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Karnataka Deputy CM Govind M Karjol tests positive for COVID-19

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Govind M Karjol appealed to those who had come in contact with him to exercise caution,undergo tests and get themselves quarantined.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind M Karjol on Tuesday said he has tested positive for coronavirus.

“The COVID-19 test has confirmed me to be positive and I have been hospitalised on the advice of a doctor even though I had no symptoms,” Karjol, who holds the portfolio of public works department and social welfare, tweeted, soon after attending the assembly proceedings.

He appealed to those who had come in contact with him to exercise caution,undergo tests and get themselves quarantined.

He also exuded confidence that he would soon recover from COVID-19.

Prior to him, Yediyurappa and a host of ministers, including another Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Forest Minister Anand Singh, Tourism Minister C T Ravi and Agriculture Minister B C Patil, had tested positive for coronavirus and recovered.

US has most powerful weapons ever produced, says President Donald Trump

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WASHINGTON: The US has the most powerful weapons ever produced and is the envy of the world, President Donald Trump has said, hoping that he will never have to use them, as he vowed to keep America out of “endless, ridiculous and stupid” foreign wars.

Trump said for decades, American politicians spent trillions of dollars rebuilding foreign nations, fighting foreign wars that never ended, and defending foreign borders.

“Instead of endless war, we are forging peace in the Middle East, it’s so great. Peace in the Middle East,” he said.

“We will strike down terrorists who threaten our citizens and we will keep America out of endless, ridiculous, stupid foreign wars,” he said at an election rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night.

“I am just telling you the most powerful weapons ever produced we have and other countries know that and it’s a good thing that they know it and I don’t think we will ever be using them and I hope we don’t, I hope to God,” Trump said.

The president said by saying so, he was not leaking any classified information.

He said he was allowed to speak about it because he is the president of the United States.

Trump said that he has rebuilt the US military.

“It was totally depleted when I took over. We built a military, USD 2.5 trillion we spent all made in the US saying, the greatest equipment, the greatest planes and rockets and missiles and our nuclear,” he said.

“I hate to even mention the word and hope to God we never have to use that. We have the most powerful weapons in the history of the world and we do that over a very short period of time, weapons that are so powerful that we are the envy of the world,” Trump said.

He said that he hopes that he will never have to use those weapons.

“I never want to use those weapons and hopefully we will never have to. You know the way you don’t have to use them is when you have them, it’s when you have them but nobody has ever built a force like what we have,” he said.

Trump said that he gets along with world leaders very well.

“My father taught me, he said if you can win and spend less money that’s a good thing, not a bad thing. That’s a good thing, not a bad thing, like if you get along with the leaders of other lands and don’t go to war all the time with everybody and can come out on top without having to shed blood all over the place and destroy your families and your country,” Trump said.

“Like when I get along with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, when I get along with (North Korean leader) Kim Jong-un. Whatever happened to the war we were supposed to be in with North Korea? Nothing happened.

“They said I gave away so much. I said what did I give away? They couldn’t find anything. I didn’t do anything,” he said.

Ram temple Trust applies for permission to accept donations from abroad

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Devotees from foreign countries have started sending donations for the Ram temple to the Trust, its office in-charge Prakash Gupta said.

AYODHYA: The Shri Ramjanmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust has applied for permission from the central government to accept foreign donations for the construction of Ram temple here, a Trust official said.

Devotees from foreign countries have started sending donations for the Ram temple to the Trust, its office in-charge Prakash Gupta said.

On Tuesday, the office received a cheque of 1,500 dollars from an American citizen of Indian origin.

The Trust will soon open an NRI account where the donations in foreign currencies will be deposited, he said.

Since the ground-breaking ceremony on August 5 for the Ram temple, donations have been pouring in, and the Trust’s funds have risen to Rs 75 crore, he said.

“The Trust is receiving regular donations from devotees in the country. Now devotees in foreign countries are donating through cheques, mostly in different foreign currencies,” Gupta said.

“The Trust has applied for permission from the government of India to receive these foreign donations.  The permission is likely to be granted soon, after which the Trust will open an NRI account in Punjab National Bank,” he said.

Gupta said people in large numbers are offering cash donations varying from Rs 11 to Rs 11,000.

China doubles air bases near LAC

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China doubles air bases near LAC after 2017 Doklam standoff: Stratfor

NEW DELHI: In a massive infrastructure upgrade along its borders with India post-Doklam stand-off in 2017, China is constructing at least 13 ‘entirely new’ military positions — three air bases, five permanent air defence positions and five heliports — near the Line of Actual Control, a report published by US-based global security consultancy Stratfor has revealed.

The report authored by Sim Tack said construction on four of those new heliports, in fact, started after the current border stand-off erupted in eastern Ladakh in early May.  “The 2017 Doklam crisis appears to have shifted China’s strategic objectives, with China more than doubling its total number of air bases, air defense positions and heliports near the Indian border over the past three years,” it said.

The report released on Tuesday said China’s construction drive projects a future military capability that will see long-term regional tensions with India sustained beyond the two countries’ recent stand-offs.
A significant portion of Beijing’s recent infrastructure developments is aimed directly at strengthening its ability to project air power along the entire Indian border at a time when New Delhi itself is trying to rebuild its air power, the report said.

It has drawn parallels between the Chinese infrastructure build-up along the LAC and that in South China Sea, saying the aim is to caste a discouraging effect on future Indian military action. Commenting on Indian military, it said the recent procurement of the Rafale fighter aircraft has started to provide it some relief, but more time will be required to see indigenous production and foreign acquisitions truly rebuild the IAF strength.  An Indian response is on to counter the broader strategic threat posed by the Chinese, it said. 

COVID-19 Update Deaths reach 90,000 as India tally crosses 56 lakh; virus-positive CLAT candidates can’t appear for test

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All candidates found coronavirus positive or currently under medical surveillance will not be permitted to appear for CLAT 2020 on September 28, the new guidelines stated.

India tally crossed the 56-lakh mark with a spike of 83,347 new cases and 1,085 deaths in the last 24 hours.

The total case tally in the country now stands at 5,646,011 including 9,68,377 active cases, 45,87,614 cured/discharged/migrated  and 90,020 deaths, Health Ministry’s latest update informed.

Reporting more cases of recovered ones over fresh infections for four consecutive days, India also recorded over one lakh recoveries for the first time yesterday.

On the progress front, Mumbai’s KEM Hospital has received to conduct clinical trials of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate ‘Covishield’, the process of screening volunteers for which, are set to commence from today.

Empty promises say ASHA workers, to protest

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Anganwadi, ASHA workers protest in support of demands - The Hindu

BENGALURU:  Asha health workers are on the warpath again. The devastating coronavirus outbreak and ‘empty promises’ have pushed this all-female army to breaking point. Despite calling off their strike in July after the state government’s assurance that their demands will be met, nothing has materialised till today.Now, the Karnataka Rajya Samyuktha Asha Karyakarthara Sangha, affiliated to the All India United Trade Union Centre, will go on a state-level protest on September 23 at Freedom Park in Bengaluru. ASHA workers have been frontline warriors during the Covid-19 pandemic but are paid only a paltry Rs 4,000 per month while they are demanding Rs 12,000.

 “About 500-600 ASHA workers from Bengaluru, Tumakuru, Chikkaballapur, Doddaballapur and Mysuru will protest on Wednesday,” said Durgesh Prakash, state executive committee member, AIUTUC.Apart from hike in monthly honorarium, their other demands include regular health checkups for all ASHA workers, provision of face masks, hand sanitizers, gloves and PPE kits.

The fact that the government has not even called them for negotiations has left them feeling ignored. Recently, they also submitted memorandums to BBMP Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad and National Urban Health Mission officer asking that the risk incentive given to nurses, doctors and Group D workers be extended to them. This too elicited no response.

The issue with their payment lies in the incentive component given by the Centre. There are several technical issues on the Central government portal and several times they end up getting less than they had worked for.

demands

B12,000 wages hike
Regular health check
Face masks, gloves, sanitiser
PPE kits

Two terror suspects arrested at Trivandrum airport; one allegedly involved in 2008 Bengaluru blast

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UP native Gul Nawaz linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, Kannur native Shoaib a key suspect in 2008 Bangalore blast case were arrested from Trivandrum International Airport.

The central investigation agencies on Monday arrested two persons from Trivandrum International Airport for their suspected links with terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and involvement in the 2008 Bangalore blast case.

The arrested persons have been identified as Gul Nawaz, a native of Uttar Pradesh, and Shoaib alias Fazil, a native of Kondat near Pappinissery, Kannur.

Gul Nawaz was accused of raising funds for the LeT through hawala channels to sponsor terrorist activities in the country, while Shoaib was accused in the 2008 Bengaluru blast case, sources said.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is in charge of the LeT hawala money transaction case, the Anti-Terror Cell of the Bengaluru Police is investigating the 2008 blasts in the southern city.

Sources said both the terror accused were deported from the Gulf and arrested when they landed at the Trivandrum airport. With this, a total of five persons have been arrested for terror suspected cases from Kerala within the last three days.

On Saturday, the NIA had picked three persons from the migrant workers’ settlement in Kochi.

A team of officers from the investigation agencies reached the airport premise in the evening and took the accused into the custody when the Air India repatriation flight (1532) from Riyadh landed in the airport by 6.13 pm. It is learnt that the duo were deported to the country.

Soon after they were taken into the custody, the slueths have questioned them for about 2.30 hours inside the airport. Later they were taken to Kochi for detailed interrogation. It is expected that they would be taken to Delhi and Bangalore after obtaining transit remand on Tuesday.

Nawaz was accused of raising fund for the proscribed LeT from Saudi in a case registered in 2017. The NIA had earlier arrested other accused in the case for their role in funding LeT operative Sheikh Abdul Nayeem alias Sohel Khan who was arrested and chargesheeted earlier for criminal conspiracy to carry out subversive activities in the country.

Shoaib is said to be the Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative and accused in Bangalore blast.

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