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The 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.
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Congress chief Sonia Gandhi
on Tuesday called for
reaching out to other like-
minded Opposition parties to
put up a joint candidate for the
post of Rajya Sabha Deputy
Chairman for the elections
scheduled for September 14.
The post fell vacant after
the tenure of JD (U) MP
Harivansh expired in April
this year. He has been re-elect-
ed to the House from Bihar and
is expected to be the NDA’s
candidate for the post, while
the name of DMK MP Tiruchi
Siva has been doing rounds as
the Opposition candidate. The
election will be held on the first
day of the Monsoon Session
starting September 14. The
Budget Session was called off in
March due to Covid-19.
Harivansh was elected as
the Rajya Sabha Deputy
Chairperson after Congress
MP PJ Kurien’s tenure ended
in August 2018. Harivansh had
defeated senior Congress leader
BK Hariprasad, who was the
joint Opposition candidate, by
bagging 125 votes against 105
by latter.
The Congress discussed
the issue of election at a meet-
ing of the party’s Parliament
Strategy Group chaired by
Sonia. She has asked Leader of
Opposition in Rajya Sabha
Ghulam Nabi Azad to reach
out to other Opposition parties
for fielding a joint Opposition
candidate. The last date for fil-
ing nomination for the post is
September 11.
The name of the joint can-
didate will be decided after
consultations with the
Opposition parties, and a meet-
ing is also scheduled mid-
week. The meeting was attend-
ed by Rahul Gandhi, Azad,
Anand Sharma, AK Antony,
Ahmed Patel, KC Venugopal,
Jairam Ramesh, Mallikarjun
Kharge, party leader in Lok
Sabha Adhir Ranjan
Chowdhury, party’s chief whip
in upper house K Suresh,
Manish Tewari, Gaurav Gogoi,
Manickam Tagore, and Ravneet
Singh Bittu.
New Delhi: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday said the
2018 circular of the Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways
(MoRTH) on width of roads in
hilly and mountainous ter-
rains be followed in construc-
tion of Char dham highway
project, providing all-weather
connectivity to four holy towns
of Uttarakhand. The circular
says that carriageway width
shall be of intermediate lane
configurations, that is of 5.5
metre width, with two-lane
structures. The four towns of
hilly State of Uttarakhand
which would be connected by
the ambitious all-weather 900-
km highway project are —
Yamunotri, Gangotri,
Kedarnath and Badrinath.
The matter came up for
hearing before a bench headed
by Justice RF Nariman which
told Solicitor General Tushar
Mehta that the authority needs
to follow the 2018 guidelines.
All you have to do is to go
by your 2018 guidelines. How
can you not go by your own
guidelines?, the bench asked
Mehta. Mehta said the high-
powered committee has sub-
mitted its report and there are
some issues, including on the
aspect of road width.
He said the minority view
of the committee has said that
intermediate carriageway width
should be 5.5 metre for hilly
terrain as per the 2018 circular.
Mehta said project covers
areas of India-China border
and as there is movement of
Army vehicles, the intermedi-
ate carriage width should be 7
metre instead of the 5.5 metre.
Senior advocate Sanjay
Parikh, appearing for the peti-
tioner NGO, said several direc-
tions have been violated by the
authorities and this has caused
devastation of mountains and
trees in the area.
Parikh also raised the issue
of tree felling in the area due to
the project. We are not going
into any roving inquiry. The
narrow issue is about 2018
guidelines, the bench said.
The Bench also observed
that appropriate plantation be
done there by the authority.
In August last year, the
apex court had cleared the
decks for the Char dham high-
way project by modifying an
National Green Tribunal order
to constitute a high-powered
committee to look into envi-
ronmental concerns. PTI
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ASri 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 directing the
Commissioner-General of
Prisons to make arrangements
for Jayasekara to attend
Parliament.
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At 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.
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As 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 post-
graduate studies in technical
and professional programs
requiring laboratory /experi-
mental work.
The Union Health
Ministry has issued
separate guidelines for opera-
tions of these
institutions amid the Covid-19
pandemic.
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Five 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.
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As 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.
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The Uttaranchal University
organised its orientation
programme 2020 online for the
newly admitted UG and PG
students of various disciplines.
The event was inaugurated by
the university chancellor
Jitendra Joshi.
The university vice chan-
cellor Rajesh Bahuguna wel-
comed all to the event and
motivated the students
covering various aspects of the
university. He said that classes
will be conducted online until
on-campus classes become fea-
sible.
The manager of Corporate
Resource Centre, Iqbal Singh
and Uttaranchal Institute of
Management director Pradeep
Suri also expressed their views.
About 992 students partici-
pated in the orientation
programme.
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of India (PRSI)
Dehradun chapter has wel-
comed the appointment of KG
Suresh as the vice chancellor of
the Makhanlal Chaturvedi
national university of
journalism and communica-
tion in Bhopal.
The PRSI Dehradun chap-
ter head Amit Pokhriyal said
that Suresh who had earlier
held the post of IIMC director
general, had been cooperating
actively with the PRSI since the
beginning.
The various office-bearers
of the Dehradun chapter also
wished Suresh on his new
appointment.
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Atotal of 91
participants
from 22 States
are attending the
online training
on wildlife man-
agement for in-
service assistant
conservators of
forests and
senior forest
range officers
being organised
by the Central
Academy for
State Forest Service (CASFoS).
Speaking at the inaugura-
tion of the training, Soumitra
Dasgupta, Additional Director
General of Forests (Wildlife),
Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change,
emphasised the need for land-
scape level management of
protected areas and involve-
ment of all stakeholders in
wildlife management.
Forest education director
RP Singh highlighted the role
of field staff and their sacrifice
in protecting the forest wealth
in protected areas.
According to CASFoS offi-
cials, this training is
being organised online in view
of Covid-19 related travel
restrictions.
The training programme to
be held till September 12 will
have experts sharing their
views on wildlife management
in different landscapes of India
including the challenges and
issues in protection of faunal
and floral wealth. CASFoS
principal Kunal Satyarthi and
other faculty members were
also present on the occasion.
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With the highest single-day
spike of 377 fresh Covid-
19 cases, the union territory of
Chandigarh crossed the 6000-
mark of positive cases on
Tuesday.
The case tally stood at
6372 including 2334 active
cases in the city.
In the last 24 hours, one
more resident succumbed to
Covid-19 taking the total toll to
75 in the union territory.
Earlier, the case tally had
breached the 5000-mark on
September 3. While more than
200 cases were reported in the
city since the beginning of
September, it was for the first
time that more than 300 fresh
infections have been reported
on a single day.
In the first eight days of
September, the city has till
now reported 2026 positive
Covid-19 cases. A day before,
232 positive cases were report-
ed while the city had clocked its
previous highest single-day
spike with 276 cases on
September 3.
Notably, it took five days
for the city to reach 6000 cases
from 5000. Chandigarh had
crossed 4000-mark on August
30 and the total tally had stood
at 5065 in just four days. Before
that, it took six days for the city
to move to 4000 cases from
3000.
The positive cases had
crossed 3000-mark on August
24, 2000-mark on August 15,
1000-mark on July 30 and 100-
mark on May 4.
The first positive case was
reported on March 19 in the
city.
“A total of 6372 positive
cases have been reported till
now in Chandigarh. There
were 2334 active cases and
3960 recovered cases,” stated
Chandigarh Health
Department’s evening bulletin.
Among various COVID-19
parameters, Chandigarh has
reported 62.1 percent recovery
rate against the national aver-
age of around 77 percent. A
daily test positivity rate (TPR)
of 38 percent and cumulative
TPR of 17.1 percent were
recorded.
Apart from this,
Chandigarh recorded 4.7 per-
cent average growth rate of
infections. The fatality rate
stood at 1.17 percent. The
active ratio of cases stood at 36
percent which means for every
100 confirmed cases, 36 are
currently infected in the city.
ONE DEAD, SEVERAL
FRESH CASES OF INFANTS
REPORTED
A 72 years old female resident
of Hallomajra died at GMCH
32 on Tuesday due to complex
cardio-respiratory complica-
tions owing to COVID 19,
stated the UT’s health bul-
letin.
Among the fresh cases
reported in the past 24 hours
included a two months old
male child from Manimajra,
two years old male child from
PGIMER campus, two years
old girl from Sector 24, two
years old female child from
Hallomajra, three years old
female child from Raipur
Khurd, five years old male
child from Sector 39, five years
old female child from Sector
56, five years old female child
from Kishangarh, five years old
female child from Sector 33
and five years old female child
from Mauli Jagran, according
to the bulletin.
Out of total 377 cases, 294
were detected through RT-
PCR testing while rest of the
cases were found through rapid
antigen testing in the city, the
bulletin stated.
The fresh cases were
reported from Sectors 3, 4, 5,
7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40,
41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49,
50, 51, 52, 55, 56 63, 38 west,
Burail, Dadumajra, Daria,
Dhanas, Hallomajra, Kajheri,
Khuda Alisher, Khuda Lahora,
Kishangarh, Maloya,
Manimajra, Mauli Jagran,
PGIMER campus, Raipur
Khurd, Ram Darbar and Bapu
Dham colony in
Sector 26.
A total of 226 patients
have been discharged including
persons from home isolation
who have completed ten days
and are asymptomatic as per
Centre’s guidelines, the bulletin
added.
TESTING RAMPED
UP IN CHD
From an average of 500
tests per day in the second fort-
night of August, the
Chandigarh Administration
has increased COVID-19 test-
ing to an average of more than
800 tests per day in September
to detect the
infections.
With testing ramped up in
the city, the number of infec-
tions has also seen a quantum
jump in the month of
September. In the first eight
days of September, the city has
reported 2026 positive
COVID-19 cases.
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Punjab on Tuesday recorded
1,964 fresh cases of the
novel coronavirus, including
Congress MLA from Samana
Rajinder Singh and 30 PRTC
staff members, besides 67
deaths, pushing the state’s infec-
tion tally to 67,547 and death
toll to 1990.
Ludhiana reported the
highest 13 deaths, followed by
11 in Amritsar; eight in Patiala;
seven in Bathinda; four each in
Jalandhar and Moga; Three
each in Faridkot, Gurdaspur,
and Sangrur; two each in
Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, and
Muktsar Sahib; and one each in
Barnala, Fazilka, Mansa,
Mohali, and Ropar.
Ludhiana also reported the
maximum number of infec-
tions with 311 fresh cases, fol-
lowed by 265 in Jalandhar, 236
in Amritsar, 206 in Patiala, 168
in Bathinda, 127 in SAS Nagar
(Mohali), 126 in Gurdaspur,
104 in Hoshiarpur, 83 in
Faridkot, 39 in Tarn Taran, 36
in Fazilka.
32 in Sangrur, 30 in
Barnala, 28 in Moga, 25 each in
Nawanshahr and Mansa, 24 in
Kapurthala, 23 each in Muktsar
and Ferozepur, 22 in Fatehgarh
Sahib, 16 in Ropar and 15 in
Pathankot.
Of the total 22 districts, 18
have positive cases in four-digit
figure, while one — Ludhiana
— has infection tally in five dig-
its, 12512. The three remaining
districts of Tarn Taran, SBS
Nagar (Nawanshahr), and
Mansa, also have cases close to
1000-mark.
The top five districts in
terms of positive cases —
Ludhiana, Jalandhar (8354),
Patiala (7426), Amritsar
(5219), and Mohali (4920) —
accounts for 56.9 percent of
the state’s total caseload; and
63.77 percent of the total
casualties. With a maximum
522, Ludhiana has reported
highest number of deaths,
followed by 210 each from
Jalandhar and Patiala; 209
from Amritsar and 118 from
Mohali.
In all, 2307 patients—
including 1023 from Mohali,
233 from Patiala, 140 from
Ludhiana, 109 from Gurdaspur,
103 from Pathankot, among
others—were discharged after
recovering from the deadly
virus. With this, the number of
recoveries has gone up to
49,327 — at the rate of 73.03
percent.
The state still has 16,230
active cases — accounting for
24.03 percent of the total cases
— out of which 633 patients
are on oxygen support; and 87
are critical and on ventilator
support.
Meanwhile, no less than 30
staff members of PEPSU Road
Transport Corporation
(PRTC), including drivers, con-
ductors and inspectors, have
tested positive for coronavirus
in Patiala on Tuesday. The
PRTC head office has been
closed for two days for public
dealing.
Asking the people travel-
ling in PRTC buses not to
panic, Patiala Civil Surgeon Dr
Harish Malhotra said that the
staff, including drivers, con-
ductors, had taken required
safety precautions and there
was no need to panic.
The PRTC employees were
tested positive after a three-day
camp was organized at Patiala
depot and head office where
the staff members were tested.
The PRTC spokesperson said
that coronavirus sampling is
also being undertaken at other
depots too.
It has been learnt that the
majority of those tested positive
were asymptomatic.
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The total number of Covid-
19 cases in Haryana crossed
81,000 on Tuesday with 2286
new cases. State also reported
25 more deaths due to coron-
avirus while 1704 patients
recovered on the day.
Another big spike of 2286
casespushedtheinfectioncount
in the State to 81,059. The State
hadonSeptember6reportedthe
highest single-day Covid-19 toll
of25deathsandonSeptember5,
arecord2,289cases.TheStatehas
now climbed up to 81,059 out of
which 16,890 are active cases
while 63, 315 have recovered.
The doubling rate for the state
is 31 days; the recovery per-
centage is 78.11 per cent while
6.11percentofthetotalsamples
tested have come out positive so
far. As of Tuesday, the state has
a fatality rate 1.05 percent.
With the 25 fresh deaths,
the total number of fatalities in
the state rose to 854, according
to the State health depart-
ment’s daily bulletin. While
three deaths were reported
from Karnal and Kurukshetra
while two fatalities each took
place in Sirsa, Fatehabad,
Yamunanagar, Panchkula and
Ambala and a death each was
reported from Faridabad,
Gurugram, Rewari, Rohtak,
Hisar, Jhajjar, Bhiwani, Nuh
and Kaithal.
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Gonda: Five people died here
on Tuesday after being exposed
to toxic gas in a well where
locals used to dump garbage,
police said.
The incident took place at
Raja Mohalla in the Kotwali
police station area while they
were rescuing a calf that had fell
into it.
According to Additional
Superintendent of Police
Mahendra Kumar said it was
an old and unused well in
which people used to dump
garbage.
“On Tuesday afternoon, a
calf fell into the well. A man
went into it using a ladder to
pull out the calf,” he said,
adding that when the calf was
rescued, the man fainted after
inhaling toxic gas.
Four other people went
down to bring him back but
they too fainted, Kumar said.
The ASP said police, fire
brigade and local civic body
personnel pulled them out
after much effort.
“They were taken to the
district hospital where doctors
declared them dead.
The deceased have been
identified as Vaibhav (18),
Dinesh (30), Ravi
Shankar (36), Vishnu Dayal
(35) and Mannu Saini (36),” the
ASP said.
Police have sent bodies for
a post-mortem examination.
District Magistrate Nitin
Bansal said assistance will be
given to family members of the
deceased as per rules.
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Aday after it recorded an all-
time high of 423 deaths,
Maharashtra on Tuesday wit-
nessed the Covid-19 deaths fall
to 380, while it recorded a rel-
atively high 20,131 infections.
With the 380 new fatalities,
the total Covid-19 tally climbed
up from 27,027 to 27,407.
With 20,131 fresh infec-
tions, the total number of
infections jumped from
923,641 to 943,772.
Of the total 380 deaths
reported on Tuesday, Pune
topped the list in the State with
68 deaths, while there were 56
deaths in Nagpur, 42 in
Mumbai, 28 in Sangli, 25 in
Kolhapur, 23 in Nashik, 22 in
Thane, 16 each in Jalgaon and
Satara, 12 in Solapur
Similarly, in the lower
range, there were 9 deaths each
in Ahmednagar and Nanded, 7
each in Aurangabad, Beed,
Amravati and Chandrapur, 5 in
Latur, 3 each in Palghar, Raigad
and Ratnagiri and one death
each in Dhule, Nandurbar,
Sindhudurg, Jalna, Hingoli,
Parbhani, Osmanabad,
Yavatmal, Buldhana and
Washim In addition, two per-
sons from other states or coun-
tries died in Maharashtra.
There was a sharp spurt in
deaths from the districts of
Nagpur, Sangli, Kolhapur
Nasik, Jalgaon and Satara, while
as many as five districts in the
state reported zero deaths.
With 42 fatalities Mumbai’s
Covid-19 toll rose from 7,900
to 7,942, while number of
infections went up by 1,346 to
jump from 157,410 to 158,756.
Pune district with 2,07,435
infected cases continued to be
the worst-affected city-district
in Maharashtra. The number of
deaths in Pune increased from
4470 to 4538.
Thane district remained
on the third spot --after Pune
and Mumbai – with 1,46,220
total cases, while the pandem-
ic toll rose from 3986 to 4008.
In a related development,
as many as 13,234 patients
were discharged from hospitals
in the state after full recovery.
As a result, the total number of
patients discharged from var-
ious hospitals after full recov-
ery since the second week of
March this year, touched
6,72,556. The recovery rate
stood at 71.26 per cent. The
mortality rate in the state is 2.9
per cent. The state health
authorities pegged the number
of “active cases” in the state at
2,43,446.
Out of 47,89,682 samples
sent to laboratories, 9,43,772
have tested positive (19.7 per
cent) for COVID-19 until
Tuesday. Currently, 15,58,305
people are in home quarantine
while 38,141 people are in
institutional quarantine.
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New Delhi: On the eve of the
11th Himalayan Day, Union
Education Minister Ramesh
Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday
emphasised the need to
conserve and protect the
mountain range.
He said that the 11th
Himalayan Day will be
observed with the theme of
‘Himalayas and Nature’ on
September 9.
The Minister said that he
felt that saving the nature in its
original state was the respon-
sibility of the whole mankind.
“We will get together on
the Himalayan Day, keeping
this in mind. Every person who
hails from the Himalayas realis-
es that if we tinker with the
environment in the moun-
tains, the nature will not forgive
us.
“We ought to focus on the
need for community partici-
pation vis-à-vis the develop-
mental process and write a new
chapter in this direction.”
Pokhriyal pointed out that
the Himalayas was a world her-
itage and as many as 130 crore
people directly or indirectly
depended on the mountain
range for survival.
He appealed to all people
to save the Himalayas, which
was not only the responsibili-
ty of those living in the moun-
tain range but everyone.
Those participating in the
Himalayan Day will be admin-
istered the oath to protect the
mountain range. IANS
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The Uttar Pradesh
Government decided to do
away with the mandatory
Sunday closure across the State
and instead ordered restoration
of the old system of staggered
market closure. The decision
was announced by Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath at a
Team 11 meeting held in
Lucknow on Tuesday. “Restore
the original system of weekly
closure of different markets
instead of Sunday closure. All
hotels and restaurants, except
those in containment zones,
should restart normal activities
but by following coronavirus
protection protocol,” the Chief
Minister said.
Last week, the state gov-
ernment had announced that
shops would remain closed
across the state only on Sundays,
rescinding its previous order of
two-day weekend restrictions.
In that order, the government
had said that all markets and
business establishments would
open for 12 hours (9 am to 9
pm) and Sunday would be the
weekly closure.
With the new order restor-
ing the old system of weekly
closure of markets, the gov-
ernment also ended the
Sunday lockdown with imme-
diate effect. Though the chief
minister’s statement does not
mention lockdown, but with
opening of markets on Sunday,
it is implied that the govern-
ment has decided to do away
with the Sunday restriction.
The chief minister directed
officials to expedite economic
activities besides making peo-
ple aware of preventive mea-
sures against the Coronavirus
pandemic.
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- 1. ?=BQ =4F34;78 The 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. ?=BQ =4F34;78 Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday called for reaching out to other like- minded Opposition parties to put up a joint candidate for the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman for the elections scheduled for September 14. The post fell vacant after the tenure of JD (U) MP Harivansh expired in April this year. He has been re-elect- ed to the House from Bihar and is expected to be the NDA’s candidate for the post, while the name of DMK MP Tiruchi Siva has been doing rounds as the Opposition candidate. The election will be held on the first day of the Monsoon Session starting September 14. The Budget Session was called off in March due to Covid-19. Harivansh was elected as the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson after Congress MP PJ Kurien’s tenure ended in August 2018. Harivansh had defeated senior Congress leader BK Hariprasad, who was the joint Opposition candidate, by bagging 125 votes against 105 by latter. The Congress discussed the issue of election at a meet- ing of the party’s Parliament Strategy Group chaired by Sonia. She has asked Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad to reach out to other Opposition parties for fielding a joint Opposition candidate. The last date for fil- ing nomination for the post is September 11. The name of the joint can- didate will be decided after consultations with the Opposition parties, and a meet- ing is also scheduled mid- week. The meeting was attend- ed by Rahul Gandhi, Azad, Anand Sharma, AK Antony, Ahmed Patel, KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, Mallikarjun Kharge, party leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, party’s chief whip in upper house K Suresh, Manish Tewari, Gaurav Gogoi, Manickam Tagore, and Ravneet Singh Bittu. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the 2018 circular of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on width of roads in hilly and mountainous ter- rains be followed in construc- tion of Char dham highway project, providing all-weather connectivity to four holy towns of Uttarakhand. The circular says that carriageway width shall be of intermediate lane configurations, that is of 5.5 metre width, with two-lane structures. The four towns of hilly State of Uttarakhand which would be connected by the ambitious all-weather 900- km highway project are — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. The matter came up for hearing before a bench headed by Justice RF Nariman which told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the authority needs to follow the 2018 guidelines. All you have to do is to go by your 2018 guidelines. How can you not go by your own guidelines?, the bench asked Mehta. Mehta said the high- powered committee has sub- mitted its report and there are some issues, including on the aspect of road width. He said the minority view of the committee has said that intermediate carriageway width should be 5.5 metre for hilly terrain as per the 2018 circular. Mehta said project covers areas of India-China border and as there is movement of Army vehicles, the intermedi- ate carriage width should be 7 metre instead of the 5.5 metre. Senior advocate Sanjay Parikh, appearing for the peti- tioner NGO, said several direc- tions have been violated by the authorities and this has caused devastation of mountains and trees in the area. Parikh also raised the issue of tree felling in the area due to the project. We are not going into any roving inquiry. The narrow issue is about 2018 guidelines, the bench said. The Bench also observed that appropriate plantation be done there by the authority. In August last year, the apex court had cleared the decks for the Char dham high- way project by modifying an National Green Tribunal order to constitute a high-powered committee to look into envi- ronmental concerns. PTI ?C8Q 2;1 ASri 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 directing the Commissioner-General of Prisons to make arrangements for Jayasekara to attend Parliament. C=A067D=0C70Q D108 At 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. ?=BQ =4F34;78 As 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 post- graduate studies in technical and professional programs requiring laboratory /experi- mental work. The Union Health Ministry has issued separate guidelines for opera- tions of these institutions amid the Covid-19 pandemic. ?=BQ =4F34;78 Five 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. C=A067D=0C70Q D108 As 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. 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- 2. ]PcX^]!347A03D=kF43=4B30H kB4?C414A(!! $OWKRXJK HYHU SRVVLEOH FDUH DQG FDXWLRQ KDV EHHQ WDNHQ WR DYRLG HUURUV RU RPLVVLRQV WKLV SXEOLFDWLRQ LV EHLQJ VROG RQ WKH FRQGLWLRQ DQG XQGHUVWDQGLQJ WKDW LQIRUPDWLRQ JLYHQ LQ WKLV SXEOLFDWLRQ LV PHUHO IRU UHIHUHQFH DQG PXVW QRW EH WDNHQ DV KDYLQJ DXWKRULW RI RU ELQGLQJ LQ DQ ZD RQ WKH ZULWHUV HGLWRUV SXEOLVKHUV DQG SULQWHUV DQG VHOOHUV ZKR GR QRW RZH DQ UHVSRQVLELOLW IRU DQ GDPDJH RU ORVV WR DQ SHUVRQ D SXUFKDVHU RI WKLV SXEOLFDWLRQ RU QRW IRU WKH UHVXOW RI DQ DFWLRQ WDNHQ RQ WKH EDVLV RI WKLV ZRUN $OO GLVSXWHV DUH VXEMHFW WR WKH H[FOXVLYH MXULVGLFWLRQ RI FRPSHWHQW FRXUW DQG IRUXPV LQ 'HOKL1HZ 'HOKL RQO 5HDGHUV DUH DGYLVHG DQG UHTXHVWHG WR YHULI DQG VHHN DSSURSULDWH DGYLFH WR VDWLVI WKHPVHOYHV DERXW WKH YHUDFLW RI DQ NLQG RI DGYHUWLVHPHQW EHIRUH UHVSRQGLQJ WR DQ FRQWHQWV SXEOLVKHG LQ WKLV QHZVSDSHU 7KH SULQWHU SXEOLVKHU HGLWRU DQG DQ HPSORHH RI WKH 3LRQHHU *URXS·V ZLOO QRW EH KHOG UHVSRQVLEOH IRU DQ NLQG RI FODLP PDGH E WKH DGYHUWLVHUV RI WKH SURGXFWV VHUYLFHV DQG VKDOO QRW EH PDGH UHVSRQVLEOH IRU DQ NLQG RI ORVV FRQVHTXHQFHV DQG IXUWKHU SURGXFWUHODWHG GDPDJHV RQ VXFK DGYHUWLVHPHQWV ?=BQ 347A03D= The Uttaranchal University organised its orientation programme 2020 online for the newly admitted UG and PG students of various disciplines. The event was inaugurated by the university chancellor Jitendra Joshi. The university vice chan- cellor Rajesh Bahuguna wel- comed all to the event and motivated the students covering various aspects of the university. He said that classes will be conducted online until on-campus classes become fea- sible. The manager of Corporate Resource Centre, Iqbal Singh and Uttaranchal Institute of Management director Pradeep Suri also expressed their views. About 992 students partici- pated in the orientation programme. FeeRcR_TYR]gRcdZejY`]Ud `cZV_eReZ`_ac`XcR^^V ?=BQ 347A03D= The Public Relations Society of India (PRSI) Dehradun chapter has wel- comed the appointment of KG Suresh as the vice chancellor of the Makhanlal Chaturvedi national university of journalism and communica- tion in Bhopal. The PRSI Dehradun chap- ter head Amit Pokhriyal said that Suresh who had earlier held the post of IIMC director general, had been cooperating actively with the PRSI since the beginning. The various office-bearers of the Dehradun chapter also wished Suresh on his new appointment. 356, JUHHWV 6XUHVK RQ KLV DSSRLQWPHQW DV 9 ?=BQ 347A03D= Atotal of 91 participants from 22 States are attending the online training on wildlife man- agement for in- service assistant conservators of forests and senior forest range officers being organised by the Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFoS). Speaking at the inaugura- tion of the training, Soumitra Dasgupta, Additional Director General of Forests (Wildlife), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, emphasised the need for land- scape level management of protected areas and involve- ment of all stakeholders in wildlife management. Forest education director RP Singh highlighted the role of field staff and their sacrifice in protecting the forest wealth in protected areas. According to CASFoS offi- cials, this training is being organised online in view of Covid-19 related travel restrictions. The training programme to be held till September 12 will have experts sharing their views on wildlife management in different landscapes of India including the challenges and issues in protection of faunal and floral wealth. CASFoS principal Kunal Satyarthi and other faculty members were also present on the occasion. ][X]TcaPX]X]VQTVX]bPc20B5^B ?=BQ 270=3860A7 With the highest single-day spike of 377 fresh Covid- 19 cases, the union territory of Chandigarh crossed the 6000- mark of positive cases on Tuesday. The case tally stood at 6372 including 2334 active cases in the city. In the last 24 hours, one more resident succumbed to Covid-19 taking the total toll to 75 in the union territory. Earlier, the case tally had breached the 5000-mark on September 3. While more than 200 cases were reported in the city since the beginning of September, it was for the first time that more than 300 fresh infections have been reported on a single day. In the first eight days of September, the city has till now reported 2026 positive Covid-19 cases. A day before, 232 positive cases were report- ed while the city had clocked its previous highest single-day spike with 276 cases on September 3. Notably, it took five days for the city to reach 6000 cases from 5000. Chandigarh had crossed 4000-mark on August 30 and the total tally had stood at 5065 in just four days. Before that, it took six days for the city to move to 4000 cases from 3000. The positive cases had crossed 3000-mark on August 24, 2000-mark on August 15, 1000-mark on July 30 and 100- mark on May 4. The first positive case was reported on March 19 in the city. “A total of 6372 positive cases have been reported till now in Chandigarh. There were 2334 active cases and 3960 recovered cases,” stated Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin. Among various COVID-19 parameters, Chandigarh has reported 62.1 percent recovery rate against the national aver- age of around 77 percent. A daily test positivity rate (TPR) of 38 percent and cumulative TPR of 17.1 percent were recorded. Apart from this, Chandigarh recorded 4.7 per- cent average growth rate of infections. The fatality rate stood at 1.17 percent. The active ratio of cases stood at 36 percent which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 36 are currently infected in the city. ONE DEAD, SEVERAL FRESH CASES OF INFANTS REPORTED A 72 years old female resident of Hallomajra died at GMCH 32 on Tuesday due to complex cardio-respiratory complica- tions owing to COVID 19, stated the UT’s health bul- letin. Among the fresh cases reported in the past 24 hours included a two months old male child from Manimajra, two years old male child from PGIMER campus, two years old girl from Sector 24, two years old female child from Hallomajra, three years old female child from Raipur Khurd, five years old male child from Sector 39, five years old female child from Sector 56, five years old female child from Kishangarh, five years old female child from Sector 33 and five years old female child from Mauli Jagran, according to the bulletin. Out of total 377 cases, 294 were detected through RT- PCR testing while rest of the cases were found through rapid antigen testing in the city, the bulletin stated. The fresh cases were reported from Sectors 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56 63, 38 west, Burail, Dadumajra, Daria, Dhanas, Hallomajra, Kajheri, Khuda Alisher, Khuda Lahora, Kishangarh, Maloya, Manimajra, Mauli Jagran, PGIMER campus, Raipur Khurd, Ram Darbar and Bapu Dham colony in Sector 26. A total of 226 patients have been discharged including persons from home isolation who have completed ten days and are asymptomatic as per Centre’s guidelines, the bulletin added. TESTING RAMPED UP IN CHD From an average of 500 tests per day in the second fort- night of August, the Chandigarh Administration has increased COVID-19 test- ing to an average of more than 800 tests per day in September to detect the infections. With testing ramped up in the city, the number of infec- tions has also seen a quantum jump in the month of September. In the first eight days of September, the city has reported 2026 positive COVID-19 cases. 2E83 (B20A48=?D=901 HZeYcVT`cU$((WcVdYTRdVd4YR_UZXRcYScVRTYVd'!!!^Rc`W4`gZUTRdVd ?=BQ 270=3860A7 Punjab on Tuesday recorded 1,964 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus, including Congress MLA from Samana Rajinder Singh and 30 PRTC staff members, besides 67 deaths, pushing the state’s infec- tion tally to 67,547 and death toll to 1990. Ludhiana reported the highest 13 deaths, followed by 11 in Amritsar; eight in Patiala; seven in Bathinda; four each in Jalandhar and Moga; Three each in Faridkot, Gurdaspur, and Sangrur; two each in Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, and Muktsar Sahib; and one each in Barnala, Fazilka, Mansa, Mohali, and Ropar. Ludhiana also reported the maximum number of infec- tions with 311 fresh cases, fol- lowed by 265 in Jalandhar, 236 in Amritsar, 206 in Patiala, 168 in Bathinda, 127 in SAS Nagar (Mohali), 126 in Gurdaspur, 104 in Hoshiarpur, 83 in Faridkot, 39 in Tarn Taran, 36 in Fazilka. 32 in Sangrur, 30 in Barnala, 28 in Moga, 25 each in Nawanshahr and Mansa, 24 in Kapurthala, 23 each in Muktsar and Ferozepur, 22 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 16 in Ropar and 15 in Pathankot. Of the total 22 districts, 18 have positive cases in four-digit figure, while one — Ludhiana — has infection tally in five dig- its, 12512. The three remaining districts of Tarn Taran, SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr), and Mansa, also have cases close to 1000-mark. The top five districts in terms of positive cases — Ludhiana, Jalandhar (8354), Patiala (7426), Amritsar (5219), and Mohali (4920) — accounts for 56.9 percent of the state’s total caseload; and 63.77 percent of the total casualties. With a maximum 522, Ludhiana has reported highest number of deaths, followed by 210 each from Jalandhar and Patiala; 209 from Amritsar and 118 from Mohali. In all, 2307 patients— including 1023 from Mohali, 233 from Patiala, 140 from Ludhiana, 109 from Gurdaspur, 103 from Pathankot, among others—were discharged after recovering from the deadly virus. With this, the number of recoveries has gone up to 49,327 — at the rate of 73.03 percent. The state still has 16,230 active cases — accounting for 24.03 percent of the total cases — out of which 633 patients are on oxygen support; and 87 are critical and on ventilator support. Meanwhile, no less than 30 staff members of PEPSU Road Transport Corporation (PRTC), including drivers, con- ductors and inspectors, have tested positive for coronavirus in Patiala on Tuesday. The PRTC head office has been closed for two days for public dealing. Asking the people travel- ling in PRTC buses not to panic, Patiala Civil Surgeon Dr Harish Malhotra said that the staff, including drivers, con- ductors, had taken required safety precautions and there was no need to panic. The PRTC employees were tested positive after a three-day camp was organized at Patiala depot and head office where the staff members were tested. The PRTC spokesperson said that coronavirus sampling is also being undertaken at other depots too. It has been learnt that the majority of those tested positive were asymptomatic. ?=BQ 270=3860A7 The total number of Covid- 19 cases in Haryana crossed 81,000 on Tuesday with 2286 new cases. State also reported 25 more deaths due to coron- avirus while 1704 patients recovered on the day. Another big spike of 2286 casespushedtheinfectioncount in the State to 81,059. The State hadonSeptember6reportedthe highest single-day Covid-19 toll of25deathsandonSeptember5, arecord2,289cases.TheStatehas now climbed up to 81,059 out of which 16,890 are active cases while 63, 315 have recovered. The doubling rate for the state is 31 days; the recovery per- centage is 78.11 per cent while 6.11percentofthetotalsamples tested have come out positive so far. As of Tuesday, the state has a fatality rate 1.05 percent. With the 25 fresh deaths, the total number of fatalities in the state rose to 854, according to the State health depart- ment’s daily bulletin. While three deaths were reported from Karnal and Kurukshetra while two fatalities each took place in Sirsa, Fatehabad, Yamunanagar, Panchkula and Ambala and a death each was reported from Faridabad, Gurugram, Rewari, Rohtak, Hisar, Jhajjar, Bhiwani, Nuh and Kaithal. @e^ZQRXQc!)$VbUcX SQcUc'TUQdXc 3PcT C^cP[?^bXcXeTRPbTb 0RcXeTRPbTb BT_cTQTa' %! !# BT_cTQTa $%$ ! % 0dVdbc # $$ '$ 0dVdbc!# $ $ 0dVdbc $ !( '% 9d[h % $$ Ph# ! ' 2E83 (?B8C8E420B4B8=270=3860A7 6SLNH RI QHZ FDVHV LQ +DUDQD FQbY_ec_VVYSURRUQbUbc _V4UXbQTe^SXQ`dUb Qc_gYcXUTCebUcX_^ XYc^UgQ``_Y^d]U^dd Gonda: Five people died here on Tuesday after being exposed to toxic gas in a well where locals used to dump garbage, police said. The incident took place at Raja Mohalla in the Kotwali police station area while they were rescuing a calf that had fell into it. According to Additional Superintendent of Police Mahendra Kumar said it was an old and unused well in which people used to dump garbage. “On Tuesday afternoon, a calf fell into the well. A man went into it using a ladder to pull out the calf,” he said, adding that when the calf was rescued, the man fainted after inhaling toxic gas. Four other people went down to bring him back but they too fainted, Kumar said. The ASP said police, fire brigade and local civic body personnel pulled them out after much effort. “They were taken to the district hospital where doctors declared them dead. The deceased have been identified as Vaibhav (18), Dinesh (30), Ravi Shankar (36), Vishnu Dayal (35) and Mannu Saini (36),” the ASP said. Police have sent bodies for a post-mortem examination. District Magistrate Nitin Bansal said assistance will be given to family members of the deceased as per rules. PTI 7ZgVUZVUfVe`e`iZT XRdZ_hV]]Z_8`_UR C=A067D=0C70Q D108 Aday after it recorded an all- time high of 423 deaths, Maharashtra on Tuesday wit- nessed the Covid-19 deaths fall to 380, while it recorded a rel- atively high 20,131 infections. With the 380 new fatalities, the total Covid-19 tally climbed up from 27,027 to 27,407. With 20,131 fresh infec- tions, the total number of infections jumped from 923,641 to 943,772. Of the total 380 deaths reported on Tuesday, Pune topped the list in the State with 68 deaths, while there were 56 deaths in Nagpur, 42 in Mumbai, 28 in Sangli, 25 in Kolhapur, 23 in Nashik, 22 in Thane, 16 each in Jalgaon and Satara, 12 in Solapur Similarly, in the lower range, there were 9 deaths each in Ahmednagar and Nanded, 7 each in Aurangabad, Beed, Amravati and Chandrapur, 5 in Latur, 3 each in Palghar, Raigad and Ratnagiri and one death each in Dhule, Nandurbar, Sindhudurg, Jalna, Hingoli, Parbhani, Osmanabad, Yavatmal, Buldhana and Washim In addition, two per- sons from other states or coun- tries died in Maharashtra. There was a sharp spurt in deaths from the districts of Nagpur, Sangli, Kolhapur Nasik, Jalgaon and Satara, while as many as five districts in the state reported zero deaths. With 42 fatalities Mumbai’s Covid-19 toll rose from 7,900 to 7,942, while number of infections went up by 1,346 to jump from 157,410 to 158,756. Pune district with 2,07,435 infected cases continued to be the worst-affected city-district in Maharashtra. The number of deaths in Pune increased from 4470 to 4538. Thane district remained on the third spot --after Pune and Mumbai – with 1,46,220 total cases, while the pandem- ic toll rose from 3986 to 4008. In a related development, as many as 13,234 patients were discharged from hospitals in the state after full recovery. As a result, the total number of patients discharged from var- ious hospitals after full recov- ery since the second week of March this year, touched 6,72,556. The recovery rate stood at 71.26 per cent. The mortality rate in the state is 2.9 per cent. The state health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the state at 2,43,446. Out of 47,89,682 samples sent to laboratories, 9,43,772 have tested positive (19.7 per cent) for COVID-19 until Tuesday. Currently, 15,58,305 people are in home quarantine while 38,141 people are in institutional quarantine. 070A42A3B! 5A4B78=542C8= New Delhi: On the eve of the 11th Himalayan Day, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday emphasised the need to conserve and protect the mountain range. He said that the 11th Himalayan Day will be observed with the theme of ‘Himalayas and Nature’ on September 9. The Minister said that he felt that saving the nature in its original state was the respon- sibility of the whole mankind. “We will get together on the Himalayan Day, keeping this in mind. Every person who hails from the Himalayas realis- es that if we tinker with the environment in the moun- tains, the nature will not forgive us. “We ought to focus on the need for community partici- pation vis-à-vis the develop- mental process and write a new chapter in this direction.” Pokhriyal pointed out that the Himalayas was a world her- itage and as many as 130 crore people directly or indirectly depended on the mountain range for survival. He appealed to all people to save the Himalayas, which was not only the responsibili- ty of those living in the moun- tain range but everyone. Those participating in the Himalayan Day will be admin- istered the oath to protect the mountain range. IANS ?VVUe`ac`eVTe 9Z^R]RjRd dRjdA`YcZjR] ?=BQ ;D2:=F The Uttar Pradesh Government decided to do away with the mandatory Sunday closure across the State and instead ordered restoration of the old system of staggered market closure. The decision was announced by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a Team 11 meeting held in Lucknow on Tuesday. “Restore the original system of weekly closure of different markets instead of Sunday closure. All hotels and restaurants, except those in containment zones, should restart normal activities but by following coronavirus protection protocol,” the Chief Minister said. Last week, the state gov- ernment had announced that shops would remain closed across the state only on Sundays, rescinding its previous order of two-day weekend restrictions. In that order, the government had said that all markets and business establishments would open for 12 hours (9 am to 9 pm) and Sunday would be the weekly closure. With the new order restor- ing the old system of weekly closure of markets, the gov- ernment also ended the Sunday lockdown with imme- diate effect. Though the chief minister’s statement does not mention lockdown, but with opening of markets on Sunday, it is implied that the govern- ment has decided to do away with the Sunday restriction. The chief minister directed officials to expedite economic activities besides making peo- ple aware of preventive mea- sures against the Coronavirus pandemic. 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- 3. dccPaPZWP]S347A03D=kF43=4B30H kB4?C414A(!! 3A1:BB0=90H September 8 was declared as International Literacy Day by UNESCO on October 26, 1966. Though it was a subdued affair this year due to Covid-19, it does not diminish the impor- tance of literacy. Literacy rate is defined as the percentage of people in a given age group who can read and write, understand short and simple statements. Those who can read and write are more powerful than those who cannot, in many aspects of life. Studies worldwide have shown that literacy leads to increased horizon for the human brain and body expres- sion. A Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar said that “letter and number are the two eyes of humans”. Acquiring literacy and basic education is the tool for growth of any individual and the nation. Literacy is cru- cial to acquiring and learning essential life skills that enables people to address challenges in life. Education can be a prime factor in achieving the UN sustainable development goals (SDG). Considering the impor- tance of education, many coun- tries are increasing budgetary allocation for education. The developed nations are spending around 5 to 7% of GDP on the education sector, while the poor countries are investing and allocating the least amount to the education sector. The development of any country can be analysed considering the percentage of budget for the education sector. Though types of natural resources may vary from country to country, edu- cation is a resource which can be consistently built and improved. Hence, all govern- ments should give importance to this man-made and acquired resource which is the supreme wealth even written in Indian scriptures. UNESCO has been man- dated to lead the global move- ment and coordinate the inter- national efforts to provide a framework for ensuring that education reaches out to all. Governments, development agencies, civil society, non- government organisations and the media are some of the part- ners working towards reaching these goals. UNESCO’s coor- dination with other interna- tional organisations allows access to education and growth in diverse communities, allows freedom of expression and enables learning from advance- ments in technology. The world literacy foundation is working to reach children in remote communities. According to Valluvar, by birth all men are equal; it is by the differences in their actions that their birth is rendered unequal. Formal and informal education plays an important role in their life. Thoughts are the primary source of all actions which are influenced by the status of literacy and edu- cation of an individual. Education is one of the impor- tant pillars of the growth of an individual and ultimately of the family, society and the nation. According to UNESCO figures, India’s current literacy rate is 72%- with 80.9% among men and 62.8% among women. If our country wants to progress then our government will have to make a resolve to ensure education for all because education is the prime mover. Overpopulation is the root cause of all ills. Illiteracy and poverty are interrelated. Illiteracy leads to poverty, unemployment and various social and health related prob- lems. The efforts to reduce illit- eracy are not at the same pace as the pace of the increasing population. Another significant cause of illiteracy is the per- ception that education is expensive; hence, poor parents are not sending their kids to school. Illiterate parents do not know the value of literacy and education. As such there is no favourable environment for education in poor families. Considering the impor- tance of literacy and education India should increase the bud- getary allocation for the edu- cation sector considerably. The author believes that health, education and nutrition are the foundation pillars of growth of an individual and nation. Though national literacy mis- sion comprised four schemes and teacher training pro- gramme was also launched in India, it has not given the results as anticipated by gov- ernment of India. It is sug- gested, that if even a fraction of the amount spent on adult lit- eracy, is spent properly on pri- mary education then things could be very different. The quality of teachers is also a very strong factor in determining the dropout rate especially in rural and remote areas. Patience and compassion are two important virtues of all teachers. Eventually many kids start hating teachers who lack these qualities and stop going to school. The dropout rate is more than 53% from class I to VIII. To increase the literacy rate and reduce the dropout rates, the medium of instruc- tion or learning will play a cru- cial role. The medium of instruction or learning should be preferably in mother tongue because the children will learn and comprehend better in their mother tongue. Literacy is the cornerstone of any education. Had we not known or under- stood an akshar (letter) or an ank (number), how could we have achieved all that we have today? (The writer is a Dehradun based orthopaedic surgeon) ?=BQ 347A03D= The number of Covid-19 cases in Uttarakhand mounted to 26,094 on Tuesday with the State Health Department reporting 658 fresh cases. The authorities also report- ed deaths of 12 patients on the day which increased the death toll to 360 in the State. On the day 427 patients were dis- charged from different hospi- tals of the State after their recovery. The percentage recov- ery for the Covid-19 patients in Uttarakhand now stands at 66.96 per cent and out of total samples tested 5.82 per cent have tested positive for the dis- ease. The doubling rate of the disease in the State now is 23.15 days. On Tuesday, four patients of the disease were reported dead at Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hos- pital. In Base Hospital Srinagar, three patients were reported dead while two patients each succumbed to the disease at AIIMS Rishikesh and Sushila Tiwari Government hospital, Haldwani. One patient of Covid-19 died at Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Dehradun on Tuesday. Provisional State capital Dehradun continues to reel under the onslaught of the disease. On Tuesday, the health department reported 248 fresh cases of the disease. In Nainital 112 cases were reported while 82 patients came up in Haridwar district. In Udham Singh Nagar 56 patients were reported while 33 patients in Tehri, 24 each in Almora and Uttarkashi, 23 in Champawat, 16 in Pithoragarh, 14 in Bageshwar, 11 in Rudraprayag, nine in Pauri and six in Chamoli were reported. Out of the 427 patients recovered on Tuesday, 138 are from Udham Singh Nagar, 121 from Haridwar, 108 from Dehradun, 21 in Pauri, 19 in Almora, six in Nainital and Uttarkashi, five in Chamoli and three in Rudraprayag were discharged. Uttarakhand now has 8,184 active cases of the disease. Dehradun leads the table of active cases of the disease with a big margin. Here a total of 1,993 active patients are now there. Haridwar has 1,333 active cases and is on second spot while with 1,291 active cases Udham Singh Nagar is in third posi- tion. Tehri Garhwal has 507, Pauri 422, Uttarkashi 324, Almora 253, Pithoragarh 240, Champawat 216, Rudraprayag 185, Chamoli 125 and Bageshwar 106 active cases of the disease. The authorities have set up 267 containment zones in dif- ferent parts of the state to pre- vent spread of the disease. Haridwar has maximum such zones (200) while Dehradun has 20, Udham Singh Nagar 18, Uttarkashi, Tehri and Pauri seven such zones each. Nainital and Rudraprayag have two containment zones each. #UVReYd')^`cV 4`gZU*TRdVdZ_DeReV ?=BQ 347A03D= The position holder in Uttarakhand Government and senior BJP leader Gyan Singh Negi died on Tuesday in Rishikesh. He was found pos- itive for Covid-19 on September 1 and was taking treatment at his home. On Tuesday morning his health deteriorated following which he was rushed to Himalayan hospital Jolly Grant. In the hospital, the doctors declared him dead. Negi had suffered a brain stroke during last year’s Lok Sabha elections and since then he was confined to his home in Rishikesh. Negi (75 years) belonged to Berni village of Tehri district. During the emergency he spent one and half years in Jail. He had held the position of State general secretary of BJP and chairman of the disciplinary committee of the party. Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and the BJP State leaders also expressed grief at the demise. Expressing grief over the demise of Negi , the Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly Prem Chand Agarwal said that apart from being senior party leader and position holder, Negi was an educationalist who played a key role in promoting educa- tion in this area. The Speaker said the death of Negi is a personal loss for him. 6HQLRU %-3 OHDGHU 1HJL GLHV 7TfPb U^d]S _^bXcXeTU^a 2^eXS (^] BT_cTQTa P]SfPb cPZX]V caTPcT]cPc WXbW^T ?=BQ 347A03D= On the directions of chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, folk drummer Dhum Lal of Urgam village in Chamoli district has been admitted to AIIMS in Rishikesh for treatment. The CM has also directed that the cost of Lal’s treatment will be borne out of the chief minister’s relief fund. It is pertinent to mention here that Lal is a popular drummer who performs in traditional Mukhauta presen- tations and the Nanda Devi Raj Jat. On learning about his ill health from the social media, the chief minister acted swift- ly and directed that he be admitted to AIIMS in Rishikesh for treatment. In addition to directing officials to pay the cost of his treatment from the CM relief fund, Rawat also directed the Culture direc- tor to ensure that pension pro- vided to Lal as a folk musician is also released without delay. 2bT]Sb U^[ZSadTa c^088B ?=BQ 70;3F0=8 Aman was killed by an ele- phant in the Patrampur range of Terai west forest divi- sion on Monday night. According to officials, 30- year old labourer Himmat Singh was returning home from Maldhan village in Ramnagar after work at 8 pm on Monday when the incident occurred. An elephant reportedly attacked him, causing his death on the spot. Villagers passing by the route on Tuesday morning spotted his body and informed the forest department and police about it. The forest department and police personnel took the body and sent it for post mortem. Singh left behind his wife and three children. The Terai west sub divi- sional officer Shishupal Singh Rawat said that the forest department has stepped up patrolling in the area. The bereaved family was provided a cheque for C10,000 as immediate financial assis- tance while the remaining amount will be provided by the department as per the regula- tions. The body was handed over to the family after the post mortem, he added. The SDO and the ranger have also appealed to the villagers to not venture into the wooded areas unnecessarily. ?=BQ 347A03D= Student activist group Making a Difference by Being the Difference (MAD), has alleged that illegal mining activities are continuing rampantly on various stretches of the Rispana river in Dehradun. The organisation has highlighted one specific example — near the Bala Sundari Mandir on Canal Road, where- in mining is being carried out on the riverbed away from public view in between the half constructed walls that have been erected right on the riverbed for the riverfront development programme. MAD released a statement pointing out that shortly after the group’s plan- tation drive in Tarla Nagal area- it was noticed that some stretches in the upper regions of Rispana were causing moderate flooding in the low lying areas. On inspection, the locals informed the group members that mining activities are rampant and debris, including the construction debris is blocking the smooth flow of the river. MAD has called upon the Government to come out clean in its priorities and intentions regarding the Rispana. The students have warned the political and administrative leadership to not use the river’s name for any fur- ther slogans if they do not wish to deliv- er on its revival. MAD has been spearheading the campaign to rejuvenate Rispana river over the last nine years and was close- ly involved with the high level com- mittee, working under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary tasked by the Chief Minister. After several rounds of meetings, while plantation activities were agreed to and carried out, no fur- ther activity to rejuvenate the river- like removing encroachment, cleaning the river, fixing responsibility on officials or of maintaining the planted saplings- was carried out, state the members. ?=BQ =08=8C0; Contrary to the expectation from the Government dur- ing Unlock-4, the State Government has made strin- gent regulations which have jolted all those earning their livelihood from tourism and related activities. The hotel and restaurant association head Dinesh Sah said this while addressing the media here. He alleged that the Government is ignoring the condition of tourism. “The Government should provide testing facility at the State’s entry points and let the tourists in. However, the Government has made stricter rules which are hitting the tourism indus- try harder. Instead of using Government property, the administration has made quar- antine and other centres relat- ed to Covid-19 in hotels. The authorities have not clarified as to how long this will continue. The hotels are open but the officials state that if any posi- tive case is found in a hotel, the establishment will be sealed and action will be taken against the hotel owner which is not justified. If tourists are reach- ing Nainital without getting their rapid tests done, it means they are being allowed by the administration. Considering this, talk of action against the hotel owner seems illogical,” Sah said. He added the hotel indus- try has suffered losses amount- ing to more than C500 crore during the six month period of the Covid-19 pandemic so far. Even when the hotels were closed, there was no difference in the water and electricity bills, which Sah said is wrong. The hotel association had talked to the local MLA, Chief Secretary and even the Chief Minister but their situa- tion is being ignored, he averred. *RYW UHJXODWLRQV KDPSHULQJ WRXULVP VDV 6DK ?=BQ 347A03D= About 35 structures have been removed out of around 80 structures from the encroached government land in Shifan Court, Mussoorie so far in more than two weeks. While informing about this, the executive officer of Mussoorie municipality, M L Shah added that there are still two days left of the time given by the district administration to the occu- pants of these illegal structures to remove their construction. Last month, the district administration demolished around 15 isolated encroach- ments in Shifan Court and according to the officials, about 65 occupants of the remaining structures signed affidavit and agreed to remove their encroachment. The adminis- tration provided these occu- pants time till September 10 to remove the encroachment on their own as per their signed affidavit and if the occupants fail to do so by the given day, the administration will be bound to do it on its own. However, the occupants have purportedly removed only about 20 encroachments on their own out of about 80 encroachments and most of the locals living there are consis- tently opposing this move by the State Government. Some have also alleged that though the people have provided affi- davit to evacuate the place by September 10, officials contin- ued to visit them regularly and reminded them to remove the encroachment soon which, according to some locals, felt like harassment to them. However, the officials have denied such claims stating that no one was harassed by any official in the said area. Furthermore, when Shah was asked about the plan of remov- ing the remaining encroach- ments from Shifan Court if the occupants fail to remove them by the given time, he said the actions will be taken as per the directions of the administra- tion. It is pertinent to mention here that the said encroach- ments are being removed to facilitate the construction work of Purkuk-Mussoorie ropeway which has reportedly been delayed due to various factors including the said encroach- ment. ?=BQ 347A03D= The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) will not proceed further with any plan to demolish condemned buildings in the city unless the verdict on the pending court cases of the condemned build- ings owing to owner-tenant dispute comes out. According to the officials, there are 48 condemned build- ings listed by the corporation out of which the court cases of 32 buildings are pending due to owner-tenant disputes. In July, the officials of the corporation claimed to have issue notices to the occupants of the remaining 16 dilapidat- ed buildings to evacuate their buildings within 15 days, stat- ing that if the occupants fail to do so in the given time, the MCD with the police and dis- trict administration would demolish the buildings. However, it has been over a month since the notices were issued. The officials state that the corporation will not pro- ceed with any plans to demol- ish these dilapidated buildings until the court cases of the buildings do not get resolved. As informed by the munic- ipal commissioner, Vinay Shankar Pandey, the corpora- tion is not planning to proceed with any plan to demolish the condemned buildings till the matter of the disputed build- ings remains in the court. 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- 4. ]PcX^]#347A03D=kF43=4B30H kB4?C414A(!! ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Government on Tuesday said that Russia has sought India’s help in the manufac- turing of its Covid vaccine by Indian companies and conduct of Phase-III studies here. “Also, India attaches high importance to the request from a special friend and on both fronts, there has been consid- erable progress. “We are working with this vaccine candidate for manu- facture as well as trial and reg- ulatory facilitation, in the spir- it of partnership and science for humanity. The outreach has been extended to the vaccine manufacturers in India,” said V.K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog at a press briefing here. “About four of them have already come forward, the oth- ers are in talks with the Russian counterparts and the Government is facilitating that process of creating a connect. There may be specific out- comes very soon in that regard. India can manufacture that vaccine in large and significant quantities. On the regulatory front, Indian scientists have looked at the data. There would be a need for Phase III trials in normal course of things,” he said. Sputnik V, an adenovirus vector-based vaccine, was developed by the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, along with the Russian Direct Investment Fund and was registered on August 11. On its part, in India, three vaccines are in advanced stages. There are two indigenous vac- cines being developed by Zydus Cadila and Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research. The Serum Institute of India has also partnered with AstraZeneca for manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine candi- date developed by the University of Oxford. ?=BQ =4F34;78 Alarmed at the spike in Covid-19 cases each pass- ing day, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday exhorted the citizens to come forward to get themselves tested for the infection and warned that their irresponsible behaviour like failure to follow distancing norms and not using masks could lead to a damaging sit- uation as far as the pandemic is concerned in India. After breaching single-day records of highest Covid cases in the world going past 90,000, India on Tuesday registered 75,809 fresh cases in 24 hours, while marking the largest spike in deaths in a day with 1,133 new fatalities. Fearing that States too were not serious about the pandemic, the Government also took exception that some of them were not conducting gold-standard reverse tran- scription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests on symptomatic people who test- ed negative for the rapid-anti- gen test (RAT). Addressing a press brief- ing, NITI Aayog member V K Paul, who also heads Covid- 19 national task force, stressed on the importance of testing in containing the pandemic. Highlighting repeated complaints from states that people are becoming lax in taking precautions against Covid-19, he said following public health measures like social distancing and wearing masks remains key to slowing the pandemic. “People should not be afraid of getting tested. They should come forward to get themselves 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 been repeated complaints from states about people becoming lax in taking safety precau- tions. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan took note of the States failing to conduct the RTPCR tests. “There are many states where people test- ing negative for rapid-antigen test (RAT) are not subjected to RT-PCR. You need to catch that missing person. The peo- ple who are not caught are spreading the infection.” “You can chase the virus only if you catch the missing person. This is both Ministry and ICMR guidelines that a person who is symptomatic negative in a rapid-antigen test should be compelled to RT-PCR. If 100 such people are left, they can spread it to a lot of people, and this is wor- risome,” he added. 6^ecdaVTbRXcXiT]bc^R^T U^afPaSU^a2^eXScTbcX]V ?=BQ =4F34;78 If five States—Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are contributing almost 70 per cent of the Covid caseload in the country, then there are at least 14 States/UTs which seems to be comparatively safe places having less than 5,000 active Coronavirus cases while Lakshadweep has no active cases. Therearealso20Statesand UTswherethenumberofactive cases are between 2,000-5,000, said Union Health Secretary RajeshBhushanatapressbrief- ing here. “Maharashtra's share is around 27 per cent of the total active cases, which in terms of absolute numbers is 2.37 lakhs. This apart, nearly 70 per cet of theCOVID-19relateddeathsare also being reported from five States—Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra PradeshandUttarPradesh.The States where active cases are mostly concentrated are also, moreorless,accountingformost of the deaths”, he said. Hence,fromtheperspective of public health, it is important to take targeted actions in these States, both by the State and Central Governments. This apart, 28 States UTs have a CaseFatalityRatewhichislower than the national average, Bhushan said. Dr. V.K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog tried to allay fears that cases are spiral- ing at a faster pace and said that our Covid-19 case numbers are looking big since we are testing in a very liberal manner, which has in turn helped us to reduce mortality rate. In the last 24 hours, Andhra Pradesh recorded the highest COVID-recoveries with 11,915 recovered cases. Karnataka and Maharashtra followed with 9,575 and 7,826 recoveries respectively while Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh registered 5,820 and 4,779 recoveries, a release from the Union Health Ministry said. These 5 States together con- tributed 57 per cent of the recoveries in the last 24 hours. The officer also said that more than 5 crore tests have been conducted so far, which take India to the second high- est position in terms of testing with more than 10 lakh tests conducted daily in this week. At the same time, the number of recovered patients is more than 33 lakhs now, and, the highest single day recovery of 73,642 patients has also been recorded in the last 24 hours. Although the cases are on the rise in terms of absolute numbers, India still has 3,102 cases per million, which is one of the lowest in the world. Also, India's death per million is 53, which falls amongst the lowest in the world, the offi- cial pointed out. CfddZRdVVd:_UZR¶dYV]a`_4`gZUgRTTZ_VdefUj =8C8TQTa caXTbc^P[[Ph UTPabcWPcRPbTb PaTb_XaP[X]VPcP UPbcTa_PRT #BcPcTbDCb[^V[TbbcWP] $:PRcXeT2^eXS (RPbTb ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Centre on Tuesday announced a public private partnership (PPP) model for an intelligent traffic system to reduce road accidents. Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said there is a need for a policy and a reputed private consultant will be appointed to come out with the model. Gadkari asserted that post implementation of the Motor Vehicles (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 which about 1.5 lakh people die and about 3 lakh are crippled. “This is the time we should go for PPP (public private partnership) model in trans- portation...We will appoint a private consultant, a good reputed company to study how we can make PPP model in transport system particularly in Intelligent Transport System (ITS) at state level, municipal corporation level and the National Highways level,” the minister said while addressing a webinar on road safety. He announced a tender will be released soon in this regard. An ITS comprises cen- tralised control centres, closed tolling systems which also include components like CCTV, weather monitoring, variable message signs, advanced communication sys- tem, traffic management, sim- ulation, digital services driven by AI among others to stream- line traffic. The minister also expressed confidence that road accidents and related 1.5 lakh deaths per annum would be reduced by 50% by 2025 against the target of 2030. “We are working on fast track mode to achieve the goal with the cooperation of all stakeholders especially the state governments,” he said. The minister said he has taken lot of initiatives to reduce road 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 engineering or related flaws. HesaidtheWorldBankand the ADB are providing C7,000 crore each for removing black spots from national highways. “We have already identified black spots on national high- ways. India has already spent ?20,000 crore on removing the black spots,” Gadkari further said. He lauded the Tamil Nadu government’s efforts to brought down road fatalities by 25 per- cent by implementing a project withtheWorldBank’sassistance. Gadkari also called upon Membersof Parliamentwhoare chairing District Road Committees to identify black spots and pursue their redressal. ???_^[XRhaT`dXaTSU^a X]cT[[XVT]ccaPUUXRc^aTSdRT a^PSPRRXST]cb)6PSZPaX ?=BQ =4F34;78 The Centre on Tuesday ordered attachment of immovable properties in Punjab of designated terrorists Gurpatwant Singh Pannu and Hardeep Singh Nijjar under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The duo is being probed by the NIA in connection with a case relating to a concerted campaign launched by seces- sionist organisation ‘Sikhs for Justice’ under the banner of ‘Sikh Referendum 2020’ for creation of so called ‘Khalistan’. “Government of India in exercise of powers conferred under Section 51A of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, has ordered for attach- ment of the immovable prop- erties of designated terrorists - Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in District Amritsar, Punjab and Hardeep Singh Nijjar in District Jalandhar, Punjab, the NIA said in a statement. During the course of inves- tigation, the NIA had identified immovable properties belong- ing to Pannun in Amritsar, and those of Nijjar in Jalandhar, and moved the Government for attachment of these assets prop- erties under the provisions of the UA(P)Act, 1967. The attached properties Pannu include 46 Kanal at vil- lage Khankot, Amritsar,Punjab and 11 Kanal 13.5 Marlas Sultanwind Suburban Bhainiwal, Amritsar, Punjab. Nijjar’s attached asset is 11 Kanal 13 Marlas in area at vil- lage Bhar, Singhpura, Pillaur, Jalandhar (Punjab). Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), headed by USA-based terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, is presently making efforts to propagate ‘Sikh Referendum- 2020’on social media. 2T]caT^aSTab PccPRWT]c^U _a^_TacXTb^U B59WP]S[Tab ?=BQ =4F34;78 Taking a cue from the Modi Government's recent poli- cy to replace imported toys, including those largely from China, with the ones locally produced, Union Minority Affairs Ministry will resume 'Hunar Haat' from Wednesday to encourage indigenous toy industry. After a gap of about 6 months due to the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, “Hunar Haat” will restart from October 9 at Prayagraj (Allahabad) with the theme of “Local to Global” and focus on indigenous exquisite Indian toys. Announcing this, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said here that every corner of the country has a tra- ditional and ancestral legacy of indigenous toys. “This legacy, which was on the verge of extinction, has got a boon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for Swadeshi Toys,” he said. Naqvi said that every cor- ner of the country is endowed with diversity of indigenous toys made with wood, brass, bamboo, glass, cloth, paper, clay etc. “Hunar Haat” will be an enormous platform pro- viding market and opportuni- ties to master artisans who pre- pare these indigenous exquis- ite toys. More than 30 per cent stalls will be for artisans who prepare indigenous toys, they will also be extended help through various institutions for attractive packaging of “Swadeshi Toys”. In the coming days, “Hunar Haat” will be organized at Jaipur (23 Oct -1 November) , Chandigarh (7- 15 November ), Indore (21 to 29 November), Mumbai (22 to 31 December ), Hyderabad (8 to 17 January 2021), Lucknow (23 to 31 January 2021), India Gate, New Delhi (13 to 21 February 2021), Ranchi (20 to 28 February 2021), Kota (5 to 14 March 2021), Surat/Ahmedabad (20 to 27 March 2021) etc. Naqvi said that this time, people will also be able to buy “Hunar Haat” products digi- tal and online also. Union Minority Affairs Ministry is registering these artisans and their indigenous products on “GeM” (Government e Marketplace). ³7d]Pa7PPcUa^ c^SPhc^Q^^bcSTbXc^h X]Sdbcah´b_a^b_TRcb ?=BQ =4F34;78 In a move to increase the export of bamboo products and improve farmers’ income, the Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday launched 22 bamboo clusters in nine States. The bamboo clusters will be set up in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Karnataka. These will be engaged in rais- ing nurseries and plantations and/or product development like furniture, agarbatti, venet- ian blinds, chopsticks, tooth- brush, lifestyle products, jew- ellery, bottles, yoga mat and charcoal. India is the world’s second largest cultivator of bamboo after China, with 136 species and 23 genera spread over 13.96 million hectares. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, India’s annual bamboo production is esti- mated at 3.23 million tonnes. However, despite all this, the country’s share in the global bamboo trade and commerce is only 4 per cent. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday launched these bamboo clusters. In a vir- tual event, Tomar also released the logo for National Bamboo Mission (NBM), the ministry of agriculture added. “Bamboo cultivation can enhance farm income to a good extent and achieve the desired objective of the Union Government of transforming the rural economy by doubling farmers’ income. This will help increase income of farmers and at the same reduce depen- dency on imports of some raw material. With the wealth of bamboo in India and growing industry, India should aim to establish herself in global mar- kets for both engineered and handcrafted products,” he said. According to the ministry, bamboo can be used in 1,500 different ways including as food, a substitute for wood, building and construction material, for handicrafts and paper. “The Government’s goal in the bamboo sector is being achieved with the concerted efforts of all stakeholders of the Bamboo Mission. Keeping in consideration the importance of bamboo, the Indian Forest Act 1927 was amended in the year 2017 to remove bamboo for the cate- gory of trees, as a result now anyone can undertake culti- vation and business in bamboo and its products,” Tomar added. According to the min- istry, the bamboo ecosystem has been energized with 23 states being assisted, including all eight North Eastern states. In October 2006, the Government had launched the National Bamboo Mission (NBM) on the basis of the National Mission on Bamboo Technology and Trade Development Report, 2003. The NBM’s key objective was to address issues relating to the development of the bamboo industry in the country, pro- vide a new impetus and direc- tion and enable the realisation of India’s considerable poten- tial in bamboo production. ³7d]Pa7PPc´fX[[ QTP]T]^a^db _[PcU^a _a^eXSX]VPaZTc P]S^__^acd]XcXTb c^PbcTa PacXbP]b !!QPQ^^R[dbcTabX]]X]TBcPcTb [Pd]RWTSc^aPXbTUPaTab´X]R^T ?=BQ =4F34;78 Khadi and Village Industry Commission’s (KVIC) ven- ture into the online marketing segment has quickly estab- lished a pan-India reach enabling the artisans sell their products to the remotest parts of India through the KVIC E- Portal - www.kviconline.gov.in/khadi- mask/. The online sale that was launched with just Khadi face masks on July 7 this year has evolved into a full-fledged E- market platform with 180 products as on today and many more in the pipeline. The product range includes hand-spun and hand-woven fine fabric like Muslin, Silk, Denim and Cotton, Unisex Vichar Vastra by Ritu Beri, Khadi’s Signature Wrist Watch, a variety of honey, Herbal and Green Tea, Herbal Medicines and Soaps, Papad, Kacchi Ghani Mustard Oil and a range of herbal cosmetics among many others. KVIC is adding at least 10 new products to its online inventory on a daily basis and it has set a target of adding at least 1,000 products by October 2 this year. In less than two months’ time, KVIC has served nearly 4000 cus- tomers. KVIC Chairman, VK Saxena said the online sale of Khadi products is a big push to “Swadeshi” and aims at empowering the local artisans. “Khadi’s E-market portal is providing our artisans an addi- tional platform to sell their goods. This is a concrete step towards building of Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” Saxena said, adding the product range is priced from Rs 50 to Rs 5000, keeping in view the choice and affordability of all sections of buyers,” he said. KVIC has fixed the mini- mum order value at C599 for free delivery of goods. It has entered into an agreement with the Postal Department for delivery of consignments via Speed Post. .KDGL¶V HPDUNHW SRUWDO JDLQV WUDFWLRQ
- 5. ]PcX^]$347A03D=kF43=4B30H kB4?C414A(!! B0D60AB4=6D?C0Q :;:0C0 With the Bengal Assembly elections little less than a year away the Central Bureau of Investigation has once dust- ed up its chit fund files in the multi-crore Sharada and Rose Valley cases. Acting on expected lines the Central investigating agency is planning to submit the final chargesheet in the ponzi fund cases, sources said adding the charge-sheet would contain the names of a number of Trinamool Congress leaders and police officers. The list would contain the name of at least one senior IPS officer for trying to hush up the case, insiders said. Besides the name of some lesser officers would also be there in the list. The names of a senior BJP leader and a retired IPS officer have been included as wit- nesses, sources said. When asked to comment an official said that the charge- sheet was likely to be submit- ted sometime in November though “no final decision has been taken about this.” Incidentally investigating offi- cers involved in the probe were changed in last month with an equal number of Additional SP rank officers from the neigh- bouring State Bihar joining the investigation. When asked to comment on the preparations to file the final charge sheet the TMC leaders said they were pre- pared for the “BJP Government’s pre-election onslaught which will gradual- ly diminish after the elections and after Mamata Banerjee roars back to power for the third time in the State.” The 2,000 crore Sharada chit fund case was busted in 2013 leading to the arrests of its CEO Sudipto Sen and other senior functionaries. Subsequently following alle- gations of senior Trinamool Congress leaders’ involvement in the case a petition was filed by Congress leader Abdul Mannan in the Supreme Court seeking CBI investigation which was granted in 2014 amid allegations that in the intervening time the State police had tampered with the allegations. As the investigation peaked senior TMC MPs and Ministers like Sudip Bandopadhyay, late Tapas Paul, Kunal Ghosh and Madan Mitra were jailed. While a retired ADG Police was taken into custody, former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar was grilled for several hours and on repeated occasions for his alleged com- plicity in hushing up the case. This even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cried vic- timisation by the BJP. In the meantime TMC’s number two man Mukul Roy left his party and joined the BJP months after he too was grilled in the Sharada case. :D0A274;;0??0=Q 274==08 If the data provided by Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha is any indication, the AIADMK, the DMK and other Dravidian outfits in Tamil Nadu may have to re-work their policy towards Hindi. The Dravidian parties are known for their strong Opposition to Hindi and Sanskrit. Schools and Colleges in Tamil Nadu which follow State syllabus do not allow Hindi in the curriculum as both AIADMK and DMK are united in their Opposition towards Hindi. Both the political parties have made it public that Hindi was not welcome in -Tamil Nadu and the State would follow only the two-language policy. But people belonging to economically for- ward segments send their children to private schools that follow CBSE and ICSE curriculum where Hindi is compulsory. Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha was launched in 1918 by 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 from the fact that he himself was the President of the organisation till he breathed his last. “The passion among the students and youth in Tamil Nadu could be understood from the fact that 4,58,000 students appeared for the various Hindi examinations held by the Sabha in 2019. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, it is certain to see more students taking up the examinations of the Sabha in 2020,” S R Jeyaraj, 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 for the examinations held by the Sabha. “Of all the South Indian States, Tamil Nadu has the highest number of Hindi learners registered with the Sabha,” said Jayaraj. He said despite Hindi being denied its rightful place in government-run schools and colleges in the State, students are firm in their decision to learn the language. 7DPLO 1DGX SHRSOH SUHIHU WR OHDUQ +LQGL ODQJXDJH 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 call the recovered patients and tell them about the plas- ma donation programme and convince them to donate plasma to save other people's lives,” said Health Commissioner Katamneni Bhaskar. The department has readied a list of 37,000 people 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 blood banks which have the facility to collect and store plasma,” said Bhaskar. The move is aimed at treating Covid patients more effectively and the Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government will launch a plasma dona- tion campaign soon. As part of the campaign, the state government will reward each donor with a token amount of Rs 5,000. According to the Health Commissioner, the southern state is spending an amount of Rs 15 crore per day in overall coronavirus arrangements, including treatment, patients' food, accommo- dation, tests and medicines, among others. On an average, Andhra Pradesh is testing 65,000 to 70,000 samples per day. The state on Monday reported 8,368 new coronavirus cases, taking the Andhra Pradesh's tally to 5.06 lakh. IANS :D0A274;;0??0=Q :278 Former Governor of Mizoram, Kummanam Rajasekharan, who is also a former president of the Kerala BJP observed a day’s fast on Tuesday at Pathanamthitta in protest against rapes, gold smuggling scams, cor- ruption charges and breakdown of law and order in the State. “Kerala hangs its head in shame. Covid-19 patients are raped by ambu- lance drivers and health workers who are supposed to save them. There is no guarantee for the lives of sincere officials who wage war against corruption and nepotism. The State is no more the God’s Own Land as it has been described earlier,” said Rajasekharan while launching his fast in company of hundreds of party workers. Even as Rajasekharan was addressing the party cadre at Pathanamthitta, a heavy posse of policemen charged into the resi- dence of Muslim League MLA M C Kamarudin in Kasaragod district in northern Kerala in connection with a series of cheating cases filed against the law maker. The case is that Fashion Jewellery of which Kamarudin is the chairman cheated investors to the tune of Rs 136 crore. The managing director of the showroom is absconding. Adding to the woes of the State administration, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has found that gold smuggling syndicate operating from Kozhikode Airport has suc- ceeded in getting their own hench- men employed as contract workers inside the airport. This is being done to make it easy for them to bring out the smuggled gold reaching the airport via inter- national flights, said the DRI report. On Sunday, two staff members of the DRI had come under attack from gold couriers when the former tried to take into custody a group of peo- ple engaged in smuggling. Meanwhile investigation agencies including the Narcotics Control Bureau are on their way to Kerala to nab politically influential people into custody in connection with the recent drug seizure at Bangalore. :D0A274;;0??0=Q :278 Kerala diagnosed 3,026 new persons with Covid-19 on Tuesday while 13 persons died during the last 24 hours, according to a release issued by the State Health Department. With Tuesday’s 13 death, the fatalities in the State reached 372. By Tuesday evening, the number of Covid-19 patients undergoing treatment in the State rose to 23,217. Nearly two lakh persons across the State are under observation across Kerala. Out of the 3,026 persons diagnosed with 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 when they were infected, the State saw 89 health workers contracting the pandemic across the State. On Tuesday, a total of 2,076 persons were hospitalised. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had sais on Friday that the testing to diagnose the pan- demic was way ahead of others. On Tuesday 37, 264 samples were sent for testing . Barring the High Range districts of Idukki (63) and Wayanadu (21) the remain- ing 12 districts tested high numbers on Tuesday. Vijayan had told on last Friday that the two weeks would be critical and crucial for the State and there was every possibility of the number of cases shooting to 10,000 and more per day. :D0A274;;0??0=Q :278 The Covid-19 pandemic is subsiding in Tamil Nadu, though not in a big way. According to a bulletin issued on Tuesday evening by the Department of Health, barring the districts of Chengalpet, Chennai, Coimbatore and Cuddalore (the 4C districts), the coronavirus induced pandemic is showing signs of stabilizing and subsiding. While the entire State diagnosed 5, 684 new patients on Tuesday after testing 81,066 persons, 6,599 patients were discharged on a single day after it was confirmed that they were cured of the disease. The day also saw 87 persons succumbing to the pandemic taking the death toll to 8,012. Chennai registered 988 new patients while Chengalpet (364), Coimbatore (446) and Cuddalore (407) had considerably low number of new cases. Thiruvallur (277) and Thiruvannamalai (242) were the 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 metro resuming services, though with reduced numbers. Migrant laborers who had left for their home- towns following the lockdown are returning to Chennai and other commercial hubs in small batches. %($QVVYSdUT Y^DQ]YQTe 43:cVRUZVdTYRcXVdYVVe E4]VRUVcd`_e`a]Zde B70A0300=3AB4E0;;4H20B4B 0]SWaPc^_TabdPST 2^eXSbdaeXe^abc^ S^]PcT_[PbP ;UbQQbUS_bTc # VbUcX SQcUc!#TUQdXc :TaP[P)APYPbTZWPaP]UPbcbc^_a^cTbc PVPX]bcbRPUP[[X]V[Pf^aSTa ?8=44A=4FBB4AE824Q 90D Fourteen patients of Covid-19 died in Jammu Kashmir while 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 service providers were found infected during Rapid Antigen Testing going on across the district since August 26. Out of 11859 active positive cases, Jammu district alone accounted for 3844 cases while active positive cases in Srinagar stood at 1435.According to the media bulletin, out of 1355 new positive cases, 785 were reported from Jammu division 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 were fully recovered and discharged from various hospitals, 74 from Jammu Division and 417 from Kashmir Division. According to the media bulletin, out of 45925 positive cases, 11859 are Active Positive, 33251 have recovered and 815 have died; 113 in Jammu division and 702 in Kashmir division. ?=BQ 0;860A7 For many years, the disputed land in Ahaldaadpur village did not get any solution. Three people have been prosecuted 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 in Gata 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 gata belongs to the village society includ- ing his one and a half bigha land. ?=BQ 0;860A7 Livelihood crisis increased due to corona, although it is now unlocked but life is not returning on track. People are struggling hard to earn and feed their fam- ilies. Corona effects sports activities as well. International gold medal- ist runner Sandeep Pathak is forced to work as a courier delivery boy because from the last six months, the stadium has been closed and sports activities have come to standstill. Sandeep said that sports activ- ities are standstill because of coro- na and no sports events are held, even recruitment from the sports quota also on hold. Therefore, due to the financial crisis, I am forced to do the job of courier boy because it is generating some income and getting some physical exercise also. ?=BQ 0;860A7 DM has issued an order to the animal hus- bandry department of the district to start searching for milch cows in 150 gaushalas for malnourished families. There are about 30,000 malnourished infants and 6,000 undernourished. The government will pro- vide these cows free of cost to these under- privileged families. In the district, a total of 4.12 lakh infants are registered in the age group of 0 to 6 years. Among them, 1.5 lakh are between 0 to 3 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 a scheme to improve their health by provid- ing a free cow to the underprivilege families of these children along with C900 per month for cow rearing. DM Chandra Bhushan Singh sought a survey report from the Animal Husbandry Department about the number of milch cows among 15,000 cows sheltered in 150 gaushalas. ?=BQ 0;860A7 Due to corona and lockdown, 5000 artists of UP are struggling hard to earn and feed their families. Thousand of artists in Mathura are confused and worried due to lack of clearpolicyofGovernmentaboutthe Ramleela event permission. Mathura is an hub for the folk artists. There are more than 5000 artiststakepartinRamleela,Krishna leela, Rasleela etc. They travel to dif- ferent states including Delhi, Karnataka, Rajasthan to play such character roles. ?A0344?B0G4=0Q 70C7A0B In 15 years, 395 tons of fertil- izers were spoiled on 28 cooperative societies of the district. When the case has come into the light of officers, a letter immediately sent to the District Agriculture Officer to collect the sample. Teams of the Agriculture Department went to 12 cooperative societies for sample collection of fertilizer and sent it to the laboratory. The big question is who is responsible for this loss. According to the officers, the damaged fertilizers will be sent to the research center or fertil- izer companies. ?A0344?B0G4=0Q 0;860A7 People are being cheated by the medical stores in the name of corona virus protection by selling corona shut out/get out cards from C100 to 180. Sellers claim that wearing this card for 30 days around a neck will prevent corona. However, this card is neither recognized nor cer- tified by the Health Department and the drug department. This card is filled with smell emitting sugar size stones. Surprisingly, sellers did not know the name of its company as everything is written in the Chinese language on it and is being sold all over except Delhi. Even the drug department is unaware of this scam hence not taken any action against a single medical store till date. Drug inspector Hemendra Chaudhary appealed to people not to fall into superstition by buying this card. According to him, raids at medical shops will be started from Monday and strict action will be taken against sellers of these cards. Dr. Natasha Chaudhary, CMO, Central Government Health Scheme, Aligarh said that the corona virus will not eradicate by this card. A vaccine is the only solution. This virus is spreading by touching and through the air. People should wash their hands frequently, use a face mask, and maintain social distancing to avoid spreading this virus. Do not fall into any kind of superstition. According to Shalendra Singh Tillu, District President of Aligarh Chemist and Drug Association, Corona does not eradicate from anything like Corona Get out card. It is not rec- ognized by the Department of Health. Medical stores are requested not to sell these things, which creates confusion among people. ?8=44A=4FBB4AE824Q 90D Two Burmese nationals, involved in the looting of the ICICI ATM installed near vegetable market in Trikuta Nagar area of Jammu have been apprehended by the Jammu Kashmir police along with their accomplice hailing from Bihar. It is for the first time, Burmese nationals have been caught 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 System Ltd. Trikuta Nagar in which he had stated that during the intervening night of 02/03-09-2020 some unknown burglar/burglars attempted to break open the ICICI ATM installed near vegetable market, Trikuta Nagar”. After registering a case FIR No. 218/2020 U/S 457/380/511 IPC at Police station BahuFort, investiga- tions were launched in the case. 1daTbT]PcX^]P[bWT[S U^a0C cWTUcX]9Pd WHVW RYLG YH GLH LQ - . FDVHV GHDWK EXW QR VROXWLRQ LQ ODQG GLVSXWH HW ?=BQ =4F34;78 The NIA has arrested three more accused persons in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad Case. The arrested accused are Sagar Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor and Jyoti Jagtap, all from Pune. Gorkhe and Gaichor were arrest- ed on Monday while Jagtap was nabbed on Tuesday. These three arrested persons are FIR-named accused persons. The accused persons are members of Kabir Kala Manch a frontal organization of banned terrorist organization CPI (Maoist), the NIA said. The case arose out of Vishram Baug police station, Pune regarding inciting people and giving provocative speeches during Elgar Parishad organized at Shaniwarwada, Pune by the activists of Kabir Kala Manch on December 31, 2017, which pro- moted enmity between various caste groups and led to violence resulting in loss of life and property and state-wide agi- tation in Maharashtra, the NIA said. During investigation, it was revealed that senior leaders of CPI (Maoist), an organisation banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, were in contact with the organizers of Elgar Parishad as well as the accused arrested in the case so as to spread the ideology of Maoism/Naxalism and encour- age unlawful activities, it said. The Pune Police filed charge- sheet and a supplementary charge-sheet in this case on November 15, 2018 and February 21, 2019 respectively. NIA took up the investigation of the case on January 24 this year and arrested accused Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha on April 14. Further, accused Hanybabu Musaliyavirtil Tarayil was arrested on July 28. 3d_TSU^a $hTPab($ TcaXRc^]^UUTacX[XbTab_^X[TS D?PacXbcb WXcWPaSQh _P]STXR =80PaaTbcb^aTX]1WXP :^aTVP^]4[VPa?PaXbWPS2PbT ?^^a8]c³[6^[S TSP[XbcU^aRTSc^ f^aZPbR^daXTa D?6^ecfX[[_a^eXST UaTTX[RWR^fbc^ P[]^daXbWTSUPX[XTb 0VaPTSXRP[bc^aTb RWTPc_T^_[TX]]PT ^U2^a^]PRPaSb
- 6. E venasChinaaccusedIndian troopsofintimidatoryfiring on Monday, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will meethisChinesecounterpartWang YifacetofaceinMoscowforthefirst time after the standoff. The meet- ing will take place on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO)foreignminis- ters’ conclave, hot on the heels of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s conversation with his counterpart, Gen Wei Fenghe, at the same plat- form. Pessimism surrounds the outcome of the Wang-Jaishankar meeting though Jaishankar has been signalling to Chinese leaders the big picture of India-China rela- tionsandIndia’stermsforareset.His emphasis on the need for India to bemoreproactiveandtakerisksare reflectedinsomerecentIndianmil- itary, diplomatic and economic activities that connote capabilities and confidence. Diplomacy is the path India has chosen to secure its objectiveofrestorationofstatusquo ante.Jaishankar,whosaysheknows Wangforalongtime,acknowledges thesituationontheLACisveryseri- ous and requires “deep conversa- tions” at the political level. India launched a blitzkrieg of events along the LAC prior to Singh meeting his counterpart. CDS Gen Rawat was exceptionally vocal over the military option, including a two-front war if diplo- macyfailedandtheutilityofQuad. COAS Gen Naravane, on his third visit to Ladakh, was in Chushul at the scene of recent action. Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Bhaduria,inspectedairbasesinthe east and Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla, in his first public address, highlightedtheGalwanclashresult- ingincasualtiesforthefirsttimein 42yearsofpeaceandtranquilityon theborder.Indianforcescarriedout their first proactive military opera- tionontheirownsideofLAConthe south bank of Pangong Lake by occupying heights that gave them domination in the Chushul area. A battalion of Vikas regiment, com- prising exiled Tibetans, was employed in the pre-emptive oper- ation, messaging to China the dor- mantTibetissue.Acompanycom- mander of this special force was killed due to an old mine and his funeral was attended by Ram Madhav,generalsecretaryoftheBJP. Abouttheproactiveoperation,there isconfusionoverlocationandcon- trol of contested heights at Helmet and Black Top. The Army just said it occupied ground to improve its defences. AfterthemeetingofDefence Ministers on expected lines, China accused India of crossing LAC at Chushul and demanded Indian troops be withdrawn. IndiablamedChinaformultiple intrusionsandurgedtherestora- tion of status quo ante. But both sides stressed the determination to continue talks. Central to China’s complaint is Indian vio- lationofChineseLACatGalwan and Chushul without admitting it is the original sinner of multi- pleintrusionsbyviolatingborder protocols and unilaterally alter- ingstatusquo.Stungbytheban- ning of 117 more apps (now aggregate of 224 banned apps), for the first time China accused India of colluding with the US against Chinese companies. It formally charged US with med- dling in the border dispute. WhileUSofficialshavebeen accusingChinaofbullyingIndia, PresidentDonaldTrumphimself hasbeennon-committalbycall- ingthestandoff “verynasty”and wantingtodosomethingtohelp bothcountries.Hedidnotthink that China was bullying India though he noted that China was certainly “going for it.” After the partisanship Prime Minister Narendra Modi displayed in endorsing Trump at Houston (and Ahmedabad) for the next President,avideoofwhichisthe Trump vote-catcher among IndianAmericans,Trump’sclean chit to China is problematic. TheuseofTibetantroopsin operations, when high altitude Ladakh Scouts regiments are available, is by design India’s belatedpsywar.Ithasthepoten- tial to reignite India’s Tibet pol- icy, which in 1950 ignored China’s illegal occupation of Tibet. India’smuch-toutedaban- donment of the One China pol- icy has nothing to do with Tibet butmorewithTaiwanandHong Kong.ChineseForeignMinistry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said: “We firmly oppose any country providing convenience fortheTibetansecessionistforces’ separatist activities.” The Global Times accused India of playing the Tibet card and noted that China’snationalstrength,includ- ingitsmilitarystrength,ismuch stronger than India’s and that when it comes to ultimate com- batcapability,theIndiansidewill lose.Eighteenweeksaftertheini- tial intrusions, the Indian Army carried out its maiden proactive operation at Chushul heights and unnerved the PLA. Dominating ground in other sectors should have been taken up much earlier. Many officers are demanding that the military option be utilised to impose costsonChinanowthattheforce build-up is being completed. Threeadditionaldivisions,tanks and artillery are amassed along LAC with reserves in depth. China has made matching deployment, including locating itsJ20frontlinefighter,atHotan. IAF is ideally suited for deter- rencebypunishmentincasemil- itary force is used to evict intru- sions. The one intrusion that PLA covets most is Depsang which wasnotcoveredbythefailed“dis- engagement” dialogue. In September2013,ithadoccupied the same area and withdrew after talks and India’s counter- intrusionatChumar.ThePLAat Depsangposesadirectchallenge tothestrategicDaulatBegOldie military garrison and air base, which it views as a threat to G 219, the Aksai Chin highway to Lhasa.Whileacounter-intrusion along the 1,590 km LAC in Ladakh will be feasible and not beescalatorylikemilitaryaction to push back at Depsang or any otherintrusion,neitherisadvis- ableaslongasthedoortodiplo- macy is open. The military option must remain the last resort notwithstanding the last publicpronouncementofthefor- meractingUSUndersecretaryof State for South Asia and Central Asia,AliceWells:“India’sbroad- ening strategic horizons over thepasttwodecadeshaveresult- ed in a shift away from a passive foreign policy to one that advances its interests more vig- orously.” Jaishankarhadalongstintat Beijing and then as Foreign Secretary. He enjoys the full confidenceofhisPrimeMinister. His understanding of China under President Xi Jinping and theChineseCommunistPartyis sharp and realistic. He is con- vinced that since diplomacy workedtogetChinatowithdraw from Depsang, Chumar and Doklam,itcanworkagain.Given theescalatory firingbyPLAand occupation of positions close to India’s —creating a new friction point—coupledwithrashstate- ments by Global Times, the Chinesehaveraisedthestakesfor Jaishankar. 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