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A s the eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with China continues at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan remains hot, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday threw open 44 bridges, most- ly in border areas, including Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand, as part of India’s rapid enhance- ment of its military and infra- structure capabilities to counter any challenge from the two adversaries. This comes at a time when scientists have also been con- ducting successive missile tests for operational readiness in the last few weeks. Dedicating the strategical- ly important bridges in seven States, including eight perma- nent bridges in Ladakh, to the nation virtually, Rajnath Singh minced no words in saying that after Pakistan, China is also creating a dispute at the border with India as if it was part of a “mission”. India is not only facing the situations along the frontiers resolutely, but it is also bring- ing in major development, including in border areas. “You are well aware of the conditions created along our northern and eastern borders. First it was Pakistan, and now also by China, as if a border dispute is being created under a mission. We have a border of about 7,000 km with these countries where tension continues,” the Minister said. As regards the bridges, a majority of them is expected to significantly improve move- ment of troops in areas along the border with China in Ladakh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh sectors, officials said. Rajnath said in the chal- lenging times of Covid-19 and despite the border tensions and disputes caused by Pakistan and China, the coun- try was not only resolutely facing them but also bringing about historical changes in all sectors of development. The Defence Minister also laid the foundation stone for Nechiphu Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh. This 450 metre-long tunnel would ensure all-weath- er connectivity across Nechiphu pass. The bridges included 10 in J&K, eight in Ladakh, two in Himachal, four each in Punjab and Sikkim and eight each in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh. In his address, Singh com- plimented the BRO for their achievements in improving infrastructure in border areas and said that dedication of 44 bridges in one go in itself was a record. He said the annual budget of the BRO that varied from 3,300 crore to 4,600 crore in years between 2008 and 2016, saw a substantial rise and is pegged at over 11,000 crore in 2020-21. “There was no reduc- tion of this budget despite Covid-19,” he said. Underlining the signifi- cance of these projects, Rajnath said construction of the bridges will benefit both the civilian population as well as the mili- tary in the areas. “Our armed forces per- sonnel are deployed in large numbers in areas where trans- port is not available through- out the year,” he said, noting improvement in border infra- structure will significantly help armed forces. Continued on Page 11 New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a pay- ment of cash in lieu of LTC and 10,000 festival advance to government employees to stim- ulate consumer demand during the festival season and boost the economy. She also announced addi- tional capital spending and 12,000 crore, 50-year interest- free loan to States to boost the economy that has been battered by the pandemic and the result- ing lockdown. At a news conference, she said the Government will give its employees income-tax- exempt cash vouchers in lieu of their entitled travel allowances this year. This cash will have to be spent on buying goods that attract 12 per cent or more GST — a condition which eliminates the possibility of the cash being spent on food items. Central public sector enter- prises and banks will also fol- low the cue and give cash in place of leave travel concession (LTC) as travelling during the pandemic is near to impossible. Additionally, the govern- ment will as a one-time mea- sure give 10,000 salary loan to all its officers and employees as festival advance. These two measures are “expected to create a consumer demand of about 28,000 crore”, she said. The Government, which had in May announced a 20 lakh crore “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” stimulus, is pushing ahead with a full opening to try to boost the economy ahead of the usually high-spending fes- tival season. A tough lockdown imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus had resulted in the economy contracting by a record 23.9 per cent during April-June. Together with the loan to states and additional capital spending, Sitharaman said, “very rough estimate is that potential private sector spend- ing through LTC tax benefit will be at least equal to the gov- ernment employee-led demand of 28,000 crore and the total additional demand estimated to exceed 1 lakh crore”. She further said that the measures by the Government to stimulate demand must not burden the common citizen with future inflation and must not put Government debt on an unsustainable path. Continued on Page 11 I ndia is generating 150 tonnes or 1.50 lakh kilograms of Covid-19 biomedical waste daily. And Maharashtra — the worst-affected State — is con- tributing the maximum to it with 30 tonnes or 30,000 kg every day. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), in the last four months, India generated over 18,000 tonnes of Covid-19 bio- medical waste, calling for urgent remedial steps to treat the menace. “Since June, all States and Union Territories have gener- ated 18,006 tonnes of Covid- 19-related biomedical waste which is being collected, treat- ed and disposed of by 198 com- mon biomedical waste treat- ment facilities (CBWTFs),” said the country’s top pollution reg- ulator body. Covid-19 biomedical waste includes PPE kits, masks, shoe covers, gloves, human tissues, body fluids like dressings, plas- ter casts, cotton swabs, bed- dings contaminated with blood or body fluid, blood bags, nee- dles and syringes. As per data, Maharashtra generated 3,587 tonnes of Covid-19 waste in four months since June, followed by Tamil Nadu (1,737 tonnes), Gujarat (1,638 tonnes), Kerala (1,516 tonnes), Uttar Pradesh (1,432 tonnes), Delhi (1,400 tonnes), Karnataka (1,380 tonnes) and West Bengal (1,000 tonnes). Around 5,490 tonnes of such waste was generated in September, with Gujarat con- tributing the maximum 622 tonnes, followed by Tamil Nadu (543 tonnes), Maharashtra (524 tonnes), Uttar Pradesh (507 tonnes) and Kerala (494 tonnes). Delhi generated 382 tonnes of Covid- 19 bio-medical waste in September, according to the CPCB data. As per CPCB guidelines, used PPEs like face shields, goggles, hazmat suits, plastic coverall, used masks, head cover, shoe cover etc generat- ed from Covid-19 isolation wards at healthcare facilities shall be segregated and sent to common facilities for disposal as per Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 (BMWM Rules). However, used PPEs like masks and gloves generated in common households, com- mercial establishments, insti- tutions, etc are required to store separately for a minimum 72 hours for disposal along with solid waste after cutting or shredding. The apex pollution body had in May developed the “Covid-19 BWM” mobile application to monitor coron- avirus-related biomedical waste and to compile the data through electronic manifest system. Continued on Page 11 T he Prime Minister will for the first time in his seven- year-rule virtually address the Bengali population on October 22, the Maha Sashthi Day (sixth day of the pujas), the State BJP leadership said. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji will deliver a virtual address on the auspicious occa- sion of Durga Puja,” senior leader and party’s observer for the State Kailash Vijayvargiya said on Monday. Modi is likely to address the people of the State on October 22, he said. Home Minister Amit Shah too will reach out to the Bengali population, the senior leader said. “We do not have the dates as yet but we are trying to bring Amit Shah ji in Bengal before Durga Puja,” Vijayvargiya said, adding the Home Minister would visit North Bengal dur- ing this period. I ndia and China on Monday failed to break the logjam even as they reiterated their resolve to hold a sustained dialogue to defuse tension at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh and refrain from sending more troops to the border. Both the sides also agreed to hold anoth- er round of military-level talks as soon as possible for disen- gagement and de-escalation. The two sides reaffirmed these commitments during the seventh round of Corps Commander-level talks in Chushul on the Indian side of the LAC in Ladakh. China insisted that India withdraw its troops from the south bank of Pangong Tso (lake) before it pulls back its troops. India was firm that China has to take the lead in disengaging and only then it will gradually start the with- drawal process from the con- frontation sites. Elaborating upon the talks, sources said here later India wanted China to show its intent in bringing down temperature at the volatile border. This firm message was conveyed by the Indian delegation led by 14 Corps chief Lt General Harinder Singh. The other officials included Lt General PK Menon who will replace Singh as the 14 Corps chief after Singh moves as the Indian Military Academy (IMA) chief next week. The Chinese dele- gation was led by Major General Liu Lin. Both the delegations included Foreign Ministry offi- cials thereby indicating keen- ness by both the countries to find a solution at the earliest. Naveen Srivastava represented the Indian Foreign Ministry in Monday’s talks, officials said. Reviewing the current sit- uation at the 1,700-km long LAC in Ladakh, both the commanders expressed satis- faction over relative calm pre- vailing at the border since September 10. Continued on Page 11 F amily members of the Hathras woman who died after being allegedly gang- raped maintained before the Allahabad High Court Monday that she was cremated in the middle of the night without their consent and their lawyer said they wanted the trial shift- ed out of the state. Hathras District Magistrate Praveen Kumar Laxar and Superintendent of Police Vineet Jaiswal told the court that the decision on the cremation was taken by the local administra- tion and police, and there were no instructions or pressure from the state government. Senior Uttar Pradesh administration and police offi- cials, also summoned by the court, said the late-night cre- mation was due to law and order considerations. Justices Pankaj Mithal and Rajan Roy fixed November 2 as the next date of hearing. The 19-year-old Dalit woman died at a Delhi hospi- tal a fortnight after she was allegedly raped by four upper- caste men at her village in UP’s Hathras district on September 14. There was outrage over her hurried cremation at her village with her family claim- ing that it was against their wishes and they were not even allowed to bring the woman’s body home one last time. The high court had then summoned top UP adminis- tration and police officials as well as the victim’s family to depose before it on the issue. Her parents and three brothers were brought amid tight security to Lucknow on Monday, over an hour before the hearing was to begin. UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi, Director General of Police HC Awasthy and Additional Director General (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar also appeared before the court, which had said it was shocked by the episode when it issued the summons. Senior advocate JN Mathur, who was appointed amicus curie by the court, pleaded that every citizen had the right to be cremated with dignity by the family members as per their religious practices. He cited Article 25 of the Constitution on the right to practice one’s religion freely. Family’s counsel Seema Kushwaha asked the court to transfer the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation and the trial to Delhi. Additional Advocate General VK Shahi, who represented the state government, said the investigation has already been handed over to the CBI. “The family wants the case to be transferred to Delhi or Mumbai, Kushwaha told reporters outside the court. The family also asked that they should be provided security,” she said. They did not want the report of the investigation to be made public, according to the lawyer. VK Shahi told reporters that the next date of hearing has been fixed for November 2. “On behalf of the govern- ment, we have filed our affi- davit. All family members of the victim appeared in court, and the court questioned them. The court questioned Additional Chief Secretary (Home), ADG Law and Order and District Magistrate of Hathras,” he said. Lucknow (PTI/PNS): The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday said it has cleared the appointment of 31,277 assistant teachers in the Basic Education Department but the final recruitment would be subject to the Supreme Court order on the issue. An official spokesperson said the government’s deci- sion to appoint 31,277 assistant teachers in the first phase has been taken in pursuance to the Supreme Court direction on the issue. An interim list comprising 15,933 unreserved category candidates, 8,513 of the OBC category, 6,615 of scheduled castes category and 216 of the scheduled tribes category has been uploaded on the depart- mental website, the spokesman said The counselling of select- ed candidates would be held in various districts on October 14 and 15 and the appointment letters would be issued on October 16, the spokesman said. These appointments, how- ever, would be subject to the final decision of the Supreme Court. The permission of the Election Commission has been taken in this regard as notifi- cation for byelections on seven assembly seats in the state has already been issued. Chief Minister Yo g i Adityanath had last month directed the Basic Education Department to make the appointments. The Department had con- ducted the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) for the recruitment of 69,000 teachers on January 6, 2019. A day later, the gov- ernment had fixed a 65 per cent cut-off for the general catego- ry candidates and 60 per cent for the backward and other reserved category candidates. The order, however, was challenged by some students in the Allahabad High Court. The high court on March 29 passed an order in favour of the Uttar Pradesh government on the main petition of Ram Sharan Maurya versus state government and others. Deciding on a special leave petition (SLP), the Supreme Court on May 21, 2020 direct- ed the state government to complete the recruitment process on all posts except those of assistant teachers which are held by Shiksha Mitras, the official added.

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As the eyeball-to-eyeballconfrontation with China

continues at the Line of ActualControl (LAC) and the Line ofControl (LoC) with Pakistanremains hot, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh on Mondaythrew open 44 bridges, most-ly in border areas, includingLadakh, Himachal Pradesh,Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu &Kashmir and Uttarakhand, aspart of India’s rapid enhance-ment of its military and infra-structure capabilities to counter

any challenge from the twoadversaries.

This comes at a time whenscientists have also been con-ducting successive missile testsfor operational readiness in thelast few weeks.

Dedicating the strategical-ly important bridges in sevenStates, including eight perma-nent bridges in Ladakh, to thenation virtually, Rajnath Singhminced no words in saying thatafter Pakistan, China is alsocreating a dispute at the borderwith India as if it was part of a“mission”.

India is not only facing thesituations along the frontiersresolutely, but it is also bring-ing in major development,including in border areas. “Youare well aware of the conditionscreated along our northernand eastern borders. First it wasPakistan, and now also byChina, as if a border dispute isbeing created under a mission.We have a border of about7,000 km with these countrieswhere tension continues,” theMinister said.

As regards the bridges, amajority of them is expected to

significantly improve move-ment of troops in areas alongthe border with China inLadakh, Sikkim and ArunachalPradesh sectors, officials said.

Rajnath said in the chal-lenging times of Covid-19 anddespite the border tensionsand disputes caused byPakistan and China, the coun-try was not only resolutelyfacing them but also bringingabout historical changes in allsectors of development.

The Defence Minister alsolaid the foundation stone forNechiphu Tunnel in ArunachalPradesh. This 450 metre-longtunnel would ensure all-weath-er connectivity acrossNechiphu pass. The bridgesincluded 10 in J&K, eight inLadakh, two in Himachal, foureach in Punjab and Sikkim andeight each in Uttarakhand andArunachal Pradesh.

In his address, Singh com-plimented the BRO for theirachievements in improvinginfrastructure in border areasand said that dedication of 44bridges in one go in itself wasa record.

He said the annual budgetof the BRO that varied from�3,300 crore to �4,600 crore inyears between 2008 and 2016,saw a substantial rise and ispegged at over �11,000 crore in2020-21. “There was no reduc-tion of this budget despiteCovid-19,” he said.

Underlining the signifi-cance of these projects, Rajnathsaid construction of the bridges

will benefit both the civilianpopulation as well as the mili-tary in the areas.

“Our armed forces per-sonnel are deployed in largenumbers in areas where trans-port is not available through-out the year,” he said, notingimprovement in border infra-structure will significantly helparmed forces.

Continued on Page 11

New Delhi: Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman onMonday announced a pay-ment of cash in lieu of LTC and�10,000 festival advance togovernment employees to stim-ulate consumer demand duringthe festival season and boostthe economy.

She also announced addi-tional capital spending and�12,000 crore, 50-year interest-free loan to States to boost theeconomy that has been batteredby the pandemic and the result-ing lockdown.

At a news conference, shesaid the Government will giveits employees income-tax-exempt cash vouchers in lieu oftheir entitled travel allowancesthis year.

This cash will have to bespent on buying goods thatattract 12 per cent or more GST— a condition which eliminatesthe possibility of the cash beingspent on food items.

Central public sector enter-prises and banks will also fol-low the cue and give cash inplace of leave travel concession(LTC) as travelling during thepandemic is near to impossible.

Additionally, the govern-ment will as a one-time mea-sure give �10,000 salary loan toall its officers and employees asfestival advance.

These two measures are“expected to create a consumerdemand of about �28,000crore”, she said.

The Government, whichhad in May announced a �20lakh crore “AatmanirbharBharat” stimulus, is pushingahead with a full opening to tryto boost the economy ahead ofthe usually high-spending fes-tival season. A tough lockdownimposed to stem the spread ofcoronavirus had resulted inthe economy contracting by arecord 23.9 per cent duringApril-June.

Together with the loan tostates and additional capitalspending, Sitharaman said,“very rough estimate is thatpotential private sector spend-ing through LTC tax benefitwill be at least equal to the gov-ernment employee-led demandof �28,000 crore and the totaladditional demand estimatedto exceed �1 lakh crore”.

She further said that themeasures by the Governmentto stimulate demand must notburden the common citizenwith future inflation and mustnot put Government debt onan unsustainable path.

Continued on Page 11

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India is generating 150 tonnesor 1.50 lakh kilograms of

Covid-19 biomedical wastedaily. And Maharashtra — theworst-affected State — is con-tributing the maximum to itwith 30 tonnes or 30,000 kgevery day. According to theCentral Pollution ControlBoard (CPCB), in the last four

months, India generated over18,000 tonnes of Covid-19 bio-medical waste, calling forurgent remedial steps to treatthe menace.

“Since June, all States andUnion Territories have gener-ated 18,006 tonnes of Covid-19-related biomedical wastewhich is being collected, treat-ed and disposed of by 198 com-mon biomedical waste treat-

ment facilities (CBWTFs),” saidthe country’s top pollution reg-ulator body.

Covid-19 biomedical wasteincludes PPE kits, masks, shoecovers, gloves, human tissues,body fluids like dressings, plas-ter casts, cotton swabs, bed-dings contaminated with bloodor body fluid, blood bags, nee-dles and syringes.

As per data, Maharashtra

generated 3,587 tonnes ofCovid-19 waste in four monthssince June, followed by TamilNadu (1,737 tonnes), Gujarat(1,638 tonnes), Kerala (1,516tonnes), Uttar Pradesh (1,432tonnes), Delhi (1,400 tonnes),Karnataka (1,380 tonnes) andWest Bengal (1,000 tonnes).

Around 5,490 tonnes ofsuch waste was generated inSeptember, with Gujarat con-tributing the maximum 622tonnes, followed by TamilNadu (543 tonnes),Maharashtra (524 tonnes),Uttar Pradesh (507 tonnes)and Kerala (494 tonnes). Delhigenerated 382 tonnes of Covid-19 bio-medical waste inSeptember, according to theCPCB data.

As per CPCB guidelines,used PPEs like face shields,goggles, hazmat suits, plasticcoverall, used masks, head

cover, shoe cover etc generat-ed from Covid-19 isolationwards at healthcare facilitiesshall be segregated and sent tocommon facilities for disposalas per Bio-medical WasteManagement Rules, 2016(BMWM Rules).

However, used PPEs likemasks and gloves generated incommon households, com-mercial establishments, insti-tutions, etc are required tostore separately for a minimum72 hours for disposal alongwith solid waste after cutting orshredding.

The apex pollution bodyhad in May developed the“Covid-19 BWM” mobileapplication to monitor coron-avirus-related biomedical wasteand to compile the datathrough electronic manifestsystem.

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The Prime Minister will forthe first time in his seven-

year-rule virtually address theBengali population on October22, the Maha Sashthi Day(sixth day of the pujas), theState BJP leadership said.

“Prime Minister NarendraModi ji will deliver a virtualaddress on the auspicious occa-sion of Durga Puja,” seniorleader and party’s observer forthe State Kailash Vijayvargiyasaid on Monday.

Modi is likely to addressthe people of the State onOctober 22, he said.

Home Minister Amit Shahtoo will reach out to the Bengalipopulation, the senior leadersaid. “We do not have the datesas yet but we are trying to bringAmit Shah ji in Bengal beforeDurga Puja,” Vijayvargiya said,adding the Home Ministerwould visit North Bengal dur-ing this period.

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India and China on Mondayfailed to break the logjam

even as they reiterated theirresolve to hold a sustaineddialogue to defuse tension atthe Line of Actual Control(LAC) in Eastern Ladakh andrefrain from sending moretroops to the border. Both thesides also agreed to hold anoth-er round of military-level talksas soon as possible for disen-gagement and de-escalation.

The two sides reaffirmedthese commitments during theseventh round of Corps

Commander-level talks inChushul on the Indian side ofthe LAC in Ladakh.

China insisted that Indiawithdraw its troops from thesouth bank of Pangong Tso(lake) before it pulls back itstroops. India was firm thatChina has to take the lead indisengaging and only then itwill gradually start the with-drawal process from the con-frontation sites.

Elaborating upon the talks,sources said here later Indiawanted China to show its intentin bringing down temperatureat the volatile border. Thisfirm message was conveyed bythe Indian delegation led by 14Corps chief Lt GeneralHarinder Singh. The otherofficials included Lt General

PK Menon who will replaceSingh as the 14 Corps chiefafter Singh moves as the IndianMilitary Academy (IMA) chiefnext week. The Chinese dele-gation was led by MajorGeneral Liu Lin.

Both the delegationsincluded Foreign Ministry offi-cials thereby indicating keen-ness by both the countries tofind a solution at the earliest.Naveen Srivastava representedthe Indian Foreign Ministry inMonday’s talks, officials said.

Reviewing the current sit-uation at the 1,700-km longLAC in Ladakh, both thecommanders expressed satis-faction over relative calm pre-vailing at the border sinceSeptember 10.

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Family members of theHathras woman who died

after being allegedly gang-raped maintained before theAllahabad High Court Mondaythat she was cremated in themiddle of the night withouttheir consent and their lawyersaid they wanted the trial shift-ed out of the state.

Hathras District MagistratePraveen Kumar Laxar andSuperintendent of Police VineetJaiswal told the court that thedecision on the cremation wastaken by the local administra-tion and police, and there wereno instructions or pressurefrom the state government.

Senior Uttar Pradeshadministration and police offi-cials, also summoned by thecourt, said the late-night cre-mation was due to law andorder considerations.

Justices Pankaj Mithal andRajan Roy fixed November 2 asthe next date of hearing.

The 19-year-old Dalitwoman died at a Delhi hospi-tal a fortnight after she wasallegedly raped by four upper-caste men at her village in UP’sHathras district on September14.

There was outrage overher hurried cremation at hervillage with her family claim-ing that it was against theirwishes and they were not evenallowed to bring the woman’sbody home one last time.

The high court had thensummoned top UP adminis-tration and police officials aswell as the victim’s family todepose before it on the issue.

Her parents and threebrothers were brought amidtight security to Lucknow onMonday, over an hour beforethe hearing was to begin.

UP Additional ChiefSecretary (Home) AwanishAwasthi, Director General ofPolice HC Awasthy andAdditional Director General(Law and Order) PrashantKumar also appeared before thecourt, which had said it wasshocked by the episode whenit issued the summons.

Senior advocate JNMathur, who was appointedamicus curie by the court,pleaded that every citizen hadthe right to be cremated withdignity by the family membersas per their religious practices.

He cited Article 25 of theConstitution on the right topractice one’s religion freely.

Family’s counsel SeemaKushwaha asked the court totransfer the probe to theCentral Bureau of Investigationand the trial to Delhi.Additional Advocate GeneralVK Shahi, who represented

the state government, said theinvestigation has already beenhanded over to the CBI.

“The family wants the caseto be transferred to Delhi orMumbai, Kushwaha toldreporters outside the court.The family also asked that theyshould be provided security,”she said.

They did not want thereport of the investigation to bemade public, according to thelawyer.

VK Shahi told reportersthat the next date of hearinghas been fixed for November 2.

“On behalf of the govern-ment, we have filed our affi-davit. All family members ofthe victim appeared in court,and the court questioned them.The court questionedAdditional Chief Secretary(Home), ADG Law and Orderand District Magistrate ofHathras,” he said.

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An official spokespersonsaid the government’s deci-sion to appoint 31,277 assistantteachers in the first phase hasbeen taken in pursuance to theSupreme Court direction onthe issue.

An interim list comprising15,933 unreserved categorycandidates, 8,513 of the OBCcategory, 6,615 of scheduledcastes category and 216 of thescheduled tribes category hasbeen uploaded on the depart-mental website, the spokesman

said The counselling of select-ed candidates would be held invarious districts on October 14and 15 and the appointmentletters would be issued onOctober 16, the spokesmansaid. These appointments, how-ever, would be subject to thefinal decision of the SupremeCourt. The permission of theElection Commission has beentaken in this regard as notifi-cation for byelections on sevenassembly seats in the state hasalready been issued.

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath had last monthdirected the Basic EducationDepartment to make theappointments.

The Department had con-ducted the Teacher EligibilityTest (TET) for the recruitmentof 69,000 teachers on January

6, 2019. A day later, the gov-ernment had fixed a 65 per centcut-off for the general catego-ry candidates and 60 per centfor the backward and otherreserved category candidates.

The order, however, waschallenged by some students inthe Allahabad High Court.

The high court on March29 passed an order in favour ofthe Uttar Pradesh governmenton the main petition of RamSharan Maurya versus stategovernment and others.

Deciding on a special leavepetition (SLP), the SupremeCourt on May 21, 2020 direct-ed the state government tocomplete the recruitmentprocess on all posts exceptthose of assistant teacherswhich are held by ShikshaMitras, the official added.

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Samajwadi Party chiefAkhilesh Yadav said that

the younger generation of thecountry could take inspirationfrom socialist ideologue lateRam Manohar Lohia, whodreamt of world citizenship.

After paying tributes toLohia on his 53rd deathanniversary in Lucknow onMonday, Akhilesh said thatsocialist ideology would alwaysbe relevant.

“Adopting Lohiaji’s ‘sap-takranti’ concept against socialinjustice and inequality, the SPis determined to take his ideasto the people. Lohiaji alwaysdebated on various aspects ofIndian politics, society and cul-ture, on its goodness and evilsand expressed his views with-out fear or favour,” he said.

The SP chief advised, “Theyoung generation of India willget direction and inspirationfrom these ideals. Lohiaji’s con-templation was not bound by thelimits of nation state as he usedto dream of world citizenship.”

Akhilesh emphasised thatLohia first stressed on givingrespect and status to the back-wards, women and minorities.“He formulated the principle ofspecial opportunity for theweaker sections of society.Samajwadi Party has always

been fighting for social justiceand during our regime, theinterests of Dalits, deprived,backwards, women and otherweaker sections were takencare of,” he claimed.

The former chief ministerof UP said the present BJPregime’s achievements in thelast three-and-half years wasinflation, hunger, unemploy-ment, injustice and atrocities.He alleged that the present gov-ernment was most insensitivetowards the respect and secu-rity of women and there was aserious crisis of law and orderin the state as people felt scaredand criminals were fearless.

“Besides, COVID-19 haswreaked a havoc and the gov-ernment has taken little mea-sures to control it. There ischaos in the field of health edu-cation. Government machineryis brazenly being misused andpolitical adversaries are beingtargeted,” Akhilesh lamented.

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The Rashtriya Lok Dalheld a kisan mahapanchayat inMathura on Monday to consol-idate its vote bank after itsworkers led by party vice-pres-ident Jayant Chaudhary werecane-charged during their visitto the village of Hathra rapeand murder victim.

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Within 24 hours of slamming theRajasthan government over the killing

of a priest, Bahujan Samaj Party chiefMayawati took a dig at the Uttar Pradeshgovernment, saying that even saints were notsafe in a “saint’s government”.

On Saturday, priest of Ram Janakitemple in Itiyathok Kotwali area, SamratDas, was shot at and injured by assailantsover a landed property in Gonda.

After initial hospitalisation in Gonda,the priest was referred to KGMU TraumaCentre in Lucknow.

The BSP chief asked the state govern-ment to ensure safety of seers and saints.

“Like Rajasthan, a murderous attack onthe priest of a temple in Gonda (UP) by theland mafia with the intention of occupyingtemple land is shameful. Even a saint is nolonger safe in a saint’s government. Whatcould be a worse law and order situation?”she sought to enquire through a tweet onMonday.

“The UP government should take strictaction against the culprits by taking cogni-sance of all aspects and property of all landmafia linked to this incident must beseized. Security of saints and seers shouldbe increased,” she added.

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Food and beverage major PepsiCoIndia said that it had plans to invest

Rs 814 crore in setting up a greenfieldpotato chip manufacturing plant inUttar Pradesh over the next three years.

The unit, to be set up in Kosi,Mathura on 35 acres of land providedby UP State Industrial DevelopmentAuthority (UPSIDA), is in line withPepsiCo’s goal to double its snacks busi-ness in India by 2022.

Expected to commence commer-cial production by the middle of 2021,the unit will facilitate direct and indi-rect employment to about 1,500 persons.

PepsiCo India Chairman AhmedEl Sheikh said that the initial invest-ment was pegged at Rs 500 crore butwas revised to Rs. 814 crore.Significantly, raw material (potato)would be procured from local farmers.

“PepsiCo is committed to growingits food and beverage business sustain-ably in India. We have a long relation-ship with the people of Uttar Pradesh.As we look to double our snacks busi-ness over the next few years, we intendto invest Rs 814 crore approximately toexpand our footprint in UP,” ElSheikh said.

A memorandum of understanding(MoU) for the project was signedbetween the company and the UP gov-

ernment at the ground-breaking cer-emony of Investors Summit in July,2018.

To enable the supply chain,PepsiCo will set up a cold storage andwould also give an impetus to thedevelopment of ancillary and othersupport industries in the state.

PepsiCo India currently sources allpotato used in Lay’s and Uncle Chippsfrom local farmers under its agri-pro-gramme working with over 24,000farmers across 13 states.

Infrastructure and IndustrialDevelopmental Commissioner AlokTandon said, “An MoU was signed byPepsiCo to set up this project with aninvestment of Rs 500 crore at UPInvestors Summit-2018. The projectstarted with the arrangement of landat ground-breaking ceremony held inJuly, 2019. As a result of MoU track-ing, land allocation and labour relat-ed reforms, a transparent investmentsystem is being set up in UttarPradesh to suit industries, as a resultof which PepsiCo has increased itsinvestment from Rs. 500 to Rs 814crore.”

In the last three decades, PepsiCohas been producing carbonated softdrinks and non-carbonated beveragesin UP through franchisees since1990. Such units are functioning inGreater Noida, Kosi, Sathria-Jaunpur,Kanpur Dehat and Hardoi .

Lucknow (PNS): The UttarPradesh government hasstepped up vigil in eastern dis-tricts bordering poll-boundBihar, ostensibly to thwartcross-border liquor smuggling.With Assembly elections due inNovember and Bihar being adry state, high volume liquorsmuggling to woo voters is astrong possibility.

Liquor smuggling fromneighbouring Haryana andPunjab is quite rampant inwestern districts of UP. Thebacchus is then surreptitious-ly transported to other districtsand eastwards too.

In the run-up to the 2019Lok Sabha polls, the UP Excisedepartment had seized nearly1.7 million litres of illicit liquor,valued at more than Rs 45crore. Additional ChiefSecretary (Excise) SanjayBhoosreddy said that the Exciseand Police departments hadprepared a roadmap to set upspecial checkposts in borderareas to check trade and smug-

gling of illicit liquor. Besides, officials will also

monitor shops and other busi-nesses along UP-Bihar borderfor possible illicit liquor tradeand overcharging.

Regular inspections havebeen mandated to checkunscrupulous liquor trade andsupply, which not only robs thestate government of excise rev-enue, but exposes consumers tohealth hazards of sub-stan-dard products.

“Necessary instructionshave been issued to depart-mental officials and shop own-ers have been warned of strictaction in case of overchargingof products,” Bhoosreddy said.

Meanwhile, the Excisedepartment is also acceleratingits vigilance activities againstmanufacturing of illicit liquorin the state. In September,2020, the Excise departmenthad arrested 2,800 persons andseized 328 vehicles for illicitliquor trade. A large quantity ofliquor was also impounded.

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The pro-active action takenby Chief Minister Yogi

Adityanath in carrying for-ward development projects inUttar Pradesh in the last threeyears has made him the mostsought after campaigner in theBihar elections as the partycandidates have requested himto address rallies in their con-stituencies.

Sources said that the cen-tral leadership of the BharatiyaJanata Party had planned hisrallies in Patna, Gaya, Nalanda,Siwan, Hajipur, Bhagalpur,Baksar, Bhojpur, Muzaffarpur,Gopalganj and Darbhanga.

“Yogi will also be wooingvoters in northern Bihar,Mithilanchal and districts ofcentral Bihar,” a senior govern-ment official said. The UPchief minister was also a pop-ular face during the Assemblyelections in Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat, Maharashtra,Rajasthan and Assam and the2019 Lok Sabha polls, YogiAdityanath is a popular face inBihar because of his image ofbeing a strict administratorand for his effective handling ofthe 2019 Kumbh, law and orderafter the Ram Janmabhoomijudgement of the SupremeCourt and thereafter the layingof the foundation stone of thetemple and his effective policiesof providing employment tolakhs of migrant labourers dur-ing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Besides his spotless image,people in Bihar also have a lotof reverence for Yogi as thehead of the Goraksh Peethwhich has lakhs of followers inthe state, BJP leader VijayBahadur Pathak said.

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Running a multi-crore rupee cricket betting ringestimated at several crore rupees, notorious

Kanpur bookie Sonu Sardar was arrested in Jaipuron Monday after being on the lam for the last onemonth.

The Kanpur police had unearthed a ganginvolved in IPL betting racket about a month back.A police team led by SP (West) Anil Verma and SP(South) Deepak Bhuker had busted an internation-al gang with the arrest of six bookies fromNazirabad, Fazalganj and Kakadeo police stationareas. A recovery of Rs.93.72 lakh (Indian) and Rs27,000 (Nepalese) was also made from them.

However, just before the raid, mastermind SonuSardar managed to escape and settled in Jaipur torun the racket with the help of bookies of Sri Lankaand Nepal.

The Kanpur police had been on his trail for thepast one month. On a tip-off, a police team was ear-lier sent to Jaipur to nab him but it had returnedempty handed as Sonu Sardar kept changing hislocations.

With the help of electronic surveillance andpolice informers, Sonu Sardar’s presence in Jaipurwas confirmed. Immediately, a police team wasagain sent to Jaipur and it succeeded in arrestinghim on Monday, SP (South) Deepak Bhuker,adding that interrogation of Sonu Sardar wouldreveal the names of many other big bookies.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath has expressed

satisfaction that over 1.20 croreCovid tests have been conductedin the state so far and said the test-ing should be ramped up further.

“Exercise caution at all levelsand ensure protection and treat-ment facilities are in order tobreak the chain of infection,” thechief minister said while presidingover a high-level Unlock reviewmeeting at his official residencehere on Monday.

He directed the officials to linkLevel-3 Covid hospitals with vir-tual ICUs of SGPGI and Level-2hospitals with virtual ICUs ofKGMU. “Through this arrange-ment, the patients will be able toget expert advice from the seniorconsultants of both the medicalinstitutions,’’ he said.

He also asked the officials tooperationalise the IntegratedCommand and Control Centres(ICCC) to full capacity in all thedistricts with their proper monitor-ing by the district magistrates andthe chief medical officers.

Reiterating that mass aware-ness about protection fromCOVID-19 was the need of thehour, the chief minister said thatpublic address systems should be

used to spread awareness. He saidthat people should be sensitisedabout the Covid protocol.

He said the special sanitisationand cleanliness drive being con-ducted in the state should betaken up in an active manner inurban and rural areas alike withspraying of anti-larva chemicals

and lime powder. He stressed onproper monitoring of the drive toensure that the work was seen onground level.

The chief minister asked theofficials to ensure proper powersupply during the festivals. He alsodirected the officials to makeefforts to control the prices of veg-

etables and pulses. Yogi asked thedistrict magistrates to take action

in this regard and ensure that thecitizens got essentials at fair prices.

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After 10 weeks, Uttar Pradeshtouched the August 2-mark as

the active COVID-19 cases camedown to less than 40,000 despite2,234 more people testing positivefor coronavirus infection, givinga big respite to the administrationand the health officials.

Additional Chief Secretary(Health) Amit Mohan Prasad saidthat after 10 weeks, the totalactive COVID-19 cases in the statehad come down below the 40,000-mark on Monday.

“On August 2 last, the statehad below 40,000 active cases,” hesaid during his daily press brief-ing here on Monday.

The additional chief secretarysaid that 2,234 fresh cases ofCOVID-19 were reported onMonday while 3,342 patients hadrecovered.

“It is for the first time afterJuly 7 that the number of fresh

cases in the state has come downto 2,234 in a day after touching themark of 71,030 cases in a day onSeptember 11,” he said.

Prasad said that the tally ofconfirmed positive cases in thestate had gone up to 4,39,161 outof which 3,93,908 had recoveredand 38,815 were admitted to thehospitals or were in home isola-tion. He said the recovery rate inthe state had also gone up to 89.70percent.

On Sunday, 1,42,244 sampleswere tested. “There are 17,741asymptomatic patients in homeisolation while 3,175 patients areadmitted in private hospitals,”Prasad said, adding that till date2,42,262 patients had preferredhome isolation out of which2,24,521 had recovered.

Over 4.14 lakh surveillanceteams have covered 1,37,803 areasof the state and visited 2.68 crorehouses to check the health of over13.25 crore people.

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Ghaziabad (PTI): FormerUttar Pradesh Chief Ministerand BJP leader Kalyan Singhhas been discharged from aGhaziabad hospital after recov-ering from coronavirus, anofficial said on Monday.

Kalyan Singh was admittedto Ghaziabad's Yashoda SuperSpeciality Hospital onSeptember 16 after he testedpositive for the infection.

He was shifted fromLucknow's Sanjay GandhiPostgraduate Institute ofMedical Sciences to the hospi-tal near the Kaushambi Metrostation here.

The hospital's MedicalSuperintendent, Dr AnujAgarwal, told PTI that the BJPleader tested negative for theinfection on Saturday.

Singh suffered from otherhealth problems like diabetes,high blood pressure,Parkinson's disease, kidneyand heart-related issues.

Singh expressed gratitudetowards the hospital staff forthe treatment and said he washappy after being acquitted inthe Babri mosque demolitioncase. A special CBI court hadrecently acquitted all 32accused, including KalyanSingh, in the case.

His son Rajveer Singh, anMP from UP's Etah, was pre-sent at the hospital while hewas being discharged. SeveralBJP leaders from the districtreached the hospital to congrat-ulate him.

Lucknow (PTI): The UttarPradesh government hasrequested the Allahabad HighCourt to ensure disposal ofcases related to crimes againstwomen and the POCSO Act onpriority basis, a senior officialsaid on Monday.

The government alsosought directions to all districtand sessions court judges toensure speedy disposal of such

cases, said Additional ChiefSecretary, Home, AwanishAwasthi.

This comes days after thedeath and alleged gang-rape ofa 19-year-old Dalit woman inthe state's Hathras district. Theincident has triggered wide-spread outrage across the coun-try. The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment made the request in a let-ter written to the Registrar of

the high court. The letter waswritten by Awasthi on behalf ofthe state government.

In the letter, the govern-ment urged the court to hearand dispose of cases related tocrimes against women and theProtection of Children fromSexual Offences (POCSO) Actcases on priority.

It also requested the courtto direct all district and sessions

court judges to ensure speedydisposal of such cases.

Despite the obstacles posedby the COVID-19 pandemic,accused in 612 cases of crimesagainst women were awardedpunishment and a total of1,835 such cases were disposedof from January to Septemberthis year, the letter stated.

Punishment was awardedto accused in 151 cases under

the POCSO Act, it said.Citing the National Crime

Records Bureau (NCRB) data,the government said UttarPradesh recorded the highestnumber of convictions in casesof crimes against women 2019in the country.

It said it will run a specialcampaign on the safety ofwomen and girls from October17 to 25.

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Women and minor girlscontinued to be soft tar-

gets of sexual predators acrossthe state, with two womenbeing sexually assaulted andkil led in Banda andShahjahanpur, and two othersraped in the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile in Jhansi, a 17-year-old teenage girl and hermale friend were beaten up,dragged into the hostel of apolytechnic, raped, filmed androbbed of cash by a group ofstudents despite police beingpresent on the campus for acompetitive exam on Sunday.

In her complaint, the vic-tim said that she was meetingwith a male friend when adozen polytechnic studentsdragged them into a hostel,beat them up severely and oneof the students raped her.

Not satisfied, the miscre-ants robbed the girl of Rs2,000 and filmed her while shewas being violated.

Some cops heard the sob-bing girl and took her to SipreeBazaar police station where shelodged a complaint and iden-tified one of the accused asBharat, a second year student.

The police arrested fivepolytechnic students and were

trying to nab the rest of themiscreants.

In Banda, the body of a 27-year-old woman was found inthe nude in Bangalipura ham-let of Badausa on Mondaymorning. Circumstantial evi-dence suggested that she hadbeen assaulted and murderedat some other place and herbody was dumped there toconceal the crime. One of hereyes was also gouged with asharp-edged weapon.

The police registered acase in this connection andafter preliminary inquiry didnot rule out the possible roleof her in-laws.

In Lakhimpur Kheri, ateenager from Pakgath villageof Kheri was murdered anddumped in a sugarcane field onthe fringes of the village onSunday evening. The victimwent missing on Friday.

After a preliminary probe,the police said that there wereante-mortem injuries on theteenager’s neck.

A case was registered on

the basis of the parents’ com-plaint of disappearance of thevictim and the body was sentfor autopsy.

The complainants suspect-ed that someone raped andkilled the victim.

In Shamli, a youth lured asix-year-old girl of his neigh-bour with a Rs 10 note andtook her to a secluded placewhere he sexually assaultedher. After returning home, thegirl narrated her ordeal afterwhich a case was registeredand the accused was arrested.

In Deoria, a 3-year-oldgirl of Maiel locality was rapedby her neighbour, Samir, onSunday night.

Meanwhile in Badaun, aBJP booth committee chiefwas arrested on charges ofharassing a girl in Sahaswanarea.

As per reports, Vipin Maliof Shahbazpur area underSahaswan police station is thebooth committee chief of theBJP. Three days back, he triedto force himself upon a girl inthe neighbourhood. Hearingher screams, the locals gath-ered on the spot but failed tonab the predator. Later a casewas registered against Maliand he was arrested onMonday.

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Amysterious fire reducedto ashes nearly 50 shanties

in Dhobighat Mohalla underBazaarkhala police station areaon the intervening night ofSunday and Monday. Hugepolice force cordoned the areaas 10 fire tenders were pressedinto service. Police said thoughthere was no casualty, house-hold goods, foodstuff andother belongings of thedwellers were gutted. Thepolice were at the loss forwords when asked about thecause of f ire outbreak.However, they suspected short-circuiting could well be a rea-son.

Bazaarkhala SHO said thefire broke out in shanties locat-ed in Ram Nagar DhobighatMohalla around 1 am onMonday. He said senior policeofficers reached the scene andtook stock of the rescue oper-ation which continued forhours. There were reports thata 50-year-old labourer, identi-fied as Puttan, suffered minorburns.

As per reports, the firebroke out in one of the shantiesaround 1 am and soon, theflames engulfed neighbouringhutments. Due to the massivefire, LPG cylinders inside theshanties exploded one afteranother, making the rescueoperation difficult.

Incharge of Aishbaghpolice outpost Sub-inspectorRakesh Chaurasia started tak-

ing out the gas cylinders fromthe shanties to prevent moreexplosions. He also rescued

those trapped inside theshanties on fire.

The fire spoiled the future

plans of many dwellers. Themarriage of Shabnam’s daugh-ter Tabassum is scheduled forOctober 30. She had made allthe arrangements for the mar-riage but fire devoured every-thing that she had. Likewise,the marriage of Meera’s daugh-ter Shagun is scheduled forDiwali and she had collectedseveral items for the occasion,but she had little idea aboutwhat was in store.

Families have been livingin the area for about 70 years.The shanty-dwellers expressedsurprise and suspected somemischievous with a view to get-ting the shanties removed from there.

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Two cops moving on a bikehad a providential escape as

the vehicle caught fire around1 pm on Monday. Reports saidhead constable Arun KumarDubey and constableRamendra Kumar were on

duty under security arrange-ments for the ongoing exams inthe city on Monday. When thecops were going towards JeevanPlaza, the bike went up inflames. The cops hurriedly gotdown the motorcycle and latercalled fire officials. A team iffirefighters reached the placed

and doused the flames. A policespokesman said the bike caughtfire due to unknown reasons. He said the motorcy-cle was completely burnt in theincident and the policemenhad a providential escape. “Thematter is being investigated,” hesaid.

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A5-day international webi-nar was organised at the

department of Geography,Khwaja Moinuddin ChishtiLanguage University on‘Paradigm shift in geographi-cal research: Geospatial tech-nology’, which concluded onMonday. Vice-ChancellorMahrukh Mirza was the chiefpatron of the webinar while PKRai from department ofGeography the convenor. SHaider Ali from the depart-ment of BusinessAdministration was the co-convenor. On the first day ofthe webinar, three interna-tional speakers — AA HanafiBojd, Ali Darvishi Booloraniand Najme Neysani Samanifrom University of Tehran(Iran) — spoke on the appli-cation of GIS in the field ofhealth with emphasis on vec-tor-borne diseases, monitoringof sand and dust storm causedby anthropogenic sources andidentification of safe areas dur-ing flood crisis.

On its second day, directorof Asian Institute ofTechnology (Thailand) NitinTripathi and divisional direc-tor of NSRC (Hyderabad) CSJha gave an insight into theadvances in geographicalresearch and geospatial tech-nology. On the third day, S Raifrom Delhi University and ARSiddiqui from AllahabadUniversity shared their viewson research priorities, datastructuring and models used ingeographical research andgeospatial technology.

On the last day, PrafulSingh from Central Universityof South Bihar and LachezarHristov Filchev fromBulgarian Academy of Sciencesdiscussed their research worksin the field of geographicalresearch.

Faculty members, researchstudents, UG and PG studentsfrom different universities par-ticipated in the webinar, whichwas coordinated by VandanaPriyadarshini, Suleman andNazmu Saqib from theDepartment of Geography.

"�&&��������&���������&����������Lucknow (PNS): DivisionalCommissioner Ranjan Kumaron Monday held a meetingwith the representatives of var-ious cinema halls in the city inconnection with their reopen-ing from October 15. Seniordistrict administration offi-cials, along with the deputydirector, attended the meeting.

The commissioner said allthe cinema halls would havethermal scanners and sanitis-ers along with Covid-19 helpdesks. He said all the details ofviewers and their contact num-bers should be noted down andif there were any visitor withCovid symptoms, theIntegrated Control andCommand Centre should beinformed so that appropriateaction could be taken.

He said cinema hall own-ers and managers would alsohave to submit certificatesbefore re-opening that all theemployees had undergoneCovid tests. “DownloadingAarogya Setu app in mobilephones is mandatory for theviewers and there will be noentry without the app andmask. All the security staffershave to ensure wearing ofmasks,” he said.

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The Health department isgearing up for a likely sec-

ond spike of the coronaviruscases with Unlock 5.0 startingfrom October 15. A seniorofficial at the CMO office saidit was an upcoming challengeand since they were anticipat-ing the rise in coronaviruscases in the second wave, theywere re-arranging their plan-ning at the working units inboth urban and rural areas ofthe district.

He said the second spikemight come soon with schools,cinema halls opening fromOctober 15. “We are revisingour micro-plans and moremanpower will be enforced.We will be focusing on areasat higher risk,” he said.

Meanwhile, the downwardtrend of cases continued with307 persons testing positive for

coronavirus in Lucknow onMonday. Besides, 457 personswere discharged, taking therecoveries to 52,453. Therehave been a total of 781 deathsso far while the number ofactive cases is 4,821.

A senior official at theCMO office said the patientsincluded 28 from Rae Bareliroad, 27 from Indiranagar, 23from Gomtinagar, 19 fromChowk, 16 each fromAlambagh & Cantt, 15 fromHasanganj, 14 from Madiaon,12 each from Jankipuram &Mahanagar, 11 from Talkatora,and 10 each from Aliganj &Vikasnagar. Sixteen patientsdied in Lucknow and thedeceased included six from thestate capital and 10 fromVaranasi, Sitapur, Barabanki,Amethi, Gorakhpur,Azamgarh, Bahraich, Ayodhyaand Sultanpur. Three patientsdied at KGMU, including a 74-

year-old man from Barabanki,a 44-year-old man fromSultanpur and a 62-year-oldman from Ayodhya.

Across the state, 2,234persons tested positive, includ-ing 148 from Prayagraj, 121from Gautam Buddhnagar and116 from Meerut, taking thetoll to 4,39,161. There were 44deaths across the state, includ-ing five in Meerut, three eachin Gorakhpur & Moradabad,two each in Prayagraj,Varanasi, Agra, LakhimpurKheri & Deoria, and one eachin Gautam Buddhnagar,Aligarh, Saharanpur,Barabanki, Jaunpur,Maharajganj, Azamgarh,Bulandshahr, Basti, Sitapur,Unnao, Sultanpur, Chandauli,Bahraich, Sonbhadra,Amroha, Kannauj andFatehpur, taking the toll to6,438. Besides, 3,342 recov-ered, taking the recoveries

across the state to 3,93,908.There are still 38,815 activecases in the state.

A senior health officialsaid the active age group of 21-40 years was the worst-hit atthe moment as they wereroaming around freely andgetting exposed to the virus.

Asked about people notwearing masks or followingsocial distancing, he said it wasdifficult to force people for along time. “Another issue isthat the patients who haverecovered are also roamingfreely, thinking that theywould remain immune to thevirus for the next six months.The rush on roads hasincreased and people are goingabout their normal businesseven as shops are also openingwithout any restrictions,” hesaid.

Regarding private hospi-tals burning a hole in the

pockets of patients, the officialclaimed there were one ortwo complaints. “We haveonly capped the admissioncharges but when a patientgoes for treatment, there arecertain things which are notunder our control,” the officialsaid.

Meanwhile, SGPGI direc-tor Dr RK Dhiman said theywould be starting the phase-3trial of Covid-19 vaccine bythe end of October. “DCGIwould be looking at the resultsof the second phase, and thefinal approval will be givenafter that,” he said. He addedthat the volunteers would beavailable within a week.

He said it was necessaryfor the volunteer to have hadno exposure to coronavirus.“We will be giving them vac-cine and placebo, which lookslike a vaccine. No volunteerwill know whether they have

been given the vaccine ornot,” he said.

Dr Dhiman said all agegroups would be covered aswould those having co-mor-bidities. The SGPGI directorsaid though it was a year-longprocess, it would give an inter-mediary analysis.

Besides, KGMU Vice-Chancellor Dr Bipin Puri hasconstituted a kitchen moni-toring team consisting ofmembers from employees, res-idents and nursing associa-tions who keep track of foodpreparation and distribution,including serving the food topatients directly on their beds.

Environment department,along with senior dieticiansSunita, Dipti and Vidyapriya,has been overseeing thekitchen services and the mis-sion is to provide a healthy dietto all the healthcare workersand patients.

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Ayouth working at the ChiefMinister Helpline (1076)

ended his life at his house inGhazipur police station area onSunday night. There werereports that he took theextreme step over a failed loveaffair. Shivam Pandey (22) ofSitapur was staying at a rentedaccommodation inHariharnagar along with hiscolleague Adarsh, also ofSitapur.

Adarsh returned to hishouse around 11 pm onSunday and found the doorsbolted from inside. He gave acall to Shivam but the latter didnot respond. Some other ten-ants also reached the scene andbroke open the door, only tofind Shivam hanging from aniron grill in the kitchen.

“Shivam was a bachelor.We talked to his room partnerAdarsh but he also failed toexplain the reason. The fami-ly of the deceased was informedabout the incident and thebody was sent for autopsy. Asuicide note was recovered inwhich Shivam stated the rea-son. Shivam was in love with agirl who dumped him. He stat-ed in the suicide note that hefailed in love and so he decid-

ed to end his life,” GhazipurSHO said.

Sources said Shivam wasunder mental duress due to theabove-mentioned reason for along time and his conditionworsened as he sought nocounselling.

In another incident, a 14-year-old girl ended her lifeafter she was scolded for exces-sive use of mobile phone, inGomti Nagar police stationarea on Monday. Reports saidthe girl was staying with herbrother-in-law (elder sister’shusband) in Gwari locality.Around 8:30 am, she was usingher mobile phone when herbrother-in-law scolded her forsticking to the mobile all thetime and not doing any house-hold work. Upset over that, thegirl went inside her room andconsumed some poisonoussubstance. She was rushed toDr Ram Manohar LohiaInstitute of Medical Scienceswhere she was declaredbrought dead.

“Kajal used to stay homeand cook food for the family.Her brother-in-law is a labour-er,” the police said. The bodywas sent for autopsy her par-ents, who are natives ofBahraich, were informed aboutthe incident.

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The district administrationhas released the SOPs for

the re-opening of cinema hallsopening on October 15 andschools on October 19. DMAbhishek Prakash said classesIX & XII would resume fromOctober 19.

As per detailed guidelinesreleased by the district admin-istration, all the schools shouldbe open and airy and thereshould be a provision for wash-ing hands along with otherinstruments such as infrareddigital thermometers. Schoolvehicles should be sanitisedbefore and after use.

There should be commit-tees of teachers and studentsformed and tasked with mon-itoring of cleanliness and othersimilar things. Students shouldbe sitting six feet apart in viewof social distancing which alsohas to be maintained in staffrooms and other places wherethere is possibility of publiccontact.

There should be separateentry and exit timings for dif-ferent classes and if there aredifferent gates, different class-es should be assigned separategates for entry and exit.Signages should be put in dif-ferent parts of schools as areminder for social distancingand circles be drawn outsidewashrooms, reception area anddifferent lanes be assigned formovement of students.

Flexi time-tables shouldbe made for the different class-es with a number of optionsthat could include holdingclasses in two shifts or holdingclasses in bigger halls, if the size

of classes is small.No programmes should be

organised which could lead toassembly of crowds and evenparent teachers meeting shouldbe held virtually.

The consent of parents isimportant and students whowant to study from homesshould be allowed so.Attendance should be flexibleand policies should be framedfor sick leave.

Before the opening ofschools, awareness pro-grammes on Covid-19 shouldbe organised for the staff, stu-dents, parents and teachersboth offline and online. Oncethe schools re-open, thepremises have to be kept cleanand a daily record has to bekept for the same. Studentsshould wear mask and mustnot exchange the same. Theyshould be encouraged for eat-ing home-cooked food andnot exchanging their lunches,and vendors should not beallowed on school premises.

There are also guidelinesfor the differently-abled stu-dents and for schools with noonline arrangements. Cinemahalls and multiplexes will alsore-open on October 15 as perthe guidelines of the Ministryof Information andBroadcasting under which theoccupancy will not be morethan 50 per cent. There will bestaggered show timings at themultiplexes, digital no-contactpayments and frequent saniti-sation of the entire premises.AC should be set in the rangeof 24-30 degrees and deliveryof foodstuff and beveragesinside cinema halls will beprohibited.

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The industrial areas will bedeveloped after they are

handed over to LucknowMunicipal Corporation, whichwill spend 60 per cent of theearning received on develop-ment works. Mayor SanyuktaBhatia gave these directions atthe LMC house which met onMonday. The mayor said thehanding over process should beexpedited. Other issues takenup the mayor included instal-

lation of late BJP leader LaljiTandon.

Bhatia said she had alreadyreleased the third instalment ofthe development fund of Rs 32lakh. Corporators raised theproblems faced by people due toroads dug up by Jal Nigam with-out any prior information. Theysaid the money for road cutting,which was supposed to bedeposited by Jal Nigam, was notdeposited. The mayor directedthe municipal commissionerto take up issue with the state

government and get the moneydeposited. She also gave direc-tions for road construction.

The proposal for addingnew mohallas to Haiderganjward was also approved with aview to increasing the incomeof LMC. The rate ofCommunity Centre inGaneshganj was fixed at Rs38,500 and it was also decidedthat Pandit Deendayal Gatewould be constructed on themain road in Rajendranagarward at a cost of Rs 24 lakh.

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Aclash over a long-standingpersonal enmity culminat-

ed in the death of two personsand injury to a third inNizamabad area of Azamgarhon Monday morning.

As per reports, four personsriding two motorcycles reachedChakiya Hussainabad villagewhere they had an altercation

with Wasif which started theclash. As the two groups cameto head, knives were freely usedin which Wasif and his friendsAsmar (24), Kazim (22) andMushir (22) were criticallyinjured.

The victims were rushed toa hospital where Asmar andKazim succumbed to theirinjuries while Mushir’s condi-tion was stated to be critical.

Upon being informed,Superintendent of Police ofAzamgarh, Sudhir KumarSingh, rushed to the spot withpolice force and started pre-liminary inquiry. Later severalteams were formed to trackdown the assailants and threepersons were detained.

Meanwhile, a marriedwoman committed suicide byconsuming some poisonous

substance in Muzaffarnagar onSunday evening. The womanand her husband had been liv-ing separately for some timeafter a dispute and on the pre-vious evening, she consumed apoisonous substance. Herneighbours rushed her to ahospital where she was pro-nounced dead.

Meanwhile, in Lucknowtwo youths suffered injuries

when a mini-loader hit theirbike at Mirzapur culvert inJankipuram on Monday. Theinjured were identified asDanish and his neighbour Asif,both of Muslim Nagar localityin the area. The loader driversped off the scene abandoningthe vehicle at the spot after theincident. Police said Danishsuffered serious injuries in theincident.

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After attracting attention forall the wrong reasons, the

UP Police got a respite when itsolved a buffalo theft case bygetting help from the bovine inKannauj.

Instead of ascertaining therightful claimant, the probingcops left the decision with thestolen buffalo to return to itsowner. The district police askedthe two men laying their claimson the buffalo to call it towardsthem and said to whomsoeverit would go, that person wouldbe the real owner.

Three days back, a buffaloowned by Dharmendra wasstolen from Alinagar area ofTirwa Kotwali area. Aroundthe same time, another cattletheft case was reported byVirendra. After much effort,the local police managed torecover one of the buffaloes.Later both Dharmendra andVirendra were intimated aboutthe recovery. At the police sta-tion, both lay claims on therecovered bovine, creating apiquant situation for the cops.

The baffled officials decid-ed to ascertain the owner in aunique way and left the buffa-lo to choose its real owner. Onbeing let off the hook, the buf-falo walked to its owner, pro-viding the much needed respiteto the men in khaki.a

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Governor Anandiben Patelhas called upon the educa-

tionists to cooperate in effectiveimplementation of NewEducation Policy (NEP), 2020so that India can become‘Vishwa Guru’ (world leader)again. ‘Education should be inthe national needs and circum-stances but it was lacking in theera of slavery. The expectedreforms were also not done inindependent India due to manyreasons, but Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has taken ini-tiatives to overcome theseshortcomings,’ she said, addingthat in new NEP-20, thrustshave been given on develop-ment of Indian languages, civ-ilization, culture and socialvalues and it is an opportuni-ty for the our universities toestablish new dimensions.

She was addressing theNational Vice-Chancellors’Summit on the theme ‘NEP: Ata glance’, which was organised

online through Google Meet onSunday for the first time in thehistory of Banaras HinduUniversity (BHU) under theaegis of its UGC-HumanResource Development (HRD)Centre in which about 40 V-Csfrom across the country partic-ipated. ‘BHU is known as thecapital of ‘Sarvavidya’ and itsfounder Mahamana PanditMadan Mohan Malaviya hademphasised the independenteducation in the country at atime when education systemhad come to a standstill and thewestern education was beingimposed,’ said Anandiben.

Chief patron of the pro-gramme and BHU ChancellorJustice (retired) GirdharMalviya said that the responsi-bility of implementing theNEP-20 properly is on the stu-dents and teachers so that thecountry can move forward onthe path of progress as per thedreams of Mahamana.

He said that the policyshould create such an educa-

tional environment in all uni-versities and colleges so thatteachers can feel its speed andenergy in their classes.

Presiding over the pro-gramme, BHU V-C ProfRakesh Bhatnagar said thatalong with innovation, qualita-tive research is needed to servehumanity. ‘Only the quality ofresearch is capable of taking uson the path of progress. Ifchildren are taught in their lan-guage from the beginning,then their thinking is moredeveloped, so its importance iswell known.’ He said, welcom-ing the efforts of making thecurriculum efficient in the newpolicy.

Earlier, Director of HRDCentre Prof Pravesh KumarSrivastava welcomed the guestsand Manglacharan was recitedby Anita Manish Jain.Coordinator Dr Sanjeev Sarafconducted the programme,while Dr Ram Kumar Dangiproposed the vote of thanks.The V-Cs of different univer-

sities who also participatedwere VK Jain ((Tezpur), HCSRathore (Gaya), RS Dubey(Gujarat), Saket Kushwaha(Arunachal), RP Tiwari(Punjab), Aahi (Sagar),Rajneesh Kumar Shukla(Wardha), Sanjay Singh, AlokRai (both Lucknow), NawangSamaten (Sarnath), Rajkumar(Punjab), G Suresh (Bhopal),Thapak (Chhatarpur), RajeshKumar Singh (Gorakhpur),TN Singh (MGKV), RS Singh(Ayodhya), Rajaram Shukla(SSU), Jayant Sonwalkar(Bhopal), RL Godara (Kota),Rajeev Jain (Jaipur), Renu Jain(Indore), Asha Shukla (Mau),Nirmala Maurya (Jaunpur),Kalpalata Pandey (Ballia),Gulab Jaiswal (Patilputra), KPSingh (Rajarshi TandonAllahabad), Gautam(Chitrakoot), RS Yadav(Purnia), America Singh(Udaipur), Tarkeshwar Kumar(Hisar), Anamik Shah (GujaratVidyapeeth) and Kempa Raju(Bangalore).

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Asection of students reachedthe Central office in

Banaras Hindu University(BHU) here on Monday,demanding an early starting ofacademic activities on the cam-pus. In a memorandum to theVice-Chancellor, they said thatfor the last seven months, allthe education activities haveremained suspended. They saidthat meanwhile, by maintain-ing COVID-19 guidelines theuniversity had conducted itspostgraduate and undergradu-ate entrance examinations.

They further said thatthough the new session hasbeen started but regular class-es are not being conducted inany department. According tothem, by following COVID-19guidelines train and air ser-vices, industrial activities, par-

liament session etc. have beenstarted and even elections aregoing to be held but the stu-dents are still being deprived ofstudying in their classes, anddue to this, they are facing theirfuture dark. They urged theuniversity administration toconsider the matter keeping inview of future of the studentsopen the classes, hostels,libraries and laboratories in theuniversity.

TRIBUTES PAID TOLOHIA: To mark the deathanniversary of DrRammanohar Lohia, theSamajwadi Party (SP) onMonday organised a pro-gramme at party office inOrderly Bazar here.Paying theirrich tributes to this great socialleader, the SP leaders said thatthe mantra of continuousstruggle given by Lohia Ji, is thesuccess of socialists and added,

the discipline and the equalopportunity to one and all inthe organisation would be realtribute to this great personali-ty. There is need to re-explainthe ideology and strategies ofLohia Ji because there are somewho are making an abortiveattempt to establish the com-munal based politics in theguise of socialism. Theyemphasised on establishing atradition of paying respect tofemale leaders and workers inorganisation. City president ofSP Vishnu Sharma, ex-MLAAbdul Samad Ansari, City chiefof party women’s wing PujaYadav, Jitendra Yadav, PradeepJaiswal and Dr Anand PrakashTiwari mainly put their views.

DEMAND TO WAIVEOFF SCHOOL FEES:Annoyed with the high-hand-edness of the management ofprivate schools, the Jan Adhikar

Party (JAP) on Monday stageda protest demanding the gov-ernment to issue directive towaive off school fees in orderto give a relief to parents andguardians of students.

The parents and guardiansof students are facing acutefinancial crunch as the lock-down and unlock laid anadverse impact on their incomeand in the result, they are notin position even to meet theirboth ends, the agitated activistsof JAP expressed adding, so insuch, condition, the govern-ment should issue directive tothe management of private,convent and missionaryschools to waive off schoolfees.Staging a protest at ShastriGhat here, the JAP workers saidthat no single class was runsince the new academic sessionbegan and thus the schoolshave no right to realise the fees

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Criminal Ram LochanYadav, brother of former SP

MLA Vijma Yadav was thetarget of the PraygrajDevelopment Authority whichdemolished a house and aguest house on Monday, raisedby Ram Lochan in Kanhaipurarea under the Dhoomanganjpolice station worth crores ofrupees.

The demolition team,backed by the district admin-istration and the police reachedKanhaipur with JCB machinesand bulldozers to see the jobdone.

This action was a part ofdrive initiated against the mafiadons and criminals in UttarPradesh by the Chief Minister.Unauthorised buildings of suchpersons are being pulled downon a regular basis in Prayagraj,and the turn of Ram Lochancame after dozens of buildingsof Atique and his associateincluding relatives and gangmen, Dilip Mishra, and shoot-ers of Chhota Rajan gangRajesh Yadav and BachchaPassi.

This huge land was illegal-ly occupied by Ram Lochan,said the officials and added thatthe building was constructedwithout an approved blue print

of the plan. Name of RamLochan figures on eighth posi-tion in the list of land mafia.There are several criminal casesof serious nature, including

murder, against Ram Lochanmainly registered atDhoomanganj police stationbesides other police stations.

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The number of coronainfected persons declined

on Sunday. This is because asmany as 163 new Covid posi-tive patients were detected inthe last 24 hours. At the sametime, 199 people beat Corona.Out of these 23 patients weredischarged from various Covidhospitals. Home isolation of176 infected persons was com-pleted. Earlier on Saturday,218 were found infected.

CMO Dr GS Bajpai has sofar the number of coronainfected has increased to 21,322in the district with 163 newCovid infected. At the sametime, the number of deaths dueto infection has reached 288with two deaths took place onSunday. Among the two peoplewho died, one was sufferingfrom cancer and the otherfrom liver cirrhosis. Both diedwithin hours of their admissionto the hospital.

So far, 14,153 people in thedistrict have becom infectionfree by completing home iso-lation with 176 people. Duringthe Corona period, 4,974 peo-ple have been discharged fromvarious hospitals, Covid care

centres. The number of activepatients in the district is 1,907.

214 people are being treat-ed at various Covid Hospitalsand Covid Care Centres. Out ofthese, 74 are admitted to L3Hospitals SRN. Kalindipuram23, 10 in Railway Hospital, 59in Beli Hospital, 27 in UnitedMedicity, 21 patients are admit-ted in Sainath Vatsalya AMA

Hospital.The new infected included

two bank managers as well asfour health workers. Accordingto the Nodal Officer for CoronaDr. Rishi Sahai, the Covidreport of Kotak MahendraBank manager and BranchManager of SBI has come pos-itive. At IFFCO, the manager,a primary school teacher, CRPF

and two constables, senioraccountants of AG office arealso in the list of infected. OnSunday, the medical officer ofKoraon CHC, Asha worker ofDhanupur, AYUSH doctor ofCHC Koraon and dentalhygienist Corona of CSCChaka were infected. The otherinfected also have two advo-cates of Allahabad High Court.

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District Magistrate (DM)Kaushal Raj Sharma

inspected PanchkoshiParikrama Marg and took stockof the arrangements at all theParao (stoppages) here onMonday. At first, he offeredprayer at Kashi Vishwanathtemple as per tradition andthen started making inspectionof other sites, dharmshalas andother facilities on PanchkoshiMarg. At every stoppage, hetalked to the devotees andinquired about the facilities atdifferent temples by concernedpriests and officers. He also sawthe arrangements at differentdharmshalas built at variousstoppages of this pilgrimagejourney and asked about thedetails of facilities availablethere from their concernedadministrators. During hisinspection, he also gave sever-al necessary directives to theofficers and employees of con-cerned tehsils and blocks inview to provide better facilitiesto the devotees.

Describing the importanceof Panchkoshi Yatra duringforthcoming Karthik month,

the DM said that the journey ofpilgrims should be made easyand convenient on prioritybasis.

He instructed the con-cerned offices that prior to thatall the arrangements includingcleanliness, supply of puredrinking water and maintain-ing of toilets and bathroomsetc. in Dharamshalas should becompleted, otherwise, strictaction will be taken against the

guilty personnel. He alsowarned all those involved therein illegal encroachments ofdharamshalas and other places.

Sharma said that there is alot of scope for the tourismdevelopment throughPanchkoshi Yatra as the peopleof the nearby surrounding dis-tricts knows the importance ofthis important religiousParikrama. He said that theentire Panchkoshi route would

be developed soon in view toboost tourism also.

In the PanchkoshiParikrama Marg, there are fivemain stoppages and they areKardmeshwar Mahadev, BhimChandi, Rameshwar Mahadev,Panch Pandav and Kapildhara.The devotees start yatra fromManikarnika Ghat via KashiVishwanath temple andcomplete it at Addi KeshwarGhat.

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Awoman belonging toScheduled Caste burnt her-

self alive after being sexuallyassaulted by a man and beinghumiliated on mobile by hisfamily members inShankargarh area. The womanwas admitted to SRN Hospitalin a very critical conditionwhere she died on Mondaymorning.

The police were also silentafter the incident. After theprotest being raised by thepeople of the Shankargarh, thesilence of the police was brokenand the accused was immedi-ately arrested and sent to jail.After the arrest, a press notewas issued stating that the sec-tion on abetment to suicide hasbeen added in the FIR.

Gudiya (name changed),(22) from Shankargarh had a

friendship with Ashutosh Sonifrom Kanak Nagar town.Ashutosh made physical rela-tions with the woman manytimes by convincing her tomarry him. A few days agoGudiya talked about marryingAshutosh and said that heshould come to her house andtalk to her parents. On hearingthis, Ashutosh categoricallyrefused saying that he wouldnot be able to get married toher.

Gudiya had talked to herparents. She was shocked to seeAshutosh’s attitude. Many timeson mobile she tried to convinceAshutosh but he was not readyto accept it. He started humil-iating her on mobile by accus-ing her character. On theevening of October 4, Gudiyaspoke to her parents and onceagain spoke to Ashutosh but heinsulted Gudiya over the

phone. On the morning ofOctober 5, Gudiya lodged acomplaint against Ashutosh atthe police station for outragingher modesty on the pretext ofmarriage. A section of SC/STwas also imposed on Ashutosh.

Ashutosh and his familyhad got an inkling of the reg-istration of the FIR. After theFIR, Gudiya called Ashutoshagain and said that there is stilltime for him. She askedAshutosh If he agrees to thewedding, she will withdrawthe FIR lodged against him,but Ashutosh threatened herand blasphemed her charactersaying she has done it all formoney. The more money sheasks for, the more money shewill be given. Ashutosh told thesame to Gudiya's father. Gudiyawas all shell shocked afterhearing about money.

Upset over the issue,

Gudiya went to her room andset herself ablaze. Hearing herscreams, the housematesreached the spot and tried torescue her but it was quite late.Gudiya was badly scorched.She was first admitted to anearby hospital then to SRNHospital. Gudiya breathed herlast on October 10 after strug-gling for five days in the hos-pital. Police wake up after newsof her death spread like a wild-fire and protest spilled after it..On Sunday, police arrested theaccused Ashutosh. The copsalso issued a release that thesection on abetment of suicideon the accused has also beenincreased. The police had fileda report on the girl's complainton the same day. The accusedwas being searched. He wasarrested on Sunday eveningand was sent to jail, said theSSP, Sarvshresth Tripathi.

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As many as 350 freight trainsinterchanged by Prayagraj withadjoining divisions include 174incoming and 176 outgoingfreight trains with interchange

of whopping 17,129 wagons.This highest interchangeincludes made-over of 58 goodstrains to Pt. Deen DayalUpadhyaya division which isone train plus as compared toprevious best of 57 trains madeover to then Mughalsarai divi-sion way back on January 30,2016.

GM NCR and NR RajivChaudhry complementedPrayagraj division for achievingthis rare feat in freight trainoperations. With sustainedefforts for increasing freightloading and revenue, NorthCentral Railway, till September2020 has loaded 7.2 milliontonnes freight with originatingfreight revenue of � 765.93

crore which is �72.97 crorehigher as compared to �692.96 crore revenue in thesame period of April toSeptember last year.Continuing this positive trendfreight loading till October 11is 4.9 lakhs tonnes which is90000 tonnes higher as com-pared to same period ofOctober last year. As onOctober 11, 2020, averagespeed of goods train on NCRwas 44.93 kmph registeringgrowth of 82.5 per cent in theperiod of April to Octoberover last year. This quantumimprovement in train opera-tions has been possible withimmaculate maintenance ofassets and sustained focus on

safety in train operations.Following proper rest and dutyschedule for running staff playa very crucial role in safe andefficient train operation. Toensure that crew reporting forduty are properly rested,Railway follow strict bookingand resting cycle for crew andprovides quality resting facili-ty at out stations in runningrooms equipped with properfooding and lodging facilities.Crew booking through crewmanagement system (CMS)ensures that each crew gets ade-quate rest in specified period.North Central is leadingRailway among all zones inbooking train running staff asper rule through CMS.

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The district has crossed the15K-mark as 198 new

COVID-19 patients have beendetected in the district here onMonday, increasing the totalnumber of cases to 15,161.Besides, the day also saw onemore death, increasing the tollto 246. During the day, the fol-low-up negative reports includ-ed 88 patients and 80 of themwere recovered from homeisolation, increasing the num-ber to 10,869. Besides, eighthave been discharged from thehospitals and the number ofcured patients from the hospi-tals has reached 2,766. The totalnumber of patients who havebeen discharged from the hos-pitals is 13,635, leaving 1,280

active patients. The recoveryrate has slightly declined to89.93 percent but the mortali-ty rate has improved to 1.62 percent.

Meanwhile, Chief MedicalOfficer (CMO) Dr VB Singhreviewed the progress made inCOVID-19 and other nation-al health programmes both inurban and rural areas in thedistrict and expressed hisanguish over the absence ofmedical incharges ofMadanpura, Benia Bag,Sikraul, Durgakund, SevaSadan, Bhelupur, Badi Bazarand Jaitpura UHPCs in themeeting. He instructed all themedical officers to launch aspecial vaccination drive onevery Monday, Wednesdayand Saturday to achieve a

cent per cent target. The meet-ing was also attended byACMOs Dr BS Rai and Dr AKMaurya.

According to the CMO, inthe first report of the day by11 am, 37 positive patientswere detected out of 3,784received reports. Till then,the total test reports receivedwere 2,54,984 and the resultsof 1488 are awaited. Out ofthem, 2,39,984 were negativewhile 15,000 positive. Thetotal number of samples col-lected was 2,70,890. Earlier, amale aged 60 from PWDColony succumbed toCOVID-19 at Apex Hospitalwhile another male aged 69from Sigra died at HeritageHospital. With the addition of10 new red zones, the total

number of hotspots hasincreased to 2,175 including307 red zones. Three greenzones have been convertedinto red zones again. There are1,868 green zones with eightnew ones. In this belt ofPurvanchal (eastern UP) com-prising 10 districts of threedivisions, as many as 355 newcases were found on Sundaywith maximum 141 COVID-19 positive in Varanasi fol-lowed by 42 in Ballia, 41 inSonbhadra, 22 in Azamgarh,21 each in Jaunpur and Mau,18 each in Chandauli andMirzapur, 16 in Bhadohi and15 in Ghazipur. With this, thetotal number of COVID-19positive cases has inched fur-ther close to the 50K-mark,reaching 49,077.

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Due to farmers’ agitation inPunjab the following trains

will be short-terminated/short-originated and diverted, CPROPK Singh said. The 04649Jaynagar-Amritsar special traindeparting from Jaynagar onOctober 13 will be short ter-minated in Ambala. As a resultthis train will remain cancelledbetween Ambala-Amritsar.The 04673 Jaynagar-Amritsarspecial train departing fromJaynagar on October 12 and 14will be short terminated atAmbala. As a result it willremain cancelled betweenAmbala-Amritsar. The 04651Jaynagar-Amritsar clone specialtrain departing from Jaynagaron October 13 will be shortterminated in Delhi. As a resultit will remain cancelled

between Delhi-Amritsar. The02407 New Jalpaiguri-Amritsarspecial train departing fromNew Jalpaiguri on October 14will be short terminated atAmbala. As a result it willremain cancelled betweenAmbala-Amritsar. The 05933Dibrugarh-Amritsar special traindeparting from Dibrugarh onOctober 13 will be short termi-nated in Ambala. As a result itwill remain cancelled betweenAmbala-Amritsar. Meanwhilethe 04650 Amritsar-Jayanagarspecial train departing fromAmritsar on October 12 and 14will be run from Ambala. As aresult this train will remain can-celled between Amritsar-Ambala. The 04674 Amritsar-Jayanagar special train departingfrom Amritsar on October 13will be run from Ambala. As aresult this train will remain can-

celled between Amritsar-Ambala. The 04652 Amritsar-Jayanagar clone special traindeparting from Amritsar onOctober 14 will be run fromDelhi. As a result this train willremain cancelled betweenAmritsar-Delhi. The 04654Amritsar- New Jalpaiguri clonespecial departing from Amritsaron October 14 will be run fromSaharanpur. As a result it willremain cancelled betweenAmritsar-Saharanpur. The 05909Dibrugarh-Lalgarh special traindeparting from Dibrugarh onOctober 11, 12 and 13 will be runon the diverted route of Rohtak-Bhiwani-Hisar-Hanumangarh.The 05910 Lalgarh-Dibrugarhspecial train departing fromLalgarh on October 12, 13 and14 will be run on the divertedroute of Hanumangarh-Hisar-Bhiwani-Rohtak.

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NCL, a Government of Indiaminiratna company, has

taken another step to protect itspersonnel in which throughwebinar various technicalaspects of safetywill now beexplained. Theformal launch ofthese webinarslasting next threemonths wasdone by NCL CMD PrabhatKumar Sinha recently. On theoccasion NCL Director(Personnel) Bimlendu Kumar,Director (Finance) Ram NarayanDubey, Director (Technical/Project & Planning) SS Sinha,NCL Chief Vigilance Officer AKSrivastava were present. CMDNCL PK Sinha stressed on ‘safe-ty first’ and asked the personnelto follow all safety standardseven while doing small tasks. For

NCL’s excellent performance inproduction and despatch and itswork culture he gave the credit toits employees and said that evenin difficult situation like Covid-19 they did excellent work withsafety. GM (Safety and Rescue)PD Rathi gave details of thewebinar and explained its mainobjective. Training centres of allNCL projects will be connectedin the webinar. Chief ManagerPrakash Rai and senior manag-er Sanjeev Kumar explained indetail various provisions of safe-ty in mines in the technical ses-sion held during the webinar.Meanwhile NCL in order tocommemorate MahatmaGandhi 151st birth anniversaryis observing October as‘Cleanliness Month.’ A nation-al-level webinar was organisedin NCL from October 5 to 9 onthe topic ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’(cleanliness is service). Throughthis webinar organised in col-

laboration with NCL IIT-BHU,experts who have successfullyexecuted major action plansregarding cleanliness across thecountry shared their experi-ences. Environmentalist AjayJain discussed in detail solidwaste management implement-ed in Indore due to which it forthe past many years has been atthe top in cleanliness survey.Other speakers discussed topicslike solid waste management,waste disposal, household wastecollection and recycling andmaking people aware aboutcleanliness. Personnel from wel-fare, civil, CSR, environmentand other departments of allNCL projects were present.Under Cleanliness Month allunits of NCL are conductingcleanliness-related activities on alarge scale in their surroundingareas. Efforts are being made toconnect people from the neigh-bourhood with this campaign.

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As per the instructions of theRailway Board the railway

administration is running addi-tional special trains for theconvenience of the passengers.Under it the movement of09305/09306 Dr AmbedkarN a g a r - K a m a k h y a - D rAmbedkar Nagar weekly expressspecial train will be done fromOctober 15 every Thursday fromDr Ambedkar Nagar and fromOctober 18 every Sunday fromKamakhya till further notice.The day and timing of runningof this train will be as per theregular train number 19305/19306 Dr Ambedkar Nagar-Kamakhya Express. In additionto it the 09063/09064 Udhna Jn-Danapur-Udhna Jn biweeklyspecial will be run from Udhna Jnfrom October 17 every Tuesdayand Saturday and from Danapurfrom October 18 every Wednesdayand Sunday till further notice. Theday and timing of running of thistrain will be as per the regular trainNo 19063/19064 Udhna Jn-Danapur-Udhna Jn Express. Allcoaches in these trains will be ofreserved category, CPROPKSinghsaid. Besides, passengers will haveto comply with Covid-19 normswhile travelling. The 09305 DrAmbedkar Nagar-Kamakhyaweekly express special will fromOctober 15 every Thursday departfrom Ambedkarnagar at 12:45 hrs,from Indore Jn at 13:.55 hrs, fromDewas at 14:38 hrs, from Ujjain at15:45 hrs, from Shujalpur at 17:06hrs, from Sant Hardaramnagar at18:20 hrs, from Vidisha at 19:24 hrs,from Bina at 21:05 hrs, fromLalitpur at 21:52 hrs, from Jhansiat 23.22 hrs, on the second dayfrom Orai at 00.39 hrs, fromKanpur Central at 04:05 hrs,from Lucknow at 05:45 hrs,from Sultanpur at 07:50 hrs,from Jaunpur City at 09:16 hrs,

from Varanasi Jn at 11:45 hrs,from Aunrihar at 12:23 hrs, fromGhazipur City at 13.00 hrs, fromBallia at 14:00 hrs, from Chhapraat 15:50 hrs, from Sonpur at 16:53hrs, from Hajipur from 17:15 hrs,from Barauni at 19:20 hrs, fromBegusarai at 19:38 hrs, fromKhagaria at 21:31 hrs, from Mansiat 20:43 hrs, from Naugachia to21:33 hrs, from Katihar at 23:45 hrs,the third day from Kishanganj at01:40 hrs, from Newjalpaiguri at03:45 hrs, from Binnaguri at 06.05hrs, from Hasimara at 06:56 hrs,from Alipurdwar at 08.00 hrs, fromKokrajhar at 09:13 hrs, from NewBongaigaon at 10.22 hrs and willreach Kamakhya at 13:50 hrs.During the return journey the09306 Kamakhya-DrAmbedkarnagar Weekly ExpressSpecial will from October 18every Sunday depart fromKamakhya at 05:35 hrs, from NewBongaigaon at 08.35 hrs, fromKokrajhar at 09.03 hrs, fromAlipurduar at 10:02 hrs, fromHasimara at 10:50 hrs, fromBinnaguri at 11:25 hrs, fromNewjalpaiguri at 13:50 hrs, fromKishanganj at 15.00 hrs, fromKatihar at 17.10 hrs, fromNaugachia at 17.59 hrs, fromMansi at 18.44 hrs, from Khagadiaat 18.54 hrs, from Begusarai at 19.22hrs, from Barauni at 19.55 hrs, fromHajipur at 21.40 hrs, from Sonpurat 21.52 hrs, on the second day fromChhapra at 00.15 hrs, from Balliaat 01:36 hrs, from Ghazipur City at02.55 hrs, from Aunrihar at 03.57hrs, from Varanasi Jn at 05.10 hrs,from Jaunpur City at 06.13 hrs,from Sultanpur at 08.05 hrs, fromLucknow at 12.10 hrs, from KanpurCentral at 14.20 hrs, from Orai at16.36 hrs, from Jhansi at 19.05 hrs,from Lalitpur at 20.11 hrs, fromBina at 21.30 hrs, from Vidisha at22.30 hrs, on the third day fromSant Hardaramnagar at 00.27 hrs,from Shujalpur at 01.27 hrs, fromUjjain at 03.20 hrs, from Dewas at

04.14 hours, from Indore at 05.25hours and reach Dr AmbedkarNagar at 06.05 hours. A total of 22coaches will be attached in this train,including one of second AC, fourof third AC, 10 of sleeper class,four of general second class,one pantrycar and two of genera-tor- cum-luggage van. The 09063Udhna Jn-Danapur biweekly spe-cial train will from October 17 everyTuesday and Saturday depart fromUdhna at 08.20 hrs, from fromNandurbar at 10.28 am, fromJalgaon at 12.43 hours, fromBhusaval at 13:20 hrs. fromKhandwa at 15.20 hrs, from Itarsiat 18.05 hrs, from Pipariya at 19.08hours, from Jabalpur at 21.55 hrs,from Katni at 23.15 hrs, the secondday from Satna at 00.40 hrs, fromManikpur at 02.32 hrs, fromPrayagraj Jn at 05.10 hrs, fromGyanpur Road at 06.31 hrs, fromVaranasi Jn at 08.15 hrs, from PtDeendayal Upadhyay Jn at 09.22hrs, from Buxar at 10.34 hrs, fromAra from 11.30 hrs and reachDanapur at 13.35 hrs. During thereturn journey the 09064 Danapur-Udhna Jn biweekly special willdepart from Danapur fromOctober 18 every Wednesday andSunday at 16:40 hrs, from Ara at17.12 hrs, from Buxar at 18.06 hrs,from Pt Deendayal Upadhyay Jn at20.09 hrs, from Varanasi Jn at 21.15hrs, from Gyanpur Road at 22.12hrs, the second day from PrayagrajJn at 00.55 hrs, from Manikpur Jnat 02.45 hrs, from Satna at 04.05hrs, from Katni at 05.40 hrs,from Jabalpur at 07.25 hrs, fromPipariya at 09.40 hrs, from Itarsiat 12.10 hrs, from Khandwa at15.20 hrs, from Bhusaval at 17:10hrs, from Jalgaon at 17.55 hrs, fromNandurbar at20.18 hrs and reachUdhna at 22.45 hrs. A total of 23coaches including one of secondAC , five of AC third, 11 of sleep-er class, four of general secondclass, one each of SLR and SLRD,will be attached in this train.

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UP Minister of State forEnergy Ramashankar

Singh Patel said property cardpopularly known as ‘Gharauni’was a way to strengthen ruraleconomy. He said this duringthe launching ceremony ofproperty cards in the district atShahpur Chausa village underCity block on Sunday. Hetermed the scheme as a revo-lutionary step for the nation.He said that drone survey

would help in minimising minordisputes related to paths andstreets in rural areas. He said that

under the process even owners ofvacant ‘abadi’ land would getright of legal ownership along

with its value. Enumerating themerits of the scheme the min-ister said that valuable proper-ties would open the way forinvestment and there would be noproblem for their sale and pur-chase. He said that such schemewould prove to be one of theways of making the nation self-reliant. Proposing vote of thanksDM SK Patel apprised the min-ister that through other pro-grammes too total 482 propertycertificates were issued under onthe day and rest were in process.

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Majhawaan MLAShuchismita Maurya while

addressing a function organisedunder ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’programme at zila panchayat tomark International Day of theGirl Child on Sunday said thatdays had become the thing of thepast when girls were considered merely as house-wives as now they were working in every sec-tor, even defence. She expressed contentment

over the positive change thatalmost entire society was inter-ested in their education.Emphasising over the impor-tance of education CDO AvinashSingh advised the girls to study toaccumulate knowledge. Few hoursof concentrated study was morefruitful, he said and added that forpromoting girls government had

allocated ample fund so they should avail themselvesof it. Meritorious girls who had excelled in their aca-demic career were honoured on the occasion.

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Kanpur Nagar reported 93more coronavirus positive

cases on Monday evening.Chief Medical Officer Dr

Anil K Mishra said that 93more people had tested positivefor coronavirus infectionbetween Sunday evening andMonday evening taking thetally of confirmed cases to26,807 cases. He said noCOVID-19 deaths in the citywas reported till Mondayevening keeping the death tollto 703.

The CMO said with 19COVID-19 patients were dis-charged from hospitals thecured figure in the city was6878 and at present 2731 activecases were undergoing treat-ment. Dr Mishra said 5342samples were sent for testing inthe city.

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KANPUR (PNS): TheIntegrated Road AccidentDatabase (IRAD) app will assistin the improvement of basicstructure of the roads.

Besides, it will also help inidentifying the accident-proneareas.

According toSuperintendent of Police(Traffic) Basant Lal, for the suc-cessful operation of this app, atraining programme for thecops had been organised at theIntegrated Traffic ManagementSystem (ITMS) control room.In the first phase, 160 copswould be trained in batches of40 trainees. The two-hourtraining programme wouldstart from 11 am daily.

Lal said the use of this appwas also essential to preparedatabase of road accidents.

The cops would berequired to download this appon their mobile phones.

They will find there fourforms to fill in different infor-mation which include thenumber of damaged vehicle,manufacturing company, dis-tance between the spot of acci-dent and police station, type ofinjury, time taken in sendingthe injured to hospital, timetaken in starting treatment,condition of road at the spot ofaccident, history of accidents atthe spot, etc.

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Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner Raj

Shekhar, while carrying out asurprise inspection of sewagepumping station on Monday,said the government was fullycommitted to the cause ofNirmal and Aviral Ganga, andthus the onus rested on thelocal administration to ensurethat all possible and necessarysteps were taken to keep theGanga clean and free flowing.

He said the onus of keep-ing the river Ganga clean andsacred rested on Kanpur NagarNigam and Jal Nigam and fail-ure to do the assigned taskwould invite strict action.

He said there had beenumpteen complaints in theelectronic and print media that

massive untreated sewage wasentering the river Gangathrough Parmat storm drain.He said however it had come tolight that the Parmat stormdrain two days back had beenemptying into the river. He saidat the time of inspection, it wasfound that there was no dis-charge of sewage into the river.

He said the officials dis-closed that two days ago mas-sive sewage was entering theGanga mainstream. He saidthis was due to some technicalfault at the pumping stationand the sewage had flowed intothe river. He said the officialsof the district administration,KNN and Jal Nigam weredirected to ensure that thefault was rectified immediate-ly and ensure that sewage didnot enter the river Ganga.

The divisional commis-sioner said due to domesticsewage discharge in smallquantities, including the localindustries situated on thedownstream of the pumpingstation, the water was beingpolluted. He expressed concernover the failure of the author-ities to run the pumping stationconstantly and said in case ofpower breakdown, that treat-ment plants should have powerbackup through generators.

He warned the officials toensure that the plant remainedoperational 24 hour a day andsaid its supervision should beprompt and effective.

He said the governmenthad focused on comprehensiveupkeep and cleanliness of theriver Ganga. He said a holisticapproach of the Narendra

Modi government had helpedto address fragmentation ofactivities related to water andits allied subjects into variousministries and departments.

‘Aviral’ or uninterruptedflow is one of the visions of theflagship ‘Namami Gange pro-ject and the minimum envi-ronmental flows for riverGanga has been notified, fromits origin to Unnao, specifical-ly at locations downstream ofstructures and projects meantfor diversion of river flows forvarious purposes like irrigation,hydropower, domestic andindustrial requirements.

During the inspection, thedivisional commissioner wasaccompanied by officials ofKanpur Nagar Nigam, JalNigam and Irrigation depart-ment.

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Farmers ProsperityCommission Chairman

Srikrishna Chaudhary, whileinaugurating the FarmersTechnical Fortnight at CSAUniversity of Agriculture andTechnology on Monday, saidthe unrestricted use of chemi-cal fertilisers and pesticides haddrastically reduced the fertili-ty of the soil.

He said constant use ofchemicals made the land bar-ren. He said if people did notbecome aware of this, it wouldbe too late.

He said natural farmingmeant chemical and pesticide-free agriculture and the onus ofadopting zero budget farmingrested on the farmers only. Hesaid for this the farmers wouldhave to adopt bio-farming.

Discussing natural farm-ing, he said if differed fromorganic farming in that practi-

tioners did not plow the land,use fertilisers or agrochemicals,or try to eliminate weeds andinsects.

He said that it had come tolight that productivity of nat-ural farming was about thesame as that of mainstreamorganic farming, adding thatthe higher labour intensityhindered commercialisation.

He said the absence ofcommercial intention, howev-er, appeared to be an advantagethat made natural farming easyto start for lay persons.

He said it also gave animproved self-sufficiency anda feeling that they were gettingto know the essence of nature.

Chaudhary said farmerspractising zero budget naturalfarming either of small landholding or large land holdingprepared low cost cow urineand dung based formulation onfarm by procuring the required

inputs locally from the village.He said there was no specifictime series data on disguisedunemployment in the countryas the phenomenon was noteasily amenable to measure-ment.

He said cow dung was acheap and easily available bioresource in India and many tra-ditional uses of cow dung werealready known.

He said cow dung har-boured a diverse group ofmicro-organisms that may bebeneficial to humans due totheir ability to produce a rangeof metabolites.

He said along with theproduction of novel chemicals,many cow dung micro-organ-isms had shown natural abili-ty to increase soil fertilitythrough phosphate solubilisa-tion.

He said cow dung in Indiawas also used as a co-productin agriculture, such as manure,

biofertiliser, biopesticides, pestrepellent and as a source ofenergy.

He said cow dung was themajor source of biogas or gobargas production also.

Chaudhary said some pro-gressive farmers undertook theprocess of vermicompostingby the use of earthworms andfurther they used the same intheir agricultural land and veg-etable gardens.

He said some farmers hadsuccessfully used this vermi-compost for organic mush-room cultivation thus makingit a perfect compound to beused in organic farming.

He added that cow dunghad been found safe for envi-ronment as it did not cause pol-lution as caused by the burningof petroleum products andforest timber.

Dr Jitendra Prasad alsoaddressed the meeting.

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Upset by the murder of herhusband, a woman

attempted to commit suicide byconsuming poisonous sub-stance and then slashing herwrist in Ghatampur Kotwalipolice area on Monday morn-ing.

Seeing the blood comingout of the bathroom, when herchildren raised an alarm, theneighbours rushed to thehouse and after breaking openthe doors, got her admitted tohospital.

According to reports,Kishan Dulare of Sakhaharivillage in Sajeti had retiredfrom the State Bank of India.His only son, Ravi Mohan(40), of Vasant Vihar inGhatampur was a medicalpractitioner though he had novalid degree.

On October 5, he had left

on motorcycle to see his ailingcousin who was admitted in acity hospital and went miss-ing.

Ravi’s wife Renu hadlodged a complaint about hisdisappearance at theGhatampur Kotwali policestation. The next morning, thebody of Ravi Mohan wasrecovered in Baberupolice station area of Bandadistrict.

The deceased was identi-fied as Ravi Mohan by the kinliving in Banda. Thepost-mortem report revealedthat Ravi Mohan was mur-dered.

On Sunday evening, whenRenu went to the local policeoutpost and the GhatampurKotwali to file a complaintabout the murder of her hus-band, she was sent back by thecops who said the FIR of thecase would be registered at

Baberu police station. Early Monday morning,

Renu locked herself in thebathroom and after consum-ing some poisonous sub-stance, slashed her left wrist.Seeing the blood coming outof the bathroom, her sonsAnmol (8) and Tapu (5) raisedan alarm after which theneighbours rushed to thehouse and admitted Renu tothe community health centrefrom where she was referredto UHM Hospital.

Police recovered a suicidenote and two empty sachets ofinsecticide from the bath-room.

Renu suspected the role ofa bachelor relative living inher house during the lock-down in the murder of herhusband.

She had mentioned this inthe complaint she wanted tofile at the police station.

According to a kin, 15minutes after the departure ofRavi Mohan from the houseon October 5, the relative liv-ing at his house had also lefton his Maruti van andreturned around 11:30 pmwith the vehicle washed/andcleaned.

Since the incident, he isalso missing and his mobilephone is switched off.

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ised at the LLR Hospital sep-arately from the hospital.

Often a large number ofpatients come to the city fortesting and thus there is anincreased pressure on the LLRHospital.

The decision was taken bythe chief medical superinten-dent and 65 patients under-went testing for coronavirusinfection.

:#1���������� ��� � ���������KANPUR (PNS): GSVMMedical College Principal ProfRB Kamal said the governmenthad given a nod for making themedical college a diagnostichub through the PPP (PrivatePublic Partnership) model tocater to the needs of thepatients from surrounding dis-tricts like Jalaun, Banda,Kannauj and a few more.

The government has incor-porated three small medicalcolleges with a big one toupgrade it to a diagnostic hubwhich will be run on PPPbasis.

Prof Kamal said this deci-sion had been taken by andgovernment on the initiative ofMedical Education MinisterSuresh Khanna.

He said very soon an ultra-modern CT scan machinewould be set up and it wouldcater to the needs of thepatients of the surroundingdistricts.

He said currently all theserious patients were referredto LLR Hospital and the med-ical college and thus it had beendecided to set up a diagnostichub in Kanpur so that patientsof rural and surrounding dis-tricts could have easy access tohealth care.

Prof Kamal said it would beset up separately and the med-ical college administration hadbeen asked to identify landwhich could cater to the needsof the people from all aroundand had proximity with themedical college and LLRHospital as well.

He said in the next phase,an MRI machine would be setup and people could availthemselves of the facility onhighly subsidised cost. He saidone CT scan was already sanc-tioned for the COVID-19patients and with another therewould be two CT scanmachines.

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Every single security person-nel including jawans of the

Indian Army, who laid downtheir lives in the line of duty thisyear, went down only aftereliminating at least three ter-rorists in different anti terroristoperations across Kashmir val-ley.

Director General of Jammu& Kashmir Police DilbaghSingh on Monday said, “a totalnumber of 180 terrorists, 20more than the previous yeartally of 160 have been neu-tralised till date in 75 success-ful operations while 55 securi-ty personnel including 15 armymen have sacrificed their livesin action”.

He said a total number of 19jawans of Jammu and Kashmirpolice, 21 CRPF personnel and15 Indian Army soldiers havemade the supreme sacrifice sofar.

On Monday, the joint teamof security forces gunned downtwo more Lashkar-e-Tayyeba(LeT) terrorists, including a

top Pakistani commanderinvolved in targeted killing ofsecurity forces in the recentweeks. A total number of 18 ter-rorists have been gunned downin eight encounters in andaround Srinagar only.

In the last five days thesecurity forces have flushed out10 terrorists in four differentoperations in the Sugan area ofShopian, Kulgam, Pulwama andSrinagar, he added while pattingthe back of the security per-sonnel for conducting success-ful operations without sufferingany collateral damage.

Addressing a press confer-ence in Srinagar on Monday,Director General of PoliceDilbagh Singh said, “ a totalnumber of 10 terrorists havebeen neutralised in four differ-ent operations in the last fivedays in Kashmir valley”. Hesaid, the top LeT Commandergunned down in Rambagh areaof Srinagar on Monday hasbeen identified as Saifullah (aPakistani National) while hislocal associate has been identi-fied as Irshad Ahmed Dar @

Abu Usama resident ofPulwama. Referring to totalarrests made so far DGP said,“180 terrorists and their asso-ciates/Over ground workershave been arrested while a totalnumber of 26 terrorists havejoined the mainstream afterlaying down their arms beforethe security forces.

As per police records, theLeT Commander Saifullah infil-trated earlier this year and sincethe last two months had shift-ed his base from north to southKashmir. He was involved inplanning & executing severalmajor terror attacks on securi-ty forces which includes killingof a CRPF officer at Chadoora

on 24/09/2020 and 02 CRPFpersonnel at Kandizal area ofPampore on 05/10/2020. He wasalso part of the group involvedin killing of two police person-nel at Nowgam Srinagar on14/08/2020. Besides, he wasalso involved in firing on con-voy on 21/09/2020 in Nowgamarea.

New Delhi : CPI MP Binoy Viswam onMonday filed a writ petition in SupremeCourt challenging the constitutionalvalidity of the newly enacted three agri-culture laws. Urging the apex court tostrike down the laws as unconstitution-al, the MP in his petition alleged that thelegislations violate the federal structureof India's constitutional framework.

“The challenge proceeds on two lev-els: At the first level, the petitionerclaims that the passage of two of the farm-ers' Bills in the Rajya Sabha by a voice votedeprived it of chance to properly delib-erate and vote on the statutes prior to its

passing,” the Left leader said in a state-ment. According to Viswam, “this vio-lates Articles 100 and 107 of theConstitution of India, depriving theUpper House of proper consideration ofthe bill passed”. On the second level,Viswam challenges the statutes on vari-ous grounds as being in violation ofArticles 14, 19, and 21 of the Constitution.

“The petitioner also charges parlia-ment to have no legislative competenceto enact the legislations as being in vio-lation of the division of subjects underSchedule VII of the Constitution,” thestatement said. PNS

New Delhi: The InformationTechnology Ministry’s digitalarm Common Services Centers(CSC) has partnered with IITBombay through its SpokenTutorial initiative to provide var-ious IT courses for youth inrural India to enhance their jobreadiness in IT and related sec-tors.

The courses available asFree and Open Software (FOSS)will be delivered through CSCAcademy centers at the blocklevel across the country in

CHENNAI/KOCHI: TheKerala Government has founda new method to bring downthe number of new patientsafflicted with Covid-19. OnMonday the State saw the num-ber of new cases diagnosedwith the pandemic getting lim-ited to 5,930 as per the pressrelease issued by theDepartment of Health. The daysaw authorities testing 38, 259samples.

“There is some discrepan-cy in these numbers because itis not possible to bring down thenumber of new patients by halfwithin 24 hours. On Sunday, theState tested 9,347 new cases butthe number of samples testedwere 62,000,” said a seniorGovernment doctor who hasbeen cynical from the begin-ning about the figures releasedby the Government.

Out of the 5,930 personsdiagnosed with Covid-19 onMonday, 4,767 contracted thepandemic through social con-tacts. The day also saw 195

health workers getting afflictedwith Covid-19.

As 7,836 patients werecured and were dischargedfrom hospitals, the total num-ber of patients undergoingtreatment for Covid-19 stoodat 94, 388.

Meanwhile, the number ofnew Covid-19 patients in TamilNadu came down to 4,879. Thebulletin issued by the StateHealth Department said that80,162 samples were tested onMonday. Number of fatalitiesduring the last 24 hours were62 which took the tally till dateto 10,314. Total number ofCovid-19 patients in the Statewere 43, 747, less than half ofthat in Kerala.

Number of new patients inChennai came down to 1212,while that of Coimbatore read393. The three districts inChennai cluster also showedconsiderable decrease in thenumber of new patients diag-nosed with the pandemic onMonday. PNS

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The Covid-19 pandemic whichis getting propagated in large

numbers across the State has putparents and teachers in Kerala ina quandary. With the TestPositivity Rate (Number of personsper million testing positive) show-ing 15 per cent in the State and thenumber of active Covid-19patients breaching the one lakhmark, an uncertainty stares at thefuture of school students.

Students with whom ThePioneer interacted expressed theirunhappiness over the on-lineclasses. “We miss the classroomambience and the inter personalcontacts with teachers,” said JayaKrishnan, a 9th standard studentin a reputed school in Ernakulam.He said class room sessions makelearning an interesting experi-ence.

“The only relief we get is that

we need not carry heavy text-books and notebooks to school.We also miss the cricket and foot-ball maidans which had offered usa refreshing feeling,” said JayaRam, his twin brother.

But C Prakash, a scientist-turned-teacher in Aluwa is facedwith a problem. “How to makethese students follow social dis-tancing norms as mandated bymedical experts? Children arechildren and they do not likeeither parents or teachers makingthem obey with an iron hand.There should be a way out of this,”said Prakash.

Dr C K K Nair, former prin-cipal scientist with Atomic EnergyCommission and an authority ongenetics engineering said theonly option was to keep the littlestudents at home and teach themthrough on line. “It is not a per-manent affair. We have to ensurethe safety of their health and this

is a contagious disease. The par-ents and teachers could handlethis situation,” said Dr Nair.

There are medical experts likeDr C V Krishnaswamy who arefirm in their view that educationalinstitutions should remain shutthroughout the period of pan-demic. “We should treat this as anatural disaster. Since the vaccineis yet to take shape and theGovernment is no mood to incor-porate theAyurveda/Homeopathy branchesin the treatment protocol, all wecan do is to wait, wait patiently forthe pandemic to subside,” said DrKrishnaswamy.

Professional colleges inKerala, especially those teach-ing law, humanities and socialsciences have successfullyswitched over to online formatwhich has been widely wel-comed by the student commu-nity and teachers.

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With most political outfitsbeginning to play to the

Hindu gallery for a change,Goddess Durga seems sud-denly to have become thepoliticians' most adorable deityahead of the next year’sAssembly elections — sched-uled to take place in less thanseven months time.

Days after Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee announced�50,000 each, for the commit-tees organising Durga Puja it isthe turn of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to deliver a vir-tual address to the people ofBengal on Durga Pujas.

The Prime Minister will forthe first time in his seven-year-rule virtually address theBengali population on October22, the Maha Sashthi Day(sixth day of the Pujas), theState BJP leadership said.

“Prime Minister NarendraModi ji will deliver a virtualaddress before the people ofBengal on the auspicious occa-sion of Durga Puja,” seniorleader and party’s observer forthe State, Kailash Vijaybargiyasaid on Monday. Modi is like-ly to address the people of theState on October 22, he said.

Not only the PrimeMinister Home Minister AmitShah too will reach out to theBengali population ahead ofthe Pujas, the senior leadersaid.

“We do not have the datesas yet but we are trying to bring

Amit Shah ji in Bengal beforethe Durga Pujas,” Vijaybargiyasaid adding the Home Ministerwould visit North Bengal dur-ing this period.

The Prime Minister’s bid toaddress the Bengal electoratecomes days after Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee announced�50,000 each for the variousclubs organizing Durga Pujaapart from announcing hono-rarium for the Hindu priestsmuch in the line of her previ-ous announcement of month-ly allowances to the muezzimsand moulanas in 2013.

Meanwhile, in a relateddevelopment the ChiefMinister on Monday attackedthe BJP comparing it with apandemic for “using all kindsof dirty tricks to infect the col-lective mind of Bengali people.”

Banerjee who was inaugu-rating the yearly edition ofTrinamool Congress mouth-piece Jago Bangla said “the BJPis the worst pandemic… I havenot seen a bigger pandemicthan the BJP … it is worse thanthe corona virus.”

Slamming the saffron out-fit for “setting one communityagainst the other for winning

the elections,” Banerjee said“they are playing all kinds ofdirty games to win the electionsbut it is not easy to captureBengal without knowing itsculture. The BJP does notknow the culture of Bengalwhich is tolerant, secular andenlightened. They will neverwin the elections … the peoplehave understood their politicsand will give them a befittingreply in the comingelections.”

Earlier the Chief Ministeron Monday came out with a“special Puja gift for the coro-na patients” reducing the feesfor corona tests to �1,500 percase.

“The Chief Minister hasbeen pleased to reduce therate for corona test to �1,500,”State Chief Secretary AlapanBandopadhyay said. Earlier itwas �2,250. The ChiefSecretary also said that theGovernment had decided toadd about 600 more coronabeds to the ICUs across theState for treating the coronapatients adding “theGovernment has also asked thenon government ambulanceservice providers to reducetheir fare for carrying the coro-na patients.”

Besides, during the Pujasthe Government also decidedto cancel the leaves of all thedoctors and other medical staff.This apart, a round-the-clockmonitoring centre would beopened at Nabanna the Statesecretariat, the Chief Secretarysaid.

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Jammu: Cracking its whip,the Jammu and Kashmir Policeon Monday said it has bookedthree teachers of a religiousschool in Shopian districtunder the stringent PublicSafety Act (PSA) after it cameto the fore that some of its stu-dents and alumni were foundinvolved in terror activities.

The religious school insouth Kashmir’s Shopian dis-trict had recently come on theradar of the investigating agen-cies after 13 of its students were

found to have joined ranks ofdifferent terrorist groups.

Students from Kulgam,Pulwama and Anantnag dis-tricts of South Kashmir areenrolled in the school.

Addressing a press confer-ence in Srinagar on Monday,Inspector General of Police,Kashmir range Vijay Kumartold reporters, the said schoolis affiliated with the bannedJamaat-e-Islami (JeI) outfit.

He also identified thename of the school as Siraj-

uloom Imam Sahib. “It is notthat this school has not beenunder observation. We havealready booked three teachersof the school namely AbdulAhad Bhat, Rouf Bhat andMohammad Yusuf Wani underthe PSA”.

He said about half a dozenother teachers of the schoolwere under surveillance.

(Conduct of) five to sixteachers of the school areunder surveillance (underSection 107 CrPC).

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There is a worldwide demand for lockhardware as well as brass idols, stat-

ues and other brass household decora-tions, temple and church bells andEuropean figures in the developedcountries. Due to corona crisis, thisbusiness has fallen to 70%. Restrictionsin temples on Shri Krishna Janmashtamifaded away from the shine of this brassstatue business. Now from 15 days, theidol makers have started getting orderswhich have risen from 25% to 30%.Navratri starts from 17th October.

There is a demand for brass idols in var-ious forms of Goddess Durga inNavratri. Orders for Deepawali havestarted coming from abroad. Demandfor Lakshmi Ganesh's brass sculptureshas also increased. Most consignmentsare shipped by courier for urgent deliv-ery.

The work of brass idol was affect-ed since 22 March due to the closedmarkets in other states of the countrywith restriction of Covid-19 and theproduction was halted in all the facto-ries due to lockdown. Brass idol trad-ing season starts from June.

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Amaravati: Expressing displeasureover the investigation by the AndhraPradesh Crime InvestigationDepartment (CID), the AndhraPradesh High Court on Mondaydirected the CBI to probe the allegedderogatory comments made by a fewYSR Congress leaders against thejudiciary.

A bench comprising JusticesRakesh Kumar and J Uma Devi,directed the CBI to register an FIRin the case and submit its reportwithin eight weeks.The courtexpressed displeasure over the man-ner in which the state CID had con-ducted the investigation in the case.The court also directed the state gov-ernment to cooperate with the CBI.

A few YSR Congress leadersallegedly posted derogatory remarksagainst the judiciary on social mediaplatforms following a few verdictsthat went against the interest of theAndhra Pradesh state govern-ment.On the directions of the HighCourt, the Andhra Pradesh HCRegistrar General lodged a complaintwith the CID.

The state police wing has report-edly booked nine people in thecase, so far. The court took seriousnote of the comments made by APAssembly Speaker TammineniSitaram, Deputy Chief MinisterNarayana Swamy, MPs V VijayasaiReddy, Nandigam Suresh, formerMLA A Krishna Mohan and otherleaders belonging to the ruling YSRCparty and questioned the CID whycases were not registered againstthem.

“Their (YSRC leaders’) com-ments are perilous to democracy andamount to an attack on the judicia-ry. If some ordinary person makesany comment against the govern-ment, cases are promptly registeredagainst suchpersons. When persons in powermake comments against the judgesand the courts, why are they notpenalised? Looking at things, we areleft to infer that a war has beendeclared on the judiciary,” the HCbench commented during a hearinglast week. PTI

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audio-visual mode. Theaudio lessons under theSpoken Tutorial are avail-able in all 22 official lan-guages of India. The coursedelivery is unique as theyouth can study IT pro-gramming courses at theCSC Academy centers.There will be trainedresources at each of theCSC Academy to supportthe students in learning.Help Desk facility will alsobe provided by IIT Bombayto address the queries of thestudents.

“It has been ourendeavour to provide qual-ity education to studentsand youth in rural areas tobridge the digital divide.Our association with IITBombay is a significantstep in that direction.Availability of courses in 22languages will increase itsuptake among the youth inrural areas, contributingto an Atma Nirbhar Bharat.This will also support inskilling the youth to meet

the emerging technologicalchallenges,” CEO CSC Dr.Dinesh Tyagi said.

Elaborating on thepartnership IIT BombayDirector Prof. SubhasisChaudhuri said with thisICT program we canbridge the digital dividebetween rural and urbanareas. “Language will notbe a barrier for learning asthis training program isavailable in 22 official lan-guages of India.

With proficiency cer-tificate, youth from ruralareas will come up verystrongly in the job marketand India will becomeAtma Nirbhar.” CSCAcademy provides accessto professional learning forlearners of diverse back-grounds and educationalneeds. CSC has planned toset up 7,000 CSC Academycentres (one in every block)across the country, out ofwhich more than 5000 arei nplace. PNS

Patna: Seven men in Bihar's Buxar district gangrapeda woman and killed her 5-year-old son, an officialsaid on Monday. One person has been arrested.

The incident was reported near Chaigain villageon Saturday. A man hunt is underway to nab the oth-ers, police said.

The victim had visited a bank in the village todeposit money. While returning home, she was inter-cepted by the accused and taken to a nearby forestarea, where they took turns raping her.

Their brutality did not end there. The accusedthen strangulated the mother and son (who hadaccompanied her) using ropes and threw them in toa canal.

The men thought them to be dead. However,passersby rescued them and took them to Sadar hos-pital where doctors declared the child broughtdead. The woman survived. “The medical examina-tion of the victim is complete and report is awaited.We have arrested one of the accused named MunniRam and raids are on to nab others,” said KK Singh,SDPO of Dumraon range.

RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha slammed the lawand order situation in Bihar. “It is pathetic. Similarto Hatras. The CM and deputy CM have no controlover law and order in the state.” IANS

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Kolkata: The NationalCommission for Minorities(NCM) has sought a reportfrom West BengalGovernment within the next15 days on the issue of the tur-ban of a Sikh being allegedlypulled off by the State policeduring a political rally lastweek, sources in the NCM said.

In a letter to West BengalChief secretary AlapanBandopadhyay and DGP of theState police, the NCM said thecommission had received acomplaint from Tajinder PalSingh Bagga, a senior leader ofDelhi BJP unit, on the allegedpulling off of the turban of aSikh private security officer onOctober 8.

"The undersigned isdirected to request you to senda report in this matter within

15 days so that the mattercould be placed before thecommission for its considera-tion," the letter signed by thejoint secretary of NCM, D ERichards said. S e n i o rofficials of the state govern-ment declined to comment onthe issue. A controversy haderupted on Thursday after the

West Bengal police allegedlyassaulted a Sikh and pulled histurban during a BJP rally inHowrah.

The police had said thatthe man, identified asBalwinder Singh was carryinga firearm during BJP's marchto the state secretariat onOctober 8 and that his head-gear "had fallen off automati-cally in the scuffle that ensued".

The BJP has accused theTrinamool Congress govern-ment in the state of hurting thesentiments of the Sikhs.The TMC in its turn has haddubbed the allegations as"baseless" and said accusedthe BJP, which it has criticisedon a number of occasions ona variety of issues, of "trying tocommunalise the issue".

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The Delhi Police has arrested fivemembers of a gang which used

to allegedly dupe people on the pre-text of getting their bus or train tick-ets confirmed. The accused havebeen identified as Sanjay Yadav (40),a resident of Sultanpuri, Lal BabuSahani (27), a resident of SamaypurBadali, Santosh Kumar (27), a res-ident of Badali and Rakesh Mandal(26) and Rajeev Mandal (22), resi-dents of Shakurpur.

According to Vijayanta Arya,the Deputy Commissioner of Police

(DCP), Northwest district, a mannamed Sanjay Kumar lodged acomplaint on October 6 at theMahendra Park police station inwhich he alleged that he was dupedby some people on the pretext ofgetting confirmed bus tickets.

“The man told the police thaton October 5, he, along with his 15-year-old son, had come to SinghuBorder from Rai in Sonepat toboard a bus to his native place inUttar Pradesh's Barabanki. He andhis son first boarded an e-rickshawfrom Singhu Border to ISBT atKashmere Gate. Three men also

boarded the e-rickshaw along withthem. They pretended that theywere also going to Lucknow andtried to befriended him,” said theDCP.

“The accused asked Kumar if hehad a train or bus ticket to travel toBarabanki and when they got toknow that Kumar did not have it,the accused asked him to comealong with them to a ticket book-ing office at Jahangirpuri,” said theDCP.

“The complainant and his sonde-boarded the e-rickshaw inJahangirpuri. Another man, pre-

tending to be an agent, approachedKumar and asked him to provide hisATM card and pin number so thathe could buy the bus tickets. Kumargave his ATM card and pin num-ber to his son and sent him withthem to buy tickets,” said the DCP.“One of the accused, who stayedback with Kumar also left after 20minutes, after telling him that hewas going to check whether ticketshave been booked or not.Thereafter, Kumar got nine mes-sages on his mobile regarding with-drawal of Rs 68,500 from hisaccount,” said the DCP.

“During investigation, policescanned the CCTV footage and onSaturday, all five accused wereapprehended from near Haiderpurmetro station. On interrogation, theaccused told the police that theyused to dupe people after befriend-ing them by posing as passengers orticket agents,” said the DCP.

“The accused said during fes-tive seasons, the number of peoplecommuting from Haryana, Punjaband Delhi to Bihar and UP increas-es and the victims easily get trappedas they are in need of confirmedtickets, the DCP said.

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Researchers at Indian Institute ofTechnology (IIT), Madras, have

developed an environment-friendly anti-bacterial food wrapping material that isalso fit for consumption.

According to the team, which hasalso filed a patent for the wrapper, itsproduct can tackle two major problems-- prevent packaged food contaminationby bacteria and reduce the plastic wastegenerated in the environment when dis-posing the wrappers.

“We have developed a biodegradablewrapping material with in-built anti-bac-terial activity to prevent bacterial growthin stored food. It degrades at variousenvironmental conditions with the rateof degradation varying from 4 to 98 percent in 21 days, thus playing a major rolein plastic waste reduction,” said MukeshDoble, Professor, Department ofBiotechnology.

The films developed by researcherswere made with polymeric blends con-taining starch, polyvinyl alcohol, cyclicbeta glycans (CBG). The compositionwas optimised to achieve the best filmwith a smooth texture, flexibility, uni-form thickness and good clarity.

“Our anti-bacterial coated polymerwrapper was used for wrapping paneer,meat and chicken and its performancewas tested. Samples were placed in 4

degrees Celsius and 30 degrees Celsiusfor 10 days and tested for the effect ofthe coating on reducing the bacterialgrowth with respect to the uncoatedwrapper,” said Puja Kumari, researchscholar at IIT Madras.

“Our study found that 99.999 percent reduction in bacterial colonies wasobserved in food samples wrapped withour anti-bacterial wrap and stored at 30degrees Celsius for 10 days when com-pared with a plain wrapper. This studyalso suggests that our anti-microbialwrapper can, to some extent overcome,the reduced availability of cold storageunits,” she added.

Packaging is projected to grow intoa US$72.6 billion industry in India by2020 from about US$31 billion in 2015,with a proportionate rise in waste vol-umes. According to a report by WorldEconomic Forum, if no immediate stepsare taken, oceans may have more plas-tic than fish (in terms of weight) by 2050.

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Reinforcing the need for goodpractices such as regular hand

washing and cleaning surfaces, astudy has found that novel coron-avirus responsible for Covid-19may survive for up to 28 days oncommon surfaces, including ban-knotes, glass — such as that foundon smartphone screens — and stain-less steel. The laboratory study byAustralia’s national science agenciesis published in the Virology Journal.

The research, undertaken at theAustralian Centre for DiseasePreparedness (ACDP), found thatSARS-CoV-2 survived longer atlower temperatures and on non-porous or smooth surfaces such asglass, stainless steel and vinyl, com-pared to porous complex surfacessuch as cotton.

The researchers at CSIRO,Australia’s national science agency,also found that the novel coron-avirus survived longer on paper ban-knotes than plastic banknotes.

“Establishing how long the virusreally remains viable on surfacesenables us to more accurately pre-dict and mitigate its spread, and doa better job of protecting our peo-ple,” said CSIRO Chief ExecutiveLarry Marshall.

“At 20 degrees Celsius, which isabout room temperature, we foundthat the virus was extremely robust,surviving for 28 days on smooth sur-faces such as glass found on mobilephone screens and plastic banknotes,”Debbie Eagles, Deputy Director ofACDP added.

For context, similar experi-ments for Influenza A have foundthat it survived on surfaces for 17days, which highlights just howresilient SARS-CoV-2 is, theresearchers said.

The study involved drying thevirus in an artificial mucus on dif-ferent surfaces, at concentrationssimilar to those reported in samplesfrom infected patients and then re-isolating the virus over a month.

Further experiments were car-

ried out at 30 and 40 degreesCelsius, with survival times decreas-ing as the temperature increased.The study was also carried out in thedark, to remove the effect of UVlight as research has demonstrateddirect sunlight can rapidly inactivatethe virus.

“While the precise role of sur-face transmission, the degree of sur-face contact and the amount of virusrequired for infection is yet to bedetermined, establishing how longthis virus remains viable on surfacesis critical for developing risk miti-gation strategies in high contactareas,” Eagles said.

According to Professor TrevorDrew, Director of ACDP, manyviruses remained viable on surfacesoutside their host.

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Stepping up their attack onthe Uttar Pradesh

Government over the Hathrascase, Congress leaders RahulGandhi and Priyanka GandhiVadra on Monday accused it ofbeing insensitive and unethical,and said authorities areindulging in victim-blaminginstead of putting criminals injail. The Congress alsolaunched a social media cam-paign, urging people, especial-ly women, to speak up for theHathras victim.

“The Government’s atti-tude in the Hathras incident isinhuman and unethical. Theyare engaged in protecting thecriminals rather than helpingthe victim’s family,” RahulGandhi said. “Let us take onestep towards change, let us raiseour voice against the injusticebeing done to women all overthe country,” he said in a tweet

in Hindi, using the hashtag“SpeakUpForWomenSafety”. A19-year-old Dalit woman fromHathras district was allegedlyraped and attacked by fourmen, and she latersuccumbed toinjuries at aDelhi hospital.

The for-m e rC o n g r e s sp r e s i d e n tsaid a fewdays ago,before hecould reachHathras, he wasstopped by authori-ties. “I fail to understand, whywas I stopped and not allowedto meet with the Hathras vic-tim’s family,” he said.

Rahul alleged that themoment he reached the victim’shouse and talked to her fami-ly, the government startedattacking the family. “It is not

the government’s job to helpand protect the perpetrators ofthe crime but send them to jailand help the victim get justice.The Uttar Pradesh govern-

ment is not doing itsjob and that is why

I am beingstopped,” he saidin a nearly two-minute videoattached withhis tweet. Thevideo clip alsoshows footage

of his visit toHathras and how

he was stopped.“I want to tell the

Government to start doing itsjob of sending the criminals tojail and protect the victims.This is not the story of just onewoman, this is the story oflakhs of women in India. Lakhsof women are looking up to theGovernment, which is notdoing its work,” he said.

Priyanka said crimesagainst women are rising andinstead of listening to the truth

and the voice of the victimwomen, allegations are lev-elled against them and they are

defamed. “This is the mostshameful and cowardly act,” shesaid.

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More than 52,000 voters, who are either senior cit-izens above 80 years of age or

are people with disabilities, haveopted for postal ballot in the firstphase of Bihar elections to beheld on October 28.

According to the ElectionCommission (EC), BoothLevel Officers (BLO) in 71constituencies spread across16 districts of the state had approached over four lakhvoters of the two categories.

The remaining electors have preferred to visit thepolling booth to cast vote.

Those who have opted for the facility would be pro-vided postal ballots on a pre-informed date by the con-cerned returning officers with proper security andvideography arrangements to ensure secrecy, safety, andtransparency in the process. Bypolls are to be held onNovember 3 and November 7. BLOs will visit homes ofapproximately 12 lakh such electors in Bihar in the nexttwo phases of elections to help them exercise the postalballot option.

An official explained that this postal ballot facilityis different from the one extended to service voters.

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The DRDO on Monday launched the indige-nously designed and manufactured Nirbhay

subsonic cruise missile, with a range of 700 to 1,000km, but aborted the trial after it developed a tech-nical snag on Monday off Balasore integrated testrange, Odisha at about 10.30 am.

Scientists are now analyzing the snag beforeconducting the next test shortly, sources said here.

The DRDO has already carried out severalsuccessful trials of the ‘Nirbhay’ missile sinceOctober 2014. Some of these missiles along withBrahmos supersonic cruise missile and Akashare now deployed at some crucial sites close tothe LAC since the stand-offs with China beganin mid May.

Powered by a solid rocket motor boosterdeveloped by the Advanced Systems Laboratory(ASL), the Nirbhay missile has an operationalrange of 1,000 km, officials said.

In the last few weeks, India has test-fired anumber of missiles including a new version ofthe surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missileBrahMos and anti-radiation missile Rudram-1.India also carried out successful test-firing of alaser-guided anti-tank missile and nuclear-capable hypersonic missile ‘Shaurya’.

The successful test firing of Rudram-1 isseen as a major milestone as it is India’s firstindigenously developed anti-radiation weapon.

New Delhi: TheSupreme Court onMonday sought theCentre’s reply on aPIL seeking equalprotection in law totransgender peopleon the grounds thatthere was no penal provision which pro-tects them from offences of sexualassault. A Bench headed by ChiefJustice SA Bobde said it was a “goodcase” which needed hearing.

The Bench, also comprising JusticesAS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian,asked senior advocate Vikas Singh,representing petitioner lawyer ReepakKansal, to file details of cases where thecourt had passed orders in the absenceof laws to deal with issues.

In a hearing conducted via videoconferencing, the bench referred to theframing of the Vishaka guidelines todeal with sexual harassment of womenat work places and the decriminalisationof consensual gay sex by the apex courtin the absence of laws. Singh said hewould be filing such details as asked bythe court. PTI

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The BJP on Monday con-demned former Chief

Minister and NationalConference head FarooqAbdullah and called his state-ment that he hoped Article 370will be restored in Jammu &Kashmir with China’s help, as“seditious”.

“On September 24, FarooqAbdullah said that if you go toJammu and Kashmir and askpeople if they are Indians, thenpeople will say that we are notIndians. In the same state-ment, he also said it would begood if we could join China,”BJP National spokespersonSambit Patra said in a Press conference here describ-ing Abdullah as a “repeatoffender”.

He said Abdullah’s state-ment is a reflection of hismindset. “In a way, FarooqAbdullah justifies China’s

expansionist mindset in hisinterview. At the same time,another traitor comments thatif we get a chance in future, wewill bring Article 370 backwith China.”

“Questioning the sover-eignty of the country, ques-tioning the independence ofthe country. Does it suit anMP? Aren’t these anti-nation-al things? The same FarooqAbdullah had asked whetherPoK belongs to India’s fatherthat it will take PoK, as ifPakistan had worn bangles,”Patra said adding, “The kind of

softness Abdullah has shownfor Pakistan and China raisesa lot of questions.”

The BJP spokesperson sawAbdullah and former Congresspresident Rahul Gandhi as “co-brothers” toeing the same line

Attacking Rahul for ques-tioning India’s surgical strikesand air strikes on Pakistan,Patra said now Farooq Abdullahhas become a hero in China.

He said Raul’s commentson J&K following abrogation ofArticle 370 were quoted byPakistan premier Imran Khan.

“Only Farooq Abdullahsays this is not so, if you go intohistory and listen to the recentstatements of Rahul Gandhi,you will find that these are twosides of the same coin.”

“This is the same RahulGandhi who said a week agothat the prime minister is acoward, the prime minister ishidden, scared,” the BJPspokesperson said.

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Yesteryears’ actress KhushbuSundar, for whom fans

built a temple and an idli was named after her, ditchedthe Congress and joined theBJP on Monday.

“The nation has to moveforward and we need some-body like our Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to take thecountry in the right direction.I am completely at service tothe BJP and I promise to do mybest and to the responsibilitiesthat will be given to me,” saidKhushbu after she was issuedprimary membership by CTRavi, national secretary of theBJP, at the party headquartersin Delhi. She later met BJPpresident JP Nadda.

Earlier, she dispatched herletter of resignation from theCongress to party chief Sonia

Gandhi saying: “Few elementsseated at a higher level withinthe party, people who have noconnectivity with the groundreality or public recognition aredictating terms and people likeme who wanted to work for theparty sincerely are beingpushed and suppressed.”

Khushbu, known to behand-picked by formerCongress president RahulGandhi joins the list of otherparty spokespersons like TomVadakkan and PriyankaChaturvedi who quit to join theBJP and the Shiv Sena respec-tively. Another spokespersonSanjay Jha was suspended fromthe party recently.

“I will work like any otherparty workers,” said the actresswho also worked in Hindifilms like Sunil Dutt-director-ial ‘Dard ka Rishta’ wherein sheplayed the role of his daughter.

She was the nationalspokesperson of the Congresssince joining the party in 2014.During 2010 to 2014 she was inthe DMK as the blue-eyed girlof the then party supremo M

Karunanidhi. “It will not have any impact

on Tamil Nadu politics,”Dinesh Gundu Rao, theCongress’s in-charge for TamilNadu, said.

Narayanan Thirupathi, BJPspokesman, said Khushbu’sjoining the party would makeit more acceptable to the peo-ple of the State because of herpopularity and acceptability.

But Sam Rajappa, veterancommentator and columnist,said Khushbu joining the BJPwould not make any impact inTamil Nadu politics.

The BJP in Tamil Nadu isfacing an identity crisis andKhushbu’s entry would notadd much fragrance or flavourto the party, according to RRangaraj, author and scribe.

He pointed out that theAIADMK with which the BJPhas an alliance kept the latteraway from recent assembly by-elections in Tamil Nadu as theformer believes that the defeat in38 out of the 39 seats in the LokSabha election was due to ananti-BJP wave in Tamil Nadu.

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New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Monday said it willhear after four weeks a plea ofjournalists’ organisationagainst the arrest of a scribe byUP Police in Mathura while hewas on way to Hathras, hometo a Dalit woman who diedafter being allegedly gangrapedby four upper-caste men.

A Bench headed by ChiefJustice SA Bobde asked thepetitioner to amend the peti-tion and observed that theyshould approach the AllahabadHigh Court for the relief.

The Kerala Union of

Working Journalists (KUWJ)had filed a habeas corpus peti-tion in the top court against thearrest of the journalist,Sidhique Kappan.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal,appearing for the petitioner,told the bench, also comprisingJustices AS Bopanna and VRamasubramanian, thatUnlawful Activities(Prevention) Act charges havebeen added in the case and nocourt in the State will give hisclient any relief.

“UAPA has been invoked.No court will not give me bail

and the case will go on foryears. This is a Habeas corpuspetition but we can file a freshpetition under Article 32 of theConstitution which came beentertained by this court,”Sibal said after the apex courtmentioned that the petitionersshould approach the Allahabadhigh court for relief.

The apex court, however,said that habeas corpus peti-tion can be only filed by fam-ily members. Sibal then soughttime to amend the petitionafter which the matter wasadjourned. PTI

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The Supreme Court onMonday sought response

from the Centre on a batch ofpetitions challenging the con-stitutional validity of the newlyenacted three contentious farmlaws. A bench headed by ChiefJustice SA Bobde issued noticeto the Central Governmentand sought its reply within fourweeks. The three laws —Farmers’ (Empowerment andProtection) Agreement of PriceAssurance and Farm ServicesAct, 2020; Farmers’ ProduceTrade and Commerce(Promotion and Facilitation)Act, 2020 and The Essential

Commodities (Amendment)Act 2020 — took effect fromSeptember 27.

The bench, also compris-ing Justices AS Bopanna and VRamasubramanian, was hear-ing pleas filed by RashtriyaJanta Dal lawmaker from RajyaSabha, Manoj Jha; CongressLok Sabha MP from Kerala,TN Prathapan and DMK RajyaSabha MP from Tamil Nadu,Tiruchi Siva, and a petitionfiled by Rakesh Vaishnav.

The petitions alleged thatthe three farm laws passed byParliament would dismantlethe Agricultural ProduceMarket Committees systemintended to ensure fair pricesfor farm products.

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Large parts of the country’scommercial Capital, the

neighbouring Thane, Palgharand Raigad districts in theMumbai Metropolitan Region(MMR) went without power formore than three and a halfhours on Monday, following acombination of factors, includ-ing sudden tripping of threemajor transmission lines andtwo power generating units.

The power supply to manyparts of Mumbai, Thane, NaviMumbai, Palghar and Panvel —all coming under the jurisdic-tion of MMR — snapped ataround 10.03 am owing to hostof factors, including tripping ofmain 400kv Kalwa-Padgha line-2, Mumbai’s 500 MW TataPower Station and 250 MWAdani power unit at Dahanu.

Following the powerbreakdown, the suburban ser-vices on the Western Railwayand Central Railway — con-sidered the lifelines of Mumbai— came to a standstill, follow-ing the power breakdown inmost parts of the metropolisand surrounding areas ofMMR.

“Mumbai-Thane-Kalyanpower failure is being attendedto. Kalwa-Padgha transmis-sions line got tripped, henceThane-Palghar, Navi Mumbaipower is off. Consequently,there was cascading effect in theform of power failure toMumbai-Thane & Mumbaisuburban city. It will be restoredin approximately an hour,”Maharashtra Energy MinisterNitin Raut said.

The power supply came tobe restored in many parts ofMumbai and surrounding areasof Mumbai in stages from 12.15pm to 1.30 pm.

Taking serious cognisanceof major power failure,Maharashtra Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray — who helda meeting with State EnergyMinister Nitin Raut, his deputyPrajkta Tanpure, State chief

secretary Sanjay Kumar —ordered a comprehensiveenquiry into the circumstancesleading to the breakdown andalso asked the authorities totake measures to ensure againstrecurrence of a similar powerfailure in the metropolis.

“CM Uddhav discussed thepower outage with Ministerfor Energy @NitinRaut_INCand directed that immediateefforts be made to restore powersupply in Mumbai and theMumbai Metropolitan area,”the Chief Minister’s Office(CMO) tweeted.

“He has also instructed@mybmcCommissioner IqbalSingh Chahal to maintain unin-terrupted power supply to hos-pitals & directed the chief sec-retary that the control rooms &fire brigade should be vigilant& provide immediate assis-tance to prevent any accidentsdue to power cut. The ChiefMinister has also directed thesuburban railways to coordinatewith the railway administrationfor immediate relief to theaffected passengers,” the CMOsaid in a couple of other tweets.

The flight operations atthe Chhatrapati ShivajiInternational Airport (CSIA)remained unaffected. Thepower breakdown had noimpact on arrival and depar-tures of flights.

Similarly, there was also animpact on the road trafficbecause the signaling systemwas affected.

BEST Undertaking, one ofthe power distributors inMumbai, said the power supplywas “interrupted due to TATA’sincoming electric supply fail-ure” at around 10.15 am

Following the disruption inthe suburban train servicescaused by the power break-down, the commuters wereseen jumping down from thetrains stranded midway andwalking towards nearest railwaystations. As there was powersupply at Vasai, the WesternRailway managed to operateessential suburban trains on theBorivali-Virar sector.

While the suburban ser-vices on the Western Railwayswere restored at 12.20 pm, theservices on the CentralRailway’s harbour line wererestored at 10.50 am. The ser-vices on the Central Railway’smain line resumed at 12.38 pm.

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The new farm laws mightnot be as disruptive astheir critics want us tobelieve. They are appar-ently as logical and

timely reforms as interventions likeState procurement and notifying ofMinimum Support Price (MSP)had been in the mid-1960s. Theruling and Opposition parties areengaged in a wholly avoidablefracas, both refusing to view thingsin totality. The Opposition isindulging in loathing and fear-mongering, reminiscent of thetimes when economic liberalisa-tion was introduced in 1991.Paradoxically, it was the Congress’Government then. The party nowis behaving differently when in theOpposition.

The Government’s cavalier atti-tude to the Opposition parties’stance is equally uncharitable.Motives have been imputed to theirdecision. They are accused of hav-ing a vested interest in theAgricultural Produce MarketCommittee (APMC)-run mandis,besides being friendly towards themiddlemen who call the shots inthose market yards. Ironically, onthe National Agriculture Marketportal (eNAM), started by thepresent Government in 2016, therewere no less than 83, 958 commis-sion agents registered as on August31. Why is the Government pro-moting middlemen here?

The fear that APMC-run man-dis would be abolished is largelyunfounded. The eNAM platformcan today boast of connectingabout a 1,000 of them across 18States and three Union Territories(UT). However, the passage of theBills was not preceded by any kindof consensus-building. There wasno dialogue with the farmers’unions, State Governments or theOpposition parties. The laws wererushed through the Ordinanceroute on June 5. This starkly con-trasts with the spirit of federalismand the consensus model thatmarked the implementation ofthe Goods and Services Tax (GST).The matters concerned with agri-culture being under the State list inSchedule VII of the Constitutioncalled for Centre-State consensus.

The legislative competence ofParliament to discuss a Bill on asubject placed in the State list(Schedule VII of the Constitution)was questioned by some members.However, we have precedence ofthe Seeds Act, 1966, which is a

Central legislation. It was one ofthe key legislations enactedduring the Green Revolutionera. Still, one is reminded of howthe Atal Bihari VajpayeeGovernment approached thecontentious subject of contractfarming. This was envisaged inthe National Agriculture Policy2000. Instead of bringing aCentral law, the Government in2003 circulated a ModelAgricultural Produce Marketing(Regulation) Act to the States foradoption in 2003. The ensuingUPA-I Government continuedthe policy. Contract farming wasincluded as an option in theNational Farmers Policy (2007).By August 2007, a total of 15States had brought amendmentsin the APMC (Regulation) Actsbased on the model legislation.

Why did the four LabourCodes, recently enacted, did notbecome a source of disputedespite the presence of contro-versial provisions? This wasbecause the Codes, meant toreduce 29 existing labour lawsinto four legislations, were vet-ted by the department-relatedStanding Committee of the LokSabha. It was chaired byBhartruhari Mahtab of BijuJanata Dal. The Governmentagreed to several suggestions ofthe committee.

How justified is the claim thatprevious governments had keptthe farmers in chains? Such aview stems from inadequateappreciation of facts. Definitepro-farmer measures were takenby Indian National Congresssince 1937 when it formed gov-

ernments in coalition in sevenout of 11 provinces (underGovernment of India Act 1935).These included debt relief mea-sures, tenancy reforms andlicencing and regulation ofmoney lenders and so on. Butseparation from Burma (nowMyanmar) from the IndianUnion in 1937 stressed riceavailability in India.

India’s agricultural policysince Independence was aimedat attaining food security. Withfragmented landholdings, inad-equate electricity supply, pitiableirrigation facilities and pooracreage, production was insuf-ficient. To bridge the require-ment and availability of foodgrains, India entered into anagreement with the US undertheir Public Law 480 on August29, 1956. It allowed India toobtain wheat, rice, cotton, dairyproducts and tobacco in Indianrupees. It could not, however, bedenied that import of foodgrains, in excess of the marketrequirement, de-incentivisedthe farmer to produce more.The production increased as theimports were brought down torealistic levels around 1966.However, the completion ofthe Bhakra-Nangal Dam onBeas-Sutlej (1963) was anachievement of the JawaharlalNehru Government, whichaccelerated the advent of theGreen Revolution.

The current regime of MSPand Government procurementis a legacy of the short-lived LalBahadur Shastri Government(June 11, 1964 to January 10,

1966). It had its origin in thedecline in wheat production,consecutively between 1962 to1964, and decline and margin-al recovery of rice productionduring the corresponding peri-od. This compelled theGovernment to revisit its openmarket policy for wheat andmodest control on transportand sale of rice. The severity ofthe food shortage could beunderstood from the sheernumber of speeches that Shastridelivered on the subject as thePrime Minister. His SelectedSpeeches, published by thePublications Division, Ministryof I&B (1972) categorises atotal of 10 under “FoodProblems.”

The Shastri Governmentmoved in towards a regime ofgreater regulation and controlon sale, purchase and move-ment of food grains. On January1, 1965, two new organisationswere created, which becamethe hallmark of theGovernment’s intervention inthe agricultural sector. Thesewere Food Corporation of India(FCI) and Agricultural PricesCommission (now Commissionfor Agricultural Costs andPrices). The ambit ofGovernment procurement,which was limited to a few edi-ble items in the beginning, nowextends to 23 items (in additionto sugarcane).

The developments since theGreen Revolution (1967) haveled to the growth in acreageand food surplus situation.Time is ripe for addressing the

neglected problem of agricul-tural marketing. In pursuit ofdoubling the farmers’ incomeby 2022 (from the level of2016), the Narendra ModiGovernment formed a com-mittee led by Ashok Dalwai,IAS. The committee produceda 14-volume eminently read-able report. Though the deci-sion to “liberalise” the farm wasnot among its direct recom-mendations, one has to realisethat significant decisions arealways political rather thanbureaucratic in nature. Thefarmers must have better alter-natives for remunerative pric-ing with legal safeguards. Eventoday, there is no legal restric-tion on farmers selling his/herproduct in the open market.What cripples the farmer, how-ever, is not merely the logisti-cal problem but also theabsence of a legal architectureto protect his/her interests.

A single line in these Acts,like “notwithstanding anythingcontained in the aforesaid sec-tions, no trade transactionsshould take place below thenotified MSP”, would haveallayed the misgivings of thefarmers. A line in time couldhave saved the Governmentfrom putting eight CabinetMinisters on ground (notincluding the Agriculture andFarmer Welfare MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar) to con-vince agitating agriculturists.

(The writer is an author andindependent researcher based inNew Delhi. The views expressedhere are personal)

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������������������Sir — The air quality index(AQI) in the capital remains“poor” as there has been a rise inthe concentration of both PM10and PM2.5 pollutants. Accordingto the System of Air Quality andWeather Forecasting AndResearch (SAFAR), PM10 pollu-tants are expected to reduce to238, a scale which falls under the“moderate” category, during thisweek while PM2.5 pollutants areexpected to reach 117, which fallsunder the “poor” category.SAFAR also estimated around448 stubble-burning fires onOctober 10. However, due to thetransport-level wind speed,which is not so calm, the highaccumulation of pollutants inDelhi is not happening. It is saidthat the impact of stubble fire islikely to reduce due to change inwind direction. This comes asgood news as high pollution lev-els coupled with the ongoingpandemic will be life-threaten-ing. The Government shouldtake strict measures to ensurethe AQI level doesn’t increase.Also, as the festive seasonapproaches, a blanket ban on firecrackers should be announced.

Nihal Raj Noida

������������Sir — The Government had seta target of doubling farmers’income by the year 2022 butgiven the economic state of thecountry, this won’t be possibleany time soon. Adding to it, thethree farm Acts that were recent-ly passed by Parliament wouldlead to farmers being “reduced tofarmworkers” and big corpora-

tions taking over “large swathesof land”. The Opposition needsto continue opposing the Actsand pressure the Centre for pro-farmer reforms that include theMinimum Support Price (MSP)guarantee. Farmers should befree from exploitation not onlyby intermediaries but also by cor-porate giants.

Abdussalam Mumbai

�����������������Sir — The Central Bureau ofInvestigation ( CBI ) has takenover the investigation of thegang-rape and murder case of the19-year-old Dalit woman ofHathras, Uttar Pradesh. Theagency’s move came almost eightdays after UP Chief Minister YogiAdityanath recommended a CBIprobe, amid a growing political

storm over the death of the vic-tim and her hurried cremation bythe administration in the absenceof her family. The Opposition haseven called for the CM’s resigna-tion over the issue. The CBI hasalready registered a case againstone of the accused, earlier regis-tered at Chandpa police stationin Hathras. This will be a chancefor the Centre to separate itselffrom the UP Government thathas been grossly mishandling thecase. The CBI shouldn’t let theState manipulate the findings andbuild a strong case based on factsand make sure that the victimgets justice.

Bhagwan ThadaniMumbai

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In the last bi-monthly Monetary PolicyCommittee’s (MPC) review announced by itsGovernor Shaktikanta Das on August 6, the

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had kept the policy reporate unchanged at four per cent. It had also kept thereverse repo rate or the interest rate the banks geton their surplus funds parked with the RBIunchanged at 3.35 per cent. It continued with the“accommodative” stance of the monetary policy aslong as necessary to revive growth and mitigate theimpact of COVID-19, while ensuring that inflationremains within the target.

In the build-up to the next bi-monthly review(originally scheduled for October 1, which was post-poned to October 9, due to the delay in appoint-ment of three external members of the MPC), therewas an expectation that there wouldn’t be anychanges this time round. Things have happened onexpected lines even as the RBI has maintained sta-tus quo on key policy rates.

There are four major reasons as to why any fur-ther action in gliding the policy rate on the down-ward trajectory — as demanded by a certain sec-tion of the industry — was totally unnecessary.

First, ever since the incumbent Governor tookcharge (December 2018), the RBI has handed outa cumulative reduction in repo rate of 2.5 per cent.Of this, during 2019, a total cut of 1.35 per cent wasdelivered in five instalments, the last one being underthe policy review announced on October 4, 2019.This brought down the rate from 6.5 per cent in thebeginning of the year to 5.15 per cent on its close.The apex bank also tried to boost the economy bypumping liquidity using policy instruments such asOpen Market Operations (OMOs).

The above policy moves were made in the back-drop of the slide in the real Gross Domestic Product(GDP) growth that had commenced in the thirdquarter of the financial year (FY) 2018-19 and con-tinued all through FY 2019-20, the intent being tonot just contain the slide but also to revive it. Yet,the deceleration continued with growth plunging toa little over three per cent during the last quarter ofFY 2019-20 and the yearly figure settling at a lowof 4.2 per cent. But that did not deter Das from con-tinuing with a cut in the policy rate.

On March 27, he reduced the policy rate by 0.75per cent. This was followed by a further cut of 0.4per cent on May 22, thus delivering a total reduc-tion of 1.15 per cent post-pandemic. Das alsoannounced on March 27 and April 17 measures likereduction in the cash reserve ratio (CRR), auctionof Targeted Long-Term Repo Operations (TLTRO),hike in accommodation under the MarginalStanding Facility (MSF) and so on, to inject total liq-uidity close to �5,00,000 crore.

Despite these measures, growth during the firstquarter of the current FY plunged to minus 24 percent. During the second quarter ending September30, though the situation was not as bad, the growthwas still lower than during the corresponding quar-ter of 2019 (for the whole of the current year, Dashas projected a decline of 9.5 per cent — that, too,is predicated on positive growth during the last quar-ter). These trends clearly show that neither reduc-tion in policy rate, nor pumping liquidity in the sys-tem are working.

Second, according to Das, of the 1.35 per centreduction in the policy rate during the pre-COVIDphase, only about 0.6 per cent was transmitted by

banks by way of corresponding reductionin the lending rate. If transmission is noteven 50 per cent then, why keep harpingon a cut in the policy rate. Are we to inferthat banks are pocketing the differential?The truth is, we are trying to see a strongcorrelation which either does not exist oris very feeble, if at all there is one. A bankfixes the interest rate it charges from bor-rowers based on the interest rate it payson deposits, plus cost of its intermediation.It has also to factor in the cost of non-per-forming assets (NPAs) or loans which can’tbe recovered. Even as the policy rate isposited as an external benchmark fordetermining lending rate, the latter can’texactly follow the movement in the for-mer. A perfect correlation would havebeen possible if only the RBI was its solesource of funding; but that is theoretical,to say the least. Third, despite the RBIopening several taps and banks flushedwith funds for onward lending (this wasdone during FY 2019-20 and on a muchlarger scale during the current year), thelatter have not stepped up lending. During2019-20, bank credit grew by 6.1 per cent,less than half of the 13.4 per cent growthregistered during 2018-19. The trend hasgot aggravated during the current year.Overall non-food credit off-take from thebanking system declined by �1,40,000crore to over �90 lakh crore duringApril-July, 2020.

On April 17, while announcing reduc-tion in the reverse repo rate from the exist-ing four per cent to 3.75 per cent, Das hadargued it would goad banks to lend tobusinesses instead of parking excess fundswith itself (they were then holding a gar-gantuan �6,90,000 crore with the RBI).The rate has since been further loweredto 3.35 per cent to ensure that banks don’tkeep the money with the apex bank;instead lend. Yet, the excess funds parked

by them have crossed �8,00,000 crore.Apart from the disruption caused by thecontagion and the resultant compressionin demand for credit, sanctions and dis-bursements have also been impacted bythe banks’ increasing risk-aversion andconservative approach to lending.

Fourth, the initial uninterrupted spellof lockdown for three months and eventhereafter, intermittent lockdowns at theState/local level, have exterminateddemand on a scale never seen before.Apart from lakhs of businesses downingshutters, millions losing jobs or facing cutin wages and salaries, even those who sur-vived the COVID onslaught and had sur-pluses, could not spend (due to the sheercompulsion of “social distancing”, forcingprolonged closure of a vast swathe of busi-nesses especially in the service sector, likerestaurants, cinema halls, multiplexes,tourist destinations and so on).

The gravity of incapacitation engi-neered by the pandemic can be gaugedfrom the fact that currently, cash with thepublic is at a historic high of about�26,00,000 crore or 15 per cent of the GDP(assuming 10 per cent contraction in nom-inal terms during FY 2020-21) — up fromthe �17,00,000 crore it was at the time ofdemonetisation in November, 2016.

A major factor that has a profoundimpact on demand has a lot to do withscams galore. These involve siphoning offfunds from banks, non-banking financecompanies (NBFCs) or even directlyfrom the public (say by builders) and soon. Running into hundreds of thousandsof crores, these add to the personalwealth of a select few, which is eitherstashed abroad or kept within India as“undisclosed income” (black money).Had this money remained with millionsto whom it actually belongs, this wouldhave added hugely to the purchasing

power, reduced the NPAs of Banks/NBFCsand increased their ability to lend more.

Unlike the pall of gloom surroundingthe August meeting of the MPC, this timethe RBI exudes confidence even as theGovernor sees the “Indian economyentering into a decisive phase, seeing eas-ing of contraction in various sectors. Deepcontractions of Q1 are behind us and sil-ver linings are visible in easing caseloadsacross India.” He also sees retail inflationto be moderating from the third quarteronward, driven by a bright agriculture out-look and oil prices remaining range-bound. The Governor has also promisedmeasures as necessary “to assure marketparticipants of access to liquidity and easyfinance conditions” (�20,000 crore-OMOauction next week and On-tap TLTROsof �1,00,000 crore to be made available tillMarch 2021 — linked to the repo rate —are some of the steps in this direction).

These are add-ons to the existing poolof measures in the same category. Just asthose measures failed to deliver, it isunlikely that these incrementals will doany better. It is good that the RBI has keptthe key policy rates like repo and reverserepo rates unchanged or else in the cur-rent scenario, when the economy isbesieged with structural constraints, anyfurther cut thereof would have been ren-dered infructuous. A holistic approach isneeded to address the structural con-straints of the economy. This shouldencompass policy reforms to lift businesssentiment and boost investment; tackleNPAs on a war footing; goad banks intoproactively taking up project lending; andresult in stern measures to deal with scamswith greater emphasis on prevention. Sansthese, any stimulus won’t be of much usein lifting the economy.

(The writer is a New Delhi-based policy analyst)

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The Scheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act, 1989 was enact-

ed with the objective of protectingmarginalised communities againstdiscrimination and atrocities by theupper castes and the rich and privi-leged. Section three of the Act enun-ciates the nature of various actionsagainst a SC/ST person to constitutean offence punishable under it.

The provision stipulates that anyact, which is derogatory to human dig-nity, constitutes an offence under thePrevention of Atrocities Act, 1989.The Supreme Court, too, in theNandini Sundar case, observed thatthe Constitution itself, in no uncertainterms, demands that the State shall

strive incessantly and consistently topromote fraternity among all citizenssuch that the dignity of every personis protected, nourished and promot-ed. The conduct of the police in cre-mating the Dalit gang-rape victimfrom Hathras, allegedly without theconsent of the family members, con-stitutes an offence under thePrevention of Atrocities Act, 1989.

The Hathras gang-rape and thesubsequent events leading to the cre-mation of the victim by the police inthe dead of night raises the questionwhether the State had responded tothe incident as required?

The incident shows that the atroc-ities committed against the Dalit girlwere two-fold. First, the gang-rape ofthe victim by the accused, whoallegedly belong to the upper caste andsecond, the conduct of the police incremating the body after sunset,allegedly without the consent of fam-ily members.

The conduct of the police raisesa suspicion that officials were tryingto protect the accused. She wasallegedly attacked on September 14and succumbed to her injuries onSeptember 29. A statement has been

made by the police that the post-mortem report does not disclose anyevidence of rape. Obviously since thepost-mortem was conducted after alapse of more than eight days of thealleged incident, there is a big possi-bility of the evidence of rape gettingerased. However, there is a dying dec-laration made by the victim that shewas subjected to gang-rape, which isadmissible in evidence.

Now the issue is whether the Statecan remain a silent spectator withoutresponding against the alleged con-duct of the police in cremating herbody without the consent of the fam-ily members, which also constitutes anatrocity under the Prevention ofAtrocities Act, 1989.

The response of the State in thepresent scenario is only at the mercyof the politicians who are running theGovernment. There is no “body”constituted under the Constitution,which in such circumstances cantake cognisance of the conduct of theerring officials involved in the allegedcrime and take necessary actionagainst them without the interferenceof the Government.

Though Article 338 of the

Constitution contemplates the settingup of the National Commission forSCs and Article 338A of theConstitution constitutes a commissionfor STs, they are only recommenda-tory bodies. The Constitution onlyconfers power upon them to preparereports and the President shall causeall such reports to be laid before eachHouse of Parliament, along with amemorandum, explaining the actiontaken or proposed to be taken on therecommendations relating to theUnion and the reasons for the non-acceptance, if any, of such suggestions.

Obviously the President will beacting on the aid and advice of theMinisters. Therefore, the commissioncannot take action against the people,who are involved directly or indirect-ly in the entire episode. The imple-mentation of the recommendations ofthe commission is within the domainof the political system. Therefore,there is no other Constitutional pro-vision or a created body, which comesto the rescue of the victim when theGovernment does not respond in aproper manner.

There has to be a mechanism pro-

vided by the Constitution to respondto such a situation. The apex court,while deciding the review petition ofDr Subhash Kashinath, observed thatthe prevailing conditions in variousareas of the country show that theSCs/ STs are still struggling for equal-ity and for exercising civil rights. Theyhave been suffering ignominy andabuse and they have been outcastsocially for centuries. It was alsoobserved that every person has theright to live with dignity and the rightto die with dignity, too.

In fact, the Supreme Court, whileupholding the constitutional validityof the Prevention of Atrocities Act,1989, observed that all the threeideas, liberty, equality and fraternity,are intimately linked. The right toequality sans liberty or fraternitywould be chimerical, as the conceptknown at present would be reducedto equality among equals, in everymanner a mere husk of the grandvision of the Constitution.

Likewise, liberty without equali-ty or fraternity can well result in theperpetuation of existing inequalitiesand worse, result in licence to indulgein society’s basest practices. It is fra-

ternity, poignantly embedded throughthe provisions of Part III, whichassures true equality, where the Statetreats all alike, promises the benefitsof growth and prosperity to all, withequal liberties to all, and what is more,guarantees that every person treatsevery other citizen of the country ina like manner.

Obviously, the State actors at thehigher level due to political interfer-ence would not respond as the situa-tion mandates. There has to be anindependent body which can springinto operation to take necessaryaction against erring State officials.Therefore, Article 338 and 338A of theConstitution have to be amended,conferring powers upon the commis-sion to take necessary action direct-ly against the State or non-Stateactors who indulge in illegal acts.Unless such a suitable amendment ismade incorporating such powers,justice cannot be done to victims andthere cannot be any effective imple-mentation of the Prevention ofAtrocities Act, 1989.

(The writer is Advocate, at theAndhra Pradesh and Telangana HighCourts)

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SBILIFE 815.95 815.95 788 791.6L&TFH 63 63.85 61.75 62.4SBICARD 846 854.75 840 844.8AFFLE 2848 2900 2771 2783.3NAUKRI 3462.5 3543 3462 3476.15NESTLEIND 16145 16145 15861.75 15900.6APOLLOTYRE 137.5 138.65 131.85 132.25ADANIGREEN 684 701.9 661 673.05GAIL 87 87 83.2 83.6GMRINFRA 23.9 24.7 23.5 24.25CGCL 241.5 250 238.75 239HAVELLS 715 715 701 704.05BRITANNIA 3769.1 3769.1 3724 3730.9ADANIPORTS 360 363 355 358COLPAL 1469.8 1470 1432.05 1442.7NESCO 523 529 511 512.1SUNTV 465.8 466.5 447.2 449.75MUTHOOTFIN 1165 1165 1134.6 1142.35PHOENIXLTD 565.05 578 562.8 565.7SYNGENE 571.9 571.9 558.8 560.05CHOLAFIN 258 258 246.35 248.85PNBHOUSING 376.9 377.45 356.3 369.3PIDILITIND 1475 1486.45 1464.25 1479.7INDIACEM 119.4 119.65 115.2 116.35BERGEPAINT 601.25 610.1 593.9 608.8ICICIPRULI 431.5 432.5 417 419.05BHARATFORG 466.65 469.8 452.65 460.4MPHASIS 1419 1439.5 1358 1391.1RECLTD 98 99.05 95.55 95.85ULTRACEMCO 4225 4355 4225 4304.4GRASIM 749.75 751.8 738.25 742.6TVSMOTOR 471 479.15 463 468.2GODREJCP 723.95 723.95 700.8 708.25ASTRAL 1126.95 1193.8 1126.95 1178.25MCX 1715 1754 1696.9 1741.6BATAINDIA 1358.45 1364.7 1343.6 1356.5WOCKPHARMA 317 317.05 303 307.9MRF 59400 59400 58224.95 58599.05NAVINFLUOR 1992.1 2049 1992.1 2044.95PARAGMILK 117.8 120.55 109.6 112.05TRIDENT 8.1 8.35 8.02 8.1ADANIGAS 189 195.15 189 193.25INOXLEISUR 282 286.75 276.3 279.35BEML 622.05 625.8 610.6 618.1NATIONALUM 31.5 31.95 30.5 30.6REPCOHOME 208 223 205.15 215.6TORNTPHARM 2780.05 2847.25 2780.05 2839.55SAIL 34.5 34.5 33.25 33.6AARTIIND 999.6 1009.6 985 1002.7DABUR 519 521.2 513 515.6ATUL 5939.65 6099 5934.85 6076.05BOSCHLTD 12787.3 12787.3 12484.8 12533.7TATAMTRDVR 61.6 62.15 58.7 59.45IEX 194 195.95 189.1 190.15NOCIL 149.95 149.95 141.35 144.95CANFINHOME 463.9 479.3 460.5 473.05HINDZINC 202.5 207.6 197.55 198.25CEATLTD 1002 1018 992.7 1003.75NCC 33.5 34.1 32.6 32.95JSL 46.65 51.9 46 51.55

METROPOLIS 1991.95 2029 1946.4 1999.3RAYMOND 284.2 287.1 276.45 278ASTRAZEN 4270 4328.95 4209.6 4297.8DISHTV 13.3 13.55 12.58 13.16VOLTAS 689.3 694.75 675.4 677.45SPICEJET 50 50.8 48 48.35EXIDEIND 164 165 160.55 160.95PIIND 2015.25 2064.8 2011.25 2030.55APLLTD 959.2 960.45 930.05 939.65PFIZER 5021 5021 4925 4995.15TRENT 683.45 713 671.7 700.25CUB 151.1 153.5 148 149.8BALKRISIND 1410 1419 1398 1401.95MARICO 370 372.35 365.15 367RAMCOCEM 772 783.5 754.9 756.45IPCALAB 2090.05 2135.55 2090.05 2113.95DCBBANK 80.7 81.15 79.35 79.7KPITTECH 117.65 118 109.55 113.45ICICIGI 1232 1260 1205 1208.9SHREECEM 21290 21379.75 20861.9 20946.45ABFRL 131.6 132.2 126.6 127.35TATACHEM 302.95 303.85 299.15 300.55FCONSUMER 7.56 7.65 7.32 7.32PETRONET 220.7 222.2 217.5 218.45GODREJPROP 938 938 886.95 902.9JBCHEPHARM 980 988.45 942.6 955.85SUMICHEM 285.5 286.15 275.1 277.25SHK 93.55 95.95 91.2 93.6SWANENERGY 131.9 136.45 129.8 135NMDC 81.55 82.45 80.45 80.7ADVENZYMES 359.5 363 342.65 345.75MFSL 600 605.4 579.45 588.35

ADANITRANS 293.95 294.5 283.05 293.4SOUTHBANK 6.97 7 6.8 6.85STRTECH 146.1 149.45 143.4 144.7INFIBEAM 89.85 89.85 85.9 86.85COROMANDEL 720 731.3 710.7 711.7VBL 650.8 680 650.8 668.95LTTS 1635.45 1667.8 1629.45 1651.7DELTACORP 109.4 110.2 106 106.55JKCEMENT 1650 1683 1638.75 1654.15CONCOR 374 377.45 368.95 370.05GMM 3673 3675 3552 3562.05TV18BRDCST 30.1 31.3 29.7 29.95RALLIS 267 279.95 267 276.5HAL 804.7 804.7 767 769.15PERSISTENT 1347.9 1347.9 1292 1304.25SONATSOFTW 330 340 330 334.55FSL 70 70.75 69.1 70.1HIMATSEIDE 130 130 118 123.15POLYCAB 815 826.1 810 812GODFRYPHLP 899.95 920 879 884.75RAIN 98 98.6 94.5 95.1CENTRALBK 12.45 12.64 11.85 11.95BSOFT 201 201 189.3 193.1WELSPUNIND 69.8 69.8 67.05 68.1AUBANK 754.95 759 725 732.25GODREJAGRO 532.4 537.45 524 530.5UBL 990.1 994.1 965.45 971.3PFC 88 88.5 85.35 85.95CAPPL 571.9 571.9 553.8 558.6FINEORG 2617.7 2645 2531.25 2538.4VARROC 318.9 320 307.6 312.05BAJAJCON 180 183.7 180 181.65RITES 248.15 250 240 240.55WELCORP 111 115.2 106.15 107KAJARIACER 536.6 543.95 523.8 524.8GNFC 207.05 208.6 197.5 199.15GARFIBRES 2120 2147.95 2023.95 2123.1RVNL 18.9 19.15 18.75 18.85GLAXO 1572 1597.9 1551.9 1587.25CHAMBLFERT 167.2 167.2 163.6 165OFSS 3090 3133.2 3041 3047.6IDFC 29.75 30.45 29.3 29.5PAGEIND 21019.3 21039.8 20604.75 20889.45TIMKEN 1030 1060.95 1015 1036.6EIDPARRY 280.9 281.5 262.5 270.15CESC 585 608.6 585 593.5APLAPOLLO 2800 2852.25 2749.05 2761.65WABAG 186.5 188.15 179.6 183.85CUMMINSIND 432.5 436.95 430.25 431.55BBTC 1290 1294.6 1240 1248.6UNIONBANK 25 25.65 24.8 24.9QUESS 409.1 413.75 398.7 409.2VENKYS 1465 1489.4 1434.3 1461.8GUJGAS 301 308.5 291.6 293.25BANKINDIA 42 42.5 40.6 41.05SPARC 173.6 173.75 169.5 171.1BDL 304.9 307.45 298 301.1JMFINANCIL 83.9 84 79.4 80.15TORNTPOWER 303.15 304.55 296.7 298.05SUNTECK 255 260 251 252.5SUDARSCHEM 459.6 462.8 447 454.3WABCOINDIA 5500 5628.25 5458.7 5490.2GSFC 67.6 67.6 64.25 65RADICO 412 420 406 415.35JUBILANT 726 726 702.95 709.45NATCOPHARM 940 941.85 921.35 923.6CASTROLIND 111.5 111.5 109.05 109.25AJANTPHARM 1560 1581.35 1551.9 1556.7PGHL 5298 5408 5267.5 5291.2IRB 113.7 113.7 107.1 109.25INDHOTEL 98 98 94.5 95.15DALBHARAT 775.5 795.2 771.8 792IFBIND 650 658 628.95 652.9SUZLON 2.98 2.98 2.84 2.88ECLERX 719.95 727.7 705.6 707.9MEGH 77.4 77.6 75.5 75.75KTKBANK 43 43.1 41.65 41.9UJJIVAN 216.3 220 214.25 216.05EMAMILTD 352.95 352.95 335 338.6CCL 251.55 261 248.8 256.2ADANIPOWER 36.25 36.9 36.05 36.2DEEPAKFERT 150.45 150.45 145.5 146.25CYIENT 384 386.6 376 377.85AVANTI 510 519 506.65 511.65HFCL 16.9 17 16.1 16.25DCAL 170 172.85 155.35 157ALKYLAMINE 3225 3243.3 3067.05 3106.65CENTURYTEX 327 334.4 321.1 322.05CREDITACC 727 743 703 706.25IBREALEST 51.3 51.3 49 49.65FDC 351.2 351.8 337.8 344.75THERMAX 736 749 706 726.45ABBOTINDIA 16060 16160.05 16020 16121.35TATACOFFEE 104.8 104.8 102.2 103.2HATHWAY 33 33.3 32.5 33.3EDELWEISS 62.8 63.15 59.65 60.15ASHOKA 62 64.4 62 62.8IDBI 34.95 35.6 34.55 34.65ITI 124 125.35 122.1 122.55HEG 734.45 735 712.55 715.3CARERATING 362.95 362.95 346.5 347.95PTC 50 50.2 48.85 49.5GRAPHITE 195.4 196.45 190.7 193.1NAM-INDIA 270.75 272.65 266.45 268.45BAYERCROP 5704.9 5729.3 5646.85 5701.25HSCL 52.5 52.5 49.9 50.2BAJAJELEC 534 534 503 509.8MINDACORP 71 73.25 68.05 68.95PRSMJOHNSN 61.05 66 61.05 65.1

JKPAPER* 91.2 91.75 89.5 89.8ORIENTELEC 184.95 187.85 184 186.75JSWENERGY 56 58.15 56 57.6COCHINSHIP 335 340.1 323.7 324.35BIRLACORPN 632 634 621 625.85ABB 871.85 884.25 864.5 867.6ABCAPITAL 64.55 64.55 62.45 63.25MIDHANI 195 195 190.4 191.45VINATIORGA 1259 1259 1187 1198OBEROIRLTY 382 389.2 371 374.5SWSOLAR 221.8 222.6 212.45 213.7HONAUT 31172.8 31172.8 30625 30712.7PRESTIGE 255.2 258.8 246.8 250.9BOMDYEING 63.75 64.05 62.5 63.1PNCINFRA 162.6 167.35 160.5 165.2SPANDANA 580 602.6 565 571.65OIL 89.4 90.45 87.3 87.8SUPRAJIT 198 198 183.8 186.05NBCC 23.5 23.55 23.15 23.2GRSE 219 221.9 202.7 204.75ARVINDFASN 130.05 133.85 125.55 127.65EQUITAS 53.5 53.65 52.25 53.3DHANUKA 731.1 745.1 728 732.7TATACOMM 860 873.7 846 860.7ZENSARTECH 194.95 194.95 189.25 190.35GSPL 193 193.8 188.1 189.95HEIDELBERG 186.1 188.5 184 184.6JKLAKSHMI 269.35 269.35 261.8 263.45WHIRLPOOL 2137.3 2176 2129.4 2155.45REDINGTON 117.2 122.5 115.55 116.35SOBHA 266.3 266.55 260.15 263.1LAXMIMACH 3824.6 3960 3800 3866.4ALKEM 2721 2731.8 2700 2706.15PHILIPCARB 129 129.65 124.8 126.3KEC 345 351 339.95 346.7SCI 52.5 53 51.5 51.65PGHH 10180 10180 9950 9997.35RCF 46.7 46.75 44.7 44.95ENGINERSIN 64.1 64.4 63 63.25HUDCO 32.35 33.7 32.35 32.65BALRAMCHIN 160 161.25 153.55 155.75UFLEX 326.3 326.65 317.6 319.45INTELLECT 241 241.65 228.8 231.8LINDEINDIA 785.65 807.55 785 792.2UJJIVANSFB 32 32.45 31.75 32.2VGUARD 164 166.9 163.6 165.05INDOCO 250 257.75 246 251.3HAWKINCOOK 5100.1 5124.95 5020 5032.4JINDALSAW 62.3 62.7 60.55 60.85KPRMILL 679 679 647 654.4RELAXO 648 665.25 648 662.65LEMONTREE 26.6 27.95 26.2 26.35BALMLAWRIE 103.2 103.2 101.8 102.15KEI 337.4 345 334.3 337.95JAICORPLTD 84.7 86.1 83.45 83.8KRBL 276.1 283.85 275.25 276.05VIPIND 299.95 299.95 291.45 292.85ORIENTCEM 60 60 56.5 57.553MINDIA 19411 19543.85 19320 19504.05CROMPTON 276.8 277.95 269.15 269.9JKTYRE 58.15 58.65 57.2 57.35GESHIP 229.25 231.7 216.45 217.35IIFL 75.5 78.8 75.5 76.6NH 348.5 368.35 348.5 353.95TIMETECHNO 41 42.6 40 40.5ISEC 478.6 478.6 457.9 461.9POWERINDIA 938.25 938.25 922.8 931.35BAJAJHLDNG 2405.95 2405.95 2377 2394.55IRCON 75.15 75.3 73.3 73.65BLUESTARCO 632.4 632.4 616 621.3AEGISLOG 219.5 222 215.15 219.45SUNDRMFAST 421.15 422 406.55 410.5EIHOTEL 80 80 75 75.7CENTURYPLY 167.5 172.05 167.5 171.05PCJEWELLER 14.14 14.14 13.5 13.62INDIANB 62.4 62.4 58.8 59.15KSB 478.45 480 460 462.35JYOTHYLAB 144.8 145.7 142 142.4RAJESHEXPO 462.05 462.05 447 449.1ENDURANCE 1090.45 1116.95 1070 1107.8GUJALKALI 332.7 332.7 319 323GMDCLTD 44.3 45.5 44 44.2JAMNAAUTO 44.5 44.5 42.55 42.8ZYDUSWELL 1826.15 1873 1775 1786.7GODREJIND 395.8 398.95 387.55 389.4ALLCARGO 119 120.6 116.15 117.1TAKE 46.15 46.35 44.75 44.85J&KBANK 15 15.3 14.81 14.94LAOPALA 225 225 210.45 215GILLETTE 5350 5361.25 5298.25 5305.65FORCEMOT 1056.6 1056.6 1027.3 1032.9AAVAS 1480.3 1492 1477.55 1484CARBORUNIV 247 252.55 242 244.5SJVN 21.7 21.75 21.25 21.35GALAXYSURF 1828 1847.75 1802 1818.55BASF 1486.45 1507.45 1454.3 1464.55NHPC 20.5 20.5 20.1 20.15FLUOROCHEM 489.2 499.9 475 476.3HEXAWARE 467 467.9 466.75 466.85HINDCOPPER 33.5 33.65 32.5 32.7SUPREMEIND 1365 1377.95 1340.3 1341.95ESSELPRO 250.05 254.8 250.05 252.2NLCINDIA 51 51 50.25 50.45IOB 9.15 9.41 9.15 9.24TIINDIA 604 604 578.1 579.9CSBBANK 228.85 230.5 226.4 227.3TASTYBIT 10550 10900 10550 10767.9SANOFI 8590.1 8606.05 8530.25 8547.3VTL 790 799.95 761.7 767.5

BRIGADE 169 171 163.8 165.75KALPATPOWR* 242.85 242.85 234.05 235.05KANSAINER 484.9 484.9 471.45 476.75JAGRAN 37.15 37.45 36.45 37.15UCOBANK 12.5 12.5 11.84 11.93TATAINVEST 866.05 878.35 861.1 864.05MAHINDCIE 136.45 139.55 134.05 135.25CERA 2485.7 2550 2479.95 2539.25SCHNEIDER 81 81 75.9 76.15AIAENG 1786.9 1796.85 1711 1751.55LUXIND 1453.6 1468.2 1422.85 1441.8SKFINDIA 1483.85 1483.85 1462.95 1467.1MOIL 136 136.65 133 133.25MHRIL 167 169.45 163.05 166.35MOTILALOFS 616.45 616.45 602.75 603.05AKZOINDIA 2042.05 2115.45 2042.05 2054.05JCHAC 2304.15 2325 2190 2236.9NBVENTURES 57.8 57.8 54.1 54.45FINCABLES 282.75 286.9 282 283.2SIS 356.05 364 354.45 355.65TCIEXP 799 799 767 773.6VSTIND 3332 3343.65 3290 3315.3DBL 345 345 333.65 336.55MAHABANK 11.3 11.4 11.11 11.17GRINDWELL 555 555 542.3 543.7ORIENTREF 195 197 190.15 190.9SHANKARA 323.6 345.3 323.6 341.05GREAVESCOT 73.8 73.8 72.55 72.7TNPL 105.35 108.45 104.55 104.85KNRCON 227.6 256.85 227.6 255.75GPPL 86.4 86.4 83.75 84.2MMTC 16.35 16.55 16.1 16.45GHCL 159 159 147.35 148.75TVTODAY 196.7 198.05 195.55 195.75GEPIL 414 423 407.95 413.85TTKPRESTIG 6022.75 6068.75 5939.55 5996.5TATAMETALI 514.95 517 487.75 492.6MRPL 26.7 26.8 26 26.15GICRE 123.35 124.8 122 122.4DCMSHRIRAM 362.9 363.95 354 354.9ITDC 232.8 233.35 225 227.2IFCI 5.65 5.94 5.65 5.8MAHSEAMLES 217 219.8 216.45 218.1SYMPHONY 868 868 852 854.55VRLLOG 166.8 166.8 158.3 159.7ASTERDM 138.25 138.6 134 136.1SOLARINDS 1129.95 1129.95 1066.5 1077.9VAIBHAVGBL 1876.7 1880 1851.55 1859SHOPERSTOP 178 178 172.5 174.3TVSSRICHAK 1448.4 1448.4 1400 1400.25NILKAMAL 1296 1314.3 1296 1309.8ERIS 518.5 522.7 507 511.15SOMANYCERA 204.2 208.3 197.05 198.3NIACL 104.5 104.55 102.4 102.85CRISIL 1767.7 1767.7 1738.2 1748.3TCNSBRANDS 380.8 385.2 375 378.7MAHLIFE 242.85 245 234.75 235.6HERITGFOOD 317.5 317.5 304 304.95DBCORP 77.05 77.85 76.25 76.55INDOSTAR 291.95 294.3 285.05 292.8SHRIRAMCIT 953 953 901.15 913.6IIFLWAM 944.9 945.15 921.45 928.35STARCEMENT 85 85 82 83.2VMART 2008.2 2008.2 1949.8 1957.2RATNAMANI 1246.8 1285.95 1224.5 1277.85NAVNETEDUL 78 78.1 76.75 77.05CHENNPETRO 69.3 69.3 67.6 68MAHSCOOTER 2928.65 2928.65 2877.2 2885.6JTEKTINDIA 78.75 79.7 77.5 78.75OMAXE 66.5 66.5 65.7 65.85SFL 1332.25 1335.05 1297.85 1309.75TEAMLEASE 2340 2340.75 2288.85 2319.9WESTLIFE 392.05 394.2 389.2 390.15ESABINDIA 1348.7 1358.45 1333.45 1350GULFOILLUB 623 645 623 638.55MASFIN 837.85 839.05 803.6 821.4GDL 94.55 96.25 94.45 96.05FINOLEXIND 502 510 502 508.95MINDAIND 346.1 346.1 332.25 334.3MAHLOG 333.3 336.5 329.5 331.05GET&D 89.95 90 87.65 88.1CHOLAHLDNG 411.65 414.7 398.65 399.6SCHAEFFLER 3653.95 3653.95 3611.25 3611.45

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Cotton Associationof India (CAI) has

increased the estimatefor cotton output by5.50 lakh bales to 360lakh bales for the 2019-20 season in itsSeptember estimatedue to higher produc-tion in the central zone.

The total cotton produc-tion in 2018-19 (October-September) stood at 312 lakhbales, the CAI said in a state-ment on Monday.

CAI in earlier its estimatehad pegged the production at

354.50 lakh balesfor the 2019-20season.

The produc-tion estimate forthe central zonehas been increasedby 5.50 lakh balesthat is 2.50 lakhbales each inGujarat and

Maharashtra and 50,000 baleseach in Madhya Pradesh.

The total cotton supply tillthe end of the season, that is upto September 30, was at 407.50lakh bales, which consists of theopening stock of 32 lakh balesat the beginning of the cotton

season on October 1, 2019,crop for the season estimatedat 360 lakh bales and importsestimated at 15.50 lakh bales.

The imports are estimatedto be lower by 16.50 lakh balescompared to the previous year'sestimate of 32 lakh bales.

Domestic consumption forthe entire crop year, that is upto September 30, has beenestimated at 250 lakh bales.

The CAI has retained itsexport estimate for the seasonat the same level as estimatedby it previously, that is 50 lakhbales. The carryover stock esti-mated at the end of the seasonis 107.50 lakh bales.

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Industr ia l product iondeclined by 8 per cent in

August, mainly due to loweroutput of manufacturing,mining and power generationsectors, official data showedon Monday.

According to the Index ofIndustrial Production (IIP)data, manufacturing sectorproduct ion registered adecline of 8.6 per cent, whilethe output of mining andpower segments fell 9.8 percent and 1.8 per cent, respec-tively. The IIP had contract-

ed by 1.4 per cent in August2019. " It may not be appro-priate to compare the IIP inthe post pandemic monthswith the IIP for months pre-ceding the COVID 19 pan-demic," the Ministr y ofStatistics and ProgrammeImplementation said in astatement.

"With the gradual relax-ation of restrictions, there hasbeen a relative improvementin the economic activities byvarying degrees as well as indata reporting," it added.

Meanwhile, the contrac-tion in IIP in July has been

revised to (-)10.8 per centfrom the (-) 10.4 per centprovisional data released lastmonth. Similarly, May IIPhas been revised marginallyto 33.4 per cent contractionfrom 33.9 per cent decline.

The decline in IIP forJune remained unchanged at(-) 15.8 per cent.

The government hadimposed a lockdown to con-tain the spread of COVID-19infections on March 25, 2020.

The IIP had shrunk by57.3 per cent in April asmost industrial and com-mercial establ ishments

remained closed.As per the latest data, the

manufacturing sector, whichconstitutes 77.63 per cent ofthe IIP, recorded a decline of8.6 per cent in August 2020,as against a contraction of 1.7per cent in the same monthlast year. Similarly, miningsector output fell 9.8 per centas against a flat growth inAugust 2019.

Power generation shrankby 1.8 per cent, compared toa contraction of 0.9 per centa year ago.

Output of capital goods,which is a barometer of

investment, fell by 15.4 percent in August as against acontraction of 20.9 per centearlier. Consumer durablesoutput also declined by 10.3per cent, as against a con-traction of 9.7 per cent inAugust 2019.

Consumer non-durablegoods production fell 3.3 percent, compared to a growth of3.1 per cent a year ago.

The IIP for April-Augustperiod has contracted by 25per cent, according to thedata. It had registered agrowth of 2.5 per cent duringthe same period last fiscal.

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Equity benchmarks paredearly gains but managed to

end modestly higher onMonday after the finance min-ister announced fresh stimulusmeasures to revive festivedemand and boost the econo-my. After rallying nearly 400points in the morning, the 30-share BSE Sensex buckledunder selling pressure in after-noon trade, before ending84.31 points or 0.21 per centhigher at 40,593.80.

Similarly, the NSE Niftyrose 16.75 points or 0.14 percent to close at 11,930.95.

Both the key indices haveextended their winning streakto eight sessions. In a bid tostimulate consumer demandduring the festival season andboost the economy, FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanon Monday announced pay-ment of cash in lieu of LTC andRs 10,000 festival advance togovernment employees.

She also announced addi-tional capital spending and Rs

12,000 crore, 50-year interest-free loan to states to boost theeconomy that has been batteredby the pandemic and the result-ing lockdowns.

ITC was the top gainer inthe Sensex pack, spurting 2.59per cent, followed by Infosys,Asian Paints, HCL Tech,PowerGrid, Maruti, TCS andICICI Bank. On the otherhand, Bharti Airtel, ONGC,HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bankand Bajaj Auto were among themain laggards, shedding up to2.33 per cent.

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Mumbai: The rupee snappedits three-session winning runon Monday, declining by 12paise to close at 73.28 againstthe US dollar amid weakeningAsian peers against the green-back. Starting off on a bullishnote, the Indian currencytouched the day's high of 73.06before losing momentum. Itswung 25 paise during thesession. Clocking its first lossin four sessions, the domesticunit finally settled 12 paiselower at 73.28 against theAmerican currency.

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The Government's measuresto boost consumption

demand by providing moremoney into the hands of indi-viduals would require a centralGovernment employee tospend in excess of �1 lakh toclaim leave travel concessionreimbursement of just over�30,000.

As per the LTC fare sched-ule provided by the financeministry, the deemed airfare(round trip) for a person enti-tled to travel business class is �36,000 while those entitled foreconomy class air travel and rail

travel (any class) is �20,000 and� 6,000, respectively.

What this means is thatunder the special cash packageinvolving LTC, an individualwill have to spend in excess of�1,08,000, �60,000 and �18,000, respectively betweennow and March 31 to get farereimbursement as per entitle-ment for unused portion ofLTC. Similarly, for getting 10days' reimbursement of leavetravel encashment availableunder LTC package toGovernment employees, anindividual will have to spendvalue equivalent to the encash-ment to get the refunds.

"The LTC money ofGovernment employees tobuy consumer goods woulddry up those funds for thetravel sector. Additionally, itwould also send a vote of no-confidence to the tourismtravel and hospitality indus-try which was looking to getback on its feet after 'Unlock'.Since this (LTC) is a 4-yearblock scheme, it will also cutaway funds for future traveldemand source for the nextyear when the LTC blockends in 2021," Federation ofAssociat ions in IndianTourism & Hospital ity(FAITH) said, reacting to the

Government's announce-ments on Monday.

Central Governmentemployees get LTC in a blockof 4 years (one to anywhere inIndia & one hometown or twofor hometown).

The entitlement for air orrail fare, as per pay scale, isreimbursed and in addition,leave encashment of 10 days(pay + DA) is paid.

The government hasallowed reimbursementscheme for LTC as due toCovid-19, employees are not ina position to avail full quota ofLTC in the current block of2018-21.

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Armenia and Azerbaijan onMonday accused each

other of attacks over the sepa-ratist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh despite a ceasefiredeal brokered by Russia in aneffort to end the worst outbreakof hostilities in the region indecades.

The ceasefire came intoeffect on Saturday, but wasimmediately challenged bymutual claims of violationsthat persisted throughout theweekend and continued onMonday morning.

Armenian DefenceMinistry spokeswomanShushan Stepanian said on

Monday that Azerbaijani forceswere “intensively shelling thesouthern front” of the conflict

zone.Azerbaijan’s Defence

Ministry, meanwhile, insisted

that Azerbaijan was observingthe ceasefire but accusedArmenian forces of shelling theGoranboy, Terter and Agdamregions of Azerbaijan that liearound Nagorno-Karabakh.

The recent bout of fightingbetween Azerbaijani andArmenian forces startedSeptember 27 and has left hun-dreds of people dead in thebiggest escalation of thedecades-old conflict overNagorno-Karabakh since a sep-aratist war there ended in 1994.The region lies in Azerbaijanbut has been under control ofethnic Armenian forces backedby Armenia.

The foreign ministers ofArmenia and Azerbaijan

signed a truce in Moscow afterRussian President VladimirPutin had brokered it in aseries of calls with AzerbaijaniPresident Ilham Aliyev andArmenian Prime MinisterNikol Pashinian.

The cease-fire took effect atnoon Saturday, after talks inMoscow that were sponsoredby Russian Foreign MinisterSergey Lavrov. The deal stipu-lated that the cease-fire shouldpave the way for talks on set-tling the conflict.

If the truce had held, itwould have marked a majordiplomatic coup for Russia,which has a security pact withArmenia but has also cultivat-ed warm ties with Azerbaijan.

Taipei: China says it has cap-tured people spying for rivalTaiwan and cracked a series ofespionage cases.

Reports by state TV andother outlets Sunday said mul-tiple suspects were detainedbut gave no numbers or iden-tities for most of them.

China and Taiwan splitamid a civil war in 1949 andhave extensive business tiesbut no official relations. Bothsides regularly gather intelli-gence on each other.

Security personnel solvedmore than 100 spying casespart of an initiative dubbedOperation Thunder 2020,China Central Televisionreported.

CCTV identified one suspect as a Taiwanese man, Li Mengju, who it said took

photos of paramilitary armedpolice in Shenzhen, a city that borders Hong Kong. It said he was detained inAugust at a Shenzhen bordercrossing.

“The pictures and videoshe shot are enough for pro-fessional espionage organiza-tions analysis. It is enough forthem to assess our entiretroop’s numbers and equip-ment status,” said an unnamedpolice officer interviewed inthe segment.

It is unclear what otherinformation Li was accused ofgathering or what otherdetainees were accused of.

Taiwan’s Mainland Affairscouncil said Monday the accu-sations are purely “politicalspeculation” from the Chineseside. AP

Portland (US): Protesters over-turned statues of formerPresidents Theodore Rooseveltand Abraham Lincoln inPortland, Oregon, in a decla-ration of “rage” towardColumbus Day.

Protest organisers onSunday night dubbed the event“Indigenous Peoples Day ofRage,” in response to Monday’sfederal holiday named after15th-century Italian explorerChristopher Columbus, apolarising figure who NativeAmerican advocates have saidspurred centuries of genocideagainst indigenous populationsin the Americas.

The group threw chainsaround Roosevelt’s statue, offi-cially titled “TheodoreRoosevelt, Rough Rider.” They

threw red paint on the monu-ment and began using a blow-torch on the statue’s base, newsoutlets reported.

The crowd pulled downthe statue just before 9 pm. Thegroup later turned their atten-tion toward Lincoln’s statue,pulling it down about eightminutes later.

Historians have saidRoosevelt expressed hostilitytoward Native Americans, oncesaying: “I don’t go so far as tothink that the only good Indiansare dead Indians, but I believenine out of every 10 are ...”

Protesters spray-painted“Dakota 38” on the base ofLincoln’s statue, referencingthe 38 Dakota men Lincolnapproved to have hanged afterthe men were involved in a vio-

lent conflict with white settlersin Minnesota.

After toppling the statues,the crowd began smashingwindows at the OregonHistorical Society and latermoved onto the Portland StateUniversity Campus PublicSafety office.

Police later declared theevent a riot and ordered thegroup to disperse. Police saidanyone involved in “criminalbehavior, including vandalism”was subject to arrest. It’s unclearif any arrests were made.

The monuments are thelatest statues to come down ina wave of removed monu-ments and protests sparked bythe May 25 death of GeorgeFloyd in Minneapolis policecustody. AP

Brussels: European Union for-eign ministers were weighingMonday whether to imposesanctions on Russian officialsand organizations blamed forthe poisoning of oppositionleader Alexei Navalny with aSoviet-era nerve agent.

The ministers, meeting inLuxembourg, are considering aproposal from France andGermany to freeze the assets ofthose suspected of involve-ment and ban them from trav-elling in Europe under sanc-tions to combat the use andspread of chemical weapons.

Navalny, an anti-corrup-tion investigator and majorpolitical opponent of RussianPresident Vladimir Putin, fellill on August 20 during adomestic flight in Russia. Hewas flown to Germany fortreatment two days later and is

still recovering there.Last week, tests conducted

at labs designated by theOrganization for the Prohibitionof Chemical Weapons con-firmed that Navalny was the vic-tim of a Novichok nerve agent.

German Foreign MinisterHeiko Maas said Monday thatgiven the OPCW’s findings, itis now “objectively clear thatthis is a breach of the ChemicalWeapons Convention, one thatcannot remain without conse-quences.”

In a statement on Friday,France and Germany said thatdespite repeated calls Russiahas provided “no credibleexplanation” for what hap-pened and that “there is noother plausible explanation forMr Navalny’s poisoning than aRussian involvement andresponsibility.” AP

Beijing: Chinese health author-ities will test all 9 million peo-ple in the eastern city ofQingdao for the coronavirusthis week after nine caseslinked to a hospital were found,the government announcedMonday. The announcementbroke a two-month streak withno virus transmissions withinChina reported. The rulingCommunist Party has liftedmost curbs on travel and busi-ness but still monitors travelersand visitors to public buildingsfor signs of infection.

Authorities were investi-gating the source of the infec-tions found in eight patients atQingdao’s Municipal ChestHospital and one family mem-ber, the National HealthCommission said.

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Hong Kong: Hong Kong leaderCarrie Lam said on Monday thather annual policy address sched-uled for this week will be delayeduntil she travels to Beijing to askthe Chinese central govern-ment for help with measures tohelp her city’s battered economy.

Lam’s announcement comesjust two days before her policyaddress was scheduled to takeplace, and amid reports thatChinese President Xi Jinpingwould be travelling to theChinese southern coastal city ofShenzhen to commemorate the40th anniversary of the specialeconomic zone.

The leader of Hong Kong, asemi-autonomous Chinese ter-ritory, typically gives a policyaddress at the start of each leg-islative year, but Lam said that

this is a convention that is not“cast in stone.”

She said she is postponingthe address after submittingseveral proposed measures toBeijing seeking their support tohelp boost Hong Kong’s econo-my, which has taken a batteringdue to the coronavirus pan-demic and months of anti-gov-ernment protests last year.

Lam said at a news confer-ence that she will travel toBeijing at the end of October toparticipate in meetings with

various ministries and com-missions and see if the centralauthorities will support the pro-posed measures. She declined togive details on the proposals.

Lam added that gaining thesupport from the central author-ities in Beijing would allow herto give an address later in theyear that will boost the confi-dence of the city’s economicrevival.

“For our economy to revive,we need the support of themainland. We have to betterintegrate into the national devel-opment plan,” she said.

“The supporting policies ofcentral authorities would go along way to boosting the confi-dence in our economy as well asthe revival of economic activityin Hong Kong,” she added. AP

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Beijing: China has releasednew regulations for Muslimsvisiting Saudi Arabia for annu-al Haj stipulating that the pil-grimage should be organisedonly by the country’s IslamicAssociation and pilgrimsshould follow Chinese lawsand oppose religious extrem-ism.

There are 20 millionMuslims in China, mostlyUyghurs - an ethnic group ofTurkic origin - and HuiMuslims, who are of Chineseethnic origin. Both Uyghursand Hui Muslims have a pop-ulation of about 10 millioneach, according to an officialwhite paper.

About 10,000 ChineseMuslims perform Haj every

year.The new regulation issued

for Haj pilgrimage has a totalof 42 articles, including onethat stipulates that ChineseMuslims’ pilgrimage should beorganised in accordance withlaws, and the Chinese IslamicAssociation is the only organ-isation that is authorised toarrange for Chinese Muslims togo to Mecca in Saudi Arabia toperform Haj.

No other organisation orindividual should organise thetrips, and Chinese citizensshould meet basic requirementswhen applying for the Haj, theregulation, which would beimplemented from December1, stipulates, state-run GlobalTimes reported. PTI

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Lashkar Gah (Afghanistan):American forces conductedover the past couple days sev-eral airstrikes in support ofAfghan security force underattack by Taliban in the south-ern Helmand province, thespokesman for the US militaryin Afghanistan said onMonday.

Col Sonny Leggett con-firmed on his twitter accountthat the strikes over the pasttwo days in Helmand did notviolate the U.S.-Taliban agree-ment signed in February.

“The Taliban need toimmediately stop their offen-sive actions in HelmandProvince and reduce their vio-lence around the country. It isnot consistent with the US-Taliban agreement and under-

mines the ongoing AfghanPeace Talks,” Leggett’s tweetsaid, quoting Gen Scott Miller,the Commander of the USForces in Afghanistan.

Leggett said that US forceshave and will continue to pro-vide support in defense ofAfghan national security forcesunder attack by the Taliban.

The announcement of USstrikes comes after a gun bat-tle on Monday was reported inand around Lashkar Gah, thecapital city of Helmandprovince.

Eyewitnesses said there issporadic shooting inside thecity and residents have fledfrom the Nad Ali and Nawadistricts because of the fighting.

Omer Zwak, spokesmanfor the provincial governor in

Helmand, said Taliban fightershad started their coordinatedattacks in different parts of theprovince over the past weekand that these had intensifiedover the weekend.

“The Taliban havedestroyed several bridges overthe main highway, so the high-way is closed right now and noone can travel,” said Zwak.

Representatives of theAfghan government and theTaliban are holding intra-Afghan negotiations in Qatar,a Mideast country where theTaliban have had a politicaloffice for many years.

The negotiations are meantto end the country’s decades-long long war, following a US-Taliban peace deal signed inFebruary in Doha, Qatar’s cap-

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Despite unprecedented snowfallbreaking a 60-year record, all strategicpasses and roads were cleared for traf-fic about one month before their aver-age yearly opening dates, officials said.

Rajnath said he was happy to knowthat over 2,200 kilometers of roads havebeen cut by the BRO during the last twoyears, using the latest technologies, andstate-of-the-art equipment. Also, sur-facing was carried out on about 4,200kms of roads, he added.

India is expediting work on sever-al key projects including on a strategicroad linking Darcha in HimachalPradesh with Ladakh that will criss-cross a number of high-altitude snow-bound passes. The nearly 290-km-long road will be crucial for the move-ment of troops and heavy weaponryinto the frontier bases of the Ladakhregion and will provide a crucial link tothe Kargil region.

The Minister also said in additionto expediting road construction, theBRO has laid special emphasis on con-struction of bridges by completing 28major bridges last year while 102 majorbridges are being completed this year.Fifty-four of these bridges have alreadybeen completed. Over 60 Bailey Bridgeshave also been constructed by BRO tomeet immediate requirements of armedforces and people living in remote areas.

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External Affairs Minister SJaishankar and his Chinese counterpartWang Yi held bilateral talks in Moscowthat day over the Ladakh issue. Both theMinisters agreed to continue dialogue

and maintain peace and tranquility forearly disengagement.

Later, the two Corps Commandersheld extensive sixth round of talks onSeptember 21 and issued a joint state-ment agreeing not to send more troopsto the border. This step was taken as aconfidence building measure.

During the latest round of talks, thetwo commanders also focused on waysto thinning out additional troops fromthe depth areas and withdraw heavyweapons. However, both the sides areyet to pull back as India is wary of theChinese, sources said.

At present, more than one lakhtroops of both the armies are deployedat the LAC besides heavy weapons. AsChina stationed more than 150 aircraftin the Tibet region since the stand offsbegan in early May, the IAF alsodeployed all its frontline aircraft allalong the 4,000 km long LAC fromLadakh in the west to ArunachalPradesh in the east. The newly induct-ed Rafale jets are now flying regular sor-ties in Ladakh along with SU-30s,Mirages and MIG-29s.

Not willing to take any chances, theIndian armed forces are preparing fora long haul and supplementing itslogistics resources for winter deploy-ment in Ladakh. Also, additional troopstrained in mountain warfare were keptin reserve. Most of these personnel haveserved long stints in the Siachen glac-ier and other such tough places and arebattle hardened, they said.

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animals or research activities pertain-ing there to or in the production or test-ing of biological or in health camps”.Therefore, broadly, any waste generat-ed from treating patients comes underthe ambit of biomedical waste.

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“Today’s solution should not causetomorrow’s problem,” she added.Sitharaman said the CentralGovernment employees get LTC in ablock of 4 years (one to anywhere inIndia and one hometown; or two for thehome town). Air or rail fare, as perscale/entitlement, is reimbursed and inaddition, leave encashment of 10 days(pay plus DA) is paid.

Due to Covid-19, employees are notin a position to avail LTC. In lieu of oneLTC, a cash payment will be made —full payment on leave encashment andpayment of a fare in 3 flat-rate slabsdepending on the class of entitlement.Fair payment will be tax-free.

An employee, opting for thisscheme, will be required to buygoods/services worth 3-times the fareand 1-time the leave encashment beforeMarch 31, 2021, she said adding moneymust be spent on goods attractingGST of 12 per cent or more from a GSTregistered vendor and through digitalmode. If Central Government employ-ees opt for it, the cost will be around�5,675 crore. Employees of public sec-tor banks and PSUs will also be allowedthis facility and estimated cost forthem will be �1,900 crore.

The tax concession will be allowedfor State Government/private sector too,for employees who currently are enti-tled to LTC, subject to following theguidelines of the central governmentscheme.

Demand infusion in the economyby the Central Government and centralPSE/PSB employees is estimated to be

�19,000 crore. Demand infusion by stategovernment employees will be �9,000crore. She said festival advance alongwith other similar advances were abol-ished on the recommendations of the7th Pay Commission. It is proposed torestore the festival advance with one-time interest-free advance of �10,000 tobe availed by March 31. The amount issupposed to be recovered in maximum10 instalments.

The outgo under the head is expect-ed to be �4,000 crore, she said addingif 50 per cent adoption by states is takeninto account, another �4,000 crore fes-tival advances would be disbursed.

Employees will get pre-loadedRupay card of the advance value. TheGovernment will bear bank charges inthis regard.The finance minister said�25,000 crore additional budget will beprovided towards capital expenditure onroads, defence infrastructure, watersupply, urban development and domes-tically produced capital equipment fordefence.

This is over and above the �4.13lakh crore capital expenditureannounced in the Budget for 2020-21.Also, a special �12,000 crore interest-free, 50-year loan will be given to statesfor capital expenditure. Of this, �1,600crore will be for the North-Easternstates and �900 crore for Uttarakhandand Himachal Pradesh.

Other states will get �7,500 crore inproportion to their share in FinanceCommission devolution — 50 per centinitially and balance after use of the firstinstalment, she said adding the remain-ing �2,000 crore will be given to statesthat implement pre-agreed reforms.Sitharaman said �36,000 crore addi-tional consumer demand will be creat-ed (� 28,000 crore through LTC vouch-er scheme plus �8,000 crore through fes-tival advance scheme). Also, Rs 37,000crore of additional central and state cap-ital expenditure will be incurred.

Total boost to demand is estimat-ed at Rs 73,000 crore by March 31, 2021,she added. PTI

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Air quality in Delhi andneighboring States was

recorded in the “poor catego-ry” on Monday with the con-centration of fine particulatematter – PM 2.5 and 10increasing to the highestrecorded level this season sofar. The city recorded an over-all AQI of 240 at 10 am.

According to Ministry ofEarth Sciences (MoES),SAFAR, the air quality index(AQI) was likely to improveslightly in the coming daysdue to a change in the winddirection.

The city recorded an over-all AQI of 240 at 10 am. The24-hour average AQI was 216on Sunday and 221 onSaturday.

The AQI in Jahangirpuri(301) and Vivek Vihar (316)hit the “very poor” category.

An AQI between 0 and 50is considered 'good', 51 and100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor',301 and 400 'very poor', and401 and 500 'severe'.

PM10 levels in Delhi-NCR stood at 242 microgramper cubic meter (μg/m3) at 9am -- the highest this seasonso far, according to CPCBdata. PM10 levels below 100μg/m3 are considered safe inIndia.

PM10 is particulate mat-ter with a diameter of 10micrometers and is inhalableinto the lungs. These particlesinclude dust, pollen and moldspores.

The levels of PM2.5 –

finer particles which can evenenter the bloodstream – were106 μg/m3. PM2.5 levels up to60 μg/m3 are considered safe.

Delhi's air quality hadturned poor on Wednesday,the first time in since June 29,with the Central PollutionControl Board recording a24-hour average AQI of 215.

SAFAR said as many as448 farm fires were observedin Punjab, adjoining Pakistan,Haryana and Uttar Pradeshwhich impacted Delhi's airquality on Sunday.

However, the wind direc-tion will change from north-westerly to southeasterly andthe impact of farm fires willreduce, it said.

Delhi's minimum tem-perature settled at 19.4 degreesCelsius. The maximum windspeed was 4 kilometers perhour. Low temperatures andstagnant winds help in accu-mulation of pollutants nearthe ground, affecting air qual-ity.

With Delhi-NCR bracingfor months of poor air quali-ty, experts have warned thathigh levels of air pollution canaggravate the COVID-19 pan-demic.

High level of air pollutionin Delhi is a year-round prob-lem, which can be attributedto unfavourable meteorolog-ical conditions, farm fires inneighbouring regions andlocal sources of pollution.

According to an analysisby the Council on Energy,Environment and Water, aDelhi-based think tank, trans-portation contributes the most

-- 18 to 39 percent -- toDelhi's air pollution.

Road dust is the secondlargest source of air pollutionin the city (18 to 38 percent),followed by industries (2 to 29percent), thermal powerplants (3 to 11 percent) andconstruction (8 percent).

This year, the Delhi gov-ernment has launched a mas-sive anti-air pollution cam-paign -- “Yuddh PradushanKe Viruddh' -- which is beingled by Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal and EnvironmentMinister Gopal Rai.

A “green war room” witha 10-member expert team hasbeen set up at the DelhiSecretariat to monitor thesteps being taken to deal withhigh levels of air pollution inwinters.

The environment depart-ment has also taken sternaction against project propo-nents at large constructionand demolition sites floutingdust control norms. The gov-ernment will also start thespraying of “Pusa bio-decom-poser” solution in non-bas-mati rice fields in the nation-al capital, starting Tuesday.

The solution, experts say,can turn the stubble intomanure in 15 to 20 days andtherefore, can prevent stubbleburning.'

Starting October 15,stricter measures to fight airpollution will also come intoforce in Delhi and its neigh-bourhood as part of theGraded Response Action Plan,which was first implementedin Delhi-NCR in 2017.

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The World ArthritisDay is celebratedeach year on Oct 12since 1996. It is

observed to raise awarenessabout arthritis around theworld. Arthritis affectsaround 15% people which isabout 180 million people inIndia. The World HealthOrganisation data show that0.3-1% of the world’s popu-lation has rheumatoidarthritis and 18% womenwhile around 10% menabove 60 yrs have “sympto-matic osteoarthritis”.Commonly known as gatiya,which means inflammationand swelling in the joints,Arthritis is often misunder-stood as the disease of theold age.

Arthritis is broadly clas-sified into two types:Inflammatory andDegenerative. Degenerative,known as osteoarthritis isthe disease which comeswith age (>50 years) and hasa high association with beingoverweight. Inflammatoryarthritis affects the individ-ual from as early as an infantof two years to 40-50 years.Most of patients fall in theyoung age group of 20-40which is their peak time forthe careers and family.Osteoarthritis (OA) andrheumatoid arthritis (RA)are two of the most commontypes of arthritis. But thereare around 50 types ofarthritis which can affectpeople.

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pain, stiffness, and swelling,pain in the hand and footjoints along with swelling,severe backache and neckpain, then it could be arthri-tis. There are some veryearly and peculiar symptomsuch as the night pains andmorning stiffness whichlasts for 30-40 minutes andpatients find it difficult tostart their day.

Some arthritis effectsour internal organs as wellcausing non-specific symp-toms of low grade fever(without a cause), bluishdiscoloration of hands,mouth ulcers, hair fall, rash-es over the body. Arthritis isa common feature ofautoimmune diseases likeRheumatoid Arthritis,Ankylosing Spondylitis,Gout, Lupus (SLE), SjogrensSyndrome, Scleroderma,vasculitis which are cate-gorised under inflammato-ry arthritis.

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examination, medical histo-ry, radiological & followinglaboratory investigations arecommonly used to diag-nose arthritis: CBC , ESR,C-Reactive protein, ANA,RA factor , Anti-CCP ,Complement levels , Uricacid , Urine R/M,Examination of synovialfluid via Arthrocentesis ,HLA-B27 (for ankylosing

spondylitis)and others.Clinician/rheumatologistshelp is required in narrow-ing the diagnosis and indi-vidualising the treatmentaccording to a particularcase, as arthritis behavesdifferently in every indi-vidual. But what is mostimportant to understand isnot to self-medicate byusing painkillers, as they donot halt the disease, ratherthey will lead to unneces-sary side effects. The diag-

nosis of arthritis starts withthe first step of going to seea specialist. Upon confirm-ing the symptoms, it willtake extraction and analysisof inflammation levels in theblood and joint fluids for anexpert to determine thekind of arthritis one mayhave.

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arthritis begins with reduc-ing the amount of pain that

one is experiencing, pre-venting further damage tothe affected areas, as well asimproving or maintainingfunction and quality of life.With that mind, doctorsoften prescribe a combina-tion of treatment methods,including anti-inflammato-ry and pain relieving med-ications, to achieve the bestresults.

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sultation, affecting the lives of more people than heart disease,diabetes and cancer combined. Most of us have endured finiteepisodes of severe pain whether that be a fractured bone,toothache or headache, and are fortunate to remember these as dis-tant memories. Some are, however, denied this luxury of forget-fulness and suffer from chronic pain which simply explained is painpersisting beyond the healing period of three-six months.

Persistent pain beyond this period can lead to changes in thenervous system and transform into continuous pain even afterthe original cause for the pain is removed, and hence timely treat-ment is a priority. Chronic pain conditions are amongst the lead-ing causes of disability as even mild joint pain can have a debil-itating impact on mobility and quality of life. In contrast acutepain, such as after an injury, has a distinct beginning and endand abates with healing or appropriate treatment.

Preconceived notions such as accepting pain as a part of age-ing can be detrimental. Social fabric and cultural values unique-ly influence the way pain is interpreted and treated. One canappreciate how popular Bollywood dialogues such as “Mard kodard nahi hota” may influence expression and acknowledgementof pain. Beliefs like these can become a hindrance in seeking time-ly medical advice and hence there is a dire need to raise aware-ness. It is indeed ironic that despite the high prevalence, knowl-edge about pain is lacking and misinformation aboundsamongst patients and care providers.

The complexities of pain and the fact that surgery or pillscannot resolve all pain issues has been long recognised. Afterall it is the pain which brings a patient to the hospital whether

it’s a slipped disc or a cancerhiding deep inside the tummy,so why should the treatment ofpain be a second priority.

It is time chronic pain ismanaged as a disease and notas a symptom. In certain situ-ations where the root causecannot be removed the empha-sis shifts to management ofpain and prevention of flareups. Like Diabetes and highblood pressure, pain therapyneeds to be adjusted from timeto time. Often this concept isnot well appreciated, and suf-fering is prolonged in the questfor a cure.

Early initiation of treat-ments is a priority in conditions

such as rheumatoid arthritis as this reduces the detrimental dis-ease consequences and long-term disability. This raises a needfor a robust primary health care system with established care andreferral pathways.

The impact of pain is not just limited to physical sufferingas it affects all aspects of one’s life. It is not uncommon for peo-ple to become irritable, depressed, anxious, socially isolated, devel-op strained relations, have financial and work problems. In chron-ic pain the disability is not always visible, making it challengingfor others to appreciate what one is going through. Often the less-er known pain conditions fall between medical specialities withno one being able to pinpoint the root cause and the patientskeep seeing one specialist after another with a battery of inves-tigations coming back as normal.

Increasing emphasis on the quality of life is challenging themedical fraternity to improvise and keep pace with communi-ty expectations. A number of new drugs and interventionaloptions for pain treatment have been developed in the last fewyears. Unfortunately, not all of these are available in India cur-rently, but it is only a matter of time. Newer drugs such as a strongCapsaicin patch, used in patients with localised nerve pain, havethe potential to relieve pain for months with just one applica-tion and have minimal side effects. New medications for reliev-ing constipation have helped improve the tolerability of exist-ing strong morphine like painkillers.

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���4(� Also known as theheart-leaved moonseed,Giloy is an Ayurvedic herbthat is known for itsimmunity boostingproperties.

Giloy is anti-toxic, antipyretic(that reducesfever), anti-inflammato-ry, antioxi-dant. Thisc l a s s i c a lmedicine isthe ultimateanswer to allhealth anom-alies and acts likea suraksha kawachduring the current time.

It also improves plateletcount in dengue fever andreduces the chances of com-

plications. Regular intake ofgiloy helps to improve immu-nity during dengue and alsofor a speedy recovery. For bet-ter results boil giloy juice

with few tulsi leavesand drink to

increase plateletcount.

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Cosmetics are every-one’s best friend. Butsometimes they can

do more harm than goodon skin. The mostcommon of thembeing breakouts. Whileacne andp i m p l e snot onlylook unap-p e a l i n g ,they arepainful too.Here are afew tips thatmay help.

Take green tea andapply it on the affected area.Leave it for sometime andthen rinse it off. This mayhelp reduce the redness anddiscomfort. Repeat thistwice a week.

Tea tree oil can do won-ders too. Combine one tea-

spoon of tea tree oil withcarrier oil. Dip a cottonswab into it and applydirectly to the affected area.

Moisturise skin, if need-ed. Repeat this

twice a day.Aloe vera

can help too.Scrape outsome freshaloe veragel andapply it on

your skin. Itwill help fight

bacteria andreduce redness

and inflammation.Apart from the home

remedies, one easy way toprevent skin break outs is todo a patch test before youuse any new cosmetic prod-uct and remember sleepingwith make-up on is a bigno-no.

In pursuit of that flawless skin, weall have tried almost anything

and everything for atleast once.But sometimes putting too much

of cosmetics can cause break outs.ROSHANI DEVI shares easy tips

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The dilemma of choosing between gheeand oil is something that most of us face

almost every day. This happens because wefail to understand that there’s nothing 100 percent perfect. Everything has its pros and cons.Therefore, choosing the right oil or choos-ing between ghee and oil depends on yourhealth goals. So, let’s talk about the benefitsand the disadvantages of ghee and one of themost commonly used vegetable oils.

Ghee: Ghee is a type of highly-clarifiedbutter that originated from the Indian sub-continent and is most commonly used inSouth Asian cooking. Ghee, just like butter,is made using cow’s milk. The quality of itdepends on the source of milk. Gheeprocessed using grass-fed cow’s milk is of theoptimal quality and provides several healthbenefits.

It is enriched with Vitamins A, D, E, andK. It is lactose-free and contains no sugar orsalt. It is also said to be rich in antioxidantsand antibiotics and has anti-inflammatoryproperties.

�������(�Ghee increases the availability of certainenzymes in the body that help in detoxifica-tion.� It is enriched with antiviral and antibac-terial properties that help your body fightagainst illnesses. � It has antioxidants that help reduce wrin-kles and signs of aging that make your skinlook younger and radiant. � It works wonders for your digestive tract,eyes, bones, skin, and hair health. � It also helps your heart and boosts immu-nity.

�� �$ �� ���(The only disadvantage is it can be stored

as fat in your tummy if you eat more than therequired amount. On average, a healthy adultcan have two to three spoons of ghee everyday. Another potential setback is that in somecases of ghee consumption by lactose-intol-erant people may cause health concerns. �Oil: Vegetable oils are derived from plantsand fruits. There are several different typesof oils and they all have pros and cons. Let'sdiscuss a few of the most common vegetableoils used for cooking, here.� Sunflower Oil: Sunflower oil is extractedfrom the seeds of the flower and is very com-monly used. �Benefits: Sunflower oil is rich in omega 6and linoleic acids. Contains essential nutri-ents that can help lower the risk of heart dis-eases and also blood cholesterol. Sunfloweroil also aids in digestion and is good for yourimmunity, skin, and hair. �Disadvantages: A diet that is high in sun-flower oil may increase blood sugar levels. Itmay also cause allergies in people who areallergic to the Asteraceae/Compositae plantfamily.

Both ghee and oil are beneficial for health;however, moderation is the key. Additionally,it is vital to consult your healthcare profes-sional to learn which one is right for youbased on your health conditions.

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A60-year old Diabetic male from Jaipur, whofell on his chest, was successfully treatedfor his debilitating pain in the chest and

spine. After the fall the patient developed drowsi-ness, severe chest pain and was immediately takento a hospital in Jaipur.

On evaluation in hospital he was found tohave other medical problems such as severelyderanged kidney function and uncontrolledblood pressure. Given the multiple severe prob-lems he decided to travel to Max Hospital Saket,Delhi for further treatment.

Detailed investigations revealed a stroke attackthat had caused confusion and drowsiness andthe kidney function was poor as indicated by highlevels of creatinine. In addition, he had othercomorbidities including type II Diabetes Mellitusfor over 20 years, heart disease with anAngioplasty six years back. Due to his serious con-dition, he was admitted to ICU and multiple teamswere involved in stabilising the patient includingNeurology, Nephrology, Pain, Critical Care,Gastroenterology, Urology and Endocrinology.

“Upon stability in ICU, the patient was stillsuffering from excruciating pain in his lower backand could not even sit up for meals and chang-ing position was a herculean task. Subsequentspine MRI revealed a nerve compression due toa disc bulge, and arthritis of spinal joints, that wascausing pain. There were multiple challenges inmanaging patient’s excruciating pain. He wasgiven spinal injections under x-ray guidance forpain relief and the patient was soon able to sit upand have his meals,” said Dr Amod Manocha,Senior Consultant & Head, Pain ManagementServices, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket.

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The campaign conceptualised andexecuted by Gozoop kicked off onOctober 5 with Ranvijay Singha leadingthe cause by posting a video on Instagramtalking about, how important it is to takecare of our health and build a strongimmunity especially now that we enter theUnlockdown phase and help the nation getthrough the pandemic together. Rannvijayalso urged everyone to share their inspir-ing stories on how are they fighting thepandemic and encourage other people.

Since the day it has kicked off till nowthe campaign has seen a unique traction

of 13million users on Instagram. On thefirst day of the campaign itself we saw anengagement of over 3 million peopleacross the social media channels.

As a part of the campaign, Plix hasopened up a challenge where the users onInstagram has to post a picture with amask and talk about how they haveunlocked their immunity during the pan-demic. The best story will receive a ham-per worth �20,000 from Plix.

Speaking about the initiative, RishubhSatiya, Founder & CEO, Plix said: “Basedon our research we saw that people havebeen overworking due to the work fromhome setup and many have tend toignore their health needs. With the helpof collective participation and support tothis movement we aim to educate peopleabout the importance of immunity andholistic living and that everyone should betaking care of their nutritional needs.”

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� Stay active: Avoid lazing around, andtry to exercise and stay active as muchas possible. It is not just beneficial formanagement of arthritis, but also goodfor overall health.� Remember to rest: Staying active isimportant, and so is getting enough rest.It will provide relief to your joints andsave them from exhaustion. � Eat a healthy diet: A healthy diet helpsin managing the body weight and con-trol inflammation.

Try to avoid refined and processedfood as much as possible, and consumemore foods that are high in antioxidantsand have high anti-inflammatory prop-erties.

Although arthritis cannot be curedcompletely, it can be effectively managedwith the right treatment and simplelifestyle changes. Just make sure toalways stay in touch with your doctor toconsult any changes in symptoms, andtake your medicines on time.

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With ‘unlock 5’ underwayand life moving back to

normalcy in India, the interactionamong friends, colleagues andcompanions have moved up anotch higher. Having to cope upwith their partners for months ina closed space due to the lock-down, the over the top excitementdue to change of scenery hasproved too much for some.

A study conducted by a dat-ing app, Gleeden, discovered that37 per cent of its Indian users hadan affair with their colleaguesafter getting back to their officesfollowing lockdown.

For some, getting back towork meant not only a return tosocialising in the office environ-ment but also a chance for irre-sistible dalliances with co-work-ers. When questioned about thereasons behind their unfaithful

encounters, 37 per cent con-fessed that it was due to a purecraving for sexual intercourse,while 33 per cent of the usersadmitted that they enjoy someoneother than their partner findingthem attractive. About 30 per centof them said that they cheated tofeel desirable again.

An user, who is marriedsince the past seven years withtwo children, expressed thatcheating on her partner wasinevitable after the stress heendured during the lockdown.

She shared, “Staying at home

with two playful kids and an alco-holic husband during the courseof the lockdown was a nightmare.Me and my husband fought dailyand our sexual life was alsounstable due to various other rea-sons. On top of that he alsoabused me verbally and some-times physically to take out hisfrustration from work. I alsohardly felt that longing and affec-tion from his end while makinglove. This not only created a men-tal blockage but I also starteddoubting myself. So as soon as thegovernment eased the restrictionsand my office opened up, I feltfree. I hooked up with an officecolleague of mine with whom Ishared a friendly relation beforethe lockdown and am pleased tofeel wanted and desired again.”

Another user said that he hasbeen chatting with his love affair

on the app since the past fivemonths and is planning to final-ly meet her once their offices re-open. He said, “I met a girl whois married with a kid, just like me.Coincidently, we both share thesame building premises in whichour offices are located. We chat-ted for over five months now andduring that period, we camequite close to each other. We bothlove our spouses but we reallywant to try out this romantic flingoutside our wedlock. I guess weare desperately waiting for ouroffices to open so that we canfinally meet.”

The survey also gave out ashocking result as more than 60per cent of the total surveyedmembers confessed that the lock-down had a negative impact ontheir relationship, both emotion-ally and physically.

Actor Ayushmann Khurranahas revealed a massive secret.

He shared that it was KishoreKumar who made him confidentenough to pull off the role inDream Girl that saw him speak ina woman’s voice.

Ayushmann said, “When youlook back to his film Half Ticketin the song Aake Seedhi Lagi DilPe, he sang in both male andfemale voices! Not many know

this but the fact that he could pullit off with ease made me confidentthat I could do something likeDream Girl. I drew courage fromthis because I had a referencepoint.”

The actor, who has deliveredeight hits in a row, has been votedas one of the most influential peo-ple in the world by TIME maga-zine. On Kishore’s 33rd deathanniversary, Ayushmann fondlyremembered him saying, “KishoreKumar is and will always be aninstitution and he has been a huge

inspiration to me. He is a legendbecause he was always creativelyrestless and fearless and I love thatabout his legacy. He was alwaysthe one to experiment and takerisks.”

He shared that Kishore hasshaped him as an artiste. “His ver-satility and genius is a huge moti-vator and he has set such highstandards for all of us to live upto. Whenever I face a creativeblock, I think of Kishore sir andI snap out of my life state. That’show deep an impact Kishore

Kumar has had on my life. He hada magical voice. He could sing anygenre of music — be it soulful,peppy or even sad. He had a dif-ferent perspective to life and aunique sense of humour,” said he.

The actor will be seen playingan athlete in the forthcoming film,co-starring Vaani Kapoor anddirected by Abhishek Kapoor. It ispitched as a progressive love story.The yet-untitled film is set innorth India and shooting begins inOctober. It is slated to releaseworldwide in theatres next year.

�At wildlife SOS, what are the initia-tives undertaken to tackle poaching oftigers?

The Wildlife SOS anti-poaching unit— Forest Watch — uses undercoverinformers to gather intelligence onwildlife traffickers and transactions. Itthen passes on the information to theWildlife Crime Control Bureau, theForest Department and the Police whoare the authorised agencies to enforce thelaw and take legal action against suchoffenders.

�What kind of challenges did you facewhile uncovering the poaching gangsand their malpractices?

To track poaching gangs and wildlifetraffickers is a very dangerous activity.These gangs are filled with malevolentagents who mostly have commercialprofit in mind. While some of them aregenuinely victims of poverty and harshconditions, many of them do it for themassive profits to be gained from illegaltrafficking. In such cases, there’s never-ending threat to those working againstthem.

It is not just the fear of animals liketigers, leopards and elephants gettingpoached that bothers us. In some com-munities, whether due to fiscal troublesor otherwise, animals like Chinkara areoften hunted for bushmeat. In suchcases, there’s a very faint line betweenethics and reason because one can’targue with someone over morals whenthey are living on an empty stomach.Many organisations also depend oninformers who are mostly members of thesame community — there’s a constantfear of being uncovered.

Human-animal conflict comes asanother challenge for us. When the farmsof those living on the fringes of the forestsare marauded by rampaging elephants ordomestic dogs are carried off by leopards,it is hard to explain the concept of co-exis-tence to people. Last, but not the least, wealso have fund constraints. As an NGO,we constantly depend on funds for con-ducting our anti-poaching operations.

�How relevant do you think shows likeTigers: Hunting the Traffickers are tospread the word?

I am glad to associate with the chan-nel and this show to spread awarenessaround tiger poaching. The series shedslight on illegal tiger trade around the worldand how it is threatening the survival ofthe species.

I believe Sony BBC Earth, as a chan-nel, is making some really relevant con-tent that depicts the plight of endangeredanimals. We must honour India’s diverseyet fast disappearing wildlife heritage andit is the need of the hour to encourage pos-itive environmental action by inspiringpeople to actively participate in workingto improve and protect it.

�Is it possible for the common lore totake steps at an individual level to curbthe growth of illegal animal trade? Isthere any helpline number or measuresincluded for the public to report suchevents?

Awareness and knowledge are twovery powerful tools in propagating thisideology. As responsible citizens, wemust educate ourselves about the issuessurrounding the plight of tigers and otherendangered wildlife populations in India.Here’s how you can contribute to makea difference:

�Follow Wildlife SOS conservationefforts on social media and stay informed

about current affairs�Share @wildlifesos stories on social

media platforms to spread the word�Become a monthly supporter of

conservation groups like Wildlife SOSand help increase the impact

�Tell us about your victories in the lastcouple of years while working atWildlife SOS.

Some of my key projects are:�Eradicating the illegal practice of

dancing bears in India�Providing alternative livelihood to

tribal communities engaged in wildlifepoaching

�Human-wildlife conflict mitiga-tion with special focus on leopards,bears, elephants and reptiles

�Wild elephant radio collaring and

Early Warning System (EWS) establish-ment

�Leopard protection and conserva-tion

�Established anti-poaching unit —the Forest Watch

�Habitat conservation and restora-tion

�Established wildlife rescue hotlineat multiple locations

�Conservation education and pub-lic awareness

�What is the kind of support that suchorganisations require?

India is home to about 70 per cent ofthe world’s tiger population, therebymaking our role in ensuring the survivalof this species crucial. If we lose the tiger,the loss would be irreversible and shame-ful.

The need of the hour is public edu-cation and awareness. The fact that wehave wild tigers, elephants, leopards, bearsand a wealth of wildlife living cheek byjowl amid us in one of the most dense-ly-populated countries in the world is asign that there is still hope. If each oneof us works and does the right thing tohelp protect and conserve wildlife, thenwe can certainly make a difference. It isextremely challenging to run a non-prof-it organisation and to also find peoplewho can stay committed to the cause. Werely completely on donations and grantsto meet the needs of the animals underour care and to support our conservationefforts.

(The series stars on October 17 at 10pm on Sony BBC Earth.)

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Rahul Tewatia’s explosive bat-ting in the ongoing IPL 2020 mayhave come as a surprise to many butthose who have played with him forlong know what he is capable of.

Tewatia played with a fracturedfoot in a Dehradun Gold Cuptournament, immediately after lastyear’s IPL for his office team andsmashed 197 against a strong FoodCorporation of India (FCI) teamthat included the likes of RishiDhawan, who has played for thenational team.

Praveen Thapar, who is aformer Delhi Ranji player andcaptains the Income TaxDepartment team that Tewatiaplays for, told IANS: “He(Tewatia) was hit by a yorkeron the right foot during a gameand suffered a hairline frac-ture. Our next match wasagainst FCI and he didn'twant to play. He kept saying'I can’t’.

“We insisted, saying hedoesn't need to run butjust bat. After much reluc-tance he went on to bat andstruggled initially as it waspainful. He took singlesonly when the ball wentdeep and didn’t take dou-bles.

“After the first fiveovers, when I went in,he said he couldn'tcontinue. I told himto take it fiveovers at a time.

“He man-aged to get tohis fifty and

told me he couldn’t continue. Ipressed on. With 50 in the basket,he changed gears, starting to playhis shots. His second fifty came injust 15-20 deliveries. Once hereached 100 in the 22nd over, hesaid he couldn't continue as thepain got aggravated. But I askedhim to try another five overs, andthen another five overs. He carriedon. Unfortunately, when he was on197, he went for a scoop and wasbrilliantly caught at short fine-leg.The shot was certain to fetch hima four or a double but the fielderplucked it out of thin air,” added

Thapar. Thapar recalls another

match played last year inDecember when Tewatiainjured his hand during a

tournament in Faridabad. The27-year-old was struggling

to bowl, with split web-bing on little finger,but still bowled andpicked three wickets,overshadowing bet-ter-known Indiaplayers likeYuzvendra Chahal,Jayant Yadav andAniket Chaudhary,who are his team-mates at I-T depart-

ment.Thapar has seen

Tewatia since he was14 and also got him toplay for Delhi’sMalviya Club.

“We’d use him atthe top of the battingand he knew how toexploit the fieldrestrictions.”

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Time is fast running out for theMahendra Singh Dhoni-led

Chennai Super Kings, a teamwhich desperately needs its bat-ting to click when it takes onSunrisers Hyderabad here onTuesday in a battle to keep its IPLhopes alive.

The three-time championsand last edition’s runner-up, CSKare seeking a revival of fortunesafter suffering five defeats inseven games.

They are currently at thepenultimate position in the eight-team standings halfway into thetournament.

Considered one of the mostsuccessful chasers in the historyof IPL with a chase-master inDhoni, CSK’s batting struggle thisyear can be gauged from the factthat all their defeats came whilegoing after targets.

While Shane Watson and Fafdu Plessis have had decent out-ings so far, CSK need a strongershow from its faltering middle

order to.After facing brickbats for

persisting with Kedar Jadhav,CSK dropped him in their lastmatch and his replacementNarayan Jagadeesan (33 off 28)made a decent score in thecompany of AmbatiRayudu (42 off 40).However, CSK's chasefell apart after theduo departed.

The likes of SamCurran, RavindraJadeja and DwayneBravo too failed to cometo the team’s rescue.

Dhoni himself hasnot been able to forcethe pace while chasingand the skipper had noqualms in admitting theflaws in his battingdepartment.

“Batting has beenbit of a worry. We needto do something aboutit,” Dhoni had said.

“I think we arebetter off playing the

other way round - play the bigshots and even if you get out, itis fine because we can't leave too

many after the 15th or the16th over. That just puts toomuch pressure on the lowerorder batsmen.”

On the bowling front,Deepak Chahar andJadeja were impressivethe other night andBravo’s return was awelcome relief butthe likes of Curran,

Shardul Thakur andKarn Sharma need to pullup their performances.

The tie also providesDhoni and Co. A chanceto avenge their seven-runloss to SRH in their previ-ous outing.

SRH, on the otherhand, are a only a tad bet-ter-placed than CSK at thefifth spot with three winsfrom seven games.

But the the five-wicketdefeat to Rajasthan Royals

on Sunday would be

hurting the Hyderabad outfitbadly as at one stage, they lookedin complete control after postinga competitive 158 for 4.

Batting has not been SRH'sconcern at all as the likes of JonnyBairstow, skipper David Warner,Manish Pandey and KaneWilliamson are all among runsand have the ability to shoulderthe responsibility on their own.

But it is the bowling unitwhich let SRH down on Sunday.

Despite losing senior pacersBhuvneshwar Kumar and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh toinjuries, SRH have showntremendous fighting abilitieswith Rashid Khan and yorkerspecialist T Natarajan doing thejob for the side.

But on Sunday SRH letRoyals off the hook in the mid-dle overs after reducing them to78 for 5.

The likes of Sandeep Sharma,Khaleel Ahmed and youngAbhishek Sharma are the weaklinks in bowling which theyneed to address.

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Olympic hopeful KidambiSrikanth and fast-rising

Lakshya Sen will look to strikethe right note from the word goas they return to competitivebadminton at the USD 750,000Denmark Open, which will re-start the calender after aCOVID-19 forced seven-monthhiatus.

With Saina Nehwal andParupalli Kashyap withdraw-ing from the tournament at theeleventh hour, all eyes will be onSrikanth and Lakshya as theyresume their title hunt at theSuper 750 event.

Former world no 1 Srikanth,who had claimed the Denmarktitle three years back, had beenbattling a series of injuries andindifferent form in the last cou-

ple of years and the COVID-19enforced break helped him towork on his body and game.

The 27-year-old fromGuntur will look for a fresh startas he tries to rediscover his oldself and reclaim the lost glory. Hewill open against world no 52Toby Penty of England in thesecond half of the draw.

Lakshya, on the other hand,had been on a title-winningspree last year, claiming as manyas five titles, including two BWFWorld Tour Super 100 top hon-ours - SaarLorLux Open andDutch Open - to zoom to 32ndin the international standings.

But with the deadly pan-demic bringing everything to ahalt in March, it has been a frus-trating wait for Lakshya, who iscurrently ranked world No 27.

The 19-year-old from

Uttarakhand is now ready to gofull throttle when he begins hiscampaign here with a clashagainst France's Christo Popov,who won the first medal for hiscountry at the World JuniorChampionships last year.

“I have improved a lot andI am in a better shape than lastyear. It is the first event foreveryone, so I can't expect any-thing, will just go all out fromthe start,” Lakshya said.

“I got a lot of confidenceafter training for the last fewmonths but unless I play match-es, put myself in a pressure sit-uation, I won't be able to assessmyself. So I am really excited.”

Besides, Ajay Jayaram andSubhankar Dey too will beaiming to go deep in the men'ssingles draw that has been leftdepleted due to the withdrawalsof the Japanese contingent,including world championKento Momota, world no 35Koki Watanabe, world no 11Kanta Tsuneyama.

Former world no 13Jayaram, who was missing inaction due to a long injury lay-off, was finding his grooveearly this year when he reachedthe semifinals at BarcelonaMasters. But the health crisishalted his progress and he can'twait to go all out when he takeson local favourite and world no3 Anders Antonsen in theopening round.

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Portugal and France lost theirperfect records in this sea-

son’s UEFA Nations Leagueafter playing out a 0-0 drawagainst each other, and Belgiumsaw its 13-match unbeaten runended by a 2-1 defeat againstEngland.

Two of the sport’s best for-wards were kept quiet at a chillyStade de France on Sunday.

Portugal star CristianoRonaldo had a good chance inthe second minute of injurytime, but goalkeeper Hugo Llorispalmed away his angled shotfrom the left. France's KylianMbappe was substituted near theend after having failed to makean impression against theNations League champion’s res-olute defense.

Portugal stays top in Group3 of League A, ahead of Franceon goal difference, with bothteams on seven points.

Third-place Croatia hasthree points after beatingSweden 2-1. Substitute AndrejKramaric scored the winner inthat match, nine minutes aftercoming off the bench.

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behind to beat Belgium andmove top in Group 2 of LeagueA.

Marcus Rashford's penal-ty cancelled out Romelu

Lukaku’s spot kick in the firsthalf before Mason Mount’slooping, def lected shotclinched England’s first victo-ry over a top-ranked team in

nine years.England moved a point

ahead of second-place Belgiumand three above Denmarkwhich beat Iceland 3-0.

�� ��� ���Italy was held to a 0-0 draw

against Poland but remainedtop of its group after theNetherlands drew by the samescore against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The match was supposedto pit two of Europe’s topgoalscorers against each otherin Robert Lewandowski andCiro Immobile. However, Italycoach Roberto Mancini sur-prisingly left Immobile on thebench.

Italy is a point above theNetherlands and Poland inGroup 1 of League A. It playsthe Netherlands on Wednesday.

� � ���� ������Erling Haaland netted a hat

trick to help Norway thrashRomania 4-0 and assuage itsEuropean Championship play-off disappointment.

Alexander Sørloth scoredNorway’s other goal. Haalandalready has six goals in thecompetition.

Norway lost a Euro 2020playoff to Serbia on Thursday.

Norway is level on sixpoints with leader Austria inGroup 1 of League B.

Austria beat host NorthernIreland 1-0.

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Veteran pacer Ishant Sharmawas on Monday ruled out of

the Indian Premier League witha rib-cage injury, his team DelhiCapitals said.

Ishant is the second DelhiCapitals player to be ruled outafter leg-spinner Amit Mishra,whose campaign ended due to aring finger fracture sustainedduring one of the earlier match-es.

“Fast bowler Ishant Sharmaexperienced an acute episode ofleft rib cage pain while bowlingat a team training session onOctober 7, 2020 in Dubai,” DelhiCapitals said in a statement.

“Subsequent investigationsrevealed that he sustained a leftinternal oblique muscle tear. Thisinjury will unfortunately rulehim out of the remainder of theIPL.”

Ishant has played 97 Tests, 80ODIs and 14 T20Is for India. Buthis participation in the Test seriesin Australia later this year willnow depend on how his rehabil-

itation programme goes.While Delhi Capitals is all set

to seek a replacement with twosenior bowlers ruled out of theremainder of the IPL, Ishant'sabsence wouldn’t hurt them asmuch as Mishra’s, simply becauseof the wrist spinner’s role on thebigger UAE grounds.

Delhi Capitals had tried alltheir pacers and Harshal Patelseemed to have fit the bill as faras head coach Ricky Ponting isconcerned.

In case, Delhi Capitalsreplace Ishant with a pacer, theyhave Pradeep Sangwan amongnet bowlers, who can directlyintegrate with the team.

DC could also look for a sec-ond Indian wicketkeeper in caseRishabh Pant's hamstring injurybreak takes more than a week.

With Shimron Hetmyerbeing dropped at the expense ofa wicketkeeper Carey, DelhiCapitals can check withRajasthan Royals if they have anyplans to release one of theirkeeper Anuj Rawat as a part ofmid-season transfer.

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Aclinical bowling display,led by spinners Yuzvendra

Chahal and WashingtonSundar, after AB de Villiers’ bat-ting pyrotechnics helped RoyalChallengers Bangalore beatKolkata Knight Riders by amassive 82 runs in a lopsidedIPL match here on Monday.

De Villiers smashed a sen-sational 33-ball 73 not out topower RCB to 194 for 2 afteropting to bat. Then the RCBspin duo of Sundar (2/20) andhis senior partner Chahal (1/12)reduced the match to a no-con-test, stifling KKR to 112 for 9 in20 overs.

Pacer Chris Morris (2/17)chipped in at the death to handRCB a comprehensive win.

The win lifted RCB to sec-ond spot with 10 points fromseven matches, while KKRdropped one place down tofourth with eight points as theleague reached the halfwaystage.

It was Navdip Saini whodrew first blood for RCB, spoil-ing the debut of talented TomBanton (8) as KKR’s ploy toopen with the Englishmancame a cropper.

The under-rated Sundarwas top class and virtuallyderailed the KKR run chasewith the prized-scalp of an in-form Eoin Morgan (8) andNitish Rana (9).

There was also a run out ofa well-set opener Shubman Gill(34 from 25 balls) duringSundar’s miserly spell as KKRbatsmen struggled to get going.

Chahal accounted for

KKR’s last match hero and cap-tain Dinesh Karthik (1) whodragged one to his stumps,deceived by the flight, whiletheir star player Andre Russellcontinued his poor outing witha 10-ball 16.

Earlier, de Villiers pro-duced a batting master class tolift the RCB total to 194 for 2after a mid-innings muddle.

Opener Aaron Finch (47from 37 balls) and captainVirat Kohli (33 not out) werethe other notable contributors.

Bowling in absence of theirace spinner Sunil Narine whowas left out after being report-ed for suspect action, KKRbowlers were able to put somebrakes on RCB batsmen on apitch that was slowing down.

Spinner VarunC h a k r a v a r t h ybowled a tidy 0/25from four overs,while young pacerK a m l e s hNagarkoti (0/36from 4 overs) clev-erly mixed up hisdeliveries to goodeffect.

With bound-aries drying up, deVilliers unleashedhis array of shotsagainst a disci-plined Nagarkoti,smashing him forconsecutive sixes,over midwicket,one of which hit arunning car.

The SouthAfrican raced tohis fifty in 23 ballsas RCB cruised to83 runs from thelast five overs toprop up the total.

Earlier RCBopeners Finch andPadikkal (32) gotoff to a flying startand took the attackon KKR new-ballbowlers PatCummins and

Prasidh Krishna.Finch clubbed one out of

the stadium in Prasidh's firstover, while the talented young-ster Padikkal hit back-to-backboundaries off Cummins.

But boundaries soon driedup after the Power-Play withRussell giving the breakthroughby cleaning up Padikkal with afuller delivery.

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Pax Tonnes Ikea Assembly

Pax Tonnes Ikea Assembly

CORPORATE PRESENTATION · The final estimates for the season are ~ 32.4 million tonnes. Uttar Pradesh has produced ~ 12 million tonnes of sugar followed by 10.72 million tonnes in

CORPORATE PRESENTATION · The final estimates for the season are ~ 32.4 million tonnes. Uttar Pradesh has produced ~ 12 million tonnes of sugar followed by 10.72 million tonnes in

Contents · In 2008, the total world fisheries produced 142 million tonnes of fish, 90 million tonnes from capture and 52 million tonnes from aquaculture. 115.1 million tonnes (81%)

Contents · In 2008, the total world fisheries produced 142 million tonnes of fish, 90 million tonnes from capture and 52 million tonnes from aquaculture. 115.1 million tonnes (81%)

Weekly News · 2020. 9. 11. · Weekly News 25th February 2018 St Peter’s hurch, a mbridge Road, Harrogate, HG1 1PB Let’s cut the plastic! Over 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic have

Weekly News · 2020. 9. 11. · Weekly News 25th February 2018 St Peter’s hurch, a mbridge Road, Harrogate, HG1 1PB Let’s cut the plastic! Over 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic have

מצגת של PowerPointiclgroupv2.s3.amazonaws.com/corporate/wp-content/uploads/...2.5M TONNES 480K TONNES TARGETING A SHIFT TOWARDS SPECIALTIES 630K TONNES 65K TONNES Growth in production,

מצגת של PowerPointiclgroupv2.s3.amazonaws.com/corporate/wp-content/uploads/...2.5M TONNES 480K TONNES TARGETING A SHIFT TOWARDS SPECIALTIES 630K TONNES 65K TONNES Growth in production,

INT 2013d2ouvy59p0dg6k.cloudfront.net/.../po_scorecard_2013_1.pdf · 2017-05-25 · increased from 1.3 million tonnes in 2009 and 4.8 million tonnes in 2011 to 8.2 million tonnes

INT 2013d2ouvy59p0dg6k.cloudfront.net/.../po_scorecard_2013_1.pdf · 2017-05-25 · increased from 1.3 million tonnes in 2009 and 4.8 million tonnes in 2011 to 8.2 million tonnes

Financidl Accounting Standards Board3197d6d14b5f19f2f440-5e13d29c4c016cf96cbbfd197c579b45.r81.cf1.r… · tributing to "accounting standards overload." ... standard) issued by the

Financidl Accounting Standards Board3197d6d14b5f19f2f440-5e13d29c4c016cf96cbbfd197c579b45.r81.cf1.r… · tributing to "accounting standards overload." ... standard) issued by the

One hundred million tonnes of fish, and fisheries research · One hundred million tonnes of fish, and fisheries research ’ ... Pauly, D. 1996. One hundred million tonnes of fish,

One hundred million tonnes of fish, and fisheries research · One hundred million tonnes of fish, and fisheries research ’ ... Pauly, D. 1996. One hundred million tonnes of fish,

BASL DAILY NEWS BUZZ · On average, the country produces 15 lakh tonnes of jute per year. Of the volume, private and public mills process about 10 lakh tonnes to make yarn, sacks

BASL DAILY NEWS BUZZ · On average, the country produces 15 lakh tonnes of jute per year. Of the volume, private and public mills process about 10 lakh tonnes to make yarn, sacks

SWEET SINGHS - agriculture.gov.fj€¦ · Plant crop: 40 to 60 tonnes/ha. 1st ratoon: 30 to 40 tonnes/ha 2nd ratoon: 20 to 25 tonnes/ha. Flatland 60 to 70 tonnes/ha. Food Value: Good

SWEET SINGHS - agriculture.gov.fj€¦ · Plant crop: 40 to 60 tonnes/ha. 1st ratoon: 30 to 40 tonnes/ha 2nd ratoon: 20 to 25 tonnes/ha. Flatland 60 to 70 tonnes/ha. Food Value: Good

AGRICULTURE - IBEFwheat being recorded at 106.29 million tonnes and 95.85 million tonnes, respectively. However, in FY16, production of rice stood at 103.61 million tonnes, whereas,

AGRICULTURE - IBEFwheat being recorded at 106.29 million tonnes and 95.85 million tonnes, respectively. However, in FY16, production of rice stood at 103.61 million tonnes, whereas,

200 Tonnes Liebherr LR1200

200 Tonnes Liebherr LR1200

Datum Ferry / RoRo 13 m. tonnes General Cargo 0.5 Mil. tonnes Bulk Cargo 6 m. tonnes Liquid Cargo 3 m. tonnes Intermodal Cargo 77,000 units Total Cargo.

Datum Ferry / RoRo 13 m. tonnes General Cargo 0.5 Mil. tonnes Bulk Cargo 6 m. tonnes Liquid Cargo 3 m. tonnes Intermodal Cargo 77,000 units Total Cargo.

Waste to Energy Assessment - Recycling Council of Alberta · Tonnes CO 2e Landfill Tonnes CO 2e Transfer Stations Tonnes CO 2e Total Tonnes CO 2e 0 Status Quo 0 890,000 9,000 899,000

Waste to Energy Assessment - Recycling Council of Alberta · Tonnes CO 2e Landfill Tonnes CO 2e Transfer Stations Tonnes CO 2e Total Tonnes CO 2e 0 Status Quo 0 890,000 9,000 899,000

The EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement · Brazil: 10,000 tonnes, Uruguay: 6,376 tonnes, Argentina: 29,500 tonnes, Paraguay : 1,000 tonnes In-quota tariff: 0% Pork Between €46.7 and €151.2/100kg

The EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement · Brazil: 10,000 tonnes, Uruguay: 6,376 tonnes, Argentina: 29,500 tonnes, Paraguay : 1,000 tonnes In-quota tariff: 0% Pork Between €46.7 and €151.2/100kg

Nickel in Europe · nickel in europe overall tonnages: 188.000 tonnes ... mining, smelting & refining total: 89.000 tonnes end use total: 20.000 tonnes nickel mine production:

Nickel in Europe · nickel in europe overall tonnages: 188.000 tonnes ... mining, smelting & refining total: 89.000 tonnes end use total: 20.000 tonnes nickel mine production:

OPERATIONAL...250,515 GJ coal-based energy 10,562 tonnes of organic fertilisers 1,174 tonnes of liquid mineral fertilisers 1,141 tonnes of solid fertilisers 1,650 m3 of diesel 4,294

OPERATIONAL...250,515 GJ coal-based energy 10,562 tonnes of organic fertilisers 1,174 tonnes of liquid mineral fertilisers 1,141 tonnes of solid fertilisers 1,650 m3 of diesel 4,294