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HONG KONG: Predictably, China has reacted an-grily to successful Indian military action along the Lineof Actual Control (LAC), with the People's LiberationArmy (PLA) caught napping when Indian troopsmoved to occupy hilltop features near Lake Spangguron the night of August 29-30. This anger allegedly as-cends all the way to the top of China's military hierar-chy, Chairman Xi Jinping.

China has for a long time relied on India behaving

reactively rather than preemptively, as it manufac-tured seizures of territory along the troublesome un-demarcated border. This time the PLA has been onthe receiving end, and Chinese Communist Party(CCP) leadership is not happy. Some media allegedthat the CCP leadership was "enraged" that a PLAcommander withdrew forces to avoid physical con-flict at Spanggur, though evidence to substantiatethis is yet to emerge.

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China usingPakistan for militarylogistics facilities

Indiasuccessfullytest-fires HSTDV

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30Bollywood:The 'Bhoot Police' castJacqueline Fernandez and Yami Gautamhave joined the cast of the spooky ad-venture comedy Bhoot Police, starringSaif Ali Khan and ArjunKapoor.

6Cover Story:CHINA CAUGHT NAPPINGChina has reacted angrily to Indianmilitary action along the LAC, with thePeople's Liberation Army (PLA) caughtnapping.

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CHINA CAUGHT NAPPINGXi is reportedly angered by Indian defiance along border

HONG KONG: Predictably, China hasreacted angrily to successful Indianmilitary action along the Line of ActualControl (LAC), with the People's Libera-tion Army (PLA) caught napping whenIndian troops moved to occupy hilltopfeatures near Lake Spanggur on thenight of August 29-30. This anger alleg-edly ascends all the way to the top ofChina's military hierarchy, Chairman XiJinping.

China has for a long time relied onIndia behaving reactively rather thanpreemptively, as it manufactured sei-zures of territory along the trouble-some un-demarcated border. This timethe PLA has been on the receiving end,and Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

leadership is not happy. Some media al-leged that the CCP leadership was "en-raged" that a PLA commander with-drew forces to avoid physical conflict atSpanggur, though evidence to substan-tiate this is yet to emerge. This latestembarrassment came on top of thebloody fracas in the Galwan Valley on 15June, which occurred on none otherthan the auspicious occasion of Xi's 67thbirthday. Losing casualties, with Chi-nese numbers still a state secret repre-sented a severe loss of face to Xi on hisbirthday.

Dissatisfied with their level of CCPand personal loyalty, it is also rumoredXi is on the brink of a "brutal purge" ofthe PLA and regular law enforcementagencies. China's authoritarian leaderhas always sought to consolidate mili-tary power, something his immediatepredecessors could not achieve, and heis becoming even more paranoid aboutpolitical loyalty and social unrest withinChina.

This explains why, on August 26, theChinese police apparatus (including theMinistries of Public Security and StateSecurity) swore fealty to the CCP andwas removed from the State Council'schain of command. A ceremony saw Xi

pompously conferring a new flag on thepolice, one bearing the red color of theparty. Xi "ordered the police to be loyalto the party, serve the people and beimpartial in law enforcement and strictin discipline".

Law enforcement forces have nowfollowed suit as the People's Armed Po-lice (PAP), which Xi placed under his im-mediate leadership in the Central Mili-tary Commission (CMC) in January 2018.In any popular uprising such as the onethat happened in Tiananmen Square in1989, the PAP would be called upon toput down any unrest.

Xi has repeatedly called for personalloyalty, and issued warnings about"two-faced" people, a phrase referring

to someone who pledges obediencebut actually secretly resists. Xi wants toget rid of all such people from positionsof influence. Furthermore, a politicalstudy campaign is being prosecutedacross political and legal forces to pro-mote a "spirit of rectification", whichharks back to Mao's destructive purges.Three deputy minister-level public se-curity officials have already been de-tained in 2020, and Xi's paranoia seemsto be rising to hysterical levels.

Xi has always been a hands-onleader, probably because he is distrust-ful of anyone outside his handpicked

inner circle. It is believed he personallyencouraged the launch of four ballisticmissiles into the South China Sea on Au-gust 26, another provocative actionsent as a warning to the USA.

A dramatic purge of the law enforce-ment system seems set to occur and,with Xi disappointed about how landgrabs along the Himalaya border aregoing, further refinement of the PLAcould occur. Of course, every time heimplements such a purge, the PLA be-comes a more politically astute organi-zation and less military-focused as lead-ers seek to consolidate their own posi-tions and think less of the overall ben-efit of the PLA.

With ongoing border tensions, themood on Chinese social media plat-forms like Sina Weibo reflects concern,anger and deprecation of India as well.For example, one netizen quoted Chi-nese professor Zhang Weiwei as saying:

"India's expert advice is for Modi not toprovoke China. Otherwise, India will re-ceive five times the humiliation it had in1962."

An unusually muted post by Hu

Xijing, editor-in-chief of the GlobalTimes, received nearly 20,000 likes:"Both India and China are great powersand capable of mobilizing their nationalstrength to solve a military border con-flict. Yet, at this very moment, both sideshave to calm down." Another poster putthe tensions with India in perspective:"The Sino-Indian border conflict is amatter of time. In the coming winter,both sides have to withdraw theirtroops. Hence, whether China can getback Taiwan is the utmost importantproblem to China!"

However, hubris remains a commonsentiment. One Chinese netizen, who isinfamous for his bullheadedness,posted to popular acclaim, "Twomonths ago, India just suffered what itdeserved. The Indian leader army offic-ers ran away and abandoned their col-leagues when the PLA struck them hard,leading to the death of 20 Indian sol-diers and officers. How dare they comeback now?"

There was pride in the PLA tooamong many citizens. "The Sino-Indiaborder is having conflicts once again.Soldiers of the PLA have left their sui-cide notes and loaded bullets into their[rifle] chambers." ANI

China has for a long time relied on India behaving reactively

rather than preemptively, as it manufactured seizures of territory

along the troublesome un-demarcated border. This time

the PLA has been on the receiving end

With ongoing border tensions, the mood on Chinese social

media platforms like Sina Weibo reflects concern, anger and

deprecation of India as well. For example, one netizen quoted

Chinese professor Zhang Weiwei as saying: "India's expert

advice is for Modi not to provoke China. Otherwise, India will

receive five times the humiliation it had in 1962

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China using Pakistan for military logistics facilitiesWASHINGTON: The US Department of

Defense in its annual report to Congresson 'Military and Security Developmentsinvolving the People's Republic of China2020' has stated that Pakistan is amongthe countries, which have been chosenby the Beijing for "military logistics fa-cilities".

According to the DefenseDepartment's report published lastweek, the PRC is seeking to establish arobust overseas logistics and basing in-frastructure to allow the PLA to projectand sustain military power at greaterdistances. "Beyond its current base inDjibouti, the PRC is very likely alreadyconsidering and planning for additionaloverseas military logistics facilities tosupport naval, air and ground forces.The PRC has likely considered locationsfor PLA military logistics facilities inMyanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Indone-sia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United ArabEmirates, Kenya, Seychelles, Tanzania,Angola and Tajikistan," read the report.

The Department further stated thatChina's One Belt, One Road (OBOR)

projects in Pakistan dealing with pipe-lines and port construction intend todecrease Beijing's reliance on trans-porting energy resources through stra-tegic chokepoints, such as the Strait ofMalacca.

"In support of its national strategy,the PRC pursues a range of goalsthrough OBOR to include strengtheningits territorial integrity, increasing its en-

ergy security and expanding its inter-national influence. Given the Partyviews the PRC's security and develop-ment interests as complementary, thePRC leverages OBOR to invest inprojects along China's western andsouthern periphery to improve stability

and diminish threats along its borders.Similarly, OBOR projects associatedwith pipelines and port construction inPakistan intend to decrease China's re-liance on transporting energy re-sources through strategic chokepoints,such as the Strait of Malacca," the de-partment said.

China's Strategic Support Force (SSF)runs tracking, telemetry and command

stations in Namibia, Pakistan and Argen-tina, The Pentagon noted.

Further, China has increased its bilat-eral and multilateral engagement withforeign militaries, including Russia,Pakistan, and the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as it

will improve the PLA's ability to or-ganize and manage combined opera-tions that integrate foreign forces.

"The PRC uses multilateral forumsand international organizations togenerate new opportunities to ex-pand its influence, strengthen its po-litical influence, promotes strategicmessaging that portrays it as a re-sponsible global actor, advance itsdevelopment interests and limit out-side interference in and criticism ofits initiatives," the report said.

"Towards these ends, the PRC hasembraced multilateral organizationssuchas Brazil, Russia, India, China andSouth Africa, the Shanghai Coopera-tion Organization, the African Union,the Association of Southeast AsianNations, as well as forums and initia-tives such as the Forum on China-Af-rica Cooperation, the China-ArabStates Cooperation Forum, the"17+1" initiative between China and 17Central and Eastern European countries,and the Belt and Road Forum," the re-port read. ANI

"Beyond its current base in Djibouti, the PRC is very likely

already considering and planning for additional overseas

military logistics facilities to support naval, air and ground

forces. The PRC has likely considered locations for

PLA military logistics facilities”

India successfully test-fires hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicleNEW DELHI: India has successfully

flight-tested the indigenously devel-oped hypersonic technology demon-stration vehicle (HSTDV), joining a se-lect group of countries having thecapability to develop the next-gen-eration hypersonic cruise missiles, of-ficials said.

The HSTDV, based on hypersonicpropulsion technologies and devel-oped by the Defense Research andDevelopment Organization (DRDO),will help India develop futuristicspace assets like long-range missilesystems and aerial platforms, theysaid.

The HSTDV is capable of poweringmissiles to attain a speed of aroundMach 6 or six times the speed ofsound, the officials said, adding onlya very few countries like the US, Rus-sia and China have such a capability.

"The DRDO has successfully dem-onstrated the hypersonic air-breath-ing scramjet technology with theflight test of hypersonic technologydemonstration vehicle at 1103 hoursfrom APJ Abdul Kalam launch com-plex at Wheeler Island, off the coastof Odisha," the defense ministry said

in a statement.The HSTDV operates on a scramjet

engine, as against the ramjet engine,which is used on most missiles. The ram-jet engines operate at supersonicspeeds of up to Mach 3.

The ministry said all the performanceparameters have indicated a resound-ing success of the mission. The suc-cessful test comes over a year aftera similar attempt did not provideexpected results

Defense Minister Rajnath Singhcongratulated the DRDO over thesuccessful test-flight of the HSTDV,calling it a "landmark achieve-ment".

"I congratulate DRDO on this

landmark achievement towards realiz-ing PM's vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat. Ispoke to the scientists associated withthe project and congratulated them onthis great achievement. India is proudof them," he tweeted.

A DRDO official said that with thesuccessful test flight of the HSTDV, India

has demonstrated capabilities forhighly complex technology that

will serve as the building blockfor next-generation hypersonicvehicles in partnership with thedomestic defense industry.

The defense ministry saidthe parameters of launch andcruise vehicle, including thescramjet engine, were moni-

tored by multiple tracking radars,electro-optical systems and telem-etry stations.

"The scramjet engine worked athigh dynamic pressure and very hightemperature. A ship was also de-ployed in the Bay of Bengal to moni-tor the performance during thecruise phase of hypersonic vehicle,"the ministry said.

With the successful test, it saidmany critical technologies such asaerodynamic configuration for hy-personic maneuvers, use of scramjetpropulsion for ignition and sustainedcombustion at hypersonic wereproven and validated.

It said the hypersonic cruise vehiclewas launched using a proven rocketmotor, which took it to an altitude of30 kilometers where the aerodynamicheat shields were separated.

"The cruise vehicle separated fromthe launch vehicle and the air intakeopened as planned. The hypersoniccombustion sustained and the cruisevehicle continued on its desiredflight path at a velocity of six timesthe speed of sound," the ministrysaid. PTI

DRDO tests the Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle at Abdul Kalam Island

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Pak Army chief warns India of anymisadventure, reminds Balakot response

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Chief of ArmyStaff (COAS) General Qamar JavedBajwa has sent out an open warning toIndia, claiming that his country wouldwin the "fifth generation or hybrid war".

Addressing a ceremony marking De-fense Day and Martyrs' Dayat the General Headquarters(GHQ) in Rawalpindi, Bajwasaid Pakistan is facing mul-tiple challenges aimed atdiscrediting the country andits armed forces.

"We are facing the chal-lenge that has been imposedon us in the form of the fifthgeneration or hybrid war. Itspurpose is to discredit thecountry and its armed forcesand spread chaos", he said.

"We are well aware of thisdanger. We will surely suc-ceed in winning this warwith the cooperation of thenation."

Giving out an open andclear warning without nam-ing India, Bajwa said that Pakistan willgive a befitting response to every ag-gression if a war is imposed.

"I want to send a message to my na-tion and the world that Pakistan is apeace-loving country. But if war is im-

posed on us, we will befittingly re-sponse to every aggression.

"We are always ready to defeat ne-farious intentions of the enemy," hesaid. Hitting out at India, Bajwa said thatin 1965, Pakistan had defeated India; an

enemy he said many times greater inmight than it.

He also reminded Pakistan's responseto the 2019 Balakot airstrikes by India,insisting that there should be no doubton the country's readiness to respond.

"Pakistan had again demonstratedthis in response to the failed airstrikesat Balakot and the enemy should haveno doubt about it.

"We want peace in the whole worldand especially in our region. Pakistan'skey role in peace efforts in Afghanistanis a testament to that, but our neighborIndia has, as always, taken an irrespon-sible stance," Bajwa added.

Mentioning the longstanding dis-pute of Kashmir between the two coun-tries, the COAS said: "India, by illegallyabrogating the special status of illegallyoccupied Jammu and Kashmir had onceagain threatened peace in the region.

"There is no doubt that Kashmir is arecognized dispute and Pakistan didnot accept any unilateral decision in thisregard.

"Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad AliJinnah had declared Kashmir the jugu-lar vein of Pakistan. This is part of ourfaith. We will not show any flexibility inthis regard."

Bajwa reiterated that time has triedthe capability of Pakistan many times,highlighting that the country has comeour successful every time.

"Pakistan is a living reality. Our blood,our passion and our actions will bearwitness to this on every front," he as-serted. IANS

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa

BCCI finally releasesIPL schedule, MI toface CSK in opener

DUBAI: Ending days of anxiouswait, the BCCI on Sunday (6 Sep-tember) released the schedule forthe upcoming IPL, and in keepingwith tradition, defending champi-ons Mumbai Indians will take onrunners-up Chennai Super Kings inthe opener in Abu Dhabi on Satur-day, September 19.

Moved out of India due to asurge in COVID-19 cases, the up-coming edition of the world's big-gest T20 league will be held in thethree venues of Dubai, Abu Dhabiand Sharjah in the UAE.

After the tournament-opener inthe capital city, Dubai will host itsfirst game the next day when DelhiCapitals take on Kings XI Punjab fol-lowed by the third match on Mon-day between Sunrisers Hyderabadand Royal Challengers Bangalore.

The action will then shift toSharjah on September 22 whenRajasthan Royals will host ChennaiSuper Kings.

There will be 10 double headers,with the first match starting at3:30pm IST and the second7:30pm, according to a BCCIrelease.In all, 24 matches will beheld in Dubai, 20 in Abu Dhabi and12 in Sharjah.

Venues for the playoffs and theIPL 2020 final will be announcedlater. The final is slated for Novem-ber 10.

The schedule was expected tobe out in the last week of Augustbut the announcement was de-layed after 13 personnel of theChennai Super Kings (CSK) camptested positive for the dreaded vi-rus.

Also, due to different quarantinerules in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, IPL'soperations team took time to final-ize the schedule.

As per IPL rules, the defendingchampions and the last year's run-ner-up face off in the tournamentopener. The same is going to hap-pen this year after concerns overChennai Super Kings' readinesswere erased with their first prac-tice session in Dubai on Friday (4September).

CSK were the last franchise to hitthe nets after clearing final roundsof COVID-19 testing.PTI

'Kamala Harris a strong asset for Joe Biden,mood of Indian-Americans positive'

WASHINGTON: As Kamala Harris be-came the first female African-Americanand Indian-origin to be nominated asVice President of the United States,Kumar Barve, an Indian-American, hassaid that the mood of the community isvery positive and said the 55-year-oldwill be a strong asset for the Demo-cratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Barve, whose ancestors immigratedto the US in 1911 from Maharashtra,said that he looks forward to seeingHarris as the Vice President. "It is ex-tremely positive. Indian-Americans rec-ognize her as an Indian origin person.This is all part of the long story of the USwhere immigrant communities comehere, make the country stronger andtake their turn in helping to govern thecountry," said Barve, who is a leader inMaryland state politics.

"...I think she is a very good fit for theticket and she is going to be a strongasset to Vice President Biden and hope-fully, he will be successful in his effortsto become the next president of theUS," he said.

Talking about his ancestral roots, Barvesaid that his family has been living in the

US for more than 100 years."My parents came to this country in

1911 and they were from Nagpur. My fa-ther was born in Tarapur, which is north ofMumbai. Although we are 100 percentIndian-origin, my family has been in thiscountry for over 100 years," he explained.

"We are an immigrant nation. Nearly100 per cent of the population ofAmerica, came here over the last 200years or so. She is very much in keepingwith the traditional view of how Americais built as a nation, and I look forward toher as vice president," he said.

More than 1.3 million Indian-Americansare expected to vote in this year's elec-tion- and Harris is one of them. With nearly200,000 in battleground states like Penn-sylvania and 125,000 in Michigan the In-dian American Vote matters. (Data credit-research firm CRW Strategy). ANIKamala Harris

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Journalists for USmedia face possibleexpulsion from China

BEIJING: China is delaying the re-newal of press cards for at least fivejournalists working at four US mediaoutlets, an organization of foreigncorrespondents said, making themvulnerable to expulsion in apparentretribution for Washington's target-ing of Chinese reporters working inthe United States.

China's foreign ministry re-sponded by saying applications forrenewal were being processed andthose reporters involved would nothave their lives in China affected inany way".

However, ministry spokespersonZhao Lijian also accused the US ofbeing arrogant and unreasonable" intalks about the matter and not ad-dressing China's normal and reason-able concerns and demands at all".

If the U.S. government trulycares about American journalists, itshould extend visas for all Chinesejournalists as soon as possible, in-stead of taking journalists from thetwo countries as hostages for thecertain politicians' political inter-ests," Zhao told reporters at a dailybriefing.

Atlanta-based CNN said its Chinacorrespondent was among thosegiven a letter authorizing him tocontinue reporting for the nexttwo months instead of the usualone-year press card.

He was told the move was unre-lated to his reporting but wasmerely a reciprocal measure in re-sponse to the actions of the Trumpadministration toward Chinese me-dia, making it the latest manifesta-tion of the deteriorating state ofUS-China relations that have fallento their lowest level in decades.

The Foreign Correspondents'Club of China, or FCCC, said The WallStreet Journal and Bloomberg havealso been targeted. It did not namethe fourth outlet, but said more for-eign journalists are expected to re-ceive similar treatment. While thetargeted outlets are all American,the journalists involved are of vari-ous nationalities.

Zhao did not say what futureactions China might take, but saidall the options are on the table,and the US side knows that verywell". AP

'We do have twosystems of justicein America'

WASHINGTON: The US has two sys-tems of justice for Black and WhiteAmericans, Democratic vice presiden-tial nominee Kamala Harris has said, asthe Indian-origin Senator rebukedPresident Donald Trump and his Attor-ney General for denying there is sys-temic racism in the country's justice sys-tem.

The strong criticism from Harris, thefirst Black and Indian-American womanon a major party vice presidential ticketcame less than two months before theUS presidential election.

Democratic Party's presidential can-didate Joe Biden and his running mateHarris are challenging incumbent Presi-dent Donald Trump and Vice PresidentMike Pence of the Republican Party inthe November 3 election.

Harris, 55, strongly criticized Presi-dent Trump and Attorney General Will-iam Barr for denying there is systemicracism in the US justice system, sayingthey are "spending full time in a differ-ent reality."

"The reality of America today is whatwe have seen over generations and,frankly, since our inception, which is, wedo have two systems of justice inAmerica," Harris told CNN in an inter-view.

But she said she was optimistic thatas a nation, Americans hold dear to anideal that is inscribed in marble on theSupreme Court, which is that ideal ofequal justice under law.

"And so, while we have two systemsof justice, we also fight for equal justiceunder law. And that means doing whatJoe Biden and I are proposing, which ishaving a criminal justice system that,yes, bans choke holds and carotid holds,make sure that we're going to requireaccountability for police officers whobreak the rules and break the law."

Harris said their administrationwould invest in communities and theeconomic strength of those communi-ties, but doing it all recognizing thatthere are huge disparities in the coun-try based on race.

"And it does us no good if we wantto solve those disparities to pretendthey don't exist," she said.

Harris also suggested that PresidentTrump was not a "real leader" on racialjustice and was trying to "pretend thathe has been a leader" on thecoronavirus pandemic. PTI

Pakistan drifting awayfrom US towards China

ISLAMABAD: Amid the drastic changein US-Pakistan's relationship, China isthe only hope for Pakistan for economicassistance, especially in the aftermathof the pandemic, said Ayesha Siddiqa, adefense analyst andSouth Asian politicsscholar.

Speaking duringan interview with TheNews International,Siddiqa said amid thefast-changing worlddynamics whereinthe coalition amongthe United States, In-dia and Saudi Arabiagains strength, "Paki-stan is drifting awayfrom the US towardsa potential alliancebetween China, Rus-sia and perhaps Iran.""The nature of US-Pa-kistan relations is changing drastically.Even though it has played a vital role inthe US-Taliban negotiations, no one ex-pects the continuation of American fi-nancial assistance to Pakistan.Islamabad joined the American allianceagainst the Taliban after 9/11," Siddiqasaid.

"While the dominant narrative popu-larized by Islamabad was that it wasforced into alignment, governmentsstuck to the narrow prism of extractingfinancial resources from the US, whichalso meant delivering reluctantly. Theforeign policy debate in Pakistan is si-lent about our own re-sponsibility in sup-porting the Taliban orkeeping Osama binLaden. Ultimately, therelationship collapsedat a point of oversell-ing of our capabilitieswith limited capacityto deliver," she added.

The US-Pakistan re-lation has continuedto be on a downhill asthe latter has failed totake strong action against the terroristgroups emanating from its soil.

Due to the deteriorating ties, Siddiqasaid, "China appears to be the only op-tion. It may be Pakistan's only hope foreconomic assistance, especially in theaftermath of the pandemic... In the

wake of the fast-changing world dy-namics, as the coalition among theUnited States, India and Saudi Arabiagains strength, Pakistan is drifting awayfrom the US towards a potential alliance

between China, Russiaand perhaps Iran."

She, however,noted that there are alot of issues that stillneed to be worked outbetween these coun-tries and Pakistan canbenefit only "if it cando its homework andgo beyond the idea ofextracting limitedbenefits."

"There is an expec-tation that Pakistanand Iran will comeclose as a result ofboth being part of BRI,especially if Beijing

and Tehran sign an agreement that isbeing talked about. Right now, we don'tknow if the agreement will get signed,but even if it does, I am not sure that weare domestically talking about the com-petition between Iran and Pakistan thatwill happen naturally. It was there evenwhen both neighbors were once part ofan American alignment," she said.

She further stated that Pakistanneeds to improve its relations with itsneighbors including India, Iran and Af-ghanistan.

While commenting on Pakistan's de-fense and foreign policy, Siddiqa said,

"Pakistan's defense andforeign policy commu-nity lacks independentthinking and diversityof viewpoints. Over theyears, alternativevoices have been si-lenced. I was talking toa diplomat, who saidthat during her twopostings to the countrybetween 2016 andnow, many people thatshe would talk to are

no longer in the country. The securitycommunity that we have now compris-ing faculty at the known public sectoruniversities and think tanks only preachto the choir by communicating domi-nant narratives of the establishmentback to them through their reports. ANI

Ayesha Siddiqa

‘While the dominantnarrative popularizedby Islamabad was that

it was forced intoalignment, govern-ments stuck to thenarrow prism of ex-

tracting financialresources from the US’

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Tech News TechBizAP again tops ''ease of doing business''

ranking; U'khand improvesNEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh

has retained the top position inthe ranking of states and unionterritories (UTs) based on theimplementation of the busi-ness reform action plan, ac-cording to a report released byFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Saturday (5 Sep-tember).

Uttar Pradesh andTelangana were placed at thesecond and third place, re-spectively in the ease of doingbusiness for 2019, prepared bythe Department for Promotionof Industry and Internal Trade(DPIIT).

The parameters include ar-eas such as construction per-mit, labor regulation, environ-

mental registration, access toinformation, land availabilityand single-window system.

The DPIIT conducts the ex-ercise for all states/UTs under

the Business Reform ActionPlan (BRAP).

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhandhas climbed up from the 23rdposition in ease of doing busi-

ness rankings in 2015 to the11th in 2019, the official re-lease here said.

The top three slots were oc-cupied by Andhra Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh and Telanganarespectively, it said.

Chief Minister TrivendraSingh Rawat said Uttarakhandhas all the positive factors thatcan help it become an ideal in-vestment destination includ-ing a clean environment, a bet-ter law and order situation, adisciplined workforce and ab-sence of labor disputes.Uttarakhand's vastly improvedease of doing business rankingis a result of positive partner-ship between the state andthe Centre, he said. PTI

Ratan Tata-backed Repos Energy registers 150 startupsNEW DELHI: Pune-based

energy distribution companyRepos Energy has registeredover 150 fuel startups in lessthan a month.

These startups wouldcarry on door-to-door deliv-ery of diesel through mobilepetrol pumps.

"With the goal to rebootthe economy and making In-dia Atmanirbhar, Repos En-ergy has been working ex-tensively to create a startupecosystem of its own in theenergy sector," a companystatement said.

As per the co-foundersChetan Walunj and AditiBhosale Walunj empoweringstartups through the dy-namic model of doorstepdiesel delivery through mo-bile petrol pumps willchange the game of fuel dis-

tribution in India."According to industry ex-

perts, this move is expected togarner around Rs 9,000 croreof investment," the statementsaid.

Repos Energy will call them'fuel startups', and will providethem with the entire support

system. Repos will providethese new startups with end-to-end solutions for buying themobile petrol pumps alongwith sharing the know-how.

"These fuel startups will be

registered with us and fea-tured on our app. We will alsoprovide them with the neces-

sary infrastructure. This will in-clude a back-end team tobuild their entire brand iden-tity. We will make sure thatthey become successfulstartups," Chetan Walunj said.

Aditi Bhosale Walunj said:"We have built an entire eco-system of fuel distributionthat consists of IoT and AI-driven Repos Mobile PetrolPumps (RMPP). These RMPPsare being designed at our IoTfacility in Chakan, Pune, andcomply with PESO norms."

Some of the fuel startupsthat have registered withRepos are, Easy Diesel fromPune, Nuvera Energy fromMumbai, Auro Fuels fromBengaluru, AMA Fuels fromKolkata, Echological Fuelsfrom Guwahati, Future FuelServices from Mirzapur inUttar Pradesh. IANS

China's Xi promisesmore marketopening at trade fair

BEIJING: President Xi Jinpingpledged to open China's ser-vice industries wider to foreigncompetitors as its first in-per-son trade fair since thecoronavirus outbreak openedunder intensive anti-diseasecontrols.

Xi gave no details in hisspeech Friday (4 September)night, but Chinese leaders areemphasizing development oftourism, retailing and otherservices. They are part of acampaign to nurture economicgrowth driven by consumerspending instead of exportsand investment.

China will relax market ac-cess for service industries andactively expand imports ofhigh-quality services, Xi said atthe China International Fair forTrade in Services.

Pandemic turnsEuropean summerto leanest season

BRUGES (Belgium): Brugesmayor Dirk De fauw first real-ized something was desper-ately wrong with Europeantourism when on a brisk Marchmorning he crossed the Burgsquare in front of the Gothiccity hall and there was nothingbut silence.

There are always people. Al-ways," De fauw said. Thatmorning? Nothing. Nobody ison that large square" at theheart of one of Europe's mostpicturesque cities, he said.

Six months later, as Europe'smeanest tourist summer sea-son in history is starting todraw to a close, COVID-19 is yetto loosen its suffocating gripon the continent.

If anything the pandemicmight tighten it over the com-ing months, with losses pilingup in the tens of billions of eu-ros across the 27-nation Euro-pean Union, and thecontinent's vaunted govern-ment support and social secu-rity system under increasingstrain to prop up the sector. AP

Singapore Govt. defends foreigntalent role in nation's prosperity

SINGAPORE: The Singapore government has defended the roleof foreign talent in the prosperity of its globalized economyamidst claims that foreign professionals, including from India, aretaking away jobs from local people.

Minister for Communications and Information S Iswaran in adebate in Parliament recently said it is important for Singaporeto remain open -- to create jobs and opportunities forSingaporeans -- and be inclusive at the same time. PTI

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Tech BriefsFacebook limits Messenger

forwards to curb misinformationCALIFORNIA: Social media

giant Facebook is putting acap on how many times amessage can be forwardedon Messenger. The companyhas limited the forwards of amessage to five at once for thesake of curbing misinforma-tion.

According to Mashable, JaySullivan, the executive respon-sible forMessenger's pri-vacy and safetysaid in an officialblog post, "Limit-ing forwarding isan effective wayto slow thespread of viralmisinformation and harmfulcontent that has the potentialto cause real-world harm." Thesocial media giant added thatit is imposing a limit on mes-sage forwards to foil the ef-forts of bad actors aiming tocause chaos and undermineaccurate information. The de-cision has been taken in viewof the coronavirus pandemic

(and the spread of linked con-spiracy theories) as well as theupcoming elections in the US,New Zealand and other coun-tries.

As per Mashable, Facebookhas also announced that itwon't accept new political adsin the week preceding the USelections. The company alsomentioned that it will remove

posts that dis-courage peoplefrom voting byfanning fears ofthe virus.

Earlier thismonth, the socialmedia giant alsointroduced its

Voting Information Center onits platform and on Instagramand Messenger to help usersdiscover accurate and easy-to-find information about votingwherever they live.

This was preceded by thecompany boosting security onMessenger by adding supportfor Face ID or fingerprint rec-ognition to protect chats. ANI

Bihar needs to bridge information gapamong aspiring women entrepreneurs

PATNA: Women entrepre-neurs in Bihar say that lack ofawareness about governmentpolicies and incentives for newbusinesses were the biggesthurdle in taking theirstartups forward.

Addressing a webinar,representatives of BiharMahila Udyog Sanghand other leading

organizations of women entre-preneurs highlighted the needfor launching regular aware-

ness campaigns to encouragewomen to start a venture.

The digital session was orga-nized by Sheatwork. AtmaNirbharShe, a one-stop knowl-

edge hub for women en-trepreneurs.

"Most of us are notaware of the policiesor incentives for

women entrepreneurs imple-mented by the Centre andstate governments. In fact, ac-

cording to industry reports, themajority of women entrepre-neurs in Bihar are self- fi-nanced," sheatwork. AtmaNirbhar. She founder RubySinha said.

Only five per cent of womenentrepreneurs in the state re-ceived financial assistancefrom the government, whilejust one per cent borrowedfrom formal financial institu-tions, she said.

Access to institutionalcredit and the government in-centive schemes has been lim-ited, though the state govern-ment had announced Rs 500crore Bihar Startup Policy in2017, Sinha said.

"Through a series ofwebinars, starting with thisedition, we are trying to high-light the state of women en-trepreneurship across thecountry and bridge the infor-mation gap," she added.

Bihar Mahila Udyog Sangh'spresident and Petals Craftfounder Usha Jha said, "Due tolack of exposure and commu-nication skills, women entre-preneurs in Bihar have beenunable to present themselveson national and internationallevels."

Frontline Business Solutionvice chairperson Soniya SanjaySinha said major challengesthat women entrepreneursface in the state are "familypressures, gender and socio-economic issues".

Brand Radiator co-founderand CEO Himani Mishra said,"When a woman determinesto start her own venture, thechallenges she faces are moreon credibility and societalstructure than real businessproblems."

She urged the governmentto formulate a business eco-system, which will encouragewomen to start a venture.

The EntrepreneurshipSchool founder and CEOSanjeeva Shivesh said, "Bihar isa land where the seed of re-public was sown. Now, wemust sow seeds ofentrepreneurialism here." PTI

Indian Businesses need to braceup for more cyber-attacks

AHMEDABAD: The Covid-19 pandemic, aptly de-scribed as a black Swanevent, has ushered in newerand tougher cybersecuritychallenges, and businessesneed to brace up to meetthese challenges, a leadingcybersecurity firm from In-dia has said.

Most of thebusiness pro-cesses in mediumto large compa-nies have startedgetting digitaliza-tion of and adop-tion of technologythrough the valuechain is going to increase,which have given rise tonew cybersecurity threats."The scenario where lakhs ofemployees are workingfrom home has led to newcybersecurity threats. Themeasures that were in placeprior to that are not as effec-tive in the changed scenario.The cyber attackers are look-

ing to exploit the securityloopholes within the vulner-able remote networks. Thesharp rise in cyber-attacksin recent months showsthat they have been suc-cessful too. The challengebefore businesses is toadapt to the new scenario

to safeguard their digitalassets," said JaydeepRuparelia, CEO & Co-founder of Ahmedabad-based Infopercept Consult-ing, a leading Managed Se-curity Services provider..ANI/BusinessWire India


Instagram Reels features dedicatedtab in India for quicker access

WASHINGTON: Instagramhas now launched a dedi-cated Reels tab for users inIndia that will replace the Ex-plore tab. The new featurehas been introduced to facili-tate quicker access.

According to Mashable,the team atI n s t a g r a mhad beentesting thed e d i c a t e dtab for Reelssince Au-gust and the latest changewill make it easier for peopleto discover new Reels cre-ators and their videos in theapplication. In fact, India isthe first market to get thededicated tab, and accordingto Instagram, this is due to

the interest Reels has re-ceived in the country. Mean-while, the Explore tab hasbeen shifted to the top rightcorner of the Instagramhome page.

Facebook India Directorand Head of Partnerships,

M a n i s hChopra saidin a state-ment, "Ear-lier thismonth, westarted test-

ing a new tab on Instagram tomake it easier to discover en-tertaining Reels. Today, we'reexpanding this test in India tomost of the country. India isthe first market we're launch-ing in due to the interest andcreativity we've seen." ANI

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NEW DELHI: An art exhibitionshowcasing works by Americanborn photographer Waswo X.Waswo, in collaboration withRajasthani miniaturist Rajesh Soniand traditional terracotta sculptorShyam Lal Kumhar, is open for view-ing at a Delhi-based gallery.

Part portraiture from Waswo andSoni's well-known Studio in

Rajasthan series, and part spoof on boththe studio process and the photogra-pher himself - this exhibition by GalleryLatitude 28 will call attention to theplace of performance, or the "stage",upon which studio photography is en-acted.

The title, 'We Are Always Working',references the ongoing process Waswoand his studio engage in, both physi-cally, as well as in a wider philosophicaldiscourse concerning his practice and methods. The exhibition is

curated by Bhavna Kakar.Waswo X. Waswo's career in

India has spanned almost twodecades, utilizing the mediumof studio photography is amethod of self-discovery, navi-gating between personal rev-elation and inspired fantasy.With traditionally hand-painted backdrops, the photo-graphic studio became a quasi-diorama in which Waswo andhis models playfully devised aseries of tableaux. His elabo-rate processes, involving cast-ing local people as 'models' inthe photo shoots, are akin toco-operative theatreperformances.

Waswo's sepia photo-graphs, hand painted byUdaipur based photohand colorist RajeshSoni, take on a dream-like quality, which harksback to ethnographicphotography of bygoneeras while maintainingtemporal roots in thecontemporary. Interplaydevelops between the villag-ers who populate his work, thecaricature of Waswo himselfand 'artifacts', which he in-spects under a magnifyingglass.

As the protagonist of manyof the photographs, dressedincongruously in a white suitand fedora hat, he takes on therole of 'The Orientalist', inter-spersed throughout the exhi-bition.

The origins of 'TheOrientalist' caricature can be

found in previous collaboration be-tween Waswo and miniaturist R. Vijay,as Waswo himself states, "He createda character which was supposed torepresent me, and my adventures inIndia, but as time went on he becamesort of an 'everyman'. I stopped think-ing of him being explicitly myself, orspecifically myself. Now [the charac-ter] has leaped back into the photo-graphs. He's literally become me, Inow find myself acting the role of thelittle man in the miniatures. I'veadopted the very character that I've

created and now personify him insome of the photographs."

'The Orientalist' as a concept playswith the notions of otherness, ethnicstereotyping and Westernfetishization of the developing world,however the driving force is that inthis day and age a stereotype hasbeen made of 'The Orientalist' himself.He is now encapsulated in the verysame diorama as his subjects, playingout scenes in which the symbolic fig-ure offers itself up for scrutiny, gener-alization, categorization, and ques-tioning. IANSlife

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Celebrated Grammy-nominated singer, FaluShah, together with her

Boston-based band 'Karyshma'has launched their latest col-lection 'Someday'. An EP of tra-ditional Indian classical, folk,and Sufi songs; these rendi-

tions of traditional Hindustanimusic celebrate the unity andoneness that is 'India', at atime of uncertainty and uni-versal distress.

Falu, who is the band's leadsinger-songwriter, along withher other band memberssaid, "The unprecedentedtimes that we are currentlygoing through - the bleakness- inspired us to bring backand spread love through'Someday'. In spite of theband residing on two differ-ent coasts, we didn't wantthe geographical inconsis-tencies to get in the way ofour inspiration."

They added: "Creat iv i tytakes courage, and withthis album our effort is toshed some l ight of hopedur ing the current pan-demic and bring a smile tothe face of our beloved au-dience."

"The songs you hear on thisalbum represent my child-hood memories when I re-sorted to music for solaceand comfort. In 31 daysacross six different cities we,

Falu and Karyshma, tried tocapture that feeling. I hopeyou hear the voice of hopeand calmness in this album,"shared Falu.

With 'Someday', the bandreimagines South Asia's musi-cal traditions - from classicalragas to the 15th centurysong-and-dance styling ofthumri, and the ghazals of Sufimystics dating back to the7th centur y. Drawing frommore recent times, the bandreconstructs 'Yara' - a classicfrom Indian Cinema's goldenage.

In order to provide con-text to 'Someday', the bandhas also put together a visualwhich features footage oflife and culture in India, in-terspersed with insights onthe music of 'Someday', it isavailable to watch onYouTube. You can also catchit on Spotify and Apple Mu-sic. IANSlife

Falu, who is the band's

lead singer-songwriter,

along with her other

band members said, "The

unprecedented times

that we are currently

going through - the

bleakness - inspired us to

bring back and spread

love through 'Someday'

Lotus Herbals enters theAyurvedic beauty space

NEW DELHI: Beauty carecompany Lotus Herbals hasannounced its entry into thepremium Ayurvedic wellnessand beauty space with theacquisition of VedicareAyurveda, owner of theSoulTree brand that offersorganic make-up and skin-care products.

Nitin Passi, Joint Manag-ing Director of Lotus Herbals,said in a statement: "We have

been scanning the marketfor a premium certified or-ganic Ayurvedic brand that

resonates with modern con-sumers and SoulTree checkedall the boxes."

SoulTree is said to be thefirst Indian brand to be for-mally certified, annually, by Eu-ropean Certification Agencies.

Commenting on the acquisi-tion, he said: "It's a fantasticbrand with a terrific soul whichis built on the pillars of ethicalbeauty, sustainability, Ayurvedaand prestigious international

organic certifications.It's a well thought outstrategic move for Lotusand SoulTree finds a per-fect home at LotusHerbals. We are sureconsumers all over Indiaand the world will fall inlove with SoulTree."

Vishal Bhandari,founder SoulTree said: "Whilecharting out the course for fu-ture growth of SoulTree, I was

looking for a partner whowould also preserve theethos of the brand."

He added: "Lotus Herbalsis a family owned businessand has a history of innova-tion with botanicals, makingit a natural match. I am confi-dent that under the manage-ment of Lotus Herbals,SoulTree will grow to be theleading Organic Ayurvedicbrand in India and interna-tionally, while remainingfirmly rooted in principles ofsustainability." IANSlife

Falu Shah

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One can be said to be perfectly healthy in body and mind only if no part of the body or mind makes itself felt. A partmakes itself felt only when there is something wrong with it. You know that you have a head only when it aches.

Sri Atmananda (1883 - 1959)

US CDC asks states to be ready forvaccine distribution by Nov

WASHINGTON: The US Cen-ters for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) has askedstates to be ready to distrib-ute a potential coronavirusvaccine by November 1.

In a letter to state Governorsand health departments onWednesday (2 September),CDC Director Robert Redfieldsaid the McKesson Corporationand its subsidiaries would soonbe applying for permits tobuild distribution sites, reportsXinhua news agency.

He asked the Governors toconsider waiving require-ments that would delay con-struction or opening the sites.

applications for these distribu-tion facilities and, if necessary,asks that you consider waivingrequirements that would pre-vent these facilities from be-coming fully operational byNovember 1."

Several Covid-19 vaccineshave already begun phase 3clinical trials in the US.

In an interview with the Fi-nancial Times, Food and DrugAdministration CommissionerStephen Hahn said he wouldbe willing to fast-track thecoronavirus vaccine processwith an emergency use autho-rization before phase 3 trialsare over. IANS

"The normal time required toobtain these permits presentsa significant barrier to the suc-cess of this urgent public health

program," Redfield was quotedas saying in the letter.

"CDC urgently requestsyour assistance in expediting

Most people struggled to manage weight during lockdownLONDON: Increased snack-

ing and not exercising asmuch as usual made it toughfor most people to manageweight during Covid-19lockdown, says a survey in-volving over 800 adults inBritain.

Most of the respondentssaid their difficulties alsostemmed from increasedanxiety or stress, and not be-ing able to get hold ofhealthier food, according tothe results of the survey pre-sented at The European andInternational Congress onObesity (ECOICO) being heldonline from September 1-4.

However, those ques-tioned who had receivedweight-management sup-port from a slimming clubcontinued to lose weight dur-ing this time, exercised more,and reported higher overallwellbeing compared to re-

spondents from the generalpopulation.

The new research was ledby a group-based weight-lossorganization, Slimming World,as part of their "Health andWellbeing Study" which is sur-

veying new members regu-larly over the course of oneyear about aspects of theirhealth and lifestyle.

"Lockdown inevitably had

an effect on our choicesaround food, drink and activ-ity," said Sarah-ElizabethBennett, Slimming World's Se-nior Research Associate, wholed the study.

"Given that excess weight is

associated with a higher risk ofsevere illness from Covid-19and with lots of people comingout of lockdown feeling con-cerned about their weight and

health, the findings of thestudy show behavior changesupport is more importantnow than ever."

Between April 9 and May16, 222 Slimming Worldmembers and a representa-tive sample of 637 adults inthe general population com-pleted an online survey ask-ing their opinions abouttheir general health, mood,diet, alcohol intake, physicalactivity, and weight man-agement.

The four key reasons givenby people who found ittough to manage weight in-cluded difficulty getting tothe shops and obtaining theusual healthy foods; boredomand being at home leadingto increased snacking; higherlevels of stress and anxietyleading to comfort eating;and more sedentary timeand exercising less. IANS

Houston to conductCovid-19 antibodytesting survey

HOUSTON: An antibody test-ing survey will be conductedin the US city of Houston, Texasthat will help officials under-stand how many people werepreviously infected with Covid-19, Mayor Sylvester Turner an-nounced.

During a press conferenceWednesday (2 September) af-ternoon, Turner said the city'shealth department is collabo-rating with the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention(CDC), Rice University andBaylor College of Medicine toperform the antibody testingsurvey, reports Xinhua newsagency.

The survey will help healthofficials identify people previ-ously infected with the virus bythe presence of antibodies,proteins the body's immunesystem makes to fight infec-tions. IANS

‘Elimination of TBgovt's prioritydespite pandemic’

NEW DELHI: Union HealthMinister Harsh Vardhan statedon Wednesday (2 September)that elimination of tuberculosisis a priority for the Indian gov-ernment, while adding that thegovernment is committed toscaling up access for free diag-nosis through rapid moleculartests, provide information ondrug resistance and also freetreatment for TB patients.

"We are also committed toprovide best-quality drugs andregimens, financial and nutri-tional support to patients, hesaid during a digital interac-tion with Dr Lucica Ditiu, Execu-tive Director of Stop TB part-nership, an international orga-nization working to end tuber-culosis.

Harsh Vardhan also addedthat the government is com-mitted to the use of digitaltechnologies for notificationand adherence and linkingwith interface of non-govern-mental agencies tostrengthen private sector en-gagement. IANS

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Select Int'l passengers can avail COVID-19tests on arrival at entry airports

NEW DELHI: International passengerswho have to take connecting domesticflights after landing in India will havethe option of getting themselves testedfor COVID-19 at the entry airports, the

Civil Aviation Ministry said on Wednes-day (2 September).

If the RT-PCR test result is negative,the international passenger will be al-lowed to catch his or her connecting

domestic flight and he or she will notneed to undergo any institutional quar-antine at the destination city, theministry's order said.

The test result will come in a maxi-

mum of seven hours. Till the resultscome, the passenger will have to remainin the waiting lounge of the entry air-port, the order noted.

An international passenger who does

not have a negative COVID-negative re-sult certificate from a test done notmore than 96 hours prior to the journey,and who does not opt for on-arrival test-ing facility at the entry airport, will haveto compulsorily undergo seven-day in-stitutional quarantine followed byseven-day home quarantine.

Such on-arrival testing facilities maybe extended to other passengers too,the order said.

On August 2, the Health Ministry hadsaid if an international passenger has anegative result from an RT-PCR testdone 96 hours prior to the journey, heor she will not need to undergo institu-tional quarantine in India.

Scheduled international passengerflights continue to remain suspended inthe country since March 23 due to thepandemic.

However, special international flightshave been operating under the VandeBharat Mission since May and under bi-lateral air bubble pacts signed withvarious countries since July. PTI

Japan may offer freeCovid-19 vaccines toall residents

TOKYO: The Japanese govern-ment may offer free Covid-19 vac-

cinations to all residents so that the

number of future cases and fatali-

ties can be mitigated, informed

sources said.

According to the sources, owing

to the highly contagious nature of

the Covid-19 and its potential to

render patients with extremely se-

vere symptoms, the government

wants the highest number of

people as possible to get vacci-

nated, reports Xinhua news

agency.

At a meeting convened last

week, outgoing Prime Minister

Shinzo Abe announced that the

government aims to secure by the

first half of 2021 enough Covid-19

vaccinations for all of the country's

citizens, as part of its new mea-sures and protocols to combat thevirus. IANS

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Indore is the largest and the most

populous city of MadhyaPradesh. Located on the

Malwa Plateau, the charm ofthis city lies in its rich culturalheritage, which has been pre-served over centuries andalong with the hints of urban-ization.

Indore has been one of theforerunners in the develop-ment of the country in the eraof modernization. One of theeducational hubs in the country,Indore has both an IIT and anIIM. Indore has over the yearsestablished itself as the hub oftrading and industrial practicesin the state. The city of Indoregets its name fromIndreshwarMahadev temple. Itis believed that Lord Indrameditated on this land and ledSwami Indrapuri to establishthis temple. Try out some local

delicacies like IndoriPoha andImmarti at Sarafa Bazaar whileyou are in Indore.

Indore also enjoys the statusof being the cleanest city of In-dia repeatedly over the pastmany years.

Places to visit in IndoreLalBagh Palace: Resided by

the rulers of the Holkar dynasty,the LalBagh Palace is class andgrandeur personified. The pal-ace is spread on a sprawlingarea of 28 acres and reflects thetaste of the rulers of the Holkardynasty.

An example of architecturalmagnificence, this palace oncecontained one of the best rosegardens in the country.

Although Indore has its ownshare of grandeur, this is onespot that you should mark onthe top of your travel itinerary.The palace that once was a wit-ness to the grandeur of the

Holkar dynasty; it is situated onthe banks of River Khan, 3.2 km.away from the main city. Theconstruction had begun duringthe time of TukojiRaoHolkar in1886, and completed 35 yearslater, by his successorTukojiRaoHolkar in 1921. Oncethe residence of the rulingHolkar dynasty till 1978, it isnow more of a museum, thatkeeps some of the most exquis-ite artifacts of the Maratha Em-pire and the Holkar dynasty in-tact, apart from a rare coin col-lection, which dates back to theMughal period.

Rajwada: Located near thefamous Kajuri Market in Indore,Rajwada is a magnificent andhistorical palace that is locatedin the city of Indore and wasconstructed by the Holkarsmore than 200 years ago.Holidify.com

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American Multi Ethnic Coalitioncelebrates Danny Davis’ 79th Birthday

Ganesh Chaturthi celebratedat Ganesh Temple

SURENDRA ULLAL

CHICAGO: Shree GaneshTemple of Chicago celebratedits 6th annual Ganesh Chaturthiwith same enthusiasm, as wasthe case in the past few yearsover the weekend of August22-24 2020.

This year looked a little dif-ferent given the social distanc-ing restrictions, and the Boarddecided to host for the firsttime three days instead of thetraditional eleven full days ofthe Chaturthi.

Despite the ongoing pan-demic devotees were able tofind time slots to celebrateGanesh ji's birthday, whilewearing masks and distancingall through the festival. TheSthapna Puja was on Friday Au-gust 21by thetemple priest

and was attended by thefounders Nirmal andGurbachanShewakramani anda limited number of devotees.

On Saturday August 22

darshan was available all day inshort segments. On SundayAugust 23, Pundit NagendraRao conducted a special

A group of DevoteesShiv Abhishek at the temple

Hawan Also on Monday morn-ing he blessed the templewith a Shiv Abhishekh. In theevening the Visarjan ceremonywas conducted at the pre-

mises without the usual cus-tomary parade along DevonAvenue This was replaced with

chanting by devotees and as-sembled people.

Although the eleven-dayfestival, enjoyed by thousandsin past years, was greatly

amiss, the man-agement andthe devoteesfelt happy tobe able to com-memorate thisgreat religiousfestival in a waythat was safeand healthy. Bythe grace ofGanpati themanagementshoped that it

could resume thenormal cer-emony and festivities nextyear.

Lord Ganesh

Ganesh Ji Sthapna ceremony

Compensation toRahul's Family, lynchedby Islamic Jihadists

MADHU PATEL

CHICAGO: The family mem-bers of 23-year-old youth Rahulwho was brutally lynched todeath allegedly by four IslamicJihadists in a park in LohaMandi area of Naraina, WestDelhi, have sought compensa-tion from the perpetrators ofthe crime.

The president, IndraprasthaVishva Hindu Parishad KapilKhanna & the national spokes-person of VHP Vijay ShankarTiwari WERE surprised that noone from DelhiGovernmenttook care of thefamily after the murder.

Immediately after visiting theaggrieved family, Kapil Khannasent a letter to the chief Minis-ter of NCT of Delhi for compen-sation to the victim family at theearliest. They asked that theDelhi government headed byArvind Kejriwal should immedi-ately release the compensationto the victim family. The mountof the compensation should notbe less than the same, sanc-tioned such other cases of kill-ings earlier.

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Judith Ravin is newU.S. Consul Generalfor South India

PRAKASH M SWAMY

CHENNAI: Ms. Judith Ravinhas assumed the post of Con-sul General of the UnitedStates of America in Chennai asof Sept 6.2020

"It is my great privilege torepresent the United States inSouth India, especially at thishistorically difficult time of theCOVID-19 pandemic," saidRavin. "I look forward to ad-vancing the shared goals of theUnited States and India inKarnataka, Kerala.

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Update on legislation to address evictioncrisis for tenants and landlords

VIDYA SETHURAMANIndia Post News Service

Assembly member DavidChiu has been at theforefront of legislative

efforts to avoid mass evictionsof millions of Californians whoare out of rent while ensuringthat landlords are able to meettheir financial obligations. EMScall on September 2 was orga-nized to provide an update onwhat the legislature was andwasn't able to do and outlinedthe next steps.

Assembly member DavidChiu has reached a compro-mise with Gov. Gavin Newsomand the big landlord groups ona relatively limited bill to pro-tect renters from evictionsduring the COVID pandemic.Everyone knows that beforethe pandemic California wasgrappling with the most in-tense housing and

homelessness crisis. We have17 million renters who havebeen hanging by a thread evenbefore the pandemic and therecession since the pandemicthere have been millions ofCalifornians who have beenunable to pay rent. This bill willallow San Francisco's existingban on evictions for non-pay-ment of rent to remain in place,at least until next year.

Under Assembly Bill 3088,tenants would be allowed tostay in their homes through atleast Jan. 31, 2021, as long asthey pay a portion of their rent."This bill is far from perfect,"Chiu said. "Many tenant pro-tections I fought for in AB 1436are not in this bill, but we mustput in temporary protectionsto get us through the next fivemonths." Under the measure,landlords can't evict tenantswho did not pay their rent be-

tween March 1 and Aug. 31. Itwould also ban evictions for

tenants affected by the viruswho pay at least 25% of their

rent that's due between Sept.1 and Jan. 31. The proposal fallsshort of the tenant protectionsof an earlier bill, AB 1436,authored by David Chiu, whichwould have prohibited evic-tions through April.

The law also expands smallclaims court jurisdiction to al-low landlords to recover de-ferred rent starting in Marchand extends anti-foreclosureprotections to small landlords."If we don't act by midnighttonight, any tenant who'd beenunable to pay any and all un-paid rent, would immediatelyhave to pay that rent back orbe subject to an eviction," Chiu

Assembly member David Chiu

said, less than three hours be-fore the moratorium's expira-tion. "A wave of massive evic-tion would be catastrophic -catastrophic for homelessnessand COVID-19 spread. It wouldturn this recession into a GreatDepression." The CaliforniaApartment Association, mean-while, lauded the new bill,which it characterized as a ma-jor improvement over AB 1436.

David Chiu represents the17th Assembly District, whichencompasses eastern San Fran-cisco. Since 2016, he hasserved as Chair of the Assem-bly Housing & Community De-velopment Committee.

Canton City Council in Illinoisto open with mantras

HARISH RAO

CHICAGO: Chanting of Man-tras and verses from world'soldest extant scripture willopen the meeting of CantonCity Council (Illinois) on Sep-tember 15, 2020.

Chanting will be done byRajan Zed President of Univer-sal Society of Hinduism. He willdeliver the invocation from an-cient Sanskrit scriptures viaZoom before Canton CityCouncil. After Sanskritthe En-glish interpretation of theprayer wouldfollow. Sanskrit isconsidered a sacred languagein Hinduism and root languageof Indo-European languages.

Reciting fromB r a h a d a r a n y a k o p a n i s h a d ,Rajan Zed will elaborate on"Asato ma sad gamaya, Tamasoma jyotirgamaya,M r t y o r m a m r t a m g a m a y a " ;which he will then interpret as"Lead us from the unreal to thereal, Lead us from darkness tolight, and Lead us from deathto immortality." Reciting fromBhagavad-Gita, he proposes tourge councilmembers and oth-ers present to keep the welfare

of others always in mind.Hinduism, oldest and third

largest religion of the world,has about 1.1 billion adherentsand moksh (liberation) is its ul-timate goal. There are aboutthree million Hindus in USA.

Mission of City of Canton,founded in 1825, includes "in-

spire citizens"; and Kent A.McDowell is its Mayor. Promi-nent people associated withCanton include astronautSteven Nagel, mystery novelistElizabeth Peters, automobilemanufacturer Charles Duryea,actor Ian Wolfe, game designerElizabeth Magie.

Canton City Council

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American Multi Ethnic Coalition celebratesDanny Davis’ 79th Birthday

SURESH BODIWALA

CHICAGO: Dr VijayPrabhakar,President, American MultiEthnic Coalition (AMEC) announcedthat AMEC will be opening Danny KDavis Multi Ethnic Community Centerin Bellwood, the first of its type Centerrepresenting 24 different ethnic com-munities of America.

The announcement came during acelebration of Danny Davis’ 79th birth-day on Sunday, September 6 2020.

The U.S. Congressman RajaKrishnamoorthi (D-6 District) said thatthis Danny K Davis Multi Ethnic Com-munity Center will be will unifyingforce to represent all that Danny Davisstands for: Equality, Liberty & Integrity.

Martino Tangkar, Chairman 7th Con-gressional District's Multi Ethnic Advi-sory Task Force (MEATF) said that thisCenter will be a beacon of hope andlighthouse of service to all.

Congressman Danny K Davis pre-sented the MEATF Danny K Davis Com-memorative Birthday Award 2020 toKishor Mehta, Chairman, Illinois Devel-opment Corporation, Naperville in rec-ognition of his ten years of volunteerservice to the Multi Ethnic AdvisoryTask Force.

Danny K Davis also presented theMEATF Covid19 Relief & Rescue HeroAward 2020 to Ms Santosh Kumar,Founder- Executive Director, Metro-

politan Asian Family Services, Chicagoin recognition of her outstanding ser-vice of providing daily hot meals,health care & home services to severalhundred senior citizens of Chicagolandduring the past six months.

Addressing the august gatheringDanny K Davis talked about hunger,

poverty and violence, whichexist todayand the need to fight and eradicatethese on a war footing. He said thatwhile they in Congress are striving tofight these challenges, there are hun-dreds of volunteers like Mehta, MsKumar and Nathwani who are leadingby examples. Volunteerism is a special

A group of dignitaries with Rep Danny K Davis (L to R) Martino Tangkar, Chairman, Multi Ethnic Advisory Task Force, Dr Vijay Prabhakar, President, U.

S.Rep Raja Krishnamoorthi, Awardee Ms Santosh Kumar, U. S. Rep Danny K Davis, Award Jury Chair Shree Gurusamy and

MEATF Staff Director Gerard Moorer

calling of those who want to make thisworld a better place to live in. Volun-teers are love in motion, he added.

Gerard Moorer, Staff Director, MultiEthnic Advisory Task Force said Danny 's79th birthday is a historic milestone forall ethnic communities as AMEC kickedoff the Danny K Davis Multi Ethnic Com-munity Center which will be a center ofDanny Davis' love in motion to all.

US Rep Danny Davis cutting cake

MAFS Chief Ms Santosh Kumar with Award

presented to her by Rep Danny K Davis. Also

seen in the pic are Dr Vijay Prabhakar and Rep.

Raja Krishnmoorthy

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Judith Ravin is new U.S. ConsulGeneral for South India

PRAKASH M SWAMY

CHENNAI: Ms. Judith Ravin has as-sumed the post of Consul General of theUnited States of America in Chennai asof Sept 6.2020

"It is my great privilege to representthe United States inSouth India, especially atthis historically difficulttime of the COVID-19pandemic," said Ravin. "Ilook forward to advanc-ing the shared goals ofthe United States and In-dia in Karnataka, Kerala,Tamil Nadu, and the threeUnion Territories of theAndaman and Nicobar Is-lands, Lakshadweep, andPuducherry."

Before her arrival inChennai Ravin served as the Public Af-fairs Counselor at the U.S. Embassy inLima, Peru. Prior to that, she worked inWashington, D.C., as the InternationalRelations Officer General in the Officeof the Haiti Special Coordinator.

Other diplomatic posts include

Islamabad, Pakistan; Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic; Khartoum, Sudan;Yaoundé, Cameroon; and Ciudad Juárez,Mexico.

Ravin did her undergraduate work atuniversities in France andSpain in addition to theUnited States. She holdsa master's degree in Ro-mance Languages andLiteratures from HarvardUniversity. She speaksfluent Spanish andFrench.

Before joining the U.S.Department of State in2003, Ms. Ravin workedfor several years in Asia,Africa, and Latin Americaas an editor, translator,

and journalist.She is a co-author of Beyond Our De-

grees of Separation: Washington Mon-soons and Islamabad Blues (2017) andthe author of Ballet in the Cane Fields:Vignettes from a DominicanWanderlogue (2014).

Ms Judith Ravin

Tribute to Jaswant Singh KhalraSURENDRA ULLAL

CHICAGO: Sikh Religious Society, Chi-cago organized Tribute to SardarJaswant Singh Khalra, who was pickedup by Punjab Police on September 6, 25years ago.

He Khalra was Director in CooperativeBank when one of his colleagues waspicked up and disappeared. After search-ing for few days and finding no answersof his whereabouts he went to Durgianacemetery in Amritsar to look into funeralrecords. During discussion, employeethere told him, that he has crematedthousands of bodies as Lawaris (un-claimed). When Khalra looked at therecords and found names, addresses ofpeople disposed off as Lawaris. Hestarted questioning that if so manypeople have been cremated as Lawaris inone cemetery, what about other cem-eteries?

According to Indian law, the clothes,possessions and pictures of deceased are

saved for identification purposes, but nosuch record was kept for these bodies. Hefound more than 25,000 records ofpeople cremated as Lawaris. He filed alawsuit, which was tremendous workdue to strong opposition. He wasthreatened; his lawyers were threat-ened and harassed.

Seeing not much hope of findingjustice, he visited other countries in-cluding USA, Canada and met manyagencies. Fearing for his life, somecountries offered him asylum, but hedeclined, saying that he has to provideanswers to the parents waiting fortheir loved ones. Finally early morningSeptember 6, Punjab police came tohis house, picked him up and madehim Lawaris too. One day, one of thepolice drivers listened to his con-science and stated that he witnessed thekilling of Sardar Khalra.

The tribute Program for Khalra started

with Shabad recital by Bhai Rajinder Singhand Jatha, then Head Granthi, PalatineGurdwara Sahib and Bhai Parminderjit

Singh explained the meaning of Soora(The Brave) in Sikh religion. He talkedabout how S Khalra facing threats to hislife continued finding the truth about kill-ings and disposing off the bodies withoutprotocols.

This was followed with screening of

documentary produced by Ensaaf.orgabout his life. Bibi Mohena Kaur, who is aLaw student at John Marshal School and

works with Human Rights and BlackLives Matter, talked about the signifi-cance of S Khalra sacrifice. She ap-pealed to the Sikh community to getinvolved with agencies seeking justice.

Then S Surinderpal Singh Kalra re-quested Sangat to start annual schol-arship in his name for Sikh youth and alsoname the vacant Church building afterhim that Sikh Religious Society acquiredfew years back and is underutilized now.Thakar Singh Basati recited few linesabout Khalra ji's life and read a letterwritten by his daughter Bibi NavkiranKaur Khalra last year, when Sikhs paidtribute to Khalra ji in 2019.

Sardarni Paramjit Kaur Khalra andtheir daughter Navkiran Kaur are still car-rying on his legacy thru Ensaaf.Org. Fewpolice men are behind bars, some diedand some are still out of reach of law.Struggle for justice needs to go on for theguilty. Sikh Religious Society can bereached at 847-358-1117.

Tribute program for Jaswant Singh

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Kenya's Kids return to The Magic House;Namaste India starts Spring 2021

ASHWIN PATEL

ST LOUIS: In a time of limited travel,The Magic House has continued to takeAshwon Families from across the coun-try on trips around the world, by way ofdeveloping culturally immersive na-tionally traveling exhibits, created onsite at The Magic House.

This week their most recent exhibit,Argentina's Niños, is heading to Naples,Florida after being on display in TheMagic House's World Traveler Gallerysince November 2019. Kenya's Kids is

returning to The Magic House on Sep-tember 5 from Chattanooga, Tennessee,where it has inspired children and fami-lies at the Creative Discovery Museumsince early 2020.

While previous exhibits have fea-tured the cultures of China, Kenya andmost recently Argentina, The MagicHouse is proud to announce develop-

ment of a new upcoming exhibit focus-ing on Indian culture.

Namaste India will join the Museum'snationally traveling cultural exhibit se-ries when it opens in May 2021. Thegoal of the series is to build interest andempathy for diverse cultures fromaround the world with a strong localconnection. The interactive exhibitstransport children to authentic environ-ments familiar in their own lives such asa school, home, market and means of

transportation. Children are able to ap-preciate the similarities and unique dif-ferences of the lives of children in otherparts of the world. The exhibits are de-signed for children ages 3 to 12 yearsand their families.

Like the other exhibits in the series,Namaste India will be designed to pro-vide a passport to the world for all chil-

dren to experience the Indian culturefirsthand, even if they may never havethe opportunity to travel outside oftheir own community. "For childrengrowing up in an interconnected glo-bal society, it is imperative that theyhave exposure to develop appreciationfor diverse cultures," said BethFitzgerald, President of The MagicHouse. "Our world traveler series notonly helps us to introduce new culturesto children in the United States, but itinvites families to trulycelebrate the diver-sity of our world!"

To assure authen-ticity and cultural ac-curacy, all exhibitshave been created inpartnership with St.Louis cultural organi-zations such as the Argentine Society ofSt. Louis, the St. Louis Chinese CultureCenter and Vitendo4Africa and advisorycommittees made up of representa-tives from each culture. Namaste Indiawill likewise be created in partnershipwith the St. Louis Indian community. TheMagic House has formed the NamasteIndia advisory committee, made up of

32 professionals from around the St.Louis area, all of Indian heritage.Formed with input from the St. LouisMosaic Project, the committee plays acritical role in the exhibit creation pro-cess.

The Magic House's cultural exhibitseries not only provides a unique learn-ing opportunity to children and familiesin St. Louis, but also throughout the

United States. The new exhibit will tourthe country as a part of the Museum'snationally traveling exhibit rental pro-gram, visiting other children's muse-ums, history museums and more follow-ing its debut at The Magic House.

Having just ended Argentina's Niñoson August 23, the Museum will reopenKenya's Kids on Saturday, September 5with the hope of debuting Namaste In-dia in spring of 2021.

The Magic House is activelyfundraising in support of the develop-ment and creation of the exhibit. If in-terested in supporting this effort, do-nors are invited to contact The MagicHouse at [email protected] or donate online ath t t p s : / / w w w . m a g i c h o u s e . o r g /namasteindia/.

Teachers' Day celebrates SarvepalliRadhakrishnan, Virtual event by CGI SFSAN FRANCISCO: The September

5birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna DrSarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was thefirst Vice-President and second Presi-dent of India, is celebrated as Teachers'Day in India. This year, the ConsulateGeneral of India, San Francisco held avirtual event on September 4 to recog-nize and commend teachers of Indianorigin for their contribution in shaping

the life of students.2. Teachers from diverse fields as

well as teaching backgrounds partici-pated in this virtual event and sharedtheir valuable experiences over theyears. We were especially privileged tohave with us Dr Sudarshan Kapoor, Pro-fessor Emeritus at California State Uni-versity, Fresno, who has the rare distinc-tion of meeting DrRadhakrishnan. We

Namaste India will join the Museum's nationally traveling

cultural exhibit series when it opens in May 2021. The goal of

the series is to build interest and empathy for diverse cultures

from around the world with a strong local connection

salute all teachers who have playedsuch a vital role in shaping our lives andthe society.


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Vastu tips to ensure your north-facinghome is auspicious

SNEHA SHARON MAMMEN

According to VastuShastra, east, north andn o r t h - e a s t - f a c i n g

homes are most auspicious.However, this is not the soledeterminant for the entry ofpositive energy into yourhousehold. The north directionis dedicated to Kuber, the Godof wealth and going by thislogic, north-facing homesshould have been most popu-lar. However, for north-facinghomes to be truly rewarding,the whole house should beVastu-compliant and the de-fects should be rectified.

What is a north-facing home?A home, where the main en-

try is towards the north direc-tion, is a north-facing home.

Vastu Shastra and north-fac-ing homes

It is a misconception that anyone particular direction is goodand the others are bad. Accord-ing to Vastu Shastra, all direc-tions are good, provided theyadhere to the some principles.For example, it is important tonote the placement of the door.

Placement of the main doorThe main door should be in

the north direction. Even in thenorth direction, the fifth step orpada is believed to bethe most auspiciousone, meant to bringyou wealth. The dis-tance between thenorth-east and north-west, is divided into nineequal parts and it is the fifthpada that is auspicious.

Why are padas important asper Vastu Shastra?

No pada in the north is in-

auspicious. This is why a north-facing house is consideredgood. However, while placingthe main door, you can note thefollowing for prosperity:

To attract wealthEach pada determines what

kind of energy you are lettinginto your home. As alreadymentioned, the fifth pada is themost auspicious, because it isthe location of God of Wealth,

Kuber. Hence, if the door isplaced in the fifth pada, youwill attract money.

Alternative to fifth padaNow suppose your fifth pada

is small or not suitable for thedoor, you can use the first tofourth pada, as well. However,not leave out the fifth pada. Youcan use the sixth to ninth pada,if you have no option at all toplace it in another pada.

Caution• If you happen to use the

first pada, in that case, the maindoor or the entrance should

not touch the north eastcorner. It is advisableto leave some spacefrom this corner.

• Tips for a Vastu-compliant north-facing

home• For a north-facing property

that is auspicious for you andyour family, avoid a plot thatslopes from the north to thesouth.

• You should not have trees

in the north side of your home.• Do not keep trash and clut-

ter in the north or north-eastside of the house. It is said tohave a negative impact onyour financial status and devel-opment of the children.

• It is also important not tohave a kitchen in the north-east corner.

• Avoid having a septic tankin the north-east direction.

• Bedrooms and toiletsshould also not be placed inthe north-east. The masterbedroom should be in thesouth-west region.

• The pooja room and livingroom should be in the north-east.

• The guest room should bein the north-west.

• The kitchen should be inthe south-east or north-westdirection

• A north-facing property, ifextended to the north-eastside, can bring greater luck.Housing.com


Builders to bear stamp duty inselect projects in Maharashtra

MUMBAI: A builders' body on Thursday (3 Septem-ber) announced its members will bear the stampduty on apartments purchased in 1,000 projects inMaharashtra till October-end.

Members of the lobby group Naredco have de-cided to take the tab, which got reduced to 2 percent by the government in order to give a thrust tothe realty sector from the earlier 5 per cent, forprojects in the financial capital and adjoining areas,Pune and Nashik, an official statement said. PTI

UP RERA issues noticeto Supertech overSupernova project

NOIDA (UP): The UttarPradesh Real Estate RegulatoryAuthority (UP RERA), said it hasissued a notice to realtorSupertech asking why its reg-istration should not be revokedover failure to submit a revali-dated map of its project Super-nova in Noida.

The Supertech group, how-ever, said it did not receive theRERA's notice issued in Febru-ary and cited lockdown-relatedreasons for the delay in sub-mission of the revalidated mapof the premium project.

The Authority said the showcause notice has been issuedto the developer under section7 of the RERA for revoking theregistration of its project Su-pernova Phase IV.

The Authority said it hadgranted conditional registra-tion to the project on assur-ance by Supertech chairperson

R K Arora that a revalidatedmap would be submitted in sixmonths.

He had submitted that hisapplication for revalidation ofthe map of the project is pend-ing with the NOIDA authorityon account of pending dues,that matter will be resolvedsoon and he would submit therevalidated map, a RERA state-ment signed by SecretaryAbrar Ahmed stated.

However, the promoter didnot submit the revalidatedmap in time. Therefore, the Au-thority issued a notice to thepromoter in February 2020 tosubmit the revalidated map orelse the registration of theproject will be revoked, thestatement said. PTI

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Montana town residents allowedto return home after wildfire

area near Helena and a wind-driven firenorth of Billings in Musselshell County.

In Jordan, offers of assistance pouredinto the local disaster agency'sFacebook page even as the fire burned,including people from other parts ofeastern Montana saying they had foodand shelter for any evacuees and ranch-ers who said they would take in anycattle displaced by the fire.

The area had been under a fire warn-ing because of high winds and low hu-midity levels when the blaze was inten-tionally set by a landowner conductinga burn project on farmland northwestof Jordan, authorities said.

The county sheriff's office had deter-mined just before noon that the blazewas still under control of the landowner,but within hours the weather changedand it got out of control, GarfieldCounty Disaster and Emergency Ser-vices officials said.

Garfield County DES Coordinator AnnMiller said the landowner was notaware of the fire warning, KULR-TV re-ported. The winds driving the fire re-sulted from a cold front passingthrough the area. It was expected tostay gusty ahead of and behind thatcold front until as late as midnight, RyanBernhart, a meteorologist with the Na-tional Weather Service in Glasgow, toldthe Billings Gazette.

The town is the county seat inGarfield and located south of the Mis-souri River and Charles M. Russell Na-tional Wildlife refuge. AP

BILLINGS, Mont.: People in the smalleastern Montana town of Jordan weretold Wednesday (2 September) nightthat they can return to their homes af-ter a wind-driven wildfire brieflycaused the evacuation of the ranchingcommunity.

Authorities had ordered the evacua-tion in the afternoon after a fire that

started as an agricultural burning projectgot out of control and raced across dryrangeland to threaten Jordan.

The Garfield County Disaster andEmergency Services agency said on itsFacebook page that it has "determinedit is safe for Jordan residents to returnafter the fire skirted town."

An unincorporated community

southeast of town known as Cohagenremains under orders to evacuate,emergency officials said.

Fires elsewhere in the state alsoquickly exploded in size Wednesday, asdry, windy conditions created ideal con-ditions for blazes to quickly spread.Evacuation orders were issued for a firethat was threatening homes in a rural

First-of-its-kind Shield for Realty Buyers by Bullmen Realty IndiaIn case of non-delivery of project,

buyers will get back double moneyin return New Delhi, Delhi, India(NewsVoir) In the first-ever of its kindstep in the real estate sector, BullmenRealty India has come out to the res-cue of property seekers who find itdifficult to trust the project they aretrusting. India's best property portalhas launched a campaign 'BullmenGuarantee Offer' that provides ashield to the customers against anywrongdoing. The shield is intendedto safeguard the investment, asBullmen Realty India will return thedouble money of the buyer if the de-veloper fails to deliver the project.

With this campaign, Bullmen Re-alty India is bringing more transpar-ency to the sector, which was miredwith controversies because of themisdoings of a handful few. The com-pany is one of the top-notch real es-

tate consulting firms in India that hasalready blown the trumpet of successmany times in the past.

Launching the shield offer, AnkushJain, MD, Bullmen Realty India,said, this has never been donein the history of Indian real es-tate brokerage. At a timewhen people are showingtrust in real estate assets, wehave taken it as our responsi-bility that they should not faceany hurdle to achieve thedream. Over the years we haveseen the investment of peoplegetting stuck in bad projects orprojects that did not see thelight of the day. Understandingthe problem from a buyer'spoint of view we have come out with thisguarantee, which will ensure that buyer'sinvestment is safe.

Under this shield, Bullmen Realty In-

dia will take it upon itself to provide allinformation related to the project to thebuyers. It will check the projects on fourparameters - NOCs, background check

of developers, quality of construction,or compliance or RERA.

Most of the cases happen as thebuyer is misinformed or not informed

at all. The problem also happens be-cause of the lack of knowledge ofbuyers regarding various compli-ances and the time it takes to stream-line everything. With this Shield, buy-ers will be equipped with all the infoand it will safeguard them from anymishap, added Mr. Jain

The company is offering to help thecustomers in understanding the projectsin which they are interested. We willcheck the project about which the calleris inquiring about based on the four pa-rameters that we have set. We will helpthe customers to make an informed deci-sion and ensure that they do not fall inthe clutches of a bad investment.

The company was incorporated in2015 by MD, Mr. Ankush Jain, with thesole purpose of providing best-in-class and cost-effective real estateproperties for our valuable clients.NewsVoir/ PTI

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LPU remembers Former President PranabMukherjee and his visits to Campus

JASWANT SINGH GANDAM /RAMAN NEHRAIndia Post News Service

PHAGWARA: The sad demiseof former President of India Sh.Pranab Mukherjee on31 August has cast agloom at the campusof Lovely ProfessionalUniversity (LPU)which he had visitedtwice as President ofIndia in the month ofMay in 2013 and 2017respectively.In theyear 2013, heawarded LPU's hon-oris causa doctoratedegree to then Presi-dent of AfghanistanDr Hamid Karzai. Laterhe became the recipi-ent of LPU's honoriscausa doctorate de-gree in 2017, duringhis second visit toLPU.

A varsity release onhis death said that re-membering the two treasuredvisits of Sh. Pranab Mukherjee

at the campus on two Convo-cations of the university, LPUChancellor Ashok Mittal sharedthat he not only awarded the'honoris causa' doctorate de-

gree to then President of Af-ghanistan Hamid Karzai but

tion, Sh Mukherjee made amention of Taksila and Nalandauniversities that had remainedglobal hub of educational ex-cellence, attracting hordes offoreign students.

Regretting absence of anytop educational institutionsamong 200 world class univer-sities, Sh. Mukherjee empha-sized the need of ushering inan era of reverse migration of

also accepted the same duringhis second unforgettable visit.

The seasoned statesman ofthe country guided and moti-vated the students and staff

members to lead the univer-sity on global heights withresearch and innovativeworks.

"His cherished sugges-tions are a great source ofinspiration for all of us atLPU, and while paying aheart-felt homage to him,we promise the departedsoul to prove up to his es-teemed expectations fromus. May his soul rest inpeace" ! ,added Mittal.

Meanwhile, this reporterwho had covered boththese visits, clearly remem-bers how Sh. PranabMukherjee reminisced in hisscholarly speeches on thegolden educational era ofancient India in excellenceof education.

Pointing that the countryhad been a world leader invarious fields, including educa-

Pranab Mukherjee, the then President of India, being awarded 'honoris causa'

doctorate degree during his second visit to LPU in 2017. Mr Ashok Mittal, LPU

Chancellor is seen with other varsity officials in the ceremony.

students by establishing excel-lence in education in the coun-try.

He pinned high hopes onLPU for measuring up to his ex-pectations by achieving worldclass excellence in research,pedagogy and innovativeteaching-learning pursuits,adding the University had im-mense potential to proceed onthe path.

Pranab Mukherjee, the then President of India,

presenting 'honoris causa' doctorate degree to Dr

Hamid Karzai, the then President of Afghanistan,

during Convocation of LPU in 2013

Jalandhar Rural police arrests 5 miscreants,recovers arms and ammunition


PHAGWARA: Claiming tohave cracked a blind case of anattempt to murder, Jalandhar(Rural) police arrested five mis-creants and recovered fromthem a large quantity of armsand ammunition.

Manpreet Singh Dhillon, Se-nior Superintendent (Investi-gation) Jalandhar Rural identi-fied them as Rajandeep Singhalias Raja, Kanwarjeet Singhalias Kammu, Nishan Singh,Harjit Singh alias Jeeta,Karamvir Singh alias Gopi.

One 32 bore country madepistol, its 5 live cartridges, one315 bore pistol, its 2 live car-tridges, one bike and Rs. tenthousand cash were recovered

from them, said Dhillon.Dhillon further said that the

five accused were wanted in acase of murderous assault on ayouth Dilpreet Singh (20) atwhom they had fired four

rounds on August 20 nearShahkot, injuring him seriously.

Their arrest was made un-der Section 307(attempt tomurder) of IPC and Section 25

Arms Act, said SP.He said that they were given

a 'supari' (contract money forcommitting the crime) of Rs.40,000 by Kammu for the as-sault as he had enmity with

Dilpreet.He informed that

Karamvir Singh Gopiand ParminderSingh Pinda hadhatched the con-spiracy aboutit.Pinda will also bearrested soon, de-clared Dhillon.

DSP (D) Jalandhar(Rural) Ranjit Singh

Badhesha, DSP ShahkotVarinderpal Singh, CIA staffincharge Surinder Singh andSHO Shahkot Surinder Kumarwere also present.

Teen girl apprehends armed phonesnatcher after being robbed & attacked


PHAGWARA: A 15 years,class eight school girl, KusumKumari, fondly called Neha byher parents, has emerged asa youth icon androle model, es-pecially for girls,for showingguts, grit andgallantry, infighting like a ti-gress with thetwo bike-borne,armed miscre-ants who snatched her mobileand injured her by attackingher with a 'dattur' (a sharp-edged weapon) on Sunday(30 August) in Jalandhar.

Profusely bleeding as she

sustained deep cuts on theveins and bones of her leftwrist, she caught hold of asnatcher single-handedly,kept chasing the duo withthe moving bike and re-trieved her mobile, as well as

succeeded, withthe help of aGood Samaritan,to hand over oneof the miscre-ants to police.

Admitted toJoshi Hospital,Kusum has nowbecome a meta-

phor of women empower-ment, courage, valor andspirit of unflinching courage.

Kusum Kumari


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WASHINGTON: The Trumpadministration has announcedplans to expand the collectionof personal ``biometric'' infor-mation by the agency in chargeof immigration enforcement,raising concerns about civil lib-erties and data protection.

In a statement, the Depart-ment of Homeland Security saidit would soon issue a formal pro-posal for a new regulation forexpanding ``the authorities andmethods'' for collecting biomet-rics, which are physical charac-teristics such as fingerprintsused to identify individuals.

U.S. Customs and BorderProtection, a component ofDHS, already collects biometricdata, including iris scans, frompeople captured trying to en-ter the country without legalauthority.

DHS said in a written state-ment that the new rule wouldauthorize new techniques, in-cluding voice and facial recogni-tion to verify people's identity.

The agency did not releasethe proposed regulation orprovide details. BuzzFeedNews, which obtained a draftof the policy, reported it in-

cluded a provision for U.S. Citi-zenship and Immigration Ser-vices, which is also a compo-nent of DHS, to collect biomet-ric data from non-citizens le-gally working and living in theU.S. or seeking to do so.

It would also require U.S. citi-zens sponsoring relatives tocome to the country to providebiometric data, including in somecases their DNA, if it was neededto verify someone's identity.

"This is a remarkable expan-

sion of surveillance, especiallythe idea that immigrants couldbe called in at any point to givethese biometrics," said SarahPierce, an analyst with the Mi-gration Policy Institute.

It typically takes severalmonths for a new regulation totake effect after a public com-ment period. This measure islikely to prompt legal chal-lenges, as have most immigra-tion measures introduced un-der President Donald Trump.

Acting Deputy DHS Secre-tary Ken Cuccinelli character-ized the new regulation in awritten statement as a way toimprove the verification ofpeople's identities and mod-ernize operations.

"Leveraging readily avail-able technology to verify theidentity of an individual we arescreening is responsible gov-erning," Cuccinelli said. "Thecollection of biometric infor-mation also guards againstidentity theft and thwartsfraudsters who are not whothey claim to be."

DHS is charged with enforc-ing the strict immigration en-forcement policies that havebeen a hallmark of the Trumpadministration. But the agencyis also in charge Citizenshipand Immigration Services,which is responsible for en-abling people to legally liveand work in the United States.

A lawyer with the ElectronicFrontier Foundation, a privacyrights watchdog, said there'sno justification for expandingbiometric data collection, andno clear rules for how long theinformation can be retained,how it can be used, andwhether it can be shared withforeign governments or otheragencies. AP

Chinese, Indians constitute 48%of foreign students in US in 2019

Washington: Chinese andIndians accounted for 48 percent of all active foreign stu-dents in the US in 2019, ac-cording to an official report.

A report on immigrationstudents in US, released bythe Student and ExchangeVisitor Program (SEVP) -- apart of the US Immigrationand Customs Enforcement(ICE) -- said there were 1.52million active records inSEVIS for F-1 and M-1 stu-dents during calendar year2019, a 1.7 per cent decreasefrom 2018.

SEVIS is a web-based sys-tem for maintaining informa-tion on international nonim-migrant students and ex-change visitors in the US.

While an F1 visa is issuedto international studentswho are attending an aca-

demic program or Englishlanguage program at a UScollege or university, M-1 visais reserved for internationalstudents attending voca-tional schools and technicalschools.

Forty-eight per cent or733,718 of all active SEVISrecords hailed from eitherChina (474,497) or India(249,221) in 2019, a slight in-crease from 47 per cent incalendar year 2018, the re-port said.

While the overall numberof active F-1 and M-1 studentrecords coming from Asia de-creased by 28,063 from 2018to 2019, student recordtrends varied across differ-ent countries, it said. PTI

Appeals overturnsban on immigrantcourthouse arrests

A federal appeals court onTuesday (1 September)

overturned a ruling that barredimmigration authorities fromarresting people suspected ofliving in the U.S. illegally if theyshow up at Massachusetts'scourthouses.

The decision by the 1st U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals in Bos-ton came in a case brought byprosecutors in two of thestate's largest counties. Districtattorneys and public defend-ers had argued that such ar-rests were disrupting thecriminal justice system be-cause defendants, witnessesand others were too afraid tocome to court.

It overturned a June 2019 rul-ing by U.S. District Judge IndiraTalwani that barred U.S. Immigra-tion and Customs Enforcementfrom arresting people for civilimmigration violations as theyare arriving at, leaving or insidea courthouse.

Courthouse arrests have an-gered lawyers, immigration ad-vocates and even some judges,who want ICE to make court-houses ``sensitive locations''generally free from immigrationenforcement. While such ar-rests happened under Presi-dent Barack Obama, lawyerssay they've seen an uptick un-der President Donald Trump.

In its ruling, the 1st Circuitsaid those who contested thepractice failed to show ``thatICE lacks statutory authority toconduct such arrests in Massa-chusetts.`` AP

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This week shall be full of frequent upsand downs especiallyin financial matters.Health would also re-

main average only throughout the week.You are advised to look after your health.Although financial ups and downs areindicated however the chances of gainsare stronger as compared to the losses.The impact of several planets on houseof income indicates that by the end of theweek you shall be almost at final verge.

Your hidden talent to fix the problemsshall be at its best inthis week. You shallmake the things easier

through your regular social networking prac-tices. Your gains would remain intact. The firsthalf of the week indicates frequent journeysespecially to historical and religious places.The latter half of the week is favorable forwork and it would be good to expand yourbusiness. You might make up your mind tomake some important decision.

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fectly good for youand your ability to giveadvice to people shall

be at its best this week. The day of 12th& 13th September only shall not be goodfor you. You are advised not to make anyimportant decision on these two days.Try to control your unnecessary expensesduring these days. This time can be uti-lized to visit some tourist place with yourfamily. The last two days are excellent foryour confidence and happiness.

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preciation for your work. Although theremight remain some pressure on youhowever you would regain your confi-dence with an impressive enhancementof your credibility as a professional. Itwould be better to work with a diplo-matic approach. Give your hundred per-cent and look after your health. You areadvised to be more cautious.

The beginning of the week indicateshappy associations,good luck, financialbetterment and sev-

eral good things whereas the latter halfof the week is not auspicious for health,happiness and luck. You are likely to facesome bitterness in your relationship too.You are advised to be cautious aboutyour food habits. You are likely to facesome stomach related disorder too. Itwould be better to go for a medicalcheckup.

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more on 9th and 10th and you will be busyin external activities like shopping, trav-elling etc. We shall advise you to avoidlong distance travel during these twodays. The day of 11th and 12th Septem-ber are indicating that you shall shine inyour studies and love relations. The con-cluding part of the week shall be devotedto your loved ones and family members.

Your desires shallbe very high

this week. Your maxi-mum concentrationshall be towards your

love relationship. You would be spend-ing quality time with your partner. Inaddition to that you shall start seeing agradual improvement in your health,happiness, destiny, working efficiencyand energy levels in from the mid of thisweek. You would take interest in highereducation, religious institutions, charityand philanthropic activities.

It would be a week of ups and downsfor you. The first day ofthe week is better ascompared to 9th &

10th September. The day of 11th & and12th can be utilized to maintain good re-lations with father, teacher and the headof educational institution whereas theremaining part of the week would beauspicious for settling the issues relatedto work. We shall advise you to work withfocused approach so that you succeed inmaintaining the momentum thus gained.

There shall be a relief in the stress,tensions and the rest-lessness that you werefacing from last few

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work and attainment of some reward forrendering excellence in performance atwork place. This week is also favorable forthe improvement of family atmospherein the latter half of it. You might plan tovisit some place of pilgrimage on the lasttwo days of the week. You would bespending money on get together.

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cious for your happi-ness but immunitylevel might remain av-

erage. 9th and 10th September areauspicious for your family life. Domes-tic happiness shall remain intact. At-tachment with mother shall get en-hanced. The family atmosphere shall befull of life. 11th, 12th & 13th Septem-ber is giving an indication of lot of ac-tivity in social life.

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Jacqueline Fernandez and Yami Gautam havejoined the cast of the spooky adventure comedyBhoot Police, starring Saif Ali Khan and Arjun

Kapoor.The horror-comedy will be helmed by

Pawan Kripalani, who has helmed thrill-ers like "Phobia" and "Ragini MMS" inthe past.

"I am looking forward toworking with Jacqueline and

Yami. This will be my first collabo-ration with the entire cast. Weneed someone to add the crazi-ness to this fun-filled en-tertainer and both ofthem will definitelyadd this magicto the script,"

said the direc-tor.

The film isp r o d u c e d

by RameshTaurani and

Akshai Puri.The team has started

the groundwork for the film,which will be largely shot across

Dharamsala, Dalhousie and Palampur."We are consulting experts to plan the

safety measures for the team. We aim towrap 80 per cent of the film during out-door schedules. The remaining portionswill be shot on a set in Mumbai," saidTaurani. IANS

Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas is in themood to soak in the last few days of sum-

mer.Priyanka shared a picture on Instagram

where she is seen standing in the sun. Shewears a floral dress and completes the lookwith a messy bun, big sunglasses and hoop

earrings."The last few days of summer," she

captioned the image.Priyanka recently officially con-

firmed that her memoir, "Unfin-ished", is ready.

The actress will next be seen inthe digital film "The White Tiger",where she features with Adarsh

Gourav and Rajkummar Rao.The film is based on Aravind

Adiga's Man BookerPrize-winning novelof the same name,and is directed byIranian filmmakerRamin Bahrani. IANS

Actresses Vidya Balan,Taapsee Pannu, Lakshmi

Manchu and Meera Choprahave spoken against RheaChakraborty being vilifiedby sections of media and so-cial media at a time whenthe investigation is still on inthe Sushant Singh Rajputdeath case. However, fans ofthe late actor are unhappywith this. They believe thesecelebrities are taking sideswith the actress who is anaccused in the case.

On Thursday, netizensstarted trolling Vidya Balanon the Facebook group "Jus-tice for Sushant SinghRajput" which has over6,18,000 members. Thetrolling began after a groupmember shared a newspiece that talks about VidyaBalan protesting the vilifica-tion of Rhea.

Commenting on thepost, a user shared: "Whybecause she is a woman! Myheart breaks being awoman how could be so vi-cious to kill or push him to

kill himself!Vidya open youreyes and sup-port the truth."

A section ofn e t i z e n sclaimed celebri-

ties protesting against thevilification of Rhea are doingthis for publicity. IANS

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Life is not in anything;All things are in life

Bernadette Roberts

By steadily gazing outward upon theUnknown, the silence abated and theemptiness of self became a joy

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BERNADETTE ROBERTS

The moment was unheralded, un-recognized, and unknown; it was

the moment "I" entered a great si-lence and never returned. Beyond thethreshold of the known, the door uponself was closed, but the door upon theUnknown was opened in a fixed gazethat could not look away. Impossible tosee the self, to remember the self, orto be self-consciousness, the mind wasrestricted to the present moment. Themore it tried to reflect back on itself,the more overpowering the silence.

By steadily gazing outward uponthe Unknown, the silence abated andthe emptiness of self became a joy. Butthe search for the still-point-Godwithin-revealed not one emptiness,but two, for when there is no self, thereis no Other; without a personal selfthere is no personal God-without asubject, there is no object.

The still-point had vanished, and

with its disappearance it took verysense of life the self possessed-a selfwhich could no longer be felt to exist.What remained was not known. Therewas no life, no will, no energy, no feel-ings, no experiences, no within, nospiritual or psychic life. Yet, life wassomewhere because all was as usual.

Though it could not be localized orfound within any object of sight ormind, somewhere out-of-doors, lifewas flowing peacefully, assuredly. Ona bluff above the sea, it revealed itself:life is not in anything; rather, all thingsare in life. The many are immersed inthe One, even that which remainswhen there is no self, this too, is ab-sorbed in the One. No longer a dis-tance between self and the other, all isnow known in the immediacy of thisidentity.

Particulars dissolve into the One; in-dividual objects give way to revealthat which is the same throughout allvariety and multiplicity. To see this newdimension of life is the gift of amazingglasses through which God may beseen everywhere. Truly, God is all thatexists-all, of course, but the self.

At one time, the Oneness grew to anoverpowering intensity, as if drawingitself together from all parts, drawinginward and obliterating all that existed,including the eye that saw it and thatwhich remained. At the threshold ofextinction, the eye flickered and grewdim; instantly, that which remained,turned away.

To bear the vision, to enter in, thelight of the eye must not go out. Some-how it must become stronger, butwhat kind of strength is this and howcould it be acquired? There was some-thing still to be done, but what? No-selfis helpless; it has no strength; it is notthe light of the eye nor the eye itself.

Nine months passed before the eyeupon Oneness became the eye uponnothingness. Without warning or rea-son, all particulars dissolved into empti-ness. At one point, the mind came uponthe hideous void of life, the insidiousnothingness of death and decay stran-gling life from every object or sight.

Only self can escape such a visionbecause only self knows fear, and onlyfear can generate the weapons of de-fense. Without a self, the only escape isno escape; the void must be faced-come what may.

In the absence of self, all that re-mained was an immovable stillness, anunbreakable, unfeeling silence.

Excerpted from the book Mystics,Masters, Saints and Sages by RobertUllman and Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman. Bernadette Roberts (1931-2017) was a former Carmelite nun andcontemplative in the Catholic tradition.

Ideally, New Delhi and Beijing should beable to work something out over endless

cups of tea. However, sanctimonious advicefrom foreign experts about dire conse-

quences of an India-China decoupling hasto be taken with a bucket

Why are the Indian and Chineseeconomies decoupling?

ATUL SINGH, MANU SHARMA & VIKRAM SOOD

India has strong geopolitical, histori-cal and economic reasons to disentangle itself from China's arms.Many experts argue India is the

weaker power unable to take onChina. In an article in Foreign Policy,James Crabtree argues that a tradewar with China would be a bad ideafor India. In his view, India's "military isinefficient, underequipped, anddogged by procurement corruptionscandals". To develop its militarystrength, India needs a dynamiceconomy, and an "inward economicdirection" would only benefit China inthe long run. Therefore, an India-Chinadecoupling is a terrible idea.

These analysts are wrong. Their ar-gument against decoupling is basedon three implicit assumptions. First,India is a deeply-divided country un-able to act or respond decisively. Sec-ond, India is dependent on the Chi-

nese economy for its growth. Third,China's rise is inexorable and India hasno option but to come to terms withit. These assumptions are true, but it isan error of judgment to treat them asunqualified truths.

A Trip Down Memory LaneFor Indians with longer historical

memories than many of these experts,these arguments sound familiar.Anglo-Saxon publications have longhectored, advised and moralized onIndian issues. On July 5, 2014, the edi-torial board of The New York Timesmade a case against India's member-ship of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.To be admitted, India needed "to signthe treaty that prohibits nuclear test-ing, stop producing fissile material,and begin talks with its rivals onnuclear weapons containment".

In response, Gurmeet Kanwal, a re-tired Indian brigadier-turned-defenseanalyst, called the editorial "partisan and

condescending". Some even saw it asneocolonial. He pointed to "the existen-tial threat posed by two nuclear-armedstates on India's borders" that led Indiato develop its nuclear weapons capa-bility. Kanwal argued that India hadbeen a "responsible nuclear power"with a "positive record on non-prolif-eration" and had "consistently sup-ported total nuclear disarmament." Intypical Sikh humor, he advised nuclearayatollahs to focus on real proliferatorsand let go of the cap, roll-back andeliminate (CRE) stance they hadadopted against India since the 1990s.

Just as India stood up to the US onthe nuclear issue in the 1990s, it iscapable of standing up to China in2020. An India-China conflict is highlyundesirable. Ideally, New Delhi andBeijing should be able to work some-thing out over endless cups of tea.However, sanctimonious advice from

foreign expertsabout dire conse-quences of an In-d i a - C h i n adecoupling hasto be taken witha bucket, not apinch, of salt.

In 1998, Indiawent nuclear despite dire predic-tions for its economy. Many in Wash-ington assumed that India de-pended on the West for its economy.Barely seven years prior, India hadexperienced a serious financial crisis.

The Gulf War and slowing exportsto the US crippled an economy byrising deficits and increasing debt.The precipitous decline of the SovietUnion meant India no longer had agodfather to bail it out. So severewas India's 1991 currency crisis thatit had to pledge its gold reservesand liberalize its economy to get abailout from the International Mon-etary Fund. In 1998, India was betteroff than in 1991 but certainly not in astrong position. Nuclear tests put itunder immense pressure.

(Vikram Sood is former RAW chiefand Atul Singh is a journalist, CEO &Editor-in-Chief of Fair Observer) IANS

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India has been a long-standing friend of

Bangladesh and has played a significant role in the

independence of Bangladesh. Since then both are

trade, economic and development partners as

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Will Shringla's visit reshape relations betweenBangladesh, India and China?

SARMIN AKTER

The impact of the rise ofIndia and China on theglobal stage, the interna-

tional system and the West isalso felt acutely in the eco-nomic, political and foreignpolicy realm of Bangladesh.Bangladesh, however, wouldlike to exploit the economic andpolitical opportunities providedby the rise of both the Asiancountries but do not wish to beused as a proxy by either andthis makes a complex trianglebetween Bangladesh, India andChina.

India has been a long-stand-ing friend of Bangladesh and hasplayed a significant role in the in-dependence of Bangladesh.Since then both are trade, eco-nomic and development part-ners as compared to others inthe South Asian region. Yet,Bangladesh has been express-ing its disappointment over thepending Teesta river water shar-

ing agreement, border killing,Rohingya influx, and trade defi-cit. Though Bangladesh de-scribed as "national matter" ofIndia as it undertook the Na-tional Register of Citizens (NRC)and Citizenship (Amendment)Act (CAA), both the NRC and CAAhave created a lot of discomfortin Bangladesh.

Though China opposedBangladesh's Independence, ithas now developed bilateral tiesby being the largest investor,foremost importer, and the big-gest trading partner having $18billion trade transactions in2019. Bangladesh armed forcesare also equipped with Chinesearms, including fighter aircraft,tanks, missile launchers and sev-eral weapon systems. Recently,China has granted $1 billion for

Teesta irrigation project and 97percent Bangladeshi productsto enjoy zero tariffs to the Chi-nese market from July 1. How-ever, Indian officials secretlycomplained that Chinese tradeconcessions can pushBangladesh into a 'dual deficitand debt trap.'

Undoubtedly, geopoliticaltensions between India andChina continue to escalate andthere are apprehensions of po-tential disruption of bilateral tiesbetween New Delhi and Beijingafter the deadly Galwan Valleyclashes left at least 20 Indian sol-diers dead. The Indian govern-ment later announced a ban on59 Chinese apps, includingTikTok, WeChat and UC Browserand Xiaomi's Mi Community overnational security concerns amidthe border tussle in Ladakh. Indiasubsequently banned moreapps, taking the total of bannedapps to 224, and reportedly re-

viewing other well-known Chi-nese companies for their allegedlinks with China's People's Libera-tion Army (PLA).

A neutral BangladeshBangladesh takes a neutral

position to whatever happensbetween the two Asian giants,but Chinese President XiJinping's growing influence andstrong defense ties withBangladesh are making Indiaconcerned. Siegfried O Wolf, di-rector of research at the SouthAsia Democratic Forum (SADF), aBrussels-based think tank, and Se-nior Researcher (affiliated mem-ber) at the South Asia Institute(SAI), Heidelberg University, says,"China's increasing influence inSouth Asia poses a massive chal-lenge to New Delhi for both po-

litical and security reason."India is the closest neighbor

of all time, more than others, andso it expects more from India.But India lacks the capability toimplement any project withinthe stipulated time frame ascompared to China. Also, reci-procity from India's side appearsless visible and that creates thegap. However, India granted 10broad gauge diesel locomotivesto Bangladesh less than fivedays after Bangladesh allowedIndian goods for its Northeast todock at the Chittagong port forthe first time since its Indepen-dence in July. Bangladesh For-eign Minister A K Abdul Momenthanked India and said, "Thisamazing breakthrough wouldhelp bring our two people evencloser and further take the rock-solid bilateral relations to newheights."

Shringla's sudden visitIndian Foreign Secretary

Harsh Vardhan Shringla visitedBangladesh on August 18. If In-dia and Bangladesh are reaffirm-ing their relationship on the all-important economic front thenwhat was making India worriedthat Shringla had to rush toBangladesh? Prior to his visit, onAugust 16, Indian Bengali dailyAajkal reported, "Cooperation inbuilding airport in Bangladeshwas announced earlier. This time,China is helping with $1 billionfor the Teesta irrigation project.After that, Delhi could no longerremain silent."

It seems to be a great con-cern for India that Dhaka hasbeen cozying up with China, andthe visit was aimed at boostingand resetting bilateral relationswith Bangladesh. On his two-day visit, Shringla met withPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina.Shringla also met with the for-eign minister.

( The writer is an LLM Stu-dent in Jagannath University,Dhaka, Bangladesh) South AsiaMonitor

DEBT TRAP BY CHINAWell over a hundred years ago East India Company came

to India to trade in India's spices, cotton and severalproducts that were unique to India. They ultimately succeeded individing the princely states against each other and with help of theBritish government ruled India for almost hundred years. One of thekey strategies used was inducing the princely states take on loans forammunition, to fight each other or, taking their support with acquisi-tion of their land.

The same methodology has been used by China with most ofthe neighboring countries like Myanmar, Pakistan, Cambodia,Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and several countries in Africa. Most ofthese countries are financially failed states or debt ridden eithertowards World Bank or, China. Pakistan for example has lost mostof the support from US. Recently, one of their key supporters SaudiArabia has also dumped them. Even though they were very hesi-tant to go to China, they have no alternative left with billions ofdollars in debt against the Belt and Road initiative to China. Nowthey are in a debt trap with China. Nothing comes free, as Chinawill now get Gwadar Port and expand their naval base in the IndiaOcean and expand distribution of their cheap Chinese productsthrough the Belt initiative.

A similar scenario is unfolding in Myanmar. For over fifty yearsChina took advantage of the economic sanctions by the westerncountries against Myanmar's dictatorship and socialism. They devel-oped inroads into Myanmar's military top brass, starting with GeneralNe Win to the present leadership, including Nobel Laureate Suu Kyito get what they want in Myanmar. Most of Myanmar's military topbrass are corrupted and they control all major businesses directly orindirectly via cronies. The products include Oil and Natural Gas, Min-ing of precious metals, and fresh and high quality produce includingrice. In return they have built state of the art highways to transportthese products and laid advance pipelines to China. Now, they areready to build a naval base at Sittwe in Rakhine State (Bay Of Bengal),to counter India's naval superiority. They were also partly responsiblein backing the exodus of millions of Rohingya Muslims from theirhome. It is believed that when a Burmese dies especially in a border-ing state such as the Shan state, a Chinese would move into Myanmarand replace the ID with their photo. This had been the practice forover past three decades. A beautiful airport at Pyin Oo Lywin (earlierknown as Maymyo), which is only 40 miles from Mandalay, has beenconverted to an army base where one can see movement of Chinesemilitary aircrafts. It is also believed to be used for ammunition drop-ping for counter insurgency targeting different ethnic groups or tosuppress innocent students, monks or citizens.

With regards to Bangladesh, China had recently waived all theirloans with intention to expanding their footprint in that country andpaving the way to develop another naval base in Chittagong. Theworld by and large will continue to place economic sanctions againstChina in the years ahead and they will at the same time try to findalternative destinations to sell their products.

China has invested in land consisting of thousands of hectares allacross Africa, towards their own food security and is also trying tobuild naval bases to further secure their global transportation re-quirements.

The proposed QUAD consisting of US, Japan, India and Australia, isa greatly desired need to counter China in the Indian Ocean and alsoin the Greater Pacific Zone. This has now received even further sup-port from India as reiterated by CDC General Bipin Rawat during anIndo-US webinar conducted recently.

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