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Durga puja Dead body of newborn

Station, and both the police Upon receiving the arrived at the site. The Pant Hospital, where it is
and I arrived at the scene. information, a forensic team police thoroughly examined being kept in the mortuary.
The area was secured, and along with the SDPO South the area before recovering The police have launched
the incident has deeply Andaman and SHO from the baby's body, which has an investigation, and more

festivity at its girl found near disturbed the residents." Chatham Police Station since been shifted to GB details are awaited.

Anarkali graveyard
peak in city SRI VIJAYA PURAM, OCT
10/--/ In a tragic incident,
the body of a newborn baby
Ramzan Ali, Councillor of
Ward No. 03, spoke to the
media, stating, "At around
DURGA RAO
girl was discovered near the 9:15 AM, I received a call
SRI VIJAYA PURAM, OCT 10/--/ Durga Puja, the biggest
religious festival of the Islands began on Wednesday with
invocation of Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Shasthi
at various puja mandaps, in the city and across the islands.
The five-day celebration began with invocation of Goddess
Durga on the day of Maha Shasthi.
On October 10, the second day of the celebration,
Maha Saptami puja was held today. On the third day of

Anarkali Graveyard this from local residents

morning around 10:00 AM. informing me about the
The discovery has left the body. I immediately alerted
local community in shock. the Chatham Police

Maha Ashtami will be celebrated on October 11, different

rituals including Ashtami puja, offering Anjali, Kumari
Puja and Sandhi Puja will be held in the morning.
Maha Nabami tithi will also begin on the same day this
year and it will last till 6:12am on October 12. So rituals of
Maha Nabami will be performed on both days. Rituals of
Dashami Puja will also be held on both October 12 and 13
this year. The festival will end on October 13 with the
immersion of idols.
According to legend, Goddess Durga arrives on earth
from heaven during the puja. This year, the Goddess will
arrive on palanquin. A festive mood is in the air across the
Islands on the occasion of Durga Puja.

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Punjab Police busts narcotic network; Maharashtra govt asks Centre to raise
Amritsar jail warden among three held non-creamy layer limit to Rs 15 lakh
MUMBAI, OCT 10/--/The Additional funds of Rs Ambernath, Jihe Kathapur
CHANDIGARH, OCT 10/- The two others have been in touch with Pakistan- linkages in this case. Soami, Guru Maharashtra cabinet on 709.27 crore were and Latur.
-/A Amritsar jail warden identified as Akashdeep based drug smugglers, who Sharing operation Hargobindpura, Chheharta, Thursday decided to sanctioned for the Anganwadi centers in
and two others were Singh and Satwinderpal were using drones to details, Amritsar Amritsar. Following their request the Union Balasaheb Thackeray the state will be allowed to
arrested as the Punjab Singh alias Satti, both transport drugs across the Commissioner of Police revelations regarding government to increase the Turmeric Research Centre start day-care centres, the
Police busted a trans-border residents of Guru border. He said during Gurpreet Singh Bhullar connivance of the jail income limit to qualify for in Hingoli district. cabinet decided.
narcotic network, officials Hargobindpura in questioning, the accused said police received a warden, police also arrested 'non-creamy layer' to Rs 15 A proposal under which African safari will be
said on Thursday. Chheharta, Amritsar. revealed that they used to reliable input that two Gurmej Singh from lakh per year from the non-profit organisation introduced at the Balasaheb
Police also recovered The development came supply heroin to jail brothers had retrieved a Fatehpur area of Amritsar, current Rs 8 lakh. Sulabh International will Thackeray Gorewada
4.50 kg heroin and Rs 4.32 a day after the Amritsar warden Gurmej Singh to huge consignment of Bhullar said. Preliminary The decision came provide toilets and rest international zoo in Nagpur.
lakh cash from their police arrested three drug supply it to drug smugglers narcotics dropped using investigation revealed that ahead of the assembly rooms at all 57 government The working capital of
possession, said Director smugglers and recovered 5 lodged in the jail. drone from across the border the jail warden was acting elections which are hospitals in the state was the Maulana Azad
General of Police (DGP) kg heroin and Rs 3.95 lakh Technical leads were and concealed it at their as a mediator between drug expected to be held next approved in the meeting, Financial Corporation will
Gaurav Yadav. cash from their possession. developed in a professional residence in Guru smugglers in the jail. month. the release said. be hiked from Rs 700 crore
Jail warden, identified DGP Yadav said investigation and an FIR was Hargobindpura, Chheharta. Further investigations A non-creamy layer Government land in to Rs 1,000 crore, the cabinet
as Gurmej Singh, was preliminary investigations registered, he said, adding Acting swiftly, police are on to identify the drug certificate, which means the Akse and Malwani in decided. The honorarium
allegedly supplying drugs revealed that accused that investigations are laid a trap and arrested both smugglers in the jail to family income of a person is Borivali suburb of Mumbai for Madarsa teachers with
to prisoners lodged in the Akashdeep and ongoing to establish the drug smugglers from a whom heroin was being below the prescribed limit, will be given for the Dharavi the D Ed degree will be
Central Jail in Amritsar. Satwinderpal were directly backward and forward house near Dera Radha supplied, he said. (PTI) is needed to avail of redevelopment project and increased from Rs 6,000 to
reservation benefits in the ineligible slum-dwellers Rs 16,000, while the salaries
Humble man': Farooq Abdullah, PDP's Other Backward Class
(OBC) category.
will be provided housing in
these areas spread over 140
of teachers with BA, B Ed,
BSc degrees will be hiked
Iltija Mufti condole Rata Tata's death A draft ordinance to
accord a constitutional
acres, it said.
The cabinet also
from Rs 8,000 to Rs 18,000.
The government also
SRINAGAR, OCT 10/--/National Conference chief status to the Maharashtra decided to provide houses to decided to start the
Farooq Abdullah and PDP's Iltija Mufti on Thursday State Scheduled Caste the government employees Maharashtra State
condoled the death of Ratan Tata, saying he was a humble Commission was also living in the Bandra International Employment
man whose contribution can never be forgotten. approved in the cabinet government colony in and Skill Advancement
"It is shocking. He (Tata) was a humble man. meeting, said a statement Mumbai. Company which will
"He opened his family organisation for everyone. He from the office of Chief The Public Libraries implement an MoU with the
took his company to the entire world," Abdullah told Minister Eknath Shinde. Act will be amended give a German state of Baden-
reporters here. The ordinance will be boost to the library culture Wuttemberg to enable youth
The NC president said Tata's contribution to the tabled in the next session of in the state, the release said. from Maharashtra get
country can never be forgotten. the legislature, it said, The cabinet also employment. The company
"Today, when is he is no more, he will never be forgotten adding that 27 posts were approved the construction will have a working capital
as what he has done for India is great and he took the approved for the of Jalna-Nanded of Rs 3 crore. More than
country to greater heights," Abdullah added. commission. expressway which will be 27,000 applications have
Meanwhile, People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader In other decisions, the linked to the Mumbai- been received out of which
Iltija Mufti said Tata's death was a huge loss for the country. cabinet approved a Nagpur Samruddhi scrutiny of 10,000
"He was so humble and always so calm. I think he did proposal to set up welfare corridor. Irrigation projects applications has been
so much for India. He was a businessman with ethics," Mufti corporations for journalists were sanctioned for Saoner, completed, the release said.
said, adding his demise is a huge loss for the country. (PTI) and newspaper vendors. Kankavli, Rajapur, (PTI)

BRS leader Rama Rao files Haryana govt swearing-in likely after
defamation case against Dussehra; caste, region equations may
Telangana minister Surekha
HYDERABAD, OCT 10/--/BRS working president KT
Rama Rao on Thursday filed a defamation case against
Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav pays tribute to party founder
Mulayam Singh Yadav on his death anniversary, in Saifai, Uttar Pradesh
factor in while deciding cabinet
CHANDIGARH, OCT 10/--/The swearing- in Haryana, the BJP won eight assembly
Telangana Minister Konda Surekha in a city court over her in of the new BJP government in Haryana constituencies.
comments alleging he was the reason behind the divorce
of actors Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya.
Rama Rao, who earlier sent a legal notice to Surekha,
Bangladesh begins extended official is likely to take place after Dussehra and
factors like caste and region equations may
be considered while deciding the cabinet,
Among the leaders from the Dalit
community who could be in reckoning for
the ministerial berths include senior leader
demanding an apology for her comments on October 2,
claimed she made the defamatory statement with a
malafide intent to harm his reputation and defame him, a
holiday amid Durga puja celebrations sources said Thursday.
Nayab Singh Saini had met Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and other senior
Krishan Lal Panwar, who won from Israna
seat and Krishan Kumar.
Panwar, a Rajya Sabha member, had
punishable offence under the BNS. DHAKA, OCT 10/--/Bangladesh on President Mohammed Shahabuddin BJP leaders in Delhi on Wednesday ahead fought the assembly elections.
Surekha stirred up a controversy by alleging that Rama Thursday began an extended official and Yunus both greeted the Hindu of his likely swearing-in as the head of the Former MLA Krishan Kumar, who won
Rao, also known as KTR, was the reason behind Samantha holiday as Hindu community’s Durga Puja community on the occasion of Durga Puja new dispensation in the state following the from Narwana, could also be the ministerial
Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya's divorce in 2021. celebration got underway amid tight even as there were orders for an extra party's win in the assembly polls. choice.
Surekha, Minister of Forest, withdrew her remarks that security at temples and makeshift mandaps security vigil in view of recent violence On Thursday, Saini also met Union In the Ahirwal belt in south Haryana,
triggered strong reactions from political leaders and the across the country. coinciding with the August 5 change of minister and the BJP's election in-charge the party won ten of the eleven seats.
Telugu cinema industry. Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya had Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is regime that toppled prime minister Sheikh for Haryana, Dharmendra Pradhan, in the Most of the candidates in this belt are
criticised the minister's comments and said their divorce expected to visit on Sunday the centuries- Hasina’s government in wake of the national capital. believed to be close to Union Minister and
was mutual and a personal decision. old Dhakeswari national temple, one of the student-led mass upheaval. The BJP had indicated during the Gurgaon MP, Rao Inderjit Singh.
Naga Chaitanya's father and top Telugu actor prominent shaktee peeths. Debnath said 31,462 makeshift puja elections that Saini, who replaced Manohar Rao's daughter Arti Singh Rao, who won
Nagarjuna had subsequently filed a criminal defamation “We are celebrating the puja for the mandaps were erected this year to celebrate Lal Khattar as chief minister in March and from Ateli seat, is also in reckoning for a
complaint against Surekha accusing her of making second day today (Saptami) amid festivity. the Durga Puja while the figure was 32408 in hails from the Other Backward Classes, will ministerial berth.
defamatory statements against him and his family. No untoward incident from anywhere has 2023 and attributed the decreased number be its choice for the top post if it wins. Om Prakash Yadav, who won from
In the complaint, Rama Rao submitted that Surekha been reported so far,” Bangladesh Hindu to late monsoon flooding and related issues. The party ended up with its best-ever Narnaul and senior leader Rao Narbir
made the imputations against him only with a motive to Buddhist Christian Unity Council leader “But this year, we have noticed a visible haul of 48 seats, 11 more than the Congress. Singh, who won from Badshahpur, are also
damage his reputation and gain 'cheap publicity' to further Kajol Debnath told PTI. qualitative change particularly among the The JJP and the AAP were decimated and in the race, sources said.
her political agenda. Rama Rao further said Surekha made The minority Hindu population faced religion-based political parties towards the the INLD managed to win just two seats. Among other women faces in addition to
similar defamatory statements against him during the vandalism of their businesses, and Durga puja with their statements to stand A BJP leader from the state said the Arti, senior leader Kiran Choudhry's
election campaign in April 2024. The Election Commission properties and destruction of temples beside the Hindu community to facilitate swearing-in ceremony of the new daughter Shruti, a former MP, who won from
had then pulled up Surekha and directed her to observe during the student-led violence that the puja. I see it as a mark of inclusiveness government is likely to take place after Tosham assembly seat, Shakti Rani Sharma,
restraint. Meanwhile, the court on Thursday ordered erupted following the ouster of Prime in their policy,” Debnath said. Dussehra festival, which falls on October 12. who won from Kalka, are also in the race.
issuance of notice to Surekha seeking her explanation in Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5. TV footages showed a large number of Eight out of 10 ministers in the outgoing While all the three independents who
the criminal defamation complaint filed by Nagarjuna. Thousands of Hindus staged protests in Hindus, including young girls in their Saini cabinet faced defeat in the Haryana won have declared that they will support
The court posted the matter to October 23. (PTI) Dhaka and the northeastern port city of colourful dresses, visiting and praying at assembly polls. The two who won are the new government once it is formed,
Chattogram, demanding protection. decorated temples and mandaaps in the Mahipal Dhanda and Mool Chand Sharma among them Hisar MLA Savitri Jindal's
GPS tracker found in freight Weeks ahead of the Durga Puja
celebrations, the interim government's
backdrop of spiritual music alongside the
men.
from Panipat Rural and Ballabhgarh seats
respectively.
name has not been ruled out from the
ministerial race, sources said.
Religious Affairs Adviser AFM Khalid Religion-based Jamaat-e-Islami and
train near Jhansi, triggers panic Hossain warned tough action against those other Islamic parties said their activists
Both Dhanda, who comes from the Jat
community, and Sharma, a senior leader
Among others in contention include BJP
leaders Anil Vij (Ambala Cantt), Shyam
JHANSI, OCT 10/--/A suspicious electronic device found disrupting communal harmony or targeting would be around the temples and mandaps and a Brahmin face, are among the Singh Rana (Radaur), Jagmohan Anand
on a freight train near Jhansi on the Bhopal-Delhi rail line places of worship during the Hindu to ensure safety of the devotees. ministerial probables in the new (Karnal), Harvinder Kalyan (Gharaunda),
led to panic among railway and police, officials said on festival. Meanwhile, the chief adviser’s office government, sources said. Krishan Lal Middha (Jind), Arvind Kumar
Thursday. The incident occurred around 9.30 am when the Hindus constitute about 8 per cent of sources said Yunus was expected to visit the Haryana can have a maximum of 14 Sharma (Gohana), Vipul Goel (Faridabad),
train, transporting coal from Chhattisgarh to Rajasthan, the 170 million Bangladesh population. Dhakeswari national temple on Sunday ministers, including the chief minister. Nikhil Madaan (Sonipat) and Ghanshyam
was stationed at Bijauli station here, they said. The five-day Hindu religious festival while several of his advisers and the army The BJP, which pulled off a hat-trick of Dass (Yamunanagar).
According to police, train guard C L Meena noticed a began with an invocation of Goddess Durga, chief visited it to see the puja wins by bucking anti-incumbency, Devender Attri, who won from Uchana
device with blinking lights near the guard's compartment an occasion called Maha Shasthi on preparedness, assuring their all out support managed to make significant inroads into Kalan, is also a probable.
and immediately alerted the railway control room. Senior Wednesday. The celebrations would for the festival. The police chief earlier told the Dalit seats and Jat strongholds and Attri defeated his nearest Congress rival
officials, including Jhansi SSP Sudha Singh, rushed to the conclude with the emersion of Goddess reporters that paramilitary Border Guard continued its dominance in the Ahirwal Brijendra Singh. The seat was held by JJP
spot along with RPF, GRP and a bomb disposal squad. "The Durga murtis on Sunday. Bangladesh (BGB) and para-police Ansar belt. Out of 17 Scheduled Caste (SC) seats leader Dushyant Chautala. (PTI)
RPF received the information that a device has been found As per the interim government's personnel would be on on 24-hour duty at
inside the freight train which had stopped at Bijauli station announcement, Thursday is being each mandap to ensure a safe and peaceful
under Premnagar police station area," SSP Singh said.(PTI) observed as an extended official holiday. celebration. (PTI) BJP frustrated, wants to encroach
Govt bans Hizb-ut-Tahrir, says pan-Islamic CM House: Delhi CM Atishi
NEW DELHI, OCT 10/--/
Delhi Chief Minister
card" over the property to
gain sympathy.
belongings.
Posting the images

group aims to establish caliphate Atishi on Thursday

accused the BJP of
attempting to encroach
upon the "CM's
The Flagstaff Road
bungalow is not an
official residence of Delhi
chief minister as AAP is
on X, AAP lashed out at
the BJP, saying it cannot
take away Atishi's
commitment to work for
NEW DELHI, OCT 10/--/ today declared 'Hizb-Ut- notification said. The ban will be government of India by residence" at 6, Flagstaff trying to portray, Delhi the people of Delhi.
The government on Tahrir' as a 'Terrorist The home ministry said effective on HuT and all its waging violent Jihad," the Road in the Civil Lines BJP president Virendra Responding to the
Thursday banned Hizb-ut- Organisation'." the HuT is an organisation manifestations and front NIA alleged. area. Sachdeva claimed. pictures, BJP MLA and
Tahrir (HuT), a global pan- "The outfit is involved in which aims to establish organisations. On Tuesday, Founded in 1953, HuT is Atishi at a press Atishi said the AAP Leader of Opposition in
Islamic group set up in various acts of terror, Islamic state and caliphate the National Investigation an international pan- conference said the BJP was not in politics for Delhi Assembly Vijender
Jerusalem in 1953, saying including radicalising the globally, including in India, Agency arrested a key Islamic group with a long- was frustrated as it was cars and bungalows. Gupta said Atishi
the organisation aims to gullible youths to join by overthrowing accused in the Tamil Nadu term goal of establishing a not able to defeat the "If the BJP gets peace already had a bungalow
establish Islamic state and terrorist organisations and democratically elected Hizb-ut-Tahrir case related caliphate rule under Aam Aadmi Party in by encroaching on the CM in her name on Mathura
caliphate globally, raise funds for terror governments through jihad to spreading disaffection Islamic law. The group's elections and was thus house, they are welcome Road and termed the
including in India, through activities, posing a serious and terrorist activities by and secessionism by headquarters is in Lebanon resorting to desperate to it. Our party isn't in party's complaints as
jihad and terrorist threat to the national involving citizens of the promoting the ideology of and it operates in at least measures. politics for bungalows or mere antics.
activities. In a notification, security and sovereignty of country, which is a grave the anti-India outfit. over 30 countries including "The BJP is in tension cars. If necessary, AAP "She has a bungalow
the Union Home Ministry India. The Modi threat to the democratic A total of seven accused the United Kingdom, the because they haven't ministers and MLAs are allotted in her name on
said the HuT is involved in government is committed to setup and internal security were arrested by the NIA so United States, Canada and been able to defeat us at ready to work from the Mathura Road which
radicalisation and securing Bharat by dealing of the country. "And far in the case. Australia. The HuT has a the polls. They couldn't streets," she said. was earlier used by
motivation of gullible youth the forces of terror with an whereas, the central The NIA had alleged the history of praising and even secure double-digit O n Wednesday, the Sheila Dikshit for 10
to join terrorist iron fist," the home government believes that arrested accused were celebrating attacks against seats in the assembly, party claimed Atishi was years as Delhi Chief
organisations, such as ISIS, minister's office said. Hizb-ut-Tahrir is involved actively engaged for Israel and Jews more widely. and their 'Operation made to "forcibly vacate" Minister.
and raising funds for terror The HuT is promoting in terrorism and has propagating secessionism Several countries have Lotus' to break our party the 6 Flagstaff Road Also, Atishi can
activities. terrorism by using various participated in various acts and seeking military banned HuT for their also failed. Even jailing bungalow. work from her full-
Later, the office of Union social media platforms and of terrorism in India," the assistance from Pakistan to subversive activities. Those our leaders didn't work," The AAP earlier in fledged office at Delhi
Home Minister Amit Shah secure apps, and by notification said while liberate Kashmir. countries which already she said. the day shared images secretariat but she was
said in a post on X, "Pursuing conducting 'Dawah' declaring the group as a "The ulterior motive of banned the group include The BJP responded by showing Atishi signing making a futile attempt
PM Shri @narendramodi meetings to encourage banned organisation under the conspiracy was to Germany, Egypt, the UK and saying that the AAP was files at her Kalkaji by playing the victim
Ji's policy of zero tolerance gullible youth to indulge in the Unlawful Activities establish Khilafat by several Central Asian and indulging in a "drama" residence surrounded by card posing with empty
towards terrorism, the MHA acts of terrorism, the (Prevention) Act, 1967. overthrowing the Arab countries. (PTI) and playing "victim cartons packed with her boxes," he said. (PTI)
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Municipal Council, APWD join hands for road projects using shredded plastic waste
SRI VIJAYA PURAM, OCT 10/ Chandra, Chief Secretary, establishing a circular at the newly inaugurated 5 construction projects, waste responsibly and but also advance a circular management but also
--/ In a significant step towards A&N Administration, economy on the islands. TPD MRF in Brookshabad. reinforcing its commitment engaging in plastic recycling, economy. This innovative enhances the quality and
sustainable development and demonstrating a collaborative As part of this venture, This transformation process to environmental goals while we not only support collaboration not only paves durability of infrastructure
improved plastic waste approach to address plastic SVPMC has supplied 3,000 kgs repurposes plastic into a setting a benchmark for environmental preservation the way for responsible waste projects on the islands.
management, the Sri waste challenges in valuable resource that circular economy practices
VijayaPuram Municipal the region. During a enhances the on the islands.
Council (SVPMC) and the recent visit to the durability and Mr.Amit Kale, Secretary
Andaman Public Works Material Recovery longevity of roads by SVPMC, emphasized the
Department (APWD) have Facility (MRF) at improving their importance of reuse of MLP
joined hands to promote the Brookshabad, both resistance to wear and in road works not only
reuse of shredded Multi- organizations water damage. This reduces plastic waste but also
Layered Plastic (MLP) waste explored the potential approach significantly strengthens roads, providing
in road construction projects. for use of MLP waste reduces the volume of a cost-effective and eco-
The successful in APWD's road plastic waste sent to friendly solution and this
implementation of this works.Thisjointeffort landfills or shipped approach contributes to
initiative was made possible not only provides an back to the mainland. sustainable roads while
through inter-departmental effective solution for MLP of shredded MLP for use in The Council plans to expand tackling the pressing issue of
coordination under the waste management but also road construction. The the use of shredded plastic plastic pollution. He further
directions of Mr.Keshav reinforces the commitment to shredded MLP was processed in additional APWD's road stated that by managing our

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One year ago, as Israel launched its massive war on Gaza
after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the U.S. government was fully
equal to five Hiroshima atomic bombs and more than the
U.S. dropped on Nazi Germany during all of World War II.
aware its ally was embarking on a campaign that would end That’s just for one year of genocide and war, but the

President Muizzu on a up with Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders

charged with war crimes. And yet, as the whole world has
arms have been flowing from the U.S. to Israel for more than
six decades. For the 66 years from 1959 to 2024, the U.S. has

course correction exercise seen, that advance knowledge did nothing to deter the
Biden administration from arming and aiding the genocide
C.J. Atkins provided Israel with at least a quarter of a trillion inflation-
adjusted dollars ($251.2 billion) in aid. Billions more have
that has been perpetrated since. journal estimate the true death toll from death and disease been spent on U.S. weapons and military deployments on
With President of Maldives Muhammad Muizzu on a
A series of emails between staffers in the State caused by the war could be as high as 335,500 by now – or behalf of or in support of Israel. Now, Netanyahu and his
state visit to India, it is now clear that Male has Department, the Pentagon, and the White House from Oct. 14% of Gaza’s population. A further two million people far-right cabinet have extended their war against Palestine
understood the dangers of hobnobbing too much with 11 to 14, 2023, have leaked, exposing conversations have been driven by their homes—about 90% of Gaza’s into Lebanon and are aiming their guns toward Iran with
China or of abandoning a trusted friend like India. His concerning what was about to unfold. They were published population. Aside from the still-growing ranks of the dead regime change in mind. As the numbers above show, Israel
current visit may possibly be described as an exercise in by Reuters late on Friday. After reading an assessment from and displaced, how else can we quantify the genocide, and is completely dependent on the U.S. It would be incapable
course correction. the International Committee of the Red Cross about the especially the role of U.S. imperialism in it? Researchers of carrying out its campaigns of aggression without U.S.
Muizzu is on his first state visit to India from October human cost of what Israel planned for Gaza—mass with the Institute for Middle East Understanding and help. The Biden administration could end the genocide
6 to 10 after taking over as the President of Maldives. As evacuations, bombings, denial of aid—Dana Stroul, then Brown University have been keeping count of the costs of tomorrow if it wanted to—simply by stopping the arms
the Maldives is grappling with a serious economic the U.S. Deputy Asst. Sec. of Defense for the Middle East, Israel’s war—both human and financial. Peace activists in shipments. Netanyahu’s behaviour would change
downturn, India extended a vital budgetary support to told President Joe Biden’s senior aides on Oct. 13, 2023, that the U.S. should ar m themselves with some of these immediately if there were no bombs, ammunition, or shells
the Maldives government with the rollover of a $ 50 she was “chilled to the bone.” Writing directly to Biden’s calculations when talking with their co-workers, being pumped in.
top advisor Brett McGurk, Stroul said that the Red Cross “is neighbours, and elected officials about the need to fight for But the shipments and the endless spending won’t stop
million Treasury Bill for another year. In New Delhi,
not ready to say this in public, but is raising private alarm and win a ceasefire. unless the American people force them to, and that’s
Muizzu met President Draupadi Murmu, Vice President
that Israel is close to committing war crimes.” She noted the *$107 in taxes – that’s the average cost that the median because U.S. imperialism needs Israel as its most reliable
Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Modi and External impossibility of evacuating one million civilians from American taxpayer has spent individually in the past year ally and military base in the Middle East, a strategic
Affairs Minister S Jaishankar among others. A 'vision Gaza, as Israel was then ordering. to fund the weapons the Israeli military has used to kill geographic crossroads and still one of the world’s biggest
document' issued after the bilateral talks between Modi “Our assessment is that there’s simply no way to have Palestinian civilians. sources of oil and gas. Even if the U.S. ruling class may not
and Muizzu agreed that India will support Maldives this scale of a displacement without creating a *$18 billion – the amount of money appropriated by the want the wider war Netanyahu is pushing, it also is driven
with defence platforms and assets to augment humanitarian catastrophe,” Paula Tufro, a senior White U.S. Congress for weapons for Israel since Oct. 7. (Compare by imperial self-interest to sustain and maintain a heavily-
capabilities of the Maldives National Defence Force. House aide put in charge of formulating a humanitarian that to the $9.2 billion spent on the Environmental armed Israel to serve as a proxy against Iran and an outpost
The main opposition in the island nation has taken a response to the war, wrote in another email. It would take Protection Agency in the middle of the climate crisis.) of U.S. power in the region. That is the most influential
swipe at him for the hasty course correction and “months” to put in place the infrastructure needed to *$4.86 billion – the amount the U.S. has spent bombing factor for why the Biden administration, and every other
described his administration as “naive and provide “basic services” like food, water, and shelter to Yemen in support of Israel’s war. administration, continues funding and arming Israel— a
inexperienced” which has now realised that diplomacy more than a million people, she said. Tufro pleaded with *$20 billion – the extra money for Israel announced by factor far more important than the actions of the pro-Israel
the White House to pressure Israel to slow down its the Biden administration in August, which is on top of the lobby in the U.S., as powerful as the latter may be. The
cannot be conducted through “lies and deceit.” Former
offensive. “We need GOI [Government of Israel] to pump $18 billion sent by Cong ress already. A vote in the U.S. Palestinian people—and now the Lebanese people—have
president Mohamed Nasheed has echoed the sentiment,
the brakes in pushing people south,” Tufro wrote, of Senate is expected in November. paid and continue to pay the price of this war with their
terming India and Maldives as natural partners while course, Netanyahu hit the gas instead, and U.S. imperialism *600 weapons deliveries from the U.S. to Israel from lives, homes, and futures. The American people have paid
referring to Muizzu's meetings with the Indian kept filling up his tank. According to the Gaza Ministry of October 2023 to August 2024. On average, that means a fresh for it with our tax dollars.
leadership in New Delhi. Pro-China Muizzu had Health, 41,909 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by shipment every 12 hours. By not altering course when it comes to their blank-
assumed office last November riding on the back of an Israel in the past 365 days. Another 97,303 have been *50,000 tons of weapons – the volume shipped to Israel check policy of support for Israel, the Biden administration
aggressive 'India Out' campaign. Within hours of taking wounded. The majority in both categories have been since October 2023. (and the Kamala Harris presidential campaign) are leaving
oath, he had asked India to repatriate its military women and children. *Essentially 100% – the percentage of munitions used an opening for Netanyahu’s favoured candidate, Donald
personnel from the archipelagic nation. After mutual Those are the victims that have been counted; by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza that were supplied by Trump, to win the election on November 5. If that happens,
agreement, close to 90 personnel deployed in Maldives thousands more are missing or entombed beneath rubble. the U.S. our already limited democracy will also pay the price for
to maintain two helicopters and Dornier aircraft were Calculations based on a study in The Lancet medical *75,000 tons of bombs – dropped by Israel on Gaza, U.S. complicity in the genocide in Gaza. (IPA)
repatriated by May 10 this year. The relations between
the two South Asian nations further turned sour when
two Maldivian ministers poked fun after Modi posted
photographs of Lakshadweep Islands in January this
year. Indians tourists announced a mass boycott of
Maldives, leading to its slide to number six spot in mid-
2024 from the number one spot in post-Covid years.
Scores of Maldivian X users also drew attention to
Muizzu's U-turn while some of them had praise for the
development. News portal Adhadhu.com said, “As
Muizzu continues his state visit to India, social media
users have been flooding various platforms with posts
made by senior government officials while they were in
the opposition.”
Abdulla Shahid, the president of the main
opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, has expressed
happiness to see “the age-old ties between the Maldives-
India are being revived” and thanked India for
remaining “steadfast and resolute with the Maldivian
people. Posting a long note on his official X handle,
Shahid said that he is encouraged to see that the projects
and initiatives launched during President Ibrahim Solih
– considered pro-India – have come to fruition and are
being continued and has gone on to list many of them.
Then the scathing comment has come: “What we are
seeing is the current administration coming to the
realisation that international relations cannot be
conducted based on lies and deceit. What we are seeing
is the Administration's naivety and inexperience in
diplomacy. He has hoped “that this current trajectory in
the relationship with our closest neighbour, friend, and
partner, continues.”
President Muizzu has explained, however, that after
the withdrawal of Indian service personnel from the
island nation now there is no issue between Male and
New Delhi. The fact that India has not taken the
humiliation suffered in Maldives last year as a prestige
issue and has extended help to the island nation in its
time of need to wean it away from the influence of China
underscores the maturity of Indian diplomacy under
the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. People visit Durga Puja community pandal in Patna

Spectacular gain for BJP in Haryana

shows strategic excellence of leadership
FOCUS
Haryana assembly election the result of out to non-dominant castes and win them
which came out on Tuesday, has sprung up over to BJP just within months. He had
great surprise belying almost all political actually launched several schemes for
projections and analyses predicting marginalized and unprivileged people of the
Congress to wrest power from the BJP. state which ultimately paid. BJP had also
However, Congress met a serious setback
and the BJP spectacularly gained. It marks
Dr. Gyan Pathak encouraged several political leaders of the
Congress and other regional parties to revolt
the reversal of political fortune, which from the result that the contest between the entire political strategy of the party was and contest against official candidates as
shows strategic excellence of the BJP and two in the 90 seat Haryana Vidhan Sabha woven. In this course of the strategy, other independents. Such candidates in the fray
its leadership on the one hand, while would be closer than what the Congress castes, especially marginal castes felt cut substantial votes of the Congress and the
Congress setback marks the need of the leaders had been expecting. ignored. Dominant castes also were not other political parties such as JJP and INLD.
party learning some lesson from it. The reason for Congress’ expectation was happy for several reasons including the BJP’s gain was chiefly due to loss of the JJP
Being one of the Hindi belt states – the their belief that anti-incumbency will share in the organizational structure of the and INLD in the rural areas, while
current trend may be a signal for the future worsen with heightened anger among party. maintaining its supremacy in the urban
political trend in other Hindi belt states, farmers and youths. However, the Vidhan Infighting has been decidedly the top areas. Congress failed to dent into the BJP’s
unless Congress and INDIA bloc come out Sabha election result shows that it did not factor behind Congress setback. Top state support base in the urban areas of the state.
with some innovative political strategy to happen. Contest between the two parties leaders were even seen talking against each Congress in particular and INDIA bloc in
put break on it. Just before the Lok Sabha were even closer than expected with the other, and some of them over the question general must learn lesson from the Haryana
elections were announced, NDA in Haryana regional parties like JJP and INLD of who would be the chief minister. In their setback, both in terms loss in number of
was broken and BJP and JJP parted their performing very badly and remained in the over confidence they thought they will seats as well as its support base among the
ways. Sensing serious level of anti- political margin of the state. surely come to power and had become non-dominant communities. Though the
incumbency against its chief minister The important factors behind the complaisant. On the other hand, the BJP party have been promising caste census, it
Manohar Lal Khattar, the party changed Congress setback seem to be their continued to consolidate non-Jat, non- failed in Haryana in gaining any significant
him with a new chief minister Nayab Singh overconfidence which prevented then to Muslim and OBC communities. The chief support from OBC communities.
Saini in March this year.. However, the strategize vertically to the micro or ground minister Nayab Singh Saini himself is from The election result signals even closer
political decline of the BJP could not be level. The Central political leadership the OBC community. BJP tried hard for contests between the BJP and Congress in
stopped until the Lok Sabha election results chiefly depended on former chief minister Hindu consolidation, and it seems that the the time to come. There has been a very small
were out on June 4, which showed the and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh strategy is still working in the Hindi belt. difference in BJP’s and Congress’ votes
decline. Out of all 10 seats won by BJP in Hooda, which did not pay. Rift within the Saini was believed to be a weak chief shares. Congress therefore will need to
Haryana, the party lost its 5 seats to party cropped up during the election minister of the states and political contest elections in immediate future in
Congress. Congress was obviously campaign and political leaders like Kumari commentators generally believed that he alliance with INDIA bloc constituents to take DISCLAIMER
resurgent. Selja and others were seen not unison with can’t lead the BJP in Haryana to reverse the on BJP. It also needs to restrain its
Lok Sabha Election result showed that the overall strategy adopted by Hooda. declining BJP’s fortune in the state. squabbling leaders and widen its strategy The views in the articles published here are absolutely
Congress had gained lead in 42 and BJP in Secondly, the Congress chiefly relied on Jat, However, he must be credited for his silent both horizontally and vertically from top to the views of the author and The Echo of India does not
44 Vidhan Sabha segments. It was obvious Dalit and Muslim votes around which the but excellent political strategy of reaching the ground level. (IPA) stand liable for them.
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Awareness prog at Anganwadi centre, Hashmatabad by Child Helpline-1098
SRI VIJAYA PURAM, OCT child. SmtiBeena Das, Helpline
10/--/ The Child Helpline- Smti Anandini (Call Administrator, CHL-1098
1098 organized an awareness Operator) discussed about highlighted about the
program at Anganwadi the functions of WCD critical services provided
Centre, Hashmatabad, Control Room and the by Child Helpline 1098.
recently to create awareness working of Child Helpline. An insightful session
about the services provided She provided a was conducted by Smti G.
by the Child Helpline-1098 comprehensive overview of Mani Kumari, Call Operator,
and the WCD Control Room how Child Helpline who discussed about the
at VIP Road, Sri Vijaya Operates and the key role it functions of WCD Control
Puram. During the event, plays in safeguarding the Room and working of Child
mothers and children were well-being of children in the Helpline.
enlightened about the society. The event concluded
critical services provided with a Q&A session, where
by the Child Helpline 1098. mothers and children
Dr.NitinShakya, Director of clarified their doubts.
Social Welfare, emphasized A similar program was
the necessity of timely and also conducted at
adequate assistance for role of society in being The Child Helpline 1098 is creating a safer Anganwadi Centre,
children, highlighting the vigilant and responsive. a significant step towards environment for every Prothrapur on Sept.30, 2024.

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identification and intervention of children with
disabilities was organized on Oct.7, 2024 at GSSS Diglipur
for the teaching and non-teaching staff of Primary and
Upper Primary Level of Diglipur Educational Zone under
the guidance of the Block Project Officer.
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local entrepreneurs and potential startups about
the various government initiatives designed to
support micro and small enterprises. Key
highlights included -StartupIndia Scheme:
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new Ideas for business ventures by Nodal
Officerb(Startup) through VC. PMFME
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and financial assistance available for new projects
by the Incharge, Extension Office, Bakultala.
Agriculture and Fisheries Support by
Sr.Veterinery Of ficer, AH&VS Rangat and
Assistant Director(Agri). The Assistant Manager,
SBI briefed the various loan schemes
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The Industries Department expressed gratitude
to all participants for their enthusiastic
involvement, emphasizing that such initiatives are
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The department is committed to continuing its
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Omar Abdullah
elected NC
PM Modi announces 10-point plan to strengthen India-ASEAN ties
VIENTIANE (LAOS),

legislature OCTOBER 10 /--/ Prime

Minister Narendra Modi on
Thursday announced a 10-
party leader point plan to strengthen
I n d i a - A S E A N
comprehensive partnership
and asserted that ties with
the regional grouping were
critical to guiding Asia's
future. Addressing the 21st
India-ASEAN Summit here,
Modi noted that India-
ASEAN trade had doubled
to over USD 130 billion in
the past decade and
announced a review of the
trade in goods agreement to
harness the greater
economic potential of the
partnership.
“I believe that the 21st
century – the Asian century
– is the century of India and
ASEAN nations,” the Prime
Minister said while
addressing the leaders of and the ASEAN nations. point plan to further the decade of Act East Development Fund. cyber resilience and and tensions," he said.
the ASEAN nations that “The India-ASEAN strengthen the India- Policy through several He said India would organising a workshop on Prime Minister Modi said
include Malaysia, Thailand, Summit was a productive ASEAN partnership people-centric activities make available USD five Green Hydrogen. India and the ASEAN
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER Brunei, Cambodia, one. We discussed how to includes celebrating the including Youth Summit, million for enhancing Modi also invited nations were neighbours,
10 /--/ Omar Abdullah Indonesia, Myanmar, further strengthen the year 2025 as the ASEAN- Start-up Festival, disaster resilience and also ASEAN leaders to join the partners in the Global
was on Thursday Philippines, Vietnam, Laos Comprehensive Strategic India Year of Tourism, Hackathon, Music Festival, initiate a new Health ‘Plant a Tree for Mother’ South, and a region that was
unanimously elected as and Singapore. The Prime Partnership between India doubling the number of ASEAN-India Network of Ministers’ track towards campaign towards building witnessing rapid growth.
Minister said India was and ASEAN. We look scholarships at Nalanda Think-Tanks and Delhi building Health Resilience. climate resilience. Modi arrived here in
the leader of the National
commemorating the 10th forward to deepening trade University and providing Dialogue. Modi also The Prime Minister also " I n d i a - A S E A N Laos on a two-day visit to
Conference legislature
anniversary of its Act East ties, cultural linkages and new grants for ASEAN announced organising the announced initiating a friendship, coordination attend the ASEAN-India
party, party president Policy, which has given new cooperation in technology, students at Agricultural ASEAN-India Women regular mechanism of dialogue and cooperation is and East Asia summits and
Farooq Abdullah said energy, direction and connectivity and other such Universities in India. Scientists Conclave under ASEAN-India Cyber Policy very important at a time further deepen engagement
here. momentum to the historic sectors,” he said in a post on Prime Minister Modi the ASEAN-India Science Dialogue towards when several parts of the with countries in the
"A meeting of the relationship between India X after the summit. The 10- also announced celebrating and Technology strengthening digital and world are facing conflicts groupings. PTI
legislature party was held
where everyone
unanimously chose Omar
Abdullah as its leader,"
the senior Abdullah said.
India bids tearful adieu to icon Ratan
He said a meeting of the
pre-poll alliance partners
would be held on Friday
Tata, thousands join his final journey
to take the process of MUMBAI, OCTOBER 10 /--/ Many the legendary tycoon who had touched
thousands including top political the lives of many millions during his
gover nment for mation
leaders, captains of industry, celebs lifetime through his industries, social,
further. Earlier, all the
and commoners bid a tearful farewell educational, health and philanthropic
newly elected MLAs of to the legendary business giant and a activities. At some squares and
the National Conference genteel Parsi, Ratan Naval Tata at his thoroughfares, there were large
(NC) met at party final journey on Thursday. hoardings with photos of Tata and
headquarters Nawa-i- Battling with age-related health tributes by the common folk expressing
Subah to elect their issues at the Breach Candy Hospital their sentiments and gratitude to their
leader, who is most likely since Monday, Tata (86) breathed his iconic hero. At the Worli Crematorium’s
to be the chief minister as last shortly before midnight on prayer hall, barely 200 VVIPs and close
well, in the Jammu and Wednesday, plunging the world of family members were permitted to offer
Kashmir assembly. The industry and corporates into gloom. His wreaths and flowers to Tata’s remains
mortal remains were taken to the NCPA kept there for some time. Later, it was

CYMK
NC has emerged as the
single largest party in the Lawns this mor ning to enable the taken to the cremation spot by a police
assembly polls with 42 people to pay their last respects before team, a police band played the Last Post,
seats and has a the funeral at the Worli Crematorium accorded him a gun salute, and
in the evening. Since morning, removed and folded the Tricolour
comfortable majority in
thousands of people and dignitaries, which was handed over to a relative.
the 95-member House as
including Union Home Minister Amit NRI diamantaire from the USA, Ketan
its alliance partners Shah, Maharashtra Chief Minister R. Kakkad, who woke up and broke
Congress and CPI(M) Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister tributes to Tata’s memory and his down this morning over the shocking
have won six seats and Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, contributions to the country. After the news, remembered how he was
one seat respectively. Speaker Rahul Narwekar, Central and teeming crowds at Nariman Point, this fortunate to host Tata for three days in
The meeting was state ministers, MPs, legislators and afternoon Tata’s glass-topped coffin New York and Washington in the late
convened by party leaders of all political parties turned draped in the Tricolour was mounted 1990s when he had gone there as part of
president and Omar's up to pay their respects. India’s top in a closed flower-bedecked van which a high-level business delegation of the
father Farooq Celebration of Durga Puja festival begins throughout Assam. A puja celebration industrialist tycoons including sped off to the Prayer Hall and Bihar government.
Abdullah.PTI venue at Dibrugarh in the state – UB Photos Mukesh Ambani, his wife Nita Ambani Crematorium at Worli, some 12 km “Those days are my most cherished
and their family members, away. memories, I witnessed his simplicity,
representatives or heads of leading His head, covered in a typical red humility, his sheer patience at the antics

Arunachal: Doctors at TRIHMS perform business families like the Piramals,

Godrejs, Hindujas, Mahindras, Bajajs,
Birlas and more attended and paid
Parsi prayer cap and body in a
traditional community attire, was
visible from the coffin at the NCPA
of some of the politicians who came
with the delegation, and although he
was the jewel at all the events,

rare surgery on one-month-old girl homage to the departed star of the

country’s business galaxy.
Other notables included
Lawns and the Prayer Hall in Worli, as
Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Parsi
religious men chanted prayers and
maintained a low profile throughout,”
Kakkad told in an emotionally-choked
voice. A Nagpur government employee
ITANAGAR, OCTOBER 10 /--/ A team led by TRIHMS's month-old baby girl with Nationalist Congress Party (SP) reverently stood beside. Hundreds of and social worker Khushroo Poacha
Doctors at the Tomo Riba Department of Ophthalmology Retinopathy of Prematurity President Sharad Pawar, Working vehicles carrying the police, security, narrated how on February 14, 2005, he
Institute of Health and Medical assistant professor Dr Taw (ROP) Plus Disease was President Supriya Sule, Jayant Patil, political and other VVIPs plus hordes had sent a fax to Tata at his Bombay
Sciences (TRIHMS) in Anne Dipu performed the successfully treated with Jitendra Awhad, Shiv Sena (UBT) of media persons zoomed along the House (Mumbai) office for assistance to
Arunachal Pradesh's surgery. She was assisted by Dr intravitreal anti-VEGF under President Uddhav Thackeray, wife Mumbai Coastal Road, even as normal host his helpline,
Naharlagun treated a one- Pepu Jini and Dr Nandan of the topical anaesthesia for the first Rashmi, son Aditya, Arvind Sawant, traffic movement was halted for some www.indianblooddonors.com portal.
month-old girl who was Department of Pediatrics. time in Arunachal Pradesh," MP, Congress’ former Chief Ministers time. En route, on both sides, there were The social media was flooded with
diagnosed with retinopathy of Chief Minister Pema Khandu posted on X. Sushilkumar Shinde, Prithviraj many thousands of Mumbaikars, many similar big and small gestures of Tata
prematurity plus disease, Khandu congratulated the team "...this groundbreaking Chavan, Leader of Opposition Vijay with moist eyes, raising their hands in that left an everlasting impression on
officials said on Thursday. of doctors for the first such procedure highlights their Wadettiwar, state chief Nana Patole, a symbolic ‘Goodbye, Tata’, some thousands of people from all over the
The girl was treated with surgery in the state. commitment to delivering Balasaheb Thorat, Satej Bunty Patil. carrying small posters or placards with world, directly or indirectly, his love for
intravitreal anti-VEGF "Heartiest congratulations advanced healthcare to our Maharashtra Navnir man Sena his photos as the motorcade zipped dogs and a full-fledged animal care
(vascular endothelial growth to the dedicated team at people. Kudos to the team for President Raj Thackeray and his away. Before Worli, there were many hospital at a cost of Rs 165 crore in
factor) under topical TRIHMS for achieving yet their tireless efforts and family, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi more thousands of locals who had Mahalaxmi for 200 ‘patients,’ that was
anaesthesia, they said. another medical milestone! A 1- service!" he said. PTI President Prakash Ambedkar and trooped out on the roads and stood on inaugurated in July 2024, and other
others also visited or paid glowing both sides, hoping to catch a glimpse of touching experiences. Agencies

Chief Ministers of NE states mourn iconic industrialist Ratan Tata’s death

GUWAHATI, OCTOBER 10 /-- hearts and minds of the people visionary industrialist and a Lalduhoma wrote on his X
/ The Chief Ministers of the of Assam. He took a giant leap of true inspiration to millions. His handle: "Deeply saddened by the
northeastern states on Thursday faith for the welfare of Assam. profound impact on Indian passing of Shri Ratan Tata, a
mourned the demise of iconic He was deeply passionate about industry and his unwavering titan of Indian industry whose
industrialist and Chairman improving healthcare in the commitment to philanthropy humility and compassion
Emeritus of the Tata Group, state and with his vision we gave will remain a legacy that touched millions. His ethical
Ratan Tata, who passed away birth to the Assam Cancer Care transcends generations. The loss leadership and philanthropy
late on Wednesday night at the Foundation," the Chief Minister is immeasurable, and my will inspire generations.
age of 86. said. Sarma said that Ratan Tata thoughts are with his family and Heartfelt condolences to the
Assam Chief Minister played an instrumental role in all those whose lives he touched. Tata family." Meghalaya Chief
Himanta Biswa Sarma conferred setting up Tata's Semiconductor May his soul rest in peace," Minister Conrad K. Sangma in a
the state government's "Assam facility in Jagiroad and creating Manipur Chief Minister N. video message said that he was a
Baibhav", the state's highest several employment Biren Singh wrote on X. very well known personality not
civilian award, to Ratan Tata at opportunities for our youth. "For Arunachal Pradesh Chief just because he transformed the
an event in Mumbai's Taj me, it's a personal loss," he said. Minister Pema Khandu said in a industrial sector but also for his
Wellington Mews in February "My every interaction with post on X: "India has lost a philanthropic work and
2022. The Assam Chief Minister him left me wiser, the most towering figure today with the especially for his kindness to
said in a post on X: "Ratan Tata's recent being when I visited him passing of Padma Vibhushan people of all stature.
legacy is one of compassion, in Mumbai to thank him for the Shri Ratan Tata ji. His vision, "He will live for his
statesmanship and unshakeable Semiconductor project and integrity, and dedication to the kindness, simplicity and
conviction in India's growth having faith in Assam's abilities nation transformed industries humility. Many of his
story. His life is defined by as an industrial base. His and lives. A guiding light for programmes, like Meghalaya
building an enterprise and simplicity and humility is generations, his legacy of Baby League were launched by
giving back to society." Sarma something I will never forget. compassion and leadership will Tata Trusts for the development
said that with his demise, the His death leaves a huge void continue to inspire. My of football among the
people of Assam have lost one which cannot be filled. inspirational leader. Om Shanti!" entrepreneurial spirit, and his colleagues, and everyone condolences to his family, youngsters. During the Covid
of its biggest well-wishers. "My thoughts and prayers the Assam CM said. Condoling commitment to social whose lives he touched. May his friends, and the entire Tata pandemic period people of
"Shri Tata, a recipient of are with the members of the Ratan Tata's death, Tripura responsibility have inspired soul rest in peace." group. May his soul rest in Meghalaya and other states
Assam's highest civilian award, Tata family and the nation Chief Minister Manik Saha said: generations. My heartfelt "Deeply saddened by the eternal peace.” benefited a lot," Sangma said.
occupied a special place in the which mourns the loss of an "His visionary leadership, condolences to the Tata family, passing of Shri Ratan Tata Ji, a Mizoram Chief Minister Agencies

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India-ASEAN friendship UN agency for Palestinians warns Gaza aid work
important in times of may 'disintegrate' if Israeli legislation passed
UNITED NATIONS, OCT UNRWA's thousands of staff end its mandate arbitrarily the provision of shelter, in recent history have we

conflicts, tensions in 10 /--/ The head of the UN

agency for Palestinian
refugees warned on
members participated in
the October 7, 2023, Hamas'
attacks that sparked the war
and prematurely in the
absence of a long-promised
political solution. When
food and health care to
Palestinians as winter
approaches. More than
witnessed suffering and
destruction of the size, scale
and scope that we see in

the world: PM Modi Wednesday that if pending

Israeli legislation
adopted, all humanitarian
operations in Gaza and the
is
in Gaza. The UN has fired
more than a dozen staffers
after internal investigations
found they may have
UNRWA was created by the
UN General Assembly in
1949, it was meant to
provide health care,
650,000 children would lose
any hope of resuming their
education and an entire
generation would be
Gaza. Israel's offensive has
killed over 42,000
Palestinians, according to
the Gaza Health Ministry,
West Bank may participated in the attacks education and welfare sacrificed, Lazzarini said. In which does not say how
disintegrate, leaving that killed 1,200 people in many were fighters. It has
hundreds of thousands of Israel. said women and children
people in dire need as war Israeli UN Ambassador make up over half of the
rages. Philippe Lazzarini Danny Danon told the dead.
told the UN Security Security Council that Doughten said nearly
Council that senior Israeli UNRWA has allowed Hamas every one of the more than
officials are bent on to infiltrate its ranks and 2 million people in Gaza
destroying the UN body that this infiltration is so receives some form of aid or
known as UNRWA, which is ingrained, so institutional, service provision from
the main provider of that the organisation is UNRWA. US Ambassador
humanitarian aid in Gaza, simply beyond repair. Linda Thomas-Greenfield
the Palestinian territory Danon noted that the head expressed concern at recent
rocked by a year of war of Gaza's teachers union Israeli government actions
between Israel and Hamas. was recently killed in limiting the delivery of
An Israeli Lebanon and revealed as a services to about 700,000 the West Bank, he said, the goods into Gaza.
VIENTIANE, OCT 10 /--/ given new energy, direction "India-ASEAN friendship, parliamentary committee Hamas commander, saying Palestinian refugees from delivery of education, These restrictions,
Prime Minister Narendra and momentum to the coordination dialogue and approved a pair of bills this this showed that UNRWA the 1948 conflict with Israel. primary health care and combined with new
Modi on Thursday said historic ties between India cooperation is very week that would ban has been infiltrated to the Today, it provides such emergency aid to hundreds bureaucratic limits on
India-ASEAN friendship and ASEAN nations. "In the important at a time when UNRWA from operating in point where terrorists are services to about 6 million of thousands of Palestinian humanitarian goods
was very important at a past decade, India-ASEAN several parts of the world Israeli territory and end all running classrooms, Palestinian refugees and refugees would grind to a arriving from Jordan and
time when parts of the trade has doubled and now are facing conflicts and
contact between the indoctrinating future their descendants in the halt. the closure of most border
world were facing conflicts stands at more than USD 130 tensions," he said. Modi
government and the UN generations and hiding in West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, UN Secretary-General crossings in recent weeks,
and tensions. Addressing billion," he said. arrived here in Laos on a
agency. The bill needs final plain sight under the banner Syria and Lebanon. Antonio Guterres told will only intensify the
the 21st India-ASEAN The Prime Minister said two-day visit to attend the
approval from the Knesset, of the United Nations. Lazzarini stressed that reporters Tuesday that he suffering in Gaza, she said.
Summit here, Modi also said he believed that the 21st ASEAN-India and East Asia
he had announced the Act century, also called the Asian summits and further deepen Israel's parliament. UNRWA had suspended the entire humanitarian has written to Israeli Prime Thomas-Greenfield said the
East Policy 10 years ago and century, is the century of engagement with countries Lazzarini said in a video the union leader in March response in Gaza rests on Minister Benjamin United States, a close ally of
in the past decade it had India and ASEAN nations. in the groupings. (PTI) briefing that legally, the when allegations of his ties UNRWA's infrastructure Netanyahu to express Israel, is following with
Knesset legislation violates to Hamas emerged and and that it may disintegrate profound concern about the deep concern Israel's

India plays crucial geopolitical role Israel's obligation under the

United Nations Charter and
international law". Israel has
launched an investigation.
Lazzarini urged
Security Council to shield
the
if the Israeli legislation is
adopted. The halt to
coordination with Israel, he
legislation. Lisa Doughten, a
director in the
humanitarian office, told
UN
proposed legislation, saying
it reflects the significant
distrust between Israel and

from American standpoint: USISPF alleged that some of the agency from efforts to said, would further disrupt the council that few times UNRWA". (AP)

WASHINGTON, OCT 10 /-
-/ India plays a pivotal role
Aghi's remarks came ahead
of the annual India
invest in India, they create
jobs in India, they bring in Taiwan celebrates National
geopolitically from an Leadership Summit of the technology into India, and
American perspective and
offers US companies the
USISPF on October 14.
Several top American
become part of the source
of the de-risking supply
Day holiday against
opportunity to de-risk from
China in the manufacturing
business leaders, including
CEOs of Fortune 100, are
chain, he said. He said the
stress point between China
background of Chinese threats
sector, the head of a top heading to New Delhi to and the US will go higher TAIPEI, OCT 10 /--/ Taiwan celebrated its National
India-centric American attend the event. The and deeper, regardless of Day holiday Thursday against the background of
business and strategic summit will feature who comes in after the threats from China, which claims the self-governing
advocacy group has said. thought-provoking sessions November 5 presidential island republic as its own territory. The celebration
The economic growth story and panel discussions to election. "China has its marks the establishment of the Republic of China,
of India is tremendous. advance and strengthen the ambition. China also will which overthrew the Qing Dynasty in 1911 and fled to
India is among very few India-US partnership. We not treat India as an equal Taiwan as Mao Zedong's Communists swept to power
large economies which are have potential investors and partner. So, there's an on the mainland during a civil war in 1949. Taiwan was
growing seven to eight per also in startups and looking incentive for India to run under martial law until transitioning to full
cent, Mukesh Aghi, the at technology companies. cautiously look at its democracy in the 1980s and 1990s but maintains the
President and CEO of the We have a perfect ecosystem partnership with China. original constitution brought from China and the ROC
US-India Strategic and looking at the US-India But more important is that flag.
Partnership Forum relationship, both from a India needs to create jobs. I President Lai Ching-te took office in May,
(USISPF), said on geopolitical perspective strongly believe it's the US continuing the eight-year rule of the Democratic
Wednesday. From an and also from a business companies who can bring in Progressive Party that rejects China's demand that it
American perspective, perspective, he said. the investment, who can
recognize Taiwan is a part of China. The Nationalists
India plays a "pivotal role" The USISPF's visiting bring in the technology, who
UN Security Council briefing at UN Hqrs in New York on humanitarian situation in adhere to a unification stance that recognizes both
geopolitically, he said. Board Delegation will can bring in the
Gaza sides of the Taiwan Strait as a single nation.
"India is one economy convene in New Delhi and governance structure, who
Thursday's commemorations were to include speeches
which is providing market interact with India's key can bring in the supply
opportunity, especially to
US companies that come in
and invest and gain market
decision-makers in a day-
long agenda packed with
riveting discussions to
chain into India itself," he
said.
Yes, there are other
Prioritise elderly care, Xi says as China's by Lai and others, performances in front of the
Presidential Office Building in Taipei, including an
honor guard, military marching band and overflight by
share. It is an economy
which is providing de-
dissect the pertinent issues
across trade, defence,
countries also, but I think
the US, with its muscle, both
ageing population touches 300 million military aircraft, but no display of heavy military
equipment as seen in years past.
risking from China itself in technology, energy, and from a technology BEIJING, OCT 10 /--/ Chinese President had to endure the strictly enforced decades- Maintaining its military pressure on Taiwan,
the manufacturing area, people-to-people ties. This perspective and also capital Xi Jinping on Thursday directed his party old one-child policy, are mostly dependent China's People's Liberation Army sent 15 planes across
Aghi told PTI in an is our annual summit where perspective, can help create to focus on the country's rapidly growing on state social security support putting the median line in the Taiwan Strait, prompting
interview. What we are we assess the last 12 months jobs for 1.5 million Indians population of the elderly, whose numbers pressure on the state finances amid the Taiwan to scramble jets, dispatch ships and activate
seeing is the Indian of the progress between the who are coming to the job touched 300 million, adding to the flagging economy. Officials said besides the missile systems. (AP)
economy is not just two countries. That could market," he said. India must demographic crises accentuated by falling rising ageing population, China faces a
becoming a market be geopolitical. It could be leverage the United States marriage and birth rates. China's population serious demographic crisis, largely attributed
opportunity, it's becoming
an opportunity
manufacturing...But more
for
economic. It could be
people-to-people
technology
or
itself,
both from a geopolitical and
an economic partnership
perspective, he said. "I think
aged 60 years and above approached 300
million by the end of 2023. Projections
suggest it will exceed 400 million by 2035 and
to the one-child policy. It was finally scrapped
in 2016 per mitting all couples to have two
children. China revised the population policy
Nobel Prize in literature is
important is we are seeing a
growth of global capability
investment very much,"
Aghi said. At this time the
when we look at the
relationship, it is a win-win
reach 500 million by 2050, state-run Xinhua
news agency reported on Thursday.
in 2021 allowing people to have three
children in an attempt to address the
awarded to South Korean
centres in India," Aghi said. USISPF, he said, is playing relationship, and the focus Greeting the elderly people on the eve of reluctance of couples to have more kids due
The Indian economy is
expected to gain momentum
the role of a matchmaker
between American
has to be on trying to drive at
least top 50 companies
the country's Seniors' Day, which falls on
Friday, Xi urged the ruling Communist Party
to mounting costs. Amid mounting costs of
pensions and geriatric care, China last month
author Han Kang for her
in 2025, he said. India is
exporting roughly almost
USD 125 billion of services.
companies and India.
"Our agenda is to make
sure that these companies
coming to India and make
them successful, Aghi said.
(PTI)
committees and governments at all levels to
prioritise work related to the elderly. The
rising numbers of the Chinese elderly, who
raised the retirement age of the working
population creating ripples of resentment
among the public.(PTI)
'intense poetic prose'
STOCKHOLM, OCT 10 /--/ The Nobel Prize in literature
was awarded Thursday to South Korean author Han Kang

More than 2 million without power as Hurricane for what the Nobel committee called her intense poetic
prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the
fragility of human life. Mats Malm, permanent secretary
of the Swedish Academy's Nobel Committee, announced

Milton slams Florida, causes deaths and flooding

TAMPA (US), OCT 10 /--/ stadium. More than 2 was downgraded to a This is it, folks, said questions if they got in the conditions deteriorating
the prize in Stockholm. Han, 53, won the International
Booker Prize in 2016 for The Vegetarian, an unsettling
novel in which a woman's decision to stop eating meat has
devastating consequences. Her novel Human Acts was an
Hurricane Milton plowed million homes and Category 2 storm. By late Cathie Perkins, emergency car and left: Where to sleep, throughout the day. Six to 12 International Booker Prize finalist in 2018.
into Florida as a Category 3 businesses were without Wednesday, the hurricane management director in if they'd be able to fill up inches (15 to 31 centimeters)
storm Wednesday, bringing power in Florida, according had maximum sustained Pinellas County, which sits their gas tank, and if they of rain, with up to 18 inches
misery to a coast still to poweroutage.us, which winds of about 105 mph (165 on the peninsula that forms could even find a safe route (46 centimeters) in some
ravaged by Helene, tracks utility reports. The kph) and storm surge Tampa Bay. Those of you out of the state. The thing is places, was expected well
pounding cities with winds highest number of outages warnings were in effect for who were punched during it's so difficult to evacuate in inland, bringing the risk of
of over 100 mph (160 kph) were in Hardee County, as parts of Florida's Gulf and Hurricane Helene, this is a peninsula, she said. In catastrophic flooding. One
after producing a barrage of well as neighboring Atlantic coastlines. Heavy going to be a knockout. You most other states, you can go twister touched down
tornadoes, but sparing Sarasota and Manatee rains were also likely to need to get out, and you in any direction to get out. Wednesday morning in the
Tampa a direct hit. The counties. Before Milton cause flooding inland along need to get out now. By late In Florida there are only so lightly populated
storm tracked to the south even made landfall, rivers and lakes as Milton afternoon, some officials many roads that take you Everglades and crossed
in the final hours and made tornadoes were touching traverses the Florida said the time had passed for north or south." Interstate 75. Another
landfall in Siesta Key near down across the state. The Peninsula as a hurricane, such efforts, suggesting that At a news conference in apparent tornado touched
Sarasota, about 70 miles Spanish Lakes Country eventually to emerge in the people who stayed behind Tallahassee, Gov. Ron down in Fort Myers,
(112 kilometers) south of Club near Fort Pierce, on Atlantic Ocean on hunker down instead. By DeSantis described snapping tree limbs and
Tampa. The situation in the Florida's Atlantic Coast, Thursday. It is expected to the evening, some counties deployment of a wide range tearing a gas station's The literature prize has long faced criticism that it is
Tampa area was still a major was hit particularly hard, impact the heavily announced they had of resources, including canopy to shreds. too focused on European and North American writers of
emergency as St. with homes destroyed and populated Orlando area. suspended emergency 9,000 National Guard Authorities issued style-heavy, story-light prose. It has also been male-
Petersburg recorded over 16 some residents killed. We The storm slammed into services. Jackie Curnick members from Florida and mandatory evacuation dominated, with just 17 women among its 119 laureates so
inches (41 centimeters) of have lost some life, St. Lucie a region still reeling two said she wrestled with her other states; over 50,000 orders across 15 Florida far. The last woman to win was Annie Ernaux of France, in
rain, prompting the County Sheriff Keith weeks after Hurricane decision to stay aat home in utility workers from as far counties with a total 2022.
National Weather Service to Pearson told WPBF News, Helene flooded streets and Sarasota, just north of as California; and highway population of about 7.2 Six days of Nobel announcements opened Monday
warn of flash flooding. though he wouldn't say how homes in western Florida where the storm made patrol cars with sirens to million people. Officials with Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun winning
Tropicana Field, the many people were killed. and left at least 230 people landfall. But with a 2-year- escort gasoline tankers to warned that anyone staying the medicine prize. Two founding fathers of machine
home of the Tampa Bay About 125 homes were dead across the South. In old son and a baby girl due replenish supplies so behind must fend for learning John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won the
Rays in St. Petersburg, destroyed before the many places along the coast, Oct. 29, Curnick and her people could fill up their themselves, because first physics prize on Tuesday. On Wednesday, three scientists
appeared to be badly hurricane came ashore, municipalities raced to husband thought it was for tanks before evacuating. responders were not who discovered powerful techniques to decode and even
damaged. Television many of them mobile homes collect and dispose of the best. Curnick said they Unfortunately, there will be expected to risk their lives design novel proteins were awarded the Nobel Prize in
images Wednesday night in communities for senior debris before Milton's started packing Monday to fatalities. I don't think attempting rescues at the chemistry. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday
showed that the fabric that citizens, said Kevin winds and storm surge evacuate, but they couldn't there's any way around that, height of the storm. St. and the economics award on October 14.
serves as the domed Guthrie, the director of the could toss it around and find any available hotel DeSantis said. Petersburg Mayor Ken The prize carries a cash award of 11 million Swedish
building's roof had been Florida Division of compound any damage. rooms, and the few they Heavy rain and Welch told residents to kronor (USD 1 million) from a bequest left by the award's
ripped to shreds. It was not Emergency Management. Officials had issued dire came by were too tornadoes lashed parts of expect long power outages creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. The laureates are
immediately clear if there About 90 minutes after warnings to flee or face grim expensive. She said there southern Florida starting and the possible shutdown invited to receive their awards at ceremonies on December
was damage inside the making landfall, Milton odds of survival. were too many unanswered Wednesday morning, with of the sewer system. (AP) 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death. (AP)
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The Tata effect on Indian sports: Ratan Tata’s demise mourned by India stalwarts
MUMBAI, OCT 10 /--/ From legacy. We have been the onwards. Five-time world academy in Jamshedpur in about the passing of Shri Ratan
the time Sir Dorabji Tata torchbearer of sports with 19 champion and Indian chess 2019. Tata ji. He was a visionary, and
sponsored a handful of Indian sporting verticals from legend Viswanathan Anand "...perhaps for the last time I'll never forget the
athletes to the 1920 Antwerp football, hockey, archery to was among the first sports he was here," the official said. conversation I had with him.
Olympics, Tata group has been horse riding, boxing, karate, icons to pay tributes to the late Hockey India said Ratan He inspired this entire nation.
a constant in India's sporting racket sports. You name it, we industrialist, saying that he Tata will be remembered as a I pray that his loved ones find
landscape and the have it," an official involved "touched all our lives". "shining gem". strength. Om Shanti," posted
conglomerate's involvement with the JRD Tata Sports "It is with profound sadness "Your vision and endless India's track-and-field
only grew under Ratan Tata, Academy, which was that we bid farewell to a giant contribution to our nation will Olympic gold-winner, Neeraj
who considered sport a "way of inaugurated in 1991 in of industry and philanthropy. never be forgotten. Your legacy Chopra.
life". Jamshedpur, told PTI. The We received our Padma will forever live with us till India’s first-ever Olympics
The chairman emeritus of growth in Tata Group's Vibhushan together, and I was eter nity. Hockey India pays medal winner in badminton,
Tata Sons died here at the age sporting involvement under truly touched by his humility tribute to one of Modern India's Saina Nehwal described him
of 86 on Wednesday after being Ratan Tata was the and genteel nature," Anand Pioneers - Ratan Naval Tata," it as a great man.
admitted to a hospital on continuation of a legacy. After wrote on X. added. The legendary Sachin "Ratan Tata sir aapki
Monday for "age and related all, Sir Dorabji Tata, who "The chess fraternity owes Tendulkar said Ratan Tata's legacy hamesha humare saath
medical conditions". His death played cricket, tennis and much to the traditions that are legacy will continue through rahegi. RIP (sic). (A great man
triggered an avalanche of football, was the first President so closely associated with the his foundations. and true visionary. Tata sir
tributes from eminent of the Indian Olympic Tata Group. @tatasteelchess in "In his life, and demise, Mr your legacy will always
personalities from all walks of Association (1924). This was Holland is an event that made Ratan Tata has moved the remain with us," she said.
life and sports was no different. after he had financed the us chess players particularly nation. I was fortunate to spend One of India's greatest spin
From being the title sponsor of Olympic appearance of four proud, especially when the time with him, but millions, bowlers and former captain
the glitzy Indian Premier track-and-field athletes and Tatas took over Corus, and later has been supplying national the country," the official who have never met him, feel Anil Kumble said, "Mr. Ratan
League of cricket to supporting two wrestlers at the Antwerp starting a new tradition with level footballers since early associated with JRD sports the same grief that I feel today. Tata's contribution extends far
lesser-followed sports like Games, helping organise their @tschessindia," he added. '90s with its some of its noted complex said. Such is his impact," Tendulkar beyond business. His legacy of
archery to owning a football trials in Pune as well. "The chess world and I offer alumni being current All India "He (Ratan Tata) was there wrote. The Tata Archery giving back to society will
team in the Indian Super Tata Steel Chess, which is our deepest condolences to Football Federation head and at the launch of Jamshedpur Academy in Jamshedpur has continue to inspire future
League to sponsoring a high- also called the 'Wimbledon of @RNTata2000, a human being former goalkeeper Kalyan FC in the ISL in 2017. he been the training ground for ace generations. Rest in peace."
profile chess tournament, the chess', is a marquee event on who touched all our lives and Chaubey, Rennedy Singh, interacted with the players and Indian archers Deepika "An institution who
Tata group has been deeply global chess calendar, held at always stood for the good of Dipendu Biswas and Kiran coaches, took photos with Kumari and Atanu Das for embodied Excellence, Vision
involved with the country's Wijk Aan Zee, the Netherlands. society. Rest in peace," Anand Khongsai. them. They also presented him several years. Given Tata and Humility. A Philanthropist
sporting ecosystem. Most of It wasn't always known that. It continued. Tata Foootball "TFA has played a with a signed jersey. He was Group's involvement in India's par excellence. A massive loss
this involvement grew during was Corus Chess Tournament Academy started back in 1987 pioneering role in Indian very happy to see the team Olympic movement, it was to society. Condolences to the
Ratan Tata's tenure. for the longest time before Tata under Russi Mody, the then football by focusing on coming up and playing in the hardly a surprise to see an entire Tata family. God bless
"He always believed in Steel took over the title sponsor chairman of Tata Steel, who nurturing young talent and top tier ISL," he recalled. The outpouring of tributes from his soul #RatanTata," wrote
'sports is the way of life' and we company, thereby claiming the had the backing of Ratan Tata contributing significantly to enigmatic businessman was some of country's top athletes. former India player and coach
are happy to carry forward the rights of this event from 2007 for the project. The academy the development of football in there to launch the hockey "I'm very sorry to hear Ravi Shastri. (PTI)

Message for Rinku Singh: Nitish Kumar Reddy credits Gautam Gambhir for all-
Whatever happens, maarte jaao round show after powering India’s win in 2nd T20I
NEW DELHI, OCT 10 /--/ The big-hitting
Rinku Singh says head coach Gautam NEW DELHI, OCT 10 /--/ India all- us was like, he was telling me that
Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy said maybe it is God’s plan. We were just
have empowered Indian players to express the idea was to take on the believing (in) it and we were just
themselves on the field, embrace their Bangladeshi spinners and credited hitting the balls,” Reddy said in a
natural style while being relentless in head coach Gautam Gambhir for video shared by BCCI. Rinku, who
attacking. Rinku blasted 53 runs off 29 balls boosting his confidence after his all- scored 53 off 29 balls with five fours
at No 5 while forming a crucial 108-run round effort powered the hosts to an and three sixes, said the pair
partnership off 49 balls with Nitish Kumar 86-run win in the second T20I here. decided to take the attack to the
Reddy (74), laying the foundation for India's India, who had lost to Bangladesh opposition.
86-run victory over Bangladesh in the the last time these two teams “We were enjoying our batting.
second T20I here on Wednesday. clashed here, landed in trouble I just said it is God’s plan, just keep
"The coach and captain have asked us to with their top order blown away hitting and leave it on the one
play our game and whatever the situation inside the powerplay but Reddy and above. Nitesh bhai also batted
(is), the message from them is maarte jao Rinku Singh joined forces to turn well,” said Rinku. “It was only his
ball ko (just keep hitting the ball)," Rinku the tables on Bangladesh. The pair second international match and it
said at the post-match press conference put on108 runs for the fourth wicket felt really good watching him,” he
after India took an unassailable 2-0 lead. from 49 balls to take the game away added. Rinku looked at his record
"(The) coach has asked us to back from Bangladesh, with Reddy with pride saying he has won each
ourselves and play your game. He has clobbering seven sixes and four series that he has played for India
given us full freedom to hit the ball," added fours to make 74 from a mere 34 and expressed his wish to continue
Rinku, who has worked with Gambhir at balls. doing that. “This was my third of
Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL. Rinku, who “The conversation that we were century in T20Is and all three have
has more often than not found himself having (was) a smooth conversation, come in situations where India have
Rinku Singh celebrated his fifty in style
batting towards ending stages, was called we were not taking any pressure. We lost early wickets have been lost and
into action in the sixth over on Wednesday Sanju (Samson) and Surya bhai got out then did not plan anything about the I got the chance to bat and I made a
after India were reduced to 41/3 inside the Reddy told me that ball phass rahi hai (the score. We saw the spinner coming on fifty,” he said. “I have won all the
powerplay. The dashing batter from UP gave ball is sticking on the wicket). to bowl, and we thought that this series with the Indian team since I
an insight into his mindset. "At the position "I batted accordingly and then the was the main over and we should started playing, so I would want to
I play, I get batting at different junctures of wicket got a little better. We were discussing take him on,” he said in a video remain with the team and the key
the game. Whenever I get batting earlier, that we should get a (good) partnership first shared by BCCI. keep winning,” added Rinku, who
my aim is to take singles and doubles and and get the momentum. We started with “To be honest, I should thank Nitish Kumar Reddy getting Man of the Match awards also has ‘God’ plan’ tattooed on his
attack the bad balls," he said. singles and then Reddy hit sixes and the Gautam sir for this. He gave a lot of arm. Rinku said India skipper
"When I come to bat with 2-3 overs left, momentum changed." The UP all-rounder, confidence in me. He told me to he added. Reddy said he was live in this moment,” he said. Suryakumar Yadav urges his
my aim is to hit more fours and sixes. My who will next be seen in the Ranji Trophy, believe in my bowling.” grateful for being adjudged the “Once I got to know that from players to remain aggressive and
main aim is to collect more and more runs sees himself playing all the three formats. “(He said) 'when you are Player of the Match. here you should take on. I just knew play their natural game.
for the team." He revealed that the ball was "I do see myself as an all for mat player, bowling, you should think like a "Playing for India is in itself a that I will take on the bowlers. I was “Surya bhai has asked us to be
not coming properly on to the bat initially. wherever I get the opportunity I will play," bowler and not as a batsman who can proud moment and getting the man backing myself saying ‘you can do aggressive and play our natural
"When the match started, the ball was he said. The third and final T20I will be bowl'. That is what he kept telling of the match (award), I feel so this’, added Reddy, who returned 4- game, just back our shots and show
not coming properly on to the bat. When played in Hyderabad on Saturday. (PTI) me and that somehow boosted me,” grateful for this and I just want to 0-23-2. “The conversation between our energy,” he said. (PTI)

Latham looks forward to 22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal GAMES NOTES
giving own spin to Kiwi brand announces retirement from professional tennis Diksha Dagar leads home challenge
MADRID, OCT 10 /--/ Rafael Nadal
of cricket in India tour in women’s Indian Open
announced his impending retirement
from tennis on Thursday at age 38 after NEW DELHI, OCT 10 /--/ The seasoned Diksha Dagar will
WELLINGTON, OCT 10 /- winning 22 Grand Slam singles titles spearhead the Indian challenge in a strong field for this
-/ Newly-appointed New during an unprecedented era he month's Hero Women's Indian Open 2024, where reigning
Zealand Test captain Tom shared with his rivals in the so-called Ladies European Tour Order of Merit leader Chiara
Latham says he is looking Big Three, Roger Federer and Novak Tamburlini of Switzerland will be among the strongest
forward to his Djokovic. Nadal said he will retire contender. The event will be held from October 24 to 27 at
progression from a after next month's Davis Cup finals. the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram. The region's
"caretaker" to a full-time “Really, everything I have premier event, offering a total purse of USD 400,000, will
leader of the side that will experienced has been a dream come witness the return of nine players who secured spots within
allow him to put his "own true," Nadal said in an announcement the Top 10 during the 2023 edition. Diksha, who secured third
spin on things" starting on social media. "I leave with the place last year, and Gaurika Bishnoi, who finished eighth,
with the tour of India this absolute peace of mind of having will be the major Indian names in the field. The three former
week. given my best, of having made an champions in the field are Christine Wolf (2019), Camille
Latham, who has effort in every way” The Spaniard
Chevalier (2017) and Caroline Hedwall (2011). The field is
captained the Black Caps indicated his decision was related to
further bolstered by the participation of several notable
Test side in nine previous persistent injury problems.
players, including Trichat Cheenglab of Thailand, the
matches, took over as full “The reality is that it has been
winner of the 2023 Order of Merit, the organisers said in a
time captain from Tim some difficult years, these last two
press release. Another former OOM winner, Lee Anne Pace
Southee, who stepped especially. I don't think I have been
able to play without limitations. It is of South Africa, who claimed the LET top spot in 2010, will
down last week. He will
obviously a difficult decision, one that also be competing. Additionally, the 2010 winner, Caroline
lead a 15-strong squad,
has taken me some time to make. But Hedwall, who received the honour of Players Player of the
including Southee, to
India on Friday for the in this life, everything has a beginning Year in 2011, will be present. Swiss golfer Tamburlini has
three-match series and an end,” Nadal said. Nadal's claimed two victories -- Joburg Ladies Open in April and the
starting October 16. unrelenting, physical style of play — The world, tennis or otherwise, was Lacoste Open de France just two weeks ago. Amateur Avani
every point pursued as though it were “The reality is that it has been fascinated by their matchups, their Prashanth, who tied for fifth place last year, has also made
"It's obviously a special
feeling to be named full- his last, sprinting and sliding into some difficult years, these last two differing styles and personalities. the list as a professional for the first time. (PTI)
time captain. It's massive place for that high-bouncing bullwhip especially. I don’t think I have been Who among those who witnessed it
honour and a huge
privilege. I think in the
a bunch of older guys, and
also some amazing talent
of a lefty forehand — made him one of
the greats of the game and the
able to play without limitations. It is could possibly forget Nadal vs.
Federer in the 2008 Wimbledon final?
Panathinaikos defender Baldock
past, it's always been a
little bit of a caretaker
coming through. So it's
certainly an exciting time
unquestioned King of Clay, the slow,
red surface on which he claimed his
obviously a difficult decision, one
that has taken me some time to
Or Nadal vs. Djokovic in the 2022
French Open quarterfinals? Or Nadal
found dead in his Athens home
ATHENS (GREECE), OCT 10 /--/ Panathinaikos defender
role...But I guess, it's a and yeah, it will be a great record 14 French Open make. But in this life, everything vs. Djokovic in the 2012 Australian
George Baldock, a former Greece international who also
different situation where challenge." The series championships. That's more than has a beginning and an end” Open final? And so on. Nadal added
anyone, man or woman, won at any one played for Sheffield United for seven seasons, has been found
I would be able to put a against India will begin in Thursday that he was excited to finish
of the sport's four major tournaments,
---Rafael Nadal dead in his Athens home, Greek media reported. He was 31.
little bit of my own spin on Bengaluru, followed by his career at the Davis Cup, which will
games in Pune and a dominance celebrated by a statue of since been surpassed by Djokovic, be played in Malaga, Spain. State-run ERT television said the body of Baldock was found
things and what that
looks like," the 32-year- Mumbai. Gary Stead will Nadal that stands near the main who is up to 24. “I am very excited that my last late Wednesday in his swimming pool in the southern suburb
old Latham said in a short lead the Kiwis' coaching entrance to the grounds of Roland “I want to thank the entire tennis tournament will be the final of the of Glyfada. The cause of death was not immediately clear.
video posted by New staff, alongside batting Garros and in the shadow of its main industry, all the people involved in Davis Cup and representing my Britain-born Baldock was called up for Greece in 2022 and
zealand Cricket. coach Luke Ronchi and stadium, Court Philippe Chatrier. this sport, my long-time colleagues, country," he said. "I think I've come full played 12 matches, the last in March in Greece's loss on
"I am not 100 per cent bowling coach Jacob Nadal also won four trophies at the U.S. especially my great rivals,” Nadal said circle since one of my first great joys penalties to Georgia in the Euro 2024 playoffs. He was not
sure yet but hopefully we Oram. Sri Lankan spin Open and two apiece at Wimbledon over images of him playing against as a professional tennis player was the in Greece's squad for Thursday's UEFA Nations League game
will see where it does look great Rangana Herath and the Australian Open, giving him a Federer and Djokovic. “I have spent Davis Cup final in Seville in 2004.” against England. Baldock joined Sheffield United in 2017
a little bit different. As a will continue his role as career Grand Slam. His last pair many hours with them and I have lived Nadal has not played since the Paris and helped the club earn promotion to the Premier League
Test team, in the past, we spin-coach for the series. arrived in 2022, at Melbourne in many moments that I will remember Olympics, where he lost to old rival twice, in 2019 and 2023. He joined Panathinaikos in May, on
have a done huge amount For mer captain and January and at Paris in June, pushing for the rest of my life.” So much of Djokovic in the second round of the a three-year contract, after Sheffield United was again
of good things. We have star batter Kane him ahead of Federer for the men's Nadal's success was seen, fairly or not, singles tournament and reached the relegated to England's second division. “Sheffield United
been successful playing a Williamson will be joining record of 20 Grand Slam titles. through the prism of his encounters quarterfinals of the men's doubles Football Club is shocked and extremely saddened to learn
brand of cricket that is the team later due to a Federer announced his retirement with Federer and Djokovic. The tennis with Carlos Alcaraz. of the passing of former player, George Baldock,” the English
true to us as Kiwis," he groin strain. He will when he was 41 the end of the 2022 world, and plenty outside of it, were “I think it is the appropriate time to club said on social media. “The defender left the club in the
added. require some rehabilitation season, shortly before bidding adieu consumed with the debate over which put an end to a career that has been long summer after seven years at Bramall Lane and was
"It's obviously a great before linking up with the by teaming with Nadal in a doubles was most deserving of the “GOAT” — and much more successful than I could extremely popular with supporters, staff and team-mates who
group, a bunch of leaders, squad. (PTI) match at the Laver Cup. Both have “Greatest Of All-Time” — moniker. have ever imagined," he said. (AP) pulled on a red and white shirt alongside him.” (AP)

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