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A net A new coronavirus variant conducted in 30 constituencies This has taken the total rise of 31,489 cases has been reported from Chhattisgarh across four districts, R # Covid-19 tally to 1,23,02,092 recorded in the total active has become a cause of worry Nandigram — from where  145+4.*, 75.71 per cent; Karbi Anglong and deaths at 1,63,428. caseload in a span of 24 hours. for the Government. Mamata is fighting against her New Delhi: The Election 75.93 per cent; Karimganj 73.02 The Covid surge in the India’s cumulative recov- Continued on Page 2 protégé-turned-challenger Commission (EC) on Thursday early 77.27 per cent of per cent; Morigaon 84.03 per country is due to a new strain Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP — asked two poll observers to N73.45 lakh voters exer- cent; Nagaon 77.25 per cent; and the situation is exactly      remained at the centre stage of submit a report on complaints cised their franchise in 39 Nalbari 86.69 per cent; Rangia like the one in the UK when the + $  $ all controversies with Mamata by West Bengal Chief Minister Assembly seats in Assam dur- 73.38 per cent. virus underwent a mutation   bringing charges of rigging Mamata Banerjee as the State ing the second phase of polling Meanwhile, the EC issued around Christmas, Dr Randeep    and violence by BJP supporters. witnessed the second phase of on Thursday. a showcause notice to Assam Guleria, chief of Delhi’s All New Delhi: The Centre has Just as the Chief Minister voting across 30 Assembly According to the EC, Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma India Institute of Medical decided to keep all public and personally intervened entering seats. “A separate hand written Bokajan recorded 76.25 per #         for allegedly making threaten- Sciences, told a news agency. private sector Covid-19 *!  a booth at Boyal village fol- complaint was received from cent turnout; Cachar 72.28 per        ing remarks against Opposition Maharashtra with 43,183 Vaccination Centres (CVCs) lowing reports that BJP men Chief Minister via CEO West cent; Darrang 80.81 per cent;       #  leader Hagrama Mohilary of cases took the lead followed by operational throughout April,   145+4.*, had turned TMC polling agents Bengal today in the late after- Dima Hasao 74 per cent; #        the Bodoland People’s Front. Chhattisgarh (4,617) and including on gazetted holi- out of the booth, hundreds of noon,” the poll body said. Hailakandi 78.94 per cent; Hojai $       %& Continued on Page 2 Karnataka (4,234). days. ollowing surge in Covid- F19 cases in Delhi, students will continue to attend virtu- al classes and this was con- $   % $! !   & '(   ) firmed by the Delhi Government on Thursday. It announced that stu- % &'        dents of any class should not * + $   # )   be called to schools physical- ly in the new academic session   (-,'&2 first state in the country, where     $ till further orders. The each family will get health (  Directorate of Education ajasthan on Thursday insurance of 5 lakh each year. (DoE) also told schools that Rbegan the registration for People can get registered and  ! ending on March 31. teaching and learning activi- an insurance scheme under be assured of cashless treat- Her own Ministry had on  )*+  ties, which started on April 1, which each family in the State ment,” Gehlot claimed in a    "#   Wednesday reduced interest for students should continue can claim up to 5 lakh every tweet. rate by up to 1.1 per cent  145+4.*, through digital mode for aca- year for medical expenses. He said the registrations for  145+4.*, across various small savings demic session 2021-22. The State began the regis- the Government’s cashless schemes, including the he much-awaited Delhi- “It is clarified that stu- tration for Health treatment for all have begun in he Centre on Thursday National Savings Certificates TMeerut Expressway was dents of any class should not Insurance Scheme, announced the State from today. Tdecided to withdraw the (NSC) and Public Provident opened for commuters and be called physically in school by Chief Minister Ashok “It is one of our biggest order to drastically cut interest Fund (PPF). general traffic on Thursday. for the academic session 2021- Gehlot in the state budget health care schemes aimed at rates on small savings schemes “Interest rates of small sav- Minister for Road Transport 22 till further orders,” the 2021-22. providing medical relief to all to the relief of millions of ings schemes of GoI shall con- and Highways Nitin Gadkari DoE said in an official order. “Rajasthan has become the residents of Rajasthan,” he said. small savers and prompting the tinue to be at the rates which announced the opening of traf- Twitter to announce. tance of 70 km. Schools in Delhi were Congress to link the U-turn to existed in the last quarter of fic on the 96-km state-of-the- During a review meeting of The expressway will also closed in March last year the ongoing State Assembly 2020-2021, i.e, rates that pre- art expressway and said the the expressway early this year, reduce the travel time of com- ahead of a nationwide lock- elections. vailed as of March 2021. Orders Government has fullfilled the Gadkari had committed to muters from Muzaffarnagar, down to contain spread of A day after delivering a issued by oversight shall be promise of reducing travel time complete the full stretch by the Saharanpur, Haridwar and novel coronavirus. While sev- massive jolt to depositors, withdrawn,” Sitharaman said in between Delhi and Meerut. end of March 2021. Dehradun to Delhi. eral States partially reopened Finance Minister Nirmala early morning tweet. “Delhi-Meerut Expressway The 96-km-long 14-lane A portion of the Delhi- schools in October, the Delhi Sitharaman on Thursday said Interest rate on PPF was has now been completed and expressway will reduce travel Meerut Expressway which was Government let schools to the Government will withdraw reduced by 0.7 per cent to 6.4 opened to traffic. We have ful- time between Meerut and phase I of the four-phase pro- reopen for students in Classes orders to cut interest rate on per cent, while NSC was to filled our promise of reducing Delhi to 45 minutes. At present, ject was inaugurated by Prime 9 to 12 for practical works and small savings schemes and earn 0.9 per cent less at 5.9 per travel time between Delhi- commuters travel through NH Minister Narendra Modi in remedial lessons, from assured to restore the rates to cent. Meerut from 2.5 hours to 45 58 to reach Delhi and it takes May 2018. January 18 to February 5. !.#    !# +             last quarter of the financial year Continued on Page 2 minutes,” Nitin Gadkari took to over three hours to cover a dis- Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2  ,' R %        +! $ ,$   !         #      "-"                !-&   #  %    Q"                %  # % R   !  #$   145+4.*, est movie script only adds to    %     the mystique. People may or   ,.--)-+  +*-2--.-        ! #  here are superstars and may not have seen his films but Tthen there is , are most certainly familiar with n a volte-face, Pakistan’s n a first, a US State   145+4.*, “The couple and their two    the most glittering perhaps in the frenzy that surrounds his ICabinet on Thursday reject- IDepartment report does not children lived in a joint fami-   !   "  the Indian cinematic firma- releases. ed a proposal of the Economic describe Tibet as an “inalien- 31-year-old contractual ly. They resided on the second #$%&'()& &'  ( ment whose demi-god status Fans lining up overnight in Coordination Committee able part of China”. Abus driver of the Delhi floor of the house, while his )   !     has spawned an entire “Rajini serpentine queues outside the- (ECC) to import cotton and Reacting to the crucial Transport Corporation (DTC) parents lived on the ground        culture” of jokes, devoted fan- atres for a first day-first show sugar from India, according to development, the Central allegedly hanged himself after floor and his elder brother  !*)    dom and box-office success come rain, summer or winter, a media report. Tibetan Administration (CTA), killing his wife and two sons at and his family lived on the first      !  that is almost always more bathing his posters in milk, The decision comes a day headquartered in this northern their residence at Naharpur vil- floor,” said the police official.    + ! about him than his film. showering his cutouts with after Pakistan’s new Finance India hill station, on Thursday lage of north Rohini area, “Yadav has left behind a         Rajinikanth, who was on flowers and chucking coins on Minister Hammad Azhar on said this year’s report marks a police said on Thursday. suicide note, and an investiga-    !   ,   , Thursday named for the screen were par for the course Wednesday announced to lift a victory for Tibetans, for the Dheeraj Yadav was found tion is underway to ascertain    # * Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the The dichotomy between the for a Rajini film. This of course nearly-two year old ban on the report’s Tibet section does not hanging from a ceiling fan and the motive behind the killings. Government’s highest honour reel Rajini with exaggerated, in the pre-pandemic era. import of cotton and sugar describe Tibet as an “inalien- the bodies of his wife, Aarti Legal action has been initiated,  +   for Indian cinema, is cast in stylised movie star mannerisms Popularly called from India after a meeting of able part of China”, a departure (28), and sons, Hiten (6) and and further investigation is in  , -   classic matinee idol mould and the real man with no “Thalaivar” (leader in Tamil), the ECC chaired by him. from past reports. Atharav (3), bore stab injuries, progress,” said Pranav Tayal, the .&$'$. -       with stories of mass adulation apparent pretensions is sharp – the very announcement of a However, a Cabinet meet- This symbolic gesture has said police. Deputy Commissioner of  .    on a scale rare for even the and quite unique. new film or his birthday is ing chaired by Prime Minister been repeatedly campaigned by According to a senior Police (DCP), Rohini district. /. 0   !  biggest stars. That the dazzling rise, from regarded as nothing short of a Imran Khan on Thursday the CTA, and this change is police official, Yadav’s father, A kitchen knife apparent-        With his balding pate and coolie and bus conductor to the festival for his fans, from Japan rejected the ECC proposal to welcomed by the Office of Maha Singh, spotted his body ly used to stab the woman and  )('     greying hair, the 70-year-old is ever-reigning predominantly (where he is known as Baba import cotton yarn and sugar Tibet-DC, it said. The US State hanging from the ceiling fan the kids was recovered from the !        unlike many of the others South star of films such as and has a cult following) to Sri from India, Geo TV reported, Department published through a window on spot, said police adding that the  # / though and rewrites many “”, “2.0” and “Kaala”, Lanka. cited sources. “Country Reports on Human Thursday morning and bodies will be handed over to rules of traditional showbiz. could be the stuff of the cheesi- Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2 Rights Practices” report. informed police. the family after post-mortem.     !  %     "-" Q"# % 8

Dharamsala: In a first, a US Office of Tibet-DC, it said.The bly, movement, religion, cen- tion, the report affirms the Administration's report high- with technology companies to their fair right to language, edu- ity, the government down- State Department report does US State Department pub- sorship, forced sterilisation, Trump Administration's asser- lights the concerning mass create "mass automated voice cation, and jobs.The report played racism and institution- not describe Tibet as an lished its annual "Country and violence against indige- tion that the Chinese surveillance of Tibetans, recognition and monitoring details how the Han Chinese al discrimination against "inalienable part of China". Reports on Human Rights nous peoples. Communist Party is conduct- Uyghurs, dissidents, and reli- system" that were created to benefit from these racist poli- minorities and cracked down Reacting to the crucial Practices" report.Organised by The forced disappearance ing "genocide and crimes giously affiliated peoples by help the Chinese government cies, "government development on peaceful expressions of eth- development, the Central the Bureau of Democracy, of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima against humanity occurred China's Ministry of Public more easily understand Tibetan programmes and job provi- nic culture and religion. Tibetan Administration (CTA), Human Rights, and Labour, (11th Panchen Lama), Derung during the year against the pre- Security.The China section and Uyghur sions disrupted traditional liv- The State Department headquartered in this northern this year's report includes over Tsering Dhundrup (a Tibetan dominantly Muslim Uyghurs details how the Chinese gov- languages.Fingerprints and ing patterns of minority groups report mentions how Chinese India hill station, on Thursday 50,000 words detailing the US's scholar), and Gen Sonam (a and other ethnic and religious ernment installed surveillance DNA profiles and other bio- and in some cases included the officials restrict NGOs that said this year's report marks a assessment of the deteriorating senior manager of the Potala minority groups in cameras in monasteries in the metric data were also being forced relocation of persons provide assistance to Tibetans victory for Tibetans, for the human rights in Palace) was highlighted, Xinjiang"."These crimes were Tibetan Autonomous Region stored by the Ministry of Public and the forced settlement of as well. report's Tibet section does not China.Reminiscent of past according to the CTA. continuing and include the and Tibetan areas, which Security, this practice is imple- nomads". Tibetan spiritual leader the describe Tibet as an "inalien- briefings, by the CTA and oth- The Tibet section also arbitrary imprisonment or would allow the Chinese gov- mented for all Uyghurs apply- Han Chinese benefited dis- Dalai Lama has lived in India able part of China", a departure ers, the report details the ongo- mentions the Chinese other severe deprivation of ernment to cut communication ing for passports. proportionately from govern- since fleeing his homeland in from past reports. ing human rights issues in Communist Party's forced physical liberty of more than systems during "major securi- The report addresses the ment programmes and eco- 1959.The Tibetan exile admin- This symbolic yet impor- Tibet, such as torture, arbitrary labour programme for approx- one million civilians; forced ty incidents",The report cites racist discriminatory practices nomic growth in minority istration is based in tant gesture has been repeatedly detentions, corruption of the imately 500,000 rural Tibetans, sterilisation, coerced abortions Human Right Watch's findings that deprive Tibetans, areas. As part of its emphasis on Dharamsala, Himachal campaigned by the CTA, and judiciary and elections, lack of which was noted last and freedom of movement. that the Ministry of Public Mongolians, Uyghurs, and building a 'harmonious society' Pradesh. this change is welcomed by the freedom of association, assem- September.In the China sec- "The Biden Security has been partnering other ethnic minority groups of and maintaining social stabil- IANS

    nonsense… she knows that out of his party office at With long queues of voters    *** she has been defeated … she is Keshpur in West Midnapore still shown in many areas the % $! !  losing Bengal…” In his com- and hacked to death, party men polling percentage could go up     From Page 1 said. ments critics saw a desperate said accusing the BJP of the by another 5-6 per cent, offi- This, apparently to protect The Commission, howev- bid to polarise the election attack. Seven people had been cials said.        !A her from hundreds of people er , sought a detailed report of atmosphere. arrested in that incident. A BJP A district-wise breakup of standing on road at various the alleged violence, sources A desperate Chief Minister supporter allegedly committed polling saw 81.23 per cent pockets raising Jai Shri Ram said. even called up Governor suicide by hanging at polling for East Midnapore     $     slogan. She also attacked Prime Jagdeep Dhankhar --- with Nandigram after he was intim- while neighbouring West At Reyapara a furious Minister Narendra Modi for whom she had no love lost --- idated by the TMC men, his Midnapore witnessed 78.02   Chief Minister said, “I am not breaking the model code of seeking interference and red- family members said though per cent. In South 24 Parganas From Page 1 Surjewala hit out at Sitharaman 145+4.*, concerned about my victory in conduct saying, “being a Prime dressal. She however refused to the police said there was no 79.65 cast their votes while The steepest fall of 1.1 per and said she has no right to Nandigram which is anyway Minister how can he use comment on what transpired external injuries found on his Bankura saw 82.92 per cent cent was effected in the one- continue as the Finance elhi Police on Thursday coming … my concern is for Government facilities to cam- between her and the Governor person. The Commission had polling. year term deposit. The new rate Minister. Dnabbed three people after democratic norms … elections paign and that too on election or the Commission officials. sought report on both the inci- Meanwhile, the BJP had was brought down to 4.4 per “Madam FM, Are u run- two of them opened fire at a are festivals of democracy and days… It is strange that he is “The BJP are attacking our dents. lodged a complaint with the cent as compared to 5.5 per ning a ‘Circus’ or a man in northeast Delhi's I am sorry to say that the coming here on every election men and candidates not only in In a third incident the ECI alleging how the Chief cent. ‘Government’,” Surjewala Seelampur area and injured Election Commission is acting date using the entire Nandigram but all places where polling agent of another TMC Minister blocked polling at The Congress hit out at the asked. him over some old enmity. The partially at the behest of Home Government machinery to elections are taking place,” candidate Siuli Saha was Boyal booth in Nandigram for Finance Minister and asked “You have no moral right firing incident occurred on Minister Amit Shah who is influence the voting pattern… Mamata commented in an attacked and hit on his head by more than two hours. “We whether the U-turn was an to continue as FM,” he said. Wednesday. instructing the Commission is this not a violation of model ironical reminder of similar alleged TMC men. The victim have drawn the attention of the “oversight” or an “election-dri- “One can imagine the The victim, Kallu, was and the Central forces.” code of conduct.” refrains being by the had been hospitalised with Commission on how the Chief ven hindsight”. Congress leader functioning of economy when admitted to a hospital on Mamata said that she had Her rival Adhikari who Opposition parties in Bengal Saha complaining of large- Minister stopped the voters Rahul Gandhi alleged that the such duly approved order Wednesday night after the sent 63 complaints to the looked a contented man said, for the last one decade or so. scale rigging by the BJP men. from coming to the booth … small saving rates would be affecting of people can accused identified as Shawez Commission but not a single of “My 80 per cent polling is Mamata’s complaints were Notwithstanding the sec- she also broke prohibitory reduced soon after elections. be issued by an ‘oversight’. and Sahil fired at him. them has been taken care of. over and we are winning … not unfounded as reports of ond phase saw a healthy 80.43 orders by taking along with her “There was already loot on Who is the competent author- According to a senior “We are considering legal Sorry this time Mamata Begum violence and rigging came in per cent polling by 5 pm with more than 20 people inside the petrol and diesel and soon ity referred in order,” he said on police official, an investigation action as our voters are not is losing.” He added, “It is the from other constituencies too. Nandigram witnessing 80.79 booth,” BJP leader Sisir Bajoria after the elections end, the Twitter. was launched after police were being allowed to vote,” she fear of defeat that she is talking A TMC supporter was dragged per cent casting their votes. said. small saving rates will be Senior Congress leader P informed about it. reduced and there will be a loot Chidambaram said when infla- “During the probe, police on the savings of the middle- tion is at about 6 per cent and apprehended Shawez, Sahil + $  $ ... +! $ ... flashing that cheeky smile with class. This Government is of expected to rise, the BJP and another person, identified +8      a glint in his eye, Rajinikanth jumlas (rhetoric) and the loot Government is offering inter- as Aman. Shawez was found to .)8$' From Page 1 has also been an inimitable of common people,” Gandhi est rates below 6 per cent hit- be previously involved in a case L,         !  His films may sometimes style icon. said in a tweet in using ting the savers and the middle of attempt to murder,” said the         9 /  ::0 receive a lukewarm reception Throughout his acting career, the hashtag “oversight”. class below the belt. senior police official said.       from critics, but the ‘Rajini’ his acting style could best be Congress leader Priyanka “The BJP Government had “A country made pistol   In order to ensure hassle       !   phenomenon ensures the num- summed by his famous line in Gandhi Vadra said, “Really decided to launch another and a semi-automatic pistol 145+4.*, free delivery of services, the   !      !  bers at the box office, and has the film “” – “En Nirmala Sitharaman ‘oversight’ assault on the middle class by were found in their possession. civic agency has launched        done so for close to five vazhi, thani vazhi” (My way is in issuing the order to decrease slashing the interest rates and It was learnt that Shawez and he South Delhi Municipal applications which are related  3 !  3 decades. entirely my own). interest rates on GOI schemes profiting itself. When Kallu had an old dispute and TCorporation (SDMC) on to property tax return, regis-         Born Shivaji Rao Gaekwad His big films include “Billa”, or election driven ‘hindsight’ in caught, the FM is putting for- both have criminal back- Thursday started six new tration of birth and death, gen- C      in Bengaluru, State a Tamil remake of Bachchan- withdrawing it?” ward the lame excuse of ‘inad- ground,” said the senior police online applications for all three eral trade, health trade licens-      <   (present day Karnataka) in a starrer “Don”, sci-fi fantasy Party general secretary and vertent error’,” he said on official adding that further municipal Corporations in es, factory trade licenses and ' ! 8<>,+    Marathi family, Rajinikanth movie franchise “Enthiran” chief spokesperson Randeep Twitter. through investigation is Delhi under Digital India’s mobile attendance, a senior         M was the youngest of four sib- (“Robot”), and triple roles in underway. ‘Single Window System. SDMC official said.  +4 # lings - two brothers and a sis- “Moondru Mugam” and the ter - and grew up speaking action-adventure Marathi and Kannada. “Kochadaiiyaan”, the first film   !Q  & ... three phases, all in Uttar ... According to the EC, a A sports enthusiast since in India to be shot with motion Pradesh, the maximum per- total number of 1,306 cases of his school days, Rajinikanth capture technology but a rare From Page 1 missible speed limit is 100 From Page 1 Model Code of Conduct vio- participated in plays at the box-office dud for the man. The NHAI has set speed kmph. He has been asked to lations were reported through Ramakrishna Math in He reprised his “Enthiran” #$!% '((( limits for commuters using The phase thrown opened respond to the notice by 5 pm the cVIGIL app from Assam Bengaluru. role as the android Chitti in the expressway. In phase 1, for public on Thursday are the on April 2. out of which 927 were disposed Following his father’s Shah Rukh’s sci-fi actioner From Page 1 ond biggest sugar manufactur- which is in Delhi, the maxi- second and fourth phases of the The EC data shows that as on 4.30 pm. retirement in 1956, the family “Ra.One”, much to the surprise There was no official word er. mum permissible speed limit is Expressway. The first phase i.e. Assembly constituencies Around 31,000 Central moved to the suburb of of his fans in . on the decision of the In May 2020, Pakistan had 70 kmph. In the remaining Akshardham to UP Gate of 14 Sipajhar recorded 83.30 per Armed Police Force personnel, Hanumantha Nagar in Rajinikanth is also a pro- Cabinet.Ahead of the Cabinet lifted the ban on import of kms, and 22-km-long phase 3 cent voter turnout, Nalbari along with thousands of State Bengaluru. That he got a job as ducer and writer. He worked on meeting, Khan’s close aide and medicines and raw material of from Dasna to Hapur are 86.69 per cent, Marigaon 81.24 security force personnel, have a coolie and then a bus con- the 2002 fantasy thriller “Baba”, Minister for Human Rights essential drugs from India already operational. The phase per cent, Laharighat 87.29 per been deployed to maintain law ductor with the Bangalore which also incurred heavy loss- Shireen Mazari said that all amid the Covid-19 pandemic. 2 of 19 kms links UP Gate and cent, Katlicherra 80 per cent, and order during this phase in Transport Service (BTS) before es but was a surprise hit in ECC decisions have to be Ties between India and Dasna and phase 4 of 32 km Kalaigaon 80.87 per cent, which 42,368 polling personnel deciding to take up an acting Japan. approved by Cabinet and only Pakistan nose-dived after a link Dasna and Meerut. Jagiroad 83.72 per cent and are engaged. course at the Madras Film However, like Arnold then they can be seen as terror attack on the Pathankot The project has been devel- Dalgaon 81.70 per cent. Among the prominent Institute at the encouragement Schwarzenegger, Thalaivar “approved” by the Government. Air Force base in 2016 by ter- oped at the cost of Rs 8,346 Reacting to the EC’s notice, candidates who have voted are of friend and co-worker Raj always comes back. “Just for the record — All ror groups based in Pakistan. . The expressway con- the AIUDF leader Maulana Karimganj (North) MLA Bahadur is part of the legend, And so he did after a three- ECC decisions have to be Subsequent attacks, including necting the cities has 60 km of Badruddin Ajmal tweeted that Kamalakhya Dey Purakayastha a fabled story much told. year sabbatical, when he came approved by Cabinet & only one on an Indian Army camp expressway drive and remain- Sarma scared of losing election, of Congress and his BJP oppo- On the advice of noted up with the blockbuster com- then they can be seen as in Uri, further deteriorated ing national highway. Twenty- that’s why using NIA as a nent Manash Das, BJP’s Nalbari Tamil director K Balachander, edy-horror film “approved by govt”! So today in the relationship. four small and big bridges, 10 threat. His statement came as candidate Jayanta Malla Rajinikanth quickly took to “Chandramukhi” in 2005. Cabinet there will be discussion The ties strained further flyovers, three railway bridges, a reaction to the EC’s notice Baruah, UPPL’s Gobinda learning Tamil and made his Over the years, new-age on ECC decisions incl trade after India’s war planes pound- 95 underpasses and several against Sarma over allegedly Chandra Basumatary, and for- debut in the filmmaker’s 1975 directors like S Shankar, K S with India & then govt decision ed a Jaish-e-Mohammed ter- pedestrian bridges have been making threatening remarks mer Asam Sahitya Sabha pres- movie “Apoorva Raagangal”. Ravikumar, Pa Ranjith, and AR will be taken! Media shd be rorist training camp deep constructed on the expressway against Opposition leader ident and BJP candidate from The real breakthrough Murugadoss have interpreted aware of this atleast!” Mazari, inside Pakistan on February 26, besides highway amenities. Hagrama Mohilary of the Sipajhar Paramanda came with next year’s the charm of Rajinikanth in known for her hawkish stand 2019 in response to the More than 4,500 lights and Bodoland People’s Front. Rajbongshi. “Moondru Mudichu”, another their own manner in films like on Kashmir, tweeted. Pulwama terror attack in 2019 cameras have been installed on The second phase of elec- In its notice to Sarma, the film directed by Balachander, “Sivaji: The Boss”, “”, Azhar’s announcement on in which 40 CRPF jawans were the entire road. Over 2.5 meters tions were conducted for 39 EC said “...the Commission is, with whom the actor went on “Kaala”, and “Darbar”. Wednesday to import cotton killed. India’s move to revoke cycle corridor and 2 meters- Assembly Constituencies in prima facie, of the view that to forge a longstanding and The ‘demigod’ ventured and sugar from the special status of Jammu and wide footpath have been drawn Assam. More than 73 lakh that Sarma has violated the successful relationship. into politics but unlike his India had raised hopes of a Kashmir in August, 2019 alongside the roads on phase 1 electorates across 10,592 above said provisions of the After a brief phase of por- courageous on-screen self, partial revival of bilateral trade angered Pakistan, which down- and phase 2 of the expressway polling Stations are registered Model Code of Conduct. traying antagonistic charac- retreated due to frail health. relations, which were sus- graded diplomatic ties with for the safety of the pedestrians to exercise their franchise in Now, therefore, the ters, he starred in positive roles After months of specula- pended after the August 5, India and expelled the Indian and cyclists. In order to make this phase. The election and Commission gives you an in “Kavikkuyil”, “Sahodarara tion on ‘will he, won’t he’, the 2019 decision of New Delhi to High Commissioner in the corridor a smart express- police officials said that no inci- opportunity to explain your Savaal” (Kannada) and actor in December 2020 revoke the special status of Islamabad. Pakistan also way, weather, travel and other dent of violence was reported position in making above state- “Chilakamma Cheppindi” announced he will not float his Jammu and Kashmir. snapped all air and land links details about the expressway so far from the 13 districts. ment on or before 5 pm of (Telugu), in which he played own party. He, however, said he India is the world’s biggest with India and suspended trade will be provided to the com- There were reports of EVM April 2, failing which the the protagonist for the first will serve people in whatever producer of cotton and the sec- and railway services. PTI muters during their transit. glitches from some polling sta- Commission shall take a deci- time in his career. ways he can without entering The expressway will also be tions and upon their immedi- sion without any further refer- By the end of 1980, he had electoral politics. using the automatic number ate replacement voting contin- ence to you”. worked in all south Indian Rajinikanth is currently plate reader technology, with ued uninterrupted, an elec- The notice was issued by languages and established a filming “Annaatthe”. high definition high speed tion official said. the EC following a complaint career in . He is married to Latha cameras to tax tolls without the A significant number of filed by the Congress party The actor also flirted with Rajinikanth and is father to two need of the vehicles to stop, women voters were seen turn- against Himanta Biswa Sarma Bollywood in “Hum” and daughters --Aishwarya R thus avoiding unnecessary traf- ing up early to exercise their for allegedly making threaten- “Andha Kanoon”, co-starring Dhanush and Soundarya fic and saving fuel. The express- franchise. At most places, vot- ing remarks against Opposition his inspiration Amitabh Rajinikanth. The actor never way will also reduce the time to ers were found wearing masks leader Hagrama Mohilary of Bachchan. There was also behaves like a superstar, travel from the national Capital and maintaining social dis- the Bodoland People’s Front. “ChaalBaaz”, “Bhagwaan Dada” Aishwarya wrote in a book to Uttarakhand and much vis- tancing as they stood inside the The Bodoland People’s Front is and “Bulandi”. From flip- “Standing on an Apple Box” ited places like Haridwar and rings drawn at six-ft distance an ally of the Congress in ping his cigarette or sunglass- about her life as a celebrity Dehradun. outside the polling stations. Assam. es, walking in slow motion to child.

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After the orders making the vaccination drive 381 fresh cases coming to light. national Capital. given by Kejriwal, beds in 33 reachable to those who have The Covid-19 tally in Health Minister Satyendar private hospitals have been been unable to register for the Gurugram has now risen to Jain along with his depart- increased by 25per cent for jabs due to personal reasons. 63,394 according to the official ment officials will be a part of action plan to fight the pan- ICU and 25per cent for normal Such people can directly walk- daily health bulletin. the meeting. Owing to the demic, including issues like ward beds respectively. in into the vaccine centre and One more patients infect- surge in cases, Kejriwal shall containment zones, vaccination The CM has announced get injected with the vaccine ed with coronavirus died on ducted in Gurugram to control deliberate on preparing an drive, and maintaining avail- that stringent action will be between 3 pm and 9 pm. Thursday in the city. 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The project before scheduled timelines improvement of effluent para- remaining 84 without co-mor- GurgaonOne sector 84 with the pertaining to the cleaning of laxity at any phase of the pro- is expected to be completed which include in situ meters of existing STPs, capac- bidities. help of Fortis Hospital. The   the Yamuna River and stressed ject. We should work towards within the next few months. treatment of wastewater, tap- ity augmentation of STPs As per the data of the focus was to facilitate and give 145+4.*, upon completion of projects expediting the Yamuna clean- The DJB officials also ping of complete drains and through aeration system. health department the Covid- precautionary care to the resi- before the scheduled timeline. ing process; every sub-project 19 infection increased again in dents throughout their covid- n order to discuss resolution Kejriwal directed the offi- should be completed within the the last two weeks. 19 vaccination journey. Iof pending issues and col- cials to ensure that no untreat- stipulated time frame." "We are registering more At the camp around 150 laboration for quality educa- ed wastewater flows into the The DJB officials apprised than 200 plus cases from the people aged 45 years and above tion, Delhi Deputy Chief river noting that water of four Kejriwal that various low-cost last one month. It is a concern can be vaccinated in a day. Minister Manish Sisodia called major drains are falling into the technological interventions are for us. We are working hard to AlphaCorp received 100 regis- on Delhi University’s acting river. The DJB officials repre- being done to expedite the contain spread in limited trations out of which 70 resi- Vice Chancellor PC Joshi on sented a detailed plan to clean work before scheduled time- places. People need to follow dents got vaccinated. Another Thursday. four major drains such as lines. Covid guidelines and maintain camp will be set up by Artemis Delhi University colleges, Najafgarh, supplementary, “Out of the four drains, the social distancing rules," said Hospitals in GurgaonOne 22, fully funded by the Delhi Shahdara, and Barapullah in work on interception of two Virender Yadav, CMO on 5th April. Government, have been at log- the meeting. major drains i.e. supplementary Gurugram. "We were able to facilitate gerheads for a few months over The Chief Minister and Shahdara is almost com- A Gurugram Health covid-19 vaccination of 70 grants for payments of salaries. expressed concerns and unhap- plete. The untreated water from department official said that a people above 45 years of age, "Had a fruitful meeting piness over the delays in the the supplementary drain will be majority of corona cases are and there was no adverse reac- with the Vice Chancellor of timelines of each Sewage completely tapped and treated coming from containment tion on anyone during or after @UnivofDelhi, to resolve all Treatment Plants (STP) project. by December 2021. The zones where the situation the vaccination drive. We thank pending issues, and to plan He instructed the officials to untreated water from the remains precarious. The district Fortis Gurugram and their how Delhi Govt and have a detailed plan ready by Shahdara drain will be com- has now 27 containment zones. staff for their selfless service @UnivofDelhi can collaborate next week, wherein every pro- pletely tapped in the next few Covid testing has been and courteous demeanour with to provide innovative and high- ject is scrutinised as per the months. The remaining two increased in the district to our residents” said Col. Sanjay quality Higher Education to the revised timelines. major drains such as Najafgarh prevent the spread of corona Sehgal, General Manager students of Delhi," Sisodia While directing the offi- and Barapulla will be com- infection. 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In addition to this, due issued a penalty of Rs 40 lakh to was the major cause behind the body has not only ignored the as property tax this financial crore has been collected in the the main area under the traffic jams. to the tourist crowds and traf- the East Delhi Municipal incident and has been a major Environment Protection Act of year. The amount is approx 100 scheme. The amount deposit- Chandni Chowk redevelop- The Chief Minister said fic jams, India’s international Corporation (EDMC) following contributor to the area’s air pol- 1986 but also violated the crore more than that collected ed by taxpayers who availed the ment project on April 17. The that the main road of Chandani image was adversely affected. the orders of Delhi Environment lution. The DPCC noted that directions of the National last year. benefit of the scheme may be Chandni Chowk redevelop- Chowk has been redeveloped. Therefore, the Kejriwal gov- Minister Gopal Rai. there have been fires at Green Tribunal on the matters Mayor of North Delhi Jai Rs 230 crore but the relief ment, an estimated Rs 99 crore "It is a historical heritage site ernment started to enhance the The Environment Minister Ghazipur landfill in the past of solid waste management or Prakash on Thursday said that extended to the taxpayers in project has revamped the path and the entire area has been beauty of Chandani Chowk said that the Ghazipur landfill too which indicates the lack of garbage management. The the corporation has collected form of waiver of interest and from Red Fort to Fatehpuri made very beautiful, seeking to from Red Fort to Fatehpuri fire incident has extensively measures taken and vigilance Commissioner of EDMC was almost 645 crore rupees which penalty who came in line of Masjid. bring back the glory of this old Mosque, so that the visiting contributed to the pollution in observed by the EDMC to pre- directed to take immediate is almost 100 crore more than paying property tax is not less The redevelopment work historical place. After the beau- tourists could admire its beau- the area. “I directed the DPCC vent such fire incidents,” he and necessary action for the the last year's figure of Rs 548 than 500 crore rupees. on the project had begun on 1st tification of Chandani Chowk, ty. clearly to show that the EDMC said. prevention of fire at the crore. Jai Prakash also thanked December 2018 and was tar- tourism would get a major During the renovation and was extremely careless. Based In the notice issued by the Ghazipur plant site. “Due to efforts taken by the the efforts of the Municipal geted to be completed by boost, and people coming to beautification process, the pro- on the probe, the DPCC has DPCC, it was noted that there The DPCC has also asked civic body, the number of tax- Commissioner Sanjay Goel November 2020 but due to the Delhi would be attracted to pay vision of various facilities to the issued a penalty of Rs.40 lakh. have been fires at Ghazipur EDMC to ensure that such fire payers has also been increased and his team of property tax Covid, it got delayed by a year. a visit to Chandani Chowk." tourists has been taken care of. The enquiry of DPCC revealed landfill in the past, indicating incidents do not occur in the by 5000 as 4, 23,000 taxpayers department for achieving the The Chandni Chowk area The Govt had decided to No stone was left unturned in that it was carelessness that a lack of vigilance by authori- future. In DPCC’s notice, paid tax in comparison to milestone. is developed by the Delhi renovate and beautify the main order to enhance the beauty of directly contributed to this ties and measures taken by the EDMC has been asked to sub- 4,18,000 taxpayers last year,” he Government in a modern way road of Chandani Chowk, Chandani Chowk and granite fire. EDMC to prevent such fire mit a detailed report to the said. to promote tourism in Delhi. which is right opposite the Red tiles have been used for the “The DPCC report also incidents. It was also noted that department regarding all steps The mayor also informed There will be a ban on the Fort, in light of its historic same, a senior government shows that the MCD had no the fire at the Ghazipur land they have taken after getting that about 48000 taxpayers movement of motorized vehi- importance. Chandani Chowk official said. proper arrangements to douse site took place at around 4:30 this notice. the fire. It is very unfortunate PM on 22nd March at the far             

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When caught, Bipin Rawat on Thursday oper- tioning of these three nodes will “oversight” or an “election-dri- the FM is putting forward the ationalised the third Joint prove to be important stepping ven hindsight” and even sought lame excuse of ‘inadvertent Logistics Node in . The third node in Mumbai stones for opening of more her resignation. error’,” he tweeted. This node will supply ammu- was operationalized by Rawat such centres in different parts of The Congress asked the withdrawing it?” Congress The Trinamool Congress nition rations and fuel besides from New Delhi through video the country. Finance Minister to clarify if the leader Priyanka Gandhi wrote took a dig at the Modi  145+4.*, enhancing soldier comfort other items to the Army. Navy conferencing. These nodes will The nodes would enhance interest rates would not be on Twitter. Government with its MPs while ensuring the survivabil- and IAF. Earlier, the services provide integrated logistics joint inter-operability between reduced after the ongoing Addressing a press confer- While Derek O’Brien and ith the objective of ity. This technology reduces the used to have their own set-ups cover to the Armed Forces for the Services and go a long way Assembly elections and ence here, party leader Rajeev Mahua Moitra calling it an Wachieving self-reliance in weight of the medium sized to cater to these needs thereby their small arms ammunition, in improving the logistics demanded a guarantee on that. Shukla said Sitharaman should April’s Fool joke even as the the defence sector, the Defence jacket from 10.4 to 9.0 kilo- enhancing expenses and dupli- rations, fuel, general stores, civil processes of the Armed Forces It also asked whether the ruling clarify whether the order has new entrant in the party and Research and Development grammes. Very specific mate- cation. hired transport, aviation cloth- in accordance with Prime BJP was running a “circus” or a been withdrawn, postponed or former Finance Minister Organisation (DRDO) has rials and processing technolo- With the rapidly changing ing, spares and also engineering Minister Narendra Modi’s direc- Government on the manner in would be re-implemented later. Yashwant Sinha tweeted, “Roll developed a light-weight bul- gies have been developed in the nature of war fighting and oper- support in an effort to synergise tions to enhance the jointness which the order was issued by Congress general secre- back Modi’. letproof jacket which meets the laboratories for the purpose. ational preparedness, all future their operational efforts. among the three Services. “oversight” and later withdrawn. tary and chief spokesperson “What is the biggest April qualitative requirements of the Defence Minister Rajnath conflicts will be conducted by Speaking on the occasion, The CDS also emphasised Congress leader Rahul Randeep Surjewala said Fool’s joke here? That a now Indian Army. Singh congratulated the DRDO Tri-Service in an integrated Rawat said establishment and on the need to work towards Gandhi alleged that the small Sitharaman has no right to rolled back small savings rate Giving the details here on scientists and Industry for manner. Keeping this objective operationalisation of joint nodes greater logistics integration with saving rates would be reduced continue as the Finance cut was issued by ‘oversight’? Thursday, officials said the developing the light weight in focus and to enable the is a very important first step in national logistics, which has soon after the elections in four Minister. “Madam FM, Are u Or that Nirmala Sitaraman is DRDO laboratory, Defence bullet proof jacket to make the Indian Armed Forces to con- the direction of logistics inte- been provided renewed impetus States and a Union running a ‘Circus’ or a Fin Min of this country?” Materials and Stores Research soldiers more comfortable. duct successful operations, it is gration of our three Services. in the recent past by saying it Territory.”There was already a ‘Government’? You have no Moitra tweeted. O’Brien said it and Development Secretary Department of essential that they be provided Acceptance of each other’s lim- would help the Armed Forces to loot on petrol and diesel and moral right to continue as was egg on face again. “Because Establishment (DMSRDE), Defence R&D and Chairman with sound logistics support itations and learning from each take benefit from the infra- soon after the elections end, the FM,” he wrote on Twitter. MO-SHA too busy throwing has developed the light DRDO G Satheesh Reddy con- during all stages of the war, offi- other’s strengths and best prac- structural and logistics improve- small saving rates will be reduced “One can imagine the func- petals from trucks and crack- weight Bullet Proof Jacket gratulated the DMSRDE team cials said here on the need for tices is essential to help improve ments taking place at the nation- and there will be a loot on the tioning of economy when such ing April Fool jokes of false weighing 9.0 kilogrammes. for the development. such nodes. the functioning and efficacy of al level. savings of the middle-class. This duly approved order affecting promises at election rallies,” he The Front Hard Armour The infantry soldiers Government is of jumla crores of people can be issued mocked at the BJP leadership. Panel (FHAP) jacket was test- guarding the Line of Actual equipment including the government ordered procure- against small arms and ammu- (rhetoric) and the loot of com- by an ‘oversight’. Who is the Sinha made a tongue-in- ed at Terminal Ballistics Control(LAC)facing China and rifle, spare ammunition, com- ment of more than 1,80,000 nition was released in 2019. mon people,” he said in a tweet competent authority referred in cheek remark. “I am very sad Research Laboratory (TBRL), the Line of Control(LOC)with munication set and other relat- jackets worth over  650 crores. Now, India has its own using the hashtag “oversight”. order,” Surjewala added. today. I thought I alone had the Chandigarh and met relevant Pakistan besides troops ed items for fighting effective- The entire lot, more or less, has Standard for Bullet Proof “Really Nirmala Senior Congress leader and monopoly of roll backs. This govt BIS standards. deployed in counter-terrorist ly. been delivered. Jackets (BPJ)which prescribes Sitharaman ‘oversight’ in issu- former Finance Minister P has outdone even me. Labour The importance of this operations need these jackets. Till about ten years back Incidentally, the first ever minimum requirements of bul- ing the order to decrease inter- Chidambaram said when infla- laws, small savings interest rates vital development lies in the The jacket has to be light there was a shortage of more India Standard (IS) on Bullet letproof jackets against small est rates on GOI schemes or tion is at about six per cent and are a couple of examples. Roll fact that each gram of jacket yet able to stop the bullet as the than three lakh bullet proof Resistant Jacket specifically for arms and their evaluation pro- election driven ‘hindsight’ in expected to rise, the BJP Back Modi,” he tweeted. weight reduction is crucial in soldier carries lot of other jackets. However, in 2016, the Indian armed forces to protect cedures. / "     45  # %23  $,# $$ +  /% !%$ %!%/       !6     P       /   48   K!  *$%3 %       -      145+4.*, cination,” it said in a statement.  145+4.*, ! - 5)  However, health experts  against s the Covid-19 vaccination feel that it’s time to cover the stablishment of alternate  145+4.*, 145+4.*, Himanta Afor all those above 45 began entire population as the coun- Efunding through voluntary Biswa on Thursday, health experts try is witnessing the second crowd and corporate funding, able to address any public he Election Commission he Election Sarma for have called for inoculating every wave. “Today we’ve got a crisis and increase in assistance for  145+4.*, meetings, rallies, press con- T(EC) has seized liquor, TCommission allegedly adult above 18 citing studies that upon us with infections and patients needing one-time ferences or even give media unaccounted cash, narcotics, on Thursday making the new Covid variants are deaths registering new high treatment from 15 lakh to  20 he Election Commission interviews until April 3. . If a freebies worth 366.09 crore issued a show- threatening more threatening to younger every passing day. We should lakh and identifying centre for T(EC) on Thursday barred leader is a “star campaigner”, till the second phase of polling cause notice to remarks people. vaccinate the entire adult pop- excellence are some of the key former Union Minister and his campaigning expenditure in Assam and West Bengal. Assam Minister and BJP leader against opposition leader However, the Government ulation and provide them with features proposed by the Union DMK leader A Raja from are borne by the party and not The total seizure is over six Himanta Biswa Sarma for Hagrama Mohilary of the is presently more keen on vac- a walk-in option to get the jab Health Ministry in the newly- campaigning for 48 hours by the candidate himself. times higher than the total allegedly making threatening Bodoland People’s Front. The cinating those 45 years since this at any vaccination centre. Our drafted Rare Disease Policy. with immediate effect and “The Commission also combined seizure of 60.91 remarks against Opposition Bodoland People’s Front is an age group is reporting high vaccination pace is not so As per the policy, rare dis- dropped him from the list of advises you to be watchful and crore during the assembly polls leader Hagrama Mohilary of ally of the Congress in Assam. mortalities. impressive given the huge pop- eases have been earmarked DMK’s star campaigners in not to make intemperate, in 2016. “Till date 112.54 the Bodoland People’s Front. Assembly elections in “Those above 45 years are ulation we have,” said Dr Rahul under three categories based on poll-bound , over indecent, derogatory, obscene crore has been seized in Assam He has been asked to respond Assam are being held in three considered to be at highest risk Bhargava, senior hematologist the nature of treatment. They his “derogatory” and remarks and lower the digni- (as against a total seizure of to the notice by 5 pm on April phases. While the first phase -- 90 per cent of Covid-19 from Fortis Hospital, are disorders amenable to one- “obscene” remarks against ty of women in future during 16.58 crore in 2016) and a 2. was on March 27, voting in the deaths in India have been in the Gurugram. time curative treatment, dis- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E election campaign,” the order total of 253.55 crores for West “...the Commission is, second phase is underway on category of those above the age He agreed with AIIMS eases requiring long term or K Palaniswami. read. There have been Bengal (as against a total prima facie, of the view that Thursday. The last phase is on of 45. director Dr Randeep Guleria’s lifelong treatment having rela- The EC also advised Raja instances where the EC has seizure of 44.33 crore in that Sarma has violated the April 6. “This step has been taken view that more kids and tively lower cost of treatment “to be watchful and not to mentioned the exact time 2016),” the EC said. above said provisions of the The notice to Sarma cited after detailed deliberations with younger people are getting and diseases for which defini- make interpretate indecent, when the ban would end. Model Code of Conduct. Now, various provisions of the model the states and Union Territories infected during the second wave tive treatment is available but derogatory, obscene remarks In his reply to the EC, therefore, the Commission code, including the one dealing on March 31 to optimally utilise as compared to the first wave challenges are to make optimal and lower the dignity of Raja had defended his state- masses. This was in response gives you an opportunity to with refraining from making all COVID-19 Vaccination reported in August and patient selection for benefit, women in future during the ment saying that in Tamil to the CM’s repeated allega- explain your position in mak- unverified allegations against Centres across the public and November last year. The mor- very high cost and lifelong election campaign”. oratory, simile is a well- tions that MK Stalin has ing above statement on or political rivals and, avoiding private sectors to ensure rapid bidity and mortality due to the therapy, like Lysosomal Storage The order did not specify accepted norm. In my never worked hard to before 5 pm of April 2, failing “corrupt practices” and offences increase in the pace and cover- deadly virus is higher in elder- Disorders (LSD) like Gaucher the exact time the ban would speech, evolution of the become a leader. Hence, if which the Commission shall under the election law, such as age of Covid vaccination,” the ly people. Disease, Hunter Syndrome and end, but if the communication political heights and their the full text is considered by take a decision without any fur- bribing of voters, intimidation Union Health Ministry said. “At a time when the Fabry Disease. was received by Raja this means of MK Stalin and the committee, I’m hopeful ther reference to you,” the of voters, impersonation of “This decision is in line with Government has itself warned The policy comes on the afternoon, he cannot cam- Edappadi K Palaniswami that it will wipe out the insult notice read. voters. the graded and pro-active that the situation is going from last day of the deadline given by paign till the afternoon of were compared through a and consequent injury The notice was issued by It also quoted a transcript approach employed by the gov- bad to worse, our efforts should the Delhi High Court which April 3. The 48-hour ban simile as new born babies for inflicted on me,” the former the EC following a complaint of the speech provided by the ernment of India along with the be to scale up vaccination pace has asked for the government’s means that Raja would not be the easy understanding of the Union minister added. filed by the Congress party state election machinery. states and UTs for Covid-19 vac- and cover maximum people. entire unspent budget allocat- ed to rare diseases for the past three years to be immediately  4!  &8    ! 851*     moved into the rare diseases $&#  1)   fund. However, the policy is         silent on this aspect.     !     !   Instead, the policy pro- ! !    poses the formulation of an  145+4.*, ing processes and reducing Higher Education Secretary,  145+4.*, ment of Punjab has been alternative form of funding to compliance burden. The inter- Professor DP Singh, delayed to April 10 due to a  145+4.*, namely Ranga Reddy, help patients of rare diseases. o streamline the forms actions have begun online Chairman, University Grants he Government has pro- spike in Covid-19 cases in the , Medchal- This includes voluntary crowd- Tand processes in reducing amongst the stakeholders. Commission and Professor Tcured 78,392 tonnes of state. he NIA has conducted Malkajgiri and Medak. funding treatment by setting up the compliance burden on A senior education min- Anil D Sahasrabudhe, wheat in the first fortnight of Last year also, Punjab had Tsearches at 31 locations in The case relates to fur- a digital platform for voluntary the higher education sector, istry official said repeat Chairman, All India Council the fresh procurement season delayed procurement for 10 and thering the activities of the individual contribution and the Ministry of Education demand for information by for Technical Education which began on March 15, days due to the pandemic. in Munchingput proscribed organisation, CPI corporate donors to voluntar- and the University Grants regulatory bodies leads to a lot (AICTE) was also present. 2021 as compared to the 60 The procurement estimate Maoist case of Hyderabad (Maoist) in Andhra Pradesh in ily contribute to the treatment Commission (UGC) have of repetitive work and there- During the online inter- metric tons last year during for wheat has been fixed as relating to furtherance of the the guise of frontal organiza- cost of patients of rare diseases. started interactions with all fore only information that action, representatives from the same period. 427.36 LMT for the year ultra-Left agenda. tions. Noting that India has close the stakeholders to further provides value addition Industry Associations such as According to the Ministry 2021-22. On Wednesday, the NIA The case pertains to to 50-100 million people affect- ease out the system. should be insisted on from CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, and of Consumer Affairs, the pro- During previous year conducted searches at 31 loca- seizure of revolutionary liter- ed by rare diseases or disorders, Certain areas including HEIs. Vice Chancellors from sever- curement has started only in 2020-21, a quantity of 390 tions spread across eight dis- ature of CPI (Maoist), press the policy report said almost 80 governance and regulatory The first such online al central, state, deemed, pri- Rajasthan, Gujarat and LMT procured in the central tricts of Andhra Pradesh-- notes, medicines, wire bundles per cent of these rare condition reforms, and reengineering workshop organised in the vate universities and technical Madhya Pradesh. It is likely to pool and benefitting 43.36 Visakhapatnam, Guntur, and explosive substances from patients are children and a of processes and increased series was chaired by Amit universities shared their views pick up pace as it takes off in lakh farmers. The harvesting Prakasam, Srikakulam, accused Pangi Naganna , who leading cause for most of them use of technology to ease stu- Khare, Secretary, Higher on reducing compliance bur- Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar exercise will pick up in a Kurnool, Krishna, East was intercepted by not reaching adulthood is due dents, faculty and staff have Education, Ministry of den in Higher Education Pradesh and Uttarakhand couple of days with procure- Godavari and Kadapa besides Munchingput Police during to the high morbidity and been identified for streamlin- Education. Apart from the Institution. from April 1. The procure- ment. four districts of Telangana vehicle checking. mortality rates of these life- threatening diseases. It also seeks to provide   nearly constant speed, it said. assistance for patients needing $  '     "#  However, this algorithm one-time treatment for rare #$  $ P could not be applied to the diseases increased to 20 lakh        inner corona observations due from 15 lakh.       to the vast acceleration expe- “Assistance to be provided $  '( rienced by these eruptions. under the Rashtriya Arogaya & P      This severely limited the Yojana,” the policy said adding capability to track the erup- that the beneficiaries of the limited CME observations in tions as CMEs accelerate in assistance are not limited to the   145+4.*, Thursday. interplanetary space, the DST the lower corona. Moreover, BPL families but extended to The new technique will be statement said. with the advancement in almost 40 per cent of popula- cientists have developed a used in India’s first solar mis- A software named space technology, there has tion eligible under the Pradhan Snew technique to track the sion Aditya-L1. Computer Aided CME been a tremendous increase in Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. huge bubbles of gas, threaded As the ejections from the Tracking Software (CACTus) the amount of data obtained The policy also notes that with magnetic field lines, which sun, technically called Coronal based on a computer vision from spacecraft, according to as the number of persons suf- are ejected from the sun dis- Mass Ejections (CMEs), cause algorithm was so far used to the statement. fering from individual rare rupting space weather and various disturbances of the detect and characterise such Identifying and tracking diseases is small, they do not causing geomagnetic storms, space environment, forecast- eruptions automatically in the solar eruptions in huge num- constitute a significant market satellite failures, and power ing their arrival time is very outer corona where these ber of images can become for drug manufacturers to outages, the Department of important. However, forecast- eruptions cease to show accel- tedious if done manually, the develop and bring to market Science and Technology said ing accuracy is hindered by erations and propagate with a statement said. drugs for them.     ! )    $ 4   5, ! R $  6  7 )   Kashmir range Kumar J&K Police. My prayers for the Thursday said, "four Lashkar-e- departed soul and sympathies # 5    $ Toiba terrorists including two with his family. Such coward- from Srinagar carried out the ly acts are against humanity & attack on the guard post of the perpetrators shall be brought to      *-.+,- visit toJasoreshwari Kali Temple UP who she alleged had infil-  *  ) house of senior BJP leader in justice". in Jessore and Matua headquar- trated Bengal to vitiate theelec- Nowgam area". The IGP said Condemning the attack, rime Minister Narendra ters at Orakandiin Bangladesh he toral process. “After taking oath !  ) ! two of the four terrorists several senior BJP leaders said PModi on Thursday made a said “is visiting a Kali Temple or and sitting on a constitutional- involved in the act have been that the killers of humanity strong Hindutva pitch at the hus- the temple ofHarichand Thakur post you cannot abuse the citi-  ,    (-& identified as Shahid Khursheed cannot be heroes for anyone. tings attacking Bengal Chief a crime … but here the Chief zens of any other state … it isun- and Obaid Shafi. “Both belong National General Secretary, Minister Mamata Banerjee for Minister is abusing mefor visit- constitutional,” he said. burqa clad Lashkar-e- to Lashkar-e-Toiba. The identi- BJP & Prabhari J&K, Tarun deriding those who wear saffron ing these temples too.” Even on Thursday she told ATayyeba (LeT) terrorist ty of two others is being ascer- Chugh expressed anguish over robes, and sport tilak or chotis Speaking about her repeat- the media at Nandigram how along with three other gun tot- tained who are also believed to this highly deplorable incident (ponytails). ed personal attacks and even use “hundreds ofcriminals have been ing associates on Thursday be from Lashkar,” he said and stressed that exemplary Modi who was addressing a of slangswhile referring to him brought in by the BJP from UP targeted the house of a local "This is the second terror- punishment will be ensured to rally at Joynagar in South 24 the Prime Minister said, “I and Bihar and otherStates to rig BJP leader in Nowgam area of ist attack on me, Anwar Khan killers. He said that these Parganas aconstituency --- with understand that shehas a grudge the elections and do crime here.” Srinagar in which one of the told reporters in Jammu". He reporters, "he left his home before escaping. Anwar Khan Repeated terror attacks cannot a healthy population of minor- against me which is why she Reiterating that the BJP security guards deployed on said as BJP is gaining popular- early in the morning as he was said, his minor son was also weaken democracy in the region. ity Muslims --- roundly invoked keeps on abusing merepeatedly would win more than 200 seats guard duty attained martyrdom ity in different parts of Kashmir scheduled to travel to Jammu. present near the front gate of J&K BJP President, Hindutva saying, “Earlier she was … I don’t mind that but I will not Modi said thatinitial trends of while all the family members attempts are being made to cre- Anwar Khan said, "I have seen his house when terrorists tar- Ravinder Raina strongly con- irritated by chants of Jai Shri allow her to insult theheritage of polling showed that TMC was including minor son of the BJP ate a sense of insecurity among the CCTV footage and it is geted the security person- demned the attack and said that Ram and was loath to allow Bengal … I will not allow her to going out of power.“Didi you are leader escaped unhurt. the party leaders". clearly visible when the terror- nel.With the grace of God the whole humanity is feeling immersion of idols during Durga denigrate the basicvalues upheld losing the elections … TMC is The BJP leader identified Last year, over half a dozen ists, one of them clad in a almighty he escaped unhurt, he shocked and ashamed of these Pujas … but now she has by the likes of Baba Saheb gone.” as Mohd Anwar Khan was not BJP leaders, sarpanches, cor- burqa, knocked at the main added. repeated attacks. He said that become so intolerant towards Ambedkar and enshrined in Taking a dig at the Chief present inside the house at the porators were targeted by the door and the security guard In Jammu, Lt-Governor being soldiers of democracy the those who wear saffron attire or theConstitution of India.” Minister her said “Didi always time of the attack. The securi- terrorists to discourage them opened the door. While he was Manoj Sinha strongly con- social and political activists sport tilak and ponytail that she The Prime Minister was says cool,cool, cool, but ty guard martyred in the attack from participating in the grass- seen opening the door two demned the terror attack on a work tirelessly in strengthening even call them rakshasas … the apparently referring to the Trinamool is not cool … it is a has been identified as roots politics aimed at strength- other terrorists opened indis- BJP leader's house in Nowgam, the democracy, but terrorists, people are watching this.” repeated attack byChief Minister shool (trident)because she has Constable Rameez Ahmad Itoo ening all three tiers of criminate firing and his service Srinagar. In a condolence mes- their bosses and their sympa- Referring to the Chief of outsiders particularly the anti- killed the State’s democracy with of Anantnag. Panchayati Raj Institutions. weapon was taken away by sage Lt- Gov Manoj Sinha said, thizers absolutely do not want Minister’s criticism of his recent social elements fromBihar and shool”. Inspector General of Police Anwar Khan told another member of the group "We lost our brave jawan of people to prosper. $####$        589) !    %//            ! *  !'  !$%$%$$      &)-, ficult to breathe --was on Pravin Ashtikar to meet him.  ,    (-& $    the TTD Act, 1932 is a chari- Wednesday evening taken to a Minutes later, Kole was taken * $#  table organization of interna- KOCHI: Poll pundits and N Gopalaswamy, former n a tragic incident that government hospital where the to a civic hospital, where he n a landmark decision aimed $    tional repute with a proven political analysts in Kerala were Chief Election Commissioner, Icaused a major stir in the officials provided him an Oxygen died in the small hours of Iat boosting the pilgrim traf- track record of activities in the flabbergasted as Leader of the told The Pioneer that there was north Maharashtra city, a 38- mask and cylinder. However, he Thursday. fic to Jammu and Kashmir the  #  ,- spiritual, cultural, social, and Opposition Ramesh no chance of the court inter- year-old Covid-19 patient -- did not get admission even in the Kole’s Oxygen levels had Administrative Council (AC)   $ educational sphere". Chennithala late Wednesday vening in the issue at this with plummeting Oxygen lev- government hospital. come down to 37 per cent Thursday approved the pro- . ## $  " Its arrival in J&K will tap night uploaded the names of juncture. “The Chief Electoral els-- died in the small hours of In his effort to draw the against the normal 95-96 per posal to allot 496 Kanal 17      the tourism potential particu- 4.3 lakh bogus voters and mul- Officer has to reply to this Thursday, hours after he staged attention of the civic authori- cent, when he was rushed to Marla to the Tirumala  #  larly pilgrim tourism in tiple entries on a website. charge. How this many names a protest along with an Oxygen ties, Kole --sporting a yellow T- the NMC hospital. He was Tirupathi Devasthanams Jammu, the City of Temples, Chennithala had filed an were included in the electoral cylinder near the main shirt, blue jeans and wearing finding it very difficult to (TTD) for building of Temple /   besides enhancing economic appeal in the Kerala High roles? What was the CEO doing entrance of the Nashik the oxygen mask connected to breathe. He breathed his last and its allied infrastructures. activities". Court seeking deleting or freez- all these months?” asked the Municipal Corporation (NMC) a cylinder, sat in a chair near after the efforts by doctors at The decision was taken years to construct pilgrim "Once developed, the TTD ing the fake and counterfeit former CEC. for allegedly not getting admis- the entrance of the NMC build- the NMC Hospital to revive during an Administrative amenities Complex, infrastructure will be an attrac- names in the electoral rolls. G Rajagopal, counsel for sion in district civil, municipal ing on Wednesday evening to him failed. Council (AC) meeting held in Vedapatasala, tion for the pilgrims and Earlier in the day, a Division the ECI said the situation was hospital and private hospitals. protest against the lack of a Meanwhile, the Nashik Jammu under the chairman- Spiritual/Meditation Centre, tourists in addition to the Mata Bench consisting of Chief very grave but one the poll After making unsuccessful Covid bed for him in the civic Municipal Commissioner has ship of Lieutenant Governor Office, Residential Quarters Vaishno Devi Shrine and Justice S Manikumar and process begins nothing could rounds to various private and and other hospitals at Nashik. asked the Nashik Police to Manoj Sinha. and Parking". "In future, there Amarnathji Shrine. It will Justice Shaji P Chaly directed be done to stop it. “The only municipal hospitals seeking Before long, a crowd gath- investigate and identify the According to a press state- would be medical and educa- enable tourists to come and stay the Election Commission to option is to ensure that the fake admission, one Babasaheb Kole ered around him and the mes- persons who ‘instigated’ the ment issued by the Department tional facilities also on the longer in Jammu city. The permit voters to leave the voters who managed to get into – a resident of Kamatewade sage reached NMC patient to go on a protest in of Information and Public campus", the statement added. future development on the polling booths only after the the rolls do not cast the votes,” locality of Nashik's CIDCO area Commissioner Kailash Jadhav, front of NMC headquarters Relations, "the piece of land The DIPR statement fur- campus will also contribute to indelible ink is dried. said Rajagopal. who had tested positive on who rushed Additional and what their “ulterior would be made available on ther read, "TTD, a board estab- economic growth of the Kerala goes to the polls on The view was echoed by K Tuesday and was finding it dif- Municipal Commissioner Dr motives”. lease basis for a period of 40 lished by Government under region", the statement added. April 6 to elect the 140 mem- Ramkumar, senior advocate, ber Legislative Assembly in a Kerala High Court. He was of single phase polling. Though the view that it was not possi- Chennithala said there were ble to hold fair election based O  2 &          P only 4.3 lakh fake voters in the on the rolls prepared by the rolls, Prof Stanly Sebastian, an CEO. educational entrepreneur-cum- “I am shocked at the indif- 656$ -49   **   $$!   *  $   $  ! social activist claims there are ference shown by the officials more than 20 lakh fake voters while preparing the electoral "  !$     55   '   !     in the State’s electoral rolls. rolls. There is widespread irreg- The CPI(M) which has ularities in this list but at this New Delhi: Minister of State cuted in 5 states using the delivery. lation, technology enables vir- gone on the defensive follow- juncture, it is too late to go for for Jal Shakti Rattan lal Kataria Internet of things (IoT) tech- He cited that even at the tual connect with the social ing the disclosures by the any legal recourse. There is a expressed his pleasure and nology. This has been done in time of following strict quar- world and helps one to work Leader of the Opposition said political party in the State, the congratulated the officials as Jal collaboration with Tata antine protocols for social iso- and contribute. the party would initiate crim- cadre of which are past masters Jeevan Mission crossed the 4 Community Initiatives Trust inal action against Chennithala in casting fake votes,” said crore mark in providing new (TCIT) & Tata trusts. The vil- for disclosing State Secrets in Ramkumar, State’s leading civil functional household tap con- lages spread across 5 states the public domain. rights activist. There are 2.67 nections to rural households. namely 04 % *  5607 M A Baby, polit bureau crore voters in the State, out of As on date, 57 districts, 709 Uttarakhand,Rajasthan,Gujarat member, who is the chief ide- which 1.37 are females and 1.29 blocks, 44,409 ,Maharashtra & H.P, covering ologist of the party, said that males. Panchayat,86,886 villages have various Agro-climatic zones, '%*,  !60, Chennaithala would have to Tikka Ram Meena, CEO, ensured 100% coverage of were identified for this pilot. face legal action for uploading who is known for his close con- FHTC. Kataria, who tested The IoT shall provide real the names of 4.3 lakh fake vot- tacts with the chief minister, positive for Covid-19 last week, time information to public !, , ers in a website by name oper- feigned ignorance about how is admitted in a hospital at health officials,members of ationtwins.com. “Who autho- this many names found their Gurugram. He shared his pics Village water supply commit- rised Chennithala to upload the way to the rolls. Prof Sebastian on Social Media yesterday tee (VWSC), general public names of such voters in a por- said he has been alerting all where he can be seen dis- regarding the quantity and unfit water, arrest leakages and Gujarat, Bihar, Haryana & tal? Has he taken the permis- concerned, including the Chief charging important work quality of water supplied to provide valuable info to VWSC Arunachal Pradesh have float- sion from the voters before dis- Election Commissioner, PMO, through the Digital platform. users. It shall make use of sen- to plan for source development ed tenders and other states are closing the names through the home minister, chief minister Mr Kataria was apprised sors to observe flow, pressure and augmentation. in state of initiating this process portal,” asked Baby, a Marxist of Kerala and all political par- about the successful Pilot pro- level, chlorine analyzer as well The success of Pilot project Mr Kataria acknowledged leader held in high reverence by ties about this discrepancy ject for effective monitoring of as the level of ground water. It has motivated states to active- the importance of technology the party cadre. since 2018. PNS water supply in villages, exe- shall help prevent supply of ly deploy this technology. in improving public service

     &)-, 3,56,243 to 3,66,533. The %!89 %#%/P$% $ #*    0 fatality rate in the state he second wave of Covid- dropped from 1.94 per cent to T19 turned into a crisis in 1.92 per cent. ,*; $$ ! '<$ #    Maharashtra on Thursday, as There are a maximum of the daily infections touched an 64,599 “active” cases in , Gandhinagar: Sparks flew in has only mentioned that the religion and in no religion it is : Controversies, one Barabanki RTO officials, so-called ambulance Mukhtar all-time high of 43,183 cases followed by Mumbai (54,807) the Gujarat Assembly on the daughters of com- written to forcibly convert any- after another, seem to be chas- who did not wish to be named, Ansari in which Mukhtar and 249 more people died of Nagpur (48,806), Thane concluding day of the Budget munity are targeted by men one to accept that. In this Bill, ing mafia don and BSP MLA said that apart from the regis- Ansari was presented in court? the pandemic in various parts (42,151), Nashik (36,292), session on Thursday with from a specific community. only one community is specif- Mukhtar Ansari. Now it is the tration, the fitness of the vehi- It should be of the state. Aurangabad (14,482), Jalgaon Congress legislator Imran Daughters, be it from any reli- ically targeted with words like ambulance that took the jailed cle had also expired in investigated. A day after the state (6959), Amaravati (2983) and Khedawala tearing a copy of gious community, will always be 'Jihadi'. I opposite this Bill and don to Punjab's Mohali court 2017. Whether it was an ambu- recorded a staggering 39,544 Akola (4054). the Bill proposed to amend the our daughters. I too have over I'm tearing down its copy," that has raised a storm. What is intriguing is why lance or the luxury vehicle of infections were recorded, the With 18 fresh deaths, the 'Dharma Swatantrya' (Freedom hundred testimonies of Muslim Khedawala said as tore the The vehicle had a registra- was an ambulance from Uttar the mafia don should also be Covid-19 situation in Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose of Religion) Act, 2003 aimed to girls marrying into other reli- copy of the Bill which he had tion number belonging to Uttar Pradesh used to take Mukhtar investigated. Maharashtra worsened on from 11,690 to 11,708, while combat forceful religious con- gion. I am deeply hurt by the in his hand. Pradesh. Ansari to a court in Punjab Under what circumstances Thursday, as the daily the infected cases went up by versions, better known as 'love words of the minister." The gesture was followed The registration number of from Ropar jail. did the vehicle of UP registra- caseloadA rose to an alarming 8646 to trigger a jump in the jehad', that was tabled in the On hearing this, the by an uproar from the BJP the ambulance, UP41 AT 7171, The Punjab Police, on tion number reach Punjab and 43,183 and the death toll infections from 4,14,773 to House by the ruling Bharatiya Speaker of the House, Rajendra members in the House. belongs to Barabanki district Wednesday, had produced how is the mafia don roaming increased to 249 as against 239 4,23,419. Janata Party (BJP). Trivedi, interrupted the The proposed amendment and had expired in 2017. It has Ansari before the court in in this car?" fatalities registered on Pune district, which con- While speaking on the pro- Congress legislator but seeks to prohibit and punish not been renewed since then. connection with an alleged Mukhtar Ansari is charged Wednesday. tinued to be the worst-affect- visions of the amendment Bill, Khedawala stuck to his words. religious conversions promis- Also, the name of the hospital 2019 extortion matter. with the murder of Alka Rai's With 43,183 fresh cases, ed city-district in Khedawala said, "Home "Nobody can force any- ing better lifestyle, divine bless- in which the ambulance was Meanwhile, BJP MLA Alka husband Krishnanand Rai who the total infections in Maharashtra, saw the total Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja body to marry into a specific ings and impersonation.IANS registered is dubious. Rai, said, "Who provided the was shot dead in 2005. IANS Maharashtra climbed from number of cases increase from 28,12,980 to 2,85,61,63. 5,36,262 to 5,44,287, while the Similarly, with 249 new total number of deaths in 8       !    N     O > deaths, the total Covid-19 toll Pune rose from 8325 to 8343. rose from 56,649 to Thane district remained New Delhi/Mumbai: Cricket ed 'protection money' during cartels." Naresh Gor, a big time India's west coast from Gujarat located in posh south Mumbai cer of ATS, Mumbai adding, 54,898. in the third spot --after Pune betting syndicates linked with cricket season at the behest of bookie, was Vaze's pointsman to Karnataka. According to area of Mumbai. "In fact Vinayak Shinde, a As 23, 600 patients were and Mumbai – after the total underworld gangs operating former crime branch officer, who targeted illegal betting ATS Mumbai, Naresh Gor pro- Sources said as the cricket tainted cop also involved in the discharged from the hospitals number of infections rose primarily in Gujarat, highly placed sources revealed rings operating in the state, and cured dozens of SIM cards on betting racket operates in India murder had earlier introduced across the state after full recov- from 3,39,590 to 3,44,385 Maharashtra and Karnataka to IANS. collected huge amounts from fake IDs from a trader in through mobile phones and Gor to Vaze." Sources said ery, the total number of peo- while the total deaths climbed allegedly paid "protection Commenting on the Vaze's them. The extortion racket Ahmedabad. The trader iden- other similar gadgets, Naresh through Vinayak Shinde, book- ple discharged from the hos- from 5970 to 5970. money" to disgraced Mumbai multi-crore extortion racket, requires a thorough probe to tified as Kishore Thakkar has Gor was specialised in procur- ie Gor made connections in the pitals since the second week of Of the 1,99,75,341, sam- crime branch officer, Sachin reportedly patronised by key unmask the real faces behind now been detained by the NIA, ing SIM cards, phone sets, wifi underworld and started tar- March last year went up to ples sent to laboratories, Vaze, presently being interro- people in Maharashtra gov- this hafta vasooli," Ram which is probing the Mansukh routers and dongles in bulk on geting top bookies to extort 24,33,368.. The recovery rate 28,56,163 have tested positive gated by the National ernment, the BJP spokesperson Kadam, three times MLA from Hiren case. Bookie, Naresh fake ids."On Vaze's instruc- protection money on behalf of in the state dropped from (14.3 per cent) for COVID-19 Investigation Agency (NIA) at Ram Kadam said that besides Mumbai told IANS. Gor was arrested in murder of tions, Naresh procured 93 SIM Vaze. Most of the online betting 85.34 per cent to 85.20 per until Thursday. its Mumbai office. Vaze's aide extorting large amount of 31-year-old Naresh Gor, Mansukh, the owner of the cards, 14 mobile phones syndicates operate from Middle cent.. Currently, 19,09,498 peo- Naresh Gor, a well known money from dance bars and who hails from Kutch, was explosive laden SUV, parked between March 3 to March 5, East countries and are further Meanwhile, the number ple are in home quarantine bookie in Mumbai, identified clubs, Vaze's men were minting associated with top cricket bet- near billionaire Mukesh to execute the plan for killing linked to the Dawood Ibrahim of “active cases” total cases in while 18,432 people are in betting syndicates and extort- money by sheltering betting ting syndicates spread across Ambani's famous house Antilia Mansukh Hiren," said an offi- gang. the state increased from institutional quarantine.     ! 1

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A large order by a food  B        S           ( will increase the price of e-rick- other viable opportunities in 5*,.4-)2,..,-1 electrification opportunity lies retailer or even an e-commerce                   # #<* shaws and thus the amount electrification. Buses are often in commercial deliveries. The operator for electric two-wheel-               ;       ( that users will pay; however it spoken about as the next big <+4<% fastest growing sector of the ers specifically oriented for      BS              will need to be done because e- opportunity; being large lad- 2-1'<2%<2 Indian commercial vehicle delivery will also give a massive rickshaws need to be reined in. der-on-frame vehicles, sys- market over the past decade boost to the manufacture of  ;C$          #<*      B But there is no doubt that the tems such as battery swapping .-,.4 has been Light Commercial such products in India.         success of e-rickshaws is proof are being spoken about for 8<1148,>,=-24 Vehicles (LCVs). This has The holy grail of electrifi- that electric vehicles can be a suc- additional range. But what coincided almost perfectly cation is of course a wide-scale cess as they have almost com- about buses that get used a bit '-41.=&1-%4 with the rise of online com- changeover in passenger vehi-  9 pletely replaced cycle-rickshaws less? Airport buses, for exam- 5*,8*,,2<1,8 merce. While changing from cles and public transportation. across major urban centres. ple. At many airports across the LCVs, colloquially known There are several technology The reason for this success India, buses are still used to ,184*4 as “Chhota Hathi”, will be dif- issues that remain to be sorted was simple; there was a need for transport passengers and crew <>42141, ficult with little charging infra- out; should India look at last-mile transportation, which is to and from planes. Why can’t structure and uneven roads, hybrids as a middle step, for non-existent in India. those and many other airport '2<<,1 the metropolitan areas can example, or should investments Transportation from bus stops, infrastructure vehicles such as >4*,8&.-2-%4= insist on a changeover to elec- be made in hydrogen? There Metro and railway stations using baggage tractors and airline trifying such vehicles. are also serious cost questions auto-rickshaws was expensive cars be electric? The addition- )=,'<,1145 However, this cannot be abrupt but, most importantly, the pub- and while cycle-rickshaws cost al costs of such equipment can 8<1+,,<15*,.4 and must not happen thanks to lic has to be convinced of the the same amount per ride as an be passed on to airline passen- <-..=,1<2,1 the fiat of a bureaucrat or utility of such vehicles. e-rickshaw, they took longer. As gers, which amortised over Minister, let alone a judge in a This is the third part of a such, these e-rickshaws have not millions of passengers will be *442,8;*-5 court. But happen it must; a series on electric vehicle adop- been a ‘replacement’ of a mode of a few rupees per ticket. '-84 planned switchover in a cou- tion and policy issues around transport, rather they have been What about school buses ple of years will not only give the same in India. additive. While there have been and other transport for stu- the industry an opportunity to (The author is Managing some legal wrangles around reg- dents? Most such transport is scale up manufacturing, it will Editor, The Pioneer. The views istration and sales, an estimated used only twice a day over a also aid in the creation of expressed are personal.)  2 3 45 32 SOUNDBITE

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#                   ( Minister Narendra Modi and calling for the A better coordination between States rest when it comes to fighting the BJP. creation of an enabling environment for a and the Centre will decide our fate. Three !     ?                (     However, Sharad Pawar, fresh from his “result-oriented dialogue” with India. key elements of success are — Tracing,    !                       “king-making manoeuvres” in Maharashtra,   !  !  The reopening of trade at Wagah for Testing and Vaccinating, and more vaccines     #              4         may act as a fulcrum for the third front, if cotton and sugar exports, had it come about, should be rolled out at the earliest to have he can bring all non-Congress and non-BJP would have been among the first substan- a wider range for such a vast population as         $  <         $   ( parties, that are unambiguous in their ide- 0%(.$$&<.<>(.          =:        tive relaxations in bilateral ties following the ours. Also, there is no substitute to taking K1  . ology and agree on a common minimum February 25 restoration of the ceasefire at precautions like wearing masks and main-    (     4S        9     ( programme, on a single platform. the Line of Control. One was hoping to see taining social distancing.                       Ganapathi Bhat | Akola a new beginning in the bilateral relations, All eligible people must come out and ,     which can improve through bilateral talks vaccinate themselves without further delay.         +           S            Q           only; the use of force and third-party Exporting vaccines to other countries can              (      ( Sir — The Pakistan Cabinet’s latest decision 1  #, involvement is not a viable option. take a back seat for some time now.                   S       against the earlier one, which had ratified Devendra Khurana | Bhopal Bal Govind | Noida        S            > S    the import of sugar and cotton from India        #            #                after nearly two years, can hardly be termed           2 a positive development for the relations -$2.          9 P        @Q Sir — It refers to the editorial ‘All hands on ((.%()9)&.='8$<)8 K ! !-      ! 8

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he Coronavirus-induced lockdown, which left millions of workers unemployed, recently had Tits anniversary on March 25. Unfortunately, this = .  672. coincides with the start of the second wave of the out- break of the deadly virus. During the lockdown, eco-    $  <    <      ( nomic activities came to a standstill and so did the     ;   *BG4(2E(      ( income of millions. The pandemic has pushed mil- >    4             lions of labourers and their families deep into pover-                  ( ty. Many labour-intensive industries were shut down    #                 during lockdown and even afterwards. The mass exo- dus of migrant workers from cities and industrial towns  %     .        / on foot and by other means reminds us of the pain         that they and their family members have gone through. -          (         ( The Government aid, inoculation drives and policy                4  stimuli certainly endeavoured to extend a helping hand;                ;   yet the damages to jobs, income and social equality    2EH0        :     are irreversible. Economists and multilateral agencies have expressed grave concerns on the rising levels of        IE7        012E(01  ( poverty and inequality. In the current scenario dom-                 inated by recession and uncertainty, it becomes vital ,1+,-         (       .   ( to study the factors that can help alleviate poverty in 5*424<24               ( India. *-1EG'42841       /         B   4 However, poverty and inequality are not new <%*4               (   issues in our country. Rather, they have been the co- '<'&.-,<1 travellers with the journey of our economic growth .,>4,1           R   S    ( and have started turning more severe recently due to >,..-48-11< the pandemic and subsequent uncertainty that looms -%%<2+< large on the economy. At the international level also, ,1<24*42<.4 alleviation. In contrast, the States that the lowest growth in agriculture but compared to agriculture and industry, the World Bank’s Millennium Development Goals put <%2&2-. exhibited a high growth in rural highest growth in industry and services guarantees a higher level of income the objective of ‘poverty eradication’ on priority. 4'.<=41 unemployment (Assam, Jharkhand (Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal and contributes significantly in pover- Eradication of poverty lifts the living standard of indi- -1+,18<4 and Chhattisgarh) had to pay the cost Pradesh) outperformed the other ty eradication. This is substantiated by viduals in terms of education, health and social sta- 4142-,<1# of slender poverty alleviation. It con- States in attaining the poverty allevi- the findings of the instant study: The tus, thus bringing equality in the society. Poverty is <-..4>,-4 cludes that the rural employment in the ation objective. In other words, it is not top six States in poverty reduction — directly linked to employment which is a derivative '<>42= States holds the key to eradication of agriculture but industry and services Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal of productive sectors which differ in States. Thus, the poverty. sector that buttress poverty alleviation Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tripura and poverty levels in various States are also significantly 4'.<=41 India, where more than 65 per across States in India. Between indus- Kerala — are the ones with the high- different from one another. However, the common 4142-,<1 cent of population lives in villages, can- try and services, services turned out to est growth and share of services in       4 -     ; S     ,12&2-.-24-            4 *   objective of all the States is ‘poverty alleviation’. not afford to ignore the role of rural be more influential in poverty reduc- State GDP. The historical data from as many as 23 States were ,<24 employment and income generation. tion. Conclusion: State-wise poverty    )  4            studied in terms of poverty reduction and associated ,'<2-1 To alleviate poverty, employment gen- This finding echoes the theory of reduction is quite heterogeneous due     R     S            factors. including unemployment and growth of pro- *-1*-,1 eration in rural areas is more impor- economic growth and structural to differences in the employment                 ductive sectors — agriculture, industry and services. &2)-1,1+,-# tant than that in urban India. This change presented by Nobel laureate scenario and sectoral growth of States.     )  4         An attempt was made to empirically fathom the rela- *,-.,15,* aligns with the fact that rural India and American economist Simon While some States outperformed the  4        %       tionship between poverty reduction and associated *4%-8*- exhibits more poverty ratio than urban Kuznets. According to the theory, a others in poverty alleviation, others are 2&2-.,1+,- ;          <    ( macro-economic factors. The latest State-wise data on areas. The major source of income in developing economy shifts from agri- still struggling to lift their people up poverty for 2004-05 and 2011-12 were sourced from 4P*,), rural areas is believed to be agriculture culture (primary) to industry (sec- from poverty line. It is important to           (    #  the Reserve Bank of India’s ‘Handbook of Statistics on <24'<>42= and the allied services. ondary) and then to services (tertiary) understand the factors impacting             ;  Indian States’. With the increasing levels of industri- 2-,<*-1 Further, the association of pover- sector — a process of ‘structural poverty reduction in the States of India :   #  4 .;:#4/   ;   4 :  alisation, the States have managed to reduce poverty &2)-1-24-# ty reductions with growth of produc- change’. In this process, employment from historical evidences. In terms of .;4:/               levels in a span of seven years. Goa, Andhra Pradesh, *4-(<2 tive sectors — agriculture, industry and shifts from the lower to higher produc- employment, it is the rural employ- <       S      Himachal Pradesh, Tripura and Uttarakhand witnessed <&284<% services — in different States is tive sector, yielding an overall produc- ment that drives poverty alleviation.                ( highest poverty reduction of more than 65 per cent. ,18<4,1 analysed. As expected, the correlation tivity and income gain in the econo- Whereas, in terms of productive sec- In contrast, Assam, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh bare- between poverty reduction and the my. India, being a developing econo- tors, it is the services sector that is the                     2&2-.-24-, ly lifted their people from poverty, with less than 20 )4.,4>4+ growth rates of all productive sectors my, treaded this path of structural major source of employment genera-      *        per cent reduction in it. The poverty ratio had declined <)4 is significant with varying magnitudes change, however, bypassing industri- tion and hence poverty reduction.        #     (   from 37 per cent in 2004-05 to 22 per cent in 2011- -2,8&.&24 and directions. The productive sectors, alisation and tertiarisation. The key of poverty alleviation lies   S                 12. Historically, rural areas witnessed a higher pover- -1+*4 with their varying productivities, serve At present, even if industrialisa- with employment generation in the                   ty ratio (26 per cent) as compared to urban (14 per -..,4+42>,84 employment as well as generate income tion is promoted with the primary rural India that houses two-third of     cent). which helps people lift from poverty. objective of poverty reduction, India India’s population. More than agricul- Poverty reduction rate in States is found to be neg- Interestingly, growth in agriculture is may not gain much in terms of ture, industry and services sectors ;       4        ( atively correlated with growth in the rural unemploy- not sufficient to absorb the increasing employment. This is due to the capi- development— industrialisation and    R     S ;      (   * ment in a significant manner, but was found not asso- job requirements in rural India and tal intensification facilitated by high- tertiarisation— must be promoted in )          ; S ciated with the urban unemployment growth. This hence is alone not capable of poverty er fixed-capital investment in indus- rural India. The current wave of pri-           4        ( implies that the States with higher reduction in rural reduction. The States with a higher tries, making them capital intensive. vatisation and production-linked             ,         unemployment (Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, growth in the agriculture sector Collectively, this issue of dispropor- incentive schemes must consider the    ;           4S R  Kerala and Punjab) excelled in poverty reduction. Swapnil is senior research (Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh), exhib- tionate growth in employment as inclusion of rural areas. At the same However, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu scholar at IISc, Bengaluru, ited lowest gains in poverty reduction. compared to output growth is termed time, skill development in rural areas  S        *S ( ;   ! 4 and Madhya Pradesh are exceptions to this. These and Majumder is an inde- Notably, these States could not thrive as ‘jobless growth’ in industries. In con- is the need of the hour to enable the .;!4/ # ;!4              pendent researcher. The States, despite exhibiting a higher growth in rural views expressed are personal. in a higher growth of industry and ser- trast, the services sector, being more rural population to join the workforce           4 B   unemployment, managed to gain higher in poverty vices sectors. 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he initial bootless launched with its six key a budget of 12,000 crore. the hour. Another factor sector, too, plays a crucial role models adopted by the State, skilling setup in India components aiming to skill However, it could achieve which serves as a major gap in the vocational training there seems to be a lot of Twas nothing but a one crore youth by 2020. only approximately 50 per in the skill development framework. Initially, the pri- untapped potential for the notion of a lopsided skill Various studies suggested cent of its set target by 2019 framework is the ignorance vate sector was quite alien to same, which called for anoth- development. The potential that the respondents were and thus failed to stop the of quality by the training this Government initiative; er initiative, called the of India’s demographic div- satisfied with the skills train- mass migration triggered by institutes, which further however, it did not remain PMKVY 3.0, introduced by idend was realised with the ings imparted to them, the pandemic. The case hampers the trust of the secluded for long. The the Government on January launch of Skill India Mission  94462 which further helped them could have been less intense trainees. A Government- Government realised that 15, 2021, in 600 districts. by the Ministry of Skill in attaining gainful employ- had the scheme been suc- appointed committee high- industry linkages serve as a Launched with a target Development and ment. cessful in providing employ- lighted this issue. sine qua non, for the effective of skilling 8 lakh youth with Entrepreneurship (MSDE) The scheme, however, ment to people in their areas A sincere resolution to training and employment of 300 courses over 2020-21, the on July 15, 2015. suffered from various loop- only. this problem can be achieved youth. With almost 90 per scheme focuses on imparting The Government holes in terms of training Apart from this, a ed to join the workforce by regular audit of the train- cent of the population below more demand-driven skills focused on developing a infrastructure, limited par- requirement of skilled work- every year for training, thus ing centres, which the 60 years of age, and 35 per and revolves around digital comprehensive programme, ticipation by the private sec- force as reported by the depriving them of effective Government has already cent of it below 19 years, technology and Industry 4.0 which would provide an aid tor, lack of compliance to National Skill Development skill training modules. This been doing for some time employment generation is skills. The scheme is vested in removing the stumbling international standards and Corporation (NSDC) was makes the scenario worse now. In addition, the trainers definitely not a cinch and with a total of 948.90 crores blocks to the mission. The a considerable gap between estimated at 347 million, to and is a major obstacle in can be encouraged to requires relevant and ade- and emphasises upon the main focus of the pro- the industries’ demands and be achieved by 2022, which India’s growth. This pattern upgrade their knowledge and quate industry linkages, so as role of District Skill gramme has been to create skills supply. A sequel of seems a distant dream as of escalated numbers has rewarded for their achieve- to make the workers trained Committees (DSCs) and convergence across the sec- this scheme, PMKVY 2.0, India has been facing a been witnessed to drain the ments based on the students’ and meet the international State Skill Development tors and the States in terms The writer is Assistant was launched the following shortage of skilled manpow- funds of the State, resulting feedback. This would benchmarks. This would Missions (SSDM) in of skill training activities. Professor at the Goswami year with an aim to over- er for more than a decade in a shortfall of funds for undoubtedly enhance the contribute to enhancing their analysing the skill-demand Recognising the poten- Ganesh Dutta Sanatan come all the drawbacks of now. other imperative areas. quality of the trainers hired skill set, making them glob- gaps at a district levels. This tial of the India’s youth, a Dharma College, PMKVY. The training capacity A realistic estimation of and the subsequent trainings ally competent and creating scheme looks promising as it flagship programme, Chandigarh. The scheme was aimed at stands approximately at 4.3 targets along with the flexi- provided by them to the can- new opportunities for them. excludes any of the draw- The views expressed Pradhan Mantri Kaushal are personal. skilling 10 million youth million, in contrast to 12 mil- bility for the usage of allocat- didates. Despite the Public- backs of the previous Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), was during 2015-16 and acquired lion people which are expect- ed cash reserve is the need of Nevertheless, the private Private Partnership (PPP) schemes.     !  $9 , ? !           #2  =-1<1 5R *   $  rotesters in Myanmar on    "  PThursday marked two months since the military   $     seized power by once more -# %    "% defying the threat of lethal  =-1<1 Hluttaw, the national Parliament, violence and publicly demon- made the announcements on   5-*,1<1 sion was warranted as the pan- strating against the toppling of pponents of Myanmar’s social media. demic continued to disrupt the democratically elected gov- Omilitary government The 2008 constitution, S President Joe Biden on American’s lives, and high lev- ernment. declared the country’s 2008 implemented under army rule, UThursday let the ban on els of unemployment and job The February 1 coup has constitution void and put for- ensured the military maintained foreign workers visa, in par- loss were still been met with massive public ward an interim replacement its dominance during the coun- ticular H-1B, lapse as the noti- presenting serious economic resistance that security forces charter late Wednesday in a try’s decade of progress toward fication issued by his prede- challenges to workers across have been unable to crush major political challenge to democracy, such as by reserving cessor Donald Trump expired, the US. through escalating levels of the ruling junta. it a quarter of the seats in a move which is likely to ben- Biden did not issue a fresh violence, including now rou- The moves, while more Parliament and retaining respon- efit thousands of Indian IT pro- proclamation for the ban on H- tinely shooting protesters. symbolic than practical, could sibility for state security. The fessionals. 1B visas to continue after Outside efforts including sanc- help woo the country’s armed junta that seized power from the Amidst a national lock- March 31. tions imposed by Western ethnic militias to ally themselves civilian government February 1 down and the Covid-19 crisis, He had promised to lift the nations on the military regime with the mass protest movement cites emergency provisions in the Trump in June last year issued suspension on H-1B visas, say- have failed to help restore against the military’s seizure of charter as giving its takeover con- a proclamation that suspended ing Trump’s immigration poli- peace. power in February. stitutional legitimacy. entry to the US of applicants for cies were cruel. In Yangon, the country’s The actions were taken by The CRPH also presented several temporary or “non- The H-1B visa is a non- biggest city, a group of young # (                : !     #% the CRPH, an underground, a Federal Democracy Charter immigrant” visa categories, immigrant visa that allows US people shortly after sunrise self-styled alternative govern- as an interim constitution. It including H-1B, companies to employ foreign Thursday sang solemn songs for the fall of the junta, the Mandalay and elsewhere. retail shops owned in whole or ment established by elected law- aims to end Myanmar’s long arguing that these visas pre- workers in specialty occupa- honoring the more than 500 release of deposed leader Aung The demonstrations fol- part by Myanma Economic makers who were not allowed to history of military dictatorship sented a risk to the US labour tions that require theoretical or protesters killed so far. They San Suu Kyi and the return of lowed a night of violence Holdings Limited, which is an take their seats when the military as well as meeting the long- market during the economic technical expertise. Technology then marched through the democracy. including police raids and sev- investment arm of the military, staged the coup and ousted and standing demands of its myri- recovery. companies depend on it to hire streets chanting slogans calling Protests were also held in eral fires. In Yangon, several went up in flames. The shops detained civilian leader Aung ad ethnic minority groups for On December 31, Trump tens of thousands of employees are the targets of boycotts by San Suu Kyi. The Committee greater autonomy in their extended the order to March each year from countries like &!    &    the protest movement. Representing Pyidaungsu regions. 31, 2021, noting that an exten- India and China.  "    2<$+P      6 * $ "# :/  $ ! '! !   *       &1,4+1-,<1 de facto leader Aung San Suu obtained by PTI, Special Envoy $  *  Kyi and President U Win of Secretary-General Antonio he influx of refugees from Myint. The coup sparked Guterres on Myanmar : The most senior job as a special adviser for civil “divisive” report. TMyanmar at the Indian protests and other acts of civil Christine Schraner Burgener Black adviser to UK Prime society and communities in “(There is a) crisis at No. 10 and Thai borders and else- disobedience, leading to the said that a robust internation- Minister Boris Johnson has May, as had “been his plan for when it comes to acknowledg- **   !  where is “ominous” and likely deaths of hundreds in military al response requires a unified resigned, the government said several months.” ing and dealing with persistent just the beginning, UN crackdown. regional position, especially Thursday, the day after a report It denied the resignation race inequality,” Woolley said.  <2-14/8-.,%<21,-0 building’s second-floor walk- Secretary General’s special The 15-nation Council with the neighbouring coun- on racial disparities concluded was related to Wednesday’s Kasumu had considered way and in a courtyard. envoy on Myanmar has told the held closed consultations on tries leveraging their influ- that Britain does not have a sys- publication of a report by the quitting in February. He wrote shooting at a Southern Amat had no details about Security Council, warning that Myanmar on Wednesday, days ence towards stability in temic problem with racism. government-appointed a resignation letter, obtained by ACalifornia office building the confrontation, what may regional security could deteri- after the country witnessed the Myanmar. The government denied Commission on Race and the BBC, that accused Johnson’s on Wednesday killed four peo- have sparked the attack or why orate further and no country in bloodiest day since the demon- “The regional security and any link between the departure Ethnic Disparities, which con- Conservative Party of pursuing ple, including a child, and a child may have been at the the region would want a “failed strations against the February economic consequences are of Samuel Kasumu and the cluded that Britain is not an “a politics steeped in division.” injured a fifth person before building at 202 W. Lincoln state” as their neighbour. 1 coup began, with security getting worse and could dete- much-criticized report, which institutionally racist country. He was persuaded to stay in his police shot the suspect, police Ave. Signs outside indicated a Myanmar’s military top- forces killing at least 107 indi- riorate further. The influx of has been accused of ignoring But Simon Woolley, a former job temporarily to work on a said. handful of businesses were pled the country’s government viduals — including seven refugees at the Indian and the experiences of ethnic- government equalities adviser campaign encouraging people Shots were being fired as located there, including an on February 1 and seized children, on March 27. Thai borders and elsewhere is minority Britons. and a member of the U.K. House from ethnic minorities to get officers arrived at a two-story insurance office, a financial power for one year, detaining In her remarks to the ominous and likely just the The prime minister’s office of Lords, said Kasumu’s exit was vaccinated against the coron- office building on Lincoln consulting firm, a legal services top political figures, including closed meeting of the Council, beginning,” she said. said Kasumu would leave his connected to the “grubby” and avirus. AP Avenue in Orange, southeast of business and a phone repair , at about 5.30 pm, store. Lt. Jennifer Amat said. By 7. pm, the situation   ! 9  <     ( #R  “An officer-involved shoot- had been stabilised and there ing occurred” and the suspect wasn’t any threat to the public,     was taken to a hospital, Amat police said. In a tweet, Gov. @A2B #! )    # said, but she didn’t immediately Gavon Newsom called the  "   know his condition. killings “horrifying and heart-  *<1;<1 on other charges related to his Q#" The shooting was on the breaking.” pro-democracy activities.     second floor of the building, “Our hearts are with the even Hong Kong pro- They were convicted for  R5$1 Amat said. Media reports said families impacted by this ter- Sdemocracy advocates were their involvement in a protest   5-*,1<1 bodies could be seen on the rible tragedy tonight,” he wrote. convicted Thursday on charges held on Aug. 18, 2019.  .<1+<1 of organizing and participating Organizers said that 1.7 million he US state of Alabama has in an unlawful assembly during people marched that day in Tblocked a yoga bill that uropean nations’ immu- massive anti-government opposition to a proposed bill would have lifted a decades-old Enization campaigns against protests in 2019 that triggered that would have allowed sus- ban on the popular age-old Covid-19 are “unacceptably a crackdown on dissent. pects to be extradited to main- Indian practice in public slow” and risk prolonging the The seven include media land China for trial. schools after objections from pandemic, a senior World tycoon and founder of the The activists, apart from conservative groups who feared Health Organization official Apple Daily tabloid Jimmy Lai, those who have been remanded that followers of Hinduism said Thursday. as well as 82-year-old Martin in custody on other charges, were could engage in conversion, Dr Hans Kluge, WHO’s Lee, a veteran of the city’s granted bail on condition they do according to a media report. regional director for Europe, democracy movement. Lai had not leave Hong Kong and must Pushed by conservative said vaccines “present our best already been held without bail hand in all their travel documents. groups, the Alabama Board of way out of this pandemic,” but Education in 1993 had voted to noted that to date, only 10% of prohibit yoga, along with hyp- Europe’s population has nosis and meditation in public received one dose and that schools in the southeastern only 4% have been fully pro- state. Last year in March, the tected with two doses. Alabama House of “As long as coverage Representatives voted 84-17 remains low, we need to apply to pass the “Yoga Bill” which the same public health and was moved by state legislator social measures as we have in Jeremy Gray from the the past, to compensate for Democratic Party. delayed schedules,” Kluge said. /36 23 7/

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Of this, 41 per cent and 8 per cent in ually lifted, many sectors of the “We continue to expect a rally in public sector banks. automobile stocks. Strong   # central GST stood at 22,973 the June and September quar- economy were able to spring the GoI’s fiscal deficit to under- On the other hand, monthly volume for March crore, state GST at 29,329 ters, respectively. However, back into action although out- shoot the FY2021 RE of Rs 18.5 HUL, Nestle, HDFC Bank, helped auto stocks attract  +   ! 5*3 crore, integrated GST at  with economic recovery, the put remains well below the pre- lakh crore, suggesting ample TCS, Titan and investors’ interest,” Binod Modi, !     + 66  62,842 crore (including 31,097 mop-up grew 8 per cent and 14 pandemic levels. cash balances at the start of Tech Mahindra suffered Head - Strategy at Reliance  ' %   8    ! -1 8'4 crore collected on import of per cent in December and Deloitte India Senior FY2022.” losses. 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The Taxes (CBDT) has issued and China Merchants. cent stake at around $140 mil- the public sector undertaking   #M porated general definition of Finance Act, 2021 hasn’t refunds of more than 2.62 This is the largest transac- lion and PingAn had agreed to said in a statement.Also, beat- the term “liable to tax” in the brought in any additional or lakh crore to more than 2.38 tion for IL&FS since the sale of take over the Rs 1,600 crore ing the previous estimates, the  /6C  #     Income Tax Act to provide clar- new tax on hardworking Indian crore taxpayers from 1st April, its wind energy assets to Orix, debt (as of December 2018) in state-owned coal major booked  < G:  +       ! ity. workers in 2020 to 31st March, 2021,” the IL&FS said in a statement. the CYEC.The transaction was an all-time high of 124 MT in !  !             “This amendment has not Saudi/UAE/Oman/Qatar.” statement said. 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duction or long hours of monotonous reading. Another robust case can be made for learning languages, which under- standably has considerable market potential. Whenever someone wants to LISTEN, VISUALISE learn a new language, the most crucial element in the process is to listen to the content in the language carefully. It will help people attain a knack for the lan- AND guage, develop better pronunciation and fluency, and eventually make learn- ing much less complicated. Let us also look beyond students or LEARN learners for developing life skills. There is another vast use case of learning through audio in corporate L&D for multiple industries like hospitality,         travel, food delivery, e-commerce, taxi service, etc. All the mentioned indus-    =#     tries are operations-intensive and have professional requirements to train their          people on SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) many times over. With         minimal infrastructure or device requirements, audio becomes the          smartest choice for corporates to train their employees on SOPs without tak- <-:#$ 6>-.& ing additional time from their work schedule or their lives. Audio helps to convert any activity time into learning time, unlike other mediums/formats, which require dedicated schedules to consume the content. In the next three years, AI-based       voice assistants will take learning to the next level. Further to this, voice assis- tants will seamlessly deliver quizzes,  2%  facts and interaction-based knowledge in such streamlined ways that people arineeti Chopra is basking in the good will start preferring them over tradition- Previews that she has got for her powerful and al teaching methodologies. This can be versatile performances in three back to back films attributed to the convenience and per- — The Girl On The Train (TGOTT), Sandeep Aur sonalisation that these voice assistants Pinky Faraar (SAPF) and the recently released istening empowers you to see chance of facing distraction and are capable of providing. Saina. Pari reveals that going forward she will with your eyes closed. Yes, visual- ergonomic difficulties in learning With the extent of transformation only look to ‘shock and awe’ people with her film Lisation is what I am talking about. through video/VR-based education. brought to us every day by AI, machine- choices that will allow her to showcase her act- Since the beginning of humankind, Even though these formats offer great learning, data-analytics, and other tech- ing skills effectively. whenever a person wanted to focus on entertainment and leisurely experi- nologies, it won’t be surprising to see big Pari says, “I’m currently over the moon with something or listen carefully to remem- ences, it does not suitably address the leaps in human productivity. A lot of the the reviews that I have got for TGOTT, SAPF and ber or absorb knowledge, the first step above concerns, especially considering developments will be linked to the con- Saina and I realised that what the audience and was to close the eyes primarily to cut the post-COVID scenario. During the sumption of content through audio as critics loved was my decision to pick versatile off the mind from the outer world (visu- pandemic, screen times have skyrock- people are preferring to multitask and roles that helped me shine as a performer. Going als) and remove every distraction. In eted, and as a positive measure, people cater more time to learning. Rather than forward too, my film choices will be instinctive, earlier times, whether people used to are turning to less captive formats to wasting precious time in transiting for bold and hopefully I will be able to shock and travel to different parts of the save their time and health. work, moving physical things like awe people like I have done with these three back country/world without any map service Audio-based learning answers all books, tablets, and computers around, to back films.” or understand a process, they used to these concerns so well that some of the they would prefer to operate devices For Pari, 2021 has started on a good note and close their eyes and listen carefully to subjects/topics are now made available through voice-commands for a hassle she intends to capitalise on this positive momen- create a mental image to remember the in audio formats. These topics can be and stress-free lifestyle. We are already tum. She says, “They have been praising my work directions and memorise. best learned on audio, hence, the term witnessing disruption through fresh and saying things like Parineeti 2.0, return of We have enough instances from our ‘Audio First’ was coined to describe it. ideas like voice recognition, wherein, an Parineeti, the power packed hat-trick of Parineeti mythology or history about the impor- For instance, if an individual has to AI and machine learning-based tech Chopra. It feels very special and rare as no actor tance of sound, especially in learning. study history by reading a book, the delivers customised content after recog- has achieved this feat of releasing three films in Today, even though the ecosystem is process itself is so long and monotonous nising the owners’ voice. The possibil- one month and I cannot believe it. It’s been a dynamic and the invention of newer that the student loses interest to con- ities for the future are immense, and good start to my year because people have real- technologies like VR, 4D, AR, etc, are sume the relevant pointers. If you try peoples’ love for audio will be at the cen- ly liked what I have tried to do on screen.” providing multiple means to consume to learn the same subject through ter of new learning experiences. The She adds, “Their love is a big validation that content and learn, the importance of video, content production becomes next generation of technology in audio I should always get out of my comfort zone and audio as the fundamental means of unaffordable and time-consuming. will be embraced with open arms, just shake things up for myself. It’s a big lesson that transferring knowledge cannot be dis- However, the same can be taught in like radio, MP3 devices, and audio apps I have learnt and I’m going to ensure that I counted. Moreover, with so many for- audio most effectively without worry- have been in recent years. apply this when it comes to my film choices mats of content, there is an increased ing about the high cost of content pro- (The writer is the COO of Khabri.) going forward.” $  !/* !8 :$   ! '$ .  ctor Daisy Shah is an ani- *  = Amal lover and often feeds strays. She says that she always carries food with her when she ,*  D!*,>40 ventures out. The actor was recently seen feeding the stray #! 5%!'%,!, dogs and cows in Andheri. “I often feed the strays I %,(,/! come across, as and when I can. I actually have a box of dog bis- e honest now, are you a bit cuits in my car wherever I go. Bpartial to Diet Cola? I am. So, if I stop at a signal or if I am As much as I like carbonated walking from my car to some- drinks, truth be told, they are place and I see these adorable quite sugary and since my ;&*-1,2- animals, I always feed them. body can’t get rid of that sugar There is unmatchable pleasure efficiently enough, the only in doing so,” she said. way to fuel myself is the diet on the market right now. They She says that proper segre- path. But being a diet cola does both have almost 350 horse- gation of garbage needs to be not mean that there has to be power and they can both hit 0- done in order to make sure that a sacrifice on the taste front. A 100 in around 4.5 seconds. The animals don’t consume the good diet cola should give you Audi has a V6 and the BMW wrong things. the same satisfaction as the a straight-six. They have both “One needs to understand real thing. Now, you must be been sprinkled with the fairy soft sport for BMW, I love the the car into rear-wheel-drive that stray animals require to eat wondering why any discussion dust of each company’s perfor- S5. I loved it in the previous only mode. But given that as well, so they try to fish out around 350-horsepower cars mance engineers, with suspen- generation and I love the cur- this car is relatively affordable, food from wherever possible. would have the word ‘diet’ in sion and engine tweaks. But rent one. One of my most that is not a bad thing. Too Many a time it lands up being it. Both the Audi S5 and the the big difference is in price, memorable automotive expe- much power too soon is a from the big garbage bins that BMW M340i are not the full- the BMW has an ex-show- riences was in the S5 and this recipe for disaster. The M340i are around the city, which are fat, fire-breathing ultra sports room price of 63 lakh and the latest iteration of the car is a lot has just the right amount of provided by the BMC. The sedans. The six-cylinder tur- Audi costs 79 lakhs. This of fun to drive. Get onto a power and performance. It is government has surely done its bocharged petrol-drinking huge difference is explained piece of tarmac where you can not a full-fat M3, but it gives bit in keeping our city clean by RS4 and the M3 are no joke, almost entirely by the fact let the car slide around a bit you a great experience of providing us with these garbage but they are saner than their that the BMW is locally assem- and it will put a smile on your power and performance bins, but people are yet unaware brethren. bled at BMW’s plant near face. 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n American author, Mary Antin, once said, “Among the liveliest of Amy memories are those of eating and drinking...” Well, I won’t deny it either. Recently, for instance, I, along with three of my friends, each distinct from the other, headed towards Gurugram’s 32nd Milestone. Climbing up a white spi- ral staircase, we made our way into an Asian-themed bar and diner — RYU. The dragon was the prime element of the bar that distinctly dominated the myself indulging and going for a second plete without dim sums and momos. It’s first floor’s visuals as the concept creator round. true! So we tried their Veg momos and of the restaurant believes that every drag- Thai crispy vegetables which had Bok choy asparagus. The momos had on has a personality of its own, thus, broccoli, carrots, bell peppers, cabbage minced vegetables as the stuffing and inspiring people to delve deeper into their and cauliflower wok-tossed in lemon, were steamed to perfection. The dim layers and exploring different versions of chilli and a few other Thai herbs was sums filling had steamed bok choy, themselves as they relax comfortably at served next. To ensure that these asparagus and coriander. It was served the restaurant. remained crunchy even after turning a bit with hot chilli sauce. You know the dim Walking past the interiors, we moved cold, the executive chef Lekh Bhadur sum, if literally translated, means “touch towards the rooftop and found a comfort- Khadga Magar used rice flour. This gar- the heart”. And this one just did that. able spot — a corner table. But I was licky, super crunchy dish was certainly We were pretty near saturation and overcome with curiosity about the mean- the star of the night, not only for me but we ordered a Veg kebab platter, which ing of RYU? To find out the same, I for my pals as well. included oven-cooked paneer tikka, googled the name and came to know that Next up was the Classic veg spring malai broccoli and hara bhara kebab. It RYU is a fictional Japanese fighting rolls. Served with sweet chilli sauce, these was served along with mint chutney. character and the protagonist of vegetables stuffed crispy tangy rolls were While paneer tikka and hara bhara Capcom’s Street Fighter series. Sitting fried to perfection and didn’t have any kebab were exactly how they are served under the shade of an intricate Japanese trace of oil, which usually is the norm in everywhere, malai broccoli was the umbrella, I, then, realised that the restau- other places. Not high on spices or any exception. As it is I am fond of broccoli rant is inspired by the culture and tradi- kind of excessive flavours, it was comfort and I have been a fan of cheese for as long tion of Japan, China and Malaysia. The food at its best. malibu rum, Midori, banana puree, tion. It came in a bird-shaped glass, food, Yasai tempura made its way to my as I can remember — it was a perfect warm, dim yellow lights and soft music I wanted to pair beer with the meal, pineapple and lime. It reminded me of which was surrounded by a nest-like table. This was the vegetarian version of fusion for me as it was flavoured with in the background set our mood for the however, one can’t help but look at the the beach while chilling on the rooftop. arrangement, which justified its name. A tempura which usually consists of cream cheese. night. menu when it has a wide range of cock- The third was Smoked popcorn old-fash- twist to a Malaysian classic, this version seafood, meat and vegetables battered I must say — if not for the delectable We started with Chilli garlic mush- tails to choose from. Taking suggestions ioned. It was a twist of classic old fash- infused jackfruit and thyme rum, and deep-fried. But it also had elements bites, people must visit RYU for its excep- rooms. The tender button mushrooms from the mixologist Nikit Singh, we ioned incorporated with flavours of tiramisu syrup, Campari, pineapple juice of sushi. It had tempura fried asparagus, tional signature cocktails. In the words were tossed in the rich flavour of garlic. ordered around five drinks, each with a popcorn and grapefruit smoked with and lime. Last, the fifth was gin-based carrot wrapped with Japanese rice and of Shyam Thakur, co-founder of the The slight pungency could be traced to different base. While Pandarama was a RYU’s special osmanthus woodchip and Flower power. It came in wine glasses, seaweed flavoured with spicy Japanese restaurant, “I have always been incredi- the vinegar and soya sauce. Though it sweet mixture of vermouth, passion Jameson. The fourth — Junglebird, with shaken with elderflower yuzu, thyme and mayonnaise. To say the least, sushi is bly passionate about cocktails. The tasted a little sweet due to the use of fruit, orange juice, thyme & lime float its strong flavours — made the best lemon juice topped with in-house salt- often a disappointment for me but this flavours, the skill, the kind of precision caramelised onions. Even though I am with flamed absinthe (anise-flavoured impact on my already impressed taste- ed coconut foam. particular one wasn’t... for sure. that goes inside creating one great cock- not a huge fan of mushrooms, I found spirit) and cinnamon, Sex on the roof had buds. Another reason was the presenta- But I was yet to be done with the They say an Asian menu is incom- tail – it’s an art worthy of obsession.” 2

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The Bangladesh super- After being held in the star, who was part of KKR United Arab Emirates last title-winning campaigns in year due to the Covid-19 pan- 2012 and 2014, played just demic, the IPL returns to three matches for Sunrisers India and Stokes hopes fans Hyderabad in 2019 before the would be allowed back in the ban spelt his ouster from the stadiums soon. game. “It’s great for the compe- The ICC had banned tition that it’s come back to its /          A 6    #   #  A      him for two years, with one roots after taking place in    "/ ' =A    ( '            @/  year of that sentence sus- Dubai last year, which was an pended, after he accepted achievement in itself. three charges of breaching the You have to keep an open “Fingers crossed that fans recent tour of India — even is optimistic about the season season: we had some great ICC anti-corruption code. mind, keep training hard and will be allowed back in at though 100 per cent of the ahead. ones followed by some pretty Now in his second need to make sure whenever some point during this IPL crowd were against us! Being “Last year was obviously poor performances. innings at KKR, Shakib is not you get a chance, you grab the because they are a huge part back in the thick of that disappointing. Yes, we fin- “But every year is a clean averse to open the batting like opportunity with both hands.” of this game and why we play. atmosphere was amazing!” ished bottom of the table but slate and we are really excited Sunil Narine or play the role In the post-Gautam “It was an amazing feeling The Royals had a disap- I think it’s not as simple as that. about the prospects of what we of a finisher, beside bowling Gambhir era, KKR have to have fans back in the pointing campaign last year, We ebbed and flowed with our are able to do on the field this those tidy left-arm spin — to missed playoffs for two years grounds on our (England’s) finishing last. However, Stokes performances throughout the year,” he added. seal his place. in a row and Shakib hoped “I’m open to anything to things would change this time be honest,” the 34-year-old, round.       3   0     0 /   who was bought by his former “From outside, you can   &       >&   #%C, %%  3 ) >+  franchise for 3.2 crore said. see it in different ways. This Since his ban ended in team has grown in last two   &)-, English players in the IPL October last year, he has years. This is the year I think has probably grown in the last   &)-, many formats, so I am really perspective, it would be more played only for his domestic KKR will be able to deliver the he increased participa- five or so years,” Stokes, who free about that.” from my side to get some side Khulna in the performance that fans have tion of English players will turn up for the Rajasthan ajasthan Royals’ new After the IPL auctions, extra tips from Sanga Bangabandhu T20 Cup. been asking for. I’m very Tin the IPL, where there Royals, told Sky Sports. Rrecruit Shivam Dube says Sangakkara had said that (Sangakkara), so I can per- “I’m very much confi- much optimistic, KKR will get is constant pressure to per- “Not only is that great for he is ready to bat at any Dube’s batting will be the form well in the tourna- dent, it’s just that I need one the result.” form, will benefit them during the individual but it is also position for his team and is main focus and “if there is an ment.” good game to get it going. If KKR also have included the T20 World Cup to be held great for the players involved looking to get some “extra opportunity for him to bowl, Dube said he is solely I can start well, I think I can veteran India off-spinner in India later this year, reck- in the England set-up; it gives tips” from Director Of Cricket it would be very rarely and focused on winning the tro- do well for the team.” Harbhajan Singh to an already ons star all-rounder Ben them experience in the most Kumara Sangakkara to very few overs, if at all.” phy for his team. In his last stint for SRH, strong spin lineup featuring Stokes. high-profile competition in improve his batting during Dube said he is looking “First of all ... If I am play- he only played three match- Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav Over the years more and the world but not only that — the IPL. forward to getting some ing for any team, I just expect es, while at KKR too he may and Varun Chakravarthy more English players have you are under constant pres- Dube, who has featured “extra-tips” from the Sri my team and myself to aim not be a regular as he’s primar- among others. chosen to take part in the sure to perform,” the impos- in one ODI and nine T20s for Lankan legend, with whom for the trophy. I don’t expect ily seen as a back-up option “We got a very good spin lucrative league. This year, ing all-rounder added. India, was brought by the he will be working in the (anything personally)... for Sunil Narine. department, having said that there are 14 England crick- India is set to host the T20 Rajasthan Royals for a whop- upcoming season. Because as a professional you Shakib said it indeed we have got a great pace  eters contracted to play IPL, World Cup later this year and ping 4.40 crores.        “... He (Sangakkara) has know what you want and affects the overseas players to bowling lineup too. All in all, including white-ball skipper Stokes feels it is the perfect “I think, I have played at   "/      played a lot of cricket and he what teams will give you, sit out in a game but with the we have got a very good Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, opportunity for English play- many positions, so I don’t care    &%. @ "    is going to watch me and what roles you have to play options being limited he has bowling lineup,” he conclud- Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen ers, who were a part of the much about what I can do, I going to tell me what I need and that you will get from the to have an open-mind ed. Ali, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, recently-concluded tour of care much about what teams number, early in the innings, to add in my game to improve coach... approach. The two-time champi- Sam Billings, Liam India, to get more familiar needs from me,” 27-year-old and if they want me as a fin- and to be a better left-hand- “The one thing I would “There are 8-10 overseas ons will kick-start their cam- Livingstone, Jason Roy, Chris with the Indian conditions. Dube said. isher in any game, I can do ed batsman,” he said. always be grateful is that I will players in each team and paign against Sunrisers Woakes and Dawid Malan. “You’ve got billions of “So if they want me to bat that also. “Many things would be be playing for Rajasthan and only four can play. You can- Hyderabad in Chennai on “Yes — the percentage of people watching you and up the order, I can bat at any “I have played the roles in there, but from a batting they will be trusting me a lot.” not blame the team selection. 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  4.)<&214 Then potentially the T20 World Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders  -&8;.-1+ Cup leading into the Ashes, so batsman Nitish Rana was on ustralia and Chennai Super it’s a big 12 months. Thursday cleared to train with ew Zealand beat AKings fast bowler Josh “As it always is with his teammates after testing NBangladesh by 65 runs in Hazlewood has pulled out of the Australia, and I want to give negative for Covid-19, more a rain-shortened third T20I at upcoming edition of the Indian myself the best chance to be than a week after returning Eden Park on Friday to claim Premier League to take a small mentally and physically ready for positive for the infectious dis- a series clean sweep. break from cricket and keep that,” he added. ease. With their innings reduced himself fresh for the Ashes and The right-armer follows The 27-year-old lefthander to 10 overs due to bad weath- the T20 World Cup later this compatriots Josh Philippe (RCB) had tested positive a day after er, Bangladesh were all out for year. and Mitchell Marsh (SRH) in his arrival in Mumbai on 76 with three balls to spare, well Hazlewood was to depart withdrawing from the IPL, while March 21, following which he short of the 142 target set by with other Australia’s IPL-bound some other Australians may went into isolation in the team ed himself and was tested again New Zealand. players and join CSK but decid- consider opting out also, accord- hotel. today. We are glad to report The Black Caps made 141 ed to skip the cash-rich league, ing to the report. “Nitish Rana had checked that he has tested negative. We for four after losing the toss and which will start on April 9 and With the pulling out of the into the KKR team hotel in expect him to start training being asked to bat, with Finn go on till May 30, and spend IPL, Hazlewood is now available Mumbai, on March 21 with a with the team shortly and be Allen hitting 71 from 29 balls. time at home for the next two for the back end of the domes- negative Covid report which fully fit well before the start of Spinner Todd Astle was the $ ?    ,#      8)  @& months. tic season. He is expected to be was done on March 19... He the season.” standout bowler, taking four The 30-year-old played Australia in the next two available for NSW for the was tested on March 22, dur- Rana had scored 352 runs wickets for 13 runs in his two and we’ve played some good run away with the match. three games for CSK in the IPL months,” Hazlewood was quot- Sheffield Shield final if they ing his quarantine and the in 14 matches during the IPL over spell. cricket and seen a lot of guys “We’re not playing good last season. ed as saying by cricket.Com.Au. qualify. “I haven’t been bowling report showed that he was 2020 season. Captain Tim Southee said come into the environment cricket in batting and fielding,” “It’s been a long 10 months “We’ve got a big winter a great deal ... Workloads are a positive,” KKR said in a state- It remains to be seen it was satisfying for the New and do well,” he said. he said. in bubbles and quarantine at dif- ahead. The West Indies is going bit too low … hopefully I can use ment. whether he will be fit to play for Zealanders to notch their sev- Bangladesh captain Liton “We’ve been very good ferent times, so I decided to have to be a long tour, with the next two weeks to build up “He has had no symptoms their season-opener against enth home series win of the Das said mistakes cost his side, bowling but that’s cost us. a rest from cricket and spend Bangladesh (T20 tour) potential- and if we’re in the Shield final I and has been completely Sunrisers Hyderabad in season on all formats. including a series of dropped We’re a young team and we’re some time at home and in ly thrown on the end of that. can play that,” the pacer said. asymptomatic since. He isolat- Chennai on April 11. PTI “It’s been a great summer catches that allowed Allen to learning.” 3 F    2    <    ! striker has now scored only two B)4  goals in his last 31 appearances  ,-, for club and country.     In other matches, Antoine ustralian Open champion Griezmann scored the only ANaomi Osaka crashed out '   goal of the game in the second of Miami Open in the quarter- half as reigning world champi- finals on a day of upsets that also ons France ground out a 1-0 vic- saw top-seeded Daniil B  tory over Bosnia and Medvedev ousted. Herzegovina. Seventh-seeded Spaniard  +&,)&2 Griezmann headed in  $$$%%%#$'%*! Roberto Bautista Agut beat Adrien Rabiot’s cross on the Medvedev 6-4, 6-2, for his third ermany fell to a humiliating hour in Sarajevo to give the *  ! < win in as many meetings with G2-1 home loss to North holders their second away win the Russian who was runner-up Macedonia on Wednesday, in four days. to Novak Djokovic at the handing the hosts their first At Wembley, Harry   ;-2-8*, tual press conference. Australian Open and ascended World Cup qualifying defeat in Maguire thundered home a late “The key to getting 300 to No 2 in the world with his 20 years and piling the pressure winner as England beat Poland akistan will adopt a “mod- plus scores is finishing with a victory at Marseille in March. on coach Joachim Löw. 2-1 to seize control of their Pern day” approach in the flurry in our innings. We Bautista booked a semi- Napoli midfielder Eljif group with three wins from upcoming ODI series against haven’t played a lot of ODIs final showdown with 19-year- Osaka hadn’t dropped a set Elmas scored the winner five three. South Africa and look to put since the World Cup so we are old Italian Jannik Sinner, the at love since her last defeat, minutes from time, after Ilkay Captain Harry Kane gave 300 plus totals by finishing with also making a fresh start with world No 31 who beat which came in February 2020 in Gundogan’s penalty had drawn Gareth Southgate’s men a first- a flourish, captain Babar Azam a modern day approach.” Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik a Fed Cup match. Germany level following 37- half lead from the penalty spot said on Thursday. The Pakistan skipper also 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. “She has the most wins so year-old striker Goran Pandev’s allowed to happen,” fumed group-stage exit at the 2018 but they faded at an empty Pakistan will play three talked about maintaining Against Sinner, he’ll be far this year so she’s in great first-half opener. Germany’s stand-in captain World Cup in Russia. Wembley and were punished ODIs and four T20Is against momentum and said his team looking to avenge a three-set form — it meant a lot to me,” The four-time world cham- Gundogan to RTL after the The loss, which ended an when Jakub Moder struck after hosts South Africa, starting is working hard on improving defeat in the third round at said Sakkari, who let loose a pions have never failed to qual- nation’s first World Cup quali- 18-match winning streak in a defensive howler from John with the first one-dayer in its power hitting capability. Dubai. scream of delight after the final ify for football’s biggest tourna- fying loss since the infamous 5- World Cup qualifying, will pile Stones. Centurion on Friday. He promised to try to play Women’s world No 2 Osaka point. ment, but did not enter the 1 thrashing by England in 2001. more pressure on Löw, who will England looked likely to “We are trying to play fearless cricket and try out — seeded second behind top- Sakkari will face eighth- inaugural edition in 1930 and “It felt as though North step down after Euro 2020 in drop their first points of the ‘modern-day cricket’ for the some combinations for longer ranked Ashleigh Barty in the seeded Canadian Bianca were banned in 1950. Macedonia only got near our July after 15 years in charge. campaign before Manchester upcoming event. We will try to periods to see which one prestigious ATP Masters and Andreescu for a place in the However, Löw’s men are goal twice and scored twice — The result will also weigh United defender Maguire saved gain the necessary points works. WTA hardcourt tournament women’s final. already languishing third in it was too easy.” on struggling Chelsea striker Stones’s blushes with five min- through the series against Babar said said the coach- — had bowed out hours earli- Andreescu, ranked ninth in the Group J table, three points The defeat was just the lat- Timo Werner, who squandered utes remaining after an assist South Africa. We will start es had been working hard with er, the Japanese star’s 23-match the world, clawed out a 6-4, 3- adrift of leaders Armenia and est setback suffered by a golden chance with the score from the Manchester City man. strong. If our finishers fire, we the lower order batsmen and winning streak coming to a 6, 6-3 victory over tenacious behind the Macedonians on Germany, after their embarrass- 1-1 after coming off the bench Also, Italy and Spain win can reach a total above 300,” allrounders so that they could crashing halt with a 6-0, 6-4 loss 58th-ranked Spaniard Sara goal difference. ing 6-0 drubbing by Spain last in the second half. against Lithuania (2-0) and Babar, who leads Pakistan in all finish strong in ODIs and T20s to Greece’s Maria Sakkari. Sorribes Tormo. “That should not have been November and the shock The former RB Leipzig Kosovo (3-1) respectively. three formats, said during vir- as well with higher strike rates.