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T he tense situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has further aggravated with India thwarting yet anoth- er aggressive move by the Chinese in Eastern Ladakh. The Chinese troops also fired warning shots in the air but the Indian Army main- tained calm. China, however, claimed it was the Indians who used firearms after breaching the border. This is the first time in more than 45 years that shots were fired on the LAC. This provocative act by the Chinese on Monday took place in the southern region of the Pangong Tso (lake) in Eastern Ladakh. The PLA sol- diers tried to dislodge the Indian Army troops now posi- tioned on the strategically- important hill tops in the area. When they were warned, the Chinese fired a few shots in the air. However, there were no physical clashes or skirmishes, sources said here on Tuesday. Given the gravity of the issue, Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reviewed the ground situation. The meeting came as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar left for Moscow to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the LAC stand-off. The two leaders will meet on the sidelines of the Foreign Ministers’ conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO). The much-awaited bilateral meet between the two Ministers is likely to take place on Wednesday, it was learnt. The latest episode of provocation by the Chinese troops came just four days after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese Wei Fenghe held a marathon bilat- eral meeting in Moscow during the SCO meet. As regards the events on the LAC on Monday evening, sources said the latest Chinese foray came in the area now dominated by the Indian Army since August 29-30 when it foiled an attempt by the oppos- ing force to unilaterally change the LAC. Since then, the Indian Army is now deployed on key hills, including Black Top besides Rezang La and Rechin La. Mountain passes are known as La in the Tibetan language. The latest attempt to remove the Indian soldiers was in the area between these two moun- tain passes at Mukhpari, sources said. When more than 100 Chinese soldiers armed with spears, long knives and auto- matic weapons tried to come close to the Indian position at a height of more than 15,000 feet about 6.30 pm in a provocative action, they were warned. In turn, they fired, sources said. Nearly 5,000 Indian troopers are now positioned there along with tanks and heavy guns to foil any counter- move by the Chinese. In an official statement on Tuesday, the Army said, “In the instant case September 7, 2020, it was the PLA troops who were attempting to close-in with one of our forward positions along the LAC and when dis- suaded by own troops, PLA troops fired a few rounds in the air in an attempt to intimidate own troops. However, despite the grave provocation, own troops exercised great restraint and behaved in a mature and responsible manner.” The Indian Army is com- mitted to maintaining peace and tranquility, however, is also determined to protect national integrity and sover- eignty at all costs. A Sri Lankan lawmaker from the ruling party, who was elected to Parliament while serving a death sentence in a murder case, was on Tuesday sworn in as an MP by the Speaker. Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP) lawmaker Premalal Jayasekera was convicted in a murder case on July 31, just days ahead of the August 5 parliamentary elec- tions which he contested from the south western Ratnapura region. He was sworn in as a Member of Parliament by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. His oath taking followed the court of appeal issuing an interim order direct- ing the Commissioner-General of Prisons to make arrange- ments for Jayasekara to attend Parliament. A t the end of 19-long hours of grilling carried out dur- ing a span of three days, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday arrested actress Rhea Chakraborty in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, even as the Mumbai Police convert- ed a complaint filed by her against the late actor’s sisters Priyanka, Meetu Singh and New Delhi-based Dr Tarun Kumar into an FIR and trans- ferred the case to the CBI. Rhea’s arrest appeared to be a fait accompli, coming as it did in the wake of what appeared to be orchestrated leaks from the investigating agency that she had reportedly admitted that she had procured drugs for Sushant through her currently arrested brother Showik Chakraborty, that she had acknowledged that she knew about Samuel purchasing drugs for the actor from drug peddler Zaid Vilatra and that she had accepted that she had accepted drug-related WhatsApp chats between her and others. Rhea, who had been ques- tioned for six hours on Sunday and grilled for eight hours on Monday, arrived at the NCB’s office at Ballard Pier in south Mumbai at 10.30 am for the third day of questioning in a T- shirt that read “Roses are red, violets are blue, let’s smash the patriarchy, me and you”. The 28-year-old actress was placed by the NCB under arrest at 3.30 pm, exactly five hours later. Confirming the arrest, NCB deputy director KPS Malhotra said, “Rhea Chakraborty has been arrested and due process of informing the family has been completed”. Rhea is the tenth accused to have been arrested in con- nection with a drug case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was found dead in his closed room of his sixth floor duplex flat at Mont Blanc building at Bandra’s Carter Road in north-west Mumbai, on June 14. Besides Rhea’s brother Showik, eight other arrested accused in the case are: Abbas Lakhani, Karan Arora, Zaid Vilatra, Abdel Basit Parihar, Anuj Keswani, Kaizan Ibrahim, Samuel Miranda and Dipesh Sawant. A s part of its ongoing Unlock-4 process, “partial resumption” of academic activ- ities has been allowed in schools only on voluntary basis from September 21 for students of Classes 9-12. A detailed guideline the Government issued on Tuesday said it encourages online class- es, but older students “will be permitted to visit schools on voluntary basis”. The final decision has been left to the parents, who will have to provide a written per- mission for wards going to school. Similar go-ahead has also been given to skill or entre- preneurship training institu- tions, higher educational insti- tutions conducting doctoral courses and postgraduate stud- ies in technical and professional programs requiring laboratory /experimental work. The Union Health Ministry has issued separate guidelines for operations of these institutions amid the Covid-19 pandemic. F ive youths who had report- edly been abducted by China’s PLA from Arunachal Pradesh last week have been located on the Chinese side. The PLA has confirmed the presence of the missing youths and modalities are being worked out between the two sides for their han- dover to the Indian Army. “China’s PLA has respond- ed to the hotline message sent by Indian Army. They have confirmed that the missing youths from Arunachal Pradesh have been found by their side. Further modalities to hand over the persons to our authority are being worked out,” Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju tweeted. The Arunachal Pradesh Police had on Monday said the whereabouts of the missing youth could not be known after a search team returned from the LAC. The five villagers from Upper Subansiri district were said to be engaged as porters and guides by the Indian Army. A s the stage is set for actress Kangana Ranaut’s return to Mumbai on Wednesday, the Shiv Sena-run BMC on Tuesday slapped a notice against her for illegal con- structions undertaken at her Bandra office, the Maharashtra Government ordered a probe into alleged consumption of drugs by her and a Sena cor- porator lodged a complaint with the Thane police against her for her controversial state- ment comparing Mumbai with Pak-Occupied Kashmir (POK). Kangana challenged, “I am more than happy to oblige @MumbaiPolice@AnilDeshm ukhNCP please do my drug tests, investigate my call records if you find any links to drug peddlers ever I will accept my mistake and leave Mumbai forever, looking forward to meet you.” Kangana — who has come under fire from various quar- ters for controversial state- ments comparing Mumbai to “Pak-Occupied Kashmir” and saying “it seems Mumbai is addicted to blood” and dub- bing Bollywood as an “Islam- dominated” film industry — will have her plate when she arrives in Mumbai on Wednesday from Himachal Pradesh where she was away during the lockdown. T he Jharkhand Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to Jharkhand Land Mutation Bill, 2020, under which there will be more transparency in the land registration process. Prior to Tuesday's decision, there was no Act in State defining the mutation and settlement of land in State. The mutation bill 2020 has three provisions defining the mutation law in State. As per the first provision, the online mutation of land can be done by the Circle Officer (CO), the DCLR and Deputy Commissioner. Also, as per the provisions in case of illegal land settlement, aggrieved par- ties can approach additional collectors for making an appeal. The Deputy Commissioner can hear the appeal, while the revision can be heard by the Divisional Commissioner. Under the Home, Prison and Disaster Management department, the Cabinet mak- ing amendments made it clear that there will be regular case hearing of accused who are absconding. Earlier, there was provision that if any accused in the case is absconding than reg- ular hearing, production of witness and other Court pro- ceedings were stalled. But today's Cabinet decision amendment has been made in Indian Penal Code section 299 (2020 Jharkhand) under which regular hearing, trial and other court proceedings will contin- ue even if the accused is absconding. As per the provi- sions whenever the accused is arrested action will be taken against him or her as per court proceedings. Ajoy Kumar Singh Secretary (in-charge) Cabinet said, “In a decision taken under road construction department several amendments have been made in Public Work Department (PWD) clause.” Existing provision of rejecting any bidding less than ten per- cent of work quotation has been nullified with today's cab- inet decision. Now any bidder making work quotation less than ten per cent too will be entertained. Also, if there is more than one same rate work quotation then the work will be allotted through the lottery process. Earlier, work was allot- ted through contractor work experiences, residential areas and others. In Tuesday’s Cabinet meet- ing decision 27 agendas were given nod. T he Covid-19 tally in Jharkhand crossed the 55,000 mark on Tuesday as over 2600 people, including 475 in East Singhbhum alone, were found infected by the deadly virus in 24 hours, figures released by the health depart- ment stated. As per a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) at 11.15pm on Tuesday, as many as 2652 fresh cases of infection took the tally in Jharkhand to 55,296 on Tuesday, while the toll jumped to 496 as a dozen more Covid patients died during treatment on the day. Besides reporting highest number of Covid cases on Tuesday, East Singhbhum also saw five of the 12 Covid deaths, which took the toll in the dis- trict to 226, nearly 50 per cent of the total number of casual- ties in Jharkhand. Meanwhile, Saraikela reported 248 cases of infection on Tuesday, further increasing the number of patients in Kolhan division of the state. As per the NHM bul- letin, Latehar and Hazaribg reported 210 and 294 fresh cases respectively. Despite 210 cases of infec- tion surfacing in Ranchi on Tuesday, the number of active cases here dropped as at least 622 Covid patients recovered from the infection in the state capital in 24 hours, data with the health department stated. As per government data, the Covid tally in Ranchi was 11,138 by the time this report was filed. The count of active cases here reduced to 3,276. The Government on Tuesday collected swab samples of 86,937 people and tested 84,398 of them. Health workers in Jharkhand have so far col- lected swab samples of 12.48 lakh people and tested 12.36 lakh of them. Out of the 55,000- odd Covid cases reported in the state so far, as many as 39,362 patients have recovered, high- lights Government data. As per Government fig- ures, with 1,812 recoveries on Tuesday, Jharkhand’s Covid recovery rate reached 71.18 per cent against the national average of 77.32 per cent. The Covid mortality rate in the state also dropped to 0.89 per cent on the day despite a dozen casualties, figures with the health depart- ment further stated. After Tuesday’s test results, the number of active cases in Jharkhand stood at 15,438. Despite reporting more recov- eries than fresh cases on Tuesday, Ranchi continued to have the highest number of active Covid cases in Jharkhand.

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The tense situation on theLine of Actual Control

(LAC) has further aggravatedwith India thwarting yet anoth-er aggressive move by theChinese in Eastern Ladakh.

The Chinese troops alsofired warning shots in the airbut the Indian Army main-tained calm. China, however,claimed it was the Indians whoused firearms after breachingthe border. This is the first timein more than 45 years that shotswere fired on the LAC.

This provocative act bythe Chinese on Monday tookplace in the southern region ofthe Pangong Tso (lake) inEastern Ladakh. The PLA sol-diers tried to dislodge theIndian Army troops now posi-tioned on the strategically-important hill tops in the area.When they were warned, theChinese fired a few shots in theair. However, there were nophysical clashes or skirmishes,sources said here on Tuesday.

Given the gravity of theissue, Cabinet Committee onSecurity (CCS) chaired byPrime Minister Narendra Modion Tuesday reviewed theground situation. The meetingcame as External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar left forMoscow to hold talks with hisChinese counterpart Wang Yion the LAC stand-off. Thetwo leaders will meet on thesidelines of the ForeignMinisters’ conclave of the

Shanghai CooperationOrganisation(SCO). Themuch-awaited bilateral meetbetween the two Ministers islikely to take place onWednesday, it was learnt.

The latest episode ofprovocation by the Chinesetroops came just four days

after Defence Minister RajnathSingh and his Chinese WeiFenghe held a marathon bilat-eral meeting in Moscow duringthe SCO meet.

As regards the events onthe LAC on Monday evening,sources said the latest Chineseforay came in the area now

dominated by the Indian Armysince August 29-30 when itfoiled an attempt by the oppos-ing force to unilaterally changethe LAC.

Since then, the IndianArmy is now deployed on keyhills, including Black Topbesides Rezang La and Rechin

La. Mountain passes are knownas La in the Tibetan language.The latest attempt to removethe Indian soldiers was in thearea between these two moun-tain passes at Mukhpari,sources said.

When more than 100Chinese soldiers armed with

spears, long knives and auto-matic weapons tried to comeclose to the Indian position ata height of more than 15,000feet about 6.30 pm in aprovocative action, they werewarned.

In turn, they fired, sourcessaid. Nearly 5,000 Indiantroopers are now positionedthere along with tanks andheavy guns to foil any counter-move by the Chinese.

In an official statement onTuesday, the Army said, “In theinstant case September 7, 2020,it was the PLA troops who were

attempting to close-in withone of our forward positionsalong the LAC and when dis-suaded by own troops, PLAtroops fired a few rounds in theair in an attempt to intimidateown troops. However, despitethe grave provocation, owntroops exercised great restraintand behaved in a mature andresponsible manner.”

The Indian Army is com-mitted to maintaining peaceand tranquility, however, isalso determined to protectnational integrity and sover-eignty at all costs.

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ASri Lankan lawmaker fromthe ruling party, who was

elected to Parliament whileserving a death sentence in amurder case, was on Tuesdaysworn in as an MP by theSpeaker.

Sri Lanka People’s Party(SLPP) lawmaker PremalalJayasekera was convicted in amurder case on July 31, just days ahead of theAugust 5 parliamentary elec-tions which he contested fromthe south western Ratnapuraregion.

He was sworn in as aMember of Parliament bySpeaker Mahinda YapaAbeywardena.

His oath taking followed the court of appealissuing an interim order direct-ing the Commissioner-Generalof Prisons to make arrange-ments for Jayasekara to attendParliament.

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At the end of 19-long hoursof grilling carried out dur-

ing a span of three days, theNarcotics Control Bureau(NCB) on Tuesday arrestedactress Rhea Chakraborty inconnection with the SushantSingh Rajput death case, evenas the Mumbai Police convert-ed a complaint filed by heragainst the late actor’s sistersPriyanka, Meetu Singh andNew Delhi-based Dr TarunKumar into an FIR and trans-ferred the case to the CBI.

Rhea’s arrest appeared to bea fait accompli, coming as it did

in the wake of what appearedto be orchestrated leaks fromthe investigating agency thatshe had reportedly admittedthat she had procured drugs for

Sushant through her currentlyarrested brother ShowikChakraborty, that she hadacknowledged that she knewabout Samuel purchasing drugsfor the actor from drug peddlerZaid Vilatra and that she hadaccepted that she had accepted drug-relatedWhatsApp chats between herand others.

Rhea, who had been ques-tioned for six hours on Sunday

and grilled for eight hours onMonday, arrived at the NCB’soffice at Ballard Pier in southMumbai at 10.30 am for thethird day of questioning in a T-shirt that read “Roses are red,violets are blue, let’s smash thepatriarchy, me and you”. The28-year-old actress was placedby the NCB under arrest at 3.30pm, exactly five hours later.

Confirming the arrest,NCB deputy director KPSMalhotra said, “RheaChakraborty has been arrestedand due process of informingthe family has been completed”.

Rhea is the tenth accusedto have been arrested in con-nection with a drug case linkedto the death of actor SushantSingh Rajput, who was founddead in his closed room of hissixth floor duplex flat at MontBlanc building at Bandra’sCarter Road in north-westMumbai, on June 14.

Besides Rhea’s brotherShowik, eight other arrestedaccused in the case are: AbbasLakhani, Karan Arora, ZaidVilatra, Abdel Basit Parihar,Anuj Keswani, Kaizan Ibrahim,Samuel Miranda and DipeshSawant.

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As part of its ongoingUnlock-4 process, “partial

resumption” of academic activ-ities has been allowed inschools only on voluntary basisfrom September 21 for studentsof Classes 9-12.

A detailed guideline theGovernment issued on Tuesdaysaid it encourages online class-es, but older students “will bepermitted to visit schools onvoluntary basis”.

The final decision has beenleft to the parents, who willhave to provide a written per-mission for wards going toschool.

Similar go-ahead has alsobeen given to skill or entre-preneurship training institu-tions, higher educational insti-tutions conducting doctoralcourses and postgraduate stud-ies in technical and professionalprograms requiring laboratory/experimental work.

The Union HealthMinistry has issued separateguidelines for operations ofthese institutions amid theCovid-19 pandemic.

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Five youths who had report-edly been abducted by

China’s PLA from ArunachalPradesh last week have beenlocated on the Chinese side.

The PLA has confirmedthe presence of the missingyouths and modalities arebeing worked out betweenthe two sides for their han-dover to the Indian Army.

“China’s PLA has respond-ed to the hotline message sentby Indian Army. They haveconfirmed that the missingyouths from ArunachalPradesh have been found bytheir side. Further modalitiesto hand over the persons toour authority are beingworked out,” Minister of Statefor Youth Affairs and SportsKiren Rijiju tweeted.

The Arunachal PradeshPolice had on Monday said thewhereabouts of the missingyouth could not be knownafter a search team returnedfrom the LAC.

The five villagers fromUpper Subansiri district weresaid to be engaged as portersand guides by the IndianArmy.

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As the stage is set for actressKangana Ranaut’s return

to Mumbai on Wednesday,the Shiv Sena-run BMC onTuesday slapped a noticeagainst her for illegal con-structions undertaken at herBandra office, the MaharashtraGovernment ordered a probeinto alleged consumption ofdrugs by her and a Sena cor-porator lodged a complaintwith the Thane police againsther for her controversial state-ment comparing Mumbai withPak-Occupied Kashmir(POK).

Kangana challenged, “Iam more than happy to oblige@MumbaiPolice@AnilDeshmukhNCP please do my drugtests, investigate my callrecords if you find any links to

drug peddlers ever I will acceptmy mistake and leave Mumbaiforever, looking forward tomeet you.”

Kangana — who has comeunder fire from various quar-ters for controversial state-ments comparing Mumbai to“Pak-Occupied Kashmir” andsaying “it seems Mumbai isaddicted to blood” and dub-bing Bollywood as an “Islam-dominated” film industry —will have her plate when shearrives in Mumbai onWednesday from HimachalPradesh where she was awayduring the lockdown.

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The Jharkhand Cabinet onTuesday gave its nod to

Jharkhand Land Mutation Bill,2020, under which there will bemore transparency in the landregistration process. Prior toTuesday's decision, there wasno Act in State defining themutation and settlement ofland in State.

The mutation bill 2020 hasthree provisions defining themutation law in State. As perthe first provision, the onlinemutation of land can be doneby the Circle Officer (CO), theDCLR and DeputyCommissioner. Also, as perthe provisions in case of illegalland settlement, aggrieved par-ties can approach additionalcollectors for making an appeal.The Deputy Commissionercan hear the appeal, while therevision can be heard by theDivisional Commissioner.

Under the Home, Prisonand Disaster Managementdepartment, the Cabinet mak-ing amendments made it clearthat there will be regular casehearing of accused who areabsconding. Earlier, there was

provision that if any accused inthe case is absconding than reg-ular hearing, production ofwitness and other Court pro-ceedings were stalled. Buttoday's Cabinet decisionamendment has been made inIndian Penal Code section 299(2020 Jharkhand) under whichregular hearing, trial and othercourt proceedings will contin-ue even if the accused isabsconding. As per the provi-sions whenever the accused isarrested action will be takenagainst him or her as per courtproceedings.

Ajoy Kumar SinghSecretary (in-charge) Cabinetsaid, “In a decision taken underroad construction department

several amendments have beenmade in Public WorkDepartment (PWD) clause.”Existing provision of rejectingany bidding less than ten per-cent of work quotation hasbeen nullified with today's cab-inet decision. Now any biddermaking work quotation lessthan ten per cent too will beentertained. Also, if there ismore than one same rate workquotation then the work will beallotted through the lotteryprocess. Earlier, work was allot-ted through contractor workexperiences, residential areasand others.

In Tuesday’s Cabinet meet-ing decision 27 agendas weregiven nod.

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The Covid-19 tally inJharkhand crossed the

55,000 mark on Tuesday asover 2600 people, including 475in East Singhbhum alone, werefound infected by the deadlyvirus in 24 hours, figuresreleased by the health depart-ment stated.

As per a bulletin releasedby the National Health Mission(NHM) at 11.15pm onTuesday, as many as 2652 freshcases of infection took the tallyin Jharkhand to 55,296 onTuesday, while the toll jumpedto 496 as a dozen more Covidpatients died during treatmenton the day.

Besides reporting highestnumber of Covid cases onTuesday, East Singhbhum alsosaw five of the 12 Covid deaths,which took the toll in the dis-trict to 226, nearly 50 per centof the total number of casual-ties in Jharkhand. Meanwhile,

Saraikela reported 248 cases ofinfection on Tuesday, furtherincreasing the number ofpatients in Kolhan division ofthe state. As per the NHM bul-letin, Latehar and Hazaribgreported 210 and 294 freshcases respectively.

Despite 210 cases of infec-tion surfacing in Ranchi onTuesday, the number of active

cases here dropped as at least622 Covid patients recoveredfrom the infection in the statecapital in 24 hours, data withthe health department stated.As per government data, theCovid tally in Ranchi was11,138 by the time this reportwas filed.

The count of active caseshere reduced to 3,276.

The Government onTuesday collected swab samplesof 86,937 people and tested84,398 of them. Health workersin Jharkhand have so far col-lected swab samples of 12.48lakh people and tested 12.36lakh of them. Out of the 55,000-odd Covid cases reported in thestate so far, as many as 39,362patients have recovered, high-lights Government data.

As per Government fig-ures, with 1,812 recoveries onTuesday, Jharkhand’s Covidrecovery rate reached 71.18 percent against the national averageof 77.32 per cent. The Covidmortality rate in the state alsodropped to 0.89 per cent on theday despite a dozen casualties,figures with the health depart-ment further stated.

After Tuesday’s test results,the number of active cases inJharkhand stood at 15,438.Despite reporting more recov-eries than fresh cases onTuesday, Ranchi continued tohave the highest number ofactive Covid cases in Jharkhand.

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On the second day of theirvisit, the Centre health

department team visited threeCovid -designated hospitalson Tuesday. The team alsoinspected the two Covid test-ing labs throughout the day.The team looked satisfied withoverall facilities available in thecity. However, during interac-tion with hospital authoritiesthey asked them to maketreatment more effective.

The three-member team ofthe Centre’s health departmentfirst went over to Tata MainHospital’s Covid wards.Following which the team wentto the Coronavirus testing lab ofthe health hub. At the hospital’sCovid ward, the team membersspoke to the patients andenquired their health condition.

The inspecting team sub-sequently talked to the doctors,nurses and other paramedicalstaff before holding a briefmeeting with the Tata Main

Hospital’s general managerRajan Chaudhury.

District civil surgeon,Rajendra Jha who accompaniedthe Centre’s team said the teammembers while interacting withthe doctors and administrativestaff of the hospital did not givetheir feedback about the qual-ity of treatment being provid-ed to the patients. However,they provided guidelines as tohow to make the line of treat-ment for Covid more effective.

“ The team looked overallsatisfied and at the Tata MainHospital, the Centre team spentover half-an-hour after arrivingthere at about 11 am. Aftercompleting the inspection, theteam headed for Tata MotorsHospital’s Covid-designatedward at the Parivar KalyanSansthan in Telco. Afterinspecting the Tata MotorsHospital’s Covid ward, theteam came to see the Covidward at the MGM MedicalCollege Hospital in Sakchi,”said the civil surgeon.

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In a bizarre incident a tribalmaha Panchayat comprising

heads of around hundred trib-al villages in Maoists infestedTundi block outcastes a youngfemale who performed inter-religion marriage.

The parents of the girlwere ordered to perform lastrites of their daughter by thetribal maha Panchayat after thegirl of Khormo village wededa Christian boy of nearbyJhageu village in South Tundilocality of the block.

The tribal Panchayat pop-ularly known as Manjhi Haramthat happens to be the finaldecision making body of thetribals took discussion just toensure that the traditions of thecommunity remain intact andyoung generations abided bythe tribals traditional laws andcustoms.

Jamshedpur: Ramesh (namechanged), an 11-year-old boyfrom Jamshedpur, was devastat-ed when his father, sole bread-winner in the family, passedaway. He even had to drop outof school, while his mother wasforced into wage labour, increas-ing Ramesh’s disconnect with hisfamily and society.

He began working at thelocal garage to support hismother for the householdexpenses, meanwhile, got intosubstance abuse. Ramesh’smother could no longer see herson’s life taking this turn andhis life going astray, enrolledhim in a residential bridgecourse run by Tata SteelFoundation (TSF) in the hopefor a better future. Ramesh re-joined school after many years.His lack of interest in studieshas since been replaced with akeenness to learn, and Rameshhas set his sights on becominga police officer to be able pun-ish those who commit evilacts. PNS

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TEDxKanke, has been orga-nizing a Webinar Series

titled ‘The Rise of a New World’which started on May 2. Thespeakers for the event onSeptember 5 were Dr AnupamaSingh, IAS 2020 Batch, AIR 90and Priyank Kishore, IAS 2020Batch AIR 61 while the talk wastitled Decoding: Dreams,Aspirations and Success. Thesession was moderated by TEDxKanke Curator Rajeev Gupta.

The series is slated to havespeakers from the fields of tech-nology, innovation, leadership,creativity and art and culture ofnational and internationalacclaim. The sessions are beingstreamed live on the Facebookpage fb.me/tedxkanke20. Thissession had a hundred percenton Zoom and also about 700viewers o while being streamedlive on Facebook.

“A dream is not somethingwe dream while sleeping butthat which never lets us sleep.Throughout my education-from school to MBBS and MSI faced a lot of challenges butalways took them on a positivenote. Preparing for UPSC andgetting into public adminis-tration was never a childhooddream. In fact as a kid I neverknew about IAS. It was onlyafter I became a doctor, a mar-ried woman and a mother thatI decided to appear for the civilservices exam,” said Singh.

“I desperately wanted to domore in the health care systemof our country so I gave my res-ignation and appeared for theIAS exam at the age of 31. Inever lost hope and took inspi-rations from top IAS officerswho were also doctors andworked in versatile sectors. Ican never take defeat and fail-ure as an end and this is thereason behind clearing UPSCin my first attempt itself. Forme, a dream without a plan isjust a wish. One must plan it,set the goals and targets toachieve it,” added Singh.

Sharing his journeyKishore said, “Right from

childhood I always had onegoal in life- to go for civil ser-vices. I completed my gradua-tion from Delhi Universitywhich has a vibrant culture forcivil service preparation whichhelped me a lot. I began study-ing for UPSC in 2014-15 andin my first attempt in 2018 i gotAIR 274. I was allocated to‘Indian Audit and AccountService’ for which I was gettingtraining in Shimla for the last10 months. But then as myfather said it was not the end.I resigned from the servicesand went back to Delhi and re-appeared for the UPSC examand achieved AIR 61.”

“I followed ‘Maslow’s hier-archy of needs’ which indicatesthat the ultimate need for anyindividual is to self- actualise. Itis then that you get satisfaction.I was happy with the first attemptbut then I thought I could dobetter and gave a successful sec-ond attempt,” added Kishore.

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Ranchiites may have rea-sons to worry as the Covid-

19 trajectory here has seen anunprecedented upward trendsince July, with total cases wit-nessing a five-fold increaseand the toll tripling,Government data reveals.

As per latest data with thehealth department, there are3,693 active cases of infectionin Ranchi, which is more than25 per cent of the total 14,588active cases across Jharkhand.Health officials have blamed thelack of adherence to social dis-tancing norms by commonersfor the spike in cases here.

“Following social distanc-ing norms is the only way to

check the spread of the virus,”said State Health SecretaryNitin Madan Kulkarni.

As per data compiled by theNatonal Health Mission(NHM), there were 2039 casesof Covid infection in Ranchi onJuly 31. Cut to September 8, thetally in Ranchi is 11,138 — thehighest among all the 24 districtsin Jharkhand. The figures, as perdata with the health department,witnessed such drastic infla-tion in hardly 40 days.

While the cases of infectionare already on the rise, healthexperts fear that the reopeningof malls and hotels may triggera further spike in Covid cases.Being the largest urban area inJharkhand, Ranchi has thehighest number of malls inJharkhand, which are nowopen to the public.

“Residents of Ranchi needto be cautious and take all pos-sible precautionary measures.Even though malls haveopened, it is advisable to stay at

home and maintain social dis-tancing. The number of Covidcases is increasing by the day,and the urban population inRanchi is at high risk becausethey are used to socializing inpublic places,” said Dr. AjayKumar Singh, the state coor-

dinator of Indian MedicalAssociation (IMA).

Jharkhand’s first case ofCovid-19 infection was report-ed from Ranchi’s Hindpiri onMarch 31. The locality becamethe State’s largest containmentzone after over 100 cases were

reported from the locality alonein April. Stretching adjacent toMahatma Gandhi Road andtouching Upper Bazar fromone end and Pe Pee Compoundfrom the other, Hindpiri isone of the most densely popu-lated areas in the city, and con-

trolling the spread of Covid-19virus in the locality came acrossas the toughest challenge forthe district administration here.

While the count of Covidcases has reduced in Hindpiri,the lethal virus has now spreadin different clusters of the city,infecting residents of poshapartments as well as slums.Cases of infection have sur-faced in posh localities likeKanke Road, Pe PeeCompound, Ashok Nagar andeven Burdwan Compound.

Ranchi civil surgeon, Dr.VB Prasad, one of the officialsleading the district’s fightagainst Covid-19, was foundCovid positive on Tuesday.The development triggeredpanic among staff at the civilsurgeon’s office at SadarHospital, and the districtadministration was quick toinitiate sanitization of theoffice. Several health workershave also been infected by thevirus so far in the capital.

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Chief Minister HemantSoren has directed Deputy

Commissioner Godda to inves-tigate the rape case with aSadhvi and take action againstthose involved in the incidentas soon as possible.Superintendent of Police,Godda apprised the ChiefMinister that a person hasbeen arrested after taking cog-nizance of the case.

The CM was informed thatunidentified criminals hadgang raped a Sadhvi of Godda

Maharishi Mehiashram onTuesday late night.

Meanwhile, a delegation ofBlock Resource Persons(BRP)/Cluster Resource Persons(CRP) federation met ChiefMinister Hemant Soren onTuesday. The delegation hand-ed over a memorandum to theCM for 3,000 BRP / CRP work-ing in the Jharkhand EducationProject Council for 15 years.This delegation handed over acheque of Rs 10,51,000 to theCM in the name of ChiefMinister Relief Fund to dealwith the Corona epidemic.

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Ranchi district administra-tion will be conducting a

special mass testing drive in theState capital on September 9where as many as 15,000 peo-ple will be targeted. DeputyDevelopment Commissioner(DDC) Ananya Mittal andSDO Sameera S issued neces-sary instructions to the teamsformed in relation to samplecollection and operation ofmass testing on Tuesday.

The DDC directed thedeputed team, magistrate andcoordinating officer to ensurecompliance with social dis-tancing norms. The testingteam will also be provided withPPE kits, gloves, masks andother safety equipment. Thetesting drive will include lab

technician, MPW, data entryoperator, ANM among others.

The teams were alsoinstructed to register the name,mobile number and address ofthe people undertaking thetest while directions regardingdisposal of biomedical wastewere also issued. The DDC also

briefed the teams about the sit-uation when RTPCR testshould be done.

During the briefing all thecoordinating officers, magis-trates, team members, includ-ing ADM Law and OrderAkhilesh Kumar Sinha,Executive Magistrate, Ranchi

Rakesh Oraon, ADSS Ranchi,District Agricultural Officerwere present.

Some of the location includeBirsa Munda Airport, PandraMarket Committee, JharkhandSmall Industries Association,Kokar Industrial Area andKhadgara bus stand.

Ranchi: Ranchi MunicipalCorporation (RMC) is waitingto resume its City Bus services.The civic body is awaitingguidelines to be issued by thedistrict administration to restartthe public transport system.

RMC had stopped the busservice in March when thenationwide lockdown wasimposed to curb the spread ofcoronavirus. The civic bodyhas a total of 51 buses which plythe city streets. “A letter hadbeen issued to the districtadministration in the beginningof July asking for necessaryguidelines that need to be fol-lowed to resume the service. ButRMC has not yet received ananswer on the same. Owning tothe pandemic the service had

been stopped but with life grad-ually coming back to normal,the service needs to be startedfor the convenience of the gen-eral public,” said an RMC offi-cial requesting anonymity.

Presently, out of the 51buses, the civic body has pro-vided 14 to the Control Room.Out of these nine are beingused to ferry cleaning person-nel while the remaining five arebeing used by the health work-ers in the State capital. Onceresumed, social distancingnorms and sanitation will bestrictly adhered to. For thedrivers and conductors masks,gloves and face shields will beprovided while for passengersface masks and gloves will bemade mandatory. PNS

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Jharkhand BJP has criticisedChief Minister Hemant

Soren for opposing theNational Education Policy(NEP) out of political reasonsand said it tantamount toopposing academic abilities oftribals of Jharkhand.

The State spokesperson ofthe party Pratul Nath Shahdeo,who addressed a press confer-ence at the party headquarterson Tuesday afternoon, saidthat Soren should have someintrospection instead of oppos-ing the NEP.

“During his previousregime as chief minister he hadscaled-down weightage of locallanguages in examination con-ducted by Jharkhand PublicService Commission and atthe same time his Governmenthad introduced the CivilServices Aptitude Test system inthe JPSC which is detrimentalto the interests of tribals andmoolvasis,” Shahdeo said.

The BJP accused the chiefminister for trivialising theissue and explained how NEPis going to be beneficial forpeople. “NEP gives importanceto local and tribal languagesand primary education will be

given in mother tongue. But,the Chief Minister instead ofwelcoming it raised the ques-tion of how and where to getsuch a large number of teach-ers,” he said.

Shahdeo pointed out inJharkhand there are 17,000students, who have completed

their higher education in trib-al languages of Jharkhand.

“The Chief Minister evenwent on to say that not muchliterature in tribal language isavailable. This is untruebecause if we talk aboutNagpuri, Santhali, Mundariand Kurukh these have suffi-

cient literature and books andmoreover research works canbe done to promote literature,”Shahdeo said.

The BJP reminded thechief minister that Santhaliwas declared 8th schedule lan-guage during the regime ofPrime Minister Atal BihariVajpayee besides the previousstate government in Jharkhandheaded by Raghubar Das hadrecommended inclusion ofKudukh and Mundari in 8thschedule of the Constitution.

The BJP explained thatNEP is beneficial to the inter-ests of tribals of Jharkhandowing to the fact that students often leave their studyincomplete.

“The good thing aboutNEP is that dropout studentscan resume their study at anytime and even if they leave theireducation, they will get a cer-tificate, diploma and degree asprescribed. But for chief min-ister, tribals are just a vote bankfor him,” he said.

He rejected allegations ofthe Chief Minister that educa-tion policy was formed withoutconsulting stakeholders sayingthe process had started inJanuary 2015 and opinions ofState Governments were sought.

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The Consumer Protection Act of2019, which has replaced the

1986 law has given scope to con-sumer courts to deal with com-plaints pertaining to e-commerce,direct selling entities and unfaircontracts. To discuss various pro-visions of Act and to discuss theConsumer Rights, Assochamalongwith FJCCI organized knowl-edge management virtual meeton consumer protection — The People’s Right.

At the virtual meet, the speak-ers discussed various provisions ofAct such as product liability actionagainst manufacturers, sellers andservice providers for any defects ordeficiencies or even failure to pro-vide adequate warning about theuse of the product or service.

Government officials andindustry including Nidhi Khare,Additional Secretary, Departmentof Consumer Affairs, Governmentof India, Santanu Kumar AgrahariJoint Secretary Food PublicDistribution & Consumer Affairs,(Jharkhand), Atri Bhattacharya,IAS, Additional Chief Secretary,Consumer Affairs Dept (WestBengal) and others attended themeet. Industry experts such as

Rajat Banerjee, VP CorporateAffairs, Amway India EnterprisesPvt Ltd, Venkat Reddy DonthiReddy Advocate, RVR Associates, IPR Attorneys & Advocates,Bejon Misra, InternationalConsumer Policy Expert, AnujSingh, Amway Business Ownerand others attended the meet.

In the meeting, Khare talkedabout the various provisions laid inthe Act protecting the rights of dig-ital consumers. She claimed thatthe new law is in tune with themodern day concepts of consumerprotection, the new market dynam-ics and the rapid advances in dig-ital technology that has so trans-

formed our world.The event started with an

introduction by Bharat Jaiswal,RD, Assocham. Jaiswal in hisaddress highlighting the provi-sions of consumer protection actsaid that in this age everyone isconsumers in the literal sense of theterm. “When we buy things fromthe market as a consumer, weexpect value for money, i.e., qual-ity, quantity, right price, informa-tion about the mode of use, etc.However, there may be instanceswhere a consumer is cheated,”said Jaiswal.

“In such cases, most of us donot know whom to approach to

seek redressal. Moreover, a major-ity of us also are unaware of our“rights” as a consumer and oftenhesitate to complain or even standup to unfair practices & injustice,”added Jaiswal.

Bejon Misra, InternationalConsumer Policy Expert on theoccasion said that due to the dig-italization, the old Act possessedcertain challenges and neededimmediate attention and the timehas come where consumers canwitness and cherish the newConsumer Protection Act, 2019that has recently replaced thethree-decade old ConsumerProtection Act, 1986.

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Jharkhand’s 27- year old DhananjayKumar Hansda drove all the way

from Godda to Gwalior on a ricketyscooter to ensure his seven monthpregnant wife Sony Hembrom (22),who is pursuing a Diploma inElementary Education (DEd) couldappear for her exams scheduled fromSeptember 1 to September 11 and ful-fill her dreams of becoming a teacher.On reaching Gwalior, as a video of thecouple was made viral on socialmedia by a local journalist, help start-ed pouring in and now they are dueto fly back to Ranchi on September16, tickets for which have been spon-sored by the Adani Foundation.

The couple started their journeyon the morning of August 28 andreached their destination on August30 afternoon covering a distance ofapproximately 1200 kms bracing pot-holes and rain.

“Dhananjay and Soni’s marathontravel was a journey of survival,resilience and great optimism. We@Adani Foundation are humbled toarrange for their comfortable returnjourney to Godda and thankful to thelocal media for bringing this inspir-

ing story to light,” tweeted theFoundation’s Chairperson, Priti Adanion Saturday.

Since there are no direct flightsfrom Gwalior to Ranchi, the two willfly to the State capital via Hyderabadand cover the rest of the journey byroad. Hansda also informed that theFoundation has made arrangements tosend his scooter back to his hometown.

“Before the lockdown, I wasworking as a cook with a privatecompany in Gujarat but due to thepandemic I have lost my job and alsoexhausted all my savings. Since Icould only study till class IX, I did notwant my wife to lose this opportuni-ty and decided to undertake this jour-ney. We mortgaged whatever jew-ellery we had and raised Rs 10,000 butthat still was not enough for train orbus tickets,” said Kumar.

Halting a night each atMuzzaffarpur and Lucknow, the cou-ple reached Gwalior about 36 hoursbefore the scheduled exam. “Allthrough the ride, I was worriedabout my wife’s health. She even gota slight fever enroute but all is wellnow. We are extremely thankful forthe flight tickets to return home. Thisis the first time we would be travel-ling by air. I have only dreamt of sit-ting in a plane but now it’s going tocome true,” added the husband.

Kumar also informed that theGwalior DM Kaushlendra VikramSingh has given them a financial aid of�5,000 while the district administrationhas arranged for their accommodationnear the exam centre and also provid-ed health check up for his wife.

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The Government on Tuesdaysaid that Russia has sought

India’s help in the manufac-turing of its Covid vaccine byIndian companies and conductof Phase-III studies here.

“Also, India attaches highimportance to the request froma special friend and on bothfronts, there has been consid-erable progress.

“We are working with thisvaccine candidate for manu-facture as well as trial and reg-ulatory facilitation, in the spir-it of partnership and science forhumanity. The outreach hasbeen extended to the vaccinemanufacturers in India,” saidV.K Paul, Member (Health),NITI Aayog at a press briefinghere.

“About four of them havealready come forward, the oth-ers are in talks with the Russiancounterparts and the

Government is facilitating thatprocess of creating a connect.There may be specific out-comes very soon in that regard.India can manufacture thatvaccine in large and significantquantities. On the regulatoryfront, Indian scientists havelooked at the data. There wouldbe a need for Phase III trials innormal course of things,” hesaid.

Sputnik V, an adenovirusvector-based vaccine, wasdeveloped by the GamaleyaScientific Research Institute ofEpidemiology andMicrobiology, along with theRussian Direct InvestmentFund and was registered onAugust 11.

On its part, in India, threevaccines are in advanced stages.There are two indigenous vac-cines being developed by ZydusCadila and Bharat Biotech incollaboration with the IndianCouncil of Medical Research.

The Serum Institute of Indiahas also partnered with

AstraZeneca for manufacturingthe COVID-19 vaccine candi-

date developed by theUniversity of Oxford.

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Alarmed at the spike inCovid-19 cases each pass-

ing day, the Union HealthMinistry on Tuesday exhortedthe citizens to come forward toget themselves tested for theinfection and warned that theirirresponsible behaviour likefailure to follow distancingnorms and not using maskscould lead to a damaging sit-uation as far as the pandemicis concerned in India.

After breaching single-dayrecords of highest Covid casesin the world going past 90,000,India on Tuesday registered75,809 fresh cases in 24 hours,while marking the largest spikein deaths in a day with 1,133new fatalities.

Fearing that States toowere not serious about thepandemic, the Governmentalso took exception that someof them were not conductinggold-standard reverse tran-scription-polymerase chain

reaction (RT-PCR) tests onsymptomatic people who test-ed negative for the rapid-anti-gen test (RAT).

Addressing a press brief-ing, NITI Aayog member V KPaul, who also heads Covid-19 national task force, stressedon the importance of testing incontaining the pandemic.

Highlighting repeatedcomplaints from states thatpeople are becoming lax intaking precautions againstCovid-19, he said followingpublic health measures likesocial distancing and wearingmasks remains key to slowingthe pandemic.

“People should not beafraid of getting tested. Theyshould come forward to getthemselves tested for COVID-19 if they have symptoms,” he

said.At a time when coron-

avirus cases are on the rise,Paul said there have beenrepeated complaints fromstates about people becominglax in taking safety precau-tions.

Union Health SecretaryRajesh Bhushan took note ofthe States failing to conductthe RTPCR tests. “There aremany states where people test-ing negative for rapid-antigentest (RAT) are not subjected toRT-PCR. You need to catchthat missing person. The peo-ple who are not caught arespreading the infection.”

“You can chase the virusonly if you catch the missingperson. This is both Ministryand ICMR guidelines that aperson who is symptomaticnegative in a rapid-antigentest should be compelled toRT-PCR. If 100 such peopleare left, they can spread it toa lot of people, and this is wor-risome,” he added.

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If five States—Maharashtra,Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,

Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradeshare contributing almost 70 percent of the Covid caseload inthe country, then there are atleast 14 States/UTs which seemsto be comparatively safe placeshaving less than 5,000 activeCoronavirus cases whileLakshadweep has no activecases.

There are also 20 States andUTs where the number of activecases are between 2,000-5,000,said Union Health SecretaryRajesh Bhushan at a press brief-ing here.

“Maharashtra's share isaround 27 per cent of the totalactive cases, which in terms ofabsolute numbers is 2.37 lakhs.This apart, nearly 70 per cet ofthe COVID-19 related deaths arealso being reported from fiveStates—Maharashtra, TamilNadu, Karnataka, AndhraPradesh and Uttar Pradesh. TheStates where active cases aremostly concentrated are also,

more or less, accounting for mostof the deaths”, he said.

Hence, from the perspectiveof public health, it is importantto take targeted actions in theseStates, both by the State andCentral Governments. Thisapart, 28 States & UTs have aCase Fatality Rate which is lowerthan the national average,Bhushan said.

Dr. V.K Paul, Member(Health), NITI Aayog tried toallay fears that cases are spiral-ing at a faster pace and said thatour Covid-19 case numbers arelooking big since we are testingin a very liberal manner, whichhas in turn helped us to reducemortality rate.

In the last 24 hours,Andhra Pradesh recorded thehighest COVID-recoveries with11,915 recovered cases.

Karnataka and Maharashtrafollowed with 9,575 and 7,826recoveries respectively whileTamil Nadu and Uttar Pradeshregistered 5,820 and 4,779recoveries, a release from theUnion Health Ministry said.These 5 States together con-tributed 57 per cent of therecoveries in the last 24 hours.

The officer also said thatmore than 5 crore tests havebeen conducted so far, whichtake India to the second high-est position in terms of testingwith more than 10 lakh testsconducted daily in this week.At the same time, the numberof recovered patients is morethan 33 lakhs now, and, thehighest single day recovery of73,642 patients has also beenrecorded in the last 24 hours.

Although the cases are onthe rise in terms of absolutenumbers, India still has 3,102cases per million, which isone of the lowest in the world.Also, India's death per millionis 53, which falls amongst thelowest in the world, the offi-cial pointed out.

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The Centre on Tuesdayannounced a public private

partnership (PPP) model for anintelligent traffic system toreduce road accidents. Unionroad transport and highwaysminister Nitin Gadkari onTuesday said there is a need fora policy and a reputed privateconsultant will be appointed tocome out with the model.Gadkari asserted that postimplementation of the MotorVehicles (Amendment) Act,2019, road accidents and relat-ed deaths have come down.

On an average, India wit-nesses about 5 lakh road acci-dents per annum in whichabout 1.5 lakh people die andabout 3 lakh are crippled.

“This is the time we shouldgo for PPP (public privatepartnership) model in trans-portation...We will appoint aprivate consultant, a goodreputed company to study howwe can make PPP model intransport system particularly inIntelligent Transport System(ITS) at state level, municipalcorporation level and theNational Highways level,” theminister said while addressinga webinar on road safety. Heannounced a tender will bereleased soon in this regard.

An ITS comprises cen-tralised control centres, closedtolling systems which alsoinclude components likeCCTV, weather monitoring,variable message signs,

advanced communication sys-tem, traffic management, sim-ulation, digital services drivenby AI among others to stream-line traffic.

The minister alsoexpressed confidence that roadaccidents and related 1.5 lakhdeaths per annum would bereduced by 50% by 2025against the target of 2030.

“We are working on fasttrack mode to achieve the goalwith the cooperation of allstakeholders especially the stategovernments,” he said.

The minister said he hastaken lot of initiatives to reduceroad accidents including cor-recting black spots or spots wit-nessing a high number of acci-dents due to bad road design-ing or other road engineeringor related flaws.

He said the World Bank andthe ADB are providing �7,000crore each for removing blackspots from national highways.“We have already identifiedblack spots on national high-ways. India has already spent?20,000 crore on removing theblack spots,” Gadkari furthersaid.

He lauded the Tamil Nadugovernment’s efforts to broughtdown road fatalities by 25 per-cent by implementing a projectwith the World Bank’s assistance.

Gadkari also called uponMembers of Parliament who arechairing District RoadCommittees to identify blackspots and pursue their redressal.

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The Centre on Tuesdayordered attachment of

immovable properties inPunjab of designated terroristsGurpatwant Singh Pannu andHardeep Singh Nijjar under theUnlawful Activities(Prevention) Act.

The duo is being probed bythe NIA in connection with acase relating to a concertedcampaign launched by seces-sionist organisation ‘Sikhs forJustice’ under the bannerof ‘Sikh Referendum 2020’for creation of so called‘Khalistan’.

“Government of India inexercise of powers conferredunder Section 51A of UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act1967, has ordered for attach-ment of the immovable prop-erties of designated terrorists -Gurpatwant Singh Pannun inDistrict Amritsar, Punjab andHardeep Singh Nijjar in DistrictJalandhar, Punjab, the NIA saidin a statement.

During the course of inves-tigation, the NIA had identifiedimmovable properties belong-ing to Pannun in Amritsar, andthose of Nijjar in Jalandhar, andmoved the Government forattachment of these assets prop-erties under the provisions ofthe UA(P)Act, 1967.

The attached propertiesPannu include 46 Kanal at vil-lage Khankot, Amritsar,Punjaband 11 Kanal 13.5 MarlasSultanwind SuburbanBhainiwal, Amritsar, Punjab.

Nijjar’s attached asset is 11Kanal 13 Marlas in area at vil-lage Bhar, Singhpura, Pillaur,Jalandhar (Punjab).

Sikhs for Justice (SFJ),headed by USA-based terroristGurpatwant Singh Pannun, ispresently making efforts topropagate ‘Sikh Referendum-2020’on social media.

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Taking a cue from the ModiGovernment's recent poli-

cy to replace imported toys,including those largely fromChina, with the ones locallyproduced, Union MinorityAffairs Ministry will resume'Hunar Haat' from Wednesdayto encourage indigenous toyindustry.

After a gap of about 6months due to the outbreak ofthe Corona pandemic, “HunarHaat” will restart from October9 at Prayagraj (Allahabad) withthe theme of “Local to Global”and focus on indigenousexquisite Indian toys.

Announcing this, UnionMinister for Minority AffairsMukhtar Abbas Naqvi onTuesday said here that everycorner of the country has a tra-ditional and ancestral legacy ofindigenous toys.

“This legacy, which was onthe verge of extinction, has gota boon after Prime MinisterNarendra Modi pitched forSwadeshi Toys,” he said.

Naqvi said that every cor-ner of the country is endowedwith diversity of indigenoustoys made with wood, brass,bamboo, glass, cloth, paper,clay etc. “Hunar Haat” will bean enormous platform pro-

viding market and opportuni-ties to master artisans who pre-pare these indigenous exquis-ite toys.

More than 30 per centstalls will be for artisans whoprepare indigenous toys, theywill also be extended helpthrough various institutionsfor attractive packaging of“Swadeshi Toys”.

In the coming days,“Hunar Haat” will be organizedat Jaipur (23 Oct -1 November), Chandigarh (7- 15 November), Indore (21 to 29 November),Mumbai (22 to 31 December ),Hyderabad (8 to 17 January2021), Lucknow (23 to 31January 2021), India Gate, NewDelhi (13 to 21 February 2021),Ranchi (20 to 28 February2021), Kota (5 to 14 March2021), Surat/Ahmedabad (20 to27 March 2021) etc.

Naqvi said that this time,people will also be able to buy“Hunar Haat” products digi-tal and online also. UnionMinority Affairs Ministry isregistering these artisans andtheir indigenous products on“GeM” (Government eMarketplace).

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In a move to increase theexport of bamboo products

and improve farmers’ income,the Ministry of Agriculture onTuesday launched 22 bambooclusters in nine States. Thebamboo clusters will be set upin Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat,Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam,Nagaland, Tripura,Uttarakhand and Karnataka.These will be engaged in rais-ing nurseries and plantationsand/or product developmentlike furniture, agarbatti, venet-ian blinds, chopsticks, tooth-brush, lifestyle products, jew-ellery, bottles, yoga mat andcharcoal.

India is the world’s secondlargest cultivator of bambooafter China, with 136 speciesand 23 genera spread over13.96 million hectares.According to the Ministry ofAgriculture, India’s annualbamboo production is esti-mated at 3.23 million tonnes.However, despite all this, thecountry’s share in the globalbamboo trade and commerceis only 4 per cent.

Union AgricultureMinister Narendra SinghTomar on Tuesday launchedthese bamboo clusters. In a vir-

tual event, Tomar also releasedthe logo for National BambooMission (NBM), the ministryof agriculture added.

“Bamboo cultivation canenhance farm income to agood extent and achieve thedesired objective of the UnionGovernment of transformingthe rural economy by doublingfarmers’ income. This will helpincrease income of farmersand at the same reduce depen-dency on imports of some rawmaterial. With the wealth ofbamboo in India and growingindustry, India should aim toestablish herself in global mar-kets for both engineered andhandcrafted products,” he said.

According to the ministry,bamboo can be used in 1,500different ways including asfood, a substitute for wood,building and constructionmaterial, for handicrafts andpaper. “The Government’s goalin the bamboo sector is beingachieved with the concertedefforts of all stakeholders ofthe Bamboo Mission.

Keeping in considerationthe importance of bamboo, theIndian Forest Act 1927 wasamended in the year 2017 toremove bamboo for the cate-gory of trees, as a result nowanyone can undertake culti-vation and business in bambooand its products,” Tomaradded. According to the min-istry, the bamboo ecosystemhas been energized with 23states being assisted, includingall eight North Eastern states.

In October 2006, theGovernment had launched theNational Bamboo Mission(NBM) on the basis of theNational Mission on BambooTechnology and TradeDevelopment Report, 2003.The NBM’s key objective wasto address issues relating to thedevelopment of the bambooindustry in the country, pro-vide a new impetus and direc-tion and enable the realisationof India’s considerable poten-tial in bamboo production.

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Khadi and Village IndustryCommission’s (KVIC) ven-

ture into the online marketingsegment has quickly estab-lished a pan-India reachenabling the artisans sell theirproducts to the remotest partsof India through the KVIC E-Portal -www.kviconline.gov.in/khadi-mask/.

The online sale that waslaunched with just Khadi facemasks on July 7 this year hasevolved into a full-fledged E-market platform with 180products as on today and manymore in the pipeline.

The product range includes

hand-spun and hand-wovenfine fabric like Muslin, Silk,Denim and Cotton, UnisexVichar Vastra by Ritu Beri,Khadi’s Signature Wrist Watch,a variety of honey, Herbal andGreen Tea, Herbal Medicinesand Soaps, Papad, KacchiGhani Mustard Oil and a rangeof herbal cosmetics amongmany others. KVIC is adding atleast 10 new products to itsonline inventory on a dailybasis and it has set a target ofadding at least 1,000 productsby October 2 this year. In lessthan two months’ time, KVIChas served nearly 4000 cus-tomers.

KVIC Chairman, VKSaxena said the online sale of

Khadi products is a big push to“Swadeshi” and aims atempowering the local artisans.“Khadi’s E-market portal isproviding our artisans an addi-tional platform to sell theirgoods. This is a concrete steptowards building ofAatmanirbhar Bharat,” Saxenasaid, adding the product rangeis priced from Rs 50 to Rs 5000,keeping in view the choiceand affordability of all sectionsof buyers,” he said.

KVIC has fixed the mini-mum order value at �599 forfree delivery of goods. It hasentered into an agreement withthe Postal Department fordelivery of consignments viaSpeed Post.

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With the Bengal Assemblyelections little less than a

year away the Central Bureauof Investigation has once dust-ed up its chit fund files in themulti-crore Sharada and RoseValley cases.

Acting on expected linesthe Central investigatingagency is planning to submitthe final chargesheet in theponzi fund cases, sources saidadding the charge-sheet wouldcontain the names of a numberof Trinamool Congress leadersand police officers.

The list would contain thename of at least one senior IPSofficer for trying to hush up thecase, insiders said. Besides thename of some lesser officerswould also be there in the list.The names of a senior BJPleader and a retired IPS officerhave been included as wit-nesses, sources said.

When asked to commentan official said that the charge-

sheet was likely to be submit-ted sometime in Novemberthough “no final decision hasbeen taken about this.”Incidentally investigating offi-cers involved in the probe werechanged in last month with anequal number of Additional SPrank officers from the neigh-bouring State Bihar joiningthe investigation.

When asked to commenton the preparations to file thefinal charge sheet the TMCleaders said they were pre-pared for the “BJPGovernment’s pre-electiononslaught which will gradual-ly diminish after the electionsand after Mamata Banerjeeroars back to power for thethird time in the State.”

The 2,000 crore Sharadachit fund case was busted in2013 leading to the arrests of itsCEO Sudipto Sen and othersenior functionaries.Subsequently following alle-gations of senior TrinamoolCongress leaders’ involvement

in the case a petition was filedby Congress leader AbdulMannan in the Supreme Courtseeking CBI investigationwhich was granted in 2014amid allegations that in theintervening time the Statepolice had tampered with theallegations.

As the investigation peakedsenior TMC MPs and Ministerslike Sudip Bandopadhyay, lateTapas Paul, Kunal Ghosh andMadan Mitra were jailed.While a retired ADG Policewas taken into custody, formerKolkata Police CommissionerRajiv Kumar was grilled forseveral hours and on repeatedoccasions for his alleged com-plicity in hushing up thecase.

This even as Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee cried vic-timisation by the BJP. In themeantime TMC’s number twoman Mukul Roy left his partyand joined the BJP monthsafter he too was grilled in theSharada case.

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If the data provided by Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabhais any indication, the AIADMK, the DMK and other Dravidian

outfits in Tamil Nadu may have to re-work their policy towardsHindi.

The Dravidian parties are known for their strong Oppositionto Hindi and Sanskrit. Schools and Colleges in Tamil Nadu whichfollow State syllabus do not allow Hindi in the curriculum as bothAIADMK and DMK are united in their Opposition towards Hindi.

Both the political parties have made it public that Hindi wasnot welcome in -Tamil Nadu and the State would follow only thetwo-language policy. But people belonging to economically for-ward segments send their children to private schools that followCBSE and ICSE curriculum where Hindi is compulsory.

Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha was launched in 1918by none other than Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation,with the aim of propagating Hindi in South India. The impor-tance given by Mahatma to the mission could be understood fromthe fact that he himself was the President of the organisation tillhe breathed his last.

“The passion among the students and youth in Tamil Naducould be understood from the fact that 4,58,000 studentsappeared for the various Hindi examinations held by the Sabhain 2019. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, it is certain to see morestudents taking up the examinations of the Sabha in 2020,” S RJeyaraj, secretary, DBHPS told The Pioneer. There are no unem-ployed Hindi scholars in the State.

He said in 2018, the State saw 4,35,000 students appearing forthe examinations held by the Sabha. “Of all the South Indian States,Tamil Nadu has the highest number of Hindi learners registeredwith the Sabha,” said Jayaraj. He said despite Hindi being deniedits rightful place in government-run schools and colleges in theState, students are firm in their decision to learn the language.

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Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh health depart-ment will personally contact and persuade peo-ple who recovered from Covid-19 to donate plas-ma to save lives.

“The health department call centre will callthe recovered patients and tell them about the plas-ma donation programme and convince them todonate plasma to save other people's lives,” saidHealth Commissioner Katamneni Bhaskar.

The department has readied a list of 37,000people who beat the disease, making them eligi-ble to donate plasma for critical Covid patients.

“The database of eligible donors has been pre-pared and is currently being shared with the bloodbanks which have the facility to collect and storeplasma,” said Bhaskar.

The move is aimed at treating Covid patientsmore effectively and the Y.S. Jagan MohanReddy-led government will launch a plasma dona-tion campaign soon.

As part of the campaign, the state governmentwill reward each donor with a token amount ofRs 5,000.

According to the Health Commissioner, thesouthern state is spending an amount of Rs 15crore per day in overall coronavirus arrangements,including treatment, patients' food, accommo-dation, tests and medicines, among others.

On an average, Andhra Pradesh is testing65,000 to 70,000 samples per day.

The state on Monday reported 8,368 newcoronavirus cases, taking the Andhra Pradesh'stally to 5.06 lakh. IANS

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Former Governor of Mizoram,Kummanam Rajasekharan, who is

also a former president of the KeralaBJP observed a day’s fast on Tuesdayat Pathanamthitta in protest againstrapes, gold smuggling scams, cor-ruption charges and breakdown oflaw and order in the State.

“Kerala hangs its head in shame.Covid-19 patients are raped by ambu-lance drivers and health workerswho are supposed to save them.There is no guarantee for the lives ofsincere officials who wage war againstcorruption and nepotism. The Stateis no more the God’s Own Land as ithas been described earlier,” saidRajasekharan while launching hisfast in company of hundreds of partyworkers.

Even as Rajasekharan wasaddressing the party cadre atPathanamthitta, a heavy posse ofpolicemen charged into the resi-dence of Muslim League MLA M CKamarudin in Kasaragod district innorthern Kerala in connection witha series of cheating cases filed against

the law maker.The case is that Fashion Jewellery

of which Kamarudin is the chairmancheated investors to the tune of Rs 136crore. The managing director of theshowroom is absconding.

Adding to the woes of the Stateadministration, the Directorate ofRevenue Intelligence has found thatgold smuggling syndicate operatingfrom Kozhikode Airport has suc-ceeded in getting their own hench-men employed as contract workersinside the airport.

This is being done to make it easyfor them to bring out the smuggledgold reaching the airport via inter-national flights, said the DRI report.

On Sunday, two staff members ofthe DRI had come under attack fromgold couriers when the former triedto take into custody a group of peo-ple engaged in smuggling.

Meanwhile investigation agenciesincluding the Narcotics ControlBureau are on their way to Kerala tonab politically influential people intocustody in connection with the recentdrug seizure at Bangalore.

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Kerala diagnosed 3,026 new persons withCovid-19 on Tuesday while 13 persons

died during the last 24 hours, according to arelease issued by the State Health Department.With Tuesday’s 13 death, the fatalities in theState reached 372.

By Tuesday evening, the number ofCovid-19 patients undergoing treatment in theState rose to 23,217. Nearly two lakh personsacross the State are under observation acrossKerala. Out of the 3,026 persons diagnosedwith the pandemic on Tuesday, 2,723 devel-oped the infection through local contact.

While 237 persons who were tested pos-itive could not furnish how, why and whenthey were infected, the State saw 89 healthworkers contracting the pandemic across theState. On Tuesday, a total of 2,076 personswere hospitalised.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had saison Friday that the testing to diagnose the pan-demic was way ahead of others. On Tuesday37, 264 samples were sent for testing .

Barring the High Range districts ofIdukki (63) and Wayanadu (21) the remain-ing 12 districts tested high numbers onTuesday. Vijayan had told on last Friday thatthe two weeks would be critical and crucialfor the State and there was every possibilityof the number of cases shooting to 10,000 andmore per day.

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The Covid-19 pandemic is subsiding in TamilNadu, though not in a big way. According to a

bulletin issued on Tuesday evening by theDepartment of Health, barring the districts ofChengalpet, Chennai, Coimbatore and Cuddalore(the 4C districts), the coronavirus induced pandemicis showing signs of stabilizing and subsiding.

While the entire State diagnosed 5, 684 newpatients on Tuesday after testing 81,066 persons,6,599 patients were discharged on a single day afterit was confirmed that they were cured of the disease.

The day also saw 87 persons succumbing to thepandemic taking the death toll to 8,012.

Chennai registered 988 new patients whileChengalpet (364), Coimbatore (446) and Cuddalore(407) had considerably low number of new cases.Thiruvallur (277) and Thiruvannamalai (242) werethe other districts with high number of cases.

The bulletin said as on Tuesday, there were 50,213 active patients in the State. Tamil Nadu is return-ing to normalcy with intra district buses and metroresuming services, though with reduced numbers.

Migrant laborers who had left for their home-towns following the lockdown are returning toChennai and other commercial hubs in smallbatches.

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Fourteen patients of Covid-19 died in Jammu & Kashmirwhile 1,355 fresh cases of coronavirus were detected tak-

ing the total tally of cases close to 46,000 on Tuesday. Out of these the active positive cases stood at 11,859 while

a total number of 815 patients have died so far.Out of all the districts, Jammu district continues to report

more than 450 cases on a daily basis. Several employees work-ing in different government offices, bank employees, traf-fic cops, Jammu university employees and other serviceproviders were found infected during Rapid Antigen Testing going on across the district since August 26.

Out of 11859 active positive cases, Jammu district aloneaccounted for 3844 cases while active positive cases inSrinagar stood at 1435.According to the media bulletin, outof 1355 new positive cases, 785 were reported from Jammudivision and 570 from Kashmir division.

In addition, 14 COVID-19 deaths have been reported;08 from Jammu division and 06 from Kashmir Division.

On a recovery front, 491 more COVID-19 patients werefully recovered and discharged from various hospitals, 74from Jammu Division and 417 from Kashmir Division.

According to the media bulletin, out of 45925 positivecases, 11859 are Active Positive, 33251 have recovered and815 have died; 113 in Jammu division and 702 in Kashmirdivision.

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For many years, the disputed landin Ahaldaadpur village did not get

any solution. Three people have beenprosecuted in this case and one per-son died of shock.

Pramod told that in 2009, a per-son resident of ITI Road had pur-chased 1400 square yards of land inGata number 986 but did not get pos-session till 2018. 2 years ago, he start-ed intruding Gata number 815 adja-cent to Gata number 986.

Most of the land in this gatabelongs to the village society includ-ing his one and a half bigha land.

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Livelihood crisis increased dueto corona, although it is now

unlocked but life is not returningon track. People are strugglinghard to earn and feed their fam-ilies.

Corona effects sports activitiesas well. International gold medal-ist runner Sandeep Pathak isforced to work as a courier delivery boy because from the lastsix months,the stadium has been closed andsports activities have come tostandstill.

Sandeep said that sports activ-ities are standstill because of coro-na and no sports events are held,even recruitment from the sportsquota also on hold.

Therefore, due to the financial crisis, I am forced to dothe job of courier boy because itis generating some income andgetting some physical exercisealso.

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DM has issued an order to the animal hus-bandry department of the district to start

searching for milch cows in 150 gaushalas formalnourished families. There are about30,000 malnourished infants and 6,000undernourished. The government will pro-vide these cows free of cost to these under-privileged families.

In the district, a total of 4.12 lakhinfants are registered in the age group of 0to 6 years.

Among them, 1.5 lakh are between 0 to3 years and 78,000 from 3 to 6 years of age.More than 30,000 are malnourished includ-ing 24,000 malnourished and 6,000 under-nourished.

Now the UP Government has started ascheme to improve their health by provid-ing a free cow to the underprivilege familiesof these children along with �900 per monthfor cow rearing. DM Chandra Bhushan Singhsought a survey report from the AnimalHusbandry Department about the numberof milch cows among 15,000 cows shelteredin 150 gaushalas.

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Due to corona and lockdown,5000 artists of UP are struggling

hard to earn and feed their families.Thousand of artists in Mathura areconfused and worried due to lack ofclear policy of Government about theRamleela event permission.

Mathura is an hub for the folkartists. There are more than 5000artists take part in Ramleela, Krishnaleela, Rasleela etc. They travel to dif-ferent states including Delhi,Karnataka, Rajasthan to play suchcharacter roles.

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In 15 years, 395 tons of fertil-izers were spoiled on 28

cooperative societies of thedistrict. When the case hascome into the light of officers,a letter immediately sent to theDistrict Agriculture Officer tocollect the sample. Teams of the

Agriculture Department wentto 12 cooperative societies forsample collection of fertilizerand sent it to the laboratory.The big question is who isresponsible for this loss.According to the officers, thedamaged fertilizers will be sentto the research center or fertil-izer companies.

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People are being cheated by the medical storesin the name of corona virus protection by

selling corona shut out/get out cards from �100to 180. Sellers claim that wearing this card for30 days around a neck will prevent corona.However, this card is neither recognized nor cer-tified by the Health Department and the drugdepartment.

This card is filled with smell emitting sugarsize stones. Surprisingly, sellers did not know thename of its company as everything is written inthe Chinese language on it and is being sold allover except Delhi. Even the drug department isunaware of this scam hence not taken any actionagainst a single medical store till date.

Drug inspector Hemendra Chaudharyappealed to people not to fall into superstitionby buying this card. According to him, raids atmedical shops will be started from Monday andstrict action will be taken against sellers of thesecards.

Dr. Natasha Chaudhary, CMO, CentralGovernment Health Scheme, Aligarh said thatthe corona virus will not eradicate by this card.A vaccine is the only solution. This virus isspreading by touching and through the air.People should wash their hands frequently, usea face mask, and maintain social distancing toavoid spreading this virus. Do not fall into anykind of superstition.

According to Shalendra Singh Tillu, DistrictPresident of Aligarh Chemist and DrugAssociation, Corona does not eradicate fromanything like Corona Get out card. It is not rec-ognized by the Department of Health. Medicalstores are requested not to sell these things,which creates confusion among people.

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Two Burmese nationals, involved in the looting of theICICI ATM installed near vegetable market in Trikuta

Nagar area of Jammu have been apprehended by theJammu & Kashmir police along with their accomplicehailing from Bihar.

It is for the first time, Burmese nationals have beencaught red handed attempting to break open an ATM.

According to a statement issued by the district police,Jammu, “ a written complaint was lodged at police sta-tion Bahu Fort by Rattan Lal manager CMS Info SystemLtd. Trikuta Nagar in which he had stated that duringthe intervening night of 02/03-09-2020 some unknownburglar/burglars attempted to break open the ICICI ATMinstalled near vegetable market, Trikuta Nagar”.

After registering a case FIR No. 218/2020 U/S457/380/511 IPC at Police station BahuFort, investiga-tions were launched in the case.

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Bhima Koregaon Elgar ParishadCase.

The arrested accused areSagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichorand Jyoti Jagtap, all from Pune.Gorkhe and Gaichor were arrest-ed on Monday while Jagtap wasnabbed on Tuesday.

These three arrested personsare FIR-named accused persons.

The accused persons aremembers of Kabir Kala Manch afrontal organization of bannedterrorist organization CPI(Maoist), the NIA said.

The case arose out ofVishram Baug police station,Pune regarding inciting peopleand giving provocative speechesduring Elgar Parishad organizedat Shaniwarwada, Pune by theactivists of Kabir Kala Manch onDecember 31, 2017, which pro-moted enmity between various

caste groups and led to violence resulting in loss of lifeand property and state-wide agi-tation in Maharashtra, the NIAsaid.

During investigation, it wasrevealed that senior leaders ofCPI (Maoist), an organisationbanned under the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act, werein contact with the organizers ofElgar Parishad as well as theaccused arrested in the case so as to spread the ideologyof Maoism/Naxalism and encour-age unlawful activities, it said.

The Pune Police filed charge-sheet and a supplementarycharge-sheet in this case onNovember 15, 2018 and February21, 2019 respectively.

NIA took up the investigationof the case on January 24 this yearand arrested accused AnandTeltumbde and Gautam Navlakhaon April 14. Further, accusedHanybabu Musaliyavirtil Tarayilwas arrested on July 28.

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Even as China accused Indiantroops of intimidatory firingon Monday, ForeignMinister S Jaishankar will

meet his Chinese counterpart WangYi face to face in Moscow for the firsttime after the standoff. The meet-ing will take place on the sidelinesof the Shanghai CooperationOrganisation (SCO) foreign minis-ters’ conclave, hot on the heels ofDefence Minister Rajnath Singh’sconversation with his counterpart,Gen Wei Fenghe, at the same plat-form. Pessimism surrounds theoutcome of the Wang-Jaishankarmeeting though Jaishankar hasbeen signalling to Chinese leadersthe big picture of India-China rela-tions and India’s terms for a reset. Hisemphasis on the need for India tobe more proactive and take risks arereflected in some recent Indian mil-itary, diplomatic and economicactivities that connote capabilitiesand confidence. Diplomacy is thepath India has chosen to secure itsobjective of restoration of status quoante. Jaishankar, who says he knowsWang for a long time, acknowledgesthe situation on the LAC is very seri-ous and requires “deep conversa-tions” at the political level.

India launched a blitzkrieg ofevents along the LAC prior toSingh meeting his counterpart.CDS Gen Rawat was exceptionallyvocal over the military option,including a two-front war if diplo-macy failed and the utility of Quad.COAS Gen Naravane, on his thirdvisit to Ladakh, was in Chushul atthe scene of recent action. Chief ofAir Staff, Air Chief MarshalBhaduria, inspected air bases in theeast and Foreign Secretary HarshShringla, in his first public address,highlighted the Galwan clash result-ing in casualties for the first time in42 years of peace and tranquility onthe border. Indian forces carried outtheir first proactive military opera-tion on their own side of LAC on thesouth bank of Pangong Lake byoccupying heights that gave themdomination in the Chushul area. Abattalion of Vikas regiment, com-prising exiled Tibetans, wasemployed in the pre-emptive oper-ation, messaging to China the dor-mant Tibet issue. A company com-mander of this special force waskilled due to an old mine and hisfuneral was attended by RamMadhav, general secretary of the BJP.About the proactive operation, thereis confusion over location and con-trol of contested heights at Helmet

and Black Top. The Army justsaid it occupied ground toimprove its defences.

After the meeting of DefenceMinisters on expected lines,China accused India of crossingLAC at Chushul and demandedIndian troops be withdrawn.India blamed China for multipleintrusions and urged the restora-tion of status quo ante. But bothsides stressed the determinationto continue talks. Central toChina’s complaint is Indian vio-lation of Chinese LAC at Galwanand Chushul without admittingit is the original sinner of multi-ple intrusions by violating borderprotocols and unilaterally alter-ing status quo. Stung by the ban-ning of 117 more apps (nowaggregate of 224 banned apps),for the first time China accusedIndia of colluding with the USagainst Chinese companies. Itformally charged US with med-dling in the border dispute.

While US officials have beenaccusing China of bullying India,President Donald Trump himselfhas been non-committal by call-ing the standoff “very nasty” andwanting to do something to helpboth countries. He did not thinkthat China was bullying Indiathough he noted that China wascertainly “going for it.” After thepartisanship Prime MinisterNarendra Modi displayed inendorsing Trump at Houston(and Ahmedabad) for the nextPresident, a video of which is theTrump vote-catcher amongIndian Americans, Trump’s cleanchit to China is problematic.

The use of Tibetan troops inoperations, when high altitudeLadakh Scouts regiments areavailable, is by design India’sbelated psy war. It has the poten-

tial to reignite India’s Tibet pol-icy, which in 1950 ignoredChina’s illegal occupation ofTibet. India’s much-touted aban-donment of the One China pol-icy has nothing to do with Tibetbut more with Taiwan and HongKong. Chinese Foreign Ministryspokeswoman Hua Chunyingsaid: “We firmly oppose anycountry providing conveniencefor the Tibetan secessionist forces’separatist activities.” The GlobalTimes accused India of playingthe Tibet card and noted thatChina’s national strength, includ-ing its military strength, is muchstronger than India’s and thatwhen it comes to ultimate com-bat capability, the Indian side willlose. Eighteen weeks after the ini-tial intrusions, the Indian Armycarried out its maiden proactiveoperation at Chushul heightsand unnerved the PLA.Dominating ground in othersectors should have been takenup much earlier. Many officersare demanding that the militaryoption be utilised to imposecosts on China now that the forcebuild-up is being completed.Three additional divisions, tanksand artillery are amassed alongLAC with reserves in depth.China has made matchingdeployment, including locatingits J20 frontline fighter, at Hotan.IAF is ideally suited for deter-rence by punishment in case mil-itary force is used to evict intru-sions.

The one intrusion that PLAcovets most is Depsang whichwas not covered by the failed “dis-engagement” dialogue. InSeptember 2013, it had occupiedthe same area and withdrewafter talks and India’s counter-intrusion at Chumar. The PLA at

Depsang poses a direct challengeto the strategic Daulat Beg Oldiemilitary garrison and air base,which it views as a threat to G219, the Aksai Chin highway toLhasa. While a counter-intrusionalong the 1,590 km LAC inLadakh will be feasible and notbe escalatory like military actionto push back at Depsang or anyother intrusion, neither is advis-able as long as the door to diplo-macy is open. The militaryoption must remain the lastresort notwithstanding the lastpublic pronouncement of the for-mer acting US Undersecretary ofState for South Asia and CentralAsia, Alice Wells : “India’s broad-ening strategic horizons overthe past two decades have result-ed in a shift away from a passiveforeign policy to one thatadvances its interests more vig-orously.”

Jaishankar had a long stint atBeijing and then as ForeignSecretary. He enjoys the fullconfidence of his Prime Minister.His understanding of Chinaunder President Xi Jinping andthe Chinese Communist Party issharp and realistic. He is con-vinced that since diplomacyworked to get China to withdrawfrom Depsang, Chumar andDoklam, it can work again. Giventhe escalatory firing by PLA andoccupation of positions close toIndia’s —creating a new frictionpoint —coupled with rash state-ments by Global Times, theChinese have raised the stakes forJaishankar.

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

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Sir — This is with reference to thearticle, “The GST quagmire,” pub-lished on September 8. In a rarecovenant of faith, the Centre andStates arduously evolved a consen-sus over the Goods and ServicesTax (GST) spread over a decadeand more. The then chairpersonof the GST Council and UnionFinance Minister had assured theStates that in case of a gap in theGST compensation fund, theCouncil shall decide the mode ofraising additional resources,including borrowing from themarket. The GST compensationto States was already rearing up asan issue because of an ailingeconomy and the pandemicensured that revenues from theimposition of cess started dwin-dling from August 2019. TheCentre had to dive into the excesscess collected during 2017-18and 2018-19.

It is sad that at the very firstsign of distress, the Centre hasresorted to “babuspeak” andreneged on its guarantee. It wouldrather let the States fend for them-selves. The GST, being more thanmere maths, is a quintessence offederal architecture. Any negationthereof weakens the radial ties in

the wheel of governance. A throw-back to the post-Raj days, whenpayment of privy purses wasopposed by many members,Sardar Patel in the Constituent

Assembly on October 12, 1949,reminded them that this was asmall price to pay for the integra-tion of India. When GST is beingtouted by the Government as a

crowning achievement, the Centreought to walk the extra mile touphold the federal spirit.

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From being called an Ulta Pradesh (upsidedown State), Uttar Pradesh is making aquantum leap towards becoming an Uttam

Pradesh (good State). And in this endeavour, itis being helped by the fact that UP ranked num-ber two in the State Business Reform Action Plan2019: Ease of Doing Business (EODB). This is upfrom the 12th rank UP got in 2019, testifying thatit has emerged as the second-best State in Indiawhere investors are happy to contribute.

This was made possible because the BJPGovernment was able to do away with red tapism.It also signifies the fact that the UP Governmentis making great strides towards fulfilling PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’s dream of an AatmaNirbhar Bharat and Chief Minister YogiAdityanath is implementing all schemes meantto achieve this goal efficiently.

This 10-place jump in one year in the EODBrankings released by the Union Government isa big achievement indeed as UP has left severalleading States like Gujarat, Telangana, Rajasthan,Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra behind. UP hasimplemented 186 out of the 187 reforms in theState Business Reform Action Plan that were sug-gested by the Department for Promotion ofIndustry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). Whatmakes this achievement even more special is thefact that this year’s exercise was completely basedon user feedback. The jump in ranking indicatesthat entrepreneurs have been receiving the truebenefits of the reforms introduced by the UPGovernment. These reforms were spread acrossseveral areas such as labour regulation, online,single window, access to information and trans-parency, land administration, construction per-mit, commercial disputes, inspection enablersand so on.

More than 20 departments such as Invest UP(Udyog Bandhu), the Labour Department, thePollution Control Board, Commercial Tax,Power, Stamp and Registration, Excise, FoodSafety and Drug and many others were part ofthis journey. Successful implementation of the“Nivesh Mitra” in UP, too, has been instrumen-tal in UP achieving this EODB. In a period oftwo years, “Nivesh Mitra” received around2,29,936 No-Objection Certificate (NoC) appli-cations, out of which it disposed of over 94 percent of them. The Nivesh Mitra Portal received18,120 grievances from entrepreneurs, of which17,752 have been successfully resolved at an out-standing resolution rate of 98 per cent.

The success in the UP Government’s work-ing lies in its efforts to impart transparency andthe use of technology for Business-to-Government (B2G) interactive procedures. TheYogi Government has been successful in improv-ing the EODB by introducing variousInformation Technology-driven modules andNivesh Mitra is one such. Its success lies in thefact that it has now become an integral and effi-cient part in bridging the gap between industri-al demands and expectations and Governmentmachinery.

Maximum approval of the State BusinessReform Action Plan and higher user feedback sat-isfaction record on the Nivesh Mitra portalplayed a critical role in achieving the EODB. Inorder to make Government working more effi-cient and competitive, the EODB system has beenimplemented at the district level. Initiatives likethe monthly ranking of all 75 districts on theEODB parameters shall further result in creat-ing a conducive business environment.

Where UP stands today was not achieved in

one day and efforts in this direction areon since Yogi Adityanath took chargeas the Chief Minister of the State. Thebig push came in February 2018 whenthe UP Government organised anInvestors’ Summit in which memoran-da of understanding (MoUs) worth�4.68 lakh crore were signed. Thecontours of the simplified norms ofinvestment took shape then, which werereflected in two ground-breaking cer-emonies through which 371 projectswith an investment of about �2 lakhcrore were made. These projects arelikely to generate over five lakh jobs.

The foundation of the DefenceIndustrial Manufacturing Corridor inBundelkhand is another aspect ofincreased industrial development in theState. This corridor will be built withan investment of �50,000 crore and willcreate employment for five lakh people.The project got a fillip when the UPGovernment, in collaboration with theDefence Ministry, organised the coun-try’s largest Defence Expo 2020 inLucknow. More than 100 agreementswere inked, which included 71 MoUs,13 product launches, 18 technologytransfer agreements and six importantannouncements. Besides, over 100pacts were made.

UP’s own Uttar PradeshExpressway Industrial DevelopmentAuthority (UPEIDA) signed 23 MoUswith various enterprises, inviting invest-ment for the UP Defence IndustrialCorridor. In all, over 200 MoUs weresigned during the Defence Expo 2020.

That the Government wants to giveimpetus to industrial development isreflected in the Government’s OneDistrict One Product (ODOP) scheme,under which the Government dis-bursed loans of more than �8,875

crore. Apart from this, training and freetool kits were distributed to 6,000 arti-sans/handicrafts men. This indirectlyhas given employment to more thanfive lakh people.

The ODOP scheme was launchedin 2018 by Adityanath to promote thelocal artisans and local products. Thescheme has now been adopted by theUnion Government and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi calls it the “Vocal forLocal” scheme. The primary objectiveof this is to focus on a particular prod-uct and raise its quality to compete inthe international market.

Investment in any State depends onthree parameters — power supply,communication and transport. UP hasmade a quantum jump in all three. Thepower supply across the State hasimproved considerably while a networkof roads has been laid connecting thewestern part of the State with the east-ern region. The construction of thePurvanchal Expressway is a testimonyof the Government’s resolve to improveconnectivity. Construction of this six-lane, 341 km-long PurvanchalExpressway is in progress and will beopened for public use by early next year.

The expressway would havebecome functional by November butbecause of the COVID-19 pandemic,the launch has been rescheduled. Therewould be 11 interchanges for entry/exiton the expressway and in order to con-nect it to Gorakhpur, the constructionof the around 92 km-long GorakhpurLink Expressway is in progress.

Even the rugged Bundelkhand isgetting its share of highways. The con-struction of the 297 km-longBundelkhand Expressway at a cost of�14,849 crore is under way, which willconnect the Bundelkhand region with

Delhi via the Agra-LucknowExpressway. This is not all. TheGovernment has even started a projectto construct a Ganga Expressway thatwill connect Meerut with Prayagraj.

If there is a network of roadsacross UP, can air connectivity be farbehind? Till 2017, only two cities of UPwere connected by air but now thisnumber has gone up to 12. Besides,construction of Asia’s largest JewarInternational Green Field Airport inNoida is going at a fast pace in collab-oration with Zurich AirportInternational AG.

Any industrial exercise alwaysleads to job creation. This is evident inUP as with an investment of about �3lakh crore through the first and secondground-breaking ceremonies and othermeans, more than 33 lakh people havegot direct and indirect employment.Besides this, the BJP Government hasgiven Government jobs to three lakhyouths in three years. Of this 1.5 lakhpersonnel were recruited in the policeforce. After the registration of over10lakh youth for skill development train-ing, more than 8.48 lakh youth havebeen trained and more than three lakhyouth have been employed so far. Infact, UP was awarded a gold medal byASSOCHAM for being the best State inskill development.

The efforts put in by Adityanathunder the guidance of Modi havestarted showing results. It is just a mat-ter of time before this State will becomeone of the best States of India not onlyon the issue of governance but also onimparting education, health servicesand providing jobs to the people.

(The writer is Member, LegislativeCouncil, and vice-president, UP unit ofthe BJP).

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India went into lockdown mode inMarch and people in almost all sec-tions of society have been facing

socio-economic difficulties since then.The almost insurmountable challengein front of policymakers has been tobalance lives and livelihoods. Theuncertainties of the lockdown entwinedwith health and safety concerns disrupt-ed the market that faced a supply anddemand shock. These issues resulted ina historically low Gross DomesticProduct (GDP) growth rate of -23.9 percent in the first quarter of the currentfinancial year, with industrial growthshrinking by 40 per cent. However, itis expected to pick up in the subsequentquarters as stated by the Reserve Bank

of India (RBI) and the World Bank. Theeconomic consequences of the pan-demic and local lockdowns have beenwell-discussed and are surfacing in theGDP and industrial production num-bers.

However, there is another side ofthe issue which is quietly creeping upand that is the social consequences aris-ing out of the lack of skill training.Certainly, this social and educationalconsequence will translate into eco-nomic adversity over a period.According to the All India Survey onHigher Education (AISHE), India’sgross enrolment ratio was 27.4 per centfor 2017-18. This is not a great figureas compared to the other developingcountries. This is further battered by thepossible decline in enrolment this yearowing to constrained access to educa-tional institutions and infrastructure formany unprivileged students, particular-ly in rural India. Given the contagion,the Indian education regime had to shiftgear to the online mode. Thanks to theinternet that, at least, served an option

for continuing education. But the ques-tion is: Is this viable on the ground? Willour students contribute to the humancapital and participate in the her-culean task of reviving the Indianeconomy? The presence of internet anddigital infrastructure along with theirsignificant (about 50 per cent) penetra-tion in the country have come today asa boon for education and for impart-ing training to aspirants. In this back-drop, the Pradhan Mantri e-VidyaProgramme was launched, which uni-fies all efforts related to digital, onlineand on-air education. Furthermore, top100 universities were permitted tostart online courses from May 30without any fresh approval from edu-cation regulators. States, such asKarnataka, too, announced policies foronline education.

However, there exist certainunprecedented challenges for movingtowards online education, which is theneed of the hour. It has not onlychanged the way students from KG topost-graduation learn, but also has sig-

nificantly altered the methods andmaterials of teaching for educators andparents. The fundamental constituentto enable online education is digitalinfrastructure, including high-speedinternet and supporting devices (desk-top, laptop, tablet or mobile phone).These prerequisites of online educationhave further expanded the gap betweenthe upper and middle class and urbanand rural populations of the country interms of access to education even afterpromulgation of the Right to Education.

Education and skill training havealways been a two-way communicationand feedback process that may not bedone in the online mode as effectivelyas it can be done in classrooms and lab-oratories. It is difficult to imagine stu-dents learning biology, physics andchemistry without actually experi-menting in laboratories. It is quiteimportant to differentiate knowledgeand skill in this context. Knowledge canbe delivered and learned from literature.However, skill-imparting needs exper-iment and experience that may not be

feasible in the online mode of learning.India, as an industrialising nation,

cannot afford to have an engineer withbookish knowledge of a combustionengine without having the skill todesign and operate it. Historically, theindustry-academia gap has alwaysexisted in India. A McKinsey report hadflagged the issue, a decade ago, that justa quarter of engineers in India wereactually employable. Now, the onlineeducation model producing graduateswith lack of skills may aggravate theemployability issue further. This maylead to a deteriorated human capital andunderemployment in the economydue to the fact that a large pool of thepresent unskilled human capital com-ing out of the online pedagogy will jointhe workforce in the future, faceemployability challenges and take alonger period to be skillful and join theproductive workforce of the nation.

Given the necessity of the onlineeducation system, at present, we mustacknowledge and address these issues,challenges and the consequences asso-

ciated with it. The lack of digital infra-structure in rural and unprivileged sec-tions has posed implementation chal-lenges on the ground, leading to socialinequalities. However, the major worrylies in the outcome of this new regimeof online education system in terms ofskill and lack of employability of thehuman capital that will have the greatresponsibility of putting the Indianeconomy back on its growth trajecto-ry with equitable development.

It is high time we think aboutbridging the gap between rural andurban digital infrastructure for onlineeducation and imparting employableskills. The National Education Policy(NEP) aims to reform the educationsystem by 2030 in a push towards anAtmanirbhar Bharat. One hopes thatthe NEP bridges the gap between theindustry and the academia in terms ofemployable skills and gives an equallearning and growth opportunity to all.

(The writer is a Senior ResearchScholar, Department of ManagementStudies, IIS, Bengaluru)

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Washington: US PresidentDonald Trump on Monday saidthat his Democratic Counterpartsupported China’s entry into theWorld Trade Organisation(WTO) along with the NorthAmerican Free TradeAgreement (NAFTA), termingthe two as the “most disastroustrade deals” in history.

“Biden supported NAFTAand he supported China’s entryinto the World TradeOrganisation--the two mostdisastrous deals in history. Weare looking at the World TradeOrganisation, they have beenvery nice to us and they aretalking to us differently thanthey do because if they don’tshape up, we will ship out,”Trump told reporters.

He further went on to slamChina for “not playing by therules” in the WTO.

“The reason why theWorld Trade Organisation is sobad is that China didn’t play bythe rules. We did but their ruleswere easier considering that

they were a developing nation.They had such a lower stan-dard,” he added.

He further slammed Bidensaying, “If Biden wins, China willown this country.” He alsoclaimed that under his admin-istration, the US would becomea manufacturing superpower“ending the reliance” with China.

“If Biden wins, China willown this country. Under myadministration, we will makeAmerica a manufacturing super-power of the world and will endour reliance on China. Whetherit is decoupling or putting inmassive tariffs, we are going toend our reliance on China,”Trump said further. AGENCY

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Hong Kong: Twelve peoplefrom Hong Kong arrested asthey reportedly sailed toTaiwan for political asylumwill “have to be dealt with” bymainland China, but the cityGovernment would try to pro-vide assistance, Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam said on Tuesday.

Chinese authorities arrest-ed the 12 people on Aug. 23after intercepting a boat off thecoast of the southern mainlandprovince of Guangdong. Localmedia have reported they wereheaded to Taiwan to apply forpolitical asylum.

“The question is not aquestion of simply getting(them) back,” Lam told a reg-ular weekly press conference.

“If these Hong Kong resi-dents were arrested for breach-ing mainland offences thenthey have to be dealt withaccording to the mainland lawsand in accordance to the juris-diction before any other thingscould happen.”

Lam added that her gov-ernment had “a duty to renderassistance” to Hong Kong res-idents “caught in all sorts of sit-uations” abroad and the gov-ernment’s representative officein Guangzhou, Guangdong’scapital, will look into ways to

provide that assistance andliaise with mainland authori-ties.

News agency AFP report-ed on Monday lawyers repre-senting some of those capturedhave been denied access totheir clients. Lam did notaddress that particular aspectwhen asked.

Neither mainland norHong Kong authorities havepublicly confirmed who hasbeen arrested, but local mediahave identified some of them asfacing prosecution for involve-ment in pro-democracyprotests last year.

One man, Andy Li, wasrecently arrested under asweeping national security lawimposed by Beijing on thesemiautonomous Asian finan-

cial hub on June 30. Another isa dual national with HongKong and Portuguese citizen-ship.

The Guangdong CoastGuard, which announced thearrests on its social media plat-form late on Aug. 26, said twoof the detained were surnamedLi and Tang, without providingfurther details.

It is not clear what chargesthey face, beyond potentiallyillegal border crossing.

Lam also reiterated aremark made last week whichstoked further worries thatHong Kong had taken a moreauthoritarian turn, saying thecity had no separation of pow-ers, and that its executive, leg-islative and judicial powers werederived from Beijing. AGENCY

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Beijing: The United States onTuesday accused China of“threatening” and “harassing”foreign journalists after itrefused to renew press creden-tials for several employees ofAmerican media organisations.

The two superpower rivalshave restricted reporter visas —with China expelling journal-ists — as brinkmanship overtrade and tech, Hong Kong andthe coronavirus, spills overinto the media.

China’s record of “threat-ening, harassing, and expellingUS and other foreign journal-ists goes back decades”, US StateDepartment spokeswomanMorgan Ortagus said in a state-ment provided by the USEmbassy in Beijing.

The Chinese ForeignMinistry recently informed theUS embassy in Beijing of newcurbs on foreign reporters “bydenying them press cardrenewals and refusing to processpending visa applications forjournalists who were expelledearlier this year,” she said. TheForeign Correspondents’ Clubof China (FCCC) on Mondayconfirmed the action, saying atleast five journalists at fourmedia groups — including theWall Street Journal, CNN andBloomberg — had been deniednew press cards.

More are expected to receivesimilar treatment in comingweeks, placing further pressureon the already diminished for-eign press corps. AFP

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One of Belarus’s leadingopposition figures Maria

Kolesnikova has been detainedwhile trying to cross intoUkraine, border officials saidTuesday.

Kolesnikova was detainedwhile attempting to crossovernight with two othermembers of the opposition’sCoordination Council whowere able to pass through toUkraine, Anton Bychkovsky, aspokesman for the State BorderCommittee, told AFP.

She and the two othercouncil members, press secre-tary Anton Rodnenkov andexecutive secretary IvanKravtsov, had disappeared onMonday.

Bychkovsky saidRodnenkov and Kravtsov wereable to cross into Ukraine, andthe Ukrainian embassy inMinsk confirmed to AFP theywere in the country.

Kolesnikova was beingheld and “an investigation isunder way to legally assess thesituation,” Bychkovsky said.

State news agency Beltaquoted border officials as say-

ing the three had tried to crossthe border in a BMW cararound 4:00 am Tuesday.

The Coordination Councilwas set up to ensure a peace-ful transfer of power afterPresident AlexanderLukashenko’s main rivalSvetlana Tikhanovskaya reject-ed his claim to have won anAugust 9 presidential electionwith 80 per cent of the vote.

The disputed election hassparked widespread protestsand a harsh police crackdownthat has seen several thousandpeople arrested.

Germany and Britain hadon Monday demanded answersafter Kolesnikova went missingand allies said she had beensnatched off the streets byunidentified men in black.

Kolesnikova, 38, is theonly one of the trio of womenwho fronted Tikhanovskaya’scampaign to remain inBelarus.

Tikhanovskaya left thecountry under pressure fromthe authorities and was grant-ed refuge in EU member stateLithuania, while her other cam-paign partner, VeronikaTsepkalo, is now in Ukraine.

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The UN rights chief calledTuesday on Moscow to

conduct or cooperate with a“thorough, transparent, inde-pendent and impartial investi-gation” into the alleged nerveagent attack on Russian oppo-sition leader Alexei Navalny.

Michelle Bachelet stressedthe need to get to the bottomof the poisoning, after Germanspecialists said they had“unequivocal proof ” that theweapons-grade nerve agentNovichok was used in theattack.

“It is incumbent on theRussian authorities to fullyinvestigate who was responsi-ble for this crime, a very seri-ous crime that was committedon Russian soil,” she said in astatement.

The 44-year-old anti-cor-ruption campaigner and oneof President Vladimir Putin’sfiercest critics, fell ill on adomestic flight last monthand was treated in a Siberianhospital before being evacuat-ed to Berlin. The attackmarked the latest in a long lineof assassination attemptsagainst Putin’s critics.

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Geneva: The Saudi trial intothe killing of critic JamalKhashoggi has lacked trans-parency and fallen short onassigning accountability forthe crime, the UN humanrights office said on Tuesday.

A Saudi Arabian court onMonday jailed eight people forbetween seven and 20 years forthe 2018 murder of Saudi jour-nalist Jamal Khashoggi, statemedia reported, four monthsafter his family forgave hiskillers and enabled death sen-tences to be set aside.

UN spokesman RupertColville, noting that the UnitedNations opposes the deathpenalty, told a Geneva briefing:“This is case where there has

not been proper transparencyin the justice process, thoseresponsible should be prose-cuted and given sentences com-mensurate with the crime.”

“There is a whole issue oftransparency and accountabiltyin the case,” he said. AGENCY

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saidTuesday that cartoons of theprophet Mohammed that wererepublished by a French satir-ical magazine last week were“unforgivable”.

“The grave and unforgiv-able sin committed by a Frenchweekly in insulting the lumi-nous and holy personality of(the) Prophet revealed, oncemore, the hostility and mali-cious grudge harboured bypolitical and cultural organi-sations in the West againstIslam and the Muslim com-munity,” Khamenei said in anEnglish-language statement.

“The excuse of ‘freedom ofexpression’ made by someFrench politicians in order notto condemn this grave crime ofinsulting the Holy Prophet iscompletely unacceptable,wrong and demagogic.” AFP

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London: A British judge toldWikiLeaks founder JulianAssange on Tuesday that hisextradition hearing will proceedwithout him if he continues tospeak from the dock and inter-rupt witnesses.

Vanessa Baraitser brieflyadjourned the hearing atLondon’s Central CriminalCourt after Assange interrupt-ed defense witness Clive StaffordSmith, who was giving evi-dence. Assange’s outburst could-n’t be heard by journalists fol-lowing proceedings by videolink.

Assange is fighting anattempt by American prosecu-tors to extradite him to the USto stand trial on spying charges.US prosecutors have indicted the49-year-old Australian on 18espionage and computer misusecharges over WikiLeaks’ publi-cation of secret US military

documents a decade ago. Thecharges carry a maximum sen-tence of 175 years in prison.

Assange’s lawyers say theprosecution is a politically moti-vated abuse of power that willstifle media freedom and putjournalists at risk around theworld.

Addressing Assange, thejudge said: “You will hear things,no doubt many things, you dis-agree with during these pro-ceedings.”

“If you interrupt proceed-ings it is open to me to proceedin your absence,” she added.

On Monday, when the hear-ing opened, Baraitser rejectedrequests by Assange’s lawyers todelay his extradition hearinguntil next year so they can havemore time to respond to U.S.Allegations that he conspiredwith hackers to obtain classifiedinformation. AP

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Police in China’s InnerMongolia region have

detained at least 23 people fol-lowing protests last weekagainst a new policy thatreplaces Mongolian-languagetextbooks with Chinese ones inclassrooms.

The push to use the newtextbooks, which started inother ethnic minority regionssuch as Xinjiang and Tibet in2017, has prompted demon-strations and school boycotts byethnic Mongolians in at least fivecities and counties in InnerMongolia. The 23 detentionswere across eight banners, theregional word for counties,according to an Associated Presstally of nine local police reportsover the past several days.

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Bangkok: Two soldiers whodeserted from Myanmar’s armyhave testified on video that theywere instructed by command-ing officers to “shoot all thatyou see and that you hear” invillages where minorityRohingya lived, a human rightsgroup said Tuesday.

The comments appear tobe the first public confession bysoldiers of involvement in

army-directed massacres, rapeand other crimes againstRohingya Muslims in theBuddhist-majority country.

More than 700,000Rohingya have fled Myanmarto neighboring Bangladeshsince August 2017 to escapewhat Myanmar’s military calleda clearance campaign followingan attack by a Rohingya insur-gent group in Rakhine state.

Myanmar’s governmenthas denied accusations thatsecurity forces committed massrapes and killings and burnedthousands of homes. The groupsaid the two army privates fledthe country last month and arebelieved to be in the custody ofthe International CriminalCourt in the Netherlands,which is examining the vio-lence against the Rohingya.

Asked about the two sol-diers, an ICC spokesman saidTuesday that “We have no newpersons under arrest.” The twomen “separately claimed to beacting on orders from seniorcommanders to ‘exterminate all(Rohingya),’ to ‘shoot all thatyou see and that you hear,’ andto ‘kill all’ Rohingya in specif-ic areas,” Fortify Rights said ina statement. AP

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The Government plans tosell about 15-20 per cent

stake in IRCTC via offer forsale (OFS) and would like tocomplete the transaction inminimum number of tranches.

Last month, theDepartment of Investment andPublic Asset Management(DIPAM) had invited bids frommerchant bankers bySeptember 10 for managing thesale in Indian Railway Cateringand Tourism Corp (IRCTC).

However, it did not dis-close the quantum of stake onoffer in the Request forProposal (RFP).

Following this, a pre-bidmeeting was held onSeptember 4 with potentialbidders.

DIPAM has now posted itsresponse to the queries raisedby potential bidders on itswebsite.

To a query on intendedstake dilution percentage,DIPAM said, “The indicativepercentage is 15 per cent to 20per cent. The exact details willbe shared with the selected

merchant bankers.”The government current-

ly holds 87.40 per cent stake inIRCTC. To meet Sebi's publicholding norm, it has to lowerits stake in the company to 75per cent. Shares of IRCTC onTuesday closed 2.57 per centlower at Rs 1,378.05 on the SE.

Asked if payment would bemade by the government tomerchant banker after com-pletion of every single trancheor cumulatively after the com-pletion of entire transaction,DIPAM said, “GOI would notlike to have an OFS overhangand hence would like to com-plete the transaction in mini-mum number of tranches asadvised by merchant bankersbased on market conditions.

“In case more than onetranche is used, pro-rata pay-ment would be made to themerchant bankers”.

IRCTC, the only entityauthorised by Indian Railwaysto provide catering services torailways, online railway ticketsand packaged drinking water atrailway stations and trains inIndia, was listed on stockexchanges in October 2019.

New Delhi: Vodafone Ideamanaging director and chiefexecutive officer RavinderTakkar will not be given anyremuneration during his cur-rent tenure of three years,according to a proposal by thecompany. Vodafone IdeaLimited (VIL) may bearexpenses incurred by Takkarfor the business of the compa-ny, the notice for the 25thannual general meeting of thecompany stated. The AGM isscheduled to be held onSeptember 30. VIL appoint-ed Takkar as its MD and CEOfollowing the resignation ofBalesh Sharma from the post.

According to the notice,Takkar has been appointed asMD and CEO for a period ofthree years with effect fromAugust 19, 2019. He will begiven “nil remuneration”. Hispredecessor Sharma was paidRs 8.59 crore in remunerationduring his tenure and he wasnot entitled to any increase inthe remuneration during 2019-20. PTI

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Domestic rating agencyIndia Ratings and

Research on Tuesday reviseddownward the country's FY21GDP growth forecast to (-) 11.8per cent, lowest in Indian his-tory, from an earlier estimate of(-) 5.3 per cent.

The agency, however,expects the economy to grow at9.9 per cent in FY22 helpedmainly by the weak base ofFY21.

“India Rating's FY21 GDPgrowth forecast of negative11.8 per cent will be the low-est GDP growth in the Indianhistory (GDP data is availablefrom FY-1951) and sixthinstance of economic contrac-tion, others being in FY-1958,FY-1966, FY-1967, FY-1973and FY-1980. The previouslowest was negative 5.2 per centin FY-1980,” the rating agencysaid in a report.

It estimates economic lossin FY21 to be Rs 18.44 lakh

crore. In the April-June quarter

of FY21, GDP grew at (-) 23.9per cent. It is the first contrac-tion in quarterly GDP dataseries which have been madeavailable in the public domainsince the first quarter of FY-1998.

According to the agency'sprincipal economist SunilKumar Sinha, none of thequarters in the current fiscal aregoing to witness a positive rateof growth.

“For that (positivegrowth), we will have to waitfor the fiscal year 2022. And inFY22, it is not going to happenin the first or the second quar-ter. It will probably happen inthe third or the fourth quarter,”he said while addressing awebinar.

The agency said the eco-nomic disruption caused byCOVID-19 has had a tellingimpact, not only on the econ-omy but also on jobs and liveli-hoods.

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Domestic markets pared allintra-day gains to close

with modest losses on Tuesdayas investors dialed down theirexposure to riskier assets amidfresh border tensions withChina.

A sliding rupee andmacroeconomic uncertaintiesfurther soured risk appetite,traders said.

The BSE Sensex over-came a choppy start to gainmomentum in the afternoonsession, but witnessed heavyselling in the last hour of trade.It finally closed at 38,365.35,down 51.88 points or 0.14 percent.

On similar lines, thebroader NSE Nifty slipped37.70 points or 0.33 per cent tofinish at 11,317.35.

Tata Steel was the top loserin the Sensex pack, shedding4.13 per cent, followed byBharti Airtel, Axis Bank,ONGC, Sun Pharma, NTPCand SBI.

On the other hand, HCLTech, Infosys, RelianceIndustries, TCS, ICICI Bankand Tech Mahindra wereamong the gainers, rising up to2.26 per cent.

On the macroeconomicfront, ratings agencies Fitch andIndia Ratings

projected deeper contrac-tion for the Indian economythis fiscal due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Meanwhile, the army saidChinese troops fired shots inthe air and attempted to closein on an Indian position ineastern Ladakh late on Mondaynight.

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AMumbai court on Tuesdayremanded Deepak

Kochhar, husband of formerICICI Bank CEO Chanda, inthe custody of the EnforcementDirectorate till September 19 ina money laundering case.

Deepak Kochhar wasarrested by the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) here onMonday under sections of thePrevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA) inconnection with the ICICIBank-Videocon money laun-

dering case probe.Officials had said he was

placed under arrest as theagency wants to put him undercustodial interrogation toobtain more details about somefresh evidence gathered in thiscase, that was filed under thecriminal sections of the anti-money laundering law inJanuary last year.The probingagency produced DeepakKochhar before the court ofspecial PMLA judge Milind VKurtadikar, who remandedhim in the custody of ED tillSeptember 19.

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The Finance Ministry onTuesday said more than

42 crore people have received�68,820-crore financial assis-tance under the Government'sPradhan Mantri Garib KalyanYojana (PMGKP) to protectpoor and vulnerable from theimpact of Covid-19 crisis.

As part of the �1.70 lakhcrore PMGKP, announced byFinance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on March 26, thegovernment announced freefoodgrains and cash paymentto women, poor senior citizensand farmers.

The swift implementationof the package is being con-tinuously monitored by cen-tral and State Governmentsand around 42 crore poorpeople received financialassistance of �68,820 croreunder the PMGKP, theFinance Ministry said in astatement.

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India's auto sector is expect-ed to face challenges this year,

with the country's economypredicted to contract in 2020amid the pandemic, Moody'sInvestors Service said onTuesday.

According to it, auto unitsales will decline at least 30 percent in 2020, following adecline of over 40 per cent inthe seven months through July.

“The lower annual declinereflects our expectation of apickup in economic activityduring the remainder of 2020,

which also includes the festiveperiod - October throughDecember,” the Moody'sInvestors Service said in areport.

“A second wave of infec-tions and extension of lock-downs cast a shadow of risk onthese forecasts.

Also, tighter lending cri-teria could limit liquidity avail-able for consumers and autodealers.”

As per the report, lookingahead, unit sales will likelygrow around 20 per cent in2021, though clearly on a lowerbase.

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The Centre has reached outto the states again clarify-

ing that it would pay entireGST compensation dues tothem amid the mountingopposition over the borrowingoptions proposed in lieu of theshortfall in indirect tax collec-tions.

Sources in the FinanceMinistry said that the entireshortfall of compensation tothe states -- irrespective ofwhether it is on account of theGST implementation or Covidpandemic -- will be compen-sated and the same has beencommunicated to the statesagain.

“It has never been thestand of Union FinanceMinister that the loss of rev-enue due to Covid would notbe compensated. The Centralgovernment has, time andagain, committed that the enti-tlement of the states wouldalways be for full compensa-

tion. The entire compensationsum on account of shortfall incollections of Goods andServices Tax (GST) will bepaid and honoured”, a top gov-ernment source said.

Under the two options givento the states towards settlementof the GST compensation, thefirst option provides option toborrow by states and under aspecial dispensation from theRBI for a sum of about �97,000crore this year. This is theamount of shortfall calculated bythe Centre that is directly onaccount of the GST implemen-tation. The option two allowsstates to borrow from market theentire expected GST compen-sation shortfall of about�2,35,000 crore in FY21.

States have been asked toreturn with their views on theoptions so that the schemecould be operationalised.

Doubts arose over theoption 1 with few states sayingthat GST compensation wouldbe paid to states only for the

shortfall arising due to theimplementation of the newindirect tax regime and not theshortfall arising due Covid-19disruptions.

Finance Ministry sourcessaid that working out the rev-enue shortfall on account ofGST implementation is just amechanism to assess howmuch of the shortfall should bemet by borrowing and howmuch could be deferred.Borrowing for meeting theentire shortfall when the pri-vate sector is struggling tostand back on its feet couldhurt them badly.

“If states go for option 1and borrow Rs 97,000 crore, itdoes not mean they will haveto forego the remaining com-pensation.

The remaining compensa-tion will be paid to the statesafter the above borrowing hasbeen fully repaid. Therefore,where is the doubt about theCentre not meeting its com-mitment?”, asked a top

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contract 4.4 per cent in thecurrent year but revisedupwards China's growth esti-mate to 2.7 per cent for 2020.

In its September updateto the Global EconomicOutlook (GEO), Fitch Ratingscut its 2020 GDP forecast foremerging markets, excludingChina, to (-)5.7 per cent,from (-)4.7 per cent estimat-ed in June, mainly on accountof a huge downward revisionto India GDP forecast for thefinancial year ending March2021.

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the national capital onTuesday supported by rupeedepreciation, according toHDFC Securities. In theprevious trade, gold closed at�51,867 per 10 grams.Silveralso gained � 340 to�69,665 per kg, from�69,325 per kg in the previ-ous trade. “Spot gold pricesfor 24 karat in Delhi were upby Rs 122, supported byrupee depreciation,” HDFCSecurities Senior Analyst(Commodities) Tapan Patelsaid. The rupee depreciat-ed 25 paise and settled at73.63 (provisional) against aUS dollar on Tuesday.

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than one-week low of 73.60against the US dollar onTuesday amid growth con-cerns and fresh border ten-sions between India andChina.

A rise in demand for theUS currency from banks andimporters and forex outflowsweighed on the local cur-rency, according to forexdealers.

According to provision-al exchange data, foreigninvestors withdrew Rs1,056.52 crore from the cap-ital markets on Tuesday.

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Before selecting the real estatesector as a career option, it is amust to understand that a career

in this sector would be exciting,demanding, and monetarily rewarding.On the other hand, it must be clear inthe mind that the career in the realestate sector is not only about being realestate agents. There are many oppor-tunities for a person who is willing tochallenge himself to have a career in thedynamic sector like real estate. Themain thing is the hard work which isrequired for the profession.

While being a residential realtyconsultant/associate is one of theknown career options in this sector,it is by no means the only one. Thereis no denying that most of the high-profile career options in this sectorcomprise buying and selling residen-tial projects, but the sector has depth,and there are various jobs availablehere.

Being a real estate investor is oneof the opportunities in the Indian real-ty sector. Investor in real estate is onewho buys and modernises a proper-ty either for selling or renting pur-

poses. Active and passive are the twoways to be a realty investor. One candecide to be an active investor as yourclassic “house flipper.” A passiveinvestor is one who invests in a realestate project without interfering inthe daily management of a project.Even if one doesn't have much moneyto invest, then he/she can still becomean investor in crowdfunded real estateinvesting.

The second opportunity is a prop-erty manager. A major role is to main-tain property rentals by advertising &filling vacancies, settling, and impos-ing leases, and securing the premis-es. Besides, a project manager has cer-tain other roles including rent respon-sibilities, attracting tenants, screeningtenants, good knowledge of landlord-tenant Laws, maintenance & repair ofthe property, and managing the bud-get & maintaining financial records.Some brands outsource the projectmanagers depending on the size of theproperty and their requirements.

Another opportunity in the realestate sector is leasing consultantswhose responsibility is to present

residential property including flats,apartments, villas, etc to the potentialclients in an effective manner. Anotherrole is to assist residential landlords infinding out suitable and reliable ten-ants. Encouraging unoccupied prop-erties through different tools includ-ing media and advertising is also a keyrole of a leasing consultant.

Commercial leasing managers areoften assigned to office space orstorefronts and are also considered asone of the career options in the realestate sector. He is responsible to keepan eye and study changes in the mar-ketplace that can have an impact onthe budgets that a particular businesshas for various property needs.

A foreclosure professional can beappointed either by a bank or privatelender for handling the required doc-umentation and processes. The fore-closure professional is responsible toreview the client’s financial state-ments and process foreclosure casesso the property can be resold as quick-ly as possible. Such consultants mustbe organised and capable to finish thework in a fixed time frame.

A Real estate attorney is also anopportunity in this sector. An expe-rienced real estate attorney preparesand carefully checks the documentsincluding purchase agreements, mort-gage documents, and transfer docu-ments.

Many organisations appoint cor-porate real estate managers for han-dling and executing daily operationalactivities of commercial properties.Their major role is to respond to cus-tomer service queries, process cus-tomer work orders, needs, andrequirements.

Maximum companies hire cor-porate communication professionalsto handle operational activities relat-ed to public relations, advertising,social media, content development,and crisis management.

The Indian real estate sector is somuch more than residential realestate. It is surrounded with greatcareer opportunities that require dif-ferent strengths.

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School of Management has beenranked second in the Times BBAEducation Ranking Survey 2020.The Times Survey report was pub-lished today. The survey was con-ducted on the top BBA collegesoffering full time BBA courses inIndia.

The research had three majormodules including Desk Research,Factual survey & Perceptual Ratingsurvey. Post collection of data amethodical analysis was done to ratethe various BBA colleges that par-ticipated in the study and rank themaccordingly. The survey was execut-ed during the first week of July tothird week of August 2020.

The ranking process in the cur-rent year, imbibed a holistic researchmodule involving an objective studyand a perceptual study. While theobjective study is done to capture atrue reflection of what exists, the per-ceptual study on the other hand isdeemed important to comprehendhow the different actors and thestakeholders perceive the institutes.Thus, these two modules in tandemhelp to make the ranking processmore robust.

KSOM is one of the oldest pri-vate B-schools of the country with aglorious past, with 80 per cent facultyfrom corporate and half of them fromIIMs, IITs, XLRI, MDI and other topB Schools of the country.

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In a boost to thequest for sustainable

development in thecountry, AmritaVishwa Vidyapeetham(Amrita) has beenawarded a UNESCOChair for “ExperientialLearning forSustainable Innovation& Development.”

Through thisChair, the universitywill develop a com-prehensive frameworkfor academic engage-ment to build sustain-

able communities bydesigning a curricu-lum based on experi-ential learning. Thiscurriculum will enablethe academic commu-nity to acquire theknowledge, skills, atti-tudes and values nec-essary to implementsustainable solutionsamong vulnerable andrural communities.

The Chair will beheld by the universityfor the next four yearsunder the leadershipof Dr ManeeshaSudheer.

COVID-19 has completely trans-formed the market dynamics.

On the brighter side, it has givenbirth to new business opportunitiesand revenue models. Organisationswill now be looking to hire candi-dates who can bring distinct skillsas well as fresh ideas and innova-tion onboard. Hence, the demandfor job candidates with niche spe-cialisations will soar. Colleges anduniversities can meet post-pan-demic demand of industries andgroom their students in this direc-tion by integrating niche speciali-sations into their regular pro-grams.

Some of the niche specialisa-tions that are touted to gainmomentum in the new normal sce-nario are:

Banking and Microfinance The penetration of technology

and awareness about digital trans-actions have increased in ruralpockets. Tapping into this devel-opment, the government, NGOsand even corporates will tie-up with

microfinance institutions for last-mile reach to villages and remotelocations to transfer monetarybenefits of social/CSR schemes. Theoperations of the microfinancesector differ significantly from tra-ditional banking. A niche special-isation in this field can easilybridge the skill and knowledge gapbetween students and the microfi-nance industry.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)and Machine Learning (ML)

Almost every industry is incor-porating AI and ML technologiesin their business processes to gaina competitive advantage. AI andML will continue to break groundand find new applications in thefuture. Currently, there are barelya few higher education instituteswhich offer MBA or PGP in AI andML as a blended specialisation. Ahuge surge in demand of peoplewith AI and ML skills is expected,and hence, there is a dire need forniche specialisation courses in thisdomain.

Healthcare and HospitalManagement

The pandemic has put a majorburden on healthcare and hospitalsystem. Even the countries with thebest healthcare facilities are strug-gling to manage their capacityoptimally, run their operationssmoothly and maintain the quali-ty of their services. As key learningfrom COVID-19, hospitals andhealthcare institutes will now focuson addressing all these concernsand improving their processes.The number of hospitals and med-ical facilities will also rise to meetthe shortfall in capacity. Studentswho have niche specialisation inhealthcare and hospital manage-ment can pursue rewarding careersin operations, administration, cus-tomer service, public relations,audits, invoicing and other man-agerial roles.

Construction and Real EstateManagement

Currently, the Indian con-struction and real estate industry

primarily operates as an unorgan-ised sector. The construction andreal estate companies/brokers byand large have an upper hand overcustomers. There is also a lack ofprofessionalism, transparency andethics. As a result, most projects getdelayed, resulting in customergrievances. However, highly-skilledand suave professionals can bringmuch-needed reforms in thisindustry. A niche specialisation inconstruction and real estate indus-try can empower students toexplore careers in project manage-ment, estimation and costs andcontracts and vendor manage-ment. Sustainable construction,sales and marketing and customerservices are other areas whereniche specialisation in this indus-try can fast-track career growth.

Digital MarketingDigital marketing has estab-

lished its firm foothold in the pastfive years, but it emerged as a life-line during the pandemic.Organisations have realised thatdigital marketing can ensure busi-ness continuity even in the tough-est times. While the number ofonline and offline digital market-ing courses have witnessed a sharprise in the past few years, the cur-rent supply is less than demand.There is an urgent need to offermore digital marketing specialisa-tions. At the same time, thesecourses should be customised tosuit the business requirements sothat students can apply their learn-ing in the real-world scenariowithout hiccups.

Niche specialisations are gain-ing momentum and here to stay. It’shigh time that higher educationinstitutes incorporate them intotheir curriculum to expand theirofferings, benefit the students andmeet industry expectations.���(������� ;�����*�3��������3��@$H

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The current outbreak has createda state of uncertainty across theglobe and has been seen impact-

ing various sectors as well as careerpaths. The future of careers is unde-termined, as even the top-notch analystsfail to predict it right. Buzz words suchas Genome Technology, Neurobiology,Drones, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics,Big data, Internet of Things,Astrophysics and similar areas ofresearch are revolutionising the worldof career.

In this scenario, the children in theirteenage would not be able to analyse thechanges around the world or under-stand the trends in education, take rightdecisions related to career and navigateto the most appropriate future all bythemselves. They need external helpwhich should ideally be learned supportfrom parents.

The popular notion of “their career,their life; let them decide, do not inter-fere” does not work well with a lot ofstudents and might even be tagged asa redundant thought in the 21st centu-ry. Instead, the modern times demandevery parent to incarnate as newagecareer gurus, who get self-ready to makechildren ready for the future. This is thetime to upgrade themselves and trans-form into career gurus from ordinaryparents.

Here is how the guardians canupgrade themselves smoothly andguide their children to select the rightfuture.

Learn about various careeroptions, courses and universities

Parents should learn about thechanges happening around the world ofcareer. They should focus on beingaware of the diverse opportunities that

lie ahead of students, including profes-sions such as blockchain experts, digi-tal marketing professionals and micro-biologists. The point is to achieve clar-ity about the different courses; rightfrom being an oceanographer to find-ing the best universities to study pub-lic health management. This would helpparents holding a meaningful conver-sation with children about their edu-cation and career. Once they start edu-cating themselves about differentstreams and careers, their child will startlistening to them mindfully.

Use scientific tools to discover thetrue potential of children and mapthem to suitable careers

Every career path is teeming withnew opportunities and sectors areswarming with cut-throat competi-tion, so it is imperative to understandthe obstacles that lie for the students inthe near future and address them.Although people are competing withhuman-colleagues at the moment, how-ever, in the next 10 years, they mighteven have to organise rallies to ensurereservations for human beings in jobs.The next-generation children may haveto compete with robots and machinesto get employed. Only if the right peo-ple reach the right place, children canperform well in this competitive world.Accidental success or ‘any person doing

any job’ scenario would not be the bestsolution or continue for long. Instead,the need of the hour demands parentsto use scientific tools to understand thestrengths, competencies and aptitude ofchildren and guide them with thecareers accordingly.

Interact with senior experts in var-ious industries

In the past, people often used totake children to meet veterans from var-ious walks of life and make them listento the experiences of their elders.Today, it is important to get back to sim-ilar roots but with a fresher perspectiveand productive approach. It’s not abouttaking the child to the seniors, butinstead, the parents should connect withacclaimed mentors to understand thepulse of the changes scenarios world-wide so that they can guide their chil-dren aptly. This will help them becomeaware of the diversity of professions andthus enable them to mentor kids bet-ter.

The new world is no more aboutpassive parenting, but active involve-ment in the education and career deci-sions of children. This is fundamental-ly different from parents imposingtheir dreams on children. Instead ofbeing a parent that imposes theirthoughts on the child, this approachhelps them in becoming the mosttrusted advisors of their children. Thiswill further make students look up totheir guardians and seek their guidance.

It is time for parents to questionthemselves and ask if they’re capable ofproviding the right kind of support totheir children. This will further helpthem evolve into super parents andmentor their children rightly.

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Under the Unnat BharatAbhiyan (UBA), the flagship

programme of the Ministry ofHuman Resource Development(MHRD), SRM Institute ofScience and Technology(SRMIST), Kattankulathur hasadopted eight villages.

The aim of this programmeis to transform rural India. Basedon the guidelines layout byMHRD, SRMIST has adopted thevillages of Anjur, Pattaravakkam,Thenmelpakkam, Orathur,N a t t a r a s a m p a t t u ,Chettipunniyam, Kalivandapattu,

and Kolathur.Out of 59 project proposals

submitted by SRMIST for theupliftment of rural people inthese adopted villages, threeprojects were funded by UBAduring the academic year 2018-19. They are — End-To-EndIntegrated Rationing System forDistribution of Provisions havebeen completed at Anjur village,Reverse osmosis plant, and ROwater plant installed atGovernment School of Orathurvillage and Versatile Anaerobicreactor for Households to YieldBiogas by Utilising waste (KisanVahyu) at Orathur village.

Apart from these, variousdevelopment projects such asSwachh Bharat SummerInternship, Student SolarAmbassador Initiative, Ban onSingle-use Plastic AwarenessPrograms, RO Water PlantProject, School Improvement byproviding furniture and electri-cal appliances, Smart Classroom,Medical Camp and Distributionof Educational Learning Kitsfor Science Lab and SwachhataHi Seva Campaign.

Apart from this SRMISThas also donated furniture worth�2 lakhs to a Govt. MiddleSchool, Thenmelpakkam vil-

lage, Kattankulathur Panchayatunion.

For all these commendableefforts, SRMIST was awardedRank 1 for Swachh CampusRanking 2019 by MHRD, Rank1 for “One Student One Tree”project and Rank 3 for “Cleanand Smart Campus” by AICTE.

The institution has under-taken umpteen projects in theform of its Corporate Socialresponsibility schemes, SwachhBharat Summer Internship,awareness campaigns to makethe villages ODF, and to ban sin-gle-use plastics and tree plantation.

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The University of Sheffield,UK is inviting applications

for Medical Microbiology BSccourse starting in September2021.

This course will give abroad understanding of micro-biology with an emphasis ontopics of medical relevance,allowing students to under-stand how microbes live, as wellas ways to disrupt diseaseprocesses, before putting theirskills and knowledge into prac-tice in the lab. Students willstudy the importance of bacte-ria, viruses and other microbesin the environment and aspathogens. Students will alsolearn about how we can manip-ulate their genetic makeup to

put microbes to good use inbiotechnology, allowing us tobetter understand and tacklethe global threat of antimicro-bial-resistant infections.

Eligibility: Applicants witha minimum aggregate of 75 percent and 75-80 per cent in keysubjects (including two sci-ence subjects) at Standard XIIwill typically be consideredfor direct admission to thiscourse. IELTS grade of 6.5with a minimum of 6.0 ineach component; or an alter-native acceptable English lan-guage qualification.

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India’s premier cultural insti-tution, the National Centre

for the Performing Arts(NCPA) in collaboration withHSBC will be hosting a work-shop on ‘The Convergence ofDigitisation and the Arts’ onSeptember 12, 2020 from 3:30pm as part of their initiative onancillary skill development forthe artiste community.

Considering the COVID-19 has impacted this commu-nity largely with no live per-formances, the workshop willintroduce artistes to platforms,processes and means to beable to enhance their engage-ment online.

Supported by HSBC,renowned Kathak dancerKeerthi Kumar will be taking a

live audience through touch-points that enable performersto conduct virtual classrooms,online performances, confer-ences & seminars using a mixof household equipment,handy tools and subscription-based software.

This live dialogue willcover variety of subjects thatmake it imperative for an artistto re-look at monetisation inthe new normal. From homeacoustics & lighting systemsettings to re-modelling teach-ing methodologies for the dig-ital medium, the workshopwill cover a number of signif-icant aspects. All of these areaimed at elevating the digitalmedium to thereby helpingcontent creators’ brand & pro-mote themselves to audiencesacross the globe.

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In India, about 3.6 lakh MBAcandidates graduate every year.But due to the Coronavirus sit-

uation, the business schools (B-schools) have had to make changesto their traditional manner ofteaching, and these changes willhave an impact on the students.

Most MBA programmes haveannounced that they are planningto go digital by providing onlineclasses to their students. A lot ofinstitutions have pushed theirMBA application deadlines. Theyhave also announced that they willreopen the campuses when it issafe for students to start attendingclasses in colleges. It means thatthe MBA candidates will have toattend classes online and probablyeven in classrooms.

Classrooms provide a spacefor the students to attend classeswith their peers, to discuss topicsand to clear their doubts imme-diately. When they take up onlinesessions, they will miss out on thecampus experience and also theface-to-face interaction with otherstudents and faculty members.

But they will learn a lot whenit comes to situation manage-ment, and they will also be able toattend webinars and other online

sessions provided by the institu-tions.

Given how the MBA pro-grammes are changing, the cours-es will test more than just the aca-demic potential of a candidate.They will now be a test of the can-didate’s ability to manage crises.

If a candidate attends theMBA programme on campus,they will have to work on projectsand case studies in teams. Whenthey are with the teams in college,it is easy to have discussions,share ideas and complete projectswhen they are with the team. Butthe current situation does not per-mit that.

In this situation, it comesdown to who takes up the leader-ship role, who brings the teamtogether and who manages thework. The impact of theCoronavirus on the job market hasmade MBA aspirants think twicebefore they choose their MBA pro-gramme. When an aspirantdecides to do an MBA, they canchoose to specialise in the field oftheir choice.

The trend of choosing theright specialisation had begun afew years ago. But the candidateshave now realised the importance

of acquiring the specific skills toget their dream job roles.

MBA in GeneralManagement, which gives a broadsense of management and busi-ness, was an MBA programmewhich was in demand. But now,MBA aspirants choose specificMBA courses. They are now keento explore the options available tothem that include STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering andMathematics) programmes as well.

For someone interested inunderstanding the challenges andimportance of sustainable devel-opment, B-schools offer an MBAin Sustainable Development.Students learn the techniques andmethods to bring about sustain-able development, be it within acorporate environment or in otherbusinesses.

Candidates can choose to pur-sue an MBA in Logistics andSupply Chain Management,Blockchain Management andInnovation Management, to statea few. B-schools across the world,including Harvard BusinessSchool, Indian Institute ofManagement, EU Business Schooland Wharton Business Schooloffer different MBA specialisations

options to its candidates. Due tothis, there is an increased chancefor students to get admitted intothe course of their choice.

Every MBA programme willhave a unique offering, and everyB-school has their way of teachingtheir students. It is up to the can-didate to go through the detailsprovided by the B-schools, do theirresearch and find out which pro-gramme and which B-school suitsthem the most.

To make this decision, thecandidate has to know themselvesfirst. They have to know theirstrengths and weaknesses tochoose the MBA programme thatsuits their personality and aspira-tions. But it is also necessary tounderstand the scope of the pro-gramme the B-school offers.

Understanding the scope ofthe programme will help themunderstand the job roles and paypackages that they will receiveafter they graduate. A point thatall graduates have to remember isthat an MBA is an investment,both in terms of money and time.It is important to make the rightdecision and give it the best dur-ing a crisis time like this.���(���������/#������/� 9-�����1�����

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avenues for employment. The IBPS POexam is conducted in two stages —Preliminary exam and the Mains exam.There are sectional cut-offs and over-all cut-offs. You should aim for a highscore to make it to the final merit list.The difficulty level of the exam has beenincreasing, so a strong understandingof the fundamentals along with asound strategy is required .

Mastering the ABC of the Englishlanguage section

This section has seen the intro-duction of new types of questions aswell as variants of standard questions.Practice all types of questions that havecome in the Prelims and Mains in thelast five years. Make grammar andvocabulary your forte. Questions basedon these can be answered with goodaccuracy in less time.

A good strategy in the exam is tostart with the questions that require lesstime to attempt — Cloze test, Fill in theblanks, Synonyms/Antonyms, Spottingerrors, vocabulary based questions.Para-based questions and reading com-prehension (except the vocabularyquestions if any) should be attemptedin the end — if time permits. Complexvariants of parajumbles which aretime-consuming have appeared in theMains in the last few years .

Making the numbers count in theQuantitative Ability section

Score high in this section by judi-ciously choosing the questions toattempt. Learn the multiplication tablestill 20, reciprocals till 12, and squaresand cubes of numbers 1 to 30. Makesure that you grasp the basic conceptswell.

A good strategy in the exam is notto attempt the questions in the ordergiven, but to pick the easy questions inthe first round. Pick the doable ques-tions which require more time to solvein the second round.

It will be better if one started withSimplification/Approximation, miss-ing series, Quadratic equations. Followup with Data Interpretation (Ratio &Average based questions ) — important

for the Mains. The data from a set maylook complicated but the questions canbe simple. Look for easy questions evenin the difficult sets. Revise chapters onArithmetic, Probability (basic level),P&C. Use approximations whereverpossible.

Tackling the Reasoning Abilitysection

Solve the questions in the follow-ing order: Inequality, Syllogisms,Coding-Decoding, Blood-relations andsome other miscellaneous questions.After these, you can solve puzzles/ seat-ing arrangement questions. Pay atten-tion to the weightage of questions.Attempt Critical Reasoning questionslater.

Keeping yourself up-to-dateRegular reading of newspapers

along with any monthly magazine oncurrent affairs is a must. Keep yourselfabreast with the last six months of news.Focus on economy, budget, politics, andbanking awareness. Learn capitals ofcountries, books and authors, latestcomputer terminology.

Avoid guesswork in all sections asit can fetch negative marks. Timemanagement, full dedication and prop-er guidance will lead to success in theexams.

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The Lane CommunityCollege invites appli-cations for the New

International StudentScholarships in the US. Thestipend is intended to com-pensate residents of anynationality who exhibit themost elevated academicgreatness and potential.

Eligibility: Requirerecipients to be a full-time F-1 international student onLane’s I-20; Are awardedthrough a competitiveprocess. Require recipientsto volunteer 25 hours of ser-vice. Are applied to therecipients’ tuition after stu-dents are fully enrolled atLane. Recipients are advisedto upload a copy of themost recent transcript and acopy of a student’s perma-nent academic record.

Admission require-ment: Candidates are need-ed to hold a high school cer-tificate. Language require-ments: Aspirants whose firstlanguage is not English areusually required to provideevidence of proficiency inEnglish at the higher levelrequired by the University.

How to apply :Applicants are required to beenrolled in the universityundergraduate course. Aftertaking the affirmation, stu-dents are allowed to submit

their application for thisgrant.Application deadline: It

is October 30, 2020.

The Brigham YoungUniversity invites applica-tions for its academic pro-grams for internationalstudents. Prospective newfreshmen are eligible toapply for undergraduatescholarships in the USA.

Eligibility: All nation-alities can apply. Entrancerequirements: Prospectivenew freshmen are eligible toapply for undergraduatefinancial aid beginning withthe term/semester they areadmitted. Freshmen mustsubmit all admissions mate-rials to the AdmissionsOffice by the programmedeadline in order to be con-sidered for programmes .

All international appli-cants for whom English isnot the native tongue mustprovide proof of compe-tence in the English lan-guage. The BYU anticipatesawarding approximatelyone-fourth of the newincoming freshmen stu-dents.

How to apply :Applicants should completethe BYU Scholarship onlineapplication form. TheUniversity encourages allstudents to complete theonline application, regard-less of their circumstances.

Application deadline: Itis December 15, 2020.

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Don’t tell Dominic Thiemthe US Open is diminishedin any way just because it’s

the first Grand Slam tournamentsince the 2004 French Open with-out at least one of Roger Federer,Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovicin the quarterfinals.

“It doesn’t matter at all if theBig Three are here or not,” the No2-seeded Thiem said on Mondayafter beating No 15 Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1 in thefourth round at FlushingMeadows.

“Everybody wants their handson the trophy,” said Thiem, whowon almost half of Auger-Aliassime’s service points, 46 of 88.

“It doesn’t really matter whothey’re going to beat.”

Djokovic — seeded No 1,unbeaten this season and theoverwhelming favorite — wasdisqualified on Sunday after unin-tentionally hitting a line judge inthe throat with a ball after drop-

ping a game in the first set againstPablo Carreño Busta.

Nadal (pandemic concerns)and Federer (two knee operations)did not enter the tournament at all.

This ends a run of 13 con-secutive major championshipswon by a member of the BigThree.

“It’s been getting pretty bor-ing,” said Denis Shapovalov, thefirst Canadian man to reach theUS Open quarterfinals, “withthese three guys winning everytournament.”

None of the men left hasever earned so much as one Slamtrophy yet.

The quarterfinals on thebottom half of the draw will beThiem against No 21 Alex deMinaur; and No 10 AndreyRublev against No 3 DaniilMedvedev. On the top half,where Djokovic used to loom:No 12 Shapovalov vs No 20Carreño Busta; No 5 AlexanderZverev vs No 27 Borna Coric.

Medvedev was runner-up

to Nadal last year, losing in fivesets. He hasn’t dropped a setwhile advancing to the quarter-finals and he’s dropped serveonly three times.

“I’m playing better everymatch,” Medvedev said. “I hopethis can continue. I’mpleased, actually, with thefact I’ve won all the sets.”

Thiem is the onlyremaining man who hascontested multiple majorfinals. He is 0-3, losingtwice to Nadal at the FrenchOpen and to Djokovic at theAustralian Open this February.

“I am probably one of theoldest players left in the field,”said the 27-year-old Thiem,“which is surreal to me.”

Second oldest, actually :Carreño Busta is 29.

It’s the first US Open since2010 without at least one malequarterfinalist who is 30 orolder.

Next up for Thiem is the 21-year-old de Minaur, who reachedhis first major quarterfinal bysaving four set points in theopening tiebreaker and going onto a 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-2 victory overVasek Pospisil.

Pospisil led 6-2 in thetiebreaker when it all fell apart.

“The momentum definitely

changed after that,” de Minaursaid. Pospisil, who is 30, praisedhis younger opponent’s courtcoverage, saying he thinks deMinaur might be the second-fastest player on tour.

“What’s most impressive ishe never breathes. He runs sideto side and he's never out ofbreath,” Pospisil said. “He defiesthe laws of biology, I guess.He's a freak of nature.”

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Bopanna and Shapovalov lost5-7. 5-7 to Dutch Jean-JulienRojer and Romania’s Horea Tecauin the last-eight match whichlasted one hour and 26 minutes onMonday.

Bopanna and Shapovalov losttheir serve once in each set andcould not convert the only breakchance that came their way in thesecond set.

It was Bopanna’s best perfor-mance at a Slam since he made thequarterfinals at both the US Openand the French Open in 2018.

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Nicolo Barella extended Italy’stwo-year unbeaten run as

he scored the winner inMonday’s 1-0 victory away to theNetherlands in the UEFANations League while ErlingHaaland netted twice forNorway in a 5-1 thrashing ofNorthern Ireland.

Italy’s win was slightlyspoiled by news of rising starNicolo Zaniolo injury, who willundergo another serious kneeoperation on Wednesday after

tearing an anterior cruciate lig-ament for the second time ineight months.

Barella’s bullet header infirst half stoppage time wasenough for Roberto Mancini’sside to take all three points inAmsterdam and top spot inLeague A, Group 1.

The Azzurri’s are a pointahead of the Dutch, who areplaying under interim coachDwight Lodeweges followingRonald Koeman’s appointmentat Barcelona, and third-placedPoland following their 2-1 away

win over Bosnia andHerzegovina.

HAALAND ON SONGIn other matches, Romania

came out on top against Austriain Klagenfurt, with Denis Alibec,Dragos Grigore and AlexandruMaxim on target in a 3-2 victo-ry.

Norway shook off theiropening loss to Austria asBorussia Dortmund strikerHaaland helped tear apartNorthern Ireland in Belfast.

Paddy McNair cancelledout Mohamed Elyounoussi’sfine finish but Haaland, whostruck his first internationalgoal in Friday’s defeat, thumpedin from the edge of the area torestore Norway’s lead.

Alexander Sorloth scoredtwice, the second via an assistfrom Haaland who completedthe scoring on the hour withanother superb finish.

Scotland scraped past aninexperienced Czech Republic2-1 in Olomouc to go top ofLeague B, Group 2.

Melbourne: Spin legend ShaneWarne has urged CricketAustralia to keep the iconicMelbourne Cricket Ground asthe venue for the Boxing DayTest against India later this yeardespite growing Covid-19 casesin Victoria.

The governing body is set toannounce the schedule forIndia’s tour of Australia thisweek which will include fourTests and there are fears thatMCG may lose the Boxing DayTest.

“Cricket is the 2nd biggestsport in the world behind soc-cer(fact) & the biggest day onthe Aust sporting calendar is theBoxing Day test. We must try &do everything possible to keepit at the MCG this year. FYI-The Melb Cup & the AFL GFare the next biggest events inAust !,” Warne wrote on hisTwitter handle.

India’s tour is likely to startwith limited-overs matches (T20series) before the action shifts tothe four-Test series. PTI

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Delhi Capitals’ pacer KagisoRanada feels that the team

has the wherewithal to challengeall comers for the IndianPremier League title this season.

Always seen as an under-performing side for much oftheir 12-year history, Delhientered the playoffs last year forthe first time in seven years andbeat SunRisers Hyderabadbefore losing to ChennaiSuper Kings.

“We had a really goodseason, so I know that wecan challenge and winthis competitionbecause we camereally close last sea-son. So, mentally Iguess that helps,”Rabada said. “But,also, it is a newtournament so wehave to start againand we’ve got a nicegroup put together,nice team.”

A good start as usual will bekey, the bowler reckoned.

“We have to start again andstart the whole process, so hope-fully we can get off to a goodstart but win at the end of theseason – we want to be the mostconsistent team and win attimes when we really, reallyneed to win,” he added.

Rabada, who has 31 wicketsin his IPL career, trained for thefirst time with the rest of the

team on Monday after com-pleting his quarantine.

“It feels good to be run-ning in, and to be with some

teammates as well,” he said.“This (situation) is quiteunique, not a lot of peo-ple get to do this. We’rein the middle of a desert,

playing cricket — it’ssomething that I did-n’t think I would everbe able to do. So it’s alot of fun also.”Rabada said that the

break he has got due to theCovid-enforced freeze on

the cricket calendar has helpedhim recharge his batteries.

“It’s been a high volume ofcricket in the past five years forme, but I really enjoyed thebreak at home,” he said. “I feel

quite strong. I think I just needto bowl more, and make sure Ihaven’t forgotten how to bowl.I need to keep up with the bowl-ing practice, but otherwise I feelhealthy.”

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Serena Williams had to sum-mon up every last ounce of

strength to depose 15th seedMaria Sakkari in three hard-fought sets on Monday.

The 38-year-old Americanneeded almost two and a halfhours to dislodge her 25-year-oldGreek opponent 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 inside an empty Arthur AsheStadium in New York.

“She’s such a good competi-tor. It was a really intense match,”

said Williams, who hadbeen dumped out of aUS Open tuneup tour-nament by the sameopponent last month.

“I felt like she almostplayed better today. I

was a little fatigued last time andhad some cramps. Just felt like Iwas able to compete longer,”Williams added.

Williams rallied from twogames down in the deciding set,pumping herself up with loudscreams that echoed around thespectator-free arena as she brokeSakkari twice to clinch the last-eight spot.

“I’m super passionate. This ismy job. This is what I wake up todo. This is what I train to do 365days of the year,” Williams said

afterwards.The American will play

Tsvetana Pironkova for a place inthe semi-finals after the Bulgarianousted Alize Cornet in anotherdraining three-setter.

PIRONKOVA ROLLS ONPironkova, who is playing her

first tournament in three yearsafter a lengthy break duringwhich she gave birth to her son,prevailed 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 at theLouis Armstrong Stadium.

“It’s absolutely unreal, I real-ly can’t believe it,” said Pironkova,whose last tournament appear-ance before this year’s US Openwas the 2017 Wimbledon cham-

pionships when she exited in thesecond round.

Also, unseeded VictoriaAzarenka came from a set downto oust 20th seed KarolinaMuchova 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in 2hr30min.

However, second seed SofiaKenin was sent crashing out of thetournament, beaten in straightsets by Elise Mertens.

Kenin, the highest seededplayer left in the fray and winnerof the 2020 Australian Open, wasbundled out of the last 16 6-3, 6-3, in 1hr 14 mins by Mertens.

Mertens, the 16th seed, willnow play Victoria Azarenka in thequarter-finals.

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Top-ranked Ash Bartywill not defend her

French Open title because ofconcerns over traveling dur-ing the Covid-19 pandem-ic.

After skipping the USOpen, Barty has also decid-ed against traveling toEurope for an event in Romestarting Sept 14 and theSept 27-Oct 10 FrenchOpen.

“Last year’s FrenchOpen was the most specialtournament of my career sothis is not a decision I havemade lightly,” Barty, whowon her first major title on

the clay courts of RolandGarros, said in a statementon Tuesday.

“I wish the players andthe French Federation all thebest for a successful tourna-ment.”

Barty announced herwithdrawal hours afterFrench Open organizers saidspectators would be allowedat the tournament despite agrowing number of coron-avirus cases in the country.

The 24-year-oldAustralian cited the healthrisks associated with Covid-19 and her interruptedpreparation as the main rea-sons for pulling out of thetournaments. She hasn’t

�� ���*"� ������� �����H�!���2��45BD�-��G�����������������(��������#�� ����������@� 4$����Kolkata: Keeping in mindthe hot and humid conditionsin the United Arab Emirates,it will be vital for fast bowlersto manage their workloadproperly as the task at handwouldn’t be easy when the IPLgets underway on September19, feels Kings XI Punjabpacer Mohammad Shami.

The cities of Dubai, AbuDhabi and Sharjah — whichwill host the league this time—are expected to experiencetemperatures of around 35-40degree celsius during the tour-nament.

“Temperature is muchhigher compared to India.There are chances of gettingdehydrated. There will bechances of cramps. So we willhave to keep those things inmind,” Shami said.

“It will be difficult as thewickets here are also different.So workload management isimportant. But it is not thatdifficult that it can’t be man-aged. It depends on us how wemanage our workload,” addedthe 30-year-old, rated as oneof the best pacers in the worldat the moment. IANS

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“There are tworeasons for my deci-sion — the first isthe health risks thatstill exist withCovid.

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ideal without mycoach being able totrain with me due tothe state border clo-sures in Australia.”

Barty is basedin Brisbane whileher coach, CraigTyzzer, is inMelbourne andunable to travel asthe city battles a sig-nificant second-wave virus out-break.