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R.N.I. No:TELENG/2015/64368 Editor-In-Chief: Syed Habeeb Pasha Qadri

Telangana Media Reporter MohammadWasimullah“Justice MSRamachandra Rao hasbeen appointed as theChief Justice in charge ofthe Telangana High Court.It is learned that JusticeHima Kohli, who is cur-rently the Chief Justice ofthe High Court, is going tobe the Supreme CourtJudge. In this context, thePresident issued orders handing over the re-sponsibilities of the High Court Chief Justice toRamachandra Rao, the most Senior Judge.“

TS HIGH COURT JUSTICEMS RAMACHANDRA RAO

AS CJ IN CHARGE OFTELANGANA HIGH COURT

PARADISE RESTAURANT, D-MART FINED RS.1.5LAKH FOR ILLEGAL CARRY BAG CHARGE

Telangana Media Senior Staff Reporter Syed Saeed Quadri“TheHyderabad Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission has asked Para-dise Restaurant Secunderabad and Begumpet branches and D-Mart,Hyderguda, to pay Rs 50,000 each (total Rs 1.5Lakh) for charging extramoney for carry bags.“

CM KCR HELD A REVIEW MEETING ONDALIT BANDHU SCHEME AT

KARIMNAGAR COLLECTORATETelangana Media Senior Staff Reporter Syed Saeed Quadri“TheTelangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) held a ReviewMeeting on Dalit Bandhu Schemeat Karimnagar Collectorate haslaunched the ‘Dalit Bandhu’ schemeat Salapalli village in Huzurnagar As-sembly Constitu- ency inKarimnagar Dis- trict. He haslaunched the scheme on a pilotbasis by handing over certificates toa few beneficiaries sanctioning finan-cial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each.Ahead of the formal launch ceremony,ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti(TRS) party leaders and workers hadput up posters and flex boards prais-ing KCR as a Dalit ally.A flex boardput up by TRS work- ers featuring pic-tures of district col- lector RV Karnanbecame a big topic of discussion ahead of the launch. The locals weresurprised to see pictures of a government official on the ruling party’sposters. The Dalit Bandhu scheme was launched by KCR at a publicmeeting attended by a huge crowd. As part of the state government’sDalit empowerment initiative, KCR has sanctioned a budget of Rs 1,000crore for the flagship scheme. The State Finance Minister Harish Raosaid 20,000 Dalit families would be included in the scheme from theHuzurabad constituency. In July, KCR made it clear that their govern-ment is ready to spend Rs 80,000 crore to Rs 1 lakh crore for the welfareof Dalits in the state. He said the Dalit Bandhu scheme would be a rolemodel for the country and it will help in the emancipation of all Dalits frompoverty and discrimination. Through the Dalit Bandhu scheme, theTelangana government aims to enable entrepreneurship among Dalitsthrough a direct benefit transfer of Rs 10 lakh per family. It is the biggestcash transfer scheme in the country. Opposition parties have allegedthat only TRS activists are being preferred in the selection of beneficia-ries for the scheme. The scheme was launched in the Huzurabad con-stituency, which will go to polls soon. In June, MLA from the constituencyand former Health Minister E.Rajender leader resigned from his post.The Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to announce the schedulefor the bye-election however it is expected to be held in September.“

US CONSULATE RESIDENTSECURITY OFFICER JASON

DRAY MET CITY POLICECOMMISSIONER ANJANI KUMAR

Telangana Media Senior Staff ReporterSyed Saeed Quadri“The Newly appointedResident Security Officer Jason Dray of USConsulate met Sri. Anjani Kumar IPS, Commis-sioner of Police, Hyderabad. He has joined re-cently.“

KERALA GOVERNMENTTO CONTINUE WITH

SUNDAY LOCKDOWN

Telangana Media Senior Staff ReporterSyed Saeed Quadri“The Kerala Governmentto continue with Sunday Lockdown. An exemp-tion was given in the Sunday lockdown in thelast two weeks by the State Government.

GHMC DEPUTY MAYOR M.SRILATHASHOBHAN REDDY SAYS EVERYONE

SHOULD BE VACCINATEDTelangana Media Reporter Mohammad Wasimullah“ The GHMC

Deputy MayorM.Srilatha ShobhanReddy, AmberpetMLA K. Venkateshand Corporator D.Lavanya SrinivasGoud have inspectedthe vaccination pro-cess after visiting thevaccine center set upat Tulsi Ram NagarCommittee Hall,Amberpet, Golnaka."We are conductingmobile vaccination

process in every division and people are getting vaccinated tremendously,"she said.“

TELANGANA BJP CHIEF B.SANJAY, UNIONMINISTER KISHAN REDDY IN TROUBLE OVER

'PROVOCATIVE' PADYATRA HOARDINGTelangana Media Senior Staff Reporter Syed Saeed Quadri“A Po-lice Complainthas been filedagainst BJPT e l a n g a n aPresident andMP B.SanjayKumar, UnionMinister KishanReddy, andother BJP Lead-ers for puttingup a hoardingshowing a BJPFlag flying atopthe Charminar,The Complaintwas filed bySyed Abdahu Kashaf (Social Activist & Former AIMIM Social Media Head)at the Abid Road Police Station.“

BOLLYWOOD ACTOR SONU SOOD METDELHI CHIEF MINISTER ARVIND KEJRIWAL,

TO BECOME AMBASSADOR OF DELHIGOVT'S 'DESH KE MENTORS' PROGRAMME

Telangana Media Senior Staff Reporter Syed Saeed Quadri“TheBollywood Actor SonuSood met ArvindKejriwal today morningwhen the Chief Minis-ter has announced thatSonu Sood will be-come the Brand Am-bassador of ‘Desh KeMentors’ Programme ofthe Delhi Government.“

CYBERABAD POLICE COMMISSIONERM.STEPHEN RAVINDRA, IPS, MET

STATE IT MINISTER SRI. KT RAMA RAOTelangana Media Senior Staff Reporter Syed Saeed Quadri“TheNewly Ap-p o i n t e dCommis-sioner ofP o l i c e ,CyberabadShri M.St e p h e nRavindra,IPS, madea courtesycall onTelanganaS t a t eH o n ' b l eMinister forIT, Industries, MA & UD, Sri. KT Rama Rao at Pragathi Bhavan and pre-sented a sapling as a token of gratitude.“

STATE MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION & URBANDEVELOPMENT (MA&UD) MINISTER KT RAMARAO WILL BE INAUGURATED 288 2BHK HOUS-ING UNITS UNDER MALAKPET CONSTITUENCY

Telangana Media Senior Staff Reporter Syed Saeed Quadri“A totalof 2882 B H Kh o u s i n gunits built atPilligudiselun e a rChanchalgudawill be inau-gurated bythe Munici-pal Admin-i s t r a t i o nand UrbanDeve lop -m e n t

(MA&UD) Minister KT Rama Rao on Saturday. These dwelling units arespread over nine floors and built by the Greater Hyderabad MunicipalCorporation (GHMC) at an estimated cost of Rs 24.91 crore. As part ofthe State government initiative to develop Hyderabad as a slum free city,the GHMC has constructed 288 housing units in Pilligudiselu which wasa slum in Malakpet Constituency. The slum earlier had small huts and tinroofed shacks which the civic body has now replaced with 2BHK blocksover one-half-acre site here, a press release said. With a plinth area of560 square feet, the cost of each dwelling unit worked out to Rs 7.90 lakhapart from Rs.0.75 lakh as cost of infrastructure for each unit.“

BJYM CITY PRESIDENT NITINNANDKAR HELD PRESS

CONFERENCE REGARDSTO PADYATRA

Telangana Media Senior Staff ReporterSyed Saeed Quadri“The Press Conferenceheld by Bhartiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha CityPresident Nitin Nandkar given assurance thatBJYM Team is ready for Padyatra for BJP ChiefB. Sanjay Kumar. Our target is clear Mission2023.“

EDITORIALENGLISH DAILY HYDERABADTELANGANA MEDIATELANGANA MEDIA 2Saturday, August , 28, 2021Editorial / Health

DISHA PROTECTION WELFARE FOUNDATION &CHAIRMAN B VENKATESWARA RAJU

APPOINTES VEMULA BHARATI AS BHADRADRIKOTHAGUDUM DISTRICT PRESIDENT“

Telangana Media Reporter MohammedWaseemullah“The Disha Protection WelfareFoundation Founder and Chairman BVenkateswara Raju has appointed Vemula

Bharati asB h a d r a d r iKothagudumD i s t r i c tP r e s i d e n tand handedover Appoint-ment Letterto VemulaBharati atDisha Pro-tection Wel-

fare Foundation Head Office in Hyderabad in thePress Conference organized at head speakingto Media Disha Protection Welfare FoundationChairman b Venkateswara Raju said Protectionof Women's Welfare is our motive Disha Pro-tection Welfare Foundation is always ready tohelp women's who are facing many problems inthe society he said our Foundation is working in2 Telugu States all the committees were formedin all Districts. Vemula Bharathi said that thedeath of Kothagudum District President SwargiyaMandapally Uma could not bring her aspirationsforward and everyone in the District Welcomeand will be coordinated. On these occasion Na-tional Secretary Lakshmi Narasamma has par-ticipated in the programme.“

Telangana Media Senior Staff Reporter Syed Saeed Quadri“TheAIMIM GeneralSecretary andYakutpura MLASyed PashaQuadri alongw i t hBahadurpuraMLA MouzzamKhan andKarwan MLAK o u s a rMohiuddin are in Gulbarga to campaign for AIMIM Municipal Candidates.“

AIMIM MLA’S IN GULBARGA FORMUNICIPAL CAMPAIGNING

Telangana Media Senior Staff Reporter Syed Saeed Quadri“The wallwritings that did not fill the stomach saying no to suicides on that dayToday our rulers are providing work without hands Sirisilla leaders says'The honesty of the rulers has shown the solution to the problem.'Janasakshi' ground report on the background of the suicides of the lead-ers. who stopped in Sirisilla Minister KTR unveils a special documentarycreated by 'Janam Sakshi' Before Telangana was formed, we all know

about thebad situationof dealingwith a Nanan a m e dS i r i s i l l am e a n shanging. TheS i r i s i l l a ,which washeld as flagheadlines atnational levelwith the hun-ger deaths ofw e a v i n g

people, has turned into Sirisala today and is seeing the celebration in thefaces of Telangana girls with crores ofBatukamma sarees, filling the stom-ach with a lump in the hands. After the formation of Telangana state, thesuicides of weaving brothers in Sirisilla area have stopped in a short time.In this background, 'Janasakshi' has tried to know the opinion of the lead-ers by touring at the field level. The documentary designed with the viewsof Sirisilla leaders was inaugurated today by TRS Executive Presidents,Industries, Information Technology (IT) Department, Municipal Adminis-tration and Urban Development Minister Sri KTR. On this occasion, Min-ister KTR said that it is possible only for 'Janasakshi' to show that there isa ground report instead of sitting in the offices, and it is commendable tobring the actual situation to the people and the Government. Not only isthat, ‘Janasakshi’ expected to grow more. Vikarabad MLA Dr. MetukuAnand, jana Media Director Konatam Dileep, Janasakshi Editor Rahmanalong with several Janasakshi.“

SIRISILLA WEAVINGWORDS LEADER KTR HASCHANGED THE WRITING

Telangana Media Senior Staff Re-porter Syed Saeed Quadri“TheTelangana State Minister for EducationMrs. Sabita Indrareddy was the ChiefGuest at the Kandukur MandalSaryasabhaya Conference at theMandal Praja Parishad ConferenceHall at Kandukoor Mandal Kendra.

STATE EDUCATION MINISTER SABITA INDRAREDDY ATTENDS KANDUKUR MANDAL

SARYASABHAYA CONFERENCE

Telangana Media Reporter Mohammad Wasimullah“The Deputy Mu-

nicipal Commissioner Venugopal, Shankar and Nodal Officer FareedHimayat Nagar Division Corporator Mahalakshmi Raman Goud have pre-sented certificates to Bhagi Khana, Adarsh Basti, Gandhi Kotteru andother localities in Himayat Nagar Division today. The BJP Senior leader GRaman Goud and Division President K.S. Narsing Mudiraj, Narsing Goud,Mahesh, Sandeep, Shekhar and others have participated.“

HIMAYAT NAGAR CORPORATORMAHALAKSHMI RAMAN GOUD PRESENTS

COVID CERTIFICATES IN HER DIVISION

Telangana Media Reporter Mohammad Wasimullah“The ChilukanagarC o r p o r a t o rB a n n a l aG e e t aPraveen says100% vacci-nated is herGoal accom-panied byGHMC DeputyC o m m i s -sioner ArunaKumari, EE

Nagender, Project Officer Ramadevi, ACP Sravani, D, Kumar, DE To-gether and TRS leaders they carried out a vaccine awareness program.They toured the bastions and made everyone aware that everyone in thehouse should be vaccinated and 100% vaccinated. The Corporator saidthat the Telangana State Government lauded KCR and KTR for its ambi-tious 100% vaccination program and that everyone should benefit fromthe 100% vaccine net. She said that everyone will be vaccinated andmade 100% vaccinated Chilukanagar. The TRS Party Division presidentsBannala Praveen Mudiraj P.Narsing, Kondal Reddy, VB Narsimha,Ravinder Reddy, Venkatesh, M. Shekhar, Mahmood, B. Srinivas, PushpaRaj, Santosh, Balu, Shyam, Shahnaz, Satyavathi, Anasuya, and TRSparty members were present on the occasion. “

CHILUKANAGAR CORPORATOR BANNALA GEETAPRAVEEN SAYS 100% VACCINATED IS HER GOAL

Telangana Media Senior Staff Reporter Syed Saeed Quadri“TheG H M CMayor G.Vijayalaxmihas contin-ued in-s p e c t i n gthe Saniti-zation ac-tivities inG o v e r n -m e n tS c h o o lNBT Nagar,Rd no 7Film Nagarand In-

structed GHMC officials to monitor the activities closely. The CorporatorsD.Venkatesh, Ex-Corporator Khaja Suryanarayana, TRS Party workersand other GHMC officials were present.“

GHMC MAYOR G.VIJAYALAXMI IN-SPECTS GOVERNMENT SCHOOL NBT

NAGAR, RD NO 7 BANJARA HILLS

Telangana Media Senior Staff Reporter Syed Saeed Quadri“TheMaheswaramC o n s t i t u -ency, Then e w l ye l e c t e dTRS Partyhas partici-pated in themeeting ofd i v i s i o nTRS partyactivists atthe campoffice inR.K.PuramD i v i s i o n .The State Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy has congratulated R.K.PuramDivision President P.Nagesh by given her appointment letter.“

STATE MINISTER SABITA INDRA REDDYGIVEN APPOINTMENT LETTER TO

R.K.PURAM DIVISION PRESIDENT P.NAGESH

Telangana Media Reporter Mohammad Wasimullah“The HabsigudaD i v i s i o nCorporatorK.ChetanaHarish hasc a m -p a i g n e dthat all thepeople inthe divisionmust bevaccinatedagainst Covid. As part of this, the people of Vivekananda Nagar colonywere given a certificate as 100% vaccinated colony on the occasion ofvaccination. The event were attended by locals and Senior BJP leadersSanjay Patel, Ravinder Reddy and Hemant Moole.“

HABSIGUDA CORPORATOR K.CHETANA HARISHVISITS VIVEKANANDA NAGAR COLONY GIVEN ACERTIFICATE AS 100% VACCINATED COLONY

Telangana Media Hyderabad: Dialing 100 for help will have new dimen-sions for women in distress, with the Women’s Safety Wing of the TelanganaState Police now in the process of developing an app that will do more thanjust send a team to help.The new initiative, which will redirect calls to Dial100 from women needing help to the app, will go a step ahead offeringcounselling and guidance through volunteers.If any women dials 100 dur-ing the time of distress, their call will be redirected to the app wherein avolunteer will be assigned to the complainant.“We will be taking calls thatcome to 100 and assigning a volunteer based on what the complaint isabout. If the issue can be solved by counselling them on the phone, we willdo that. Otherwise, we will also provide them details on what are the nextsteps they can take to get justice,” Swati Lakra, Additional Director Generalof Police, Women Safety told Lakra added that the app would be ready tobe rolled out in a month and that initially, they would start by addressingdomestic violence cases. And depending on the response for the initiative,plans will be made to extend it to other cases as well.

TS cops develop Dial 100-based app for women safety

Boost to vaccina-tion drive

The approval for the first vaccine for chil-dren comes as a big boost to India’s vac-cination drive. The significance of thethree-dose ZyCov-D, the first needle-free,plasma DNA-based vaccine, is that it hasbeen developed indigenously by ZydusCadila in partnership with the Departmentof Biotechnology. It adds to the vaccinebasket and constitutes a breakthrough forthe home-grown drug maker. This secondindigenous vaccine after Bharat Biotech’sCovaxin can be administered for childrenin the 12–18-year age group and it hasshown a primary efficacy of over 66% inthe Phase-III clinical trials. There is alsohope of a two-dose regimen in near future.To be given at intervals of 28 and 56 daysusing the painless PharmaJet needle-freeapplicator, it will bring adolescents withinthe ambit of vaccination. The opening ofschools thus could become a reality soon.At a time when India needs to ramp up itsvaccination programme to achieve herdimmunity quickly, the emergency approvalfor a new indigenous vaccine will be of amajor help. Though the inoculation driveis picking up momentum in the country, itstill falls short of the original target of cov-ering the entire eligible adult population —nearly 95 crore — by the end of the year.Compared with countries like the UnitedStates and UK, the vaccination coveragein India is quite low. In the last two weeks,India administered an average over 55 lakhdoses per day and at this rate 75% of thepopulation would be covered by the end ofthe year.It is because of the slow pace ofvaccination that India’s GDP growth fore-cast has been lowered from 9.6% to 9.4%in 2021-22 by Fitch India Ratings. The rat-ing agency had earlier estimated that In-dia can expect 9.6% growth if all peopleabove the age of 18 get vaccinated byDecember 31, 2021. In case India fails toachieve this target, the GDP may slip to9.1%. India needs about 200 crore dosesof Covid-19 vaccine, including the provi-sion for wastage, to cover the entire popu-lation. There is an urgent need to expandthe vaccine basket by roping in foreignmRNA vaccines for production in India. TheCentre and the States are required to workin tandem on a mission mode to increasevaccination coverage. The data shows thatthough one-fourth of the world is now fullyvaccinated against Covid-19, only 0.6% ofpeople in the poorest nations figure amongthem, while 50% people are fully inoculatedin the richest nations. The stark differencein numbers only highlights the lack of co-hesive, determined effort at the global levelto combat coronavirus, and how it couldmar the march against the pandemic.

TELANGANA MEDIA 3Saturday, August , 28, 2021International

Watch: US company VirginHyperloop unveils new videoof passenger pods that can

travel at 1,000 kmphVirgin Hyperloop, anAmerican transporta-tion technology com-pany, recently releaseda new video with a con-cept focusing on itsambitious project thatwill allow passengersto travel at 1000kmph.Explaining thenew form of mass

transportation, the UScompany has informedthat this project will setthe standard for 21st-century travel by allow-ing people to travel be-tween cities within min-utes.According to thecompany, the design ofthis transport systemfeatures a tube thatcomes with a near-vacuum environmentinside, virtually elimi-nating aerodynamicdrag that allows bat-tery-powered pods toglide at a speed up to670 mph (1078kmph).Unlike trains,these battery-poweredpods will not be con-nected, so that it willallow people to travel todifferent destinations. Avideo, shared by busi-ness magnate RichardBranson on YouTube,describes the functionof these pods that willbe able to seat 28 pas-sengers each.“Thesenext-generation inno-vations not only enableultra-fast speeds butprovide on-demand di-rect-to-destination ser-

vice carrying tens ofthousands of passen-gers per hour per direc-tion at aeroplane speedwith zero direct emis-sions,” the narratorclarifies in thevideo.Watch the cliphere:Further in thevideo, the narrator ex-plains about the engine

of the hyperloop thatcontains arrays of elec-tromagnets that can liftas well as guide thepod within the track.Also, the pods carryingpassengers are notphysically connected; ifneed be, they can splitoff while the rest of theconvoy continues on adifferent path. This newfeature will allow indi-vidual pods to have dif-f e r e n tdestinations.After build-ing and testing theworld's first hyperloopsystem, the VirginHyperloop companystated that they arenow focused on theircommercial product.Also, the main focusbehind this project is toguide a design that iselegant, simple, future-proof, and guided byprinciples of thiscentury.Meanwhile, theUS transportation tech-nology company’s 670mph target is threetimes faster than high-speed rail and 10 timesfaster than traditionalrail.In November last

year, the company hadtested human travel forthe first time, wherepassengers ttheworld's first hyperloopsystem, the VirginHyperloop companystated that they arenow focused on theircommercial product.Also, the main focus

behind this project is toguide a design that iselegant, simple, future-proof, and guided byprinciples of this cen-tury.Meanwhile, the UStransportation technol-ogy company’s 670mph target is threetimes faster than high-speed rail and 10times faster than tradi-tional rail.In Novemberlast year, the companyhad tested humantravel for the first time,where passengerstook a ride at VirginHyperloop’s 500-metretest site in Las Vegas.The company’s co-founder Josh Giegeland the director of thepassenger experi-ence, Sara Luchian,were among the firstpassengers in theworld to experience thenew form of transpor-tation.ook a ride at Vir-gin Hyperloop’s 500-metre test site in LasVegas. The company’sco-founder Josh Giegeland the director of thepassenger experience,Sara Luchian,

Kabul Airport Blast LIVE news up-dates: Merkel calls attack 'heinous';full-fledged crisis, says US Senator

'Havana Syndrome': What's the puzzling illness in USdiplomats that delayed Kamala Harris' Vietnam trip?

US Vice PresidentKamala Harris is inVietnam as part of aSoutheast Asia tripwhere she is seekingto rally regional alliesas the United States'superpower statustakes a hit overAfghanistan.But herdeparture for Vietnamwas delayed byseveral hours onTuesday afternoonafter her office wasinformed by the USembassy in Hanoi,Vietnam, of a "possibleanomalous healthincident", an apparentreference to the so-called "Havanasyndrome", which hassickened diplomats ins e v e r a lcountries.OriginThe"Havana syndrome",initially unnamed, firstsurfaced in December,2016, among officials

Senator RobertMenendez, theDemocratic chairmanof the Senate ForeignRelations committee,in a statement calledthe situation unfolding inKabul “a full-fledgedh u m a n i t a r i a ncrisis.”NATO chief hascondemned the twin

suicide bombings atthe Kabul airport as a"horrific terrorist attack"that targeted desperateAfghans trying to leavethe country and thealliance's efforts toevacuate them fromA f g h a n i s t a n . T h ePentagon Thursdayconfirmed that the twoexplosions in 'complexattack' at Kabul airporthas caused 'US andcivilian casualties',reported AFP.Anexplosion went off onThursday outside theKabul airport, wherethousands of peoplehave gathered to try toflee the country onWestern airlift sincethe Taliban seizedpower earlier thismonth. The Pentagonconfirmed the blast,with no immediateword oncasualt ies.Westernnations had warned of

who were part of theAmerican andCanadian diplomaticmissions to Havana,Cuba, in the wake ofan apparent thaw inthe US-Cuba relations.Its symptoms rangefrom mild headachesto permanent braindamage and themysterious illnesssince then hasaffected scores ofdiplomats, spies andtheir familymembers.With thecause of the "disease"yet to be discovered,the CIA and thePentagon believe thatthe Havana syndromeis a deliberate act ofa g g r e s s i o n . . ."directed" at UStargets.Now, followingthe Hanoi incident,former CIA operativeMarc Polymeropoulos,himself a victim in

Moscow in 2017, said,"It would seem to methat our adversaries

are sending a clearmessage that they arenot only able to get atour intelligenceofficers, diplomats and

US military officers...This is a message thatthey can get at our

senior VIPs," to CipherBrief Open SourceReport onWednesday.Effects ofH a v a n a

SyndromeHear ingharsh mechanicalsounds and/or

e x p e r i e n c i n gu n c o m f o r t a b l epressureVertigo, visionproblems, and difficultyconcentratingHearing

lossIntense nauseaa n dheadachesInsomniaBrain

d a m a g e M e m o r yl o s s C o g n i t i v ed i f f i c u l t i e s T h et h e o r i e s S o m eresearchers believe

that ultrasound viai n t e r m o d u l a t i o ndistortion caused bymalfunctioning orimproperly placedCuban surveillanceequipment could be alikely theoryWith somany officialscomplaining of hearinghigh-pitched ringingin their ears, initially itwas bel ieved thatsome kind of"acoustic weapon".But the US Air Force,after somee x p e r i m e n t s ,concluded that anysuch effort usingsound waves wouldbe "unl ikely" tosucceed due to"basic physicalprinciples."A 2018study published in thejournal NeuralComputation byBeatrice AlexandraGolomb concluded

that the syndromewas caused by pulsedr a d i o f r e q u e n c y /microwave radiationexposure.Who isbehind theattackWhile someofficials in the Trumpand Bidena d m i n i s t r a t i o n sbelieve Russianintelligence isresponsible for theattacks, they have notyet found solide v i d e n c e . B i d e na d m i n i s t r a t i o n ' stakeUS president JoeBiden made a rarepublic reference to theissue in a speech tointelligence officialslast month. He said theadministration is"coordinating agovernment-wide effortto respond to theseincidents, because thischallenge demandsthat departments

a possible attack onKabul's airport in thewaning days of themassive evacuatione f f o r t s . S e v e r a lcountries urged peopleto avoid the airport,where an official saidthere was a threat of asuicide bombing. Butjust days — or even

hours for some nations— before theevacuation effort ends,few appeared to heedthe call.Over the lastweek, the airport hasbeen the scene ofsome of the mostsearing images of thechaotic end ofAmerica's longest warand the Taliban'stakeover, as flight afterflight took off carryingthose who fear a returnto the militants' brutalrule.Already, somecountries have endedtheir evacuations andbegun to withdraw theirsoldiers and diplomats,signaling the beginningof the end of one ofhistory's largest airlifts.The Taliban have so farhonored a pledge not toattack Western forcesduring the evacuation,but insist the foreigntroops must be out by

America's self-imposed deadline of 31Augus t .Overn igh t ,warnings emergedfrom Western capitalsabout a threat fromAfghanistan's IslamicState group affiliate,which likely has seenits ranks boosted by theTaliban's freeing of

prisoners during theirblitz across thecountry.British ArmedForces Minister JamesHeappey told the BBCearly Thursday therewas "very, very crediblereporting of animminent attack" at theairport, possibly within"hours".Belgian PrimeMinister Alexander DeCroo said his countryhad receivedinformation from theUS and other countriesabout the "threat ofsuicide attacks on themass of people".Theacting US ambassadorto Kabul, Ross Wilson,said the security threatat the Kabul airportovernight was "clearlyregarded as credible,as imminent, ascompelling." But in aninterview with ABCNews, he would notgive details and did not

say whether the threatremained.Shortly after,the blast wasreported.Wilson alsosaid there remain "safeways" for Americans toreach the airport, but"there undoubtedly willbe" Afghans who hadworked with or for theUS in Afghanistan who

will not be able to getout before theevacuation ends.LateWednesday, the USEmbassy warnedcitizens at three airportgates to leaveimmediately due to anunspecified securitythreat. Austral ia,Bri tain and NewZealand also advisedtheir ci t izensThursday not to go tothe airport, withAustral ia's foreignminister saying therewas a "very high threatof a terrorista t t a c k . " T a l i b a ns p o k e s m a nZabihullah Mujahidearlier denied that anyattack wasi m m i n e n t . E a r l i e rThursday, the Talibansprayed a watercannon at thosegathered at one airportgate to try to drive the

crowd away, assomeone launchedtear gas canisterselsewhere. Whilesome fled, others justsat on the ground,covered their facesand waited in thenoxious fumes.NadiaSadat, a 27-year-oldAfghan, carried her 2-

year-old daughterwith her outside theairport. She and herhusband, who hadworked withcoal i t ion forces,missed a call froma number theybelieved was theState Departmentand were trying toget into the airportwithout any luck.Her husband hadpressed ahead inthe crowd to try toget them inside."Wehave to find a way toevacuate becauseour l ives are indanger," Sadat said."My husband

received severalt h r e a t e n i n gmessages fromunknown sources.We have no chancee x c e p tescaping."Gunshotslater echoed in thearea as Sadat waited."There is anarchybecause of immensecrowds," she said,blaming the US for thechaos.Aman Karimi,50, escorted hisdaughter and herfamily to the airport,fearful the Tal ibanwould target herbecause of herhusband's work withNATO."The Talibanhave already begunseeking those whohave worked withNATO," he said. "Theyare looking for themhouse-by-house atnight."Many Afghansshare those fears.

TELANGANA MEDIA 4Saturday, August , 28, 2021Technology

American pattern of pragmatism“

It should be noted that the nationalism of'independent' India can be free from sectarianfears.“On the eve of Independence Day, thePrime Minister announced that August 14 wouldhenceforth be known as the Day ofRemembrance of Partition. He also said that thisday will be a day of social unity. If social cohesionis the goal of this day, as the Prime Minister says,it would be a welcome thing. But unfortunatelythe history of the last seven years tells ussomething different. That is why the PrimeMinister's announcement raises concerns aboutsocial cohesion.“When it was decided thatNarendra Modi would be the BJP's primeministerial candidate in 2014, he started theSadbhavana Yatra in Gujarat. His expression ofgoodwill towards the Muslim community in thewake of the Gujarat riots was a very reassuringand welcome thing to many. Many thought thatwhen Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister,he would literally treat people of all religions inthe society as the Prime Minister. Some eventhought that the leader of the party who accusedothers of pseudo-secularism would show by hisbehavior what 'true secularism' means.“But inthe seven years since he took office, the primeminister, his cabinet colleagues and his partyleaders have often acted directly or indirectly indefiance of his declaration of 'Sabka Saath'.There are many instances in which even thelimits of civility and at least humanity have beencrossed by the leaders through statements andconvenient silence. It was all done very openly.This raises strong suspicions that this Fear ofPartition will be used to truly achieve socialcohesion or to further distrust and hatred towardsthe minority community in India.“On 15th August1947, the country celebrated Independence Daywith high hopes, despite the heartache ofpartition. It was nationalism that believed that ourreligious identity and our identity as Indians werecompletely different. According to thisnationalism, Christianity and Islam are not'outside' religions either, as India was createdout of a conflict with the British. Before the arrivalof the British, India was not a nation-state.Nationalism knew that the word "nation" had nomeaning unless it had a definite geographicalboundary and an army that defended it, a centralstate. This nationalism also considered thepeople, religion and culture of the people whocame and settled here before the emergence ofa nation called India as their own. This notion ofHinduism-Muslim relations was not in theimagination of India. This relationship is verycomplex and it has beautiful cultural blends aswell as extreme conflicts, this nationalism knew.But without carrying the burden of history, thedream was to create a modern India based onthe values of individual freedom in theconstitution, emphasizing its culturalconnotations. A modern country is not just acountry that uses modern science andtechnology. A modern country is a country rootedin a society in which every person has aninherent dignity, regardless of the religion or castein which he or she is born. It was a daunting taskto dream like this against the backdrop of partitionwounds. However, the leadership of Gandhi-Nehru-Patel and others dared to dream a newdream by overcoming the burden of this painfulhistory. In the last 70-75 years, this dream hasbeen shattered many times. But that dreamcame true. One of the reasons for this is theshoulder to shoulder contribution of people of allfaiths in the freedom struggle.“But in recenttimes, this dream has been shattered. Thenationalism created by the independencemovement and that idea of India is now on theverge of political defeat. Since the Modigovernment came to power in 2014, the processhas intensified. Today, a new form of nationalismand the resulting idea of India is beginning to takeits toll on the Indian mind.“The question is, canthe new India in this idea be 'independent'? So,mentally, can this India ever become free andindependent? The reason for raising thisquestion is that the cultural nationalism of theSangh-BJP denies that Indian nationalism wasformed out of conflict with the British. He tracesthe roots of Indian nationalism to the history ofIndia hundreds of years before the formation ofIndia as a sovereign state power, loyal to thatpower and a guardian of certain geographicalboundaries. Therefore, according to thisnationalism, Christianity and Islam are religionsthat have come from 'outside'. Theaccompanying cultures and lifestyles also comefrom 'outside'.“Conflicts in medieval history areat the heart of this (cultural) nationalism. Wherethere is controversy about exactly what happenedeven in recent history, it is very difficult to sayunequivocally what exactly happened in medieval

Bharat Samachar Correspondence D.S. Patel“

American pattern ofpragmatism

Western countries continue violence inthe world by selling arms and logistics toconflicting groups; It would not be anexaggeration to say that a large section of theAmerican population was fed on war. That is whyit is bold to expect theoretical politics from thesuperpowers.“Many arguments are being foughtover the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and thepolicy behind it. But if we look at the recent historyof this superpower, this behavior can beaccompanied. The so-called pragmatism of theUnited States has been prominent in manydevelopments in the world.“In August 1952, 70years ago, the United States launched a militarycoup against the then Prime Minister of Iran,Mohamed Mossadegh, for nationalizing aWestern-owned oil company. Since then, theUnited States has strengthened its foothold inWest Asian politics by pursuing an unrestrictedpolicy. In fact, before this sort of thing, the role ofthe United States during both World Wars hasbeen decisive. With the exception of Pearl Harborin 1941 and the 9/11 attacks in 2001, no war hasbeen fought on independent American soil. Butin many parts of the world outside of the UnitedStates, the country seems to have intervened,invaded, and carried out covert operations. FromWorld War I to last year's Indo-China tensions,US "participation" has been active. If there is anypolitical-economic benefit to be seen in thefuture, it is to be tampered with and to be sidelinedwhen it is over; So whatever happens on thatisland, that's the American way.“Vietnam's ragingwar has not diminished the appetite of the USsystem, but it has not diminished the country'sappetite for war. The then US administration hidfrom its own citizens the deaths of thousands ofits soldiers in that war. Official reports from theU.S. Department of Foreign Policy and Defensehave often torn the U.S. veil off. By then, however,it is too late. After 9/11, Saddam Hussein wasaccused of possessing biological and chemicalweapons. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi gave birth to"Isis" to avenge the Americans coming togetherin the prison, the most recent history. There aremany such examples in history. The US policyhas always been to sell arms to its captive countryfor fear of its enemy, and to keep tensionsbetween the two nations one day. The 1990 Iran-Iraq war and the 2015 Saudi-Iranian covert warin Yemen prove this point. Terrorists, who havebeen rewarded with millions of dollars by theUnited States, are now active in Afghanistan andPakistan. Therefore, there is ample scope toquestion the behavior of the US government.“Letalone democracy in any of the countries that theUnited States has invaded in the past to establishdemocracy; But there is no other pipe. Startinga creamy warfare, training the local army, holdinga two-handed government, waging civil waragainst different communities, promotingviolence and taking the whole country across theabyss The policy of this country has remained

history. And how complicated that history is too.Then the political ideology tries to determineexactly what happened in this history. Marxisthistorians look at everything from a classperspective, just as people influenced by theSangh-BJP's ideology of cultural nationalism tellhow ruthless and cruel every Muslim king was.It is wrong to look at the events of medievalhistory with today's values in mind. But it is doneand it is also very clever. It is also part of it topaint a convenient picture of Muslim kings.“OnceIslam and Islamic culture are considered to be'external', every sign of that culture is a sign ofthe victory of foreigners over Hindus. Thegrandeur of the Red Fort, the lofty gates ofFatehpur Sikri, the beauty of the Taj Mahal,the delicacies of ghazals and Urdu, and thedelicious taste of biryani cannot be denied,but frankly, they are all part of our own culture.Such a problem was not in the nationalism ofGandhi-Nehru-Sardar Patel. This nationalismcould assume that all these things are ours.Therefore, India never felt the mental need tochange Aligarh to Harigarh. He said India wasfree. Because he did not consider any religionor culture to be 'external'.“But the nationalismof the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-BJPcannot be so free in principle. Muslims havelived in this country for hundreds of years andwill continue to do so. And the fact that tracesof Islamic culture for hundreds of years willremain in all spheres of Indian life has alwaysplagued the Sangh Sangh BJP's nationalism.There is no escape from this. No matter howmuch the BJP gains overall power andleadership like Narendra Modi for the next 50years, this nationalism will remain entrenchedin medieval history and will continue to sufferdefeat. Under the influence of this nationalism,India cannot be free from the shackles ofhistory.“Any nationalism is in danger ofbecoming hostile. And out of that comes hugeviolence. But the constructive possibility ofnationalism is that it can also be useful forbuilding social cohesion and brotherhood. Butthe Sangh BJP's cultural nationalism does nothave this capability. This nationalism cannotgive 20 crore Muslims in the country as muchprestige as other Hindus in principle. Theirfeelings about this large crowd will be limitedto doubt and hatred. Such a feeling about thepeople of our own country, the feeling ofdominating them is the inevitability of Sangh-BJP nationalism.“The idea of a new India,which has achieved political victory today, issteeped in narrow and medieval history.Sangh: In the BJP's imagination, this Indiacannot be peaceful with itself. That is theinevitability of this India. This India can neverbe truly independent. By announcing the 14thof August, the day of remembrance, NarendraModi has made India more bound by history.

so clean to start the old game. Afghanistan, Iraqand Syria underline the same truth.“Share ofsin:“In the latest case, Biden alone is not toblame. All of the Republican and Democraticpresidents who have come to power in theUnited States in the last twenty years sharethis sin. Former US Vice President DickCheney and former Secretary of DefenseDonald Rumsfeld have benefited manygenerations from their wars. While theOttoman Empire is being torn to pieces at will,the Western nations, born without regard tolocal sentiment, have at their own peril. It wouldnot be an exaggeration to say that a largesection of the population in the West, andespecially in the United States, is being fedonly on war by continuing to wreak havocaround the world by selling logistics to rivalgroups.“The pressure group of the US armsmanufacturers is dominating the politics there.He has amassed a whopping 4 billion over thepast two decades! The group chooses a newbattlefield and continues the chaos until it issatisfied. These arms manufacturers currentlysell arms to 96 units in the world. Theseelements include dictators as well as terroristgroups. This percentage system in Americanpolitics, however, has turned the world upsidedown. The administration of Biden and KamalaHarris, who came to power on human rightsand immigration issues, has left behind ahandful of local agents, spies and interpreterswho have helped US forces in Afghanistan! TheU.S. has tried to bandage by rehabilitatingsome local helpers after Zed was lifted fromall levels. But because of that, America'srunning policing for democracy becomesdubious.“Biden, who threw down the yoke ofAfghanistan, was on vacation when Kabul fellinto the hands of the Taliban. Not only Bidenbut also Bush, Obama and Trump were ravingabout how the US has strengthenedAfghanistan. This understanding shows howfar they are from reality. The American systemsees nothing but selfishness. She doesn'teven look the other way. In February 1962,then-President John F. Kennedy ordered 1,200cigarettes of his choice from Cuba, and thenbanned the sale of "communist" products tothe United States.“The time to come will seethe Indian Ocean and China embroiled in aglobal effort to f ight the evi ls. China'shegemony, the daily naval exercises in theSouth China Sea, are heating up theatmosphere. It is clear that India will be at thecenter of this question. In this new case, theUS wants to target China over India'sshoulders. This is a direct indication of theongoing high profile of the Biden administrationin India. Weighing every aspect of this door-to-door pact, India should consider how much theUS has to pay. It is better to be wary of Americanpragmatism.

Narayan Rane: From point to Hamritumari...The remarks made by BJP leader, Union

Minister Narayan Rane about the Chief Ministerand Shiv Sena's Sarvesarva Uddhav Thackerayare offensive, there is no reason for anyone tobe angry, and criticism of rivals in politics shouldbe made in moderation; However, with this battleon the political field, the politics of the state istaking a new turn. This political struggle betweenRane and Thackeray has a history of 25years.“This struggle had started since these twoleaders were in Shiv Sena. The struggle is likelyto reach its climax in the near future. Explainingthe background of these two, it will be clear whatwill be the result of the heated politicalatmosphere in the state for the last two days.“TheBJP-Shiv Sena alliance came to power in 1995after defeating the Congress regime in the statein an unprecedented manner. Rane was one ofthe few leaders close to Shiv Sena chiefBalasaheb Thackeray, who was a branch chief,corporator, chairman of the BEST committee,ministerial and later chief minister, and had amajor cannon like Chhagan Bhujbal in the ShivSena's artillery. Uddhav Thackeray, ManoharJoshi and Subhash Desai were in one of the twogroups in the Shiv Sena, while Raj Thackerayand Narayan Rane were in the other group.Recognizing the political need to lead the BahujanSamaj, Balasaheb handed over the chiefministership to Manohar Joshi to Rane in 1999,but it left Uddhav Thackeray with a hard time. Thatwas the beginning of the struggle between thetwo leaders. In his autobiography, Rane hasstated that Uddhav Thackeray is responsible forthe defeat of the alliance in 1999.“UddhavThackeray changed 15 names in the list of ShivSena candidates. Eleven of them rebelled andwon. He would have won 69 Shiv Sena seats,

while the BJP would have won 56 and thealliance would have retained power with the helpof others. Then in 2002, when the independentswithdrew their support for the VilasraoDeshmukh-led Congress government, thecoalition lost its chance to come to power. Inhis book, he has accused Uddhav Thackerayof being responsible for that too. Rane's housewas set on fire after the 2002 assassinationof a NCP worker. At that time no Shiv Senaleader came to Konkan. Since then, Rane hasdistanced himself from the Shiv Sena.“In theShiv Sena National Executive held atMahabaleshwar in 2003, Rane was alsoopposed to making Uddhav Thackeray theparty's executive president. Even before theresults of the 2004 Assembly elections,Rane's message of 'support me' during theelection of the Legislative Leader had drawnthe attention of the leadership.“Rane'sstatement at Rangsharda that 'the market forposts in the Sena is being marketed', led toanother flower in Uddhav Thackeray's book inRane's name. That is why even though he wasthe Leader of the Opposition in 2004, the partyleadership was angry with him. He left ShivSena in 2005 and joined Congress.“Afterleaving Shiv Sena, Rane was free to criticizeUddhav Thackeray's working methods.Uddhav decides by asking some ‘hoyabs’around. They are as good as man; But theirleadership is a terrible thing. He concluded thatthe Shiv Sena won 63 seats in 2014 notbecause of Uddhav Kartarta, but because ofthe Modi wave, as he lives in an ivory towerthey report.“It would be useful for a stormyleader like Rane to take a sharp stand againstthe Shiv Sena in power in the state.

Prof. Ken CatermolConverting analog message to digital message.This would not have been possible without athorough study of telecommunicationstechnology. But Prof. Ken Catermol did it, that'swhy we are living in the age of computers andmobile phones today! This Professor Catermolrecently passed away. He was a professor at theUniversity of Essex in Suffolk. His book Principlesof Code Modulation (1969) is the original textbookof telecommunication technology! Pulse codemodulation was a method of converting analogmessages to digital messages. It applies to bothsound and picture, which is why we are in thedigital world today. Otherwise, electronic watchesand mobiles would not work. Catermol wasawarded the JJ Thomson Medal by the Institutionof Engineers in 1996. Britain is his hometown,named after a department at the University ofEssex. Information in analog messages wasdifficult to store and the speed of transmissionwas low. The pulse code modulation methodinvented by Prof. Catermol made it easier to store/ send information. That is why the mobilephones, computers and television sets that wesee today are believed to have been laid by Prof.Catermol. Although Martin Cooper (1973) or NeilPapworth (1992), the originator of SMS texting,are credited with inventing the mobile phone, thetheoretical basis for all this was laid byCatermol.“Catermol worked at the Royal Electricaland Mechanical Engineers during World War IIbefore entering the research andtelecommunications industry. Simple telephonewires used to be there then but now the telephoneis almost obsolete and has been replaced bymobile phones. He was teaching research in theDepartment of Communication at the Universityof Essex.

TELANGANA MEDIA 5Saturday, August , 28, 2021Sports

Neeraj Chopra urges people not to usehis name to 'further propaganda' on

Arshad Nadeem controversyNew Delhi: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra on Thursdaysaid he was pained by the controversy surrounding his com-ments on Pakistani Arshad Nadeem using his javelin duringthe Tokyo Games and called the entire furore "propagandaaimed at pushing a dirty agenda."The 23-year-old Army man,who won India'smaiden Olympicmedal in athletics—a gold in Tokyo, saidnobody should usehis name to rake upany controversy."Iwould request every-one to please not useme and my com-ments as a mediumto further your vestedinterest and propa-ganda," Chopra, whobecame only thesecond Indian to winan individual Olympicgold, said on his Twit-ter handle."Sportsteaches us to be to-gether and united. I'mextremely disap-pointed to see some of the reactions from the public on myrecent comments.There was nothing wrong with ArshadNadeem using my javelin to prepare, it is within rules andplease do not use my name to push a dirty agenda," headded.Chopra, in a recent interview, stated that he wassearching for his personal javelin before his first throwduring the Olympic final on 7 August and found Nadeemholding it.According to rules, any javelin submitted tothe officials by a competitor for his use can also be usedby any other participant. This rule applies in all fieldevents except for pole vault.Chopra, who had usedValhalla version of Nordic brand during the final, made itclear that Nadeem, who had finished fifth, had not done

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: It's all inthe family - Brazilian paddler relieson archer mom's advice at Games

anything wrong."A controversy (mudda) has come upthat I had talked about taking the javelin from Pakistaniparticipant Arshad Nadeem before my first throw in thefinal (on August 7). It has been made into a big contro-versy," Chopra said in a video clip posted along with his

tweet."It's is a very simple thing, we keep our personaljavelin (inside a holding rack) but it can be used by any-body. It is the rule and there is nothing wrong in that. He(Nadeem) was having the javelin and preparing for histhrow. I asked him to give it to me for my throw."I amvery sad that a big controversy has been created takingmy name. We javelin throwers share a good bond andspeak to each other nicely."A former coach echoedChopra's view."There is no controversy. It is not that youbrought your personal javelin and nobody can use it.When you submitted it, others can also use it. Any par-ticipant can use any javelin which is there (in the hold-ing rack)," he told PTI.

Tokyo: Jane Karla Gogel and Lethicia Rodrigues Lacerdaare one of the two parent-child duos competing at the To-kyo 2020 Paralympics and the younger one feels that theexperience of participating alongside her mother is noth-ing short of magical.What separates them from Greek fa-ther-and-son Lazaros Stefanidis and Leontios Stefanidis,who compete in athletics, is that this Brazilian mother-daughter pair competes in different sports.PaddlerLacerda, 18, is delighted to receive some Paralympic tipsfrom her mother, archer Jane Karla Gogel, who is also aformer TT player.Despite swapping her ping pong paddlefor a bow and arrow, archer Gogel, 46, has been able toshare some inside knowledge of her former sport with hertable tennis-playing daughter.Lacerda, making herParalympic debut at Tokyo 2020, and faced former Euro-pean champion Aida Dahlen of Norway on Wednesdaywith the benefit of advice from her mother, who competedregularly against the Norwegian."We had many toughbattles against each other," Gogel told the games infor-mation system when asked about Dahlen."By knowingsome of her weaknesses I could share them withLethicia."Despite the parental tips, Rodrigues Lacerda lost3-0 to the world No 3 in the women's singles class 8 butthat did not dampen her spirits."It's very special to be withmy mum here," she said."We are both able to participateand share our emotions. Everything is very magical."The18-year-old will next face Huang Wenjuan of China.Shesaid her mother, who is competing at her fourthParalympics and her second as a para archer, is her best

friend and has beenher biggestinfluence."Maybe inthe future, I can tryanother sport in theParalympics," theteenager said of fol-lowing in herm o t h e r ' sfootsteps."I like ev-erything, but tabletennis the most. Iwant to try sittingvolleyball oneday."Gogel is hope-ful the pair can com-pete together at fu-ture ParalympicGames."In mymind, I'm going tocompete in archeryuntil I'm very old, or

until my arms cannot do it anymore," she said.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Indian paddlerBhavinaben Patel into Round of 16,

Sonalben Manubhai Patel eliminatedTokyo: Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel progressed to the Round of 16in the women's singles Class 4 table tennis event with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Great Britain's Megan Shackleton at the Tokyo Paralympics

on Thursday.The 34-year-old Indian dispatched Shackleton, the worldno 9, 11-7 9-11 17-15 13-11 in a contest that lasted 41 minutes.Theother Indian in the fray, Sonalben Manubhai Patel, however, ended hercampaign after losing 12-10 5-11 3-11 9-11 to MG Lee of Korea in hersecond women's singles Class 3 group match. She had lost her firstgroup match on Wednesday.Players in the Class 3 category have notrunk control, yet their arms are minimally affected by theimpairment.Earlier in the morning, competing in a do-or-die match, theworld no 12 Bhavinaben started on a dominant note, clinching the firstgame in just eight minutes but Shackleton made a strong recovery totake the second.With the fixture poised at 1-1, the two paddlers foughttoe-to-toe in the next two games with the Indian coming on top at theTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.This was Bhavinaben first win in thetournament as she was blanked 0-3 by world number one Chinese pad-dler Zhou Ying in the opening round on Wednesday.Patel has three pointsfrom two games and moves to the knockout round along with table leaderYing.Athletes in Class 4 category have fair sitting balance and fully func-tional arms and hands. Their impairment may be due to a lower spinal-cord lesion or cerebral palsy.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shams Mulaniinspire Mumbai to 18-run win

over Oman in second T20Put into bat, Mumbai rode on Jaiswal's 75 off 59 balls to post 162for six and then the bowlers triggered a middle-order collapse andrestricted the hosts to 144 for nine.Mumbai thus levelled the three-match series 1-1 after losing the lung opener.Mumbai lost openerAakarshit Gomel (0), Sairaj Patil (4) and Hardik Tamore (4) earlyand were reeling at 32 for three.However, Jaiswal anchored theinnings, striking eight fours and two sixes, as he took on the oppo-sition bowlers with gusto.Jaiswal found an able ally in Arman Jaffer

(20 off 21 balls) as the duo tried to steady the ship with their 40-runfourth-wicket stand.Jaffer, however, lobbed a return catch to spin-ner Aaqib Illyas (2/32) as Mumbai slipped to 72 for four. Mulani (11)then became Illyas's second victim.But Jaiswal and Aman Khan(31 not out off 15 balls; 2x4; 2x6) had other plans as they added 53runs for the sixth wicket and ensured that their bowlers had some-thing to defend.Sujit Nayak (13 not out) too played his part toperfection.Chasing 163, Oman openers Jatindersingh Singh (51 off25 balls) and Shoaib Khan (12) pum stand.Jaffer, however, lobbeda return catch to spinner Aaqib Illyas (2/32) as Mumbai slipped to72 for four. Mulani (11) then became Illyas's second victim.ButJaiswal and Aman Khan (31 not out off 15 balls; 2x4; 2x6) had otherplans as they added 53 runs for the sixth wicket and ensured thattheir bowlers had something to defend.Sujit Nayak (13 not out) tooplayed his part to perfect ion.Chasing 163, Oman openersJatindersingh Singh (51 off 25 balls) and Shoaib Khan (12)pummelled the Mumbai attack to submission.The duo added 61runs.But once the openers were dismissed, Mumbai kept makingregular in-roads as Oman failed to capitalise on the strong startand slipped to 120 for four. It soon became 127 for seven.Mumbaieventually secured an easy win.Mulani, a slow-left-arm orthodoxbowler, was well supported by Nayak (2/10).melled the Mumbai at-tack to submission.The duo added 61 runs.But once the openerswere dismissed, Mumbai kept making regular in-roads as Omanfailed to capitalise on the strong start and slipped to 120 for four. Itsoon became 127 for seven.Mumbai eventually secured an easywin.Mulani, a slow-left-arm orthodox bowler, was well supportedby Nayak (2/10).

Six Indians advance to the finals of Asian

Youth boxing championship in DubaiNew Delhi: Six Indian boxers advanced to the finals

of the Asian Youth Championships in Dubai with two of themgetting walkovers after their Kazakh opponents werequarantined following a COVID-19 case in the contingent.Ofthe six Indians who made the summit clashes, two were menand four women.In the women's draw, Simran Verma (52kg)and Sneha (66kg) progressed after getting walkovers fromKazakh rivals Khava Bolkoyeva and Anar Turynbekrespectively."One of these girls tested positive for COVID-19 and the other had to be also quarantined as she was theinfected girl's room partner. That's why we got walkovers inthese two categories," India coach Bhaskar Bhatt toldPTI.Joining them in the finals were Preeti (57kg) and PreetiDahiya (60kg).Preeti outclassed Narika Rai of Nepal RSC inthe third round to book her final berth. Preeti Dahiya, on theother hand, defeated Uzbekistan's Rukhshona Uktamova 3-2.Among the men, Vanshaj (64kg) defeated Iran's FaridiAbolfazl 5-0, while Vishal (80kg) outpunched Kazakhstan'sDauren Mamyr by a similar margin to move ahead.However,Daksh (67kg) lost to Uzbekistan's Solijonoz Samandar 4-1.Also ending with bronze medals were Abhimanyu (92kg)and Aman Singh Bisht (+92kg).While Abhimanyu lost toUzbekistan's Tokhirov Nusratbek 5-0, Bisht also went downto an Uzbek in Zokirov Jakhongir.

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Varun KesavanJindal Steel & Power Ltd. plans to spend $2.4 billion overthe next six years to ramp up capacity, joining its peersin announcing massive expansions as a recovery fromthe pandemic boosts demand.The steelmaker plans toraise total crude steel capacity to 15.9 million tons byMarch 2025 from 8.6 million tons, the New Delhi-basedcompany said in an investor presentation on Tuesday.The expenditure also includes plans to more than doublepellet production capacity to 21 million tons by 2024, itsaid.The Naveen Jindal-led mill, once India’s biggeststeelmaker by market value, is set to make fresh

investments for growth, after aggressively slashing its debtlevels by more than 60% since 2018. The expansion plan isdriven by expectations of robust consumption as India aimsto invest 100 trillion rupees ($1.3 trillion) in infrastructure toboost economic growth and create jobs. Rivals Tata SteelLtd. and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Ltd., a joint venturebetween ArcelorMittal SA and Nippon Steel Corp., have alreadyannounced plans to more than double capacity, lured bystrong demand prospects. Jindal Steel estimates annualdemand will recover from pandemic-related disruptions andgrow 8% to 9% by 2025.

The yoke of medieval nationalism

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As a one-time Shiv sena leader, Union Minister NarayanRane should know that if we continue to behave like this,Shiv Sena will benefit from that behavior.“Shiv Sena willbe happy to hear Narayan Rane's irrational speech andBJP will be happy. Rane's babbling got him a rival from hiscaste, which he wanted. The political history ofMaharashtra says that Shiv Sena was better off every timea rival of this 'status' stood up. Therefore, Shiv Sainiksshould still thank their former leader. Shiv Sainiks acrossthe state seem to be on fire because of his uniquestatement. For the last year and a half, the army has beenin a state of turmoil for the last year and a half due toCorona, his increasing lockouts and similar third wavewarnings. This absurd statement of Rane will only helpto remove the moss on the tongues of the soldiers. That'show it must have been. But even after so many'opportunities' given by Rane, the decision of the stategovernment to arrest him is incomprehensible andunjustifiable. It would have been on the path of Shiv Senato release Rane. But the arrest threatens to erode publicsympathy.“In fact, Rane's statement must have shakenthe BJP's Chintan Shibir, the Sena's real rival. If theShravani sat on the plate in the hope of breaking the holyfast of Monday, then the BJP may have decided that thehost should raise a pipe from the bowl. DevendraFadnavis has worn saffron garments on the shoulders ofmany Gangas in the last few years. Imagine for a secondyou were transposed into the karmic driven world of Earl.But the pain that Narayanrao Rane is giving is more thanthat. It's like red chili powder on a burning wound. Leaderswho have faced allegations all their lives would either callthem their own, for that they would see ED, CBI, etc.,who are following others, biting their wrists, they wouldbe promoted directly as ministers at the Center and thenin the name of 'Jana Aashirwad' Yatra !! The relationshipbetween BJP and Narayanrao Rane would be a goodexample if one wants to understand how much one's painshould not end.“The real tragedy of today's BJP is thatthe leader who could not even hold his assemblyconstituency once or twice, who also saw the defeat ofSon in the Lok Sabha, has to bear the brunt of theCongress. Rane's political prowess is like that of a fastbowler named Sreesanth. Simply style aggressive. Thevictims are nothing. Seeing that aggression, one mustthink that he is a bowler! But even a simple batsman wouldhit sixes and fours on the ball thrown by that aggression.This is the political career of Narayan Rane. Just an attack.The result is zero. In fact, if the BJP had not come,Narayan Rane would have given a lifelong allegation toDamania of AAP like Kirit Somaiya. But after this change,BJP understood Rane more than Somaiya, who remainedyoung even after so many years. By spending all the gooddeeds required for BJP entry, Rane got BJP entry andalso got the post of Union Minister. Poor Somaiya couldnot even get the candidature. Anyway. Kirit Somaiya isnot the subject of this editorial. He is Narayan Rane.“Inpolitics, utility and nuisance have to be equal. If there isonly utility, then like many old BJP leaders, one has toshoulder the burden of others for the rest of one's life. Itdoesn't work in spite of the nuisance. The ratio of thesetwo should be equal. This will now be investigated on theoccasion of Rane's promotion. The upcoming MumbaiMunicipal Election is Rane's usefulness and also hisnuisance. The leaders of the state BJP, whose word isstill running, do not want to hand over the responsibilityof this election to efficient leaders like Ashish Shelar. Don'tknow what to do if BJP Shelar wins! Their weight willincrease more in the party. Apart from Mumbai BJP leaderShelar, all the other parasites are Patrak Bahadur.Narayan Rane is the other leader who should be left inthe Shiv sena in exchange for a ministerial post. SinceMumbai is given a ministerial post at the Center, there isno need to give anything more to Rane if Mumbai wins,

The original nature is gone!

It should be noted thatthe nationalism of 'inde-pendent' India can befree from sectarianfears.“On the eve of In-dependence Day, thePrime Minister an-nounced that August14 would henceforth beknown as the Day ofRemembrance of Par-tition. He also said thatthis day will be a day ofsocial unity. If socialcohesion is the goal ofthis day, as the PrimeMinister says, it wouldbe a welcome thing.But unfortunately thehistory of the last sevenyears tells us some-thing different. That iswhy the PrimeMinister's announce-ment raises concernsabout socialcohesion.“When it wasdecided that NarendraModi would be theBJP's prime ministerialcandidate in 2014, hestarted theSadbhavana Yatra inGujarat. His expressionof goodwill towards theMuslim community inthe wake of the Gujaratriots was a very reas-suring and welcomething to many. Manythought that whenNarendra Modi becamethe Prime Minister, hewould literally treatpeople of all religions inthe society as the PrimeMinister. Some eventhought that the leaderof the party who ac-cused others ofpseudo-secular ismwould show by his be-havior what 'true secu-larism' means.“But inthe seven years sincehe took office, theprime minister, hiscabinet colleagues andhis party leaders haveoften acted directly orindirectly in defiance ofhis declaration of'Sabka Saath'. Thereare many instances inwhich even the limits ofcivility and at least hu-manity have beencrossed by the leadersthrough statementsand convenient silence.It was all done veryopenly. This raisesstrong suspicions thatthis Fear of Partitionwill be used to trulyachieve social cohe-sion or to further dis-trust and hatred to-wards the minoritycommunity in India.“On15th August 1947, thecountry celebrated In-dependence Day withhigh hopes, despite theheartache of partition. Itwas nationalism thatbelieved that our reli-gious identity and ouridentity as Indians werecompletely different.According to this na-tionalism, Christianityand Islam are not 'out-side' religions either, asIndia was created out ofa conflict with the Brit-ish. Before the arrival ofthe British, India wasnot a nation-state. Na-tionalism knew that theword "nation" had nomeaning unless it hada definite geographicalboundary and an armythat defended it, a cen-tral state. This nation-

alism also consideredthe people, religion andculture of the peoplewho came and settledhere before the emer-gence of a nation calledIndia as their own. Thisnotion of Hinduism-Muslim relations wasnot in the imagination ofIndia. This relationshipis very complex and ithas beautiful culturalblends as well as ex-treme conflicts, thisnationalism knew. Butwithout carrying theburden of history, thedream was to create amodern India based onthe values of individualfreedom in the consti-tution, emphasizing itscultural connotations. Amodern country is notjust a country that usesmodern science andtechnology. A moderncountry is a countryrooted in a society inwhich every person hasan inherent dignity, re-gardless of the religionor caste in which he orshe is born. It was adaunting task to dreamlike this against thebackdrop of partitionwounds. However, theleadership of Gandhi-Nehru-Patel and othersdared to dream a newdream by overcomingthe burden of this pain-ful history. In the last 70-75 years, this dreamhas been shatteredmany times. But thatdream came true. Oneof the reasons for thisis the shoulder to shoul-der contribution ofpeople of all faiths in thefreedom struggle.“Butin recent times, thisdream has been shat-tered. The nationalismcreated by the indepen-dence movement andthat idea of India is nowon the verge of politicaldefeat. Since the Modigovernment came topower in 2014, the pro-cess has intensified.Today, a new form ofnationalism and theresulting idea of Indiais beginning to take itstol l on the Indianmind.“The question is,can the new India inthis idea be 'indepen-dent'? So, mentally,can this India ever be-come free and inde-pendent? The reasonfor raising this ques-tion is that the culturalnat ional ism of theSangh-BJP deniesthat Indian national-ism was formed out ofconflict with the Brit-ish. He traces theroots of Indian nation-alism to the history ofIndia hundreds ofyears before the for-mation of India as asovereign statepower, loyal to thatpower and a guardianof certain geographi-cal boundaries.Therefore, accordingto this nationalism,Christianity and Islamare religions that havecome from 'outside'.The accompanyingcultures and lifestylesalso come from'outside'.“Conflicts inmedieval history areat the heart of this

(cultural) nationalism.Where there is con-troversy about exactlywhat happened evenin recent history, it isvery difficult to sayunequivocally whatexactly happened inmedieval history. Andhow complicated thathistory is too. Thenthe political ideologytries to determine ex-actly what happenedin this history. Marxisthistorians look at ev-erything from a classperspective, just aspeople influenced bythe Sangh-BJP's ide-ology of cultural na-t ional ism tel l howruthless and cruel ev-ery Muslim king was.It is wrong to look atthe events of medievalhistory with today'svalues in mind. But itis done and it is alsovery clever. It is alsopart of it to paint aconvenient picture ofMuslim kings.“OnceIslam and Islamic cul-ture are considered tobe 'external', everysign of that culture isa sign of the victory offoreigners over Hin-dus. The grandeur ofthe Red Fort, the loftygates of FatehpurSikri, the beauty of theTaj Mahal, the delica-cies of ghazals andUrdu, and the deli-cious taste of biryanicannot be denied, butfrankly, they are allpart of our own cul-ture. Such a problemwas not in the nation-al ism of Gandhi-Nehru-Sardar Patel.This nat ional ismcould assume that allthese things are ours.Therefore, India neverfelt the mental need tochange Al igarh toHarigarh. He said In-dia was free. Becausehe did not considerany religion or cultureto be 'external'.“Butthe nationalism of theR a s h t r i y aS w a y a m s e v a kSangh-BJP cannot beso free in principle.Muslims have lived inthis country for hun-dreds of years and willcontinue to do so. Andthe fact that traces ofIs lamic cul ture forhundreds of years willremain in all spheresof Indian life has al-ways plagued theSangh Sangh BJP'snationalism. There isno escape from this.No matter how muchthe BJP gains overallpower and leadershiplike Narendra Modi forthe next 50 years, thisnationalism will remainentrenched in medievalhistory and will con-tinue to suffer defeat.Under the influence ofthis nationalism, Indiacannot be free from theshackles ofhistory.“Any national-ism is in danger of be-coming hostile. And outof that comes huge vio-lence. But the con-structive possibility ofnationalism is that itcan also be useful forbuilding social cohe-sion and brotherhood.

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and if there is a defeat in Mumbai, then Rane is the one tobreak the shackles of that defeat. In this way, Rane becomessuch a utilitarian for the BJP.“But it seems from his behaviorthat Rane himself must have forgotten this. Narendra Modi'scabinet seems to have been misunderstood to mean thatwe will be really capable and so on. But if his allegedaccomplishment was the criterion, then Rane would not havehad to sit so long for something to fall on his plate even aftercoming to BJP. In other words, if there were no MumbaiMunicipal Corporation elections, Rane would still be waitinghand in hand. Realizing this fact, Rane's utilitarianism wasreplaced by nuisance. But the line on the black stone will beextremely useful for the rival Shiv Sena if their nuisancecontinues to spread. Indian voters have an extraordinary skill.Anyone who looks at political history will know that it is timeto put a heel on the heads of many leaders who bragged onthe battlefield using the language of teaching a lesson tosomeone. Voters are not taken into account here. Assumingthat, Rane must take guidance from Devendra Fadnavis.“ButRane doesn't think you have anything to learn, that's the realproblem with his progress. It's hard for them to figure outwhat's going on. Rane was the soda of Maharashtra, but hecould not become the leader of Konkan province either. Still,their confidence is commendable. But psychology says thatthe more insecure a person is, the more aggressive he is.So Rane should think about whether his aggression is likethis. They should also be aware of what will happen to themif they fail in Mumbai Municipal Corporation like their Kudalconstituency. If that happens, the new BJP will not be usefulto them and it will mean that the nuisance power is gone. Itwould be very unfortunate if this happened.“That's enoughbeauty. As a one-time Shiv sena leader, he should know thatShiv Sena will benefit if we continue to behave like this. Shivsena also needs to think about how much of this tension.There is wisdom in giving up many things. As Saint Tukaramsays, ‘Before there was a tiger. Then (by chance) ithappened. His Yelkot remained. Both of them should takenote of the original nature.

Such Patience, So Welcome!There is no doubt that Article 370 was meant to obscure thehistory of Jammu and Kashmir, which gave a new twist to thehistory of independent India. However, even after two years ofreversing this decision, the old criticism of the ruling BJP hasnot been seen. "They want to keep Kashmir, they don't thinkthe people there are theirs," he said. The allegation was madeearlier by P Chidambaram, a former Union Home Minister whohandled the Kashmir issue. While the BJP has not been able totake any chance to prove that it is non-existent, a welcomedevelopment has taken place recently. The ban on both theextremist and Maoist factions of the Hurriyat Conference, aKashmiri separatist group, was considered by the central gov-ernment and will be postponed for now, official sources said onMonday. Nearly two decades ago, the group's emphasis wason inciting acts of violence, such as stone-throwing, but keep-ing a distance from direct terrorist acts. The All-Party HurriyatConference was succeeding in branding itself as a mass orga-nization, despite allegations that it was the bitter fruit ofPakistan's ISI. Over the past decade, the power of this organi-zation has waned. Syed Ali Shah Gilani's faction was divided,while Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's faction fell apart. But Sehrai diedin captivity a few months ago due to corona. Mirwaiz UmarFarooq of the Maoist group remained in custody like the lead-ers of other political parties in Srinagar and continued to makedemands like 'give state status first' and 'restore Article 370'.But even before the bilateral talks with India in August 2014, theHurriyat leaders were summoned by the Pakistani foreign min-istry, at the same time as the organization was blacklisted. Thetechnique of detaining or imprisoning her leaders has been usedever since. Now that the group's influence has waned, it shouldbe killed, according to intelligence experts. However, high-rank-ing officials in the central internal security department were saidto be adamant

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Shopping, Pizzas And Medicines:India’s Drone Rules 2021 Acknowledge

Role In Global Drone EconomyDrones carry two very distinct streams of per-ception. One is of being a rich kid’s toy or theindulgence of those with means who can get theirshopping and pizzas delivered by unmanned fly-ing vehicles. The other is one of opening doorsto the sort of utility and reach that otherwisewouldn’t be possible by roads or waterways, forinstance. If we are to emerge from the narrowdefinitions that drones seem to be wrapped in,there are two sides of the coin that indicate theseas the trump card in a variety of domains. Fromcritical and precise intervention for agricultureover large areas, to delivering medicines in farreaches of the geographical boundaries to de-livering goods with zero human interaction. Ver-satility of dronesis somethingIndia’s DroneRules 2021 ac-knowledge andtry to makethings easier tobuild up their usein India.The Min-istry Of CivilAviation of theGovernment ofIndia has offi-cially notified therules, followingup from the draftpolicy releasedearlier this sum-mer. The newrules defineownership for private and commercial drones inIndia, drone usage and approvals, weight clas-sifications, registration of existing drones, zonalrestrictions and airspace maps, remote pilot li-censes as well as training organization as wellas a push for Made in India technologies, de-signs, components, and unmanned aircraft sys-tems as well as Indian regional navigation satel-lite systems. These rules are taking cognizanceof the fact that it has to be made easier for droneusage to be deployed, particularly for businessand community usage, and also India’s role andimportance in the global drone economy.“Weexpect that almost all sectors of the economylike - agriculture, mining, infrastructure, sur-veillance, emergency response, transporta-tion, geo-spatial mapping, defense, and lawenforcement shall gain tremendously fromthese rules,” says Abhay Karandikar, Directorat IIT Kanpur. “A welcome move to push theIndian Drone Industry towards new heights,”says the Drone Federation of India in a state-ment shared on social media.The numbers telltheir own story. The Indian UAV drones mar-ket is expected to be as large as $1.8 billionby the year 2026, with an annual growth of

14.61%, that’s according to numbers releasedthis summer by research f irmResearchAndMarkets. Earlier this month, asuccessful Beyond Visual Line of Sight(BVLOS) trial run for drone delivery of medi-cines in Bengaluru was piloted by the ThrottleAerospace Systems (TAS) and UDAN (UdeDesh ka Aam Naagrik). The ministry of CivilAviation of the Government of India confirmedthat this trial run was completed in the 15kmradius at Gauribidanur, in the outskirts ofBengaluru.The drones used for this trial wereMedcopter X4 and Medcopter X8. These aredeveloped by Indian drone company ThrottleAerospace Systems, which is Bengaluru

based. The stats—an average of 3.5km dis-tance was covered in up to 7 minutes of flyingtime. Two different payloads were tested aswell, up to a maximum of 2kg. The MedcopterX4 weighs around 3.5kg and can hold pay-loads of up to 1kg while the Medcopter X8weighs around 5.5kg and can hold payloadsup to 2kg. According to the new rules, both thesedrones would be classified as Small unmannedaircraft system.“Today, some of the most excit-ing potential applications come from the use ofdrones in the healthcare and medical deliver-ies. Drones are effectively delivering biologicalslike blood, serums, viral culture, vaccines andorgans in the fastest and safest manner whichis helping in saving millions of lives,” Wing Com-mander S Vijay (Veteran), had told News18, inan interaction earlier. “It is high time we think ofa future where packages would reach in min-utes instead of hours or days,” he had added. Aresearch report led by John Hopkins BloombergSchool of Public Health indicated that drones inthe medical field have the possibility of improv-ing vaccination rates and aid in various immuni-zation programs held globally.

Microsoft Education InnovationSummit To Create A FuturisticLearning Ecosystem Begins

Microsoft India, along with Ernst & Young andElets Technomedia has launched the first edi-tion of the Education Innovation Summit. ThisEducation Innovation Summit seeks to bring to-gether education influencers and lawmakersacross India to facilitate a dialogue on educa-tion transfor-mation in thecountry, us-ing technol-ogy to createa futuristiclearning eco-system. TheSummit willopen a dia-logue on therole of tech-nology tot r a n s f o r meducation,i m p r o v elearning out-comes andbetter pre-pare stu-d e n t sacross Indiafor the new world of work.The first leg of theSummit was hosted today in Uttar Pradesh.Education influencers and public sector officialsacross the state came together to discuss theneed for transforming every classroom acrossthe state into a modern virtual classroom, help-ing students get a world-class education irre-spective of geographical and linguistic barriersor accessibility needs. Anchoring these discus-sions, Microsoft shared its commitment to part-ner with the state, making available the tech-nology and tools required to accelerate digitalgrowth, empowering learners and educators toachieve more.The event saw participation fromsenior government and public sector officialsof Uttar Pradesh including Mr Satish ChandraDwivedi, Minister of Basic Education, Govt. ofUttar Pradesh, Mr Rishirendra Kumar, (IAS),

Drone Rules 2021 in India: CasualUse of Drones Can Grow Big with

Relaxed NormsThe new Drone Rules 2021 in India are here,and have signalled a major move by the centralgovernment to liberalise and ease the erstwhilestringent regulation of drones in India. The movehas a number of implications, starting with thecommercial sector – where the government hasannounced the setting up of a council to helpframe a drone regulatory framework that sup-ports businesses, increased the payload limitof drones to include heavier drones, and also

announced the introduction of a drone corridorfor cargo deliveries. The new Drone Rules 2021signify a move of clear intent from the govern-ment to promote drones in India, and this movecan have a key impact on casual users and ev-eryday individuals owning drones for recreationalusage.At the heart of why the new Drone Rules2021 may help cause a growth in private droneowners in India is the announcement that peopleowning and flying micro drones and nanodrones for non-commercial purposes will notbe required to owning a drone pilot’s licence. Intandem, the government has also reduced theYellow Zone in the Indian airspace to 12km,down from 45km before. The Yellow Zone is anintermediate flying zone where only strictly

regulated airspace activity is permitted, andreduction of this zone means larger chunks ofareas falling within the Green Zone – where pri-vate owners and users would be allowed to flyand operate their drones.The new Drone Rules2021 also mandate the establishment of theDigital Sky Platform online portal, which can beused to apply online to register drones, and getthe registration document easily as well. As aresult, casual users may also be able to host

drone racesand otherrecreationalactivities le-gally, India.Drone rac-ing is typi-cally seen asan attractivecasual sportin variousnations, andwith theliberalisation,more dronesand dronemakers frominternationalm a r k e t smay alsomake their

products available in India. All of this suggeststhat with the government making drones moreeasily accessible for all, private owners ofdrones are bound to grow.On both commercialand research fronts, the new Drone Rules 2021have been largely greeted on a positive note.Nishant Pitt i , co-founder and CEO ofEaseMyTrip, stated, “The new rules have beenlauded by stakeholders for simplifying proce-dures and reducing the compliance burden.”The research and development sector has alsoreacted positively to the new regulations. AbhayKarandikar, director of the Indian Institute ofTechnology, Kanpur, said, “We expect that al-most all sectors of the economy, such as agri-culture, mining, infrastructure,

Special Secretary, Department of IT and Elec-tronics & Managing Director, UptronPowertronics, Ltd Corporation, Govt. of UttarPradesh, and Mr Kumar Vineet, Special Secre-tary, Department of IT and Electronics & Man-aging Director, UPDESCO and Sheetron India

Ltd, Govt of Uttar Pradesh. Other speakers in-cluded Amit Pawar, Education Solution Lead,Devices and Platform at Microsoft Asia Pa-cific, Navtez Bal, Executive Director, PublicSector at Microsoft India, Dr Vinnie Jauhari,Director, Education Advocacy at Microsoft In-dia, Dr Avantika Tomar, Executive Director atErnst & Young, and Dr Ravi Gupta, Founder,CEO & Edi tor- in-Chief of EletsTechnomedia.Dialogue at the event spanneda host of subjects including bridging the digi-tal learning divide, bringing the National Edu-cation Policy 2020 to life, the role of informa-tion and communications technology trainingat schools to lay the foundation for the futureof learning and a Microsoft Technology Cen-ter showcase of the modern digital classroomin action.

Lenovo Is Expanding ItsSmartphones, PC, And Laptop

Manufacturing Capacity in IndiaTech major Lenovo on Thursday said it is sig-nificantly ramping up its local manufacturingcapabilities in India across product categorieslike PCs, notebooks and smartphones to meetthe increasing customer demand. While thecompany did not disclose the investment beingmade, Lenovo said it is expanding in India acrossall business lines, including PC and smart de-vices, smart phones, infrastructure solutions,and especially in the newly established ser-vices and solutions group.Lenovo has ex-panded its in-house PC manufacturing plantin Puducherry to include a third manufactur-ing line, while it has started local manufactur-ing of its tablet computers in partnership withWingtech Technology in Tirupati, AndhraPradesh. In addition, smartphones for Motorola(a Lenovo group company) are now locallymanufactured in partnership with Dixon Tech-nologies at Noida, Uttar Pradesh, a statementsaid. “These initiatives strengthen Lenovo’scommitment to the government’s vision of‘AtmaNirbhar Bharat’. They also form part ofLenovo’s global manufacturing and supplychain strategy that serves customers in 180markets from 30-plus manufacturing sitesaround the world including Argentina, Brazil,China, Germany, Hungary, India, Japan,Mexico, and the US," it added.According toIDC, the total PC market size in India is ex-

pected to rise to more than 15 million units by2022, compared to 10 million units in 2020.Total revenue for all Lenovo Group businessesin India was approximately USD 462 millionfor the quarter ended June 30, 2021, repre-senting year-on-year growth of 31.3 percent.The Tirupati facility now produces a broadrange of Lenovo tablets that meet the needsof consumers, educators, and students, aswell as those for specialised functions suchas retail, manufacturing, and healthcare, thestatement said.The Lenovo Puducherry plant,which has been operational since 1999, hadpreviously been expanded to include Lenovo’spopular IdeaPad notebook computers from itsconsumer portfolio. Now, with the addition ofa third production line, the facility has begunmanufacturing products across Lenovo’s fullconsumer and commercial range, includingdesktops, notebooks, and workstations, thestatement said.This represents a 100 per centcapacity increase over the previous year, itadded. “Lenovo has invested significantly inautomating and digitizing the facility, to ensurean efficient, seamless manufacturing process.There is also a common testing area for allproducts and common packaging lines. Withthis expansion, every product will now haveits own configuration and test methodology,"it said. Motorola, a Lenovo group company,

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Explained: Why Spencer Elden, the nakedbaby from Nirvana's 1991 Nevermind cover,

is suing now for child exploitation

What's in a Setting? Ask a buddingstand-up comedy curator — Zoomfatigue and fall in open mic culture

Movies and shows, old and new,have helped us to live vicariouslythrough them. They have allowedus to travel far and wide at a timeborders are shut and people arerestricted to homes. In our new col-umn What's In A Setting, we explorethe inseparable association of astory with its setting, how the loca-tion complements the narrative, andhow these cultural windows to theworld have helped broaden ourimagination.When I first started per-forming stand-up comedy, I knew itwas only a matter of time before Iwould start organising shows. I’dbeen interested in curation evenbefore I started performing,analysing line-ups of comics andcoming up, with my own dream line-up, which I changed every other day.When my boyfriend R and I firststarted producing, we started toapproach every restaurant and barwe entered with a different lens.

Which ones would work as a com-edy room?If you’ve gone to a com-edy club, you’d realise that most ofthem look the same across theworld. You have people sitting closetogether, a dark room with a spot-light on the performer, and a greataudio system. You need the doorto be closed with no sound or dis-turbance from outside able to per-colate. Low ceilings are great too.The logic is simple, if you think aboutit. Laughter is involuntary andspreads rapidly. It helps if the soundof the laughter can travel and growin a room. The audience has to sitclose and comfortably together, sothey feel part of a group. It’s justeasier for them to laugh then.It’snot just the physical aspect. A lotof comedy (like any art) is aboutcontext-building. The best showshappen when the audience al-ready knows your context — onereason why famous and popularcomedians don’t need to investtime to build it for their fans.Someone who’s been watchingyou closely for a decade alreadyknows what kind of life you leadand what your beliefs are. Fornewer comics, there’s always ahost in a stand-up show — set-ting context, and also setting ex-pectations at the start of the show,and between each comic. Whatsin a Setting Ask a budding standupcomedy curator Zoom fatigue andfall in open mic cultureStill fromThe Marvellous Mrs.MaiselUnfortunately, across theworld, most comedians don’t startout performing in a comedy club.Open mics take place in shadyrestaurants and bars, in yoga stu-dios, and salons. These placescan’t turn their décor inside out forcomedy at night. The setting hereis not always ideal. Often, espe-cially in restaurants, the audienceis there just to eat. Comedy isnothing more than backgroundnoise. Yet, comedians are taughtfrom day 1, to not complain aboutthe setting. People aren’t there towatch you? No problem. Are yourjokes good enough to engrossthem though?It’s interesting to methat an art form as dependent on

Spencer Elden was four months old when he was photo-graphed by a family friend in 1991 drifting naked in a pool.Thepicture, taken at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasa-dena, California, would be used that year for the cover ofNevermind, Nirvana’s seminal second album that helpeddefine Generation-X, and rocketed the Seattle band to inter-national fame.Thephoto of Elden waspicked from amongdozens of pictures ofbabies Weddle pho-tographed for the al-bum cover, whichCobain envisionedshowing a baby un-derwater. Weddlepaid Elden’s parents$200 for the picture,which was later al-tered to show thebaby chasing a dol-lar, dangling from afishhook.In the de-cades that followed,Elden appeared tocelebrate his part inthe classic cover,recreating the mo-ment for the 10th, 17th, 20th, and 25th anniversaries of thealbum, though not naked. “It’s cool but weird to be part ofsomething so important that I don’t even remember,” he saidin 2016 in an interview with The New York Post, in which heposed holding the album cover at 25.Explained Why Spen-cer Elden the naked baby from Nirvanas 1991 Nevermindcover is suing now for child exploitationElden Spencer as anaked underwater baby in the cover of Nirvana's 1991 al-bum NevermindWhat is the lawsuit about?Now, however,Elden, 30, has filed a federal lawsuit against the estate ofKurt Cobain, the musician’s former bandmates, David Grohland Krist Novoselic, and Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love,among other parties.He claimed that they, along with GeffenRecords, which released Nevermind, profited from his na-ked image. It is one of the bestselling records of all time,with at least 30 million copies sold worldwide.The lawsuitsaid that Elden is seeking $150,000 from each of the 15people and companies named in the complaint, includingKurt Weddle, the photographer who took the picture. Weddledid not respond to messages requestng comment.Elden is“asking for Nirvana to do what Nirvana should have done 30years ago, and redact the images of his genitalia from thealbum cover,” Mabie said.Why is Elden suing now?Elden,an artist living in Los Angeles County, has gone to therapy

the setting as stand-up comedy is,chooses to dismiss the settingwhile judging performance.A goodset should kill in every room — itdoesn’t matter if the audience isdrunk out of their mind, or there’sa brawl going on outside, or if themic is not working properly and thepeople at the back can barely hearyou. Comics perform unfailingly,every night, without complaint.We’re taught that difficult situa-tions help your art grow. No comicwill give up the stage time just be-cause the venue is outdoors, forexample. When we do open mics,we tell the audience that comedyis unlike any other art form in thatit needs to be performed to bepractised. You can write a booksitting in a room alone, and sendit to your editor for feedback. Youcan practice the guitar alone; agood musician will know whenthey’ve made a mistake and how

to correct it. Unfortunately, in com-edy, you only know if a joke is funnywhen you perform it in front of anaudience. That’s why you needopen mics. And the tougher thesetting, the better clarity you geton whether the joke is good or not.Really good comedians can oftenmake a tough room work. A lot ofcomedy is about using the physi-cal setting to your advantage.Whats in a Setting Ask a buddingstandup comedy curator Zoomfatigue and fal l in open micculturetil l from Vir Das FromIndiaLast year, when the lockdownstarted, and social distancing be-came the norm, all comedy showsstopped. As comedians moved toZoom, I saw a lot of my friends andfellow comics long to get back onstage. Most did regular onlineshows but it wasn’t the same, theyall agreed. Zoom shows were…something else.Comedians whocould afford it bought betterwebcams and ring lights. Lots ofthem just performed in the bright-est part of their room. They wereoften interrupted by some distur-bance in a viewer’s house but theyworked around it. Some kept theaudience on mute, but a “hahaha”in the comments wasn’t the reac-tion they were used to, or satis-fied with. In one Zoom show I saw,American comedian Mike Birbigliahad transformed his office into astudio, complete with a three-cam-era setup, a mic, and bright andcolourful wallpapers. Bo Burnhamfamously created and shot his lat-est Netflix special right at home, withno audience or crew. Whats in aSetting Ask a budding standup com-edy curator Zoom fatigue and fallin open mic cultureo Burnham inInsideEven comedians who haveput out their work on YouTube or anOTT platform talk of how different itis to perform live, as opposed to per-forming for camera. The live audi-ence picks up nuances and subtle-ties that don’t show on camera.Your energy has to be different forYouTube, a platform that increas-ingly more and more people ac-cess on their small smartphonescreens.

Kunal Kapoor, Dino Morea discuss theircharacters in The Empire, and the chinks

in their armourDisney+ Hotstar's new web show The Empire, based

on the novel Empire of the Moghul: Raiders from the Northby Alex Rutherford, seems like a treat for period drama buffs.The trailer, which was released earlier this month, seeslarger-than-life characters, majestic costumes, imposing setdesigns, and anensemble featuringKunal Kapoor, DinoMorea, ShabanaAzmi, DrashtiDhami, Aditya Seal,Sahher Bambba,and RahulDev.Created byNikkhil Advani anddirected byMitakshara Kumar,the epic traces thesaga of an empirefrom the valley ofFerghana toSamarkhand andbeyond.The Empirefollows the story ofthe first MughalEmperor Babur(Kapoor), who wascrowned the king of Fergana at a young age, soon afterwhich, he conquered Samarkand, only to lose both Ferganaand Samarkand to rival princes. However, his menacing rivalMuhammad Shaybani (Morea), in an attempt to ensure apeace settlent over Samarkand, proposes marriage toBabur's sister Khanzada (Dami), leading to furthercomplications.Kapoor and Morea, in a conversation withFirstpost, spoke about their respective characters, prep, andapproachto the series, and why OTT has become agamechanger for their career.You both lead the series, playcharacters who are very imposing, authoritative in their ownright. Please tell us what made you say yes to the role?Morea:

I was intrigued right at the moment when I first heard thewhole story, figured what Nikhil and Mitakshara were tryingto show. The character I play, Shaybani Khan, is one of thebest characters I have ever heard in my life. He is thenegative lead, and for me, that was an opportunity to kind of

sink my teeth into a role and come up with some magicwhere the audience hasn’t seen me in a long time. Theywill see in a new light, and hopefully appreciate what I havedone here. So my whole agenda to choose this characterwas purely selfish, basically to excel and do well as anactor.Kapoor: I had incidentally read the book a few monthsago before I was approached for the role. I found it veryintriguing, especially the world, the drama, the relationships,all of that. Even I thought it would be great content. Andwhen I got a call from Nikkhil, I was obviously very excited,but I was also a little hesitant because sometimes you mighthave a great source material

for years to work through how the album cover affected him,said Maggie Mabie, one of his lawyers. “He hasn’t met any-one who hasn’t seen his genitalia,” she said. “It's a constantreminder that he has no privacy. His privacy is worthless tothe world.”“Defendants knowingly produced, possessed, andadvertised commercial child pornography depicting Spen-

cer, and they knowingly received value in exchange for do-ing so,” according t the lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday infederal court in California.Elden suffered “permanent harm”because of his association with the album, including emo-tional distress and a “lifelong loss of income-earning ca-pacity.” The lawsuit did not provide details about thelosses, and said they would be disclosed at trial.“Theywere trying to create controversy because controversysells,” Mabie said. “The point was not just to create a men-acing image but to cross the line, and they did so in a waythat exposed Spencer so that they could profit off of it.”Shesaid her client sometimes agreed when the band, mediaoutlets, and fans asked him to recreate the photo as anadult, but he eventually realised that this only resulted inthe “image of him as a baby being further exploited.”Mabiesaid his parents never authorised consent for how theimages would be used.She noted that Cobain once sug-gested putting a sticker over the baby’s genitals after therewas pushback to the idea for the cover. The performer,who died in 1994, said the sticker should read: “If you’reoffended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.”hat haveboth parties said on the case?The representatives forCobain’s estate did not immediately respond to a mes-sage seeking comment.

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Drone Rules 2021: Colour-coded zones, no securityclearance before registration; check key takeaways

The Ministry of CivilAviation has notified theDrone Rules, 2021,under which the cover-age of all-up weight ofan unmanned aircraftsystem has been in-creased from 300 kg to500 kg. Besides, nosecurity clearance willbe required before anyregistration or licenceissuance.Under thenew rules, the numberof forms that need to befilled to operate themhas been reduced from25 to five and decreas-ing the types of feescharged from the op-erator from 72 tofour.Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said thatthe new drone rules"usher in a landmarkmoment for the sectorin India"."The rules arebased on the premiseof trust and self-certifi-cation. Approvals, com-pliance requirementsand entry barriers havebeen significantly re-duced," hestated.What are thechanges from the pre-vious frame-work:According to theCivil Aviation Ministry,several approvals that

tional Monetary Fund and the US froze fundsmeant for the Afghan government.When askedspecifically about its plans regarding assetsthat India has already built or are still underdevelopment in Afghanistan, Shaheen saidthat India was welcome to complete pro-people projects as long as it recognises their"people-lead" government."I think it dependson your (India's) action and your policy.Whether you adopt a hostile policy towardsAfghanistan or it is a policy based on the rela-

tion with the people of Afghanistan and con-structive posturing. So of course if it is posi-tive then our people will reciprocate like theprojects which are good for people of Afghani-stan. The dam made by India and otherprojects made for the welfare of the people ofAfghanistan. The people of Afghanistan willwelcome that.""What we were opposing wastheir siding with the government. What wehave wanted for the last 20 years is that coun-tries, including India, should have a relationwith the people of Afghanistan, and not sometoken government. And they should also ac-knowledge the Afghan people's intention for theliberation of their country. It was our point andour position and we have always said that noone should side with that puppet government.They should support the people of Afghanistan,"Shaheen said on Taliban's India policy.Eversince 9/11, India has invested some $2 billionin Afghanistan.The major investments includethe Salma Dam in western Afghanistan, theDelaram-Zaranj highway, and Afghanistan’sParliament building, which ironically,

From India-Pak rivalry to investmentin Afghanistan, what Taliban says

about relations with IndiaFrom regular press briefings to dedicated inter-views with international media outlets, the Talibanis going to great lengths to whitewash the bloodyimage they rightfully earned during their previ-ous regime.The group has promised to be morereasonable regarding women's rights, offer fullprotection to citizens and not carry out any re-tributive agenda against those that supported theerstwhile West-backed regime. But while the mili-tant group may be sounding all the right notes,citizens and the international community remainsceptical aboutt h e s eclaims.This isespecially truefor India, whatwith New Delhihaving substan-tial stakes in theAfghanistan interms of joint in-f r a s t r u c t u r eprojects, andhuge securityramifications asthe Taliban isdeemed closeto PakistanArmy and the In-ter-Services Intelligence.But Taliban spokesper-son Suhail Shaheen, in interaction with CNN-News18, claimed that the regime was ready toturn a new leaf.Speaking about the Taliban'sintent to establish positive diplomatic ties withall countries, Shaheen said, "My message tothem (international community) is that we justfinished a war and we are leaving that chapterbehind. It's a new chapter and the people ofAfghanistan need help."Taliban also appealedfor f inancial aid from the internationalcommunity.He said, "All countries of the worldshould financially assist us to help the peopleof Afghanistan build their life and country. Wevalue good relations with other countries. It isalso their humanitarian compulsion to comefor the help of the people of Afghanistan, 70percent of Afghan's are living below the pov-erty line. Also, we have 20 years of war of de-struction and bloodshed. We will appreciatetheir help to the people of Afghanistan."TheTaliban's renewed efforts to extend an olivebranch to world powers come amid that theTaliban may be cash-strapped after Interna-

Afghanistan situation remains ‘criti-cal’, committed to full evacuation of

Indians, says Centre at all-party meetNew Delhi: The government is committed to "fullevacuation" of Indians from Afghanistan, wherethe situation is "critical", External Affairs MinisterS Jaishankar said on Thursday after briefing theleaders at an all-party meet on the Afghan situa-tion.During the meeting, which lasted for aboutthree and a half hours, Jaishankar said the gov-ernment has adopted a "wait and watch" ap-proach in dealing with the Taliban, depending onthe evolving situation, and later told reporters inan answer to asimilar questionthat let the situ-ation settledown there."Letthe situationsettle...You willhave to keeppatience on thequestion of ourfuture policy," hesaid whenasked about thegovernment'sapproach to-wards theTaliban.Later in at w e e t ,Jaishankar said,"our immediate concern and taskis evacuation and long term interest is the friend-ship for the Afghan people".Besides Jaishankar,the Union minister and Leader of the House inRajya Sabha Piyush Goyal and ParliamentaryAffairs Minister Pralhad Joshi were also presentduring the briefing on the latest situation in Af-ghanistan after the Taliban captured power therelast week. Senior officials of the external affairsministry, including Foreign Secretary HarshShringla also participated in the meeting.As perthe evacuation data shared among the partici-pants at the meet, the government has evacu-ated — 175 Embassy Personnel, 263 other In-dian Nationals, 112 Afghan Nationals includingHindus and Sikhs, 15 third-country nationals andthe total figure stood at 565.The document fur-ther said the government also facilitated theevacuation of Indians by other agencies.NCPleader Sharad Pawar, Leader of the Opposi-tion in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Leaderof Congress party in Lok Sabha Adhir RanjanChowdhury, DMK's T R Baalu, former primeminister HD Deve Gowda, Apna Dal's AnupriyaPatel were among those who attended the

meet."We have a strong national position in Af-ghanistan. The friendship with the Afghanpeople is something that matters to all of us.So we (all parties) approached this situationvery much in a spirit of national unity," he toldreporters.Under Operation ''Devi Shakti'', thegovernment has undertaken six flights andbrought back most of the Indians but not all ofthem, he said, noting that a few Indians are stillthere."Some of them could not make the flight

yesterday. But definitely, we will try and bringeverybody. We have also brought out some Af-ghan citizens who wanted to come to India atthis point in time. We have tried to addressmany of the other issues by instituting an E-visa policy. So the overall sense was that thegovernment is very very strongly committed toensuring the full evacuation as soon as pos-sible," he said.With the situation in Afghanistanfluid, he said there will be a lot of activity onthis front but at the moment India''s "focus ison evacuation and the government is doing ev-erything to ensure that we bring back ourpeople".On the all-party meet, he tweeted"briefed the floor leaders of all political partiestoday on Afghanistan and 37 leaders from 31parties attended. Thank them all."He saidIndia's strong friendship with the people of Af-ghanistan is reflected in the more than 500projects it has there and that the friendship willcontinue to guide New Delhi.Jaishankar saidIndia's footprint and activities naturally keep inmind the ongoing change."We have undertakenevacuation operations in extremely difficult con-ditions especially at the airport.

were required —unique authorisationnumber, unique proto-type identification num-ber, certificate of manu-facturing and airworthi-ness, certificate of con-formance, certificateof maintenance, im-port clearance, accep-tance of existingdrones, operator per-mit, authorisation ofR&D organisation, stu-dent remote pilot li-cence, remote pilot in-structor authorisation,drone portauthorisation etc —have been abol-ished.Apart from this,the quantum of fees,which was earlierlinked to the size ofdrone, has been re-duced and delinkedfrom the size. For in-stance, the fee for aremote pilot licensefee has been reducedfrom Rs 3,000 (for largedrone) to Rs 100 for allcategories of drones;and is valid for 10y e a r s . O n l i n eregistrationThe aviationministry said the Digi-tal Sky platform will bedeveloped as a single-window platform for the

clearances that are re-quired. An interactiveairspace map will alsobe displayed on theplatform that will showthe three zones: yellow,green and red. These

zones have been de-marcated to tell droneoperators where theycan and cannot fly theiraircraft systems.Evenin these zones, the gov-ernment has liberalisedthe rules. For example,the yellow zone, whichwas earlier 45kilometres from the air-

port perimeter, hasnow been reduced to a12 kilometre zone.Meaning that outside ofa 12 km radius of anairport perimeter(which would be a

green zone) drone op-erators no longer needpermission to fly.Greenzone means the air-space up to a verticaldistance of 400 feet or120 metre that has notbeen designated as ared zone or yellow zonein the airspace map;and the airspace up to

a vertical distance of200 feet or 60 metreabove the area locatedbetween a lateral dis-tance of 8 and 12kilometre from the pe-rimeter of an opera-

tional airport.Someother relaxations:TheDrone Rules, 2021,have also prescribedeasier process fortransfer andderegistration ofdrones.No pilot licencewill be required for mi-cro drones (for non-commercial use) and

nano drones, the rulesmentioned, adding thatthe maximum penaltyfor violations have beenreduced to Rs 1lakh.According to thenew rules, the type cer-

tificate and unique iden-tification number will berequired only when adrone is to be operatedin India.If a drone is be-ing imported or manu-factured only for exportpurposes, it will be ex-empted from type cer-tification and the re-quirement of unique

i d e n t i f i c a t i o nnumber.Drone corri-dors will be developedfor cargo deliveries anda drone promotioncouncil will be set up tofacilitate drone-friendlyregulatory regim inthe country, accord-ing to the draftrules.The rules alsostated that therewould be no restric-tion on drone opera-t ions by foreign-owned companiesregistered inIndia.Civil Aviationminister JyotiradityaScindia said on Twit-ter that the new dronerules will tr igger arevolution in the logis-tics and transporta-tion sector and createchange r ipplesacross sectors suchas agriculture,healthcare andmining."It (new dronerules) will also providea launchpad to ourstartups who areready to lead this revo-lution from the front,"he men-tioned.ignificance ofnew drone rules:Theliberalised regime forcivilian drones marks

a shift in policy by thegovernment to allowoperations of suchdrones and highlightsthe government’s in-tent to allow the use ofdrones.ed only when adrone is to be operatedin India.If a drone isbeing imported ormanufactured only forexport purposes, it willbe exempted fromtype certification andthe requirement ofunique identificationnumber.Drone corri-dors will be developedfor cargo deliveriesand a drone promotioncouncil will be set upto faci l i tate drone-friendly regulatory re-gime in the country,according to the draftrules.The rules alsostated that therewould be no restrictionon drone operations byforeign-owned compa-nies registered inIndia.Civil Aviation min-ister JyotiradityaScindia said on Twitterthat the new dronerules will trigger a revo-lution in the logisticsand transportation sec-tor and create changeripples across sectos

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ENG vs IND, 3rd Test Day 2 Live CricketScore Updates: Root departs after a su-perb 121 as Bumrah gets his first wicket Saint Lucia: Faf du Plessis' recovery from concussion took longer than

he expected and the former South Africa captain is desperate to getback to action with the Caribbean Premier League after a forced break

of three months.Du Plessis will be leading the Saint Lucia Kings fran-chise in the CPL which began on Thursday.The South African veteran,who has announced retirement from Tests, had suffered the concus-sion during the Pakistan Super League in June. He was to make a come-back in The Hundred which ended earlier this month but could not re-gain full fitness for the inaugural event in the UK.File image of SouthAfrica and Quetta Gladiators batsman Faf du Plessis. AFP"I'm reallylooking forward to personally getting back on the cricket field again. It'sbeen a long time for me, 3 months now where I haven't been able toplay, so just desperately wanting to get out there and do what I loveagain. I thought I will recover in a month but it took triple the time," hesaid at the jersey launch.Saint Lucia Kings is owned by the consortiumthat owns IPL franchise Punjab Kings."I am very excited about beingwith a new franchise with a new identity and a new team. The guys arereally keen to get going. The competition is going to be really intense interms of games. All in all extremely excited about the next three weeksahead," du Plessis added.Indibet is the team's title sponsor this sea-son while the principal sponsors include Saint Lucia Tourism Authorityand BKT Tires."We have such wonderful partners on board to supportus this season as well. Their presence is a celebration and we justwant to reciprocate that with a stellar performance on-field," said SaintLucia Kings CEO Satish Menon.

Faf du Plessis 'looking forward' toplaying again following extendedrecovery break after concussion

England's second century first-wicketstand in five years at this level.At stumps,Burns was 52 not out and Hameed, pro-moted to open after Dom Sibley wasdropped, 60 not out.This was England'sbest first day in a Test since the 2015Ashes clash at Trent Bridge where they

dismissed Australia for just 60, with StuartBroad taking 8-15, before reachingstumps on 274-4 -- with Root unbeatenon 124.India, 56-4 at lunch on Wednes-day, lost their last six wickets for 22 runsin an innings that was finished inside 41overs.Rohit Sharma (19) and AjinkyaRahane (18) were the only India batsmento make it into double figures, with extrasproviding 16 runs.An unchanged Indiacame into this match 1-0 up in the five-Test series following a superb 151-run winat Lord's last week.England, by contrast,recalled Overton after Wood joined fel-low quicks Broad, Jofra Archer and OllyStone on the sidelines.Kohli won the tossand despite the overcast conditions thatpromised to aid Anderson, decided tobat.Here's all you need to know aboutwhen and where to watch the third En-gland-India Test match:When will thethird India vs England Test be played?The

Root starts the Jadeja over with aboundary. Shami is off and Axar isfielding for him. Five off the over. En-gland lead by 305 runs.Day 1 report:England great James Anderson rippedthrough the top order as India col-lapsed to 78 all out in the third Test at

Headingley on Wednesday beforeopeners Rory Burns and HaseebHameed capped a near-perfect firstday for Joe Root's men with an un-broken stand of 120.Anderson took 3-6 in eight overs, including the prizewicket of India captain Virat Kohli, whowon the toss.Both Sam Curran andCraig Overton took two wickets in twoballs after lunch, with Overton finish-ing with 3-14 in 10.4 overs after beingrecalled in place of injured fast bowlerMark Wood.Even so there was still theworry for England, beset by top-orderproblems during a run of seven Testswithout a win, might collapse in simi-lar fashion.England skipper Joe Rootand his Indian counterpart Virat Kohliat the toss. AFPBut Burns andHameed - England's 22nd Test-open-ing partnership since Andrew Straussretired nine years ago -- posted only

Olivier Giroud left out of France squad asDidier Deschamps names new faces

Paris: Olivier Giroud was left out of theFrance squad named on Thursday fora triple-header of World Cup qualifiersin September as coach DidierDeschamps called up a quartet of un-

capped players.Giroud, who turns 35next month, misses out despite sittingjust five goals away from equallingThierry Henry's all-time record tally of51 for Les Bleus.he centre-forward leftChelsea this summer to join AC Milanin search of regular first-team football.He started for his new club as theybeat Sampdoria in their opening gameof the new Serie A season onSunday.With the exception of injuries,it is the first time in a decade thatGiroud has been left out of the Francesquad."It is a footballing decision be-cause we have a squad of 23 and thereis competition for places," Deschamps

The French Professional Football League (LFP) shared the regrets ex-pressed by other European leagues over FIFA's handling of September'sWorld Cup qualifiers in South America.The Italian and English top flightleagues are also upset about FIFA's decision to not extend exceptions forcall-ups to countries where quarantine upon re-entry is mandatory."TheLFP regrets that FIFA has failed to take into account the interests of na-

tional leagues nor those of the clubs that employ the players," the Frenchleague said.One such employer, Paris Saint-Germain, will send its twobrightest stars Lionel Messi and Neymar to Argentina and Brazil for anextended series of World Cup dates.FIFA offers no provision for clubs torefuse to send their players to a nation where they would be required toquarantine on return."This poses a major problem for clubs," the LFPsaid.Spain's La Liga also said it would back its clubs in stopping playersfrom leaving during the windows in September and October.FIFA presi-dent Gianni Infantino demanded that the leagues and national federations"show solidarity" with international competitions.

Ligue 1: French Professional FootballLeague expresses unhappiness over

players travelling for international duty

third England vs India Test will beplayed from Wednesday, 25 Au-gust, 2021.Where will the thirdInd ia vs Eng land Tes t beplayed?The third Test betweenEngland and India will be playedat Headingley in Leeds.What

time will the thirdIndia vs EnglandTes t beg in?Thethird Test betweenEngland and Indiawill begin at 3.30pm IST. The tossis set to take placeat 3 pm.How can Iwatch the India vsEng land Tes tmatch?You canwatch the th i rdEngland vs IndiaTest on Sony Six/Sony Six HD, SonyTen 3/ Sony Ten 3HD, w i th L IVEs t reaming onSony LIV. You cana lso fo l l ow ou rL IVE b log on

firstpost.com for scores and up-dates.SquadsEngland: Joe Root(Capta in) , Moeen Al i , JamesAnderson, Jonny Bairstow, RoryBurns, Jos Buttler (wkt), SamCurran, Haseeb Hameed, DanLawrence , Saq ib Mahmood ,Dawid Malan, Craig Overton,Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson.India:India: Virat Kohli (Captain), RohitSharma, Cheteshwar Pujara,Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain),Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(w icke t -keeper ) , R . Ashw in ,Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel ,Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma,Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, ShardulThakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul,Wr iddh iman Saha (w icke t -keeper), Abhimanyu Easwaran,Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav.

told reporters."It is my choice, but it isup to Olivier to keep performing."Giroudis one of nine players who featured inthe France squad at Euro 2020 but ismissing for the matches against Bosnia

and Herzegovina, Ukraine andFinland.Kylian Mbappe is in the squadand Deschamps admitted the ongoingspeculation surrounding the Paris Saint-Germain star's future is "notideal."Mbappe has been linked with amove to Real Madrid with the transferwindow closing on August 31, the daybefore France host Bosnia."Of courseit 's not ideal," Deschampssaid."Kylian, like others, is in a situa-tion where he could end up changingclubs. I wi l l try to beaccommodating."Deschamps hasgiven first call-ups to Milan left-backTheo Hernandez, 21-year-old Monaco

midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni,Roma's Jordan Veretout and BayerLeverkusen forward MoussaDiaby.The world champions are look-ing to bounce back after the disap-

pointment of goingout of Euro 2020 toSwitzerland on pen-alt ies in the last16.They hostBosnia inStrasbourg nextWednesday beforetravelling to Kiev toplay Ukraine on 4S e p t e m b e r . L e sBleus then entertainFinland in Lyon on 7September.ranceare currently top ofqualifying Group Dafter accumulatingseven points fromtheir f irst threematches inMarch.Only thegroup winners

qualify automatically for the finals inQatar in November and Decembernext year.Francesquad:Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris(Tottenham Hotspur/ENG), MikeMaignan (AC Milan/ITA), SteveMandanda (Marseille)Defenders:Lucas Digne (Everton/ENG), LeoDubois (Lyon), Theo Hernandez (ACMilan/ITA), Presnel Kimpembe (ParisSaint-Germain), Jules Kounde (Sevilla/ESP), Dayot Upamecano (BayernMunich/GER), Raphael Varane(Manchester United/ENG), Kurt Zouma(Chelsea/ENG)Midfielders: N'GoloKante (Chelsea/ENG),

Burton-on-Trent: Leeds striker Patrick Bamford received his first call-upto the England squad for three World Cup qualifiers next month as GarethSouthgate decided against a recall for 19-year-old Manchester Unitedforward Mason Greenwood.The Three Lions return to action against Hun-gary, Andorra and Poland for the first time since missing out on winningEuro 2020 on a penalty shootout to Italy in July.Greenwood was inSouthgate's preliminary squad for that tournament before pulling out dueto injury.He has started the new season brightly, scoring twice in United'sopening two Premier League games.But Southgate believes Greenwood'slong-term career at the international level will be best served by a rest inthe coming weeks."He's got every possibility to be a top England player,"said Southgate on Greenwood."We're very conscious that he makes thatprogression at the right time. He is just breaking into the team at ManUnited, that's a big thing for a young player to deal with and we want to getprogression with our seniors as well as we possibly can so we get thebest player at the end.

Leeds striker Patrick Bamford receivesfirst England call-up, Gareth Southgate

opts to rest Mason Greenwood

11Saturday, August , 28, 2021TELANGANA MEDIAAISF STATE VICE-PRESIDENT P.LAXMAN

SAYS PROBLEMS MUST BE SOLVEDPROTECT EDUCATION, RELEASE JOB

NOTIFICATION & UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSTelangana Media Reporter Mohammad Wasimullah“The AISF StateVice-President Putta Laxman has demanded that the academic problems

be resolved, anotification of jobs beissued and 10,000unemployment benefitsbe given. Today, AISFand AIYF have staged aprotest at the MedchalMalkajgiri DistrictCollector's Office, afterwhich a memorandumcontaining the issueswas handed over to theDistrict Collector. Onthe occasion, AISF StateVice-President PuttaLaxman said that theState Government hadforgotten the promisesmade before the

formation of Telangana and before the elections and criticized the StateGovernment for arbitrarily turning the rich state into a debt-ridden state.He said 3,785 schools across the state were being closed down in thename of rationalization, leaving 7,000 teacher posts as well as bringingin private universities, thereby looking to distance public education frompoor and middle class students. He called for the resumption ofEducational Institutions on September 1, addressing all issues in theeducation sector, focusing on students, providing infrastructure,eliminating corporate education institutions and curbing high fees in privateinstitutions. Of the 3,850 scholarships pending, Fee Reimbursement wasrequested to be released immediately. He questioned why 1,91,126vacant posts in Government departments were not being filled. Similarly,52,515 outsourced employees were sacked. He expressed concern thatthe fact that 42 unemployed people in the state have committed suicidefor jobs would mean an increase in unemployment in the state. However,he demanded that the state government address the problems in theeducation sector, take up job placements, release the job calendar andincrease the 3016 unemployment benefit to Rs 10,000 immediately. TheAIYF District President Satyaprasad and AISF District Vice President Yandiwere present on the occasion. Anwar, AIYF District Assistant SecretaryK Dharmender, AISF-AIYF leaders Salman, Harish, Nagraj, Shiva andRaju were present.

HUMAYUN NAGAR POLICE NABBED(01) BIKE OFFENDERS SEIZED 13

BIKES worth Rs. 8,00,000/-Telangana Media Senior Staff Reporter Syed Saeed Quadri“Thiscase was reported on 21.08.2021 at 1030 hours where the complainantSri. Shakelli Sai Krishna Rao S/o S. Vasudeva Rao, Age: 26yrs, Occ:Private Employee, R/o: Raghavendra Colony, Badangpet, Rangareddystated that on 12-08-2021 at about 1750 hours he came to his friendshome (Srikanth) at Vijaya Nagar Colony on his Dad’s Activa vehicle B.No:AP13 AF 3653 and parked the same on the freelancer of his friends(Srikanth) home and they both went to Pune and again today i.e., on 21-08-2021 at about 0600hrs whenthey came back and checked forthe above said Activa it was foundmissing from the parked place andthey have searched all thepossible places but in vain and theysuspect that some unknownpersons have committed theft ofhis Activa. Hence he requested thekind officer to take necessary actionas per law.As per the contents of above petition registered a case incrime No. 139/2021 U/S. 379 IPC of Humayun Nagar PoliceStation.“ACCUSED DETAILS:“ Zahurul Hasan Yezdani @ Ameer S/o MohdThaheer, age 32 Years, Occ : waiter r/o. flat no 7, Shalimar towers Iqbalcolony bahadurpura, N/o: N/o: H. No. 4-5-209/27, Shama colony, besideGovt junior college, Yadgir (dist), Karnataka (state) and he was arrested on26-08-2021and being produced in the court for judicial custody. “PROPERTYRECOVERED:- Activa-8, Splendor -3, Passion-2 “Total 13 Vehicles i.e.Humayun Nagar – 3, Asif Nagar – 2, Habeeb Nagar – 1, Nampally – 2,Bahadurpura – 1, Unclaimed - 3 ““1) Activa B.No: AP13AF3653 – Cr no. 139/2021 U/s 379 IPC of Humayun Nagar PS“2) Activa B.No: TS 13 EN 8669 –Cr no. 138/2021 U/s 379 IPC of Humayun Nagar PS “3) Activa B.No:TS12EC2056 - Cr no. 140/2021 U/s 379 IPC of Humayun Nagar “4) ActivaB.No: AP12K6575 – Cr no. 201/2021 U/s 379 IPC of Bahadurpura PS “5)Splendor + B.No: AP11 Q 5273 – Cr 178/2021 U/s 379 IPC of Habeeb NagarPS“6) Splendor B.No: AP13AE0934 Crime no. 177/2021 U/s 379 IPC ofHabeeb Nagar “7) Activa B.No: AP11AU1246 – Cr no. 165/2021 U/s 379 IPCof Asif Nagar PS“8) Activa bearing No. AP28CG6645 - Cr no. 168/2021 U/s379 IPC of Asif Nagar PS“9) Passion B.No: AP13J9357- Crime no. 219/2021 U/s 379 IPC of Nampally PS“10)Splendor Pro B.No: AP24AX2916 – Crno. 157/2021 U/s 379 IPC of Nampally PS“11) Activa B.No: TS13 EG 4869 -Seized under 102 Cr. P.C “12) Passion B.No: AP11Q5543 - Seized under102 Cr. P.C “13) Activa B.No: KA33L0009 - Seized under 102 Cr. P.C“MODUSOPERANDI:“ The Accused person was addicted to some bad habits, theaccused person possess the false / duplicate keys and using the false keyshe commit bike thefts during night hours where the bike are parked in front ofhouse/isolated places. After committing the offence he sells them at hisnative place i.e. Yadgir, Karnataka State. “DETECTION:“ CCTV camerascaptured the incidents. The Humayun Nagar Crime Team has checkedover100 Cameras from Vijaya Nagar colony to Iqbal colony, Bahadurpuraand traced out the culprit and detected the above cases. The above caseswere detected by Sri K. Narayana Reddy, Addl. Inspector, Sri T. BhaskarSub-Inspector and crime team under the supervision of Inspector Sri K.Sunil, ACP Sri R.G Siva Maruthi and close monitoring by Sri Iqbal Siddiqui,Addl. DCP, West Zone, Hyderabad and overall supervision by Sri A.R Srinivas,Jt. CP, (FAC), West Zone, Hyderabad.“

As COVID-19 casescontinue to surgethroughout the UnitedStates, demand formonoclonal antibodytreatments is spiking,especially in areas ofthe country with lowv a c c i n a t i o nrates.According to theFood and Drug Admin-istration (FDA)TrustedSource, this experi-mental treatment uses“laboratory-made pro-teins that mimic theimmune system’s abil-ity to fight off harmfulantigens such as vi-ruses” like SARS-CoV-2.It’s especially usefulfor people with weak-ened immune systemswho may not generatea robust response tothe COVID-19 vac-cines, and for others athigh risk of severe ill-ness.While mono-clonal antibodies canstart to clear thecoronavirus withinhours of being infusedintravenously (IV) intothe body, this treatmentmay not work foreveryone.That’s whyexperts recommendthat people get fullyvaccinated againstCOVID-19, which isknown to prevent se-vere illness and hospi-talization due to thedisease.How domoclonal antibodieswork? monoclonal an-tibody is a laboratory-produced protein thatfunctions like the anti-bodies made by theimmune system in re-sponse to infection.Bybinding to a specificmolecule on a virus orbacteria — known asan antigen — a mono-

FDA Is Reportedly Looking Again at Heart

Inflammation Linked to Moderna Vaccine

Monoclonal Antibody Treatment forCOVID-19: Effectiveness, Cost, and More

benefits of the vaccinesoutweigh the risks, saidmembers of the CDC’sAdvisory Committee onImmunization Prac-tices (ACIP). They rec-

ommend vaccinationfor all Americans 12years and older.TheCDC’s ACIPTrustedSource reviewed dataon over 1,200 cases ofmyocarditis or peri-carditis in Americansfollowing vaccinationwith the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna-NIAID COVID-19

clonal antibody can en-hance or restore theimmune responseagainst these patho-gens.Monoclonal anti-body treatment hasbeen used andtestedTrusted Sourcefor the Ebola virus andrespiratory syncytial vi-rus (RSV), as well aschronic illnesses such

as rheumatoid arthritis,multiple sclerosis, in-flammatory bowel dis-ease, andmore.Scientists arealso developing mono-clonal antibodies thattarget cancercells.Scientists some-times develop mono-clonal antibodies byisolating certain im-mune cells — called Bcells — from a personwho has successfullyrecovered from aninfection.With COVID-19, “we looked inpeople who had a goodantibody response tothe virus and picked outthe very best antibodiesthat they made,” saidRobert Carnah, PhD,associate director of

the Vanderbilt VaccineCenter inTennessee.Scientistsuse isolated B cells torecreate monoclonalantibodies in a labora-tory. This can be massproduced and given topeople through an IV.Amonoclonal antibodytargets a specific anti-gen on a virus or bac-

teria. So this treatmentdiffers from convales-cent plasma, whichcontains multiple anti-bodies that target differ-ent antigens.Most ofthe monoclonal anti-bodies being devel-oped to treat COVID-19target the spike protein,which the coronavirus(SARS-CoV-2) uses toenter the host cells.Bybinding to the spike pro-tein, a monoclonal an-tibody can help preventthe virus from infectinghuman cells.Researchsuggests that certainmonoclonal antibodiescan reduce the risk ofhospitalization anddeath in people with as-ymptomatic or mildCOVID-19.Scientists

are also looking atwhether this treatmentcan reduce the risk ofsomeone with COVID-19 transmitting the vi-rus to others in teirhousehold.Until you getthrough this, count onour supportn difficulttimes, you need to beable to turn to expertswho understand and

can help strengthenyour mental well-being.We’re here foryou.Who can getmonoclonal antibodyt reatment?Severa lmonoclonal antibodieshave received emer-gency approvalTrustedSource from theFDA:REGEN-COV2.This drug cocktail con-tains two monoclonalantibodies, casirivimaband imdevimabTrustedSource. It’s approvedfor people over age12.Sotrovimab. Thisdrug is authorized foradults and kids over 12years old.Actemra(tocilizumab). Thistreatment isau thor i zedTrus tedSource for both hospi-

talized adults and chil-dren 2 years andolder.Bamlanivimab/etesevimab. In June,the U.S. governmentpaused distribution ofthese two monoclonalantibodies becausetests showed that theydid not work against theBeta and Gamma vari-ants of the coronavirus.

The FDA recommendsthat health profession-als use other mono-clonal antibodiesinstead.All of thesemonoclonal antibodiesreceived emergencyapproval for treatmentof mild to moderateCOVID-19 in people 12years or older whotested positive for thecoronavirus and are athigh risk of severeCOVID-19.This in-cludes people whohave weakened im-mune systems, olderadults, pregnantpeople, and those withobesity, diabetes, orother chronic dis-eases.While mono-clonal antibodies canreduce the risk

vaccine.What are theside effects?yocarditisis inflammation of theheart muscle, whereaspericarditis is inflam-mation of the two-lay-

ered sac surroundingthe heart.Reportedsymptoms includedchest pain and difficultybreathing, which typi-cally began within aweek after vaccination.People also showedabnormal electrocar-diogram and blood testresults.Dr. PranavPatel, the chief of car-

diology and aninterventional cardiolo-gist with UCI Health,said in an earlier inter-view that myocarditisand pericarditis can

occur naturally due toviral and otheri n f e c t i o n s Tr u s t e dSource.“But the rateseen after [the mRNA]vaccines is slightlyhigher than would beexpected for youngerindividuals,” he said.“This is what causedthe CDC to look moreclosely into this.”Most

cases reported to theCDC occurred inpeople under age 30 —particularly men — andafter the second dose.Researchers do not

know why.However,this side effect of vac-cination isuncommon.In those 12to 39 years old, heartinflammation occurredat a rate of 12.6 casesper million seconddoses given. The rateafter the first dose was4.4 cases per milliondoses adminis-

tered.Both rates weremeasured within 21days aftervaccination.The rateswere higher amongpeople who received

the Moderna-NIAIDvaccine comparedwith the Pfizer-B i o N T e c hvaccine.Health offi-cials in the U.S.Defense Depart-ment and Israelhave reported simi-lar cases of myo-carditis or peri-carditis amongyounger men fol-lowing vaccinationwith an mRNAvaccine.Patel saidthat, because thechance of heart in-flammation is ex-

tremely low, the CDCis still recommendingthat all people 12 yearsold and older receive aC O V I D - 1 9vaccine.However, if aperson develops myo-carditis or pericarditisafter the first dose of anmRNA vaccine, theagency recommendsthat their second dose

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From Punjab to Chhattisgarh, Are the Public Spatsin Congress Muddying its Chances for 2024?

Chattisgarh: “Ihavetold the high commandthat if you don’t let metake decisions, mein ittnaal itt baja dunga (I willcreate mayhem)" - sosaid Punjab CongressPresident Navjot SinghSidhu in his latest salvoagainst his ChiefMinister CaptainA m a r i n d e rSingh.Congress hasnot changed any of itschief ministers amidstdemands for the samebut there seems a free-for-all in all the threestates that the partyrules with the aspirantschallenging the chief

Calcutta HC Asks WestBengal CID to Contact

Interpol Via CBI to TraceMissing Girl

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Courton Friday directed the WestBengal CID to immediately get intouch with the CBI for contactingthe Interpol to secure the safereturn of a girl allegedlykidnapped and taken toBangladesh. The petitioner hasclaimed that his daughter ismissing since July 29. JusticeRajasekhar Mantha directed theofficer in-charge of Barasatpolice station in North 24Parganas district to contact theCID in this matter.He directed thatthe CID “shall immediatelythereafter get in touch with theCBI and take urgent andimmediate steps to access thevictim girl and bring her back toIndia". On a prayer made by thepetitioner’s lawyer, the courtdirected that the state CID andthe CBI be added as partyrespondents in the petition. “Thiscourt directs the CID, WestBengal and the CBI shall act withutmost urgency in the matter,"Justice Mantha ordered.Heasked the CID and the CBI toapprise the court of the steps

BJP Criticises TMC for Demanding Immediate

By-poll, Wrong Policies for FarmersKolkata: BJP hit out at the ruling

Trinamool Congress in West Bengal onFriday for demanding immediate by-pollin five assembly seats and election totwo countermanded seats and allegedthat its wrong policies are hurting thestate's farmers who are not getting thebenefit of minimum support price (MSP).BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said thepolling can take place after the COVIDsituation improves substantially in the ar-eas concerned.The Mamata Banerjeegovernment is not allowing schools toreopen, resumption of local train servicesor gathering of more than 50 persons at

TalibanUrge

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minister publicly.Indoing so, they are alsoquestioning theauthority of the partyleadership, which liesrudderless with noregular Congress chieffor the last two yearsnow. Repeateddirectives from the HighCommand to thewarring leaders to nothave public spats andraise their arguments inparty forums havefallen on deaf ears,raising the spectre ofindiscipline in theparty.The BJP howeverhas changed threeChief Ministers this

year, including two inUttarakhand and in

Karnataka, but with littleor no washing of dirtylinen in public. “Inpolitics, there willobviously be ambitionsand aspirants who putforward their case in ourparty forums. But the

party discipline holdssupreme and once a

decision is taken at thetop in the party,everyone follows thesame and accepts it.We saw this inUttarakhand as well asin Karnataka. None ofthe aspirants had

criticised the choice ofchief minister,” a seniorBJP leader toldNews18.Another seniorleader in BJP highlightedNarendra Modi’s strongleadership as the“binding force for thediscipline” in the partyeven in testingcircumstances, whichhas led to the smoothtransition of power like inKarnataka where BSYediyurappa sat alongwith the new chiefminister whilerelinquishing the chair.“Can you imagine that inany of the threeCongress states?

India's Aspiration to Become RegionalPower Can't Rely on Borrowed

Strength: CDS Bipin RawatNew Delhi: India's aspiration to become a regional power can't rely onborrowed strength and the nation's wars have to be won with indigenousequipment and technology, Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat said onFriday. Addressing an event held by the Institution Of Electronics andTelecommunication Engineers, he said the segregated nature of thedefence commercial industry ecosystem in India restricts its capacity tomanufacture defence equipment."We cannot be import-dependent if wehave to fight and win future wars. Indigenisation, therefore, is the wayforward and we in the armed forces are fully committed to it," Rawatsaid. "Our nation's aspiration of becoming a regional power cannot relyon borrowed strength… India's wars have to be won with Indian solutions,"he said.The pervasiveness of information and the pace of technologicalchange is transforming the very character of warfare and providinginnovative ways of warfare that would be non-contact (no physicalcontact) in particular, the Chief of Defence Staff said. "It includesinformation operations,stealing of intellectualproperty rights,economic inducements— all backed up bypropaganda in the timeof fake news to justifytheir actions," headded."The air defencecapabilities of ourarmed forces are at thecusp of modernisationwith acquisition of Rafales, S-400, ballistic missile defence system, Akashweapon system and progressive replacement of the legacy air defencesystems that we have in our inventory today," Rawat noted. However,keeping in mind the macro-economic parameters and socio-economicrequirements of India, the best solutions have to be found throughacquisitions and optimisation or up-gradation of legacy systems andthrough indigenous manufacturing, he said."We will be able to use oureconomics or the budgetary allocations made to the armed forces in abetter way if we develop our systems indigenously," the Chief of DefenceStaff mentioned. The pursuit of disruptive technologies such as artificialintelligence, robotics, nanotechnology, big data analysis, drones,autonomous unmanned systems, militarisation of space, cyber warfare,quantum communications along with the manipulation of social mediaare all leading to new threats further complicating the security environmenttoday, Rawat said.Enabling technologies such as artificial intelligenceand quantum computing are being used to produce sophisticatedautonomous weapons that will accelerate the pace of combat, hementioned. "While these technologies keep shaping the contours of thethreat, they also provide with us an opportunity to acquire new militarycapabilities to our strategic advantage." Rawat said the military value ofthe ballistic missiles will increase over the next decade with the productionof hypersonic gliders and alternative warheads that are capable ofbreaking into increasingly powerful missile defence systems.The armedforces must be prepared for a future conflict with this changed characterof warfare, he added.

a spot. Electioneering will also not be pos-sible just like all other activi-ties, he said. "But it seemsthe seven assembly seg-ments are freed of COVID-19 … It seems that the TMCgovernment driven by des-peration to conduct the by-poll is even ready to declarethe assembly segments asCOVID free zones. Who hasgiven it the right to play withthe lives of people ?" he saidwhile talking to report-ers.Ghosh said the over-crowding of women to col-lect forms for the state

government's 'Lakshmir Bhandar'scheme showed that Banerjee's claim ofall round social development in West Ben-gal is a "hoax". "Had there been actual im-provement in the economic condition ofpeople in villages and in urban areas,women would not have to rush in thou-sands to the (Lakshmir Bhandar) campsto collect a form which will only provideRs 500 in their accounts every month.This shows the real economic progressof Bengal". BJP spokesman SamikBhattacharya said the near stampedesituation at many 'Duare Sarkar'

New Coronavirus VariantsReducing Vaccine Effectiveness,

Stay Cautious: GehlotNew delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursdayappealed to the people to stay alert and follow all coronavirus-relatedguidelines to reduce the risk of infection. He said the delta variant ofthe virus has reduced the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine and in somecountries, booster doses are being administered.“Due to the lowavailability of the Covid vaccine and the decrease in the effectivenessof the Covid vaccine due to new variants of the corona, the possibilityof a third wave increases. Therefore it is very important that utmostcare is taken. The Government of India should also make preparationsby sharing experience with other countries," Gehlot tweeted. He saidmore than four crore beneficiaries in the state have been vaccinated atleast one dose. Of them, more than one crore have received both thedoses.“We all have to be alert in view of the possibility of third wave ofthe coronavirus. The state government has set up a genome sequencinglab in SMS Hospital to test new variants," the chief minister said.