarín Stadiumsince the start of pandemicrestrictions. Some 23,000 spec-tators were allowed to attendthe match, 40 per cent ofcapacity as set by health author-ities.

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Lucknow: Putting an end tointernal fighting, the All-IndiaChess Federation and thebreakaway Chess Associationof India on Saturdayannounced that they havemerged into one single entityto administer the sport in thecountry.

Players and administra-tors welcomed the move andsaid it would pave way for thedevelopment of the sport.

AICF president SanjayKapoor said that the warringfactions, not only at the nation-al level but also in variousstates, have now come togeth-er under the umbrella of thefederation.

“I have personally had sev-eral rounds of talks with all thestakeholders and have broughteverybody on the same plat-form for the development ofchess and all the chess players

in the country,” Kapoor wasquoted as saying in a pressrelease.

“Like other federations, wetoo are struggling to organiseour annual events and cham-pionships due to the Covidpandemic and could not affordto let our internal differencesderail the sport even more,” headded.

AICF secretary BharatSingh Chauhan said, “Once weformed the new body, one ofour first goals was to address allthe concerns of every memberand bring everybody togetherfor the sake of the sport.”

Apart from the wranglingat the national level, chess hassuffered a great deal in UttarPradesh too, with two differentbodies — UP ChessAssociation and UP ChessSports Association — at logger-heads in the state. PTI

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Jack Grealish scored his first goal forManchester City as the PremierLeague champions thrashed

Norwich 5-0, while title rivals Liverpoolextended their perfect start with a 2-0victory against Burnley on Saturday.

Grealish marked his home debutfollowing his British record £100 mil-lion ($136 million) move from AstonVilla with a close-range effort to dou-ble City’s lead in the first half.

Tim Krul’s own goal had given Citythe lead at the Etihad Stadium.

Aymeric Laporte, Raheem Sterlingand Riyad Mahrez netted in the secondhalf to ensure City bounced back fromlast weekend’s defeat at Tottenham.

City had been beaten in both ofGrealish’s previous appearances, losingthe Community Shield against Leicesterand then slumping in their PremierLeague opener.

But Grealish’s first goalsince January helped

show PepGuardiola’s sidethey can cope without HarryKane if their prolonged pursuitof the Tottenham striker ends infailure.

With the injured Kevin DeBruyne absent for City, GabrielJesus, Bernardo Silva and Laporteall started amid reports they arelooking to leave after growingunhappy with their reduced roles lastseason.

Jesus took the chance to remindGuardiola of his qualities with a vir-tuoso display.

It was the Brazilian forward’svolleyed cross in the seventh minutethat brought City’s opener.

Grant Hanley attempted to clearbut instead hit Norwich goalkeeperKrul as the ball looped into the net.

Grealish got off the mark inslightly fortuitous fashion in the

22nd minute.Jesus’s cross reached Grealish at the

far post and bounced in off the Englandmidfielder.

Laporte scored in the 64th minutewith a close-range finish after Norwichfailed to clear a corner.

Jesus provided his third assist of theafternoon as Sterling tapped in after 71minutes before Mahrez grabbed City’sfifth with a simple finish in the 84thminute.

At Anfield, Liverpool earned a sec-ond successive wins thanks to goalsfrom Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane, butReds boss Jurgen Klopp was angry withBurnley’s aggressive tackling.

Jota scored Liverpool’s first goal inthe 3-0 win at Norwich last weekend

and the

Portugal forward gave Klopp’s men thelead again with an 18th minute head-er from Kostas Tsimikas’ cross.

‘TOO DANGEROUS’Senegal winger Maneopened his account

for the seasonin the 69th

minute.

Teenage mid-fielder Harvey Elliott, making his first

Premier League start, picked out TrentAlexander-Arnold and the defender’sdeft pass to Mane was slammed pastNick Pope from 12 yards.

However, Klopp was frustratedthat Sean Dyche’s side, renowned fortheir physical approach, were able to getaway with some thunderous challengesdue to lenient refereeing.

“You saw these challenges of(Ashley) Barnes and (Chris)Wood on Virgil (Van Dijk) andJoel (Matip),” Klopp said.

“I am not 100 per cent sureif we are going in the rightdirection with these decisions, ifwe go 10 years back.

“It is too dangerous. It is justhard. The rules are how they are butyou cannot defend these situations.”

Raphinha’s rocket rescued Leeds in

their 2-2 draw against Everton atElland Road.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin putEverton ahead in the 30th minute, con-verting a penalty after Liam Cooper’schallenge on the England striker.

Mateusz Klich hauled Leeds levelfour minutes before half-time with acomposed finish from just inside thearea.

Demarai Gray restored Everton’slead in the 50th minute as the wingerdrilled home for his first goal sincesigning from Bayer Leverkusen in theclose-season.

But Leeds equalised through ablistering strike from Brazilian wingerRaphinha in the 72nd minute.

Danny Ings scored a spectacularbicycle kick as Aston Villa beatNewcastle 2-0 to claim their first winof the season.

Former Southampton striker Ings’moment of magic came in first-halfstoppage-time, making it two goals in

as many appearances for hisnew club.

Anwar El Ghazi got Villa’ssecond from the penalty spotafter Jamal Lascelles handledin the 62nd minute.

Patrick Vieira is still wait-ing for his first win as CrystalPalace manager after a 0-0draw against Brentford in the

first meeting between the Londonclubs for 44 years.

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Lapis Lazuli rakhi: It is believedthat Lapis lazuli protects from a personfrom evil and makes the person brave.Lapis Lazuli is a gemstone for the peo-ple born in the month of February tobring intense wisdom in their lives.Value of this gemstone increases withmore detailed flecks of balck andbrown color.

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My journey started from theatre in Delhi. I used to writemy plays and then enact them with my friends at various placesin the city. There was a play that I had written, Mad, Madder,Maddest. It is very close to my heart and wanted to make amovie on it. I adapted it in a script and came to Mumbai. Itwas immediately taken over by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,who titled it Teen They Bhai. That is how it all started. As atheatre artist, you do everything — be a writer, actor and direc-tor. I have always been an actor and done short films and doa full-length movie takes time.�How important is to live in reality?

For me, it is important that I meet people face-to-face. ButI have met so many people who live only in the virtual worldThey are sacrificing so much just to be relevant on social media.But this is very exhausting for me to centre my life around it. �How is writing for theatre different from a screenplay?

There are many. In theatre, the ideas are big but you havelimited means and need you restrict yourself to the stage. Thereare financial constrains that limit you; you have to think with-in a narrow framework that has to fit the stage. Your scope ofimagination is huge when it comes to films. You can let thingsrun wild. In movies, you have to think of lot of locations andtake the viewers quickly in and out of a scene. Theatre does-n’t allow this luxury.�Are you still associated with theatre?

No, unfortunately I am no longer associated with it. It hasbeen a very long time since I was on stage. �How would you describe yourself — writer or actor?

I would say I am both. The writer and the actor compli-ment each other. When I write I inact the dialogues as well.When I am acting and read the script, I learn from them.�What are your upcoming projects?

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Relationships are significant to all of usas the quality of our lives is definedby the people we surround ourselveswith. Everything, from anxiety to thelikelihood of obesity and stress, pass-

es through our relationships and network. So,what is this secret ingredient of a good relation-ship? It’s what you place in your heart — yourfeelings and your love for someone else. Whenyou take away all the other things like trust andcommitment, feelings are the final piece in mak-ing a relationship strong. Emotional mastery,clarity of expression, conflict resolution skillsand vulnerability are key features in buildingdeep connections.

While there are many bonds that one buildsand nurtures in life but there’s one that deservesa special mention today, on the occasion ofRaksha Bandhan, and that’s the one between abrother and a sister. For most, this bond hastraces of love, anger, hatred, irritation, protec-tion, comparison, judgment, fights, favours,secrets, or a combination of these as experiencedduring different phases of life. What truly keepsthis connect in place is the deep knowing thatthey have one another as a constant in a worlddriven by change. The culture, the values whilegrowing up, the personalities, memories togeth-er, predictable patterns, sharing and empathy, allcontribute to the quality of this bond.

Deep down, every individual has the needfor love and support and its best when it comesfrom the sibling who they know will stand bytheir side, no matter what. Also, this is one of thelongest bonds in one’s life and hence cherisheddeeply. Interestingly, brotherhood and sisterhoodhave one of the strongest impacts in shapingone’s life and choices, psychologically. Theimpact of this relationship echoes through therest of our lives. It is as important as the one wehave with our parents.

As we form other bonds in our lives, wecarry forward the impressions and patterns fromthese most impactful relationships with our sib-lings and parents. Relationships add value to ourexistence and make life worthwhile. The bondsthat we form with people can be emotional,intellectual, physical, social, cultural, spiritual,romantic, intimate, supportive, collaborative, funor sometimes toxic/forced.

These bonds can either grow stronger orwither away; depends on our awareness and ifwe are investing a part of us in figuring out howcan we mutually contribute to make the relation-ship thrive and not just survive?

Over 80% of events, in the current scenario,with the threat of the third wave lurking around,are the stories that get us to feel sad, negative,angry or fearful. The global health crisis, rapidlyshifting economy and our own negative baggagehas had a huge bearing on our relationships.

Relationships between neighbours haveeither strengthened or weakened during thistime period depending upon how much hard-ship has been endured together. Relationships atwork have also witnessed a shift due to pandem-ic-related stress with supervisors/bosses and sub-ordinates getting closer owing to their need foreach other. Some relationships at work havebecome weaker in cases where one party hasbeen more demanding while the other is feelingoverwhelmed. Likewise, relationships between

coworkers have strengthened as people findsolace talking about similar experiences withothers who are also struggling.

Relationships between children and parentshave been impacted at an interpersonal level bythe pandemic because of the drastic changes inhabits and activities during this time period.Relationships between friends have also trans-formed for a variety of reasons, though, it’s pos-sible that they might get closer over time as peo-ple rely more heavily on one another — just likerelationships at work where supervisors/bossesmay become close with their subordinates whoare working hard to help them out in tough situ-ations.

The relationships that are mostly wedged atan interpersonal level by the pandemic are theones with the significant others or spouses.While there has been support pouring in frommany areas (some of which we didn’t even knowexisted), the major steam is being felt in the clos-est relationships. Research confirms that therehas been a significant rise in separation anddivorce cases in the last year and a half owing tothe unprecedented conditions the pandemic gotus into.

It is normal for relationships to change astime goes by. Sometimes people grow apart fromeach other, move away or die — but during thisdifficult time period in history when our worldis changing so rapidly due to the pandemic,many relationships are altering just because ofwhat’s going on around us at any given moment(or day). Some relationships are getting moreintimate than ever before because people needsomeone to talk to, while many others arebecoming distant and cold as a result of thestrain on their relationships. The enhanced tur-moil in relationships in present times is naturalas most people are working from home and areforced to spend more time with each other thanever before. The pressure at home and at work isimmense, leading to emotional breakdown,stress, anger, frustration, fear and anxiety andinvariably the people closest to us, have to facethe brunt of it all.

Relationships are quite important for ourmental health — they help us feel loved andneeded by other people when we’re goingthrough difficulties in life that might be toomuch for us. Relationships give meaning to somany facets of life and without them therewould only be anxiety-filled days with no relieffrom feeling lonely, isolated or just like nobodyreally cares about what’s happening around us.

Apart from the uncertainties brought in bythe pandemic, the unhealthy relationship habitsare central to the issue at hand. We often viewour partners as assets instead of someone toshare mutual emotional support with. With alack of coping skills and with mismatched expec-tations on the rise, there is gloom, trauma, nag-ging, sulking, bickering and chaos in many inti-mate relationships. Recent research confirmsthat in India, the cases of separation, divorce anddomestic violence have shown a stark increaseafter the pandemic/lockdown; the increase inthese cases is by about 68%, if not more.

Relationships at work may also changedepending on how much stress you are under.Relationships between significant others canalways change over time for a variety of reasons,

whether the relationship is going through diffi-cult times or not — but it’s possible that relation-ships get stronger with people relying moreheavily on each other as they go through toughtimes together. The relationship dynamics needto be based more on healthy giving and receiv-ing instead of controlling and hurting. Love,compassion, appreciation, gratitude and authen-ticity go a long way in building a strong founda-tion in any relationship.

With a rise in strained relationships, it isimperative we focus on taking responsibility andnurturing relationships instead of allowing it allto collapse. Even when times change, the oneinherent thing we all look for is love and accep-tance. It is pertinent to work on our own triggersand our own relationship with self, in order to beavailable for others who we are in relationshipwith. Some ways in which we can make the rela-tionships more about “us” and “our” instead of“you” or “me” are:��SELF-REFLECTION: Take time and reflecton your emotional triggers from a particularmoment, before you lash out on your partner orsignificant other. Often, we feel upset over thestories we create in our head based on assump-tions, judgements, comparisons and previouspoints of reference instead of the actual event.Quit the blame game and process your emotionsbefore you express or respond to others.��SET BOUNDARIES: Be authentic and useeffective yet respectful communication to ask forspace when you are looking for ‘me-time’. Stickto the boundaries you set and respect others’boundaries too. Learn not to overcommit, helpwhen you can and say no to things you can’t takeup. These help in setting the right expectationsand help in cultivating healthy relationships.��SPEND TIME TOGETHER: Cement yourconnection through tasks, activities, rituals andexperiences that you can do together. On daysyou don’t find enough time, find small happymoments for connection — it could be eatingmeals together or even going to bed at the sametime. Make your relationship a priority byspending quality time together while keeping allother tasks and even cellphones away. Researchshows that around 52% of people complainabout their partners being distracted by theircellphones while conversing with them. Bemindful of the same, offer deep commitmentand truly be present in the moment with yourloved ones.��LISTEN TO ‘CONNECT’ AND NOT TO‘CONTROL’: Whether it is difficult unwarrantedbehavior or erratic emotions, listen to your part-ner in order to connect, understand and to holdthe space for them by being present. Listening toothers and then bombarding them with forcedsuggestions, ‘right and wrong’ judgements, sar-casm, blaming or nagging and exerting control,lead to a disconnection and the person begins tohide their true feelings and thoughts. This cancreate ripples of fear, anxiety, guilt, shame,blame, anger, sadness, frustration, impatienceand insensitivity in the relationship as well.��SHARE, DON’T SUFFER: Often, whenpeople go through difficult times, they try toendure it in silence as they try to figure out thesolutions on their own. Whether it is financialcrisis or an emotional one, share it with yourpartner; let them know what is happening in

your life instead of suffering and snapping.Even if they can’t help you, they will be able tohold a safe space to comfort you as you deci-pher your way out. This helps in strengtheningtrust in relationships and building strong con-nections.��BE MINDFUL OF THE LANGUAGE: Yourlanguage, tone and pitch along with the nonver-bal cues, influence your partner’s response andbehavior. Be mindful of the language you usewith them. Is your language respectful, encour-aging, uplifting and compassionate? ��TAKE OWNERSHIP: Every person is differ-ent in their communication styles, behavior pat-terns and coping mechanisms. When we trulyaccept our imperfections and vulnerabilities, weoperate from the space of true connection andhence, pave the way for a healing relationship.Constant justifications, distorting facts, jumpingto conclusions, amplifying the problems, feelinglike a victim, complaining and bickering lead toemotional confusion that damages the relation-ship further.��AVOID COMPARISONS: Develop yourown relationships based on what works for you,as a couple. Comparisons with other couples aretoxic as they trap us into a lack mindset therebycausing resentment towards our partner. Practicegratitude, develop ways to nurture each other,focus on what’s working instead of what isn’t andcelebrate all big and small moments together.��AVOID QUESTIONING THE RELATION-SHIP: Having issues doesn’t mean the relation-ship itself is a problem. Don’t question your part-ner’s love or intent as it rips off trust and com-passion from the relationship. Communicateyour needs and find ways to make things workin a blissful environment instead of attackingeach other and concluding that nothing will everwork.��BE KIND TO YOURSELF: Give yourselfcredit for doing the best you can instead of criti-cising, judging and complaining. Practice self-compassion and indulge in self-care to keep yourmind rejuvenated. Focus on the big picture —enabling your relationship to thrive while lead-ing a healthy and fulfilling life. Build bridges,don’t burn them.��SEEK HELP: In case of extreme conflict andlack of coping skills, seek support from an expertwho can enable you to see things from a clearperspective, both as individuals as well as a cou-ple. This helps in building support, clear com-munication, trust, respect, boundaries andstrengthening relationships. This also con-tributes to overall physical, mental and emotion-al wellbeing.

Building healthy relationships may comewith its share of baggage and effort, however, itis worth it all. Even the most estranged part-ners can be united through conscious effortand love as the underlying forces. Use the‘show, don’t tell’ approach in your relationships— show the love and care in your actions andnot just your words. Reaffirm commitment,surprise your partner and most importantly, beavailable for them. Our interactions with selfand others influence the quality of our rela-tionships so focus on the same as you createloving relationships around.The writer is a renowned Psychotherapist & thefounder of Gateway of Healing and Life Artistry

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Some 100 years from now, shouldours remain a nation where peo-ple are able to speak freely, one ofthose unanimously extolledwould be Ramachandra Guha.

His is a name that is held in high regardin liberal circles — a collection which canbroadly be identified by its thirst forknowledge, emphasis on rationality,opposition to fundamentalism, and adesire to stand with the subaltern. Guhais, in today’s India, one of the most eru-dite scholars and among the wisestcolumnists. He is an intellectual icon inthe eyes of those who are concerned fordemocracy and, contrarily, a controversialfigure for those who hold a divergentview to his idea of India. And sometimesGuha may himself express opinions thateven those who share his esoteric visionmight not be willing to align with. Yet hehas continued to remain steadfast on hisideas and ideals — a trait that has earnedhim a kind of unparalleled repute thatfew can boast of.

Whether or not one may agree withhis thoughts, Guha’s life and vast careerhave continued to inspire generations.Over the past 35 years of his stellar career,Guha has written about environment andequity, of pioneers such as MahatmaGandhi and Verrier Elwin, on India’spolitical and social dynamics, and severalpolitical essays. And while his popularimage might be that of a sociologist-his-torian, Guha is also known for his pas-sion for a game that unites all of Indiansub-continent — cricket. Though hecould not pursue cricket as a career, Guhahas deftly replaced the willow with thepen to make an unforgettable contribu-tion to the sport in his own way.

Thus his phenomenal body of workspans everything from the wild forest tothe well-maintained green circle, and howthese have impacted the lives of the hoipolloi. This, in turn, has been studied,analysed, reported and debated by severalprominent journalists, sociologists, ecolo-gists, historians and environmentalists -all of whom have been directly or indi-rectly influenced by him and his seminalworks. A Functioning Anarchy? Essays forRamachandra Guha brings together adiverse set of personalities who have thusbeen influenced by Guha. The book is afestschrift that throws as much light onGuha as it does on his immensely signifi-cant contribution to democracy and thewheels on which it rides. It borrows partof its title from the rather apt commenton India made over five decades ago byeconomist and US envoy to India JohnKenneth Galbraith, who called the coun-try “a functioning anarchy” — a nationwhere everything just falls into place

despite the chaos within. The book isedited by Nandini Sundar and SrinathRaghavan, both of whom are themselvesprominent figures in their respectivefields. Through their 12-page introduc-tion, the editors lucidly set the tone of thebook, give a snapshot for readers, andprovide insightful details about Guha aswell as his influence on contemporaries.According to the editors, the idea for thebook came from a workshop held inApril 2018 in which renowned scholarssuch as Mukul Kesavan, RudrangshuMukherjee and Ghazala Shahabuddin,among others, discussed Guha’s contribu-tion in his known fields of scholarship.While the panel discussions of the work-shop are not part of the book, AFunctioning Anarchy? can be seen as thelogical next-step in any celebration ofGuha’s cerebral genius.

Divided into four parts, the bookcontains 18 essays — five each in the firsttwo and four each in the last two — by 20eminent names from scholarly fieldsacross academia, journalism, and others.Each of the essays discuss at length thethoughts that shaped him and the impactof his work in an area of his researchwhile adding dimensions to the fielditself. Thus a reader, even if not very wellacquainted with Guha’s work, will notonly understand the scope and signifi-cance of the scholar’s contribution to the

nation but also gain enormous informa-tion about topics that must be addressedif India aims to identify herself as thetorch-bearer of liberal democracy.

Guha’s first article was on the 1878Forest Act. Perhaps as an ode to that, thefirst part of the book is about environ-ment and the unsung people who have astake in it. The essays in this part aretherefore dedicated to the writings andworks that Guha did in championing thecause of the environment, such as hisbook The Unquiet Woods. Through hisessay, ‘Empire’s Nature in the Garo Hills:A Microhistory of India’s EnvironmentalMovements’, Arupjyoti Saikia, a professorof history at the department of humani-ties and social sciences, Indian Institute ofTechnology (IIT), Guwahati, presents avivid picture of the crucial movementspearheaded by Garo leader SonaramSangma against the British government’sunjust policies in the Garo Hills. Forreaders, the essay lays the groundwork forthose that follow. Shashank Kela’s essaylooks at forest management in both pre-and post-colonial India and issues such asbureaucratic structures and policies thatimpact administration of forests in con-temporary times. While reflecting onGuha’s thoughts on conservation, KartikShanker and Meera Anna Oommen, intheir essay, ‘The Authoritarian BiologistReloaded and Deep Ecology Redux’, draw

attention to large NGOs and biologists,and their interlinked functioning, whichmay not have produced a conservationeffort that can be called inclusive. AmitaBaviskar writes about India’s anti-dampolitics in ‘Nation’s Body, River’s Pulse’while Brototi Roy and Joan Martinez-Alier pen a defining narrative, backed byevidence from the reliable EJAtlas, aboutenvironmental justice movements in thecountry in ‘Weaving Our Way throughEnvironmental Justice Movements inIndia’.

The next part is about biographies.Besides his biography on Gandhi, Guha iswidely hailed for his 1999 book Savagingthe Civilized — which is about VerrierElwin, a British anthropologist and con-temporary of the Mahatma who livedamong the Gond people and worked fortheir uplift. Part II thus present stories ofpeople, some who are lesser-known, whoinspired India through remarkableachievements in their respective fields.There is thus the inspiring travels of M.Lakshmi in the words of A.R.Venkatachalapathy but at the same timeDinyar Patel points out in the essay onKhurshedben Naoroji that Indian biogra-phy writing has a gender problem.Prashant Kidambi chronicles the life ofButtan Singh, the forgotten Indian cham-pion wrestler of the early 20th century,and Aditya Balasubramanian presents an

interesting account of Indian free-marketeconomist and Cold War intellectual B.R.Shenoy. Of note is Akshaya Mukul’s bril-liantly written biography of Hindi literaryicon Sachchidananda HiranandaVatsyayana, famously known as Agyeya.

If the second part is about notablepeople, the third is about how the Indiandemocracy was shaped by key events pri-marily in the first few decades ofIndependence. Venu Madhav Govindubegins this section by presenting the con-text in which Mahatma Gandhi movedfrom Wardha to Sevagram in 1936. Amost significant essay in this part is byJahnavi Phalkey. Throwing light on thediverse set of people, nationalities andpowers that were involved in the develop-ment of Indian fighter-bomber HF 24Marut, Phalkey raises thought-provokingquestions on the meaning of self-reliancethrough her essay ‘Flights of Freedom’.On the other hand, Madhav Khosla takesa look at the Supreme Court and the leg-islature in the early years of post-Independence India while SrinathRaghavan writes about Kashmir’s autono-my and insurgency with a special lens ona particularly tumultuous period startingin 1967 and lasting through the 1980s.

The final part of the book is dedicat-ed to the man himself. Madhav Gadgil,with whom Guha collaborated during hisyears at the Indian Institute of Science

(IISc) in Bengaluru and with whom heco-authored This Fissured Land andEcology and Equity, writes the first essayof this section — ‘Ram Guha: A RadicalProgressive’. The widely-excerpted essayby David Gilmour, ‘The Many Rams ofRamachandra Guha’, is also part of thissection and so is ‘What Do They Know ofHistory Who Only History Know?’, theessay by Suresh Menon which focusses onthe importance of Guha’s book, A Cornerof a Foreign Field. Through ‘The UnquietRam’, Rukun Advani, the editor of manyof Guha’s monumental books includingThe Unquiet Woods, not only revealsdelightful snippets about their decadeslong association but also charts the devel-opment of Guha from his college days tohis illustrious standing over the years.

Readers would find that AFunctioning Anarchy? is a discovery ofGuha’s inspiring life and career as muchas it is an intellectual discussion of theideas and thoughts that shaped him andthose that were, in turn, shaped by him.The essays are intelligently selected so asto give readers a well-rounded informa-tion about the areas Guha has devoted hislife to. Each is individually informativeand, at the same time, combine to form adefining narrative about India’s past andpresent while keeping the focus on Guha’spath-breaking efforts in giving a uniquedimension to the historical reading of theworld’s largest democracy.

A journalist, the reviewer has writtenon politics, lifestyle and the human condi-

tions

Indian Jews have historicallylived across diverse parts ofthe Indian subcontinent over

the centuries without experienc-ing the sort of antiSemitism thathas been so common in manyother parts of the world- particu-larly Christian Europe, whichexported its anti-Jewish sensibili-ties into the Muslim world even-tually, particularly in the contextof European colonialism andpost-colonialism in the MiddleEast, culminating with WorldWar I and its aftermath. Indeed,the most obvious exception tothe rule of Jewish experience inIndia arrived with the control ofGoa in the early 16th century bythe Portuguese, who broughtwith them not only anti-Jewishfeelings but the specifics associ-ated with the development of theSpanish and PortugueseInquisition that would affectNew Christians suspected ofsecretly continuing to practiceJudaism-and continue until theformal abolition of theInquisition authority in 1812.

The general lack of hostilityand persecution may be under-stood in part as a cultural phe-nomenon, but also as a functionof the nature of Hinduism, by farthe dominant religion acrossIndia, and its embrace of diverseperspectives regarding how,specifically, one might under-stand and address divinity.Within the singularity ofBrahman-Being-what we term‘Hinduism’ recognizes a nearly

infinite possibility for divinemanifestations: Brahma, Vishnu,Shiva, Devi, Krishna (and manyother more minor figures) areboth separate from each otherand all understood to be part ofeach other and subsumed into asingularity that is Brahman.

Indian Jews are-obviously, bydefinition-both Indian andJewish. As such, in the broadestof senses, they are part of twointerwoven historical and geo-graphical continua, each with itsown unique features. India is notonly a vast country with dynam-ic contrasts between its toweringmountains and its coastal low-lands and all that lies between. Itis historically complex in terms

of ethnicity, religion, culture andlanguage.

To begin with, its nativeDravidian population was largelypushed to its southern climeswith the arrival and expansion ofthe IndoEuropeans around 4,500years ago. Among other things,this means not only that Indiansfall into two very broadly differ-ent ethnic groups, but that,whereas the country is overrunby scores of different languages-23 ‘official’ languages, today, justfor starters-these languages alsofall into at least two very differ-ent families or categories. Thuslanguages like Hindi, Bengali,and Marathi are ultimately relat-ed Indo-Aryan members of the

greater Indo-European family,and are largely derived fromVedic and Sanskrit (earlier andsomewhat later versions of abranch of the far-flung Indo-European language family thatencompasses languages fromextinct Tocharian in what is nowChina, eastward, to Portuguese,English, and Icelandic, at thewestern edges of the Eurasiancontinent).

Conversely, languages likeTamil, Kannada, and Malayalamwith an ancestry in Tamil, arepart of the more geographicallyconcentrated family of Dravidianlanguages. This is apart fromsmaller groups of AfroAsiaticand Sino-Tibetan languages-and

some in the Himalayas that arestill not classified. There are,overall, perhaps 415 differentlanguages spoken in India.

India is as diverse religiouslyas it is linguistically. It is, as mostpeople are aware, the country inwhich Hinduism was born-infact the word ‘Hindu’ refers tothe place, India, not to the formof faith. However, and more tothe point, ‘Hinduism’ is also amisnomer in being used as ifthere is a monolithic form offaith that goes by that name, justas it is often misunderstood to bepolytheistic: there are, after all,any number of gods and god-desses, it would seem, that occu-py its pantheon. In truth, (to

repeat), an Indian who is part ofthis spiritual tradition under-stands all of these ‘gods’ and‘goddesses’ to be particularizedmanifestations of a single god ofBeing.

Thus ‘Hinduism’ may beunderstood by Westerners as amore complex version, in asense, of Christianity in itsunderstanding of God as triune,for instead of a threefold,Father/Son/Holy SpiritGodhead, ‘Hinduism’ offers apoly-une Brahman (Being)expressed as Brahma, Vishnu,Siva, Devi, and others. So one istypically a Saivite, say, or aVaishnavite, believing that Sivaor Vishnu represents the con-summate expression of God, butembracing the legitimacy ofother expressions, as well.Moreover, among the 10 avatars

assumed by Vishnu over history,one of them is as a dark-skinned(blue or black) anthropomorph,Krishna, and over time, a grow-ing community of Krishna’s fol-lowers or Krishnaites views himas the consummate manifesta-tion of God-not as an avatar ofVishnu: on the contrary, Vishnuis viewed as a manifestation ofKrishna.

Excerpted with permissionfrom Growing up Jewish in

India: Synagogues, Customs, andCommunities from the Bene

Israel to the Art of SionaBenjamin, edited by Ori Z. Soltes.

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tions put our agriculture,health, water supply and ecol-ogy at risk.

How do we slow the pace of climate change?

We are witnessing theseterrifying devastations becausepoliticians and business lead-ers of different nations havefailed to appreciate the risksinvolved in massively interfer-ing with the make-up of ouratmosphere and to initiatetime-bound measures to limitthe damage. As a result, theworld right now is facing a cli-mate catastrophe with littletime left to act to counter the threat.

The series of catastropheswitnessed right across the globemakes a very strong case forworld leaders to apply thesame sense of urgency to thechallenge of climate change asthey have done while dealingwith the global pandemic.

The world leaders need tomake sure that all fossil fuelcorporations make immediatecommitments to curb green-house gas emissions and setaggressive dates by which theywill ensure that their entireoperations and end-to-endsupply chain are carbon

neutral.Combating rising global

temperatures will require asystemic change from theboardroom to the marketingdepartment. From participat-ing constructively in environ-mental policy and legislation toinvesting in research on carbonabatement and alternative ener-gy technologies, companiesshould restructure their busi-nesses around the bitter reali-ty of climate change.

In recognition of their his-torical culpability, fossil fuelcompanies should also payreparations to the marginalisedcommunities around the worldthat are currently most affected and least able to affordthe catastrophic costs of climate change.

Beyond the unsustainablescarcity model of capitalism

There is a compelling caseto revisit the scarcity modelpropagated by capitalism in thelast century or so. Most defin-itions of mainstream econom-ics revolve around the “efficientallocation of scarce resources”.The answer to scarcity coupledwith people’s presumed desirefor more is what has kept pro-duction in perpetual motion.

Not surprisingly, the guid-ing north star for success, ofboth policymakers and econo-mists around the world, is acrude metric — GDP — that does nothing but indiscriminately measure thefinal output, irrespective ofwhether it’s good or bad,whether it creates well-being orinequality.

This unabated creation ofwealth, however, came, andcontinues to come, at a hugecost — powered by fossil fuels.It is both depleting and burn-ing up the planet. Growth,expansion, development — thestruggle to conquer scarcityboth gave and took in largemeasure from those who pop-ulated our land. Perhaps it’sfinally time to count all thedamages that we did on ourway to create more wealth.

We are living in a modernworld where we no longerneed more. In order to createprosperity for all, what weneed instead is a better andfairer distribution of resources.And yet, our dominant eco-nomic systems continue to fol-low colonial methods ofexploitation while perpetuatingirreversible environmentaldamages along with an unequal

generation of wealth. The paradox is we are still

teaching our brightest minds insimplistic economic modelsabout the efficient allocation ofscarce resources, rather than inhow to sustainably build thegood life based on an abun-dance of knowledge andresources.

The way forwardIn The Value of Everything

(2019), the economist MarianaMazzucato points to an under-lying flaw in thinking: “Untilnow, we have confused pricewith value”.

Economists and policy-makers have created a systemdisconnected from the realworld that privileges markettransactions over our person-al and planetary well-being.Here too, we can find a stan-dard circular logic: earnings arejustified because somethingwas produced that presumablyhas value; value, in turn, isdefined by the amount of earnings.

Perhaps that’s why it isquite unrealistic to expect indi-viduals to make smarter choic-es when dominant economicreasoning rewards them formoving in the wrong direction.

As a result, we often see bestbrains still struggling whilemaking choices for their future:engineering, medicine, corpo-rate law, consulting, finance,investment banking.

We need an economyfocused on shared flourishing,rather than on the collectiveillusion that more money will somehow create prosper-ity for all.

A new set of economicthought mindful of overpro-duction and overconsumptionneeds to be cultivated wherenew freedom will eventuallyfind its way within the possi-bilities and constraints createdby the nature.

It is time to revisit the badscript of the bygone century. Aclimate at the tipping pointamid a global pandemic ispart and parcel of the same badscript: the tragedy of the com-mon man aggravated by thelack of compassion and imag-ination by people responsiblefor our better future.

(The writer is an economist,former IRS officer, & author ofthe upcoming book “TheCurrent Perspective on INDIANECONOMY”)

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on August 15, 2021, the dayIndia celebrated its 75thIndependence Day. It was abloodless takeover as govern-ment forces chose not to react.It happened too soon, provingmost of the analysts wrong.There is speculation that it wasall scripted and somebackchannel was activebetween the Taliban and theUS as well as the KabulGovernment enabling thereturn of the Taliban without ashot being fired.

That a 300,000 plus AfghanNational Defence and SecurityForce (ANDSF) offered nocredible resistance tells us a lotabout its incapability and lackof motivation to defend the sys-tem that was in place inAfghanistan for nearly twodecades. US President JoeBiden was not off the markwhen he stressed that.

Or was it the case thatthere was a larger game plan todisable them as BismillahMuhammadi, the DefenceMinister, said their hands were“tied behind their backs”! Inany case, the Americans wereperhaps holding their handstoo tightly for them to acquirethe confidence that wasrequired to operate on theirown to take on a guerrilla forcelike Taliban.

Be that as it may, it did seemas if the ANDSF forces weredemoralised beyond redemp-tion, once the US withdrew itshand of support and signed theFebruary 2020 peace agree-ment, lending Taliban the legit-imacy that they were craving for.

Post-deal, the popular sup-port, mostly non-urban, cut-ting across ethnicities, visiblyshifted towards the Taliban,away from Kabul, whettingTaliban’s appetite to grab moreareas. They expedited theircampaign, through the pan-demics, while the governmentforces at the lower ranks eitherdefected to the Taliban ranks orstayed quiet. The top ANDSFleadership cried hoarse andexpressed its defiance in thesocial media, while the Talibantook cities after cities withaplomb. The Taliban “blitz”, asit is now being called, was thusinevitable.

Now that the Taliban areback in Kabul, there is a needfor realistic assessment of thesituation in Afghanistan. It iseasy to conclude that the USmade its choices based ondomestic calculations and thesense of fatigue from pro-longed Afghan operations.Biden could be right that theyneeded to pack off a decade agoafter killing Bin Laden, because

their primary aim was todegrade al-Qaeda and decapi-tate its leaders.

It is also true that the iner-tia of their largely counter-insurgency involvementdragged them down into theAfghan quicksand as the civilwar deepened (after Bin-Laden’s killing) until theyrealised that there was no takerat home to be drawn into thevortex of a prolonged messywar. They needed an hon-ourable exit.

The US desperation wasleveraged well by the Talibanand their backers — primarilyPakistan and China (but alsoIran and Russia) — to finallyenable a dialogue that resultedin the February-2020 deal,whereby the US agreed towithdraw in return for lameassurances from the Talibanthat they would not target for-eign forces and let any terrorgroup use Afghan soil to targetthe US and its allies.Importantly, they did not agreeto declare ceasefire, nor showedtheir enthusiasm for intra-Afghan dialogue.

It is hard to imagine thatthe US could trust the Talibanwith such moderation in apost-withdrawal scenario, andliterally dump the system andthe alternate leadership that ithad put its money on for a longtime, based on Taliban’spromise that they would keep

their words. The US and itsallies ignored calls for cautionfrom their own analysts —evenmilitary leadership — andaccepted it as fait accompli.

Other external players,including the regional ones, i.e.,Pakistan, Iran, China, Russia,Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,etc, viewed it differently. Theywere more concerned aboutprolonged US presence thanTaliban’s return. Their residualconcerns about Taliban return-ing to their radical past wereoffset by their hope that Taliban 2.0, as they call them,would behave.

Their reactions have beenon expected lines. Most ofthem have expressed theirdesire/willingness to work withthe Taliban-led government.Russians have even said gratu-itously that Afghanistan is morepeaceful now than it was underthe Ghani administration!

Now that the Taliban areback, some of the top leadersof the government, who couldafford, have fled Afghanistanfearing reprisal. Others, whowanted to flee spilled on to thetarmac at the Kabul airport.The visuals were disquieting. Incontrast, gun-toting Talibancadre were seen entering thepresidential palace confident-ly and taking their turns to siton the presidential chair!

Unsurprisingly, most ofthose, especially the educated

middle class and women, whobelieved that the US and itsallies were seeking their eman-cipation, are now saying thatthey feel “betrayed and abandoned”.

Now it is time for everyoneto guess what will be the futureof Afghans, now that in the firstpress conference on August 18,Taliban spokespersonZabihullah Mujahid has open-ly stated that they wouldrespect women rights, forgiveall those who opposed themand build relations with othercountries according to Islamicand international laws.

In fact, Zabihullah hadgiven away a lot more in therun-up to the takeover ofKabul, offering clear hints ofthe type of government Talibanhave in mind. The word“Islamic” is central to theirthinking. In his interview toTolo news on July 12,Zabihullah had made it veryclear that the Taliban drewtheir inspirations from Shura-e-Ahl-al-hall-wal-aqd, whichrefers to council of religiousscholars, those who are quali-fied to appoint or depose acaliph or ruler on behalf of theUmmah. He said they wantedan Islamic system “was not asecret thing” and the Talibanwanted to build a system“involving good people”, boundby the advice “given by experts”,led by a “Muslim” who is “hon-

est, just, educated and… vir-tuous”, “should not be anembezzler, a robber….dictatedto from abroad”, and “havedeep knowledge of Islam”.

He could not hide his con-tempt for electoral politics(read democracy) and disput-ed the claim by the interview-er that elections led to suc-cessful republican systems inmany Muslim countries. Citingthe cases of Pakistan, Iran,Turkey, Egypt and Algeria, heargued that none of thesecountries had a pleasant expe-rience with elections. He heldthat Afghan media are beingfinanced by vested interests andare busy “insulting individuals”rather than carrying outhealthy criticism.

He also held that the dealdid not disallow the Taliban tomaintain relations with otherMuslims, including al-Qaeda!

To quote him, “Nowhere inthe agreement has it been men-tioned that we have or don’thave ties with anyone… Whathas been agreed upon is that nothreat should be posed fromAfghan soil to the US and itsallies… (and) the relationbetween Muslims… is (a mat-ter of) faith”. To a pointedquestion that al-Qaeda opera-tive Abul-Muslim all-Misri waskilled in Andar district inGhazni in areas under Talibancontrol, Mujahid denied hispresence there, asked for evi-

dence, and went on to say theydid not “have the InteriorMinistry and intelligence under(their) control to monitor allcitizens, to know who is thereand who is not”.

Mujahid also repudiatedthe argument that the dealforbade them from re-employ-ing freed Taliban prisoners,saying the agreement did notsay “that our prisoners shouldnot return to the battlefieldonce they are released”. He alsorejected the fatwa in 2018 by100 religious scholars from 37countries in Saudi Arabia notto shed Muslim blood in anyMuslim country, as well as asimilar declaration fromMuslim scholars in Nigeria in2020 that the war inAfghanistan was illegitimatebased on Verse-94 of Surah An-Nisa, on the ground that (i)majority of those pronouncingsuch fatwa were governmentofficials in various countriesand were under US pressure;(ii) such fatwa could only beissued after listening to bothsides and the Taliban were notpresent in any of these assem-blies; (iii) jehad in Afghanistanstarted much before these fatwawere pronounced; and (iv)there were acclaimed religiousscholars among the Taliban,who considered jehad inAfghanistan legitimate.

Mujahid was unapologeticabout Taliban’s links with

Pakistan and casually men-tioned about the presence ofKashmiri Mujahideen inPakistan, Afghanistan. If oneputs it all together, the Talibanremain vulnerable to Pakistanimachinations and the spirit ofjehadi camaraderie displayedby non-Afghan terror groupswaging jehad elsewhere,including in Kashmir.

As Afghanistan transitsfrom a “Republic” to an“Emirate”, under Taliban stew-ardship, Amrullah Saleh, themost vocal critic of Taliban andfirst vice president in Ghaniadministration, has retired tothe Panjshir valley to reequipand fight. Other ethnic leaderslike Dostum, Ata MuhammadNoor, etc, must be licking theirwounds and itching to returnto the ring. The aspirationalgeneration in the country hasstarted pouring out on to thestreets in various urban areasindicating their distrust ofTaliban assurances.

Contained in Taliban’sassurances is a quiet admissionthat they were unsophisticatedand overenthusiastic in apply-ing Islamic laws in their previ-ous avatar. They seem to have,like their al-Qaeda allies, mod-erated their stand on the Shiasand women. However, theirassurances remain untested sofar. There are already reports ofwomen in rural areas beingforced to marry the Talibancadre and incidents of grue-some murder and defiling ofIndian journalist DanishSiddiqui signal a possiblethrowback to the 1990s.

The last two decades of lib-eral democratic rule, howso-ever flawed and afflicted withcorruption and nepotism, hasgenerated the impulses of lib-erty and dignity among averageAfghan which the Taliban mayfind difficult to handle.

Taliban’s way of dealingwith popular demonstrationsin favour of freedom and jus-tice remains to be seen. Theyhave already fired on themleading to casualties in somecases. There is every likelihoodof the mask of moderationfalling off the Taliban face inthe coming days.

It also remains to be seenwhether American bid to applythe brakes on funding andinternational community’s hintto recognise the Taliban onlyafter it is sure of its intentions,will keep Taliban under check.

(Dr Ashok Behuria is asenior fellow at ManoharParrikar Institute for DefenceStudies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. The viewsare his own.)

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Professor Brown didn’t believe inAstrology. He used to condemn thisdiscipline through his writings.

Later, out of curiosity, he collected horo-scopes of 50,000 people pursuing differ-ent professions. He was astonished to findthat those born when Mars was rising,became generals or joined one or otherbranch of forces. People pursuing otherdisciplines — Professors,Mathematicians, Scientists, Philosophersand Poets — were born under the influ-ence of other planets. There was scope forone or two exceptions, but not many.

A Japanese, Dr. Tomato who studiedhuman blood pattern, found that duringmenstrual cycle and pregnancy, women’sblood becomes thinner. It doesn’t happenin case of male. But even men’s bloodbecomes thinner after solar flare.

Professor Douglas, Director of TreeRing Research Institute, USA found thatfollowing solar flare, the ring that treesmake every year, becomes thicker. Thistrend continues for next five years andthen becomes thinner again.

After every 9 cycles of solar flare, theworld becomes subject to Pandemic. It isno coincidence that 25th cycle of solarflare (since recorded) began in December

2019. No wonder as it gained moment,the whole world got caught with Covid-19 pandemic, taking away at least 50 mil-lion lives. It began in Wuhan state ofChina. But being airborne, it spread allacross the world as wind knows no geo-graphical boundaries. During 1918-1920,we had Spanish flu which cost us millionsof lives. There are evidences of pandemicin 1820, 1720, 1620 and 1520.

There is another major solar flarehappening on the Sun, every 90 years,which affects water flow level in rivers.4000 years back, Egyptian king Farahodirected to keep a record of water flow inNile river, which still continues. AnEgyptian scholar Tasman, working onthat data, found that following majorsolar flare, water flow level goes up,which continues for the next 45 years andthen it starts receding before it begins torise again after another 45 years.

Scientists, studying behavioural pat-tern of some sea born fishes found thatthey flow with water waves to seashore tolay eggs during low tide. When the tide isagain high, it brings back the fish bornout of those eggs. How is it that millionsof fishes make it to seashore at a particu-lar moment. The scientist placed the fish-

es where sea tide doesn’t reach — keptthem in lakes, in dark region having noexposure to Moon light, exposed them toMoon like light. Strangely enough, theyall laid egg at the same time when sea fishlaid their eggs. It simply implies that thefishes have some sensitive device to keepa track of periodical cosmic changes.Birds in the cold region fly out large dis-tances about a month and half beforesnow fall. The timing of snow fall keepsvarying every year. Accordingly, the birdsmake their move in advance. Obviously,the periodical cosmic changes would bethere in their cognitive reach. Such is thecorrespondences between cosmic changesand life cycle of planet earth, and still tosay that Astrology is a pseudoscience, issimply ridiculous.

About the zodiac signs (cluster ofstars), they are not just dead entitiesdoing their round in the cosmos. Like theSun, they are also live, emitting energiesof their own types. It may take thou-sands/million years for their light toreach the earth. But once they make it tothe earth, continuum is maintainedthereafter. And people on earth can’tescape its influence. Even the planetsmoving round the Sun need not be taken

as physical bodies moving in the cosmos.Moon doesn’t have its own light, itreflects solar radiation, but not beforeturning it into an ambient form. Planetstoo are not just physical bodies. They aremarked with energy streams passingthrough a particular region, with the saidplanet in the centre. Since, all existencesare interconnected, they have to have cor-responding bearing on our life cycle.

Every individual is born unique, allrespectively marked with the imprint ofthe map of heaven at the time of theirbirth, each reflecting varying traits.Analysing it, the personal trends of abeing could be deciphered with a fairamount of precision. Knowing which,one could make desired changes. So, thisdiscipline could serve as a very effectivediagnostic tool towards human resourcedevelopment.

It would be, therefore, in fitness ofthings to offer grounds for furtherresearch on this valued discipline, so as tokeep it relevant to the callings of our con-temporary needs.

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