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alone, readyperch BJPCLAIMS 21 OF 22 callsmigrantportaldelayunpardonable UP ZILA PANCHAYAT for bureaucrats CHIEF RESULTS Tells states to supplydry rations,set up kitchens;Assam, Bengal, C’garh, Delhi lagging on ration plan CHAR DHAM YATRA SUSPENDED adaisical” and “unpardonable”. of JusticesAshok Bhushan and mentation ensures availability of ED too in PSU boards APURVAVISHWANATH “When the unorganised MRShah said while issuing a ration to beneficiaries under BALAJI SRIVASTAVA NEWDELHI,JUNE29 workers arewaiting forregistra- Slowto string of directions to the Centre National Food Security Act IS NEW POLICE CHIEF tion and arewaiting to reap the PLAIN E andstates. (NFSA) and other welfare Manyare Independent Directors in OF DELHI ● takeoff THE SUPREME CourtonTuesday benefit of various welfare EX The court’s verdict came in a schemes, especiallytothe mi- PAGE 8 setadeadline of July 31 forstates schemes of the states and Centre, suo motu case it had takenupon grant workers and their families firms under Ministry they worked in; to implement the ‘One Nation the apathyand lackadaisical at- THOUGH THE One Nation May26lastyear concerning the at anyFair Price Shop across the One Ration Card’ system and for titude by theMinistryofLabour One Ration scheme is in welfareofmigrant workers amid Country”. IAS dominatesbeneficiarypool the Centretocreateanational and Employment is unpardon- operation in 32 states and the Covid-19pandemic. Solicitor GeneralTushar House panel databaseof unorganisedworkers. able. Therewas urgency in the UTs, it has been slowto Calling One Nation One Mehtahad earlier told the court YOUR RIGHT The courtalso pulledup portaltobe finalisedand imple- take off. In June, only1.65 Ration Card“an important citi- thatonlyfourstates—Assam, BUSINESSASUSUAL the Centrefor the delayinset- mented looking (at) the pan- lakh beneficiaries under zen-centric reform”, the Chhattisgarh, Delhi and West TO KNOW to Twitter: ting up anational webportalto demic and direneedofunorgan- the NFSAavailedofitfor Supreme Courtset adeadline of Bengal —wereyet to implement BY UNNY registermigrant and unorgan- isedworkers to receive the inter-state portability. July31for allstatestoimplement theOne Nation, One Ration Card AN EXPRESS RTI Explain why isedworkers, calling this“lack- benefit,” aSupreme Courtbench the scheme and said “itsimple- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 APPLICATION handles of
SHYAMLALYADAV MPs blocked Govt gives Moderna NEWDELHI,JUNE29 IT'S NOT justpoliticians linkedto LIZMATHEW the ruling BJP who have been NEWDELHI,JUNE29 emergency use nod, made Independent Directors on the boardsofPublicSectorUn- AS THE rowbetween Twitter ` 95 per kilo dertakings.Whenitcomestopa- and the government intensifies may first come in tronagefromthe ruling establish- over the newITguidelines,the ment,officialdomisn’t farbehind. TOMORROW parliamentarystanding com- ` 123 per kilo Records obtainedthrough the THEDOORBETWEEN mittee on IT has sought an ex- only as donations RighttoInformation Actand also PUBLIC&PRIVATE planationfromthe microblog- ` 152 per kilo investigatedby The Indian Express ging platform on the blocking of showthat at least46retired bu- Twitter accountsofUnion ` 72 per Dozen Paul, head of the national Covid reaucratsserveonthe boards of Director in anyPSU is guidedby Informationand Technology KAUNAINSHERIFFM& task force, on Tuesdaysaid, “I am 40 PSUs. statutoryprovisionsandinstruc- MinisterRaviShankar Prasad PRABHARAGHAVAN pleasedtoinform that an appli- In the firstofthis series tions issued.Ifeel it provides an and committeechairman NEWDELHI,JUNE29 cation receivedfromModerna, Monday, TheIndianExpress inves- organisationthe advantages of Shashi Tharoor. NHRC team through an Indian subsidiary tigation of 146PSUs —for which institutional wisdom, particu- It is learnt that the commit- THE NATIONAL drug regulator and partner of theirs, Cipla, has details were available —revealed larly in strategic planning, execu- teewrotetoTwitter—itwas probing Bengal on Tuesdaygranted emergency been granted newdrug permis- that of the 172Independent tion and management.Forexam- summonedbeforethe panel on use authorisation to US biotech- sion forrestricted use,com- Directors in 98 PSUs, 86 on 67 ple, basedonmyinterestand June 18 —and askedittoexplain violence faces nology firm Moderna forits vac- monlyknown as Emergency Use boards arelinkedtothe rulingBJP. experience, Imade good sugges- whythe Twitter handles of cine againstthe novelcoron- Authorisation. This is the firstin- Raising questions of propri- tions on CSR initiatives, which Prasad and Tharoor were avirus, paving the wayfor its ternationallydevelopedvaccine etyand conflict of interest, some made the initiative moremean- blocked, what is itspolicy on mob, ‘threats’ Indianpartner Ciplatoimport forwhichsuchpermission exists bureaucratsworkedinseniorpo- ingful. Idon’t find anyclashof in- blocking accountsand the safe- the firstmRNACovid-19 vaccine as of today,”Paulsaid. sitionsinministries withadmin- terestasthe role is advisory,” guards to ensurethat random SWEETYKUMARI intothe countryfor commercial He, however, said discus- istrative control or linkstothe Panda said. blocking does nottakeplace. KOLKATA,JUNE29 use. This is also the firstinterna- sions on whether Moderna and PSUs wheretheyare now SunilKumarKohli:InAugust Lastweek, Prasad was tionallydevelopedvaccinetobe Cipla would receive indemnity Independent Directors, the 2018,thisIndian Defence blockedfromaccessing his ac- THE NHRCteam investigating granted awaiverfromconduct- —protection from legal liability records show. AccountsServiceofficerretiredas count, ratchetinguptensions post-pollincidentsinWestBengal ing bridgingtrials in India. in the case of adverse effects— Consider: FinancialAdvisor (Defence with the government. ontheordersof theCalcuttaHigh While the government said arestill underway. SanjayKumar Panda: A Services). He had earlier worked Following this, Twitter came Courtfaced heckling and report- details on the quantity of doses “That issue (indemnity) is be- 1980-batch IAS officer from the as Controller General of Defence under fresh criticism fornot fol- edly threatsofviolence in to be importedtoIndia by Cipla ing addressedand we have taken Manipur-Tripura cadre,heserved Accountsunderthe Ministryof lowing Indian laws. Jadavpur on Tuesdayafternoon. arestillunder consideration, The it up forexamination. It is under as Secretaryinthe Ministryof Defence. On July24, 2019,hewas Twitter deniedPrasad access Thevice-chairmanof theNational Indian Express has learntthat the consideration,” he said. Textiles for17months before his appointed as Independent to his account foralmostanhour Commission forMinorities, Atif vaccine isinitiallyexpectedtobe Emphasising that Tuesday's retirement in August2015. On Director with Bharat Electronics on the grounds that he had Rasheed,whowaswiththeteam, providedtoIndia in limited decision is onlyaregulatorystep, August9,2018, he wasappointed Ltd(BEL)underthesameMinistry. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 said amob had triedtohit and quantities —asdonations by the and thatimportdetails of the THEIR BEST SHOT as Independent Director at The CONTINUEDONPAGE2 chase them, and that police per- US drug maker. vaccine arebeing worked out, JuteCorporation of India Ltd, un- UP, MP, DELHI:FIRs sonnel accompanying them had Confirming the emergency Paulsaid, “(The emergency use Adoor-to-doorvaccination drive in Chitnan village,Bhatora derthe same Ministry. SEBI TIGHTENS AGAINST TWITTER providednohelp. use approval to Moderna’s authorisation) potentiallyopens Island, Howrah, on Tuesday. PTI “The appointment and func- NORMS PAGE 15 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 mRNACovid-19vaccine, Dr VK CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tioning of an Independent PAGE 12
BHIMA KOREGAON CASE MONEY LAUNDERING CASE Taloja prison officials seek Deshmukh expresses inability to appear transfer of accused, say before ED, requests virtual interaction they are giving ‘false KHUSHBOONARAYAN& SADAFMODAK complaints’ to put pressure MUMBAI,JUNE29
FORMER MAHARASHTRA SADAFMODAK Home MinisterAnil Deshmukh MUMBAI,JUNE29 has written to theEnforcement Directorate(ED) Tuesdayex- MORE THAN ayear afterthe pressing his inability to appear male accusedinthe Bhima in person before theprobe Koregaon case were transferred agency in connection with a to TalojaCentralPrison in Navi moneylaundering case, citing Mumbai, the prison officials the Covid-19 pandemic.The NCP have sought to transfer them to Jailsuperintendent’s leader has instead asked the ED another jail in Mumbai on the communication to state to recordhis statement through ground that theythrough their prison department an “audio/visual” mode of their Anil Deshmukh’s advocate IndrapalSingh outside ED’s lawyers and kin aregiving “false mentions astatement by choice. office in MumbaionTuesday. Ganesh Shirsekar complaints”toput pressureon Navlakha’s partner on a In the letter,Deshmukh said, the jail administration. parcel containinganew “I am aseptuagenarian, about 72 The accused’s lawyers have pair of spectacles not years of age, suffering from var- desirable to appear in personto- clarify” the purpose of his per- said that while transfer of pris- acceptedbyjail officials. File ious comorbidities including hy- dayand Iamsending my autho- sonal appearance and denied oners is an administrative issue, pertension and cardiac problems risedrepresentative.” anywrongdoing. the ground giventotransfer the etc. Ihavealready exposedmy Deshmukh said he will fur- Following searches at his accusedismalicious. ferred to Mumbai afterthe person to some extent on June nish allinformation and docu- Nagpur residence, the ED had The Pune Police had arrested National Investigation Agency 25 in my long interaction with mentssought by theEDafter the summonedDeshmukh last nine persons, includingseven (NIA)took over the case. youspanning over severalhours agency giveshim acopyofthe week.Atthat time, Deshmukh men in 2018.Theywerelodged Themale accusedwerefirst during the course of the search enforcement case information had sought moretime to appear in Yerwada Central Prison till takentoMumbai Central Prison and recording my statement. report(ECIR) in the case. He also before theagency.Subsequently, February 2020 andthentrans- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Thus, it maynot be prudent or said the ED summons “do not CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NEW ROOTS OF EDUCATION Tripuraamong topinvaccine table, here’s why ARED initiativeappearsin today’s edition of The In dian Express.This page is an PAGE 1 happy.” have rough terrain and arepoorly initiativeofthe marketing ANCHOR With 98 per cent of its45- connected.What made it doubly solutions team of The pluspopulation and 80 per cent tough wasthe lackofawareness Indian Express Group and of the 18+population getting at on Covid, letalone the vaccine, in contain content paid forby leastone dose of the Covid-19 some of the remote areas of the advertisers. This page DEBRAJDEB vaccine, Tripurahas one of the state. AGARTALA,JUNE29 highestvaccination figuresinthe Then beganaconcertedpush should be read as an country. But it wasn’t an easy to drive home the message, start- advertisement SOME WEEKSago,Purna Laxmi journey for the tinyNortheast ing with televisedappeals from Debbarma, an 85-year-old from state—frombattling initial vac- Chief MinisterBiplab Kumar Deb THE WORLD Ramakrishna Para in West Deploying over 50,000 cine hesitancy and tackling irreg- as early as Marchthis year.Soon, Tripuradistrict, got her firstshot employees, including ular supplies of the vaccine, to personalisedletters from district AFGHANSITUATION of the Covid-19vaccine. “I didn’t healthcareworkers, police, nowbeing avaccine trailblazer. Chief Medical Officers were sent DETERIORATING:TOP feel anypain,” she said, rubbing thestate takesvaccines to Tripura’s populationof37 out in Hindi, Bengali, and indige- USGENERAL PAGE 13 herleftarm. “I will be healthy doorstep. Express lakh is spread across eight dis- nous dialects suchasKokborok. nowwiththisvaccine. I’m tricts. Manyofthe tribal hamlets CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JUNE30,2021
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One ration card The committee, according plannedand widespread vio- the prison inmates should they to itswebsite, summonedrep- lence." contractCovid-19. scheme.While the Delhi gov- resentativesofGoogleIndiaand According to the report, "In In May, Babu’sfamilyhad ernment told the courtithad Facebook to hear their views Not politicians alone, ready perch most cases, victims were afraid said he has developedanacute implementedthe scheme, “on the subject 'Safeguarding to lodgeacomplaint withpo- eyeinfection affecting his vi- Mehtaarguedthatitwas im- citizens’rights and prevention lice eitherdue to fear of reprisal sion. The family’s statement plemented only in Seemapuri of misuseofsocial/onlinenews or due to lackoffaith in police." had saidthatdue to an acute circle and “onlyahandful of media platforms including spe- for bureaucratstoo in PSU boards It recommendedthat the shortage of water, he “did not transactionswith42e-POSma- cial emphasis on women secu- Central government initiate dis- have access to clean waterto chines have been done.” rity in the digital space'.” “Thereisnoconflict of in- Independent Director in three Afterretirement in November October 2017,iswithAndrew ciplinaryproceedings against even batheand wasforcedto Underthe scheme,anesti- Facebook India wassaidto terest.AnIndependent statePSUs: Uttarakhand Power 2012,workedasAppellate Yule &CoLtd. those officers, including IAS, dresshis eyewith soiled tow- mated 69 crore beneficiaries of have told the panel that it does Director is notanemployee Corporation Ltd since Authority forIndustrial and The listincludes aformer who had "failedtodischarge els”. He soon tested positive for the National Food Security Act nothavewaystofind the source and onlyattends boardmeet- September 28,2018; Power FinancialReconstruction un- IRS officer who waspartofan their duties" in protecting lives Covid-19and wasshiftedtoa can buy subsidisedfoodgrains of aWhatsAppmessageasitis ings. Iretired as aFinancial Transmission Corporation of der the Department of agencytracking economic of- and destruction of properties. hospitalfor furthertreatment from anyofthe fair price shops protected by end-to-end en- Advisor, whoseworkistosee Uttarakhand Ltd since Financial Services (Ministryof fences before being appointed WITHENS,DELHI on orders of the BombayHigh across the country, notneces- cryption. Itislearnt that mem- things with due diligence. No September 27,2018; and, Finance). Since October 2019, on aPSU board. Archana Court. sarily wherethe ration cardis bers wanted to knowthatifthis one rewardedmefor being Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam he is vice-chancellor of Ranjan retiredasD-G, Central Taloja prison Familymembers of Rao, too, registered. isthe case, howdoes it limit the loyaltoanyone,” Kohli said. Ltd since March 5, 2018. National Sports Universityin Economic Intelligence Bureau, (or the Arthur Road Jail) before had submitted before the court On the proposedNational forwarding of messages. Subhash ChanderNegi: Pande wasunavailable for Manipur.Appointed as in April 2015.OnAugust9, being transferredtoTalojajail. regarding his deteriorating Databasefor Unorganised In April 2020, WhatsApp This 1978-batchIAS officer comment. Independent Director with 2018,she wasappointed as The NIA arrested sevenothers health condition. The High Workers (NDUW), the court had imposedalimit on for- from the Himachal Pradesh Mala Sinha: An Indian PowerFinanceCorporation Ltd Independent Director with lastyear,including six men. Court wasinformedabout the said, “It is onlyafter registration warding of messages. cadre occupied senior posi- Audit and AccountsService on July11, 2019. Food Corporation of India. Currently, Anand lack of medical facilities, includ- of the workers thatthe States Frequentlyforwarded mes- tions in the powersector,in- (IAAS) officer,she served as Mishradid notrespond to Ranjan declinedtocomment. Teltumbde, SurendraGadling, ing medical professionals with and the Centreshall be ableto sages, those whichhavebeen cludingasCMD of the HP State Additional Deputy requests forcomment from Among other senior offi- MaheshRaut, Sudhir Dhawale, onlyayurvedic doctors avail- extend the benefitsofthe wel- previouslyforwarded five times Electricity Board, andState Comptroller and Auditor The Indian Express. cials, PandyaAshwinkumar Rona Wilson, Arun Ferreira, able. fareschemes to them. Prior to or more, can onlybeforwarded PowerSecretary. Afterhis re- General (North Eastern region) Records also showthat the Balvantray,aformer chairman Vernon Gonsalves, Gautam that, unless the registration is to onechat at atime. tirement in September 2010, until retirement in November IAS dominates the pool among of the Central Water Navlakha, Sagar Gorkhe and Deshmukh complete,tall claims by all the Facebook and Google were he waschairman of HP 2017.OnJuly11, 2019,she was services withatleasteight re- Commission,isIndependent Ramesh Gaichor arelodgedin States andUnionthat theyhave said to have told the panel that Electricity Regulatory appointedasIndependent tired officers currentlyserving Director with National Taloja Central Jail. expresses implemented various welfare theywould fullycomplywith Commission. On March 25, Director withNorth Eastern as IndependentDirectors in Fertilizers Ltd.“CWCalso par- Jesuit priest andtribal rights schemesfor the migrant work- provisions of the IT rules and 2019,hewas appointed as Electric PowerCorporation Ltd, PSUs. Apartfromthe five listed tiallydeals with irrigation and activistFather Stan Swamyand inability to ers and unorganisedworkers the lawofthe land. Independent Director of Satluj aPSU administeredbythe above,theyinclude: Arun irrigated agriculture.Atthe Delhi University associatepro- remain onlyonpaper.” Jal VidyutNigam Ltd(SJVNL). UnionPower Ministry. Sinha Kumar (1983, Assam), Alka NFL, theyare generating prod- fessor HanyBabu areadmitted appear In an affidavit filedonJune Moderna SJVNL is aPSU under the could notbereachedfor com- Panda (1983, Odisha), ucts foragriculture. So thereis to private hospitals fortreat- beforeED 6, the Central government told up aclear possibility of the vac- MinistryofPower and ajoint ment. Vishwanath Giriraj (1985, asortofconnection between ment and Varavara Raoisonin- the courtthat the “major tech- cine being importedintoIndia ventureofthe Central Then, thereare several Maharashtra). the two,” he said. terim bail forsix months. The the ED issuedfresh summons nical as well as other opera- in thenearfuture.There are Government and the stategov- cases of bureaucratswho held In fact, Arun Kumar,the for- “Weare appointedtosee women accused, Shoma Sen, asking him to appear before it tionalissues have been resolved other formalities we have to fol- ernment. powerful positions before be- mer Mines Secretary, is among whether the companyisgoing SudhaBharadwaj andJyoti at 11 am on Tuesday. and developmentofthe portal lowbut very important licen- “I uploadedmyCV in 2016, ing appointedasIndependent three retired bureaucratswho on the right track,"said Air Jagtapare lodged at Byculla The ED, whicharrested had commenced”. The govern- surehas been given(to Idid notseek anyrecommen- Directors in PSUs -- from afor- areIndependent Directors Marshal Virender Mohan Women’s Jail. Deshmukh’s private secretary ment had cited the second Moderna)," Paul said. dation from anyone. My selec- mer central informationcom- with Balmer Lawrie &CoLtd, Khanna (retd), who wasap- Prison superintendent SanjeevPalande and private as- Covid-19waveasthe reason for It is unclearatthis stage tion wasonmerit. Theymight missionertothe current vice- mainlyatraveland logistics pointed as an Independent Kaustubh Kurlekar confirmed sistant Kundan Shinde, in itsre- the delayinsetting up the por- when Cipla willbegin import- have selected me because of chancellor of acentral enterprise under the Ministry Director with Broadcast that atransfer has been sought mand application said more tal. ing the vaccine and howmany my experience in the power university,and those in the of Petroleumand Natural Gas. Engineering ConsultantsIndia and that the courthad allowed than Rs 4crore,collected from In its80-page ruling, the doses will be made available for sector,” Negi said. revenue and forest services. The other twoare retiredIRS Ltd in February2020, nearly the plea. bar owners between December benchalsodirected stategov- India. QueriestoModerna and BPPande: A1983-batch AmitavaBhattacharyya: officer Arun Tandon and for- five years afterretirement. In communicationtothe 2020 and February2021, was ernmentstointroduce a Cipla remainedunanswered by IAS officer from the 1980-batchGujarat-cadreIAS, mer Indian Forest Serviceoffi- "Once actual meetings start state’s prison department and routed to Deshmukh’s charita- scheme to supplydry rations press time. Uttarakhand cadre, he was retired in December 2013,was cer Anil Kumar Upadhyay. again, Iwill be able to con- the special NIA courtoverthe ble trustinNagpurthrough four and setupcommunity kitchens "Cipla Limited is supporting CMD of RuralElectrification central information commis- Alka Panda, who retired in tributemore,” he said. past three months, the prison shell companiesinDelhi. to ensurethat migrant workers Moderna, Inc. with the regula- Corporation Ltd (REC) and sioner till December 2018. July2017asD-G,Bureauof CaptAnoop Kumar superintendent had said The agency probeinto without ration cards do notgo tory approval and importation Special Secretary, Union Appointed as Independent Indian Standards (BIS), is an Sharma, former CMD of “Bhima Koregaon and Elgaar Deshmukh’s financialtransac- hungryduring the Covid-19 of vaccines to be donated to MinistryofPower.Pande re- Director with ONGC, ama- Independent Director with Shipping Corporation of India, Parishad” accused,through tions is in line with the CBI pandemic. India. At thisstage,thereisno tired on March 31,2017. On haratna PSU,inJuly2019. “I Central Mine Planning and retired in September 2019 and their lawyers and relatives, have probeintoformer Mumbai “Most of the States have definitive agreement on com- December 13,2018, he wasap- have neverdealtwiththe pe- Design Institute Ltd, whichisa wasappointed on November been giving “false complaints” Police CommissionerParam Bir been harping on providing food mercial supplies," Cipla told the pointed as Independent troleum sector as an informa- subsidiaryofCoal IndiaLtd un- 10,2020 as Independent to themedia to createpressure Singh’sallegationsofcorrup- grains free of costfor two BombayStock Exchangeon Director with Northern tion commissioner so thereis der the UnionMinistryofCoal. Director with Kamarajar Port on the jail. They should,there- tion againstthe NCPleader. months, i.e., Mayand June Tuesdaynight. Coalfields Ltd, aPSU under the no conflict of interest,” he said. And Giriraj,who retired as Ltd -- both entities come under fore,betransferredtoanother Deshmukhhas deniedthe alle- 2020. The StateofWestBengal Moderna Chief Executive MinistryofCoal. RCMishra: 1978-batch Additional Chief Secretary the Union Ministryof prison in the state or the gations. has stated that thereisno Officer Stéphane Bancel said, “I Significantly, Pande is also Manipur-Tripura-cadreIAS. (Finance) of Maharashtrain Shipping. Mumbai Metropolitan Region, In his March 20 letter to scheme forproviding dryration want to thank the government it stated. Chief Minister Uddhav to migrant workers,” the court of Indiafor this authorization, The communication in- Thackeray,after he wasre- noted. whichmarks an important step cludedinstances likeastate- movedasthe Mumbai Police “Especiallyduring this pan- forwardinthe global fight to changes in the country’s reg- On Tuesday, announcingthe statehas recorded669 Covid- Central force. Theywerejoined ment issuedbyNavlakha’spart- chief, Singh had alleged that demic, the States/Union againstthe pandemic. We are ulatoryregime. “Wewill only success of the vaccination pro- related deaths. by some locals who intention- ner that aparcel containing a Deshmukh had asked policeof- Territories have to make extra committed to making our watchthe first100 beneficiar- gramme, Chief Minister Deb allytriedtoprovoke the locals. newpair of spectacles sent to ficers, including Sachin Waze, effortstoreachmigrant labour- COVID-19 vaccine available ies who receive the dose,” he wrote, “I am very happytoan- NHRC team An altercation took place. BJP the jail afterhis glasses were to collectRs100crore,includ- ers so that no migrant labourer around the world.” said. nounce that 100per cent vacci- DCP,Jadavpur,Rashid Munir workers,infact,attackedthe lo- stolen in December lastyear ing Rs 40-50 croreeachmonth is deniedtwo meals aday,” the On Tuesday,Paulalso said nations have been completedin Khan said police had notre- cal people of the area." wasnot accepted,and the sub- from 1,750 bars and restaurants SC said. the Indian government is wait- Tripura among 73 gram panchayatareas in dif- ceivedany complaints. BJP MLAand leader of missionbySwamy’s lawyers in Mumbai. The ED registereda ing forfeedbackfromPfizer on ferent districtsofthe state.” The NHRCteam, whichwas Opposition SuvenduAdhikari before courtthat he wasnot case againstDeshmukh foral- Twitter importing itsmRNAvaccine top in vaccine The stategovernment dis- recording videosofsome tweetedthat the incident givenaccess to hissipper caus- legedly obtainingillegalgratifi- violated theUSDigital intoIndia. “Wehavehad adis- tributed 102refrigeratorsand houses allegedly damaged in showedthat "democracy is go- inghim difficulty as he suffers cation, based on an FIR filedby Millennium Copyright Act. cussion with Pfizer... We arego- table, here’s why 20 deep freezers across the the post-poll violence, wasre- ing to the ruins in Bengal". fromParkinson's disease. the CBI in April. Prasad saidthe platform vi- ing through the agreements Awareness campaigns were state. In order to boostvaccina- portedlysurroundedbyaround Meanwhile, in Delhi, acivil “These instances highlight Waze, who has been dis- olated IT rules that requirean that arerequired forsuchan done through public announce- tion figures, Tripuraheld spe- 20-25people, including men society groupsubmitted a"fact- the conditions in jails.While missedfromservice, is being intermediaryorahostofuser arrangementtobeopera- ment systems and pamphlets cial drivesintwo phases--May and women. finding report" on post-pollin- transfer is an administrative is- probed by the NIA forhis al- content to give priornotice be- tionalised...Weare lookingfor- were distributed in locallan- 25-27and June 21-22 -- during Rasheedtweeted avideo cidentsinthe statetoMinister sue, if this is givenasaground leged role in the case relatedto fore locking access. ward toreceivingfeedback guages and dialects. At thesame whichover5lakh people were saying, "Asmemberofthe com- of Statefor Home GKishan fortransfer that we aremaking the bomb scareoutside Mukesh He criticisedTwitter,saying from their end,” he said. time, thousands of vaccination innoculated. mittee formedbyCalcuttaHigh Reddy,calling the violence false complaints, it is deeplydis- Ambani’s Mumbai residence its“actions indicate thatthey He said the government is camps were conducted across West TripuraDistrict courtand Vice Chairman of "premeditated"and aimed at turbing and malicious.Theyare and the murder of businessman arenot the harbinger of free also talking to Johnson& the state, with the stategovern- Information Officer Dr Ishita National Commission (for) supporters of aparty.Italso ac- among the fewprisoners, who Mansukh Hiran. speechthat theyclaim to be but Johnson on the importofits sin- ment employing an armyof Guha said that over the lastfew Minorities, we had come here cusedthe stateadministration because of their background, Meanwhile, the CBI said areonlyinterestedinrunning gle-dosevaccine. “There are over 50,000employees, includ- weeks, theyhavebeen admin- to checkcomplaintsthat we of failing to control the violence have access to lawyers whocan Tuesday it will be recording their ownagenda”. four vaccines with suchlicen- ing 20,000 healthcareworkers, isteringvaccines in big num- had received. We found that and recommendedanSIT voice the denialofbasic ameni- statements of four persons, in- Following this incident, sure: Covaxin, Covishield, police and security personnel, bers, with some days touching more than 40 Houses have been probe. ties whichtheyare entitled to cluding bar owners who had Tharoor toosaid thathehad Sputnik,and Moderna. Our vac- to take the vaccines to far-flung 20,000. burnt &vandalisedinthis area The group, 'Callfor Justice', as apartoftheirfundamental paid moneytoWazeallegedly facedasimilar issue with cine basket is nowricherbythis villages such as Nabachandpara “During aspecial drive,we and no one stays in those is headed by retired Sikkim rights. By highlighting these on the Deshmukh’s instruc- Twitter. addition. And our effortstoin- and RambhaktaparainWest administered 50,000doses in a houses anymore. Some goons High Court judgeJustice problems, it is expectedthat the tions, before amagistrate. The On June 25, responding to viteand to have other interna- TripuraorGandacherra and single dayinWestdistrict alone. attackedusand even the police PermodKohli and includes sev- overall prisonconditions im- statementsofthe four willbe Prasad’s postonthe blockingof tionally developed vaccines, Raishyabari in Dhalaidistrict. Whilesceptics do remain, most didn't help... Theytriedtohit us eral former IAS and IPS officers. provefor everyprisoner and not recordedunder section 164(1) his account, Tharoor said: specificallyPfizer and Johnson Health workers held vaccina- people arenow enthusiastic and triedtochase us.Suchthing Quoting from thereport,Reddy justfor them,” said PayoshiRoy, of the CriminalProcedureCode, “Raviji, the samething justhap- &Johnson, also continues,” Paul tion drivesevenintribal ham- about the vaccine,” she said. happenedtousimagine what's said, "About 15,000incidentsof who representsNavlakha. whichhas higher evidentiary penedtome. ClearlyDMCAis said. lets with barelytwo-threefam- NationalHealth Mission’s the condition of common peo- violence occurredpostelec- Lawyer Susan Abraham, value in atrial. getting hyperactive. This tweet Covid-19mRNAvaccines ilies. (NHM) statedirector Siddharth ple here. We informedlocalpo- tions. As manyas7,000women representingTeltumbde and An application wasmoved has been deleted by @Twitter have demonstrated high effi- Dr Dalia Sharma,a Jaiswal said that while the vac- lice and administration but no sufferedatrocities. Sixteen dis- Wilson, said theground given by the CBI before thespecial because itsvideo includes the cacy in clinicaltrials -- Community Health Officer cination drive had support from one is present here." tricts reported these incidents by thejailisnot as per thejail court Tuesdaythrough special copyrighted BoneyMsong Moderna's vaccine wasfound (CHO) at the Shantinagar health everyone -- from the CM down Sources in police said there and 25 people were killed." manual. public prosecutor Sandeep 'Rasputin'.” to have an impressive 94 per sub-centreinWest Tripuradis- to the volunteers on the field -- wasaverbalaltercation be- He addedthat the govern- “Through various delega- Singh stating that the state- “As Chairman of the cent efficacy in phase 3trials in trict, is part of thisspirited vac- ASHA and MultiPurpose tween the team and some peo- ment would study the report tionsand communication, the mentsofthe four persons are Parliamentary Standing the US -- but requireultra-cold cination army. Workers (MPW), mostlybe- ple. and "try to implement itsrec- issues facedbyprisoners, re- important and relevant to CommitteeonInformation storagesystems. Talkingabout her door-to- longing to local communities, On June 21,NHRC ommendations". garding their health or lackof throw light on thecase, they are Technology,Ican statethat we Paul, however, said door visitsand vaccination were the biggestsupportsys- ChairpersonJustice (retd) Arun Kohli told the media, basicfacilities, have been high- investigatingagainst will be seekinganexplanation Moderna’s vaccine can be camps in anganwadicentres, tems. Mishrahad constituted the "People were madetoleave lighted before the prison de- Deshmukhunder the from @TwitterIndia forthe stored at 2-8 degrees —arange she says,“Initially, therewas “Wehad some difficulties in panelheadedbyformer their home and take shelter in partment, stateministers and Prevention of Corruption Act. locking of @rsprasad's &myac- that suitsIndia’s coldstoragere- some resistance to the idea of the beginning -- therewereru- Intelligence Bureauchief Rajiv Assam. Some houses were to- the courts.The response to this “It appears that in order to counts&the rules&procedures quirementsunder theUniversal getting vaccinated,especially muors and people were hesi- Jain to enquireintocomplaints tallydestroyed.Eventhe bridge cannotbetransferring the pris- reachaproper conclusion of in- theyfollowwhile operating in Immunization Programme — amongthe elderly.All my pa- tant. But the ASHA workers of post-poll violence inWest of avillagewhichvoted fora oners on suchaground,” she vestigation, the witness men- India,”hesaid. providedunopenedvialsofthe tients aretribals and Idon’t spoketothe locals and drove Bengal, following orders of the particular political party was said. tionedisimportant whose On Tuesday, committee vaccineare stored forless than speak the languagetoo well. But home the point that vaccines High Court. demolished. Their watercon- In letters to theMaharashtra statement appears to be crucial members from acrossparties 30 days. ASHA workers and local social arethe onlyway to stay safe," Jadavpur MLADebabrata nection wassnapped." Chief Minister and the rights in this case,” SpecialJudgeAS were saidtohavebeen united Paul also said Moderna will organisations helpedmeand he said. Mazumdar of the ruling Retired IAS officer from commission, and petitions be- Sayyad said and directed the in making it cleartoGoogle notberequired to conduct gradually, thepicturechanged. Since the beginning of the Trinamool Congress claimedit Karnataka MMadan Gopal fore the court, the family mem- chief metropolitan magistrate’s India and Facebook India that bridging studies in India to es- Afew days ago, we vaccinated pandemiclastyear,Tripura has wasthe NHRCteam that had said: "That it wassporadic or bers have spokenabout their courttorecordthe statements theywould have to comply tablish the safetyofthe vaccine a99-year-oldwoman andshe recorded64,860 Covid cases, provoked people. "I heardthat spontaneousviolence is not worryabout the medicalassis- and submit it in asealedenve- with Indian IT rules. on the Indian population, due wasveryhappy,”Sharma said. with 3,560 active cases. The the team wasaccompaniedbya true. It waspremeditated,well- tance that would be available to lope on or before July5. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JUNE30,2021 THECITY 3 BMC proposes oxygen IIT-Bintroduces interdisciplinary liberal bottling plant at Mahul arts, sciences,engineering programme within three months of receiving tions--engineeringsciences,nat- imum choice to curate their own EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the work order, officials said. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ural sciences, social sciences, art study experience in terms of MUMBAI,JUNE29 The BMC had earlier an- MUMBAI,JUNE29 and design or customising their courses and tracks they may like nouncedthatitwillsetupoxygen concentration to graduate in. to follow. Therearemany global THEBRIHANMUMBAIMunicipal plants at 16 sites to cater to the THE INDIAN Institute of The announcement made by examples of these types of pro- Corporation(BMC) hasproposed city’s oxygen demand. As per the Technology,Bombay, will now IIT-Bombay director Subhasis grammes that have produced to set up a Rs 21-crore oxygen bot- proposal,thecorporationplansto offer undergraduate students a Chaudhuri further states the se- leaders, innovation and profes- tling plant at Mahul as a partofits use the oxygen at the plant to re- choice to curate their courses by lected students will take a foun- sional excellence. Also, it allows preparations to tackle the third fill 1,500 oxygen cylinders with a offering interdisciplinary foun- dation course focusing on areas students to do what they want in wave of Covid-19 infectionsin the capacity of 7.1 cubic meters per dations to include social sci- such as modern South Asian his- casetheydonothave muchinter- city. Currently, BMC refills its oxy- day. OfficialssaidBPCLhasagreed ences, art and design. tory, history ofscience, contem- estintheengineeringbranchthey gen cylinders from an oxygen to supply about 10 metric tonnes CalledtheLiberalArts,Science porary digital societies, current find themselves in. This will in- supplier’s plant at Turbhe and (MT)to 15 MTof oxygenperdayto and Engineering (LASE) social structures, reading and crease student engagement very Rabale in Navi Mumbai. the bottling plant. Programme, students from the writing literature apart from much,” Anurag Mehra, professor The proposal of setting up the The BMC has also proposed to Autumn 2021 batch will be given their regular subjects on science, of chemical engineering and an plant will be tabled before the procuretwooxygentankshavinga a choiceto enrolfor thecourseaf- technology, engineering and associate faculty at the Centre for civic body’s Standing Committee capacityof 40tonneseachforeast- ter completing their first aca- mathematics. PolicyStudiesatIIT-Bombay, said. on Wednesday for approval. The ern and western suburbs. It will demic year. The students can “It was felt that we should ex- He added that the programme project is expected to be ready spend Rs 3.75 crore on the project. choose betweenfive concentra- perimentby givingstudentsmax- will be housed in a newcentre. BJP demands inquiry into BMC’s proposal to recover fire service charge
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BJP HASdemandedaninquiry in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) proposal of recovery offire service charges from builders and housing soci- eties between the period 2014 to 2021. BJP corporator Vinod Mishra alleged that the fire brigade has deliberately delayed the implementation of levy of Fire Service Fee and Annual Fee, whichhas causedrevenue loss to the corporation. “According to the informa- tion in 2018, the state urban de- velopment department had questioned the delay on levying fire service charges on builders. But still, the fire department did not take action and delayed the recovery. This has led to a rev- enue loss of Rs 5,000 crore to BMC. Under whose instruction the fire service was not levied? In October 2020, the Deputy Municipal Commissioner Ramesh Pawar had directedthe fire brigade to start the recovery of fire service fee as it is causing revenue loss to the corporation,” said Mishra. On June 7, the BMC had is- sued a circular under which as per the Fire Prevention and Life Safety Act, 2006, it has decided to recover Fire Service Fee and Annual Fee from March 3, 2014, to June 6, 2021, from the devel- oper and housing societies. The circular also stated that regional fire command centres should start levying fire serv- ice fee and annual fee from June 7, 2021.
BJP corporator Vinod Mishraalleged the fire brigade has deliberatelydelayedthe implementation of levy of Fire ServiceFee and Annual Fee. This has led to arevenue loss of Rs 5,000croretoBMC WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM
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WhyCentrenod needed for home MUMBAIPOLICE COMMISSIONER’S ORDER vaccination for bedridden on EOWtonowprobe experimental basis, HC asks state casesoffraud, ‘Issue of health alsocomesunderstate listinthe Constitution’ ment forfurther approval. bedriddenbeneficiaries,priorcer- scaminvolving OMKARGOKHALE The court,however, ques- tificatefromtreating doctorto MUMBAI,JUNE29 tionedthe state government on showbeneficiaryisimmobile, a “dilutedguidelines”andsoughtto doctor to certify that beneficiary THE STATEpublichealth depart- knowwhy the Centre’s nod was willnothaveadverseeventfollow- Rs10crandabove ment on Tuesdayinformedthe required.Itsaidtheissueofhealth ing immunisation (AEFI) and be Bombay HighCourtthatbasedon also comes under statelistinthe “entirelyresponsible” to provide suggestionsof thestateCovidtask Constitution and asked if other appropriatetreatmentinthatcase. force,itdesiredto propose“home states,includingBihar,Keralaand The affidavit also stated that a EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Earlier,the cap wasfor vaccination”forbedriddenorim- Jharkhand, had obtainedsimilar written consent from afamily MUMBAI,JUNE29 mobilepersonsonanexperimen- approval forhome vaccination. member will be required to re- cases involving amount talbasis.TheHighCourt,however, “Whydoyou (Maharashtra ceive thejab,andto avoidvaccine Hugecrowd at Thane District Government Hospitalfor Covid vaccination, on Tuesday. THE POLICE commissionerof of Rs 6crore and above; asked as to whythe Centre’s nod government) needthe Centre’s wastage, at least10beneficiaries Deepak Joshi Mumbai on Tuesdayissuedan move aims to reduce wasrequiredin the matter,when approval?Healthisastatesubject incloseproximityshouldbemade order directing the Economic the stategovernmentsaid apro- too.Isthestategovernmentdoing available forvaccination. Offences Wing (EOW) of caseload of unit posal on the matter will be sent everything aftertaking approval Kapadiasubmittedthatprivate Mumbai Police to onlyprobe forfurtherapproval. from the Centre?” the HC asked. doctorswillnotbeabletogivecer- cases in whichthe amount in- The statehealth department Thestategovernment,onJune tificatesstatingbeneficiaryislikely Dentistaccused in 9‘bogus’ volvedwas more than Rs 10 ficer of the rank of joint commis- filedanaffidavittoadivision 22,submittedbefore theHCdraft to nothaveAEFI and take respon- crore. Till Monday, theEOW, sioner of police wasappointed benchofChief JusticeDipankar guidelines drawnupbythe task sibilityforthesame,andtherefore, which holdsexpertise in inves- to head the branch. DattaandJusticeGirishSKulkarni. forceondoor-to-doorvaccination difficulties be removedfromthe vaccination drives arrested tigating financial scams and The order copy, which is with The benchhas been hearing aPIL and sought aweek's time to get proposedguidelines. banking fraud, wasinvestigating The Indian Express, further reads filedbycity-basedlawyers,Dhruti approval forimplementing the Afterperusingsubmissions, mattersinvolving Rs 6crore and that cases involving amount less Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari, seek- policy.After perusing the draft the benchtold advocategeneral above.The freshorder has in- than Rs 10 crore, but arecomplex ing directions to theCentre, state guidelines,the HC had observed Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, repre- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE creasedthe amount, and further in nature requiringspecialised government and Brihanmumbai thatitwasproceedinginthe“right sentingthestate,“Thisaffidavitdi- MUMBAI,JUNE29 Probe indicates jabs fake, saline water stated that cases wheremoney skills and also cases with MunicipalCorporationto provide direction” and found it appropri- lutes the task forceguidelines. filled in empty Covishield vials: Tope involvedisless than Rs 10 crore, social/interstate ramifications door-to-door vaccination facility atetoleave itto thewisdomofthe Today’saffidavitagaintakesastep THE KANDIVALI police Tuesday investigation will be carriedout maybeinvestigated by EOW forthose aged over 75, specially task forcetoformulatemeasures back. We had appreciated the arrestedDrManishTripathi,a26- Mumbai: StateHealth MinisterRajesh Tope Tuesdaysaid apre- by theconcernedpolice station. with the permission of Mumbai abledand bedridden. fortheelderly andspeciallyabled. draftguidelinesframedbythe year-olddentist, afterhesurren- liminaryinvestigation by the police indicated the vaccines ad- Accordingto sourcesinthede- police commissioner. The health departmentsaid An affidavit filedbyDrDilip task force, youwill find aradical dered before them in connection ministered during the “bogus” drivestoover2,000people were partment,thedecisionto increase “Rest, all cases inwhich fraud the proposal will be senttothe Narayan Patil, deputy director of change. This is notwhat we ex- with the “bogus” Covid vaccina- “fakeand saline water” wasfilledinempty vials of Covishield. the amount wasmade to reduce amount is less than Rs 10 crore stategovernment,whichwill de- statefamilywelfarebureau,Pune, pectedfromthe state.” tion drivesinthe city. “Thequestion is howtheyaccessedthese vials. Inquiryisonto theburdenof casesonEOWunits. shall be investigated by the po- cide on it following whichitwill on Monday enumeratedfive con- The high courtwill hear the Tripathi’sname has cropped understand vials of whichbatchwereput to use,” he said. An Guidelines issuedbylice station under whose juris- be senttothe central govern- ditions:homevaccinationonlyfor PIL on June 30. up with five others in all the nine antibody test,Tope added, will be carriedinJulyfirstweek on Mumbai Police read, “The lower diction the crime has taken bogusdrivesthat were con- all those who receivedvaccination across the nine camps. “We limit of cases to be takenupfor place," said an officer,adding, ducted between May25and will createaprovision to getthese people vaccinated andreg- investigationbyEOW wasraised “and if anycomplainant ap- Laid off, debt ‘DO NOT WANT ANY MORE CASUALTIES’ June 6inthe city. So far, names of isteredonCoWIN as well...,” Tope said. ENS with special orders on proaches the police station first 14 accusedhavesurfaced, of September 13,2018, to Rs 6crore in whichthe fraudamount is recoveryagent HC asks state government, whom 11 have been arrested. and is herebyincreasedtoRs10 morethan Rs 10 crore, the com- Tripathi will be producedbe- Tuesdaygot thecustodyof twoac- avaccinationdrive croreand above." plaint should be forwardedto starts collection fore amagistratecourt cused, Shrikant Mane and Seema that took place at Kandivali (east) In the order,police commis- the EOWtoavoidany delay." BMC to take steps against Wednesdaywherethepolicewill Ahuja,bothtravelagentswhogot on April 23 and 24.Over550 peo- sioner Hemant Nagrale has The order also states that of- posingascrime seekhiscustodyforfurtherinves- acommission from the other ac- ple,workingforaprivate company stated that on March29, 2007, ficers working in police stations ‘illegal structures menace’ tigation. According to the cused to getpeoplefor vaccina- along with their relatives, had re- theEOW wasassignedtoprobe across the city,who areassigned branch officer Kandivali police, basedonthe tion.The duo had contacted ceivedjabs at the camp. The drive cases in which morethan Rs 50 the job of probing cases involv- Ulhasnagar,Bandraand Malad. statement of one of the accused Hardik Shah,the CEO of Mansi wasconductedby theShivamhos- lakh wasinvolved. Subsequently, ing financial or banking fraud, OMKARGOKHALE OnJune11,theHChadordered MahendraSingh, Tripathi is in- Shares and Stockadvisors, who pital,whichwasanauthorisedpri- that wasincreasedtoRs 3crore arefurther directed to seek MOHAMEDTHAVER MUMBAI,JUNE29 ajudicialinquiryintothebuilding volvedinsourcingof thevaccines had then organisedthe vaccina- vate Covidvaccinationcentrefrom in May2014. Till May2016, the timelyguidance from senior MUMBAI,JUNE30 collapseatMaladinMumbaithat forthe “bogus” drives. tiondrive for514 peoplefromhis March 5toApril 28. EOWwas partofthe crime EOWofficers. “Thejoint com- THE BOMBAY HighCourton ledtothe deaths of 12 people, in- Tripathi,whoisthedirectorof companyand their relatives. In this case, too, police said branchand would reporttojoint missioner of police, EOW, may LAID OFF during the pandemic, a Tuesdayasked the stategovern- cluding eight children. It had aprivate instituteinKandivali “Wehavereceivedtheir cus- the victims did notreceive cer- commissioner of police (crime). call forcase papersofany case of debtrecovery agent forabank al- ment, BMC and other municipal termedtheincidenta‘man-made (east)thattrainsnursingstudents, todytillJuly5,”saidinspectorVijay tificates whichcompelled them Afteragovernmentresolution economic offences being inves- legedlystartedmaking extortion corporations in Mumbai disaster’ and appointed HC judge is also accused of using twoofhis Madeya from Borivali police sta- to approachlocal police. “Wegot put forthbythe then ruling BJP, tigated by local police for calls to collect moneyfor himself. Metropolitan Region to showur- Justice(Retired)JPDeodharas students -- Karim AkbarAli and tion,whoisinvestigatingthecase. the complaint afew days back. the EOWwas separated from the scrutinyand proper directions in He stolecontact numbers from gency and avoid lossoflives due Commissioner of Inquiry. RoshniPatel--tohelpcommitthe We will take action basedon crime branchand asenior IPS of- investigation,"read the order. thedatabaseoftheagencywhere to building collapsesbyprevent- On Tuesday, thebenchtook crimes. While Ali has been ar- 10th drive under scanner BMC’s report,” said Aanandrao hewas working, policesaid. ingthemenaceof uncontrolledil- note of the preliminaryreport, rested,Pateliswantedinthecase. The SamtaNagar police has Hakke, senior inspector of Samta Police identifiedthe accused legal constructions. whichstatedthat “Sum andsub- Meanwhile,theBorivalipolice nowwritten to theBMC to probe Nagarpolice station. as Satish Dhir (33), aresident of The courtalso questioned stance of the findings wasthat Week after rodentbite Badlapur,who has been ar- the statewhen will the author- therewas asingle-storiedstruc- rested.According to police, he ity to overseethe issue of illegal tureonwhichthree floors were ‘FAKE’ VACCINATION DRIVES would pose as acrime branchof- constructions in the city as sug- raisedinanabsoluteunautho- case,Rajawadihospital ficer and threaten people, espe- gested by it four years agowould rizedmanner,nopermission Check what 2,000 victims administered, ciallysenior citizens,bysaying be constituted.The HC also wastaken from authorities and to renovate ICU facility he would file cases againstthem sought aresponsefromBMC on the inquiry commissionerhas if theydid notpay up. Police said preliminaryfindings by the fixedresponsibility.” ensure fast probe:HCtoBMC, police to 12 timesto remove ascrapyard he had takenmoneyusing this court-appointed inquirycom- Aftersenior counsel Aspi YOGESHNAIK behindtheICUthatbredrodents. modus operandi from at least10 missioner intothe Malwani ChinoyrepresentingBMCsought seeking the court’s intervention and June 6. “Thereappears to be MUMBAI,JUNE29 Afterlastweek’s incident it was peoplesofar. (Malad) building collapse. aweekto respondto thefindings, OMKARGOKHALE on issues facedwhile booking statefailure. Morethan2,000 clearedoffimmediately, she said. During his interrogation, it Adivision benchofChief thebenchsaid,“Themonsoonhas MUMBAI,JUNE29 slots on theCoWin portal. The peoplehavebeen injected with THE MANAGEMENT of Rajawadi PreetiSharmaMenonof Aam came to light that he worked for Justice Dipankar Dattaand alreadysetin,we donotwantany petitioner also sought priority fake jabs, what areyou doing hospital has decidedtorenovate Aadmi Partysaid,“In ICU,patients adebt collection agency,and he Justice Girish SKulkarni was morecasualties. Do nottakeit THE BOMBAY High Courtob- slots forthe elderly. about their vaccination? itsIntensiveCareUnit (ICU) areunder the careofdoctors. In told police thathehad been laid hearing asuo motu public inter- next week.You have to tell us servedTuesdaythere wasa“state On Tuesday,chief publicpros- Whatever testsare required to whereapatient wasbitten by a this case, therewas no monitor- offnearly five months ago. estlitigation (PIL) it had initiated whichpartofthe recommenda- failure” in preventing unautho- ecutor Deepak Thakare, forthe find out what wasadministered rodent last week.Itwilltem- ing and afterthe rodent bitethe Police said he useddatafrom lastSeptember afterthe collapse tionsareacceptable.Pleaseaskof- risedCovid vaccination drives Mumbai Police,submitted a should be done,” the HC said. porarilyshiftthe facility to the patient, no notices were givento the agency and startedmaking of abuilding in Thane’s ficersto dealwiththematterseri- and asked the Brihanmumbai progress reportonthe investiga- Senior counsel Anil Sakhare, firstfloor till the ongoing renova- staff. We aregoing to askthem collections forhimself. An offi- Bhiwandi, whichclaimed40 ously. We have seen enough Municipal Corporation (BMC) to tions and said sevencaseshave appearing forBMC, submitted tion is completed,officials said. again on what compensation will cer said his personality waslike lives. The courthad notedthat buildingscollapsesofar.Therehas informitofthe measures taken been registered in connection the civic body wastrying to find Last Tuesday, arodent had be given,”’ Sharma Menon said. thatofacop’s and he even spoke between May15and June 10,at to beastrictvigilby authorities...” to verify what wasadministered with “fake” vaccinationcamps what were these victims in- nibbledthe eyeofpatient The ICU wasprivatised and run fluent Marathi in spiteofbeing leastfour incidentsofbuilding The courtpostedafurther to the over 2,000victims of such and 11 persons takenintocus- jected with, andthereafter, ShrinivasNagesh Yellapa in the by aprivate agency andinsteadof from Haryana. collapses were reportedfrom hearing in the matter to July2. camps and to inoculate them tody,whileone accused, Dr would approachhospitals or ICU.The patient, who wasona taking action, the BMC waspro- with Covid vaccines. Manish Tripathi, has surrendered getantibody testsdone. “The is- ventilator,had subsequentlydied. tecting them, she said. PSI on the run The courtalsodirected the before the police. sue pertaining to vaccination “Weare renovating and do- Astafferof Rajawadisaid,“This Ex-police commissioner’s Mumbai Police to ensureall per- “Pleasetell the police officers certificatesgiven to them has ingcivil worksinthe entirebuild- hospitalhasbeeninastate of neg- petrators, including the “big that therecould be big fishes, to be checkedbythe central ing. Nowwehavesome oxy- lect foralong time. The superin- after woman fish”, were booked and an “hon- who arenot investigated.None government,” he said. genated bedsonthe firstfloor. tendent of Rajawadi hospitalDr accuses him of son booked for ‘stalking, estendeavour”made to getto should be sparedirrespectiveof Sakharesubmitted SOPs for We plan to shiftthe ICU thereand VidyaThakur has been asking for the root of theissue. anycolour andprobe should be holding vaccination camps at renovate the presentICU on the fundsforrepairingthehospitalfor rape on pretext intimidating’ estranged wife Adivision benchofChief absolutelyproper,” the bench housing societies, commercial ground floor.Wealso intendto thelastfiveyearsandsomepatch- Justice Dipankar Dattaand told Thakare. premises and educational insti- have an internal routefromthe work of plasterisbeingdonenow. of marriage AfterTyagi’s wifereported Justice Girish SKulkarnimade The courtalsoasked the BMC tutes among others will be casualty to theICU,’’ Dr Vidya Rajawadi hospital is one of the JAYPRAKASHSNAIDU the matter to Bandrapolice on the observations while hearing to inform it of measures taken publishedbyWednesday. The Thakur,the medicalsuperinten- biggesthospitals in the eastern MUMBAI,JUNE29 Tuesdayafternoon, an FIR was aPIL filedbyMumbai-resident forthe 2,053 people “duped” in matter has been postedfor fur- dent of Rajawadi hospital, said. suburbs and the BMC has not EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE registered againsthim under Siddharth Chandrashekhar and the camps held between May25 ther hearing on July1. Thakur had written nearly 10 been sanctioning enough funds.” MUMBAI,JUNE29 THE BANDRA police Tuesday sections 354D(stalking) and lodged an FIR againstRaj Tyagi, 506(2) (criminal intimidation) THE MUMBAI police areonthe the son of latepolice commis- of IPC. Apolice officer from SIDT introduces lookout forpolice sub-inspector sioner RDTyagi, forallegedly Bandrapolice said, “Wewill Vehicularemissions biggest contributor to poor (PSI) Ganesh Khatale, postedat “stalking and intimidating” his nowoppose his bail in court course on the Agripada police station, in estranged wife, who stayssepa- basedonthis FIR.” air quality in Mumbai, doubled since2016: SAFAR connectionwith arapecase. rately with her four children in Accordingtopolice, the fashion and According to thepolice, Bandra(west). complainant had told the police Khatale allegedly had promised The alleged act is in viola- that since she got marriedto pressednatural gas(CNG) among toria, aviation sector and brick textile design to marry awoman but had later tion of the bail conditions put Tyagi in December 1996, she SANJANABHALERAO Vehicular emissions in publictransportvehicles and kilnsmakeupfor 21 per cent. At declinedtodosoafter maintain- forth by the BombayHigh has been avictim of physical MUMBAI,JUNE29 even private,ithas been less present, theDeonar dumping EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the city areresponsible ing aphysical relationshipwith Courtwhile granting bail to abuse. She claimedthat lastJuly, across Mumbai. Majority of ve- ground in the eastern suburbs is MUMBAI,JUNE29 her.Earlier this month, the Tyagi, who wasarrestedon Tyagi’s had assaulted her and VEHICULAR EMISSIONS have for30.5% emission load hicles continue to be petrol and the onlyopenlandfill sitewhere woman approachedthe March 21 in an attempt to mur- their four children afterwhich doubledsince 2016,and have be- of particulatematter diesel.” 1,300metric tonne of mixed SASMIRA’S INSTITUTE of Design Agripada police and basedon der and domestic violence case theylefthis house. Thereafter, come the biggestcontributor to Particle pollutioncontains garbageisdumpedunscientifi- and Textiles (SIDT) has intro- her statement, arapecase was filedbyher wifeagainsthim both the parties held delibera- the Mumbai's poor air quality, (PM) in 2019-20, an microscopic solids or liquid cally. According to officials, three ducedaBachelorofDesign in filedagainstKhalate, who was lastyear.The HC had granted tions to resolve disputes to ar- shows asource estimation analy- increase from 16 per droplets that aresosmall that waste-to-energy plantsare com- Fashion Designing and Textile then on leave. him bail on June 23. rive at a“viablesettlement”. sis by System of Air Quality cent in 2016-17 theycan getdeepinside aper- ing up at the site. Designingprogramme from The matter waslater trans- As per the bail conditions, The HC had granted bail on WeatherForecastingAnd son's lungs and cause serious The study further shows that this academic year.These pro- ferred to the Vakola police sta- Tyagi had agreednot to go any- strict conditions afterTyagi Research (SAFAR), an initiative by healthissues, including in- residential burning, including grammes would be conducted tion as the allegedcrime took wherenear her residence in filedanaffidavitfromjail, stat- MinistryofEarth Sciences. five years as asector contributing creasedrespiratory symptoms cooking, burning of wood and in collaboration with the place in an area under their ju- Bandra(west)orintimidate her ing that he will notenter the ju- Vehicular emissions in the to PM2.5 pollution in Mumbai. suchasirritation of airways, wind-blown dust, contributes to University of Mumbai’s -- risdiction. When the police sum- in anyway.Apolice officer has risdiction of Bandra West po- city areresponsible for30.5 per This is acombination of both an coughing, difficultyinbreathing 15 percentofoverall PM2.5. Garware Institute of Career monedKhalate, theydid notget been assignedfor theprotection lice station wherehis wife cent emission load of particulate increase in number of vehicles and development of chronic Beig said the city waslucky to Education &Development anyresponse from him. DCP of his wifeaswell. resides. His wifehad then matter (PM) in 2019-20, an in- and morestagnation at traffic bronchitis, among others. be surrounded by the seafrom (UM-GICED). (zone VIII) MSinghe then According to Bandrapolice, agreedtowithdraw all legal crease from 16 per centin2016- junctions leadingtocongestion.” The reporthas found the sec- three sides, whichhelps in swift It has also launched itsinter- formed ateam of officers to track the complainant contacted them proceedings againsthim. 17,asper the 2019-20 analysis for Maharashtra's Economic ond biggestcontributor to PM in dispersionofpollutants. nationalventurefromthis aca- him down. to inform that Tyagi wasstand- The Mumbai Police counsel PM2.5 pollutant by SAFAR, under Survey Report2019-20 shows thecityisemissions from indus- “However, nowalarmbells are demic year introducing a1-year “Basedonthe information ing belowtheir Bandra(west) had told the HC that it should Indian InstituteofTropical thatthe city has 3.86 crorevehi- triesand powersector at 18 per ringing.Weare approaching a Masters DiplomaProgrammes that he had gone to his village, a residence and had also trailed impose acondition that after Meteorology (IITM),Pune. cles. In the following year,num- cent, down from 36 per cent in tipping point wherethese natu- in Fashion Management and team wassent theretoarrest her car in his ownvehicle. The his release on bail, Tyagi shall Dr Gufran Beig, senior scien- berofvehicles rose by 2.7 per 2016-17. ralfactors will no longer make Fashion Design in collaboration him,” Singhe said. The police buildingwatchman,police said, notintimidatethe complainant tistand founder project director, centto3.96 crorevehicles. Emissions from othersources anydifference. Thus, addressing with IstitutoItalianoDesign team, however, could notfind had also spotted Tyagi standing and their children, whichthe SAFAR, said, “Transportsector Beig added, “While in Delhi, like municipal solid wasteplants, sector-wiseemission is key," (IID) –anItalianDesign institute him there. belowthe building. benchaccepted. has shown adrastic increase over thereismoreadoption of com- open burning of garbage, crema- he said. from Perugia, Italy. 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IMPACT OF SECOND WAVE GUIDELINES FOR GANESH CHATURTHI MCZMA stalls Idolheight capped Aksa Beach 79%hospitalityunitsrecord70%dropin redevelopment to 4feet for mandals, plan: ‘Notin businessinMay2021:Tourismdeptsurvey processions disallowed consonance with CRZ laws’ VISHWASWAGHMODE on immersion day MUMBAI,JUNE29 60.5lakh YOGESHNAIK cessions on the firstday of the MUMBAI,JUNE29 TOTALPOSITIVECASES EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE festival and on immersion day THE STATEtourismdepart- INMAHARASHTRA ment'ssurvey to measurethe MUMBAI,JUNE29 will notbeallowed. THE STATEcoastalzoneman- impact of the second waveof Active Cases 90,997 Instead of cultural pro- agement authority has stalled Covid-19shows that 79 per cent New Cases 8,085 THE STATEgovernment on grammes, organisers have been the MaharashtraMaritime establishments, suchashotels, TotalDeaths 1,21,804 Tuesdayissuedguidelines for asked to arrangehealth and Board's plan to undertakea restaurantsand others, recorded Ganesh Chaturthi, making it blooddonation camps. Large makeoverofAksaBeachinthe adropofover70per cent in Afterrestrictions New Deaths 231 mandatoryfor allmandalsto pandals have been asked to en- western suburbs. their business in May2021in were imposed Quarantined6.24lakh take permission from the con- surethat thereisnocrowding at Under the proposal, which comparison with December again in thestate Tested 4.13 crore cernedmunicipality or localau- their locations and have also had come up before the 2020. Suchbusinesses also wit- sinceMonday, thority and capping maximum asked them to createafacility for MaharashtraCoastalZone nessed50per cent cancellations exceptfor idol height at 4feet. The 11-day online darshan. Management Authority in futurebookings. essential services, 7,21,516 festival is expected to commence (MCZMA)earlier in the month, The state's directorateof timings forother TOTALPOSITIVE from September 10.Lastyear BJP objectsto the MMB had proposedtorepair tourism conducted asurvey to shops arenow 7 CASESINMUMBAI too, the stategovernment re- restrictions bunds, reconstruct pathway, analysethe impact of the second am to 4pmin New Cases 556 stricted the festivities in viewof construct parapetwall and pro- waveonthe tourism industry Thane. Deepak Joshi the pandemic. Ashish Shelar of the BJP on vide solar lightsfor astretch of and to understand ways to re- TotalDeaths 15,426 The statehas issueda13- Tuesdayslammedthe stategov- 300metres. cover faster afterthe pandemic. New Deaths 12 pointcharterasking people to ernment's guidelines issuedfor The MMB had later modified The survey wasconducted be- nesses, 55 per cent witnesseda fullyoperational, out of which 50 per cent return of GSTcol- observethe festival in are- Ganesh Chaturthi. The former the proposal and sought permis- tween April and Maybyreach- drop of over 90 per cent in trade 11.40 per cent areusedfor quar- lected in the lastthree financial stricted and simple manner.The ministerand MLAsaid, "The gov- sion foraseafront development. ing out to stakeholderssuchas while 24 percentwitnesseda antine purposes. Besides, 44per years. Theyhavealso sought commercial chargesthat are height of idolsshouldnot exceed ernment has givenafreehand to Theyproposedcreating agarden hotels, restaurants, tour opera- drop from 70 to 90 per cent. cent businesses have laidoff up compulsoryregistrationwith higher.The demand forrelief in 4feetfor Ganpati mandals in pubs, discos, bars to function. and playareafor children, park- tors, travel agents, transport Over 70 percent hotels recorded to 50 per cent employees, while the state's tourism department. electricity chargesand corpora- public places and 2feetfor home When it comes to Ganesh festi- ing lot, food plaza,lawns and toi- among others. It received drop in occupancy of over 50 per 42 per centare planningfurther Dr DhananjaySawalkar, direc- tion and ruralbodies' taxhave pujas. The guidelines statethat, if valithas imposedstringent let, gyms, space foryoga, around 600responseswith cent nowascompared to the salarycuts. tor, directorate of tourism,said been addressedinit. We have possible, people should worship rules." wooden shacks,bamboo sheds maximum responses from December-Januaryperiod when In the survey,stakeholders the stategovernment had ac- startedcompulsoryregistration metal, marble or clayidols at Shelar addedthat the guide- and volleyball courts. Mumbai and neighbouring dis- it wasrelatively open afterthe have also sought relief in taxa- cordedthe status of industryto forhotels andresorts,and will home and idols shouldbeim- lines were "one-sided",and that The project wasdiscussedat tricts, Pune and Nashik regions. firstlockdown. tions and electricity charges, the hospitality sector."So, the soon startregistration fortravel mersedatartificial ponds pre- the government had takenasuo ameeting with MCZMA officials According to findings of the The survey further shows waiver on licence fees, relief in fees and chargeswill be levied agentsand others," said pared by the localauthority.The motu decision that wasunac- in November lastyear wherethe survey,out of 79 per cent busi- that only15per cent hotels are corporation or ruraltaxes,and as industrial instead of existing Sawalkar. stategovernment has said pro- ceptable. latter had asked theMMB to statewhether the changes were as per the Coastal Regulation Zone of Environment Protection Tope asks citizens not to relax over decline in Stateannounces3-year tuitionfee, Act. The MMB has nowobserved Covid numbers, urges them to go for vaccination that activities likefood plaza, laptop for kids orphaned by Covid restaurant, gymkhana, and carriedout 6.2 lakh immunisa- The ministersaid forpeople, Meanwhile,Tope said thatof wooden shacks arenot permit- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tions, taking the total vaccination who arebedridden and old, vac- the 21 Deltaplus cases found in signedwith Project Mumbai to lakh in their bank account, which tedonthe seaward side.The MUMBAI,JUNE29 number to 3.17 crorejabs. A cination driveswill becarriedout the state, fewreportedthey took EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE look intothe education finances will be giventothem once they MCZMA has also said that activ- breakupofdatashows that in their societyand inside their vaccinationand still got in- MUMBAI,JUNE29 of children. turn 21.The taskforcewill alsobe ities likelandscaping, play- HEALTH MINISTER Rajesh Tope healthcare workers and frontline homes through mobile vans. The fected."Weare notseeing high The state announceditwill responsiblefor protecting the ground, recreationalgroundand urgedcitizens to go forvaccina- workers arestill notfullyimmu- stategovernment will soon re- transmissibility or severity.So, CHILDRENWHOhave eitherbeen provide all basic facilities to or- property and other legal rightsof ground will be allowedasper- tion withlakhs pendingfor their nised.Atleast, four lakh health lease suchapolicy.Maharashtra thereisnoneedtoworry.Thereis orphanedorlostasingleparentto phans andtacklepsychological these children. With the huge mitted under CRZ laws. second dose. workers and 10 lakh frontline has over 18,000sub-centres that needtofurther research about Covid-19inMaharashtrawillbe counselling to help them cope task at hand, the state govern- Earlier,the MCZMA had "Weare noticing aplateauin workersare yettoget their sec- canbeactivatedfor vaccination. this variant," the ministeradded. eligible to receive threeyears of with the situation. Project ment also plans to rope in NGOs stoppedthe beautification of dailyCovid numbers.People ond dose. The statecan perform1.75-2 Maharashtraisgoing to ex- tuition feeand alaptopormobile Mumbai will fund three years of forthe initiative. Versova beach. Environmentalist think the wavehas recededand Severalgovernment vaccina- lakh RT-PCR testsper day. Tope tend itsMoU with the Councilof foronlineeducation,Womenand tuitionfees forthem. WCDsecretaryISKundansaid Harish Pandeyofthe New Link thereisnoneedtoworry.But I tion centres have noticedade- said that the laboratories and the Scientific andIndustrial ChildDevelopment Minister So far, morethan 400children duetothe pandemic and restric- Road Association said, "Beaches urge them to step forwardfor cline in vaccine demand, while districtsmustensure thatthey Research's (CSIR) Institute of Yashomati Thakursaid Tuesday. have lostbothparents and13,000 tions on movement in some areopen public places and citi- vaccination. Unless we vaccinate private hospitals in Mumbai, too, conduct testsuptotheirfull ca- Genomics and Integrative TheMaharashtragovernment have lostasingle parent to Covid- places,counsellingwillbeunder- zens of Mumbai have right to use 70 per centpopulation, risk of fu- have notedthat slots arenot pacity. "Highand low-riskcon- Biology(IGIB)for another three has signedanMoU with the 19.Atask forcehas been consti- takenthrough onlinesessions. A this open space fortheir enter- turewaves remains," he said. booked up to 100per cent. Until tactsmustbetrackedand tested. months to continue genome se- Indian Psychiatric Society to be- tutedunder the district collectors dedicatedtoll-freenumber(1800- tainment and no construction So far, only4.8 per cent of the May, slots were getting booked We don't want to seeareduction quencing and mapping of new gin counselling of children who to collect information on these 1024040)hasalsobeenlaunched and concretization is allowedas statepopulation has been fully within seconds of being opened in cases due to areduction in variants. Tope said funds have sawtheir lovedones die during children. The stategovernment forchildrenortheir guardians to per CRZ norms.Itwillserve no vaccinated.OnMonday, thestate on the Co-WIN portal. tests," he said. been allocatedaccordingly. thepandemic.AsecondMoUwas will keep afixed deposit of Rs 5 callfor aid. public interest."
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Nurturing minds through digital learning In online learning, an educatorbecomes more of an instructor. Digital learning has completely upended our chalk-talk model of education URRENTLY, there is no sector/indus- at schools and col- “THE DURATION try that hasn’t borethe brunt of the leges has just began, C considering 2020 is pandemic.Theeducation sector is one FOR ONLINE of those sectors that has suffered the maxi- already at its end. As CLASSES FORPRE- mum and has gone through many of those per an education sec- pandemic-inducedimprovisations to remain tor expert,“There are PRIMARYSTUDENTS stable and functional in today’sunpre- two semesters to dictable world. When the pandemic hit, it cover for the firstyear SHOULD NOTBEFOR wasthe time of the start of board examina- and going by the lat- MORETHAN 30 tions in the country,with students ready and est admissions sched- preparedtosit for those.Itwas also the time ule,first year classes MINUTES. for college and university examinationsto will not commence till start.However,everything came to astandstill second or third week of January so in all after the impositionofthe lockdown, with probability,wewill be in aposition to finish every board as well as entrance examina- the firstsemester only byApril or May.”This tionspostponed until it wasdeemed fit to situation leaves little to no time for colleges conduct those,with alot manyrules,regula- and universities as wellasstudents for first tions and checks in place. yearsessions. With no option left and continuity of learn- To makeupfor the lost time,many insti- ing being necessary, schools,colleges and tutes are considering“compressing the cur- universities shifted to online teaching riculum”.This means that regulatory author- methodology,with many of themusingthe ities have to consider remodelling the current online platforms for the very first time.Our curriculumbasedonthe academic timein age-old teaching methodology structure,in- hand. There can also be asituation where cluding offline teaching and assessment studentswill have smallerornobreaks be- tests,was the first to be directly and severely tween semesters at all for the first year affected by the pandemic.Needless to say, batch.Knowing that 2020 has already come the challenges thrown at the education sector is imperativefor instructorstoembrace and Theflipside to online education is the to itsend,many educational experts believe wasnot just limited to the delivery of educa- adopt new ways of doing things. longer‘screen-time’ hoursfor kids.Currently, that such changes will become the norm, tion but alsototransform ourcurrent cen- To evaluate achild’s progress,many as- the parentsare having ahardtime dealing leaving them with very little time in the next turies-old, chalk-talk teaching model to one sessmenttests have been devised by online with this problem,as theyfind their children yeartocomplete the entire year’sportion. that is even more inclusive,drives engage- educators and instructors.These are very in- exposed to the prolonged usage of devices. Moreover, “TheAll India Council forTech- ment at scale among students and teachers, teresting and increase cognitive abilities of Recognising this problem,the Ministry of Hu- nical Education (AICTE) is yet to clarify its and tackles the country’sdigitaldivide effi- achild and verydifferentfrom the old-fash- man Resource Development (MHRD) has stand on the status of curriculumfor first year ciently.Inresponsetothis, many online learn- ioned pen-and-pencil methods. In online recommended that “the duration for online batches of professional courses under its ing platforms and EdTech companiesstarted learning assessment tests,students can be classes for pre-primarystudentsshould not be wing.”The problemisthat there is no clarity offering free access to their services. trackedfor their progress through digitally for more than 30 minutes.For classes 1to8, yet as to how to move ahead and in what di- Overnight,educational institutions across designedquizzes on learned concepts,with the HRD Ministry has recommended two on- rection.Once there is clarity,college and uni- the country shifted their entire modus answers ranging from short answer to line sessions of up to 45 minutes each while versityadministrations are willing to go the operandi of delivering education online to true/false and multiple choice.Anotherex- for classes 9to12, four sessions of 30-45 extra mile to ensurethat studentsare not at a ensure continuity of learning.Inonline learn- citing, quick, short answer assessment tool minutes duration have been recommended.” loss.The ideaisnot to further delay fromhere
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