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I ndia is committed to peace but “it is also ready for any eventuality,” was Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s stern message to China from the floor of Parliament on Tuesday with regard to a massive build- up on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the eastern Ladakh. Repeatedly blaming China for attempted transgression of LAC and aggressive behav- iour, Singh said in the Lok Sabha that the country’s forces are fully-prepared, stocked with arms, ammunition, food, and winter clothing. Speaking about the pro- longed stand-off with China on the Ladakh border, the Defence Minister accused China of vio- lating established rules and conventions laid down by 1993 and 1996 agreements between the two countries and “trans- gressing” the border. While stating that the Indian Army is “battle-ready”, Rajnath said the border issue could be resolved by talks and dialogue. He said that the onus is on Beijing which has “pro- voked us” by “violent con- duct” when talks were still on between the two sides. The Defence Minister said in the middle of May China “attempted to transgress in many places in the western sec- tor, including Kongka La, Gogra, Galwan and North Bank of Pangong Lake. This invited counter-measures from Indian side”. In his brief statement in the House, Rajnath said China has mobilised a large number of troops on the LAC and India too has made “suitable counter- moves”. He said he could not go into more details but assured that armed forces are fully pre- pared to protect the country’s territorial integrity and sover- eignty. Rajnath said the country is facing the challenging situation in Ladakh and the entire House should make a unanimous res- olution to strongly back the bravehearts at the borders pro- tecting the country in a diffi- cult situation. “Jawano ka hosla buland hain”, he said amid thumping of desks by the members. Congress MPs who want- ed to ask questions on the issue later walked out from the House when Speaker Om Birla reminded them of rule 370 say- ing “no question can be asked after Minister’s statement”. The Defence Minister con- stantly alluded to the “dis- trust” created by China by its actions on the ground while talks between the two sides on the military and diplomatic level were underway during the last few months. He said China had increased its mobilisation on the LAC since April and May, this year, and tried to “transgress” LAC. Continued on Page 4 T he Government on Tuesday said no actionable inputs were received by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) reveal- ing the alleged nexus between people in the film industry and drug traffickers. This after veteran actress and Parliamentarian Jaya Bachchan alleged that a vicious attempt was underway to defame the film industry by linking it to drug abuse. Jaya’s charge invited a sharp reaction from actress Kangana Ranaut and strong backing from several Bollywood celebrities. Replying to a written ques- tion in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the NCB carries out searches, seizures, arrests and investigations con- tinuously throughout the year on the actionable inputs devel- oped on its own or received from other sources. “During the period of Covid-19 lockdown, no such actionable inputs were received by the NCB revealing the nexus between people in the film industry and drug traffickers,” he said. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Jaya rebutted BJP MP and film actor Ravi Kishan’s comments in the Lok Sabha about drug addiction in Bollywood. Jaya said the film industry was being “flogged by social media and the Government’s non-support”. “Just because of a few peo- ple, you cannot tarnish the whole industry... I was really embarrassed and ashamed that yesterday one of our members in the Lok Sabha, who is from the industry, spoke against the film industry. Jis thaali me khaate hain, usi me chhed karte hain,” Jaya said. Ravi Kishan, a popular actor of Bhojpuri and Hindi films, raised in Parliament the drug-related allegations that have emerged against the film industry in the Sushant Singh Rajput investigations. He alleged a “conspiracy” by Pakistan and China to destroy the country’s younger citizens. Jaya further said such state- ments were meant to divert attention from the state of the economy and unemployment in the country. “The entertainment indus- try in our country provides direct employment every day to five lakh people and indirect employment to five million people. At a time when the financial situation is in a depressing state and employ- ment is at the worst level, in order to divert the attention of the people, we are being used to be flogged by social media and the Government’s non- support. But people who have made their name in this film industry have called it a gutter. I completely disagree,” the SP MP said. Continued on Page 4 I n the run up to the Bihar Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated another set of infra structure projects worth 540 crore for the State through video conference in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The projects include sew- erage treatment plants at Beur and Karam-Leechak in Patna city, as well as water-related projects in Siwan and Chhapra under the “AMRUT” Yojana. Apart from this, the PM laid foundation stones for water supply projects in Munger and Jamalpur and River Front Development Scheme under Namami Gange in Muzaffarpur. The Prime Minister said even during the times of coro- na, the work on various devel- opment projects progressed uninterrupted in Bihar. Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi assured that projects will be completed on time. The Prime Minister on Sunday inaugurated a slew of petro chemical projects worth 940 crore in the poll bound State. The PM lauded the con- tribution of the engineers to the development of the country on the occasion of Engineer’s Day, which is celebrated in the memory of India’s pioneering modern civil engineer, M Visvesvaraya. Modi said Bihar also significantly contributed towards development of the country by producing millions of engineers. Modi said Bihar is the land of historical cities and has a rich heritage of thousands of years. Continued on Page 4 T he Union Home Ministry on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that no leader in Jammu & Kashmir is current- ly under house arrest. It, however, admitted that 223 people in J&K are under detention. Interestingly, another inter- esting detail was found missing in the statement. It was on July 31, 2020 the detention of for- mer Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti under the stringent Public Safety Act was extended by three months. Minister of State (Home) G Kishan Reddy in a written reply to a question raised by Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Ray said, “The Government of Jammu & Kashmir has reported that after the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year various mea- sures were taken to maintain public order, which included preventive detention of certain persons.” “As on September 11, 223 persons are under detention. No person is under house arrest in the UT of Jammu & Kashmir,” he said. Meanwhile, a close aide of Mehbooba and a former Cabinet Minister reacted sharply labeling it a “blatant lie”. Naeem Akhtar, a former Minister in the Mehbooba Government tweeted, there are many categories of lies. “Lies, white lies, data, judicial lies (spoken on oath), parliamen- tary lies: This Government excels in all.” Another Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed Para in a separate tweet said, “Blatant lies (told) in Parliament by Union Ministers that no one is under house arrest. It has now been seven months of house arrest and six months of detention for many of us, since 5 August 2019. The detention of Mehbooba under the strin- gent Public Safety Act was extended by three months, hours before it was due to expire ahead of the anniversary of Abrogation of Article 370. I ndia’s Covid-19 caseload crossed 5 million marks on Tuesday as the pandemic showed no sign of plateauing out any sooner. Maharashtra breached a landmark of 30,000 deaths on Tuesday, as an all-time high 515 people succumbed to Covid- 19, while 20,482 more people tested positive for the pan- demic in various parts of the State. The number of new cases is nearly 4,000 lower than the State’s highest single-day tally. India on Tuesday recorded 82,375 new cases and 1,237 deaths. There has been a gen- eral trend that due to the lag effect of reduced testing at the weekend, the first two days of the weeks show relatively fewer cases. This may explain slight- ly subdued numbers on Monday (81,000 cases and Tuesday. Last week, India recorded more than 97,000 new cases twice in a single day. Each of the four worst- affected States — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka — recorded fewer cases than their highest single-day spike. But Uttar Pradesh (6,841 cases), Delhi (4,261 cases) and West Bengal (3,237 cases) showed no sign of any weakening in the spread of the pandemic. Continued on Page 4 T he Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained Sudarshan TV from telecasting two episodes of “Bindas Bol” programme, which are sched- uled for Tuesday and Wednesday saying it prime facie appears to “vilify” the Muslim community. “At this stage, prima facie it does appear that the pro- gramme does vilify the Muslim community,” the SC said while staying the telecast of two episodes of the programme on alleged infiltration of Muslims into the bureaucracy. A three-judge bench head- ed by Justice DY Chandrachud which heard the plea against the serial said it would hear the matter on September 17. Continued on Page 4 I ndia on Tuesday walked out of a meeting of the National Security Advisors (NSA) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SC0) after Pakistan presented a “ficti- tious” map of the country showing Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Gujarat as its part. The Ministry of External Affairs said what Pakistan was in “blatant disregard to host Russia’s advisory”. Making its position clear, the Ministry said, “At the meet- ing of NSAs of member states of the SCO, hosted by the Chair of the SCO (Russia), the Pakistani NSA deliberately pro- jected a fictitious map that Pakistan has recently been propagating.” The Ministry in a state- ment said, “This was in blatant disregard to the advisory by the host against it and in violation of the norms of the meeting. After consultation with the host, the Indian side left the meeting in protest at that junc- ture. Pakistan then went on to present a misleading view of this meeting.” India was represented by NSA Ajit Doval. Sources said Russia termed Pakistan’s act as “provocative” and clarified that it did not sup- port such an action. Continued on Page 4 New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved establishment of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Bihar’s Darbhanga, an official statement said on Tuesday. The institute will come up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) at a total cost of 1,264 crore, it said. T he Congress on Tuesday questioned the absence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha when Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made a statement on the India-China border standoff. The Congress also wanted to know if the Chinese have encroached on Depsang Plains, Gogra, Pangong-Tso Lake till Finger 8, Y-junction in Bhutan, Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand and in Arunachal Pradesh. Former Congress presi- dent Rahul Gandhi, who is abroad currently accompany- ing his mother and interim party chief Sonia Gandhi for a health check-up, attacked the Prime Minister for “mislead- ing” the country over Chinese transgressions. “The country has always stood by its armed forces and will continue to do so in future. But Modiji, when will you stand against China? When will we take back the land of our country from China? Don’t be scared of taking China’s name,” Rahul tweeted. Continued on Page 4 U ttar Pradesh registered its highest single-day spike of 113 COVID-19 fatalities as the death toll mounted to 4,604, even as 904 more people tested positive for coronavirus infection in the state capital. As many as 6,895 more people tested positive across the state, taking the cumulative count of confirmed cases to 3,24,036. Besides the state capital, Kanpur Nagar, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Ghaziabad, Varanasi, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bareilly, Moradabad, Meerut, Aligarh, Saharanpur, Jhansi, Barabanki, Agra, Maharajganj and Muzaffarnagar reported coro- navirus positive cases in three digits. However, as many as 2,52,097 COVID-19 patients have recovered across the state so far, including 6,680 who were discharged from hospitals during the past 24 hours. At present 67,335 active coronavirus cases are under- going treatment in the state. Meanwhile, with 904 more people testing positive in Lucknow, the tally of con- firmed cases in the city to rose to 41,091 on Tuesday evening. The city also reported 15 more COVID-19 deaths, tak- ing the toll to 539. The condition of former chief minister of UP, Kalyan Singh, who tested positive for coronavirus infection on Monday, was said to be stable. A health bulletin released by Sanjay Gandhi Post- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences said, “The condition of Singh is stable. He is afebrile and maintaining 100 per cent oxygen saturation on room air. He is not having fever and his BP is also normal. He has been shifted to a private room and is under observation due to comorbidities.”

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India is committed to peacebut “it is also ready for any

eventuality,” was DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh’s sternmessage to China from thefloor of Parliament on Tuesdaywith regard to a massive build-up on the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in the eastern Ladakh.

Repeatedly blaming Chinafor attempted transgression ofLAC and aggressive behav-iour, Singh said in the LokSabha that the country’s forcesare fully-prepared, stocked witharms, ammunition, food, andwinter clothing.

Speaking about the pro-longed stand-off with China onthe Ladakh border, the DefenceMinister accused China of vio-lating established rules andconventions laid down by 1993and 1996 agreements betweenthe two countries and “trans-gressing” the border.

While stating that theIndian Army is “battle-ready”,Rajnath said the border issuecould be resolved by talks anddialogue. He said that the onusis on Beijing which has “pro-voked us” by “violent con-duct” when talks were still onbetween the two sides.

The Defence Minister saidin the middle of May China“attempted to transgress inmany places in the western sec-tor, including Kongka La,Gogra, Galwan and NorthBank of Pangong Lake. This

invited counter-measures fromIndian side”.

In his brief statement in theHouse, Rajnath said China hasmobilised a large number oftroops on the LAC and Indiatoo has made “suitable counter-moves”. He said he could not gointo more details but assuredthat armed forces are fully pre-pared to protect the country’sterritorial integrity and sover-eignty.

Rajnath said the country isfacing the challenging situationin Ladakh and the entire Houseshould make a unanimous res-olution to strongly back thebravehearts at the borders pro-tecting the country in a diffi-cult situation. “Jawano ka hoslabuland hain”, he said amidthumping of desks by themembers.

Congress MPs who want-ed to ask questions on the issuelater walked out from theHouse when Speaker Om Birlareminded them of rule 370 say-ing “no question can be askedafter Minister’s statement”.

The Defence Minister con-stantly alluded to the “dis-trust” created by China by itsactions on the ground whiletalks between the two sides onthe military and diplomaticlevel were underway during thelast few months. He said Chinahad increased its mobilisationon the LAC since April andMay, this year, and tried to“transgress” LAC.

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The Government on Tuesdaysaid no actionable inputs

were received by the NarcoticsControl Bureau (NCB) reveal-ing the alleged nexus betweenpeople in the film industry anddrug traffickers.

This after veteran actressand Parliamentarian JayaBachchan alleged that a viciousattempt was underway todefame the film industry bylinking it to drug abuse.

Jaya’s charge invited a sharpreaction from actress KanganaRanaut and strong backingfrom several Bollywoodcelebrities.

Replying to a written ques-tion in the Lok Sabha, UnionMinister of State for Home GKishan Reddy said the NCBcarries out searches, seizures,arrests and investigations con-tinuously throughout the yearon the actionable inputs devel-oped on its own or receivedfrom other sources.

“During the period ofCovid-19 lockdown, no suchactionable inputs were receivedby the NCB revealing the nexusbetween people in the filmindustry and drug traffickers,”he said.

Speaking in the RajyaSabha, Jaya rebutted BJP MPand film actor Ravi Kishan’scomments in the Lok Sabhaabout drug addiction inBollywood. Jaya said the filmindustry was being “flogged bysocial media and theGovernment’s non-support”.

“Just because of a few peo-ple, you cannot tarnish the

whole industry... I was reallyembarrassed and ashamed thatyesterday one of our membersin the Lok Sabha, who is fromthe industry, spoke against thefilm industry. Jis thaali mekhaate hain, usi me chhed kartehain,” Jaya said.

Ravi Kishan, a popularactor of Bhojpuri and Hindifilms, raised in Parliament thedrug-related allegations thathave emerged against the filmindustry in the Sushant SinghRajput investigations. Healleged a “conspiracy” byPakistan and China to destroythe country’s younger citizens.

Jaya further said such state-ments were meant to divertattention from the state of the

economy and unemploymentin the country.

“The entertainment indus-try in our country providesdirect employment every day tofive lakh people and indirectemployment to five millionpeople. At a time when thefinancial situation is in adepressing state and employ-ment is at the worst level, inorder to divert the attention ofthe people, we are being usedto be flogged by social mediaand the Government’s non-support. But people who havemade their name in this filmindustry have called it a gutter.I completely disagree,” the SPMP said.

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In the run up to the BiharAssembly elections, Prime

Minister Narendra Modi onTuesday inaugurated anotherset of infra structure projectsworth �540 crore for the Statethrough video conference inthe presence of Chief MinisterNitish Kumar.

The projects include sew-erage treatment plants at Beurand Karam-Leechak in Patnacity, as well as water-relatedprojects in Siwan and Chhapraunder the “AMRUT” Yojana.

Apart from this, the PMlaid foundation stones for watersupply projects in Munger andJamalpur and River FrontDevelopment Scheme underNamami Gange inMuzaffarpur.

The Prime Minister saideven during the times of coro-na, the work on various devel-opment projects progresseduninterrupted in Bihar.

Kumar and Deputy ChiefMinister Sushil Modi assuredthat projects will be completedon time.

The Prime Minister onSunday inaugurated a slew ofpetro chemical projects worth

�940 crore in the poll boundState.

The PM lauded the con-tribution of the engineers to thedevelopment of the country onthe occasion of Engineer’s Day,which is celebrated in thememory of India’s pioneeringmodern civil engineer, MVisvesvaraya. Modi said Biharalso significantly contributedtowards development of the

country by producing millionsof engineers. Modi said Biharis the land of historical cities

and has a rich heritage ofthousands of years.

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The Union Home Ministryon Tuesday informed the

Lok Sabha that no leader inJammu & Kashmir is current-ly under house arrest.

It, however, admitted that223 people in J&K are underdetention.

Interestingly, another inter-esting detail was found missingin the statement. It was on July31, 2020 the detention of for-mer Jammu & Kashmir ChiefMinister Mehbooba Muftiunder the stringent PublicSafety Act was extended bythree months.

Minister of State (Home) GKishan Reddy in a writtenreply to a question raised byTrinamool Congress MPSaugata Ray said, “TheGovernment of Jammu &Kashmir has reported that after

the abrogation of Article 370 inAugust last year various mea-sures were taken to maintainpublic order, which includedpreventive detention of certainpersons.”

“As on September 11, 223

persons are under detention.No person is under housearrest in the UT of Jammu &Kashmir,” he said.

Meanwhile, a close aide ofMehbooba and a formerCabinet Minister reacted

sharply labeling it a “blatant lie”.Naeem Akhtar, a former

Minister in the MehboobaGovernment tweeted, there aremany categories of lies. “Lies,white lies, data, judicial lies(spoken on oath), parliamen-tary lies: This Governmentexcels in all.”

Another PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP) leaderWaheed Para in a separatetweet said, “Blatant lies (told)in Parliament by UnionMinisters that no one is underhouse arrest. It has now beenseven months of house arrestand six months of detention formany of us, since 5 August2019. The detention ofMehbooba under the strin-gent Public Safety Act wasextended by three months,hours before it was due toexpire ahead of the anniversaryof Abrogation of Article 370.

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India’s Covid-19 caseloadcrossed 5 million marks on

Tuesday as the pandemicshowed no sign of plateauingout any sooner.

Maharashtra breached alandmark of 30,000 deaths onTuesday, as an all-time high 515people succumbed to Covid-19, while 20,482 more peopletested positive for the pan-demic in various parts of theState. The number of new casesis nearly 4,000 lower than theState’s highest single-day tally.

India on Tuesday recorded

82,375 new cases and 1,237deaths. There has been a gen-eral trend that due to the lageffect of reduced testing at theweekend, the first two days ofthe weeks show relatively fewercases. This may explain slight-ly subdued numbers onMonday (81,000 cases andTuesday. Last week, Indiarecorded more than 97,000new cases twice in a single day.

Each of the four worst-affected States — Maharashtra,Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Naduand Karnataka — recordedfewer cases than their highestsingle-day spike. But Uttar

Pradesh (6,841 cases), Delhi(4,261 cases) and West Bengal(3,237 cases) showed no sign of

any weakening in the spread ofthe pandemic.

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The Supreme Court onTuesday restrained

Sudarshan TV from telecastingtwo episodes of “Bindas Bol”programme, which are sched-uled for Tuesday andWednesday saying it primefacie appears to “vilify” theMuslim community.

“At this stage, prima facieit does appear that the pro-gramme does vilify the Muslimcommunity,” the SC said whilestaying the telecast of twoepisodes of the programme onalleged infiltration of Muslimsinto the bureaucracy.

A three-judge bench head-ed by Justice DY Chandrachudwhich heard the plea againstthe serial said it would hear thematter on September 17.

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India on Tuesday walked outof a meeting of the National

Security Advisors (NSA) ofthe Shanghai CooperationOrganisation (SC0) afterPakistan presented a “ficti-tious” map of the countryshowing Jammu & Kashmir,Ladakh and Gujarat as its part.

The Ministry of ExternalAffairs said what Pakistan wasin “blatant disregard to hostRussia’s advisory”.

Making its position clear,the Ministry said, “At the meet-ing of NSAs of member statesof the SCO, hosted by the

Chair of the SCO (Russia), thePakistani NSA deliberately pro-jected a fictitious map thatPakistan has recently beenpropagating.”

The Ministry in a state-ment said, “This was in blatantdisregard to the advisory by thehost against it and in violationof the norms of the meeting.After consultation with thehost, the Indian side left themeeting in protest at that junc-ture. Pakistan then went on topresent a misleading view ofthis meeting.”

India was represented byNSA Ajit Doval.

Sources said Russia termedPakistan’s act as “provocative”and clarified that it did not sup-port such an action.

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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved establishment ofa new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Bihar’sDarbhanga, an official statement said on Tuesday. The institutewill come up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana(PMSSY) at a total cost of �1,264 crore, it said.

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The Congress on Tuesdayquestioned the absence of

Prime Minister Narendra Modiin the Lok Sabha when DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh madea statement on the India-Chinaborder standoff. The Congressalso wanted to know if theChinese have encroached onDepsang Plains, Gogra,Pangong-Tso Lake till Finger 8,Y-junction in Bhutan, LipulekhPass in Uttarakhand and inArunachal Pradesh.

Former Congress presi-dent Rahul Gandhi, who isabroad currently accompany-ing his mother and interimparty chief Sonia Gandhi for a

health check-up, attacked thePrime Minister for “mislead-ing” the country over Chinesetransgressions.

“The country has alwaysstood by its armed forces andwill continue to do so in future.

But Modiji, when will youstand against China? When willwe take back the land of ourcountry from China? Don’t bescared of taking China’s name,”Rahul tweeted.

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Uttar Pradesh registered itshighest single-day spike

of 113 COVID-19 fatalities asthe death toll mounted to4,604, even as 904 more peopletested positive for coronavirusinfection in the state capital.

As many as 6,895 morepeople tested positive acrossthe state, taking the cumulativecount of confirmed cases to3,24,036.

Besides the state capital,

Kanpur Nagar, Prayagraj,Gorakhpur, Ghaziabad,Varanasi, Gautam BuddhaNagar, Bareilly, Moradabad,Meerut, Aligarh, Saharanpur,Jhansi, Barabanki, Agra,Maharajganj andMuzaffarnagar reported coro-navirus positive cases in threedigits.

However, as many as2,52,097 COVID-19 patientshave recovered across the stateso far, including 6,680 whowere discharged from hospitals

during the past 24 hours.At present 67,335 active

coronavirus cases are under-going treatment in the state.

Meanwhile, with 904 morepeople testing positive inLucknow, the tally of con-firmed cases in the city to roseto 41,091 on Tuesday evening.

The city also reported 15more COVID-19 deaths, tak-ing the toll to 539.

The condition of formerchief minister of UP, KalyanSingh, who tested positive

for coronavirus infection on Monday, was said to bestable.

A health bulletin releasedby Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of MedicalSciences said, “The conditionof Singh is stable. He is afebrileand maintaining 100 per centoxygen saturation on roomair. He is not having fever andhis BP is also normal. He hasbeen shifted to a private roomand is under observation due tocomorbidities.”

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Lucknow (PNS): Uttar PradeshChief Minister Yogi Adityanathon Tuesday made it clear thatunnecessary delays and corrup-tion in development workswould invite strict action fromthe government. He, however,assured the officials that therewas no shortage of funds fordevelopment works. “The pro-posals from the districts shouldbe sent to the government onwhich decisions will be taken ina time-bound manner,” he said.The chief minister expresseddispleasure at the slow progressof tourism development projectsunder Bharat Swadesh Yojana inKapilvastu, one of the focalpoints of Buddhist circuit. Heordered immediate shifting ofthe project manager of UPRNN,the agency working on the pro-jects.

The chief minister wasreviewing projects worth overRs 10 crore and other megadevelopment projects of Bastidivision comprising Basti,Siddharthnagar and Sant KabirNagar districts. He also sound-ed unhappy over the inordinatedelay in the construction of theBasti collectorate buildingdespite it having received thesanction 11 years ago.

The chief minister also saidthe progress of the constructionof community toilets and village

secretariat buildings in Bastidivision had not been up to themark. He asked the officials tosit with the people’s representa-tives to expedite it.

The chief minister, howev-er, praised the field staff for theirhard work in COVID-19 con-trol. He reiterated that nowwas the time when the fightagainst coronavirus and devel-opment works would go togeth-er. “We have to stick to theCovid protocol as protection isthe only viable option before ustill medicine or vaccine comesin the market,” he pointed out.

He said that constructionsunder poor welfare schemes likePM Awas Yojana, CM AwasYojana, toilets under SwachhBharat Mission should be fast-tracked and geo-tagged after theconstruction was completed.The chief minister reiteratedthat farmers’ welfare was acommitment of his govern-ment and there were manyworks which were to be done toimprove the agricultural infra-structure under the PMPackage. He said that the localofficers should coordinate withthe people’s representatives andsend proposals for FarmProducing Organisations(FPOs) and godowns at blocklevel as this would create moreemployment as well.

PNS n LUCKNOW

Deputy Chief MinisterKeshav Prasad Maurya on

Tuesday called on the engineerto follow in the footsteps ofBharat Ratna MokshagundamVisvesvaraya and work with fulldevotion and sincerity to con-tribute their maximum in thedevelopment of the country.

Maurya was speaking onoccasion of Engineers’` Day,celebrated across the countryon the birth anniversary ofBharat Ratna MokshagundamVisvesvaraya, a civil engineerwhose contribution won himthe country’s highest honourBharat Ratna.

Addressing to the engi-neers of the Public WorksDepartment, Uttar PradeshRajkiya Nirman Nigam, Uttar

Pradesh Bridge Corporationetc, here on Tuesday, Mauryasaid that through their compe-tency and expertise, theyshould not just contribute inthe development but shouldbring new laurels for the entiredepartment world-wide byprocuring overseas tenders.

He said that roads, bridgesand other basic infrastructureswere key for any state as theycontributed a lot in the all-round development besidesfacilitating foreign and otheroutside investment.

He said that the govern-ment had already worked inthis direction but a lot of mile-stones were yet to be achievedso they all should contributetheir best and complete theexisting projects within time,maintaining the high standard

of work. He also praised thework of the engineers, sayingthat even in difficult times likecoronavirus pandemic, theywere working with full sincer-ity and he was proud to say thatthe development process wasback in full swing in UttarPradesh. Earlier, Maurya laidthe foundation stones of thegrand gate of the VisvesvarayaBhawan involving a budget ofRs 1.09 crore. He also laid thefoundation of multi-level park-ing to be constructed at a costof Rs 19 crore. Both these pro-jects will be completed byUPRNN. Maurya also released‘News Letter’, the official bookof the UP Engineers’Association. He also felicitatedthe engineers and employeesfor their outstanding contribu-tion.

PNS n LUCKNOW

Even as the last few monthshave been among the best

for the opposition in a longtime due to the coronaviruspandemic leading to reversemigration of millions of work-ers, mismanagement in Covidhospitals and law and order,Samajwadi Party presidentAkhilesh Yadav has been con-spicuous by his absence.Though he had been hyperac-tive on social media daily,taking on the UP ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath forthe “lapses” of the government,for the political observerAkhilesh’s actions were morelike of am “internet troll”’than an active politician likethe UP Congress presidentAjay Kumar Lallu, who hasmade a record of sorts forbeing arrested by the UP policein last six months.

“There is no dearth ofissues, from the ruling partyonly Chief Minister YogiAdityanath is the sole facewhile the rest of the leadershipof the Bharatiya Janata Party ismissing in the districts, yet theSamajwadi Party was seennowhere to fill the gap andmaking any overt projection ofspeaking up against its politi-cal rivals,” said a political ana-lyst.

A SP leader, now margin-alised, said, “Where is thearmy of youth supporters ofAkhilesh who vowed to sacri-fice their lives for the party? Ifthe party fails to galvanise thecadre and take to the streets,then it may have to pay a heavyprice during the 2022 UPassembly elections.”

He added, “The BJP hasgiven crushing defeats to theSP in three consecutive elec-tions in 2024, 2017 and 2019.”

The SP leader maintainedthat the party should beaggressively visible as nextassembly elections ware lessthan two years away.

The laying of the founda-tion stone of the Ram templeat Ayodhya by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on August 5has added to the ideologicalwoes of the SP and its presi-dent. The SP, in a knee-jerk

reaction, attempted to returnto its favourite fort of identitypolitics. But that did not work.

“The fulcrum of politicshas moved from identity todevelopment politics and cred-it goes to the BJP for replacingthe identity politics with inclu-sive politics. The core support-ers of the Samajwadi Party —Yadavs and Muslims — are notenthused by the announce-ment of the Akhilesh Yadavthat his party would erect thestatue of Parashuram and LordVishnu. One SP leader inAyodhya criticised the Ramtemple saying he follows onlyDr Ambedkar and JyotibaPhule. He was immediatelysacked from the post in theorganisation,” said Dr AKVerma, a political analyst,adding, “This shows the pre-vailing confusion over ideolo-gy and lack of political visionin politics and particularly forthe 2022 UP assembly elec-tions.”

Dr Verma said, “Apartfrom the initial euphoriaaround Akhilesh Yadav, givenhis youth, nothing much hasworked in his favour. Hebecame too used to crutches —first his father Mulayam SinghYadav and uncles, then theCongress and then theBahujan Samaj Party (BSP)and now without a pole, heseems rudderless. His remain-ing in the shadows at this cru-cial juncture is not quite help-ing matters.

“In present day competi-tive politics, working quietlyand behind-the-scenes is nolonger the norm for any ambi-tious leader. One has to beloudly heard and widely seenin this era of hyper-commu-nicative, hyper-visible andhyper-connected politics, espe-cially for someone likeAkhilesh, who needs to put hisnot-so-glorious recent pastbehind, reinvent himself andproject the image of being astrong challenger to the BJP,”concluded Dr Verma.

Political observers feel thatwith the UP assembly electiondue early 2022, this is the timefor Akhilesh Yadav to build hispolitical acumen and reinventhimself and his party.

Lucknow (PNS): Even as thepanchayat polls in UttarPradesh are likely to bedeferred for six months due tothe coronavirus pandemic, theState Election Commissionhas announced to go for elec-toral roll revision fromOctober 1. The panchayat pollsare due in December this year.

Though there is no officialword about the postponementof panchayat polls, theannouncement of roll revi-sion itself is ample indicationthat these polls will be deferredas the roll revision process willtake more than three months.

The term of the PanchayatiRaj bodies from the level of vil-lage pradhan to zila panchay-at head ends after December25 and hence the governmentwill have to appoint adminis-trators in all these bodiesbefore holding the electionssometime in February-March.

Meanwhile on Tuesday,State Election CommissionerManoj Kumar announced thedates for the revision of pan-chayat election rolls startingfrom October 1 and final pub-

lication of the voters list onDecember 29. He, however,said that the state employeesinvolved in the process wouldfollow all the Covid guidelineslike social distancing, use offace mask and carrying sanitis-ers. The booth level officers(BLOs) would not visit thecontainment areas.

According to the pro-gramme, from October 1 toNovember 12, the BLOs willvisit every house in the ruralareas to check the voter list and

will add or delete the names, asrequired. Besides, during thesame period, a new voter canapply online for inclusion ofhis/her name. BetweenNovember 6 and 12, the BLOswill verify and visit the hous-es of the people who haveapplied for inclusion of theirnames in the electoral rolls.

Computerisation of thedraft electoral rolls would bedone from November 13 toDecember 5 and on December6 the draft publication of the

electoral rolls would be made. From December 6 to 12,

claims and objections would beaccepted on the draft electoralrolls while from December 13to 19, the officials would dis-pose of the objections andclaims made by the people.

The officials will preparethe final draft of the electoralrolls from December 20 to 28and the final publication of thevoters list would be made onDecember 29.

There are over 52,000 vil-

lage panchayats, 61,000 blockmembers, 821 block pra-mukhs, 3,000 zila panchayatsmembers and 75 zila pan-chayat chiefs. The election wasto be held for nearly 8.50 lakhposts with a voter base of10.50 crore, the highest in thecountry for rural local bodies.

In 2015, under SamajwadiParty government, the pan-chayat elections were alsodelayed by two months. Butthis time, the state governmenthas hinted at the polls beingdeferred by six months, takingthe poll process tentatively toMay-June.

Lucknow (PNS): The oppo-sition parties have slammed theYogi Adityanath governmentfor renaming the MughalMuseum in Agra afterChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

The Samajwadi Party saidthat the chief minister had beenbusy changing names for thepast over three years instead offocusing on development work.The chief minister had onMonday announced to renamethe under-construction museumdedicated to the Mughal empirein Agra after Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj. “I would like to ask theBharatiya Janata Party, duringthe past three-and-a-half yearsof governance in Uttar Pradesh,what they have done for thedevelopment of the state, or willthey do nothing except renam-ing cities and monuments. TheBJP is adept in the politics ofcaste and religion and has donezero development in the state.They can’t name even one hos-pital, university or employmentthat they have given to the peo-ple,” SP spokesperson AnuragBhadauria said here on Tuesday.

“The BJP might use the

name of Chhatrapati Shivaji forits narrow political ends but itcannot walk on the footsteps ofthe great Chhatrapati Shivaji. Hislegacy was taken forward by theCongress. RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh, the moth-er organisation of the BJP, isknown for colluding with theBritishers. Nationalism is cer-tainly not the cup of tea for BJP,they are indulging in petty pol-itics by changing names,” saidUP Congress spokespersonAnshu Awasthi. The Congresstoo criticised the BJP govern-ment for trying to take politicalmileage on the name ofChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja.

Awasthi said that ShivajiMaharaj’s dream was of Swarajand only Congress had workedtowards fulfilling his dream.

Meanwhile, BJP spokesper-son Manish Shukla congratulat-ed Chief Minister YogiAdityanath on the move andsaid, “Shivaji was the first per-son to think in the direction offreeing Indian land from thehands of foreign invaders, hisname is the synonym of nation-alism.”

PNS n LUCKNOW

Underlining the importance of test-ing in COVID-19 control, Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath said that thetestings should continue and thereshould be sufficient backup of testingkits in hospitals, medical colleges andmedical institutes.

Presiding over the Unlock reviewmeeting at Lok Bhawan here onTuesday, the chief minister directedAdditional Chief Secretary (Health)Amit Mohan Prasad to furtherstrengthen the health services at the dis-trict hospitals, community health cen-tres and primary health centres.

He also asked Additional ChiefSecretary (Medical Education) RajneeshDube to strengthen the services in themedical colleges and medical institutes.

The chief minister asked officials topay extra attention on Lucknow,Meerut, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj,Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar. Hesaid that the treatment facilities in thesedistricts should be strengthened andcontact tracing should be expedited.

He also directed officials to ensureavailability of oxygen in all hospitals andmedical colleges. “Oxygen should beavailable at the prescribed rate. Guardagainst its black-marketing,” he said andadded that the chief secretary’s officeshould maintain a dialogue with thedistrict administrations to monitortreatment and other health services.

Laying emphasis on protectionand safety from COVID-19, the chiefminister said that various modes ofcommunication should be used to cre-ate mass awareness in this regard.

He said the Transport, Health andPolice departments should work in tan-

dem to spread message about trafficsafety and COVID-19 preventionthrough public address system at cross-ings and markets. He also asked offi-cials to run Covid help desks actively.

The chief minister directed officialsto complete preparations for the pur-chase of paddy at minimum supportprice (MSP). He also asked them toensure social distancing at purchasecentres. The chief minister also askedofficials to improve arrangements incow shelter in Bijnor district.

He further asked officials to min-imise the loss of human lives from light-ning by strengthening the alert system.He directed all officials to provide

financial assistance in case of loss ofhuman lives in natural disaster as perthe government sanction.

Those present in the meetingincluded Health Minister Jai PratapSingh, Chief Secretary RK Tiwari,Infrastructure and IndustrialDevelopment Commissioner AlokTandon, Agriculture ProductionCommissioner Alok Sinha, AdditionalChief Secretary (Finance) SanjeevMittal, Additional Chief Secretary(Home and Information) AwanishKumar Awasthi, Director General ofPolice HC Awasthi, Additional ChiefSecretary (Revenue) Renuka Kumar,Additional Chief Secretary (Health)

Amit Mohan Prasad, Additional ChiefSecretary (Medical Education) RajneeshDube, Additional Chief Secretary toChief Minister SP Goyal, AdditionalChief Secretary (MSME) NavneetSehgal, Additional Chief Secretary(Rural Development and PanchayatiRaj) Manoj Kumar Singh, AdditionalChief Secretary (Agriculture) DeveshChaturvedi, Principal Secretary toChief Minister Sanjay Prasad, PrincipalSecretary (Animal Husbandry)Bhuvnesh Kumar, Principal Secretary(Health) Alok Kumar, Secretary toChief Minister Alok Kumar, Directorof Information Shishir and other seniorofficers.

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Panchayat electoral roll revision from Oct 1

Opposition slams govt for renaming Agra museum

Akhilesh remaining in the

shadows baffles pundits

Maurya asks engrs to contribute their best for rapid development

Yogi’s directive to further strengthen health services

Lucknow (PNS): Chief Minister YogiAdityanath claimed that COVID-19preventive measures like use of facemask, hand washing and social distanc-ing had helped in reducing vector-borne diseases in the state during thismonsoon.

“The officials should not be laxagainst diseases like Japaneseencephalitis, Acute EncephalitisSyndrome (AES) and other communi-cable diseases. The officials of variousdepartments should coordinate andeffectively control the spread of thesediseases,” he said during a meeting hereon Tuesday.

The chief minister said that thestate government was already carryingout a massive campaign against vector-borne diseases and had announced thatthe coming month of October wouldbe totally devoted to it. He said thecommunicable diseases control pro-

gramme would start from October 1and continue till October 31 while afortnight-long Dastak Programmewould also start from October 1.

He said that the cleanliness driveand the preventive measures againstCOVID-19 had helped the governmentin controlling the vector-borne diseasesalso. “The period from September toNovember is very crucial for the vec-tor-borne diseases but this time it hasbeen under full control,” he said.

Giving the figures, Yogi said fromJanuary 1 to September 14 last year,there were 92 cases of Japaneseencephalitis (JE) and four of thesepatients had died but this year duringthe same period there were 38 cases ofJE and with only two deaths.

Similarly, he said, in the case ofAES, there were 1,241 cases and 44deaths last year while this year therewere 7,09 cases and 22 deaths.

As for dengue, during the periodlast year there were 693 cases but thisyear there were just 80 cases and in thecase of kala azar, last year there were72 cases but this year there have beenjust 38 cases.

In the cases of malaria too, last yearthere were 39,987 cases during the peri-od but this year there have been just11,233 cases.

Besides the number of H1N1(swine flu) cases last year was 2,009 butthis year it has been just 252.

The chief minister also stressed onimparting training to the medical staffin controlling communicable diseases.He said the government was commit-ted to controlling the spread of thesediseases. “We have the resources andthe manpower. There is no scarcity ofmoney. The government is ready topump in any amount of money to pro-tect the lives of the people,” he said.

...claims reduction in vector-borne diseases CM warns against delays,

graft in development works

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Nine directors of a privatecompany were arrested for

defrauding gullible investors tothe tune of Rs 60 crore, inGosainganj on Tuesday. Thehunt was on managing direc-tor Hariom Yadav and otheraccused.

Those arrested were iden-tified as Subhash Yadav, LalitKumar Verma, SurendarKumar Yadav, Gazal SinghYadav, Faiz Ali, Ashish KumarVerma, Om Singh Yadav (all ofGosainganj), Awadhesh KumarMishra of Barabanki, andKaushalendra Yadav of SushantGolf City area. All of themworked as directors in Alaska

Commodities and Alaska RealEstate and Developers Pvt Ltd.

DCP (East) Raees Akhtarsaid managing director of thecompany, Hariom Yadav ofGosainganj, started the venturein 2018. The company directorsintroduced a scheme of givingprofit at the interest rate of 5per cent in lieu of investmentin the company and trappedseveral unsuspecting investorsthrough agents.

Akhtar said Hariomopened and started distributingfranchises of the company inother districts as well. “Aftercollecting the cash, the com-pany stopped giving profit tothe investors. After chasingthem for several months, the

investors lodged complaintsagainst the MD and otheraccused at Gosainganj policestation,” he said.

SHO DP Kushwaha saidthat as many as 111 personshad lodged complaints againstMD Hariom Yadav and others.He said the police worked onthe case and prepared detailedprofiles of each accused beforelaying hands on them. He saida manhunt had been launchedfor the absconders. He addedthat the accused were planningto escape from the city. A hugenumber of people throngedGosainganj police station soonafter they came to know that the fraud racket had beenbusted.

PNS n LUCKNOW

Lucknow University onTuesday hosted a virtual

inauguration event for six newdigital services, including theirindigenously developed learn-ing management system calledSLATE.

Strategic learning appli-cation for transformative edu-cation (SLATE) includes stu-dent instant messaging system(SIMS), online recruitmentportal, integrated financialmanagement system, comput-er centre at the Faculty ofEngineering and Technology,and University of Lucknowonline counselling (UnLOC).

Governor Anandiben Patelwas the chief guest of theevent which was attended byseveral dignitaries. TheGovernor spoke on ‘NationalEducation Policy 2020’ andexpectations from higher edu-cational institutions. She out-lined the importance ofNEP2020 and its definingcharacteristic of being some-thing that is the result of con-sultation with lakhs of peoplearound the country. She saidthat NEP is built on the fun-damental pillars of easy access,equality, quality, affordability ofeducation and accountabilityfor all.

“This education policyaims to bring out creativethinking, reasoning ability and

spirit of innovation in everystudent. The purpose ofNEP2020 is to attract moreattention to education andlearning and to promote theuse of technology for educa-tion, to remove linguistic con-straints, to make educationeasier for disabled students,and women,” she said.

“The Higher EducationCommission of India will beestablished as a single body forthe higher education sectorand universities for multidis-ciplinary education and multi-pronged research of globalstandards will be established,”she said. “The three-dimen-sional role of teaching, researchand expansion of institutionsof higher education and inter-complementarity of collegesand universities etc is under-lined in the NEP. In fact,

NEP2020 encompasses ele-mentary education and digitaleducation, technology in edu-cation, promotion of Indianlanguages, internationalisationof education, vocational edu-cation, adult education andeven financial education,” sheadded.

Expressing her expecta-tions for Lucknow Universityto be an exemplary institute inthe implementation of theobjectives of NEP2020, shesaid higher educational insti-tutions should work towardsensuring everyone’s access tohigh-quality and comprehen-sive education and at the glob-al forums, leading economicand social development, andconserving equality, environ-ment, scientific progress andculture. “A major path will bepaved by the introduction of

several different modules inthe education system under theNational Skill QualificationFramework (NSQF) inNEP2020, as per the vision ofPrime Minister NarendraModi. The educated youth willnot only get opportunitiesacross India but also be able tolearn and use new skills,” sheadded.

LU Vice-Chancellor AKRai said they have been con-stantly moving towards theincorporation of speed, accu-racy and transparency in all itseducational, research andadministrative activities and inline with this motivation, thenew portals were designed.

He also announced thatthe next advertisement forrecruitments in the universitywould be published onSeptember 17.

PNS n LUCKNOW

Amidst the ongoing tusslebetween roadside vendors

and shopkeepers in Aminabadwhere the former are not beingallowed to set up shops in thespaces allotted to them by LMC,they begged for alms to registertheir protest on Tuesday.

President of Vendors’Welfare Society MunishChaudhary said that in 2013-14,spaces were allotted and licencesissued to the roadside vendors.“Unfortunately though, LMChas not been able to identify thevendors till date. The shops havereopened across the city afterthree months but Aminabadmarket is still closed. For the lasttwo months, a survey was being

carried out by Nagar Nigamand we requested them to stickto our original points instead ofcreating new spaces. The troublestarted when Nagar Nigam putnumbers in front of proper shopsfor the vendors and it protestedby the shopkeepers. There are1,100 vendors in Aminabad andthey are on the verge of penury.They have not been able to selltheir summer wares even aswinter is approaching,” he said.Municipal Commissioner AjayKumar Dwivedi said he held ameeting with both the vendorsand shopkeepers and told themthat vendors who have been tra-ditionally putting up their kioskswould be allowed to do businessand LMC would do the markingand numbering accordingly. He

said no new vending spaceswould be created in theAminabad market

“The roadside vendors willbe allowed to have their kiosksat the traditional points. TheTown Vending Committee haddone some markings in front ofshops which were not thereearlier, to which the shopkeep-ers protested. Both the partiesare creating pressure on eachother. While the vendors are say-ing that they should be allottedspaces in new areas, shopkeep-ers say all the vendors should beremoved and settled elsewhere.However, LMC will allow themto put up kiosks where they hadbeen doing business. Anothermeeting will be held to resolvethe issue this week,” he added.

PNS n LUCKNOW

There will be focus on moresurveillance and testing

for better containment of coro-navirus infection in the district.Divisional CommissionerMukesh Meshram said 60 percent of the contacts of Covid-19 patients would be testedthrough RTPCR.

The surveillance teamsconsisting of ASHA workers,Aanganwadi workers andteachers will go from door todoor looking for people withILI & SARI to conduct antigentesting. If there are contacts ofCovid-19 patients, RT-PCRtests will be done.

“These teams are movingin all parts of the city, includ-ing non-containment areas,” hesaid. He added that they werealso managing Level-2 &Level-3 bed facilities for whichKGMU and SGPGI wereincreasing ICU beds.

“SGPGI will have 300 bedsand KGMU 200 more ICUbeds. That is what they havepromised,” he said.

Regarding the feedbackwhich they are getting fromCovid-19 patients who areunder treatment, he said theywere satisfied with the servicesand found the food qualitygood. “Earlier, there were com-plaints regarding senior doc-tors not attending to thepatients but the same wereresolved. CCTV cameras havebeen installed so that moni-toring will be done throughcontrol room,” the commis-

sioner said.A senior official at the

Health department said thatthe recovery rate in the districtwas 74 per cent and thestrength of rapid responseteams had been doubled.

The number of patients inhome isolation was more than27,000 but over 20,000 recov-ered, leaving the active homeisolation cases at nearly 7,400.

He said nothing could besaid about the course of diseasein winter season as the virus isnot associated with seasons inany way. Regarding patientsnot receiving reports in time,

the official said: “It takes aminimum of 24 hours for test-ing but when the number ofsamples is large, it takes a max-imum of 48 hours,” he said.

“There have also beenreports that people do notreceive any call from theIntegrated Control andCommand Centre even afterthey have tested positive forcoronavirus, but it is not cor-rect. People will only receive acall after the lab has updated iton the portal. Until the updateis made, we cannot take anyaction,” he said.

“People get themselves

tested after five days of symp-toms and then complain thatthey have not received a callfrom the control room. Peopleshould get themselves done atthe earliest,” he added.

The official pointed outthere have been instanceswhen calls were made topatients but they did notrespond.

About complaints regard-ing overcharging by privatehospitals, he said the optionwas selected by patients them-selves. “We do not send themto private hospitals but theycan choose a private hospital if

they wish to. As far as over-charging is concerned, there isalready a cap on the amountwhich can be charged by pri-vate hospitals. However, ifthere is any other treatment orsurgery which they haveundergone, they will have topay for it,” the official said.

He added that most of thecomplaints they received wereregarding overcharging andaround 90 per cent were friv-olous.

Meanwhile, Amita Jainfrom the Microbiology depart-ment of KGMU said they havecompleted the testing of over4.5 lakh samples, which is thelargest number of samples test-ed by any institute in the coun-try. Regarding sero-surveil-lance, she said it would takethem 2-3 weeks for the com-plete analysis.

The samples will give aprojection of immunity levelsin people in 12 districts of thestate. In Lucknow, 1,440 sam-ples have been collected for thepurpose. Besides, director ofBalrampur Hospital Dr RajeevLochan said that their testingcapacity had increased andthey could now test over 300samples per day.

“We have asked the CMOto send us more samples as ourtesting capacity has increased.Also, we do not get more than120 samples from our hospital.We have also increased thenumber of technicians in theBSL lab from four to six whilethere are two microbiologistsin the lab,” he said.

Testing, surveillance to be beefed up9 pvt company directorsheld for `60-crore fraud

Aminabad vendors beg foralms as mark of protest

LDA resolves to boost revenueLucknow (PNS): LucknowDevelopment Authority onTuesday resolved to boost itsrevenue which has suffered ahuge dent due to the coron-avirus pandemic and conse-quent lockdown.

Presiding over the boardmeeting held on Tuesday,Divisional CommissionerMukesh Meshram said therewas a scope to boost the finan-cial status by disposing of prop-erties at the earliest. He said allmajor projects came to a haltdue to the pandemic and sincereefforts were needed to generatefunds. LDA resolved to disposeof 5 acres of land for construc-tion of an inter-district busstand on Sitapur road.

Uttar Pradesh State RoadTransport Corporation has topay 10 per cent of the total costat the time of signing the agree-ment, while remaining will bepaid in 15 installments for 15years. Interest rate will increaseby 10 per cent every secondyear. It was also decided to sella 3-storeyed shopping complexnear Saraswati Apartments inGomti Nagar Extension. It isexpected to get LDA more thanRs 7 crore.

The monthly rent forgodowns allotted to shopkeep-ers will also be revised. The revi-sion will be based on DM cir-cle rate. The proposal to disposeof commercial properties onfirst-come-first-served basis wasalso approved. The list of com-mercial properties to be soldconsists of 124 shops and twohalls located in different areas.A sum of Rs 20 crore is expect-ed from the sale.

Woman tortured by husband, in-laws rescuedLucknow (PNS): A womansaved the life of her daughterwho was being thrashedallegedly by her in-laws at herhouse in GomtinagarExtension. According to AshaSharma of Gulistan Colony inChinhat, her daughter Sarika ismarried to Ajay Sharma ofJaipal Kheda of GomtinagarExtension. “After Sarika gavebirth to baby girls, her rela-tionship with Ajay and in-lawssoured. They started torturingher and did not allow her tovisit my house for four years.When I reached her house tobring her back, Ajay and hisfamily refused to let me takeher along. We moved court anda mediation centre allowedSarika to celebrate her daugh-ter’s birthday on September 14,”Asha said.

“Ajay and his parentsthrashed Sarika mercilessly attheir house and did not allowher to talk to me. They heldSarika hostage and did noteven take her to any doctor. AsI could not talk to her despiterepeated attempts, I soughtpolice help. When we reachedthe house, I found Sarika sickand injured,” she said. Asha saidthe police rescued her daugh-ter. She lodged a complaint atthe Gomti Nagar Extensionpolice station. Police said theywere carrying out further probe.

LU gets six new digital services

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The state government onTuesday defended a con-

troversial new security forcewith sweeping powers to arrestor detain suspects even asopposition alleged the forcecould be used to muzzle dissent.

Additional Chief Secretary(Home) Awanish KumarAwasthi on Tuesday said thatthe work profile of UttarPradesh Special Security Force(UPSSF) would be similar tothe Central Industrial SecurityForce (CISF) which guards air-ports and vital installationsacross India.

“We have not given the newforce any extraordinary powersand most of the provisions aresimilar to the CISF Act,” he saidon Tuesday.

The UPSSF was constitut-ed to guard strategic and vitalinstallations, courts, govern-ment premises, religious spots,transport hubs, industrialundertakings and private build-ings, Awasthi said.

Section 10 of the UPSSFAct empowers the force toarrest any person without awarrant or order from a mag-istrate on suspicion that the sus-pect is connected to an offenceor taking steps to commit one.Section 11 allows the force todetain, and search without awarrant.

In both the cases, the sus-

pect is to be handed over to apolice officer “without delay”.

Section 13 says that the per-sonnel of this force would beconsidered on duty round-the-clock and could be deployed forsecurity anywhere in the state

The legal foundation ofthis force is the UPSSF Act,2020, which was passed by thestate’s Assembly in its monsoonsession and was given assent bythe Governor on August 28.

The Act, which followed anordinance, was passed after theAllahabad High Court inDecember 2019 took cogni-sance of a murder inside a courtroom in Bijnor and ordered thestate government to strengthensecurity inside court campuses.

A senior state governmentofficial said the UPSSF’s pow-ers were similar to those givento CISF and special forces inOdisha and Maharashtra.

“Such powers cannot bemisused in any way,” the officialsaid on condition of anonymi-ty. But a CISF officer disagreed,saying the Central paramilitaryforce does not have arrest orsearch powers.

“It can detain people at theplace of its duty like airports ormetro stations but they arehanded over to the police ulti-mately…We don’t know howSSF will work but we are a com-pletely different force,” said theofficer who did not wish to benamed.

Govt defends provision

of security force with

sweeping powers

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Bahujan Samaj Party presi-dent Mayawati on Tuesday

expressed concern over reportsof oxygen shortage in Covidhospitals in various states,including Uttar Pradesh, andasked the Centre to take imme-diate steps in this regard.

In a tweet, Mayawati said,‘In the ongoing fight againstcorona pandemic in the coun-

try, after personal protectionequipment (PPE) kits, nowespecially in hospitals of UttarPradesh, Bihar andMaharashtra, the shortage ofoxygen is a matter of extremeconcern.

“In such a situation, theCentre should immediatelytake effective steps so that therising cases of deaths fromcorona can be prevented,” sheadded.

Maya concerned over oxygen shortage

Youth found hanging

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Ayouth was found hanging in roomattached to a cowshed in Sarojininagar

police station area on Tuesday. Police said theyouth was depressed and he committed sui-cide. As per reports, Amit Kumar (23) ofNatkur village had gone to feed his cows in acowshed built by his family in one of the fields.Around 8 am, Amit left his house for the cow-shed but did not return home. Around 10 am,Amit’s younger brother Lalit reached thecowshed and found the door bolted frominside. He called his family members whoreached the scene. As Amit was not respond-ing, they broke open the door, only to find himhanging.

Deceased’s mother Shivkanti said Amit washanging from an iron rod with a rope tiedaround his neck. “Amit was stressed for lastfew days and may have ended his life due tothat,” she said. Amit worked in a factory atNadarganj and was a bachelor.

Meanwhile, body of an unidentified manwas recovered from commercial tri-section inSarojininagar on Tuesday. Police said thedeceased was a beggar and used to loiter in the area.

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CAR GOES UP IN FLAMESThe occupants of a car had a providential escape after the

vehicle caught fire near Ramabai Ambedkar Sthal in Ashiyanaon Tuesday. No one was injured in the incident. Reports saidDharmendra Kumar Tripathi of Manak Nagar, along with hisbrother and a friend, was travelling in car via Shaheed Path. Whenthey reached near Ramabai Ambedkar Sthal, the car caught fire.Tripathi and others hurriedly came out of the car to save theirlives. The car soon went up in flames.

MACFAIR INTERNATIONAL FROM SEPT 21 TO 25City Montessori School, Mahanagar Campus, is organising

5-day international mathematics and computer competition,‘Macfair International-2020’ online from September 21 to 25.Students of different noted schools from across the world willbe participating in it to showcase their scientific talent and knowl-edge. With their participation in various creative competitions,these participants will proclaim the need to establish world unity,world peace and world cordiality along with a message to utilisescientific experiments and inventions for the uplift of society. Thevirtual event will be challenging for the students, helping themboost their confidence. At this five-day virtual event, five com-petitions will be held for senior and junior category students.

WEBINARA national webinar was organised by the Mass

Communication and Journalism department of BabasahebBhimrao Ambedkar University on the occasion of Hindi Diwas.The theme of the programme was ‘Application of Hindi languagein web journalism’. The chief guest on the occasion was Vice-Chancellor of Central University, Himachal Pradesh, HimachalPradesh. He said the arrival of new technology has changed theculture of journalism. Earlier, special attention was given to thecorrectness and selection of words in newspapers. “Now in webjournalism, linguistic correctness is ignored and the news is notconfirmed,” he added. BBAU Vice-Chancellor Acharya SanjaySingh, who was the patron of the programme, said that with theadvent of web journalism, the use of Hindi news and Hindi lan-guage has gained momentum but there is a need to increase theuse of Hindi in certain areas such as increasing its usefulness inscience and technology.

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With a view to containingthe spread of coronavirus,

the yearly Cantonment Boardconference, which addressesall important issue relating to all25 Cantonment boards, wasorganised at Central Commandheadquarters in the form of a

two-day video conference onSeptember 14 and 15. It waschaired by GOC-in-C, CentralCommand, Lt Gen IS Ghumanand attended by all officersinvolved in management.Rationalising the budget esti-mates of Cantonment boards,taking stock of the developmentprojects and implementing

solutions for ensuring holistic,overall & all-inclusive develop-ment of Cantonments andachieving financial self-suffi-ciency by Cantonment boardswere the focus areas of the con-ference.

The ongoing anti-Coviddrive in Cantonments, imple-mentation of revised

Cantonment Board AccountRules-2020, digital overhaulingof Cantonment Board finances,hygiene & sanitation improve-ments, Swachh Bharat ameni-ties and prevention of unau-thorised constructions wereother key result areas that werediscussed during the two-dayconference.

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The state was rocked by aseries of gang-rapes. In

Meerut, a woman was gang-raped in a running car report-edly attached to some elec-tronic channel.

The incident was reportedfrom Medical police station inMeerut where a local womanworking in a nursing home gotfriendly with a youth who onMonday took her in a car on along drive. He was soon joinedby two of his friends afterwhich the three gang-raped thewoman and also made a videoof the act. They later pushedthe woman out, threateningthat if she lodged a report, theywould upload the video anddefame her. Later, the victimlodged a report and with the

help of the mobile phone loca-tion of one of the accused, thecops managed to nab two of thethree rapists and also recoveredthe car in which the incidenttook place. The Meerut policeclaimed that the car had a stick-er of an electronic channeland it’s ID (mike having thelogo of the channel) was alsofound lying inside. Furtherinvestigations are on.

In Sitapur, a minor girl wasreportedly gang-raped by fivemen, who recorded the act onthe mobile phone and lateruploaded the video on socialmedia. The police said theincident took place in ImaliaSultanpur village on September7 when the girl was returninghome from the market. Twoyouths, Sheebu and Nazim ofa nearby village, dragged the

girl to a nearby cane fieldwhere three others were alsopresent and they all gang-raped her, the police said. Thegirl told the police that theaccused made a video of theoffence on their mobile phonesand threatened to kill her if shetold anyone about the incident,the police added. A case wassubsequently registered againstthe five accused and one ofthem, Sheebu, was arrestedon Monday. Police teams arelooking for the other accused.

Sitapur’s Superintendentof Police RP Singh and ASP(South) Rajiv Dixit, mean-while, visited the village amidthe tension over the gang-rape and deployed police forcethere as a precautionary mea-sure.

In another incident, a hor-

rifying video of a minor girlbeing gang-raped by twoyouths in Ballia district wentviral on the internet. As soonas the video of the rape wentviral on the social media, thepolice immediately took cog-nisance and launched a man-hunt for the accused. Withoutgetting into details of the case,it can be said that the video ofthe rape was filmed by somepasser-by youths, a shockingrevelation on the level of apa-thy towards horrific crimes.

The police have registereda case of rape and have alsocharged the youths who filmedthe video under the IT Act.Search is on for the accusedand the cops said that allresources had been deployedso that justice was realisedsoon.

State rocked by gang-rapes

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Two undertrials escapedfrom Rae Bareli district jail

some time late Monday night.As per reports, during a count-ing of the jail inmates in RaeBareli district jail on Tuesdaymorning, two were found less innumber while the count wascomplete during the nightcounting. Later, it was foundthat rape accused Ranjit Kumar,a native of Salon, and theftaccused Sharda Prasad, hailingfrom Shivgarh, had escapedfrom the jail. Both of them werelodged in the quarantine bar-rack of the jail from September3 to 5.

A separate arrangement ispresent for quarantining coro-navirus suspects and the afflict-ed inmates in the jail itselfthrough an administrativeorder. The absconding inmatesfled after breaking a toilet.

Upon receiving informa-tion, Superintendent of Police ofRae Bareli and other senior offi-cials inspected the spot and gavenecessary directions to the offi-cials concerned.

After being informed aboutthe incident, DIG Prison RangeLucknow, Sanjeev Kumar

Tripathi, also inspected the jail.Jail Superintendent GyanPrakash Srivastava is probingthe incident. He said that policeteams had been formed to arrestthe absconding undertrials.

Meanwhile in a bizarre inci-dent in Jhansi, a youth’s headwas chopped off when he washit by a toll barrier pole whenhe was spitting from the win-dow of a private bus on Tuesday.According to police, the youth,a native of Barabanki, was goingto Mumbai along with hiscousin and had taken his headout of the bus window to spitgutka when his neck was cut bythe sharp edge of the barrierpole of the Sameri toll plaza inMoth area of the district.

The head lay on the dividerof the toll while the body was inthe bus, creating panic amongthe bus passengers and thepeople at the toll plaza. Theyouth was identified as Sonu(22), a native of Tikaitnagar inBarabanki district. He alongwith his cousin, Lallan, wasreturning back to Mumbaiwhere they worked in a hotelbefore returning to their villageduring lockdown. Police haveseized the bus and are investi-gating the incident.

Two escape from

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Cantonment Board conference organised

NCB has no....From Page 1

React ing to Jaya’sscathing criticism, RaviKishan said, “I expected Jayato support what I said. Noteveryone in the industryconsumes drugs but thosewho do are part of a plan tofinish the world’s largestfilm industry. When Jayaand I joined, the situationwas not like this, but now,we need to protect theindustry.”

Actress Kangana soonjumped in, questioning Jaya’sstatements. She asked if Jayawould react in the samemanner if her daughter orson were affected. Kanganatweeted, “Jaya would yousay the same thing if in myplace it was your daughterShweta beaten, drugged andmolested as a teenage, wouldyou say the same thing ifAbhishek Bachchan com-plained about bullying andharassment constantly andfound hanging one day?Show compassion for us

also.” Coming out in support

of Jaya, actress SonamKapoor said she wants to belike the veteran actress whenshe grow up while produc-er director Anubhav Sinhatermed the three-time RajyaSabha member from the SPas a person with spine. “Isend my best regards toJaya. Those who don’t know,please see this is how thespinal cord looks,” Anubhavtweeted.

B ol lywood actressTaapsee Pannu tweeted, “Forwe have always stood by theinitiatives, causes and aware-ness campaigns. It’s time forpayback. Hitting the nail onits head and how! yet againa woman from the industryspoke up #Respect .”“Respect. She has alwaysstood up to be counted whenit mattered. #JayaBachchan,”tweeted actor-filmmakerFarhan Akhtar.

“I stand with Jaya asKangana put it Bollywood is

Modi...

From Page 1After independence, Bihar

was led by visionary leaderswho tried their best to removethe distortions which devel-oped during the era of slavery.He said thereafter there was alopsided development withchanged priorities whichresulted in urban infrastructuredegradation and collapse of therural infrastructure in the state.

The Prime Minister saidwhen selfishness overtakes gov-ernance and the vote bankpolitics come into play then thealready marginalised anddeprived would be the mostaffected. He said people ofBihar have endured this pain

for decades when the basicneeds like water and sewerageare not met. He said peoplecontract diseases by drinkingdirty water under compulsionand a large part of his earningsgoes to treatment. Under thesecircumstances, a very largesection in Bihar had accepteddebt, disease, helplessness, illit-eracy as their fate.

The PM said in the last 4-5 years, lakhs of families havebeen provided access to drink-ing water in the urban areas ofBihar under the MissionAMRUT and StateGovernment schemes. In thecoming years, Bihar will beamong those States, whereevery house will have pipedwater supply.

Ready for any...

From Page 1He said on June 6, com-

manders of both sides agreed ondisengagement, but on June 15China created a face-off atGalwan where Indian forcesinflicted “bhari chhati” (heavydamage”) on the Chinese side.

He said Indian soldiersshowed “patience and valour”according to time and situationat Galwan and mentioned thesupreme sacrifice of Col SantoshBabu and his 19 “brave soldiers”.

While asserting that “noneshould doubt our determina-tion” to protect the country, theDefence Minister was quick toadd that mutual respect andsensitivity was needed todeescalate the situation on theborder. He said both the coun-

tries are in dialogue with threeguiding principles — respectLAC, no one-sided violenceand all agreements be duly fol-lowed.

The Defence Minister, how-ever, mentioned incident ofAugust 29-30 when he accusedChina of “provocative actionfrom China” which he said was“foiled by us with timely action”.He said, “China’s action was infull disregard of agreements of1993-1996” which Indian forcesfollow but not China which cre-ates face-off situations on theLAC from time-to-time.

Rajnath said in the paststand-offs on the border wereresolved but “this time scale oftroops involvement and numberof friction points, is different”.The Defence Minister, howev-er, asserted that “we are fully

ready to accept the situation andchallenge”.

On the possibility of de-escalation through dialogue,Rajnath said he himself met hisChinese counterpart in Moscowon September 4 and spokeabout armed provocation andaggressive behaviour by Chineseforces and “made it clear that weare committed to our sover-eignty and territorial integrity”.He said Foreign Minister SJaishankar also met his Chinesecounterpart at Moscow andmade the point at the border theissue can be resolved if the otherside implements agreements“sincerely and faithfully”.

In the beginning of hisstatement Rajnath gave histor-ical details of the India-Chinaboundary dispute saying while“China does not accept cus-

tomary and traditional align-ment of the boundary, we acceptthat this alignment is based onwell-established geographicalprinciples which are confirmednot only by treaties and agree-ments but also by historic usageand practices. Both sides areaware of this for centuries”.

He said China has illegal-ly occupied around 38,000 Sqkm Indian land in Ladakh,besides 5,180 Sq km in PoKunder the so-called 1963 agree-ment illegally transferred byPakistan to China. He saidChina also has claims on90,000 Sq Km land on theboundary of ArunachalPradesh. The Defence Ministersaid China and India have dif-ferent perception of LAC andborder needs to be settled bydialogue and discussion.

India walks out of SCO meet...

From Page 1They said Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the

National Security Council of the RussianFederation, has conveyed that Russia does not sup-port what Pakistan has done.

Unable to reconcile to abrogation of Article 370giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir lastyear, Pakistan recently released it new political mapon August 4 which presented Indian union terri-tories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and partsof Gujarat as its own territories. The map wasreleased on the eve of the first anniversary of scrap-ping of Article 370. India had then labelledPakistan’s move as an “exercise in political absur-dity” without any legal basis.

The NSA’s message to Pakistan by walking outcame weeks after India pulled out of the multina-tion military exercises under the aegis of the SCOin southern Russia. The withdrawal came in thebackdrop of the stand-offs at the Line of ActualControl (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh between theIndian and Chinese armies and already fragile rela-tions with Pakistan. Both these countries are partof the SCO and participating in the exercise.Incidentally, India had taken part in a similar SCOexercise last year along with China and Pakistan.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and ExternalAffairs Minister S Jaishankar had travelled last weekto take part in the SCO conclave. Both these Ministersheld bilateral meetings with their Chinese counter-parts Wei Fenghe and Wang Yi respectively to defusetension at the LAC. The two countries had agreedto continue holding dialogue to ensure speedy de-escalation and disengagement at the earliest.

SC’s interim stay on Bidas...

From Page 1The bench, also comprising Justices

Indu Malhotra and KM Joseph, suggestedthat a committee can be appointed to helpin self-regulating the electronic media.

“We are of the opinion that we mayappoint a committee of five distinguished cit-izens who can come up with certain stan-dards for the electronic media. We don’t wantany politically divisive nature and we needmembers who are of commendable stature,”the bench said.

The counsel appearing for the petition-er has sought reliefs, including injunction onbroadcasting of the programme whosepromo had claimed that channel would showthe ‘big expose on conspiracy to infiltrateMuslims in government service’.

The bench, which said it is necessary tohear the matter further, observed that courtis duty bound to preserve the “salutary prin-ciples”. It referred to the Cable TV rules andsaid that “defamatory, false and reflective ofhalf-truth and innuendos” must not beshown.

The bench said that pending furtherorders, the channel is “injuncted from mak-ing any more broadcasts on this subject onany other name too”.

Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appear-ing for Sudarshan TV, told the bench that thechannel considered it as an investigative storyon national security and the programme has10 episodes.

India’s Covid-19...

From Page 1As far as fatality, the

country has an impressiverecord of a mere 1.64 per centdeath due to Covid-19. Thisis nearly half the global aver-age of death due to pandem-ic. India is constantly record-ing 1,100 plus deaths everyday for the last month.Maharashtra’s Tuesday’s fatal-ity tally of 515 is more than495 deaths recorded in theState on September 10.Withthe fresh deaths reported onTuesday, the total deaths

mounted from 29,894 to30,409.

With 20,482 fresh infec-tions, the total infected casesin the State jumped from10,77,374 to 10,97,856. Of thetotal 515 deaths reported onTuesday, Nagpur accountedfor a maximum of 88 deaths,while there were 60 deaths inThane, 50 in Pune, 49 each inMumbai and Kolhapur, 38 inSangl i , 22 each inAhmednagar and Jalgaon, 16in Solapur, 14 in Raigad, 13in Latur and 10 each inPalghar, Nashik andAurangabad.

Cong questions...From Page 1

Earlier, Congress members staged awalkout from the House soon after theDefence Minister’s statement, alleging theywere not allowed to raise certain issues relat-ed to the India-China border row. They laterprotested in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s stat-ue in the Parliament House complex.

Addressing reporters outside Parliament,Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep SinghSurjewala said the Government should givean answer on whether China has encroachedIndian territory at specific positions across theborder.

“The entire country is proud of the armedforces and that is why we are talking here. Butwhy is the Prime Minister shying away froma discussion?” he asked.

“Our questions are very straight forward.Has China occupied Indian territory? Havethe Chinese encroached on Depsang Plains,Gogra, Pangong-Tso Lake till Finger 8, Y-junc-tion in Bhutan, Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhandand in Arunachal Pradesh. The Governmentshould answer these questions,” said Surjewala.

He said the Prime Minister should apol-ogise to the nation if the answers to the ques-tions asked by the Congress are affirmativeas he had told an all-party meeting on June19 that the Chinese have not entered andoccupied Indian territory.

Congress leader in the Lok Sabha AdhirRanjan Chowdhury said the Prime Minister’sabsence from Parliament when the DefenceMinister made a statement on the India-Chinasituation showed that the Government wasafraid of a discussion on the face-off.

“For the Congress party, the country is

the most important. We are proud of ourarmed forces. This Government did not allowus to speak in Parliament. They are afraid ofthe Congress asking questions that they willnot be able to answer,” he said.

“It is our entitlement to put forward ourviews. When the Defence Minister made astatement on the India-China situation in theLok Sabha, the Prime Minister was not pre-sent. He is afraid of conducting a discussionon the issue in Parliament,” Chowdhuryalleged.

In 1962, when India-China war tookplace, he said then Opposition leader AtalBihari Vajpayee sought to know about the sit-uation at the border. Then Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru agreed to his demand andthere was a discussion for two days inParliament on the war and border situation,he recalled. Chowdhury said the Congressmembers staged a walkout from the LokSabha because they were not allowed to sendtheir message to the country and the armedforces. Congress’ deputy leader in the LokSabha Gaurav Gogoi told reporters thatChowdhury and his other party colleagueswanted to send a message of solidarity withthe armed forces and also issue a stern warn-ing to China that they should not test India’spatience. “Unfortunately, the Governmentfeels as if only they can speak in support ofthe Army,” he added.

“The Defence Minister excoriated Chinafor transgressing the LAC, could theGovernment explain why the Prime Ministerhad issued an extraordinary statement claim-ing that China had not entered our territo-ry? Presumably, the Government has changedthe PM’s stand?” Congress leader ShashiTharoor tweeted.

a Gutter so Jaya said Jis thalimein khate hai ussi meinched nahi karte And thosewho hv made a name heredon’t spoil the name ofBollywood, as for drugs theymade fleeting comments ifthey know names namethem,” tweeted actress-politi-cian Nagma.

Actor-producer NikhilDwivedi too took to socialmedia and said Jaya is right.“A false narrative tht a certainmalaise infects the entire#FilmIndustry is being cre-ated by few to look gud inthese times. A percentage ofpeople in any field includingpolitics &journalism indulgein thngs illegal or immoral.Call thm out specifically andnot ALL,” tweeted Dwivedi.

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Divisional Commissioner(DC) Deepak Agrawal laid

special emphasis on making thedivision a hub of vegetableproduction and exports, sayingthat for the same purpose, theoffice of Agricultural andProcessed Food ProductsExport Development Authority(APEDA) has also been openedin the city. Reviewing the devel-opmental works here onMonday, he stressed the needfor further increasing the pro-duction of green chillies andtomatoes in Ghazipur district.‘In every development block,with the help of APEDA, aframework for training offarmers has been made to helpthem produce quality vegeta-bles.’

According to him, in ‘easeof doing business’ the divisionhas done a good job and for

more better performance, heasked the officers to solve theproblems of the entrepreneurspromptly and monitor the dis-posal of the applications sub-mitted under ‘one district oneproduct’ (ODOP) and PrimeMinister and Chief Ministeremployment schemes by con-ducting block level meetings.He also instructed the officersto ensure that the banks shouldsanction and disburse the loansquickly.

Agrawal said that thelabour department is running18 schemes for the workers andunder the government’s simpli-fication policy, 40 categories ofpeople fall in the category oflabour. “The person doing thework of the soil is also placedin the category of labour. Nowthe registration fee of thelabourers has also been reducedto Rs 20 and the contributionto Rs 20 by the government.

Even on the natural death of alabourer, financial assistance of` 2 lakh and in case of acciden-tal death ̀ 5 lakh is being givento his dependents. Besides,there are also schemes for edu-cation of children, assistanceduring sickness and marriageof daughters etc.,’ he informed,adding that there is no short-age of funds. He insisted theofficers to ensure registration ofall eligible workers.

Reviewing the rural devel-opment works, he has instruct-ed the district magistrates(DMs) to ensure physical ver-ification of construction pro-jects like toilets, Anganwadiand health centres, panchayatand school buildings, drainageetc. ‘There are bright prospectsof promoting fishery,’ he said,emphasising on making thedivision a hub in this directionby giving all the ponds of gramsabhas on lease. According to

him, even the Prime Minister,in his message, has describedfisheries as a very good meansof self-employment and eco-nomic growth and asked theofficers to make it meaningful.

Agrawal asked all the DMsto meet with the insurancecompanies and ensure pay-ment of all the claims of thecrop insurance to the farmers.He also instructed the DMs toensure an early allotment of allvacant ration shops by givingpriority to women self-helpgroups (SHGs).

He also reviewed progressmade in Kisan Samman Nidhi,minority welfare, skill develop-ment, cooperation, education,child development and someothers.

DMs Mangla Prasad Singh(Ghazipur), Navneet SinghChahal (Chandauli) and offi-cials of various departmentswere present.

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Zonal office of UCO Bankorganised Hindi Week and

online competitions for bankstaff were held as part of HindiWeek.

The closing function ofHindi Week and Hindi DiwasSamaroh was organised at theauditorium in the zonal officeof the bank here on Mondaylast in which the zonal headGhanshyam Parmar presidedover. Many attended it includ-ing Sub-Zonal Head SK Sinhaand Chief Manager VedPrakash.

Speaking on the occasion,Parmar advised bank staff todischarge their cent per centofficial works in Hindiand added, “We couldpromote Hindi by adopting itin our daily life, but at sametime, we should also payrespect to other languages withHindi.

The bank staff took apledge of discharging their allworks in Hindi. The winners ofonline competitions organisedduring Hindi Week were alsorewarded during the closing

function. Senior ManagerPoonam Kumar Prasad con-

ducted the proceedings andinformed that the social dis-

tancing was maintained duringthe programme.

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Former UP Minister OmPrakash Singh and senior

leaders of Samajwadi Party(SP) on Tuesday strongly flayedpolice lathicharge on partyworkers and took care ofinjured workers by visiting thedivisional government hospitalwhere they are being treated.

After taking welfare aboutthe injured party workersincluding Rahul Rajbhar andRahul Sonkar, who had sus-tained serious injuries andhad to be admitted in govern-ment hospital in Kabirchaura,Singh strongly criticised thepolice lathicharge by termingit as brutality on workers whowere going to submit a mem-orandum peacefully and in ademocratic manner.

Another former state min-ister Manoj Rai Dhoopchandialso inquired about injuredworkers and put the stategovernment and districtadministration in dock charg-ing, they made excess on partyworkers who were peacefullyraising their voices against

the poor law and order situa-tion and increasing unem-ployment in the state.

When the young fellowsof party bravely raised theirvoices against unemploymentand other serious problemsprevailing in state, the policebehaved with them like crim-inals that could not be justi-fied at any cost, the SP MLCShatrudra Prakash saidadding, sticks and jail could

not overwhelm the courage ofyouths.

The other senior partyleaders also criticised the lath-icharge and demanded actionagainst erring cops.

It may be pointed out, thefrontal organisations ofSamajwadi Party had onMonday staged a statewideprotest against the poor lawand order situation, risingunemployment, skyrocketed

dearness and other issues andin this order, the local activistsof these organisations hadreached the district headquar-ter to submit a memorandumto District Magistrate regard-ing their demands. When thepolice did not allow them togo to the office of DM, heat-ed exchange of words hadtaken place between cops andagitated workers and the for-mer had to resort to lath-icharge to disperse them.More than a dozen workershad sustained injuries in lath-icharge and out of them; twowere critically injured andadmitted to hospital.

The agitated workers hadalso pelted stones on cops inwhich a couple of cops hadalso sustained minor injuries.The police had lodged a com-plaint against some party lead-ers and about 150 unidentifiedpersons under various sec-tions including 7-CLA Actand 51-Disaster ManagementAct. The police had arrested51 workers in this connectionand out of them, 44 had beensent to temporary jail.

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The corona infection pre-vailed again on Monday. A

total of 379 new cases ofCOVID-19 were detected inthe last 24 hours, while thenumber of cured people was318. Of them, 23 people weredischarged from hospital, whilehome isolation of 295 peoplehas been completed. CMO DrGS Bajpai confirmed this find-ings.

The CMO said that with379 newly infected people onMonday, the total number ofinfected in the district hasincreased to 14,696, while10,767 people have been cured.Because of this, the recoveryrate remains around 73 percent. The number of activecases is 3,718. As many as 362patients are admitted in differ-ent hospitals. Most patientsare admitted to SRN Hospital.According to the report, a totalof 135 infected have beenadmitted to SRN Hospital.

Apart from this, 45 patientsare admitted in Railways, 63 inCovid Care CentreKalindipuram, six in UnaniMedical College, 73 in two pri-vate hospitals, 40 in BeliHospital. In addition, 3,356people are in home isolation. Atthe same time, 23 people havebeen discharged from hospitals.Five were discharged fromCovid Care CentreKalindipuram, one fromRailway Hospital, one fromUnani Medical College, fivefrom Beli, two from PrivateHospital and nine from SRNHospital.

Apart from this, samples

have been taken for testing of3,020 suspects and reports of2,696 people have come nega-tive. Dr Rishi Sahai, the nodalofficer for COVID-19, saidthat among those positive onMonday, 240 have been foundto be infected with antigen test,128 from RTPCR and 11 peo-ple in Trunot. In RTPCR, 49people were tested in a privatelab.

Four people died onMonday from Corona. Ofthem, a 22-year-old youth isalso included. Apart from this,two elderly and one middle-aged also died. Two of them arecity dwellers, while two arefrom rural areas. All of thedeceased were cremated inPhaphamau. Dr. Rishi Sahai,the nodal officer for Coronaconfirmed this.

According to the report,the first death was of a 55-year-old man. He hails from Kotwaand went to Colvin for treat-

ment. He was admitted to the

SRN Hospital after comingpositive on September 11. Hedied on Monday. The seconddeath was of a 72-year-oldelderly resident of Bhawapur inKareli. He was admitted toSRN Hospital on September 13.

For a week, he was com-plaining of a fever, cough. Hegot his COVID test conductedon the advice of the doctor. Thethird death was of a 22-year-oldyouth. He was a resident ofGaharpur area of Handia. Hewas earlier admitted to a privatehospital in Bai Ka Bagh. Aftercoming positive through anantigen test, he was shifted toSRN Hospital. The fourth deathwas of a 66-year-old man. Hewas a resident of Bada BagharaGayatrinagar. He was admittedto SRN Hospital’s Covid wardafter coming positive onSeptember 13.

Corona on Monday hit a

number of health workers,including a senior High Courtofficial, review officer, a profes-sor at Allahabad University.Nodal Officer for Corona, DrRishi Sahai said that the namesof all the people who came incontact with positive personshave been asked. They will betested. Among those infectedare ADJ, two officers of HighCourt, one employee, staffnurse of Phulpur CHC, lectur-er of Polytechnic College,Counselor of Kamla NehruHospital, driver of railway GM,computer operator of HighCourt Advocate GeneralOffice, a professor of AU, anAssociate Professor, DLOOfficer NMA, a jawan of RAF,TC of Railways, Manager ofAllahabad Bank, lab technicianof private hospital inDarbhanga, Manager of UCOBank Katra, OT technician ofa hospital located at IndianPress Crossing.

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General Manager NorthCentral Railway Rajiv

Chaudhry reviewed position ofsafety, COVID-19 situationand works related to 160 Kmphspeed raising on New Delhi-Howrah and New Delhi-Mumbai trunk routes on NCRand other important itemsthrough video conferencingwith PHODs of North CentralRailway and Divisional RailwayManagers Prayagraj, Jhansi andAgra.

First of all safety in trainoperations was discussed.Important works on runninglines related to maintenance oftrack, signaling and OHE arecarried out during traffic block.For ensuring safety of trains aswell as maintenance personnelduring block working strictrules and detailed proceduresare stipulated for grant of block,maintenance work duringblock and cancellation of traf-fic block.

Reviewing traffic blockworking on North CentralRailway, the GM instructedthat laid down procedure forcarrying out maintenance dur-ing traffic block; work siteprotection etc. must be fol-lowed without any exception.

Reviewing COVID-19 sit-uation, Chaudhry said that

special care needs to be takenfor older and employees withcomorbidity as they have highvulnerability. He added that allunits on NCR should ensurethat such employees are prop-erly looked after and requisitechanges in their duty patternetc. as per COVID-19 guide-lines are done to the extent pos-sible.

Later in the video confer-ence important work related tospeed raising to 160 kmph onNew Delhi-Howrah and NewDelhi-Mumbai trunk routeswas reviewed. North CentralRailway which maintains andoperates on 53 per cent of NewDelhi-Howrah Rajdhani routeis the coordinating Railwayamong Northern Railway,North Central Railway, EastCentral Railway and EasternRailway for sanctioned work of160 Kmph speed raising fromNew Delhi-Howrah Rajdhaniroute including Kanpur-Lucknow section. As coordi-nating Railway NCR hasobtained detailed cost estima-tion of this important workfrom all concerned zonalRailways, compiled it includingcost of NCR portion and hassanctioned the detailed esti-mate for further execution ofthis work. As per the estimat-ed cost approximately Rs 6752crore shall be spent on upgra-

dation and addition of infra-structure to make the mostimportant route of IndianRailways from New Delhi toHowrah including Kanpur-Lucknow section fit for 160Kmph operation. This includesestimated expenditure of Rs2319 crore on upgradation oftracks, bridges etc., Rs 2920crore on improvement of OHEand augmentation of powersupply arrangements for high-er speed of operation, Rs 1149crore on upgradation of signal-ing system including on-boardsignaling arrangement, Rs 348crore for installation of waysiderolling stock monitoring sys-tem and improvement inenroute train examination facil-ities and provision of Rs 16crore have been made towardsblock optimisation. NorthCentral Railway portion intotal estimated cost is Rs 2437crore for upgradation of track,OHE, signaling and Way sidetrain examination facilities.Railway wise bifurcation ofthis work including Kanpur-Lucknow section involveupgradation of infrastructurefor 96.9 Kms on NR, 751.2 Kmson NCR, 417.2 Kms on ECRand 260.2 Kms on ER.

With highest share in routekilometers and traffic carried,NCR has been assigned thecoordinating role in this work

targeted for completion in FY2023-24.

With total route of 1525.5Kms including Kanpur-Lucknow section, speed raisingwork has been estimated ataverage expenditure of Rs 4.42crore per route Kms forupgrading existing infrastruc-ture fit for 160 Kmph opera-tion.

GM Chaudhry impressedupon all departments to puttheir best effort to complete thisambitious and important workin time bound manner.

O X T G E N L E V E LINCREASED: DivisionalRailway Manager NCRAllahabad Amitabh hasinformed that due to fightagainst COVID-19 relatedproblems, oxygen level in ACcoaches has been increased.

COVID-19 attacks thelungs, and oxygen level inhuman blood comes down.Keeping it in view IndianRailway initiated steps toensure proper availability ofoxygen in AC coaches.

Oxygen level in AC coach-es has been raised from 0.25cubic meter/minimum to 0.35cubic meter/minimum per pas-senger.

Besides this regularcleaning and maintenanceof air filters has also beenensured.

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Over 1.5 lakh persons havebeen tested so far in the

district and out of them, about6.91 per cent were found pos-itive. During the day, as manyas 173 new COVID-19 caseshave been detected in the dis-trict here on Tuesday, increas-ing the total number of cases to10,683. Besides, the districtalso saw two more deaths,increasing the toll to 178.During the day, the follow-upnegative reports included 203patients. Out of them, 187patients recovered from homeisolation and the total numberof patients cured at home hasincreased to 6,281. Besides, 16recovered from the hospitaland the number of patientswho have been dischargedfrom the hospitals has reached2,559. The total number ofcured patients is now 8,840,leaving 1,665 active patients.The recovery rate has slightlyimproved to 82.74 per cent andmortality rate to 1.66 per cent.

Meanwhile, on the secondday of ongoing Service Weekprogramme, eye testing andspectacle distribution campswere organised at two places,Nivedita Shikshan Sansthan(Tulsipur) and Bhaskara Talab(Rohania). At Tulsipur, MLASaurabh Srivastava and otherswere present and they present-ed spectacles to many. DieselLocomotive Works (DLW) hasinformed that on the instruc-tions of Railway Ministry itwould observe CleanlinessFortnight from Wednesday toSeptember 30 by maintainingall COVID-19 guidelines.

Chief Medical Officer, DrVB Singh said that specialemphasis on tuberculosis activecase finding (TB ACF) is beinggiven under the NationalTuberculosis EradicationProgramme (NTEP) inSewapuri block selected byNITI Aayog and this cam-paign will run till September17. District TB officer DrRakesh Kumar Singh informedthat the entire population of

Sewapuri is being coveredunder the campaign and onMonday, sputum of 54 personswas collected and sent for test-ing by the ACF team, visiting4,179 houses. So far, 2.20 lakh(70%) population has beencovered in the ongoing cam-paign during the seven days.The samples of 335 personshave been sent for testing andout of them, 11 have beenfound TB positive. They allhave been put on treatmentwith immediate effect. As ofnow, 34,908 houses of the blockhave been visited by the ACFteam.

CMO has informed that bythe first of the day at 11 am, 105positive patients were detectedout of 1,935 reports received.Till then, the total test reportsreceived were 1,51,289 and theresults of 2,699 are awaited. Outof them, 1,40,674 were negativewhile 10,464 positive. The totalnumber of samples collectedwas 1,64,539. Earlier, two malesaged 50 and 75 fromKabirchaura and Bansphatak

respectively succumbed toCOVID-19 at SSH BHU.Besides, with the addition of 18new red zones, the total num-ber of hotspots has increased to1,824 including 421 red zones.Two green zones have beenconverted into red zones again.There are 1,403 green zonesincluding eight new ones.

Earlier, this belt ofPurvanchal (eastern UP) com-prising 10 districts of threedivisions saw 498 new caseswere found on Monday,increasing the total number to37,301 with maximum numberof 147 cases in Varanasi(10,510), followed by 112 inAzamgarh (3,915), 52 in Ballia(4,701), 45 in Ghazipur (3,387),37 in Chandauli (2,581), 34 inJaunpur (4,451), 24 inMirzapur (2,099), 21 inBhadohi (1,411), 18 in Mau(1,993) and eight in Sonbhadra(2,253). The day also saw fourmore deaths including twoeach in Varanasi andAzamgarh, increasing the tollto 500.

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What a better gift it couldhave been than smashing

its own record of highest evercreation of infrastructure byown organisation. CentralOrganisation for RailwayElectrification, headquarteredat Prayagraj has created allIndia record of highest everelectrification wiring done in asingle day on September14,2020.28

First step in railway electri-fication involves erection ofmast along with support attach-ments inside foundations caston both side of tracks.Subsequently, wiring trains aredeployed for laying of contactand catenary wires. Out of twowires hanging above the track,one above the other, the bottomconductor is called contactwire, obviously because itremains in contact with loco-motive for feeding current.The top conductor is calledcatenary wire and it providessupport to the bottom conduc-tor, avoids sag and maintainsprofile of the latter as straightline. Both the wire are un-rolled from gigantic spoolsinstalled on the wiring train.Unbundling both the wiressimultaneously and fixing onthe support attachments ofmast from a slow movingwiring train is a cumbersometask. On an average, only 30shots per day are normallylaid, collectively by nine project

units under CentralOrganisation for RailwayElectrification.

On September 14, 2020,first time in the history ofrailway electrification of India,total 138 shots of catenary/con-tact wires equivalent to 90track kilometer were laid col-lectively by nine project units.Maximum contribution camefrom Lucknow project unit ie.107 shots (70 TKM).Remaining 07 projects con-tributed 31 shots 20 TKM. Inthe section Unnao-Balamau, 74shots equivalent to 50 TKMwiring was done.

Previous Indian record ofmaximum wiring was achievedon February22, 2020 by COREitself with 68 shots (88 RKM).

To achieve this marvelousfeat, meticulous planning forround the clock working wasdone under the leadership ofGM/CORE/PRYJ YeshpalSingh. High capacity generatorswere installed on the wiringtrains itself to facilitate ade-quate illumination on the runduring the night time. Toolsand plants were inspected andrepaired beforehand to avoidany failure in between the task.7 no. of self propelled towercars along with 7 wiring trainswere put on the job and mobil-isation of necessary man powerto continue in different shiftsround-the-clock was donefrom the nearby base depots.

Arranging adequate trafficblocks was utmost important toprovide team work at site for

movement and working ofwiring trains. This could beachieved with the active partic-ipation of Northern Railwayteam. Execution was achievedunder the leadership of ArunKumar, Chief AdministrativeOfficer, CORE/Prayagraj andSudhanshu Krishna Dubey,Chief Project Director,Lucknow.

This stupendous effort hasgiven a fillip to the statistics ofrailway electrification projectswhich has so far been averagedue to impact of COVID-19. Itis pertinent to note that notmuch progress in railway elec-trification could be achieved inthe first quarter of currentfinancial year due to lockdownand resulting disruption ofsupply chain in the economy.Complete electrification ofIndian Railways network isslated to be achieved by theyear 2023.

PROTEST: The activists ofthe Yuva Berojgar wing cameon the road on Monday inprotest against the proposal ofthe state government for thefirst five-year contractualappointment in group ‘B’ and‘C’ government jobs. Whilethere was a fierce clash betweenNSUI activists and the policeduring the ongoing protestsoutside the AllahabadUniversity Students’ Unionbuilding, 10 youth activistswere taken into custody by thepolice during protests at BalsanCrossing. However, in the lateevening, all were released on

personal bond.Hundreds of youths led by

president of Yuva Manch AnilSingh protested at BalsanCrossing on Monday morningto withdraw the proposal ofcontractual appointment forthe first five years in govern-ment jobs and to completerecruitment on vacant posts. Alarge number of students weregathered there. As soon as theprotest started, the police forcebecame active and took YuvaManch president Anil Singh,Amarendra Singh, Shashi DharYadav, Arvind Singh, RahulKumar Patel, Balram Singh,Kuldeep Kumar, Shobhit Singhetc. involved in the protestinto custody. All were taken tothe Georgetown police stationand released late in the eveningby warning. Yuva Manch con-venor Rajesh Sachan stronglycondemned the detention ofstudents who were protestingpeacefully. He said that the agi-tation will intensify if the gov-ernment does not withdraw theproposal for contractualappointment. On the otherhand, there was a fierce clashbetween NSUI activists andpolice when the former cameto burn the effigy of the ChiefMinister outside the AUStudents Union Building. Thepolice also had to use mildforce to stop the students.Police snatched the effigy fromthe hands of the students. Thestudents shouted slogans andprotested against the state gov-ernment.

173 more test positive in Varanasi

Om Prakash flays lathicharge on SP workers

Ex-UP minister Om Prakash Singh seeing injured SP worker at SSPG Hospital inVaranasi on Tuesday Pioneer

Make Varanasi div a vegetable hub: DC

UCO Bank organises Hindi Week

Zonal chief of UCO Bank Ghanshyam Parmar presenting certificate to a winner of Hindi Week contest in Varanasi on Monday

379 new COVID-19 patients found

GM reviews safety in train operations

Electrification: CORE creates wiring record

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The ‘Dikshant Parade’ cere-mony of 546 women con-

stable trainees of RailwayProtection Force (RPF) wasorganised at Railway ProtectionSpecial Force (RPSF), SecondBattalion, Rajahi Camp here onMonday. During this periodsocial distancing and the pre-scribed safety norms for pro-tection from Covid-19 were fol-lowed, CPRO Pankaj KumarSingh said. The chief guest atthe ceremony, Principal ChiefSecurity Commissioner(PCSC), Railway ProtectionForce (RPF), North EasternRailway (NER), Atul KumarSrivastava, inspected the paradeof women constable trainees,took salute of the march pastand honoured three of them byrewarding them for their out-standing performance in train-ing. On the occasion principal,Training Centre, AK Singh,administered the oath of hon-esty, dedication, devotion toduty and service to nation to546 women trainees. PrincipalChief Security Commissioner-cum-Inspector General,Railway Protection Force(RPF), Atul Kumar Srivastava,on behalf of RPF and RPSFfamily while welcoming all thetrainees greeted them and saidthat about 70 lakh people fromall over the country had appliedfor this selection out of whomonly 8,000 were selected,including them. This proves

that they had come by workinghard and successfully com-pleted this training despitelimited resources under adversecircumstances like Covid-19through their sheer hard work.In today’s changing environ-ment changes are also hap-pening in Railway SecurityForce. “Even in this Forcemodernisation is happeningin IT and other fields. Wehave to stay updated with these

changes,” he said. “Do not doany such thing so that someonecan point a finger at you. Withtrue devotion, dutifulness andspirit of service towards thecountry they should be deter-mined to protect passengersand railway properties,”Srivastava added. He saidunder our slogan of ‘YashoLabhasva’ we would dischargeour role in increasing the fameof our country. The chief guestfelicitated the trainee, JayaMalaviya, for her outstandingperformance in all fields,trainee Reena Dhosaria for herperformance in indoor subjectswhile trainee Reena Devi Yadavfor her performance in outdoorarea by presenting them medals

and commendation letters.Earlier while thanking every-one, Commanding Officer,Second Battalion, RPSF,Anirudh Chaudhary, said thatunder the guidance of PrincipalChief Security CommissionerAtul Kumar Srivastava duringthis difficult Covid-19 periodthey were able to give success-ful training to women trainees,the largest number in the his-tory. He congratulated all thetrainees on becoming the mem-bers of the railway family. In hisaddress principal, TrainingCentre, AK Singh, said that itwas a day of good luck as today546 women trainees wereincluded in the passing-outparade. As per the instructionsgiven by the Railway Board theywere given eight months of suc-cessful training. At the time ofthis adversity with limitedresources quality training wascompleted successfully. Thesetrainees were adept in militaryforce and also capable of com-bating terrorism, Naxalism etc,he added. On the occasionprincipal Singh presented thetraining report. While givingfull introduction about theForce Singh spoke about theresponsibilities and objectivesof trainees and wished them abright future. On the occasionChief Safety Commissioner DrSK Saini, Senior DivisionalMedical Officer Fahim Ahmed,senior officers, RPF and RPSFand members of their familieswere present.

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Divisional CommissionerPreeti Shukla during a

divisional meeting held onMonday directed the officialsconcerned to complete theworks within the deadline andensure quality as per thenorms. Expressing her satis-faction over the past perfor-mance of the officials whichwas praised by the CM duringa review meeting recently shesaid that the momentumshould be maintained.Reviewing the points as per theagenda of the meeting shedirected the DMs to work witha more positive spirit on theissues of development as well asthe recovery of governmentdues. Reviewing the develop-ment works whose cost was`50 lakh and above, the DCdirected the DM to form acommittee of technical expertsand examine the work of med-ical college which was underconstruction in Mirzapur.

Regarding the laying down offoundation stone and inaugu-ration of buildings of pan-chayat bhawans as well as thecommunity toilets she saidthat they should be performedby people’s representativesinstead of government offi-cials. In very that order shedirected the Deputy Director,Panchyat, to contact DMs con-cerned where the land for pan-chayat bhawans could not beavailable and get the buildingconstructed without inordi-nate delay. In order to speed upthe development works theDC directed the working agen-cies to go to the sites andinvolve more labourers ensur-ing social distancing. TheIndustry department was

directed to achieve the targetallotted by the governmentand hold the meeting of UdyogBandhu regularly for redress-ing the grievances of entrepre-neurs. Reviewing the pointsunder Rashtriya Gram Swarajand Finance Commission theDC made it clear that the fundshould be spent timely andwithout any irregularities.Schemes like Pradhan MantriJan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY),Ayushman Bharat were alsodiscussed and the DC directedthe Health department to see toit that medicines were available,do the vaccination work prop-erly, strengthen ambulance ser-vice and ensure their availabil-ity within 20-30 minutes of thecall. The meeting was attend-ed by IG range PiyushSrivastava, DMs of the division,divisional officers and addi-tional commissioner. The meet-ing was conducted by JointDevelopment CommissionerNavneet Kumar and assisted byRahul Tiwari.

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Under the aegis of NorthEastern Railway Rajbhasha

Department and under theRajbhasha Saptah celebration-2020 the e-meeting of theRegional Railway RajbhashaImplementation Committee

was organisedin a virtualform underthe presi-dentshp ofG M N E R ,Lalit ChandraTrivedi. While

wishing everyone on HindiDiwas, GM Trivedi said thatthe Constituent Assembly ofIndia accepted Hindi as theofficial language of the Unionof India on September 14,1949. Since then this day wascelebrated as Hindi Diwas. Inorder to realize what has beenenvisaged in the Constitutionof India in relation to theimplementation of Hindi

everyone in their areas of workmaking sincere efforts needs tomake more and more use ofHindi, the GM said.

“It is the constitutionalduty of all of us to make ouractive contribution in thedevelopment and prosperityof Hindi. Now all the work hasto be done through e-office,” hesaid. It is necessary that theemployees for working inHindi too in e-office shouldlearn and implement it with fullenthusiasm completely remov-ing the hesitation from theirminds. Hindi had contributedsignificantly in awakening thenational consciousness evenduring the days of India’s strug-gle for freedom. “Even today itis very necessary for main-taining unity, integrity andprogress of the country”, hesaid. He added that all materi-als/information related to gen-eral public should be madeavailable in English as well asHindi on websites in the rail-

way offices. The GM said thaton this auspicious occasion ofHindi Diwas all should take apledge in this meeting that theywould show their loyalty anddedication towards the IndianConstitution by using Hindimore and more in their officialworks. The message of theHome Minister, Governmentof India, was read by ChiefRajbhasha Officer ArvindKumar Pandey. On the occa-sion Chief Rajbhasha OfficerArvind Kumar Pandey gave awelcome address. Deputy ChiefRajbhasha Officer Omkar Singhread out the message of UnionMinister for Railways, Commerceand Industry Piyush Goyal. In hismessage Goyal said that HindiDiwas was a symbol of unity indiversity of Indian culture andalso a day of mutual harmony ofall Indian languages.

Besides the minutes of theprevious meeting were con-firmed on the occasion, CPROPK Singh said.

‘Dikshant Parade’ ceremony organised

Hindi Diwas celebrated at DLW, NER

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Hindi Diwas was celebratedat two local units of Indian

Railways — Diesel LocomotiveWorks (DLW) and VaranasiDivision of North-EasternRailway (NER) here onMonday. Both of these pro-grammes were organisedonline through MicrosoftTeams. In DLW the event alsomarked the conclusion ofRajbhasha Fortnight. Presidingover the function, GM YashpalSingh said that in fact Hindiplayed an incomparable role inmaking our freedom move-ment a mass campaign. He alsoreleased the new issue of ‘DerekaDarpan’ through a virtual plat-form. The chief speaker was for-mer professor of BHU, DrChandrakala Tripathi who saidthat literature and language wereinterlinked and the 3,000-year-old Sanskrit not only enrichedour languages, but also left a markon the languages of the world.Chief Rajbhasha Officer Pawan

Priya Raju welcomed the guests.Earlier, the programme wasinaugurated with a ‘SaraswatiVandana’ recited by Dr ShashiKant Sharma. The function wasalso participated by PCEE SKKashyap, PCMM DS Jangpangi,principal financial adviser JNPandey, PCME DK Mandal,PCPO PK Singh, PCE RajeshAgarwal, CVO PK Chowdhury,CMM(Hqs) Trilok Kothari andCDE (DL) AK Singh. SeniorRajbhasha Officer Dr SanjayKumar Singh conducted theprogramme and read the mes-sages of union home ministerand railway minister. He alsopresented a vote of thanks in theend. At NER divisional office,DRM VK Panjiar presided overthe meeting of divisionalRajbhasha implementationcommittee which also markedthe beginning of RajbhashaWeek. He said that the week wasobserved every year but in viewof the coronavirus pandemic,this time it would be different aswe have to adopt virtual plat-

forms. Praising the work ofRajbhasha, Panjiar said, “it is atime of rapid change and tech-nological development.”Speaking on the occasion,Additional Chief RajbhashaOfficer/ADRM (Operations)Shiv Pratap Singh Yadav wel-comed the participants andunderlined the ever-increasinguse of Hindi on social net-working, mobile and Internetthrough the evolving technolo-gy of computer and informationtechnology in the present eraand called upon all officers andemployees to enhance the qual-ity of working in Hindi.SDS&TE Trimbak Tiwari gavedetails about maintenance of sig-nalling system and about newsoftware. He said that this soft-ware could be used by stationmasters and signal maintainerswithout internet even from theirmobile. Rajbhasha officer andassistant safety officer DSMeena conducted the pro-gramme and proposed the voteof thanks in the end.

DC reviews development works416 more test

positive

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Kanpur Nagar reported 416fresh cases of coronavirus

infection till Tuesday evening.Chief Medical Officer Dr

AK Mishra said 416 more peo-ple had tested positive forcoronavirus infection betweenMonday evening and Tuesdayevening, taking the count ofconfirmed cases to 21005. Hesaid 5672 COVID-19 patientshad been cured in the city sofar, and at present 4847 activecoronavirus cases were under-going treatment.

The CMO said sevenCOVID-19 deaths were report-ed in the city till Tuesdayevening taking the toll to 543.He said a total of 6826 sampleswere sent for testing in the dis-trict.

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Two engineering graduatesof the city, Ankit Agarwal

and Prateek Kumar of Phool.co,an IIT, Kanpur backed bioma-terial startup, have received agrant of Rs10.50 crore (US$1.4million) in a pre-Series A fund-ing round led by IAN Fund andSan Francisco-based DraperRichards Kaplan Foundation.

Founded in July, 2017,Phool.co is an innovative start-up focused on circular econo-my which converts the floralwaste into charcoal-free luxu-ry incense products.

With deep-tech research,the startup has developed‘Fleather’ leveraging theirflower cycling technology.Fleather is a viable alternativeto animal leather and wasrecently awarded the PETA’sbest innovation the VeganWorld.

Phool.co has rapidlyexpanded its operations toTirupati, Andhra Pradesh.During the lockdown, the com-pany ensured its supply chainby sourcing flower waste direct-ly from the distressed horti-culture farmers, bringing themcritical income in the toughestof times.

Phool.co vision is based onsustainable development goalsfocused on creating a circulareconomy, promoting sustain-able consumption, and bring-ing dignified livelihoods.

Speaking on the latestdevelopment, Padmaja Ruparel,founding partner of IAN Fund,said, “Innovative solutions forthe sustainable development ofcommunity are the need of thehour. Phool.co‘s circular econ-omy model brings triple bot-tom benefits of environmental,social, and financial sustain-ability. Ankit and Prateek arepassionate entrepreneurs withan innovative product for a sus-tainable world.”

For its endeavours to makeinnovative and sustainableproducts, Phool.co has receivedseveral international recogni-tions, including the prestigiousUnited Nations Young LeadersAward for SustainableDevelopment Goals, UnitedNations Momentum of ChangeAward at COP 2018, Asia

Sustainability Award 2020,Hong Kong, AlquityTransforming Lives Awards,London and Breaking the Wallof Science, Berlin.

IIT Kanpur has beenPhool’s backbone for technicalresearch. Speaking on the lat-est development, IIT KanpurDirector Dr Abhay Karandikarsaid, “Innovation in productdevelopment aside, I am ahuge fan of Phool.co because itis deeply committed to theuplift of marginal women inour society. Phool.co has givena life of dignity to dozens ofwomen and they did thisdespite having an option ofautomating the process. For ayoung entrepreneur, this is aremarkable commitmenttowards nation building.”

Founder Ankit Agarwal

said, “Phool.co is a sustainablesolution to the monumentaltemple-waste problem in India.Through our efforts, we aim tobuild natural alternatives tosynthetic chemical-based prod-ucts by using deep-tech andresearch. We are perhaps India’sfirst natural incense brand tak-ing a digital-first approach andhave a first-mover advantage asbio-leathers are barely availablein India. We are delighted to getIAN on board as an investorand the funds raised will beused to advance the researchand scale the operations of thecompany.”

Earlier, Phool.co had raisedRs 3.38 crore in a seed roundfrom Social Alpha (FISE) andDRK Foundation, and a fewothers such as IIT Kanpur andBalmer Lawrie.

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With the rise in the num-ber of COVID-19

patients in home isolation, thedemand for oxygen cylinderhas shot up. This has led to acrisis of oxygen in the city,putting private hospitals andthose in home isolation in dis-tress.

The medical stores sellingsmall oxygen cylinders eitherdeny its availability, or supplyit from back doors in black.The oxygen cylinders of two,five and ten litre that were eas-ily available at medical storestill August have suddenly van-ished from the market. The dis-

trict administration has wokenup to this crisis and has decid-ed to launch a crackdown onhospital gas suppliers andretailers.

The owners of MurariIndustrial Gases and HariomGases claimed that the demandfor oxygen had suddenlytripled in the past one monthand with delayed supply it wascreating a gap between demandand supply.

Hariom Gases owner SSSrivastava said it was the dutyof the district administration toensure that there was no black-marketing of oxygen cylin-ders.

He said there was no doubt

that medical stores and sup-pliers were hoarding and sell-ing oxygen cylinders in theblack and the district admin-istration should take actionagainst the blackmarketeers.

Srivastava pointed out thata 2-litre oxygen cylinder thatwas earlier being supplied at therate of Rs 34 was now beingsupplied at Rs 100/ per cylin-der.

Chief Medical Officer DrAK Mishra said there werereports of black-marketing ofoxygen cylinders and thus theauthorities had swung intoaction.

He warned that hoardingof oxygen cylinders and selling

them in black was a graveoffence.

The CMO said that news-papers had reported backdoorsales of oxygen cylinders inblack and thus every stepwould be taken to check black-marketing. He said there wasno crisis of oxygen in the city.

Dr Mishra said keeping inview the acute crisis of man-power, the government hadgiven a green signal to appointdoctors, paramedics and othernecessary staff on contractbasis.

He said 50 staff nurses, 50wardboys and 50 safai karma-charis had been engaged oncontract.

Rise in home isolation Covid

cases spurs oxygen demand

DM asks hosps to maintain

adequate stock of oxygen

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District Magistrate AlokTiwari has directed all

hospitals to maintain adequatestock of oxygen.

During a surprise visit tothe Kanshiram Hospital onTuesday, he directed the hos-pital administration to ensurethat there was no shortage ofoxygen and maintain an ade-quate stock of it.

The district magistratesaid in view of the increaseddemand for oxygen, somehospitals were facing shortsupply of oxygen. He said itwas the duty of the authoritiesand management of the pri-vate and government hospitalto maintain enough stock ofoxygen for emergency.

Tiwari asked the districtofficials to regularly checkthe supply of oxygen in all pri-vate hospitals. He said thereshould also be no excessivestorage of oxygen cylinders sothat government or privatehospitals did not face any cri-sis.

The district magistratealso stressed on regular mon-itoring of private hospitals tosee whether they were fol-lowing all Covid guidelines.He said on slightest violationof norms the permission totreat COVID-19 patientsshould be withdrawn or thehospital should be sealed.

Tiwari said he would per-sonally visit the hospitals reg-ularly to ensure that Covidprotocol was not violated.

He said all the privatehospitals have been warnedagainst over-billing and if acomplaint was received inthis regard, strict action wouldbe taken against the erringprivate hospital.

He also said that everyprivate hospital must have ananaesthetist on duty round-the-clock.

The chief medical super-intendent of KanshiramHospital informed the districtmagistrate that doctors werebeing deployed as per roster.The district magistrate per-sonally checked the workingin ICU and wards. He inter-acted with the doctors insidethe ICU through video calling.He also took feedback on thediagnosis of the patients and

the mode of treatment beingoffered to them.

Tiwari said it was the dutyof the hospitals to providequality treatment to theadmitted patients.

He also took feedback onthe working of the equip-ment in the ICU and cau-tioned that there should be noexcuse in case a violation wasdetected.

He said the hospital soft-ware and hardware expertsneed to ensure that everyequipment was working nor-mally.

The district magistratewas accompanied by ChiefMedical Officer Anil Mishraand the chief medical super-intendent of KanshiramHospital

Sampoorna Samadhan Diwas organised

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Kanpur Nagar (PNS):Kanpur Divisional,

Commissioner Sudhir MBobde, District MagistrateAlok Tiwari, DIG PraminderSingh and several other officialstook part in the SampoornaSamadhan Diwas held at PhoolBagh on Tuesday.

It was organised at BalBhawan in Phool Bagh whilestrictly maintaining social dis-tancing.

The district magistrate per-sonally looked into the caseswhich had come up during theSampoorna Samadhan Diwasand directed officials to ensurethat all the cases which weretaken up on Tuesday were set-tled within the stipulated timeframe.

Two local engineering graduates receive US$ 1.4 million funding

Ankit Agarwal and Prateek Kumar, Founders of Phool.co. Pioneer.

FEE DEFAULT

Schools cannot

stop students

from attending

online classes,

says DM

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District Magistrate AlokTiwari said that schools

could not stop students fromattending online classes andalso could not strike off theirnames from the school registerfor non-payment of fees.

He also said that reducingfees by 50 per cent was not inhis jurisdiction and he couldnot do it on any grounds.

Addressing a meeting ofDIOS, ICSE coordinator, andBSA and parents associationoffice-bearers, he asked all par-ents and guardians associa-tions resorting to dharnas anddemonstrations to withdraw itimmediately, saying that no stu-dent could be stopped fromattending online classes forbeing fee defaulter. Besides, headded, the names of studentscould not be struck off the rolls.

The district magistrate saidthere were complaints regard-ing constant pressure fromschools on guardians to paypending fees and the nameswards of those who wereunable to pay the fee werebeing struck from the rolls.

He said the Parents andGuardians Association haddemanded that 50 per cent ofthe fees be reduced and for thisthe DIOS had been directedthat a proposal be put up at theearliest.

It may be mentioned herethat from the time of lockdownon March 26, parents have notyet cleared the pending schooldues of January to March quar-ter. After the lockdown, theparents have not paid fees tillSeptember 2020. This hascaused immense hardship tothe private schools who aredependent on school fees topay the salaries of the teachersand non-teaching staff.

It is also true that the gov-ernment school teachers andgovernment employees are get-ting full salaries on time.Ironically, the private schoolteachers have not been paidsalaries since May, 2020. Mostof the private school have cut50 per cent salaries of theirteachers.

The district administra-tion has to work out a solutionto this imbroglio as well.Ironically, the government issilent on private school teach-ers’ salary issue although everyteacher is conducting onlineclasses since March, 2020.

Truck driver

hangs selfKANPUR (PNS): A truck dri-ver committed suicide by hang-ing himself from a tree behindthe power sub-station inChaubepur police station areaon Tuesday morning.

On the basis of Aadhaarcard recovered on his person,the deceased was identified asSuraj (30), son of Ram Shankerand resident of Bisen inChaubepur.

Police called his familymembers who identified thedeceased. The kin said thatSuraj had left for home fromTransport Nagar on Mondayevening but did not reachhome.

Some morning walkersspotted the body hanging fromthe tree behind the power sub-station on Tuesday andinformed the police about it.

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Amid Opposition’s reser-vations about the possible

entry of corporate houses,the Lok Sabha on Tuesdaypassed amendments to theEssential Commodities Actand a Bill mooting 30 per centsalary cuts for MPs in thewake of economic constraintsdue to the Covid-19 pandem-ic. Though the MPs support-ed the salary cut, a majority ofthem demanded the restora-tion of the MPLADS fundsciting its need for the devel-opment in their respectiveconstituencies.

BJP ally Akali Dal urgedthe Government to clear thedoubts in the minds of farm-ers on many points men-tioned in the amendments tothe Essential CommoditiesAct. Akali Dal’s Sukhbir SinghBadal questioned the mannerin which the ordinance wasbrought without having anyconsultation with farmers’organisations. “The mostaffected are the farmers fromPunjab. The farmers wantclarification of their doubts;they fear that the multina-tionals will initially offerlucrative deals and then dom-inate the market,” said Badal.

Leader of Congress in LokSabha Adhir RanjanChowdhury said there are alot of ambiguities in theamendments and this wouldopen up the entr y of big industries to enter into the

stock holding and distributionof agriculture products. “Thisis a way to make hoarders‘Atmanirbhar’,” he said in a digat Prime Minister NarendraModi’s call for becoming self-reliant.

“The hoarders can createmultiple entities to stock com-modities. It is a highly cen-tralised law. Under the law,licences are not required forpurchasing produces. Whydoes this government rely allthe time on the ordinanceroute? What was the linkbetween the ordinance andthe pandemic, theGovernment should explain,”added Chowdhury.

Consumer Affairs, Foodand Public DistributionMinister Raosaheb Patil Danvesaid: “The 1955 Act wasbrought at a time when wefaced food scarcity, now wehave surplus agriculture pro-duction. In order to reduce thelosses, we should have foodprocessing units, due to nonavailability of cold storages,farmers suffer losses. The proposed amendment willencourage competition and itwill help farmers get fair pricefor their produces. The consumers will also benefit.”he said.

Supporting the amend-ments, Bhartruhari Mahtabfrom BJD, said there was aneed to remove many restric-tions in trade of agriculturalcommodities. “This reformwill improve agricultural pro-duction, the Governmentshould have done away withrestriction on exports. We areself sufficient in food grains,we can counter China’s loandiplomacy with food diplo-

macy,” he said. Earlier, Lok Sabha passed

the bill reducing MPs’ salaryby 30%. “The Governmenthas taken unprecedented mea-

sures to tackle Covid-19. �20lakh crore had been allocatedas Covid-19 package,” saidParliamentary Affairs MinisterPrahlad Joshi justifying the

salary cuts. However, majority of the

MPs urged the Government torestore the MPLADS funds forthe development of local areas.

“Almost 80% of the fund isspent in rural areas; why areyou taking away the fundsmeant to be spent onScheduled Castes. Of the �2.69lakh crore allocated during2015-20 under the MPLAD

head, �2.52 lakh crore wasspent, such is the efficiency,”said Chowdhury, urging BJPMPs to pressurise theGovernment for the restora-tion of the MPLADS scheme.

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Rajya Sabha’s Committee onPetitions has recommended

that the country’s entire floodforecasting network and its over-all efficacy should be evaluatedby an independent, third partyexpert. The Committee alsorecommended building of moreflood forecasting stations, espe-cially in States and adoption oflatest technology being used inother countries to forecast floodsaccurately.

The Committee, headed byPrasanna Acharya, tabled itsreport in the Upper House, onthe petition moved by Prof RajKachroo, a resident ofGurugram, Haryana ‘prayingfor development of capacity tomake real time forecasting offloods so as to issue timelywarning to the affected people’.The panel recommended boththe Centre and the State gov-ernment to bring an immediateend to illegal construction activ-ities and vegetation on floodplains across the country.

The Committee has askedthe Ministry of Electronicsand Information Technology toencourage C-DAC to specifi-cally develop supercomputerfor flood forecasting systemand implement 2D/3D dis-tributed model on a very fineresolution grid for better pre-diction thereby increasing datasize.

The Committee furtherrecommends that the latestforecasting techniques present-ly being used by the othercountries are required to bestudied and a suitable methodrequired to be adopted forpurpose of the forecast

The petition highlights theissues of negligence and inat-tention on parts of the Ministry

of Jal Shakti (erstwhile WaterResources, River Developmentand Ganga Rejuvenation) andMinistry of Science andTechnology in developingcapacity for real time forecast-ing of floods and managementof reservoirs, lack of any sig-nificant effort made by theCentral Water Commission(CWC) in developing real timeflood forecasting, exigency ofdeveloping the required exper-tise and capacity at home byroping in Universities acrossthe country, and necessity ofhaving legislation on DamSafety.

Calling for evaluation ofthe entire flood forecastingnetwork, the Committee rec-ommended resolving the short-comings.

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Two tremors jolted Indiaevery day on an average

over the last six months. TheNational SeismologicalNetwork recorded 413 earth-quakes in the country betweenMarch 1 and September 8 thisyear. Fortunately, 135 out ofthem were of magnitude 3.0 orlower which are “usually notfelt”. The Ministry of EarthSciences informed the RajyaSabha about the quakes onTuesday and also enlisted thatthere were five cyclones overthe Arabian Sea in 2019 againstthe average of one per year.Also, 2019 witnessed the devel-opment of more intensecyclones over the Arabian Sea.

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The NIA has arrested a keyaccused in Visakhapatnam

Espionage Case, Giteli Imran(37), a resident of Panchmahal,Godhra, Gujarat.

The VisakhapatnamEspionage Case of NIA,Hyderabad was registered undervarious sections of IPC includ-ing criminal conspiracy andwaging war against the nation

besides relevant provisions ofUnawful Activities (Prevention)Act and Official Secrets Act forhis involvement in espionageactivities and working for PakISI. The case relates to an inter-national espionage racket inwhich Pakistan-based spiesrecruited agents in India for col-lecting sensitive and classifiedinformation on movement ofIndian Naval Ships andSubmarines.

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The Union HomeMinistry on Tuesday told

Parliament that unexpectedmovement of large numberof migrant workers duringlockdown was triggered bypanic created by fake news.

“The migration of a largenumber of migrant workerswas triggered by panic cre-ated by fake news regardingthe duration of lockdown.And people, especiallymigrant labourers, were wor-ried about an adequate sup-ply of basic necessities like

food, drinking water, healthservices and shelter.However, the central gov-ernment was fully consciousof this, and took all necessarymeasures to ensure that dur-ing the period of theinevitable lockdown, no cit-izen should be deprived ofbasic amenities of food,drinking water, medical facil-ities etc,” MoS Home GKishan Reddy said in a replyto an unstarred question byTMC MP Mala Roy. She hadasked the reasons why thou-sands of these labourersended up walking home postlockdown.

However, in reply to MPMala Roy’s another questionregarding the number ofpeople who died during thesaid migration, the Ministersaid the Centre does not havethe data as it is not main-tained centrally.

The MHA further listedout the measures taken tocontain the spread of Covid-19 in the country. OnMonday, Union Minister ofLabour and EmploymentSantosh Kumar Gangwarhad informed Parliamentthat the exodus saw over onecrore migrant workers returnto their native States.

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Rajya Sabha on Tuesdaypassed ‘The Aircraft

(Amendment) Bill, 2020’ pro-viding for statutory backing tothe Directorate General ofCivil Aviation (DGCA), theBureau of Civil AviationSecurity (BCAS) and theAircraft Accident InvestigationBureau (AAIB) and entailingincreasing the fine for viola-tions from �10 lakh to �1crore.The Bill was passed by a voicevote after an hour-long dis-cussion. The legislation hadalready been cleared by the LokSabha in March this year.

Under the new Act (afterits implementation), any vio-lation will attract heavy pun-ishment, for example, violatorswill be punished up to twoyears in jail or fine up to �10lakh or both. Carrying arms,ammunition, and explosives orother banned goods on board,and developing illegal con-struction around the airportswill attract fines up to �10lakhs to �1 crore.

Replying to the debate,Union Civil Aviation MinisterHardeep Singh Puri said thatthe Government in the lastthree years has recruited 1,000air traffic controllers as againstrequirement of 3,500 such offi-cials. “India is the third largestmarket globally after theUnited States and China, and

India is growing rapidly in theaviation sector, in terms of pas-sengers’ growth and aircraft inthe skies ,” he said.

Earlier, opposition partieshad opposed the Bill, andCongress’ Rajyasabha MP KCVenugopal raised concern over“many vacancies in the aviationindustry”. He also pointed outto the near-misses of the air-craft in the skies for last manyyears.

Former Civil AviationMinister Praful Patel said thatairlines are financially stresseddue to COVID-19 and needsupport from the government.Stating the importance of civilaviation sector in the country,he said: “Four to five per centpeople of the country boardflights one time in a year. If thisnumber goes up to 10-15 percent, we would need a hugeincrease in the number of air-ports and aircraft.”

Replying to issues raised byCongress member, Puri saidVenugopal should look at theissue of privatisation in a his-torical context. The country’s

largest airports Delhi andMumbai were successfully pri-vatised in 2006 under a previ-ous political dispensation, andproceeds from the processhave resulted in gettingresources to develop airportinfrastructure in the country,he noted. Since the privatisa-tion of Mumbai and Delhiairports, the AirportsAuthority of India has received�29,000 crore, Puri said.

On the Congress’ charge ofallotting six airports to onegroup, Puri said the Delhi andMumbai airports account for33 percent of air traffic andearnings. The six airports thatwere awarded in 2018 togeth-er account for only nine percent of traffic and earnings, hesaid.

On Air India’s privatisa-tion, he said, “If I could help it,we would keep it, but with�60,000 crore debt, the choiceis not between privatisationand not privatisation. Some ofmy colleagues should realisethat the choice is between pri-vatisation and closing down.”

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ABill that seeks to accord thestatus of an institution of

national importance to aJamnagar-based cluster of threeAyurveda institutes — Instituteof Post Graduate Teaching andResearch in Ayurveda,Gulabkunwerba AyurvedaMahavidyalaya and Institute ofAyurveda PharmaceuticalSciences was introduced inRajya Sabha on Tuesday.

Approved by Lok Sabha inthe last session, the Bill ‘TheInstitute of Teaching andResearch in Ayurveda Bill,2020,’ was introduced byUnion Health Minister HarshVardhan in Rajya Sabha onTuesday here.

Moving the Bill for pas-sage, Vardhan said this for thepromotion of quality and excellence in education,research and training in

Ayurveda and allied disci-plines.

“This is going to be thefirst institution in the countryin the field of Ayurveda to begiven the status of an institu-tion of national importance.This is one of the oldest in thecountry under theGovernment sector. 10 percent of Ayurveda research pub-lications are from this insti-tute,” he said.

The Institute of PostGraduate Teaching andResearch in Ayurveda is theonly centre, which is a WHOcollaborating centre and is theonly institution, where PGand research facility is avail-able.

“This is a first attempt togive such recognition to anAyurveda institution, whichhas already attained an international stature,” theMinister added.

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Of the nearly 10 lakh activecases in the country, at

least close to half (48.8 percent) are concentrated in threeStates — Maharashtra,Karnataka and Andhra Pradeshwhile Uttar Pradesh, TamilNadu, Chhattisgarh, Odisha,Kerala and Telangana con-tribute close to a quarter (24.4per cent) of the active cases.

In contrast, there are 14states and Union territorieswhere the total number ofactive cases are less than 5,000while 18 States and Union ter-ritories are reporting casesbetween 5,000-50,000, the gov-ernment said on Tuesday as thecountry’s tally went past 49lakh.

India’s Covid-19 tallysurged to 4,930,236 on Tuesdayafter 83,809 new cases werereported in the last 24 hours,according to the Union healthministry.

The country also recorded1,054 new fatalities due to theviral disease during the sameperiod, taking its death toll to80,776.

Rajesh Bhushan, UnionHealth Secretary said during apress conference here that thereare 990,061 active cases and38,59,399 patients have beendischarged across the country.

He added there are onlyfour states, Maharashtra,Andhra Pradesh, Karnatakaand Uttar Pradesh, in thecountry where the total num-ber of active cases is more than50,000.

Bhushan also said thecountry’s average positivityrate is 8.4% and thatMaharashtra, the worst-hitstate, has 21.4 per cent.Maharashtra, Karnataka,Andhra Pradesh, UttarPradesh and Tamil Nadu, hesaid account for 60 per cent oftotal active cases in the coun-try.

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Alert jawans of the BorderSecurity Force ( BSF) late

Monday night foiled a majorinf i ltration bid along theInternational border withPakistan after exchanging heavyvolume firing with the group offive infiltrators in the Sambasector of Jammu frontier.

The BSF jawans had evenilluminated the area using Parabombs to track down the footprints of these heavily armedterrorists as they retreated backinside the Pak territory.

The BSF authorities aregoing to lodge a strong protestwith the Pakistan Rangers forextending an helping hand tothese armed terrorists to sneak

inside the Indian territory.A BSF spokesman in

Jammu said, “on the interven-ing night of 14-15 Sep 2020,alert troops of BSF foiled aninfiltration bid from thePakistan side in the SambaSector”.

The spokesman said, ini-tially the suspicious movementof a group of 05 terrorists wasnoticed on the Pakistan side ofthe International boundary ofSamba sector which wastracked by the alert BSF troops”.

He said, “ at about 12.30am the group of heavily armed05 terrorists were seen by alertBSF troops coming close tothe International boundary. Hesaid the terrorists reachedthere taking advantage of an

undulating terrain and thickwild growth”.

BSF spokesman said, “afteralerting all the BSF dutypoints when BSF troops chal-lenged them to stop they firedon BSF party with heavy vol-ume of fire. BSF troops retali-ated in self defence with coor-dinated effective fire and foileda possible infiltration bidattempt of armed terroristsfrom Pakistan side helped byPakistan rangers”.

“Area was illuminated withthe help of Para bomb and BSFtroops saw fleeing terroriststoward Pakistan side. The areawas searched but nothingrecovered as terrorists could notcross the IB”,BSF spokesmanadded.

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At least 18 persons were killed in lightningstrikes in 10 districts of Bihar on Tuesday,

even as the Meteorological Department cau-tioned people not to move about in open placesdue to fear of lightning and heavy rain in thenext 24 hours.

Lightning detection centres have beenestablished in Madhubani, Katihar, and Gaya.

Teams from the state disaster managementauthority have been asked to remain on stand-by.

Four deaths due to lightning were report-ed from Raghavpur block in Vaishali district, twoeach from Rohtas, Bhojpur and Gopalganj, andSaran districts, and one each from Patna,Begusarai, Araria, Supaul, and Kaimur andanother district after heavy rain on Tuesdayafternoon.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)early Tuesday morning swooped down on the

premises of the former BJP Minister andChairman of the Dogra Swabhimaan SangathanLal Singh across multiple locations in Kathua andJammu districts in connection with a land grabcase.

The firebrand leader had parted ways withthe BJP after he was shown the exit door fromthe council of ministers during Rasana rape andmurder case involving an eight year old nomadicgirl. Singh had later floated Dogra SwabhimaanSangathan and had unsuccessfully contested 2019Lok Sabha polls from both the Lok Sabha seatsof Jammu province.

According to official sources, “CBI sleuthsraided the residential premises of Lal Singh inKathua and Jammu along with few other loca-tions around 7.00 am early Tuesday.Two sepa-rate CBI teams carried out these raids in con-nection with a land grab case”.

CBI had formally registered a case againstRB Educational Trust, run by the family mem-bers of Lal Singh, and others including the thenDC Kathua (J&K), the then Tehsildar, then NaibTehsildar, the then Girdawar, the then Patwari

and other unknown persons on the allegationsof having facilitated the trust to possess landmuch beyond the ceiling limit, and submittingfalse affidavits in support of the trust, causinglosses to the State exchequer. The raids weregoing on during the day across nine differentlocations ( three in Jammu and six at Kathua)including the office of RB Education Trust.

Earlier, on June 25, CBI had registered a pre-liminary enquiry (PE) against RB EducationalTrust to probe into the allegations of illegal grat-ification and extraneous consideration by the rev-enue and forest officials of Kathua district inallowing the sale and purchase of forest land.

The PE alleged that false certificates of theland, which comes under exempted category ofJammu &Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976were used by the educational trust in its allegedland-grabbing activities.

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Seven persons involved inFriday’s assault on a retired

petty Navy officer at Kandivli innorth-Mumbai were re-arrestedby the Samata Nagar police hereon an added charge of trespass,but were released on bail againsta personal bond of �15,000 each.

The seven Shiv Sainiks--Shiv Sena Shakha PramukhKamlesh Kadam and five oftheir associates Sanjay Manjre,Rakesh Belnekar, Pratap SundVera, Sunil Desai and RakeshMulik who had been arrested andlater released on bail on Saturdayin connection with the incident– were re-arrested on Mondaynight, after the Samata Nagarpolice invoked section 452 (House trespass after preparationfor hurt, assault or wrongfulconfinement of IPC.

The invocation of section452 of IPC and subsequentarrests of the six Sainiks hadcome after wide-spread criti-cism of the Kandivli police forallegedly dealing with the rulingSena activists with kid gloves.

The six arrested Shiv Sainikswere on Tuesday afternoon pro-duced before a BorivaliMagistrate’s Court whichremanded in judicial custody for14 days. However, the lawyer for

the accused subsequently moveda bail pleas before the samecourt which released them on abail against a personal bond for�15,000 each.

It may be recalled that 65-year-old Madan Sharma, who isa retired chief petty officer in theNavy, was attacked by a group ofShiv Sainiks, led by a partyshakha pramukh on Friday lastafter he reportedly forwarded inhis building group a cartoon thatprojected chief minister UddhavThackeray in a poor light.

Sharma is a member of thehousing society at Kandivli innorth Mumbai. On Wednesday,Sharma had forwarded a cartoonshowing Uddhav prostratingbefore pictures of NCP chiefSharad Pawar and CongressPresident Sonia Gandhi in aWhatsApp group of his housingsociety. He had seen that cartoonin another WhatsApp group ear-lier.

According to Sharma’sdaughter Dr Sheela Sharma, oneof the members of their housingsociety group had alerted Kadamabout the “objectionable” cartoon

On Friday, a group of eightto ten Shiv Sainiks came to hishousing society and assaultedSharma. Later, CCTV footageposted on Twitter by BJP MLAfrom Kandivli (east) Atul

Bhatkhalkar showed a group ofmen chasing after Sharma anddragging him outside the societypremises by his shirt collar. Thefootage, which went viral, alsoshowed the men slapping Sharmaand pulling at his shirt even as thesociety’s security guardsremained silent spectators. Lateron Friday evening, Sharmalodged a complaint with theSamta Nagar police stationagainst Kadam and other ShivSainiks.

Apart from demanding sternaction against the Shiv Sainiksbehind the incident, Sharma’sdaughter Dr Sheela Sharma hasrooted for the imposition ofPresident's Rule in Maharashtra,citing that nobody was safe in thestate A day after the incident,Defence Minister Rajnath Singhspoke to the victim, madeenquiries about his health andcondemned the incident. Singhsaid that such attacks on ex-ser-vicemen “were completely unac-ceptable and deplorable”.

“Spoke to retired naval offi-cer, Shri Madan Sharma who wasattacked by hooligans in Mumbaiand enquired about his health.Such attacks on Ex-Servicemenare completely unacceptable anddeplorable. I wish Madanji aspeedy recovery,” Rajnath hadtweeted.

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None less than theChinese leader XiJingping himself hasconceded that theworld’s largest stand-

ing military, the People’sLiberation Army (PLA), withmore than 2.1 million active-duty strength, is afflicted by the“Peace Disease.” Since taking overthe reins of the ChineseCommunist Party (CCP) as theGeneral Secretary and chairman-ship of the Central MilitaryCommission (CMC) in 2012, Xihas unleashed transformationalinvestments and restructuring inthe PLA in terms of doctrinal,strategic, technological, culturaland on-boarding of weapon plat-forms. Yet, he remains acutelyconscious of the combat inexpe-rience that besets a military forcethat has not been tested since1979, where it came a cropperagainst a decidedly inferiorVietnamese force. Importantly,the Vietnamese forces that hadfought the Chinese in 1979 werestill blood-soaked from fightingthe American forces for nearly twodecades, and had even worn outthe supposedly better organised,trained and equipped militarythen. The essential mass of theChinese PLA in 1979 had last seena full theatre-level combat only inthe early 1950s (Korean War) andsoldiers, therefore, were raw anduntested when they had taken onthe Vietnamese. They were soonmade to pay a price for lazilyassuming that a larger force, bet-ter equipment and aggressive pos-turing could compensate for com-bat inexperience. It is this forebod-ing pertaining to the obviousinexperience of today’s PLA thatXi has been alluding to in the con-text of “Peace Disease,” even as itcontinues its optics of aggressiveposturing, intimidation and glob-al expansionism.

There are other elementscompounding the “Peace Disease”that are pertinent in questioningthe core spirit of PLA’s fightingabilities. First, the perennial con-cern of ensuring PLA’s loyalty andsubservience to the civilian CCP– this got magnified by the purgesinitiated against the PLA Generalsin the initial Xi years and elevat-ing his own “young guard.” Notonly was this “young guard” ofpost-1979 vintage but the essen-tiality of “unity of command” ina Chinese combat unit (at compa-

ny levels) is always diluted andcompromised with the sharedcommand responsibility of thepolitical officers, who areresponsible for ensuring thenon-military task of loyalty tothe party, i.e. CCP. A vitalchink in the structural forma-tion of the PLA is the relativeunder-development of the non-commissioned officers (NCOcadre), which is invaluable foroperational efficacy. The steelof the Indian Army that shonein the Kargil operations wasattributable among other thingsto the “junior command” thatled from the front, where therole of NCO cadre was signif-icant. Unlike the militaries ofIndia (or even Pakistan), whichare bloodied in real time oper-ational experience in internalurgencies or restive borders, theChinese “Peace Disease” comeswith accompanying laxities.Even the 1967 Nathu La andCho La border clashes in theIndo-China history were symp-tomatic of a recalibrated Indianmilitary that was by then bat-tle-hardened and in a very dif-ferent frame of mind from theIndian military of 1962.

Undoubtedly, China hasembarked on mammoth mili-tary investments that ensurethat its annual budgetary allo-cation (estimated at $261-266billion in 2019) towards itsarmed forces is almost fourtimes that of India. There isdebatable realism about theChinese claims in cutting-edgemilitary technologies (theChengdu J-20 Stealth ‘5th gen-

eration’ fighter plane) or aboutthe quality of training, restruc-turing, command systems andso on. Despite its claimed pro-ficiency in indigenous weapon-ry, China has openly sought S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraftsystems, SU-27 and SU-35fighter jets from Russia, amongother platforms and technolo-gies to “reverse engineer.” Butwhere the Chinese score overcountries like India is in theway they have internalised“security” as an integral com-ponent of their national vision,international manoeuvres andstrategic calculus for all policydecisions, be it internal orexternal. Whereas, beyondselective invoking of the“Indian soldier” whenever ten-sions looms, the Indian gover-nance has diminished the role,relevance or priority on defencematters and only displays knee-jerk or politically competitive“investments” in the saiddomain. Ironically the mis-management of India’s domes-tic affairs by its political class-es has ensured that the armedforces have not suffered any“Peace Disease.”

Battle experience is one ofthe most important featuresthat determines the fate offorces, along with others likethe lethality of weapons,processes, leadership, numeri-cal strength or even environ-mental factors like social, cul-tural or political moorings.Japan’s “banzai” culture andmotivation levels could com-pensate for material disadvan-

tages. The numerically far-superior and experienced Iraqimilitary (after the decade longIran-Iraq war) got decimatedwithin 100 hours by the supe-riority of American weapons,training and professionalism inthe first Gulf War. At the sametime, the same battle-experi-enced and obviously more pro-fessional American militaryhas been forced to “pull out” ofAfghanistan when faced bythe rag-tag Taliban militia whoneither have the matchingweaponry, training, nor theinfrastructural wherewithal.

The Chinese awkwardnesswith the reciprocal stare-downat Doklam, Galwan gallantryand recent operations of theIndian Army in occupyingadvantageous heights is reflec-tive of the “Peace Disease” thathas been sought to be compen-sated by sabre-rattling, deceitand troops/infrastructuralbuild-up.

Lieutenant General He Leiof the PLA had famouslyremarked a couple of years agothat his biggest regret beforeretiring was that he neverfought a war – his successorsare even more distant from warexperience, whereas, those onthe other side may have otherconcerns and deficiencies, but“Peace Disease” is certainlynot one of them. Battle expe-rience cannot be bought andthis could expose the Chinesechimera on the battlefield.

(The writer, a military vet-eran, is a former Lt Governor ofAndaman & Nicobar Islands)

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The ozone layer, the Achilles’ Heel of our Earth’satmosphere, is responsible for protecting ourterrestrial and marine life. The layer, which

is a highly reactive and made of trace gas, consti-tutes about three molecules for every 10 millionmolecules of air and absorbs bits of the sun’s ultra-violet (UV) radiation that hits the Earth. However,decisive research in the early 1970s underlined signsof trouble in this vital blanket. In 1974, late ProfessorSherwood Rowland and Professor Mario Molinaat the University of California, Irvine, published anarticle in Nature elucidating the detrimentalthreats to the ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbon(CFC) gases.

It was found that CFC, which is commonlyused in refrigerants for cooling applications andaerosols,was eating away at the ozone layer onceit was released into the Earth’s atmosphere. The sit-uation got worse as the consumption of CFC expo-nentially increased in various business and indus-tries due to its low cost and properties, namely non-inflammability and non-toxicity.

Beginning of the world’s most successful envi-ronmental agreement: Eleven years after the find-ings of Professor Rowland and Professor Molina,a team of English scientists, too, learnt about thethinning of the ozone layer, which is popularlyknown as the “Ozone Hole.” They realised that theCFCs had started to break down the ozone, lead-ing to the entry of harmful UV rays into the Earth’ssurface. This had led to an increase in skin cancercases among humans and was harming terrestri-al and marine ecosystems, too. With the objectiveto preserve human health and protect the environ-ment from the harmful effects of the depleted ozonelayer, the Vienna Convention for the Protection ofthe Ozone Layer came into existence on March 22,1985.

The convention provided the framework forthe Montreal Protocol (MP), the most successfulenvironmental agreement till date to achieve uni-versal ratification. On September 16, 1987, theUnited Nations (UN) and 45 other countries signedthe Montreal Protocol on Substances that Depletethe Ozone Layer. It aimed to preserve the protec-tive shield through worldwide control, reductionand phasing out of production and consumptionof ozone-depleting substances (ODS). Threedecades ago, the speech of a 12-year-old girl, SevernCullis-Suzuki from Vancouver, Canada at the 1992Earth Summit caught the attention of leaders of par-ties and the UN in strategising expeditious mea-sures for phasedown of ODS. “I am afraid to go outin the sun now because of the hole in our ozone.I am afraid to breathe the air because I don’t knowwhat chemicals are in it. If you don’t know how tofix it, please stop breaking it,” said Cullis-Suzuki inher landmark speech.

In 1994, the UN General Assembly proclaimedSeptember 16 as the International Day for thePreservation of the Ozone Layer, commemoratingthe date of the signing, in 1987, of the MontrealProtocol. Today, the Parties to the MontrealProtocol have phased out 98 per cent of their ODS,which saved an estimated two million people fromskin cancer annually.

Refrigerants, the key determinants: Theestablishment of a regime for refrigerants startedtaking shape during the 18th century when theworld embraced the technological advancement

known as the vapour compression refrig-erating system which later became themost successful commercial technology.

The unprecedented need for coolingresulted in the application of early adopt-ed natural refrigerants (carbon dioxide,ammonia, sulphur dioxide, water and air).The first generation of refrigerants wasgradually succeeded by the fluorochem-icals, commonly known asChlorofluorocarbons (CFC) andHydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) likeR13, R123, R22 due to their varied prop-erties like stability, non-flammabilityand so on. Initially, this regime of refrig-erants was hardly looked at by researchersfrom the environmental perspective.

Later, their detrimental impacts onthe ozone layer led to usage ofHydrofluorocarbon (HFC) andPerfluorocarbons (PFC), which are notozone depleting, but had global warm-ing potential that can be thousands oftimes more potent than carbon dioxidein contributing to climate change. Duringthe early 2000s, the unprecedented adop-tion of HFC refrigerants in majority ofapplications led to the rise of greenhousegas (GHG) emissions and the associat-ed global warming effects.

Continuing the momentum:Realising the colossal impact of the car-bon footprints caused by HFC refriger-ants, world leaders and the UN had con-vened at the capital of Rwanda for the28th meeting of the Parties to theMontreal Protocol in October, 2016. Theconvention led to the formation of theKigali Amendment, intending to reducethe emissions of GHGs in a move thatcould prevent up to 0.5° Celsius of glob-al warming by the end of this century,while continuing to protect the ozonelayer. Aiming at a sustainable climate, asa course of action under the KigaliAmendment, the world economies arenow making efforts in a phased mannerto scale down the currently-used HCFC

and the high global warming potential(GWP) HFC by the late 2040s to coun-termeasure global warming.

Thus, swift adoption of low-GWPrefrigerants can be well addressed byexploring environmental benefits as wellas market readiness. However, whilepushing the envelope, it is important tosee the refrigerant transition from the per-spective of market adaptability, maintain-ing the business-as-usual scenario. Theoverall environmental impact of therefrigerant can only be reduced by inte-grating refrigerants with low upfrontcosts, energy efficiency of overall refrig-eration systems and safety aspects.

For instance, merely changing arefrigerant in an existing refrigeration sys-tem without modifying it may reverse thedesired economic and environmentalbenefits.To avoid such scenarios, the cool-ing industry has been putting its effortsinto designing systems to ensure com-mercial viability of next-generation low-GWP refrigerants. However, the use ofsuch new systems is very limited and pri-marily depends on end users who areinclined to the existing systems with com-monly-used refrigerants due to their lowcosts and already proven results.

This year, the theme of the OzoneDay is “Ozone for life: 35 years of ozonelayer protection”, commemorating thesuccess of the 1985 Vienna Conventionfor the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Atthe same time, the continuous release ofGHG emissions into the atmosphere hasresulted in the decade of 2010-2019 beingthe hottest-ever. After experiencing thecatastrophic effects of climate change, it’shigh time for all nations to join hands inadopting low carbon pathways for ourfuture generations. The deployment ofsustainable energy options and the adop-tion of environment-friendly refrigerantsin the cooling sector are expected to avoidupto 0.5° Celsius of global warming by2100.

Cooling: India harbours16 per centof the world’s population but currentlyonly around seven to nine per cent of itspeople have access to air-conditioners.Cooling is cross-sectoral, spanning widethematic areas like space cooling, indus-try, transport, food security and so on.According to the 2018 InternationalEnergy Agency (IEA) report, India’scooling industry is expected to growexponentially by 2050. Recognising theaccelerated growth of cooling needs in thefuture, India proactively introduced itsstrategic document, India Cooling ActionPlan (ICAP) in March, 2019 to show itscommitment to explore and adopt cut-ting-edge solutions for more sustainablecooling with less environmental impacts.

To tackle this unprecedented growth,it is imperative for the Indian coolingindustry to strategise accelerated method-ologies by promoting indigenous researchand development activities to practise thebest energy-efficient technology optionsand adopt the next generation environ-mentally-friendly refrigerants in a busi-ness-as-usual scenario.

This can be well-supported byactions like ensuring the synergies amonginter-ministerial actions, creation of astrong institutional framework to iden-tify, certifying and financing innovativecooling technologies, fast-tracking thepatenting procedures for new coolingtechnologies and effective implementa-tion of existing cooling policies.

In the long-term on the demand side,the emphasis should be placed on factorslike creating a user demand pool in favourof cooling aided by public-private-part-nership and facilitating credit-linkedincentives to the manufacturers andusers adopting newly-developed coolingtechnologies and so on.

(Shanmuganathan is Associate Fellowand Saraswat is Project Manager, Cooling,Centre for Global Environment Research,TERI)

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The criticism of the present tur-moil in the Indian media, par-ticularly television, comes with

the rebuttal of the critic being aLibtard. The next volley is about themedia being sympathetic to the ear-lier regime too and why then noquestions were asked for such sym-pathies. There is no denying the factthat many present-day vociferousflag-bearers, protesting the slantbeing brazenly projected in themedia, were themselves guilty ofenjoying undue access and patronage,blighting the line between honestjournalism and patronised pen-push-ing.

Having said this, the aforemen-tioned premise cannot be justified asthe only factor for acrimony and ran-cour, which has come to define the

state of Indian television. It hasmore to do with the market and therevenue models. This writer workedwith The Pioneer at a time and in anera when it was seen as the onlymajor Right of the Centre Englishdaily. But to the credit of the editor-ial leadership of the newspaper,despite the slant, it never discouragedcontrary opinion and gave prominentspace to it.

More importantly, it held the ide-ological position, paying a commer-cial price as many Government agen-cies and departments worked over-time to demolish the revenue modelof the newspaper. It indeed was achallenging task to be the paper of theOpposition and also being the paperof the Right of the Centre thought.

The same cannot be said aboutthe present-day votaries of the Rightof the Centre ideology. It’s more a caseof being on the right side of theGovernment. Being honest to an ide-ology demands a price, which thesepresent-day pretenders did not paythen, nor are they paying now, as onboth the occasions they were on theright side of the Government.

Then there is another issue.

Does being supportive of a politicalthought make a media house mort-gage its right to question aGovernment of the same ideology?During the prime ministership ofAtal Bihari Vajpayee, there was thisinstance of a border skirmish withBangladesh in which a BorderSecurity Force officer was killed. Hiscorpse was returned in a most undig-nified manner. The images made oneshudder and at the same time angryeven as the Government talked ofpeace.

The front-page editorial in ThePioneer said, “Bend, don’t genuflect.”Now this was a startling criticismcoming from the newspaper knownfor its ideological proximity to theGovernment of the day. This musthave needed much courage on thepart of the editor, and a real largeheart on the part of the Governmentto take the criticism in the right spir-it.

The current news trend followedby the media houses, of theGovernment never going wrong,should make the powers that beworry. This worry should be on twocounts: First, the loss of credibility of

these media houses and anchorsknown to be sympathetic to theGovernment. Second, by giving nospace to the Opposition, the main-stream media has pushed it into a sit-uation where it has launched its ownagitprop vehicles, expressing dis-trust in the media houses, callingthem vehicles of Government propa-ganda.

Those in charge of the publicitypolicies of the Government, byunleashing a vendetta towards crit-ics, realise little that they are instigat-ing an equally vitriolic counter-nar-rative. With social media and tech-nological advancements completelydemocratising the media space, aGovernment’s image cannot belynchpinned on mere whatabouteryof prime-time anchors.

We live in times where trollarmies are ever-ready to provide theirservices at mud-slinging. It’s just thequestion of who is hiring them.While it has taken more than half-a-century to create memes of JawaharlalNehru, Prime Minister NarendraModi is being subjected to thisobnoxious criticism in his lifetime.Nehru and several Prime Ministers

after him were lucky that they weresubjected to such criticism by eruditescholar-cartoonists like RK Laxman.They were at the same time fortunatethat the space of social media did notexist then, which could have draggedthem into the muck.

Today counter-narratives onGovernment claims make it to vari-ous social media platforms withinmoments of being released in thepublic domain. Dependence on fakeand misrepresented facts has come tocreate an atmosphere of distrust,where ready acceptance of a news,howsoever true, is not easy.

This situation has given rise tosuch an atmosphere that reason is thebiggest casualty. When fake informa-tion becomes a marketable commod-ity, there would not be very manyclients for evidence-based, well-rea-soned information. Let’s take the caseof the “infodemic”, a term coined bythe World Health Organisation(WHO) on the surge of informationregarding the COVID-19 pandemic.The contagion in fact has hit themedia hardest both in matters offinances and credibility. The failureof journalists, both television and

newspaper, to go beyond theGovernment’s briefings on the pan-demic and its opinionated criticismhas left the consumers of newsabsolutely chary. Nobody has a clearpicture on where the virus is steer-ing the world.

If there is distrust for a product,there obviously would not be a mar-ket for it. The market searches forsuch products which can be easilyconsumed. So here is a case of a mar-ket looking for news products. In fact,the present situation reminds one ofItalian dramatist, novelist, poet andshort story writer Luigi Pirandello’searly 20th century play titled, SixCharacters in Search of an Author.The initial reception to the play fromthe audience was it being incompre-hensible. It was only after Pirandelloadded a foreword to the play a fewyears later that it came to be betterappreciated. The connoisseurs ofnews are today eagerly waiting for theforeword to the current incommen-surable media scenario.

(The writer is professor-chair-person, Vivekananda School ofJournalism and Mass Communication,VIPS, GGSIPU, Delhi)

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Script Open High Low LTPIDEA 11.84 12.20 11.66 11.75RELIANCE 2315.00 2326.50 2288.20 2317.90TCS 2487.50 2538.00 2459.90 2490.25SBIN 199.65 201.00 197.15 200.15BHARTIARTL 474.65 487.50 470.05 485.70ASHOKLEY 74.85 78.45 73.90 77.85KOTAKBANK 1305.10 1329.00 1288.65 1324.30CIPLA 720.00 753.25 720.00 742.30BAJFINANCE 3475.85 3524.30 3455.05 3514.45DRREDDY 4384.05 4546.80 4380.80 4443.20INDUSINDBK 608.50 638.75 601.95 633.50TATAMOTORS 149.60 149.60 146.55 148.30ICICIBANK 363.65 372.00 363.65 371.45LUPIN 972.90 1005.25 969.00 1001.15LT 908.30 914.70 900.00 909.55DEEPAKNI 802.10 870.00 791.60 857.60PVR 1296.00 1328.00 1258.80 1264.25SIEMENS 1250.00 1311.20 1230.40 1235.00HCLTECH 787.00 809.85 783.00 792.40WIPRO 307.40 311.15 302.75 307.30INFY 979.95 994.00 972.00 981.90HDFCBANK 1066.00 1076.00 1058.40 1070.90TITAN 1194.00 1220.50 1170.20 1174.45HDFCAMC 2374.95 2374.95 2304.00 2314.00ALKEM 2945.00 2945.00 2835.00 2851.60EICHERMOT 2190.00 2190.00 2120.00 2141.70AUROPHARMA 801.15 841.00 798.60 818.00ADANIGREEN 657.00 670.65 648.00 670.65AXISBANK 441.50 451.70 436.50 449.65BAJAJ-AUTO 2950.30 2957.15 2923.20 2944.65HINDUNILVR 2132.00 2137.25 2109.50 2125.00SAIL 39.55 39.90 38.25 39.40RBLBANK 182.60 189.50 179.60 185.35GAIL 92.05 92.70 91.10 92.10TATASTEEL 407.00 410.30 403.70 405.25SYNGENE 542.10 594.75 526.50 561.75DLF 156.50 159.05 153.55 155.50ITC 184.00 184.00 180.85 181.80PIDILITIND 1482.05 1514.90 1482.05 1499.20IBULHSGFIN 191.00 191.45 184.75 185.85ESCORTS 1245.95 1256.10 1200.00 1229.55APOLLOHOSP 1606.80 1698.90 1605.05 1672.95PEL 1334.90 1359.65 1320.00 1346.75AAVAS 1380.50 1440.15 1374.30 1421.90DIVISLAB 3173.00 3249.60 3170.00 3192.80JBCHEPHARM 898.40 965.00 891.00 896.65SUNPHARMA* 496.20 512.65 496.20 506.05BIOCON 429.00 445.00 429.00 440.00BANDHANBNK 301.50 305.00 296.55 303.55NTPC 91.10 92.70 90.60 91.00MARUTI 7150.00 7172.70 7008.00 7051.00AMBER 1979.40 2114.25 1969.85 2064.70VINATIORGA 1091.00 1239.95 1084.85 1193.00HDFC 1755.00 1777.00 1744.95 1764.00MINDTREE 1243.00 1255.70 1218.60 1252.75LAURUSLABS 1347.00 1359.90 1321.15 1341.95JINDALSTEL 210.00 211.40 202.75 205.85TECHM 791.00 802.80 775.10 791.15HEXAWARE 428.00 455.80 420.75 451.25ZEEL 217.90 220.20 216.00 217.25INDIGO 1334.90 1354.95 1321.00 1344.15ASIANPAINT 2045.00 2049.05 2009.95 2018.00

BHEL 36.55 36.60 35.70 35.95PNB 33.95 33.95 33.00 33.30UPL 516.00 532.20 516.00 529.65BPCL 420.00 425.40 412.35 414.35IDFCFIRSTB 31.05 32.40 30.65 32.20SBICARD 856.00 865.60 853.80 858.05FEDERALBNK 54.00 54.45 52.90 54.25CAPPL 553.00 595.95 553.00 584.50BATAINDIA 1337.15 1358.00 1320.45 1342.70GLENMARK 485.00 499.50 483.00 493.45IDFC 29.55 34.80 29.10 34.05COALINDIA 126.00 126.00 123.85 124.10MOTHERSUMI 117.90 122.10 116.50 120.90CUMMINSIND 471.80 495.00 468.00 484.05L&TFH 63.90 64.45 62.85 63.30AVANTI 539.40 561.00 531.00 547.45GRANULES 376.50 379.10 361.85 368.80PRESTIGE 263.80 263.80 251.00 254.70BRITANNIA 3720.00 3765.00 3714.15 3733.25RADICO 414.70 447.25 413.00 443.45FRETAIL 98.35 105.85 96.10 103.85NAUKRI 3440.00 3560.00 3424.00 3535.00GRASIM 714.00 723.40 709.85 715.00JSWSTEEL 290.00 294.40 288.70 289.50SRTRANSFIN 641.00 655.65 635.15 653.95INDIAMART 5055.00 5225.00 5055.00 5133.05TATAELXSI 1329.00 1329.00 1273.25 1283.70ADANIENT 296.00 298.80 272.50 285.55CHOLAFIN 232.35 235.00 229.70 232.75

APOLLOTYRE 125.95 130.35 124.45 127.75BAJAJFINSV 6125.00 6155.30 6031.25 6121.45GSPL 214.60 224.60 211.65 217.90FCONSUMER 9.55 10.11 9.55 9.97BALKRISIND 1377.25 1396.45 1350.75 1378.15DIXON 9860.00 10168.45 9845.00 10022.00TATACHEM 306.60 312.90 304.60 306.05M&M 615.65 624.00 612.10 613.60M&MFIN 135.00 138.65 134.15 138.05JUSTDIAL 381.00 399.00 380.75 392.70JKCEMENT 1560.00 1586.00 1543.95 1580.35COROMANDEL 792.00 815.00 771.10 809.30JUBLFOOD 2367.00 2393.10 2349.80 2361.35MPHASIS 1260.15 1349.00 1260.15 1329.95EDELWEISS 75.00 76.20 73.35 74.10DMART 2196.95 2196.95 2130.50 2135.55VEDL 129.65 132.80 128.70 131.30IRCTC 1375.00 1380.00 1360.65 1369.35STAR 680.00 696.15 670.30 681.60INFIBEAM 83.00 83.55 82.30 83.25HEROMOTOCO 3023.00 3053.75 3008.85 3037.50BANKBARODA 46.40 46.70 45.65 46.55HINDALCO 178.00 179.30 174.80 176.85CESC 659.00 687.30 653.60 670.00PIIND 1958.45 2024.95 1930.80 2014.70MCX 1764.00 1768.30 1683.85 1700.00CADILAHC 375.00 378.60 367.40 375.05TATAPOWER 57.20 58.70 57.15 57.75INDIACEM 124.00 127.60 120.05 123.60BOSCHLTD 12900.00 13134.85 12836.45 13116.65LTI 2679.75 2779.95 2652.00 2715.00HAL 843.95 860.00 823.00 844.00DABUR 504.95 507.75 499.80 505.80PTC 54.70 54.70 53.00 53.85FSL 69.30 74.00 69.30 73.20JUBILANT 769.50 806.40 767.35 797.50IFBIND 590.00 697.05 590.00 641.05IGL 409.85 421.70 409.85 419.65NAVINFLUOR 2083.00 2205.00 2081.05 2182.10PERSISTENT 1163.50 1239.00 1140.00 1171.00IPCALAB 2149.75 2185.30 2076.10 2157.60ADANIPORTS 355.00 356.60 351.40 351.55BIRLACORPN 674.00 721.00 661.60 714.35FINEORG 3223.90 3258.25 3059.50 3113.85EXIDEIND 161.50 163.65 160.45 163.40BEL 105.65 106.95 103.95 104.90COLPAL 1417.00 1422.80 1406.00 1419.10TVSMOTOR 456.10 459.00 447.65 455.40ADANIGAS 206.50 209.45 205.05 207.15SRF 4360.00 4383.95 4277.70 4290.00AFFLE 3100.05 3143.00 2976.00 3017.55DISHTV 15.45 15.74 14.56 15.51MANAPPURAM 159.05 162.00 155.55 159.60RECLTD 107.60 109.40 106.55 108.85ACC 1379.00 1389.00 1351.60 1386.70ZYDUSWELL 1665.00 1806.00 1643.50 1783.30PGHL 5340.00 5683.00 5250.00 5658.00IOC 82.50 83.40 81.85 82.35LICHSGFIN 307.00 307.00 299.50 303.00TRENT 702.00 755.10 702.00 750.95NESTLEIND 16199.95 16199.95 16000.00 16038.40ATUL 6500.00 6840.25 6500.00 6819.95SUNTV 502.55 505.00 494.65 495.00INFRATEL 203.15 203.85 200.35 201.95GODREJCP 693.30 711.50 689.35 706.00IRB 122.90 122.90 119.10 121.00BLUEDART 3000.00 3006.00 2551.00 2875.00TATACONSUM 555.00 555.00 540.30 542.10BHARATFORG 480.00 481.25 462.95 475.85BLISSGVS 154.50 155.45 151.45 152.80ABBOTINDIA 16382.00 17049.00 16382.00 16850.00IEX 211.70 214.95 201.10 204.95VIPIND 323.70 323.70 310.00 313.95HDFCLIFE 600.05 600.75 591.10 594.50AMARAJABAT 769.30 785.00 768.55 778.90CENTURYTEX 370.10 376.75 358.80 364.00APLAPOLLO 2701.00 2836.95 2701.00 2816.50TORNTPHARM 2820.35 2887.35 2815.90 2859.60FDC 338.50 363.50 338.50 348.90CEATLTD 915.30 968.20 915.30 941.00CENTURYPLY 179.35 191.80 176.10 183.15EIDPARRY 317.50 325.40 309.40 315.00TATAMTRDVR 61.30 64.10 60.75 63.65GLAXO 1736.85 1805.00 1736.85 1778.25AEGISLOG 228.40 250.50 226.15 247.70BSOFT 183.85 183.85 171.00 178.65PFIZER 5000.00 5116.00 4929.05 4936.00LAOPALA 212.50 250.60 210.70 225.70QUESS 422.00 446.00 417.00 438.25APLLTD 912.50 955.00 912.50 926.45MFSL 621.80 633.00 612.00 616.00HAVELLS 677.90 678.00 665.80 669.60SUDARSCHEM 460.10 487.45 455.50 470.75COFORGE 2150.20 2175.00 2124.85 2130.95INDOCO 249.00 272.00 248.00 265.00ULTRACEMCO 3927.00 3953.00 3888.00 3933.05AJANTPHARM 1496.20 1575.00 1496.20 1510.00NCC 33.30 34.45 33.25 34.05FORCEMOT 1120.35 1179.00 1108.25 1142.40PNBHOUSING 329.75 330.95 312.35 323.70CANFINHOME 426.20 438.90 417.90 434.45MUTHOOTFIN 1138.00 1141.65 1115.50 1133.00CYIENT 406.00 415.00 406.00 413.85ICICIGI 1318.00 1332.00 1295.40 1312.00JYOTHYLAB 152.50 156.50 148.70 153.55PHILIPCARB 120.40 127.70 119.55 126.75HINDPETRO 197.10 199.95 194.90 198.20VOLTAS 695.00 695.00 678.10 682.00ONGC 74.10 74.35 73.25 73.75

VMART 2063.05 2173.55 2031.00 2118.05NAM-INDIA 282.30 288.65 276.00 284.50MGL 935.00 940.85 917.25 936.55CANBK 102.00 102.00 99.70 100.70BANKINDIA 47.25 47.55 46.30 46.65EIHOTEL 88.10 91.60 86.60 87.10METROPOLIS 1920.00 2039.00 1911.40 2027.05NOCIL 133.95 135.25 131.10 133.40HINDZINC 225.15 231.20 219.60 221.30SPICEJET 54.50 54.50 52.70 53.05SUNTECK 287.75 306.90 276.35 277.00BOMDYEING 67.60 70.90 67.60 70.55RAYMOND 275.15 280.90 271.85 277.85RALLIS 310.00 318.00 310.00 315.20GODFRYPHLP 950.00 953.35 931.00 944.50IDBI 37.30 38.00 37.30 37.60HEG 785.00 789.60 768.10 772.45ORIENTELEC 218.80 233.50 216.65 226.15ZENSARTECH 186.20 197.80 186.20 189.90SHREECEM 19774.55 20141.45 19629.60 20082.95MINDAIND 351.95 370.00 349.50 365.00DEEPAKFERT 168.25 174.90 165.00 173.45POWERGRID 171.60 173.85 171.25 173.60AARTIIND 1066.60 1090.00 1064.45 1083.30ICICIPRULI 434.10 435.90 424.70 427.40MEGH 79.50 79.95 76.70 78.25OFSS 3045.00 3072.95 2981.60 3030.00BLUESTARCO 690.00 710.00 674.45 694.50SWSOLAR 261.95 261.95 231.00 235.05INDHOTEL 104.00 104.00 99.70 103.85WABAG 209.50 212.00 201.10 208.25ASTRAL 1215.60 1265.00 1192.55 1199.00ABCAPITAL 70.90 72.00 70.60 70.80UJJIVAN 226.80 233.50 225.20 232.40SPARC 178.50 183.85 177.80 178.30MRF 59347.70 59347.70 58211.25 58332.30CGCL 223.10 234.00 218.75 227.95EQUITAS 56.05 56.05 53.95 55.00GODREJAGRO 510.00 535.00 502.85 530.55REPCOHOME 186.50 186.50 174.85 180.95KAJARIACER 525.00 536.90 503.00 522.55PCJEWELLER 16.10 16.10 15.40 15.65ABFRL 137.05 137.80 132.95 134.05NBCC 27.00 27.00 26.10 26.60PFC 92.80 93.30 92.25 92.85RITES 254.00 256.65 253.45 255.85ASTRAZEN 4399.00 4399.00 4210.00 4352.25RAJESHEXPO 455.00 469.75 453.55 459.95UCOBANK 14.40 14.50 13.74 13.82AMBUJACEM 209.05 217.90 209.05 217.55TATACOMM 885.10 937.00 885.10 917.25GODREJPROP 902.00 909.75 891.90 896.35DCAL 174.55 177.70 167.45 177.70GMM 5950.00 5965.00 5767.95 5934.95ITI 132.10 133.80 130.05 130.80DCBBANK 92.00 93.80 88.60 92.70CUB 145.40 147.00 143.50 145.65NATCOPHARM 793.00 804.90 786.35 791.40SUZLON 3.30 3.34 3.22 3.32NMDC 90.25 90.25 88.55 89.55CHAMBLFERT 148.50 150.60 144.85 147.80LALPATHLAB 1943.00 1943.00 1904.85 1930.00CROMPTON 269.85 283.05 269.85 275.85BAJAJCON 185.95 188.45 182.50 186.60PETRONET 236.60 242.75 236.00 240.25UBL 1065.00 1065.00 1041.00 1047.00STRTECH 156.55 160.65 155.10 157.30LTTS 1605.00 1640.00 1601.00 1623.00TTKPRESTIG 6099.90 6560.15 6064.00 6256.35GUJGAS 310.00 310.00 300.00 305.20HONAUT 33751.55 34699.00 33570.90 34196.85SWANENERGY 121.00 121.60 117.45 118.20VAIBHAVGBL 1839.00 1861.40 1815.65 1834.40BALRAMCHIN 156.60 157.50 152.40 157.25BEML 651.00 651.00 631.70 647.30BERGEPAINT 577.05 583.20 572.90 580.50TEAMLEASE 2478.00 2542.85 2351.00 2363.25CASTROLIND 120.50 121.45 119.05 120.65ENGINERSIN 71.50 71.50 68.00 69.60WELSPUNIND 59.65 62.20 58.75 62.20GMRINFRA 23.75 24.15 23.45 23.90ADANITRANS 268.55 275.00 267.05 268.80ISEC 480.00 489.60 467.00 475.90

HAWKINCOOK 5099.00 5124.90 5011.30 5058.35SBILIFE 865.00 871.05 853.10 864.20NATIONALUM 35.45 35.45 34.15 34.30PAGEIND 19299.95 19387.85 18830.00 18859.95VGUARD 175.00 180.00 174.45 175.90TAKE 45.00 47.30 44.50 46.35BDL 318.90 319.00 310.15 311.45SOUTHBANK 7.24 7.27 7.16 7.21GNFC 213.00 215.50 207.25 208.25CONCOR 385.00 390.60 381.75 388.90IIFL 92.90 92.90 87.05 88.90MIDHANI 212.85 214.40 209.50 210.70WOCKPHARMA 293.20 303.75 293.15 297.10TATAINVEST 879.00 927.00 859.75 894.70GALAXYSURF 1955.00 1955.00 1891.80 1912.05SPANDANA 569.90 585.00 561.95 576.95SONATSOFTW 328.85 330.00 322.00 325.80CARBORUNIV 272.00 283.00 269.50 278.85MARICO 370.00 370.75 363.70 364.35CCL 276.00 282.00 272.40 281.95CREDITACC 730.00 748.30 714.00 733.80GARFIBRES 2045.00 2045.00 1956.95 2010.00HUDCO 35.50 35.50 34.50 34.90PARAGMILK 105.00 108.00 104.70 105.35ABB 905.00 923.00 905.00 914.45WELCORP 108.05 108.05 103.60 108.05HSCL 54.95 55.95 53.60 55.35WHIRLPOOL 2244.00 2252.05 2194.50 2231.50KEI 385.00 390.55 379.20 382.65BALMLAWRIE 121.50 121.50 119.60 120.25POLYCAB 903.95 910.00 888.75 897.80AUBANK 702.00 707.65 677.15 699.90BBTC 1410.35 1427.95 1386.15 1400.40DALBHARAT* 754.80 784.00 747.35 767.15UNIONBANK 29.20 29.20 27.85 28.20ESSELPRO 304.95 306.00 290.00 291.20KPITTECH 100.45 103.50 96.60 99.00TRIDENT 6.85 6.87 6.79 6.84SANOFI 8526.70 8647.00 8498.00 8628.00ALKYLAMINE 3394.00 3400.00 3333.85 3385.00EMAMILTD 391.90 407.00 390.25 396.75ADVENZYMES 239.95 245.70 235.10 241.00JAMNAAUTO 47.25 48.35 47.00 47.55BASF 1583.30 1599.40 1551.50 1558.50SUMICHEM 278.25 283.80 276.85 282.95ASTERDM 127.65 133.50 125.00 132.05INTELLECT 206.10 208.95 200.00 206.50KANSAINER 520.00 535.50 513.70 517.00KEC 353.95 359.15 350.70 352.20COCHINSHIP 339.80 344.40 336.90 342.75ASHOKA 71.80 72.60 70.25 71.75VENKYS 1468.90 1480.90 1447.25 1451.50HEIDELBERG 182.25 191.80 182.25 188.55BAYERCROP 6136.00 6144.90 6055.85 6071.60JAICORPLTD 91.95 93.40 91.10 92.40PRSMJOHNSN 56.00 61.15 55.95 59.65LEMONTREE 30.00 30.00 28.45 28.60TORNTPOWER 329.30 335.40 328.90 332.70PNCINFRA 164.25 173.65 164.25 170.90IBREALEST 61.00 62.15 60.35 60.70DELTACORP* 112.00 113.00 110.20 111.25CRISIL 1792.05 1857.35 1789.55 1816.90HIMATSEIDE 81.15 81.20 78.50 79.05JMFINANCIL 84.15 84.65 82.90 83.80FINCABLES 295.00 296.25 292.15 293.00GREAVESCOT 78.50 79.50 78.20 78.35JKLAKSHMI 274.00 274.00 263.40 265.40SCI 57.20 57.80 56.00 56.90BAJAJELEC 504.75 506.55 491.45 499.55ADANIPOWER 37.10 37.60 37.10 37.15ORIENTCEM 63.80 65.65 62.75 63.00MOIL 147.35 151.95 146.20 148.00LAXMIMACH 3760.05 3786.95 3640.00 3640.00WESTLIFE 410.10 411.40 394.30 398.25HERITGFOOD 359.95 359.95 346.05 357.00REDINGTON 117.00 119.85 117.00 118.00HFCL 16.80 16.80 15.70 15.75TIMKEN 1112.00 1184.75 1112.00 1178.75SFL 1520.00 1575.00 1471.80 1480.85JSWENERGY 56.80 60.25 56.80 60.10PGHH 10095.00 10140.00 10014.00 10103.00ENDURANCE 1149.60 1165.00 1114.85 1120.20RAMCOCEM 734.50 735.00 725.00 729.00RAIN 111.10 113.15 110.00 111.15TATACOFFEE 112.90 112.90 111.45 112.20GICRE 134.00 135.05 133.25 133.25TV18BRDCST 31.75 31.80 30.40 31.60LUXIND 1420.00 1439.95 1388.00 1416.50KPRMILL 609.40 620.00 597.50 605.25LINDEINDIA 728.95 746.25 725.00 735.60GSFC 64.50 64.50 62.25 62.70THERMAX 768.50 777.25 754.95 765.35WABCOINDIA 6715.95 6880.00 6450.15 6450.15JKPAPER* 94.15 95.35 93.75 95.10MASFIN 862.00 862.00 832.70 856.00GHCL 168.05 172.25 167.00 170.25NH 353.00 353.00 335.80 345.50FORTIS 132.10 133.45 130.90 131.20JCHAC 2268.05 2338.00 2210.00 2306.15TCIEXP 869.95 910.00 845.00 869.80ARVINDFASN 143.90 143.90 135.05 138.45ERIS 528.80 537.00 519.95 528.45DHANUKA 771.95 785.00 760.50 767.85NHPC 20.90 20.90 20.65 20.75KALPATPOWR* 274.20 274.20 267.00 269.90JKTYRE 59.40 59.80 58.45 58.75TIMETECHNO 39.40 42.40 39.30 41.75GILLETTE 5614.40 5655.90 5492.90 5564.80GRAPHITE 188.00 188.05 184.55 185.40

AIAENG 1870.00 1922.70 1815.60 1828.00GODREJIND 421.50 429.00 412.50 415.70VSTIND 3542.05 3576.70 3502.60 3545.00SOMANYCERA 174.00 174.00 166.70 169.10NBVENTURES 64.85 64.85 61.40 62.35MAHABANK 13.00 13.00 12.71 12.79TIINDIA 632.90 637.00 620.00 625.45INOXLEISUR 292.90 295.00 290.60 292.50OIL 96.00 96.10 95.30 95.35AKZOINDIA 2127.00 2178.65 2055.90 2158.20RELAXO 673.40 673.40 655.00 665.00DBL 381.10 387.40 375.30 375.35JAGRAN 39.65 40.00 38.60 38.80RVNL 21.50 21.60 21.20 21.30KTKBANK 46.00 46.00 44.45 45.00KRBL 271.00 271.00 265.20 270.65SHK 86.50 86.50 83.00 85.25JINDALSAW 65.40 66.20 64.55 64.95VARROC 324.00 324.00 310.50 316.00MAHLIFE 245.50 260.00 244.45 254.40FINOLEXIND 550.00 550.00 530.55 535.60JTEKTINDIA 76.95 77.70 75.75 77.45ITDC 238.00 241.95 232.50 233.00J&KBANK 17.85 18.10 17.40 17.70CHENNPETRO 80.95 80.95 77.15 77.80ORIENTREF 204.10 208.70 203.00 203.453MINDIA 18800.05 19167.30 18800.05 18860.00INDIANB 63.00 64.10 62.50 62.85MRPL 29.90 30.25 29.60 29.65MAHSEAMLES 231.55 235.35 228.15 229.45VBL 744.70 751.10 727.80 730.40SUPREMEIND 1392.00 1407.25 1371.20 1401.60MHRIL 185.00 189.15 185.00 185.10GUJALKALI 352.00 352.00 346.00 346.20CHOLAHLDNG 420.05 444.00 420.00 444.00MINDACORP 76.50 77.90 74.50 74.65KNRCON 265.30 266.50 260.50 265.65RCF 47.70 47.85 47.05 47.10SUNDRMFAST 422.45 435.00 413.70 419.60BAJAJHLDNG 2475.00 2516.25 2459.30 2494.00TVTODAY 237.50 237.50 223.05 225.40ECLERX 777.65 781.00 760.05 765.80IFCI 6.94 6.94 6.80 6.88SOLARINDS 1061.05 1112.30 1061.05 1080.50OMAXE 68.80 69.45 68.15 69.40OBEROIRLTY 400.20 417.00 396.00 406.90THYROCARE 797.50 798.55 781.25 783.35NESCO 570.00 573.00 557.00 565.45VRLLOG 162.10 165.00 162.00 162.00BRIGADE 174.50 176.95 166.60 170.50NILKAMAL 1285.25 1286.75 1251.80 1279.95IRCON 85.00 85.30 83.10 83.80JSLHISAR 90.00 91.05 87.40 88.60GRSE 194.00 194.00 185.40 187.35UFLEX 344.05 346.50 336.40 338.50IOB 10.39 10.50 10.18 10.21TASTYBIT 12175.00 12454.00 11842.50 11950.20TNPL 113.50 113.80 111.30 111.55SJVN 23.85 23.85 23.15 23.25SIS 385.85 390.00 366.60 371.95CSBBANK 228.90 232.30 223.85 224.00SYMPHONY 855.00 872.85 853.90 872.00SCHNEIDER 79.20 80.25 77.55 79.10SHRIRAMCIT 1014.70 1033.65 987.45 995.55HINDCOPPER 36.55 37.60 36.55 36.90NLCINDIA 54.60 55.00 53.30 53.50SHANKARA 364.00 370.00 362.10 363.10MAHLOG 338.10 346.80 336.90 343.60MAHINDCIE 132.20 132.20 128.80 129.80GESHIP 267.40 274.00 261.00 264.90SUPRAJIT 177.05 183.55 176.70 182.00RATNAMANI 1183.60 1248.35 1183.60 1217.85MOTILALOFS* 662.00 663.60 651.05 658.35JSL 45.70 45.75 44.00 44.20GRINDWELL 547.60 560.00 533.05 546.55SCHAEFFLER 4191.40 4210.05 4164.55 4189.80TCNSBRANDS 398.00 403.55 385.15 400.40CERA 2600.00 2600.00 2456.10 2507.90SOBHA 253.70 255.45 246.50 250.55CARERATING 405.00 405.00 396.55 398.00UJJIVANSFB 34.80 34.80 34.00 34.00VTL 804.90 811.55 800.00 807.60POWERINDIA 950.00 960.00 943.20 958.00SKFINDIA 1615.00 1630.00 1580.00 1593.65ALLCARGO 124.95 124.95 122.00 123.05TATAMETALI 544.15 556.25 538.15 539.00PHOENIXLTD 640.50 644.45 626.00 631.00DCMSHRIRAM 360.45 372.50 358.90 367.25NIACL 111.70 112.45 109.90 110.45SHOPERSTOP 178.00 178.00 174.20 175.25FLUOROCHEM 533.30 539.15 525.10 528.20GPPL 84.00 84.35 81.80 83.35DBCORP 78.80 79.05 77.90 77.90HATHWAY 33.70 34.45 33.10 33.50MAHSCOOTER 2982.15 3059.00 2971.50 3015.00GEPIL 492.20 501.75 484.80 494.60NAVNETEDUL 80.15 86.15 80.15 83.00TVSSRICHAK 1498.00 1533.90 1475.95 1475.95GMDCLTD 47.80 47.80 46.55 46.90CENTRALBK 16.40 16.60 16.35 16.40KSB 521.00 529.45 516.35 517.00INDOSTAR 264.70 265.00 257.50 260.60ESABINDIA 1406.60 1412.10 1371.00 1383.65MMTC 18.00 18.40 18.00 18.10GDL 95.00 95.15 92.95 93.30STARCEMENT 90.40 92.00 88.90 90.00GET&D 105.60 105.60 100.55 100.60GULFOILLUB 650.00 654.00 641.55 651.60IIFLWAM 989.10 997.45 986.05 987.70

NIFTY 50

SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11487.20 11535.95 11442.25 11521.80 81.75INDUSINDBK 609.35 639.00 601.20 637.85 28.50CIPLA 723.00 754.00 722.65 742.35 20.75UPL 518.25 532.25 516.05 530.10 14.20AXISBANK 441.05 451.90 435.90 450.85 10.30BHARTIARTL 475.15 487.65 470.05 485.05 10.95ICICIBANK 364.05 372.25 363.70 371.70 8.00SUNPHARMA 498.00 512.40 496.00 506.50 10.70BAJFINANCE 3475.00 3524.20 3455.00 3515.00 74.30DRREDDY 4374.95 4549.00 4372.55 4439.80 75.70KOTAKBANK 1308.10 1328.85 1289.00 1327.00 22.30GRASIM 711.60 723.50 709.80 718.05 11.05HDFCBANK 1068.00 1076.15 1058.10 1073.70 15.75HDFC 1754.90 1777.00 1742.80 1763.00 25.00LT 910.00 915.20 900.00 915.00 12.90SHREECEM 19779.00 20147.90 19600.00 20070.00 280.50POWERGRID 171.85 173.90 171.00 173.45 1.95RELIANCE 2311.95 2325.75 2288.15 2324.00 21.45SBIN 199.90 201.00 197.10 199.80 1.30HINDALCO 177.40 179.35 174.50 176.90 1.10BRITANNIA 3720.05 3766.50 3715.00 3742.00 22.50ZEEL 218.50 220.20 216.30 217.00 0.80INFY 979.50 994.00 971.65 981.40 3.00ULTRACEMCO 3917.10 3954.95 3885.15 3924.50 10.40TATAMOTORS 149.40 149.40 146.55 148.90 0.35GAIL 92.00 92.75 91.10 92.15 0.20TATASTEEL 407.00 410.55 403.55 405.35 0.70HEROMOTOCO 3028.50 3051.70 3005.05 3033.00 4.50BAJAJFINSV 6130.00 6159.00 6027.45 6118.85 6.70ONGC 73.75 74.35 73.25 73.70 0.05HINDUNILVR 2136.90 2137.00 2109.00 2125.00 1.50JSWSTEEL 290.95 294.55 288.75 290.05 0.20ADANIPORTS 355.10 356.80 351.00 351.70 0.05NTPC 90.90 92.75 90.55 90.80 -0.05TECHM 790.75 803.10 775.00 790.00 -0.75TCS 2491.40 2538.00 2464.60 2489.00 -2.40INFRATEL 204.75 204.75 200.35 202.35 -0.25M&M 619.25 624.00 611.95 614.35 -0.95WIPRO 307.20 311.25 302.75 306.60 -0.60NESTLEIND 16090.00 16165.90 16012.00 16040.00 -43.30HCLTECH 791.05 809.85 783.05 791.80 -3.15IOC 82.70 83.40 81.80 82.30 -0.40BAJAJ-AUTO 2957.40 2960.00 2921.05 2942.50 -15.20COALINDIA 125.65 125.75 123.80 124.15 -0.80ASIANPAINT 2045.00 2049.55 2009.05 2017.00 -14.20BPCL 417.50 425.50 412.45 413.80 -3.35ITC 184.00 184.20 180.80 181.85 -1.50EICHERMOT 2159.40 2170.30 2120.00 2141.00 -18.40HDFCLIFE 601.95 601.95 591.05 594.00 -5.45MARUTI 7164.00 7175.00 7005.00 7050.00 -78.85TITAN 1194.80 1220.00 1170.15 1172.00 -16.00

SE 500B

NIFTY NEXT 50

SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY NEXT 50 27361.00 27562.55 27349.65 27515.80 259.80MOTHERSUMI 117.50 122.15 116.60 120.85 4.50LUPIN 972.85 1005.00 967.00 1004.00 36.00AUROPHARMA 800.00 840.95 798.10 821.05 24.90NAUKRI 3450.00 3559.20 3410.30 3538.30 104.20AMBUJACEM 210.95 217.85 210.55 217.25 6.15IGL 410.90 421.70 410.00 419.80 11.00SRTRANSFIN 639.10 655.00 635.25 653.50 17.05GODREJCP 691.55 711.90 688.75 707.75 16.20BIOCON 430.00 445.00 429.00 439.85 9.85ABBOTINDIA 16620.00 17050.00 16466.15 16873.00 356.85TORNTPHARM 2800.00 2887.90 2800.00 2857.95 60.40PEL 1326.00 1359.85 1318.55 1348.00 25.20PETRONET 236.00 242.85 235.30 240.55 3.85BOSCHLTD 12898.00 13141.65 12829.85 13059.90 206.35CADILAHC 370.65 378.50 367.25 374.50 5.95INDIGO 1330.00 1355.00 1320.80 1341.60 20.45PGHH 10000.05 10150.00 10000.05 10139.95 142.45ACC 1368.00 1389.00 1350.75 1385.00 17.65PIDILITIND 1481.10 1515.00 1481.00 1499.00 18.30BAJAJHLDNG 2470.65 2517.05 2460.60 2496.00 25.40HINDPETRO 197.00 199.95 194.75 198.00 1.95CONCOR 385.00 390.65 381.30 388.00 3.80PFC 92.10 93.35 92.10 93.00 0.90MUTHOOTFIN 1128.00 1141.85 1116.00 1134.00 10.55SBILIFE 861.30 871.00 853.05 865.00 7.90BANKBARODA 46.25 46.70 45.65 46.55 0.40OFSS 3049.00 3071.90 2981.00 3013.75 25.55BANDHANBNK 302.00 305.00 296.40 303.70 2.30DIVISLAB 3175.00 3250.00 3166.25 3188.35 23.55BERGEPAINT 577.00 583.80 572.35 581.45 3.60ICICIGI 1325.00 1333.00 1295.20 1312.00 6.65DABUR 503.90 508.00 499.55 506.65 2.45NHPC 20.70 20.85 20.65 20.80 0.10DLF 156.60 159.00 153.15 155.50 0.60COLPAL 1416.60 1423.20 1405.80 1420.00 3.40HAVELLS 675.55 677.00 665.25 670.00 0.95SIEMENS 1247.00 1311.80 1233.45 1237.00 1.50SBICARD 859.00 865.50 856.50 856.80 0.95ICICIPRULI 432.65 436.00 424.75 430.00 -0.35ADANITRANS 269.80 275.25 267.80 267.85 -0.25NMDC 90.60 90.60 88.50 89.45 -0.20UBL 1052.50 1063.90 1040.00 1049.65 -2.75GICRE 134.15 135.00 133.30 133.50 -0.55MCDOWELL-N 548.50 551.50 539.05 542.00 -4.65PNB 33.95 33.95 33.00 33.25 -0.35DMART 2185.00 2185.00 2130.00 2139.95 -22.75HDFCAMC 2350.00 2364.00 2303.05 2314.10 -35.90PAGEIND 19199.90 19414.00 18820.00 18840.00 -308.75MARICO 370.55 370.55 363.15 364.00 -6.55HINDZINC 226.50 231.30 219.50 219.90 -4.05

Mumbai:The US restrictionson some textile imports fromXinjiang in China is likely toaugur well for the Indian tex-tile exporters, according to areport.

On September 14, the USimposed restrictions on theimport of certain productsoriginating from the XinjiangAutonomous Region in China,citing concerns on illegal andinhumane forced labour in theregion, rating agency Icra saidin a report.

The agency said it expectsthis development to benefitdomestic textile exporters.

While there were specula-tions of a more broad-basedban on the products originat-ing from the region, the restric-tions have been limited to a fewentities, for now, it said.

Besides banning imports ofother product categories, includ-ing hair products and comput-er parts, it also includes restric-tions on some entities from theregion involved in manufac-turing apparels and producingand processing cotton.

Xinjiang is a major cotton-producing belt, which accountsfor an estimated 80-85 per

cent of China's cotton output."While the immediate

impact, in terms of the marketcatered to by the identified enti-ties, is not quantifiable, thisdevelopment could have majorrepercussions for the globaltextile trade.

"With China being theleading apparel exporter,accounting for more than 35per cent of the global trade andmore than three-fourths ofChina's cotton originating fromthe Xinjiang region, any exten-sion of the ban to a wider basein China could trigger a mate-rial shift in global apparel tradein coming years," Icra RatingsSenior VP and Group HeadJayanta Roy said.

Amid concerns on origi-nation of the coronavirus fromChina, there have already beenreports of several internation-al buyers looking at diversify-ing their sourcing base acrosscountries, the report opined.

Several major apparelexporters from India haveeither already started receivingincreased orders or are in activediscussions with large interna-tional buyers, looking atincreasing their sourcing from

India. The shift, which was pre-viously expected to take placegradually over the mediumterm, could be expedited in thelight of this recent develop-ment, the report added.

"While over the past fewyears, Vietnam and Bangladeshhave been the key beneficiariesfor a shift away from China,India also stands to gain fromany such market opportunitywhich may arise, given itsstrong presence in the cotton-based apparels," Roy added.

Widening of the scope ofthe ban could, however, bepractically challenging as theexisting systems are not ade-quate to track the origin of theraw material.

Accordingly, cotton origi-nating in the Xinjiang regioncould end up as yarn or fabricin another region/ country,which could be processed fur-ther to manufacture apparels.

Further, there could belikely retaliatory actions byChina, as seen over the pastcouple of years amid the ongo-ing US-China trade war, whichcould prevent widening of thescope of the ban, Icra reportadded. PTI

US import curbs on Chinese

textile to benefit India: Icra

Mumbai: Equity indices foundfirmer ground on Tuesday asinvestors poured money intobanking and finance countersamid a positive trend in glob-al markets.

The 30-share BSE Sensexovercame bouts of volatility toend 287.72 points or 0.74 percent higher at 39,044.35.

The broader NSE Niftyrose 81.75 points or 0.71 percent to finish at 11,521.80.

IndusInd Bank topped thegainers' chart on the Sensex,spurting 4.03 per cent, fol-lowed by Bharti Airtel, AxisBank, Bajaj Finance, ICICIBank, Sun Pharma, HDFC andKotak Bank.

On the other hand, Titan,Maruti, ITC, Asian Paints,M&M, HCL Tech and BajajAuto were among the laggards,shedding up to 1.20 per cent.

Mid and small-cap stocksextended their gains as partic-ipants wagered on increasedinflows into the segment fol-lowing changes in asset classi-fication norms for multi-capmutual funds.

Global equities werebuoyed by encouraging indus-trial output data from China,

which also propelled yuan to a16-month high. "Marketbreadth improved for the sec-ond consecutive day as sever-al mid-cap stocks across diversesectors posted handsome gains.

"The small-cap Indexrose... 1.5 per cent today on theback of a stellar 5 per cent gainyesterday sending out a clearmessage that investors are look-ing at a more broad marketrally after having witnessed apolarised market for a consid-erable length of time," said SRanganathan, Head ofResearch at LKP Securities.

Sector-wise, BSE telecom,healthcare, bankex, basic mate-rials, finance, power and utili-ties rose up to 1.94 per cent,while realty closed lower.

Broader BSE mid-cap andsmall-cap indices climbed asmuch as 1.44 per cent.

On the macroeconomicfront, the Asian DevelopmentBank (ADB) said India's coro-navirus-battered economy willshrink by 9 per cent this fiscal,and growth outlook remainshighly vulnerable to either aprolonged outbreak of the pan-demic or a resurgence of cases. PTI

Sensex, Nifty tick higher on global cues; banking, finance stocks in demand

Mumbai: The rupee paredearly gains to settle 16 paiselower at 73.64 (provisional)against the US dollar onTuesday even as domestic equi-ty market traded in the positiveterritory.

At the interbank forex mar-ket, the domestic unit wit-nessed high volatility. It openedon a strong note at 73.33, butlost ground during the day andfinally closed at 73.64 againstthe US dollar, registering a fallof 16 paise over its previousclose of 73.48.During the ses-sion, the local currency wit-nessed an intra-day high of73.33 and a low of 73.72 againstthe greenback.

Meanwhile, the dollarindex, which gauges the green-back's strength against a basketof six currencies, fell 0.16 percent to 92.90. PTI

Rupee settles16 paise lowerat 73.64 againstUS dollar

New Delhi: India’s coron-avirus-battered economy willshrink by 9 per cent this fiscal,the Asian Development Bank(ADB) predicted on Tuesdaysaying growth outlook remainshighly vulnerable to either aprolonged outbreak of the pan-demic or a resurgence of cases.

This will be the first time infour decades that the Indianeconomic growth will contract.

In its Asian DevelopmentOutlook (ADO) 2020 Update,ADB forecasts a strong recov-ery for the economy in FY2021,with gross domestic product(GDP) growing by 8 per centas mobility and business activ-ities resume more widely.

“India imposed strict lock-down measures to contain thespread of the pandemic andthis has had a severe impact oneconomic activity,” said ADBChief Economist YasuyukiSawada. Sawada further notedthat “it is crucial that contain-ment measures, such as robusttesting, tracking, and ensuringtreatment capacities, are imple-mented consistently and effec-tively to stop the spread ofCOVID-19 and provide a sus-tainable platform for the econ-omy's recovery for the next fis-cal year and beyond.”

With lockdowns stallingprivate spending, ADB said

GDP will shrink by 9 per centin April 2020 to March 2021,sharply down from its June'sforecast of (-) 4 per cent.

“The growth outlookremains highly vulnerable toeither a prolonged outbreak ora resurgence of cases, with thecountry now having one of thehighest number of COVID-19cases globally,” It said.

Other downside risksinclude increasing public andprivate debt levels that couldaffect technology and infra-structure investment, as well asrising non-performing loanscaused by the pandemic thatcould further weaken thefinancial sector and its abilityto support economic growth.

ADB joins a chorus of inter-national agencies that have pre-dicted a contraction in the Indianeconomy in the current fiscal.

S&P Global Ratings onMonday slashed its FY21growth forecast for India to (-) 9 per cent, from (-) 5 per centestimated earlier, saying thatrising COVID-19 cases wouldkeep private spending andinvestment lower for longer.

Last week, two other glob-al rating agencies Moody's andFitch projected the Indianeconomy to contract 11.5 percent and 10.5 per cent respec-tively in the current fiscal.

Indian economy

to shrink 9 pc in

FY21: ADB

US TARIFFS ON CHINA RULED TO BE ILLEGAL BY WORLD TRADE BODYGeneva:The World TradeOrganization said Tuesday thatTrump administration tariffs onChinese goods totaling more

than $200 billion are illegal underthe rules of the global trade body.The decision marks the firsttime the Geneva-based trade

body has ruled against a series oftariffs that President DonaldTrump's government hasimposed on a number of coun-

tries, allies and rivals alike. Trumphas repeatedly criticized theWTO, which oversees interna-tional disputes on trade, for

allegedly treating the U.S.Unfairly. The WTO ruled againstthe Trump administration's argu-ment that China has engaged in

practices harmful to U.S.Interests, on issues includingintellectual property theft, tech-nology transfer and innovation.

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Berlin: Russian oppositionleader Alexei Navalny posteda picture of himself from hishospital bed in Germany onTuesday, looking gaunt butjoking wryly about his condi-tion and saying that he wasenjoying the ability to finallybreathe on his own after beingpoisoned with a nerve agent.

The Instagram post wasthe first image of the 44-year-old released since he was takento Berlin’s Charite hospitaltwo days after falling ill on adomestic flight in Russia onAug. 20.

“Hi, this is Navalny,” hewrote in the Russian-languagepost. “I have been missing you.I still can’t do almost anythingon my own, but yesterday Imanaged to breathe on my ownfor the entire day.” Navalny hadbeen kept in an induced comafor more than two weeks as hewas treated with an antidotebefore hospital officials said onSept. 7 that his condition hadimproved enough for him to bebrought out of it.

On Monday, the hospitalsaid he had been removedfrom mechanical ventilationand was able to leave his bed for“short periods of time.” In the

photo, Navalny is being givena hug by his wife Yulia and isflanked by his two children ashe sits upright in his bed in ahospital gown. His statementeven had the ring of his well-known sarcastic humor.

“Just on my own, no extrahelp, I didn’t even use the sim-plest valve in my throat,” hesaid of being able to breathewithout ventilation.

“I liked it very much. It’s aremarkable process that isunderestimated by many.Strongly recommended.”

Despite his recovery, doctorshave said they cannot rule outlong-term health issues asso-ciated with the poisoning.

Navalny’s spokeswoman,Kira Yarmysh, tweeted thatonce he had recovered, Navalnyplans to return to Russia.

“No other option has everbeen considered,” she wrote.

Leonid Volkov, a top asso-ciate of Navalny, refused to giveany details on his condition orhis possible return whenreached by The AssociatedPress on Tuesday. AP

Hong Kong: Hong Kong leaderCarrie Lam said Tuesday thatTaiwan has not disclosed infor-mation about the reporteddetentions of five HongKongers who may haveattempted to flee there by boatto escape possible prosecutionat home under a tough newnational security law.

The Hong Kong govern-ment reached out to Taiwan onMonday but has yet to receive areply, Lam told reporters beforea weekly meeting with advisers.

“We have no information,and haven’t received any assis-tance requests from family,”she said. AP

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The US on Tuesday issued asweeping new advisory

warning against travel to main-land China and Hong Kong,citing the risk of “arbitrarydetention” and “arbitraryenforcement of local laws.”

The advisory is likely toheighten tensions between thesides that have spiked sinceBeijing’s imposition on HongKong of a strict new nationalsecurity law in June that hasalready been met with a seriesof US punitive actions.

The new advisory warnedUS citizens that China impos-

es “arbitrary detention and exitbans” to compel cooperationwith investigations, pressurefamily members to return toChina from abroad, influencecivil disputes and “gain bar-gaining leverage over foreigngovernments.”

“US citizens travelling orresiding in China or HongKong, may be detained with-out access to US consular ser-vices or information abouttheir alleged crime. US citi-zens may be subjected to pro-longed interrogations andextended detention withoutdue process of law,” the advi-sory said.

Beijing: China successfullylaunched on Tuesday a solid-propellant carrier rocket froma ship in the Yellow Sea, send-ing nine satellites into orbit inthe second such sea-basedlaunch mission, the officialmedia reported.

The Long March 11-HY2,the 10th member of the LongMarch 11 family blasted off at9:22 am from the Debo 3, aself-propelled deck barge thatwas modified for the mission,China Daily reported.

The nine satellites belong tothe Jilin-1 Gaofen 03-1 group.

About 13 minutes later,after travelling 535 km, it hasdeployed nine Jilin 1 high-res-olution Earth-observationsatellites, three to take videosand six to take photographs insun-synchronous orbits, thereport said. PTI

Washington: President DonaldTrump has warned Iran thatany attack against the US wouldbe retaliated with “1,000 timesgreater in magnitude” aftermedia reports that Tehran isplanning to avenge the killingof top general QasemSoleimani in January.

The death of GenSoleimani, head of Iran’s eliteQuds Force, in a US airstrikenear Baghdad’s airport marksa major escalation in the stand-off between Washington andTehran, since US PresidentTrump withdrew from the2015 nuclear deal and imposedcrippling sanctions.

Iran had vowed to seekrevenge for Gen Soleimani’skilling.

“Any attack by Iran, in anyform, against the United Stateswill be met with an attack onIran that will be 1,000 timesgreater in magnitude!” Trumpsaid in a tweet after newsreports emerged that Iran isplanning some kind of attackagainst the US.

“Iran may be planning anassassination or other attack,against the US in retaliation forthe killing of terrorist leaderSoleimani, which was carriedout for his planning a futureattack, murdering US Troops,and the death & sufferingcaused over so many years,”Trump wrote.

In a news report based onunnamed intelligence sources,the Politico said “the Iraniangovernment is weighing anassassination attempt againstthe American ambassador toSouth Africa Lana Marks.

“If carried out, it could dra-matically ratchet up alreadyserious tensions between theUS and Iran and create enor-mous pressure on Trump tostrike back — possibly in themiddle of a tense election sea-son,” the American news out-let said.

An intelligence source toldFox News that the intel com-munity is taking the threatagainst the ambassador seri-ously and believe the Iranian

regime potentially has the abil-ity to act on an assassinationplot.

Iran has in the pastplanned assassinations ofAmerican ambassadors --which is partly why the intel-ligence community is takingthis particular threat assess-ment seriously, the news chan-nel said.

Iran has denied the allega-tions.

Iranian Foreign Ministryspokesman Saeed Khatibzadehsaid in a statement that theassassination allegations werepart of ongoing anti-Iranianpropaganda by the Americansahead of the elections sched-uled for November 3.

Meanwhile, reacting onthe reports South Africa’s StateSecurity Agency (SSA) saidthat it has “noted the risingpublic interest on the matterand would like to assure allSouth African citizens andinterested parties that the mat-ter is receiving the necessaryattention.” PTI

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“strategic mistake” afterPresident Donald Trumpthreatened Tehran over reportsit planned to avenge the killingof top general QasemSoleimani.

“We hope that they do notmake a new strategic mistakeand certainly in the case of anystrategic mistake, they will wit-ness Iran’s decisive response,”government spokesman AliRabiei told a televised newsconference.

A US media report, quot-ing unnamed officials, saidthat an alleged Iranian plot toassassinate the US ambassadorto South Africa was plannedbefore the US presidential elec-tion in November.

“Any attack by Iran, in anyform, against the United Stateswill be met with an attack onIran that will be 1,000 timesgreater in magnitude!” Trumpwrote on Twitter on Monday.

Rabiei expressed regret that“the president of a country whohas claims to global manage-ment and order would makehasty, agenda-fuelled and dubi-ous remarks on such a weakbasis.”

He warned that reacting tosuch reports would “achievenothing but disruption to theregion and to world calm” andadvised Trump to “refrain fromfresh adventurism... for thesake of winning a new term aspresident.”

On Monday, the foreignministry denied the report ofan assassination plot as “base-less” and part of “repetitive androtten methods to create ananti-Iranian atmosphere”.

Relations betweenWashington and Tehran havebeen tense ever since theIslamic revolution of 1979.They have deteriorated sharplysince Trump unilaterally pulledout of a landmark interna-tional nuclear deal with Iran inMay 2018 and reimposed crip-pling sanctions.

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Germany plans to take in1,500 migrants currently

taking shelter on Greek islands,government sources told AFP,in addition to around 150unaccompanied minors fromthe burnt-out Moria camp.

Under a plan agreed byChancellor Angela Merkel andInterior Minister HorstSeehofer, Berlin will take inmigrants who have alreadysecured refugee status, givingpriority to families with chil-dren, the sources said.

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ing a deal by Wednesday.After a fire laid waste to

Greece’s biggest refugee campMoria last week, pressure hasgrown on Merkel’s govern-ment to offer refuge to the11,500 left homeless by the dis-aster.

While Berlin has voicedreadiness to open its doors tomore than the 150 minors,German media reported how-ever that Athens opposedGermany taking in more asy-lum seekers from Moria.

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(������� �������1����$�7������������� ���� �� �������Washington (AP): Declaringthe dawn of a new Middle East,President Donald Trump onTuesday presided over the sign-ing of historic diplomatic pactsbetween Israel and two GulfArab nations that he hopes willlead to a new order in theMideast and cast him as apeacemaker at the height of hisreelection campaign.

Hundreds of peopleamassed on the sun-washedSouth Lawn to witness thesigning of agreements betweenIsrael and the United ArabEmirates and Bahrain. Thebilateral agreements formalizethe normalization of the Jewishstate's already thawing relationswith the two Arab nations inline with their common oppo-sition to Iran and its aggressionin the region.

“We’re here this afternoonto change the course of histo-ry, Trump said from a balconyoverlooking the South Lawn.After decades of division andconflict, we mark the dawn ofa new Middle East.

The agreements do notaddress the decades-longIsraeli-Palestinian conflict.While the UAE, Bahrain andother Arab countries supportthe Palestinians, the Trumpadministration has persuadedthe two countries not to let thatconflict keep them from hav-ing normal relations with Israel.

Trump’s political backersare looking for the agreementsto boost his standing as astatesman with just sevenweeks to go before ElectionDay. Until now, foreign policyhas not had a major role in acampaign dominated by thecoronavirus, racial issues andthe economy. The pandemicwas in the backdrop of theWhite House ceremony, wherethere was no social distancingand most guests didn't wearmasks. The agreements won’tend active wars, but supportersbelieve they could pave the wayfor a broader Arab-Israeli rap-prochement after decades ofenmity and only two previouspeace deals. Skeptics, including

many longtime Mideast ana-lysts and former officials, haveexpressed doubts about theirimpact and lamented that theyignore the Palestinians, whohave rejected them as a stab inthe back by fellow Arabs.

Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu hasinsisted that Israel has only sus-pended its plans to annex WestBank settlements.

Yet even the harshest crit-ics have allowed that the agree-ments could usher in a majorshift in the region should otherArab nations, particularly SaudiArabia, follow suit, with impli-cations for Iran, Syria andLebanon. Other Arab countriesbelieved to be close to recog-nizing Israel include Oman,Sudan and Morocco.

“We are very down theroad with about five differentcountries, Trump told reportersbefore the ceremony.

In addition to the bilater-al agreements signed by Israel,the UAE and Bahrain, all threeare signing a document dubbed

the Abraham Accords afterthe patriarch of the world'sthree major monotheistic reli-gions.

The Palestinians have notembraced the US vision.Palestinian activists held smalldemonstrations on Tuesday inthe West Bank and in Gaza,where they trampled and setfire to pictures of Trump,Netanyahu and the leaders ofthe UAE and Bahrain.

A poll released on Tuesdayfound that 86 per cent ofPalestinians believe the nor-malization agreement with theUAE serves only Israel's inter-ests and not their own. Thepoll, carried out by thePalestinian Center for Policyand Survey Research, was car-ried out Sept. 9-12 and sur-veyed 1,270 Palestinians in theoccupied West Bank and Gaza.It has a margin of error of plusor minus 3 percentage points.

Even in Israel, where theaccords have received wide-spread acclaim, there is concernthey might result in US sales of

sophisticated weaponry to theUAE and Bahrain, thus poten-tially upsetting Israel's qualita-tive military edge in the region.

They’re very wealthy coun-tries for the most part ... someare extraordinarily, like UAE,Trump told Fox & Friends inan interview before the cere-mony. And they would like tobuy some fighter jets and I per-sonally would have no problemwith it.

Meanwhile, a politicallyvulnerable Netanyahu is facingquestions about appearing atsuch a large event just days afterhe announced a new nation-wide lockdown to fight a surgein coronavirus cases that willimpose severe restrictions onmovement and gatherings.

And while the UAE andBahrain have a history of sup-pressing dissent and criticalpublic opinion, there have beenindications that the agreementsare not nearly as popular orwell-received as in Israel.Neither country sent its head ofstate or government to sign the

deals with Netanyahu.Bahrain’s largest Shiite-

dominated opposition group,Al-Wefaq, which the govern-ment ordered dissolved in 2016amid a yearslong crackdown ondissent, said there is wide-spread rejection of normaliza-tion. Al-Wefaq said in a state-ment that it joins otherBahrainis who reject the agree-ment to normalize ties with theZionist entity, and criticized thegovernment for crushing thepublic's ability to express opin-ions to obscure the extent ofdiscontent at normalization.

The ceremony followsmonths of intricate diplomacyheaded by Jared Kushner,Trump's son-in-law and senioradviser, and the president'senvoy for international negoti-ations, Avi Berkowitz.

On August 13, the Israel-UAE deal was announced. Thatwas followed by the first directcommercial flight between thecountries, and then the Sept. 11announcement of the Bahrain-Israel agreement.

1�� �$�3)�� ������������������������������ �Washington (PTI): India andthe US on Tuesday signed astatement of intent to strength-en the bilateral dialogue ondefence technology co-opera-tion and create opportunitiesfor co-production and co-development of military equip-ment.

The statement was signedby Raj Kumar, Secretary,Defence Production, Ministryof Defence, and Ellen Lord, USUnder Secretary of Defence forAcquisition and Sustainment,during the 10th DefenceTechnology and TradeInitiative (DTTI) GroupMeeting that was held virtual-ly on Tuesday.

Kumar and Lord co-chaired the meeting, duringwhich the groups reported tothe co-chairs on ongoing activ-ities and collaborative oppor-tunities, including a number ofnear-term projects targeted forcompletion on priority.

As evidence of their com-mitment to demonstrating thesuccess of DTTI, the co-chairssigned a statement of intent(SOI) that declared to strength-en our dialogue on defencetechnology cooperation bypursuing detailed planning andmaking measurable progresson several specific DTTI pro-jects, the Pentagon said in arelease. The aim of the DTTIGroup is to bring sustainedleadership focus to the bilater-

al defence trade relationshipand create opportunities for co-production and co-develop-ment of defense equipment.Four joint working groupsfocused on land, naval, air andaircraft carrier technologieshave been established underDTTI to promote mutually-agreed projects within theirdomains.

During the meeting, theco-chairs noted that since thelast DTTI Group meeting inOctober 2019, a DTTIStandard Operating Procedure(SOP) for the identification anddevelopment of cooperativeprojects under DTTI has beencompleted.

The SOP will serve as theframework for DTTI and allowboth sides to reach and docu-ment a mutual understandingon how to define and achievesuccess. A publicly releasableextract of key elements of theSOP was also published inJuly as the DTTI InitialGuidance for Industry, anddistributed through Indian andUS industry associations, itsaid. “Further efforts to encour-age US and Indian industry tocooperatively develop next-generation technologies underthe DTTI Group were high-lighted by the 1st DTTIIndustry Collaboration Forum(DICF), which took place vir-tually on September 10, thePentagon said.

���������;��+�1����� �� � ����$�� ���Tokyo (AP): OutgoingJapanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe and his Cabinet areset to resign Wednesday morn-ing, clearing the way for hissuccessor to take over after par-liamentary confirmation laterin the day.

Abe, Japan's longest-serv-ing prime minister, announcedlast month that he was steppingdown because of health prob-lems.

Chief Cabinet SecretaryYoshihide Suga, long seen asAbe's right-hand man, waschosen Monday as the newhead of the governing LiberalDemocratic Party, virtuallyguaranteeing his election asprime minister in a parlia-mentary vote Wednesdaybecause of the party's majori-ty.

Suga, a self-made politician

and the son of a strawberrygrower in the northern prefec-ture of Akita, has stressed hisbackground in promising toserve the interests of ordinarypeople and rural communities.

He has said he will pursueAbe's unfinished policies, andthat his top priorities will befighting the coronavirus andturning around an economybattered by the pandemic. Hegained the support of partyheavyweights and their fol-lowers early in the campaign onexpectations he would contin-ue Abe's line.

Suga has been a loyal sup-porter of Abe since Abe's firststint as prime minister from2006 to 2007. Abe's tenureended abruptly because of ill-ness, and Suga helped himreturn as prime minister in2012.

Suga has praised Abe'sdiplomacy and economic poli-cies when asked about what hewould like to accomplish asprime minister.

Suga, who does not belongto any wing within the partyand opposes factionalism, sayshe is a reformer who will breakdown vested interests and rulesthat hamper reforms. He sayshe will set up a new govern-ment agency to speed upJapan's lagging digital trans-formation.

Suga said he will appointreform-minded, hard-workingpeople to the new Cabinet, tobe launched later Wednesday.Media reports say some keyministers, including FinanceMinister Taro Aso, ForeignMinister Toshimitsu Motegiand Olympic Minister SeikoHashimoto, will stay.

������ ������ � ������������� �������� ���"��������Moscow (AP): The Kremlinsaid Tuesday that a 1.5 billionloan it offered to Belarus carriedno political conditions, despiteclaims by the Belarusian oppo-sition that Russia is trying toshore up the nation’s authori-tarian ruler amid post-elec-tion protests.

Russian President VladimirPutin announced the loan whenhe hosted his Belarusian coun-terpart Alexander Lukashenkofor more than four hours oftalks Monday in Sochi onRussia’s Black Sea coast.

Kremlin spokesmanDmitry Peskov said the loanwasn't contingent on any polit-ical moves. Like any loan, it hascommercial conditions butthere was no talk about anyother conditions, he toldreporters during a conferencecall Tuesday.

Protesters in Belarus havedismissed Lukashenko's re-election for a sixth term in theAug. 9 presidential vote asrigged, and massive demon-strations have entered theirsixth week.

The United States and theEuropean Union have bothcriticized the election as neitherfree nor fair and urged theBelarusian leader to engage intalks with the opposition, ademand he has rejected.

The Western pressure hasleft Lukashenko to rely exclu-sively on assistance from Russia,which has a union agreementwith Belarus envisaging closepolitical, economic and militaryties. Putin quickly congratulat-ed Lukashenko on his re-elec-tion and promised to sendRussian police to Belarus ifprotests there turn violent.

Peskov said after Monday'stalks that Russia would nowpull back from the border a lawenforcement contingent setaside for possible deployment toBelarus. Despite the close coop-eration, the two neighbors oftenengaged in acrimonious dis-putes in the past, withLukashenko denouncing whathe described as Kremlin pres-sure on Belarus to abandon itsindependence.

In a shift of rhetoric,

Lukashenko on Monday show-ered Putin with praise for help-ing Belarus and emphasizingthe need to counter what hedescribed as hostile plans byNATO.

He offered to intensify jointmilitary drills, noting that therecent developments haveshown that we need to standcloser to our older brother.

Putin emphasized thatRussian paratroopers sent toBelarus for joint drills willleave the country after theexercise. Peskov said the lead-ers did not discuss the possi-bility of basing Russian troopsin Belarus.

The Coordination Councilthat the Belarusian oppositioncreated after the vote to push fora new election criticized Russiafor backing Lukashenko.

Support for the actions ofBelarus' law enforcement agen-cies, for the policy of repressioninstead of dialogue, willundoubtedly have a seriousnegative impact on bilateralrelations, it said in a state-ment.

%���� �������� ���� ���������� ��������London (PTI): UK PrimeMinister Boris Johnson’s con-troversial bill that aims to over-ride parts of the Brexit divorceagreement struck with theEuropean Union (EU) clearedits first parliamentary hurdleby winning the first House ofCommons vote by 340 to 263votes.

The Internal Market Bill,which has faced strong criti-cism from the Opposition par-ties and senior members ofJohnson’s own ConservativeParty, is set for rebellions as itprogresses through furtherstages in its parliamentaryprocess despite Johnson’s 80-seat majority in the Commons.

The government says thebill contains vital safeguards toprotect Northern Ireland andthe rest of the UK if negotia-tions on a future trade deal withthe EU break down.

But critics warn that itrisks damaging the UK bybreaching international law.Two ruling Tory party mem-bers of the parliament- SirRoger Gale and Andrew Percy-voted against the bill onMonday night, while a further30 abstained, which includesgeneral absences from theHouse. During a five-hourdebate ahead of the vote onMonday evening, Johnsonclaimed the EU’s currentapproach could lead to exces-sive checks and even tariffs on

goods moving from GreatBritain to Northern Ireland.

He said the bill wouldensure the UK’s “economicand political integrity”, accus-ing the EU of making unfairdemands to “exert leverage” inthe trade talks – including athreat to block food exports.

“Now that we have left theEU, and the transition periodis about to elapse, we need thearmature of our law once againto preserve the arrangementson which so many jobs andlivelihoods depend. That is thefundamental purpose of thisbill,” he told the MPs.

“I regret to have to tell theHouse that in recent monthsthe EU has suggested that it isready to go to extreme andunreasonable lengths using theNorthern Ireland Protocol in away that goes well beyondcommon sense, simply to exertleverage against the UK in ournegotiations for a free tradeagreement,” he claimed.

“I understand how somepeople will feel unease over theuse of these powers. And Ishare that sentiment myself andI have absolutely no desire touse these measures. They are aninsurance policy,” he added.

The prime minister alsoheld a call with his Tory partymembers of the House ofLords on Monday night inanticipation of the bill eventu-ally moving to the Lords.

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The NEET 2020 was conductedon September 13, 2020 from 2to 5 pm. Over 15 lakh students

had registered for the exam. Theexam was overall easy.

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����4� Difficulty level was high in com-parison to previous years� XI — 25 questions & XII — 18 ques-tions� Two controversial questions withmore than one correct answer� Two questions were beyond theNCERT textbooks.� Majority of questions were con-ceptual in nature with a few fact-basedquestions as well� Not at all lengthy.

?��1��4� Difficulty level: Moderate with a fewexceptions. � Multi-conceptual questions requir-ing incisive thinking and precision.� Some questions were tricky & lostin terminology.

� A couple of terms beyond theNCERT domain.� Two questions required linguisticprowess.� Overall, the questions were quitethought provoking requiring alertnessof mind and critical approach.� Comprehension, application & syn-thesis required to interpret the ques-tions.

Detailed analysis:Physics: The Physics section was

easy as compared to previous years’papers. About 30-40% of the questionswere directly based on the NCERTtextbook. Graphs, data as well assome statements were directly pickedfrom the NCERT textbook.Calculations were comparatively easy.All the questions were from the pre-scribed NEET syllabus with absolute-ly no controversial questions.Mechanics dominated with 12 ques-tions followed by Electricity with 9questions and Modern Physics witheight questions. Overall, we can say,Physics was easy.

Chemistry: The Chemistry sec-tion was of easy to moderate difficul-ty level. All the questions were from

the prescribed NEET syllabus andcompletely based on the NCERT text-books. In fact, statements were direct-ly picked from the NCERT textbook.Questions were straightforward andeasy to comprehend.

There was one controversial ques-tion with more than one correctanswer. Overall, the Chemistry sectionwas not lengthy and students shouldhave completed this part in 40-45 min-utes. With minimalistic calculations,an average student should have beenable to attempt approximately 40questions with ease, while otherswould have been able to attempt aminimum of 44 questions.

Botany: The Botany part was ofhigh difficulty level in comparison toprevious years. While 25 questionswere tested from class XI syllabus, 18questions were from class XII syllabus.There were two controversial questionswith more than one correct answer.Although the majority of questionswere within the prescribed syllabusand based on the NCERT textbook,two questions were beyond theNCERT. The questions were concep-tual in nature and required great con-

ceptual and application-based under-standing. There were also a few fact-based questions. Plant Physiologydominated with 9 questions followedby Ecology and Genetics with 7 ques-tions each. Overall, the Botany partwas not lengthy and should havebeen completed in the stipulated timeperiod.

Zoology: The Zoology sectionwas of moderate difficulty level witha few exceptions. Some questionswere tricky and lost in the terminol-ogy. A couple of terms were alsobeyond the NCERT domain.

The questions were multi-con-ceptual in nature and required incisivethinking and precision on the part ofstudents. While two questions testedlinguistic prowess, others requiredcomprehension, application and syn-thesis to interpret the questions.Human Physiology dominated with 12questions followed by AnimalHusbandry & Biotechnology with 10questions and Biomolecules with 6questions.

Overall, the questions were quitethought-provoking and required alert-ness of mind and critical approach.

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(SRM MCHRC), Kattankulathurand National Institute of Siddha(NIS), Tambaram have signed aMemorandum of Understanding(MoU) by which the two will now beable to achieve excellence in patientcare, research and medical education.

Present for the MoU signingwere SRM MCHRC’s Pro ViceChancellor (Medical and HealthSciences) Dr Lt Col A Ravikumar,Dean (Medical) Dr A Sundaram,Medical Superintendent Dr KThangaraj, Associate Dean(Research) Medical and Health

Sciences Dr M Balasubramanyam,Director of National Institute ofSiddha — Tambaram Dr RMeenakumari, Professor andHospital Superintendent at NIS, DrChristian.

SRM MCHRC and NIS willhenceforth jointly offer certifiedshort and long term courses, conductjointly sponsored research, academicand clinical activities, publish booksand journals, develop referencematerials, training methods andservices, offer advisory/consultancyservices.

It may be recalled that SRMMCHRC and NIS had joined togeth-er to battle COVID-19 throughAllopathy and Siddha.

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With the Covid-19pandemic cut-

ting down jobs oppor-tunities, India’s leadingtraining, and skilldevelopment instituteICA Edu Skills hasswitched over to thevirtual placement dri-ves to help students getemployment.

The institute hascreated a milestoneby placing their morethan 200 students inAccounts & Financestream in the key IT

companies across theglobe.

As the institutespecialises inaccounts, finance,taxation, and otherjob-oriented courses,they have got 206+students placed in thelast four months(April-July 2020). Butfor all sectors com-bined, the placementrecord is over 5,000 inthese four months.

The studentsbagged an averagepackage of over �2-�3lakh per annum.

Online gaming is one of thelargest segments within the

entertainment industry. In India,the online gaming market currentlystands at $930 million and is pro-jected to reach $3.7 billion by2024. Several factors including theadvancement of digital infrastruc-ture, the proliferation of low-costsmartphones, and improved qual-ity and engagement of gamingcontent are contributing to thismarket volume, reveals a report byMaple Capital Advisors.

According to the report —Gaming — India Story, India isnow home to more than 400 gam-ing startups with mobile gamingcapturing 85% share of the totalonline gaming market. The pro-found growth of India’s gamingindustry makes it amongst themost promising sources of employ-ment. There are ample careeropportunities available for both

freshers and experienced candi-dates across a wide variety of jobroles. It is also a good time forgamers who want to turn their pas-sion into a career.

Opportunities galoreThe gaming sector today has

evolved beyond its nascent stagesto transform into a broad field. Thecore industry offers a series ofcareer options such as game devel-oper, game designer, game artist,game programmer, network pro-grammer, scriptwriter, audio engi-neer, game tester, and game man-agement. Additionally, there is aheightened demand for graphicdesigners, security engineers, prod-uct managers, operations person-nel, supply chain managers, legalprofessionals, and marketing man-agers.

For gamers, large PC compa-nies, as well as small gaming star-tups, now organise large-scale gam-

ing tournaments wherein partici-pants can win attractive cashrewards and gaming merchandise.The emergence of real-money skillgaming, too, has presented anearning opportunity for gamingenthusiasts.

Pursuing a career in gamingWhile the arrival of online

gaming in India can be dated backto 2000s, it was only in this decadewhen gaming became a part of themainstream entertainment cul-ture. Hence, the job prospects inthe gaming sector were fairlyrestricted up until a few years ago.Today, however, pursuing a careerin gaming can be highly reward-ing and satisfactory. Moreover,many gaming companies allowemployees to work on flexiblehours and/or even work remote-ly.

When it comes to qualifica-tions, most recruiters in the gam-

ing industry focus primarily ontechnical skills and applied knowl-edge over professional degrees.However, if ones to become a gamedeveloper, having an engineeringdegree is mandatory. For aspiringgame designers, there are severaldiploma and certificate coursesoffered by premium institutes.The minimum eligibility requiredfor applying for these courses isClass XII. Besides this, one shouldbe well acquainted with digitaltools such as Photoshop, Maya,Max, Substance Designer etc. Interms of remuneration, freshersstart with a modest salary, butexperienced professionals can earnup to �10-�12 lakhs or even more.

Analysing the future poten-tial

The Indian online gamingmarket is growing rapidly, both interms of monetisation and userbase. With increased investorinterest, enhanced customer life-cycle, better gender parity and therise of localised gaming content, itis touted as one of the most lucra-tive sectors. As suggested by indus-try estimates, 190 million Indianswill actively participate in onlinegaming by 2021. Looking at itsdynamic expansion, it is expectedthat the industry will become ahotbed for jobs.

The COVID-19 pandemicwill also play a significant role inthe growth of new users as morepeople turn to gaming apps andplatforms to unwind themselves.Against this background, the gam-ing industry will generate moreand more employment opportu-nities. Of course, there are still mis-conceptions around gaming, butthe mindset of students and theirparents are slowly changing andthey are now considering startingtheir professional journey in thegaming world.

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The pandemic has brought signif-icant stress and has added pres-sure on both sides of the money

divide. While almost all businesses havebeen hit with huge drops in demand forproducts, many are compelled to lay-offtheir employees. But, smart employerslike Nokia, Adobe, Salesforce, andHubSpot realised this early that lay-offsare not a solution to protect the busi-ness from current challenges. That’s whyinstead of offering pink slips to employ-ees, they preferred to empower themthrough upskilling and better learningopportunities. Indeed, the businessgoes up when people get upskilled.

One in four employees in India losttheir jobs between March-May aloneand there is still a downward trend inthe job market. Today, the one and onlyway to sustain the crisis is upskilling,which is as essential to companies as itis for employees. For the former group,upskilling is mandatory to stay aheadof competition and for the latter group,it helps to get noticed in the workplace.

Upskilling is no longer an expen-sive and strenuous affair — thanks tothe digitisation of communication thathas made learning and upskillingimmensely affordable for both compa-nies and individuals. Availability of e-learning content in various formats andin different languages is greatly bene-fiting them while serving well-informedand sophisticated customers.

It is always difficult for an organi-sation to lose its valuable and essentialpeople because their presence is imper-ative to achieve long-term goals andobjectives. But, to keep them engagedand motivated, the employer must

ensure their personal and professionalgrowth.

For millennial entrepreneurs, dig-italisation is a holistic and inclusive strat-egy for optimum utilisation of anorganisation’s resources, includinghuman resources. Therefore, the pan-demic has led many futuristic organi-sations to receptively embrace digitallearning solutions for the training andupskilling of their employees. Now,accessing industry leaders is no morea luxury for small businesses. Like cor-porates, they too can empower theiremployees with the experience andinsights of eminent personalities andconsultants.

With better digital infrastructureand high penetration of communicationdevices, businesses across the world arebenefitting their employees withbespoke learning programmes andtraining modules. And, unlike exorbi-tant conventions and seminars involv-ing hefty consultation fees of industry

experts, venue expenses, and a largeamount of logistics expenditures, e-learning is quite frugal and doesn'trequire breaking the bank expenses.

Localisation or language preferenceis another useful feature of these busi-ness-oriented learning programmes.The availability of curated content inmultiple languages is a great support tolearners who are not well-versed in theEnglish language. Besides, e-learningtraining programmes are useful indeveloping both hard and soft skillsamong employees. Now, using e-learn-ing training modules, employees in anyregion or time zone can access the tai-lored training programmes of theindustry experts. And, unlike exorbitantconventions and seminars involvinghefty consultation fees of industryexperts, venue expenses, and a largeamount of logistics, e-learning is quitefrugal and doesn’t require breaking thebank expenses.

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CS Ashish Garg, President,The Institute of Company

Secretaries of India, has beenunanimously elected as thePresident of the Council ofCorporate SecretariesInternational Association, for theyear 2021.

Corporate SecretariesInternational Association wasestablished as an associationin theyear 2010 in Geneva,Switzerlandand then again recon-stituted as a company limited byguarantee in Hongkong in theyear 2017, to facilitate, develop

and promote the profession ofCorporate Secretaries andGovernance Professionals and toassist in creation of such organ-isations in countries where itdoesn’t exist.

Governed by a Council ofmembers and representativesfrom each national memberorganisation, CSIA has morethan fourteen member countriestoday and is catering to 100000governance professionals acrossthe globe.

With the strengthening of theGovernance Structure in thecountry and with its growth as aninclusive nation in the Global

Corporate Governance map,India Inc. has already made head-way in achieving its goal ofbecoming one of GlobalCorporate Leaders. Appointment

of CS Ashish Garg, as thePresident of CSIA, would bolsterthe ambit of this growth.

A fellow member of the ICSI,a Post Graduate in Economics(M.A.) and Commerce (M.Com.)and a Law Graduate (L.LB.) fromVikram University, Ujjain, CSAshish Garg holds almost over 19years of experience with special-isation in Corporate Laws,Organisational Restructuring andCorporate Legal Counselling toCompanies. Under his empiricalanddynamic leadership and hispragmatic approach, CSIA is sureto accomplish its missionstate-ment.

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Aptitude Test inArchitecture (NATA) foradmission to first year of fiveyear BArch degree Programmefor the academic year 2020-2021 has been successfullyconducted by the Council ofArchitecture (COA), all overIndia on September 12, 2020.

Due to COVID-19 pan-demic, the Aptitude Test wasconducted in two modes i.e.Centre Based and Home Basedand candidates were free tochoose the mode convenient tothem as a comprehensiveonline aptitude test with bothcomponents — Part-A(Cognitive skills for Drawingand Visual Composition Test)and Part-B (Test on ScientificAbility & General Aptitude) tobe answered on PC/laptop.

The HBT mode was intro-duced by the Council for the

first time as an online proc-tored examination usingArtificial Intelligence technol-ogy.

A total of 30999 aspiringcandidates enrolled for secondtest out of which 22289 candi-dates appeared for the exami-nation. 8202 candidatesappeared from their homesand 14087 candidates appearedfor online examination in 158designated centres pan Indiaand at one centre in Dubai intwo shifts.

The Centre-based Test wasconducted duly observing allprotocols/ SOPs mandated forthe safety of Candidates at thetest centres. The result will bedeclared on or beforeSeptember 17, 2020. The bestscore obtained by the candi-dates out of the two tests shallbe the final valid score foradmission.��.����������*���

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The Mahindra University’sEcole Centrale School of

Engineering (MEC),Hyderabad, announcedSeptember 18, 2020 as the lastdate for applications for admis-sions to the four-year B.Tech.programme at its Hyderabadcampus for the academic ses-sion 2020-2024. The studentscan apply on www.mechyd.ac.intill September 18. Eligible stu-dents will be counselled onlineon the branches available tothem and online offers will berolled out.

MEC has a total of around400 seats available in its BTechprogramme offered in sevenacademic disciplines —Computer Science &Engineering, Electrical &Electronics Engineering,

Mechanical Engineering, CivilEngineering, ArtificialIntelligence, Electronics &Computer Engineering, andComputation & Mathematics.

The admissions will begranted on the basis of eitherJEE Mains (Qualify in JEEMain examination and eligibleto write the JEE Advanced2020 exam) or valid SATSubject Test Scores or SATScores or ACT scores or ClassClass XII exams result (80% orequivalent grade cumulativelyin Mathematics, Physics &Chemistry Subjects in Class XIIfrom any Statutory Board).

MEC’s UG programmesin engineering are interdisci-plinary in nature. The four-yeardegree will empower studentswith the unique ability to adaptto global engineering chal-lenges.

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In the last three CATs, there wasno sub-section in the name ofDI and LR and majority of sets

were amalgamation of DI and LR.So, practicing something off-beatand unconventional from qualitymaterial will provide a big boostto your preparation. The DI/LRsection of last three CATs weremedium to difficult level withquite a few easy and doable setswhich one should have hand-picked and scored decent marks.

One has to be flexible in hisstrategy while attempting this sec-tion. Scanning the section intense-ly and prioritising the doable setsis the key to fetch a decent per-centile score. Problem sets ofDILR can be primarily dividedinto following types.

Type-I: Solo DI Sets: Questions are designed on a

data set based on Tables, Bargraphs, Line charts, Pie charts,Routes and network diagram,Triangular diagram, ScatteredGraphs, Bubble graphs, Cob-webgraphs etc or the combination oftwo or more ways. Questions aremore of calculation intensivenature once you are done with the

interpretation. Some elements ofarithmetic like variations, ratios,percentages, averages, weightedmean, reverse weighted mean arealso required in formulations andcalculations. Students equippedwith the requisite arithmetic skillsand know the art of minimisingthe unnecessary calculations havean edge.

Type-II: Solo LR Sets:LR problem sets are based on

Linear and circular arrangements,distributions, orders and sequenc-ing, floor arrangements, binarylogic and selections. Ability tocomprehend questions followed bythe correct and complete inter-pretation are the key attributes tosucceed in concluding the sets .

Sometimes the questions areframed in such a way that youmark an obvious looking answerwhich is often wrong. Beware ofthe language trap, if requiredrevisit the restrictions to narrowdown the possibilities, and againreinterpret and fine tune the skele-ton in progress made to reach theconclusions. Never select the setsjust on the basis of familiarity.Decision-making of doable sets are

based upon complexity or numberof variables in problem sets.

Type-III: Topic Based DILRSets:

Test takers are familiar withDILR sets based on the topics likeCubes, Venn-Diagrams, Round-Robin & Single eliminationTournaments, Maximisation andMinimisations based on Venn-dia-grams etc only because of somesort of familiarity. Problem setsfrom these topics could be a kindof trap to woo the test takers.Although questions are fromfamiliar area, there is need to readthe complete set with mindfulnessto gauge the exact difficulty level.

Type-IV: Mixture of DI andLR Sets:

A few sets were based on mixof DI and LR sets like Reasoningbased DI, Maximisation-minimi-sation questions based on DI,Quant based reasoning basedupon Linear and circular arrange-ments, distributions and selec-tions. Test takers needs to practicethe quality materials in order to getaccustomed with new types ofDILR sets.

Type-V: New Puzzle types:

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Online classrooms present par-ticular challenges for studentsseeking hands-on skills but cre-

ative solutions are on the horizon.While some of these changes may ormay not be permanent, certain tectonicshifts in industries like fashion areinevitable. If ever there was a time forfashion to reinvent itself, it is now.

Myths versus reality: Expectationsof impractical, uncomfortable workattire are floating away. People will con-sume fashion in a different way now;this means more personalisation forbrands, relaxed fundamental clothingand the need for students to get clos-er to understand the pulse of themodern age customer.

While fast fashion is flying out ofthe shelf, durable and sustainable cloth-ing is making its presence felt like neverbefore; style will sure take a 360-degree turn in post COVID-19 world.

So while the virus continues to flexits muscle, new curriculum should beadded where they should be taught tocreate creative concepts of practical,cost-effective, affordable fashion toinfluence customer’s journey.

Improvisation will be key: Trendsin the fashion industry changes very fastwith new designs or patterns comeevery day in the market. Designers needto keep pacing with new styles and AIalgorithms can analyse designs throughimages to copying popular styles. The3D virtual prototyping is an idealtechnology for fashion universities towork with considering distance learn-ing.

But the students are not wellequipped with handling these softwaresbecause these softwares were not taughtbefore. Making them learn these soft-wares will play an important part in thefashion education now more than ever.

More tech apps are coming inwhich are using augmented realityand virtual reality to give a new con-sumer experience while shopping andthese technologies should be inculcat-ed in the syllabus.

They should learn how to fill skillgaps in the fashion industry, many fash-ion degrees offered by universitiesfocus too much on the design and mar-

keting aspects of fashion, failing toteach students the revenue aspect of itand how the brand will be scalable interms of number.

They should also be taught how tobuild brand which will be scalable interms of revenue.

Technology is crucial but will notreplace craft: However, as important asdigital technologies become, at thesame time there will be a growing inter-est in traditional craftsmanship. Asmany consumers are going for local,crafted products instead of generic,mass-produced options.

The kinds of skills that fashion stu-dents should be acquiring now and intothe future have more to do with howthey are thinking and using design,rather than skills specific to a certaintechnique or process. While there areplatforms that allow students to con-struct patterns, drape and fit virtually,these will not entirely replace the needfor hands-on training with the crafts-man as we know it today. If anything,we may see the more traditional crafts-man techniques being used in tandemwith newer digital technologies andmore hybrid learning models wherestudents study through a combinationof on-site and online education.

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The Thomas and Uber Cup inDenmark was on Tuesday post-

poned to next year by theBadminton World Federation(BWF) following a wave of with-drawals by top teams due to the rag-ing COVID-19 pandemic.

India had announced both themen’s and women’s squads for theprestigious event which was sched-uled to be held in Aarhus, Denmarkfrom October 3 to 11.

However, after Indonesia andSouth Korea on Friday joinedThailand, Australia, Chinese Taipeiand Algeria in pulling out due to thedreaded disease, the sport’s govern-ing body held a virtual emergencycouncil meeting on Sunday.

“The Badminton WorldFederation (BWF), in full consulta-tion and agreement with local hostBadminton Denmark, has made thetough decision to postpone theTOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber CupFinals 2020 in Aarhus, Denmark,”BWF said in a statement.

“The decision comes followingthe withdrawal of a number of par-ticipating teams from the TOTALBWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finalsand the European leg of the adjust-ed HSBC BWF World Tour.

“BWF is looking into possible

alternative dates to reschedule theWorld Men’s and Women's TeamChampionships, but on dates notbefore into 2021,” it added.

BWF had tried to rope inSingapore and Hong Kong asreplacements but they declined theinvitation.

There were also reports thatJapan was contemplating withdraw-ing from the event, while China toowas awaiting government's approval.September 18 was the last date forconfirmation.

Among top players, India’s SainaNehwal had on Sunday raised con-

cerns about the timing of the event,asking whether it would be safe togo ahead with it in the middle of thepandemic.

Saina, alongwith Olympic Silvermedallist P V Sindhu, were supposedto lead the 10-member women’steam in Uber Cup, while formerworld no.1 Kidambi Srikanth wouldhave spearheaded the Indian men’scampaign in Thomas Cup.

However, the team’s preparationswere not progressing smoothly witha proposed camp cancelled a fewdays ago due to the players’ refusalto accept the quarantine norms set

by the Sports Authority of India(SAI).

In another decision, the BWFhas decided to proceed with theDenmark Open in Odense, a WorldTour Event, as originally plannedfrom October 13 to 18.

“The second tournament sched-uled for Odense - the VICTORDenmark Masters 2020 - slated for20-25 October has been cancelled asit is no longer feasible to conduct thisadditional event.”

In its rescheduled calender, BWFhad also decided to conduct twoSuper 1000 events in Asia besides theHSBC World Tour Finals inNovember.

According to reports, the apexbody had considered Indonesia as thehost for the three events but thecountry has decided to cancel itsapplication due to the global healthcrisis.

"...BWF will make furtherannouncements as soon as details areclarified," the world body said.

The Thomas and Uber CupFinal was supposed to mark theresumption of international bad-minton after it came to a halt inMarch because of the dreaded virus.

BWF said it had planned to putin place a bio-bubble for the safereturn of the sport but it respects theconcerns of players and member

nations. "...In view of the recentCOVID-19 related developmentsaround the world, a number ofteams and individual players haveelected not to travel to Denmark fortournaments in Aarhus and Odense;a choice the BWF has to respect andacknowledge.

"These are exceptional circum-stances we find ourselves in andwhile a return to international bad-minton remains a priority for theBWF, the health and safety of theentire badminton community is ofutmost importance."

The governing body admitted

that it would not be possible to deliv-er a high quality tournament in thecurrent circumstances and hence itdecided to defer the event.

"...We are not in a position todeliver the level of competition rea-sonably expected by fans and allstakeholders...," it said.

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Andy Murray received a wild card intothe French Open.The former No. 1 was the only non-

Frenchman of eight players to be givena free pass into the main draw of the claygrand slam which starts in 13 days.

Murray was also awarded a wild cardinto the U.S. Open, after his struggleswith pelvic and shin injuries dropped hisranking to 129th. He went two roundsin New York, and improved to 110th, butstill too low for the French Open whenit published its main draw entry list.

Murray’s best French Open resultwas the final in 2016.

Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria andEugenie Bouchard of Canada were theonly non-Frenchwomen to receive wildcards.

Pironkova, who made the U.S. Openher first comeback tournament since2017 after having a son, achieved animpressive first-time run to the quarter-finals, where she wasstopped by SerenaWilliams.

Pironkova’s bestresult at RolandGarros was the quar-terfinals in 2016.Bouchard reached herfirst final in morethan four yearsin Istanbulon Sundayand lost ina third-settiebreaker.

S h elost toe v e n t u a lchampionM a r i aSharapovain theFrench Opensemifinals in 2014,the same year shereached theWimbledon final.

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AChelsea team featuring just twoof its slew of high-profile andexpensive signings got off to a

winning start in the English PremierLeague by beating Brighton 3-1.

Timo Werner and Kai Havertz -signed for a combined $160 million -didn’t manage to score at AmexStadium, either, with Chelsea’s goalscoming from Jorginho, Reece James andKurt Zouma.

James’ was the most spectacular

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Benoit Paire’s anger at beingstrictly confined at the U.S.

Open after contracting the coro-navirus boiled over at the ItalianOpen during a farcical first-round match.

The 24th-ranked Pairethrew his racket high into the airtwice during one game andshowed little effort againstItalian teenager Jannik Sinner ina 6-2, 6-1 loss.

Paire was forced to stay inisolation in New York until hetested negative — preventinghim from training. TheFrenchman criticized Romeorganizers for making him playon the opening day of the tour-nament.

“I made only one request,which is to play Tuesday to havean extra day of training afterwhat happened to me in NewYork, and because I’m playingan Italian you put me onMonday,” Paire tweeted onSunday.

Twice during the secondset, Paire launched his rack-et high into the air in frus-tration — the second timecoming dangerously closeto hitting the chairumpire. Paire, who put ona face mask during someof the changeovers,had numerous ver-bal exchangeswith the chairumpire butreceived onlyone warning forhis behavior.

During thefinal game of thematch, Paire slammedreturns of serve intothe net in anger —with seemingly nointent of putting theball into play. Whenhe finally managed

to get a return into play onSinner’s first match point, Paireseemed surprised and didn’tbother running down Sinner’sreply.

“I had not played in 10 days,staying in my room,” Paire said.

“It was a good training, I’mhappy I played one hour. I evenplayed one hour and four min-utes. I’m happy I hung on for1:04. I gave what I could. Jannikplayed very well.

“The result does not reallymatter,” Paire added.

“I still have the doubles. Iwill try to entertain myself withNico (Nicolas Mahut) and try towin a match.”

The tournament at the ForoItalico, where spectators arebarred, was rescheduled from itsusual May slot due to the pan-demic.

Sinner said, “On one handI can understand, after spend-ing so many days under quar-antine in New York. … In theend, I did what I needed to.” Hemoves on to meet third-seededStefanos Tsitsipas.

Kei Nishikori — who isreturning from right elbowsurgery and missed the U.S.Open after testing positive

for COVID-19 — won forthe first time in more than a

year, beating AlbertRamos-Vinolas 6-4,

7-6 (3). Also in thefirst round, CasperRuud of Norway

rallied pastK a r e nKhachanov 6-3, 3-6, 6-1;

Borna Coricbeat Cristian Garin

6-4, 6-4; GrigorDimitrov eliminatedwild card GianlucaMager 7-5, 6-1; andFilip Krajinovic beatFelix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-5.

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India hockey skipper Manpreet Singh saysgoing through a stressful isolation period

while recovery from coronavirus has made hima mentally strong player who is now equippedto tackle any situation on the field.

Manpreet was one of the six hockey play-ers to test positive for COVID-19 at the team’straining base in Bengaluru last month after they

arrived for the national camp. Having started their individual sessions

after recovering, Manpreet said they stillmiss being part of the rest of the squad, eventhough Hockey India, Sports Authority ofIndia and support staffs are doing their bestto keep them upbeat.

“Hockey India officials would checkon us almost every day if the food beingprovided is good, if our tele-treatmentwas done regularly, if we are monitoringour oxygen levels regularly and so on.

“Coaching Staff and teammates toowould check on us through video calls.These things really helped us remainupbeat. Though it did sting a little to knowall our teammates were back on the pitchwhile we were still in isolation, I feel thisexperience has made me mentally

tougher to face any situation,” the

skipper said. Recollecting the time spent at thehospital, the star midfielder said it was mental-ly tough for him and rest of the infected play-ers to remain in isolation.

“It was not easy, especially mentally. I havenot done anything for a month and that's a longtime in a sportsperson’s career especially whenevery day is about improving and being thebest,” Manpreet said. “To be honest, initiallywhen the results came out, we were slightlystressed. (But) we received best facilities in thehospital with SAI constantly checking with themedical team there of our well-being.”

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Delhi Capitals all-rounder AxarPatel on Tuesday said he has

“ticked all the boxes” in every depart-ment and reckoned the franchise hasthe firepower this time to win the IPLtitle, which has so far eluded them.

Moved out of India due to a surgein COVID-19 cases, the 13th editionof the world’s biggest T20 league willbe held in the three venues of Dubai,Abu Dhabi and Sharjah in the UAEfrom September 19 to November 10.

Delhi Capitals will enter thetournament as one of the top con-tenders.

Commenting on the team thatcomprises some fine players, Axarsaid, “With the new changes, I think

the squad looks good. With fastbowlers, spinners and all-rounders,we have covered all the bases and I

think we can become champions thistime.

“Everyone looks positive in thenets and we all are in good shape.”

The 26-year-old left-arm spinner,who is slowly adapting to the newnormal amid the pandemic, spokeabout the challenges that lay aheadand the experience of training whilestaying in a bio-bubble.

“Obviously, with no crowd, we’llfeel empty. Then, the saliva ban isgoing to make a big difference for thebowlers.

“During initial practice sessions,I was being conscious of not usingsaliva or sweat on the ball. So, theseare the challenges which we will haveto be wary of.

“Nevertheless, the positive thing

is that at least we will have action-packed cricket after a long time,which is a good thing for not only us,but also for India. Everyone will enjoythe game with a different frame ofmind which will be really exciting,”he said.

As part of the guidelines framedby the BCCI, the players and supportstaff will be tested every five daysthroughout the league.

"We are feeling a little bad that wecan’t enjoy the matches with ourfriends. After every two days, tests arebeing conducted.

“We can’t go out anywhere andwe can’t sit for more than 15 minutesin anyone's room, so these things arechallenging, but slowly we are gettingused to it.”

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While terming JaspritBumrah as the best T20

bowler in the world, Australiapacer James Pattinson has saidhe is looking forward to work-ing with the India pacer andNew Zealand fast bowler TrentBoult, among others, in theMumbai Indians' bowling unitduring the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) starting on

September 19.“Personally, it’s just fantas-

tic to work with some of the bestbowlers in the world. Obviously,Bumrah is probably the bestT20 bowler in the world. AndBoulty [Trent Boult] is up thereas well. So, for me it will be agreat experience to be aroundthose guys,” Pattinson said in avideo shared on MumbaiIndians’ official handle. “I haveplayed a few One-dayInternationals here in the UAEbefore, so I have got a bit ofexperience over here in UAE.”

Reigning champions MInamed Pattinson as a replace-ment for veteran fast bowlerLasith Malinga for this year’sIPL.

Pattinson also spoke aboutthe conditions in the UAE, say-ing the slower ball might beused a lot on surfaces whichcould be slower and lower as thetournament progresses. "Thewickets are drier and there willbe three wickets which will beused throughout the tourna-ment so it will be slower andlower as the tournament goeson. May be the slower ball andstuff like that might come intoplay a lot more.”

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and the most crucial, the right back’sswerving piledriver from 30 meters regain-ing the lead for Chelsea at 2-1 in the 56thminute, just two minutes after Brightonequalized through Leandro Trossard.

Zouma’s deflected volley from a cornerin the 66th then gave Chelsea some breath-

ing space.“I thought we were OK,” Chelsea man-

ager Frank Lampard said. “I liked the workethic and discipline of the team.

“We have been together for four days.... To expect everything to click on day onewould have been difficult.”

Brighton midfielder StevenAlzate lost possession in centralmidfield as the hosts tried toplay the ball out from the back,Werner was played throughand was brought down by goal-keeper Mat Ryan. Jorginho sentRyan the wrong way.

Much-criticized goalkeeperKepa Arrizabalaga was handeda start by Chelsea managerFrank Lampard but his failureto keep out Trossard's 54th-minute shot from outside thearea will likely keep the scruti-ny on him. Kepa seemed slowto get down as the ball squirmedbeyond his outstretched righthand.

James quickly put Chelseaback in front with a stunningstrike that flew into the roof ofthe net, and the right back sentin the corner that Zouma metwith a volley that ricocheted inoff Brighton defender AdamWebster’s right foot.

Of Chelsea’s other offseasonsignings that combined to cost$250 million, left back BenChilwell and playmaker HakimZiyech were injured and centerback Thiago Silva wasn't readyafter only recently joining upwith the squad.

“The players are still work-ing each other out a little bit,”Lampard said. “Today weweren't as fluid as we could be.. I want us to have a lot moremovement up front than we didtoday.”

While Havertz was fairly ineffec-tive in his position on the right ofmidfield, fellow Germany interna-tional Werner - the lone striker - wasmore impressive and earned thepenalty that was converted byJorginho to break the deadlock in the21st minute.

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Royal ChallengersBangalore’s young

batsman DevduttPadikkal says he is feel-ing as good about hisgame as it was beforethe COVID-19 lock-down after a good twoand half weeks of skillstraining ahead of theIPL.

His team will takeon Sunrisers Hyderabad on September 21 in its openingmatch of the league, which begins on September 19 in theUAE.

“Feels great as we are slowly getting back into it. Therehave been a good number of (net) sessions and we are feel-ing good like we were before lockdown,” Padikkal toldRCB’s YouTube channel.

The Karnataka left-hander is being talked about high-ly in the Indian cricket circles after top-scoring in boththe Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

The 20-year-old enjoys an astonishing strike rate of175 plus and an average of 64 in 12 games. He has a hun-dred and five fifties.

“It’s more about movement, getting the legs movingquicker, getting the reactions faster again, the sessions weretargeted on what we are doing and what we are aimingto achieve,” Padikkal said.

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Former India bad-minton coach Vimal

Kumar on Tuesday blamedthe withdrawals by Asiannations for the postpone-ment of the Thomas andUber Cup Final, calling ita “big setback” for thesport.

The prestigious men’sand women’s team eventwas postponed to nextyear by the BadmintonWorld Federation (BWF)following a wave of pull-outs by top teams, mainlyfrom Asia, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

“What Asian nationshave done, it is really dis-appointing. There are nomajor issues in these coun-tries, they are having localevents there, so to pull outin this way, is a big setback

for the sport,” Vimal toldPTI.

The event, which wasto mark the resumption ofinternational badmintonafter the coronavirus-forced break, was sched-uled to be held in Aarhus,Denmark from October 3to 11.

India had announcedboth the men’s andwomen’s squads for theevent.

However, afterIndonesia and SouthKorea on Friday joinedThailand, Australia,Chinese Taipei and Algeriain pulling out due to thedreaded disease, the BWFdecided to push the eventto next year.

Vimal said: "It was anideal way to revive the cir-cuit. The platform wasthere.

“We are not as big asChina but India stood pos-itive, we wanted to partic-ipate but if big countriesdon't play, what can BWFdo? How will they conductevents? I'll blame the Asiannation for this mess.”

The internationalbody, though, decided toproceed with the DenmarkOpen in Odense, a HSBCBWF World Tour Event, asoriginally planned fromOctober 13-18, while can-celling the DenmarkMasters that was slatedfor October 20-25.

The decision to goahead with the DenmarkOpen has left a few Indianplayers, including P VSindhu, Saina Nehwal andParupalli Kashyap, con-fused.

“We are still confusedwhat to do under the cir-

cumstances. Saina has gota visa for Denmark and Ihave applied for it but weare still undecided aboutparticipation,” Kashyapsaid.

“There are manyquestions like what hap-pens if I test positive? WillI be sent back home or Iwill have to stay there for14 days? Who takes care ofthe expenses and respon-sibility?”

The BadmintonAssociation of India (BAI)on Tuesday wrote to theplayers who have senttheir entries for theDenmark Open, statingthat they would be "trav-elling or participating attheir own responsibilitydue to the current pan-demic" and "have to sendtheir consent withinSeptember 17”.

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