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INDIAN NAVY ON ALERT! CHINESE RESEARCH VESSEL ENTERS INDIAN OCEAN
New Delhi: In a significant development, Indian Navy warships constantly tracked a Chinese research vessel which entered the Indian Ocean Region last month at a time when tensions rose on the land borders in Ladakh between the two nations. The Yuan Wang class research vessel had entered the Indian Ocean Region from Malacca straits last month. It was constantly tracked by Indian Navy warships deployed there in the region, Government sources told ANI. The Chinese research vessel returned to China a few days ago after being under constant watch of Indian Navy vessels, the sources said. Such research vessels have been coming regularly from China
and they try to gain sensitive information about Indian maritime territory. Such vessels could have also been used by the Chinese to spy on the Indian activities in the Island territory from where India can keep a close eye on the maritime movements in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and South-East Asian region. Meanwhile, ahead of another round of talks at the Corps Commander-level between India and China to resolve the crisis along the LAC, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said a consensus had been reached at recent ministerial talks that there should be “quick and complete disengagement of troops”. —Agencies
India rejects Pakistan’s absurd ‘NO ONE CAN STOP INDIAN assertions in doctored map RAJNATH ON BORDER ROW WITH CHINA
ARMY FROM PATROLLING’
Indian armed forces maintained ‘Sayyam’, displayed ‘Shaurya’ in face of provocative actions by China, he tells Rajya Sabha MPs New Delhi: Defence Minister on Thursday said that conduct of our armed forces throughout India-China border clashes showed that they maintained ‘Sayyam’ and displayed ‘Shaurya’, in face of provocative actions by the Chinese army. In a statement in Rajya Sabha, the Defence Minister said, “Conduct of our armed forces throughout these incidents shows that while they maintained ‘Sayyam’ in face of provocative actions, they also equally displayed ‘Shaurya’ when required to protect the territorial integrity of India.” “While our armed forces abide scrupulously by it, this has not been reciprocated by the Chinese side,” he added. The Minister said that China continues to be in illegal Turn to P6
New Delhi: The government on Thursday said it has rejected Pakistan’s “obsession” with “territorial aggrandisement” supported by cross border terrorism, in a reference to Islamabad unveiling a new political map laying claim to Indian territories. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the government continues to respond “appropriately” to Pakistan’s malicious actions and propaganda, including
Shah discharged from AIIMS Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaks during the Monsoon Session of Parliament inside Rajya Sabha on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
OPPN DEMANDS RESTORATION OF STATUS QUO ANTE OF APRIL ON LAC WITH CHINA New Delhi: Opposition leaders in the Rajya Sabha asked the government on Thursday to restore status quo ante as on April this year on the India-China border. Cutting across party lines, members in the Upper House of Parliament expressed their solidarity and support to the armed forces, which are facing a standoff situation against the Chinese army in eastern Ladakh. Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anad Sharma and former defence minister A K Antony of the Congress asked the government to take efforts to restore Turn to P6
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah was discharged from Delhi’s AIIMS on Thursday. Earlier, Shah was admitted for “a complete medical checkup” before the beginning of the monsoon session of Parliament, on Sunday. Home Minister was discharged from AIIMS, after his post-COVID care on August 30. —ANI
on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, at various international fora. He was replying to a written question on the issue in Rajya Sabha. Pakistan released the new map on August 4 laying claim to union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and parts of Gujarat. “Government has rejected Pakistan’s obsession with territorial aggrandisement supported by cross border terrorism,” Muraleedharan said in the written reply, Turn to P6
ARMY CHIEF IN J&K
Srinagar: Army Chief General MM Naravane on Thursday arrived on a two-day visit and took “a firsthand assessment” of situation along LoC in North Kashmir, a Defence spokesperson said. During his interaction with soldiers deployed in the areas, he appreciated their high morale & complimented them on their response to Pak’s ceasefire violations.
REGULATE DIGITAL MEDIA FIRST: CENTRE TO SC New Delhi: The Centre has said that if the Supreme Court decides on the issue of media regulation then such an exercise should be undertaken with the digital media first as it has faster reach and information has the potential to go viral due to applications like WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook. The government told the apex court that sufficient framework and judicial pronouncements exist for the electronic and the print media. Full Report P6
‘India may get vaccine by 2021’ New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said that he is hopeful that by the early next year, the vaccine will be available in India and added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has handled Covid-19 “meticulously.” Turn to P6
High rate of attrition among docs/paramedics has led to labour shortage Authorities say many give interviews, but few recruits stay for any length of time Gargi Raval Ahmedabad: The state’s current shortage of medical and paramedical staff is startling, especially considering how many students apply to these courses. While this is an ongoing issue even during “normal” days, the
challenges created by the novel coronavirus pandemic have made the shortfall much more problematic. Many district and civic authorities had issued advertisements calling for recruits when COVID-19 first hit the state. These did not receive an encouraging
Several hospitals have had to resort to placing recruitment ads on a rotational basis, in order to keep up with the demands of the pandemic
response. Authorities say that even those who do appear for interviews and get recruited do not serve for extended periods of time. Now, in many places, it has become standard practice to issue these recruitment ads in an almost continuous rotation. On May 28, in the middle of the pandemic, the Gujarat Health Department had issued an advertisement seeking 686 doctors for the
six civil hospitals in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, and Vadodara. They were to be employed on a contractual basis in the civil hospitals’ various departments at various designations. Panchmahal Collector Amit Arora, who is currently battling the Sars-CoV-2 virus, told First India that recruitment has become a continuous process. “We invite people to apply for
medical and paramedical service positions. We get several applications and then, when we hire them, they join and then leave shortly thereafter,” he said. When COVID-19 cases first spiked in Ahmedabad, doctors from many other districts were sent here to serve the overwhelming number of patients, despite the scarcity of doctors in rural areas and smaller towns. Turn to P6