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N early 8-9 crore Indian, or one in 15 individuals aged over 10 years, may have been exposed to coronavirus by the end of August, according to the findings of the second sero- survey conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research. In percentage terms, the total people exposed to coron- avirus will be estimated at around 7 per cent, which is 10 times higher than the numbers thrown by the findings of the first serosurvey released on September 11. It shows that between the two surveys, the infection has spread wildly. “One in 15 individuals aged over 10 years were esti- mated to be exposed to Covid- 19 by August 2020,” ICMR chief Balram Bhargava said. “Earlier we had thought that it does not affect those below 18, but have now found there’s no difference. The prevalence is not different by age group or gender.” The survey was conducted between August 17 and September 22. As per its find- ings, the prevalence of Covid- 19 among individuals over 10 years was 6.6 per cent, and in adults (over 18 years of age) was 7.1 per cent. Since India’s population is around 140 crore, the total number of people exposed to coronavirus could be around 8- 9 crore when we take out the below 10 age group. Incidentally, the findings of the first national serosurvey which became public on September 11 indicated that 0.73 per cent of adults in India were exposed to SARS-CoV-2, amounting to a total of 6.4 mil- lion Covid-19 infections by early May. Dr Bhargava also said that the second serosurvey report showed that urban slum and urban non-slum areas had higher SARS CoV 2 infection prevalence than that of rural areas. “Risk in urban slums twice than that in non-slum areas and 4 times the risk in the rural setting,” the report stated. Continued on Page 11 I ndo-China stand-off has escalated as the Indian Government has rebuffed China’s provocative assertion that Beijing didn’t recognise Ladakh Union Territory and was opposed to India building military infrastructure in the border areas. The MEA on Wednesday asserted that the country never accepted the so-called unilat- erally-defined 1959 LAC and its position has been consistent and well known to the Chinese. India also asked China to refrain from advancing an “untenable unilateral” inter- pretation of the de-facto bor- der. India’s reaction was in response to China’s advice to India position to abide by its 1959 perception of the LAC. The Chinese Foreign Ministry insisted it abides by that LAC as proposed by then Premier Zhou Enlai to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in a letter on November 7, 1959. Making this claim, China in a statement to a newspaper also blamed the Indian Army for the ongoing tension for the last five months in eastern Ladakh. It also termed the bloody brawl on June 15 in the Galwan valley leading to the death of 20 Indian Army per- sonnel as an “unfortunate event.” Brushing aside the Chinese claim of the perception, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said here, “India has never accepted the so-called unilaterally defined 1959 Line of Actual Control (LAC). This position has been consistent and well known, including to the Chinese side.” Srivastava referred to var- ious bilateral agreements including the 1993 agreement on maintenance of peace and tranquility along the LAC, 1996 pact on confidence build- ing measures (CBMs) and the 2005 agreement on political parameters and guiding prin- ciples for settlement of the boundary issue, to emphasise that both sides showed com- mitment to reach a common understanding of the align- ment of the LAC. “Therefore, the insistence now of the Chinese side that there is only one LAC is con- trary to the solemn commit- ments made by China in these agreements,” he said, adding the Indian side has always respected and abided by the LAC. T wenty-seven soldiers were killed and 146 wounded due to poor bullets and shells between 2014 and 2019. Gearing up for a long haul at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, the Army has expressed concern over the alleged poor quality of ammu- nition leading to casualties among soldiers. The Army has noted that more than 960 crores was wasted on faulty ammunition and this money could have catered for buying more than 100 howitzers. These guns are very effective in mountain warfare and much needed on the borders facing China. Pointing these critical defi- ciencies, the Army also said at least 27 soldiers were killed and 146 wounded due to poor bul- lets and shells in the period 2014-2019 and urged the Government to take immedi- ate steps. They included fixing accountability and production of top-class ammunition. Most of the ammunition in question was produced by the Ordnance Factory Board while it while it disposed off 960 crore worth of ammuni- tion in the same period before their shelf life was complete, officials said here on Tuesday. The faulty ammunition included 23-mm air defence shells, artillery shells, 125-mm tank rounds and different cal- ibres of bullets used in infantry assault rifles. “Lack of accountability and poor quality of production has resulted in frequent acci- dents over the years with injuries and death of soldiers,” they said. On an average one accident has taken place per week, internal data of the Army from 2014 to 2019 shows. There were 403 inci- dents between 2014 to 2019 due to which the Army suf- fered 27 deaths and 146 injuries. A significant quantity of products was disposed off without completing shelf life due to poor quality. Continued on Page 11 T he Amnesty International on Tuesday said it was halt- ing all its activities in India due to the freezing of its accounts and “incessant witch-hunt” over “unfounded” and “moti- vated” allegations, claims which were strongly denied by the Ministry of Home (MHA). In a statement, Amnesty India said the organisation has been compelled to let go of staff in India and pause all its ongo- ing campaign and research work. “The complete freezing of Amnesty International India’s bank accounts by the Government of India which it came to know on 10 September 2020, brings all the work being done by the organization to a grinding halt,” it said. Reacting to the develop- ment, the MHA said the alle- gations of Amnesty International is unfortunate and exaggerated and said that the NGO violated the laws in accepting foreign donations. Continued on Page 11 T he five-member board of doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) led by Dr Sudhir Gupta entrusted to re-evaluate film star Sushant Singh Rajput’s post-mortem and viscera reports has submitted its find- ing to the CBI and ruled out death by poisoning but raised certain doubts on the autopsy report conducted by the Cooper Hospital, Mumbai. The report is big blow to those who were claiming that Sushant was first poisoned and then hanged. The CBI investi- gation has so far not found any evidence to substantiate the murder theory. The AIIMS report has ruled out poison allegation, leaving it for the CBI to arrive at its own conclusion on the basis evidences, if any. The AIIMS team submit- ted the report at CBI HQ. The CBI is probing the death case of Sushant and the agency is seeking to ascertain whether it was a murder or suicide. “The AIIMS has submitted the report. The CBI is studying the report. The report is defi- nitely a help in investigation but not mandatory in all sense. Certain doubts raised by the medical board towards Cooper Hospital and the previous investigation agency which we will try to answer and find out the facts. The job of the agency is to find facts which can stand court of law with evidence. But AIIMS medical report can’t be ruled out completely,” a top source said. Continued on Page 11 H itting out at the Opposition for going against every single decision of the Government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that those who lost “another source of black money” were protesting against the farm Bills. “Those opposing farm laws are insulting farmers,” the Prime Minister said lashing out at the Opposition a day after Punjab Youth Congress work- ers set a tractor on fire near India Gate in the heart of Delhi during protests against the controversial farm laws. “Several reforms, related to farmers, labourers and health, were brought during the recently concluded Parliament session. These reforms will strengthen labourers, youth, women, farmers of the nation. But the nation can see how some people are opposing it just for the sake of it,” Modi said while inaugurating six devel- opment projects in Uttarakhand though video- conferencing which included water and sever cleaning pro- jects and a museum. Modi said the Opposition has been opposing every deci- sion of his Government, including that is surgical-strikes and construction of Sardar Patel’s statue in Gujarat. Continued on Page 11 T he Lok Janshakti party (LJP) is expected to take a final call on contesting the Bihar polls as part of the NDA in the next 24 hours. The BJP top leadership is reported to have conveyed to LJP chief Chirag Paswan to accept 27 seats latest by Wednesday. The nomination process for candidates for the first phase of the State elections will begin in two days. Chirag met BJP president JP Nadda on Monday and demanded a decision on seat sharing soon. He is reportedly pressing for 42 seats, a demand the BJP leadership has com- pletely ruled out. If the BJP and LJP do not reach an agreement, the LJP is likely to contest 143 out of 243 seats in the Assembly polls and target the JD(U) by putting its candidates against the Nitish Kumar-led outfit. Continued on Page 11 A 19-year-old girl, who was gangraped in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district two weeks ago, died of her grievous injuries at a Delhi hos- pital on Tuesday morning. As news of her death spread, protests broke out at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital as well as in Vijay Chowk and in Hathras. Leading the protests outside Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad appealed to all members of the Dalit community to take to the streets and demand the death penalty for the four men alleged to be involved in the crime who were arrested and will now face charges under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code. “The Government should not test our patience. We will not rest until the culprits are hanged,” said Azad, adding that the victim was killed in the hospital to silence her forever and shield the culprits. The Uttar Pradesh Government announced a compensation of 10 lakh for the victim’s family. Hitting out at the Yogi Adityanath Government in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress questioned the “silence” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and women BJP leaders on the issue and alleged that the state has become the “crime capital” of the country. The party also staged protests demanding justice for the victim at Vijay Chowk. The party said its leaders PL Punia, Udit Raj, Amrita Dhawan and other party leaders were detained at Mandir Marg Police station for the protest. On September 14, the young woman had gone to the fields with her mother and went missing soon after. She was found later with severe injuries and her tongue cut as she bit it when the accused attempted to strangle her, the SP said while giving details of the incident. She was brought to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital on Sunday night. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the young woman’s death is a shame for the entire society, the country as well as for all Governments. “It’s highly sad that so many daughters are being sexually assaulted and we have not been able to protect them. The guilty must be hanged at the earliest,” Kejriwal tweeted. Continued on Page 11 New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19 but is in good health, the Vice President Secretariat said. Naidu, 71, who is asymptomatic, has been advised home quarantine. In the evening, Naidu had addressed a virtual event on post-Covid healthcare where he urged the private sector to pitch in to improve healthcare system in rural India. “The Vice President of India who underwent a rou- tine Covid-19 test today morning has been tested positive. He is, however, asymptomatic and in good health,” the Secretariat tweeted. W ith the aim to facilitate payment of minimum support price (MSP) to farm- ers for their kharif crop, the Uttar Pradesh government has allowed the purchase agencies to go for loan or credit from nationalised banks up to Rs 3,000 crore. The purchase of paddy starts from October 1. This decision was taken in the cabinet meeting held here on Tuesday. “The Uttar Pradesh State Food Corporation has been entrusted with the task of pur- chasing paddy from the farm- ers at MSP. The government has authorised the SFC to go for either soft loan or credit up to Rs 3,000 crore at nominal interest,” the state government spokesman said. He said the SFC would act as a nodal agency and provide money to the purchase centres. “It will be the responsibil- ity of the SFC to collect money and interest from the centres and deposit it in the banks,” he said. The decision is significant in the wake of protests by political parties against the recently enacted farm laws. The MSP is at the centre of the protests as the political parties say that the procurement agen- cies will not pay the minimum support price to the farmers. In another decision, the state cabinet gave approval to build power and public works infrastructure for Greenfield Jewar Airport at Noida with its own resources. Earlier, the cab- inet had decided to develop this infrastructure on PPP model. The international airport, the land for which has been given Continued on Page 11

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Nearly 8-9 crore Indian, orone in 15 individuals aged

over 10 years, may have beenexposed to coronavirus by theend of August, according to thefindings of the second sero-survey conducted by the IndianCouncil of Medical Research.

In percentage terms, thetotal people exposed to coron-avirus will be estimated ataround 7 per cent, which is 10times higher than the numbersthrown by the findings of thefirst serosurvey released onSeptember 11. It shows thatbetween the two surveys, theinfection has spread wildly.

“One in 15 individualsaged over 10 years were esti-mated to be exposed to Covid-19 by August 2020,” ICMRchief Balram Bhargava said.“Earlier we had thought that itdoes not affect those below 18,but have now found there’s nodifference. The prevalence isnot different by age group orgender.”

The survey was conductedbetween August 17 andSeptember 22. As per its find-ings, the prevalence of Covid-19 among individuals over 10years was 6.6 per cent, and inadults (over 18 years of age)was 7.1 per cent.

Since India’s population isaround 140 crore, the totalnumber of people exposed tocoronavirus could be around 8-9 crore when we take out thebelow 10 age group.

Incidentally, the findings ofthe first national serosurveywhich became public onSeptember 11 indicated that0.73 per cent of adults in Indiawere exposed to SARS-CoV-2,amounting to a total of 6.4 mil-lion Covid-19 infections byearly May.

Dr Bhargava also said thatthe second serosurvey reportshowed that urban slum and

urban non-slum areas hadhigher SARS CoV 2 infectionprevalence than that of ruralareas. “Risk in urban slumstwice than that in non-slumareas and 4 times the risk in therural setting,” the report stated.

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Indo-China stand-off hasescalated as the Indian

Government has rebuffedChina’s provocative assertionthat Beijing didn’t recogniseLadakh Union Territory andwas opposed to India buildingmilitary infrastructure in theborder areas.

The MEA on Wednesdayasserted that the country neveraccepted the so-called unilat-erally-defined 1959 LAC andits position has been consistentand well known to the Chinese.India also asked China torefrain from advancing an“untenable unilateral” inter-pretation of the de-facto bor-der.

India’s reaction was inresponse to China’s advice toIndia position to abide by its1959 perception of the LAC.

The Chinese ForeignMinistry insisted it abides bythat LAC as proposed by thenPremier Zhou Enlai to PrimeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru in aletter on November 7, 1959.

Making this claim, Chinain a statement to a newspaperalso blamed the Indian Armyfor the ongoing tension for thelast five months in easternLadakh. It also termed thebloody brawl on June 15 in theGalwan valley leading to thedeath of 20 Indian Army per-sonnel as an “unfortunateevent.”

Brushing aside the Chineseclaim of the perception,

External Affairs Ministryspokesperson AnuragSrivastava said here, “India hasnever accepted the so-calledunilaterally defined 1959 Lineof Actual Control (LAC). Thisposition has been consistentand well known, including tothe Chinese side.”

Srivastava referred to var-ious bilateral agreementsincluding the 1993 agreementon maintenance of peace andtranquility along the LAC,1996 pact on confidence build-ing measures (CBMs) and the2005 agreement on politicalparameters and guiding prin-ciples for settlement of theboundary issue, to emphasisethat both sides showed com-

mitment to reach a commonunderstanding of the align-ment of the LAC.

“Therefore, the insistencenow of the Chinese side thatthere is only one LAC is con-

trary to the solemn commit-ments made by China in theseagreements,” he said, addingthe Indian side has alwaysrespected and abided by theLAC.

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Twenty-seven soldiers werekilled and 146 wounded

due to poor bullets and shellsbetween 2014 and 2019.

Gearing up for a long haulat the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in Ladakh, the Armyhas expressed concern over thealleged poor quality of ammu-nition leading to casualtiesamong soldiers.

The Army has noted thatmore than �960 crores waswasted on faulty ammunitionand this money could havecatered for buying more than100 howitzers. These guns arevery effective in mountainwarfare and much needed onthe borders facing China.

Pointing these critical defi-ciencies, the Army also said atleast 27 soldiers were killed and146 wounded due to poor bul-lets and shells in the period2014-2019 and urged theGovernment to take immedi-ate steps. They included fixingaccountability and productionof top-class ammunition.

Most of the ammunition inquestion was produced by theOrdnance Factory Boardwhile it while it disposed off�960 crore worth of ammuni-tion in the same period beforetheir shelf life was complete,officials said here on Tuesday.

The faulty ammunitionincluded 23-mm air defenceshells, artillery shells, 125-mmtank rounds and different cal-ibres of bullets used in infantryassault rifles.

“Lack of accountabilityand poor quality of productionhas resulted in frequent acci-dents over the years withinjuries and death of soldiers,”they said. On an average oneaccident has taken place perweek, internal data of theArmy from 2014 to 2019shows. There were 403 inci-dents between 2014 to 2019due to which the Army suf-fered 27 deaths and 146injuries.

A significant quantity ofproducts was disposed offwithout completing shelf lifedue to poor quality.

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The Amnesty Internationalon Tuesday said it was halt-

ing all its activities in India dueto the freezing of its accountsand “incessant witch-hunt”over “unfounded” and “moti-vated” allegations, claims whichwere strongly denied by theMinistry of Home (MHA).

In a statement, AmnestyIndia said the organisation hasbeen compelled to let go of staffin India and pause all its ongo-ing campaign and research

work. “The complete freezingof Amnesty InternationalIndia’s bank accounts by theGovernment of India which itcame to know on 10 September2020, brings all the work beingdone by the organization to agrinding halt,” it said.

Reacting to the develop-ment, the MHA said the alle-gations of AmnestyInternational is unfortunateand exaggerated and said thatthe NGO violated the laws inaccepting foreign donations.

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The five-member board ofdoctors of the All India

Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) led by Dr SudhirGupta entrusted to re-evaluatefilm star Sushant Singh Rajput’spost-mortem and viscerareports has submitted its find-ing to the CBI and ruled outdeath by poisoning but raisedcertain doubts on the autopsyreport conducted by theCooper Hospital, Mumbai.

The report is big blow tothose who were claiming thatSushant was first poisoned andthen hanged. The CBI investi-gation has so far not found anyevidence to substantiate the

murder theory. The AIIMSreport has ruled out poisonallegation, leaving it for the CBIto arrive at its own conclusionon the basis evidences, if any.

The AIIMS team submit-ted the report at CBI HQ. TheCBI is probing the death caseof Sushant and the agency isseeking to ascertain whether itwas a murder or suicide.

“The AIIMS has submittedthe report. The CBI is studyingthe report. The report is defi-nitely a help in investigation butnot mandatory in all sense.Certain doubts raised by themedical board towards CooperHospital and the previousinvestigation agency which wewill try to answer and find outthe facts. The job of the agencyis to find facts which can standcourt of law with evidence. ButAIIMS medical report can’t beruled out completely,” a topsource said.

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Hitting out at theOpposition for going

against every single decision ofthe Government, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi onTuesday asserted that thosewho lost “another source ofblack money” were protestingagainst the farm Bills.

“Those opposing farm lawsare insulting farmers,” thePrime Minister said lashing outat the Opposition a day afterPunjab Youth Congress work-ers set a tractor on fire nearIndia Gate in the heart ofDelhi during protests againstthe controversial farm laws.

“Several reforms, related tofarmers, labourers and health,were brought during therecently concluded Parliamentsession. These reforms will

strengthen labourers, youth,women, farmers of the nation.But the nation can see howsome people are opposing itjust for the sake of it,” Modi saidwhile inaugurating six devel-opment projects inUttarakhand though video-conferencing which includedwater and sever cleaning pro-jects and a museum.

Modi said the Oppositionhas been opposing every deci-sion of his Government,including that is surgical-strikesand construction of SardarPatel’s statue in Gujarat.

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The Lok Janshakti party(LJP) is expected to take a

final call on contesting theBihar polls as part of the NDAin the next 24 hours. The BJPtop leadership is reported tohave conveyed to LJP chiefChirag Paswan to accept 27seats latest by Wednesday.

The nomination processfor candidates for the firstphase of the State elections willbegin in two days.

Chirag met BJP presidentJP Nadda on Monday anddemanded a decision on seatsharing soon. He is reportedlypressing for 42 seats, a demandthe BJP leadership has com-pletely ruled out.

If the BJP and LJP do notreach an agreement, the LJP islikely to contest 143 out of 243seats in the Assembly polls andtarget the JD(U) by putting itscandidates against the NitishKumar-led outfit.

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A19-year-old girl, who wasgangraped in a village in

Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras districttwo weeks ago, died of hergrievous injuries at a Delhi hos-pital on Tuesday morning.

As news of her deathspread, protests broke out atDelhi’s Safdarjung Hospital aswell as in Vijay Chowk and inHathras. Leading the protestsoutside Delhi’s SafdarjungHospital, Bhim Army chiefChandrashekhar Azadappealed to all members of theDalit community to take to thestreets and demand the deathpenalty for the four menalleged to be involved in thecrime who were arrested andwill now face charges underSection 302 (murder) of theIndian Penal Code.

“The Government shouldnot test our patience. We willnot rest until the culprits arehanged,” said Azad, adding

that the victim was killed in thehospital to silence her foreverand shield the culprits.

The Uttar PradeshGovernment announced acompensation of �10 lakh forthe victim’s family.

Hitting out at the YogiAdityanath Government inUttar Pradesh, the Congressquestioned the “silence” ofPrime Minister Narendra Modiand women BJP leaders on theissue and alleged that the statehas become the “crime capital”of the country.

The party also stagedprotests demanding justice forthe victim at Vijay Chowk. Theparty said its leaders PL Punia,Udit Raj, Amrita Dhawan andother party leaders weredetained at Mandir Marg Policestation for the protest.

On September 14, theyoung woman had gone to thefields with her mother andwent missing soon after. Shewas found later with severeinjuries and her tongue cut as

she bit it when the accusedattempted to strangle her, theSP said while giving details ofthe incident. She was broughtto Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospitalon Sunday night.

Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal said the youngwoman’s death is a shame for

the entire society, the countryas well as for all Governments.“It’s highly sad that so manydaughters are being sexuallyassaulted and we have notbeen able to protect them. Theguilty must be hanged at theearliest,” Kejriwal tweeted.

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With the aim to facilitatepayment of minimum

support price (MSP) to farm-ers for their kharif crop, theUttar Pradesh government hasallowed the purchase agenciesto go for loan or credit fromnationalised banks up to Rs3,000 crore.

The purchase of paddystarts from October 1.

This decision was taken inthe cabinet meeting held hereon Tuesday.

“The Uttar Pradesh StateFood Corporation has beenentrusted with the task of pur-chasing paddy from the farm-ers at MSP. The governmenthas authorised the SFC to gofor either soft loan or credit upto Rs 3,000 crore at nominalinterest,” the state governmentspokesman said.

He said the SFC would act

as a nodal agency and providemoney to the purchase centres.

“It will be the responsibil-ity of the SFC to collect moneyand interest from the centresand deposit it in the banks,” hesaid.

The decision is significantin the wake of protests bypolitical parties against therecently enacted farm laws.The MSP is at the centre of theprotests as the political partiessay that the procurement agen-cies will not pay the minimumsupport price to the farmers.

In another decision, thestate cabinet gave approval tobuild power and public worksinfrastructure for GreenfieldJewar Airport at Noida with itsown resources. Earlier, the cab-inet had decided to develop thisinfrastructure on PPP model.The international airport, theland for which has been given

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Lucknow (PNS): Irked atbeing scolded by a neighbourfor spitting in front of hishouse, a youth killed 11 pigeonsof the neighbour in Baghpat onMonday.

The police later registereda case and were making effortsto arrest the accused.

As per reports, RahulSingh had the bad habit of spit-ting outside his neighbourDharampal Singh’s house.Dharampal admonished Rahulon this score and reminded thatspitting was prohibited in thewake of the coronavirus pan-demic.

To avenge the ‘insult’, Rahulclimbed onto the roof of hisneighbour’s house and blud-geoned 11 pigeons kept in acage on Monday evening.Upon learning of the incident,Dharampal made a video of thedead pigeons and lodged anFIR against Rahul, who is onthe lam.

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Akhil Bharatiya Teerth Mahasabha, abody of priests of the holy city

Mathura, has opposed the move to resur-rect the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi tem-ple-Idgah dispute in the city. Themahasabha said some outsiders weretrying to ignite the trouble in the other-wise peaceful city and this issue was set-tled over five decades back through anagreement.

“Some outsider lawyers are trying tovitiate the peace and tranquillity of theholy city of Mathura. After the settlementof the Ayodhya dispute, they are free sothey are now concentrating on Mathura,”said Mahesh Pathak, president of the AkhilBharatiya Teerth Mahasabha.

Asked about his political affiliation,Pathak said,

“I am associated with the Congressand I belong to the family of freedomfighters and I am a religious person.”

“The common man in Mathura andthe Teerth Mahasabha are not in favourof the suit filed in a local court and thecase should be dismissed by the court. Asthe situation obtains, we may also fileapplication in the court for Mahasabha tobe impleded as a party in the dispute sothat we may get an opportunity to put the

record before the court,” Pathak said.Pathak said, “Even Mahant Nritya

Gopal Das, head of the RamJanmabhoomi Trust, who is a native ofMathura, is not in favour of resurrectingthe Krishna Janmabhoomi-Idgah dis-pute. He had said on record that the deityRam Lalla was living in a makeshift tem-ple in Ayodhya while Krishna Bhagwanidol is installed in a temple.”

A civil suit was filed before thecourt of civil judge, senior division,Mathura on September 26 on behalf ofchild deity Bhagwan Shri KrishnaVirajman, seeking the removal of theShahi Idgah, adjacent to the Shri Krishnatemple complex at Mathura. RanjanaAgnihotri, an advocate of Lucknow, hasfiled the suit.

The UP Sunni Central Waqf Boardand the Committee of Management ofTrust of Shahi Idgah have been arraignedas defendants in the suit. The suit seeksrecovery of 13.37 acres of land situatedwithin the area of the temple.

The suit claims that the trust, with thehelp of some Muslims, encroached uponthe land belonging to Shri KrishnaJanamasthan Trust and the deity, anderected a structure. The birthplace of LordKrishna lies beneath the structure raisedby the trust, the suit said.

It was also claimed that Shri KrishnaJanmasthan Seva Sansthan, which is thegoverning body of the temple complex,entered into an illegal compromise withthe Shahi Idgah trust with a view to grabthe property in question.

The civil suit argued that the ShriKrishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan wasworking against the interests of the deityand devotees and fraudulently entered intoa compromise with the Committee ofManagement of Trust Masjid Idgah(Trust) in 1968 conceding a considerableportion of the property belonging to thedeity and the trust.

The civil judge, Mathura, passed ajudgement on the suit regarding thealleged “compromise between the KrishnaJanmasthan Seva Sansthan and theTrust” on July 20, 1973. The present suithas now prayed for “cancelling this judge-ment”.

Meanwhile, Akhada Parishad based atPrayagraj associated with the VishwaHindu Parishad has already given a callfor starting a movement for liberating theKrishna Janmabhoomi.

According to Mahant Narendra Giri,head of the Akhada Parishad, the nextmeeting of the Parishad to discuss theKrishna janmabhoomi issue will be heldin Vrindavan on October 15.

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Opposition parties upped their ante againstthe Uttar Pradesh government after an 18-

year-old Dalit gang-rape victim lost her bat-tle for life at a Delhi hospital on Tuesday morn-ing.

Leaders of Congress, Aam Aadmi Party,Samajwadi Party and social activists stageddemonstrations to protest the incident andshame the government for being insensitivetowards growing crimes against women.

On its part, the police cane-chargedCongress workers during a demonstration infront of the GPO and arrested more than 50party workers, including City Congress chiefMukesh Singh Chauhan. Congress generalsecretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out at theYogi Adityanath government over the incident.

Priyanka tweeted on Tuesday, “A Dalit rapevictim died in Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi. Fortwo weeks she struggled with life and deathin hospitals. Incidents of rape in Hathras,Shahjahanpur and Gorakhpur have shaken thestate.” In another tweet, she again targeted theBharatiya Janata Party regime saying : “Nosemblance of security for women in the stateand criminals are committing crimes in theopen. It is the responsibility of the UP govern-ment to provide safety to women.”

Former chief minister of UP and BahujanSamaj Party chief Mayawati tweeted, “Thenews of the death of Dalit gang-rape victimof Hathras today is very sad. Governmentshould provide all possible help to the victim’sfamily and ensure prompt punishment to theculprits by prosecuting them in fast trackcourt.” In another tweet, she claimed “Even

daughters and sisters from other sections ofsociety are not safe in the state. The govern-ment must pay attention towards it.”

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwaltermed the death of the Hathras gang-rape vic-tim a matter of shame for the country as wellas for the governments and demanded thehanging of the guilty.

“The death of Hathras victim is shamefulfor the entire society, country as well as for allthe governments. It’s sad that so many daugh-ters are being sexually assaulted and we havenot been able to protect them. The guilty mustbe hanged at the earliest,” Kejriwal tweeted inHindi. Samajwadi Party spokesperson SunilSingh Sajan said that the incident had onceagain exposed the deteriorating law andorder in the state.

“The incident and death of a Dalit girlfrom Hathras is a matter of shame. The girlwas brutally assaulted but the police registereda case of eve-teasing as the accused belongedto a higher caste like the chief minister. Whenpressure mounted, the police were forced toadd sections in the case. Today the girl suc-cumbed and the sole responsibility lies withthe chief minister of the state. There is a nexusbetween criminals and those sitting in power;such incidents like Hathras bring shame to allof us,” Sajan said.

AAP MP and UP incharge Sanjay Singhhit out at the state government for "giving shel-ter to rapists" and asked why the houses ofHathras rape case accused were not bulldozed.He also demanded Rs 50 lakh as compensa-tion to the family of the deceased and securi-ty to her family as they were being threatenedby the sympathisers of the accused.

number of cases in district jails,”he wrote in the letter. The DGPrisons said that in some districtsthe administration declared bar-racks in jails as Level-1 Covidhospitals to treat asymptomaticinmates and deputed medicalprofessional which worked won-ders. “Ballia, Jhansi, Etawah andBasti jails are cases in point to but-tress this fact. Almost 200 infect-ed inmates in each of these jailsrecovered within 10 days withoutany casualty due to proactive andconsummate efforts of theadministration. If this practice isadopted in other districts, the pur-pose of containment will be bet-ter served. Transporting inmatesto outside hospitals may be resort-ed to only on a need basis,”Kumar asserted.

Lucknow (PNS): With theprison brass initiating severalmeasures to check coronavirusspread and adopting guidelinesfor treatment of affected prison-ers, Director General of Prisons,Anand Kumar, wrote to districtauthorities seeking dedicatedefforts in combating the pandem-ic. In a letter to all district mag-istrates, district police chiefs andchief medical officers, Kumar,while acknowledging and appre-ciating their assistance and sup-port in battling the menace injails, said that there were someissues of concern which need tobe flagged.

The DG said that guidelinesclearly enunciate and predicateaggressive testing, tracing, isolat-ing and treating strategy but incertain districts, the rate of test-ing of inmates was very low.

“You will agree that testing isthe bulwark to combat and pre-vent infection spread.Asymptomatic carriers are themain reason for this. Only aggres-sive testing approach can offsetthe spread,” he said. Kumar saidthat in some districts, inmates intemporary jails were sent to dis-trict jails without following pre-scribed testing protocols. “Laterthey tested positive, defeating thevery purpose of temporary jails.The net result is an increase in the

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The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment sounded a high alert

across the state with a SpecialCBI Court in Lucknow set toannounce on Monday its ver-dict on the demolition of Babrimosque in Ayodhya onDecember 6, 1992 .

Special Judge of the CBIcourt, SK Yadav, will read outhis judgement from 10 am inthe presence of all 32 accused,mostly on virtual platform dueto ailment of several politicians.However, some of them will bepresent in the court.

Sources disclosed that for-mer deputy prime ministerLal Krishna Advani and formerminister Murli Manohar Joshihave been exempted from courtappearance due to their age.While Uma Bharti is afflictedby COVID-19 and recuperat-ing in Bhopal, former chiefminister of UP, Kalyan Singh,is recovering from COVID-19and is presently in Ghaziabad.

Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, toois not well after recoveringfrom COVID-19.

After 28 years of oft-derailed probe and trial, theprocess was completed thismonth. The CBI Special Courtin Lucknow took up daily hear-ing of the case since 2017, fol-lowing a Supreme Court order.The trial saw 32 survivingaccused appearing before thecourt and recording their state-ments under Section 313 of theCriminal Procedure Code. Allthe accused pleaded innocenceand claimed that they hadbeen framed in the case.

Minutes after the Babrimosque demolition, an FIR(No. 197/92) was registeredagainst unknown karsevaksunder sections 395, 397, 332,337, 338, 295, 297, 153A of theIndian Penal Code and Section7 of the Criminal LawAmendment Act at a Ayodhyapolice station around 5:15 pmon December 6, 1992.

Ten minutes later, a second

FIR (No. 198/92) was registeredunder sections 153A, 153B,505 of the IPC against LKAdvani, Ashok Singhal, GirirajKishore, Murli Manohar Joshi,Uma Bharti, Vinay Katiyar,Vishnu Hari Dalmia andSadhvi Ritambhara for deliver-ing hate-and-provocative-speeches.

In a curious move, thethen government recommend-ed a CBI probe into case num-ber 197 but case No. 198against the accused politicianswas handed over to the CB-CID wing of UP Police.

On August 27, 1993, thestate government shifted all theremaining 48 cases, includingcase No. 198, to the CBI forprobe.

The CBI later filed a con-solidated charge-sheet against40 people in all 49 cases in aSpecial CBI Court of Lucknowon October 5, 1993.

Two years down the line,on January 11, 1996, the agencyfiled a supplementary charge-sheet against nine prominentpeople, taking the tally of theaccused to 49.

Contrary to initial FIRs,the CBI in its charge-sheetcame up with the argument ofhaving concrete and irrefutableevidence to prove that themosque demolition was thefallout of a larger and sinisterconspiracy. It also came up withnew names as accused, thatincluded senior BharatiyaJanata Party and RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh leaders.The charge of criminal conspir-acy under Section 120(b) of the

IPC was added against theaccused.

However, a speedy trialstarted from 2017 and lastmonth, most of the prominentaccused, including Advani,MM Joshi, Kalyan Singh, UmaBharti, Vinay Katiyar andChampat Rai (RamJanmabhoomi Teerth KshetraTrust general secretary) record-ed their statements.

The trial in the case wascompleted in the first week ofSeptember after which thecourt fixed September 30 forpronouncement of the verdict.

Over the years, severalaccused have died, includingBal Thackeray, Ashok Singhaland Giriraj Kishore.

Meanwhile, the UP Policebraced itself for the D-day andall districts and Indo-Nepalborder were alerted.

ADG ( Law and Order)Prashant Kumar said inLucknow on Tuesday that alldistricts had been alerted in thewake of the verdict.

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With recovery rate in UttarPradesh breaching the

85 per cent-mark, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath saidthat his government was com-mitted to providing better med-ical care to the people andwould ensure that the patientsdid not face any problem.

Yogi directed that all Covidhospitals be equipped well withadequate availability of medi-cines and medical oxygen.

Chairing an Unlock reviewmeeting at Lok Bhawan here onTuesday, the chief ministersaid that Covid testing shouldbe aggressive and more high-risk groups should be scanned.

He asked the officials togive emphasise on strong sur-veillance mechanisms to con-trol the spread of the novelcoronavirus.

Yogi directed officials tolink KGMU with hospitals ofthe Health department andSGPGI with medical institutesand medical colleges underMedical Education departmentthrough virtual ICU.

“It will help serious patientsin receiving better treatmentthrough specialists,” he said.

The chief minister stressedthat protection was the onlyremedy against COVID-19 tillspecific medicine or vaccinewas developed. He said thatmass awareness about precau-tions through various modes ofcommunication should be con-tinued.

Yogi said that eSanjeevani,the online OPD service, wasquite useful and there wasneed to publicise it widely forbenefiting a large section of

populace. He also asked the officials

that training modules of doc-tors and paramedics be contin-ued and asked them to payextra attention on Lucknowand Kanpur Nagar for ensuringbetter recovery.

Meanwhile, AdditionalChief Secretary (Health) AmitMohan Prasad said that thenumber of recovered patientswas more than the fresh cases.He said that recovery percent-age in the state had gone up to85.34 per cent .

Prasad said that there were52,160 active cases in UP whilethe number of recoveredpatients stood at 3.36 lakh.

The additional chief secre-tary said 1.60 lakh sample weretested and there were 25,399asymptomatic patients in homeisolation. He said as many as3,647 patients were admitted inprivate hospitals, 108 were insemi-paid hotels while the rest

were in government-run Covidhospitals.

He said over 3.90 lakh sur-veillance teams had visited1,25,065 areas of the state and2.54 crore houses to check thehealth of over 12.64 crore peo-ple.

On Wednesday, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath willinaugurate seven Level -2Covid hospitals across the stateand with this, all the 75 districtsof the state would have Level-1 and Level-2, Covid hospitals.

On the occasion the chiefminister would also launch amonth-long drive whereinHealth teams would visithomes to prevent vector-bornediseases like AES ,JE ,malaria,dengue, swine flu, kala azar,and chikungunya.

From October 1 to 15,ASHA Bahus would also enrolchildren and pregnant womenwho missed vaccines duringthe lockdown.

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Lucknow University Vice-Chancellor AK Rai inaugu-

rated the admission office at theCPMT building on Tuesday.The objective is to help stu-dents seeking admission to theuniversity. SpokespersonDurgesh Srivastava said it’s thefirst time that an admissionoffice has been opened at theuniversity.

“We already had the officeof DSW and chief provost atthis building and now we havethe admission office whichwill have all the data. Studentsseeking admission canapproach this office and do nothave to waste time going at dif-ferent points,” he said.

Meanwhile, with repeatedrequests from candidatesregarding re-arranging ofchoices filled in the ongoingonline off-campus counselling

process of undergraduate andundergraduate managementprogrammes, the VC hasallowed the choices of all suchcandidates who have alreadylocked their choices to be

unlocked so that they can re-arrange them till 3 pm onSeptember 30.

The LU spokesperson saidsuch candidates will not haveto pay any fees for this process

as they are already registered.All the candidates are advisedto give as many choices as theywant, especially those whohave secured lower ranks, sothat they are not denied a seat.Thereafter, the allotmentprocess will begin, result ofwhich will be available on thelogin of candidates.

Meanwhile, LucknowUniversity is joining handswith MGNCRE and a formalMoU was signed by VC AK Raiand chairman of MGNCREWG Prasanna Kumar onTuesday through video-confer-encing. The salient points of theMoU are providing the coursecurriculum developed by theinstitute to LU and providingthe online course content to thestudents and faculty membersof LU. A senior faculty mem-ber said that Mahatma GandhiNational Council of RuralEducation (MGNCRE) depart-

ment of Higher Education,Union Ministry of Educationhas taken the onus of strength-ening the process of teachingand learning with institution-al systems and processes.

“Also, as per NEP-2020guidelines, there is a need offaculty members who canadapt to the rapidly evolvinglearning environment. MGN-CRE is the fore-runner in var-ious path-breaking activitiesincluding propelling RuralE n t r e p r e n e u r s h i pDevelopment (RED) activities.Gandhi’s thoughts on villageself-reliance or AtmanirbharBharat focus on village eco-nomic activities would help inpromoting entrepreneurshipopportunities in manufacturingand marketing rural productsand rural services and explor-ing models of art, craft forentrepreneurship, and for self-reliance” he said.

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Central Drug ResearchInstitute on Tuesday felici-

tated three young researchersfor their contribution to drugdiscovery and development.The awardees included BushraAteeq, Surajit Ghosh and RaviManjithaya. They received the‘CDRI Award, 2020’ for theircontribution in unfolding thecancer knot.

With a view to promotingdrug discovery and develop-ment research in India, CDRIhad instituted the award in2004 to promote scientificexcellence in the country and torecognise the outstanding con-tribution in the area of drugresearch and development. Theaward is given annually to sci-entists below 45 years of age for

outstanding research work inthe area having direct bearingon drug research and develop-ment. Bushra Ateeq is cur-rently an associate professor atthe department of BiologicalSciences and Bioengineering,IIT-Kanpur, who has worked inthe area of prostate cancer.

Surajit Ghosh’s contributionin discovery of nuclear localis-ing cell penetrating peptide(CPP) for anti-cancer drugpaved the way for his award. Hereceived the award in biologi-cal sciences for the development

of efficient cell penetratingpeptides (CPPs) with tremen-dous implications in medicine.He is presently a professor inthe department of Bioscienceand Bioengineering at IIT-Jodhpur.

Ravi Manjithaya’s work onchemical genetics which pro-vides mechanistic insights andtherapeutic potential paved theway for his award. He ispresently working as an associ-ate professor at JawaharlalNehru Centre for AdvancedScientific Research, Bengaluru.

�����������������,�� ���-'&������� ��'�� ���Lucknow (PNS): Brain samplesshould be collected at placesmaintaining the brain bank ofCovid patients to unravel theknots and to unravel the mys-tery of this novel infection.

This was stated by Dr PKSeth, NASI senior scientist andplatinum jubilee fellow, BiotechPark, at a webinar on ‘Mentalhealth: Causes and manage-ment during Covid pandemic’,organised by Indian Institute ofToxicology Research andIndian Academy ofNeurosciences.

Seth said Lucknow is a hubof neuroscientists and stressedthat both basic and clinicalneuroscientists should comecloser to work on differentaspects of mental health, whichis one of the major challengesin the present time.

IITR director AlokDhawan welcomed the distin-guished speakers and memberswho participated in the pro-gramme online. In his openingremarks, he said isolationaffects mental health to a greatextent but the behavior andresponse of the society due tomass isolation is a different ballgame. Emphasising that men-tal state is very important andthe fact that a healthy mind sig-nifies a healthy body, he saidthat the webinar has beenorganised to understand theintricacies and follow steps sothat isolation does not affectpeople and society as a whole.

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In a bid to strengthen contacttracing in Lucknow, 15 con-

tacts of every Covid patient,instead of 10, will be tested forbetter containment.

CMO Dr Rajendra PrasadSingh said it would help covergaps and ensure effective con-tact tracing. “This is ourendeavor and we are also get-ting success to some extentwith regards to what we havebeen doing so far,” he said.

He said review of everyaspect of containment activitysuch as surveillance, deathaudit etc is carried out even aspeople have become aware andreach out to the health depart-ment in case of symptoms.

On Tuesday, DistrictMagistrate Abhishek Prakashhad a meeting with senior offi-cials at the Smart City officeand directed the teams out inthe field to test pregnantwomen and senior citizens.

He also directed the offi-cials to hand over the list ofreferred cases to rapid responseteams. The DM said that masstesting should be carried out inareas with maximum cases.

The DM said a home iso-lation incharge should beappointed for every CHC tomonitor the patients confinedto their homes.

Meanwhile, a senior officialat the Health departmentpointed out that 216 of those

who have died in the district sofar have been females while 467males. As many as 18,468women have tested positive asagainst 51,659 men inLucknow.

Meanwhile, with the pan-demic still in full rage, KGMUis unlikely to begin liver trans-plant programme which it hadbeen conducting successfullytill recently. While media cell ofKGMU said it has no informa-tion on the issue, a senior doc-tor said it was difficult to startthe programme in view of theincreased manpower requiredfor Covid ICU beds.

“We have been asked tohave 250 more ICU beds,

which means that each andevery department of KGMUwill be involved in Covid care.We are also running so manywards which requires a goodnumber of staff. Also, the livertransplant programme requiresa team complete with doctorsand technicians, which is notpossible at this time,” he said

Meanwhile, KGMUachieved a milestone with200th plasma donation at thedepartment of TransfusionMedicine on Monday.Spokesperson Dr SudhirSingh said the department isbeing selected as nodal centreto develop plasma banksthroughout the state. “A total

of 180 patients have benefit-ed from plasma therapy tilldate,” he said. The first plas-ma bank in the state wasinaugurated at KGMU on theoccasion of the IndependenceDay. Doctors have alwaysmaintained that the patientshave to be counselled andmotivated to donate plasma.Besides, KGMU and andCentral Command HQ signeda memorandum of under-standing on Monday. “Thepurpose is to provide a com-prehensive and rehabilitativemedical care for acute man-agement of casualties amongarmy personnel,” the KGMUspokesperson said.

Lucknow (PNS): A 4-inch kidney stone was removed from apatient at Balrampur Hospital on Tuesday. Director Dr RajeevLochan said he had never such a largekidney stone before. “It should actu-ally go in some record books. Weremoved 4-inch staghorne stonealong with 15 small stones from onekidney of a 50-year-old patient,Pandit Vishnu Dutt Tewari ofRajajipuram,” Dr Lochan said. Thesurgery was performed by Dr SKPandey and his team. The patient hadbeen in great distress for the past several years and he came foroperation recently. “Generally people try to avoid surgery andkeep delaying it while trying alternative medicines,” he said.

��7���������������& ������Lucknow (PNS): A delegationof Liquor Sellers’ WelfareAssociation (LSWA) metPrincipal Secretary (Excise)Sanjay Bhoosreddy on Tuesday,demanding that the licence feebe refunded. LSWA mediaincharge Devesh Jaiswal saidgeneral secretary KL Mauryaand treasurer Shiv KumarJaiswal handed over thedemand letter to the principalsecretary.

Maurya said LSWA urgedthe state government to refundthe licence fees of sellers whoseshops were closed during lock-down and also of those whohave their shops located in con-tainment zones. He said thesellers suffered huge losses dueto lockdown and closure ofshops located in containmentzones. He expressed satisfac-tion on the state government’sdecision to exempt liquor sell-ers from mandatorily availingthe quarterly quota of liquor.

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Police on Tuesday arresteda cab driver who was

accused of harassing a beau-ty parlour owner on Monday.The woman had lodged acomplaint against the accusedon Monday night.

In her complaint, thewoman had alleged that thecab driver started staring ather in the rear-view mirrorand she objected. “However,he overlooked my reserva-tions and played music in fullsound while making amorousadvances towards me,” shealleged.

She further alleged thatthe driver had maliciousintentions and that was whyhe played the music at highvolume. “He probably want-ed to suppress my distresscalls,” she said. I reached theparlour and hurriedly got

down from the car. Later, Iinformed the police,” she said.

A police team worked onthe case and the accused,identified as Kamla ShankerMishra of Vishwas Khand in Gomti Nagar, wasarrested.

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A flower vendor was foundhanging at his house inHasanganj on Tuesday. As perreports, Raman Kashyap ofBarauliya area in Daliganj didnot wake up on Tuesday morn-ing and his father Rameshwent to wake him up around 7am but found the doors bolt-ed from inside. As there was noresponse from inside despiterepeated knocks and calls,Ramesh peeped through a slitin the door and found Ramanhanging from the ceiling witha bedsheet tied around his

neck. He called the police anda team reached the scene. Thepolice sent the body for autop-sy and started further investi-gation.

In another case, a 35-year-old man, identified as RaviGautam of Motijheel Colony inBazaarkhala, was found hang-ing at his house on Tuesdaymorning. His family membersrushed him to a private nurs-ing home where he wasdeclared brought dead. WifeAnamika told the police thatRavi had returned home in adrunken state the previousnight and had dinner beforeleaving for his room.

“My mother-in-law wokeup early morning and foundRavi hanging from an ironrod with a dupatta tied aroundhis neck in the courtyard. Raviwas rushed to a hospital wherehe was declared brought dead,”she said.

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his manager/cashier of misap-propriation of over Rs 3.94 lakhin Gomti Nagar on Tuesday. Inhis complaint, Inder KumarNarang of Alambagh said hehas a garments showroom atAnand Plaza in Patrakarpuramlocality of Gomtinagar. He saidhe had appointed Neeraj Pal ofAlambagh as manager/cashierof the shop.

“During checking, I foundthat Neeraj Pal had preparedfake bills and usurped Rs 3.94lakh. We ran the business inpartnership and got theaccount audited. It surfacedthat Neeraj Pal had donebungling in credit card sales.He failed to give an explanationand when he was asked to paythe difference of the cash, herefused,” Narang alleged. Acase was registered in this con-nection.

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As many as 532 people test-ed positive for coronavirus

in the city on Tuesday while788 patients recovered. Thedeath toll stands at 700 whilethere are 7,259 cases are activecases in the district.

A senior official at theCMO office said those whotested positive included 48from Indiranagar, 42 fromGomtinagar, 36 fromJankipuram, 32 from Aliganj,28 from Talkatora, 22 fromChowk, 21 from Madiaon, 20

from Chinhat, 19 fromVikasnagar, 16 fromHasanganj, 15 from Cantt, 14each from Thakurganj,Mahanagar & Rae Bareli road,13 from Alambagh, 12 fromAshiyana, and 10 each fromSarojininagar & Hussainganj.

There were 10 deaths inthe district and the deceasedincluded four from Lucknowwhile six from other districts.Four patients died at KGMUon Tuesday.

In the state, 4,069 personstested positive, including 182in Kanpur, 225 in Ghaziabad

and 246 in Varanasi, taking thetotal number of cases to3,94,856. There were 63 deathsin the state , including fiveeach in Kanpur, Gorakhpur &Varanasi, four from Hardoi,three from Etawah, two eachfrom Meerut, Ayodhya,Mathura, Bahraich &Farrukhabad and one eachfrom Prayagraj,Gautambuddhnagar, Bareilly,Moradabad, Agra,Shahjahanpur, Maharajganj,Gonda, Bulandshahr, Sitapur,Bijnore, Amroha, Jalaun andChitrakoot.

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After organising the highlysuccessful Kumbh 2019

as 'Divya Kumbh: BhavyaKumbh', the Uttar Pradeshgovernment will make thenext Mahakumbh in Prayagrajas a memorable one withexemplary arrangements andgrandeur.

Making this announce-ment, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath asked the officialsto start preparations for the'Mahakumbh' falling in 2025and directed that the develop-ment works in Prayagrajshould be planned while keep-ing the next Mahakumbh inmind. He also directed theofficials to observe 'Kalpvas' inthe coming Magh mela inPrayagraj as per Covid proto-col. The CM on Tuesdaydirected the officials to expe-dite the construction work ofRajju Bhaiyya University inPrayagraj besides fast-trackingthe Rs 1,600-crore Smart CityMission in the Sangam City.He also mentioned the park-ing woes in Prayagraj and laidemphasis on multi-level park-ings in the city. He furtherpointed out that the construc-tion of Lal Bahadur ShastriHomeopathic Medical Collegeis lying pending since the lasttwo and a half decades andshould be completed fast.

The chief minister wasreviewing the developmentprojects of Prayagraj divisioncomprising Prayagraj,

Kaushambi, Pratagarh andFatehpur through video-con-ferencing. There are 30 mega-projects with a cost of over Rs50 crore each in the division.

The CM also directed theofficials to pace up the con-struction of the medical col-leges of Prataparh, Kaushambiand Fatehpur in such a man-ner that the teaching may bestarted from the next session.

The CM insisted on fol-lowing all Covid protocols."Let us all understand it wellthat protection is the onlyoption before us till somemedicine or vaccine comes inthe market,” he said whileasserting that the effectivesurveillance system and con-tact tracing can save manylives from Covid besidesspreading mass awareness atevery level.

Laying emphasis on main-taining the timeline of all theprojects, he pointed out thatthe utilisation certificateshould be furnished afterphysical verification of theproject at the earliest. Heasked for completion of pro-jects in time but with no com-promise with the quality ofwork. ComplementingPrayagraj in construction ofcommunity toilets, the CMlaid stress on 100 per cent geo-tagging of toilets constructedunder PM Awas Yojana andCM Awas Yojana or SwacchBharat Mission.

The CM asserted that themoney meant for develop-

ment should not be used else-where, otherwise it wouldinvite stringent action fromthe government. Generate jobsunder MNREGS work andaccommodate migrant labouras much as possible, he added.He also directed the officials toconserve water in every pos-sible way saying there is anurgent need to revive andconserve natural water bodies,ponds and wells.

He said that the repair ofroads should be undertakenon a war-footing after therains are over. Make roads freeof potholes before onset of fes-tival season. The CM saidthat the paddy purchase cen-tres should be set up whereev-er required as the paddy pur-chase season is commencingon October 1. he asked theofficials to ensure that thefarmers do not get the priceless than the MSP.

The chief minister saidthat Rs one lakh crore havebeen earmarked to improveagriculture infrastructure. Thesetting up of FPOs and con-struction of warehouses andother storage facilities shouldbe done on the priority basis,he added.

He directed the officialsconcerned to facilitate loans tothe entrepreneurs to set upMSME units. He also askedthe districts to showcase,develop and market the prod-ucts under One District OneProduct (ODOP) in an organ-ised manner.

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Taken aback by the surge inthe number of Covid-19

patients, the Indian MedicalAssociation, the highest policymaking body of modern med-icine practitioners have askedthe Government of Kerala todeclare a state of “HealthEmergency”.

Dr Abraham Varghese,president, IMA (Kerala) said ina statement to the Governmentthat the situation in Kerala isprecarious and requires strin-gent action and an awarenesscampaign. The number of casesdiagnosed with Covid-19 on adaily basis is disturbing. Butwhat is of more concern is thenumber of patients contractingthe pandemic through socialcontacts,” said Dr Varghese.

The soft-spoken doctorhas been cautioning the author-

ities about community trans-mission which was set longback in the State.. He said theGovernment should go forstrict social controls and regu-lations to check the number ofpeople crowding at publicplaces and shopping centres.“Offices and business estab-lishments could work withskeleton staff and there shouldbe restrictions on the numberof people who could gather inpublic or private places,” saidDr Varghese.

Though the official fig-ures state that almost 58,000people are under treatment inthe State for Covid-19,Government doctors them-selves say that the figure hascrossed 2 lakh mark. “TheIMA’s studies prove that the sit-uation in Kerala is gettingworse by the day as shown bythe spurt in numbers.

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Bengaluru: Karnataka ChiefMinister BS Yediyurappa's polit-ical Secretary and MLA M PRenukacharya on Tuesday saidhe has tested positive forCOVID-19.

The MLA from Honnalliconstituency said he underwenta test as some changes wereobserved in his health condi-tions this morning, and thereport showed him to be posi-tive. Appealing all those whohad come in contact with himin the last four-five days to gettested, he said, he was doing fine.

Chief Minister Yediyurappatweeted wishing forRenukacharya's speedy recovery.Several Ministers and legislatorsin Karnataka including DeputyChief Minister Govind Karjol,Law Minister J C Madhuswamy,senior Congress MLAs H KPatil and Diensh Gundu Rao areamong those who have testedpositive for COVID in the lastfew days. PTI

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Renewing her attack on theBJP Government Bengal

Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Tuesday said it sel-dom delivered on its promisesand resorted to communalpropaganda for the sake ofpublicity during the elections.

The Chief Minister whowas currently touring NorthBengal said those in the centralGovernment “had promisedmany things but deliverednothing …they did nothing forthe tea plantation workers butwhen it comes to voting theywould raise communal issuesto derive publicity.”

Claiming that herGovernment had done morethan it promised Banerjee said

“we have continuously per-formed. Despite having per-formed so well for the past onedecade there is no publicitybecause we do not engage incommunal riots… rather weare defamed and become vic-tims of disinformation cam-paigns despite having workedhard for the people of thisregion whereas when the elec-tions will come they will incitecommunal riots to get cheappublicity and votes.”

Earlier Banerjee hadattacked the Centre for bull-dozing the opposition voice inParliament to pass a number of“draconian anti-people laws”like the farm bill and said thepeople would take account ofthat during the elections.Bengal will go to Assemblypolls in May next year.

The Chief Minister onTuesday promised the planta-tion workers their own housesin a few years’ time. “TheGovernment will constructhouses for the plantation work-ers in three years,” she saidadding “those who had comeand promised to you so manythings have done nothing foryou which can be proved by thecondition of the plantationworkers and industry here.”

Reacting to Banerjee’sstatements Bengal BJP presi-dent Dilip Ghosh said “ourChief Minister is a person wholoves to beat her own trum-pet… If she has worked wellthen it will be for the people tosee and for them to recognizeher services … but here it is dif-ferent. The Chief Minister ispatting her own back.”

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Kerala branch demanded a state of Health Emergencyin the State, the number of new Covid-19 patients shotup to 7,354 which include 7,036 patients who contract-ed the pandemic through social contacts.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who briefed themedia after an all party meeting said that there were61,791 persons under treatment in the State for Covid-19 on Tuesday.

Neighboring Tamil Nadu is gradually bringingdown the number of cases on a daily basis without anyfanfare. On Tuesday, Tamil Nadu diagnosed 5,546 newpersons afflicted with Covid-19. A medical bulletinreleased by the Tamil Nadu Government said the num-ber of patients in the State as on Tuesday were 46,281which was well below that in Kerala. Tamil Nadu saw70 persons succumbing to the dreaded disease during thelast 24 hours.

Kerala, which had claimed that it tamed Covid-19as early as May 8 is facing a precarious position.Malappurm district alone diagnosed 1,040 new patientswhile the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram diagnosed935 patients. The Chief Minister blamed the Opposition,particularly the BJP for the State’s failure in counteringthe pandemic. Tamil Nadu tested almost 85,000 personsacross the State while Kerala had to content with 53,000persons. PNS

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Kolkata: West Bengal on Tuesdayreported 3,188 new cases of COVID-19, taking its tally to 2,53,768, as per abulletin issued by the HealthDepartment.

The COVID-19 toll rose to 4,899after 62 more people died. S i n c eMonday, 2,961 people have recovered,improving the discharge rate to 87.80per cent.

There are 26,064 active cases in thestate at present. In the last 24 hours,43,769 samples have been tested forCOVID-19 in the state, the bulletinsaid. PTI

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The Bombay High Court onTuesday reserved its order

on the bail applications ofaccused actress RheaChakraborty, her brotherShowik and others in theSushant Singh Rajput death-related drug case, after observ-ing that its verdict would have“wide reach and repercussions”and that it would pass separateorders in all matters.

After hearing all the sides,Justice S. V. Kotwal of theBombay High Court noted:“Arguments on the matter areclosed. The matter is nowreserved for orders. Due tovoluminous proceedings, theorder may take some time”.

“This judgment has widereach and repercussions. I willtry to write separate orders inall matters, but I might end upattributing Sayyed's argumentsof Sayyed (advocate for co-accused Abel Basit Parihar to(Satish) Maneshinde. Pleaseexcuse me for that,” the Judgenoted.

At the hearing, AdditionalSolicitor General (ASG) AnilSingh argued for the state,while Satish Maneshinde rep-resented Chakraborty siblings',advocate Tareq Sayed appearedfor co-accused Abdel BasitParihar. Advocate SubodhDesai for Samuel Miranda (lateSushant’s house manager) andadvocate Rajendra Rathod forDipesh Sawant (late Sushant’shouse help).

Rhea, Showik and otheraccused in the Sushant death-related drug case had movedthe high court after the SpecialCourt had rejected their bailapplications on September 11.

Apart from Rhea andShowik, the four other accusedwhose bail applications weredenied bail by the special courtwere: Sushant’s house manag-er Samuel Miranda, house helpDipesh Sawant and two allegeddrug peddlers Abdel BashitParihar and Zaid Vilatra.

Both Rhea and her broth-er Showik are in judicial cus-tody till October 6, while theothers are also either in NCB orjudicial custody.

On his part, AdvocateSatish Maneshinde argued forthe bail applicants that theNCB had no jurisdiction tohandle the case after theSupreme Court directed theCBI to investigate the casesrelating to Sushant’s death.

In his final argumentsmade on Tuesday, Maneshindereiterated the NCB had nojurisdiction in the matter> “Asper the SC order, any case per-taining to murder of Sushant

Singh Rajput and the sur-rounding circumstances will beinvestigated by the CBI. Headds this case is related to theinvestigation into the death ofSushant Singh Rajput,”Maneshinde told the highcourt.

Maneshinde argued thatSection 27A being clubbed with19, 24, and commercial quanti-ty would also mean that it wouldonly mean for commercial quan-tity and not for small quantity.

On its part, the NCB told thecourt that it had the jurisdictionto investigate the case against herand several others, includingher brother Showik.

The NCB further said thatthe Supreme Court has directedthe CBI to take over investiga-tion, if any new case was regis-tered “on the death of SushantSingh Rajput and the surround-ing circumstances of his unnat-ural death” and the direction“was not with respect to the pre-sent case” registered under pro-visions of the Narcotic Drugs andPsychotropic Substances Act,1985.

“The present applicant(Rhea) is prominent member ofsupply chain of drugs and major-ly she is handling financealso…and used to manage,finance for drug procurementalong with Sushant SinghRajput,” the NCB said in its affi-davit opposing Rhea’s bail appli-cation.

Among other things, theASG told the court: “Rhea didnot disclose due to fear of arrest.So it is harbouring. She knew itwas illegal but she continued.Giving shelter is not lettingRajput in her house, it is shelterfor the purpose of protectingfrom arrest. Harbouring is a verywide term in IPC. Rhea used toget drugs at her house and thengiven to Sushant Singh Rajput forconsumption....Rhea knew thatthis is illegal activity”.

The ASG told the high courtthat the NCB had evidenceabout Rhea’s involvement infinancial transactions.

It may be recalled that Rheawas arrested on September 8,after 19-long hours of grillingcarried out during a span of threedays. Her brother Showik hadbeen arrested five days earlier.

During the questioning,Rhea reportedly admitted thatshe had procured drugs forSushant through her currentlyarrested brother ShowikChakraborty, that she hadacknowledged that she knewabout Samuel purchasing drugsfor the actor from drug peddlerZaid Vilatra and that she hadaccepted that she had accepteddrug-related WhatsApp chatsbetween her and others

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Prior registration on aHaryana Government por-

tal is a must for farmers fromoutside the State bringing theirproduce for procurement ingovernment-run “mandis”, asenior State Government offi-cial said on Tuesday.

In the wake of reports thatsome farmers from neigh-bouring Uttar Pradesh were notallowed to sell their paddycrop at government-run “man-dis” in Karnal district a fewdays ago, the official said thereis no bar, but they will have toregister themselves on a portaland then wait for a messagebefore they are called.

Notably, the farmers haveto register on “Meri Fasal MeraByora” portal uploading theirdetails and then every regis-tered farmer receives an SMSwhen they have to bring theirproduce. The official, however,said that registration is manda-tory for farmers looking to sellnon-basmati varieties of rice.

“This time, we have decid-ed that from October 5onwards the outside farmerscan also register and then wewill also give them a scheduleand call them,” AdditionalChief Secretary, Food and CivilSupplies, PK Das told PTI overthe phone.

Asked to comment on theKarnal incident, Das said“those who are coming withbasmati, we are not stoppingthem because the Government

does not have to purchasethat”.

“But if you look at it, whenwe are telling farmers in Karnaland elsewhere that we will callthem by sending SMS andonly then they have to come tomandis with the produce, howcan we allow farmers from out-side to come and sell at pro-curement price (without regis-tration on portal).

“If a farmer from outsidethe state goes to some millerdirectly for a private transac-tion, we have no objection. Butfor the paddy variety which thegovernment purchases at MSP,what we are saying that we willdo procurement, but farmerswill have to come through thesystem,” he said.

Giving an example, he saidif any mandi has a capacity tohandle 4,000 tonnes and if14,000 tonnes of crop arrivesthere because farmers areallowed to come without anyregistration “then there will becomplaints that we are nothandling it well and it is takingdays to clear the mandis”.

“We have a better system inplace whereby each and every

farmer is registered, he ismapped,” the official said.

“When we have put a sys-tem for Haryana’s farmers, wecannot give latitude to others,”he said.

Replying to a question,Das said that after the passageof the three agriculture-relatedbills, the existing mandi systemand MSP mechanism will con-tinue as before. “We will beprocuring in government man-dis as earlier. So, those

who are going to sell togovernment mandis will comethere. We procure paddythrough the Arhitiyas (com-mission agents) and we paythem their commission, sothere is no loss to Arhitiyas asfar as the procurement quan-tity goes,” he said.

Farmer gets the MSPwhich is the highest available inthe market, Das added.“As far as the farmer goes, evenin the new law, MSP is thehighest price available in themarket, there is no loss tohim. And if there is a betterprice available outside, thefarmer gains if he goes there,”he said.

On some farmers allegingdelay in paddy procurement incouple of the four districts,where it started four days ear-lier than scheduled date ofOctober 1, he said this year infour districts Ambala,Kurukshetra, Karnal andKaithal, some farmers broughttheir paddy produce to themandi early.

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Schools in Andhra Pradeshwould be re-opened for the

2020-21 academic year onNovember 2, Chief Minister YSJagan Mohan Reddyannounced here on Tuesday.

“We wanted to open theschools on October 5, but inview of the prevailing situation,we have now decided to re-open them on November 2,”the Chief Minister told districtCollectors during a video con-ference. Schools remainedshut due to the prevailingCOVID-19 pandemic in thecurrent academic year.

The state government ini-tially announced September 5as the re-opening day and laterdeferred it to October 5.Though the Centre is yet toissue fresh guidelines on open-ing the schools fully, the ChiefMinister set November 2 as thedate.

The Chief Minister said the

'Jagannanna Vidya Kanuka'(Jagans Education Gift) would,however, be distributed onOctober 5 to all students.

A school kit, including uni-forms, would be distributed tothe students under the freebiescheme.

“If we distribute the kits onOctober 5, students can getthem stitched and be readywhen the schools re-open onNovember 2,” he said. TheChief Minister, who reviewedthe progress of the 'Mana Badi,Naadu-Nedu' scheme, underwhich school infrastructure isbeing renovated, directed theDistrict Collectors to step upthe works.

Of the 15,715 schools cho-sen for renovation in the firstphase, works were yet to beginin 153 schools, he said. Startthe works immediately.The dis-trict Joint Collectors shouldmonitor the works daily andensure that they are complet-ed in time,” Jagan added.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi inaugurated mega

development projects worth�521 crore in Uttarakhandunder the Namami GangeMission through video confer-ence on Tuesday. He inaugurat-ed a total of eight sewage treat-ment plants (STPs) includingfour in Haridwar, two inRishikesh and one each inMuni-ki-Reti and Badrinath.

He also inaugurated theGanga Avalokan Museum, thefirst of its kind on the RiverGanga at Haridwar and the

new logo for the Jal JeevanMission. With the inaugurationof the STPs, about 15.2 crorelitres of contaminated waterwill not end up in the Gangadaily.

Modi highlighted the impor-tance of keeping the Ganga cleanas it plays a significant role in sus-taining the lives of about 50 percent of the country’s populationfrom its origin in Uttarakhand tillWest Bengal. He termed theNamami Gange Mission as thelargest integrated river conser-vation mission which not onlyaims at the cleanliness of theGanga but also focuses on com-

prehensive upkeep of the river. The PM said this new think-

ing and approach had made theGanga return back to life. Hadthe old methods been adopted,the situation would have beenequally bad today. Old methodslacked public participation andforesight, he added. Modi high-lighted the fact that underNamami Gange, projects worthmore than Rs 30,000 crore areeither in progress or have beencompleted. He pointed out thatdue to these projects the sewagetreatment capacity ofUttarakhand has increased fourtimes in the last six years.

The PM listed the effortstaken to close more than 130drains in Uttarakhand fromflowing into the Ganga. Hereferred specially to theChandreshwarnagar drain whichwas an eyesore for visitors andrafters at Muni Ki Reti inRishikesh. He applauded theclosing of the drain and the con-struction of a four storied STP atMuni Ki Reti. Modi further saidthat as it was experienced by thepilgrims at Prayagraj Kumbh, thevisitors to Haridwar Kumbhwould also experience the cleanand pure status of the Ganga inUttarakhand.

He said fragmentation ofwork- on an important subjectlike water- into various ministriesand departments, led to lack ofclear guidelines and coordina-tion.

As a result, problems relat-ed to irrigation and drinkingwater continued to persist. Helamented that even after so manyyears of independence, pipeddrinking water has not reachedmore than 15 crore householdsin the country. Today, aboutone lakh households are beingprovided piped water supplyconnections every day under theJal Jeevan Mission.

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Annoyed with the death ofalleged Hathras gang-rape

victim during the treatment,the women and girls in scoreson Tuesday came on the roadat Beerbhanpur village inMirzamurad here demandingstringent action against theaccused.

It may be said here that onSeptember 14 last , fouryouths, said to be of uppercaste, allegedly gang-raped ateenaged dalit girl at a villagein Hathras district. The youthsalso made a murderous attackon her. The victim lodged acomplaint with local policethat arrested all the accused.In the serious condition, the

victim was admitted to a hos-pital in Aligarh and kept on aventilator.

When her conditionbecame more critical, she wasrushed to a hospital in Delhiwhere she succumbed toinjuries during the treatmenton Tuesday morning.

Angry with her death dur-ing the treatment, the scoresof women and girls of theabove mentioned village gath-ered at Panchayat Bhavan inthe village and staged ademonstration under the ban-ner of an NGO Lok Samiti.They also took out a rally bytying black ribbon on theirmouths to raise their protestagainst the incidents like vio-lence against women, eve-

teasing with teenagers andrape.

They said that they willnot sit silent against suchheinous crimes againstwomen and girls and demand-ed the government to providesecurity to women and girls.They will also not toleratesuch incidents and demanded,the government should takeinitiatives to stop eve-teasing,rape and violence againstwomen.

The accused of Hathrasteenage gang-rape victimshould be hanged to death,they demanded adding, thestate government should alsogive compensation to her fam-ily besides, a government jobto a family member. The inci-

dents of violence againstwomen have risen in the stateand the government shouldtake stringent action againstthe miscreants, they demand-ed further.

The programmes such asstreet play, rally, public meet-ing and signature campaignwould be held to generateconsciousness among villagersabout violence againstwomen, they said adding, nowthe time has come that thewomen and girls themselvesshould take responsibility oftheir safety instead of beingdependent on police.

Anita Patel, Soni, Asha,Saroj, Madhubala and manyothers joined the demonstra-tion and rally.

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Union Ministry of Textileshas sanctioned � 2.8 crore

under the project for the inte-grated and inclusive develop-ment and promotion of hand-icrafts for the parliamentaryconstituency of the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi. Thiswas informed by theDevelopment Commissioner(Handicrafts) Ravi Kapoorwhile talking to the DivisionalCommissioner (DC) DeepakAgrawal and other officers at ameeting held through videoconferencing on Monday.Agrawal had sent a proposal tothe ministry during the lock-down period for the bettermentof the handicrafts of the cityand the same was passed in themeeting.

The project will give newlife to the handicrafts in recov-ering from the recession in thehandicrafts industry due tothe lockdown during the coro-navirus pandemic period andwill benefit artisans of the cityand its surrounding areas relat-ed to wood toy, stone, metalpainting, pink meenakari, blackcrockery, jute wall hanging,claw carving and glass beads.

Kapoor directed to startwork under the project imme-diately after Dussehra underthe supervision of DC. Later,Agrawal has nominated Joint

Commissioner (Industries)Umesh Kumar Singh as thenodal officer. While explainingin detail about the project,Agrawal said that moderntoolkits will be made availableto 2,000 handicrafts and 1,200craftsmen will be covered byvarious training programmes.A two-month training in‘Design and TechnicalUpgradation’ and ‘Craft SkillUpgradation’ and a five-day‘Soft Skill Upgradation’ work-shop will be organised. Apartfrom this, catalogs will also beprepared and publicised byphotographing the productsof handicrafts. The entire dura-tion of the project is sixmonths.

Meanwhile, while review-

ing the progress of the majorprojects in the district at ameeting, the DC has instruct-ed the senior officers to makephysical verification ofprogress, instead of dependingon their subordinates. He alsodirected them to monitor dailyprogress and if required,increase the number of work-ers to ensure completion ofprojects in time. According tohim, at Khirkhiya Ghat, thepossibility of construction of ahelipad is also being seen. Hegave the deadline to completethe Rudraksha project byDecember 15 as the chairs forits auditorium are beingbrought from Kolkata.

Expressing displeasure overthe slow pace of Godowlia

two-wheeler parking construc-tion, he said that the sameshould be completed byDecember.

According to him, thework of Chetganj Fire Station,State Livestock and Agricultureunit, gate and boundary con-struction of NateshwariBhawani Temple, SewageTreatment Scheme and WaterSupply in Trans-Varuna areasand Multipurpose Seed StoreCentre in Jansa have beencompleted. Besides, theprogress of about 100 projectsincluding national highwayconstruction, bypass ring roadphase-2, Lahartara-Phulwariaproject, Panchkoshi to Nakairoad, construction of drivertraining centre, IPDS works,various ponds like Nadesar,Chakra and Sonbhadra, beau-tification works, revitalizationof ghats and redevelopmentworks of the road junction ofthe city were also reviewedpoint-wise.

DC said that there will beno compromise on quality asthe government has zero toler-ance towards corruption and inany case of laxity, action wouldbe taken against the concernedofficers and concerned contrac-tors would be blacklisted.District Magistrate (DM)Kaushal Raj Sharma and seniorofficers of various departmentswere also present.

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As many as 340 peopledefeated corona against

253 new Covid infected per-sons which were reported with-in the last 24 hours on Mondaynight. 53 people freed of infec-tion were discharged from var-ious Covid hospitals. At thesame time home isolation of287 people was completed. Acorona-infected patient died,who hails from the neighbour-ing district of Fatehpur.

According to CMO MajorDr GS Bajpai, the number ofcorona infected has so farreached 18,913 in the district.Home isolation of 3,085 peoplewas completed. As of Monday,11,203 patients were treated athome under the Covid proto-col and were infection free.4,364 infected people weretreated in Covid hospitals.

More than 3,300 Covidtesting were conducted in thedistrict on Monday.Instructions have been giventhat those visiting the vasecto-my and other camps should besubjected to Covid testing. Notonly antigens, RTPCR screen-ing of suspects should be done.

On Monday, the district wit-nessed three health workersalong with three advocates, anauditor and two bank employ-ees to be infected with COVID-19. Five retired officers fromvarious departments have alsobeen victims of infection.

Twenty six infectedpatients were admitted toCovid Care CentreKalindipuram in the district till8 pm on Monday. UnaniMedical College Himmatganjhas 13, 31 in Railway Hospital,68 in Beli Hospital, 39 inUnited Medicity, 30 in Sainath

Vatsalya AMA Hospital and136 corona infected patientsadmitted in L3 SRN Hospital.

The corona-infectedpatient who died on Monday ata private hospital for treatmenthas been included in the dis-trict's figures. According toNodal Officer for Corona Dr.Rishi Sahai, the patient wasbrought to a private hospital incritical condition. He was a res-ident of Fatehpur. The relativesliving in Kareli with him wrotetheir home address and gotCovid examined.

In 24 hours, only one coro-

na positive patient has diedwhile 253 new corona positivepatients have been found. Thatis, now the number of coronapatients is also coming down.The Health department as wellas the city dwellers hasbreathed a sigh of relief. In sucha situation, a little more effortis required to be aware of andto follow the rules of COVID-19 to avoid corona.

It is a matter of relief thatnow the number of patientsgetting healthy is being report-ed more than the corona infect-ed.

The number of patientsrecovering after home isolationinitiatives has increased. OnMonday, 253 positive caseswere received, while 340patients were also corona free,in which 287 patients were inhome isolation and 53 patientswere discharged from Covidhospitals. The number of coro-na patients reached 18,913 andthe number of recuperatingpatients is 11,203.

CMO Dr GS Bajpai saidthat the number of coronapatients is decreasing. Everyonewill have to make a collectiveeffort to fight this pandemic, headded.

ALLAHABAD (PNS): Threepeople including father and sonwere killed in two differentroad accidents which tookplace in Prayagraj district fromlate Monday night to earlymorning on Tuesday. Threepeople including father and sonwere killed in it. The bike-borne father and sons died onTuesday morning due to a col-lision with a tractor trolley atBadraha intersection inKarchana. The bike was hit bya dumper before it collidedwith a tractor trolley. At thesame time, a farmer died afterbeing hit by a tractor trolleyunder the Tharavai police sta-tion. This accident happened inthe late night of Monday.

Chhoteylal (55), a residentof Chandapur Amilia villageunder Koraon, was ill for sev-eral days. Chhoteylal alongwith his son Panchraj (22) wasin the city in the morning ona bike to take medicines. Whilethey were trying to overtake adumper running forward nearthe Bardaha intersection of

Karchhana met with an acci-dent. The dumper hit the bikefrom the side. This led toPanchraj's lost his control fromthe bike and rammed into thetractor trolley going forward.Nearby people reached thespot and caught the dumperand tractor driver. Pancharajdied on the spot, whileChhoteylal was breathing then.

On receiving the informa-tion, the police rushed to thespot and took Chhoteylal to theCommunity Health Centre,where doctors declared himdead. The police got somepapers from the bike andPanchraj's pockets, throughwhich information was con-veyed to his relatives.Karchhana Inspector said thatthe dumper and tractor driverare being interrogated afterbeing taken into custody. So farthe relatives of the deceasedhave not given written com-plaint. Further action will betaken after filing a report on thebasis of the written complaintto be handed over by the kins

of the deceased. Meanwhile, inKusugur village under theTharavai police station in thedistrict, the farmer died afterbeing hit by a tractor trolley.Paras Nath Yadav, a resident ofKusugur village, left his houseat around 1 am on Mondaynight to relieve himself. At thesame time, an uncontrolledtractor trolley laden with clayrunning from the village routehit Paras Nath. When he fell onthe ground, the tractor trolleyknocked him down by crush-ing him. Hearing the scream,the family members and vil-lagers reached there. The vil-lagers rushed and caught thetractor trolley. After beatinghim, handed him over to theTharavai police which reachedthere on being informed by thevillagers.. Paras Nath, 66, wasa farmer and he is survived byfour sons.

KILLED: In a sensationalincident, a Divyang (differ-ently abled) youth was hackedto death by some unidentifiedmiscreants on Monday night in

Semraha village under theKarchana police station inPrayagraj district. The Divyanghad gone to guard the farming.The incident took place atbedtime. The murderers hit theDivyang youth with an axe onhis chest. On receipt of infor-mation, police reached the spotand inspected the scene of theincident. The cops questionedthe family members and vil-lagers in this connection. Thepolice are investigating butfailed to find out any clue of thekillers who are still at large.Sunny son of Jalu Nishad, res-ident of Semraha village inKarchhana is a Divyang. OnMonday night, after havingdinner, he went to guard thefield. He was asleep at night.Meanwhile, some goonsreached there and attackedSunny's chest with an axe.When suddenly they assaulted,Sunny started screaming andshouting loudly. Hearing thescreams, the attackers escapedfrom the scene until the vil-lagers reached there.

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Under the ongoing‘Cleanliness Fortnight’

being organised on the instruc-tions of the Ministry ofRailways, a painting competi-tion was organised for school-children under 'CleanCompetition' at DieselLocomotive Works (DLW)here on Tuesday. During thefortnight the entries of paint-ing competition on the subjectof COVID-19 and sanitationwere invited online from theschoolchildren from the fam-ilies of DLW workers. Thecontest was divided into twocategories, for students up toClass V and above. A largenumber of entries werereceived in this painting com-petition in which the childrenhave brilliantly highlighted the

importance of cleanliness dur-ing the COVID-19 pandemicperiod through their imagina-tion. The result of the compe-tition will be announced later,informed CPRO Vaibhav

Sohane.Earlier, under the fort-

night, 'Clean Water' and 'CleanLavatory’ programmes wereorganised in DLW a day ago.Under the ‘Clean Water’ pro-

gramme, major sources ofwater harvesting, water instal-lations, filter plants, drains forwater supply, etc. were special-ly cleaned in the entire campus.In addition, special cleaning ofRO purifiers and other filtermachines installed at variouslocations was ensured. Also,special attention was paid torain water harvesting systemsinstalled throughout the cam-pus.

Under the ‘Clean Lavatory’programme, extensive sanita-tion of public toilets located inthe entire campus includingoffices, workshops, hospitals /health centres and rest houseswas done and water availabil-ity was ensured in all the lava-tories.

During their inspection,satisfaction was expressed bythe concerned authorities.

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Prayagraj DevelopmentAuthority bulldozed yet

another property of Atiquegang’s sharp-shooter Rashidon Beli Road of the city. Thisproperty was raised on stateland, if the officials are to bebelieved.

Women residing thereopposed the demolition acttooth and nail, but addeddeployment of women policecompelled them to vacate thepremises for allowing the bull-dozers and JCB machines tocomplete the task. Under pre-planned strategy women resid-ing there refused to come outand started raising slogansagainst the government. Thepolice officials asked forincreasing the number ofwomen police constables and

officials at the site, and later thewomen police succeeded inbringing the situation undercontrol. After coming out thesewomen sat on a dharna on the

road, but were removed fromthere after some time.

The PDA had pasted ademolition notice on the abovebuilding much earlier and the

family members of Rashid werequite alert. Only women andchildren were residing there todeal with the situation. Theywere pleading that the officialswere denying them of right toshelter. The same point wasraised by the Samajwadi Partyleader Richa Singh when thehouse of Atique Ahmed waspulled down in Chakiya area ofthe city.

The officials are of theview that action will continueagainst illegal and unauthorisedconstruction raised using mus-cle and gun power. Till today13 properties of Atique Ahmedand his near and dear ones havebeen demolished, and over 10have been put under seal. ThisBeli Road action was the fourthin a row on shooters andcontract killers of the Atiquegang.

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Rajbhasha Pakhwara clos-ing ceremony and seminar

was inaugurated by the GeneralManager Rajiv Chaudhry atNorth Central RailwayHeadquarters by garlandingGoddess Saraswati and lightingthe ceremonial lamp.Addressing the officers andstaff present in HQ and thoseconnected through video con-ference, Chaudhary said thatHindi is definition of nationalpride and self-respect. Hindi isalso a symbol of the nationalvalues that we have inheritedfrom our rich heritage andnational movement. For thesereasons, Hindi reflects thesense of unity in diversity as thelingua franca of the entirecountry. Hindi is now beingused in different mediums ofinformation technology andits use is spreading rapidly. Thearea under North Central

Railway has been the birthplaceor workplace of well-knownHindi writers and Hindi hasrich history in this area.

Chaudhry while expressinghis views on Gandhiji's life,

deeds and philosophy said thatHindi is the real symbol ofMahatma Gandhi's swaraj. InNorth Central Railway, the150th anniversary of MahatmaGandhi has been celebrated as

Community Service Day and itwas organised as a missioncalled 'Swachhata Hi Seva' fromSeptember 11 to October 2 lastyear. Through various sanita-tion works and programmes tobe organised on October 2,2020 we are taking steps on thecall of the Prime Minister tomove towards the nationdreamed by Mahatma Gandhi.The GM said that notableworks are being done inspreading the use of Rajbhashain North Central Railway. Ouroffices are implementing it intheir internal functioning asper the Official Language Actand special attention is beinggiven on compliance of Section3 (3) and other importantguidelines on use of Hindi. Healso informed that work doneby North Central Railway inpromoting use of Hindi hasbeen appreciated by theParliamentary Committee onOfficial Language.

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The district has seen a bigspike in corona cases on

Tuesday when 222 newCOVID-19 patients have beendetected, increasing the totalnumber of cases to 13,224.Besides, the district also sawthree more deaths, increasingthe toll to 216. During the day,the follow-up negative reportsincluded 186 patients and 185of them were recovered fromhome isolation, increasing thenumber to 8,728 and just onehas been discharged from thehospital and the number ofcured patients from the hospi-tals has reached 2,665. The totalnumber of cured patients isnow 11,393, leaving 1,615active patients. The recoveryrate has declined slightly to86.15 per cent and the mortal-ity rate remained at 1.63 percent.

Meanwhile, on the instruc-tions of District Magistrate(DM) Kaushal Raj Sharma,antigen and other testing con-tinued at various governmenthospitals, community/ prima-ry health centres(CHCs/PHCs) apart from

UPHCs and other places.Hundreds of such tests weredone at different hospitals andother places during the daywhile a day ago three personswere found positive out of 490tests done at Shree Shiv PrasadGupta (SSPG) Hospital,Kabirchaura, while four out of370 at adjacent GovernmentWomen’s Hospital, three out of78 from Swami VivekanandGovernment Hospital,Bhelupur, 10 out of 222 at LBSHospital, Ramnagar and five

out of 260 at Sir SundarlalHospital (SSH), Banaras HinduUniversity (BHU). However, allthe 61 tests were negative atShivpur CHC, 28 at KoniaUPHC and 13 at Shakkaghat,Telianala Prahlad Ghat andRajghat.

Chief Medical Officer(CMO) Dr VB Singh hasinformed that in the first reportof the day by 11 am, 171 posi-tive patients were detected outof 4,189 received reports. Tillthen, the total test reports

received were 2,01,333 and theresults of 4,875 are awaited. Outof them, 1,88,160 were nega-tive, while 13,173 positive. Thetotal number of samples col-lected was 2,16,473. Earlier, twomales aged 48 and 55 and afemale (45) from Assi, Bhatti(Lohta) and Khojwa(Bhelupur) respectively suc-cumbed to COVID-19 at SSHBHU while a female (59) fromIshwargangi died at DDUHospital. Besides, with theaddition of eight new redzones, the total number ofhotspots has increased to 2,021including 360 red zones. Sevengreen zones have been convert-ed into red zones again. Thereare 1,661 green zones withseven new ones. CMO hasalso informed that the Healthdepartment has distributed10,224 ivermectin tablets to1,278 persons. So far, 9.67 lakhtablets were distributed to 1.20lakh persons and out of them,7.76 lakh tablets to 97,097 per-sons were distributed only bythe Health department whilerest of tablets by other depart-ments including Supply andEducation departments andCivil Defence so far.

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The Swachhta Pakhwada isbeing observed from

September 16 to 30 on theentire Indian Railways. Under ita webinar was organised underthe presidentship of AGM AmitKumar Agarwal at headquar-ters, Gorakhpur, on Monday.The webinar was virtuallyjoined by 55 officials, includingprincipal heads of variousdepartments, heads of thedepartment, ADRM of divi-sions. AGM through the webi-nar emphasised on the impor-tance of cleanliness in protectionfrom Covid-19. He appealed torailway workers, railway pas-sengers and railway personnelto imbibe the practical stepswhich can be adopted for pro-tection from Covid-19.Agarwal said that the Railwaysorganised the cleanliness fort-night from September 16 to 30every year during which sched-uled programmes like intensivecleaning of tracks, trains, toi-lets, stations, depot premises,water points, canteens andother work places was ensured.Deputy Chief MechanicalEngineer/ ENHM AP Pandey

and BN ChaudharyACMS/Izzatnagar divisionmade a presentation on thetopic, ‘Contribution of cleanli-ness in prevention of Covid.’Other speakers gave informa-tion about the use of masks forprevention of Covid, its reuseand its safe disposal and prop-er way to sanitise the hand. theyalso informed about the processof properly sanitising the sur-faces that ones come in contactagain and again. Apart from itthe work being done by the NERfor protection from Covid wasalso included in the lecture.Chief Rolling StockEngineer/Coaching YogeshMohan conducted the proceed-ings during the webinar. In thesame sequence under the fort-night various cleanliness pro-grammes were conducted underthe supervision of the designat-ed officers at Izzatnagar,Lucknow and Varanasi divi-sions. On Monday cleanlinessprogrammes were conducted inVaranasi division under ‘CleanFood’, in Lucknow Divisionunder ‘Clean Toilet’ and inIzzatnagar division under‘Plantation’. The norms of socialdistancing and Covid-19 were

followed during all sanitationprogrammes. In Varanasi divi-sion under the supervision ofdesignated officers under thecleanliness programme underthe ‘Clean Food’ cleanlinesswas ensured at food stalls, JanAahar centres at various stationsetc. In Lucknow division underthe ‘Clean Toilets’ programmeunder the supervision of thedesignated officials cleanlinessat toilets in Gorakhpur Junction,Lucknow Junction, Basti,Gonda, Badshahnagar,Khalilabad, Mankapur,Anandnagar, Balrampur, Barhni,Bahraich, Budhwal, Babhnan,Gomtinagar, Jarwal Road,Lucknow City, MahmudabadAwadh, Maskanwa, Nautanwa,Naugarh, Sitapur, Aishbaghstations etc were ensuredbesides and availability of waterand its drainage there. On theother hand, plantation andcleanliness was carried outunder the supervision of all thebranch officers at all stations andoffices under Izzatnagar divi-sion. Meanwhile such cleanlinessprogramme will be run contin-uously till September 30, ChiefPublic Relations Officer (CPRO)Pankaj Kumar Singh said.

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District Magistrate SushilKumar Patel has directed

the officials concerned to keepa close watch on Coronapatients who were under homeisolation. At a meeting held atCovid hospital located inTrauma centre in district hos-pital on Monday, the DMdirected the ACMO to remainupdated about each patient,especially those who were intheir houses and under med-ical observation. He said detailsof such patients like tempera-ture, improvement observed,medicines and treatmentshould be taken. He made it

clear that such patients shouldbe brought to Covid hospitalwithout inordinate delay ifimprovement was not as perexpectations. The DM was

apprised by the ACMO thatout of 1,05,510 tests, report of1,03,105 had been received and22 cases were found positive onSunday. The meeting wasattended by ADM UP Singh,

SIC Alok Kumar apart fromother officials concerned.

BODIES FOUND: TheKachhawaan police recoveredtwo bodies at Baraini Ghat ofGanga on Monday. One ofthem was identified as of VinaySahu, son of Siya Ram, a resi-dent of Ratanganj under KatraKotwali police station, who hadjumped into Ganga from ShastriBridge two days ago. The secondvictim was identified as Shivam,a resident of Baraini villageunder Kachhawan police sta-tion, who had drowned at verythat place. After recoveringthe bodies the police sent theirbodies for the post-mortemexamination.

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Avirtual meeting of the Nagar RajbhashaKaryanvayan Samiti, Gorakhpur, was held

under the presidentship of Additional GeneralManager, North Eastern Railay (NER), AmitKumar Agarwal, on Monday. Addressing itAgarwal said the month of September was veryimportant for the Central Government estab-lishments from the point of view of use andspread of Hindi. On the occasion of ‘Hindi Divas’on September 14 all Government of India estab-lishments were organising RajbhashaWeek/Rajbhasha Pakhwada in their respectiveoffices. He said due to coronavirus pandemicthey were not able to sit together and discuss butduring this time despite being far were still pre-sent to communicate through virtual means.This innovative exper-iment according to thetime has also provideda new opportunity towork with full trans-parency through e-office. Now it was nec-essary that we all pre-pared ourselves men-tally to work on e-office. There may havebeen some difficulties in the initial phase, butwith continuous efforts we are being able to doour tasks more efficiently, he said. He expressedthe hope that work in all offices was also beingdone through e-office. The official language hasalso made considerable progress in this direc-tion. New tools have also been made availablefor working in Hindi, due to which working init has now become simple and easy. UnderArticle 351 of the constitutional provisionrelated to official language, Hindi, it was theresponsibility of the heads of the department toincrease its use and ensure its spread in theoffices. It should be ensured that the report wasreceived on time, he said. The officers shouldnote that their half-yearly reports were sent tothe committee office at the scheduled time. Alsoquarterly reports should be regularly posted onthe Rajbhasha portal of the Ministry of Home

Affairs so that they could be reviewed proper-ly, he said. Earlier Chief Rajbhasha Officer andChief Mechanical Engineer Arvind KumarPandey welcomed everyone and said that therewas a provision to hold two meetings of this com-mittee in a year whose calendar was scheduledin April and September. However, the meetingscheduled to be held in April could not be helddue to Corona pandemic. He expressed the hopethat official language-related programmes musthave been organised in all the offices. “Beinglocated in ‘A’ area we all have a moral obligationto work in Hindi and encourage our subordi-nate employees to work in it,” he said. DeputyDirector, Rajbhasha, Ministry of Home Affairs,Ajay Malik, directed officers and employees towork in accordance with the policies of theRajbhasha as well as send timely reports to the

Ministry of HomeAffairs. During themeeting sugges-tions of membersof the committeewere sought by therajbhasha officer.Deputy GeneralManager/ Generaland deputy chiefRajbhasha officer

Omkar Nath Singh while proposing the vote ofthanks said that due to Corona pandemic doingall official work online through e-office has nowbecome the need of the hour and everyone wasdoing it through it with full readiness. The deci-sions taken in this meeting should be imple-mented in the respective offices and reportsshould be sent on the portal of the Ministry ofHome Affairs on time as well as to the committeeoffices, he said. While conducting it RajbhashaOfficer Dhruv Kumar Srivastava informed themembers about compliance status of key decisionsof the minutes of previous meeting. Besides DeputyDirector, Ministry of Home Affairs, RajbhashaDepartment, Ajay Malik, the meeting was attend-ed by principal heads of department, heads/repre-sentatives of Central Government offices, corpora-tions and enterprises located in Gorakhpur city andofficers and employees of Rajbhasha department.

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Director General, RailwayProtection Force (RPF),

Railway Board, Arun Kumarhonoured officers, inspectorsand Force members in theRPF, NER, with the DG’sinsignia disc and commenda-tions for their outstanding ser-vice in the year 2019. In addi-tion DG honoured officers,inspectors and Force membersof NER with commendationcertificates for their highlypraiseworthy work done in viewof Covid-19. These awards werepresented by Principal ChiefSafety Commissioner (PCSC),RPF, Atul Kumar Srivastava, toall officers, inspectors andmembers of the Force, which isa matter of pride for the NER’sSafety department. DG, RPF,Railway Board, Arun Kumar,honoured NER’s Securitydepartment’s Senior DivisionalSecurity Commissioner/

Lucknow, Amit Kumar Mishra,inspector, Crime Intelligencebranch, Gorakhpur, DashrathPrasad, S-I, Siwan, Ram Vilas, S-I, Varanasi, Sudhakar Tiwari,ASI/ Varanasi, Virendra KumarChaubey and constable, ReserveCompany, Gorakhpur,Ramendra Singh, with DG’sinsignia disc and commenda-tions for their outstanding ser-vice in the year 2019 and formost praiseworthy work in viewof Covid-19 Ravi Shankar Singh,Assistant Security Commissioner,RPF, Gorakhpur region, AbhayKumar Rai, inspector, CrimeIntelligence Branch, PraveenKumar, inspector, RPF post,Gonda, Narendra Kumar, inspec-tor, RPF post, Basti and ManojKumar Singh, inspector, RPFpost, Gorakhpur Cantonmentwith commendation certifi-cates. These awards were pre-sented by PCSC RPF AKSrivastava to all officers, inspec-tors and members of the Force.

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Shubham Singh Barhaj, aresident of Jai Nagar under

the Barhaj police station area ofDeoria, who carried a rewardof �25,000 on his head wasarrested on Monday night. Hewas surrounded by Cantt policenear Ramnagar Karjahanunder Khorabar police stationwhile he coming from Deoriaside. He tried to flee by firingat police but was given a hotchase and was caught alongwith a motorcycle. On friskinghim a 315 bore pistol was recov-ered from his possession.Reports said that Shubham Singhhad been dodging the police forthe past seven days. CO CanttSumit Shukla said that a case ofattempt to murder and underArms Act was registered againstShubham at the Cantt station. Hesaid that Shubham tried to escapeby firing on policemen, but wasgiven a chase and was caughtalong with the motorcycle.

KANPUR (PNS): KanpurNagar reported 182 morecoronavirus positive cases onTuesday evening.

According to a report 182more people testing positivebetween Monday evening andTuesday evening, the tally ofthe confirmed coronaviruscases in the city had surged to24827.

With 355 COVID-19patients being discharged in thelast 24 hours, 20,768 infectedpeople had been cured in thecity.

Five COVID-19 deathswere reported till Tuesdayevening, taking the death toll to649. At present 3410 activecases were undergoing treat-ment in the city.

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Dozens of lab techniciansengaged in rapid response

and contact tracing teams wentberserk on Tuesday. Theystruck work and staged a mas-sive demonstration at UHMHospital in protest against non-disbursement of their salariesfor the past two months.

Hearing about the ruckusin front of the Covid ControlRoom, Chief Medical OfficerDr Anil Mishra made a futileattempt to pacify the protestinglab technicians.

The protesters said due tonon-receipt of salary for thepast two months, it was verydifficult to sustain their fami-lies. They said despite appris-ing the officials about theirwoes several times in the past,no solution had come so far,forcing them to resort toprotest.

According to reports,around 100 lab techniciansengaged from outsourcingrefused to visit the allottedareas on Tuesday morning.This greatly affected the sam-pling and Covid testing work.

On being informed aboutthe demonstration, ChiefDevelopment Officer MaheshKumar along with Dr AnilMishra held a meeting with thelab technicians at the UHMHospital conference room andassured them of early release of

their salary. However, the officials failed

to give any satisfactory reply onthe delay in disbursement ofsalaries to the lab technicians.

Kumar, while talking to theirate lab technicians, said it wastheir devotion which hadhelped in containing the spreadof coronavirus.

“The number of coron-

avirus infected people has start-ed coming down during thepast one week. The stateadministration has also praisedthe efforts of district officialsfor this. Keeping all this in view,it is not good to resort to suchtypes of agitation,” he added.

Talking to media persons,Kumar denied any agitation bythe lab technicians. He said

they went berserk due to delayin release of work order. Hesaid all the lab technicianswere engaged in his RRT PlusTeam and were doing theirwork satisfactorily.

Kumar said under ascheme, technicians would begiven incentive of Rs.500 forcollecting samples beyond thegiven target.

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Hundreds of KESCo officersand employees took out a

torch procession from BijliGhar, Parade Crossing, onMonday evening in protestagainst the privatisation oftheir company.

As the power staff marchedto the KESCo headquarters, theadditional city magistrate(ACM) received their memo-randum at the MG Crossing.

Speaking on the occasion,Vidyut Karmachari SanyuktaSangharsh Samiti spokespersonVijay Tripathi said with the pri-vatisation of Purvanchal VidyutVitran Nigam, the services ofits employees would be affect-ed.

He said the private com-pany would provide electricityto commercial and industrialconsumers on priority to earnmore revenue as was beingdone in Noida and Agra.

Tripathi said the privatecompany would not provideelectricity to any consumer atless than the cost price.

He said the UP PowerCorporation Limited was pro-viding electricity to farmersand the below the poverty line(BPL) consumers having amonthly consumption up to500 units, by sustaining loss,but after privatisation, theseconsumers would have to paybetween Rs.8,000 andRs.10,000 per month for elec-tricity consumption.

Tripathi alleged thatTorrent Power Limited was“looting” the consumers inAgra by violating the pre-scribed terms and conditions.

He said the Comptrollerand Auditor General (CAG)team had also unearthed thefinancial scam of TorrentPower Limited but no actionhad been initiated against theprivate power distributioncompany. The VidyutKarmachari SanyuktaSangharsh Samiti spokespersonsaid the decision of the stategovernment to privatise theUPPCL discoms was not in theinterest of its employees andconsumers. He said if the pro-posal for privatisation of dis-coms was not withdrawn, thepower employees, junior engi-neers and engineers wouldstrike work for three hoursevery day from Tuesday and goon complete strike fromOctober 5. Prominent tradeunion leaders present in theprocession included VijayTripathi, Ashwani Chaturvedi,BK Awasthi, Vishnu Pandey,Gaurav Dixit, Shiv KumarGautam, Shambhu Singh, SonuTewari and Sanjay Sonkar.

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Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner Raj

Shekhar has assured the UttarPradesh Metro RailCorporation of all possiblehelp for completing the KanpurMetro project within the stip-ulated time frame.

He said the UP govern-ment was committed to devel-opment of the state and KanpurNagar was among its prioritycities and thus all projectsmeant for the benefit of thegeneral masses had to be givenfurther momentum to com-plete them within the timeframe.

The divisional commis-sioner, however, sounded asubtle caution to the officialsand workers at the three promi-nent Metro sites that thereshould not be compromise onquality in order to speed up thework.

Shekhar first visited theIndian Institute of Technology,Kanpur from where the projecthas started, then went to theChandra Shekhar AzadUniversity of Agriculture andTechnology to inspect theMetro work going on there andfinally to the labour camps of

the Metro workers. Kanpur Metro Project

Director Arvind Singh apprisedthe divisional commissioner ofthe work in progress at the site.

Shekhar said the KanpurMetro and AFCONS con-struction team had made goodarrangement for the stay, foodand health care of around1,500 labourers and workers

and had taken every precautionto keep them safe from novelcoronavirus infection.

It may be mentioned herethat construction work is goingon at the Kanpur Metro’s pri-ority section from IIT Kanpurto Motijheel. This 9-km stretchhas nine stations.

The divisional commis-sioner said it was encouraging

to find that the physicalprogress of the work wasaround 35 per cent. He alsoexpressed the hope that thissection of the project would becompleted in time and madeoperational by January 2022.

He interacted with the offi-cials and workers at variouspoints and praised their dedi-cated work.

KANPUR (PNS): DistrictLegal Services AuthoritySecretary Aishwarya PratapSingh, while chairing the

legal awareness camp onsexual harassment of women atworkplace here on Tuesday,said the objective of the campwas to create awareness amongthe female employees about theSexual Harassment of Womenat Workplace (Prevention,Prohibition and Redress) Act,2013 as the participation ofwomen was increasing in theworkforce.

He said because a lawagainst sexual harassmentexisted, every company musthave a well-documented mech-anism to address complaintsabout sexual advances anddemands for sexual favours atworkplace

He said this Act entitledevery woman a safe work envi-ronment and offered guidelineson initiating action against anysexual misconduct.

The DLSA secretary saidthese camps were meant to cre-ate awareness among womenand this was gaining momen-

tum. Singh said women, be it at

home or at workplace, had theright to express, grow, con-tribute and feel safe. He saidthis was not a tall order as itonly demanded equal oppor-tunities, equal encouragementand equal appreciation.

He said maternity leaveshould not be looked upon asa privilege, rather acknowl-edged as the birth right aswomen were giving birth to thenext generation.

Dr Kapila Raghav, who isalso the chairman of the inter-

nal complaint committee, saidwomen were labelled as weak-er sex and the fact was thatdespite all odds and hurdles,they had achieved excellence innearly every field of her coun-terpart.

He said the camps weremeant to encourage people,especially men, to encouragewomen and support them inorder to make women achievenew heights.

Raghav suggested concreteactions to ensure the safety ofwomen within their officesand also at their homes.

He said there was no deny-ing the fact that the majorityhad zero tolerance towardsany kind of harassment at theworkplace, which must be atthe core of all organisations.

He said everyone mustensure the safety of women,organise seminars and work-shops that help foster aware-ness and dispel discriminatoryor predatory mindsets at theworkplace.

He said there was no doubtthat women were breakingthrough ranks, shattering theproverbial glass ceilings ofdogma and bias.

He said equal opportunitiesof growth and promotion thatcompletely cleansed corporatepolicy of any discriminatorybias, providing an inclusiveand meritocratic platform ofprogress for all, required alarger shift in mindset ofemployers.

Other speakers were nodalofficer Pawan Srivastava, andRatan Srivastava. They sharedinformation about the Act andthe procedure to file com-plaints under it.

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The All India KisanSangharsh Coordination

Committee (AIKSCC) onTuesday announced its plans tohold a massive all India farm-ers’ protests from October 2,the birth anniversary ofMahatma Gandhi.

Their decision came a dayafter Congress workers set atractor on fire while protestingnear India Gate. Meanwhile, the‘Rail Roko’ agitation by theKisan Mazdoor SangharshCommittee against the newlyenacted farm laws entered thesixth day on Tuesday.

Members of the committeesat on railway tracks inDevidaspura in Amritsar, wear-ing black clothes, in protestagainst the laws. All 31 farmersunions will join in the protest ofBKU (Ekta Ugrahan) of gherao-ing the corporate businesses.

According to AIKSCC,farmers will hold a protestacross India on October 2. Allfarmers will take a pledge forsocial boycott of those politicalleaders and representativeswhose parties have not opposedthese anti-farmers legislationsand for holding village meetings

to adopt resolutions on October2.

The committee has chalkedout a month-long protest plans.The Committee also decided tostage a dharna at HaryanaDeputy Chief MinisterDushyant Chautala ‘s residenceon October 6. Punjab farmerrights’ associations are usingsocial media to build momen-tum for the movement againstthe central laws.

In a related development,Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh on Tuesdaymet farmers’ leaders and assuredfarmers of all possible legaland other steps to fight the “dra-conian” new farm laws, includ-ing a special session of theVidhan Sabha to discuss anddecide the way forward.Chairing a meeting with repre-sentatives of 31 farmers’ unions

to take their views on the mat-ter, the Chief Minister said hewould be discussing the issuewith his legal team later todayto finalise the next steps, includ-ing challenging the farm laws inthe Supreme Court.

On Monday, large-scaleprotests were held in severalstates of India including Uttar

Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana,Gujarat, Goa, Odisha and TamilNadu, where the DravidaMunnetra Kazhagam (DMK)and its allies, including theCongress, hit the streets. TheCongress has also planned toobserve October 2 as ‘Kisan-Majdoor Bachao Diwas’ andhold dharnas across India.

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With no let up in the five-month-long tension at

the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in Ladakh, IAF chiefRKS Bhadauria on Tuesdaysaid the present security sce-nario along the border is at an“uneasy no war no peace” sta-tus. He said the IAF hasresponded to the situation withrapidity and is fully resolved tocounter any “misadventure” inthe region.

Making this point hereduring a conference, he said“The present security scenarioalong our northern frontiers isat an uneasy no war no peacestatus. Our defence forces areprepared for any eventuality asyou are aware.”

The IAF is looking atinducting around 450 aircraftand helicopters in the next twodecades, besides upgrading atleast 200-300 planes during thisperiod, the Air Chief a said.

He also said the recentinduction of the Rafale fighterjets along with previous acqui-sitions of C-17 Globemastertransport aircraft as well asChinook and Apache heli-copters have provided the IAFwith substantial tactical andstrategic capability enhance-ment.

“Air power will be a crucialenabler in our victory in anyfuture conflict. It is thereforeimperative that the IAF obtainsand maintains technological

edge over our adversaries,” hesaid at the conference on ener-gising the Indian aerospaceindustry.

Five French-made multi-role Rafale fighter jets wereinducted into the IAF onSeptember 10. The fleet hasbeen carrying out sorties ineastern Ladakh in the last cou-ple of weeks.

The Chief ’s observationscame in the backdrop of theIAF deploying all its frontlinejets including the Su-30,Mirages, MIG-29 and Jaguarsat the forward airbases allalong the 4,000 km long LACstretching from Ladakh in thewest to Arunachal Pradesh inthe east.

The IAF is also carryingout night time combat airpatrols over the easternLadakh region in an apparentmessage to China that it wasready to deal with any even-tualities in the mountainousregion.

The IAF Chief said theraising of two squadrons oflight combat aircraft Tejas andintegration of some indige-nous weapons on the Su-30MKI combat jets in a veryreduced time frame have beenthe “most promising” devel-opment, reflecting the coun-

try’s capabilities to developindigenous military hardware.He also strongly backedindigenous development of afifth generation aircraft.

“We strongly supportindigenous development of afifth-generation aircraft. Weneed to have a single pointagenda to have a fifth-gener-ation aircraft with sixth gen-eration technology,” saidBhadauria, while congratulat-ing all the stakeholders indevelopment of the light com-bat aircraft Tejas.

He also complimented theDefence Research andD e v e l o p m e n tOrganisation(DRDO) for itsairborne early warning andcontrol system Netra, calling ita pathbreaking achievement.Bhadauria also asked theDRDOs and defence publicsector undertakings to includethe private sector in key pro-jects and treat them as theirown.

“Overall, we are looking at450 aircraft orders. It willinclude the helicopter fleet,”Bhadauria said.

“There cannot be a bettertime to energise the aerospacesector and there cannot be abetter opportunity...IAF isready to be an engine ofgrowth for the aerospaceindustry, you have to be readyto provide the requirementand get on board with confi-dence and determination,” hesaid.

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Former Congress presidentRahul Gandhi on Tuesday

interacted virtually with farm-ers from several States.Accusing the CentralGovernment of ‘breaking theback’ of the informal sectorthrough its policy decisions,Rahul said while demonetisa-tion and ‘ineffective’ rollout ofGST had affected the poor, therecent farm laws are like a dag-ger through the heart of thefarmers.

“We were told (demone-tization) was aimed at fight-ing black money but that wasa lie. The main aim was tofinancially hurt farmers andworkers. Rollout of GST hadthe same aim. Similarly dur-ing the coronavirus pandem-ic too, money was needed butthey did not give any,” Rahulsaid during the 10-minute-

long interaction which wastelecast on his social mediahandles on Monday.

“ The aim of thisGovernment is to break theback of farmers and workers.There is no dif ferencebetween demonetization andthe farm laws. Or between therollout of GST and the farmlaws. The only difference isthat the three farm laws arelike a dagger through yourhearts…I am very clear thatwe need to oppose this notjust for the farmers alonebut for the country,” headded.

During the interaction,farmers from states likePunjab, Bihar, Haryana andMaharashtra shared theirviews on the issue and raisedconcerns over minimum sup-port price (MSP), scope ofearning from their produceamong other topics.

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The Supreme Court hasacquitted a man in a 20-

year-old rape case observingthat he and the alleged victimwere in love, their relationshipwas consensual and the casewas “an afterthought” - filedwhen the man was about tomarry another woman.

The bench of Justices RFNariman, Navin Sinha andIndira Banerjee set aside theconviction by a trial court andthe Jharkhand High Courtquoting medical experts, whoestablished that the womanwas 25 years old when she filedthe case in 1999, and not 20 asshe claimed, making her amajor at the time of the allegedassault in 1995.

The court added that let-ters exchanged between the twoand their photographs togeth-er showed they were in loveand that a case of rape andcheating on pretext of marriagewas filed a week ahead of theman’s wedding to anotherwoman.

It added that no woman,after being sexually assaulted atknife-point, would write loveletters to the accused and sharea live-in relationship with himfor four years.

The woman had claimedshe stayed quite after the assaultbecause the accused haspromised to marry her.

“The marriage betweenthem could not materialisedue to societal reasons as theman belongs to a ScheduledTribe, while the woman is aChristian... The woman haddeposed that their marriagecould not be solemnizedbecause they belonged to dif-ferent religions. She was there-fore conscious of this obstacleall along...” the court said.

The court added it was notpossible to hold, on the basis ofevidence, that the man neverintended to marry her andquoted the woman’s letters inwhich she had acknowledgedthat the man’s family alwaystreated her well, and that theirfamilies even got themengaged.

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The Supreme Court onTuesday directed all States to

provide dry rations to sex work-ers, who are identified byNational AIDS ControlOrganisation (NACO) and legalservices authorities, withoutinsisting on any proof of iden-tity.

The apex court asked all thestates to file compliance reportwithin four weeks giving detailsof number of sex workers whogot dry ration within this peri-od.

A bench comprisingJustices L Nageswara Rao andAjay Rastogi said that it wouldlater deal with the aspect ofwhether financial assistancecould be provided to them dur-ing the period of COVID-19pandemic.

The top court, which post-ed the matter for hearing afterfour weeks, said that stateswould provide dry rations to sexworkers and would identifythem with the assistance ofNACO, district as well as statelegal service authority.

The bench was hearing aplea which has raised the issueproblems faced by sex workerson account of the COVID-19pandemic.

It asked the states to file adetailed report on how theywould provide ration cards andother facilities to sex workers.

“We are aware of the factsthat states are coming forwardto provide assistance but theproblem is that these sex work-ers don’t have any proof ofidentity. Therefore, all should begiven rations. States should tell

us how this should be imple-mented,” the bench said.

The counsel appearing forthe Centre said it has no objec-tion if states would provide dryration to sex workers.

Advocate Pijush KumarRoy, assisting the apex court asan amicus curiae in the matter,said bank accounts of sex work-ers should also be opened with-out insisting upon proof ofidentity in order to providethem financial assistance.

The apex court had lastweek taken note of problemsfaced by sex workers on accountof COVID-19 pandemic anddirected the Centre and states toapprise it about modalities fordistribution of monthly dryrations and cash transfer tothem without insisting on proofof identity.

Appearing for an NGO,senior advocate Anand Groverhad argued that a survey among1.2 lakh sex workers in AndhraPradesh, Karnataka,Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu andTelangana found that 96 percent of of them had lost theirsource of earning in the pan-demic.

Senior advocate JayantBhushan, who has also beenappointed as an amicus curiaeto assist the court in the matter,had said plight of sex workerscould be solved if they wereprovided ration cards withoutinsisting on identity proof.

The apex court was hearingan application filed by NGO,Durbar Mahila SamanwayaCommittee which had movedthe SC to highlight the destitu-tion faced by sex workers on theaccount of COVID-19.

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To review the progress of airpollution control initiatives

and the problem of stubbleburning, environment secre-taries of Delhi, Punjab,Haryana, Uttar Pradesh andRajasthan along with officialsfrom the Union EnvironmentMinistry and representatives ofthe Central Pollution ControlBoard (CPCB) will hold a

meeting on October 1, UnionMinister Prakash Javadekarsaid on Tuesday.

“All the agencies wereasked to make short, medium,and long-term plans in 2016 tofight pollution. The meetingwill focus on reviewing theprogress of these plans,”Javadekar told reporters here ata press briefing. TheGovernment feels that as theeconomic activities have

opened up, air pollution islikely to rise to pre-lockdownlevels.

Farm fires, which werenoticed in Punjab last week,coupled with resumption ofeconomic activities in the wakeof Covid-19 lockdown hasalready started deteriorating airquality in Delhi.

According to the System ofAir Quality and WeatherForecasting And Research

(SAFAR), which is run by theIndian Institute of TropicalMeteorology, the air quality inDelhi is set to worsen over thenext three days.

“The problem of air pollu-tion is not restricted to Delhiand NCR. It is a commonproblem of all the areas fallingunder the same airshed, whichincludes Punjab, Haryana,Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan,”Javadekar said adding that 50

teams of CPCB officials will bedeployed from 15 October tomonitor sources of pollution inDelhi, and recommend quickfixes.

The meeting, to be heldvirtually, will also be attendedby chiefs of the MunicipalCorporations of Delhi and theNew Delhi Municipal Council.

Javadekar also listed someof the initiatives taken by theNarendra Modi government

since 2016 to fight pollution.These include introduction ofBS VI vehicles and fuel, incen-tives to boost e-vehicles usage,and completion of peripheralhighways that prevent unnec-essary traffic from enteringthe capital.

He, however, said despiteall efforts Delhi is likely to seeincreased pollution levels fortwo-three months in winterdue to meteorological condi-

tions.According to a report by

the CPCB and the Ministry,cold, dry air, and ground basedinversion with low wind con-ditions are responsible forincreasing concentration ofpollutants during winter inDelhi.

Javadekar also encouragedcitizens to inculcate eco-friend-ly habits such as cycling toreduce pollution.

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Wary of India seeing anexplosion of coron-

avirus cases during the festi-val season, which starts nextmonth, if people do not fol-low Covid-appropriate behav-iour, the Union HealthMinistry on Tuesday askedthe States to strictly imple-ment inventive containmentstrategies to keep the virusunder check.

So far, India has recorded61,45,291 confirmed Covid-19 cases, including 96,318deaths. Maharashtra, AndhraPradesh and Tamil Nadu havereported the highest numberof cases. However, infectionsare rising rapidly in states likeKarnataka, Uttar Pradesh andWest Bengal, as per the gov-ernment data.

“In the l ight of theupcoming festivities, winterseason and mass gathering,inventive containment strate-gies need to be implementedby the states,” said BalramBhargava, DG, ICMR at apress briefing here.

NITI Aayog member V KPaul urged people to keep fol-lowing Covid-appropriatebehaviour, saying there is no

reason to get lax if stability incoronavirus cases is observed.

“We need to have Puja,Chhath, Diwali and Eid withmasks, it is very important tokeep that in mind. We haveseen a second peak in Delhi,Kerala and Punjab so weshould not get lax and keepfollowing Covid-appropriatebehaviour,” he said.

People are more prone torespiratory infections likepneumonia and influenza inthe coming winter monthsand festive seasons and “wehave to put in all efforts, stayvigilant and diligently followCovid-appropriate behav-

iour”, Paul said.The Navratri festival that

involves temple visits andfasts for nine days will beginfrom October 17. It will cul-minate with Vijaya Dashmi orDussehra on October 25while Diwali will be celebrat-ed on November 20. Chhathfollows thereafter.

Health Secretary RajeshBhushan said India has 4,453Covid-19 cases and 70 deathsper million population whichis among the lowest in theworld. He also said that India’srecovery rate continues torise and now stands at 83 per-cent.

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Days after Serum Instituteof India’s chief executive

officer Adar Poonawallatweeted questioning if Indiahas �80,000 crore over thenext one year for distributionof the Covid-19 vaccine toevery person in the country,the Government on Tuesdaydismissed the observation say-ing that it does not agreewith the calculation cited bythe drug maker.

The Union health min-istry said that it does notagree with such calculationson social media and alsomaintained that the nationalexpert vaccine administra-tion panel met 5 times on

modalities.“In these meetings, we

have mulled over Covid-19vaccination distribution andthe amount required for it interms of prioritisation of pop-ulation and the staggeredimmunisation for this priori-tisation. For this, we havecalculated the amountrequired in the meetings andcurrently, that amount is avail-able with the government,”Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary,Union Health Ministry said ata press briefing here.

Meanwhile, the SII, whichis the world’s largest vaccinemanufacturing company, saidthat it would get a furtherUSD 150 million in fundingfrom the Bill & Melinda Gates

Foundation and the GAVIvaccines alliance to make anadditional 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for India andother low- and middle-income countries next year.

The expanded deal willaccelerate manufacturing anddelivery of safe and effectivecoronavirus vaccines, whichhas been priced at a maximumof $3 per dose or �250 perdose.

The collaboration buildsupon an initial agreementsigned in August by the com-pany with the GAVI allianceand the Gates Foundation,with the total number of vac-cine doses to be covered bythe partnership now up to 200million.

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The Election Commission(EC) on Tuesday

announced dates for bypolls toone Lok Sabha seat and 56Assembly constituencies spreadacross 12 States. Bypolls to 54Assembly constituencies willtake place on November 3while bypolls to the Lok Sabhaseat and two Assembly con-stituencies will be conductedon November 7. The votes willbe counted on November 10alongside the counting of votesfor the general assembly elec-tions in Bihar.

Before announcing theschedule, the poll panel hadissued a separate statement onTuesday to announce that it hasdecided not to hold assemblybypolls in seven seats acrossKerala, Tamil Nadu, Assamand West Bengal “at this stage”after specific request from thestates in conduct of polls.

By-polls will be held forChhattisgarh, Gujarat,Haryana, Jharkhand,Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha,Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh.Madhya Pradesh has the high-est number of seats--27--among the 54 Assembly con-stituencies for which pollingwill be held on November 3.Next is Gujarat (eight), UttarPradesh (seven); Jharkhand,Karnataka, Nagaland, Odisha(two each) and one each fromTelangana, Chhattisgarh andHaryana. The term of the leg-islative assemblies of the fourstates would end on differentdates between May and Junenext year.

The bypolls in MadhyaPradesh were necessitated after25 Congress MLAs followedtheir leader Jyotiraditya Scindiain joining the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) in March. This ledto the collapse of the state’sCongress government andpaved way for the BJP to returnto power. The bypolls werenecessitated on three of theseats - Joura, Agar and Biora -due to death of the MLAs - twofrom the Congress and onefrom BJP, and on the remain-

ing seats due to resignation ofthe then Congress MLAs.

The Valmiki Nagar LokSabha seat fell vacant inFebruary after the death ofincumbent Lok Sabha MPBaidyanath Prasad Mahato ofthe JD(U). The bypolls werenecessitated following resig-nations tendered by CongressMLAs, five in March and threein June. The reason is that thenumber of vacant seats in somestates has changed due to var-ious reasons, including courtcases.

According to EC, the dateof issue of notification for by-polls to 54 Assembly seats invarious states, except Manipur,is October 10, while the lastdate of filing nominations isOctober 16, and date for with-drawal is October 19. In thetwo Assembly seats of Manipur,and one Lok Sabha seat inBihar, the date for filing nom-inations October 20, and forwithdrawal of nominations isOctober 23.

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Chief Election CommissionerSunil Arora and

Commissioners Sushil Chandraand Rajiv Kumar visited Patnaon Tuesday to assess prepara-tions in poll-bound Bihar. OnWednesday, they would meetvarious stakeholders, includingcivil and police officials, and rep-resentatives of political parties.The Commission would alsovisit a few places in Bihar beforereturning to Delhi on October1 evening, sources said.

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Speaking at the launch ofthe Project ManagementInformation System (P-MIS),Mishra said that MIS willhelp to monitor projects.

The NCR is presentlyspread over a 55,083 sq kmarea with around 60 millionpopulation.

According to the NCRPB,Haryana sub-region com-prises of distr ic ts ofGurugram, Faridabad,Rohtak, Sonepat, Rewari,Jhajjar, Mewat , Palwal ,Panipat, Mahendregarh, Jind,Karnal, Bhiwani and CharkhiDadri. Rajasthan sub-regioncomprises districts of Alwarand Bharatpur.

Uttar Pradesh Sub-regioncomprises districts of GautamBuddha Nagar, Ghaziabad,Meerut, Bulandsahr, Baghpat,Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, andShamli.

Explaining the features ofthe software, Mishra said thatthe P-MIS is having uniquefeature of doing calculationsat back end for monitoringvarious financial criticalevents for Guarantee validi-ty date and monthly repay-ment of loan due date foreach IA and generates alertfor Guarantee Renewal andPayment of Loan in soft for-mat i.e. email in advance. PNS

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The over-hyped greenrevolution of the late1960s introduced vari-eties of dwarf rice andwheat in northern India

with a cocktail of chemical fertilis-ers and pesticides that sucked upgroundwater and gradually madeit unfit for drinking. The chemicalsleached into the soil and water.State-sponsored propaganda about“miraculous yields” extended thephenomenon across the country,ruining soil fertility and the nutri-tious value of food crops; theimpact on public health wasnoticed by the medical communi-ty but all voices were silenced.Today, Gurdaspur-to-Delhi trainsare called “Cancer Express”, yetthere has been no medical study ofthe harm caused by chemical agri-culture to the health of humans,animals, soil and water resources.

Now, four momentous lawscould pave the way for a revolutionin which farmers drive the change,with technology playing a support-ive role. If the Government repu-diates the genetically-modifiedfood crops lobby, India couldreturn to farming methods that donot require costly inputs and forcefarmers into a vicious cycle of debt(and even suicide).

On September 16, 2020, one daybefore the three agriculture-relat-ed Bills were moved in Parliament,the Banking Regulation(Amendment) Act, 2020 waspassed, bringing all cooperativebanks under the purview of theReserve Bank of India (RBI). Itmeans stricter supervision of 1,482urban and 58 multi-state cooper-ative banks, with deposits of �4.84lakh crore.

The legislation undermines thestrongmen who control theAgricultural Produce MarketingCommittees (APMCs), mandis,loans and so on in many States. Itis noteworthy that large farmers areresisting the new laws; earlier theyopposed the Mahatma GandhiNational Rural EmploymentGuarantee Act, 2005 (MGNRE-GA) as they had to match wages orlose farm labour. The ongoingCOVID pandemic has alsoimproved the bargaining power offarm labourers and added to thebitterness of large farmers.

Often, agents arranged debt-funding for farmers from privatemoneylenders, who charged usu-rious interest and enjoyed politicalheft; such debt has been linked to

farmer suicides in some States.Simultaneously, the Union

Cabinet approved the �15,000crore fund for animal hus-bandry as part of theAtmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyanstimulus package and a schemefor interest subvention of twoper cent to “shishu” loan catego-ry borrowers for one year underthe Pradhan Mantri MudraYojana. These developmentsform the sub-text of the farmBills.

The Farmers’ Produce Tradeand Commerce (Promotionand Facilitation) Act 2020allows sale and marketing ofproduce outside notified APMCmandis. State Governments can-not collect market fee, cess orlevy for trade outside the APMCmarkets; inter-state trade barri-ers are nixed and provisionshave been made for electronictrading of agricultural produce.No licence is needed; anyonewith a PAN card can buy direct-ly from farmers. The new sys-tem provides a dispute resolu-tion mechanism in case farm-ers are not paid immediately orwithin three days.

The APMCs failed as theyallowed vested interests to seizethe system. States levied cess toearn extra revenue that was notpart of the budget and was usedfor “discretionary” developmentspending, mostly under theChief Minister’s orders. As thecess increased, politicalappointees took charge of theAPMCs. Even the FoodCorporation of India (FCI) paidcess. Small farmers were bur-

dened with the cost of transportto take their produce to themandis and deal with middle-men. For instance, waiting out-side sugar mills, with heat evap-orating the sugar content in thecane, desperate farmers havesuccumbed to agents (of near-by mandis) who arrive miracu-lously and dictate the price.

Under the new Act, politi-cians and urban elite farmerswill find it difficult to get large“agricultural” incomes mandi-certified and pay zero per centincome tax, as payments have tobe made against PAN cards.

The Farmers (Empowermentand Protection) Agreement onPrice Assurance and FarmServices Act, 2020 regulatescontractual farming rules andState APMC Acts. Farmers canmake contracts with a corporateentity or wholesaler at a mutu-ally agreed price. The systemalready exists in 20 States;PepsiCo buys potatoes from24,000 farmers across nineStates. Further, 18 States alreadypermit private mandis whileKerala and Bihar don’t haveAPMC mandis at all. More per-tinently, the Act prohibitsacquiring ownership rights offarmers’ land.

The Centre has funded�6,685 crore for the formationof 10,000 Farmer ProducerOrganisations (FPOs) and the�1 lakh crore AgricultureInfrastructure Fund (AIF). TheFPO will give farmers higherbargaining power while AIF andmarket reforms serve as addi-tional enablers. They can invest

in farm equipment, infrastruc-ture and build forward marketlinkages by making agreementswith agribusinesses, thusimproving access to technologyand investment. Maharashtra’sSahyadri Farmers Producer Co.Ltd, with 8,000 marginal farm-ers, exports 16,000 tonnes ofgrapes every season.

The end of socialist-eraimpediments should stimulateincreased private sector invest-ment across the value chain, cre-ating jobs in logistics serviceproviders, warehouse operatorsand processing unit staff. Therise of food-processing indus-tries could create non-farmjobs in rural areas.

India processes less than 10per cent of output (cereals,fruits, vegetables, fish, etc) andloses around �90,000 croreannually to wastage. Hopefully,market linkages will motivatefarmers to diversify and growcrops such as edible oils andhelp reduce India’s edible oilimport bill that currently standsat over $10 billion.

Finally, The EssentialCommodities (Amendment)Act, 2020 removes excessivecontrol on production, storage,movement and distribution offood commodities; removescereals, pulses, oilseeds, edibleoils, onion and potatoes fromthe list of essential commodities,and paves the way for cold chaininfrastructure to come up.Previously, control regardingthe storage of essential com-modities (onions, potatoes, edi-ble oils, jute, rice paddy, sugar)gave draconian powers toauthorities to raid “hoarders”,confiscate stocks, cancel licens-ing and even imprison offend-ers. This naturally discouragedinvestment in storage as entre-preneurs feared being prosecut-ed as “hoarders.” Lack of stor-age also contributed to volatil-ity in prices as their stabilitydepends on adequate ware-housing infrastructure.

Henceforth, the ECA 2020will be invoked only underextraordinary circumstancessuch as war, famine, naturalcalamity of grave nature andextraordinary price rise (100 percent increase in retail price ofhorticultural produce over thepreceding 12 months, or 50 percent increase in retail price ofnon-perishables over the pre-ceding five years).

Dismissing the propagandathat the new laws would end theminimum support price (MSP),the Centre has quietly orderedprocurement, effectively nip-ping the canard that small andmarginal farmers would beshort-changed. Implementationwill be the key.

(The author is a senior jour-nalist. Views are personal)

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������������ �Sir — The 2015 Assembly elec-tions in Bihar saw the Congressregain a reasonable space in theState legislature. After a gap of 15years, the party’s tally rose todouble digits, as 27 out of 41 can-didates in the fray won theirseats. But will the grand old partybe able to revive itself this timeagain? The Congress began tolose its support base as it failedto address backward caste aspi-rations between 1988 and 1990,when four of its Chief Ministerswere nominated to the top postonly to be pulled down swiftly,giving in to the intra-party castedivides. The support base alsosuffered massive erosion follow-ing the desertion by Muslimsafter the Bhagalpur riots in 1989and Babri Masjid demolition in1992. However, the electoralprospects for the party seemrather good this time, particular-ly for its role in mitigating suf-fering of the migrants and stu-dents during the lockdown andits active support to farmers’protests against the enactment ofthe three new farm Laws. Also,Dalits and Muslims are nowmobilising in favour of Congress.

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Panneerselvam, who are chiefministerial hopefuls, have dug intheir heels and are slugging it out.Even the five-hour-long meetingof the AIADMK executive coun-cil on Monday failed to arrive ata consensus on who will be itschief ministerial candidate. Thefinal decision will be taken onOctober 7. Hopefully, by then,Palaniswami and Panneerselvamwill be able to sort out their dif-

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COVID outbreak and thereturnee migrants, the BJP hastaken on the defensive mode onquestions of border security,economic stagnation and farm-ers’ backlash. This should beenough for the Opposition tochallenge the State Government.However, the Rashtriya JanataDal (RJD) and the Congresstogether have not been able topush the Government on anysubstantial matter. Being heldunder exceptional circumstances,the battle for the ballot promis-es to be a challenging and excit-ing affair.

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������������Sir — The investigation intoSushant Singh Rajput’s deathseems to have been sidetrackedas officials haven’t been able tofind any concrete evidence. It hasbecome a whirlpool of misre-ported facts and concocted liesand sheer entertainment in thename of news, reducing a tragedyinto a sensational drama.

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The state of India’s school education continuesto be abysmal despite so many high-soundingpolicy prescriptions being tossed around.

There are, however, islands of excellence and evenin this bleak landscape there are shoots of green.While Government schools are the mainstay ofschool education for the poor, some exceptional pri-vate schools are affordable even to the extremely mar-ginalised. The accepted wisdom is that private schoolsserve the privileged; everyone else, especially theunderprivileged, requires public schools. This logicis grounded on the assumption that the poor needGovernment assistance if they are to get a good edu-cation. Which helps explain why many school choiceenthusiasts believe that the only way the poor canget the education they deserve is throughGovernment schools.

But if we reflect on some of the underprivilegedcommunities, we find these assumptions lacking. Thepoor have found remarkably innovative ways of help-ing themselves educationally and visionary leadersfrom among these communities are nurturing a largeand growing industry of good quality privateschools. Tikiapara, a sprawling slum in Howrah, isa witness and a willing participant in a quiet revo-lution led by Mamoon Akhtar that has the poten-tial to turn around the lives of its residents, especial-ly of its children. Mamoon was forced to drop outof middle school because his parents couldn’t affordto educate him further. Three decades later, he is thedriving force two schools in Tikiapara with 3,000 stu-dents, most of them children of unlettered parents.Mamoon’s extraordinary journey from a victim tochampion of the underprivileged started the day hedecided that just because his family couldn’t pay forhis schooling, he wouldn’t forego education.Mamoon’s passion helped him overcome his depri-vation.

His father was keen that his son get a good edu-cation. So he put him in one of the area’s leadingschools, St Thomas. After his father died, the teenag-er had to give up his studies and took up a librari-an’s job at a private school in Tikiapara, supplement-ing his income by giving private tuitions. Life wouldhave gone on as usual but Mamoon couldn’t get overthe tragedy he suffered on being forced to lose outon education. The young idealist believed in givingdirection to the fire within, not in extinguishing it.

In 1991, he started an informal “school”, teach-ing five to six children in his own house in theTikiapara slum. Thus began his lifetime romance witheducation. As the residents of the area became awareof this “school”, more and more children started com-ing and soon there was no place to seat them. Theenterprising Mamoon constructed a room on his own600 square foot plot of land. In that one room, theSamaritan Help Mission School was born with 25young and eager children flocking to it daily. Thegood Samaritan stretched his every rupee and can-vassed from door to door to raise �28,000 per annum(in addition to his own contribution of �10,000). Theorganisation has continued to steadily grow throughthe years. The catchment area of the school can breakthe determination of even the greatest optimist butMamoon is alive and equal to the challenge. The par-ents come from very poor backgrounds, some arerickshaw-pullers, drug peddlers and daily labourers.But with Mamoon’s effort, their dreams of educat-ing their children in an English-medium school hasbecome a reality.

Social responsibility: As an educationist,Mamoon is also sharply aware of his role of a socialreformer. Most children come from families afflict-ed with social maladies, with a large number of thembeing children of drug peddlers. Mamoon believesthat schools should have the right to exclude pupils

only as a last resort and that too, to pro-tect the other children in the class as wellas teachers. The excluded children, heavers, can be affected by anxiety, depres-sion and loss of self-worth. There is adecline in their mental health and childrenbecome very reclusive. The stress of theexclusion takes its toll on parents, too.

Mamoon knows the pain of depriva-tion only too well. At a time when thereis a widespread practice of pupils beingshunted off a school’s rolls in order tomanipulate its exam results or rankings inleague tables — he is doing his every bitto ensure that children remain at schoolduring the day. There are hundreds ofpupils who joined his school after beingbooted out of another one. Taking in asmany vulnerable pupils as possible is thecore of this teacher’s mission. His schoolis single-handedly ensuring pupils remainon the rolls. There are a number of young-sters who wouldn’t be getting an educationwere it not for the Samaritan Help MissionSchool. In a world where schools are clear-ly pushing vulnerable pupils out throughthe back door with little thought to theirnext steps and best interests, he is embrac-ing them with a cheerful heart.

With a little help from friends:When he canvassed for help from the com-munity around him, Mamoon reaped abonus — a strong connect with the com-munity. In 2007, the Samaritan HelpMission School became accredited andrecognised by the West BengalGovernment. Today, it is a co-education-al English-medium school, affiliated to theState Board of Secondary Education, withan enrolment of 1,300. The big thing is thatwith the school being an English mediumone, it makes a major difference to thefuture prospects of the kids once they goout into the world. However, the odds arestacked against the children of this local-ity given the inter-generational nature ofpoverty and the poor developmental out-comes that families face. This impacts thechildren in many ways. They battle pooracademic achievement, inferiority com-plex, maladjustment, lack of initiative and

an underdeveloped personality.Disheartened and discouraged by finan-cial stress and their own inadequacy, par-ents are ill-equipped to adequately supporttheir children. Sadly, parents in Tikiaparahave little motivation to invest in their chil-dren’s education. Fortunately, Mamoon’sconviction and commitment are unflag-ging and his enthusiasm is contagious,sending hope in the community.

Some of the students are orphans;some have run away from home; all areunderprivileged. The Samaritan HelpMission School charges them a measly ��a year, and that too because the teacherbelieves that people will not value anythingthat is free. Funds to run the school comefrom Mamoon’s savings and private donorswhose motivation is inspired by the goodSamaritan’s devotion. This led to an addi-tion to the original school on Mamoon’splot, the IR Belilious Institution onBelilious Road, covering two acres of landbequeathed by a Jewish couple, Rebeccaand Isaac Raphael Belilious. The schooltoday has a football field, basketball court,a water body, a two-storeyed school build-ing and a bigger one coming up close by.As a child Mamoon swam there, to latersee the water body turn into a municipalgarbage dump and the Government schoolthat used to run there become virtuallydefunct, the whole space go derelict andtransform into a den of drug pushers. Theland on which the second Samaritan HelpMission School stands had thus been agarbage dump for years until Howrah CityPolice and the Howrah MunicipalCorporation got together to create a con-ducive atmosphere for Mamoon to expandhis initiative. The police helped them(Mamoon and his staff) build a wall,remove encroachments and start a schoolthere.

Creating safe spaces for children atrisk: Many children studying in the twoschools attest to the fact that they have afun-filled, interactive and encouragingatmosphere and that the teachers areextremely supportive. Children areengaged in creative activities like sports,

quiz competitions, picnics and recre-ational programmes in the local parks.Regular cleaning campaigns in Tikiaparaare organised in which students, teachersand other volunteers take an active part.Mamoon has also introduced a paramediccourse for senior students. His policy ofinclusive education has ensured that theconstitutional right to primary educationis a reality in this slum. There are schoolswhich identify parents who are not well-educated and living in the slum. They areapproached informally and told that it “willbe difficult for your child to stay” in thehope that the parents agree to move outor home-school their child. But Mamoon’sschools are a safe learning haven where noone is shunned — either because of creed,low academic scores or poverty.

Innovative approaches: Mamoonsays that the process of teaching and learn-ing is an intimate act that neither comput-ers nor markets can hope to replicate. Itis a small wonder then that the technolo-gy-centric corporate business model hasnot worked in reforming the school sys-tem as there is simply no substitute for thepersonal element. There is no substitute fora good teacher and nothing more valuablethan quality classroom instruction. But wealso need more involved parents to makeleaning more effective.

The core objective of a school is to pro-vide high-quality instruction: Fosteringboth excellent teaching and a learning envi-ronment in which students can thrive.These schools don’t develop randomly ontheir own; an essential ingredient behindeach of these success stories is transforma-tional leadership.

A lot of good programmes got theirstart when one individual looked at a famil-iar landscape in a fresh way. What they didwas to simply change the fundamentalapproach to solving problems, and the out-comes have been truly revolutionary.Thus, people only need to summon theirwill power the way game-changers likeMamoon are doing to bring about change.

(The writer is a well known develop-ment professional)

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In the fourth month of the lock-down, the UNICEF (UnitedNations Children’s Fund) had

warned India that if the nation does notseriously address the issue of hungerand malnutrition aggravated due to theshutdown and make proper arrange-ments for providing adequate nutri-tional food to underprivileged children,3,00,000 more kids under the age of fivewould die within the next six monthsand make the toll a total of around 12-13 lakh this year.

Even before the Coronavirus pan-

demic struck, the situation was quitealarming. In 2018, a whopping 8.8 lakhchildren under the age of six died inIndia, says the UNICEF. Nearly half ofall our children are underweight,about 45 per cent are stunted (too shortfor their age), 20 per cent are wasted(too thin for their height), 75 per centare anaemic and 57 per cent are defi-cient in Vitamin A. Half of the world’smalnourished children live in India.

The rate of malnutrition amongIndia’s children is almost five timesmore than China and double than thatin Sub-Saharan Africa, says a WorldBank report. A study commissioned bythe UNICEF in 2019 had found thatover 80 per cent of adolescents in Indiasuffered from hidden malnutrition.This includes deficiency of one or moremicronutrients such as iron, folate, zinc,vitamin A, vitamin B12, and vitaminD.

According to the Integrated ChildDevelopment Services (ICDS) Missiondocument of the Ministry of Womenand Child Development, out of the total

child births of 2.5 crore annually inIndia, child survival is only 1.75 crore.Infant mortality is 0.8 crore annuallyor 80,00,000 children die every year inour country before six months of age.This means that on an average as manyas 21,917 children die every day inIndia. Maternal and child malnutritionis one of the reasons for 68 per centunder-five deaths in India.

What has been the COVID-19lockdown impact? With job andincome loss on a large scale, closing ofschools and consequently the Mid-DayMeal Scheme (MDMS) andAnganwadis that gave hot, cookedmeals, a poor Public DistributionSystem (PDS) and poor implementa-tion of the announced schemes of freerations during the last five months,there is a situation of absolute pover-ty and hunger in our country that willhave a serious impact on the alreadypathetic nutritional status of our peo-ple, especially the children and women.

The UNICEF has estimated that120 million children living in South

Asian countries, including India, couldslip into poverty within the next sixmonths due to the COVID-19 crisis,taking the total number of such kidsin the region to 360 million. TheUNICEF also warns: “In the worst-casescenario, where health interventions arereduced by around 45 per cent, therecould be as much as a 44.7 per centincrease in under-five child deaths and38.6 per cent increase in maternaldeaths per month.”

In the last two decades, there havebeen many dialogues, debates, and legalsteps like the Supreme Court Judgmenton Right to food Act and so on toaddress the issue of malnutrition. Butthe schemes or missions rolled out byrespective governments proved to beinadequate. The ICDS, the flagshipscheme to address this crisis, has beendeprived of funds despite the apexcourt’s judgment for universalisation ofthe scheme. The fund allocation pat-tern has been changed to 60:40 in thelast few years, putting a major finan-cial burden on the States. With the

ongoing issues of lack of funds in States,things are going to worsen. In addition,there were drastic budget cuts. As animpact, according to the GlobalHunger Index 2019, wasting amongchildren in India rose from 16.5 percent in 2008-2012 to 20.8 per cent in2014-2018.

The much-acclaimed “PoshanMission” is just policing of theAnganwadi workers, who are alreadyoverburdened with non-ICDS work.Similar is the case of the other schemeslike the MDMS and the NationalHealth Mission. At present, despite thewarning bells, the announced packagesdo not address the problem of malnu-trition. Moreover, there is an absenceof a national composite guideline toaddress malnutrition at the communi-ty level.

To stop further loss of preciouslives, there is an urgent need for theGovernment to show political will torecognise the right to food/nutrition ofevery citizen of India, make qualityinfrastructure and basic nutrition ser-

vices schemes like ICDS, MDMS effi-cient with increased financial alloca-tion, so that the most marginalised andvulnerable are benefitted as well.

The pandemic has shown that thelakhs of community-based womencaregivers like the Anganwadi workersand helpers, Accredited Social HealthActivists and MDMS workers, are thecrucial link between the communityand policymakers. Their work must beregularised with minimum wages andsocial security, as recommended by the45th Indian Labour Conference.Otherwise whom do we expect to be“skilling” for the ‘Make in India’ pro-jects? The wasted, stunted, anaemic andmentally underdeveloped youth ofour country, who barely survived,cannot build a strong nation. Howmany more deaths do we need beforewe realise so many of our children aredying?

(The writer is general secretary, AllIndia Federation of Anganwadi Workersand Helpers and national secretary ofthe CITU)

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Script Open High Low LTPRELIANCE 2222 2264 2217.15 2244.85BAJFINANCE 3359.45 3372.25 3254.3 3293.1IDEA 10.11 10.25 9.54 9.81GMM 3457.9 3821.8 3457.9 3821.8TCS 2439 2512 2434 2487.25TATAMOTORS 135.2 136.1 130.75 131.7INDUSINDBK 560.9 561.5 528.65 536.25SBIN 188.6 188.95 183.3 185MARUTI 6750 6815 6667.3 6738.6INFY 1018.95 1028 1004.2 1010.25SAIL 35.8 36.4 34.85 35.55AXISBANK 440.55 443.35 424.75 426.75HEROMOTOCO 3113.7 3221.6 3103.1 3175HCLTECH 836.25 846 810.2 812.4KOTAKBANK 1288 1292.25 1260 1265.6SANOFI 8492 8500 8396.3 8495.8ITC 174.8 174.8 169 169.35JSWSTEEL 276.4 286.6 276.1 283.2BATAINDIA 1349.9 1404.6 1342.65 1346.2BHARTIARTL 446 446 429.6 435.45SUNPHARMA 516.25 516.6 504.65 505.6HDFC 1694.75 1719.7 1682 1713.2ZEEL 208.65 214.5 204.45 208.45JINDALSTEL 185 194.45 182.15 192.15ESCORTS 1305 1323.15 1283.45 1313.05DIVISLAB 3122.9 3137 3050.1 3057.3TATAELXSI 1316 1323.05 1272.35 1279.45LT 907.05 912.8 892.2 895.15ASHOKLEY 77.7 77.7 73.7 74.95DRREDDY 5145 5152.9 5067.2 5083.5STAR 710 754.8 689.8 726.6TATASTEEL 363.6 371.6 361.8 370PVR 1246.95 1252.5 1182.55 1204.25BANDHANBNK 282 285.8 271.95 273.5HDFCAMC 2285 2317.8 2210 2255.5IEX 202.7 211.7 199 209.3EICHERMOT 2199.45 2218.35 2181 2198.6ADANIENT 297 307 292.25 298.15NATCOPHARM 949 988 923.55 963.15ICICIBANK 364.4 364.4 354.25 356.95LAURUSLABS 297 308 284 289.15HDFCBANK 1058.9 1069.9 1051 1062.5MINDTREE 1293.5 1367.05 1293.5 1334.15NAUKRI 3600 3700 3600 3628.2HINDUNILVR 2067.5 2069.7 2025.45 2034.2PEL 1304 1312.4 1238.5 1253.15HINDALCO 170 177.25 169.25 176.55BALKRISIND 1450.05 1497.15 1428 1482.8CIPLA 776.05 786 759.65 762.25APOLLOHOSP 2064 2112.95 2055.05 2085.15M&M 613.9 626.25 603.15 613.85WIPRO 312.55 318.5 310.5 311.4TORNTPHARM 2710 2778.55 2681.85 2712.7ASIANPAINT 1947 1990 1947 1959.85UPL 517.95 518 490.85 492DLF 158 159 153 154.75COALINDIA 121.8 121.8 117.2 117.65IBULHSGFIN 155.4 157 150.35 152.05BAJAJFINSV 6032 6050 5831.85 5852.9BAJAJ-AUTO 3000 3011.55 2890.6 2898.9TITAN 1146.8 1173.9 1140.25 1167.45BPCL 393 393.15 378.4 386.2SRF 4267.9 4325 4070 4135AUROPHARMA 807 808.55 790.6 796.55BIOCON 453.8 462.6 449.5 455.85ULTRACEMCO 3950 4075 3946 4049.25TATACONSUM 519 527.25 500.3 503.1INFRATEL 182 185.8 177.3 178.8SUNTV 469.6 475.65 465.55 470GAIL 88.35 88.65 87 87.55VEDL 141.3 141.45 138 139MUTHOOTFIN 1071 1143.85 1071 1130TATACHEM 298 306.95 297.4 299.8INDIGO 1286 1289.45 1224.05 1235.6DEEPAKNI 843 846.55 815.2 823.35BANKBARODA 43.6 43.6 40.75 41.45JUBLFOOD 2449 2449 2367 2373.3ONGC 72.45 72.5 68.9 69.15INDIAMART 5420 5420 5075 5095.8RAYMOND 270 293 262.9 287.6BLISSGVS 152.6 160.9 152.1 160.6TECHM 779 789.9 764.35 765.3ACC 1380 1398.4 1359.4 1378.85LUPIN 1010 1010.6 994 995ADANIGREEN 714.2 714.2 714.2 714.2GRANULES 402.9 406.9 385.25 389.65HINDPETRO 185.9 186 181.85 184.55GODREJCP 714 730 702.55 705TATAPOWER 54.15 54.7 53.2 54RBLBANK 174.7 176.4 169.3 170.05IOC 76 76.2 74.1 74.9SBICARD 844.9 854.8 831 849.4MCX 1798 1834.95 1752.85 1779.7MOTHERSUMI 114 116.6 111.95 115.5SBILIFE 824.95 832 802.5 807.65PERSISTENT 1290 1380.6 1269 1354SHREECEM 19655.9 19969 19348.35 19832.75HSCL 57.2 60 55.55 56.25BHEL 32.4 32.4 30.05 30.25IGL 405 405 388.15 392FRETAIL 94 95.25 91.6 94.9NTPC 88.05 88.8 84.75 85.25PETRONET 222.4 225.2 216.95 219.15HDFCLIFE 585 585.3 564.35 572.15SRTRANSFIN 622.2 626 604 609.15GLENMARK 496.55 500.8 482.55 485.5MANAPPURAM 158.65 161.8 156.6 157.25SIEMENS 1254.15 1277.3 1236.2 1265.55

AMARAJABAT 747 761.85 744.6 756.8BEL 98.6 99.4 94.85 95.9DIXON 9066 9161.25 8943.85 9111.25NESTLEIND 15800 15845 15577.85 15585TVSMOTOR 472.1 480.65 468 470.6CANBK 91.95 91.95 87.55 89.45IDFCFIRSTB 30.75 30.75 29.65 30.05CHOLAFIN 249.5 254.1 246.3 251GMRINFRA 23.7 24.3 22.75 22.9ALOKTEXT 21.7 21.95 20.55 20.55BHARATFORG 459 459 447.05 448.05PAGEIND 20700 21595 20515.6 21510BERGEPAINT 590 599.5 574.85 578.25DABUR 503.9 510.2 496.1 496.95NOCIL 147.1 148.65 141.15 144.1L&TFH 62.8 63.05 61.3 61.65HAL 786 798 780.5 783.05PIDILITIND 1454 1455.05 1422.35 1427.7BEML 619.95 633.75 616.55 617.55NMDC 82.95 83.3 81.2 82.8M&MFIN 126.5 126.7 122.55 124.7FEDERALBNK 50.8 50.85 48.9 49.2GNFC 208.55 214.35 208 209.5BSOFT 199 202 194.5 199.65FCONSUMER 8.75 9.08 8.39 8.96ALKEM 2810 2829.2 2767.6 2771.4JBCHEPHARM 1022 1034.25 974.55 990.65COLPAL 1443.9 1459.65 1415 1417.4BLUEDART 2965 3280 2878.55 3169.55RAMCOCEM 746 746 722.7 742.8MRF 59500 59837.5 58235.45 59350ADANIGAS 191 194.65 189.65 191.45ADANIPORTS 341.35 346.15 337.25 340.7CADILAHC 389.65 394.75 385.5 386.75GRASIM 743 743 715 719APOLLOTYRE 129.9 130.8 126.65 130.15BOSCHLTD 13550 13808 13450 13666.65BRITANNIA 3794 3795.55 3707.55 3712.8ASTRAZEN 4432 4444.4 4275 4305.5PNB 30.3 30.4 28.75 29.05PHILIPCARB 129.05 134.9 128.55 130.75COFORGE 2423 2423 2318.25 2327.25APLAPOLLO 2879.95 2924 2795.85 2892.25PARAGMILK 102.75 108.75 102.35 107.65AMBUJACEM 210.35 218.25 210.35 217DELTACORP* 107 114.75 107 111.6VINATIORGA 1363.75 1417.95 1330 1347.55KAJARIACER 535 555.8 534.15 549MFSL 620.05 629.8 601.8 603.15POWERGRID 168.5 169.1 162.5 163.25IRCTC 1375 1394.5 1363.55 1380WELSPUNIND 68.7 68.7 63.6 63.85FDC 377.2 378 360.2 365.1PIIND 1956 2011.05 1935.65 1988.75DMART 2124 2148.8 2083.05 2131.5INDIACEM 115.75 118.8 112.65 114.7

MGL 851.1 864.8 826 835.75ICICIPRULI 420.45 429.4 420.45 421.8CEATLTD 950 1021.3 950 994.6NATIONALUM 32.75 33.2 32 33.05LICHSGFIN 284.9 285 275.65 279.1AARTIIND 1023 1037 1005.3 1016.5DISHTV 13.75 13.9 12.8 13.9SYMPHONY 915 965 896.3 943.55CESC 646 646 611 614CHAMBLFERT 154.75 156.95 152.8 155NCC 35.25 36.15 34.85 35.4SYNGENE 594 594 562.5 564.5WHIRLPOOL 2116.6 2225.3 2108.3 2197.5VOLTAS 700 700 677.6 684.25QUESS 391.65 409.5 386.05 404.2ADVENZYMES 301 303.75 292 293.3HEG 749 755.45 735.95 741.15MEGH 81.8 83.75 80 82.6SUVENPHAR 405 405 379.6 395.4JAMNAAUTO 45.9 46.25 44 44.85ALKYLAMINE 3290 3324.8 3200.05 3212.05HFCL 15.9 16.7 15.7 16.45LTTS 1650 1663.9 1619.15 1624.85AMBER 2075 2111.55 2047 2069.4AFFLE 2965 3013.05 2901 2984.45HAVELLS 683.65 691.1 661.5 666.05IDFC 32 33 31.65 32.8JUSTDIAL 376.15 380.05 365.3 367.2EXIDEIND 163.95 167.3 163.45 164.05WESTLIFE 405.5 405.95 385 393.35MPHASIS 1369.95 1369.95 1293.15 1317.95SWANENERGY 123.4 124.8 118.4 124.8NAM-INDIA 263 264.7 255.6 259.2EDELWEISS 57.5 60.25 56.5 59.15SHILPAMED 582.5 583.85 560.1 565CGCL 230.2 230.2 221.8 221.8

LEMONTREE 28.85 28.85 27.7 28HEXAWARE 466 468.2 465 466.2GODREJPROP 891.2 895.85 870.95 878COROMANDEL 810 810 783.8 792.1INDHOTEL 98 98.1 95 95.4GRAPHITE 194.8 197.4 187 196.2MARICO 362 366.3 354.85 355.65UBL 974 986.95 946.4 950.5BDL 305.7 311.05 300 303.1CONCOR 385.25 385.25 372.6 374RADICO 422 422 398.3 399.95ATUL 6148 6160.5 6035.15 6136.6ABBOTINDIA 16499.85 16500 16143.6 16398.1SUZLON 3 3 2.92 2.96ABFRL 133.25 133.5 129.3 132.2LTI 2495.5 2561 2468.05 2498METROPOLIS 1895 1896.95 1772.05 1799.55IPCALAB 2084.4 2175.95 2038.65 2132.3PFC 89.5 89.5 87 88.35BIRLACORPN 657.1 688 657.1 668.1GODFRYPHLP 930.55 930.6 913.4 917.6SUMICHEM 302.45 302.95 294.55 297.4PNBHOUSING 350 350.25 336 338.5WOCKPHARMA 281.05 292.8 276.35 290.65BANKINDIA 42.55 42.6 40.05 41.35LALPATHLAB 1934 1945 1877.95 1881CANFINHOME 420.55 427.35 418.2 421.35APLLTD 994 995 945 947INDOCO 265.95 271.7 255.2 262.45KPITTECH 112.7 118.8 109.2 115.45TRENT 675 684.65 650.25 684.65JSWENERGY 58.8 59.8 57.2 59.25NBCC 24.4 24.65 23.6 23.75ECLERX 727.95 738 704.2 711.2RECLTD 103 103 99.85 100.15SONATSOFTW 321.05 328.4 315 317FSL 73.45 74.5 71.75 72.1AJANTPHARM 1600 1620.35 1582.1 1594.8VENKYS 1443.5 1466.3 1407.25 1430TATAMTRDVR 62 62.25 59.65 60.4STRTECH 151 153 147.45 148.4SPARC 177 177.3 170.8 173.9RELAXO 663 669.15 652.4 653.5VIPIND 299.75 305 291.05 292.15CASTROLIND 110.8 110.8 109.45 110.5SOUTHBANK 6.98 6.99 6.76 6.81ABB 866.15 874.75 853.1 855.75RAIN 106 106 102.3 103.25COCHINSHIP 337.5 337.8 325.6 326.8ASTERDM 136.85 142.75 136 138.4JUBILANT 739.75 739.75 710.7 717TATACOMM 878.8 885 834.25 838.7VAKRANGEE 29.3 29.3 27.65 28.05SUDARSCHEM 461.2 473.6 461.2 468.75NH 332.65 355 321.2 347.4DEEPAKFERT 155 155.5 151.15 153.75ABCAPITAL 64.95 65.05 62.7 63.2NAVINFLUOR 2100 2100 2038 2091.75TATACOFFEE 105 106.3 103.8 104.15GLAXO 1590.55 1591.15 1565 1576GARFIBRES 2150 2198.9 2118.95 2118.95UJJIVAN 216 216.3 209 213.1ITI 130 130.8 125.7 126.65SWSOLAR 240 242.85 227.05 230.5WABAG 193 194.9 188 190.5CROMPTON 265 284.05 258.1 279.35BBTC 1315.9 1323.75 1288.75 1296.6WELCORP 109.65 110.9 107.5 108.3GSFC 60.7 62 58.35 60.05TRIDENT 6.98 6.98 6.72 6.77UFLEX 318.55 319.8 313.15 315.4BAYERCROP 5942.1 5990.85 5855.3 5880.45CUMMINSIND 449.2 452.05 441.8 443.8ISEC 472 477.4 461 466KRBL 286.1 288.15 282.6 284.8KEC 339 349.35 325.25 340.35SUNTECK 266 279 266 270.5CAPPL 576.1 578.35 553.8 558.15PFIZER 5094 5094 4919.1 4973.35ADANITRANS 258 258 247.05 248.4BOMDYEING 65 65.3 62.75 64.2GRSE 189.9 195.9 183.35 191.2IRB 115.5 115.6 110 111.75CENTURYTEX 338.95 341.15 331 332IBREALEST 54.6 54.6 51.15 51.7TORNTPOWER 320 321.8 315.15 315.3HAWKINCOOK 5094 5200 5094 5170RVNL 19.95 19.95 19.4 19.5IFBIND 625 637.5 600.95 606.65GUJALKALI 331.15 345.35 329.05 339.15RALLIS 289.9 292 280 281.75POLYCAB 845.1 852.5 826.05 833.05INOXLEISUR 278.8 278.8 265.15 267OIL 90.4 90.4 88.1 88.15VARROC 316.1 318.4 302.4 308.4FINEORG 2765.7 2791.8 2698.05 2703.6HINDZINC 212.2 214.45 210.35 212SUNDRMFAST 402.45 415.25 391.5 403.3MIDHANI 203 204.5 198.4 198.6DCBBANK 82.65 82.7 78.8 79.2LAOPALA 212.55 222.15 212.55 221KEI 355 356.8 346 348.7SPICEJET 48.05 48.95 48.05 48.5FORCEMOT 1095 1100.6 1058.85 1069.05BAJAJELEC 497.8 499.95 480 482.5IRCON 81 81 79.25 79.4ENGINERSIN 65.25 65.4 64.45 64.65AVANTI 514.8 514.8 492.7 4963MINDIA 18455.9 18509.6 18130 18404

GILLETTE 5416.25 5430.3 5360 5360REPCOHOME 172.75 172.75 164 165.25ICICIGI 1284 1284 1247 1249.45DALBHARAT* 779.6 791 766.95 785.55ERIS 540 541 525 530JAICORPLTD 83 84.4 81.45 81.65AAVAS 1383.05 1415 1353.7 1393GSPL 198.7 207.45 196.6 205.55EQUITAS 52.2 52.3 50.55 50.55VGUARD 167 169.2 164.5 168.7AEGISLOG 239.5 244.9 233 236.45PGHL 5055 5220 4987 5014AUBANK 670 675.95 650 654.6KPRMILL 590.3 675.2 590.3 665CYIENT 392 398.1 392 393.45SUPREMEIND 1396.5 1445.3 1388.9 1405.75VAIBHAVGBL 1905 1905 1855.05 1869BAJAJCON 185.75 188.7 183 184.15ALLCARGO 129.3 129.7 124.45 125.1JKTYRE 59.4 61.1 58.3 60.95GUJGAS 310.95 311 298.1 309.75MINDAIND 346.7 346.7 331 335.7MRPL 27.5 27.55 25 26.45JKLAKSHMI 254.15 261.05 252.95 260CRISIL 1779.95 1780 1725 1759.55ASTRAL 1150 1183.6 1147.75 1151.05TIINDIA 630 630 593.3 611.2SHK 85.3 85.3 83 83.75OFSS 3064.85 3096.95 3053.3 3085EMAMILTD 359.2 359.2 346.6 352.15GALAXYSURF 1865.9 1865.95 1790 1795CCL 269.15 273.8 263.1 267.5KALPATPOWR* 251.85 256.8 241.4 247.65MAHSCOOTER 2937.6 2976.55 2858.9 2873.4PRESTIGE 252.05 253.2 242.05 244.85DCAL 160 162.4 155.1 156.15IDBI 35.75 36.3 35.1 35.4SKFINDIA 1455.9 1470 1448.5 1448.5TV18BRDCST 28.6 29.2 28.5 28.7BAJAJHLDNG 2527 2527 2413 2428.6ZENSARTECH 195 200.35 188.45 190.05INFIBEAM 75 75.45 73.15 74.55RITES 250 250 243.9 245.2UNIONBANK 24.8 25.3 24.5 24.7JMFINANCIL 77.6 78.1 75.3 75.65JKPAPER* 92.4 92.8 90.35 90.45GODREJAGRO 511.55 514.4 501.25 509.5HEIDELBERG 181.35 183.75 178.15 179.05PHOENIXLTD 588 598 562 563.25IIFL 80.4 84 78 81.4ENDURANCE 1089.8 1140 1082.05 1108.8SOBHA 238.35 240 226.05 228.55ESSELPRO 259.5 259.5 244.9 249.4CREDITACC 699 726 699 719.8ASHOKA 66.7 66.8 62.2 64.2ADANIPOWER 37.75 37.75 37.1 37.25NESCO 564 574.5 545.5 550PTC 46.65 48.75 46.65 47.9TCIEXP 780.25 825 762 775.9BLUESTARCO 654.9 660.4 642 642.45NHPC 20.95 20.95 20.25 20.4ORIENTELEC 181.85 181.85 176.6 179.4FINCABLES 285.7 286 275.25 286BALMLAWRIE 103.9 103.9 100.6 100.7RAJESHEXPO 469.95 470 450.5 452DHANUKA 747 747 723.45 736.8GICRE 125.8 126.5 121.8 122.65LUXIND 1435 1440.2 1405.3 1420VSTIND 3388.7 3389.7 3310 3313.2EIDPARRY 280 282 273.55 274.8INDIANB 59.5 59.5 56.35 57CARERATING 359.95 359.95 351.05 351.95JKCEMENT 1554.95 1554.95 1503.1 1527.9NILKAMAL 1299 1337.45 1295.1 1311KANSAINER 485.6 500.95 476.5 496.8TIMKEN 1116.95 1116.95 1086.5 1095.65GULFOILLUB 688 688 664.95 666MOTILALOFS* 640 649.5 625.2 630OMAXE 67.5 67.55 65 66.95LINDEINDIA 743.55 743.55 722.4 734.95KSB 477.5 499.6 475.75 476JINDALSAW 64.85 65.5 64.2 64.2HUDCO 32.75 33.35 32 32.8GDL 92.25 94.05 91.05 92.65DBL 348.85 349.5 337.5 340.75AIAENG 1742.65 1785 1726.6 1770.65CSBBANK 230 233.35 227.4 229ZYDUSWELL 1840 1867.45 1828.7 1835CENTRALBK 16.35 16.35 15.65 15.85CHENNPETRO 73 73 70.25 71.55HIMATSEIDE 84.6 86.7 83.9 85KTKBANK 42.7 42.7 40.7 41.15SCI 54.9 54.9 53.6 53.9BALRAMCHIN 151.5 151.5 147.2 149.4CHOLAHLDNG 406.95 409 396 402OBEROIRLTY 407.8 409.1 397 399.65CUB 139.8 139.8 135.35 136.35JSL 42.95 43 42.3 42.6DBCORP 82 82 76.5 77.95ARVINDFASN 127.95 128.75 124 125.55GESHIP 245.85 245.85 238 239.4FORTIS 137.7 138.05 136 137IOB 9.6 9.7 9.33 9.37GHCL 162.6 164.85 160.75 160.9SPANDANA 524 524.15 513.2 517.35GODREJIND 416.8 416.8 405.25 407.05RCF 43.9 44.35 43 43.1UJJIVANSFB 33.15 33.15 31.6 31.65NLCINDIA 51.15 51.25 50 50.15

KNRCON 250.7 257.8 242.3 250.25JYOTHYLAB 147.05 147.75 143.45 146.75VBL 713.85 721.35 705.05 721.35EIHOTEL 82.5 84.6 81 82SCHAEFFLER 3625.7 3643.15 3580 3580HINDCOPPER 34.45 34.55 33.7 33.75HONAUT 33409.65 33409.65 32610.3 32700J&KBANK 15 15.2 14.85 15.1SCHNEIDER 80.9 81 78.45 79.7CENTURYPLY 167.3 167.75 163 164.4THYROCARE 772.45 772.45 751 761.15THERMAX 747.9 747.9 719.05 728.65NBVENTURES 58.15 58.65 56 56.9MHRIL 175.05 175.8 165.05 168.3LAXMIMACH 3526 3537.05 3500 3519.65SUPRAJIT 181.05 184.8 178.4 180.65CARBORUNIV 260 262 253.55 260.85SJVN 22.45 22.45 21.85 21.9TNPL 104.3 104.3 101.5 104FINOLEXIND 510 515 501 501MASFIN 806.9 807 796.7 803GPPL 84.35 85.65 82.5 84.3PGHH 9899.7 9975.1 9872 9886SFL 1360 1361.15 1336.65 1340.6JSLHISAR 83.45 84.05 81 81.25BASF 1452.2 1454.15 1411.05 1417.95VMART 2085.85 2085.85 1970 2003.55GMDCLTD 42.7 43.3 42 42.4MAHLOG 339.6 354.35 338.85 348.35IFCI 6.05 6.25 6.05 6.06TIMETECHNO 37.2 37.8 36.5 37MINDACORP 72 72.4 70.15 70.95HATHWAY 31.9 31.9 29.75 30.2GREAVESCOT 74.75 74.75 73.3 73.5REDINGTON 116.75 117.85 115 116.05ITDC 238 238 230.95 233.8PNCINFRA 159.55 160.85 154.95 155.7HERITGFOOD 319.7 323.75 315 317.5MAHABANK 11.6 11.65 11.25 11.31SHOPERSTOP 176.6 176.75 170.85 173.15TATAINVEST 843.9 844.7 832 832MMTC 16.7 16.8 16.4 16.55SHRIRAMCIT 950.9 961 941.9 948.9VRLLOG 167.95 168 161.15 163.35AKZOINDIA 2082.1 2088.9 2033.7 2084.85VTL 827.2 842.55 804.4 816PCJEWELLER 14.5 14.6 14.1 14.25TVSSRICHAK 1426 1440 1386.55 1410MOIL 142.3 143.55 139.95 141.9ORIENTCEM 64 64 60.85 61.2IIFLWAM 980.05 980.05 943.2 943.2TTKPRESTIG 6270 6270 6128.05 6166.2TVTODAY 202.6 203 197 198UCOBANK 12.8 12.8 12.25 12.34JCHAC 2261.95 2261.95 2196.4 2197.2PRSMJOHNSN 57.45 57.9 56.05 56.75SIS 374 374 366.35 368.45NIACL 107 107.65 105.25 105.6JAGRAN 37.65 37.65 37 37.05CHALET 143.55 143.55 139.75 139.75SOMANYCERA 185.2 186.15 181.4 182.1GRINDWELL 526.55 526.55 516.5 518.3RATNAMANI 1248.3 1260.2 1221.35 1234.35POWERINDIA 936 936 912.35 924.25BRIGADE 165.95 165.95 160.7 161.9FLUOROCHEM 508 508 495.45 497.45DCMSHRIRAM 371.5 371.5 360.1 360.1SOLARINDS 1048 1055 1035.35 1054.5GEPIL 431.9 443.7 422 424.2STARCEMENT 88 88 83.3 83.55TCNSBRANDS 381 392.2 379.1 384.65CERA 2279.9 2306.55 2271.7 2291MAHSEAMLES 222.95 223.6 217.4 218.65TEAMLEASE 2222.85 2234.5 2205 2213.05TATAMETALI 527.4 529.95 522.2 529.5NAVNETEDUL 77.2 77.65 76.05 76.15INDOSTAR 280.2 286.5 277.25 280.7JTEKTINDIA 75.65 75.95 73.8 75.05ORIENTREF 190.9 192.9 188.4 190.7ESABINDIA 1320 1400 1320 1367.1TASTYBIT 10707.85 10730 10650.55 10684MAHLIFE 231.2 232.75 227.1 227.1WABCOINDIA 5871.9 5886.65 5826.6 5867.1

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The Centre on Tuesday said16,420 tonnes of paddy

worth �31 crore has been pro-cured at minimum supportprice (MSP) in the last 72hours from farmers in Punjaband Haryana, while procure-ment has just commenced inother States. With the latestprocurement data, theGovernment aims to send amessage to farmers protestingagainst new farm laws that ithas no intention of scrappingprocurement at MSP. Farmersin Punjab and Haryana andseveral other states are protest-ing against the new farm laws,which they feel will lead to pro-curement in the hands of cor-porates and the end of MSPregime. The UnionAgriculture Ministry, in a state-ment, said arrival of kharifcrops has just begun and thegovernment continues to pro-cure 2020-21 kharif crops likepaddy at MSP from farmers as

per the existing schemes.Paddy procurement com-menced from September 26 inPunjab and Haryana, while itstarted on September 28 inother states.

In Punjab and Haryanaalone, about 16,420 tonnespaddy at MSP of �1,888 perquintal, totalling �31 crore, hasbeen procured up toSeptember 28, it said.Of this, about 3,164 tonnespaddy has been purchased inHaryana, while 13,256 tonnesin Punjab from 1,443 farmers,it added. For the current year,the government has fixed theMSP of paddy (commongrade) at �1,868 per quintal,while that of A grade varietyhas been fixed at Rs 1,888 perquintal. The Government hasalso given nod for procure-ment of 14.09 lakh tonnes ofkharif pulses and oilseeds forTamil Nadu, Karnataka,Maharashtra, Telangana andHaryana under the PriceSupport Scheme (PSS).

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After two consecutive ses-sions of thumping gains,

benchmarks Sensex and Niftytook a pause on Tuesday amidlack of directional cues fromdomestic and global markets.

After starting the sessionon a positive note, the BSESensex was caught in an intensevolatility as the trade pro-gressed, paring all intra-daygains to end 8.41 points or 0.02per cent lower at 37,973.22.

Similarly, the NSE Niftyslipped 5.15 points or 0.05 percent to 11,222.40.

Analysts said that domes-tic equities traded on a chop-py note amid lack of directionalcues from the domestic as wellas global markets.

On the Sensex chart,ONGC was the top loser, shed-ding around 3 per cent, fol-lowed by IndusInd Bank,PowerGrid, Axis Bank, HCLTech, NTPC and ITC.

On the other hand,UltraTech Cement, TCS, TataSteel, Titan and HDFC wereamong the gainers.

Of the Sensex constituents,20 logged losses and 10 regis-tered gains. Sectorally, BSEtelecom, utilities, FMCG,bankex, realty and powerindices fell up to 2.13 per cent.

On the other hand, con-sumer durables, metal, energy,basic materials, IT and autoindices rose up to 1.97 per cent.

Broader midcap and small-cap indices fell up to 0.16 percent.”After a gap up opening,the benchmark indices grewvolatile, before ending the dayflat. Global markets were alsoundecided and slightly negativefor the day as the outcome ofthe first US presidential debatewas awaited,” said Vinod Nair,Head of Research at GeojitFinancial Services.

With increasing coron-avirus infections and chances oflocation-specific lockdowns,

Indian indices were also uncer-tain, he said, adding that mar-kets are awaiting a trigger in theform of confirmation of a stim-ulus package by the govern-ment to boost economic activ-ity.

Market participants acrossthe globe are looking for cuesfrom the first presidentialdebate between US PresidentDonald Trump andDemocratic candidate JoeBiden, set for later in the day.

Asian markets endedmixed after a mildly higheropening on Tuesday ahead ofthe first US presidential debatelater in the global day, withinvestors also remaining cau-tious over the global economy’sprospects as coronavirus deathssurpassed the one-millionmark worldwide, marketexperts said.

Bourses in Shanghai,Tokyo and Seoul ended withgains, while Hong Kong was inthe red.

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The steady rise in caseloadsand the spillover effects of

the strict lockdown measureswill continue to undermineeconomic growth in thecountry, says a report.

According to Dun andBradstreet’s EconomyForecast, concerns over thepace of economic recoveryhave deepened.

“The recovery now isexpected to be gradual as ris-ing infections pose con-straints. Even if the growthtakes the form of a V-shape,the level of Gross DomesticProduct (GDP) will matter.Credit growth has not pickedup as envisaged,” said ArunSingh, Global ChiefEconomist , Dun &Bradstreet. Moreover, withthe credit guarantee schemein place for Smal l andMedium Enterprises (SMEs),credit off-take was expectedto strengthen more than the

current level so far, Singhadded.

According to variousestimates, India’s coron-avirus-battered economy willwitness significant contrac-tion during the current finan-cial year. India’s economysuffered its worst slump onrecord in April-June, withthe GDP contracting 23.9per cent as the coronavirus-related lockdowns weighedon the already-declining con-sumer demand and invest-ment. “The steady rise incaseloads and the spillovereffects of the strict lockdownmeasures will continue toundermine the growthimpulses during the subse-quent quarters of the year.Constrained governmentf inances, contraction ininvestment activity and prob-able defaults, both at the firmand consumer level will con-tinue to be a drag on growth,”Singh said.

According to the Union

Health Ministry’s data updat-ed on Tuesday, the total coro-navirus cases in the countrymounted to 61,45,291 with70,589 new infections, whilethe death toll reached 96,318.

According to the Dunand Bradstreet (D&B) report,following the easing of lock-down restrictions, the pace ofcontraction in the Index ofIndustrial Production (IIP) isexpected to reduce further.

“The pent-up demandand re-start of small busi-nesses and street vendorsalong with medium and largefirms are likely to drivedemand for industrial goods.The index is expected torebound to the positive ter-ritory from the month ofOctober,” the report said.

During August, D&Bexpects IIP to have fallen by(-) 4 per cent to (-) 3 per cent.

According to officialdata, India’s industrial pro-duction shrank 10.4 per centin July.

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Rating agency Ind-Raexpects automobile sales

to decline by 20-25 per cent thisfiscal against its earlier forecast

of 22-25 per cent on account ofincreasing preference for per-sonal mobility and an expect-ed demand rebound from ruraland semi-urban markets.

At the same time, the rat-

ing agency has maintained anegative outlook for the autosector for the second half of thefiscal, owing to continued weakconsumer sentiments andmacroeconomic headwinds

amid the disruptions caused bythe pandemic, Ind-Ra said in arelease.

The latest forecast ismarginally better than the ear-lier forecast of 22-25 per cent

Y-o-Y decline in sales volumein FY2021, released in June thisyear, Ind-Ra said.

Favourable regulatorychanges such as GST cuts orincentive-based scrappage pol-

icy could help demand revivalin the medium-term, the rat-ings agency said.

It, however, warned thatany significant spread of thevirus to rural India could affect

the recovery trend due to fur-ther disruptions in those partsof the economy.

Both passenger vehicles(PVs) and two-wheelers (TWs)sales could fall 18-21 per cent

y-o-y in this fiscal while thedecline in the commercial vehi-cles (CVs) sales would be 30-35 per cent y-o-y in FY2021, onaccount of lower economicactivities, it said.

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Portland (US): Protesters andPortland police clashed again inOregon’s largest city lateMonday, with demonstratorshurling rocks, punching apolice sergeant in the face andspraying a chemical irritant atofficers, police said in a state-ment. Twenty four people werearrested.

The demonstration withabout 150 protesters took placeoutside a police union buildingthat has turned into a fre-

quent protest site, police said inthe statement issued Friday.

The protesters withmakeshift shields gathered ear-lier for their demonstration ina park and officers moved in totake away the shields, policesaid. A scuffle happened whenofficers tried to seize a sign thatsaid “vote,” multiple videosfrom the scene showed, andpolice also used pepper spray,The Oregonian/Oregonian Livereported.

Police in their statementcalled the protesters’ walk fromthe park to the union buildinga “planned unpermittedmarch.” Most of those detainedamid clashes were arrested onsuspicion of interfering with apolice officer and disorderlyconduct.

Portland has been grippedby nightly protests for morethan three months since thepolice killing of George Floydin Minneapolis. AP

Yerevan (Armenia): Armenianand Azerbaijani forces accusedeach other of attacks on theirterritory Tuesday, as fightingover the separatist region ofNagorno-Karabakh continuedfor a third straight day follow-ing the reigniting of a decades-old conflict.

Azerbaijan’s DefenseMinistry said Armenian forcesshelled the Dashkesan region inAzerbaijan, while Armenianofficials said Azeri forcesopened fire on a military unitin the Armenian town, settinga bus on fire and killing onecivilian.

Armenia’s ForeignMinistry “completely” deniedreports of shelling theDashkesan region and said ina statement that with thosereports Azerbaijan was layingthe groundwork for “expandingthe geography of hostilities,including the aggressionagainst the Republic ofArmenia.”

The previous two days of

fighting killed dozens and leftscores wounded. The Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Ministryreported 84 servicemen killedso far. Azerbaijan’s president,Ilham Aliyev, said Tuesday that10 civilians were killed on itsside, but he didn’t offer anydetails on the country’s military

casualties.The heavy fighting broke

out Sunday in Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies withinAzerbaijan but has been underthe control of ethnic Armenianforces backed by the Armeniangovernment since 1994 at theend of a separatist war. AP

Athens (Greece): US Secretaryof State Mike Pompeoexpressed support Tuesday fortalks between Greece andTurkey, NATO allies whoserelations have deterioratedsharply to the point where bothhad warships facing off in theMediterranean.

Speaking from the SoudaBay military base on the islandof Crete, on the second day ofa five-day regional tour,Pompeo said relations betweenthe United States and Greeceare “at an all time high and get-ting stronger.”

“Today I’m in Crete toshowcase one of America’sstrongest military relation-ships throughout all ofEurope,” Pompeo said.

“We, the Americans, lookto Greece as a true pillar forstability and prosperity in theeastern Mediterranean, andwe’re incredibly proud to sup-port its leadership.” Greecehas been looking to the U.S.And the European Union forsupport in its dispute with

neighbouring Turkey, which itaccuses of encroaching on itssovereign rights in the easternMediterranean.

Last month Turkey sent aresearch vessel, accompaniedby warships, to prospect forenergy resources in an areaGreece claims is on its owncontinental shelf and where itclaims exclusive economicrights. Athens sent warships ofits own to the area, and put itsarmed forces on alert. The dis-pute has led to fears of openconflict. EU leaders are to dis-cuss potentially imposing sanc-tions on Turkey for its actionslater this week.

But tension has easedsomewhat recently, withAthens and Ankara announc-ing they will restart an ongoingprocess of exploratory talks.

Technical discussions on amilitary level have also beentaking place at NATO for theavoidance of a military acci-dent, such as the collision inAugust of warships from thetwo sides, which reportedly

caused minor damage to aTurkish frigate and no injurieson either side.

“We strongly support dia-logue between NATO alliesGreece and Turkey andencourage them to resumediscussion of these issues assoon as possible,” Pompeo saidin brief statements after meet-ing with Greek Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis.

“I spoke with (NATO)Secretary-General (Jens)Stoltenberg just two days agoon the progress being made atNATO. And we hope thatthese talks can continue in aserious way.” Amid the tensionwith Turkey, Greece hasannounced major arms pur-chases, including fighter jetsfrom France, as well as war-ships, helicopters and weaponssystems.

“In the Mediterranean,there should be no wavescaused by threats and rivalry.It is a sea of strategic impor-tance, also for the UnitedStates,” Mitsotakis said. AP

Islamabad: The chief ofAfghanistan’s peace negotiatingteam said Tuesday on a visit toPakistan that the time hascome for the two neighbouringcountries to shun the suspi-cion, “stale rhetoric” and tiredconspiracy theories that havedogged past relations.

Abdullah Abdullah is inPakistan on a bridge-buildingmission meant to mend deep-rooted mistrust between thetwo countries. It was his firstvisit in 12 years.

Abdullah told the Instituteof Strategic Studies in the fed-eral capital of Islamabad thatthe two neighbors are on thethreshold of a new relationshipcharacterised by “mutualrespect, sincere cooperationand shared prosperity.”

“I am a firm believer thatafter many troubling years,we now need to go beyond theusual stale rhetoric and shad-owy conspiracy theories thathave held us back,” Abdullahsaid. “We cannot afford topursue business as usual. We

need fresh approaches andour people demand it. It ismore urgent than ever to lookto our region as one region. “

His statements come aheadof meetings later Tuesday withPakistan’s powerful army chiefand prime minister. His visitalso comes at a crucial time inAfghanistan’s troubled historyas a government-appointednegotiation team is in the Gulfstate of Qatar brokering an endto war with its Taliban foes.

Even before coming topower in 2018, Pakistan’sPrime Minister Imran Khanhas advocated for a politicalend to Afghanistan’s war andhas been a strong critic ofWashington’s so-called war onterror saying it has left tens ofthousands of Pakistanis andAfghans dead.

But many in Afghanistanhave been critical of the sup-port the Taliban received inPakistan following the col-lapse of their rule in 2001 withthe U.S.-led invasion ofAfghanistan. AP

Washington: As a presidentialcandidate in 2016, DonaldTrump seized control of theWhite House race and never letgo.

He masterfully defined anddenigrated his opponents withcutting nicknames and a say-anything debate style, andrepeatedly drew his rivals intothe controversies he created.

That’s proven far more dif-ficult for Trump in the 2020race.

Though he may still be themost visible and visceral forcein the White House contest, hehas repeatedly struggled tocontrol the contours of thecampaign against DemocratJoe Biden.

The president’s attacks onBiden have been scattershot andinconsistent, frustrating someRepublicans who believe hehas squandered repeatedopportunities to define his rival.

His efforts to move past thecoronavirus pandemic andonto issues he views as morefavourable for his reelectionprospects, including lawenforcement and the economy,have failed to convince manyvoters that the public health cri-sis is any less of a concern orthat his leadership during thepandemic has been effective.

Even Trump’s rollout ofJudge Amy Coney Barrett as hisSupreme Court nominee onSaturday, a pick aimed at ener-gizing conservative voters, wasovershadowed the very next

day by bombshell revelations inThe New York Times about hispersonal finances.

Tuesday’s first presidentialdebate between Trump andBiden offers the president oneof his last opportunities toreshape the race and colourvoters’ impressions of the for-mer vice president.

But with just five weeksuntil Election Day, votingalready underway in some bat-tleground states, and partisanviews among many votersdeeply entrenched, someRepublicans say Trump mayhave effectively run out oftime.

“Donald Trump is essen-tially facing three enemies inthis campaign: He’s facing thecoronavirus, he’s facing JoeBiden, and he’s facing the cal-endar,” said Neil Newhouse, aRepublican pollster.

Few leaders in either partyare ready to truly count Trump

out, particularly given thatpolls broke late for him in his2016 contest against HillaryClinton.

And in the lead-up toTuesday night’s debate, Trumphas previewed a broad attackon Biden’s record, his charac-ter and his mental acuity.

But his messaging hasinherent inconsistencies.

Sometimes Trump paintsBiden as a far-left candidate; atother times he argues thatwhile Biden is more moderate,he would be controlled by hisparty’s most liberal factions.

Trump has aggressivelyargued that his 77-year-oldrival has lost a step and isn’t upfor the job; yet in talking pointsTrump’s campaign sentRepublicans on Monday, theywarned that Biden’s abilities inthe debate should not beunderestimated.

Some of the president’ssupporters say they remain

confident Trump has both thetime and the political skill toovertake Biden in this finalstretch.

“President Trump hasplenty of ready-made ammu-nition he has been using effec-tively on the campaign trail,”said Ed Brookover, aRepublican strategist whoadvised Trump’s 2016 cam-paign before being ousted dur-

ing the general election. “They will resonate as peo-

ple learn more about VicePresident Biden.”

But privately manyRepublicans are perplexed thatTrump, who skillfully identifiedand preyed on his rivals’ weak-nesses in 2016, seems to still begrasping for the most effectiveways to define Biden at this latestage of the campaign. AP

United Nations: The UnitedArab Emirates has defendedits decision to normalise tieswith Israel and criticisedinterference in Arab affairs,an apparent reference to itsfoes Iran and Turkey.

Emirati Foreign MinisterSheikh Abdullah bin Zayed AlNahyan, the brother of AbuDhabi’s powerful crownprince, made the remarksduring a speech Tuesdaybefore the U.N. GeneralAssembly.

He proclaimed that theUAE’s decision announced inAugust to formalize ties withIsrael froze a controversialIsraeli plan to annex occupied

territory in the West Bankclaimed by Palestinians.

Israel’s prime minister,however, has insisted thatplans have only been tem-porarily suspended.

“We hope this peaceaccord wil l provide theopportunity for thePalestinians and the Israelis tore-engage in negotiations toachieve peace,” Al Nahyansaid.

Palestinians have blastedthe deals signed by the UAEand Bahrain with Israel,which were brokered by theUnited States, as acts ofbetrayal. President MahmoudAbbas used his U.N. Speech

on Friday to stress that hisgovernment has not given amandate to anyone to speakor negotiate on behalf of thePalestinian people.

Abbas said that the onlypath for lasting peace is anend to the Israeli occupationand creation of a Palestinianstate. The Emirati foreignminister also warned againstwhat he said were “the expan-sionist ambitions of somecountries in the region.”Though he stopped short ofnaming any countries, theUAE has long accused Iran,Turkey and Qatar of meddlingbeyond their borders in theaffairs of other states. AP

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Washington: Asserting thatSikhs in the US have neverbeen as safe as under theTrump administration, aprominent Sikh-Americanleader has claimed that theBiden campaign is trying to“demoralise and demotivate”the community.

Jasdip Singh, co-chair ofthe Sikhs for Trump, said onMonday that it was because ofPresident Donald Trump thatso many Sikh youths wereserving in the US militarytoday with their turbans andbeard intact.

This is because of the stepsthat he has taken with regardto religious freedom and liber-ty. Prominent Sikh Americanattorney Harmeet Dhillon isco-chair of Lawyers for Trump,he said.

“Sikhs in the United States

have never been as safe asunder President DonaldTrump. We are a martial com-munity, no one can bully us. Bysaying so, the Biden campaignis trying to demoralise anddemotivate us,” Singh said.

His remarks came a dayafter the Biden campaignlaunched the ‘Sikh Americansfor Biden’, an initiative to reachout to the Sikh community inthe US. The Biden campaignvowed to address the uniquechallenges, including xeno-phobia, being faced by theSikh community in the US.

In the November 3 presi-dential election, Democraticpresidential candidate JoeBiden and his running mateKamala Harris will challengeincumbent RepublicanPresident Trump and VicePresident Mike Pence. PTI

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The ICMR chief said blood samplesare collected from the general populationand tested for Immunoglobulin G (or IgG)antibodies for the serological surveys. Hesaid if a person is IgG positive, it meanshe was exposed to SARS-CoV-2 “sometimein the past”.

For the second serosurvey, bloodsamples were collected from 29,082 indi-viduals, Bhargava said. The data collect-ed included socio-demographic details,history of respiratory symptoms, writteninformed consent, ethics clearance, alongwith a blood sample.

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ammunition within shelf life was disposedoff between April 2014 and April 2019.Moreover, after the accidental mine explo-sion at Central Ammunition Depot,Pulgaon, Maharashtra in May 2016, Rs303.23 crore worth of mines were disposedoff. They said the Rs 960 crore lossroughly mean 100-155 mm mediumartillery guns could have been bought forthis amount.

The medium artillery guns includehowitzers which can easily be transport-ed to inaccessible areas like Ladakh,Arunachal Pradesh and other such toughterrains. These guns can be ferried in heli-copters right up to hill tops. India signeda contract in 2018 for US manufactured M-777 howitzers. The deal is worth over Rs5,000 crore for 144 howitzers. While 25 ofthese guns will be procured off the shelfthe remaining lot is to be manufactured byan Indian private company.

The forces have favoured increasedrole of private companies in production ofammunition. However, these companies

want hand holding as they do not have thefinancial cushion if they do not get orders,sources said.

Faced with this situation, the DefenceMinistry proposes corporatisation the 41OFB factories located all over the country.However, the trade unions are against thismove even though the Government recent-ly appointed a KPMG-led consortium toadvise the Government on ways toimprove the functioning of the OFB.

The proposed corporatisation of theOFB will give it autonomy on a par withDefence Public Sector Undertakings(DPSU) and a high-level Governmentpanel is working out a roadmap to raisethe OFB’s turnover to Rs 30,000 crore by2024-25 annually against existing Rs12,000 crore after the move, sources said.

After corporatisation, the OFB will beallowed to forge partnerships with the pri-vate sector after the Defence Ministry nodand will continue to receive orders fromthe country’s security forces.

The OFB will also be granted a spe-cial preference of 15 per cent above L1price for “Make” and “Buy and Make” cat-egory products. The Centre will supportOFB in case of losses, by way of loan for30 per cent of the total shortfall and by wayof equity investment for balance 70 percent of the amount, they said.

The working capital for the next fiveyears will be provided by the Departmentof Defence Production (DDP) as a one-time corpus fund and capital investmentfor ongoing and sanctioned projects willalso be provided.

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panel has raised doubts about CooperHospital findings on the postmortemreport of Rajput that did not even men-tion basic details like time of death, thesources said.

Earlier, the Board had asked CooperHospital on why Rajput’s death cannot bemurder and what should be done to rulethis out. It also asked the Mumbai Hospitalhow a ligature mark on Rajput’s neck was

on the lower band if he had committed sui-cide. Suicide by hanging should have ledto a ligature mark on the upper side of theneck. The kind of ligature mark found onRajput’s neck is difficult in case of natur-al hanging.

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charge of UP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hitout at the Yogi Government over the inci-dent. “A Dalit girl who died in Hathras diedin Safdarjung Hospital. For two weeks shestruggled with life and death in hospitals.Incidents of rape in Hathras, Shahjahanpurand Gorakhpur have shaken the State,” shesaid.’

In another tweet also she targeted theGovernment saying there is “no semblanceof security” for women in the state and“criminals are committing crimes in theopen”. She claimed that it is the responsi-bility of the UP Government to providesafety to women. “@mryogiadityanathyou are accountable for the safety ofwomen in UP,” the Congress leader tweet-ed.’’

Former UP Chief Minister andBahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said,“The news of the death of Dalit victim aftergangrape in Hathras is very sad. TheGovernment should provide all possiblehelp to the victim’s family and ensure fastpunishment to the culprits by prosecutingthem in fast track court,” she said.

Meanwhile Uttar Pradesh governmentspokesperson and State Cabinet MinisterSidharth Nath Singh said the incident isvery saddening. “Our Government standswith the victim’s family. The investigationstarted immediately and four accused havebeen arrested. Strict action will be taken.Law will take its own course,” Singh toldreporters here in Lucknow while con-firming that the government is extendingall help to the family members. .

Delhi Congress president Anil Kumarexpressed shock and sorrow saying she hasbecome the latest victim of lawlessnessunder the BJP’s Yogi Government.

The DM denied reports of her tongue

being chopped off. He said the tongue ofthe girl was cut when the accused tried tostrangulate her.

On the other hand, IG Aligarh PiyushMordia said on September 14, the victim’sbrother filed a complaint that a man stran-gled and tried to murder his sister. The vic-tim was then shifted to a hospital. She inher statement said that the man had alsoharassed her, but made no other allega-tions. But on September 22, the victimnamed three more persons and made alle-gations of rape. The medical examinationdid not confirm rape. Samples were sentto the forensics lab and the report wasawaited. All four accused have beenarrested, the IG said. He said the trial ofthe case would be held in the fast trackcourt. Now the police have added sectionsunder Dalit atrocities and murder againstall the four accused.

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PPP model.The government has also extended the

dates for signing the concession agreementbecause of COVID-19 pandemic.

Ownership scheme: The cabinet hasalso approved the Union government’sSwamitva Yojana (Ownership Scheme) tomap residential land ownership in the ruralareas using modern technology like the useof drones.

“The scheme will revolutionise prop-erty record maintenance in UP and waslaunched on the Panchayati Raj Diwas bythe prime minister.” the spokesman said.

The Swamitva Yojana is meant to cre-ate a record of land ownership in ruralareas using modern technology and willbe piloted by the Panchayati Raj depart-ment.

“The need for this scheme was feltsince several villagers in rural areas do nothave papers proving ownership on theirland. In some areas, survey and measure-ment of the populated areas in the villageshas not been done for the purpose of attes-tation/verification of properties. Thisscheme will fill this gap to provide own-

ership rights to the people in the villages,”the official said.

The population in 1,08,648 villages willbe surveyed under this scheme.

ODOP Retail: To make One DistrictOne Product (ODOP) a brand, the UPgovernment has decided to set up retailshops at prominent places like railway sta-tions and airports across the country. Thegovernment will also extend financial sup-port for opening these centres.

At panchayat level, the help would beof Rs 40,000, at nagar palika area it wouldbe Rs 60,000 and in nagar nigam regionit would be Rs 1 lakh. At prominent air-ports like Delhi and Mumbai, the helpwould be up to Rs 5 lakh while for airportsin smaller cities like Lucknow, Varanasi,Pune, Vadodara, Amritsar, Indore, Nagpur,Visakhapatanam and Tirupati it would beanything between Rs 1.50 lakh and Rs 4lakh.

Medical faculty: The government hasdecided to appoint retired teachers of statemedical colleges or Armed Forces MedicalServices as professors in the newly-con-structed medical colleges. This will help intiding over the paucity of medical facultyin these medical colleges.

They will be appointed as consultantat an honorarium of Rs 2.20 lakh permonth.

In other decisions, the government hasdecided to link Agnawadi with the StateRural Livelihood Mission and hasapproved revised estimates for construc-tion of jail in Etawah. The cabinet has alsoapproved giving land of Irrigation depart-ment to Indian Railways for constructionof rail line between Deoband and Roorkee.

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ting fire to the machines and equipmentthat is worshipped by them,” he said.

The Prime Minister accused theOpposition of misleading farmers on thenew farm laws including the MinimumSupport Price (MSP) & its continuation.

“There will not only be MSP in thecountry but also the freedom for farmers

to sell their produce anywhere. But somepeople are unable to tolerate this freedom.Their one more medium to earn blackincome is finished,” he said.

The Government has asserted that thenew laws will free farmers from the mid-dlemen and allow them to sell their prod-ucts anywhere they want at a remunera-tive price.

The Congress-led-Opposition hasalleged that the three farm laws passed byParliament, last week, will hand overfarming to the corporates through the con-tract farming.

The Modi-Government has said it isimplementing what Congress haspromised to the farmers in its 2019 man-ifesto.

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close on the heels of the UpendraKushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Samta Party(RLSP) announcing that the party will con-test the Bihar Assembly Elections alongwith the Bahujan Samaj Party and theJanwadi Party Socialist.

A day before BJP had ruled-outalliance with the RLSP which had quitNDA in 2019. The Bihar Assembly elec-tions will be held in three phases - the firstphase will be held on October 28, the sec-ond phase will be on November 3 and thethird phase will be on November 7.

The JDU has asked the BJP to settleLJP’s seat quota from about half of the totalseats it is contesting.

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that the Amnesty International receivedpermission to accept money under FCRAonly once in 2000 and later acceptedmoney in dubious way by floating fourcompanies and illegally shown as FDI.“Human Rights cannot be an excuse fordefying the law of the land,” said MHA instatement on the Amnesty’s statementaccusing Government of India for forcingthem to shut their operations.

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Each day, new businesses are cre-ated with the aim of becomingprofitable and successful.

Businesses have always been inter-twined with the legal regulations, andwith the ever-evolving ecosystem, itbecomes necessary for lawyers andsolicitors to comprehend the impor-tance of business law. Business lawspecifically deals with the evolutionand establishment of new businessventures and any problems that mayarise as the business associates with thegovernment, other companies, and thepublic. It is, therefore, important tohave a business-law attorney repre-senting your business as well as toavoid any incidences of future litiga-tion.

Individuals need to be governed bylegal restrictions in a country in orderto operate with some measures.Similarly, businesses need to operateunder some legal guidelines. In the

absence of these laws, it will becomeextremely challenging to manage thevarious activities that are initiated inthe name of the business. The laws alsohelp to lay down the certainty and sta-bility to the stakeholders of the busi-ness, besides providing a means toresolve disputes and protect the pub-lic against any wrongdoings for ensur-ing better profits or assured sustenancein a highly competitive market.

It is important to enter someform of a contract while doing busi-ness. Let’s take an example of a whole-saler. A wholesaler wouldn’t shipshoes to the retailer unless there is alegal document or a force that can bindthe retailer to pay for the goods. Whena business enters into a contract withother businesses, it is important toknow who is bound to the contractand the outcomes in case the individ-uals who agreed upon the contract failto perform as legally outlined in the

contract.� Businesses need a universal set ofstandards: A basic understanding ofbusiness law helps the business own-ers and other professionals to makebetter decisions. There are several legalrules and regulations that apply tobusinesses, and they need these legalguidelines to resolve disputes andgrievances, provide certainty, defineunacceptable behavior, and protect theemployees.� Handling contracts and legalagreements: For a smooth businessoperation, it is important to keep allthe legal documents clear of discrep-ancies. Studying business law canequip young legal professionals to sug-gest their legal team to make theappropriate changes to eliminate anyterms that might seem conflicting withtheir business interests.� The rationale for judgment calls:Legal professionals need to tackle a

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The NSS Cell of Guru GobindSingh Indraprastha University,

Delhi, in collaboration with the NSSunit of Vivekananda Institute ofProfessional Studies, affiliated toGGSIPU, celebrated the NSS Day onSeptember 29, 2020. The event washeld online on Zoom and streamedlive over YouTube and Facebook.

The theme was — HolisticHealth and Wellbeing. Throughoutthe week, several online competi-tions were conducted includingposter making, cooking, sloganwriting, logo making, essay writing& recitation, NSS quiz and planta-tion campaign. The sub-themeswere — mental health, nutrition,physical health, environment, anti-

tobacco, harmful effects of drugsand unhealthy lifestyle.

The welcome address wasgiven by Dr BVR Reddy (pro-gramme coordinator of NSS Cell ofthe university). With motivating theNSS volunteers, he highlighted theprevious activities of NSS Cell andsaid: “We have 10 units and have alist of promoted activities at respec-tive units and also promote toadopt villages/slums so that, chil-dren get sensitised towards thesocietal problems and in a big way,university contributes in alleviatingprogrammes and finding technicalsolutions by sending our children towhat we call as special campaigns.These are our primary objectives.”

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The DefenceMinister of India,

Rajnath Singh onSeptember 29,2020launched A bouquetof flowers, a bookwritten by author DrKrishna Saksena, athis residence. This isthe ninth bookauthored by thesenior EnglishProfessor who is thefirst lady to get a PhDfrom Lucknow, UttarPradesh in 1955.

Through this

book, Dr Saksena,presents a series ofanecdotes that allowthe reader to extractthe moral of the sto-ries, rather than adidactic impositionof her views.

Speaking aboutthe book, Dr Saksenasays: “The book hasbeen designed toallow the readers totravel their journey,arrive at their per-sonal realisation andbe inspired. I hope thereaders enjoy andrelate with it.”

Business models across the worldhave changed and the expectations

of the customers' expectations, be it ser-vice or products, the ever increasingexpectations to run business is gettingtougher. With the change in the mod-els, the opportunities to start ups and runbusiness with support of other resourceswith combination of technology is ubiq-uitous. The opportunities to raise cap-ital funding and advisory services arealmost aplenty.

Hence the shift in the paradigm ofbusiness environment has undergone amassive transformation in recent years.This transformation has changed theperspective of our nation regardingvarious things including the approach wehave towards developing students for thechallenges thrown at the IndianEconomy and Prosperity. Earlier, we con-centrated on building job-ready studentsso that they can strengthen the econo-my.

However, this notion has changed inrecent years. Nowadays, we as a nationare more focused on developing studentswho can create job opportunities; stu-dents who can not only strengthen theeconomy but can also take our countrytowards development. Therefore, entre-preneurship should be encouragedamong students right from undergrad-uate degree education.

But, why should entrepreneur-ship encourage among students rightfrom undergraduate courses?

The best platform to inculcate thequalities of entrepreneur is the under-graduate degree education, and enhanc-ing interest and exposure to the oppor-tunities of being an entrepreneur andhelping them to develope basic entre-preneurial skills can give a strong foun-dation for students. It prepares the stu-dent for the journey ahead of them.Encouraging students for entrepre-neurship in the under-graduation level

allows them to develop and enhanceskills such as creative thinking, problem-solving ability, problem identificationability, time management, among others.

All these skills enable students toclimb the ladder of success quickly.Moreover, these skills also prove bene-ficial in personal development.Therefore, in recent years colleges areencouraging entrepreneurship throughcourses such as BBA.

How is BBA suitable to fosterentrepreneurial spirit as well as appro-priate skills?

BBA is a professional degree pro-gramme has the potential to expose var-ious business concepts that are basicrequirements to start a business on own,as well as the basic skills of accountingand finance, which are indispensible tobe an entrepreneur. It is also opening upchances to meet real life enterepreneursin the form of guest lectures to listen totheir experience and learn fruitful

lessons on the same. All the subjects ofBBA together will assist students inacquiring business knowledge and man-agement skills at an early stage.Furthermore, it also allows students tomaster in fields like finance, marketing,information systems, and internationalbusiness.

The course is distributed in sixsemesters that spread across three years.Its curriculum is designed in a way thatenables students to develop skills that areneeded in the management career. Thefactors listed below establishes ways BBAis helping students to achieve theirentrepreneurial goals.

The six semesters of the entire BBAcurriculum has the potential to offer ver-satile nature. It provides students with anin-depth understanding of manage-ment concepts and its implementationin the business environment. BBA pro-gram not only provides the students withtheoretical knowledge but also buildthem for practical applications of thisknowledge through internships. The endof semester mini projects and speciali-sation project with viva presents ampleopportunities to use creativity in com-pletion of projects as well as presentationskills, alongside earning experiencethrough internships.

The internship opportunity duringcollege duration gives students an expo-sure to the work environment.Furthermore, allowing them to learnmore about business practices. Alongwith it, they get a clear understanding ofthe domain they would like to pursue acareer.

While at the pursuance of thecourse, many of the management col-leges expose the students to special lec-tures in the form of entrepreneurshipevents, where in many real life entre-preneurs including the alumnus of thecolleges who turn out to be a successfulentrepreneur to share their experiencein a common platform to encourageentrepreneurship among students. Inconclusion, we can say that if one wantsto open their own business or enhancetheir management skills to pursue acareer in management, then BBA is theright choice for under-graduation.

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Experts have been debating for the last fewyears that the introduction of machines,automation and digitisation will cause job

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Work online, buy online, learn online is thenew normal.

The pandemic has changed the mindset andparameters of hiring managers. During this pan-demic the online professional platform"LinkedIn" created a buzz by adding a tool to pro-vide help to professionals who wanted a jobchange. In a short span of time more than 30 mil-lion members have used this tool to help thembecome more discoverable by hiring managers.

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India is a young nation with more than 65per cent of its population being less than 35years in age. It also possesses the largest work-force in the world. Our youth has an incredi-ble opportunity to become skilled in white col-lar and blue-collar jobs. Universities focusedon skilling such as Shri Vishwakarma SkillUniversity of Government of Haryana, aredoing a commendable job by skilling learners

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The JEE Advanced 2020organised by IIT-Delhi foradmission to the 23 IITs was

held on September 27, 2020. Therewere two papers — Paper-I amdPaper-II and both were compul-sory. Analysis of JEE Advanced(Paper-I):

Total Marks: 198The Paper had (54) questions

in total.It had three parts — Physics,

Chemistry & Mathematics.Maximum marks for each part

was 66.Over all analysis of Paper I:

Students found the overall level ofpaper moderate to difficult levelbut not easy. However, it was eas-ier compared to 2019 as per stu-dents.

Some students have reportedChemistry was easy to moderate,Physics was moderate but Mathsrelatively difficult.

In Physics almost questionsfrom chapter of Classes XI and XIIwere asked. Some students report-ed Physics was lengthy. Chapterslike Rotation, Work Power Energy,magnetism & Thermodynamicshad more questions.

In Mathematics, there werefive-six questions from Calculus.There were questions from

Continuity & Differentiability,Application of Derivative, DefiniteIntegrals. One question each fromProbability, Complex Numbers,Determinants and two questionsfrom 3 D Geometry.

In Chemistry, few questions onOrganic Chemistry compared toInorganic & Physical Chemistry.

No mistakes reported till nowas complete paper is yet to beanalysed.

Over all analysis of Paper-II:Students found the overall level ofthe paper to be moderately tough.

It was lengthy and toughercompared to Paper-I.

Chemistry was easy to mod-erate, Mathematics was moderate& Physics was moderate to tough.

In Physics questions weremore concept based and coveredall chapters. Questions were askedfrom Chapters of Fluids , RayOptics, Electromagnetic Induction,Current Electricity, RotationalMotion, Heat & Thermodynamics.Mixed concepts questions tookmore time.

In Mathematics, there weremore questions from Calculus &Algebra . Questions were askedfrom Functions, Limits, Continuity& Differentiability, Application ofDerivatives, Differential Equation.In Co-ordinate Geometry, therewas a question from Hyperbola. InAlgebra, there were questions fromPermutation & Combination,Complex Numbers, Matrices. A

question on Probability was hadlengthy calculations.

In Chemistry, questions fromall chapters were covered andwere Easy to Moderate level.Organic Chemistry had good no.of questions. In Physical Chemistrythere were questions from Chapterof Solutions, Atomic Structure,Ionic Equilibrium & ChemicalKinetics.

No mistakes reported till nowas complete paper is yet to beanalysed.As the test was comput-er-based students had the optionto clear response to change anyoption, they could mark it forreview, save and next to proceedfurther.

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Three wins from three games,two big rivals dispatched,

and an expensive new signingalready on the scoresheet.

Liverpool is making an omi-nous start to its title defense inthe Premier League.

The champion’s high-risk,high-reward strategy paid off inits come-from-behind 3-1win over Arsenal onMonday in an open gamefeaturing a late clinchinggoal by Diogo Jota in his firstleague start for Liverpool.

“This was absolutely excep-tional,” Liverpool managerJürgen Klopp said, “100% dom-inant against a team in form.”

Liverpool is one of threeteams to have opened with threestraight wins, including overChelsea and now Arsenal. Withtwo of its other main rivals —Manchester City andManchester United — having

already lost a game each, thestart to the season could hard-ly have gone better for Liverpool.

Arsenal dropped points forthe first time but was threaten-ing to beat Liverpool for a thirdstraight month — after wins in

the league in July and theCommunity Shield inAugust — when Lacazettetook advantage of a raremistake by AndrewRobertson to give the visi-

tors a 25th-minute lead.Sadio Mane equalized inside

three minutes before Robertsonmade amends by scoring him-self after controlling a crossfrom Liverpool’s other flying fullback, Trent Alexander-Arnold.

That wild nine-minute peri-od, featuring three goals, char-acterized a high-risk game planfrom Liverpool that causes chaos

for its opponents because of theway they are squeezed high up.

Break the press andLiverpool is in trouble, though,and Lacazette was playedthrough clean on goal in the sec-ond half for chances to equalize.Both of his efforts were tame andcomfortably saved by Alisson,and Lacazette was spotted hid-ing his head in his jersey in thedugout after being substituted.

Jota sealed victory in the88th by driving in a shot thatglanced the post as it went in,after David Luiz’s headed clear-ance only reached the edge of thearea.

“It's an amazing feeling, ofcourse,” said Jota, who recentlyjoined from Wolverhamptonfor 41 million pounds. “I justwish it was in front of a full sta-dium.”

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Kolkata Knight Riders willhave to bat out of their skin

to stop a marauding RajasthanRoyals when the two teamsclash in an IPL match at theDubai International Stadiumon Wednesday.

Having started off as under-dogs, the Royals have taken theIPL by storm, chasing down thehighest tournament total 224against Kings XI Punjab intheir last match.

In two wins from twomatches, the Royals have gotpast the 200-mark with ease. Intheir success, they have foundtwo stars in Sanju Samson andRahul Tewatia, who have out-shone marquee players.

In his second coming at theRoyals, little known Haryanaall-rounder Tewatia has gotinstant stardom for his 31-ball53 against KXIP, which helpedthe side chase down a record

224 with three balls tospare against KXIP.

But the season so farbelongs to Samson —the wicketkeeper fromKerala.

Boasting of the season’shighest strike-rate of 214.86,Samson has two successive half-centuries that has once again puthim in contention for a longerrope in the Indian team as akeeper-batsman.

Skipper Steve Smith hasbeen ever reliable, striking twohalf-centuries, while opener JosButtler will be waiting toexplode.

To match or even surpassthe Royals, KKR have thebiggest stars in Andre Russell togo along with reigning WorldCup winning English skipperEoin Morgan, one of the best inlimited-overs cricket.

But both Morgan andRussell have got limited oppor-tunities so far, having dropped

down to No 5 and 6 respective-ly.

The fixture might just final-ly see them bat higher up, espe-cially the star Jamaican, who was

their highest run-getter lastseason with 510 runs at a aston-ishing strike rate of 204.81.

Having started off with afamiliar defeat to MumbaiIndians in their opener, KolkataKnight Riders put up a deter-mined show to bounce backagainst a sloppy SunrisersHyderabad.

Talented opener ShubmanGill’s unbeaten half-century,aided by Morgan’s late firepow-er overtook SRH’s below-par145 with two overs to spare.

Come Wednesday, it maywell be a run feast with no tar-get ‘safe’ against the Royals.

Dubai has been host toboth the Super-Over matchesthis season. The venue will bean unchartered territory forboth the teams who will be play-ing here for the first time thisseason.

For the record, the teamsbatting first have won all the fivematches here so far.

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Second seed KarolinaPliskova ended Mayar

Sherif ’s fairytale Grand Slambreakthrough to set up aRoland Garros second roundclash against former championJelena Ostapenko on Tuesday.

Pliskova, a semi-finalist in2017, squandered eight setpoints in the opening set asworld number 172 Sherif, thefirst Egyptian woman to play inthe main draw at a Slam, tooka shock lead.

However, the Czech’sgreater experience eventuallytold as she recovered toprogress 6-7 (9/11), 6-2, 6-4.

“I think she was playingvery smart today. Of course shehad a lot of confidence justwinning three matches fromquallies,” said Pliskova of her24-year-old opponent. “Shehad nothing to lose.”

Latvia’s Ostapenko, theworld 43, won her first matchat the French Open sincesweeping to her shock 2017 titlewhen she fired 46 winners

past Madison Brengle of theUnited States to win 6-2, 6-1.

“After I won here it was atough time. I had to get used tothe pressure but now it’s allgone,” said the 23-year-oldOstapenko.

Meanwhile, a row wasbrewing after French player

Kristina Mladenovic suffered acontroversial exit against LauraSiegemund when the Germanplayer won a point off whatappeared to be a doublebounce.

The incident, which camewith Mladenovic 5-1 aheadand holding a set point in the

opener, was missed by chairumpire Eva Asderaki.

World number 44Mladenovic pleaded in vainand her German opponenttook full advantage, racing intothe next round 7-5, 6-3.

It was a second suc-cessive miserableGrand Slam for the2 7 - y e a r - o l dFrenchwoman whowas withdrawn fromthe doubles at the USOpen earlier this month ina row over coronavirus.

Denmark’s Clara Tauson,just 17 and a qualifier,unleashed 48 winners to knockout American 21st seed and USOpen semi-finalist JenniferBrady 6-4, 3-6, 9-7.

Tauson also saved twomatch points on her way to afirst career main draw win.

Australian Open champi-on Sofia Kenin recovered froma break down in the final set todefeat 125th-ranked LiudmilaSamsonova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Fourth seed Kenin, whodumped out Serena Williams inParis a year ago, fought backfrom 2-0 down in the deciderTuesday to advance to a sec-ond-round tie against

Romania’s Ana Bogdan.

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become the first man in half acentury to win all four GrandSlam titles twice got off to a

straightforward start onTuesday at Roland Garrosas a ‘double bounce’ rowprompted calls for videoreplays to be introducedin tennis.

World number oneDjokovic, returning to Grand

Slam action for the first timesince his US Open disqualifica-tion, eased past Sweden’s MikaelYmer, ranked 80, in straight sets6-0, 6-2, 6-3.

It was his 32nd win in 33matches in 2020 and kept himon course for a second FrenchOpen title following his 2016triumph, and 18th careermajor.

“It’s always a pleasure toreturn to Paris on PhilippeChatrier, this important court.The atmosphere is a little dif-ferent this year with few fansbut I remain motivated to winthe title,” said Djokovic, onlyone of two men to have defeat-ed 12-time champion, RafaelNadal, in 15 years in Paris.

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“No one can” and “no one shouldtry” to play like Mahendra

Singh Dhoni, wicketkeeper-batsmanSanju Samson said on Tuesday, reject-ing comparisons with the cricketgreat after taking the IPL by stormwith his incredible hitting prowess.

Samson cleared the boundariesat will to power his franchiseRajasthan Royals to two massive winsover Chennai Super Kings and KingsXI Punjab, thesecond oneending inrecord IPLchase.

After hisexploits, Congress MPf r o mThiruvananthapuram,Shashi Tharoor, called himthe next MS Dhoni.

But Samson did not think so,quite like former India player andBJP MP Gautam Gambhir.

“I am sure that no one canand no one should try to playlike him. It’s not at all easy toplay like MS Dhoni, so leavethat aside. I never think ofplaying like MS Dhoni. He isa legend of Indian cricket, leg-end of the game,” Samsonsaid.

“I only focus on my game,what I can do, how I can do itbest and how I can win match-

es,” the Keralite added, again likeGambhir, on the eve of his team’smatch against Kolkata Knight Riders.

With his belligerent knocks of 74and 85, Samson has again staked hisclaim for selection in the Indian team.

Asked if he thinks he has doneenough to attract the attention of thenational selectors, Samson said, “I

maybe, I maybe not. Theonly think I know is I am in

good form, my only dream isto win matches for my team,

any team I play. My focus is onthe IPL right now.”

Having performed admirablywell over the last few IPL but

probably not as much in thedomestic circuit, Samson saidhe has started to understand his

game better.“I have understood my

game, it’s more of powerhitting. So I have beentraining on my strengthson my power hitting.”

He said playing mostof his cricket in Kerala and

Jaipur has helped him inadapting to the hot andhumid conditions of the

UAE better.“I am in a very good

space mentally. I have workedclosely with our video analyst

for four to five months and thatreally helped me improve.”

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Opener Jonny Bairstow’s sublimefifty was complemented by a stel-lar bowling effort from Rashid

Khan as Sunrisers Hyderabad outplayedDelhi Capitals by 15 runs to open theiraccount in the 13th IPL on Tuesday.

Put in to bat, Bairstow (53 off 48)scored his second fifty of the tournament,while David Warner (45 off 33) and KaneWilliamson (41 off 26) also came up withvaluable contributions, helping SunrisersHyderabad post a competitive 162 forfour.

Defending the total, leg-spinnerRashid (3/14) returned with three cru-cial wickets, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar

(2/25) scalped two and T Natarajan andKhaleel Ahmed (1/43) claimed toochipped in to restrict Delhi to 147 for 7for a deserving win.

Delhi lost opener Prithvi Shaw (2)early in their chase but Shikhar Dhawan(34 off 31) and skipper Shreyas Iyer (17)took them to 34 for one in the first sixovers.

Rashid got into the act straightaway,dismissing Iyer with his second ball andthen returned to remove Dhawan with awrong’un in the 12th over as DC slippedto 63 for three.

Rishabh Pant then smashed twosixes on both sides of the wicket in the13th over to ease the pressure. ShimronHetmyer (21) also joined the party,

launching Khaleel Ahmed for successivesixes in the 15th over.

However, Bhuvneshwar came back todismiss Hetmyer, before Pant became thethird victim of Rashid.

Needing 59 runs from 30 balls, alleyes were on Marcus Stoinis (11) but hewas done in by a well placed yorker fromNatarajan to end Delhi's hopes.

Earlier, Bairstow smashed two foursand one six in his innings and shared twocrucial partnerships — 77 off 57 ballswith Warner for the opening stand and52 off 38 balls with Williamson for thethird wicket.

Making his IPL debut, Jammu andKashmir’s Abdul Samad (12 off 7) blast-ed a four and six in his useful cameo.

Warner and Bairstow were circum-spect with the pace trio of Ishant Sharma,Kagiso Rabada (2/21) and Anrich Nortjemaintaining their line and length.

The result was Sunrisers could onlyscore 38 in the powerplay, which yield-ed just two fours and a six — all hit byWarner.

Bairstow picked his first boundary inthe seventh over, launching a slog sweepfor a six off leg-spinner Amit Mishra(2/35).

The duo tried to make up for the lackof boundaries on the slow track with theirexcellent running between the wickets tokeep the scoreboard ticking.

Warner sent one straight over Ishant’shead for his second six and then pickeda four off Mishra with a reverse sweep butthe spinner had the last laugh as he hadhim caught behind with SRH reaching 82for one in 10 overs.

Mishra returned to dismiss ManishPandey (3) before Sunrisers crossed the100-mark in 14th over.

Playing his first match of the seasonafter recovering from an injur y,Williamson smashed two fours in the16th over to take SRH to 128 for two.

Bairstow reached his fifty off 44 ballsbefore holding out to Nortje in the 18thover. Williamson too was dismissed inthe last over.

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Mumbai Indians’ decision to notsend Ishan Kishan, who was

striking the ball hard and clean, to batin the Super Over surprised many buttheir head coach Mahela Jayawardanedefended the tactic saying they hadfaith in their experienced players to dothe job.

It was wicket-keeper batsmanIshan Kishan, who with his blisteringknock of 99 runs brought MumbaiIndians back in a stiff 202-run chasealong with Kieron Pollard (60).

However, the match had to bedecided via Super Over, where thedefending champions opted to sendHardik Pandya with Pollard.

The strategy backfired as all theycould manage was only seven runs offNavdeep Saini and lost the match toRoyal Challengers Banaglore.

Jayawardene said, Kishan felt tiredafter giving his all during the contest.

“If anyone could see, he (Kishan)was very tired at that moment and wewere thinking that we probably needa couple of fresh guys who can go andhit the ball,” the Sri Lankan said at thepost-match press conference.

“It is quite easy to say in hindsightthis and that, but Polly (Pollard) andHardik had done the job in the pastin those Super Overs, two experiencedguys who are capable of doing that.

“So you take a chance on thesecalls and it could have gone either way.

If we had 10-12 runs anything couldhave happened,” explained the coach.

Jayawardane had to admit thatseven runs were too small to defendeven for a bowler of the calibre ofJasprit Bumrah.

“In the Super Over, we had threedots, so that’s a killer for you becausewe lost a wicket and then we had acouple of more dots.

“We needed to make sure that weplayed some smart shots, get that earlyboundary away, which we couldn’t, wehad one, but a couple of boundarieswould have been really handy especial-ly when Bumrah comes to bowl”,added the Sri Lankan batting great.

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GV soạn: LÂM TĂNG ĐỨC

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Bala TC-0440-BLA - Forlight

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tc-v4n1.pdf - PEMSEA.org

tc-v4n1.pdf - PEMSEA.org

11. TC Diurnal Cycle Experiment

11. TC Diurnal Cycle Experiment

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ASHRAE TC 2.1 Workstatement - eScholarship