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cclaimed author Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator and could lose an eye following a shocking incident of multiple stabbing 33-years after the publication of Satanic Verses. He also suffered a wound to his liver. Poor security at the literary event in New York State was to be blamed for the assailant getting easy access to the target, Rushdie. After attack on Rushdie and mur der of two Hindus in India for sharing Nupur Sharma’s ob jectionable statement on Twitter, there’s every reason for Taslima Nasreen, another author who has taken on the hardliner mullahs, to be wor ried. As for Nupur Sharma, the security around her needs to be vigilant 24x7. These in cidents show the extent of extremism to which an indoc trinated Muslim can go and there’s a need for saner ele ments to step forward. Salman Rushdie went into hiding in 1989 after a fatwa calling for his death was is sued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the late leader of Iran who found his book blasphemous. Because the edict was issued by the Ayatollah, nobody could rescind it as per the Ira nian law. The book was banned in several countries, including India, for its antiProphet contents. Besides the edict, the India-born author carried a reward of $3.3 mil lion on his head. When the Rajiv Gandhi government banned Satanic Verses he faced strong criti cism from the Left liberals who viewed it as an attack on freedom of expression. The right wingers called it ap peasement of minorities. Now the BJP finds itself in an almost similar situation with Nupur Sharma. Free dom of expression is indeed contentious.

I do not have time for those of our country men and women who rush to the United States. After completing their education a majority accept the status of second class citizens. One or two make it to State Legislatures or House of Representatives. Some succeed in business, but mother India is no longer a priority. They encounter not so subtle racism and put up with it. Some even acquire various kinds of accents, which sound phoney and grating. They have made their choice. Good luck, but no respect from this corner. Indian I was born and Indian I shall die

am eighteen years older than Independent India. I re member vividly keeping awake till midnight of 14/15 August 1947 to listen to Jawa harlal Nehru’s never to be forgotten speech. “Long years ago we made tryst with destiny, and now the times comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the World sleeps, India will awake to life and free dom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends and when the soul of a nation long sup pressed finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the larger cause of hu manity…”Thiswas great and mov ing English, but 80% Indians did not understand it. Nehru also disregarded the fact that half of the world was wide awake. A majority of the members of the Constit uent Assembly present in the Central Hall of Parlia ment understood English. The applause was thunder ous. That speech of Nehru lives in our hearts and minds.India of 2022 is spectacu larly different from the India of 1947. There is one vital ele ment that has remained ac tive, unchanged- Democracy. That miracle has been en dowed to the nation by the people of India, not by its elite. The Indian Freedom Movement under the unique leadership of Mahatma Gan dhi was one among the his torical and unforgettable events of the 20th century. India’s freedom movement inspired other countries un der British, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Spain’s im perial/colonial rule. In 1947 Africa had three independent countries, South of Sahara, Ethiopia, South Africa- dedicated to perpetual white rule, even though three fourth of the population was non-white. The third was Liberia. Sev eral African leaders admired Gandhiji, Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Chief Lithuli of South Africa. Ahmed Kath rada, a colleague of Mandela, all mention Gandhiji in their memoirs. Kathrada spent 27 years in jail with Mandela. He writes, “My own views on multiculturalism are best summed up in a passage by Gandhiji: I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possi ble. But I refuse to blown off my feet by any.”

Kwame Nkrumah of Gha na led the freedom struggle in his colonised country by following Gandhian meth ods, “I described Positive Ac tion as the legitimate and constitutional means…. Non-cooperation based on the principle of absolute non-violence as used by Gan dhi in India.” Lech Walesa, the Polish leader of the movement called, “Solidari ty” and future President mentions Gandhiji several times in his Autobiography; “The Struggle and the Tri umph”. I met him in Warsaw and in New Delhi, when he paid a state visit to India. How do I see the future of India. Unlike the chronic pessimists and congenital grumblers, I am confident of a brighter future for our country. India will become a world power, working in a balanced way for the estab lishment of World peace and goodwill. Poverty will be come a memory and so will joblessness. It goes to the credit of the Modi Govern ment that not a single seri ous communal riot has oc curred in the past decade. I do not have time for those of our country men and women who rush to the United States. After com pleting their education a majority accept the status of second class citizens. One or two make it to State Legislatures or House of Representatives. Some suc ceed in business, but moth er India is no longer a prior ity. They encounter not so subtle racism and put up with it. Some even acquire various kinds of accents, which sound phoney and grating. They have made their choice. Good luck, but no respect from this corner. Indian I was born and Indi an I shall die.

RUSHDIE WOUNDED Salman Rushdie is among the greatest novelists of the 20th century. “Midnight’s Children” is a classic. He was grievously wounded by a fanatic Muslim youth and is fighting for his life. I wish him an early recovery.

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THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL Dharmendra@dpradhanbjpPradhan Dreams in their eyes, Tiranga in their hands, India in their hearts! Delighted to be joined by torch bearers of India in the Amrit Kaal. These future leaders will make India stronger, more confident and more prosperous. Smriti Z @smritiiraniIrani Only the free understands the value of free wings. Widows at Krishna Kutir in Vrindavan, victims of humantrafficking, assault & violence at Swadhar Greh & Ujjawala Homes, working women at Sakhi Niwas, all join PM @narendramodi Ji’s clarion call for #HarGharTiranga.

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One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world. Buddha he Dharma Sansad is back with a contro versial agenda once again. A draft pre pared by a group of seers who met recently men tions two important points which propose Varanasi as the capital of Hindu Rashtra. The other is the magnanimity to wards Muslims and Christians by allowing them to stay like commoners but without the right to franchise! Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists will have the right to franchise. The Dharma Sansad’s draft will be taken up for approval at its meeting in the Sangam City, Prayagraj, during the Magh Mela. A new constitution is also being proposed for the Hindu Rashtra, the idea of which was mooted last year, which will have a parliament of religions. The draft proposals make the future of politicians and the idea of India look bleak. The proposals may end up hurting the sentiments of minorities but that’s not relevant for the group bent on changing the nation’s profile. One should not expect the proposals to be amended.

RUSHDIE STABBING A WORRY FOR NUPUR

CLIMATE CHANGE The world has ignored cli mate change at its peril. Look what havoc climate change is playing in Europe, UK, USA. Things are going to get worse. Glaciers will melt, on the other hand draught could become chro mic, sea levels will rise with devastating results. The wakeup call can no longer be ignored.

SONIA GANDHI, RAHUL GANDHI TEST COVID-19 +VE YET AGAIN Mumbai: Bringing an end to a year-long row, the Cast Scrutiny Committee has given a clean chit to former NCB ofﬁcer Sameer Wankhede in the caste certiﬁcate case. The panel had taken down submissions from each side and then concussed that Wankhede was not a Muslim by birth.

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AMIT SHAH HOISTS FLAG AT RESIDENCE Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday morning was seen hoisting the tricolour at his residence along with his wife as the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign kicks off. The August 13-August 15 drive urges people to hoist the national ﬂag at their homes to mark India’s 75th independence day. He said,'Upload your photo with Tiranga on harghartiranga.com and inspire others for the same.

Multi-layered security in place at Red Fort I-DAY CELEBRATIONS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports, Sports MoS Nisith Pramanik with CWG 2022 participants Contingent for CWG 2022, in Delhi on Saturday. Full report on P6 Chinese spy ship cleared to dock at Sri Lanka port Colombo: SL’s govt has granted permission for a controversial Chinese research vessel to visit the island despite India’s concerns that it could spy on New Delhi’s military installations, officials said on Saturday. The Yuan Wang 5 is described as a research and survey vessel by international shipping and analytics sites, but is said to be a dual-use spy ship. New Delhi is suspicious of Beijing’s increasing presence in Indian Ocean and influence in SL, seeing both as being firmly within its sphere of influence. Wang was originally due to call at SL’s Chineserun Hambantota port on August 11, only for Colombo to ask Beijing to indefinitely defer visit.

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CUET-UG PHASE 4 POSTPONED New Delhi: CUET UG phase 4 deferred for 11K students to ﬁt in choice city for exam centre. Candidates who were scheduled to appear has been deferred to August 30 to accommodate their choice of city for centre, ofﬁcials said Saturday.

PM MODI HAILS POWER OF TRICOLOUR, SAYS IT TURNED PROTECTIVE SHIELD NOT ONLY FOR INDIANS BUT ALSO FOR OTHER NATIONALS MODI’S MOM DISTRIBUTES NATIONAL FLAGS TO KIDS IN GUJ AHEAD OF I-DAY Heeraben Modi, mother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, distributed the national ﬂag to children and hoisted tricolour as Har Ghar Tiranga campaign begins on Saturday.

GOLDEN AGE OF INDIAN SPORTS HAS JUST BEGUN!

HOIST TIRANGA AT HOME: KEJRI CM Arvind Kejriwal has urged Delhiites to hoist the national ﬂag at their houses under the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’, saying the Tricolour was honour and glory of the country. The Delhi govt has planned to distribute 25 lakh Tricolours among people in city’s every nook and corner and hold various other patriotic programmes to celebrate the 75 years of Independence.

‘HAR GHAR TIRANGA’ CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF EK BHARAT, SHRESHTHA BHARAT!

SINGH DEFENDS RAJIV GANDHI GOVT’S BAN ON RUSHDIE’S BOOK HIGHLIGHTS  24-year-old Hadi Matar charged with attempted murder  Iranian newspapers hail the attack on author  Attack on author Rushdie can’t be called correct: Muslim cleric Natwar Singh, who was a Union minister in Rajiv Gandhi govt thatVerses”,SatanicbookcontroversialRushdie’sSalmanbanned“The strongly defended the decision on Saturday asserting it was taken “purely” for law and order reasons.

5TH CASEMONKEYPOXINNEWDELHI New Delhi: Delhi reported its ﬁfth monkeypox case on Saturday after a 22-yearold African woman tested positive at Lok Nayak Hospital, taking the city’s infection tally to ﬁve. The woman, unlike previous cases reported in the Capital with no clear travel history, had gone to Africa a month ago, the doctors said. P4

Full Dress Rehearsal at Red Fort for the 76th Independence Day celebrations, in New Delhi on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday tested positive for Covid again. Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge also infected with Covid. Reports of former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar also came Covid-19 positive on Saturday.

Author on ventilator after attackerstabbing,identified Moni Sharma New York: Author Salman Rushdie who was stabbed at a literary event in NY was on a ventilator and could lose an eye, his agent said on Saturday. He was stabbed on Friday following the attack 33 years after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing for “The Satanic Verses”. Weeks before, Rushdie told a German magazine that his life was deathbecauseinglivedternormal”,“relativelynowaf-havinginhid-foryearsofthreats.

New Delhi (PTI): A multi-layered security cover has been put in place and facial recognition system (FRS) cameras installed at the entry point of the Red Fort from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Independence Day, officials said on Saturday. The police said that around 7,000 invitees will arrive at the Red Fort, while over 10,000 police personnel will be deployed around the monument on Monday.

The Delhi Police has deployed over 400 kite catchers and fliers on rooftops and other sensitive locations in the fort area to counter any threats from sub-conventional aerial platforms. A five-kilometre area around the Red Fort has been marked as a “no kite flying zone’’ till the Tricolour is alsosecurityganisationandfromAnti-dronehoisted.systemsDefenceResearchDevelopmentOr-andotheragenciesarebeinginstalled.

INDEPENDENCE DAY WISHES FOR INDIA FLOAT IN ALL WAY FROM SPACE Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti sent a video message from space wishing success to country’s space agency, ISRO on “Gaganyaan” programme - India’s maiden human space mission which is scheduled to take place in 2023. In over 1 min video shared by Indian Ambassador to US Taranjit behalfCristoforettiSandhu,said,‘OnofISA,NASA and all int’l partners, I would like to wish best of luck to ISRO as it works on getgonian programme and gets ready to sent humans into space. Expanding our partnership with ISRO and exploring universe together is a goal for all of us.’

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PIL courtroomsIndiandemandsflagin New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to place the Indian flag, statue of justice and state emblem inside courtrooms, citing the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) commemorating 75 years of independence. The PIL said the central govt has decided to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence with great excitement and tribute to freedom fighters and the petition is in continuation of AKAM.

New Delhi (ANI): Highlighting the strength of the national flag and its significance in the safe evacuation of students from wartorn Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the tricolour had become a protective shield not only for Indians but also for people of other countries in coming out of the battlefield. PM Modi interacted with all medal winners of the Commonwealth 2022 games at his official residence on galaunchedofcountriesalsoonlyprotectivecoloursomeseenthe“Whatletes,AddressingSaturday.theath-PMModisaid,isthepoweroftricolour,wehavethisinUkrainetimeago.Thetri-hadbecomeashieldnotforIndiansbutforpeopleofotherincomingoutthebattlefield.”Notably,theGoIhadOperationGan-earlierthisyear.

A Tiranga rally marking Har Ghar Tiranga campaign under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, in Panaji on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI

NOIDA: EXPLOSIVES REACH SITE New Delhi: Process for rigging Supertech’s illegal twin towers in Noida with explosives started on Saturday, as nearly 100-metre tall structures are set to be demolished soon, ofﬁcials said. Over 3,500 kg of explosives will be ﬁlled in around 9,400 holes drilled in the columns and shears of the skeletal structures.

Radars will be deployed at Red Fort to counter any threats from checks.lingalsonection.sixnalInteresoverPoliceflyingmannedaerialsub-conventionalplatformsandorunmannedobjects.OnFriday,theDelhihadrecovered2,200livecartridg-nearAnandViharStateBusTermi-(ISBT)andarrestedpeopleinthiscon-TheDelhiPolicehasintensifiedpatrol-andanti-sabotage

Hizb chief's son among 4 J&K govt staff sacked

YAMUNA ABOVE DANGER MARK New Delhi: Evacuation of people from vulnerable areas intensified as the swollen Yamuna river continued to flow above the danger mark of 205.33 metres in Delhi on Saturday, officials said. The flood control room said the water level was at 205.99 metres at 3 pm, unchanged since 5 am.

AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE ATTACKED IN NEW YORK

Srinagar: The J&K govt Saturday sacked four employees including son of Syed Salahuddin, selfstyled chief of banned terror group Hizbul Mujahideen, and the wife of a jailed separatist who was also involved in fatal attack on minority community members. All the four have been dismissed for allegedly having links with forces working against India and spreading malicious propaganda, officials said. They have been dismissed under Article 311 of the Constitution which enables govt to sack its employees without any seekingfalseinvolvedleged2011-batchasFarooqmandAssabah-ul-Arja-inquiry.Khan,thewifeofAhmedDarali-‘BittaKarate’andaJKAS,isal-tohavebeenfoundinprovidinginformationforapassport.

J’GIRPURI CASE: ACCUSED HELD New Delhi: A 38-yearold man, Sheikh Sikandar wanted in the Jahangirpuri violence case was arrested in northwest Delhi on Saturday, police said. He was absconding since violence in April and a cash reward of Rs 25,000 was declared.

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Saturday hoisted the national flag at its 23 stations as part of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, the officialsDMRCsaid.chief Vikas Kumar hoisted the Tricolour at the site of INA Metro station in presence of the general public, passengers and other senior officials and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), they said. ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign is being held under the aegis of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Civillok,DilshadINAthetheDMRCthetionsedfromflagspleernmentwhichindependencethecelebrationsMahotsav’tomark75yearsofIndia’sundertheCentralgov-hasurgedpeo-tohoistordisplayathomeorofficeAugust13to15.Flagswerealsohoist-at22othermetrosta-inthepresenceofpublic,stafffromandCISFacrossMetronetworkafterformalceremonyatMetrostation.ThestationsincludeGarden,Inder-VidhanSabha,Lines,Kashmere Gate, Chandni Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhawan, Lok Kalyan Marg, Jor Bagh, Barakhamba Road, Mandi House, Supreme Court, JLN Stadium, Lajpat Nagar, Nehru Place, New Delhi, Shivaji Stadium, Dhaula Kuan, Aerocity and Dwarka Sec-21, the DMRC said in a Besidesstatement.this, the tricolour has been appropriately displayed at all other metro stations to mark the historic milestone of India’s Independence, officials said. hoists flags at 23 stations under ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign

VIRAL ZOONOSIS City reported its 1st Monkeypox case in July, a day after WHO alerted the world LNJP study finds Omicron sub-variant BA 2.75 is the dominant strain in Delhi New Delhi (ANI): Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital Medical Director Dr Suresh Kumar on Saturday said that Omicron sub-variant BA 2.75 is the dominant variant in Delhi having been found in a majority of cases. “We did a study where we wanted to know which sub-variant is having the highest transmission. We analysed data from 90 samples in August and found that more than half of the patients were infected with BA 2.75. It is the leading cause of transmission and it spreads faster,” Dr Kumar told ANI. Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan MD mentioned that usual symptoms are sore throat, running nose, low-grade fever, headache and body ache. “We have also noticed viral pneumonia and low oxygen in some cases,” he added. Dr Kumar highlighted that reinfection has also increased as BA 2.75 subvariant can escape the immunity and can infect people who took the vaccine earlier.

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net leaguescol-wouldjoin-ingpeople in singing the national anthem holding the Tricolor on August 14 evening. “I want to appeal to the people of the country to celebrate the eve of Independence Day with the same zeal. Let us all get together on August 14 at 5 pm and sing the national anthem by holding a tiranga in our hands and willsaidhearts,”(patriotism)deshbhaktiinourKejriwalhadearlier.Thegovernmentorganiseground events at 100 locations, and a ‘tiranga’ concert. Twenty lakh children are planned to participate in the celebrations.Outofthe 25 lakh flags procured as part of the campaign, 20 lakh will be distributed among schoolchildren, two lakh among people and remaining three lakh among employees of Delhi government and local bodies.

5th Monkeypox case detected in city, 22-yr-old admitted in LNJP

Youth dies after being stabbed in thigh by juvenile in east Delhi New Delhi (PTI): A 20-year-old man died after he was allegedly stabbed in his thigh by a juvenile for talking to a girl in east Delhi’s Jwala Nagar area, police said on Saturday. Police have apprehended four juveniles in connection with the incident. Police received information from Hedgewar Hospital on Thursday at 9.08 pm that one Yuvraj alias Annu, a resident of Kasturba Nagar, was taken to hospital where he was declared dead, a senior police officer said. The body of the deceased was shifted to the mortuary for postmortem. The crime team inspected the spot inside Shamshan Ghat, Jwala Nagar, policeDuringsaid.the inquiry, it was revealed that Yuvraj, who was studying in Class XII through open school, was sitting in Shamshan Ghat and having drinks with his friends Prince and Akash of the same locality, the officer said. Meanwhile, four boys aged around 16 to 17 also reached there and had an altercation over an affair of one of the juveniles with a girl with whom Yuvraj was also talking, police said. During the argument, the three minors caught the deceased and one juvenile, who was having affair with the girl, took out a knife and stabbed Yuvraj in his left thigh.

Students perform during the full dress rehearsal for the 76th Independence Day celebrations, in Gurugram.

GROUND EVENTS AT 100 LOCATIONS

“I want to appeal to the people of the country to celebrate the eve of Independence Day with the same zeal. Let us all get together on August 14 at 5 pm and sing the national anthem by holding a tiranga in our hands and deshbhakti (patriotism) in our hearts,” Kejriwal had said earlier. The government will organise ground events at 100 locations, and a ‘tiranga’ concert.

Delhi court asks police commissioner to appoint regular public prosecutor New Delhi (PTI): A local court hearing a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots expressed dissatisfaction with public prosecutors appearing on an ad hoc basis. The judge directed the Commissioner of Police to ensure “appointment and regular appearance of a prosecutor in this case”. The judge’s observation came after a Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) submitted that he was appearing in the case on an ad hoc basis without any concrete order from the police department.

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New Delhi (PTI): A 34-year-old man died in northeast Delhi’s Shastri Park area after his throat was slit with Chinese manjha while he was going to celebrate Raksha Bandhan at his in-laws’ house, police said on Saturday. On Thursday around 5 pm, one Vipin Kumar, a resident of Rajdhani Park in Mundka was injured when he was on a motorcycle with his wife and daughter, a senior police officer said. He was going to his in-laws’ house in Loni, Uttar Pradesh. As he reached Shastri Park Flyover on the ISBTSeelampur carriageway, a Chinese manjha got stuck in his neck and he got injured, the officer said. He was taken to a trauma centre where he was declared dead. Legal action under the appropriate sections of law is being taken, police added. The thread notorious for its severeness and plastic-like durability was banned by the NGT in 2017. Ravi Kumar, nephew of Vipin, said that his uncle suffered a deep cut on his neck due to the manjha. “An ambulance was behind them which took my uncle to Trauma Centre in Civil Lines. When we reached there, we found him dead. The string was so sharp that he suffered a deep cut in his neck,” Ravi said. “My father has a business of supplying bread and he had asked him to join it. My uncle was supplying bread for the last seven to eight months. He is survived by his wife and three daughters. He got married around 12 years ago,” Ravi added.

“The matter is referred to the Commissioner of Police to get enquired as to why a proper regular public prosecutor for this case was not ordered till date in the backdrop of the fact that the previous prosecutor stopped appearing in the matter,” Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala said in an order passed on August 4. RIOTS

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New Delhi (ANI): Medical Director of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital Dr Suresh Kumar on Saturday said that the 5th case of Monkeypox has been reported in Delhi. He said that the sample of a 22-year-old woman tested positive on Friday and she is currently under observation in the hospital. “One patient has been admitted in LNJP and her sample tested positive, at present 4 patients are admitted and one has been discharged. Total five cases of Monkeypox has been reported in Delhi. She came positive yesterday. Team of doctors are treating her,” Dr Kumar told ANI here. He also mentioned that patient had travelled one month ago. Delhi confirmed its first case of monkeypox on July 24 this year, a day after it was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organisation. The central government had released a host of guidelines to check the virus spread in India, including those at the entry points to the country. International passengers have been advised to avoid close contact with sick persons, dead or live wild animals, and others. The first case of monkeypox in India was reported from Kerala’s Kollam district on July 14. According to the WHO, monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals), with symptoms similar to those seen in the past in smallpox patients, although it is clinically less severe.

DRESS REHEARSAL!

MULTIPLE GATES AT 4 DELHI METRO STATIONS CLOSED DUE TO I-DAY DRESS REHEARSAL New Delhi (PTI): Several gates at four Delhi Metro stations have been closed till 11 AM on Saturday due to dress rehearsal for the Independence Day celebrations, the DMRC said. These stations are: ITO, Lal Quila, Jama Masjid and Delhi Gate. "Security Update Due to Independence Day dress rehearsal, the following gates are closed till 1100 hrs - At ITO gate no 1, 2 & 3 are closed - At Lalquila gate no 4 is closed - At Jama Masjid gate no 3 & 4 are closed - At Delhi Gate gate no 1, 4 & 5 are closed," the DMRC tweeted. “All stations are open and other gates can be used for entry/exit,” it said in another tweet. The DMRC on Friday had said parking facilities will not be available at its stations from 6 AM on Sunday till 2 PM on August 15 in view of the security measures adopted on the occasion of Independence Day.

New Delhi (PTI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has urged Delhiites to hoist the national flag at their houses under the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign beginning Saturday, saying the Tricolour was honour and glory of the country. The Kejriwal government has planned to distribute 25 lakh Tricolours among school children and people in the capital and hold various other patriotic programmes to celebrate the 75 years of Independence. “The Tricolour is our pride, honour, glory and life. Har Ghar Tiranga campaign is beginning from today. Do hoist the Tricolor at your houses with pride,” Kejriwal tweeted. The Centre has announced the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign to celebrate the special occasion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier urged people to use the Tricolor as their profile picture on social media accounts. The andchiefranga’.‘Harpendence75alsogovernmentKejriwaliscelebratingyearsofInde-withHaathTi-TheministerhisCabi-

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on ‘revdi’ culture last month has started a debate on freebies in the country and thereafter a political slugfest is on between the BJP and the AAP on the issue. He used ‘revdis’, a popular north Indian sweet often distributed during festivals, as a metaphor for freebies being promised by various parties to grab power and said the people, especially the youth, should guard against it. On Saturday, Sisodia said it is for the first time in the last 75 years that the Union government had to “tax” food items like milk, curd, wheat and rice. “The Central government is saying it does not have money to build schools, hospitals, pay pensions and bring schemes to give relief to poor people in the country,” he claimed. The Centre lacks funds to support such measures because it used taxpayers' money to fill up the “coffers of the friends” of Prime Minister Modi, Sisodia alleged.

“The situation is so volatile that we cannot leave the family members, especially the women and children, be alone there even for a minute,” he added. Since terrorists attacked Karta-E-Parwan gurdwara in Kabul on June 18, 66 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus have been evacuated to India in four batches. Recalling the attack, Rajwanshi said 18 Afghan Sikhs were inside the gurdwara when it was targeted and two of them “Businessesdied. of many were ruined because even our shops used to be targeted. Afghan Sikhs have stopped visiting gurdwaras there,” he said. “None of the gurdwaras in Afghanistan is functional anymore and people are also scared to visit them,” he“Wesaid. were born in that country (Afghanistan), we grew up there, we have our houses there but we cannot even imagine going back to that place again,” he added. Those who have arrived in India are now focusing on rebuilding their lives. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), Amritsar, which has been involved in the evacuation process of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, said the evacuees have basic demands and they will be met soon. “The evacuees have very basic demands such as shelter and education for their children. We are looking into how the demands can be met,” SGPC senior vice president Raghujit Singh said.The SGPC has been trying to provide education to the children of the evacuees in Delhi, he said.

Average office rent up 8% in Delhi-NCR in Jan-Jun New Delhi (PTI): Office rentals in DelhiNCR rose by an average of 8 per cent in the first six months of this year, according to property consultant Savills India. In its latest report ‘India Market Watch Office H1 2022’, Savills mentioned that the Delhi-NCR witnessed gross absorption of 5.6 million square feet in H1 (January-June) 2022, up by 194 per cent from H1 2021. “Unlike H1 2021, which saw almost equal share in the leasing activity from Gurugram and NOIDA, the first half of 2022 witnessed varied leasing activities from these two regions,” the reportGurugramsaid. contributed to around 64 per cent of the overall absorption in Delhi-NCR, while Noida had only 34 per cent share. Overall, absorption in Delhi went down from 4 per cent in H1 2021 to 2 per cent in H1 2022. Manish Sisodia Sambit Patra Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

REVDI CULTURE New Delhi (PTI): Spanning a period of over 200 years, rare original archival documents and pictures chronicling various revolts and freedom struggle during the colonial rule have been put on display here as part of an exhibition to mark 75 years of India’s Independence.Theexhibition titled ‘Saga of Freedom: Known and Lesserknown Struggles’ was inaugurated on Friday by Union Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal at the National Archives of India (NAI) as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.“The exhibition charts the freedom struggle of India and outbreak of various revolts such as Chuar uprising by the Chuar aboriginal tribesmen of Jungle Mahal of Midnapore and Bankura districts (in present day West Bengal) from 17711809, Quit India Movement of 1942, and some of the key events in between, leading to the Independence. Majority of the archives are being displayed for the first time and are extremely rare,” NAI’s Director General Chandan Sinha told PTI.

Among the rare records is a proclamation in Urdu, dated July 6, 1857, issued by Nana Sahib to Indian troops during the Indian Mutiny. An original copy of this document, along with two panels, showing its Hindi and English translation have been put on display. The English version carries a note at the end: “... It is remarkable for the Mohamedan tone & language used although issued by the Nana, a Hindu.” Other rare items included in the exhibition are — genealogical tree of the Jhansi family, Kooka outbreak in Punjab (document dated February 1, 1872), archives related to the Indian Independence League — a political organisation that operated from 1920s to 1940s to organise those living outside India, seeking to overthrow the British rule in ArchivesIndia.related to the Sambalpur Revolt (1827-1862), Royal Indian Navy Revolt of 1946, India Independence Act, Quit India movement 1942, Bhagat Singh’s imprisonment and his diary notes, Chapekar brothers (1897), Rampa Rebellion (19221924), Hareka Movement (1930), and several posters, books, publications and other material which were proscribed during the British rule, have also been exhibited.

New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “dostvaad” has “completely ruined” the country's economy and asked him to answer why his “friends” got tax exemptions and their loans worth crores waived.Atapress conference, he alleged the Centre has written off loans worth Rs 10 lakh crore and gave Rs 5 lakh crore tax exemption to Modi’s “friends”, pushing the country's economy to such a “bad state” that it has to say nothing can now be provided to people for free. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘dostvaad’ has completely ruined the country's economy,” Sisodia told reporters. When the questions are raised, the BJP-led government at the Centre and the ruling party’s leaders start “talking here and there”, he alleged. “So, I once again appeal to the prime minister to answer why he wrote off loans of his friends worth Rs 10 lakh crore and exempted their tax to the tune of Rs 5 lakh crore to benefit them and put the country's economy to such a state that you have to say that country will be ruined if anything is given to people for free now,” the AAP leader said. “Answer this question instead of talking here and there that you keep doing all the time,” he added.

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100 Sikhs, Hindus waiting to come to India: Afghan Sikh leader Aparna Bose New Delhi: Around 100 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus want to come to India but are unable to as some of their family members are yet to receive their evisas from the Government of India (Go), a Sikh leader said on withevacuatedjwanshi,GurnamCommittee,waraPresidentSaturday.ofGurd-ManagementKabul,SinghRa-whowasfromKabulfiveofhisfamily members on Friday, said his son is among those awaiting their evisas.Around 28 of them are yet to receive their visas. Because of this, 100 of them are waiting as it is difficult for most Afghan Hindus and Sikhs to leave any of their family members behind and come to India, Rajwanshi said.Urging the Indian government to grant evisas to the minority community members in the Taliban-controlled country, he said many of those who haven’t received their visas are infants and children.

THE ALLEGATIONS AAP ‘anticipatoryseeking bail’ for Manish Sisodia: BJP New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Saturday claimed the Aam Aadmi Party is seeking “anticipatory bail” for Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who it alleged is involved in the liquor scam, by constantly attacking the party in the debate on “revdi” culture.Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on ‘revdi’ culture last month started a debate on freebies in the country and thereafter a political slugfest is on between the BJP and the AAP on the issue. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Sisodia have been speaking daily on the issue and attacking the Narendra Modi government so that they can project the deputy chief minister as a “victim” if legal action is taken against him. “It is an attempt for anticipatory bail for Sisodia,” he told reporters, claiming that the AAP leaders know the Delhi deputy chief minister is in the wrong and will suffer the fate of Satyendar Jain, who is behind bars on money laundering charges. That is why they have decided to make a lot of noise so that they can claim Sisodia was targeted due to their attack on the BJP when action is taken against him, Patra told reporters. The AAP government distributed liquor vends like freebies, including to blacklisted firms, and waived Rs 144 crore for “friends” of Kejriwal, he alleged.Kejriwal’s and Sisodia’s claims in the debate on the ‘revdi’ (freebies) culture are full of lies and betray their lack of understanding as well, the BJP leader said.

Oppn has ‘waiting list’ of two dozen PM candidates without vacancy: Naqvi New Delhi (PTI): In a swipe at the Opposition, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said it has already prepared a “waiting list of two dozen prime ministerial candidates” without even a vacancy for theAddressingpost. a program in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur, Naqvi said those suffering from the “political disease of Modi phobia” will vanish soon. “Posturing and pretence” of “pessimist political players” can never defeat the hard work and honesty of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, heTheasserted.Opposition has already prepared a “waiting list of two dozen tiondigsaid,didates”,ministerialprimecan-hetakingaatOpposi-parties. This is called “vanity without vacancy”, the former Union minister added. Naqvi said that despite all the “political intolerance and fake and fabricated allegations”, PM is working tirelessly and diligently with the commitment to “inclusive powerment”,emNaqvi said. He said that for Modi, the security and dignity of the country is “Rashtraniti while the welfare of every needy is “Rashtradharma”. The “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign has been launched under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to commemorate 75 yrs of independence of the country and this campaign is playing an important role in connecting the people of the country with its golden heritage and history, Naqvi was quoted as saying by a statement from his office.

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Bhopal: The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in Madhya Pradesh has stripped its Ujjain district unit pres ident and six other of fice-bearers for alleged ly creating ruckus at Mahakaleshwar temple during organisation chief Tejasvi Surya’s visit there. On Thurs day, police had regis tered an FIR against two persons in connection with the ruckus, which took place on Wednes day when Surya visited the temple. —PTI BJYM strips 7of their posts for Mahakal ruckus

Srinagar: Kashmiri IAS officer Shah Faesal, who had resigned from bureaucracy in 2019 to float his political party only to quit politics lat er, has been appointed as deputy secretary in the Ministry of Cul ture. Sources said the decision was approved by the Centre. Notably, Faesal’s resignation had never been accepted by the government.

CRUCIAL READ Srinagar: An armed forces personnel was injured after militants attacked a forces party near Ali Masjid Eidgah area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Saturday, police said. A senior police officer said that mili tants lobbed a grenade at the banker of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the grenade exploded with a loud bang on the roadside.

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New Delhi: The Unnao rape survivor has filed a transfer pe tition in Supreme Court seeking transfer of a criminal case against her in Unnao district to Delhi. Approaching the top court, she submitted that a non-bailable warrant was issued against her by the Unnao ACJM court in an FIR filed by the father of Shubham Singh, one of three men currently facing trial in New Delhi for the gang rape of the survivor.

New Delhi: Former New Zealand batting legend Ross Taylor revealed in his recent autobiogra phy “Ross Taylor: Black & White” that he was slapped across the face by a Rajasthan Royals owner when he got out for a duck in an IPL match against the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in Mohali. Ranchi: imprisonmentPronouncingtilldeath to an autorickshaw driver and his accomplice in connec tion with the murder of a Dhanbad Court Judge last year, a special CBI Court in its order said “such culprit needs to be kept behind bars till the end of his life”. Addl sessions judge Uttam Anand, 49, was murdered.

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—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister HARMANPREET LAUDED New Delhi: nuka’sthewellAllperformanceproducedleadership,Harmanpreet’s“Under(Kaur)Indiahasafantasticincricket.playershavedonebutnoonehadantidotetoRe(Thakur)swing bowling. It is not a small feat to be the top wicket taker among the greats,” Modi said noting that the achieve ments of the athletes coincided with the celebrations of India’s 75th independence day.

While India produced a dominating show in badminton, wrestling and weightlifting, the athletes also did well in athletics, judo and lawn bowl, where they won India’s first-ever medal in the “NotGames.only are we strengthening the sports that we have been strong in but have also left a mark in new sports. In hockey we are trying to get our legacy back,” Modi said. “Since the last time, we have won medals in four new sports, from lawn bowls to athletics, our performance has been spectacular. This performance will help increase youth’s inter est in new sports. We have to improve our performance in new sports.”

Bank staff locked up in toilet, gold looted Chennai (Agencies): Thirty-two kg gold, re portedly worth several crores of rupees, was looted from a bank in Chennai on Saturday evening. Three men in masks locked the em ployees in a toilet before they robbed the Fed Bank Gold Loan in the city’s Arumbakkam area.“They took the keys of the strong room and locked the employees in a toilet and escaped with the gold in carry bags. According to the branch, 32 kg gold was stolen,” Police Com missioner Shankar Jeewal explained the modus operandi of the robbers.Therobbery was sus pected to be an inside job, said police.gang — Dulesh Alam of Bihar, and Badre Alam of Ut tar Pradesh — were ar rested from Mum bai. The other four — Amit Yadav, Saddiq Anwar, Sanoj Kumar, Kash Alam, all natives of Bihar — were arrest ed from the state’s Mu zaffarpur, according to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Balan. “One of them is sus pected to be a present employee of the branch,” TS Anbu, Joint Commissioner of PoliceMeanwhile,said. in a vid eo, a security guard who claimed to be attached to the gold loan office, says, “I turned unconscious after I consumed the soft drink they offered me.”

Chandigarh: The six Bihar residents arrested for threat calls to four legislators in Haryana belong to a gang of extortionists and fraud sters with links in Paki stan and West Asia, and sent at least 2.7 crore to Pakistan in the last eight months, police said Saturday. Some ex-MLAs in Punjab had also received threats from them.

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PM Narendra Modi and Union Minister Anurag Thakur greet the CWG achievers in Delhi on Saturday. It is just a start and we are not going to just sit quietly, golden period of Indian sports is knocking on the door.”

INDIA NEW DELHI | SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2022 06 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/delhi I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia New Delhi (ANI): Thousands of Indian students who had come back from China after the outbreak of COV ID-19 may now soon get a chance to resume their education as the first batch comprising many such youngsters could soon leave for the neighbouring country, Chinese Am bassador Sun Weidong saidTheSaturday.governments of both countries are working in tandem to ensure that the students can complete their edu cation.“China welcomes In dian students. The first batch of Indian stu dents to resume studies in China in the near fu ture. Concerned depart ments of both countries are working together,” said Weidong, Chinese Ambassador to India. Thousands of Indian medical students, stuck back home due to the COVID-19 visa restric tions, have been await ing a return to China. China in July said that the country has made progress on facili tating the return of In dian students and is working in tandem with relevant departments to see that the first batch of Indian students can come back to study in China at the earliest. Indian students pur suing medicine from Chinese Universities are unable to return to China to attend classes due to Ministerwithhankarfairsrestrictions.Covid--inducedEarlier,ExternalAfMinisterSJaisinhismeetingChineseForeignWangYion

Bihar DyCM Tejashwi Yadav speaking to reporters. —FILE PHOTO

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World’s highest Chenab railway bridge inaugurated in J&K Srinagar (ANI): The golden joint of the world’s highest Chenab railway bridge was in augurated on Saturday. For the first time ever since independ ence, Srinagar will be linked to the rest of In dia after the overarch deck on the world’s highest single-arch rail way bridge over Chenab River will be launched. From the two ends of the Chenab River valley, the bridge superstruc ture on the arch was be ing gradually pushed, and it will eventually connect at the Center of theSanjayarch. Gupta, Chair man and MD, Konkan Railway said, “This has been a long journey. The term ‘Golden Joint’ was coined by civil engi neers... It’s the world’s highest railway bridge with intricate engineer ing that had to overcome several challenges.”

Patna: The BJP has hit out at the newly accusinggovernmentMahagathbandhanformedinBihar,itofindulging in appeasement politics of Muslims. Union Minister Giriraj Singht tweeted a letter written by the direc tor of Primary Education Dept Ravi Prakash to all the district education officers asking for the vacancies of Urdu teach ers in the state. “How many general teachers’ posts are sanctioned and how many posts teach ers are working on? How many posts are vacant? How many have been appointed? What is the number and percentage of minority communities out of the total teachers ap pointed?” the letter read. In the letter, Prakash also sought to know about the number of posts sanctioned for Urdu and Bangla teachers. Renu Devi tweeted, “In the new government no decision has come on Sanskrit, but it came on Urdu.”

The bridge decked up with Tricolour after the inauguration.

Patna: Repeatedly re minded of his promise of delivering 10 lakh jobs if he came to power in the 2020 Bihar elec tions, Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on Sat urday posted a clip of him answering the ques tion with a shot at BJP. “It is a success that instead of Hindu-Mus lim topics, you are ask ing us about employ ment. I thank you, the people who were sleep ing and never asked about jobs, that media is also awake now. Isn’t this a success?” he said. “The BJP never fulfils its promise. We will ful fil our promises. And these questions that you are asking impishly that ‘when will you give 10 lakhs’, hasn’t the Chief Minister spoken about this in front of you to day?” Yadav said. “But do ask BJP what happened to the 2 crore jobs that PM Modi prom ised each year in 2014]. And they were in power for almost two years, did BJP give even 19 of the 19 lakh jobs they prom ised?” he added.

New Delhi: A public litigationinterest(PIL) has been moved in the Delhi High Court (HC) seeking direction for placing the Indian Flag and statue of justice inside the courtroom and outside the court complex at the main entrance of all district courts of Delhi, including High Court of Delhi. The plea stated that people have faith and trust in the judiciary and come there with high hopes. Courts are considered as “Tem ple of Justice”.

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Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong speaks to reporters on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI

the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting stressed the need for expediting the process of return of In dian students to China to attend classes on an earlyJaishankardate. in March had said he strongly took up with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi the predicament of Indian students study ing in China who haven’t been allowed to return citing Covid re strictions.

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Vidisha: Four persons were killed after a speeding car hit two motorcycles in Vidisha district in Mad hya Pradesh, a police official said on Saturday The incident took place in Gyaraspur, some 35 kilometres from the district headquarters, on Friday, and police said the accident may have been caused by some stray cattle sitting on the road. Efforts were on to trace the car and nab the driver who fled the spot.

New Delhi (ANI): The golden period of Indian sports is knocking on the door, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday as he hailed the gutsy show of the Indian contin gent which returned with 61 medals from the Commonwealth Games. Modi on Saturday hosted the Indian con tingent at his residence to felicitate the players here. The Indian ath letes produced a sensa tional show in Birming ham, claiming 61 med als, including 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze. “The real assessment of this performance can’t be made with just number of medals, our athletes competed neckto-neck. There may have been a difference of 1s or 1cm but we will make that up I am con fident of that,” Modi said during his speech. “We have the respon sibility of making a sporting system which is the best in the world, inclusive, diverse and dynamic. No talent should be left out as they are all assets.”

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New Delhi:The Supreme Court has ordered release of a man convicted for rape and murder of a minor noting he has been in jail for almost 19 years despite being declared a juvenile. A bench of justices Indira Banerjee and V denttimeinChildren)andJuveniletheyearsincannotnianRamasubramasaidajuvenilebedetainedcustodybeyond3accordingtoprovisionsoftheJustice(CareProtectionofAct,2000,forceatthematerialwhentheincitookplace.

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Raipur (PTI): Chhat tisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sat urday said the govern ment can order a probe into the death of a rela tive of his cabinet col league T S Singh Deo if the family wanted it. Veerbhadra Pratap Singh (42), vice-presi dent of Lundra Janpad Panchayat in Surguja district, was found dead near railway tracks in Bilaspur district on Fri day. Police suspect that he might have fallen ac cidentally from the Durg-Ambikapur Ex press on which he was travelling.Theopposition BJP has, however, demand ed a judicial probe say ing the death took place under suspicious cir cumstances.Askedabout the de mand, Baghel told re porters, I spoke to T S Singh Deo and he did not express this kind of suspicion about the in cident. But if the family wants, we don’t have any problem ordering investigation.

BJP chief JP Nadda and his wife Mallika Nadda hoisted the national flag at their residence in New Delhi on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath with the students holds a National flag in Lucknow on Saturday. —PHOTO BY ANI Raipur: The CRPF has been reach ing out to remote villages in Maoisthit Bastar region and distributing the national flags. CRPF officials said they have also cov ered those villages where the flag had never been hoisted since Independ ence due to various reasons including the Maoist threat. Security personnel have not only told villagers to hoist the tricolour in their houses but also made them aware of the importance of day.Independence

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Bill against forced conversion passed Shimla (PTI): The Himachal Pradesh As sembly passed a bill on Saturday amending an existing law against a change of religion through force or allure ment to forbid any “mass conversion” and enhance the maximum punishment for the crime to 10 years im prisonment.The Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Re ligion (Amendment) Bill, 2022, was passed unanimously with a voice vote. The bill in serts the reference to “mass conversion”, which is described as two or more people con verting at the same time, in the 2019 law. The Jai Ram Thakurled government had in troduced the bill on Fri day. It is a more strin gent version of The Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2019, which came into force barely 18 months ago. The 2019 Act was no tified on December 21, 2020, 15 months after it was passed in the state assembly. The 2019 ver sion had in turn re placed a 2006 law, which prescribed lesser pun ishments. The amend ment bill proposes to increase the punish ment for forced conver sions to a maximum of 10 years from a maxi mum of seven years. It stipulates that the complaints made under the Act will be investi gated by a police officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector.

Lumpy disease: Over 2K cattle died in Punjab Chandigarh, (PTI): More than 2,100 cattle have died while over 60,000 have been affect ed by lumpy skin dis ease so far in Punjab, an official said on Satur day. The Punjab govern ment has intensified efforts to check the spread of the disease and has administered goat pox vaccine to more than 1.45 lakh cat tle, the official said. Chief Minister Bhag want Mann has formed a three-member group of ministers to monitor and control the spread of the Lumpydisease.skin disease infects cows and buffa loes mainly through vectors like blood-feed ing insects. It leads to the formation of nodes on the animal’s skin or hide that look like lumps, fever, runny nose, reduced milk yield and difficulty in eating. Punjab, Ra jasthan, Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been hit by the out break of the disease.

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‘Temple work to be over by next Dec’ Sultanpur (PTI) Shri Ram Janmab hoomi Teerth Kshetra general secretary Cham pat Rai said the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya will be complete by De cember next year. People will be able to have a glimpse of Ram Lalla at the grand temple then, he said on Friday.“Since Sultan pur is close to Ayo dhya, I am extend ing an invitation to people of this place to have a ‘darshan’ of Shri Ram Lalla next year in Decem ber,” he said. The construction work is going on at a good pace and the temple will be ready for ‘dar shan’ by devotees in December 2023, he added.

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New Delhi: August 13 is globally observed as the World Organ Dona tion Day every year. Do nating organs is consid ered a noble cause as it amounts to leasing a person a new life. Speaking on the im portance of spreading awareness surround ing organ donation, un ion minister of parlia mentary affairs, coal and mines, Pralhad Joshi, in a tweet, called it a noble act and said “with the help of ad vanced technology and the expertise of doc tors, many lives can be saved through organ donation.”Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Saturday fe licitated the family members who donated organs of their de ceased loved ones at an event held at Vidhana SoudhaKarnataka. health minister, K Sudhakar said, “during this Azadi Ki Amrit Mahotsav, pledge to donate your organs which could be “Amrit (elixir)” for someone’s life.”

Banda: A total of eight bodies were fished out from the Kishanpur ghat on Saturday push ing the death toll to 11 in the August 11 boat capsize in Banda, po lice said. Earlier today six bodies were recov ered and two more were retrieved a short time later, police said. SP Rajesh Singh said that the bodies of five men and three women, have been recovered today and the process of identification is un derway.

New Delhi (PTI): BJP leaders, including Un ion ministers, joined the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign across the country as the three-day exercise began on Satur day to mark the 75th an niversary of India’s In dependence.HomeMinister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda hoisted the national flag at their residences and posted pictures on social me dia. As part of the exer cise in the run-up to In dependence Day, the BJP also held an exhibi tion on the eve of Parti tion Horrors Remem brance Day on August 14, at its office here. “Attended the poign ant exhibition on ‘Parti tion Horrors Remem brance Day’ at BJP HQ that reminds us all of the pain of lakhs of our brothers and sisters during partition. We must never forget the cost that politics of hate and divide, driven by personal selfish inter ests imposed on us,” Na dda said. Union minis ter Bhupender Yadav visited Ballia to pay trib utes to freedom fighter Chittu Pandey. Party leaders across the coun try attended different programmes.

New Delhi: Ahead of Independence Day, the Rashtriya Sway amsevak Sangh Friday changed profile pictures of its social media (SM) accounts to the na tional tricolour from its traditional saffron flag. As the country is celebrating the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Ma hotsav’ to mark 75 years of India’s inde pendence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged people to put the ‘tiranga’ (tricolour) as the profile picture of their social media accounts between August 2 and 15. RSS CHANGES SM PICTURESPROFILE

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Chandigarh: Amid a sudden rise in COVID-19 cases, the Punjab government on Saturday issued an advisory to officials directing them ensure wearing of appropri ate masks in all educational institutions, government and private offices, malls and other public places. The advisory was is sued by the Punjab government’s Depart ment of Home Affairs to all the divisional commissioners and the deputy commis sioners in the state, all the zonal IGPs, Commissioners of Police, DIGs and SSPs in the state and all civil surgeons. In its advisory, the state government said that it has been observed that many people are not following COVID appropriate behav iour, especially wearing of masks. It also noted that the number of COVID positive cases, positivity rate and hospitalisation are showing an upward trend.

Chennai: Five BJP workers have been ar rested after a slipper was thrown at Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Ra jan’s car in Madurai. The Minister was in Madurai to pay respects to rifleman D Laksh manan, who was killed in the line of duty in an encounter with terror ists in Rajouri of J & K. “All the five arrested are BJP party mem bers. Investigation is underway,” a senior po lice officer said. A DMK official says the place meant for pay ing tributes was packed with party workers. BJP state president K Annamalai too wanted to pay respects. The minister pointed out that this would be a vio lation of protocol as only designated mem ber, including the Col lector, ought to be part of this. As police at tempted to regulate the crowd, word spread that the Minister wanted the party workers to be moved.

New Delhi (PTI) Con gress has called a meet ing of all its general secretaries and state incharges on August 16 for the preparation of a mega rally to be held in Delhi and ‘mehngai chaupals’ across the country as part of its protests against price rise, GST on essential commodities and un employment, said sources.Congress has stepped up its attack on the cen tral government and has decided to organise ‘chaupals’ (meetings) across the country to protest issues like infla tion and unemploy ment.The party will hold a series of protest rallies in various parts of the country, includ ing agricultural and mandis and retail mar kets, starting from 17 August.Theprotest rally will end in Delhi’s Ramlee la Maidan on 28 Au gust.Congress General Secretary and Commu nication Incharge Jairam Ramesh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s at tempt to tar legitimate protest as “black mag ic” only highlights the BJP government’s in security about its fail ure to control rampag ing inflation and un employment. General secretaries and state in charges of the party will meet on August 16 for the preparation of a mega rally to be held in Delhi.

Kushinagar: A man was arrested here for allegedly hoisting Pakistan’s national flag at his house, police said on Saturday. ASP Ritesh Kumar Singh, “The flag was hoisted at a house in Vedupar Mustaquil village under the Tariya Sujan police station area on Friday.” He added that the flag was removed as soon as police got informationt. “The arrested accused is Salman (21). A case has been registered against Salman and his aunt Shahnaz (22), who made the flag” he added.

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The HP Assembly passed a bill amending an existing law against a change of religion through force or allurement.

Chandigarh (ANI): Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced that Governor Banwarilal Purohit has given his assent to the “One MLA –One Pension” Bill passed by the state legislature in June this year. “I am very happy to inform Punjabis Governor has approved the “One MLAOne Pension” bill…Govt has issued notification. This will save a lot of tax for the public,” tion)MedicalMembersthetweeted.AssemblyMannpassedPunjabLegislature(PensionandFacilitiesRegulaAmendmentBill.

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OCCASION REDUCED TO GLORIFYING ‘SARVAGYAANI’: CONGRESS New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday attacked the government for not holding special functions at Parlia ment’s historic Central Hall to mark 75th year of Independence, and alleged it has been reduced just to “glorifying the sarvag yaani”. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh sai.“Sadly, nothing like that has been organised for the 75th anniversary, which has been reduced to an occasion to glorify the Sarvagyaani (one who knows it all),” he said.

MANY LIVES CAN BE SAVED THROUGH ORGAN DONATION, SAYS MINISTER WORLD ORGAN DONATION DAY FAST FACTS z Over 100,000 people in India are waiting for a liver transplant, while less than 1500 trans plants took place last year. z Over 200,000 pa tients are waiting for a kidney transplant, but less than 10,000 transplants could be performed last year.

Dr. Kashish Dr. Nakul ‘INDIA STANDS IN ADVANTAGE’ W ith a population of 1.38 billion, India is the world’s youngest at 28.4 years. By 2023, India will be the most populous country in the world at 1.43 *Rates till the edition went to print.

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START-UP SUNDAY WITH REHAB BUDDYWHAT’S ON THE CARDS...  They offer online and home-based Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Special Education, and Speech Therapy. Its services are now available in Delhi, Mumbai, and Jaipur  The founders are focused on providing feasible services and cost-effective GOLD RATES UP BY `440, SILVER PRICE RECORDS FALL New Delhi: Gold prices rose by Rs 440 in early trade on Saturday, with 10 grams of the yellow metal (24-carat) trading at ` Meanwhile,52,090. silver fell by `400 per kg on Saturday, to `58,500. On Saturday, one gram of 22-carat gold was trading at `47,750, which is a `400 increase. Although gold is seen as a hedge against inﬂation, rising US interest rates have diminished the appeal of non-yielding bullion.

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Ranchi: Research in Cyber domain, diploma courses on CyberSecurity and CyberSecurity Entrepreneurship will now be available on the premises of Ranchi University, Jharkhand. It was inaugurated by Ramesh Bais, Governor cum Chancellor of Universities of Jharkhand. To promote the initiatives of the State Government and establish a close and continuing interaction for exploring areas of mutual cooperation in the ﬁeld of CyberPeace, CyberSecurity Research, Capacity Building, Policy and Advocacy along with other facilities. The collaboration will address the Global skill-shortage of 3.5 million CyberSecurity experts.

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Therapies that shouldn’t be stigmatized Gajraj Singh Bhati Jaipur: In India, the demand for rehabilitation services is always increasing; currently, 2.4 billion individuals require rehabilitation services. Nonetheless, there is a tremendous unmet need for rehabilitation throughout the world. In certain nations, including India more than half of those in need of rehabilitation treatments do not obtain them. A World Health Organization (WHO) study published in The Lancet journal highlighted that India is among the five countries with the greatest number of people needing rehabilitation services. India (411 million) number of people in need of rehabilitation services. Taking a step ahead, a doctor couple from Jaipur has made an unique attempt to provide mental health facilities with various techfriendly alternatives so that it becomes easy to reach out to them. Rehab Buddy is a startup based in Rajasthan. Recognized by Startup India (DPIIT) under healthcare IT – Govt. of India and associated with IStart – Govt. of Rajasthan, it is India’s first multidisciplinary telerehabilitation and home-based rehabilitation services platform. The business addressed the issue of a shortage of rehabilitation services in country’s remote areas, as well as patients’ and caregivers’ concerns about a lack of time, practicality, and transportation to clinicalRehabrehabilitation.Buddyfocuses on the concept of rehabilitation in the home environment by making tele (online) rehabilitation & homebased rehabilitation accessible. tion,sion,tion,ment,includehabilitationencompassesvarietydeliversTele-Rehabilitationrehabilitationviaaoftechnologiesandarangeofre-servicesthat“evaluation,assess-monitoring,preven-intervention,supervi-education,consulta-andcoaching.”

New Delhi (Agencies): The United States has expressed concern to India that it was being used to export fuel made from Russian crude, through highseas transfers to hide its origin, to New York in violation of US sanctions, a top Indian central banker said on Saturday. The US Treasury Department told India that an Indian ship picked up oil from a Russian tanker on the high seas and brought it to a port in Gujarat on the west coast, where it was refined and shipped on, said Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Michael Patra. US sanctions on Moscow for its February invasion of Ukraine prohibit the import to the United States of Russian-origin energy products including crude oil, refined fuels, distillates, coal and gas. “The refined output was put back on that ship and it set sail without a destination. In the mid-seas it received the destination so it reached at its course, went to New York,” Deputy Governor, RBI Michael Patra said at an event.

Mumbai: To celebrate 75 years of Independence, Jio has announced the Jio newbringinitiativeswithDayIndependenceOffers3uniquethatexcitingbenefits of Jio Digital Life to Indians. These initiatives include ‘Jio Freedom Offer’ with Rs 3000 worth of benefits on the Rs 2999 recharge plan, a special ‘90-day Unlimited Plan’ for Rs 750 and a new ‘Har Ghar Tiranga, Har Ghar JioFiber’ initiative with free 15 day benefits on postpaid plans.

BRIEFS Bhubaneswar: The 29th meeting of the High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA) held under the chairmanship of the CM Naveen Patanaik approved 10 industrial projects worth `74,620.18 cr that would generate employment opportunities for over 24,047 people. The panel approved the proposal of ReNew EFuels Private Limited (REFPL) to set up Green Hydrogen (Capacity: 20 KTPA) & Green Ammonia Plant (Capacity: 100 KTPA) in Paradip, Jagatsinghpur district, against investment of `2000 cr which will generate employment in State. —Agencies Cochin: Entigrity Pvt. Ltd has entered into an MoU with the Government of Kerala and the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme Kerala (ASAP). The objective of this agreement is to provide the state’s youth with cutting-edge skill sets and to increase their general employability in the BFSI and IT/ITES sectors. The signing ceremony was conducted on August 2, at the Girideepam Convention Centre in Trivandrum in the presence of the CM Pinarayi Vijayan. —PTI KERALA ENTIGRITYGOVT,SIGN MOU FOR SKILL DEVPT

SEAFOOD EXPORT IN COMING YRS Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal has the potential to earn Rs 18000 crore to Rs 20000 crore from seafood exports in the next five years and the state government’s recent ban on use of 20 anoitibiotics in shrimp aquaculture will go a long way in boosting revenue from the sector, an official of seafood exporters body said. Traces of antibiotic residue are a major headwind for exports and a step toward preventing marine exports from the state, Seafood Exporters Association (SEA) president (West Bengal) Rajarshi Banerji said. “The state government has banned 20 antibiotics in the state for use in aquaculture farming. We have achieved the feat after a decade-long fight,” he said on Friday. The West Bengal fisheries department banned the use of 20 antibiotics and other pharmacologically active substances in shrimp aquaculture on July 25 and has formed task forces at the district level to monitor it. “Seafood exports from Bengal have grown six times in eight years to Rs 8000-9000 crore now and in the next five years it can grow to Rs 18000-20,000 crore. The government should continue to take such proactive steps,” BanerjiShrimpssaid.account for the lion share of the export earning in marine products and the ban on antibiotics and its proper implementation by the state government will help the industry grow and create huge employment, he said. The prohibition came into effect in July end. It follows the country’s apex drug regulatory authority asking states and union territories to restrict the availability and use of banned veterinary antibiotics used in aquaculture, particularly for shrimps.

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“Making the most of this demographic dividend is India’s opportunity as well as a challenge,” Patra said. Talking about the manufacturing potential of India, he said it is another engine for the take-off of India’s economic growth. Asserting that robust growth of manufacturing is essential to boost exports, he said, it is imperative to overturn conventional wisdom and catch up with other leading manufacturers of the world. To achieve this, he said three things are essential. Firstly the manufacturing sector must adapt to the fourth industrial revolution through automation; data exchange; cyber-physical systems; the internet of things; cloud computing; cognitive computing; the smart factory; and advanced robotics. Secondly, India must develop a skilled labour force by stepping up investment in human capital and thirdly efforts must be directed to boost international competitiveness. “India must raise the share of manufacturing to at least 25 per cent of GDP to become a global manufacturing hub.” He said exports is an avenue to widening of markets beyond national borders.

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 Traces of antibiotic residue are a major headwind for exports and a step toward preventing marine exports, Seafood Exporters Association (SEA) president (West Bengal) Rajarshi Banerji said.  The department banned the use of 20 antibiotics and other pharmacologically active substances in shrimp aquaculture on July 25.  The government has set up district level monitoring panels under district magistrates to implement the ban.

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Kolkata will host the 23rd edition of India International Seafood Show on February 15-17, 2023, after a gap of 16 years by Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) in association with SEA, the official said. The MPEDA is a statutory body established in 1972 under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry for the promotion of marine products export from India. The state government has set up district level monitoring committees under district magistrates to implement the ban.

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worth Rs 500 Crores for the supply of 8 nos of fully indigenized Primary Coolant Pumps (RSR 400/2) along with its electric motor and spares for the Kaiga Atomic Power Project 5 and 6, at Karwar, Karnataka. This new order is a follow-up order to the 2018 order received from NPCIL.

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10 IND PROJECTS IN ODISHA GET NOD DURING HLCA MEET New Delhi: Anshu Jain, ace investment banker and former co-chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank AG, has died of cancer, his family said on August 13. The 59-year-old was currently serving as the president of Cantor Fitzgerald LP. Jain, who is survived by his wife and two children, was fighting duodenal cancer since the past five years, his family said. He was diagnosed with the disease in 2017. He had served as the co-CEO of Deutsche Bank —FIB ANSHU JAIN. EXDEUTSCHE BANK CEO DIES AT 59 New Delhi: The corporate tax collection in the first four months of the current fiscal year has seen a growth of 34 per cent as compared to the corresponding period of the Fiscal Year 2021-2022. Income Tax Department, which made a series of tweets, said the corporate tax collections during FY 2021-22 at Rs 7.23 lakh crore registered a growth of over 58 per cent as compared to the tax collection of FY 2020-21. The IT Department said that the positive trend of growth continues. —ANI CORPORATE TAX COLLECTION GROWS 34 PER CENT Bhubaneswar (PTI): India can ‘bend time’ and catapult to an 11 percent growth rate in the next decade if it capitalises on the demographic dividend, and boosts manufacturing, as well as exports, RBI Deputy Governor Michael Patra said on Saturday. India has a window of opportunity in terms of its demographic advantage, capability to boost manufacturing, increase in exports value as well as internalisation, Patra said while delivering a speech to celebrate ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mohotsav’ organised by the Reserve Bank of India, Bhubaneswar. If India capitalises on its opportunities and overcomes challenges, it is widely believed that India will “bend time”, Patra said. It is possible to imagine “India striking out into the next decade with a growth rate of 11 per cent”. He said, if this is achieved, India will become the second largest economy in the world not by 2048, but by 2031. With a population of 1.38 billion, India is the world’s youngest at 28.4 years. By 2023, India will be the most populous country in the world at 1.43 billion, he said. Drawing a comparison in terms of workingage population (WAP) ratio, he said India stands at an advantageous position vis-a-vis countries like China, Brazil, the US and Japan as the working-age populations of these countries have started declin-

Srinagar: Save Youth Save Future (SYSF), an NGO in collaboration with MissionConclavetrepreneurship‘KashmiraorganisedYouthday-longEn-2022’ in Srinagar on Saturday to encourage the youth for launching their own businesses. ‘Be A Job Creator Than Being A Job Seeker’ remained the motto of the event participated by over 500 youngsters. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Secretary, Tribal Affairs, CEO Mission Youth was the chief guest.

Siliguri (ANI): Heavy rains have impacted tea production in North Bengal’s Terai and Dooars regions and it could come down by about 30 per cent over the estimated production for the season, industry experts said. Several tea gardens have been impacted either due to land erosion, rivers changing their course and excess rain which has prevented plants from getting an adequate amount of sun. Local said that there was heavy land erosion in the region and the tea-producing areas recorded one of their highest rainfalls. Most of the tea plantations are along the rivers and have been impacted by the rains.Expressing concern over the loss of production, Sumit Ghosh, secretary, North Bengal branch, Tea Association of India (TAI) said the dearth of manpower has also added to the woes of tea producers. “The tea industry is anticipating loss. Due to natural calamities, disruption in connectivity, logistics and an unprecedented dearth of manpower has led to a drop in productivity.”

MAMTA’S BET ON PARTHA WRONG R ecently, when Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee was in Delhi, she called an important meeting of her special core group at the house of her party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Shekhar Rai. Trinamool MPs like gataSau-Roy, Sudhanshu Shekhar Rai and Abhishek Banerjee attended this tea meeting. Sharing her pain with her party MPs, Mamata said that ‘whenever she thinks about the expansion of the party, no one can take this idea off the ground.’ Mamata called Goa the biggest example of this. Taking a dig at Abhishek, Mamata said that ‘when Partha’s ‘note scandal’ came to the fore, you immediately dismissed him from the party without thinking. Today the situation is that he is playing in the hands of central agencies and that he is even ready to become an ‘approver’. In fact, Mamata is worried that if Partha, who was so close to her, starts playing in the hands of the central government, then the heat of this investigation will affect her personally too.

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SECURITY OF BORDER WITH CHINA First India Bureau Jodhpur: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday attacked the Opposition leaders and said that there should be no politics over border security with China. On the occasion of the 385th birth anniversary celebration of Veer Durgadas Rathore in Jodhpur’s Salwa Kalan area, Rajnath Singh unveiled the statue of Veer Durgadas Rathore and said, “They say ‘China did this,’ ‘China did that.’ To such political leaders, I say— There should be no politicisation whenever it is a matter of the honour of the country. It is these brave sons who go and guard the borders.” Praising the mothers of all the brave hearts, Rajnath said, “This is the land of brave women and I bow my head at the feet of all the mothers who gave birth to such brave men” Slamming the Opposition he said, “Those who raise questions against the national security, I as the Defence Minister, want to assure them that no matter how hard it gets I will not let the honour of India get sacrificed.”

Rajeev Gaur Jodhpur: The Bishnoi community in the Kankani village of Jodhpur district is constructing a huge memorial to honour the blackbuck ‘killed’ by Bollywood actor Salman Khan 24 yearsTheago.people of this village consider deer as their identity and say it is necessary for deer to survive.Agrand monument and an animal rescue centre are being constructed at the same place where the deer was found dead. The memorial will be built in Kankani village at around 7 bigha land (a small portion of land). A huge 3-feet statue of black deer weighing 800 kg will be erected at the site made of cement and iron bars, and a rescue centre will also be built for the treatment of animals and birds. The statue of the deer is ready to be placed at the temple in Kakani village. The local people built the entire temple by collecting money from the residents of the Kankani village. A local sculptor Shankar Chauhan has prepared it in 15 days at Siwanchi Gate of Jodhpur. He said it took a lot of hard work.

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bit of SCO RATS (Regional istober,IndiascheduledSCOIndiapersonStructure),”Anti-Terrorismthespokes-said,addingthatwaschairingtheRATSthisyear.TheseexercisesaretobeheldininMahesarinOc-andasPakistanamember,wewill participate, he said. At what level, I think when we approach that, we will let you know," the FO spokesperson added.The exercise scheduled to be held in Manesar in Haryana will see participation from Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, besides India. India and Pakistan, under the banner of the SCO are part of the nine-member Beijingbased regional body.

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This will be the ﬁrst time that Pakistan will be taking part in counter-terrorism drills in India. The move is termed to be significant given the tensions between India and Pakistan WILL JDU AND RJD MERGE NOW? W ith JDU and RJD coming together recently in Bihar to form government, the opposition parties received a ‘fresh lease of life’. Tejashwi Yadav came to Delhi with a list of potential ministers of RJD quota and met his father Lalu Yadav for the final seal of consent. Although he met Sonia-Rahul and Yechury also. It is said that Lalu, who is not in the best of health, had a long talk with Nitish on the phone and word is that Lalu said that ‘Now the time has come for RJD and JDU to merge and that Nitish should do politics of Delhi while Tejashwi should handle the front at Patna.” He stressed that if BJP has to be given re-tonatathechallenge,aoldJa-Dalhasbe vived. Furthermore, Lalu asked Nitish to speak to Akhilesh Yadav, Naveen Patnaik, Deve Gowda and Chandrashekhar Rao, stressing that if they all come together, Delhi will be far away for the BJP in 2024. Nitish’s recent statements also testify to this that he wants to come out as the new champion of the opposition unit. WILL JJP AND BJP PART WAYS? Areview meeting of the BJP was held in Haryana last week which was attended by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, apart from several prominent leaders of the Sangh, some senior party leaders and ministers.organizationActually,thismeetingwasconvenedtobrain-stormtheresultsoftherecentcivicelectionsofHary-ana.Intotalof46bodies,BJPwon22,JJPjust3 and Independents won 19. The three candidates who won from ‘Jannayak Janata Party’ i.e. JJP are also the same who were earlier seeking tickets from BJP, that is why BJP is not giving any special attention to JJP’s 3 winners. So, in this ownBJPhaspartyconsideredfromdistancedJatstheaskChautalathatmeetingbrainstormingitwasthoughtwhynottalktothefamilyandJJPtomergewithBJP,becausethethemselveshavethemselvestheJJP,whichistobetheoftheJats.JJPstarteddemandingtoletitcontestitscandidatefrom two seats of Hisar and Sirsa, but BJP is hardly ready for it.

Islamabad (PTI): Pakistan will attend exercisesing.daytikharSpokesmanPakistantheismRegionalthisscheduledter-terrorismthemediaingPakistanbecisescounter-terrorismgentsIndianreportinOctober,OrganisationShanghaiunderdrillscounter-terrorismthehostedbyIndiatheambitoftheCooperation(SCO)indespiteachillbilateralties,amediasaidonSaturday.WhilePakistaniandmilitarycontin-havetakenpartinexer-together,thiswillthefirsttimethatwillbeattend-suchdrillsinIndia,reported.Pakistanwillattendinternationalcoun-exerciseinOctoberyearunderSCO’sAnti-Terror-Structure(RATS),newspaperquotedForeignOfficeAsimIf-assayingonFri-attheweeklybrief-“Yes,therewillbeundertheam-

T he UP unit of BJP was in buzz till sometime back that the ‘road’ BJP general secretary organization Sunil Bansal took was fast becoming ‘steep’ as the politico was facing several ‘difficulties’. In fact there was a time when the grapevine was that Bansal would be removed from UP and it was also claimed that even the RSS had stopped backing him. But just before his tenure was about to threestayedweekDelhicameBansalend,tolastandfor consecutive days. After much effort, on the third day, he met Amit Shah. Bansal pleaded with Shah and presented his side of the story and after deep thought and consideration, it is said that Shah talked to party’s organization general secretary BL Santosh about Bansal. However, Santosh proposed that Bansal be made the party’s vicepresident. But on this Bansal did not agree and said, ‘Vice Presidency is given to a politician who is on the threshold of retirement. I have to contest the assembly elections from Rajasthan, also become a minister in the state.’ After this Shah used his veto to give Bansal a position in the party as national general secretary of the party while also handing him the charge of Telangana, West Bengal and Odisha. terestingly,Inthis move has also sent a message to his loyalists as well.

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“Today because of PM Narendra Modi, India’s security circle has become stronger than ever before, India is no longer counted among the weak countries of the world and is counted among the most powerful countries of the world,” he added. Further, he lauded Veer Durgadas Rathore and said, “If there can be any example of social unity and harmony, then it was Durga Das Ji. He was born in an ordinary family but his name is recorded in the pages of history with his extraordinary personality and devotion to Swami.” “Veer Durgadas had strategic and diplomatic skills in his veins and our government also takes inspiration from him,” he added. —With ANI inputs Rajnath Singh unveils the statue of Veer Durgadas Rathore on his Jayanti, in Jodhpur on Saturday.

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First India Bureau Chandigarh: Four police officers and personnel of Haryana have been chosen for the ‘Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation’ for 2022. A Haryana Police spokesperson said that Basant Kumar Inspector, Suman Devi Sub Inspector, Yogesh Kumar Sub Inspector and Gopal Chand Head Constable are among the 151 awardees selected from across the country this honour.edficialsPoliceforaAgrawal,(DGP),rectorandallWhileyear.congratulatingthepoliceofficerspersonnel,theDi-GeneralofPoliceHaryanaPKsaidthatitismatterofgreatpridetheentireHaryanathatfourofitsof-hadbeenselect-forthisprestigious Union HaryanaMedalsMinister’sHomefor4cops

STATUE UNVEILED Ahtesham Siddiqui New Delhi: A 2009-batch UP cadre IAS officer Shubhra Saxena has been appointed to the post of Deputy Secretary in the Election Commission of India (ECI) for a period of four years. According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Friday (August 12, 2022), the competent authority has approved the appointment of Saxena to the post for a period of four years from the date of taking over the charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

MAMTA’S ‘OLIVE BRANCH’ TO MODI? I n recent days, when Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee returned to Kolkata after meeting the Prime Minister in Delhi, she gave an ‘off-beat’ interview to another Bengali newspaper. If sources are to be believed, in this interview, Didi tied the bridge of praise for the PM. Didi told that Modi ji loves ‘Pistachio Flavoured Misty Doi’, and that ‘Peacock’ is his favourite colour. So this time she went to Delhi with a PMPM.DoitoadditionDighashawlcolourpeacockspecialofinMistyfortheTheaccepted her gift wholeheartedly. Mamata also told in this interview that she regularly sends Bengal’s special Malda Him Sagar and Laxman Bhog mangoes to the PM every summer. But the next day this interview was not published. Mamata came to know that her nephew Abhishek Banerjee had stopped this interview from getting published. Mamata then summoned Abhishek and expressed her displeasure, on which Abhishek said that ‘After reading this interview, it did not seem that it was an interview of Bengal tigress, rather it seemed that we were reading the interview of some state president of BJP.’ Mamta remained silent.

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K aran Johar shares a great equation with actors of every generation in Bollywood and among the young lot, he is close to Sara Ali Khan and Ananya Panday. During a chat with Siddharth Kannan, Karan was asked to predict something about Sara Ali Khan. The filmmaker ended up confirming that Sara will be collaborating with him on 2 films. Karan revealed that Sara is doing one film with Amazon which he is producing and another one with him. He said, “Sara Ali Khan is gonna do an amazing film with me, which I’m producing, which is gonna be for Amazon and we are very excited. And there’s one more film that she will do for us, for which I’m also very excited. That’s her future related to me. I don’t know anything else that’s happening in her personal life.”

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A nanya Panday is one of the most popular actors in the tinsel town of Bollywood. Although only a few films old, Ananya has successfully made her space in the big and glamorous world of showbiz. She made her debut in the 2019 film Student of the Year 2 and ever since then, the young actress has been constantly in the limelight. Speaking of which, she took to her Instagram space and shared a slew of new photos. Ananya lived her DDLJ moment as she posed in the g reen field in Chandigarh as she went the city to promote her upcoming film Liger co-starring Vijay Deverakonda. While sharing the post, she wrote, “pyaar hota hai deewana sanam #DDLJmoment”.

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S everal Bollywood stars on Saturday took to their social media handles to condemn the attack on the novelist Salman Rushdie. Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut shared a picture of a news clipping on her Instagram stories and said, “Another day another appaling act by Jihadis, The Satanic Verses is one of the greatest books of its time. I am shaken beyond words. Appalling.” Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar also condemned the ‘barbaric attack’ on Rushdie. “I condemn the barbaric attack on Salman Rushdie by some fanatic. I hope that NY police and the court will take the strongest action possible against the attacker,” Akhtar tweeted. His wife, actress Shabana Azmi also condemned the attack saying, “The dastardly attack on #Salman Rushdie is contemptible and condemnable. Hope he recovers soon and the fanatic attacker is given the severest punishment for the heinous crime.”Actress Swara Bhasker also shared her thoughts on the same in a tweet that read, “Thoughts and prayers for #SalmanRushdie tardlycondemnableShameful,anddas-thisattack!”

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amannaah Bhatia is busy stealing the limelight at the Indian T ara Sutaria and Aadar Jain are one of the most adored couples in Bollywood. Tara Sutaria opened up about her bond with boyfriend Aadar Jain in an exclusive interview with Filmfare. Describing the last time Aadar Jain surprised her, the revealed, "When you first meet up with somebody, it’s full of surprises and bigger things, but as time progresses, you understand the importance of the smaller things. It can be something as small as him making a cup of tea for me in the morning instead of having somebody else do it. It could also be tenhandwrit-anote."

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According to Dr Narula, nowadays the trend of online journals has increased a lot. The researcher is guaranteed to get the publication in these journals within a day or two, due to which fraud has started happening. Researchers waste their money and time by falling prey to such fake journals. After publication, when the researcher claims for promotion, it is found that the journal was cloned. The most

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nals also do not get suitable readers. He said that many journals get the original research printed in fake research journals by charging big money from the researchers. For which the researcher has to bear the damages, apart from this, such published research is of no use in the academic field. The tradition of printing research papers without quality is increasing nowadays. Dr Narula has disseminated information to people through webinars in higher educational institutions across the country to identify ‘clone, fake and periodic journals’ so that the research work of the researchers can be published in better quality research jourFRAUD BY FAKE ONLINE JOURNALS

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he world would be a rather scary place without empaths. Without people who can feel and understand the emotions of others, chaos and disorder might spread quickly. We need more people who can feel and understand the suffering of others. We also need people to learn the value of putting themselves in other people’s shoes. While empathy is a gift that some are born with, it can also be learned. City First brings to you an Empathetic Soul Divyun Nanda and her inspiringWhenjourney.askedto describe herself the diva replied, “I describe myself as a genuine and unpretentious Empathetic Soul.” Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success. Talking about some of the vital skills required to be in the social media industry she said, “According to me creativity, passion, authenticity, consistency and management are the most vital skills. Without any of these, it is hard to survive the cutthroat competition.Adream doesn’t become reality through magic, it takes sweat, inspiration and hard work. Talking about her journey the beauty replied, “My journey as an influencer started almost six to seven years ago. People recognised my work and I started getting offers from big brands to promote their products. It was not something I had planned because my studies were my first priority.Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of selfsatisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming. When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment to a common purpose, anything is possible. Describing the most memorable moment she replied, “I like it when my friends call me up to praise me for the work I do and when I become a source of inspiration for them. Being called as a judge for a renowned show was a big achievement for me. Making my parents proud and having their support throughout my journey will always be the most moment.”rewarding City First brings to you an Empathetic Soul Divyun Nanda and her inspiring journey SHUBHANSHI PATHAK cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

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Gambhir launches patriotic song

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Suket Dhir and Bhavna KakarDhruv Kapoor and Siddartha TytlerChandini, Kartika and Bahaar Kalyani Chawla, Kali Puri, Isha and a guest Neeti Palta and Sonam C Chhabra Arijeet Talapatra Nitibha Kaul Nandini BhallaNida Mahmood Vesna Jacob Param, Mehak and Ruby Bhatia Anshika

CITY FIRST F ormer cricketer and member of parliament Gau tam Gambhir launched the patriotic song Bharat Maa in Hindi in Delhi recently and Thaai Manne in Tamil. It is an inde pendent music album. South business tycoon Ravi Murrugaiah wrote the lyrics of the song. He wrote this song during the Kargil War and its music was scored by Kollywood singer and musi cian Gopal Rao. It was sung by Bolly wood singer Shankar bumps.andsongGambhirMahadevan.said,”TheisphenomenalgavemegooseItissoinspir ing and teaches how our country should be respected.” The event was presided by GK Vasan, member of Parliament, Em balam R Selvam, Speaker of Pu ducherry Legislative Assembly, minister K Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice President Reli ance and video director T Vijay Anand.

Mock drill and full dress rehearsal were conducted at the Red Fort in New Delhi on Saturday ahead of the Independence Day celebrations on Monday. (From Top) Tri-Services personnel and NCC cadets geared up during the full dress rehearsal for celebrations of 75th anniversary of Independence. NCC cadets were seen in traditional attire during the full dress rehearsal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation from the rampart of Red Fort on August 15.

TIRANGA RALLY!

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The Twitter handle of the Delhi Police shared on Thursday glimpses of the Tricolor campaign. In the year of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav under Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyaan Sanjay Arora, CP at Delhi flagged off 75 vehicles from Police Headquarters for the Tiranga Rally. The rally started simultaneously in all the 15 district headquarters. Many senior officers and policemen were present on this special occasion.

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GK Vasan, Gautam Gambhir and Ravi Murrugaiah and a guest during the inauguration

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CITY FIRST he Cosmopolitan India x TECNO organised a cocktail party at the Shangri-La Eros in New Delhi recently. A stylish fashion walkthrough in collabora tion with Cosmpolitan India Camon 19 series witnessed its launch through the pan-In dia campaign Stylish Affair. The evening featured garments by famous designers. The party saw design ers such as Dhruv Ka poor, Siddartha Tytler and Pallavi Mohan in attend ance. They were part of the special fash ion walk-through for the night, along with other design ers such as Rohit Gandhi, Rahul Khanna, Namra ta Joshipura, Al pana & Neeraj, etc. The Camon 19 series will fea ture three prod ucts withmuchusheredis5G.CamonCamonCamoninitially—19Neo,19,and19ProTheproductexpectedtobeinamidfervour,linedfashionparties,a Style Hunt contest helmed by a dis tinguished jury panel and the cover of Cosmopolitan India shot on the Camon 19—high lighting its key features. Ari jeet Talapatra, TECNO India CEO, said, “With a range of five product lines, each cater ing to a very different set of target audiences, we, at TEC NO, are always working towards doing things differently. This time, we are targeting the fashion-conscious audi ences with the Camon se ries and we intend to engage with our audiences in the most innovative, fun, and rewarding way.” TECNO aims to develop unique ex periences through a threepronged approach, spread across In-Real-Life (IRL) events and print and digi tal campaigns.