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I ndia is committed to peace but “it is also ready for any eventuality,” was Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s stern message to China from the floor of Parliament on Tuesday with regard to a massive build- up on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the eastern Ladakh. Repeatedly blaming China for attempted transgression of LAC and aggressive behav- iour, Singh said in the Lok Sabha that the country’s forces are fully-prepared, stocked with arms, ammunition, food, and winter clothing. Speaking about the pro- longed stand-off with China on the Ladakh border, the Defence Minister accused China of vio- lating established rules and conventions laid down by 1993 and 1996 agreements between the two countries and “trans- gressing” the border. While stating that the Indian Army is “battle-ready”, Rajnath said the border issue could be resolved by talks and dialogue. He said that the onus is on Beijing which has “pro- voked us” by “violent con- duct” when talks were still on between the two sides. The Defence Minister said in the middle of May China “attempted to transgress in many places in the western sec- tor, including Kongka La, Gogra, Galwan and North Bank of Pangong Lake. This invited counter-measures from Indian side”. In his brief statement in the House, Rajnath said China has mobilised a large number of troops on the LAC and India too has made “suitable counter- moves”. He said he could not go into more details but assured that armed forces are fully pre- pared to protect the country’s territorial integrity and sover- eignty. Rajnath said the country is facing the challenging situation in Ladakh and the entire House should make a unanimous res- olution to strongly back the bravehearts at the borders pro- tecting the country in a diffi- cult situation. “Jawano ka hosla buland hain”, he said amid thumping of desks by the members. Congress MPs who want- ed to ask questions on the issue later walked out from the House when Speaker Om Birla reminded them of rule 370 say- ing “no question can be asked after Minister’s statement”. The Defence Minister con- stantly alluded to the “dis- trust” created by China by its actions on the ground while talks between the two sides on the military and diplomatic level were underway during the last few months. He said China had increased its mobilisation on the LAC since April and May, this year, and tried to “transgress” LAC. Continued on Page 2 T he Government on Tuesday said no actionable inputs were received by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) reveal- ing the alleged nexus between people in the film industry and drug traffickers. This after veteran actress and Parliamentarian Jaya Bachchan alleged that a vicious attempt was underway to defame the film industry by linking it to drug abuse. Jaya’s charge invited a sharp reaction from actress Kangana Ranaut and strong backing from several Bollywood celebrities. Replying to a written ques- tion in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the NCB carries out searches, seizures, arrests and investigations con- tinuously throughout the year on the actionable inputs devel- oped on its own or received from other sources. “During the period of Covid-19 lockdown, no such actionable inputs were received by the NCB revealing the nexus between people in the film industry and drug traffickers,” he said. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Jaya rebutted BJP MP and film actor Ravi Kishan’s comments in the Lok Sabha about drug addiction in Bollywood. Jaya said the film industry was being “flogged by social media and the Government’s non-support”. “Just because of a few peo- ple, you cannot tarnish the whole industry... I was really embarrassed and ashamed that yesterday one of our members in the Lok Sabha, who is from the industry, spoke against the film industry. Jis thaali me khaate hain, usi me chhed karte hain,” Jaya said. Ravi Kishan, a popular actor of Bhojpuri and Hindi films, raised in Parliament the drug-related allegations that have emerged against the film industry in the Sushant Singh Rajput investigations. He alleged a “conspiracy” by Pakistan and China to destroy the country’s younger citizens. Jaya further said such state- ments were meant to divert attention from the state of the economy and unemployment in the country. “The entertainment indus- try in our country provides direct employment every day to five lakh people and indirect employment to five million people. At a time when the financial situation is in a depressing state and employ- ment is at the worst level, in order to divert the attention of the people, we are being used to be flogged by social media and the Government’s non- support. But people who have made their name in this film industry have called it a gutter. I completely disagree,” the SP MP said. Continued on Page 2 I n the run up to the Bihar Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated another set of infra structure projects worth 540 crore for the State through video conference in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The projects include sew- erage treatment plants at Beur and Karam-Leechak in Patna city, as well as water-related projects in Siwan and Chhapra under the “AMRUT” Yojana. Apart from this, the PM laid foundation stones for water supply projects in Munger and Jamalpur and River Front Development Scheme under Namami Gange in Muzaffarpur. The Prime Minister said even during the times of coro- na, the work on various devel- opment projects progressed uninterrupted in Bihar. Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi assured that projects will be completed on time. The Prime Minister on Sunday inaugurated a slew of petro chemical projects worth 940 crore in the poll bound State. The PM lauded the con- tribution of the engineers to the development of the country on the occasion of Engineer’s Day, which is celebrated in the memory of India’s pioneering modern civil engineer, M Visvesvaraya. Modi said Bihar also significantly contributed towards development of the country by producing millions of engineers. Modi said Bihar is the land of historical cities and has a rich heritage of thousands of years. Continued on Page 2 T he Union Home Ministry on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that no leader in Jammu & Kashmir is current- ly under house arrest. It, however, admitted that 223 people in J&K are under detention. Interestingly, another inter- esting detail was found missing in the statement. It was on July 31, 2020 the detention of for- mer Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti under the stringent Public Safety Act was extended by three months. Minister of State (Home) G Kishan Reddy in a written reply to a question raised by Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Ray said, “The Government of Jammu & Kashmir has reported that after the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year various mea- sures were taken to maintain public order, which included preventive detention of certain persons.” “As on September 11, 223 persons are under detention. No person is under house arrest in the UT of Jammu & Kashmir,” he said. Meanwhile, a close aide of Mehbooba and a former Cabinet Minister reacted sharply labeling it a “blatant lie”. Naeem Akhtar, a former Minister in the Mehbooba Government tweeted, there are many categories of lies. “Lies, white lies, data, judicial lies (spoken on oath), parliamen- tary lies: This Government excels in all.” Another Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed Para in a separate tweet said, “Blatant lies (told) in Parliament by Union Ministers that no one is under house arrest. It has now been seven months of house arrest and six months of detention for many of us, since 5 August 2019. The detention of Mehbooba under the strin- gent Public Safety Act was extended by three months, hours before it was due to expire ahead of the anniversary of Abrogation of Article 370. I ndia’s Covid-19 caseload crossed 5 million marks on Tuesday as the pandemic showed no sign of plateauing out any sooner. Maharashtra breached a landmark of 30,000 deaths on Tuesday, as an all-time high 515 people succumbed to Covid- 19, while 20,482 more people tested positive for the pan- demic in various parts of the State. The number of new cases is nearly 4,000 lower than the State’s highest single-day tally. India on Tuesday recorded 82,375 new cases and 1,237 deaths. There has been a gen- eral trend that due to the lag effect of reduced testing at the weekend, the first two days of the weeks show relatively fewer cases. This may explain slight- ly subdued numbers on Monday (81,000 cases and Tuesday. Last week, India recorded more than 97,000 new cases twice in a single day. Each of the four worst- affected States — Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka — recorded fewer cases than their highest single-day spike. But Uttar Pradesh (6,841 cases), Delhi (4,261 cases) and West Bengal (3,237 cases) showed no sign of any weakening in the spread of the pandemic. Continued on Page 2 T he Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained Sudarshan TV from telecasting two episodes of “Bindas Bol” programme, which are sched- uled for Tuesday and Wednesday saying it prime facie appears to “vilify” the Muslim community. “At this stage, prima facie it does appear that the pro- gramme does vilify the Muslim community,” the SC said while staying the telecast of two episodes of the programme on alleged infiltration of Muslims into the bureaucracy. A three-judge bench head- ed by Justice DY Chandrachud which heard the plea against the serial said it would hear the matter on September 17. Continued on Page 2 I ndia on Tuesday walked out of a meeting of the National Security Advisors (NSA) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SC0) after Pakistan presented a “ficti- tious” map of the country showing Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Gujarat as its part. The Ministry of External Affairs said what Pakistan was in “blatant disregard to host Russia’s advisory”. Making its position clear, the Ministry said, “At the meet- ing of NSAs of member states of the SCO, hosted by the Chair of the SCO (Russia), the Pakistani NSA deliberately pro- jected a fictitious map that Pakistan has recently been propagating.” The Ministry in a state- ment said, “This was in blatant disregard to the advisory by the host against it and in violation of the norms of the meeting. After consultation with the host, the Indian side left the meeting in protest at that junc- ture. Pakistan then went on to present a misleading view of this meeting.” India was represented by NSA Ajit Doval. Sources said Russia termed Pakistan’s act as “provocative” and clarified that it did not sup- port such an action. Continued on Page 2 New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved establishment of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Bihar’s Darbhanga, an official statement said on Tuesday. The institute will come up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) at a total cost of 1,264 crore, it said. Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said that he tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday and is presently in home isolation in New Delhi. “I have undergone Covid test RT-PCR and have tested positive for Covid19. I am asymptomatic and feeling healthy,” Khandu tweeted. T he Congress on Tuesday questioned the absence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha when Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made a statement on the India-China border standoff. The Congress also wanted to know if the Chinese have encroached on Depsang Plains, Gogra, Pangong-Tso Lake till Finger 8, Y-junction in Bhutan, Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand and in Arunachal Pradesh. Former Congress presi- dent Rahul Gandhi, who is abroad currently accompany- ing his mother and interim party chief Sonia Gandhi for a health check-up, attacked the Prime Minister for “mislead- ing” the country over Chinese transgressions. “The country has always stood by its armed forces and will continue to do so in future. But Modiji, when will you stand against China? When will we take back the land of our country from China? Don’t be scared of taking China’s name,” Rahul tweeted. Continued on Page 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

invited counter-measures fromIndian side”.

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

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

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

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

Continued on Page 2

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The Government on Tuesdaysaid no actionable inputs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

economy and unemploymentin the country.

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

Continued on Page 2

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In the run up to the BiharAssembly elections, Prime

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

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

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

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

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

The Prime Minister onSunday inaugurated a slew ofpetro chemical projects worth

�940 crore in the poll boundState.

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

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

and has a rich heritage ofthousands of years.

Continued on Page 2

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The Union Home Ministryon Tuesday informed the

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

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

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

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

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

“As on September 11, 223

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

Meanwhile, a close aide ofMehbooba and a formerCabinet Minister reacted

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

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

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

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India’s Covid-19 caseloadcrossed 5 million marks on

Tuesday as the pandemicshowed no sign of plateauingout any sooner.

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

India on Tuesday recorded82,375 new cases and 1,237deaths. There has been a gen-eral trend that due to the lageffect of reduced testing at theweekend, the first two days ofthe weeks show relatively fewercases. This may explain slight-ly subdued numbers onMonday (81,000 cases andTuesday. Last week, Indiarecorded more than 97,000

new cases twice in a single day.Each of the four worst-

affected States — Maharashtra,Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Naduand Karnataka — recordedfewer cases than their highestsingle-day spike. But UttarPradesh (6,841 cases), Delhi(4,261 cases) and West Bengal(3,237 cases) showed no sign ofany weakening in the spread ofthe pandemic.

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The Supreme Court onTuesday restrained

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

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

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

Continued on Page 2

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India on Tuesday walked outof a meeting of the National

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

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

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

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

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

India was represented byNSA Ajit Doval.

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

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Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandusaid that he tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday and ispresently in home isolation in New Delhi. “I have undergoneCovid test RT-PCR and have tested positive for Covid19. I amasymptomatic and feeling healthy,” Khandu tweeted.

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The Congress on Tuesdayquestioned the absence of

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

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

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

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

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

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Asero-prevalance survey con-ducted in the first week of

August in Delhi has found that79 of the 257 people, who recov-ered from Covid-19 and werepart of the exercise, did not haveantibodies against the virus.

About 15,000 representa-tive samples were taken in theAugust 1-7 survey from 11 dis-tricts and tested for anti-bodies (IgG) against the virus.

Blood samples of 257 peo-ple who had tested Covid-19positive earlier and then recov-ered, were also taken during thesurvey to test if they had anti-bodies. Seventy-nine of thesepeople did not have the anti-bodies against the virus,according to its report of theAugust serological survey.

The exercise was under-taken for a comprehensiveassessment of the Covid-19 sit-uation in Delhi and to formu-late strategies based on its find-ings. The samples collected as

part of this exercise spanned dif-ferent areas and age groups, gen-der and economic class.Antibodies against Covid-19infection were found in 29.1 percent of people in the Augustsero-prevalence survey in thenational capital, Delhi HealthMinister Satyendar Jain hadsaid late last month whileannouncing its results.

Prevalence of antibodiesfound in males was 28.3 percent, and in females 32.2 percent. Out of total number ofsamples, 25 per cent were takenfrom the age group of less than18 years, another 50 per centfrom 18-49 years age bracketand remaining 25 per centfrom those in the age group of50 years or more, the DelhiHealth Minister had said.

Among the people sam-pled, who had Covid-19 earli-er and recovered but did notshow antibodies during thesurvey might have had con-tracted the disease severalmonths ago at the early stage of

the novel coronavirus infection.So, their antibodies (IgG) mighthave disappeared, experts said.

But in most cases, thememory cells would rememberthe virus and trigger animmune response if a personwho has recovered from Covid-19 is again attacked by thevirus, they said.

On longevity of antibodiesdeveloped in response toCovid-19, Jain on August 20had said, according to expertsthese antibodies can last forseveral months — say 5-8months — but the body alsoproduces T-cells in response tothe infection. These T-cells,also called memory cells, helpfight any possible infectionagain, and so, it is “very rare”that a person who has recov-ered from Covid-19 will bediagnosed with it again, theheath minister had said.

Scientists and experts atMaulana Azad Medical College(MAMC) had led the technicalteam of the August survey.

The sero-prevalence foundin northeast district was 29.6per cent, south district 27.2 percent, southeast 33.2 per centand New Delhi 24.6 per cent.

The report also said the

participants who were living inor had ever lived in a contain-ment zone in Delhi, had a “sig-nificantly higher sero-prevalance” than those whohad never lived in it.

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In a major reshuffle at the toplevel, six IPS officers of the

Delhi Police were transferredand given new responsibilitiesin the national Capital.

The Delhi Police in itsexpansion has also inducted thepost of Special Commissionerof Police, Law and order ofWestern zone (Delhi West andNorthern range) and appoint-ed 1990 batch IPS Sanjay Singh,who was posted as Special CP,Transport Range andLicensing.

Earlier, there were two

posts of Special CP, Law andOrder as Northern zone(Central, Eastern and Northrange) and South zone(Western, New Delhi andSouthern range).

According to the orderissued by Delhi LieutenantGovernor, Anil Baijal’s office onSeptember 15, the 1989 batchIPS Ranvir Singh Krishnia hasbeen given responsibility asSpecial CP, Law and Order,South Zone while SatishGolcha, IPS 1992 batch hasbeen appointed as Special CP,Law and Order Central Range.

Meanwhile, Mukesh

Chandra, IPS 1988 batch hasbeen appointed as Special CP,operations and Licensing andRobin Hibu, IPS 1993 batch hasbeen given responsibility asSpecial CP, Armed Police andPlanning and Implementation.

Anand Mohan, IPS 1994batch has been appointed asSpecial CP, Training andTransport Range. The AssistantCommissioner of Police (ACP),Program and Communication,Amar Singh Meena (DANIPS)has been transferred asAdditional DeputyCommissioner of Police(DCP), Communications.

Gurugram: A 36-year-old wife ofa head constable of the HaryanaPolice allegedly committed suicideby jumping off the 7th floor of aresidential tower located in dis-trict police lines in Gurugram lateon Monday night.

The deceased has been iden-tified as Chanchal. She original-ly hailed from Hansi in Hisar dis-trict of Haryana, the police saidon Tuesday. According to thepolice, head constable RajeshSaini lives along with his familyin Tower-C at the police lines and

was currently posted at the UdyogVihar police station.

Preliminary investigationssuggest that a family disputecould be the reason behind theextreme step.

“Family members of the cou-ple were present in Gurugram toresolve the dispute between thecouple on Monday night. Later,the woman stepped out towardsTower E and jumped off from the7th floor and died on the spot, “said Subhash Boken, spokespersonof the Gurugram police. SR

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday grantedinterim protection from arrest to former

Punjab SGP Sumedh Singh Saini in the 1991case of alleged murder of a junior engineerBalwant Singh Multani.

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, RSReddy and M R Shah sought response fromPunjab government on Saini’s plea challeng-ing the Punjab and Haryana High Court orderrefusing to grant him anticipatory bail in thecase. The bench posted the matter for hear-ing after four weeks and said that Saini is notto be arrested till further orders and he shall

cooperate in the investigation.During the hearing, the bench questioned

the senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appear-ing for the Punjab Government that what isthe hurry in arresting Saini after 29 years ofthe case. Luthra replied that the former DGPhaving “Z” plus security is absconding.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appear-ing for Saini, said that he is a decorated offi-cer who had suffered bullet injuries and risenfrom the ranks.

He said Saini was the Superintendent ofPolice who went on to become the state’s DGP and did commendable service duringPunjab militancy.

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There is a need to regulatethe electronic media as

most of the channels are run-ning for TRPs, leading to “moresensationalism”, the SupremeCourt said on Tuesday even asthe Centre batted for journal-istic freedom saying it would be“disastrous” for any democra-cy to control the Press.

The apex court, makingclear it is not suggesting “cen-sorship on media”, said thereshould be some kind of self-reg-ulation in the media. “Regulatinginternet is very difficult but weneed to regulate the electronicmedia now,” a bench headed byJustice DY Chandrachud said.

The top court said thiswhile hearing a plea which hasraised grievance over SudarshanTV’s “Bindas Bol” programmewhose promo had claimed thatthe channel would show the ‘bigexpose on conspiracy to infil-trate Muslims in Government

service’. While the apex courtsaid that some kind of self-reg-ulation in media was needed,Solicitor General Tushar Mehtaargued that “freedom of jour-nalist is supreme”.

“It would be disastrous forany democracy to controlpress,” Mehta told the bench,also comprising Justices InduMalhotra and KM Joseph.

Mehta said sometimes cer-tain channels are being used forproviding medium to accused topoint his or her views. Mehtaalso said that it needs to be seenif a potential accused could begiven a platform to air his or herdefense. “The problem withelectronic media is all aboutTRPs, thus leading to more andmore sensationalism. So manythings masquerade as a form ofright,” the bench observed. Theapex court said the electronicmedia has “become more pow-erful than print media and wehave not been supportive of pre-broadcast ban”.

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The national Capital record-ed 4,263 fresh Covid-19

cases on Tuesday, taking tallyto over 2.25 lakh, with author-ities conducting more than62,000 coronavirus tests.

Thirty-six more fatalitieshave been recorded, taking thedeath toll to 4,806, accordingto the latest bulletin issued bythe Delhi health department.

The active cases tally on

Tuesday rose to 29,787 from28,641 the previous day.

Over 62,000 Covid-19tests were conducted in thenational Capital on Monday,authorities said.

The death toll fromCovid-19 in Delhi stood at4,770 on Monday.

The bulletin on Tuesdaysaid the death toll from coro-navirus infection has risen to4,806 and the total number ofcases has climbed to 2,25,796.

New Delhi: Seventeen people,including staff and their fami-ly members living inside theDelhi BJP office, have testedpositive for Covid-19 followingwhich the premises will remainclosed for sanitisation onWednesday, party leaders said.

Delhi BJP media cell headAshok Goel said no party leaderor office has tested positive forCovid-19. “All the staff mem-bers and their families who liveon the Delhi BJP office premis-es were tested through rapidantigen test on Tuesday.

Seventeen of them includ-ing a guard, a driver and twopeons have tested positive,”Goel said.

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Reacting to Jaya’s scathingcriticism, Ravi Kishan said, “Iexpected Jaya to support whatI said. Not everyone in theindustry consumes drugs butthose who do are part of a planto finish the world’s largest filmindustry. When Jaya and Ijoined, the situation was notlike this, but now, we need toprotect the industry.”

Actress Kangana soonjumped in, questioning Jaya’sstatements. She asked if Jayawould react in the same mannerif her daughter or son wereaffected. Kangana tweeted, “Jayawould you say the same thing ifin my place it was your daugh-ter Shweta beaten, drugged andmolested as a teenage, wouldyou say the same thing ifAbhishek Bachchan complainedabout bullying and harassmentconstantly and found hangingone day? Show compassion forus also.”

Coming out in support ofJaya, actress Sonam Kapoor saidshe wants to be like the veteranactress when she grow up whileproducer director AnubhavSinha termed the three-timeRajya Sabha member from theSP as a person with spine. “Isend my best regards to Jaya.

Those who don’t know, pleasesee this is how the spinal cordlooks,” Anubhav tweeted.

Bollywood actress TaapseePannu tweeted, “For we havealways stood by the initiatives,causes and awareness cam-paigns. It’s time for payback.Hitting the nail on its head andhow! yet again a woman fromthe industry spoke up#Respect.” “Respect. She hasalways stood up to be countedwhen it mattered.#JayaBachchan,” tweeted actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar.

“I stand with Jaya asKangana put it Bollywood is aGutter so Jaya said Jis thalimein khate hai ussi mein chednahi karte And those who hvmade a name here don’t spoilthe name of Bollywood, as fordrugs they made fleetingcomments if they know namesname them,” tweeted actress-politician Nagma.

Actor-producer NikhilDwivedi too took to social mediaand said Jaya is right. “A falsenarrative tht a certain malaiseinfects the entire #FilmIndustryis being created by few to lookgud in these times. A percentageof people in any field includingpolitics &journalism indulge inthngs illegal or immoral. Callthm out specifically and notALL,” tweeted Dwivedi.

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He said on June 6, com-manders of both sides agreedon disengagement, but on June15 China created a face-off atGalwan where Indian forcesinflicted “bhari chhati” (heavydamage”) on the Chinese side.

He said Indian soldiersshowed “patience and valour”according to time and situationat Galwan and mentioned thesupreme sacrifice of ColSantosh Babu and his 19 “bravesoldiers”.

While asserting that “noneshould doubt our determina-tion” to protect the country, theDefence Minister was quick toadd that mutual respect and sen-sitivity was needed to deescalatethe situation on the border. Hesaid both the countries are indialogue with three guidingprinciples — respect LAC, noone-sided violence and allagreements be duly followed.

The Defence Minister,however, mentioned incident ofAugust 29-30 when he accusedChina of “provocative actionfrom China” which he said was“foiled by us with timelyaction”. He said, “China’s actionwas in full disregard of agree-ments of 1993-1996” whichIndian forces follow but notChina which creates face-offsituations on the LAC fromtime-to-time.

Rajnath said in the paststand-offs on the border wereresolved but “this time scale oftroops involvement and num-ber of friction points, is differ-ent”. The Defence Minister,however, asserted that “we arefully ready to accept the situa-tion and challenge”.

On the possibility of de-escalation through dialogue,Rajnath said he himself met hisChinese counterpart inMoscow on September 4 andspoke about armed provocationand aggressive behaviour byChinese forces and “made itclear that we are committed to

our sovereignty and territorialintegrity”. He said ForeignMinister S Jaishankar also methis Chinese counterpart atMoscow and made the point atthe border the issue can beresolved if the other side imple-ments agreements “sincerelyand faithfully”.

In the beginning of hisstatement Rajnath gave histor-ical details of the India-Chinaboundary dispute saying while“China does not accept cus-tomary and traditional align-ment of the boundary, weaccept that this alignment isbased on well-established geo-graphical principles which areconfirmed not only by treatiesand agreements but also by his-toric usage and practices. Bothsides are aware of this for cen-turies”.

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

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They said Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of theNational Security Council of the RussianFederation, has conveyed that Russia does not sup-port what Pakistan has done.

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

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

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

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The bench, also comprising JusticesIndu Malhotra and KM Joseph, suggestedthat a committee can be appointed to helpin self-regulating the electronic media.

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

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

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

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

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

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Earlier, Congress membersstaged a walkout from theHouse soon after the DefenceMinister’s statement, allegingthey were not allowed to raisecertain issues related to theIndia-China border row. Theylater protested in front ofMahatma Gandhi’s statue in theParliament House complex.

Addressing reporters out-side Parliament, Congress’ chiefspokesperson Randeep SinghSurjewala said the Governmentshould give an answer onwhether China has encroached

Indian territory at specificpositions across the border.

“The entire country isproud of the armed forces andthat is why we are talking here.But why is the Prime Ministershying away from a discus-sion?” he asked.

“Our questions are verystraight forward. Has Chinaoccupied Indian territory?Have the Chinese encroachedon Depsang Plains, Gogra,Pangong-Tso Lake till Finger 8,Y-junction in Bhutan, LipulekhPass in Uttarakhand and inArunachal Pradesh. TheGovernment should answerthese questions,” said

Surjewala.He said the Prime Minister

should apologise to the nationif the answers to the questionsasked by the Congress are affir-mative as he had told an all-party meeting on June 19 thatthe Chinese have not enteredand occupied Indian territory.

Congress leader in the LokSabha Adhir RanjanChowdhury said the PrimeMinister’s absence fromParliament when the DefenceMinister made a statement onthe India-China situationshowed that the Governmentwas afraid of a discussion onthe face-off.

“For the Congress party,the country is the most impor-tant. We are proud of ourarmed forces. ThisGovernment did not allow usto speak in Parliament. Theyare afraid of the Congress ask-ing questions that they will notbe able to answer,” he said.

“It is our entitlement to putforward our views. When theDefence Minister made a state-ment on the India-China situ-ation in the Lok Sabha, thePrime Minister was not pre-sent. He is afraid of conductinga discussion on the issue inParliament,” Chowdhuryalleged.

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Delhi Assembly “committeeon peace and harmony”

expressed displeasure over flout-ing the directions of the noticeissued to Facebook India’s vice-president and managing direc-tor Ajit Mohan by not appear-ing before the committee onTuesday, which is looking intoFacebook’s alleged role in Delhiriots in February.

Chairman of the commit-tee Raghav Chadha said theDelhi legislative committee isoperating in its constitutional-ly lawful jurisdiction and doesnot conflict or weaken thejurisdiction of the CentralGovernment on similar issues.

As per the judgment of theConstitution Bench of theSupreme Court of India in

State (NCT of Delhi) v. Unionof India (2018) 8 SCC 501, theLegislative Assembly of theNCT of Delhi has legislativepowers in respect of these sub-jects, and the Government ofDelhi has the exclusive execu-tive power in respect of thesame, he said, adding that theRules of Procedure andConduct of Business in theLegislative Assembly (AssemblyConduct Rules) that have beenframed under Section 33 of theGNCTD Act provides this com-mittee the powers to summonand ensure the presence ofwitnesses.

It was also noted by thecommittee that despite beingcrystal clear about the objectivebehind calling the FacebookOfficials, which on the face ofit is distinguishable from that of

the Parliamentary committee,Facebook chose to dishonourthe powers and privileges of thecommittee in the garb of oblig-ing with the directives of theParliamentary Committee.

Chadha also clarified thatthe notice of appearance issuedto Facebook is directly related

to the incidents ofviolence/riots that occurred inthe NCT of Delhi in February,2020, whereas the proceed-ings in Parliament are on thesubject “Safeguarding citizens’rights and prevention of mis-use of social/online news mediaplatforms including special

emphasis on women security inthe digital space”.

“It is manifest from aperusal of this notice that theproceedings before theParliament are in no way con-nected to the role of Facebookin the riots/violence in theNCT of Delhi in February,

2020. Therefore, theCommittee considers thisnothing but an untenableexcuse by Facebook to defy thesummons issued to them forexamination on oath,” he said.

It was further decided bythe committee that in the eventof subsequent default in com-plying to the orders of the com-mittee it shall be constrained toproceed against the FacebookIndia for committing thebreach of committee’s privilegewhich shall follow consequentpenal jurisdiction of the houseunder the relevant laws andrules and regulation.

It is also noted that the pow-ers and privileges of the mem-bers and committees of theDelhi Legislative Assembly aresourced from Section 18 of theGovernment of National Capital

Territory of Delhi Act, 1991(“GNCTD Act”). Sub-section(3) thereof provides that thepowers, privileges, and immu-nities of the LegislativeAssembly, its members, andcommittees, would be the sameas those enjoyed by the Houseof People, i.e. the Lok Sabha andits members and committees.This is pari-materia with Article105 of the Constitution of India.

The committee also clari-fied to the Facebook onceagain that refusal to appearbefore the committee for rea-sons which are evidently unten-able in law and facts, gives thecommittee the impression thatthey are attempting to concealcrucial facts in relation toFacebook’s role in the February2020 violence/riots in Delhiand thus as a note of caution

that the Committee advices aswell as commands the to ensureyour appearance in person onthe next date of meeting, fail-ing to which will be admittedas an intelligible breach ofprivilege and shall ensue thelawful and legal adverse actionsagainst yourself.

Chadha also reminded thebackdrop wherein the veryinception of the committee findsits roots to the incident of unfor-tunate communal riots wit-nessed by the city after decadesin the month of February thisyear. “In order to avoid any suchmis-happening again in futureas well as mitigate the damageand communal hatred spread inthe society as the aftermath ofdeadly riots, the committee hasbeen tirelessly working with thesame objective,” he said.

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)on Tuesday slammed the

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forbringing “anti-farmer laws” likeFarmers’ Produce Trade andCommerce (Promotion andFacilitation) Ordinance 2020,the Farmers (Empowermentand Protection) Agreement onPrice Assurance and FarmServices Ordinance 2020 andthe Essential Commodities(Amendment) Ordinance 2020.

Addressing the media, LokSabha Member of ParliamentBhagwant Mann and DelhiMLA Jarnail Singh said thatthese bills are a step towards pri-vatising the farming industry;‘minimum support price’ will befinished and these bills will givefree hand to the private players.

Jarnail Singh also said thatthe party believes that this billis another step towards thedevastation of Indian farmers.“In Punjab, Bharatiya JanataParty’s ally is Shiromani AkaliDal and they have also ruledPunjab for many years. Whilethe farmers of Punjab areprotesting against this bill thenwhy Shiromani Akali Dal hasnot opposed this bill. The AAP

will oppose this bill in both LokSabha and Rajya Sabha. All theMPs of the APP will standunited in opposition to this billand will stand for the rights ofthe farmers,” he said.

Party senior leaderBhagwant Mann said, “We arealso opposing the ‘EssentialCommodities (Amendment)ordinance 2020’. The mostunfortunate part is that the twoShiromani Akali Dal MPs sup-ported this ordinance. TheSAD has two MPs in Lok

Sabha, Shri Sukhbir SinghBadal and Shrimati HarsimratKaur Badal who is also aCabinet minister. To save a cab-inet post, the Shiromani AkaliDal has sold out the rights ofthe farmers of Punjab.

Mann said that this bill willnot only destroy the lives offarmers but also this willdestroy the lives of agricultur-al labourers, people of tractorindustry, transportation indus-try and those working in themandis and others.

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The Delhi Metro RailCorporation (DMRC) took

a major step towards the devel-opment of an indigenouslybuilt Communication BasedTrain Control (CBTC)-basedsignalling technology for metrorailway with the launch of i-ATS, which is an important subsystem of the signalling system.

This prototype system aswell as a state of the art labo-ratory for further developingother sub- systems of indige-nous CBTC technology wasinaugurated on Tuesday atShastri Park by Durga ShankerMishra, Secretary, Ministry ofHousing and Urban Affairs inthe presence of DMRC’sManaging Director Dr ManguSingh, Shikha Gupta, Director,BEL and other senior officials.

Speaking on the occasion,Mishra said, “It is a reallyproud occasion to start some-thing like this which is going toadd to our strength on theAtmanirbhar Bharat initiative.The way we have promotedindigenisation in the develop-ment of Metros in the country,I am fully confident that thisIndian system will also be soldoutside and we will be the lead-ers in this area as well.”

Dr Mangu Singh termedthis achievement as a major

step forward towards the devel-opment of indigenous tech-nologies required for the oper-ation of Metro rail systems.“This is a very important steptowards the development of anindigenous CBTC system. Iam sure that we will be able towork together and scale newerheights to completely indi-genise Metro railway con-struction as well as opera-tions,” he said.

Automatic TrainSupervision (ATS) is a com-puter based system, whichmanages train operations. Thissystem is indispensible for highdensity operations such as theMetro, where services are

scheduled every few minutes.i-ATS is the indigenously devel-oped technology, which willsignificantly reduce the depen-dence of Indian Metros onforeign vendors dealing withsuch technologies.

Technology systems suchas the CBTC are primarilycontrolled by the Europeancountries and Japan. As part ofthe ‘Make in India’ initiative ofthe Government of India, theMinistry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) haddecided to indigenise theCBTC technology.

Along with DMRC, NitiAayog, MoHUA, BharatElectronics Limited (BEL) and

CDAC are part of this devel-opment. DMRC has been nom-inated to lead this important‘Make in India’ initiative.

To take the project for-ward, DMRC and BEL enteredinto a MoU for development ofthis indigenous ATS system. Adedicated team of DMRC andBEL, Ghaziabad workedtogether round the clock totake this important steptowards ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’.

“DMRC has decided touse indigenous ATS (i-ATS)while upgrading the ATS of line1 (Red Line) i.e. from Rithalato Shaheed Sthal, Ghaziabad.The same shall also be used inPhase 4,” it said.

New Delhi: In the last 18months, around 88,000 liters oilhas been stolen from over 120transformers in BSES areas, thediscom official said, adding thatof these, around 40 cases arefrom April 2020.

According to BSESspokesperson, “These incidentsof oil theft can cause a lot ofinconvenience to the residents.We appeal to our consumers tobe vigilant and if they or thecolony security guards findanyone suspicious near an elec-tricity substation/transformer,they should check the person’sID and immediately alert BRPLon 19123 or BYPL on 19122 orcall police on 100. Let us join hands to fight this menace.”

“Removing oil from thetransformer has the potential ofseverely damaging it, besidescausing power outages.Leaking oil from a transformercan also lead to a fire hazard.BSES has taken these inci-dents very seriously and regis-tered FIRs in various police sta-tions,” the discom said in astatement. SR

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Two drivers, who lost theirjobs during the lockdown,

were arrested for allegedly rob-bing a person after giving himlift in a cab in west Delhi’sDwarka area.

The accused have beenidentified as DharmendraDabas (44), a resident ofSalahpur Majra Dabas, andVikash (29), a resident ofKanjhawala area. Police saidthat Dabas was a cab driver and Vikash was a Delhi

Transport Corporation (DTC)cluster bus driver.

According to SantoshMeena, the DeputyCommissioner of Police(DCP), Dwarka district, onthe intervening night ofSeptember 4 and 5, policereceived information regardinga robbery.

“It was found that com-plainant Rakesh Gupta was ata bus stop near IFFCO Chowk,Gurgaon, when two persons ina taxi offered him a lift toDwarka Mod. When they

reached Dwarka, they bothheld him at the gun point androbbed him of cash Rs 700, afew documents and a mobilephone. They pushed him out ofthe car and fled from the spot,”said the DCP.

“During investigation, thecomplainant’s mobile phonewas put under surveillance.On Sunday, the phone wasfound active in Kanjhawla area.Thereafter, raids were con-ducted and the accused personswere apprehended on Sundayevening,” said the DCP.

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It was a musical treat in thevirtual world as the Faculty

of Music and Fine Arts, DelhiUniversity, took the bold stepof organising the two-day“Annual Malhar Utsav-2020”,undeterred by the currentCovid pandemic.

It was the first-ever virtuallive music festiva, streamingonline on Youtube , with Indianclassical music concerts by thecountry’s renowned artistes likethe Sargam Choir presentationin Raga Amritavarshini by thestudents of Delhi UniversityFaculty of Fine Arts and Musicconducted by Dr Prashant GPai and two soulful perfor-mances by Pandit Shashank

Maktedar from Goa who ren-dered Raga Gaud Malhar andVeena by Tirupati Srivani Yallafrom Andhra Pradesh.

The concluding saw anoth-er captivating performance bythe famous Bengaluru duo,the Kanchana sisters whoenthralled with rare composi-tions in ragas Amritavahini,Varunpriya and Raag MeghMalhar. The Malhar Utsav con-cluded with a scintillating sitarrecital by Ustad Saeed ZafarKhan in Raga Miyan KiMalhar, and a Tabla Solo byPandit Vinod Lele from Delhiwho performed Teental withremarkable precision and com-mand. He was accompanied onHarmonium by Dr VinayKumar Mishra.

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With all precautions andinstructions for ornithol-

ogists, Okhla Bird Sanctuaryopened on Tuesday after fivemonths of lockdown.

Forest official told to ThePioneer that to monitor thebirds cameras have beeninstalled, a new command cen-tre, sitting at birding point, shel-ters and signage have been fit-ted parallel to the canal for utter-most bird watching experience.

Spread over 2.5 km longstretch, the bird sanctuary isfavourite spot for bird watchersand been declared eco-sensitivezone of the Gautam BuddhNagar district, Noida (UP).

The sanctuary was shutfor bird watchers due to Covid-19 pandemic.

According to ornitholo-gists, the sanctuary is a home for300 plus Indian birds whilemigratory birds also pay visit forbreeding during the harsh win-ter span of three to four months.

To contain the virus spreadin sanctuary vicinity, contact-less sanitiser stand is placed atthe entry point while officialhas been appointed to monitorthe temperature of visitors.

“Visitors will be scannedfor temperature, hands will besanitised, mask is essential,” wehave installed signboard tokeep aware visitors.”

Interestingly, to keep accu-rate count, the administrationhas installed camera to motorbirds for the upcoming birdingseason — October 2020 toMarch 2021.

With different 115 species,the bird sanctuary has a recordof hosting 21,000 birds. Closestto Delhi, the bird sanctuary isa centre of attraction for birdwatchers, ecologists andornithologists.

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)senior leader and MCD in-

charge Durgesh Pathak con-demned the BJP for imposing“arbitrary” tax hikes on thepublic. Pathak said the BJP-ruled SDMC has hiked varioustaxes which will affect nearly20,000-25,000 businessmenand traders of Delhi. “Thesouth Corporation hasincreased taxes by 100 percent for the commercial andindustrial rental units and thetaxes for commercial vacantbuildings has been increased by50 per cent, and for vacantland, it has been increased by67 per cent, “ he said.

Elaborating it further, hesaid that SDMC has increasedtax for banquet halls, mar-riage halls, hotels, and guesthouses by 25 per cent alongwith increasing taxes on edu-cation sites such as schools by200 per cent. Pathak said BJPruled SDMC has hiked taxes by200 per cent for telecom tow-ers, and for clubs and enter-tainment places by 36 per cent.

Condemning the tax hike,Pathak said, “The BJP wants tolevel its corruption and incom-petence in the MCD in the last14 years by looting the peopleof Delhi. The AAP will not letthis happen, and it will goamongst the people andmobilise them against thiswrongdoing. The people ofDelhi will not bear this arbi-trary decision of the BJP andwe are opposing this decision.”

Pathak added, “When theBJP came in power in MCD elec-tions, their chief Manoj Tiwarihad said they will not impose orincrease any arbitrary taxes. Lastyear, Bhupendra Gupta, who wasthe Chairman of the standingcommittee at that time, had alsocanceled all proposals and saidno taxes will be increased, buttoday, they have started lootingthe public of Delhi through athieving door.”

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Amid Opposition’s reser-vations about the possible

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

macy,” he said. Earlier, Lok Sabha passed

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

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

salary cuts. However, majority of the

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

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

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

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Rajya Sabha’s Committee onPetitions has recommended

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Two tremors jolted Indiaevery day on an average

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

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The NIA has arrested a keyaccused in Visakhapatnam

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

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

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

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The Union HomeMinistry on Tuesday told

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

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

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

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

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

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Rajya Sabha on Tuesdaypassed ‘The Aircraft

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ABill that seeks to accord thestatus of an institution of

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

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

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

Ayurveda and allied disci-plines.

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

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

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

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Of the nearly 10 lakh activecases in the country, at

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Alert jawans of the BorderSecurity Force ( BSF) late

Monday night foiled a majorinfiltration bid along theInternational border withPakistan after exchangingheavy volume firing with thegroup of five infiltrators in theSamba sector of Jammu fron-tier.

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

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

these armed terrorists to sneakinside the Indian territory.

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

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

He said, “ at about 12.30am the group of heavily armed05 terrorists were seen by alertBSF troops coming close to theInternational boundary. He saidthe terrorists reached there tak-

ing advantage of an undulatingterrain and thick wild growth”.

BSF spokesman said, “afteralerting all the BSF duty pointswhen BSF troops challengedthem to stop they fired on BSFparty with heavy volume of fire.BSF troops retaliated in selfdefence with coordinated effec-tive fire and foiled a possibleinfiltration bid attempt ofarmed terrorists from Pakistanside helped by Pakistanrangers”.

“Area was illuminated withthe help of Para bomb andBSF troops saw fleeing ter-rorists toward Pakistan side.The area was searched butnothing recovered as terroristscould not cross the IB”,BSFspokesman added.

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At least 18 persons were killed in light-ning strikes in 10 districts of Bihar on

Tuesday, even as the MeteorologicalDepartment cautioned people not tomove about in open places due to fear oflightning and heavy rain in the next 24hours.

Lightning detection centres havebeen established in Madhubani, Katihar,and Gaya. Teams from the state disastermanagement authority have been askedto remain on standby.

Four deaths due to lightning werereported from Raghavpur block inVaishali district, two each from Rohtas,Bhojpur and Gopalganj, and Saran dis-tricts, and one each from Patna, Begusarai,Araria, Supaul, and Kaimur and anotherdistrict after heavy rain on Tuesday after-noon.

The officials said that over 330 per-sons had lost their lives due to lightningstrikes this year, including 100 on June 24.

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The Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI)

early Tuesday morningswooped down on the premises of the for-mer BJP Minister and Chairman of theDogra Swabhimaan Sangathan Lal Singhacross multiple locations in Kathua andJammu districts in connection with a landgrab case.

The firebrand leader had parted wayswith the BJP after he was shown the exitdoor from the council of ministers duringRasana rape and murder case involving aneight year old nomadic girl. Singh had laterfloated Dogra Swabhimaan Sangathanand had unsuccessfully contested 2019 LokSabha polls from both the Lok Sabha seatsof Jammu province.

According to official sources, “CBIsleuths raided the residential premises ofLal Singh in Kathua and Jammu along withfew other locations around 7.00 am earlyTuesday.Two separate CBI teams carried

out these raids in con-nection with a land grabcase”.

CBI had formallyregistered a case againstRB Educational Trust,

run by the family members of Lal Singh,and others including the then DC Kathua(J&K), the then Tehsildar, then NaibTehsildar, the then Girdawar, the thenPatwari and other unknown persons on theallegations of having facilitated the trust topossess land much beyond the ceiling limit,and submitting false affidavits in supportof the trust, causing losses to the Stateexchequer. The raids were going on dur-ing the day across nine different locations( three in Jammu and six at Kathua) includ-ing the office of RB Education Trust.

Earlier, on June 25, CBI had registereda preliminary enquiry (PE) against RBEducational Trust to probe into the alle-gations of illegal gratification and extra-neous consideration by the revenue and for-est officials of Kathua district in allowingthe sale and purchase of forest land.

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Normal life was thrown out of railsby the BJYM (the youth brigade of

the BJP) across Kerala on Tuesday asthey took out processions and rallies indistrict headquarters demanding theimmediate resignation or sacking ofhigher Education Minister KT Jaleel andIndustries Minister EP Jayarajan who arein the eyes of controversies for theirassociation with gold smuggling scamand LIFE Mission corruption charges.Things are likely to turn for the worston Wednesday when BJP’s state presi-dent K Surendran will take out a pro-cession to the Secretariat.

This is the second day in successionthe State is coming to a standstill fol-

lowing widespread stand off between thedemonstrators and police. On Mondaythe activists of the Mahila Morchcha hadshocked the police in the capital city bylaying siege to the Secretariat. Hence thepolice came fully prepared on Tuesdaymorning to prevent untoward inci-dents of any kind.

But the BJYM which staged a rallyin front of the Secretariat refused to dis-perse despite the urging by police offi-cers. “We will disperse only after Jaleeland Jayarajan submit their resigna-tions or the chief minister sacks theseministers,” retorted VV Rajesh, gener-al secretary of the BJP who led the rally.

The Police resorted to lathi charge,bursting of tear gas shells and water can-nons.

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Jammu: Notwithstanding resis-tance shown by the separatistsand mainstream politiciansagainst acquiring Domicile cer-tificates more than 4 lakh resi-dents across kashmir valley havebeen issued these certificates bythe Union Territory adminis-tration while 1 lakh applicationswere under process tillSeptember 14.

According to a press state-ment issued by the Departmentof Information and Public rela-tions, “over 16.79 lakh personsacross twenty districts of theJammu and Kashmir union ter-ritory have been issued Domicilecertificates till September 14,2020”. As per the figures, total2113879 lakh applied for theissuance of the certificate ofwhich 1679520 were issued thedomicile till September 14.

The certificates issuedinclude over 4.16 lakh inKashmir division and 12.44lakh in Jammu division.

The figures also revealedthat 19571 West PakistaniRefugees, 2424 Balmiki com-munity members and 765Gorkha Community memberswere also issued domicile cer-tificates under clause 2.

Of the total Domicile cer-tificates issued in the UT, over14.32 lakh were issued to thePRC holders (clause 1(a) andClause 1(b), 1.38 lakh underclause 2(a) and Clause 2(b) (tostate subject applicants and non-state subject applicants and theirchildren), including 1.01 lakh tostate subjects and 45794 to non-state subject; 34045 to the stu-dents under (clause3) including24455 state subjects and 9590non-state subjects; and 18612 toKashmiri Migrants/ children (Clause 4). PNS

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Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesdaywarned those creating a raucous all over the

State under the garb of agitations have only oneintention and that is to facilitate the spread ofCovid-19 pandemic across Kerala.

Briefing the media, Vijayan came down heav-ily on the BJP and its frontal organisations whichhe alleged were trying to sabotage the good workshis Government was doing to control the coro-navirus.

“These are not agitations but an apologyunder the garb of agitations. These is no situa-tion in Kerala which warrants an agitation. Theirintention is to destroy the peace and tranquilli-ty prevailing in the State by spreading rumours,lies and half truths. The Government will takestrong action against those who try to spread theCovid-19 pandemic,” said Vijayan while referringto the State-wide agitations unleashed by the BJP.

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Seven persons involved inFriday’s assault on a retired

petty Navy officer at Kandivli innorth-Mumbai were re-arrestedby the Samata Nagar policehere on an added charge of tres-pass, but were released on bailagainst a personal bond of�15,000 each.

The seven Shiv Sainiks--Shiv Sena Shakha PramukhKamlesh Kadam and five of theirassociates Sanjay Manjre, RakeshBelnekar, Pratap Sund Vera,Sunil Desai and Rakesh Mulikwho had been arrested and laterreleased on bail on Saturday inconnection with the incident –were re-arrested on Mondaynight, after the Samata Nagar

police invoked section 452 (House trespass after preparationfor hurt, assault or wrongful con-finement of IPC.

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

The six arrested Shiv Sainikswere on Tuesday afternoon pro-duced before a BorivaliMagistrate’s Court whichremanded in judicial custody for14 days. However, the lawyer forthe accused subsequently moveda bail pleas before the same courtwhich released them on a bailagainst a personal bond for�15,000 each.

Jaipur: Taking every person seriously the corona epidemic, wear-ing a mask essentially, keeping social distancing and following thehealth protocol completely, the ever increasing corona infectioncan be completely controlled. The greatest need of the hour is thatawareness of the corona be given the shape of a social movement.

This emerged prominently during the Corona AwarenessDialogue on Tuesday at a Panchayat level through video confer-ence with expert practitioners. In addition to regional TV chan-nels, social media platforms - Facebook, YouTube, this awarenessdialogue was broadcast live through more than 8 thousand e-MitraPlus centers and webcasts. Live broadcast of this program got mil-lions of people from the state and other parts of the country.Members of the state cabinet, MPs, MLAs, officials of the admin-istration and police of the state, principals of the medical college,CMHO, PMO and doctors, Gram Panchayat level public repre-sentatives and personnel also became part of this discussion.

In this open platform awareness dialogue, Dr. Naresh Trehan,MD, Medanta Hospital, Gurugram of the country, Dr. SK Sarin,Director of ILBS, New Delhi, Dr. Devi Shetty, President, NarayanaHrudayalaya, Bangalore, effectively addressed the Panchayat levelGave useful information to the people of Corona for rescue.

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In an apparent counter to the effort by the Opposition BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) to politicise the alleged assault on a retired

Navy man at Kandivli by some ruling Shiv Sainiks, MaharashtraHome Minister Anil Deshmukh of the NCP on Tuesdayordered investigations against BJP MP Unmesh Patil for thealleged assault on an Army veteran Sonu Mahajan in 2016.

Taking to twitter on Tuesday, Deshmukh said: “In 2016 theBJP MLA and incumbent MP Shri Unmesh Patil and others hadattacked retired Soldier Shri Sonu Mahajan. The then state BJPGovernment did not give justice to Shri Mahajan. I have receivedseveral applications in this matter and have ordered investiga-tion in this matter”.

“The offence was committed in 2016 but due to the State BJPGovernment protection to Shri Patil no FIR was filed. In 2019on Hon'ble High Court directions a FIR was filed but no fur-ther legal action has been taken against Shri Patil and others,”Deshmukh said in another tweet.

Maharashtra Congress general secretary and spokespersonSachin Sawant, who had on Sunday alleged that the BJP MP hadtried to kill Army veteran Mahajan during chief ministerDevendra Fadnavis’ tenure, slammed the previous BJP govern-ment for its failure to act against the BJP MP concerned.

New Delhi: The Union Cabineton Tuesday approved theHaryana Orbital Rail Corridor(HORC) project and a newAIIMS hospital in Darbangha inpoll-bound Bihar.

The HORC from Palwal toSonipat via Sohna-Manesar-Kharkhauda will be imple-mented in a joint venturebetween the Railways andHaryana Government.

The 122-km project worthmore than Rs.5617 crore willfacilitate diversion of traffic notmeant for Delhi and will help indeveloping multimodal logisticshubs in Haryana State sub-region of NCR.

This ambitious project isexpected to be completed in

fiuive years. “This Rail Line will start

from Palwal and end at existingHarsana Kalan station (OnDelhi-Ambala section). Thiswill also give connectivityenroute to existing Patli Station(On Delhi-Rewari line),Sultanpur station (On GarhiHarsaru-Farukhnagar Line) andAsaudha Station (On DelhiRohtak Line),” said Governmentin statement, adding that privatestake holders will be accommo-dated in the project to de-congest Delhi. The districts of Palwal,Nuh, Gurugram, Jhajjar andSonipat districts of Haryanawill be benefitted through thisrail line. PNS

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Amid the gradual openingup of the economy and

consequent rise in Covid-19cases, the Government onTuesday told Parliament thatthe battle against the virulentvirus is far from over butasserted that the lockdown from March 25 toMay 31 successfully controlledthe aggressive progression ofthe disease. At the same time,it admitted that there has beena steady rise in the number ofcases in the post-lockdownphase.

Speaking in the RajyaSabha, Vardhan said that thegovernment is taking all nec-essary measures to prevent the

spread of the disease. “It isimportant that sustained com-munity support is ensured tocontrol the spread of the virusand break its chain of trans-mission.”

“We are in the stage ofunlocking to revive the econ-omy and it’s important that sus-tained community support isensured consistently to controlthe spread of COVID-19 infec-tion and break its chain oftransmission,’’ he said.

“I want to remind themembers that the battle againstCovid-19 is far from over. Iwish to inform the house thatthe government is taking allnecessary measures to preventthe spread of Covid-19 inIndia,” said Vardhan.

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With no money to eke theirliving, 99 per cent 3000-

odd “out of work” Covid 19- hitcommercial sex workers(CSWs) from Pune’s infamousBudhwar red-light area havemade up their mind to quittheir profession and are lookingalternative livelihood options,according NGO Asha CareTrust.

Over the period of lock-down, the demand for sex workhas dried down forcing sexworkers to borrow loans for sur-vival.

The findings of a surveyconducted by Asha Care Trust,a forum that works towards thewelfare of sex workers, revealthat 85 per cent of the workershave taken loans and over 98%of them have taken it from theirbrothel owners, managers andmoneylenders, subjecting them-selves to further exploitation.

Budhwar Peth is India’sthird-largest red-light areawhich nearly houses 700 broth-els and around 3,000 commer-cial sex workers.

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Maharashtra breached alandmark of 30,000

deaths on Tuesday, as an all-time high 515 people suc-cumbed to Covid-19, while20,482 more people tested pos-itive for the pandemic in vari-ous parts of the state.

Tuesday’s fatality tally of

515 is more than 495 deathsrecorded in the state onSeptember 10. With the freshdeaths reported on Tuesday, thetotal deaths mounted from29,894 to 30,409.

With 20,482 fresh infec-tions, the total infected cases inthe state jumped from10,77,374 to 10,97,856.

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reported on Tuesday, Nagpuraccounted for a maximum of88 deaths, while there were 60deaths in Thane, 50 in Pune, 49each in Mumbai and Kolhapur,38 in Sangli, 22 each inAhmednagar and Jalgaon, 16 inSolapur, 14 in Raigad, 13 inLatur and 10 each in Palghar,Nashik and Aurangabad.

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range, there were 7 fatalitieseach in Satara, Beed andGondia, 6 each in Nandurbar,Osmanabad, Nanded andBhandara, 5 in Yavatmal, 2 eachin Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri andJalna and one death each inAkola, Amravati andChandrapur. In addition, 5persons from other states orcountries died in Maharashtra.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Then there is another issue.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cairo: The UN migrationagency said on Tuesday that aboat carrying migrants boundfor Europe capsized in theMediterranean Sea off Libya,leaving at least two dozen peo-ple drowned or missing and pre-sumed dead, the latest shipwreckoff the North African country.

Safa Msehli, a spokespersonfor the InternationalOrganisation for Migration, toldThe Associated Press that Libya’scoast guard intercepted threeboats on Monday, and one ofthem had capsized. AP

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The US on Tuesday issued asweeping new advisory

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

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

The new advisory warnedUS citizens that China impos-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Iran had vowed to seekrevenge for Gen Soleimani’skilling.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Iran has denied the allega-tions.

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

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

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Iran warned the US onTuesday against making a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Germany plans to take in1,500 migrants currently

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

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

Merkel’s right-left coali-tion government is in talks overthe plan, with her junior part-ner Social Democrats expect-

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

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

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

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

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

The agency said it expectsthis development to benefitdomestic textile exporters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“India imposed strict lock-down measures to contain thespread of the pandemic andthis has had a severe impact oneconomic activity,” said ADBChief Economist YasuyukiSawada.

Sawada further noted that“it is crucial that containmentmeasures, such as robust test-ing, tracking, and ensuringtreatment capacities, areimplemented consistently andeffectively to stop the spread ofCOVID-19 and provide a sus-tainable platform for the econ-omy's recovery for the next fis-cal year and beyond.”

With lockdowns stallingprivate spending, ADB saidGDP will shrink by 9 per centin April 2020 to March 2021,sharply down from its June'sforecast of (-) 4 per cent.

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

Other downside risksinclude increasing public andprivate debt levels that couldaffect technology and infra-structure investment, as well asrising non-performing loans

caused by the pandemic thatcould further weaken thefinancial sector and its abilityto support economic growth.

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

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

Last week, two other glob-al rating agencies Moody's andFitch projected the Indianeconomy to contract 11.5 percent and 10.5 per cent respec-tively in the current fiscal.However, Goldman Sachs hasestimated the contraction at14.8 per cent.

India Ratings and Researchexpects contraction at 11.8 percent, while Crisil estimates thecontraction at 9 per cent.

For the 2021-22 fiscal, S&Pexpects economic growth at 10per cent.

ADB said Government ini-tiatives to address the pan-demic, including the ruralemployment guarantee pro-gram and other social protec-tion measures, will aid ruralincomes protecting the vul-nerable people, but privateconsumption may continue tosuffer.Investment is alsoexpected to contract asinvestors remain deterred byheightened risks and uncer-tainties. The fiscal deficit isexpected to rise significantly inFY2020 as government rev-enues fall and expendituresrise. The Government also ini-tiated reforms in response tothe COVID-19 pandemicfocusing on enhancing agri-culture markets, upgradingindustrial park infrastructure,and implementing the NationalInfrastructure Pipeline.

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Geneva:The World TradeOrganization said Tuesday thatTrump administration tariffson Chinese goods totalingmore than $200 billion areillegal under the rules of theglobal trade body. The decisionmarks the first time theGeneva-based trade body hasruled against a series of tariffsthat President Donald Trump'sgovernment has imposed on anumber of countries, allies andrivals alike. Trump has repeat-edly criticized the WTO, whichoversees international disputeson trade, for allegedly treatingthe U.S. Unfairly.

In its decision, the WTOruled against the Trumpadministration's argument thatChina has engaged in practicesharmful to U.S. Interests, onissues including intellectualproperty theft, technologytransfer and innovation.

The ruling, in theory, wouldallow China to impose retalia-

tory tariffs on billions worth ofU.S. Goods - if the process iscompleted. But the U.S.Government can appeal thedecision announced by theWTO's dispute settlement body,and the WTO's appeals court iscurrently no longer functioning- largely because of Washington'ssingle-handed refusal to acceptnew members for it.

The U.S. Tariffs target twobatches of Chinese products.Duties of 10% were imposed onsome $200 billion worth ofgoods in September 2018, andwere jacked up to 25% eightmonths later. An additional25% duties were imposed inJune 2018 against Chinesegoods worth about $34 billionin annual trade.

The administration has jus-tified the sanctions underSection 301 of the Trade Act of1974, a common tool used bythe government to impose sanc-tions. The U.S. Argued that

China's actions had amountedto "state-sanctioned theft" and"misappropriation" of U.S.Technology, intellectual prop-erty and commercial secrets.

The WTO panel ruled thatthe U.S. Measures violatedlongstanding internationaltrade rules because they onlyapplied to products fromChina, and that Washingtonhad not adequately substanti-ated its claim that the Chineseproducts hit with the extraduties had benefited from theallegedly unfair Chinese prac-tices. AP

New Delhi: Markets regulatorSebi on Tuesday provided clar-ity on levy of penalty for non-collection of margins fromclients in the cash segment bytrading and clearing members.

The clarification, whichcomes afer the watchdogreceived various representa-tions, is with regard to levy ofpenalty for non-collection of‘other margins’ on or beforeT+2 days from clients. The'other margins' exclude VaR(value at risk) margin andELM (extreme loss margin).

“If pay-in (both funds andsecurities) is made by T+2

working days, the other mar-gins would deemed to havebeen collected and penalty forshort / non-collection of othermargins shall not arise,” Sebisaid in a circular addressed tostock exchanges and clearingcorporations.

Further, it said if early pay-ing of securities has been madeto the clearing corporation,then all margins would be

deemed to have been collectedand penalty for short/ non-col-lection of margin, includingother margins, would not arise.

In case a client fails tomake pay-in by T+2 workingdays and the trading memberor clearing member concerneddoes not collect other marginsfrom the client within thegiven time period, the samewould result in levy of penal-ty. “It is reiterated that clearingcorporation shall continue tocollect upfront VaR plus ELMand other margins from TM/CM as applicable from time totime,” the circular said. PTI

Ahmedabad:The Gujarat government on Tuesdayapproved a letter of intent (LOI) for the world's firstCompressed Natural Gas (CNG) terminal atBhavnagar port with a proposed investment of Rs1,900 crore, an official statement said.

The LOI was approved by Chief Minister VijayRupani and it will be handed over to the consor-tium of companies to develop the CNG terminal,it added.The project will be developed jointly byUK-headquartered Foresight Group, Mumbai-based Padmanabh Mafatlal Group and aNetherland-based consortium.

The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) hadsigned a memorandum of understanding withForesight Group to set up this port terminal at theVibrant Gujarat Summit held in January 2019, theGovernment release said.

In principle approval was given by the Gujaratgovernment in November 2019, and now with theissuing of LOI, the private players will have to takeall the necessary permission before starting thework, it said. Apart from the CNG terminal, theinvestors would also develop a Ro-Ro terminal (forroll-on/roll-off ships), liquid cargo terminal andcontainer terminal at Bhavnagar port with acumulative investment of �1,900 crore. The pro-posed CNG port terminal will have a capacity of1.5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA).

The GMB manages the existing port atBhavnagar, having a capacity to handle 3 MMTPAcargo. While the consortium would invest �1,300crore in the first phase, �600 crore will be invest-ed in the second phase. To develop CNG and otherterminals on the north side of the existing portwould require major modifications in the existinginfrastructure, including dredging in the waterchannel of the port basin, construction of two lockgates and off-shore infrastructure for CNG trans-portation, the release said.

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Mumbai:The country’s largestlender State Bank of India willmake OTP-based cash with-drawal facility operational roundthe clock at its ATMs for trans-actions of �10,000 and abovefrom September 18.

In January this year, thelender had introduced OTP-based cash withdrawals for above�10,000 between 8 PM-8 AMthrough all its ATMs.

For withdrawals of �10,000and above, the bank's debit card-holders will now have to enterOTP (one-time password) senton their registered mobile num-bers along with their debit cardPIN each time, a release said.

“With the enablement of24x7 OTP authenticated ATMwithdrawals, we believe SBI cus-

tomers will have a secured andrisk-free cash withdrawal expe-rience,” the bank's managingdirector (retail and digital bank-ing) C S Setty said.Implementing this facilitythroughout the day would pre-vent SBI debit cardholders fromthe risk of falling prey to fraud-sters, unauthorized withdrawals,card skimming, card cloningand the likes, the release said.

The lender has urged all itscustomers to register or updatetheir mobile numbers. The OTP-based cash withdrawal facility isavailable only at SBI ATMs asthis functionality has not beendeveloped at non-SBI ATMs inNational Financial Switch (NFS),the bank said. PTI

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

had registered for the exam. Theexam was overall easy.

Here is a detailed analysis of thepaper.

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� Not lengthy. Students should havecompleted the Chemistry part within45 minutes. Enough time for revision.� Barely a few calculations.� An average student should havebeen able to attempt approximately 40questions with ease. While otherscould have attempted 44 questions.

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

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

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

Detailed analysis:Physics: The Physics section was

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The SRM Medical CollegeHospital and Research Centre

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

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

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

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

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

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With the Covid-19pandemic cut-

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

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

companies across theglobe.

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

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

Online gaming is one of thelargest segments within the

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

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

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

Opportunities galoreThe gaming sector today has

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

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

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

Pursuing a career in gamingWhile the arrival of online

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

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

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

Analysing the future poten-tial

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ensure their personal and professionalgrowth.

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

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

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

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

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CS Ashish Garg, President,The Institute of Company

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Centre-based Test wasconducted duly observing allprotocols/ SOPs mandated forthe safety of Candidates at thetest centres. The result will bedeclared on or beforeSeptember 17, 2020. The bestscore obtained by the candi-dates out of the two tests shallbe the final valid score foradmission.��5����������*���

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The Mahindra University’sEcole Centrale School of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

based upon complexity or numberof variables in problem sets.

Type-III: Topic Based DILRSets:

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

Type-IV: Mixture of DI andLR Sets:

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

Type-V: New Puzzle types:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Benefits: The sponsorshipwill be awarded worth up to$2,400.

Eligibility: The applicantmust have to apply for a thesisfor the degree of MSc or PhDin the field of Ecology andEnvironmental Science at theUniversity of Canterbury forthe academic year 2020-2021.You are required to upload aCV, statement of interest, copyof passport and statement ofpurpose. Admission require-ments: If you are going toenroll for a degree at UC thenyou must have at least anupper second-class, under-graduate honors degree orequivalent international qual-ification degree. Languagerequirements: Applicants mustachieve the minimum standardin a recognized English lan-guage.

How to apply: If you wantto join this program, then youhave to be a university studentthrough applying for a PhDand masters degree course atthe University of Canterbury.After taking full-time enroll-ment, candidates can apply forthe award.

Application deadline: It isNovember 1, 2020.

The SGS Dean offersfunding and invites applicatinsfrom internationa students forpursuing their masters or PhDstudies at the University ofLethbridge.

Benefits: An amount of$10,000 to successful partici-pants.

Eligibility: An applicantmust be a full-time participantand demonstrate aptitude,research skill, material and/orperformance-related produc-tions and activities. The par-ticipants need to upload unof-ficial transcripts, letter of intent,curriculum vitae, and languageability proof. Admissionrequirements: The partici-pants must have an under-graduate degree in applying toa graduate degree programme.Language requirement:Overseas applicants are sug-gested to take the TOEFL orIELTS test for demonstratingtheir English language ability.

How to apply: There is noadditional application for thegrant. All eligible participantswill be considered for thegrant, after the enrollment in amaster or a PhD degree pro-gram at the university.

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The Thomas and Uber Cup inDenmark was on Tuesday post-

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

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

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

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

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

“BWF is looking into possible

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

by the Sports Authority of India(SAI).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The governing body admitted

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

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

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Andy Murray received a wild card intothe French Open.The former No. 1 was the only non-

Frenchman of eight players to be givena free pass into the main draw of the claygrand slam which starts in 13 days.

Murray was also awarded a wild cardinto the U.S. Open, after his struggleswith pelvic and shin injuries dropped hisranking to 129th. He went two roundsin New York, and improved to 110th, butstill too low for the French Open whenit published its main draw entry list.

Murray’s best French Open resultwas the final in 2016.

Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria andEugenie Bouchard of Canada were theonly non-Frenchwomen to receive wildcards.

Pironkova, who made the U.S. Openher first comeback tournament since2017 after having a son, achieved animpressive first-time run tothe quarterfinals, whereshe was stopped bySerena Williams.

Pironkova’s bestresult at RolandGarros was the quar-terfinals in 2016.Bouchard reached herfirst final in morethan four yearsin Istanbulon Sundayand lost ina third-settiebreaker.

S h elost toe v e n t u a lchampionM a r i aSharapovain theFrench Opensemifinals in2014, the sameyear she reachedthe Wimbledonfinal.

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AChelsea team featuring just twoof its slew of high-profile andexpensive signings got off to a

winning start in the English PremierLeague by beating Brighton 3-1.

Timo Werner and Kai Havertz -signed for a combined $160 million -didn’t manage to score at AmexStadium, either, with Chelsea’s goalscoming from Jorginho, Reece James andKurt Zouma.

James’ was the most spectacular

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Benoit Paire’s anger at beingstrictly confined at the U.S.

Open after contracting the coro-navirus boiled over at the ItalianOpen during a farcical first-round match.

The 24th-ranked Pairethrew his racket high into the airtwice during one game andshowed little effort againstItalian teenager Jannik Sinner ina 6-2, 6-1 loss.

Paire was forced to stay inisolation in New York until hetested negative — preventinghim from training. TheFrenchman criticized Romeorganizers for making him playon the opening day of the tour-nament.

“I made only one request,which is to play Tuesday to havean extra day of training afterwhat happened to me in NewYork, and because I’m playingan Italian you put me onMonday,” Paire tweeted onSunday.

Twice during the secondset, Paire launched his rack-et high into the air in frus-tration — the second timecoming dangerously closeto hitting the chairumpire. Paire, who put ona face mask during someof the changeovers,had numerous ver-bal exchangeswith the chairumpire butreceived onlyone warning forhis behavior.

During thefinal game of thematch, Paire slammedreturns of serve intothe net in anger —with seemingly nointent of putting theball into play. Whenhe finally managed

to get a return into play onSinner’s first match point, Paireseemed surprised and didn’tbother running down Sinner’sreply.

“I had not played in 10 days,staying in my room,” Paire said.

“It was a good training, I’mhappy I played one hour. I evenplayed one hour and four min-utes. I’m happy I hung on for1:04. I gave what I could. Jannikplayed very well.

“The result does not reallymatter,” Paire added.

“I still have the doubles. Iwill try to entertain myself withNico (Nicolas Mahut) and try towin a match.”

The tournament at the ForoItalico, where spectators arebarred, was rescheduled from itsusual May slot due to the pan-demic.

Sinner said, “On one handI can understand, after spend-ing so many days under quar-antine in New York. … In theend, I did what I needed to.” Hemoves on to meet third-seededStefanos Tsitsipas.

Kei Nishikori — who isreturning from right elbowsurgery and missed the U.S.Open after testing positive

for COVID-19 — won forthe first time in more than a

year, beating AlbertRamos-Vinolas 6-4,

7-6 (3). Also in thefirst round, CasperRuud of Norwayrallied pastK a r e nKhachanov 6-3, 3-6, 6-1;

Borna Coricbeat Cristian Garin

6-4, 6-4; GrigorDimitrov eliminat-

ed wild card GianlucaMager 7-5, 6-1; andFilip Krajinovic beatFelix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-5.

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India hockey skipper Manpreet Singh saysgoing through a stressful isolation period

while recovery from coronavirus has made hima mentally strong player who is now equippedto tackle any situation on the field.

Manpreet was one of the six hockey play-ers to test positive for COVID-19 at the team’straining base in Bengaluru last month after they

arrived for the national camp. Having started their individual sessions

after recovering, Manpreet said they stillmiss being part of the rest of the squad, eventhough Hockey India, Sports Authority ofIndia and support staffs are doing their bestto keep them upbeat.

“Hockey India officials would checkon us almost every day if the food beingprovided is good, if our tele-treatmentwas done regularly, if we are monitoringour oxygen levels regularly and so on.

“Coaching Staff and teammates toowould check on us through video calls.These things really helped us remainupbeat. Though it did sting a little to knowall our teammates were back on the pitchwhile we were still in isolation, I feel thisexperience has made me mentally

tougher to face any situation,” the

skipper said. Recollecting the time spent at thehospital, the star midfielder said it was mental-ly tough for him and rest of the infected play-ers to remain in isolation.

“It was not easy, especially mentally. I havenot done anything for a month and that's a longtime in a sportsperson’s career especially whenevery day is about improving and being thebest,” Manpreet said. “To be honest, initiallywhen the results came out, we were slightlystressed. (But) we received best facilities in thehospital with SAI constantly checking with themedical team there of our well-being.”

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Delhi Capitals all-rounder AxarPatel on Tuesday said he has

“ticked all the boxes” in every depart-ment and reckoned the franchise hasthe firepower this time to win the IPLtitle, which has so far eluded them.

Moved out of India due to a surgein COVID-19 cases, the 13th editionof the world’s biggest T20 league willbe held in the three venues of Dubai,Abu Dhabi and Sharjah in the UAEfrom September 19 to November 10.

Delhi Capitals will enter thetournament as one of the top con-tenders.

Commenting on the team thatcomprises some fine players, Axarsaid, “With the new changes, I think

the squad looks good. With fastbowlers, spinners and all-rounders,we have covered all the bases and I

think we can become champions thistime.

“Everyone looks positive in thenets and we all are in good shape.”

The 26-year-old left-arm spinner,who is slowly adapting to the newnormal amid the pandemic, spokeabout the challenges that lay aheadand the experience of training whilestaying in a bio-bubble.

“Obviously, with no crowd, we’llfeel empty. Then, the saliva ban isgoing to make a big difference for thebowlers.

“During initial practice sessions,I was being conscious of not usingsaliva or sweat on the ball. So, theseare the challenges which we will haveto be wary of.

“Nevertheless, the positive thing

is that at least we will have action-packed cricket after a long time,which is a good thing for not only us,but also for India. Everyone will enjoythe game with a different frame ofmind which will be really exciting,”he said.

As part of the guidelines framedby the BCCI, the players and supportstaff will be tested every five daysthroughout the league.

"We are feeling a little bad that wecan’t enjoy the matches with ourfriends. After every two days, tests arebeing conducted.

“We can’t go out anywhere andwe can’t sit for more than 15 minutesin anyone's room, so these things arechallenging, but slowly we are gettingused to it.”

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While terming JaspritBumrah as the best T20

bowler in the world, Australiapacer James Pattinson has saidhe is looking forward to work-ing with the India pacer andNew Zealand fast bowler TrentBoult, among others, in theMumbai Indians' bowling unitduring the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) starting onSeptember 19.

“Personally, it’s just fantas-tic to work with some of the bestbowlers in the world. Obviously,Bumrah is probably the bestT20 bowler in the world. AndBoulty [Trent Boult] is up thereas well. So, for me it will be agreat experience to be aroundthose guys,” Pattinson said in avideo shared on MumbaiIndians’ official handle. “I haveplayed a few One-dayInternationals here in the UAEbefore, so I have got a bit ofexperience over here in UAE.”

Reigning champions MInamed Pattinson as a replace-ment for veteran fast bowlerLasith Malinga for this year’sIPL.

Pattinson also spoke about

the conditions in the UAE, say-ing the slower ball might beused a lot on surfaces whichcould be slower and lower as thetournament progresses. "Thewickets are drier and there willbe three wickets which will beused throughout the tourna-ment so it will be slower andlower as the tournament goeson. May be the slower ball andstuff like that might come intoplay a lot more.”

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and the most crucial, the right back’sswerving piledriver from 30 meters regain-ing the lead for Chelsea at 2-1 in the 56thminute, just two minutes after Brightonequalized through Leandro Trossard.

Zouma’s deflected volley from a cornerin the 66th then gave Chelsea some breath-

ing space.“I thought we were OK,” Chelsea man-

ager Frank Lampard said. “I liked the workethic and discipline of the team.

“We have been together for four days.... To expect everything to click on day onewould have been difficult.”

Brighton midfielder StevenAlzate lost possession in centralmidfield as the hosts tried toplay the ball out from the back,Werner was played throughand was brought down by goal-keeper Mat Ryan. Jorginho sentRyan the wrong way.

Much-criticized goalkeeperKepa Arrizabalaga was handeda start by Chelsea managerFrank Lampard but his failureto keep out Trossard's 54th-minute shot from outside thearea will likely keep the scruti-ny on him. Kepa seemed slowto get down as the ball squirmedbeyond his outstretched righthand.

James quickly put Chelseaback in front with a stunningstrike that flew into the roof ofthe net, and the right back sentin the corner that Zouma metwith a volley that ricocheted inoff Brighton defender AdamWebster’s right foot.

Of Chelsea’s other offseasonsignings that combined to cost$250 million, left back BenChilwell and playmaker HakimZiyech were injured and centerback Thiago Silva wasn't readyafter only recently joining upwith the squad.

“The players are still work-ing each other out a little bit,”Lampard said. “Today weweren't as fluid as we could be.. I want us to have a lot moremovement up front than we didtoday.”

While Havertz was fairly ineffec-tive in his position on the right ofmidfield, fellow Germany interna-tional Werner - the lone striker - wasmore impressive and earned thepenalty that was converted byJorginho to break the deadlock in the21st minute.

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McDonald says thefranchise is "not sure"about the availability ofstar all-rounder BenStokes in the upcomingIPL as he is tending tohis ailing father in NewZealand.

Stokes, hero of England's World Cup triumph last year,is going through a tough phase. He pulled out of the three-match series against Pakistan in August before the sec-ond Test to be with his father, diagnosed with brain can-cer.

“First and foremost, thoughts with the Stokes fami-ly. It’s a difficult scenario, so we're giving him as much timeas he needs, and connecting with him as best we can,”McDonald was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.

“So yeah, we're not sure where Stokesy's at right now,but once it has played out, then we can make our deci-sions from there. But I don’t want to second-guess whatwill happen with him just yet.”

Since the first Test against Pakistan, the top all-rounderhas not played any cricket. Instead, he travelled to NewZealand, where his parents are settled.

Stokes’ father Ged, a former New Zealand rugby leagueinternational, was admitted to hospital in Johannesburgtwo days before Christmas last year with a serious illness.

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Former India bad-minton coach Vimal

Kumar on Tuesday blamedthe withdrawals by Asiannations for the postpone-ment of the Thomas andUber Cup Final, calling ita “big setback” for thesport.

The prestigious men’sand women’s team eventwas postponed to nextyear by the BadmintonWorld Federation (BWF)following a wave of pull-outs by top teams, mainlyfrom Asia, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

“What Asian nationshave done, it is really dis-appointing. There are nomajor issues in these coun-tries, they are having localevents there, so to pull outin this way, is a big setback

for the sport,” Vimal toldPTI.

The event, which wasto mark the resumption ofinternational badmintonafter the coronavirus-forced break, was sched-uled to be held in Aarhus,Denmark from October 3to 11.

India had announcedboth the men’s andwomen’s squads for theevent.

However, afterIndonesia and SouthKorea on Friday joinedThailand, Australia,Chinese Taipei and Algeriain pulling out due to thedreaded disease, the BWFdecided to push the eventto next year.

Vimal said: "It was anideal way to revive the cir-cuit. The platform wasthere.

“We are not as big asChina but India stood pos-itive, we wanted to partic-ipate but if big countriesdon't play, what can BWFdo? How will they conductevents? I'll blame the Asiannation for this mess.”

The internationalbody, though, decided toproceed with the DenmarkOpen in Odense, a HSBCBWF World Tour Event, asoriginally planned fromOctober 13-18, while can-celling the DenmarkMasters that was slatedfor October 20-25.

The decision to goahead with the DenmarkOpen has left a few Indianplayers, including P VSindhu, Saina Nehwal andParupalli Kashyap, con-fused.

“We are still confusedwhat to do under the cir-

cumstances. Saina has gota visa for Denmark and Ihave applied for it but weare still undecided aboutparticipation,” Kashyapsaid.

“There are manyquestions like what hap-pens if I test positive? WillI be sent back home or Iwill have to stay there for14 days? Who takes care ofthe expenses and respon-sibility?”

The BadmintonAssociation of India (BAI)on Tuesday wrote to theplayers who have senttheir entries for theDenmark Open, statingthat they would be "trav-elling or participating attheir own responsibilitydue to the current pan-demic" and "have to sendtheir consent withinSeptember 17”.

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