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“Liberals” rush to spread new lies about Modi’s hug to ISRO chairman after entire India praises PM for his gesture

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“Liberals” rush to spread new lies about Modi’s hug to ISRO chairman after entire India praises PM for his gesture

When the entire country was glued to the TV sets on the late night of September 6, not to watch a cricket match, but to watch the landing of Vikram lander on the south pole of moon, some bizarre reactions were seen from a certain section of people.

On that night, just 2 km short of lunar surface, the graphic showing the descent of the vehicle had stopped, and it took several minutes for ISRO scientists to analyse the situation and announce that it has lost contact with the lander.PM Modi was there at the ISRO command centre to watch the historic event, and during the tense moments when experts were trying to find out what had happened, he went off camera for few minutes.

This was enough for liebrals to claim that he has escaped when the mission has ‘failed’. Some even demanded that he should declare that mission has ‘failed’, even before ISRO released any statement. All those criticisms were proved false when the PM reappeared few minutes later, and talked to the scientists saying that the country is proud of them.

But the critics don’t stop trying, as now they have come out with another allegation. A video is being circulated on social media by some people, claiming that while PM Modi hugged and consoled the ISRO chairman in front of camera after the contact with lander was lost, he was emotionless and cold ‘off-camera’. The ‘off-camera’ visuals, which were beamed live on Doordarshan and relayed by all news channels, are from the night, while the ‘on-camera’ visuals are from the next morning, when the PM met the ISRO scientists before leaving Bengaluru.


The allegation that PM Modi didn’t show any emotion after knowing the lander has crashed is entirely wrong, as the visuals are from the moment when the data has stopped coming, and ISRO had not announced anything. It was telecast live, where it was seen that chairman K Sivan had approached the PM and informed him about the current situation, moments after the visual showing the progress of the space vehicle had stopped moving. By that time nothing was confirmed, and scientists were looking at the data to determine what had happened. ISRO had informed that they were trying to re-establish contact with Vikram. It was not confirmed yet that the lander has been lost, and there was nothing to do apart from waiting for further information by ISRO.


Although most probable reason was that the lander has crashed, the PM could not have assumed it and start consoling scientists before anything had been confirmed by the scientists themselves. He can express any reaction after it has been confirmed that the lander has failed. Therefore, to claim that the PM was cold towards the news is completely wrong, as the news was not confirmed at that time.

The following tweet gives a good example of the situation, when you can express concern but can’t start consoling before any bad news has been confirmed.


Misleading video is not the only thing floating around to attack Modi on the Chandrayaan 2 mission. Some people also tweeted that Modi changed clothes when he was at the ISRO centre. Two photographs showing Modi in different clothes was used to make this claim.

But facts were ignored while making this claim, as both the images are from two different times, just like the video above. One photo is from the night, while the second photo where he is seen hugging ISRO chairman is from the next morning. After Modi talked to scientists after it was confirmed that contact with Vikram lander has been lost, Modi went to the hotel, and came back in the morning the next day. It is natural for normal people to wear different clothes on the next day, as the previous day’s clothes will get dirty. It is basic hygiene practice, but for liberals, that becomes a tool to attack Modi.

ISRO locates Vikram Lander on lunar surface, trying to establish contact

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ISRO locates Vikram Lander on lunar surface, trying to establish contact

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has located Vikram Lander on the lunar surface after it lost contact during the landing on South Pole on the wee hours of Saturday morning.


There is no communication yet with the Vikram Lander and ISRO is trying to establish contact with it.

In the wee hours on Saturday, the nation sat glued to their television sets in anticipation. Chandrayaan-2’s landing module had gone silent after Vikram the lander, went silent when it was merely 2 KMs from the landing surface of the moon. At 2:40 AM, ISRO chief K Sivan announced “Vikram lander descent was as planned and normal performance was observed upto an altitude of 2.1 km. Subsequently, the communications from the lander to the ground station was lost. The data is being analyzed”.

Unfortunately, as the entire nation stood with ISRO to experience a spectacular journey of India’s first attempt to land at the lunar south pole, some petty individuals displayed their sheer negativity and arrogance over social media.

The long night and the next morning also showed that some individuals exist only to mock and pull others down at the very first opportunity. In fact, NDTV journalist Pallava Bagla heckled an anxious senior scientist at ISRO who had come out to address the media to explain about the failure in communication of the Vikram Lander.

British Indians clean up the trash left by Pakistani goons outside Indian High Commission, send symbolic invoice to Mayor Sadiq Khan

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British Indians clean up the trash left by Pakistani goons outside Indian High Commission, send symbolic invoice to Mayor Sadiq Khan

In a display of solidarity, hundreds of members of the Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom turned up on Saturday to clean up the filthy trash left by the Pakistani goons outside the Indian High Commission in London.

According to the reports, the cleanliness drive was led by Ruchi Ghanashyam, the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom. The filthy mess outside the Indian house was created by the violent British-Pakistani goons on September 3.

In a symbolic move, the British Indians’ community sent the Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, a cleaning invoice after volunteering and cleaning the area.

The Indian High Commission meanwhile has expressed its gratitude to the Indian Community for coming forward to help purge the India House of the mess made by the violent protest of 3 September.


In their failed bid to internationalise the Kashmir issue, Pakistanis are travelling around the globe, soliciting support to corner India on the issue of abrogation of Article 370. However, to their chagrin, Pakistanis are only receiving eggs and rejections on every forum. Recently, some of their own stooges have resorted to attacking them too.

Reportedly, four Pakistani leaders had flown to London to fuel the anti-India campaign termed as ‘Kashmir Freedom March’, but they were welcomed with eggs and shoes thrown at them by the protestors who were unwilling to allow them to hijack their protest.

The Indian High Commission in London suffered another attack on September 3 after protests over the abrogation of Article 370. A 10,000 strong mob of British Pakistanis, Pakistan-sponsored Khalistanis and some hired goons marched in London in the so-called ‘Kashmir Freedom March’. The building suffered damages as several windows and window panes have been smashed by the violent attackers pretending to be worried about Kashmir.

This is the second attack by Pakistan goons in a span of a single month. The first incident had happened on August 15 on the occasion of India’s Independence Day. They were protesting the Indian government’s decision to remove the separate status for the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Meanwhile, London Mayor Sadiq Khan and London administration have been severely criticised for not cleaning the mess. On Thursday, British columnist Katie Hopkins slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan and London administration for not cleaning the mess left behind by Pakistanis.

“The Embassy in London – one of our greatest allies – is a filthy mess of eggs and vandalised windows at the hands of Pakistani protesters in the UK. Is the Muslim Mayor of London enabling this behaviour? Why has this not been cleaned up? Deeply shaming for Britain,” she tweeted.

Following the violent protest incited by Pakistani goons, India had strongly raised the matter, both in New Delhi and London. India had summoned British Deputy High Commissioner Jan Thompson in New Delhi on Wednesday, a day after the protest took place.

Indian High Commissioner Ruchi Ghanashyam had also met DG (Political) Foreign office and raised the issue. Two people were arrested after the protest by the Metropolitan Police.

Uttar Pradesh: Journalists made Dalits write ‘house for sale’ in Bijnor, claims police; books two for ‘manipulation of news’

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Uttar Pradesh: Journalists made Dalits write ‘house for sale’ in Bijnor, claims police; books two for ‘manipulation of news’

Uttar Pradesh Police in Bijnor has booked two journalists over alleged fake news claiming that a Dalit families in Titarwala Basi village were threatening to leave. As per reports, the journalist working with a local daily and another working with local electronic media outlet have been booked for ‘fake news’ which claimed that a Dalit family was planning to leave the village after they were not allowed to collect water from village hand pump by influential family of their community in the same village.

A journalist Vishal and another Rashid were booked by Bijnor Police. According to SP (city) Lakshmi Nivas Mishra, on investigating the news published by the media outlet, police found that none of the Dalit families were planning to leave the village. The police claimed that the reporters had ‘manipulated’ the report. As per police, the Dalits wrote ‘house for sale’ on suggestion of the journalists. A case has been registered against the journalists.

In an unrelated news, another journalist in Azamgarh was also booked over allegations of blackmailing primary school teacher. As per reports, one journalist Santosh Kumar Jaiswal, who worked as a stringer for Jansand Times used to threaten school authorities.

According to Phulpur Circle Officer Ravi Shankar, school principal Radheshyam Yadav has alleged that Jaiswal would visit school and misbehave with teachers and students. He alleged that Jaiswal had misused images of school teachers and students. School principal has alleged that Jaiswal made the students hold a broom and clicked the images. When school authorities objected, he reportedly started arguing with them. Jaiswal was produced in court and taken in judicial custody.

Zomato to lay off 541 more employees, a total of 600 people fired since August

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Zomato to lay off 541 more employees, a total of 600 people fired since August

The food aggregator company- Zomato which had raked up a storm after delivering ‘moral science’ lectures to social media users instead of food, seems to be in the middle of another crisis as it has now laid off 541 people, 10 per cent of the company’s strength across customer, merchant, and delivery partner support teams, as per reports. This is the second round of layoffs in a month after the company let go of 60 people in August this year.

The decision to lay off comes as the food aggregator has claimed to be moving on to an improved Zomato platform with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven bots and automation in resolving customer queries that have led to an overall reduction in direct order-related support queries, the company said in a statement.

“While this has been a painful decision, to make the transition smoother, we have extended between two-months severance pay (based on tenure), family health insurance cover (till the end of January 2020) and career fair opportunities with companies,” said Zomato.

Zomato, which seems to be fighting a losing battle against its customers and partners, has also been at the loggerheads with the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) over deep discounts in its fine-dining Gold programme. It claimed it has improved the speed of service resolution and now only 7.5 per cent of its orders need support from down from 15 per cent in March.

“Over the last few months, we have seen our technology products and platforms evolve and improve significantly. This has led to an overall reduction in direct order-related support queries,” said the company.

Zomato said it hired over 1,200 people across functions excluding its last-mile delivery fleet and another over 400 off-rolls positions and is currently hiring in technology, product and data sciences teams.

The company is planning to introduce its Gold programme across multiple cities on its delivery platform.

The NRAI said on August 30 that there is an in-principle agreement between the association and the two major online delivery platforms, Zomato and Swiggy, to resolve the issues of the industry including deep discounts. However, Zomato is hellbent on carrying on with its plans to make it’s Gold programme now available for delivery.

As their woes continue, a restaurateur and Indian School of Business alumnus, Raghunandan S Prasad had written a stinging open letter to the Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal, terming him as a “glorified broker” and accused him of taking credit for their product.

Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal, who is now the newfound hero of Indian liberal-secular mafia, had invited the anger of restaurant owners after he had called them a ‘bargain hunters’ while threatening them of consequences if they did not withdraw from a ‘movement’ of logging out from Zomato’s services.

After a moment of despondency, it is back to work: Principal Scientific Adviser VijayRaghavan hails ISRO’s efforts on Chandrayaan2

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After a moment of despondency, it is back to work: Principal Scientific Adviser VijayRaghavan hails ISRO’s efforts on Chandrayaan2

The bold effort by Indian scientists to soft-land on moon suffered a glitch on early hours of Saturday after Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram module lost the communication with ground stations, just 2.1 km from the lunar surface during its final descent.

However, the ambitious Chandrayaan 2, ISRO’s most challenging space mission till date, has already made India and its citizens proud. As a collective mission, Chandrayaan 2 has achieved 95 per cent of its objective.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday said that 90 to 95 per cent of the Chandrayaan-2 mission objectives have been accomplished. The space agency has confirmed that it would continue contributing to Lunar science despite the loss of communication with the Lander.

Professor K VijayRaghavan, the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, took to Twitter to highlight this aspect. In a series of tweet, he revealed how the Chandrayaan-2 mission will sending vital data and information to help the scientific community and future missions.

He shared the unique Chandrayaan-2 mission is aimed at studying not just one area of the Moon but also its exosphere, the surface and sub-surface in a single mission.


“Since the launch of Chandrayaan-2 on July 22, 2019, India and the world watched its progress from one phase to the next with great expectation and excitement. The Chandrayaan-2 mission is very complex, and a significant technological leap from previous missions of ISRO. This brought together an Orbiter, Lander and Rover to explore the unexplored south polar region of the Moon,” he tweeted.

He added that the Orbiter, which has already been placed in its intended orbit around the Moon, will enrich the understanding of the moon’s evolution, map minerals, water molecules in the polar regions, using its eight state-of-the-art scientific instruments.

“The precise launch and mission management has ensured a long life of almost 7 years instead of the planned one year,” he said.

“The Orbiter camera is the highest resolution camera (0.3m) in any lunar mission so far and has already started providing high-resolution images which will be immensely useful to the global scientific community,” he VijayRaghavan.

“Orbiter camera: The pictures I saw this morning were truly extraordinary. TMC 2 is a miniature version of the Terrain Mapping Camera used onboard the Chandrayaan 1 mission,” he added.

Here’s a list of ‘cutting-edge’ technology that the Orbiter carries, which provides vital information of Moon’s exosphere:

1. TMcv2’s primary objective is mapping the lunar surface in the panchromatic spectral band (0.5-0.8 microns), high spatial resolution(5m), swathe(20 km from 100 km lunar polar orbit). Data will give clues about the Moon’s evolution, prepare 3D maps of the lunar surface.

2. CLASS measures X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectra to detect elements such as Magnesium, Aluminium, Silicon, Calcium, Titanium, Iron, and Sodium. The XRF technique will detect these elements by measuring the characteristic X-rays they emit when excited by the Sun’s rays.

3. XSM observes the X-rays emitted by the Sun and its corona, measures the intensity of solar radiation in these rays, and supports CLASS. Provides solar X-ray spectrum in the energy range of 1-15 keV

4. XSM will provide high-energy resolution and high-cadence measurements (full spectrum every second) of solar X-ray spectra as input for analysis of data from CLASS.

5. Imaging Infra-red spectrometer (IIRS) has two primary objectives: i. global mineralogical and volatile mapping of the Moon in the spectral range of ~0.8-5.0 µm for the first time, at the high resolution of ~20 nm.

6. IIRS second objective: Complete characterization of water/hydroxyl feature near 3.0 µm for the first time at high spatial (~80 m) and spectral (~20 nm) resolutions.

7. One more from IIRS: will also measure solar radiation reflected off the Moon’s surface in 256 contiguous spectral bands from 100 km lunar orbit.

8. Dual-frequency (L and S) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) will provide enhanced capabilities compared to Chandrayaan 1’s S-band miniSAR in areas such as L-band for greater depth of penetration (About 5m — twice that of S-band).

10. SAR: Circular and full polarimetry — with a range of resolution options (2-75 m) and incident angles (9°-35°) — for understanding scattering properties of permanently shadowed regions.

11. SAR: The main scientific objectives of this payload are: High-resolution lunar mapping in the polar regions. Quantitative estimation of water-ice in the polar regions. Estimation of regolith thickness and its distribution.

12. Chandrayyan Atmospheric compositional explorer 2 (CHACE 2) will continue the CHACE experiment carried out by Chandrayaan 1.

13. CHACE 2 is a Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (QMA) capable of scanning the lunar neutral exosphere in the mass range of 1 to 300 amu with the mass resolution of ~0.5 amu.

14. CHACE 2’s primary objective is to carry out an in-situ study of the composition and distribution of the lunar neutral exosphere and its variability.

15. Dual Frequency Radio Science Experiment (DFRS) To study the temporal evolution of electron density in the Lunar ionosphere.

16. DFRS: Two coherent signals at X (8496 MHz), and S (2240 MHz) band are transmitted simultaneously from satellite, and received at ground-based deep station network receivers.

17. The Vikram Lander followed the planned descent trajectory from its orbit of 35 km to just below 2 km above the surface.

VijayRaghavan also stated that all systems and sensors of the Lander functioned excellently until this point. “Tested and proved many new technologies such as the variable thrust propulsion technology used in the Lander,” said VijayRaghavan.

“Success criteria were defined for each and every phase of the mission and so far 90 to 95% of the mission objectives have been accomplished and will continue to contribute to Lunar science. notwithstanding the loss of communication with the Lander,” he concluded.

Former Union Minister and senior advocate Ram Jethmalani passes away at 95

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Former Union Minister and senior advocate Ram Jethmalani passes away at 95

Former Union law minister Ram Jethmalani passed away earlier today after prolonged illness. He was 95 years old.

Jethmalani had been ill since last two weeks. Jethmalani is survived by his son noted lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani and a daughter who lives in the US. His other daughter had passed away prior to his demise.

Jethmalani was born on 14th September, 1923 in Shikharpur in Sindh Province (now Pakistan). His first prominent case was that of KM Nanavati vs State of Maharashtra in 1959. The film Rustom starring Akshay Kumar is based on this story.

He has also defended various smugglers and criminals including former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s killers in Madras High Court in 2011. He even defended Harshad Mehta and Ketan Parekh in stock market scams. He also defended Parliament attack conspirator terrorist Afzal Guru as well as Manu Sharma the prime accused in Jessica Lall Murder Case.

He represented the BJP in the Lok Sabha in 6th and 7th Lok Sabha and served as union minister of law in the Vajpayee government. In 2004, he contested against Vajpayee from Lucknow.

Christian girl in Pakistan forcibly converted to Islam by her school principal

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Christian girl in Pakistan forcibly converted to Islam by her school principal

Rampant persecution of religious minorities has become a common feature of Pakistani society as one more news of Christian girl being forcibly converted to Islam has come to fore. In past seven days, this is the third case of girls belonging to minority communities are being subjected to forced religious conversion.

In the latest incident, a 15-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan was allegedly forced to convert to Islam by her teacher in Pakistan’s Punjab province. As per complaint filed by the victim’s father, Mukhtar Masih at the police station, Faiza was taken to a seminary in Skeikhupura, about 50 KMs away from Lahore, where her principal Saleema Bibi forced her to embrace Islam.

According to Faiza’s father, his daughter had gone to school on Wednesday but didn’t return. When he contacted school authorities to know about Faiza’s whereabouts, he was informed that the principal Saleema had chaperoned her to a madarsa to allegedly convert her to Islam.

Mukhtar revealed that in a frantic search for her daughter, he visited three madarsas and found his daughter in one of them. However, the madarsa staff was adamant and didn’t allow his daughter to return with him. The police then raided the madarsa, based on Mukhtar’s complaint and rescued his daughter who was later sent to a shelter home in Sheikhupura.

The police said that they had recovered the girl based on Mukesh’s complaint. However, an FIR is yet to be filed in the case. The police maintains that the investigations is underway.

Mukhtar claims that her daughter’s principal Saleema said to her daughter that since she read Arabic, she automatically became a Muslim. She also offered to pay compensation to the family for getting converted to Islam but the family refused the offer.

A few days back, a 19-year-old Sikh girl was allegedly kidnapped and forced to marry a Muslim man in Pakistan. The incident attracted widespread condemnation as Punjab CM Amarinder Singh slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan for not ensuring safety of minorities in Pakistan.

Uttar Pradesh: Dalit officer commits suicide after repeatedly humiliated using casteist remarks

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Uttar Pradesh: Dalit officer commits suicide after repeatedly humiliated using casteist remarks

A Dalit village development officer belonging to the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, committed suicide after he was allegedly repeatedly humiliated using casteist remarks.

According to a report by India Today, Trivendra Kumar Gautam, who began his career as a village development officer (VDO) at Kumbhi block last year hanged himself to death at his home on Wednesday night.

In a hand-written suicide note addressed to his father, Gautam blamed the district president of a farmers’ outfit, the head of Rasoolpur village and the son of another village head behind his decision to commit suicide. He alleged that they were humiliating and mentally harassing him. The officer in his suicide note, also stated that he was subjected to abuses and targeted over the reservation, which, he considered wrong.

Gautam also stated that he is troubled and feels that he is a failure. He called for punishing the farmers’ party president and the village head after his death.

SS of the note written by the Dalit officer to his father. Courtesy: India Today

Besides Trivendra’s suicide note, the family members of the victim also alleged that he was humiliated by “Kisan Union”, led by Bharatiya Kisan Union-Loktantrik (BKU-L) in Lakhimpur Kheri district on August 28.

His body was recovered on Thursday from his rented apartment at Shivsagar locality of Lakhimpur town, 130 km north of Lucknow, police said.

Now, a video purportedly showing the young officer being humiliated at a public meeting has also gained traction on social media. In the video a man can be heard questioning Gautam’s professionalism and called him a ‘kaamchor’ (shirker), adding that such officers should be thrashed with shoes and kicked out. The authenticity of the video is not yet verified.


The Additional Superintendent of Police, Shailendra Lal confirmed that five people, including the three from the farmers’ outfit, have been arrested and an FIR had been lodged under Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the Indian Penal Code and various sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and the Information Technology Act, the ASP said. Fourth suspect, Rakesh Chauhan is still not arrested.

Angry over the incident, several village development officers held a demonstration at the Vikas Bhawan on Thursday threatening of boycotting work if the guilty were not held within three days.

Recently, a Dalit woman MLA from the ruling YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh had also alleged that TDP leaders abused her using casteist slurs during her visit to a Ganesh Puja celebration venue. The TDP leaders allegedly stated that Lord Ganesha will become ‘impure’ if Sridevi, a Dalit woman, touches the Lord.

Pakistan refuses to allow President Kovind’s plane through its airspace

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Pakistan refuses to allow President Kovind’s plane through its airspace

Pakistani authorities Saturday refused to give India’s President Ram Nath Kovind permission to fly through its airspace for his scheduled foreign trip.

President Kovind is scheduled to visit Iceland, Switzerland and Slovenia from Monday during which he is expected to brief the top leadership in those countries on India’s national concerns, especially in view of terror incidents this year, including the Pulwama attack.

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced that decision to deny Indian President Ram Nath Kovind the use of Pakistani airspace was approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan in view of India’s continuing oppression of the people in occupied Kashmir.’

The already strained relationship between India and Pakistan escalated after India announced the scrapping of Article 370, granting special status, in Jammu and Kashmir and also divided the state into two union territories. India has repeatedly tried to get across to the terror state of Pakistan that Kashmir is its internal matter and the same has been endorsed by countries across the globe but loony Pakistan just seems to not understand. Since then it has been trying to rake up the issue at all international fora but with little success.

In its attempt to create pressure on India, Pakistan amongst many other things announced to snap bilateral trades with India and also said it was considering complete closure of Pakistani airspace to India and land routes to Afghanistan.

It is pertinent to note here that poverty-stricken Pakistan had to recently concede to its month-long subterfuge and call on India for something as basic as medicines. Yielding before India’s grit, strapped Pakistan was compelled to restore partial trade with India.

Earlier, Pakistan trying to increase tensions over full integration of Jammu and Kashmir in India had partially shut down its airspace for all airlines. The Pakistan airspace remained closed for several months after the Balakot strikes by India, and it was reopened only last month.

Closure of its own airspace after the Balakot airstrikes by India had cost Pakistan a whopping Rs 700 crores in about 4 months.

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