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A fter calling off his rebellion against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Congress leader Sachin Pilot returned to Jaipur on Tuesday amid indication that the party high command may again entrust him with some “signif- icant” responsibility. There were telltale indica- tions of this proposition. To start with, the high command set up a three-member com- mittee consisting of senior leaders to look into the issues raised by Pilot and some MLAs against Gehlot’s style of func- tioning. If Pilot was not going to be associated with the State Government or State Congress, there would have been no need to set up such a committee, which would primarily ensure better coordination between Pilot and Gehlot in the future. Secondly, throughout the day in his different media interaction and interview, Pilot never said he was not looking to regain the post of Deputy Chief Minister or the State president. “I’ve left it to the high command,” was his stock replies to pointed questions about his future, though he kept asserting he would con- tinue to serve people of Rajasthan. Thirdly, Pilot made it a point to emphasise he has nothing personal against Gehlot, whom he addressed as an “elderly” and “experienced” leader. Against this background it looks obvious that Pilot and his supporting MLAs could hope to get their pound of flesh, though it may take time. On his arrival in Jaipur, he was greeted by hundreds of his supporters. Pilot said he was pained by the words used against him, but he would like to forget and move on. “I am sad, shocked, and hurt due to the kind of words used against me,” Pilot said. He said there should not be any space for “personal ill-feel- ings” in politics and there should not be any vendetta pol- itics. “I have not demanded any post from the party but have said that MLAs have raised issues and there should be no vendetta politics against them,” he told reporters at his resi- dence. He said differences can be ideological, on functioning or thoughts but in politics, there is no space for vendetta. “I had and have good relations with all leaders,” he said. “I am happy that the party leadership heard our issue to be it related to functioning, devel- opment, workers participation, self-respect, etc. The AICC has constituted a committee, which in a time-bound manner will address the issues,” said Pilot. Pilot was fired from his post of Deputy CM as well as State Congress chief after he rebelled against the Ashok Gehlot Government last month. “We never spoke or did anything against the party or party leadership. Several peo- ple spread many rumors and raised many questions but we remain on the stand that we took 30 days ago,” Sachin Pilot said. Continued on Page 4 H olding that daughters can- not be deprived of their right of equality, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that they will have equal rights to inherit joint Hindu family property as sons, saying the amended Hindu Succession act that came in force in 2005 will have retrospective effect. “A daughter always remains a loving daughter. A son is a son until he gets a wife. A daughter is a daughter throughout her life,” the top court observed in a significant judgment while upholding the rights of a daughter even if the father died before the enact- ment of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, S Nazeer and MR Shah said the provisions contained in substituted Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, confer the status of coparcener on the daughter born before or after the amendment in the same manner as a son with the same rights and liabilities. Coparcener is a term used for a person who assumes a legal right in parental proper- ty by birth only. The verdict makes it clear that the amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, granting equal rights to daugh- ters to inherit ancestral prop- erty would have retrospective effect. The top court overruled its earlier 2015 decision in which it had originally held that the rights under the amendment are applicable to living daughters of living coparceners as on September 9, 2005, irrespective of when such daughters are born. The judgment on a batch of appeals against the 2015 verdict came on the issue whether the amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, granting equal rights to daughters to inherit ancestral property would have retrospective effect. “The rights can be claimed by the daughter born earlier with effect from September 9, 2005 with savings as provided in Section 6(1) as to the dis- position or alienation, partition or testamentary disposition which had taken place before December 20, 2004. Since the right in coparcenary is by birth, it is not necessary that father coparcener should be liv- ing as on September 9, 2005” it said. The SC, in its 121-page judgement, said the statutory fiction of partition created by proviso to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 as originally enacted did not bring about the actual partition or disruption of coparcenary. “The fiction was only for the purpose of ascertaining share of deceased coparcener when he was survived by a female heir, of Class-I as spec- ified in the Schedule to the Act of 1956 or male relative of such female. Continued on Page 4 A mid the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, Russia has become the first country in the world to register a vaccine against coronavirus disease. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the approval of a coronavirus vaccine for use on Tuesday, claiming it as a “world first,” and one of his daughters has already been inoculated amid continued concern and unanswered ques- tions over its safety and effec- tiveness. The vaccine has been given regulatory approval after less than two months of testing on humans. The vaccine was named ‘Sputnik V’ in reference to the 1957 launch of a Soviet satellite, which opened space to exploration by humans. “This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was registered in Russia,” Putin said during a televised video- conference call with Government Ministers. “One of my daughters had this vac- cine. I think in this sense she took part in the experiment,” Putin said. He said that his daughter had a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) on the day of the first vaccine injection, and then it dropped to just over 37 degrees (98.6 Fahrenheit) on the following day. After the second shot she again had a slight increase in temperature, but then it was all over. “She’s feeling well and has high number of antibodies,” Putin added. Meanwhile, Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of the New Delhi-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), has said, “First, we need to be clear that the vaccine is safe. That is the first standard that the world will look at for mass production.” He also said that if the vac- cine makes antibodies, how long would they last for, also needs to be answered. The claim of victory by Putin in the global push to make an effective vaccine against Covid-19 comes amid suggestions that Russia has cut essential corners in its devel- opment. The vaccine has yet to go through crucial Phase 3 tri- als where it would be admin- istered to thousands of people. Continued on Page 4 F ormer President Pranab Mukherjee continues to remain critical on ventilator support post-surgery for a brain clot, the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital said on Tuesday. The Tuesday evening med- ical bulletin said the former President “has not shown any improvement and his status has worsened. He remains on ven- tilator support”. Mukherjee underwent emergency life-saving surgery for a brain clot on Monday. In a statement, the Army Hospital said, “Pranab Mukherjee’s health condition continues to remain critical at Army Hospital (R&R) Delhi Cantonment. The former President, who underwent life- saving emergency surgery for brain clot on August 10, 2020, has not shown any improve- ment and his health status has worsened. He remains on ven- tilator support.” A multidisciplinary team of doctors is constantly monitor- ing Mukherjee’s health. The former President, 84, was admitted to the military hospital on Monday afternoon and was tested Covid-19 pos- itive. “On a visit to the hospi- tal for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for Covid- 19 today. I request the people who came in contact with me in the last week, to please self isolate and get tested for Covid- 19,” Mukherjee tweeted on Monday afternoon. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the R&R Hospital on Monday and enquired about the former president’s health. Singh was at the hospital for around 20 minutes. F amous Urdu poet Rahat Indori, whose powerful and lucid poetry filled halls and connected with the young and old alike, died of a heart attack at a hospital here on Tuesday while being treated for Covid- 19, his son said. He was 70. The teacher-turned-poet had been admitted to hospital on Tuesday morning after he tested positive for the disease. He is survived by three sons and a daughter. “He was admit- ted for coronavirus treatment but died after suffering a heart attack,” son Satlaj Indori, also a poet, told PTI. Indore District Collector Manish Singh said Indori was undergoing treatment at the Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences. In the morning, the lyri- cist-poet tweeted about his Covid-19 diagnosis and said he will keep everyone updated through social media. Continued on Page 4 A 20-year-old woman, on a visit home from the US where she studied, died in Bulandshahr in a road accident, which her family alleged hap- pened because two motorcycle- borne men were following her two-wheeler and harassing her, officials said on Tuesday. The daughter of a tea-shop owner, Sudiksha Bhati died Monday morning near Aurangabad when she was rid- ing pillion on a motorcycle with her younger brother, a minor, they said. The two were en route to their maternal uncle’s home in Bulandshahr’s Khanpur area from their house at Deri Scanar village in Gautam Buddh Nagar’s Dadri tehsil, the offi- cials said. The eldest among six sib- lings, Bhati had an envious aca- demic record. “She got admit- ted in our school in 2011 in Class 6. In 2018, she scored 98 per cent marks in class 12 examination and topped the district,” said Bishwajit Banerjee, the principal of Sikandrabad Vidyagyan School, Bulandshahr. She then went onto win a 3.8-crore scholarship from Babson College, Massachusetts (US), and was pursuing a grad- uation course in entrepre- neurship, he said. She had come to India due to the coronavirus pandemic and was scheduled to go back to the US on August 20. They also alleged that while going to her maternal uncle Monday, she was being harassed by the two unidenti- fied persons during the ride which led to the accident. Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Atul Kumar Srivastava said there was traf- fic on the route when the acci- dent happened. Continued on Page 4 B ihar and Maharashtra Governments sparred in the Supreme Court on Tuesday over jurisdiction to probe film star Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. While the late actor’s father told the Supreme Court that the Mumbai Police was not probing his son’s death “in the right direction” even as the Maharashtra Government con- tended that Bihar Police lacks jurisdiction in the actor’s alleged suicide case. The submissions came before the apex court in response to a petition filed by actress Rhea Chakraborty, accused of abetting Rajput’s sui- cide, seeking transfer of the Bihar Police FIR against her and others to Mumbai police. The Bihar Government submitted before the SC that the FIR lodged in Patna in the case is legal and valid and alleged that there is non-coop- eration from Maharashtra. The Bihar Government further contended that even Rajput’s post-mortem report was not given to Patna Police by Mumbai Police, and refut- ed the allegation of political pressure in the case. Senior advocate Maninder Singh, representing Bihar Government, told the bench that no FIR has been lodged in Mumbai yet with regard to Rajput’s death. Reserving verdict on Chakraborty’s plea, the SC asked all the related parties in the matter to file their written submissions, not more than two pages each, by August 13. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Maharashtra, told a bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy that there was complete lack of jurisdiction of Bihar in the case. During the nearly three- hour hearing, Singhvi further said that he has never seen such sensationalization being attached to a transfer petition. Senior advocate Vikas Singh representing Rajput’s father Krishna Kishore Singh said that his matter is only about a proper investigation of the case and according to him Mumbai Police were not inves- tigating in the right direction. Advocate Singh said the mark on Rajput’s neck does not appear to be of hanging and it appears to be of a belt. Singh said the family of the deceased has not seen the body hanging and what they had seen was his body lying on the bed. Continued on Page 4 F ormer Union Minister and BJP MP from Uttara Kannada Anantkumar Hegde has sparked a major contro- versy by calling BSNL employ- ees “traitors” and “anti-nation- als” who would be fired as they refused to work. In a video of an event in Kumta in his parliamentary constituency on Monday, the MP was seen saying the State- owned BSNL was a blot on the country as even after being pro- vided money, infrastructure and a ready market, the PSU telecom employees just refuse to work. “The only cure for that is privatisation which our Government will do. Some 85,000 will be fired and later on more need to be fired,” he was seen saying in the video. Hegde was so angry with BSNL due to the delays in restoring ser- vices in calamities affected areas. He was seen sharing the lackluster and non-caring atti- tude of BSNL employees. The Opposition Congress criticised Hegde’s remarks, saying the comments only showed his own worth. The party also said the Centre was out to privatise everything and this indicated its inability to govern. Lucknow (PNS): In another record spike, 831 persons test- ed positive for coronavirus in the state capital on Tuesday, taking the tally to 14,221 even as the city witnessed 10 COVID-19 deaths. Meanwhile, with 5,130 more persons testing positive in the last 24 hours, the state’s tally rose to 1,31,763. A senior offi- cial at the Lucknow CMO office said two COVID-19 patients from Lucknow and eight from other districts died in the city during the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 161. He said with 413 COVID- 19 patients being discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, 7,317 coronavirus infect- ed persons had been cured in the city and 6,743 active cases were undergoing treatment. New Delhi: The Railways has stated that all reg- ular passenger train services will remain sus- pended till further notice, but 230 special trains will continue to be in service. “This is to bring to the notice of all concerned that as decid- ed and informed earlier as well, regular passenger and suburban train services will continue to remain suspended till further notice,” a statement from the Railways said. Mathura: Janmashtami festival in Krishna Janmasthan will be observed on Wednesday with all the rituals, but the devotees will not be allowed entry to the temple due to the Covid-19 pan- demic. However, arrangements have been made to live stream the ‘puja’ for devotees. The sanc- tum sanctorum of the Janmasthan will be given the shape of a ‘Purnendu Kunj’, sparkling with gems like pearls, diamonds and ruby. Imphal: Six Congress MLAs in Manipur have submitted their resignation from the Legislative Assembly and also quit the party on Tuesday. The six leg- islators who had handed over resignation letters to Speaker Yumnam Khemchand Singh the previous night, formally informed the Congress office here about leaving the party. A day after grilling actress Rhea Chakraborty and her family members, the Enforcement Directorate ED on Tuesday questioned late film star Sushant Singh Rajput’s friend and roommate Siddarth Puthani and business manag- er Shruti Modi besides record- ing the statement of deceased actor’s elder sister Meetu Singh in the ongoing money-laun- dering probe. The ED has not traced anything to prove that Rhea fraudulently siphoned off 15 crore from Sushant’s account, as alleged by his father. . Pithani and Modi arrived at the ED’s Mumbai office at around 11 am in keeping with the summons but Meetu Singh reached a while after 1 pm. Modi is a named accused in both the abetment to suicide of Rajput and resultant money laundering case in the matter. It’s the first time a member of Rajput’s family is appearing before the ED in the case Continued on Page 4

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After calling off his rebellionagainst Rajasthan Chief

Minister Ashok Gehlot,Congress leader Sachin Pilotreturned to Jaipur on Tuesdayamid indication that the partyhigh command may againentrust him with some “signif-icant” responsibility.

There were telltale indica-tions of this proposition. Tostart with, the high commandset up a three-member com-mittee consisting of seniorleaders to look into the issuesraised by Pilot and some MLAsagainst Gehlot’s style of func-tioning.

If Pilot was not going to beassociated with the StateGovernment or State Congress,there would have been no needto set up such a committee,which would primarily ensurebetter coordination betweenPilot and Gehlot in the future.

Secondly, throughout theday in his different mediainteraction and interview, Pilotnever said he was not lookingto regain the post of Deputy

Chief Minister or the Statepresident. “I’ve left it to the highcommand,” was his stockreplies to pointed questionsabout his future, though hekept asserting he would con-tinue to serve people ofRajasthan.

Thirdly, Pilot made it apoint to emphasise he hasnothing personal againstGehlot, whom he addressed as

an “elderly” and “experienced”leader.

Against this background itlooks obvious that Pilot and hissupporting MLAs could hopeto get their pound of flesh,though it may take time.

On his arrival in Jaipur, hewas greeted by hundreds of hissupporters. Pilot said he waspained by the words usedagainst him, but he would like

to forget and move on.“I am sad, shocked, and

hurt due to the kind of wordsused against me,” Pilot said. Hesaid there should not be anyspace for “personal ill-feel-ings” in politics and thereshould not be any vendetta pol-itics.

“I have not demanded anypost from the party but havesaid that MLAs have raisedissues and there should be novendetta politics against them,”he told reporters at his resi-dence.

He said differences can beideological, on functioning orthoughts but in politics, thereis no space for vendetta. “I hadand have good relations with allleaders,” he said.

“I am happy that the partyleadership heard our issue to beit related to functioning, devel-opment, workers participation,self-respect, etc. The AICChas constituted a committee,which in a time-bound mannerwill address the issues,” saidPilot.

Pilot was fired from hispost of Deputy CM as well as

State Congress chief after herebelled against the AshokGehlot Government lastmonth.

“We never spoke or didanything against the party orparty leadership. Several peo-ple spread many rumors andraised many questions but weremain on the stand that wetook 30 days ago,” Sachin Pilotsaid.

Continued on Page 4

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Holding that daughters can-not be deprived of their

right of equality, the SupremeCourt on Tuesday ruled thatthey will have equal rights toinherit joint Hindu familyproperty as sons, saying theamended Hindu Successionact that came in force in 2005will have retrospective effect.

“A daughter alwaysremains a loving daughter. Ason is a son until he gets a wife.A daughter is a daughterthroughout her life,” the topcourt observed in a significantjudgment while upholding therights of a daughter even if thefather died before the enact-ment of the Hindu Succession(Amendment) Act, 2005.

A bench of Justices ArunMishra, S Nazeer and MR Shahsaid the provisions contained insubstituted Section 6 of theHindu Succession Act, 1956,confer the status of coparceneron the daughter born before orafter the amendment in thesame manner as a son with thesame rights and liabilities.

Coparcener is a term usedfor a person who assumes alegal right in parental proper-ty by birth only.

The verdict makes it clearthat the amendment to theHindu Succession Act, 1956,granting equal rights to daugh-ters to inherit ancestral prop-erty would have retrospectiveeffect. The top court overruledits earlier 2015 decision inwhich it had originally heldthat the rights under theamendment are applicable toliving daughters of livingcoparceners as on September 9,2005, irrespective of when suchdaughters are born.

The judgment on a batch ofappeals against the 2015 verdictcame on the issue whether theamendment to the HinduSuccession Act, 1956, grantingequal rights to daughters toinherit ancestral propertywould have retrospective effect.

“The rights can be claimedby the daughter born earlier

with effect from September 9,2005 with savings as providedin Section 6(1) as to the dis-position or alienation, partitionor testamentary dispositionwhich had taken place beforeDecember 20, 2004. Since the right in coparcenary is bybirth, it is not necessary thatfather coparcener should be liv-ing as on September 9, 2005”it said.

The SC, in its 121-pagejudgement, said the statutoryfiction of partition created byproviso to Section 6 of theHindu Succession Act, 1956 asoriginally enacted did not bringabout the actual partition ordisruption of coparcenary.

“The fiction was only forthe purpose of ascertainingshare of deceased coparcenerwhen he was survived by afemale heir, of Class­I as spec-ified in the Schedule to the Actof 1956 or male relative of suchfemale.

Continued on Page 4

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Amid the race to develop aCovid-19 vaccine, Russia

has become the first country inthe world to register a vaccineagainst coronavirus disease.Russian President VladimirPutin announced the approvalof a coronavirus vaccine for useon Tuesday, claiming it as a“world first,” and one of hisdaughters has already beeninoculated amid continuedconcern and unanswered ques-tions over its safety and effec-tiveness.

The vaccine has been givenregulatory approval after lessthan two months of testing onhumans. The vaccine wasnamed ‘Sputnik V’ in referenceto the 1957 launch of a Sovietsatellite, which opened space toexploration by humans.

“This morning, for the firsttime in the world, a vaccineagainst the new coronaviruswas registered in Russia,” Putin

said during a televised video-conference call withGovernment Ministers. “Oneof my daughters had this vac-cine. I think in this sense shetook part in the experiment,”Putin said.

He said that his daughterhad a temperature of 38 degreesCelsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) onthe day of the first vaccineinjection, and then it droppedto just over 37 degrees (98.6Fahrenheit) on the followingday. After the second shot she

again had a slight increase intemperature, but then it was allover. “She’s feeling well and hashigh number of antibodies,”Putin added.

Meanwhile, Dr RandeepGuleria, Director of the NewDelhi-based All India Instituteof Medical Sciences (AIIMS),has said, “First, we need to beclear that the vaccine is safe.That is the first standard thatthe world will look at for massproduction.”

He also said that if the vac-cine makes antibodies, howlong would they last for, alsoneeds to be answered.

The claim of victory byPutin in the global push tomake an effective vaccineagainst Covid-19 comes amidsuggestions that Russia has cutessential corners in its devel-opment. The vaccine has yet togo through crucial Phase 3 tri-als where it would be admin-istered to thousands of people.

Continued on Page 4

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Former President PranabMukherjee continues to

remain critical on ventilatorsupport post-surgery for abrain clot, the Army’s Researchand Referral (R&R) Hospitalsaid on Tuesday.

The Tuesday evening med-ical bulletin said the formerPresident “has not shown anyimprovement and his status hasworsened. He remains on ven-tilator support”.

Mukherjee underwentemergency life-saving surgeryfor a brain clot on Monday.

In a statement, the ArmyHospital said, “PranabMukherjee’s health conditioncontinues to remain critical atArmy Hospital (R&R) DelhiCantonment. The formerPresident, who underwent life-saving emergency surgery forbrain clot on August 10, 2020,has not shown any improve-ment and his health status hasworsened. He remains on ven-tilator support.”

A multidisciplinary team ofdoctors is constantly monitor-ing Mukherjee’s health.

The former President, 84,was admitted to the militaryhospital on Monday afternoonand was tested Covid-19 pos-itive. “On a visit to the hospi-tal for a separate procedure, Ihave tested positive for Covid-19 today. I request the peoplewho came in contact with mein the last week, to please selfisolate and get tested for Covid-19,” Mukherjee tweeted onMonday afternoon.

Defence Minister RajnathSingh visited the R&R Hospitalon Monday and enquired aboutthe former president’s health.Singh was at the hospital foraround 20 minutes.

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Famous Urdu poet RahatIndori, whose powerful and

lucid poetry filled halls andconnected with the young andold alike, died of a heart attackat a hospital here on Tuesdaywhile being treated for Covid-19, his son said. He was 70.

The teacher-turned-poethad been admitted to hospitalon Tuesday morning after hetested positive for the disease.He is survived by three sonsand a daughter. “He was admit-ted for coronavirus treatmentbut died after suffering a heartattack,” son Satlaj Indori, alsoa poet, told PTI.

Indore District CollectorManish Singh said Indori wasundergoing treatment at the SriAurobindo Institute of MedicalSciences.

In the morning, the lyri-cist-poet tweeted about hisCovid-19 diagnosis and said hewill keep everyone updatedthrough social media.

Continued on Page 4

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A20-year-old woman, on avisit home from the US

where she studied, died inBulandshahr in a road accident,which her family alleged hap-pened because two motorcycle-borne men were following hertwo-wheeler and harassing her,officials said on Tuesday.

The daughter of a tea-shopowner, Sudiksha Bhati diedMonday morning nearAurangabad when she was rid-ing pillion on a motorcycle withher younger brother, a minor,they said.

The two were en route totheir maternal uncle’s home inBulandshahr’s Khanpur areafrom their house at Deri Scanarvillage in Gautam BuddhNagar’s Dadri tehsil, the offi-cials said.

The eldest among six sib-lings, Bhati had an envious aca-demic record. “She got admit-ted in our school in 2011 in

Class 6. In 2018, she scored 98per cent marks in class 12examination and topped thedistrict,” said BishwajitBanerjee, the principal ofSikandrabad VidyagyanSchool, Bulandshahr.

She then went onto win a�3.8-crore scholarship fromBabson College, Massachusetts(US), and was pursuing a grad-uation course in entrepre-neurship, he said.

She had come to India dueto the coronavirus pandemicand was scheduled to go backto the US on August 20.

They also alleged thatwhile going to her maternaluncle Monday, she was beingharassed by the two unidenti-fied persons during the ridewhich led to the accident.

Additional Superintendentof Police (City) Atul KumarSrivastava said there was traf-fic on the route when the acci-dent happened.

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Bihar and MaharashtraGovernments sparred in

the Supreme Court on Tuesdayover jurisdiction to probe filmstar Sushant Singh Rajput’sdeath.

While the late actor’s fathertold the Supreme Court thatthe Mumbai Police was notprobing his son’s death “in theright direction” even as theMaharashtra Government con-tended that Bihar Police lacksjurisdiction in the actor’salleged suicide case.

The submissions camebefore the apex court in

response to a petition filed byactress Rhea Chakraborty,accused of abetting Rajput’s sui-cide, seeking transfer of theBihar Police FIR against herand others to Mumbai police.

The Bihar Governmentsubmitted before the SC thatthe FIR lodged in Patna in thecase is legal and valid andalleged that there is non-coop-eration from Maharashtra.

The Bihar Governmentfurther contended that evenRajput’s post-mortem reportwas not given to Patna Policeby Mumbai Police, and refut-ed the allegation of politicalpressure in the case.

Senior advocate ManinderSingh, representing BiharGovernment, told the benchthat no FIR has been lodged inMumbai yet with regard toRajput’s death.

Reserving verdict onChakraborty’s plea, the SCasked all the related parties inthe matter to file their writtensubmissions, not more thantwo pages each, by August 13.

Senior advocate AbhishekManu Singhvi, appearing forMaharashtra, told a bench ofJustice Hrishikesh Roy thatthere was complete lack ofjurisdiction of Bihar in the case.

During the nearly three-hour hearing, Singhvi furthersaid that he has never seen suchsensationalization beingattached to a transfer petition.

Senior advocate VikasSingh representing Rajput’sfather Krishna Kishore Singhsaid that his matter is onlyabout a proper investigation ofthe case and according to himMumbai Police were not inves-tigating in the right direction.

Advocate Singh said themark on Rajput’s neck does notappear to be of hanging and itappears to be of a belt. Singhsaid the family of the deceasedhas not seen the body hangingand what they had seen was hisbody lying on the bed.

Continued on Page 4

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Former Union Minister andBJP MP from Uttara

Kannada Anantkumar Hegdehas sparked a major contro-versy by calling BSNL employ-ees “traitors” and “anti-nation-

als” who would be fired as theyrefused to work.

In a video of an event inKumta in his parliamentaryconstituency on Monday, theMP was seen saying the State-owned BSNL was a blot on thecountry as even after being pro-vided money, infrastructureand a ready market, the PSUtelecom employees just refuseto work.

“The only cure for that isprivatisation which ourGovernment will do. Some85,000 will be fired and later on

more need to be fired,” he wasseen saying in the video. Hegdewas so angry with BSNL due tothe delays in restoring ser-vices in calamities affectedareas. He was seen sharing thelackluster and non-caring atti-tude of BSNL employees.

The Opposition Congresscriticised Hegde’s remarks, saying the comments onlyshowed his own worth. Theparty also said the Centre wasout to privatise everything andthis indicated its inability togovern.

Lucknow (PNS): In anotherrecord spike, 831 persons test-ed positive for coronavirus inthe state capital on Tuesday,taking the tally to 14,221 evenas the city witnessed 10COVID-19 deaths.

Meanwhile, with 5,130

more persons testing positive inthe last 24 hours, the state’s tallyrose to 1,31,763. A senior offi-cial at the Lucknow CMOoffice said two COVID-19patients from Lucknow andeight from other districts diedin the city during the past 24

hours, pushing the death toll to161. He said with 413 COVID-19 patients being dischargedfrom hospitals in the last 24hours, 7,317 coronavirus infect-ed persons had been cured inthe city and 6,743 active caseswere undergoing treatment.

New Delhi: The Railways has stated that all reg-ular passenger train services will remain sus-pended till further notice, but 230 specialtrains will continue to be in service. “This is tobring to the notice of all concerned that as decid-ed and informed earlier as well, regular passengerand suburban train services will continue toremain suspended till further notice,” a statementfrom the Railways said.

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Mathura: Janmashtami festival in KrishnaJanmasthan will be observed on Wednesday withall the rituals, but the devotees will not be allowedentry to the temple due to the Covid-19 pan-demic. However, arrangements have been madeto live stream the ‘puja’ for devotees. The sanc-tum sanctorum of the Janmasthan will begiven the shape of a ‘Purnendu Kunj’, sparklingwith gems like pearls, diamonds and ruby.

Imphal: Six Congress MLAs inManipur have submitted theirresignation from the LegislativeAssembly and also quit theparty on Tuesday. The six leg-islators who had handed overresignation letters to SpeakerYumnam Khemchand Singhthe previous night, formallyinformed the Congress officehere about leaving the party.

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Aday after grilling actressRhea Chakraborty and her

family members, theEnforcement Directorate EDon Tuesday questioned latefilm star Sushant Singh Rajput’sfriend and roommate SiddarthPuthani and business manag-er Shruti Modi besides record-ing the statement of deceasedactor’s elder sister Meetu Singhin the ongoing money-laun-dering probe.

The ED has not tracedanything to prove that Rheafraudulently siphoned off �15crore from Sushant’s account,as alleged by his father. .

Pithani and Modi arrivedat the ED’s Mumbai office ataround 11 am in keeping withthe summons but Meetu Singhreached a while after 1 pm.Modi is a named accused inboth the abetment to suicide ofRajput and resultant moneylaundering case in the matter.

It’s the first time a memberof Rajput’s family is appearingbefore the ED in the case

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The brief monsoon session of UPAssembly commencing from August

20 is likely to be brief with three sittings.The proceedings of the House on the firstday would be adjourned after condolingthe death of two sitting members, includ-ing a cabinet minister.

The first day will be adjourned afterpaying tributes to sitting MLAs ParasnathYadav of SP and cabinet minister and BJPmember Kamla Rani.

The session will end on August 24after holiday on August 22 and 23 due toSaturday and Sunday.

During the monsoon session, theAssembly is likely to consider the discus-sion and passage of the first supplemen-tary budget for the current fiscal 2020-21along with passage of several pendingBills.

During the session, which will be heldunder strict Covid guidelines, the oppo-sition would also raise the issues ofCOVID-19, law and order and allegedpolice harassment of political leaders ofthe opposition parties.

After Madhya Pradesh, UP will be thefirst state of the country to hold anAssembly session during this coron-avirus pandemic. The Madhya PradeshAssembly session was briefly convened asthe new BJP government headed by

Shivraj Singh Chouhan had to seek thetrust vote.

The Rajasthan Assembly is also like-ly to meet on August 12, following thepolitical turmoil in the state and CongressChief Minister Ashok Gehlot is likely toseek the trust vote.

Earlier, Speaker Hriday NaryanDikshit had said that all the members ofthe House would strictly follow theguidelines for preventing the spread of thepandemic and the COVID-19 protocol.He said the session would be held as persocial distancing protocol for the COVID-19 pandemic as announced by the Centralgovernment.

It has been planned that memberswould sit leaving a seat vacant besidesthem. No passes will be issued for thelobby and other galleries of the House andthe members will sit there.

Several members have also demand-ed allowing them to participate virtuallyin the session but the Speaker is yet to takea decision on it.

Holding the monsoon session is aconstitutional obligation for the state gov-ernment as there cannot be gap of sixmonths or more between two sessions ofthe state Assembly. The budget session ofthe UP Assembly was adjourned sine dieon February 28 last; hence the next ses-sion will have to be called before August28.

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In a sensational broad daylight murder inBaghpat, motorcycle-borne assailants

opened indiscriminate fire on former districtchief of Bharatiya Janata Party, Sanjay Kokhar,and escaped from the spot.

The critically injured BJP leader wasrushed to the district hospital where the doc-tors pronounced him dead upon arrival.

While the local BJP leaders staged aprotest over the killing in Baghpat, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath took a serious noteof the murder and asked the officials to nabthe assailants within 24 hours.

Director General of Police HC Awasthialso reacted strongly and ordered suspensionof Station House Officer of Chaprauli policestation. He also asked the Baghpat police towork out the case at the earliest. He said seniorpolice officials were on the spot and makinginvestigation.

According to the DGP, five police teamshave been set up to nab the assailants. He saidthe murder took place over old rivalry andsome suspects were rounded up for interro-gation.

Reports said that senior BJP leader ofBaghpat , Sanjay Kokhar, was on his routinemorning walk on Tilwara road in Chapraulipolice station area on Tuesday when theunidentified assailants on a motorcycle inter-cepted him.

Before Kokhar could sense trouble, the

assailant on the pillion whipped out pistols andopened several rounds of fire. As Kokhar col-lapsed on the ground, the assailants escapedbefore the local villagers could reach the spotafter hearing the gunshots.

Soon after learning about the incident,senior police officers, including IG RangePraveen Kumar, reached the spot. Police saidthat preliminary investigation indicated thatthree persons were involved in the crime. In2018, a report was lodged against them byKokhar and the police are now looking forthem.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath whileexpressing grief at the death of the BJP leader,asked officials to nab the assailants within 24hours and ensure stern action against them.

The deceased was a teacher in a juniorhigh school in Kakorkala village .He was thedistrict president of BJP when the party cameto power in the state 2017. He was a close asso-ciate of Union minister Sanjeev Baliyan, stateCane Development Minister Suresh Rana andBJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh.

The deceased BJP leader’s supporters wereagitated over the killing.

Superintendent of Police Ajay KumarSingh said that prima facie, the killing wasrelated to personal enmity.

He said that the victim received two bul-lets, one hit the head and another in the body.

The SP along with IG Praveen Kumar,who also rushed to the spot, said the assailantswould be nabbed very soon.

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In a bizarre incident reportedfrom Pilibhit, a son killed his

father as he could not sleepbecause of his father’s snoring.He lynched his father by hittinghim with a lathi.

After killing his father, theson escaped.

Superintendent of Police JaiPrakash said on Tuesday thatthe incident occurred at Saudavillage under Seramau policestation on Monday night .

First Ram Swarup (76) hada fight with his son Naveenover his (father’s) snoringwhich led to his lynching. Atthe time of the incident hisother son Mulesh and his wifewere not in the house .

The superintendent ofpolice said a FIR was registeredand efforts were on nab theNaveen.

Lucknow (PNS): The UttarPradesh government hasapproved the Uttar PradeshRecovery of Damages to Publicand Private Properties Bill,2020 that has special provisionsfor putting up posters andhoardings of protesters andrecovery of damages caused topublic and private propertyduring political agitation,protest and demonstration.

The bill will replace ordi-nance which was approvedearlier by the state cabinet andthe Raj Bhawan had given itsassent to it.

The ordinance has empow-ered the government to put uphoardings and posters of pro-testers at public places andrecover damages.

The state government hadearlier enacted the new law torecover damages to publicproperty and name and shamethe accused by putting upposters and hoardings at pub-lic places after the protestsagainst the new citizenshiplaw.

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Lucknow (PNS): The BharatiyaJanata Party has announced Jai PrakashNishad as its candidate for the RajyaSabha by-election slated to be held onAugust 24.

Nishad, is fisheries minister and aregional vice-president of the party inGorakhpur region. His name wasannounced as party nominee for RSbypoll by the BJP high command onTuesday. The by-election is being heldfor the vacant Rajya Sabha seat fromUP after death of Samajwadi Partymember Beni Prasad Verma.

The BJP nominee is set to get elect-ed unopposed as the party has absolutemajority in the UP Assembly.

August 13 is the last date for filingof nomination while scrutiny of paperswill be done the next day. The last datefor withdrawing papers is August 17,when the BJP nominee will be declaredelected if there is no other candidateand his nomination papers are foundin order.

Beni Prasad Verma died after pro-longed illness on March 27. The tenureof the seat held by him is till July 4,2022.

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The Uttar Pradesh governmenthas cleared a new investment

policy aimed at providing a fillip toindustries, especially in the back-ward eastern UP and Bundelkhandregions.

The policy is crucial for therevival of the state’s economy follow-ing the headwinds created by theCOVID-19 pandemic.

UP’s Industrial DevelopmentMinister Satish Mahana said herethat the new policy would not onlyboost existing and new industrialprojects but also had the propensi-ty to position UP favourably beforeprospective global investors in theprocess of shifting their manufac-turing bases from China followingthe outbreak of the COVID-19 pan-demic and the ongoing US-Chinastand-off over trade .

he state cabinet cleared the newUP Investment Policy on Mondayevening by circulation. It promisesto reimburse state goods and ser-vices tax (SGST) by 200-300 percent of the capital investment, sub-ject to differential ceiling depend-ing upon the geography, made bythe industries in the Purvanchal(eastern UP), Bundelkhand regionsand Madhyanchal (central UP)region.. In Bundelkhand, 70 percent of the net SGST reimburse-ment would be applicable for 15years, subject to 300 per cent of thecapital investment. Similarly, 70 percent of the SGST would be reim-bursed to the investor, subject to aceiling of 200 per cent of the capi-tal investment made inMadhyanchal during the policyperiod.

Currently, the industrial unitsget 70 per cent SGST reimburse-ment subject to a ceiling of 10 yearsonly, which has now been extend-ed to 15 years, Mahana said.

“There was a general demandfrom industry for providing addedincentives to overcome the currentchallenges, which we have provid-ed by way of the new investmentpolicy,” the minister said here.

However, the mega and supermega industrial units applying forbenefit under the new policy wouldbe expected to achieve commercialproduction within 30 months and42 months respectively of theissuance of the notification of thepolicy. Following lockdown, near-ly 38 lakh migrant labourers andworkers have returned to UP fromother states, especially to easternand central UP districts. The newpolicy is aimed at acceleratingindustrialisation in these regions sothat the bulk of the migrant work-force can be absorbed in gainfulemployment locally.

To woo big ticket investments,especially from global corpora-tions exiting China, the UP govern-ment had recently eased norms forthe allotment of industrial land. Itwas done to fast track land allot-ment by fixing timeline of 15 daysfor the mega, mega plus and supermega category of industrial invest-ments. The new land allotmentnorms cover all the big industrialenclaves including Noida, GreaterNoida, and Yamuna ExpresswayIndustrial Development Authority.The state is confident of providingfurther impetus to the ‘ease ofdoing business’ quotient in UP bystreamlining the process andimparting transparency to the landmanagement by ensuring a time-bound allotment system in theindustrial development authorities.

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath saidthat COVID-19 mortality rate in

Uttar Pradesh was slowly going downas in August the rate was just 0.6 percent against the gross death rate of 1.7per cent.

Speaking in the meeting held byPrime Minister Narendra Modithrough video conferencing on Tuesdaythe chief minister said that so far1,31,763 coronavirus positive caseswere reported in UP and at presentthere were 48,998 active cases while80,589 COVID-19 patients had beencured and discharged from hospitals.

“Every district has an IntegratedCommand Control Centre which ismonitoring the management of cases.Besides, 61,775 Covid help desks havebeen set up in state-run as well as pri-vate hospitals,” Yogi said.

Chief ministers of 10 states, includ-ing Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal,Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Gujaratand Telangana, took part in this delib-eration.

Yogi said that between July 1 and

July 15, surveillance campaign waslaunched in which over 80,000 teamssurveyed over 20.88 crore people. Hesaid all the teams carrying out surveysor operating Covid help desks had beenprovided pulse oximeter and infraredthermometer. He said the governmenthad distributed 1,11,424 pulse oxime-ters and 1,14,125 infrared thermome-ter to the surveillance staff.

“UP has 1,23,460 beds in Level-1Covid hospitals, 15,812 beds in Level-2 hospitals and 12,490 beds in Level-3 hospitals. Besides, over 4,000 bedshave ICU facilities that will be doubledby the end of this month,” the chiefminister said.

He said the government was con-stantly trying to bring down the

COVID-19 mortality rate.“In August, the mortality rate is 0.6

per cent while the gross mortality rateis 1.7 per cent. In the last fortnight, overone lakh tests have been carried outdaily. Tests are being carried out in 120government labs and 39 private labs,”he said.

“Of the total Covid tests being donein India, UP accounts for over 16 percent. UP’s per million testing has goneup to 14,175 while the country’s aver-age is 18,086,” Yogi said.

He also talked about efforts of thegovernment in giving employment tothe migrant workers who have returnedhome during the pandemic. In MGN-REGA schemes, over Rs 4041 crore wasdistributed while over Rs 9,680 crorewas distributed as loan among theworkers, he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modisaid that everyone had shown a greatdegree of cooperation and the team-work displayed by Team India wasremarkable. He talked about the chal-lenges and pressure faced by hospitalsand health care workers. He mentionedthat almost 80 per cent of active caseswere from the participating 10 states

and if the coronavirus was defeated inthese 10 states, the entire countrywould emerge victorious in the battleagainst COVID-19.

The prime minister underlinedthat what had emerged from the dis-cussion was an urgent need to ramp uptesting in Bihar, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal and Telangana. He saidthat containment, contact tracing andsurveillance were the most effectiveweapons in this battle.

Modi said people had becomeaware and were ably assisting in gov-ernment efforts as a result of which thecountry was successful in using homequarantine so effectively. He noted theusefulness of Aarogya Setu app and saidthat as per experts, if coronavirus pos-itive cases were identified in the initial72 hours, the spread of the virus couldbe slowed down.

He emphasised on the need to traceand test all those who had come in con-tact with an infected person within 72hours. “This should be followed like amantra, with the same earnestness aswashing hands, maintaining ‘do gajdoori’ (social distancing), wearingmasks etc,” he said.

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Directing officials tostrengthen the system to

break the chain of coronavirusinfection, Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said as there was notreatment or vaccine for thisglobal pandemic, preventionwas the only remedy availableat present.

“The government has beenproviding adequate treatmentfacilities for COVID-19patients in Covid hospitals butas there is no treatment of thisdisease we have to adopt aneffective strategy to counter itand continue to spread aware-ness about protection from it,”Yogi said while presiding overa high-level unlock reviewmeeting at his official residencehere on Tuesday.

Directing officials to fur-ther improve surveillance in thestate, the chief minister saidthat contact tracing and door-to-door survey should be takenup effectively. He said theIntegrated Command andControl Centre (ICCC) shouldmaintain regular communica-tion with the home isolatedpatients to get feedback abouttheir condition. “CM helplinemay also be used for this.District officials should expe-dite enforcement activities withregards to use of masks,” hesaid.

The chief minister askedofficials to increase the numberof beds in Level-2 and Level-3Covid hospitals in Lucknow,Kanpur Nagar, Bareilly,Prayagraj, Gorakhpur andVaranasi districts. He said thatMedical Education MinisterSuresh Khanna would tourVaranasi and Mirzapur divi-sions for on-the-spot inspec-tion of health services.

The chief minister askeddoctors to take all measures toprotect medical personnel andpolicemen from coronavirusinfection. He said that e-Sanjeevani, the online OPDservice of the Government ofIndia, should be well publicisedso that maximum people couldbenefit from it.

The chief minister direct-ed officials to provide rationkits and other relief material intime in f lood-hit and

marooned areas and ensure allnecessary arrangements in allcow shelters.

He also directed officials toensure availability of urea fer-tiliser for the farmers.

“The cleanliness campaignshould continue with the sameurgency, sensitising peopleabout protection protocol.Various publicity modes likeTV, newspapers, banners andposters should be used tounderline the importance ofgiving impetus to cleanlinessdrive as it will help controlcommunicable diseases,” hesaid.

Those present in the meet-ing included Health MinisterJai Pratap Singh, Minister ofState for Health Atul Garg,Chief Secretary RK Tiwari,Infrastructure and IndustrialDevelopment CommissionerAlok Tandon, AgricultureProduction CommissionerAlok Sinha, Additional ChiefSecretary (Finance) SanjeevMittal, Additional ChiefSecretary (Home andInformation) Awanish KumarAwasthi, Additional ChiefSecretary (Revenue) RenukaKumar, DGP HC Awasthi,Additional Chief Secretary(Health) Amit Mohan Prasad,Additional Chief Secretary(Medical Education) RajneeshDube, Additional ChiefSecretary (Rural Developmentand Panchayati Raj) ManojKumar Singh, Additional ChiefSecretary (MSME) NavneetSehgal, Additional ChiefSecretary (Agriculture) DeveshChaturvedi, PrincipalSecretary to Chief MinisterSanjay Prasad, PrincipalSecretary (Animal Husbandry)Bhuvnesh Kumar, Secretary toChief Minister Alok Kumarand other senior officers.

Kanpur (PNS): Onemore accused in the Bikruambush case, Bal GovindDubey alias Lalu alias Badde,was arrested from Chitrakooton Tuesday. He was carryinga reward of Rs 50,000.

Gangster Vikas Dubeyand his henchmen had killedeight police personnel in theearly hours of July 3 when thecops went to raid the gang-ster’s house in Bikru village.

Bal Govind Dubey’s sonShivam, also an accused inthe case, has already beenarrested by the STF fromChaubepur in Kanpur Nagar.

Bal Govind will be pro-duced in the court afterquizzing by STF. Bal Govindis the cousin of Vikas Dubeyand lives near the latter’shouse in Bikru village.

For their involvement infiring on police party fromthe rooftop on July 3 night,police had named Bal GovindDubey and his son Shivam inthe FIR. While Shivam wasarrested from Chaubepur,his father was on the lam.

Bal Govind Dubey wasalso the origin of Bikru car-nage. In fact, the police teamhad raided the Bikru villageto arrest Vikas Dubey in acase of land dispute.

According to reports, themarriage of Bal GovindDubey’s daughter was solem-nised with Sunil Tewari ofUnnao. Sunil used to livewith his maternal uncleLallan Shukla of MohiniNivada. Lallan Shukla hadthree daughters, Jyotima,Pratima and Sarita. Jyotima is

married to Bablu Tewari ofGauri Lakha village andPratima to Rahul Tewari ofJadepur village. Sarita is stillunmarried. As Lallan Shuklahad no son, he had kept hisnephew Sunil Tewari withhim. Lallan Shukla had diedaround a year back. It isalleged that after the death ofLallan Shukla, Sunil Tewarihad managed to get the for-mer’s six bigha land worthcrores of rupees transferredin his name. This had led toa dispute between SunilTewari and the son-in-laws ofLallan Shukla. On learningabout the dispute, Bal GovindDubey had sought the inter-ference of Vikas Dubey tohelp Sunil Tewari. On this,Rahul Tewari had lodged areport against Vikas Dubey

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Rains lashed the state capitalon Tuesday evening, bring-

ing respite from excessivehumidity. Met director JPGupta said the city would alsoreceive rains on Wednesday.Lucknow received 0.6 mmrainfall on Tuesday. Gupta saidthe rains occurring because ofthe trough line of monsoonpassing through MadhyaPradesh and a circulation overeastern Uttar Pradesh. Guptasaid Lucknow had a rain deficitof 20 per cent.

The Met department has

forecast moderate to heavyrainfall at isolated places in RaeBareli, Faizabad,Ambedkarnagar, Sultanpur,Azamgarh, Maunath Bhanjan,Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar,Basti, Siddhrthnagar,Balrampur, Shrawasti, Mahoba,Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur,Jalaun, Auraiyya and adjoiningareas. For city denizens whohad been reeling under highhumidity, rains brought themuch desired cooling effect.Lucknow recorded the maxi-mum temperature at 35.4degree Celsius while the min-imum at 28.6 degree Celsius.

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Afire broke out under mys-terious circumstances at

an ATM booth in the buildingof Charbagh railway stationearly morning on Tuesday.The flames engulfed anotherATM booth, leaving it gutted.The Government RailwayPolice (GRP) sealed the areawhile the Lucknow division ofNorthern Railway has set upan inquiry into the case.

DRM, Northern-Railway,Lucknow division, SanjayTripathi said the fire broke outin the non-operational area ofrailway station and it did notaffect the working at the rail-way station. As per reports,some pavement-dwellers spot-ted fumes emanating fromthe building’s portion betweenGRP station and first classportico and raised an alarm.A thick smoke cover sooncovered the skyline. Localswere initially under theimpression that the fire brokeout at the railway station, but

it later surfaced that it brokeout at an ATM booth. By thetime fire tenders reached the

scene, one ATM booth wasburnt and flames had engulfedanother. The fire was doused

later and both the ATMbooths were sealed.

The GRP SHO said thefire first broke out in one ofthe ATM booths and theflames later engulfed the adja-cent one too. “The damage inthe second ATM booth waslow in comparison to the first.It seems that the fire broke outdue to short-circuiting,” hesaid, adding that the losseswere being estimated.

Station director SudeepSingh made similar claimsand said an inquiry would beinitiated to unravel the mystery.

Senior DivisionalCommercial Manager JagtoshShukla said an inquiry into thefire incident would be set up.

While the railway offi-cials and GRP cops weretightlipped in sharing detailsof the losses caused by the fire,sources said the fire causedhuge losses. They said the fireincident should be probedthoroughly to bring out thetruth.

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The matki phod celebrationsthis year at Madho temple

at Daliganj will witness the par-ticipation of only two personsinstead of 14 because of Covid-19 guidelines. The ritual will beperformed at the temple onWednesday.

Anurag Sahu from Madhotemple said it was only theirtemple which carried out thematki phod ritual in Lucknow.“We have been doing this forthe past several years. The rit-ual was done on the road infront of the temple and after thebirth of Lord Krishna at mid-night. It witnessed the gather-ing of people from surround-ing areas,” he recalled.

He said 14 men were spe-cially selected for the ritual andtrained to perform the task ina skillful manner. He addedthat the ritual generated a lot ofexcitement and people looked

forward to it. He said the tra-dition has been picked up fromJanmashtami celebrations inMaharashtra.

Sahu said that this year theritual would see the participa-tion of only two people and itwould be done within the tem-

ple premises. “An elder personwill hold a child on his shoul-der who will break the matki,”he said.

He further pointed outthat the celebrations would bewebcast and the temple wouldbe tastefully decked up. He

added that Janmashtami wasbeing celebrated on two daysthis year but most of the peo-ple would celebrate it onWednesday.

Meanwhile, on the occa-sion of Janmashtami, studentsof SKD Academy were in a fes-tive mood and celebrated thefestival online. The studentsdressed up like Radha-Krishnaand presented songs anddances. Beautiful and colourfultableaux were the centre ofattraction.

Director of SKD GroupManish Singh congratulatedstudents for their endeavours.“The need of the hour is toadopt the teachings ofBhagwad Gita in our lives forbuilding our strong moral char-acter and for growth of thenation whose cultural heritageand traditions are not just a wayof life but strong pillars of thesociety which keeps it intact,”he said.

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The focus of the Healthdepartment for the next

few days will be on Covid-19patients who have opted forhome isolation. Chief MedicalOfficer Dr Rajendra PrasadSingh pointed out that over3,000 patients have opted forthe home isolation in the dis-trict. The CMO said that adoctor and an intern would bespecially deployed at theIntegrated Control andCommand Centre to giveimmediate consultation topatients in home isolation. “Aplan has been chalked out forthem. They are being givenhome isolation as per theguidelines of the state govern-ment and while other things arealready on track, we are focus-ing on these patients now,” hesaid.

The CMO said that theywould also start implementingthe Central government guide-line of discharging a patientwithin ten days of testing andseven days of admission,whichever comes later.

“This guideline was issuedby the Central governmentearlier, but we will be imple-menting it now. We had con-tinued with the previous guide-line so that the patients getmaximum benefit,” he said.

In Lucknow, he said, thearea with maximum number ofpositive cases is Chinhat.

District MagistrateAbhishek Prakash has alsoissued directions regardinghome isolation of patients andreleased the telephone numbersof ‘Hello Doctor’ service,wherein asymptomatic patientsin home isolation could contactthe doctors.

‘Hello Doctor’ will have apanel of doctors, includingAllopathic, Ayurvedic andUnani practitioners. The DMsaid that doctors would beavailable from 8 am to 8 pm on0522-3515700

“In buildings which havethree or more floors, the mon-itoring of patients in home iso-lation will be carried out withthe help of Residents WelfareAssociation of LucknowDevelopment Authority,” hesaid. He added that in case ofemergency for home isolationpatients, the IntegratedCommand Centre should beimmediately informed.

He further said that sani-tisation was being carried outin the city on a war-footing andfor ensuring barricading andenforcement, PRD and NCCjawans would be deployed.

“All primary contacts will

be home quarantined for 14days. All the private labs will bemonitored to see that they arefollowing Covid-19 guidelinesand if they are not, action willbe taken against them,” the DMsaid.

Meanwhile, president ofIndian Medical Association(IMA) Dr Rama Srivastavasaid many doctors have diedbecause of Covid-19. “As manyas 206 doctors have died in thecountry because of Covid-19and 300 have tested positive forcoronavirus in the country.Thirteen doctors have died inUttar Pradesh because ofCovid-19, including both gov-ernment and private doctors,”she said. She added that theyhad requested the administra-

tion and state government togive special treatment to doc-tors who test positive for coro-navirus.

“When they test positivefor coronavirus, they should bekept in a separate ward and notin the general ward with otherpatients, and some ventilatorsshould be reserved for thembecause if their lives are saved,they can save the lives of oth-ers. If they die of Covid-19, thestate government should givethem some money to theirfamilies,” she said.

She added that private hos-pitals were having two to threepatients testing positive every-day. “We are getting phone callsof patients from private hospi-tals giving us this feedback, and

the information is passed on tothe CMO office. The recoveryrate of patients is good, thedeath rate is low but the infec-tivity rate is high in the district,”she said.

Meanwhile, Vice-Chancellor of KGMU LtGeneral Dr Vipin Puri inspect-ed the Rehabilitation LimbCentre which is being con-verted into a Covid hospital. Healso had a meeting with theheads of departments.

Director of BalrampurHospital Dr Rajeev Lochansaid that they have startedantibody testing. “This is ourown initiative and we have gotno directives for the same. Weare doing this to find out whoare the potential donors forplasma whom we will requestfor donation. We will also takeplasma from these potentialdonors and will carry out fur-ther discussions with ourblood bank and pathologist onwhat essentially needs to bedone. With this test, we are alsotesting the immunity levels ofpeople,” he added.

Meanwhile, HealthMinister Jai Pratap Singh vis-ited the Integrated Controland Command Centre onTuesday along with PrincipalSecretar y, Health, AmitMohan Prasad. Singh said hegathered information regard-ing the functioning of thecentre and had a discussionwith the officials present onfurther strengthening thefunctioning of the same. Hesaid that coordination needsto be strengthened for betterresults.

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Lucknow (PNS): As many aseight Covid-19 patients suc-cumbed at KGMU onTuesday, including a one-year-old girl. KGMUspokesperson Dr SudhirSingh said the one-year-oldgirl from Alambagh wasadmitted on August 9 and shedied of acute respiratory dis-tress. Another victim includ-ed a 75-year-old man fromLakhimpur Kheri, who diedon the same day as he wasadmitted due to respiratoryfailure. A 62-year-old patientfrom Bazaarkhala, who wassuffering from hypertension,died of respiratory failure. A45-year-old patient fromTriveni Nagar, who wasadmitted on August 9 with

liver problem, died of car-diopulmonary arrest.

Others included a 55-year-old patient from Bareilly,who was admitted on July 31and was suffering from men-tal problems. He died of sep-ticemia. A 45-year-old patientfrom Hardoi, who was admit-ted on August 5, also died ofrespiratory failure.

“A 63-year-old man fromKrishnanagar, who wasadmitted on August 8 and wassuffering from hypertensionand diabetes, succumbed tohypoxic encephalopathy whilea 51-year-old woman fromBasti, who was admitted onAugust 3 and was sufferingfrom breast cancer died of car-diorespiratory arrest.

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The Uttar Pradesh Police onTuesday announced awards

to 262 policemen in the statefor their efficient operationalworks on the occasion ofIndependence Day.

Among the award given bythe DGP, an ADG, 5 IGs and2 SSPs have been givenPlatinum Medal, 34 officershave been given DGP GoldMedal and the rest the DGPSilver Medal.

According to an officialcommuniqué released here onTuesday, ADG (Law and order)Prashant Kumar is among thePlatinum Award winners alongwith IGs Deepak Ratan,

Subhash Singh Baghel, A SatishGanesh, SK Bhagat and DrSanjeev Gupta. The SSPsawarded Platinum Award areAjay Kumar Sahani of Meerutand Ashok Kumar Tripathi ofJaunpur.

The others are DGP PROAbhay Nath Tripathi , ASPsDGP HQ Rajendra KumarGautam and Durgesh Kumar,and DSP (ATS) Layak Singh.

The DGP Gold awardswinners include SSP BareillyShailesh Pandey, SSPMuzaffarnagar, AbhishekYadav, SSP Aligarh Muniraj,SP Chandauli Hemant Katiyal,SP Basti Hemraj Meena andSP Bahraich Vipin KumarMishra.

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As many as 22 inmates of Lucknowdistrict jail took ill after they were

administered some medicine by apharmacist on Tuesday. They werelater admitted to jail hospital wheretheir condition was said to be improving.

The Prison department took cog-nisance of the incident and directedthe jail superintendent to issue ashow-cause notice to the staff con-cerned. PRO, DG Jail, Santosh said thejail inmates were under treatment atthe hospital. He said 22 inmates of cell

number three took ill and the jail med-ical superintendent and other staffwere attending to them.

“A preliminary inquiry revealedthat jail doctors had prescribed ananti-allergic tablet for some inmates.However, the prison pharmacist,Ashish Verma, gave them anothertablet which caused dizziness amongthe inmates. The condition of all the22 inmates was said to be stable. A fewof them had high blood pressure butit became normal by the evening,” hesaid. A show-cause notice has beenissued to pharmacist by Lucknow jailsuperintendent.

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Aman hanged himself after hehad a tiff with his wife at his

house in Vibhuti Khand policestation area on Monday night.Mahesh Rajput (25) of Kathautavillage locked himself in a roomat his house and later hanged

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The death of a 20-year-old girl inBulandshahr on Monday in an

accident following teasing by someyouths has given fresh ammunition tothe opposition in Uttar Pradesh to hitout at the Yogi Adityanath governmentover the law and order situation in thestate. Even the National Commissionfor Women (NCW) took cognisanceand asked for a fair probe.

Expressing distress over theBulandshahr incident, Congress generalsecretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra saidthat it reflected that there was no fearof law in Uttar Pradesh, adding that thewomen were insecure in the state.

Her remark came after a young girlfrom Bulandshahr died in a road acci-dent after she fell off her bike while try-ing to avoid eve-teasers, who were chas-ing her. Taking to the Twitter, Priyankalevelled allegations at the state govern-ment, accusing it of not taking incidentsof eve-teasing seriously. She said that asweeping change was needed and the“state government should adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards crime againstwomen”.

Earlier on Tuesday, Bahujan SamajParty chief Mayawati condemned theincident and demanded action againstthe culprits. Taking to Twitter, she said,“The promising student Sudiksha Bhati,who was going on a bike with her unclein Bulandshahr, lost her life due to theeve-teasing, which is extremely sad,embarrassing and very condemnable.How will daughters progress? BSPstrongly demands that the UP govern-ment should take strict legal actionagainst the culprits immediately.” TheSamajwadi Party also raised questionsover the law and order situation in UttarPradesh and said it was evident thatthere was no fear of police in the crim-inals.

Speaking to the media, partyspokesperson Anurag Bhadauria said,

“The UP government has failed and isonly busy in doing politics of religionand caste. The government is makingtall claims about law and order in thestate but all those claims have fallenface-first today. There is no fear ofpolice in the criminals today all becauseof the failed governance by the stategovernment.” Reacting sharply to theincident, UP Congress president AjayKumar Lallu said that this was a clearexample of how “hooligans” had takencontrol of the state. “A topper studentwas chased by eve-teasers and then shedied in the accident, this proves thatthere is no law and order in the state,”he said, while citing the rape and killingof girls in Hapur and Jaunpur to but-tress his charge. “The police are beingbeaten up by criminals and BJP mem-bers but the government has failed inimplementing law and order. The chiefminister should take cognisance of theissue and must ensure strict actionagainst the culprits,” Lallu demanded.

Meanwhile, National Commissionfor Women Chairperson Rekha Sharmawrote a letter to UP DGP asking for afair probe. In her letter sent on Tuesday,Sharma mentioned the incident andsaid that considering the gravity of thematter, it was requested that immedi-ately the CCTV footage be checked andswift, fair and thorough investigationbe ensured in the matter. The NCWalso sought a detailed action takenreport reflecting the true nature of theincident. Sudiksha Bhati was allegedlybeing chased by eve-teaser while shewas going to meet her relatives inBulandshahr with her uncle SathendraBhati. She was living in Dadri tehsil ofGautam Buddha Nagar district and wason holiday due to COVID-19 pandemicand was supposed to return to collegein the US on August 20.

Sathendra Bhati, paternal uncle ofSudiksha, said that she was studying in the US on a scholarship of� 3.80 crore.

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student of Cambridge Section ofCity Montessori School, GomtiNagar Campus II, received hon-our from Vice-President ofIndia Venkaiah Naidu for herpar excellence academic per-formance. Anahita is the onlystudent from Uttar Pradeshunder her grade, who has wonTimes Spark Scholarship. At arecently held e-ceremony, Naidufelicitated Anahita while organ-isers of the event awarded hera laptop.

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DM Abhishek Prakash, the FoodSafety and Drug Administrationraided fish markets of the city onTuesday. A senior official of thedistrict administration said theraids were carried out atDubagga, Kaiserbagh,Khurramnagar and Khargapurfish markets. The raids were car-ried out at 39 shops and foursamples were collected.

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himself on Monday night. Hisfamily members knocked thedoor but Mahesh did notopen it. His brother RakeshRajput called the police con-trol room around 12:40 am. Asthe police took time in reach-ing the spot, the family brokeopen the door, only to findMahesh hanging from theceiling with a dupatta tiedaround his neck.

Later, a police teamreached the scene. The copsfound the door of the roomopen and Mahesh’s familysobbing. They passed on theinformation to the VibhutiKhand police station afterwhich sub-inspector JitendraSingh, along with a team,reached the scene. Maheshwas rushed to Ram ManoharLohia Hospital where he wasdeclared brought dead.

SHO, Vbhuti Khand,Sanjay Shukla said Rakeshhad informed the controlroom that Mahesh had lockedhimself in the room for aboutan hour. He said Mahesh wasnot on good terms with hiswife and ended the life due tothis. “Mahesh had a verbalspat with his wife after whichhe locked himself in theroom,” the SHO said. He saidthe body had been kept atmortuary and autopsy wouldbe conducted after Covid test.He said the police did notrecover any suicide note.

In another incident, a 30-year-old man, identified asShiv Kumar Pandey, wasfound hanging in a roomwhere he lived on rent inShanti Nagar locality under

Sarojininagar. Reports saidPandey was a native ofPratapgarh and worked with acompany dealing in fire safe-ty gadgets. His landlord VinitRawat informed the policeabout the incident and saidPandey was hanging from theceiling with a gamchha tiedaround his neck.

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ornaments worth Rs 5 lakhand Rs 60,000 in cash from afarmer’s house in Gudambapolice station area on Mondaynight. Reports said JayramYadav of Kakdehari village inthe area and his family wereasleep when the thieves struckat the house. Yadav and hisfamily members came to knowof the theft when they woke upon Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile, the GomtiNagar police on Tuesdayarrested three youths on thecharges of theft and recoveredstolen carts. The accusedwere identified as ManshuValmiki, Ritesh Valmiki andAsif (all of Chinhat). Theywere nabbed when they weregoing to hide the stolengoods.

In another success, theGomti Nagar police arrested ayouth who had lured a minorgirl into running away fromher house on Tuesday. Theaccused, identified as OnkarGupta of Vinit Khand, had runaway with the girl in June andthe girl’s father had lodged acase against him on June 21.The police also booked himunder POCSO Act.

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The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment said all the flood

protection embankments andbunds were safe and there wasno threat of breach in theflood-affected districts.

Relief CommissionerSanjay Goel said here onTuesday that Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath had directedthe district magistrates of the20 flood-affected districts toaccords top priority to rescueand relief work.

He said the district magis-trates had also been directed bythe government to closelymonitor the release of waterfrom dams and ensure com-pletion of flood protectionwork ahead of the floods.

He said the chief minister

had also directed district offi-cials to visit and inspect theflood protection dams andensure their safety to preventloss of life and property in vil-lages on the banks of rivers.

Goel said 15 teams ofNational Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF), nine teams ofState Disaster Response Force(SDRF) and 17 flood compa-nies of the PAC had beendeployed for relief and rescueoperations in flood-affecteddistricts. He said the NDRFhad organised a mock drill onJuly 1 while making prepara-tions for flood relief opera-tions. He said a helpline 1070was also being operated at thecontrol room set up inLucknow.

The relief commissionersaid so far 88 flood protection

projects with outlay of Rs 856crore had been completed andfor the current fiscal 2020-21,Rs 318 crore had been releasedso far by the state government.

He said all necessary repairand strengthening work onflood protection embankmentswas done before the COVID-19 pandemic. He said in allflood affected districts floodprotection outposts, wirelesscentres and flood control roomare operational in all floodaffected districts.

The flood-affected dis-tricts include Ambedkarnagar,Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Bahraich,Ballia, Balrampur, Barabanki,Basti, Gonda, Gorakhpur,Kushinagar, Lakhimpur Kheri,Mau, Siddharthnagar,Maharajganj, Deoria, SantKabir Nagar, Pilibhit,

Pratapgarh and Sitapur. Goel said standing kharif

crop on 38,248 hectares hadbeen damaged due to floods.He said so far 13 people haddied due to floods.

The relief commissionersaid the state government hadissued detailed guidelines forflood relief work and for theprotection from floods. Hesaid over 90,000 food packetsand food grain kit containing17 items had been distributedamong the flood-affected peo-ple and 178 cattle camps hadbeen set up. He said so far oversix lakh cattle had been vacci-nated. The UP government hasalready ordered round-the-clock monitoring of the situa-tion in the flood-affected dis-tricts through patrolling anddrones.

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Pilot also said if he had made any mistakesthen he was ready to correct it but on hismonth-long rebellion against Gehlot his stat-ed suggestions to improve should not beviewed negatively.

Pilot made it clear that while he was goingto keep Rajasthan as his karmabhoomi and hisgrip intact on the State, it won’t be easy to for-get the harsh words used against him by ChiefMinister Ashok Gehlot, who had called hisdeputy “nikamma, nakaara”. Pilot who was aUnion Minister in then Manmohan SinghGovernment said that he did not feel bitter orsad about the events that unfolded over the pastone month in Rajasthan.

“I have imbibed certain values from myfamily, no matter how much I oppose anyone,I’ve never used such language. Ashok Gehlotjiis elder to me and I respect him personally butI have the right to raise work-related concerns,”Pilot reacted on Gehlot’s ‘nikamma’ remarkagainst him.

Gehlot on his part said it was his respon-sibility to address the grievances of MLAs. Butwhy did the MLAs go and what promises weremade to them, only they know it, Gehlotremarked. “If any MLA is annoyed with me,then it is my responsibility to address that. Ihave kept doing this in the past and will do thisnow also,” Gehlot said at Jaipur.

Pilot also made it clear that he harbours nowish to have a post, these things come and go.“We need to work in the direction of strength-ening the public’s confidence and trust in us,”Pilot tweeted.

“The Congress is united under SoniaGandhi, she has a stature beyond the party. Shehears everyone’s problems. Sonia, Rahul andPriyanka Gandhi Vadra will take the party for-ward,” said Pilot.

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“The provisions of the substituted Section6 are required to be given full effect.Notwithstanding that a preliminary decree hasbeen passed the daughters are to be given sharein coparcenary equal to that of a son in pend-ing proceedings for final decree or in an appeal,”the bench said.

It also clarified that unregistered oral par-tition, without any contemporaneous publicdocument, cannot be accepted as the statuto-ry recognised mode of partition.

“However, in exceptional cases where pleaof oral partition is supported by public docu-ments and partition is finally evinced in thesame manner as if it had been affected by adecree of a court, it may be accepted. A pleaof partition based on oral evidence alone can-not be accepted and to be rejected outrightly,”the bench said.

The apex court said the appeals on the issuewere pending before different High Courts andsubordinate courts and the matters havealready been delayed due to legal imbrogliocaused by conflicting decisions. “The daugh-ters cannot be deprived of their right ofequality conferred upon them by Section 6.Hence, we request that the pending matters bedecided, as far as possible, within six months,”the bench said.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearingon behalf of Union of India, had argued thatdaughters have been given the right of acoparcener, to bring equality with sons, and theexclusion of daughter from coparcenary wasdiscriminatory and led to oppression and nega-tion of fundamental rights.

“The Amendment Act, 2005, is not retro-

spective but retroactive in operation since itenables the daughters to exercise their coparce-nary rights on the commencement of theAmendment Act. Even though the right of acoparcener accrued to the daughter by birth,coparcenary is a birthright,” Mehta had said.

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“After initial symptoms of COVID-19, mycorona test was done yesterday which came outpositive. Pray that I defeat this disease as soonas possible,” Indori said in what would be hislast post.

With a 50-year career in poetry, Indori, anUrdu scholar of great repute, was one of thebiggest mushaira (poetry symposiums) stars inthe country and someone who fearlessly calleda spade a spade.

The wordsmith that he was, Indori trans-lated the mood of the nation in his poetry thatwas emotive, direct and political.

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“A Bullet (a Royal Enfield motorcycle)which was moving ahead of them suddenlystopped due to braking, and the two-wheelerof Sudiksha Bhati and her brother rammed intoit from behind.”

“She suffered injuries in the crash and wastaken to a community health centre but shedied,” he said.

Uttar Pradesh Director General of PoliceHC Awasthy said, “There is definitely an acci-dent. People will be questioned during probe,and the investigation will proceed according towhat comes to light.” “A motorcycle was goingahead, and accident happened after its brakeswere applied. After the motorcycles collided,the girl fell down and got injured. She was takento a hospital, where unfortunately she died,” hesaid.

He said it has come to light that the twowere not wearing helmets. Political rivalsBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congressattacked the BJP-led UP government over thelaw and order situation in the state.

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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearingfor the Centre, said that no FIR has been lodgedin Mumbai and unless an FIR is lodged undersection 154 of CrPC and the concerned mag-istrate is intimated, there cannot be any inves-tigation.

Mehta said that in the absence of any inves-tigation pending in Maharashtra, there is noquestion of transfer of investigation.

Mehta further said the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) was also probing certain mat-ter in the case.

Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appearingfor Chakraborty, told the bench that the FIRlodged by Rajput’s father has absolutely no con-nection with any offence in Patna.

Divan said there appears to be a consider-able amount of State interference, influence andtherefore apprehension of bias.

Referring to the timeline in the case, Divansaid that there was a considerable delay of over38 days in lodging of the FIR at Patna and allaverments mentioned in the complaints arerelatable to Mumbai. Divan further said that ahuge parallel media trial is going on in the case.

The bench told Divan that in Chakraborty’spetition, there is a request related to the CBIinvestigation.

“It is another aspect how the CBI will come

in,” the bench said.Divan said he wanted a fair investigation

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in the ongoing probe and her statementsare expected to substantiate the allegations ofabuse of the late actor’s bank accounts.

Both Pithani and Modi were also ques-tioned by the agency on Monday and theirstatements were recorded under the Preventionof Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Modi waseven questioned on Friday.

Pithani had earlier recorded his statementwith the Mumbai Police as part of an accidentaldeath case under the CrPC. The ED is prob-ing if Pithani too was linked to the late actor’sbusiness interests or had any information aboutRajput’s investments, sources said.

The ED is probing suspected money laun-dering in the alleged transfer of Rs 15 crorefrom Rajput’s bank account in one year toaccounts of persons not known or connectedto the late actor.

Modi was questioned on funds transfers ofsmall amounts to Showik’s account from thoseof Rajput and Chakraborty. Chakraborty,Showik and Modi were confronted with thebank statements to the effect during thegrilling session on Monday.

Modi was also quizzed on the allegationsthat Chakraborty took decisions for Sushantincluding those relating to finances and pro-jects.

The ED is also looking into at least twocompanies linked to Rajput and some finan-cial deals involving prime accused Chakraborty,her father and brother Showik who are said tobe directors in these companies.

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Experts have voiced unease overMoscow’s rapid approval process for the vac-cine. On Tuesday, the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) said it had been intalks with Russian authorities about under-taking a review of the vaccine.

Amid fears that safety could have beencompromised, the WHO urged Russia lastweek to follow international guidelines forproducing a vaccine against Covid-19.Presently, coronavirus pandemic has infect-ed more than 20 million people and killednearly 750,000 worldwide, thus, cripplingworld economies.

The vaccine is developed jointly byGamaleya Research Institute and the RussianDefence Ministry. Putin said the vaccine hadpassed all the required checks. Putin alsoasked Health Minister Mikhail Murashko tokeep him informed about the vaccine, whileat the same time noting that he knows “itworks quite effectively” and “forms a stableimmunity”.

Currently, the Russian vaccine is notamong the WHO’s list of six vaccines thathave reached phase three clinical trials,which involve more widespread testing inhumans. There are 25 other vaccines in theclinical evaluation stage of development anda further 139 candidate vaccines in the pre-clinical evaluation stage according to theWHO. Companies including AstraZenecaPlc and Moderna Inc. are still conductingfinal-stage trials of their vaccines in studiesthat are expected to soon yield results.Despite rapid progress, most experts thinkany vaccine would not become widely avail-able until mid-2021.

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UP Minister for Finance,Parliamentary Affairs and

Medical Education SureshKhanna has instructed the dis-trict and Health departmentofficers to increase � 500 perbed for treatment of COVID-19 patients and the number ofbeds in L-3 Banaras HinduUniversity (BHU) Hospital to400. He also instructed the dis-trict officers to take the com-plaints relating to coronavirusseriously and solve the prob-lems of COVID-19 positivepatients soon. The ministerwas inspecting the COVID-19Integrated War Room at Sigrahere on Tuesday.

Khanna stressed the needfor increasing the number ofbeds in L-1 and L-2 hospitals.According to him, by using allthe available resources, effortsshould be made to save the lifeof every corona patient andsuggested the officers to main-tain cordial relations with thepatients. He said that sympathyworks as a drug for the patient.He said that the Health depart-ment officers should realise thepsychology of the families ofpatients and maintain sympa-thy with them. According tohim, efforts should be made tohelp the patients to be carriedto the hospital in ambulancesas soon as possible so that theirtreatment can be started soon.He said that the informationabout all vacant beds should beavailable so that the War Roomcan send doctors there fortreatment.

The minister stressed theneed for an early testing of allpositive patients so that themortality rate can be improved.He said that in this direction,the state government had donea lot of work and it is one of thereasons why about 80,000could be recovered as over

one lakh sampling is beingdone daily and in the statemore than 32 lakh tests havebeen conducted so far. Heasked the officers to follow theguidelines properly andinformed them that the maxi-mum number of patients foundcorona positive are between theage group of 20 and 45, appeal-ing to the youth to take thepandemic seriously. Khannahas also instructed the districtand Health department officersto keep regular watch on thecorona patients being treated atSir Sundarlal Hospital (SSH) inBanaras Hindu University(BHU), Pandit Deen DayalUpadhyay (DDU) Hospital andothers and ensure providingbetter facilities to them.

He further instructed theofficers to keep regular contactwith the positive patients beingkept in home isolation. Duringhis inspection, Khanna inspect-

ed the activities of COVID-19War Room and asked about thedetails from the senior officerspresent there. He also talked tothe officers and employeesdeployed there and asked abouttheir own health. Later, theminister held a meeting withthe officers at Circuit Houseand reviewed the details of thefight against coronavirus inthe district. He gave severalinstructions to the officersregarding facilities being givento the corona positive patients.The meeting was also attend-ed by UP Minister NeelkanthTiwari, DivisionalCommissioner (DC) DepakAgrawal, District Magistrate(DM) Kaushal Raj Sharma,Chief Medical Officer (CMO)Dr VB Singh and many others.

GANGA RISING: Forthe fourth day in succession,the water level of river contin-ued rising in the city here on

Tuesday and during the last oneday, the level was increasedslowly as the river recorded ris-ing by 1.95 centimetres perhour. The level has increasedfrom 62.20 metres to 62.67metres. However, there is noserious threat of flood yet as theriver is still flowing far belowthe warning level of 70.26metres. According to a reportreceived from the MiddleGanga Division-III of CentralWater Commission (CWC),the river Ganga continued ris-ing in Varanasi but in theupstream it was steady both atPhaphamau and Allahabad andfalling at Mirzapur. The riverwas still rising at Varanasi anddownstream Ghazipur butsteady at Ballia, a district whichseparates UP and Bihar andsurrounded by three big riverswhere Ghagara had alreadycreated flood havoc in someparts of the district.

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In view of intensifyingCOVID-19 tests, District

Magistrate (DM) Kaushal RajSharma has now extended thefacility of free corona tests atseven private hospitals. ‘Thestep will benefit the large pop-ulation of the city and willspeed up the investigation ofcorona,’ he said, adding that byincreasing the facilities of rapidantigen tests, more and morepeople can be tested during ashort span of time. Accordingto him, a good number ofpatients are being treated inprivate hospitals who havesymptoms similar to coronalike cough, fever and difficul-ty in breathing while the co-morbidity patients sufferingfrom diabetes, hypertension,heart, kidney and other seriousdiseases have high risk forcorona infection. He said thatother private hospitals will alsobe provided with the facility ofrapid test antigen kits free-of-cost after training their labtechnicians.

Chief Medical Officer(CMO) Dr. VB Singh said thatin the first phase, tests facilitieshave been provided for theindoor patients at seven hospi-tals including AshirwadHospital, GV Meditech-SuryaHospital, Galaxy Hospital (allin Mehmoorganj), ShubhamHospital (Maqbool AlamRoad), Neuro City Hospital(Ashok Nagar, Pandeypur) andOriana Hospital(Ravindrapuri). Lab techni-cians of these private hospitalsare being trained by the Healthdepartment under the leader-ship of ACMO Dr. Sanjay Rai.

Meanwhile, in the direc-tion of the DM, the system oftreatment of COVID-19patients is being strengthenedin government as well as pri-vate hospitals. In this direction,approval for treatment hasbeen given to Heritage Instituteof Medical Sciences (HIMS),Bhadwar, for 200-bed L-1 facil-ity while for 40 beds of L-2 and20 beds of L-3 facilities atMedwin Hospital (Maidagin),24 beds of L-2 facility at Apex

Hospital (Bhikharpur) and 16beds of L-3 facility, 30 beds ofL-1 facility at MeridianHospital (Sarnath), 48 beds ofL-1 facility at Trimurti Hospitalaffiliated Hotel Gupta Inn(Nadesar). Now expanding it,Laxmi Medical and SurgicalCentre (Maldahia) has beengiven approval for 50 beds of L-1 facility while for 15 beds of L-1 and 25 beds of L-2 facilitiesat Suryodaya Hospital(Bhojubir).

According to the DM, thecorona patients who want toundergo treatment at isolationat these private hospitals, canbe treated at their own expens-es. The L-1 facilities are forasymptomatic patients, whileL-2 for the moderately symp-tomatic patients and L-3 forthose having severe symptomsand need ventilators etc. Allthese approved private hospi-tals have to charge the rates pre-scribed by the government.

Besides, the DM has alsotaken a new initiative to searchfor contacts of COVID-19patients and provide them with

an ivermectin drug on thespot immediately.

Now the teachers of theBasic Education Departmentwill also work with the COVIDRapid Response Teams (RRTs)to prepare a list of near contactsof corona positive patients andalso provide them with iver-mectin tablets. For this, 102teams, each with two membersof State Resource Group (SRG)and Academic Resource Person(ARP) teachers of BasicEducation Department havebeen formed.

The DM has given theresponsibility of supervisingthe training, daily work andafter work reporting of theteam members to the districtcoordinator BholaVishwakarma and block educa-tion officer Jitendra Gaur underthe leadership of Basic ShikshaAdhikari (BSA) Rakesh Singh.All these teams have startedwork in their respective allot-ted areas from Tuesday and dis-trict administration has provid-ed 84,000 ivermectin tablets tothe teams for 10,500 persons.

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Amidst the heavy policeforce, the members of a

dozen families on Tuesdaystarted shifting their belon-giongs at the houses allotted tothem under SlumRehabilitation Authority

(SRA). Their houses, located atPhulwaria in Cantonment area,had been evacuated onMonday to clear the way toconstruct a four-lane road.

The Public WorksDepartment (PWD) has a planto construct a four-lane road inPhulwaria but there were some

houses in the area which werehurdles on the way of startingthe construction work. Theimplementing agency acquiredthese houses and allotted thehouses to them in Aidhe villageand Bajardiha area in lieu of theacquisition under the SRAscheme. Under this scheme, the

government allots houses toslum dwellers.

The joint teamreached the slum dwelling inPhulwaria on Tuesdayalong with heavy police forceand conducted the process ofevacuating the acquired hous-es.

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Deputy Chief MinisterKeshav Prasad Maurya

reviewed the arrangementsmade for the rescue of COVID-19 at the Circuit House audi-torium here on Tuesday.During this, he directed theofficials to arrange hundredadditional ventilators in the dis-trict. Along with that, he alsoasked them to send mobileteams to remote villages andtowns to conduct a corona testthere.

At around two in the after-noon, the Deputy ChiefMinister reached the helipad atPolice Lines via helicopter fromKanpur. Thereafter, he met

BJP workers at Circuit Househeld the review meeting herewith the officials concerned inthe auditorium.

District MagistrateBhanuchandra Goswami toldabout the patients admitted inhospitals and the arrangementsmade for them. The DeputyChief Minister insisted onincreasing the testing proce-dure. He said that the effortshould be made so that peopledo not die due to corona.Hospitalized patients shouldnot have any type of problem.

Patients living in homeisolation should also be takencare of. The Deputy ChiefMinister said that the amountspent per patient in Covid

Hospital should be informed tohim. Instructions for betterpower supply in CovidHospitals were also given to theofficials.

He said that it should alsobe publicised by determininghow much charge should betaken from the corona patientin the private hospitals, so thatprivate hospitals cannot bearbitrary in charging the coro-na patient. Complaints beingreceived by the control roomshould be redressed on prior-ity. Patients should be wellbehaved by the hospital staff.The Deputy Chief Ministerdirected to take action againstthose who were negligent indistribution of ration.

The Deputy Chief Ministersaid that the ‘Gandagi BharatChhoro Abhiyan’ has started onthe call of the Prime Minister.‘Gandagi Prayagraj ChhoroAbhiyan on the same linesshould be launched here, headded.. Prominent amongthose present on the occasionincluded SSP Abhishek Dixit,Municipal Commissioner RaviRanjan, CDO Ashish Kumar,CMO GS Bajpai etc whileamong the public representa-tives were Phulpur Kesari DeviPatel, District Panchayat pres-ident Rekha Singh, City NorthMLA Harshvardhan Bajpai,MLA Koraon Rajamani Cole,Allahabad MP RepresentativeManu Kakkar.

ALLAHABAD (PNS): NorthCentral Railway has startedconstructing boundary wallsutilising released PSC sleepersalong the track. NCRHeadquarters has issued adrawing for construction ofboundary wall along Railwaytrack utilising unserviceableand released pre-stressed con-crete (PSC) sleepers. Followingthis drawing; Agra divisionhas constructed 500 metersboundary wall in Agra-Mathura section and workingon another patch of 1.5 kms.Similarly Prayagraj divisionhas also constructed boundarywall for about 100 meters atSubedarganj station followingthe approved scheme. Duringrenewal of track and up-grada-

tion from 52 kg track structureto 60 kg track structure, hugequantities of PSC sleeper getreleased. These released sleep-ers are not only unserviceablefor maintenance of tracks butalso occupy precious area nearrunning track besides recyclingits metallic portion is uneco-nomical and non-friendly toenvironment. These smallpatches of boundary walls con-structed in Agra and Prayagrajdivisions are being evaluated onall parameters including cost,time required for construc-tion before decision is taken onlarge-scale implementation ofthis scheme. It is particularlyimportant for North CentralRailway as both the trunkroutes between New Delhi-

Howrah and New Delhi-Mumbai served by NCR aresanctioned for speed raising to160 kmph and construction ofboundary wall is an importantpart of speed raising work.

While reviewing safety,loading and 160 Kmph speedraising works through videoconference on Tuesday GMRajiv Chaudhry stressed thatrequirement of boundary wallto be constructed by NCR andthat proposed for constructionthrough PPP needs to be clear-ly identified. Reviewing 160Kmph speed raising work headded that committee of seniorofficers from HQ headed byAdditional General MangerRanjan Yadav be formedimmediately to assist Prayagraj

and Agra divisions on techni-cal and other issues and mon-itor daily progress of theseimportant works to complete itwithin the ambitious target of2023-24. In the beginning ofreview meeting safety posi-tion over North CentralRailway was reviewed. GMemphasised that all efforts oftrain passing staff in identify-ing defect in freight and pas-senger trains should be recog-nised suitably. To improve safe-ty in train operations NCR hasalso launched safety drives forchecking height, distance fromrunning track of various fixedinstallations along the track tomitigate any chance of hittingof such structure from opendoors of wagons.

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Within 24 hours, 236 newpositive cases of coron-

avirus have been detected inthe Prayagraj district. In thisway, the total number of infect-ed patients has now reached4,270. In addition, 101 coronainfected from Covid Hospitaland Covid Care Centers weredischarged on Monday nightafter being healthy. Besides,four patients including the sec-tion officer posted at AllahabadHigh Court died due to dead-ly virus.

Four more patients of thecoronavirus admitted toSwaroop Rani Nehru CovidHospital succumbed late onMonday night. Of them, apatient was a resident ofBhadohi district. The 45-year-old section officer of theAllahabad High Court alsodied of corona. He had pneu-monia also. When he got hiscorona test conducted, he alsotested positive on August 7. Hewas admitted to SRN Hospital.He breathed his last on Mondaynight while undergoing treat-ment for nearly four days. Hewas a resident of Teliarganj.According to officials, his twochildren are also corona posi-tive.

Similarly, a 65-year-old oldman living in Handia also losthis life. He was undergoingtreatment at SRN Hospital.

The third death was the 70-year-old corona positive ofBahadurganj.

He was undergoing treat-ment for kidney and BP in aprivate hospital in the city,when he came positive duringthe testing, he was referred toSRN Hospital.

He came from the hospitalon a ventilator and underwenttreatment on a ventilator, butcould not be saved.

On the other hand, anoth-er patient died in SRN CovidHospital but when he was

about to die, the doctor shift-ed him to another ward sayingthat he had been negative. Hedied shortly after.

Sources said that it wasintentionally done so that coro-na’s death in the hospital couldbe shown less.

Indeed, on August 2, acorona patient was admitted toSRN Hospital. No one had anyidea about the people in hisfamily. On August 9, at around8 o’clock at night, he was sentfrom Corona ward to wardnumber 9, in this ward, non-

Covid patients are admittedwho have lung disease. Hedied in the morning only aftersuffering overnight.

In this regard, the HoD ofthe Pulmonary department,Dr. Tariq Mehmood said thatthe patient was admitted to hisdepartment even though hewas not aware of it. At the sametime, Dr. Sujit Verma, theNodal officer for SRN Hospital,said that the report of thatpatient came negative so he wasreferred to another ward due tolung disease.

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In an effort to prevent coro-na infection, even though no

vaccine has been introducedyet, doctors are also using oldmedicines. A tablet called ‘iver-mectin tablet’ is said to be effec-tive in fighting corona. Notonly Prayagraj, this tablet hasbeen sent to all Covid hospitalsand Covid care centres in thestate. Patients living in homeisolation and coming into con-tact with them will also be ableto take this medicine.

The Ivermectin tablet isconsidered effective in killingstomach worms. In the case ofcattle, its quantity increases.Ever since the coronavirusspread, experts have beenresearching its utility. It isclaimed that it was used oncorona patients in many coun-tries including the US andBangladesh.

Physicians here talk aboutgiving this tablet to coronapatients even in reputed hospi-

tals like AIIMS, MAX. Thistablet has been made availablein all Covid Care Centres alongwith Swaroop Rani NehruHospital, Beli Hospital andKotwa Bani Covid Hospital inthe district. In some hospitals,it is being given to the patients.

Dr. Rishi Sahai, the nodalofficer and district surveil-lance officer of COVID-19,admitted that the Ivermectintablet is being given to thepatients here in the district. Itis said that hospitals have beendirected for this purpose. Hesaid that this drug stops theprocess of the virus proteinsentering the cell nucleus. Thisdisrupts the virus’s RNA repli-cation process.

Superintendent of Kotwa-based Covid Hospital, Dr.Amritlal admitted that iver-mectin is being given topatients. He said that iver-mectin is given after two hoursof eating at night for the firstthree days as soon as thepatients without symptoms

and mild symptoms are admit-ted. Along with doxycycline isalso being given twice a day forfive days. People exposed to thepatient are given ivermectintablets two hours after dinneron the first and seventh day toprevent possible infection.Health workers engaged in theCOVID duty will also be giventhis medicine for their betterhealth, Dr Sahai added..

GAS LEAKAGE FROMSTP: People ran helter skelteron Buxi Bundh, Allahpur hereon Tuesday morning followingammonia gas leakage from thesewage treatment plant.Situation was brought undercontrol by the fire fighters whofound out the leaking cylinderof ammonia gas within the STPand stopped the leakage.

According to reports nomajor damage was donebecause the STP is situated onthe bank of the Ganga wherethe population is almost nill.Immediately after the incidentthe police blocked the Buxi

Bundh road from both sides,and called the fire brigade andthe officials of Ganga PollutionControl unit.

The gas, however, cast itseffect on nearby trees andplants which turned pale.

FOUNDATION DAY:The 22nd Foundation Day ofIndian Institute of InformationTechnology, Allahabad will becelebrated on August 12.Keeping the ongoing pandem-ic acuteness in cognisance andadhering to the protocolrequirements for social distanc-ing directions issued by thegovernment, the event of thecelebration of Foundation Dayof the institute will respectful-ly see as the day of observation.

A tree plantation drive willbe organised at 9 am in frontof the Administrative Block ofthe Institute. Besides, the insti-tute will facilitate senior per-sons residing on the campus forlong time. The IIIT-A Director,Prof P Nagabhusan will be thechief guest on this occasion.

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As many as 160 COVID-19patients have been detect-

ed here on Tuesday. With this,the total number of cases hasreached 4,876. Besides, thedistrict also saw three moredeaths increasing the toll to 88.During the day, the follow-upnegative reports included 156patients recovered from homeisolation and the total numberof patients cured at home hasincreased to 1,599 while 105recovered from the hospitals.With this, the total number ofpatients discharged from thehospitals has reached 1,592while the total number of curedpatients is 3,191 leaving 1,597

active patients.According to the Chief

Medical Officer (CMO) DrVB Singh, in the first reportreceived by 11 am during theday, as many as 64 new coro-na patients were found out of359 reports received fromMicrobiology department ofBanaras Hindu University(BHU). Till then, the total testreports received were 60,168and the results of 8,034 exclud-ing 902 RTPCR samples col-lected a day ago are awaited.Out of these, 55,388 were neg-ative reports while 4,780 pos-itive. The total number of sam-ples collected was 69,104.Earlier, two patients includingfemale (60) from Nadesar and

male (65) from Manduadihdied during treatment at Pt.Deen Dayal Upadhya (DDU)Hospital, while a male (47)from Nariya at Sir SundarlalHospital (SSH) in BHU. Withthe addition of 28 red zones,the total number of hotspotshas increased to 1,120 includ-ing 414 red zones. As many as10 green zones have been con-verted into red zones again.Besides, there are 706green zones including 27 newones.

Earlier, this region ofPurvanchal (eastern UP) com-prising 10 districts of threedivisions continued finding alarge number of coronapatients when 537 cases were

detected on Monday. The max-imum number of 161 cases wasfound in Varanasi (4,716), fol-lowed by 83 in Ballia (2,410),68 in Azamgarh (1,717), 55 inJaunpur (2,805), 51 inSonbhadra (920), 29 inGhazipur (1,719), 26 inChandauli (1141), 24 inMirzapur (1,120), 23 inBhadohi (796) and 17 in Mau(725). Out of total 18,069 coro-na positive cases, 10,914 havebeen cured either at home iso-lation or discharged from hos-pitals and the recovery rate hasincreased to 60.40 per cent.With the increase in death tollto 236, the mortality rate hasslightly declined to 1.30 percent.

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Commissioner of RailwaySafety (CRS), North

Eastern Circle, MohammadLateef Khan, on Mondayinspected the newly-electri-fied Bhatni-Aunrihar (125 km)rail section under Varanasidivision of North EasternRailway (NER). During theinspection speed trial was alsodone on this section. On theoccasion chief administrativeofficer (CAO)/ ConstructionRam Karan Yadav, principalchief signal and telecom engi-neer Shrikant Singh, chief safe-ty officer SN Shah, principalchief electrical engineer AKShukla, chief electrical engi-neer/Construction Santosh NDerva, additional divisionalrailway manager (ADRM)/Infra, Varanasi, PraveenKumar, senior divisional oper-ating manager Rohit Gupta,senior divisional electricalengineer/Traction PankajKesarwani, senior divisionalengineer-III Atul Tripathi,senior divisional signal andtelecom engineer AshutoshPandey along with officials ofthe division and constructionorganisation were present. Theelectrification work of Bhatni-Aunrihar section has beencompleted. CRS MohammadLatif Khan, departed fromBhatni and inspected the footover bridge (FOB) in Salempur,engineering gang, bridge num-ber 31, over head electric cross-ing (high-tension cable) andarrived at Indara. Here heinspected the station panel,neutral section, level crossingNo 4-C, curvature and afterinspecting the bridge No 72between Indara-Mau reachedMau Junction. After startingthe inspection from MauJunction he inspected powersub-station, over head lineclearance, standard distancefrom the platforms to the trac-tion, overhead line’s standard

distance from the earthingtrack and in the station work-ing rule observed changes asper electrified standards. Heinspected the power sub-sta-tion, station panel amd overhead line emergency controlsystem in Dullhapur. After thisLateef did a thorough inspec-tion of bridge No 116 betweenDulahapur-Sadat and reachedAunrihar after inspecting thelevel crossings falling in thissection.The CRS conducted athorough inspection of relayrooms, platform clearance,OHE box, fire safety equipmentetc of all the stations falling inBhatni-Aunrihar section,CPRO, PK Singh said. Alongwith this he also inspected therelay room, IPS room, equip-ment and maintenance roomand also issued necessaryinstructions to the officers con-cerned. He inspected the stan-dard distance between theoverhead lines of this railwaysection, on the electrified sec-tion new signals installed andthe sighting board standard sta-tus, adequate clearance on thecurvature, extension of bridgeand culvert, point and crossing,over head line, electric pole,power sub station, overheadline fittings, colour light signal,RE area, sighting board, highvoltage warning board, roadunderpass, interlocking gear,relay room, control panel,monitoring panel and levelcrossings. After the inspectionthe CRS doing speed trialthrough the observation vehi-

cle reached Bhatni Junction.Notably even in this diffi-

cult time of corona infection,many development works arebeing done by NER. In thesame sequence on Varanasidivision’s Bhatni-Aunrihar railsection the challenging task ofelectrification of 125 route kmwas completed. With the elec-trification of this section alarge part between Gorakhpurto Varanasi will be connectedwith electrified railway sec-tions. As a result electric trainscan also be operated onGorakhpur-Varanasi sectionThis will help in punctuality oftrains and improve the envi-ronment.

RECRUITMENT INRAILWAYS: The advertise-ment for recruitment inRailways is published by IndianRailways only. For recruitmentin various categories of Group‘C’ and Group ‘D’ in Railwaysthere are 21 RailwayRecruitment Boards (RRBs)and 16 Railway RecruitmentCell (RRCs) on IndianRailways, CPRO PK Singh said.No other agency has beenengaged for recruitment work.Information about vacancies inRailways is given in theCentralised EmploymentNotification (CEN) with fulldetails which is published inEmployment News/RojgarSamachar. Indicative adver-tisements are also published innational and local dailies.Online applications are invitedfrom eligible candidates. CENis displayed on the website ofRRB/Railway Recruitment Cell.It is clarified in this context thatRailways has not authorisedany private institution forrecruitment. A misleadingadvertisement has come to thenotice of the Railways.Everyone is requested not to beinfluenced by such misleadingand fake news. Investigation offake advertisement has beenstarted by the Railways.

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District mines officerRakesh Bahadur Singh

who had joinedrecently saidthat miningwould be donein district on thebasis of guide-lines providedby NGT and

MOEF (Ministry ofEnvironment and Forests) &

CC (Climate change). Talkingto ‘The Pioneer’ on Monday,Rakesh Bahadur Singh, a PCSofficer of 1994 batch, said thatcontinuous measurement ofdumps was going on in the dis-trict. He said they had issuedlicences for 31 dumps and ninemining areas before the rainyseason. The dumps and miningareas are measured regularly,said Singh. There is �11 crore inthe district mining fund (DMF)whose 60 per cent is used in the

development of areas affected bymining and the remaining 40per cent in other areas by the dis-trict administration, said Singh.He said if any illegal mining wasdone then legal action will betaken against the persons con-cerned on the basis of the UttarPradesh Minor Minerals(Concession) Rules, 1963. Hesaid that Jalaun was on the firstposition in terms of revenuefrom mining. He said that hewas earlier posted in Ghaziabad.

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On the directive of SP Yashveer Singh and ASPDr Awadhesh Singh, Kuthond police arrest-

ed one criminal along with an illegal weapon anda cartridge from an area near Bharat petrol pumpunder Kuthond police station on Monday. Policeregistered a case against the accused, Akhand PratapChaturvedi, son of Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, a nativeof Salempur village under Rajpur police station inKanpur Dehat district and sent him to jail. ASPDr Awadhesh Singh said that they had received anapplication from Rahul Singh, son of RaghunathSingh, a resident Bharatpura village under Chirgaonpolice station (Jhansi) who had stated that he was

going to Farrukhabadwith his loaded truckand stopped it at a hotelunder Kuthond policestation to have somerefreshments. Suddenlysome goons came onApache motorcycle with-

out any number plateand looted his purse. A caseunder Section 393 of the IPC was registered againstthe unknown Apache motorcycle riders. He saidthat they had formed a team under the leadershipof Kuthond police station incharge SSI Arun Tiwarifor arresting the accused. ASP said the accused wasa notorious criminal who opened police at policeteam when it tried to arrest him. The team whichmade the arrest comprised S-I Divya PrakashTiwari, constables Satyendra Kumar Dwivedi,Shivam, Umesh, Praveen Kumar, Pramlesh Kumarand others. Meanwhile another report said thatpolice apprehended an accused, Mausam, son ofRajkumar, a native of Malviya Nagar locality,Madhogarh under the Kotwali Madhogarh police sta-tion from Sihari bus stand in Madhogarh town onMonday. Police confiscated one illegal pistol of 12bore and two live cartridges. Incharge Madhogarhpolice station inspector BL Yadav said that accusedwas a notorious criminal. S-I Yogendra Singh wasin the team which made the arrest.

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The Health department is going to conducta vaccination drive to control pneumonia

from August 13. Giving details, CMO Dr OPTiwari said that Pneumococcal ConjugateVaccine (PCV) was to be administered toinfants aged between one-and-a-half week tonine months and as per a rough estimate74,000 of them would be covered in the dis-trict. He said that the vaccine had no side effectand was helpful in protecting children fromsome other diseases too. He said that the vac-cine would be available at all health centresfrom the PHC to district hospital. During thedrive the booster dose of vitamins would begiven to children up to five years of age. TheCMO has appealed to people to take the ben-efit of the drive because earlier the vaccine wasavailable at a cost ranging between �2,200 and�4,000 but now through the government it wasavailable free of cost. The CMO has appealedto people to avail the facility which was thepriority of the department.

BOY DROWNS: In a tragic incident ateenager drowned in a pond in Charkhi vil-lage under the Lalganj police station. As perthe reports, Akash (16), son of Vanvasi, hadgone to bathe in village pond where he slippedand went into the area where the water wasdeep. On getting information the policereached the spot, took the body of the victiminto custody for completing legal formalities.

APPREHENDED: The Dehat Kotwalipolice have arrested one person who wasaccused of rape. According to reports received,a woman had lodged an FIR with the policein which she had alleged that Raju Sonkar, res-ident of Bharuhna village, had entered herhouse and raped her. Thereafter the policeswung into action and nabbed him fromAmghat railway crossing located on Mirzapur-Chunar Road. After completing the legal for-malities the accused was sent to jail.

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On the directive of RailwayBoard to launch a nation-

wide special cleanliness cam-paign on the occasion ofIndependence Day, Varanasidivision of NER launched aweek-long drive on Monday. Itwill continue till August 16.During the period all small andmajor stations, railway tracks,approach roads, circulatingareas, platforms, urinals, toilets,railway offices, water booths,health units, loco sheds, car-riage and wagon depots, rail-way residential colonies etc. willbe cleaned intensively. Garbage

and wastes dumped on tracksand their sides, especially inurban areas, will be removed.On the instructions of DRMVijay Kumar Panjiar the specialdrive was launched on the firstday at Deoria Sadar, Jiradei,Kadipur, Katka, Chhapra Rural,Dhobhi, Nigatpur, Phephna,Tamkuhi Road, Baraharaganj,Karimuddinpur, Suremanpur,Siwan, Pacharukhi and someother stations.

Besides, plastic and otherwastes were removed fromtracks falling between two sta-tions. For the success of thedrive, active participation ofwomen contract labourers was

ensured to create awarenessabout cleanliness in the society.Railway staff in associationwith members of Bright FutureSociety launched the drive instation premises and residen-tial colony in Deoria. At presenta lot of improvement is beingseen in cleanliness in trains andat stations. During the drivefocus will be to ensure cleanli-ness on tracks passing throughurban areas apart from stationoffices, colonies, workplacesand other areas. Efforts are alsobeing made to approach vol-untary organisations to comeforward and ensure their par-ticipation in it.

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The Life InsuranceCorporation of India, in

view of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the country,has once again adopted anavuncular approach by offeringan opportunity to policy hold-ers whose policies have lapsedfor various reasons.

To encourage continua-tion of risk cover in the currentcircumstances of high risk, theLIC has brought a revival planfor its policyholders for theirlapsed policies.

It has launched a month-long Special Revival Campaignfrom August 10 to September9, 2020, under which all thecustomers can revive theirindividual lapsed LIC policies.

The LIC said in a statementthat in view of the prevailingcircumstances, no concessionswere being offered in medicalrequirements and the samewere limited to late fee only andunder plans other than termassurance and other high riskplans.

It said that under theSpecial Revival Campaign,policies of specific eligible planscan be revived within five yearsfrom the date of the first unpaidpremium subject to certainterms and conditions.

It said the concession inlate fee was not eligible for highrisk plans like term assurance,health insurance, multiple riskpolicies, etc.

Under the SRC, up to � 1lakh, 20 per cent to a maximumlate fee consession of �1,500was allowed. From � 1 lakh to� 3 lakh, 25 per cent andmaximum concession allowedwas �2,000. Similarly, from�3 lakh and above, 30 per centlate fee concession and maxi-mum concession allowed was� 2500.

The policies which were inlapsed condition during thepremium paying term and havenot completed policy term ason the date of revival are eligi-ble to be revived under thiscampaign.

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Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner Sudhir M

Bobde has directed officialsconcerned to ensure effectivesurveillance by the IntegratedCommand Control Centre(ICCC) by further streamliningits operations in the fightagainst the novel coronaviruspandemic.

He said the ICCC wouldfunction under the direct con-trol of Kanpur MunicipalCommissioner Akshay Tripathiwith the assistance of CityMagistrate Himanshu Gupta.

The divisional commis-sioner asked the district mag-istrate and the chief medicalofficer to sit at the ICCC for sixhours a day to monitor its func-tioning for better care ofCOVID-19 patients and tocheck the increasing Coviddeath rate in the city.

He said in view of theacute crisis of beds for COVID-19 patients, some more privatehospitals be acquired and madefunctional as Covid care cen-

ters. Dr Bobde said all the pri-

vate hospitals that had beenmade Level-2 and Level-3Covid care centres should fur-ther increase ventilators, YPAPand high flow nasal cannula(HFNC).

He said funds donated byNGOs at the division level,including that from MP, MLAlocal area development fund,could be used in this regard bythe district health committee.

He said the private hospi-tals could set up these infra-structure through their own

resources. He asked them toarrange for more ventilators,VPAP for effective treatment ofCOVID-19 patients.

The divisional commis-sioner said COVID-19 patientsdischarged from hospitals afterbeing treated were not a reser-voir of infection and the com-munity sahold be made awareof this so that such people werenot ostracises after returningfrom hospital on being cured.

He directed the districtadministration, police andhealth officials to maintain arecord of such persons with

their name, mobile phonenumber and their availabilityon phone and ensure to makepeople realise that they hadbeen cured and were no moreinfectious.

Dr Bobde said weekendlockdown on Saturdays andSundays had to be strictly fol-lowed and directed officials toensure total closure on tese twodays. He said strict action betaken against people not wear-ing face masks and those rid-ing two-wheelers without hel-met and face mask. He alsostressed on cleanliness in Covidhositals.

He said all private hospitalsdealing with non-Covidpatients should ensure that if apatient tests negative in rapidantigen test, the result be con-firmed through TrueNat andCartridge-based Nucleic AcidAmplification Test (CBNAAT)so that beds could be availablefor other patients in the non-Covid hospitals.

He said an inventory ofdonations should be preparedat the earliest.

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Chief Medical Officer Dr AKMishra, said that under

the revised discharge policy,patients with mild symptoms ofcoronavirus infection in theinitial stages would be dis-charged after 10 days withoutany test.

He said such patientswould have to mandatorily

remain in home quarantinefor one week. He said underthe new policy, only thecritical patients would be test-ed.

Dr Mishra said COVID-19 patients with mild symp-tom who take admission inhospital would be dischargedin 10 days if they do not devel-op fever three days prior tobeing discharged.

He added that under thenew discharge policy, patientswhose symptom ends in threedays and their oxygen satura-tion is above 95 per cent willbe discharged after comple-tion of 10 days without anyfurther tests.

He said the onus had beenplaced on doctors to ensurethat the patient did not getfever for last three days with-

out taking anti-pyretic medi-cine. and did not have any dis-comfort in breathing.

He said as per the direc-tive of Deputy Chief MinisterKeshav Prasad Maurya, LLRHospital would have 100 morebeds and would be able tocater to 300 COVID-19patients. He said out ofthese beds, 50 would be in theICU.

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Kanpur MunicipalCommissioner Akshay

Tripathi on Tuesday said that inview of the spread of coron-avirus pandemic, it hadbecome essential to keep thecity clean and this could bedone with effective solid wastemanagement.

He said 900 metrictonnes of garabagereached the disposal centreout of which 550 tonnes pre-pared fertilisers while 250tonnes was converted intorefuse derived fuel (RDF)which was later sold to thecement manufacturing com-panies.

He said the RDF was also

being used as fertiliser for thepublic gardens.

He said RDF was pro-duced from combustiblecomponents that the industrycalled municipal solid waste,He said this waste,usually taken from industrialor commercial sites, wasshred, dried, baled and thenfinally burned to produceelectricity.

He said RDF was general-ly used to def ineunspecified waste after basicprocessing to increase thecalorific value (CV) of munic-ipal solid waste (MSW), com-mercial or industrial wastematerials.

He said it was a form ofMSW that had been sorted

and subjected to basic pro-cessing treatment.

He said MSW was treatedby shredding and dehydratingto produce refuse derivedfuel that consisted largelyof combustible componentsof municipal waste(non-hazardous) such asplastics and biodegradablewaste and as such, had moreconsistent combustion char-acteristics than unsortedMSW.

He said from September2020 more solid waste man-agement will be carried out inthe city and a plan has alreadybeen prepared.

He said currently therewere only 68 running vehiclesand a total of 5000 safai

karamcharis and total dieselconsumption was 90 lakh pm. He said the major reason fordumped garbage was thegarbage was not beingremoved from all the 110wards.

He said some skeletaldoor to doot garbage collec-tion was being carried out butit had nothing to do with theKNN.

He said there was a needfor more garbage removaltrucks and small vehicles.

He said unless there wasproper infrastructure thecleaning of the city willremain half done and this canbe a potent threat for thespread of diseases especiallycommunicable diseases.

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Hundreds of women cameout on roads to protest

against the opening of beer barat Rose Garden Apartment.

The women, holding plac-ards, demanded immediateremoval of the shop whichthey said had led to increase indrunken brawls, eve-teasingand molestation.

The women demandedthat the beer bar be shifted tosome other place as it was caus-ing much problem to womenwhen they passed the way.

The women threatened tointensify their agitation in casethe beer bar was not shifted tosome other place.

They also handed over amemorandum in this regardaddressed to the excise com-missioner and the districtadministration.

The Fazalganj policereached the spot and pacifiedthe agitating women andassued them that police wouldtake action against brawls andeve teasing.

The police asked the beerbar owner to ensure that therewas no complaint regardingeve-teasing and drunkenbrawls.

However, the women wereadamant that the beer barshould be removed or shifted.

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Members of theCantonment Board have

approved developmental worksworth � 3 crore in the area.

The Cantonment Boardmeeting held on Mondayinformed the members aboutthe release of �2.75 crore bythe Union government fromthe account of 15th FinanceCommission for the develop-ment of Cantonment area.

The second instalment ofthe grant is likely to be releasedby September-October.

The members alsoapproved the extension ofCantonment Board’s tenure bysix months.

Earlier, Brig Dinar Didheand Admn Commandant ColAnurag Dwivedi assumed thecharge in the CantonmentBoard. They were given a rous-ing welcome by the membersand other office staff.

After the swearing-in cer-emony, they took part in theBoard Meeting.

Tenders for construction ofCC road at a cost of �50 lakh,sewer line at a cost of � 50 lakhand road marking strip costing�15 lakh were approved.

The salary of three ex-ser-

vicemen employed in theCantonment Board was fixed at�30,000 inclusive of GST.

Likewise, the salary of 40guards posted in Board’s schooland other offices was revised to�375 per day.

Chief Executive OfficerArvind Kumar Dwivedi, ColUK Vaishya, Lt Col MZ Khan,corporators Prastavana Tewari,Mohd Firoz Alam, Anita Yadav,Shikha Trivedi and Raju werepresent at the Board meeting.

Vice-Chairman of theBoard, Lakhan Lal Omar, said

the repairing of road fromMurrey Company flyover toKhapra Mohal was alsoapproved by the Board.

Six other works were alsoapproved in the Board meeting.They include repair of trench-ing ground in Badlipurwa at acost of �18 lakh; sewer linework before the CantonmentBoard office at a cost of �8.58lakh; repair of road fromDelight Cinema to GT Road ata cost of �57.80 lakh; repair ofTagore Road at a cost of �1.64crore and repair of road from

Shiv Narain Tandon overbridgeto Pakadia Crossing at a cost of�53.91 lakh.

Besides, the contract ofFaithfulganj Market was givenat �8.13 lakh as against �2.90lakh recovered last year.

Lakhan Lal Omar said dueto slump during COVID-19period, the contract was award-ed to Deepak Singh Yadavwith the unanimous consent ofall members.

The open auction for thiscontract was held on July 20, hesaid.

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Chief Medical Officer Dr Anil K Mishra said that 231 morepeople tested positive for coronavirus infection between Mondayevening and Tuesday evening, taking the tally to 8,907.

He said with 178 COVID-19 patients being discharged fromhospitals, 2,814 infected persons had been cured and there are4,483 active cases in the city. The CMO said with 9 more COVID-19 deaths in the city, the death toll stood at 293 on Tuesday.

He said 2,326 samples were taken for testing.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday pointed

out that 10 States account for80 per cent of the total Covid-19 cases and asked for aggres-sive testing and exchange ofbest practices to contain thepandemic. .

The Prime Minister inter-acted with the Chief Ministersof ten States and reviewed thecoronavirus situation in thecountry and further measuresrequired to check its spread. Heinteracted with the ChiefMinisters of Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, WestBengal, Maharashtra, Punjab,Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana, andUttar Pradesh. DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh wasalso present in the meet.

Modi said the battle againstthe coronavirus could be wonif the situation in these tenStates where 80 percent ofactive cases (six lakh) are con-centrated, could be contained,he said.

“Today, 80% of active casesare in the 10 States whom yourepresent. Across the country,there are more than 6 lakhactive cases are mostly in these10 states. Therefore, it is impor-tant that we talk and exchangebest practices and learn fromeach other’s experience”, hesaid.

“If we defeat corona inthese 10 States, the whole coun-try will overcome this disease”,Modi said.

The Prime Ministerobserved in some States such asBihar, UP, Telangana and WestBengal, testing rates were low,but the positivity rate was high.He urged these four states toramp up testing.

He also insisted on contacttracing. “Experts are now say-

ing that if we can identify andtrace the infection in the first72 hours, the disease treatmentis easier,” he said.

Citing the “Delhi model” tocontain the pandemic, Modisaid: “The template for this isthe same for all, to separatecontainment zones, 100%screening, isolation, tracingand treatment.”

Prime Minister said thenumber of testing has reachedseven lakhs per day and is alsoincreasing continuously.

He said if we try more infocussed way then we canachieve the target to bringdown Case Fatality Rate to lessthan one percent.

“The average fatality rate ismuch lower than in the rest ofthe world. It is a matter of sat-isfaction. It is constantlydecreasing. The percentage ofactive cases has decreased andthe recovery rate has increased.So this means that our effortsare proving effective”, PrimeMinister said.

Modi said there was aphase when Covid19 hadbecome a huge problem insome districts of Uttar Pradesh,Haryana and Delhi but “ weheld a review meeting and acommittee was formed underthe chairmanship of Unionhome minister Amit Shah andto a great extent, we achieved

desired results”, Prime Ministersaid.

This is the seventh videoconference of the PrimeMinister with the states ChiefMinisters since the outbreak ofthe pandemic and also thefirst meeting of Modi withchief ministers during Unlock3.0 on the coronavirus pan-demic.

Since March , Modi hadinteracted with the ChiefMinisters and reviewed thecoronavirus pandemic in India.During his interactions, he hadcalled for strict adherence toCentre’s guidelines and thesocial distancing norms tocheck the spread ofCoronavirus.

India, the third countryworst hit by the COVID-19pandemic recorded a spike of53,601 coronavirus cases onTuesday, pushing the total tallyto 22,68,675. The country test-ed a record over 871 deaths ina single day.

The number of recoveriesmounted to almost 16 lakh,more than twice the activecases. Out of the total cases,over 6,39,929 are active caseswhile 15,83,489 have recoveredfrom the disease and 45,456people have lost their lives inthe fight against the viruswhich has no proven cure or avaccine yet.

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As the stalemate continues atthe Line of Actual Control

(LAC) with China reluctant topull back its troops, the Indianarmed forces are ready for along haul. Presenting thisassessment to a parliamentarypanel, the military also said theprocess of disengagement andde-escalation is likely to takemore time.

Led by Chief of DefenceStaff(CDS)General BipinRawat, the armed forces alsoinformed the Public AccountsCommittee(PAC)that theServices are geared for deploy-ment even during the wintermonths in Ladakh in the pre-sent situation. This is signifi-cant as temperature drops tominus 20 degrees in the regionand winter sets in bySeptember end.

The parliamentary panelwas apprised of the ground sit-uation at the moment at thevolatile border in EasternLadakh and informed that theprocess of disengagement andde-escalation may take longer,sources said here on Tuesday.This comes in the backdrop ofno substantial reduction oftroops and withdrawal by theChinese even after six roundsof military level talks besidesscores of parleys at the diplo-matic level.

Apprising the lawmakers ofthe current position, the mili-tary top brass, however, assuredthem that the armed forces areready to face any challenge andare operationally ready.Moreover, adequate logisticalarrangements are underway toenable the soldiers to performtheir duties during the harshwinter months, the panel wasinformed.

As regards the time-con-suming disengagement andde-escalation process, sourcessaid it was a complex issue and

both the sides were dealing itwith utmost caution. Also,India all along maintained thatChina has to restore statusquo ante. It means the Chineseforces will have to go back totheir positions as existing inApril end.

The stand-offs started withthe Chinese intruding into thePangong Tso(lake)area on May5 and obstructing an Indianarmy patrol. It led to a scufflebetween soldiers of the twoarmies. At present, the ‘’frictionpoints’’ include Galwan valley,Hot Springs and Gogra besidesPangong Tso.

While the Chinese havewithdrawn in considerablenumbers from Gsalwan, HotSprings and Gogra, they are notready to retreat from thePangong Tso. In fact, somemore rounds of talks are like-ly in the coming days at themilitary and diplomatic levelsto sort out this contentiousissue, sources said.

Not willing to take anychances in the present scenar-ios, the Indian army has alsoramped its troop strengthbesides bringing forward heavyguns and tanks. This move wasundertaken after the Chinesebuildup at all the ‘’frictionpoints’’ and the Depsang Valley.It has amassed more than15,000 soldiers on its side of theLAC in the Depsang regionleading to Major Generals ofthe two armies holding talks todefuse tension there last week.

On strengthening trooplevels during winter months inLadakh, sources said morethan 20,000 troops are nowready to be deployed at a shortnotice in any operational areason the LAC.

The troops are acclima-tized for high altitude stints asmost of the personnel havealready served in the Siachenglacier and other tough terrainin the mountains.

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The expert committee onvaccine administration,

chaired by NITI Aayog’s Dr VKPaul, will meet on Wednesdayto consider “selection, logisticsand ethical aspects” of pro-curement and administrationof vaccines against the coron-avirus disease that has claimedover 45,000 lives and infectedover 22.70 lakhs people in thecountry.

“The panel will decide toidentify the COVID-19 vaccinethat are effective in fight againstthe virus. The committee willalso chalk out a plan how thevaccines should be procured.Finally, the panel will preparea strategy on inventory man-agement, distribution, andadministration,” Union HealthSecretary Rajesh Bhushan saidat a press briefing here onTuesday.

The high-level panelincludes AIIMS director DrRandeep Guleria, representa-tives of the ministries of exter-nal affairs, biotechnology,information technology, theDirector General of Health

services, India’s Aids ResearchInstitute, the Indian Council ofMedical Research, and alsorepresentatives from states.

The panel’s terms of refer-ence constitute all matters relat-ed to logistics of vaccines andways to address issues of equi-ty etc, said the official whenasked if the Government plansto tie-up with Russia which hasrecently announced manufac-ture of a vaccine to curb theCovid-19.

The committee memberswill decide which vaccine orvaccines will be effective forIndian citizens. The task forcewill also chalk out a budget anddiscuss how capital can beraised for procurement, distri-bution of the vaccine.Moreover, the high-level panelwill prepare a strategy oninventory management andadministration.

According to the IndianCouncil of Medical Research(ICMR) scientist Balram

Bhargava, India has three vac-cine candidates in differentphases of the clinical study.

The first is inactivatedvirus vaccine which is beingdeveloped by Bharat Biotech incollaboration with the ICMR.The vaccine has completed itsPhase-1 study on one site andhas started Phase-2 clinicaltrial.

The second is the DNAvaccine being developed byZydus Cadila. This vaccine hasalso begun its Phase-2 trial at11 sites.

The third is the OxfordUniversity-AstraZeneca vac-cine that will be manufacturedby the Serum Institute of India(SII). The Drug ControllerGeneral of India (DCGI) hasgiven approval to SII to con-duct Phase 2 and 3 clinicalstudies in the 17 sites in thecountry.

Once the vaccines areready, the Government willwork on priority and fair dis-tribution of vaccine, to look outlogistic and roll out in a coldchain, stockpiling, and trainingpeople who are being given thisvaccine.

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Giving a boost to the Indiandefence industry, the

Defence AcquisitionCouncil(DAC)chaired byDefence Minister RajnathSingh on Tuesday cleared pro-posals worth �8,722.38 croreincluding procurement of 106Basic Trainer Aircraft(BAT).They are manufactured by theHindustan AeronauticsLimited(HAL)

Giving details, defenceministry officials later said withthe HAL having successfullydeveloped Basic TrainerAircraft (HTT-40) Prototypesand certification process under-way, the DAC approved pro-curement of 106 Basic TrainerAircraft from the HAL. It will

address the basic trainingrequirements of the IAF. Postcertification 70 Basic TrainerAircraft will be initially pro-cured from the HAL and bal-ance 36 after operationalisationof HTT-40 fleet in the IAF. TheDAC is the apex body toapprove acquisition plans of thearmed forces.

To improve the fire powerof Navy, the DAC approvedprocurement of an upgradedversion of Super Rapid GunMount (SRGM), which is fittedas the main gun onboard Navyand Indian Coast Guard (ICG)warships, from Bharat HeavyElectricals Limited (BHEL).The upgraded version of SRGMhas enhanced capability to per-form against fast manoeuvringtargets like missiles and Fast

Attack Crafts. The guns haveconsiderable engagement range.

In view of the availability ofrequisite capability for indige-nous development of theammunition, both in terms of‘Manufacturing’ and‘Technology’, the DACapproved procurement of 125mm APFSDS (ArmourPiercing Fin Stabilised

Discarding Sabot) ammuni-tion for the Army as a ‘Designand Development Case’. Theammunition being procuredwill have a 70 per cent indige-nous content. The DAC alsogave approvals that are likely tospeed up the procurement ofAK- 203 assault rifles andUnmanned AerialVehicle(UAV) upgrades.

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People in Huston, US, may nothave heard of Kerala’s

Karkkadaka month (theMalayalam equivalent of Sravan)but thanks to Ramayana, peoplein the far away continent are get-ting to know more about Indianheritage and Kerala.

While Hindu householdsobserve Karkkataka asRamayana month in Kerala,Hindus who went to far awayplaces in search of livelihood andeducation took with them a

portion of Karkkadaka. The netresult? A Lord Krishna Templeat Houston, more famous as SriGuruvayurappan Temple andrecitation of Ramayana through-out Karkkadaka. Yes, more thana hundred households join theRamayana recitation everyevening at this temple for theentire month and they make theneighborhood reverberate withthe lyrics known for its devotion,dedication and Bhakti towardsthe Maryada Purushotham. Fornearly a decade Dr Rekha Nair,a paramedic scientist, has been

reciting Ramayana at this HustonTemple with silent prayers forpeople in Kerala as well as therest of the world.

“The numbers haveincreased manifold over theyears. This year due to Covid-19norms, we use the social mediato propagate the message ofLord Rama. Every evening oneperson comes to the temple andrecite Ramayana which is airedthrough the social media page ofthe temple. Others join the ses-sion from their homes,” said DrNair.

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Tamil Nadu’s top educa-tionist has come out in the

open questioning the logicbehind the StateGovernment’s decision notto allow the three-languagepolicy prescribed in the NewNational Education Policy ofthe Union Government.

Prof E Balagurusamy, for-mer vice-chancellor, AnnaUniversity and former mem-ber of the Union PublicService Commission, in ahard hitting letter to ChiefMinister Edappadi Palanisamihas expressed his anguishand disappointment over theState Government’s stance

that the three-language for-mula was “saddening andpainful”. The educationist ,held in high esteem all overIndia described himself as avictim of the two-languageformula implemented by thefive-decade long Dravidianrule in Tamil Nadu.

Immediately after theannouncement of theNational Education Policy,Palanisamy had said that hisgovernment would not allowin Tamil Nadu the three-lan-guage formula envisaged inthe policy.

“Ours is the only State inthe country that has beendenying its students anopportunity to learn any other

Indian languages other thanTamil for more than fivedecades now. I am one ofthose who were badly affect-ed by the two-language for-mula,” Balagurusamy said ina letter to the Chief Minister,copies of which were releasedto the media.

He said the decisions ofthe governments led by theDravidian parties ruling theState since 1967 have deprivedthe poor and rural studentsstudying in governmentschools of learning any addi-tional language while the richand urban joining the CBSE,central and private schoolshave the freedom to study anylanguage they wish.

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Mumbaikars bade an emo-tional farewell to Wing

Commander Deepak Sathe(retd) -- who was killed in theill-fated Dubai-Kozhikode AirIndia Express flight crash onFriday last, as he was crematedhere amid the State honours onTuesday.

People from the north-east-ern suburbs of Mumbai whohad lined up on either side of theroad and people from the bal-conies of the housing societiesen route paid last respects to WgCdr Sathe, as his funeral pro-cession of passed from NaharAmrit Shakti complex atChandrivli to Tagore Nagarelectric crematorium at Vikhroli,where he was cremated in thepresence of family members,

defence officials and friends.Chants of ‘Capt. Deepak

Sathe Amar Rahe' rent the air, aslate Capt Sathe’s funeral caval-cade, escorted by the MumbaiPolice, proceeded from theNahar Amrit Shakti complexwhere Sathes live in JalvayuVihar building, on its final jour-ney.

Capt Sathe's body had onSunday afternoon been flownfrom Kochi and kept at an AirIndia facility near Terminal 2 ofthe Chhatrapati Shivaji interna-tional airport for some timebefore being taken to BhabhaHospital at Bandra, from wherethe mortal remains were broughtby his sons Shantanu andDhananjay to the family homeat Chandivli on Tuesday morn-ing.

The pilot's father Col.

Vasant Sathe (retd) (87) andmother Neela (83), who residein Nagpur, had reached Mumbaion Monday to have a lastglimpse of their son.

Earlier at the Nahar AmritShakti complex, a MumbaiPolice contingent accorded anHonour Guard and a Salute tothe departed Hero in the briefbut solemn ceremony. A wreathwas placed on behalf of ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray

The Indian Air Force, Armyand Navy contingents laidwreaths on behalf of the Chiefof Air Staff, Commander inChief South Western AirCommand, Commander inChief Western Naval CommandV Adm P Ajit (NDA coursemate of Capt Sathe), GeneralOfficer CommandingMaharashtra and Gujarat Area.

Wreaths were also placed onCapt Sathe’s mortal remains onbehalf of the StationCommander Air Force StationMumbai, 58 Course NationalDefence Academy and 127Pilots' Course ( Wg Cdr Sathe'sCourse), Battleaxe SquadronIAF (Wg Cdr Sathe's oldSquadron).

Prominent among thosewho were present on the occa-sion to pay their last respectswere dignitaries like MumbaiMayor Kishori Pednekar, ShivSena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi,Bharatiya Janata Party MPPoonam Mahajan, legislatorDilip Lande, MunicipalCouncillors Ishwar Tawade,Harish Bhandirghe. Consul-General Gavin Chay, Republic ofSingapore (Course mate of WgCdr Sathe at NDA, Pune).

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Amid reports that Covid-19survivors are facing health

issues post recovery, the UnionHealth Ministry is preparingguidelines to help such patientsmanage any long-term compli-cations. “A group of experts in theMinistry is presently seized withthis issue and working on aguidance note for recovered peo-ple and possible complicationsthat may afflict them,” said RajeshBhushan, Secretary, HealthMinistry on reports of lung ail-ments in some of the patientswho have recovered fromCOVID-19.

The ministry’s technicalwing, or Joint Monitoring Group(JMG) which is looking into thematter, includes several domainexperts. Dr Rajiv Garg, the direc-tor-general health services, chairsthe group. The group includesexperts from AIIMS, Delhi, rep-resentatives from the ICMR andWorld Health Organisation’sIndia office. “This group providesan expert opinion on various top-ics from time to time… it hasbeen responsible for providingtechnical inputs to draft guide-lines on issues related to testing,isolation of patients, home iso-lation dos and don’ts, clinicalmanagement of Covid-19 casesin and outside hospitals…” Therehave been global studies toowherein researchers have foundthat the infection free patientsfaced one or many health issueslike fatigueness, breathlessness,psychological distress - includingproblems with concentrationand memory - and a generaldecline in quality of life.

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Bengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee has once again

asked the Central Government toclear the State’s dues that hadgone beyond �50,000 crore.

Raising the issue during theChief Ministers’ meeting withPrime Minister Narendra ModiBanerjee on Tuesday said that theCentre owed �52,000 crore toBengal in terms of funds thatwere to be sent to the State onvarious accounts. The statedamount is exclusive of �4,153crore that the State will get fromthe Centre towards the settlement

of GST, she added. Bengal is “yetto receive �4135 crore towardsGST compensation and overalloutstanding dues of �53,000crore from the CentralGovernment,” Banerjee saidrequesting in addition for morehigh flow nasal canulas and ventilators. Reminding the PrimeMinister that the “Centre hasraised the FRBM limit fromthree per cent to five per cent butonly 0.5 per cent out of theincreased 2 per cent has beenmade unconditional,” sherequested the Centre to “makethe remaining 1.5 per centunconditional too for one year.”

Ruing the fact that theCentre had sent paltry amountstowards fighting the pandemicshe said the Bengal Governmenthad spent more than �2,500crore whereas it had receivedfrom the Centre only �125 crore.Besides, Banerjee also raised theissue of corona vaccine asking theCentre to “immediately” issueguidelines. “Regarding the vac-cine, the central governmentshould authorise which vaccineis to be procured and used. Itmust issue guidelines in thisregard,” sources quoting her said.

The Prime Minister onTuesday held a video meeting

with the Chief Ministers of 10States where the corona pan-demic has taken alarming propo-sitions. Saying that the ChiefMinister had raised similardemands in an earlier meeting ofChief Ministers with the PrimeMinister too, senior BengalMinister Partho Chatterjee saidthat “during such pandemic sit-uations all sides should workkeeping aside their political orother interests,” adding how“Chief Minister MamataBanerjee has done a commend-able job in handling the coronasituation earning praises from allquarters.

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Recognising the importanceof immunology at a time

when the coronavirus pan-demic is terrorizing the world,Karnataka government hasannounced that it will set up animmunology and vaccineresearch centre in the city incollaboration with renownEmory University from theUSA, said a minister onTuesday.

“Keeping in mind theimportance of immunology inthe future, the state is very keento establish an immunology

and vaccine research centre inthe city in collaboration withthe Emory University,” saidDeputy Chief Minister C.N.Ashwath Narayan.

Narayan held a webinarwith Rafi Ahmmad, director ofEmory Vaccine Center anddiscussed the importance ofimmunology, which is criticalto address vaccines, infectiousdiseases, cancer research andothers.

“The results of researchesdone now in the field ofimmunology will be the solu-tion to problems of comingdays. Hence, investments done

in this area are going to fetchfruitful results,” told Ahmmadto Narayan in the webinar.

The Emory professionalexplained that the entire worldis pondering about immunol-ogy and effective vaccine at thisjuncture.

According to Narayan, thestate government is very keenon finding novel coronavirusdiagnostic tests and is lookingat the larger benefits of settingthe vaccine centre.

“The state has a very robustecosystem suitable for researchand innovation. It needs to befocused on research in the

development of vaccines, clin-ical trials, and translation ofresearch studies to the benefitof the larger society,” he said.

He highlighted thatBengaluru houses up to 20institutes of national eminencewhich are being engaged invaccine development activi-ties.

“All these will be integrat-ed and the government is readyto support through policyimplementation. The rigidrestrictions which were in placeearlier with regard to clinicaltrials are now being relaxed,”pointed out Narayan.

Page 8: 2020/08/12  · of my daughters had this vac-cine. I think in this sense she took part in the experiment,” Putin said. He said that his daughter had a temperature of 38 degrees

One’s blood boils watch-ing the way India and itsArmy are being pushedaround by the ChinesePeople’s Liberation

Army (PLA) along the Line of ActualControl (LAC). Roughing up sol-diers, intruding/transgressing on theIndian side of the LAC at will andviolating border protocols havebecome second nature to the PLA.And yet, many citizens keep harpingthat when it comes to joining the bat-tle, Indians are six feet tall. The PLAhas no experience to fight in high-altitude terrain; whereas Indian sol-diers have been deployed in Sikkim,Ladakh and Siachen for decades.China lacks the regimental system ofthe Indian infantry and is composedmostly of short-term conscriptscompared to India’s wholly volunteerArmy. The PLA has not fought a warsince 1979. Neither have the Indiantroops since the skirmish they fought“on our side of the Line of Control(LoC)” against a mixed bag ofPakistani frontier militia and hard-core terrorists at Kargil.

Because the PLA has done a sortof Kargil in east Ladakh, loud think-ing can be heard about launching aland-air offensive a la Kargil, con-fined to our side of the LAC to vacateaggression in Ladakh. This compar-ison has many holes: It likens LACto LoC, which is delineated with themaps exchanged in 1972 between thetwo militaries. The LoC is violatedregularly by infiltration, cross-borderfiring and is a hot border. Not a shothas been fired along the LAC since1975 and a no-shooting protocolexists. The Indian Air Force (IAF)has not carried out any joint militaryexercises for air support of groundtroops along the LAC. Border pro-tocols debar the use of force in set-tling the boundary question, whichincludes the LAC.

And yet, rogue actions of thePLA have continued periodicallylike the intrusions at Sumdorongchu(1988), Depsang (2013), Chumar(2014), Doklam (2017) and nowacross east Ladakh, stretching over250 km. They have all gone unpun-ished. Instead, PLA raw recruitsmanaged to thrash outnumberedIndian soldiers near the Pangong lakeon May 17/18 last year so badly that72 soldiers had to be hospitalised.PLA helicopters chased away anIndian helicopter in the same areaaround the same time. In short, Indiahas been at the receiving end of PLAdepredations except possibly atGalwan. The mystery is, why haveIndian troops never done a tit-for-tat

counter intrusion?That the disengagement

and de-escalation process hasended in utter failure wasrecognised by the IndianMinistry of Defence (MoD) onits website earlier this monthbut the admission was pulleddown within 48 hours. Indianforces have been left with bufferzones at friction points wherethey have had to withdrawand dismantle their fortifica-tions from the Indian side ofthe LAC. Worse, the PLA is notpermitting these soldiers toexercise their patrolling rightsupto established patrollingpoints, which when connected,roughly align with the IndianLAC.

Still worse is the stubbornrefusal of the PLA and itscommanders to even discussthe 18-km deep massive intru-sion made in Depsang, a repeatof the intrusion in April 2013,from where the PLA with-drew after three months.Crowning the multiple intru-sions is the PLA’s constructionof infrastructure on the Indianside of the LAC. Violative ofborder patrols, PLA activitiesare nothing short of acts of war.

Not only has China unilat-erally changed the status quobut it has also shifted the LACseveral kilometres westwards,attempting to conform to its1960 claim line. It has alsoannexed several hundred kilo-

metres of Indian territory.Prime Minister NarendraModi’s in-denial statement ofJune 19 — “neither has anyoneintruded across our bordernor is anyone intruding” — hasbecome the great enabler ofPLA intrusions. Taking downthe belated acceptance of intru-sions on the MoD website issupportive of Beijing’s actions.

China is rejoicing thatModi has kept the Wuhan spir-it alive whereas it is an abysmalfailure of summitry. By virtu-ally condoning the Galwanclash, Modi seems to havedone the reverse of Nehru’s cav-alier orders to throw out theChinese from the Thagla ridge.

The joy and excitementexuded by Modi and DefenceMinister Rajnath Singh overthe arrival of five Rafalesreflected the dire and option-less situation at the LAC. Giventhe phenomenal spike in theCOVID-19 pandemic in India,a debilitating decline in theeconomy and the military over-stretched on two fronts, aKargil-like response to multi-ple intrusions will lead to a warthat India cannot afford.

India’s continental strategy(if there is one) for border man-agement has come unstuckbecause the PLA has changedthe rules of engagement, bothon the ground and at the nego-tiating table. Five rounds ofmilitary commander talks, four

rounds of Working Mechanismfor Consultation andCoordination (WMCC) dia-logue and conversationsbetween high ranking SpecialRepresentatives on border talkshave hit a cul-de-sac.

With wholesale intrusionsin early May, China delivered aninitial fait accompli. This was fol-lowed by a Chinese-scriptedDPP in July end that made cos-metic disengagement to easetensions at friction points butwas tantamount to quarantiningIndian soldiers on their own ter-ritory. The PLA, on the otherhand, dug down like it did atDoklam after disengagementand nobly proclaimed that dis-engagement is completed. Thisnew fait accompli has imposedon India a new status quo with-out a hint of restoring the May5 situation.

The Modi Government canpretend it is business as usual:Take down belated acceptanceof intrusions from the MoDwebsite, talk tough the virtuesof Rafales and most of all, usediversionary strategies to focuson its spectacular politicalachievements like the grandceremony at the Ram templeon the same day it erasedArticle 370 at Jammu &Kashmir a year ago.

In deference to Chinesesentiment, the new status ofLadakh has been played down.The setback at LAC has almost

disappeared from TV andmedia, reflecting India’s accep-tance of aggression by the PLA.The tragedy playing out alongthe LAC for 10 weeks, that wasessentially concealed by theGovernment, is a reminder ofIndia’s colossal intelligence andoperational failures.

It has blemished the ModiGovernment’s tough muscularimage created in the wake ofUri and Balakot responsesagainst Pakistan, which won itan overwhelming politicalmandate. The Chinese PLA haschanged that perception. That,too, 60 years after the 1962 warwhen China gave India a dress-ing down and withdrew unilat-erally, vacating areas it nowcovets: Tawang and EastLadakh. India’s failure to shapeand maintain a deterrent hasled to the loss of face.

Three days from now, onAugust 15, Independence Day,Modi will recount hisGovernment’s achievements,including the handling of thepandemic. How he will framethe situation along the LAC,where the Chinese PLA hasaltered status quo and annexedIndian territory, will be worthwatching out for.

(The writer, a retired MajorGeneral, was Commander IPKFSouth, Sri Lanka and foundermember of the Defence PlanningStaff, currently the IntegratedDefence Staff.)

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Atmanirbhar raksha”(August 11). There is nothingwrong with the Government’scall for “vocal for local” butactions such as those taken byDefence Minister Rajnath Singhto impose import embargo on101 items are ill-conceived andmay prove to be detrimental inthe long run. Instead, theGovernment should have comeout with a clear picture as to howvarious sectors could reducedependence on imports so thatwe gradually start producingworld-class products in thecountry. Such a hasty decisionwill send the wrong signal toboth our domestic suppliers aswell as hostile neighbours. Ourdefence preparedness, too, is notupto the mark.

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Sir — The deadly explosion inBeirut is another instance ofconscience-keepers of safetyabdicating their responsibility.

Military ammunition depots,inflammable gas and fuel sta-tions in the energy sector andnuclear facilities exclusively relyon meticulous standard operat-ing procedure manuals.

The presence of 740 tonnes

of ammonium nitrate atChennai port is now suddenlyremembered even as some con-signments are missing.Universally, we seem to be shortof inspired administrators witha grip on their jobs. It is such

drift that causes mishaps. Theaccident in Beirut is a reminderthat despite the strict regulationof hazardous substances interna-tionally, the risks remain.

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Needed, full-time chief ”(August 11). In a belated yetpragmatic move, the Congressleadership has succeeded inaverting a fall of its Governmentin Rajasthan. Concerted effortsby the Gandhi siblings haveyielded results. This new sce-nario has paved the way fortruce, howsoever fragile,between Chief Minister AshokGehlot and Sachin Pilot. Pilot isready for an unconditional truceand Gehlot has agreed to followthe leadership line. Hopefully,the Rajasthan Assembly sessionscheduled for August 14 willpass without any hurdle.Grievances flagged by the Pilotcamp should be addressed.Rahul Gandhi must now takecharge and call for elections tothe Congress WorkingCommittee without any delay.Sans a permanent head, thegrand old party looks like a rud-derless boat.

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Each year, August 12 is celebrated as theInternational Youth Day (IYD) to raiseawareness about the challenges and prob-

lems being faced by the young people of today.IYD, which was first observed in 2000, aims toendorse ways to engage the youth and help themparticipate in affirmative contributions to soci-ety. The theme of the IYD this year is ‘YouthEngagement for Global Action.’ It seeks to high-light the ways in which young people at the local,national and global level are enriching nation-al and multilateral institutions and processes, aswell as draw lessons on how to enhance their rep-resentation and engagement in formal institu-tional politics.

As per the United Nations (UN) populationprospects, the youth segment (15-29 years) glob-ally stands at 1.8 billion now. Out of the totalnumber of young people in the world, every fifthperson (20 per cent) resides in India (366 mil-lion) reflecting the importance of this segmentin the country. The youth are faced with manychallenges and one of the most serious issuesconcerning them is the growing number of idleyoungsters or those who are not in employment,education and training (NEET in short).

NEET youth tend to experience a varyingdegree of social and economic marginalisationand are more likely to be left behind in main-stream development. The SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs), 2030, adopted bythe UN in 2015, also set the agenda specifical-ly for target 8.6, which calls for the proportionof youth with NEET status to be substantiallyreduced in the next 15 years.

The Global Employment Trends for Youth2020 noted that there has been a continueddecline in the participation of young people inthe labour force across countries. The popula-tion of the youth has increased from one billionto 1.3 billion in the period between 1999 and2019, but the number of young people engagedin the workforce (either employed or unem-ployed) has seen a decrease from 568 million to497 million during the same period.

The most disturbing pattern globally is thatone young person out of every five (20 per cent)and 30 per cent of the girls and 13 per cent ofthe boys among them— those aged between 15and 24 (which is the international definition ofthe youth) — are currently classified as NEET.This means that a whopping 267 million out of1.3 billion young people worldwide are neithergaining experience in the labour market, norreceiving income from work or enhancingtheir education and skills. This suggests that theirlabour remains under-utilised.

India, at present, is home to the largest pop-ulation of youth in the world. The National YouthPolicy of India, 2014 defines them as peoplebelonging in the age group of 15-29 years.According to the census data for 2011, the youthconstitute 28 per cent of the total population inthe country and contribute to over 34 per centof India’s national income. The latest estimatesshow that they comprise around 27 per cent ofthe total Indian population of 1.3 billion.

However, a major positive development hasbeen their growing enrolment in the secondaryand tertiary-level of education, which hasresulted in better-skilled employees and prolif-

eration of decent employment in manycountries around the world.

However, the Periodic LabourForce Survey (PLFS) for 2017-18reported a significant increase in unem-ployment rates for the young segmentof the population. A more serious con-cern is the increasing joblessnessamong educated youth (15-29 years),which went up nearly three timesfrom 6.1 per cent in 2011-12 to 17.8 percent in 2017-18. In particular, techni-cal degree holders have been noted tofare the worst with their unemploymentrate being pegged at 37.3 per cent,closely followed by those who arepost-graduates and above (36.2 percent), graduates (35.2 per cent), andyouth with formal vocational training(33 per cent).

For young women, the unemploy-ment situation is graver in terms oflabour force participation as well asunemployment. Women are movingout of the workforce in greater num-bers, but among those who remain,unemployment rates are higher thanthose among men. This holds true evenfor women who are educated or havereceived training, and this trend hasworsened during the prevailingCOVID-19 pandemic.

One would imagine that the youngpopulation with “industry-relevant”formal vocational training would havebetter job prospects in India. But only1.8 per cent of the population report-ed receiving formal vocational/techni-cal training in 2017-18. Young peoplecomprised more than half of those whoreceived formal vocational/technicaltraining, which is in sharp contrast tothe 50-80 per cent participation indeveloped nations.

Around 33 per cent of the formal-ly-trained youngsters were unemployed

in 2017-18. Nearly a third of trainedyoung men and more than a third oftrained young women were unem-ployed. Among those who did notreceive such training, 62.3 per cent wereout of the workforce.

Further, the growing number ofNEET is also posing a serious challenge,as it has increased from 70 million in2004-05 to 116 million in 2017-18. TheGovernment has increasingly beenwary of this and has taken steps to dealwith this growing challenge. In recentyears, it has launched the “Skill India”campaign, which includes an array ofinitiatives under its purview to bridgethe gap between lack of skill trainingand joblessness. A key initiative underthe campaign is the Pradhan MantriKaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), theNational Apprenticeship PromotionScheme and so on.

The PMKVY was envisioned toimpart employable skills and help theyouth in securing better livelihoods.Although it intends to provide trainingfree of cost, most of the youth who havereceived formal training have had topersonally arrange the fees. The PLFS2017-18 data shows that only 16 percent of the youth who received formaltraining were funded by theGovernment. Around 73 per cent of theyouth underwent full-time training.The coaching period for more than halfof the youth exceeded a year andabout 30 per cent of them underwenttraining for more than two years.

However, it was apparent as earlyas 2016 that there were several issueswith the initiative, when a Government-appointed committee to rationaliseSector Skill Councils (SSCs) andimprove Skill India, led by ShardaPrasad, found that the programme’s tar-gets were too ambitious. Additionally,

it was discovered that the spending ofthe funds allocated for the programmewas not subject to adequate monitor-ing mechanisms. On the whole, mostof the youth in the country still remainoutside the ambit of formal training andmany of those who are able to person-ally finance themselves in order toundergo months of vocational training,remain jobless. The subsequent declinein budgetary allocations for PMKVY isan indicator that the Government itselfis not convinced about its working.

In sum, as argued by economistsand researchers, if the youth are prop-erly skilled and absorbed in the labourmarket, they can contribute to highereconomic growth of the country. We aregoing to have a larger youth populationfor the next two decades, which posesan imminent challenge as well — ofleveraging the potential of the abundanthuman resource. The spiral of theunemployed is posing some seriousquestions on higher education, skilldevelopment, demographic dividendand India’s future. There are other con-cerns about quality of jobs, decentworkplaces, upward mobility, wages,aspirations, competition accrued bylimited supply of new jobs, contractu-al nature of jobs, mental health, oppor-tunities for entrepreneurship and fos-tering innovations among the youngminds. Amid the COVID-19 pan-demic, as the country is movingtowards the vision of a new India andan Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliantIndia), we need to prioritise the aspi-rations of the young population forinculcating and strengthening theiratma vishwas (confidence).

(Balwant is Research Director,IMPRI and Senior Fellow, IHD; Simi isCEO and Editorial Director and Kumaris Director, IMPRI)

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Uttar Pradesh (UP) organises aJoint Entrance Examination(JEE) for B.Ed. every year,

where students compete for almosttwo lakh seats. Conducting it thisyear was a challenge in more waysthan one. The State had received 4.31lakh applications for the examinationthat was initially scheduled for April8 but got postponed thrice in viewof the COVID-19 pandemic and wasfinally held on August 9.

Last year, it was conducted inonly 15 districts with 60 to 130 cen-tres per district. This year there werethe twin targets of least movementand ample social distancing. Henceit was decided to host the entrancetest in all districts indicated by the

candidates. The number of districtswas increased to 50 and later to 73.To reduce the number of studentscongregating in one place, thestrength of candidates allotted to acentre was halved, as compared toearlier years. Thus, the number ofcentres also increased proportionate-ly. Special care was taken to ensurethat women and divyang candidateswere allotted the district of theirchoice, while other candidates wereaccommodated at or near their firstplace of preference.

In the past, B.Ed entrance testswere conducted by the nominateduniversity with the help of other Stateuniversities while the Department ofHigher Education played a negligi-ble role. This year, the nominateduniversity, Lucknow University, hadsought the department’s help due tothe special circumstances arisingout of COVID-19. Ensuring compli-ance with the directive of the ChiefMinister to ensure that there were noincidents of copying or other mal-practices during the examination wasthe department’s biggest challenge.This required a marked departure

from established practices and it wasnot easy to change the ways of themanagement accustomed to workingin a particular fashion.

Formerly, 50-60 per cent of thecentres were in private institutes andthere was a suspicion of malpracticesin some of them. To check the men-ace of cheating, it was decided thatexamination centres would be set uponly in Government andGovernment-aided institutions. Thisturned out to be a daunting task. Ascreening committee was constitut-ed in each district, comprising thedistrict administration, theSecondary Education and HigherEducation Departments and a coor-dinator from Lucknow University.Their task was to identify potentialexamination centres in the district,including State and Central univer-sities, degree and intermediate col-leges, engineering colleges, ITIs,polytechnics and even Governmentschools. Nevertheless, this was notsufficient. There was so much resis-tance to change that when requestsand persuasions failed to yield results,the organising team ultimately had

to be convinced by those at the high-est level.

The Deputy Chief Minister andChief Secretary held a special videoconference with the DistrictMagistrates and finally, after a metic-ulous exercise, success was achievedand 1,089 centres were identified.

The mammoth task of organis-ing the centres, informing the stu-dents and mobilising the districtadministration was done throughvirtual meetings over the next month.Centres had to be changed becauseof new containment zones and floodsin a few districts. Care was taken toensure that the candidates did notbear the brunt of any of this and werekept updated through e-mails andSMS. Battling time constraints andinfection risks, a programme fortraining invigilators and superinten-dents was designed. They were edu-cated in the best practices for infec-tion prevention as well as new anti-cheating measures. The optimum useof technology was witnessed at alllevels during the crisis.

Ensuring the safety and health ofcandidates and staff was the highest

priority and adequate monetaryallocation was made for sanitisationof each centre — a minimum of�4,000 plus an additional �20 percandidate if the number surpassed200 at any centre.

Face masks and sanitisers wereprovided free of cost. Thermal scan-ners were used and proper social dis-tance was maintained in and outsidethe centres. Lucknow Universityadopted an innovative method fortaking the thumb impressions of thestudents. Instead of the routine com-mon ink pad, an individual dispos-able ink strip, specially made for theJEE, was given to each student for thepurpose.

On the day of the examination,static magistrates and flying squadswere deployed and an effective face-detection system was used. Thetechnology uses Artificial Intelligence(AI) to collect information of the can-didate’s face from 27 points andmatches him/her with the profilephoto on 13 indicators including hair,ears, spectacles and so on. Each can-didate’s biometric picture was takenon special phones with this app.

Other mobile phones and commu-nicating devices were not allowedinside the centre. CCTV cameras thathad been specially-installed in eachexamination centre were continuous-ly monitored through live webcast-ing at the university’s commandcentre, having 100 screens.

Before the examination washeld, there were live debates innewsrooms and drawing rooms onwhether this exam should be con-ducted at all. People argued thatadmissions to B.Ed could be madebased on marks obtained in the finalyear of college itself and that this testcould be done away with in view ofthe need for safety. However, the factremains that this would be unfair toall stakeholders as final year examsare not standardised across univer-sities.

Additionally, marking is oftendone on a bell curve based on the stu-dent pool of that university. Thus, thetop few students from each univer-sity are expected to score higher, irre-spective of how they compare withstudents across the State. Thus, a JEEwas conceived years ago. Denying

this opportunity to a student bodythat has already suffered academical-ly due to the Corona crisis wouldhave been remiss.

The option of holding the testonline this year was given due con-sideration, but the digital divideacross the State and access issues,especially for the vulnerable sections,weighed against it.

Since this is a prestigious coursewith fierce competition, it was essen-tial to give a fair and uniform oppor-tunity to all. The result will bedeclared on September 5 and the newsession will commence in October-November. Conducting this examwas an experience worth sharing. Itshowcased the sensitivity and cautionof the State Government and set thetrend for holding competitive examsduring the outbreak. It is an exam-ple for others to emulate, right fromthe selection of centres to logistics.It shows how fair, safe examinationscan be held, even in these testingtimes.

(The writer is Additional ChiefSecretary, Higher EducationDepartment, UP)

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IOC 87.50 88.20 86.90 87.05DABUR 509.20 524.25 509.20 513.15FRETAIL 108.20 108.60 104.45 104.90CADILAHC 408.00 408.75 393.05 394.90HAVELLS 618.00 620.90 604.10 605.75MCX 1697.05 1748.15 1692.00 1711.55DEEPAKFERT 147.50 160.95 147.50 158.45VOLTAS 595.30 617.35 589.35 608.20APLLTD 1098.95 1116.00 1069.65 1080.05RAYMOND 262.00 277.00 260.15 269.65CHAMBLFERT 153.30 162.00 152.00 152.85BAJAJCON 182.80 195.20 182.80 186.70M&MFIN 134.45 136.00 131.95 132.20CAPPL 573.80 575.00 527.00 536.15BOSCHLTD 13606.00 13860.55 13122.00 13260.95APOLLOTYRE 127.45 129.40 124.30 126.40BBTC 1559.00 1559.40 1465.00 1473.35INDIGO 965.00 965.00 937.30 940.05NAUKRI 3560.00 3560.00 3380.45 3390.70INDHOTEL 81.95 84.95 80.60 83.45RAIN 100.95 108.60 100.95 104.70BAJAJ-AUTO 2996.00 3061.60 2996.00 3004.85ALKEM 3038.00 3038.00 2769.85 2784.50BRITANNIA 3964.90 3971.95 3864.20 3879.15ACC 1410.70 1434.20 1400.30 1411.00KEC 279.00 295.00 275.75 292.45FSL 53.95 57.85 53.00 56.10L&TFH 63.80 64.70 63.55 64.00GRSE 220.85 238.95 216.95 233.00ABBOTINDIA 17240.00 17240.00 16545.00 16641.00BERGEPAINT 554.40 560.50 545.55 547.85NMDC 93.00 94.15 91.85 93.25PNB 32.95 33.05 32.50 32.85DEEPAKNI 608.50 608.50 573.15 577.10DCBBANK 82.55 83.55 82.50 82.95BLISSGVS 130.40 133.50 129.00 130.50GNFC 169.00 175.40 168.80 173.30HEG 786.70 818.90 781.30 796.25NESTLEIND 16667.05 16779.80 16584.15 16620.65MARICO 370.05 378.35 369.10 370.90INDOCO 254.00 273.25 252.00 259.90MANAPPURAM 159.00 161.40 156.30 157.45SUZLON 4.48 4.51 4.26 4.26DMART 2113.30 2142.65 2111.35 2132.90GARFIBRES 1750.00 2030.00 1750.00 1910.55HDFCLIFE 613.50 614.00 605.85 608.50KRBL 318.90 339.60 301.85 310.65PNBHOUSING 243.00 250.40 238.25 239.20IDFC 20.95 23.20 20.90 22.75MFSL 532.00 538.05 529.35 530.30NTPC 89.50 89.50 87.80 88.15INDIACEM 118.50 123.00 118.30 119.35ONGC 79.25 80.00 78.30 78.45ADANIPORTS 334.80 336.70 330.80 334.85SYNGENE 492.10 499.70 480.90 492.80IRCON 96.90 100.70 96.40 97.10JUBLFOOD 1909.00 1909.00 1866.75 1884.25RITES 247.85 255.00 247.85 250.90PFIZER 4700.00 4700.00 4576.45 4610.15AJANTPHARM 1715.00 1738.65 1649.95 1676.50GAIL 97.90 98.80 97.05 97.30PTC 54.20 54.80 53.30 53.55CANBK 102.20 102.60 100.65 101.35COALINDIA 130.70 130.95 129.70 130.05EQUITAS 52.50 53.05 50.00 50.65GUJGAS 312.00 320.65 310.25 311.70ASHOKA 62.80 65.00 60.10 63.40SPICEJET 46.25 47.70 45.50 46.45VENKYS 1078.00 1144.70 1076.15 1107.20MGL 980.00 991.85 968.50 971.10WOCKPHARMA 321.85 328.95 316.00 318.05NCC 30.50 31.90 30.50 31.70PETRONET 249.95 257.80 245.65 246.75JUBILANT 885.00 888.90 834.90 839.70MEGH 63.75 65.80 62.60 64.30PIIND 1949.00 1953.00 1894.85 1903.55NATIONALUM 34.80 36.40 34.80 35.50COROMANDEL 802.90 803.00 777.30 779.55BAJAJELEC 426.55 442.00 419.00 437.35FDC 348.80 349.00 330.65 332.15CHOLAFIN 209.10 212.00 206.15 207.10JAICORPLTD 90.00 92.45 90.00 91.30BANKINDIA 48.25 49.30 48.00 48.10ICICIPRULI 486.80 486.80 475.10 477.40MPHASIS 1189.55 1231.70 1186.70 1207.15STRTECH* 131.90 137.80 131.20 134.20COCHINSHIP 340.10 357.95 338.70 352.95ADANIENT 197.00 199.60 194.40 195.80WABCOINDIA 7004.00 7004.00 7000.00 7002.00UJJIVAN 242.80 243.00 230.45 234.80CCL 252.00 277.25 252.00 260.55

ICICIGI 1390.00 1405.00 1334.20 1348.10SBILIFE 865.70 877.50 857.30 860.35DHANUKA 775.00 840.00 757.65 816.95NOCIL 112.65 116.20 112.65 114.90RECLTD 108.90 108.90 105.60 105.75HFCL 17.50 17.50 16.17 16.57MRF 62300.00 62467.00 61366.80 61473.95INFRATEL 199.00 199.00 192.35 194.30AMARAJABAT 758.00 758.00 737.00 742.50PARAGMILK 94.00 101.80 93.10 99.60VAIBHAVGBL 1718.95 1955.00 1713.05 1925.60BSOFT 152.00 152.00 145.30 146.55RAMCOCEM 688.60 705.45 680.00 699.10CEATLTD 890.00 916.50 890.00 891.80BIRLACORPN 614.80 618.00 590.40 592.05SPARC 190.00 190.00 182.50 183.00ADANIGREEN 373.45 376.45 359.85 360.60AUBANK 707.00 713.00 693.55 697.55WELCORP 104.10 109.25 102.35 109.25ENGINERSIN 67.45 68.20 66.30 66.55CENTURYTEX 326.60 328.00 315.40 315.85MINDTREE 1151.85 1155.00 1112.10 1116.75TATACOFFEE 110.25 111.60 103.95 105.25HAWKINCOOK 4799.00 4849.80 4701.10 4801.75RALLIS 310.50 312.50 304.85 305.55LINDEINDIA 699.00 750.00 699.00 719.50TATACOMM 865.00 885.00 810.40 815.80PERSISTENT 990.00 1000.00 952.05 975.25SOUTHBANK 7.03 7.09 7.00 7.03WELSPUNIND 45.80 47.05 45.80 47.05VIPIND 260.00 264.80 254.85 259.60TATACHEM 302.05 302.25 295.85 297.05TORNTPOWER 344.00 344.35 338.45 338.85SUMICHEM 288.20 289.40 273.35 275.10UFLEX 323.50 344.90 322.35 329.05BEML 679.00 685.00 670.50 673.55METROPOLIS 1760.00 1780.00 1570.80 1599.55ITI 141.25 141.95 137.55 137.80GRAPHITE 190.00 195.35 187.30 188.75INDIANB 60.60 64.80 59.95 64.30SUDARSCHEM 430.20 446.35 430.20 437.45MIDHANI 215.00 219.05 213.65 214.35KALPATPOWR* 243.40 249.65 238.65 247.60PVR 1126.00 1136.70 1118.65 1123.65HONAUT 31500.00 32410.20 31500.00 32203.70CGCL 199.90 208.80 199.90 204.05HAL 1036.80 1048.95 1002.00 1018.50SWANENERGY 149.10 150.00 145.45 147.10BDL 440.50 443.05 423.20 424.90ASTRAL 1054.80 1108.00 1046.85 1089.75FCONSUMER 11.62 11.62 10.98 10.98PAGEIND 18934.20 18990.00 18650.00 18899.15LTI 2519.00 2530.00 2491.95 2516.10ADANIGAS 165.00 165.25 158.30 158.85EXIDEIND 164.80 165.50 161.65 162.85BALKRISIND 1379.00 1379.00 1347.55 1352.55AARTIIND 1065.45 1070.60 1021.05 1026.80RCF 52.50 53.45 51.90 52.70IRB 122.00 124.60 116.20 119.30LAOPALA 185.05 214.40 184.80 205.75CYIENT 361.80 376.60 361.75 369.05JKPAPER* 93.60 95.95 93.60 94.00GODREJCP 684.00 695.20 683.50 687.35SCI 62.35 62.35 59.05 59.25GODFRYPHLP 962.95 977.00 958.00 959.20IEX 195.00 200.90 188.70 191.25BOMDYEING 69.00 70.00 67.20 67.80BAYERCROP 6059.40 6100.00 5930.00 5945.20TVSMOTOR 423.00 423.30 413.55 416.50SONATSOFTW 290.00 290.50 272.00 283.05ASTRAZEN 3450.00 3450.00 3270.00 3332.45POLYCAB 858.50 867.50 843.20 845.90PCJEWELLER 16.50 17.35 16.15 16.90ADANIPOWER 37.80 38.70 37.55 37.70JSLHISAR 91.00 92.95 85.10 87.90TATAMTRDVR 43.15 43.45 41.40 41.55ISEC 493.95 505.20 486.45 492.40BAJAJHLDNG 2631.00 2749.80 2631.00 2722.55GODREJAGRO 467.00 474.00 461.10 468.35JKTYRE 65.90 66.50 62.90 64.05ABCAPITAL 59.80 60.75 58.60 59.00GALAXYSURF 1735.00 1784.05 1718.65 1767.05ASTERDM 135.30 141.70 134.45 135.85TV18BRDCST 34.15 34.80 33.70 34.05INTELLECT 194.95 198.80 183.95 186.35CESC 572.00 583.20 561.20 576.70ADANITRANS 254.85 258.80 247.75 249.30TVTODAY 215.00 236.95 209.30 224.35CANFINHOME 387.85 387.85 372.60 373.50DCAL 205.00 205.00 191.15 191.65NH 323.00 331.65 323.00 328.50PHILIPCARB 107.75 110.00 107.00 107.75TNPL 115.00 119.50 113.90 118.80ALKYLAMINE 2570.95 2794.00 2563.00 2693.15TAKE 51.30 52.30 48.10 48.55GSFC 62.65 65.50 62.65 64.95SOBHA 233.10 235.00 222.80 224.40AIAENG 1674.30 1698.45 1588.00 1602.50REDINGTON 88.20 93.10 87.40 92.15HATHWAY 35.85 39.55 35.85 39.55AKZOINDIA 1835.00 2010.00 1835.00 1995.70TRENT 580.00 583.45 553.60 555.90BASF 1295.00 1317.55 1275.00 1279.90CUMMINSIND 422.55 427.90 420.75 422.10HINDCOPPER 37.30 39.85 37.30 38.25EIDPARRY 305.25 307.00 289.20 290.85WABAG 146.10 147.20 137.60 140.70ADVENZYMES 213.50 218.35 208.45 209.75IDBI 40.15 40.70 39.55 39.80

PRESTIGE 244.45 244.45 234.20 238.45DELTACORP* 111.00 111.80 106.00 107.70UNIONBANK 29.95 30.80 29.25 30.70CARERATING 441.00 441.00 406.05 410.75ERIS 549.90 554.90 540.00 544.10SHOPERSTOP 160.00 168.00 158.50 163.60DBL 349.50 354.60 339.10 341.70SANOFI 8524.95 8528.00 8425.85 8482.80CUB 117.10 122.85 117.10 119.30GODREJIND 390.00 392.75 381.40 383.55HSCL 47.50 47.85 46.60 46.80JINDALSAW 60.50 61.85 60.50 61.05GODREJPROP 897.00 903.15 889.90 893.15ATUL 5407.80 5441.95 5220.00 5264.50SHK 79.35 80.65 77.00 77.80MRPL 34.85 35.00 33.70 33.95JSWENERGY 51.20 52.00 50.25 50.50UBL 970.00 981.15 966.00 968.90CROMPTON 262.00 268.95 260.30 261.30BRIGADE 149.30 152.00 144.35 145.90AVANTI 482.20 486.00 471.35 472.25VGUARD 163.00 166.55 161.60 162.30LTTS 1648.10 1652.50 1583.95 1592.90GMRINFRA 21.50 21.90 21.10 21.20TRIDENT 6.89 6.89 6.74 6.78RVNL 19.10 19.65 19.05 19.35THYROCARE 715.30 717.60 700.50 703.10TATAMETALI 504.90 522.00 488.00 509.90CENTRALBK 18.20 19.00 17.85 18.15INDIAMART 3065.00 3099.00 2950.05 2961.05RELAXO 642.00 644.95 625.00 631.80SUNTECK 230.00 230.00 220.10 220.40ABB 891.00 917.95 891.00 903.65ABFRL 118.25 119.90 117.70 118.00ZYDUSWELL 1669.00 1680.00 1605.85 1638.35WHIRLPOOL 2093.70 2095.00 2050.50 2064.40MINDACORP 74.00 76.05 72.75 73.55RADICO 386.00 388.90 375.65 377.85EIHOTEL 67.35 69.50 66.70 67.00SYMPHONY 850.50 855.00 831.00 841.55ESSELPRO 267.55 277.95 264.20 274.40HEIDELBERG 184.00 184.00 180.50 181.60JYOTHYLAB 141.95 142.25 139.00 139.40SWSOLAR 257.20 263.95 249.20 253.90KNRCON 208.30 215.80 207.55 212.00QUESS 379.00 379.00 364.00 368.35FINEORG 2315.00 2360.05 2278.65 2312.25CASTROLIND 123.10 123.10 120.75 121.00MAHABANK 11.90 12.00 11.85 11.93GICRE 152.45 152.45 146.00 147.60CHENNPETRO 83.10 85.30 82.50 82.65FINCABLES 271.40 275.00 268.45 268.90OFSS 2970.00 2988.70 2925.00 2963.55HIMATSEIDE 85.40 86.00 81.00 81.35AAVAS 1348.75 1480.70 1348.75 1393.80PGHL 4525.00 4620.00 4494.05 4499.75GHCL 145.30 150.00 145.15 149.05NBCC 23.05 23.50 23.05 23.35SKFINDIA 1480.00 1524.20 1472.90 1506.80KTKBANK 43.25 43.25 42.10 42.30CREDITACC 580.00 600.00 575.40 580.35SHANKARA 360.00 376.60 360.00 367.00LUXIND 1235.00 1269.90 1219.20 1265.15REPCOHOME 140.00 140.55 133.00 136.10GMDCLTD 42.05 42.90 41.70 41.95DCMSHRIRAM 359.20 363.00 345.75 354.90ORIENTELEC 175.20 177.45 173.30 175.90SIS 374.00 387.35 374.00 380.60LEMONTREE 24.70 26.70 24.70 26.70ZENSARTECH 173.10 176.50 170.00 175.20NIACL 118.60 118.90 116.40 116.65JMFINANCIL 74.20 77.90 73.90 76.45GRINDWELL 493.65 521.05 487.30 511.00GREAVESCOT 88.00 88.65 86.45 86.90UCOBANK 13.82 13.85 13.60 13.66HUDCO 35.50 36.25 35.35 35.65MINDAIND 283.00 287.20 280.45 280.65J&KBANK 17.40 17.75 17.20 17.50TIMKEN 1015.00 1035.00 984.05 994.25GUJALKALI 348.00 348.00 335.00 336.60ENDURANCE 979.90 993.40 965.70 980.35VMART 1740.10 1800.00 1700.00 1792.35UJJIVANSFB 35.45 35.45 34.50 35.00GLAXO 1469.00 1491.75 1468.35 1474.40JAMNAAUTO 32.60 33.70 32.60 33.45JKLAKSHMI 283.10 288.45 282.50 283.45DISHTV 7.92 8.20 7.85 7.87CARBORUNIV 248.65 255.00 247.65 252.10FINOLEXIND 455.05 458.95 451.50 452.90VARROC 227.00 227.75 214.70 215.90APLAPOLLO 2193.00 2193.00 2085.00 2104.65ECLERX 495.00 520.00 495.00 512.45MOTILALOFS* 670.40 675.55 663.00 664.25AMBER 1750.00 1750.00 1701.00 1705.55FLUOROCHEM 500.00 501.95 461.25 464.90TVSSRICHAK 1676.95 1676.95 1537.60 1564.95AEGISLOG 200.35 209.40 200.35 203.65IFCI 6.50 6.60 6.44 6.57BLUESTARCO 521.00 529.60 511.65 514.50BLUEDART 1988.30 2030.00 1980.05 1987.40NLCINDIA 50.50 50.60 49.75 49.95KANSAINER 476.30 482.60 474.00 480.40KEI 370.00 370.25 363.35 366.70LALPATHLAB 1913.00 1913.00 1850.05 1862.40RAJESHEXPO 467.00 467.45 461.55 462.70JSL 43.70 44.70 42.50 44.00PGHH 10287.05 10344.00 10123.20 10201.90BALMLAWRIE 116.35 116.90 115.00 115.45INFIBEAM 73.00 75.90 71.45 73.90

MAHSEAMLES 209.20 214.80 206.85 212.70SUPRAJIT 170.90 175.00 165.50 171.90POWERINDIA 935.75 958.80 918.20 948.50VINATIORGA 963.10 985.00 963.10 973.05RATNAMANI 1110.80 1138.75 1090.00 1124.00VBL 750.00 757.20 738.80 742.90OIL 96.45 96.45 95.15 95.60GEPIL 495.00 510.10 485.10 495.45SFL 1390.70 1414.00 1328.00 1352.40ARVINDFASN 124.80 128.30 124.60 126.15FORCEMOT 954.90 954.90 930.00 932.10IIFL 70.95 70.95 68.50 68.70TEAMLEASE 2094.45 2100.30 2051.60 2065.75NHPC 20.50 20.55 20.25 20.35SCHNEIDER 76.50 90.00 76.50 79.00VSTIND 3467.75 3480.20 3415.30 3422.40TATAINVEST 780.00 793.60 777.85 779.40IOB 10.40 10.45 10.31 10.35HERITGFOOD 317.90 322.05 310.00 319.60EDELWEISS 79.75 80.60 78.25 78.55DALBHARAT* 789.60 794.30 772.00 773.25ORIENTCEM 71.25 71.25 69.15 69.80MMTC 18.40 19.20 18.40 18.703MINDIA 22350.40 22350.40 21701.20 21762.00CENTURYPLY 135.00 135.90 132.35 134.15OBEROIRLTY 374.00 378.00 361.45 362.55TTKPRESTIG 5320.05 5579.90 5304.90 5461.95PRSMJOHNSN 46.45 49.55 46.45 48.35FORTIS 138.80 139.60 136.10 136.45STARCEMENT 90.00 93.10 90.00 90.45WESTLIFE 364.00 365.55 352.00 352.95TASTYBIT 12264.10 12505.00 12127.30 12184.95JKCEMENT 1569.00 1571.45 1519.00 1525.35MAHINDCIE 110.80 114.45 109.50 113.05NBVENTURES 52.90 53.50 51.15 51.45PNCINFRA 139.70 143.00 139.70 141.40VRLLOG 150.90 152.50 149.50 150.10SUPREMEIND 1266.85 1271.55 1244.10 1253.45TIINDIA 540.00 541.35 528.25 532.05JCHAC 2075.00 2081.00 2025.00 2039.50MOIL 146.40 147.50 143.95 144.35THERMAX 749.40 754.35 735.05 736.50LAXMIMACH 3333.70 3337.90 3242.50 3251.85GESHIP 274.70 274.70 262.00 262.90SOLARINDS 1015.60 1030.00 1001.00 1009.40IIFLWAM 1084.95 1122.85 1061.00 1083.20ITDC 229.40 235.75 228.70 231.80PHOENIXLTD 603.85 610.00 603.10 606.85KSB 534.55 535.00 523.75 528.90MAHSCOOTER 3118.35 3125.00 3021.00 3050.80

SUNDRMFAST 450.00 450.00 421.85 422.65SCHAEFFLER 3609.90 3609.90 3535.00 3546.40GULFOILLUB 648.00 648.00 621.00 627.85SPANDANA 633.85 639.45 618.60 626.75MAHLOG 299.10 300.00 290.00 293.30CRISIL 1752.15 1755.00 1708.55 1730.65OMAXE 69.00 73.70 69.00 72.35GET&D 91.00 98.00 91.00 98.00NILKAMAL 1340.00 1340.00 1225.90 1230.60GPPL 80.50 80.65 79.60 79.85MASFIN 655.50 659.95 647.55 650.35JAGRAN 38.35 38.60 37.95 38.25TIMETECHNO 40.30 40.55 39.25 39.70SHRIRAMCIT 668.35 681.90 658.00 662.60ALLCARGO 103.05 106.25 102.00 104.10TCIEXP 720.00 734.55 712.50 721.05SJVN 22.25 22.50 22.10 22.15ORIENTREF 174.55 181.00 173.00 173.80DBCORP 77.05 77.05 75.30 75.55GDL 83.30 83.55 82.00 82.15CSBBANK 198.00 199.70 192.00 192.55CHOLAHLDNG 351.70 356.00 336.55 337.60CERA 2323.35 2383.00 2305.25 2355.20NAVNETEDUL 76.10 77.75 76.00 76.65ESABINDIA 1375.30 1383.60 1350.00 1354.70VTL 697.45 706.20 695.90 701.20JTEKTINDIA 67.00 67.00 65.50 65.65SOMANYCERA 134.65 136.50 130.00 133.75IFBIND 396.90 396.90 382.50 386.85MHRIL 169.60 169.60 164.00 164.65TCNSBRANDS 336.40 340.15 335.05 337.00MAHLIFE 212.00 216.00 210.00 212.45INDOSTAR 247.65 257.80 245.00 249.50KPRMILL 451.75 452.70 445.40 449.20

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11322.25 11373.60 11299.15 11322.50 52.35ZEEL 152.70 160.95 152.55 159.00 7.80JSWSTEEL 246.50 255.50 246.30 254.85 9.65AXISBANK 435.30 449.90 435.30 448.00 16.90BPCL 417.00 433.00 415.60 430.00 14.85INDUSINDBK 511.00 524.90 509.35 522.10 12.75ITC 200.00 207.70 200.00 203.40 4.55HDFCBANK 1048.50 1071.00 1048.50 1070.95 20.30TATASTEEL 413.10 427.60 412.50 417.50 7.30HDFC 1813.00 1846.75 1810.50 1829.00 30.05ADANIPORTS 333.50 336.75 330.70 334.95 3.65WIPRO 279.00 284.65 278.30 279.95 2.55SBIN 195.00 196.80 193.75 195.45 1.65COALINDIA 130.15 131.00 129.70 130.35 1.10ICICIBANK 370.00 374.30 364.05 366.45 2.90HEROMOTOCO 2725.00 2775.00 2704.00 2719.95 17.80EICHERMOT 21580.00 21670.00 21250.00 21488.25 135.15RELIANCE 2134.80 2160.00 2100.35 2132.85 13.00MARUTI 6665.00 6713.50 6611.00 6648.70 39.80BAJAJFINSV 6450.00 6496.00 6391.00 6441.00 38.20NTPC 89.00 89.60 87.80 88.60 0.40GAIL 97.30 98.80 97.00 97.40 0.35BAJFINANCE 3462.30 3494.55 3404.70 3453.95 11.00BAJAJ-AUTO 3020.80 3060.00 2995.75 3003.00 9.20HINDUNILVR 2209.05 2233.00 2206.00 2212.75 6.00IOC 87.20 88.20 86.90 87.30 0.20KOTAKBANK 1373.00 1385.00 1357.15 1363.10 2.90M&M 630.00 640.60 622.40 630.20 1.30HDFCLIFE 609.85 613.90 606.10 609.90 1.05ASIANPAINT 1800.00 1837.80 1780.00 1785.30 2.95LT 969.60 979.70 957.10 961.50 1.45ULTRACEMCO 3994.00 4077.30 3961.00 3972.35 4.00HINDALCO 180.00 186.60 178.00 178.70 0.10NESTLEIND 16725.00 16785.65 16581.00 16667.90 2.15TCS 2283.00 2312.00 2275.60 2282.50 -0.30INFY 949.90 962.00 946.10 950.50 -0.85POWERGRID 178.15 182.35 175.55 176.90 -0.35SUNPHARMA 548.00 549.60 535.10 541.75 -2.10TECHM 690.10 693.95 672.10 678.95 -2.90ONGC 79.55 80.00 78.20 78.45 -0.60TATAMOTORS 125.00 125.80 121.40 122.55 -1.30HCLTECH 694.00 700.95 681.50 684.00 -8.05INFRATEL 198.40 199.00 192.25 194.35 -2.65BHARTIARTL 558.00 560.50 550.20 551.25 -7.60BRITANNIA 3950.00 3970.00 3865.00 3883.00 -59.80GRASIM 635.00 640.95 619.05 624.00 -10.05DRREDDY 4715.05 4738.55 4565.00 4599.00 -91.90CIPLA 801.10 801.85 768.75 779.00 -16.60UPL 496.50 496.65 480.00 482.80 -11.50TITAN 1074.00 1087.70 1048.60 1068.00 -39.55SHREECEM 21920.00 21989.95 21322.00 21530.00 -866.40

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY NEXT 50 27658.20 27692.25 27372.35 27392.05 -134.00MOTHERSUMI 106.00 109.30 101.25 107.40 2.50SIEMENS 1138.00 1173.00 1127.05 1158.60 26.30SBICARD 765.75 790.90 761.00 778.00 16.40NMDC 93.00 94.25 91.90 93.70 1.95PAGEIND 18888.00 19016.95 18642.40 18975.00 215.80BAJAJHLDNG 2718.00 2752.00 2714.85 2739.00 31.00ACC 1411.40 1434.95 1400.10 1415.80 15.55HINDZINC 246.00 258.95 243.30 245.75 2.60DABUR 510.00 524.60 510.00 513.60 5.05DMART 2120.00 2143.15 2110.35 2137.00 20.50DIVISLAB 3139.95 3168.75 3087.00 3146.00 28.20GODREJCP 683.90 695.95 680.85 687.00 5.00PFC 89.60 91.35 88.95 90.05 0.55AMBUJACEM 222.85 229.25 221.35 222.85 1.00IGL 392.00 394.50 387.30 389.80 0.80PNB 32.80 33.10 32.50 32.90 0.05AUROPHARMA 960.00 964.65 932.10 950.00 1.15LUPIN 964.70 969.55 945.00 958.85 0.90UBL 970.00 981.00 965.25 969.00 0.75HINDPETRO 216.00 219.30 213.50 215.40 0.15MUTHOOTFIN 1183.95 1189.90 1162.20 1173.45 0.75COLPAL 1455.00 1486.45 1440.75 1447.00 -0.85BANDHANBNK 304.35 304.35 294.00 301.05 -0.35PETRONET 248.00 257.90 245.70 246.90 -0.40SRTRANSFIN 680.00 682.00 665.50 672.80 -1.55PEL 1488.20 1505.00 1460.40 1470.00 -3.95OFSS 2993.10 2993.10 2922.00 2967.05 -12.45BERGEPAINT 552.00 560.50 545.40 549.00 -2.45NHPC 20.50 20.55 20.25 20.30 -0.10SBILIFE 868.00 878.00 857.50 860.60 -5.15PGHH 10341.55 10341.60 10185.00 10199.00 -69.85HDFCAMC 2361.30 2378.00 2337.00 2344.05 -19.85MARICO 372.05 378.40 369.10 370.00 -3.30ICICIPRULI 485.00 487.00 475.05 477.75 -4.50HAVELLS 617.75 620.90 604.05 605.00 -6.80DLF 149.00 150.40 145.80 146.90 -1.75BIOCON 415.00 417.00 406.30 407.50 -4.95PIDILITIND 1405.00 1410.00 1377.30 1382.00 -16.90INDIGO 965.00 965.25 936.60 939.55 -13.65MCDOWELL-N 597.70 598.00 581.50 584.00 -10.85GICRE 151.40 151.60 144.85 146.75 -2.75CONCOR 389.50 392.00 376.00 378.40 -8.00ABBOTINDIA 17005.00 17200.00 16500.00 16610.00 -363.30ADANITRANS 255.85 257.65 247.40 248.95 -5.80ICICIGI 1390.00 1406.35 1335.00 1349.95 -32.60CADILAHC 407.10 408.60 393.00 395.20 -9.95BOSCHLTD 13719.50 13814.80 13112.00 13255.00 -337.00BANKBARODA 47.00 48.40 46.70 47.20 -1.35NAUKRI 3534.75 3535.25 3380.00 3395.00 -131.10TORNTPHARM 3011.00 3031.20 2860.15 2872.50 -138.30

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Industrial productiondeclined by 16.6 per cent in

June, mainly due to lower out-put of manufacturing, miningand power generation, as perthe government data releasedon Tuesday. According to theIndex of Industrial Production(IIP) data, manufacturing sec-tor production registered adecline of 17.1 per cent, whilethe output of mining andpower fell 19.8 per cent and 10per cent, respectively.

In a press release, theMinistry of Statistics andProgramme Implementationissued a disclaimer saying that“it may not be appropriate tocompare the IIP in the post-

pandemic months with the IIPfor months preceding theCovid-19 pandemic”.

However, on a monthlybasis, the Index of IndustrialProduction has shownimprovement. The index,which was 53.6 in April,improved to 89.5 in May and107.8 in June, the data revealed.

The IIP had expanded by1.3 per cent year-on-year inJune 2019.

The data further revealedthat the contraction in theconsumer durables and capitalgoods segment was 35.5 percent and 36.9 per cent, respec-tively during June 2020.

However, consumer non-durables segment posted agrowth of 14 per cent.The IIP

for April-June period has con-tracted by 35.9 per cent,according to the data. It hadregistered a growth of 3 percent during the same periodlast fiscal. In view of the pre-ventive measures andannouncement of a nation-wide lockdown by the govern-ment to contain the spread ofCovid-19 pandemic, a largenumber of industrial sectorestablishments were not oper-ating from March-end, 2020onwards. This has had animpact on the items being pro-duced by the establishmentsduring the period of lock-down. With the lifting ofrestrictions in the subsequentperiods, industrial activity isnow resuming.

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The rupee appreciated by 12paise to close at 74.78

against the US dollar onTuesday tracking weakness inthe greenback and gains in thedomestic equity market.

Forex traders said gainsin the domestic currency weresupported by foreign fundinflows into domestic equityand debt markets.

Foreign institutionalinvestors were net buyers in thecapital market as they pur-chased shares worth �302.88crore on Monday, according toprovisional exchange data.

At the interbank forexmarket, the local unit openedat 74.83 against the US dollarand gained further ground tosettle at 74.78, up 12 paise overits previous close of 74.90.

Meanwhile, the dol-

lar index, which gauges thegreenback’s strength against abasket of six currencies, wastrading 0.13 per cent lower at93.46.

Market participants willtrack Index of IndustrialProduction (IIP) numbersscheduled to be released laterin the day for further cues, theysaid.After touching a high of38,556.27, the 30-share BSESensex pared some gains to end224.93 points or 0.59 per centhigher at 38,407.01. The NSENifty jumped 52.35 points or0.46 per cent to finish at11,322.50. Brent crudefutures, the global oil bench-mark, rose 0.47 per cent toUSD 45.20 per barrel. “Indianrupee gained in line with otherAsian currencies amid weak-ness in dollar,” HDFCSecurities Deputy Head RetailResearch, Devarsh Vakil said.

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The BSE Sensex closed in thegreen for the fourth straight

session on Tuesday, propelledby index heavyweights HDFCtwins and Reliance, amidrobust gains in global equities.

A strengthening rupee,encouraging quarterly resultsand persistent foreign fundinflows further bolstered mar-ket sentiment, traders said.After touching a high of38,556.27, the 30-share BSESensex pared some gains to end224.93 points or 0.59 per centhigher at 38,407.01.

The NSE Nifty jumped52.35 points or 0.46 per cent tofinish at 11,322.50. The Niftyhas extended its winning run tosix sessions.

Axis Bank was the topgainer in the Sensex pack, ral-

lying 3.96 per cent, followed byIndusInd Bank, ITC, HDFCBank, Tata Steel, HDFC, ICICIBank and Reliance Industries.

HDFC twins and RILaccounted for over half of theSensex’s gains. On the otherhand, Titan, Bharti Airtel, HCLTech and ONGC were amongthe laggards, dropping up to3.73 per cent.

Global markets surged toover five-month highs asinvestors looked forward to anagreement on a US stimuluspackage. Market participantsalso cautiously weighed thenews of Russia becoming thefirst country to officially regis-ter a coronavirus vaccine anddeclare it ready for use, despiteinternational skepticism.

The number of casesaround the world linked toCovid-19 has crossed 2 crore,

while the infection count inIndia has reached 22.68 lakh.

“Indian markets continuedtheir positive run, in spite ofintraday volatility and unabat-ed virus infections across thecountry. It was in sync withpositive global cues, on theback of expected stimulus mea-sures from the US, improvingeconomic data points fromChina and the first coron-avirus vaccine getting regis-tered in Russia.

“Indian markets continuedtheir run on the basis of earn-ings results and stock specificnews, amidst hopes of anoth-er round of stimulus measuresby the government. This expec-tation should ensure liquidityin the markets in the nearterm,” said Vinod Nair, Head ofResearch at Geojit FinancialServices.

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Infrastructure Fund launchedby the Government will becrucial in enhancing contri-bution of the agriculture sec-tor to the country’s GDP,especially at a time when it is

expected to add to econom-ic stability amid the coron-avirus-induced slowdown,according to farmers’ bodyFAIFA.

The Federation of AllIndia Farmer Associations(FAIFA) said the fund will beimportant for farmers, agri-entrepreneurs, start-ups, agri-

tech players and farmergroups looking to boost thecountry’s agriculture infra-structure.

The federation claims torepresent farmers and farmworkers of commercial cropsacross Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Karnataka andGujarat.

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Industry body CII on Tuesdayasked the Government to

come out with new foreigntrade policy at the earliest inview of the Covid-19 outbreakto increase India’s shares in theglobal merechandise exports to5 per cent by 2025.

The Confederation ofIndian Industry (CII) has also

outlined a 10-point agenda forincreasing India’s exports ofgoods and services in line withthe prime minister’s vision of an“Aatmanirbhar Bharat”.Fordeveloping international com-petitiveness, key suggestions byCII include re-examining FTAsand tariff structure with anaggressive market-seekingapproach, and build India brandand undertake market promo-

tion in key markets.The CII report, titled ‘Re-

orienting India’s ExportEndeavour in the Covid-19World’, states India must aim toachieve 5 per cent share inworld merchandise exports and7 per cent in services exports by2025. India’s share in globalmerchandise exports is 1.67 percent, with a low share in topglobally traded items. In ser-

vices, it enjoys 3.54 per centshare. The onset of the COVID-19 outbreak that led to a globaltrade slowdown, affected Indianexports substantially, and led toa drop in Indian exports by 35per cent in March, 60 per centin April, and 36.5 per cent inMay 2020.

Outlining 10 areas whereaction is required to boostexports, the chamber said an

open and facilitative importenvironment is required toattract global companies andensure competitive access tointermediate goods.

In general, higher duties onfinished goods and lower dutieson intermediates should beapplied.CII Director GeneralChandrajit Banerjee said thepandemic situation has impact-ed world trade negatively.

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Islamabad: Ahead of anupcoming release of Talibandetainees held in Afghan pris-ons, the insurgent groupwarned the Government inKabul on Tuesday against anyattacks on those released, say-ing such incidents would jeop-ardise the peace talks.

A Taliban spokesman toldThe Associated Press therehave been at least 11 suchattacks in the past severalmonths — instances whenfreed Taliban figures werekilled, harassed and re-arrest-ed by government forces.

Kabul officials deniedunwarranted attacks on freedTaliban. The prisoner release ispart of a deal the insurgentssigned with the United Statesearlier this year. A final 400Taliban prisoners remain ingovernment prisons.

Over the weekend inKabul, an Afghan traditionalcouncil, known as the LoyaJirga, agreed to free the final400 imprisoned Taliban, pavingthe way for an early start tonegotiations betweenAfghanistan’s warring sides.

The council agreed to an “immediate” release of Talibanprisoners but by Tuesday, theyhad not been freed.Negotiations between Kabul’spolitical leadership and theTaliban are expected to beginwithin weeks — and will beheld in the Mideast state ofQatar, where the Taliban main-tain a political office. TheTaliban said the talks couldbegin within a week of the finalprisoner releases.

Taliban politicalspokesman Suhail Shaheenwarned that attacks on newlyfreed prisoners will drive themback to the battlefield despiteorders from their leaders “ to

stay at home, with their fami-lies.” Attacks on their homeswill “ make it impossible forthem to stay in their homes,”Shaheen said. “ Such incidentshave happened that they havebeen re-arrested and alsokilled.”

In recent months, bothsides have freed prisoners in linewith the deal the Taliban signedwith Washington on February29 to bring an end to decades ofwar. The government was to free5,000 — and has alreadyreleased all but the last 400. TheTaliban freed the 1,000 mem-bers of the government forcesand Afghan officials they hadheld captive. AP

Prague: US Secretary of StateMike Pompeo is in the CzechRepublic at the start of a four-nation tour of central and east-ern Europe expected to focuson threats to the region posedby Russia and China.

Amid post-election vio-lence and concerns about sig-nificant democratic backslidingin nearby Belarus, Pompeoplans to use his visit to push hishosts to counter Russian andChinese influence.

Russia and China are activeand seeking greater roles

throughout the continent in theenergy, infrastructure andtelecommunications sectors, atrend the United States is keento reverse. Pompeo on Tuesdaywas opening his visit in theCzech city of Pilsen, where hewas to visit the Patton Museumand memorial to the WorldWar II liberation of westernCzechoslovakia by U.S. Troops.

In his talks, Pompeo willlikely face questions about theTrump administration’s deci-sion to reduce the U.S. Militarypresence in Germany. AP

Rome: The number of confirmed coronavirus casesworldwide topped 20 million, more than half ofthem from the United States, India and Brazil.

Russia has reported more than 890,000 cases,the fourth-most in the world, according to a JohnsHopkins University tally that also showed total con-firmed cases globally surpassing 20 million.

It took six months or so to get to 10 millioncases after the virus first appeared in central Chinalate last year. It took just over six weeks for thatnumber to double.

An AP analysis of data through August 9showed the US, India and Brazil together account-ed for nearly two-thirds of all reported infectionssince the world hit 15 million coronavirus cases onJuly 22.

Health officials believe the actual number of peo-ple infected with the virus is much higher than thattally kept by Johns Hopkins University, given test-ing limitations and that as many as 40 per cent ofthose with the virus show no symptoms. In Europe,countries that appeared to have gotten their out-breaks under control during nationwide lockdownsand lifted many public restrictions worked to pre-vent a resurgence of the virus. Finland joined Franceand Germany in announcing it would test travel-ers from at-risk countries upon arrival. AP

Wellington: New ZealandPrime Minister Jacinda Ardernon Tuesday said authoritieshave found four cases of thecoronavirus in one Aucklandhousehold from an unknownsource, the first reported casesof local transmission in thecountry in 102 days.

Ardern said Auckland, thenation’s largest city, will bemoved to Alert Level 3 frommidday Wednesday throughmidnight Friday, meaning thatpeople will be asked to stay athome, while bars and manyother businesses will be closed.

“ These three days will giveus time to assess the situation,gather information, make surewe have widespread contacttracing so we can find out moreabout how this case arose andmake decisions about how torespond to it once we have fur-ther information,” Ardern saidat a hastily called news confer-ence late Tuesday.

“I know that this informa-tion will be very difficult toreceive,” Ardern said. “ We hadall hoped not to find ourselvesin this position again. But wehad also prepared for it. And asa team, we have also been herebefore.”

She said that traveling into

Auckland will be banned unlesspeople live there and are trav-eling home.

She said the rest of thecountry will be raised to Level2 through Friday, meaning thatmass gatherings will be limitedto 100 attendees and peoplewould need to socially distancethemselves from each other.

Director-General of HealthAshley Bloomfield said theinfections were confirmed aftera person in their 50s went totheir doctor on Monday withsymptoms and was swabbedtwice, testing positive bothtimes. Six other people in theperson’s household were thentested, with three more positive

results. “ Importantly, the per-son has no history of overseastravel,” Bloomfield said, addingthat the source of the infectionsremains unknown.

Until Tuesday, the onlyknown cases of the virus in NewZealand were 22 travelers whohad recently returned fromabroad and were being held inquarantine at the border.

The country has beenpraised globally for its virusresponse.

New Zealand initially gotrid of the virus by imposing astrict lockdown in late Marchwhen only about 100 people hadtested positive for the disease.That stopped its spread. AP

Belgrade: Serbia is considering buying a mod-ern Chinese air defense missile system, theSerbian president said Tuesday, as the UnitedStates warned that such deals with Beijingcould jeopardize the Balkan country’s pro-claimed European Union membership goals.

Aleksandar Vucic said that “ we werethinking, but we have not yet purchased” theFK-3 system — the export version of theChinese last-generation, medium range HQ-22 anti-aircraft system.

Serbia, which has been beefing up its mil-itary mainly with Russian aircraft and armoredvehicles, last month received six Chinese CH-92A attack and reconnaissance drones. Thatmade Serbia the first European country todeploy the Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles.

The U.S. Embassy in Belgrade said that “procuring military and defense equipment isa sovereign decision. However, governmentsshould understand the short- and long-termrisks and costs involved in doing business withChinese companies.”

“ Procurement choices should reflectSerbia’s stated policy goal of greater Europeanintegration,” an embassy statement said. AP

Minsk: The top oppositioncandidate in Belarus’ presi-dential vote, who initiallyrefused to concede her defeatamid a massive police crack-down on anti-governmentprotesters, said on Tuesdayshe has left for Lithuania andcalled on her supporters toend demonstrations.

Looking haggard and dis-tressed, Sviat lanaTsikhanouskaya, a formerteacher and political novice,apologized to her supportersin a video statement and saidit was her own choice toleave the country.

“ It was a very hard deci-sion to make,” she said. “ Iknow that many of you willunderstand me, many otherswill condemn me and somewill even hate me. But Godforbid you ever face thechoice that I faced.”

In another video state-ment released later onTuesday, she urged her sup-

porters to respect the law andavoid clashes with police.

Her campaign aides saidshe made the unexpectedmove under duress .Tsikhanouskaya’s husbandhas been at a Belarusian jailsince his arrest in May.

“ It’s very difficult toresist pressure when yourfamily and all your inner cir-cle have been taken hostages,”said Maria Kolesnikova, atop figure in Tsikhanouskaya’scampaign.

Tsikhanouskaya previ-ously dismissed the officialresults of Sunday’s electionshowing authoritar ianPresident AlexanderLukashenko winning a sixthterm by a landslide.

Thousands of oppositionsupporters who also protest-ed the results met with atough police crackdown inMinsk and several otherBelarusian cities for twostraight nights. AP

Taipei: Taiwan sent COVID-19assistance to foreign countriessurreptitiously to avoid protestsfrom China, its foreign minis-ter said on Tuesday during ameeting with the highest-levelAmerican official to visit theisland in four decades.

China claims Taiwan as itsown territory and has sought toisolate it diplomatically, includ-ing barring its participation inforums such as the World

Health Assembly.The trip by US Health and

Human Services Secretary AlexAzar comes against the back-drop of a sharp downturn inrelations between China andthe US and Azar said in hisremarks that the US support-ed Taiwan’s participation ininternational health forums.

China’s attempts to isolat-ed Taiwan has compelled theisland at times to keep its

donations of masks and per-sonal protective equipmentunder the radar, ForeignMinister Joseph Wu said.

“ Truth is, we even had to deliver these supplies quietly in some occasions tokeep the recipients free fromtrouble, trouble from Beijing,”Wu said.

Taiwan has brought itsvirus outbreak under control,and Wu said the island has

donated 51 million masks over-seas, including 10 million to theUS, along with other items ofpersonal protective equipment.He did not name the othercountries to which Taiwan hasmade quiet donations or giveother details.

Just 15 countries maintainformal diplomatic ties withTaiwan, and China has soughtto peel away its remainingallies. Wu said Chinese pressure

to accept political conditionsfor bringing Taiwan underBeijing’s control has made life“ increasingly difficult.”

However, acquiescencewould merely turn Taiwan intoanother Hong Kong, Wu said,referring to recent arrests ofmedia figures and pro-democ-racy activists under a newsecurity law being enforced inthe semi-autonomous Chineseterritory. AP

Penang (Malaysia): Malaysia’sformer finance minister accusedthe government of taking polit-ical vengeance on Tuesday aftera third graft charge was filedagainst him and his wife wascharged with money laundering.

Lim Guan Eng was part ofa reformist Government oust-ed in March and the newGovernment under PrimeMinister Muhyiddin Yassin issupported by graft-tainted par-ties defeated in the 2018 gen-eral election.

At a news conference afterhis court hearing, Lim was vis-ibly upset as he told reportersthat Muhyiddin’s governmenthad targeted his family to breakhis spirit.

“ They are caught in thecrossfire. This is completelyexcessive, just too much. Go forme but leave my family alone,”Lim said.

His wife, Betty Chew, wasmore emotional as she slammedas frivolous and baseless thecharges against them, calling it“ cruel and terrible” .

Lim, 59, pleaded not guiltyto abusing his position as chiefminister of Penang state to

obtain gratification for his wiferelated to a workers’ dormitoryproject.

Chew pleaded not guilty tothree charges of receiving372,009 ringgit ($88,584) inunlawful proceeds linked to thesame project. A businessacquaintance of Chew was alsocharged with abetting Lim.

Chew is a lawyer, and Limsaid the money was her legalfees. He was earlier charged withsoliciting bribe and abusing hispower related to a $1.5 billionundersea tunnel project.

Both projects were approvedduring Lim’s tenure as Penangchief minister from 2008-2018,before he became Malaysia’sfinance minister.

Muhyiddin’s Malay-centricgovernment has only a thintwo-seat majority in Parliament.Some political observers saidLim’s prosecution could indicatea possibility of early elections,which are not due until 2023.

Rights groups have voicedconcerns over his government’sclampdown on dissent andmedia independence, with jour-nalists and media groups beinginvestigated. AP

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Thimphu: Bhutan ordered itsfirst nationwide lockdown onTuesday after a returning res-ident tested positive for coro-navirus after being dischargedfrom quarantine and cominginto close contact with peoplein the capital Thimphu.

The case took the total inthe tiny Himalayan kingdom to113, still the lowest in SouthAsia, and it has yet to record afatality.

Bhutan, which is heavilyreliant on high-end tourists,banned tourism in March afteran American visitor tested pos-itive, and ordered a three weekmandatory quarantine for every-one returning from abroad.

The lockdown was orderedafter a 27-year-old Bhutanesewoman, who returned fromKuwait and was dischargedfrom quarantine after testingnegative, tested positive at aclinic on Monday. Agency

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Washington: Goods made inHong Kong for export to theUnited States will need to belabelled as made in China afterSeptember 25, according to a USGovernment notice posted onTuesday.

The move follows China’simposition of a national securi-ty law on Hong Kong and a U.S.decision to end the formerBritish colony’s special statusunder U.S. law, escalating bilat-eral tensions that were alreadyrising over trade war tariffs and

the handling of the coronavirusoutbreak. The latest step will seeHong Kong companies subjectto the same trade war tariffslevied on mainland Chineseexporters, should they makeproducts subject to these duties,said the U.S. Customs andBorder Protection notice.

It said that 45 days after itspublication, goods “ must bemarked to indicate that their ori-gin is ‘China’” .

The step was taken after theUnited States determined that

Hong Kong is “ no longer suffi-ciently autonomous to justifydifferential treatment in relationto China” .

Trump has made tough talkagainst China a feature of hiscampaign for re-election inNovember.

The United States on Fridayimposed sanctions on HongKong Chief Executive CarrieLam and the city’s current andformer police chiefs accused ofcurtailing political freedoms inthe former British colony. AFP

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Sources said four diplomatswill join India’s PermanentMission over the course of thenext 2-3 months, in time asIndia begins its two year-termat the Council from January 1,2021. The diplomats who willjoin the PMI team, under theleadership of India’s PermanentRepresentative to the UN

Ambassador T S Tirumurti, areR Ravindra (IFS: 1999), who iscurrently Joint Secretary(Central and West AfricaDivision), Pratik Mathur (IFS2007), currently posted asDeputy Secretary, PrimeMinister’s Office, AshishSharma (IFS 2009) and RajeshParihar (IFS 2009), who isFirst Secretary (Economic &Commerce) at the IndianEmbassy in Beijing.

India’s Permanent Missionto the UN currently has 14diplomats. Ambassador KNagaraj Naidu is the DeputyPermanent Representative.

The endorsed candidatefrom the Asia-Pacific States,India won 184 votes out of the192 ballots cast in the electionsin June for five non-permanentseats of the Security Council,the world organization’s mostpowerful organ.

In 2021, India, Norway,Ireland, Kenya and Mexicowill sit in the Security Councilalong with five permanentmembers China, France,Russia, UK and the US as wellas non-permanent membersEstonia, Niger, Saint Vincentand the Grenadines, Tunisiaand Vietnam.

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A Cabinet meeting held atthe Prime Minister’s OfficialResidence in Baluwatar onMonday evening made thedecisions on the recommen-dations made by the COVID-19 Crisis Management Centre(CCMC).

The government had par-tially lifted the lockdown 120days after it was first enforcedon March 24 to contain thespread of COVID-19.

The government had thenannounced its plans to resume

long-distance public trans-portation services, domesticand international flights fromAugust 17.

The Cabinet meeting alsodecided to reduce the desig-nated entry points for peopleentering Nepal from India to 10from existing 20 in view of thespread of COVID-19 due tounchecked cross-border move-ment.

Security has been steppedup in the border area to checkunauthorised movement ofpeople, officials said.

Nepal onTuesday recorded638 new coronavirus cases,taking the national tally to23,948.

The Kathmandu Valleywitnessed the highest single-day spike of 134 new cases ofcoronavirus on Tuesday, theHealth Ministry said.

Four more COVID-19related deaths were recorded inthe past 24 hours, taking thecountry’s coronavirus deathtoll to 83.

According to the HealthMinistry, there are currently7,201 active cases of coron-avirus in the country.

At a media briefing,Jageshwar Gautam, spokesper-son for the Ministry of Healthand Population said that 10,562polymerase chain reaction(PCR) tests were conducted atvarious laboratories across thecountry in the past 24 hours.

The total number of PCRtests conducted in the countryso far is 462,698.

He informed that 171 per-sons who earlier tested positivefor COVID-19 were dischargedafter recovery in the past 24hours.

�-;����������B���"���������������+,2. �B����� �*��Colombo (PTI): Sri Lanka’sformer prime minister RanilWickremesinghe, who suffereda crushing defeat in the par-liamentary polls, has been sum-moned by a presidential probepanel on August 18 to recordhis statement on the deadlyEaster Sunday attacks, offi-cials said on Tuesday.

Nine suicide bombersbelonging to local Islamistextremist group NationalThawheed Jamaat (NTJ)linked to ISIS carried out aseries of devastating blaststhat tore through threechurches and as many luxuryhotels on the Easter Sundaylast year, killing 258 people,including 11 Indians. Theprevious government headedby President MaithripalaSirisena and Prime MinisterWickremesinghe was blamed

for its inability to prevent theattacks despite the prior intel-ligence made available on theimpending attack.

President GotabayaRajapaksa, who pledged anindependent probe in the inci-dent during his election cam-paign in November last year,continued with the same panelappointed by Sirisena afterassuming office.

The police unit of the panelappointed by then presidentSirisena has askedWickremesinghe to appearbefore them on August 18,officials said.

The development comesdays after Wickremesinghe suf-fered a crushing defeat in theAugust 5 parliamentary elec-tion where he failed to enterparliament for the first timesince 1977.

6�� ����� �*������� ��� ��������� ��+� �-�"����United Nations: India is send-ing more relief and humani-tarian materials, includingmedicines and foodstuff, toLebanon after a massive explo-sion last week devastated partsof Beirut, killing more than 160people and injuring 6,000 oth-ers.

India’s PermanentRepresentative to the UNAmbassador TS Tirumurtioffered deep condolences onbehalf of the Government andpeople of India to Lebanon on“this terrible human tragedy”.

“We are shocked by the lossof human lives and the wide-spread destruction this hascaused in Beirut. We pray forstrength to families to over-come their great loss,”

Tirumurti said on Monday ata briefing on the humanitari-an situation in Lebanon.

Tirumurti said India justrecently sent Lebanon essentialmedical items to combatCOVID-19.

“We are immediately send-ing more relief and humani-tarian material of medicines,foodstuff and other essentialitems to do whatever we can toalleviate the difficulties on theground. We are discussing withthe Government of Lebanon onhow we can contribute further,”he said.

UN Secretary GeneralAntonio Guterres also paidcondolences to the familiesand loved ones of at least 160people who were killed, and

wished a full recovery to about6,000 others injured in theexplosion on August 4, whichsent shockwaves across thebustling city of Beirut, burst-ing? out windows and shakingbuildings. Tirumurti recalledthat he had paid an official visitto the “beautiful city of Beirut”last year, and said it is difficultfor him to imagine that thisvibrant and bustling city hasbeen affected by the blast. “Iadmire the resilience of thepeople and the dedication ofthe rescue workers to cope withthis tragedy,” he said.

India has had traditional-ly close and historical relationswith Lebanon, includingthrough Indian peacekeepers inthe UN Interim Force in

Lebanon (UNIFIL), Tirumurtisaid, adding that “I would liketo express our solidarity withLebanon at this juncture.”

Guterres said almost aweek after the blast, many peo-ple remain missing. Buildingswere damaged for miles aroundthe city of Beirut after 2,750tonnes of ammonium nitrate,a highly explosive chemicalused in fertilisers, stored at theport for six years, reportedlycaused the explosion.

A plane carrying 20 tonnesof World Health Organisationhealth supplies landed in Beiruton Wednesday to cover 1,000trauma interventions and 1,000surgical interventions for peo-ple suffering from injuries andburns as a result of the blast.

Further, within hours ofthe blast, the ResidentCoordinator and HumanitarianCoordinator for Lebanonreleased USD 9 million fromthe Lebanon HumanitarianFund to address immediateneeds. Last Friday, theEmergency Relief Coordinatorreleased a further USD 6 mil-lion from the CentralEmergency Response Fund.

UN General AssemblyPresident Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said the devastatingimpact of last week’s tragedymakes it imperative for theinternational community tostand beside the people ofLebanon who have generouslyhosted thousands of refugeesfor years.

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The All India Technical andManagement Council (AITMC)

has organised a webinar on the NewEducation Policy (NEP) which hasrecently been released by theGovernment. The impact of theNew Education Policy on highereducation and the possibilities of skilldevelopment were discussed in thewebinar.

Aman Mittal (AdditionalDirector, Lovely ProfessionalUniversity), Dr Pramod Pampatwar(Founder Director, VNIT AlumniAssociation), Preet Sindhu Sihag(CEO, AITMC) and Smt.RajniJhulka (Advisor & Strategist,

STEAM) were present as the keyspeakers. Brijesh Srivastav, produc-er of the programme Aap Ki Baatwelcomed all the speakers as themoderator of the webinar. This edu-cation policy has been appreciated byall the speakers in the webinar.

Preet Sindhu Sihag (CEO,AITMC) said that this education pol-icy will promote life-long learning.When a person becomes a life-longlearner, then he is ready to deal withall the challenges coming in his/herlife. This policy will not only helpbuild educated youth but will alsocreate empowered youth. sI am verymuch confident about the future ofour students with the introductionof this policy.

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In the times ofCOVID-19 pan-

demic when the edu-cation has becomeonline and the futureof education com-pletely depends uponexperiential learning,JK LakshmipatUniversity, in collab-oration with All IndiaM a n a g e m e n tAssociation (AIMA),on July 30, 2020unveiled the first-evervirtual lab for man-agement students for

business stimulationexercises in Jaipur.

Dr RL Raina,VC, JKLU, men-tioned that theBizLab will exposestudents to real eco-nomic, environmen-tal and businessissues related tofinance, operations,marketing and otherbusiness functionsand that with thesupport of AIMA, itcan develop andevolve as the mosteffective learning toolfor management.

Engineering education in Indiahas been at the forefront to cre-

ate engineering leaders in multi-disciplinary fields like chemicalengineering, mechanical engineer-ing etc. With time the teaching ped-agogy at engineering institutesalong with curriculum have evolveddynamically. Earlier the focus wasmuch more on theoretical learning.Now, an integrated approachtowards following work-basedlearning, multidisciplinary pro-grams in emerging courses and ashift towards outward facing engi-neering courses is being followed.

The pandemic situation in thecountry has shown that technolo-gy has been a huge enabler in timesof crises. With the COVID-19pandemic clouding the world, workand workplaces are also undergo-ing a tectonic change. The postCOVID world will be in need ofskilled engineers who are equippedwith the knowledge of emergingtechnologies like ArtificialIntelligence, Machine Learningand Robotic Process Automation.

In general, experts believe thatindustrial automation, manufac-turing industries will see a sharprise with the unlocking procedurein the country. MSME and youngstartups are also expected to pickup. We as consumers are alreadyshifting to e-commerce platformsand are becoming dependent on it.This means, such players will needprofessionals to handle humongous

data to understand consumerbehaviour patterns, buying behav-iour etc. Here arises the need of datascience and data analytics, becausewhen such data is on the web, theneed for various forecast and pre-dictions also emerge.

Following are some of theways in which AI will revolu-tionise the career journey for engi-neers in the post COVID world:

Healthcare and AI: As health-care professionals are working dayin and day out to come up with avaccine that can help the world getback on its feet, AI is a key enablerin this sector. As costs continue toswell in the healthcare industry, costsavings are also crucial. AI plays animportant role in medical research.As the government is keen on med-ical research and the environmentis conducive, hospital research,

robotic surgeries are some domainswhere AI can be used.

AI in retail and supply chain:With the unlocking procedure inthe country, factories are nowunder the mounting pressure ofcutting costs and increased effi-ciency in production. The suddenlockdown has also compelled theretail industry to strengthen theirsupply chain and logistics.Startingfrom integrating their CRM toolwith AI to post sale customer ser-vice, everything can be driventhrough AI.

AI in Industrial Automation:The evolution of new computingtechnologies and artificial intelli-gence, industrial automation hasbecome more than just a buzzword.For manufacturing companies, it isessential to come out of their tra-ditional technologies and make

changes in their manufacturingprocesses for eg: re-programmingor re-tooling the application. Suchindustries can optimize scheduling,operator productivity and help ingaining production visibility.

AI in Agriculture: Companiesare developing autonomous robotsfor essential tasks like harvesting.Predictive analytics is being used todevelop and track different envi-ronmental conditions suitable forcrops, service of agriculturalmachinery, crop yield and weath-er conditions.

AI in Construction and RealEstate: AI is used in real estate pro-jects to predict costoverruns.Machine learning and AIare used to scrutinise the data andforecast cost based on size of theproject, types of contractors, skillsand competence level of workforce.It also helps to envision the start andend date of the project.

We can foresee a world postCovid with tremendous changesand opportunities as well.Organisations are already adaptingto the new normal and transform-ing digitally. The engineering tal-ent with skills and different com-petencies in such emerging tech-nology will help organisations drivethrough the new normal. A broadunderstanding of emerging tech-nologies like AI will enable them tocreate, innovate and collaborate.

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We are witnessing unprece-dented times in our lives.The COVID-19 outbreak

has completely changed the world aswe know it. The people have beenforced to remain locked in theirhomes for months, and it has affect-ed their physical and mental health.Millions have lost their jobs and theunemployment rate is at an all-timehigh in countries from India to theUSA. Historic events such as theCOVID-19 outbreak, will have a last-ing effect on humanity, and thisunique time of pandemic will leave uswith many lessons to learn in life andmanagement of businesses. The sevenmanagement skills that must be taughtin B-Schools to make budding man-agers better equipped to face chal-lenges affecting businesses, during apandemic.

The first skill they should learn isto prioritise the tasks. Smaller short-term benefit providing tasks need tobe jettisoned paving the way for larg-er projects and long-term objectives.They should be taught that, if thingsare not going their way not to loseheart and trying while keeping eye onthe larger goals.way not to lose heartand trying while keeping eye on thelarger goals.

Heraclitus, the Greek philosophermaintained that change is the onlyconstant in nature. The biggest lessonCOVID-19 has taught is that life is fullof uncertainties and one needs to beprepared to deal with them. We needto fortify ourselves with new tech-nologies, keep ourselves updated,and identify different goals. Thus thesecond must have skill a managementgraduate should acquire is changemanagement.

Suddenly, we have started hearingabout the Spanish Flu and how itaffected mankind. We are also wit-nessing how the experience from thepast of managing a different strain ofcoronavirus made South Korea betterarmed to tackle the COVID-19. Thispandemic will provide us with manyexemplary case studies on how busi-nesses failed or succeeded in this pan-demic. The management studentsshould develop a keen eye and learna lesson or two from such exampleswhich will give them a hint on whatthe future holds for them.

To manage unforeseen situationsorganisations, need to innovate fast.As we have seen, the learning curvefor digital technologies has drastical-ly reduced. The pandemic haschanged the way essential services like

healthcare and education are beingdelivered. The present approachadopted focusses on physical dis-tancing and digital proximity (PDDP)as a result, online shopping of theessential supplies is at an all-time high.Now businesses should innovate topave the way for service delivery sim-ilar or better than traditional servicedelivery. The ability to innovate andprovide effective solutions for unan-ticipated problems should be thefourth skill a management graduateshould learn.

The prevailing tension betweenIndia and China has resulted in esca-lated anger in India. The people arecalling for boycotting Chinese prod-ucts. The Government has banned 59mobile apps citing security concernsas a reason behind the move. If yourbusiness is dependent on the rawmaterials from China, your supplychain is at risk. Hence, maintaining thebalance between global and localshould be the fifth skill a B-Schoolgraduate should acquire.

Leadership matters, and a man-ager should demonstrate these skillsduring tough times. Gone are the daysof managers barking orders andexpecting employees to dutifullyabide. Accountability, responsibility,

and transparency are on the rise in thebusiness world. The manager isrequired to be sensitive, compassion-ate and demonstrate self-awareness.Thus, Leadership is the sixth skill; Iwould recommend a manager tolearn in a B-School, if at all it couldbe taught.

A manager should learn to per-form a stress test of the organisation,in expectation of a sudden outbreakof calamities like COVID-19. Themanager should have the knowledgeand desired sensitivity to anticipate thedifferent risks an organisation couldface.

They should also have the abilityto prepare the risk mitigation strate-gy for these identified risks. Thus,managing the risk is the seventh skilla manager should acquire.

Finally, it is difficult to predict thefuture with certainty, but we canacquire the above mentioned skills tobe better prepared for the challenges.The future doesn’t always unfold asper our plan, thus, lamenting aboutthe past is futile. Henceforth, living inthe present, and preparing for thefuture should be the new mantra ofthe current times.

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After getting postponed manytimes due to the on-goingpandemic IIM Rohtak con-

ducted its Integrated Program inManagement Aptitude Test (IPMAT)on July 20, 2020 in a Google formformat for its five-year IntegratedProgramme. Being conducted for thesecond time this came as a surpriseas the exam was conducted throughGoogle form.

While the structure of the paperwas changed this year, various guide-lines were also issued by the presti-gious institute in different formsincluding the exam to be conductedas an open book exam through Googlesheets with weightage being given tothe past academics.

Being an MCQ based aptitude test,the questions from last year’s patternwere reduced to 60 to be solved with-in 45 minutes, with 20 questionseach in Quantitative techniques,Logical Reasoning and Verbal Abilitysections. The marking scheme wasthat each correct answer will get you4 marks and each incorrect attemptwould get you a penalty of 1 mark.

The difficulty level of the paperwas more or less on similar lines of2019, but overall, it was easy. Whilemany students faced technical glitch-es and complaints regarding submis-sion of the paper, still the paper wasconducted smoothly with some minordelay of 10 to 15 minutes.

The overall level of the exam waseasy and the cut-offs are anticipatedto be on the higher side. The detailedanalysis of each section shows that thequantitative techniques’ section had

moderate level of difficulty while noquestions were asked from highermaths. And a student could easilyattempt 13 to 14 questions. While theLogical reasoning section was easy,with only a set of two question beinglittle confusing and 16-17 questionscan be considered as a good attemptin this section. One question from thetopic ‘Dice’ was incomplete as the fig-ure required to solve the question wasmissing.

The Verbal Ability section wasagain very easy following the footstepsof last year’s exam. The questions weredirect. There were few questions thatwere ambiguous, but overall anattempt of 15-16 questions was good.

Post the Aptitude test there was abreak of 15 minutes, and the students

were then required to write essays onthe topics provided as part of theWritten Ability Test (WAT). This toowas changed this year. The studentswere given 30 minutes and they weresupposed to write on two topics,namely ‘Post COVID World’ and‘What does being successful mean toyou?’ Both the topics according to thestudents were easy and they couldwrite their thoughts in the giventime.

Candidates will be shortlisted forPersonal Interview on the basis of theirperformance in the exam which willconsist (Entrance Test, WAT, andpast academic record).

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In times like these, when kidscannot step out of their

homes, it’s very difficult to keepthem engaged. Most of the par-ents are concerned about theincreased screen time for theirchildren. But what if that screentime can be made hands-on andeducational? Now withPlayShifu’s Augmented Realitybased educational toys, chil-dren can sharpen their skills,learn, and play, all at the sametime!

Orboot Earth is a one-of-its-kind Augmented Reality globethat transforms your tablet orsmartphone into a magical gate-way. Travel to any corner of theworld and explore thousands ofundiscovered trivia. Scan the

globe to catch world’s wonderspop up in 3D, interact withthem, and hear their enchanti-ng stories. Explore wildlife, land-marks, cultures, cuisines, andinventions of various countries.The globe doesn’t have bordersor names but the Orboot Earthapp has detailed informationwith maps.

It sensitises young minds tocultures and people around theworld. Built for ever-curiouskids, it sparks their imagination.It helps children with geography,world knowledge, environmen-tal science, social science that inturn develop STEAM skills.Encouraging hands-on play,Orboot Earth’s world tour comeswith a travel kit — passport,stamp, and lots of stickers for thelittle globetrotter.

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The SRM Institute of Scienceand Technology (SRMIST),

has announced the SRM BTechRank List for 2020 admissions.In the light of the ongoing pan-demic, the SRMJEEE whichdetermines entry into the muchsought after engineering degreeprogrammes, was cancelledthis year, and replaced withrankings based on +2/pre-uni-versity/equivalent marks inPCM/PCB submitted by thecandidate. A total of 1.36 lakhcandidates from across Indiaand overseas had applied foradmission to SRM BTech 2020.

The top 10 rankers repre-sent the student diversity ofSRM, and come from diversebackgrounds across India:Ekkaluri Harshitha, AndhraPradesh; R Sanjay, Karnataka;Abhinav Tripathi, Rajasthan;Dharshin Balakrishnan, Tamil

Nadu; Shivam Kumar, Bihar;Arun Martin, Kerala; AjayParmar, Madhya Pradesh; RudrKesar, Jammu and Kashmir;Mayank Singh, Uttar Pradeshand Hil Savani, Gujarat,emerged as toppers in the allIndia Top 10 Rank list.

On enrolment, top 100rank holders will be awardedFounder’s Scholarship with 100per cent tuition and hostel feewaiver. The top 101 to 500 rankholders will be awarded SRMMerit Scholarship with 100per cent tuition fee waiver.The university also offers anincredible range of scholarshipto the tune of �40 crores ben-efiting 3200+ students everyyear, making studying in theuniversity affordable to all.

The next step in the admis-sion process is the rankingsalong with the allocated branchwill be sent to the candidatesregistered email ID.

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In continuation of pertinenteducational reforms being made

of Ministry of Education, ShriRamesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’,Education Minister launchedonline the Minimum Standardsof Architectural EducationRegulations Act, 2020 in a simpleceremony here on August 11,2020.

Council of Architecture(COA), in a first after educationalreforms, brought these reforms inArchitecture after 38 years inIndia.

The occasion was graced bySanjay Dhotre, Minister of Statefor Education, Amit Khare,Secretary Education, senior offi-cials of Ministry of Education, ArHabeeb Khan, President Councilof Architecture, Sapna, VP, COA,RK Oberoi, Registerar, COA,Heads of ArchitecturalInstitutions, Executive Membersof COA and other officials &membersof the Council.

Pokhriyal reminded aboutthe unique historical and archi-tectural beauty of India. Hefocused on the monuments andtemples that put India in leader-

ship position in the world andfurther said that COA should takeinspiration from the presentand past treasure of Architectureand bring a paradigm shift in thefield of Architecture to makeIndia a leader again.

Sanjay Dhotare also empha-sised on the role of architecturaland said that Architecture is inbuilt in the history and culture ofIndia and he appreciated the ini-tiative of COA to bring up thesereforms which the new genera-tion of Architecture should takeas a challenge to turn around theculture and heritage of India.

Khare, Secretary Educationappreciated the initiative of COA.The role of Shri RK Oberoi,Registrar , COA was highly appre-ciated for being instrumental inbringing these Regulations tothe light.

Earlier the EducationMinister Pokhriyal appreciatedthe work of Ar Habeeb KhanPresident of the Council andalso asked the young architects totake a leap in the field ofArchitecture.

The programme concludedwith a vote of thanks by Sapna,Vice President of the Council.

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Isn’t the concept of machine fly-ing sound amazing? Constantinnovations in technology are

growing at a fast pace, playing agreat role in transforming our lives.Yes, we are talking about eye in thesky technology that has beenincreasingly adopted for differentpurposes across various industries.Drones, also known as UnmannedAerial Vehicles (UAVs) areequipped with state-of-the-artremote control systems, GPS, HDcameras, and autopilot functions.Also referred to as a ground cock-pit, drones are controlled by remoteground control systems (GSC).

The technique has emerged asa boon during the Corona pan-demic. States like Gujarat,Telangana, Maharashtra have usedthe drone for different purposesduring Lockdown, whether formonitoring an area, sanitising orthermal scanning, it has proved tobe an excellent technique in allplaces. In view of this, there is agreat possibility of increasing its util-ity in future.

From real estate to construc-tion, agriculture to logistics, andwind energy to defense industries,drones have entered many majormarkets and are benefiting them toa great extent. The telecom indus-try is one of the recent industriesbeing revolutionised by UAVs.Drones offer an ideal tower inspec-tion solution to the telecom com-panies through visual analysis andaid in digitising assets for towercompanies.

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try has grown over a period of time.According to the 6Wreserach con-sulting firm, the drone market sizeis estimated to grow at a CAGR of18 per cent by 2023. Drones are atthe forefront of the new-age gen-eration technological shift and so,many big corporate companies areinvesting heavily in the drone space.

The association for UnmannedVehicle Systems International pre-dicts that there will be more than lacnew jobs in unmanned aircraft anddrone technology by 2025, and theglobal market for commercial appli-cations of drone technology isexpected to reach $127 billion by2020. New drone jobs will be cre-ated across a wide span of indus-tries. In a recent report, FICCI andEY projected that the value of theIndian UAV industry and the mar-ket would be around $885.7 millionby 2021. The widening possibilitiesfor which UAVs can be used thanksto their flexible and rapidly evolv-ing software and hardware, has ledto their employment in a variety offields.

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easier to capture visual informationand utilise data through enhancedcomputer models. UAVs offer agreat market opportunity for equip-

ment manufacturers, investors, andbusiness service providers.

Employment opportunity areawould be passive infrastructure(ground, training center), activeinfrastructure (hardware and soft-ware), drone services and mainte-nance (customer support, call cen-ters), data drone collection and pro-cessing, pilot/operator, engineer,link engineer, and some sectorswhich are connected to the drone.Things are getting automated whichis changing the existing job profilesand leading to upskilling. Many ofthe things which required humanintervention are now getting auto-mated. At the same time, newtypes of jobs are emerging.

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prospects and career opportunities,Telecom Sector Skill Councilformed under the aegis of theMinistry of Skill Development andEntrepreneurship (MSDE) is inthe process of designing a curricu-lum related to drone technology.Low-level to high-level skills will berequired in the field of UAV tech-nology. However, skill gaps existamong the workforce and there isa need to fill that gap. Differentmodules are being worked on by thecouncil to reduce the skill gap so

that youth can become skilled andable to get employment in theindustry.

Recently, the Director-Generalof Civil Aviation (DGCA) hasissued draft guidelines on UASthrough a circular titledRequirements for Operation of CivilRemotely Piloted Aircraft System(RPAS). The UAV ecosystem with-in India is currently host to only ahandful of companies that are man-ufacturing and catering to the con-sumers.

These companies are also con-cerned about the ongoing discus-sions on UAS regulations and thefact that they may not be able tomeet the market demands.

In the next few years, the coun-try will be the largest importer ofdrones worldwide. It will also leavemany countries behind in terms ofusage. Drones have now startedbeing used in industries on largescales. This aerial vehicle willreplace the need for manpower andwill create new opportunities. Thesejobs will not only be in the form ofremote pilots, but there will also bea dire need of skilled people on thefront like drone engineering, oper-ations, monitoring, sales, and mar-keting.

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Social commerce is not a new con-cept in the country major chunkof social commerce existed only in

the fashion, beauty, and retail indus-tries. Today, social commerce is gain-ing popularity for one of the funda-mental aspects of life —fresh food.

A $200 billion fresh produce cat-egory is now witnessing major dis-ruption through social commerce. It isgarnering the attention of consumer,entrepreneurs, and investors . In fact,consumers are increasingly preferringtheir food sourced through socialcommerce for various reasons such ashigher credibility, rational price andmost importantly, fresher produce(delivered within a day). For womenlooking to be a part of the businessenvironment without monetary invest-ment, social commerce within thefood category is the ideal solution. Letus take a look at how social commerceis playing a key role in helping womenmake it big in business.

Increasing Internet penetrationand social media usage have paved theway for the rise of social commerce. Amajority of the population today usesand is in fact hooked onto social mediaand brands are leveraging this aspect.With the rise in demand for fresh pro-duce,women are joining hands withbrands to become resellers withintheir community to make a mark forthemselves in their community byleveraging social commerce. At present,fresh produce is a supply-led modeland social commerce is flipping it todemand-led model that further helpsin solving the problem of middlemenand wastage. Apart from this, it helpsresellers connect with their customers-base efficiently and offer real-time feed-back to the farmers regarding the qual-ity of the produce.

For the first time, women are tak-ing the centrestage in spurring theadoption of e-commerce and helpingthe industry as well as themselvesprogress. The advent of technology,rapid digitisation of businesses, andeasy access have helped drive thischange. For women sellers, a slew offeatures aided by cutting-edge tech-

nology such as voice chats/chatbots,real-time updates and feedback to thefarmers, and most importantly,WhatsApp-based marketing is cominghandy to open more doors to becomemicro-entrepreneurs.

Women sellers also have a higheraverage order value, better retentionand repeat orders, making them moresuitable. In fact, not just urban cities,but women resellers hail from tier-IIand tier-III catchment areas are hop-ping on the fresh produce social com-merce bandwagon to fulfill their goalsand achieve financial independencewith almost no investment. A whop-ping 68% of women in most platformssell from tier-II and tier-III cities.

They also help customers gain trustfor unbranded products since they usu-ally tend to lean towards known/estab-lished brands. In return, social com-merce platforms offer easy access forwomen to build an entrepreneurialempire of their own through commu-nity engagement without hindrances.

Social commerce is quickly becom-ing a multi-million-dollar market inIndia. With technological advance-ments, greater digitisation and theavailability of regional languages pro-viding easy access and seamless expe-rience, the rise of women entrepreneursthrough social commerce is inevitable.

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The University of Illinoisinvites applications forits Merit Award that will

minimise bright internationalstudents’ financial strain.

Benefits: The award of thegrant is varied depending on theGPA — ranging between $2,000to $4,000

Eligibility: Entrants can becitizens of any country.Applicants must be wishing toenrol in an undergraduatecourse at the University ofIllinois Springfield.

As supporting documents,candidates can provide the fol-lowing: Pre-qualification degree,copies of academic transcripts,certificates of English languageproficiency, a statement, and acopy of passport.

Admission requirements:Applicants who possess a highschool diploma can take part inan undergraduate degree courseat the University of IllinoisSpringfield.

Language requirement:Entrants whose native languageis not English will have to sub-mit an official score reportfrom the TOEFL or IELTS.

How to apply: Applicantswill be eligible to apply for thisapplication programme if theirapplication for admission in anundergraduate programme hasbeen accepted successfully.

Application deadline: Thelast date to apply for the merit

wasrd is November 1, 2020.

The University of Calgaryinvites applications for itsInternational EntranceScholarship. Students enteringthe first year in any undergrad-uate degree in the upcoming fallterm are invited to apply for thescheme.

Award: $15,000Nationality: Anyone can

applyEligibility: Must be an

international student enteringthe first year in any undergrad-uate degree in the upcoming fallterm. Must have satisfied theuniversity’s English LanguageProficiency requirement.Renewable in the second, third,and fourth year at the Universityof Calgary, provided recipientsto achieve a GPA of 2.60 ormore over a minimum of 24.00units in the previous fall andwinter terms. Pre-qualificationdegree, copies of academic tran-scripts, certificates of Englishlanguage proficiency, a state-ment, and a copy of passport.

Language requirement: Ifyour first language is notEnglish, you will have to fulfilthe language proficiencyrequirement in by presentingone of the following:

How to apply: Studentswho have received an offer tostudy in an undergraduatedegree program from the uni-versity will be eligible to applyfor this application .

Application deadline: Thelast date to aply for this schol-arship is December 1, 2020.

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The upcoming training campfor India’s male hockey play-

ers in Bengaluru looks uncertainafter half a dozen of them test-ed positive for Covid-19 but thewomen can resume practiceafter all of them tested negativefor the dreaded virus.

Six Indian men’s team play-ers — skipper Manpreet Singh,striker Mandeep Singh, defend-ers Surender Kumar, JaskaranSingh, drag-flicker VarunKumar and goalkeeper KrishanBahadur Pathak — have testedpositive after reachingBengaluru for the national camp,scheduled to start on August 20.

Of these, Mandeep has beenhospitalised after his blood oxy-

gen levels dropped on Monday.“The men’s camp is in doubt

after six positive results, morereports are still awaited from thestate Government,” a SAI sourcesaid.

“But the women’s camp isstill on course after all the play-ers tested negative. They are cur-rently under 14-day quarantineperiod and the light intensitycamp will begin once its over,”the source added.

Currently, 33 male and 24female players are in Bengalurufor the camp.

The six Covid positive men— mostly from Punjab — werepart of a 10-member group thattravelled together from NewDelhi.

According to sources closeto the developments, the num-ber could rise as all the testreports of the men’s team havenot yet to come.

The light intensity nationalcamp was supposed to start in

the last week of August after amonth-long break and was

expected to continue tillSeptember 30.

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The 20-year-old was astrong favourite for 100-metrebutterfly Gold at her homeOlympic Games before reveal-

ing last year that she had beendiagnosed with leukaemia.

She was discharged fromhospital in December after beinghospitalised for about 10 monthsand resumed training in March.

Public broadcaster NHKand Kyodo News said on Tuesdaythat Ikee has registered for a 50-metre freestyle race organised bythe Tokyo SwimmingAssociation on August 29.

Ikee was also considered acontender for the Tokyo 2020200m freestyle, but her diagno-sis forced her to switch herfocus to competing in the 2024Olympics. She has not said ifshe plans to rethink and com-pete in Tokyo next year, follow-ing the postponement of theGames. AFP

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Resumption is done andexpansion can now follow,

said Indian boxing’s HighPerformance Director SantiagoNieva, revealing that additionof seven more boxers has beenproposed at the ongoing nation-al training camp for theOlympic-bound in Patiala.

Nine male boxers and a fewof their women counterparts aretraining at the National Instituteof Sports (NIS) in Patiala, tak-ing the first step towards arestart amid the Covid-19 pan-demic. These include worldSilver-medallist and topOlympic medal hope AmitPanghal.

“We are looking to addseven more boxers, two coach-es and a support staff memberto this list in the next fewweeks. Approval has beensought (from SAI). We areassessing things one month at atime,” Nieva said.

“The boxers who are hereare training under the stricthealth safety protocol given tous and things have beensmooth. I can’t give you namesbut the ones we want includednext are second in rankings oftheir respective categories,” hesaid.

The camp started in the firstweek of this month after boxers,willing to take the trip to Patialawere quarantined, tested andthen allowed to enter the NIS.

In between, a controversyflared up when the Olympic-bound duo of Vikas Krishanand Satish Kumar “unknowing-ly” broke the quarantine proto-col.

The two have since madeBengaluru’s Inspire Institute ofSports (IIS) their training baseand won’t be coming back,despite getting a SAI go ahead,due to the travelling involved.

“We are currently able to do70 per cent of the things that weused to do,” Nieva said of the

training regimen in Patiala.“As per the SOP (Standard

Operating Procedure), we can-not enter the ring or do sparringor pad work. But we can do run-ning, strength training, and lotof (punching) bags. That’senough for now,” he added.

A boxer not able to accessthe ring, does it feel weird?

“Not as of now. May beanother three-four weeks and itwill begin to feel weird but whatto do. We have to be patient.Like the rest of the world, wehave to adjust and adapt,” Nievasaid.

With all international com-petition halted for the timebeing and Olympics postponedto next year, Nieva said the box-ers can afford to take it a bit slow.

“We have enough time toget back top form. It’s still oneyear for the Olympics, I am finewith the pace of training at thispoint. But it remains an evolv-ing situation and we are alladjusting,” Nieva said.

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has postponed the inau-gural edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL)

due to unavailability of top foreign players whowould have had to undergo 14-day compulsoryquarantine owing to rising cases of Covid-19 in theisland nation.

The T20 League was scheduled to start onAugust 28, subject to approval from theGovernment and Ministry of health but the 14-daycompulsory quarantine period turned out to be anissue with regards to foreign players

“We had a discussion with the health author-ities and the 14 day quarantine period for anyoneentering the country is compulsory. So it’s difficultto play the tournament at the end of August,” SLCPresident Shammi Silva told NewsWire.

“We will play the tournament in mid Novemberafter IPL,” Silva’s information indicated that theyare looking at roping in the best T20 freelancers.

A total of 23 matches were scheduled in LPLwhich was supposed to end on September 20.

According to reports, a total of 93 internation-al cricketers, including England’s World Cup-win-ning pacer Liam Plunkett and New Zealand seam-er Tim Southee, were also listed for the tournament.

��� ���!� The IndianPremier League shifting itsbase to the United ArabEmirates for the 2020 editionmay prove to be a blessing indisguise for at least 50 unher-alded cricketers, who are set totravel with the eight teams as“exclusive” net bowlers.

At least three franchises,Chennai Super Kings, KolkataKnight Riders and DelhiCapitals confirmed that theyare preparing a roster of netbowlers.

The list comprises mostlyfirst-class, U-19 and U-23 statelevel cricketers who will get tobowl to the likes of MS Dhoni,Suresh Raina, Rishabh Pant forclose to a month.

The convention all theseyears has been using localbowlers for nets apart from thejunior fringe players but thestrict bio-security measuresfor the tournament means thatall franchise will have toarrange for quality bowlersduring practice sessions.

While BCCI has cappedthe squad strength (players) to24, the franchises have notbeen specified contingent vol-ume which will vary fromteam to team but it could besafely assumed that most of theeight sides will not avail anylocal net bowlers.

“If all goes well, we areplanning to take around 10bowlers exclusively to UAEfor the practice sessions. Theywill be accompanying the teamand will remain till the tourna-ment starts,” Chennai Super

Kings CEO KashiVishwanathan said on Tuesday.

The Kolkata Knight Ridersalso confirmed that they willalso have 10 net bowlers intheir roster, likely to be hand-picked by former Mumbaicaptain and their academycoach Abhishek Nayar.

“It will be a blend of play-ers of who have played RanjiTrophy while some of haveplayed U-23 and U-19 nata-tional level tournaments,”someone who is privy to devel-opments in the KKR campinformed.

The Delhi Capitals are alsotaking around six net bowlerswho will be a part of theteam’s “bio bubble”.

“They will be staying withthe squad and will travel withthe team for the net sessions,”a franchise source said.

The Rajasthan Royals arealso on course to finalise thenumber of net bowlers theywill carry. Royals as well asRoyal Challengers Bangalorecan fly out bowlers from theirown respective academies.

It is expected that therewill be a healthy number ofspinners in overall net bowlers’list.

“On slow Dubai tracks, itwill be important that teamsstack up their line-up withmore spinners especially forhumid conditions. You will seea lot of left-arm spinners andwrist spinners who have playeda decent level cricket beingincluded apart from the pacers,”the talent scout said. PTI

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Bruno Fernandes scored apenalty in extra time asManchester United

scraped past FC Copenhagen 1-0 on Monday in the quarter-finals of the Europa League,reshaped into an eight-teamstraight knockout tournament inGermany due to the coron-avirus pandemic.

The Portugal internationalnotched his competition-bestseventh goal of the season asUnited set up a semi-final clashagainst Sevilla or Wolves, join-ing Inter Milan in the last fourfollowing the Italian side’s 2-1victory over Bayer Leverkusen inDusseldorf.

“Third time this seasonwe’ve been to the semis, everycompetition we’ve been in.

Delighted we’ve gone through,we deserved to win tonight,”United manager Ole GunnarSolskjaer told BT Sport.

“Their keeper was fantastic,unbelievable. We hit the post afew times, there were a couple ofVAR decisions against us. Itcould have been one of thosenights that you end up withpenalty shoot outs. They madeit hard for us.”

All games from the quarter-finals onwards in this season’sEuropa League are being playedbehind closed doors as one-offties across four venues —Cologne, Duisburg, Dusseldorfand Gelsenkirchen — in aunique format following a five-month interruption.

Solskjaer recal ledFernandes, Paul Pogba, Marcus

Rashford, Mason Greenwoodand Anthony Martial but the2017 competition winners strug-gled early, and 18-year-oldCopenhagen forward MohamedDaramy was twice involved asthe Danish underdogs threat-ened a creaking United backline.

Greenwood looked to haveput United ahead as he drilledin via the far post moments lateronly for the teenager to be ruledoffside following a VAR review.

He again went close early inthe second half when heslammed against theupright, with Fernandespromptly smacking theopposite post with a dip-ping 20-yard drive.

The Portugal inter-national, who scored fivetimes in the group stagewith Sporting, stung thepalms of Johnsson with anoth-er hit from distance — shortlyafter Aaron Wan-Bissaka madea desperation block to thwartBryan Oviedo after a mesmeris-ing dribble from Rasmus Falk.

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European quarter-final, and thefirst Danish club to reach thisstage since 1997, Copenhagencontinued to frustrate United asthey sought a repeat of their 1-0 win when the clubs last met inthe Champions League groupstage in 2006.

Martial nearly won the gamein normal time but again asprawling Johnsson tipped awayhis curl ing attempt thatappeared destined for the topcorner.

The France striker was oncemore repelled by Johnsson at thestart of extra time, but Martialwon a penalty as United kept theattack alive and the striker wasupended by Andreas Bjelland.

Fernandes blasted home

from the spot on 95 minutes butSolskjaer’s team were left tosweat until the end as Johnssonpulled off sensational stops fromthe Portuguese and substituteJuan Mata, with Victor Lindelofthe third United player to strikethe post.

United though ultimatelyensured their 2019-20 campaignwill extend into a second year,having started the season 365days ago with a 4-0 PremierLeague win over Chelsea.

Await ing them onSunday will be Sevilla —who have won theEuropa League and itsprecursor, the UEFACup, a record five times— or domestic rivalsWolves.

Former Unitedstriker Romelu Lukaku

grabbed the decisive goal forAntonio Conte’s Inter againstLeverkusen as the Serie A run-ners-up moved a step closer toadding to their titles from 1991,1994 and 1998.

Inter struck first as NicoloBarella guided in from the edgeof the area on 15 minutes, withLukaku bundling in a second sixminutes later.

Kai Havertz reduced thedeficit in possibly his final gamefor Leverkusen on 25 minutesafter exchanging passes withfellow Germany internationalKevin Volland, but Inter held onto seal their place againstShakhtar Donetsk or Basel innext week's semi-final.

“The defence did a tremen-dous job again tonight. We aregrowing but we have to learn tokill games off when we have thechances to do it, and we didn’ttonight,” said Lukaku.

“Now we have time to recov-er physically and prepare foranother great game. We willhave to be ready.”

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Former Pakistan captainRamiz Raja believes wicket-

keeper-batsman SarfarazAhmed should retire fromTests and focus on white ballcricket.

Sarafaraz, a former captain,was seen performing the dutiesof 12th man in the series open-er between England andPakistan in Manchester.

“In my book I am clearonce you have been captain andremained on a pedestal then itis very difficult to come downand be on the bench,” Raja saidon the Youtube channel, CricketBaaz.

“I would advise Sarfaraz tothink about it and retire fromTest cricket and just focus onwhite ball cricket, a format inwhich he is very good andknown for his aggression,” headded.

Raja, who featured in 57

Tests, said a former captain andsenior player of Sarfaraz’sstature carrying drinks,although not rare in cricket, isfrowned upon in Pakistan.

“There is nothing wrongwith that because even JamesAnderson carried drinks whenhe didn’t play in the second Testagainst West Indies. But in ourcricket culture these things arenot looked upon nicely and ifthey involve a former captain,”Raja said. “I don’t see him get-ting a chance in the Test formatsoon so he should focus onwhite ball cricket where he willplay and be respected as well,”he added.

Raja feels the presence ofSarfaraz in the squad also addspressure on MuhammadRizwan, who kept the wicketsfor Pakistan in the first Test.

“He being in the Test squadalso adds pressure onMuhammad Rizwan whoknows there is a former captainkeeper breathing down hisneck and that is not good forhim. I think Sarfaraz shouldnot be on the bench. He shouldcall it a day from Test cricket.”

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New Zealand Cricket CEODavid White on Tuesday

said Pakistan, Australia,Bangladesh and the WestIndies have confirmed theywill tour the country duringthe summer.

White said New ZealandCricket (NZC) is working toimplement bio-secure bubble,similar to the one the ECB isusing in their ongoing season.

“We are makingtremendous progress. Iwas just on the phone tothe West Indies, they’reconfirmed, Pakistan is con-firmed, Australia andBangladesh... So 37days of interna-tional cricket,”White was quot-ed as saying byESPNcricinfo.

White added

that women’s team will tourTrans-Tasman rivals Australiain September with the reversefixture slated for February.

“The White Ferns willtour Australia in Septemberand then the AustraliaWomen’s team will tour NewZealand in February. We arejust working through the con-tent but probably five ODIsand three T20Is,” White said.

According to the cur-rent Future Tours pro-gramme (FTP), New

Zealand are slated tohost West Indies and

Pakistan for a Testand T20 series each.The red-ball seriesbeing a part of the

World TestChampionship.

Bangladesh arescheduled for ODIs andT20Is followed byAustralia for T20 series.

�� ���!�� Domestic veteranand Ranji Trophy-winning skip-per with Vidarbha, Faiz Fazalbelieves India’s Virat Kohli andAustralia’s Tim Paine are two ofthe best captains in the world atthe moment.

In a recent interaction onSports Tiger’s show Off the Field,on being asked who the best cap-tain in the world, Faiz answered,“I am a fan of Tim Paine, he isvery good as a Test captain. Viratis also very good in Tests.”

On being asked about himnot getting a call to the nation-al team after scoring a half-cen-tury in his debut match, Faizsaid, “The competition in TeamIndia is very tight, I feel very for-tunate that I played for Indiabecause that was the aim, to playfor the country. Nothing can becompared with that. But I stillaim to play for the Test team.But, yes, I feel disappointedthat I could not continue myplace in the Indian team.” PNS

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It was the first competitivematch for Halep since she wonthe Dubai Championships inFebruary. The Romanian willface next Czech wild cardBarbora Krejcikova.

Second-seeded PetraMartic, who reached Palermosemis last week, overcameVarvara Gracheva 7-6 (2), 6-3 toface Kristyna Pliskova in the sec-ond round. Third-seeded EliseMertens recovered from a sec-ond set scare to beat JasminePaolini 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. AP

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Indian hockey team forwardMandeep Singh, who tested

positive for Covid-19, has beenadmitted to a hospital inBengaluru after his blood oxy-gen level dropped but his con-dition is stable, the SportsAuthority of India (SAI) said onTuesday.

“During night monitoringof vitals on August 10 (Monday)it was found that MandeepSingh’s blood oxygen level wasdropping below normal which

indicated that he is movingfrom mild to moderate severi-ty of Covid,” the SAI said in astatement.

“SAI authorities on campustook an immediate decision toshift him to SS Sparsh multispe-ciality hospital as a precaution-ary measure. His condition iscurrently stable,” added thestatement.

The 25-year-old has played129 games for India and scored60 goals so far. He was a part ofthe Gold-winning team at the2018 Asian Champions Trophy.

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