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WORLD
9,04,641 2,78,87,722 DEATHS
MAHARASHTRA 27,407 DEATHS 9,43,772 CASES
CONFIRMED CASES
TAMIL NADU 8,093 DEATHS 4,80,524 CASES
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INDIA
74,613 44,33,708 DEATHS
CONFIRMED CASES
KARNATAKA 6,808 DEATHS 4,21,730 CASES
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RAJASTHAN
1,178 DEATHS
DELHI 4,638 DEATHS 2,01,174 CASES
95,736
CONFIRMED CASES
GUJARAT 3,150 DEATHS 1,08,295 CASES
LAC CONTINUES
TO SIMMER Will retaliate if China tries to cross the red line: India
rials and logistics items to the area. Currently, of the 50,000 Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, 5,000 to 7,000 soldiers are stationed in South Pangong. The distance between soldiers on Finger 4 is a “few hundred meters.” “The situation is tense,” an official in New Delhi said, adding that Indian and Chinese troops were squaring off in close proximity in at least four locations south of the Pangong Tso lake that both lay claim to. “Both are on their own sides of the LAC,” the official said, referring to the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border. Turn to P6
New Delhi: India will retaliate if its defences on heights are breached, said sources on Wednesday, after repeated Chinese provocations at the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border with China. “Nowhere are we under-prepared presently,” top government sources said. The Chinese, the officials said, will “try to do something to regain lost ground”, and their action is “being controlled by their top, not local exuberant commanders”. “Why the Chinese are opening so many fronts, we don’t understand,” sources said. The Indian Army has put barbed
wire on the Indian positions. “If Chinese try to cross it’ll be crossing a red-line,” sources said. The Indian Army is now dominating the heights on Chinese deployment on Finger 4, which is located on the north bank of the Pangong lake, sources said. Meanwhile, amid the heightened border tension, PLA is strengthening its presence in Finger area north of Pangong lake, reports said on Wednesday. It is being said that besides increasing the number of soldiers in the area, the Chinese army is arming its men with stick-machetes and also bringing in more mate-
Pawar meets Uddhav to talk BMC action
Like my home, your ego too will be destroyed: Kangana to Uddhav
HAL’s indigenously developed Light Utility Helicopter has completed hot & high altitude trial in the Himalayas it took off from Leh & demonstrated its hot & high hover performance at Daulat Beg Oldie and also demonstrated its payload capability in Siachen glacier alltitude. Meanwhile, IAF will formally induct the Rafale aircraft on Thursday at Air Force Station in Ambala. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of the Armed Forces of France Florence Parly will be the chief guests for the event. —PHOTO BY ANI
India, Oz, France hold talks against backdrop of China hostility New Delhi: India, Australia and France on Wednesday held talks for the first time under a trilateral framework with focus on enhancing cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, a region that has
been witnessing increasing Chinese military assertiveness. The virtual meeting was co-chaired by foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, secretary-general in French ministry for
Actor’s house demolished by BMC before Mumbai HC stay Mumbai: The demolition move targeting actor Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday morning has divided Maharashtra’s ruling coalition, with the Shiv Sena drawing disapproval from ally Sharad Pawar. The NCP chief met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and another Shiv Sena leader, Sanjay Raut, to discuss what he apparently believes was a massive overreaction by the BMC. The meeting is said to have lasted for about 45 minutes. Turn to P6
Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut landed here on Wednesday from Himachal Pradesh, angry and caustic as she took on the Shiv Sena, called her home Ram mandir , referred to Bullywood’ and described herself as the daughter of Chhatrapati Shivaji in a series of tweets and a video. Meanwhile, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed the demolition process initiated by the BMC and sought to know why did the city civic body enter the property when the
BMC officials carry out demolition at Kangana’s office in Mumbai on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
owner was not present. The BMC began demolition work shortly after 11 am on Wednesday. A BMC team reached the bungalow at Pali Hill in Bandra with bulldozer and excavators and demolished alterations
made sans the civic body’s approval. Before the demolition work on Wednesday, the BMC posted a second notice outside her bungalow, informing her of the action being taken by the civic body, an official told PTI.
Kangana then moved the Bombay High Court, challenging the notice issued by the Mumbai civic body for “illegal construction” at her bungalow and sought a stay on the demolition process. Turn to P6
Europe and foreign affairs Fran ois Delattre and secretary in Australian department of foreign affairs Frances Adamson. “The focus of the dialogue was on enhancing cooperation
in the Indo-Pacific Region,” the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement. It said the “outcomeoriented” meeting was held with the objective of building on the strong bilateral ties
that the three countries share with each other and synergise their respective strengths to ensure a peaceful, secure, prosperous and rules-based Indo-Pacific Region. Turn to P6
EPFO TO PAY 8.5% DCGI notice INTEREST FOR FY20 to SII for not pausing trial Oxford vaccine
New Delhi: The Drugs Regulator General of India (DCGI) has issued a show-cause notice to pharma giant Serum Institute of India (SII) asking for an explanation as to why the ongoing clinical trial of Covishield vaccine candidate has not been suspended till doubts about patient safety are cleared. The drug regulator’s move comes after AstraZeneca, which is developing the vaccine candidate against COVID-19 with researchers of Oxford University, paused its trial as a volunteer developed an unexplained illness. The clinical trial has been put on hold across countries where Turn to P6
New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO on Wednesday decided to credit a part of 8.5 per cent interest on employees provident fund (EPF) for 2019-20 into the account of its around 6 crore subscribers. The decision to provide 8.15 per cent interest now on EPF has been taken at the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO) trustees meet held on Wednesday, a source told PTI. The remaining 0.35
per cent rate of interest on EPF for 2019-20 would be credited into the subscribers account in December this year, the source further said. The EPFO had earlier planned to liquidate some of its investment in exchange traded funds to meet the deficit for providing 8.5 per cent interest for the last fiscal. However, it could not do so because of the choppy market conditions amid lockdown induced by COVID-19. Turn to P6
LENDING AN EAR
State machinery should see Agri Policy benefits reach farmers: Gehlot CM holds VC with farmers of 33 districts, “new policy is a revolutionary step in direction of increasing farmer income,” he said Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Sensitive to the troubles faced by farmers and the economic slowdown due to Covid-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, on Wednesday, held a live interaction with farmers from all 33
districts of the state to review the implementation of the Agro-Processing, Agri-Business, and Agri Export Promotion Policy 2019. The policy has been attracting new investments in Agri industries and developing infrastructure despite the
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot unveils a booklet on Agri Policy
challenges posed by Covid-19. During the meeting, it was informed that more than five dozen applications have been received during unlock period and the numbers are set to rise with increase in awareness towards the scheme. The new policy focuses on a vision to ensure that every ounce of agricultural produce in the state is processed locally. The processing infrastructure while would add value to the
agro produce, it would also reduce wastage and thus will help increase income for farmers and cash flow for the state. Through the review meeting on Wednesday, CM inquired upon the farmers regarding their experience with the policy and asked them to make others aware of the policy benefits. During the interaction, many of the farmers-turned entrepreneurs informed that they have already estab-
lished a unit under the scheme and have applied for sanction under the second scheme. The chief minister took notice of the various suggestions received in the process, and was delighted to learn that a Jodhpur based firm has ingenuously done research on extracting protein from Gwar and asked them to secure a patent of the technology. Chief Minister said, “The new policy is a revolutionary step to-
wards the direction to increase farmer income and while the progressive farmers are already drawing its benefit they should also come forward to educate others about it.” “It is a beginning and there could be discussions at length over the policy. The district administration should help spread awareness and get the policy discussed at Gram Panchayat and Tehsil levels,” Gehlot said. Turn to P6