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T he Covid-19 death toll in the State surged to 259 on Saturday as 12 more patients succumbed to the disease on Saturday. The Covid fatalities were reported from Khordha (Bhubaneswar), Bargarh, Sundargarh, Baleswar, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Gajapati and Ganjam districts, the Health and Family Welfare Department said. The deceased included a 60-year-old man of Bargarh district; a 55-year-old woman of Sundargarh; a 67-year-old man and a 60-year-old man of Bhubaneswar, a 57-year-old man of Baleswar, a 55-year-old man and a 60-year-old man of Kandhamal, a 79-year-old man of Keonjhar, a 59-year-old man of Gajapati, a 61-year-old woman of Ganjam, a 60-year- old man of Keonjhar, and a 48- year-old man of Ganjam. Besides, three other patients died of other health issues, the department added. On the day, the total Covid-19 patients’ tally increased to 44,193 with 1,643 new positive cases from 28 dis- tricts, according to the Information and Public Relations Department. On new cases, 1,018 were from quarantine centres and 625 were local contact cases. Ganjam and Khordha dis- tricts reported the day’s highest 274 cases each followed by Rayagada 136, Sundargarh 118, Sambalpur 112, Cuttack 98, Puri 92, Baleswar 73, Kandhamal 52, Koraput 50, Balangir 43, Nayagarh 40, Mayurbhanj 39, Dhenkanal and Jajpur 36 each, Gajapati 35, Kalahandi 30, Malkangiri 27, Jagatsinghpur 21, Angul 16, Kendrapada 14, Bargarh and Boudh seven each, Nabarangpur five, Keonjhar three, Bhadrak and Jharsuguda two each and Nuapada one. However, 1,544 patients recovered on Friday, taking the total recoveries to 30,241. The highest 560 recovered in Ganjam, followed by 203 in Khordha, 143 in Koraput, 75 in Gajapati, 62 in Nayagarh, 59 in Sundargarh, 41 in Kandhamal, 37 in Cuttack, 36 each in Kalahandi and Rayagada, 34 in Jajpur, 33 in Baleswar, 32 in Puri 31 in Sambalpur, 24 in Malkangiri, 21 in Kendrapada, 17 in Keonjhar, 16 in Baragarh, 16 in Balangir, 13 in Dhenkanal, 12 in Mayurbhanj, eight each in Jagatsinghpur, Subarnapur and Bhadrak, six each in Angul and Nuapada, four in Nbarangpur and three in Jharsuguda. B hubaneswar on Saturday recorded 190 new Covid- 19 positive cases with the city’s total tally rising to 3,763. Out of the fresh cases, 138 were from quarantine centres and 52 were local contacts, said the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). The quarantined cases included 21 of Kapileshwar Kincha Sahi linked with an earlier positive case; seven of Baramunda Behera Sahi linked with an earlier case; six of Bomikhal linked with an earlier case; five of IRC Village N-3 linked with an earlier case; four of Nayapalli Brit Colony linked with an earli- er case; three of Suryanagar linked with an earlier case; four of Laxmisagar Oscar City; four of Unit-3 Mali Colony; four of Saheed Nagar Santipalli; three of Nayapalli LIC Office lane: three of Baramunda Palamandap; three of IRC Village N-6 linked with an earlier case; three of Jharpada Jagananath Nagar; three of Palasuni linked with an earlier cases; two of Jagamara; and two of Dumduma. The local contacts includ- ed three cases of Baramunda; two of Unit-9; two of Laxmisagar Oscar City; one of Baramunda Jagannath Vihar; one of Baramunda Ruchika Market; one of Bomikhal Canal Road; one of Sundarpada; one of Chintamaneswar; one of Unit-8; one of Jharpada; one of Ahsok Nagar; and one of Satya Nagar Kali Mandir. However, 103 patients were cured in the city on the day. In Cuttack, 76 positive cases were detected on Friday, taking the city’s total tally to 1,546. Of the new cases, 46 were from the Malgodown Behera Sahi containment zone; seven from institutional quarantine; seven from home quarantine; and 16 local contact cases, said the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC). E ven as mask-wearing has become a new nor- mal amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a short film titled ‘Mask’, directed by a corona warrior in Odisha, has received accolades at the presti- gious Quarantine Film Festival-2020. During the international film festival at Argentina, ‘Mask’ was chosen for the ‘International People Choice Award’ among more than 3,000 films. The film is directed by senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer Dr Sweta Kumar Dash, who is on Covid duty in Ganjam district. The story revolves around a boy from an economically-backward family in Brahmapur. Apart from his study, the boy sells masks made by his mother in Brahmapur. But people do not show interest to buy the masks due to its low cost and not being attractive type. Masks during the pandemic play a signifi- cant role to save lives. Sensing the need of masks during these testing times, Dash wrote the story and directed the film. T he Director-General of Civil Aviation has com- menced the enquiry into the crash landing of the Air India Express Flight IX13444 from Dubai at Karipur on Friday night, said Union Civil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday at Kozhikode. The disaster at Kozhikode airport claimed the lives of 18 persons, including the pilot and co-pilot, of the ill-fated Boeing 737 aircraft, said the Minister while addressing the media. “As many as 149 passengers are undergoing treatment in various hospitals in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts. 23 persons who had minor injuries were discharged after treatment,” said the Minister. Except for the pilot and co- pilot, all those who lost their lives were from Kozhikode, Malappuram, and Palakkadu districts of Kerala. Minister Puri flew down to Kozhikode on Saturday to take stock of the situation and held meetings with the officials of the airport, DGCA and Air India before he met the media. He said a major disaster could be averted because of the instant search and rescue actions initiated by all con- cerned at the airport. “The Black Box and the Flight Data Recorder have been retrieved and we have to wait till the probe is on. I request you all not to speculate on any- thing. What I could say right now is that the aircraft overshot the runway and fell down from a height of 30 ft. The causali- ties could be restricted only because of the search and res- cue mission which commenced within minutes and that too in an exemplary manner,” said Puri. On the reduced length of the runway in Kozhikode air- port, the Minister said all issues which were raised in the past had been addressed. The Kozhikode airport has a tabletop runway, which refers to one located on the top of a plateau or hill with one or both ends adjacent to a steep elevation that drops into a deep gorge. Several international air- lines had decided not to fly big aircrafts including Boeing 777 and Airbus A330 jets into Kozhikode citing safety issues over the length on the runway. I ndia and China held yet another round of military- level talks on Saturday to defuse the situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), but nothing concrete came out of the deliberations. Major General level offi- cers of the two sides held a detailed discussion to expedite disengagement from all the friction points, including Depsang valley. The talks, which began at 11 am at Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), also saw the two coun- tries agreeing to sustain the tempo of dialogue and reiter- ated their commitment to with- draw and de-escalate. Sources said the two senior military officers also touched upon the other friction points, including Pangong Tso, Gogra, and Hot Springs. While the Chinese have withdrawn their forces from Hot Springs and Gogra, they are reluctant to do so in the Pangong Tso. In fact, the first stand-off started from here on May 5 when the Chinese intruded and blocked an Indian Army patrol. It led to the exchange of fisticuffs and several men from both sides were injured. India has maintained that complete disengagement from all the “friction points” is of utmost importance. It has also insisted that the Chinese forces have to return to their positions as existing before May 5. The two officers will meet again next week to review the progress made. The Indian side was led by chief of 3 Mountain Division Major General Abhijit Bapat. Incidentally, the last round of talks was held on August 2 between the Corps Commanders of the two armies without any significant improvement in the situation on the ground. The Chinese continue to sit tight at the Pangong Tso (lake) and in the Depsang Valley, sources said here on Saturday. Mumbai: Captain Deepak Sathe, pilot of the Air India Express flight who died along with 17 others after the plane crashed at Kerala’s Kozhikode airport, had survived an air crash in the early 1990s when he was in the Air Force and was hospitalised for six months, his cousin said. Sathe had suffered multiple injuries on his skull in that incident, but due to his strong willpower and passion he cleared the test and started fly- ing again. PTI New Delhi: Constructed on ele- vated terrains and mostly hav- ing little space for last minute maneuver, tabletop runways at times pose challenges for pilots while landing their aircraft. And Air India Express planes have crashed at least twice on such runways in little over a decade. At least five airports, including at Kozhikode where an Air India Express aircraft crashed on Friday, have table- top runways. PTI Patna: The tragic air crash at Kozhikode, in which at least 18 peo- ple were killed, has triggered fresh hopes that the spotlight would be back on “risky” airports like the one here which suffers from many deficiencies and has seen one of the major plane accidents in the countrys history two decades back. The Jaiprakash Narayan International Airport, reckoned among the 20 busiest ones across the country, had hit the headlines on July 17, 2000 when more than 60 people were killed when a Delhi-bound Boeing 737 from Kolkata ploughed through a residential locality. PTI I n the run up to the crucial Assembly session in Rajasthan next week, the BJP too is now said to have started herding its MLAs, mostly from the tribal areas, fearing “poach- ing” by the Congress whose legislators have already been taken to Jaisalmer from Jaipur. The BJP has decided to shift 12 of its Rajasthan MLAs to a resort on the outskirt of Ahmedabad and six others to another resort in Porbandar. This even as six BSP MLAs moved the Supreme Court on Saturday seeking a transfer from Rajasthan High Court to it the matter pertaining to their merger with the Congress in the State. The BSP as well as the BJP have challenged their merger. A Single-judge Bench of the High Court is likely to pro- nounce its judgment on the decision on their merger with the Congress on August 11. State BJP president Satish Poonia said his party has infor- mation that the Congress was approaching BJP legislators in the Udaipur division through administrative officers and other influential people of the area. “So we decided that they should all be at one place where they can be protected,” Poonia maintained. BJP leaders said they have evidence that the Congress was trying to lure its legislators, especially in the tribal belt of Mewar in southern Rajasthan. Some MLAs have been sent to Gujarat. State Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra, how- ever, denied the BJP’s allegation even as he ruled out any threat to the existence of the Ashok Gehlot Government. “We have alerted our MLAs and told them to be together,” Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria said asserting that since the Gehlot Government is set to fall, the Congress is approaching BJP legislators for support. Kataria hails from southern Rajasthan which has 28 Assembly seats of which the BJP has 15. While the Congress has 10 seats, one is with an Independent MLA and two are with the Bharatiya Tribal Party which is supporting Gehlot. In partial relief to the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress Government in Rajasthan, the Division Bench of the High Court had on Thursday dis- posed of appeals filed by a BJP MLA and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) against the order of a judge, who had refused to stay the functioning of six BSP MLAs as Congress legislators. BJP MLA Madan Dilawar and BSP national secretary Satish Mishra had approached the Division Bench on Tuesday appealing against the Single- judge Bench order.

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Page 1: ˆ) . ! &( ˆ˛ 01* !ˇ ˇ ˇ ! ( ˆ ˇ · 2020. 8. 8. · Bhubaneswar, a 57-year-old man of Baleswar, ... a short film titled ‘Mask’, ... gious Quarantine Film Festival-2020

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The Covid-19 death toll inthe State surged to 259 on

Saturday as 12 more patientssuccumbed to the disease onSaturday. The Covid fatalitieswere reported from Khordha(Bhubaneswar), Bargarh,Sundargarh, Baleswar,Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Gajapatiand Ganjam districts, theHealth and Family WelfareDepartment said.

The deceased included a60-year-old man of Bargarhdistrict; a 55-year-old womanof Sundargarh; a 67-year-oldman and a 60-year-old man ofBhubaneswar, a 57-year-oldman of Baleswar, a 55-year-oldman and a 60-year-old man ofKandhamal, a 79-year-old manof Keonjhar, a 59-year-old manof Gajapati, a 61-year-oldwoman of Ganjam, a 60-year-old man of Keonjhar, and a 48-year-old man of Ganjam.

Besides, three otherpatients died of other healthissues, the department added.

On the day, the totalCovid-19 patients’ tallyincreased to 44,193 with 1,643new positive cases from 28 dis-tricts, according to theInformation and PublicRelations Department.

On new cases, 1,018 werefrom quarantine centres and625 were local contact cases.

Ganjam and Khordha dis-tricts reported the day’s highest274 cases each followed byRayagada 136, Sundargarh 118,Sambalpur 112, Cuttack 98, Puri92, Baleswar 73, Kandhamal 52,Koraput 50, Balangir 43,Nayagarh 40, Mayurbhanj 39,Dhenkanal and Jajpur 36 each,Gajapati 35, Kalahandi 30,Malkangiri 27, Jagatsinghpur21, Angul 16, Kendrapada 14,Bargarh and Boudh seven each,Nabarangpur five, Keonjharthree, Bhadrak and Jharsuguda

two each and Nuapada one.However, 1,544 patients

recovered on Friday, takingthe total recoveries to 30,241.The highest 560 recovered inGanjam, followed by 203 inKhordha, 143 in Koraput, 75 inGajapati, 62 in Nayagarh, 59 inSundargarh, 41 in Kandhamal,37 in Cuttack, 36 each inKalahandi and Rayagada, 34 in

Jajpur, 33 in Baleswar, 32 inPuri 31 in Sambalpur, 24 inMalkangiri, 21 in Kendrapada,17 in Keonjhar, 16 in Baragarh,16 in Balangir, 13 inDhenkanal, 12 in Mayurbhanj,eight each in Jagatsinghpur,Subarnapur and Bhadrak, sixeach in Angul and Nuapada,four in Nbarangpur and threein Jharsuguda.

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Bhubaneswar on Saturdayrecorded 190 new Covid-

19 positive cases with the city’stotal tally rising to 3,763. Outof the fresh cases, 138 werefrom quarantine centres and52 were local contacts, said theBhubaneswar MunicipalCorporation (BMC).

The quarantined casesincluded 21 of KapileshwarKincha Sahi linked with anearlier positive case; seven ofBaramunda Behera Sahilinked with an earlier case; sixof Bomikhal linked with anearlier case; five of IRC VillageN-3 linked with an earliercase; four of Nayapalli BritColony linked with an earli-er case; three of Suryanagarlinked with an earlier case;four of Laxmisagar OscarCity; four of Unit-3 MaliColony; four of Saheed NagarSantipalli; three of NayapalliLIC Office lane: three ofBaramunda Palamandap;three of IRC Village N-6

linked with an earlier case;three of Jharpada JagananathNagar; three of Palasunilinked with an earlier cases;two of Jagamara; and two ofDumduma.

The local contacts includ-ed three cases of Baramunda;two of Unit-9; two ofLaxmisagar Oscar City; one ofBaramunda Jagannath Vihar;one of Baramunda RuchikaMarket; one of Bomikhal CanalRoad; one of Sundarpada; oneof Chintamaneswar; one ofUnit-8; one of Jharpada; one ofAhsok Nagar; and one of SatyaNagar Kali Mandir.

However, 103 patients werecured in the city on the day. InCuttack, 76 positive cases weredetected on Friday, taking thecity’s total tally to 1,546.

Of the new cases, 46 werefrom the Malgodown BeheraSahi containment zone; sevenfrom institutional quarantine;seven from home quarantine;and 16 local contact cases, saidthe Cuttack MunicipalCorporation (CMC).

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Even as mask-wearing has become a new nor-mal amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a short

film titled ‘Mask’, directed by a corona warriorin Odisha, has received accolades at the presti-gious Quarantine Film Festival-2020.

During the international film festival atArgentina, ‘Mask’ was chosen for the‘International People Choice Award’ amongmore than 3,000 films. The film is directed bysenior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS)officer Dr Sweta Kumar Dash, who is on Covidduty in Ganjam district.

The story revolves around a boy from aneconomically-backward family in Brahmapur.Apart from his study, the boy sells masks madeby his mother in Brahmapur. But people do notshow interest to buy the masks due to its low costand not being attractive type.

Masks during the pandemic play a signifi-cant role to save lives. Sensing the need of masksduring these testing times, Dash wrote the storyand directed the film.

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menced the enquiry into thecrash landing of the Air IndiaExpress Flight IX13444 fromDubai at Karipur on Fridaynight, said Union CivilMinister Hardeep Singh Purion Saturday at Kozhikode.

The disaster at Kozhikodeairport claimed the lives of 18persons, including the pilotand co-pilot, of the ill-fatedBoeing 737 aircraft, said theMinister while addressing themedia.

“As many as 149 passengersare undergoing treatment invarious hospitals in Kozhikodeand Malappuram districts. 23persons who had minorinjuries were discharged aftertreatment,” said the Minister.

Except for the pilot and co-pilot, all those who lost theirlives were from Kozhikode,Malappuram, and Palakkadudistricts of Kerala.

Minister Puri flew down toKozhikode on Saturday to takestock of the situation and heldmeetings with the officials of

the airport, DGCA and AirIndia before he met the media.He said a major disaster couldbe averted because of theinstant search and rescueactions initiated by all con-cerned at the airport.

“The Black Box and theFlight Data Recorder have beenretrieved and we have to waittill the probe is on. I requestyou all not to speculate on any-thing. What I could say rightnow is that the aircraft overshotthe runway and fell down froma height of 30 ft. The causali-ties could be restricted onlybecause of the search and res-cue mission which commencedwithin minutes and that too inan exemplary manner,” said Puri.

On the reduced length ofthe runway in Kozhikode air-port, the Minister said all issueswhich were raised in the pasthad been addressed.

The Kozhikode airport hasa tabletop runway, which refersto one located on the top of aplateau or hill with one or both ends adjacent to a steepelevation that drops into adeep gorge.

Several international air-lines had decided not to fly bigaircrafts including Boeing 777and Airbus A330 jets intoKozhikode citing safety issuesover the length on the runway.

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India and China held yetanother round of military-

level talks on Saturday to defusethe situation on the Line ofActual Control (LAC), butnothing concrete came out ofthe deliberations.

Major General level offi-cers of the two sides held adetailed discussion to expeditedisengagement from all thefriction points, includingDepsang valley.

The talks, which began at11 am at Daulat Beg Oldie(DBO), also saw the two coun-tries agreeing to sustain thetempo of dialogue and reiter-ated their commitment to with-draw and de-escalate.

Sources said the two seniormilitary officers also touchedupon the other friction points,including Pangong Tso, Gogra,and Hot Springs. While theChinese have withdrawn theirforces from Hot Springs andGogra, they are reluctant to doso in the Pangong Tso.

In fact, the first stand-offstarted from here on May 5when the Chinese intrudedand blocked an Indian Armypatrol. It led to the exchange offisticuffs and several men fromboth sides were injured.

India has maintained thatcomplete disengagement fromall the “friction points” is ofutmost importance. It has alsoinsisted that the Chinese forceshave to return to their positionsas existing before May 5.

The two officers will meetagain next week to review theprogress made. The Indianside was led by chief of 3Mountain Division MajorGeneral Abhijit Bapat.

Incidentally, the last roundof talks was held on August 2between the CorpsCommanders of the two armieswithout any significantimprovement in the situationon the ground. The Chinesecontinue to sit tight at thePangong Tso (lake) and in theDepsang Valley, sources saidhere on Saturday.

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Mumbai: Captain DeepakSathe, pilot of the Air IndiaExpress flight who died alongwith 17 others after the planecrashed at Kerala’s Kozhikodeairport, had survived an aircrash in the early 1990s when hewas in the Air Force and washospitalised for six months, hiscousin said. Sathe had sufferedmultiple injuries on his skull inthat incident, but due to hisstrong willpower and passion hecleared the test and started fly-ing again. PTI

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Patna: The tragic air crash at Kozhikode, in which at least 18 peo-ple were killed, has triggered fresh hopes that the spotlight wouldbe back on “risky” airports like the one here which suffers frommany deficiencies and has seen one of the major plane accidentsin the countrys history two decades back. The Jaiprakash NarayanInternational Airport, reckoned among the 20 busiest ones acrossthe country, had hit the headlines on July 17, 2000 when morethan 60 people were killed when a Delhi-bound Boeing 737 fromKolkata ploughed through a residential locality. PTI

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In the run up to the crucialAssembly session in

Rajasthan next week, the BJPtoo is now said to have startedherding its MLAs, mostly fromthe tribal areas, fearing “poach-ing” by the Congress whoselegislators have already beentaken to Jaisalmer from Jaipur.

The BJP has decided toshift 12 of its Rajasthan MLAsto a resort on the outskirt ofAhmedabad and six others toanother resort in Porbandar.

This even as six BSP MLAsmoved the Supreme Court onSaturday seeking a transferfrom Rajasthan High Court toit the matter pertaining totheir merger with the Congressin the State.

The BSP as well as the BJPhave challenged their merger.A Single-judge Bench of theHigh Court is likely to pro-nounce its judgment on thedecision on their merger withthe Congress on August 11.

State BJP president SatishPoonia said his party has infor-mation that the Congress wasapproaching BJP legislators inthe Udaipur division through

administrative officers andother influential people of thearea. “So we decided that theyshould all be at one placewhere they can be protected,”Poonia maintained.

BJP leaders said they haveevidence that the Congresswas trying to lure its legislators,especially in the tribal belt ofMewar in southern Rajasthan.Some MLAs have been sent toGujarat.

State Congress presidentGovind Singh Dotasra, how-ever, denied the BJP’s allegationeven as he ruled out any threatto the existence of the AshokGehlot Government.

“We have alerted ourMLAs and told them to betogether,” Leader of OppositionGulab Chand Kataria saidasserting that since the GehlotGovernment is set to fall, theCongress is approaching BJPlegislators for support.

Kataria hails from southernRajasthan which has 28Assembly seats of which theBJP has 15.

While the Congress has 10seats, one is with anIndependent MLA and twoare with the Bharatiya TribalParty which is supportingGehlot.

In partial relief to theAshok Gehlot-led CongressGovernment in Rajasthan, theDivision Bench of the HighCourt had on Thursday dis-posed of appeals filed by a BJPMLA and the Bahujan SamajParty (BSP) against the order ofa judge, who had refused to staythe functioning of six BSPMLAs as Congress legislators.

BJP MLA Madan Dilawarand BSP national secretarySatish Mishra had approachedthe Division Bench on Tuesdayappealing against the Single-judge Bench order.

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She is sweet, charming and bewitching,somewhat opposite to her onscreencharacter, Uma Devi aka Harbheji in

&TV’s Gudiya Humari Sabhi Pe Bhari. MeetMadhuri Sanjeev, who has enthralled theaudience all these years with her stupendousacting skill.

Dressed in a vibrant colourful saree witha bindi dazzling on her forehead, Sanjeev willprove to be a sure shot entertainer in theshow.

“I play Harbheji. She belongs toa family of dacoits and was forcefullymarried off at a very young age.Hence, she was never able to getalong well with her husband. Afterher sister-in-law passed away, shetook the responsibility of her sonand is like a mother figure to him.She has two kids of her own — anoverweight daughter and amentally challenged son. Shefears that her children won’t gettheir due in the property so shetries to convince her sister-in-law’s son that he can’t marryanyone and he is a brahmachari. Iwon’t call it a negative character but thereare shades of grey to it. She is a kindhearted woman, but for the sake of herchildren she does all this. To cut it short,the character is very real and more oftenthan not we all have come across suchpeople in our lives so it is exciting to playsuch a character,” Sanjeev tells you.

Taking over a show when it is alreadyrunning for a while and make a place foryour character in the hearts of theaudience is definitely not everyone’s cupof tea. “When you enter an alreadyestablished show, it does require a lot ofhard work and dedication. Makingpeople love a new entry is challenging,more so when your character has shadesof grey. It comes with a lot ofapprehensions too, but that is exactly thejob of an actor and you have to live up toit. I am doing my best to look differentfrom the other characters,” Sanjeev, whodebuted with Nukkad in 1987, explains.

Acting, she says, is not an easy job,however it is a very prestigious one. Onegets to live a lot of different characters inlife. “When you play a character, at acertain point of time, you have to startbehaving like it. You have to startthinking in a way in which yourcharacter thinks. It is just overwhelming,”she tells you. Acting is more than justenacting somebody, she adds.

“Whenever we have enacted anintense or emotional scene, it does take ussometime to get out of that zone even afterthe director calls it cut. Our directors andproducers too, understand the fact and try

and shoot lighter scenes later that day —thatare not emotionally exhausting. Sometimeswhen a scene is too heavy or emotionallydemanding, it takes us hours to get back tonormal,” Sanjeev tells you.

Sanjeev’s association with TV is not lessthan 33 years old and till date she hasenjoyed every bit of her career.

“My husband was the reason behind myacting career. He, being a director himself,always supported my dreams of being anactor. Just like my character Harbheji, I toowas married off at a young age. Andfortunately because of such a supportinghusband, I was able of become a part of theindustry,” she asserts.

In all these years of career, Sanjeev hasseen a massive change in how the industryworks. “Back then, serials would work ona director’s name. Also directors used to callus to offer roles. And I have been fortunateenough to have worked with some of thebest directors like Sudhir Mishra and RaviOjha to name a few. There were noauditions. We had very good equationwith our directors. Now, directors arechanged every 15 days, so we don’t getenough time to bond well with eachother. But now, we are learning to changewith time,” she tells you.

Commercialisation, she says, has takenover the industry now. “Things were farmore real back then. But now things havebecome commercial. Simplicity is lost.Good and real stories are no longer a partof TV. I have a question for all the makersand producers of TV shows that in real lifewhich saas-bahu lives like this? We shouldfocus on showing our culture and traditionmore, for which we are known worldwide.But, may be this is the new normal,” she says.

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This is not the first time that a filmhas been made that talks aboutthe disparity that exists between

the haves and the have-nots when itcomes to education in our country. Noris it the first time the writer-directorhas made a movie on the subject.Remember Aarakshan, back in 2011?While Pareeksha is not in the similarvein, it takes you on a journey of afather’s, a rickshaw-puller, desire toensure that his son gets the besteducation. ‘It is the only way to get outof this hell’ he tells his son. For this heis willing to do anything — even taketo thieving.

Jha doesn’t make any excuses forwhat the father, played by Adil Hussain,did just tells you that our educationsystem is such that while it offersopportunities for the rich, there arenone for those who are less privileged.‘Every child has the calibre, it is thehunger to better one’s life is where thedifference lies’ is an apt dialogue.

The film, inspired by a storyshared with Jha where a cop wouldtake time from his duties to teach abunch of underprivileged, but talentedkids. Some of the kids were sointelligent that they qualified forengineering colleges, and had Jha’sstamp all over in the one hour 42minutes of some great performancesby Adil Hussain.

Hussain, as Bucchi the rickshaw-puller, is brilliant. His emotions are rawand makes you find a connection withthe father who wants the best for hischild even if he takes the wrong routeand has to pay a heavy price for thesame.

There are so many heart-wrenching moments that will tear oneup. One where Bucchi breaks down infront of the policeman begging him tonot tell his son what he has done,another how a rich father doesn’tapprove of Bucchi’s son sitting on theseat in the rickshaw and gets angry.

Despite the predictability in thefilm, the intent of Pareeksha is in theright place, A movie that makes for amust see.

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about a father who looks for justice for hisdaughter who is sexually assaulted by four men.Nothing unusual here. However, this one comeswith a bit of a twist.

The father is a well-known doctor. For adoctor to turn killer, that too in cold blood, is akicker. The story is simple enough and there areno other twists and turns. In the first half hour,one comes to know how the story is going tounfold. The question that this film asks here iswhether it is correct to take the law in one’s handand serve justice? It makes you think — is it rightto walk the dark side when the system fails to getyou the justice you want? It is a question ofmorality versus ethics.

Adam Saini, who is also the story writer, plays

the doctor. It is interesting to see him plot revengewithout having any remorse while killing. Whilehe appears to be a little stiff in deliveringdialogues, his poker face — I don’t know what youtalking about — was well-mastered.

Director Manish Vatssalya, who also plays theACP, manages to keep one engrossed even thoughthe plot is out right at the beginning. He keeps youglued for two hours and one minute with only onething — does the doctor get away?

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best dance movie, there have been others like Grease,Dirty Dancing and Flash Dance still, given this pastyear, one would say that this one will help beat theblues with its peppy numbers and some awesomemoves especially those by the physically challenged.Who said you need two good legs to dance? It isdefinitely not stopping these guys from followingtheir passion.

That is what Work It is about, a girl who has twoleft feet suddenly finds herself in a position whereshe needs to learn how to dance or lose a chance ofgetting into a college her father went to. From thereon, the movie takes you on a roller coaster ride wherethe characters and the situations are relatable. Thisis what makes this film so likeable despite their beingnothing new in terms of the storyline which has beenplayed out a thousand times.

It is the chemistry between two friends who have

known each other since they were in kindergarten,it is the wild side of Liza Koshy that makes you smile,it is the go get attitude of Sabrina Carpenter thatmakes you think that sometimes it is good to becreative and take risks.

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Covid-19 hotspot Ganjamdistrict seems to be

improving with the daily pos-itivity rate down by nearly 40 per cent.

Collector Vijay AmrutaKulange on Saturday said thedaily rate has come down to 20per cent from 60 per cent.Besides, the recovery rate hasincreased to 78 per cent. Thenumber of per-day positivecases would be around 250 fornext one week.

Notably, the district hasreported below-300 cases forthe last five days.

The Collector further

informed that testing has beenincreased by three times andintensive health screening isthe reason behind the decline inpositive cases. “A fifth round ofdoor-to-door screening in urbanareas has already begun,” he said.

He said three CovidHospitals with 530 beds and 90ICU units are now operationalin the district and 100 morebeds would be added to thefold immediately.

“There are 1,763 oxygencylinders in the Covid CareCentres in the district. Besides,725 beds with oxygen supportand 132 ambulances are there.In rural areas, there are 5,088beds in Covid Care Homes, of

which 239 have been occupied,”Kulange said.

The Berhampur MunicipalCommissioner said that whilethe administration had target-ed to collect 2,500 samples aspart of a sero survey, total 2,800have been collected after receiv-ing an overwhelming responsefrom the people.

Notably, the OPD ofMKCG Medical CollegeHospital has remained closedsince July 12. Though theCollector was recommended toreopen the OPD on August 10,he is yet to give his consent forit as the situation has notimproved in the district,sources said.

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Adviser Manas Ranjan Mangarajhere on Saturday said the StateGovernment has given the firstpriority in Covid management toGanjam district in view of itshigher infection cases.

Mangaranj was interactingwith media reporters here. Hecorroborated his claim sayingtwo Covid Hospitals were estab-lished at a time recently andadequate numbers of doctors,nurses and pharmacistsappointed in the district. He saidadequate measures have been

taken for proper management ofCovid Care Centres.

He called upon people ofthe district and journalists tocooperate with the Governmentto check the further spread ofCovid infection. He stressed onproper coordination among dis-trict administration officials,police and media representa-tives for combating the virus.

On the occasion, he sought sug-gestions from senior scribes asregards to Covid fight.

Mangaraj said the numberof Covid cases in Ganjam disdecreasing gradually with con-tinuous efforts being made byCovid warriors such |as doctors, health workers,Anganwadi Workers and PRIrepresentatives.

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As many as 11 IndustrialTraining Institutes (ITIs),

seven Government-run andfour private, have found placesin the country’s top-100 list.

As per the list released bythe Union Ministry of SkillDevelopment andEntrepreneurship, 10,675 ITIsacross India had been evaluat-ed on different parameters.Odisha’s Government-run ITIsthat have been placed amongthe best 100 are Industrial

Training Institutes ofBrahmapur, Hinjlicut, Jajpur,Jharsuguda, Puri, Takatpur andBhubaneswar.

The four top private ITIsare Almighty TechnicalInstitute, Dalmia IndustrialTraining Institute, SriguruIndustrial Training Centre andIndustrial Training Centre,Charampa. Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaiik has congratu-lated the Odisha SkillDevelopment Authority andthe Directorate of TechnicalEducation & Training over the

achievements of the State’s ITIs.The list was released in the

2nd Phase grading conducted bythe Directorate General ofTraining, Ministry of SkillDevelopment and Entreprene-urship. The grading was carriedout with an aim to establish aquality assurance mechanismfor both Government and privateITIs which have been mademore outcome-focused by incor-porating feedback from ITIs,State Directorates, industry part-ners and members of the CoreGrade Committee.

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Ayoung woman has lodgedan FIR with police alleging

rape by an Odisha State ArmedPolice (OSAP) Subedar at gun-point for days together.

Based on the complaint,the Capital police on Fridayregistered a case under Sections

376 (2) (A), 344, 506 of IPCand Sections 25 and 27 ofArms Act and recorded the vic-tim’s statement and sent her formedical examination.

However, the accusedDebasis Swain has beenabsconding. As per the com-plaint, Swain had brought thewoman to his official quarters atUnit-1 here on March 28 fordomestic work for a monthlysalary of Rs 4,000. But when hetold her that his wife and chil-dren have gone to village due to

the lockdown, the woman saidshe would come to work oncehis wife and children returned.

But Swain brandished agun and locked her in a room.And since then, he used to rapeher at gunpoint every day afterreturning from duty. He alsoreportedly assured her of mar-riage. On August 1, Swaindropped her near XavierSquare at Dharmasala of Jajpurdistrict and threatened her ofdire consequences if sherevealed the matter to anyone.

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In view of the economic down-turn due to the Covid-19 sit-

uation, the Higher EducationDepartment has askedGovernment degree collegesnot to submit any new infra-structure development projectsfor administrative approval.

“Government Colleges arehereby advised not to submitany new infrastructure devel-opment project for adminis-trative approval of the HigherEducation Department exceptbare minimum repair/mainte-

nance work of urgent nature,”the department said in a letterto the Principals ofGovernment degree colleges.

The colleges should ensurethat infrastructure projects, forwhich administrative approvalhas already been accorded by thedepartment, are undertaken andcompleted in time by the exe-cuting agencies, the letter added.

Notably, the FinanceDepartment had recentlyissued guidelines for adoptionof expenditure rationalisationmeasures in the wake of theeconomic downturn.

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Amild earthquake measur-ing 3.8 on the Richter scale

hit parts of Ganjam and Gajapati districts onSaturday morning.

The quake struck 73 kmwest-south-west of Brahmapurat 7.10 am, according to theNational Centre forSeismology.

The tremors were felt in Patrapur, Chikiti,Digapahandi of Ganjam districtand the Mohana area ofGajapati district.

Panicked residents in theareas rushed out of their hous-es when the quake occurred.

However, no casualty ordamage to property was reported.

Earlier in the day, a medi-um-intensity earthquake ofmagnitude 3.5 struck Sonitpurin Assam around 5:26 am.

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The Air India would resumeits direct flight operation

between Bhubaneswar andMumbai from August 10, fourand a half months after it wassuspended due to Covid-19.

The thrice-a-week flightbetween the two cities would berestarted in view of a growing demand from differ-ent circles, according to an AirIndia official.

The flight, AI 670, to beoperated with an Airbus A319aircraft, would leaveBhubaneswar at 3.25 pm andarrive at Mumbai at 5.35 pm onMondays, Wednesdays andFridays.

Before the flight takes offfrom Bhubaneswar, AI 669would depart from Mumbai at12 pm to reach Bhubaneswar at2.25 pm on the same days.

BHUBANESWAR: PCC pres-ident Niranjan Patnaik onSaturday urged youths, stu-dents, intellectuals and com-mon citizen to join the sched-uled 12-hour Satyagraha calledby senior citizens on August 9Kranti Divas (Sunday) againstthe “anti-people” policies andprogrammes of both the Unionand the State Governments.

“The BJD Government inthe State and the BJPGovernment at the Centre havebetrayed people by making falsepromises. Odisha has not seendevelopment during the last 20years. During its last six years inpower, the BJP Government hasbetrayed youths and farmers,”alleged Patnaik. He said theCongress would fully supportthe Satyagraha call given by abody of senior citizens to beheld on Saturday from 6 am to6 pm for protection of democ-ratic and secular values in thecountry. PNS

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The Tata Power CentralOdisha Distribution Ltd

(TPCODL), a joint venturebetween the Tata PowerCompany and the StateGovernment, has established acall centre here.

The centre would operate24X7 to provide instantresponse to customers regard-ing any issues pertaining topower supply, bills, payment-related queries and complaints.Additionally, it would helpcustomers to register requestfor new connection and changein address. Inaugurating thecentre, Energy Minister DibyaShankar Mishra said the callcentre would be a bridgebetween customers and thecompany. Among othres,TPCODL CEO M Shenbagamwas present.

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Aman, his wife and minor daughter sus-tained critical burn injuries and proper-

ties worth lakhs of rupees, including cash ofRs 50,000, were gutted as their two thatchedhouses caught fire due to explosion of an LPGcylinder at Dhumat village Kantaniasahiunder the Nikirai police station in Kendrapadadistrict on Saturday morning.

Injured Ramchandra Nayak, SasmitaNayak and Barsha were rushed to theDistrict Headquarters Hospital.

Sasmita was preparing tea when a leak-age occurred in the LPG cylinder, leading tothe mishap. Fire Services personnel reachedthe spot and doused the blaze. The localadministration provided a polythene sheetand Rs 5,000 from the Red Cross Fund to thefamily.

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Ayouth allegedly hacked hisbrother-in-law to death

suspecting him to have loveaffairs with his wife at Hatibarivillage under the Jharigaonpolice station in Nabarangpurdistrict on Friday.

Accused Dambaru Gouda(20) of Hatibari had married a14-year-old girl of the same vil-lage last year.

A few months after,Dambaru suspected his wifewas having extra-marital affairswith his brother-in-law. Onseveral occasions, the couple

had fought over it and, even,the matter had been discussedin village meetings.

On Friday, the couple againquarreled, after whch thewoman went to her sister’shouse. As she didn’t return,Dambaru suspected his brother-in-law Ratan Gouda(30) keeping her at anunknown place.

Dambaru went to a nullahto take bath. Ratan was busycapturing birds there. FindingRatan alone, Dambaru axedhim to death.

The accused surrenderedto the police in the night.

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Wing Commander Nikhil Rathfrom Odisha has completed

his first-phase training forGaganayaan, the country’s firstmanned mission to space.

Notably, the Indian SpaceResearch Organisation (ISRO) hasplanned Gaganayaan in 2022.

Rath is an Indian Air Force(IAF) pilot. He along with threeothers from India has completedthe training at the GagarinCosmonaut Training Centre(GCTC) in Russia.

A resident of Sudapada inBalangir town, Rath joined the IAFin 2004 and is currently working asa Wing Commander at theChandigarh airbase.

He will be the first Odia as partof the space mission.

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The India Metrological Department(IMD) Regional Office here on

Saturday forecast heavy rainfall accompa-nied by thunderstorm and lightning in next24 hours. Issuing a yellow warning, theIMD predicted heavy rainfall at one or twoplaces in the districts of Jagatsinghpur,Kendrapada, Puri, Mayurbhanj, Kalahandi,Balangir, Bargarh, Boudh, Kandhamaland Koraput.

Besides, thunderstorm with lightningis very likely to occur at one or two placesin the districts of Kalahandi, Kandhamal,Boudh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack,Khodrha, Ganjam, Keonjhar andMayurbhanj during the same period.

During the past 24 hours, Baleswardistrict’s Remuna witnessed 87-mm rain-fall, Bonth in Bhadrak 72 mm, Hindol inDhenkanal 87 mm followed byMalkangiri with 57 mm.

The twin cities of Bhubaneswar andCuttack received 25.4 mm and 10.4 mm,respectively.

B R A H M A P U R : Fo r m e rGanjam BJP president KanhuCharan Pati has wished speedyrecovery of Union MinisterDharmendra Pradhan, whorecently was tested positive forCovid-19 and id undergoingtreatment at a hospital atGurugram. Senior BJP leaderPati said people across partylines and intellectuals of theState are praying to LordJagannath for Pradhan’s goodhealth and happiness andspeedy recovery so that he isback to his efforts for develop-ment of the nation and the State.

On Friday, district BJP YuvaMorcha members performed aPuja in the premises of BijipurHanuman temple wishing quickrecovery of Pradhan. Anotherparty leader, Debendra Pradhan,also conveyed his good wishes tothe Union Minister. PNS

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With Covid-19 cases increas-ing, a sixth-phase of week-

end shutdown began inJharsuguda on Saturday. Thestreets of Jharsuguda, Brajrajn-agar and Belpahar wore a desert-ed look. The weekend shut-down that had started on July 1would continue till August 16.Police have been checking vehi-cles at chhaks, lanes and bylanesfor any unnecessary movement.

All shops and bazaars haveremained closed. Petrol pumps,milk supply, water and powersupply have been exempted fromthe shutdown restrictions. SPRahul PR is personally moni-toring the situation. As ofSaturday evening, a total 374coronavirus cases have beenconfirmed in the district, includ-ing 1 death and 303 discharges,the DIPRO said.

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Mounting pressure from generalpublic, including shopkeepers and

traders, the district administration mod-ified a few post Covid preventive guide-lines issued earlier under Unlock 3.0.

Official sources informed that ear-lier shops had been permitted to openwithin restricted time limit from 7 amto 2 pm but considering traders and pub-lic request, the time limit was modifiedon Wednesday.

According to new timing, all thepermitted shops, except medicine stores,shall be opened for an extended timelimit from 7 am to 4 pm every day.Besides shopkeepers and visitors willmaintain strict personal hygiene mea-sures like using mask, social distancing,and hand sanitizers.

For violating any guidelines, the

shopkeepers will be imposed fine andthe shops would be sealed as per Covid19 guidelines.

Moreover, general public and visi-tors are disallowed coming toGovernment offices until August 15.

The visitors have been advised to usee grievance portal to lodge their com-plaint and grievances through online oruse social media and whatsapp numberto connect with the concerned officer ordepartment.

Furthermore, a drop box has beenplaced in front of each office enabling visitors to drop their complaintoff line.

In another modification held inpolice administration, the Superintendentof Police has instructed officers at policestations to conduct antigen test of eacharrested accused person before forward-ing them to court on Thursday.

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As six tehsil office and four Sub-Collectoratestaff have been detected Corona-positive

on Thursday and admitted in Covid hospitalsof DRIEMS in Tangi and GIMSAR ofMadhapur, the offices have remained tem-porarily closed for sanitisation.

Tehsildar Tapan Kumar Khuntia told thispaper that six of his office staff detected Coronapositive had been sent to Covid hospital fortreatment and the office was closed due to sani-tisation purpose. Saturday and Sunday wouldremain closed due to weekly shutdown andMonday also his office will remain closed forprecautionary measures. Similarly, the Officeof the Sub-Collector runs with two or threestaff after proper sanitisation. The public hasbeen barred to enter into the office at presentand advised to communicate through on-line,told Sub-Collector Ajambar Mohanty.

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This time of the year used to be abusy period for the sale of

National flag. But covid-19 and thelockdown has made the manufac-turing and the sale of national flagto fall down.

This is the first time in the his-tory of Shree Gandhi Ashram, whenthe demand for the national flagmade here is almost zero. No majoror small orders have come sinceMarch. Everyone is upset with this.There is only one question in every-one’s mind that the national flagwhich every countryman has feltproud in creating, keeping, waving,hoisting, why there is no demand forit on the occasion of IndependenceDay? Whereas in the past years, therewas no leisure to breathe even thesedays. Every year on the occasion ofAugust 15, at least forty thousandflags are sold, this time not a singleflag has been taken from here.

When Mahatma Gandhi, theFather of the Nation, in 1920, wasdemanding the support of the wholecountry to make the Non-Cooperation Movement successfulagainst the British. At the same time,Acharya JB Kripalani, working in theBanaras Hindu University, quit his250-month-old job and established

the Shree Gandhi Ashram. TheShree Gandhi Ashram was estab-lished on 30 November 1920 andtoday its 47 regional offices are oper-ated in the name of the regionalShree Gandhi Ashram. One of theseis in Banna Devi.

According to people associatedwith the Gandhi Ashram, the tran-sition period of Corona Virus, con-sequent lockdown, no mass orga-nizing, cheap tricolor by privateclothing firms etc are responsible forlow selling of the national flag.Government apathy, no relaxation inKhadi, even five per cent GST onKhadi also reduced the speed ofspinning wheel. However, till August7, the national flag was stocked in theentire area of the regional ShriGandhi Ashram, in which fourstandard size flags were present.

Printing takes place inBarabanki and Faizabad: AfterKhadi is ready, it comes to theashram in Aligarh and it is sent toBarabanki and Faizabad for printing.On behalf of the Government ofIndia, these are the only two districtsnear Aligarh in Uttar Pradeshwhere the national flag of KhadiGramodyog Kendra and other tex-tiles can be printed. No one else hasthe right to it. After printing fromthere, the national flag comes to

Aligarh. Due to such a long processin different places, it also becomesexpensive. Well, after that they areneatly decorated in stores.

The flag made in Aligarh fliesup to Lucknow: Shriram Yadav,manager of the regional Shri GandhiAshram Banna Devi, told that thereare ten stores in the district. Whichincludes Railway Road, ChitraMahal, Samad Road, Jawan, Khair,Iglas, Atrauli, Jattari, Harduaganj,Chharra. In addition there is a storein Hathras district. Vrindavan,Govardhan, Chatta are the threestores in Mathura district. A store isalso in Lucknow. In this way a totalof 15 stores supply the national flagand other Khadi garments from hereto about 18 districts including Noida,Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Barabanki, luc-know etc.

Pooni comes from Rae Bareli:Santosh Mishra, Minister of the

regional ShreeGandhi Ashram, saysthat Pooni comes to Aligarh from thePooni plant of Khadi VillageIndustries located in Rae Bareli.Vijayad Bahadur Pandey, the admin-istrator of the place where the threadof this yarn is made by the weaversto make cloth by giving it to theweavers, said that there were 300weavers till the 1990s, now only 20-25 weavers are weaving.

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Where there was tensionamong Hindu Muslim

during Ram MandirFoundation, apart from thatMuslim families are engaged inmaking deities for lord Krishnafor the occasion of Janmashtmi.

Behind the back ground ofa communally sensitive city andrecent communal tension,aMuslim family of Aligarh isfamous for making dress ofKrishna not locally but at farflung places also . The demandof thier dress for Krishnaincreases manifold onJanamashtami . The dressesmade by Abid r/o ChowkBundoo Khan and his youngerbrother Firaz r/o Civil Lines arebeing taken by many to makeKrishna as Kanha or Govinda.Abid and Firaz did not com-promise on dress for Krishna atall . This is biggest examplecommunal harmony in a citywhich is known for its riots andcommunal flare up .

Abid and Firaz belong tofourth generation of a aMuslim family who preparedress for Lord Krishna. Abid,Firaz and youngest Jabbar hadlearnt the art of making dress forKrishna from their father Naim. Now young generation is alsocarrying on the tradition oftheir forefathers .Though theyare eight brothers but rest ofbrothers are engaged in otherbusinesses.

All three brothers Abid,Firaz and Jabbar make dress forvarious Hindu god and goddesslike Durga and Ganesha to beused on special occasions suchas Janamashtami and DurgaPuja. They first stitch the dressand then decorate it with gotaand moti. They are receiving bigorders from near by areas asBulandshahar ,Hathras,Kasganj,Etah and also fromfar flung cuties . This dress mak-ing of Hindu god and goddess-es is so dear to Abid, Firaz andJabbar that they are not pre-pared to under take any other

business. They are also makingcrowns and decorative items ofHindu god and goddesses . Onthis Shree KrishnaJanamashtami they have ordersof Rs. 2 lac in hand.

In this respect Jabbar toldPioneer “his father was inclinedfor making dresses for Hindugod and goddesses since begin-ning “. Not only this they havemarried their sister in a familywhich is also engaged in mak-ing dress of Hindu god and god-dess .

Now Imran son of Abid isalso entering in the dress mak-ing for gods. He knows well thatwhich colour will suit on whichidol. Some of their customersonly order the dress after con-sulting him .

Interestingly the familiesof Abid, Firaz and Jabbar arereceiving honor and respectacross the religions boundaries. People believe that they arehonest because they are associ-ated with making dress for godand goddess .

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The death toll in Fridayearly morning’s land-

slide and deluge in Kerala’sMunnar rose to 26 withthe rescue workersretrieving 11 dead bodieson Saturday, according toChief Minister PinarayiVijayan.

Rescue operationswere slowed down due toheavy downpour andinclement weather condi-tions in the high ranges.Even as this report is being filedMunnar and surrounding areasare lashed by torrential down-pour.

The NDRF team engagedin the search and rescue oper-ations said they were trying toretrieve 42 more persons whowere washed away in the land-slide and flood that ravaged theRajamala quarters of the plan-tation workers.

The possibility of anyrespite from the downpourlooks bleak as the weatherbureau has forecast more rainsin the next 24 hours.

The Revenue departmenthas issued red alert all along thedistrict as chances of morefloods and natural disasters

have increased.Kerala Government has

asked the Tamil NaduGovernment to bring down thewater level in the contentiousMullaperiyar Dam from 134 ftto 132 ft as more rains in theregion is certain to increase thewater level further.

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Kerala continued to be battered by Covid-19 as1,420 new persons were diagnosed with the pan-

demic on Saturday, said Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan in his daily press briefing. He said this is thehighest number of Covid-19 affected persons beingtested in the State on a single day.

The State saw four persons succumbing to thecoronavirus during the last 24 hours which endedon Saturday evening, said Vijayan. He said 1,216 per-sons out of the 1,420 new patients contracted Covid-19 through local transmission. “While 60 expatri-ates and 108 persons from other parts of the coun-try tested positive, 92 persons failed to point out thesource from where they contracted the pandemic,”said the chief minister.

He said the only silver lining in the news relat-ed to covid-19 was the number of persons who werecured from the pandemic. “On Saturday, we saw1,715 persons getting cured and discharged fromhospitals,” he said.

Vijayan said the number of health workers get-ting infected with the pandemic is disturbing. “Morethan 30 health workers got afflicted with Covid-19during the last 24 hours,” said the chief minister.

In Thiruvananthapuram, 485 persons werediagnosed with Covid-19 on Saturday. Out of this,435 were infected through social transmissionwhile 33 persons failed to furnish the details of thesource of infection, said the chief minister. Heexpressed concern over the rising number of Covid-19 patients in the district.

Samples from 27,714 persons were tested dur-ing the last 24 hours.

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Saturday with addition of 1,101new patients, state health depart-ment said. With 23 fatalities, theoverall toll in the state rose to2,629. A total of 1,135 patientswere discharged in the day, tak-ing the count of recoveries to52,827, the department said.

A total of 26,272 sampleswere tested in the last 24 hoursin the state, it said, adding thatthe average rate of conductingtests in the state now stands at404.18 tests per day per million,it said. 9,56,645 samples havebeen tested so far in the state, itadded.

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He had not only survived anair crash with multiple

skull injuries when he waswith the Indian Air Force earlynineties, but he had alsoresumed flying with full vigour.Capt. Deepak V. Sathe, thepilot who was killed in Fridayevening’s Air India Expressaircraft at KozhikodeInternational Airport, was notso lucky in his 15th year of hissecond avatar as a commercialpilot which he became after his27 years’ stint with the IAF.

“It’s hard to believe thatDeepak Sathe, my friend morethan my cousin, is no more,” ashocked relative Nilesh Sathestated in his post on socialmedia.

Describing Capt Deepak asan experienced aerial operatorwith 36 years of flying experi-ence, Nilesh recalled: “He (CaptDeepak) survived an air crashin the early nineties when hewas in the Air Force. He was

hospitalised for 6 months formultiple skull injuries andnobody thought that he wouldfly again. But his strong willpower and love for flying madehim clear the test again. It wasa miracle”.

Capt. Deepak comes froman illustrious family that hasmade sacrifices for the country.Earlier, his Army-man broth-er, Capt Vikas, had laid his lifewhile serving in Jammu region.

Capt. Deepak is survivedby his wife and two sons, bothof whom have graduated fromIndian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B). His elder sonShantanu – who is currently inthe United States – had gotmarried on March 8, a fort-night before the Governmentimposed lockdown across thecountry in the wake of the out-break of the Coronavirus. Hisyounger son Dhananjay worksfor a firm in Bengaluru, whiledaughter Anjali lives inMumbai.

Capt Deepak was the son

of Brigadier Vasant Sathe, wholives in Nagpur along with hiswife.

Reminiscing his last con-versation with him, Nileshsaid: “He (Caot Deepak) calledme just a week before and wasjovial, as always. When I askedhim about the ‘Vande Bharat’Mission, he was proud ofbringing back our country-men from Arab countries”

“When I asked Deepak, doyou carry empty Aircraft sincethose countries are not allow-ing entry of passengers?”. Hehad replied to me saying ` Oh,No. We carry fruits, vegetables,medicines etc to these countriesand never the aircraft flies tothese countries empty’. Thatwas my last conversation withhim,” Nilesh said.

Capt Deepak’s family livesin the Jalvayu Vihar complex inthe upmarket Powai offAndheri (East) in north-east-ern Mumbai.

After the news of CaptDeepak’s tragic death spread on

Friday night, a pall of gloomdescended on Jalvayu Viharcomplex, where messages ofcondolences poured in from allover the country.

Recalling his friendshipwith Capt Deepak, Dehradun-based Pradeep Singh Bishtsaid: “He was my friend sincemy school days. Both of usstudied at a private school,Cambrian Hall. We becameclose friends after his father,Brig. Vasant Sathe was postedat the IMA Dehradun for fiveyears,” Bisht said.

“While I joined the mer-chant navy as an officer, Capt.Sathe joined the NDA andachieved his childhood dreamof becoming an Indian AirForce pilot, and post-retire-ment, with Air India,” Bishtsaid.

“Academically, Deepak wasbrilliant and harboured a deeppassion for flying from hisschool days. Deepak was agood fighter from his earlydays,” Bisht said.

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Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal visited his con-

stituency of New Delhi onSaturday and directed the offi-cials of ‘New Delhi MunicipalCouncil’ to immediatelyaddress the problems of the res-idents of the area.

Kejriwal also paid a visit tothe NDMC compost plant setup in Sector-4 of the Gol mar-ket area where the residentscomplained of foul smell fromthe compost plant and that they

were disturbed by mosquitoesand flies. The CM gave a dead-line of 10 days to the NDMCofficials to ensure cleanliness inthe area and said that if theproblem is not addressed by20th August, the plant will beshut down.

After visiting his NewDelhi assembly constituency,Kejriwal tweeted, “Today visit-ed the Gol market area in NewDelhi assembly constituency.Orders officers to take imme-diate action on the problems ofthe local residents.’’

A year back, the NDMChad set-up a compost plant inthe nursery behind BhartiPublic School. In this plant, wetgarbage is brought and com-post manure is made from it,which is later used for plants.Residents from 39 to 69 inSector-4 in Gol Market are themost affected by the stench.

In another program held inSector-4 of Gol Market,Kejriwal planted a medicinalsapling in a park and heard theproblems of all RWAs membersin the area. RWAs brought up

a problem of scarcity of drink-ing water, power cuts, and nopruning of trees. The ChiefMinister directed the con-cerned authorities to expeditework on resolving all the issuesof the residents.

Speaking to media,Kejriwal said, “NDMC officialshave sought 10 days (till 20thAugust). It would be okay if thesteps taken by the officialssolve the issue of the foulsmell, otherwise, the plant willbe shut down. I am inspectingthe area with residents.”

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Delhi recorded 1,404 freshcoronavirus cases on

Saturday, taking the tally in thecity to over 1.44 lakh, while thedeath toll from the diseaserose to 4,098.

Sixteen fatalities have beenrecorded in the last 24 hours,according to the Delhi healthdepartment bulletin. The activecases tally was 10,667.According to the bulletin, outof the total number of beds inCOVID hospitals, 10469 arevacant.

On June 23, the nationalcapital had reported the high-est single-day spike of 3,947cases.

Also, 2549 beds in COVIDcare centres are occupied bypersons under quarantine,including travellers who havereturned by Vande BharatMission and bubble flights, itsaid.

The number of tests doneper million, as was 61,489, itsaid. A total of 129362 patientshave recovered, migrated orbeen discharged.

According to the IndianCouncil of Medical Research,suspected individuals who testnegative for COVID-19 inrapid-antigen tests should

undergo RT-PCR to rule outthe infection.

Rapid-antigen testingrequires a prescription and anICMR form filled by a regis-tered doctor, and a governmentidentity proof, same as that forRT-PCR test.

Testing was ramped upJune 18 onwards, when Delhistarted conducting teststhrough the faster rapid-anti-gen methodology. Since then,tests have increased almostthreefold -- from an average ofaround 7,000 a day duringJune 12-18 to an average ofaround 20,000 per day at pre-sent.

As per Government’sreport, both Government andprivate hospitals have done afair job in tackling coron-avirus. Delhi Government’sRajiv Gandhi Super SpecialtyHospital with seven per centdeath rate is on top ranking forgiving treatment to coronainfected patients.

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Delhi Police Commissioner,SN Shrivastava on

Saturday held a Crime andCovid Review meeting with hisfield officers.

The CP Delhi reviewedthe preparedness ofIndependence Day arrange-ments emphasing on policevisibility especially during thenight and vulnerable areas.

“Disposal of pending casesand complaints should be made

in a time bound manner.Security of senior citizensshould be taken care of withregular visits,” directed the CP.

The CP also stressed upontraining of staff on aspects ofinvestigation, behavioural andcounseling and stress manage-ment through VC. The CP alsorewarded personnel fromRohini District, West District,North-West District, SpecialCell, Traffic and Railway unitsin recognition of their exem-plary outstanding works.

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Aclose aide of UnionMinister Ramdas Athawale

for whom the Minister hadrequested Home Ministry forhis security cover over threatperception in June this year isnow mysteriously untraceable.Saifi went incommunicadoafter being asked by DelhiPolice to join investigation inconnection with the firing inci-dent at his Nihal Vihar farm-house in which his 50 year-oldsecurity guard was injured.

According to policesources, Mohammad ShakeelSaifi, leader of the Republican

Party of India (RPI) ‘s namecame to light after three menwere arrested and they duringinvestigation alleged that thefiring conspiracy was alleged-ly planned by Saifi himself toget police security cover

“The main attacker is atlarge and as many as fourteams have been tasked tolocate him, whose interrogationis important to unravel theentire conspiracy and allega-tions leveled against Saifi by thethree accused persons whohave been arrested,” a policeofficial associated with theprobe said.

Following this alleged

shootout Athawale had writtento the Home Minister to rec-ommend security for his partycolleague which was accord-ingly forwarded to Delhi Police.

Sources said that Saifi —the national president of theminority cell of RPI— isuntraceable since the threemen, identified as VarunKumar, Nadeem Siddiqui andVijay alias Lala, were arrestedon June 17 of this year, threeweeks after the firing tookplace at main gate of his farm-house while he was inside withhis family members.

The three accused allegedthat on the instructions of Saifi

they had provided logisticalsupport such as a bike and thefirearm to the attacker for exe-cuting the firing.

“Their original plan wasonly to fire at the iron gate ofSaifi’s farmhouse. However, thetwo bullets he fired ricochetedand hit the lower portion of thesecurity guard Hari Nath’s legs.Since the allegations of thethree men were serious, policetried contacting Saifi and mak-ing him join the probe.However, he was unavailable athome and his family membersclaimed they were unaware ofhis whereabouts,” a seniorpolice officer probing the case

said on the condition ofanonymity.

According to the sources,Saifi’s farmhouse is locked andas the official notice to Saifiseeking his presence in theinvestigation could not bephysically delivered to him, thesame was pasted outside hishome.

“However, Saifi has yet notturned up to join the probe,” hesaid.

During the probe it hascome to notice that Saifi hadbeen regularly filing applica-tions in the police station andin the offices of other seniorpolice officers, seeking police

protection and claiming threatto his life. Just a day after thefiring incident, Saifi wrote a let-ter to the Home Ministryinforming about the incidentand seeking police protection.

“On the same day, RPIchief Athawale also wrote toUnion Home Minister AmitShah asking for police securi-ty to his party leader Saifi. Afortnight later, the home min-ister responded to Athawale’srequest letter by saying thatrequisite action will be takenafter detailed examination intothe matter by Delhi Police,” thecopy of letter stated which is inthe possession of The Pioneer.

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Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Saturday con-

vened a meeting with a panelof industry leaders and youngentrepreneurs to kick start theconsultation process for Delhi’snew policy for startups and dis-cuss ideas to develop Delhi asa leading choice for startups.

The objective of the draftpolicy is to support entrepre-neurs and build a robust eco-nomic and policy infrastruc-ture that will create new jobs

and bring new competitivedynamics into the current eco-nomic system.

The startup policy con-sultation will be conducted intwo stages. Firstly, in the spir-it of the Delhi model of team-work, the Delhi Governmentinvited industry leaders, entre-preneurs, and policy expertsfrom various sectors to provideinputs in drafting the newstartup policy, the governmentsaid in a statement issued onSaturday.

“Prominent business lead-

ers and entrepreneursexpressed interest and joinedhands with the Delhi govern-

ment in this initiative,” it said,adding that the industry lead-ers who joined today’s meetingincludes pioneers like AjaiChowdhry (Co-founder, HCL),Rajan Anandan (MD SequoiaCapital), Padmaja Ruparel (Co-founder, Indian AngelNetwork) and young leaderslike Sriharsha Majety (Co-founder and CEO, Swiggy),Farid Ahsan (Co-founder,ShareChat), Suchita Salwan(Founder and CEO, Little BlackBook), Tarun Bhalla (Founder,Avishkaar), Riyaaz Amlani,

CEO & MD, ImpresarioHandmade Restaurants etc.

Following this, the Delhigovernment will soon release adraft Startup Policy and launchan online forum to seek inputsfrom the general public on thestart-up policy.

“This will give the startuppolicy a fresh perspective andin the true spirit of the DelhiModel, cement Delhi govern-ment’s commitment to deliv-ering results through team-work and unity,” it added.

Referring to a report from

TiE from September 2019, theHon’ble Chief Minister high-lighted that with over 7000start-ups from the region, Delhihas the highest number of activestart-ups in the country andnow the valuation of the city’sstart-ups is about $50 billion.

“The report states thatDelhi-NCR is set to becomeone of the top five global start-up hubs with 12,000 start-ups,30 unicorns, and a cumulativevaluation of about $150 billionby 2025,” it said.

Delhi being the national

capital is a hub of students,industries, and many presti-gious institutions. In the lastfew years, the startup ecosys-tem here has amassed a pletho-ra of opportunities for buddingentrepreneurs.

At the launch of the start-up policy consultationprocess, Kejriwal said, “Rightsince my IIT days, I haveseen some of the most brilliantminds from India go abroadlooking for better opportuni-ties. I believe Indians are thesmartest entrepreneurs in the

world and all they need is theright opportunity and theright conditions to help themthrive. With this start-up pol-icy, we aim to make Delhi asone of the top 5 global desti-nations for start-ups.”

The industry leaders wel-comed the initiative and laud-ed Kejriwal’s efforts in reduc-ing the incidence of Covid-19in the city and making contin-uous efforts towards revivingthe economy, and lauded thegovernment’s appetite to exe-cute novel ideas.

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Outlining cleanliness as animportant measure in the

fight against the Cornona pan-demic, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Fridayannounced a weeklong cam-paign — ‘Gandagi MuktBharat’ — from August 8 to 15to free India of garbage.

Inaugurating the ‘RashtriyaSwachhata Kendra’ — an inter-active experience centre onthe Swachh Bharat Mission, atthe Gandhi Smriti at Rajghat ,Modi urged the younger gen-eration to concentrate on thecleanliness in the country andadhere to social distancingnorms in the pandemic times.After the inauguration of theKendra, Prime Minister inter-acted with school children,stressing for the need of“swachhata” in life and streets.

After interacting with thechildren, the Prime Ministerspoke about the journey ofthe Swachh Bharat Mission(SBM) and dedicated theRashtriya Swachhata Kendra(RSK) as a permanent tributeto Mahatma Gandhi. He laud-ed the people of India formaking swachhata a janandolan and urged them tocontinue to do so in thefuture. Modi reiterated the

importance of swachhata inour daily lives, especially dur-ing our fight against the coro-navirus.

Gajendra SinghShekhavat, Minister, Jal Shaktiand Rattan Lal Kataria,Minister of State, Jal Shaktiwere present on the occasion.The RSK has a balanced mixof digital and outdoor instal-lations tracking India’s trans-formation from having over50 crore people defecating inthe open in 2014 to becomingopen defecation free in 2019.

The Prime Minister tooka tour of the three distinctsections of the RSK. He firstexperienced a unique 360°

audio visual immersive showin Hall 1 which provides anoverview of the SwachhBharat journey. He thenmoved to Hall 2 which con-tains a series of interactiveLED panels, hologram boxes,interactive games and muchmore on the SBM.

The Prime Minister alsosaw the installations in thelawn adjacent to RSK whichshowcase three exhibits whichare synonymous with theSBM - Mahatma Gandhi lead-ing people to the Swachhatapledge, Rani Mistris of ruralJharkhand and chi ldrenswachhagrahis who call them-selves Vaanar Sena.

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The number of doctors, par-ticularly general medical

practitioners, succumbing toCovid-19 is on the rise.Flagging this concern, theIndian Medical Association(IMA) has drawn the attentionof Prime Minister NarendraModi pointing out that due tothe absence of timely medicalfacilities like proper beds andtreatment after getting infect-ed nearly 200 medical profes-sionals across the country havelost their lives.

In a letter to Modi onSaturday, the association saidthat such incidents would cre-ate a demoralising effect on thehealthcare community, whoare also at the frontline of thecorona war.

“Disturbing reports haveappeared about doctors andtheir families not getting bedsfor admission and also lack ofdrugs in many cases. It is per-tinent to draw your attention tothe demoralising effect it willhave on our healthcare com-munity,” IMA President DrRajan Sharma, NationalPresident said in the letter.

The IMA has demandedadequate care for doctors andtheir families. “We need his(PM) attention and indulgencebecause of the rising concernsof the safety of doctors duringthis COVID-19, crisis. Anincreasing number of doctors

are getting infected and losinglives due to COVID-19,” addedRV Asokan, secretary-generalof IMA.

Besides, the associationalso demanded the extension ofstate-sponsored medical andlife insurance facilities for doc-tors in all sectors.

As per the IMA, 40 percent of the doctors who suc-cumbed to the pandemic aregeneral practitioners who workin private sectors or indepen-dently. “It is pertinent to men-tion Covid-19 does not differ-entiate between theGovernment and the privatesector.

While an increasing num-ber of doctors are gettinginfected and losing their livesevery day, a substantial numberof them have been found to begeneral practitioners. Since, asignificant proportion of thepopulation consult generalpractitioners due to fever andits related symptoms, theyremain the first point of con-tact as well as care, the doctors’body.

“Of all the fatalities werecorded, the substantial num-ber of them are GeneralPractitioners. A significantproportion of the populationconsults them for fever andrelated symptoms. Theyremain the first point of con-tact and care. They also hap-pen to spend quality time inconsultation and practisingclinical medicine,” Asokan

said.The IMA also said that the

highest number of casualtieswas recorded from TamilNadu, where 43 doctors dieddue to the Coronavirus, fol-lowed by Maharashtra andGujarat which recorded 23

deaths each.Dr Vijay Gurjar, Assistant

Professor in department ofGeriatric Medicine, AIIMS,Delhi said that it is disturbingthat while the DelhiGovernment is ready to doleout Rs 1 crore to the families

of the deceased doctors, but itcan’t ensure adequate medicalfacilities and treatment fees tosave the life of the Covid-infected doctors who are at theforefront of the war against thepandemic. “It is very demor-alising,” he added.

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Stating that their non-detec-tion can potentially spread

the infection to a large num-ber of people, the Centre hasasked States and UnionTerritories to take up coron-avirus testing of grocery shopworkers and vegetable ven-dors besides workers at indus-trial clusters among others.

“There can be potentialhotspots for spread of infec-tion like industrial clusterswith closed work environ-ment, people coming fromhigh prevalence areas, otherhigh density areas such asslums, prisons, old age homesetc. In addition, groceryshops, vegetable and othervendors etc can be potentialspreaders of infection to alarge number ofpeople.Testing in such areasand of such people should be

taken up proactively as perICMR guidelines,” UnionHealth Secretary RajeshBhushan said in a letter tostates and UTs.

He also stressed the needfor operationalising ambu-lance transport system withoxygen facility and quickresponse mechanism.

He underlined that refusalrate of ambulances must bemonitored on a daily basisand brought down to zero.With the COVID-19 pan-demic now spreading tonewer areas in the country,Bhushan said there are likelyto be scattered cases, clusterof cases or large outbreaks indistricts and that the prima-ry aim is to control outbreaksespecially in new locations.

“An ambulance transportsystem with oxygen facilityand quick response mecha-nism needs to be opera-

tionalised. The refusal rate ofambulances must be moni-tored at a daily basis and mustbe reduced to zero,” hestressed.

Availability of COVIDbeds in all healthcare facilities(government and private)must be proactively put in thepublic domain, he said,adding responsible adminis-trative officers should coor-dinate transparent allocationof beds and timely admission.

“The focus at the sametime should be to save lives atall cost. While we have so fardone better than many othercountries in this respect, ouraim should be to furtherreduce mortality and ensurethat it does not cross the 1 percent mark,” Bhushan said intheletter, addressed to addi-tional chief secretaries, prin-cipal secretariesand secre-taries (health).

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The Border Security Force(BSF) on Saturday killed a

Pakistani infiltrator along theIndia-Pakistan InternationalBorder in Rajasthan’s Barmerdistrict.

“BSF troops observed aPakistani intruder who crossedthe IB and attempted to sneakover the fence. He was chal-lenged but he still crossed thefence and ran towards theother side. “Troops fired uponhim and he hid behind a bush,but was found dead duringsearch of the area,” the BSF said.

The incident took place

around 1 am at the Bakhasararea along the border, they said.

The BSF patrol also saw“10 to 15 torch light flashes andheard shouting from thePakistan side.”

The BSF is on high alert inview of the forthcoming

Independence Day celebra-tions in the country, a seniorofficer said.

An official said the BSF hasasked Pakistan Rangers to iden-tify the intruder, and moredetails will be made availableregarding him after Pakistanresponds.

At the same time, the BSFalso noticed movement on thePakistan side, it said.

“Earlier, similar attemptsmade by Pakistan during daytime were also foiled by theBSF. However this is the firsttime that an infiltration attempthas been made during night inthis area,” it said.

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The India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) on

Saturday said that rainfall islikely to continue over Keraladue to low pressure system for-mation over Arabian Sea.According to the IMD, therainfall activity is to becomeactive again in the coastal areasof Maharashtra and coastalKarnataka on August 10 andwill remain so for the nextseven days. The intensity ofrain reduced gradually in thelast two days. Due to low pres-sure system, heavy rainfall atisolated places would occurover East & West UP, EastRajasthan, Haryana, Northernparts of Punjab, Uttrakhandand Himachal Pradeshbetween August 10 and 12.

The IMD further said thatthe southwest monsoon willbecome active over northwestIndia likely to increase fromAugust 9 to 11, onwards withheavy to very heavy rainfallvery likely over WesternHimalayan region and adjoin-ing plains. India has received522.6 mm rainfall as againstthe normal of 525.1 mm so far.

“Due to strong southwest-erly and easterly monsoonflow prevailing over theArabian sea, scattered heavy toheavy rainfall is likely to con-tinue over Kerala andMaharashtra during the next24 hours. Coastal Karnatakaand south interior Karnatakais likely to experience extreme-ly heavy rainfall in the next 24hours,” K Sathi Devi, SeniorScientist, India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD), said.

Due to low pressure sys-tem near Odisha, rainfallactivity likely to increase overeast and adjoining parts ofcentral India with heavy tovery heavy rainfall overOdisha during 9th to 11th andover Vidarbha andChhattisgarh during 10th to12th. Isolated extremely heavyfalls also likely over Odisha onAugust 10.

Meanwhile, IMD studyshows that whenever a low-pressure system forms nearOdisha, rainfall scale up overKerala. “Kerala - Idukki(Peermade)-176 mm,K a n n u r ( I r i k k u r ) - 1 7 3 ,Kasargode(Vellarikkundu)-162, Kottayam (Poonjar)-141,

Kottayam (Kumarakom)-82,Kozhikode (Kakkayam)-258,Palakkad(Adakkaputhur)-117,Pathanamthitta (Seethathode)-111, Wayanad(Padinjarathara_dam)-158,Kollam (Valiyapadam)-51,Ernakulam (North Paravar)-129, Allappuzha( K a n j i k k a z h y ) - 7 9 ,Thrissur(Poringalkuthu)-79,Chalakkuddy-81,” the IMDsaid.

IMD further said thatmonsoon trough (line of lowpressure) is likely to shiftnorthward and will continue topass close to Delhi NCR dur-ing evening of August 9 to 12.During this period south west-erly winds from Arabian Sea &easterly winds from Bay ofBengal will reach to Haryana,Delhi NCR and west UttarPradesh in lower levels.

“Under influence of this,moderate rain accompaniedwith one or two spell of intanserain would occur over Delhiduring evening /night of 9th to12th August. Thunder stormwould also occur during abovementioned period. IsolatedHeavy rain may also occurover NCR,” the IMD said.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi will launch the

financing facility of �1 lakhcrore under the AgricultureInfrastructure Fund on Sundayand also release the sixth instal-ment of funds of �17,000 croreto 8.5 crore farmers under thePM-KISAN scheme. The moveis aimed to boost private invest-ment and generate more jobs inrural areas as the fund willcatalyse the creation of post-harvest management infra-structure and communityfarming assets such as coldstorage, collection centres andprocessing units.

The virtual event will be

witnessed by lakhs of farmersand cooperatives across thecountry and will have UnionAgriculture and Farmers’Welfare Minister NarendraSingh Tomar in attendance.The Modi government had inJuly approved the setting up ofan agri-infra fund with a cor-pus of �1 lakh crore to extend

subsidised credit for farm infra-structure projects. The agri-infra fund was part of the over�20 lakh crore stimulus pack-age announced in response tothe COVID-19 crisis.

The AgricultureInfrastructure Fund, the dura-

tion of which will be 10 yearstill 2029, aims to provide medi-um-to-long term debt financ-ing facility for investment inviable projects for post-harvestmanagement infrastructureand community farming assetsthrough interest subvention

and financial support. The agri-infra fund was

part of the Rs 20 lakh crorestimulus package announced inresponse to the COVID-19crisis. Under this, about Rs onelakh crore will be provided bybanks and financial institutionsas loans to primary agri cred-it societies, farmer groups,farmer producer organisations(FPOs), agri-entrepreneurs,start-ups and agri-tech players.

Eleven of the 12 public sec-tor banks have already signedMoUs with the Department ofAgriculture. A three per centinterest subvention and creditguarantee of up to Rs 2 crorewill be provided to the benefi-ciaries to increase the viabilityof these projects.

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The CISF acted as firstresponder and a team of 40

personnel as also reinforce-ments evacuated most of thepassengers of AI Express flightthat overshot the runway atCalicut last night before otheragencies arrived on the scene.

On Friday, at about 7.30PM an Air India Express flightIX-1344 from Dubai to Calicutcarrying 184 passengers and sixcrew members, made a crashlanding at Calicut InternationalAirport and went off the run-way near Gate No.8.

“Assistant Sub-Inspector,Mangal Singh performing dutyat Gate No.8, and Asstt. SubInspector Ajit Singh, carryingout patrolling in the area, whowas near the spot respondedimmediately. The message waspassed to the CISF controlroom, who in-turn informedthe message to ATC Tower, AAIFire Wing, senior officers ofCISF, district authorities andother agencies,” the CentralIndustrial Security Force (CISF)

said in a statement here.In the meantime, around 40

CISF personnel led by DeputyCommandant/CASO (Cordonand Search Operation), KishorKumar A V, reached the spotand started evacuating the pas-sengers amid heavy downpour.Later AAI officials along withlocal police and district author-ities also reached the spot andhelped in the rescue operation.At about 10 PM, NDRF teamalso reached the spot and res-cued two passengers who werestuck between the seats in theflight, the CISF said.

“CISF as the first responderhas done excellent work in therescue of the passengers, andarranged ambulance and othervehicles to shift the passengersto hospital. By the time otheragencies arrived at the crash site,CISF had already evacuatedthe majority of passengers. TheChief Airport Security Officer,CISF Calicut Airport, DeputyCommandant, Kishor Kumar AV reached the site within 20minutes and mobilized men andmaterial, because of which thepassenger could be shifted

quickly for treatment and evac-uation was done within twohours, the CISF further said.

Asstt Sub-Inspector, AjitSingh, Incharge of CISFpatrolling team and Asstt. Sub-Inspector, Mangal Singh per-forming duty near the crash site,showed exemplary alertnessand presence of mind by alert-ing the Control Room andguiding the CISF rescue team tothe site.

Director General RajeshRanjan has commended theprompt and outstanding effortsof the CISF officers and per-sonnel in saving precioushuman lives. In recognition oftheir outstanding efforts, DG,CISF has announced to awardDG’s commendation DISC tothese officers.

Reinforcement alsoresponded from the CISF unitlines and helped the personnelwho were engaged in rescueoperations. Not only the barrackpersonnel, even those who stayoutside the airport campus,rushed to the site after inputsabout the crash despite heavyrain.

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New Delhi: The SupremeCourt administration has calledfor an explanation from offi-cials concerned over the listingof a plea filed by former unionminister Arun Shourie, veter-an journalist N Ram andactivist lawyer PrashantBhushan in which they havechallenged the constitutionalvalidity of a legal provisiondealing with criminal con-tempt, official sources said onSaturday.

According to the cause liston the apex court website onSaturday morning, the petitionwas scheduled to come up forhearing through video-con-ferencing before a bench ofJustices D Y Chandrachud andK M Joseph on August 10.

Apex court sources main-tained that the plea should havebeen listed before the benchwhich is already seized of sim-ilar matters, in line with theestablished practice.

“As per the practice andprocedure in use, the said mat-ter should have been listedbefore the bench which is

already seized of similar mat-ter, but it has been listed byignoring established practiceand procedure. In this regard,explanation from officials con-cerned has been called,” a reli-able source said.

However, after a couple ofhours the matter was droppedfrom the cause list on the apexcourt website.

In their petition, Ram,Shourie and Bhushan havechallenged the constitutionalvalidity of a legal provisiondealing with criminal con-tempt for “scandalizing thecourt”, saying it was violative offreedom of speech and right toequality. PTI

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The Central AdministrativeTribunal (CAT), which

adjudicates service matters ofGovernment employees, hassought the Centre andUttarakhand Government’sresponse to a plea of whistle-blower bureaucrat SanjivChaturvedi seeking deputa-tion in the anti-corruptionombudsman Lokpal.

Chaturvedi, a 2002 batchIndian Forest Service officer ofUttarakhand cadre, hadapproached the CAT seekingdirection for Secretary,Ministry of Environment,Forests and Climate Change

(MoEFCC) “to pass appropri-ate orders” on a No ObjectionCertificate (NOC) given byUttarakhand state governmentin December 2019, allowinghim to join the Lokpal. He is,at present, posted as ChiefConservator of Forest(Research) at Haldwani,Uttarakhand.

“Let counter reply onbehalf of both the respondents(MoEFCC and ChiefSecretary, Uttarakhand gov-ernment) be filed within sixweeks. Applicant is directed tofile his rejoinder within twoweeks thereafter,” according tothe order issued on Tuesdayby CAT’s Allahabad Bench.

In his application filedbefore the tr ibunal inFebruary this year, Chaturvedihad also sought interim reliefas direction for the respon-dents to maintain status quoin respect of the NOC grant-ed to him by the state gov-ernment for joining theombudsman “till the dispos-al of the instant case”.

“Both the counsels arealso directed to file theirobjection separately on therequest of interim relief with-in three weeks,” said the divi-sional bench of Justice BharatBhushan (Judicial member)and Devendra Chaudhary(Administrative member).

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As researchers learn moreabout the Coronavirus

which has swept the entireworld, a new study has said thatthe incubation period ofCovid-19, which is the timeafter which those infected withthe novel coronavirus startshowing the first symptoms,could be as much as eight days— longer than previous esti-mates of four to five days.

The study published in thejournal Science Advances,involved the largest amount ofpatient samples to date in suchan analysis.

The researchers identifiedpre-symptomatic individuals

at their time of departure fromthe Chinese city of Wuhan,where the Covid-19 pandem-ic originated, and then followedthese infected people untiltheir symptoms developed.

According to the scien-tists, including Chong Youfrom Peking University inChina, the existing estimates offour to five days for the incu-bation period were based onsmall samples sizes, limiteddata, and self-reports that couldbe biased by the memory orjudgement of the patient orinterviewer.

In the current study, theydeveloped a low-cost approachto estimate incubation periods,and applied it to 1,084 con-

firmed cases of Covid-19 thathad known histories of travel orresidency in Wuhan.

The method has better

accuracy by relying on a publicdatabase of dates of infection,and uses statistical methods toreduce recall bias -- the inac-

curate recollection of pastevents, the scientists said.

Using the new approach,the researchers calculated thatthe average incubation periodwas 7.75 days, with 10 per centof the patients showing an incu-bation period of 14.28 days.

For many people, Covid-19symptoms start as mild symp-toms and gradually get worseover a few days.

They said the findings mayconcern health authorities rely-ing on the standard 14-dayquarantine, but cautioned thattheir approach relies on sever-al assumptions and may notapply to later cases in differentparts of the world where thevirus may have mutated.

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To boost ‘self-reliant India’endeavour, Union minister

Nitin Gadkari on Saturdayurged the industry to identifythe sectors heavily reliant onimports, particularly fromChina, and look for substitutestowards indigenous produc-tion to make India a superpower.

Asserting that a casestudy is in the offing based onthree years of imports andexports, Gadkari said China’s70 per cent of exports pertainedto ten sectors that includedelectrical machinery and equip-ment accounting for 26.09 percent of its exports worth USD671 billion and machinery

including computers grabbing10.70 per cent of its exportsworth USD 417 billion.

Road Transport, Highwaysand MSME Minister Gadkariwhile addressing a CII event“India@75 Summit - Mission2022” urged the industry tolook beyond metropolises anddeveloped cities to lay a net-work of industries and venturesin rural, far-flung and tribalareas which never grabbedattention.

“It pains me that 90 percent of the focus of industrybodies is on major industries inbig cities and metropolises.There is seldom any focus onrural, tribal and remote areas.There is a need to change it...Advance sector wise planning

is the need of the hour to make India a super power,”

Gadkari said.“China’s 70 per cent of

exports are from 10 sectors,”Gadkari said and urged CII toidentify what was imported inIndia and how can that bereplaced with indigenous pro-duction for ‘self-reliance’ whileassuring all government sup-port in this initiative.

He said of the China’sexports, apart from machineryand equipment, furniture andrelated things accounted forexports worth USD 100 billion,plastics products (USD 84 bil-lion), vehicles (74.40 billion)and clothings (USD 66.80 bil-lion).“CII should identify sec-tors to boost exports and

reduce imports. In some areaswe will have to increase importduty to encourage Indian man-ufacturers,” he said.

Assuring all possible helpto the industry for makingrural and tribal areas theirhub, the minister said a widenetwork of highways, railwaysand waterways was bound tobring down logistics cost.

He also said that a host ofinitiatives including redefiningthe definition of MSMEs willyield rich dividends.

The Minister informedthat the Government is work-ing on a scheme for inclusionof smallest units under theMSME ambit and providingfor their micro-financialrequirements.

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The Finance Ministry onSaturday said 15 proposals

worth �6,399 crore of stressedNBFCs and HFCs have beensanctioned under the specialliquidity scheme announced aspart of the �20.97 lakh crore‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ package.

The scheme launched onJuly 1 permits both primaryand secondary market pur-chases of debt and seeks toaddress the short term liquid-ity issues of non-banking finan-cial companies (NBFCs) andhousing finance companies(HFCs). “The SpecialLiquidity Scheme (SLS) of �30,000 crore was announced asa part of the#AatmanirbharBharat packagewith an aim to improve the liq-uidity position of NBFCs andHFCs,” Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman said in atweet.

Sharing implementationstatus update of the scheme, she

said, 15 proposals with a totalsanctioned amount of �6,399crore have been cleared as onAugust 7 while 37 more appli-cations seeking financing of upto�11,037 crore are underprocess. NBFCs and HFCscame under stress following aseries of defaults by IL&FSgroup firms in September 2018.

Any NBFC includingmicrofinance institutions reg-istered with RBI under theRBI Act, 1934 (excluding thoseregistered as Core InvestmentCompanies) and any HFC reg-istered with the NationalHousing Bank under theNational Housing Bank Act,1987 which is complying withcertain specified conditions,are eligible to raise fundingfrom this facility.

The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has provided funds forthe scheme by subscribing togovernment-guaranteed spe-cial securities issued by a trustset up by SBI Capital MarketsLtd (SBICAP).

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Pakistan has not receivedthe oil on deferred pay-

ments from Saudi Arabia sinceMay as a deal signed betweenthe two close allies for provi-sion of USD 3.2 billion worthof the fuel under the arrange-ment expired two months ago.

The USD 3.2 billion Saudioil facility was part of the USD6.2-billion Saudi Arabian pack-age announced in November2018 to ease Pakistan’s externalsector woes, the ExpressTribune reported on Friday.

The agreement expired inMay and efforts are being madeby the Finance Division torenew the facility, PetroleumDivision spokesperson SajidQazi was quoted as saying bythe paper.

Pakistan is awaitingresponse from the Saudi gov-ernment over its request to fur-ther extend the facility, headded.

The development comes ata time when Pakistan faces achallenging situation as its IMFprogramme also remains tech-nically suspended for the lastfive months.

Returning of Saudi loansand expiry of the oil facilitycould strain the official reservesof the central bank, which arebuilt purely by taking loans, thepaper said.

The budget estimates sug-gested that the governmentwas hoping to receive mini-mum USD 1 billion worth ofoil in fiscal year 2020-21, whichstarted from July.

Pakistan has alreadyreturned USD 1 billion Saudi

loan - four months ahead of itsrepayment period, the papersaid.

Citing sources, it saidPakistan could also return theremaining USD 2 billion cashloan, subject to availability of asimilar facility from China.

The agreement over USD 3billion cash support and USD3.2 billion oil facility perannum had the provision ofrenewal for two more years.Saudi had rolled over its USD3 billion loan from betweenNovember 2019 and January2020.

The InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) hastermed the rollovers of SaudiArabian, United Arab Emirates(UAE) and Chinese assistancecritical for Pakistan’s debt sus-tainability.

Pakistan’s repayment ofUSD 1 billion Saudi Arabianloan after borrowing fromChina and expiry of the oilfacility underscores challengingrelations between two Islamicnations, the report noted.

The Saudi oil facility thathad been secured after hecticbackdoor lobbying with theroyal family remained under-utilised in the last fiscal year.The USD 769 million deferredpayment facility on supply ofoil was availed from Saudigovernment, according to thespokesman of the PetroleumDivision.

The Saudi facility facedroadblocks since the beginning.Initially, both the countrieshad a plan to make the facilityoperational from January 2019.But it actually became opera-tional from July last year.

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Mining major Coal IndiaLtd has revised its pro-

duction target to 650-660 mil-lion tonne for the 2020-21 fis-cal in the wake of disruptionscaused by the COVID-19 pan-demic, a top company officialsaid on Saturday.

The miner had earlier set atarget of 710 million tonne forthe fiscal.

“COVID-19 pandemic hasaffected demand for coal.However, it has started to pickup now as the industries havecommenced operations. Giventhe situation, we are hopeful toend the year with 650-660 mil-lion tonne of production,” CoalIndia Chairman Pramod

Agrawal said.In July-end, demand was

higher by 7-8 per cent, while inthe first

week of August, it saw anuptick of 13-14 per cent, offi-cials said.

The ‘Maharatna’ PSU hadproduced 602 million tonne ofcoal last year as against a tar-get of 630 million tonne.

On commercial mining ofcoal, Agrawal said it will helpintroduce a market-linkedprice mechanism and benefitthe state-owned mining behe-moth, contrary to specula-tions.

“Market-linked prices willbenefit Coal India,” he said dur-ing a webinar organised byBharat Chamber of Commerce.

The company is also tryingto supply high-grade coal fromselect subsidiaries to coastalconsumers largely dependenton imports.

The Kolkata-based mineris targeting 70-80 million tonneof coal for import replacementin the southern and westernparts, the officials said, adding,a special e-auction window isbeing mooted exclusively forimporters.

Around 240 million tonneof coal per annum is importedat present.

The mining major said it islooking at options for the loss-making Dankuni CoalComplex, which might windup unless any worthwhile pro-posals come forward.

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Public sector banks would need toincrease their provisioning buffer fac-

toring in the incremental provisioningrequirement on restructured loans andpotential NPAs, a report said.

To discourage rampant and unviablerestructuring, the RBI has now man-dated that banks will be required tomake high provisions at 10 per cent onrestructured retail/corporate loans (20per cent on corp loans for banks outsideinter-creditor agreement).

According to analysts, higher pro-visioning cost would deter unwarrant-ed restructuring. But, this would putpressure on the PSBs to accelerate thepace of increasing their provisioningbuffer or disallow restructuring, even ingenuine case of stress due to the Covid-19 pandemic.“Assuming Covid-19-induced stressed loans at 10-15 per cent

and at least 50 per cent restructured inthe worst case, our rough calculationsshow systemic level immediate addi-tional provisioning cost at 10 per centcould be 50-75 bps,” Emkay GlobalFinancial Services said in a report.

New Delhi: Terming debtrestructuring a breather for cor-porates, rating agency Crisilsaid that liquidity-strapped firmsneed timely lender approvals toavoid sharp ratingaction.According to Crisil, theReserve Bank’s decision toenable lenders to permit a one-time restructuring of loans willease the liquidity pressure oncompanies amid the Covid-19pandemic. “Crisil will factor inthe impact of debt restructuringon its rated credits, as and whenthe process is initiated, and itsrating action will depend uponthe timeliness and terms of therestructuring of debt,” the ratingagency said in a statement.

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Germany and France havechallenged Washington's

role in leading talks overreforming the World HealthOrganisation, citing the USdecision to quit the global body.

Germany's Health Ministrysaid the issue was discussedduring a call of health minis-ters from the Group of Sevenleading economies Thursday.

In a statement Saturday, theministry said that in view of theUnited States' withdrawal fromWHO, “Germany and Francecurrently see no mandate forthe US to lead the WHOreform process for the G-7.”

“How can you be leadingwhile you are leaving?” theministry added.

The Trump administra-tion, which holds the rotatingpresidency of the G-7 this year,has accused WHO of bowingto pressure from China in itshandling of the coronaviruspandemic.

Johannesburg: The IndianOcean island of Mauritiusdeclared a “state of environ-mental emergency” late Fridayafter a Japanese-owned shipthat ran aground offshore daysago began spilling tons of fuel.

Prime Minister PravindJugnauth announced the devel-opment as satellite imagesshowed a dark slick spreading inthe turquoise waters near envi-ronmental areas that the gov-ernment called “very sensitive.”Mauritius has said the ship wascarrying nearly 4,000 tons offuel and cracks have appearedin its hull.

Jugnauth earlier in the daysaid his government was appeal-ing to France for help, saying thespill “represents a danger" forthe country of some 1.3 millionpeople that relies heavily ontourism and has been been hithard by the effects of the coro-navirus pandemic.

“Our country doesn't havethe skills and expertise to refloatstranded ships, so I haveappealed for help from Franceand President EmmanuelMacron," he said. Bad weather

has made it impossible to act,and “I worry what could happenSunday when the weather dete-riorates."

Jugnauth shared a photo ofthe vessel, the MV Wakashio,tilted precariously. “Sea roughbeyond the reefs with swells.Ventures in the open seas arenot advised,” according to theMauritius MeteorologicalServices.

Video posted onlineshowed oily waters lapping atthe shore as people murmuredand peered at the ship in the dis-tance. Online ship trackers

showed the Panama-flaggedbulk carrier had been en routefrom China to Brazil.

The French island ofReunion is the closest neighborto Mauritius, and France'sForeign Ministry says France isMauritius's “leading foreigninvestor” and one of its largesttrading partners.

“We are in a situation ofenvironmental crisis,” the envi-ronment minister of Mauritius,Kavy Ramano, said, calling theBlue Bay Marine Park and otherareas near the leaking ship“very sensitive.” AP

Washington: China has boost-ed its efforts to influence the USpresidential election inNovember and wants PresidentDonald Trump to lose becauseit sees him as "unpredictable," atop US intelligence official saidFriday.

"We assess that Chinaprefers that President Trump —whom Beijing sees as unpre-dictable — does not win reelec-tion," said William Evanina,director of the NationalCounterintelligence andSecurity Center.

"China has been expandingits influence efforts ahead ofNovember 2020 to shape thepolicy environment in theUnited States, pressure political

figures it views as opposed toChina's interests, and deflectand counter criticism of China,"Evanina said in a statement.

He pointed to China's crit-icism of Trump's handling of thecoronavirus epidemic, of the USclosure of China's Houstonconsulate, and of the US admin-istration's stances on Chineseactions in Hong Kong and theSouth China Sea.

"Beijing recognises that allof these efforts might affect thepresidential race," Evanina said.

Evanina said Iran is usingsocial media disinformation todivide the country and hurtTrump, while Russia is med-dling to damage the campaignof his Democratic opponent Joe

Biden. "Russia is using a rangeof measures to primarily deni-grate former vice presidentBiden and what it sees as ananti-Russia 'establishment,'"Evanina said.

"This is consistent withMoscow's public criticism ofhim when he was vice presidentfor his role in the Obamaadministration's policies onUkraine and its support for theanti-Putin opposition insideRussia," he said.

Evanina, the top intelli-gence official monitoring threatsto the election, gave no detailson the outside interference.

A strong hacking and socialmedia campaign by Russia in2016 is credited by US intelli-gence with helping Trump tovictory over Democrat HillaryClinton. "Foreign efforts toinfluence or interfere with ourelections are a direct threat tothe fabric of our democracy," hesaid. AFP

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New Jersey: US PresidentDonald Trump on Friday saidthat China would "love" tohave an election if he lost tohis "sleepy" Democrat presi-dential candidate Joe Biden.

"China would love for usto have an election whereDonald Trump lost to sleepyJoe Biden. They would dream(that) they would own ourcountry. If Joe Biden waspresident, China would ruleour country," he told reportersin New Jersey.

He said that Iran wouldalso "love" to see him lose theelection in November, addingthat if he won the elections, hewill "make deals with Iran veryquickly".

"If and when we win, wewill make deals with Iran

very quickly. We will makedeals with North Korea veryquickly. If I did not win theelections in 2016, our countrywould have been in war withNorth Korea. We actually havea relation with North Korea,"Trump added.

Talking about interfer-ence in the US elections,Trump called China "a biggerthreat".

"Do you think China is abigger threat? I think maybeit is. We will be watching all ofthem very closely. The biggestrisk we have is mail-in ballotsbecause with the mail-in bal-lots it is much easier for a for-eign power — whether it isRussia, China, Iran or NorthKorea — to forge ballots," hefurther said. AFP

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Washington: It was a week ofrelentless attacks by PresidentDonald Trump and his allies onmail-in voting for theNovember election, and truthtook a beating at every turn.

Fearing a pandemic-induced surge in such votingwill work against him, Trumppersisted in arguing that fraudis rampant for mail-in ballotsyet quite fine and safe forabsentee votes, which are alsomailed.

There is no functional dif-ference between the two, andboth have extensive verificationsystems.

He and his campaign also tried to cast a new Nevadalaw as allowing ballots to be “showered” across the state to any living person,regardless of age or citizenship,who would have the ability to vote after Nov. 3 withouttheir identities ever verified.Each of those claims is off

the mark.Meanwhile, on the coron-

avirus, Trump painted a farrosier picture than his ownhealth experts on when a vac-cine could become available.He asserted it could be ready byElection Day.

He also falsely claimedonce more that kids are basi-cally immune from the disease,prompting rebukes from bothFacebook and Twitter for themisinformation. AP

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Washington: Joe Biden's con-troversial remarks about racethis week risk alienating youngBlack voters who despisePresident Donald Trump butare not inspired by hisDemocratic rival.

When pressed by ErrolBarnett of CBS News onwhether he'd taken a cognitivetest, Biden responded that thequestion was akin to asking theBlack reporter if he would takea drug test to see if “you're tak-ing cocaine or not? ... Are youa junkie?”

In a later interview withNational Public Radio's LuluGarcia-Navarro, Biden seemedto draw distinctions betweenBlack and Hispanic popula-tions in the US.

“Unlike the AfricanAmerican community, withnotable exceptions, the Latinocommunity is an incrediblydiverse community with

incredibly different attitudesabout different things,” he toldthe Latina reporter. He laterwalked back the comment.

Black voters as a wholedelivered the Democratic nom-ination to Biden, powering hiscommanding win in the SouthCarolina primary, which res-cued his floundering cam-paign. But that success washeavily dependent on olderBlack voters. In a general elec-tion where Democrats say novote can be taken for granted,young Black activists and elect-ed officials say this week's mis-steps could make it harder toget their vote.

“Trump is terrible, andhe's a racist, and we have to getracists out of the White House.But then Biden keeps sayingracist things,” said MariahParker, a 28-year-old countycommissioner in Athens,Georgia. AP

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leader and China's top repre-sentative in the city took potshots at the United States onSaturday after the Trumpadministration sanctionedthem and nine other officialsfor allegedly cracking down onfreedom and undermining thelocal autonomy of the formerBritish colony.

Chief Executive CarrieLam took to Facebook to saythat the U.S. got her addresswrong, listing the officialaddress of her chief deputyinstead. She noted that she wasthe deputy when she appliedfor her U.S. Visa in 2016.

“By the way, my entry visato the U.S. Is valid until 2026.Since I have no desire to visitthis country, it looks like I cantake the initiative to cancel it,"Lam said.

The sanctions, announcedFriday by the U.S. TreasuryDepartment, block all proper-ty or other assets that the indi-viduals have within U.S.Jurisdiction. Luo Huining, thedirector of the central govern-ment's liaison office in Hong

Kong, said being included onthe list shows that he has donewhat he should for the city andhis country.

“I don't have a penny ofassets abroad. Isn't it in vain toimpose 'sanctions'? Of course,I can also send 100 U.S. Dollarsto Mr. Trump for freezing,” hesaid in a statement on theoffice's website. H o n gKong Commerce SecretaryEdward Yau, who wasn't sanc-tioned, called the sanctions“unreasonable and barbarous”and said they would harm U.S.Interests in the city, an Asianfinancial and shipping hub.

Hong Kong has longenjoyed civil liberties not seenin mainland China because itis governed under a so-called“one country, two systems”principle in place since itreverted to Chinese rule in1997.

However, Beijing imposeda national security law onHong Kong at the end of June,following months of anti-gov-ernment protests last year.

The new law prohibitswhat Beijing views as seces-

sionist, subversive or terroristactivities or what it sees as for-eign intervention in HongKong's internal affairs.

Police now have sweepingpowers to conduct searcheswithout warrants and orderinternet service providers andplatforms to remove messagesdeemed to be in violation of thelegislation.

Critics see the law asBeijing's boldest move yet toerase the divide between HongKong's Western-style systemand the mainland's authoritar-ian way of governing.

“The recent imposition ofdraconian national securitylegislation on Hong Kong hasnot only undermined HongKong's autonomy, it has alsoinfringed on the rights of peo-ple in Hong Kong,” theTreasury Department said.

The Hong Kong govern-ment accused the U.S. Of usingHong Kong as a pawn to cre-ate trouble in the China-U.S.Relationship, calling the sanc-tions “blatant and barbaricinterference” in China's inter-nal affairs. AP

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Beirut: Police fired tear gas andclashed with demonstrators inLebanon's capital on Saturdayat the start of a planned protestover this week's massive explo-sion that devastated large partsof the capital and killed morethan 150 people.

Thousands of people werepouring into Beirut's mainsquare, where they had set upsymbolic nooses to hang politi-cians whose corruption andnegligence they blame forTuesday's explosion at the Portof Beirut.

The huge blast was caused

by thousands of tons of ammo-nium nitrate improperly storedat the port for more than sixyears, apparently set off by afire. It was the biggest inLebanon's history and causedan estimated $10-15 billionworth of damage, according toBeirut's governor.

It also left hundreds ofthousands of people homeless.

The protest Saturday wasthe first significant demon-stration since the explosionand organisers planned to holda symbolic funeral for thedead. AP

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Mexico City: Mexico has post-ed 6,717 newly confirmedcoronavirus cases, increasingthe country's accumulated totalto 469,407.

Officials also said Fridaythat the number of confirmedCOVID-19 deaths rose by 794to a total of 51,311.

Hopes for a significantdecline in cases have beenfrustrated by continued highinfection rates. AssistantHealth Secretary Hugo López-Gatell said Friday that “this isgoing to be a prolonged pan-demic.” AP

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Minneapolis: A Minnesotajudge ordered the release ofbody camera footage recordedby former officers charged in thedeath of George Floyd.

Judge Peter Cahill ruledFriday the that videos from thebody cameras of Thomas Laneand J. Kueng taken on the nightFloyd died will be made publiclyavailable, though it is unclearhow or when the footage will bereleased.

The videos were filed withthe court last month by Lane'sattorney. Initially only tran-

scripts of the audio werereleased, but a judge laterallowed journalists and mem-bers of the public to view thefootage by appointment. ABritish tabloid on Monday pub-lished parts of the videos.

The body camera videosand transcripts were filed incourt by Lane's attorney, EarlGray, as part of a motion to haveLane's case dismissed. Attorneysfor the coalition of media orga-nizations, including TheAssociated Press, had asked thejudge to allow them to be pub-

lished. Floyd, a Black man whowas handcuffed, died May 25after Derek Chauvin, a whitepolice officer, pressed his kneeagainst Floyd's neck for nearlyeight minutes as Floyd said hecouldn't breathe. Chauvin ischarged with second-degreemurder, third-degree murderand manslaughter.

Tou Thao, Lane and Kuengare charged with aiding andabetting both second-degreemurder and manslaughter. Allfour officers were fired. AP

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Bangkok: Hundreds ofdemonstrators rallied inThailand on Saturday, afterpolice arrested two leadinganti-government protaestleaders in an apparent attemptto stifle growing politicalunrest.

Around 800 demonstra-tors packed a concourse neara shopping mall in centralBangkok to hear speechesdenouncing the arrests andcall for Prime MinisterPrayuth Chan-ocha to resign.

Tensions rose briefly aspolice officers moved in,

telling the crowd they wereonly observing. They with-drew to a chorus of boos andchants for them to get out.

After a period of relativecalm in Thailand's fractiouspolitics, the temperature isrising again with a wave ofanti-government protests.Many have been held onschool and university cam-puses in Bangkok and othercities.

They reflect a growinganger among many youngpeople with the Prayuthadministration. AP

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Apatient in northern Chinahas died from the plague,

the second death from the dis-ease in the country's InnerMongolia region this week.

The victim died on Fridayfrom multiple organ failure ina case of bubonic plague, theBayannaoer city health com-mission said on its website.

The area where the personlived has been sealed off, andseven close contacts have beenplaced under medical obser-vation, the commission said.

They all tested negative for theplague and showed no symp-toms.

On Thursday, medicalauthorities confirmed a differ-ent form of the disease as thecause of death of another per-son four days earlier, the Baotoucity health commission said.

China has largely eradicat-ed the plague, but occasionalcases are still reported.

The last major known out-break was in 2009, when sev-eral people died in the town ofZiketan in Qinghai province onthe Tibetan Plateau.

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Manchester City tookadvantage of twoshocking mistakes by

Raphael Varane to beat RealMadrid 2-1 in their ChampionsLeague last 16 second leg onFriday and advance to the quar-ter-finals as Pep Guardiola cameout on top in his duel withZinedine Zidane.

The Frenchman had neverbeen knocked out of Europe’selite club competition as Realcoach, leading them to threeconsecutive victories between2016 and 2018 in his first spellbefore returning to the job lastyear.

But Madrid had been leftwith a mountain to climb in thistie after throwing away the leadto lose 2-1 in the first leg atSantiago Bernabéu in February,before the coronavirus forcedthe competition into hiberna-tion.

An identical defeat at anempty Etihad Stadium means itis City who advance 4-2 onaggregate.

Without Sergio Ramos dueto suspension, Real were undoneby mistakes by their other first-choice centre-back.

Varane was dispossessedinside the box in the ninthminute allowing RaheemSterling to put City ahead, andhis poor headed backpassattempt gifted Gabriel Jesusanother goal midway throughthe second half.

Before that second goal thetie had been in the balance withthe in-form Karim Benzema

having scored for the visitors justbefore the half-hour mark.

The circumstances may behighly unusual, but this is stillCity’s finest Champions Leagueresult, their most significantvictory in a knockout tie.

“We beat a top team, thebest club in this competition sofor us it is massive,” Jesus told BTSport.

City’s best performance inthe competition remains a runto the semi-finals in 2016, whenthey went out rather limply toReal.

Now, with only two formerwinners still involved in BayernMunich and Barcelona, Cityshould very possibly be consid-ered the favourites to win thecompetition in Lisbon onAugust 23.

If they do so, the victorywould taste all the sweeter com-ing so soon after their success-ful appeal to the Court ofArbitration of Sport against a

two-year ban from Europehanded down by UEFA forFinancial Fair Play breaches.

They have already qualifiedfor next season’s tournamentafter coming second in thePremier League but now theycan look forward to facing Lyonin the quarter-finalsnext Saturday at theEstadio Jose Alvalade.

Real, meanwhile,will get over this.

They have dinedout on success in theChampions League inrecent years but their mainobjective after the coronavirusshutdown was to win La Ligaand they did that.

“I think we get nine out of10 for this season,” said Rodrygo.“We don’t deserve 10 because ofthe Champions League but wehave still had a great season.”

UPHILL STRUGGLEIt was already going to be an

uphill struggle for them in the

absence of Ramos, sent off latein the first leg, and their taskbecame even harder after theyconceded an early opener.

City’s high pressing paid offas Varane was barged off the ballin his own area by Jesus, whosquared for Sterling to roll in.

There was a responsefrom the 13-timeEuropean champions,though, with Benzemaand Eden Hazard forcingsaves from Edersonbefore their equaliserarrived in the 28th

minute.A fine move ended with

Benzema feeding Rodrygo andthe young Brazilian clipping ina cross from the right for theFrenchman, who rose aboveAymeric Laporte andFernandinho to head in from theedge of the six-yard box.

It was his 65th goal in theChampions League, putting himone clear of Bayern Munich’sRobert Lewandowski on the

overall list and behind onlyCristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messiand Raul.

Unfortunately for Real,Benzema was not able to add tothat tally and this tie was effec-tively ended by another Varaneblooper.

The Frenchman struggledwith an awkward high balldownfield and his header backtowards Thibaut Courtois wasshort, allowing Jesus to prod itbeyond the goalkeeper and intothe net.

Real will not return toLisbon, where they won theChampions League in 2014, butthe dream remains alive forGuardiola and City.

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Lyon coach Rudi Garcia hailed histeam for seeing off Juventus and the

“extraterrestial” Cristiano Ronaldo toreach the Champions League quarter-finals on Friday.

Captain Memphis Depay’s earlypenalty sealed Lyon’s berth in the lasteight despite losing 2-1 on the nightin Turin.

A goal up after winning February’sfirst leg, Lyon will face Manchester Cityat the final tournament in Lisbon afterdrawing 2-2 on aggregate and goingthrough on away goals.

“We came up against an opponentwho has an extraterrestrial in itssquad,” said Garcia of five-

time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo who scored

both of Juve’s goals on Friday.Lyon squeezed past the Italian

champions thanks to Depay’s 12th-minute penalty which put Garcia’s sidetwo goals ahead in the tie and left Juvewith a mountain to climb.

Needing to score three unan-swered goals in order to go through,Portuguese star Ronaldo tried hisbest to drag the Italian champions overthe line.

He levelled the scores on thenight with a penalty of his own withtwo minutes left in the opening peri-od before crashing home a second goalon the hour mark.

However Juve performed poorlyand Lyon managed to hold on to setup a clash with Pep Guardiola’s City onAugust 15.

“I think we did very well in the

first half,” added Garcia.“Unfortunately the penalty award-

ed to them, which was completelyunjustified, put them back in thegame.”

“This is the victory of a group. Wewanted to be in the Final 8 in Lisbon,we are there.

“We’ll still be outsiders and thatsuits us very well.”

Despite their nine consecutiveItalian league titles in a row, Juventuscould not get past a French side thatfinished seventh in Ligue 1 this season.

“We went out because of the firsthalf in Lyon,” said Juventus coachMaurizio Sarri.

“I’m devastated, but satisfied withthe performance. We are very sorry.We had a good game tonight.”

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Juventus sacked coachMaurizio Sarri on Saturday

after the Italian club’sChampions League last 16 exitto Lyon.

“Maurizio Sarri has beenrelieved of his post as coach ofthe first team,” the nine-timereigning Serie A championssaid in a statement.

Sarri, 61, had replacedMassimiliano Allegri last sum-mer, after leading Chelsea tosuccess in the Europa League.

“The club would like tothank the coach for havingwritten a new page in Juventus’history with the victory of theninth-consecutive cham-pionship, the culmina-tion of a personaljourney that ledhim to climb allthe divisions ofItalian football,” the team said.

The Scudetto was the firstleague title for Sarri in his 30-year coaching career, extendinga record run in Turin whichAntonio Conte started withthree titles from 2012 andAllegri continued with the fol-

lowing five.But the former Napoli boss

paid for the club’s failure on theEuropean stage. “Sarri Out!”headlined Turin sports dailyTuttosport, with Corriere DelloSport saying: “Adieu Maurizio.”

Lazio coach SimoneInzaghi, Real Madrid’s ZinedineZidane and former Tottenhammanager Mauricio Pochettinohave been touted as possiblesuccessors.

Sarri was hired to giveJuventus a more flamboyantedge but struggled to imposehis so-called Sarri-ball high-tempo passing game on theTurin side.

He had been under pres-sure since his side lost to Napolion penalties in the final of theCoppa Italia in June.

Sarri, who never playedfootball professionally, begancoaching amateur teams back inthe 1990s, managing to com-bine his hobby with a bankingcareer that took him to theUnited Kingdom, Germany,Switzerland and Luxembourg.

He coached 16 differentsides in the lower division of theItalian league before reachingSerie A with Empoli in 2014.

Known as Mr 33 becausehe reputedly thought up 33different plans for setpieces,Sarri joined Napoli in 2016and turned them into theside most likely to threatenJuve’s dominance.

He then spent one sea-son at Chelsea, winning

the Europa League withthe London side, before join-

ing Juventus.

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Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic couldmiss the start of the 2020-21 Premier

League season because of a hamstringinjury which is likely to keep him out for asix weeks.

Pulisic was injured during the 1-2 lossto Arsenal in the FA Cup final last Saturday.

“It’s going to be touch and go for the startof the season. Six weeks probably gets intothe start of the season, but we have to treatthe injury right,” Chelsea manager FrankLampard was quoted as saying by the club’sofficial website on Friday.

“In the big scheme of things, whenChristian reflects on his first season, heshould be very happy with his improvementlevels. He’s had the most goals and assists inhis career, and that’s in his first season in thePremier League.

“We’ll get him fit and get him ready. Ifhe misses the first one or two games, we’llhave a firing Christian and hopefully as hun-gry as he looked after restart,” he added.

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Former champion Stan Wawrinkaon Friday confirmed that he will

not play the US Open citing “thehealth situation in New York” as theGrand Slam event took another hit.

Wawrinka, the US Open winnerin 2016, was already missing from theentry list along with four-timechampion Rafael Nadal.

Now, the 35-year-oldwill instead focus onRoland Garros wherehe won his secondcareer major in 2015.

“There is thehealth situation whichis particular in New York.I did not want to go theUS under these condi-tions,” the world number17, also the 2014

Australian Open champion, told RTSin Switzerland.

Players at the US Open, whichstarts on August 31, will be subject totight health controls to avoid thespread of the coronavirus. It will alsobe played behind closed doors.

“And the sequence of tourna-ments which follows after the US

Open will be tough,” he added,referring to the Italian Openwhich starts a week after the con-clusion of the New York event.

Roland Garros, delayed fromMay-June, will then start in

Paris on September 27.“Finally, there are all

the uncertainties relatedto the quarantine issue.

There are still many ques-tions and doubts aboutthe holding of the USOpen.”

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Valtteri Bottas outpaced hisMercedes team-mate and

world championship leaderLewis Hamilton by the finest ofmargins on Saturday to claim adramatic pole position for the70th Anniversary Grand Prix.

The Finn clocked a fastestlap in one minute and 25.154seconds to beat the six-timeworld champion by only 0.063in the final seconds of anenthralling qualifying session.

It was the Mercedes team’s67th front row lockout.

“It feels good,” said Bottaswho was securing the 13th poleof his career 48 hours after sign-ing a new contract to keep himat Mercedes next season.

He added: “We have

improved the set-up and the carsince last week. Mentally, whenyou start on pole, you can onlyaim to win the race — and thestarting point is good! It is sonice to drive this amazing car.”

Hamilton explained hisunexpected ‘slip’ to second.

“I wasn’t that great, butValtteri did a great job and hedeserves pole.”

Nico Hulkenberg, standingin for coronavirus victim SergioPerez with the Racing Pointteam, was third, securing hisspot with an impressive perfor-mance only 10 days after receiv-ing a late call-up while eating a

pastry in a Cologne café.“It’s been a crazy last week,”

he said.“Q2 was tricky and I made

life hard for myself — and it isdefinitely going to hurt tomor-row, not having had the expe-rience last week.”

He failed to start lastSunday’s British Grand Prix atthe circuit after an engine prob-lem.

Max Verstappen tookfourth for Red Bull ahead ofDaniel Ricciardo of Renault,Lance Stroll in the second ForceIndia, Pierre Gasly of AlphaTauri and down in eighthCharles Leclerc in the leadingFerrari.

Alex Albon was ninth in thesecond Red Bull and LandoNorris 10th for McLaren.

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He has not been in theIndian football squad for

the last few years but ‘spider-man’ goalkeeper Subrata Paulis hoping to make a come backto the national team duringthe Asian Cup in 2023.

The 33-year-old Paul lastplayed for India in 2017 andsince then Gurpreet SinghSandhu has been a regularunder the Indian bar. Paul,though, is still going strong inthe Indian Super League forJamshedpur FC and now forHyderabad FC.

“I strongly believe that Ihave a lot to contribute to thenational team. Coach has(Igor Stimac) said whoeverhas an Indian passport stands

a chance to get selectedto play for the country.I am working day inand day out to achieveit,” Pual said.

“I want to play anoth-er Asian Cup. It may soundfunny,” he said during achat with the AIFF TV.

India is already out ofcontention for a 2022FIFA World Cup berthbut Stimac’sside is verymuch inthe reckon-ing for a2 0 2 3Asian Cupspot. The jointqualification campaignresumes with a matchagainst Asian champions

Qatar in Bhubaneswar onOctober 8.

Paul, who was referredto as ‘spiderman’ by theAsian media for his

exploits during the2011 Asian Cup in

Doha, admittedthat the thoughtof not being

able to makeit to then a t i o n a lteam hasb e e n“troubling”

him.“I am blessed

to be financially sta-ble, I already have acontract with aclub. But there’ssomething in me

that is troubling me — and Iknow I can be there (in theteam). That’s the challengewhich I have taken,” he said.

“The urge to be backagain is what is driving me. Ihave full respect for coachStimac. If he thinks I amgood enough he will call me.I am not being arrogant. Ihave played 74 matches forIndia.”

Paul said if he did nothave anything to offer to thenational team, he will pack hisbags and hang his boots.

“(Gianluigi) Buffon is mymotivator. If coach calls meup, I’ll come up. Everyoneknows about my work ethic.Age is only a number. If youstay fit, you can become num-ber one.”

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The five hockey players who testedpositive for Covid-19 at the Sports

Authority of India’s (SAI) centrein Bengaluru are being attend-ed to by the centre’s in-housedoctor in addition to a doctorfrom the state Government,SAI said on Saturday.Additionally, SAI said thatit has “got on board expertdoctors from ManipalHospital.”

“The vitals of theplayers like temperature,oxygen levels have beenmonitored and all five players havebeen found to be mild symptomaticcases,” Dr Avinash HR, who hasbeen deputed by the stateGovernment and diagnosed the play-ers on Saturday, said in a SAI state-

ment.“Except for one the other four

players did not have fever. They aredoing fine and we have put themon immunity boosters and other

support medicines.”SAI has also deputed two

officers to exclusively monitorthe athletes and cater to theirrequirements and to ensurethat the five athletes have 24-hour access to the SAIauthorities.

“I am constantly intouch with all five of them

and they are doing fine. SAI hasmade every arrangement to give

them the best care. The chefs aremaking special dishes for them as

per their choice, beyond the messmenu, and the athletes are veryhappy about it,” team coach GrahamReid said.

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“I wanted to show my face because thisdefeat is mine,” French international Varane toldreporters after the last-16 second leg.

“I have to take all the responsibility for thismatch. We played well in the game, we’d pre-pared well for it, but at this level if you makemistakes you end up paying a lot for them.”

“I can’t explain the errors but I have to

accept them. This is a complicated moment forme,” added Varane, who has made over 300appearances for Real since joining from Lensin 2011.

“This hasn’t happened to me many timesin my career but something like this can alwayshappen, errors are made all over the pitch butin my position they have a higher price.

“My team mates know I’m sad but I haveto show character and get over this quickly. It’llbe a sad night for me. I’m a competitor andtoday I messed up. I’m not happy but I have toaccept it.”

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Nothing shakes the Indian’s faith inland and gold. The birth of pan-demic panic definitely put thebrakes on the movement in rentalsand sales during the stricter lock-

down following March 22, further exacerbatedby the halting of international flights. But, theluxury real estate market was swift to adapt.With potential clients stalled in various parts ofthe world, digital innovation in presentinghomes played a massive part in changing thestructure of how true innovators helped thereal estate industry maintain stability duringthe crisis. And a previously uninterested mar-ket emerged. Millennials, with one foot alwayson a plane, smelt the possibility of a bargain,and began to shop around to plant roots. Aslockdown lingered on, Work from Home wasborn. And suddenly, home was simply the bestplace to be.

����������� �������The luxury neighbourhoods of Delhi that

rely heavily on diplomats and senior corporateexpats for housing demand, faced a sudden haltwith the airports shut. The heavy diplomatictraffic season, during the months commencingApril, saw the industry at a standstill. Arrivalnumbers dropped like a stone from 100%, withrenters jostling for the best homes, to a sharp0%. As droves of members of the diplomaticcommunity were evacuated in a rush, with skele-tal staff left to man the embassies, there was asudden tilt in the demand versus supply of luxu-ry housing across the neighbourhoods in theLutyens Bungalow Zone, the Diplomatic Zone,and localities in close proximity. Notices weredelivered, Force Majeure clauses debated endless-ly, and an abrupt glut emerged in the market.Corporate bigwigs that compete for the samehousing also caused a major rolling shift withmajor companies restructuring their setups, andbudgets often being scythed by at least 20%. Topbrass airline employees faced the same cuts intheir housing allowances. And this gave rise to anew trend. With the end of Lockdown 1.0, therewas a sudden surge in intra-city housing move-ment. Top-level expats within the city were sud-denly on the move and the brakes lifted. Savvylandlords who saw no end in sight to the airlinerestrictions being lifted, brought their pricesdown adequately, between 20-30%, to nab theseclients. There has been a slight increase indemand with about a quarter of the diplomatsnow arriving to replace their end-of-tenure pre-decessors but restoration of normalcy could takeclose to a year and a half. Pricing, however, is upin the air, as new arrivals come with the precon-ceived and fairly appropriate understanding thatthings have changed. With corporate budgetsstill undergoing a massive upheaval, luxuryrental pricing will continue to fluctuate untilgiant multinationals arrive at an equilibrium inhousing allowances. But a new normal will finditself as flights begin to commence operating tofull capacity and previously held back senior cor-porates on work visas resume their arrivals. Forthe luxury rental economy to keep its wheelschurning, landlords will have to see the light ofthe new normal and accordingly adjust theirexpectations.

������������� ���Luxury Real Estate has always been about

structure, curation and presentation. As lock-down 1.0 struck its gong, a complete shift wasmade to enable clients to understand a city andits housing remotely. Extensive presentationswere created to digitally experience the city andeach of its colonies. Videos of neighbourhoods’idiosyncrasies and specialties were created. Stylesof housing were presented through stock imagesto delineate the differences between bungalows,builder floors and the ubiquitous ‘charming’properties scattered around the capital.Conversation became paramount as words were

used to help the eyes see. This resulted in thedeath knell for quite a few boutique agencieswithout the ability to cope under the new andchanged circumstances. FaceTime and othervideo communication apps ruled Lockdown 2.0Realty. As curation had commenced in the earli-er phase, video viewings minimised the risk ofcovid contraction and the interaction betweenthe home and the client became extremely upclose and personal, and, unsurprisingly, moreprone to close scrutiny, as the camera never lies.However, a number of empty houses were inshabby states as workers had gone into isolationand the worry that they would be delivered spot-less had to be constantly quelled, and very often,expectations adjusted.

The king of the lease agreement became theForce Majeure clause: the word pandemicflounced its way into every rental agreement.The realtor’s biggest task became about adaptingto viewings without physically visiting a propertywith a client, and helping landlords see thefinancial sense of a cut in rent over a locked uphouse over an indefinite period.

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mantra on everyone’s mind. And what home hadto be, was now changed. Quiet spaces becameprized and as the pandemic raged on, there wasa new market player. The exodus of the Delhiresident to inhabit the towers of Gurgaonreversed itself, as more and more companies andemployees realised their structures could func-tion unhindered with the WFH model. SeniorIndian employees and their families, heldhostage by the proximity of condominium livingto their skyscraper workplaces in Gurgaon andNoida, sought to return home. Delhi called withits lush green parks and low density of popula-tion in the luxury neighbourhoods.Neighbourhoods like Vasant Vihar with theirquick commute to Aerocity and Gurgaon saw aresurgence in demand for mid-priced housing.The siren song of admissions in South Delhi’sfinest schools suddenly looked like it couldbecome a reality, with a move back to the moth-er metropolis. The price drop, along with a wider

range becoming available to luxury condo resi-dents in the satellite cities, has formed a largerpart of clientele in Delhi in recent times.

���������� ����� ����As globetrotting has been brought to a

grinding halt, the restless millennial’s gaze hasturned towards buying a home. A sea shift intheir mindscape has made them look to turningtheir spend on the ever-changing hotel roomand destination towards a home to call theirown. Astute at sniffing out bargains, whether ina far-flung flea market or the local propertydomain, they sense that the time is ripe toacquire property, as sale prices slowly begin toplummet. What was an easy step to take in thiscity for earlier generations, buying a home closeto the standards and neighbourhoods akin to theones these wealthy millennials grew up in, nowlooks a more achievable proposition. The grow-ing number of multi-home owning landlordslooking to sell is also seeing a rise as the verybusinesses that enabled them to buy severalhomes are now in jeopardy. The coming monthswill see a rise of more realistic numbers beingset, with luxury property acquisition coming thatone step closer to plausibility. Delhi is alreadyseeing a 10 to 15% drop in prices with Gurgaonsurging ahead at around 20%. The market is alsoflush with the arrival of the home convertor. Akeen awareness of the price shift that the pan-demic has created, is bringing in a large numberof homeowners looking to upgrade. Theseclients keenly seek to enhance their lifestyle byconversion to better neighbourhoods, qualityand age of property, or size. Their shopping hasjust begun.

������������The industry is now at phase where true

introspection and change can be wrought. Thedwindling number of expats means that homeowners need to be more open to local clienteleand lose the bias that has long scarred India. Thedesign element of rental prospects could also berevisited to make them more attractive to thetaste profile of the potential renter: essentially, ablank canvas of space and colour, left for any

tenant to style to their choice. Expats are increas-ingly aware that accommodation with standardfixtures in their home countries are now moreeasily available in India. Modern, updatedkitchens with ovens sizeable enough for differentcuisines; bathrooms with fittings and fixturesthat are standardised and upgraded; boilers for24 hour hot water supply to replace the leg-endary Indian geyser that could never fill a bath-tub, voiding its very existence. The well-travelledIndian is also aware of advancement in housingdesign and structure, better exposed to globalcuisines, and actively seeking the very same ele-ments whilst choosing housing. To make a prop-erty instantly rentable, this time could be used torecalibrate what used to be considered luxurystandards to turn it into the new normal. It isalso time to consider that WFH is definitelygoing to be an enormous part of our foreseeablefuture. Upgrading at least one room in an apart-ment to office level infrastructure would be awise yet inexpensive design move. With enoughelectrical sockets to hold office equipment andstorage for supplies incorporated, the average 4bedroom luxury apartment would definitely be abigger value proposition if one room could trulyserve as an effective work space. Severalembassies and companies have already deferredtheir return to the office space to the summer of2021. The most important real estate query ofthe season has been the suitability of at least acouple of the bedrooms being equipped to runas an office or study room for the new digitalclassroom. With pollution season round the cor-ner, another big draw for expats and Indiansalike, is the installation of vacuum sealed doorsand windows. This feature being available isoften the one that gets the property off the mar-ket, more than any other. Just as the last decadesaw the addition and acceptance of air purifiersin our lives as the norm, this new one bringswith it the need for homes and offices to unite intheir purpose to become a very viable proposi-tion. This is our new normal. Welcome Home!

The writer is the Founding Partner ofWelcome Home Luxury Real Estate Services in

New Delhi. Clients include the BBC, World Bank,several top corporates and embassies

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For every school or college student, the word‘Career’ is often the most polarising wordthrown around by seemingly responsible

adults at every dinner table conversation, familymeeting or gathering. The irony is that most of themodern day parents themselves know little aboutthe modern day careers like digital marketing anddata analytics. However that doesn’t stop themfrom giving their two cents on every aspect of amodern day career. The parents don’t realise thatthe world has drastically changed over the courseof the last 10-15 years.

The careers that are the biggest money spin-ners today didn’t even exist twenty years back.Social media is a construct of the last 15 years, dif-ferent apps like uber, bigbasket, makemytrip,bookmyshow all have come up during the sametime-period. Gone are the days when memorising,rote-learning could get you huge breakthroughs.Today all information is available in your pocket,so skills like memorising and calculations arebecoming mundane. So, what ticks today is a dif-ferent skill set. Critical thinking, data analyticalskills and coding are the modern day skills that setyou apart. When a young boy ends up in a googleor a facebook with a whooping �40-50 lakh pack-age as a start, it’s not because he is the most hardworking kid around. It is because he was into cod-ing from a young age of 13 and he was passionate-ly working hard on a thing that mattered the mostin the modern era. And that’s my first big messageto all students and hustlers — ‘Watch where themoney is’. Start early and keep your eyes and earsopen all the time.

One of the biggest luxuries of the modern dayand age in terms of careers is the multitude ofoptions. You can be a college dropout turned you-tuber and earn more than an IITian. As amazingas it is, let’s not be fooled here by looking at a fewexamples. The problem with many career coun-selors, motivational speakers is that they haveturned dream merchants rather than mentors.They quote Steve Jobs and Ratan Tata as if everykid can become a trailblazer. The fact of the matteris that there are many who won’t be the next SteveJobs and a plan needs to be in place for them.Truth is that yes every kid can become great, butlet’s understand that these are rare examples and alittle bit of practicality is always welcome. Truth isthat many of these great people gradually becamegreat and had probably not planned on becomingthis big. So what was critical in the journey of

these great people is the journey itself. They wereon the right track in their life. They got to knowsomething they were good at and passionate aboutand then they worked tirelessly towards their goal.This is the best that we can do in our pursuit ofgreatness. So how does one pick the right track.Well the ideal career choice should be a fluid mixof your dreams and practicality.

It starts with evaluating your interests. What isit that you would want to do for the rest of yourlife or at least a major part of your life. At thisstage, you can be a total dreamer. Just run in thedirection of your dreams and start trying differentcareers. The best time for this is college. Neverever settle for just classroom experience in yourschool or college. Step out and start interningunder different organisations and individuals. Startvolunteering for free services just so you can eval-uate your interests. Is your interest for real? I’veseen many individuals come to conclusions about

their interests by drawing references from pop-cul-ture. Invest Banking, Film-making and stock-broking excite many young students courtesy theportrayal of these careers on the big screen.However the same students didn’t really find film-making so exciting when they visited a film setand found out how non-glamorous and tediousthe process of film-making is in real. Once you’vecome to a shortlist of your genuine interests, youneed to run further in the direction of yourdreams. And then the dreamer in you will wake upto reality — the reality of your abilities. You’llslowly find out that as much passion as you havefor cricket, you actually don’t have that magicaltiming or touch or in the same vein, you might befascinated by statistical analysis but your math skillmight not be of the same quality. You might devel-op some of the ability needed but actually youhave your limitations and it’ll perhaps neverbranch out to become a viable career. It is a tough

call to take but that’s where your intelligence needsto kick in.

So my second big message to all students is —Know yourself and embrace your strengths andlimitations. Your career should be an extension ofyour personality. If it is not, then sooner or later,frustration will kick in and you will not be happywith the way your life is unfolding. In the end, youshould be happy going to work everyday. A goodcareer isn’t just about designations or pay packets,it is most importantly about happiness. In the end,that is all that matters. Of course you’ll have tocompromise and you’ll probably not get every-thing you wanted but you may get close and that’llbe good enough. Once your dreams are definedand your strengths are identified, you’re actually ina position to define a career goal. But for that, youneed to understand the scope and potential of acareer in the given times. As an example, thosewho are seeking a career in hotel management

right now in the post covid-era might need torethink. They could probably go about it by a dif-ferent route. Do a course in management or finearts and revisit their passion later. They could alsocompromise given the tough times and take upwhatever job they’re getting in whichever domainwithout being too fussy about the role and desig-nation. They can probably survive now and thrivelater at a time when the circumstances are right.Flexiblity in career paths, choices makes one awinner in the long run. You cannot be rigid aboutyour choices and goals. They have to be dynamicand in sync with the times. You might have a tastefor event management and wedding planning butit won’t be a good idea to set up that company inthe post covid environment right now. Of course ifyou already have a company, then you need toinnovate and hang in there one way or another. Sothe truth is that there is no ‘one size fits all’approach in matters of careers.

We need to start accepting the fact that theskills in demand will keep changing. Today theskills that’ll be most richly rewarded will be cod-ing, machine learning and data analytics. Ofcourse, the one big skill that’ll forever be evergreenis the art of communication. All stakeholders needto contribute to developing human skills like com-munication, understanding people, storytelling,accepting diversity, remaining calm under pres-sure. These are the skills which far outweigh alldegrees and certifications in the game of life.Unfortunately they’re at best confined to a boringmoral science lecture in school. It is high time thatthese soft skills were imparted to students in inno-vative ways. Students must understand that alongwith talent it is their temperament that’ll takethem a long way in their careers. One cannot func-tion without the other. A solid temperament isn’tbuilt over the years. It’s foundation has to be laidearly on in school. In the times of the Corona pan-demic, human temperament has been tested to thehilt. Those who didn’t get dispirited and soughtways to innovate have survived this tide and willthrive someday. However the ones with a weaktemperament succumb to the pressure.

The biggest skill set that’ll determine the alti-tude of one’s career will be emotional intelligence.If one can bounce back from setbacks, failures andgo from one task to another with equal vigor thensky is the limit.

The writer is the author of Dhruv: Love Storyof an Alchemist

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In early June, the Delhi governmentlaid out an impeccable plan toincrease hospital bed capacity to treatCovid patients. It proposed toincrease the numbers of beds in pri-

vate hospitals and transform banquethalls in hotels and community centres into Covid recovery centres while linkingthem to hospitals in the vicinity. At thattime there were only 3,200 hospital bedsin the city available to treat 29,943 Covidpatients and Delhi desperately neededmore beds.

A fortnight later, my team was plan-ning to set up several temporary Covidrecovery facilities across the capital withthe officials of the Delhi government. Wehad also just finished setting up temporaryCovid recovery facilities in Kerala,Maharashtra and Gujarat. Barring savour-ing the clock like precision of how thingsroll in Kerala, we were still reeling fromthe strenuous effect of arduously workingin the other two states. So much so thatthe plan in Delhi came to us as a sourceof much relief. It seemed that the Delhigovernment had nailed it with their inge-nious plan. Why did other states not thinkof linking temporary Covid recoveryfacilities to hospitals, we wondered! Doingso would overcome the staffing challengesthat Mumbai’s Covid recovery facilities toowere facing.

To a large extent it is understandablewhy the implementation of Delhi’s planwould be fraught with challenges. Theseare indeed unprecedented times and we areall learning how to cope. Also, given thestark disparities between various socio-economic groups and power status of itsresidents, Delhi is a microcosm of the com-plexities that abound in India whichmake implementation of ambitious plansduring a pandemic a steep climb. But thechallenges to the plan also came from othersources, a few of which are as follows.

First, there is a serious problem of poordata culture within a preposterous topdown organisational structure operatingthe management of the pandemic in thecapital city. This damages the vital com-munication flow of the organisation’soperations. The poor quality of health datais a symptom of the overrun public healthsystem. Data about the prevalence andspread of the virus in communities, capac-ity and utilisation of medical infrastruc-ture, triggers for behaviour changeamongst patients, lends itself to effectivepolicy to help curb the pandemic. Further,in the Delhi administration the top boss-es have a vision but — unlike say inMumbai — they are not directly at work

on the ground. Their vision is insteadpassed down to subsequent levels in thehierarchy, which is often lost in Chinesewhispers by the time it reaches their min-ions on the ground.

The implications of the loss in thereversed flow of information is perhapseven more hazardous, as minions at timesgive false or tampered evidence of Covidpreparedness to the top bosses. The topdown approach is further perpetuated byjunior government officials on to dailywage workers and labour on site, in waysI have yet to see in other cities.

The perils of working without data isthe reliance on poor anecdotal evidence.In a top heavy bureaucracy, anecdotal evi-dence can be easily tampered by staff onthe ground who pass on only the ‘goodnews’ to the bosses. For instance the sameset of beds would shockingly be movedaround from one hall to another, each timecaptured for photographic evidence to

send to the top bosses. These bosses areso removed from the ground reality thatthere is a slim chance that they would everdiscover the truth.

A second major challenge is misman-agement. Parts of the plan of linking thetemporary facilities to neighbouring hos-pitals remains only on paper. Despite therise in Covid cases, the empty beds forCovid patients has been much in the news.The much celebrated 10,000-bed Covidfacility at the Radha Soami Satsang Beasin Delhi received 20 patients on the firstday of its opening on July 5, and until July15 only about 200 patients were beingtreated there. The two 100-bed Covidrecovery facilities in Delhi that we set upover the last two weeks in banquet hallsin Kapashera and Sinkhole areas in Delhi,are yet to be equipped with health careworkers and oxygen cylinders from thehospital it is supposedly attached to.Sadly, it is also well-known that there have

been a few cases of rape and sexual assaultupon patients in temporary Covid carefacilities in Delhi alone. The reason for thisabject mismanagement is not just the obvi-ous lack of healthcare staff such as nurs-es, doctors, paramedics to run thesespaces, but also a glaring gap in know-howand planning of operations. Overcapacityof temporary beds is not a sign of pre-paredness, it instead points to the lack ofplanning besides a waste of resources.

On the other hand, Delhi government’spromotion of home quarantine of asymp-tomatic Covid patients or of those who hadmild symptoms, has been particularly suc-cessful in the city’s fight against Covid. Thismeant that patients could recover in thecomfort and security of their homes.This also led to less fear amongst peopleof testing Covid-positive. People were lesslikely to hide positive test results. However,the lack of randomised testing in mostparts of the country including the nation-

al capital has obviously led to a large sec-tion of this category of patients minglingwith the rest of the population uncheckedand under no quarantine.

Yet overall it has been nothing shortof a war waged with full might by India’scapital city against the virus, with militarystyle hierarchy and immaculate planningthat was much abandoned in the throes ofthe fight.

It was not just the government inDelhi, but the city’s business houses suchas Bharti Airtel, JSPL, DLF who also ledfrom the front to distribute food, PPE kits,or funds to help in ways they could. Thecivil society such as the PopulationFoundation of India and prominent NGOsin the city such as Sa-laam Balak Truststepped in to the fight as well, each work-ing in their domain of expertise. Themethod in the madness has shown goodresults. According to data shared by theDelhi government, between July andAugust, the total active cases of Covid-19in Delhi came down from 27,007 to10,207 — a reduction of over 2.5 times.Delhi’s daily active cases continues to beon a downward curve.

A good war strategy would be to notlose caution, and leverage this breathingtime to build data and analysis aroundCovid cases in Delhi. Delhi has already ini-tiated a second serological (sero) surveyacross the 11 districts of the capital to esti-mate the percentage of the population thatcould have developed antibodies againstthe novel coronavirus. Not everyone willbe tested, therefore it will not be clear howmany people in the population are infect-ed but the results will be indicative of thespread within specific communities.

The plan so far is for the Delhi gov-ernment to conduct a similar sero surveyduring the first five days of every month.Indeed repeated sero surveys across dif-ferent areas will help to estimate the spreadof Covid in different communities in Delhi.It will also help in making governmentaction to control Covid in Delhi lessdependent on random anecdotal evi-dence, more data driven, and therefore farmore effective.

However the sero survey in Delhi duethis month is already delayed by ten days.So once again the data culture and abili-ty to implement ambitious plans made bythe Delhi administration remains con-ten-tious.

The writer is CEO of Sustain Labs andAdjunct Professor at SciencesPo Paris. Sheis also a columnist and author of the 2019bestseller Indian Instincts — essays on free-dom and equality in India

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humanity was the explo-sion of the two nuclear bombson Hiroshima and Nagasaki onAugust 6 and 9, 1945, respec-tively. The 75th anniversary ofthis heinous act is quietlyobserved in both the cities bythe survivors of the nuclearattack and the peace-lovingpeople of Japan. What it bringshome is the gruesome misuseof science & technology oninnocent civilians. And, it isplainly in the name of fightingthe enemy and to subsequent-ly herald peace to the world.The central argument that jus-tified the actions of that horri-fying act was shaped to conveythe message that the bombingfinally put an end to the SecondWorld War. Also it prevented aprotracted conflict spearhead-ed by the “Axis Powers” con-sisting of Italy, Germany andJapan. Arguably, the ghastlyscenes of Hiroshima andNagasaki clearly discouragedthe rest of the nations to plungeinto another nuclear war for therest of the century.

The two atom bombsdropped over Hiroshima andNagasaki were known as “LittleBoy” and “Fatman”. Once thefirst bomb was dropped overHiroshima on August 6, almostafter sixteen hours, then USPresident Harry S Truman

asked the then JapaneseGovernment to surrender.However, Japan did not agreeand this led to the secondbombing of Nagasaki. The firstbomb was dropped by the USbomber called Enola Gay.Interestingly, this bomb wasdropped little over 600 metresabove the ground which had aforce equivalent to 15,000tonnes of TNT. This allowed infact optimal destruction thathas never been witnessed dur-ing the wartime.

The exact death toll wasnot known. But as per reportsavailable, nearly 2,40,000 peo-ple died in the attack. And thishorror attack had indeed leftmillions traumatised and evenstigmatised in the days tocome. The victims were killedby intense heat, radiation, flash-es, firestorms, etc. Initially peo-ple just noticed huge ball of fireon the spot of the bombing.The relics of the atomic attackcan be witnessed in an unquan-tifiable legacy of radiation,leukemia, anemia, cataracts,keloids (in this case, a scar tis-sue heals and at times heals toomuch which finally leads toswelling and can result inabnormal growth), major birthcomplications like micro-cephaly (a condition in whichthe head of the baby is small-er than the usual size) and

finally, environmental degra-dation of monumental vol-ume. Many reports say thattemperatures at the epicentre ofthe blast reached an estimated7,000 degrees Celsius. As thetemperature rose, it causedmassive burning of peoplewithin a radius of approxi-mately three kilometres. The whirlwind of heat brought by it further led tothousands of fires in andaround both the cities.

Meanwhile more and morepeople died of suffocationbecause of lack of oxygen as thefirestorm consumed all of it.The saddest part of the tragedywas that these complicationshave become a significant partof inter-generational legacy ofJapanese people living in thesecities and adjacent areas.

What had exactly takenplace in Hiroshima is vividlyspoken in this historic poemcalled, ‘No More Hiroshimas’:

‘Here atomic peace isgeared to meet the tourist trade

Let it remain like this for allthe world to see.

Without nobility or loveli-ness, and dogged with shame

That is beyond all hope ofindignation. Anger too is dead.

And why should memori-als of what was far

From pleasant have thegrace that helps us to forget?’

Precisely, this poem speaksvolumes about the agonies ofthe after-effects of “Little Boy”and “Fat Man”. The survivorsknown as ‘Hibakusha’ todaysuffer terminal illnesses such ascancer. This has left an indeli-ble mark in the Japanese soci-ety, economy, culture, and mostimportantly on the polity. Thethen Emperor of JapanHirohito surrendered to theAllied Powers on August 15,1945, and that brought an endto one of the most devastatingwars in human history.

The rise of the militarists inJapan in the inter-war periodindeed had spiked its ambitionto become an Asian power inthe continent. Simply put,Japan’s war aims were primar-ily to establish a “New Order”in East Asia. And interesting-ly this was based on a frame-work of co-prosperity whichwill place Japan at the centre ofan economic bloc consisting ofManchuria, Korea and NorthChina. Ironically, the smartimperial moves advanced byJapan gradually underminedthe slogan called “East Asia forAsiatics” and replaced it with“East Asia for Japan”.

Apart from these Japaneseambitions, the entire SecondWorld War was a unique one.First of all, it was a multi-the-atre war wherein wars were

fought in Africa, Europe and inthe Pacific. However, thePacific theatre saw some of theintense fighting zones. Second,for the first time, the atomicweapons were used in this warand also on civilian targetswhich eventually led to the endof the war. Third, the war in thePacific saw the Allied Power ofthe US fighting the Axis Powerof Japan. Historical recordsreveal that this part of the warhad remained incredibly bru-tal and devastating for soldierson both sides. In fact, fightingthe Japanese Army was one ofthe toughest tasks for theAmerican soldiers because oftheir extreme loyalty to thenation and their Emperor. Thiswas very evident in the war ofIwo Jima that took place fromFebruary to March 1945between the US and Japan,codenamed by the Americansas “Operation Downfall”. Itwas really difficult to defeat theJapanese forces because of thefact that they either die fight-ing till the last or by resortingto ritual suicide instead of sur-rendering to American forces.The “Bushido Code of Honor”followed by a unique war pro-paganda to project theAmerican soldiers as ruthless animals prevented theJapanese forces to quit the war.It must have been one

of the few important reasonsthat compelled the US to final-ly press the nuclear buttonagainst Japan.

The long-term effects ofthe atomic bombs are stillaround in both Hiroshima andNagasaki. And these disas-trous effects can be easilynoticed in the vast landscape,environment and most impor-tantly on the people of thesecities. Even today historians arewidely divided on the matterwhether nuclear bombingshave finally stopped the warand averted a massive land war,probably leading to the loss ofmillions of soldiers on bothsides. This was evident in whatwas later expressed by the USSecretary of War HenryStimson in 1947, “The princi-pal political, social and militaryobjective of the US in the sum-mer of 1945 was the promptand complete surrender ofJapan.” Though the decisionwas unfortunate, it was adopt-ed for a greater good of human-ity. A Gallup Poll conducted in1945 among the Americansrevealed that 85 per cent ofthem were in favour of thenuclear bombing. But suchconjectures hardly mattered tothose who died and moreimportantly those who havesurvived till date. Many of the“Hibakushas” have been

encountering physical and psy-chological traumas and strug-gling to live in open societies.They being the first victims ofatomic age are at timesshunned by people when itcomes to marriage because ofthe prejudice that they maycarry radiation related dis-eases. It is purely an insur-mountable mental battle for thesurvivors of the disaster simplyto live and to let their next gen-eration carry forward.

Is war morally justified?Can a pacifist perspective savethis planet from war hawks?Can the whole lot of non-vio-lent and peace-loving populaceprevent the brutes? These arealarming, complex and terri-fying questions, having almostno accurate answers. Nowhereon this earth, can one justifywar, leading to killing of civil-ians, either to protect onessovereign territories, groupsand especially to annex terri-tories of other countries.Hiroshima and Nagasaki aremindless human disasters andsymbols of ultimate war bru-tality. Not a single AmericanPresident so far has apolo-gised for this tragedy. BarrackObama was the first sitting USPresident to visit Hiroshima in2016, but he did never mentionof any such apology. The rem-nants of this horrendous

episode will remind mankindof the misuse of science & tech-nology developed by legendaryscientist Albert Einstein.Ironically, the great physicistwas an avowed pacifist!

(The writer is an expert oninternational affairs)

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have had one characteristic incommon: it was the willingnessto confront unequivocally themajor anxiety of their people intheir time. This, and not muchelse, is the essence of leadership.”

John Kenneth Galbraith inTHE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY

April 1983. I, first time inDelhi from a small town

Gorakhpur, having travelledmore than 24 hours to cover adistance of almost 800 oddkilometres, lodged in adharamshala where I was allot-ted a small room with slow-moving ceiling fan coupledwith totally ineffective andnon-functional fan-regulator.Beggars can’t be choosers. Itdoes not take much wisdom topronounce such dictums butrealisation of truth behindthese words was yet anothermilestone I reached in myearly life. Yes, India, then, wasa poor country by any socio-economic standard. Moreimportantly then even afteralmost 35 years of its indepen-dence, it had all the attributesbefitting the status of whatSwedish economist GunnarMyrdal, the most eclectic econ-omist of last century andfamous for his magnum opusThe Asian Drama, called Asiancountries “soft state”.

A day later, I was before theinterview board assessing myworth and ranking in CivilServices. One of the membersasked me if I had heard ofeconomist Galbraith and hisbook the Affluent Society. Myanswer was affirmative. Heasked me the meaning of theword, “affluent”. I replied; heseemed satisfied. Anotherquestion ensued. “Why didGalbraith call India ‘a func-tioning anarchy’?” I was at aloss for words. I had noanswers. But I took a chanceand quoted Nirad C Chaudhuriwho in the context of tardyimplementation of landreforms wrote in one of hisbooks, “We don’t have guts todo it.” The member looks at meambivalently and passed me onto the next member.

I have been an admirer asmuch as of Nirad CChaudhuri’s intellectualprowess as of Galbraith’s can-didly shared experiences. Howtrue both were? What Galbraithimplied, as is commonly under-stood, was that the country didwell despite the Governmentnot doing much. Governmentnot doing much was the maintheme of Galbraithian oxy-moron. What is a “soft state”?Myrdal had a definition readywith him. He illustrated a soft

state in terms of a set of char-acteristics. These inter-aliainclude 1) various types ofsocial indiscipline which man-ifest themselves by deficienciesin legislation and, in particular,law observance and enforce-ment, 2) a widespread disobe-dience by public officials and,3) often, their collusion withpowerful persons and groups...whose conduct they shouldregulate. Vested interests play avital role in soft state. Galbraithwrote, “Ideas may be superiorto vested interest. They arealso very often the children ofvested interest.”

For Myrdal “competence ofthe government of the poorcountry is itself a part of equi-librium of poverty.” Myrdalemphasised the intimate rela-tionship between poverty, pop-ulation and soft state.Functioning anarchy connoteswhen society develops andgrows in the absence of anyhelp from state like authorityand continues to perform itsnormal functions. Read togeth-er, both these terms combine torefer to a situation where soci-ety functions without any stateinterference and help. Theprincipal reason why Indiaremained a “soft state” or metthe criteria of “functioninganarchy” was absence of “guts”to take in time hard decisionsin larger public good.

India, for a fairly long time,represented a combination of asoft state enduring indifferenceand incompetence of its func-tionaries while a social orderexisted marked by inadequatefunctioning of both state andsociety. In India if we look at thebehaviour of society, individu-als, institutions, policy makingcircles and the social elite andsystems, there are reasons tobelieve that for a considerablepart of post freedom period, theillusion of governance ratherthan good governance was theperceived reality.

With the BJP coming topower under the leadership ofNarendra Modi in 2014, theimage of India as a soft state hasundergone complete change.Last six years have witnessedfoundational changes in econ-omy and society. The scenariois much cleaner: the haze hasvanished, transparency isinbuilt in decisions taken andthe hands of a strong firmleader are writ large. NeitherGunnar Myrdal’s “soft state”nor does Galbrathian “func-tioning anarchy” holds water.The leader of almost 138 croreIndians leads from the front: beit digitisation, demonetisation,a new India, surgical strike,handling Covid pandemic or

recent skirmishes with China.Let us take three examples.

During recent past inremote Ladakh region border-ing China, the soldiers of thetwo countries did face off fornearly two months. In June thisyear there was hand-to-handcombat between Indian andChinese soldiers that resultedin causalities on both sides. Itwas the worst confrontation inover four decades between twocountries which fought a bor-der war in 1962, spilling intoLadakh. The two countrieshave been trying to settle theirborder dispute since the early1990s, without success. Thedisputed border covers nearly3,500 kilometres of frontierreferred to as the Line of ActualControl and stretches fromLadakh in the north to theIndian State of Sikkim in theNorth-east. Indian leadershipheaded by the strong PrimeMinister took an extremelycourageous step to correct ahistorical wrong. It declaredLadakh a federal territory whileseparating it from Kashmir inAugust 2019, ending the terri-tory’s semi-autonomous status.It must have infuriated Chinathat condemned the move.Historical wrongs by one coun-try more often than not pleasemany countries especiallyneighbours. These open gatesfor other countries to fish introubled waters.

Prime Minister NarendraModi made an unannouncedvisit to this region. He mettroops in Ladakh region andinteracted with brave armedforces personnel. Praising thevalour of Indian jawans, hechanted, “Long live motherIndia.” Reminding that “afterevery crisis, India has emergedstronger,” the Prime Ministersaid, “Enemies of India haveseen your fire and fury.” Andgave a firm message, “Days ofexpansionism are over.Expansionism creates dangerfor world peace. This is an eraof development. Expansionistforces have either lost or forcedto turn back.” His message wasloud and clear: he meant busi-ness. No-nonsense attituderequires political guts and nowthere is no dearth of it.Government’s decision to banChinese apps and do awaywith many big projects that hadgone to Chinese companiesmust have taken China byutter surprise. First time in thehistory of independent India,an Indian leader showed firm-ness of voice and intent.Similarly in case of Pulwamaterrorist massacre, there was aretaliatory Indian airstrike onthe Jaish-e-Mohammed’s lair in

Balakot. The days of a soft stateare over. Modi minces nowords when it comes to callinga spade a spade: be it within thecountry or outside especiallywith irking neighbours.

Second, let us now come toabolition of Article 370. Article370 of the Constitution grant-ed special status to Jammu &Kashmir whereby provisions ofthe Constitution which wereapplicable to other States werenot applicable to J&K. This arti-cle provided, except for defense,foreign affairs, finance andcommunications, Parliamentneeds the State Government’sconcurrence for applying allother laws. Did it not soundridiculous? Over a period oftime, Article 370 allowed vest-ed interests within Jammu &Kashmir prosper for their ownnefarious purposes. Mostimportantly Article 370 com-promised the unity, integrityand sovereignty of the country.Article 370 created power eliteswielding prodigious power andcontrol over resources resultingin genuine demands of com-mon people remaining unmet.Article 370 was utilised todeprive both Ladakh andJammu region of a fair share ofeconomic pie. While, Article370 provided political, eco-nomic and cultural and othersafeguards to Kashmiris, it wasalso misused by some to denythe same safeguards to people

of other regions of the State.Existence of Article 370brought sufferings, traumaboth physical and psychologi-cal and alienation to commonpeople of J&K.

In August 2019, theGovernment abolished Article370 that gave special status toJammu & Kashmir. It alsomoved a Bill to bifurcate theState into two separate unionterritories of Jammu & Kashmir,and Ladakh. The UT in Ladakhwill have no legislature likeChandigarh while the otherUT of Jammu & Kashmir willhave a legislature like Delhi andPuducherry. The move deserveshigh praise for it corrected a his-torical wrong. It’s easy to com-mit historical wrongs with aview to obtain some short-term benefits with long-termadverse consequences but cor-recting such historical wrongsreally requires tough interior ofleadership and political guts. Ahistorical wrong existing fordecades can be corrected onlyby a leader who has visionaryqualities in him both: short-term and long-term. One of themost important consequencesof abolition of Article 370 is nowthe veil covering J&K has evap-orated. Article 370 that prompt-ed separatist forces to feelenthused to indulge in sepa-ratism, including terrorist activ-ities, will now not protect them.The monopoly of a few house-holds in J&K to hold the UnionGovernment to ransom endedand ended for good. Sunrayscan now peep into J&K andtransparency is very muchalready in place. Abolition willalso help economically weakersections. For example, duringlast one year, the Governmentissued domicile certificates toWest Pakistani refugees,Valminki Community. Thiscommunity, along withGorkhas, was considered non-state subjects and thus wasdeprived of their citizenshiprights. The process of assimila-tion of Kashmiris into thenational mainstream has begun.

Third, demonetisation. Theconcept of New India and digi-tisation cannot be achievedwithout demonetisation.Economists, by and large,believe that delivery of publicgoods through the systemsbefore high-value currencynotes were demonetised inNovember 2016 was imbuedwith corruption leading to hugedelays and inefficiency. Blackmoney implied parallel econo-my eating into the vitals ofhealthy economic relations.The objective of demonetisationwas to curtail the black moneyrunning as shadow economy

and to prevent the use of coun-terfeit cash to fund illegal activ-ity and terrorism. The movewas riddled with administrativehiccups which got overcomewith the passage of time.

The audacity of the movesent out a strong signal aboutgovernmental determinationto establish rule of law and pur-sue it firmly and vigorously.There has been a markedbroadening of India’s directtax base. The lesson learnt isthat the premium on honestyhas been restored.Demonetisation is the greatestfinancial reform aiming attackling black money, illegalpractices and counterfeit cur-rency notes. The move hasalready helped the Governmentto track the black money andthe amount collected by meansof tax can be better utilised forthe public welfare and devel-opment schemes. Most impor-tantly, demonetisation has beenseen as a move to place a dras-tic curb on terrorist activities.The funding of the terrorismbecause of inflow of unac-counted cash and fake curren-cy in huge quantity hasstopped. Money launderingwill eventually end as suchactivities can easily be trackedand lawful action initiated.One key impact of demoneti-sation has been that more peo-ple have made digital pay-ments part of their lives andloved moving towards a cash-less economy. The end resultshave been successful digitisa-tion, honest transactions andfinancial transparency both inpublic and private life by effec-tively pushing the transitionfrom a cash-based to digitallyenabled economy. Digitisationand demonetisation makeexcellent bed-fellow. Bothencourage access to techno-logical innovation, enhance-ment of digital financial ser-vices infrastructure and greaterfinancial inclusion. For poli-cymakers it is easier now topinpoint areas relevant todesigning policies needed tofacilitate the adoption of digi-tal payment systems. Coupledwith tax and regulatory over-haul, demonetisation is set toboost economic growth andprosperity. Demonetisation isan essential measure tostrengthen democracy.

In my view the most cru-cial element that has con-tributed to the end of “softstate” and “functioning anar-chy” is massive empowermentof people particularly fromlower strata of society. Thosewho listen to “Mann Ki Baat”programme of the PrimeMinister, delivered on last

Sunday of every month, musthave noticed it is a mightymeans for the Prime Ministerto reach out to 138 crore peo-ple and equally mighty meansfor 138 crore people to reachout to the Prime Minister. Thisis real empowerment. Realempowerment brings nationalunity and collective prosperi-ty. It ends vested interests andcorruption. It allows sunrays toillumine people and society.

Before we finish and cometo a conclusion, it is pertinentto highlight what Galbraithrecorded in The Age ofUncertainty regarding his asso-ciation with India’s first PrimeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru. Letme quote Galbraith, “ForNehru, the temptation toequivocate was especiallystrong. Nehru himself movedeasily among Europeans, oftenwith a poorly concealed senseof his own superior grace andeducation. Once he told me,again not quite seriously, thathe would be the lastEnglishman to be PrimeMinister of India… WhenHitler became the great sourceof anxiety, Roosevelt faced thatfear, as did Winston Churchilland Charles de Gaulle. Nehrudid not have a similar capaci-ty for change… In his lastyears his leadership suffered. Aleader must be able to confrontthe anxieties of his time. Hemust also change as thesechanges.” Nehru did not changewith changing mass anxieties,and thus his leadership suffered in his last years, so said Galbraith.

The three above citedexamples which are only illus-trative and not exhaustiveanswer very effectively whetherIndia is still a “soft state” or “afunctioning anarchy”? Theanswer is an emphatic “No”.India functions much better, itbelieves in sagacity and benev-olence but it has done away withbeing a “soft state”. The signs ofcomplacency, general inertiaand propensity towardsappeasement of certain sec-tions of society prevalent insociety have vanished. Harddecisions with positive conse-quences of far-reaching effectare being taken in the interest ofnation and people. To draw ananalogy from Galbraith whowrote in the same book “Thegreatest support to evasioncomes from complexity. Theproblem seeming difficult, wepostpone, compromise, yieldto conveniences of politics.”That is simple hari-kari andPrime Minister Modi has sim-ply put an end to such hara-kirisby not evading taking harddecisions. Thus the first require-

ment of India ceasing to beeither a “soft state” or a “func-tioning anarchy” has been morethan adequately met by theleader of the nation who withhis visionary qualities not only“confronts the anxieties of histime” but also changes as thesechange. Narendra Modi asPrime Minister has successful-ly confronted the anxieties of138 crore Indians. This in turnoffers a New India which pre-serves and enhances humanfreedom, fosters prosperity,reduces inequality, discrimina-tion and oppression and aboveall upholds the dignity of humanbeings. India is well poised at agreat moment in its history.

(Born in Gorakhpur in1960, KK Srivastava did hisMasters in Economics fromGorakhpur University in 1980and joined Indian Audit &Accounts Service in 1983. He isa poet, writer and critic. Hisfourth book Soliloquy of a SmallTown Uncivil Servant: a literarynon-fiction published in March2019 by Rupa Publications,New Delhi has been receivinginternational acclaim in literaryfield. He was Additional DeputyComptroller and AuditorGeneral in the office ofComptroller & Auditor Generalof India when he superannuat-ed recently. Views expressedhere are his own)

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forced by circumstances, one wouldwish to live on own exclusive terms. If,perchance, the ego level is high, onewould not care for other’s sensibilitiesand concerns either, often inviting dis-comfort. In this complex world, whereevery being is born unique, each mani-festing varying desire and mind traits, isit possible to pursue one’s whims andfancies unhindered? Not at all, in fact,the world is a natural breeding groundfor conflict of interest. So, no initiativeor movement can come about withoutbeing faced with challenges. That callsfor a lesson in the ‘art of living’, whichmay help us intelligently negotiate withthe callings of life, overriding all oddscoming our way.

The other day a worried mothercame asking: “Sir, my daughter is inacute stress. She is very intelligent. Yet,she is struggling in her career. She wasnot comfortable in her job. In a state ofdesperation, she left her job and is nowpursuing her own business venture. Herealso, things are not moving along theexpected lines. She doesn’t get along

with her family members either. Pleaseguide me as to what is in store for her?”

Well, in so far as your daughter’spotential is concerned, she has thecapacity to make it big in life. Provided,she overcomes her inherent fault linesthat stand in way of her positives bloom-ing out in full. Intelligence by itself can’tensure success. Even more important isto learn how to use it productively. Itappears that she may keep breeding verygood ideas, but because of her own infir-mities she is not able to successfully pur-sue them to their logical end.

Here, an insight into astrologicalpointers to her personality traitsbecomes imperative. The main markeris Mercury, the lagna as well as Moonsign lord. Although Mercury is exalted,meaning high level of intelligence andanalytical abilities, but is ill-disposed offto Moon, Mars, Uranus and Neptune.This planetary alignment, in the firstplace implies that plurality is her pas-sion and would never be satisfied withthe just one task in hand. Midwaythrough, she may delve into too manythings, leaving all of them half way. She,thus can’t remain riveted to her prioritypreferences. Second, she wishes to live

on her own exclusive terms. She wouldbe stuck to her delusional perceptions,and not prepared to look beyond for areality check. Third, she literally suffersfrom ‘I am the only right person syn-drome’, as if others are not intelligentenough to understand and appreciateher perception. She would wish from allothers to follow her script. If someonedisagrees, she may become overcritical,and would not hesitate passing sarcasticremarks. In fact, ‘my way or high way’ isher attitude. Fourth, she is temperamen-tal, moody and irritable. What furthercompounds her problem is thatMercury is placed adverse to Neptune,which accounts for her insensible rea-soning and judgment. Fifth, Moonopposite Uranus gives her a mercurialtemperament. Sixth, she is vulnerable tosuffer from inferiority complex, whichcomes into play as and when thingsdon’t move on expected lines. All puttogether tells upon her interpersonalrelationship skills, which is why she isnot able to get along with others. It maynot come as a surprise that she wouldbe trying to force her ideas even on herclients. Later, admitting this, the girlsaid: “Sir, I try to give my best to thembut they don’t appreciated my view-

point.” What she doesn’t understandthat the client is better conversant withhis logistics, and accordingly he mayhave other perspective, which she needsto appreciate. With this mindset, thebusiness won’t grow. On top of all that,the Sun placed adverse to Jupiter speaksof her swaggering ego, which makes herstuck to her self-defined parameters andwould not take kindly, if a contrarianview is offered even with best intent.Instead of trying to understand what theother person really means, and accord-ingly make necessary amends, she willbecome overcritical and try to defendherself. And the result is there to see.

All the above infirmities could beovercome given the fact that benevolentJupiter extends its harmonious aspect onMercury, which also speaks loud of herimmense potential, lying dormant thusfar. Provided, she consciously exploitsthis inlaid potential, when her positivesmay come into full play that may leadher towards a better tomorrow.

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