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COVID-19 LIVE: At least 26 Covid-related deaths reported in India in the last 24 hours.

New Delhi:

India on Friday reported 3,805 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of cases to 4,45,91,112, the Health ministry said.

The death count climbed to 5,28,655 with 26 more deaths in the last 24 hours, including 13 fatalities reconciled by Kerala.

The active cases comprise 0.09 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.73 per cent, the health ministry said.

A decline of 1,290 cases has been recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.29 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 1.39 per cent, according to the health ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,40,24,164, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.

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India rings in new era, enters select 5G club

NEW DELHI: India on Saturday took a mega generational leap in mobile telephony as the ball was set rolling for the launch of 5G network with PM Narendra Modi – who inaugurated the services – promising a leg-up in economic activities and citizen empowerment through the high-speed network that boasts of minimum speeds of at least 100 Mbps.
India now joins a select set of countries that offer 5G telephony and these include the US, Korea, UK, Japan, China, and nations across Europe. While Airtel has launched the service in eight cities, Jio will begin from Diwali and Vodafone Idea is also gearing up.

PM Modi, who launched the services at the annual India Mobile Congress (IMC) in the presence of industry leaders such as Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, Airtel chief Sunil Mittal and Vodafone Idea promoter Kumar Mangalam Birla, said that 5G – while being transformative for the industry and enterprises – will lead to empowerment of the poor in rural and semi-urban areas through efficiencies in areas such as education and health.

“Today, 130 crore Indians are getting a wonderful gift in the form of 5G from the country and from the telecom industry. 5G is a knock on the doors of a new era in the country. It is the beginning of an infinite sky of opportunities,” Modi said while launching the services, though he avoided the customary practice of making a call to herald the entry of a new technology.

The PM is being seen as one of the key driving forces behind the launch of the services, and has insisted that 5G should come in through indigenous technologies and network infrastructure. He said the development of local competencies means that India will take a lead in the launch and population of new telecom technologies across countries as the world moves to intelligent and efficient network solutions.
“New India will not remain a mere consumer of technology, but will play an active role in the development and implementation of that technology. With 5G, India is setting a global standard in telecom technology for the first time… India will play a big role in designing the future wireless technology, and manufacturing related to it.”
Apart from mobile operators, network companies also welcomed the launch. “Nokia is committed to support our partners in ushering the 5G era in India… Our global experience in 5G rollouts shows that it will provide a strong impetus to socio-economic growth and industrial development,” Sanjay Malik, head of Nokia’s India market said. Anku Jain, MD of MediaTek India, said 5G will usher in a new wave of opportunities for businesses, unlocking the next level of growth. “… 5G is going to revolutionise businesses and industries, enhancing advancements, and innovation & R&D while also improving customer experiences,” Jain said.
PM Modi said the growth in 4G and now new technologies such as 5G has been enabled by affordable smartphones as well as some of the lowest mobile tariffs in the world. Thus, even 5G will find a play not only in the urban and affluent India but also in smaller towns and rural India.
“The goal of this vision is to bring that technology to the common people which works for the people, works by connecting with the people,” Modi said, adding that he had always found the poor eager to adopt new technologies. “Today, you go to a local market or vegetable market, even a small street vendor will tell you, not to transact in cash, but via UPI. This shows… (that) when a facility is available, the thinking (of consumers) also gets emboldened,” he said.
The PM said the adoption of 5G will not be limited to high-speed internet access, but it had the capability to change lives. “5G technology should be used to bring about a revolution in the country.”

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Germany To Give Ukraine Air Defence System After Calls To Step Up Support

Ukraine War: Germany is facing calls to step up its support for Ukraine. (Representational)

Berlin:

Germany will deliver the first of four advanced IRIS-T air defence systems to Ukraine in the coming days to help ward off drone attacks, its defence minister Christine Lambrecht said during an unannounced visit to Odessa on Saturday.

As air raid sirens sounded in the port city above, Lambrecht held talks with her Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov in an underground bunker. Lambrecht had extended a visit to nearby Moldova for the meeting.

“In a few days, we will deliver the very modern IRIS-T air defence system,” she told ARD television. “It is very important for drone defence in particular.”

Ukraine has been seeing more attacks from Iranian-made kamikaze drones in recent weeks, costing lives and causing serious damage to infrastructure.

It first emerged in May that Berlin was considering sending the IRIS-T surface-to-air defence system, which costs 150 million euros ($147 million) apiece.

The German armed forces themselves do not currently own the system, reckoned among the world’s most advanced.

Earlier, meeting her Moldovan counterpart Anatolie Nosatii in Chisinau, she urged Western countries not to be deterred from arming Ukraine by threats that Russia could use nuclear weapons.

“We have to be very careful,” she said. “But we mustn’t let ourselves be paralysed.”

Germany is facing calls to step up its support for Ukraine, including by sending offensive weapons such as the modern tanks Kyiv says it needs to take the fight to Russian forces.

Berlin has so far resisted such calls, arguing that such moves would escalate the situation and pointing out that no other country has so far sent tanks more modern than old Soviet stock sent by former Warsaw Pact countries.

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BJP Leader Accused Of Running Brothel In Meghalaya Granted Bail

Bernard N Marak’s wife LK Gracy had moved the bail application on Friday. (File)

Shillong:

The Meghalaya High Court on Saturday granted conditional bail to jailed state BJP leader Bernard N Marak, accused of running a sex racket at his farmhouse in the northeastern state. Marak was granted bail on the condition that he shall not abscond or tamper with evidence or leave the country and should cooperate with the investigation.

He was also asked to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 along with two solvent sureties of the like amount.

“The accused person, Bernard N Marak, is hereby directed to be released on bail, if not wanted in some other cases, provided the following conditions are complied with,” Justice W Diengdoh said in the court order.

Bernard N Marak’s wife LK Gracy had moved the bail application on Friday.

The high court was content that Bernard N Marak is the owner of the property, but expressed doubt whether there is enough evidence to point out that the place was used as a brothel.

“From the statement of the witnesses and the materials on record, there is insufficient evidence to link the accused person to the alleged offence in as much as there is no initial evidence that the place of occurrence has been used as a brothel, nor is there any evidence to prove that prostitution was carried on in the PO,” the court observed.

Bernard N Marak, a former militant leader, was arrested from Hapur district in Uttar Pradesh, days after police allegedly busted a sex racket at his private farmhouse ‘Rimpu Bagan’.

Police had also said it arrested 73 people from the farmhouse and rescued six minors – four boys and two girls.

A case under different sections of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act, 1956 was registered against the BJP Leader at the Tura women police station.

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Congress Slams BJP Ad Calling Jawaharlal Nehru 'Grandfather Of Partition'

The right wing ideology has always been on the wrong side of the history, Pawan Khera said. (File)

Karnataka:

The Congress on Saturday slammed the BJP for putting up front page advertisements in a few vernacular dailies in Karnataka, calling the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as the grandfather of India’s Partition.

As Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ (Unite India March) entered the second day in Karnataka, the State unit of the BJP put out an advertisement in some Kannada newspapers which read, “Can the great grandson unite what the ‘grandfather of India partition’ did?”

With a map dividing Pakistan and Bangladesh in the middle of Jawaharlal Nehru and Rahul Gandhi’s photographs, the advertisement painted in black questions, “Can the unity of India possible from a party, which caused the bloodbath of the citizens only to come to power?” The BJP alleged that the agenda of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is to disintegrate India.

The Congress took strong exception to the accusation, saying the right wing has always been on the wrong side of the history.

Rattled by success of #BharatJodoYatra the BJP has a front page ad in a Kannada newspaper that as usual mischievously distorts history. Savarkar propounded two-nation theory & Jinnah ensured it got done. Syama Prasad Mukherjee, founder of Jan Sangh championed partition of Bengal.

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) October 1, 2022

“The BJP gave the advertisement. The right wing ideology has always been on the wrong side of the history. Since they could not write history, they are trying to rewrite history,” the Congress chairman of media and publicity Pawan Khera told reporters.

He alleged that the two-nation theory was first mooted by the Hindu Maha Sabha in its Ahmedabad convention in 1937, which was presided over by Hindutva ideologue Savarkar.

In 1942, the founder of Pakistan Mohammed Ali Jinnah repeated the same in the Lahore convention of the Muslim League, the Congress leader said.

In 1942 when the Congress left all the provincial governments in protest and to participate in the Quit India movement, the Sabha joined hands in alliance with the Muslim League in three provincial Assemblies – West Bengal, NWFP and Sindh where the first resolution for Pakistan was passed, Mr Khera claimed.

“I challenge them (right wing) that they were in alliance with the Muslim League and they did not stop it. It’s clear who partitioned India. They (BJP) are talking to a person whose grandmother divided Pakistan. They (BJP) don’t know the history before 1947 and 1971. They don’t know their own history,” Mr Khera charged.

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah who was present there said the BJP is teaching history to those who brought Independence.

“Which party united all the provinces and made one nation? It’s Congress. Which RSS leader participated in the freedom struggle? Did RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar or the second Sarsangh Chalak Madhav Sadashivrao Golwalkar participated in the freedom struggle? Anybody from RSS died in the freedom struggle? Now, these people are taking history lessons for the Congress,” Siddaramaiah charged.

“Nehru was in jail for nine years. Did he go to jail like Amit Shah did?” Siddaramaiah charged.

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Bengaluru Man Receives Rs 22 Lakh Repair Estimate For A Car Worth Rs 11 Lakh

Internet users criticised the service centre for exploiting customers.

In a bizarre incident, a car owner in Bengaluru recently revealed that a service centre handed out an estimate of Rs 22 lakh to repair a Volkswagen Polo hatchback that cost him Rs 11 lakh. 

Taking to LinkedIn, Anirudh Ganesh, product manager at Amazon, shared his ordeal. He said that his car got damaged in the recent flooding in Bengaluru. It got fully submerged in flood waters, following which he sent his vehicle to Volkswagen Apple Auto in Whitefield. 

“I had to push my car onto a towing truck in waist-deep water at 11 pm. No one to help but we middle-class people are tough. Karlete hai kisi tarah,” Mr Ganesh wrote on LinkedIn. 

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However, he said that his nightmare was far from over as after approximately 20 days, the service centre sent him a repair estimate of Rs 22 lakh. Mr Ganesh then got in touch with his insurance provider, Acko, who informed him that the car would be written off as a total loss and that they would pick it up from the repair shop. 

But much to his astonishment, the service centre asked him to pay Rs 44,840 to collect his vehicle from them. The Volkswagen repair shop told Mr Ganesh that this fee was required to issue documents about the damage the car has suffered. 

Thankfully though, Volkswagen resolved the issue after another email sent by Mr Ganesh. The company decided to settle the repair costs at Rs 5,000. 

“Volkswagen India team (Mr.Sumanth and Ms.Poonam) have spoken and said that prices in such scenario will be set to the upper limit of Rs.5000 for estimation/storage for car owners in total loss cases. I hope this information helps everyone,” Mr Ganesh added. He also said that he finally got his car back on September 26.

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“The dealership ensured the same price to all other customers as well and as per my understanding, VW is charging the same across Bangalore now,” Me Ganesh wrote on LinkedIn. 

Meanwhile, reacting to his post, several internet users criticised the service centre for exploiting customers. “How can you charge an estimation fee? I mean how can I decide if I want to go ahead or not without estimate? And isn’t it something you are doing for your business???” wrote one user. “This is scary. Crony capitalism has no respect towards consumer protection?” added another. 

Several users also shared their experiences with dealers. “Having gone through similar kind of experiences with the VW showroom in my city, I can feel your pain,” wrote one user. 

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BTFW: Dia Mirza turns muse for Jigya M

Bollywood beauty Dia Mirza sauntered down the ramp for designer Jigya M at the ongoing Bombay Times Fashion Week. She wore a beautiful lehenga with ajrak work from the designer’s collection. Dia’s hair was styled in middle-parted curls and a striking mang tikka rounded off her look.

Jigya M’s collection titled Kaynat is very close to the designer’s heart. She showcased various elements from Indian heritage especially from her hometown Kutch. She had transformed the vintage textile and embroidery which she had collected over a period of time from various regions.

Jigya used cotton, kanjeevaram, bandhej and ajrak prints from Gujarat. The fabrics had a variety of colours covered in block prints and vibes that match the bridal needs. Each piece you will see today is a one of its kind.

The collection juxtaposed bright hues with vibrancy and there was ample of inspiration for the upcoming wedding season.

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Youth Gets 20 Years' Jail for Raping Minor in Rajasthan's Bundi District

Last Updated: October 02, 2022, 00:01 IST

Meena was booked under sections of IPC and POCSO and was arrested on July 18, 2021. (Reuters File/Representative)

The convict, Rakesh Meena, was also fined Rs 50,000 by Judge Salim Badar, public Prosecutor, POCSO Court 1, Rakesh Thakur said

A POCSO court in Bundi on Saturday sentenced a 22-year-old youth to 20 years’ imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Deikheda Police Station area last July, an official said. The convict, Rakesh Meena, was also fined Rs 50,000 by Judge Salim Badar, public Prosecutor, POCSO Court- 1, Rakesh Thakur said.

Meena was booked for raping a minor girl on July 16, 2021, he said. According to the complaint then filed by the girl’s family, he had barged into the girl’s house the previous night and had coaxed the her to go with him to a secluded place in the village, where he raped her. Meena was booked under sections of IPC and POCSO and was arrested on July 18, 2021. He had been in judicial custody since then, Thakur said.

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Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta આ એક રેલવે સ્ટેશનનું નામ છે, જાણો આ રેલવે સ્ટેશનનો રસપ્રદ ઈતિહાસ | Knowledge name of this railway station is biggest name andhra pradesh

યાત્રીઓની સુવિધા વધારવાની સાથે સાથે નવી ટેકનોલોજીવાળી ટ્રેન લાવવા સુધી, ભારતીય રેલવે (Indian Railway) તેનો શ્રેષ્ઠ પ્રયાસ કરી રહી છે. આ જ ભારતીય રેલવે સાથે કેટલીક વિચિત્ર વાર્તા પણ જોડાયેલી છે.

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Shocking News : દુનિયા વિશાળ છે. અહીં ઘણી સુંદર જગ્યા અને વસ્તુની સાથે કેટલીક વિચિત્ર જગ્યા અને વસ્તુ પણ જોવા મળે છે. કેટલીક વસ્તુ કુદરતી રીત વિચિત્ર હોય છે, તો કેટલીક વસ્તુ માણસ જ વિચિત્ર બનાવી દે છે. ભારતીય રેલવે વિશે આજે સૌ કોઈ જાણે છે. તેનો ઈતિહાસ વર્ષો જૂનો છે. ભારતમાં ફેલાયેલા વિશાળ રેલવે નેટવર્કને કારણે રોજ લાખો લોકો તેમાં સરળતાથી મુસાફરી કરી શકે છે. હાલના સમયમાં રેલવે આધુનિક સમયમાં વધુને આધુનિક બનતી જાય છે. યાત્રીઓની સુવિધા વધારવાની સાથે સાથે નવી ટેકનોલોજીવાળી ટ્રેન લાવવા સુધી, ભારતીય રેલવે (Indian Railway) તેનો શ્રેષ્ઠ પ્રયાસ કરી રહી છે. આ જ ભારતીય રેલવે સાથે કેટલીક વિચિત્ર વાર્તા પણ જોડાયેલી છે.

આખા દેશમાં ભારતીય રેલવેના દરેક શહેરોમાં અલગ અલગ સ્ટેશન હોય છે. તેમાં દરેકના અલગ અલગ નામ હોય છે. બ્રિટિશ કાળથી ચાલી આવતી આ ભારતીય રેલવેનો ઈતિહાસ ખુબ રસપ્રદ છે. તેમાનું જ એક સ્ટેશન એવુ છે કે જેનું નામ બધા જ રેલવે સ્ટેશનમાં સૌથી વધારે છે. ચાલો જાણીએ આ રેલવે સ્ટેશન વિશે.

રેલવે સ્ટેશનનું અનોખુ નામ

આપણા માનવજાતિમાં પણ નાના બાળકોના અલગ અલગ નામ રાખવામાં આવે છે. જોકે વિશ્વમાં એવા અનેક લોકો હોય છે જેમના નામ એક જેવા હોય છે. પણ કેટલાક લોકોના નામ એટલા યુનિક અને કયારેય ન સાંભળેલા હોય છે જે લોકોને જીવનભર યાદ રહી જાય છે. ભારતીય રેલવેના એક સ્ટેશનનું નામ પણ કઈક આવું જ છે. આ સ્ટેશનનું નામ એટલુ વિચિત્ર છે કે તમને યાદ પણ નહી રહે. કદાચ તમને આ નામ યાદ રાખતા 28 દિવસ લાગે કારણ કે આ રેલવે સ્ટેશનનું નામ 28 અંગ્રેજી અક્ષરોનું છે.

ભારતીય રેલવેનું આ અનોખા નામવાળુ સ્ટેશન આંધ્રપ્રેદશમાં છે. આ સ્ટેશન દેશના સૌથી મોટા રેલવે સ્ટેશનના નામ માટે જાણીતુ છે. આ રેલવે સ્ટેશનનું નામ સાંભળી તમને ચક્કર આવી જશે. આ રેલવે સ્ટેશન તમિલનાડુ બોર્ડરની નજીક આંધ્રપ્રદેશમાં છે. તેનું નામ Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta છે. તેમાં સ્પેલિંગમાં કુલ 28 અંગ્રેજી અક્ષર છે. તેનું નામ બ્રિટશ કાળમાં પાડવામાં આવ્યુ હતુ. આ નામ ત્યારથી બદલાયુ નથી.

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દ્વારકામાં ડ્રગ્સ કનેક્શનની આશંકાને લઈને પોલીસ દ્વારા મેગા ડિમોલિશન, ગેરકાયદે બાંધકામ પર ફર્યુ બુલડોઝર | Drugs Demolition: Mega demolition by police over suspected drug connection in Dwarka, bulldozers on illegal construction

Drugs Demolition: દ્વારકામાં તંત્ર દ્વારા ગેરકાયદેસર દબાણો પર બુલડોઝર ફેરવી દેવામાં આવ્યું. બેટ દ્વારકામાં 30થી વધુ દબાણો દૂર કરવામાં આવ્યા. પોલીસના ઉચ્ચ અધિકારીઓ સહિતના કાફલા તેમજ સઘન સુરક્ષા વચ્ચે ડિમોલિશન કરવામાં આવ્યું.

TV9 GUJARATI | Edited By: Chandrakant Kanoja

Oct 01, 2022 | 11:45 PM

ગુજરાતના દરિયાકાંઠેથી છાશવારે કરોડોની કિંમતનું ડ્રગ્સ ઝડપાઇ રહ્યું છે. ત્યારે હવે ડ્રગ્સની સિન્ડિકેટને તોડવા ગુજરાત પોલીસે કમર કસી છે. ગુજરાત પોલીસે દરિયાઇ સુરક્ષાને લઇને મોટી કાર્યવાહી હાથ ધરી છે. જે અંતર્ગત ગુજરાતના દરિયાઇ પટ્ટી પરના વિવાદિત સ્થળો અને ગેરકાયદેસર દબાણો દૂર કરવાની શરૂઆત કરવામાં આવી છે. દેવભૂમિ દ્વારકા (Dwarka) ના બેટ દ્વારકામાં ડ્રગ્સ (Drugs)કનેક્શનની આશંકાને લઇને તંત્ર દ્વારા મેગા ડિમોલિશન (Demolition) ની કાર્યવાહી હાથ ધરવામાં આવી. યાત્રાધામ બેટ દ્વારકામાં તંત્ર દ્વારા ગેરકાયદેસર દબાણો પર બુલડોઝર ફેરવી દેવામાં આવ્યું. બેટ દ્વારકામાં 30થી વધુ દબાણો દૂર કરવામાં આવ્યા. પોલીસના ઉચ્ચ અધિકારીઓ સહિતના કાફલા તેમજ સઘન સુરક્ષા વચ્ચે ડિમોલિશન કરવામાં આવ્યું.

સિગ્નેચર બ્રિજ આસપાસના ગેરકાયદે દબાણો હટાવાયા

ઓખા – બેટ દ્વારકા વચ્ચે બની રહેલા સિગ્નેચર બ્રિજની આસપાસના સ્થળો પર થયેલા દબાણો પર બુલડોઝર ફેરવવામાં આવ્યું. બેટ દ્વારકામાં કરોડો રૂપિયાની કિંમતી જમીન પર ગેરકાયદે દબાણ કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું. આથી તંત્ર દ્વારા મેગા ઓપરેશન હાથ ધરી આ દબાણો દૂર કરવામાં આવ્યા. આ દરમ્યાન ટિયર ગેસ, બુલેટપ્રૂફ જેકેટ તેમજ હથિયારોથી સજ્જ જવાનો તેમજ પોલીસ કર્મચારીઓનો કાફલો તૈનાત રહ્યો.

ડિમોલિશનને લઇને સમગ્ર બેટ દ્વારકાને કોર્ડન કરી ચાંપતો બંદોબસ્ત ગોઠવવામાં આવ્યો. બેટ દ્વારકા જતી ફેરી બોટ સર્વિસ પણ બંધ કરવામાં આવી. દેવભૂમિ દ્વારકામાં સૌરાષ્ટ્ર રેન્જના ડીઆઇજી સંદીપ સિંઘ, જિલ્લા પોલીસ વડા નિતેષ પાંડે સહિત પીઆઇ, પીએસઆઇ, ડીવાયએસપી, પોલીસ જવાનો તેમજ SRPની બે કંપનીઓ સહિત અન્ય પોલીસ કર્મચારીઓ ઓપરેશનમાં જોડાયા. આગામી દિવસોમાં દેવભૂમિ દ્વારકાની જેમ જ ગીર સોમનાથ, કચ્છ તેમજ પોરબંદરની દરિયાઇ પટ્ટી પરના દબાણો દૂર કરવામાં આવશે તેમ પોલીસ અધિકારીઓએ જણાવ્યું છે.

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Sujoy Lal Thaosen, Anish Dayal Singh Appointed New DGs of CRPF, ITBP

Last Updated: October 01, 2022, 23:32 IST

The CRPF is the country’s largest paramilitary with an estimated strength of about 3.25 lakh personnel.

(Representative image/Reuters)

CRPF DG post fell vacant on Friday after IPS officer Kuldiep Singh (1986-batch West Bengal cadre) retired from service. Thaosen has been holding the additional charge of ITBP DG after his batchmate and incumbent Sanjay Arora was appointed Delhi Police Commissioner in August

Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers Sujoy Lal Thaosen and Anish Dayal Singh have been appointed as the new directors general of the CRPF and ITBP respectively, a government order said Saturday.

Thaosen, a 1988-batch officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently working as the director general (DG) of the border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and holding the additional charge of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) DG post fell vacant on Friday after IPS officer Kuldiep Singh (1986-batch West Bengal cadre) retired from service. Thaosen has been holding the additional charge of ITBP DG after his batchmate and incumbent Sanjay Arora was appointed Delhi Police Commissioner in August.

Anish Dayal Singh, also a 1988-batch officer (Manipur cadre), is currently serving as a special director in the Intelligence Bureau. He has worked on many desks and handled various investigations during his tenure in the central intelligence agency. Thaosen is scheduled to retire in November next year, while Singh will superannuate in December, 2024. The order for their appointment was issued by the Personnel Ministry after sanction from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the prime minister.

The CRPF is the country’s largest paramilitary with an estimated strength of about 3.25 lakh personnel. It is designated as the lead internal security force with its main operational theatres being Left Wing Extremism-affected states, counter-terrorist combat in the Kashmir valley, and counter-insurgency operations in the north east. The ITBP is primarily tasked to guard the 3,488 km stretch of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China apart from rendering a variety of duties in the internal security domain of the country. The SSB is the border force that guards fenceless Indian borders with Nepal and Bhutan.

Thaosen is expected to hold the additional charge of SSB till a new order is issued by the government for its new head, an official said.

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Russia Loses UN Aviation Council Seat After Ukraine Invasion

Russia fell short of the votes needed to stay on the ICAO. (Representational)

Montreal:

Russia failed to win enough votes for re-election to the United Nation’s aviation agency’s governing council on Saturday, in a boost for Western powers that wanted to hold Moscow accountable following its invasion of Ukraine.

Russia fell short of the votes needed to stay on the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) 36-nation governing council, during the agency’s assembly which runs through Oct. 7 in Montreal.

The voting results set off a procedural review on Saturday, after a challenge by Russia for an additional vote. Poppy Khoza, assembly president and South Africa’s director general of civil aviation, called the circumstances “unprecedented.”

“When we have votes in our countries, if we don’t like the result, we don’t ask for another vote,” the French representative told the assembly.

Russia, along with the G7, China, Brazil and Australia, held spots as “states of chief importance in air transport” on ICAO’s 36-member council.

“We’d like to express regret regarding the outcome of the voting,” the Russian representative said. “We view this as a purely political step and has nothing to do with Russia’s position in the field of civil aviation.”

Russia closed its airspace to airlines from 36 countries, including all 27 members of the European Union, in response to Ukraine-related sanctions targeting its aviation sector following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The West says Russia has illegally confiscated hundreds of foreign jets, a charge Moscow denies.

Canada and Europe said before the vote they would oppose Russia’s re-election to the council.

Omar Alghabra, Canada’s transport minister, told Reuters this week “it’s important that Russia is held accountable.”

The 193-nation ICAO assembly, held every three years, is the first since the COVID-19 pandemic and Ukraine war

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