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WASHINGTON: Vaccine maker deal row escalates Novavax said Monday its Cov- id-19 shot was highly effective Ram temple is a ...there are some Paswan in silent coup against the disease and also pro- HT Correspondents tected against variants in a large [email protected] matter of faith. people in the study in the US and Mexico, People have made opposition who do LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Five of the six MPs potentially offering the world yet A day donations out of not like anything move to elect his another weapon against the after allegation that Shriram virus at a time when developing Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra faith. The trust positive in context uncle Pashupati countries are desperate for Trust looking after the con- doses. struction of the Ram temple in must clarify to the Ram temple Kumar Paras as their The two-shot vaccine was Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya paid representative in LS about 90% effective overall, and an inflated price for land SANJAY RAUT, DINESH SHARMA, preliminary data showed it was around the temple complex, Shiv Sena leader UP deputy chief minister Vijay Swaroop and safe, the American biotechnol- the war of words continued Smriti Kak Ramachandran ogy company said. The Novavax between the opposition parties vaccine, which is easy to store and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pawan Pandey. Attaching several docu- [email protected] and transport, is expected to play Party (BJP), with the former alleged that Champat Rai, gen- ments, Singh tweeted: “Ravi PATNA/NEW DELHI: In a silent an important role in boosting calling for an investigation into eral secretary of Shriram Jan- Mohan Tiwari and Sultan coup, five of the six Lok Jan- vaccine supplies in the develop- the “scam” and the latter saying mabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Ansari bought land worth ₹2 shakti Party (LJP) parliamentari- ing world. The study involved it is a ploy to “defame” the birth Trust, purchased 1.208 hectares crores at 7:10 pm. At 7:15 pm, ans on Sunday night joined nearly 30,000 people. AP place of Lord Ram. of land worth ₹2 crore in Ayo- Champat Rai of Ram Janma- hands against their leader Chi- On Sunday, Aam Aadmi dhya’s Bag Bjaisi village for bhoomi Trust bought this land rag Paswan and elected his Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP ₹18.5 crore with the help of from them for ₹18.5 crores.” paternal uncle Pashupati Kumar Sanjay Singh and Samajwadi trust member Anil Mishra. continued on →7 Paras as the party’s representa- MAN LYNCHED tive in the Lower House, and called it a decision taken out of FOR ‘SMUGGLING’ compulsion. The leaders also ruled out a CATTLE IN RAJ merger with any other party in Costlier fuel and food push the state. HT Correspondent “Ye majboori ka faisla hai. LJP leader Chirag Paswan arrives to meet party leader Pashupati Paras at his house in New Delhi [email protected] (This is a decision taken out of Monday, PTI up WPI to a record of 12.94% compulsion). We were feeling JAIPUR: A man was lynched suffocated,” said Pashupati same evening. meet Paras at his Rajendra In a letter to the Speaker, the and another injured when a NEW DELHI: The wholesale 2021, WPI inflation hit double tion stood at 10.83% in May, Kumar Paras, the MP from Haji- Party officials aware of the Prasad road residence in Delhi, five MLAs said, the parliamen- group of people attacked them price-based inflation accelerated digit at 10.49%. against 9.01% in the previous pur and brother of the late Union developments said that Paras but was left waiting outside the tary board at its meeting on June for allegedly smuggling cattle to a record high of 12.94% while The Reserve Bank of India month. minister Ram Vilas Paswan, the would be formally made the main gate for around 15 minutes. 13 at 6 pm in Delhi has with con- in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh dis- retail inflation rose to 6.30% in earlier this month warned that As per the data released by the founder of the LJP, told HT on national president and leader of Paswan reached the residence sensus decided to make Paras trict late on Sunday, police said May, its fastest pace in six high energy prices could stoke National Statistical Office (NSO), Monday. the party in the Lok Sabha by at 11.45 and after being made to the head of the parliamentary Monday. months, as fuel and food prices inflation while cutting the inflation in the food basket was “After the death of Ram Vilas replacing actor-turned-politician wait, managed to meet Paras’s party in the Lok Sabha and Meh- The deceased was identified rose at a higher pace, putting growth forecast to 9.5% from 5.01% in May, significantly up Paswan on October 8, 2020, Chirag Paswan. wife. According to a person boob Ali Kesar as his deputy. as Babu Bhil, 25, while Pintu pressure on the central bank to 10.5% for the current fiscal year from 1.96% in the preceding some of the unilateral decisions “We met Lok Sabha Speaker aware of the details, he left after Chandan Singh has been named Bhil is under treatment, police tame prices amid a faltering eco- beginning April. Annual retail month. taken by the party leadership Om Birla and handed him a let- spending an hour and 40 min- the chief whip. said. nomic recovery. inflation rose 6.30% year-on- Yuvika Singhal, economist at pushed the LJP to the brink that ter regarding these new develop- utes at his uncle’s residence. LJP had contested on six Lok Babu and Pintu were alleg- Low base effect also contrib- year, up from 4.29% in April. Quabteco Research in Delhi, it now faces threat of extinction,” ments,” Paras said. Besides Paras, the party MPs Sabha seats and won on all with edly smuggling cattle to Mad- uted to the spike in WPI inflation Economists fear a rise in pri- said, “The need for the govern- said Paras, who was slammed by The news of a possible change who have now rebelled against a vote share of 0.52%. hya Pradesh when the accused in May 2021. In May 2020, WPI ces after the second wave of cor- ment to pitch in through supply the party leadership during the of guard in the party was fol- Chirag Paswan’s leadership Speaking about growing dis- caught them near Bhilkhanda inflation was at (-) 3.37 per cent. onavirus hit the economy. management of food prices and/ assembly election in the state in lowed by high drama when Chi- include his cousin Prince Raj sent in the party after induction late on Sunday night and This is the fifth straight Inflation in fuel and power or reduction in excise duty on 2020 after he praised Nitish rag Paswan, who is recuperating (LJP state president and Samas- of some of the leaders, the Haji- thrashed them, police said. month of uptick seen in the basket spiked to 37.61% during fuel prices to quell some of the Kumar and his work. Paras had from Covid-19 with a cannula tipur MP), Mehboob Ali Qaiser, pur MP said, “Around 99% of the Seven to eight people have wholesale price index May, against 20.94% in April. In price pressures may have turned to retract from his statement the inserted in his hand, drove to Veena Devi and Chandan Singh. continued on →7 continued on →7 (WPI)-based inflation. In April, manufactured products, infla- stronger.” →P9 TheTrusted Choice of over

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hindustantimes htTweets www.hindustantimes.com PATNA TUESDAY 03 JUNE 15, 2021 My Patna Death certificates mum on cause, ex gratia a far cry for kin of Covid dead States’s energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav at the event in Most govt medical Patil, said doctors were sup- Patna on Monday. HT PHOTO    posed to mention Covid-19 as a colleges, which are cause of death in form 4, which is the medical certificate for authorised to issue cause of death. Bihar inks MoU death certificates on 717,539 9,505 13 “Doctors have to mention         ’   cause of death in the death cer- form 6 to relatives, tificate according to the interna-   tional classification of disease. said there was no 98.01   for its biggest 324  The WHO has given code U07.1 A year on, no charge provision to mention ’ for Covid-19 disease. Relatives of     patients have the right to access the cause of death 4,771  27 3 sheet filed in Sushant hydel plant         form 4 along with form 6, gener- Ruchir Kumar ally given to them as the death certificate,” said Dr Patil. [email protected] Rajput’s death case HT Correspondent generating both direct and ment compensation of ₹4 lakh The daughters are now strug- Mahesh Prasad, additional indirect employment in Bihar.” PATNA: Death certificates of Cov- for her husband Sujit Krishna gling with paper work, as the district registrar of births and [email protected] Giving details of the project, id-19 victims do not mention on Sengupta, who died of Covid-19 death certificate issued by AIIMS death in Patna, said death certifi- Avinash Kumar PATNA: Moving ahead in its Secretary of Bihar’s energy it the cause of death, causing dif- last year. does not mention Covid-19 as the cates given to relatives were not mission to generate green department Sanjeev Hans said, ficulty to family members in Sengupta has two daughters, cause of death. supposed to mention cause of [email protected] energy, the Bihar government “The total generation capacity claiming government compen- one in Pune, and the other in Worse, the institution has death on it. PATNA: A year after the Bihar- signed a Memorandum of of the project will be 130.1 MW, sation. Patna, who is suffering from a misspelt their mother’s name in “The format of death certifi- born actor Sushant Singh Raj- Understanding (MoU) with the which will comprise two pow- Bihar offers ₹4 lakh ex-gratia genetic disorder. Rajeev had to the death summary. Correcting cate is fixed and there is no pro- put was found dead at his National Hydroelectric Power erhouses, while the barrage to the next of kin of a Covid-19 make several rounds of govern- it is taking them some effort and vision to mention the cause of Mumbai residence, the Central Corporation Limited (NHPC) length would be 753 metres deceased through the Chief Min- ment offices before the septuag- time. death in it. The data uploaded on Bureau of Investigation, which for setting up the state’s biggest and it would have 36 gates.” ister’s Relief Fund. To get this enarian widow could get the “Neither has any of the three the national portal of births and has been probing the case, is hydroelectric power generation Hans claimed that the ambi- compensation, there is a lot of government cheque. daughters nor I received any call deaths, on the basis of informa- yet to file a charge sheet in the plant, Dagmara multipurpose tious power generation plant is paper work involved, and irrefu- “Sujit tested positive at Patna from the government either to tion furnished by doctors in special court in Patna that has hydropower project, on Kosi the state’s biggest hydroelectric table evidence of Covid-19 death Medial College Hospital (PMCH) enquire about the delay in sub- form 4, does mention the cause been hearing the case. river in Supaul district on Mon- project that will come up 31 km being just the first prerequisite. where he was initially admitted. mission of claim or to guide us of death in it, but the certificate Rajput (34) was found dead SUSHANT SINGH day. downstream on Kosi river With no mention about the He suffered a fall at the hospital and facilitate the payment of given to relatives does not cap- at his residence on June 14, The MoU was signed under Bhaptiyahi block in Sup- cause of death on form 6 of the and fractured his hip bone, after compensation,” said Vishal Baxi, ture it for confidentiality rea- 2020, under mysterious cir- RAJPUT WAS between Bihar State Hydroelec- aul district. death certificate, issued by the which the hospital referred him who got his elder sister admitted sons. Any change in it has to be cumstances. FOUND DEAD AT tric Power Corporation State energy minister Bijen- department of planning and to a higher centre. His family to AIIMS. done as per the guidelines of the CBI sources said they had HIS RESIDENCE ON (BSHPC) and NHPC through dra Prasad Yadav believes that development, government of then moved him to another hos- Most government medical Registrar General of India,” not closed the case even as kin video-conferencing in the pres- Kosi—which is known as the Bihar, relatives have to append pital, which misplaced his Cov- colleges, which are authorised to Prasad said. rued no real progress had been JUNE 14, 2020 ence of Union Minister of State sorrow of Bihar—will convert Covid-19 positive test report id-19 test report. I had a tough issue death certificates on form 6 Meanwhile, considering the made. for Power and New and Renew- into a river of opportunities along with the patient’s death time to convince the clerks in to relatives, said there was no issues in compensation, the state “Neither have other agencies stand-off between Bihar and able Energy RK Singh, state after the commencement of the summary in case of institutional government offices that Sujit provision to mention the cause government has decided to take investigating his death, such as Mumbai Police. energy minister Bijendra Dagmara project. Yadav attrib- death. uncle died of Covid-19,” he recol- of death on it. up the issue with the Centre. the Enforcement Directorate Later, the Bihar government Prasad Yadav, Union Energy uted the project one-of-its-kind “A mere mention in the lects. “We do not write the cause of “We will take up the issue (ED) and the Narcotics Control transferred the case to the CBI. Secretary Alok Kumar and and unique from conventional remarks column of the death This is not an isolated case. death on the death certificate with the Centre and request it to Bureau (NCB), arrived at any On August 6, 2020, the CBI reg- chairman and managing projects. certificate that the deceased was Ishani Lal (27), Stuti Lal (25), issued to the relative, as the for- mention the cause of death on conclusion,” said Rajput’s sis- istered an FIR against Chakra- director at NHPC AK Singh. Meanwhile, Pratyaya Amrit, Covid-19 positive would have Aastha Lal (20), residents of mat is fixed by the government the death certificate given to rel- ter Nilu Singh. borty and others and started a Speaking on the occasion, additional chief secretary of the sufficed and dispensed with the Hanuman Nagar locality in and there is no column to men- atives,” said Pratyaya Amrit, Rajput’s father KK Singh had probe. RK Singh highlighted that the health department, who played requirement of a Covid-19 report Patna’s Kankerbagh, have lost tion the cause of death on it,” Bihar’s additional chief secre- filed a case against the actor’s “We are investigating all pos- Dagmara project would con- an instrumental role in taking as well as patient’s death sum- their parents. said Dr Binod Kumar Singh, tary, health. girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty sible angles,” said a senior CBI tribute immensely to India’s off of the project, pointed that mary in case of hospital deaths,” While their father Anupam medical superintendent of the Of the 9,429 Covid-19 deaths the Rajiv Nagar police station officer, requesting anonymity. mission for energy transition the Dagmara project would said Rajeev Ranjan, a resident of Kumar died a few years back, Nalanda Medical College Hospi- in Bihar, as on June 9, the state in Patna, accusing her of taking Meanwhile, Vikas Singh, the for lesser use of fossil fuel. He help in an uplift of the socio- Danapur. mother, Vibha Baxi, 49, suc- tal. government had released ex gra- his money and driving him to lawyer of Rajput’s father KK said, “About ₹2,500 crore economic condition through Rajeev had played a proactive cumbed to Covid-19 at the All Additional professor, forensic tia funds for 3,737 Covid-19 vic- suicide. The investigations Singh, told PTI that he was not investment will create recreational facilities such as role in helping his neighbour India Institute of Medical Scien- medicine and toxicology depart- tims so far of which around soon became mired in a series satisfied with the progress of immense opportunities for fisheries and eco-tourism. Shukla Sengupta get the govern- ces (AIIMS) on April 27. ment of AIIMS-Patna, Dr Amit 2,000 had been paid till then. of controversies, including a the CBI probe.

10 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR 2018 Jam-packed MURDER IN ARA Edu institutions likely to ARA: A court Monday sentenced 10 persons to death for the mur- der of a local businessman for reopen in July: Minister extortion in 2018. The court of additional dis- Megha trict judge Manoj Kumar also fined each of the convicts Rs 2.60 [email protected] lakh, additional public prosecu- PATNA: Bihar’s education min- tor Nagendra Prasad Singh said. ister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary On December 6, 2018, busi- has hinted at reopening schools nessman Imran Khan was shot and colleges in the state in July dead and his brother Akil if Covid-19 situation remains Ahmad injured in a shooting in under control. Shobha market area in Ara Chaudhary said educational town. A BSNL employee also institutions would be reopened sustained injuries. Imran had in a phased manner, with allegedly refused to pay Rs 10 resumption of secondary lakh in extortion allegedly classes followed by higher and demanded by the accused. primary classes. Those sentenced to death are “If Covid-19 situation Khurshid Quraishi, his brother improves in the state, educa- Abdullah Quraishi, Babli Miyan, tional institutions are likely to A woman gets a Covid jab at a vaccine centre at Patna Women's Tausif Alam, Furchan Miyan, be reopened next month fol- College on Monday. SANTOSH KUMAR/HT PHOTO Ahmad Miyan, Anwar Quraishi, lowing Covid-19 safety proto- Guddu Miyan, Raju Khan and cols. Students, especially the Shamsher Miyan. younger lot, are facing aca- PRASHANT RANJAN Traffic at Chiraiyatand flyover in Patna on Monday. SANTOSH KUMAR/HT PHOTO demic loss due to closure of Women’s College waives schools,” he said. Chaudhary also conceded fee for students who lost there was a huge digital divide ₹25 L LOOTED among students in the state. “Amid closure of schools, we their parents to Covid-19 FROM COURIER resorted to online classes Oppn slams CM, JD-U says through various platforms Megha have welcomed the initiative COMPANY OFFICE including Doordarshan, e-lots taken by the college. application etc. However, [email protected] “The fee waiver will help Aditya Nath Jha online classes cannot replace PATNA: In a bid to provide many students to continue [email protected] traditional classroom teaching. financial relief and prevent their studies who else would Chirag got what he sowed A large number of students are students from dropping out, have discontinued college PURNIA: Armed miscreants deprived of online classes as Patna Women’s College due to financial crisis. We Subhash Pathak Congress MLC extended an allegedly looted ₹25 lakh from they don’t have access to (PWC) has decided to waive don’t have an exact figure of offer to Chirag Paswan to join P the office of a courier company mobile and internet. We have college fees of those students such students who have lost [email protected] hands with Opposition’s grand at Polytechnic College chowk urged the Centre to provide who have lost their parents their parents but several stu- PATNA: The coup in Lok Jan- alliance. “He (Kumar) was pur- Chirag was heading under Maranga police station of digital devices to students due to Covid-19. dents have individually shakti Party (LJP) against party suing his political goals when a party which was Purnia district late on Sunday under Samagra Shiksha Abhi- College’s principal M informed about the sudden chief Chirag Paswan, in which people were grappling with the evening. yan to minimise the gap,” he Rashmi AC said the institute demise of their parents to five of its six MPs have joined challenge to survive in the pan- with the NDA. Yet, Purnia SP Daya Shankar said, said. had decided to support those Covid-19 infection during hands against him, has predicta- demic and the opposition parties he adopted a stance “The incident of loot took place The education department is students who lost their par- March- April,” a professor bly roiled the politics in Bihar, were out to help those in dis- at Insatakart courier service at also set to introduce catch-up ents in such tough times. associated with computer barely six months after Nitish tress,” Mishra said. that damaged it in Polytechnic Chowk. Investiga- course for compensating the “The college will provide department said. Kumar returned as the chief State Congress spokesman the Assembly polls. tion is on.” academic losses. financial support to those Meanwhile, AN college, a minister after the assembly polls Rajesh Rathore said JD(U)’s bid He added, “Under what cir- Sanjay Kumar, additional students who have lost the constituent college of Patli- in October-November 2020. to disintegrate LJP and obliter- RCP SINGH, JD(U) national cumstance the office was func- chief secretary of education earning members of their putra University, has also Main Opposition Rashtriya ate the legacy of its founder Ram president tioning at 10 pm when there was department, said the final deci- families due to Covid-19. We announced to waive college Janata Dal (RJD), whose chief Vilas Paswan would not succeed a night curfew.” The CCTV cam- sion regarding reopening of have requested all heads to fees last week. and former chief minister Lalu for long. “Paswan community is said to be eyeing five MLAs of in the Assembly polls. This led to era was also dysfunctional, educational institutions would collect details of such stu- SP Sahi, principal of the Prasad was recently granted bail would not spare Nitish Kumar AIMIM. Besides, the party has a sense of unease within his own which raised serious doubt over be taken after meeting with all dents from their respective college, said, “The college in fodder scam cases, blamed for isolating Chirag Paswan in poached four MLCs of RJD and party,” said Singh. the working of the company. stakeholders. departments and submit to has decided to waive fees of Kumar for the trouble in the LJP, Bihar politics. Chirag will rise an equal number of Congress Ashok Choudhary, who is Courier manager Abhishek “We have designed catch-up the list college by June 20. such students who have lost saying it was his desperation to again. Paswans will not back MLCs over the past few years. now a minister, said JD(U) had Kumar said, “Seven armed crim- course for classes 2 to 10 to We are gathering details their parents or even one save his own party JD(U) from Pashupati Paras,” he said. Former Bihar Pradesh Con- nothing to do with the rift in the inals struck the office around 10 compensate the learning loss from all undergraduate and due to Covid-19. We have the imminent onslaught from Former Patna University pro- gress Committee (BPCC) chief LJP, but added Chirag was des- pm and looted ₹25 lakh, besides due after the pandemic trig- postgraduate courses. All started collecting details but the RJD chief. fessor and political analyst Ashok Choudhary, who was a tined for this fate owing to nega- the mobile phones of the staff.” gered closure of schools last such students will be we are yet to finalise the list. “Those torching others’ Nawal Kishore Chaudhary said, Congress MLC, had switched his tive politics he played during the He alleged that they brutally year. Earlier, we intended to exempted from college fee A separate committee has houses should not forget that the “It’s an attempt by JD(U) to settle loyalty with three others and Bihar assembly elections. assaulted one of the staff mem- launch the bridge course in till they complete their been constituted for accept- fire might engulf their houses scores with LJP and regain its joined JD(U) in 2017. The BJP was cautious. State bers when he resisted their bid.” April but we had to put off the course duration,” she said. ing applications of students too. Nitish Kumar just cannot lost ground. Kumar is a power Meanwhille, JD(U) national BJP spokesman Prem Ranjan Meanwhile, based on the plan owing to lockdown and Students and professors and verifying their details.” wish away the troubles he faces hungry politician.” president RCP Singh said Chirag Patel said Chirag was bearing written complaint of the cashier shutdown of schools once after release of Lalu Prasad from Over the past few months, has just reaped what he sowed. the brunt of his habit of taking of the courier service Pankaj again. The course will be intro- existing and newly enrolled educational institutions have the jail. The game is on,” said JD(U) has been able to poach “Chirag was heading a party unilateral decision for his party Kumar, Maranga police have duced at all government students overcome learning been shut in the state since RJD MLA and chief spokesman lone MLAs of BSP and the LJP, which was with the NDA. Yet, he without consulting other lead- lodged an FIR under Section 392 schools before beginning of gap,” he said. April 5 this year due to the pan- Bhai Birendra. besides an Independent. Now, it adopted a stance that damaged it ers. of the IPC. new academic session so that All government and private demic. PATNA 04 TUESDAY JUNE 15, 2021 My India

FILMMAKER AISHA AAP to fight all seats MOVES HC FOR At 70k, India logs lowest ANTICIPATORY BAIL IN SEDITION CASE

in Guj polls: Kejriwal Press Trust of India [email protected] Covid cases in months Press Trust of India { ARVIND KEJRIWAL } DELHI CM KOCHI: Filmmaker Ayesha Sul- thana, who was booked under [email protected] sedition charges by Lakshad- AHMEDABAD: The Aam Aadmi P weep police, on Monday moved Toll climbs to 374,305 Party (AAP) will contest all seats the Kerala High Court seeking with 3,921 fatalities in in Gujarat in the 2022 Assembly If govt-run schools and anticipatory bail. polls, the party’s national con- hospitals are top-class in In her plea, Sulthana said 24 hrs; 254,849,301 vener and Delhi chief minister there is a possibility of her vaccine doses given Arvind Kejriwal said here on Delhi then why are they arrest, if she reaches Kavaratti. Monday as he visited a Vaishna- Police have asked her to across the country vite temple in the city and in a bad shape here? appear at Kavaratti police sta- blamed the ruling BJP and tion on June 20. Press Trust of India opposition Congress for the Now, the time has come Sulthana was booked on June [email protected] “plight” of people but avoided a to change Gujarat. 10 on sedition charges following direct attack on Prime Minister a complaint by a BJP leader that NEW DELHI: India recorded a Narendra Modi and union home she spread false news about the single-day rise of 70,421 new minister Amit Shah on their spread of Covid-19 in the union Covid-19 cases, the lowest in 74 home turf. Asaid. in Gujarat when it’s free in territory during a TV debate. days, taking the country’s infec- Addressing a press confer- Kejriwal said the Congress Delhi? If government-run The complaint was filed by tion tally to 29,510,410, while ence on the campus of the Val- and the BJP have been in power schools and hospitals are top- the BJP’s Lakshadweep unit the count of active cases fell labh Sadan temple after taking for most of the period after class in Delhi then why are they president Abdul Khader. below a million after over two darshan of the deity, Kejriwal, Independence but “people are in a bad shape here? Now, the Sulthana hails from Chetiath months, according to the Union who was on a one-day visit to witness to what they have done. time has come to change Guj- island in Lakshadweep. health ministry data updated the city, said his party was a Farmers are committing suicide arat,” the AAP leader said. According to the FIR lodged on Monday. credible alternative to the BJP even after 75 years”. When asked if he was pro- by the Kavaratti police, a case The Covid-19 toll in the coun- and the Congress in Gujarat During the press conference, posing to implement the “Delhi under sections 124 A (sedition) try climbed to 374,305 with who he said had a tacit alliance the former head of a Gujarati model” in Gujarat, Kejriwal said and 153 B (hate speech) of the 3,921 fatalities recorded in a between them. news channel, Isudan Gadhvi, the model of development will Indian Penal code has been reg- span of 24 hours, the data The AAP will contest each joined the AAP in the presence be decided by the six crore peo- istered against the Indian film- updated at 8am showed. A Covid-19 patient arrives in Thane Civil Hospital for treatment in Mumbai. PRAFUL GANGURDE / HT PHOTO and every seat in the 2022 Guj- of Kejriwal. ple of Gujarat. maker. The count of active cases has arat Assembly elections. The Blaming the BJP and the Con- Queried about his strategy to In his complaint filed with further declined to 9,73,158 tember 28, 7 million on Octo- { COVAXIN TO CHILDREN } AAP is a credible alternative to gress for the “current situation” take on PM Modi and Amit the Kavaratti police on Wednes- which is 3.30 per cent of the ber 11, 8 million on October 29, the BJP and Congress. Gujarat of Gujarat, Kejriwal said the Shah on their home turf of Guj- day, Khader said Sulthana, dur- total infections, while the 9 million on November 20 and will change soon,” he said. common people were left to arat, Kejriwal said the AAP will ing a debate in a Malayalam TV national Covid-19 recovery rate 10 million on December 19. AIIMS to recruit 6-12 The Gujarat House has 182 fend for themselves during the fight for the people of Gujarat channel, had alleged that the has improved to 95.43 per cent. India crossed the grim mile- seats. “Gujarat is suffering coronavirus pandemic. and bring a change “instead of Central government used bio- A net decline of 53,001 cases stone of two crore cases on because of this friendship and Irrespective of tall claims, fighting against any party or an logical weapons for the spread has been recorded in the Cov- May 4. The 3,921 new fatalities age group clinical trial alliance between the BJP and farmers in Gujarat are commit- individual”. of Covid-19 in Lakshadweep. id-19 caseload in a span of 24 include 2,771 from Maharash- the Congress. The BJP ruled this ting suicide, government-run After the presser, Kejriwal The BJP leader, in his com- hours, the data showed. tra, 267 from Tamil Nadu, 206 state for the last 27 years. I schools and hospitals are in formally inaugurated the AAP’s plaint, has alleged that Sul- Also, 1,492,152 Covid-19 tests from Kerala and 125 from Kar- volunteers from today heard people saying that Con- shambles and traders are living office also located on Ashram thana’s was an anti-national act, were conducted on Sunday, nataka. A total of 374,305 gress is in the pocket of the BJP. under fear, he alleged. Road. Monday’s is the which tarnished the “patriotic taking the total number of such deaths have been reported so Press Trust of India Biotech’s Covaxin among chil- Both the BJP and Congress are “People want to know why second visit of Kejriwal to Guj- image” of the central govern- examinations in the country so far in the country. This dren aged two to 18 years on the same. This must stop,” he the electricity costs are so high arat. ment. [email protected] far to 379,624,626, it stated, includes 111,104 from Maha- May 12. The trial is to be con- adding that the daily positivity rashtra, 32,913 from Karna- NEW DELHI: The recruitment ducted in three parts -- 175 vol- rate was recorded 4.72 per taka, 29,547 from Tamil for the clinical trial of the coun- unteers each in the groups aged cent. Nadu, 24,823 from Delhi, try’s first indigenously-devel- 12-18, 6-12 and 2-6 years. In the It has stayed below 10 per 21,786 from Uttar Pradesh, oped Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, trial, the vaccine will be given Govt tells under secy, senior officers to join office cent for 21 consecutive days, 16,896 from West Bengal, among children in the age by the intramuscular route in the ministry said. The weekly 15,562 from Punjab and 13,317 group of 6-12 years will begin at two doses on day 0 and day 28. Press Trust of India guidelines to regulate attend- ces till the containment zone is positivity rate has also reduced from Chhattisgarh. the AIIMS here from Tuesday. Covaxin, indigenously devel- ance in government offices “in denotified, according to the [email protected] PERSONS WITH and stands at 4.54 per cent. The Health Ministry stressed This will be followed by the oped by Bharat Biotech in col- view of the fact that number of order. Those officers/staff who Recoveries outnumbered that more than 70 per cent of clinical trial of children in the laboration with the Indian NEW DELHI : All officers of at Covid cases and positivity rate DISABILITIES AND are not attending office shall daily new cases for the 32nd the deaths occurred due to age-group of 2-6 years. Council of Medical Research the level of under secretary and have reduced considerably”. PREGNANT WOMEN work from home and they consecutive day in the country. comorbidities. The enrolment of children (ICMR), is being used in adults above have been asked to “All government servants at EMPLOYEES should be available on tele- The number of people who “Our figures are being recon- volunteers aged 12-18 years at in the country’s ongoing COV- attend offices on all working the level of Under Secretary phone and other electronic have recuperated from the dis- ciled with the Indian Council of the All India Institute of Medical ID-19 vaccination drive. days while persons with disa- and above to attend office on WOULD CONTINUE means of communication at all ease has surged to 28,162,947, Medical Research,” the minis- Sciences (AIIMS) has been com- The clinical trials will evalu- bilities and pregnant women all working days,” it said. TO WORK FROM times, the order said. while the case fatality rate has try said on its website, adding pleted and they have been given ate the safety, reactogenicity employees would continue to All officers/staff have to HOME, AN ORDER “Meeting, as far as possible increased to 1.27 per cent, the that state-wise distribution of the first dose of Covaxin. and immunogenicity of the vac- work from home, a personnel ensure strict compliance with shall be conducted on video- data stated. figures is subject to further ver- “The recruitment process for cine in children. ministry order issued on Mon- Covid-appropriate behaviour ISSUED ON MONDAY conferencing and personal Cumulatively, 254,849,301 ification and reconciliation. the clinical trial of Covaxin The government recently day said. viz. frequent washing of hands/ meetings with visitors, unless Covid-19 vaccine doses have The West Bengal administra- among children in the age cautioned that even though As regards government ser- sanitisation, wearing a mask/ The persons with disabili- absolutely necessary in public been administered so far under tion on Monday allowed gov- group of 6-12 years will begin COVID-19 has not taken a seri- vants of the level below Under face cover, observing social dis- ties and pregnant women interest, are to be avoided,” it the nationwide vaccination ernment and private offices to from Tuesday,” Dr Sanjay Rai, ous shape among children till Secretaries, 50 per cent of such tancing at all times and “any employees shall continue to be said. These instructions shall drive. function with 25 per cent work- Professor at the Centre for Com- now, its impact can increase officials shall attend office on laxity in this regard shall be exempted from attending office come into force from June 16 India’s Covid-19 infection force from June 16, easing munity Medicine at the AIIMS, among them if there is a change all working days and the viewed seriously”, the order but are required to work from until June 30, the order said, tally had crossed the 2 million some of the restrictions told PTI. in the virus behaviour or epide- remaining shall work from said. The officers/staff shall fol- home till further orders, the adding that biometric attend- mark on August 7 last year, 3 imposed to check the spread of The Drugs Controller General miology dynamics and said home, said the order issued to low staggered timings -- 9am to order said. ance shall continue to be sus- million on August 23, 4 million Covid-19 as the situation has of India (DCGI) had granted per- preparations are being all central government minis- 5.30pm, 9.30am to 6pm and All officers/staff residing in pended and physical attend- on September 5, 5 million on improved now, a top official mission for conducting the strengthened to deal with any tries/departments. The person- 10am to 6.30pm -- to avoid the containment zone shall be ance registers to be maintained September 16, 6 million on Sep- said. phase 2/3 clinical trial of Bharat such situation. nel ministry has come up with overcrowding in offices, it said. exempted from coming to offi- until further orders.

ICMR EYES TRIAL TO Bengaluru unlocks, traffic takes over STUDY EFFICACY OF Central monuments to Monsoon progress may THERAPIES USED IN reopen from tomorrow slow down in north: IMD COVID TREATMENT Press Trust of India has given @ASIGoI approval to HT Correspondent THE SEASON HAS duly open all the monuments of Rhythma Kaul [email protected] [email protected] India from 16 June 2021. Tourists SO FAR ADVANCED [email protected] NEW DELHI: The Taj Mahal and can visit the monuments follow- NEW DELHI: After advancing INTO ENTIRE all other centrally protected ing the Corona rules. Good luck into most parts of the country, PENINSULAR INDIA; NEW DELHI: The Indian Council monuments, museums and sites, to all,” tweeted Union Culture including many parts of north- of Medical Research (ICMR) is closed for around two months and Tourism minister Prahlad west India, monsoon’s progress EAST CENTRAL; planning an adaptive clinical due to the Covid pandemic, will Patel. Appropriate guidelines is likely to slow down, India EAST, NORTHEAST trial of mild Covid-19 patients to be reopened on June 16, an and SOPs issued by Union and Meteorological Department INDIA AND SOME test the safety and efficacy of sev- Archaeological Survey of India states governments, ministries (IMD) said on Monday. eral therapies used in treatment, order issued on Monday said. and departments will be scrupu- Monsoon has so far PARTS OF including antiviral drugs that These include 3,693 monu- lously followed while regulating advanced into entire peninsu- NORTHWEST INDIA have been allowed under ments and 50 museums across the flow of visitors, the order lar India; east central; east and restricted use. India. An ASI official said visi- said. In an order on April 15, the northeast India and some parts northwest India is likely to be For the process, ICMR has tors will be able to book entry ASI had shut these monuments of northwest India. It pro- slow. The progress of monsoon floated an expression of intent tickets online. However, no off- till May 31. gressed very quickly over most is being monitored continu- for hospitals and institutions to line booking facility will be avail- Last year, all monuments and parts of the country in the span ously and further update will participate in the initiative, on able, the official added. sites maintained by the ASI were of only 10 days, mainly due to be provided on daily basis,” which it will be collaborating According to the ASI order, closed due to the COVID-19 pan- active monsoon circulation and IMD said on Monday. with the Drugs for Neglected the opening of the monuments demic on March 17. They the formation of a low pressure The northern limit of mon- Diseases Initiative (DNDi) to exe- will be in strict compliance with reopened in July with strict area over Bay of Bengal. soon (NLM) is passing through cute the project. “ICMR along the executive orders, if any, restrictions like mandatory “However due to approach- Diu, Surat, Nandurbar , Bhopal, with Drugs for Neglected Dis- issued by the state, district or the wearing of masks, a cap on the ing of mid-latitude westerlies Nowgong, Hamirpur, Bara- eases Initiative (DNDi) is propos- disaster management authority. number of visitors and social Vehicles stuck in a traffic jam at townhall circle after authorities announced relaxations in winds further progress of mon- banki, Bareilly, Saharanpur, ing to conduct a multi-centre, “Today @MinOfCultureGoI distancing. Covid-19 lockdown in Bengaluru Monday. PTI soon over remaining parts of Ambala and Amritsar. adaptive platform trial in mild Covid-19 patients, titled ‘An open-label, multicentre, ran- domised, adaptive platform trial of the safety and efficacy of sev- eral therapies, including antivi- A year after his death, CBI yet to conclude its Sushant probe ral therapies, versus control in mild cases of Covid-19’,” says the document uploaded on ICMR’s Neeraj Chauhan quoted above said. death was asphyxia due to hang- Vikas Singh said on Sunday: “I data of the relevant cell tower website. To be sure, the CBI investiga- ing. There was no injury on am only hoping that CBI is able locations related to the case,” [email protected] In an adaptive clinical trial tion into Singh’s death began in Sushant Singh’s body, no strug- to bring out a watertight case CBI said. there is flexibility of making NEW DELHI: A year after actor the first week of August last year. gle marks, no disturbance of instead of doing a shoddy job, It visited cities including Ali- modifications in either dose, or Sushant Singh Rajput was found Prior to that, Mumbai Police clothing. Also, nothing suspi- which doesn’t stand scrutiny of garh, Faridabad, Hyderabad, regimen, etc prospectively based dead at his Bandra house in were investigating it and did not cious was found in his viscera.” courts. It’s a little too long but Mumbai, Manesar, and Patna to on the response as the process Mumbai, the Central Bureau of find any foul play. Subodh Jais- Gupta further said the AIIMS maybe because CBI wants to collect evidence and record goes forward. It will be a phase 3 Investigation is yet to conclude wal, the current CBI director, medical board’s findings are look thoroughly into the whole statements. Among those exam- trial as therapies are already whether he died by suicide or was heading Maharashtra police consistent with the post-mortem thing that they are taking time.” ined in the last 10 months used to treat some other health there was foul play in his death. at that time. exam report of Dr RN Cooper He asked: “Why hasn’t CBI include Singh’s friends, staff, his conditions, and have been repur- The premier investigation The 34-year-old actor was Municipal General Hospital in done custodial interrogation of doctors, actress Rhea Chakra- posed to treat Covid-19. agency is currently studying a found dead in his apartment in Vile Parle, Mumbai. “It’s a classic persons staying with Sushant borty and her family members, The primary objective of the psychiatric evaluation carried Mumbai’s Bandra on June 14. case of suicide and the whole Singh at that time?” several members of the film fra- trial is to compare the efficacy of out by experts of the Central Rajput’s father, KK Singh, lodged panel was unanimous on this,” In a statement issued in ternity, etc. “The investigating alternative treatment strategies Forensic Science Laboratory a complaint with the Patna he added. Singh’s family mem- December 2020, CBI said it was team and senior officers have versus control on the risk of pro- (CFSL) to assess Singh’s state of police against Rhea Chakra- bers and lawyer Vikas Singh conducting the probe in a thor- visited the place of incident on gression to moderate or severe mind prior to death, people borty, her parents and her Sushant Singh Rajput’s fans at a protest seeking justice for him in have, however, termed the ough and professional manner numerous occasions for better respiratory disease. familiar with the development brother, Showik, on June 25. The New Delhi in October 2020. PTI AIIMS report faulty. using the latest scientific tech- understanding of the circum- The study duration will be 22 said. case was later transferred to CBI. A CBI officer with knowledge niques. stances related to the incident. days, and according to the pro- It is also examining reports Two other agencies — the condition of anonymity, said the actor’s death was a case of sui- of the matter said the probe “During the investigation, The experts of CFSL, New Delhi, posal document, between 2,000 shared by CFSL on the electronic Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigators don’t want to rush cide. team sought clarifications from advanced mobile forensic equip- considered the best in their field and 3,000 patients will be devices as well as dump data of and Narcotics Control Bureau their findings even though the Dr Sudhir Gupta, head of the AIIMS team on multiple ment including the latest soft- in India, also visited and exam- included. the relevant cell tower locations (NCB) — are also investigating medical board of AIIMS con- forensic science and toxicology, occasions in the last 5-6 months. ware has been used for extrac- ined the place of the incident. The deadline for receiving to determine what happened on different aspects pertaining to cluded in September 2020, after AIIMS, said: “We already sub- “It (the team) is studying the tion and analysis of relevant data The experts also carried out sim- responses from those eager to June 14 last year, when Singh the case. studying the post-mortem exam mitted our findings to the CBI forensic, electronic and psychi- available in the digital devices ulation exercises,” the CBI said participate is June 15. was found dead, the officers A CBI official, who spoke on and viscera reports, that the according to which the cause of atric analysis reports right now.” and also for analysis of dump in December. PATNA TUESDAY My India 05 JUNE 15, 2021

AKALI DAL: BADAL As granaries bulge, govt CAN’T APPEAR Key bills await passage BEFORE SIT DUE plans to give away food TO ILL HEALTH Press Trust of India Zia Haq [email protected] [email protected] CHANDIGARH: Former Punjab this monsoon session chief minister Parkash Singh NEW DELHI: The Union govern- Badal will not appear before the ment’s record buying of vast special investigation team (SIT), quantities of food grains from Govt plans to slot the probing the 2015 Kotkapura farmers at minimum support pri- session in July amid a Pending bills police firing incident, on June 16 ces this year points to a glut of due to health reasons, cereals, with stocks breaching decline in Covid cases The Maintenance The Assisted The Juvenile The National Shiromani Akali Dal leader previous limits, prompting the in various regions and Welfare of Reproductive Justice (Care and Institute of Pharma- Daljit Singh Cheema said on government to make additional Parents and Technology (Regula- Protection of ceutical Education Monday. Children) plans to pare reserves. Saubhadra Chatterji Senior Citizens tion) Bill: It provides and Research The SIT had summoned the Even after distributing subsi- (Amendment) that every Assisted Amendment Bill: Bill: To declare six 93-year-old Akali leader, asking [email protected] dised grains to nearly 730 mil- Bill: Under the Act, Reproductive Technolo- The Bill seeks bodies located in him to appear before it with measures for lion beneficiaries under the NEW DELHI: With over 40 bills maintenance gy clinic and bank must Ahmedabad, Hajipur, “relevant records” on Wednes- National Food Security Act and and 5 ordinances pending before strengthening the Hyderabad, Kolkata, day at a resthouse in Mohali. tribunals may direct be registered under the child protection additional distribution of 5kg A worker winnows wheat in Amritsar. PTI Parliament, the Narendra Modi Guwahati, and Raebareli Cheema said Badal had a children to pay up National Registry of set-up. free grains per month per person government’s legislative agenda to Rs 10,000 per Banks and Clinics of as Institutions of check-up at AIIMS-Bathinda under the Pradhan Mantri resorts to open-market sales two-thirds of its vegetable oil to is set to be busy for the monsoon month for their India. National Importance. and he would not be able to Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana usually at a price below the cost meet domestic demand. session, which is set to com- parents. appear before the SIT due to (PMGKAY), the government will of buying these grains. MSPs are federally fixed floor mence in July after the second health reasons. “It is not possi- be left with more than it requires The government is currently prices for crops aimed at avoid- wave of the Covid-19 pandemic ble (to appear) on June 16 due to to mandatorily keep aside as in the process of drawing up ing distress sale by farmers and raged through the country, peo- medical reasons. When his con- emergency reserves, known as plans to make extra allocation to signalling a benchmark rate for ple aware of the matter said. dition improves, he will defi- buffer stock. institutions such as NGOs and private traders. But private trad- A bill to designate major air- nitely cooperate with the SIT,” Since the government pays the armed forces, the official ers can pay higher rates or, as is ports, proposed laws for welfare he said. higher prices every year to buy said. It has already sold 300,000 often the case, lower than MSP, of parents and senior citizens, A written communication large quantities of cereals tonne of food grains in May to depending on market forces of strengthening the child protec- from Badal’s side in this regard because of the annual increase private traders. demand and supply. tion system, and setting up of an will be sent to the SIT, said the in guaranteed rates known as The PMGKAY will help clear However, farmers are yet interstate river water dispute Shiromani Akali Dal spokesper- minimum support prices out storage space for oncoming again likely to grow more cereals redressal committee are some of wrapped up earlier than sched- These ordinances will be delayed while several discus- son. Badal was the chief (MSPs), Indian wheat can hardly harvests, the official said. The than oilseeds, a lopsided crop- the pending bills. uled due to the second wave of taken up on priority as the Con- sions, primarily those sponsored minister when the sacrilege and be exported competitively. It is scheme will continue till Novem- ping pattern because the govern- The government authorities Covid-19. The Homoeopathy stitution gives a window of six by opposition parties, could not subsequent police firing pricier compared to wheat from ber. ment mainly buys wheat and plan to slot the monsoon session Central Council (Amendment) weeks from the beginning of a be taken up or got merged with incidents took place in Faridkot other exporting nations. The government’s procure- rice at MSP rates and distributes in July as Covid-19 cases are Ordinance, The Indian Medicine Parliament session for the move. other debates as the government in 2015. In the current season, the gov- ment of food grains stands them to beneficiaries through receding in various parts of the Central Council (Amendment) The Covid-19 pandemic has managers and parliamentary The state formed the new SIT ernment has procured over 41 nearly 13% higher than the previ- the public distribution system at country. “We also want to find a Ordinance, The Commission for affected Parliament sessions authorities grappled to slot dif- led by Additional Director Gen- million tonne of wheat, a record. ous year, caused by overproduc- subsidised rates. This is prima- suitable slot for the monsoon Air Quality Management in since March 2020 as it devas- ferent agenda in the tight sched- eral of Police L K Yadav to probe It has so far paid an MSP value of tion of grains even as the coun- rily how farmers benefit from session, keeping in mind the pos- National Capital Region and tated myriad aspects of India’s ule. the Kotkapura police firing inci- Rs 81,000 crore to cereal grow- try faces a deficit of other essen- the MSP system. sibilities of the next surge in Cov- Adjoining Areas Ordinance, The public affairs and private lives. Some of the bills pending dent following the directions of ers. tial commodities such as “This doesn’t really help id-19 cases,” said a senior Parlia- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Last three sessions of Parliament before standing committees Punjab and Haryana High In May, the government had a oilseeds and pulses. India’s nutritional security. The ment functionary on condition (Amendment) Ordinance and had to be concluded midway could face delays as the panels Court. The new SIT is inves- total stock of 83 million tonne of Of the 41 million tonne of PDS system means the poor of anonymity. The Tribunals Reforms (Ration- while the entire 2020 winter ses- virtually couldn’t function for tigating the two FIRs registered cereals (wheat and paddy), wheat procured, 13.2 million has access to a lot of carbohy- The Union government prom- alisation and Conditions of Ser- sion was cancelled due to the almost two months in May and on October 14, 2015 and August which is 11 times more than the tonne was bought from Punjab’s drates but not enough of other ulgated five ordinances after the vice) Ordinance are currently in public health crisis. June due to the pandemic, the 7, 2018 in connection with the mandatory grain reserve limit. farmers, the highest, followed by nutrients at affordable prices,” budget session had to be force. The passage of many bills got people quoted above said. Kotkapura incident. This included nearly 30 million 12.8 million tonne from Madhya said Alokesh Khandekar of the tonne of rice and 52 million Pradesh and 8.4 million tonne Consultative Group on Interna- tonne of wheat, according to offi- from Haryana farmers. tional Agricultural Research cial figures. “Higher prices mean Indian (CGIAR). { IN RAJASTHAN } BSP LEGISLATORS JOIN CHORUS BY SACHIN PILOT LOYALISTS Bulging stocks with the Food wheat must be sold at a mini- Experts say the real nudge to Corporation of India, the govern- mum of $38 a tonne, which is farmers to diversify away from ment’s main food-handling higher than global prices,” said plentiful cereals would be to agency, has prompted the gov- Abhishek Agrawal of Comtrade, guarantee procurement of oil- More MLAs press for cabinet expansion ernment to take extra measures a commodities trading firm. seeds and pulses in sufficiently to pare stocks. New MSPs announced on large quantities. “The government has resorted Wednesday for summer-sown “The higher MSPs for oilseeds HT Correspondent Another BSP MLA Sandeep to open-market sales. It is also crops are geared toward nudg- and pulses signals farmers Yadav said, “Everything is nor- taking steps such as distribution ing farmers to shift away from about the rate which they should [email protected] mal, but we have faith on Ashok of food to NGOs for onward dis- plentiful cereals, by setting get, not what they actually JAIPUR: After recent demand Gehlot and his leadership. Cabi- tribution to the needy, distribu- higher prices for oilseeds and get from the markets,” said KS from Sachin Pilot camp for polit- net expansion should happen as tion to armed forces and prisons, pulses, whose output and supply Mani, a former faculty with ical appointments and cabinet many departments do not have etc,” an official said, asking not are relatively scarce. For the Tamil Nadu Agriculture expansion in Rajasthan, now ministers. If it happens, it will to be named. The government instance, India imports up to University. Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs, who benefit people.” merged with the Congress in September 2019, have also joined CM to go virtual due to the clamour. health reasons For the last one week, Pilot’ Chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Relief from arrest to Maha ex-top cop loyalists have been constantly who is suffering with post-Covid raising the demand for political complications, will be holding Press Trust of India case will be extended till June belongs to the Scheduled Caste appointments and cabinet meetings and interactions 22. community, had alleged that expansion in the state. Surpris- through video conference and [email protected] Following Khambata’s state- Singh had conspired with ingly, now the legislators close to Rajasthan Congress in charge Ajay Maken and CM Ashok Gehlot in Jaipur. HT FILE/HIMANSHU VYAS call, as advised by the doctors, ment, a bench of Justices PB others to implicate him in chief minister Ashok Gehlot stated the CM’s office. MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Varale and SP Tavade some cases of extortion after he have also joined the chorus. ing. I hope the cabinet expansion been the first death anniversary Gudha said, “We met Ajay Since Gehlot got infected with government will not arrest adjourned the hearing till June refused to follow Singh’s Lakhan Singh, one of the six will happen soon,” said Singh, of the government.” Maken (Congress incharge for Covid-19, all meetings and inter- former Mumbai police com- 22 on the pleas filed by illegal orders to benefit some BSP MLAs who joined the Con- the MLA from Karauli. On the cabinet expansion, Rajasthan) thrice. Every time, we actions were being done through missioner Param Bir Singh till Singh seeking quashing of a accused persons in a criminal gress, said the cabinet expansion A former minister, MLA Gudha said, “It is CM’s jurisdic- were told that the work of cabi- video conference and video call. June 22 in a case registered first information report (FIR) case. should happen, as it would Rajendra Singh Gudha said, tion.” When asked, if the Pilot net expansion and political The doctors have said that for against him under the Sched- registered against him by the In his other plea in the HC, improve the government’s effi- “Last year, 19 Congress MLAs camp was mounting pressure on appointments will be done in a another one or two months the uled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Thane Police under the Atroci- Singh had challenged two ciency. “Nine cabinet berths are and three Independents had the Gehlot goverment, he said, “I couple of months. If they do it meetings should be through. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, ties Act and challenging pre- inquiries initiated against him vacant; some departments are gone away (during the political don’t know about this, but what now, it is fine. Otherwise, there is The CM is holding depart- the Bombay High Court was liminary inquiries initiated by the state government on totally dependent on govern- crisis)…If we six MLAs, who I know is that had we not been not much time left. More than ment review meetings through told on Monday. against him by the state gov- charges of misconduct and cor- ment officials. If they get minis- came from BSP, and 10 inde- there, then this would have been two and a half years have passed. video conferencing. In last Senior counsel Darius ernment. ruption. ters, they will function in a better pendents, had not been there, the government’s first death Ajay Maken gives assurance 15-16 months, 355 VCs have been Khambata, who appeared for The FIR was registered The first inquiry order was way, and have effective monitor- then by now there would have anniversary?” every time.” conducted. the Maharashtra government, against Singh under the Pre- passed on April 1 this year by told the high court that his vention of Atrocities Act in then state home minister Anil previous statement on protect- April this year on a complaint Deshmukh for alleged violation ing the senior IPS officer from lodged by Akola police inspec- of some All India Services any “coercive action” in the tor BR Ghadge. Ghadge, who (Conduct) Rules.

Uttarakhand opens Char Dham yatra for locals from today

ment put the yatra, which was HT Correspondent scheduled for May 14, on hold [email protected] amid a spike in Covid cases. DEHRADUN: The Char Dham There were also fears that the yatra will be opened for pilgrims yatra could turn into another from Chamoli, Rudraprayag, super-spreader after many seers and Uttarkashi districts of Uttar- succumbed to Covid-19 after par- akhand from June 15, the gov- ticipating in Mahakumbh in the ernment said on Monday. There state’s Haridwar. are the districts where the four Following the decision, only Himalayan shrines are located. portals of the shrines were Minister and government opened for a ritual worship by spokesperson Subodh Uniyal the priests. said, “Kedarnath will be open for Portals of the Yamunotri people in Rudraprayag district, shrine were opened on May 14; Badrinath will be open for peo- that of Gangotri on May 15; of ple in Chamoli district, and Kedarnath on May 17; while the Yamunotri and Gangotri shrines portals of Badrinath were will be open for people in Uttark- opened on May 18. ashi district. Locals will have to The yatra could not be held SPORTS AUTHORITY OF GOA carry their negative RT-PCR last year as per the schedule on KHELO INDIA STATE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE AT GOA report,” he said. April 26 with the opening of por- No.SAG/KISCE/RECUIT-STAFF/2021/532 Date: 14/06/2021 Uniyal said Covid curfew in tals of Yamunotri and Gangotri, ADVERTISEMENT the state has been extended from the first two shrines that are The Sports Authority of Goa, an autonomous June 15 to June 22, with some opened after winter, because of organization under Govt. Of Goa, invites application for relaxations in place. He said the the lockdown in March 2020. recruitment by selection on contractual Basis for the post of number of attendees at wed- The shrines were opened for High Performance Director, Head Coach (Grade - I) in dings and funerals has also been local pilgrims on July 1 last year increased from 20 to 50. and for those from other states Swimming, Badminton and Table Tennis, Young Professional. Recently, state tourism minis- in the last week of that month. In Strength and Conditioning Expert (Grade- II), Masseur (Male & ter Satpal Maharaj had also said September, the state govern- Female), Physiotherapist (Grade- I) and Nutritionist at Khelo that the plan was to open Char ment removed the condition of India State Centre of Excellence Scheme, at Goa. Dham yatra in a phased manner, negative Covid reports for pil- The Interested and eligible candidates should submit their first for locals and then for those grims. applications online or offline mode in the prescribed format from outside. According to Char Dham Dev- "Annexure A" to the Sports Authority of Goa on the email ID : Kedarnath, Badrinath, asthanam Management Board [email protected] latest by 07/07/2021 (5.00 p.m.). The Yamunotri, and Gangotri shrines officials, last year over 145,000 particulars are available on our website www.tsag.org. are collectively called Char pilgrims visited Badrinath shrine Applications received after due date will be summarily Dham. The pilgrimage begins and overall, 310,000 pilgrims rejected. from Yamunotri in the west. It came for Char Dham Yatra. Of Sd/- proceeds to Gangotri and finally the total pilgrims, 134,000 pil- to Kedarnath and Badrinath in grims visited Kedarnath, 23,837 (V. M. Prabhu Desai) the east. pilgrims visited Gangotri and DI/Advt/340/2021 Executive Director On April 29, the state govern- 7,731 pilgrims visited Yamunotri. " Wear Mask, Follow Physical Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene " PATNA 06 TUESDAY JUNE 15, 2021 Opinion

ESTABLI SHE D I N 1924 On climate, our { OUR TAKE } Galwan: One hubris is the problem ment but saving mangroves that were net exporters. No summit is Unless we move beyond buffer against storm surges does not. exploring an agenda to diversify year later techno-centrism, discuss We use phrases such as biomim- renewables’ supply chains that give icry to give the illusion of human more countries a stake in green indus- a fair development deal, ingenuity in copying nature. Take the tries. Despite an earth-shattering pan- There is greater strategic clarity about and change lifestyles, idea of injecting sulphate aerosols demic, access to vaccines remains China, but tactical ambiguity doesn’t help into the stratosphere to reflect sun- contested. What confidence can Humans are altering the face of the planet and the future of millions of summits won’t yield light and lower the earth’s tempera- developing countries have for access species in the age of the Anthropocene. But as an intelligent species, it is une 15 marks a year of the Galwan clash, the outcomes ture (mimicking large volcanic erup- to technologies to combat the more our problem-solving approach that needs course correction AMAL KS/HT PHOTO bloodiest encounter between India and China tions). Or the quest to build carbon- pernicious climate crisis? Of more his was meant to be a con- sucking machines for “direct air than a dozen bilateral partnerships on tin; now the world’s largest reserves 400km, but do not ask why a city- at the border in over four decades. Twenty sequential year for the capture”. Instead, why not focus on green hydrogen, none involves South of lithium)? Will the Democratic dweller should own a pickup truck in Indian armed forces personnel, and an environment. A summit in retaining carbon in healthy American countries, one Republic of Congo remain a Wild the first place. Are materials not J January issued an adapta- soils by practising regenera- includes Morocco in Africa, West of minerals needed in clean tech needed to make heavy vehicles, even unknown number of People’s Liberation Army tion action agenda. United tive agriculture? Soils store and one involves Brunei in products? How will they avoid cur- if electric? Why only focus on range (PLA) personnel were killed as India bravely sought States President Joe Biden 2,500 billion tonnes of car- Asia. A spate of hydrogen rency appreciation thanks to a com- anxiety when it comes to EVs but not to repel the Chinese encroachment. China had Tconvened a climate leaders’ summit bon, thrice what is in the alliances merely supports modity boom (the dreaded Dutch Dis- on reducing mobility needs in better- already breached all border-related understandings in April. The G7 promised to stop atmosphere and four times the national programmes of ease), making it hard to competitively planned cities? How do we go from a financing coal. The United Nations that stored in all living plants Arunabha advanced countries. They export finished products? throwaway culture to pledging “no between the two countries when it crossed the Line (UN) will hold a high-level dialogue and animals. are not genuine collabora- Financial exclusion of nature: The single-use everything”: Water, waste, of Actual Control (LAC) in May. But with Galwan, on energy in September. In October, Techno-fixes seem attract- Ghosh tive efforts. financial ecosystem is paying atten- minerals, plastic, soil, even carbon? the entire framework of maintenance of peace and Italy will host a planet-focused G20 ive because there are fewer No deal for development: tion to the environment, social and We must change the metrics of valua- meeting while China will convene a things to control. It is easier A grand bargain on climate governance guidelines. Yet funda- tion. India has the world’s third-larg- tranquility at the border was shattered. The biodiversity conference. The Glasgow to conceive of a fleet of specially action should include a deal for devel- mental flaws remain. We want public est startup ecosystem. Can it aspire to understanding that India and China would proceed climate talks in November will be a designed balloons or aeroplanes to opment for low-income countries. finance to be leveraged (rightly) to birth the world’s first circular econ- to deepen other elements of their bilateral litmus test of climate action. If global inject stratospheric aerosols than The seventh sustainable development attract multiples of private capital omy unicorn? summits could save the planet, 2021 imagine a wholesale change in agri- goal (SDG7) on access to sustainable into sustainable infrastructure. But Halfway through a supposedly con- relationship, and agree to disagree on the border, would have done the trick. cultural practices for hundreds of mil- energy for all must connect with where is the private investment to sequential year, can we honestly say broke down comprehensively. There was renewed The truth is that the world doesn’t lions of farmers. SDG8 on decent work and economic make the vulnerable more climate-re- that summits are mitigating and not nationalist consciousness on the question of Chinese need saving, we do. Humans are alter- Techno-mercantilism: The corol- growth or SDG9 on industry, innova- silient? Amid debates about sustaina- aggravating these pathologies? Treat- ing the face of the planet and the lary to techno-centrism is the desire tion and infrastructure. Energy access ble finance, nature is excluded. We ing the world’s poor with a disdainful aggression. future of millions of species in the age to control rather than collaborate. Cli- cannot be just a light bulb in a poor value products that clean up degraded saviour complex means we want Galwan introduced strategic clarity in India. To of the Anthropocene. But as an intelli- mate technology platforms seldom woman’s hut. It must mean access to resources, not assets that are clean. them to be audiences for speeches, be sure, China is a close neighbour. India wants gent species, it is our problem-solving offer developing countries the chance clean energy to power enterprises and GDP grows when a sewage treatment not partners in reimagining develop- approach that needs course correc- to co-develop advanced technologies. support livelihoods. Where is the con- plant is built, not when a river is not ment. friendly relations, not a conflict. There remains tion. Let us recognise the pathologies. Since many countries face the versation about green industrialisa- polluted to begin with. No financial The planet doesn’t need fixing; our room for cooperation. And New Delhi’s Techno-centrism: Our instinct is to prospect of shifting from importing tion for Africa or Asia? product induces the latter. hubris does. Let’s start by admitting establishment is acutely conscious of the power look for technologies to solve prob- oil to importing solar panels, I exam- We are shifting from the need to Uncompromised lifestyles: No we have a problem. lems. We over-engineer rather than ined 15 emerging markets for their net secure gas pipelines to protecting crit- summit discusses sustainable lifes- asymmetry that exists between the two countries trust nature. So, a dam takes prece- import dependence for renewable ical minerals for electric vehicle bat- tyles. Ironically, we whoop with Arunabha Ghosh is CEO, Council on and has no desire to be a frontline State in a new dence over a water-recharge well. A energy equipment. Only four (China, teries. But will Bolivia forever export delight when Elon Musk unveils an Energy, Environment and Water geopolitical battle. But Galwan showed harmony seafront embankment gets invest- Philippines, Thailand and Singapore) raw materials (historically silver and electric pickup truck with a range of The views expressed are personal cannot come at the cost of territorial integrity and sovereignty. India attempted a mix of four measures — economic restrictions on Chinese { NARENDRA MODI } PRIME MINISTER companies; diplomatic mobilisation about China’s In a pandemic, the actions, including giving momentum to Quad; P acquiring a military edge by occupying the Kailash heights; and constant bilateral negotiations with idea of a university ... Participated in the G7 session Beijing — to drive home the message that restoring on Climate and reiterated India’s.. status quo ante was essential. This strategy niversities are often envisaged as ble. The complex dynamics that unfold enclaves at least one remove away between caregivers and care recipients are commitment to climate action. succeeded partially when China agreed to pull back Ufrom the everyday grime of politics laid bare by medical anthropologists in rigor- in the Pangong Tso area. and societal faultlines. While they are ous ethnographies. Economists weigh the India is the only G20 country on But while there is greater strategic clarity, it has often deeply invested in studying both the human costs that accrue from inadequate nature of the grime and the content of these prior public health investments, amply dem- track to meet Paris Commitments. not translated into consistent policy. There have fractures, their distance provides them with a onstrated during the ongoing pandemic. Gov- And... railways is committed been attempts to underplay the extent of Chinese quaint luxury — to wait for the dust to settle ernance failures are the crux of much political aggression, especially at the political level. There and reflect on what a particular moment in inquiry. to “Net Zero” by 2030. history meant. The conjuncture we currently If we are to be reminded that the pandemic are questions about the tactical wisdom of letting find ourselves in both domestically and glo- is not a novelty or one-off episode, we must go of India’s advantage in the Kailash range in bally is one such defining moment. turn to our historians for a long-term perspec- A exchange for concessions at Pangong Tso — has Rest assured, there will be several tomes tive. The mental health toll on individuals is of written on this tortuous international public immediate concern to psychologists. A natu- India left itself with no leverage to push the Chinese health catastrophe. Eventually, some will ral corollary here is to recognise the value of back from other areas such as Gogra, Hot Springs qualify as definitive histories of the global developing first-rate scholarship in these and Depsang? And there remains the absence of an pandemic of the early 21st century. However, areas. Societies that make these intelligent As Benjamin Netanyahu there is an unmistakable urgency compelling choices are likely to be better off both in the overarching framework to deal with the new reality us to begin asking more fundamental ques- short- and long-run. There is no reason to of a more competitive, and perhaps even tions about our role and purpose as educa- believe that India is an exception to the norm. loses power, what does adversarial relationship. Galwan is a reminder that tional institutions. The proposi- Second, we need to pay attention tions below offer an invitation to to the models of civic citizenship we India cannot let its guard down on its northern evolve a better appreciation of wish to foster. In the Indian case, we borders. academia and its place in the often bemoan the lack of civic sense it mean for India? larger scheme of things. or discipline when it comes to First, what kind of knowledge is enforcing basic norms and health ibi dethroned”. This is the expression Since 2009, Bibi was synonymous with of value? Quite clearly, this is a Siddharth protocols. While the rites of passage used in the Israeli media to describe Israel and forged closer ties with leading per- slippery question, but we must not Mallavarapu before coming to the university — Bthe formation of a new Naftali Ben- sonalities, from Donald Trump to Vladimir From WB, a lesson in duck as thinking societies. At the the family, the school and the college nett-Yair Lapid government. Though Putin to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sal- moment, the immediate priority is — have to shoulder a fair share of Benjamin Netanyahu — known as Bibi — man. It will take time for Bennett to familiar- a reliable cure from the virus that this responsibility, the university vowed to bring down the fragile government, ise himself with world leaders. Moreover, political mobilisation is responsible for so much distress both at provides yet another crucible to develop endorsed by a wafer-thin majority of 60-59 given the coalition’s fragility and the compet- home and abroad. Scientific knowledge offers humane citizenship. (with one abstention) in the Knesset, the ing interests of the partnering parties, he will us a vital resource here. Its sanctity in our Social and political awareness are integral changeover marks the end of an era. Netan- have to spend considerable attention address- n Friday, Mukul Roy — a formidable leader public deliberations must be restored. to this task. This is not a plea for the politicisa- yahu was the longest-serving prime minister ing social issues such as religious reform, eco- from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) who While applied knowledge has a particular tion of our universities, of which there is no (PM) of Israel. nomic upliftment of the Arab population, and O status, what we must not forget is the signifi- dearth in our setting. However, it is a plea for The ongoing tenure of PM Narendra Modi enticing other parties to join or abstain during shifted to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and cance of basic research investments. Rome orienting citizenry to learn and build empathy coincided with Bibi’s. As the 2014 Lok Sabha critical votes in the Knesset. Bennett will have played a key role in the party’s success in the 2019 was not built in a day. The edifice of the scien- and contribute with a sense of inclusion and results were trickling in, Netanyahu was the less time for foreign relations. elections in the state — returned home to his original tific enterprise and the wherewithal needed to sensitivity to vulnerable people in their imme- first international figure to con- Moreover, though Bennett pursue unconstrained research must be diate and extended communities. gratulate Modi on his impending served under Netanyahu during party. Mr Roy had not been very active in the assiduously built and nurtured. Third, academic candour is indispensable. sweep. Since then, both have been 2013-2020, he held portfolios such assembly elections, and there were murmurs about What we also need to acknowledge is that As we have learnt, it could be a matter of life talking, meeting, hosting, greeting as religious affairs, education and his discontent as other leaders, including his former the pandemic has a whole slew of public and death. In the current context, when it and tweeting at regular intervals. diaspora affairs. His exposure to health implications. These extend within and comes to developing an informed opinion During PM Modi’s July 2017 India will largely be confined to party colleague Suvendu Adhikari, got more well beyond our national boundaries with relating to the origins of the virus, or evolving visit to Israel, Bibi broke protocol PR his six-month tenure at the prominence. But irrespective of when Mr Roy began deeper social, psychological, and economic a sober and realistic assessment of the statis- and skipped the Knesset proceed- defence ministry. Improving rela- Kumaraswamy entertaining ideas of returning to the TMC, his exit is ramifications. For these facets to be addressed tics available in the public domain, or a recog- ings to be a tour guide for the tions with the Joe Biden adminis- effectively, there is a need to tap into diverse nition of the many mutations of the virus, we Indian visitor. Modi reciprocated tration and slowing down, if not a lesson to all political parties which attempt a fast- forms of knowledge. must learn how to sift the wheat from the when Bibi visited India in January scuttling, the nuclear negotiations track route to political power. The broad spread of humanities and social chaff. What this also means is our willingness 2018. Indeed, Bibi even used Modi’s image with Iran are his priorities. Political mobilisation is hard. And it is particularly sciences are of particular relevance here. not to be mere docile recipients of truth during his September 2019 election campaign Will Yair Lapid, who also holds the foreign There are no real substitutes for the human claims but subject them to necessary scrutiny and lamented his own difficulties in forming ministry, have the time and inclination to hard for political forces which may not have a strong stories anchored in specific milieus and local for trustworthiness. A vigilant citizenry must a government when Modi swept the 17th Lok continue the success of Netanyahu in forging base in a particular geography. In its expansion languages that good literature makes availa- be alive to these informed audits. Sabha elections. closer ties with India and other countries? spree post-2014, one of the ways in which the BJP has Finally, the university faces a serious chal- Some of the key shifts in India’s position Interestingly, his father, Tommy Lapid, lenge in communicating effectively to wider vis-à-vis Israel happened during the Bibi- accompanied Ariel Sharon when the latter sought to offset this disadvantage is by recruiting audiences. Cutting-edge developments in rele- Modi tenure — India’s abstentions in the visited India in 2003. In the 1990s, the Indian leaders from entrenched political forces in that vant domains need to be shared with diverse United Nations Educational, Scientific and embassy was lukewarm towards the opposi- geography. This has worked in some states. But in constituencies. The latest research could yield Cultural Organization (Unesco) vote on Jeru- tion, but things will be better now and pre- important insights that matter. However, this salem and the United Nations Human Rights sumably, India forged ties with some of them larger complex states, importing outsiders, either must be made intelligible across the board. Council (UNHRC) votes on the Gaza wars of before Monday’s changeover. through persuasion or threats, comes with its own There will be, on occasion, a requirement to 2014 and 2021; and the dropping of East Jeru- For over two decades when Likud was in pitfalls. It adds to the challenge of accommodating communicate persuasively to officialdom. salem as the capital of future Palestinian power, Israel invested in promoting relations Again, this entails clarity. State. The display of bonhomie was also man- with the world, and this approach also bene- these leaders and workers, at the cost of alienating Communication, however, is not a one-way ifested in bilateral exchanges between presi- fitted India. The absence of any meaningful others who may have been loyalists of the party for street. We need receptivity at the other end for dents, PMs and officials. De-hyphenation was negotiation with the Palestinians enabled longer. This tension played out for the BJP in Bengal, those involved to act on the knowledge they a hallmark of the Modi-Bibi relations when Israel to devote more attention to other coun- now possess. There are a number of other Modi undertook standalone visits to Israel tries. This has not been the case when a non- where the old and new and very new collided, with critical factors that also come into play here — and Palestine. The Covid-19 fight also brought Likud government was in power. The Gaza an adverse impact on the party’s electoral fortunes. the nature of political leadership, institutional both countries together. crisis is a reminder of the urgency of the Pal- The fact is that for political strength to be design, and State capacity, each of which in its While the basic parameters of the bilateral estinian track, and if the past pattern is an own right deserve more urgent scholarly relations are strong, under the Bennett-Lapid indication, the Bennett government will be sustainable, it has to be organic and bottom-up. attention as well. government, there will be a lull, at least in preoccupied with negotiations with the Pales- Otherwise, when the going is not good, those who public display. Bibi has dominated the Israeli tinians, which means lesser attention to India. may not be committed begin looking for alternatives. Siddharth Mallavarapu is professor political landscape since the early 1990s, and There is an urgency compelling us to ask of international relations and governance has not left office smoothly. In his last speech PR Kumaraswamy teaches contemporary Middle In its rush to win power across states, the BJP should more questions about our role and purpose studies at Shiv Nadar University as PM, he pledged to topple the nascent gov- East at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi heed the lesson from Bengal. as educational institutions GETTY IMAGES The views expressed are personal ernment and return to office. The views expressed are personal

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19-YR-OLD { IN RAMPUR } STRANGULATED, PM lauds Yogi govt for FAMILY CALLS IT Three held under anti-conversion law COVID DEATH for allegedly circumcising two boys S Raju mony was being held without same,” said Rampur assistant HT Correspondent informing the local administra- superintendent of police (ASP) implementing project for s [email protected] [email protected] tion,” said Rampur superintend- Sansar Singh. MEERUT: A 19-year-old woman ent of police Shagun Gautam. Reportedly, some local mem- was strangled to death, 13 days LUCKNOW: Three people were Under the anti-conversion bers of the Hindu Jagran Manch after she married a man of her arrested for holding a circumci- law, an advance declaration of (HJM) informed the police about choice. Her family members sion ceremony for two minor proposed religious conversion is the ceremony and accompanied buried her saying that she died sons of a widow in Rampur dis- required to be submitted to the them to the house of Mahfooz. elderly, CM thanks him of Coronavirus infection. trict of western Uttar Pradesh on office of the district magistrate. Police arrested the barber who Police exhumed her mortal Sunday, police officials said on The district magistrate then con- performed the circumcision and remains on Saturday and the Monday. Police are on the look- ducts a police inquiry into the Mahfooz’s parents, while Mah- UP was among the P post-mortem examination out for two other accused in the matter to ascertain the intention, fooz and the cleric managed to first few states to report confirmed the cause of case. The accused were booked purpose and the cause of the flee from the spot. The police It’s by following death as strangulation. under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibi- proposed conversion. The minor team admitted the boys to hospi- operationalise the your all-inclusive Circle officer of Kotwali area tion of Unlawful Conversion of boys’ mother, who is a resident tal. helpline 14567 Arvind Chaurasia said that the Religion law. of adjoining Uttarakhand, Considering that the boys are mantra of sabka woman’s father, Manzoor, had According to the police, one informed the police that she was minors, the FIR was lodged on initiative for the saath, sabka vikas been arrested and a case under Mahfooz, 36, a truck driver and living with Mahfooz after her the complaint of the police elderly launched by sections 302, 201 and 130b regis- resident of the Shahbad area of truck driver husband was killed against Mahfooz, his parents, a and sabka vishwas tered against her brother and Rampur, was living with a in a road accident last month. local cleric and barber. The the Union ministry of that the state four other family members at widow and her two sons at his “The mother alleged that she accused were booked under social justice and the Lisari gate police station. home in Rampur. converted to Islam and married Indian Penal Code Section 324 Chief minister Yogi Adityanath met Prime Minister Narendra government has “We have taken a few persons “Mahfooz arranged a circum- Mahfooz. (voluntarily causing hurt by dan- empowerment Modi at his official residence in New Delhi on Friday. PTIFILE into custody for interrogation,” cision ceremony for the boys, A month into the marriage, gerous weapons or means), been able to extend said Chaurasia and added, aged 12 and 10 years, at his home Mahfooz began forcing her to along with provisions of the Pro- HT Correspondent returned after a Delhi visit dur- UP was among the first few help and emotional “Three police teams are conduct- on Sunday. We took action when convert her sons too and hibition of the Unlawful Conver- [email protected] ing which he met President Ram states to operationalise the help- ing raids to arrest them.” (we) came to know that the cere- arranged the ceremony for the sion of Religion law. Nath Kovind, Prime Minister line 14567 initiative for the eld- support to the Chaurasia said that the LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Nar- Narendra Modi, Union home erly launched by the Union min- elderly. woman was a resident of Shahja- endra Modi has praised the Yogi minister Amit Shah and BJP istry of social justice and han Colony of Lisari gate locality Adityanath government’s imple- chief JP Nadda. empowerment. YOGI ADITYANATH, UP CM and got married to 22-year-old mentation of the “Elderline” ini- Adityanath was quick to Officials said the helpline man of Karim Nagar Colony in ‘Researchers must focus on tiative, a toll-free helpline for respond to PM’s tweet, acknowl- remains functional from 8am to tive. the Nauchandi area on May 17 senior citizens functional since edging the praise. “It’s by follow- 8pm, addressing queries of the “After BJP national general against the wishes of her family. May 14, in Uttar Pradesh. ing your all-inclusive mantra of elders ranging from old age secretary (organisation) BL San- Her family had taken her home control of mercury pollution’ “Very good initiative! @myo- sabka saath, sabka vikas and homes, health and mental health thosh’s praise of the Yogi Aditya- after a few days of the marriage giadityanath,” the PM tweeted sabka vishwas that the state gov- related issues, availability of nath government’s handling of and she died under mysterious HT Correspondent Muslim University. of mercury polluting items,” he after tagging a news report on ernment has been able to extend physiotherapy units. Several BJP the Covid situation, now Prime circumstances on May 31. Prof Qureshi said, the United said. the success of the “Elderline” help and emotional support to leaders in Uttar Pradesh, espe- Minister Narendra Modi himself She was buried in the grave- [email protected] Nations Minamata convention is He said, some very interesting project with his tweet. The PM’s the elderly,” he responded. cially those considered close to has praised the UP government yard on June 1 and her husband AGRA: “Researchers should an international treaty to protect scientific research as per the praise for the implementation of “On behalf of the people of the the chief minister, were seen on yet another project. It shows also attended the funeral where focus on accumulation, biomag- the world environment from requirement of this convention the central government initiative state, I heartily thank you for sharing the PM’s praise for Yogi that the government is working people told him that his wife had nification and control of mer- mercury pollution and India is will soon be published/ contrib- by the Adityanath government your wholesome praise,” Aditya- Adityanath’s implementation of with the right intent,” a BJP died of Coronavirus infection. cury pollution as part of the one of the first 140 countries to uted by the department of bot- came two days after the UP CM nath tweeted. the central government initia- leader said. Next day, the woman’s younger Indian contribution to the sign this treaty. any, AMU. Prof Wasim Ahmad, sister told him over the phone United Nations Minamata Con- Prof Fareed Ahmad Khan, the dean, faculty of life sciences, that his wife was murdered. vention,” said Prof Asif Qureshi, organising host said, the UN AMU and co-patron of the pro- Chaurasia said that the hus- department of civil engineering, treaty has 35 articles regarding gramme urged the scientists to { } band of the woman approached IIT Hyderabad. the control of mercury pollution focus on quality research in this the police station and wanted to He was delivering a lecture as and the role of scientists work- area to keep India as a leading, LJP ship has changed. The LJP, resolved at the earliest,” said BJP temple is being built using lodge a complaint against his part of the week-long pro- ing in the field. “The convention active and significant contribu- party leaders and cadres wanted which was founded in 2000, is a spokesperson Guru Prakash. donations made by people and wife’s family members but the gramme on World Environment expects active role of WHO, tor in controlling the mercury to be in the [Bharatiya Janata part of the NDA since 2014 and their hard-earned money police asked him to first bring Day for sensitisation and aware- UNEP in developing effective sci- pollution at national and global Party-led] NDA (National Demo- we will continue to be with the TAM TEMPLE DEAL should not be misused. documents about his marriage. ness on the UN convention on entific techniques and medical scale. cratic Alliance) and contest NDA,” he said, and heaped lavish Terming it a case of money Backing the demand for a He returned after a few days mercury, organised by the treatment protocols to control The programme ended with a Bihar assembly elections praise on Nitish Kumar. laundering, Singh and Pandey central agency probe into the with his marriage certificate and department of botany, Aligarh the mercury pollution and trade vote of thanks. together. However, influenced “He is a vikas purush (devel- sought a probe by the Central alleged corruption, Suheldev gave a complaint to the police. by some, it was decided to con- opment man). Bihar has devel- Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) After a discussion with senior test elections independently and oped under his regime, and we and the Enforcement Director- chief Om Prakash Rajbhar said officials, it was decided to STOP CORONA everybody knows the humilia- will support him in this endeav- ate (ED) into the matter. the BJP and the RSS have made exhume the woman’s mortal WASH YOUR HAND,WEAR MASK &MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCE tion it suffered. It was a wrong our,” he added. Rai has termed the charges the shrine a “medium of busi- remains. He said that on the decision and today the LJP People aware of the develop- as “misleading and motivated ness”. He also asked Prime basis of the post-mortem report, DELHI JALBOARD: DELHI SARKAR doesn’t have a single representa- ments in the NDA said on condi- by political hatred”. Minister Narendra Modi and a case of murder was registered OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (T) tion in the assembly.” tion of anonymity that ever since “After the Supreme Court’s Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister against the kin on Saturday. VARUNALAYA PHASE-II,KAROL BAGH, NEW DELHI-110005 Chirag Paswan had opened a the LJP damaged JD(U)’s decision on Shri Ram Janma- Yogi Adityanath when action front against Nitish Kumar in the prospects in 36-40 seats in the bhoomi on November 9, 2019, will be taken against the SHE WAS BURIED IN Applications are invited from the eligible officers forfilling up the post of Member (Water assembly elections in November assembly elections, the Nitish innumerable people from accused. THE GRAVEYARD Supply) and Member (Drainage) in DelhiJal Board on nomination basis initially fora 2020, fielding 143 candidates Kumar led party has been work- across the country started com- Hitting out at the opposition period of three years in Level-14 of PayMatrix of Rs.1,44,200-2,18,200 under 7th Central against all JD(U) candidates, ing silently to damage the LJP. ing to Ayodhya to buy land. over the allegations, Uttar Pra- ON JUNE 1 AND HER many of them rebels from the More than 200 party leaders had Land prices have increased. desh deputy chief minister HUSBAND ALSO PayCommission within 45 days fromthe date of publication this advertisement to the BJP. Paswan had claimed that he joined the JD(U) and even Paras The plot on which newspaper Dinesh Sharma said some peo- ATTENDED THE Member (Administration), Delhi JalBoard. Separate application forMember (WS) and wanted to help the BJP form its had a meeting with JD(U) MP discussion is being conducted ple do not miss any opportu- Member (Dr.) should be filled up by thecandidates.For further information, please visit own government in the state Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan is a very prominent place near nity to defame the Ram Janma- FUNERAL WHERE our website www.delhijalboard.nic.in where the people yearned for a Singh, a close associate of the railway station,” he said in bhoomi. PEOPLE TOLD HIM change in leadership. Kumar. a release, asserting that the “The official answer (to alle- ISSUED BY P.R.O.(WATER) (VILAS RAMPAL) LJP, however, won just one JD(U) national president RCP land was purchased at a price gations of corruption) will be THAT HIS WIFE Advt. No. J.S.V.109 (2021-22) ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (T) seat. Singh reacted with a sense of much lower than the open given by officials of the Shri HAD DIED OF Although the NDA managed vindication to the developments market. Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth CORONAVIRUS to secure a majority and Kumar in the party founded by late Ram Congress general secretary Kshetra Trust. I would say in INDIA GOVERNMENT MINT was backed for another term, the Vilas Paswan. “It is a well known Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on one line that there are some INFECTION ALIPORE, KOLKATA - 700 053 (W.B.) (A Unit of SPMCIL, Wholly owned by Govt. of India) JD(U) ended up with a much adage that as you sow, so you Monday said misuse of dona- people in the opposition who Tel : (033) 2401 - 4938, Fax : (033) 2401 - 0553 smaller tally, conceding the reap. Chirag Paswan was head- tions by devotees is a sin and an do not like anything positive in e-mail : [email protected] | CIN : U22213DL2006GOI144763 upper hand to the BJP, which ing a party which was with the insult to their faith. “Crores of context to the Ram Janma- now has the lion’s share in the NDA. Yet, he adopted a stance people made their offerings at bhoomi. Sometimes they say Sealed tenders from eligible and qualified bidders are invited by the undersigned for procurement of below mentioned items: council of ministers in Bihar that damaged it in the assembly the feet of God out of their faith Lord Ram was fictional, and with two of them being deputy polls. This led to a sense of and devotion. Misuse of those that the Ram Setu did not exist. NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING) CMs. unease within his own party,” donations is unrighteous and is They also taunt,” Sharma said Item Tender No. The LJP suffered a setback in Singh said. a sin and an insult to their after attending a meeting of the 2-Hi Cold Rolling Mill (14 inch) 54/PT-174(20-21)/6000015937 April when its lone MLA Raj With buzz growing about a faith,” she said in a tweet in Uttar Pradesh cabinet. BUSINESS CHANGE OF NAME Kumar Singh joined the JD(U) in reshuffle in the Union cabinet, Hindi. For all other details including last date for submission of tender, the presence of chief minister political watchers believe that Congress chief spokesperson MAN LYNCHED IamRishiraj GuptaSon please visit our website http://igmkolkata.spmcil.com LOAN/FINANCE Of RajkumarPrasad Nitish Kumar. Singh, the MLA the development is aimed at Randeep Surjewala questioned been detained in connection Any amendment or extension shall be notified on Website only. Sd/- from Matihani constituency in thwarting Paswan’s chances to Prime Minister Narendra with the case, said additional Village+Post+Police The Chief General Manager Begusarai district, was earlier join the government. Modi’s silence on the issue. director general of police ÀFQ¦Fbø R FB³FZÔÀF Ia ´F³Fe (SdªF.) Station-Nagarnausa served a show cause by his party An LJP functionary, who did “Will the prime minister (crime) Ravi Meherda. A case AF²FFS, ¸FFIÊ VFeM,´Fiû´FMeÊ, ´FÀFʳF»F District-Nalanda State- after he voted in favour of the not want to be named, said; answer if those sinners, who of murder has been registered ÀF¸FÀ°F »Fû³F AFG³F»FFBʳF ÀFbd½F²FF §FS Bihar Vide Affidavit No. 703 Dated-10-06-2021. I NDA candidate for the post of “There has been talk that Paras have traded the faith of Lord and stern action will be taken, ¶F`NZ ¸FFÂF36§FaMZÔ ¸FZÔ2% ¶¹FFªF 40% LcM 7371880106, 7070038557 Declare That My deputy speaker in the Bihar or Prince could be offered a Ram’s devotees, have his pro- he said. Changed Name is assembly last month. berth in the Union council of tection,” he said. Inspector General of Police, RishirajRajkumar In February, LJP’s lone MLC ministers. Since, the JD(U) has Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut Udaipur range, Satyaveer Singh ßFeSF¸F R FB³FZÔÀF ·FFS°F I e ³Fa. 1 Ia ´F³Fe BPL, AF²FFS, d¶FªF³FZÀF, Gupta.All My Legal, Nutan Singh had quit the party made clear their views on not demanded a “clarification” has also reached Chittorgarh, ´FÀFʳF»F,¸FFIÊ ÀFeM, ´FVFb´FF»F³F »Fû³F Educational And Other and joined the BJP, to which her being in favour of Chirag Pas- from the trust and other lead- he added. ´FF¹FZÔ,I F¸F W¸FFSF d½FV½FFÀF AF´FI F* Works Will be minister husband Neeraj Kumar wan, a change in leadership ers, saying the construction of In 2018, the then Vasundhara 9056380702,9056690702 Completed in the Name Singh belongs. could be a compromise that can the temple is a matter of faith Raje government in the state Of Rishiraj Rajkumar “Only four parties were keep the party intact and part of for the saffron party and the introduced the Rajasthan Gupta. known in Bihar – BJP, JD(U), LJP the NDA alliance.” common people. Raut said Bovine Animals (Prohibition of EMPLOYMENT and RJD [Rashtriya Janata Dal]. A second leader, who also did Singh spoke to him on the issue Slaughter and Regulation of I, RAJ Kumar Kushavaha, S/o Baliram Pra Kushavaha, At. After my brother’s death and not wish to be named either, on Monday morning and the Temporary Migration or AF½FV¹FI °FF W`:-dÀFRÊ A³Fb·F½Fe Nakkipur Tapu, P.o Baijnathpur debacle in the assembly polls, said, Paswan has taken the first “evidence provided by him is Export) Bill to amend the 1995 E¢ÀF-Sm, »F`¶F °FI ³FedVF¹F³F, Simariya, Nakkipur, P.s Korha, the party lost its status,” he step to reach out to his uncle and shocking”. Act, after a series of incidents AF»MÑFÀFFCaM AF`S ´F`±Fû»FFGªFe I F Dist. Katihar, as declare vide added. will do his best to prevent a split “Lord Ram and the fight for of cow vigilantism in the state. dS´FûMÊ MFBd´FÀM I eÜ ÀFZ½FF¹F³F Affi.No.21, dt. 14.06.2021, As OF¹F¦FiûdÀMI ¸Fû. 7004421511 known as my father real name is He also said he does not har- in the party. “There is a possibil- the Ram mandir is a matter of The Bill was given Presidential Baliram Prasad Kushavaha. This bour ill will against his nephew. ity that he will agree to step faith for us. For some, it is a assent in 2019 after the Con- is use for all purpose. “Chirag Paswan is my nephew as down as the president to avoid a political matter. The Trust gress was elected to power with CHANGE OF NAME well as party’s national presi- split in the LJP,” the second formed for the construction of Ashok Gehlot as the chief min- ¸F`Ô À¸FÈd°F Ib ¸FFSe´Fd°F B³ýiªFe°F Ib ¸FFS dent,” Paras said. leader said. the temple should clarify if the ister. IMADHU devi legally wife of d´Fi¹FQVFeÊ ÀFFdI ³F IZ VFû´FbS ±FF³FF dW»FÀFF Paswan did not respond to If the party splits then both allegations are true or false,” The act prohibits the export No.14372460Ma Rank dªF»FF- ³FF»FaQF SFª¹F- d¶FWFS VF´F±F ´FÂF messages. A person close to him groups will have to prove their Raut said. of bovine animals for the pur- T.S.N.K.P.P.O-No.S/036731/2003 ÀFa0- 2357, dQ³FFaI -25.02.21 IZ said he has been “taken aback by majority in order to retain claim Delhi deputy chief minister pose of slaughter and regulates army Name Harish chandra õFSF §Fû¿F¯FF IS°Fe Wca dI ¸FZSe´FbÂFe choudhary, presently Resident of A»FeVFF d´Fi¹FF IF ´FbI F÷ ³FF¸F dVF½FFa¦Fe the family feud that has threat- of the party symbol. Manish Sisodia also sought a temporary migration or export Vill+Po khori.laguniya suryak- ened his hold over the party.” The BJP for its part distanced clarification from the Ram for other purposes; it also anth Ward No.17.P.S.& Distt- Ib ¸FFSeW`Ü ¸FZSe´FbÂFe IZ VüÃFd¯FI E½Fa AF²FFS IFOÊ ½F A³¹F QÀ°FF½FZªF ¸FZÔ IY¸FʨFFSXe SXFª¹F ¶Fe¸FF d³F¦F¸F Paras, however, ruled out a itself from the issue. “This is an temple trust over the purchase deems the transporter liable samastipur- 848101(Bihar).Have Employees’ State Insurance Corporation merger with any party. “The internal matter of the party and of a piece of land. Terming it a for the same punishment as the changed my name from Madhu A»FeVFF d´Fi¹FF QªFÊ W`, ªF¶FdI HDFC ¶F`ÔIdW»FÀFF VFF£FF ¸FZÔ ¸FZSe´FbÂFe party is intact; only the leader- the family and we hope it is “scam”, the AAP leader said the person committing the offence. 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BRUSSELS: US President Joe Reuters Biden made his entrance at the [email protected] NATO summit aiming to consult European allies on efforts to BEIJING: China denounced on counter provocative actions by Monday a joint statement by the China and Russia while high- Group of Seven leaders that had lighting the US commitment to scolded Beijing over a range of the 30-country alliance that was issues as a gross interference in frequently maligned by prede- the country’s internal affairs, cessor Donald Trump. and urged the grouping to stop The summit on Monday US President Joe Biden arrives in Brussels. AP slandering China. comes as Biden tries to rally The G7 leaders on Sunday allies for greater coordination in communique to be signed by flank regarding the “threat posed took China to task over human checking China and Russia, two alliance members at the end of by Russia”, China and the recent rights in the heavily Muslim adversaries whose actions on the NATO summit is expected to air piracy in Belarus, according region of Xinjiang, called for economic and national security include language about updating to Sullivan. He’ll also meet with Hong Kong to keep a high degree fronts have become the chief for- Article 5 to include major cyber Turkish President Recep Tayyip of autonomy and underscored eign policy concerns in the early attacks - a matter of growing Erdogan. the importance of peace and sta- going of the Biden presidency. concern amid a series of hacks Biden’s itinerary in Europe bility across the Taiwan Strait - Biden shortly after arriving at targeting the US government has been shaped so that he all sensitive issues for Beijing. the alliance’s headquarters sat and businesses around the globe would first gather with Group of China’s embassy in London down with NATO secretary gen- by Russia-based hackers. Seven leaders for a three-day said it was strongly dissatisfied eral Jens Stoltenberg and under- The update will spell out that summit on the craggy shores of and resolutely opposed to men- Two navy boats armed with clean-up equipment are racing to minimise the environmental impact of an oil spill approaching scored the US commitment to if an alliance member needs Cornwall and then with NATO tions of Xinjiang, Hong Kong and eastern Corsica, which appears to have leaked from a ship cleaning out fuel tanks and was first detected around on Friday. Officials Article 5 of the alliance charter, technical or intelligence support allies in Brussels before his Taiwan that distorted the facts had detected two large slicks stretching over 35km; one 800m offshore, the other 3.5km off the Mediterranean island. AFP which spells out that an attack in response to a cyber attack, it much-anticipated meeting with and exposed the “sinister inten- on one member is an attack on would be able to invoke the Russian President Vladimir tions of a few countries such as all and is to be met with a collec- mutual defence provision to Putin in Geneva on Wednesday. the United States”. tive response. receive assistance, according to At the G7, leaders sought to With the pandemic still rag- “Article 5 we take as a sacred White House national security convey that the club of wealthy ing, the international commu- { ACCUSED OF GRAFT } DETAINED SINCE FEB 1 COUP obligation,” Biden said. “I want adviser Jake Sullivan. democracies is a better friend to nity needs unity and cooperation NATO to know America is The president started his day poorer nations than authoritar- of all countries rather than there.” meeting with leaders of the Bal- ian rivals such as Russia and “cliquey” power politics sowing The White House said the tic states on NATO’s eastern China. division, it added. Raft of charges as Suu Kyi’s trial starts

Agence France-Presse of charges against the Nobel team, Khin Maung Zaw said. NLD. laureate, including claims she Journalists were barred from If convicted of all charges, { PANDEMIC } FRESH CONCERNS [email protected] accepted illegal payments of proceedings in the special court Suu Kyi, 75, faces more than a { JACINDA ARDERN } NEW ZEALAND’S PM NAYPYIDAW: The trial of gold and violated a colonial-era in the capital Naypyidaw, but an decade in jail. deposed Myanmar leader Aung secrecy law. AFP reporter said there was a San Suu Kyi got underway on On Monday, the court heard a heavy police presence outside. US journalist released Cases shoot up, P Monday, more than four police force major testify that Suu Kyi’s lawyers - who have A US journalist detained in months after a military coup, Suu Kyi broke coronavirus struggled to gain access to their Myanmar since March was They are the stories with junta witnesses testifying restrictions during last year’s client - have said they expect the released on Monday. US citizen England to hold from our Muslim that the Nobel laureate flouted elections that her National trial to wrap up by July 26. Nathan Maung “was released Covid-19 restrictions and ille- League for Democracy (NLD) “I’m confident Aung San Suu this morning from Insein prison community, so they gally imported walkie-talkies. party won in a landslide, her Kyi will overcome this trial,” as the police withdrew the char- Daily protests have rocked lawyer Min Min Soe said. Khin Maung Zaw said after the ges against him”, and will fly full reopening need to be at the Myanmar since the generals’ Another police major testi- hearing. “And she seems quite back to the US on Tuesday, his February 1 putsch. fied on separate charges accus- determined to assert her rights, lawyer Tin Zar Oo said. centre of that. A mass uprising has been ing her of illegally importing whatever the results.” Maung, who founded local met with a brutal military and possessing walkie-talkies, A separate trial is scheduled outlet Kamayut Media, had Agencies THERE IS GROWING On a planned film that looks crackdown that has killed more she added. to start on Tuesday over sedi- faced charges under a colonial- [email protected] to focus largely on her response SPECULATION THAT than 850 civilians, according to Suu Kyi “paid keen attention” tion charges she faces alongside era law that criminalises to the 2019 mosque attacks LONDON/WASHINGTON: British THE COVID-19 a monitoring group. throughout the hearing, ousted president Win Myint and encouraging dissent against the Prime Minister Boris Johnson is PROTOCOLS WILL The junta has brought a raft another member of her legal another senior member of the military, she added. expected to disappoint many A people across England later on STAY IN EFFECT IN Monday by saying that restric- THE COUNTRY tions on social contact will UNTIL JULY 19 Al remain in place for a few more weeks because of rising infec- As nations modernise arms, Oscar-nominated tions due to the Delta variant of mithKline. At over 90%, the actor Ned Beatty the coronavirus. overall efficacy of the vaccine is The variant first found in close to reported rates for mRNA nukes appear to be in vogue dies, aged 83 India is estimated by some to be shots developed by Pfizer with LOS ANGELES: Ned at least 60% more contagious BioNTech and by Moderna, as Beatty, the prolific and than the previous dominant well as the Sputnik V vaccine Agence France-Presse decrease from 13,400 a year ear- nuclear weapons in their mili- Oscar-nominated strain. British scientists have from Russia, using viral vector lier, the Stockholm International tary strategies”. character actor known urged the prime minister to technology. [email protected] Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) This change can be observed for roles in Network, postpone plans to lift most coro- Novavax’s phase 3 trial STOCKHOLM: As nuclear nations estimated. in both Russia and the US, which Superman and Toy navirus restrictions in England included almost 30,000 partici- commit to renewing and some- However, this includes retired together possess over 90% of the Story 3, has died aged on June 21 and keep them in pants in the US and Mexico and times expanding their arsenals, a warheads waiting to be disman- world’s nuclear weapons, Kris- 83, US media reported. place until at least July 19. studied the vaccine’s efficacy decline seen since the early tled, and without them the com- tensen said, stressing it was too “Ned passed away from against major variants circulat- 1990s seems to have stalled, with bined military stockpile of early to say if the new US admin- natural causes on Novavax: Covid shot 93% ing in the US, as defined by the some signs of a numerical nuclear arms rose from 9,380 to istration under President Joe Sunday morning, effective against strains Centers for Disease Control and increase, researchers said on 9,620. Meanwhile, the number Biden would deviate from the surrounded by his Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine can- Prevention. Only one case of the Monday of nuclear weapons deployed strategy under his predecessors. Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin (centre) with PM Naftali Bennett family and loved ones,” didate showed strong efficacy highly contagious Delta variant “The reduction of nuclear with operational forces “I think that the Biden admin- and foreign minister Yair Lapid, in Jerusalem. REUTERS Shelter Entertainment against the coronavirus, includ- was detected among trial partici- arsenals that we have gotten increased from 3,720 to 3,825, istration is signalling quite Group talent manager ing mutated variants, in a large pants. used to since the end of the Cold the report said. clearly that it is going to con- Deborah Miller said, trial. The shot was 90% effective War appears to be levelling out,” Of these, some 2,000 were tinue the overwhelming main according to CNN. AFP at preventing symptomatic Iran okays homegrown Hans Kristensen, associate sen- “kept in a state of high opera- thrust of the nuclear modernisa- After 12 yrs, Israel Covid and 100% effective at pre- Covid-19 vaccine ior fellow at SIPRI’s Nuclear Dis- tional alert”, meaning for launch tion programme that was under- Reports of leak venting moderate and severe Iran’s state TV is reporting that armament, Arms Control and in a matter of minutes. way during the Trump years,” symptoms, the US biotech firm the government has approved an Non-proliferation Programme, “We’re seeing very significant the researcher said, noting the from Chinese said on Monday. The shot was emergency use of its first domes- told AFP. nuclear modernisation pro- programme was started under wakes up to new nuclear station 93% effective against variants of tically developed coronavirus The amount of nukes among grammes all around the world Barack Obama. BEIJING: Top Chinese concern, it said. vaccine. Also, another vaccine, the nine nuclear-armed states - and in all the nuclear weapons The US and Russia continued government-run The vaccine uses a recombi- produced jointly by Iran and the US, Russia, the UK, France, states,” Kristensen said. to dismantle retired warheads, govt without Bibi nuclear power operator nant protein technology, also Cuba, will join the country’s vac- China, India, Pakistan, Israel and He added that nuclear states but both had about 50 more in has said its operations at used in the vaccine candidate cine package the next week, offi- North Korea - totalled 13,080 at also seem to be raising “the “operational deployment” at the a station in south China developed by Sanofi and GlaxoS- cials said. the start of 2021, a slight importance they attribute to the start of 2021 than a year earlier. Agencies meet safety regulations P amid US media reported [email protected] a possible radiological JERUSALEM: Israel awoke on [Looking] forward leak. CNN reported on { ‘GREY LITERATURE’ } UNFREEZING HISTORY Monday with Jewish nationalist to... deepening the Monday that the US Naftali Bennett at the head of a government had spent precarious coalition government strategic relations the past week assessing Who found Antarctica? Study says it was Pacific Islanders that faces stark challenges, after between our a report of a leak at 12 years under right-wing Benja- China General Nuclear min Netanyahu. countries. Power Group (CGN) in waters has been occurring since tives of voyaging between the The watershed moment in Taishan in Guangdong Agence France-Presse NARENDRA MODI, Indian the earliest traditional voyaging, islands include voyaging into Israeli politics saw an ideologi- province. HTC Prime Minister, on Twitter [email protected] and later through participation Antarctic waters by Hui Te Ran- cally disparate eight-party bloc, WELLINGTON: Polynesian seafar- in European-led voyaging and giora and his crew on the vessel ranging from right to left to Arab Five critics jailed ers likely reached Antarctica exploration, contemporary sci- Te Ivi O Atea, likely in the early Islamic conservatives, band ernment at the country’s presi- hundreds of years before the entific research, fishing, and seventh century,” Wehi said. together to unseat the bombastic dential residence. as political crisis in Western explorers usually cred- more, for centuries.” Oral histories of the voyage veteran known as Bibi by a In a statement following Ben- Nicaragua grows ited with discovering the frozen Polynesian seafarers are include reference to “a foggy, wafer-thin margin of 60 votes to nett’s swearing in, Biden said, “I MANAGUA: Nicaraguan continent, a new study has con- widely regarded as some of his- misty and dark place not seen by 59 in parliament on Sunday. look forward to working with police arrested and cluded. tory’s greatest sailors, navigating the sun” and iceberg-like sum- Within hours Bennett, a tech Prime Minister Bennett to jailed five prominent New Zealand researchers vast distances between Pacific mits “piercing the sky with no millionaire and former special strengthen all aspects of the opponents of President scoured so-called “grey litera- islands with pin-point precision vegetation”. forces commander, was stepping close and enduring relationship Daniel Ortega over the ture” - including oral records, on their double-hulled waka, or The study said that Maori into his new role as prime minis- between our two nations. Israel weekend, including one- historic indigenous artworks canoes. carving and weaving also sup- ter, speaking with US President has no better friend than the time rebel allies, ahead and non-academic sources - The research, published last ported accounts of early Antarc- Joe Biden and receiving a brief- United States.” of a November election looking for links between Maori week in the Journal of the Royal tic exploration. Wehi said collat- ing from national security Israel’s new foreign minister in which he is seeking to people and Antarctica. Society of New Zealand, found ing traditional Maori accounts adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat. Yair Lapid on Monday vowed to extend his 14 years as “When you put it together, it’s they reached Antarctica long helped give a broader view of Later on Monday, the 49-year- improve relations with US Dem- president. Over the past really clear, there’s a very long before the first Westerners in the Antarctic history, beyond the old’s first full day as Israel’s ocrats while ending “hostile” ties few weeks, a dozen history of connection to Antarc- 1820s. The researchers believe accounts of European male leader, he was set to talk with his with Europe he accused Benja- opposition figures have tica,” said project leader Priscilla the first voyage to Antarctica explorers that usually predomi- one-time ally Netanyahu. min Netanyahu of cultivating. been arrested on orders Wehi from New Zealand’s gov- waters even predates Maori nate. “History tends to be told by Ministers of the new govern- “Our relationship with too from Ortega’s security ernment research institute arrival in New Zealand in the one voice and there’s often a ment began meeting with their many governments has been apparatus, including The research found they reached Antarctica long before the first Manaaki Whenua. “We found 14th century. dominant narrative,” she told staff and commemorating the neglected and become hostile,” election rivals. REUTERS Westerners in the 1820s. AP/FILE connection to Antarctica and its “We find Polynesian narra- the New Zealand Herald. beginning of Israel’s 36th gov- Lapid said. PATNA TUESDAY 09 JUNE 15, 2021 Business Powered by WPI inflation hits all-time high of 12.94% increased fuel prices post As the commodity prices are Inflation surged after assembly election results. hardening, the core WPI infla- increase in prices of Among food items, inflation of tion is expected to rise further. pulses (12.1%), onions (23.2%) The core-WPI inflation (man- crude oil, fuel and and fruits (20.2%) rose, while ufactured non food products) manufactured goods vegetable prices fell 9% from hardened sharply to a series- their level a year ago. high 10% in May 2021, with a Press Trust of India Among manufactured items, broad-based uptrend across [email protected] food products (15.2%), edible oil most of the sub-sectors. The (51.7%), basic metals (27.6%) core-WPI inflation is expected NEW DELHI: The wholesale rose significantly, while prices to climb further to a new series- The BSE ended 76.77 points or 0.15% higher at 52,551.53. MINT price-based inflation acceler- of tobacco products contracted. high 10.4-10.9% in June 2021, ated to a record high of 12.94% However, inflation in food and sustain in double-digits in May, on rising prices of crude articles eased marginally to until September 2021,” Aditi oil and manufactured goods. 4.31% in May, even as onion pri- Nayar, Chief Economist, ICRA, Low base effect also contrib- ces spiked. Inflation in onion said. Sensex, Nifty uted to the spike in WPI infla- stood at 23.24% in May, against A global recovery has pushed tion in May 2021. In May 2020, (-) 19.72% in April. crude oil and prices of other WPI inflation was at (-) 3.37%. The RBI in its monetary pol- commodities upwards. This is the fifth straight icy earlier this month kept This is showing up in the month of uptick seen in the interest rates unchanged at domestic wholesale price index close at fresh wholesale price index record lows and committed to along with effects of supply-side (WPI)-based inflation. In April, maintain an accommodative bottlenecks due to the impact of 2021, WPI inflation hit double policy stance to support growth. local lockdowns in May. digit at 10.49%. RBI pegged retail inflation at “The continued rise in global record highs “The annual rate of inflation, 5.1% in this fiscal ending March crude oil prices, a weaker rupee based on monthly WPI, was This is the fifth straight month of uptick seen in the WPI-based inflation. AP 2022, with upside risks from and the upward revision in 12.94% for the month of May, higher commodity prices and domestic fuel prices remain risk Press Trust of India and APMS Investment Fund 2021 (over May, 2020) as com- viz. petrol, diesel, naphtha, fur- Inflation in fuel and power month. re-emergence of higher supply factors for the upcoming WPI holding shares in group Compa- pared to (-) 3.37% in May 2020. nace oil etc. and manufactured basket spiked to 37.61% during Crude petroleum price rose constraints amidst the current print. However, we expect the [email protected] nies ‘are not frozen’. “The high rate of inflation in products as compared to the May, against 20.94% in April. In 102.5%, which led to increase in phase of lockdowns. headline WPI inflation to recede MUMBAI: Equity benchmark Besides, shares of Bharat May 2021 is primarily due to low corresponding month of the manufactured products, infla- prices of LPG (61%), petrol Retail inflation data for May modestly to 11.9-12.3% in June Sensex rose 77 points to close at Heavy Electricals Limited base effect and rise in prices of previous year,” the Commerce tion stood at 10.83% in May, (62.3%), and diesel (66.3%), is scheduled to be released later 2021, as the base starts to nor- its all-time high on Monday, (BHEL) slipped 18% to ₹62.55 on crude petroleum, mineral oils and Industry Ministry said. against 9.01% in the previous especially as the government in the day. malise,” Nayar added. tracking gains in index majors the BSE in intra-day trade on Reliance, Infosys and TCS amid Monday after the company positive cues from global mar- reported a lower-than-expected kets. set of numbers for the quarter The 30-share BSE index ended March 2021 (Q4FY21). { PIYUSH GOYAL } UNION MINISTER ended 76.77 points or 0.15% Sectorally, the Nifty PSU I-T portal users still facing glitches higher at 52,551.53. Bank index ended the day as the Similarly, the broader NSE top gainer on the NSE, up 1%, P Nifty advanced 12.50 points or while the Nifty Realty index Press Trust of India Infosys—the vendor which cre- from the struggle to login to the 0.08% to its fresh record of closed as worst performer, A little longer rope ated the portal—and its chair- portal to important features 15,811.85. down 1.4%. [email protected] man Nandan Nilekani to fix the such ‘e-proceedings’ tabs being Reliance Industries was the Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in needs to be given so NEW DELHI: A week after the technical glitches. unavailable with a message dis- top gainer in the Sensex pack, Tokyo and Seoul ended on a Income Tax Department’s much A day after the launch of the played ‘coming soon’ is creating rising around 1.5%, followed by positive note. Markets in China that these countries publicised new e-filing portal Income Tax Department’s new anxiousness among the taxpay- Bajaj Finance, ONGC, Infosys, and Hong Kong were closed on (less developed) have went live, users continued to tax filing portal, social media ers and tax professionals with PowerGrid, L&T and IndusInd account of a local holiday. face technical glitches ranging users had flagged glitches in the respect to orders being passed Bank. On the other hand, Kotak Equities in Europe were trad- space to bring their from longer than usual logging new e-filing portal to the and non-compliance of notices Bank, NTPC, HDFC, Sun ing with gains in mid-session time, inability to respond to finance minister. without getting a sufficient Pharma, Bajaj Auto and Maruti deals. economies back on notices and not all features Following that, Sitharaman opportunity to present a case. were among the laggards. International oil benchmark functioning yet, chartered took to Twitter and asked Info- Deloitte India Partner Aarti The broader markets, the BSE Brent crude was trading 0.94% track. accountants said on Monday. sys and its chairman to fix the Raote said the new tax portal MidCap index ended the day in higher at $73.37 per barrel. The new portal was launched problem. has raised expectations from all. the red, down 0.7%, amid steep Meanwhile, the rupee last Monday (June 7), which the Replying to the tweet, Nilek- However, many accessed the losses in Adani Group stocks declined 22 paise to close at A tax department as well as the After the launch, social media ani had said Infosys is working site felt it was slow and several and BHEL while the BSE Small- 73.29 against the US dollar. government said was aimed at users flagged glitches in the to fix the glitches. existing features like were also Cap index closed 0.2% lower. India recorded a single-day making compliance more tax- portal to the finance minister. Infosys was in 2019 awarded not accessible. Among individual stocks, rise of 70,421 new Covid-19 payer-friendly. a contract to develop the next- “Users were faced with access shares of Adani Group compa- cases, the lowest in 74 days, tak- But users complained of tech- ers are unable to view past generation income tax filing and login challenges. The tax nies rebounded from their ing the country’s infection tally Authoritarian and nical issues facing the site from e-filed returns and many fea- system to reduce processing department has also indicated respective intra-day lows on to 2,95,10,410, while the count of the very first day and not every- tures/ facilities continue to be time for returns from 63 days to that the Digital Signature would Monday after the company clar- active cases fell below 10 lakhs thing has been fixed even after a marked ‘coming soon’. one day and expedite refunds. need to be re-registered on ified that the demat accounts of after over two months, accord- majoritarian: WB week, chartered accountants Finance minister Nirmala Nangia & Co LLP Partner account of security reasons,” three foreign funds-Albula ing to the Union Health Minis- (CAs) said, adding that taxpay- Sitharaman herself had asked Shailesh Kumar said starting Raote added. Investment Fund, Cresta Fund try data updated on Monday. FM on GST Council STFC RAISES Gireesh Chandra Prasad consumers as well as availabil- ity of tax credits to producers. InMobi arm Glance buys Delhi HC cancels NEARLY ₹2,000 CR [email protected] Mitra’s demand for full tax NEW DELHI: The Goods and Ser- relief is also shared by some of THROUGH QIP vices Tax Council (GST), which the other opposition ruled was driven by consensus earlier, states such as Kerala and Pun- Shop101 in e-comm push bail granted to Press Trust of India has become authoritarian and jab. The Council, however, pre- [email protected] majoritarian in approach, West ferred to keep most of the items Press Trust of India WHILE THE SIZE OF that spend 25 minutes per day Bengal finance minister Amit at 5% rate. using the platform. Roposo has Shivinder Singh MUMBAI: Non-banking finance Mitra said on Monday indicat- On Saturday, it announced [email protected] THE DEAL WAS NOT more than 33 million monthly company Shriram Transport ing the widening political rift reduction of taxes on several NEW DELHI: Glance—which REVEALED, THE active users who spend 22 min- Richa Banka Finance (STFC) on Monday said within the federal tax body. medical supplies including oxy- owns video-platform Roposo— 100% STAKE utes daily on the platform. It has it has raised ₹1,998.98 crore Mitra said that bureaucrats gen, ventilators and testing kits on Monday said it is acquiring about 3 million monthly active [email protected] through its qualified institu- have taken over key committees from 12% to 5%, ambulances Shop101, as the InMobi group ACQUISITION WILL creators on the platform. Shah NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court tional placement (QIP) issue. which result in undermining from 28% to 12%, furnaces for firm looks to bolster its position BE A MIX OF CASH said the live, influencer com- on Monday cancelled the bail The issue, which was the powers of the elected mem- crematoriums from 18% to 5% in the influencer-led commerce AND EQUITY merce model has seen huge suc- granted by a city court to Shivin- launched on June 7, 2021, bers of the Council. In a virtual and two drugs from 5% to zero. space in the country. cess in China, accounting for der Mohan Singh, former pro- received 6.3 times oversubscrip- press briefing, Mitra said that Several states have been asking The acquisition—whose deal about 20% of the total e-com- moter of Religare Enterprises tion, a company release said. states gave up 70% of their taxa- for full tax waiver on Covid size was not disclosed—will comment on the deal size, he merce sales. “Even though it is Ltd (REL), in connection with a Several foreign institutional tion rights to embrace GST as related medical supplies. provide Glance and Roposo said the 100% stake acquisition still in an early phase in India case pertaining to alleged misap- investors and domestic institu- consensus was the approach for He also pointed out that for end-to-end capability for in Shop101 will be a mix of cash now, the total addressable mar- propriation of funds at Religare tional investors participated in decision making earlier. FY21, states’ revenues have con- launching celebrity and influen- and equity and that “this is the ket for LIVE and interactive Finvest Ltd (RFL). the QIP issue. It was priced at Mitra said he has cordial tracted by 3% and hence they cer-led LIVE commerce. first major deployment of the commerce in the country is The economic offences wing ₹1,430 per share, representing a relations with union finance should be compensated by a “We feel very strongly that funds raised in December”. expected to surpass $40 billion of the Delhi Police registered an discount of 0.23% to the SEBI minister Nirmala Sitharaman further ₹63,000 crores. The ear- mobile shopping and commerce Glance, a part of SoftBank- by 2025...This will be the second FIR in March 2019 after it floor price of ₹1,433.32. and his submission to her was lier compensation calculations is going to transform in many backed InMobi Group, had most important pillar for mone- received a complaint from RFL’s The company said its board to reflect on these vital matters. were based on much more opti- ways where there is going to be announced a $145 million tising Glance and Roposo authorized representative Man- also approved on June 7, 2021 a There is a “dramatic shift mistic assumptions. an interesting intersection of (around ₹1,071.6 crore) invest- beyond advertising. preet Suri, against Singh, former Former promoter of Religare preferential issue of ₹500 crore, from consensus mechanism to Mitra pointed out that a creators, content and com- ment round from Google and “As we go global, expand and REL chairman and managing Shivinder Mohan Singh being equally split between equity authoritarian and majoritarian panel of officials led by a central merce, which will come existing investor, Mithril Capital start monetising, this will be director Sunil Godhwani, former taken to court in 2019. shares and convertible warrants approach in the GST Council,” government official, which was together...the acquisition will in December last year. With almost half of our potential rev- RFL chief executive officer Kavi to the promoter, Shriram Capi- Mitra said. “It destroys the only set up to take care of procedural allow us to leverage their that, the total fundraise by enues in the next 3-5 years,” he Arora, and others, alleging that funds of the company for their tal Limited, at the issue price of federal institution in the coun- matters, is now amending rules (Shop101) entire e-commerce Glance stood at $190 million. added. they had taken loans while man- personal benefits and the corpo- ₹1,440 per security. try,” he said. which are only placed before technology and do this globally Glance delivers artificial The entire team of Shop101, aging the firm but had invested rate loan policy was not followed “The QIP proceeds will aug- Mitra’s concerns are linked to the Council for reporting pur- eventually on Glance and intelligence-driven personalised including founders, will become the money in other companies. by the sanctioning authority. ment the company’s long-term the non-acceptance by the poses, not for ratification. Roposo,” Piyush Shah, content to screen zero of smart- part of Glance and Roposo and Suri alleged that these “The (trial court) should have resources for funding require- Council of his demand for zero Also, the fitment committee Co-Founder of InMobi Group, phones. When a Glance user power e-commerce efforts of accused put RFL in poor finan- borne in mind the peculiarity of ments of business activities, GST rating of key medical sup- sends detailed proposals only and Glance President and COO, wakes up their phone, their lock Glance, Shah said. “We are not cial condition by disbursing fraud and conspiracy involved in financing future growth oppor- plies needed for Covid manage- close to the Council meeting told PTI. It will be a huge pillar screen has new visual and inter- trying to compete on social loans to entities with no finan- this case and refrained itself tunities and general corporate ment or subjecting them to a which leaves ministers with lit- of monetisation for InMobi, active content that is persona- commerce, but want to foray in cial standing and wilfully from passing a blanket order purposes,” the company’s Vice token 0.1% both of which would tle time to examine them, Mitra apart from advertising, he lised for them. It has more than a big way on influencer-driven defaulted in repayments, caus- releasing Shivinder on bail. No Chairman and Managing have enabled tax reduction to claimed. added. While Shah declined to 125 million daily active users commerce,” he added. ing loss to RFL to the tune of doubt on the premise that inves- Director Umesh Revankar said. ₹2,397 crore, according to the tigation is complete and accused The book running lead man- prosecution. is behind bars for some time and agers to the QIP included Axis The police had alleged that that trial shall take time, bail can Capital Ltd, Citigroup Global { ON TRIAL } THE PROSECUTORS SAID BITCOINS WORTH $500,000 WERE TRANSFERRED FROM GHOSN’S SON TO ONE OF THE ACCUSED IN 2020 Singh, in connivance with other be granted, but only when the Markets India Ltd and HSBC co-accused, created the corpo- offences alleged are of lesser Securities and Capital Markets American duo plead guilty to helping Ghosn flee Japan rate loan book for utilizing the magnitude,” the high court said. (India) Private Ltd.

Associated Press “proceed efficiently.” He said ber 2019. After a brief discussion, the ending the trial quickly is “in Ryozo Kitajima, one of the Taylors agreed there were no [email protected] PE/VC outlay in May falls to $3.6 bn the best interests of his clients.” prosecutors, said Peter Taylor mistakes in the statement. TOKYO: Two Americans He declined to confirm his team met with Ghosn at a hotel sev- Prosecutors said that during Press Trust of India It can be noted that the coun- inflation, its impact on com- charged with helping former was hoping for a suspended eral times in 2019 and intro- their detention the Taylors had try underwent the ravages of modity prices and the US Fed’s Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn sentence if they are convicted, duced Ghosn to his father. He expressed remorse and that the [email protected] the second wave of the pan- reaction to rein in inflation as flee Japan while he was facing meaning no time would be said Peter Taylor also received pair had been misled to believe MUMBAI: Private equity and demic since April this year. the key risks for India. accusations of financial miscon- served. He stressed the decision $562,500 in two transfers to pay helping someone jump bail was venture capital investments There were localised lockdowns The report said the surge in duct agreed Monday that they was up to the judge. for chartering the jet and other not illegal in Japan. They said more than halved to $3.6 billion across the country in May 2021, deal activity in 2021 is led by took part in a scheme for him to The Taylors appeared calm as expenses. Peter Taylor arranged Ghosn’s wife Carole told them in May 2021 when compared to while there were $4.6 billion in “Covid resilient sectors” like escape the country. they were led into the court- for Ghosn to change his cloth- Ghosn was being tortured. The the preceding April’s $7.5 bil- investments in Jio Platforms in e-commerce (which has Statements by Michael Taylor room in handcuffs, with ropes ing at a Tokyo hotel. His father prosecutors quoted the Taylors lion and a third lower than the May 2020 despite the national received $4.3 billion in invest- and his son, Peter, on the open- tied around their waists. and another man, George-Anto- as saying they were not tortured year-ago period’s $5.4 billion, a lockdown. ments), technology ($3.8 bil- ing day of their trial in Tokyo They said little except to ine Zayek later accompanied and were treated in a way that report said on Monday. “Investors will be closely lion), pharma ($1.4 billion), suggest the pair don’t plan to answer the judge’s questions, Ghosn to the Osaka airport, Kit- was “fair and professional.” However, on a year to date watching the Government’s pre- media and entertainment ($1.2 fight charges of assisting a crim- such as “Yes, your honor,” and Former Nissan chief executive ajima said. The trial’s next session is set basis, the venture investments paredness to avert/deal with a billion) and healthcare ($801 inal. That carries a possible pen- “I hear you well,” when asked officer Carlos Ghosn. BLOOMBERG Zayek has not been arrested. for June 29. The Taylors were by these two categories of inves- possible third wave, better vac- million). alty of up to three years in about simultaneous interpret- The prosecutors said bitcoins arrested in Massachusetts last tors have doubled to $20 billion cine rollout and the impact of “We expect this ‘polarisation’ prison. ing relayed via headphones. Ghosn in a box for musical worth $500,000 were trans- year and extradited to Japan in for the first five months of 2021, the pandemic on the country’s of investments to continue till Keiji Isaji, one of the attor- Prosecutors read out a state- equipment. It was loaded onto a ferred from Ghosn’s son March. Ghosn has French, Leb- the report by industry lobby macro and fiscal health in the the outlook on pandemic neys for the Taylors, told The ment accusing Michael Taylor, a private jet that flew him from Anthony’s account to Peter Tay- anese and Brazilian citizenship IVCA and consultancy firm EY coming months,” EY partner related lockdowns and disrup- Associated Press after the court former Green Beret, and Peter the western city of Osaka to lor in 2020, purportedly to cover and Lebanon has no extradition said, stressing that investors Vivek Soni said. tions changes materially,” Soni session that he wants the trial to Taylor of arranging to hide Lebanon via Turkey in Decem- the Taylors’ defense costs. treaty with Japan. continue to remain bullish. He flagged the rise in global said. PATNA TUESDAY 10 JUNE 15, 2021 Sport Double delight King of grit and endurance

Djokovic comes back points and 33 minutes to merely from two sets down win a point on the Djokovic serve. But the moment the world in final to win the No. 1’s immaculate first serve levels dropped, Tsitsipas began French Open, his dictating the second serves. At 19th Grand Slam title 5-4, Djokovic was forced to stave off a set point with a 25-shot Rutvick Mehta rally, and broke the youngster the next game to serve for the [email protected] set. What followed was un-Djok- MUMBAI: Novak Djokovic felt ovic like though with three like he had climbed Mount Ever- errors giving Tsitsipas the life- est after beating 13-time cham- line of a tiebreaker. pion Rafael Nadal in the Roland Djokovic’s previous tie- Garros semi-final. Less than 48 breaker—in the third set against hours later, after being two sets Nadal—was a modern-day clas- to love down in the final against sic where the Serb often rose to Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova (right) and compatriot Stefanos Tsitsipas, the world No. majestic heights. This one Katerina Siniakova jump with the trophy after beating USA's 1 was staring at another long and brought him down. A double Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Poland's Iga Swiatek in French arduous climb to get to his 19th fault and a slew of errors gave Open women’s doubles final. Krejcikova became the first Grand Slam title. Tsitsipas a 4-0 lead. Djokovic woman to win both the singles and doubles titles at Roland However, the last couple of wiped it off and led 6-5 due to Garros since Mary Pierce in 2000. AP weeks have seen newer bounda- Tsitsipas’s errors and the net ries set in the limitless world of chord helping a Djokovic volley Djokovic the tennis professional over. Tsitsipas saved another set and athlete. Ward off an Italian point with a cracking forehand teen 15 years younger to him in winner, and 68 minutes into it, five sets? No fuss. Become the took the opening honours. Advantage Kiwis in only man to beat Nadal twice in A high-octane set like that is Paris? Why not? Win a Grand often followed by a drop in level. Slam final for the first time after Djokovic’s plummeted; Tsitsi- WTC final: Pujara losing the first two sets? Sure. pas’s prolonged. The Greek Moments after smacking a broke the Serb in the first game Agencies these 10 to 12 days which we loopy full ball at the net away of the second set courtesy double have for our preparation,” the from Tsitsipas’s reach, Djokovic faults and errors, and again in [email protected] batsman said in a video shared shook his opponent’s hand, the seventh game. Djokovic NEW DELHI: India’s players are on the Board of Control for walked to the other side of the looked flat, Tsitsipas bounced Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the French Open final on Sunday. GETTY IMAGES positive ahead of the World Test Cricket in India’s (BCCI) website. net and simply raised both his around. The 34-year-old, per- Championship final against a “If we utilise these days well I arms. He was probably too haps starting to feel the physical New Zealand side primed for the feel that our team will be up for exhausted to do anything more. and emotional hangover from encounter after a successful the final.” “It was not easy, coming back the epic against Nadal, didn’t Greek tragedy for young Tsitsipas series in England, said batsman New Zealand drew the first from two sets down. I played even bother to attempt a return Cheteshwar Pujara. Test at Lord’s before winning the almost nine hours of tennis in 48 of serve on the final point. Aditya Iyer with a roaring, 25-stroke rally. Friday’s final in Southampton second match in Birmingham on hours,” Djokovic said in an Djokovic took a break to go off Djokovic things – like going 0-4 comes after two years of Test Sunday. on-court interview. court, and returned seemingly [email protected] down in the first set tie-break series to determine the world’s India’s players staged an Played, and won. refreshed. Certainly, more solid. NEW DELHI: Even at an ornamen- and making Tsitsipas question top two teams. intra-squad practice game on Djokovic beat fifth seed Tsitsi- Like he did after the first set tal level, there was something his life’s choices by clawing back The Black Caps are coming off Friday and Saturday at the Ageas pas 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 after against Nadal, Djokovic tight- about the on-court speech that and sending the fans into a a confidence boosting 1-0 Test Bowl in Southampton after fighting for more than four ened his game while Tsitsipas’s Stefanos Tsitsipas gave after frenzy. Tsitsipas managed to series win over hosts England undergoing quarantine both at hours, lifting the Slam that puts unraveled. The Greek was on the reaching his first-ever Grand snuff that set out, but he wasn’t while Virat Kohli’s men played home and in England. him one below Roger Federer edge in the fourth game, saving Slam final on Friday—following so lucky after that. their last competitive match at “When it comes to finals we and Nadal in the all-time record four break points with a fore- his five-set thriller against fellow Last year against Djokovic in the end of March. will give our best and we know list. The Serb became the first hand, two overheads, a back- next-gen Alexander Zverev in the semi-final of the French “We are not worried about that our team has the potential man in the Open Era to hold all hand down-the-line and a base- the Roland Garros semi-final— Open, it was Tsitsipas who that,” Pujara said about New to do well and win the champi- four Majors at least twice, win- line duel. Djokovic finally that one usually delivers while showed that he had the fire in his Zealand’s recent Test series in onship,” Pujara said, who has ning the French Open again after pushed him over, earning the cradling a trophy. There were belly by reversing a two-set defi- England. played county cricket in five years. lone break of the set. Tsitsipas’s tears from Tsitsipas and Aposto- cit and taking it to five. Today, it “We will try and focus on England. The 22-year-old Tsitsipas, error count surged from 2 to 11 los, his chest-clutching father- was Djokovic’s turn. This Tsitsi- playing his first Slam final and from the second to third set; cum-coach; there were long pas facilitated by getting broken chasing a first title for Greece, Djokovic’s fell from 10 to 4. pauses that allowed the crowd at This was 22-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas’s first Slam final. GETTY very early in the third and fourth sat on his chair with head It was Tsitsipas’s turn to hit Court Philippe Chatrier to sets, and to make his over all l wrapped in the towel. He had the pause button, receiving applaud his rise; there were key this Sixteenth Arrondissement has already made two Slam challenge and difficulty peak, he A said before the final that he on-court treatment on his lower phrases such as “childhood of Paris and Tsitsipas would’ve finals while Germany’s Zverev, also summoned the masseur Aussie McKeown Mankad among 10 in would give it his all. He did, from back after the set. Tsitsipas now dream”. known the man that had slain 24, was two points away from with a bad back. Djokovic wasn’t the start. The first game itself looked fatigued, coming off a Perhaps this was because he Nadal on the two previous occa- winning his only appearance in a very pleased with the delay that beats world record ICC’s Hall of Fame had a variety from the tennis five-set semi-final win over Alex- knew that the other semi-final sions did not end up winning the Slam final in New York last year. the medical timeout presented, ADELAIDE: Australia’s Kaylee DUBAI: The ICC inducted 10 buffet: a double fault; a forehand ander Zverev. Djokovic sensed between world number one trophy that year. But perhaps Tsitsipas, in many ways, was but he knew enough to take McKeown threw down the icons of the game, including return winner; backhand down- that and pounced, quickly going Novak Djokovic and 13-time more significantly, Tsitsipas’s perhaps even closer than Zverev advantage of it – yanking his Olympic gauntlet to US rival Vinoo Mankad, into its the -line winner; backhand up a double break after ending a French Open champion Rafael main weapons included his with his two-set lead against a struggling opponent about from Regan Smith by smashing illustrious Hall of Fame with up-the-line winner; incredible long rally with the deftest of Nadal was yet to happen, and the youth (22 to Djokovic’s 34), his tired Djokovic on Sunday. Not side to extreme side. her 100m backstroke world two players each from five defence at the baseline; three drop shot winners. The young winner of that contest of men easier route to the final and cru- only had he had to get through Once the misery was over, record, while Ariarne eras, dating back to cricket’s straight aces to round it off as Greek’s body language also with 38 Slams between them cially, a two-set (7-6, 6-2) lead to the greatest test of human Tsitsipas looked visibly shaken – Titmus fired a warning shot early days. The inductees are Tsitsipas saved a couple of break began to show signs of frustra- would of course be the over- begin the final against the Serb. endurance in this sport – which almost like he had seen the ghost to Katie Ledecky with the Aubrey Faulkner of South points to hold. First Slam jitters? tion in the one-sided fourth set. whelming favourite to win the Had the Greek kept his foot is to beat Nadal in a best-of-5 of what could’ve been. For now, second fastest 400m Africa and Monty Noble of Not for this Greek. It was Djokovic who landed title or perhaps tennis fans (psy- where it was for the first 100 match on clay—Djokovic also the 2019 ATP Tour Finals (the freestyle ever. McKeown, 19, Australia (pre-1918), Sir Tsitsipas was locked in, and the first punch in the one-set choanalysts by nature) were minutes or so for one more set— had to turn around a two-set-to- erstwhile London Masters) clocked 57.45 sec at the Learie Consta-ntine of West soon had Djokovic tumbling. shootout for the title. In contrast reading a little too much into it. on Djokovic’s neck that is—he love deficit to the young Italian remains his biggest trophy; but it Australian Olympic trials, Indies and Stan McCabe of The Serb attempted a drop shot to the Serb initiating multiple But either way, and to put it would certainly have become the Lorenzo Musetti in the fourth has been won by both his rivals sweeping past Smith’s mark Australia (1918-1945), Ted in the seventh game, a strategy drop shots early on, it was his bluntly, there seemed to be a first lad from his generation to round. Couple that fatigue (men- in Medvedev and Zverev. And of 57.57 set at the 2019 Dexter of England and Vinoo he continued to resort to opponent who was taking pace finality to Tsitipas’s teary cele- win a Grand Slam (mid-gen tal and physical) with being a set perhaps, in retrospect, it is a Worlds. Titmus narrowly Mankad of India (1946-1970). throughout and gradually grew off the ball. It backfired in the bration after his unchartered Dominic Thiem, winner of last away from a fourth defeat in the good thing that his speech after missed Ledecky’s 2016 world Desmond Haynes of WI and successful. Tsitsipas ran it down, third game when two drop shots entry into a second Sunday of a year’s US Open, doesn’t count). final of Roland Garros, Djokovic the semi-final had that clarity to record of 3:56.46. She was Bob Willis of England were returned a dipping, topspin fore- were met with winners from an major. And Tsitsipas is well aware that was as good as finished. it. Because when it was his turn under the pace for much of inducted from 1971-1995 and hand crosscourt drop of his own onrushing Djokovic at the net, Which is a shame, given that his closest rivals (in both talent Almost. Because soon Djok- to speak with the runner-up tro- the race but just missed out, Andy Flower (Zim) and that left Djokovic scrambling one of them finding the acutest Tsitsipas had a quiver full of and age wise) had already threat- ovic would start doing Djokovic phy in hand, a stunned Tsitsipas hitting the wall in a sizzling Kumar Sangakkara (SL) and flat on the ground near the of angles off his backhand. Djok- weapons by the time Sunday ened to achieve greatness by things. Djokovic things – like was largely incoherent. A lot like 3:56.90. from 1996-2016. net. Yet for all the quality Tsitsi- ovic got the break, enough to arrived. For starters, Nadal was making the leap before him. handing Tsitsipas a set point the second half of his game on pas displayed, it took him 14 secure his hold on title No. 19. felled only for the third time in Russia’s Daniil Medvedev, 25, with a shank only to fight it back Sunday. Eriksen sends ‘his greetings’ In star-studded England,

Agencies What happens in India Phillips shines bright [email protected] An on-ground defibrillator is For every I-League, youth league and ISL It is mandatory for the For every game, a separate medical team COPENHAGEN: Christian Eriksen Bhargab Sarmah multiple Champions League where it’s difficult to shine. He remained in stable condition in a mandatory for all games under AIFF. game, at least two ambulances with ambulance driver to be is headed by a doctor and a medical room winners and a central midfield deserves to be very proud of Copenhagen hospital on Sunday One of the roles of the match advance life support (ALS) equipment are inside the vehicle all the must be provided. For ISL games, there is [email protected] featuring the formidable trio of what he has been achieving,” commissioner is to check prior to on the ground. For I-League games that time. Until the ambulance and “sent his greetings to his a 22-member medical team on the ground, GUWAHATI: Had there been no Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic Bielsa had said. kick-off whether the machine is can have a big turnout, a third ALS reaches, the game does teammates” as he recovers from the medical room—which has oxygen pandemic and the European and Mateo Kovacic never fazed Phillips’ match-winning per- fully charged. Teams are encouraged equipped ambulance is also on the not start. If the ambulance cylinders and defibrillators—and his heart attack during a Euro- Championship been held as Phillips. He made his most nota- formance on Sunday also helped to buy defibrillators to avoid ground. All ISL games have three ALS does not arrive, the away ambulance. All ISL medical teams have pean Championship game, the recurring rent costs. equipped ambulances on the ground. team gets full points. external defibrillators. scheduled last summer, Kalvin ble contribution when he found paper over the cracks in Danish football federation said. Phillips would have been on Raheem Sterling in a small England’s game. But there are a The rest of the Danish team ALL TEAMS MUST HAVE A TIE-UP WITH A FULL-FLEDGED HOSPITAL NEAR THE STADIUM. vacation or home following the pocket of space inside the box few areas Southgate will seek was being given crisis manage- tournament on TV. The Leeds with a brilliant ball early in the improvements in as the tourna- ment assistance as they process midfielder was a Championship second half. The power in Ster- ment progresses. The England the incident that happened dur- player till last season, with no ling’s shot took the ball past the boss was criticised before the ing Saturday’s game against Fin- experience of top-flight football, keeper, and proved the winner. game by fans and pundits for his land. Eriksen fell face-forward to until the team was promoted It was a game-changing con- team selection with specialist the ground late in the first half after 16 years. tribution from Phillips at a right-back Kieran Trippier start- and needed CPR from medical But there he was on Sunday at moment when neither side ing at left-back while Ben Chil- staff before regaining conscious- London’s Wembley Stadium, seemed to be able to take charge. well didn’t feature in the squad. ness. “This morning we have dictating the game from midfield The all-round showing from the England’s exuberant start saw spoken to Christian Eriksen, who as England started their Euro Leeds academy product was Phil Foden rattle the woodwork has sent his greetings to his 2020 campaign with a 1-0 victory exactly what England boss with a stinging shot from the teammates,” the Danish federa- over 2018 World Cup runners-up Gareth Southgate would have right minutes into the game. The tion wrote on Twitter. “His con- Croatia in Group D. Phillips had expected of him when he gave beginning almost mirrored the dition is stable, and he continues a near-flawless outing, playing Phillips his international debut way England’s frenetic start saw to be hospitalised for further box-to-box rather than the deep- last September. The authority them go ahead early in their 2018 examination. The team and staff lying holding role he is employed shown by him on Sunday must World Cup semi-final, only to be of the national team has received in at his club by manager Mar- have amazed even Southgate. knocked out in extra time. crisis assistance and will con- celo Bielsa. In a star-studded “Kalvin is a player who is so Croatia didn’t concede early tinue to be there for each other starting line-up that featured understated. He has had a fan- this time and it didn’t take them after yesterday’s incident.” four players who won the league tastic start to his international long to slow down the game. The Danish team cancelled all in England this season, one who career. I thought he was Zlatko Dalic’s side quickly took planned media activities at its won the league in Spain and immense throughout the game,” the sting out of England’s attack, base camp on Sunday and also another who won the Champi- Southgate said after the win. and what started in such intense postponed a training session. ons League, besides skipper “When he plays well, the level of fashion soon turned into a slug- Eriksen was being treated at Harry Kane, Phillips never the team increases greatly,” gish encounter. Sterling’s strike Rigshospitalet where the game seemed out of place. He started Leeds manager Bielsa had said was the only goal as England was played. Denmark coach Kas- build-ups, recovered the ball, in 2019, after the club missed picked up three points. The per Hjulmand said after Satur- made timely tackles, and created promotion by a whisker. “To be 17-year-old Jude Bellingham day’s game that the Danish play- space for teammates when able to hold onto a starting role came on for England in the sec- ers would be offered any assist- needed in a cagey encounter in a team as strong as England is ond half to create a slice of his- ance needed as they try to focus between two cautious sides. an important achievement, tory as the youngest player to on the rest of the tournament. Sweden players and coaches line up around a Christian Eriksen poster before their training session in Seville on Sunday. REUTERS Playing against a team with (playing) in a sector of the pitch feature in the tournament. PATNA TUESDAY 11 JUNE 15, 2021 time out

Papon PHOTO: GOKUL VS/ ‘NEED TO ENSURE HT Papon rues prolonged THAT WE HAVE A absence of live shows Rishabh Suri tan; 2016) singer. expenses by not going out, but [email protected] The 45-year-old notes that there are some fixed things. people in villages didn’t know For musicians, our only inger Papon is busy doing how to go about dealing with source of bread and butter is SAFE PLACE TO Covid-19 relief work in his the virus. “They didn’t even live shows. I haven’t done any S home state, Assam, as he know how to use the oximeter. for almost a year and a half admits it was very essential So, we took some health offi- now. It’s tough. I don’t know amid the chaos that the sec- cers, who spoke to the people how many artistes can stay ond wave of the pandemic there,” Papon adds. like this for long.” GO TO WORK’ brought. “We couldn’t step Besides helping people, the However, due to the pan- out for a long time. Ini- singer also utilised the time he demic-led restrictions, it will tially, we started a helpline got at hand to churn out music take time for normalcy to As actors can’t shoot in masks, with an NGO, but a lot of from home. While he agrees resume, and the singer is well people aren’t tech savvy, so that lockdown gave plenty of aware of that. “We don’t know Lara Dutta Bhupathi feels they can there was much confusion. time to artistes and those in what to do about it, there’s no Many didn’t know who to call, creative fields to do research, point stressing. I can’t do so we formed a small team, he rues the absence of any sta- much about the situation, so ‘just say a prayer, hope for the best’ and asked them to verify all ble source of income. I’m just trying to make music. numbers we could get for, say, He elucidates, “There’s a Good times will come back. providing food at home, medi- monthly cash outflow... One It’s only a matter of time, Sugandha Rawal cines, if they need Covid-19 has to pay constant rent and though I’m not sure when,” he PHOTO: VIRAL [email protected] care,” shares the Bulleya (Sul- EMIs. You can curtail your signs off. BHAYANI or many, the pandemic became a phase of introspection, and this also stands true for actor Lara Dutta Bhupathi, who Fadmits finding a sense of calm by learning Arjan Bajwa on slowdown of work amid to let go of control. “This year and the last year taught me that, ‘You are in control of nothing’. Whether it’s relinquishing control to somebody else or just leaving things up to destiny, it has pandemic: That is a big, big stress been difficult for me because I’m a control freak,” she confesses. Juhi Chakraborty with it,” says Bajwa, 41, adding, “It next move and figuring out when we But, from spending every waking hour with [email protected] was very easy to give up, given the can resume the shoot. But there’s family to shooting despite the fear of the virus, scale of the pandemic and the suffer- still no clarity,” he laments. many moments helped her realise that some ven as unlock begins, there’s ing. But, for the sake of loved ones, Asked if he’s wary of stepping out things just aren’t up to her. “It’s for my own no denying that the pandem- we are trying to keep a brave face.” for work due to the fear of the virus, physical and mental health that I should just Eic-led curbs amid the second The Kabir Singh (2019) actor the actor sounds rather well-pre- relax and let go, even if things don’t go exactly wave hampered the entertainment recalls he had resumed shooting for pared to deal with the crisis. “It’s the way I envision,” Bhupathi, 43, tells us. industry quite a bit. Actor Arjan a web series when things had opened going to be fine because we’ll follow Besides surrendering control, she also learned Bajwa admits that the prolonged up last year in June. But with only 10 strict norms and operating proce- to slow down. “I read somewhere, ‘You are never delays in shooting schedules have days left for it to be finished, the dures on set. There’s no need to take going to have this version of yourself ever again’. been challenging. shoot was stalled yet again in mid- stress. All you need to do is channel- So, [it’s good to] sit down and spend some time “Work slowed down, got deferred March this year. ise your worries into taking as much with it,” she muses. and delayed, and that’s a big, big “Now that the unlock process has precautions you can for yourself and Before the second wave hit, the actor was stress. We’re all trying to cope up started, makers are all planning the the safety of others,” he concludes. shooting for the remake of a web series, Casual. And it was scary, as she reasons, “Acting is one P of the rare professions where we can’t wear a mask to work. You can just say a prayer Acting is one of the and cover yourself in God’s grace and hope for the best. We need to ensure rare professions where that we have a safe environment for everybody to come to work and go we can’t wear a mask to back healthy and safe.” work. You can just say a Bhupathi lauds the entertain- ment industry for adapting to the prayer and cover yourself changing reality, with a special in God’s grace... mention to OTT platforms. “The industry has done exceptionally { DAILY HOROSCOPE } LARA DUTTA BHUPATHI, well during this time. Under lock- Actor down, everyone is consuming content. Tuesday, June 15, 2021 And you can’t churn it out faster than Dr Prem Kumar Sharma (Astrologer and Vaastu expert) can be contacted at: Delhi: 011-47033152, 40532026 (Sat now,” notes the former beauty queen. to Mon); Panchkula: 91-172-2562832, 2572874 (Tues to Thurs); Mumbai: 09716145644 (Last week of every month)

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Shravan from Jodhpur, Rajasthan inscribes messages, ‘Desh jeetega, UNPREPARED GRACY SINGH Corona haarega’, on cots which he weaves, to (GAURI) spread awareness on Covid-19. He says, “I’ve Lagaan was her debut film have been making cots for a long time. This as a lead, she also starred in time, I thought I should make it for the 4 Munnabhai MBBS (2003). country.” PERFORMANCE’ But she later moved to TV and is now in Santoshi Maa - Sunayein Vrat Kathayein. PHOTO: TWITTER TECHNOLOGY TO THE RESCUE Monika Rawal Kukreja do it right. Though I had been of, and that impressed me a To integrate drone deliveries with existing [email protected] preparing in my head, I never lot,” recounts the actor. YASHPAL SHARMA systems and enable urban grade got to share it with him if he When asked about the most (LAKHA) infrastructure, Telangana government has ur Bhuvan ka naam also imagined Bhuvan like unusual casting, Khan went on He went on to work in a launched Medicine from the Sky, an initiative itihas ke panno mein that. Luckily, when we talked, to reveal about the casting that variety of films such as in partnership with World Economic Forum, kahi kho gaya... This we were on the same page.” didn’t happen. “The role of Gangaajal (2003) and Niti Aayog, and HealthNet Global. Drone concluding voice- Given that Khan was turning Bhura that Raghubir Yadav Chameli (2004). He was last 5 flights will be used to deliver vaccines and over in Lagaan (2001) producer with Lagaan, did that did, was originally offered to seen in the short film drugs in Vikarabad district. Ais perhaps the exact opposite of count in him getting less time (late) Ravi Baswani, but he Khayali Pulao (2020). what the Ashutosh Gowarikar- to prep for his role? “Certainly, couldn’t commit so many days directed film, did to Aamir my lack of prep in Lagaan, I due to his mother’s health. I DAYA SHANKAR HELPING THE ELDERLY Khan’s career. And 20 years can blame it on my work as a still miss Ravi and wonder if PANDEY (GOLI) This picture proves that compassion is indeed true later, memories of the film are producer,” he chuckles, and he’d have done it, it’d have He did films such Swades courage. And it is pulling at the heartstrings of many. still so vivid. Khan, 56, shares, adds, “It was the first film I was been very charming,” he says, (2004) and TV shows such Delhi Traffic Police personnel Munna Yadav can be “Lagaan was such a prep-heavy producing and I wanted to be further sharing, “Raghubir ji as Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah seen helping an elderly, ailing person, cross the road PHOTO: (Below) A film that we didn’t have the sure nothing goes wrong. So, was cast to play Ram Singh, the Chashmah. He will be seen at Khyber pass, Delhi. Compassion and empathy TWITTER still from the time to discuss my character. Lagaan is probably my most translator to the Queen. When next in Satyameva Jayate 2 among law enforcement personnel can change this 6 sets of So, literally the night before unprepared performance.” Ravi said no, we told him to do and Haseen Dilrruba. world. Lagaan our first day of However, Khan says he fully Bhura’s part and got Javed shoot in Bhuj, I trusted Gowarikar, his script Khan for Ram Singh's role.” RAJ ZUTSHI told Ashu, ‘You and his ability as a director. “I Mention about the possibil- (ISMAIL) Compiled by Swati Chaturvedi Mail your six shots entries to [email protected] have spent remember after one of the ity of a remake if anyone He was earlier seen in many time with all shots, Ashu told me that while comes up with an idea, Khan films before Lagaan, such other actors, the film is going on, Bhuvan is says why not! “I’m not as Maachis (1996) and mere saath ek like any other villager and only possessive about these things. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak bar bhi nahi when he says, ‘Sarat manjoor If a creative team wants to do (1988). He reunited with STOP PRESS Singer- baitha’. He hai’, he becomes the leader and so, I’d not stop anyone. It’ll Lagaan co-star Amin Hajee, was just everyone follows him. That rather be interesting to see for Koi Jaane Na this year. actor Selena assuming I’ll progression Ashu had thought their work,” he adds. ADITYA LAKHIA Gomez has confessed (KACHRA) that impossible beauty Still very much a part of ‘Our mainstream cinema got a global showbiz, he starred in TV standards harmed her mental shows and in films like Stanley Ka Dabba (2011). He health. “Society constantly tells was recently seen in Amin us that we’re not enough... platform with the Oscar nomination’ Hajee’s Koi Jaane Na. I know a lot of people who RAJESH VIVEK felt the same way,” Monika Rawal Kukreja came on a global platform, in (GURAN) the new era.” He later went on to star in she told Stellar f all the recognition If Gowarikar, 57, was mak- Swades and Jodhaa Akbar PHOTO: AMY SUSSMAN/AFP Magazine. OLagaan won, the Oscar ing Lagaan today, would he (2008). Last seen in a nomination — the third have compromised on its Kannada film, Nagarahavu film from India to do so after 3.42-hour run time? He says, (2016), he died the same Scan the code Mother India (1957) and “My approach in scripting year of a heart attack. to read more Salaam Bombay! (1988) — would have be different, but it’s Why Shaan feels about Aamir remains the most memorable. not a two-hour film. I feel a RAGHUBIR YADAV Khan and Though it didn’t win the film should be told in a (BHURA) Ashutosh award, director Ashutosh required duration and with Active in showbiz even Gowarikar’s Gowarikar admits there was the genre it’s promising.” today, he diversified into we’re luckier memories of “renewed interest in song and While actor Aamir Khan music and web shows. His Lagaan dance”. He tells us, “When felt he didn’t prepare much latest releases are Pagglait making Lagaan, I wanted it to for his character, Gowarikar and Sandeep Aur Pinky than many cross over in India to all states. says he was somewhere sure Faraar (both 2021). The day we got to know it’s that Khan would just do it being liked in single screen the- right. “Each time we did nar- JAVED KHAN atres in Delhi and Mumbai...we rations, I knew Aamir is get- AMROHI (RAM nations in terms started getting news from ting the character; he knows SINGH) France, South Africa, we knew it. Also, he had done audi- Ashutosh A part of several films the film is crossing over on its tions with many actors, so he Gowarikar before and after Lagaan, he own; that was a bigger joy.” was taking that all in. The PHOTO: AVINASH was last seen in Mahesh of vaccines Talking about the Oscar only thing I’ve been sad about GOWARIKER Bhatt’s Sadak 2, reprising nomination, he notes, "... the is that he couldn’t work on his role from the original. film was speaking. So, yes, his [Avadhi] diction,” the Kavita Awaasthi mainstream Indian cinema filmmaker admits. Compiled by Rishabh Suri [email protected] haan is glad that the vac- cination drive in the Scountry is on at a good pace. The singer has SRK lookalike Ibrahim Qadri: received his first shot and wants everyone to get vacci- nated soon. “The second wave P Want to meet the superstar once was scary and frustrating. To come out of it was tough. But the authorities did well. The The vaccination Mallika Bhagat says Qadri, adding he began dressing vaccination drive in the coun- drive in the [email protected] like SRK in real life, and later partici- try too is on well. While we are pating in shows all around the country. cribbing about things regard- country is going my kids are focussed. They are rowing up in the small town of “When I came out of the cinema hall ing the vaccine, I think we are on well. Many proud that they want to do it G Junagadh, Gujarat, hoarding after watching Raees (2017), I was lucky as we have companies their way and are willing to painter Ibrahim Qadri was told sporting the same beard as Shah Rukh making vaccines. Many coun- countries are work hard for it. I have do’s by virtually everyone who met him: bhai, and everyone started staring at tries are facing a hard time pro- facing a hard and don’ts on singing but I ‘You look like Shah Rukh Khan!” To me... After that I began working on my curing them,” he says. don’t push those on my kids.” add to things, he would sport Khan’s looks. I started posting videos and pho- While he has been at home time procuring Shaan feels today playback hairstyle from Deewana (1992). And the tos, even recited SRK’s dialogues, and with his family doing virtual vaccines. singing is more about chance. SRK fan, who has gone viral for his through social media I received this gigs, the singer has also sung Is a career in playback singing resemblance to the star, has amount of love,” says Qadri, 32, adding, and shot for a song for Father’s SHAAN, Singer something that he would want since graduated to posting “I’m from a small town where there are Day, called Main Toh Tera his kids to pursue? “Singing pictures on social media no acting opportunities. But I put in a Hissa Hoon, on the bond and maybe becoming a pop NOTE TO and attending events. lot of effort to be as true to his charac- READERS: Some between an ageing father and ing and makes his own music singer should be their focus. Or of the coverage “I didn’t pay much ters as I can.” his young son. “It is also a way videos too, shares the proud a performing artiste. Now, Bol- that appears on heed initially. But, in 2017 Qadri has sure found a loyal fan fol- to remind 40-= and 50-year- dad. But the 48-year-old admits lywood is open to so many gen- our pages is when I visited Mumbai lowing and even receives acting offers olds that our parents are get- you can’t pass on a legacy to res and every kind of talent and paid for by the for the first time, being a plus marriage proposals! But he con- ting older, we need to be there anyone. Talking about his sons voice is welcome. I started out concerned huge fan of Shah Rukh fesses, “I never wanted to be an actor. I for them. Don’t wait till it is too following in his footsteps, he as a pop artiste and then play- brands. No bhai I went to Mannat to just plan to continue doing events.” late,” he says. His younger son shares, “There are so many back happened. Moreover, sponsored catch a glimpse, and got And there’s one thing he surely dreams Shubh (14), too, shot for the great artistes and singers these days, lip-sync isn’t used content does or mobbed outside. His about: “I’m a huge SRK fan. I want to shall appear in song with him, which has been whose kids may not have been much and more songs are any part of HT security was trying to meet him once and shake hands with a “wonderful experience”. as good as them. Comparison is background numbers. But I see without it being Ibrahim Qadri (above) has gone viral protect me from SRK’s him! Outside Mannat, I got a slight His eldest son, Soham (19), not an advantage. Each one has Indie pop returning, with so declared as such on social media for his uncanny fans! It was only then taste of how larger than life his exis- produces music along with his to carve their own path and many singles and music videos to our valued resemblance to Shah Rukh Khan that I realised how true tence is, and I experienced that simply band while Shubh enjoys sing- make their own identity. Both being released,” he adds. readers. PHOTO: INSTAGRAM it had been all along,” because I resemble him.”