A fter the CAG disclosed that the French manufac- turers of the Rafale jets have failed to meet their offset oblig- ations, the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP)-2020 unveiled here on Monday has done away with the offset clause itself in all future cases of Government to Government defence contracts the type of which India and France Governments entered into as a part of the Rafale deal. The Congress had launched a scathing attack on the NDA Government last year alleging that an Indian indus- trial house was favoured in bag- ging offset contracts worth over 30,000 crore in the Rafale deal. Offset clause was brought in to allow the Indian defence industry to acquire world-class technology and tie-ups with foreign vendors. The foreign companies supplying weapon to India are mandatorily oblig- ed to plough back at least 30 per cent of the total contract value if the tag is over 300 crore. In the Rafale deal, the offset cap was raised to 50 per cent. The CAG observed in its report last week that in most of the deals critical frontline tech- nology from abroad did not come in. In the Rafale deal, the Government watchdog observed that, “For instance in the offset contract relating to 36 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA), the ven- dors M/s Dassault Aviation and M/s MBDA initially pro- posed (September 2015) to discharge 30 per cent of their offset obligation by offering high technology to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The DRDO wanted to obtain Technical Assistance for the indigenous development of engine (Kaveri) for the Light Combat Aircraft. Till date, the vendor has not confirmed the transfer of this technology.” The CAG report said in many cases it was found that the foreign vendors made var- ious offset commitments to qualify for the main supply contract but later were not earnest about fulfilling these commitments. Under the new policy, the offset guidelines have also been revised to give preference to defence majors offering to manufacture products in India instead of meeting the offset obligations through other means, officials said. However, the offset clause is not applicable to the Government to Government deals and single-vendor con- tracts. The Rafale deal is one of the most prominent such con- tracts in the recent past. In such deals, the Government, from which the weapon platform is procured, stands guarantee for all issues, including delivery schedule and availability of critical spares besides mainte- nance. Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled the DAP that features steps to turn India into a glob- al manufacturing hub of mili- tary platforms, reduce timelines for procurement of defence equipment and allow purchase of essential items by the three services through capital budget under a simplified mechanism. The latest DAP also incor- porates new chapters on infor- mation and communication technologies, post-contract management, acquisition of systems developed by the state- run defence entities like the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), they said. Continued on Page 11 T he farmers’ protests in the country seem to be grow- ing every day across the coun- try. On Monday, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh sat on dharna at Khatkar Kalan, an ancestral village in Nawanshahr, the birthplace of Shaheed Bhagat Singh on his birthday anniversary to protest against the farm laws, while a tractor was set on fire at India Gate in Delhi on Monday morning by Punjab Congress Youth workers. Farmers in Punjab launched “Gherao Corporate Businesses” in the State. The silo run by Adani Agri Logistics Group at Village Dagru in Moga was gheraoed by Barnala MLA Gurmeet Hayer. Farmers’ protests backed by the Congress and other Opposition parties also spread in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Congress workers also held nationwide protests in State’s Capitals. Farmers groups observed a Statewide bandh in Karnataka while Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its allies held protests across Tamil Nadu. In Delhi, Punjab Youth Congress activists set ablaze a tractor at India Gate on Monday morning. The Delhi Police said five people claiming to be members of the Punjab Youth Congress — Manjot Singh (36), Ramandeep Singh Sindhu (28), Rahul (23), Sahib (28) and Sumit (28), all resi- dents of Punjab — have been arrested. “Around 15-20 people car- ried a tractor on a truck to Rajpath, Man Singh Crossing. They unloaded the tractor from the truck and set it on fire,” said a senior police offi- cial. “Fire department received information regarding the inci- dent at 7.42 am and two fire tenders were rushed to the spot,” said a senior Delhi Fire Service official. The Congress in Haryana held a protest outside the party’s HQ in Chandigarh. The Punjab Government is also consulting lawyers to move the Supreme Court on the issue. The CM was accompa- nied by his wife and ex- Minister Preneet Kaur, new Congress in-charge of Punjab affairs Harish Rawat, PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Rana KP, Cabinet Ministers, around 45 MLAs and six MPs. They all sat in the memorial complex right in front of the statue and sat on dharna for over an hour. Continued on Page 11 I n a move to make the recent- ly enacted farm sector legis- lation ineffective, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday directed Chief Ministers of four Congress- ruled States to look into the possibility of passing laws to override these measures. A statement issued by party general secretary KC Venugopal said CMs of Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Pudducherry have been told to pass laws under Article 254 (2) of the Constitution that allows State legislatures to pass laws that could negate the “anti-agri- culture” Central laws encroach- ing upon the States’ jurisdiction under the Constitution. “This would enable the States to bypass the unaccept- able anti-farmers provisions.” Continued on Page 11 T he CBI has not drawn any conclusion in the death case of filmstar Sushant Singh Rajput and all angles of the incident are being probed, the agency said here on Monday. “The Central Bureau of Investigation is conducting (a) professional investigation relat- ed to death of Shri Sushant Singh Rajput in which all aspects are being looked at and no aspect has been ruled out as of date,” a CBI spokesperson said in statement. Rajput, 34, who debuted with the much acclaimed ‘Kai Po Che’ movie seven years ago, was found dead in his apart- ment in suburban Bandra in Mumbai on June 14 this year. His family members suspected this to be a case of abetment to suicide or plain murder. Continued on Page 11 R ailway passengers may have to shell out additional 10- 35 for their ticket fares as user charges for availing redevel- oped stations with state of the art amenities and to help the national transporter in raising funds for redeveloping more stations, sources indicated. This is part of a proposal being finalised by the Railways which will soon be sent for Cabinet nod, the sources said. The user fee, the sources said, will vary according to the class — it would range between 10 and 35 with the higher price for AC first class passen- gers. The Railways had earlier clarified that user fee would be levied only across stations which will be redeveloped and those that have high footfalls. Of the 7,000 total railway stations in the country, around 700-1,000 fall in this category, it had said. Continued on Page 11 D onald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in the year he was elect- ed US president and also in his first year in the White House, according to a media report, which also said that he or his companies paid $145,400 taxes in India in 2017. Trump entered the 2016 presidential race as a Republican and was elected in a surprise victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. “Donald J Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presiden- cy. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750,” the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing tax return data extending over 20 years. The report came just days before Trump’s first presiden- tial debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden on Tuesday and weeks before the November 3 presidential election. Trump paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previ- ous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made, the report said. The US President imme- diately dismissed the report as “totally fake news”. US Presidents are not required by law to release details of their personal finances, but every one since Richard Nixon has done so. Continued on Page 11 A day after shooting girl friend — who is battling for her life in a hospital in the national Capital — the 35- year-old Delhi Police Sub- Inspector (SI) on Monday shot dead his father-in-law Ranveer Singh (60) in Bhainsi village near Lakhan Majra in Rohtak, Haryana. Police said the accused, Sandeep Dahiya, a permanent resident of Sonipat in Haryana and at present residing at Government allotted accom- modation at Shalimar Bagh Police Colony, is also embroiled in a matrimonial dispute with his wife and a case has been registered against him at Rohtak Police Station. Police said Dahiya was posted at Lahori Gate Police Station in North Delhi. Dahiya had shot his girl- friend of 1 year around 7:30 am on Monday, near Delhi’s Sai Mandir on GT Karnal road. “Ranveer (Dahiya’s father- in-law) was standing outside his house when Dahiya came and shot him from a very close range and fled from the spot,” said the Rajinder Singh, the Station House Officer (SHO), Lakhan Majra Police Station. “Ranveer died on the spot. On the basis of the statement given by Ranveer’s son Manjeet, a case under section 302 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered and manhunt is on for the accused,” the SHO said. Police said on September 27 Dahiya was deputed for duty in general “gasht” from 9 pm to 1 am, but he didn’t turn up for duty and hence he was marked absent. Dahiya joined the Delhi Police in 2006 as constable and after passing the exam, he became Sub Inspector in 2010. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police departmental enquiry also found him guilty. “He was on medical rest for 2 days on pretext of stomach pain and joined duty on September 25. Since he has been the Division officer, a 9MM pistol with 10 rounds was allotted to him,” said a police officer. T he Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is expected to issue a set of new Unlockdown-5 guidelines on Tuesday for restoring normal life and business activities to deal with the restrictions imposed due to Covid-19 pan- demic. The MHA had already consulted all States regarding the new guidelines which are expected to allow opening up of the education sector, research field and domestic civil aviation sector. Many States have already taken deci- sion on the opening up of undergraduate classes only from November 1. The new guidelines are expected to allow relaxations in opening up of malls and cine- ma halls subject to the State Government’s decisions. In education sector already 50 per cent of the teachers and staffers are allowed to attend campuses for higher classes in schools. Lower level classes are expected to be open only after December or January. On domestic civil avia- tion, the Union Home Ministry has consulted the Civil Aviation Ministry and other stakehold- ers and is expected to allow operation of more flights. However, in international sec- tor, talks are going on with sev- eral countries. The number of people allowed to assemble in public spaces may be increased in the new guidelines. The States like Bihar where Assembly elections are going to take place from October 28 and simultaneous by-elections are happening are expected to get the relaxation in the number of people. At present maximum 100 people are allowed in proces- sions or meeting up in public places. Increased frequency of Metro trains is also expected to be introduced. New Delhi: A Congress MP from Kerala moved the Supreme Court on Monday challenging the constitutional validity of various provisions of the contentious new farm Act. TN Prathapan, who repre- sents Thrissur Lok Sabha con- stituency in Kerala, has alleged that the Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 is violative of right to equality (Article 14), prohibi- tion of discrimination (15) and right to life and liberty (21) of the Constitution. A fter deploying more than 30,000 additional troops on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, the Indian defence forces have opera- tionalised an array of missile systems, including the Brahmos, Nirbhay and Akash, to ward off any threat from bel- ligerent China. With no letup in tension on the LAC in Eastern Ladakh since the stand-offs began in early May, the security estab- lishment is not taking any chances. Ready for a long haul, the Government has hastened the supply of prefabricated tents and other related equip- ment to enable the troops to withstand temperatures of minus 20 degrees Centigrade. On the other hand, missiles, tanks and frontline fighter jets are also on full alert all along the 4,000 km LAC stretching from Ladakh in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east. The missiles were deployed recently to nullify any advan- tage China may have by bring- ing forward its missile in the Tibet region and Xinjiang. The indigenously-designed and manufactured Brahmos super- sonic cruise missile has a range of more than 400 km. It can take out any targets, including tanks and missiles, from far away. Similarly, the indigenous- ly-designed and manufactured Akash surface to air missile has a range of 80 km and can neu- tralise any threat from air. Continued on Page 11
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After the CAG disclosedthat the French manufac-
turers of the Rafale jets havefailed to meet their offset oblig-ations, the Defence AcquisitionProcedure (DAP)-2020unveiled here on Monday hasdone away with the offsetclause itself in all future casesof Government to Governmentdefence contracts the type ofwhich India and FranceGovernments entered into as apart of the Rafale deal.
The Congress hadlaunched a scathing attack onthe NDA Government last yearalleging that an Indian indus-trial house was favoured in bag-ging offset contracts worthover �30,000 crore in the Rafaledeal.
Offset clause was broughtin to allow the Indian defenceindustry to acquire world-classtechnology and tie-ups withforeign vendors. The foreigncompanies supplying weaponto India are mandatorily oblig-ed to plough back at least 30per cent of the total contractvalue if the tag is over �300crore. In the Rafale deal, theoffset cap was raised to 50 percent.
The CAG observed in itsreport last week that in most ofthe deals critical frontline tech-nology from abroad did notcome in.
In the Rafale deal, theGovernment watchdogobserved that, “For instance in
the offset contract relating to 36Medium Multi Role CombatAircraft (MMRCA), the ven-dors M/s Dassault Aviationand M/s MBDA initially pro-posed (September 2015) todischarge 30 per cent of theiroffset obligation by offeringhigh technology to the DefenceResearch and DevelopmentOrganisation (DRDO). TheDRDO wanted to obtainTechnical Assistance for theindigenous development ofengine (Kaveri) for the LightCombat Aircraft. Till date, thevendor has not confirmed thetransfer of this technology.”
The CAG report said inmany cases it was found thatthe foreign vendors made var-ious offset commitments toqualify for the main supplycontract but later were not
earnest about fulfilling thesecommitments.
Under the new policy, theoffset guidelines have also beenrevised to give preference todefence majors offering tomanufacture products in Indiainstead of meeting the offsetobligations through othermeans, officials said.
However, the offset clauseis not applicable to theGovernment to Governmentdeals and single-vendor con-tracts. The Rafale deal is one ofthe most prominent such con-tracts in the recent past. In suchdeals, the Government, fromwhich the weapon platform isprocured, stands guarantee forall issues, including deliveryschedule and availability ofcritical spares besides mainte-nance.
Meanwhile, DefenceMinister Rajnath Singhunveiled the DAP that featuressteps to turn India into a glob-al manufacturing hub of mili-tary platforms, reduce timelinesfor procurement of defenceequipment and allow purchaseof essential items by the threeservices through capital budgetunder a simplified mechanism.
The latest DAP also incor-porates new chapters on infor-mation and communicationtechnologies, post-contractmanagement, acquisition ofsystems developed by the state-run defence entities like theDefence Research andDevelopment Organisation(DRDO) and Defence PublicSector Undertakings (DPSUs),they said.
Continued on Page 11
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The farmers’ protests in thecountry seem to be grow-
ing every day across the coun-try. On Monday, Punjab ChiefMinister Captain AmarinderSingh sat on dharna at KhatkarKalan, an ancestral village inNawanshahr, the birthplace ofShaheed Bhagat Singh on hisbirthday anniversary to protestagainst the farm laws, while atractor was set on fire at IndiaGate in Delhi on Mondaymorning by Punjab CongressYouth workers.
Farmers in Punjablaunched “Gherao CorporateBusinesses” in the State. Thesilo run by Adani Agri LogisticsGroup at Village Dagru inMoga was gheraoed by BarnalaMLA Gurmeet Hayer.
Farmers’ protests backedby the Congress and otherOpposition parties also spreadin Karnataka, Tamil Nadu,Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha,Telangana, Chhattisgarh andMadhya Pradesh. Congressworkers also held nationwideprotests in State’s Capitals.
Farmers groups observed aStatewide bandh in Karnatakawhile Dravida MunnetraKazhagam (DMK) and its alliesheld protests across TamilNadu.
In Delhi, Punjab YouthCongress activists set ablaze atractor at India Gate onMonday morning. The DelhiPolice said five people claimingto be members of the PunjabYouth Congress — Manjot
Singh (36), Ramandeep SinghSindhu (28), Rahul (23), Sahib(28) and Sumit (28), all resi-dents of Punjab — have beenarrested.
“Around 15-20 people car-ried a tractor on a truck toRajpath, Man Singh Crossing.They unloaded the tractorfrom the truck and set it onfire,” said a senior police offi-cial. “Fire department receivedinformation regarding the inci-dent at 7.42 am and two firetenders were rushed to thespot,” said a senior Delhi FireService official.
The Congress in Haryanaheld a protest outside theparty’s HQ in Chandigarh.
The Punjab Government isalso consulting lawyers to movethe Supreme Court on theissue. The CM was accompa-nied by his wife and ex-Minister Preneet Kaur, newCongress in-charge of Punjabaffairs Harish Rawat, PPCCchief Sunil Jakhar, VidhanSabha Speaker Rana KP,Cabinet Ministers, around 45MLAs and six MPs. They all satin the memorial complex rightin front of the statue and sat ondharna for over an hour.
Continued on Page 11
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In a move to make the recent-ly enacted farm sector legis-
lation ineffective, Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi onMonday directed ChiefMinisters of four Congress-ruled States to look into thepossibility of passing laws tooverride these measures.
A statement issued by partygeneral secretary KCVenugopal said CMs of Punjab,Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh andPudducherry have been told topass laws under Article 254 (2)of the Constitution that allowsState legislatures to pass lawsthat could negate the “anti-agri-culture” Central laws encroach-ing upon the States’ jurisdictionunder the Constitution.
“This would enable theStates to bypass the unaccept-able anti-farmers provisions.”
Continued on Page 11
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The CBI has not drawn anyconclusion in the death
case of filmstar Sushant SinghRajput and all angles of theincident are being probed, theagency said here on Monday.
“The Central Bureau ofInvestigation is conducting (a)professional investigation relat-ed to death of Shri SushantSingh Rajput in which allaspects are being looked at andno aspect has been ruled out asof date,” a CBI spokespersonsaid in statement.
Rajput, 34, who debutedwith the much acclaimed ‘KaiPo Che’ movie seven years ago,was found dead in his apart-ment in suburban Bandra inMumbai on June 14 this year.His family members suspectedthis to be a case of abetment tosuicide or plain murder.
Continued on Page 11
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Railway passengers may haveto shell out additional �10-
�35 for their ticket fares as usercharges for availing redevel-oped stations with state of theart amenities and to help thenational transporter in raisingfunds for redeveloping morestations, sources indicated.
This is part of a proposalbeing finalised by the Railwayswhich will soon be sent forCabinet nod, the sources said.
The user fee, the sourcessaid, will vary according to theclass — it would range between�10 and �35 with the higherprice for AC first class passen-gers.
The Railways had earlierclarified that user fee would belevied only across stationswhich will be redeveloped andthose that have high footfalls.
Of the 7,000 total railwaystations in the country, around700-1,000 fall in this category,it had said.
Continued on Page 11
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Donald Trump paid just$750 in federal income
taxes in the year he was elect-ed US president and also in hisfirst year in the White House,according to a media report,which also said that he or hiscompanies paid $145,400 taxesin India in 2017.
Trump entered the 2016presidential race as aRepublican and was elected ina surprise victory overDemocratic nominee HillaryClinton.
“Donald J Trump paid$750 in federal income taxesthe year he won the presiden-cy. In his first year in theWhite House, he paid another$750,” the New York Timesreported on Sunday, citing taxreturn data extending over 20years.
The report came just daysbefore Trump’s first presiden-tial debate with Democraticrival Joe Biden on Tuesday and
weeks before the November 3presidential election.
Trump paid no incometaxes at all in 10 of the previ-ous 15 years — largely becausehe reported losing much moremoney than he made, thereport said.
The US President imme-diately dismissed the report as“totally fake news”.
US Presidents are notrequired by law to releasedetails of their personalfinances, but every one sinceRichard Nixon has done so.
Continued on Page 11
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Aday after shooting girlfriend — who is battling
for her life in a hospital in thenational Capital — the 35-year-old Delhi Police Sub-Inspector (SI) on Monday shotdead his father-in-law RanveerSingh (60) in Bhainsi villagenear Lakhan Majra in Rohtak,Haryana.
Police said the accused,Sandeep Dahiya, a permanentresident of Sonipat in Haryanaand at present residing atGovernment allotted accom-modation at Shalimar BaghPolice Colony, is also embroiledin a matrimonial dispute withhis wife and a case has been
registered against him atRohtak Police Station.
Police said Dahiya wasposted at Lahori Gate PoliceStation in North Delhi.
Dahiya had shot his girl-friend of 1 year around 7:30 amon Monday, near Delhi’s SaiMandir on GT Karnal road.
“Ranveer (Dahiya’s father-in-law) was standing outsidehis house when Dahiya cameand shot him from a very closerange and fled from the spot,”said the Rajinder Singh, theStation House Officer (SHO),
Lakhan Majra Police Station.“Ranveer died on the spot.
On the basis of the statementgiven by Ranveer’s son Manjeet,a case under section 302 ofIndian Penal Code (IPC) wasregistered and manhunt is onfor the accused,” the SHO said.
Police said on September27 Dahiya was deputed for dutyin general “gasht” from 9 pm to1 am, but he didn’t turn up forduty and hence he was markedabsent.
Dahiya joined the DelhiPolice in 2006 as constable andafter passing the exam, hebecame Sub Inspector in 2010.Meanwhile, the Delhi Policedepartmental enquiry alsofound him guilty.
“He was on medical rest for2 days on pretext of stomachpain and joined duty onSeptember 25. Since he hasbeen the Division officer, a9MM pistol with 10 rounds wasallotted to him,” said a policeofficer.
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The Ministry of HomeAffairs (MHA) is expected
to issue a set of newUnlockdown-5 guidelines onTuesday for restoring normallife and business activities todeal with the restrictionsimposed due to Covid-19 pan-demic.
The MHA had alreadyconsulted all States regardingthe new guidelines which areexpected to allow opening upof the education sector,research field and domesticcivil aviation sector. ManyStates have already taken deci-sion on the opening up ofundergraduate classes onlyfrom November 1.
The new guidelines areexpected to allow relaxations inopening up of malls and cine-ma halls subject to the StateGovernment’s decisions.
In education sector already50 per cent of the teachers andstaffers are allowed to attendcampuses for higher classes inschools. Lower level classesare expected to be open only
after December or January. On domestic civil avia-
tion, the Union Home Ministryhas consulted the Civil AviationMinistry and other stakehold-ers and is expected to allowoperation of more flights.However, in international sec-tor, talks are going on with sev-
eral countries. The number of people
allowed to assemble in publicspaces may be increased in thenew guidelines.
The States like Bihar whereAssembly elections are going totake place from October 28 andsimultaneous by-elections are
happening are expected to getthe relaxation in the number ofpeople.
At present maximum 100people are allowed in proces-sions or meeting up in publicplaces. Increased frequency ofMetro trains is also expected tobe introduced.
New Delhi: A Congress MPfrom Kerala moved theSupreme Court on Mondaychallenging the constitutionalvalidity of various provisions ofthe contentious new farm Act.
TN Prathapan, who repre-sents Thrissur Lok Sabha con-stituency in Kerala, has allegedthat the Farmers'(Empowerment andProtection) Agreement of Price
Assurance and Farm ServicesAct, 2020 is violative of right toequality (Article 14), prohibi-tion of discrimination (15) andright to life and liberty (21) ofthe Constitution.
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After deploying more than30,000 additional troops
on the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in Ladakh, the Indiandefence forces have opera-tionalised an array of missilesystems, including theBrahmos, Nirbhay and Akash,to ward off any threat from bel-ligerent China.
With no letup in tension onthe LAC in Eastern Ladakhsince the stand-offs began inearly May, the security estab-lishment is not taking anychances. Ready for a long haul,the Government has hastenedthe supply of prefabricatedtents and other related equip-ment to enable the troops towithstand temperatures ofminus 20 degrees Centigrade.
On the other hand, missiles,tanks and frontline fighter jetsare also on full alert all alongthe 4,000 km LAC stretchingfrom Ladakh in the west toArunachal Pradesh in the east.
The missiles were deployedrecently to nullify any advan-tage China may have by bring-ing forward its missile in theTibet region and Xinjiang. Theindigenously-designed andmanufactured Brahmos super-sonic cruise missile has a rangeof more than 400 km. It cantake out any targets, includingtanks and missiles, from faraway.
Similarly, the indigenous-ly-designed and manufacturedAkash surface to air missile hasa range of 80 km and can neu-tralise any threat from air.
Continued on Page 11
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UP Congress president AjayKumar Lallu along with
Youth Congress chief KanishkPandey, MLC Deepak Singh,and hundreds of other partyworkers and leaders were heldwhen they were trying tomarch towards the Raj Bhawanto gherao it to protest againstthe new farm laws in the statecapital on Monday.
President Ram NathKovind on Sunday gave assentto three contentious farm billspassed in Parliament last weekthat have triggered farmers’protest.
Reports said that several ofparty leaders, former MLAsand MPs were also detained onthe way to Lucknow to join theprotest so they staged demon-strations on highways leadingto huge jams on all the high-ways leading to the state capi-tal.
The leaders also blockedthe Kanpur-Lucknow toll plaza,leading to traffic chaos forseveral hours. MLA AradhanaMishra `Mona’ and someother leaders, including districtpresident Ved Prakash Tripathi,were put in house arrest.
Earlier, the Lucknow
Commissionerate officials hadsealed the borders to preventthe Congressmen fromprotesting against the farmlaws. A heavy police force wasstationed outside the RajBhawan since Monday morn-ing. Additional police forcesincluding four companies ofPAC were also deployed.
Led by the UPCC presi-dent, the Congress workersfrom all over the state con-verged on the ParivartanChowk and staged protestagainst the “anti-farm” laws,party’s administrative head,Siddharth Priya Srivastavaclaimed.
Guna/Lucknow (PTI): A gangster, whowas being brought by the Uttar PradeshPolice from Mumbai to Lucknow, diedwhen the vehicle carrying him overturnedafter hitting a ‘nilgai’ in Madhya Pradesh’sGuna, police said on Monday.
Four others, including two police per-sonnel and the vehicle’s driver, were alsoinjured in the incident and admitted to ahospital, they said.
A Lucknow Police team had gone toMumbai Friday and it nabbed FerozKhan (65) from Nallasopara area ofMaharashtra’s Palghar district nearMumbai, an officer said.
They were returning with Khan whenthe accident occurred on Sunday morn-ing on the Gwalior-Betul NationalHighway near Pakhriapura toll in
Chanchoda area, around 150 km north ofBhopal, Guna Superintendent of PoliceRajesh Kumar said.
Khan suffered serious injuries and wasrushed to a hospital, where the doctorsdeclared him dead, Lucknow PoliceCommissioner Sujit Pandey said.
The four injured were also admittedto a hospital and have been dischargednow, the commissioner said.
A resident of Bahraich district in UttarPradesh, Khan had several cases, includ-ing under the Gangsgters Act, registeredagainst him, Pandey said.
Chanchoda town Police InspectorRakesh Gupta said the four injured wereASI Jagdish Pandey, constable SanjeevSingh, driver Sulabh Mishra, and Khan’srelative Afazal (42), who was taken to
Maharashtra to identify the gangster.Khan’s body was sent to Bhopal and
a postmortem was conducted at theHamidia Hospital there, he said.
Khan’s family members have arrivedat Bhopal and his last rites will be conduct-ed there Monday itself, Gupta said.
On July 10, gangster Vikas Dubey waskilled in an encounter after a UttarPradesh Police vehicle carrying him fromUjjain to Kanpur had met with an accidentand he had tried to escape, the state policehad said then.
Four policemen, including an inspec-tor posted in Nawabganj, were injured inthat accident.
Dubey was accused of plotting a fatalattack on eight policemen who had goneto arrest him on July 3.
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Uttar Pradesh Energy MinisterShrikant Sharma has ordered
action against the private agenciessending wrong bills to the powerconsumers. He has also directedthe UP Power CorporationLimited officials to lodge FIRsagainst private agencies entrust-ed with the task of billing for thelapses. The energy minister, dur-ing a review meeting on Monday,directed UPPCL officials to issueshowcause notice to 12 chiefengineers of different districts forpoor performance. Notice willalso be issued to the director(commercial) of Madhyanchaland Paschimanchal power distri-bution companies.
Show cause notices for laps-es in their functioning wereserved to the chief engineers ofAyodhya, Bareilly, Gonda, LESA
(System) , LESA (Trans-Gomti),Lucknow zone, Meerut,Moradabad, Bulandshahr,Ghaziabad, Noida andSaharanpur .
The minister has sought replyfrom these officers within a week.
Official sources said that dur-ing the review of Madhyanchaland Paschimanchal power corpo-rations on Monday, the ministerwas annoyed with the rampantdistribution of wrong electricitybills to the consumers by thebilling agencies.
“FIRs should be lodgedagainst the billing agencies. Thegovernment will not allow anyharassment of the consumers,”Sharma said.
In another directive, the min-ister asked the UPPCL to ensureload balancing in all transform-ers in the state before the festivalof Diwali.
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After cracking the whipagainst those involved in
sexual offences, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath issued direc-tive to launch a crackdown onmafias by identifying thosewho had made huge wealththrough muscle or gun power.
Yogi said that effectiveaction be taken against thegoons who had taken overproperty by muscle power andthe administration shouldensure that the entire proper-ty was confiscated under thespecial provisions of the UPGangsters Act. “Operationsshould be conducted againstmafia elements in every zone,range and district,” he added.
The chief minister saidthat district level should bereviewed at the range leveland the range level at the zonelevel.
Giving these details here onMonday, Additional ChiefSecretary (Home) AwanishKumar Awasthi said that thechief minister issued thesedirectives while reviewing thelaw and order through videoconferencing from his resi-dence on Sunday.
Besides Awasthi, DGP HCAwasthi, all the divisional com-missioners, ADGs, IGs, DIGs,district magistrates, districtpolice chiefs were also connect-ed in the meeting throughvideo conferencing.
Awasthi said the chief min-ister praised Operation Shaktifor controlling crimes againstwomen and Operation Mafiaagainst mafia elements andsaid that these activities shouldbe carried out continuously andeffectively in the entire state.
Yogi said that promptaction be taken against peoplewho were a threat to the safe-ty of women and officers ofevery level should be sensitivein this regard. He said that theAnt—Romeo Squad should bekept operational continuouslyand effectively.
The chief minister saidthrough crime mapping, theofficials should identify vulner-able spots like markets, schools,parks etc. and conduct surprisechecks through Shakti teams tonail down the eve-teasers andlater counsel them so that theydid not repeat the crime infuture.
He also directed officials toexpedite the prosecution ofthose arrested under POCSOAct.
Awasthi said the chief min-ister also said that as a series offestivals were to begin withNavratri from October 17, theadministration should takecomplete care regarding safetyas well as prevention frominfection of coronavirus.
Awasthi said that the chiefminister made it clear that UPcould not be a refuge for crim-inals so stern action should betaken against whoever tried totake law in his/her hand ormade attempt to disturb peace.
Yogi Adityanath alsostressed on effective footpatrolling to maintain law andorder and asked officials toinstil confidence in the publicand fear among criminals. “Thepatrolling of PRV 112 shouldalso be continuous and effec-tive,” he added.
Awasthi said that direc-tions were given to holdSamadhan Divas and ThanaDivas and redress the griev-ances of the people.
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Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath
said that a robust testing andsurveillance system would helpin controlling the spread ofcoronavirus in a better way anddirected the chief secretary totake regular feedback on themicro-containment zones, test-ing and surveillance and takeaction accordingly.
He reiterated that protec-tion was the only remedy untila vaccine came. “Prepare aspecial strategy for Covid con-trol in Lucknow, Kanpur Nagarand Meerut,” he said.
Presiding over a high-levelunlock meeting at his officialresidence here, the chief min-ister said that the state had beenable to control the spread ofcoronavirus to a great extent.He said it was a good sign thatthe number of active cases hadcome down during the last oneweek. “It clearly shows that thestrategy to contain the coron-avirus has been effective,” hesaid, while laying emphasis onfocused testing and increasingthe number of Covid beds.
The chief minister askedofficials to take all precautionsduring the coming festival sea-son. He said mass awarenessabout COVID-19 should bespread through public addresssystem, the surveillance com-mittees should remain activeand Covid help desks should befunctional in all hospitals,industrial units and govern-ment and non-governmentoffices.
“The Integrated Commandand Control Centres (ICCC)should also be in active modein all the districts,” he added.
The chief minister wasapprised by the additional chiefsecretary (medical education)
that arrangements had beenmade for 60,000 tests per dayby the RT-PCR method.
He said that industrialdevelopment and industrialactivities were being conduct-ed as per unlock protocol.
The chief minister direct-ed officials to maintain com-munication with the potentialinvestors and entrepreneursand redress their problemspromptly.
“Convene a meeting of thestate-level bankers’ committeeand prepare an action plan toencourage more and more peo-ple for self-employment,” hesaid.
The chief minister saidthat all arrangements should bemade in time for paddy pur-chase activities commencing onOctober 1, 2020. He also askedofficials to ensure that thefarmers got the assured price oftheir produce as per MSP.
Directing officials to makearrangements in the cow shel-ters, Yogi asked them toarrange green fodder. He alsoasked the officials to immunise
the cattle.
������!��������� ���The initiative taken in the
last one week to extend imme-diate medical help to theinmates lodged in jails acrossthe state has revealed that1,200 prisoners have contract-ed coronavirus though major-ity of them are asymptomatic.
According to DirectorGeneral, Prison Administrationand Reform Services, AnandKumar, till date about 1,40,000tests, including those of 5,000staff members, have been con-ducted in the state’s temporaryand permanent jails, and over7,000 have tested positive so far.
Two inmates have died ofCOVID-19.
Anand Kumar said that inthe past one week, at least 128prisoners tested positive forcoronavirus infection inFatehgarh Central Jail.
On Saturday, 76 prisonerswere found positive. All ofthem have been kept in isola-tion in a separate jail barracksfor treatment.
Senior Superintendent ofFatehgarh Central Jail SHMRizvi, said that the first case wasreported on September 20 andsince then 128 prisoners hadbeen found infected with thedisease. However, none of thepatients’ health conditions areserious.
Three medical officers havebeen deployed by the Healthdepartment inside the prisonfor monitoring, he added.
The prison in Fatehgarh, atpresent, has around 2,000inmates against its capacity of1,600. “We are providing‘kadha’, hot water and homeo-pathic medicines to all prison-ers as a precaution and maskshave been distributed to everyprisoner,” he said.
Meanwhile, Anand Kumarsaid that despite the precau-tionary measures, several pris-oners had got infected. “Themain reasons are the move-ment of sick patients outsidethe jail for treatment and infec-tion brought in by coronaviruspositive asymptomatic staff,” heexplained.
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The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment has another feather in
its cap as it has received eightawards in the Garib KalyanRojgar Abhiyan (GKRA)launched by the UnionMinistry of Jal Shakti .
According to officialsources here, Uttar Pradesh hasgot overall first position in thecountry while among the dis-tricts, Prayagraj, Hardoi andFatehpur have bagged the first,second and third ranks, respec-tively. In the non-GKRA cate-gory, Bareilly and Aligarh havesecured first and second posi-
tions respectively. Aligarh hasalso received the special recog-nition award.
Besides, Uttar Pradesh hasalso got overall second rank inthe implementation of GandagiMukt Bharat scheme.
The awards will be distrib-uted at an online ceremony onOctober 2, 2020.
The Government of Indialaunched the Garib KalyanRojgar Abhiyan to tackle theimpact of COVID-19 onlabourers/workers in India. It isa rural public works schemewhich was launched on June 2,with an initial funding of Rs50,000 crore.
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The decline in activeCOVID-19 cases contin-
ued in Uttar Pradesh as 3,838fresh positive cases werereported on Monday and thenumber of recovered patientswas more than the personsinfected.
Of the total 3,90,875COVID-19 cases identified sofar in the state, 3,31,270 haverecovered. With this, therecovery percentage in thestate has gone up to 84.75 per
cent. However, in the last 24hours, 58 COVID-19 fatalitieswere reported, taking the deathtoll to 5,652.
Additional Chief Secretary(Health) Amit Mohan Prasadsaid there were 53,953 activecases in the state while thenumber of recovered patientsreached 3,31,270, including5,382 discharged on Monday.
The additional chief secre-tary said on Sunday, 1,51,822sample were tested and with itthe total Covid tests in the statehad reached the 97,76,894-mark.
Prasad said there were26,770 asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in home isolation,3,609 in private hospitals and127 in semi-paid hotels whilethe rest were in government-run Covid hospitals.
As many as 2,08,993infected people have preferredhome isolation and 1,82,223 ofthem have recovered.
Over 3.87 lakh surveil-lance teams have visited1,23,661 areas of the state andvisited 2.53 crore houses tocheck the health of over 12.57crore people.
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“Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath clarified that no pub-lic function would be allowed during the Durga puja. Peopleshould organise puja in the closed confines of their homes“ the official said.
The official said that the chief minister clarified thatDurga puja and Ramleela were integral part of Hindu tra-dition and the government could not curtail that. “But inview of COVID-19 pandemic, the government is commit-ted to curtail celebrations,” he said and added that the gov-ernment had therefore decided that pandals would not beallowed as this could lead to gathering of people.
Meanwhile, the Allahabad High Court on Mondayrejected a PIL of the Bengali Welfare Association seekingpermission to hold Durga Puja at public places. The benchheaded by Chief Justice Govind Mathur rejected the plea,throwing the ball in the court of the state government. Thecourt commented that when Eid celebration and Moharramwere not allowed how could the court intervene on theDurga puja celebrations. The bench said the state govern-ment would decide on how to celebrate the festival as perthe guidelines issued by the Central government.
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Agang of robbers killed thewife of a priest and looted
cash, ornaments from his housebesides donation box and otheritems from a temple close to thehouse in Banthra in the inter-vening night of Sunday andMonday. The village has beenadopted by Defence MinisterRajnath Singh and comes in thecategory of model villages.
The deceased was identi-fied as Deepika Trivedi (52) ofBainti village in the area. Herhusband Deep Narayan Trivediis the temple priest and also vis-its different houses in the local-ity for puja. Deep Narayanlives with his second wifeKusum and children Shubham(17) and Shivank (13). Theytake rest on a platform con-structed at a temple close to thehouse. Deepika is survived bytwo sons, Saurabh (23) andShiva (27). Around 5 am,Kusum woke up to resume herdaily chores and found a big
hole in one of the walls of thetwo-room house. She cried infear, hearing which DeepNarayan and other familymembers reached the scene.He peeped through the holeand found Deepika lying on theground. In the meantime,Deepika’s son Saurabh reachedthe scene and went inside thehouse, only to find his motherdead. They also found both therooms burgled and cash andornaments stolen.
Villagers flocked to thescene and it surfaced that theburglars had broken the locksat Nageshwar Mahadev Templeand Yagyashala and decampedwith cash, donation box andornaments adorned by deities.The same surfaced when twovillagers, Abhishek and Suresh,reached the temple to offer pujaand the canopy of Lord Shivaidol and donation box werefound missing.
Preliminary investigationrevealed that Deepika used toclean the temple around 4 am
everyday and offer puja.During investigation, the policerecovered the empty donationbox whose lid was missing.
The police pressed a dogsquad and the sniffer stopped ata culvert near a handpump. Thepolice searched the place andfound wrappers of paan masalaand empty liquor bottles. Thevillagers said Deep Narayan’ssecond wife belonged to thefamily of one of his close kin andit was a bone of contentionbetween her and Deep Narayan.Enraged at the incident, the vil-lagers flayed the police for fail-ing to prevent crime incidentsin the state capital.
However, policespokesman AK Dwivedidenied reports of murder dur-ing dacoity and said a case reg-istered under section 460 ofIPC. He said teams had beenformed to work out the case. Itis the first case in which thepolice invoked section 460 ofIPC in the state capital in thelast decade.
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Bike-borne unidentified mis-creants deprived a woman
of her mangalsutra inMahanagar on Sunday night.As per reports, the woman,identified as Neetu Singh ofTakrohi in Indiranagar, alongwith her husband Ajay, hadgone to see a relative atVivekanand Polyclinic Instituteof Medical Sciences on Sundayevening.
When they reachedChhannilal crossing whilereturning home, the miscreantsovertook their bike and the pil-lion-rider snatched the man-galsutra from Neetu. The policesaid they were scanning theCCTV footage and the miscre-ants would be nabbed soon.
Meanwhile, a Jankipuramresident lodged a case against aconstruction company onMonday. In his complaint,
Vinod Kumar Maurya ofGaderian Ka Purwa said he hadsigned a contract withAnshuman Srivastava, whoowns RK ConstructionCompany whose office is situ-ated in Omaxe City in PGIpolice station area.
“I came to know about theconstruction company throughan advertisement. As per theagreement, I paid Rs 5 lakh inadvance and later Rs 2.5 lakhthrough cheque. The contractordeployed by the constructioncompany overlooked the termsand conditions mentioned inthe agreement and when I com-plained about the same, theystopped the construction work.When I sought to know the rea-son, the company ownerdemanded Rs 2 lakh to get thework started,” Maurya alleged.
In another incident, cashand ornaments were stolen fromthe house of a private company
employee in Kakuali village ofMadiaon. House owner Anwarsaid the thieves made off with Rs20,000 and ornaments worthover Rs 1 lakh.
Meanwhile, a 45-year-oldauto driver was found hangingat his house in Hasanganj policestation area on Sunday night.Police said he committed sui-cide. As per reports, Maqsoodof Qutubpur in Daliganj local-ity was found hanging from theceiling with a dupatta tiedaround his neck on Sundaynight. Police came to knowabout the incident afterMaqsood’s brother Akramcalled them. Though policesaid Maqsood committed sui-cide, they failed to explain thereason. He said the body hadbeen sent for autopsy and fur-ther investigation was under-way. A police spokesmanclaimed that Maqsood was alco-holic and also took drugs.
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As fatty liver is the maincause of various health
complications, including dia-betes, heart disease and hyper-tension, enzyme level in theblood serum must be lessthan 30 IU/L in male and lessthan 20 IU/L in female andliver fat less than 5% to keepthe liver healthy.
This was stated by direc-tor of Institute of Liver andBiliary Sciences, New Delhi,Dr Shiv Kumar Sarin, whodelivered an online oration atCentral Drug ResearchInstitute’s 79th CSIRFoundation Day celebrationson Monday.
Dr Sarin delivered aninformative talk on ‘Heart ofthe liver’ to spread awarenessregarding the importance ofliver health for happy, healthyand long life. He said AlanineAminotransferase (ALT) isan enzyme made in liver.
“It is released into theblood when tissues are dam-aged. This enzyme is alsocalled serum glutamic-pyruvictransaminase (SGPT). Thisenzyme is the indicator ofliver health so by observingthe level of this parameter,people can keep themselves
updated with their liverhealth,” he said.
CDRI director TK Kundusaid that CSIR, which wasestablished in 1942, has con-tributed significantly to thegrowth of science, industryand nation building.
On the occasion of CSIRFoundation Day, Dr MridulaKamboj Award for Drugs,Diagnostics, Vaccines andRelated Basic Research wasannounced and it would begiven to Dr T Narender andhis team for their outstandingcontribution for developing aphytopharmaceutical formanagement of benignprostate hyperplasia (BPH),which is also called prostategland enlargement, a commoncondition as men get older. Anenlarged prostate gland cancause uncomfortable urinary symptoms, such asblocking the flow of urine outof the bladder. It can alsocause bladder, urinary tract orkidney problems. He will be felicitated on CDRIAnnual Day in February nextyear.
The institute is celebrating70th year of its establishmentthis year. On the occasion, theCDRI director released 70thyear’s celebration logo.
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The Superspeciality CancerInstitute and Hospital at
Chak Ganjaria will focus oncost-effective treatment forpatients. It is a public sectorhospital under the depart-ment of Medical Education.
Director Dr ShaleenKumar said the stress wouldbe on cost-effective strategiesfor patients and for thatunnecessary investigationshave to be avoided and inter-
ventions chosen wisely. Hesaid doctors would beencouraged to be mindful ofthese strategies.
He said it is a sub-spe-ciality institute and patientswill be seen by at least a sur-geon, medical oncologist anda radiation oncologist. “Thetreatment will not be based onwho sees the patient first buton a consensus view, keepingin mind the patients’ wishesand circumstances. It isalways possible to treat a dis-
ease with a variety of permu-tations and combinations,some of which may be morerelevant to an individual butnot to another for which a dif-ferent strategy may be adopt-ed,” he said. He added that ifpatients do not want surgery,an alternative would beoffered.
He said they have startedin-house services. Six surg-eries have been done and theofficials are treading careful-ly. The OPDs will be run in
the morning five days a weekand 20 per cent of the capac-ity will be dedicated to kidsand 20 per cent to adults.
The director said the hos-pital was conceived in 2013and the construction startedin 2015. “It is an 80-acrecampus and the total bedcapacity will be 1,250. In thefirst phase, there will be 750beds and the main buildingwhich will house these beds isstill under construction,” hesaid. He added that they are
currently starting the OPDwith 24 beds in differentareas.
“We have 26 faculty mem-bers and we are looking atsurgical oncology, medicaloncology and radiation oncol-ogy as the prime drivers, andthere will be anaesthetists,pathologists, microbiologist,paedriatics, orthopaedics,dental surgeons along withother specialities,” he said. Headded that they have space forsix linear accelerators.
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On the initiative of GovernorAnandiben Patel to adopt
underprivileged children suf-fering from tuberculosis,SGPGI organised a programmeon Monday with the objectiveof taking care of their nutritionas well as supervise their treat-ment. The programme wasorganised jointly by Dr RichaMishra of department ofMicrobiology, Dr Alok Nath ofdepartment of PulmonaryMedicine and Dr PrernaKapoor, physician and nodalofficer of National TuberculosisEradication Programme Unit.
The chief guest was DrSuryakant Tripathi of KGMUand UP. He highlighted thebenefits of Nikshay PoshanYojana launched by UnionMinistry of Health and FamilyWelfare.
“Financial incentive for Rs500 per month is given to eachnotified TB patient during thecourse of treatment. Thescheme is registered underdirect benefit transfer,” he said.
SGPGI director Dr RKDhiman appreciated those whocame forward to be guardiansto ensure proper treatment andnutrition monitoring so that thechildren could be completely
cured and lead healthy lives. Healso stressed on the need tocontinuously work to eradicateTB from India by 2025. Thechildren who were adoptedincluded Khushi Singh, SnehaSingh, Zobya Siddiqui, PalakVishwakarma, Sakshi Mouryaand Mohammed Sabir.
The doctors who come for-ward to become guardians ofthese children were AmitaAgarwal, Aruna Parashar, AfzalAzim, Bhavna Chauhan Arya,Richa Mishra and Sanjay Jain.The programme ended with thedistribution of hampers con-taining milk, juice and fruitsamong the children.
Lucknow (PNS): Three per-sons attacked a transgenderwith a knife and threw chillipowder in her eyes when shewas going to have morning teaat a stall in Hussainganj onMonday. The victim, identifiedas Pappu Rani of Sudamapurion AP Sen Road, was admittedto a hospital and a case was reg-istered in this connection.
In her complaint, she saidshe was attacked by Vikas,Taufiq and Vishal when shewas going to the tea stall.“They first threw chilli powderin my eyes. As I felt irritationand pain in my eyes, theyattacked me with knives. Icried atop my voice to drawattention of commuters andshopowners and the attackers
fled the scene,” she said. Sheadded that the accused threat-ened to kill her. A policespokesman said Vikas ofPurana Qila locality was arrest-ed by a police team while amanhunt was on for others. Hesaid a case under sections324/336/504 was registered inthis connection.
In another incident, a 33-year-old woman, identified asSaroj of Gopal Kheda localityin Mohanlalganj police sta-tion area, was found hanging ather house on Monday morn-ing. Her husband Satish Kumartold the police that he had goneto his field to guard the cropand found Saroj hanging in theverandah when he returnedhome.
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The Indian embassy inBrussels on Monday issued
an advisory asking Indian citi-zens to report to the police thereas well as the mission on thenature of demand or threatfrom calls received from aspoofed number of the embassy.
The modus operandi of thecallers is that most of the callsoriginate from 0032-2-6409140.“It may be mentioned that it isthe registered Embassy numberbut callers have spoofed thisnumber,” reads the advisory.
“These fraudsters intimatethe unsuspecting victim aboutsome wrong or inadequateinformation in his/her passportor immigration records due towhich a case is registered byPolice in India or in Belgium.
Hence, perpetrators demandthat a fine or penalty needs to bepaid through Western Unionmoney transfer/purchase I-tunecards through their credit/debitcards or else deportation pro-ceedings would be initiated,” theadvisory outlined the modusoperandi.
The advisory further said,“All concerned are, therefore,advised to be vigilant and to beon guard against these fraudstersand their nefarious designs toextract money from unsuspect-ing victims. It is reiterated thatEmbassy does not call up peo-ple to ask for money, etc. andhence such calls be ignored andreported promptly.”
Through the advisory, theIndian Embassy in Brusselssought to draw the attention ofthe Indian community inBelgium/Luxembourg about
the fraudulent calls beingreceived by the members of theIndian community, especiallystudents and professionals fromunscrupulous elements usingthe name of Indian Embassyand spoofed telephone num-bers.
The callers generally speakEnglish and sometimes Hindi.“It is requested that in the eventof receiving such calls, the num-ber from which call has origi-nated, date and time of call, con-tact number on which call wasreceived and nature of demandor threat may be furnished toPolice as well as Embassy ofIndia, Brussels at [email protected],” it said.
In some instances, the crim-inals have allegedly used the tele-phone numbers of BelgianImmigration/Foreign Office, itadded.
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Union Health Minister DrHarsh Vardhan on
Monday released the 100-year timeline history of theIndian Council of MedicalResearch (ICMR) and inau-gurated a mobile stroke unitand a COVID Vaccine andClinical Registry portal to behosted by the research insti-tute.
Dr. Balram Bhargava,Director General, ICMR, Dr.R. Hemalatha, Director,ICMR-NIN and other seniorofficials and scientists werealso present.
While launching theMobile Stroke Unit, theMinister said, “It is disheart-
ening to see the susceptibili-ty of people to heart diseaseand hypertension. Timelytreatment can reduce fatalityand prevent people from dis-ability. In view of the largeburden of stroke and absence
of stroke carefaci l it ies inAssam, this ini-tiative will go along way inaddressing theneeds of thepeople in thisarea. Themobile unit ,through tele-consu ltat ionensures timelyand appropri-ate treatment
to people”.He also lauded the health-
care personnel who are work-ing selflessly to serve the peo-ple even at a time when theresources are limited due toCovid-19 pandemic.
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New Delhi: Hours before the scheduled start ofCommon Law Admission Test (CLAT)-2020 theSupreme Court on Monday allowed a suspect-ed COVID-19 positive aspirant to take theentrance test in a separate isolation room.
CLAT-2020 exam, an entrance test for the22 National Law Universities (NLUs) for admis-sion to LLB, LLB 5 year Integrated and LLM,courses is scheduled to start at 2 PM today.
A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushansaid, “In the facts of the present case, we are ofthe view that the student Deepansh Tripathishould be permitted to take his CLAT exami-nation on September 28, 2020 in a separate iso-lation room to be provided by his CentreSuperintendent”. The bench also comprisingJustices R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah saidthat the student shall ensure that a downloadedcopy of this order should be presented beforehis Centre Superintendent as early as possibleby any other non-symptomatic person. PTI
New Delhi: The Centreinformed the Supreme Courton Monday that a decision islikely in 2-3 days over chargingof interest by banks on instal-ments which were deferredduring the moratorium periodin view of the Covid-19 pan-demic.
The top court asked theCentre to bring the decision onrecord and circulate the affi-davit to the parties in a batchof pleas challenging interest ondeferred instalments.
The Centre informed thetop court that the matter hasreceived very serious consid-eration and the decision mak-ing process is at a veryadvanced stage.A bench head-ed by Justice Ashok Bhushan
said that it would hear thebatch of pleas filed by various
industries, trade associationsand individuals on October 5.
“We will fix the matter forMonday (October 5). Whateveris your policy, whatever youhave, you circulate it. We willtake it up on Monday. Wedon''t want any furtheradjournment,” the bench alsocomprising Justices R SubhashReddy and M R Shah observed.
The bench recorded thestatement of Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta, appearing forthe Centre, that this issue isunder active consideration ofthe government and a decisionis likely to be taken within two-three days.
It said that Mehta shallendeavour to circulate the affi-davit among the parties byThursday so that the matter isheard on October 5. PTI
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Having found itself on thedefensive over a “secret”
two-hour-long meeting betweenits leader Sanjay Raut and seniorBJP leader Devendra Fadnavisat Mumbai hotel on Saturday,the Shiv Sena on Monday saidthat Chief Minister UddhavThackeray had known about themeeting between Raut andFadnavis and that there was noneed for people to draw all kindsof inferences into the meeting.
Sena’s senior leader andstate party minister Anil Parabcame out with a clarification tothis effect, a day after Raut hadhimself said that he had met theBJP leader to discuss certainissues. Raut had said that theremight be ideological differ-ences between Shiv Sena andBJP but the leaders of the twoparties were not enemies of eachother.
A day after his meetingwith Fadnavis, Raut had said:“Yes. I had met Fadnavis to dis-cuss certain issues. He is a for-mer CM and Leader ofOpposition in Maharashtraand also the BJP in-charge forBihar polls. There may be ide-ological differences betweenthe two parties, but we are notenemies. There are no person-al disputes to settle. Meetingsdo keep taking place betweenthe ruling and Oppositionsides. When we were in powerwith the BJP, I used to meetPawar saheb”.
On his part, Fadnavis hadsaid it was wrong to attributepolitical meaning to the meet-ing.
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The state capital reported550 new coronavirus pos-
itive cases, taking the tally to51,748 even as 924 patientsrecovered in the city in the last24 hours.
On Monday too, the num-ber of recovered COVID-19patients was much more thanthe fresh cases. So far 43,533coronavirus infected peoplehave been cured in the city,which now has 7,531 activecases.
However, with 11 morepeople succumbing to thenovel coronavirus, the deathtoll climbed to 684 on Mondayevening.
A senior official at theCMO office said those whotested positive for coronavirusincluded 42 from Gomti
Nagar, 33 from Indiranagar, 29from Madiaon, 28 from RaeBareli road, 26 from Aliganj,24 from Jankipuram, 23 fromChowk, 20 from Talkatora,19 from Ashiyana, 18 fromCantonment, 17 fromThakurganj, 16 fromMahanagar, 15 from Naka, 12each from Alambagh andChinhat, and 10 each fromHasanganj, Sarojininagar andGudamba.
Six of the deceasedbelonged to Lucknow whilethe remaining were fromAyodhya, Kushinagar,Balrampur, Rae Bareli andBihar. Four Covid patientssuccumbed at KGMU.
In the state, 3,838 peopletested positive, including 224in Kanpur, 189 in Gorakhpur,172 in Ghaziabad, 156 inVaranasi and 118 in
Muzaffarnagar, taking the tallyto 3,90,875.
There were 60 COVID-19deaths in the state, includingsix in Kanpur, five in Meerut,three each in Gorakhpur andVaranasi, two each inPrayagraj, Jhansi, Saharanpur,Etawah, Mathura, Mainpuri,Kannauj, Amethi and Auraiya,and one each in Moradabad,Agra, Rampur, Muzaffarnagar,Maharajganj, Hardoi, Gonda,Pratapgarh, Bulandshahr,Sitapur, Kanpur Dehat,Ambedkarnagar and Mahoba,taking the death toll to 5,652.
With the recovery of5,382 COVID-19 patientsrecovering in the last 24hours, 3,31,270 people havebeen cured of the diseaseacross the state and at pre-sent 53,953 active cases areundergoing treatment.
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Government owned NationalBank for Agriculture and
Rural Development (NABARD),the second largest lender toReliance Commercial FinanceLimited (RCF) with over �1,100crore of secured loan exposurehas given clean chit to RCF andhas removed its red flag.NABARD is a part of the con-sortium of lenders and is signa-tory to an Inter CreditorAgreement (ICA) executedbetween the lenders of RCFunder June 7, 2019 circular ofRBI on resolution of stressedassets.
NABARD had classified theaccount of RCF as Red Flag onFebruary 25, 2020. Thereafterlenders conducted a detailed
forensic audit by GrantThornton (GT).
At a meeting of theConsortium of Lenders led byBank of Baroda, held onFriday September 25, 2020,NABARD informed the con-sortium of lenders that havingexamined the GT forensicreport, it found no element offraud and has thereforeremoved the red flag.
Earlier, Delhi High Courton August 14 had stayed amove by Bank of Baroda, theleader of Consortium of Bank,to classify the accounts as fraud,restraining banks from takingany other coercive action till thenext hearing. Similar action ofPunjab National Bank was alsostayed by Delhi High Court on11th August, 2020.
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Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) employees staged a
demonstration at divisionaloffice, Bhelupur here onMonday in protest against gov-ernment move of privatisa-tion. Divisional chief ofVaranasi Division InsuranceEmployees’ Association(VDIEA) Narayan Chatterjeesaid that the government isplanning to bring an initialpublic offering (IPO) and listthe LIC in the stock markets byselling its shares.
Raising slogans like ‘noIPO in LIC’ and ‘save the LICin national interest’, they stageda demonstration during theirlunch break saying that the LICis a wholly government compa-ny that came into existencethrough an insurance billpassed from the Parliament in1956. They alleged that it is aconspiracy of the governmentto please the corporate worldand its move is being stronglyopposed by LIC MazdoorSangh and All India InsuranceEmployees’ Association. Theprotest was also participated bysome agents and policy hold-ers appealing to all to intensi-fy their fight against the poli-
cy of privatisation of theCentral Government.
They further said thatthrough NITI Aayog, severallakh crores of LIC money hadalready been spent by the gov-ernment in power, railways,road transport and other sec-tors. They said that recently�1.5 lakh crore of LIC moneywas spent on railways apartfrom helping UTI, IDBI andCorporation Bank overcometheir financial crisis. Amongthose who were also presentwere VDIEA general secre-tary Vinod Srivastava,Shailendra Mehrotra, Rakesh
Gujrati, DC Singh, Sumant,Ashok Kumar, Manish Kumar,Arti Srivastava, Jitendra Kumarand Bhanu Srivastava .
Meanwhile, continuingtheir protest against privatisa-tion in response to the call ofPower Employees’ Joint ActionCommission, the local employ-ees took out a torchlight pro-cession from PurvanchalDiscom office (Bhikharipur) toBHU Gate (Lanka). They havethreatened the governmentthat if the attention is not paidtowards their demands duringpeaceful agitation and harass-ment of staff is not stopped,
they would court arrest apartfrom going to indefinite strike.Earlier, they launched an agi-tation to hand over the copiesof their memorandum to dif-ferent public representativeson the occasion of birthanniversary of Pt DeendayalUpadhyaya and submittedmemorandum to UP CabinetMinister Anil Rajbhar, MLCsAshok Dhawan and KedarNath Singh and Mayor MridulaJaiswal.
In their memorandum,they said that the private com-panies do business only forprofits but Purvanchal VidyutVitran Nigam Limited(PVVNL) is providing powersupply to all including farmersand poor and the experimentsof privatisation were proved afailure in Kanpur and Agra inthe past. They said that theywould continue agitation todraw the attention of represen-tatives till October 2. Amongthose who were present inhanding over memorandumto representatives wereChandra Shekhar Chaurasia,RK Wahi, AK Srivstava, NeerajBind, Rajendra Singh, SunilKumar, Vijay Singh, VirendraSingh, Jagdish Patel, Jiut Laland Santosh Verma.
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Annoyed with the privatisa-tion of public sector under-
takings and anti-farmer policiesof the government, the SardarSena (SS) on Monday staged ademonstration at Sadar Tehsil,here and submitted a memo-randum in favour of theirdemands.
The government at Centreis handing over the public sec-tor undertakings even whichare in profit, in the privatehands to benefit a handful ofcapitalists, said the SS chief DrRS Patel demanding, the gov-ernment should immediatelystop the privatisation of theseundertakings in the largerinterest of nation and people aswell. The government is hatch-ing a conspiracy to make thenation slave into the hands ofa few capitalists, he blamed.
The number of unem-ployed youths is graduallyincreasing in the country butthe government is taking noinitiative to generate employ-ment, he said adding, theunemployed youths have nooption except to commit sui-cide in such situation. TheParliament had passed threefarm bills which are not in theinterest of farmers, he saidblaming these bills only bene-fit a few capitalists.
The government shouldstop its pro-capitalist policiesand roll-back the anti-farmerbills, the agitated demonstra-tors demanded adding, thegovernment should also stop itsprivatisation policy. If the gov-ernment fails in stopping theprivatisation of public sectorundertakings and roll-backthe farms bills, the SS willlaunch nationwide agitation in
the days to come, they threat-ened.
They also submitted amemorandum to the districtadministration to be forward-ed to the President of India.Sudhir Patel, Suresh Verma,Ranju Bala Patel, BalkishunPatel, Ashok Patel and SubratKumar mainly joined thedemonstration.
Meanwhile, the activists ofJan Adhikar Party, UttarPradesh staged a dharna atShastri Ghat to raise theirprotest against the anti-publicpolicies of the government.The price of petrol and dieselis gradually rising which causedthe skyrocketing price of fruitsand vegetables, they saidadding, despite this, the gov-ernment has paid dear eartowards this.
The government is con-spiring to deprive dalits and
poor from their constitutionalright of reservation, they saidadding, the government hasended the reservation systemfor the admission in medicalinstitutions and the scholarshipsystem for the students of otherbackward classes has also beenended. Instead, the govern-ment has introduced a creamylayer system which is to deprivethe students of reserved classfrom their constitutional rights.
The government shouldreconsider its reservation pol-icy and take initiative to checkthe inflation effectively, theydemanded and submitted amemorandum of theirdemands to the district admin-istration to be forwarded to thePresident of India. VijayNarayan, Indu Kushwaha,Babloo Maurya and RameshMaurya mainly joined thedharna.
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GM North Central Railwayand Northern Railway
Rajiv Chaudhry chaired a web-based meeting on quality con-trol, monitoring mechanismand contract management inRailway works on Monday.Being infrastructure intensive,Railways execute large numberof works and proper qualitycontrol is extremely essentialfor safety, durability andlongevity of created facilities.For this purpose, well laiddown methods and guidelinesare available in various codes,manuals and instructionsissued from time to time onRailways.
During this discussionwith open line and construc-tion organisation officialsChaudhry said that introduc-tion of checklist containingimportant items for verificationduring work execution willhelp executives and inspectingagencies on proper qualitycontrol and monitoring ofwork. For this purpose, Chiefengineer level officers have
been nominated on NCR andNR who will prepare checklistfor each category work includ-ing revision of existing check-lists incorporating latestchanges, guidelines etc.Prepared/ revised checklist willhave objective parameters onquality and measurement toassist executing functionarieswithout chance of omittingany important item.
Preparation of checklist isbeing dealt in a mission modeover NCR and NR and GM hasinstructed for finalising thesechecklists within a week timewhich will be revised regular-ly to incorporate futurechanges. In the meeting it wasalso decided that method state-ment or detailed process par-ticulars shall invariably beincluded in tender document ofworks costing more than �. 5crore. This will bring efficien-cy in execution and objectivi-ty in monitoring of Railwayworks.
The GM also emphasisedupon proper monitoring ofcontract and said that eachexecutive must have proper
system for monitoring eachcontract being executed withhelp of available IT tools andsystems. Under the alreadyimplemented system of Indianrailway project managementsystem (IRPSM), planning,processing and sanction ofinfrastructure and other workshave been brought at onlineportal. Similarly, IndianRailways electronic procure-ment system (IREPS) facilitatescalling, deliberating and awardof tenders of works sanctionedthrough IRPSM and issue ofletter of acceptance (LOA) tosuccessful bidder electronical-ly for works as well as materi-al procurement on Railways.Recently Indian Railwaysworks contract managementsystem (IRWCMS) has alsobeen implemented over NorthCentral Railway which facili-tates making of agreement withsuccessful bidder and itsapproval, measurement of exe-cuted works in paperless, effi-cient and transparent mannerusing this web applicationdeveloped by CRIS. Based onactual and satisfactory execu-
tion of work; payment to con-tractors is made using integrat-ed payroll and accounting sys-tem (IPAS) a secured onlineapplication developed by CRIS.All these IT applications havealready been implemented overNorth Central railway to bringspeed, efficiency and trans-parency in execution of worksas well as procurement of mate-rials required for operationand maintenance of Railways.Efforts are being made to inte-grate IRPSM, IREPS, IRW-CMS and IPAS for making thecomplete process from incep-tion of an Infrastructure worktill its completion and closurepaperless, efficient andtransparent in a seamless fash-ion.
This web-based meetingwas attended by PHODs ofconcerned departments, DRMsfrom divisions and other seniorofficials from open line andconstruction organisations.Meeting was coordinated bySDGM NCR NK Sinha andSDGM NR ChandralekhaMukharjee for NCR and NRspecific issues respectively.
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India’s oldest and most deco-rated Army Division `Red
Eagle’ celebrated its 82ndRaising Day on Monday.
The 4th Rapid InfantryDivision of Indian Army, alsoknown as the Red EagleDivision was formed in Egypt1939 during the Second WorldWar.
The Division has the singu-lar honour of participating inWorld War–II, India-ChinaWar of 1962, India-PakistanWars of 1965 and 1971,Operation Pawan in Sri Lankaand Operation Vijay (Kargil) in1999.
The ceremony commencedwith wreath laying at Warmemorial by Maj GenRavindra Singh, SM and allofficers, to pay homage to allmartyrs who laid down their lives protecting the nation. The ceremony was held follow- ing COVID-19 protocols.
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District Magistrate (DM)Kaushal Raj Sharma, who
is also the Chairman of DistrictHealth Committee, hasinstructed the Health depart-ment to conduct free check-upcamps for heart patients at thegovernment hospitals, DistrictMental Hospital, primary andcommunity health centres(PHCs/CHCs) in the districton the occasion of ‘WorldHeart Day’ on Tuesday.Besides, public awareness pro-grammes should be organisedto inform the people about thecontrol of untimely death dueto heart diseases.
According to Sharma, asthe programmes will be mon-itored at the state level, specialemphasis should be given to it.The theme of 2020 is ‘Use
Heart to Beat CVD’ (cardiovas-cular diseases)’ which is givenby the World Heart Federation(WHF).
He said that cases of highblood pressure had increasedduring COVID-19 pandemicand in such a situation, theimportance of this day increas-es even more.
Blood pressure of thepatient should be checked reg-ularly in order to achieve thetarget by 2025 to reduce themortality due to it by 25 percent as per the programme ofIndian Hypertension ControlInitiatives (IHCI).
Chief Medical Officer(CMO) Dr VB Singh said thathigh blood pressure is a majorcause of death due to non-com-municable diseases and it is asilent killer as a person suffer-ing from this may be attacked
by other diseases as well. ‘Withthe aim of creating awarenessabout the heart across theworld and highlighting variousmeasures to avoid heart prob-lems, September 29 is celebrat-ed every year worldwide asWorld Heart Day since 2000. Atthe time of its launch, it wasdecided that the day would becelebrated on the last Sunday ofSeptember every year but in2014 a date was set for it, whichwas 29 September,’ he added.
Nodal Officer of Non-Communicable Diseases(NCD) Control Programmeand ACMO Dr PP Gupta saidthat through the programmepeople have to tell how tochange the routine to keep theheart healthy. ‘Habits includesleeping early at night, wakingup early in the morning, walk-ing at least 100 meters after
dinner, avoiding fast food andjunk food, minimal use offried roast, high intake of non-vegetarian food and distancefrom smoking and drinking,’ hesaid, adding that according tothe WHF, premature deathfrom heart disease can bechecked by controlling themain factors such as consump-tion of harmful food items,tobacco use, alcohol consump-tion, non-exercise etc. He saidthat the symptoms of heart dis-ease, except in certain circum-stances, are chest pain, burningsensation, rapid breathing, painin the left arm (may occur inboth arms among the woman),blood pressure, darkness infront of the eyes, etc. and incase of such symptoms, oneshould contact the local districthospital, CHC / PHC or cardi-ologist immediately.
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Two patients, including acorona-infected cancer vic-
tim, died during the last 24hours on Sunday. At the sametime, the Covid report of 243new people has come positive.With this, the number of infect-ed in the district has increasedto 18,660. At the same time,305 people have beaten thecorona. Of these, 50 coronainfected were discharged fromvarious Covid hospitals. Homeisolation of 255 people wascompleted. The infectedincluded five health workersand bank employees, includingtwo doctors. Two advocateshave also tested positive.
According to CMO Dr GSBajpai, more than 3500 peoplegot a Covid check done at var-ious centres on Sunday. Morethan 1,700 people testedRTPCR and over 1,600 peoplewere tested through antigen.
142 patients admitted tothe Covid wards of L3 SRNHospital. At the same time, 26patients are admitted in CovidCare Centre, nine in UnaniMedical College, 35 in RailwayHospital, 77 in Beli, 30 inUnited Medicity, 30 in SainathAMA Hospital. On Sunday,
two corona infected died at theSRN Hospital while undergo-ing treatment. Among them,68-year-old patient resident ofMumfordganj was sufferingfrom kidney disease and 63-year-old cancer afflicted patientfrom Ashok Nagar. Accordingto Dr Sujit Verma, coronadeputy incharge of SRN, thesepatients suffered more infec-tions of other diseases thancorona in the hospital.
The number of peopleinfected with corona is nowdecreasing. By late Sunday,243 new patients were foundinfected, while 305 patientsrecovered and went home. Inthis, 255 people were dis-charged while living in homeisolation. However, threepatients lost their lives due toinfection. The total death tollso far has been 260.
Chief Medical Officer DrGS Bajpai said that the totalnumber of infected patients inthe district has reached 18,660.The recovery rate from thecorona is increasing rapidly.
So far 10,916 people haverecovered from home isolation.At the same time, only 4,311people who have been admit-ted to the hospital have beencured. As of Sunday, as many
as 3,173 cases were active.There are 25 patients in L-
1 Covid Care CentreKalindipuram, nine in L-1Unani Medical CollegeHimmatganj, 35 in L-2 CovidCare Centre Railway Hospital,77 in L-2 Tej Bahadur SapruHospital. 38 patients are admit-ted in L-2 Hospital UnitedMedicity and Medical CollegeRawatpur and 30 patients areadmitted in L-2 Hospital ShriSai Nath VatsalyaMohiuddinpur Baratha. At thesame time, 142 patients wereadmitted to Swaroop RaniNehru L-3 hospital.
H C DI R E C T I V E TOCENTRE: The Allahabad HighCourt on Monday directed theCentral Government to appriseit with progress in COVID-19vaccine trials and it's proposedcompletion date.
On complaints of substan-dard masks and sanitisers beingsold in the state, the courtsought all standards and guide-lines with regard to masks andsanitisers which have been setby the Indian Council ofMedical Research (ICMR).
The bench comprisingJustice Siddhartha Varma andJustice Ajit Kumar passed theorder in a Public Interest
Litigation (PIL) on spread ofCOVID-19 in the state.
At one point of time, thecourt said that quite often onecan see police personnel with-out face masks on streets. Insuch a scenario how can theyeffectively implement court'order of '100% populationmasking'.
During the course of hear-ing, counsels assisting thebench made various sugges-tions like police in every districtshould take rounds in their areato ensure that the public isproperly following unlockguidelines issued by the gov-ernment from time to time andpeople must be stopped fromeating on roadside eateries,restaurants, etc and only beallowed to take away packedfood from eateries.
Earlier, on September 23,High Court has directed policeauthorities to ensure '100%population masking' ie that allwear masks, covering mouthand nose, while going out oftheir house in the state and totake strict action against viola-tors.
The court had directed toset up task forces in each policestation of Uttar Pradesh toimplement it's order.
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147 new Covid-19 patientshave been detected, increasingthe total number of cases to13,002. Besides, the districtalso saw four more deaths,increasing the toll to 213.During the day, the follow-upnegative reports included 62patients and 55 of them wererecovered from home isolation,increasing the number to 8,543and seven have been dis-charged from the hospitals andthe number of cured patientsfrom the hospitals has reached2,664. The total number ofcured patients is now 11,207,leaving 1,582 active patients.The recovery rate has declinedslightly to 86.19 per cent andthe mortality rate increased to1.63 per cent.
Meanwhile, a 10-day pub-lic awareness campaign fornutrition and novel coron-avirus was launched in thedistrict under the auspices ofthe Regional PublicInformation Bureau, Ministryof Information andBroadcasting, Government ofIndia. It was flagged off by
Chief Medical Officer (CMO)Dr VB Singh from his officepremises. In his message, hegave the call of staying socialdistance, wearing masks,repeatedly washing hands withsoaps and not spitting in pub-lic places. The awareness cam-paign includes a mobile pictureexhibition appealing to thepeople to maintain COVID-19guidelines. He said that if any-one suffers from fever, coughand breathing problems, he/sheshould contact the doctorimmediately. To increaseimmunity, a balanced andnutritious diet is also being
advised. Banners have alsobeen placed at major places andthe campaign will continue tillOctober 7.
CMO has informed that inthe first report of the day by 11am, 95 positive patients weredetected out of 3,259 receivedreports. Till then, the total testreports received were 1,96,793and the results of 5,007 areawaited. Out of them, 1,83,843were negative while 12,950positive. The total number ofsamples collected was 2,12,035.Earlier, a male aged 72 and afemale (66) from Birdopur(Mehmoorganj) and Umraha
(Domanpur) respectively suc-cumbed to COVID-19 at SSHBHU while a male (67) fromNiyar (Cholapur) died at ApexHospital. Besides, with theaddition of 18 new red zones,the total number of hotspotshas increased to 2,013 includ-ing 352 red zones. Three greenzones have been convertedinto red zones again. There are1,661 green zones with 18 newones.
Earlier, this belt ofPurvanchal (eastern UP) com-prising 10 districts of threedivisions saw 425 new cases aday ago and with this, thetotal number of patients hasincreased to 43,738. Out ofthese, maximum number ofcases (24,776) was in Varanasidivision followed by Azamgarh(12,173) and Vindhyachal(6,789). The best mortality ratewas of Vindhyachal (1.08%)while the same was 1.33% inAzamgarh and 1.42% inVaranasi while the best recov-ery rate (88.17%) was inVaranasi followed byAzamgarh (87.92%) andVindhyachal (87.49%). Theoverall recovery rate in theregion was 87.31% while mor-tality rate 1.34%.
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ALLAHABAD (PNS): TheAllahabad High Court hasquashed an order of the ChiefJudicial Magistrate, dismiss-ing the complaint registeredagainst a Sub-Inspector whodid not appear before the courtin spite of summons as thecomplainant felt ill and didnot appear on a hearing date.The court has also soughtexplanation fromSuperintendent of Police (SP),Moradabad as to what actionhe had taken to ensure pres-ence of the Sub Inspector incourt who was avoiding courtsummons since 2012. The SPMoradabad will file his reply byOctober 25. ‘It is very strangethat instead of procuring thepresence of the accused, thelearned Magistrate dismissedthe complaint, ‘the Bench ofJustice KJ Thaker observed inthe petition filed by RajbahadurSingh, an advocate by profes-
sion. The Bench said that thenon-presence of an accusedshould be sought to be pro-cured by way of invoking rel-evant provisions under the law.However, in the present case,instead of following the proce-dure, the Magistrate dismissedthe complaint. Holding theimpugned order to be perverse,the Bench observed, ‘Thelearned Magistrate has the dutycast to see that there is no mis-use of the court proceedings. Inthis case, there is a clear mis-use of process of law by theaccused who even after comingto know that summons wereissued against them and theirrevision were dismissed, didnot appear before the courtbelow.’ It is to recall that a prac-tising advocate had filed acomplaint before the ChiefJudicial Magistrate, Moradabadin the year 2012, about com-mission of theft and intention-
al insult with intent to provokebreach of the peace against apolice officer.
After recording of thecomplainant’s statement andthat of the witnesses, the courtissued summons to theaccused, one JaibhagwanSingh, Sub-Inspector. AccusedSI- challenged the summoningorder in court but his petitionwas dismissed in 2018. In spiteof this, accused S-I did notappear in court. Subsequently,the judge even sent notices tothe higher authorities to pro-cure the presence of theaccused but, in vain.
Thereafter, the com-plainant fell sick and thejudge dismissed thecomplaint by order datedAugust 13,2018. This order waschallenged by the complainantin High Court.
WOMAN KILLED: In ashocking incident, a 35-year-
old woman was beaten todeath with some sharp edgedweapon by some unidentifiedgoons late on Sunday nightunder the Nawabganj policestation of the district,.
Nawabganj police stationincharge and other police offi-cers reached the spot on receiptof information. The policequestioned the woman's fam-ily members in this connectionand thereafter, the police isinvestigating the matter. ShivaShankar Maurya, a resident ofPabnah village under theNawabganj police station, dri-ves Ola. His wife Asha Mauryawas the group owner. ShivaShankar and wife retired to bedafter dinner on Sunday night.
In the morning, when thefamily members woke up theywere shell-shocked tofind Asha lying unconsciouson the bed in a pool ofblood.
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Distrcit Magistrate MannanAkhtar launched a website
h t t p : / / j a l a u n -tourism.com/ onWorld TourismDay on Sunday topromote tourismin Jalaun. He said
that it would improve chances
of employment in the district.He said that he found the pos-sibility of tourism in places likeChaurasi Gumbad, Kalpi Kila,Rampura Kila, JagammanpurKila, Panchnda, Salaghat andmany others and added thatthese places needed to be pub-licised at district, state andnational levels. While sharingdetails about the website, he
said that complete informationabout the abovementionedplaces, their location as well astransportation facilities wereavailable on it. He said fewmore tourist spots of the dis-trict would be added in thewebsite soon. Meanwhile theDM appealed to people towatch the newly-launchedvideo of Jalaun tourism.
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Under the joint operation ofthe state excise depart-
ment and police an illicit liquorfactory was unearthed nearRateh market under Haliapolice station on Saturdaynight. As per reports receivedhere, district excise officerNeeraj Dwivedi had receivedinputs about illicit liquor trade.When the place was identified,the excise team informed thelocal police and raided it. Butthe accused managed to fleefrom the spot. When the jointteam raided the place it found500 litres of spirit, 350 litres ofadulterated liquor, equipmentfor preparing the liquor alongwith packaging instruments.The team recovered wrappersof branded liquor, empty bot-tles and chemicals. It recovereda Safari No (UP-70/B-9999)which was being used to trans-portation purposes. Thoughno arrest had been made so farthe accused were identified asRajendra Chaurasia, a resident
of Rateh village and Sanjay aliasSanju Jaiswal, a resident ofRanibagh under Katra Kotwalipolice station. After register-ing a case under relevant sec-tions of Excise Act and IPC thepolice seized the materials andthe vehicle. Meanwhile a dis-pute among children led to thedeath of one person inTurkahaa village under Lalganjpolice station here. Reportssaid that in Turkahaa village onthe issue of drawing waterfrom the well the children hada scuffle which led to a brawlamong the women. Then themen from both the familiesintervened in the matter. RajaRam (68) who was seriouslyinjured in the incident wasadmitted to the trauma centre,BHU, where he died. On get-ting information about hisdeath the police registered acase under relevant sections ofthe IPC in this connectionand arrested three persons.Another report said that aman died after he consumedsome poisonous substance
under Madihan police station.As per the reports, Ramdularey(50), a resident of Darban vil-lage, had consumed some poi-sonous substance. When hiscondition got deteriorated thekin brought him to RajgarhPHC. In view of his criticalcondition the doctor referredhis case to the district hospitalwhere he died during thetreatment. On getting the infor-mation the Madihan policereached the hospital, took thebody of the deceased into cus-tody and completed the legalformalities. On the other hand,Vindhyachal police registereda case against two persons forassaulting a couple. As per thereports, Deena Nath Mishra, aresident of Vindhyachal town,had lodged a complaint allegingthat two residents of BangaliChauraha, Vindhyachal, hadattacked him and his wife. Hefurther alleged that they hadsnatched the chain of his wifetoo. Acting on the applicationthe police registered a case andstarted investigating the matter.
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To mark the Swachh Bharat-Swachh Bharat Abhiyan as
directed by Indian Railways the‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ (cleanli-ness fortnight) is being runfrom September 16 to 30. Inthis sequence on Varanasi divi-sion under this fortnight the‘Clean toilet day’ was observedon Sunday too during whichthe officers nominated byDivisional Railway Manager(DRM) Vijay Kumar Panjiarin Varanasi division’s Padrauna,Thave, Manduadih, VaranasiCity, Ghazipur City, Ballia,Azamgarh, Belthara Road,Siwan, Chhapra, Bhatni andSalempur stations ensuredintensive cleaning of stationpremises-situated public toilets,pay and use ones besides in toi-lets/urinals located in areas
surrounding the stationpremises, cleaning of drainagesystem and getting the neces-sary repair work completed.During this period in VaranasiCity, Manduadih, Sarnath,Ghazipur City, Belthara Road,Ballia, Bhatni, Padrauna,
Azamgarh, Siwan and Chhaprastations’ waiting and retiringrooms, including at offices,training centres and railwayresidential colonies uninter-rupted water supply wasensured, nullahs for ensuringdrainage of water and drainswere cleaned and necessaryimprovements were also madeas per requirement. Duringthis period pamphlets on thebenefits of cleanliness duringCorona period and on thedamage caused by dirt weredistributed among the public instations and railway premises.In order to protect generalpublic from Covid-19 theywere being made awarethrough audio/video messagesat stations with a view to self-motivate them towards clean-liness, Public Relations Officer(PRO) Ashok Kumar said.
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The Swachhta Pakhwada (cleanliness fort-night) is being observed from September 16
to 30 on the entire Indian Railways. Under itAdditional General Manager (AGM) of NorthEastern Railway (NER) AmitKumar Agarwal on Sunday atGorakhpur Junction admin-istered the pledge of cleanli-ness to officers and employeesand presented certificates to20 sanitation workers for theirdedication and devotiontowards their work, ChiefPublic Relations Officer(CPRO) Pankaj Kumar Singhsaid. On the occasion sanitis-er kits were distributed among other sanitationworkers and passengers. On the occasion ChiefWorkshop Engineer BS Dohre and Chief RollingStock Engineer Yogesh Mohan appreciated thededication and devotion of sanitaton workers.The programme was conducted by seniorcoaching depot officer Devarshi Srivastavawhile the vote of thanks was proposed by deputychief mechanical engineer (ENHM) AP Pandey.Earlier AGM Amit Kumar Agarwal and seniorrailway officials offered ‘shramdaan’ in the clean-
liness drive at the station. After it AGMAgrawal along with senior railway officialsinspected the cleanliness in Gorakhpur stationpremises and the facilities being provided to thepassengers. During the inspection AGM AmitKumar Agarwal instructed the railway officials
concerned to maintainhigh level of cleanliness inthe station premises sothat passengers coming tothe station did not face anykind of inconvenience.Instructions for regularmonitoring of passengerfacilities at the station werealso given. Prominentamong those present onthe occasion were chief
workshop engineer BS Dohre, chief rolling stockengineer, Yogesh Mohan, chief passenger trans-portation manager Alok Singh, deputy chiefmechanical engineer (ENHM) AP Pandey,deputy general manager/general, Omkar NathSingh, senior coaching depot officer DevarshiSrivastava, station director, Ashutosh Gupta, sta-tion manager, Mukesh Kumar Singh, assistantmechanical engineer VS Verma, assistant com-missioner of safety, Railway Protection Force(RPF) Ravi Shankar Singh and railway staff.
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One person was shot deadnear Kabir Math in
Chunar town under Chunarpolice station on Sunday. Asper the reports received here,Jeevnandan Rath, and KishorChand Das, both employees ofa company in Chunar were inChunar market when someunidentified assailants openedthe fire at them around 7.30pm. As a result JeevnandanRath died on the spot whileKishor Chand Das was admit-ted to the trauma centre inVaranasi. On getting infor-
mation ADG zone and IGrange visited the place andissued necessary directions tothe cops. According to offici-ating SP, Sanjay Kumar, threeteams had been formed towork out the case, includingthose of SOG and SWAT.
FOOT MARCH: TheCongress workers took out afoot march in protest againstthe farm bills to whichPresident Ram Nath Kovindgave his assent on Sunday.Speaking on the occasion for-mer MLA Bhagwati PrasadChaudhary said that it wasanother attempt by Modi gov-
ernment to strengthen the cap-italists at the cost of the peas-ants. Convener of the marchand district secretary of theparty Manish Dubey accusedthe government of betraying thefarmers. The march which wasjointly led by Bhagawati PrasadChaudhary and Kamlesh Dubeystarted from Cheksari and cul-minated at Purjagir Chauraha.Among those who participat-ed in the march were BhartenduYadav, Jitendra Chaubey,Harishankar Saroj, RatneshDubey, Ishtiyak, MaheshPandey, Arpit, Nitish, Nihal,Aman and Rajkumar.
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Three thieves were arrestedby the police while they
were planning to commit atheft. The police registered acase against them and presentedthem in court from where theywere sent to jail. Gulriha SHORavi Kumar Rai said that S-IAjay Kumar Verma along withother policemen was patrolling
on Sunday. On being tipped atip off by an informer threeyouths who were standing nearthe house of Vinay Dwivedi, aresident of Laxmipur Tola ofHarsevakpur No 2 were caught.They were identified as AjayNishad alias Nate andShashank Dubey, residents ofHarsevakpur number 2, NariaTola, and Irfan, a resident ofTelian Tola in Jungle Harpur
village. Meanwhile the policeteam of the Campierganj policestation on Sunday arrestedKanchan Kumar, a resident ofLoharpurwa Tola Reharwa,whose name figured in list oftop 20 criminals, with an illicitpistol and a live cartridge. Theteam which made the arrestcomprised S-I Akhilesh Kumarand constables Pradeep KumarMishra and Paras Kumar.
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KANPUR (PNS): KanpurNagar reported 143 more coro-navirus positive cases onMonday.
Chief Medical Officer DrAnil K Mishra said with 143more people testing positive forcoronavirus infection betweenSunday evening and Mondayevening, the tally of confirmedcases in the city shot up to24,766. He said 50 COVID-19patients were discharged fromhospitals after being cured andwith this, 6,391 coronavirusinfected persons had recoveredin the city.
The CMO said threeCOVID-19 deaths were report-ed in the last 24 hours, push-ing the death toll to 647 onMonday evening. He said atpresent 3662 active cases wereundergoing treatment in thecity.
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Principal Secretary (MedicalHealth) Alok Kumar has
asked the medical and districtofficials to chalk out a coher-ent strategy to contain theCOVID-19 death rate as well asthe spread of the novel coron-avirus in the city.
Kumar, who made a sur-prise inspection of SPMHospital in Kalyanpur, saidthat Chief Minister YogiAdityanath’s emphasis was onreducing the COVID-19 deathrate and he spread of coron-avirus and this could be madepossible only by working in aplanned manner.
The principal secretarysaid with great efforts theCOVID-19 death rate hadbeen brought down and theactive coronavirus cases werealso on decline but if at thismoment the administrationlowered its guard, the viruscould bounce back with seri-ous consequences.
Kumar directed the chiefmedical officer to focus moreon contact tracing and strictmonitoring of COVID-19patients in home isolation. Hesaid if a patient in home iso-lation was found to be critical,he or she should be immedi-ately referred to the Level-3Covid facility at LLR Hospital.
The principal secretarysaid with constant efforts, thecity now had 150 ICU bedson which more crit icalpatients could be accommo-date from private hospitalthat had only Level-2 Covidcare facility.
He said a report of theCovid situation in KanpurNagar had been sent to thechief minister, who hadacknowledged the improvedfunctioning of the LLRHospital doctors and the com-bined efforts to bring downthe COVID-19 death rate.
Kumar said the chief min-ister had already assured thatthere shall be no crisis of med-
icine. He asked the medicalofficials to put up their req-uisition of required medi-cines and equipment andother infrastructure.
The principal secretaryalso directed the authorities tocontinue maintaining a vigiland monitor the working ofhospitals. He said the peoplealso had to cooperate bymaintaining social distanc-ing and wearing masks .
Kumar said the decline inCOVID-19 deaths and coro-navirus positive cases wasevident but this was time to bemore careful as well to wardoff a second wave of infec-tions.
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The Kanpur CongressCommittee paid rich trib-
utes to legendary freedomfighter Shaheed Bhagat Singhon his 113th birth anniversary.
The Congressmenmarched with party flags to thestatue of Bhagat Singh onMeston Road and bathed it firstwith Gangajal and then withmilk and paid floral tributes.
They said the time hadcome to emulate the great rev-olutionary and appealed to theyouth to tread the path shownby him. The Congressmenthen took an oath to follow thepath shown by the great free-dom fighter.
Addressing the gathering,Kanpur Congress Committee’ssenior vice-president ShankerDutt Mishra said the partywould leave no stone unturnedto bring reforms in the presentsystem by emulating ShaheedBhagat Singh as this would bea real tribute to the great free-dom fighter.
He narrated Bhagat Singh’scontribution to the freedomstruggle against the British.He said today the Indians couldnot forget his slogan ‘InquilabZindabad’.
Mishra said Bhagat Singh’sthoughts awakened the need torevolt against the British Rajamongst the youth of India andhe became popular amongstthe youth.
Bhagat Singh was hangedto death along with his confi-dants Sukhdev Thapar and
Shivaram Rajguru. Mishra said today the
youth had to muster courage
and prepare themselves forsacrifice.
Prominent among thosepresent included Afzal, PramodGupta, Abdul Arif, VirendraNigam, Mehtab, Kamlesh Jhaand Bharat Azad.
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The Adhivakta KalyanSangharsh Samiti (AKSS) paidhomage to Martyr BhagatSingh on his birth anniversaryat the Bar Association hall
here on Monday. Kanpur Bar Association
general secretary Kapil DeepSachan and Upbhokta BarAssociation president GurmeetSingh garlanded the portrait ofShaheed Bhagat Singh.
Speaking on the occasion,Gurmeet Singh said BhagatSingh had sacrificed his life forthe country at the age of 23years.
Kanpur Bar Association’sformer general secretaryAvinash Bajpai said the ideals
of Martyr Bhagat Singh werestill relevant and should be fol-lowed to achieve progress inlife.
Convenor RavindraSharma, while highlighting theideals of Bhagat Singh,demanded that the martyr beconferred Padma Bhushanposthumously.
Prominent lawyers presenton the occasion includedUpendra Pal Singh Bhadauria(KBA vice-president), AshwaniAnand (KBA treasurer),Rakesh Tewari (LawyersAssociation ex-general secre-tary), BL Gupta (Income taxBar Association president), SMitu Sagri, Anoop Shukla, SKSachan, S Vineet Pal Singh, SHarpreet Singh, Vinay Mishra,Manoj Dwivedi, Taufiq-ur-Rehman, Shivam Arora,Shikhar Chandra, AnkurGoel, Anil Chaudhry and KKYadav.
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National Sugar InstituteDirector Prof Narendra
Mohan said that the finalexaminations of post-graduatediploma courses which couldnot be conducted earlier due toCOVID-19 shall now be con-ducted from September 29.
He said online classes forthe second and third yearstudents of various courseswas going on through virtualplatform and their mid-termand final examinations wouldbe held between October andNovember, 2020.
Prof Mohan said that spe-cial classes shall be arrangedfor the students of various
courses at the institute prior tothe examinations to clarifytheir doubts and also to holdpracticals in various disci-plines.
The NSI director saidsafety of the students and thestaff was a priority area andhence the institute had madeall necessary arrangements inline with the guidelines issuedby the Ministry of Health &Family Welfare.
He said the studentswould be admitted to the hos-tels after thermal screeningand proper sanitisation.
Prof Mohan said the insti-tute had made extensivearrangements to avoid crowd-ing in dining area and wash-
rooms. He added that similarprecautions would also betaken during the examinationsand the invigilators would begiven gloves, masks, faceshield and sanitisers as a pre-cautionary measure. He saidpersonal protective equip-ment (PPE) would also begiven to the invigilators but ondemand.
NSI hostel warden SanjayChauhan said to take care ofany emergency, an isolationcentre having basic facilities ofpulse oximeter, medical oxy-gen cylinder, nebuliser, steam-ing inhalation and infusionhad been set up.
He said the coronavirussuspects would be housed in
the isolation centre for med-ical care and their examina-tions would be conductedseparately.
He added that an autho-rised medical attendant hadbeen arranged to take medicalcare and as per the medicalattendant’s advice, the institutewould take further action.
Chauhan said the exami-nation for PG Diploma inIndustrial Instrumentation &Process Automation, PGDiploma in SugarcaneProductivity & MaturityManagement and PGDiploma in Quality Control &Environment Science for theacademic session 2019-20would be held.
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Amissing hotel employeewas found murdered in
Juhi police station area. Hisnaked body was recoveredfrom the Swadeshi Mill campuson Sunday night.
The deceased, Pradeep (20)of Laxmipura, Raipurwa, wasemployed in the hotel atDeputy Ka Parao. Pradeep’sbrother Sujit, an e-rickshawdriver, had married Rupa, wifeof Sonu of Juhi Baradevi, abouttwo months ago.
According to reports, onSaturday, Sujit along with Rupaand Pradeep had gone to thehouse of his in-laws at JuhiBamburahia. There, Rupa hada tiff with Sonu, who left thehouse on receiving a call fromthe e-rickshaw owner. Onreturning, he found Pradeepmissing. When he asked Rupawhere Pradeep was, she toldhim that he had gone withSonu.
When Pradeep did notreturn till late night, Sujit fileda complaint about the disap-pearance of his brother at Juhipolice station.
On Sunday night, Sujit wascalled at the police station andtaken to Swadeshi Mill campuswhere the naked body ofPradeep was found in the bush-es. After crushing Pradeep’sface and head with a brick, theassailant had removed hisclothes to conceal his identity.
Sujit alleged the hand of hiswife’s first husband in the mur-der. The police raided thehouse of Sonu and found itlocked.
Superintendent of Police(South) Deepak Bhuker saidraids were on to nab theassailant, who was absconding.
KANPUR (PNS): One per centof the total population of Indiahas been declared hearing andspeech impaired and amongthem there are 20 lakh childrenand out of the total only 12 lakhkids attend basic schoolingand the rest eight lakh areeither drop-outs or cannotaccess education. The focus onbringing the disabled popula-tion into the mainstream is animportant developmental indi-cator of any country. This yearthe government has decided tofocus on this section of dis-ability. This was stated bySchool for Deaf and DumbPrincipal Dr VatsalyaKhandekar. He said from bat-tling social stigma to a gener-al lack of awareness and sensi-tivity among people, every daywas a challenge for a personwith a disability especially inIndia. He said in order to buildgreater dialogue around inclu-sion and accessibility, and cel-ebrate the change-makers anall-round effort had to be madeand this would not be possiblewithout the support of thetotally healthy people.He saideven though the UP govern-ment was making claims aboutproviding quality education todisabled students, yet muchhad to be done for those whowere deaf and dumb. He saidthere was a need to upgrade theschools especially with moderngadgets yet nothing had beendone in this direction.
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Congress president SoniaGandhi on Monday direct-
ed Punjab, Rajasthan,Chhattisgarh and PudducherryChief Ministers to explore thepossibility of passing laws tooverride the three agriculturalBills passed recently by theParliament.
A statement issued by partygeneral secretary (organisa-tion) K.C. Venugopal said thatthese States have been told topass laws under Article 254 (2)of the Constitution that allowsState legislatures to do so tonegate the “Anti-Agriculture”Central laws encroachingupon the States’ jurisdictionunder the Constitution.
“This would enable theStates to bypass the unaccept-able anti-farmers provisions inthe three draconian
Agricultural laws includingthe abolition of MSP and dis-ruption of APMCs inCongress ruled States. Thiswould also alleviate the farm-ers from the grave injusticedone by the ModiGovernment and BJP,” thestatement said.
Former party chief RahulGandhi alleged that the agri-
culture-related laws are a“death sentence” for farmerswhose voice has been crushedboth inside and outsideParliament. “The agriculturelaws are a death sentence toour farmers. Their voice iscrushed in Parliament andoutside. Here is proof thatdemocracy in India is dead,”he said on Twitter.
He tagged a news reportalong with his tweet thatclaimed that Opposition mem-bers demanding a division ofvotes were on their seats whenthe farm bills were passed inthe Rajya Sabha, while the gov-ernment said they were not.The Congress is also protest-ing against the farm lawsacross the country.
Punjab Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh hasstarted work on the lines asadvised by the party highcommand. He has been con-templating to amend theAgriculture Produce MarketCommittee Act and declarethe entire State as a principalmandi yard. This would cir-cumvent the provisions in The
Farmers Produce Trade andCommerce (Promotion andFacilitation) Bill, 2020, whichwas passed in Parliament.
The declaration of mandiyards ensures that any pro-curement outside their ambitis considered illegal, farmersdo not get a price less than theMSP, and the State gets itsmandi fee.
Chhattisgarh ChiefMinister Bhupesh Baghel toohad recently said his govern-
ment would take legal steps toensure that private players didnot get entry into the agricul-ture sector. At least 40 per centof paddy production inChhattisgarh is procured bythe Food Corporation of Indiafor the Central pool.
And unlike Punjab andHaryana, where farmers havelarge land holdings, 86% ofChhattisgarh’s land holdingsare of less than 5 acres.
The Congress is also con-
sidering the option of movingthe Supreme Court againstthe bills. “Certainly all optionsare open. I believe it strikes atthe heart of federalism, whichhas been held repeatedly to bepart of the basic structurefrom Keshavanada Bharati toBommai judgements.Therefore, you have not heardthe end of the story yet,”senior party leader and RajyaSabha MP Abhishek Singhvisaid.
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Agroup of 32 former publicservants on Monday
backed the farm reform lawsenacted by the ModiGovernment and claimed that“disinformation” is beingspread over the issue to nega-tively impact the morale offarmers. The group includesformer finance secretary SNarayan, former banking sec-retary D K Mittal, formerdefence secretary G MohanKumar, former petroleum sec-retary Saurabh Chandra, andformer civil aviation secretaryK N Srivastava.
The farm Bills, passed by
Parliament, mark the water-shed in the liberation of India’sfarming community from theshackles of exploitative prac-tices that slow-pedaled theirprogress, the former civil ser-vants said.
Targeting the critics of themeasures, the group in a state-ment said, “We have reasons toapprehend the disinformationwhich certain sections withinour society are trying to spreadin the country. We have recentinstances of untruths and dis-tortions being paraded beforethe public with hugely negativeimpact on the morale of theminorities, students, and nowthe farmers.”
The general public hasevery reason to suspectattempts by well-known “vest-ed interests” to destabilise thecountry and create disaffectionamong the minorities, studentsand farmers, it alleged.
In an apparent reference tothe Congress, the group saidthe emancipation of the farm-ers from the middlemen andempowering them with thefreedom to choose where andhow to sell their produce wasenshrined in the manifestos ofcertain political forces whichoppose it now.
The statement said the gov-ernment has introduced a def-inite game-changer in a
farmer’s life through the “far-sighted” legislations. Majorimpediments which retardedthe seamless growth of thefarming fraternity of India aregiven the go-by through thepassage of these monumentalActs.
Citing the proposed bene-fits of these laws, including free-dom to farmers to sell their pro-duce anywhere they want andallowing them to enter intocontracts with traders, thegroup said it is objectionable to“incite” farmers and create dis-affection by wrongly suggestingthat their interests are beingbartered in favour of multina-tional concern.
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After allowing procurementof kharif crops in Punjab
and Haryana in advance toplacate farmers’ anger overfarm Bills, the Centre has nowallowed all remaining procur-ing States to commence withtheir procurement operationsfor paddy for the year 2020-21(Kharif crop) with effect fromSeptember 28 itself.
The Centre on Monday
came out with the latest dataof paddy procurement in thelast 48 hours to allay anyapprehensions over the mini-mum support price (MSP)buying. Meanwhile, the min-istry of consumer affairs hasallowed procurement of 13.77LMT of Pulse and oilseedsfrom Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,Maharashtra, Telangana andHaryana.
With the latest procure-ment data, the government
aims to send a clear message- it has no intention of scrap-ping the MSP and that it hasput in a mechanism for pro-curement of not only summer-sown paddy but also pulsesand oilseeds this year. Farmersin Punjab and Haryana andseveral other states are protest-ing against new farm lawswhich they feel will lead toprocurement in the hands ofcorporates and the end of theMSP regime.
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Clinically-approved drug“Teicoplanin” is a poten-
tial therapeutic option againstCovid-19 and can be 10 timesmore effective than severaldrugs being currently used, aresearch by Indian Institute ofTechnology (IIT), Delhi hasfound. Teicoplanin is anFDA-approved glycopeptideantibiotic, which is regularlyused for treating Gram-pos-itive bacterial infections withlow toxicity prof i le inhumans.
The research by the insti-tute’s Kusuma School of
Biological Science screenedan assemblage of 23 approveddrugs, which have shownleads towards being thera-peutic options for coron-avirus.
“While the ef fect ofTeicoplanin was comparedwith other important drugs inuse, Teicoplanin was found tobe 10-20 fold more effectivethan the chief drugs beingused against SARS-CoV-2,such as Lopinavir andHydroxychloroquine in ourlaboratory conditions,” saidAshok Patel, Professor at IITDelhi.
Patel , who led the
research was also assisted byDr Pradeep Sharma fromAIIMS. The research hasbeen published in theInternational Journal of‘Biological Macromolecules’.
“Recently, there has beena clinical study carried outwith Teicoplanin at Sapienza University in Rome.However, a more detailedcl inical invest igat ion isrequired on a large cohort, in different stagesmild, moderate and critical-ly ill patients to concludethe def inite role ofTeicoplanin against Covid-19,” Patel said.
Globally, over 3.2 crorepeople have been infectedwith Covid-19, and the totalnumber of deaths from thedeadly virus now stands atover 9.80 lakh.
Globally, over 3.2 crorepeople have been infectedwith Covid-19, and the totalnumber of deaths from thedeadly virus now stands atover 9.80 lakh.
In India too cases are onincrease with coronavirustally crossing 60 lakh mark onMonday while the death tollfrom the pathogen climbed to95,542 with 1,039 moredeath.
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Union Home MinisterAmit Shah on Monday
held a meeting with top offi-cials of his Ministry and dis-cussed several “important”and “key” matters, officialssaid.
This was for the first timeShah visited his North Blockoffice to chair a meeting
after returning from theAIIMS here, where he under-went a health check-uprecently.
The home minister had areview meeting of the MHAwith senior officials of theministr y where “severalimportant matters and keyissues” were discussed, ahome ministry official said.
However, it is not imme-diately known as to what keyissues were discussed at themeeting.
Home Secretary AjayBhalla and other senior offi-cers attended the meeting.
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Subahani Haja Moideen, 36,an IS activist from
Thodupuzha in Idukki districtwas sentenced by a NIA court inKochi to life imprisonment forwaging a war in associationwith terrorist forces against Iraq,India’s friendly nation. The courtobserved that the NIA whichprobed the case against Moideenhas succeeded in establishingthat he had aligned with IS andwaged war against Iraq.
This is the first case of its
kind filed in Kerala by the NIAagainst a person for aligningwith a terrorist organizationand waging war against India’sfriendly country.
Judge P Krishnakumarfound Moideen guilty underIPC Section 125 (waging waragainst a friendly nation ofIndia), 120 B, and UAPASections 20, 38 and 49.Moideen has to pay a fine of Rs2,17,000 under these Sections.
The judge said that the sen-tence was based on the interestof the civil society. The NIA
found that Moideen had leftIndia for Turkey in 2015 andreached Iraq via Istanbul. Hislocations were identified bytracking the spots from where helogged into his Facebookaccounts.In a Facebook chat hehad with one of his associates,Moideen had made it knownthat he wanted to join the IS tokill the enemies of Islam.Moideen was taken into custodyby the NIA along with the groupof youth who had assembled atKanakamala in Kannur districtto plan a war against India.
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Trouble is brewing up inAIADMK over the choice
of the Chief Ministerial can-didate to lead the party in the2021 Assembly Election whichmay take place in the monthsof March-April as the tenureof the current House is com-ing to an end by May 2021.
The executive committee(the highest policy decisionmaking body of the party)which met at Chennai onMonday turned out to be astormy affair as the incumbentChief Minister Edappadi KPalaniswami and his deputy OPanneerselvam had a wordyduel over who should be theChief Ministerial candidate.
K P Munusamy, MP, aclose associate ofPanneerselvam , announced atthe end of the proceedingsthat the party would meetagain on October 7 when the
name of the chief ministerialcandidate would be declared.
Party insiders told ThePioneer that Chief MinisterPalaniswami said the he hadhandled the Covid-19 pan-demic in an exemplary man-ner and even the PrimeMinister of the country hadcomplimented his for the‘good work’. He also pointedout that the State has seen anumber of entrepreneursmaking a beeline to set upindustries and Tamil Naduregistered overall develop-ment during the last fouryears.
But Panneerselvamclaimed he agreed to bury allthe differences and accepetedthe post of deputy chief min-istership only for this term(2016-2021). “I was the nat-ural choice of Amma(Jayalalithaa) for the post ofchief minister on both theoccasions when she had tostep down. Palaniswamy is the
choice of Chinnamma (V KSasikala, late Jayalalithaa’sclose aide who is undergoingimprisonment in the dispro-portionate asset case) and wasappointed by unseating me forno mistakes of mine,” saidPanneerselvam.
It is known that lady lucksmiled on Palaniswami in theform of Supreme Court ver-dict in the DisproportionateAsset case in 2017 February.The apex court upheld theverdict delivered by theBangalore Special Courtwhich had sentenced Sasikalaand others to four years rig-orous imprisonment. Sasikalawas to be sworn in as ChiefMinister on February 16 buther dreams were shattered bythe Supreme Court verdict onFebruary 14. Palaniswamywas a stopgap arrangement aschief minister as Sasikalawanted to induct TTVDhinakaran, her nephew, aschief minister in her absence.
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An Indian soldier receivedinjuries during 'unpro-
voked' ceasefire violation alongthe line of control in Macchalsector of North Kashmir'sKupwara district on Monday.Ceasefire violation was alsoreported from Nowshera inRajouri district of Jammuregion where Pak army target-ed several forward villagesusing mortar shells.
According to Defencespokespersons based in
Srinagar and Jammu, Indianarmy gave a befitting reply andretaliated effectively.
In Srinagar, Col RajeshKalia, Defence spokesman said,"Pakistan initiated an ' unpro-voked' ceasefire violation alongthe line of control in Macchalsector of Kupwara by firingmortars and other weapons onMonday". He said, one soldierreceived injuries and was evac-uated to a nearby hospitalwhere his condition was statedto be stable. He said, Indianarmy gave a befitting response.
In Jammu, Lt Col DevenderAnand said, "Pakistan armyinitiated ceasefire violationaround 3.50 p.m along the lineof control in Nowshera sectorof Rajouri". He said Pak armyused small arms and mortars totarget the forward locations.Indian army too retaliated effec-tively, he added.
Meanwhile, Indian armyjawans remain in a state of highalert to prevent any major infil-tration bid or surprise attack bythe Border Action Team ofPakistan army in the region.
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In a breakthrough of sorts sixpeople out of whom four are
Bangladeshis, were arrestedfrom the Birbhum district ofBengal Bengal's for hatchingplans to assassinate aTrinamool Congress politician,police said.
“The police arrested theaccused persons on Sundaynight from Taltore villagewhich is not far from the ViswaBharati Shanitiniketan a centraluniversity created by PoetLaureate Rabindranath Tagore.
The police said theBangladeshis were “suparikillers” --- who were workingas masons in the nearby areas--- and had been given contractto kill a senior TMC leaderfrom the district.
“The six were arrested onthe basis of some specific infor-mation we received. Detailscannot be divulged for thesake of the investigation,” dis-trict superintendent of policeShyam Singh said.
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There was more trading of fire between the RajBhavan and Nabanna (State secretariat) with
Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar once againattacking the Mamata Banerjee Government forrunning a police state drawing strong reactionsfrom the Trinamool Congress quarters which hitback saying “he is the worst Governor we have seenin our State.”
Bengal was a specific case of “collapsing ruleof law” the Governor on Monday said alleging“ruthless killing of the opposition workers.”Dhankhar who had earlier fought several letterwars with the Chief Minister said adding the State
Government was currently “leaning on the crutch-es of police” which should otherwise have beenused for safeguarding human rights.
As the “administration and law and order hastotally collapsed” the Government “on the crutch-es In Bengal the “administration and law and orderhas totally collapsed,” and there was an express needfor the Government to run without police crutch-es the Governor said hours after the reports of theRaj Bhavan’s request for additional budgetary allo-cation being turned down by the State Governmentbecame public. “Today the administration is inservitude and virtually crawling,” the Governor saidasking the officials to come out of the clutches ofthe political bosses.
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Though only 4,538 newCovid-19 cases were
reported in Kerala onMonday, Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan said thedetails remained inconclu-sive as the entire data for theday could not be collected.
“The details collected inthe second half of the daywould be furnished onTuesday and hence the num-bers would be higher thannormal,” said Vijayan whilebr ief ing the media onMonday. Vijayan ruled outthe possibility of any lockdown in the backdrop of thesurging number of Covid-19cases. He said 20 patients suc-cumbed to the pandemic onMonday.
“We are experiencingthe doubling of Covid-19patients on every 20 days.
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Mumbai: For the first time in28 days, Maharashtra's Covid-19 deaths and cases plummet-ed drastically, thoughMumbai's total cases breachedthe 2-lakh mark, health officialssaid here on Monday.
After recording 184 fatali-ties on August 31, Maharashtrawitnessed just 180 deaths onMonday, a significant dropfrom the peak of 515 deathsrecorded on September 15,taking the state's death toll to35,751.
The state recorded 11,921new cases on Monday, thelowest since August 31 whenthere were 11,852 new infec-tions -- and steeply fallingfrom the peak tally of 24,886recorded on September 11) --taking the state's Covid tally to13,51,153.
The state's recovery ratealso shot up -- from 76.91 percent to 77.71 per cent -- whilethe mortality rate stood at 2.65per cent on Monday.
On a positive note, 19,932fully recovered people returnedhome on Monday, taking thetotal number of discharges to10,49,947 till date, much high-er than the 265,033 active casescurrently present in the state.
As per the figures releasedon Monday, there was onedeath roughly every 8 minutesand 497 new cases added everyhour to the state's tally.
Of the 180 deaths, Mumbailed the chart with 40 fatalities,followed by Thane (24), Pune(19), Chandrapur (14), Satara(12), Kolhapur (10), Sangli andYavatmal (8 each), Aurangabad,Hingoli and Amravati (5 each),Jalgaon and Solapur (4 each),Nashik, Osmanabad andGadchiroli (3 each), Palghar,Beed and Nagpur (2 each), andRaigad, Ahmednagar,Ratnagiri, Latur, Nanded,Akola and Buldhana (1 each). Continuing in thesub-50 range for the third day
this month, Mumbai recorded40 fatalities which took up itstoll to 8,834, while the numberof cases shot up by 2,055 to takethe city's tally past the 2-lakhmark to 200,901.
Of the total 8 circles, thesituation in Mumbai circle(MMR, comprising Mumbai,Thane, Palghar and Raigad)remains on the brink as deathsspiral and cases pile up.
MMR's fatalities shot up by67 to 15,533, and with anoth-er spike of 4,098 new infectees,the total cases shot up to
471,712.With another of 35 fatali-
ties, the Pune circle's (com-prising Pune, Solapur andSatara districts) death tollincreased to 7,725 and thedaily case tally zoomed up by2,583 to 358,375 cases.
Nashik circle has so farrecorded 3,607 fatalities and178,439 cases, followed byKolhapur circle's 2,771 deathsand 91,711 cases, and Nagpurcircle's 2,344 deaths and103,621 cases.
Latur circle recorded 1,458deaths and 54,536 cases,Aurangabad circle had 1,309fatalities and 51,167 cases, fol-lowed by Akola circle with870 deaths and 40,046 cases.
Meanwhile, the number ofpeople sent to home quarantineincreased to 19,75,923, whilethe number of those in insti-tutional quarantine went downfrom 30,467 to 29,922 onMonday. IANS
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At a time when India isstruggling hard to combat
Covid-19 which has spread toalmost all the States in thecountry, scientists have alarm-ingly found the presence ofantibodies for another virus— cat que virus (CQV) — inhuman serum samples testedfrom across India.Incidentally, as in Covid-19,which has killed over 95,000people so far, the CQV is alsosaid to be largely reported
from China.The arthropod-borne
virus (arboviruses) is usuallycarried by culex mosquitoesand pigs, and could cause fatalillness in humans. In fact,Swines are the primary mam-malian host of the CQV.
While antibodies of thevirus have been found, thescientists at National Instituteof Virology (NIV)- ICMRdid not stumble upon thevirus in any of the 883 humanserum samples they tested.
The scientists said that
the arthropod-borne virus(arboviruses) is usually car-ried by culex mosquitoes andpigs, and could cause fatal ill-ness in humans.
The presence of an anti-body against a virus in aperson indicates that the per-son had at some point of timebeen infected by the virus.
But the study, which waspublished in the latest issue ofIndian Journal of MedicalResearch (IJMR), did notfind the presence of the actu-al virus in any of the samples
tested.Cat que virus, the pres-
ence of which is usuallyreported from China andVietnam, causes febrile ill-nesses, meningitis and pae-diatr ic encephalit is inhumans.
“Anti-CQV IgG antibodypositivity in human serumsamples tested and the repli-cation capability of CQV inmosquitoes indicated a pos-sible disease causing potentialof CQV in Indian scenario,”the scientists said.
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Adreaded Lashskar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) comman-
der, directly responsible forthree major terror attacks inwhich at least 21 security per-sonnel were killed in action, wasone among the two terroristsneutralised by the joint team ofsecurity forces in villageSamboora of Awantipora areain South Kashmir's Pulwamadistrict late Sunday night.
After the gunfight ended
late sunday night, the securityforces maintained the tight cor-don and retrieved the deadbodies from the encounter siteMonday morning. During theoperation, the dreaded terror-ists had attempted to escape andhad even shifted their locationrepeatedly but were trackeddown by the joint team ofsecurity forces and neutralised.
Addressing a press confer-ence in Awantipora Districtpolice lines, Director Generalof Police, Dilbagh Singh,
flanked by senior army andCRPF officers said, the gun-fight that took place atSamboora, Pampore was a suc-cessful operation and securityforces achieved “big success” bykilling one of the longest sur-viving terrorist commander ofLashkar-e-Toiba outfit and hisclose aide. Singh said the LeTterrorists have been identifiedas Aijaz Ahmad Reshi andSajad Ahmad Sofi. "They wereboth residents ofAwantipora",he added.
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Jaswant Singh fought his lastfight, as he always did, withrestraint, dignity and recti-tude that typified his life.Recently, life had ebbed slow-
ly for the proverbial and literal lastof the knights (former cavalryofficer from the distinguishedCentral India Horse Regiment) ashe silently passed into his Valhalla.The 82-year-old soldier, states-man, scholar and politician alwaysstood out in public imaginationwith his ramrod straight posture,sartorial sense, stifled baritone,measured words and Queen’sEnglish. Singh was the quintessen-tial “officer and a gentleman” onduty. A pleasant oddity in themucky world of politics. Part ofAtal Bihari Vajpayee’s eclecticgroup of “diversities”, Singhbrought the mellifluous imprint ofhis rural desert district, Rajput war-riors’ ethos and scholarly correct-ness that won over many hard-nosed diplomats from across theworld for his professional profun-dity and efficacy.
Once touted as Vajpayee’s trust-ed “Hanuman”, Singh belonged toa political era when one could bean honourable gentleman, digni-fied and yet a politician. He is mostrecognised as Vajpayee’s globe-trot-ting troubleshooter as ExternalAffairs Minister, but he complet-ed a rare “D-E-F” in ministerialportfolios, as he was also Defenceand Finance Minister. Vajpayeepersonally stood up for his friend“Jassu” whenever the knives wereout from within, against a manwho was clearly uncomfortablewith the puritanical section of hisparty. But the sagacious Vajpayeesought no echo-chamber. Instead,he cherished and valued the formersoldier’s ability to uplift a simpledraft in English into the most sub-lime expression. They were men ofletters who respected each other fortheir “differences” and not fearedthe same. Such political large-heartedness was not to last and avery different and distinct strain ofpolitical instinct was brewing with-in his own party. It was clear thatthe space for independent-mind-ed liberals and intellectuals wasdiminishing. Like his co-soldierand party colleague, Major GeneralBC Khanduri, the narrow form ofnationalism was on the rise. It wasan unknown space and anathemafor even old soldiers, and soonSingh was banished.
He was an intellectual rebel, not
a rabble rouser, a fine differenceand a handicap, one that hewould soon discover. He had leftthe Army as he was sick of“Sir’ing” and “empty posturing.”To expect such a man to panderto political insecurities andinsensitivities that were risingwas unimaginable. In suchchanging times, there couldn’tbe a political space for a JaswantSingh, Arun Shourie, YashwantSinha and so on.
Today, when both nationalsecurity and diplomacy aregoing through extreme turbu-lence and relying on hyperbole,jingoism and “economies oftruth” — the reassuring andunflinching visage of Singh inthe backdrop of a nuclear test,the Agra Summit, Kargil or inthe midst of confabulationswith Madeleine Albright andStrobe Talbott, is a fleetingmemory of the distant past.
A politician’s journey is rifewith incidents that are bothlaudatory and fetching. Singh’spolitical life was no different —the perennial question of himaccompanying terrorists toKandahar to secure the releaseof 160 hostages is the foremost.What is rarely posited in suchquestioning is if that was anindividual decision or onecleared by the CabinetCommittee on Security (CCS),chaired by the Prime Minister,Home Minister and the “D-E-F” ministerial trinity? While noone really stood up and vocal-ly clarified (though, no onedenied either) that it was a col-lective call — Singh was left to
carry this can of blemish forposterity, singularly on his hall-mark epaulette-strapped shoul-ders. On the contrary, the post-incident questioning always leftthe one-time soldier bemused,saddened and even let down byhis colleagues, but beyond apoint, he did not stoop toname-calling; he was too muchof a thoroughbred gentleman todo that. Singh was among thefirst to blow the bugle about hisparty’s changing tenor, agendaand direction, and thereaftersought a “serious inquiry.” Littledid he know of the changingand irreversible winds, andsoon the soldier was ironicallyslammed for “indiscipline.”Later, his lettered expression byway of a seminal book, Jinnah:India, Partition, Independence,was to be a convenient excuseto get rid of unwanted eruditionwithin the new and rising ranks.Gujarat was the first State to banthe book, an indication of thingsto follow. Singh’s propheticwords then had been that it wastantamount to “banning think-ing.” A fruition of that politicalreality plays out today. It was aregrettable political end for thedistinguished career of the nine-time parliamentarian, who inhis earlier book, A Call toHonour: In Service of EmergentIndia, had invoked the memo-ries of the sun-lit land of hischildhood within the four wallsof “honour, courage, loyaltyand faith” — old fashionedadjectives that sadly don’t res-onate anymore.
His wood-panelled office was
among the most impressivepersonal libraries and with Bachplaying in the background, itwas a statement of class, cultureand pedigree that was equally atease in his desert dhani with thehauntingly beautiful music ofhis native bards, Langas andMangniyars.
Singh was a man of chivalriccodes — a civilisational code, asoldier’s code and even anunderstated feudal code thatunderstood the fine differencebetween respect and servility —he was gracious and respectfuland was always respected back,even by people across the “aisle.”Politicians like him acknowl-edged their political opponentsas equal patriots and humanbeings and he was befittinglyconferred the “OutstandingParliamentarian Award” in2001. More comfortable with hisbooks, writings, horses and anabiding spirit of enquiry —Singh abhorred illiberality, big-otry and the swaggering abuseof power. True to any proud sol-dier’s moral compass, he valuedrespect more than anything, butas the cavalier once invoked, hewas ultimately, “put out to pas-tures.”
Today Vajpayee’s “Hanuman,”who seldom rested, will be laidto rest, as it were, in a betterworld — as they say of old sol-dier’s, “they never die, theyonly fade away.” The nation losta patriot, a statesman, a soldierand above all, a decent man.
(The writer, a military veter-an, is a former Lt Governor ofAndaman & Nicobar Islands)
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Bhagwan ThadaniMumbai
����� ���������Sir — Before the pandemic,India produced approximately600 tonnes of biomedical wasteper day. However, now theamount of biomedical waste hasincreased exponentially. For acountry of more than 1.3 billionpeople, we have only 198Biomedical Waste TreatmentCentres (BMWTCs) and 225
medical centres with captivewaste treatment facilities. Weneed to make sure that we are notfurther polluting the environ-ment while fighting the virus.
The Government shouldincrease its biomedical wasteincineration capacity by employ-ing mobile incinerators asWuhan did. Additionally, prop-er segregation of waste should becarried out at all the centres so
that medical waste isn’t dumpedin public places.
Rahul ChouhanUjjain
��������������Sir — Farmers’ protests haveintensified after the Presidentgave assent to the three Bills onSunday. Their main objection isdismantling of the existing
Agricultural Produce MarketCommittee mandis, which willleave them at the mercy of bigcompanies. They also fear that ifthe mandi system comes to anend, so will the minimum sup-port price system. TheGovernment should make nec-essary amendments and ensurethat the farmers do not suffer.
BO ChangaWest Bengal
������������Sir — A 22-year-old woman wasallegedly raped by two Railwayofficers at the Bhopal station.This incident took place just daysafter a 19-year-old was raped byfour upper caste men in Hathrasdistrict. The culprits had cut offher tongue and severely injuredher spinal cord. Currently, she ison a ventilator fighting for her lifeat a hospital in Aligarh. TheGovernment must ensure thatthe women of this country aresafe. New laws need to be intro-duced and a strict and swift jus-tice system should be put inplace.
Khushbu VedUjjain
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The Narendra Modi Government recentlypassed three Bills on labour reforms enshrinedin three labour codes, namely The Industrial
Relations Code, 2020, The Occupational Safety,Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and TheCode on Social Security, 2020. Along with The Codeon Wages, 2019, passed by the Parliament last year,these four labour law reforms are being bandied aboutas the most crucial second generation amendmentsthat will make it easier to do business, improve thecompetitiveness of the Indian industry, make it amanufacturing hub and pursue the “Make in India”agenda successfully. Even as the landscape of theselegislations is vast, there are four areas which will havefar-reaching implications for the way the Centre andthe States will be regulating businesses and ensur-ing the welfare of workers. These include (I) con-solidation (call it merger) of existing 29 CentralLabour Acts into four codes; (II) increase in thethreshold for retrenchment, closure or lay-off for afirm (without Government permission) from exist-ing 100 to 300 workers; (III) giving greater flexibil-ity to the States in enacting legislation and (IV) pro-viding for universal social security for workers. Atthe outset, let us recognise that labour is on theConcurrent List of the Constitution; therefore,both the Union Government and the States have thepower to legislate on the subject. Hitherto, there were29 Central Labour Acts besides 200 State-enactedlaws and amendments. This meant that a companywas required to take a number of licences, registra-tions, permissions, renewals and file numerousreturns periodically under different Acts. Forinstance, it had to file one annual return each underthe Payment of Wages Act (1936), the MinimumWages Act (1948) and the Payment of Bonus Act(1965).
Shockingly, even a MSME (micro, small andmedium enterprise) is required to maintain at least10 different formats of wage registers, four formatsof accident registers and four of muster rolls underdifferent Acts. The regulations at the State level areeven more complex. Each State enjoys the right toformulate specific rules with respect to applicabili-ty thresholds, forms, formats, calculations, dates, fre-quency of submissions, filing types (paper-based vs.digital) and so on. This results in different due dates,multiplicity of forms and formats, duplication inrecord-keeping requirements, redundancies, com-plex procedures, ambiguous interpretations and soon. As a result, companies which operate in sever-al States face a nightmare.
Consolidation of the extant 29 laws into fourcodes should help firms in getting rid off this night-mare. They can look forward to a significant reduc-tion in the number of licences, registrations,renewals, returns and registrations earlier requiredunder different Acts. As a result, the compliance bur-den will go down. For instance, under The Code onWages, 2019, a firm needs to file a single annualreturn against three different annual returns earli-er. Correspondingly, at the State level too, business-es will be unshackled.
As regards (II), under the extant law, employ-ers of industrial establishments such as mines, fac-tories, plantations and so on, with at least 100 work-ers, were required to take prior permission of theCentral or the State Governments before retrench-ment or closure of workers. Together with a myri-ad of regulations and compliances, which increasein proportion to the scale of operations, this was amajor impediment in the way of firms growing insize and creating more jobs. It also takes away theflexibility of firms to adjust their labour deploymentin sync with changing demand conditions. It affectstheir ability to stay afloat in a competitive environ-
ment especially when the economy is ina downward phase. It also prompts themto hire contract workers, which is not agood sign especially for their social secu-rity. This has seriously impacted formal-isation of the economy. Out of about 63million enterprises, only one million or 1.5per cent are in the formal sector.
This preponderance of the so-calledunorganised informal economy (itaccounts for roughly 50 per cent of theGross Domestic Product and 80-90 percent of the workforce) is the inevitable out-come of imposing such restrictions.
The increase in threshold under TheIndustrial Relations Code, 2020 shouldcome as a big relief, as firms having up to300 workers will get the much-needed flex-ibility to adjust to the changing businessenvironment. But what is the sanctity offixing the threshold at 300? Why shouldenterprises employing workers in excessof this be subjected to approval?
In the contemporary economic milieu,wherein the ability of firms to competedepends largely on the scale of operations(even start-ups in a matter of few years getinto the position of giving jobs to thou-sands of workers), imposition of such arbi-trary thresholds viz. 100 or 300 or evenhigher — a legacy of the socialist era — istotally out of place. This needs to be doneaway with.
The Code provides for “fixed-termemployment” through contract workers ona pan-India basis. Currently, companieshire contract workers through contractors.With the introduction of fixed-termemployment, they will be able to hire work-ers directly under a fixed-term contract,with the flexibility to adjust its tenure basedon the seasonality of industry. Theseworkers will be treated on a par with reg-ular workers. It will be a win-win for boththe companies and those aspiring for jobs.
The Code does not take away theworkers’ right to go on strike. However, ithas been made mandatory to give 14 days’notice for giving time to sort out differ-ences through harmonious discussionduring this period. Doing away withmultiplicity of unions and introduction of
the concept of a “negotiating union” is awelcome move. Coming to (III), under thepresent law, States have limited powers toexempt factories from labour laws. Forinstance, The Factories Act, 1948 allowedexemption from its provisions in cases ofpublic emergency only for a period of threemonths. For making changes or givingexemptions from the law for longer dura-tion, they had to approach the CentralGovernment. Now, the UnionGovernment has given a lot of flexibilityto States while implementing these Codes.For instance, The Occupational Safety,Health and Working Conditions Code,2020 empowers the States to exempt newfactories from any of the provisions of thenew law for more economic activities andemployment opportunities. No timeline forgiving exemption to factories is pre-scribed as against three months at present.It also exempts existing establishmentsfrom any of the provisions of the new Codein case of an emergency provided that cer-tain conditions are fulfilled.
Under the Industrial Relations Code,2020, States can allow easier retrenchment,or closure norms for more firms througha notification, without the need to seek theCentre’s approval. For instance, unlike inthe past when they could increase thethreshold only after seeking the approvalof the President and then getting it passedby the legislature (16 States had hiked thethreshold to 300 workers following thislengthy procedure only), now a State cando it by issuing an executive order.
The State can also exempt new estab-lishments from “any or all provisions” ofthe law dealing with industrial disputes,retrenchment and trade unions “uncon-ditionally” for a specific period of time asit thinks fit. This can be done in “publicinterest.”
Though, prompted by the dire needto press the accelerator for industrialisa-tion at a fast pace, these provisions mayhave given too much discretionary powerto State bureaucrats. They need to use thesejudiciously and while granting exemptions,they should ensure that workers’ interestsare not compromised.
As regards (IV), The Code on SocialSecurity, 2020 provides for universal socialsecurity for workers by expanding theambit of Employees’ Provident FundOrganisation (EPFO) and Employees’State Corporation of India (ESCI) and set-ting up of a social security fund to coveraround 400 million unorganised sectorworkers. However, some clauses are a bitrestrictive. For instance, only sites with 10or more building and other constructionworkers are covered. Likewise, forProvident Fund, only establishments with20 or more workers are covered. This willresult in exclusion of millions of MSMEs.
Worryingly, the Code does not stresson social security as a right and does notmake any reference to its provision as stip-ulated by the Constitution of the country.Plus, it does not lay down a clear date forenforcement. This will leave workers vul-nerable without social protection. It is vitalthat social security protection be made uni-versal for the entire nation’s workforce.However, the Code makes whimsical cat-egorisations that will deprive millions ofworking poor of their rights.
While the Code defines multiple cat-egories, most are obscure and have notbeen revised to determine whether a work-er belongs to the organised or unorgan-ised sector. For instance, platform and gigworkers are not defined as part of the unor-ganised workforce, even though lakhs ofpeople are employed as such. Similarly, theword “establishment” in the Code shouldhave been altered to make sure that allworkers come under the ambit of socialsecurity protection.
To sum up, the enactment of the fourCodes is a big leap forward in labourreforms but there still needs to be somemore thought put into the protection ofworkers. As for the outcome, a lot willdepend on how the States respond as theyare the ones who have to implement, frameand notify the rules and do the follow up.If, they don’t and keep the regulations com-plex, the intended benefits won’t percolatedown to the last worker. Both the Centreand States have to work towards this.
(The writer is a policy analyst)
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The tenure of former US PresidentBill Clinton can best be describedas tumultuous. The jury is out
regarding many of his decisions exceptone: The nomination of Justice RuthBader Ginsburg as an Associate Justiceof the US Supreme Court in 1993.Both, supporters as well as detractors,of Justice Ginsburg do converge on thefact that her tenure was one of the mosteventful ones in the Supreme Court inthe past 50 years. Justice Ginsburgpassed away on September 18, afterclose to three glorious decades in theUS top court. Later dubbed the
“Notorious RBG”, she was a pioneer ofthe women’s liberation movement inthe US and a significant portion of herlife’s work was towards ushering in gen-der just laws. Ginsburg was inspired bythe civil rights movement and saw thisfeminist activism as its extension andlogical successor.
Growing up in the inherentlyunequal America of the 1940s-1960swith its institutionalised and main-stream sexism, Ginsburg was quicklyconfronted with the discriminatory sys-tem. Despite having served on theHarvard Law Review (considered asymbol of intellectual brilliance) andgraduating top of her class at Columbia,no law firm in New York City wishedto hire a woman at the time. Similarly,she lost a chance of serving as a LawClerk to Justice Felix Frankfurter of theUS Supreme Court, who unabashed-ly told her that he wasn’t ready to hirea woman.
Confronted by this harsh reality,Ginsburg turned to activism. From1972, she began a close relationshipwith the American Civil Liberties
Union, and co-founded its Women’sRights Project. Within two years shehad taken part in more than 300 gen-der-related cases. One of her most icon-ic wins at the Supreme Court wasFrontiero v Richardson (1973), whichdecided that compensation and otherservice benefits cannot be given differ-ently on the basis of gender alone. Thecase particularly challenged the servicerules of the US Air Force prohibitinghusbands of women officers frombeing listed as dependents for the pur-poses of housing and other benefits.This was based on the assumption thatmen are the family bread-winners andwomen the caretakers. Of the total sixcases argued in the apex court by Justice
Ginsburg, she won an astonishing five,setting the foundation for a revolutionin gender justice-oriented jurispru-dence, which has subsequently beenemulated across the world.
In her attempts to persuade an all-male Supreme Court, Ginsburgfocussed on male applicants. Thisstrategic litigation allowed her to con-front the justices with the harmfuleffects of gender discrimination onmen such as themselves. Winning theirempathy in this manner, she managedto shake the foundations of the sexistsystem to the advantage of both menand women.
Ginsburg also landed severalteaching positions and became the firstwoman tenure lecturer at ColumbiaUniversity. Subsequently, she func-tioned as a surprisingly moderate fed-eral judge. Her appointment as aSupreme Court Justice was, therefore,met with a great deal of suspicion fromfeminist activists, who feared that shewould not be the most passionate advo-cate for women’s rights.
Justice Ginsburg proved them
wrong. Her years at the apex court werecharacterised by her staunch belief ingender equality and her support forLGBTQIA+ and minority rights. Shewas the author of the majority opinionin US vs Virginia, wherein the courtstruck down as discriminatory thepractice of male-only admissions in theVirginia Military Academy. This judg-ment revolutionised the USConstitution’s “equal protection oflaws” clause (14th Amendment) byadding equality on the basis of genderto the traditional interpretation ofequality on the basis of race. Referringto the apex court’s decision in Brownvs Education Board of Topeka,Ginsburg stated that if racially segre-gated schools were declared unconsti-tutional, then so should separate mil-itary academies for women for theywould not impart the same level of mil-itary training as the male ones. JusticeGinsburg’s verdict in the VirginiaMilitary case in particular served to bea great inspiration behind the IndianArmy permitting the commissioningof women officers.
Faced with a conservative-leaningSupreme Court, Justice Ginsburg oftenhad to turn to dissenting opinions aswell. She famously disagreed with themajority’s view in Bush vs Gore that themanual vote recount for the presiden-tial election ordered by the FloridaSupreme Court was unconstitutional.In Shelby County vs Holder, themajority held the federal pre-clearancefor changes in the voting laws of Stateswith a history of racial discriminationto be unconstitutional. Justice Ginsburgvehemently protested, stating that thispre-clearance effectively protectedagainst racial voting discrimination andthat the judgment resembled “throw-ing away your umbrella in a rainstormbecause you are not getting wet.”Some of her other influential dissentsdealt with issues such as gender work-place discrimination and reproductivehealth.
Justice Ginsburg’s death has causeda political storm in the US. PresidentTrump plans to fill Ginsburg’s seat assoon as possible by replacing her witha woman, loyal and conservative can-
didate. This would present the conser-vatives with a “super majority” in theapex court. Democrats met this newswith a wave of protests and called topostpone any nomination until afterthe presidential election in November.Such a super majority would put theright to abortion, among others, on ashaky pedestal. A part of Ginsburg’slegacy in the fight for gender equalitycould, therefore, be at serious risk ofbeing erased. This is a troublesome tes-timony that the fight against discrim-ination in the US has not been won yet,but is on the contrary facing a threatof regression. Regardless, it goes with-out doubt that Justice Ginsburg’s wasone of the most influential figures inthe fight for women’s rights and liber-al thought in the US. Her highlyrespected, brilliant mind will be missedin these times of growing insecurity.
(Manubarwala is the incumbentGlobal Peace Ambassador to India.Ghulam obtained a LL.M with a spe-cialisation in human rights from GhentUniversity, Belgium. Both are LL.M can-didates at the University of Cambridge)
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HAL 777.6 782.95 768.3 778.25JUSTDIAL 374.7 382.4 369.05 376.15PNB 29.4 30.25 29.2 30.15DABUR 493 504.6 492.25 504APLLTD 963.95 989.8 958.95 986BLISSGVS 151 153 150.3 151.35PERSISTENT 1229.95 1324.2 1229.95 1275.65ADVENZYMES 293 306 284.6 300.9CUMMINSIND 448 454.45 443.5 446.75BHARATFORG 455 457.65 445.1 452.25LEMONTREE 27.5 28.5 27 28.5HEG 775 782.55 739.9 749.65SRF 4145 4200 4107.65 4170.85SYNGENE 582.5 594.5 569.25 588.1GODREJCP 707.2 723.4 703.55 713.1PAGEIND 19900 20719.2 19775 20699MINDTREE 1289.8 1299.95 1261.1 1288.95APLAPOLLO 2750 2818.75 2700 2795AMARAJABAT 738.6 749.65 732.05 746.2CONCOR 376 389.3 376 380.1ITI 124.5 132.35 121.5 128.8PFC 86.15 89.35 85.8 87.9TATACHEM 296 300.5 293 297.45JBCHEPHARM 994.95 1027 957.65 1018.55SHILPAMED 572 578 562 573.15FCONSUMER 8.45 8.71 8.45 8.71NESTLEIND 16619 16619 15625 15715.55TATAMTRDVR 60.6 61.8 59.8 61.2GMRINFRA 23.6 23.95 23.1 23.7GODREJPROP 859.9 895.05 859 891MARICO 354.75 362.55 354 360.8SYMPHONY 879.25 918 864.65 910.75IGL 411 411 398.4 403.35PETRONET 223 225.85 220.55 222.4SUNTV 476.9 476.9 459 465.6WELSPUNIND 63.75 65.45 63.05 65.45ICICIPRULI 416 424.2 414.7 420.4ASTRAZEN 4490 4499 4356 4403.7PFIZER 5052 5149.05 4987.05 5023.7ACC 1353 1380 1342.8 1375.4WESTLIFE 384 409.85 378 399.95RECLTD 100 102.8 99.45 102.1ADANIGAS 185 192.3 184.45 190.55INDHOTEL 94.15 97.05 92.9 96.45GARFIBRES 2007.1 2146 2007.1 2117BANKINDIA 40.3 42.4 40.3 42.05AFFLE 2940 3010 2905 2980PNBHOUSING 331.15 350.8 330.15 347.25LTTS 1610 1650 1608 1640HDFCLIFE 577.5 583 577.5 581.3SUZLON 3.08 3.08 2.91 3.01CESC 636.85 639.1 621.3 623ICICIGI 1276 1289.85 1263.4 1267.6VAKRANGEE 29.2 29.35 27.7 28.8IEX 192.9 204.5 190.85 199.6CGCL 200 231.4 200 225.15MPHASIS 1271.65 1380 1271.65 1342.1FINEORG 2650 2793 2650 2716.75AARTIIND 1022 1032.35 1011.65 1021.9STRTECH 146.9 149.35 144.75 148.1EXIDEIND 165 165.55 162.5 164TIINDIA 587.9 627.05 575.2 624PIDILITIND 1413 1441 1413 1435.6GRAPHITE 185.8 194.65 184.1 192.6BSOFT 192 199.3 192 198.25FDC 337.8 375 337.8 365.75INOXLEISUR 272 274.75 266.9 270.15AMBUJACEM 201.5 212.55 201.5 211.7HEXAWARE 466.95 468.25 465 467.7VINATIORGA 1327 1383 1261 1348.55INDIACEM 117.1 119.75 115.8 116.4WELCORP 104 107.5 104 107.05TRIDENT 7.2 7.2 6.8 6.89SPICEJET 47.15 48.35 47.15 48
IPCALAB 2072 2108.45 2070.95 2076.55ERIS 548 554.45 532.2 536.4UJJIVAN 209.5 214.55 207.75 212.2JUBILANT 725 738.3 721.05 726.8IDFC 31.15 32.7 31.15 31.85BAYERCROP 6000 6049.9 5904 5907BBTC 1315 1345 1286.95 1307AJANTPHARM 1550 1615 1550 1587.05SUVENPHAR 394.95 405 387.25 400.45UBL 954.15 974.95 950.7 968.75ALKEM 2885 2896.4 2750 2771.9LTI 2510.15 2555 2490.4 2490.4ORIENTELEC 180 185.6 177.8 179.75AVANTI 505 510.6 497.9 504.45RADICO 408.4 418.15 404.55 413.9VENKYS 1403 1468.9 1393.75 1433.95SWANENERGY 114 129.3 113.95 124VIPIND 299.45 304 298 299.75NAM-INDIA 257 265.55 257 263SUMICHEM 299.3 304.95 291.35 297.7MEGH 77.6 81.7 77.6 81.4CENTURYTEX 332 339.05 330 333.7DCAL 160.3 160.3 155.5 159.65ABCAPITAL 63.4 64.85 63.2 64.55EQUITAS 52.2 52.7 51.85 52FRETAIL 87.9 90.75 86.9 90.75HSCL 52.6 56 50.95 55.25SBILIFE 803 816.8 801 814.3DISHTV 12.95 13.24 12.83 13.24BEML 610 615 605.5 610RITES 249.3 252 247.6 250.95GLAXO 1530 1589.25 1530 1578SHREECEM 19164.15 19654.8 19103.3 19592.05TATACOMM 815.1 861.55 815.1 861.55WABAG 191.55 193.7 188.1 190VARROC 307 322 306.9 314.6INDOCO 282 284.1 262.6 265.35SUNTECK 262.1 278.15 262.1 270.1UNIONBANK 24.5 25 24.4 24.8SOUTHBANK 6.8 6.94 6.76 6.9TRENT 636.3 675.6 636.3 671.55ATUL 6128.1 6165.95 6000.05 6027OFSS 2999 3050 2989.9 3030.1CASTROLIND 111.75 112.5 109.25 109.55LALPATHLAB 1849.8 1943 1815.85 1897.8METROPOLIS 1775 1880.2 1775 1849.95BAJAJCON 185 189.9 182.5 187.2BOMDYEING 63.9 65.5 63.3 64.1OIL 88 90.6 87.8 89.9SPARC 171 175.9 169.45 174.8ALLCARGO 130.4 133.4 128.3 129.3IFBIND 621.1 637.15 606.35 617VAIBHAVGBL 1820 1901.6 1820 1897FSL 73.75 74.15 72.75 73.35FORCEMOT 1050 1110 1050 1091.05CAPPL 555 581.4 555 576SUDARSCHEM 462.25 468 451.45 456.25DCBBANK 83 83.3 81.4 81.85RATNAMANI 1220 1260.95 1204.4 1230IBREALEST 53.9 54.3 52 53.75EDELWEISS 58.45 59.3 56.8 57.4CANFINHOME 416.8 420.8 414.1 420.55DEEPAKFERT 151.6 154.45 150.1 152.7GODREJAGRO 497 510.25 497 507.5CUB 134.1 136.8 132.7 135.35GMM 3639.85 3639.85 3639.85 3639.85GNFC 212.85 215 206.3 210.8FORTIS 138 138.9 136.75 136.95GSFC 61.5 63.2 59.4 60.05JAMNAAUTO 44.65 46.6 44.65 44.9ASTRAL 1123.9 1152 1103.2 1136.65SONATSOFTW 332.2 332.2 320.55 323.6RAYMOND 269 271 266.4 267.9AUBANK 656 675.55 656 667RAIN 103.75 105.35 101.7 104.6RAMCOCEM 714.5 744.35 709.55 741JSWENERGY 59.5 59.85 57.1 57.75CREDITACC 699.35 706.1 688.45 700BAJAJELEC 498 498.9 485.5 487.35REPCOHOME 165 168.95 161.85 167.65FINOLEXIND 497 524.7 497 503.75JKTYRE 57.55 60.2 57.05 59.05JSLHISAR 79 83.3 77.5 82.5THYROCARE 769.9 776.5 758 765.45CYIENT 390 397.9 387.7 392.3ADANITRANS 251.2 254.5 249.15 250.85ABB 852 871.2 850.45 861.7COROMANDEL 797 807.95 791.65 802PHOENIXLTD 559.15 599.8 556 597HAWKINCOOK 5175 5277.85 5049.1 5093.15BIRLACORPN 626.1 665 622 655.8SWSOLAR 243 243 236.85 239.1PRESTIGE 249.8 254.25 245.7 249.65IRCON 80.5 80.9 79.6 79.95NAVINFLUOR 2075 2085 2016.2 2060.55IRB 112.4 114.7 110 114SANOFI 8502.1 8601.45 8430 8504RAJESHEXPO 460 472.75 452.6 462.3HFCL 15.3 15.85 15.2 15.65JAICORPLTD 81.65 83.75 81.65 83.1PHILIPCARB 124.95 128.7 123.8 128.45MRPL 27.2 28.35 27 27.05PGHL 4949.1 5078.45 4928.1 5010.75NH 326 332.7 314 325.85ZENSARTECH 198.35 198.5 190.8 194.45AEGISLOG 225.05 242 225.05 239.05NBCC 24.95 24.95 24.25 24.4WOCKPHARMA 274 285.4 274 281.25ABFRL 130.35 133 129.65 131.05
PTC 47.6 48.3 47.6 47.9CCL 261 270 256.4 265.5INDIANB 57.35 57.9 55.75 57.85EIDPARRY 280 285 276.5 277.65COCHINSHIP 327.9 333.55 322.35 332.5ALKYLAMINE 3211 3295.6 3211 3269.95KPITTECH 112.6 113.6 110.4 110.95MINDAIND 327.25 340.2 325.4 337.75ZYDUSWELL 1867 1893.75 1830 1841.6KAJARIACER 509 525 505.25 523.3KRBL 292 292 282.1 285.95SUPREMEIND 1376.75 1433.3 1358.5 1424.65CHENNPETRO 66.8 70.7 66.8 70.65KTKBANK 40.05 41.85 40.05 41.7RCF 43.6 44.35 43.55 43.85JINDALSAW 63.55 65.4 63.55 64.53MINDIA 18228 18425 18190.2 18405.45BDL 301.55 304.6 297.05 297.9SCI 53.45 54.25 52.25 53.95EMAMILTD 352.05 364.4 350.5 355.05TV18BRDCST 29.05 29.5 28.8 28.95GSPL 198.9 199.55 196 196.05RALLIS 295.7 295.7 285.4 288DELTACORP* 104.75 108.3 104.75 107.55HINDZINC 210.7 212.95 208.95 210BLUESTARCO 711 711 638.5 650.2CARERATING 358.65 361.5 351.05 352.3GALAXYSURF 1821 1868.8 1821 1831.25TORNTPOWER 312.6 317.75 312 316.4CHAMBLFERT 153.8 154.5 151.4 154AKZOINDIA 2035.85 2150 2006.5 2026.5ISEC 456.15 477.8 453.05 470.4MIDHANI 194.55 199.55 194.55 197.75DALBHARAT* 761.1 778 761.1 775.9TATAMETALI 525 540 518.55 525ADANIPOWER 37.85 37.85 36.75 37.15RELAXO 640 668 640 657.9RVNL 19.7 19.8 19.45 19.6PARAGMILK 102 102.9 99.6 101.75ESSELPRO 255 256.2 249 249.85LINDEINDIA 726.5 749.05 726.5 740GILLETTE 5451.65 5451.65 5394.7 5415.5DHANUKA 745.1 756.75 737.8 740.8IDBI 33.95 35.55 33.95 35GICRE 125 127.15 125 125.65BALRAMCHIN 149.6 152.25 147.55 150.55J&KBANK 15.15 15.25 14.85 14.95JKLAKSHMI 250.9 256.45 250.8 256.45JYOTHYLAB 146.05 147 143.9 146.15SCHNEIDER 81 81.2 78.3 81.2GREAVESCOT 73 75.2 72.9 74.05NILKAMAL 1264.45 1295 1264.15 1285.8TATACOFFEE 104 105.35 102.8 104.85EIHOTEL 79.9 83.75 79.05 82.85CENTRALBK 16.5 16.6 16 16.1VGUARD 169.8 169.8 166.2 166.5DBL 348.85 353.1 341 342.8NLCINDIA 49.05 51.3 49.05 50.8ASHOKA 67.8 67.8 65.65 66AIAENG 1779.25 1779.3 1720.85 1728.1ABBOTINDIA 16252.3 16500 16207 16360.95UFLEX 314 322.15 314 317KALPATPOWR* 242.65 248.95 239.3 248.95SKFINDIA 1489 1489 1436.6 1446.2GODFRYPHLP 912.8 931.5 912.8 931.5SOBHA 239.2 240.7 234.9 237.15GULFOILLUB 650 683.5 648 663.9JMFINANCIL 76.55 78.6 76.55 77.6REDINGTON 117.85 119.7 115 115.4NESCO 576 576 554.6 558.8PNCINFRA 158 160.9 157 158CRISIL 1733.2 1840.25 1715 1753UCOBANK 12.2 12.74 12.12 12.51BAJAJHLDNG 2475 2517 2475 2488.2WHIRLPOOL 2115 2117.8 2078.4 2095HUDCO 32.45 32.85 32.05 32.35UJJIVANSFB 32.15 32.6 32.05 32.15POLYCAB 850 857.8 837.05 840TEAMLEASE 2248 2248 2174.8 2189.35HERITGFOOD 320.15 328.85 319.5 319.7SJVN 21.85 22.05 21.85 21.9NHPC 20.3 20.6 20.3 20.5BLUEDART 2898.9 2988.15 2898.9 2987OMAXE 67.35 68.85 66.5 67.3MAHLOG 320.2 349.9 319.95 340.25GDL 89 96.2 89 91.95KEC 324.85 332.5 323.65 332.2HIMATSEIDE 81.7 84.8 80.65 83.05GUJGAS 301.8 304 301.4 302.35BASF 1406.6 1461.85 1406.6 1446.5SPANDANA 526.9 528.65 515.05 521.5JKCEMENT 1538 1550 1500.4 1516.85MAHABANK 11.21 11.6 11.21 11.6IOB 9.5 9.79 9.5 9.6CARBORUNIV 251.85 263.5 248.5 259GRSE 174.85 184.15 173.35 183.95SOMANYCERA 184.7 189.45 181.35 185BALMLAWRIE 99.4 102.7 99.4 100.45CENTURYPLY 167 170 165 167.2ORIENTCEM 64.6 64.6 62.45 62.5OBEROIRLTY 414.9 414.9 402.45 405.4HATHWAY 30.95 31.25 29 30.65JCHAC 2236.6 2350 2206.05 2219.45LAXMIMACH 3526.75 3544.95 3503.05 3544.95HONAUT 32519 33150 32519 33000GUJALKALI 331.5 334.15 327.4 331.1ENDURANCE 1066 1097.9 1053 1089.8KANSAINER 477 485 477 481.4VTL 797 829 790 818.3
KEI 357.1 360 351 355.65MAHLIFE 232 239 225.7 227.45FINCABLES 284.5 284.5 277.2 281.2MOIL 142 142 139.6 140.85GESHIP 244 246 242.05 242.25SHOPERSTOP 169.85 176.85 167.9 176.6JKPAPER* 91.9 92.5 91.35 92.35SHK 81.8 84.1 81 83.2FLUOROCHEM 506 508 490.7 503.85GODREJIND 417 418 403.1 413.5JAGRAN 38.25 38.25 36.9 37ECLERX 720.25 721.95 704.9 711.95INFIBEAM 76.85 76.85 71.25 74.95CROMPTON 262.7 265.2 257 260.05VBL 710.4 718.75 708.2 711.35TIMETECHNO 37 37.35 36.35 37ARVINDFASN 128.5 130.55 125.65 127VMART 2059.3 2068.5 2020.75 2068TTKPRESTIG 6127.1 6293.8 5986.95 6284.85HINDCOPPER 33.75 34.65 33.75 34.2GMDCLTD 43.1 43.9 42.35 42.7CSBBANK 224 231.95 222.3 230VSTIND 3402 3408.45 3370 3377.45MASFIN 790 815.85 780.85 806.75JSL 42.45 43.5 42.3 43.25ITDC 248 248 227.75 230.9PCJEWELLER 14.15 14.65 13.95 14.5NIACL 107.8 107.8 104.45 106PGHH 9914.9 9937.9 9869.45 9878MAHSCOOTER 2877.05 2985.95 2877.05 2943.95NBVENTURES 58.8 59.35 56.9 57.3HEIDELBERG 178.1 182.45 178.1 180.6DCMSHRIRAM 356 372.9 356 368.35SCHAEFFLER 3580.85 3638.35 3500 3622.8SOLARINDS 1048.35 1048.35 1026.55 1043.85KNRCON 248.3 252.2 248.3 252.2WABCOINDIA 5886.1 5948.7 5841.05 5860
IIFL 80.5 81.55 79.8 80.3THERMAX 745 745 729.1 730KPRMILL 615 625.05 595 598TNPL 100.25 104.2 100.25 103.25PRSMJOHNSN 56.7 57.9 56.15 56.2GHCL 160.4 162.5 158.6 159.5LAOPALA 206.6 213.7 206.6 212.55POWERINDIA 939.6 940.05 915 925.75INDOSTAR 277.8 282 270.9 280IFCI 6.59 6.59 6.05 6.14BRIGADE 158.6 162.85 158.6 161.65MINDACORP 71.8 72.3 71.15 71.15SUNDRMFAST 404 416 399.45 409.1JTEKTINDIA 76.5 77.6 74.25 74.25TCIEXP 780.55 810.5 773.15 777.35SFL 1360 1388.45 1335 1350.35SUPRAJIT 179 181.75 175.2 180.75CHALET 140.9 144.9 140.3 141.5LUXIND 1411 1437.8 1404 1428.6MOTILALOFS* 635.65 644.5 635 639.2MMTC 16.8 16.9 16.25 16.65GPPL 85.4 85.85 84.35 84.75CHOLAHLDNG 400.7 407.4 396.2 406.95MHRIL 167.25 174.15 167.25 173.5TIMKEN 1092.05 1110.75 1075 1103.8TASTYBIT 10500 10795 10500 10550.15AAVAS 1390.15 1399.8 1366.7 1399.8GEPIL 430.15 434.85 418 422.1ASTERDM 135.6 136.95 134.9 135.1TATAINVEST 832.95 844.15 832.95 836SIS 392 392 373 374STARCEMENT 83.95 86.2 83.75 85.7GRINDWELL 529.3 533.4 522 522VRLLOG 163.4 164.75 161.6 163.25TVTODAY 201 205 200.7 202.95DBCORP 76.85 78.55 76.85 77.05KSB 460.1 471.5 460.1 470.5SHRIRAMCIT 935.65 953.15 927 950.9TVSSRICHAK 1429.55 1437.8 1396.6 1419.2NAVNETEDUL 79 79 76.95 77.3CERA 2283.35 2305.5 2275 2305MAHSEAMLES 223.5 227 222.2 222.3TCNSBRANDS 388 388 383 384.2ESABINDIA 1366.4 1366.4 1322.2 1326.6ORIENTREF 189.8 193 188.35 188.75IIFLWAM 984.95 995 975 985.8
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Industry body COAI has cau-tioned that any decision on
de-licensing or administrativeallocation of high commercialvalue E and V bands spectrumwill violate prevailing policyframework, create non level-playing-field for licenced telcosand cause huge revenue loss tothe government.
In a letter toCommunications MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad, theCellular Operators’ Associationof India (COAI) on Mondaycalled for allocation of spec-trum in these specified bands“through transparent auction toaccess service providers imme-diately”.
The COAI emphasisedthat these bands “are extreme-ly valuable resources for Indiafor 5G as well as backhaul formobile broadband”.
Radiowaves used for trans-
mitting signals to mobilephones are referred to as theaccess spectrum while back-haul spectrum augments sig-nals between mobile towers atthe back-end.
“...Any decision of de-licensing or administrativeallocation of high commercialvalue spectrum in E and Vbands: is technically not fea-sible, will be contrary to theprevailing policy frameworkof spectrum allocation, con-trary to the principle pro-mulgated by the Hon’bleSupreme Court, contempt ofHon’ble Supreme Court...,”the COAI said.
Such a move would alsolead to non-level playing fieldfor licensed telecom opera-tors, will not guarantee the effi-cient use of these bands, and“cause huge revenue loss to theexchequer”, COAI DirectorGeneral S P Kochhar said, inthe letter seen by PTI.
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Benchmark equity indicesSensex and Nifty surged as
much as 1.6 per cent onMonday, lifted by intense buy-ing in financial stocks on hopesof capital support to public sec-tor banks and stimulus mea-sures for the economy.
The BSE Sensex settled592.97 points or 1.59 per centhigher at 37,981.63, while theNSE Nifty surged 177.30 pointsor 1.60 per cent to 11,227.55 -- the second straight session ofrise for the indices.
In the Sensex pack,IndusInd Bank was the topgainer, rising around 8 percent, followed by Bajaj Finance,Axis Bank, PowerGrid, ONGC,Sun Pharma, ICICI Bank andM&M. On the other hand,Hindustan Unilever, Infosysand Nestle ended in the red.
All sectoral indices endedwith gains, with BSE power,bankex, auto, realty, utilities,finance and metal rallying up
to 3.40 per cent. Broader mid-cap and smallcap indicessurged outperformed thebenchmark, rising up to 2.68per cent.
“Key Indices ended high asbulls led the charge backed byfinancials and well supportedby auto and pharma.Expectations of a stimulus cou-pled with capital support tostate-run banks fuelled therally in late afternoon trade,” SRanganathan, Head ofResearch at LKP Securities,said.
Vinod Nair, Head ofResearch at Geojit FinancialServices, said global cues werealso positive following posi-tive industrial profits datafrom China, setting asideconcerns about the increasingvirus infections and relatedimpact.
Indian markets were alsobanking on further stimulusand other measures by thegovernment to boost the econ-omy, he said.
According to traders,domestic equities also trackedstrong buying sentiment inglobal equities ahead of the firstUS presidential debate.
Global investors are eyeingthe first US presidential debate,set for Tuesday, between USPresident Donald Trump andDemocratic candidate JoeBiden.
It could influence thecourse of US policies and islikely to affect share pricesacross the world, analystssaid.
Bourses in Hong Kong,Tokyo and Seoul ended on apositive note, while Shanghaiwas in the red.
Stock exchanges in Europewere trading with strong gainsin early deals.Meanwhile, international oilbenchmark Brent crude wastrading 0.68 per cent lower atUSD 42.12 per barrel.
In the forex market, therupee settled 18 paise lower at73.79 against the US dollar.
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Amid widespread farmers’protest against the new
farm laws, the Centre onMonday came out with the lat-est data of paddy procurementin the last 48 hours to allay anyapprehensions over the mini-mum support price (MSP)buying.
With the latest procure-ment data, the Governmentaims to send a clear message -it has no intention of scrappingthe MSP and that it has put ina mechanism for procurementof not only summer-sownpaddy but also pulses andoilseeds this year.
Farmers in Punjab andHaryana and several otherstates are protesting againstnew farm laws which they feel
will lead to procurement in thehands of corporates and theend of the MSP regime.
“About 5,637 tonnes ofpaddy at MSP of �1,868 perquintal has been procured fromfarmers of Haryana and Punjabtill September 27. The pro-curement of paddy for theremaining states commencedfrom today,” the UnionAgriculture Ministry said.
Paddy worth �10.53 croreMSP value has been procuredfrom 390 farmers of Haryanaand Punjab in the last 48 hours,it said in a statement. Paddyprocurement in the ongoing2020-21 Kharif MarketingSeason has just started fromSept 26. The Govt has kept arice procurement target of495.37 lakh tonnes in the 2020-21 kharif marketing season.
Besides paddy, the Govtthrough its nodal agencies hasprocured 34.20 tonnes ofmoong worth �25 lakh MSPvalue from 40 farmers in TamilNadu till September 24.Similarly, 5,089 tonnes of copra(the perennial crop) havingMSP value of �52.40 crore hasbeen procured, benefitting3,961 farmers in Karnatakaand Tamil Nadu against thesanctioned quantity of 95.75lakh tonnes for AndhraPradesh, Karnataka, TamilNadu and Kerala, it said. Basedon the proposal from the states,the ministry said it has givennod for procurement of a total13.77 lakh tonnes of kharifpulses and oilseeds from statesof Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,Maharashtra, Telangana andHaryana.
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In a major push to domesticmanufacturing in the coun-
try, the government proposesto pump in over �3 lakh crorethrough an umbrella produc-
tion linked incentive (PLI)scheme that will run simulta-neously in 10 identified sectorsfor a period of five years.
Sources privy to the devel-opment said that the NitiAayog has been entrusted with
the task to finalise a cabinetnote proposing extension of thePLI scheme with separate bud-getary allocation for each iden-tified sector for the next fiveyears starting FY22.
The allocation will have to
be worked out within the con-fines of the suggestions givenby the expenditure departmentbased on expected savingsfrom the withdrawal of theexisting Merchandise ExportsIndia Scheme (MEIS) intro-
duced in April 2015 to promotemanufacturing and exports ofspecified goods from India.
“A plan for a mega �3 lakhcrore PLI scheme has beenfinalised by an empoweredgroup of secretaries chaired by
the cabinet secretary early thismonth. The allocation underthe expanded PLI has beenworked out on the basis of sav-ings made by withdrawal of theMEIS scheme and liabilities onaccount of the new export
incentive scheme, Remission ofDuties or Taxes on ExportProducts (RoDTEP). This willensure that there is no imbal-ance on account of introduc-tion of PLI,” said the sourcequoted above. Under the pro-posed PLI scheme, the govern-ment will incentivise domesticproduction in 10 areas to begin
with. These include battery stor-age, solar PV modules, elec-tronics (laptop, server, IoTdevices, specified computer hard-ware), automobile and auto com-ponents, telecom and network-ing products, textiles, food pro-cessing, speciality steel and whitegoods (air conditioners andLED).
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Beijing: US-China frictionflared again Monday, withBeijing firing back at accusa-tions by Washington that it isa leading cause of global envi-ronmental damage and hasreneged on its promise not tomilitarise the South ChinaSea.
A document issued lastweek by the State Departmentcited China’s record on issuesfrom greenhouse gas emis-sions to air and water and soilpollution, illegal logging andwildlife trafficking.
“While the Chinese peoplehave suffered the worst envi-ronmental impacts of itsactions, Beijing also threatensthe global economy and glob-al health by unsustainablyexploiting natural resourcesand exporting its willful dis-regard for the environment,”the document said.
Department spokespersonMorgan Ortagus followed thatwith a statement Sunday say-ing China has “pursued a reck-less and provocative milita-rization” of disputed outpostsin the South China Sea’s SpratlyIslands, adding that China’sruling Communist Party “doesnot honor its words or com-mitments.” AP
Washington: China is using itsmilitarised outposts in theSouth China Sea as platformsof coercion to assert controlover waters it has no lawfulclaim over, the United Stateshas said, demanding PresidentXi Jinping to honour his com-mitment that these maritimeconstructions “would not tar-get or impact any country”.
Beijing claims almost all ofthe 1.3 million square-mileSouth China Sea as its sover-eign territory. China has beenbuilding military bases on arti-ficial islands in the regionwhich, in parts, is claimed byBrunei, Malaysia, thePhilippines, Taiwan andVietnam.
Beijing has impeded com-mercial activity like fishingand mineral exploration byneighbouring nations in recentyears, saying the ownership ofthe resource-rich maritime ter-ritory belongs to China forhundreds of years.
US State Departmentspokesperson Morgan Ortaguson Sunday said five years agoon September 25, 2015 theChinese President, standing in
the White House Rose Garden,promised ‘China does notintend to pursue militarisation’of the Spratly Islands, andChina’s outposts ‘would not tar-get or impact any country’.
Instead the Chinese gov-ernment backed by the ChineseCommunist Party (CCP) haspursued reckless and provoca-tive militarisation of these dis-puted outposts, deploying anti-ship cruise missiles, expandingmilitary radar with signal intel-ligence capabilities, construct-ing dozens of fighter jet hangarsand runways capable of accom-modating combat aircraft,Ortagus said.
“The CCP uses these mil-itarised outposts as platforms ofcoercion to assert control overwaters to which Beijing has nolawful maritime claim,”Ortagus said.
They serve as staginggrounds for the hundreds ofmaritime militia vessels andChina Coast Guard ships thatregularly harass civilian carri-ers and impede legitimate lawenforcement activities, offshorefishing, and hydrocarbondevelopment by neighbouring
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday
the United States will use its diplomatic and military influence in theregion to try to ease a volatile dis-pute between NATO alliesGreece and Turkey over energyrights in the eastern
Mediterranean. Pompeo began afive-day regional tour Monday inthe northern Greek city ofThessaloniki, days after Greeceand Turkey committed to restart-ing a diplomatic dialogue on thedispute that triggered a danger-ous military build-up — and fearsof military conflict — in the dis-puted maritime area over thesummer.
Washington: Republicanincumbent President DonaldTrump and his Democraticchallenger Joe Biden are allset to share the stage for thefirst time on Tuesday nightwhen they will be going head-to-head in the first of thethree presidential debates.
Dubbed as the “SuperB owl of AmericanDemocracy”, Trump, 74, andBiden, 77, would respond toquestions on their trackrecord, the Supreme Court,economy, race and violence incities and integrity of theelections at the Case WesternReser ve University andCleveland Clinic inCleveland, Ohio — a keybattleground state.
Popular Fox news anchorChris Wallace would moder-ate the first debate, whichwould start at 9 pm EST(6:30 am IST). Steve Scullyfrom C-SPAN Networks andKristen Welker from NBCNews would moderate theother two presidential debateson October 15 in Miami(Florida) and October 22 inNashvi l le (Tennessee) ,respectively.
Vice President MikePence, 61, and Democraticvice-presidential candidateKamala Harris, 55, will par-ticipate in the only vice-pres-idential debate, to be hostedby USA Today journalistSusan Page, in Salt Lake Cityin Utah on October 7.
All the four debates arebeing organised by theCommission on PresidentialDebates (CPD). The debateswould be of 90 minutes dura-
tion. In August, the CPD had
turned down a request ofthe Trump campaign for apresidential debate in earlySeptember.
Trump told reporters onSunday that former NewJersey governor ChrisChristie and former NewYork mayor Rudy Giulianiwere helping him prepare forthe debates. The two wereseated in the press briefingroom along with the WhiteHouse Press Secretar yKayleigh McEnany duringthe news conference by thepresident. PTI
Yerevan: Armenia andAzerbaijani forces kept fightingMonday over the disputed sep-aratist region of Nagorno-Karabakh after hostilities brokeout the day before, with bothsides blaming each other forresuming the deadly attacks.
The Azerbaijani DefenceMinistry claimed that
Armenian forces started shellingthe town of Tartar on Mondaymorning, while Armenian offi-cials said the fighting continuedthroughout the night and Bakuresumed “offensive actions” inthe morning. Azerbaijan’sDefence Ministry told theInterfax news agency Mondaythat over 550 Armenian troops
have been killed, a claim thatArmenian officials denied.
According to Nagorno-Karabakh officials, 31 service-men have been killed so far.Armenian Defence Ministryspokesman ArtsrunHovhannisyan said Mondayover 200 people have beenwounded. AP
Washington: The bombshellrevelations that PresidentDonald Trump paid just $750in federal income taxes theyear he ran for office and paidno income taxes at all in manyothers threaten to undercut apillar of his appeal amongblue-collar voters and providea new opening for hisDemocratic rival, Joe Biden, onthe eve of the first presidentialdebate.
Trump has worked fordecades to build an image ofhimself as a hugely successfulbusinessman — even choosing“mogul” as his Secret Servicecode name.
But The New York Timeson Sunday revealed that hepaid just $750 in federalincome taxes in 2016, the yearhe won the presidency, and in2017, his first year in office.
He paid no income taxeswhatsoever in 10 of the previ-ous 15 years, largely because hereported losing more moneythan he made, according to theTimes, which obtained years’worth of tax return data thatthe president had long foughtto keep private.
The development comes ata particularly precariousmoment for Trump, whoseRepublican campaign is strug-gling to overcome criticism ofthe president’s handling of thepandemic. It hands Biden aneasy attack line heading intoTuesday’s debate. And withearly voting already happeningin some states and ElectionDay just over a month away,Trump may be running out oftime to turn his campaignaround.
“Donald Trump needs thiselection to be about Joe Bidenas a choice,” said longtimeGOP consultant Alex Conant.“This keeps the focus square-ly on Trump’s character and thechaos going into the mostimportant night of the cam-paign, the debate.” Of course,Trump has repeatedly faced —and survived — devastatingturns that would have sunk anyother politician.
That includes, mostnotably, the stunning “AccessHollywood” tape released inOctober 2016, in which Trumpwas recorded bragging aboutkissing and groping women
without their permission. Thevideo’s release came just twodays before Trump was set toface then-candidate HillaryClinton in their second debateand was considered a deathknell to his campaign at thetime.
White House press secre-tary Kayleigh McEnany told“Fox & Friends” on Mondaythat Democrats are replaying“the same playbook they triedin 2016 — the same playbookthat the American peoplerejected and will do so again.”
At this point in the race,with voting already underwayin many states and so few vot-ers still undecided, it is unclearwhether any new discoveriesabout Trump would make anydifference. Trump’s supportover the years has remainedremarkably consistent, pollsover the course of his presi-dency have found.
Yet the tax allegations go tothe very heart of Trump’sappeal, especially among theblue-collar voters in states likePennsylvania, Wisconsin andMichigan who propelled himto the presidency in 2016. AP
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District Judge Carl Nicholsissued a temporary injunctionat the request of TikTok, whichthe White House has called anational security threat allegingthat its Chinese parent firm istied to the Beijing government.
The opinion was sealed, sono reason for the decision wasreleased in a one-page order bythe court in Washington.
The Trump administrationorder sought to ban new down-loads of the app from midnight(0400 GMT Monday) butwould allow use of TikTokuntil November 12, when allusage would be blocked. Thejudge denied TikTok’s requestto suspend the November 12ban. AFP
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Now, tens of thousands ofrefugees welcomed into theUS during the Obama admin-istration are American citi-zens, voting the first time inwhat could be the most con-sequential presidential contestof their lifetimes.
With some states alreadysending out early ballots, thefirst-time voters from Arizonato Florida are excited butmindful of their responsibil-ity in helping to choose thecountry’s next leader. AP
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Islamabad: Afghanistan’s topofficial in negotiations withthe Taliban arrived in Pakistan’scapital Monday on a three-daytrip during which he will meetwith the country’s prime min-ister and other governmentofficials.
Abdullah Abdullah, wholeads the Afghan High Councilfor National Reconciliation,was received by top governmentofficials on arriving inIslamabad.
Apart from meeting withPrime Minister Imran Khan,the Afghan reconciliation
leader also will meet withPresident Arif Alvi, ForeignMinister Shah MahmoodQureshi and other officials.
The council represents theAfghan government in historicpeace negotiations with theTaliban which began in Qataron September 12.
Those talks represent themost-serious effort yet at end-ing decades of war inAfghanistan that followed the2001 US-led invasion that top-pled its Taliban government,which then hosting al-Qaidaleader Osama bin Laden who
planned the September 11attacks.
The Afghan-Taliban talkscome after a deal signed inFebruary between the US andthe Taliban. That aims to allowthe US to withdraw fromAfghanistan and end thelongest military engagementin American history.
Many Taliban leaders havelived in Pakistan since the1980s. In those years they werepart of the Afghan mujahedeen,allies of the US in ending the10-year occupation of the coun-try by the Soviet Union. AP
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“Gherao Corporate Businesses” is thenew plan of the protesting farmers inPunjab. From the silo plants for grain stor-age built by Adanis to Walmart andMetro stores, from Toll Plazas on highwaysoperated by some big corporate houses tothe three private power plants in the State- a list of all businesses run by big corpo-rate houses has been drawn and distrib-uted among the ranks and file of BhartiyaKisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan).
In Talwandi Sabo, farmers staged aprotest outside the Reliance Petrol Pump.Apart from this, even messages in whichfarmers are appealing people to boycottusing reliance fuel and JIO sim in protestagainst these anti-farmer Bills are makingrounds on social media. They are claim-ing that these Reliance, Jio, Adani andAmbani are anti farmers, so people shouldboycott their products. Farmers inAmritsar and Ferozepur under the bannerof Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committeehave continued “rail rook” agitation sinceSeptember 24.
Congress in Haryana held a protestoutside the party’s State headquarters inChandigarh. Carrying placards, some ofwhich read “Anndata ki suno pukar,bandh karo atyachar (listen to farmers, endtheir oppression)”, the workers demand-ed that the “black laws”, which are “anti-farmers” be withdrawn. The Congressleaders also submitted a memorandum toGovernor. Farmers at a “mandi” alsolocked up the secretary and other staff ofthe Market Committee inside the office inKurukshetra. They relented after a largepolice contingent reached the spot to con-trol the situation.
Thousands of farmers across BJP-ruledKarnataka backed by a number of othersocial and political outfits staged protestsacross the State. Protests were held in sev-eral cities, including Bengaluru. Shops andother commercial establishments aresparsely open. The bandh evoked mixedresponse in the State. Farmers held mockdeath processions of farmers to protest thefarm Bills. They tried to block roads andhighways.
Around 300 people, including politi-cal leaders KRRS leaders KodihalliChandrashekar and KurburuShanthkumar, Congress leaders, includingleader of opposition Siddaramaiah, KPCCPresident DK Shivakumar, national
spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewalaand other leaders, who were protestingwere detained.
The DMK and its allies includingCongress demonstrated in Chennai,Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli andTirunelveli among other places acrossTamil Nadu. The DMK president led theprotest held in a village in Kancheepuram.
In Ahmedabad, around 100 GujaratCongress workers, including State partypresident Amit Chavda, were detainedafter they staged a protest against farmBills.
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This system has also got additionalmuscle with the induction of the 800-km range Nirbhay cruise missiles.
Sources said the Indian missile sys-tems have been deployed at most of thesensitive sites all along the LAC to pro-vide a shield to the troops on groundand the aircraft. In fact, some batteriesof the Brahmos were activated in theeastern LAC sector two years back.
Over the past few months since thesituation worsened at the LAC, the IAFhas stationed most of its frontline fight-er jets, including the SU-30s, Mirage,Mig-29 and Jaguars, in the forward basesclose to the LAC. Moreover, the newly-inducted five Rafale jets are also under-taking regular sorties in the Ladakhregion.
All these defensive measures toward off any challenge from China comein the backdrop of multiple talks at thediplomatic and military-level betweenthe two sides failing to make any head-way.
Though reiterating that dialogue isthe only way out to defuse tension at theLAC, sources, however, cautioned thatthe Indian forces cannot afford to lettheir guard down. They also said theIndian troops are ready to brave out theharsh winters at heights of more than15,000 feet in Ladakh with vast improve-ment in logistical chain. They assuredthat there was more than sufficient stockof essentials to face the winter months.
Besides these measures, the Armyhas also deployed its frontline T-72 andT-90 tanks in most of the sensitive east-ern Ladakh region including the
Depsang valley to counter the Chinesearmour build up.
The two sides are likely to hold nextround of diplomatic level talks later thisweek followed with another round of theCorps Commander level parleys at theLAC, they said.
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“This would also alleviate the farmersfrom the grave injustice done by the ModiGovernment and BJP,” the statement said.
Former party chief Rahul Gandhialleged that the agriculture-related laws area “death sentence” for farmers whose voicehas been crushed both inside and outsideParliament. “The agriculture laws are adeath sentence to our farmers. Theirvoice is crushed in Parliament and outside.Here is proof that democracy in India isdead,” he said on Twitter.
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His father KK Singh accused Sushant’sgirlfriend Rhea Chakraborty of siphoningoff Rs 15 crore from his account.
The CBI had taken over the probefrom Bihar Police into the alleged abetmentto suicide case filed by the actor’s father inPatna against Rhea Chakraborty and herfamily members besides others.
The CBI’s reaction came apparently inresponse to Singh’s lawyer Vikas Singh lastweek expressing “helplessness” over theslow pace of the CBI probe into Rajput’sdeath.
On Friday, Vikas Singh alleged that thepace of the CBI probe into Sushant SinghRajput’s death has suddenly slowed downand all attention is being diverted to drugs-related issues with the NCB conducting a“fashion parade” of Bollywood stars.
“Today, we are helpless as we don’tknow which direction the case is going in.Normally, a press briefing is done by theCBI. But in this case, till today, CBI has notdone a press briefing on what they havefound out. This is a very serious issue,”Singh had alleged at a press conference.
The probe agency had earlier this
month also issued a statement callingmedia reports relating to the probe attrib-uted to it as speculative.
“Certain media reports attributed toCBI investigation are speculative and notbased on facts. It is reiterated that as a mat-ter of policy, CBI does not share details ofthe ongoing investigation,” the agency hadsaid on September 3.
“CBI spokesperson or any team mem-ber has not shared any details of the inves-tigation with the media. The details beingreported and attributed to CBI are notcredible,” it added.
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This is the first time that such a fee, whichis levied on air passengers, will be chargedfrom rail users.
UDF is charged at various airports andthe rate varies from city to city. “Usercharges are essentially a small token amountwhich when collected, will be ploughed backinto the improvement of conveniences andfacilities for all passengers at the railway sta-tion,” a railway ministry spokesperson said.
“The amount of this fee is expected tobe very reasonable and minimalistic so thatthere is no burden on anyone especially com-mon people. This little sum will only be leviedat the stations where the footfall is high. It willonly be collected by the facility managementwhen the development of the station is com-plete,” he said.
The spokesperson added that the mat-ter is under consideration and no final deci-sion has been taken on the amount of usercharge. “But one thing is certain, that theseuser charges, as levied, would be minimal andwould not be hard on any section of pas-sengers,” he added.
Railway Board CEO VK Yadav in a pressconference on September 17 had said the rail-ways will not levy the user charges across all7,000 stations but “all major stations wherethe footfall of passengers is increasing overthe next five years.”
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At a White House press briefing on
Sunday, Trump dismissed the NYTreport as a “totally fake news” andclaimed that the media house has triedthe same thing previously too. “It’s fakenews. It’s totally fake news. Made up.Fake. We went through the same stories.You could have asked me the same ques-tions four years ago. I had to litigate thisand talk about it,” he said.
“I paid tax...You’ll see that as soonas my tax returns — it’s under audit.They’ve been under audit for a longtime,” Trump said. The President saidthe IRS does not treat him well. “Youhave people in the IRS -- they treat mevery badly...The New York Times triedthe same thing. They want to create a lit-tle bit of a story...They’re doing anythingthey can,” he said.
Trump, who has fiercely guarded histax filings, is the only president in mod-ern times not to make them public. Hehas, in fact, fielded court challengesagainst those seeking access to hisreturns, including the US House, whichis suing for access to Trump’s tax returnsas part of congressional oversight.
According to the NYT investigativereport, Trump has long fought to keepprivate tell a story fundamentally dif-ferent from the one he has sold to theAmerican public.
“His reports to the IRS (InternalRevenue Service) portray a businessmanwho takes in hundreds of millions ofdollars a year yet racks up chronic loss-es that he aggressively employs to avoidpaying taxes.
Now, with his financial challengesmounting, the records show that hedepends more and more on makingmoney from businesses that put him inpotential and often direct conflict ofinterest with his job as president,” it said.
The report claimed to have obtainedtax-return data extending over twodecades for Trump and the hundreds ofcompanies that make up his businessorganisation, including detailed infor-mation from his first two years inoffice. It does not include his personalreturns for 2018 or 2019.
The report revealed that in his firsttwo years in the White House, Trump’srevenue from abroad totalled USD 73million, much of which was from hisgolf properties in Scotland and Ireland.Some of the revenue came from licens-ing deals in countries like Philippines(USD 3 million), India (USD 2.3 mil-
lion) and Turkey (USD 1 million).“He reported paying taxes, in turn, on
a number of his overseas ventures,” it said,adding, “In 2017, the president’s USD 750contribution to the operations of the USgovernment was dwarfed by the USD 15,598 he or his companies paid in Panama, the USD 145,400 in India and the USD 156,824 in thePhilippines.”
The tax data examined provides a roadmap of revelations, from write-offs for thecost of a criminal defence lawyer and amansion used as a family retreat to a fullaccounting of the millions of dollars thepresident received from the 2013 MissUniverse pageant in Moscow, the reportsaid.
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In a significant move, the DAP fea-tured measures to reduce delay in theprocurement of essential items by thethree services as it proposed a newenabling provision to acquire themthrough capital budget under a simpli-fied procedure in a time-bound manner.
The Defence Minister also said theDAP has also included provisions toencourage foreign direct investment (FDI)to establish manufacturing hubs both forimport substitution and exports while pro-tecting the interests of the Indian domes-tic industry.
He said the DAP has been aligned withthe vision of the Government’s‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India)initiative and to empower the Indiandomestic industry through ‘Make in India’projects with the ultimate aim of turningthe country into a global manufacturinghub.
The policy also provides for single-stage accord of Acceptance of Necessity(AON) in all cases up to Rs 500 crore tocut delays in approval of acquisition pro-posals.
The DAP also mentioned measures toreform pre-induction testing of defenceequipment.
The new guidelines also allow thearmed forces to go in for having a weaponsystem on lease rather than buying. At pre-sent, the Navy has used this clause by leas-ing a Russian nuclear-powered submarinefor 10 years. This is the second time theyhave done so.
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Blood cancer occurs whenthere is an abnormal bloodcell growth which inter-rupts the normal blood cell
functioning. When it comes totreating blood cancer, treatmentdepends on the type, age of thepatient and stage of the cancer.However, the most common treat-ment includes chemotherapy, radi-ation and blood stem cell transplant.
Common symptoms:� Weakness or feeling fatigue dueto decrease in red blood cells� Frequently falling ill and infec-tions due to low immunity.Infections often develop in mouth,throat, skin, and lungs� Abnormal weight loss is also theprimary symptom� leeding gums and blood from thenose
Blood stem cell transplant tolead a longer life
Every year, over one lakh peo-ple are diagnosed with blood can-cer in India. Most often blood can-cer can be treated by administeringchemotherapy. However, forpatients who cannot be treatedwith a chemo, their only hope ofsurvival is through a blood stem celltransplant. A blood stem cell trans-plant infuses healthy blood stem
cells from a matching donor to thepatient. Lymphoma, Leukemia,Myeloma and Hodgkin disease &other blood disorders such asAplastic Anemia & Thalassemia canbe treated with a blood stem celltransplant. A successful bloodstem cell transplant in 70 per centto 90 per cent of these patients maygive them a second chance at life,depending on the disease conditionand the donor type.
On registering as a potentialblood stem cell donor
While lack of information is thebiggest challenge faced by all poten-tial blood stem cell donors today,multiple myths associated withblood stem cell donation pose agreater threat. These include acommonly believed notion that afew health risks are associated withthe procedure; you are putting yourlife at risk by donating your bloodstem cells etc.
A successful stem-cell trans-plant requires a perfect HLA type.There is a possibility of finding theperfect match from a donor of thesame ethnicity. Sadly, patients ofIndian ethnicity have a hard time infinding a match due to lack ofpotential donors.
Blood stem cell registries like
DKMS-BMST help in unrelateddonor transplant process that coun-sel donors, enroll donors, get theirHLA typing done, facilitate searchof the donors and later facilitate theblood stem cell collection andtransplant. To reduce the gap and toensure each blood cancer patientlooking for a matching donor findsone, it is important to each of us toregister as a potential blood stemcell donor.
Blood stem cell transplantduring the pandemic
COVID-19 has definitelyimpacted healthcare delivery espe-cially in blood cancer treatment.The virus poses a risk for blood can-cer patients as they are immunedeficient and are more prone toinfection than any of us. We also seean impact on potential donor reg-istration drives due to social dis-tancing guidelines. This gap can beminimised by encouraging peopleto register online as potential donorsand give patients suffering fromBlood Cancer or other blood disor-ders like Thalassemia a secondchance at life.
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PCOS is a severe genetic, reproductive and metabolic disor-der and is one of the leading causes of female infertility in India.It affects the way the functioning of the ovaries, which results inirregular periods, excess androgens (male hormones) in the bodyand polycystic ovaries. Studies suggest that up to 60 percent ofwomen with PCOS also suffer from some form of mental illness.It can be attributed to the physical symptoms and nature of PCOS,which is so serious that the mental illness is often overlooked.Though there is no scientific research to prove what leads to dete-riorating mental condition , it is generally considered to be causedby coping with the PCOS. But with so many women affected, it isimportant to try and identify whether or not there is a more spe-cific cause for anxiety and depression in women with PCOS andhow it can be prevented.
Link between PCOS and bipolarWhen researchers at the University of Cardiff assessed the men-
tal health history of more than 17,000 women diagnosed with thecondition, the results showed those with PCOS were more likelyto be diagnosed with depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder. It’sstill not clear what actually causes the condition whether it runs
in families or related to abnor-mal hormone levels like high lev-els of insulin. Other issues asso-ciated with PCOS, such as excesshair growth and acne, can alsolead to low self-esteem.
All these can also lead tosevere mood swings, which cancause a general feeling of insta-bility. It’s not that they aren’t feel-ing guilty of their mood swingsand not being able to deal withlife. All these mixed feelingsactually worsen their mentalstate and can fuelled the symp-toms of depression and anxiety.For not being able to open upabout all these issues also caus-es severe mental illness.
Even women, who are try-ing to get pregnant, also experience several mental turbulencesbecause of with depression and anxiety caused by infertility.
PCOS can host a series of mental conditions including:�Anxiety�Bipolar disorder�Major depressive disorders�Bulimia�Other eating disorders�Somatizations (physical manifestations of negative mental
states)�Interpersonal sensitivityIt can be treated in two ways: treating the PCOS from its roots
and treating the mental conditions arising from it. Many medicinesare used to balance the blood sugar and insulin levels, normalizebody weight and getting hormones balanced. One also needs tobring some lifestyle modifications including regular exercise, dietmanagement by avoiding junk food and low-suger diet and opt-ing for healthy nutritious diet.
Treating the mental health issues needs a multifacetedapproach. Cognitive behavioural therapy can be helpful in treat-ing PCOS and anxiety attacks, and talk therapy can help peoplewho are experiencing PCOS-related depression or general self-esteem issues. Even penning down your feelings will help to under-stand your patterns and triggers for mental illness. This will enableto practice self-care and stress reduction.
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remedies that can helptreat them. For bruis-es my motheralways madeus eat onionor any redvegetablebecause itis believedto gostraight tothe red cellsand helpr e p r o d u c emore. There is onlyone side effect — onesmells of onion all thetime.
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Without raising an alarm, the fact is thatmost of the youngsters face health issuessuch as Diabetes, thyroid, or hypertension.Most of these ailments or health problemsare related to the quality of food that theyconsume. It is essential to include nutrient-vitamin rich food in diet to increase the life-line of a healthy heart. Usually, we ignorethe signals that our heart gives us as we relyon old perception that heart diseases areonly limited to a certain age. On the con-trary, the fact is that one in four deaths inIndia is because of cardiovascular diseasesand stroke is responsible for more than 80per cent of this burden. On World HeartDay, here are a few food items that can behelpful to keep your heart healthy.
Berries: Berries are also full of antiox-idant polyphenols, which help to reduceheart risks. They are a great source of fiber,foliate, iron, calcium, Vitamin A, andVitamin C, and they are low in fat. You canadd berries like strawberries, blueberries,raspberries with your everyday cereal oryoghurt.
Nuts: A handful of nuts like almondsand walnuts will not only be healthy foryour heart but will satisfy your hunger aswell. Walnuts and almonds have plantomega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E, magnesium,folate, fiber, heart-favorable monosaturat-ed and polyunsaturated fats, and phytos-terols. Almonds help to lower blood pres-sure as well.
Seeds: Flaxseeds contain omega-3 fattyacids, fiber and phytoestrogens to boostheart health. Chea seeds also provideomega 3, fiber and protein and can be eatenwhole. You can sprinkle it on your break-fast cereal, on top of low-fat yoghurt, mixinto muffins, or combine into your smooth-ies.
Green veggies: Vegetables like spinach,brocolli, and asparagus contain Vitamin Cand E, potassium, folate, calcium, and fiber.Spinach makes an excellent base for saladsand can be used on sandwiches in place oflettuce. Broccoli tastes great added tosoups, mixed in with veggie dips, added tosalads, or mixed with a brown rice dish.Asparagus makes an excellent heart-healthyside dish. Grill or steam lightly and sprin-kle with some balsamic vinaigrette.
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home to 50000 families. Recently, NarayanSeva Sansthan (NSS) also distributed food,sanitisers and masks to 1000 families inAssam flood-affected area.
In the midst of the campaign, NGO hasdistributed food to over 12000 families fromUdaipur, Delhi, Bhilwara, Alwar, Pali, Noida,Bikaner and Sirsa in various cities.
The NGO is also conducting healthscreening and clothing distribution camps.Amidst the lockdown NSS regularly undertookfood distribution operations in Haryana,Uttarakhand and Maharashtra, where over13,800 families got ration kits, 1,37,000 foodpacks, 68000 masks, 800 PP kits.
Prashant Agarwal, President of NarayanSeva Sansthan said: “Monthly food distribu-tion campaign to poor-labor families, needyand differently abled with free equipment dis-tribution camp, has attempted to share hap-piness in different ways.
Under the Narayan Garib Parivar Yojana,free food distribution camps are being organ-ised in many states for the needy, so that noone who is needy starves.”
The 34-year-old seva yatra has 418750 suc-cessful free operations of disabilities. A totalof 2,63,000 tricycles, 2,70,000 wheelchairs,2,90,000 crutches and 3,51,000 calipers are suc-cessfully distributed among the needy. Addingto this, NSS also supports education of chil-dren through free education of 200 orphansat its Campus in Udaipur.
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clinical trial being conducted inthree Indian hospitals is showing that acombination treatment of an AyurvedicRemedy called ‘Immunofree’ by CorivalLife Sciences, and a Nutraceutical called‘Reginmune’ by Biogetica has showngroundbreaking results against the pre-sent Govt SOP of conventional meds forcoronavirus treatment.
The interim report shows thatpatients on the natural treatment areresolving most symptoms earlier thanthose on conventional medicines.Furthermore, numerous tests such as Creactive protein, Procalcitonin, D Dimerand RT-PCR for novel coronavirus arealso showing 20 to 60% better improve-ment for the natural treatment, whencompared to conventional treatment.
Numerous subjective endpoints suchas body pain and fatigue are also leaning
towards the natural treatment. BothClinician’s Global Assessment ofSymptoms and Subject’s GlobalAssessment of Symptoms clearly showedimprovements on both arms showingmore significant data in the Test group.86.66% of patients on the natural proto-col have tested corona negative on day 5vs 60% of patients on the conventionaltreatments. Moreover, on the 10th daytest, all patients were negative, whichcould help in keeping the hospitals lessoccupied.
This CTRI approved trial is beingconducted on Moderate COVID-19 pos-itive patients. What sets this trial apartis the fact that it is the only time wherehalf the patients in the trial have beengiven only natural treatment, which isbeing compared against the conven-tional treatment in use in India forCOVID-19 patients.
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Indian-Australian choreographer AshleyLobo is an advocate of movement
related wellness. He believes dance is adoorway to physical, mental and emotion-al health. His message is particularly per-tinent on September 29 which is observedas World Heart Day. This initiative by theWorld Heart Federation, aims to spreadawareness about cardiovascular diseases(CVD), including heart disease andstroke. Research has connected CVDs tosedentary, unhealthy lifestyle, unbal-anced diet, excessive use of tobacco andalcohol.
Ashley reminds us that in Indiaalone, the prevalence of CVDs is estimat-
ed to be around 54.5 million. As individ-uals, we may not always be able to con-trol ambient air pollution or other envi-ronmental risk factors, but we can miti-gate lifestyle risk factors. We could eathealthier, cultivate better habits and yes,dance!
Says Ashley, “Dance, I always say, is
not just about technique but also the heartand spirit. When you move to music, youshift the energy within and around youbut there is research that shows us thatdance is good for the heart as well. Whenyou are dancing, you are working out,engaging multiple muscle groups, sweat-ing it out just as you would if you were
on a running track or in a gym. Itreally doesn’t matter how you dance,as long as you do!”
The choreographer has stu-dents from various age groups,and he recommends dancing as ameans to not just find joy in everyday ennui but to keep the heartpumping to the beat of good healthand peppy music. He concludes,“Don’t forget that heart is an organtoo that needs to be exercised. Weall have access to music and if westart moving a little every day, wewill be happier and also dance ourway to better heart health.”
The COVID-19 outbreak hashad severe economic conse-
quences across the globe, whichhas led to dramatic changes inhow businesses act and con-sumers behave. The scenariohas hit the F&B industry sobadly that now they are forcedto change their interiors andmenu to cater the current needsand safety concerns of people.Going with the current situa-tion, Priyank Sukhija, MD &CEO of First Fiddle F&B PvtLtd, introduces a new concept,which encourages people to
dine out with safety at its prior-ity as he unveils the new lookhis restaurant — Dragonfly.
Says Priyank, “Our industryhas been unlucky since thebeginning of the pandemic.Gradually, when unlock hap-pened people returned torestaurants despite the restric-tion of liquor sales. When the
restrict ions were f inal lyremoved, the second wave ofcases came in and scared cus-tomers again. It was due to thisreason that we thought of cre-ating something which pre-sents a safe alternative solutionto our patrons. We actually dida research for approximatelytwo months to think what could
fit in with social distancingnorms yet look spectacular.Hence, pods were the answer.”
So that’s how they wereintroduced, for each partygroup who wants to dine outwithout being concerned abouttheir safety. “We created podswhich are open from the top,have a capacity to host up to 12
guests, enclosed with acrylicwalls, allowing them the view ofthe restaurant as well. The con-cept is created to make sure thateach of the diners feel safe,” sayshe.
The partitions, the walk-ways between them and just thearea needed to allow the swingof the doors of each pod eats upthe floor space of the restaurantbut Priyank feels that it’s total-ly worth it if it helps gain thetrust of the customers and keepthem secure. The processincludes thorough sanitising ofeach pod after every seating.While the servers will be in fullprotective gear, the more cau-tious parties can ask them toleave their food and drinks onthe small serving tables placed
right outside the door so that noone enters their protective bub-ble.
Priyank, along with FirstFiddle’s corporate head chefSagar Bajaj, has curated a menuthat comprises almost 80 percent of exotic signature delica-cies. The menu offers a blend ofAsian fusion and Europeanfusion dishes, modified to suitthe tastes of Indians without los-ing the flavours of the authen-tic cuisines. Not only this, therestaurant has also introduceda few immunity booster dishesand cocktails in the menu.
Priyank believes that adapt-ing innovative interiors will sure-ly increase footfalls as people arevery conscious now and areeagerly looking for such creativeas well as safe experiences. “Podswill ensure your safety withinconfined limits, yet people will beable to enjoy the feel and servicesof the restaurant,” says he.
Do cats always land on their feet?Could a squid sink a ship? Isspider silk really stronger than
steel? Endlessly curious presentersTim Warwood and Adam Gendle risklife and limb to discover the truthabout animals in a new series —Animal Impossible. In a fresh take onnatural history filmmaking, the intre-pid pair conducts audacious stunts,including a nerve-wracking swim witha great white shark, to find answers.However, they find more than theyexpected, discovering a whole host ofstrange and remarkable truths aboutthe animal kingdom. Locations includeNamibia, South Africa, Morocco,Germany, UK, USA, Canada, CostaRica, Guyana and China. Excerpts:
�Why did you want to be involvedwith Animal Impossible?
Tim Warwood: I have to be care-ful about how I answer this as my wifemight read it. But basically, it was agreat opportunity to meet some incred-ible animals up close and personal,while travelling the globe. It’s a nobrainer to be honest. And to do it withmy best mate was too good to be true.I also like to be the person that regalsfacts and stories so the whole seriesprovides me with loads of ammo.
Adam Gendle: Same as Tim real-ly! I’ve never had the opportunity to seewildlife like that and travel to somany incredible places. It seemed like
the job of a lifetime. Being able to shareit with my best mate makes it all themore special even if I did have to lookat him in a skin-tight zorb suit in thebull’s episode.
�What’s going to surprise peoplemost about it?
Tim: So each episode has that onesingle fact which we set out to discov-er the truth behind. But we learn plen-ty of other facts along the way. I thinkI find some of those just as amazing.In the ‘can you fool a sniffer dog’ forexample, I can’t believe that dogs canbe taught to sniff out of USB sticks!
Adam: I think it might surprisepeople that they’re watching a wildlifeshow without wildlife experts present-ing it. That’s one of things that makesit more exciting and fresh. We’re notexperts at all but we get to experiencethese incredible animals and react tothem in the same way anyone watch-ing at home would. They’ll definitely
be surprised by some of the facts wefind out along the way too.
�How was it like working with yourbest mate on this series?
Tim: Terrible. I did this show to getaway from my wife but ended up beingforced to spend the whole time withhim (laughs). It’s all good. It’s great tohave Gendle there. Sometimes whenthe experts are telling us that every-thing will be ok, even though I knowthey are the experts with all the expe-rience, all you need tohear is — ‘it will bealright mate’ — fromyour best friend.
Adam: It was bril-liant. We’ve known eachother all our lives and hadsome incredible times but Ithink this year has been onanother level. It’s great tohave your best friend therejust so you can say ‘can you
believe we’re doing this’. In themoments where we’ve both been pet-rified, the other one always makes ajoke to relax the other, which worksmost of the time.
�Who was the most accurate at pre-dicting which facts were true orfalse?
Tim: Me. I am generally the clever-est of the two of us. I am the worsttimekeeper though. And I always losestuff.
Adam: Me! Maybe it was prettyeven but yes, Tim does lose everything.He lost about seven metal water bot-tles over the whole series. I kept onethe whole time so I’m better than him(laughs).
�What all did you discover?Tim: I think the sniffer dog one.
You can’t fool a sniffer dog. Also, thecat one. Cats always land on their feet.In fact, quite a few of them. And obvi-ously sharks are mindless man-eaters.That’s a big one as many people in theworld are scared of sharks. So hopeful-ly on the quest to prove that one wrong,we can help a few people with their fearof the deep.
Adam: Definitely Sharks are mind-less man-eaters and Piranhas can stripyou to the bone. Mainly because I wasthe one putting my body on the linewith the challenges for those ones. I gota bit obsessed with sharks in generaland followed every shark channel onInstagram.
�Which animal fact outcome sur-prised you the most?
Tim: The spider silk vs steel fact onpaper is the one which you think toyourself. ‘No way is that real’... Thelearning we did on that journey isbonkers. I like the fact that spiders pro-duce seven different types of silk onaverage by seven silk glands. A singlespider does not possess all seven glandsbut has at least three if it is male(dragline, attachment and swathingsilk) or four if it is female. The addi-tional one is for egg sac silk. They usedifferent silk for building differentparts of the web. Guess what? Theynever actually run out of silk. Also, keepyour eye out for what the cichlid fishdoes in Germany. It looks like a gold-fish but it can blow your mind.
Adam: Yes, I have to agree with Timon that one. The spider silk thing wasnuts and everything I learnt about spi-ders over the course of that episode waspretty incredible, especially because Iwas terrified of them to begin with. Ifwe talk about cichlid fish, I was blownaway by how smart they are. Althoughmost cichlids are found at relatively shal-low depths, several exceptions do exist.The deepest known occurrence isTrematocara at more than 300 m (980ft) below the surface in LakeTanganyika, African Great Lake.
�You did a lot of stunts on the show.Which one was the scariest?
Tim: Personally, going in the cor-ral with a bull was pretty sketchy. I was-n’t keen on that at all. But overall, prob-ably watching Gendle climb into thewater with a Great White Shark was thescariest. It was beyond ridiculous. I heldmy breath for 20 minutes.
Adam: Scary for you! How doyou think I felt? Yes, the great
white shark was something I’llnever forget. When I watchedthe show, the whole thingcame back to me, the nervesof waiting and the excite-ment of being in the water,and of course the relief of notbeing bitten in half.
(The series premieres onOctober 5 at 9 pm on SonyBBC Earth.)
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Even on a night whenJuventus was outplayed
for long stretches, the nine-time defending Serie Achampion managed to sal-vage a point in a 2-2 drawat Roma.
Cristiano Ronaldoscored twice, including asecond-half equalizer witha towering header afterJuventus had been reducedto 10 men, while JordanVeretout had a brace forRoma.
"We got back into it,even after the red card,"Ronaldo said.
"By the end of the sea-
son this could prove to bean important point."
Veretout put Romaahead in the 31st with apenalty following a hand-ball from Adrien Rabiot,who was trying to block ashot from Veretout.
Ronaldo then equal-ized from the spot afterLorenzo Pellegrini used hisarm to block the five-timeBallon d'Or winner.
Veretout scored his sec-ond in first-half added timeas Roma tore past Juventus'veteran but aging centerbacks Leonardo Bonucci
and Giorgio Chiellini.Henrikh Mkhitaryanescaped down the left flankand crossed for Veretout,who used one touch to get
away from a defenderbefore shooting past goal-keeper Wojciech Szczesny.
Juventus was reducedto 10 men in the 62nd whenRabiot picked up his secondyellow card for sticking hisboot into the left thigh ofMkhitaryan.
Moments earlier, Romaforward Edin Džeko strucka shot off the post after hismarker had already fallen tothe ground.
Juve then had a chanceto equalize when Ronaldovolleyed directly at goal-keeper Antonio Mirante.
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While all the limelight wastaken away by Rahul
Tewatia during RajasthanRoyals’ historic win over KingsXI Punjab, it was the incredibleinnings from Sanju Samsonwhich laid the platform for theSteve Smith-led side duringtheir chase at the Sharjah CricketStadium.
Samson scored 85 runs asRoyals chased down the targetof 224 — highest ever in histo-ry of the Indian Premier League— with four wickets in hand andthree balls to spare. His 42-ballknock was studded with four 4sand seven 6s.
Taking note of Samson'sinnings on Sunday, CongressMP Shashi Tharoor said onTwitter: “What an absolutelyincredible win for RajasthanRoyals! I've known SanjuSamson for a decade and toldhim when he was 14 that he
would one day be the next MSDhoni. Well, that day is here.After his two amazing inningsin this IPL, you know a world-class player has arrived.”
However, Gautam Gambhirand S Sreesanth don't want the25-year-old to be comparedwith the former India captain.
"Sanju Samson doesn’t needto be next anyone. He will be‘the’ Sanju Samson of Indiancricket,” tweeted Gambhir reply-ing to Tharoor.
“He is not next Dhoni, he isSanju Samson the one and only.He should have been playingfrom 2015 regularly in all for-mats. Please don't compare him,if he had given right opportuni-ties then, he would have beenplaying like this for India andwould have won World Cups,”said Sreesanth while replying to
the Congress MP. “I am sure hewill still keep playing well and it'snot just these two innings...Heis gonna break a lot of records
too and win many more worldcups for our country. So pleasedon't compare him toanyone...he is an amazing
Malayali from our Gods owncountry. His best is yet to come,”he added.
The right-handed batsmanhad scored 74 runs off just 32deliveries in Royals' first matchof IPL 2020 which his side wonagainst Chennai Super Kings by16 runs.
Rajasthan Royals brandambassador Shane Warne hadpraised Samson and said it wasshocking to see that a talent likeSamson is not a part of TeamIndia across all formats.
“I have said for a long timeand I think Sanju Samson isprobably one of the most excit-ing players I have seen for a longtime. I am surprised that he isnot playing all forms of cricketfor India,” Warne had said in anInstagram live session done bythe Royals before Sunday’s game.
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Former India fast bowlerIrfan Pathan believes
Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) should avoid bowl-ing Shivam Dube at thedeath in the upcom-ing matches of theIndian PremierLeague (IPL).
RCB haveso far playedtwo matchesin the tourna-ment. In the firstmatch, they regis-tered a 10-run winagainst SunRisersHyderabad (SRH)while in the next game,the Virat Kohli-led sidesuffered a crushing 97-run defeat against KingsXI Punjab.
“Look, I think theywill get better as soon asChris Morris comesin. I see Morris com-ing in, (Dale) Steyngoing out andthey are set-tled. What Idon’t wantfrom RCB is
Shivam Dube bowling the deathovers,” said Pathan whilespeaking on Star Sportsshow Cricket Connectedahead of RCB’s clash againstMumbai Indians to be
played at the DubaiInternational CricketStadium on Mondayevening.
“They have a betterteam, they have better
batsmen comparatively.They are not just
dependent on ABde Villiers or Virat
Kohli. Thisyear they haveAaron Finch
as well,(Devdutt) Paddikal started
very well,” he added.According to the for-
mer India all-rounder,Navdeep Saini should
bowl a minimum of twoovers at the death as “he’sthe guy who can nail those
yorkers as well ashe can justbluff the bats-men and
bowl bounc-ers at the death as
well”.
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Mumbai Indians’ ‘manfor all seasons’ KieronPollard’s scintillating
strokeplay found its match inmaverick Ishan Kishan as theynearly pulled off a Houdini Actbefore Navdeep Saini’s spectac-ular Super Over saw RoyalChallengers Bangalore win anIPL humdinger on Monday.
The small built Kishan putup a powerhouse performancescoring 99 off 58 balls with ninesixes while Pollard’s 60 off 24saw them match RCB’s total of201.
However Saini bowled fastand straight in the Super con-ceding only seven with HardikPandya getting out. Virat Kohliafter three bad matches did theneedful as Jasprit Bumrahcoudn’t defend a seven-runtarget with India captain win-ning it with a last ball bound-ary.
However nothing can betaken away from Kishan andPollard’s superlative batting as
they got 89 off the 90 runsrequired in the last five overswith some breathtaking sixesprimarily off leg spinners AdamZampa and Yuzvendra Chahal.The standout bowler for RCBwas young Washington Sundarwith figures of 1 for 12 in 4overs.
RCB now has two winsfrom three games winning thisedition's second Super Overafter Delhi Capitals beat KingsXI Punjab in the first one.
Earlier, AB de Villiersturned the clock back with hismagnificent hitting after AaronFinch and Devdutt Padikkal'sstroke-filled half-centuries tookRCB to an imposing 201 for 3after being put into bat.
It was De Villiers, whoused all his might during thedeath overs to smash his way toan unbeaten 55 off 24 balls, tak-ing the score past 200-runmark. His innings had foursixes and as many boundariesas the swift yet brutal assault ofJasprit Bumrah (0/42 in 4 overs)will be remembered for a long
time. Even James Pattinson(0/51 in 4 overs) received a lotof stick as two speed mer-chants accounted for 8 off the10 sixes in the RCB innings.The remaining couple were hitoff MI's most successful bowlerTrent Boult (2/34).
The last five overs pro-duced 78 runs with ShivamDube scoring 27 not out off 10balls. While Australia’s whiteball skipper Aaron Finch scored52 off 35 balls to get his teamoff to a flying start, the extreme-ly elegant Padikkal upped theante in the later half with somedelightful big hits, scoring 54 off40 balls. The duo added 81 runsfor the opening stand.
Padikkal’s innings wasstudded with five boundariesand two sixes and a good standof 62 runs for the third wicketwith De Villiers, who then pro-vided the final flourish as he hasbeen doing for years now.
The tall upright Padikkal’ssecond IPL half-ton will beremembered specially for twosixes off fast bowler James
Pattinson. The first was whenthe left-hander rocked on thebackfoot and punched it overmid-off and the next was astand and deliver straight intothe sight screen.
This was after Finch tookon the MI attack in thePowerplay overs and attackedboth Bolt and Pattinson withgreat gusto. When leg spinnerRahul Chahar was introducedinto the attack, Finch hit him forthree boundaries as the 50came off 31 balls. At that pointPadikkal was only on 16.
Once Finch was holed outoff a Boult slower, in came Kohliand looked as rusty as the lastmatch during his nine ball stay.MI skipper Sharma changedChahar's end, it yielded resultas a delivery stopped on Kohliand his lazy inside out loftedshot was gleefully accepted atextra cover by Rohit.
Once De Villiers came in,Padikkal, changed gears as bothstarted attacking the bowlers asa square cut off Kieron Pollardbrought up his half century.
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Off to the best possible start with two winson the trot, a confident Delhi Capitals
will hope to keep the juggernaut rolling whenthey take on the winless SunrisersHyderabad in an IPL match here on Tuesday.
Both sides have endured contrastingcampaigns so far.
Delhi head in to the game after twomorale-boosting victories. The ShreyasIyer-led side edged past Kings XI Punjab ina thrilling Super Over before thrashingChennai Super Kings comprehensively tojump to the top of the points table.
On the other hand, Sunrisers are theonly side yet to register a win in the tour-nament, having lost both their games andDavid Warner and his men will be desper-ate to turn things around.
In their opening encounter, despiteopener Jonny Bairstow (61) and ManishPandey (34) putting Sunrisers in a winningposition in a chase of 164, the team failedto cross the line.
Against Kolkata Knight Riders, themiddle-order failed to fire and the team set-tled for a below-par total which the bowl-ing unit couldn’t defend.
Wriddhiman Saha was particularly slowand would be expected to play an inningsmore suitable to the format.
For Delhi, the South African pace duoof Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje haslooked sharp with the new ball while spin-ners Axar Patel and Amit Mishra have per-formed splendidly in the absence of
Ravichandran Ashwin.Ashwin suffered an injury in the team’s
first outing and is likely to miss the matchagainst Sunrisers.
“It is not a major injury, he bowled inthe nets yesterday, he will comeback verysoon. He is being monitored by physio, todayagain he will bowl at the nets. Maximum, he
might miss one more match,” Amit Mishrasaid in a pre-match presser.
In batting, the onus will be on seniorssuch as Shikhar Dhawan to lay the founda-tion, and he will have the talented PrithviShaw at the top of the order for company.
Rishabh Pant and Iyer have also lookedin good nick, after rescuing the team froma spot of bother in the first game, the twopitched in with valuable runs against CSK.
Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinishas proved he is handy with the willow whileShimron Hetmyer can also compliment thestrong batting line up.
For Sunrisers to do well, they wouldneed to look beyond Warner and Bairstow.The side must click as a batting unit to postits first win of the season on Tuesday.
The 2016 champions replaced theinjured Mitchell Marsh with Afghanistan off-spinner Mohammad Nabi, who played aquick cameo with the bat and also bowledan economical spell later.
However, with the batting unit lettingthem down in both outings, Sunrisersmight consider bringing in KaneWilliamson, who has recovered from hisinjury, to provide stability to the line-up. Hewould be coming in place of Nabi.
Sunrisers spinners led by Rashid Khancontinue to impress but the side is lackingan out and out pace bowler who can hit thedeck and push the batsman back off a goodlength.
Australian fast bowler Billy Stanlake isan option but with only four overseas slotsavailable, his inclusion looks unlikely.
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BCCI President SouravGanguly on Monday said
the Board will do all it can toensure that India’s home seriesagainst England remains in thecountry and domestic tourna-ments kick off at some pointdespite the “fluid” COVID-19situation.
“...Priority is to make this(series against England) happenin India. We will try to makethis happen on Indian grounds.The advantage in UAE is theyhave three stadiums (AbuDhabi, Sharjah and Dubai),” hesaid in a media interaction hereaddressing speculation thatUAE could be the host forIndia given the COVID casecount here.
BCCI has recently signed aMemorandum of
Understanding with theEmirates Cricket Board forgreater cooperation in con-ducting matches there.
“We also have the samefacility in Mumbai — CCI,Wankhede and DY Patil. Wealso have Eden Gardens. Wehave to create a bubble. We wantto hold our cricket in India,that's where the game is, that'swhere the heart is. But we aremonitoring the COVID situa-tion,” Ganguly said after beingnamed brand ambassador of theBengal Peerless group here.
“Everything is fluid. It'sbeen hard for the last sixmonths to keep everything inorder. You want your cricket tohappen. You want lives to getback to normal, there are play-ers involved. But you also wantto have a close look at theCOVID situation,” Ganguly
added.On to domestic cricket and
under normal circumstances,the BCCI would have alreadystarted its mega season withRanji Trophy and DuleepTrophy, the U-23 CK NayuduTrophy, Vijay Hazare andDeodhar Trophy, and the SyedMushtaq Ali Trophy.
In 2019-20 it hosted 2036domestic games across variousage groups in the men’s andwomen's category but creatinga bio-bubble for so many teamsacross the country will be nextto impossible given the virusthreat.
“We are monitoring it. Wewant to have our domestic sea-son. We have all the combina-tions, situations ready in ourmind. We will try and make ithappen as much as we can,” hereiterated.
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U.S. Open championDominic Thiem advanced
to the second round of theFrench Open by beating formerU.S. Open champion MarinCilic 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.
The third-seeded Austrianwon his first major tournamentat Flushing Meadows two weeksago and is among the favoritesagain at Roland Garros after los-ing the past two finals to RafaelNadal.
Thiem broke the imposingCroatian's serve six times in coolconditions on Court Philippe
Chatrier.Cilic led 2-0 in the third set
but Thiem reeled off the nextfive games before Cilic heldagain.
Thiem will next faceAmerican qualifier Jack Sock.He beat Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-4,6-3.
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Luis Suárez quicklymade an impact at
Atlético Madrid. Formerteammate Lionel Messiwas his usual impressiveself for Barcelona.
Suárez, who had hisdebut Sunday withAtlético after being told hewas not wanted byBarcelona, scored twiceand had an assist in thenearly 20 minutes heplayed in Atlético’s 6-1rout of Granada in theSpanish league.
Messi, who was forcedto stay at Barcelona aftertelling the club he wanted
to leave, scored once andhelped his team beatVillarreal 4-0 in its leagueopener under new coachRonald Koeman. It wasMessi's first official gamewith Barcelona since theclub denied his request toleave in the offseason. Hewas outspoken against theclub but had promised togive his best in what couldbe his final season atBarcelona.
Messi celebrated asusual after scoring fromthe penalty spot in the35th minute at the Camp
Nou Stadium. He lateralso played a role in theown-goal by Pau Torresbefore halftime, as theVillarreal defender tried tointercept a cross by theArgentina great.
Messi missed a fewother chances to score inthe comfortable openingwin for Koeman. The 17-year-old Ansu Fati, one ofthe players helping tomake up for Suárez’sabsence in attack, putBarcelona on its way tovictory with goals in the15th and 19th minutes.
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did in the IPL but veteran Delhi Capitals leg-spin-ner Amit Mishra says he has stopped thinking aboutwhy he didn’t get what he “should have”, contentwith the name he made for himself. Mishra is sec-ond behind Lasith Malinga in the list of highestwicket-takers in the IPL with 157 scalps in 148matches. “I don’t know if I am underrated. I usedto think too much earlier, so mind used to getdiverted, now I just focus on my job,” he said in anonline press conference ahead of the clash againstSunrisers Hyderabad here on Tuesday.” Warnesummed it up in a tweet that Tewatia would remem-ber for a long time.
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