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People cling to aircraft taking off

Chaos, desperation at Kabul airport

T
housands of Afghans rushed tional airport even as the US military
onto the tarmac of Kabul's in- and other Western forces continued to
ternational airport Monday, so organise evacuations. Videos showed
desperate to escape the Taliban cap- hundreds of people running across
ture of their country that they held the tarmac. One showed a crowd
onto an American military jet as it pushing and shoving its way up a
took off and plunged to death in chaos staircase, trying to board a plane, with
that killed at least seven people. The some people hanging off the railings.
crowds of people rushing the airport Hundreds of people could be seen run-
came as the Taliban enforced their ning alongside a US Air Force C-17
rule over the capital after a lightning transport plane as it moved down a
advance across the country that took runway. Some clung to the side of the
just over a week to dethrone the coun- jet just before takeoff only to fall
try's Western-backed government. through the air as the airplane rapid-
Residents raced to Kabul's interna- ly gained altitude over the city.

India win 2nd Test
I ndia defeated England by 151 runs in a fifth-day
thriller in the second Test here on Monday register-
ing their third-ever victory in 89 years at Lord's, the
Mecca of cricket.
Having set England a
challenging target of
272 after Mohammed
Shami (56 not out)
and Jasprit Bumrah
(34 not out) added un-
beaten 89 runs for the
ninth wicket, India
bowled out the hosts
for 120 runs to seal a memorable victory and take a 1-
0 lead in the five-match series.
'Lockdown will be back' Blame UPA for
fuel prices!
C hief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday appealed
to people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour despite
the relaxation in restrictions F inance Minister
Nirmala Sithara-
as the availability of medical man today said the gov-
oxygen was limited. He ap- ernment would have
pealed to people to take the been able to cut the ex-
pledge to make the state and cise duty on petrol and
country free of Covid-19. diesel, had it not been
Thackeray also warned that repaying the debt on
there would not be any op- oil bonds floated by the
tion but to impose a lock-
down if the state saw a spike
in daily cases. Thackeray
was speaking at the flag-hoisting ceremony held at
Mantralaya to commemorate Independence Day.

Love your grandparents?

previous United Pro-

Become good listener gressive Alliance's gov-

ernment. The UPA gov-
ernment had issued

T he findings of a new study suggest that supportive social

interactions during adulthood are impor-
tant for one's ability to stave off cognitive de-
function better than would be expected for the amount of phys-
ical ageing. While there is still a lot that we don't
understand about the specific biological path-
long-term oil bonds be-
tween 2005 and 2010 to
subsidise fuel prices.
cline. Researchers observed that simply having ways between psychosocial factors like listener As the amount of mon-
someone available most or all of the time whom availability and brain health, this study gives ey required to sub-
you can count on to listen to you when you need clues about concrete, biological reasons why we sidise fuel prices grew,
to talk is associated with greater cognitive re- should all seek good listeners and become better the kitty of oil bonds
silience, a measure of your brain's ability to listeners ourselves," says the chief researcher. grew as well.
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'Give refuge to Afghans'
ONE FOR INSPIRATION T he US told the UN Security Council that the inter-
national community should ensure that
Afghanistan "cannot ever, ever" again be a base for ter-

What courage can do

rorism and urged the
country's neighbours
and others in the re-
gion and beyond to

O
nce some country dogs were pass- tail curled up and showing his canine teeth give refuge to Afghans
ing through a town. They were hap- with savage snarls he exhibited his readi- attempting to flee.
pily moving around when ness to face them and fight The Taliban swept
a large number of town dogs them all. This act of into Kabul on Sunday
made a fierce attack on bravery scared the after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, bringing
them. The country town dogs and they an end to a two-decade campaign in which the US and its
dogs scampered stopped advanc- allies had tried to transform Afghanistan. The country's
off in terror ing toward Western-trained security forces collapsed or fled.
with their them. But they
tails between kept growling
their hind legs. for some time.
But one among
the country
When they saw
that their
1L bikes sold in a day
dogs was not so growling and
cowardly. he gath- their number also
ered up some could not deter the
courage and in- courageous dog stand-
stead of running ing before them, the
away, he turned upon town dogs began receding
the town dogs. With his one by one.

80 Afghan cadets at IMA

O ver eighty gentlemen cadets from Afghanistan
training at the Indian Military Academy here
face an uncertain future following political devel-
opments in their country. "We have received no
communication so far from the Afghan authorities
about the cadets undergoing training here. They
are going about their training schedule as usual,"
IMA PRO Lt Colonel Himani Pant said.
T wo-wheeler major Hero MotoCorp said on Monday that it
has sold a record one lakh-plus units of motorcycles and
scooters on a single day. The feat was achieved on August 9, co-
inciding with the company's 10th anniversary. According to
the company, retail sales included the sales in the domestic
market in India as well as global markets. It is a record num-
ber of actual sales to customers in a non-festive period, the
company said.

'Ye hai badalta Bharat…' released

UP, AP reopen schools
U ttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh on Monday joined the
states where schools have cautiously restarted physical
‘Many Mirabais waiting to be discovered’
lessons after the

ebbing of COVID-19
cases, while in Ut-
tarakhand and Bihar,
students of more
classes returned to the
offline mode. Schools
across Haryana, Gujarat, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh began
reopening after mid-July in a staggered manner.
Af Prez may escape to US
N
ational award-winning singer
and song-writer Kailash Kher,
who released his new song 'Yeh
Hai Badalta Bharat, Naye Hauslon Ka
Naya Bharat' to celebrate the achieve-
ments of the Tokyo Olympics medal
winners, says parents must encourage
their sons and daughters to pursue
their passion, because "not all young
people can become doctors or engi-
neers". Speaking with IANS, Kher said:
"If we look at the story of Mirabai

T he exact location of fugitive Afghan President Ashraf

Ghani is unknown, but he is said to have travelled to
Oman to escape to the US. It was
initially reported that Ghani
along with national security advi-
sor Hamdullah Muhib and head
of the administrative office of the
President, Fazel Mahmood Fazli,
left Afghanistan for Tajikistan. It
was then said that he had traveled
to Uzbekistan.
Chanu, who won a silver medal for In-
dia, we'll see that her journey started
from zero. She used to go along with her
mother and brother to the forest to col-
lect wood and her mother noticed that
she could carry more wood than her
brother. That is how her mother discov-
ered her natural talent in weightlifting.
Mirabai went through so much training
before finally making our nation proud.
"There must be so many Mirabais who
must be waiting to be discovered.
Sports and arts are not seen as secure
career paths. But the parents must en-
courage their chidren to take up sports
as a career. With my song, I hope to
change the way they think."
 Under-18s can enter Malls
T he Maharashtra government on Monday decid-
ed to allow those below 18 years of age who are
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not vaccinated against Covid-19 to visit shopping Self-driving cars involved in crashes

Tesla auTopiloT
malls upon displaying the valid age proof. The
state government has already allowed people
who are fully vaccinat-
ed to visit shopping

under sCanner
malls. A government
order (GO) issued on
Monday said since vac-
cination for the popu-
lation below the age

T
he US Na- the involved sub-
of 18 has not yet started, tional High- ject vehicles were
they need to show docu- SW Monsoon way Traffic all confirmed to
ments of their age Safety Administra- have been engaged
proof. reviving tion (NHTSA) has in either Autopilot

A fter a break, the Southwest Monsoon

has started reviving and rainfall activi-
ty has started to increase over south India, the India
opened an investi-
gation into Tesla's
Autopilot software,
or Traffic Aware
Cruise Control
during the ap-
Meteorological Department said on Monday. IMD Di- to assess the tech- proach to the
rector General nologies and meth- crashes. Tesla ve-
Mrutunjay Moha- ods used to monitor, hicles come with a
patra said, "There assist and enforce driver assistance
will be a revival of the driver's engage- system called 'Au-
rainfall activity ment with the dynamic driving task during topilot' that enhances safety and conven-
over the northern Autopilot operation. There have been sev- ience behind the wheel. When used proper-
part of the south- eral Tesla Autopilot-related crashes, cur- ly, Autopilot reduces your overall workload
ern peninsula and central India." After heavy rains in rently under investigation by the US NHT- as a driver. Despite tall claims made by
the second half of July over several parts of the coun- SA. In a statement, the agency said that the Musk over Twitter about the full self-driv-
try, there was a lull in the rainfall activity. probe will cover Tesla Models Y, X, S, and 3 ing technology, electric car-maker Tesla has
vehicles released from 2014 through 2021. privately admitted that such claims do not
Most incidents took place after dark and match up with the engineering reality.

'Af freed from slavery' QUICK NEWS’

Russian bid for Olympics
P akistan Prime Min-
ister Imran Khan
on Monday seemed to
ing war-torn country.
The longstanding war
in Afghanistan reached
Goa ready for national Games
Goa is ready to host the National
Games at a moment's notice once
endorse the a watershed the Union Ministry for Home
heavily moment on Affairs (MHA) gives the nod to
host the event, Goa Sports
armed Tal- Sunday Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said
iban taking when the on Monday. "National Games will
happen. We have the
over Kabul Taliban in- infrastructure for hosting all the
by saying surgents 36 sporting disciplines. When the
MHA gives the sanction, we will
that closed in on start," Ajgaonkar told reporters.
Afghanistan Kabul before
has broken entering the
the "shackles of slav- city and took over the 10 delta+ cases in Maha
ery" in the neighbour- presidential palace. Ten more cases of the Delta plus
variant of coronavirus, considered
highly infectious, have been
detected in Maharashtra, taking

Grand memorial for Vajpayee B anned from bidding for

the 2032 Olympics be-
cause of alleged state-spon-
Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov, Saint Petersburg and
Kazan are frontrunners to be
their overall tally to 76, the state
health department said on
Monday. Five patients infected
with the variant have died so far in

A grand memorial will be constructed for former

prime minister and statesman Atal Bihari Vaj-
payee in his birthplace Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan said on
Monday after paying trib-
ute to the former on his
third death anniversary.
Chouhan made the an-
nouncement after offering
floral tribute to Vajpayee's
statue at Shaurya Smarak at Bhopal. He said Vajpay-
ee was 'ajatshatru' (one without enemies) and had nev-
er bowed before the most powerful nations.
sored doping, Russia is
preparing to bid for the 2036
Olympic Games, a senior
Russian minister has re-
vealed. According to Russian
host cities for the Games.
"The bids are being pre-
pared," Lavrov said, as re-
the state. The health department,
in a statement here said, six of the
10 new cases of the Delta plus
variant were found in Kolhapur,
ported by state-run news followed by three in Ratnagiri.
agency TASS.
National Gene Bank
A griculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar
on Monday inaugurated a revamped state-of-
the-art National Gene Bank at the National Bu-
reau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) in
New Delhi. This is the world's second largest
gene bank set up in 1996 to preserve the seeds of
plant genetic resources for future generations.
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IndIan IdoL

uTTaraKhand
sinGer is Winner
P awandeep Rajan from
Champawat, Uttarakhand,
lifted the 'Indian Idol Season
vision reality show late on Sun-
day night. An artiste, said a
beaming Pawandeep after win-
12' trophy and took home a ning the title, needs a platform
cheque of Rs 25 lakh and a where he can showcase his tal-
Maruti ent to the
Suzuki world.
Swift Dzire From the
after being Top 6 final-
declared ists, Arunita
winner at Kanjilal and
the 'The Sayli Kam-
Greatest Fi- ble were de-
nale Ever' clared the
of the Sony first and
Entertain- second run-
ment Tele- ner-up.

'Non-cricket sports recognised' PM's breakfast for Olympians

Former World Championship bronze-medallist boxer Gaurav Bidhuri feels
that with the success at the Tokyo Olympics, sports other than cricket are
also getting due recognition. "The
P rime Minister Narendra Modi met
the Tokyo Olympics contingent
over breakfast at 7,
the Prime Minister, in his Independ-
ence Day speech, had applauded the
Indian Olympic
market value of other sports has also Lok Kalyan Marg in athletes, saying
gone up. People have started watch- Delhi on Monday. the country was
ing and appreciating Olympic sports, Photos were shared proud of them for
which is good for athletes. Neeraj on social media after bringing glory to
Chopra, the news golden boy, is get- breakfast and the the nation, and
ting good brands. It feels great that athletes were seen that their feat has
sports other than cricket are also get- enjoying the mo- inspired the fu-
ting this recognition," Bidhuri said. ment. On Sunday, ture generation.

sports spectacLes

no fans in paralympics Focus back on cricket 'Taliban love cricket'

A ll fans will be barred from the Para-
lympics in Japan because of the coron-
avirus pandemic, just as they were from the
T he Tokyo Olympics fever is going down a
little bit now. With three days of felicita-
tion ceremonies at the Rashtrapati Bhawan,
C ricket will not be a casualty in the wake
of drastic political change
Afghanistan, assured country's cricket board
in

recently-completed Tokyo Olympics, organiz- the frenzy seems to be dying down as athletes CEO Hamid Shinwari, saying the Taliban
ers said on Monday. There were a few excep- head "love" and "sup-
tions made during home. The port" the game.
the Olympics with focus is set Speaking to PTI
some fans allowed to return from Kabul, Shin-
in outlying areas to cricket wari also assured
away from Tokyo. with the that the members
This time, all fans count- of the national
will be barred except the possibility of some down for team and their
children attending a few unspecified events. the remaining part of the Indian Premier families are safe as
The Paralympics open on Aug. 24 with about League set to start next month. Teams have the Taliban took over the reins of the country.
4,400 athletes, a far smaller event than the begun flying out to the United Arab Emirates "Taliban love cricket. They did not interfere
Olympics with 11,000 athletes. for the remainder of the T20 league. in our activities," said Shinwari.

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