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Thas stepped up vigil and ing sites inside the house and Avoid dengue by preventing  *$)+5-(%69 cautions to be taken in view of launched awareness drives to collect information, including mosquito bites, he said. the prevention of Covid-19 . prevent Dengue in Bokaro. how many days a person has “We have sought public sup- rom central oxygen pipeline Meanwhile, Tata Main “We are at work, door-to- fever, severe headache, joint port in controlling the menace of Fto entertainment facilities Hospital ( TMH) has also door surveillance for Dengue and muscle pain. vector-borne diseases and also like comic books and television, decided to come up with spe- and Chikungunya control is The team is also collecting sent a letter to the civic body for the Health Department is com- cial corona wards for children. being done under all the com- information related to pain in participating in the campaign to ing up with special decorative The leading health hub is munity health centers of the head, muscles, chest along with fight against it,” he added. Paediatric Intensive Care Units studying the overall impact of district, including the urban rashes on hands and later they Dengue fever (DF) is a (PICUs) in the district. the second wave and will come areas of Bokaro Steel City, Chas will submit it to District Rural viral disease transmitted by Concerned over the possi- up with facilities to combat the Municipal Corporation, Phusro Health Mission Committee infected mosquitoes. DF caus- bilities of a third wave of being constructed. third wave. Municipality area,” said District Bokaro, said the official. es severe, flu-like symptoms  *$)+5-(%69 donors is enough to ensure that Covid-19, the district admin- Inspirational and many cartoon Dr Rajan Choudhry, advi- VBD Advisor Ashish Kumar. Apart from this, the sur- with high fever and extreme these youths can fight against istration, East Singhbhum has characters have been depicted sor, and former general man- Rapid Response teams veillance team is also making muscle and joint pain. Dengue ity-based social organisa- the challenges of society. They sounded alert and is taking in the walls of the child ward ager, medical services, Tata have been constituted and everyone aware to prevent hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and Ction Arpan collected a are true examples for the future steps to make people aware as so that young children get a Steel said that with reports sug- Anti-larva chemicals are also Dengue and Chikungunya, he dengue shock syndrome (DSS) record 905 units of blood dur- generation who want to serve well as for prevention and home-like atmosphere in the gesting impact on children being sprayed in the water said. are less common but more ing a camp organised at society. He appreciated Arpan treatment of Covid-19. hospital. Apart from this, TV, during the third wave they are lodged areas besides conduc- Meanwhile, Dr. Singh has severe forms of the disease. Jamshedpur Blood Bank. The for organising such a camp. In view of the possibility of comic book, colouring book, focusing on facilities for chil- tion of awareness drives, he appealed to the mass to observe DHF or DSS initially present figure is highest in the city dur- Patron Kale expressed grat- children being affected more in indoor game, ludo, carrom dren. He said the hospital is said. a day as a dry day and identi- with very similar symptoms to ing lockdown. The organisation itude and said that it is a proud the third wave of Covid , the board, chess, many types of soft acting proactively to augment The people have been fy and destroy the breeding DF. The disease then progress- also distributed 2100 saplings moment for every member of work of 20 beds at Sadar toys etc. are also being arranged infrastructure, procure equip- urged to inspect their homes sites of mosquitoes. es to a stage where the blood to spread the message of envi- the organisation. He said that Hospital, Jamshedpur and 10 for entertainment in the ward. ment and medicines. for any possible sources of “Remember prevention is vessels become permeable caus- ronmental protection. the camp collected 905 units of beds Paediatric Intensive Care In addition to the paedi- “We have decided to come stagnant clean water that can always better than cure”, said Dr ing a breakdown of the circu- Health Minister Banna blood. He informed that from Units (PICUs) in Sub- atric doctor at the ward, para up with special corona wards for lead to the breeding of Aedes Singh, adding, “we can avoid latory system, fluid loss, and Gupta was present at the camp the year 2016 to 2021, the Divisional Hospital Ghatshila is medical staff, ward boys will be children in order to combat the mosquitoes, which spread vec- Dengue and Chikungunya by possibly death, he said. and motivated the donors. organisation has collected in progress. available 24x7 shifts wise. impact of the third wave. The tor-borne diseases, he said. taking precautions.” Dr Singh said, few people Chief patron of Arpan about 5000 units of blood and A health official informed Important guidelines have been focus is on maximum beds with The door-to-door survey Please do not take any generally use mosquito repel- Amarpreet Singh Kale was also Arpan has always been serious that all PICU beds will be issued by the Office of the Civil oxygen and air conditioning. We work has also been done under fever lightly, this fever can be lents at night, but due to present on the occasion. about blood donation and has connected to the central oxy- Surgeon regarding the food are also closing down two wards the campaign and is being dengue; immediately contact changes in climatic conditions, On the occasion, Gupta been trying to create awareness gen pipeline. In both the hos- habits of children, what med- G1 and G2 for renovation. This monitored by VBD officer Dr. the nearest health center, urged they must use it during the day motivated the young donors among the youth in the society pitals, along with child wards, ical equipment should be kept is a part of our strategy for the N. P. Singh. Dr Singh. hours too as the Aedes mos- and said that the participation towards blood play areas for children are also in the house and other pre- third wave,” Dr Choudhry. Under this, volunteers of Use insect repellent, wear quito bites in the daytime too. of hundreds of young blood donation.  2  
    
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Kennedy said this Today armed with author- Bokaro city have launched a and lease rent, arbitrary fixed "The head-on collision was was on. His younger brother is Chhattisgarh man thought him ity of drawing and disbursing protest against a hike in lease load on electricity. During the n a massive road mishap, massive following which two of In a first of this series pro- John Robert Kennedy who is a to be an ordinary man with no by the state government, renewal, service charge, lease pandemic already plot holders Ithree persons were killed the passengers, including a filing such heroes, The Pioneer doctor too. Elder Kennedy's work except asking for not Kennedy is functioning as rent etc. Irked plot holders are in extreme pressure and dur- when an auto-rickshaw they woman were killed on the picks a man from the medicine, wife Neelu Mishra is a senior allowing any one from the regional deputy director health and stakeholders registered ing such critical phases Bokaro were travelling in was hit by spot whereas five others were Dr John F Kennedy who con- BJP leader here. Chhattisgarh side to services Palamu which is just a their protest via social media Steel Limited (BSL) is issuing bill a trailer near Ram Rice Mill seriously injured. All the tinues to motivate people for John F Kennedy narrating Jharkhand's Garhwa district ceremonial post in comparison platforms Twitter on Sunday to clear lakhs of rupees on on NH-32 under Nimdih injured were first taken to a the vaccination when he him- his experiences of his vaccina- without a mask. He said he had to the post of the civil surgeon. and observed the day as protest immediate basis while the mat- police station area in the primary health center (PHC) at self got 'precariously' infected tion campaign that he ran in a to do a lot of persuasion there. The state health depart- day at all Sector Market and ter is also pending in the court adjoining Seraikela- Chandil. On the way, one of with coronavirus leading to his running passenger train said, Kennedy was the civil sur- ment first notified Dr Anil City Center. and lease renewal has not been Kharsawan district on Sunday the injured succumbed to his hospitalisation in Patna. “When I approached passen- geon in-charge Palamu but he Kumar Srivastava as civil sur- Rajender Vishwakarma, done yet, the protestors said. morning. Those killed include injury, " said OC, Nimdih Kennedy, a name that is gers in the running passenger lost his chair of the civil sur- geon in charge and forty days President of Bokaro The Plot Holders associa- a middle-aged woman, an police station , Ali Akbar bound to create a lot of inquis- train they first thought me to geon after his clinical recovery later the state health depart- Commercial Plot Holders tion further said that current- elderly man and the autorick- Khan. itiveness, is in fact of this man be of ticket checking drive but from the critical infestation ment notified Dr Anil Kumar Association and their mem- ly there are no labourers which shaw driver. The remaining He went on to inform that who is a Brahmin of Bihar and when I gave them masks there with Covid infection. as the civil surgeon in-charge bers raising various concern said was making the situation four injured have been admit- the doctors at the Chandil loves speaking Mathili dialect came a sudden relief on their The decision of the state Palamu. that its quite unfair converting worse. ted at the MGM Medical PHC had immediately referred College Hospital. the four injured to the medical The mishap took place at college hospital in Jamshedpur. about 7 am when the victims, The OC said they have %& &   '    all residents of Jariadih and shifted bodies of those killed to Nutandih in Chowka, were the Seraikela Sadar Hospital for -  A9(5 also reached the spot. in deep water, his friends tried going to Balrampur in West postmortem. They have also Regarding the incident on to save him but did not suc- Bengal. They were on their way seized both the autorickshaw 12-year-old boy, identified Sunday, police said that Abhay ceed. to consult a rural medical prac- and the trailer. Aas one Abhay Kumar, died Kumar, son of Jageshwar Das, During this, his friends titioner. Soon after the mishap, the on Sunday after drowning in a resident of Mankadiha village, sought the cooperation of the A police official informed local residents led by BJP's the Furchawa river near had gone to take a bath in the villagers to save Abhay, then the that seven persons were in the Nimdih block level leaders set Manakdiha village under Deori Furchawa river near the village family members also reached auto, including the driver. He up a blockade on the NH, police station in Giridih district. along with some of his friends. the spot with the villagers. had overtaken a car, but while demanding speed-breakers on After much effort, the body In the course of bathing, After this, Abhay’s body was doing so the driver lost the bal- the stretch along the Ram Rice of the deceased student fished Abhay went away from his fished out of the river and ance and incidentally hit a Mill. Vehicular movement out of the river. After getting friends towards the pit in the rushed to a hospital where the speeding trailer which was remained disrupted for hours the information, Deori police river. Seeing Abhay drowning doctors declared him dead. coming from the opposite at the NH-32 at Nimdih.
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Every time it passes E 484 K, and N 501 Y of which well for our country where the vaccine is of paramount through the body there is some K 417N ( a lysine to asparagine Astrazenica’s covishield has value as it protects death and change in the viral antigen substitute at amino acid posi- been the most used vaccine. serious illness but it must be and the more it cycles through tion 417 ) has found a new And we do not know much  7  - 7  supplemented with the above human body cells the more are addition in earlier Delta vari- about covaxin which is yet to mentioned self protection prac- the changes . Eventually such ant ( first seen in submit it’s efficacy data in pub- he fight against the SARS tices even today . antigenic drifts make mutations Maharashtra,India) and now lic domain . Therefore , we TCOV 2 is not yet over and Indian mythology is full of and get further aggregated this is known as Delta Plus must continue to take all pos- any complacency on our part such Demons who could onto one place . Subsequently variant B.1.617.2 .AY 1 . sible precautions. towards combating the virus , change their face, forms and it changes it’s functionality and There is increasing fear Good news is that all vac- will meet with serious conse- behaviour under threat and behaviour qualifying it’s recog- that this attachment in the cine producers have already quences and this is true not just could attack with greater feroc- nition as a “variant of interest Delta variant might allow an started working on production for India but everyone inhab- ity and strength such as “ and subsequently may be easy immune escape route to of an updated version of their iting the highly connected Mahishasur in Sanatan dharm upgraded to “variant of con- the vaccine generated anti- vaccines which will take care of planet earth . scriptures and concept of satans cern “ if found significantly bodies and similar monoclon- all possible variants in sight and Recent example is Israel , in Abrahamic religions . dangerous ! al antibodies created against the offer a booster in a few months which was riding high after Currently we are facing Delta plus variant with viral spike proteins and may from now . near total success of their vac- something very similar , SARS increasing in numbers every pose yet another challenge ! There is very encouraging cination program , had even COV2 , a novel coronavirus of day , has been upgraded and Currently It’s the parent information that Indian com- opened up their streets for controversial origin , emerged accepted in it’s derogatory value awatar Delta which is sweeping pany EMCURE’s vaccine arm people without wearing masks from Chinese city of wuhan as variant of concern from it’s the United Kingdom and Gennova, is in second phase of for about three weeks . Now officially on December 19 , earlier status of variant of con- Europe after it’s murderous run it’s mRNA vaccine creation due to the recently detected 2019 and since then it has cern. in India and has almost replaced since April 2021 and should be Delta variant , even in those brought the whole world on to Everyday more Indian (~90%)the earlier dominant available hopefully in few who were vaccinated with it’s knees , and continues to do states are confirming its pres- alpha (Uk or kent )variant due months from now besides mRNA vaccine , it has created so even after eighteen months ence and yesterday Tamilnadu it’s increased infectiousness. World’s first made in India a very unpleasant state . Now of suspended life. and Karnataka have joined the If it is confirmed that some DNA vaccine from Zydus they have withdrawn relax- When virus SARS COV2 trio of Maharashtra ,Kerala immune escape properties of Cadila, is about to be launched ations and have gone back on enters the respiratory tract , it and Madhya Pradesh and very gamma(South Africa origin giving us more options to cover a cautious note . Now it is is the viral crown with spikes soon others will join! )variant , is being added to the entire population by the becoming clearer that the most present on it’s surface protein, Added to the fact that the Delta variant which is also end of the year hopefully and important defence against this S1 and S2 which joins the earlier variant of Delta ~ B.1. very infectious then this Delta contain the pandemic. evil SARS COV 2 virus even host’s epithelial ACE 2 recep- 617.2 has been joined with a plus variant must be taken (The Author is former now besides vaccines , is pro- tors and enters into cells. mutation K417 N and now this quite seriously even if one is Professor and Head of Medicine, tection of our breathing portal This RNA virus with Delta plus variant is newly vaccinated. If we recall RIMS, Jharkhand).

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This phase was rel- ‘vaccine hesitancy’ and “not by end of 2021 to inoculate the tions a few days ago about the atively mild compared to the being carried away by entire eligible population of third wave of Covid-19 coming second wave that followed, rumours”. take the COVID-19 vaccine also spoke of water conser- 93-94 crore people above the in just 6-8 weeks, an ICMR from mid-February 2021 Speaking in his latest amidst their reservations vation as the Monsoon is age of 18 years. study has said that it is likely to onwards, exhibiting a more episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ , the about the government’s vac- already underway. He cited In its 380-page affidavit come late, maybe after 6-8 explosive spread across the Prime Minister also spoke of cination drive. many novel individual with many documents on the months. nation. the upcoming Tokyo “The threat of COVID-19 experiments like digging of vaccination policy and guide- NK Arora, the chief of the A major factor driving this Olympics, the Indian partici- remains, and we have to focus pits or building mud walls lines and procedures, the will be available. changed the vaccination strat- Centre’s Covid-19 working second wave is the emergence pants and the need to support on vaccination as well as fol- to conserve ground water. Centre said it changed its The Centre also said that egy on June 7 following group of the National Technical of more infectious variants of them even as he remembered low COVID-19 protocols,” he Modi spoke to a cross- policy on June 7 after consid- vaccination will get a boost requests from 13 Chief Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2, principally the late Indian Olympian said. section of people in villages ering the request of 13 Chief when its attempts to procure Ministers and several Health Immunisation (NTAGI), on B.1.1.7 (Alpha variant) and Milkha Singh who died The Prime Minister and urged them to spread Ministers. Out of the 186-188 vaccine brands like Pfizer, Ministers highlighting prob- Sunday said that the third B.1.617.2 (Delta variant), of recently due to post-Covid shouted three-cheers for the the right awareness about crore doses, 51.6 crore doses Johnson & Johnson, Moderna lems faced by the States in wave of coronavirus could be which the latter has played a complications. Indian Olympic contingent vaccines and how safe they would be made available by etc from abroad materialises. obtaining vaccines. The delayed until December this dominant role in the last few The Prime Minister told and reminded that many are for everyone. July 31 and rest of the 135 “Efforts are at an advanced Centre justified the role of year. months. people that he and his moth- Indian sportspersons have Modi during his radio crore Covid vaccine doses will stage. It is neither desirable including private hospitals in Quoting the ICMR study Third waves have emerged er have both taken the two made it to the Olympic games address read out a post of a be made available between nor possible to give compre- the vaccination saying that the in this regard, Dr Arora said, in other countries such as the doses of vaccines and asked the hard way and despite hav- Chennai resident Guru August and December 2021, hensive details of these facts,” tie-up with private players “We’ve window period of 6-8 UK and the USA and are dri- them too to get vaccinated, ing a poor economic back- Prasad who said that he said the estimation given to it said. will enlarge the scope of vac- months to immunise every- ven by a range of factors, the cautioning them that the ground. had brought out an e-book the apex court, which earlier Giving details of expen- cination to prevent Covid body in the country. In the study adds. threat of COVID-19 was still He gave the example of comprising all of PM’s com- came down heavily on the diture for purchase of vac- pandemic. coming days, our target is to The results suggest that a around. He asked people not Deepika Kumari, the ace ments on Tamil language Centre’s “arbitrary” vaccina- cines, the Centre said that To the question of the administer 1 crore doses every third wave, if it should occur, to believe in rumours and Indian archer from Ranchi, and Tamil Nadu in his tion policy. around 5803 crore ( exact apex court on the digital day.” is unlikely to be as severe as the trust science and Indian sci- Jharkhand, being the daugh- ‘mann ki baat’ episodes. As per the affidavit, the figure Rs.5802.825 crore) divide and non-practical The Delta Plus new variant second wave, given the extent entists. ter of an auto-rickshaw driver. Prasad requested the PM to purchase from August would be spent purchasing nature of Cowin App regis- of Covid-19, which has creat- of spread that has already taken The PM pointed out that “Every athlete who is upload the e-book on NaMo onwards will be 50 crore Covishield and Covaxin till tration remote areas, the ed fresh concerns across the place in India, it said. a record number of 86 lakh going to Tokyo has worked app. Modi expressed happi- Covishield, 40 crore Covaxin, July 2021 stock. Centre said that now walk-in- country, cannot be yet linked to AIIMS Chief Dr Guleria on doses, the highest in a single hard. They are going there to ness about Prasad’s letter and 10 crore Russian-made In the first lot from registration has started by a third wave of the pandemic, Saturday had, however, said day, were administered on win hearts. It must be our and described Tamil as the Sputnik V vaccine. Another 30 January, Covishield was pur- establishing vaccination Dr Arora said. India could see a third wave of June 21 at the beginning of the endeavour to support our oldest language of the world crore will be Bio E Sub unit chased for Rs.200 +GST per camps across the country but However, he asserted that coronavirus in six to eight new phase of vaccination team and not put pressure on of which everyone should be vaccine while 5 crore will be dose and Covaxin was pur- door to door vaccination is as variants are linked to new weeks if Covid-appropriate under which all adults are the team,” said the Prime proud of. Zydus Cadila DNA vaccine, chased Rs.295 + GST per not planned as there would be waves, the possibility cannot be behaviour is not followed and being given free jabs. Minister. Modi assured the the affidavit filed by the dose. Later from March, both problems in monitoring the dismissed at all. crowding is not prevented. Modi also spoke to resi- Though mainly Chennai resident that his e- Government said. However, vaccines were purchased at vaccine recipients for some “Waves are linked to new He said that as many states dents of Dulariya village in focussing on containing book would be uploaded both these vaccines are yet to Rs.150 + GST per dose. time after vaccination. variants or new mutations so have eased Covid-related Betul district of Madhya Covid-19 by way of vacci- on the NaMo app at the ear- get the approval. The Centre Though price was not men- The Centre said that near- there is a possibility as this is a restrictions, it was also neces- Pradesh and advised them to nation, the Prime Minister liest. said that the approval will hap- tioned, Centre said that 31.5 to- home vaccination by estab- new variant, but whether it will sary for stricter surveillance pen in near future. The affi- lakh doses of lishing vaccination centres lead to a third wave it is diffi- and area-specific lockdowns in davit also said that between Sputink have been received as with walk-in-registration is cult to answer as it will depend case of a significant surge. sively until a big chunk of the behaviour is not followed, the aggressively to prevent anoth- January 2021 and July 31, on date. practical than a door-to-door upon two or three things,” Dr “Covid-appropriate behaviour population is vaccinated. third wave can happen in six to er large wave till vaccination 2021, 51.6 crore vaccine doses The Centre said it vaccination policy. Arora added. needs to be followed aggres- “If Covid-appropriate eight weeks. We need to work kicks in,” Guleria said.    
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Any his common understanding against the virus. atory, motivated, malicious or willful violation, disregard or with the current Japanese However, the patients in mischievous against any court, defiance of any resolution or Prime Minister Yoshihide the sector in India are at a loss judge, State Bar Council or the order of the State Bar Council Sugathat in this period of as the COWIN portal does not Moderna vaccine. Johns Hopkins Medicine and BCI, would be a ground for or Bar Council of India will Covid pandemic when India- Friendship Association of vants in 2005. Continuous allow slot facility for the third And even in transplant an author of the study. suspension or cancellation of also be construed as miscon- Japan friendship has become Gujarat for giving new energy improvement was reflected in booster at present. It has slots recipients who showed an Similarly, yet another licence to practise law. duct, the amendment further even more important for glob- to India-Japan relations. refinement of processes, lead- for only two doses. antibody response to vacci- report published in The New The new notification says said. al stability and prosperity. Pointing to the similarities ing to positive impact on gov- Dr Rahul Bhargava, nation, that response was England Journal of Medicine that any derogatory or defam- The second provision “Current challenges between ‘Zen’ and Indian ernance.” Director-Bone Marrow often more muted than in said that a weak response to atory comment of advocate inserted was Section VA. It lays demand that our friendship ‘Dhyan’, the Prime Minister Continuing with the Transplant Program, Fortis people with healthy immune two doses of vaccine against published in print, electronic, down that no member of any and partnership gets even dwelled on the emphasis on importance of governance in Memorial Research Institute, systems, said researchers from Covid-19 has been observed social media would invite vio- State Bar Council or of Bar deeper,” stressed the Prime inner peace along with outer national progress, the Prime Gurgaon, makes a case for a Johns Hopkins School of in recipients of organ trans- lation and action by the BCI. Council of India shall be per- Minister while inaugurating a progress and growth in the two Minister informed that, after third booster for such patients Medicine who tracked 30 plant. However, administra- Two new provisions have mitted to publish anything or Zen Garden and Kaizen cultures. becoming Prime Minister, he “as they don’t respond very well organ transplant recipients tion of a third dose of the been inserted in this regard in to make any statement or Academy at AMA, Indians will find the brought Kaizen related experi- to the vaccines because their who got a third dose of Covid- mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 the BCI Rules. press-release in print, elec- Ahmedabad via video confer- glimpse of the same peace, ence of Gujarat to PMO and immune system is suppressed”. 19 vaccines. (Pfizer-BioNtech) to solid- “An Advocate shall con- tronic or social media against ence. poise and simplicity in this Zen other Central government But there are now studies They found that one-third organ transplant recipients duct himself/herself as a gen- any resolution or order of con- Modi also called for further garden, which they experi- departments. that are suggesting, at least in of the patients who previous- significantly improved the tleman/gentle lady in his/her cerned State Bar Council or spread of Kaizen and Japanese enced in Yoga through the This has led to simplifica- organ transplants, if they get a ly had no detectable antibod- immunogenicity of the vac- day to day life and he/she shall Bar Council of India or to work culture in India and ages. tion of the processes and opti- third dose, their system may be ies showed an increase in cine, with no cases of Covid- not do any unlawful act, he/she make/use any derogatory or asked for more focus on busi- Buddha gave this ‘Dhyan’ mization of office space, said triggered to produce protective their antibody levels after a 19 reported in any of the shall not make any statement in abusive language/comment/s/ ness interaction between India this enlightenment to the Modi. “Kaizen is being used in antibodies, Dr Bhargava said third dose. patients. the Print, Electronic or Social word/s against the Bar Council and Japan. world, said the Prime Minister. many departments, institutions adding that it’s high time the And all of the patients The researchers said if the Media, which is indecent or or its office-bearers or mem- Terming the dedication of Similarly, he highlighted both and schemes of the Central Government update the who previously showed low findings are replicated in larg- derogatory, defamatory or bers. Violation of the same the Zen Garden and Kaizen external and internal meanings Government, said the Prime COWIN portal to allow such levels of antibodies after two er studies, they may have impli- motivated, malicious or mis- would also result in suspension Academy, as a symbol of ease of Kaizen which not only Minister.” patients, who have taken two vaccine doses showed high cations for some other types of chievous against any Court or or disqualification. and modernity of India-Japan emphasizes ‘improvement’ but The Prime Minister also doses of vaccines, to avail levels of antibodies after their immunocompromised patients. Judge or any member of As per the four-page relationship, the Prime ‘continuous improvement’. expressed desire to create a booster shot. third dose. In fact, in France, health Judiciary, or against State Bar Gazette of India published on Minister thanked leaders of The Prime Minister, model of schools in Gujarat A recent study published “So for all involved, [these officials already recommend Council or Bar Council of Saturday, criticising or attack- Hyogo Prefecture specially the recalled that, as Chief Minister, based on school system of this week in the ‘Annals of are] encouraging findings that that severely immunocompro- India,” said the new rule. ing any decision of any State Governor Toshizo Ido and he implemented Kaizen in Japan. He underlined his appre- Internal Medicine’ has shown we might be able to ultimate- mised patients, including organ “Any such act/conduct Bar Council or Bar Council of Hyogo International associa- Gujarat administration. “It was ciation of blend of modernity that nearly half of organ trans- ly really reach protective transplant patients, dialysis shall amount to misconduct India on public domain will tion for their contribution in introduced in administrative and moral values in the school plant recipients failed to show immunity in immunosup- patients, and others, receive a and such Advocates would be also amount to “misconduct”, the establishment of the Zen training in Gujarat in 2004 and system of Japan and remem- any antibody response even pressed people,” said Dr Dorry third dose of the Pfizer or liable to be proceeded with which could attract disqualifi- Garden and Kaizen Academy. a special training camp was bered his visit to Taimei after two doses of the Pfizer or Segev, a transplant surgeon at Moderna vaccine. under Sections 35 or 36 of the cation or suspension. 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Sunday, an official said. two years. slammed the Union equal to that of State president Dilip “ six lakh was demanded for giv- The members of the committee would Political parties including the TDP Government and Amit Shah Ghosh … this will be made official ing nomination ticket in the State elec- meet the victims/complainants from 4 pm have also accused the Jagan Mohan for failing to provide a fool- after a party meeting next week,” a tions … there were many instances of on Sunday and 10 am on Monday at the Reddy-led dispensation of “cheating” proof security system that the as promised … we want peace senior leader said adding he will now such sale of tickets taking place,” the Staff Officer Mess of the CRPF at Salt Lake, unemployed youth in the State by Home Minister had promised be restored at the earliest,” “I don't have any great expec- be given a greater say and control over leader said adding further that the he said. releasing an employment calendar to two years ago apparently dur- Chowdhury said. tation from it. Two years ago, the party affairs. party also made an unwritten rule not The panel members and several other fill just 10,000 positions, after making ing abrogating Article 370 and Demanding a thorough they had promised that any Before quitting the outfit, Roy, a to give tickets to no-Bengali candi- teams of the National Human Rights tall promises to give lakhs of jobs special status for Jammu & probe into the incident Indian citizen can reside in the former national vice president of the dates. “It was strange that the non- Commission “have been touring various before coming to power. Kashmir. Chowdhury said that the union territory. Did that hap- BJP, had expressed dissatisfaction Bengali candidates were ignored dur- places of West Bengal and enquiring into On June 18, Jagan had released the “We saw how the Centre Government should concen- pen? Brahmins (Kashmiri pan- about his being ignored in the party. ing distribution of tickets … It was the veracity of these allegations,” the offi- 'job calendar,' fixing the schedule for and Home Minister Amit Shah trate on making arrangements dits), till date, are scared to His supporters openly claimed that strange that the non-Bengali voters cial said. A five-judge bench of the high recruitment of 10,143 posts over the proudly assured the entire on the ground instead of talk- return to the Valley. Also, ter- despite playing a big role in the BJP’s would be expected to cast their votes court had on June 18 directed the chair- next nine months. nation about bringing securi- ing big and loud in public. rorist activities continue good show in the 2019 general elec- for the BJP but when it would come person of NHRC to constitute a commit- During the event, the CM claimed ty and peace in Jammu & Speaking on the Centre’s unabated,” the senior Congress tions when the BJP got 18 seats and to distribution of tickets they would be tee to examine all cases with regard to that 6,03,756 jobs were created by his Kashmir … He said that there outreach programme to Jammu leader who is also the Bengal lost a couple of more seats by a wafer ignored … this is a simple use and alleged human rights violations in the state Government in the last two would be no terror incident or & Kashmir leadership Pradesh Congress president thin margin Roy was increasingly throw politics … so we thought it bet- as a result of post-poll violence. years. drug racket … he said that Chowdhury had earlier said said. pushed to a corner in the party. ter to join the TMC where Mamata The bench had sought a comprehen- Also, he said 51,387 posts in the peace will return in these areas that he would not jump to form Reminding how many Meanwhile, with Roy exiting the Banerjee does not go back on her sive report about the present situation. newly created Public Transport depart- … but after two years there is any conclusion about Prime leaders who were invited to the BJP its lesser leaders and workers con- works.” It had on June 21 dismissed a prayer of ment were filled while it was nothing no improvement in the ground Minister Narendra Modi’s talks Prime Minister’s meeting were tinued to quit the outfit in various dis- However, refuting his statements the West Bengal government for recalling but absorption of the State Road situation as reports of security with Jammu & Kashmir lead- placed under house arrest after tricts of Bengal. district BJP president Laxman Ghorui the order passed in respect of PILs alleg- Transport Corporation employees into breaches are coming in every ers last week. Article 370 was repealed. “Now While at least 3,000 BJP men and said “BJP never took money for tick- ing displacement of people from their res- the government. day … there are terror attacks, He said that he had no faith the leaders who were once 38 local leaders from Asansol in West ets … it can be proved by the fact that idences, physical assault, destruction of Through the AP Public Service drugs and explosives are being in the BJP Government’s abil- equated with secessionists are Burdwan district on Sunday joined the a daily-wager’s wife was given ticket at property and ransacking of places of busi- Commission, 2,475 regular posts were smuggled … so where is ity to bring peace and instill brought out of jail for talks,” he Trinamool Congress accusing the saf- Saltora in Bankura and she won the ness owing to post-poll violence in the filled but the process began during the peace… want peace be restored confidence among the people. said. fron leadership of “deviating from its seat from there.” State. 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Whoever inter- the party fielded its candidates. chief minister in February 2017 CBI probe into the felling acted with Sasikala has been Meanwhile the Amma were sad that they chose the of trees at Muttil in expelled from the party. Makkal Munnetra Kazhakam, wrong camp. “Many including Wayanad and in other -     &4A9 ter to take it out anytime forma drive. Sasikala was released from launched by Sasikala’s nephew former MPs and MLAs have assigned lands across the The Field Marshal driving around the the jail in the month of February TTV Dhinakaran remained a expressed their grief to State. t turned out to be a Sunday with a Sunbeam Rapier was one of the reg- 2021 after serving her term in the non-starter in the State’s politics. Palaniswamy. Panneerselvam has In a joint statement, Idifference in Madras Regimental ular sites in Wellington even in early disproportionate wealth case. At The AMMK front could poll just become isolated in the party and the organisations alleged Centre, Wellington, the Indian 2000. the time of surrendering in front 2.5 per cent votes in the 2021 he has no where to go,” said the that the Revenue Army’s prime camp atop Nilgiris, in Amidst the sounding of bugles, of the special court judge in election. “It was a credible per- source. Department's March 11 the Western Ghats. Officers and wreaths were laid at the tomb on Bangalore to serve her jail term, formance by the AIADMK Govindaswamy Satyamurty, circular and October 24, 2020, order transparent manner so as to give farm- men paid rich tributes to the mem- behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, she was the general secretary of despite the anti-incumbency fac- author and a specialist in were illegal. ers the right to cut the trees that they ory of Field Marshal Sam the three Service Chiefs, the Station the party. Since then, she and her tor of ten years and the absence AIADMK politics, chose to dif- In view of the controversy over the can do that legally from their assigned Manekshaw, the legendary com- Commander and the Commandant close associates were eased out of of a charismatic leader like fer. “In Tamil Nadu it is castes mass felling and smuggling of centuries- lands. mander of the Indian Army who was of the elite Defence Services Staff the party and a steering com- Jayalalithaa. The credit goes to which drive politics. The Thevar old rosewood trees from Wayanad and Meanwhile, the Forest Department's also the country’s first Field Marshal. College, where the Field Marshal was mittee of senior leaders took over Palaniswamy,” said Kolahala caste is a dominant factor in pol- teakwood in others places allegedly by vigilance wing submitted a report to the Field Marshal Sam Hormusji the commandant for many years. The the reins. Srenivasan, political commenta- itics. Sasikala and Panneerselvam the timber mafia, the State government Government sayingtrees worth 15 Framji Jamshedji Maekshaw, Sam entire establishement had been dec- Immediately after her release tor. ‘With the AIADMK suffer- belong to the Thevar caste while on June 12 set up a special investigation crore were cut down from districts Manekshaw to friends and colleague, orated with the military colours from jail, Sasikala had made it ing a defeat in the election and Palaniswamy has the support of team to probe into the matter. including Wayanad, Idukki and breathed his last on this day in 2008 which were of special liking to Sam known that she would return to the side-lining of Panneerselvam the Gaunders, the influential “The Government's stand that there Thrissur allegedly by misinterpreting at Nilgiris and he was cremated with Manekshaw. active politics and take the in the party, Sasikala thinks that group in south west Tamil Nadu. was no need to investigate into the cir- the government order. full military honours in the Parsee The year 2021 turned out to be AIADMK back to its golden she would be able to exploit the We have to wait and see whether cumstances under which these orders The wing alleged lapses on the part Cemetery near the military estab- the Golden Jubilee year of India’s vic- days. But within day she made a situation to her advantage. the Giundars have the numeri- were issued was a challenge to the judi- of the Revenue officials. lishment. tory over Pakistan of the 1971 war vault face and declared her retire- Palaniswamy has made it clear cal and financial clout to prevent cial system,” the joint statement said. But, the Revenue Minister K Sam Manekshaw had chosen that led to the formation of ment from active politics. before and after the assembly Sasikala from hijacking the “There is no doubt that the Rajan said the government was yet to Nilgiri as his native town to spend his Bangladesh. Filed Marshal After the swearing in of the election that Sasikala and her AIADMK,” said Satyamurty. Revenue and Forest Ministers and offi- receive any report. post-retirement life. He had built a Manekshaw was India’s chief of army DMK Government , audio clips coterie do not have any space in While Kolahala Srenivasan cials have been behind the illegal orders The State Government had ear- castle (Stavka) with his own planning staff who planned and executed the featuring Sasikala’s telephonic the AIADMK. was emphatic in his stance that that allowed the felling of the protect- lier informed the Kerala High Cour that and design atop the Blue Mountain offense and defence strategies of the conversation with some of the “Panneerselvam is finished Sasikala would not create any ed trees,” it alleged. a mafia was involved in felling of trees overlooking the hillock and valleys. country against Pakistan, who had party cadres about her decision politically. He was more inter- impact in AIADMK, Satyamurti Also, the organisations demand- and what was revealed in the investi- The Sunbeam Rapier car lies in the unleashed series of attacks against to come back to active politics ested in getting his son elected in says that the proof of the pudding ed that necessary amendments to the gation was just the tip of the porch of Stavka, expecting its mas- India. began taking rounds in the State. the 2019 Lok Sabha election is in the eating. law be made in an honest, effective and iceberg. PTI   $  
 
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Both Hancock of a successor. twice-a-decade Party Congress and Social Care (DHSC) will and Coladangelo are married Ironically, in its 100th year, Marxism, replacing it with a next year will shed light on how look into how the former with three children each. The the Communist Party of China pragmatic ideology of he plans to tackle succession health secretary came to be pair are now believed to be sep- (CPC), as it is officially called, “Socialism with Chinese and avoid a crisis within the videoed kissing one of his arated from their respective relies on Xi just as it depend- Characteristics” and undoing party. aides, Gina Coladangelo, who spouses and plan to start a new ed on its founder leader and the harm caused by Mao that It could prove to be his has also resigned from her ‘The Sun’ newspaper, life together.   -59$& aimed at reviving the nuclear principled ideologue helped China to unleash the biggest challenge and will shape DHSC role of non-executive which had published images of Meanwhile, Javid praised deal. ‘Chairman’ Mao Zedong, who potential of the world’s most the party for decades to come, director in the wake of the the illicit kiss that broke the his predecessor for all that he ran will not negotiate end- A US State Department held a vice-like grip on it until populous country to emerge as the Hong Kong-based South scandal. Covid-19 lockdown rules in had achieved in the fight Ilessly over the revival of the official said last week that the his death in 1976 after the party the second-largest economy. China Morning Post said in its There had been growing place at the time in early May, against the pandemic as he 2015 nuclear deal, a top official two countries still have serious was established in 1921. Deng’s other political report on Friday. calls for a probe after questions said the images came from “a stepped into his new role back said here, while also urging the differences “over a host of On the brink of collapse invention of collective leader- Xi has said that one way to were raised about the reasons concerned Whitehall whistle- on the Parliament frontbench US to abandon the “failed lega- issues, whether it’s the nuclear after his disastrous ideological ship structure which kept the evaluate a political system is to behind the presence of a cam- blower”. with a pledge to return the UK cy” of former President Donald steps that Iran needs to take, experiments like the 1958 party intact accommodating all see whether the leadership suc- era inside a smoke alarm in Hancock issued an apolo- back to normal “as quickly as Trump. the sanctions relief that the US “Great Leap Forward”, mass groups and sections of the 90 cession is “law-abiding and Hancock’s former office and gy for breaking the rules on possible”. The remarks were made on would be offering or the mobilisation of labour to million-strong member CPC orderly”. security concerns over footage social distancing with someone “I was honoured to take up Saturday for Foreign Ministry sequence of steps that both improve agricultural and after his death in 1997 has gone But unlike his predeces- from it being accessed. outside his household bubble this position. I also know that spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh sides will be taking”. industrial production but back to one leader party with sors, Xi did not endorse a suc- “The Department of on Friday, which was accepted it comes with huge responsi- in a tweet, reports Xinhua The official suggested that ended with a string of poor the emergence of Xi at the helm cessor at the end of his first Health will be investigating by Prime Minister Boris bility, and I will do everything news agency. a deal between the two sides harvests resulting in famine, in 2012. term in 2017, and observers do quite rightly to understand Johnson who backed him to I can to make sure that I deliv- Iran has actively partici- remains possible, saying the US and the 1966 ‘Cultural China in 2018 approved not expect one to emerge in the how this was able to happen,” stay on as a Cabinet minister. er for the people of this great pated in the Vienna talks aimed team would attend the seventh Revolution’, which resulted in the removal of the two-term new leadership line-up next UK Northern Ireland Secretary But his position as Health country,” Javid told reporters on at the revival of the nuclear round of talks “sometime in the the deaths of over 1.5 million limit on the presidency, effec- year as well. Brandon Lewis told the BBC. Secretary soon became unten- Sunday. agreement, also known as the not too distant future”. people, the party was revived tively allowing Xi, 68, to remain That could spell trouble for “We have got to be con- able as not only the Opposition “We are still in a pandem- Joint Comprehensive Plan of The US government with- by moderate “paramount in power for life. the party, according to Steve cerned about the fact that but even his own Conservative ic and I want to see that come Action (JCPOA), which the US drew from the JCPOA in May leader” Deng Xiaoping. While Xi’s supporters pro- Tsang. someone was able to secure a Party colleagues began speak- to an end as soon as possible, tried to “destroy”, Khatibzadeh 2018 and unilaterally re- Deng, who won the bitter jected his leadership as the “When succession finally recording from inside a gov- ing out against his actions, and that will be my most added. imposed sanctions on Iran. power struggle against the need of the hour for China looms, it can potentially be very ernment building… We have to saying they undermined pub- immediate priority to see that Since April 6, Washington In response, Iran gradual- ‘Gang of Four’ headed by Mao’s which is facing global adversi- destabilising if the structure understand how that happened lic trust in the lockdown rules. we can return to normal as and Tehran have had six ly suspended parts of its widow Jiang Qing and guided ty, analysts warn that his con- and/or process is not clear and and how we deal with that,” he “Those of us who make soon and as quickly as possi- rounds of indirect negotia- JCPOA commitments from the party till 1997 had over- tinuation in power after two well defined,” Tsang told the said. these rules have got to stick by ble,” he said. tions in Austria’s capital Vienna May 2019. turned Mao’s hardline terms unlike predecessors is Post. 1/ ./..1 % 
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(RE) capacity by 2032. languages. mental role. getting a fair valuation of assets. The country had produced Last month, Japan’s output NTPC has become India’s The pan-India campaign Towards this, the central Official sources said that 5.8 MT steel in the same month increased to 8.4 MT from 5.9 first energy company to declare to educate the general public bank has created a critical vol- that all oil sector PSUs may be a year ago. MT in May 2020. The US pro- its energy compact goals as part about the essential rules and ume of literature and has asked to exit from their invest- “The production of the 64 duced 7.2 MT steel in the of the UN High-level Dialogue regulations will be launched in uploaded on its website in 13 ments made in equity shares of countries reporting to the month under review. Its output on Energy (HLDE), according Hindi, Assamese, Bangla, languages for banks and other other State-owned entities. This cent), HPCL (2.47 per cent) of interest,” said one of the World Steel Association was at 4.8 MT in May 2020. to a statement. Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, stakeholders to download and could be done in phases, and IOC (4.93 per cent) togeth- source quoted above. (worldsteel) was 174.4 MT in While Russia’s output last “NTPC has set a target to Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, use. As per the RBI website, the depending on the market con- er own partial equity in OIL. Analysts also believe that May 2021, a 16.5 per cent month was at 6.6 MT, South install 60 GW of renewable Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu aim of the initiative is to create ditions, so that the shares get Estimates suggest that if the offloading listed investments increase compared to May Korea produced 6 MT, energy capacity by 2032,” it besides English. awareness about financial maximum valuation. government divests its stake by could make sense even for 2020,” the global industry body Germany 3.5 MT, and Iran 2.6 added.The country’s largest The media mix, according products and services, good The cross-holding struc- taking the entire proceeds from strategic investors looking to said in its latest report. MT. power producer is also aiming to an RBI document, will financial practices, going dig- ture among oil PSUs was built sale of shares cross-held by oil buy into Bharat Petroleum China remained the glob- Turkey and Brazil both 10 per cent reduction in net include traditional as well as ital and consumer protection. in the late 1990s as the PSUs, it could mobilise Corporation Ltd (BPCL) as it al leader in the production of produced 3.2 MT of crude energy intensity by 2032. new media. Besides newspa- The central bank runs a Government sold its shares in upwards of 40,000-50,000 would reduce the risk of any steel in May, registering 6.6 per- steel each in May 2021. NTPC is among the few pers, magazines, radio, televi- media campaign ‘RBI Kehta Oil India Ltd (OIL), Oil and crore. future Government interven- organisations globally to sion channels and cinema Hai’, is an initiative to educate Natural Gas Corporation However, it is likely that tion. None of the PSU oil com- declare its energy compact halls, the campaign will the public about its regulations (ONGC), Gas Authority of companies may plough back panies now hold any equity in goals. Further, NTPC has also cover digital media, web which are aimed at enhancing India Ltd (GAIL) and Indian the money raised through equi- BPCL and only LIC has 5.66 declared that it will form at portals and social media, the the quality of customer service Oil Corporation (IOC) in a bid ty sale to the Government by per cent stake in the privatisa- least 2 international alliances to RBI said while inviting appli- in banks. to raise funds. declaring a special dividend. tion bound refiner valued at facilitate clean energy research cations from advertising agen- The number of followers of Consequently, while GAIL “The Government wants to current share price of  470.55 and promote sustainability in cies for designing the creatives the Reserve Bank’s Twitter han- and IOC hold 7.84 and 2.45 per end cross-holding in the oil at 5,775 crore. energy value chain by 2025. for the awareness campaigns. dle @RBI surpassed the one cent stake respectively in sector as its consolidation and Sources said that while The targets were unveiled “The public awareness million mark touching 1.15 ONGC and OIL hold 14.20 and privatisation roadmap would privatisation plan for IOC, in the recently held ‘Ministerial campaigns of RBI will be full- million as of March 31, 2021, 5.16 per cent stake respective- create two to three large inte- GAIL, ONGC, OIL has not Thematic Forums for the fledged multimedia, multilin- signifying the “largest follow- ly in IOC. Also, IOC and grated entities. This would cre- been drawn as of now, under HDLE’ event. The commit- gual, pan-India level cam- ing among the central banks” ONGC hold 2.47 and 4.94 per ate a situation where cross- the roadmap finalised by the ment from NTPC has been paigns. The objective of the of the world, said the RBI’s cent stake respectively in GAIL holding could be seen as anti- Government it would keep made public on UN’s website campaigns is to create general annual report. India, and BPCL (2.47 per competitive and aiding conflict bare minimum. as well. 
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The association compris- Tsaid it has extended the sec- Central Government employ- two-fold increase in their The Flash Report for cen- on these projects till May 2021 Ppaise per litre for the second um on interest charges on es players that are into ground ond phase of FAME India ees and Dearness Relief for annual turnover in the last tral sector projects for May is over 13.30 lakh crore, which day in a row in the national bank loans and instructions to handling activities across major scheme by two years till March Central Government pension- two years after a pilot inter- released by the Ministry of is 48.79 per cent of the antici- capital to  take it to 98.46 a airport operators not to charge airports in the country. These 31, 2024, for faster adoption of ers from next month. vention to make them viable, Statistics and Programme pated cost of the projects. litre. concessions and rental fees till include Turkish aviation firm electric mobility and develop- Citing a picture of an Small Farmers Agri-Business Implementation showed that Out of 525 delayed pro- Similarly, the price of the normalcy returns, to help tide Celebi , Indo Thai Airport ment of its manufacturing “office memorandum” which Consortium (SFAC) said on 525 projects are running jects, 100 (19.05 per cent) pro- fuel in the other key metros over the current crisis. Management Services, Air Asia ecosystem in the country. has been doing the rounds on Sunday. SFAC, an autonomous behind schedule. jects have overall delay in the also continued the upward The industry, which is esti- SATS, and Bhadra Ground The second phase of FAME social media and confirmed the body promoted by the Union Out of the 1,768 projects, range of 1 to 12 months, 124 trend with petrol being sold at mated to have incurred a loss Handling Services. (Faster Adoption and resumption of DA and DR Agriculture Ministry, collabo- 10 projects are ahead of sched- (23.61 per cent) projects have 99.49 per litre in Chennai. of 800-900 crore in the last It has also sought a stim- Manufacturing of Electric from next month, the Finance rated with Grant Thornton ule, 238 are on schedule, the delay in the range of 13 to 24 In Mumbai and Kolkata, financial year due to no inter- ulus to sustain salary payment Vehicles) India scheme focus- Ministry tweeted: “A docu- Bharat in 2018 to introduce report showed. months, 182 (34.67 per cent) the fuel was sold for 104.56 national operations that and allow subsistence es on supporting electrification ment is doing rounds on social multiple interventions on 30 “Total original cost of projects have delay in the range and 98.30 per litre, respec- account for around 70 per cent allowances to minimise of public and shared trans- media claiming resumption of select FPOs in West Bengal, implementation of the 1,768 of 25 to 60 months and 119 tively. of its total business, also wants retrenchment. The association portation. DA to Central Government Karnataka and Madhya projects was 22,86,955.18 (22.67 per cent) projects in With the rise, petrol price the government to reopen the said the ground-handling com- A notification of the employees & Dearness Relief to Pradesh for two years. crore and their anticipated range of 61 months and above. has reached very close to hit- overseas flights in a planned panies have taken a lot of department of heavy industry Central Government pension- “A gamut of interventions ting the century mark all across and restructured manner. effort to build skills sets and it said that the scheme is pro- ers from July 2021. This OM is were undertaken by way of the country extending the In a representation to the will be unfortunate if the indus- posed to be implemented over #FAKE. No such OM has been input, credit, common facilities scope of historic high prices civil aviation ministry recent- try is pushed to go through a period of three years from issued by GOI.” and market linkages, in addi- that had already made the fuel ly, industry body Ground massive retrenchments. April 1, 2019. Last year, the Ministry tion to capacity-building and rate cross the 100 per litre- Handling Association of India It also said the civil avia- “Now with the approval of announced a freeze on the training of the Board of mark in certain cities and (GHIA) said the last many tion ministry should consider the competent authority, it is hike in DA and DR till July Directors (BoDs) on business towns of Maharashtra, Madhya months have been “challeng- instructing airport operators decided that FAME India 2021. planning. Notably, almost all of Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, ing” for the industry and given not to charge concession and Phase II scheme is extended On Saturday, the Congress the FPOs were credit-linked for Andhra Pradesh. the situation, the government rental fees until normalcy of for a period of two (2) years accused the Union either working capital or term Across the country as well needs to come up with con- operations is achieved while i.E. Up to 31st March 2024,” it Government of adopting a loan,” said SFAC Managing petrol and diesel prices siderations and support mea- urging it to relook at the “high- said. malevolent approach towards Director Neelkamal Darbari increased on Saturday but its sures to help it survive this ly-regulated” environment With an aim to promote scores of Central Government in a statement. According to retail prices varied depending challenging phase. under which the industry oper- eco-friendly vehicles, the gov- employees, Army staff and SFAC, the impact assessment of on the level of local taxes in dif- “The civil aviation ministry ates. ernment had launched the pensioners with regard to the the interventions showed that ferent states. must consider advising the “Despite being on a light FAME India scheme (Faster payment of dearness allowance the average turnover of 30 tar- Petrol prices in three other banks to provide a moratorium touch evaluation, the process Adoption and Manufacturing (DA) and demanded immedi- geted FPOs increased from metros apart from Mumbai on interest charges on loans for has become increasingly chal- of (Strong) Hybrid and Electric ate repayment of arrears. 44 lakh to over 118 lakh per have also reached closer to a period of at least two years. lenging when it comes to Vehicles in India) in 2015. Addressing a press confer- annum in a span of two years. 100 per litre-mark and OMC “It should also consider bonafide tariff revisions,” it Commenting on the ence here, Congress spokesper- The underlying purpose of the officials said that if interna- instructing the Airports stated. The association said development, industry cham- son Abhishek Manu Singhvi pilot project was to collec- tional oil prices continue to Authority of India (AAI) not to deferring the commencement ber Ficci said the extension will had said that on April 23, tivise and energise FPOs oper- firm up, this mark could also be enforce operations, manage- of regular commercial inter- help the industry in capturing 2020, the Government had ating at various levels across breached in other places in the ment, development agreement national flight services month- the deferred demand for elec- kicked the people’s stomachs by these states and increase farm- next few days. 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Immortality and anti-ageing influenced by obstruction, gas and Ayurvedic fomentation is generally is it a mere figment of wishful number of mounting global to maturing can appear to be affected by cold weather. When the given after an oil rub. imagination or reality, is it an problems, irresolvable national comparable in their essential doshas are in balance, your well- abstract blissful experience, or issues, and uncountable emo- objective, yet it is total inverse in its being is acceptable, yet on the off Advantages of Swedana: a concrete world of human and tional upheavals, the present outcome. The progression in chance that at least one leaves Separates toxins; lessens material perfection. times in no way qualify to be diagnostic methods, symptomatic balance, different side effects or aggravation. There are people who called heaven. Since this world techniques, current treatment, and ailments can emerge. Experts agree Soothes sore muscles. believe that paradise is nothing is certainly not heaven, it must careful mediation has brought about that keeping your doshas in balance Expands dissemination. but a utopian dream, a mere be the veritable hell. Isn’t it? So an expanded life expectancy for permits you to traverse through life Renews and revives the skin. fantasy that tired humans take if this is hell, where is heaven? people. without any body-related concerns. Diminishes deadness, refuge in. In reality, such a It must exist somewhere or From the point of view of solidness, inflexibility. place is unachievable as grief must have been there once Ayurveda, the skin’s surface and The concept of healthy ageing Follows up on fat tissues. and suffering are a part and upon a time. It is only God, who appearance likewise change as we Diet is vastly explained in Mitigates pressure. parcel of life. Then there are can reveal the truth about the start growing up through the promotion of health. It essentially believed to be responsible for a Ayurveda. The ideal diet changes Eliminates daze. those who believe that both world ‘he’ first created. God tells various phases of life. Maturing is means nutrition at all levels from person’s physiological, mental and according to different seasons, and it Improves absorption. heaven and hell co-exist at the us that Earth was first a paradise the cycle of degeneration of cells as macro to micro-cellular level. emotional health. is explained that Ayurveda very well same time. According to them, where humans with sixteen you grow old. It is unavoidable, yet Ayurvedic medicine is based on While everyone possesses a tells us about the daily consumption These age-old practices still find a person is in heaven when all celestial qualities lived and one can postpone this with the vast the idea that the world is made up of combination of these doshas, each of the food. To slow down ageing, a place in the world today and these is fine and can be in hell the enjoyed the riches of the most wisdom of Ayurveda. Ayurveda is five elements — aakash (space), jala one of the doshas dominates a key the remedies that are given in methods help you slow down your very next moment. Secondly, bountiful nature. After several known to be the craft of everyday (water), prithvi (earth), teja (fire), period of a human’s existence, Ayurveda: Eating one amla or taking body’s natural ageing process when one is basking in heav- rebirths, these souls lost their living in the concordance and the and vayu (air). A combination of paying little heed to your essential an Ayurveda tablet daily. Taking without any side effects. enly pleasures, others could original sheen and power and laws of nature. In Ayurveda, each element results in three constitution. Kapha is the hour of vasti/basti therapy in the rainy (The writer is an expert working simultaneously be bearing the ate the forbidden fruit of body Rasayana is a rejuvenation therapy humours or doshas, known as vata, youth and pre-adulthood when you season can keep you healthy. at a wellness and treatment centre, wrath of hellish suffering. Then — consciousness. This opened that helps in the maintenance and kapha, and pitta. These doshas are are young, graceful and succulent; Ayurveda explains that it is very which specialises in Ayurveda.) there is a third category, the Pandora’s box and human rich and the accomplished, weaknesses in the form of lust, who feel that heaven is right anger, greed, attachment, and atudevi Peetharam, the she made arrangements for For Santosh Kanwar, the here, right now because there ego became a part of the orig- Ksarpanch of Darbari, a door-to-door delivery of sarpanch of Badoda village, the is no comfort beyond their inally virtuous human nature, newly formed panchayat in the    #  drinking water to make sure COVID-19 period has been reach. which further gave rise to sin- far-flung desert district of womenfolk were not forced to quite a challenging experience. Religions describe heaven ful actions. 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The panchayat also challenge but Rasali’s efforts to and take necessary measures to become contrary to its defining would see a world of purity and ensuring that the protocols are took care to distribute ration ensure timely tracking, testing, diffuse panic among the characteristics. As, in the first values, where every being would followed in each village. She kits to the needy. As her and the treatment worked. A villagers. Now her priority is to case, if heaven were a mere be divine and would co-exist in also distributes masks if she panchayat is yet to develop its strict lockdown was observed, work with the administration utopia, and sin and suffering harmony with nature. There notices someone lowering own medical infrastructure, and with the help of the to upgrade health were there right from the begin- will be no form of violence, be their guard. Katudevi has they are dependent upon the administration, she ensured infrastructure in the village. ning, the internal urge of it physical, mental or emotion- stepped up her efforts to neighbouring Dabla that no one violated the In the tribal-dominated humans to regain that world of al. Every person will be an manage the Covid situation in panchayat. government guidelines. Soon, Banswara district, all peace and happiness cannot be embodiment of truth and divine these times of gloom and Katudevi is joined by the village was free from the panchayats have performed explained. Another question virtues. People will enjoy perfect despair to safeguard her several other grassroots virus. well, many of them led by that arises here is that — did health, natural beauty, and a people. women leaders in this fight Bhuribai Gameti, the tribal several women sarpanch and God in the first place create an long lifespan and there will no Why is she focussing so against COVID-19. The sarpanch of Kanpur panchayat, ward panch. Out of the 11 imperfect world order? If we are sign of sickness or untimely much on the awareness drive Jalpaka panchayat in the well utilised the lockdown panchayat samitis in the in heaven at one moment and death. Everybody will be happy this time? “Once bitten, twice Rishabhdev sub-division of period to work towards village district, there are 934 villages in hell at the other, then heav- and contented. shy,” she says adding that, “Our Udaipur district has also committees have worked quite In another district of the safety, particularly of women in the district which have en is reduced to a transient state. One would question: Is panchayat had COVID-19 successfully managed to keep well in the panchayat. When Mewar region, the women and schoolgirls. “Apart from successfully kept Coronavirus The rich arrive at their conclu- this all a myth? No, not real- cases in the first wave, and we the villagers safe from the the migratory folks returned sarpanch of Gadola in effective COVID-19 at bay. sion after comparing their qual- ly! We need to understand that don’t want the second wave to virus. The panchayat has four home from Maharashtra and Chittorgarh district, Rasali management, the panchayat Not restricted by any ity of life with the other needy the golden age or the new hit again.” The villagers need to revenue villages and a Gujarat, they were quarantined Devi was quick to anticipate has performed well on other boundaries this time, the and distressed lot. Again, here world is the harvesting period be reminded constantly. She population of nearly 6,000. In in the fields before being the impending COVID-19 fronts as well,” said Gehri Lal, COVID-19 virus has spread heaven is reduced to a relative for the fruits of pure actions organises regular meetings to the past 13 months, not a allowed entry to the village,” crisis in the village. When the ex-ward panch. wider and deeper in this wave. term when it is actually a place that are performed by us in the ensure that people follow single Corona case has been the SDO Govind Singh Ratnu village witnessed three deaths “I feel happy that the Every region — urban, rural or where everyone exists simulta- present age. It is actually now COVID-19 appropriate reported in the panchayat. The said. and nearly 90 positive patients COVID-19 period could be tribal has been impacted by it. neously in a state of perennial that we get an opportunity to behaviour. Her gram success mantra lies in the While marriages are being in the village, she approached utilised to install CCTV These gram panchayats, led by bliss, a place where suffering is create our best destiny. Once panchayat has urged the performance of the young performed strictly as per the administration to cameras and proper lights in strong women leaders, are known to none and not where we conquer the vices such as villagers to immediately report team formed by the Sarpanch COVID-19 protocol, villagers immediately open a Covid the panchayat. The women will leaving no stone unturned to it is known to some. Secondly, lust, ego, and attachment, we if anyone has fever or Ramila Meena and her ward have restricted observance of Care Centre in the village feel safer stepping out when fight the pandemic. They are even the rich are not free from regain our divine nature and it symptoms of the virus. members. She regularly death rituals too. The usual school campus. She also the lockdown comes to an end. the beacon of hope and these the fear of untimely death that helps transform the entire A responsible leader, monitors her teams’ efforts in congregation of the whole ensured the availability of We also started garbage women at the helm of affairs in looms large on everyone’s face. society into a new divine Katudevi ensured that all the ensuring COVID-19 village during funerals, third- oxygen to avoid panic in her collection from doorstep these panchayats have surely Now let us look at the world. So, do not ever think revenue villages and hamlets appropriate behaviour in the day obituary meetings, and village. because good hygienic exhibited their crisis world today and find out if we that heaven is a myth. It’s, falling in her jurisdiction were villages. 12th-day rituals has now been Since it is a bare necessity conditions are essential for management ability. are living in heaven or have indeed, a reality that’s as close duly fumigated with sodium “The village vigilance curbed. to fetch water from the well, good health,” Bhuribai shared. L %  been banished to hell. With the as tomorrow.  
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Bale said at the end of his tee a playoff for the finals in The sides were locked at 0- one-season loan spell at Qatar in 18 months’ time. 0 at the end of normal time but Tottenham from Real Madrid “We’ve just started the it did not take long for Italy to last month that he knows where World Cup campaign and we make their mark in extra- his future lies, but claimed it were saying in there now we time. would ‘cause chaos’ if he revealed need to take this experience into The impressive Spinazzola it before the European Bale told Welsh TV channel S4C there,” added Bale. crossed from the left and Championship. shortly after terminating a pre- “I feel we have a very good Chiesa controlled the ball and However, he quashed vious interview when asked way of playing when we play rifled home with his left foot rumours that could be retiring about his international future. well. five minutes into the extra half- from the sport as he set his sights “People ask stupid ques- “We just need to keep that hour. on Wales’ first appearance at a tions all the time but I obvious- confidence high, keep playing “It’s never too late to come World Cup since 1958. ly love playing for Wales. football, and I think we can qual- on from the bench,” said “I want to continue to play,” “I will play for Wales until ify for the next World Cup.” Chiesa after the match. “The credit goes to the coach because everyone is always Covid +ve Perisic will miss Spain tie =    E   $ $       (  E ( (  (    !F  (     *  8   G@5)B ready, we’re a squad of 26 starters.” Pula: Croatia forward Ivan tion, providing evidence of   1D2   40&(0& Italy effectively ended the Perišic tested positive for the complying with all the neces- tie 10 minutes later when coronavirus and will miss the sary measures aimed at protec- Bucharest: France and ubstitutes Federico Chiesa Francesco Acerbi shepherded match against Spain in the tion against the spread of coro- Switzerland will play their Euro and Matteo Pessina struck the ball to Pessina, who fin- round of 16 of the Euro 2020. navirus.” 2020 last-16 clash in front of up Sin extra-time as Italy beat /% 5 ished superbly before racing Perišic will have to self-iso- The quarantine period will to 25,000 people at the National battling Austria 2-1 to reach towards the corner flag and late for 10 days, the Croatian also sideline Perišic if the Arena in Bucharest, UEFA the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 throwing himself on the turf. team said in a statement. 2018 World Cup finalists announced, doubling the pre- at Wembley on Saturday. But there was still time for The rest of the squad and reach Friday’s quarterfi- viously announced attendance. The two teams were locked  $              late drama when Austria’s Sasa coaching staff tested neg- nals and the semifinals on “We can confirm that the at 0-0 after 90 minutes in Kalajdzic stooped to head the ative. July 6. National Arena Bucharest London, with Italy enjoying the   (      > ball in at the near post from a “Medical staff isolated Croatia has returned capacity was increased to better of the first half and corner with a little over five Ivan from the other mem- to its home country from around 50 percent. The avail- Austria coming back strongly late drama. I’m happy because the lads Mancini made seven minutes to go. bers of the national team,” Glasgow. 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