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A mid concerns in India, a Chinese “spy ship” docked at a Sri Lankan port on Tuesday. Some Lankan Parliamentarians there object- ed to the arrival of the research ship, but the Chinese envoy to Colombo termed the visit as “very natural”. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe tried to allay India’s fears and said China will not be allowed to use the facil- ity for “military purposes”. Making this assertion, he told a foreign newspaper on Sunday, “The present ship did not come under the category of military. It came under the cat- egory of a research ship. That is how we permitted the ship to come to Hambantota.” China on Tuesday said the activities of its high-tech research vessel will not affect the security of any country and should not be “obstructed” by any “third party,” as the ship berthed at Sri Lanka’s southern port of Hambantota amid Indian and US concerns. The ship reached the Hambantota deep water port in southern part of the country, about 250 km from Colombo, at 8.20 am local time and will leave for onward journey on August 22 after replenishments. India is wary of the capa- bilities of the ship Yuan Wang 5 as it can track ballistic mis- siles and satellites, thereby snooping on Indian military installations. Notwithstanding these apprehensions, India on Monday gifted a Dornier air- craft to enhance the surveil- lance and reconnaissance capa- bilities of the Sri Lankan air force and navy. Continued on Page 9 A t least seven jawans of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were killed while nine critically injured after their vehicle plunged into a 250 feet gorge near Frislan in Pahalgam early Tuesday morn- ing. The injured were airlifted to Army’s command hospital in Srinagar As many as 41 people, including 37 jawans of 4th and 5th battalions of ITBP, were returning from Amarnath yatra duty, along with two J&K cops and two bus staffers at the time of the accident which took place around 9.40 am. Official sources said the bus bearing registration no JK03A 3296 of IRP 3rd Battalion skidded off the road, 6 kms short of Pahalgam, and plunged down 250 feet. The bus ended up in the Nallah. Soon after the incident was reported several rescue teams were rushed to the spot to ferry the injured to the nearby hos- pital. Initially, nine critically injured jawans were airlifted to the command hospital in Srinagar while others received treatment in the GMC, Anantnag. Later, all others were shifted to the command hospital via helicopters to pro- vide better treatment facili- ties. DG ITBP has expressed his condolences to the families of the jawans who died in the tragic accident. All possible assistance is being provided to the injured, ITBP spokesman said. Later, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha visited Army Hospital Srinagar and enquired about the well-being of ITBP personnel injured in a tragic road accident near Chandanwari. Lt General Amardeep Singh Aujla, GOC 15 Corps was also present. The Lt Governor expressed grief over the loss of lives of the ITBP personnel in the unfor- tunate incident and extended his condolences to the mem- bers of bereaved families. “Deeply anguished by the bus accident near Chandanwari in which we have lost our brave ITBP personnel. My con- dolences to the bereaved fam- ilies and prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured. All pos- sible assistance is being pro- vided to the injured personnel,” said the Lt Governor. O n a day when the new Mahagathbandhan Cabinet led by Nitish Kumar took oath in Patna, chinks were visible in the Janata Dal (United) with its Parliamentary Board Chairman Upendra Kushwaha “skipping” the oath ceremony. Thirty one Ministers from the alliance partners RJD, JD(U), Congress took oath of office and secrecy on Tuesday. There are seven Yadav Ministers, five Muslims and six upper castes and five Dalits. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar kept the crucial Home Department with himself and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has taken charge of the Health Department in the first Cabinet expansion of the newly formed Mahagathbandhan Government. Kushwaha, a former Union Minister in the Modi Government, had merged his RLSP party last year in March, chose to express his “disap- pointment” on not being given a responsibility in the new setup by flying to Maharashtra with his family. Kushwaha extended his congratulatory message to the new Bihar Ministers through social media, but sources said that all was not well within the JD(U). At least five JD(U) MLAs didn’t attend the swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhavan. They were reportedly unhappy over being denied a cabinet berth. The MLAs are: Dr Sanjeev Kumar, Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Sudarshan Kumar, Raj Kumar Singh and Shalini Mishra. Sources said several leaders of Kuswaha caste held a meet- ing in a hotel in Patna on August 12 night and later con- veyed to Kumar against Kuswaha’s induction. However, those familiar with the functioning Kumar would vow that he is not likely to suc- cumb to such pressure unless there is some other hidden agenda. “Congratulations to all the new Ministers inducted under the Kumar. But be cautious as you are not only watched in Bihar but will be by the entire nation as the job is not finished just here,” Kushwaha tweeted. The JD(U) downplayed his absence in the ceremony and said he was outstation on an earlier scheduled programme. Sources said the party may con- sider giving Kushwaha some important role for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Continued on Page 9 A 45-year-old Kashmiri Pandit identified as Sunil Kumar Bhat was shot dead in cold blood by “unidentified” terrorists while his brother Pintu Kumar received critical gunshot injuries inside their apple orchard in the South Kashmir district of Shopian on Tuesday. The duo were working in the orchard located close to their homes when they were targeted. Sunil Bhat, the sole earning member of the family, is survived by four daughters, wife and an elder brother. The attack comes close on the heels of the culmination of successful Har Ghar Tiranga campaign across Kashmir. According to police, “Terrorists fired upon civilians in an apple orchard in Chotipora area of Shopian on Tuesday. One person died and one was injured. Both were members of the minority com- munity living in the Kashmir valley. Injured person has been shifted to hospital.” In a similar attack which took place in the first week of April 2022, a close relative of Sunil Bhat was targeted by two motorcyle-borne terrorists inside his chemist shop in Shopian. Continued on Page 9 T he Supreme Court on Tuesday said the practice of divorce in Muslims through Talaq-e-Hasan — which is pro- nounced once a month over a period of three months — is not akin to triple talaq and the women also have an option of “khula”. In Islam, a man can take “talaq”, while a woman can part ways with her husband through “khula”. A bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh said if husband and wife cannot live together, it can also grant divorce on the ground of irre- trievable breakdown under Article 142 of the Constitution. The top court was hearing a plea seeking to declare Talaq- e-Hasan and all other forms of “unilateral extra-judicial talaq as void and unconstitutional”, claiming they were “arbitrary, irrational, and violated funda- mental rights”. “This is not triple talaq in that sense. Marriage being con- tractual in nature, you also have an option of khula. If two peo- ple cannot live together, we are also granting divorce on grounds of irretrievable break- down of marriage. Are you open to divorce by mutual consent if ‘mehar’ (gift given in cash or kind by groom to bride) is taken care of? Prima facie, I don’t agree with peti- tioners. I don’t want this to become an agenda for any other reason,” the bench observed. Continued on Page 9 I ndia’s first nocturnal zoo will be set up in Kukrail forest area as the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to set up a night safari and biodiver- sity park on the lines of Singapore in the state capital. There are 13 day safaris in the country but no night safari. The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting held on Tuesday at Lok Bhawan under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Minister of Tourism and Culture Jaiveer Singh said the night safari would be developed in 350 acres in the Kukrail for- est area, spread over 2027.46 hectares. The zoological park will be set up in 150 acres. “Train and jeep rides with local guides will also be pro- vided at the night safaris. Apart from this, facilities like canopy walk, camping activity, moun- tain bike track, wall climbing, tree-top restaurant, nature trail and food court will also be developed,” the minister said. Singh said there are plans to make a leopard safari in 75 acres of land, bear safari in 60 acres area and tiger safari in 75 acres. The animals will not be kept in a cage but will roam free as they do in the wild. “It will be an open-air noc- turnal zoo which will be open only at night. A modern theme park will be built for tourists during the day. In setting up the zoological park and night safari, only open areas which are not currently in use will be used without impacting the existing flora and fauna. The Kukrail forest area will be con- nected to the outside world with four-lane roads so that there is no inconvenience to the tourists,” the tourism minister said. ■ Also See Page 2 W orld football governing body FIFA on Tuesday suspended All India Football Federation (AIFF) for “undue influence from third parties” and “flagrant violations of the FIFA Statutes”. With this suspension, the U-17 Women’s World Cup can- not be held in India as planned from October 11-30. This is the first time the FIFA has banned AIFF in its 85 years history. A ban on India has been on the cards since the Supreme Court removed Praful Patel as AIFF president on May 18 for not holding elec- tions, due in December 2020. Alarmed by the develop- ment, the Centre on Tuesday sought urgent hearing in the Supreme Court on the matter. “The Bureau of the FIFA Council has unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation with immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA Statutes,” the FIFA said in a statement. The Bureau of the FIFA Council said the lifting of the suspension will be subject to repealing of the Committee of Administrators’ (CoA) man- date in full. Continued on Page 9

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Amid concerns in India, aChinese “spy ship” docked

at a Sri Lankan port onTuesday. Some LankanParliamentarians there object-ed to the arrival of the researchship, but the Chinese envoy toColombo termed the visit as“very natural”.

Sri Lankan President RanilWickremesinghe tried to allayIndia’s fears and said China willnot be allowed to use the facil-

ity for “military purposes”.Making this assertion, he

told a foreign newspaper onSunday, “The present ship didnot come under the category ofmilitary. It came under the cat-egory of a research ship. Thatis how we permitted the ship tocome to Hambantota.”

China on Tuesday said theactivities of its high-techresearch vessel will not affectthe security of any country andshould not be “obstructed” byany “third party,” as the shipberthed at Sri Lanka’s southernport of Hambantota amidIndian and US concerns.

The ship reached theHambantota deep water port insouthern part of the country,about 250 km from Colombo,at 8.20 am local time and willleave for onward journey onAugust 22 after replenishments.

India is wary of the capa-bilities of the ship Yuan Wang5 as it can track ballistic mis-siles and satellites, therebysnooping on Indian militaryinstallations.

Notwithstanding these

apprehensions, India onMonday gifted a Dornier air-craft to enhance the surveil-lance and reconnaissance capa-bilities of the Sri Lankan airforce and navy.

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At least seven jawans ofIndo-Tibetan Border

Police (ITBP) were killed whilenine critically injured aftertheir vehicle plunged into a 250feet gorge near Frislan inPahalgam early Tuesday morn-ing. The injured were airliftedto Army’s command hospital inSrinagar

As many as 41 people,including 37 jawans of 4th and5th battalions of ITBP, werereturning from Amarnath yatraduty, along with two J&K copsand two bus staffers at the timeof the accident which tookplace around 9.40 am.

Official sources said thebus bearing registration noJK03A 3296 of IRP 3rdBattalion skidded off the road,6 kms short of Pahalgam, andplunged down 250 feet. Thebus ended up in the Nallah.Soon after the incident wasreported several rescue teamswere rushed to the spot to ferrythe injured to the nearby hos-pital.

Initially, nine criticallyinjured jawans were airlifted tothe command hospital inSrinagar while others receivedtreatment in the GMC,Anantnag. Later, all otherswere shifted to the command

hospital via helicopters to pro-vide better treatment facili-ties.

DG ITBP has expressed hiscondolences to the families ofthe jawans who died in thetragic accident.

All possible assistance isbeing provided to the injured,ITBP spokesman said.

Later, LieutenantGovernor, Manoj Sinha visited

Army Hospital Srinagar andenquired about the well-beingof ITBP personnel injured in atragic road accident nearChandanwari.

Lt General AmardeepSingh Aujla, GOC 15 Corpswas also present.

The Lt Governor expressedgrief over the loss of lives of theITBP personnel in the unfor-tunate incident and extended

his condolences to the mem-bers of bereaved families.

“Deeply anguished by thebus accident near Chandanwariin which we have lost ourbrave ITBP personnel. My con-dolences to the bereaved fam-ilies and prayers for the speedyrecovery of the injured. All pos-sible assistance is being pro-vided to the injured personnel,”said the Lt Governor.

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Cabinet led by Nitish Kumartook oath in Patna, chinkswere visible in the Janata Dal(United) with its ParliamentaryBoard Chairman UpendraKushwaha “skipping” the oathceremony. Thirty one Ministersfrom the alliance partners RJD,JD(U), Congress took oath ofoffice and secrecy on Tuesday.

There are seven YadavMinisters, five Muslims and sixupper castes and five Dalits.Chief Minister Nitish Kumarkept the crucial HomeDepartment with himself andDeputy Chief MinisterTejashwi Yadav has takencharge of the HealthDepartment in the first Cabinetexpansion of the newly formedM a h a g a t h b a n d h a nGovernment.

Kushwaha, a former UnionMinister in the ModiGovernment, had merged hisRLSP party last year in March,chose to express his “disap-pointment” on not being givena responsibility in the newsetup by flying to Maharashtrawith his family. Kushwaha

extended his congratulatorymessage to the new BiharMinisters through social media,but sources said that all was notwell within the JD(U).

At least five JD(U) MLAsdidn’t attend the swearing-inceremony at Raj Bhavan. Theywere reportedly unhappy overbeing denied a cabinet berth.The MLAs are: Dr SanjeevKumar, Pankaj Kumar Mishra,Sudarshan Kumar, Raj KumarSingh and Shalini Mishra.

Sources said several leadersof Kuswaha caste held a meet-ing in a hotel in Patna onAugust 12 night and later con-veyed to Kumar againstKuswaha’s induction. However, those familiar withthe functioning Kumar wouldvow that he is not likely to suc-cumb to such pressure unlessthere is some other hiddenagenda.

“Congratulations to all thenew Ministers inducted under

the Kumar. But be cautious asyou are not only watched inBihar but will be by the entirenation as the job is not finishedjust here,” Kushwaha tweeted.

The JD(U) downplayed hisabsence in the ceremony andsaid he was outstation on anearlier scheduled programme.Sources said the party may con-sider giving Kushwaha someimportant role for the 2024 LokSabha polls.

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Kumar Bhat was shot dead incold blood by “unidentified”terrorists while his brotherPintu Kumar received criticalgunshot injuries inside theirapple orchard in the SouthKashmir district of Shopian onTuesday.

The duo were working inthe orchard located close totheir homes when they weretargeted. Sunil Bhat, the soleearning member of the family,is survived by four daughters,wife and an elder brother.

The attack comes close onthe heels of the culmination ofsuccessful Har Ghar Tirangacampaign across Kashmir.

According to police,“Terrorists fired upon civiliansin an apple orchard inChotipora area of Shopian onTuesday. One person died andone was injured. Both were

members of the minority com-munity living in the Kashmirvalley. Injured person has beenshifted to hospital.”

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The Supreme Court onTuesday said the practice of

divorce in Muslims throughTalaq-e-Hasan — which is pro-nounced once a month over aperiod of three months — isnot akin to triple talaq and thewomen also have an option of“khula”. In Islam, a man cantake “talaq”, while a woman canpart ways with her husbandthrough “khula”.

A bench of Justices SKKaul and MM Sundresh said ifhusband and wife cannot livetogether, it can also grantdivorce on the ground of irre-trievable breakdown underArticle 142 of the Constitution.

The top court was hearinga plea seeking to declare Talaq-e-Hasan and all other forms of“unilateral extra-judicial talaqas void and unconstitutional”,claiming they were “arbitrary,irrational, and violated funda-mental rights”.

“This is not triple talaq inthat sense. Marriage being con-tractual in nature, you also havean option of khula. If two peo-ple cannot live together, we arealso granting divorce ongrounds of irretrievable break-down of marriage. Are youopen to divorce by mutualconsent if ‘mehar’ (gift given incash or kind by groom tobride) is taken care of? Primafacie, I don’t agree with peti-tioners. I don’t want this tobecome an agenda for anyother reason,” the benchobserved.

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India’s first nocturnal zoo willbe set up in Kukrail forest

area as the Yogi Adityanathgovernment has decided to setup a night safari and biodiver-sity park on the lines ofSingapore in the state capital.There are 13 day safaris in thecountry but no night safari.

The decision was taken inthe cabinet meeting held onTuesday at Lok Bhawan underthe chairmanship of ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath.

Minister of Tourism andCulture Jaiveer Singh said thenight safari would be developedin 350 acres in the Kukrail for-est area, spread over 2027.46hectares. The zoological parkwill be set up in 150 acres.

“Train and jeep rides withlocal guides will also be pro-vided at the night safaris. Apartfrom this, facilities like canopywalk, camping activity, moun-

tain bike track, wall climbing,tree-top restaurant, nature trailand food court will also bedeveloped,” the minister said.

Singh said there are plansto make a leopard safari in 75acres of land, bear safari in 60acres area and tiger safari in 75acres. The animals will not bekept in a cage but will roam freeas they do in the wild.

“It will be an open-air noc-turnal zoo which will be openonly at night. A modern themepark will be built for touristsduring the day. In setting up thezoological park and nightsafari, only open areas whichare not currently in use will beused without impacting theexisting flora and fauna. TheKukrail forest area will be con-nected to the outside worldwith four-lane roads so thatthere is no inconvenience to thetourists,” the tourism ministersaid.

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suspended All India FootballFederation (AIFF) for “undueinfluence from third parties”and “flagrant violations of theFIFA Statutes”.

With this suspension, theU-17 Women’s World Cup can-not be held in India as plannedfrom October 11-30.

This is the first time theFIFA has banned AIFF in its 85years history. A ban on Indiahas been on the cards since theSupreme Court removed PrafulPatel as AIFF president onMay 18 for not holding elec-

tions, due in December 2020.Alarmed by the develop-

ment, the Centre on Tuesdaysought urgent hearing in theSupreme Court on the matter.

“The Bureau of the FIFACouncil has unanimouslydecided to suspend the AllIndia Football Federation withimmediate effect due to undueinfluence from third parties,which constitutes a seriousviolation of the FIFA Statutes,”the FIFA said in a statement.

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The Uttar Pradesh cabinethas approved the constitu-

tion and regulation of UttarPradesh Eco-TourismDevelopment Board. The com-position of the board will con-sist of the Eco-TourismDevelopment Board and theEco-Tourism ExecutiveCommittee. The headquartersof the board will be inLucknow. The chief ministerwill be the chairman of theboard. The executive commit-tee will be responsible for thenecessary action to fulfill theobjectives of the Eco-TourismDevelopment Board.

“This board will ensureadventure tourism activities,including trekking, hiking,cycling, river cruise, and jun-gle camping,” a governmentspokesman said.

Uttar Pradesh has a forestarea of about 16,582 sq km hav-ing one national park, and 26wildlife sanctuaries, 12 ofwhich are bird sanctuaries.Apart from this, the state hasnine eco-tourism circuits.

Meanwhile, with an aim toattract more investments in thedefence sector, the state govern-ment has amended the UttarPradesh Defence andAerospace Unit andEmployment PromotionPolicy-2018.

“Due to the radical changein the industrial investment cli-mate and qualitative improve-ment in the infrastructure facil-ities, now some huge invest-ment proposals are beingreceived in the state. Theinvestors are now demandingmore incentives than permis-sible in the present policy. Inview of this, amendments arebeing suggested in UttarPradesh Defence andAerospace Unit andEmployment PromotionPolicy-2018,” ACS, Home,Awanish Awasthi said.

He said specialised defencepackaging is an important areafor the defence industry andthe policy has been amended toinclude these sectors.

“The state will participatein the Defense TestingInfrastructure Scheme of the

Government of India and forthis, by amending the existingpolicy, land will be given in thenodes of Defence IndustrialCorridor and financial assis-tance will also be provided asper the plan for its establish-ment,” he said.

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cabinet has approved the pro-posal for upgradation of FoodCraft Institute, Aligarh (FCI) toState Institute of HotelManagement (SIHM). Afterupgrading, the grant will begiven by the state governmentin respect of salary andallowances for the operation ofthe institute. According to thestandards of catering technol-ogy, approval has been given tocreate a total of 71 posts bymerging 19 posts currentlyapproved for FCI, Aligarh.

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approved the proposal to issuefinal notification regarding theformation of Nagar PanchayatMandhata Bazar in Pratapgarh.The proposal regarding exten-sion of the boundary of theMunicipal Council MungraBadshahpur, Jaunpur has alsobeen approved.

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passed by the Board ofDirectors of JawaharpurVidyut Utpadan NigamLimited, Uttar Pradesh RajyaVidyut Utpadan NigamLimited and Uttar Pradesh JalVidyut Nigam Limited, thecabinet approved the propos-al for merger of the three cor-porations. The cabinet has alsoauthorised the managing direc-tor of Uttar Pradesh RajyaVidyut Utpadan NigamLimited to take action regard-ing the implementation of thismerger scheme.

For the construction ofresidential/non-residentialbuilding of Rampur’s fire sta-tion, the cabinet has approvedthe proposal to transfer 7,500sq meter land in Hazratpur vil-lage to the Fire department.The Home department hasalready approved the proposal.

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Panic prevailed in Bijnorafter a family was threat-

ened with beheading for dis-tributing flags on the occasionof 76th Independence Day.Senior officers took cogni-sance of the matter and formeda team to lay a trap on theaccused.

Reports said that onMonday (August 15), a hand-written death threat note wasfound pasted outside an

Anganwadi worker’s house inBuddhu Pad, Bijnor. The noteread, “Annu, you seem happy tobe distributing tiranga to everyhouse. Now you must bebeheaded.” It was signed as‘Friends of ISI.’ The note wasfound pasted outside ArunKashyap alias Annu Kashyap’shouse by his son.

Arun is a confectionerwhile his wife Shashi anAnganwadi worker. The couplehas two sons and a daughter.They distributed the tricolour

under the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’on Saturday. In a statement,Arun said, “My son found thenote. I immediately calledpolice. I am scared of going outof the house. My son works ina school in Bijnor. He is alsoasking if he should go to workor not. My wife is anAnganwadi worker and wedistributed flags in our colonyas well.” A case was registeredagainst an unidentifiedaccused. Similar notes werepasted on several shops near

Arun’s house. There was ahandcart and a tea stall outsideArun’s house on which thenotes were pasted.

Following the threat letterissued allegedly by Pakistan’sISI, Arun has been providedsecurity. Two police personnelhave been deployed outside hishouse. SP (City) Dr PraveenRanjan said a case has beenregistered and security provid-ed to the victim. The policewere also checking CCTVfootage.

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Reaffirming his commitment to trans-forming the Bundelkhand region into

a prosperous land, Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath, on the occasionof 76th Independence Day, said the regionwhich remained neglected for decadeswould now play a pivotal role in the state’sdevelopment.

Referring to the preparations for the‘New Green Revolution’ in the state, thechief minister also announced the actionplan for promotion of organic farming inthe region. He said the Centre and stategovernment are working dedicatedly on an

action plan to encourage organic farmingin 27 districts of the state as well as sevenmore districts of Bundelkhand.

On the special occasion, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath also highlight-ed the efforts being made for the develop-ment of Bundelkhand and mentioned thepossibilities of tourism in the region.

Furthermore, he said that the decades-long pending irrigation projects werealso completed and implemented in atime-bound manner to resolve the prob-lem of water scarcity in the region.Besides, the work being done under theambitious ‘Har Ghar Nal’ scheme is alsoproducing desired results.

The chief minister also elaborated onhis vision of turning Bundelkhand into apopular tourist destination by revampingthe ancient forts of the region.

A special action plan has been pre-pared to develop the eight forts of Jhansi,four of Banda, two of Jalaun, seven ofLalitpur, three of Hamirpur, five of Mahobaand two of Chitrakoot that are of histor-ical and cultural importance. In addition,the Bundelkhand Expressway will ensuresocio-economic development of the areaas well as the two important nodes of theDefence Corridor — Jhansi and Chitrakoot— will also serve in making the regionprosperous.

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To encourage women entrepreneurs inmicro, small, and medium enterpris-

es (MSMEs), the state government isrecasting its policy for the sector. Under theproposed new policy, women entrepre-neurs will receive a 100 per cent stamp dutysubsidy on the purchase of land for settingup micro and small units. Besides, otherMSMEs will receive a 50-100 per cent sub-sidy depending on the region of the state.

Stamp duty will be far less in compar-atively backward regions of Bundelkhandand Purvanchal (eastern UP) than in thecentral and western districts. This is aimedat encouraging fresh investment, particu-larly in the manufacturing sector, in lag-gard pockets and beyond the NationalCapital Region (NCR) districts of westernUP. The Yogi Adityanath government hasstarted preparing for a Mega InvestorsSummit in January, 2023. It has alsoroped in global consultancy major Deloitteto draft the blueprint for making the statea US 1-trillion economy in the next fiveyears.

“We are in the process of updating ourMSME policy to make it more attractive

for private investment,” Additional ChiefSecretary, MSME and Export Promotion,Navneet Sehgal said. The state will offer a100 per cent stamp duty rebate inBundelkhand and Purvanchal, while cen-tral UP and western UP regions (exclud-ing Noida and Ghaziabad) will get a 75 percent subsidy. The state government isexpected to provide a 50 per cent stampduty subsidy in the districts of GautamBuddha Nagar (Noida) and Ghaziabad.

Apart from the stamp duty waivers, thestate will offer capital subsidies to woo theprivate sector. For example, the MSME inBundelkhand and Purvanchal will receivecapital subsidies in the range of 15 to 25per cent. The respective capital subsidiesin central and western UP will be cappedat 10 to 20 per cent. Meanwhile, the statewill facilitate cheaper working capitalloans for the sector from commercial banksand financial institutions. The state willoffer up to 6 per cent interest subsidy onworking capital loans, especially inBundelkhand and Purvanchal districts.Under the Yogi Adityanath’s regime, about10 million MSME entrepreneurs availed ofloans worth more than Rs 2.5 lakh crorebetween 2017 and 2022.

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On the occasion of 76thIndependence Day, Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath award-ed five police personnel, includ-ing IPS officer PrabhakarChaudhary, with the ChiefMinister’s police medal for theiroutstanding commitment andselfless public service.

Those honoured by the chiefminister include PrabhakarChaudhary, Additional SP VinayChandra, Inspector RavindraPratap Singh, Inspector DineshKumar Dandiyal and InspectorManu Chaudhary.

Congratulating the police-men, Yogi said they have beenrewarded for their hard work,excellent service and unwaveringdevotion and commitment to thepeople of the state.

“All of you represent the glo-rious tradition of service, dedica-tion and discipline of the UttarPradesh Police,” the chief minis-ter said. Prabhakar Chaudhary, iscurrently the senior superinten-dent of police of Agra. AdditionalSP Vinay Chandra is posted at theIntelligence Headquarters inLucknow while Ravindra PratapSingh as the inspector inMoradabad while Dinesh KumarDandiyal is an inspector in theIntelligence department inLakhimpur Kheri. ManuChaudhary is posted as an inspec-tor in Hapur.

Lucknow (PNS): Effortshave begun to start the con-struction of Ram JanmabhoomiCorridor by widening the roadsand a sum of Rs 107 crore hasbeen released for the purpose.

“Once the corridor is con-structed, it will add to the beau-ty of the area. For this, a sum ofRs 107 crore has been released

while instructions have beengiven to PWD to complete thework within the stipulated timeframe,” a governmentspokesman said here onTuesday. The total budget forthe construction of three roadsthat will form the corridor is Rs899.90 crore.

Additional Chief Secretary,

Religious Endowment, AwanishAwasthi said that a sum of Rs3.98 crore has been sanctionedfor the construction of 0.566-km Sahadatganj-Naya Ghat (4-lane) road. “A total amount ofRs 39.43 crore has been sanc-tioned for this, out of which Rs3.90 crore has been released,” hesaid in a statement.

“Apart from this, funds havebeen made available for the con-struction of a road fromFaizabad-Ayodhya main road toJanmabhoomi via HanumanGarhi. The government hasearmarked Rs 62.78 crore forpurchase of land and rehabili-tation of people. For this, a sumof Rs 3.10 crore has been

released initially,” he added.Awasthi said that the DM wouldbe responsible to ensure thequality of work. PWD shouldwork under the directives of theDM, he said. Instructions havealso been given to complete allthe construction works withinthe stipulated time frame, headded.

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Ahistory-sheeter fromHaryana was shot dead by

three people and a police con-stable injured in the incidenthere outside the district and ses-sions court on Tuesday, an offi-cial said. Injured constableOmprakash belonged to theHaryana Police.

A spokesman of the Hapurpolice said the Kotwali Nagarpolice station SHO and theincharge of the police outpost atthe court have been suspended.A senior police official said thecircle officer (city) has beenattached to the district policeheadquarters in Hapur.

Lakhan, alias Yashpal (35),was brought from Haryana'sFaridabad jail in connectionwith a case registered againsthim at the Dhaulana police sta-tion in Hapur, Circle Officer(City) S N Vaibhav Pandey hadearlier said. Lakhan is a history-sheeter from Haryana and hada number of cases registeredagainst him, he said.

“The firing took place 25 to30 metres outside the gate of thedistrict and sessions court,”

Pandey added. The officer saidthe shooters will be identifiedsoon and the CCTV footage ofthe incident is being examined.“The Hapur Police were notinformed about the movementof the undertrial from Faridabadto Hapur. Major flaw is on thepart of the Haryana Police andthey should have informed theUP Police,” another senior policeofficial said. Meanwhile,Superintendent of Police DeepakBhuker said the shooters went toa motorcycle parked in thenearby Raghuveerganj localityand then fled from there.

Meanwhile, in a separateincident in Ballia, a womanwas murdered with a sword bya man for allegedly insulting andslapping him. The incident tookplace on Sunday night and theaccused, Dilshad Ali Sonu, sur-rendered before the Kotwalipolice. SP, Ballia, Raj KaranNayyar said: “Dilshad Ali, anative of Baheri area under thelimits of Kotwali police station,went to his neighbouring housewhere Armana lived andattacked her with a sharp-edgedweapon over some personaldispute.

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Three friends were mowed down by atrain when they were clicking selfies on

a railway track on the occasion ofIndependence Day. The incident occurredabout one km away from Gurugram stationin Bijnor on Monday evening. Police regis-tered a case and sent the bodies for autop-sy.

As per reports, three youths returningfrom work stopped on the railway track,about one kilometer away from Gurugramrailway station on Monday evening. The triowere clicking selfies with the tricolorwhen they were run over by a train. Thedeceased were identified as Faizan (22) &Adil (23) of Mirzapur village in Nehtaur areaand Saud of Musepur village.

Meanwhile, four people, including aretired sub-inspector, died while five oth-ers were injured after a truck ploughed intoa house in Mainpuri district. The police saidone person was still stuck under the debrisand the rescue operation was underway.

The incident occurred near KhiriaPeepal village on GT Road when the truckdriver lost control of the vehicle.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister YogiAdityanath was a massive hit on social

media on the occasion of Amrit Mahotsav ofIndependence as his greetings evoked over-whelming response from people on Monday.

On Twitter alone, CM Yogi’s congratula-tory messages received more than 1.5 lakh likestimes and more than 22,000 retweets. Similarly,his messages on Facebook received lakhs oflikes and thousands of comments and shares.

Soon after Prime Minister NarendraModi’s address on the 75th anniversary of inde-pendence on Monday, Yogi Adityanath post-ed 12 to 14 tweets, one after another, in quick

succession. Through his tweets, the CM praised

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ninth addressto the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fortand also sent his greetings to people.

Yogi has 2.12 crore followers on Twitter,72 lakh on Facebook, 37 lakh on Instagram and43 lakh on Koo.

On an average, the UP chief minister hastweeted 15-16 times daily between August 1and 15. The tweets were posted mainly to con-gratulate the winners of the CommonwealthGames. Besides, Yogi took to social media toapprise people of the government’s schemes aswell as his own programmes apart from hav-ing dialogues with them on special occasions.

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Social organisation BahujanBharat president and former

IAS Kunwar Fateh Bahadur hascondemned the incident inwhich a Dalit student was beat-en to death by a teacher inJalore (Rajasthan). He said itwas a horrifying incident anda black spot in India’s democ-racy. In a meeting held at theorganisation’s headquartershere on Tuesday, Bahadur said:“If such an incident happenseven after 75 years of indepen-dence, it shows that the mind-set of people has not changed.People should feel ashamedand ponder as to why suchincidents are happening.Arrangements have been madein the Constitution of India toreserve seats for SC/ST in stateassemblies and parliament sothat the voice of the deprivedsection can be heard, but it isunfortunate that the electedrepresentatives have failed todeliver.” Singh said KanshiRam had formed the BSP onlyto provide Dalits and back-wards their constitutionalrights, but the current leader-ship of the party has becomespineless.

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On the directions of theCentre, Uttar Pradesh

has made several changes inthe British time jail manual.The Yogi Adityanath cabinetapproved the changes onTuesday. Now, the prisonerswill be able to avail of sever-al facilities at a cost.

Prisoners get their bearddone at their own expense butnow this system will be madeavailable for all the jail author-ities and use-and-throw razorswill be available for shaving.

Notorious criminals willnow be kept in Lucknow,Lalitpur, Noida and Azamgarhjails. Apart from this, newweapons will be arranged inplace of the old ones. Insteadof rifles, many modern equip-ment, including pistol, INSASrifles, will be available.

The uniform prison man-ual will be applicable to all thestates. The system of lock-upwill end now and ‘kala pani’is also being abolished.

There will be four cate-gories based on the number ofprisoners in the jail. Childrenborn in jail will be named andtaught in jail. With this,women will now be allowed towear mangalsutra. Along withthis, they can also wear sal-war-suits.

The barracks will bedivided into categories.Category A prisons will be

spacious to have 2,000inmates. Category B will have2,000 to 1,500 prisoners,Category C 1,500 to 1,000 andin Category D less than 1,000.

The cabinet has also givenapproval for regular vaccina-tion, naming and otherarrangements for childrenborn in prison. Bakery willalso be arranged for self-reliance of the prisoners.

High-security prisons willbe set up for notorious pris-oners. Nutritious food will begiven to pregnant womenwhile there will be an arrange-ment of teachers for the edu-cation of children in jail. Tea-biscuits will also be availablein the evening and specialarrangements will be made atthe time of festivals.

Dates will be given toMuslims on festivals and jag-gery will be given to Hindus.Kheer and vermicelli will alsobe distributed.

For cooking, refined oilinstead of mustard oil will beavailable. Tooth paste andtooth powder will be given toprisoners.

A separate prison will bebuilt for European prisoners.The system of liberation andtransfer of prisoners of Nepal,Bhutan, Kashmir and Sikkimwas also abolished. A 4-mem-ber committee will be consti-tuted under the chairmanshipof the DM to organise prisonreform programmes.

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Uttar Pradesh has been ableto double its economy in

the Covid-19 period and thestate government is workingtowards making the state a $1-trillion economy in the nextfive years under the vision ofPrime Minister NarendraModi, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said while speakingat the Independence Day cele-brations organised in front ofVidhan Bhawan on Monday.

“Prime Minister NarendraModi has given a mantra to thecountry — ‘Sabka Saath, SabkaVikas, Sabka Vishwas, SabkaPrayas’. The state governmenthas returned to power earlierthis year after completing fiveyears. It was for the first timein the history of Uttar Pradeshthat a chief minister was elect-ed for the second time aftercompleting his tenure. This isa new Uttar Pradesh which isproud of its heritage of Kumbh,Kashi Vishwanath, Ayodhya,forts of Bundelkhand and BrajBhoomi which are being devel-oped,” the chief minister said.

Yogi said that to make UPa $1-trillion economy, theyhave started focusing on tensectors. “The main basis will beagriculture and though wehave attained self-dependence,we will be working further forfarmers for whom several pro-grammes are being run by the

Central government. We havealready sent an amount of Rs3.5 lakh into the accounts of thefarmers,” he said.

He claimed that in a peri-od of five years, over 2 crorepeople got private toilets, 33lakh people got own houses, 1.5crore people got electricityconnections, 15 crore peoplegot free ration during the pan-demic, 10 crore people werecovered under health insur-ance, and 1.7 crore peoplewere provided gas connec-tions. “With good law andorder secure atmosphere, UPhas emerged as a dream desti-nation of investors. With theorganised way of the state gov-ernment working in the area ofease of doing business, UP has

been ranked number 2. In thefive years, the state’s GDP hasbeen doubled and now we areworking towards the primeminister’s dream of makingthe country a $5-trillion econ-omy,” he said.

“UP has immense oppor-tunities and diversity and weshould carry this forward witha better coordination betweennature and development. Weare focusing on organic farm-ing in 27 districts, includingBundelkhand, and we areworking with the aim that thefarmers production increasesby four times. ‘Gauvansh’ willplay a major role in this. Tenlakh cows are being protectedand the state government willbring green revolution through

them,” he said.He added that they are also

increasing the investment inUP and encouraging the exportthrough ODOP.

He said that the state gov-ernment has decided to holdthe Investment Summit inJanuary 2023 and get an invest-ment of Rs 10 crore. He furthersaid that connectivity has beenimproved in the state which isnow known for its expressways.

“Interstate connectivity hasincreased and this work isbeing done on a war-footing.Five cities are connected withmetro and nine airports arealready working while five arein the pipeline. UP will be theonly state with five internation-al airports,” he added.

Paying tributes toMahatma Gandhi and otherheroes and freedom fighters, hesaid: “Prime Minister NarendraModi made efforts to connectthe common man to theIndependence Day celebra-tions through ‘Har GharTiranga’ and commemorationof partition horrors.”

Welcoming the freedomfighters and Padma awardees,Yogi said: “Entire countryfought the pandemic and whileeveryone wondered whatwould happen to UP, I was con-fident that people of the state would give their full sup-port to the double-engine government.”

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Aman suffered injuries whileseveral vehicles and a jew-

ellery shop were damagedwhen two groups had a clashduring a tricolour march andresorted to stone-pelting inBangla Bazaar under Ashiyanapolice station area on Mondayafternoon.

Ironically, the group hadcome face to face on severaloccasions in the past. A com-pany of PAC was deployed inthe area to avert any furtherclash. Four people were arrest-ed in connection with the case.

DCP (East) Prachi Singhsaid the police registered acase against the accused undersections 147/148/149 and alsobooked them under the 7Criminal Law AmendmentAct. One of the groups, led byjailed miscreant Sonu Rawat, isknown as the gang of 1000. Thepolice registered the case on thecomplaint of Ayush Yadav, whois said to be the leader of therival group. SHO, Ashiyana,Dharmendra Yadav said thepolice also arrested DilipPathak, who was said to be thechief conspirator.

The DCP said one of thegroups was taking out the pro-cession from Qila crossing toTelibagh while another fromTelibagh to Qila crossing.When they crossed path nearBangla Bazaar police outpost,they resorted to sloganeeringand mouthed expletives. Fourtwo-wheelers, two four-wheel-ers, and a jewellery store weredamaged in the stone-pelting.

Joint Commissioner ofPolice (Law and Order) PiyushMordia said huge police forcewas deployed and the situationwas brought under control.He said the clash was a falloutof a long-standing rivalry.Jeweller Vishal Gupta toldmediapersons that a group ofyouths started hurling stones inwhich his shop and a few vehi-cles parked there were dam-aged.

Meanwhile, a 38-year-oldman, identified as Sant Kumarof Gosainganj, was found deadunder mysterious circum-stances on Monday afternoon.The body was found in a drainwith the head immersed in it.Police sent the body for autop-sy and started further investigation into the case.

Lucknow (PNS): Three menabducted a businessman on thepretext of showing him a plot inBarabanki and thrashed him.They later got all his crypto cur-rency transferred into theiraccounts. The stunning fact sur-faced a week after the policearrested three of the accusedinvolved in the case. Thosearrested were identified asSandeep Pratap Singh and VijayPratap Singh aka Visnhu (bothof Barabanki) and Rajveer Singhof Hardoi. Police recovered Rs30,000 in cash, a country-madepistol, three live cartridges, fivemobile phones and a car.Sandeep was presently staying inAliganj while Rajveer inSaraswatipuam in PGI police sta-tion area. Pretending to be prop-erty dealers, they contactedArjun Bhargav of IndraprasthGrand near Kalindi Park inVrindavan Yojana under PGI

police station area on August 7night. They called Bhargav onthe pretext if showing them a plotin Barabanki. On the way, theytied his hands and legs and tookhim to a house in Barabankiwhere they subjected him to tor-ture. His wife stated in the FIRthat the abductors held Bhargavat the gun-point and forced himto transfer his crypto currencyinto their accounts.

“They also forced my hus-band to transfer the money totheir bank accounts and openedfire when he refused. Luckily, thebullet missed the target. Theythen dumped him on the road-side in Lucknow. When he wasspotted first by a passerby, he wasblindfolded. However, thepasserby helped him reachhome,” she said. Police said theywere tipped off about the accusedby an informer. On Tuesday, theywere nabbed.

Lucknow (PNS): A sorcererraped a minor girl on thename of freeing her from theinfluence of an evil spirit inMohanlalganj on Tuesday.Police registered a case againstthe accused, identified asFakhre Alam of Ajgain(Unnao), and also booked himunder POCSO Act. Reportssaid Alam used to visit a reli-gious place in the locality andwould claim to be treatingpeople through religiouschants.

The 15-year-old girl usedto visit the place along with hermother. On being asked by hermother, Alam started ‘treating’her and later raped her. The girlcomplained to her mother butshe did not approach police outof fear. Recently, the victim’sfather, who works in Mumbai,came back and she complainedto him. Her father lodged laterlodged a case with police.

Meanwhile, thieves madeoff with chocolate candiesworth Rs 17 lakh from a housein Chinhat on the interveningnight of Monday and Tuesday.Reports said Rajendra Singhwho lives in Omaxe City usesthe house in Chinhat as hisgodown. On Tuesday morning,his neighbour called andinformed him about the theft.Singh reached the scene andfound the locks intact. He thenentered the house and foundthe goods missing.

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in Aliganj, damaging importantdocuments and computers onMonday night. Aliganj SHODeepak Pandey said the dam-ages were being estimated. Theoffice was closed due toIndependence Day and thepolice had to break the locks togain entry.

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A‘burji’ (parapet) at the east-end corner of the historic

Asafi Imambara collapsed dur-ing a strong spell of showers onMonday night. A guard wasalso injured in the incident.The ADM (East) said aninquiry would be carried outby the PWD and a meetingwould also be held with theASI officials. However, ASIofficials said the repair workwas going on following theunfortunate incident.

The site was inspected bythe district magistrate, whoalso heads the Hussainabadand Allied Trust. A senior ASIofficial said the restorationwork was being carried out.

“The rains were so strongthat the ‘burji’ collapsed. The

DM and other officials whocame for inspection issueddirections regarding the repairwork,” he said. A member ofthe Hussainabad and AlliedTrust said that two stones alsofell off.

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Meanwhile, an Unnao res-ident was arrested on Tuesdayfor duping a woman fromIndiranagar of Rs 15 lakh onthe pretext of giving her a jobat his school. The accused,Virendra Singh, is the manag-er/owner of the school inUnnao. Victim Manju Singhhad met Virendra throughAmit Yadav who ran a place-ment agency in 2017. Virendrahad taken Rs 15 lakh for the jobwhile Amit Rs 1.5 lakh ascommission. Virendra wasarrested from Gomtinagar.

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Shankar Mishra inaugurated aworld-class Robotics Lab atCity Montessori School, GomtiNagar Campus I, on Tuesday.Mishra surveyed the lab andinteracted with the students.CMS founder Jagdish Gandhiand other officials of the schoolapart from teachers, studentsand parents were present on theoccasion.

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by Punjab National Bank on theoccasion of Independence Dayon Monday. It was flagged off byzonal manager Sanjay Gupta.The zonal manager said the pur-pose was to make the generalpublic aware about the variousdigital products of the bank andPNB One App. He also said thatPNB One App would prove tobe a milestone in the way Indianeconomy is moving towardsdigital revolution. Deputy zonalmanager Anupam Sharma, divi-

sional head of Lucknow PawanSingh and all senior officers ofthe circle were present on theoccasion.

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cle office also celebratedIndependence Day on Monday.GM Alok Kumar Agarwalhoisted the tricolor asked all theemployees to fulfill theirresponsibilities.

Meanwhile, 64 UPBattalion of NCC, LucknowUniversity, organisedIndependence Day celebra-tions in Lucknow Cantonmentunder the aegis of NCC GroupHeadquarters. The programmewas organised at CaptainManoj Kumar Pandey Chowk.

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Divisional CommissionerDr Raj Shekhar while

hoisting the Tricolour onIndependence Day at theCommissionerate extendedhis wishes to people ofKanpur. He said ‘Har GharTiranga’ was a campaign toensure each house and eachperson held one’s nationalflag and took pride in beingcalled an Indian. He saidfrom this day onwards allefforts will have to be made toensure the nation completed100 years and also envisionhow one wanted one’s coun-try to be after 100 years. Hesaid this can be made possi-ble only if people unitedlymade efforts with devotionand honesty. He said to takethe nation to the topmost

rungs rested on the shouldersof each and every person. Hesaid it was also a matter ofpride on this day that the 34thfoundation day of theCollectorate was also beingobserved and he took part inthe cake cutting ceremony. Hesaid the Collectorate wasestablished on August 15,1988. He said it was a matterof pride that India had com-pleted its platinum jubileeand was now aiming at thecentennial function.

On the occasion he saidthis was a matter of pride thattoday in the 75th year ofIndependence India hademerged as one of the fastestdeveloping nation. He said theachievements were worthmentioning. He said Kanpurnow was a smart city and wasrapidly developing as one of

the finest metros of the coun-try. He said the developmentin Kanpur was unparalleled asit was the economic hub ofthe state. He appealed to peo-ple to make more collectiveefforts for further develop-ment. He admitted there weremany areas where there wasmuch room for improvementbut the targets were achiev-able. He said the Collectoratewas always prepared to pro-vide the best facilities to itsresidents. Prominent amongothers who took part in thefunction were AdditionalC o m m i s s i o n e r(Administration) Raja Ram,Additional Commissioner(Judicial) Prem Prakash andseveral other officials, includ-ing employees, BarAssociation members, advo-cates and several others.

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Noted model, actor and fit-ness expert, Milind Soman

while flagging off the UnityRun organised by Union Bankof India from Jhansi Qila to LalQila, New Delhi, under AzadiKa Amrit Mahotsav onMonday said this year theobjective of Unity Run was tomotivate the people to celebratethe I-Day with zeal and patri-otism and pay tributes to allthose who had laid down theirlives for the country. He said itwas a matter to feel proud thatmillions of people of the coun-try were making collectiveefforts to push India to thezenith so as to emerge as thetopmost developing nation ofthe world.

He said the Union Bank ofIndia had on this special occa-

sion decided to hold a loan dis-tribution camp along with thevehicle key distribution pro-gramme. He said banks collect-ed the savings of the individu-als and lent them out to busi-ness people and manufacturers.

He said bank loans facili-tate commerce and manufac-turers borrow from banks themoney needed for the purchaseof raw materials and to meetother requirements such asworking capital.

He later appealed to thepeople to keep fit by exercisingdaily and said age was numberwhat counts is one’s physical fit-ness.

Addressing the functionCircle Head Sumit Srivastavasaid UBI played an importantrole in capital formation whichis essential for the economicdevelopment of a country. He

said it mobilises small savingsof the people scattered over awide area through their net-work of branches all over thecountry and make it availablefor productive purposes.Regional DGM Sanjeev Kumaralong with Milind Somanhanded over the keys of vehi-cles and cheques to beneficia-ries. Prominent among otherpresent were Jatin Agarwal,Shiv Sen, Manish Ghosh, ArpitGupta, Vineeta Gupta and sev-eral other bank employees.

EXHIBITION: The CanaraBank, Lucknow Circle organ-ised an exhibition on PartitionHorror Remembrance Day onAugust 14. It was inauguratedby General Manager AlokKumar Agarwal at its BarraBypass branch. A large numberof bank officials and staff werepresent.

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Sir Padampat SinghaniaEducation Centre (SPSEC)

celebrated the 75th year ofIndependence with exquisitemanifestation of patriotic sen-timents. The Singhanias show-cased a colourful spectrum ofIndia’s vision which was aproud moment to watch. Thefervent students spread theessence of nationalism chargedwith emotions and pride fortheir motherland. The festiv-ities of Independence Day wasa grand affair. Several eventswere conducted on schoolpremises throughout the yearas part of the Azadi Ka AmritMahotsav. It was a perfectbuild up to the majestic occa-sion. The students were intro-duced to the facts pertaining tofreedom struggles, sacrificesmade by freedom fighters,their tales of valour and India’semergence as an independent,sovereign, democratic andrepublic country.

Principal Bhawna Guptawhile hoisting the Tricolourmade an emotive speech. She

paid rich tribute to the revolu-tionaries who sacrificed theirlives. Sarthak Gupta of classXII emphasised on signifi-cance of our deliverance fromthe shackles of servitude. Theprogramme was compered bySameeksha Bajpai and SarthakGupta.

Vindhya, Himachal,Yamuna and Ganga Housespresented a mellifluous choirsinging the evergreen patriot-

ic songs. The students from the pri-

mary section presented a sym-phony of a musical band. Adance drama was also pre-sented by students of classes III,IV and V on social evils preva-lent in our society.

The live formation of‘Seventy fifth’ on the schoolground by students beautiful-ly symbolised the 75th year ofcelebration.The cultural events

came to a befitting conclusionwith the slogans ‘Bharat MataKi Jai’, ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘JaiHind’ with each and everychild waving the national flagin their hands. Manager,Accounts and Finance, AshishBhargava, ManagerAdministration, SurendraYadav, Vice-Principal KavitaChadha, headmistressVandana Trivedi and othersparticipated.

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Parth Senger (11), a studentof class VI, committed

suicide by hanging himself ina room in Yogendra Vihar ofKhadepur colony underHanumant Vihar police sta-tion area late on Mondaynight. Family members brokeopen the door and broughtthe student down. They tookhim to a hospital where thedoctors declared him dead.Police along with forensicteam rushed to the spot andcarried out investigation.Tarun Senger of YogendraVihar is retired from theArmy and present lyemployed as a security guardin Bank of Baroda. His fam-ily consisted of wife Archana,son Parth and daughterPragat i . SHO Abhi lashMishra said Parth lockedhimself in a room on Mondaynight and then hanged him-self.

His family members kepton calling him to open thedoor.

It appears that the boywas annoyed with his familymembers on some issue butthe latter did not divulge thedetails. After quizzing thekin and on the basis of autop-sy report, further actionwould be initiated in thematter, he said.

BOY KILLED: In a trag-ic incident, a five-year old

boy playing on a tractor waskilled when he fell on its rota-vator machine in Pachampurvillage under Sachendi policestation area on Mondayevening. He died on the spotafter his head was cut fromthe body.

According to reports,Anshuman (5) , son ofSubhash Singh of ThakurDas Ka Purwa, Sachendi, hadarrived at his maternal grand-father Jeet Bahadur Singh’shouse in Pachampur villagewith his mother two days ago.On Monday evening he wasplaying on a tractor standingnear the house for ploughingthe field.

Meanwhile Anshumanstarted the tractor which afterbeing suddenly put in geargot immediately stopped witha jerk.

Due to sudden jerkAnshuman fell on its sharp-edged rotavator machine tiedwith the tractor and waskilled.

On hearing the noise ofthe tractor family membersrushed to the spot and foundthe profusely bleeding bodyof Anshuman.

SHO Vinod Kumar Singhsaid the incident took place asthe ignition key was notremoved from the tractor.

In the complaint lodgedwith the police kin did notblame anybody for the inci-dent, he said.

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ised the Independence Daycelebrations with fanfare onMonday. After the flag hoistingby Vice- Chairman ArvindSingh, all the officers andemployees sung the nationalsong with him. After garland-ing the statue of MahatmaGandhi, he offered floral trib-utes on the pictures of greatmen in Atal Behari Vajpayeeauditorium. Speaking on theoccasion, Vice-Chairman

Arvind Singh said, “we are cel-ebrating the 75th anniversary ofIndia’s Independence under theAzadi Ka Amrit Maohtsav.During these 75 years, we pro-gressed in all the sectors andtoday, the country was shiningon global map. The entire worldwas eyeing towards India for itsprogress”. Earlier, OSD RenuPathak and Secretary ShatrohanVaishya also addressed thegathering. Officers and employ-ees of KDA were present on theoccasion. Law and PublicRelations Officer Shashi

Bhushan Rai anchored the pro-gramme.

ART COMPETITION:The Indian Thinkers Societyorganised the art competition,exhibition and felicitation cer-emony to mark the 75thIndependence Day celebrationsat Christ Church Inter Collegeon Monday. Col NeerajNaithani, ADM CMODT, wasthe chief guest on the occasion.Dr Umesh Paliwal, Dr MeetaJamal, Dr Ajay Pathak, NiharikaGupta and Dr Subham Dubeyalong with others were present

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Delhi Public School (DPS),Serrvodaya Nagar, cele-

brated the Independence Dayon Monday with great patriot-ic fervour and zeal. The entireschool was decorated with tri-colours, balloons, kites, encour-aging quotations and otherthematic decorations. Theschool campus echoed withpatriotic songs to awaken thefeeling of pride and love for thenation.

The function opened withthe hoisting of the Tricolour byheadmistress Pratibha Shuklafollowed by a cultural pro-gramme by students of class IV.

The programme beganwith the rendition of inspira-tional lines in which studentsspoke about the significance ofthis day and threw light on thehistory and meaning of inde-pendence. India believes inbrotherhood, unity and amityand the school choir regaledthe audience with a melodiouspatriotic song.

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Project Manager, NTPCAuraiya, Jasvir Singh

Ahlawat while hoisting theTricolour on Monday saidIndia achieved freedom fromthe Britishers after paying aheavy price. He said thus thisday it was the bounden duty ofeach person to pay homage toall those who had sacrificedtheir lives for the nation. Hethen took a round of the paradeground.He said NTPC will cel-ebrate the I-Day as part of theAzadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav tillAugust 17. He then felicitatedthe outstanding officials andemployees.He said this year the

NTPC Auraiya receivedumpteen awards, especially theBritish Security Council Award.He added this year betweenyear 2021 and 2022 NTPCAuraiya planted 5,000 saplings.He said the total capacity ofNTPC had shot up to 69,433MW which was certainly a bigachievement.

He said NTPC’s business ofpower generation and lightingup the lives of millions ofIndians was famous world-wide and its spirit of caring andsharing was embedded in itsmission statement. He saidbased on our dedication to thecause since inception, NTPChad made massive achieve-

ments in the field of renewableenergy.

He said NTPC was proudthat its CSR initiatives andprogrammes were benefittingover a million of our country-men in over 500 odd villagesin the neighbourhood of ourstations and plants thanks toa vigorous structure, welldocumented policies and astreamlined process.

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The Hotel Ramada PlazaJHV, Varanasi is holding a

Sizzler Festival offering the vis-itors a combination of hot,spicy, flavorful, fusion andwholesome sizzlers at a featureprice. The festival will contin-ue till August 26.

Talking to thepresspersons on Tuesday, thehotel manager Vipul Bhargav,food & beverage managerBasant Pandey and executivechef Irfan Khan informed thatsizzlers are a recent inno-ven-tion that consists of an entiremeal being served on a castiron platter which is in turnplaced on a wooden base andadded that a sizzler is a com-bination of the main dishserved with a choice of sauceand a large variety of accom-paniments making it a com-plete meal by itself. The sizzler

has been created with a fusionof regional and internationaldelicacies with the optionavailable in both vegetarianand non-vegetarian, theyinformed adding that there are10 varieties of dishes includingfive each vegetarian and non-vegetarian. The specialty of the

festival is that there are pipinghot dishes and sizzlers with thecomplement to enhance thedishes, they informed andadded that it could add enjoy-ment to the visitors in thismonsoon season. The addi-tional specialty of the festivalis sizzlers with drinks both

alcohol and non-alcohol on thechoice of visitors, theyinformed further.

CRICKET TOURNA-MENT: Under the Azadi KaAmrit Mahotsav, an inter-school cricket tournament wasorganised under the joint aus-pices of Raj Sports Academy

and Computer Institute ofManagement & Studies(CIMS) on the sports groundof the Raj English School inAkatha here.There were twogroups- A and B in the tour-nament and the group-A wasfor the school children aged upto 12 years, while the group Bwas for the students agedabove 12 years. The finalmatch of both groups ended ina draw and in a tough contest,Tanav Singh won the finalmatch of group A, while ShabdMonga remained runner up. Inthe group B, Ankit Patel wonthe final match, while Yash Raistood runner up.

The former vizzy trophycricketer Rajat Dwivedi andcoordinators of academyMahendra Srivastava &Gurvinder Singh gave awaytrophies to winners in theprize ceremony held after thematch.

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ISKCON, Varanasi is organis-ing Sri Krishna Janmashtami

festival celebration on August 19which will be followed by theappearance day celebration ofISKCON founder Acharya SrilaPrabhupada on August 20.

Talking to the pressper-sons on Tuesday Acyuta MohanDas, temple president ofISKCON Varanasi informedthat the Krishna Janmashtamicelebrations to be held onAugust 19 which will consist of24 hour kirtan, Maha Abhishek,Maha arati and prasad distrib-

ution for all the guests. TheJanmashtami lecture will beginat 10 pm to be followed byKalash Maha Abhishek at 11 pmand Maha Arati at midnight onAugust 19, he added. TheISKCON temple premises willalso have game stalls for kids,book stall, gift stall, kalash stalland stalls that will inform theguests about regular activities ofthe temple. More than 2 lakhguests are expected to visit thetemple on the day ofJanmashtami. The ISKCON,Varanasi is also celebrating the126th appearance anniversary of

its Founder Acharya on August20 from 9 am and onwards. Wehave lectures, pushpanjali, aratiand 108 bhog offerings on thisoccasion, he informed.We inviteall the guests to join us in cele-brating the Janmashtami festi-val and Prabhupada appearanceday festival. Acyuta MohanDas, temple president ofISKCON Varanasi has beeninstrumental in guiding theorganising team of the event.On the occasion, HG SakshiMurari Das, HG Murari GuptaDas and HG Rasik Govinda Daswere also present.

8��%���������� �##��%���Prayagraj (PNS): The waterlevel of Ganga and Yamunarivers has started rising onceagain in Prayagraj. Rain wateris being released from damsand barrages in MadhyaPradesh and Uttarakhand. Dueto this, the water level of Gangaand Yamuna has been increas-ing rapidly for the last two days.In this regard, an alert has beenissued by the district adminis-tration in the coastal areas.Flood outposts have also beenactivated.

Due to heavy rains inMadhya Pradesh, there is a sit-uation of flood in the riversthere. Due to this water isbeing released from dams andbarrages located on Ken andBetwa rivers. One lakh cusecsof water is being released fromMatatila dam for three days, theeffect of which is visible inYamuna river.The water level ofYamuna in Prayagraj hasincreased by three meters dur-

ing the last 24 hours. Thewater level of Yamuna reached79.40 meters on Tuesday morn-ing. Due to this water hasstarted entering the villages onthe banks of Yamuna. Therehas been a stir in these villages.People have started movingtowards safer places.

Similarly, the water in theGanges river is also increasing.Water is being released into theGanga from Narora Dam andKanpur Barrage. Its effect isalso visible in Prayagraj. OnTuesday, the water level ofGanga reached 79.94 meters inPrayagraj. The Sangam area hasbeen submerged due to the risein the water level of both therivers.Instructions have beengiven by the district adminis-tration for extra vigilance in theflood affected areas. DM SanjayKumar Khatri has giveninstructions to activate theflood posts built on the banksof both the rivers.

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COURT NOTICECITATION (BY ADVERTISEMENT)

(Chapter XXX, Rule-21)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

TESTAMENTARY AND INTESTATE JURISDICTION

TESTAMENTARY CASE NO. 78 OF 2022

IN THE MATTER OFTHE GOODS OF

Late Anita Devi Kureel Daughter ofLate Chhedi Lal Resident of 26/7 AllenganjSettlement District Kanpur NagarU.P...........................................Deceased.

Arun Kumar ..............................Petitioner.

WHEREAS an application has beenmade by Arun Kumar son of Late ChhediLal resident of 26/7, Allenganj, Settlement,District Kanpur Nagar, for the probate ofthe will (or Letters of Administration to theestate) of Late Anita Devi Kureeldeceased, who died at MadhurajNursing Home, Kanpur on 24.05.2017AND WHEREAS, the 5th day ofSeptember, 2022 has been fixed forhearing of the said application, THISCITATION is issued calling upon all personsclaiming to have any interest to come andsee the proceedings if they think fit beforethe grant of probate (or Letters ofAdministration).

Given under my hand and the sealof the Court this 29th day of July, 2022.

DEPUTY REGISTRARHIGH COURT, ALLAHABAD

Shri Ashish Jaiswal, AdvocateCounsel for the Petitioner.

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Various events includingparade, cultural and liter-

ary events and others markedthe celebrations ofIndependence Day at BanarasLocomotive Works (BLW) andVaranasi Division of NorthEastern Railway (NER) here onMonday. At BLW Stadium, theprogramme started with theflag hoisting by GeneralManager (GM) Anjali Goyal.She inspected the parade ofunits of Railway ProtectionForce (RPF), St John’sAmbulance Brigade and CivilDefense team. Paying homageto the freedom fighters, the GMsaid that today we are all feel-ing joy and gaiety on the com-pletion of the glorious journeyof 75 years of independence.

Under the Azadi Ka AmritMahotsav, many programmeswere organised by all thedepartments and organisationsof BLW from August 1 to 14which included Nukad Natak,Rangoli and competitions ofpatriotic poetry, songs, poetryrecitation, dance-music, essayetc apart from tree plantation,skating with the echo of VandeBharat, Prabhat Pheri, women’sscooter and torch march ralliesand a grand photo exhibition atSurya Sarovar premises.

On the occasion, severalformer BLW employees werehonoured. Prizes were given tothe students of BLW InterCollege who got the highestmarks in various competitions.Some articles were presented toBLW Hospital on behalf ofBLW Women’s WelfareOrganisation. After that, alongwith the artists of BLW CulturalInstitute, students of Chetna,Bal Niketan, St. John’s School,Sangeet Mahavidyalaya andBharat Scouts and Guides pre-sented an attractive culturalprogramme. At the end, thevote of thanks was proposed byPublic Relations Officer RajeshKumar and the entire pro-

gramme was conducted byAmlesh Srivastva.

At Railway Mini Stadium,Lahartara, Divisional RailwayManager (DRM) RamashrayPandey honoured 14 employ-ees who made remarkable con-tributions in railway safety andsecurity by giving them citationand cash awards at divisionallevel. Apart from this, theDRM also honoured 15 train-ers who made the MissionRail Karmayogi training pro-gramme successful by giving acash prize of Rs 2000 to eachemployee and certificates.Along with this, eight runningticket examiners who madecommendable contributions in

the ticket checking campaignwere honoured with cash prizesand citations.

ADRM (Infra) GyaneshTripathi, ADRM (Operations)SPS Yadav, ADRM (Admn)Rahul Srivastava, Chairpersonof Divisional Women WelfareOrganisation Sujata Pandey,SDCM Sanjeev Sharma, SDE(Coordination) Rakesh Ranjan,SDS & TE Rajat Priya, SDOMAP Singh, SDME (Carriage &Wagon) ) SatyaprakashSrivastava, SDME (O&F) AlokKesharwani, SDFM PreetiVerma, SDE-I Rishi Srivastava,SDE-II Satyam Kumar Singh,SDE-III Anuj Verma, SDPOSameer Paul, SDSC Abhishek,DPO Vivek and employeesworking at Divisional Officewere present.

On the occasion, theChairperson of DWWO SujataPandey and the members of theExecutive Committee inquiredabout the condition of thepatients of NER DivisionalHospital and took cognizanceof the facilities available tothem. They also distributedfresh fruits, biscuits and otherarticles to all the patientsadmitted in the CancerInstitute and DivisionalHospital apart from specialbaby kits to the newbornbabies.

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Patriotic fervour gripped thisentire holy city on the occa-

sion of Independence Daywhen a variety of programmeswere organised at differentplaces here on Monday. Withfull enthusiasm and gaiety, thestudents of different schoolstook out Prabhat Pheri andthen the national flag washoisted on the governmentand semi-government build-ings, symbolising the pride ofthe country. UP Minister ofLabour, Employment andCoordination department AnilRajbhar hoisted the tricolour atLabour department office,while District Judge Dr AjayKrishna Vishwesh at CivilCourt, Principal RavindraKumar Singh atCommissioner’s office in pres-ence of DivisionalCommissioner (DC) DeepakAgrawal, District Magistrate(DM) Kaushal Raj Sharma atCollectorate, Vice Chairperson

Isha Duhan at VaranasiDevelopment Authority(VDA), Chief DevelopmentOfficer Abhishek Goyal atVikas Bhawan.

On the occasion, colorfulcultural programmes were pre-sented by the students of differ-ent schools in theCommissionerate auditorium.The students of HarishchandraGirls Inter College performedVande Mataram group dance,while their counterparts ofUday Pratap Inter College pre-sented drama onChandrashekhar Azad,Government Girls InterCollege patriotic group dance,Sudhakar Mahila IntermediateCollege ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’,Vallabh Vidyapeeth Girls InterCollege Yogasan, KasturbaGirls Inter College Rajasthanidance, Rani Murar KumariGirls Inter College DeepdanNritya, Sant AtulanandConvent School group danceand Sunbeam SchoolAnnapurna group patriotic

dance.Earlier, the DM hoisted

the flag at the camp office andplanted saplings of Peepal,Banyan and Pakar. Besides,Prabhat Pheri was organised bythe Central Institute of HigherTibetan Studies (CIHTS) inSarnath. This was followed bya parade by the students of theinstitute. After that the Vice-Chancellor Prof Geshe NawangSamten hoisted the flag. At thepremises of 11 NDRF Battalion,the officers and personnel ofthe NDRF were awardedUtkrisht Seva Medal, NDRFMedal and other citations fortheir excellent performanceduring relief and rescue oper-ations in various disasters.Commandant Manoj KumarSharma explained the impor-tance of duties towards thenation.

In a function at VaranasiCantt Head Post Office, thePostmaster General (PMG) ofVaranasi Region KrishnaKumar Yadav hoisted the flag

and honoured postal employ-ees who have done excellentwork in various fields. ASpecial Cover with special can-cellation on ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’was also released by Yadav tocelebrate Azadi Ka AmritMahotsav and Har GharTiranga. Senior Superintendentof Post Offices Rajan Rao,Superintendent of Posts PCTiwari, Assistant DirectorsDinesh Sah and BrajeshSharma, Senior PostmasterChandrashekhar Singh Barua,Postmaster Cantt Head PostOffice Gopal Dubey and manyothers were also present.

Besides, Chief MedicalOfficer (CMO) Dr SandeepChaudhary hoisted the flag athis office. He also honoured themedical officers, doctors andthe staff for the excellent workdone in the family planningprogramme and First ReferralUnit (FRU) of the districtunder the National HealthMission. ACMOs, DCMOs andmany others were also present.

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Labour, Employment andCoordination department AnilRajbhar led the Tiranga Yatrataken out in the city on theoccasion of Independence Dayhere on Monday. Besides, healso attended several otherprogrammes organised by dif-ferent departments. He led aTiranga Yatra taken out fromChandpur crossing to LohtaRamlila Maidan. A good num-ber of people were present inthe procession. He also laid thefoundation stone for the con-struction of the road fromShiva temple at Goitha nearBawan Bigha to Brahm Babatemple on Pandeypur-Azamgarh road. Besides, theminister participated in theGanga Gram Domri massiveplantation programme byplanting saplings.

During the day, Rajbharhoisted the national flag at theAdditional LabourCommissioner's office andhonoured freedom fightersTilak Raj Kapoor and Tripal

Pandey. He also honoured thefamily members of the freedomfighters Prakash ChandraSrivastava, Saraswati Mishra,Chhaya Bapat, K ManjuPandey and Ghulam Rabbaniby presenting them angvas-trum.

Earlier, the Minister dis-tributed certificates to theworkers being benefited fromthe schemes run under the UPGovernment and other con-struction workers welfareboard. Ayushman cards, e-shram cards and PradhanMantri Shram cards and Yogi

Maandhan Pension Yojanacards were also distributed tothe beneficiaries. The guestswere welcomed by ADM (City)Gulab Chandra, while the voteof thanks was proposed byMadhur Singh, AdditionalLabour Commissioner.

Speaking on the occasion,Rajbhar highlighted the impor-tance of the tricolour and calledthat the tricolour should not beinsulted under any circum-stances. He explained in detailthe achievements of the stategovernment, which is march-ing on the path of development

with new energy, strength andvalues. Underlining the impor-tance of Ayushman card, hesaid that there are only foursuch countries in the world,where such schemes are beingrun in which three countriesare in the category of developedcountries. Describing it as verybeneficial for the constructionworkers, he called upon themto register themselves as con-struction workers, so that theycan get the benefits of theschemes run by the board. Incollaboration with theDepartment of Culture, patri-otic songs were also presented.

Besides, under the treeplantation mass movementlaunched by Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath, Harishankaritree plantation programme wasorganised in Domri Ganga vil-lage in which the Ministerplanted the saplings of Banyan,Peepal, Pakar etc. Conservatorof Forests (Varanasi Circle)Ramesh Chandra, DivisionalForest Officer (DFO) SanjaySharma, SDFO Rakesh Kumarand other Forest departmentofficers and employees werealso present.

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Independence Day was cele-brated across the district on

Monday. Amidst the AmritMahhotsav celebrationsTiranga Yatras were organisedup to the village and ward lev-els in which different organisa-tions played an active role.The main function was organ-ised at City Club in whichadministrative authorities andpeople’s representatives werepresent. Addressing the func-tion UP Minister for TechnicalEducation Ashish Patel said weshould learn from the past.Stressing that we should feelproud of our glorious past, hesaid it was our duty to strength-en the nation and maintain itssovereignty. The minister saidit was the due to able leadershipof PM and CM that the nationas well as the state was movingahead in all fields. Mentioningthe ‘Make in India’ policy hesaid it succeeded in attractingforeign investors and ratio of

export was in the increasingorder. He thanked CM Yogiwhose policies were provingfruitful regarding investment inthe state and opportunities forjobs were in right order.Enumerating the achievementsof the state government theminister claimed zero tolerancepolicy towards crime was evi-dent as crime graph remains ina shrinking order. Aboutwomen’s safety minister said forthat very purpose MissionShakti was launched and resultswere visible. DivisionalCommissioner Yogeshwar RamMishra said it will be realrespect to the martyrs if we per-form our duties honestly. Theminister was accorded a warmreception by being presented abouquet by DM PraveenKumar Laxkar. MLA RatnakarMishra, MLC Shyam NarainSingh ‘Vineet Singh,’ ChairmanZila Panchayat Raju Kanaujiaand others were present.

HONOU R E D : UnderAmrit Mahotsav celebrations

Chief Treasury Officer ArchanaTripathi honoured veteran pen-sioners from different fields.Mola Devi was the main attrac-tion who attended the pro-gramme even at the age of 104.CTO handed over shawl alongwith felicitation letter to theinvited pensioners. Prominentamong those who got the hon-our were freedom fighter VidyaSagar Shukla, retired principaland a renowned litterateur BrijDev Pandey, VasudhanandDwivedi, Jagdish PrasadSrivastava retired from finana-cial services, Kamla PrasadTripathi who had retired frompolice and others.

PROGRAMME: All Indiapresident of Akhil BhartiyaSaraswat Parishad VivekanandTiwari said it was easy to liveas a saint in caves but in com-parison it was an uphill task fora household to lead the life ofa saint simultaneously holdingfamily responsibilities. Theseviews were expressed by himwhile addressing the feilicita-

tion ceremony of SwamiDeenbandhu Maharaj atVindhyachal on Monday.Speaking as the chief guest hesaid the organisation used toidentify 10 personalities fromdifferent fields every year onthe basis of their outstandingservices through a panel ofexperts in which nameDeenbandhu’s name wasfinalised for conferring theaward. Introducing theguests on the stage ShishirUpadhay said the chief guestwas an IITian who had writtenmore than 100 books on differ-ent subjects and was also activeabroad for the spread ofSanatan Dharm. SarveshKumar chief of foreign affairsof the organisation threw lightover organisational activities.The programme was convenedby Anuj Pandey and vote ofthanks was proposed by SohanLal Srimali. Mani ShankarMishra, Nageshwar Jaiswal,Rakesh Shukla, MahendraJaiswal and others were present.

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Nation's 76th IndependenceDay was celebrated with

great enthusiasm and fanfare atNorth Central RailwayHeadquarters, Prayagraj. Theprogram started with flag hoist-ing by the General Manager MrPramod Kumar.

On the occasion, theGeneral Manager inspectedthe parade of RailwayProtection Force, Bharat Scoutand Guides and St. JohnAmbulance Brigade. TheGeneral Manager also award-ed the railway personnel foroutstanding performance.

The awardees includedBinay Kumar Singh- TrafficInspector/Planning, R. K. Patel– SSE/Signal, Rajeev KumarSingh – SSE, Narendra Kumar– Assistant/Signal, Arjun Patel– Assistant Loco Pilot, BhanwarSingh Meena – SSE, Kanhaiya– Technician – III, Shiv SinghMeena – Keyman, SureshChandra – Black Smith, ShivShankar Singh- Constable,Kuldeep Tripathi- LocoPilot/Mail, R. Of. Pachauri –Loco Pilot/Mail, Ravi Shankar– Junior Engg./Track, KamleshKumar – Trackman-IV, SanjayKumar Singh – LocoPilot/Goods, Diwan Singh –Gateman, Dharmendra Pandey– Chief Commercial Inspector,Ved Prakash – Technician-1,Subhash Chand Meena – SSE,

Hira Lal – MovementInspector, Manoj Meena – SSE,Devendra Pratap Singh –Movement Inspector, SanjayKumar Asthana – ExecutiveEngineer/TMC, Rishi Prakash– Assistant DivisionalMechanical Engineer/ Tundla,Dinesh Kumar Tyagi – LocoPilot/Mail, Dr. Sanjay Kumar-Senior Divisional MedicalOfficer, Rahul Yadav-SubInspector/ Kanpur Central. Inthe same sequence, railwaypersonnel who contributed inthe successful organization ofAzadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav pro-gram were also honoured.Under this, Ragini Singh –Public Relations Officer, Preeti

Kumari – Chief Staff andWelfare Inspector, Amit KumarSingh – Public RelationsOfficer, V.K. Dwivedi - StationDirector, Ravinder Singh - Sr.Block Engineer / Power Supply,Surendra Kumar Srivas - ChiefStaff & Welfare Inspector,Rajnish Kumar Srivastava -Train Manager (Mail /Passenger), Smt. Shashi Vyas -DOC / Guide, Bharat Scouts &Guides, Praveen Kumar – ChiefStaff & Welfare Inspector,Shambhu Kumar – SeniorBlock Engineer / Tele, LakhanSingh Meena – Assistant /Work was awarded.

General Manager PramodKumar and President, North

Central Railway Women'sWelfare Organization, Mrs.Punam Kumar released thetricolour balloons in the air.Cultural performances werepresented by the members ofNorth Central Railway's cultur-al team on the occasion.

During the function, theGeneral Manager gave heartfeltgreetings to all the employees,officers of North CentralRailway and their families onthe auspicious occasion of the76th Independence of thenation. The General Manageraddress the gathering and said,

“On this momentous occa-sion, when we are celebratingAzadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Iextend my warm greetings toall members of the NorthCentral Railway family. All ofus are fortunate enough to beborn in free India. It is theoccasion to pay tributes to allthose great men and women,who fought for the freedom ofIndia. As we hoist our NationalTri-Colour on this augustday, let us rededicate ourselvesto the cause of Nation'sUnity, development andprogress".

In his address the generalmanager touched each andevery point of development andachievements attained duringthe past one year and hopedthat officials and employeeswould achieve more in monthsto come.

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Nazareth Hospital celebrat-ed with great vigour, pomp

and colorful presentation of the75th Year of Independence“Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”.The Chief Guest for the occa-sion was Justice GautamChowdhary of the AllahabadHigh Court. The programbegan with a soul-stirringPrayer sung by the HospitalChoir.

The welcome address tothe Chief Guest was deliveredby Rev. Fr. Louis Mascarenhas,Director Nazareth Hospital.Dr. Ashok Agarwal, MS. TheChief Medical Superintendentgave a floral welcome to theChief Guest. This was followedby hoisting of the National Flagby the Chief Guest and subse-

quent rendition of the NationalAnthem.

The Chief Guest addressedthe audience of Hospital

Doctors, Rev. Sisters, Staff andStudents of Nazareth School ofNursing. In his address hestressed the importance of the

Independence Day andemphatically urged everyone totake pride and contribute inNation building in their ownsmall ways and by performingtheir duties diligently. In thecontext of 75th Year ofIndependence Day of Indiacelebrated nationally as “AzadiKa Amrit Mahotsav”, he alsoemphasized that the contribu-tions of National freedom fight-ers whose contribution cannotbe forgotten

A Hospital memento waspresented to the Chief Guest byRev. Fr. Louis Mascarenhas,Director. This was followed bya beautiful patriotic song ren-dered by the Hospital Choir.

A formal Vote of Thanks tothe Chief Guest and the assem-bled gathering was delivered byDr. Dhawal Kirti Tiwari, MS.

0 ��������������������� �/���������� �� �� �PRAYAGRAJ (PNS): Big fes-tivals like Diwali and Chhathare in the last week of October.It is still more than two months,but at present, seats are full inlong distance trains going fromDelhi to Prayagraj and going toBihar. Now waiting tickets arenot being booked in manytrains. In such a situation, thepath of returning home onDiwali and Chhath is going tobe difficult this time.

However, like every time,this time too, the festival spe-cial trains of the Railways willrun and the passengers areexpected to get conveniencefrom it.

This time Diwali is expect-ed to be more bright in front ofpeople who have gone throughfinancial crisis and trouble dueto Corona. Relatives of thepeople are eager to share the

happiness of festivals with theirfamilies. The eagerness forpassengers to come home onDiwali and Chhath Mahaparvis reflecting the increasingwaiting in trains. Its maxi-mum impact is being seen onthe Delhi-Howrah route. Alltrains on this route have a verylong wait for all the datesaround Diwali.

Deepawali and Chhath fes-tivals are in the last week ofOctober. This time Diwali isfalling on October 24, whileChhath festival will start onOctober 28. The people of UPBihar who are living in otherstates will return to celebrateboth these festivals. As a resultof this, almost all the long dis-tance trains coming toPrayagraj are full before Diwaliin October.

There is no room in North

East Express and HowrahHumsafar on October 23, a daybefore Diwali. Apart from this,long waiting times are going onin dozens of trains.

Trains which are showinglong waiting list includingRanchi Garib Rath 168, PoorvaExpress 178, MahabodhiExpress 144,

Swatantrata Senani Express160, Mahananda Express 155,Seemanchal Express 157,Brahmaputra Mail 145,Purushottam Mail 215,Prayagraj Express 88, PrayagrajHumsafar 60, Magadh Express112, Netaji Express 111,Unchahar Express 100,Sampark Kranti Express 88.

Chief Public RelationsOfficer (CPRO) of NorthCentral Railway (NCR) Dr.Shivam Sharma said that therush of passengers increases a

lot during festivals. Now pas-sengers pay more attention toadvance booking of tickets,due to which reserved seats intrains are booked well inadvance. Special trains will berun on the festival, added DrSharma.

YOUTH SHOT AT: Ayouth was shot at over somepetty issues during a Tirangarally on the occasion ofIndependence Day on Monday.The incident happened whenpeople delved into the gaiety ofIndependence Day by takingout tricolour rallies every-where, then a youth was shot atand injured in the saffron vil-lage of Ghurpur. Police saidthat Manoj Kumar was shot atand injured in a dispute overplaying DJ music. The injuredManoj has been admitted toSwaroop Rani Nehru Hospital.

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The Quran decrees no earthly punish-ment for blasphemy or apostasy, nor doesit anywhere command stoning for anycrime, condone female circumcision, orsupport banning art and music. It does notendorse treating women as inferior or pre-venting them from going for higher edu-cation and even joining any profession.Taliban’s misinterpretation of Sharia hasbecome a synonym with a draconian andinhuman Islamic legal system. Even afterone year of rule, the Taliban remainsbrutely subtle.

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����������������������������Sir — It refers to " India, a developednation". It is good to have an ambitious tar-get to become a developed nation in thenext 25 years. But there is a huge gulf thatis to be bridged in this span of time. WhileIndia's per capita income is around $ 2000while our neighbour China has $ 8700.Though the Prime Minister has outlinedfive pledges which need to be abided by oneand all in letter and spirit but for that tohappen a drastic shift in mindset isrequired. This pandemic has exposed thevulnerabilities of a developed nation likethe USA, so we Indians must take pride inbeing Indian. It is not to suggest that weshould not become a developed nation butwe need to be mindful of our trajectory.

Besides that, there is a huge disparitybetween rich and poor and men andwomen which needs to be bridged system-atically. And gradually we will have toreduce our dependence on imported itemsand start manufacturing them in India.

Though we attract a lot of medical tourism,in terms of Doctor to the Patient ratio welack far behind WHO norms, so we needto seriously overhaul our healthcare infra-structure along with the education sector.

Bal Govind | Noida

�� ���������������Sir — The Kerala High Court has held thatthe preservation of unworkable marriagecauses great misery. The Court hasobserved that nothing is gained by tryingto keep the parties tied forever to a mar-riage that in fact has ceased to exist. If themarried couples cannot function as acohesive unit, the dissolution of marriagebecomes inevitable. Love and adjustabil-ity in married life should come from with-in and be spontaneous. Likewise, courtscannot make stubborn couples mentally

unite. Break-up in the marriage occursmore due to the lack of adjustability of amarried girl with her in-laws, perpetra-tion of the cruelty by in-laws and husbandon the woman, greed for dowry, illicit rela-tionships, etc. Courts must dispose ofcases expeditiously when there is a unan-imous decision between the husbandand wife to avoid uncertainty in the future.The judgment of the Kerala High Courthas come in the case 13 years after themarriage was consummated. It would havean adverse effect when both are hell-benton securing a divorce. In any case, delayeddisposal of cases is no better though it hasboth merits and demerits.

KV Seetharamaiah | Bengaluru

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even when our Army hadbrought Pakistan to its kneesand 93,000 POWs were bar-ricaded in our cantonments.

Secondly, the PM wascategorical that everyone,including Chief ministers andeven the Prime Minister him-self, must follow the duties ofcitizenship. That his focuswas on politicians is borneout by his mentioning “CMsand PM” to illustrate hispoint. This has wide ramifi-cations for the Indian polity.Thus, it cautions the politi-cian to be honest and law-abiding; to keep nationalinterests paramount insteadof compromising them inthe pursuit of short-termelectoral gains; to avoid theRevadi or freebies culturethat he had spoken of recent-ly and that had drawn adversecomments from the SupremeCourt also; to rein in thehubris that makes for a wan-ton disregard of propriety,probity, and ethics in publiclife. It was a statesman’sadmonition to a delinquentlot known more for financialscams, mafia links, criminalbackground, nativist dema-goguery, casteist manipula-tion, nepotism, and dynastic

entitlement. The commonman must have been touchedto the core, tired and wearyas he is of the shenanigans ofthe political brats.

These two pledges apart,he exhorted the states towardshealthy, cooperative, andcompetitive federalism, a farcry from some leaders play-ing off one against the other.His call against nepotismincluded fields other thanpolitics – sports, for instance;his stress on meritocracy wasrefreshing in a country longriven by caste-based reserva-tions in education and jobs.He paid homage to the lead-ing lights of our freedomstruggle cutting across partyand ideological lines includ-ing, interalia, Nehru, JP, andLohia. He repeatedly spoke of“my 130 crore countrymen”,“unity and integration”, “col-lective conscience”, “no onemine, no one other” andIndia’s diversity is its biggestasset. Clearly, no group is leftout in Modi’s scheme forIndia 2047. For a leader whowas branded “India’s Divider-in-Chief” in a hallowed inter-national magazine not solong ago, his unifying person-ality and speech were telling

reminders to the audience ofthe actual contrary reality.

As in previous years, thePM mixed freely and joyful-ly with children from allregions who responded spon-taneously with “pure delighton their faces” as one TVcommentator put it. Folkartists, from different states,broke into their traditionaldances rapturously whenModi reached them throughthe throng. The enthusiastichoisting of the tricolor at LalChowk, Srinagar by a motleybunch of different ethnic andreligious backgrounds was awelcome surprise. It wasModi’s favourite slogan –sabka saath, sab ka vishwaasor everyone’s support, every-one’s trust– writ large on theTV screen. India, it seemed,was truly on its way.

Blurb:the PM was cate-gorical that everyone, includ-ing Chief ministers and eventhe Prime Minister himself,must follow the duties of cit-izenship

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First, he alluded to the hun-dreds of years of servitude anddependence, Ghulami, that hasdistorted our mentality andemphasised forcefully that thelast vestiges thereof must beremoved from the recesses of ourminds. India no longer needed,he said, certificates of validationfrom the world. It was a bold,unvarnished statement, one thatno previous Indian PM hadarticulated, more so on such anoccasion and venue. It was as if,the soul of a nation long sup-pressed was finding utterance, toborrow Nehru’s mellifluousphrase, in Modi’s compellingoratory. With the spare, somberramparts of the Red Fort in thebackground and the forgettable,poignant medieval past of thecountry that it evokes in a major-ity of Indians, the moment wasrich in historical irony.

It was testimony to India’snewfound confidence and theNarendra Modi government’sresolute will to not play to thegallery, both foreign and domes-tic. It is this single-minded pur-suit of India’s national interest,oblivious to international bou-quets or internal brickbats thathave enabled the revocation ofarticle 370, as also our bal-anced, nonpartisan approach tothe Ukraine-Russia conflict. Nomore is India prepared to caveinto international pressure as itdid in July 1972 when it signedthe Shimla agreement withoutsettling the Kashmir dispute

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Air pollution is harmingthe health of around 1.3billion people in the vul-

nerable areas of India where anaverage particulate matter con-centration was 73ug/m3, far-exceeding the WHO’s standardprescribed limit of 5μg/m3,catalysing the levels of car-bonization. India is witnessingrapid rise of two-wheelers, rep-resenting about 76 per cent ofthe total, which is over 210 mil-lion. Nearly 60,000 two-wheel-ers per day are being registeredin India, consuming 61 percent of total sale of petrol.

The two-wheelers accountfor almost 20 per cent of thetotal carbon dioxide emissionsand 30 per cent of the particu-late emissions in urban areas.The worst sufferers are the vul-nerable sections of society suchas growing children, expectant-

mothers, elderly people andpatients having lung problems.

The latest research studiesof Energy Policy Institute at theUniversity of Chicago observedthat “at the current pollutionlevels about 510 million peoplewho live in northern India,representing nearly 40 per centof India’s population, are on-track to lose 7.6 years of theirlives on an average”.

However, by all out effortslike two wheelers e-mobility andgradual phasing out of ‘InternalCombustion Engine (ICE)based tail pipe emitters’ formitigating the pollution levels tothe WHO’s prescribed levelswould mean that an estimated240 million people in the northIndian state - Uttar Pradesh -would gain about 10 years inlife-expectancy.

Two wheelers pollute more,

having cascading impact inurban areas to an overall partic-ulate matter concentration,observed to be the highest in theworld.

On an average, each two-wheeler enriches greenhousegases by adding around 300gms/km of carbon dioxide,besides (as per Bharat Stage-IVstandard prescribed limitsunder standardized conditions)remarkable quantities of pollu-tants like (1.50 gm/km) carbonmonoxide (known as silentkiller) and (1.50 gm/km)hydrocarbons plus oxide ofnitrogen, etc.

These standard limits nor-mally exceeded because of fac-tors like driving in frequent traf-fic jams, road conditions, fuelquality, local environmentalconditions, etc.

Assuming broadly, around

75 million two-wheelers, havingan average of about 250km/month pacing on the road,will collectively translate around75m tonnes/year of carbondioxide into the atmosphere,entailing emission of dreadedparticulate matter.

The world’s fourth largestenergy hungry India (yet behindChina, US and the EuropeanUnion), will according to IEA’sforecast will become the thirdlargest consumer, overlappingEuropean Union by2030.Though indeed it is aHerculean task to achieve the setgoal of IPCC by 2030, it is cer-tainly not impossible.

Realizing impending threatto economies, India’s vehiculartransportation scenario is set tohave a ‘sea change’ as theGovernment’s think tank –National Institute for

Transforming India – NITIAayog is chalking out a slew ofprogressive set targets to miti-gate and eliminate pollution bypushing the ambitious plans ofelectrifying two-wheelers andgradually phasing out the sale of‘ICE-based tail pipe emitters’.

The government’s well setdelineations with full support ofcorporates will undergo a seachange by 2030 with e-mobili-ty as preferred mode of trans-port by having an ambitiousplan of electrifying around 80per cent, say close to 54.4 mil-lion two-wheelers with eco-friendly alluring all segments ofe-two wheelers and setting upgigantic chain of about 6K-charging stations in the nookand corner, will certainly enableto get rid of routinely lining-upat petrol pumps.

Currently, to fill the gasoline

tank of a bike of 11 litre, it costsabout Rs 1100. So, this meansthat a e-two wheeler owner canget a full charge for less than thatof the cost of one-litre of gaso-line, with no tail-pipe emission,no tormenting exhaust noise,i.e., noise pollution, compara-tively at much less maintenancecost to govern mere 20-25 mov-ing parts in the vehicle’s assem-bly in comparison to about2000 parts in the ICV gasolinebased two-wheelers..

In the race of new tech-nologies, India is not leggingbehind and gradually unveilingits plans on the befitting occa-sions for widespread applicationof fuel-cell technology as ‘newmedium of energy’, replacingfossil fuels in public and privatetransport systems, railways,power generation, data process-ing stations, etc.

It is high time not to missan opportunity to preservethe environment and warrantsmore initiatives with individ-ual approach too. An earliercensus had reported that mere30 per cent of the trips to workare made on foot and 17 percent by bicycle. Besides thegovernment initiatives, herethe powerful media mustshoulder its responsibility toplay its more constructive rolefor mitigating vehicular pollu-tion in cities and make awarethe public about the grim pic-ture of vehicular pollution inthe years to come. Spreadingthe mission of greenery allaround and prefer trips towork on foot in urban areas onthe lines of smartly populatedcities like Surat and Bangalore,will bear fruits for morrow-generations.

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���!'3!1!%&10!-!4 Nelson Mandela has rightly saidthat “education is the most pow-erful weapon we can use tochange the world”. It is a stairway

to the growth and development ofhumankind. The right to education mustbe universal so that everyone can pursueprospects of a better future. However, theright to education is not only the right toaccess education. It’s also about receivinga quality education.

Quality education is of paramountimportance in today's complex and fast-changing environment. It fosters the knowl-edge, skills and values required to create afairer and more sustainable world.According to ‘Education International andthe Association for Supervision andCurriculum Development’, quality educa-tion “is one that focuses on the child's over-all development - social, emotional, men-tal, physical and cognitive, regardless of gen-der, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status orgeographic location”. Its goal is to preparestudents for the challenges they are likelyto face later in their lives.

We now realize that education alone willnot lead to a sustainable future, therefore,learning about sustainable development(SD) is necessary. Target 4.7 in the 2030Agenda for SD emphasizes the importanceof transformative education that promotesglobal citizenship, sustainable develop-ment, human rights, gender equality, peaceand cultural diversity.

The Brundtland Report coined the term“Sustainable Development” and defined itas "development that meets the needs of thepresent without compromising the abilityof future generations to meet their needs”.

It is a holistic approach and is oftendepicted as three overlapping circles: eco-logical, social and economic. It demon-strates the interplay of all parts of life andthe need for their equal consideration tofind lasting prosperity. But we generallyhave a unidirectional approach towards sus-tainability based on our predisposition, forexample from an ecological, economic orsocial viewpoint, which often results intrade-offs.

The interconnected nature of the chal-lenges the world faces today cannot beunderstood in isolation. For instance,every year, climate change like extremeweather events and rising sea levels forcemillions of people to flee their homes. Thisresults in climate refugees and a rise inpoverty. As climate change and poverty areinextricably linked, one cannot be solvedwithout addressing the other.

To comprehend basic principles of ecol-ogy, one must think holistically about rela-tionships, connectedness and context torealize the intricate interdependence andoften unpredictable dynamics of ecologi-cal, social, and economic systems. This shiftof focus from analytical thinking (parts) tocontextual thinking (whole) is a prerequi-site for building a more resilient world,ensuring systemic decision and policy

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making. It is regarded as a criticalability in education, as it enables stu-dents to untangle and work withinthe complexities of life on Earth.

Integration of education forsustainable development (ESD) intoteaching and learning can help inthe realization of quality education,which is critical to fulfilling manyof the sustainable developmentgoals (SDGs) such as breaking thecycle of poverty, reducing inequal-ities, achieving gender equality andimproving agricultural productivi-ty. It is also essential for addressingother key issues, including wastefulconsumption, biodiversity conser-vation, natural resource use, climatechange, energy, freshwater, health,sanitation and waste management.

ESD is an interdisciplinary fieldthat integrates concepts from mul-tiple disciplines to understand hownatural and man-made processesinteract with each other and ulti-mately affect the various biomes onthe planet. Its goal is to discovernovel and sustainable ways of livingand managing natural resources toprotect vital ecological systems andenhance long-term prospects forhuman prosperity.

Adopting a wide range of par-ticipatory methodologies in educa-tion, such as problem-based andproject-based learning are essentialto change the behaviours and equipthe current and future generationswith the knowledge and skills theyneed to shape a sustainable future.These methodologies will allowthem to develop problem-solving,interdisciplinary and systemicthinking skills, which will helpthem learn 'how to think' ratherthan 'what to think' within the con-text of sustainability.

Our sustainable future requiressocieties and countries to work

together, hence, it advocates the useof collaborative learning at all stagesof education. In collaborative learn-ing, students in small groups worktogether on a common goal to seekunderstanding and solutions. Itfulfills the primary purpose of edu-cation – nurturing responsible cit-izens who can work together tosolve complex ecological, socialand economic issues.

Thus, working on collaborativelearning projects at an early age canboost confidence and help in devel-oping critical thinking, positiveinterdependence, diverse under-standing along with various othersocial skills such as leadership,decision-making, communication,trust-building, conflict manage-ment and a sense of ownership.

Educational institutions alsoneed to partner with multiplestakeholders and various othersectors such as economics, environ-ment, etc., to take up co-learning.It will facilitate students to engagewith real-life issues and gain thepractical knowledge and skillsneeded to build long-term sustain-able solutions.

Conventionally, ESD has beenconsidered a separate componentwithin the educational systems.However, over the past few years,it has been argued that it should beintegrated into mainstream disci-plines at all levels, settings, andtypes (informal, formal, non-for-mal) of education. This requires asystemic change in all kinds oftextbooks, including science, math,social sciences, humanities, etc. Italso requires significant reforms inthe educational system, includingstrengthening curricula, cogni-tive and non-cognitive elements,transforming learning environ-ments, establishing diverse part-

nerships, providing teacher train-ing, creating local learning oppor-tunities, and implementing inno-vative pedagogies.

Teaching ESD requires knowl-edge of several disciplines that isgenerally beyond teachers' expertise.Therefore, re-organisation of teachereducation is crucial to re-organis-ing the study environment. It alsoentails research and development toidentify best practices of pedagogy.Reforms of this magnitude, howev-er, will not be possible without effec-tive policies, operational frame-works, political will, financial assis-tance and stakeholders' cooperation.

National Education Policy 2020is the first education policy of the21st century, which aims to align theeducation system with SDGs andmake education holistic, inclusive,multidisciplinary, learner-centric,inquiry-driven and experientialwhich can transform India into avibrant knowledge-based societyand global knowledge superpower.

Our collective responsibility toimprove the quality of education isessential for achieving the ambitionsof ‘Agenda 2030’ and ensuring con-tinuity in the quality of human life.Governments, teachers, education-al institutions and stakeholdershave a vanguard role to play, alongwith parents and students them-selves. However, we stand nowwhere two roads diverge. But unlikethe roads in Robert Frost's familiarpoem, they are not equally fair. Theroad we have long been traveling isdeceptively easy, a smooth super-highway on which we progresswith great speed, but at its end liesdisaster. The other fork of the road- the one less traveled by - offers thelast and our only chance to reach adestination that assures the preser-vation of the earth.

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New Delhi: Education MinisterDharmendra Pradhan onTuesday appealed to the publicto participate in a citizen surveybeing conducted by NCERTfor development of a newNational CurriculumFramework (NCF) for schooleducation. NCF serves as aguideline for designing syllabusand textbooks and for teachingpractices in the country.

There are a total 10 ques-tions in the digital survey witheach of them having five options.The queries include how tomake education futuristic andskill oriented and improve thedignity of teachers in country.The minister said that "devel-opment of a vibrant, dynamic,inclusive and futuristic NationalCurriculum Framework isessential for integrating cultur-al-rootedness along with glob-al outlook, freeing educationfrom the colonial hangover andinstilling a deeper sense of pride

in our next generations". "Iappeal to all citizens to partici-pate in Citizen Survey for NCFfor developing #NayeBharatKaNayaCurriculum. A dynamicNational CurriculumFramework in line with theNEP 2020 will play a major rolein achieving the goal of ViksitBharat," Pradhan said in a seriesof tweets.

The Digital Survey forNational Curriculum (DiSaNC)is being conducted by educationministry and National Councilof Education and ResearchTraining (NCERT) as part ofpublic consultation process forformulation of NCF.

The other questions in sur-vey are pertaining to people'sopinion on values that need tobe imbibed in children in courseof school education, languagesthey should learn from class 1onwards and parents' envision ofteachers' role in holistic devel-opment of children. PNS

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The Centre on Tuesday toldthe Supreme Court there is

no merit in the plea allegingincreasing attacks on Christiansin India and the petitioner has"resorted to falsehood and self-serving documents" along withpress reports which have mis-reported such incidents.

The Ministry of HomeAffairs (MHA) in an affidavitsaid that as per the inputs it hasreceived, a majority of the inci-dents cited by the petitioner asattack on Christians werewrongfully projected in newsreports.

The petition was filed by aChristian priest Rev. PeterMachado and others seeking toimplement guidelines issuedby the Supreme Court in 2018on hate crime cases.

"The petitioners claimedto have based petition oninformation gathered throughsources like press reports (TheWire, The Scroll, HindustanTimes, Dainik Bhaskar, etc.),“independent” online databas-es and from findings of variousnon-profit organisations. It issubmitted that enquiries revealthat a majority of incidentsalleged as Christian persecutionin these reports were either falseor wrongfully projected," theaffidavit said. In some cases,incidents of purely criminalnature and arising out of per-sonal issues, are categorised.

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Opposition parties onTuesday hit out at Prime

Minister Narendra Modi overthe release of 11 people convicted for rape and murderin the Bilkis Bano case of the2002 Gujarat riots within hoursof his praise for "Nari Shakti"in his Independence Dayspeech and said this is the "realface" of New India under theBJP.

The attack by the opposi-tion parties came a day after theBJP-led Gujarat Governmentreleased the convicts, servinglife imprisonment for the gang

rape of a pregnant Bilkis Banoand murder of seven of herfamily, under its remission pol-icy. The convicts, who were alsocharged with killing the preg-nant Muslim woman's three-year-old daughter, were wel-comed with sweets and gar-lands outside the jail.

Congress spokespersonPawan Khera said PrimeMinister Modi should tell thecountry if he himself believedin his words when he spokeabout the safety, respect and

empowerment of women. "The BJP Government in

Gujarat released 11 convicts inthe Bilkis Bano gang rape case.This decision brings out theBJP Government's mindset," hesaid at AICC Press briefing.

The party also referred tothe Kathua and Unnao casesand said it embarrasses every-one in politics when office-bearers and supporters of anational political party are seentaking out a rally in favour ofrapists on the streets.

"Yesterday, from the ram-parts of the Red Fort, thePrime Minister spoke bigthings about women's safety,women's power, women'srespect. A few hours laterGujarat government releasedthose behind rape.

We also saw that convictsin rape who were released arebeing honoured. Is this AmritMahotsav," Khera said.

Shiv Sena leader and aRajya Sabha member PriyankaChaturvedi reminded the factthat guidelines on prisonerrelease stipulates that rape con-victed aren’t eligible for remis-sion. “nari Shakti. Not,” shetweeted while taking a swipe onModi’s Independence Dayspeech.

While CPI(M) also strong-ly condemned the release of theconvicts, saying "this is the realface of New India — convict-ed killers and rapists released"and activist Teesta Setalvad"who fought for justice wasjailed", Trinamool Congress

spokesperson Saket Gokhalesaid Bilkis Bano was "raped inthe 2002 Gujarat pogrom andher entire family was murderedand buried in a mass grave".

All India Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen (AIMIM) chiefAsaduddin Owaisi also tar-geted Prime Minister Modiover their release.

In his Independence Dayspeech, Modi had askedIndians to take a pledge not todo anything that lowers digni-ty of women, Owaisi said.

"He said something aboutsupporting 'Nari Shakti'.Gujarat BJP Govt releasedcriminals convicted of gangrape on the same day. The mes-sage is clear," Owaisi tweeted.

Bahujan Samaj Party MPDanish Ali also referred toPrime Minister's remarks andsaid release of 11 convicts hasexposed huge gap betweenwords and the spirit of justice.

"The world is watching butwho cares in 'New India'?" hetweeted.

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New Delhi: A special NIAcourt on Tuesday remandedMohsin Ahmad, an allegedactive member of Islamist ter-ror group ISIS, to judicial cus-tody for 30 days.

A student of Delhi's JamiaMillia Islamia, Ahmad wasarrested on August 6 for beingan active member of the terrorgroup and for collecting fundsfrom sympathisers in Indiaand overseas. He was pro-duced before the court onTuesday at the end of his NIAremand following which he wassent to judicial custody.Following his arrest earlier thismonth, the NIA said thatAhmad, 22, was sending thecollected funds to Syria andother places via cryptocurren-cy. Originally hailing from

Patna, Ahmad was living in theBatla House area of the nation-al capital and was a second-yearstudent of electrical engineer-ing at Jamia.

The "radicalised" individ-ual Mohsin Ahmad, hailingfrom Patna, was collectingfunds for the global terrorgroup and was arrested duringsearches here in connectionwith the ISIS module case, theNIA had said after his arrest.

His arrest followed after theNIA searched his residentialpremises here. Before his arrest,he was residing at F- 18/27,Japani Gali, Jogabai Extension,Batla house, New Delhi and isa permanent resident of Newcolony, ITI women, Digha,Dinapur cum Khagaul, Patna,Bihar.

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The Delhi High Court onTuesday questioned why

restaurants should recover ser-vice charges from consumers asan “additional” and “separatelevy." A bench headed byChief Justice Satish ChandraSharma and JusticeSubramonium Prasadremarked that a common manperceives service charge as aGovernment levy and restau-rants can increase their foodprices to absorb this chargeinstead of recovering it in theform of an additional chargeover and above the total bill.

The High Court was hear-ing an appeal by the Centreagainst a single judge's orderstaying its guidelines prohibit-ing hotels and restaurants fromlevying service charges auto-matically on food bills. Thenext hearing is scheduled onAugust 18.

Counsel appearing forone of the restaurant associa-tions said that the servicecharge was not a governmentlevy and it was for the benefitof the restaurant employees andwas not a substitute for “tips”.“You increase the salary. We

will hear you,” stated the courtwhich observed that the levy ofservice charge was “very muchconnected with consumers”and not just the employees ofthe restaurant. “That (servicecharge as a Government levy)is what a common man per-ceives. Increase your food price.No problem. Because you areentitled to fix a rate for yourfood but don't levy it separate-ly,” the court told the restaurantassociations.

Additional SolicitorGeneral Chetan Sharma,appearing for the Government,said that while the servicecharge is in the nature of a tip,the impression given to con-sumers is as if it is a govern-mental levy or a governmentaltax.

“The consumers faceembarrassment when theydon't pay or they are asked topay. That is the reason hun-dreds of complaints werereceived,” he said, adding thatthe single judge order on theground that it was passed inviolation of principles of nat-ural justice.

In the appeal by the Centreas well as Central ConsumerProtection Authority, the appel-lants said that the guidelines,

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The National HealthAuthority (NHA) on

Tuesday announced that fundswill be allocated to States andUnion Territories for imple-mentation of Ayushman BharatDigital Mission (ABDM) basedon their performance in regis-tering healthcare professionalsand health facilities.

The funds will be allocat-ed on their performance inrecording data in the HealthFacility Registry (HFR) andHealthcare ProfessionalsRegistry (HPR), which it said,were the key pillars of ABDM.

This performance-basedfund allocation will help instructured implementation ofABDM at the state and UTlevel, with verified entriesstrengthening the key nation-al registries being built underthe scheme, an NHA statementsaid.

According to NHA's earli-er guidelines, �500 crores hadbeen demarcated for setting upof ABDM offices at state andUT level over a period of fiveyears (FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26). Twenty percent of thesefunds, — �100 crores wereearmarked as incentive-basedfunds, the statement said.

Taking this thought fur-ther, the NHA decided toextend the current fund allo-

cation based on the perfor-mance of respective states andUTs in terms of number ofentities (healthcare profes-sionals like doctors, nurses etcand health facilities like hospi-tals, clinics) that they registerand verify within a stipulatedperiod, the statement said.

The population of HealthFacility Registry (HFR) andHealthcare ProfessionalsRegistry (HPR) is crucial toachieve the intended objectiveof ABDM.

In accordance, the NHAhas defined parameters forfund allocation as �100 for eachverified entries in HFR andHPR till December 31, 2022,�50 for each verified entries inHFR and HPR betweenJanuary 1, 2023 till March 31,2023, the statement said.

No funds will be allocatedfor entries verified in HFRand HPR after March 31, 2023and states and UTs are at lib-erty to use these funds fordeploying human resourcesfull time or part time forABDM, the statement said.

Also, to further promotethe digital health ecosystem,the NHA will recognise the best

performing states, union terri-tories, districts, health facilitiesand integrators under its flag-ship scheme Ayushman BharatDigital Mission.

Since its nationwidelaunch in September 2021,Ayushman Bharat DigitalMission (ABDM) has achievedsignificant growth with over 23crore ABHA numbers (earlierknown as Health ID), 1.14Lakh health facilities regis-tered in the Health FacilityRegistry (HFR), an officialfrom the NHA said.

Besides, 33 thousandhealthcare professionals havebeen registered under theHealthcare ProfessionalsRegistry (HPR), 6.6 lakhABHA apps have been down-loaded and 3.4 Lakh healthrecords have been linked toABHA of individuals, he said.

"With more individuals,healthcare professionals likedoctors, nurses, paramedicsand health facilities like hospi-tals, nursing homes, wellnesscentres, clinics, diagnostic labs,pharmacies joining ABDM,digitisation of health records attheir point of creation is nowpossible," the official said.

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Aday after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi praised

the armed forces for opting forself-reliance in defence manu-facturing, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh on Tuesdayhanded over indigenously-developed equipment and sys-tems to the Indian Army here.

State-of-the art high mobil-ity Infantry Protected Vehiclesand Assault Boats were virtu-ally handed over by Rajnathenabling the troops deployedalong the Ladakh border torespond to any challenge in abefitting manner.

The Landing CraftAssault(LCA)can carry 30troopers and is now deployedat the Pangong Tso(lake)inLadakh. The lake saw the firstface-off in 2020 between Indiaand China snowballing into

tension at several points on theLine of Actual Control(LAC).At present, the boats operatingin the lake have limited capa-bilities. The LCA is much moreversatile and has overcome thelimitations of launch, speed andcapacity. It has enhanced thecapability to operate across thewater obstacles in EasternLadakh. LCA has been indige-nously developed by AquariusShipyard Limited, Goa.

The other systems handedover to the army include FutureInfantry Soldier as a System (F-INSAS)like AK-203 assaultrifles, new generation anti-personnel mine ‘Nipun’, ruggedand automatic communicationsystem with enhanced capa-bilities, upgraded sights systemfor tanks and advanced thermalimagers. The equipment andsystems have been jointlydeveloped by Indian Army incollaboration with Defence

Public Sector Undertakings,Defence Research andDevelopment Organisation(DRDO) and the industry, inline with the Prime Ministervision to modernise the ArmedForces, under the‘Aatmanirbharta BharatAbhiyan’. Rajnath exuded con-fidence that the equipmentand systems will enhance theoperational preparedness ofthe Indian Army and increasetheir efficiency.

The weapons given to theArmy include modern state ofart AK-203 assault rifle alongwith day and night holograph-ic and reflex sights. The sightsare mounted on the weaponand also on helmet to enable a360-degree visibility and accu-racy in operational conditions.

In addition to the primaryweapon system, the soldierswill also be kitted with multi-mode hand grenade which has

also been procured indige-nously along with multi-pur-pose knife. The second sub sys-tem is protection system. Thisgives protection through a spe-cially designed helmet and abullet proof jacket. The thirdsub system consists of com-munication and surveillancesystem. This F-INSAS systemis capable of further upgrada-tion by incorporating real timedata connectivity.

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The Samyukta KisanMorcha (SKM), an

umbrella organisation of over40 farm unions, on Tuesday,opposed the upcoming meet-ing of the committee onMinimum Support Price(MSP) next week, calling thepanel a “farce” and said noth-ing conclusive will come out ofthe talks. The first meeting ofthe MSP committee’s firstmeeting is likely to be held onAugust 22 to discuss futurestrategies.

SKM leader HannanMollah rejected the govern-ment's suggestion and saidthat the farm organisation isdeciding on the future courseof action. "We have alreadyrejected the panel and we haveclearly said that we will not beparticipating in the talks. Sothere is no question of partic-ipating in the upcoming meet-ing,” Mollah said.

“The government hasinducted some so-calledfarmer leaders in the panelwho didn't have anything to dowith our agitation against thethree farm laws at the Delhiborders," he said. "We willdecide on the further course ofaction and decide how we willhold demonstrations againstthe farm laws," he added.Darshan Pal, another farmerleader, said that the farmorganisation will decide thefuture course of action after a75-hour protest in UP'sLakhimpur against the 2021

violence case. "We are notlending any support to theanti-farmer panel. Our protestis going on as the Centre isreneging on its promises madelast year.

"We are also demandingthe withdrawal of cases regis-tered against farmers duringthe anti-farm laws protest lastyear, compensation to the fam-ilies of farmers who lost theirlives during the stir," Pal said.

The committee on MSP isscheduled to hold its firstmeeting on August 22 to dis-cuss future strategies. Sourcesin the Ministry of Agriculturesaid that the meeting is likelyto be held at 10.30 am at theNational Agriculture ScienceComplex (NASC) in thenational capital.

In the first meeting,sources said committee willintroduce members, deliberateon "future strategies" and dis-cuss setting up sub-panels tocover wide issues mentioned interms of reference. The gov-ernment is persuading SKM totake part in proceedings ofcommittee.

It needs to be seen if it willchange its mind and nominatethree representatives, as isrequired under the deal.

The committee, headedby former agriculture secretarySanjay Agrawal, was consti-tuted on July 18 to “promotezero budget based farming,” tochange crop patterns keepingin mind the changing needs ofthe country, and to make MSPmore “effective and transpar-ent.”

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The potential geopoliticalfault line in the maritime

domain in East Asia could be"graver" than what is being wit-nessed, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh said on Tuesday,amid escalating tensions in theTaiwan Strait.

In a virtual address at theMoscow Conference onInternational Security, Singhalso strongly pitched for reformof the United Nations (UN),saying the global body may pro-gressively lose its effectivenesswithout democratisation in itsdecision-making.

The defence minister saidthe refusal of major powers tochange UN institutions in tunewith time ignores the emerginggeo-political realities and eco-nomic and technologicalprogress that has happenedsince 1945. "Global security inthe framework of multilateral-ism requires abiding by theUN charter and principles ofinternational law, which act asa bulwark against anarchy, insta-bility and higher chances of con-flict," Singh said.

He observed that the UNcan deliver effective solutionsonly if it gives a voice to theentire world rather than "zeal-ously guarding the status quo".

"Conflicts could seriouslyjeopardise political and eco-nomic stability and develop-ment efforts. For example, thepotential geopolitical fault linein the maritime domain —par-ticularly in East Asia —could begraver than what we are wit-nessing today," Singh said.

The maritime zones in East Asiahave been witnessing risingunease largely because ofChina's aggressive military pos-turing.

The Chinese military hasbeen carrying out large-scalemilitary drills around theTaiwan Strait following USHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi'srecent visit to Taipei.

"As a nation central to theIndian Ocean, India is com-mitted to a free, open, secureand inclusive Indo-Pacificregion that promotes sustainablemaritime trade and economicpractices, resilient infrastructureand adherence to global legalorder," Singh said.

He said India's resolution ofmaritime border issues withneighbours as per internation-al law and its focus on region-al maritime cooperation in theIndian Ocean bear testimony tothe value that India places onmultilateralism.

"Multilaterally or throughpartnership with willing nations,India will continue contributingto a positive and constructiveagenda that seeks to addresscontemporary global priori-ties," Singh said. The defenceminister said India's active par-ticipation in the Shanghai

Cooperation Organization(SCO) is manifest of one suchpriority in pursuit of peace, sta-bility and prosperity in Eurasia,of which India is an "inalienablepart". "A faith in globalconventions and regulationsand a multilateral, dispassionateapproach overcoming isolation,unilateralism and temptation oftemporary gains, can usher usinto an era of genuine multilat-eralism," he said.

The defence minister notedthat the UN has given a plat-form for global progress in anumber of areas, but clearlythere is a "crisis of confidence"today in the UN system.

"While the UN hasaddressed most of these issuessomewhat partially and inter-mittently, our collective efforthas nonetheless fallen short inproviding effective and endur-ing solutions, particularly due tothe infirmities within the mul-tilateral system," he said.

"Several contemporaryglobal challenges have come tothe fore such as terrorism, rad-icalism, climate change, grow-ing asymmetric threats, dis-ruptive role of non-state actorsand the intensifying geopoliti-cal competition, all of which callfor a robust multilateralresponse," he added.

Singh said this "worryingshortcoming" of UN system ismanifestation of its structuralinadequacy. "Without compre-hensive reforms of UN structureand without democratisation indecision-making, the UN mightprogressively lose its effective-ness and relevance," heobserved.

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In a second major drug haulin less than a fortnight, the

Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC)personnel of the MumbaiPolice's crime branch havebusted a synthetic drug facto-ry at Ankleshwar in adjoiningsouth Gujarat and seized 513kg of Mephedrone worthRs.1,026 crore and arrestedone person, as part of investi-gations into an ongoing case,

In the development thatcame 12 days after they seizedmore than 700 kg ofMephedrone worth Rs 1,400crore from a drug manufac-turing unit at Nalasopara inPalghar district, the officialsfrom Worli ANC unit raided asynthetic drug factory inAnkleshwar town of Gujaratand seized 513 kg ofMephedrone worth Rs.1,026crore.

The police also seized 812kg of white powder and 397 kgsof chemicals used to preparethe narcotic drugs from theraided factory at Ankleshwar.

The factory that theMumbai police raided is situ-ated in the GIDC complex atPanoli in Ankleshwar town.

The police identified asthe arrested person as theowner of the drug unit, GirirajDixit, who holds a master'sdegree in Chemistry,

With the latest arrest, thetotal number of arrests made inthe ongoing investigations intowhat is said to be part of aninternational drug traffickingracket.

Of the arrested persons,there are six men and onewoman. Among them, thereare a couple of qualifiedchemists allegedly carrying out

the mixtures of various chem-icals to manufacture the finaldrugs.

Of the seven arrested per-sons, five are currently in judi-cial custody, while the remain-ing are in police custody.

Acting on a tip-off receivedfrom their counterparts atWorli in March this year fol-lowing the arrest of a drug ped-dler from Govandi in north-east Mumbai, the ANC officialshad on August 3, 2022 raideda drug manufacturing unitlocated at Nalasopara andrecovered Mephedrone worthRs 1,400 crore. The seized con-traband was meant for distri-bution among drug peddlersin Mumbai and its neighbour-ing areas.

Mephedrone (MD), alsoknown as M-cat, Meow Meowor White Magic, is a syntheticstimulant drug ofAmphetamine class psychoac-tive characteristics and usual-ly used at rave parties. Thisparty drug is a psychotropicsubstance banned under theNarcotic Drugs andPsychotropic Substances

(NDPS) Act.The latest drug haul at

Ankleshwar and also the onemade on August 3 are the thebiggest drug hauls made by thecity police in recent times. Themassive drug seizures are aconsequence of earlier raidsduring which 3.26 kg ofMephedrone worth Rs 4.51crorefrom three persons arrest-ed in two separate operationscarried on March 29 this year.

Incidentally, the mainaccused arrested fromNalasopara on August 3 is apost-graduate in organic chem-istry and used his knowledge tomanufacture synthetic drugs.The modus operandi used bythe main accused was to man-ufacture the drug in theNalasopara unit and sell it inthe open market through hisagents and drug peddlers.

The main accused used tosell the drug in bulk quantitiesweighing more than a mini-mum of 20 to 25 kg of bannedsubstance. “The accused usedsocial media platforms, callingapps for drug peddling andsupply,” s senior official said.

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After the arrest ofTrinamool Congress

strongman and party nation-al executive memberAnubrata Mondal on cattlesmuggling charges, theCentral Bureau ofInvestigation is focusing onthe properties owned by hisdaughter Sukanya Mondaland at least 15 others includ-ing police officials and politi-cians close to the arrestedTMC leader.

According to sourcesMondal has properties worthseveral hundred crores inKolkata and other parts ofBengal. "Very recently theCBI has discovered at least sixplots in Birbhum and threeappartments at New Town inKolkata ... This apart frompetrol pumps, rice mills stonequeries," said sources.

The senior leader knownfor spreading terror to winelections, has been named inseveral places in a supple-mentary chargesheet filed bythe CBI in a designated cort

in Asansol . The CBIchargesheet was filled afterthe interrogation of a numberof his associates including apolice constable and his for-mer security staff SaigalHussein who too has amassedproperty worth tens of crores,agency sources said.

"Most of these propertieswere acquired between 2011and 2020 ... Out of the cowsmuggling money ... In thisone Md Latif a marble traderhad a big hand ... He was thelink man between SaigalHussein the security officer ofAnubrata Mondal andEnamul Haq," the jailed mas-termind of cattle smugglingsources said.

Call record details show

that Haq and Hussein hadmobile calls as many as 16times in a matter of a fewdays. Though Mondal hasdenied having knowledge ofthese calls investigators say allconversations took placebetween him and Haqthrough Hussen's phone.

Sources also said thatMondal used to get Rs 24 cra year as protection money formanaging the police admin-istration on which he hadenormous control by dint ofhis being the TMC districtpresident.

While Mondal has deniedall the allegations the CBI isnow "trying to get him fromreverse... That is he has beenasked to explain the source ofhis fortune earned after TMCcame to power ... Before thishe was a small trader," sourcessaid.

Meanwhile, after ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjeedecided to go on the offensivesaying she firmly stood byMondal — a stance she wouldnot take in the case of herarrested Cabinet colleaguePartha Chatterjee — the TMC

on Tuesday started ‘KhelaHobe’ rallies through out theState protesting the BJPGovernment' alleged parti-san ways.

The TMC workers burnteffigies of Suvendu Adhikarion Khela Hobe Diwas onTuesday demanding his arrestfor his alleged involvement inNarada and Sharada chit fundscams. "If the ED, CBI arrestTMC leaders why will theyspare

Khela Hobe (game is on)f irst coined by Mondalallegedly suggesting physicalattacks on the Oppositionbefore last year's Assemblyelections --- that saw TMCroaring back to power ---had become an instant hit in2021.

Meanwhile, the Left lead-ership on Tuesday said thatmore ministers would comein the ED net thanks to a PILon disproportionate assetbrought in the High Court.The matter is scheduled to beheard early next month. TheCourt has asked the petition-ers to make ED a party to thecase.

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Adying declaration can be the sole basisfor recording a conviction and a

court is required to examine whether it istrue and reliable, the Supreme Court saidon Tuesday.

The top court also said that a courtshould also examine whether the dyingdeclaration has been given when thedeceased was physically and mentally fitto make the declaration and was not underany tutoring or duress.

In case there are multiple dying dec-larations and there are inconsistenciesbetween them, the dying declarationrecorded by the higher officer like aMagistrate can be relied upon, it said.

The apex court, however, said this iswith the condition that there is no cir-cumstance giving rise to any suspicionabout its truthfulness.

A bench of Justices B R Gavai and PS Narasimha made the observations while

acquitting a man convicted under Section304-B (dowry death) of the Indian PenalCode.

The top court was hearing an appealfiled by a man challenging an order of thePunjab and Haryana High Court whichreduced his sentence awarded from 10years to seven years but concurred with thejudgement and order of conviction by thetrial court in offence punishable underSection 304B of the IPC.

In the instant case, the deceased hadgiven two dying declarations. In the firstone, the woman had said that she con-sumed a poisonous medicine by mistake.

While in the second dying declaration,

the deceased said that her husband, as wellas his parents, administered the poisonoussubstance to her.

The top court said in the present case,it was faced with two dying declarations,which are totally inconsistent and con-tradictory to each other.

It noted that the second declarationwas recorded without there being exam-ined by a doctor concerning the fitness ofthe deceased to make the statement.

The apex court said the father and sis-ter of the deceased were present in the hos-pital at the time of the second dying dec-laration.

"The possibility of the second dyingdeclaration being given after tutoring byher relatives cannot, therefore, be ruledout," the bench said.

"We, therefore, find that in the factsand circumstances of the present case, thefirst dying declaration will have to be con-sidered to be more reliable and trustwor-thy as against the second one.

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The Indian Olympic Association onTuesday said it will discuss in detail

the Delhi High Court's directive to putthe country's apex sports body under athree-member Committee ofAdministrators before arriving at a deci-sion to approach the Supreme Court.

The IOA officials are expected tomeet on Wednesday.

The Delhi High Court directed thesetting up of a three-member CoA totake over the affairs of the IOA, sayingits "persistent recalcitrance" to complywith the Sports Code made it imperativethat its affairs be put in the hands of thecommittee.

"The IOA members will discuss theHigh Court judgement in detail and willdecide whether to go for an appeal in theSupreme Court," IOA secretary generalRejeev Mehta said.

The CoA comprises former SupremeCourt judge Justice Anil R Dave, former

Chief Election Commissioner Dr S YQuraishi, and former Secretary ofMinistry of External Affairs VikasSwarup. The court directed the exec-utive committee of IOA to forthwithhand over the charge to the newlyappointed committee and said that themembers of the CoA will be assisted bythree eminent sportspersons, namely,Olympic medallist shooter AbhinavBindra, former long jumper Anju Bobby

George, and archer Bombayla DeviLaishram.

The development comes on a daywhen the All India Football Federation(AIFF) was banned by the sport's worldbody FIFA for "third party interference".

In December 2012, the IOA was sus-pended by the International OlympicCommittee (IOC) for more than a yeardue to the presence of tainted officialsand government interference.

Following the latest development,another IOC ban looms large over theIOA.

Last month only the IOC had threat-ened to suspend the IOA if it fails to con-duct its elections at the earliest.

The IOA elections were due inDecember last year but could not be heldas per schedule due to amendments inthe Constitution.

The IOC had urged the IOA to con-vene a meeting of its General Assemblyand confirm the date of its electionswithout any delay.

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Sources said trouble erupted in theRJD, too, after Bhai Birendra, a promi-nent Yadav leader, was excluded fromthe list of Ministers at the last minute.Tej Pratap Yadav is also not reportedlyhappy with his Environment Ministry.He was angling for the Health Ministry.

Nitish expanded his new Cabinet byinducting 31 new Ministers, includinga huge contingent of 16 from key allyRJD, taking care to give due represen-tation to all sections of society, includ-ing minorities. Some 11 members of thecouncil of Ministers are from Kumar’sJD(U), two from Congress and one fromex-CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM,besides an Independent.

RJD president Lalu Prasad’s elderson a second term MLA Tej PratapYadav and heavyweights Vijay KumarChaudhary and Bijendra Yadav andMohd Afaque Alam of the Congress tootook oath as Ministers.

Three of the Ministers are women -Sheela Kumari and Leshi Singh (bothJDU) and Anita Devi (RJD). There arealtogether seven Yadavs from the RJD,including the two sons of Lalu Prasad,besides Bijendra Yadav of the JD(U).

There are five Muslims in theCabinet - Zama Khan (JDU), MohdAfaque Alam (Congress) and MohdShamim, Mohd Israil Mansuri andShahnawaz Alam (all RJD).

While Vijay Kumar Chaudhary andRJD Kartikeya Singh are Bhumihars,Leshi Singh (JDU), Sumit Kumar Singh(Independent) and Sudhakar Singh(RJD) are Rajputs. Sanjay Kumar Jha ofJD(U) is representative of the Brahmins.Five Dalits - Ashok Choudhary (JDU),Kumar Sarvajeet and Surendra Ram(RJD), Murari Gautam (Congress) andSantosh Kumar Suman (HAM) havebeen included in the new Cabinet.

The RJD list is dominated by well-known “Bahubalis” like Lalit Yadav andSurendra Yadav. Meanwhile, BJP RajyaSabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi saidKumar has betrayed Tejashwi by keep-ing Home and Finance portfolios withthe JD(U).

The former Dy CM said, “Whatmessage does Kumar want to give bykeeping people like Surendra Yadav,Ramanand Yadav and Lalit Yadav in theCabinet? Kumar cleverly kept bothHome and Finance portfolios withJD(U) and betrayed Tejashwi too.”

Taking to Twitter, Modi said 13Ministers from Muslim-Yadav combi-

nation have been inducted into theCabinet whi le there is no Tel i ,Kanyakubj, Kayasth and Kanu.

“#BiharCabinetExpansion 13Ministers from MY combination (33%).Lalit Yadav, Surender Yadav, RamanandYadav, Kartik Kumar are knownBahubali. No Teli, Kanyakubj, Kayasth,Kanu. The Bjp made EBC as Dy CM,”he tweeted.

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Senior advocate Pinky Anand, appear-ing for the petitioner Benazeer Heena, sub-mitted that though the apex court hasdeclared triple talaq unconstitutional, it leftthe issue of Talaq-E-Hasan undecided.

The top court asked Anand to seekinstructions whether in view of the alle-gation of the irrevocable breakdown ofmarriage, would the petitioner be willingfor settlement by process of divorce on theamount being paid over and above ‘mehar’.It also told the petitioner that dissolutionof marriage is also possible without theintervention of this court through‘mubarat’ and asked her counsel to seekinstructions. The apex court will now hearthe matter on August 29.

In Talaq-e-Hasan, divorce gets for-malised after the third utterance in thethird month if cohabitation is not resumedduring this period. However, if cohabita-tion resumes after the first or second utter-ance of talaq, the parties are assumed tohave reconciled and the first or secondutterances of talaq are deemed invalid.

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The Chinese ship was earlier sched-uled to arrive on August 11 but wasdelayed after Sri Lanka asked China todefer its arrival. On Saturday, howev-er, Sri Lanka gave permission for theship to drop anchor on August 16.China had blamed India for pressuris-ing Sri Lanka for deferring the arrival.India has rejected the “insinuations”.

Sri Lanka said the security clearancewas granted from the Ministry ofDefence for the visit of the vessel forreplenishment purposes during the stip-ulated period.

It said no rotation of personnel

would take place during the call and theSri Lankan Government was requestedto provide the necessary assistance bythe Chinese embassy in Colombo.

The security and cooperation in theneighbourhood are of utmost priority inhandling the issue of the Chinese ves-sel “Wang Yang 5”, the Foreign Ministryhere said in a statement.

Given India’s apprehensions aboutthe ship, the Sri Lankan Governmentheld consultations at a high-levelthrough diplomatic channels with allparties concerned, with a view to resolv-ing the matter in a spirit of friendship,mutual trust and constructive dialogue,the Foreign Ministry said.

In light of concerns raised, theMinistry also sought further informa-tion and material that could assist inconsultations on the matter, the state-ment said.

China’s envoy Qi Zhenhong, inColombo played down the controversysurrounding the arrival of the ship, andtermed such visits “very natural”. Hewas present at the port to welcome theship. Several Parliamentarians from thebreakaway group of the ruling Sri LankaPodujana Peramuna party were also pre-sent . Incidental ly, Sr i LankanGovernment has leased out the strate-gically important port for 99 years toChina in 2017.

“This kind of research ship visitingSri Lanka is very natural. In 2014 a sim-ilar ship came here,” the Chinese envoytold reporters when asked about thevisit. Asked about the Indian concerns,the Ambassador said, “I don’t know, youshould ask the Indian friends.”

The ship maintained a very strictsecurity operation with no one beingallowed on board. There was no cus-tomary military band to welcome theship.

Commenting on the ship’s arrival,the Cabinet spokesman BandulaGunawardena said the issue was settledamicably. “Relations with all countriesare important to us,” Gunawardenasaid.

The security and cooperation in theneighborhood are of utmost priority inhandling the issue of the Chinese ves-sel Wang Yang 5, the Foreign Ministryhere said in a statement.

SriLanka’s Tamil ProgressiveAlliance (TPA) Leader and Colombo’sMember of Parliament, Mano Ganesan,in a statement said, “Chinese (spy) ves-sel coming to Lankan waters is simplywrong. China is far away. India is closeto us here. Indian state considering thisas a challenge to its national security isvery reasonable. Besides, India is the

country which has provided near USD4 billion to us in our time of crisis.”

India has traditionally taken astern view of Chinese military vessels inthe Indian Ocean and has protested suchvisits with Sri Lanka in the past.

The ties between India and SriLanka had come under strain afterColombo permitted a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine to dock in one of itsports in 2014.

China is the main creditor of SriLanka with investment in infrastructure.Debt restructuring of Chinese loanswould be key to the island’s success inthe ongoing talks with the InternationalMonetary Fund for a bailout.

India on the other hand has beenSri Lanka’s lifeline in the ongoing eco-nomic crisis. India has been at the fore-front of extending economic assistanceof nearly USD 4 billion to Sri Lanka dur-ing the year as the island nation is grap-pling with the worst economic crisissince independence in 1948.

Since 2020, at least 50 Chineseresearch vessels have been spotted in theIndian Ocean region and sources said atany given time now four to five such spyships are in the area.

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The fresh killing of a memberbelonging to the minority communityhas once again sparked off angry reac-tions from all quarters. Under these cir-cumstances uncertainty writ large overthe return of the Kashmiri migrantemployees, sitting on dharna in supportof their single point demand of reloca-tion to safer areas outside the Kashmirvalley since May 10. Since January2020, around 14 Kashmiri pandits havebeen targeted by the terrorists across dif-ferent parts of the Kashmir valley to ter-rorise them and drive them away.

Local Kashmiri pandit residentsand close relatives of the deceased fam-ily vent their ire against the localadministration for ignoring their secu-rity and not providing adequate securi-ty cover to protect them or prevent suchtargeted killings. As the mortal remainsof the deceased Sunil Kumar Bhat wasshifted to his native village, mournersgathered from the nearby villages joinedthe last journey. Senior officers whoarrived there to offer condolence facedthe brunt of the angry relatives. “Lasttime when my brother was targeted bythe terrorists we visited the offices of theDivisional Commissioner Kashmir and

Deputy Commissioner Shopian toensure safety of the members belongingto the minority community”. “Butinstead of paying attention to our pas-sionate appeals the senior officers lookedthe other way claiming they cannot domuch in this regard. They only advisedus to stay indoors and directed us torestrict our movement”.

Meanwhile, the Kashmiri PanditSangharash Samiti (KPSS) has asked thecommunity members to leave the valleyin wake of the increased attacks on themby the terrorists.

“With another deadly attack onKashmiri pandits in Kashmir, the ter-rorists have made it clear that they aregoing to kill all the Kashmiri pandits inKashmir valley,” KPSS chief SanjayTickoo said in a written statement.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinhaand political leaders of various partieshave condemned the killing in Shopiandistrict. “Pained beyond words on thedespicable terror attack on civilians inShopian. My thoughts are with thefamily of Sunil Kumar. Praying for aspeedy recovery of the injured. Theattack deserves the strongest condem-nation from everyone. Terrorists respon-sible for the barbaric act will not bespared,” Sinha tweeted.

National Conference leader OmarAbdullah also condemned the killing.“Terribly sad news from South Kashmirtoday. An accident and a militant attackhave left a trail of death and suffering.I condemn the militant attack inShopian unequivocally in which SunilKumar was killed and Pinto Kumarinjured. My condolences to the family,”he said.

J&k BJP Chief Ravinder Raina in astatement said, “The coward Pakistaniterrorists targeted the members of theminority community in the SouthKashmir district of Shopian. The twokashmiri brothers, Sunil Kumar Bhatand Pintu Kumar were targeted bythem. Pakistan wants bloodbath in theKashmir valley, The Pakistani terroristsare the enemies of the people ofKashmir. We will not allow Pakistan tofulfil its nefarious designs. All thoseinvolved in the attack will be taken totask and punished.

PDP Chief and former ChiefMinister Mehbooba Mufti tweeted,“Terribly sorry to hear about the tar-geted killing in Shopian. Condolences tothe deceased’s family. GOI continues tobehave like an ostrich with its headburied deep under the sand. Every res-ident of J&K has become cannon fod-der in Delhi’s quest for ‘manufacturednormalcy’.”

People’s Conference chairman SajadGani Lone condemned the attack as a“heinous act of violence” and expressedhis condolences to the family of the vic-tims.

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In a statement, the FIFA also said itwants the AIFF administration to “be fullyin charge of the AIFF’s daily affairs”.

“The suspension will be lifted once anorder to set up a committee of adminis-trators to assume the powers of the AIFFExecutive Committee has been repealedand the AIFF administration regains fullcontrol of the AIFF’s daily affairs.”

“The suspension means that the FIFAU-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 scheduledto take place in India on 11-30 October2022, cannot currently be held in India asplanned. FIFA is assessing the next stepswith regard to the tournament and willrefer the matter to the Bureau of theCouncil if and when necessary,” it said.

The court had appointed a three-member Committee of Administrators(CoA), headed by former apex courtjudge AR Dave, to manage the affairs ofthe national federation.

The CoA, which has former ChiefCommissioner of India SY Quraishi andformer India captain Bhaskar Ganguly asother members, also had to frame its con-stitution in line with the National SportsCode and model guidelines.

The Bureau of the FIFA Councildecided that upon lifting of the suspension,the AIFF constitution will have to berevised in accordance with the require-ments of the FIFA and the AFC and to beapproved by the AIFF general assemblywithout interference from any third party.

The FIFA, “concurrently”, wants an“independent electoral committee to beelected by the AIFF general assembly torun the elections of a new executive com-mittee”. It also said the AIFF must “carryout the upcoming electoral process as perthe statutory requirements and to hold itselections based on the pre-existing mem-bership of the AIFF (i.e State associationsonly).

In the Supreme court, SolicitorGeneral Tushar Mehta bench told a benchof Justices DY Chandrachud and ASBopanna that “important development”has taken place and FIFA has sent a lettersuspending India which is in publicdomain and needs to be brought onrecord. The bench told Mehta that the mat-ter is listed for Wednesday and it wouldtry to take it up as a first matter.

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China on Tuesday announced sanc-tions on seven "die-hard" pro-inde-pendence Taiwanese politicians

and officials, including Taipei's repre-sentative to Washington, amid concernsover the increasing visits by foreign dig-nitaries to the self-ruled island claimedby Beijing.

The sanctions were announced byBeijing following trips to the island by USHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi in earlyAugust and a US Congressional delega-tion led by Democratic Senator EdMarkey on Monday.

Also Last week, Lithuanian DeputyMinister of Transport andCommunications Agne Vaiciukeviciutevisited Taiwan. Lithuania is part of theEuropean Union.

China has already imposed sanctionsagainst Pelosi and Agne and held high-intensity military drills in Taiwan Strait,sparking fears of an armed conflict withTaiwan, which China claims as part of itsmainland.

After Pelosi's visit, China is con-cerned that there will be a flurry of vis-its by top officials from the US and alliedcountries to the self-ruled Island.

China announced sanctions againstseven Taiwanese government officials andpoliticians, saying they pushed a pro-independence agenda for the breakawayisland.

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the rul-ing Communist Party of China said onTuesday that those sanctioned and theirfamily members would not be allowed toenter mainland China, Hong Kong orMacau.

They will not be permitted to dobusiness with the Chinese mainland.Their affiliated companies and financialsponsors would not be allowed to gainprofits from the mainland, a spokesmanof the office was quoted by state-runXinhua news agency as saying.

The Taiwan Affairs Office would takeother necessary measures and thosesanctioned would be held accountable forlife," the spokesman said.

For a period of time, a small num-ber of Taiwan independence die-hardshave tried their best to collude with exter-nal forces to carry out independence'provocations, deliberately inciting cross-strait confrontation, and wantonly under-mining the peace and stability of theTaiwan Strait.

They performed extremely poorlyduring Pelosi's trip to Taiwan, China'sTaiwan Affairs Office spokesperson said.

"The names of die-hard separatistsannounced on Tuesday are only a part ofthe list," the spokesperson said.

Among the seven people on the sanc-

tion list, six are members of the inde-pendence-leaning DemocraticProgressive Party (DPP) of Taiwan.

They include Hsiao Bi-khim,Taiwan's representative to the US and KerChien-ming, the DPP caucus head of thelegislature.

Others included Wang Ting-yu, alegislator who sits on the foreign relationsand defence committee, Wellington Koo,secretary general of the island's NationalSecurity Council, Tsai Chi-chang, vice-speaker of Taiwan's legislature, and LinFei-fan, deputy secretary general of theDPP.

The non-DPP member sanctioned isChen Jiau-hua, New Power Party legis-lator and chairwoman, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post report-ed.

In December last, China announcedsanctions against Taiwanese Premier SuTseng-chang, Taiwan's legislature presi-dent You Si-kun and Taiwanese ForeignMinister Joseph Wu.

The businesses related to them, as

well as their sponsors, are prohibited fromengaging in profit-making activities onthe mainland. Other punitive measureswill also be taken. They will be held tolifelong accountability according to law,the spokesperson said.

Sanctions are also imposed on thepresident of the "Taiwan Foundation forDemocracy," and the secretary general ofthe "International Cooperation andDevelopment Fund."

On Monday, China resorted to morehigh-intensity military drills aroundTaiwan to "safeguard national sover-eignty" as Taiwan's president met withmembers of a new US congressional del-egation visiting the self-ruled islandclaimed by Beijing, challenging its 'oneChina' policy.

The US Congressional delegation ledby Massachusetts Democratic SenatorMarkey arrived in Taipei on an unan-nounced two-day visit on Sunday, closeon the heels of Pelosi's visit on August 2,the highest-level visit by US official in 25years, which riled Beijing.

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Malaysia's top court orderedformer Prime Minister

Najib Razak on Tuesday tobegin his final appeal in twodays after rejecting his requestthat it throw out his graft con-viction and 12-year sentenceover alleged judicial bias.

Najib has sought to intro-duce new evidence that wouldspark a retrial on grounds thatthe high court judge who con-victed him may be biased dueto his previous job at a bankthat provided financial ser-vices to the 1MalaysiaDevelopment Berhad statefund.

1MDB was a developmentfund Najib set up shortly aftertaking power in 2009.Investigators allege at leastUSD 4.5 billion was stolenfrom the fund and launderedby Najib's associates. Najib wasfound guilty of abuse of power,criminal breach of trust andmoney laundering for illegallyreceiving USD 9.4 million fromSRC International, a formerunit of 1MDB.

The five-member FederalCourt bench unanimously dis-missed Najib's request, agree-ing with prosecutors that thebackground of then-HighCourt Judge Mohamad NazlanMohamad Ghazali was publicknowledge. Nazlan is now a

judge in the Court of Appeals.Chief Justice Maimun Tuan

Mat said the court couldn't findany link between Nazlan's pre-vious role at the bank and thecharges against Najib that couldlead to a real danger of bias.

She also said some of theproposed additional evidencethe defense is seeking wasalready available during trialand in any case is irrelevant tothe charges.

“We are not convinced thatJustice Nazlan made his find-ings based on anything otherthan the evidence on record,"she said.

“To our mind, there is nomiscarriage of justice" sinceNajib can include the allegationin his final appeal to the topcourt, she added.

Najib said after the hearingthat he was “shocked and bit-terly disappointed.”

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At least six persons — allstaff of a restaurant —

were killed when a fire brokeout at a restaurant and spreadto a plastic factory in the four-storey building here in Bangla-desh, officials said on Tuesday.

The firefighters on Mondayrecovered six bodies from thegutted building that housed aplastic factory and a restaurantin Old Dhaka's Chawkbazararea, BDNews 24 quotedShahjahan Sikder, assistantdirector of the fire service, assaying.

The workers were sleepingon the first floor after finishingtheir night duty when the firebroke out around 12 pm in therestaurant area and later spreadto the plastic factory in thebuilding, Bazrul Rashid, deputyassistant director of the FireService, said.

"We found six bodies insidethe building," said AnwarulIslam, a fire service official.

According to a Daily StarBangladesh report, all thosewho died in the incident onMonday were staff members ofBarisal Hotel and Restaurantthat occupied the ground floorof the building.

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The US Justice Departmenton Monday rebuffed efforts

to make public the affidavitsupporting the search warrantfor former President DonaldTrump's estate in Florida, sayingthe investigation “implicateshighly classified material” andthe document contains sensitiveinformation about witnesses.

The government's opposi-tion came in response to courtfilings by several news organi-sations, including The Associa-ted Press, seeking to unseal theunderlying affidavit the JusticeDepartment submitted when itasked for the warrant to searchTrump's Mar-a-Lago estate ear-lier this month.

Trump, in a Truth Socialpost early on Tuesday called forthe release of the un-redactedaffidavit in the interest of trans-parency.

The court filing — fromJuan Antonio Gonzalez, the USattorney in Miami, and JayBratt, a top Justice Departmentnational security official —argues that making the affidavitpublic would “cause significantand irreparable damage to thisongoing criminal investigation.”

The document, the prose-cutors say, details “highly sensi-tive information about witness-es,” including people who havebeen interviewed by the gov-ernment, and contains confi-dential grand jury information.

The government told a fed-eral magistrate judge that pros-ecutors believe some addition-

al records, including the coversheet for the warrant and thegovernment's request to sealthe documents, should now bemade public.

A property receipt unsealedon Friday showed the FBI seized11 sets of classified documents,with some not only marked topsecret but also “sensitive com-partmented information,” a spe-cial category meant to protectthe nation's most importantsecrets that if revealed publiclycould cause “exceptionally grave”damage to US interests.

The court records did notprovide specific details aboutinformation the documentsmight contain.

The Justice Departmentacknowledged on Monday thatits ongoing criminal investiga-tion “implicates highly classifiedmaterial.”

The search warrant, alsounsealed on Friday, said feder-al agents were investigatingpotential violations of three dif-ferent federal laws, including onethat governs gathering, trans-mitting or losing defence infor-mation under the Espionage

Act.The other statutes address

the concealment, mutilation orremoval of records and thedestruction, alteration or falsi-fication of records in federalinvestigations.

The Mar-a-Lago searchwarrant, carried out last onMonday, was part of an ongoingJustice Department investigationinto the discovery of classifiedWhite House records recov-ered from Trump's home earli-er this year.

The National Archives hadasked the department to inves-tigate after saying 15 boxes ofrecords it retrieved from theestate included classified records.

It remains unclear whetherthe Justice Department movedforward with the warrant sim-ply as a means to retrieve therecords or as part of a widercriminal investigation or anattempt to prosecute the formerpresident.

Multiple federal laws governthe handling of classified infor-mation, with both criminal andcivil penalties, as well as presi-dential records.

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China's envoy in Sri Lankaon Tuesday played down

the controversy surroundingthe arrival of a high-techChinese research ship at thesouthern port of Hambantota,calling such visits "very natur-al".

Chinese ballistic missileand satellite tracking ship 'YuanWang 5' arrived in the south-ern port of Hambantota at8.20 am local time. It will bedocked there till August 22.

The ship was originallyscheduled to arrive at the porton August 11 but it was delayedin absence of permission by theSri Lankan authorities.

Sri Lanka had asked Chinato defer the visit amid India'sconcerns over it. On Saturday,Colombo granted the portaccess to the vessel fromAugust 16 to 22.

Sri Lanka said the securi-ty clearance was granted fromthe Ministry of Defence for thevisit of the vessel for replen-ishment purposes during thestipulated period.

Qi Zhenhong, China'sAmbassador to Sri Lanka, waspresent at the port to welcomethe ship.

Several parliamentariansfrom the breakaway group ofthe ruling Sri Lanka PodujanaPeramuna party were also pre-sent.

“This kind of research shipvisiting Sri Lanka is very nat-ural. In 2014 a similar shipcame here," Zhenhong toldreporters when asked about thevisit.

Asked about the Indianconcerns, the Ambassador said“I don't know, you should askthe Indian friends”.

The ship maintained a verystrict security operation withno one being allowed on board.

The Sri Lankan decision topostpone the visit caused much

controversy in the country asthe visit had been cleared inmid-July.

Commenting on the ship'sarrival, the Cabinet spokesmanBandula Gunawardena saidthe issue was settled amicably.

”Relations with all coun-tries are important to us,"Gunawardena said.

The security and coopera-tion in the neighborhood are ofutmost priority in handling theissue of the Chinese vesselWang Yang 5, the ForeignMinistry here said in a state-ment.

India has traditionallytaken a stern view of Chinesemilitary vessels in the IndianOcean and has protested suchvisits with Sri Lanka in the past.

The ties between India andSri Lanka had come understrain after Colombo permitteda Chinese nuclear-poweredsubmarine to dock in one of itsports in 2014.

China is the main creditorof Sri Lanka with investment ininfrastructure. Debt restruc-turing of Chinese loans wouldbe key to the island's success inthe ongoing talks with theInternational Monetary Fundfor a bailout.

India on the other handhas been Sri Lanka's lifeline inthe ongoing economic crisis.

India has been at the fore-front of extending economicassistance of nearly USD 4 bil-lion to Sri Lanka during theyear as the island nation isgrappling with the worst eco-nomic crisis since indepen-dence in 1948.

India's concerns have beenfocused on Hambantota port inparticular. In 2017, Colomboleased the southern port toChina Merchant Port Holdingsfor 99 years, after Sri Lanka wasunable to keep its loan repay-ment commitments, fanningfears over the potential use ofthe port for military purposes.

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Iran said Tuesday it submitted a “writtenresponse” to what has been described as a final

roadmap to restore its tattered nuclear deal withworld powers.

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency offeredno details on the substance of its response, butsuggested that Tehran still wouldn't take theEuropean Union-mediated proposal, despitewarnings there would be no more negotiations.

“The differences are on three issues, in whichthe United States has expressed its verbal flexi-bility in two cases, but it should be included inthe text,” the IRNA report said. “The third issueis related to guaranteeing the continuation of (thedeal), which depends on the realism of the UnitedStates.”

Tehran under hard-line President EbrahimRaisi has repeatedly tried to blame Washingtonfor the delay in reaching an accord. Monday was

reported to have been a deadline for Iran'sresponse.

There was no immediate acknowledgmentfrom the EU that Iran submitted its response. TheEU has been the go-between in the indirect talks.

From Washington, State Departmentspokesman Ned Price said the U.S. Would shareits own response to the EU.

“We do agree, however, with (the EU's) fun-damental point, and that is that what could benegotiated has been negotiated,” Price said.

He added that Iran had been making “unac-ceptable demands” going beyond the text of the2015 nuclear deal, which saw Iran drastically limitits enrichment of uranium in exchange for thelifting of economic sanctions.

“If Iran wants these sanctions lifted, they willneed to alter their underlying conduct," Pricesaid. "They will need to change the dangerousactivities that gave rise to these sanctions in thefirst place.”

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President Joe Biden will signDemocrats' landmark climate

change and health care bill on Tuesday,delivering what he has called the “finalpiece” of his pared-down domesticagenda, as he aims to boost his party'sstanding with voters less than threemonths before midterm elections.

The legislation includes the mostsubstantial federal investment in historyto fight climate change — some $375billion over the decade — and wouldcap prescription drug costs at $2,000out-of-pocket annually for Medicarerecipients. It also would help an esti-mated 13 million Americans pay forhealth care insurance by extending sub-sidies provided during the coronaviruspandemic.

The measure is paid for by newtaxes on large companies and stepped-up IRS enforcement of wealthy indi-viduals and entities, with additionalfunds going to reduce the federaldeficit.

The House on Friday approved themeasure on a party-line 220-207 vote.It passed the Senate days earlier with

Vice President Kamala Harris breakinga 50-50 tie in that chamber.

Biden is set to sign the bill duringa small ceremony in the State DiningRoom of the White House, sand-wiched between his return from a six-day beachside vacation in SouthCarolina and his departure for his homein Wilmington, Delaware. He plans tohold a larger “celebration” for the leg-islation on Sept. 6 once lawmakersreturn to Washington.

The signing caps a spurt of leg-islative productivity for Biden andCongress, who in three months haveapproved legislation on veterans' ben-efits, the semiconductor industry andgun checks for young buyers. The pres-ident and lawmakers have alsoresponded to Ukraine's invasion byRussia and supported NATO mem-bership for Sweden and Finland.

With Biden's approval rating lag-ging, Democrats are hoping that thestring of successes will jump-start theirchances of maintaining control inWashington in the Novembermidterms. The 79-year-old presidentaims to restore his own standing withvoters as he contemplates a reelection

bid.The White House announced

Monday that it was going to deployBiden and members of his Cabinet ona “Building a Better America Tour” topromote the recent victories, though theadministration has yet to announce spe-cific travel by the president.

“In the coming weeks, the Presidentwill host a Cabinet meeting focused onimplementing the Inflation Reduction

Act, will travel across the country tohighlight how the bill will help theAmerican people, and will host an eventto celebrate the enactment of the bill atthe White House on September 6th,”the White House said in a statement.

Republicans say the legislation'snew business taxes will increase prices,worsening the nation's bout with itshighest inflation since 1981. ThoughDemocrats have labeled the measure

the Inflation Reduction Act, nonparti-san analysts say it will have a barely per-ceptible impact on prices.

The measure is a slimmed-downversion of the more ambitious plan tosupercharge environment and socialprograms that Biden and his partyunveiled early last year.

Biden's initial 10-year, $3.5 trillionproposal also envisioned free prekinder-garten, paid family and medical leave,expanded Medicare benefits and easedimmigration restrictions. That crashedafter centrist Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said it was too costly, using theleverage every Democrat has in theevenly divided Senate.

Still, Biden and Democrats are hail-ing the legislation as a once-in-a-gen-eration investment in addressing thelong-term effects of climate change, aswell as drought in the nation's West.

The bill will direct spending, taxcredits and loans to bolster technolo-gy like solar panels, consumer effortsto improve home energy efficiency,emission-reducing equipment for coal-and gas-powered power plants, and airpollution controls for farms, ports andlow-income communities.

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Andy Murray won his first hard-court match of the summer on

Monday, defeating Stan Wawrinka 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 7-5 in the opening roundof the ATP/WTA CincinnatiMasters.

The 35-year-old Scot was facinghis 37-year-old Swiss rival for the22nd time with both treble GrandSlam champions still coming back tofull form after long-term injuriesover the past few seasons.

Murray lost in the first round atWashington and last week inMontreal while Wawrinka's last wincame on grass two months ago atQueen's Club, London; he has notwon on cement since the AustralianOpen last year.

Murray needed four matchpoints to advance at a tournamenthe has won twice, in 2008 and 2011.

The veteran was competing herefor the 17th time.

Compatriot Cameron Norriejoined Murray in the second roundwith his 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-4 defeat ofDane Holger Rune.

Other winners on opening dayincluded 2016 champion MarinCilic, who defeated Spain's JaumeMunar 6-3, 6-3, and American JohnIsner, the 2013 finalist against RafaelNadal, who advanced past France's

Benjamin Bonzi 7-6 (13/11), 3-6, 7-6 (7/4).

In the WTA draw, Wimbledonchampion Elena Rybakina defeatedEgyptian Mayar Sherif 6-3, 6-2.

The world number 25 set up a

second-round clash with eighthseed Garbine Muguruza, title-win-ner here in 2017.

American Amanda Anisimovabeat ninth seed Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 6-4.

H6��������IAndy Murray said match fitness

will be the key to the remainder ofhis season after reaching the secondround of the ATP/WTA CincinnatiMasters.

After half a decade of injuryproblems including a pair of hipsurgeries, the Scot knows theremainder of his season, and career,will depend on his physical state.

"Physically I felt pretty good forthe last few months, but in a lot ofthe tournaments I've lost in the sec-ond round," he said.

"I've not had that opportunity tohave a really good tournament andthen maybe take a break and rest.

"I hope I can get to that levelagain where I'm consistently gettingto the latter stages of events, andtherefore, we will be able to plan andschedule my tournaments better."

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In a massive setback for the coun-try, world football governingbody FIFA on Tuesday suspend-

ed India for "undue influence fromthird parties" and said the U-17Women's World Cup "cannot cur-rently be held in India as planned."

The country is scheduled tohost the FIFA tournament fromOctober 11-30.

This is the first time the All IndiaFootball Federation (AIFF) has beenbanned by FIFA in its 85-year histo-ry, with the apex body saying therehave been "flagrant violations of theFIFA Statutes".

"The Bureau of the FIFA Councilhas unanimously decided to suspendthe All India Football Federation(AIFF) with immediate effect due toundue influence from third parties,which constitutes a serious violationof the FIFA Statutes," the FIFA saidin a statement.

The Bureau of the FIFA Councilsaid the lifting of the suspension willbe subject to repealing of theCommittee of Administrators' (CoA)mandate in full. In a statement, FIFAalso said it wants the AIFF admin-istration to "be fully in charge of theAIFF's daily affairs".

"The suspension will be liftedonce an order to set up a committeeof administrators to assume thepowers of the AIFF ExecutiveCommittee has been repealed andthe AIFF administration regains fullcontrol of the AIFF's daily affairs."

"The suspension means that theFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup2022, scheduled to take place in Indiaon 11-30 October 2022, cannot cur-rently be held in India as planned.FIFA is assessing the next steps withregard to the tournament and willrefer the matter to the Bureau of theCouncil if and when necessary."

In the wake of the latest devel-opment, the Centre sought an urgenthearing in the Supreme Court on theAIFF matter.

A bench of Justices DYChandrachud and A S Bopannawas told by Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing for the Centre, that"important development" has takenplace and FIFA has sent a letter sus-pending India which is in public

domain and needs to be brought onrecord.

This was after a four-memberFIFA delegation held a meeting withsenior sports ministry officials andthe CoA on Friday and Monday,respectively.

"Till last evening it seemed con-sensus has been reached between allthe parties but last night FIFA justinformed us that they will have toban AIFF as per its internal commit-tee decision," an official in the sportsministry said.

"FIFA is against CoA's interfer-ence but it is open to dialogue andwants the AIFF executive board to bein place at the earliest, and if that hap-pens, they will lift the ban.

"The government is committedto solving the matter as soon as pos-sible as it wants the U-17 Women'sJunior World Cup to be hosted byIndia," he added.

A ban on India has been on thecards since the Supreme Courtremoved Praful Patel as AIFF pres-ident on May 18 for not holding elec-

tions, due in December 2020.The court had appointed a three-

member Committee ofAdministrators (CoA), headed byformer apex court judge AR Dave, tomanage the affairs of the national fed-eration.

The CoA, which has formerChief Commissioner of India SYQuraishi and ex India captainBhaskar Ganguly as other members,also had to frame its constitution inline with the National Sports Codeand model guidelines.

The Bureau of the FIFA Councildecided that upon lifting of the sus-pension, the AIFF constitution willhave to be revised in accordance withthe requirements of the FIFA and theAFC and to be approved by the AIFFgeneral assembly without interfer-ence from any third party.

The FIFA, "concurrently", wantsan "independent electoral commit-tee to be elected by the AIFF gener-al assembly to run the elections of anew executive committee".

It also said the AIFF must "carry

out the upcoming electoral processas per the statutory requirements andto hold its elections based on the pre-existing membership of the AIFF (i.Estate associations only).

As per the FIFA move and withthe AIFF losing all membershiprights until further notice, the Indianclubs and representatives (players,referees, officials) are no longer enti-tled to take part in international sus-pension until the suspension is lift-ed.

"This also means neither the

AIFF nor any of its members or offi-cials may benefit from any develop-ment programmes, courses or train-ing from FIFA and/or the AFC," theworld body said in its detailed state-ment.

The FIFA has never allowedthird party interference in the affairsof its member units whether by thecourt or the government. It has setup normalisation committees invarious countries in cases similar toIndia.

FIFA, though, has kept a windowopen for India, saying it is in touchwith the sports ministry on theissue.

"FIFA is in constant constructivecontact with the Ministry of YouthAffairs and Sports in India and ishopeful that a positive outcome to thecase may still be achieved," it said.

Following the ban, the fate of theAIFF elections, to be held on August28 on the orders of the Supreme isnot yet known.

The poll process began onAugust 13 as the top court approvedthe time-line prepared by theCommittee of Administrators (CoA).

The CoA has already appointeda returning officers and has publishedthe electoral college for the elections,including 36 eminent players in thelist. The filing of nominations is tostart from Wednesday till Friday.

India's football fraternity is hop-ing that a last-minute solution willsalvage the FIFA under-17 women'sworld cup when the Supreme Courthears the matter on Wednesday.

The sports ministry had filed anapplication in the Supreme Court,seeking a modification to its August5 order that allowed 36 eminent play-ers to vote in the AIFF elections onthe grounds that the world body wasnot in favour of 'individual member-ship' in the AIFF.

According to sources, FIFA re-iterated its stand to the sports min-istry on Monday and issued the state-ment to ban India after that (around10pm Swiss local time; wee hours onTuesday in India).

The Supreme Court on August3 directed the executive committeeof the All India Football Federation(AIFF) to expeditiously hold elec-tions as per the schedule proposedby the CoA.

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Alvaro Morata struck twiceto secure Atletico Madrid

a 3-0 victory at Getafe in theiropening game of the La Ligaseason on Monday.

Morata, who has returnedto Atletico after two years onloan with Juventus, scored agoal in each half before AntoineGriezmann wrapped up thepoints.

Joao Felix played a key roleby setting up all three goals, thefirst of which Morata swepthome from the edge of the boxon 15 minutes.

Borja Mayoral grazed thecrossbar for Getafe late in thefirst half, but Morata easedAtletico nerves with a clinicalfinish on the hour following anerror by Stefan Mitrovic.

Felix then threaded theball through for Griezmann,who cut inside and drove lowinto the corner to ensureAtletico made a winning startfollowing the departure of LuisSuarez.

The Uruguayan rejoinedhis boyhood club Nacional ona short-term deal in July afterhis contract expired at Atletico.

Athletic Bilbao drew 0-0 athome to Mallorca, while RealBetis host Elche later onMonday to round out the open-ing round of fixtures in Spain.

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Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios will skipthe Davis Cup next month, Tennis

Australia said on Tuesday, scotching specu-lation about his return to the team competi-tion.

The 27-year-old has not appeared at theDavis Cup since 2019 but would have beenan obvious choice given his strong run of formsince his Wimbledon final appearance in July.

Kyrgios, ranked 28 in the world, won theWashington Open earlier this month andreached the quarter-finals of the CanadianOpen.

"It would have been great to have Nickin the team but unfortunately he was unavail-able for this tie," Australia's Davis Cup cap-tain Lleyton Hewitt said in a statement.

The team will be led by Alex de Minaurand Thanasi Kokkinakis and also includeWimbledon men's doubles champions MattEbden and Max Purcell.

Australia will compete in Hamburg onSeptember 13-18 in Pool C alongsideGermany, France and Belgium in the groupstage.

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This month, in our series 'Championborn this month', I would like to

present a game by the most remark-able World Chess Champion — some-one who always showed courage toexperiment, someone who was thepioneer of artificial intelligence andsomeone who is considered to be thegreatest Chess visionary who influ-enced the Chess world most. Surely thereader has guessed that I am speakingabout five times world Chess champi-on Mikhail Botvinnik of USSR.

Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik(17th August,1911-- 5th May 1995)was born at Kuokkala, (now in Repinodistrict, Saint Petersburg) to a Jewishdentist couple. Though it was the mosttrying time for the Jewish communi-ty then, Botvinnik always found a wayto survive and excel due to his intel-ligence, adaptability and wisdom.Botvinnik turned an atheist veryyoung and always described himself as"a Jew by blood, a Russian by cultureand a Soviet by upbringing".

At the tender age of 20, Botvinnikwon the Soviet Chess Championship,thereby getting opportunity to partic-ipate in important Chess tourna-ments in Western Europe. His victo-ries over former World ChampionsCapablanca and Alekhine — twomasterpieces displaying exactly oppo-site playing styles — reveal the depthof Botvinnik's mastery over Chessstrategy, tactics and technique at ayoung age. When World ChampionAlexander Alekhine passed away in1946, leaving the Chess throne empty,the International Chess FederationFIDE conducted the 'WorldChampionship Tournament' atGroningen (1946) in which Botvinnikemerged the winner, to be crowned as

the World Champion for the first time.Botvinnik always believed in prop-

agating and promoting the game on allfronts at the same time and was themain force behind the governmentsupport and the broad player base inSoviet Union. He wrote several Chessbooks and composed some very illus-trative Chess puzzles. Botvinnik'sgreatest contribution to Chess is hisstudy of artificial intelligence andcomputer science. Even when he wasthe World Champion, Botvinnik ded-icated a lot of time in designing andmaking Chess playing computers.Even at the risk of becoming ridiculedby fellow Chess masters, Botvinnikalways expressed that computerswould eventually defeat humans someday. His words have indeed come true,though, sadly, it was not to happenduring his lifetime.

After retiring from active partic-ipation in world championship cycles,

Botvinnik started training talentedyoungsters from Soviet Union. WorldChampions Garry Kasparov andVladimir Kramnik are the mostprominent among his students.Botvinnik promptly acknowledgedthe contribution of others to his ownwork as well as to Chess theory. Heattributed his concept of 'acclimatisa-tion', practiced by all Soviet sportsper-sons for decades, to invaluable inputsand suggestions by World ChessChampion Dr Emanuel Lasker. Due tohis innovativeness, objectivity andclarity of thoughts, Botvinnik wasalways able to lead the Chess world innew directions and dimensions till thelast day of his life. The Chess world willalways miss this legendary personal-ity.

Today let me take you through agame played by Botvinnik in the sys-tem named after him and annotated bynone other than his most successfulpupil, Garry Kasparov.1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf65.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5

This sharp continuation, defend-ing the 'c4' Pawn at the cost of allow-ing White to attack the pinned BlackKnight with a Pawn, is now known asthe Botvinnik variation of the SlavDefence.7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5! hxg510.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6

White has recovered the sacrificedpiece and seems to be in an advanta-geous position. However, Botvinniksoon demonstrated that this is only anillusion and Black has enough dynam-ic resources to create adequate coun-terplay.11...Bb7 12.Be2?

This natural developing moveturns out to be a serious mistake. "

12.g3! must go without thinking -writes my hand 51 years later." — GarryKasparov in 1996.12...Qb6 13.0-0 0-0-0

"Both kings are castled ; however,the White monarch will soon feel quiteuncomfortable, especially after theimmanent c6-c5." — Garry Kasparov.14.a4?!

"Looks natural, but while trying toopen the opponent's Kingside Whitesoon finds himself well behind in thecreation of any real threats." — GarryKasparov. "

14.Bf3 protecting the crucial diag-onal, could have partially repaired thedamage done by the 12th move,although a bishop on g2 with the pawnon g3 is a much more healthy construc-tion for the castled King, For example,14...Ne5!? leads to a double-edged posi-tion after the queen sacrifice: 15.dxe5Rxd1 16.Rfxd1 " Garry Kasparov.

"In one training game Ragozin,Botvinnik's long-time coach and spar-ring partner, played the optimistic14.h4 and after 14...Bh6! 15.a4 Bxg516.hxg5 b4 17.Ne4 c5 White didn't sur-vive for long in this open position." —Garry Kasparov.14...b4! 15.Ne4 c5! 16.Qb1?

"Too far from the action. 16.Qc2wouldn't have changed much after16...b3! 17.Qb1 Qc7 etc. Anotherproposition 16.Qc2,c3!? 17.bxc3 Qc7looks extremely exciting, e.g. 18.f4 cxd419.c4 d3! 20.Bxd3 Nc5 21.Nxc5 Bxc5+22.Kh1 Rdg8 (threatening 23...Rxg5)23.Bh7 (what else?) 23...b3! 24.Qb1,Qc6! 25.Rf3 Qxf3! and the crazed ele-phants (Chess Bishops are called ele-phants in Russian - Pravin Thipsay)will trample all over White's king.Remember 26.gxf3 Bxf3# is mate!"Garry Kasparov.

The only reasonable alternativewas 16.Nd2! with hopes of staying inthe game after 16...c3 17.bxc3 bxc318.Nc4 Qc7 19.h4 etc.16...Qc7!

As you have probably noticed,Black has gained a valuable tempo formanoeuvring his queen, because thesquare h2 is also vulnerable from thediagonal h2-b8.17.Ng3?

"The final mistake. This knight hadto stay on e4.

The alternative 17.h4 wouldn'tstop Black's attack after 17...Bh6! ;

17.g3! was relatively the best andcould have prevented immediate dis-aster." — Garry Kasparov.17...cxd4 18.Bxc4! Qc6!

But not 18...Qxc4?? due to 19.Rc1.19.f3 d3!

"In amazing harmony Black'spieces are using all open lines and diag-onals to satisfy their "basic instincts":to get at the White king!" — Kasparov.Black opens up the 'g1-a7' diagonal forhis King Bishop.20.Qc1

Bad is 20.Ne4? Qc7! 21.g3 Bxe4!22.fxe4 Qxc4 23.Rc1 Bc5+ 24.Kf1Qxe4 with a rapid mate. Or if 20.Be3then 20….Bc5 21.Qe1 Ne5 22.Bb3Ng4! and White wins.20...Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Qd6! 22.Qf4

This allowed Black to win with apretty combination but there was nodefence anyway22...Rxh2+! 23.Kxh2 Rh8+ 24.Qh4

24.Nh5 fails to 24...Rxh5+ 25.Kg3Rxg5+!24...Rxh4+ 25.Bxh4 Qf4!

White resigned. 0-1

Pravin Thipsay, Arjuna Awardeeand International Chess Grandmaster.

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Dusan Vlahovic firedJuventus to a comfortable 3-

0 win over Sassuolo with abrace in Monday's Serie A open-er while Victor Osimhen wasracially abused by Verona fansin a thumping 5-2 win forNapoli.

Serbia forward Vlahovicput Juve two ahead just beforethe break from the penalty spotafter being fouled by GianMarco Ferrari, and ended thematch as a contest following asmart Angel Di Maria pass sixminutes after the restart.

Di Maria had set Juve on theroad for a low-key win with hisfirst Serie A goal, a miscued vol-ley in the 26th minute of hisdebut after arriving as a freeagent this summer.

Massimiliano Allegri's sidewere missing returning heroPaul Pogba, out with a knee

injury until next month, andinjured starting goalkeeperWojciech Szczesny.

However Allegri gave FilipKostic his Juve debut off thebench, a new face who alongwith the excellent Di Mariacould rejuvenate a sluggish teamwho came up against the weak-est of resistance at the AllianzStadium.

Osimhen was among thescorers for Napoli who beforekick-off honoured their formergoalkeeper Claudio Garella, aSerie A title winner in the 1980swith both southern Italy's biggestclub and Verona.

A reporter at the gameheard a section of the home sup-port launch monkey chants atthe Nigeria forward midwaythrough the first half, before hestretched to jab home GiovanniDi Lorenzo's knockdown instoppage time to put the awayside 2-1 ahead at half-time.

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South Africa captain Dean Elgarsays he does not fear "Bazball" as

the Proteas seek to inflict England'sfirst Test defeat of their swashbuck-ling new era under the leadership ofBen Stokes and Brendon McCullum.

After a dismal run of just onevictory in 17 Tests, England have wonfour from four under new skipperStokes and coach McCullum head-ing into their series opener againstSouth Africa at Lord's on Wednesday.

That includes a 3-0 series winover world champions New Zealand,with England hunting down chal-lenging targets on each occasion.

Stokes's men then made light ofa seemingly stiff target of 378 in theCovid-delayed fifth Test againstIndia at Edgbaston, romping to vic-tory by seven wickets.

"Bazball" -- a reference to

McCullum's nickname -- has revi-talised England's red-ball fortunes ata time of renewed debate about thefuture of the five-day game.

But there are questions overwhether the ultra-aggressiveapproach can work in all circum-stances, particularly against a strong

South Africa pace attack."I've got absolutely no interest in

the style that they've played," Elgartold the Guardian. "I think it can go

one of two ways for them and it cango south very quickly... I'd like to seethem do it against our seamers."

But England bowling great JamesAnderson, speaking at Lord's onMonday, is confident that stickingwith a positive mindset will prove theright thing for the team.

"I don't think it has to comeunstuck at all," he said. "We nowknow we've got the ability to chase

anything down and we've got theability to take wickets in any condi-tions.

"If we keep playing with thatentertaining sort of mindset andalso be smart with it as well...there may be times when we can'tgo hell for leather with the bat andmaybe we have to soak up a bit ofpressure at times and just be smartabout when we put pressure back on

the opposition.Both teams appear to be stronger

in bowling rather than battingalthough, with resilient opener Elgarleading from the front, the Proteashave won seven out of nine Testsunder his captaincy, while the formof Keegan Petersen has helped com-pensate for the red-ball retirement ofgifted shotmaker Quinton de Kock.

England will hope in-form bats-men Joe Root and Jonny Bairstowmaintain their eye-catching form ofearlier in the season.

South Africa spearhead bowlerKagiso Rabada is doubtful for thefirst game of the three-Test serieswith an ankle injury.

"I'm hoping that he pullsthrough," said Proteas coach MarkBoucher. "Rabada is a massive play-er for us as we all know so for himto be part of the final XI would bevery special for us."

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England have recalled fit-againwicketkeeper Ben Foakes for the

first Test against South Africa atLord's starting on Wednesday.

Ben Stokes, the England cap-tain, announced the return ofSurrey wicketkeeper Foakes to the

XI during a media conference onTuesday.

Foakes is the only change fromthe team that defeated India in thepostponed fifth Test at Edgbastonlast month after missing the matchfollowing a case of coronavirus.Foakes reclaims the gloves fromKent's Sam Billings.

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Tuesday opened his campaignin the FTX Crypto Cup, theAmerican finale of ChampionsChess Tour, with a 2.5-1.5 winover the world's top juniorplayer Alireza Firouzja.

The 17-year old, who waspart of the Bronze medal-win-ning India 'B' team at the recentchess Olympiad inMamallapuram near Chennai,opened with a win in the firstof the four-game match.

He lost the second gamebefore winning the third anddrawing the fourth to beatFirouzja in the first roundmatch on Tuesday.

The Indian GM picked upthree points for beating thehighly-rated Firouzja and facesDutch No.1 Anish Giri in thesecond round.

Meanwhile, world No.1Magnus Carlsen of Norwaystormed to a 3-1 win over Giri.

In other matches in the firstround, Poland's Jan-KrzyztofDuda beat Hans Nieman 3-0while Lev Aronian defeatedChina's Le Liem 2.5-1.5.

The eight-player all-play-alltournament is the Americanfinale of Champions ChessTour. There is $7,500 at stakefor each match win at theevent.

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Ireland all-rounder KevinO'Brien on Tuesday

announced his retirement frominternational cricket afterfalling out of contention for thisyear's T20 World Cup inAustralia.

O'Brien played three Tests,153 ODIs and 110 T20Is dur-ing a 16-year internationalcareer and had spells with anumber of English county clubsand T20 franchise sides aroundthe world.

The 38-year-old famouslyblasted the Irish to victoryover England in a 2011 WorldCup group match in Indiawith a 50-ball century — stillthe tournament's quickest.

The Dubliner scored 9,048runs in total for Ireland, includ-ing the country's first Test

hundred, a second-inningsknock of 118 against Pakistanin 2018, and took 276 wickets.

In a statement on Twitter,O'Brien, who for many yearsplayed alongside older brotherNiall, said: "Today I announcemy retirement from interna-tional cricket after 16 years and389 caps for my country.

"I had hoped to finish mycareer at the T20 World Cup inAustralia, but having not beenpicked for the Irish squad sincelast year's World Cup, I feel theselectors and management arelooking elsewhere.

"I have enjoyed everyminute playing for Ireland,have made many friends off thepitch and I have so many happymemories to remember frommy time playing for the nation-al side." Ireland captain AndrewBalbirnie said he was "lucky" to

have played with O'Brien."Cricket in this country

owes a lot to what Kev achievedon and off the field and he hasleft the game in a better place,"he said.

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He might have been relegated tovice-captaincy after KL Rahul'slate inclusion but team's senior-

most player is always ready to lend ahelping hand to the youngsters who seekout for him.

Dhawan was all set to lead the teamin a three-match ODI series here butnow that he will be performing theduties of a deputy, he is ready to to puthis best foot forward.

"I quite enjoy sharing my experiencewith the youngsters in the team. I firstcame here in 2014 (actually 2013), whenDuncan Fletcher was the Indian coach.If they (youngsters) reach out to me forany suggestions, I am (always) there toanswer them," Dhawan told reportersat a media conference here.

The 36-year-old southpaw is ratherhappy that skipper Rahul will get themuch-needed game time ahead of theall-important Asia Cup.

"It is a very good news that KL(Rahul) is back and will be leading theside as well. He is one of the main play-ers of this Indian team. It will be a goodouting for him before the Asia Cup getsunderway. I am sure he will gain a lotfrom this tour," Dhawan said.

All-rounder Washington Sundarwho was a sure-shot starter againstZimbabwe was ruled out after heinjured his left shoulder in the RoyalLondon One Day Cup.

The 22-year-old Chennai lad lastdonned the Indian colours during theWest Indies series in February 2021.

"It's sad that Washington is out. Heis quite an important player for the side.But it's part and parcel...Injuries happen.Hope, he will recover soon. He will bemissed him as a spinner but we have gota good back-up through Kuldeep Yadavand Deepak Hooda, who also bowls off-spin," the Indian vice captain said.

While India is back in the southernAfrican nation for the first time since2016 and haven't played much againstthem in the last few years, Dhawan wasof the opinion that should not takeZimbabwe, especially after their recentseries win against Bangladesh.

"They have won against Bangladesh.They are playing good cricket. It'sgood for us and we cannot take anythingfor granted. It's about the process.

"Regardless of the team we are fac-ing, we always make sure we do thingsright so that we end up getting the rightresults. That will once again be our focus

as a team," Dhawan said.Dhawan praised senior

Zimbawean batter Sikandar Razaand said that the Indian bowlers willhave to bowl smart against the lat-ter to contain him in the righttime.

"He is a very good player. He hasbeen playing for Zimbabwe for along time. He is a quality player. I amsure our bowlers with come upwith nice plans against him," he said.

Dhawan went on to add that theseries against Zimbabwe will be

crucial for a number of youngstersin the squad like Shubman Gill,Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan, and theexposure they are getting will beextremely beneficial to them in thecoming days.

"The youngsters, these days,

have got more exposure. They areconfident and they have got goodtechnique. Their confidence level isquite high because of domestic andIPL. We feel that we have got somany options. It is a healthy sign forthe team," Dhawan said.

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Suryakumar Yadav hasreceived high praise from the

great Ricky Ponting, who com-pared the batter with AB deVilliers, saying the Indian pos-sesses a 360 degree game like theSouth African genius.

Ponting suggested thatYadav should bat at numberfour in the Indian line-up.

"Surya (Yadav) scores 360degrees around the ground, a bitlike an AB de Villiers did whenhe was in his actual prime. Thelap shots, the late cuts, youknow, the ramps over the keep-er's head. He can hit down theground," Ponting said on the lat-est episode of The ICC Review.

"He hits really well over theleg side, flicks to deep backwardsquare particularly well, and he'sa good player of fast bowlingand is a good player of spinbowling."

Yadav, 31, has scored 672runs at an average of 37.33 anda strike rate of 175.45 in 23 T20matches and now sits at No.2 inthe ICC T20 Batter Ranking.

"He's a very, very excitingplayer and I'm sure someonethat's going to find himself intheir team, not just their squad,"Ponting, who has seen Yadav upclose in his early years atMumbai Indians, said.

"I think you'd find him intheir team for the T20 World

Cup. And if he's in that team,then I think all the fans inAustralia are going to see a very,very good player.

"He's quite a confident per-son. He backs himself and he'snever going to step down froma challenge or any situation thatarises in a game. I feel he thinkshe can win that situation andtherefore go on and win thegame for his team."

Asked whether Yadavwould make India's best XI, theformer Australian skipper saidhe has "played better than any-body else in the Indian team forthe last couple of series" andshould be slotted at the toporder.

"It's got to be in the top four,

I think. I said stick with him(Virat Kohli) in his traditionalspot, which has been numberthree," Ponting, a two-timeWorld Cup-winning captain,said.

"For Surya, it's one, two orfour. I think he can open, but Ithink he's probably, you know,if you could probably just keephim away from the new ball, lethim control the middle part ofthe game outside the Powerplay,through in the middle, and ifhe's in at the end, you knowwhat can happen."

Ponting said: "I think in thetop four is, well, actually I'll goout on a limb: I don't want himto open. I think number four ishis best spot."

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The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup,an annual invitational inter-

national men's hockey tourna-ment, is set to make a comebackafter a two-year break inNovember this year.

The prestigious tournamentdidn't take place in the last twoyears due to COVID-19. The lasttime it was held in 2019, SouthKorea had emerged championsby beating India in the summitclash.

"We are all set to host thePremier Azlan Shah Cup inNovember this year. We haveinvited six teams including Indiaand Australia and we hope ourinvitation will be accepted," anAHF official said.

India has been invitedalongside Australia, Germanyand England for the tournamentscheduled to be held fromNovember 16 to 25 in Ipoh,Malaysia.

While Australia are themost successful team in thetournament with 10 titles, Indiahave won it five times.

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The Indian women's teamwill play as many as 65

international games in the inau-gural Future Tours &Programmes (FTP) set by theICC during the three-year-cyclebetween May, 2022 to April,2025.

The ICC on Tuesdayannounced the the structuredcalender that includes a total of301 matches (seven Tests, 135ODIs and 159 T20Is) over aperiod of three years.

India's share of matcheswill be two Tests against Englandand Australia along with 27ODIs and 36 T20 Internationalsduring the said duration.

Since the FTP has startedfrom May, 2022, India havealready played 3 WODIs and 3WT20Is against Sri Lanka.

As per the list, India hostsNew Zealand, South Africa,West Indies and Ireland at home,the away series are againstAustralia, England, Sri Lanka(already played) andBangladesh.

One of the marquee eventsin this phase will be India's five-match T20I series against the'Southern Stars' later this year.

While the Australians willbe visiting India once againduring the summer of 2023-24

for a multi-format series(oneTest, three ODIs, and threeT20Is), the Indians will returnthe favour when they tour DownUnder in the winter of 2025-26(one Test, three ODIs, and threeT20Is).

Of the seven Tests inkedduring the phase, England willplay the most Tests - five, fol-lowed by Australia (four), SouthAfrica (three) and India (two).

"This is a huge moment forthe women's game," ICC gener-al manager of cricket, WasimKhan, said in a statement.

"This FTP not only lendscertainty to future cricket toursbut also sets the base for a struc-ture that is sure to grow in thecoming years," Khan added.

According to ICC, the 2022-25 Women's Championship,teams will generally play three-match bilateral ODI series beforethe 2025 World Cup.

Many of these series willalso be accompanied by T20international matches, withsome teams also giving its con-sent for five-match WT20Iseries.

"All bilateral T20I matchescount towards respective teamrankings, which in turn servesas a primary mechanism fordetermining the teams thatqualify for ICC global events,"ICC said in its statement.

������� AmitabhChaudhary, the former BCCIsecretary and president ofJharkhand State CricketAssociation (JSCA) died ofheart attack on Tuesdaymorning. He was 62. An IITKharagpur alumnus,Chaudhary was instrumen-tal in getting the first-classstatus for Jharkhand afterBCCI disbanded the BiharCricket Association duringthe late Jagmohan Dalmiya'stenure in the early part of thenew millennium.

Chaudhary also played amajor role in building one ofthe finest cricket stadiums inRanchi and should be con-sidered instrumental inbringing international crick-et and IPL to the industrialtown.

He had also served as aBCCI joint secretary andwas an administrative man-ager with the Indian team ona few occasions. PTI

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The India 'A' side is set to get itsfirst assignment in over eight

months with New Zealand and, inall likelihood, Australia touringthe country.

The India A program will be"helmed by VVS Laxman and hisNCA support staff group of SairajBahutule and Sitanshu Kotak,"according to a report in'ESPNCricinfo'.

India A was previously inaction in November-December lastyear, when it played three unoffi-cial Tests in Bloemfontein, SouthAfrica.

The New Zealand 'A' side isslated to arrive in India by the endof this month. It will play threefour-day games and as many List Amatches with all fixtures expectedto be held in Bengaluru.

A pink-ball fixture is also beingmulled upon by the BCCI, but finalapproval is pending.

Even in their previous tour in2017-18, the New Zealand 'A' sidehad played a pink-ball match atVijayawada, although it was a daygame.

The tour of New Zealand islikely to coincide with the DuleepTrophy, scheduled from September8 to 25. The BCCI is also in talkswith Cricket Australia for a possi-ble tour.

"The BCCI is also understoodto be in negotiations with CricketAustralia for a tour towards the endof the year - most likely inNovember - prior to the start of theRanji Trophy and India's next Testassignment, which will be inBangladesh," the report said.

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All-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed onTuesday received his maiden

India call-up as he replaced aninjured Washington Sundar for thethree-match ODI series againstZimbabwe starting this week.

The 27-year-old Shahbaz hasbeen rewarded for his stellar perfor-mance in the 2022 IPL season,

where he turned out for RoyalChallengers Bangalore.

The Bengal left-arm spinnercollected 219 runs and four wicketsin 16 matches, leaving a mark.

The Southpaw has a battingaverage of 41.64 and a bowlingaverage of 19.47 from 18 first classgames.

"The All-India Senior SelectionCommittee named Shahbaz Ahmed

as the replacement for WashingtonSundar for the three-match ODIseries against Zimbabwe," the BCCIsaid in a statement.

Washington had injured hisshoulder while playing a Countygame in England, ruling him out ofthe Zimbabwe tour.

India are scheduled to playthree ODIs starting in Harare onThursday.

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