Two revelations expose the lies, double-speak, hoodwinking and hypocrisy of the Narendra Modi-led government on the issue of the ongoing border tensions with China on the eastern border in area such as South Pangong, Razun La and the finger area, says the Opposition party.
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A day after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made a detailed statement on the LAC and said China had occupied 38,000 sq km of Indian territory illegally, the Congress has alleged that government is not speaking in one voice. Two revelations expose the lies, double-speak, hoodwinking and hypocrisy of the Narendra Modi-led government on the issue of the ongoing border tensions with China on the eastern border in area such as South Pangong, Razun La and the finger area, says the Opposition party.
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Naseer Hussain and Spokesperson Pawan Khera, jointly addressing a press conference,said,"The shocker comes in the form of an answer by MOS in the Ministry of Home Affairs Nityanand Rai to an unstarred question, in which the honourable minister categorically denies any infiltration by China during the last six months. This is a shameless insult to the martyrdom of our brave soldiers on the night of June 15 in the Galwan valley."
The party questioned whether the government was trying to say that the Galwan clash happened in the Chinese territory? By saying so, is the government blaming the Indian army of trespassing into the enemy territory?
The Congress alleged that the government has accepted in the House that India took two loans amounting to Rs 9,202 crore from a Beijing-based multilateral development bank called the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The second loan of $750 million was taken on June 19; just four days after the Galwan massacre where India lost 20 bravehearts. Incidentally, it was also the same day when Prime Minister Modi said that no one had entered our territory.
The party asked External affairs Minister S. Jaishankar whether he still stands by his statement where he said that "There cannot be business as usual in the face of Chinese attempts to unilaterally changing the facts on the ground along the border".
"The nation is shocked at such brazen duplicity of the Modi government in handling China's territorial aggression," said Khera
The Congress said the government must come clean on the "factual situation on the eastern border. A clear message should go across the world that India and its government stand with the Indian army wand will not legitimise China's claims over our territory," added the party.
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Australia Pushes Trade With India As Row With China Exposes Dependence
Australia Pushes Trade With India As Row With China Exposes Dependence
New enrollments of international students from India expanded 32% in 2019 from a year earlier and it's the fastest growing major market for Australian services.
Australia's services exports have been experiencing a quiet tectonic shift over the past 18 months.
Australia's escalating tensions with Beijing have shown up its reliance on China trade and propelled a push to increase links with Asia's other giant economy, India.
New enrollments of international students from India expanded 32% in 2019 from a year earlier and it's the fastest growing major market for Australian services. India has overtaken China as the largest source of net migration to Australia, and its diaspora is the third largest Down Under, just behind China and the U.K.
India's swelling population -- set to overtake China's in 2027 -- suggests ongoing opportunities for Australia to diversify a trade portfolio that currently makes it the developed world's most China-dependent economy. The need to switch things up has accelerated as ties sank to their lowest ebb in 30 years after Canberra's calls for an international inquiry into Covid-19's origins was taken by Beijing as a political attack, with China imposing barriers on barley, beef and wine from Down Under.
This has Australia looking to its democratic, cricket-loving ally to fill the void. Prime Minister Scott Morrison held a virtual summit with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in June and the two signed a defense agreement and upgraded ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The trade ministers of Japan, India and Australia recently agreed to work toward achieving supply chain resilience in the Indo-Pacific region.
"We can sell India education, health care, and there's potential in science and technology," said Ian Hall, a professor of international relations at Griffith University in Queensland. "It's much more the consumer market of India's growing middle class than goods."
Yet trade with India has its own challenges. Its government is wedded to economic nationalism, as showcased last year when it pulled out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership designed to free up trade.
Delhi wants to send lots of people to Australia on work visas and doesn't want to reduce tariffs, according to former Australian Trade Minister Craig Emerson, who initiated the Australia-India free trade negotiations in 2011, resulting in a two-way trade around just one tenth of China-Australia shipments.
"India is highly concerned about its trade deficit," said Lai-Ha Chan, a political scientist at the University of Technology in Sydney, who notes that after signing free trade agreements with South Korea and Japan, India's trade deficit with those nations ballooned. "It would be very worried about Australian farm products, like dairy, harming Indian farmers."
Australia's most valuable export -- iron ore -- hasn't been caught in China's cross hairs yet, perhaps due to a lack of alternative suppliers. Yet Beijing appears to be giving itself greater flexibility, with Emerson noting that China is buying ore carriers that improve the economics of long-distance shipping from Brazil and purchasing Guinea mines.
"It's entirely possible China, once it gets all three mineral provinces in a row -- Guinea, Brazil and Australia -- will play one off against the other to get a better price," he said. "If you're China, you'd say 'where's our vulnerability? Iron ore. So let's diversify, let's fix that.' They may never need to activate it, but it's there, it's available."
Australia's services exports have been experiencing a quiet tectonic shift over the past 18 months. In education, growth in Indian enrollments has seen the number of Indian student visa holders eclipse Chinese students. While China's dominance of Australia's goods exports reflects commodities demand, in the employment-intensive services sector China's importance has been challenged by a doubling of services exports to India over the past two years.
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Premier League games continue to be played behind closed doors
The English Football League will continue to stage pilots with up to 1,000 fans at matches this weekend, following approval from the government.
Championship, League One and League Two clubs were asked to put in requests by Tuesday in order for their plans to be signed off in time.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden will meet sports bodies on Wednesday.
However, a decision is unlikely to be reached this week on the planned return of spectators to sport from 1 October.
The English Football League (EFL) said the pilots were an "important step" for fans' safe return.
Those in local lockdown areas were told they would not receive permission to take part in the test events.
In a letter to clubs on Tuesday, the EFL's head of policy John Nagle said: "We cannot guarantee at this stage that all clubs that would like to stage a pilot will be given permission to do so, as only a limited number will be approved.
"We are still in discussions with regard to pilot matches on other dates."
Nagle said that "the next 48 hours are likely to be critical in terms of determining the direction of travel" regarding the potential return of supporters.
He asked clubs to lobby local MPs, urging them to "make representations on behalf of you, their local club, to government" and added that football was facing "an impending financial crisis as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic".
Nagle also said key messages clubs should highlight to MPs were that: "Football now wishes to see the government give the green light to the return of crowds from the beginning of October as originally planned, as will be the case in many other European countries including Belgium, Germany, France, Denmark, Austria, Poland and Switzerland.
"Failure to do so, or to at least provide any credible roadmap back to the return of fans in the near future, could have catastrophic consequences for many football clubs and the communities they represent."
He apologised for the "late notice and short timescales" but said: "We are very much in the government's hands on this one."
An EFL spokesman said it remained "in discussions with the government about the pilot programme which may include a limited number of further pilot matches during September with capacity limited to 1,000".
"The League is clear in its view that social distancing can be applied safely in football stadia and that having crowds at matches is an absolutely essential part of helping to protect club finances, which remain under extreme pressure," they added.
"Therefore, the successful delivery of further pilots will be an important step towards getting larger numbers of fans into grounds safely."
Last week, the government restricted pilot events to 1,000 spectators after a rise in coronavirus cases, and said plans for grounds to be up to a third full from 1 October would be reviewed.
The Premier League has already written to the government over pilot plans and says around £100m per month will be lost by clubs across the leagues while matches continue behind closed doors.
It is one of a number of sports bodies to have voiced concerns at the financial impact of an extended period with empty venues.
Nigel Huddleston, Minister for Sport, Tourism and Heritage, has written to former sports minister Tracey Crouch MP to state that despite changes to Covid-19 restrictions, the UK government is hopeful fans can attend events under socially distanced conditions from 1 October.
National League chairman Brian Barwick has warned that clubs risk suffering "severe economic hardship" and players will go unpaid unless the government allows fans into its stadiums next month.
Barwick has written to Dowden to express his concern.
"Unlike the upper echelons of English professional football, the National League restart depends upon crowds being allowed back in stadiums as live attendance is by far the largest source of income," he said.
"If a decision is made to delay or to cancel the return of fans, it is feared many players and staff may go unpaid due to the shortfall in match day income and the furlough scheme being discontinued.
"Furthermore, in the absence of a credible pathway for the return of spectators, it is feared that clubs could suffer severe economic hardship, and that community assets may fall out of use."
'We wouldn't last the season'
On Monday, the second pilot fixture in rugby union's Premiership took place as 1,000 spectators attended Gloucester's match with Harlequins.
Meanwhile, a report in the Times on Tuesday claims attendances could be restricted to between 1,000 and 2,500 from 1 October, depending on the coronavirus infection rate.
Gloucester chief executive Lance Bradley told BBC Radio 4 that level of restriction would be "a disaster" if put in place for the remainder of the season.
"We simply have to get fans back in reasonable numbers as soon as possible to ensure the game survives," said Bradley. "We can't keep going losing money with 1,000 or 2,000 fans.
"In the end, that would be a disaster. There are clubs in a worse position than us but we would find it very difficult.
"We wouldn't be able to make it through the season if we were only allowed crowds of 2,500."
'The consequences could be very serious for Silverstone'
Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle said the track needs to get a full crowd back for next summer's British Grand Prix as a reduced capacity is not sustainable for its business.
"If we had no fans here next year - and in fact if we are required to run with a reduced number of fans here next year - the consequences could be very, very serious for Silverstone," he told BBC Sport.
"We have had a truly dreadful 2020. We are burning through cash at an alarming rate. You cannot run a 550 acre site with no revenue coming in or very, very reduced revenue.
"If we are not hitting a level that is very, very far above 50%, then we are not even breaking even. I don't want to run with a reduced audience next year because it will simply make us lose more money, quicker - and we cannot sustain that.
"If we are not there, Silverstone will be in a dire place."
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No Central Data on Death, Injury to People During Lockdown Enforcement: Govt in Rajya Sabha
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Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy's written reply in Rajya Sabha came in response to Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge's question in this regard.
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The Centre on Wednesday said it has no data on death or injury caused to people in enforcing the countrywide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy's written reply in Rajya Sabha came in response to Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge's question in this regard.
"Data pertaining to complaints and cases registered, First Information Report (FIR) regarding harassment, injury, death of individuals in enforcing the COVID-19 lockdown across the country is not maintained centrally," Reddy said.
The minister also said police and public order are State subjects as per 7th schedule of the Constitution of India. Hence, the actions are taken by the respective State governments, he said. Kharge had asked whether there has been any instance of excessive police measures leading to harassment, injury, death of individuals in enforcing the COVID-19 lockdown across the country and if so, the details.
The Micromax Canvas 6 might look good but in everything else, it is only an average sub-15k smartphone.
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Micromax has come a long way. From being a quintessential budget smartphone maker, to a company that truly takes on global brands. Micromax, though, has run into a lot of roadblocks recently, especially from Chinese manufacturers. The company went for a complete brand revamp, led by the Micromax Canvas 6, the company’s first metallic smartphone. Did it get back in competition? Here’s what I found over a week of using this phone.
Build and Design
The Micromax Canvas 6 shared similar ergonomics as the OnePlus One, although it’s made of metal rather than Sandstone. Further, unlike most other phones (especially from Micromax) in the sub-15k price bracket, the Canvas 6 has a much bolder design. The edges are not curved or rounded, there is a nice chamfer along the edges and the rear camera sits in a glass encasing at the back. There are no rough edges, even the two physical buttons and sandblasted back of the phones, feel quite premium.
It feels like a mid-ranged flagship. However, in one week of usage, I felt that the physical buttons are a little tough to presses. Also, the power key didn’t respond to presses for days at a time. During this time, the fingerprint scanner was the only way to unlock the phone. The power button started to respond after three days.
Display and UI
While the Canvas 6 has a good display, it is not without its shortcomings. It has good colour reproduction, but is slightly warm. The viewing angles are also good, but the display is quite reflective, causing issues under sunlight. Sunlight visibility in general isn’t great either, and there’s no Gorilla Glass protection here.
As for UI, there aren't any major changes from what we have usually seen from Micromax. The only exception is the Around service, which is now being integrated in Micromax devices as well. With this, you can order food, buy products, call cabs, books flights and more. It is available from the extreme-left panel of the home screen, placed where multiple other companies put curated content and news feeds. It has an easy, intuitive interface, and is easy to navigate. Overall, it is a nice addition to have. The rest of the UI is quite familiar, and offer only subtle changes over the stock Android interface. Familiarity with interface is a good thing to have, and Micromax scores well here.
Before we move further, there is one mentionable feature: Turbo Download. According to Micromax, this feature provides better download speeds for larger files by combining both WLAN and 3G/4G data. However, in my tests with the feature ON, the device either downloaded on WLAN or on mobile data, and never on both. It is theoretically a good feature, and maybe this was an isolated issue, but this calls for wider tests to be undertaken.
Performance
The MediaTek Helio X10-powered Micromax Canvas 6 may not be the fastest phone around, but is definitely the most powerful smartphone that Micromax has made till date. This previous generation SoC, combined with 3GB of RAM, manages to provide decent performance for everyday usage. The last time we saw the Helio X10 on a budget smartphone, it was the LeEco Le 1s and it came out to be a very good performer, thanks to good optimisation by the Chinese OEM. However, compared to the Le 1s, the Canvas 6 is unable to offer that level of performance. To be quite precise, the Micromax Canvas 6 is only 70 percent as powerful as the LeEco Le 1s, and definitely miles behind the likes of LeEco Le 2 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, our presently reigning budget smartphones. It works if you are not a power user, and your work day includes apps like messages, Facebook, YouTube or music streaming apps like Gaana. Less demanding games such as Alto’s Adventure and Mekorama also worked quite smoothly, without any major lags. However, heavy games such as Asphalt 8 lagged constantly and consistently, from the moment I started playing.
Heating is another issue with this phone. With 4G enabled, the Canvas 6 remains warm at almost all the time, and becomes uncomfortably hot (crossing 45 degrees centigrades) after only a minute of calling. This may also be a software issue, which can be resolved via an update. If not, this is a major issue.
Battery
As far as our previous encounters with MediaTek Helio X10-powered smartphones fare, it hasn't been very battery-friendly. Previous smartphones offering a similar hardware setup like the LeEco Le 1s offered about 7 hours of battery life. The Micromax Canvas 6 is no better and offers similar battery life, especially with a 4G-enabled SIM. Processor-intensive tasks such as gaming or video streaming burn through the battery at a higher rate. An average day with about half an hour of gaming, half a dozen calls, streaming videos on YouTube and music for more than two hours lead to charging the device about twice each day.
Camera
The Micromax Canvas 6 has a 13MP rear camera. Photographs taken by the rear camera, even in amply lit environment, offer average detail. However, the focussing is really slow, and the camera is often unable to lock focus properly. Colour accuracy is off the mark, and photographs have a cool hue that often ruins most photographs. Under low light conditions, there is a lot of noise that renders photographs unimpressive. Overall, the image quality of the Micromax Canvas 6’s camera is average. The front-facing camera is rather poor, as photographs come out blurry and overexposed at times.
The camera app on the Canvas 6 is nothing different, and like the UI, looks and behaves exactly the same as we have seen on previous Micromax smartphones. The shutter response is acceptable, and the UI is functional. They are not blazing fast, but neither do they stutter.
Bottomline
The Micromax Canvas 6 might be the flagship smartphone that Micromax is putting its hopes on, but in reality, it is barely average. The build quality is underwhelming, and although the design is decent and the UI remains intuitive, they are not enough to redeem the sub-par camera, battery life and performance, three key aspects that rule smartphones. In the sub-15k category, you can have far better options such as the LeEco Le 2 or the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3.
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Verdict
The BlackBerry DTEK 50 has a good display and very smooth overall performance, but lags behind the competition when it comes to the camera, battery life and built-in storage. It's just not the perfect smartphone to buy.
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Once upon a time, when the iPhone wasn’t a reality, there was BlackBerry. BlackBerry phones possessed three very important features – an awesome keyboard, good battery life and push mail, combined with BBM, which made it the ultimate communication device. Then the iPhone launched and the rest as they say is history.
We have seen BlackBerry try to launch smartphones like the Priv and the DTEK 60 that try to address one key issue – security. They do pack in the bells and whistles expected from a flagship device, but for some reason the additional security wasn’t enough to sway customers back towards the BlackBerry camp.
Today we have with us the BlackBerry DTEK 50. The smartphone looks a lot like the Alcatel Idol 4 and is priced at Rs. 21,990. However, the sub 25k price point is packed with devices that offer users a bang for their buck. Does the Blackberry DTEK50 have enough to sway customers in its favour?
Build and Design
The Blackberry DTEK 50 is a well built device. It has a textured back and the camera, along with a dual-tone LED flash, that sits snug in a corner. You have the standard BlackBerry Logo on the center of the back. The textured finish ensures a very good grip, and the the form factor is perfect for single handed use.
The front of the Blackberry DTEK 50 has a prominent forehead and chin. The forehead houses a front facing camera and ambient light sensor. Above and below the display, we have the front firing speakers. They aren’t the loudest, but the fact that they are front firing, does help. They also produce a stereo effect. The audio is quite clear from these speakers.
The bottom of the device has a micro-USB port. That's an interesting choice from BlackBerry, given that the world is moving towards an USB-C future. Nonetheless, it's handy for those upgrading from a smartphone with micro-USB connectivity. I’m pretty sure you have a microUSB cable lying in a drawer/car somewhere.
The top houses the headphone jack, while the left of the phone has the power button. This position would have been fine if BlackBerry didn’t have this prominent round button on the right that rests under the volume rocker. This is a “shortcut” button and can be mapped to launch an app you use frequently. It is very confusing and throughout my review process, I kept pressing it to wake the device. It's a problem when you're already used to a power button.
Overall, Blackberry has nailed the design of a functional compact phone. The textured back ensures a good grip and the 5.2-inch form factor makes it easy for single-handed use. The device may be simple looking, but the amount of functionality in this simple build is extremely good. Just like a business suit.
Display and UI
The DTEK 50 has a 5.2-inch IPS LCD display, with a resolution of 1920x1080 and a pixel density of 424 ppi. The display is bright and produces neutral colours. Watch trailers like Spider-Man Homecoming, Kubo and the Two Strings or the Secret Lives of Pets and you will see how vibrant it looks. However, sunlight visibility isn’t the best.
The display has maximum luminance of 595 Lux, which is about the average for this price range. It is however a good display for everyday activities like YouTube videos, typing, social media, etc.
BlackBerry has used a predominantly stock Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with some BlackBerry tweaks.
One tweak that I really love is the keyboard. It's an absolute pleasure to type on and predicts words you may use by simply swiping up on the predicted word.
Coming to other additions, there is a menu that can be launched by swiping from the edge of the display. You have access to shortcuts like calendar, messages, to do and contacts. The slider is just like the edge display on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge – it has very little utility. You will forget about it easily, especially if you are used to having a lot of widgets on the home screens.
The device comes preloaded with BBM and DTEK security.
DTEK security is a good app to have if you are finicky about security, and will show you what apps are accessing the camera, microphone, etc. There are a bunch of third party apps available on Google Play that do the same.
Overall, the display has good colour reproduction but average brightness, and the UI is close to stock, which is good and the keyboard is nice. The security additions will appeal to some and the added slider doesn’t add utility. If the extra button on the right of the device could be used to unlock the device, then it would help but I forgot about that too after the initial novelty wore off.
Performance
As an everyday device, I didn’t face any issues with the performance of the BlackBerry DTEK 50. The phone ran all the apps quite well, including apps such as Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, Threes, Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc. From opening apps to switching between them, there wasn’t any significant issue. Sure, there were times when you notice a stutter while switching between apps frequently, but it wasn't significant enough to be detrimental.
If there is one thing that really annoys me about the BlackBerry DTEK 50, it’s the mere 16GB built-in storage. Thankfully you can expand the storage via a micro-SD card, but we would have preferred at least 32GB built-in storage. Come on BlackBerry, even Apple has accepted 32GB as base storage now!
The benchmark scores were however not up to mark and that is a problem we have seen with other Snapdragon 617 powered smartphones.
Gaming
I played a lot of Asphalt 8 on the BlackBerry DTEK50. Apart from a little stutter when booting the game for the first time, the experience was smooth. The game ran extremely well on the device and we think credit for that goes to the Adreno 405 GPU. Simpler games like Threes, Pool, etc. are smooth.
Camera
On the back, the BlackBerry DTEK 50 has a 13MP camera. It is average when compared to what the competition has to offer. Colours look oversaturated at times, so reds will look too red and so on. Images also have a lot of noise and the white balance seems off, often. Filters and other forms of post production can help, though. If the camera is of the utmost importance to you then you have the likes of the much cheaper Nubia Z11 Mini, or the similarly priced Zenfone 3 that have better rear cameras than the BlackBerry DTEK 50. If you can increase your budget by a few thousand more, the OnePlus 3 is a much better option as far as the camera is concerned.
On the PC Mark Work 2.0 Battery Test, the device lasts for a little over 5 hours, which is sub-par. A heavy user will have to resort to a charger half-way through the day. The BlackBerry DTEK50 supports Quick Charge 2.0 through the microUSB port, but it takes a little over two hours to reach 100%, which again, is a bummer. You lose between 20 to 25% of battery with about an hour of Netflix, watching and a little under 20% while gaming for about 15 minutes.
Bottomline
Overall, I think the Blackberry DTEK 50 is a decent phone, but it has some striking shortcomings that can’t be ignored. It has a great display and decent front facing speakers, but the battery life of the smartphone is disappointing. The UI is smooth; games run well, even though benchmark scores are low. The keyboard is fantastic, but the battery life is bad. Add to that the fact that 16GB storage will make you cringe, and we have a phone that could have been a whole lot more with minor improvements. If the keyboard is important to you and you don’t want to play games or load heavy apps on the phone, then sure, this is the device for you. However as far as multimedia is concerned (camera and gaming to be specific), you're better off looking at one of the many alternatives.
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American technology giant Apple Inc is hosting a virtual event on Tuesday where it is expected to announce upgrades to its products and services. Historically, the company’s September keynote event has been about its iPhone and Watch series line-ups. This year, however, the company is likely to bring upgrades to two of its vital hardware lines — the Watch Series and iPad — beyond the iPhones. That said, let’s take a look at what should be expected at the Apple event:
At the event, the Cupertino, California-based technology company is expected to upgrade its Watch Series line-up, likely to be called the Apple Watch Series 6. The smartwatch could bring improvements with regard to performance and functionality. It might be powered by a faster processor for performance gains and improved user interface (WatchOS). As for features, the Watch is expected to get a sensor to monitor blood oxygen saturation, commonly referred to as SpO2. The Watch is likely to come in two sizes (40 mm and 44 mm) and two connectivity variants (WiFi and WiFi + LTE). Besides the Watch Series 6, the company could also unveil its first affordable Watch, likely to be named the Watch SE.
Apple is also expected to upgrade its midrange tablet, the iPad Air, with seasonal upgrades. The upgraded iPad Air would still remain cheaper than the iPad Pro but bring some of the latter’s more premium features. The iPad Air is expected to feature a bigger screen than the current one. Moreover, Apple might add second-generation Apple Pencil support.
Apple One
On the services side, Apple is expected to debut a single-subscription-based bundle service, which might include the Apple TV+, News+, Arcade and Music. Details of the Apple One service are thin right now, but the product is expected to be similar to the Amazon Prime subscription that gives customers access to all Amazon services at a fixed subscription cost.
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