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A mid criticism of the Uttar Pradesh Police for its han- dling of the Hathras case, the Union Home Ministry on Saturday issued a fresh advisory to States and UTs on the mandatory action to be taken in cases of crimes against women. It outlined that the probe in rape cases should be complet- ed within two months, that the dying declaration of a victim can’t be discarded merely because it has not been record- ed by a Magistrate and that there has to be a mandatory medical examination, with the individual’s consent, by a qual- ified medical professional with- in 24 hours of receipt of infor- mation of such a crime. The detailed three-page advisory of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also said there should be compulsory registration of an FIR in case of a cognisable offence under the CrPC, and any failure of police to adhere to laid down rules does not augur well for the delivery of justice. The law also enables the police to register an FIR or a “Zero FIR”, in case the crime is committed outside the juris- diction of police station, in the event of receipt of information on commission of a cognisable offence, which includes cases of sexual assault on women, said the detailed MHA advisory. “However, even with strin- gent provisions in law and sev- eral capacity building mea- sures undertaken, any failure of police to adhere to these mandatory requirements may not augur well for the delivery of criminal justice in the coun- try, especially in the context of women safety,” said the advi- sory, adding that stringent action and investigation must be initiated against the officers responsible for the lapses in handling crimes against the women. The MHA told the States that the Section 173 of CrPC provides for completion of police investigation in relation to rape in two months and Section 164-A of CrPC provides that in rape or sexu- al assault investigation, the victim should be examined by a registered medical practi- tioner under consent within 24 hours from the time of receiv- ing the information. The advi- sory said the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, provides that the statement, written or verbal by a person, who is dead, shall be treated as relevant fact in the investigation when the state- ment is made by a person as to the cause of his (or her) death or as to any of the circum- stances of the transaction which resulted in his (or her) death. The advisory pointed out that the Supreme Court in a order dated January 7, 2020 said that “that a particular statement, when being offered as dying declaration and satis- fies all the requirements of judi- cial scrutiny, cannot be dis- carded merely because it has not been recorded by a Magistrate or that the police officer did not obtain attesta- tion by any person present at the time of making of the statement”. It is necessary to use the Sexual Assault Evidence Collection (SAEC) kits in every case of sexual assault reported for which the Home Ministry has been regularly conducting training and Training of Trainers (TOT) programmes on procedure for collection, preservation and handling of forensic evidence for police and prosecutors and medical officers respectively. In order to facilitate the State police to monitor compliance, the Home Ministry said, an online portal called Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences (ITSSO) for monitoring the same has been available exclusively to law enforcement officers. S eeking to send a positive sig- nal amid all-round despair due to the coronavirus pan- demic, the Centre on Saturday showcased how for the second consecutive day after a month India’s active Covid-19 cases remained below the 9-lakh mark as the number of recov- eries continued to surpass the fresh infections’ tally. There are 8,83,185 active cases of Covid-19 which con- stitute merely 12.65 per cent of the total cases of the country, the Ministry said, adding these are nearly 1/8th of the total cases in the country. In the last 24 hours, 82,753 patients recovered while there were 73,272 fresh infections. The total Covid-19 recoveries stand at 59,88,822 now while India’s Covid-19 caseload mounted to 69,79,423 by early Saturday. The death toll climbed to 1,07,416 with 926 people succumbing to the dis- ease, as per the Centre’s data. “For the second day after the active cases dropped below the 9-lakh mark after a month, the progressive decline con- tinues,” it said adding that the national Covid-19 recovery rate has progressed to 85.81 per cent. As many as 18 States and Union Territories have record- ed recovery rates more than the national average, said the Ministry. “This is the result of a col- laborative action by States and UTs under the Centre’s strate- gy of comprehensive testing, tracking, quick hospitalisation and adherence to the standard treatment protocol,” it said. As many as 76 per cent of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States and UTs namely Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Delhi, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh, the Ministry added. Maharashtra continues to contribute the maximum with more than 17,000 single- day recoveries. The second-most-affected country by active and total cases, and third by fatality, India’s coronavirus cases has crossed over 70 lakh on Saturday. India now accounts for 10.84 per cent of all active cases globally. A s the season of festivals is approaching, the Uttar Pradesh Police on directions of Chief Minister Yo g i Adityanath on Saturday announced it will carry out a special campaign on the safe- ty of women and girls during the Navratri festival that will begin from October 17. Additional Chief Secretary Home, Awinish Awasthi held a meeting with top officials on the preparations for Durga Puja and Navratri. During the meeting he directed the offi- cials concerned to ensure the safety of women and to follow the Covid-19 guidelines dur- ing festival season. Awasthi said that a cam- paign for the empowerment of women will be organised from October 17 to October 25 in the State. The awareness cam- paign will aim to strengthen the safety of the women and children, he said. He said under the direc- tions of the Chief Minister a special police team will be deployed for the safety of women. Orders have also been issued to the officials in this regard. Awasthi has directed the Anti-Romeo Squad to remain active at crowded and sensitive places. “The mere presence of police helps in controlling crimes,” he said. Continued on Page 4 A fter a day-long protest with the slain priest Babulal Vaishnav’s dead body, his family finally performed his last rites after two days on Saturday when the Rajasthan Government assured it of 10 lakh financial assistance, a Government job and a house under PM Awas Yojana. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, BJP MP Kirori Lal Meena announced that the aggrieved family has ended the protest and agreed to cremate his body after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced a compensation of 10 lakh, job for a family mem- ber and a house under the PM Awas Yojana. The local SHO was transferred from the area, he added. Earlier, the family had refused to perform the last rites of the victim priest until their demands of 50 lakh and a Government job for a family member were met by the Rajasthan Government. It had refused Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Om Prakash Meena’s request to the family to perform the last rites. The priest’s death had created national outrage. Earlier in the day, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra spoke to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot about the situation as thousands of villagers protested in Rajasthan’s Bukna village in Karauli against the brutal murder. After the family refused to perform last rites, the Rajasthan government approached the family and announced that it would give the monetary compensation, a house, a job on contract to one of the family members and an assurance that all the Continued on Page 4 C hina has amassed 60,000 troops on India’s northern border, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said as he hit out at Beijing for its “bad behaviour” and the threats it poses to the Quad countries. US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said China has attempted to “seize” control of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India by force as part of its territorial aggression The foreign ministers from the Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad group - the US, Japan, India and Australia - met in Tokyo on Tuesday in what was their first in-person talks since the coronavirus pan- demic began. The meeting took place against the backdrop of China’s aggressive military behaviour in the Indo-Pacific, South China Sea and along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. “The Indians are seeing 60,000 Chinese soldiers on their northern border,” Pompeo told The Guy Benson Show in an interview on Friday after his return from Tokyo wherein he attended the second Quad ministerial with his counter- parts from India, Japan and Australia. “They see, the people of their (Quad) nations under- standing that we all slept on this for too long. For decades, the West allowed the Chinese Communist Party to walk all over us. The previous admin- istration bent a knee, too often allowed China to steal our intellectual properties and the millions of jobs that came along with it. They see that in their country too,” he said in the interview. “CCP’s (Chinese Communist Party) territorial aggression is also apparent on its Indian border where China has attempted to seize control of the Line of Actual Control by force,” US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said in a remark on China early this week in Utah. The Chinese territorial aggression is also true in the Taiwan Strait where the PLA (People’s Liberation Army) Navy and Air Force continue to conduct threatening military drills, O’Brien said. “Beijing’s signature international devel- opment programme, One Belt One Road (OBOR), involves impoverished companies tak- ing on opaque and unsustain- able Chinese loans to pay Chinese firms employing Chinese labourers to build their infrastructure,” he said. Continued on Page 4 Lucknow (PNS): The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday said schools for stu- dents of classes 9 to 12 will reopen from October 19, after remaining shut for over six months in view of the COVID- 19 pandemic. Classes will be held in shifts and all necessary proto- cols including social distancing and proper sanitisation of premises will have to be fol- lowed by schools, it said. Students will only be allowed to attend classes after furnishing written permission from their parents or guardians, the government said. After proper consideration by the government, it was decided that classes 9, 10, 11 and 12 of all boards outside containment zones will be resumed, Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma said in a statement. Classes 9 to 12 will resume with the physical presence of students from October 19, he said. Sharma said schools will run in shifts and proper atten- tion will be paid to the health of students. In the first shift, classes for 9 and 10 standards will be held. Classes for 11 and 12 standards will be held in the second shift. He said 50 per cent of the students should be called in every class on one day and the remaining 50 per cent the next day. Arrangement should be made to see that the students sit at a distance of 6 feet from each other, he added. Sharma said the students would be allowed to attend classes only after they furnish written permission from their parents or guardians as their health and future are impor- tant. Additional chief secretary, Secondary Education, Aradhana Shukla, has issued an order in this connection and a standard operating procedure (SOP) on health, sanitation and necessary protocols has already been issued for the reopening of schools, the statement said. Continued on Page 4

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Amid criticism of the UttarPradesh Police for its han-

dling of the Hathras case, theUnion Home Ministry onSaturday issued a fresh advisoryto States and UTs on themandatory action to be takenin cases of crimes againstwomen.

It outlined that the probe inrape cases should be complet-ed within two months, that thedying declaration of a victimcan’t be discarded merelybecause it has not been record-ed by a Magistrate and thatthere has to be a mandatorymedical examination, with theindividual’s consent, by a qual-ified medical professional with-in 24 hours of receipt of infor-mation of such a crime.

The detailed three-pageadvisory of the Ministry ofHome Affairs (MHA) also saidthere should be compulsoryregistration of an FIR in case ofa cognisable offence under theCrPC, and any failure of policeto adhere to laid down rulesdoes not augur well for thedelivery of justice.

The law also enables thepolice to register an FIR or a“Zero FIR”, in case the crime iscommitted outside the juris-diction of police station, in theevent of receipt of informationon commission of a cognisable

offence, which includes cases ofsexual assault on women, saidthe detailed MHA advisory.

“However, even with strin-gent provisions in law and sev-eral capacity building mea-sures undertaken, any failure ofpolice to adhere to thesemandatory requirements maynot augur well for the deliveryof criminal justice in the coun-try, especially in the context ofwomen safety,” said the advi-sory, adding that stringent

action and investigation mustbe initiated against the officersresponsible for the lapses inhandling crimes against thewomen.

The MHA told the Statesthat the Section 173 of CrPCprovides for completion of police investigation in relation to rape in two monthsand Section 164-A of CrPCprovides that in rape or sexu-al assault investigation, thevictim should be examined by

a registered medical practi-tioner under consent within 24hours from the time of receiv-ing the information. The advi-sory said the Indian EvidenceAct, 1872, provides that thestatement, written or verbal bya person, who is dead, shall betreated as relevant fact in theinvestigation when the state-ment is made by a person as tothe cause of his (or her) deathor as to any of the circum-stances of the transactionwhich resulted in his (or her)death.

The advisory pointed outthat the Supreme Court in a

order dated January 7, 2020said that “that a particularstatement, when being offeredas dying declaration and satis-fies all the requirements of judi-cial scrutiny, cannot be dis-carded merely because it hasnot been recorded by aMagistrate or that the policeofficer did not obtain attesta-tion by any person present atthe time of making of thestatement”.

It is necessary to use theSexual Assault EvidenceCollection (SAEC) kits in everycase of sexual assault reportedfor which the Home Ministry

has been regularly conductingtraining and Training ofTrainers (TOT) programmeson procedure for collection,preservation and handling offorensic evidence for policeand prosecutors and medicalofficers respectively.

In order to facilitate theState police to monitor compliance, the HomeMinistry said, an online portalcalled Investigation TrackingSystem for Sexual Offences(ITSSO) for monitoring thesame has been available exclusively to law enforcementofficers.

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Seeking to send a positive sig-nal amid all-round despair

due to the coronavirus pan-demic, the Centre on Saturdayshowcased how for the secondconsecutive day after a monthIndia’s active Covid-19 casesremained below the 9-lakhmark as the number of recov-eries continued to surpass thefresh infections’ tally.

There are 8,83,185 activecases of Covid-19 which con-stitute merely 12.65 per cent ofthe total cases of the country,the Ministry said, adding theseare nearly 1/8th of the totalcases in the country.

In the last 24 hours, 82,753patients recovered while therewere 73,272 fresh infections.The total Covid-19 recoveriesstand at 59,88,822 now whileIndia’s Covid-19 caseloadmounted to 69,79,423 by earlySaturday. The death tollclimbed to 1,07,416 with 926people succumbing to the dis-ease, as per the Centre’s data.

“For the second day afterthe active cases dropped belowthe 9-lakh mark after a month,the progressive decline con-tinues,” it said adding that thenational Covid-19 recoveryrate has progressed to 85.81 percent.

As many as 18 States andUnion Territories have record-ed recovery rates more than thenational average, said theMinistry.

“This is the result of a col-laborative action by States andUTs under the Centre’s strate-gy of comprehensive testing,tracking, quick hospitalisationand adherence to the standard

treatment protocol,” it said.As many as 76 per cent of

the new recovered cases areobserved to be concentrated in10 States and UTs namelyMaharashtra, Karnataka,Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, TamilNadu, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha,Delhi, West Bengal andChhattisgarh, the Ministryadded. Maharashtra continues

to contribute the maximumwith more than 17,000 single-day recoveries.

The second-most-affectedcountry by active and totalcases, and third by fatality,India’s coronavirus cases hascrossed over 70 lakh onSaturday. India now accountsfor 10.84 per cent of all activecases globally.

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As the season of festivals isapproaching, the Uttar

Pradesh Police on directions ofChief Minister YogiAdityanath on Saturdayannounced it will carry out aspecial campaign on the safe-ty of women and girls duringthe Navratri festival that willbegin from October 17.

Additional Chief SecretaryHome, Awinish Awasthi held

a meeting with top officials onthe preparations for DurgaPuja and Navratri. During themeeting he directed the offi-cials concerned to ensure thesafety of women and to followthe Covid-19 guidelines dur-ing festival season.

Awasthi said that a cam-paign for the empowerment ofwomen will be organised fromOctober 17 to October 25 inthe State. The awareness cam-paign will aim to strengthenthe safety of the women and

children, he said.He said under the direc-

tions of the Chief Minister aspecial police team will bedeployed for the safety ofwomen. Orders have also beenissued to the officials in thisregard.

Awasthi has directed theAnti-Romeo Squad to remainactive at crowded and sensitiveplaces. “The mere presence ofpolice helps in controllingcrimes,” he said.

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After a day-long protest with the slain priest BabulalVaishnav’s dead body, his family finally performed his last

rites after two days on Saturday when the Rajasthan Governmentassured it of �10 lakh financial assistance, a Government job anda house under PM Awas Yojana.

Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, BJP MP Kirori LalMeena announced that the aggrieved family has ended the protestand agreed to cremate his body after Chief Minister Ashok Gehlotannounced a compensation of �10 lakh, job for a family mem-ber and a house under the PM Awas Yojana. The local SHO wastransferred from the area, he added.

Earlier, the family had refused to perform the last rites of thevictim priest until their demands of �50 lakh and a Governmentjob for a family member were met by the Rajasthan Government.

It had refused Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) OmPrakash Meena’s request to the family to perform the last rites.The priest’s death had created national outrage.

Earlier in the day, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra spoketo Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot about the situation as thousandsof villagers protested in Rajasthan’s Bukna village in Karauli againstthe brutal murder.

After the family refused to perform last rites, the Rajasthangovernment approached the family and announced that it wouldgive the monetary compensation, a house, a job on contract toone of the family members and an assurance that all the

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border, US Secretary of StateMike Pompeo has said as he hitout at Beijing for its “badbehaviour” and the threats itposes to the Quad countries.US National Security AdvisorRobert O’Brien said China hasattempted to “seize” control ofthe Line of Actual Control(LAC) with India by force aspart of its territorial aggression

The foreign ministers fromthe Indo-Pacific nations knownas the Quad group - the US,Japan, India and Australia - metin Tokyo on Tuesday in whatwas their first in-person talks

since the coronavirus pan-demic began.

The meeting took placeagainst the backdrop of China’saggressive military behaviourin the Indo-Pacific, SouthChina Sea and along the Lineof Actual Control (LAC) ineastern Ladakh.

“The Indians are seeing60,000 Chinese soldiers ontheir northern border,” Pompeotold The Guy Benson Show inan interview on Friday after hisreturn from Tokyo wherein he

attended the second Quadministerial with his counter-parts from India, Japan andAustralia.

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along with it. They see that intheir country too,” he said inthe interview.

“CCP’s (ChineseCommunist Party) territorialaggression is also apparent onits Indian border where Chinahas attempted to seize controlof the Line of Actual Control byforce,” US National SecurityAdvisor Robert O’Brien said ina remark on China early thisweek in Utah.

The Chinese territorialaggression is also true in theTaiwan Strait where the PLA(People’s Liberation Army)Navy and Air Force continue toconduct threatening militarydrills, O’Brien said. “Beijing’ssignature international devel-opment programme, One BeltOne Road (OBOR), involvesimpoverished companies tak-ing on opaque and unsustain-able Chinese loans to payChinese firms employingChinese labourers to buildtheir infrastructure,” he said.

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Classes will be held inshifts and all necessary proto-cols including social distancingand proper sanitisation ofpremises will have to be fol-lowed by schools, it said.

Students will only beallowed to attend classes afterfurnishing written permissionfrom their parents orguardians, the governmentsaid.

After proper considerationby the government, it wasdecided that classes 9, 10, 11and 12 of all boards outsidecontainment zones will beresumed, Deputy ChiefMinister Dinesh Sharma said ina statement.

Classes 9 to 12 will resumewith the physical presence ofstudents from October 19, hesaid.

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run in shifts and proper atten-tion will be paid to the healthof students. In the first shift,classes for 9 and 10 standardswill be held. Classes for 11 and12 standards will be held in thesecond shift.

He said 50 per cent of thestudents should be called inevery class on one day and theremaining 50 per cent the nextday. Arrangement should bemade to see that the studentssit at a distance of 6 feet fromeach other, he added.

Sharma said the studentswould be allowed to attendclasses only after they furnishwritten permission from theirparents or guardians as theirhealth and future are impor-tant.

Additional chief secretary,Secondary Education,Aradhana Shukla, has issued anorder in this connection and astandard operating procedure(SOP) on health, sanitationand necessary protocols hasalready been issued for thereopening of schools, thestatement said.

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Aman was arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in Sandila town of Hardoi on

Saturday.Superintendent of Police of Hardoi, Anurag

Vats, said that the girl was allegedly raped by hertuition teacher’s brother when she went to his res-idence to attend classes. The victim was sent formedical examination and the police have arrestedthe accused.

“An FIR will be registered and evidence of thecrime will also be collected,” the SP said.

Meanwhile in Azamgarh, a 16-year-old men-tally unstable boy was caught for allegedly bludgeon-ing an elderly couple to death with a stone in Garholivillage on Friday night. Shrinath Maurya (70) andhis wife Maina Devi (65) were sleeping in the veran-da of their house when they were killed during thenight. The couple’s son works in Mumbai and theywere alone in the house at the time of the incident.Children playing in the vicinity of the house noticedtheir bloodied bodies and raised an alarm.

The perpetrator of the crime was later identi-fied as Golu Maurya of the same village. The policesaid that Golu’s family used to keep him locked ina room. But on Friday night, he managed to slipout and bludgeoned the couple.

The bodies were sent for autopsy. In Aligarh, three passengers were killed and five

injured after the bus they were travelling in over-turned in Tappal area. The bus carrying 45 passen-gers was headed to Delhi from Kanpur when it hita road divider in Simrathi locality and overturned.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressedgrief at death of the passengers and directed the offi-cials to extend best possible health care to theinjured. Efforts were being made to identify thevictims.

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Uttar Pradesh Health depart-ment on Saturday disclosed

that 74 percent of the COVID-19deaths were due to comorbiditywhile 45 percent of the casualtieswere of people above the age of 60years.

Disclosing these facts here onSaturday, Additional Chief Secretary(Health) Amit Mohan Prasad saidthat in the audit report of 6,000COVID-19 deaths so far of the total6,353 deaths, it was found that cit-izen above the age of 60 years facedthe brunt of the disease.

He said of the total 6,000deaths, 71 percent were males andrest 29 percent were females while63 percent were from urban and 37percent from rural background.

“But the serious thing is thatthough the positivity rate of citizensabove the age of 60 years is just 9.4percent, their death percentage is45 points. Besides, in the age groupof 51-60 years, the positivity rate is13 percent but the death rate is 25.3

percent,” Prasad said. He said thatcomorbidity was the main reasonfor such a large number of deaths, accounting for 74 percentcasualties.

The additional chief secretarysaid the government was con-cerned about such a high death rateamong the senior citizens, hence ithad asked the people of this agegroup to be cautious and follow allthe Covid guidelines and take pre-ventive measures.

Meanwhile, altogether 3,099fresh cases of COVID-19 werereported on Saturday in UttarPradesh while 4,063 people recov-ered.

Now the tally of confirmed pos-itive cases in the state has reached4,33,712 , out of which 3,87,149have recovered and 40,210 are get-ting treatment in hospitals or inhome isolation. The recovery per-centage in the state has alsoincreased to 89.26 percent.

A total of 6,353 people have losttheir lives to the deadly virus with60 fresh fatalities in the last 24hours.

Prasad said that on Friday arecord,1,76,514 samples were test-ed and now the total Covid tests inthe state had reached another mile-stone of 1,17,26,075.

He said there were 18,654asymptomatic patients in homeisolation while 3,106 patients wereadmitted to private hospitals andthe rest were recovering in govern-ment-run Covid hospitals.

Over 4.11 lakh surveillanceteams have covered 1,36,383 areasof the state and visited 2.66 crorehouses to check the health of over13.18 crore people.

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Multilateral financial institution WorldBank is likely to fund projects under the

flagship One District, One Product (ODOP)scheme of the UP government.

The ODOP scheme was launched onJanuary 25, 2018, to promote the state’s tradi-tional and indigenous industries in the micro,small and medium enterprises (MSME) sectorby providing funding, training, marketing sup-port etc.

The World Bank evinced interest to collab-orate with the state under two different pro-grammes. There is also a proposal to develop anecosystem of 14 agricultural and food process-ing products related to the ODOP scheme topromote entrepreneurship through integratedcluster development.

The ecosystem of other ODOP and MSMEproducts would be handheld under schemes runby the Centre and the World Bank. Earlier this

week, a World Bank delegation had met seniorofficials of the MSME and Export Promotiondepartments.

Additional Chief Secretary (MSME) NavneetSehgal said that the state government urged theWorld Bank to expedite the process of extend-ing institutional and funding support to theMSME and ODOP enterprises in the state.

The MSME department briefed the WorldBank officials about the ODOP scheme and theUP government was working closely with dif-ferent funding agencies to facilitate flow of easycredit to entrepreneurs.

While 13 common facility centres have beeninaugurated, 20,000 ODOP products have beenintegrated with online platforms.

So far, about 3,000 ODOP units have beenbenefited with more than Rs 100 crore undermargin money scheme. In order to promote theODOP products, the state government had ear-lier firmed up alliances with different organisa-tions and companies, including e-commerce

giants Amazon and Ebay, to provide global mar-keting platforms to such products, includingleather goods, textiles, wood carving, brassware,glassware, marble products, carpets etc.

The state government is planning to launchexclusive retail outlets to market such tradition-al products across the country.

As per the proposal, a standard ODOP out-let will span 100 square metres in prominentmarkets, shopping malls, airports, railway sta-tions etc. This will be partly financially support-ed by the state government and any government,semi-government or private organisation can runthese outlets.

Besides, the state government is in theprocess of rationalising its investment andexport promotion policies to attract companiesexiting China owing to the resentment over theCOVID-19 pandemic. The government is tar-geting to augment MSME exports in the nextthree years to touch the ambitious Rs 3 trillion-mark.

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In yet another quirky twist tothe alleged rape and murder

of a Dalit girl in Hathras, theofficers probing the case nowsuspect a Naxal angle on thepremise that a woman, whoidentified herself as the victim’ssister-in-law during mediainteractions, disappeared soonafter Close Circuit Television(CCTv) cameras were set uparound the perimeter of thehouse.

However, the woman chal-lenged the probe team’s claimwithin a few hours in Jabalpurand denied having any Naxallinks.

The investigators havebeen looking for the mysteri-ous woman who stayed at thevictim’s house before doingthe vanishing act.

The police maintained thatduring meeting with politicalleaders and media persons,the woman used to be thecentral point and spoke onbehalf of the victim’s kin.

It was further alleged thatin several videos, the womaninstigated the kin and eventutored them on speaking tothe media.

However, the victim’s sis-ter-in-law identified thewoman as Rajkumari Bansaland said that she was based inJabalpur.

The disclosure turned outto be true as Bansal appearedin Jabalpur and dismissed thecharges of her posing as the vic-tim’s sister-in-law or havingNaxal links.

Bansal, a physician byprofession, works at NetajiSubhas Chandra Bose MedicalCollege in Jabalpur (MadhyaPradesh).

The medico said that it wasall a figment of imagination ofsome media channels.

“I was present at the vic-tim’s house and if someoneidentifies me as the fake sister-in-law, I can’t help. Did Iclaim I was her kin. I onlyspeak on the basis of evidence,”she said.

When asked about the pur-pose behind her visit toHathras, the medico said thatit was purely on humanitariangrounds as she was upset withgrowing “atrocities” in the lastfew years.

“I had planned to extend

some financial help and alsogave them my one month’ssalary. I had planned toreturn the next day after spend-ing some hours with the fam-ily but they requested me tostay there for a couple of daysto which I agreed,” sheexplained.

“I learnt that the UP SIT islinking me with Naxals. Whenthey meet me, then only will Iknow what they are trying toprobe against me. I was bornand brought up in MadhyaPradesh and started workinghere,” Bansal said.

The medico also dismissedany links to Bhim Army, butsaid that she had been active insocial work since 2017.

Meanwhile, the Mathurapolice will enquire aboutBahraich-native MasoodAhmed, who was recentlyarrested along with three oth-ers on way to Hathras fromDelhi on October 5.

All four are suspected ofhaving links with the PopularFront of India (PFI).

Superintendent of Police ofBahraich, Vipin Mishra, said onSaturday, “A team of Mathurapolice spoke to Ahmed’s fatherand neighbours in Baraikajilocality of Jarwal Road area onSaturday and took their state-ments. The team also obtaineddetails about Masood from thelocal police.”

SSP of Mathura, GauravGrover, said, “Information anddetails were collected about thefour accused with suspectedlinks with CFI (Campus Frontof India), the student wing ofPFI. Details about them werealso obtained from their Delhiresidence. After collecting theevidence, the police will pre-pare its report.”

Meanwhile, a delegationof Akhil Bharatiya KshatriyaMahasabha led by formerUnion minister RajaManvendra Singh met thefamily members of thealleged rape and murderaccused in Hathras and assuredthem legal help if they wereinnocent.

“After hearing their state-ments and checking the facts,we are sure that the youths areinnocent. They have beenframed by the victim’s family tosave their own skin,” Singh toldmedia persons after meetingthe family.

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After accusing opposition par-ties and anti-national forces of

conspiring to incite caste conflictafter the Hathras incident, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath onceagain warned the people to bewareof the divisive elements in thestate.

Yogi made these remarks whileaddressing party office-bearers ofbooth, division and sector ofDeoria Assembly constituencywhich goes to bypolls onNovember 3, through a virtualmeeting from his Lucknow resi-dence on Saturday.

Without naming Congress,

Samajwadi Party and BahujanSamaj Party, Yogi exhorted peopleto guard against their nefariousdesigns.

“Disunity, division, discrimi-nation is in their DNA. First,they divided the country andnow they are out to divide thesociety on caste, religion, commu-nity and regional basis,” he point-ed out.

The chief minister said that theBSP and the SP ruled the state for15 years but had only corruptionand anarchy as dubious achieve-ments.

He asked BJP workers todisseminate the message ofdevelopment initiated in this coun-

try by Prime Minister NarendraModi.

“The graph of the BJP is head-ing north by the day which has infact upset the opposition applecart,” he said.

Yogi said that as many as50,000 children died due toencephalitis in the eastern districtsof UP between 1974 and 2017.

“Most of these deceasedchildren were from poor familiesbut nobody raised their voicefor them. It is the present BJP gov-ernment in UP that resolved toroot out the menacing disease andits tragic aftermath,” he empha-sised.

The chief minister also

announced that Deoria medicalcollege would start functioningfrom the next session and a per-manent solution of drainage prob-lem in the district would be foundsoon.

Yogi also lambasted the SP andthe BSP governments in UP forselling out sugar mills one by oneand in the process disbalancingthe sugar economy of the region,once termed as the Sugar Bowl ofIndia.

BJP state chief SwatantraDev Singh exhorted partymen towork on the development modeland make people aware of the wel-fare schemes run by the govern-ment.

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In a late Friday night move,the Uttar Pradesh cabinet

decided to further beef up thesecurity protocol of ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath.

For the last few days, thechief minister has been receiv-ing constant threats to elimi-nate him and against the back-drop of the development, thechief minister’s security will besupersized.

Under the new plan, thechief minister’s fleet will bemore secure during road trav-el and no one will be able todistinguish it. From now on,Yogi Adityanath will be provid-ed protection on the lines of thesecurity protocol of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

For this, the UP cabinetpassed the proposal by circula-tion on Friday. However, noofficial announcement wasmade in this regard while anofficial communiqué on cabi-net decisions was released onSaturday evening.

As per governmentsources, the structure of thechief minister’s security fleethas been fixed as per theinstructions of the govern-ment approved Green Book(revised version, 2017) for theprotection of the chief minis-ter. Sources said that now theposition of additional vehiclerunning in the chief minister’sconvoy will be changed. Theadditional vehicle is kept as a

reserve for emergencies andoperates only between fleetvehicles. At present, the posi-tion of the additional vehicle ischanged only in vehicles run-ning for the protection of theprime minister. This changewill be recorded in the ChiefMinister’s Green Book ofSafety.

Earlier in 2017, the GreenBook was reviewed for Yogi’ssecurity. Sources said that thesecurity officials studied PMModi’s Blue Book of Securityafter which they recommend-ed the change.

In view of the terror threatto the chief minister, his secu-rity has been reviewed fromtime to time. Earlier, a decisionwas taken to make the glasspanes of the chief minister’soffice at Lok Bhawan bulletproof. This plan was preparedon the suggestion of theCentral Industrial SecurityForce (CISF).

Similarly, security arrange-ments have also been strength-

ened at his residence atGorakhnath temple inGorakhpur and CCTV cam-eras have been installed.Besides, barriers have also beenincreased.

Meanwhile, the state cabi-net also approved a proposalfor a light rail transit system toease traffic in Gorakhpur cityand approved a detailed projectreport for the project.

Also, a proposal for demol-ishing some old buildings inGorakhpur collectorate forconstruction of new ones alsogot the cabinet’s nod.

It was also decided to rungovernment polytechnics andindustrial training institutes(ITIs) on the public-privatepartnership model.

The government also sanc-tioned guarantees to facilitatecash credit limit of UPCooperative Bank and DistrictCooperative Bank for 2020-21cane crushing season of coop-erative sugar mills. The govern-ment raises this limit everyyear. In another decision, thegovernment, under its Ease ofDoing Business policy, empow-ered deputy excise commis-sioners to decide on liquorshops, instead of the presentarrangement where only excisecommissioner and the gov-ernment are empowered for it.

For increasing the produc-tion capacity of liquor, a com-mittee under additional chiefsecretary (excise) has also beenformed.

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Samajwadi Party chiefAkhilesh Yadav questioned

further beefing up of the secu-rity of Chief Minister YogiAdityanath on Saturday.

“If the chief minister feelsso threatened then the state ofthe security of the commonman can be anybody’s guess inUttar Pradesh,” the SP chiefsaid in Lucknow.

Yadav said that the securi-ty of the chief minister hadbeen beefed up and a propos-al was passed by the UP cabi-net by circulation and also reg-istered in the Green Book onCM’s security.

The SP chief further saidthat the prime minister’s secu-rity was detailed in the BlueBook and after its study, thechief minister’s Green Bookhad been reviewed.

“Since the day the chiefminister assumed power, hissecurity has been reviewedfrom time to time. Hencethe question arises that ifthere is so much threat tohis security in 2020, whatkind of state are the people in,”he said.

Akhilesh pointed out that

as per 2019 report of NationalCrime Records Bureau(NCRB), there was a 12 per-cent increase in total casesrelated to harassment ofScheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes in UP.

“Besides, Uttar Pradeshrecorded the highest numberof 59,853 cases of crime againstwomen, including 272 cases ofrapes of minor girls and 3,065cases of rapes in 2019,” he said.

Taking a jibe at the chiefminister, the SP chief saidthat Yogi Adityanath was soworried about his own securi-ty that he did not have time tothink about the life of the peo-ple of the state.

“If one scans recent cases,even Bharatiya Janata Partyleaders are not safe in thisregime. The uncle of the BJPMLA from Ghaziabad’sMuradnagar was brutally mur-dered on Friday. Besides, amember of the block develop-ment committee was shot at inAzamgarh, while a youth inMau, a woman in Etawah, anelderly man in Gauriganj(Amethi) were murdered. Thepolice are not paying attentionto incidents of crime againstwomen in the BJP rule,” he

alleged. “These are just the tip of

the iceberg. In Mainpuri, afive-year-old girl was raped inKuravali police station area butinstead of bringing the culpritsto justice and ensuring med-ical treatment to the victim, acompensation of Rs 20,000 wasprovided by the accused in apanchayat to settle the matter.Is it not travesty of justice?”Akhilesh asked.

The SP chief further point-ed out that a girl was gang-raped in Atrauli (Aligarh) anda 13-year-old girl was kid-napped and gang-raped inNoida. “Besides, a girl wasraped in Banda and in Unnao,after being gang-raped, a vic-tim was thrown on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway,” hepointed out. The former chiefminister of UP said that thereality of the BJP rule in UPwas that criminals were script-ing a new chapter every daywhile the ruling party choseto be silent on all these inci-dents.

“Law and order has spunout of government controland all the tall claims of thechief minister have been bat-tered,” Akhilesh charged.

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Garvita Mishra, a class XIIstudent of City MontessoriSchool, Aliganj Campus I, wonthe first prize in an inter-schoolinstrumental music competi-tion, bringing laurels for theinstution. The competition wasorganised by Mount CarmelCollege. Garvita mesmerisedeveryone with her outstandingtabla skills. Judges of the eventawarded a certificate to her.

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Vice-Chancellor ofLucknow University AK

Rai on Saturday directed asso-ciated colleges to submit theiracademic audit reports. Ameeting of associated collegesand officials of LU was con-vened under the chairmanshipof Rai.

The discussion regardingthe academic audit was donein the previous meeting andformat of academic auditreport has been sent by DeanCDC to each college. The VCnoted that some colleges hadnot submitted the requiredinformation in the prescribedformat while others have notsubmitted the report.

Rai emphasised that col-leges must submit the acade-mic audit reports immediate-ly with complete informationto the official mail or send ahard copy to the office of theCDC.

The meeting was called toreview the preparation of e-content by teachers of the col-leges, progress of academicaudit report of the colleges forthe previous academic ses-sion 2019-20, conduct ofonline teaching by the colleges,payment of salary to approved

teachers working in the col-leges, admission of students tothe new academic session2020-21, conduct of the forth-coming semester examina-tions and the lax response toofficial letters issued by theuniversity.

The VC informed the col-leges about the centralisedfacility offered by LU foruploading their e-content onthe Uttar Pradesh HigherEducation Digital Library forthe benefit of student com-munity at large, especiallythose in remote areas.

Regarding online teaching,he stressed on the regularmonitoring of classes by theauthorities. He asked the man-agers and principals to keep a

record of the classes andshould be furnished to theuniversity, when required.Regarding the payment ofsalary to the approved teach-ers working in the colleges, theLU VC issued clear instruc-tions to follow the GO in let-ter and spirit and pay salary in time.

The VC said that thedirection given by the univer-sity from time to time regard-ing admission to the new aca-demic session should beadhered to. “The decisionregarding the forthcomingsemester examination will beconveyed to the colleges andteaching and classes shouldcontinue smoothly till then,”he said.

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With the arrest of 12accused, Sarojininagar

police claimed to have busteda manufacturing unit distillingillegal liquor. The team recov-ered 30,480 bottles of desiliquor, 13,725 litres of chemi-cal/spirit used in preparingalcohol, 77,920 empty bottles,six sacks filled with bottle caps,two cartons filled with wrap-pers of branded companies ofHaryana and ArunachalPradesh, two RO cylinders andan RO machine besides otheritems.

Those arrested were iden-tified as Badelal, Akash Kumar(both of Kushinagar), ArvindKumar, Sangam, Akash Jaiswal,Akash Jaiswal (II), PawanKumar (all of Gorakhpur),Sonu Kumar of Vaishali inBihar, Gajendra Chauhan of

Mirzapur, Nagendra Chauhan,Raju Chauhan (both ofBhadohi) and Arun Singh ofAmethi. The factory was beingrun near the new tehsil inSarojininagar and was beingrun in the guise of a manufac-turing unit for sanitisers andRO water plant. It surfaced thatthe manufacturing unit wasbeing run by Manoj Yadav ofBiduna in Auraiyya districtand in an under-constructionwarehouse. Manoj was runningthe factory in partnership withhis relative Vikas Yadav and hisfriend Manjeet Jaiswal.

Meanwhile, an unidenti-fied conman masquerading asa policeman duped a woman oftwo gold bangles, a gold chainand two gold rings in VirajKhand locality under VibhutiKhand police station area onSaturday morning. As perreports, Sunita Tiwari of VirajKhand went to a temple insidea park close to her house in themorning. She was stopped bya man who, the woman said,appeared to be a Sikh. “Heasked me to put off my goldornaments as theft incidentswere witnessing a spurt in thearea and it was unsafe to wearornaments while going out.He then wrapped my orna-ments around a piece of paperwith which he left along withhis aide who was waiting witha bike for him outside,” she toldthe police. A case was regis-tered in this connection.

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Lucknow (PNS): AKTUorganised a special online lec-ture under the AatmanirbharBharat campaign, which waspresided over by Vice-Chancellor Vinay Pathak onSaturday. The lecture wasorganised with collaboration ofTEQIP-3 on ‘How to be readyfor future’.

Chief information officerof RJ Corp Group KamalKarnataka was the keynotespeaker. Prof Subodh Variyasaid AKTU is working with acommitment for incubationand start-up to promote inno-vation and entrepreneurship.

“AKTU is providing self-employment opportunities tostudents of affiliated institutesthrough programmes such asKalam Internship League,Start-up Parikrama andInnovation Gallery”.

Pro Vice-ChancellorVineet Kansal said the mantraof vocal for local needs to beimbibed in order to embodythe concept of self-reliant India.In this sequence, a district isworking in collaboration withMSME department in a prod-uct programme.

Kamal Karnataka calledupon the students to join theself-reliance campaign.

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Two girls were killed in aroad mishap while their kin

suffered grievous injuries inKakori on Saturday morning.The senior among them waspreparing for UP Police ser-vices. The deceased were iden-tified as Khushi Gautam akaAradhna (18) and Priya (16) ofSanyasibagh in Malihabadwhile the injured as PinkiGautam (17) of the same local-ity. Priya is Khushi’s niecewhile Pinki is the daughter ofKhushi’s uncle. They were hitby a speeding truck onLucknow-Hardoi highway.

Reports said Priya died onthe spot while Khushi andPinki were rushed to KGMUTrauma Centre where Khushisuccumbed to injuries. Khushiwas preparing for a job in UPPolice and would practise run-ning everyday. Inspired by her,Priya and Pinki were also fol-lowing suit. Khushi’s brotherSantosh Kumar said she, alongwith Priya and Pinki, left thehouse around 5 am and met the mishap.

Gloom descended on thevillage after the news reachedthere. Villagers flocked to thescene and flayed the police forfailing to regulate the speed ofvehicles. They said the girlswere running on the edge ofthe road but recklessness on thepart of the truck driver cutshort the lives of two promis-ing girls. A case was registeredin this connection while policelaunched a manhunt for theerrant truck driver.

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ended her life at her house inPGI police station area onSaturday. Rashmi Yadav (19) ofSouth City was found hangingfrom the ceiling with a sareetied around her neck. The inci-dent came to light around 1 pmon Saturday. Her family mem-bers took her to a hospitalwhere she was declaredbrought dead. Her father,Ritendra Kumar Yadav is pri-vate company employee. Thegirl was said to have beenupset over some issue.

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The urban pockets inLucknow have now less

than 50 Covid cases each. Insome areas such as Aishbaghand Sarojininagar, there wereless than 10 cases on October9 even as Nagram, Maal andItaunja have very few cases andcan be comfortably termedsilent zones.

A senior official at theCMO office pointed out thatearlier, Gomtinagar,Indiranagar , Aliganj andAlambagh had more than 100cases each. According to theofficial, seven lakh tests havebeen done in Lucknow —3,54,000 through RT-PCR,3,20,000 antigen tests and32,000 through TruNatmachines — under contain-ment activities.

Meanwhile, 317 personstested positive for coronavirusin the city on Saturday while561 patients recovered, takingthe total number of recoveriesto 51,498. There have been 772deaths till now and there are5,116 active cases in the statecapital.

A senior official at theCMO office said the patientsincluded 30 from Rae Bareliroad, 29 from Indiranagar, 28from Gomtinagar, 15 fromHazratganj, 14 from Madiaon,13 each from Aliganj &Talkatora, 12 each fromGudamba & Naka, 11 fromJankipuram, and 10 each fromAlambagh, Vikasnagar, Chowkand Chinhat. There were 10deaths in the district and fourof the deceased belonged toLucknow while the rest fromother districts.

Five patients died atKGMU, including a 58-year-old man from Lucknow, a 30-year-old man from Lucknow, a52-year-old man from Sitapur,a 65-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man from Amethi.

Across the state, 3,099 per-sons tested positive, including

161 in Prayagraj, 154 each inGhaziabad & Varanasi, 153 inMeerut and 151 in Gorakhpur,taking the tally to 4,33,712.There were 60 deaths in thestate, including four each inGorakhpur, Varanasi, Meerut &Azamgarh, three in Prayagraj,two in Kanpur, GautambuddhNagar, Moradabad,Shahjahanpur, LakhimpurKheri, Etawah, Chandauli &Mau, and one each in Aligarh,Jhansi, Saharanpur, Agra,Deoria, Jaunpur, Maharajganj,Mathura, Sitapur, Sultanpur,Sonbhadra, Hapur, Ferozabad,Mirzapur, Auraiyya, Jalaun andShrawasti. As many as 4,063patients recovered in the state,taking the total number ofrecoveries to 3,87,149 whilethere are 40,210 active casesacross the state.

Meanwhile, Dr IshwarGilada from People HealthOrganization said that in theCovid-19 era, people were tired

of being told what is not to bedone but their new posterclearly mentions what can bedone at this stage.

“It is safe getting clothesironed or laundered. We weresurprised to learn from manypeople that they are scared ofgetting their clothes ironed orlaundered because of Covidscare. Both the activities aresafe and ironing or laundry willkill coronavirus,” he said.

He pointed out that onlineshopping is also safe. “Duringinitial part of the pandemic,there was an undue scare ofimporting coronavirus fromparcels. Till date, there hasnot been a single case of Covid-19 through this mode. Oneneeds to use logic, ensure sim-ple precautions. Use sanitiser toclean hands after handlingsuch parcels, discard and dis-pose off the outer bag or box,”he added.

Dr Gilada said it was also

safe going for a walk or jog.“You do not get coronavirusinfection from going out for awalk or a jog. What needs to beavoided is too much socialising,handshakes, hugging etc,” hesaid. He added that eatinghome-delivered food was also safe.

Meanwhile, a programmewas organised at Collectorateon the occasion of WorldMental Health Day and coro-na warriors who worked hardfor containment of the viruswere felicitated by DistrictMagistrate Abhishek Prakash.CDO Manish Bansal was alsofelicitated for handling theIntegrated Control andCommand Centre in an effi-cient manner. Others felicitat-ed were ADMs, block devel-opment officers and doctorsfrom the Health department.The programme was alsoattended by CMO Dr SanjayBhatnagar.

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Early detection is the key toprevention of breast cancer,

which is the most commontype in women in India andaccounts for 14% of all cancersin women, said Dr GauravAgarwal from SGPGI’s Breastand Endocrine Surgery depart-ment while speaking at thebreast cancer awareness pro-gramme on Saturday.

He said that a series ofactivities are being conducted,virtually by SGPGI BreastHealth Programme in collabo-ration with various education-al institutions, social and cul-tural organisations to createawareness about variousaspects of breast cancer, and topromote breast screening andearly diagnosis of this disease.

“Breast cancer is the com-monest cancer affecting Indianwomen, and will affect an esti-

mated 2.05 lakh women thisyear. It constitutes roughly 30per cent of all cancers occur-ring in Indian women, and forabout half of all cancer-relateddeaths in women in India.Even though males do notdevelop milk producingbreasts, a man’s breast can stilldevelop cancer, but it is rare,”he said.

He said there are a numberof risk factors known toincrease or decrease the risk ofbreast cancer for individualpatients. “Women whosemothers or sisters had breastcancer carry a higher risk ofdeveloping this disease. Aswomen get older, they are athigher risk of breast cancer.Women who started havingperiods earlier or enteredmenopause later than usual areat a higher risk of developingbreast cancer. This is becausetheir bodies have been exposed

to estrogen for longer duration.Women who smoke, eat high-fat diet and drink alcohol aremore at risk of developingbreast cancer. Frequent expo-sure to X-rays and CT scansmay raise a women’s chance ofdeveloping breast cancer.Overweight women are also ata higher risk of developingbreast cancer,” Dr Agarwalsaid.

He pointed out that only asmall percentage of lumps inthe breast are cancerous. “Forreducing the risk of havingbreast cancer, women shouldbe physically active, controlweight, limit alcohol, avoidhormonal contraceptives, limitdose and duration of hormonetherapy, avoid exposure to radi-ation and environmental pol-lution,” he said.

“Women should be awareas to how their breast normal-ly look and feel. If you feel any

change, consult the doctor. It isadvisable for women around 40years to get their mammogra-phy done. Mammography is asimple radiographic techniquewhich helps in detecting irreg-ularities in the breast tissue,” headded.

He further pointed outthat a vast majority of patientswith early-stage breast cancercan be treated with breast con-servation and oncoplasticbreast surgery without theneed for removal of wholebreast.

“Oncoplastic breast surgeryis a hybrid surgery that expertbreast surgeons do to achievethe twin goals of cure of can-cer, while also maintainingbreast shape, size, contour andsymmetry,” he said. He addedthat breast cancer treatment,especially for late stage disease,can be quite long-drawn andexpensive.

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Agroup of miscreants, saidto be henchmen of mafia-

turned-politician MukhtarAnsari’s protégé in Lucknow,shot at property dealer inBakshi-Ka-Talaab police stationarea on Saturday after the lat-ter refused to shell out Rs 5 lakhas extortion. Kin of the victimsaid he was being terrorised forthe last few weeks. Police saidthey probing into the allega-tions and searching for theaccused.

The victim, identified asSudhakar Singh of Indaurbaghlocality, was at a dhaba in thearea along with his cousinAshu Singh when his rivalAnuj Singh and his henchmenin different SUVs reached thescene. They started abusingSudhakar and even lobbedcrude bombs at him while oneof them opened fire. Sudhakar

suffered injuries in his leg. Aspeople started converging onthe scene, the miscreants spedoff the scene while issuingthreats to the victim. A pro-fusely bleeding Sudhakar wasrushed to hospital where hiscondition was said to beimproving.

Preliminary investigationrevealed that the victim wasattacked around 2:30 pm. Thedhaba owner told the policethat the group of attackers first

had a verbal spat withSudhakar and one of themshot at him in the meantime.They then lobbed crudebombs and sped off the scene.

In his statement to police,Sudhakar said Anuj and oth-ers are henchmen of MukhtarAnsari and their handler isBabu Singh, who is said to beLucknow’s agent of Ansarioverseeing extortion work. Hesaid he was attacked at thebehest of Babu Singh whohad demanded Rs 5 lakh asextortion money. He said heand others like him used toshell out extortion moneygoons. Sources said the goonsextort money from business-men and property dealers inthe city. “The trend was pop-ular earlier but witnessed adecline during the last fewyears. However, these goonshave started raising their headsagain,” they said.

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To protest against the anti-farmer and anti-labour laws

passed by the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) ruled Central gov-ernment, the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) Rajya Sabha MP andHaryana in-charge Sushil Guptaon Saturday said that the party'sfarmers' cell will hold a "gherao"of Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar‘s Karnalresidence on Sunday.

Gupta said that BJP ChiefMinister Manohar Lal Khattaralways takes antifarmer standwhen the time of harvestingcomes.

"The party is fightingagainst the anti-farmer andanti-labour laws passed by theBJP ruled central government.

We are fighting on the streetsand also fighting against thesebills inside the Parliament. TheHaryana chief minister alwaystakes anti-farmer stands whenthe time of harvesting comes.Farmers are facing difficulties inselling paddy crops. In Haryana,around 1500 to 2000 kg milletis produced in one acre of landbut the farmers are not gettingmore than Rs 850 kg due to the

anti-farmer policies of the BJP,"he said.

"Farmers are constantlybeing harassed in the name of

portal, e-payment, registration,gate pass of mandi and otherways. In the last 15 days, farm-ers had to take the streets," hesaid.

Haryana and Punjab areagrarian states where more than70 percent people are directlyand indirectly connected toagriculture. These are the onlystates where the farmers get 60percent of the MSP on the

crop. At the same time, in otherstates only six percent of thegrain is sold at MSP," he ,adding that now through theseordinances, the Central gov-ernment wants to end themandi system of Haryana andPunjab.

"Farmers in Bihar havegood land, get good water forfarming and also produce goodcrops. But due to the lack ofMSP on their crop, the farmershave to come to Haryana andPunjab to work. The BJP-ruledcentral government also wantsto bring a similar situationinside Haryana and Punjab," hesaid.

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The original petitioneragainst triple Talaq in the

Supreme Court, Shayara Banojoined the Bharatiya JanataParty in the presence of the BJPstate president BanshidharBhagat and other party leadershere on Saturday.

Welcoming her to theparty, Bhagat expressed hopethat just like the determinedmanner in which Bano foughtagainst triple talaq in theSupreme Court, she will alsowork to take forward the ide-

ology of the party. Her rold will be especially

important in the minoritycommunity, he said.

The BJP state general sec-retary (organisation) AjeyKumar, vice presidentDevendra Bhasin and otheroffice bearers of the party were also present on the occasion.

A resident of Kashipur,Bano had approached theSupreme Court in 2016 askingit to hold the practices of talaq-e-biddat, polygamy and nikah-halala unconstitutional.

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Patna: Bihars political strong-men are feeling the heat aheadof the Assembly polls. Politicalpotshots in Bihar are beingaimed at leaders such as AnantKumar Singh and Ram KishorSingh alias Rama Singh.

These two are consideredas strongmen (‘Bahubalis') ofcentral and north Bihar andface a number of criminalcases and both recently joinedthe RJD.

Following their inclusion,the opposition party is facinghuge criticism especially bythe ruling NDA leaders.

Chitranjan Gagan, statespokesperson of RJD howevertook a dig at Deputy ChiefMinister Sushil Kumar Modiand said that when these two

strongmen were with the NDA,they were considered clean butas soon as they joined theRJD, they have become "extor-tionists and criminals".

Gagan's statement came aday after Sushil Modi attackedthe RJD and said that theRJD's socialist leaderRaghuvansh Prasad Singhfought against such leaders till

his last breath. Despite that RJD has given

tickets to Rama Singh's wifeBina Singh to contest electionfrom Mahanar seat in Vaishalidistrict.

"RJD has used 'bulldozer'on the ideology of RaghuvanshBabu as well as on poor peopleof Bihar," Sushil Modi said.

"Anant Singh has wonthree elections on the ticket ofJD-U. Rama Singh was alsoelected as MP from Vaishaliconstituency in 2014 on theticket of LJP and was part ofNarendra Modi government.Did they not face criminalcharges then? And now, theybecome tainted as soon as theyjoined RJD?" Gagan said.

"They were saints when

they stayed in NDA and whenthey leave, the NDA leadersstarted calling them extortion-ists and criminals. NDA doesnot have any policies and prin-ciples," Gagan said.

"The BJP leaders havealready claimed that RamaSingh was part of NarendraModi government and it is inpublic domain. Besides, AnantSingh is also associated withNitish Kumar. Now, I want toask leaders of both the partiesto clarify whom they are call-ing extortionists, strongmenand criminals?" Gagan asked.

"If Anant Singh and RamaSingh are extortionists andcriminals then Nitish Kumarand Narendra Modi shieldedthem," Gagan alleged. IANS

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New Delhi: The central government has issued a notificationfor the CBI to take over probe into the alleged gang-rape anddeath of a 19-year-old woman in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, offi-cials said on Saturday.

The notification has been marked to a suitable branch of thepremier agency, and probe teams will be dispatched to the crimescene along with forensic experts immediately after the regis-tration of an FIR, they said.

The Dalit woman had died of grievous injuries at a Delhihospital on September 29, a fortnight after she was allegedly rapedat her village by four upper caste men.

Besides the alleged gang-rape case, the Uttar Pradesh gov-ernment has sought a probe by the Central Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) into the FIR related to the alleged criminalconspiracy to spread caste conflict, instigating violence, incidentsof vicious propaganda by sections of media and political inter-ests, they said. PTI

Bengaluru: Elated overKarnataka's decision to pickhim to inaugurate the Dasarafestivities, famous cardiologistand Director, Sri JayadevaInstitute of CardiovascularSciences and Research, C.N.Manjunath, asserted that heconsiders it as a lifetime hon-our to inaugurate the Dasarafestivities.

Manjunath (63) is one ofthe most reputed doctors in thecountry. He did his MBBSfrom the Mysore MedicalCollege (MMC) in 1982, MD

(general medicine) fromBangalore Medical College in1985, and DM (cardiology)from the Kasturba MedicalCollege in 1988.

Under his leadership, SriJayadeva Institute ofCardiovascular Sciences andResearch has recorded 300 percent overall growth and the bedstrength has increased from330 to 640, exclusively for car-diac care.

Besides introducing the"Treatment First Payment Next"concept, Manjunath has also

implemented the idea of "everyneedy patient should be givenquality treatment irrespectiveof financial affordability".

The Karnataka govern-ment picks noted personalitiesfrom various fields to inaugu-rate the Dasara festivities. Lastyear, the gala event was inau-gurated by noted Kannadawriter S.L. Byrappa.

Speaking to IANS,Manjunath said that this is alsoa true honour for several Covidwarriors unknown to theworld.

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Jammu: Two Border SecurityForce (BSF) troopers wereinjured on Saturday in repeated ceasefire violationsby Pakistan along the Line ofControl (LoC) in Jammu andKashmir's Poonch district.

Police sources said twoBSF jawans identified as con-stables Riyaz Ahmad andC.H. Manohar of 72 Battalionwere injured after they sus-tained splinter injuries inPakistan shelling on the LoC

in Mendhar sector of Poonchdistrict.

Defence Ministr yspokesman Colonel DevenderAnand said that Pakistan vio-lated ceasef ire in KhariKarmara sector of LoC inPoonch district at about 8.30p.m. after violating ceasefirein Mendhar and Mankotesectors of the same districtearlier in the day.

During Saturday's repeat-ed ceasef ire violations,

Pakistan has targeted civilianareas in which one womanwas also injured.

Since the beginning ofthis year, Pakistan has violat-ed the bilateral ceasefireagreement signed by the twocountries in 1999 withimpunity.

Since Januar y 2020,Pakistan has violated ceasefire3,190 times, killing 24 civil-ians and injuring over 100others. IANS

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Patna: While performing thelast rites of his father Ram VilasPaswan here on Saturday,Chirag Paswan fainted soonafter lighting the funeral pyre.

In a video that surfacedsoon afterwards, Chirag couldbe seen fainting after lighting

the funeral pyre even as hiscousins tried to prevent himfrom falling down.

Veteran politician andUnion minister Ram VilasPaswan passed away at a Delhihospital on Thursday.

Paswan's last rights were

performed at the JanardanGhat on the banks of Ganga inPatna's Digha neighbourhood.

Chirag Paswan, who wasaccompanied by his motherand other relatives, suddenlyfainted on the ground soonafter lighting his father's funer-

alpyre. People around himimmediately came to his rescueand help him to the ground.

People from different sec-tions of the society attended thefuneral, raising slogans like"Dharti Gunje Asman, RamVilas Paswan" and "Ram VilasPaswan Amar Rahe" during theprocession from the Paswanresidence in Sri Krishnapuri tothe Janardan Ghat.

Many people from differ-ent parts of the state turn up inPatna to pay their last respectto the popular Dalit leader.

The body of Ram VilasPaswan reached Patna fromDelhi at around 7.55 p.m. onFriday. Top leaders, includingChief Minister Nitish Kumar,Deputy Chief Minister SushilKumar Modi, leader of oppo-sition Tejaswi Yadav, and UnionLaw Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad, among many others,paid their last respect toPaswan. IANS

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Hyderabad: The Telanganacabinet on Saturday gave itsnod for amendments to GreaterHyderabad MunicipalCorporation (GHMC) Act toprovide 50 per cent reservation

to women in the urban body.The Cabinet meeting,

presided over by ChiefMinister K. ChandrasekharRao, accepted the amend-ments to the GHMC Act of1955 for providing 50 per centreservation to women inGHMC Council.

The Cabinet also gavegreen signal to the smallamendments to be made to theRegistration Act.

The Cabinet has approvedsome amendments to be madeto the New Revenue Act sothat there would not be anyhuman interference while con-verting agriculture land to thenon-agriculture category.

Amendments to the Non-Agricultural Land Assessment(NALA) Act also received thecabinet's approval.

The Bills for amendmentsto GHMC Act and other Actswill be tabled during the two-day special session of the StateLegislature, beginning onOctober 13.

The State Cabinet alsodecided to extend the onlineregistration of properties tillOctober 20. It also discussedthe Integrated Township Policyunder the HyderabadMetropolitan DevelopmentAuthority (HMDA).

The Cabinet decided thatthe government will procurepaddy from farmers in villagesas was done earlier in view ofCOVID-19 pandemic. Itdecided to set up 6,000 paddypurchasing centres and ensurethat every grain of paddy ispurchased.

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The DGP added that directionshave been issued to all the police sta-tions to put up posters of the campaignat various schools and colleges, and alsohold programmes making people awareabout this campaign.

While giving instructions to makethe patrolling system more effective, hesaid that foot patrolling should bedone continuously. The police depart-ment with the help of other agencieswould also run campaigns for thesecurity of females and children.

“UP has a policy of zero-toleranceagainst crimes and due to continuousaction by the State Government, therehas been a significant reduction incrimes against girls/women,” said theDGP.

He has also directed the police totake prompt action in cases involvingwomen and girls and deal with suchmatters sensitively. Officials have alsobeen instructed that strict action will betaken against them if they do not payattention to such matters.

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The order is available on the web-

site of the department, it said.Before reopening, schools will have

to undertake proper sanitisation andthis exercise is mandatory before everyshift on a regular basis, the deputy chiefminister said.

Sanitiser, hand wash, thermal scan-ning and arrangement for primarytreatment should be available in allschools, he said.

In case of symptoms of cold or feverin any student, teacher or other employ-ees, they will be sent home after primarytreatment, the statement said.

School buses used by the studentsshould be properly sanitised every dayand proper distance should be main-tained in seating arrangements, it said.

All teachers, students and workersshould compulsorily use masks and theschool management should keepreserve masks, it added.

Directives have also been issued tocontinue online teaching and encour-aging it. Priority should be given to call-ing those students to school who do nothave access to online teaching, Sharmasaid.

No student should be forced tocome to school, he said.

Uttar Pradesh has reported 4,33,712COVID-19 cases so far. A total of 6,353people have succumbed to the diseasein the state, according to officials.

The number of active COVID-19cases in the state stands at 40,210,

Additional Chief Secretary (Health)Amit Mohan Prasad said earlier in theday.

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It had refused Sub-DivisionalMagistrate (SDM) Om Prakash Meena’srequest to the family to perform the lastrites. The priest’s death had creatednational outrage.

Earlier in the day, RajasthanGovernor Kalraj Mishra spoke to ChiefMinister Ashok Gehlot about the situ-ation as thousands of villagers protest-ed in Rajasthan’s Bukna village inKarauli against the brutal murder.

After the family refused to per-form last rites, the Rajasthan govern-ment approached the family andannounced that it would give the mon-etary compensation, a house, a job oncontract to one of the family membersand an assurance that all the abscond-ing accused will be arrested at the ear-liest.

The Government also transferredthe police station in-charge of the area.

BJP MP Meena, who met theaggrieved family in Bukna, sat ondharna with protesting family members,said the decision was taken after an 11-member delegation from the StateGovernment held talks with the fami-

ly members, who had earlier refused toperform the priest’s last rites, demand-ing arrest of the guilty and compensa-tion from the Government.

A three-member committee con-stituted by the BJP also reached the vil-lage to prepare a factual report on the incident.

Vaishnav’s hut in Bukna village inKarauli district was set on fire onWednesday after he stopped five menwho were seeking to encroach landswhich were part of the temple where heworked as a priest. In his dying testi-mony, Vaishnav named six people.

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Many of these projects are unnec-essary, shoddily built and are “white ele-phants”, the national security advisorsaid. “And now these countries’ depen-dence on the Chinese debt leaves theirsovereignty eroded and with no choicebut to hue to the party’s line on UNvotes or any other issue that the ChineseCommunist Party considers a red line,”he said.

O’Brien also noted that China’sother international aid efforts includeselling surveillance systems and simi-lar tools of repression to “pariahregimes” around the world, includingVenezuela’s Nicolas Maduro.

� �!3���� ��� ��������,,4#!3&3��� � ���������New Delhi : Delhi Universityon Saturday announced thecut-off for 2020 admissions ata dozen of its colleges, with thecut-off percentage touching100% at certain colleges. LadySri Ram (LSR) College forWomen, for instance, is offer-ing admission to BA (H)Economics, BA (H) PoliticalScience, and BA (H)Psychology programmes tostudents who have got 100% astheir best of four subjectsscore.

Meanwhile, Kirori MalCollege set the cut off at 99%for admission to BA (Hons) inPolitical Science.

For B. Com (H), the col-lege is accepting admission atand above 99.75% marks.

At Hindu College, the cut-off marks for admission to BA(H) Economics is 99.25%.

On the other hand, thecut-off for evening colleges aswell as lesser-known off-cam-pus colleges has gone higherthan last year. BA (H)Economics, Political scienceare among the top courses thisyear.

While the unrealistic highcut-off has ensued panicamong students and their par-ents, the Delhi UniversityStudents Union (DUSU) has

stated that every student willget opportunity despite thehigh cut off.

“Delhi University hasalways been very particularabout its cut-off. However, inthese difficult times of thepandemic, we completelyunderstand that students allover the country are in a stateof panic. I assure you that theUniversity is entirely consid-erate about every child's futureand admission process. Theuniversity has an instilledadmission trend with a displayof high cut-offs going up to97% and above in the first cutoff. Even if so, only 10% of theseats are fulfilled by this cut-off, leaving a 90% room for thecut-offs released later whichgenerally prove to be less andconvenient”, said AkshitDahiya, president, DUSU.

Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Police busted a fake stamp paper rack-et and recovered Rs 2.71 crore worth of banned stamp papersfrom four persons who were arrested in this connection onSaturday. According to the police, the arrested are identified asHassain Modi Babu alias 'Chhota Telgi', aged 53, resident of VivekNagar and Harish Subbaraya, aged 55, resident of BasavesjwaraNagara.

The other two accused Shavar alias Seema, 42, and NazmaFathima, 35, are typists working in Kandaya (Revenue) Bhavanin the city, the police said.

Speaking to IANS, the Additional Commissioner of Police,West, Bengaluru City, Soumendu Mukherjee said that HassainModi Babu is known as 'Chhota Telgi' among his associates forrunning this racket for several years. "He used to operate in avery busy area where City Civil Court premises and RevenueBhavan are situated. Here thousands come to get their documentsregistered and signed from notary," he said.

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VARANASI (PNS): A nine-month-old boy from DhaurhraManiyar Patti village (Cholapurblock) in the district, who wassuffering with a hole in heartsince his birth, was treatedsuccessfully under theRashtriya Bal SwasthyaKaryakarm (RBSK), bringinghappiness on the faces of hisparents. The child is now fullyhealthy. Chief Medical Officer(CMO) Dr VB Singh hailed theefforts of Cholapur RBSK teamfor its commendable work andexpected that similar effortswould continue in the futurealso. According to MedicalOfficer Incharge of CholapurBlock Dr RB Yadav, whenRBSK team comprising DrAmit, Dr Pratibha, Poonam Paland Sanjay Bharti saw Abid suf-fering from severe congenitaldefects in his heart and unableto play like normal children, it

contacted Abid’s father LalMohammed. The fatherinformed the team that he hadapproached a private hospitalfor treatment twice, but due tothe high cost of treatment, hewas disappointed as he is verypoor. Later, after identifying thechild by the RBSK team, Abidwas referred to JawaharlalNehru Medical College,Aligarh, which is contracted bythe state government for thetreatment of this disease.

In view of COVID-19guidelines, the child and hisparents were tested and whenthey were found negative, theywere sent to Aligarh onOctober 7 last and then thechild was admitted to the hos-pital. Dr Yadav said that afteradmission, the medical collegedid eco examination and otherinvestigations immediately andthen heart surgery was per-

formed successfully on October9. After surgery, the child isfully healthy, bringing cheerson the faces of his parents. ‘Idid not spend a single rupeeduring the complete treatmentand donated his own bloodduring surgery,’ said LalMohammed, praising the hos-pital for its facilities.

RBSK Nodal Officer andACMO Dr AK Gupta said thatthe percentage of congenitaldefects in children born in thecountry is about seven percent and out of them, aroundone per cent is born with heartholes. ‘The most commonsymptom of heart hole is blue-ness of hands, feet, tongue,inability to breathe and moth-er’s breast feeding properlyapart from getting tired earlywhile playing,’ said Dr Gupta,adding that to protect childrenfrom congenital defects, folic

acid should be fed for threemonths from the beginning ofpregnancy and one red tablet ofiron and folic acid daily fromthe beginning of the fourthmonth. If the pregnant womanhas anemia, then she shouldtake two red iron tablets daily.

DEIC Manager DrAbhishek Tripathi said thatunder RBSK, the governmentprovides treatment to childrenfrom birth to 19 years for ninedifferent birth defects.Congenital Heart Disease(CHD) among congenitaldefects is a serious one whichis commonly called a hearthole. It usually costs �4 to 5lakh for its treatment, which isdone free under the RBSKscheme. Under RBSK, there are16 teams in rural areas in thedistrict, who visit every villageto identify congenital defectsand try to treat them.

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District Magistrate (DM)Kaushal Raj Sharma

inspected the progress made inthe expansion plan ofMarkandey Mahadev Templeand Mahadev ghat near theconfluence of rivers Gangaand Gomti in Kaithi villagehere on Saturday, directing theofficers to intensify the work.Executive Engineer (EE) ofthe Irrigation departmentapprised the DM of detailedwork and assured him of com-pleting the work in time. EEalso informed that a letter hadbeen sent to the governmentseeking funds and as soon asthe funds would be received,the pending work including therailings on the side of the stairswill be installed for the purposeof security.

In reply, the DM sought thedetails of expenses. During hisvisit, the local people com-plained that there was noapproach road to the SangamGhat. On the issue of disputebetween the managing com-mittee of Markandey MahadevTemple and the local people,DM said that a team of officialswould be sent to resolve thesame as the cooperation of thepeople is important in all devel-opment works. DivisionalForest Officer, ADM(Administration), SDM(Sadar), Tourism Officer andsome other officers were alsopresent.

Earlier, DivisionalCommissioner (DC) DeepakAgrawal made a hectic on-siteinspection of ongoing projects

including Kalika Dham, Konia,ROB Ashapur, Kapasethi andKazzakpura along with theofficers of Bridge Corporation.During his inspection of�38.10 crore Kapasethi ROB,the DC was informed that 45per cent work has been com-pleted and a portion of bridgeis being built by the Railways.Agrawal emphasised on mak-ing proper arrangements forrainwater drainage over ROB,service roads and adoptingsafety measures apart fromensuring to complete the pro-ject by June next year.

During his inspection at �19.13 crore Kalika DhamVaruna Bridge where threespans out of four have beenbuilt, DC terming the bridge asvery important instructed theofficers to intensify work byincreasing the number of work-

ers. DC found that the workwas going on at a rapid pace at� 15.31 crore Ashapur ROBwhere 75 per cent work has alsobeen completed. Agrawal saidthat the project should be com-pleted by February next year.However, he found that nowork was going on at � 26.21crore 100-metre-long KoniaGhat Varuna Bridge. Seeingthis he instructed the officersto ensure starting of work thereimmediately. He was informedthat about 40 per cent work hasbeen completed. DC asked theengineers to complete the workby February next year. Duringthe inspection of � 62.78 crore1355-metre-long KazzakpuraROB Agrawal was informed bythe engineers that the sewerlines are creating hurdles sothat a revised estimate anddesign is being sent to the gov-

ernment. DC said that thework should be started whereno changes in design would bemade.

The DC also asked theofficers to seek advice ofexperts on the modified layoutfor success of ROB.

DC emphasised to takespecial care on safety measuresduring the construction ofROBs and bridges so that nountoward incident happens.According to him, with theconstruction of these ROBs andbridges, traffic movementtowards districts like Prayagraj,Azamgarh, Chandauli andGhazipur would becomesmooth. Chief Project Managerof Bridge Corporation DeepakGovil, Deputy Project ManagerRohit Mishra and other offi-cials were also present duringthe inspection.

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Vice-Chancellor of BanarasHindu University (BHU)

Prof Rakesh Bhatnagar, high-lighting the glorious journey ofover 100 years of BHU, saidthat under the Institution ofEminence, the university isbeing given an amount of�1000 crore for five years. ‘Insuch a situation, it is our dutyto take full advantage of thisopportunity and make the uni-versity reach the Top-500 rank-ing institutions in the world,’ hesaid, appealing to newly-appointed faculty members towork on projects for researchin their areas of interest and topresent their plans to the uni-versity in this regard. ‘Underthe system of providing fastgrants to teachers for research,many projects have alsoreceived grants and many oth-ers are expected to get it in the

coming day,’ he said.Addressing the new facul-

ty members here on Friday,Prof Bhatnagar called uponthem to take inspiration fromthe life and contributions ofPandit Madan Mohan Malviya,the founder of BHU asMahamana connected the bestpeople of the world to BHUand built a great institute. ‘Weall should remember that aninstitution can be reached at anew height by bringing the bestpeople in view to make it aglobally famous,’ he said,adding that about 400 teachershave been appointed in BHUwithin the last one year and theprocess of appointments tomore vacant posts is going onin the coming days. ‘The uni-versity had issued advertise-ments globally to fill thesevacant posts so that peopleassociated with the prestigiousinstitutions of the world would

get their information and BHUwould get the best teachers,’ hesaid, adding that the universi-ty is committed to provide allthe facilities to the newly-appointed teachers, which willgive them a favourable envi-ronment for new research sothat they can enhance the rep-utation of the BHU.

‘No discovery or innova-tion in the world is possiblewithout universities or insti-tutes, in which case the role ofteachers working in the uni-versity becomes very impor-tant,’ he said, calling upon thenew faculty members to dosomething which is not only inthe interest of the society aswell as financially strengthen-ing the institution. He said thatthere are many faculty mem-bers who have worked inrenowned institutes of theworld and are familiar with theresearch style there, so they

should include best researchpractices here as well.

Speaking on the occasion,Director of the Institute ofScience, Prof AK Tripathi saidthat now the time has come forhim to rise above the nationalranking and concentrate on theglobal ranking. He said thatthere are high expectationsfrom new and young facultymembers. He said that the cre-ation of new knowledge aswell as the creation of intellec-tual capital is very important,so that the university also ben-efits.

Prof Sanjay Kumar,Coordinator of the Institutionof Eminence Programme,BHU, discussed in detail aboutthe scheme. Directors of theinstitutes, deans of faculties,heads of departments, seniorfaculty members and officers ofthe university were also pre-sent.

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The Allahabad High Courthas restrained Uttar

Pradesh government and all thedevelopment authorities with-in the state from compoundingany illegal construction pur-suant to CompoundingScheme, 2020 notified by thestate on July, 15, 2020.

The state government hasissued a new CompoundingScheme, 2020, under whichvarious constructions other-wise not permissible in thebuilding bylaws have also beenmade compoundable.

Hearing a writ petitionfiled by one Mohd MeherbanAnsari and three others, JusticeAshwani Kumar Mishra alsodirected the AdditionalSecretary of Department con-cerned to file a reply justifyingCompounding Scheme. Thecourt has fixed October 20,2020 as the next date of hear-ing.

Passing the above direc-tives, the court observed, ‘Aprima facie perusal of the com-pounding scheme, 2020 wouldgo to show that the illegalitiescommitted by violating the

provisions of the UP UrbanPlanning and DevelopmentAct, 1973 (Act of 1973)by rais-ing illegal constructions aresought to be regularised uponpayment of huge compositionfee. The authorities of the StateGovernment are expected toact in furtherance of the objectof the Act, so as to stop illegalconstructions and not toencourage such illegal con-structions upon payment ofhefty amounts. This wouldclearly discourage the honestcitizens who ensure complianceof laws by obtaining prior per-mission as per the Act of 1973,inasmuch as they are subject-ed to stricter norms providedin the building bylaws, whilethose who violate the law areallowed to raise much largerconstructions, which is noteven permissible in the build-ing bylaws. The compoundingscheme, 2020, otherwiseappears to be wholly beyondthe scope of the Act of 1973including Section 32. Section32 only permits composition ofoffences and not permits rais-ing of constructions contrary tothe building plan. The com-pounding of developmentundertaken contrary to the

Act of 1973 is therefore, primafacie, found to be clearly con-trary to the aims, objectives andthe provisions of the Act of1973’.

The court directed the stategovernment to communicatethis order to all the develop-ment authorities in the state fornecessary compliance.

This order was passed onOctober 7.

HC DIRECTIVE TOKANPUR SSP: The AllahabadHigh Court has directed SSPKanpur Nagar to forthwithtake out, a Muslim girl who didinter-religious marriage, fromalleged confinement of herfather and brother and produceher before court on October 12.

The court also issuednotices to the father of thewoman to file her reply in thecase. Justice JJ Munir passedthe order on a petition filed byShikha alias Sheeba and herhusband Rohit Rathaur.

According to petitioners,on July 3, 2020 Shikha aliasSheeba converted to Hinduismat an Arya Samaj Mandir ofKanpur Nagar and then shemarried Rohit on the same day.

Later, the woman’s fatherlodged an FIR against Rohit but

during investigation she toldpolice that she left her parent’shouse freely and Rohit did nottake her away, forcefully.

In the petition, it wasalleged that the woman is 22-year-old but in spite of herstatement given to police infavour of her husband, shewas handed over to her fatherand brother by SHO of Bilhaurpolice station of Kanpur Nagar.

Petitioner’s counsel arguedthat it is not just about rescu-ing Shikha alias Sheeba fromillegal confinement, but alsosaving her life and preventingher from becoming a victim ofhonour killing.

The court on this directedSSP Kanpur Nagar to immedi-ately release the womanfrom the detention of herfather and brother and keep herin Nari Niketan till she isbrought before court onOctober 12.

The court while passing theorder observed, ‘Since, there isa serious threat of Shikha aliasSheeba becoming a victim ofhonour killing, it is preferableto err on the side of caution.’The court has fixed October 12as the next date of hearing inthe case.

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As many as 178 new Covidpositive patients have been

found, including vice-chancel-lors of the SHUATS in the last24 hours. At the same time, 204infected patients also defeatedthe deadly virus on the sameday. One infected died duringtreatment. With this, the num-ber of people who died ofcorona infection has increasedto 284.

According to CMO Dr GSBajpai, 4,883 samples weretaken on Friday, broadeningthe scope testing. Of which3,179 were tested through anti-gens, 1,570 RTPCRs and 134were tested with Trunat.According to the report, 178people have been infected withcorona in 24 hours.

Of the 204 people whobecame infection-free in thedistrict on Friday, 29 were dis-charged from various Covidhospitals and Covid care cen-tres. At the same timehome isolation of 175people was completed. Withthis, 13,835 people havebecome infection free in homeisolation so far. At the sametime, 4,926 people have beendischarged from various Covidhospitals after becoming infec-tion free.

According to Nodal officerfor Corona, Dr Rishi Sahai,among the infected patientsfound on Friday, the managerof SBI and PNB, the managerof IFFCO Phulpur, the con-troller of DRM office, etc hadtested positive for COVID-19.Most of the people in theinfected have applied homeisolation. It was said that theVice-Chancellor of SHUATShad gone to Gorakhpur for

some work. His health deteri-orated after he returned fromthere. He and three of his fam-ily, including his wife, havebeen found to be corona infect-ed. All three have opted forhome isolation.

A total of 203 coronainfected patients are admittedin Covid hospitals of the dis-trict. Of them, maximum 75patients are admitted to SRN,25 in Kalindipuram, 14 in

Railway Hospital, 40 in Beli, 25in United Medicity, 24 infect-ed are being treated at SainathVatsalya AMA Hospital.

According to the CMO, onFriday, one patient from theprivate Covid Hospital SainathVatsalya AMA Hospital, threefrom Kalindipuram, ten fromRailway Hospital, four fromBeli, three from United andeight from SRN Hospital weredischarged and sent home.

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Nihal Kumar alias BachchaPasi of Chhota Rajan gang

was the fresh victim of the Yogicrack down on mafia donsand criminals here in Prayagrajon Saturday. Two storeyedbuilding of this sharp shooterwas demolished by thePrayagraj DevelopmentAuthority, district administra-tion and the police in Rammanka Purva under theDhoomanganj police station. Itwas said to be an unauthorisedconstruction.

Bachcha Pasi was involvedin Kalaghora shoot out ofMumbai along with KhanMubarak and Rajesh Yadavwhose building was razed toground on Friday.

There are 38 cases of seri-ous nature crime registeredagainst Bachcha Pasi indifferent police stations ofPrayagraj, including 29 inDhoomanganj itself. He wasalso involved in 2006 KutcheryPost Office loot.

Officials are out to pulldown illegal constructions ofcriminals and their bosses in

Uttar Pradesh, and after demol-ishing over a dozen such con-struction of mafia don AtiqueAhmed and Dilip Mishrabesides gang men Kammo,Jabir, Rashid and Rajesh Yadav,

the JCB machines moved toRamman ka Purva on Saturdayto see the unauthorised build-ing of Bachcha Pasi turned intodebris.

A shooter of Chhota Rajan

gang Bachcha Passi was asso-ciated with the Bahujan SamajParty of Mayawati, and he wasinvolved in dozens of murder,loot, extraction, goonda tax,dacoity, and kidnapping.

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created. On the other hand,sculptors have also startedfinalising the panoramic stat-ues of goddess Durga. Thistime the Sharadiya Navratriwill start from October 17.

Puja Committees havestarted preparing for theNavratri festival after the gov-ernment released the DurgaPuja, Ramlila and Chhath Pujaguidelines. The Bengali Welfare

Association has formed aguideline for this purpose.According to the association’ssecretary Dr PK Roy, the pujapandals will be made of 15 feetonly.

Apart from this, two sepa-rate pandals of the same sizewill be made for female andmale devotees. At a later time10 pilgrims will be allowed toenter the pandals. People will

stand at a fixed distancebetween the shells made inpandals for darshan of MaaDurga. On the other hand, thework of decorating the Durgaidols in Colonelganj has beenspeeded up. Sculptor TapasPal, along with 11 of his col-leagues, are busy in painting theidols of Maa Durga,Mahishasura and Ganesh,Shadanan.

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As many as 139 newCOVID-19 patients have

been detected in the districthere on Saturday, increasing thetotal number of cases to 14,822.Besides, the day also saw fourdeaths, increasing the toll to243. During the day, the follow-up negative reports included159 patients. Out of them, 156patients were recovered fromhome isolation, increasing thenumber to 10,616 and justthree patients have been dis-charged from the hospitals.With this, the number of curedpatients from the hospitals hasincreased to 2,758, leaving1,205 active patients. The totalnumber of cured patients isnow 13,371, leaving 1,212active patients. The recoveryrate has improved to 90.21 percent but the mortality rate has

increased to 1.63 per cent.Meanwhile, on World

Mental Health Day,Department of Psychiatry,Institute of Medical Science,Banaras Hindu University (IMSBHU) has unveiled a book tospread awareness about men-tal health. The book in Hindiaims to make readers awareabout various aspects related tomental health. The book,authored by doctors of theDepartment of Psychiatry, talksabout causes, symptoms, treat-ment and key mental healthproblems and suggests ways tolead a healthy and happy life. Inits message on World MentalHealth Day, the Department ofPsychiatry, said that MentalHealth has always been relevantand attains even more impor-tance in the time of pandem-ic. Realising this, WHO hascoined the theme of 2020 as

‘Mental Health for all: Greaterinvestment-Greater Access’.Head of the department ProfMona Srivastava has said thatthe department is committed towork and strive towards ahappy individual, society andnation.

According to the ChiefMedical Officer (CMO) DrVB Singh, in the first report ofthe day by 11 am, 105 positivepatients were detected out of4,021 received reports. Tillthen, the total test reportsreceived were 2,47,229 and theresults of 559 are awaited. Outof them, 2,32,441 were nega-tive, while 14,788 positive. Thetotal number of samples col-lected was 2,62,206. Earlier, afemale aged 61 from Bacchawo(Rohania) and two males aged75 and 66 from Visheshwarganjand Mirapur Basahi respec-tively succumbed to COVID-

19 at Sir Sundarlal Hospital(SSH), Banaras HinduUniversity (BHU). With theaddition of 14 new red zones,the total number of hotspotshas increased to 2,154 includ-ing 301 red zones.

One green zone has beenconverted into red zone again.There are 1,853 green zoneswith 22 new ones.

Earlier, under ongoingmass/ group antigen tests, sixpersons out of 415 tests weredetected positive at Shree ShivPrasad Gupta (SSPG) Hospital,Kabirchaura, while two out of345 at adjacent GovernmentWomen’s Hospital, four out of106 at Swami VivekanandGovernment Hospital,Bhelupur and four out of 410at SSH BHU. However, all the117 tests at CHC Shivpur and188 at LBS Hospital, Ramnagarwere found negative.

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NER GM LC Trivedi on Friday throughvideo conferencing held a half-yearly

review meeting of Varanasi division. It was vir-tually attended by DRM VK Panjiar, principalhead of the department and senior Railway offi-cers of the headquarter and division, CPRO PKSingh said. While reviewing developmentworks, schemes, facilities being provided totraders and industries, earnings from goods andparcel freight on Varanasi division GM said thatextensive efforts should be made to increase itsincome and traders and entrepreneurs should bemade aware of the concessions being given by theRailways. For fulfilling the goal of making the rail-way self-reliant, he laid emphasis on increasing theparcel and freight progressively in comparison tolast year. For this along with providing facilities totraders and entrepreneurs, he suggested on bring-ing maximum goods transport to the division byestablishing contact with them. Trivedi praised theworks being done by Varanasi division andefforts being made to increase income. DRMVaranasi VK Panjiyar elaborated on developmentworks being carried out for strengthening infra-structure, development for providing facilities topassengers and special efforts being made forincreasing income from parcel and freight. He saidthat electrification work on Varanasi division hasbeen completed at a rapid pace due to which therehas been a reduction of about 83 per cent in dieselconsumption and expenditure on fuel worth �83.66crore was saved. There has been a lot of improve-ment in the field of loading in Varanasi division,he said. Wheat and oil cake were also beingexported to Bangladesh by NER, the DRM said.Several teams of commercial inspectors had beenformed on NER which are working to bring traf-fic on the railways by going from place to placeand are getting good results and loading andunloading was being mechanised, said Panjiar.

This led to more work in less time. He said manyfacilities, including rest rooms, are being pro-vided to traders and workers at the goods shed.He said that in some goods sheds in Varanasidivision lighting has been arranged along thelines of the airport. He said continous efforts forprevention of Covid-19 are being made onVaranasi division. He said that Covid-19 test ofall employees and their families had been con-ducted and they were motivated to wear masksproperly, maintain social distancing and washhands regularly. In order to reduce the entry ofoutsiders in the divisional office, an e-samvadroom has been set up outside the office.Participating in the Covid-19 Jan Andolan cam-paign all employees and their families are beinglinked with it. In order to make the mass move-ment successful under the awareness campaignposters are being put in all offices, stations, hos-pitals, residential premises and units. At stationsand trains through public awareness systemextensive propaganda of messages for protectionfrom Covid-19 was being done.

ADMINISTERED: Under the Jan Andolan(mass movement)Abhiyan and on the directiveof the Railway Board the officers and employ-ees at the RPF Training Centre, Gorakhpur, wereadministered pledge for protection from Covid-19 and its prevention on Friday. In addition inVaranasi during a security conference organisedunder the presidentship of PCSC Atul KumarSrivastava the RPF personnel of Varanasi divisionand DLW, Varanasi, were administered pledge forprotection from Covid-19, CPRO PK Singh said.

FOUND: The RPF post, Gonda, found anine-year-old girl in an unclaimed conditionduring patrolling at Gonda railway station onOctober 7. She was handed over to the ChildLine, Gonda. Meanwhile RPF post, Gorakhpur,found a 15-year-old girl in train No 05066 whilegoing to Darbhanga as she was upset with her fam-ily. She was handed over to Child Line, Gorakhpur.

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Abody was found in the forest of RajapurPahadi under Madihan police station on

Friday. It was later identified as that of Vijaypal,son of Nandlal, a resident of Patelnagar Bomailaunder Handia police station in Prayagraj. An FIRhad been lodged at Handia police station on October1 so the Madihan police referred the case to it.

MEETING: DM Sushil Kumar Patel at areview meeting held at L2 hospital on Fridaydirected the RRTs to keep an eye on Covid patientswho were under home quarantine. Emphasisingon their treatment he directed the officials con-

cerned to issue writtenguidelines and ask suchpatients to keep updatedwith the body tempera-ture which might behelpful in getting propercure. He directed the fieldstaff to ensure contact trac-

ing. About the patients admitted in L1and L2 hos-pitals the DM made it clear that meal as well as

breakfast should be provided timely. The DMwas apprised by the officials concerned aboutthe preparations to combat the infection. TheDM was apprised about availability of medicinesand tests through different sources. The meetingwas attended by the officials concerned, includingADM UP Singh, CMO Dr OP Tiwari, ACMO DrRai, SIC besides deputy collector and nodal offi-cer for Covid control room Anoop Shukla.

NABBED: Katra Kotwali police on Fridayarrested a man impersonating as DIG CBI. Asper the reports, a person posing as DIG CBIalighted from a train along with his familysought accommodation along with conveyancefacility from the police which was provided to himalong with security. Police became suspicious dueto his behaviour so the CBI office was contactedto find out the truth. When interrogated heconfessed that he was engaged in contract busi-ness. At this police lodged an FIR at Katra Kotwaliunder relevant sections of IPC and sent theaccused, Rajiv Singh, son of Udayveer Singh,a resident of an area near Shivpuri Chaurahaunder Banno Devi police station in Aligarh, to jail.

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As per the instructionsissued by the Railway

Board the railway administra-tion for the convenience of pas-sengers will ensure the move-ment of 09021/09022 BandraTerminus-Lucknow-BandraTerminus superfast weekly spe-cial train from BandraTerminus from October 17 andfrom Lucknow Junction onOctober 18 till further notice.All coaches of this train are ofreserved category, CPRO PKSingh said. The 09021 BandraTerminus-Lucknow Jn super-fast weekly special fromOctober 17 every Saturday tillfurther notice will leave BandraTerminus at 12:55 hrs, fromBorivali at 13:26 hrs, fromBoisar at 14:23 hrs, from Vapiat 15:20 hrs, from Surat at16:50 hrs, from Bharuch at17:36 hrs, from Vadodara at18.43 hours, from Godhra at20.00 hours, from Dahod at21.02 hrs, from Ratlam at 23:05hrs, on second day fromBhawani Mandi at 01:10 hours,from Kota at 02:45 hrs, fromSawai Madhopur at 04.05 hours,from Bharatpur at 08:15 hrs,from Achhnera at 09.20 hours,from Mathura Junction at 10:25hours, from Hathras City at11.08 am, from Kasganj at 12.17hours, from Farrukhabad at13.50 hours, from Kannauj at14:52 hrs, from KanpurAnwarganj at 16.53 hours, fromKanpur Central at 17.20 hrs andreach Lucknow Junction at 19.15hours. During return journey the09022 Lucknow Jn - BandraTerminus Superfast weekly spe-cial from October 18 everySunday till further notice depart

from Lucknow Jn at 23.35 hrs,from Kanpur Central at 01.45 hrs,from Kanpur Anwarganj at 02.02hours, from Kannauj at 03.00 hrs,from Farrukhabad at 04.10 hrs,from Kasganj at 06:25 hrs, fromHathras City at 07:40 hrs, fromMathura Jn at 09.20 hrs, fromAchhnera at 10.35 hrs, fromBharatpur at 11.40 hrs, from SawaiMadhopur at 13.50 hrs, from Kotaat 15.45 hrs, from Bhavani Mandiat 17.35 hrs, from Ratlam at 21.20hrs, from Dahod at 23.05 hrs, on thethird day from Godhra at 00.25 hrs,from Vadodara at 01.37 hrs, fromBharuch at 02.27 hrs, from Surat at03:27 hrs, from Vapi at 04.40 hrs,from Boisar at 05:42 hrs, fromBorivali at 07.16 hrs reachBandra Terminus at 08.00 hrs. Atotal of 21 coaches, includingtwoof generator-cum-luggagevan, four of general second class,nine of sleeper class besides oneof second AC and five of thirdAC. Meanwhile the railwayadministration will run the09075/09076 Bandra Terminus-Ramnagar-Bandra Terminussuperfast weekly special fromBandra Terminus from October15 and from Ramnagar fromOctober 16 till further notice. Allcoaches of this train are ofreserved category. The 09075Bandra Terminus- Ramnagarsuperfast weekly special fromOctober 15 every Thursday willdepart from Bandra Terminus at05.10 hours, from Borivali at05:40 hrs, from Vapi at 07:29hrs, from Surat at 08:50 hrs,from Bharuch at 09:39 hrs,from Vadodara at 10.53 hours,from Godhra at 11.58 hrs,from Dahod at 13.00 hrs, fromRatlam at 15.00 hrs, fromNagda at 15.55 hrs, fromRamganj Mandi at 17.37 hrs,

from Kota at 18.40 hrs, fromSawai Madhopur at 20.07 hrs,from Gangapur City at 21.00hrs, from Bharatpur at 23.20hrs, on the second day fromAchhnera at 00.05 hrs, fromMathura Junction at 01.30 hrs,from Hathras City at 02:18 hrs,from Kasganj at 03:30 hrs, fromBadaun at 04:45 hrs, from Bareillyat 06.10 hrs, from Izzatnagar at06:54 hrs, from Bahedi at 07:32hrs, from Kichha at 07:53 hrs,from Lalkuan at 08:45 hrs, fromBazpur at 09.33 hrs, fromKashipur at 10:25 hrs and reachRamnagar at 11.00 hrs. During thereturn journey 09076 Ramnagar-Bandra Terminus superfastweekly special from October 16every Friday till further noticewill depart from Ramnagar at16.30 hrs, from Kashipur at16.58 hrs, from Bazpur at 17.20hrs, from Lalkuan at 18.17 hrs,from Kichha at 18.36 hrs , fromBahedi at 18.54 hours, fromIzzatnagar at 19:40 hrs, fromBareilly at 20.12 hrs, fromBadaun at 21:02 hrs, fromKasganj at 22.50 hrs, fromHathras City at 23.40 hrs, onsecond day from Mathura Jn at01:30 hrs, from Achhnera at02.30 hrs, from Bharatpur at03.35 hrs, from Gangapur Cityat 04.05 hrs, from SawaiMadhopur at 05.45 hrs, fromKota at 07:10 hrs, from RamganjMandi at 08.15 hrs, from Nagdaat 10:50 hrs, from Ratlam at 11.45hrs, from Dahod at 13.14 hrs,from Godhra at 14:40 hrs, fromVadodara at 15.52 hrs, fromBharuch at 16:42 hrs, from Suratat 17.40 hrs, from Vapi at 19.14hrs, from Borivali at 21.20 hrsand reach Bandra Terminus at22.00 hrs. A total of 18 coacheswill be attached in this train.

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On the call of Jan Andolan(mass movement) campaign

given by Prime Minister NarendraModi and on the instructions ofRailway Minister Piyush Goyal,various programmes continuedin Varanasi Division of NER andDiesel Locomotive Works (DLW)on the second day on Friday. Ameeting of health workers wasorganised at Central Hospital inDLW in which corona warriors,patients and others were made aware to followthe COVID-19 guidelines. Chief Medical OfficerDr Sujit Malli, Chief Medical Superintendent DrDevesh Kumar, other medical officers and healthworkers were present. Besides, Safety department

distributed masks, soaps andsanitisers in the workshops andoffices under the leadership ofChief Safety Officer NitinMehrotra, Deputy Chief SafetyOfficer US Srivastava and theirteam. Along with this, they alsomotivated the employees to ensurepublic participation in the waragainst COVID-19. In NER on theinstructions of Divisional RailwayManager Vijay Kumar Panjiar, theemployees working in remote sta-tions and tracks of Varanasi division

were administered pledge under the mass move-ment campaign. The employees of variousbranch offices of DRM office also pledged toremain vigilant towards Covid-19 guidelines andmobilise others to follow the same.

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Kanpur Nagar reported 95more coronavirus positive

cases on Saturday evening.Chief Medical Officer Dr

Anil K Mishra said that 95more people had tested positivefor coronavirus infectionbetween Friday evening andSaturday evening taking thetally of confirmed cases to26,621 cases. He said oneCOVID-19 deaths in the citypushed the toll to 702 onSaturday evening.

The CMO said with 27COVID-19 patients were dis-charged from hospitals thecured figure in the city was6825 and at present 2879 activecases were undergoing treat-ment. Dr Mishra said 5,491samples were sent for testing inthe city.

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Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner Raj

Shekhar, while addressing a taxand revenue collection meetingof the Kanpur division onSaturday, directed the officialsto meet the given targets with-in the given time frame.

He asked all the districtmagistrates of the division tolaunch a special drive toaccomplish the task in onemonth’s time.

He also directed the districtmagistrates to identify thegram samaj land that had beenencroached and get their phys-ical verification done and file adetailed report in this regard.

The divisional commis-sioner said if there was any ille-gal encroachment on the gramsamaj land then it be freed andthe freed land be included inthe land bank.

He stressed on physicalverification of gram samaj land,adding that the land be pho-tographed as supporting evi-dence.

He also directed officials tolodge FIRs against all fake reg-istries of lands.

He also asked the officialsto cross-check all the landleases given in the past 10 years,and if any lease was found to beillegal or fake, then it bescrapped and legal action betaken against the person con-cerned.

Shekhar directed the offi-cials concerned of all the majorconstruction projects to carryout physical verification andensure that the constructionwork was given furthermomentum. He said after thephysical verification, photo-graphic evidence should beput up as well.

He directed the chief devel-opment officers to submit a listof all panchayat bhawans thathad been fully constructed.

The divisional commis-sioner also reviewed theprogress of Ayushman BharatYojana and golden card prepa-ration and directed the officialsof Kannauj to give furthermomentum to the work.

He asked the district offi-cials to form teams of ASHA,ANM, lekhpal, gram pradhanto complete work on the gold-en card at the earliest.

Reviewing the progress ofthe National Child HealthProgramme, Shekhar said itshould be implemented trans-

parently and in perfect order.He also directed the officials towork out plans to contain thespread of communicable dis-eases like dengue, with stress oncleanliness drives.

Shekhar also reviewed theDastak project and directedofficials to ensure that all thechildren below the age of 15years were immunised. Hewarned against any laxity inthis regard. He also interactedwith the Irrigation departmentofficials and said the watermust reach the tail ends ofcanals and silt should beremoved from canals on pri-ority.

He said Alpika andRajwaha committees be formedto ensure that water reached

the fields and officials shouldsubmit a report in this regardat the earliest.

The divisional commis-sioner directed the officialsconcerned to ensure that thecane dues were disbursed to thefarmers at the earliest. He saidponds allocation be done andfisheries be promoted.

He also said the shopsunder National Food SecurityProgramme that were vacantshould be allotted as per normsso that public distribution workwas carried out smoothly.

He also directed the offi-cials to prepare PMAY’samended project and forwardit to the government at the ear-liest.

Shekhar directed the offi-

cials of the Transport depart-ment to speed up enforcementworks and recovery as per thegiven targets.

He lashed out at KESCoofficials for the poor perfor-mance and directed them thestreamline the functioning ofthe power distribution compa-ny by the next month.

He also found the land rev-enue collection at Etawah tobe slow and poor and directedthe officials to speed up recov-ery.

He said the mandi shulk(mandi tax) backlog should becompleted at the earliest.

Senior officials of all dis-tricts of the division and vari-ous department were present inthe meeting.

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The Life InsuranceCorporation of India, the

country’s largest life insurer,continued to give outstandingperformance even in times ofbusiness distress. Its resilientand quick response in meetingthe expectations of the marketand the people of the nationbrought it exemplary results inthe current financial year.

The LIC showed sterlingperformance amid COVID-19lockdown in half-yearly resultsending September 30, 2020and declared policyholdersbonus of more than � 51,000crore for 2019-20.

In the just concluded half-

year 2020-21, the LIC record-ed more than � 25,000 crore inthe first year premium incomein Individual New Businessperformance as on September30, 2020 compared to�24,867.70 crore on September30, 2019.

Under its Jeevan Shantiplan, LIC collected � 11,456.41crore as first year premium ason September 30, 2020.

The ULIP Business of LICwas also very good this yearand as on September 30, 2020,the LIC sold 16,844 policieswith a premium of � 128.63crore compared to 12,940 poli-cies sold during the sameperiod last year for firstyear premium of � 24.24

crore, showing a growth rate ofmore than 500 per cent in pre-mium.

LIC Pension and GroupSchemes vertical collected �62,112.27 crore as groupschemes new business premi-um income as on September30, 2020. The LIC’s compositemarket share in number ofpolicies and first year premiumwas 67.82 percent and 70.57percent respectively for quar-ter two.

On the claims front also, inspite of severe constraints oflockdown, up to September 30,2020, LIC settled more than �82 lakh claims amounting tomore than � 48,000 crore .Italso declared a bonus of more

than � 51,000 crore for its pol-icyholders.

Due to heightened aware-ness about need of risk cover,the policy surrendered havereduced drastically.

LIC took every availableopportunity in the market,investing more than � 2,60,000crore this year in debt andequity (as at 30.09.2020) ascompared to � 2,44,931 croreinvested last year during thesame period. It has alreadybooked more than � 15,000crore as profits in the capitalmarket this fiscal so far.

With current trends, LIC isexpected to do exceptionallywell in the financial year 2020-21.

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Kanpur Divisional Commissioner Raj Shekharcarried out a surprise inspection of the Asara Awas Yojana at Sajari, Kanpur Nagar

on Saturday. Later, addressing press persons, hesaid the quality of construction was found to be“very poor” and ‘below standards” .

Shekhar said the plaster quality was verypoor, finishing was poor, and masonry work wasalso poor .

He said in view of the gross negligence inthe construction works, a show-cause notice hadbeen issued to the DUDA, construction agencyC&DS, Jal Nigam Unit 11, asking why theyshould not be blacklisted and legal action takenagainst the negligent officers for such poor qual-ity work.

Shekhar said the project was started in the

year 2014 and around 1,104 houses were beingconstructed for identified homeless familiesunder the Asara Awas Yojana. He said the totalcost of the project was around Rs 51 crore .Hesaid as of now around Rs 42 crore had beenreceived and utilised and the last instalment ofthe project had been demanded from the gov-ernment to complete the project.

He said the physical progress of the workwas around 80 per cent and out of total 1,104houses, around 456 houses had been complet-ed. He said a high level technical committeecomprising additional commissioner (admin-istration), PWD chief engineer, KDA chief engi-neer, Jal Nigam EE and KESCo EE would visitsite to check the quality of work and also col-lect samples for testing, if necessary.

The committee will submit a detailed reportby November 10, 2020 for further action.

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Ayoung couple committedsuicide by hanging them-

selves together from a tree inKotwali police area late Fridaynight as they could not marryeach other.

No suicide note wasrecovered from the spot.

Investigations revealedthat the couple were upsetafter their family membershad fixed their marriage else-where.

However, kin of thedeceased girl said that had sheinformed them about heraffair with the neighbouringyouth, they would haveallowed her marriage withhim.

According to reports,Vijay Laxmi’s husband Horilalwas a pump operator and hehad died a few years ago fol-lowing prolonged illness. Inhis place, her youngest sonSachin had got a job. Her sec-

ond son Ravi was a salesmanin a milk agency and he wasin love with a girl (20) wholived in a nearby house.

Vijay Laxmi said the fam-ily members of the girl werenot ready for her marriagewith Ravi. After dinner onFriday, Ravi went to sleep inhis room. Around 1:30 am,the girl’s father, Madan, andother family membersknocked the doors andenquired about Ravi.

When Ravi was foundmissing from his room, Sachinwent up to the main gate totrace him. On returning, hefound Ravi and the neigh-bouring girl hanging from atree.

Mother of the deceasedgirl said that her daughter hadcooked the food on Fridaynight and she watched TVserials till 12:15 am. On beingscolded, she switched off theTV and went to sleep in herroom. Around 1:30 am, when

the girl was found missingfrom her room, the familymembers visited Ravi’s housewho was also not at home.

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On the directive of thedistrict magistrate to launchmass awareness campaigns tocontain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, officers andemployees of KanpurDevelopment Authority wereadministered oath in the hallon the first floor on Thursday.They took a vow to containthe spread of coronavirus andfollowing Covid norms byusing mask, maintaining two-yard distance, frequent wash-ing of hands etc.

Officer on Special DutyBhairpal Singh, Renu Pathak,City Planner Jyoti Prasad,Law Officer Shashi BhushanRai and Under Secretary KCMSingh along with other officersand employees were present

on the occasion.

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In the Janata Darshanprogramme organised byKanpur DevelopmentAuthority on Thursday, 38applications were received,most of them relating tounauthorised possession,freehold, registry, mutation,refund, etc.

Kanpur DevelopmentAuthority Vice ChairmanRakesh Kumar Singh heard allthe applicants and directed theofficials to dispose them ofwithin stipulated time limit.Some of the applicants whocame to he Janata Darshan onThursday included DeepaShukla, Sitaram Verma,Ashish Kumar, Renu Dubey,Ramesh Chandra, SheelaDevi, Satyendra Kumar, PriyaPal and Munni Devi.

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Adelegation of Junior HighSchool Shikshak Sangh,

led by its district presidentYogendra Kumar Singh, metBasic Shiksha Adhikari PawanKumar and finance andaccounts officer of BasicEducation, Phool ChandGupta, on Saturday.

The delegation said thatteachers would not visit blocksfor corrections in theirsalary bills and instead, theclerk preparing paysheet should visit the office forthis work for onward signa-ture of block education officerin the meeting held everySaturday.

For the payment of uni-form arrears (50 per cent for2018-19 and 25 per cent for2019-20), a letter was sent tothe state administration.

The teachers’ leaders alsourged the BSA for completingentries/affixing photos inonline forms for teachers’identity cards and ending thecompulsion for physical pres-ence of teachers in office forgetting their pay scale sanc-tioned.

They also urged the BSAto write a letter to the FinanceController, Prayagraj, forremoving the anomalies inf ixing the pay scale of teach-ers.

The BSA assured theleaders to look into theirdemands.

The delegation comprisedof Sangh’s district general sec-retary Dilip Kumar Saini, dis-trict secretary Manoj KumarDwivedi, treasurer SayyadNazir Hussain, Vijay PrakashSrivastava, Vikram Singh andMohd Anas.

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Members of KanpurUniversity Self-Financed

Teachers Association (KUSF-TA) met Higher EducationOfficer Ripudaman Singh inhis office on Saturday andapprised him of the plights ofthousands of teachersemployed in around 1,100 self-financed colleges affiliated tothe Kanpur University.

The delegation comprisedof KUSFTA president KamleshYadav, general secretaryAkhand Pratap Singh, PankajChandel, Ajay Tewari, SanjitKumar, Arvind Sengar, AmitKatiyar and Sunil.

KUSFTA general secre-tary Akhand Pratap Singh toldmedia persons that duringtheir meeting with the highereducation officer, the latterasked him to submit details ofall the 17,318 teachers of self-finances colleges who weregetting salary below and aboveRs.8,000 per month. The high-er education officer also soughtdetails of teachers gettingsalary below and aboveRs.15,000.

The KUSFTA delegationalso told the higher educationofficer that the teachers ofself-finances colleges had notbeen paid salary during thelockdown since April 2020. Heassured the delegation to takeup the issue with the respectivecollege authorities for earlyrelease of salary.

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With the stand-off at theLine of Actual

Control(LAC)continuing, thearmed forces are preparing fora long haul and digging in forthe fast approaching wintermonths in Ladakh. In thisbackdrop, Army Vice Chief LtGeneral S K Saini on Saturdaycalled for attaining self reliancein manufacturing special win-ter clothing and mountaineer-ing equipment.

His observation here cameas the army is gearing up forsustaining thousands of troopsin Ladakh where temperaturewill dip to minus 30 in the nextfew weeks. Realising the grav-ity of the situation, theGovernment has relaxed someprocurement rules to enablethe army to buy prefabricatedhuts and additional sets ofwinter clothing includingboots.

A parliamentary commit-tee was also recently apprisedof the army’s preparedness andassured that more than ade-quate stocks of winter clothingare available.

Addressing a webinarorganised by the Centre forJoint Warfare Studies, the ViceChief said “A large number ofour troops are deployed insuper high altitude areas where

the temperature touches -50degrees celsius. However, weare still importing cold-weath-er equipment, mainly due tothe lack of viable indigenoussolutions. A collaborative effortneeds to be put in this field tofulfil our vision of“Atmanirbhar Bharat.”

At present, the Indiantroops are deployed at heightsof more than 13,000 to 14,000feet at most of the stand-offsites in eastern Ladakh.

With no signs of the situ-ation improving in the nearfuture, the Indian securityestablishment has ramped upits logistical support to thefront line troops, sources said.

Despite the volatile situa-tion and military build up byboth the sides, India has allalong favoured talks to resolvethe complex issue. The seventhround of Corps Commanderlevel talks are scheduled forMonday next.

After the sixth round onSeptember 21, the two com-manders decided not sendmore troops to the border.Relative calm prevails sincethen, sources said.

Meanwhile, Saini also high-lighted security of defenceestablishments and vital instal-lations and ImprovisedExplosive Devices (IED) anddrones as major threats. On the

security of defence establish-ments and vital installations, hesaid efforts have been focussedon this in the last few years asthese present “lucrative andhigh profile targets.”

“Though the industry hasstepped up to the challenge, thesolutions provided, however,lack innovation and integra-tion,” he said calling for effortsto ensure reduction in man-power commitment by inte-grating physical and electron-ic surveillance and incorporat-ing automation and innovation.

The IEDs are emerging asthe favoured tool for terroristsand anti national elements. “Itends up causing both physicaland psychological trauma andseriously impairs own readi-ness, by forcing us to commit scarce resources forown protection,” he said statingtechnological innovation is keyto combating this threat.

The Vice Chief saidamongst other threats, dronesand Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAV) stand out in their inno-vative employment anddestructive potential.Considering their low cost,multi-use and dense prolifera-tion, he said “both hard kill andsoft kill counter-drone solu-tions including swarm tech-nology are the need of thehour”.

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Despite the on-going coron-avirus pandemic and the

nationwide lockdown till June,India agricultural exports havebeen booming the past sixmonths, while many sectors ofthe economy suffered. Export ofessential agricultural com-modities between April and

September, 2020 has increasedby 43.4 percent to �53,626.6crore as compared to �37,397.3crore in the same period lastyear. As per the data, wheatexport growth recorded to 206percent, followed by non-Basmati rice 105 percent, refinedsugar 104 percent, and ground-nut 35 percent.

According to agricultureministry’s data, farm exports

stood at �37,397.3 crore duringthe April-September period of2019-20. In September 2020,agri exports rose by 81.7 percentto �9,296 crore from �5,114crore in September 2019. Thebalance of trade during April-September 2020 has been sig-nificantly positive at �9,002Crore as against trade deficit of�2,133 during the same periodin 2019.

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As World Mental HealthDay is observed on

Saturday this year against thebackdrop of Covid-19 pan-demic, organizations likeWHO and health experts in thesector have stressed on increas-ing awareness and higherinvestments to deal with thelooming mental health crisis.

“The vast social and eco-nomic impact of COVID-19highlights the critical need forall countries in the Region toinvest in quality mental healthcare, which must be part of anoverall increase in healthspending,” Dr PoonamKhetrapal Singh, WHORegional Director for South-East Asia said on Saturday.

The theme of this year’sWorld Mental Health Day cam-paign is ‘Move for mentalhealth: let’s invest’.

Dr Smita Deshpande,senior psychiatrist from Delhi-based RML Hospital pointedout that even under normal cir-cumstances, good mentalhealth is crucial to the func-tioning of society. During apandemic like Covid-19, how-ever, it can affect how werespond and recover. “It is hightime that we give importance tothis area,” she added.

Dr RC Jiloha, ex-psychia-trist from GB Pant Hospital,Delhi pointed out that evenpeople who are not directlyimpacted with Covid-19 arefacing depression and anxietydue to financial stress and dis-ruption in social lives.

He echoed the WHO sur-vey released recently thatreveals that most countries areexperiencing some disruptionto mental health services, withthe greatest impact on com-munity-based and preventionand promotion services. Backhome, various organizationsincluding educational institu-tions have started focusing onthis long-neglected mentalhealth arena.

For instance, IIM BodhGaya’s mindfulness center‘Samatvam’ which aims to honefuture leaders to be more

mindful and grow holistically,partnered with ‘YourDost’ - anonline counseling and emo-tional wellness coach with anaim to normalize the conver-sation around seeking profes-sional help to attain mentalwell-being.

The center also launchedits weekly mindfulness series

‘Bodhi Pravaah’ which willhost a spectrum of activitiessuch as ‘Music therapies’,‘ASMR meditation’, ‘Five sensemeditation, and much moreevery Sunday. IIM Bodh GayaDirector Dr Vinita Sahay spokeon the importance of mentalhealth. On the occasion, asmall film, ‘What makes you

happy’ was also showcased, inwhich students spoke about thethings or people that makethem beam in joy.

“The purpose behind thisvideo was to highlight the factthat often, the things thatmake us the happiest are verytrivial - something whicheveryone needs to ponderupon,” said Dr Nidhi Mishra,Chairperson- Mental Health &Well-being committee, IIMBodh Gaya.

Similarly, on the occasionof the World Mental HealthDay, Shri Guru Gobind SinghCollege of Commerce in Delhiorganized a Mental HealthTherapy Webinar in collabo-ration with its InternationalCell, SGGSCC wherein KartikNaidu, transpersonal thera-pist and trainer, Green AuraHolistic talked about impor-tance of mental health and howthe students can help under-stand and tackle their anxieties.

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The Covid-19 pandemicprovides an opportunity to

reset the global economy andreverse decades of ecosystemand species losses, but mostcountries are failing to investin nature-related economicreforms or investments,according to researchers.

Indeed, some countries,including the United States,Brazil and Australia, are back-tracking on existing laws andrelaxing regulations andenforcement actions aimed atprotecting nature but notmuch is happeneing, accordingto lead author PamelaMcElwee, an associate profes-sor in the Department ofHuman Ecology in the Schoolof Environmental andBiological Sciences at RutgersUniversity-New Brunswick.

“Just last week at theUnited Nations, more than 60heads of state spoke at a vir-tual summit and pledged theirsupport to tackle the biodi-versity crisis. But when welook at what countries aredoing, either in their priorbudget and policies or espe-cially in their post-Covid plan-ning and recovery packages,very few governments areputting their money where

their mouths are,” McElweepointed out.

“We still see huge amountsof financial support for harm-ful practices, such as subsi-dizing overfishing or fossilfuel production or buildinginfrastructure that will harmecological integrity. Only asmall number of countriesare addressing the biodiversi-ty crisis in the serious mannerit deserves.”

The paper, by economists,anthropologists and environ-mental scientists at many insti-tutions on three continents, ispublished in the journal OneEarth. It explores the changesin global economic systems -including incentives, regula-tions, f iscal policy andemployment programs - thatare necessary to shift awayfrom activities that damagebiodiversity and move towardthose supporting ecosystemresilience.

The paper observationshold importance in the back-drop of the 2019 GlobalAssessment Report onBiodiversity and EcosystemResources which says thatunless action is taken, around1 million species face extinc-tion, many within decades,and the global rate of speciesextinction will accelerate.

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The countr y’s topdrug regulator has

asked the Hyderabad-based drug manufac-turer Bharat Biotech tosubmit complete safetyand immunogenicitydata of the ongoingphase-2 trial of its vaccinecandidate ‘Covaxin’ besidesproviding some clarifica-tions, before proceeding forthe next stage ie phase-3clinical trials for the vaccine.

The pharma firm hadsought the Drug ControllerGeneral of India (DCGI)nod for carrying out thirdphase trials.

The vaccine candidateis being indigenously devel-oped by the Bharat Biotechin collaboration with theIndian Council of MedicalResearch (ICMR).

According to officials,the Hyderabad-based vac-cine maker applied to theDCGI on October 2, seek-ing its permission to conduct

phase-3 randomised dou-ble-blind placebo-controlledmult icentre tr ia l of itsCoviD-19 vaccine candidate.

The firm in its applica-tion said that the studywould cover 28,500 subjects aged 18 years andabove and would be con-ducted in 19 sites — includ-ing Delhi, Mumbai, Patnaand Lucknow -- across 10states.

The phase-2 trial of theCovaxin is going on and thesecond dose is yet to begiven to volunteers at somesites. “The company pre-sented phase-3 clinical trialprotocol along with interimdata of phase 1 and 2 clini-cal trials,” an official said.

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The Tamil NaduGovernment has told the

Supreme Court that the sub-committee meant to supervisethe safety and other aspects,including water levels, in theMullaperiyar dam has beendoing its job properly.

The apex court had soughta reply from the state govern-ment on a plea filed by JoeJoseph in which he expressedapprehensions that there waslack of supervision of safety inthe over-a-century-old dam.

In an affidavit, filedthrough advocate M YokeshKanna, the Tamil Nadu gov-ernment said the plea allegingthat it has abdicated its dutieswas “wholly misconceived”.

“The prayer proceeds onan erroneous assumption thatthe Sub-Committee constitut-ed by the SupervisoryCommittee amounts to abdi-cation of duties by theSupervisory Committee, con-stituted pursuant to the direc-tions of this court judgmentdated May 07, 2014 … is whol-ly untenable,” the affidavit said.

The affidavit said the sub-committee is chaired by theexecutive engineer of theCentral Water Commission(CWC) and has members fromKerala and Tamil Nadu.

The sub-committeeinspects the dam, collects dataand gives details to the super-visory committee.

“The sub-committee mem-bers do not have any powers togive direction to the states. It isonly doing the job of collectinginformation and data pertain-ing to the dam once in everytwo months, and if required,more frequently, as per direc-tions of the chairman of thesupervisory committee, andfurnishing the same to thecommittee,” the affidavit said.

The contention that therehas been inordinate delay infinalising and implementingthe Rule Curve and GateOperation Schedule on theMullaperiyar dam is whollymisplaced, it said.

“The answering respon-dent states that the operation ofthe spillway gates during floodtime was framed long back dur-ing the year 1974, vide… As perthe procedure then laid down,based on long experience,before operating the spillwaygates during flood time, warn-ing would be issued well inadvance to the downstreamauthorities concerned of theState of Kerala before releasingwater through the spillway,” itsaid.

“The answering respon-dent ensures and takes care thatno release is made without anywarning, and sudden releasesare not made through the spill-way. The releases are made insteps so as not to cause anyproblem to the people who areliving downstream of the dam.Thus, it is submitted that Gate

operation procedure was avail-able for long,” it added.

Before operating the spill-way gates during flood time,warning would be issued wellin advance to the downstreamauthorities concerned beforereleasing water through thespillway, the affidavit said.

Tamil Nadu ensured thatno water is released withoutany warning, and suddenreleases are not made throughthe spillway, it said, adding that“the releases are made in stepsso as not to cause any problemto the people who are livingdownstream of the dam”.

“The supervisory com-mittee duly assisted by thesub-committee are monitoringthe system with reference to allsafety aspects of the dam,” theaffidavit said.

The top court, in 2006, hadpermitted Tamil Nadu to raisethe storage level ofMullaperiyar dam up to 142 ft.It had also permitted TamilNadu to carry out furtherstrengthening measures as sug-gested by CWC and had hopedthat Kerala would cooperate inthe matter.

“The State of Kerala and itsofficers are restrained fromcausing any obstruction. Afterthe strengthening work is com-plete to the satisfaction ofCWC, independent expertswould examine the safety anglebefore the water level is per-mitted to be raised to 152 ft,”the apex court had said.

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Plans are afoot to providelawyers and the legal com-

munity hands-on trainingthrough live demonstrations one-filing of complaints, sum-mons and payments once thecoronavirus-induced restric-tions are lifted and courtsresume normal functioning, asenior official said on Saturday.

The Department of Justicein the Union Law Ministry, inassociation with the e-com-mittee of the Supreme Court,plans to start such live demon-strations.

While e-filing videos havebeen uploaded on YouTubeand manuals are available fordownload, since everyone isnot tech savvy, live demon-strations will start soon in thecorridors of courts, said JointSecretary in the Department ofJustice G R Raghavender.

He made these remarks ata webinar on enforcing con-tract organised by AssociatedChambers of Commerce andIndustry of India(ASSOCHAM).

Noting that India is plan-ning to further improve andbreak into top 50 in terms ofthe World Bank’s Ease of DoingBusiness ranking, he saidenforcement of contracts is akey performance indicator.

India has moved from therank 178 in 2016 to 163 in2020.

“A lot has been done butthe impact has not been felt,” he

was quoted as saying by anASSOCHAM statement.

The enforcing contractindicator is measured on thebasis of three important para-meters -- time estimate, costestimate and quality of judicialprocess index.

He explained that in India,for resolving a commercial dis-pute in a district commercialcourt it takes 1,445 days whichis worse than South Asianaverage of 1,101 days, in OECDhigh-income countries it isjust 557 days, in Singaporeand New Zealand it takes 164days.

While in terms of costestimates, in India 31 per centgoes as the legal expenditure ofthe dispute, whereas in SouthAsia it is 29.6 per cent, inOECD countries it is 21.5 percent and in Iceland it takes onlynine per cent, in Bhutan it is 0-1 per cent.

In terms of the quality ofthe judicial process index, it hasan 18-point score.

“India’s score is 10.5,despite scoring above averagewe still have not fared better,while South Asian average is 7,OECD is 11 and in top 20countries it is 15.5 per cent,” hesaid according to the statement.

Noting that case manage-ment needs to be improved toreduce the time taken andreduce pendency, he suggestedthat lawyers need to use courtmanagement tools available onthe department’s website.

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The State ElectionCommission of Rajasthan

on Saturday announced theelection for the six municipalcorporations in Jaipur,Jodhpur and Kota.

Under this, voting forward councillor in these cor-porations will be held in twophases, according to theElection Commissionspokesman.

The public notification for

the election will be released onOctober 14. In the first phase,on October 29, voting will beheld for Jaipur Heritage,Jodhpur North and KotaNorth Municipal Corporationwhile Jaipur Greater, JodhpurSouth and Kota South munic-ipal corporations will go topolls on November 1.

There are 35.97 lakh eligi-ble voters in the six municipalcorporations, including over18.76 lakh male and 17.21 lakhfemale voters.

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The Central Reserve PoliceForce on Saturday said it is

looking into the “authenticity”of a video, posted by Congressleader Rahul Gandhi onTwitter, in which some troopsallege that they are being madeto move for operational dutiesin a non bullet proof vehicle.

“CRPF has adequate pro-tective vehicles to meet variedoperational requirements,”force spokesperson DeputyInspector General MosesDhinakaran said in a state-ment.

“The authenticity of thevideo is being probed into byCRPF,” the statement said.

The about 3.25 lakh per-sonnel-strong CRPF is thelead internal security force ofthe country and is deployedextensively for conductinganti-Naxal operations in vari-ous states.

Gandhi attacked the gov-ernment over provision ofnon-bullet proof vehicles forsoldiers, while spending Rs8,400 crore to procure aircraftfor Prime Minister NarendraModi.

“Is this justice?” he askedon Twitter along with a videoof a purported conversationamong soldiers being trans-ported in non-bullet proof

vehicles.“Our jawans are being sent

in non-bullet proof trucks toget martyred and a Rs 8,400crore aircraft is brought for thePM! Is this justice,” he said ina tweet in Hindi. The videoshows a conversation betweensoldiers objecting to theirtransportation in a non-bulletproof vehicle, while theirseniors were using bullet-proofvehicles.

They also complained thatby doing so their lives werebeing compromised and theauthorities were playing withtheir and their families’ lives.

The government hasbrought two VVIP planes fortravel of the President, PrimeMinister and Vice President,even as it maintained that theprocess for procuring the twoaircraft had begun under theUPA government, and the cur-rent dispensation has onlybrought it to a logical conclu-sion.

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The total number ofCoronavirus cases in

Gujarat crossed the 1.5 lakhmark and rose to 1,50,415 withaddition of 1,221 cases onSaturday, the state healthdepartment said.

The state’s COVID-19death toll rose to 3,560 after tenmore patients succumbed tothe virus, it said.

At the same time, 1,456patients were discharged, tak-ing the tally of recovered casesto 1,30,897.

Gujarat’s recovery rate thusimproved to 87.02 per cent,thedepartment said in its release.

As many as 51,288 testswere conducted in the state inthe last 24 hours, at the rate of789.05 tests per day per millionpopulation, taking the totalnumber of samples tested so farto 49,61,455.

Surat continues to report thehighest number of daily cases inthe state, with 252 cases record-ed in the district on Saturday.

Ahmedabad remained atthe second spot with 176 newcases,followed by Vadodara with119 and Rajkot 114 cases.

Among other districts,Jamnagar reported 96 newcases, Gandhinagar andJunagadh 37 each, Mehsana35, Banaskantha and Bharuch34 each.

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Commerce and IndustryPiyush Goyal on Saturday

reviewed the progress of con-struction activities at PragatiMaidan which is being rede-veloped into an IntegratedExhibition-cum-ConventionCentre (IECC).

Minister of Housing andUrban Affairs H.S.Puri,Principal Advisor to the PrimeMinister, P K Sinha, Officersfrom the Ministry ofCommerce and Industry,ITPO, NBCC, and other agen-cies involved in the activitytook part in the virtual meet-ing, an official release said.

After going through thepresentations and videos on thestatus of the construction activ-ities, Goyal expressed satisfac-tion over the progress, as all thecritical activities are undercontrol.

Construction activities,which had suffered earlier dueto lockdown and subsequentmigration of labour, gainedmomentum in June, and thesame is being maintained.About 4800 workers arepresently engaged in variousactivities at the site.The com-plete project is likely to behanded over by October 2021.

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Mortgage lender HDFCLtd’s CEO Keki Mistry on

Saturday said the “worst isbehind us” and the economicrecovery has been faster thanexpected.

Stating that theDecember quarter growthcould outperform the expan-sion logged in the corre-sponding quarter a year ago,Mistry said that the Indianeconomy has shown its resilien-cy.

Benign interest rate regimewill continue going forwardand that rates will go up onlyafter economic activity gathersmore pace and inflation pres-sure rises, Mistry, vice chair-man and CEO, HDFC Ltd, saidat an online dialogue organisedby the All India ManagementAssociation (AIMA).

He, however, said thatinterest rates have bottomedout.

The government shouldidentify the job creating sectorsand address their issues on pri-ority, AIMA said in a releasequoting him.

Mistry said housing andreal estate sector is the biggestemployer in the economy afteragriculture, and that 80 per centof the workforce in the sectorrequire minimal skills.

He also sought prioritysupport for the manufacturingsectors. Talking about therepayment issues in the hous-ing and the real estate sector,Mistry said that he expectednon-performing loans to be insingle digits. The veteranfinancial sector player also saidthat most of the job losses dur-ing COVID-19 were confinedto low-income workers and thejob losses for the kind of peo-ple who borrow money werenot alarming.

The non-performing indi-vidual loans could be in therange of 2.5-4 per cent, whichis also the extent of loans thatthe RBI has allowed to restruc-ture, Mistry added.

On the economic condi-tion, Mistry said the Indianeconomy had proved to beresilient.

“The worst is behind usand the recovery has beenfaster than expected. By the end

of December, the economywould be at the pre-COVIDlevels for most sectors. TheDecember quarter growthcould be better than the growthin the December quarter lastyear,” he said.

However, Mistry qualifiedhis optimism saying that a lotdepended on whether anothervirus wave hits in the winter.Still, he said, the governmentwas aware that India could notafford another lockdown.

Job creation and leavingmoney in the hands of the peo-ple should be the top two pri-orities of the government,Mistry said. Consumptionbeing 60 per cent of the Indianeconomy, the recovery andgrowth efforts have to be led byboosting consumption, he said.

“The cost of loweringtaxes would not be too highwhereas the benefits from high-er consumption would far out-weigh the revenue loss to thegovernment. While the corpo-rate tax rates had gone down,the peak rate for individual taxrate had gone up from 35 percent to 44 per cent,” Mistrysaid.

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Exports of agri-commoditiesrose by 43.4 per cent to

�53,626.6 crore in the firsthalf of the current fiscalnotwithstanding the ongoingCovid-19 crisis, the UnionAgriculture Ministry said onSaturday.

Farm exports stood at�37,397.3 crore during theApril-September period of the2019-20 fiscal, it said.

In September 2020, agriexports rose by 81.7 per cent to�9,296 crore from �5,114 crorein September 2019.

“The consistent and con-certed efforts of the govern-ment to boost agriculturalexports are bearing fruit asdespite of the on-going Covid-19 crisis, the export of essentialagri commodities for thecumulative period of April-September, 2020 has increasedby 43.4 per cent to �53,626.6crore,” the ministry said in astatement.

Positive growth wasrecorded in export of ground-nut (35 per cent), refined sugar(104 per cent), wheat (206 percent), basmati rice (13 percent) and non-basmati rice(105 per cent) during the April-September of this fiscal fromover the year-ago, it said.

Furthermore, balance oftrade during April-September2020 was significantly positiveat �9,002 crore as against trade

deficit of �2,133 crore in thesaid period, it added.

To boost agri exports, thegovernment announcedAgriculture Export Policy, 2018which inter-alia provides forcluster-based approach forexport-centric farming of cashcrops like fruits, vegetables,spices, etc.

Whereby clusters for spe-cific agri products are identifiedacross the country and focusedinterventions are carried out inthese clusters.

Eight Export PromotionForums (EPFs) have been setup under the aegis of agri-export promotion bodyAPEDA to boost export ofagriculture/ horticulture prod-ucts.

The EPFs are created onbanana, grapes, mango, pome-granate, onion, dairy, rice bas-mati and rice non-basmati.

The EPF are making con-certed efforts to identify, doc-ument particulars of, andreach out to stakeholdersacross the entire production/supply chain of export forincreasing these exports sig-nificantly to the global market,through various interventions,it said.

That apart, the govern-ment has also announced Agri-Infra Fund of Rs 1 lakh croreto improve agri business envi-ronment which will promoteagri exports in due course, theministry said.

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Several trade bodies haveurged The Centre to set up

a regulator to deal with the ris-ing freight charges, amid theproblem of container shortagesthat exporters are facing.

Engineering ExportPromotion Council of India(EEPC) claimed that shippinglines are demanding highfreight charges as inward traf-fic from different countries,particularly from China, hasdeclined for which theexporters are required to pay ahigher amount for outboundconsignments.

“Imports from China havefallen and the liners haveincreased freight rates. Noshipping company likes to sailempty after delivery of exportconsignments,” Sanjay Budhia,chairman of CII national com-mittee on exports and imports,told PTI.

He said all the exportersacross the country are facing

this problem.“This is leading to a situ-

ation where cargo is lying atports. We urged the govern-ment to set up a shipping reg-ulator to control the freightrates,” Budhia said, addingthat exports have started topick up despite the coron-avirus crisis.

After contracting for sixmonths in a row, the country’sexports grew by 5.27 per centto USD 27.4 billion inSeptember.

The shipping companieshave raised freight rates due tofalling imports from China asliners do not have much cargowhile they are returning, anofficial of the engineeringexporters’ body said.

“This is making Indianexports uncompetitive in theglobal markets,” an EEPC offi-cial said.After witnessing asharp fall, engineering exportshave somewhat steadied,though the contraction con-tinues, he added.

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Economic activity hit byCovid-19 pandemic may

be gradually returning back tonormal levels of last year as ten-dering activity, a good barom-eter to gauge the level of eco-nomic activity, growing by astaggering 43 per cent inSeptember as compared tosame month last year.

Though the high growthduring the month is largely onthe back of low base YoY, stilltendering in September hasreached the highest level sinceMarch 2019, Emkay GlobalFinancial Services said in aresearch report.

With the gradual lifting ofthe lockdown, tendering andawarding activity had pickedup in July but slipped againmodestly in August and wasstill below the normal run-ratedespite a low base, it h aslicked up now in September.

The bulk of the pick-up intendering during the monthwas driven by Water Supply (up24 per cent yoy) and Roadways(up 57 per cent yoy) whileIrrigation (down 34 per centyoy) was weaker than recentrun-rate.

Average monthly run-rateof tender value after FY19 hasbeen around Rs 45,000 crore as

compared to which September2020 was at Rs 74,100 crore.The September 2020 tenderingactivity is still down 15 per centyoy despite a low base in thesecond half of the previouscomparable period.

Emkay said that despitesigns of a pick up, in FY21 withthe fiscal situation of both theCentre and State governmentsalready under pressure andfurther worsening likely due toCovid-19, tendering andawarding activity shouldremain subdued.

The awarding activity inSeptember 2020, in valueterms, was up 25 per cent yoy.The total awards stood atRs28700 crore for the monthwhich compares with a month-ly run-rate of Rs 30,000 croreuntil FY19 and

L&T has so far reported anorder inflow (ex-services) ofonly Rs 17,500 crore for theentire Q2FY21 as compared toa normalized run-rate of morethan Rs 30,000 crore, the bro-kerage said. The breakdown ofthe orders suggests that bulk ofthe increase is due to orderssuch as a charter lease of FPSOfrom ONGC and renewableenergy sector orders bagged bySterling & Wilson, some ofwhich may not be relevant orsustainable.

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The accelerated rise in equi-ties will continue at least in

the near future, as investorsexpect a stimulus bonanza forthe economy right before thestart of the festive season.

Accordingly, traders arealso expected to remain invest-ed on the back of anticipatedhealthy quarterly results andthe Reserve Bank’s decision tocontinue with the accom-modative policy.

However, volatility mightrise on account of profit book-ing due to expensive proposi-tions along with the upcomingmacro-economic inflation andindustrial data points.

“After a large weekly gain,the Nifty is close to a resistanceband of 12,113-12,246. Hencethe Index may inch up gradu-ally, we may see a lot of stockand sector performances basedon results and otherannouncements,” DeepakJasani, Head of Retail Researchat HDFC Securities, told IANS.

“For traders this is a goodperiod for short term flipping.The support from RBI in itsrecently concluded MPC meet

removes one macro concern.”“Hence the correction in

terms of index also may be lim-ited as and when it begins.Banks seem to have some moreupside in store.”

The Reserve Bank made anexpected move last Friday byretaining key lending rates,but cheered investors and homebuyers by giving a liquidityboost and an optimistic out-look. The RBI said it will resortto on-tap long-term repo oper-ations and open market bondpurchases to ensure liquidity inthe banking system.It has alsoeased capital requirements onhome loans to spur lending tothe real estate sector.“Developments around stimu-lus package both from the USand the Indian governmentwould keep the sentimentspositive,a said SiddharthaKhemka, Head - RetailResearch, Motilal OswalFinancial Services.

“Going ahead, market isexpected to remain positive butwith very sector or stock spe-cific actions. Investors wouldnow track earnings season andwatch out for managementcommentaries.”

A positive outlook guid-ance from IT majors might alsotrigger fresh buying, cited ana-lysts.

Next week, IT firms Wipro,HCL Tech and Infosys may givesome guidance on the outlook.

“Markets are expected tocontinue their rally in theshort-term in anticipation offurther measures from theIndian government to providea bonanza of stimulus,” saidVinod Nair, Head of Researchat Geojit Financial Services.

“Upcoming hearing ofmoratorium is also expected todrive the domestic market nextweek.”

According to S. Hariharan,Head - Sales Trading, EmkayGlobal Financial Services: “AsNifty approaches lifetime highs,we can expect rotation of per-formance among sectors withsideways movement in broad-er indices and a consolidationof strong market performance.”

“Defensive sectors can beexpected to outperform in thenear-term in such a scenario.Overall fund flow pictureremains strong with DIIs andFIIs net buyers incrementallyover the last few sessions.”

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Although the banks remainflush with liquidity and

interest rates lowered signifi-cantly, credit offtake frombanks was very low and“anaemic” during the first halfof the current financial year(2020-21).

The low credit offtake canbe attributed to the weakdemand and persistent uncer-tainty amid the pandemic.

“During H1 2020-21, bankcredit offtake was anaemic,reflecting weak demand anduncertainty in the wake of thepandemic,” showed theMonetary Policy Report for theOctober 2020 released by theReserve Bank of India (RBI).

It showed that non-foodcredit growth (y-o-y) was 5.1per cent as of September 25,2020, lower than 8.6 per cent ayear ago, driven by weakmomentum and base effects.

It noted that the slowdownin credit growth was spreadacross all bank groups, espe-cially foreign banks.

Credit growth of the pub-lic sector banks remained mod-est, although with some upticksince March 2020.

“Of the incremental cred-it extended by the scheduledcommercial banks (SCBs) on a

year-on-year basis (September27, 2019 to September 25,2020), 62.3 per cent was pro-vided by the public sectorbanks and 41.2 per cent by theprivate sector banks, while theshare of the foreign banksturned negative,” said thereport.

The deceleration in non-food credit growth was broad-based, with credit offtake slow-ing down in all the major sec-tors.

Though personal loans andcredit to agriculture registeredsome improvement in July2020, the momentum could notbe sustained in August.

Credit growth to servicesand industrial sectors has alsotapered off after showing somepromise in the Q1 of FY21.

Personal loans accountedfor the largest share of totalcredit flow in August 2020, fol-lowed by services. While theshare of personal loans, servicesand agriculture increased inAugust 2020 vis-a-vis the pre-vious year, the share of indus-try contracted.

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Fuel consumers did not faceany change in petrol and

diesel prices for the entireweek as stable global oil pricesensured that oil marketingcompanies did not need to gofor a revision.

Diesel price has stayed atthe same level since lastSaturday, completing one fullweek when the fuel did not seeany revision. Petrol prices havebeen stable for a longer period,completing 18 days onSaturday. With no revision infuel prices on Saturday, in thenational capital, diesel contin-ues to be priced at Rs 70.46 perlitre. Similarly, prices of the fuelin Mumbai, Chennai andKolkata, is also stable at �76.86,�75.95 and �73.99 respective-ly.

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The pandemic may havebrought economic activities

to a standstill but fund raisingthrough public and rights ofissue of equities increased near-ly 28 per cent to Rs 76,830 croreduring the first half of financialyear 2020-21. During the sameperiod last year, last fiscal,funds worth Rs 60,133 crorewere raised through issue ofequity shares. “Resource mobil-isation through public andrights issues of equity increasedto Rs 76,830 crore during H12020-21 from Rs 60,133 crorein the corresponding period ofthe previous year,” said theMonetary Policy Report forOctober 2020 released by theReserve Bank of India (RBI).

It also showed that ForeignPortfolio Investors (FPI) turnednet buyers in the Indian equi-ty market after panic sales inMarch due to flight to safety .

Mutual funds, however,were net sellers to the tune of

Rs 24,801 crore during first halfof the FY21.

After undergoing intensevolatility in the fourth quarterof 2019-20, following theCOVID-19 outbreak with amassive disruption in busi-ness activity, the Indian equi-ty market made a strong V-shaped recovery in the first halfof FY21. The BSE Sensexgained 46.5 per cent in April-September 2020-21 after hittinga low of 25,981 on March 23,2020. Strong rallies in globalequity markets on the back ofmassive fiscal and monetarystimuli in major countries andthe measures undertaken inIndia boosted domestic marketsentiments.

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The Income Tax (I-T)Department, based on

credible intelligence, performeda search and seizure action inAhmedabad on a groupengaged in real estate, con-struction and land tradingbusiness.

The search was conductedat 27 premises on Thursday,which included the offices andresidences of some associates ofthe group.

During the search, unex-plained cash of around Rs 69lakh and jewellery wortharound Rs 82 lakh were seized.

Besides, 18 bank lockershave been found and placedunder restraint. A large num-ber of incriminating docu-ments and digital data inmobile phones, pen drives andcomputers have also beenfound and seized.

The group had around 96companies at a few commonaddresses, which were beingused for routing money and forland holding. Most of the com-panies were found to have noreal business and very fewreturns of income have beenfiled. Many have not filedreturns with the ROC. Somedirectors of these concerns,other than the main familymembers, have accepted to bedummy directors with meresigning roles. Innovative meth-ods of tax evasion by increas-ing the cost of propertiesthrough intra-group transac-tions, on which tax is not paid,have been noticed by thedepartment.

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:����������0/�����������0���������������/�New Delhi (PTI): The Centrehas told the Supreme Courtthat going any further than thefiscal policy decisions alreadytaken, such as waiver of com-pound interest charged onloans of up to Rs 2 crore for sixmonths moratorium period,may be “detrimental” to theoverall economic scenario, thenational economy and banksmay not take “inevitable finan-cial constraints”.

The Union FinanceMinistry, through its addition-al secretary Pankaj Jain, filedthe affidavit in compliance ofthe top court’s October 5 orderasking it to place on record theKV Kamath Committee rec-ommendations on debtrestructuring in view ofCOVID-19 related stress onvarious sectors as well as thenotifications and circularsissued so far on the loan mora-torium and financial difficul-ties.

Prior to this, the Centrehad told the top court that it

has decided to waive com-pound interest (interest oninterest) charged on loans of upto Rs 2 crores for a six-monthmoratorium period announceddue to the pandemic fromindividual borrowers in eightcategories - MSME, Educationloan, Housing Loan, consumerdurable loan, credit card dues,auto loan, personal loans toprofessionals and consump-tion loans.

The court, on October 5,had observed that the Centre’saffidavit did not contain nec-essary details and had asked theCentre and the RBI to filefresh ones in the case.

In the fresh affidavit, theCentre referred to its variousfiscal policy decisions and theReserve Bank of India andexpressed inability in expand-ing the scope of reliefs alreadyprovided to different sectors.

“It is... submitted that whiletaking... decision and to sup-plement the earlier fiscal poli-cy decisions under the ‘Garib

Kalyan’ and ‘AatmaNirbhar'’packages entailingsubstantial financial burden,the respondent governmenthas rationalised the fiscalimpact of the same, and thatgoing any further than whathas been decided and submit-ted to the hon'ble court may bedetrimental to the overall eco-nomic scenario, and thenational economy or the bank-ing sector may not be able totake the inevitable financialconstraints resulting there-from.” The official said theCentre’s decision with regard tothe question of waiver of inter-est on interest to bear the bur-den of compounding of inter-est in respect of certain cate-gories of loans was taken in thelarger public interest only in thespecific context of the pan-demic, which is, by itself, anunprecedented situation.

Such fiscal policy deci-sions are taken after an elabo-rate exercise of gathering offacts, careful assessment of

these facts and consideringvarious alternatives, keeping inmind the economic impact onfinancial strength of stake-holders and all other relevantfactors, more particularly dur-ing the pandemic when theglobal fiscal scenario is equal-ly bad and the fact that it isuncertain as to till what datethe present global and nation-al economic stress will contin-ue, the affidavit said.

The Centre said that therecommendations of theKamath Committee have beenbroadly accepted by the RBIand the panel found “variableimpact of the pandemic acrossseveral sectors, with varyingdegrees of severity and varyingnature of problems”.

“A perusal of the entirereport would show that it is nei-ther possible nor desirable toarrive at any one particular for-mula, whether sector-specificor otherwise, to deal with thestress situation arising from theunprecedented pandemic,” it

said.The Kamath panel had

made recommendations for 26sectors that could be factoredby lending institutions whilefinalising loan resolution plansand had said that banks couldadopt a graded approach basedon the severity of the coron-avirus pandemic on a sector.

It said that the governmentextended relief through the“Garib Kalyan package of Rs1.70 lakh crore and the AatmaNirbhar package.. of Rs. 20 lakhcrore” and various measureshave also been taken by RBI tomitigate the adverse financialimpact.

It said relief such as “exten-sion of moratorium, applica-bility of the resolution frame-work, fixation of interest rate,transmission of rate cuts,delinking of interest rate fromcredit rating of the borrowerand moratorium on repay-ment of non-credit instru-ments” have been sought in thepetitions.

New Delhi (PTI): The ReserveBank’s decision to discontinuethe system-based automaticcaution-listing of exporters is abig relief to the industry at atime when the trading com-munity is battling the hardshipsof the COVID-19 pandemic,say exporters. Apparel ExportPromotion Council (AEPC)Chairman A Sakthivel said thecaution-listing of exporters hadbecome a threat since the out-break of coronavirus.

It will provide flexibility toexporters in realization of theirexport proceeds. Considering

the pandemic-related paymentdifficulties, its continuationwas a threat to many exporters,Sakthivel said.

RBI introduced ExportData Processing andMonitoring System (EDPMS)in 2014 for all banks to bringtheir transactions with theexporters online.

In 2016, it launched thesystem-based automatic cau-tion-listing wherein exporterswere put on RBI's caution listif any shipping bill againstthem remained open for morethan two years in EDPMS and

there was no extension grant-ed by the bank or RBI.

Besides, the authorizeddealer (AD) banks also rec-ommended names of exportersto be put on caution list.

The automatic listing ofexporters in RBI's caution listcan further worsen the plightof exporters by denying thempacking credit and the delay inbank documents can lead tohigh demurrage charges, headded.

Federation of IndianExport Organisation (FIEO)President S K Saraf said it was

a long pending demand of theexporting community.

“It was a threat, more so,since the outbreak of coron-avirus as exporters were not ina position to approach banksphysically to get exports reali-sation entries updated in theEDPMS Module,” Saraf said.

RBI’s decision will providea big relief to exporters partic-ularly since in a large numberof cases the entries remainnon-updated at the end of ADbanks due to numerous factors.

“The onus will be on ADbanks to update exports remit-

tance and if payment is notrealised, to report the same toRBI for appropriate action.The new mechanism strikes anice balance between theresponsibilities of exportersand bankers while simultane-ously ensuring that realisationof exports proceeds is con-stantly monitored,” he said.

After contracting for sixmonths in a row, India’s exportsgrew by 5.27 per cent year-on-year to USD 27.4 billion inSeptember while trade deficitnarrowed to a three-monthlow of USD 2.91 billion.

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Taipei: Taiwanese PresidentTsai Ing-wen said on Saturdayshe has hopes for less tensionswith China and in the regionif Beijing will listen to Taipei’sconcerns, alter its approachand restart dialogue with theself-ruled island democracy.

Speaking at Taiwan’sNational Day celebrations onSaturday, Tsai took note ofrecent remarks by Chineseleader Xi Jinping in a videomessage to the UN GeneralAssembly that China wouldnever seek hegemony, expan-sion or to establish a sphere ofinfluence.

“As countries in the regionand around the world are nowconcerned about China’sexpanding hegemony, we hopethis is the beginning of gen-uine change,” Tsai said in herannual address at thePresidential Office in down-town Taipei.

If Beijing can “heedTaiwan’s voice, change the wayit handles cross-strait rela-tions, and jointly facilitatecross-strait reconciliation andpeaceful dialogue, I believethat regional tension can sure-

ly be resolved,” Tsai said.China’s ruling Communist

Party claims the self-governingisland as Chinese territory tobe annexed by force if neces-sary.

Beijing cut contacts withTsai’s government followingher election to a first term in2016 and has steadilyincreased diplomatic, militaryand economic pressure on theisland of 23 million people tocompel her to endorse its con-tention that Taiwan and themainland constitute a singleChinese nation, which it refersto as the “1992 Consensus.”

In Beijing, a spokespersonfor the Cabinet’s TaiwanAffairs Office responded toTsai’s address by renewingChina’s demand for conces-sions and accusing her of “dis-rupting the exchanges andcooperation” between thesides, according to state broad-caster CCTV.

Zhu Fenglian also accusedTsai of “deliberately mislead-ing the people of Taiwan” and“warning the Taiwan author-ities to adhere to the 1992Consensus.” AP

Karachi: For the first time,Pakistan’s two major Oppositionparties have come out openlyagainst the country’s powerfulmilitary, accusing it of riggingthe 2018 elections that broughtImran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party to power.

In the past, political leadershave only indirectly pointed tothe involvement of the militaryestablishment in the country’spolitical affairs but this is thefirst time that the leaders of thetwo main Opposition parties -- the Pakistan Peoples Party(PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim

League Nawaz (PML-N) haveopenly criticised the military.

Former prime minister andPML-N supremo Sharif, who isin London since November lastyear and facing a number of cor-ruption cases, fired the firstsalvo at the inaugural meetingof the Pakistan DemocraticMovement, an alliance formedby Opposition parties lastmonth to oust Prime MinisterKhan.

Sharif alleged that the mil-itary rigged the 2018 electionsto bring Prime Minister Khanto power.

He said interfering in poli-tics in uniform amounts totreason under the country’sConstitution.

His allegations sparked anangry response from Khan,who said Sharif was “playing avery dangerous game” by humil-iating the military and intelli-gence services. He dismissed theallegations of rigged elections asbaseless.

Sharif served as Pakistan’sprime minister three times,first removed by a president in1993, then by military rulerPervez Musharraf in 1999. A

court in 2017 ousted him frompower over corruption allega-tions. Khan, a former cricketer,came to power in 2018.

After Sharif, PPP chairmanBilawal Bhutto Zardari onFriday accused the military ofrigging the 2018 elections.

Bilawal warned that anyinterference in the coming leg-islative assembly elections inGilgit-Baltistan would lead to astrong reaction from his party,including a siege of Islamabadand a sit-in in the city.

“Such things were neverwitnessed even in dictatorships

of General Zia and GenMusharraf,” Bilawal was quotedas saying by the Dawn newspa-per.

“I wonder how you deploya soldier inside and another out-side the polling station. Thatwas so strange. Even if you (mil-itary establishment) have donesomething wrong or not, youwould be blamed either way.This should not happen,” hesaid.

He said the “PPP would notallow anyone to steal the peoplesmandate in the coming electionsin Gilgit-Baltistan.” PTI

Kathmandu: Nepal onSaturday reported the highestsingle day spike of 5,008 newCOVID-19 cases, taking thenational tally to 105,684, thehealth ministry said.

A total of 19,320 PCR testswere conducted in the last 24hours across the country.

This is the highest single-day COVID-19 spike in thecountry since the first case wasreported on January 23 thisyear.

As many as 1,229 peoplewere discharged during theperiod from hospitals afterrecovery. With this, the num-ber of total recovered patientshas reached 74,252.

A total of 1164,557 PCRtests have been conductedacross the country so far, it said.

At present, there are 30,818COVID-19 active people acrossthe country.

The total number ofCOVID-19 deaths in the coun-try has reached 614. PTI

Columbus: Nearly 50,000 vot-ers received incorrect absenteeballots in the county that ishome to Ohio’s capital andlargest city, elections officialssaid Friday as they promisedcorrected ballots would bemailed within 72 hours.

With about 240,000 ballotsmailed, that meant one in fivevoters received a wrong ballot.

The error happenedSaturday afternoon whensomeone changed a setting ona machine that places absenteeballots into mailing envelopes,Franklin County elections offi-cials said Thursday.

Some ballots had an incor-rect congressional race, whileothers had the correct infor-mation but were sent to votersin a different precinct. TheFranklin County ElectionsBoard said 49,669 votersreceived incorrect ballots out of237,498 that were mailed.

That represents 6 per centof Franklin County’s approxi-mately 880,000 registered vot-ers, and 0.6 per cent of the 8million voters registeredstatewide in the presidentialbattleground.

The process to print, stuffthe replacement ballots inenvelopes and mail them wasunderway Friday, the FranklinCounty Elections Boardannounced.

The board also said it willmail postcards to all affectedvoters detailing the situationand highlighting voters’ optionsmoving forward. Those optionsinclude voting in-person atthe board’s offices on the city’snorth side.

The elections board saidmultiple checks are in place toensure only one voter can casta ballot, including rejectingany replacement ballots ifsomeone went ahead and votedin person.

The news of the incorrectballots brought renewed focuson an election seeing anunprecedented number ofabsentee ballot requests,spurred by the coronaviruspandemic and concerns aboutin-person voting. On Tuesday,Ohio’s elections chiefannounced that Ohio’s 88 elec-tions boards received a recordnumber of absentee ballotapplications. AP

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Anew report estimates that29 million women and

girls are victims of modernslavery, exploited by practicesincluding forced labour, forcedmarriage, debt-bondage anddomestic servitude.

Grace Forrest, co-founderof the Walk Free anti-slaveryorganisation, said Friday that means one in every 130women and girls is living inmodern slavery today, morethan the population ofAustralia.

“The reality is that there aremore people living in slaverytoday than any other time inhuman history,” she told a UNnews conference.

Walk Free defines modernslavery “as the systematicremoval of a person’s freedom,

where one person is exploitedby another for personal orfinancial gain,” she said.

Forrest said the global estimate of one in 130 womenand girls living in modern slavery was made based onwork by Walk Free, theInternational LabourOrganisation and theInternational Organisation forMigration, both UN agencies.

“What this report hasshown is that gender stacks theodds against girls from con-ception throughout their lives,”she said.

According to the report,titled “Stacked Odds,” womenaccount for 99 per cent of allvictims of forced sexualexploitation, 84 per cent of allvictims of forced marriage,and 58 per cent of all victimsof forced labour.

Washington: The second pres-idential debate between DonaldTrump and Joe Biden set forOctober 15 has been cancelled,the organisers have announced,after the incumbent USPresident refused to do a vir-tual face-off with hisDemocratic challenger despiteconcerns over his COVID-19diagnosis.

In a statement, the non-partisan (CPD) confirmed onFriday that the second versionscheduled to be held in Miamai,Florida, would be scrapped.The CPD said it was preparingfor the next debate to held onOctober 22 in Nashville,Tennessee, less than two weeksahead of the November 3 pres-idential election.

The first presidentialdebate between Trump andBiden was held on September29 in Cleveland, Ohio. Theone-off debate between thevice presidential candidatesMike Pence and Kamala Harristook place on October 7 in SaltLake City, Utah.

“On October 8, CPDannounced that for the healthand safety of all involved, thesecond presidential debate,

scheduled for October 15 inMiami, would be conductedvirtually,” the CPD said in astatement, officially announc-ing the cancellation of the sec-ond debate.

“Subsequently, the cam-paigns of the two candidateswho qualified for participationin the debate made a series ofstatements concerning theirrespective positions regardingtheir willingness to participatein a virtual debate on October15, and each now hasannounced alternate plans forthat date.”

“It is now apparent therewill be no debate on October15, and the CPD will turn its

attention to preparations for thefinal presidential debate sched-uled for October 22,” the CPDadded.

The cancellation is the cul-mination of a furious 48-hourback-and-forth between thecommission and theRepublican and Democraticcampaigns over the format ofthe second presidential debate.

The commission, with thebacking of their health advis-ers, announced on Thursdaythat -- because Trump testedpositive for the coronavirus --the debate that was scheduledfor Miami would be held vir-tually, with the two candidatesappearing from remote loca-

tions. Trump swiftly rejected that

plan, saying he would not showup and setting off a series ofevents that put the future of allgeneral election debates intoquestion.

The Trump campaign hasalleged that the commissionwas “biased” towards Biden,while the Democrat’s teamaccused the president of duck-ing the debate.

Trump has been accused ofdownplaying the seriousness ofCOVID-19, which has killedmore than 213,000 people inthe US where 7,664,000 con-firmed cases have been report-ed, making the country theworld’s worst-hit nation.

Biden has reacted to thecancellation of the second pres-idential debate in a statementthrough a spokesperson, call-ing it “shameful” that PresidentTrump “ducked the only debatein which the voters get to askquestions.”

“Vice President Bidenlooks forward to making hiscase to the American peopleabout how to overcome thispandemic, restore Americanleadership and our alliances in

the world, and bring theAmerican people together,” hiscampaign spokesman AndrewBates said.

“It’s shameful that DonaldTrump ducked the only debatein which the voters get to ask thequestions -- but it’s no surprise.Everyone knows that DonaldTrump likes to bully reporters,but obviously he doesn’t havethe guts to answer for his recordto voters at the same time asVice President Biden.”

Trump’s communicationsdirector Tim Murtaugh criti-cised the “biased” commissionfor cancelling the seconddebate, saying “there’s no med-ical reason to stop” it.

The primary mission of theCommission on PresidentialDebates is to ensure, for thebenefit of the American elec-torate, that general electiondebates are held every fouryears between and among theleading candidates for theoffices of President and VicePresident of the United States.

The CPD has sponsoredgeneral election presidentialdebates in every election since1988, according to the com-mission’s website. PTI

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New Delhi: Any peace dealwith the Taliban “will not andshould not be detrimental” tothe national security of anycountry including India, and itis for New Delhi to decidewhether to engage with themilitant outfit, top Afghanpeace negotiator AbdullahAbdullah said on Saturday.

In an interview to PTI,Abdullah, the chairman of thepowerful High Council forNational Reconciliation, alsodispelled India’s apprehensionsthat a prominent role for theTaliban as part of a possibleoutcome to the ongoing intra-Afghan peace talks could bedetrimental to its strategicinterests.

“It is not in our interest ifany terrorist group has anyfoothold in Afghanistan. Theagreement should be one whichis acceptable to people ofAfghanistan. It should be dig-nified, sustainable and durable,”Abdullah said.

The influential Afghanleader also said if a peace dealis struck with Taliban, then allother terror groups “freelanc-ing in mountains and deserts ofAfghanistan and launching

attacks on us or any othernation” will have to cease theiractivities.

“Peaceful settlement willnot be and should not be detri-mental to any country’s nation-al security including India.India is a country which hashelped Afghanistan, con-tributed to Afghanistan. It is afriend of Afghanistan,” he saidwhen asked whether he canassure that the outcome of thepeace talks will not be detri-mental to India’s security inter-ests.

There have been appre-hensions in New Delhi thatPakistan might leverage itsinfluence over the Taliban tostep up cross-border terrorismin Jammu and Kashmir if themilitant group regains politicalprominance after a possiblepeace deal between it and theAfghan government.

Abdullah arrived here on Tuesday on a five-day visit as part of his efforts to build a regional consensusand support for the historicAfghan peace process.

During his stay, he briefedPrime Minister Narendra Modion the peace talks, and held

meetings with External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar andNational Security Advisor AjitDoval.

Asked whether he got anyindication of India’s willingnessto engage with the Taliban,Abdullah said,”personally, Iencourage engagement of Indiain the peace process. I did notmake the suggestion. It is forIndia to decide how to engagewith a group or not engage witha group. I did not pursue it,” hesaid.

The Taliban and theAfghan government are hold-ing direct talks, aimed at end-ing decades of war that haskilled tens of thousands ofpeople and ravaged variousparts of Afghanistan.

On September 12, an Indian delegation attendedthe inaugural ceremony marking the launch of directtalks between the Taliban andthe Afghan government inDoha. Jaishankar joined itthrough a video conferencewhich was attended by a num-ber of key leaders from sever-al countries including USSecretary of State MikePompeo. PTI

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Moscow: With Russia’s media-tion, Armenia and Azerbaijanagreed to a cease-fire inNagorno-Karabakh startingSaturday following two weeks ofheavy fighting that marked theworst outbreak of hostilities inthe separatist region in morethan a quarter-century.

The countries’ foreign min-isters said in a statement that thetruce is intended to exchangeprisoners and recover the dead,adding that specific details willbe agreed on later. Minutesafter it entered force at noon(0800 GMT), Armenia andAzerbaijan accused each otherof breaching the cease-fire withnew attacks. The claims could-n’t be independently verified.

The announcement of thetruce followed 10 hours of talksin Moscow sponsored byRussian Foreign Minister SergeyLavrov, who read the state-ment. It stipulated that thecease-fire should pave the wayfor talks on settling the conflict.

If the truce holds, it wouldmark a major diplomatic coupfor Russia, which has a securi-ty pact with Armenia but alsocultivated warm ties withAzerbaijan.

The latest outburst of fight-

ing between Azerbaijani andArmenian forces beganSeptember 27 and left hundredsof people dead in the biggestescalation of the decades-oldconflict over Nagorno-Karabakh since a separatist warthere ended in 1994. The regionlies in Azerbaijan but has beenunder control of ethnicArmenian forces backed byArmenia.

The talks between the for-eign ministers of Armenia andAzerbaijan were held on invi-tation from Russian PresidentVladimir Putin, who brokeredthe cease-fire in a series of callswith President Ilham Aliyev ofAzerbaijan and Armenia’s PrimeMinister Nikol Pashinian.

Since the start of the latest

fighting, Armenia said it wasopen to a cease-fire, whileAzerbaijan insisted that itshould be conditional on theArmenian forces’ withdrawalfrom Nagorno-Karabakh, argu-ing that the failure of interna-tional efforts to negotiate apolitical settlement left it noother choice but to resort toforce.

Russia has co-sponsoredpeace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh together with theUnited States and France as co-chairs of the so-called MinskGroup, which is working underthe auspices of the Organisationfor Security and Cooperation inEurope. They haven’t producedany deal, leaving Azerbaijanincreasingly exasperated. AP

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The new so-called trafficlight system, to be laid out inthe House of Commons onMonday, will see the mostsevere measures imposed forareas of England fall within thethird tier and people beingordered not to have any socialcontact with anyone outsidetheir household together withthe expected closures of pubs,bars and restaurants wheresome of the highest numbers ofcases are occurring.

Tier one is likely to see peo-ple expected to follow the ruleof six on gatherings and main-tain social distancing. Tier twocould ban households frommixing in homes, gardens,pubs, bars or restaurants.

According to a letter seenby the BBC, the details of eachtier, including the level of infec-tion at which an area wouldqualify for it and the nature ofthe restrictions, are beingdebated this weekend.

Johnson’s Chief StrategicAdviser Edward Lister haswritten to the members ofParliament to highlight engage-ment with local authority lead-ers as part of the process.

It comes amid mountingcriticism of the governmentusing a top-down approach byshutting down parts of north-ern England without a fullengagement process with thelocal authorities.

The government is operat-ing under the misguided, arro-gant and counterproductiveview that Whitehall knowsbest, that decisions can bemade behind closed doors,without any real consultationor even picking up the phoneto those on the frontline,Opposition Labour PartyLeader Kier Starmer wrote inThe Daily Telegraph' earlier inthe week.

Meanwhile, the BritishMedical Association (BMA)also criticised the government'sapproach to reduce the spreadof the virus and called forcompulsory face coveringsacross all settings.

COVID-19 is just as infec-tious in offices as in super-markets. We need clear con-sistent policy now requiringmasks in all settings where peo-ple mix outside their householdand not 2 metres apart, said DrChaand Nagpaul, BMACouncil Chair.

A number of areas in thenorthern and Midlands ofEngland are already subject tostricter restrictions, with thenew tiered system beingdesigned to try and betterorganise the differing set ofrules for different parts of theUK.

Public Health England’snational infection servicewarned that the number ofcases was rising all over thecountry, but more quickly inthe North East, North West andYorkshire and Humber thanthe South. Liverpool Mayor JoeAnderson said he expectedLiverpool where there are cur-rently 600 cases per 100,000people to be placed in tierthree, under the highest set ofrestrictions.

Other cities, such as Leedsand Sheffield, could fall in thetop tier. There is also a debateabout whether the tiers shouldbe tightly drawn around larg-er cities, or include the suburbswhere infections are less.

Meanwhile, London MayorSadiq Khan repeated his warn-ings that tougher restrictions inthe UK capital are inevitable .

You’ve got three buckets:level one the least restrictions,level three the most similar tolockdown-type measures.What's clear to me is that it’sinevitable there will be addi-tional restrictions in London,he told LBC Radio.

And one of the things weare discussing as one Londonthat’s me and the 32/33 bor-oughs is what we think theright level should be and thenwork with government to makesure we have the right levelthere, he said.

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Addressing a passing outparade of cadets at the PakistanMilitary Academy (PMA)Kakul, Gen Bajwa said thearmy would continue to sup-port the government and“defend our democratic valuesto the hilt”. The powerful army,which has ruled Pakistan formore than half of its 70 plusyears of existence, has hither-to wielded considerable powerin the matters of security andforeign policy. Gen Bajwa’sremarks came amid allega-tions by two major Oppositionparties that the powerful armyrigged the 2018 elections thatbrought Imran Khan’s PakistanTehreek-e-Insaaf party topower. In the past, political

leaders have only indirectlypointed to the involvement ofthe military establishment inthe country’s political affairsbut this is the first time that theleaders of the two mainOpposition parties - thePakistan Peoples Party (PPP)and the Pakistan MuslimLeague Nawaz (PML-N) haveopenly criticised the military.

Gen Bajwa said that allactions of the army were guid-ed by the Constitution and thenational interests of Pakistan.He also said that the armywould come to the support ofthe government, wheneverasked according to the guide-lines of the Constitution andthe law. “We Pakistanis haveproved that we can do wonderswhen we keep our nationalinterests above our parochial,institutional and personal inter-ests,” he said.

Three-time former primeminister and PML-N supremo

Sharif, who is in London sinceNovember last year and facinga number of corruption cases,last month alleged that themilitary rigged the 2018 elec-tions to bring Prime MinisterKhan to power. He said inter-fering in politics in uniformamounts to treason under thecountry’s Constitution.

His allegations sparked anangry response from Khan,who said Sharif was “playing avery dangerous game” byhumiliating the military andintelligence services. He dis-missed the allegations of riggedelections as baseless.

After Sharif, PPP chairmanBilawal Bhutto Zardari onFriday accused the military ofrigging the 2018 elections.

“Such things were neverwitnessed even in dictator-ships of General Zia and GenMusharraf,” Bilawal was quot-ed as saying by the Dawnnewspaper.

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She is known for her straightforwardattitude and doesn’t believe in sugarcoating things at all. Not to mention

her passion towards whatever work shetakes up, be it playing her true self in BiggBoss or Shah Turkan in Razia Sultan orMahua in Gudiya Humari Sabhi PeBhari of late.

Meet Sambhavna Seth, an actor,dancer and also a vlogger, who iscreating waves on social media with herYouTube channel, Sambhavna SethEntertainment. that has recently reachedthe 1M milestone.

Ask Seth of what attracted her to playMahua and she is quick to reply — thequirkiness and lots of shades in thecharacter.

“Mahua is neither a negative nor apositive character. There are manyshades to it. This was one of the reasonsthat I said yes to the role. Also I haven’tdone a comedy show before, so I got todo something different in this show. Thecharacter does have grey shades but thenthere’s a reason behind it, otherwiseMahua is a very good and loving person,”she tells you.

The role, she says, gave her space tonot just act but also show her groovymoves with a pinch of comedy.

“I have only played out and outnegative roles till date. Mahua wassomething different and I was veryexcited to play it,” she adds.

During Corona, this is Seth’s firstouting and her experience, she says, hasbeen good.

“One can’t just stay cooped upin his house. Yes, things are nottoo good, but then we don’thave an option. Corona is forreal and it can happen toanyone any where. In sucha situation, there are onlytwo options — one, livewith the constant fear ofcatching infection andtwo, take precautions andface things. But thisdoesn’t mean one has to goout for no reason. We haveto accept the fact that thisvirus is not going anywheretill the mid of 2021 atleast.Hence, we can’t live with theconstant fear. Also, work isjust as important,” Sethexplains.

Apart from her work in theindustry, what earned Seth much loveand fame is vlogging. So much so thatshe is often stopped by her fans onroad to click a picture or two.

“I call myself an accidentalvlogger. Vlogging was not on mycards at all, it was my husbandAvinash, who encouraged me totake this up. And once I stepped intothis, there was no looking back. Ithas become a hobby now,” she tellsyou.

It is because of vlogging, she says,that she is able to showcase her true selfand change people’s perspective towardsher. “I was misunderstood for all theseyears. It was only when I startedvlogging that I was able to show peoplehow actually Sambhavna is. Theaudience got to know about the real me.The way people perceived I was, didbother me a lot. It felt bad when peoplesaid something negative about me,” shesays.

While vlogging is not everyone’s cupof tea, Seth feels that it is not thatdifficult. However everything has its prosand sons.

“If you are showing your true self inyour vlogs than vlogging is not tough.The challenge comes in when people tryto act differently in front of the camera.But yes, now people come to my houseand at my shoots, even during thepandemic I have people waiting outsidemy building. It becomes a bit difficult tostop them and ask them not to. Peoplerecognise me whenever I am out on theroad and come to meet me. It does feelthat our lives are quite public but thenit’s fine. It is because of their love that Iam here. And it is much better from thedays when people didn’t know me andspoke rubbish about me. Now theyatleast know me and love me for who Iam,” she says.

She tells you that out of dancing,acting and vlogging, dancing comesnaturally to her and vlogging is whereher heart is.

“I am a born dancer. I can dance withmy eyes closed. Dancing comes easy tome. Even on the sets of Gudiya HumariSabhi Pe Bhari, there was no assigned

choreographer. They just played thesong and I started dancing. As far asacting is concerned, it doesn’t comenaturally to me, but if others can do

it, I can do it too. A dancer candefinitely be a good actor, but an

actor is not always a gooddancer. And vlogging is

something very new tome, but I enjoy doing it.

I switch on the cameraand start talking,

that is all. So bothdancing andvlogging actuallycome naturally to

me,” she tells you.For a l l those

aspiring vloggers, Sethhas a piece of advice to

share. “Be true to your self.

Don’t imitate others, it wonthelp you in the long run. Come up with your originalcontent. Be inspired frompopular vloggers but don’tbecome one if you don’t wantit from all your heart,” she tellsyou.

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If one is looking for a movie that is notthought provoking or makes one to anintrospection, then Ginny Weds Sunny is

the perfect film to watch. Sit back and enjoythe lighter moments that it touches upon —Punjabi people who believe that there areonly two things that they have to call theirown — emotions and paneer.

Directed by debutant Puneet Khanna,Ginny Weds Sunny is sweet, peppy and funfor most of the time. Other times, there isconfusion — whom to marry. Definitely abig problem for our hero played by VikrantMassey (Sunny) who is desperate to getmarried so that he can open his restaurant.Go figure this one out and unravel it. Butthen, the film is set in Delhi-NCR. Peopleliving here will understand the dilemma, ourprotagonists face.

While the film has a few drawbacks,there are plenty of laughs. Take this forexample. Ginny’s real name is PrincessSimran — not that she is from the royal

family. But they are Punjabis and what morecan be expected of them Or the Jonty WedsRimpi sign or the fun interaction betweenRajiv Gupta (Sunny’s father) and AyeshaRaza Mishra (Ginny’s mother). Theirdialogues are funny and entertaining.Unfortunately, their screen presence islimited and hence one doesn’t get to seemuch of their rather great performance here.

Massey and Gautam are brilliant as well.Though Ginny’s character lacks theconviction she wants to portray. She says shedoesn’t need a man in her life, but she wantsto get married. She gets angry when she feelsthat Sunny has betrayed her, yet when he isall set to marry another, she wants to marryhim. And which man spends an entire daywith a woman, when he is getting marriedto another the next day? But then the titleof the movie gives the entire plot away. Noguesses what happens in the end despite thetwists and turns.

The soundtracks and the songs arepeppy and one will hum them for the nextfew weeks and Mika and Badshah’s SawanMein Lag Gayi Aag is bound to be playedby almost all DJs in the coming weeks.

Overall, the movie is a lightentertainment.

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Since Halloween is an alien concept forus here in India, we really don’tunderstand what the hullabaloo is all

about. But that doesn’t mean we don’tunderstand how big this is world over withsome of the witchery magic ending up in ourbackyard.

Most of us have grown up listening tostories about how people were executedbetween 15th and 18th centuries.

We have also heard of Salem,Massachusetts, US, a town for its witch trials.Now, bring the two together and one hasHubie Halloween even though it is not onetill October 31. Why would the makers wantto release the movie at least three weeks in

advance, makes one scratch one’s head.The sad part is that the movie is sad for

the most part. Imagine a grown 40-something man, still continues to be bulliedand not just by people his age but kids too.

Why? Because of his way of talking orbecause he is too nice or because he getsspooked easily? Apparently, it is all three. Butif one can get past this, Hubie Halloween isa nice, sweet and funny film to watch.

Sandler with his funny accent,sometimes difficult to follow what he issaying is entertaining as he rides through theSalem streets ducking things that are thrownat him by people and kids alike.

For most part, one will end laughing tillsomething happens to make you cringe. Butthese are far between and one can enjoySandler’s goofiness and part stupidity.

While nothing here is original, nobodysaid that stupidity can’t be funny and makeone laugh.

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I love watching the RoadiesXtreme show. My job inMumbai meant that I was ableto go for an audition with myfriend. Everyone, since I was achild, would tell me that Iexuded confidence. I am alsohealth conscious and work outbut am not a fitness freak.People think that Roadies is allabout being fit but this is notthe case. One just has to followa healthy lifestyle. What theshow is looking for is howconfident one is and the 360-degree dimensional personality.This made me an idealcandidate for the show.�From a GST Officer to BiggBoss 12. How did thathappen?

Bigg Boss 12 was offered tome after Roadies Xtreme. Inthat show, I was the mostpopular contestant. That ishow the Bigg Boss teamcontacted me. I saw no reasonto turn it down. After all, it isa Salman Khan show. I am surethere are very few people whowould turn down theopportunity to be part of ashow where he is the host.�How have the two showschanged your life?

The shows have definitelychanged my life for the better.Before I was on TV, I was aGST officer and the girl nextdoor. People in theneighbourhood don’t recogniseyou apart from those withwhom you work. After thesetwo shows, people on the streetstop and acknowledge me andgreet me and shower so muchlove and warmth sometimes itis overwhelming. I get giftsfrom people (fans). �Was it tough to be in frontof the camera for the firsttime?

It was not that tough. I havealways been a confident person.I used to participate in extra-curricular activities in school.I represented India in Pakistanat the International Theatre andDance Festival. Facing thecamera was not as challenging.�You are a GST officer andBigg Boss as a show isdifferent. Was it tough toperform for the House and yetbe within the ambit fit for anInspector?

My being a GST Inspectoractually helped me when I was

in the House. I was clear whenI entered the show that I wouldnot compromise on thereputation that I have tomaintain because I am aGovernment servant primarily.I have to at all times uphold mydignity and dignity of my

office. The GST was introducedin India right before I enteredRoadies Xtreme. Because ofthat people came to knowmore about GST, the rules andhow it works. There was anarticle in a newspaper thatsaid that I have taken GST on

a national level. This made meproud.�What was your family’sreaction when you told themyou would be on TV?

Actually, my family hasalways been supportive ofwhatever I have wanted to do.They were proud when Ibecame a GST Inspector.Almost 32 lakh people took thisexam and only 3,000 werechosen. I was one of them. Myparents were thrilled for me.Doing a TV show was a featherin cap. Due to my popularity,people now recognise myparents too. They are happythat I have met Salman Khanand Rannvijay Singh.�Do your colleagues see youin a different light now?

I have not changed. I amthe same with my friends. I ama grounded person. But peoplewho don’t know me, think thatI am a celebrity. But that is notthe case. Of course, fans sendme gifts or just land up to geta selfie at the office address.People at the office smile andlook at me a bit differently.�Is it difficult to do your jobwhen you are out in the field?

Sometimes, it does. It doesbecome difficult to do thework that I am supposed to.Bigg Boss as a format is sodifferent for the other shows onTV. Also, it is not alwayspossible to get leave to be onTV. My department has beenvery kind to me but it is not fairto keep asking for leave all thetime. I try to either push thework over the weekend or doit after office hours.�How did you get associatedwith #vocalforlocal?

I take pride in being anIndian. I support Indianproducts and services. Thisinitiative is taking things on amuch larger platform to thepublic. This is a great app andeach Indian must subscribe toit.�Are there any upcomingprojects?

I have signed a film as alead. The shoot was to begin inApril but now it has beenpostponed for November-December. I have done a webseries as well. There is a musicvideo that I am part of. Thelockdown has put things on aslow burner but things will getback on track soon.

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No matter how sick one feels, butjust when we enter a doctor’s clin-ic and spot the man in a whitecoat festooned with a stethoscope,

all the pain seems to disappear. Such hasbeen our faith in the doctors who are con-sidered nothing less than a God in a coun-try like ours. The pandemic seems to havehighlighted the importance of doctorseven more, not that they were consideredany less before.

However, what can’t be ignored is thefact that around 515 doctors have sacrificedtheir lives in the fight against COVID-19.The question here is why? Perhaps becauseour fragile healthcare system could havedone nothing much to save them, becausethis is how unprepared we were in the fight,to say the least.

Not only doctors, but several nurses andother healthcare workers have fallen preyto the disease, may be because they didn’thave proper safety gears. Whatever the rea-son may have been, the loss in itself is hugeand terrible.

Dr Shuchin Bajaj, Founder-Director,Ujala Cygnus Group of Hospitals, tells youthat the scariest part is that more than 2,500family members of the doctors have losttheir lives too.

“Doctors have been at the frontline ofthe fight against COVID and it’s no won-der that more than 500 doctors have beenmartyred during this war. The scarier partis more than 2,500 family members of thedoctors have lost their lives because the doc-tors had got the infection home. TheGovernment has put healthcare at the bot-tom of its priority for a long time and noelection in India has been fought withhealthcare as the main agenda, contrary tothe Western countries like the US, UK andthe European countries where healthcare isthe biggest election manifesto in every polls,”Bajaj says.

He adds that the National HealthService has been the topic of every electionthat has happened in the UK. “The Obamacare bill was the biggest issue in the last elec-tions, which the Republicans had fought on.Healthcare has been the biggest issue in allof the countries but in India. TheGovernment has really disregarded it com-pletely and the healthcare expenditure inGDP in India is lower than each and everycountry in the world. It’s worse than coun-tries like Cambodia too. So, nobody is pre-pared and the poorest of the poor goes toprivate healthcare facilities and they haveto sell their houses and lands to accesshealthcare. Supply chains were completelybroken when pandemic hit. TheGovernment doctors especially had towork without masks, PPEs and that’s howthey got the infection. The infection loadwas very high because they were seeing somany patients continuously. That’s whythere were so many lives lost,” he explains.

So, the blame, he says, is completely onthe Government. “They are never ready tofight any health challenge. They have out-sourced it conveniently to private health-care. The Government needs to reconsid-er its priorities and work on the health sec-tor a lot by increasing the expenditure, makesure that the Government healthcare facil-ities are as good, if not better than the pri-vate. We need to protect our doctors andnurses because each doctor treats hundredsand thousands of patients. One loss of adoctor's life is a huge loss for theGovernment as it spends crores on one doc-tor’s training to treat patients. And, if we losea doctor at the prime of his life, it’s a big lossto the entire community. So, we need to pro-tect them by ensuring good quality masks,PPEs and well-equipped infrastructure. Wealso need to ensure that there are sufficientdoctors so that one doctor doesn’t have towork 24X7 and gets enough time to rest inbetween to rebuild his immunity, which isof utmost importance today,” Bajaj tells you.

Commandar Navneet Bali, NationalConvener, AHPI, tells you that since thepandemic has broken out a huge shift hasbeen witnessed in the healthcare sector.“Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out,a huge shift is witnessed in the private aswell as public healthcare sector. Manyorganisations came forward to help and alsomany companies started manufacturingventilators which helped in fighting the pan-demic to a great extent. Surely we need todo better as far as the healthcare infrastruc-ture is concerned. We also need more work-force. Hence, the recently launched two-yeardiploma courses by the Government aremuch appreciable as our country needsmore specialised healthcare workers,” hesays.

Saving ourselves from this virus andtaking care of ourselves and our familymembers in order to reduce the burden onthe healthcare workers, he says, is one of thebest ways to convey our regards and tothank them. “Wearing a mask is a must.Remember, our careless attitude has beenone of the reasons behind the increasingfatalities. Our society needs to learn sever-al things at different levels. Since the out-break, we have even come across reportspeople misbehaving with doctors andassaulting them. This is unfortunate andmakes us think that a lot has to be done evennow to acknowledge the valuable contribu-tion of our doctors and pay them muchneeded respect. This is not the first time wehave witnessed a pandemic, but now is thetime to learn from the past and present aswell and be prepared for the future,” Bali tellsyou.

Dr P Venkata Krishnan, Consultant —Internal Medicines, Paras Hospital,Gurugram, tells you that if the infrastruc-ture was in place, we could have been ableto save the lives of a lot of doctors. “A lotof doctors could have been saved, if ourhealthcare system was in place. Our health-care infrastructure lacks many things. Firstand foremost, the cost of our healthcare ser-vices is very low as compared to the othercountries. Secondly, the Government hadnot put adequate precaution for doctors.The Government should have asked thedoctors above 55 years of age at theGovernment hospital to not to come onactive duty till the disease is completelyunderstood. Third, there were not enough

protective gears available for doctors at thefrontline. That’s why many Governmentdoctors got affected in the course of the dis-ease. The Government should providesocial and financial security to the doctors,who are actively on the line of duty.Hospitals suffered huge losses during thelockdown, forcing many doctors to comeoutside and earn. As a result, the healthcareprofessionals got the blow of the pandem-ic directly on them and as a result a lot oflives have been lost,” he tells you.

Recently, the Centre has said thatthere is no database of deceased doctors, DrAmitabha Ghosh, Senior Consultant —Internal Medicines, Columbia AsiaHospital, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon, has a take

on that. “I don’t have an idea about whatthe Centre has said in view of the deceaseddoctors list. But if such a comment has beenmade and if its true, then its unfortunate,”he opines.

In order to improve our healthcareinfrastructure, he says, the annual budgetallocated should be increased. “Then onlywe will be able to provide more manpow-er and implement things in a more system-atic way,” Ghosh adds.

Dr Anand Bansal, Medical Director,Action Group of Hospitals, tells you thatinstead of playing the blame game, it is hightime that we should focus on that no morelives are lost in this fight.

“It is unfortunate that we lost many of

our doctors in this fight against pandemicbut instead of blaming, we surely need tointrospect and work for a solution collec-tively. The need of the hour is to ensure safe-ty and security of our doctors and also pro-vide best treatment facilities to get rid of thisinfection as soon as possible. They shouldbe provided PPE kits, good quality masksand a favourable working environment totreat patients . Also society should learn torespect doctors’ instructions andGovernment guidelines and stop living inoblivion,” he asserts.

Infrastructure, he says, is prime inhealthcare, especially when it comes to pri-vate sector apart from beds and propermedication there should be enough space

to cope with other needs of the hospital.Take for example if a doctor is serving ina private hospital and is not able to go backhome, then there should be proper spaceand arrangements for them to take rest andstay overnight in hospital. Also thereshould be subsidies for life saving equip-ment used in hospitals like ventilators andtesting kits. The Government should pro-vide ventilators at very economical costs;plasma donation should be rewarded andencouraged widely across the society.“Remember, pandemic outbreaks nevercome with alarms, all we can do is takelessons from history, and work with a holis-tic approach,” Bansal says.

The least we can do for all the frontline

workers is to show respect and considerthem as soldiers, if not more. “They are alsofighting our country’s enemy in order tosave our lives while putting theirs at risk.Government should ensure their safety,security and reward them for their work.Society should learn to respect them. Therecent unfortunate news reports about vio-lence with doctors during the lockdownwere disappointing and heartbreaking; oursociety also needs to learn at large. Stay athome as much as possible, follow social dis-tancing and wear a mask in public places.Saving ourselves from this virus will alsoadd to our doctors’ respect and will be asmall token of our love towards them,”Bansal tells you.

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Bruised and batteredafter a string of

defeats, RajasthanRoyals will hope the

presence of BenStokes gets theadrenaline flowingas they seek a revivalof fortunes against ac h a r g e d - u pS u n r i s e r sHyderabad in theIndian PremierLeague on Sunday.

Rajasthan arestruggling at thepenultimate spoton the pointstable after twowins and fourstraight defeats,

while Sunrisers have won threeout of their six games so far andoccupy the third position.

The Royals will be relieved tohave the services of Stokes whocompletes his mandatory quaran-tine on Saturday. His absence hasseverely impacted the team’s cam-paign, as the inaugural seasonchampions struggled to figure outtheir best combination.

Stokes had taken compas-sionate leave in the middle ofEngland's home Test series againstPakistan in August and travelledto New Zealand to attend to hisfather who had been diagnosedwith brain cancer.

It was Stokes’ father whoreminded the star all-rounder ofhis duty towards his job and thatmight be playing in the 29-year-old's mind.

It is to be seen whether theWorld Cup winner, who has beenout of action for some time now,is afforded the luxury of somepractice or is played straight up.

“Stokes hasn't had a lot ofpractice, he gets out of quarantinetomorrow, so we'll see if he playsthe day after tomorrow,” skipperSteve Smith had said after thematch against Delhi Capitals.

Rajasthan, having lost toDelhi Capitals by a big margin of46 runs, will look to stage acomeback.

An aggressive bowling dis-play coupled with some goodfielding saw them restrict DelhiCapitals to 184 for eight.However, the batsmen, saveYashasvi Jaiswal (34) and RahulTewatia (38), struggled duringthe chase.

The top guns — Jos Buttler,Smith and Sanju Samson — willagain need to live up to theexpectations by contributing ina big way.

Samson (176) and Smith(157) scored runs in their firsttwo matches, twice taking theside past the 200-mark.

Rajasthan’s bowling is shoul-dered by pacer Jofra Archer andspinners Tewatia and ShreyasGopal.

The Royals were off to a fly-ing start, winning both theirgames at Sharjah but the formerchampions have since struggledto replicate those performances.

Having a slightly better sea-son than their beleaguered oppo-nents, Sunrisers were on theirway to suffer back-to-backdefeats before opener Jonny

Bairstow and star spinner RashidKhan helped them beat Kings XIPunjab by three wickets onThursday.

For Sunrisers, Bairstow hasbeen in prime form this season,smashing 97 off 55 balls againstKXIP, and the English openerwas at his explosive best againstthe Delhi Capitals and RoyalChallengers Bangalore, too.

Skipper David Warner, whohas scored 227 runs so far, wouldlike to carry on with his goodform after smashing 52 off 40balls in the last match.

Manish Pandey and KaneWilliamson are batsmen who canuse the long handle to good effectwhile youngsters Priyam Garg,Abdul Samad and AbhishekSharma are trying to carve aniche for themselves.

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Many small battles areexpected to unfold when

the season’s two most consis-tent teams — Mumbai Indiansand Delhi Capitals — crossswords in a clash of equals inthe Indian Premier Leaguehere on Sunday.

Be it a potent top-order, astrong middle-order or a lethalbowling attack, there is hardlyanything that separates thetwo sides.

If at all one team has aslight upper hand in anydepartment, it’s the experiencein Mumbai Indians’ pace bowl-ing arsenal. Both JaspritBumrah and Trent Boult, withyears of experience behindthem, could be the differencein the most sought-after con-test of this edition.

It means that ShikharDhawan will have to striveharder to give the Capitals asolid start. The left-handedbatsman has got starts inthe last few games butneeds a bigger inningsunder his belt and if itcomes in a big contest,Capitals will have gaineda lot.

In a way, young PrithviShaw and the in-form Rishabh

Pant will face their first stiff testwhen they face Bumrah andBoult, who can trouble anybatsman with their pace andaccuracy.

The good news for Capitalsis Shimron Hetmyer getting histouch back with the inningsagainst Rajasthan Royals onFriday. He seemed to be theonly weak link in Capitals’ranks but his six-laden knockagainst Royals has removedthat worry.

Capitals' skipper ShreyasIyer has been very impressiveso far both as a batsman and asthe leader of the pack. It will beinteresting to see how he useshis resources against his in-form counterpart RohitSharma and his smashing mid-dle-order due of Hardik Pandyaand Kieron Pollard.

They can change the com-plexion of the game withinminutes and handling themwill be the key. Krunal Pandya,too, is capable of conjuring upcameos that can turn thingsaround for Mumbai Indians.

Iyer has the exciting SouthAfrican pace duo of KagisoRabada and Anrich Nortze todo the job in that department.The guile of RavichandranAshwin further adds sting toCapitals' attack.

Axar Patel has nicely set-tled into the side after hereplaced the injured AmitMishra. His all-round abil-ity is another plus for theCapitals.

At the big AbuDhabi ground, a score in

the vicinity of 170 isnormally par for anyother side in the IPL, butfor Mumbai Indians and

Delhi Capitals, even 200may not appear safe.

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Sunil Narine and Prasidh Krishnadisplayed ice-cool temperamentat the death as Kolkata Knight

Riders pulled off a stunning two-runvictory over a self destructive KingsXI Punjab in an IPL game onSaturday.

Dinesh Karthik’s side pulled offyet another Houdini Act after theywere seemingly down and out whenKXIP opening pair KL Rahul (74)and Mayank Agawal (56) had put on115 runs in 14.2 overs while chasing165. It looked like it would be onlya matter of time when KXIP wouldwrap up the match and snap theirfour-match losing streak.

But in the end, KXIP made amess towards the end of their runchase to suffer their sixth defeat fromseven matches and fifth on the trotwhile KKR notched up their fourthwin in six matches. KXIP will nowneed a mathematical miracle toqualify.

The Mohali-based outfit need-ed 22 from the final three overs butthe match turned on its head in the18th over. Nicholas Pooran (16) gift-ed his wicket in the over bowled byNarine who conceded just two runs.

Needing 20 runs in the last twoovers, KXIP lost two wickets in thespace of three balls, including that of

Rahul, in the penultimate overbowled by pacer Prasidh Krishna.

KXIP needed 14 runs from thelast over and six of the final deliveryto take the match to Super Over butGlenn Maxwell could only score aboundary for KXIP to lose thematch by two runs.

Earlier, Rahul and Agarwal, thetop two run getters in this IPL, avoid-ed taking undue risk while gettingthe odd boundaries to keep the ask-ing rate under control. They were 47for no loss after powerplay with PatCummins bowling three of the firstsix overs.

Rahul was dropped by AndreRussell off the bowling of PrasidhKrishna in the second over when hewas on two. Russell hurt himselfwhile fielding after a few overs butreturned in the 11th over only toleave the field again in the 13th over.

KXIP were 76 for no loss at thehalfway mark and the duo kept ongetting the ones and twos withoutmuch trouble with the KKR sudden-ly finding a death over bowler lesswithout Russell.

KKR finally got the break-through with Agarwal holing out toSubhman Gill in the 15th over butnew man in Pooran went for anunnecessary shot that led to his and

KXIP’s downfall.Opting to bat, a counter-attack-

ing 58 off just 29 balls by skipperDinesh Karthik and openerShubman Gill's 57-run knock helpedKKR post 164 for 6.

Karthik's decision to bat firstseemed to be backfiring as KKR werestruggling at 63 for 3 in the 11th overbut he changed the complexion of

the innings with a magnificentknock which included eight foursand two sixes.

The KKR captain, who was runout in the last ball of the innings, hadsome exquisite shots and his place-ments were brilliant, besides his top-class running between the wicket.His fifty came off just 22 balls.

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BCCI President SouravGanguly’s request for a

shorter than mandated quar-antine period for the Indianteam in Brisbane, ahead of itstour of Australia, is likely tobe rejected, said a report inthe Sydney Morning Herald.

The COVID-19 pan-demic has changed the rulesof the game, which restartedwith the Test series betweenEngland and the West Indiesin July. Players have to be inquarantine for two weeksand be tested for the virusbefore they can take the field.

“Queensland health offi-cials are set to make cricket'smost powerful nation adhereto strict national protocols,details of which have delayedCricket Australia announcinga revised schedule for itsUSD 300 million summer,”the daily wrote in its report.

India is keen on areduced quarantine andwants the players to beallowed to train in a bio-secure bubble instead ofbeing restricted to a hotel

room, which, the BCCI fears,can take a toll on the fitnessof its players.

“We just hope the num-ber of quarantine days getreduced a bit. Because wedon’t want the players to goall that far and sit in hotelrooms for two weeks. It isvery, very depressing anddisappointing. We are look-ing at that, the quarantinething,” Ganguly had said inJuly.

The report added thatthe BCCI has filed an appli-cation, requesting that anextended playing squad,coaches, support staff andfamilies land in Brisbanedays after the final of theongoing Indian PremierLeague in the UAE onNovember 10, which is underconsideration.

“Queensland Health iscurrently assessing an appli-cation received from theIndian cricket team. We willwork directly with the teamas the assessment progresses,”a QH spokeswoman said.

India are set to travel toAustralia with a jumbo squad

comprising 23 to 25 playingmembers across formats con-sidering the requirements ofthe series to be played in bio-bubble amid the COVID-19pandemic.

Test specialistsCheteshwar Pujara, HanumaVihari and the support staffled by head coach RaviShastri are likely to have asix-day quarantine in Dubaiduring the business end ofthe IPL before flying off toAustralia.

It is understood that thetwo-sides will play the white-ball series before the Testwith the three-match ODIsin Brisbane (tentativelyNovember 26, 28 and 30) ,followed by T20s at theAdelaide Oval (December 4,6, 8).

The four-match Testseries is slated to start onDecember 17.

Recently, the NewZealand's women's team alsohad to go through a 14-dayquarantine in Queensland,where it was allowed to train,before its series againstAustralia.

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Kolkata Knight Riders spinnerSunil Narine said he was feeling

the pressure but managed to keep hiscalm while bowling a successful finalover that earned his team a narrowtwo-run win against Kings XIPunjab in an IPL match here onSaturday.

KKR were seemingly downand out when KXIP needed 22from the final three overs butNarine tilted the match inhis side's favour by dismiss-ing Nicholas Pooran andconceding just two runsin the 18th over.

Narine also bowledthe final over of which

KXIP needed 14 runs. They need-ed a six off the final ball to take thematch to Super Over but GlennMaxwell could only score a bound-ary to hand KKR a two-run win.

“When the last ball went up inthe air, I thought I was going to bowlfull and wide, I bowled full and wide,

but then I thought I had made amistake,” Narine said at thepost-match presentation.

“It is not ideal (for me tobowling at the death) but

someone has to do that. Iam used to doing it inthe past. Inside the pulseis racing, but this calmis just how I am,” theWest Indian off-spin-

ner added.

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Pakistan’s young batsmanHaider Ali says while he

admires India's Rohit Sharma andwants to play like him but compar-isons with the Indian great makeshim uncomfortable.

Haider, who made his T20debut for Pakistan recently on theEngland tour and scored a blazinghalf century, said Rohit is a veryaccomplished player and there wasno comparison with him.

Haider insisted he had a longway to go to be recognised as a topbatsman.

“He is a top batsman and I feeluncomfortable when anyone com-pares us. There is no comparison.He has already achieved so much,”said Haider.

The youngster said he hadlearnt a lot just by watching videosof other great batsmen and con-ceded he loved watching Rohit’sinnings and taking tips fromthem.

The youngster said that hewould love to be part of Pakistan’steam in all three formats and notjust be confined to one format.

“I can perform in all three for-mats as I enjoy playing in them. Ihad a good first class season and

our coach, Muhammad Wasimhad given me good guidance at theNortherns side,” he said.

Haider, 20, said playingdomestic cricket was important forany young player and if a headcoach gives confidence to hisplayer at this level it makes a bigdifference to the development ofthat player.

“I have always felt that if yourcoach gives you confidence itmakes a big difference to theconfidence of a player and he per-forms to his full potential.”

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The victory against Chennai Super Kings on Saturdaywas closest to perfection, feels Royal Challengers Bangaloreskipper Viat Kohli who is pleased as punch to end up withtwo more points in his kitty.

For Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the fifth defeat has ledto an admission that the batting unit has not clicked andhe expects his players to take a more fearless approach inthe second half of the campaign.

RCB beat CSK by 37 runs in an IPL encounter whichtoo them to eight points from six games.

“It was one of our most complete performances. Wegot into a bit of a tricky position in the first half,” Kohlisaid at the post-match presentation ceremony.

“From there on, we pushed forward. We spoke dur-ing the second timeout (with the bat) that 140-150 wouldbe good. Ended up getting more than that. It was a trickypitch,” Kohli further added.

The skipper spoke about need to build on themomentum as they have some back-to-back games com-ing up.

“Really pleased to get two points. Wehave back-to-back games coming up, soimportant to build momentum.”

“It’s about understanding the con-ditions and respecting the game.Instead of trying to hit every ballinto the second tier of the sta-dium. Having played so muchcricket, especially T20 cricket,I have learnt that if you areset at the death, you cancapitalize,” Kohli said.

“I think the last 4overs when we were bowling(didn’t go to plan), before that thebowlers had done a good job, we need-ed to close it nicely. Batting has beenbit of a worry and today also it was evi-dent,” Dhoni said.

Dhoni without naming said thateven as they do permutation and com-bination, the problem areas haveremained same as they are keeping toomany runs to score after 15th or 16th over.

“We need to do something about it. Wecan’t just keep turning up.. it is almost thesame thing that is happening maybe the indi-viduals are different but I think we are bet-ter off playing the other way round - play thebig shots ...

“Even if you get out it is fine because we can’t leavetoo many after the 15th or 16th over that just puts too muchpressure on the lower order batsmen.”

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Brazil and Colombia had no trou-ble beating two of the weakest

South American teams to score theirfirst wins in the opening round ofWorld Cup qualifiers.

The matches took place withoutfans due to health protocols from theCOVID-19 pandemic.

Brazil easily beat Bolivia 5-0 inrainy Sao Paulo while Colombiascored all of its goals in a 3-0 victo-ry in the first half in Barranquilla.

After the first round, Brazil,Colombia, Uruguay and Argentinalead with three points. Peru andParaguay have one. Ecuador, Chile,Venezuela and Bolivia have none.

All five matches in the secondround will be played on Tuesday:Peru vs. Brazil, Bolivia vs. Argentina,Chile vs. Colombia, Ecuador vs.Uruguay and Venezuela vs. Paraguay.

Neymar, experiencing back pain

ahead of the match and who was onlyconfirmed in the starting lineup atthe last minute, had two assists. Hehad more trouble with the pouringrain in Sao Paulo than with Bolivia'schaotic defenders who barelytouched him during the match.

Defender Marquinhos openedthe scoring in the 16th minute witha header. Roberto Firmino netted thefirst of his two goals in the 30thminute, just pushing the ball into anempty goal after a low cross fromRenan Lodi.

Firmino made it 3-0 in the 49thminute, assisted by Neymar, putting

the ball between the legs of goal-keeper Carlos Lampe. Then 19-year-old striker Rodrygo scored his firstfor the national team with a head-er in the 66th minute.

Philippe Coutinho ended therout in the 73rd minute with a head-er, also assisted by Neymar.

"The team took this very seri-ously, we were very respectful,"said Brazil captain Casemiro.

"We still need to improve team-work. Match by match we will getit."

Brazil coach Tite said the teamwill continue to play aggressively.

Bolivia left some of its playersin La Paz, looking towards theclash against Argentina at altitude.The team is in crisis due to a polit-ical dispute involving the country'ssoccer body and major teams.

The match in Barranquilla wasmarked by a serious left-ankleinjury to Colombian defenderSantiago Arias after he tackledVenezuelan striker Darwin Machisin the first few minutes.

Machis was initially sent off, butvideo review reversed the decisionafter it became clear the Venezuelanhad not touched Arias.

Colombia showed why it is oneof the favorites for one of the fourdirect South American berths in theQatar 2022 World Cup in the 16thminute when Duván Zapata calm-ly scored from close range after alow cross by Juan Cuadrado.

Ten minutes later Johan Mojicabulldozed through the Venezuelan

defense from the left and assistedLuis Muriel to add a second with aclassy right-foot touch.

Muriel scored the thirdColombian goal in first-half stop-page time. He dribbled past JhonChancellor and beat goalkeeperWuilker Fariñez with a hard left-footshot.

Venezuela coach José Peseiro,who was in charge of the team forthe first time, could not do much inthe second half - he met most of theplayers only days ago. His predeces-sor Rafael Dudamel left the job atthe beginning of the year after a dis-pute with the country's soccer body.

"Since the first minute weimposed our game and that's whywe won," Zapata said.

"Also, a good team is one thatdefends well. Today that was the key.Holding our lines in the backallowed us to use our talent upfront."

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Valtteri Bottas endedLewis Hamilton's run

of five consecutive FormulaOne pole positions byclaiming first place on thegrid at the Eifel Grand Prixon Saturday.

Hamilton briefly satatop the time charts aftertoppling Max Verstappen inthe third session, but histeammate Bottas spedthrough seconds later withan unbeatable time, fastestin all three sectors of theNürburgring track.

“It’s such a nice feelingwhen you get it done thelast lap,” the Finnish driversaid, adding his final runwas “spot on.” Bottas’ timebeat Hamilton by .256 sec-onds and Verstappen by.293.

Ferrari recovered a lit-tle ground after a miserablerun of races, with CharlesLeclerc qualifying fourthand Sebastian Vettel 11th.

Teams went into qual-ifying with much less infor-mation about the track con-ditions than usual after badweather wiped out bothFriday practices, leavingonly one hour on Saturdayto perfect the setups.

It was especially hard

for teams to get the mostgrip from their tires inchilly conditions in westernGermany.

Sunday’s race could beheld in temperatures of just8 degrees Celsius (47 F),making it easily one of thecoldest races in recent years.

“If it’s any colder thanthis, I'm going to have torace with my scarf on,”Hamilton joked after qual-ifying.

The cold makes it hardto get heat into the tires,which can cause under-steer. Driving slowly behindthe safety car if there's anaccident will cause the tiresto cool down even more.

However, the weather couldalso allow drivers to use thesame set of tires for longer.

“We’re all in the sameboat. I don't really knowhow far the tires will go, butwhen it gets a bit cooler,generally they can go a bitfurther,” Hamilton said.

Hamilton will have toovertake his teammate onSunday if he's to matchMichael Schumacher'srecord of 91 wins in F1.Bottas is hoping he canstage a comeback in thetitle race after cuttingHamilton's lead to 44points with a win twoweeks ago in Russia.

Mercedes drivers havetaken pole for every racethis season, with eight forHamilton and three forBottas.

Nico Hülkenberg wokeup on Saturday expectingto be a pundit on GermanTV for qualifying. Heended up driving forRacing Point after LanceStroll felt unwell. He was inthe nearby city of Cologneand joked it was like “aheart attack” when he got acall from the team.Hülkenberg missed prac-tice and had just four lapsin qualifying as he placed20th and last.

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Go all the way back to June 8, 2006, when RafaelNadal moved on at the French Open after his

19-year-old, 63rd-ranked opponent in the quar-terfinals quit because of a bad back while trail-ing two sets to none.

That opponent's assessment of Nadal after fac-ing him for the first time as pros: "He's the beston this surface, but he's not unbeatable. That's forsure."

Hmmmm.That foe? Novak Djokovic. Fast-forward to the

final at Roland Garros on Sunday, when No. 1Djokovic and No. 2 Nadal will stand across fromeach other once again at Court Philippe Chatrier,only this time in October after the tournamentwas postponed because of the coronavirus pan-demic.

It will be their 56th tour-level meeting - morethan any other pair of men in the Open era, whichdates to 1968.

And let's not forget the big picture: This matchcarries significant weight in the Grand Slam stand-ings that so many fans, and the players themselves,keep tabs on.

Roger Federer, who is 39 and missed most ofthis season after having two knee operations, ownsthe men's record of 20 major championships.Nadal, who is 34, is next among men with 19;Djokovic, 33, stands third with 17.

After Sunday, either Nadal will pull even withFederer for the first time since they were tied withzero apiece, or Djokovic will gain on the leadingduo and the totals will read 20-19-18.

For now, this is how each has filled his tro-phy cabinet: - Djokovic: 8 at the Australian Open,5 at Wimbledon, 3 at the U.S. Open, 1 at the FrenchOpen; - Nadal: 12 at the French Open, 4 at theU.S. Open, 2 at Wimbledon, 1 at the AustralianOpen; - Federer: 8 at Wimbledon, 6 at theAustralian Open, 5 at the U.S. Open, 1 at theFrench Open.

All three are greats of the game, regardless ofwhere the numbers end up, of course.

Still, as much as Nadal wouldn't engage in adiscussion about his chance to catch Federer afterbeating Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (0) inthe semifinals Friday, he did acknowledge that "it'sgood for tennis" if others talk about it.

Rest assured, they will.Much in the way that for years, people will

debate which of the Big Three duos had the mostintriguing head-to-head matchup: Federer vs.Nadal, Djokovic vs. Federer, or Nadal vs. Djokovic.

"He's definitely my greatest rival," Djokovicsaid about Nadal on Friday after getting pastStefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 4-6, 6-1 in the semi-finals.

"Playing him in so many great matches, ofcourse the past will have some effect, in terms ofrespect towards each other, I guess -- motivationto get out on the court and play your best, know-ing that we both have to be at our best in orderto win against each other."

Nadal called Djokovic, who is 37-1 in 2020,the lone loss via disqualification at the U.S. Openlast month, “one of the toughest opponents pos-sible.” “The only thing I know is: To play againstNovak, I need to play my best. Without playingmy best tennis, (the) situation is very difficult,"Nadal said.

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Seventeen-time Grand Slamchampion Novak Djokovic

has heaped praise on StefanosTsitsipas, saying the Greek isa fighter and one of the bestplayers in the world.

On Friday evening,Djokovic survived a fight-back from fifth seed Tsitsipasas he had to battle it out foralmost four hours to secure ahard-fought 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 4-6, 6-1 semi-final win in theongoing French Open.

“Credit to him (Tsitsipas)for fighting back. He justplayed terrific tennis, espe-cially in the fourth set whenhe was facing break points...He’s a fighter. He’s one of thebest players in theworld...There was a lot atstake for him,” said Djokovicafter the match as per the ATPTour website.

“He was motivated to tryto turn the match around,which he did very well. But inthe end I think he ran out ofgas. That's when I stepped it

up, used my opportunitieswhen they were presented inthe fifth and closed out thematch in a great fashion,” headded.

Djokovic started his 10thRoland Garros semi-final ingreat form, winning the firsttwo sets quite comfortably.But as the match began to slipaway from Tsitsipas, the worldnumber six took risks andfired his backhand down theline regularly to turn thematch in his favour and wonthe next two sets.

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The Indian swimming fraternity has welcomed thedecision to reopen swimming pools across the coun-

try after Sports Ministry issued the Standard OperatingProcedures (SOP) on Friday.

Virdhawal Khade one of six Indian swimmers whohave achieved the Olympic qualification B mark and whoparticipated in the 2008 Olympics welcomed the deci-sion.

“It is an excellent decision. I am glad the swimmerswill get a chance to get back to full form and race againsoon. I hope the state governments take decision to fullysupport the decision taken by the centre at the soonestand 100% of the competitive swimmers can start train-ing again,” Khade was quoted as saying in a press release.

In August, SAI had sanctioned a two-month train-ing camp in Dubai, attended by swimmers SrihariNataraj and Kushagra Rawat, both of whom haveachieved the B Qualification mark along with SajanPrakash. Though he had trained in Dubai, Nataraj ishappy to be training in India once again.

“I’m very glad that swimming pools are opening upin India, being able to train by staying at home does makeme a feel a lot better especially due to the fact I havemy entire support staff available and the schedule canbe designed for maximum efficiency,” Nataraj said.

Despite the delays brought upon by the Covid-19pandemic, a postponed Olympics may just help Indianswimmers and Dronacharya awardee coach NiharAmeen has said the resumption of training is a posi-tive step in this regard.

“I am very optimistic that our Olympic B qualifierswill work very hard to attain the A qualifying time andall our swimmers across the country are very enthusi-astic about resuming their training,” Ameen said.

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Newly-appointed EastBengal head coach

Robbie Fowler on Saturdaysaid they would aim to cre-ate a team which dominatesball possession and where allplayers are treated equallyregardless of their stature.

With a late inclusion tothe top-flight Indian SuperLeague, East Bengalappointed the formerEnglish International andLiverpool legend with lessthan two months left for thescheduled start of the tour-nament.

"We have been workingvery hard to bring in notonly good players but greatplayers. As far as I'm con-cerned, we have got a teamfull of marquee players,"Fowler said in his first mediainteraction after his appoint-ment.

"Our aim is to try andbring out the best in every-one. We're gonna have ateam who will work all thesame. No one will be treat-ed differently than anyoneelse, regardless of whateverstature."

"We will create a team

that will work very wellwith each other. We want tobe a possession-based team.We want to get results.Fundamentally football is allabout getting the rightresults."

The addition of EastBengal would take the sev-enth edition of ISL to a newhigh, Fowler said.

"The ISL is a relativelynew league as we know. Ithink it's got better every sin-gle season. Hopefully nowwith the addition of us,we can make theleague a little bit bet-ter."

Fowler will comewith a star-studdedbackroom staff includ-ing formerManchester CitymidfielderT o n yG r a n ta n dformerI n d i ac a p t a i nR e n e d ySingh as hisdeputy who aretasked to ropein foreign andIndian players.

"His (Renedy's) staturein Indian football is absolute-ly great. We know as a coachhow good he is. As a player,he was successful. He knowsmost of the local players.We've been speaking aboutthe players who are right forus. Renedy has been instru-mental," the 45-year-old said.

Fowler last managed A-League side Brisbane RoarFC and transformed the sidefrom being 10th in theleague to fourth position,building a strong defensive

side who conceded just 25goals in 24 matches.

"We've had a historywhere we've built a teamthat struggled and made

them successful inAustralia. Soyou know wecould do itagain. It is achal lenge,but it's achal lengethat we'vea c c e p t e dand would

look to dovery well," he

said.“I said

before it's about

doing all the preparationright, getting the right meth-ods and ethics into the play-ers. It’s a challenge that wecan’t wait to get started with.”

“Not only the team, butthe competition, a little bitmore successful. We want tobe as successful as we can.Obviously no other League,no other place is massivelyimportant,” Fowler said fromhis home in Liverpool.

Before Fowler came onboard with his deputy Grant,Brisbane Roar conceded 71goals from 27 matches in2018-19 as the duo wouldlook to replicate the samemagic. “We know the histo-ry between East Bengal andMohun Bagan. With foot-ball, rivalry is healthy. It dri-ves players, fans and footballclubs to achieve the verybest,” he said.

“We’ve been involved invarious games throughoutour careers, and played var-ious derbies that have beenincredibly huge. We knowwhat it means to the footballclubs, to the fans,” thePremier League’s all-timeseventh highest goal scorerwith 163 goals to his namesaid.

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With the poise of aveteran and theshots of a cham-

pion, 19-year-old IgaSwiatek picked the

perfect place forher first tour-

level title: theFrench Open.

Unseededand ranked mere-

ly 54th, Swiatek grabbedthe last six games to beat

Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1 inthe final at Roland

Garros on Saturday,becoming the first

Polish tennisplayer to win aGrand Slamsingles trophy.

When shesmacked one

last forehandwinner to the cor-

ner to end things,Swiatek placed her

right hand over hermouth then crouched,

shaking her head."It's crazy. Two years

ago, I won a junior GrandSlam, and right now I'm here.

It feels like such a short time,"Swiatek said, her voice cracking."I'm just overwhelmed."

Hard to believe? Maybe. This was,after all, only her seventh major tour-nament; she'd never been past thefourth round.

But the way she played these twoweeks made this outcome less of a sur-prise.

Swiatek is the first woman to triumphin Paris without ceding a set since JustineHenin in 2007. She lost only 28 gamesacross seven matches, too. She is the firstteen to win the women's title at theFrench Open since Iva Majoli in 1997.

And Swiatek did it with victories oversuch opponents as 2018 champion Simona

Halep and 2019 runner-up MarketaVondrousova, both by scores of 6-1, 6-2.

So it made sense that Swiatek would beable to get past Kenin, a 21-year-oldAmerican who was trying to claim her sec-ond major title of 2020 after winning theAustralian Open in February.

"A great tournament. A great match,"Kenin told Swiatek during the trophy cer-emony.

Kenin was 16-1 in Grand Slam match-es until Saturday. But she dealt with a legissue in the second set and showed frustra-tion by kicking her red-white-and-blueracket after lost points.

And then there was this: She ran into thecomposed Swiatek, who only recently com-pleted her high school studies, listens to"Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Rosesbefore walking on court, travels with a sportspsychologist and meditates duringchangeovers, breathing slowly with hereyes closed.

"I was just mentally consistent,"Swiatek said. "I felt like today was reallystressful for me, so it was kind of hard."This weekend is the culmination of anunusual two weeks, to say the least.

The tournament was postponed formMay-June to September-October becauseof the coronavirus pandemic; the recent-ly rising number of COVID-19 cases inFrance led the government to limit thenumber of spectators allowed on thegrounds to 1,000 each day.

Some top women, including 2019champion Ash Barty and three-time majorchamp Naomi Osaka didn't enter theevent; 23-time Slam winner SerenaWilliams withdrew before the secondround with an injury.

The temperature was in the mid-50s(low teens Celsius), with a slight breeze,and the hundreds of fans scattered inCourt Philippe Chatrier were mostly sub-dued - other than a group that would shoutout Swiatek's first name, stretching it outover several seconds each time to soundlike "Eeeeeeeeeee-gah."

At the changeover after the thirdgame of the second set, Kenin was visitedby a trainer and went off the court for amedical timeout, then returned with herleft thigh wrapped.

Kenin said after her fourth-roundmatch Monday that she had slipped andmaybe pulled something during practicethe day before.

While Kenin was gone, Swiatek triedto stay warm by pulling on a white jacketand hitting some serves, earning applausefrom spectators.

When play resumed, Swiatek neededonly 12 more minutes to wrap up the vic-tory, finishing with a 25-10 edge in win-ners.

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Page 14: ...2020/10/11  · the brutal murder. After the family refused to perform last rites, the Rajasthan government approached the family and announced that it would give the monetary compensation,

That film shootings or for that mat-ter TV and web series shootingshave suffered a hard blow from

the pandemic is a no-brainer. Thoughthe industry has started to get back ontrack gradually, a lot has changed in theprocess. Not that it has been any easi-er before, but COVID-19 has definite-ly added to the woes of the makers.

With limited cast and crew, amandatory six-feet distance betweenpeople and a walk-in sanitising tunnel,a much dramatic movie scene has cometo life today, all thanks to COVID-19.

What comes to the rescue duringsuch a time is Filmboard, a brainchildof Sandeep A Varma, filmmaker andCo-Founder and Rajesh Butta, serialentrepreneur and Co-Founder, is sureto help you complete your dream pro-ject without much hassle and over-bud-geting.

“Rajesh and I are BITS Pilanibatchmates. That was 10 years back.After that our paths changed and wewent ahead to pursue what we loved. Idid a course in advertising and startedmaking ad and feature films. Rajesh onthe other hand remained true to hiseducation and became a civil entre-preneur. We were habituated to com-plete the projects that we were offeredon time and within the cost that we hadonly set for a particular project. Soabout 95 per cent of the time that didhappen and the costs didn’t increasemuch. But when I came into film-making, most of my films went overbudget. I realised that this didn’t both-

er my filmmaker friends much becauseit happens with most of the projects, butfor me it was intolerable,” Varmaexplains.

This hit Varma and he decided todo something about it. “The questionthat hit my mind was why did this hap-pen and how we can sustain like thisconsidering India is one of the largestfilm producing countries in the worldand also the fastest growing. I had someideas as to why it is happening and howit can be solved. Then fortunately, I metRajesh after many years at a collegereunion. I spilled all my ideas in frontof him. He had different perspectivesto my idea and explained how tech-nology and an extensive database canhelp sort this out. This is howFilmboard, a novel marketplace forfilmmaking where one can find every-thing in their budget, was born in 2017,”Varma tells you.

One of the main reasons behindover-budgeting of projects, he says, islack of professionals in the industry.“When a producer plans a film or aseries, he is sure about two-three fac-tors which ultimately helps in thedecision making process. One, heknows the director. Two, he knows whatthe script is about. Three, he knows whoare the top actors in the project. Butthere is much more that goes into theprocess. This is all Above The Line(ATL) things where the producer isnegotiating and making direct pay-ments to the concerned people. Thenthere is Below The Line (BTL), that is

provisioned on the set which includes,camera charges, food and logistics, artdirector and property charges andmany others.

This provisioning is done by thou-sands and thousands of line producerswho are operating individually all overthe country. These people have notraining at all. They are the ones whocame into the industry to becomeactors, but since all the other fieldsincluding camera handling requireexpertise, they chose this field of work.The BTL part of the money is about 80per cent of ATL budget. With these

untrained people, there is no trans-parency in the finalising of things.Hence, the budget keeps on increasingfor several reasons, including poor cam-era quality, among others,” he explains.

At Filmboard, he says, they havetied-up with national level brands forcatering services, who will supplyhygienic food which is untouched byhuman hands to the shoots, especiallyduring COVID. “The perception willbe that the cost of this food will be toohigh. But, the reality is that the rates arenegotiable and are of the same rates asof the local catering walas. In short, weare organising this process and puttingit on one single platform for everyoneto see and decide what to choose andwhat not,” Varma tells you.

Not only catering services, one canfind everything from an actor, to spotboys and from producers to cameraman at a single destination and at theprice of their choice and budget.

Recently, they have also launchedthe COVID action plan via an app ontheir website to help simplify theprocess and not to mention within theallocated budget. “The app allows peo-ple to see if proper precautions are beingtaken at the shoot. There is an assignedofficer who visits the shoots to checkthat all precautions are being followed.He then clicks and uploads a picture ofthe respective crew member on the appitself to verify it. To enhance the secu-rity, the photo option will redirect oneto the mobile phone’s camera and thepicture has to be clicked then and there,

it can’t be hampered,” Butta tells you.In case of any violations, Butta says,

proper actions are taken against theoffender.

Till date, they have worked withbrands like Radio Mirchi, Gaana.comand Rebel Foods. “We have workedwith big brands but on comparativelysmaller projects. As we go forward, wesee us doing larger projects. In 2021, wewill be doing feature and animationfilms and our area of work will befocused towards OTT platforms,”Varma tells you.

There is much more on the duo’scards in order to make the website bet-ter than ever. “This is the Version 3 ofthe website, but we will be going up toVersion 5 and will revamp the websitecompletely. For this, we have plannedfew technology-led innovations. One ofthem is AI-enabled auditions. In anyparticular audition, there is a queue ofaround 200 aspirants. From such a hugechunk, it is difficult to select one.Through this feature, AI will be short-listing candidates on defined parame-ters, including voice clartiy and eye con-tact. About 70 per cent of theaudition process can bedone through this tech-nology and the processbecomes easier and lesstime consuming. Theshortlisted contes-tants can then be decided accordingly, Buttatells you.

� How did you get into acting atsuch an early age?

A friend of my father had a filmmagazine. He asked my father whyhe didn’t let me act for a role. Myfather said no. He told my father thatit was all clean. There was a bit of

back and forth. My fatheragreed and I was in.� W h a t

made you say to The Gone Game?There was a unique factor. Due to the

pandemic, everyone was shooting fromhome. The good thing was that the storywas such that it was possible to do thesame. This got me interested. Also, thestory was well-written. Of course, my fam-ily stepped in, my husband and daugh-ter helped a lot. It was not just aboutshooting but setting up the place, acting

and then sending the footage to themakers. I don’t think I would have

been able to manage all this onmy own.� I understand that this is

your debut with the webseries. What was theattraction of venturinginto digital space?

Actually, I had done aweb series called Haq Se in2018, a take-off on LittleWomen based in Kashmir

that streamed on ALTBalajiapp. But The Gone Game

made more noise, hence peo-ple think that this is my debut

web series. I have been saying thisfor long, in films, there is a female antag-

onist and not many powerful roles arebeing written for women. But of late, inIndian web series, a lot of good roles arebeing written for women of all ages. Thishas drawn me to it. Then things end ina time-bound manner which is good.� Why can’t we replicate good contentin TV and films?

I think that every maker has a set ofideas. They are of the opinion that if theyare making films, it has to be of a certainkind, if it is a web series, it has to be of acertain kind. Having said this, cinema haswider reach and old-age charm to it evenif TV and web series are viewed by morepeople.� You have done TV, films and stageshows. Where are you most comfort-able?

I am most comfortable when I am onthe stage; when I am doing plays. That iswhere I am at my best.� What lesson should we take awayfrom this pandemic?

While there is a huge lesson to takeaway but unfortunately, nobody is will-ing to make changes in their lives. Thereis a need to unite and walk forward as one.While there is bound to be jealousy, there

is a need to move away from this. We needto be more health conscious as well. I havelearnt that material things don’t give youpeace or happiness.� Is there a mantra that has kept yougoing in the industry?

I enjoy my work. Whenever a projectcomes my way that I know I will lovedoing, I take it up and it keeps me going.I know that this is my career, this is whatI do.� Is there a character that you lovedplaying?

I loved playing the role in Sarkar(2005). I played Amrita (Vishnu’s wife).I loved doing D-Underworld and PK. Allthe three characters I played were so dif-ferent from each other.� Is there a genre that you like toexplore?

There is comedy. Most people thinkthat I can’t pull it off. But I know that Ican be good at it. I would love to play acomic role and also a character in peri-od drama.� What are your future plans?

There is another web series. But it gotpostponed. But hopefully we will startshooting in November.

� What are you working on at present?I am working on a lot of TV commercials right now. A lot

of shoots are on the cards while not are on the shooting stagebut they will get there.� What were the challenges that came with Breathe: Into TheShadows?

The main challenge about giving music for any web seriesis the more specific Breathe: Into The Shadows is the length ofthe music. This web series has 12 episodes of 45-50 minutes each.This means creating music for around five-six hours. Comparedto a film, this is a lot of work, like doing three-four films. Also,given that this was a web series releasing for me on a big OTTplatform we had to keep in mind how it will sound on TV orlaptops.� Is giving a background score different from composing fora song?

When it comes to composing, it is the same since at the endof the day it is all about making music. There is really no dif-ference here. One can say that songs garner a lot more attention,that is how it has been historically and people sing songs.Background score is music without singing and we are tryingto follow the story and support it. In a song, we are just makinga song.� In Hollywood, background music tends to stay with us andwe identify the movie by it, why is it different in Bollywood?

It is the nature of things. People pay more attention to songssince there is a singer — there is a face, there is a voice, they iden-tify with him and sing along. People enjoy it separately too. Butwhen it comes to the score, it is identified and tied with the film.When you listen to it, you listen to it with the film. We do havea lot of musicians who are very talented and give great backgroundscores but we don’t pay attention to it and they prefer to remainin the background. We pay more attention to films. So, it is abit of all the above.� How did you get interested in music?

I was 15 when I started to play the guitar. This is probablyhow things start for many musicians. One thing led to another.I started to study it and got into music with a computer. I did amusic production course in Australia. I came back and startedgetting work and here I am.� How was the experience of working on Shakuntala Devi andthen Raat Akeli Hai?

On one hand, Raat Akeli Hai, it is dark and is a mystery-thriller. The sound and way you compose is different. Shakuntala

Devi is brighter and more mainstream. Just the choic-es, sound, genres and characters you deal with here

is slightly different. It is not a major thing to over-come. The industry we work in, requires us towork on all kinds of genres. I have had the oppor-tunity to work on all kinds of music. � Is there a formula for hit music?

I don’t believe this. Upbeat dance music has beenpushed a lot. But there are listeners for all kind of

music. Music is so wide. It is not just happyand item numbers and sad. There ismelancholy and contemplative. One canmake songs on these. There is a reasonwhy certain kinds of music works becausethey are being promoted since theyunderstand this. They get played a lot. Butif you play any kind of music a lot, therewill be listeners. If one looks at the histo-

ry of music, as long as itis good music, it willwork.

� What kind of musicwould you like to create?

It is to create something new. I don’t wantto restrict myself to a genre. I want to challenge

myself and be interesting.� Is it tough to experiment given there is somuch competition?

Definitely. Everyone is connected to theInternet. They have heard everything that is com-ing out of Africa, the US and Japan. One knowsall the sounds. It makes it tougher to be innova-tive. But every human being is unique and what he

will create will be different. This will set you apart.Indian listeners have always evolved. There is a mis-conception. It is the people who are selling us themusic who are not evolved. � What do you agree that working for digitalspace is better than working for the industry?

I totally agree with this 100 per cent. When yourelease something in theatre, there is someoneinvolved and there is a lot of control on what theythink is correct and what they think will work ornot. All artists believe that the audience is ready

if you sell it to them properly. People are watchingNetflix, Amazon and stuff on the Internet. They areexposed to a lot of things globally. There is no needpleasing others. People have started to relax a bitsince they are competing with global content.

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Don’t we love to be entertained.What started many thousandsof years ago as cave art andguttural sounds around anevening fire has now become

much more refined as endless series of con-tent to see on YouTube, Netflix, Amazon,and the like. We have a near infinity ofbooks that we can read both digitally andphysically. We have so many TV channelsto choose from that many of us feel likegiving up during the selection process itself.And, if you wanted a quick fix, you can gocheck out the latest gossip on one of theWhatsApp groups you are in or just go toTikTok, make one choice and then let theapplication take it from there.

Being 46 and having grown up in NewDelhi, entertainment for me, when in myteens, consisted of reading the newspaperin the morning and, after that, mostly ofvisiting someone’s house and enjoying play-ing some board or card games there. Thedays of cable TV, smartphones and thecapability to see whatever I wanted, when-ever I wanted to, was still quite a few yearsaway.

Look around you for a second. If youare affluent enough, and at home, chancesare there is a TV, with a remote, nearbysomewhere and that you are in possessionof at least one smart mobile device. You aretherefore just one or two button clicks awayfrom choosing whatever form of entertain-ment you want, right from the luxury ofwherever you are sitting right now.

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usually, become what we see. Our brainslove learning and we are all sponges whenwe sit in front of our chosen entertainmentmedium. Be it a print newspaper or an elec-tronic medium. We enjoy knowing aboutothers and, in turn, we desire to tell otherswhat is happening to us.

Technology has made things much easi-er. Any one of us, with enough drive, candecide to become an Instagram influencer, aYouTube celebrity or a TikTok personality.No need to purchase an expensive camerarig or procure and learn how to operate avery complex video editing software. Justusing a smartphone, you can do whateveryou wish.

The near ubiquitousness of mobiledevices and the availability of free or reallycheap software for the same has allowed foruser generated content (UGC) like neverbefore. Furthermore, platforms such asYouTube and TikTok allow for the distribu-tion of such content in a very easy manner.You can even take steps on those, and other,platforms to market the content and makesure that it gets the desired number of eye-

balls on it. At one point, people needed tobuild bridges and buildings to be remem-bered. Now, all you need is an Instagramaccount. If you are an author you can publishand print books on demand. If you are anartist you can go to a website like Etsy and,suddenly, the whole world is your oyster.

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A good word from someone you knowgoes a long way. Content aggregation plat-forms know this. Most applications andecosystems are now designed with recom-mendation engines in mind. You are toldwhat your friend watched or what someoneelse experienced so that you can be catal-ysed into taking a similar decision.

Apps and platforms are designed withliking content in mind so that everyone canbe a critic. We are provided with the abilityto share our experiences and this data isharvested, accumulated and shown to thecrowd in a, supposedly, averaged sense. We,as a part of the crowd, are then influencedby this data that we are shown. Would younot go to a place that had a higher Zomatorating than a lower one? Wouldn’t yourather buy that brand of clothing that theYouTuber you had subscribed to spokeabout? Be careful to separate the wheatfrom the chaff though. You need to have anunderstanding as to which endorsementwas paid for and which was not.

Chances are quite good that the firstfew entries you see on Zomato or Googleare there because someone paid for them toget that top billing. Entertainment and con-tent ecosystems similarly also allow foraudience targeting. Advertisers and pro-moters can choose data sets that includeyou based on your geography, your maritalstate, your economic status, your earlierpurchasing activity, the list only goes onand on.

Additionally, content is now being cre-ated, keyworded and headlined in ways thatare engineered to grab our attention.Something gossipy or scandalous is alwaysmore likely to get hits. After all, why shouldone create content that only thousands willsee when you can create something else thathundreds of thousands may be interested inso that you can get a higher rating or moread revenue from the same? Creating con-tent that can go viral is the holy grail formost marketing companies today.

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When Netflix started, they only shippedDVDs that were created by others. Evenwhen they started streaming content, theyhad no choice but to license the same fromother film and TV studios and related pro-

duction companies. But Netflix understoodthat, if they wanted to remain masters oftheir own destiny, then they needed theirown catalog of content. Since Netflix hadbeen shipping discs and streaming for a bitof time now, they had access to a lot of data.Data that we consumers had given them. Allthe shows we saw, that we stopped and neverwent back to, the genres of content that weconsumed more than others, all gave Netflixa lot of valuable information about ourbehaviour as consumers.

Using this data, they figured out thatactor Kevin Spacey and director DavidFincher would be a great sellable combina-tion for their viewers. They also realised thata lot of people liked political dramas. Thus,the US episodic version of House of Cardswas conceptualised and executed. As thenumbers had suggested to them, it was ablockbuster hit for Netflix.

Big data technologies are also being usedby platforms like Facebook, YouTube andTikTok in order to promote content that theythink we will like. Clearly, it is in their bestinterest to have us glued to our screens con-suming as much content, as is possible, fromthem. So, they pattern match what we see,what our friends see, what others, as a groupsee, and then provide recommendations tous. If you have not wanted to leave yourscreen and, at some point, noticed that whatstarted as a two min viewing session for you,became a two hour marathon, then you canrest in peace with the knowledge that thealgorithms and the artificial intelligence (AI)and machine learning (ML) models that theprogrammers have created, are doing theirjob pretty well.

Yes, we as consumers may be gettingwhat we want, but, there is an ugly side to ittoo. We are now susceptible to filter bubbles.This is when a platform, in filtering contentthrough to us that they think we will like,only promotes content to our immediateattention that closely matches what we hadconsumed in the past. In doing this, we havethe risk of going into a filter bubble. A bub-ble where we only see what reinforces whatwe saw before and hardens what philoso-phies we may hold. In not being showing adiversity of content, and in us choosing notto search for it, we now have the risk ofgoing deeper into a rabbit hole that we maybe in. We become more prone to see onlyour side of an argument and not see theother side, though the other side may be inexactly the same position as we are.

This becomes an endless feedback loop.The more we see something, the more theplatforms show it to us, the more they pro-vide information to the creators that thesomething we saw is what we want and themore, new, closely matching things are creat-ed in turn to feed our demand.

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tainment experiences like augmented reality(AR) and virtual reality (VR) have startedemerging. AR and VR are still in theirnascent stages. As these technologies andplatforms develop, how will we adapt tothem, sociologically speaking? What sort ofcontent will we create for them? Will welook at them simply as ways to augment ourcurrent entertainment experiences? Gamesand simulations that straddle the digital andreal worlds, perhaps making a Minecraftbuilding inside your house or looking atyourself virtually trying on a new lipstickwhen you visit Sephora. Or, will we usethese technologies in ways that tangiblybenefit us as a whole? Using them one cancreate 3D digital art and edifices impossiblein the real world. We can attend collegewith friends and go on vacations with fami-ly just as they were right next to us. Will wegive up the real world as we know it andaccept a digitally enhanced version of thesame? Or will we be creative and drivenenough to make both the real and thedigital worlds as beautiful as we can inlockstep?

��������Simply put, the future is what we make

of it. We, as consumers of all that is present-ed to us, make active choices, every secondof every day. These choices matter. Even ifwe are not paying attention, the machinesare. As are the people that read the reportsgenerated by the machines and take deci-sions on how to give us more of what wedesire.

Yes, we may be knowing, sentient beings.However, we can also be addicts and slavesto our desires. We can choose to consumesomething just to pass our time. Or we canchoose to create something new, somethingof value. Both of value to us and to others.Something that we create, not just becausewe desire the celebrity or the money, butbecause we know that in our creating it andin others viewing it, both parties derivesome wholesome benefit from what exists asthe end product. Technology should belooked at as a vehicle that we can choose todrive wherever we wish. So please be carefulof what you do with that vehicle. There aremany paths ahead for our individual andcollective journeys that we can choose from.Let us try to head in directions that bring ustogether, that make us happier, and thosethat we can look back at proudly many gen-erations later.

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response is drowned in the din. It is ironic that the humanmind is still clueless about a plausible solution to the prob-lem, our reactions largely replicating that of the experimen-tal pigeon in a Skinner’s box. Psychologist BF Skinner in hisfamous operant conditioning experiments on learning hadplaced a hungry pigeon in an apparatus he had designedand hence it is called the Skinner’s box. The box was sodesigned that there is a button on one side which whenpecked by the pigeon would give a food pellet with a tin-kering sound. But pigeons are not supposed to peck but-tons so the animal has to learn the response. However, itwas first important to lead the animal to the button and forthis Skinner devised a mechanism called successive approx-imation. Thus, for every move towards the button, the ani-mal would be rewarded with a food pellet so that it is ableto reach to the button in due course. Interestingly, it alsomade the pigeon acquire a superstitious behaviour, that is,it would link reward with the move it made in the processof reaching the button. So if the button is on the left andthe animal takes two steps left and gets a food pellet it wouldrepeat the move thinking that food pellet came as a resultof taking those steps to the left. Similar is the global humanresponse to the pandemic. Everyday one new solution isbeing suggested, and as weird as injecting sanitisers or drink-ing a few drops of Dettol mixed in water. Despite world levelagencies of health, like WHO and others, which spend bil-lions of dollars on health care research, pointing out thatthe virus can be deactivated by simple soap solution andcan be kept at bay by cloth masks. Unfortunate, but theresponse is a large scale trial and error exercise, a kind ofsolutioneering rarely seen before. The trillion dollars’ phar-ma industry is helpless and the all knowing medical frater-nity befuddled as governments all over are trying to dealwith it with a heavy handed bureaucracy imposing extremelaws. Rather than administrate, there is need to innovate.But amid all this Kerfuffle, the thing that has been provedbeyond doubt is that the grandmother’s prescriptions hadmuch more science behind them than what medical sciencetouted. Interestingly, many such prescriptions are workingtoo, while so-called well researched medical solutions arenot. In these corona times when there are too many ques-tions and too few answers, we now realise how and why ourspices exports in ancient times made the subcontinent theprosperous Golden Bird. While corporate hospitals are charg-ing a fortune from the Corona patients, the medicines pro-vided are largely desi but for those strong antibiotics andantiviral drugs that work less and damage more. It is timewe reconsidered our views on these home made potionswhich form a part of what the west calls alternate medicine.In fact, we must question why this nomenclature “AlternateMedicine” after all when they are working in many cases.

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Though God is one, and isomnipotent, omniscient andomnipresent, we, small souls, are

important to Him. After all, we areparts of Him. (The Gita 15.7) This factnever changes, i.e. God always remainsthe whole and we continue as partsonly. This is the Cosmic Design, andthis is how it can be.

We are aware that God creates,keeps it functioning till the time of dis-solution comes and, then. He activates“pralaya” and the material creation aswe see it now is no longer there. Theseare the major activities of God. Then,He is always busy in doing His duties,which are many. In Bhagawad Gita, Hemakes it quite clear that His eyes, ears,etc. are pervading all. (13.13)

Then, He is privy to everything wethink of. As a matter of fact, God andus, individual souls, only know ourinnermost secrets; nothing is unknownto God. (13.2) Then comes the rewardpart. All prayers made by whoever areresponded to in an appropriate man-ner, which God and God alone decides.No prayer is ever wasted. (2.40) Godmust respond but not necessarily theway we want. I have prayed all of mylife, but God has invariably given mewhat turned out to be highly beneficialto me, whereas my prayers were forsomething else, which were not in myfavour. By the way God is never adebtor; He doesn’t have to be.Remember whatever we see is ownedby Him only; we only get to use themas ordained by our karmaphalas.

God guides if prayed to. There isa catch here though. One must havebecome purified enough to be able toreceive God’s guidance. Similarly, Godhelps when prayed to. There is a differ-ence here also; we must deserve His

help. God supports His devotees as onlyHe can, being omnipotent. Don’t wealways need support from others? IsGod not the best choice? Besides guid-ance, God also gives intuitions tothose connected with Him and are ableto receive God’s communication. Godsometimes forgives our earlier indiscre-tions if He decides that justice will beserved better that way. However, it mustbe remembered that God alwaysupholds “dharma” and will do nothingagainst it. Does God not incarnate tore-establish dharma? (4.7-8)

Only God can give peace. He, whocan really protect, is the one who cangive peace. God is that person. Goduses human beings as His instru-ments, as He famously used Arjuna inthe Mahabharata. However, the respon-sibility lies with the Lord only. Toadvanced devotees God begins torespond. Finally, God liberates thebest devotees from the painful cycle ofbirth and death.

Those, who haven’t traversed thespiritual path, have no idea what theyare missing. The quality of life for them

will be ordinary at best, while a com-mon man may assume that whateverhe has achieved is the best possible.How wrong one can be, ask a devotee.In the material world things are chang-ing in many ways like this virus sud-denly appeared, though this is rare, i.e.once in a hundred years. We need God’shelp to navigate through life right now.

Therefore, let us get started, if notalready; let us connect with God.There are three stages in our relation-ship with God. The first is to pray forgetting out of trouble or for gettingsomething material. The next stage isto do some rituals, normally not withmuch love for God. The third and thefinal stage is to do spiritual practiceswith love for God. He is always avail-able. We, all, are important to Him, nomatter how many we are. We will neverbecome zero, being parts of God,therefore, we will always be of conse-quence. No one should ever lose hope,even though feeling lost. God is wait-ing for us to make contact, to link.� ���� ��� ������"�����������������������

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Doctors often prescribe amedication called corti-sone to reverse inflam-mation and swelling ofsome bodily organs.

However, doctors caution to use itonly sparingly as over time, cortisonehas the effect of breaking down thebodily organs. It ultimately weakensparts of our body. Organs start hav-ing trouble. Thus, instead of keepingthe body strong, over time we aremaking weaknesses in the body. Wemay only use cortisone prescribed bythe doctor for extreme circum-stances, but what scientists and doc-tors have come to realise is that weproduce our own natural cortisol inthe body. We have hormones such asadrenaline and cortisol which arereleased when we are in fear. Thesehormones give the body the fight orflight reaction. It either gives thebody a burst of strength to fight offa threat to our lives, or to give us thespeed to run faster to escape apredator. These are useful hormonesfor survival. However, in moderntimes, we no longer face threats suchas running away from large ele-phants, lions, bears, unless in a jun-gle. Instead, we react to problemsthat are not life threatening withsame fight or flight hormones.

Since people do not know howto deal with problems in a calm way,they deal with them with anger.When angry, we are releasing thecortisol and adrenaline hormonesinto our system. When we stay in anangry state for a long time, the cor-tisol rushing through our systembegins to cause damage to ourorgans just as prescribed cortisonecan do when administered too fre-quently to the body. We are causingproblems to our physical body,which is supposed to remain sturdyand strong for the work that ourmind needs to do to help our soul goback to God.

Similarly, the cortisol in thebody affects the mind. When angry,it keeps our attention focused onnegativity. Instead of focusing on thetrue purpose of life which is to knowGod, we are focused on the problemsof the world.

There are many ways our misdi-rected attention distract us fromfocusing on God. The saints exhortus to live as if we were godly. By dailymeditation and cultivating ethicalvirtues, we can lead a godly life.

How can we purify our mind andinculcate ethical virtues in ourlife?

Self introspection is a chiselingtool for us. If we are a clay sculpture,

self introspection is a chisel bywhich we can smooth our roughedges and imperfections so we canbe the masterpiece God intended usto be. The imperfections are not justfor the sake of beauty. The imperfec-tions are the flaws that the mind usesto keep us from returning to God.The imperfections are the weakness-es we have in which the mind winsover the soul.

For example, if we have theimperfection of anger, the minduses that to its advantage to keep our

mind engaged in thoughts of gettingeven with someone, feeling hurt bysomeone, feeling injustice, or want-ing to seek revenge. All thesethoughts occupy our mind and donot let it be calm. When we areangry, we become absorbed in thereason for the anger, and we feelupset over what someone has doneto us. We ruminate in our mindswhat happened and we obsess overwhat to do about it. Some peopledwell on their thoughts of anger fora few moments and some people

carry their anger over years. Thinkof how much of our lifespan isspent in anger. Then think of whatbetter use we can make of our timeby meditating or remembering God.Self Introspection shows us whetherwe are wasting our time with uselessanger, or whether we can make bet-ter use of the time by sitting with astill mind and remembering God.The choice is ours to make. Selfintrospection helps us to make thecorrect choice.

Another example of how wecan use the tool of self introspectionto help us progress spiritually is toweed out greed. Greed keeps usengaged in wanting more and moreof the world. The mind finds thiseasy to use as a way to keep us fromfinding God. The world has nodearth of offerings that instil in usa desire to have more and more.

Ego is another imperfection thatthe mind uses to its advantage. Itmakes us think too much of our-selves instead of thinking aboutGod. Ego makes us think we areintelligent, beautiful, rich, powerful,and gifted and hence better than oth-ers. It makes us forget God. We mayeven think we do not need God. Weforget that God is the giver of anygifts we have. When we forget God,the mind fills us with the thoughtsof ourselves. We start thinking moreabout our wealth, our beauty, ourintelligence, and our talents. Insteadof stilling our mind in meditation,our mind thinks about its vast king-dom of gifts and dwells on them. Wemay even begin to hurt others whodo not have the gifts we have. Then,we begin thinking about not onlyhow great we are but also howinsignificant everyone else is. Themind is happy that it has distractedus. If we recognise this imperfectionthrough the process of introspection,we can overcome ego and gainhumility. When we gain humility inlife, we are like an empty cup wait-ing to receive God’s gifts. Then, theLight will pour forth and we can shiftour awareness to the regions ofLight within us.

Therefore, we may have receivedthe grace to have a connection to theLight and Sound of God but we needto be careful and vigilant in ourintrospection to sanitise our mind ofany imperfections that it may use todistract us. In this way, we can makechoices that will lead us back to God.We can then choose the soul byswitching our attention to absorptionin God to enjoy the bliss and eter-nal ecstasy that awaits us withinthrough the practice of meditation.

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The bigger than the creation of sound, iswhy living beings prefer some soundsto others. Why do one set of frequen-

cies feel sweeter than another? And how is itpossible that just a few notes placed togetherin a specific way can bring tears to our eyes?Studies have shown that cows produce moremilk when they are listening to music. Andnot just any music. In one study, Beethoven’sPastoral Symphony and Simon & Garfunkel’sBridge Over Troubled Water were theirfavourites!

Shakespeare was not a scientist, nor amystic. But he understood human beings -their characters, their motives and the pas-sions that drove them. He had tremendousinsight into human psychology. He knewthat music was deeply connected to the veryessence of the soul. Another revealing fact isthat the Sama Veda, written around 1200BC, (considered to be the Rig Veda set tomusic) combined text and philosophy withmelodic and rhythmic motifs. And LordKrishna himself states in Chapter 10, Verse22 of the Bhagvad Gita “I am the Sama Vedaamongst the Vedas…”. The ancient onesknew the power of music.

Why look to others and ancient texts forproof that music can heal and transformus… It’s obvious that music can move us,transport us to another dimension. Music isas essential to humans as our own breath.People say music is a language but there isone essential difference — languages pointto something else. They refer to somethingoutside of the words. Music refers to itself. Ithas no inherent meaning other than whatwe ourselves perceive. The C Major chord isa happy sound. The C Minor is a sadder,more melancholic sound. Rag Yaman is ahappy raga. Malkauns raga creates a sense oflonging or sadness. But if one were to askwhy, there is no answer. There is simply nological reason why a certain combination ofnotes should make us happy and another

make us sad. Even though there is no logicalreason for this, does not make it untrue.

Could this be in fact a ‘proof ’ of that factthat we do have something intangible like asoul? So far science has not been able to seeit nor capture it or measure it. But then, norhas science been able to measure happiness,joy, a sense of peace or bliss. Children whostudy some form of music in school havebeen found to perform much better in allthe other subjects. So we have empirical evi-dence that music is highly effective in notonly calming us but even sharpening ourother areas of the brain. And yet when weattempt to get the exact formula for whichnotes can heal us or be therapeutic to us —emotionally and physically, it’s impossible.

People are not machines. They areunique. What is pleasing and relaxing forone person may not be for another. So thebest way to actually find the truth aboutsomething is not to find the absolute truthbut to find ‘your own’ truth. This may lookillogical because truth should be common toall. But as often as it is, it also isn’t. To findout if anything works, one has to try it. Yoga

has been tremendously effective in helpingpeople with back problems and depression.But if you’re searching for a definite proof,you may not find it.

Music can be healing, energising, reflec-tive, contemplative, expanding, and reward-ing in many ways. But the only way to dis-cover this is to try. Experiment. The nexttime you are upset, sad or angry, instead ofcalling your friend and complaining aboutwhat is wrong, try listening to Mozart’s 40thsymphony. Or try playing the RagaMalkauns by Rashid Khan, a melancholicbut haunting piece that can literally trans-form your sadness into meditation. If you’refeeling depressed try listening to Rag Rasiyaby the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar. Andif you’re feeling lonely or alone try ‘Au Lait’or ‘If I could’ by the Pat Metheny Group. Atthe end of the song, you may have madepeace with your loneliness and gotten a littlebit closer to what the true nature of yoursoul is — oneness.

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KK Srivastava the inter-nationally acclaimed poet

and author’s recent book“Esthetic Blend of Flames ofthe Minds” on “Mann Ki Baat”programme of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has been wellappreciated as it brings out thebest features of 60 longepisodes of “Mann Ki Baat” injust 4,000 words. Srivastava,before retiring as AdditionalDeputy CAG last month, hada long career, spanning over 36years, believes an auditorshould not venture into thedomain of policy auditing asthat means an attempt to usurpthe role of a public represen-tative. In a freewheeling con-versation with The Pioneer’sSwarn Kumar Anand, KKSrivastava talks about his expe-riences and more…

The Pioneer: On Google,I read articles; your conversa-tions with poets/writers aboutyour fourth book Soliloquy ofa Small-Town Uncivil Servant,and articles you wrote. I wantto engage you with some arti-cles and your service experi-ences. Leading a retired life, isspending time an issue?

KKS: No. I spend muchtime in thinking; I take outbooks I have not read fordecades. Before Covid-19 pan-demic, I occasionally used tomeet friends from your frater-nity over lunch or dinner inPress Club of India. The milieuand discourses with journalistsand writers are soothing. Ioften write articles/reviews.Now retired, I try to spendsome time in company of mywife which, for reasons bestknown to her, she does notseem to relish much.

The Pioneer: I understandyou wrote your first review in2011. You analysed a single,short poem, ‘I’ by a Romanianpoetess. It is a long psycho-analysis of a small poem. Pleasegive some background.

KKS: I don’t remember ifit was the first review but cer-tainly it was one of the earliestones. I knew Veronica’s worksearlier. She is sober, quiet andperceptive with limited literaryoutput. This poem ran on herimagination of an arrivingtrain at a platform. I analysedit which became longish. InSoliloquy of a Small-TownUncivil Servant, she wentthrough two sample chaptersand made suggestions. In 2013,I introduced her to WorldPoetry, Canada International.They published her. I don’tknow if she still writes or not.

The Pioneer : Whatprompted you to write ‘EstheticBlend of Flames of the Minds’on “Mann Ki Baat” programmeof Prime Minister NarendraModi. It is a mammoth piecewhich brings out the best fea-tures of sixty long episodes of“Mann Ki Baat” in just fourthousand words.

KKS: Because it is apoliti-cal and creative. “Mann KiBaat” is about creativity of notonly one mind i.e of that of thePrime Minister but of minds ofmillions of Indians. It connectsIndians to India and India toIndians. Being collectivethoughts of millions of Indians,“Mann Ki Baat” represents anunprecedented onenessbetween the Prime Ministerand the people of the countryand vice versa. Listening to“Mann Ki Baat” is a must for allpublic, including civil servants.They ought to know India, itspast glory and emerging NEWINDIA through the minds ofmillions of Indians. It givesphysical, mental and spiritualsolace.

The Pioneer: You reviewedVinod Rai’s book, Not Just anAccountant: The Diary of theNation’s Conscience Keeper inKitaab Singapore. How didyou view the book as a review-er?

KKS: I read a much lesserpublicised book by anotherCAG, late CG Somiah: TheHonest Always Stand Alone.Somiah’s was a complete book:a book of ease, Rai’s was a hur-ried attempt. As a critic, I haveto do justice with a book beingcritiqued. For me the book: itscontent, threads, influencesand temperament matter. Thewriter stays invisible. I likedSomiah’s book. It offered his

holistic life story. You digestcomplete, not partially coveredperiods unless you have thesecond volume. If you read myreview in Kitaab Singapore, youwill find in second but con-cluding paragraph my expec-tations of the same from VinodRai. Six years past, I am notsure if second volume cameabout his whole life experi-ences.

The Pioneer: Who are thewriters in India you interactwith or living Indian writerswhose works you read?

KKS: Jayanta Mahapatra,the renowned poet fromCuttack, Odisha. He is aboveninety and we have beenexchanging hand-written let-ters for last fifteen years. Hismental and intellectual alert-ness is amazing. Sometimes, Iphone him. When he returnedPadma Shri in November 2015,I wrote to him why I expectedhim not to do so. Columnistand writer A Surya Prakash’sbooks and articles interest me.I critiqued Chief Editor ofIndian Express Raj Kamal Jha’sbook SHE WILL BUILD HIMA CITY in my fourth book andcurrently reading his latestbook The CITY AND THESEA. I cherish eccentricity ofhis hallucinating themes instylish prose. I planned to callon him after retirement butCovid has vitiated everything.I am also reading Vinod KumarShukla’s Hindi poems.

The Pioneer: You had along career, spanning over thir-ty-six and half years. You wentin capacities fromDeputy/Senior DeputyAccountant General,Accountant General, PrincipalAccountant General, toPondicherry, Allahabad,Bombay, Ranchi, Jaipur, Rajkot,Delhi as Chief Auditor, NewDelhi Municipal Corporation,Gwalior, Thiruvananthapuramand at the end CAG officeDelhi and superannuated asAdditional Deputy CAG. Yourvast experience across thecountry and varied literarybackground gives you an envi-able position to share yourexperiences with readers andcivil service aspirants.

KKS: I feel amused youtook the trouble of seeing myprofile. If I saw India, its peo-ple, its cultural and intellectu-al strength, its different shades,it is through the organisation ofCAG of India. Mine being aCentral service with all Indiatransfer liability, my postings toso many different places taughtme uniqueness of Indian peo-ple: the oneness within differ-ent shades. I could know lifepeople live. I could handletough associations in places likeAllahabad, Ranchi, Rajkot,Gwalior andThiruvananthapuram. Withmy growing experience, I couldeasily relate to staff, their anx-ieties and strength. When I gotposted as Principal AccountantGeneral, Kerala atThiruvananthapuram, the verynext day of my assumingcharge, I visited each section,met and shook hands witheach and every member ofstaff. Towards the end, I visit-ed Association room and metmembers of the associationpresent there. The depressingatmosphere started becomingdiminutive immediately. I didthis every station I was postedto. It gave me confidence; itgave the staff confidence; itgave a relationship of easevitally needed to run a bigoffice. Similarly, I had interac-tion with Principal Secretariesin various States. In retrospectI feel happy to have an aug-mented life, courtesy learningfrom experiences of life ofthousands of wonderful people.

The Pioneer: Did thesetransfers never affect your fam-ily?

KKS: The family stayedwith me throughout.

The Pioneer: We hear var-ious State Governments don’trespond to audit. Which Statewas most responsive to audit?Please share a few experiences?

KKS: I had cordial rela-tionship particularly withPrincipal Secretaries (Finance)in every State. It facilitatedresponse from theGovernment. But Gujarat,where I was stationed at Rajkot,

was where officers showedinherent keenness to discussparticularly draft PerformanceReviews and that too at veryhigh level. There was an issue.Immediately, after taking overin 2008, I called on the thenChief Secretary who under-stood issues from me and with-in a month or so, remedialmeasures were taken by StateGovernment with detailedwork plan for a year in place.Similarly, in 2009, PerformanceReview on Modernisation ofPolice Scheme was to be dis-cussed and the then ACS(Home), chaired the meetingspending full half-day inGandhi Nagar conferenceroom where many senior offi-cers were present. He readeach and every line of thedraft report himself andrequested authorities torespond and give com-ments/constraints, if any. Hewanted me to appreciate andreflect these in the review. Ilearnt a lot from him duringdiscussion. At the end, bothaudit and administration weresatisfied. I moved from Gujaratbut think the review featured inthe Audit Report.

Kerala was equally respon-sive at very high level, thoughI was heading Accounts Office.Early 2016, perhaps January orFebruary, one evening, ACS(Finance) telephoned meregarding a portion of work ofour office and told me to meetChief Minister without anydelay. I sought appointmentfrom him. Next day, it was aState holiday but he called meat his residence. I briefed twoother PAsG located at the sta-tion and urged them to accom-pany me. They promptlyagreed. Next day, we met theChief Minister and I explainedto him how functioning ofthat work had improved verysignificantly in our office andshowed him data. My two col-leagues supported my con-tention wholeheartedly. Thenhe came up to the door whereI, folding my hands, said,“Namaste, Sir. Kindly keep ourrequest in view. Our office isperforming well.” He looked atme; it was reassuring. Thatimportant portion of workstayed with us. On taking overas DG in CAG office, I calledon my earlier boss and told herabout that episode saying“Ma’am, I did not bother you.I solved it locally.” Appreciatingit, she told, “That’s why we callyou, KK.” Unfortunately, welost her sometime back.Normally, I tried to solve issueswithout flagging these as bigissues.

The Pioneer: Recently,when GC Murmu, an IAS offi-cer of 1985 batch, was appoint-ed as CAG, there were talksabout his superseding sixIA&AS officers (three from1983 and three from 1984batch). Is it IAS versus IA&AS

issue? Is it discouraging for theofficers and organisation?

KKS: When I joined theservice at the then Staff College,Shimla, a faculty memberexplained to us the meaning ofthe word, “cadre” in the contextof IA&AS as a cadre. He clar-ified that the post of CAG is anex-cadre post. The post ofCAG is not a cadre post forIA&AS. Second issue is IASversus IA&AS. No doubtIA&AS as a service is an excel-lent service, but its aspiringmembers cannot claim a com-parison with IAS officers whenit comes to appointment ofCAG. IAS officers have widerange of experiences from thelowest ebb in a district to thetop posts of Secretary toGovernment of India. Theywork with different regimes ofpolitical leadership which is abig learning opportunity forthem. They have public deal-ings, they meet public, come togrips with people’s grievanceson day-to-day basis; they are apart of micro and macro socio-economic problem solvingprocess. They prepare ground-work for political leadership indeciding policies and under-stand the essentials of policy

making. They are certainlybetter placed as compared toany other service includingIA&AS, to occupy the chair ofCAG of India. I agree thatknowledge of audit andaccounts may be beneficial foran outsider CAG, but thatknowledge alone is not the solecriterion. Wise people acceptimmutably universal facts anddon’t lament over spilt milk atthe last moment.

The Pioneer: What aboutthe supersession of six IA&ASofficers?

KKS: My answer is embed-ded above. I will clarify myunderstanding once more.Supersession is within a par-ticular service. Supersession isnever with reference to otherservices. It is unbelievable thatan IA&AS officer of 1983 batchhas been superseded by an IASofficer of 1985 batch, though itis quite possible and a fact anI A&AS officer of 1983 batchbeing successfully supersededby IA&AS officers of 1985batch and who knows it betterthan me. Hence, GC Murmuhas superseded no IA&AS offi-cer. The post of CAG is a con-stitutional post and the Prime

Minister has the final word onhis selection. I visited GCMurmu’s Wikipedia page.Though it might seem prepos-terous on my part to say so, inmy view, he is a very suitableselection for the post of presentCAG and seems to be a downto earth man. Organisationneeds such a CAG.

The Pioneer: It is allegedthat there is lack of trans-parency in selection of CAG.How would you react?

KKS: First, I have nomeans to ascertain whether theprocess is transparent or not.Second, as I understand thisissue has also seen judicialscrutiny in the past. Third, ifcertain individuals and groupsthink process is non-transpar-ent, they should take timelyand appropriate steps to elevatediscussion, debates to higherplateau.

The Pioneer: Why onlyIAS officers? Why not otherprofessionals like economists,chartered accountants, acade-mics, scientists or even jour-nalists?

KKS: I tend to agree. Thisshould be debated in variousforums.

The Pioneer: As a writer,your perception of issues willhave a more matured inter-pretative value. A person candraw meaningful conclusionsfrom your views. What areyour suggestions to new CAG?

KKS: I am not sanguine ifothers will be so sure of whatyou say but still I will share myhonest views. My point of viewis CAG of India means he isCAG for 138 crore Indians.Audit Reports get processedand discussed through PublicAccounts Committees andCOPU. That is a fine arrange-ment constitutionally mandat-ed. We chalk out audit plans forboth Centre and States. I don’tfind any say by even a segmentof Indian population on theirsuggestions. There is AuditAdvisory Committee whereexperts are invited but theseexperts are not substitutes for138 crore people. Therefore,my first suggestion to newCAG will be to open its web-site for one month in advancebefore the process of prepara-tion of Audit Plans begins.During that month, publicshould be free to offer sugges-tions for topics to be covered inaudit in next audit cycle. It willhave two advantages. First,when nation is aiming tobecome an inclusive society,audit should open its gate toinclusion of nation’s popula-tion. Let people express them-selves. CAG’s decision on auditplans will be final. Second, itwill increase awareness in pub-lic about this august institutionwhich is not there at present asit should be. When SustainableDevelopment Goals were being

finalised, views were calledfrom across countries throughits website.

Second, last month, I wrotean article Kiran raises hopes fora robust New India. Lateevening of the day articleappeared, I got a call from aProfessor of Psychiatry, AIIMSwho had read the article. Heinvited me to join as a panelistfor a webinar on “India’s firstMental Health Access Summit”,organised by AIIMS in collab-oration with Mental HealthFoundation, India. I partici-pated in it on 4th of thismonth. I shared my little bitwith mental health profes-sionals. The picture of mentalhealth issues that came duringpanel discussion was alarming.

An All India PerformanceReview on Assessment ofextent of mental disorders,population affected, availabil-ity of infrastructure and pre-paredness to handle this invad-ing behemoth is the need of thehour. This report will be veryhandy to Government, MedicalInstitutes, and NGOs generat-ing keenness in PublicAccounts Committee and pub-lic. I am not sure if this exer-cise was done in recent past.CAG may like to consider it.

The Pioneer: I came acrossan interesting set of statistics.I saw profile of some officers indifferent batches from 1981 to1990. There were/are someofficers who stayed/are stayingin Delhi and adjacent States likeJaipur, Chandigarh, Faridabador even Noida for 20/25 years,including deputation period indifferent spells. They had/haverepeated postings inDelhi/CAG office. A few ofthem from this group wentabroad for posting. This trendis seen even in case of currentlyserving officers. There are clus-ters of some officers havingthese three commonalities inselected batches spendingalmost 60 to 70 per cent of theirservice in Delhi and aroundplaces alone? It seems there isan elite group. Does it not affectefficiency?

KKS: You remind me of aHindi proverb, “Haath Kanganko Arsi Kaya.” The same thinghas been felt by a majority ofIA&AS officers over last somany years, even decades.Statistics is cited and statisticsdoes not tell lie. Your observa-tion is correct. It might affectefficiency at various levels.

The Pioneer: What are theexpectations from new CAG inthis respect?

KKS: New CAG may liketo look into trends flagged. Hemay like to consider institu-tionalising steps as he deemsnecessary so that these end andcorrective measures are taken.The new CAG seems to be adown to earth man.

The Pioneer: There have

been media reports about delayin finalisation of audit reportsin recent past. Any comments?

KKS: During last aboutthree years before retirement,I had nothing to do with pro-cessing of audit reports.Therefore, I cannot answeryour question.

The Pioneer: Any com-ments on delay in placing thereports in Parliament/Assemblies.

KKS: The decision to placethe reports has to be taken bythe Government. The CAGhas no role in it. His role endswith sending the reports to thePresident and Governors withthe request to cause these to belaid in Parliament/StateAssembly.

The Pioneer: Some auditreports become controversial.Why?

KKS: Late ST Kenghe wasDirector of IA&AS StaffCollege, Shimla when I was aprobationer. He was a scholar.He quoted in Sanskrit fromVedas and Upanishads whiletalking to probationers. Hewas fond of saying, “Act as anauditor but don’t adopt holierthan thou attitude”. He wrotethe same thing in an articlepublished in a book during lateTN Chaturvedi’s period.

Two lessons emerge fromabove. An auditor should neverthink he is a paragon of virtue.Second his reports shouldspeak, if at all necessary.Controversies arise if an audi-tor talks about his “achieve-ments”. An audit report is aconsequence of incessant hardwork of more than hundredstaff/officers. It should be keptin view. If these two criteria arerespected, Reports will berespected.

The Pioneer: There wereissues in the past weather anauditor can audit policies.What are your views and whatrole do you envisage for auditin current times?

KKS: I think an auditorshould not venture intodomain of policy auditing, Letme explain how I look at it.Political parties when they goto elections, go with their man-ifesto: a set of promises madeto people. When a party comesto power, in order to convertthe manifesto into action, theydecide policies. Thus, a policylinks public representativesand people through manifesto.Once an auditor tries to auditpolicies, he starts meddlingwith this link and thereby triesto usurp the role of a publicrepresentative which is barredin constitution. But he canalways audit the outcome ofpolicy which is normally done.Coming to the role of audit incurrent times, late CG Somiah,the then CAG’s advocacy“Audit as an aid to adminis-tration” should be respectedand followed. Audit shouldfacilitate reforms undertakenby Government and help information of a NEW INDIA.

The Pioneer: Any advice toyoung IA&AS officers?

KKS: It is said of the com-munity of auditors they neverwelcome advice to them but arefirst to offer unsolicited adviceto others. It’s in lighter vein.Audit organisation has intelli-gent and hardworking youngofficers. They should work forthe organisation which has along, glorious history. Theyshould not suffer from ‘fixityand rigidity’ and should con-tribute to ‘collective personal-ity’ of IA&AS and therebystrengthen the hands of CAGof India. Therefore, they shouldponder over and learn fromthese lines of Salman Rushdie’sTHE GOLDEN HOUSE, “Inthese our degenerate times,men bent on nothing but vain-glory and personal gain-hollow,bombastic men for whomnothing is off-limits if itadvances their pretty cause…and calling all who opposethem liars, envious, little peo-ple, stupid people, stiffs, and ina precise reversal of the truth,dishonest and corrupt.” Mybest wishes to them.

The Pioneer: Do you haveany plans to write your auto-biography?

KKS: The bridge is not vis-ible to me. We will cross it if itever comes.

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of professional hazard, he has to digestit all without any sense of rancour ordispleasure. There are people whoremain stuck to their own delusionarydream perceptions, not keen to lookbeyond in search of a better option ifany. Some of them even lack the will togo on their own. Such people wish tobe vetted by some others. So, theymeet a counsellor, but not to seek hon-est opinion. They rather try to puttheir idea in the consultant’s mouth,and just wish confirmation. They can’tdigest if an honest consultant ever triesto make them aware of truth. Suchpeople vent out their frustration onthe consultant.

Recently, I had to digest unsavouryremarks made by such a person, whichgot communicated by a dear friendwho had introduced him to me. Thisman wanted resolution to some of hisconcerns: “Sir, although I was finan-cially and otherwise quite comfortablewhile in USA, but had to bear with fre-quent job changes — six career changesin four years. I could not bear with

social environment either. So, I quit myjob in a state of desperation, with theintent to build up my career here in mynative country. Almost a year has gonebye, and I am yet to find a job. Whendo I get a job and where? Recently, Iliked a girl, but she doesn’t seem to becoming around, as she is stuck to herold boyfriend. I am not able to getalong with my parents either. Pleaseshow me the way.”

Well, everybody comes to thisworld with their own Karmic carryoverfrom the past, which they have to bearwith. A look into your chart revealsthat you are running Venus dasha,which being 2nd lord identified withearning, is posited in the 10th houseidentified with career. So, your careerhas to go strong. But then Venus iscombust, and occupies the constella-tion owned by Moon conjunct Mars,both tenanted in a movable sign. So,you were due for frequent careerchanges, so long as the sub-periods ofplanets occupying movable signs wereoperative. That often proved emotion-ally upsetting. Those sub-periods beingover, you may have long tenure now.But ‘change being your nature’, you

can’t stick to a job for long. In so far asbeing ignored by a girl already in rela-tionship with someone else is con-cerned, how can you expect from herto submit to your asking? About yourcareer prospects, it is expected to flour-ish in a foreign land, and so, you mayhave to seek a job abroad once again.

The problem with you, however, isthat you seem to be stuck to your ownself-assumed delusionary perceptions,quite distant from ground reality, com-ing as it may as both the luminaries areplaced adverse to mischievousNeptune. You won’t look beyond for areality check. You won’t acknowledgetruth on its first appearance. You ratherprefer to pursue your dream percep-tions on hope against hope till pushedto the wall. Given the present direction— the progressed Sun placed adverseto natal Neptune, this attitude is play-ing out to its full.

You are born in an Aries lagna, afiery and a movable sign, with its lordMars in debilitation, which is conjunctmind signifying Moon in a watery signand in another movable sign Cancer.That, in the first place, reflects yourimpulsive, aggressive, irritable, impa-tient, intolerant and a domineering

nature. You wish to live in a demand-ing mode. In fact, ‘my way or highway’seems to be your approach. Second,you wish to be always in the lead, andresent subordination, even of yourseniors. Third, you are rash and jumpinto action without applying properforethought. You apply your mind onlywhen you land into problem. Fourth,you are emotionally volatile, and so getover-exercised even on trivial issues,.

Intelligence signifying Mercury isplaced adverse to erratic Rahu, whichmakes you restless, often engaged inconflicting thoughts. Consequently,you fail to look at issues in hand objec-tively. The result is there to see. Youmust remember that the world doesn’tnecessarily move to your asking. Youneed to work upon your fault lines,particularly inter-personal relationshipskill, otherwise it will be difficult to getalong with any, and hold on to anyrelationship for long either.

The man did not like being shownhis mirror image, and hence his out-burst.

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