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Vol. 13 No. 30 RNI NO. DELENG/2008/25465 New Delhi, Tuesday, 15 June, 2021 [email protected] 9971359517 12 pages. 2/- Misuse of donations of PM Modi praises Adityanath devotees is insult to faith: govt's scheme to help elderly Priyanka Vadra on alleged Ayodhya land scam New Delhi: Amid charges of Prime Minister Narendra corruption in the land purchased by the Ram Modi has lauded Uttar Janmabhoomi Trust in Ayodhya, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Vadra on Monday said misuse of donations by Adityanath over a scheme devotees is a sin and an insult to their faith. for the elderly in the state "Crores of people made their offerings at the feet of God The allegation was strongly refuted by out of their faith and devotion. Rai. Tagging a tweet on Rai refuting Misuse of those donations is the allegation, Congress' chief had met PM Modi last week in Delhi. He had unrighteous and is a sin and an insult spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also met BJP president JP Nadda and Union to their faith," she said in a tweet in had said on Sunday, "Lord Ram, what Minister Amit Shah.Though there is no Hindi.The Congress on Sunday kind of days are these? Scams are official word on whether there will be a alleged that scams are happening by happening by taking donations in Cabinet expansion in Uttar Pradesh, reports taking donations in the name of Lord your name. Shameless robbers are said that Congress turncoat Jitin Prasada, who Ram after two opposition leaders intoxicated with arrogance like comes from a noted Brahmin family of the accused Shriram Janmabhoomi Ravana and are selling faith." Teerth Kshetra Trust general "The question is how the land bought state with political heft, and AK Sharma may secretary Champat Rai of buying a for Rs 2 crore was sold after 10 New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has centres across the state. The helpline number -- be accommodated in such an eventuality. piece of land at an inflated price for minutes to 'Ram Janmabhoomi' for lauded Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi 14567, came into operation on May 14. BJP's general secretary (organisation) B L the Ram temple premises.The Rs 18.50 crores?" he asked."Now it Adityanath over a scheme for the elderly in the According to the government's spokesperson, Santhosh had earlier this month visited the allegation that the land worth Rs 2 seems… Kans are ruling, Ravana is state. "‘Project ELDERLINE’ Very good the helpline number receives around 80 calls state to review the party's preparations for the crore was brought at an inflated price everywhere!" Surjewala had said in a assembly elections and held meetings with key of Rs 18. 5 crore was made by AAP's initiative!”the Prime Minister had tweeted on daily. tweet in Hindi.Terming it a case of Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh Sunday while tagging CMAdityanath The Prime Minister’s tweet praising CM ministers and organisation leaders. Senior BJP money laundering, Singh and Pandey and a former minister in the The state government's scheme is related to Adityanath came amid speculation about leader Radha Mohan Singh, who is in charge of had sought a probe by the Central Samajwadi Party government, healthcare, legal assistance and other support changes in the state Cabinet ahead of the the party's affairs in Uttar Pradesh, had also Bureau of Investigation and the Pawan Pandey. for the elderly. The government has set up call Assembly polls due early next year.Adityanath visited the state. Enforcement Directorate. Nitish Kumar's 'Revenge'? Chirag Paswan Sanjay Raut targets BJP, says Shiv Sena was Left Isolated As 5 MPs Break Away Five LJP MPs revolt New Delhi:An overnight coup in Chirag Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has left him isolated treated as 'slaves' in previous Maha govt at the top with five MPs breaking away and against Chirag Paswan, writing to the Lok Sabha Speaker, asking to be New Delhi. Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Vikas Aghadi government in the state, treated as separate group.Including Chirag likely to join JD(U) Sunday alleged that the Shiv Sena was and said, "It is a rumour that Shiv Sena Paswan, the LJP has six MPs in the Lok Sabha. virtually treated as "slaves" and attempts Chief Minister will be replaced after two Reports say the five rebel MPs have called for a were made to finish off the party politically and a half years. When three parties new leader in place of Chirag Paswan, the son of when it was in power with the BJP in formed the government, they committed party founder Ram Vilas Paswan who died last Maharashtra from 2014 to 2019. and decided that the Chief Minister will year.The LJP revolt is led by Chirag Paswan's Addressing a meeting of party office- be Uddhav Thackeray for five years. If uncle Pasupati Kumar Paras, the younger bearers in Jalgaon Raut said, "Despite the someone talks about this, then it is brother of Ram Vilas Paswan. The split was fact that Shiv Sena was in power during the nothing but a lie and rumour."However, inevitable; uncle and nephew were hardly on the past 5 years, attempts were made to he added that it is not a "merger but an talking terms and used to communicate their eradicate Shiv Sena's presence from every alliance" of three parties and all are free grievances through letters. Sources say Mr village. We were treated like slaves." politically together but that does not mean to expand and strengthen their party. "We Paras, a first-time MP from Hajipur, was Raut's remarks came days after Maharashtra our relationship has broken. 'Main koi do not have any commitment to contest promised a spot in the Union cabinet by Chief Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray met Nawaz Sharif se nahi milne gaya tha' (I every election together. In local polls, local Minister Nitish Kumar, which sealed the Patna. In a setback to the Lok Janshakti Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'separately' didn't go to meet Nawaz Sharif). So if I leaders take the decision. We only deal.Nitish Kumar, sources say, had already five out of six party MPs in the Lok Sabha while on his official visit to the capital, meet him (PM) separately in person, there strategise for Lok Sabha and state been working on the rest of the LJP MPs through have revolted against party chief Chirag setting off political speculations. is nothing wrong with it".Raut on Sunday elections," he stated.The BJP-Shiv Sena a party leader related to the Paswans - Paswan and have notified Lok Sabha to However, after the meeting, Thackeray has also addressed speculations of a possible alliance ended after the 2019 Maharashtra Maheshwar Hazari - and his close lieutenant identify them separately from the party. said, "We (BJP and Shiv Sena) may not be turmoil in the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Assembly polls over the issue of chief Lalan Singh. The rebels, including Chirag The pack of revolting leaders is led by Congress Party (NCP) and Congress Maha ministership. Paswan's cousin Prince Raj, Chandan Singh, Pashupati Kumar Paras, who is Chirag Veena Devi and Mehboob Ali Kaiser, may Paswan's uncle. Other MPs include Prince support the Chief Minister's Janata Dal United Raj (cousin), Chandan Singh, Veena Devi, (JDU) in the coming days."There are six MPs in Mehboob Ali Keshar.All these leaders are Govt should practise in India what it preaches our party. It was the desire of five MPs to save said to have been in a rift with Chirag our party. So I have not split the party, I have Paswan since last year's Bihar Assembly saved it. Chirag Paswan is my nephew as well as elections, where the LJP had registered a party's national president. I have no objections poor turnout.According to sources, the five to world: Chidambaram on PM's G7 speech to him," Mr Paras said this morning. "I am with leaders have written to Lok Sabha Speaker the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Om Birla to give them a separate identity New Delhi The government should practise what it preaches to the world," Nitish Kumar is a good leader and Vikas Purush from the LJP.They are also likely to join the in India what it preaches to the world, Chidambaram tweeted in response.He Congress leader P Chidambaram said on added that it was "sad" the prime minister (development man)," he added.The Chief ruling JD(U) in Bihar, sources said.In April Minister's reported role in the LJP split has given this year, former LJP leader Keshav Singh Monday, a day after Prime Minister was the only guest not physically present at Narendra Modi stressed on democracy and the outreach meeting. "Ask yourself why? it the "revenge-served-cold" twist. The LJP was filed a case against Chirag Paswan, accusing a part of the NDA in Bihar, which includes the him of cheating party members in the Bihar freedom of thought at a G7 meet. Because India is an outlier as far as the fight Prime Minister Modi on Sunday said India is a against Covid 19 is concerned. We are the BJP and JDU, until last year when Chirag Assembly elections. Singh joined the JD(U) most infected and least vaccinated country Paswan announced a solo contest for the state in February 2021. natural ally for the G7 and its partners in defending democracy, freedom of thought (as a proportion of the population)," the election. Chirag Paswan's decision to field his and liberty from a host of threats stemming former Union minister said.The prime own candidates is believed to have inflicted the AAP to contest on all seats from authoritarianism, terrorism, violent minister made a virtual address at an worst damage on Mr Kumar, whose JDU extremism and economic coercion. meeting is inspiring as well as ironic. The outreach session of a summit of the Group finished third in the Bihar polls, after the BJP "PM Modi’s speech at the G7 Outreach of Seven (G7) richest democracies held in in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Modi government should practise in India Cornwall in Britain. and the opposition RJD. Assembly Polls, says Arvind Kejriwal MVA allies united in running govt, but no decision New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday (June 14, 2021) announced that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest on all seats in the 2022 yet on alliance for assembly, LS polls: NCP Gujarat Legislative Assembly Polls. The AAP Supremo is on a one-day visit to work to boost the morale of its cadre and Ahmedabad to kick off Mission 2022 strengthen its organisation,” Malik campaign.People here (Gujarat) think if The MVA government in the state added.The upcoming local bodies polls electricity can be free in Delhi, why not that was formed after the 2019 may be contested by all the three parties here? Likewise, for hospitals also the together or independently. Two of the three condition has not improved in 70 years Assembly polls, is led by the Shiv parties can also have an alliance. A decision here. But things will change now," Sena, in which the NCP and the about it will be taken as per the prevailing Kejriwal said. He had earlier announced situation, he said.“The three parties are about his visit to the home turf of Prime Congress are its partners. working united in the government for Minister Narendra Modi and had tweeted welfare of the people and have not decided on how to contest the 2024 elections,” he in Gujarati saying, "Now Gujarat will Simmi Kaur Babbar change."During his visit, the Delhi CM is said.On Saturday, Patole had said in scheduled to inaugurate the party's Gujarat Mumbai The NCP on Sunday said that all Amravati that the Congress will emerge as the single-largest party in the state in 2024 state office in Ahmedabad. three Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners are united in running the coalition and only Congress’s ideology can save the This is to be noted that the Arvind Kejriwal- government in Maharashtra, but no decision country.Meanwhile, senior Congress led party emerged as the main opposition in has been taken so far on alliance for the 2024 leader Naseem Khan said if his party the Gujarat civic body elections held earlier Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. contests the elections separately, it would this year. The AAP fought for the first time NCP spokesperson and Maharashtra minister benefit it.Malik welcomed the reduction in and won 27 seats in the 120-member Surat Nawab Malik made the remark a day after GST on medical equipment and medicines Municipal Corporation (SMC). used for Covid-19 treatment from 18 per state Congress president Nana Patole said Congress are its partners.Talking to farmers’ welfare or Covid-19 management, The party had also fielded candidates across that the Congress will emerge as the single- cent to five per cent.“A committee of finance all the local bodies - municipal reporters, Malik said the MVA was formed he claimed.“State Congress chief Nana ministers was set up under the leadership of largest party in the next state polls. on a common minimum programme (CMP) Patole has said that his party will contest the corporations, municipalities, as well as The MVA government in the state that was Ajit Pawar, the state finance minister. They and it has taken several decisions in public next polls independently. He aspires to be the made a recommendation, which was district and taluka panchayats, winning on formed after the 2019 Assembly polls, is led interest.The common man is satisfied with chief minister. No one can be stopped from several of them. by the Shiv Sena, in which the NCP and the accepted by the GST council. The NCP the performance of the government, be it aspiring for any post. All parties have to welcomes it," he said. 2 New Delhi, Tuesday, 15 June, 2021 NATIONAL THE SIKH TIMES

19 new cases in city, positivity rate 0.5% High on Covid antibodies, newborns battling MIS

Gurgaon: The city recorded 19 new Covid Gurgaon: Doctors in several private also encountered cardiac dysfunction in cases on Sunday, taking the total tally to hospitals have found that many newborn the children. Although the babies were 1,80,494. Two deaths were also reported babies are battling multi-inflammatory all admitted for 10-12 days, they during the day. The current positivity rate is syndrome (MIS), which is normally seen recovered successfully from the 0.5% and the number of active cases stands in children who have recovered from condition.” at 375, according to official data. Covid-19.According to the doctors, high Dr Sudip Chowdhury, consultant As of now, the fatality rate in the city is 0.3% levels of Covid antibodies were found in paediatrician, Columbia Asia Hospital, and so far, 872 deaths have been reported. the blood samples of these newborn said: “Luckily, the majority are being As many as 53 people recovered on Sunday babies. Some of these kids are very sick. seen with positive outcomes, but more and with this, the total number of recoveries Upon investigation, they were found to research about the source of antibodies has gone up to 1,79,247. The recovery rate have low blood pressure and some of in the neonates with MIS-C needs to be is 99.4%. On Sunday, 87 people were sent them have abnormalities in their heart evaluated as well as the assumption that to institutional quarantine facilities and so muscles. maternal antibodies are protective far, 15,89,774 people have been put under MIS is a condition in children wherein against Covid infection.” Several surveillance by the health department. In several of their body parts can get doctors pointed out that newborns can the past 24 hours, the health authorities inflamed. “It is a major concern. In this get Covid antibodies in various ways. If collected 3,420 samples for antigen and condition, a baby’s lungs, heart, kidneys, the mother has suffered from Covid and RT-PCR tests. Till now, 15,77,188 samples skin, eyes and gastrointestinal organs if there is a transplacental transfer, the have been sent for testing, of which can get affected. While we do not know baby may develop the antibodies. The 13,93,274 turned out to be negative. The what causes MIS-C yet, there are second way is if the mother had Covid results of 3,420 tests are yet to come. multiple case reports from across the earlier and she has antibodies in her Currently, 30 Covid patients are in world and from India as well on neonatal blood. Those antibodies can get hospitals across the city and 345 people are multisystem inflammatory syndrome transferred to the baby. Dr Manish in home isolation. due to Covid-19 infection. However, the Mannan, HOD (paediatrics and associated mortality rate is very low,” neonatology), Paras Hospitals, said, “If a said Dr Vinay Kumar Rai, a consultant baby is developing antibodies in its Panel to check O2 capacity at (neonatology, paediatrics) at the blood, one has to see if the antibody level Manipal Hospitals in Dwarka. He added, in the baby is more than the antibody private hospitals in Gurgaon “At our hospital, I have seen two cases of level of the mother. Then it can be said after Tuesday neonatal-onset MIS-C. The newborns that the baby is developing antibodies on were three to four weeks old. Their its own. MIS is seen in all age groups and symptoms included rashes, redness of I think a lot needs to be studied on this Gurgaon: To assess the oxygen capacity in eyes, respiratory distress and fever. We subject to know more about it.” private hospitals across the city, the health department has decided to carry out inspections after Tuesday. All such hospitals with more than 50 beds were earlier directed to set up oxygen plants by June 15. In Gzb, vaccine wastage drops to Stilt parking causing Having learnt lessons from the oxygen crisis during the second wave, the department more trees to be cut, will also install three more oxygen plants at Sohna, Pataudi civil Hospital and forest dept writes to MCG Polyclinic in Sector 31. “We have started 0.3% from 12% in four months the trial run of the oxygen plant at Pataudi Gurgaon: The forest department has today (Sunday). We have set up 500 LPM asked the Municipal Corporation (litres per minute) oxygen plants at Sohna Ghaziabad: From about 12% in discarded after four hours. Since of Gurgaon (MCG) to review and Pataudi government hospitals. February to 0.3% in May, the March-end, smaller vials, each applications for tree felling on the Similarly, we will be setting up a 100 LMP wastage of Covid vaccines has with 10 doses of Covaxin, are basis of environmental oxygen plant at the Polyclinic in the next reduced significantly in the being provided to Ghaziabad. This consequences before forwarding few days. We have already set up a 1,000 district over the past four has helped reduce the amount of them. LMV oxygen plant at Civil Hospital in months, according to official waste,” an official said. A health In a letter to the MCG commissioner, Sector10,” said Dr Virender Yadav, chief data. In fact last month, the official said 0.5 ml of vaccine is the office of the deputy conservator medical officer, Gurgaon. He added, district recorded a negative given in a single dose and each vial of forests has said that more trees “Additionally, we will carry out inspections wastage figure for Covaxin, has 1-1.5 additional doses. At are being cut because of the civic at all private hospitals to evaluate the status which shows more people are some centres, these doses are also body’s decision to increase floor in each of them. We do not want any being inoculated than the getting administered. The reason area ratio (FAR) and allow four untoward situation when and if the cases intended number. behind the higher wastage floors on residential plots with a start to rise again. We had already informed The wastage for Covaxin was percentage for Covishield is that provision of stilt parking. The all hospitals to install oxygen plants by June over 16% between February 1 almost 90% of the inoculation forest department also asked MCG 15.” He further pointed out that the and March 1. But last month, centres are administering this to appoint a nodal officer to agencies, which failed to provide oxygen the figure was -1.4%.When it vaccine. “Not only is the number properly go through the during the second surge to hospitals even comes to Covishield, in of centres administering the shots applications for tree felling and though they had a contract for it, will be February, the district had is high, but also the turnout only then forward it for approval. blacklisted. During the peak of Covid cases recorded 7.3% wastage. From percentage varies and that affects “The concerned officer should in Gurgaon, the oxygen demand rose to 55 May 2 to June 1, the figure was the wastage percentage,” the assess the tree felling permission metric tonnes. The district administration down to around 2%. States like health official said. According to applied by the residents and review official figures, since January, also said that the hospitals can get their Kerala and West Bengal have whether the request for tree felling when the vaccination drive supply of oxygen back. “At present, the also reported negative figures is in tandem with the approved plan oxygen supply is 20 metric tonnes and the for vaccine wastage Chief 10 doses. “During the second phase of the started, more than 7.44 lakh doses have been administered in the district. Of these for green cover along the roads demand is less than that. All hospitals are medical officer, Ghaziabad, Dr NK Gupta said vaccination drive meant for frontline workers, lanes of the residential sector. Only getting oxygen filled by the firms with staff members conducting the inoculation drive the wastage had shot up. As turnout was low on 6.6 lakh were Covishield doses and 83,785 were Covaxin doses. More than 60 government such applications may be applied whom they have a contract,” said have been asked to bring down Covishield most days, several Covaxin doses were wasted. for the felling of trees to the forest Amandeep Chauhan, drug control officer, wastage to 1% by the end of June. “Vaccination During that time, each vial had 20 Covaxin centres with over 100 session sites and seven private hospitals are currently inoculating department which are in Gurgaon. centres have been given clear instructions to doses. According to the guidelines, once a vial accordance with approved open a vaccine vial only when the required people in the district.In the government set up, is opened, the doses have to be administered green/tree cover for the residential number of people are present at the site,” he within four hours. As fewer people turned up at Covaxin is being administered at two places, added. Each Covishield and Covaxin vial has Dasna and Ram Leela grounds. sector,” said the letter, written last Couple found dead in Loni vaccination sites, the unused doses had to be week. Several residents alleged home murdered by elder son, that in many cases, trees were being uprooted without the forest say police department’s permission. “Trees 10am-10pm: Restos and bars can stay open for dinner are being felled in the name of stilt Ghaziabad: An elderly couple found parking in keeping with the new murdered in a Loni house on Friday was building norms. Officials hardly killed by their elder son who was angry with Gurgaon: The Haryana government has business is done in the evening. We are happy social distancing and regular sanitisation at the visit the areas to verify if the trees them because they had decided to write allowed restaurants and bars to stay open from with the government’s decision and it will market complexes,” said Ajay Pal Yadav, joint actually need to be cut or not,” said their entire property in the name of the 10am to 10pm with 50% capacity, giving a two surely help the hospitality sector to recover secretary of the Vyapar Kendra Market Anand Kumar, a DLF resident. The younger son’s wife and children, police hour extension after multiple requests from from the losses incurred during lockdown,” Association. Similarly, club houses, forest department’s letter said have learnt. eatery owners.Similarly, shops have also been said Inderjeet Singh Banga, the owner of restaurants and bars at the golf course can also licenced colonies and HSVP granted a two hour extension and will now stay Pirates of Grill. It has been a week since stay open from 10am to 10pm, but with 50% sectors had designated green belts Ravi Dhaka (35) had called up the cops on open from 9am to 8pm. Gyms have been restaurants have reopened in the state. Asked capacity. Sports complexes can also stay open, Friday evening and told them he had found that acted as a cushion against allowed to open with 50% capacity from 6am about the response from customers, Banga but no spectators will be allowed. Private and pollution. “The recent increment in his parents — Surendra Singh Dhaka (70) to 8pm, provided they follow all the Covid said, “People had been coming, but lunches government colleges, coaching centres, ITIs, and his wife Santosh (63) — smothered to FAR in the residential sectors has protocols such as social distancing and regular alone cannot suffice the restaurant business. libraries and training institute will remain resulted in four-storey structures in death after returning home. Ravi runs a sanitisation. Spas, however, will remain Our guests had been enquiring about when we closed Meanwhile, shopping malls will grocery store in the locality. Ravi, the police a single housing plot along with closed. will start serving them for dinner.” Shop continue to stay open from 10am to 8pm and stilt parking on the ground floor. said, ransacked the house and hid some of owners were equally encouraged by the Corporate offices can also function with 50% the cash and jewellery to make the murder Despite easing the curbs on business, the The provision of stilt parking has government on Sunday extended the lockdown extension. “It is a wise decision by the attendance. Similarly, places of worship can resulted in many fold increase of look like the fallout of a robbery bid. The government to allow businesses to open in a allow 21 devotees at a time, while gatherings at cops were also probing if the twin murders by a week till June 21. The two hour extension applications for tree felling and the for restaurants and bars was backed by the phased manner. This lockdown has affected weddings, funerals and cremations cannot reason is that every floor owner has were the result of some personal enmity. several businesses and it will take time for exceed 21. No wedding procession will be Surendra Singh would lend money to owners, who had been demanding that they be a separate parking facility with a allowed to stay open for dinner as most of the people to recover. But the unlocking will allowed. For other gatherings, 50 people separate gate for entry/exit at the people on interest and it was likely he had surely bring some respite. All the guidelines would be allowed at a time. For more than 50, developed testy ties with some clients. But customers flock to eateries late in the evening. facility. The grant of permissions “It is a very good decision to allow restaurants to that have been issued by the government are organisers have to take prior permission from for the multiple gate access to the it was the timing of the murder revealed by being strictly implemented. We are ensuring the deputy commissioner.. the autopsy report that lifted the veil off stay open for dinner. Around 75% of the same residential premises. Ravi. SP (rural) Iraj Raza said Ravi had told the investigators he had left home around 1.30pm on Friday to play cards with a few friends. “The accused told us that he returned home around 6.45pm and found 72% of vax shots this month at private hospitals his parents lying dead. He informed us around 7.30pm. But according to the Gurgaon: More than 1.6 lakh Sheetla hospital and Narayana and corporations. We are also conducting autopsy report, the murders took place vaccinations have been carried out in hospital — are conducting awareness sessions to assuage fears,” said between 10am and 11am. There was Gurgaon this month so far, of which vaccination drives in Gurgaon. At the Dr Anjali Kaul, medical superintendent, inconsistency in Ravi’s statements and we the city’s private hospitals accounted beginning of May, only Max and Artemis Hospitals. Meanwhile, the health detained him after the funeral for for nearly 1.2 lakh jabs — registering a Fortis were carrying out the drives. department said they are hopeful to speed up questioning. He later confessed to his 72% share. The government facilities, “We are inoculating around 1,000 vaccinations by the third week of June as crime,” the officer said. Ravi told the in the meantime, held around 45,000 people per day in our hospital and aim they expect to get more vaccines. police he first strangled his father to death inoculations (28%). Based on to ramp up in the coming days. We are “We started holding sessions for the 18-44 age while he was sitting on a chair on the ground vaccination data released by the health also opening up 24x7 vaccinations. group this week after a gap of eight days. floor. He then went to his mother’s room on department between June 1 and June From tomorrow (Monday), we will Due to this, our vaccination numbers were the first floor and smothered her. “His first 13, it is clear that private hospitals in vaccinate 2,000 people daily at the lower than private hospitals in these 13 days. wife left him five years ago. He then the city have gained pace while Shri Ram Aravali School. We plan to We are likely to get more doses of Covaxin married a woman from another community, government facilities are lagging. hold a special camp for the and Covishield for this category after June but his parents were opposed to the For comparison, Gurgaon had carried economically weaker section, 21,” said Dr Virender Yadav, chief medical relationship. His second wife would behave out 2,16,415 vaccinations in May. The juvenile homes, blind schools etc. officer, Gurgaon. On Sunday, Gurgaon did pretty badly with Ravi’s parents. So, the private hospitals had given 56,108 facilities did not carry out vaccinations for This is a joint initiative by us, not carry out vaccinations at government elderly couple decided to give their entire (26%) jabs in that month, while 1,60,307 the 18-44 age group from June 1 to June 8. IamGurgaon and the district facilities because the health department staff savings and the house to the younger son’s (74%) shots were administered at Additionally, they inoculated a much administration,” said Arpita Mukherjee, were involved in sero survey training. wife and children. Ravi was angry at this,” government facilities. This month, however, smaller population in the 45-plus category in vice president (operation) Max hospital in Meanwhile, 4,214 people in the 18-44 age Raza said. The couple’s younger son, while the private hospitals have carried out this period. Gurgaon. She added that the hospital plans group got inoculated in the city at private Gaurav, died in an accident in 2018. Ravi to adopt market areas within a 5km radius of 9,113 vaccinations daily on average, the Currently, around 10 private hospitals — setups. On Monday, the health department was arrested and booked under Section 302 government facilities gave only 3,510 shots the hospital to aggressively increase will hold vaccination at 37 sites for the 18-44 Artemis, Max, Columbia Asia, Fortis, CK vaccinations. “We are reaching out to RWAs (murder) of the IPC. every day on average. Also, the government Birla, Medanta, Cloud Nine, Eye Q clinic, age group. 3 New Delhi, Tuesday, 15 June, 2021 STATE THE SIKH TIMES

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DAVARAM, DISTT-VISAKHAP- harassment toward them and he is for all future purposes ATNAM, (A.P)-531075, have out of control of my client's, ures, 284 deaths were recorded recoveries reached 56,39,271, Anybody dealing with them in any in the past 48 hours in the state, after 7,504 people recovered changed my minor son’s name manner whatsoever will be doing 199 last week and 2,288 before from the infection. Mumbai Religion Change NAME CHANGE from KOMAL to KARRI KOMAL so at his own cost, risk & responsi- for all future purposes. bilities thereto and my client shall this period, which took the sin- reported 695 Covid cases, I,Mohd.Ismail S/o,Hafiz Mohd. I, Dishant Thathera S/o Mukesh Umar R/o,Y-7, DDA, Kumar R/o 70C/9, 1st Floor, Gali be in no way responsible for act, gle-day tally to 2,771, the high- which took the total to 7,15,660. 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NEWS BOX Delhi Metro to continue with 50 per cent cap on seating, no As Delhi restaurants open their doors to standing riders New Delhi. As the Delhi government announced further restrictions in lockdown norms on Sunday, Delhi Metro officials dine-in customers, terms & conditions apply said services will continue with 50 per cent New Delhi. After being shut for almost two they continued delivering food through violating Covid appropriate behaviour or if seating capacity only as per guidelines to months, restaurateurs in the national capital home deliveries and takeaways, it was dine- there is an increase in positivity rate and the prevent the spread of Covid-19.The Delhi breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday and in that made a "sizeable chunk" of the number of Covid-19 infections, the Metro had resumed services on June 7 after welcomed the Delhi government's decision revenue."Even though there are restrictions establishment will be closed "without any a hiatus of four weeks in view of the to allow dine-in facilities to operate with 50 in terms of timings and capacity, we are loss of time"."If in case it is found that the improved Covid situation in the national per cent occupancy.Dine-in facilities were happy to open our doors to our customers Covid-appropriate behaviour is not being capital, albeit with 50 per cent seating barred in Delhi since April 17, when the first and make our way back slowly but surely. followed in markets, market complexes, capacity and no provision for standing weekend lockdown was imposed in a bid to Since dine-in makes for almost 80 per cent of malls, restaurants and / or the positivity travel for commuters.Under the phased curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the our revenue, we will be resuming operations rate, number of Covid-19 positive persons, unlock process, all activities, including city.The Delhi government had first imposed across the city from tomorrow," Dhingra told growth rate etc. start increasing in NCT of reopening of restaurants with 50 per cent a weekly lockdown on April 19, which was PTI. Delhi then markets, market complexes, capacity and one weekly market per then extended periodically till May 31, after malls, restaurants shall be closed forthwith municipal zones, will be allowed from June Impresario Handmade Restaurants include which it started a phased reopening from Social, Smoke House Delhi, Boss Burger, introduced "curated menus and meal without any loss of time so as to completely 14, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on June 1.Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal combos" for in-house guests when the avoid and prevent any upsurge and Sunday.The DMRC, in a statement, said, Hung-Li and Lucknowee food outlets across announced on Sunday that restaurants with the city.From marking every alternate table restaurants were not operational. likelihood of next wave in NCT of Delhi," "Delhi Metro services will continue with 50 50 per cent capacity, weekly markets and "We also received orders for packed breakfasts the order said.Calling it "unfair to punish an per cent seating capacity only as per as "reserved" and sanitising the whole religious places will reopen in Delhi from premises, Neha Gupta of Beyond Designs and lunches. However, we were anticipating industry for the fault of a few", Anurag guidelines to prevent the spread of Covid- June 14, saying the Covid-19 situation has the reopening of the restaurants and this Katriar, president of National Restaurant 19.""Passengers will be allowed to travel Bistro in Sultanpur said reopening the eatery significantly come under control in the city. would be a step towards recovering "the announcement shall be the first step towards Association of India (NRAI), questioned the by seating only on alternate seats with no business recovery," said Pradipt Sinha, decision as it may "cause uncertainty among provision for standing travel till further He added, "We will watch the relaxation losses sustained over the months".The F&B allowed to reopen markets and restaurants industry has gone through an extremely director of food and beverage at Crowne restauranteurs""It takes a lot of resources, directions," a senior official said.DMRC Plaza.The DDMA's order said the restaurant money and effort to reopen a restaurant that services were fully suspended since May 10 during the next week. If Covid cases do not tough time from the beginning of the increase, we will continue the relaxation, but pandemic and opening it at whatever owners "shall be responsible for strict has been closed for two months. But if you in view of the Covid-induced lockdown in adherence to the prescribed SOP and all say we may shut it after a week, all Delhi. It was first imposed on April 19 and if cases increase, we will have to bring back capacity is welcomed as patrons will start the restrictions.Although most F&B (food dining out soon and cash flow will start instructions, guidelines" such as wearing of restaurateurs will be uncertain about successively extended by the city masks, maintaining social distancing and opening the business" Katriar said. government.Metro services initially ran and beverage) establishments welcomed the coming thereby helping us take a step decision by the chief minister, an uncertainty towards reviving the loss sustained over the use of sanitiser.The restaurants, however, "Why single-out an entire industry for one partially, catering only to people from the will be allowed to reopen for one week on a field of essential services, but from May 10, over the one-week trial also caused some months," Gupta said.Crowne Plaza in Okhla person's fault. We are completely in concern.Satyajit Dhingra of Impresario too kept the businesses running throughtrial basis from Monday till June 21.During agreement that if a restaurant is found guilty it was suspended in view of the rising cases the trial week, if a restaurant is found amid the second wave of the Covid-19 Handmade Restaurants said even though takeaways and home delivery and it punish it, but not the industry," he added. pandemic. Delhi Master Plan Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine Facilitating Indian students’ legitimate travel to 2041 intends to likely to be available at Delhi’s transform land, water, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital air in the city for from June 15 US a top priority: American diplomat promising tomorrow New Delhi: The Russian COVID-19 vaccine New Delhi. The US mission in India is "actively persons whose entry is considered of New Delhi: The Delhi Sputnik V is likely to be available at working" to accommodate as many student visa national interest."We intend to start an Development Authority Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi applicants as possible in July and August, and intensive two months of interviewing (DDA) opened the most- from June 15, as per the reports. facilitating their legitimate travel remained a student visa applicants on July 1. We will awaited draft of the Delhi plan to open as many appointments as we can Master Plan, 2041 (DMP) for However, the Sputnik V rollout will depend top priority for it, a senior American diplomat public opinion and is inviting on whether or not the vaccine consignment said on Sunday.Don Heflin, the Minister safely accommodate, based on local suggestions, feedbacks and reaches on time in the national capital. Counselor for Consular Affairs at the US pandemic conditions across India," Heflin objections for the next 45 According to ANI report, as many as 1000 embassy, also said that the US-bound students said."Student visa applicants do not need an days.The Master Plan for doses of Russian COVID-19 vaccine will not require any proof of Covid-19 expedited appointment to schedule their visa Delhi is one of the key Sputnik V reached the Apollo Hospital in vaccination to enter the country. They will need interview. On June 14, we will open July and instruments that facilitate August appointments for students," he Delhi’s development by Delhi on Sunday, out of which, over 179 a negative report of their Covid-19 test taken doses were administered to the employees added.Asked about apprehensions relating assessing the present of Dr Reddy’s lab. within 72 hours prior to their departure. official was asked about the rising uncertainty to vaccination, the official said proof of condition and guiding how to Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories There has been growing anxiety among a sizeable among the Indian students wanting to travel to vaccination is not required to enter the United achieve the desired has partnered with the Russian Direct number of Indian students aspiring to fly to the the US, which had imposed fresh travel States."Please note that proof of a negative development. Investment Fund (RDIF) for the rollout of US for higher studies in view of certain restrictions in May. Covid-19 test result, taken within 72 hours of "Foster a Sustainable, Liveable the two-dose vaccine in restrictions in getting visa appointments due to "Students returning to academic programmes that your flight's departure, is required to board a and Vibrant Delhi" is the aim India.Additionally, the first phase of the the Covid-19 pandemic.The embassy will start resume on or after August 1 may travel to the of the Delhi Master Plan 2041, flight and for entry into the United States.While which was released last week. Russian COVID-19 vaccine rollout by giving visa interview slots for Indian students United States up to 30 days before the proof of vaccination is not required to enter the Apollo Hospitals and Dr Reddy’s from Monday."We recognise the stress and The first-ever draft of the master programme resumes. There is no National United States, individual schools or institutions plan for Delhi was put Laboratories had started on May 17 in anxiety this has caused to students and their Interest Exception required in this situation," he may set their own requirements. The US Hyderabad and on May 18 in families, and we are actively working to together in 1962, followed by said."We recommend continuing students education system operates independently from the master plans of 2001 and Vishakhapatnam. In Hyderabad, Sputnik accommodate as many student visa applicants discuss their specific resumption plans with the federal government, and students should V is also available at Continental 2021. As per the DDA, anchor as possible in July and August. Facilitating their respective universities to develop a travel consult closely with their host institution to agency for the master plan, Hospitals. The Centre has fixed the price legitimate student travel to the United States timeline," Heflin said.The National Interest ensure compliance with individual vaccination these plans contain the of the Sputnik V vaccine at private remains a top priority for the US Mission to Exceptions (NIE) allow travel to the US for requirements," he added. roadmap for the city’s hospitals at Rs 1,410 per dose. The India," Heflin told PTI in an interview.The development for the next 20 government on June 10 had revealed that years and each new master the efficacy of the Sputnik V vaccine plan is "an extensive during a vaccination campaign by Haryana extends lockdown till June 21, restaurants and modification of the previous Bahrain’s Ministry of Health was plan document".According to estimated to be at 94.3 the draft, DMP 2041’s percent.Meanwhile, the Drugs Controller implementation being the General of India (DCGI) granted gyms to open- Check complete guidelines here "collective responsibility of permission to the Pune-based Serum all agencies involved in the Institute of India (SII) to manufacture the New Delhi: The Haryana government on Sunday capacity and adopting requisite social h. Club houses/ restaurants/ bars of the Golf development of Delhi", which Russian COVID-19 vaccine in India. (June 13, 2021) extended the COVID-induced distancing norms, regular sanitisation and Courses are allowed to open with 50% seating includes the Centre, the Serum Institute has collaborated with lockdown in the state till June 21, while easing Covid appropriate behavioural norms. Nome capacity from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM with government of the NCT of Gamaleya Research Institute of several restrictions. The announcement comes delivery from hotels, restaurants and fast food adherence to requisite social distancing and Delhi, landowning agencies, Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow in the view of declining daily COVID-19 joints Is permitted upto 10:00 PM.d. Religious other safety norms. Members/visitors shall be regulators and local bodies. in Russia for developing Sputnik V infections in the state. The state government has places are allowed to over with 21 persons at allowed to play in Golf Courses by the DMP 2041 comprises two vaccine at its licensed Hadapsar facility. termed the lockdown "Mahamari Alert- one time with the condition that they follow management in a staggered manner so as to volumes, namely "Vision Surakshit Haryana (Epidemic Alert-Safe requisite social distancing norms, regular avoid overcrowding.i. Gyms are allowed to 2041 and Enabling Policy Ayush Ministry issues Haryana)"."Now, after duly considering the fact sanitisation and Could appropriate behavioural open from 06:00 AM to 08:00 PM with 50% Framework" and “Spatial that although the Covid positivity rate and the norms.e. Corporate Offices are permitted to capacity after adopting requisite social Development Strategy and guidelines for protection of number of new Covid positive cases have open with 50% attendance after adopting distancing norms, regular sanitisation and Action Plan". While the first declined, so as to continue the preventive and requisite social distancing norms, regular Covid appropriate behavioural norms. volume focuses upon the children against COVID-19 precautionary measures to contain the Covid sanitisatlon and Covid appropriate behavioural However, Spas shall remain closed.j. All current demographic and economic status of the city, the infection, check details here pandemic? the 'Mahamari Alert-Surakshit norms.f. Gatherings in weddings, production units, establishments, Industries are second volume highlights the Haryana' is extended for another week from Funerals/Cremations are allowed up to 21 permitted to function. However, they shall major strategies and detailed June 14 (5 am onwards) to June 21 (till 5 am) in persons. However, weddings can take place at strictly adhere to Covid appropriate and New Delhi: The Ayush Ministry on Friday provisions “covering both the state," an order issued by Chief Secretary places other than home and Courts also. No prescribed guidelines, behavioural norms. greenfield and brownfield (June 11, 2021) issued a detailed document Vijai Vardhan states.Here’s complete guidelines movement of 'Bare' procession will be allowed. k. Sports Complexes, Stadia are permitted to open prepared by its experts which provided development in the city". issued by the state government:a. All shops are g. For gatherings other than weddings, only for sports activities(spectators will not be While the master plan touches guidelines on how to protect children during allowed to open from 09:00 AM to 08:00 PM. funerals/cremations, the maximum number allowed). Sports Authorities shall ensure upon every aspect of city life, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The b. Malls are allowed to open from 10:00 AM to allowed will be 50. For gatherings, more than adherence of requisite social distancing norms, the key takeaways concern the document was titled “Home care guidelines 08:00 PM.c. Restaurants and bars (including in 50, prior permission from the Deputy regular sanitisation of the premises and Covid strategies to mitigate air and for children and Advisory for AYUSH hotels and in malls) are allowed to open from Commissioner shall be required. appropriate behavioural norms. water pollution and improve 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM with 50% of the seating housing. Some states extend lockdowns, others relax curbs as India witnesses drop in Covid cases Practitioners about prophylactic care in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic”. India has been witnessing a steady decline in Kejriwal said places of worship in the Jammu and Kashmir “Though infection is generally mild in daily new confirmed cases of Covid-19. national capital will be permitted to reopen A decision has been taken to ease curbs in children than in adults and most of the According to the Ministry of Health and starting Monday but visitors will not be eight districts of Jammu and Kashmir - children with Covid-19 infection may not Family Welfare (MoHFW), there are now allowed for now. Restaurants will also be Shopian, Kulgam, Ganderbal, require any specific treatment. It has been 10,26,159 active cases across the country. able to operate at 50 per cent of seating Bandipora, Poonch, Reasi, Ramban and observed that the prophylaxes (preventive The coronavirus has claimed a total of capacity.Malls in Delhi will now open on all Doda. The decision was taken in light of treatment) is the best approach to save 3,70,384 lives in India since the beginning days of the week from 10 am to 8 pm. In the the drop in total weekly new cases (per children from this deadly virus,” the 58- of the pandemic last year. At the same time, case of weekly markets, only one weekly million) and positivity rate among other page document of the ministry said. as many as 95.26 per cent of all patients market per municipal zone will be allowed. factors. Usage of masks, doing Yoga, preventive diagnosed with the infection have recovered Salons, beauty parlours and barbershops in Haryana healthcare through Ayurvedic medicines to date.With most states recording a drop in the national capital have also been granted In Haryana, the Covid-19 lockdown has and nutraceuticals, opting for Covid cases and deaths, restrictions put in permission to reopen. permission to reopen. been extended till June 21. teleconsultations, monitoring for five place to break the chain of transmission are Meanwhile, schools, colleges, and coaching While the state government has opted for an warning signs and vaccination for parents being gradually lifted. Most states/UTs institutes in Delhi will remain closed till State-run liquor outlets (TASMACs) and salons in Tamil Nadu will also resume odd-even reopening of shops, gyms, sports are among the top suggestions made in the imposed lockdown-like restrictions in May June 21. The same will apply to gyms, spas, complexes and stadia have also been document. “Though the immunity of the of this year amid a sharp surge in cases of swimming pools, banquet halls, amusement operations starting Monday. Places of worship and tourist spots will permitted to reopen as long as they adhere to children is quite strong but with many infection.While the Odisha government is parks, cinema halls, theatres and public strict protocols. mutant virus strains emerging, it is continue to remain closed, said Tamil Nadu likely to begin a graded relaxation of curbs parks in the national pital. Assam necessary to follow all protocols related to starting June 17, lockdowns have been Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin. Covid-19 to prevent its effect,” document extended in Telangana, Jharkhand and Karnataka Government employees in Assam who have Restrictions have been relaxed in at least 27 received both doses of Covid-19 vaccine reads.The document mentions that children Nagaland until further notice. districts of Tamil Nadu. At the same time, In Karnataka, the state government has issued with a history of medical co-morbidity like SOPs for the reopening of public parks and have been asked to report to their respective Here's a look at how other states/UTs are stringent curbs continue to be enforced in 11 offices from Monday onwards. obesity, type-1 diabetes or in immune- unlocking: districts of the state where the case burden is industrial units. comprised position may be at higher risk of Restrictions have been eased in all but 11 A partial lockdown will continue to remain in New Delhi higher.Restaurants, bakeries, tea shops and force across the state of Assam. contracting infection. In a press conference, Delhi CM Arvind public parks in the state have received districts where the caseload is high. New Delhi, Tuesday, 15 June, 2021 DELHI-NCR THE SIKH TIMES 5

Jharkhand man rapes minor stepdaughter after luring her Telangana govt provides luxury SUVs to with cold drink Ranchi. Aminor girl was allegedly raped by her stepfather in Ranchi, police said on IAS officers, comes under opposition fire Monday. The accused, a native of Gumla, was booked based on the complaint of the dispensation, saying that the money victim.The police said they are on the The Telangana would have been better spent providing lookout for the accused who is absconding hospital beds and free treatment to the after being named in the case. The incident government has come poor.KCR has pushed the surplus state of came to light when the minor girl told her Telangana into a debt trap with a grandmother about the alleged crime. under fire from whopping debt of Rs 4,000 crore,” The girl had been living with her maternal opposition parties for alleged AICC spokesperson Dr Sravan. grandmother for two months. On Sunday, "On top of that, when the state is in a the accused reached her grandmother’s purchasing 32 high-end serious financial crisis due to Covid, KCR home and took her out on the pretext of has the audacity to buy 30 Kia luxury cars buying her a cold drink. However, he started SUVs for IAS officers with a cost of Rs 30 lakh as gifts to his driving towards Namkum Road, the girl additional collectors. They already have told police. When she protested, the accused amid the ongoing government cars in good condition, why said he had some work ahead, after which he buy new cars in this crisis," he would buy her a cold drink. Covid-19 pandemic. questioned.The party alleged that the The accused allegedly then took the minor girl TRS government does not have money to to Dasham Falls, a popular spot on the ramp up the state’s health infrastructure outskirts of Ranchi, where he raped her. He and condemned the purchase as also threatened the girl with dire “completely unacceptable” and a “misuse consequences if she revealed the ordeal to of public money”. anyone before he dropped her home. Hyderabad. The Telangana government has bureaucrats and Toyota Fortuners to cops for many poor people are dying of debt due to Meanwhile, activists have also questioned The minor told her grandmother of what had come under fire from opposition parties for their use.BJP has called the purchase of Covid hospitalisation bills,” said BJP leader the decision of the KCR government.“The happened, after which the girl and her purchasing 32 high-end SUVs for IAS luxury cars a "criminal splurge of public Krishnasagar Rao. state has no more than 650 ambulances under family lodged a complaint with the police. A officers amid the ongoing Covid-19 exchequer" by CM KCR to "appease The saffron party pointed out that Telangana 108 service for four crore citizens i.e. medical examination of the girl was also pandemicThe KIA Carnivals were handed bureaucrats".How can CM KCR justify Finance Minister T Harish Rao recently said approximately one ambulance for 60,000 done.Last week, a 12-year-old girl was over to 32 additional collectors after they spending over Rs 11 crore to buy 32 ultra- that the state had lost massive revenue citizens. Yet the CM hands out 32 cars of allegedly raped by her stepfather in finished a review meeting with Chief luxury vehicles for additional collectors in because of lockdowns and wanted increased almost Rs 31 lakh each in the name of Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district. Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at Pragati Telangana? The CM is indulging in this FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility and Budget administration, costing Rs 9.2 crore. A high- The 31-year-old accused, a native of Bhavan.The state government had earlier massive wastage of public money in the Management) limits to raise more end ambulance costs Rs 16 lakh,” said social Dongargarh, was arrested on Friday based provided Toyota Innova Crysta vehicles to middle of a dangerous pandemic, while loans.Congress, too, lashed out at the ruling activist Vijay Gopal. on the complaint of the victim's elder sister. "As per the complaint, the accused was sexually exploiting the girl for the last three years. The accused used to threaten her with Restrictions eased in eight J&K districts Haryana extends lockdown till dire consequences if she revealed the ordeal to anyone. The victim's 16-year-old sister June 21 with some relaxations recently informed police after which the man was held for rape and criminal showing improvement in Covid-19 numbers | Here's all you need to know intimidation under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Jammu.The Jammu and Kashmir administration Covid-appropriate behaviour and defaulters Chandigarh Haryana government Act and IPC provisions," he said. on Sunday extended the ongoing on Sunday announced further easing of are firmly dealt with under relevant sections lockdown till June 21 to check the restrictions in eight districts showing of the Disaster Management Act and the spread of Covid-19 cases in the MoS Home G Kishan Reddy significant improvement in the Covid-19 Indian Penal Code.The order said the state. The state government, situation.The decision to grant relaxations in wholesale trade of liquor would continue to however, has relaxed the curbs by meets J&K L-G to discuss Shopian, Kulgam, Ganderbal and Bandipora in be permitted to operate on five days a week in allowing more activities to resume. Kashmir division and Poonch, Reasi, Ramban the entire Union Territory, where a weekend As per the latest guidelines, security situation and Doda in Jammu division was taken at a corona curfew remains in force on Saturday restaurants and bars, including in meeting which focused on total weekly new and Sunday. hotels and malls, have been Jammu. Union Minister of State for Home cases (per million), positivity rate, bed The Jammu and Kashmir administration started allowed to operate from 10 am to 10 Affairs G Kishan Reddy called on Jammu occupancy, case fatality rate and vaccination the unlock process in the Union Territory on pm with a seating capacity of 50 per and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj coverage of the targeted population, an official May 31, limiting the month-long Corona cent.Gyms have also been allowed Sinha at Raj Bhavan on Sunday to discuss order said.It said government and private The order, issued by the chief secretary, who is to open from 6 am to 8 pm with 50 the Union Territory’s (UT) security curfew to night hours and weekends only offices can function in the eight districts also chairperson of the state executive while allowing operations by shopkeepers on a per cent capacity and Covid-19 situation, an official spokesperson committee, said there was a need for further protocol."...after duly considering without any restrictions subject to strict rotational basis.Private transport was also the fact although the Covid said.Reddy was visiting Jammu to attend adherence to Covid-appropriate behaviour, improvement with regard to the Covid situation the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Sri allowed to ply with 50 per cent seating positivity rate and the number of while barber shops, salons and parlors are in all districts.Some districts need intense capacity. new Could positive cases have Venkateswara Swamy temple’s foundation efforts to reach desired levels. As such, there is stone laying ceremony.They discussed a permitted to open on all days of a week, except However, the educational institutions, including declined, so as to continue the range of issues related to internal security, on Saturday and Sundays.Similarly, standalone a need to continue with existing Covid private coaching centres are closed till June 15, preventive and the precautionary law and order management and public shops, outdoor bazaars and shopping containment measures in these districts," the while all cinemas, multiplexes, clubs, gyms, measures to contain the Covid welfare in Jammu and Kashmir.They also complexes are also permitted to open on all order said.It directed the district magistrates to spas, message centres and paid parks have been pandemic, in the exercise of the days except the weekends, the order said. strictly ensure that there is full compliance to directed to remain closed till further orders. powers conferred under Section talked about the smooth functioning of the 22(2)(h) of the Disaster Defence Research and Development Management Act, 2005, the Organisation’s (DRDO) Covid hospital in undersigned in my capacity as Jammu and Srinagar.Sinha expressed Mehul Choksi a ‘flight risk’, denied bail by Dominica high court Chairperson, State Executive gratitude towards the Ministry of Home Committee hereby extends the Affairs for extending necessary MahameH Alert-Surakshit interventions for the welfare of the people has “no links and or ties to Haryana 'writ wed-yarn after for of the UT, the spokesperson said. Prosecutors argued that Dominica” and if granted another one week, i.e., from bail, he would disappear 11.06.2021 (05:00 am onwards) to Choksi, who has an Interpol from the jurisdiction. The 21.06.2021 (till 05:00 am) in the Rajasthan: Prime accused in prosecutor also told the court State of Haryana...," an order red notice issued against that Choksi’s Antigua issued by Chief Secretary Vijai doctor couple's murder case Vardhan said.Haryana on Sunday him, has no links and ties citizenship is “questionable” reported 43 Covid-related deaths held and now a matter for the taking the cumulative fatality toll to to Dominica and could courts in Antigua.Justice 8,992 while 3,39 fresh infections Jaipur. Police arrested the prime accused in Wynante Adrien-Roberts, pushed the total case count to the murder case of Bharatpur's doctor abscond if granted bail. after the conclusion of the 7,65,861.While extending the couple on Sunday, an official said. submissions made by both lockdown by another week, the Three other accused -- Daulat Gurjar, sides, ruled that Mehul Haryana government has decided Roseau. Fugitive Indian businessman Mehul to relax some of the restrictions. Nirbhan Singh Gurjar and Mahesh Gurjar -- Choksi was denied bail by the high court in Choksi “did not offer any involved in the murder conspiracy were Here's all you need to know:All Roseau on Sunday after Justice Wynante strong ties that if granted bail government and private colleges, arrested earlier.Anuj Gurjar (21), the prime he will attend his hearing”. coaching institutions, libraries and accused, was nabbed on Sunday while he Adrien-Roberts deemed him a 'flight risk'. that Choksi was “kidnapped/abducted” and Cara Shillingford-Marsh, who led the arguments “Choksi has no ties to Dominica and hence the training institutes in the state will was going to meet his girlfriend in brought to Dominica against his will, was remain closed until further orders Bharatpur.A reward of Rs 5,000 was on behalf of a battery of lawyers for Choksi, court cannot impose any conditions which will “beaten and tortured” and presently has assure it that he wouldn’t abscond, hence he is a are issuedAll shops are allowed to announced for information leading to the argued that the diamantaire obtained Antiguan “serious medical health conditions” due to open from 9 am to 8 pm. Malls, on arrest of Anuj, Bharatpur IGP Prashan flight riskso bail is denied,” the judge stated. citizenship through the Citizen by Investment which he has been undergoing treatment at the the other hand, are permitted to Kumar Khamesra said in a statement.Dr Programme (CBI) in 2017, is a CARICOM Wanted in India in connection with the Rs 13,500 open from 10 am to 8 pmHome Sudeep Gupta (46) and his wife Dr Seema Dominica China Friendship Hospital for the crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, citizen, and therefore entitled to bail. She past two weeks. delivery from hotels, restaurants, Gupta (44) were shot dead in broad daylight stated that the alleged offense of “illegal entry” Choksi remains a patient at the island’s main and fast-food restaurants are by two bike-borne miscreants on May But in response, Lennox Lawrence, who for which he is charged is “bailable”. hospital in the capital city Roseau. He will allowed until 10 pmReligious 28.Dr Sudeep Gupta was going somewhere appeared on behalf of the Police and the establishments are permitted to She asked the court to impose “a cash bail sum” reappear in the Magistrate’s court on Monday, in a car along with his wife.According to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), said where his trial for alleged illegal entry into accommodate up to 21 people at a police, Sudeep Gupta, his wife Dr Seema and also, impose daily reporting conditions to that the fact that the Interpol Red notice which time, provided that they adhere to and his mother were jailed in November the “Roseau Police Station” as part of the bail Dominica, a charge to which he has pleaded the necessary Covid appropriate was issued for Choksi makes him an even not guilty, will commence. 2019 in the murder case of a woman and her conditions.Shillingford-Marsh told the court greater “flight risk.”Choksi, Lawrence argued, behavioural norms. five-year-old child.Anuj is the brother of the woman who was murdered in November 2019.The woman and her five- year-old child were killed after their house was set on fire. Dr Sudeep Gupta had an affair with the woman and he, along with Sacrifices have to be made if one chooses to be his mother and wife, was suspected to be involved in setting the house ablaze, the police had said. Terrorist found dead in in BJP, says Dilip Ghosh to TMC turncoats Kolkata. With several TMC turncoats making TMC immediately after its landslide His party colleague and senior leader Srinagar, police investigate a beeline to return to the party post the BJP's victory. They are not required in the Sougata Roy said, "Had Dilip Ghosh possible terror outfit clashes drubbing in the assembly polls, state unit party." any modicum of self-respect and chief of the saffron camp, Dilip Ghosh, said Shortly after Roy rejoined the TMC, accountability, he would have resigned Srinagar. Alocal terrorist from Jammu and on Sunday that the ones who wish to enjoy Rajib Banerjee met the party's state from the post (of state BJP president) Kashmir's Shopian district was found power without making sacrifices would be general secretary Kunal Ghosh, but after the poor performance of his dead in Soura, Srinagar on Sunday asked to leave.Ghosh, who had said on both described it as a "courtesy party."A group of five BJP workers in Friday that party national vice president Birbhum district on June 8 took to the evening. visit"."Dilipda said the right thing. Mukul Roy's departure won't make much of Those who crossed over to the BJP streets to announce that they have Locals spotted a body in Anchar lake, an a difference, wrote on Twitter that "some before polls only for power and are decided to quit the party and return to area falling under the jurisdiction of people are in the habit of switching now sending SOS to Mamata the TMC "to get a chance to work for Soura Police Station.They said an ID card parties"."If one has to stay in the BJP, he/she Banerjee expressing their wish to 'maa mati manush' (mother, was found on the body which revealed his will have to make sacrifices. Those who only return should leave forthwith. The motherland, and people) under the identity as Amir Ahmad Malik, a resident wish to enjoy power cannot stay in the BJP. party does not need them," he leadership of Mamata Banerjee." of Zainapora in Shopian. We won't keep them," he tweeted in said.Hazra had earlier said lobby politics its innermost detail, he went back and leaked District TMC leaders said their pleas would be everything to MamataBut what's done is The deceased was reported missing in Bengali.Echoing Ghosh, BJP national was at play in the BJP state unit during polls, considered after holding talks with local secretary and former MPAnupam Hazra said and just one or two leaders were given done. Now the big question is, did Mukul party members who worked for the party October 2020. He was part of the terror leave back Trojan Horses within this Trojan outfit the Resistance Front, a shadow members who are not willing to stand by the responsibilities with the rest feeling during the polls.Earlier, several other TMC party at this hour, when "several of its "ignored". He had, however, asserted that he Horse? BTW I used to wonder why Mukul turncoats, including former MLAs Sonali outfit of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the officials always avoided meeting me. Now it all said. workers are facing attacks by the TMC and would continue to support his party. Guha and Dipendu Biswas, had appealed to going homeless, are free to leave".Hitting Calling Roy a "Trojan horse", BJP veteran figures," Roy added, indicating there could Banerjee to take her back under her wings. Police is investigating all angles, including out at former state minister Rajib Banerjee, Tathagata Roy tweeted, "After having been be agents planted by Roy in the BJP.Kunal The TMC supremo, during a recent press clashes between terror groups, that could who had joined the BJP ahead of the welcomed into the BJP, he gained access to Ghosh, who is also the spokesperson of the meet, said she will not accept requests of have led to the terrorist’s mysterious elections, Hazra maintained that "leaders its all-India leaders, hobnobbed with state TMC, said many have expressed their wish leaders, who had abandoned her ship just death. like him have started singing paeans for the BJP's gullible... learnt all about the party and to return, but party supremo Mamata ahead of the April-May elections. Banerjee will take the final decision. New Delhi, Tuesday, 15 June, 2021 EDITORIAL THE SIKH TIMES 6 Other side: Jitin Applause addiction India’s leaders must realize that foreign policy begins at home Prasada joins BJP China’s Xi Jinping yearns to be loved. Anxiety power across its borders farther and neurosis, like narcissism, is inherent in the better than China”. psychology of all absolute rulers. Adolf Hitler, Among the reasons Lee cited for the Mao Zedong, Josef Stalin and Pol Pot probably absence of concern were the Indian also craved to be called “trustworthy, lovable elite’s fluency in English, and respectable”. So does Narendra Modi. The troublesome neighbours and the hospitality extended to over 20 hand-picked consequent need to watch the border, European parliamentarians who were taken on a and democracy not because of jaunt to Kashmir in October 2019 was an abstruse moral reasons but because obvious exercise in ‘spin-doctoring’, which has ruling coalitions of 10 to 20 parties been defined as an attempt ‘to explain the made for an internal system of checks government’s message directly to the public and balances. The suspension of without going through the distorting prism of nuclear talks with Washington media reporting’. It misfired when Chris because of the reservations of 60 Davies, a British Liberal Democrat, disclosed Communist parliamentarians would that his invitation was cancelled when he sought have been inconceivable in China. He Sir — The defection of the senior leader, Jitin unfettered access to go anywhere and speak to contrasted such inevitable periodic Prasada, from the Congress to the Bharatiya anyone he wanted. While the European “domestic obstruction” with “the Janata Party should not be given much Parliament distanced itself from the initiative, singleness of purpose in policy and its prominence (“Exit sign”, June 11). His former Davies told the BBC he was “not prepared to take A.P.J.Abdul Kalam’s imagination and the condescending execution” China displayed. Lee was party is in the doldrums on the national stage and part in a PR stunt for the Modi government and pretend rhetoric of American diplomats playing up to our political anxious not to disparage India. He respected Manmohan his own charisma as a leader is not worth writing that all [was] well” in Kashmir. windbags? The pace at which our bureaucracy works, Singh. Sonia Gandhi had invited him to deliver the home about. But the BJP government at the Centre Modi’s boast of “made-in-India solutions” that not only police operations, the allegations that vitiate political life, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture. He had rubbed as well as that in the politically-crucial state of “controlled the spread of the virus and improved our unquestioning acceptance of ‘speed money’ at all levels shoulders with the global glitterati at two international Uttar Pradesh are going through a bad patch health infrastructure” but had also “given a shield not just and the vast and criminally growing gulf between rich conferences in India in 2007. Yet, reading between the owing to the mismanagement of the Covid-19 to India but to many other countries in the world” was and poor warn of ramshackle institutions of the State. lines of his Forbes article, it is clear he felt the West was crisis and the faltering economy. another demand for applause. If the applause was less Richard Nixon, whom we love to hate, thought the justified in fearing China’s rise but losing no sleep over The UP dispensation’s handling of the pandemic, than ringing, it was because the catastrophe of India’s wonder was not that India was governed badly but that it India’s growth. Whereas “[t]he speed of China’s change the law and order situation in the state and the second wave exposed the complacency and vanity of that was governed at all. Few of his critics know of Nixon’s and the thoroughness, energy and drive with which the distress of farmers have been dismal to witness. attempt to cover up a disgracefully inadequate medical Quaker grandmother who gave him a life of Mahatma Chinese [had] built up their infrastructure and pursued The BJP’s recent setback in the local body infrastructure. The fault is not just Modi’s. But he has Gandhi that he read over and over again when he was only their goals spring from their culture, one that is shared by elections is an alarming development, and the top done little to repair the dereliction he inherited. All Indian 17. Or that he was convinced after visiting India in 1953 the Koreans, Japanese and Vietnamese”, India would not brass of the saffron brigade is now apprehensive. leaders talk incessantly of doing things for India, but of Jawaharlal Nehru’s “personal thirst for influence, if not pose a challenge until it got its social infrastructure up to It is time for rejuvenation and course correction seldom for Indians. The promise of a chicken in every control, over South Asia, the Middle East and Africa”. First World standards. Even a democratic China with for the party, as the outcome of the assembly polls peasant’s pot on Sundays by the French king, Henry IV, to Nehru himself set the stage for today’s failures with the multiple parties that lagged behind India economically next year will likely have a bearing on results of which Herbert Hoover gave modern resonance in his rhetorical question, “What does independence consist would not allay Western suspicion. the 2024 general elections. Given the absence of 1928 presidential campaign, has never seemed important of?”, in the Constituent Assembly on March 8, 1949. “It The Chinese would still be haunted by the “yellow peril” the BJP’s investment in any significant welfare to our rulers. Surviving public utilities like the railways or consists fundamentally and basically of foreign phobia reinforced by memories of the Cultural schemes and other deliverables geared towards postal service are today limping relics of once-efficient relations,” he answered. “That is the test of independence. Revolution and Tiananmen Square massacres, not to overall development in UP, the party will almost colonial undertakings. India desperately needs hospitals, All else is local autonomy. Once foreign relations go out mention objections to censorship. So, spin-doctoring certainly resort to its divisive caste- and religion- doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, ambulances, of your hands into the charge of somebody else, to that wouldn’t solve Xi’s dilemma even if the Chinese system based rhetoric to try and overcome the election equipment and medicines. It needs relief from the fraud of extent and in that measure you are not independent.” allowed it. Contrary to Lee’s assessment, however, a hurdle in 2022, just like it did in 2017. Given that a bureaucrat’s research paper comparing Indian and Nehru was deluded as a new brown entrant in a white world which respects wealth and power will continue to Prasada belongs to the Brahmin community, his Chinese public healthcare that trotted out the names of man’s club. Modi seems dazzled by his intimacy with deal with China while also continuing to try to cut it down induction into the BJP might bolster the expensive nursing homes in Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta Barack Obama and “Bibi” (Benjamin Netanyahu). All to size. Xi may have to modify China’s “wolf warrior” (a consolidation of the Brahmin vote for the party. to illustrate Indian welfare. Perhaps sociologists will find our leaders neglect domestic obligations whose term taken from a Rambo-style Chinese film) diplomacy The scenario for the ruling dispensation is gloomy an explanation in an unspoken conspiracy to conceal fulfilment alone would have earned respect. They chase whose provenance goes back to the 1793 Macartney — if the results of the panchayat polls are any scabrous reality and maintain a traditional social foreigners instead. The inevitable comparison with China Mission when King George III was commanded to “... sign, then a rejuvenated Samajwadi Party is hierarchy that has not changed drastically, as it has in once prompted Lee Kuan Yew to discuss in Forbes why Tremblingly obey and show no negligence!” But Xi is breathing down the BJP’s neck. As such, the BJP China. A host of charities bearing the prime minister’s China’s “peaceful rise” had “raised apprehensions”. Yet unlikely to make concessions on Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong must have thought that having Prasada in its fold name are mainly a means of legitimizing patronage to buy India prompted no unease despite an annual growth rate Kong and Taiwan. Nor will the West insist. It knows its will give it some leeway. Sir — Jitin Prasada votes. A failed State assumes the collapse of aspiration of between 8 per cent and 9 per cent for five years (under limitations. India is different. It has no high-powered joining the BJP in Delhi points towards and effort. Did either ever exist in India? Was India ever Manmohan Singh before the so-called ‘Gujarat Model’ professional spin doctors like Ronald Reagan’s Michael opportunism and a hunger for power. His seriously on the brink of superpower status except in sent the economy crashing) and the ability to “project Deaver or Tony Blair’sAlastair Campbell. defection occurs at a time that is seen to be rather testing for the BJP ahead of the 2022 assembly polls in UP. Prasada, who had served in the second United Progressive Alliance government and Freedom in chains hails from Shahjahanpur, had been at odds with the Congress leadership for a long time. In July The State can imprison the body but not the mind. An examination of prison diaries and art would testify to this inference last year, he had launched the ‘Brahmin Chetna Parishad’ to give voice to the Brahmin Stone walls do not a prison make; or so wrote an arsenal of the conscientious prisoner to resist the community. He blatantly said that the BJP stands incarcerated British poet years ago. While the mighty colonization of his or her mind. Little wonder then that for the interests of the nation today, all the while State may fetter the body, it often discovers that it is far Michel Foucault called prison writing a ‘habeas knowing very well that the country is in a more difficult to chain the mind. A booklet containing corpus brief’: such texts or, as is often the case, shambles and lagging behind in all the sectors of artwork and excerpts from letters by two university doodles invert and challenge the collective ideas public life. Prasada has had ties with several students jailed for their alleged involvement in the concerning the relationship that binds the State to the generations of the Congress; as such, his decision Delhi riots seems to attest to the uplifting resilience of citizen, exposing the former’s role in creating to defect was for his own selfish political gains. It freedom. With their accounts detailing institutional penitentiaries meant to discipline, often brutally, the amounts to a betrayal of the trust placed in him by attempts to strip them of their “autonomy” and dissenter. “humanity”, Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal his former party. He said that in the last eight to ten The pursuit of civilizing not just the ‘savage’ but also the may now find themselves to be part of an illustrious years he has felt as though the only truly national objector with integrity continues to inform justice and literary tradition of prison writing that has, over the party is the BJP; to us, it seems more like a such affiliated institutions as prisons. This is an years, given voice to thoughts and lives behind those anomaly because the philosophy behind discipline shirking of his responsibilities to the Congress. By walls. The repository of prison writings comprises and punishment is no longer primitive. Indeed, the joining hands with communal forces, Prasada contributions from such luminaries as M.K. Gandhi, modern prison is increasingly being seen as a space for may have dealt his own political career a severe Jawaharlal Nehru, Nelson Mandela, Fyodor Ahmednagar fort; in more recent, post-colonial times, reforming — healing — the human spirit. Several blow. Sir — Jitin Prasada’s foray into the BJP may Dostoyevsky, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Antonio Gramsci, to experiments that are taking place in this respect in India hold significance for UP’s Brahmin community, Chris Abani documented his shackled life in Kalakuta name a few. Each of these towering figures had turned to Republic. A common theme among these works is the and the world — the open prison is one example — are which has been feeling neglected under the writing during their periods of isolation. The richness of encouraging. But the doors can remain shut for long for leadership of the Hindutva-espousing chief documentation of the illuminating tussle between the State this genre can be attributed to the versatility of thought. and the captive political prisoner over the autonomy — as those who retain the courage to speak truth to power. This minister, Yogi Adityanath. With Prasada’s entry, Don Quixote’s flights of fancy were imagined by Miguel Ms Kalita and Ms Narwal put it — of the mind. History has constituency wages courageous, everyday — but little- Brahmins may once again forge closer ties with de Cervantes from inside his solitary cell; Nehru penned shown that writing has often been the only weapon in the known — battles to keep their minds free and fearless in the BJP. his encyclopaedic The Discovery of India from inside the the face of unprecedented intimidation.

Historic event: Britain’s National Theatre to reopen Eye on England: Tanika Gupta's new play 'The Overseas Student'; 'Epic Iran' at the Victoria & Albert Museum; Hafsa Zayyan’s 'We Are All Birds of Uganda'

Britain’s National Theatre has been shut since March 2020 jacket. He has promised his mother, “I will not touch but last week its artistic director, Rufus Norris, meat, women, or alcohol,” and vowed to “learn to speak announced his programme for the next few months, English as the Queen does, to learn French, to ballroom including The Father and the Assassin, a play about dance and to be able to play the fiddle. I think the violin is Nathuram Godse which will open in the Olivier Theatre such a beautiful instrument.” Tanika reckons he in early 2022. Norris said: “This extraordinary new work struggled with all his vows. “It’s much more a coming of has been written by Anupama Chandrasekhar. The play age story. I was much more interested in his journey as a tells how a man called Nathuram Godse was radicalised teenager. He meets Annie Besant and Madam Blavatsky. through the fight for Indian independence from being a He was very active in the Theosophical Society and devout follower of Gandhi to his eventual assassin in became president of the Vegetarian Society. He would 1948.” have gone to hear Dadabhai Naoroji. He read a When I asked for more details, Norris replied that the translation of the Gita by [Edwin] Arnold. England made Chennai-based “Anupama Chandrasekhar is a him an Indian because when he turns up, he just wants to wonderful writer known to many London audiences. So be English.” Tanika, whose parents established The we invited her to be writer in residence here back in 2016. Tagoreans in London and who herself read modern And this was the idea she wanted to develop. “It’s history at Oxford, says: “Most of this stuff comes from fascinating because it’s a little known history. There is my family, from their typical Bengali way of looking at actually not that much known about Godse (in the UK), everything slightly upside down or turning it around or but what there is she has drawn from. There’s a real asking questions. It’s a living history as opposed to prescience in the play. It examines the rise of the learning about it in university.” disenfranchised, right wing in ways that we can see One of my first outings post lockdown was to the Victoria parallels to in the world if we look around it at the &Albert Museum to see its fabulous Epic Iran exhibition moment. So like many history plays, its value is going to covering 5,000 years of Iranian history. From associate be what it reflects back to us about this time.” curator, Ina Sarikhani Sandmann, whose family has food with them.”One of the best novels I have read in a Sameer Saeed, who returns to Uganda to marry Maryam, Incidentally, Gandhi’s secretary, VenkataramKalyanam, loaned some of the 300 artworks on display, I hear about long time is Hafsa Zayyan’s WeAreAll Birds of Uganda, the great granddaughter of Abdullah, an African servant who died on May 4, aged 98 — he was present when how the ancestors of Ratan Tata and Adar Poonawalla which tells the migration story of one of the families, the boy. Hasan feels betrayed: “We are not natives and we Gandhi was assassinated — merited substantial found refuge in India. A poster, “Zoroastrian Religion”, Saeeds, from the 30,000 Indians who arrived in Britain in are not Europeans. India has disowned us; Nehru calls us obituaries in The Times and The Daily Telegraph. explains: “To avoid persecution after the Islamic 1972 as refugees after the entire Asian population of ‘guests’ of Africa. We are not guests. We are Africans of Tanika Gupta is full of laughter as she tells me of her new conquest of Iran, many Iranian Zoroastrians fled to India, Uganda was expelled by its erratic president, Idi Amin. Asian origin.” Malala Yousafzai, inspirational champion play, The Overseas Student, which covers Gandhi’s life where their descendants are known as Parsis. Today in “I’m kind of related to the story via my marriage,” Hafsa for girls’education, has been glammed up “in a red Stella in London from 1888, when he arrived there as an 18- Iran, Zoroastrianism is still practised, with the fire says of her debut novel. Hafsa and her husband, Riaz, McCartney headscarf and matching red lips” for the year-old, to 1891, when he sailed back home, having temple located in Yazd.”As a country Iran gets a very bad were both born in the United Kingdom. She is the cover of the British Vogue,barely recognizable as the 15- been called to the Bar at the Inner Temple. The 45- press in the West. But I am encouraged “to look beyond daughter of a Nigerian father and a Pakistani mother who year-old girl who was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth minute, one-man play, with the talented actor, Esh the headlines”, as Ina puts it. Maintaining that “there is met at school in Nigeria. Riaz’s Indian family was among Hospital in Birmingham after being shot in the head by Alladi, cast as a young Mohandas, opens at the Lyric an enormous amount in common between the two those expelled from Uganda. The protagonists are the Taliban. She is now 23, an Oxford graduate and Hammersmith in west London in June. The play begins cultures”, Iranian and Indian, she points out: “When the Kampala-born, Hasan Saeed, who writes cathartic letters Nobel Prize winner and about to start making with Gandhi setting out from Bombay in a white dinner Zoroastrians left and went to live in India, they took their to his late first wife, Amira, and his UK-born grandson, programmes forAmerica’sApple TV. New Delhi, Tuesday, 15 June, 2021 FILM THE SIKH TIMES 7 Why Sushant Singh Rajput dropped out of college despite a GabriellaGabriella Demetriades Demetriades scholarship offer from Stanford shares her ‘favourite pastime’ with this of

ArjunArjun Rampal Rampal ate actor Sushant Singh Rajput was an impressive artiste and he proved the same with Lmany of his nuanced performances. The actor, who had a strong creative streak, was also a genius when it came to academics. It is well known that and son Arik Sushant was a student of the prestigious Delhi College of Engineering (now known as Delhi Technological University) but dropped out before he could finish his engineering. In many of his older interviews, Sushant had mentioned that he dropped out of college so as to pursue his dreams of becoming an actor. In a 2017 interview to Hindustan Times, the Dil Bechara actor shared how his family reacted to his career-defining move. “It was 2006, my final year in college, when I dropped this bomb at home. They were shocked! So shocked that they couldn’t say anything and I took their silence as their approval…. It was hard at that time but now it’s different. My dad loves it when, on his walks, people call out to him, show him some recent clipping on me…he is really proud of me. But even today, almost all our conversations end with ‘beta, degree le leta’,” he had then shared. In the same interview, Sushant had also shared that even though he “won the National Olympiad in Physics and landed in the Delhi College of Engineering”, this field was not his choice. “Engineering wasn’t my choice. I wanted to be an astronaut, and later, an Air Force pilot. I remember tearing up my Top Gun poster when my parents told me that was not going to happen.

ollywood actor Arjun Rampal’s When Aishwarya Rai girlfriend Gabriella Demetriades Bshared a monochrome photo with him and their son Arik, against the backdrop schooled David Letterman of a cloudy sky. The caption read, “Watching both of you is my favourite pastime.” The photo was met with much love and hearts, one coming for asking if all Indians live from Mouni Roy. Gabriella enjoys sharing photos of her family on Instagram, which is always flooded with with their parents love. Their son Arik was born in 2019. While announcing the name of his son, Arjun wrote on Instagram, “That gracious thing made of tears, of happiness, gratitude and light.A rainbow appeared into our lives. So blessed we feel, gratitude and abundance of joy. Welcome junior Rampal, into our lives. Thank you all for your graciousness, love and beautiful wishes. Say hello to baby Arik Rampal.” Arjun was earlier married to Mehr Jessia, with whom he has two daughters Mahikaa and Myra. Arjun and Mehr ended their relationship in 2018. A few months later, Arjun made his relationship with Gabriella official. In an earlier interview to Mumbai Mirror, Arjun Rampal revealed he met Gabriella Demetriades through common friends. He said, “So, what can I say? That she stalked me? Wishful thinking that, buddy! It’s only been a year since we started dating and here we are. For keeps. And I must add that it was of prime importance that my daughters should accept her as a part of the family. On

ctor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan delivered a mic drop moment on legendary television host ADavid Letterman’s The Late Show back in 2005 and the internet can’t seem to get enough of it, even 15 years on. The pointed reply came as the Disha Patani’s actor was asked whether all Indian children lived Disha Patani’s with their parents as adults. The actor had appeared on Letterman’s show in 2005 as she was promoting her film Bride and Prejudice, directed by Gurinder Chadha. The former Miss World spoke about her career and India as she she birthday, revisiting her old appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman. The host, however, did not appear to be clued into Indian culture or the details of the Hindi film industry. ads and audition videos As the two got talking about Aishwarya’s career, Hindi films and desi culture, the most epic moment isha Patani is celebrating her 29th arrived when Letterman asked the actor whether she birthday today and the actor, who is still live with her parents. Dknown for her killer dance moves, started Letterman asked Aishwarya, “Do you live with you her journey in the entertainment business with parents, is that true? And, is it common in India for ad commercials. Disha came into the limelight children to live with their parents?” However, the with MS Dhoni: The Untold Story but even show host must not have bargained for Aishwarya’s before she made her debut in the movies, she epic response, as she said, “It is fine to live with your had started to gather a large fan base with her parents because it is also common in India that we social media presence. One of her early don’t have to make appointments with our parents advertisements for a beverage brand had the for dinner.” It led to an appreciative response from audience talking about her. Her Dairy Milk ad the audience and left David flustered. commercial with Kalidas Jayaram made her an David Letterman in 2018 interviewed Shah Rukh instant favourite of the masses. At this time, Khan for his Netflix special show My Next Guest Disha was winning hearts with her dance videos on social media and her pleasing personality in Needs No Introduction with David Letterman. In the TVCs seemed to promise that she would have a show, SRK opened up about his rise to fame, his bright future at the movies.Her Dairy Milk ad commercial with Kalidas Jayaram made her an family and his billions of fans. instant favourite of the masses. At this time, Disha was winning hearts with her dance videos on On the work front, Aishwarya Rai was last seen in social media and her pleasing personality in TVCs seemed to promise that she would have a Fanney Khan along with Rajkummar Rao and Anil bright future at the movies. Her presence in this ad for a smartphone was proof that she could Kapoor. Reportedly the 47-year-old actor will next carry off the stylish clothes and had enough charism for the big screen. be seen in Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan. New Delhi, Tuesday, 15 June, 2021 WORLD THE SIKH TIMES 8

UK PM Boris Johnson voices G-7 leaders agree on vaccines, China and taxing corporations serious concern over Delta variant in hint at delay to Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations pledged more than 1 billion coronavirus lockdown end vaccine doses to poorer nations. England. Leaders of the Group of Seven world.” US President Joe Biden, who getting shots into arms around the London. British Prime Minister Boris wealthy nations staked their claim Sunday to was making his first foreign trip as world was a “gigantic, logistical Johnson on Saturday expressed "serious leading the world out of the coronavirus leader, said it was an “extraordinary, effort” and the goal might not be concern" about rising infections of the pandemic and crisis, pledging more than 1 collaborative and productive meeting” accomplished until 2023. The G-7 Delta variant of coronavirus, reinforcing billion coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer that showed “America’s back in the also backed a minimum tax of at suggestions that he is set to delay lifting nations, vowing to help developing countries business of leading the world alongside least 15 per cent on large England's last remaining lockdown curbs. grow while fighting climate change and nations who share our most deeply held multinational companies to stop Johnson is due to announce on Monday backing a minimum tax on multinational values.” corporations from using tax whether the planned lifting of restrictions, firms. At the group’s first face-to-face HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL havens to avoid taxes, a move which would see an end to limits on social meeting in two years, the leaders dangled CAMPAIGNERS UNIMPRESSED championed by the United States. contact, can go ahead on June 21 as set out promises of support for global health, green Biden also wanted to persuade under a planned 'roadmap'. But health and environmental energy, infrastructure and education — all to campaigners were distinctly fellow democratic leaders to The government had hoped that the success demonstrate that international cooperation is unimpressed by the details in the present a more unified front to of one of the world's fastest rollouts of the back after the upheavals caused by the leaders’ final communique. “This G-7 compete economically with vaccines would end the limits on indoor pandemic and the unpredictability of former summit will live on in infamy,” said pandemic. Half of the billion-dose pledge is Beijing and strongly call out gatherings and the requirement of pubs and U.S. President Donald Trump. Max Lawson, the head of inequality policy at coming from the United States and 100 China’s “nonmarket policies and human restaurants to provide only table service. During their three-day summit in southwest the international aid group Oxfam. “Faced million from Britain. Canada said it also rights abuses.” The language on China in the Also read | Delta variant 60% more England, the G-7 leaders wanted to convey with the biggest health emergency in a would give 100 million doses, and France G-7 leaders’ communique from the meeting transmissible, reduces vaccine effect, UK that the club of wealthy democracies — century and a climate catastrophe that is pledged 60 million. Altogether, the leaders was more muted than the United States has experts say But the rapid spread of the Delta Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the destroying our planet, they have completely said they pledged 870 million doses “directly used, but Biden said he was satisfied. On Covid-19 variant, first discovered in India, United Kingdom and the United States — is failed to meet the challenges of our times.” over the next year,” with further China’s economic behavior, the group said it has thrown those plans into jeopardy, a better friend to poorer nations than Despite Johnson’s call to “vaccinate the contributions taking the total to the would “consult on collective approaches to meaning the government will delay the authoritarian rivals such as China. “This world” by the end of 2022, the promise of 1 “equivalent of over 1 billion doses.” challenging non-market policies and lifting of the restrictions by a month, the isn’t about imposing our values on the rest of billion doses for vaccine-hungry countries practices which undermine the fair and Daily Telegraph reported. A four-week AN UNFORGIVABLE MORAL FAILURE the world,” British Prime Minister Boris — coming both directly and through transparent operation of the global delay would push back the easing of Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Johnson told reporters at the end of the donations to the international Covax economy.” The leaders also said they would restrictions to July 19. Although Johnson said the lack of a more ambitious vaccination seaside summit on the rugged Cornwall program — falls far short of the 11 billion promote their values by calling on China to said officials would continue to study the plan was “an unforgivable moral failure.” coast. “What we as the G-7 need to do is doses the World Health Organization said is respect human rights and fundamental data before making a final decision, he was But Biden said the leaders were clear that the demonstrate the benefits of democracy and needed to vaccinate at least 70 per cent of the freedoms in Xinjiang, where Beijing is less optimistic about the situation than he commitments they made to donate doses freedom and human rights to the rest of the world’s population and truly end the accused of committing serious human. was at the end of May. "It's clear that the wouldn’t be the end. The US president said Indian variant is more transmissible and it’s also true that the cases are going up, and that the levels of hospitalisation are going up," Johnson told Sky News. "Now, we Bolivia's 'People of the Water' try to survive loss of lake don’t know exactly to what extent that is EU and UK's 'sausage going to feed through into extra mortality, The Uru - People of the water, is a group that survives of lakes in the highlands of southwestern Bolivia. Now what Bolivia’s second-largest lake is gone, but clearly it’s a matter of serious, serious p war' sizzles at G7 as concern." the Uru of Lake Poopo are left clinging to its salt-crusted former shoreline and are scrabbling for ways to make a living and to save their culture. Macron and Johnson spar Bolivia. For many generations, the the rainy season. to the west, to teach that New Israeli government wins England. Tensions between Britain homeland of the Uru people here STRUGGLE TO MAKE A tongue — one of 36 wasn’t land at all: It was the officially recognized and the European Union over their majority vote, ending LIVING Brexit trade deal exploded into an brackish waters of Lake Poo o. And the Uru of Lake Poopo are Bolivian languages — The Uru — “people of the water” to their children. open war of words on Sunday, with Netanyahu tenure left clinging to its salt-crusted both sides accusing the other of — would build a sort of family former shoreline in three “In this times, everything island of reeds when they married sowing disharmony at the Group of Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as Israel's small settlements, 635 people changes. But we are Seven Summit. prime minister ended on Sunday with and would survive on what they scrabbling for ways to make a making efforts to could harvest from the broad, maintain our culture,” Ever since the United Kingdom parliament approving a new “government living and struggling to save voted to leave the European Union of change” led by nationalist Naftali shallow lake in the highlands of even their culture. “Our Valero said. “Our southwestern Bolivia. children have to recover in 2016, the two sides have been Bennett. Heading into opposition, grandfathers thought the lake trying to solve the riddle of what to Netanyahu, 71, the most dominant Israeli “They collected eggs, fished, would last all their lives, and the language to politician of his generation, pledged he hunted flamingos and birds. in other, more common distinguish us from our do about the British province of now my people are near Northern Ireland, which has a land would soon return to power. When they fell in love, the couple extinction because our source of Indigenous lang ages, Aymara neigbors.” In a raucous session in which Netanyahu's built their own raft,” said Abdón and Quechua. To save their border with EU member Ireland. life has been lost,” said Luis “The instructors teach us the Over years of discussions, they right-wing and ultra-Orthodox supporters Choque, leader of Punaca, a town Valero, leader of the Uruidentities, the communities are language with numbers, songs shouted “shame” and “liar” at Bennett, of some 180 people. Now what trying to revive that language — have made little headway, agreeing communities around the lake. Not and greetings,” said Avelina multiple texts and deals only to find parliament voted confidence in his new was Bolivia’s second-largest lake long before the lake was lost, the or at least its closest sibling. Choque, a 21 year old student administration by a razor-thin 60-59 is gone. It dried up about five Aided by the government and a that their solutions fall well short of language of the Uru-Cholo had who said she one day would like expectations, and then bickering majority. A former defence minister and a years ago, victim of shrinking perished as well. The last nativelocal foundation, they have to teach mathematics. “It’s a little high-tech millionaire, Bennett, 49, was due glaciers, water diversions for invited teachers from a related over what to do. Ultimately, the speakers gradually died and difficult to pronounce.” The talks keep coming back to the to be sworn in shortly after the vote. His farming and contamination. younger generations grew up branch of the Uru, the Uru- pandemic has added to that alliance includes for the first time in Israel's Ponds reappear in places during Chipaya near the Chilean border delicate patchwork of history, history a party that represents its 21 per cent schooled in Spanish and working struggle. nationalism, religion and Arab minority. With little in common geography that intertwine in except for a desire to end the Netanyahu era Northern Ireland, but the latest spat and political impasse that led to four is centred on sausages. In a move inconclusive elections in two years, the that some worry could provoke a coalition of left-wing, centrist, right-wing Spanish father 'killed daughters and full scale trade war, Prime Minister and Arab parties is likely to be fragile. Boris Johnson has threatened to Israel's longest-serving leader, Netanyahu unilaterally suspend parts of the was prime minister since 2009, after a first Northern Ireland protocol of the term from 1996 to 1999. But he was dumped bodies at sea,' say investigators weakened by his repeated failure to clinch Brexit divorce deal. hat protocol victory in the polls since 2019 and by an essentially kept the province in the ongoing corruption trial, in which he has domestic violence. The suspect killed EU’s customs union and adhering denied any wrongdoing. Under a coalition the children at his house in Tenerife on to many of the single market rules, deal, Bennett will be replaced as prime April 27, a court document said. He creating a regulatory border in the minister by centrist Yair Lapid, 57, in 2023. allegedly took their bodies in his car to Irish Sea between the British > A father allegedly killed his boat and dumped both overboard province and the rest of the United wrapped in towels and placed in sports Kingdom. But Johnson has Naftali Bennett sworn in as his two young daughters bags at around 10:30pm the same unilaterally delayed the night. "The plan of the accused was to implementation of some provisions Israel's new Prime Minister, at his home before cause his ex-partner the greatest pain of the protocol, including checks she could imagine, by deliberately on chilled meats such as sausages ending Netanyahu's 12-year dumping their bodies at causing uncertainty about the fate that moving from the mainland to Olivia and Anna had suffered at his Northern Ireland, saying it was rule sea off the Spanish island hands," the court document said. causing disruption to some prompted angry demonstrations in cities Olivia's body was found on Thursday in a supplies to the province. During Jerusalem. Israel’s parliament narrowly of Tenerife. across Spain on Friday. sports bag weighted by an anchor at a depth of talks with Emmanuel Macron at the approved a new coalition government, "All Spain is shocked, all our support for the 1000 metres (3281 feet), near to where her G7 summit in southwestern ending the historic 12-year rule of Prime families whose pain is absolutely unbearable father's boat was found drifting. A second England, Johnson had queried how Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sending and unimaginable, all our rejection of sexist sports bag found at the scene was empty, a the French President would react if the polarizing leader into the opposition. violence, the vicarious violence that some still court statement said. After disposing of his Toulouse sausages could not be Naftali Bennett, a former ally of deny in our country," Prime Minister Pedro daughters' remains, Tómas G returned to port sold in Paris markets. Britain's Netanyahu turned rival, became prime Sanchez said on Friday during a visit to Costa in his boat but was stopped by a police patrol Telegraph newspaper reported that minister after the 60-59 vote. Promising to Tenerife. Afather allegedly killed his two young Rica. Tomás G, who is missing, is the main boat for breaking a coronavirus curfew, said Macron responded by inaccurately try to heal a divided nation, Bennett will daughters at his home before dumping their suspect in the disappearance of Olivia, six, and investigators. He left the port in his boat again saying Northern Ireland was not preside over a diverse and fragile coalition bodies at sea off the Spanish island of Tenerife, Anna, one, after he failed to return the girls to after midnight on April 28 and has not been part of the United Kingdom. comprised of eight parties with deep according to a preliminary judicial their mother as agreed at the end of April. A seen, they said. An autopsy found that Olivia "Various EU figures here in Carbis ideological differences. But the 71-year- investigation published on Saturday (local court issued an international warrant on died from pulmonary oedema, according to the Bay, but frankly for months now old Netanyahu made clear he has no time) into the case which has shocked the Saturday for his arrest on suspicion of two Canary Islands Superior Court. and years, have characterised intention of exiting the political stage. “If it nation. The disappearance of the girls counts of aggravated homicide and one of Northern Ireland as somehow. is destined for us to be in the opposition, we will do it with our backs straight until we topple this dangerous government and return to lead the country,” he said. The vote, capping a stormy parliamentary G7 chides China on rights, demands Covid-19 origins investigation session, ended a two-year cycle of political paralysis in which the country held four deadlocked elections. Those votes focused Group of Seven leaders on Sunday (June 13) scolded China over human rights in its Xinjiang region, called for Hong Kong to keep a largely on Netanyahu’s divisive rule and his fitness to remain in office while on trial high degree of autonomy and demanded a full and thorough investigation of the origins of the coronavirus in China. for corruption charges. To his supporters, Netanyahu is a global statesman uniquely Carbis Bay. Group of Seven leaders on fundamental freedoms, especially in criticism emerged, China pointedly capable of leading the country through its Sunday (June 13) scolded China over relation to Xinjiang and those rights, cautioned G7 leaders that the days when many security challenges. But to his human rights in its Xinjiang region, freedoms and high degree of autonomy "small" groups of countries decided the fate critics, he has become a polarizing and called for Hong Kong to keep a high for Hong Kong enshrined in the Sino- of the world were long gone. The G7 also autocratic leader who used divide-and-rule degree of autonomy and demanded a full British Joint Declaration," the G7 said. underscored "the importance of peace and tactics to aggravate the many rifts in Israeli and thorough investigation of the origins The G7 also called for a transparent, stability across the Taiwan Strait, and society. Those include tensions between of the coronavirus in China. After expert-led Phase 2 Covid-19 Origins encourage the peaceful resolution of cross- Jews and Arabs, and within the Jewish discussing how to come up with a unified study including in China, to be Strait issues". "We remain seriously majority between his religious and position on China, leaders issued a highly convened by the World Health concerned about the situation in the East and nationalist base and his more secular and critical final communique that delved Organization. Reuters earlier reported South China Seas and strongly oppose any dovish opponents. But to his critics, he has into what are for China some of the most the finalised version of the draft unilateral attempts to change the status quo become a polarizing and autocratic leader sensitive issues, including also Taiwan. communique. "We haven't had access and increase tensions," they said. who used divide-and-rule tactics to The re-emergence of China as a leading to the laboratories," Mr Biden told FORCED LABOUR aggravate the many rifts in Israeli society. States: President Joe Biden casts China as global power is considered to be one of the the main strategic competitor and has vowed reporters. Mr Biden said it was not yet Mr Biden said democracies were in a global Those include tensions between Jews and most significant geopolitical events of certain whether or not "a bat interfacing with Arabs, and within the Jewish majority to confront China's "economic abuses" and contest with "autocratic governments", and recent times, alongside the 1991 fall of the push back against human rights violations. animals and the environment... caused this that the G7 had to deliver viable alternatives. between his religious and nationalist base Soviet Union that ended the Cold War. Covid-19, or whether it was an experiment and his more secular and dovish "We will promote our values, including by "We're in a contest, not with China per se... opponents. China's rise has also unnerved the United calling on China to respect human rights and gone awry in a laboratory". Before the G7 with autocrats, autocratic. New Delhi, Tuesday, 15 June, 2021 BeautyBEAUTY THE SIKH TIMES 9 Skin care regime for a beautiful skin

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Coal India Ltd to reward its shareholders with an additional Petrol, Diesel : Diesel crosses Rs 100 for final dividend of 20-25%

Calcutta. The world’s largest miner — Coal India Ltd — is expected to reward its the first time! check rates in your city shareholders with an additional final dividend of 20-25 per cent at its board meeting on June 14, sources said. The company will declare its fourth-quarter Price of petrol and diesel in Delhi at Rs 96.4/litre & Rs 87.28/litre respectively, today. financial results on that day. Though the miner has failed to achieve its production New Delhi: Fuel prices were yet again n India, petrol and diesel prices are revised and offtake targets for 2020-21, it has hiked on Monday leading to diesel rates daily in the morning at 6 AM. Anyone surpassed the revised capital expenditure cross Rs 100 per litre mark in the can easily check the rate of petrol and target of Rs 13,000 crore. “The board will country. Petrol price was increased by diesel by sending an SMS to try declaring another round of dividend but 29-30 paise per litre and diesel too by 9224992249.All you need to is type RSP it is expected to be less than the two interim 28-30 paise a litre, according to a price Petrol Pump Dealer Code and dividends of Rs 7.5 and Rs 5 on each share notification of state-owned fuel send it to 9224992249. You can find the of Rs 10 each,” the sources told PTI. The retailers. RSP code of your locality by visiting the total interim dividend for 2020-21 is Rs In Delhi, petrol hit an all-time high of Rs official site of the petrol pump near you. 12.5 per share and the final dividend could 96.4 per litre, while diesel is now priced But why are fuel prices constantly on be Rs 2-2.5 per share to make the final total at 87.28 per litre. Disel prices have been the rise? dividend not less than Rs 15 per share, the pushed beyond Rs 100 per litre mark in Fuel prices differ from state to state sources indicated. The government will be Shriganganagar of Rajasthan. Petrol is depending on the incidence of local the largest beneficiary of the dividend as its now above Rs 100 per litre mark in six taxes such as VAT and freight charges. shareholding stands at 66.13 per cent. The states and union territories - Rajasthan, Rajasthan levies the highest value- fourth-quarter numbers were expected to Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra added tax (VAT) on petrol in the country, remain weak, according to analysts Pradesh, Telangana and Ladakh. Fuel followed by Madhya Pradesh and estimates but stock market participants prices differ from state to state Maharashtra. The excise tax levied by remained bullish and the stock rose 6.24 depending on the incidence of local the Central and state government one of per cent during the week. On the capex taxes such as VAT and freight charges. the reasons behind fuel price hike. Fuel achievement the official said, “Initially, the Here is looking at the price difference of rates in the international market target was Rs 10,000 crore but with the diesel and petrol in four metro cities on determine the rates of oil prices in India. Covid-19 induced slowdown in the June 14, 2021. Check petrol, diesel When global fuel prices go up, OMCs economy the government asked to raise it prices in your city, here is how to do it hike prices in the country. to support the economy. We raised the capex target to Rs 13,000 crore and we have surpassed it.” The capital expenditure for the 2020-21 fiscal was at Rs 13,115 crore, a 109 per cent rise compared with the previous year’s capex outgo of Rs 6,270 crore. A last resort Tata Steel BSL Ltd Sona Comstar bets auto market reduces debt by 60 Z Wondering if you should take a Covid advance from your EPF kitty? recovery by 2025 with electric per cent vehicles New Delhi: On May 31, 2021, and that meant other Scheme, 1952. With this Calcutta. Riding on the commodity the Union ministry of labour than essential sectors, amendment, an EPF member boom, Tata Steel has been able to and employment announced significantly make good on its big- New Delhi. Auto components manufacturer offices and factories could avail a non-refundable that provident fund account were shut and salaries advance of three months of the ticket purchase of Bhushan Steel Sona Comstar believes the global auto Limited (BSL) three years ago that market will recover by 2025 with electric subscribers of the Employees’ became irregular as basic wages and dearness Provident Fund Organisation c o r p o r a t e h o u s e s allowances or up to 75 per cent potentially makes it the most vehicles and mild hybrids leading a five- successful acquisition by the fold growth in demand. Sona Comstar would be eligible to avail scrambled to keep of the amount standing to the themselves of a second non- expenses in check. member’s credit, whichever is company. Within three years of makes automotive systems and taking over the stressed company components such as differential refundable advance from First advance lower. Such an advance, being their accumulated balance. To support its non-refundable, is not liable to from the bankruptcy court, Tata assemblies, differential gears, Steel BSL Ltd (TSBSL) has been conventional and micro-hybrid starter While the objective is to reduce accumulate a corpus which is subscribers, EPFO be paid back by the EPF the financial hardship because of allowed a special withdrawal to member. The settlement time for able to reduce debt by 60 per cent motors and motor control units. Its clients aimed at providing social already, thereby paring down the are car makers across US, Europe, India Covid-19 pandemic, given the security and financial coverage meet the financial needs during such advances was also reduced purpose of the provident fund this difficult time. The from 20 days to three days. As of acquisition cost significantly. If and China for both electrified and non- at retirement. Given the nature of the steel market continues to electrified powertrain segments. “In 2025, savings, questions arise whether the savings, there are only a government through notification May 31, 2021, EPFO had settled it is a good idea to dip into the GSR 225 (E) dated 27.03.2020 76.31 lakh Covid-19 advance remain buoyant as it is, more battery electric vehicles and mild hybrids handful of specified purposes deleveraging is on the way. Tata are expected to account for 33 per cent of future corpus to meet present such as medical emergencies, allowed withdrawal of non- claims disbursing a total of Rs needs. EPF is a government refundable advance by EPF 18,698.15 crore, according to Steel Ltd had stumped up Rs the global production compared with 8 per higher education and purchase 35,200 crore for the Odisha-based cent in 2020. Global automotive sales will managed retirement savings of house. This was before Covid- members in the event of the government data. The response scheme for employees where was only moderate given that plant which can produce 5.6 rise from 70.3 million units in 2020 to 82.4 19 pandemic hit last year. The Covid pandemic situation by million tonnes. While the parent million units in 2023 and 91.5 million both the employer and the country went into a lockdown to way of introducing sub-para 3 EPFO has over 6 crore employee can contribute to contributing members. invested Rs 19,700 crore from its units in 2025 with a compound annual prevent the spread of the virus under paragraph 68L of the EPF own balance sheet, it also put in growth rate (CAGR) of 5 per cent,” said place a 12-year long-term take-out Sunjay Kapur, chairman Sona Comstar. financing of Rs 15,500 crore for He said battery electric vehicles will grow at Tata Steel BSL. A back of the hand CAGR of 36 per cent between 2020 and calculation suggests the company 2025. Mild hybrids will grow at 46 per PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline ends on June has been able to reduce leverage cent and electric two-wheelers at 70 per by Rs 9,300 crore, majority of cent in the same period. The company, which was achieved in the last which mopped up Rs 2,498 crore from fiscal alone. The gross debt at anchor investors ahead of its IPO on 30, but what happens if you fail to do so? TSBSL came down by Rs 5,500 Monday, is pitching itself as a lead player crore in 2020-21 due to strong cash in the battery vehicle market as a by the government, will not flow from the business. “It is manufacturer and global supplier. The exceed Rs 1,000. important to mention that since total offer size of its IPO is up to Rs 5,550 acquisition, Tata Steel BSL has Permanent Account Number crore with a fresh issuance of equity reduced its leverage significantly shares, aggregating up to Rs 300 crore and ? PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline (PAN) is a ten-digit unique by 60 per cent and, therefore, has an offer for sale of equity shares alphanumeric number issued by significantly paid back the aggregating up to Rs 5,250 crore. extended. the Income Tax Department. The acquisition cost,” Tata Steel ? Fine for persons who fail to laminated plastic card popularly disclosed in its latest annual Four companies set to debut known as PAN card is an report. Tata Steel BSL is on its way link both these important important financial document. to be merged with the parent as this week on India’s primary Meanwhile, if you think that shareholders of the respective documents. your PAN might be linked with companies have approved the market ? your Aadhaar already, you can plan. TSBSL shareholders will New section in Finance Bill for check this direct link to know the get 1 share of Tata Steel for every Mumbai . After a brief lull, India’s primary PAN-Aadhaar linking. status. 15 shares held in the company. The market will come back to life this week Government has made access to scheme of arrangement is pending with four companies making their debut. several important documents approval from the National And that may be just the start of a frantic Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) available from the comfort of people's homes Company Law Tribunal. During few months of initial public offers with however extended the deadline for linking in the wake of COVID-19. If you have not yet the January-March quarter, the of Permanent Account Number (PAN) card the new entrants banking on abundant New Delhi: The last date for linking PAN card linked your Aadhaar card with PAN, you can company achieved an earning with Aadhaar card deadline by three months liquidity and a strong retail interest. The with Aadhaar card is June 30, 2021 and follow the process online. In order to link before interest, depreciation, tax till June 30, 2021. PAN card holders also four firms that will jointly raise Rs 9,123 failing to meet the deadline might result in PAN and Aadhaar cards, tax payers have to and amortisation (EBIDTA) of Rs must take note that if their PAN card is not crore are Shyam Metalics and Energy Ltd, two things --your PAN card being first register on the Income tax e-Filing portal 21,648 a tonne, an EBIDTA Sona BLW Precision Forgings (Sona linked with Aadhaar card by June 30, then it margin of 35.3 per cent. It posted a inoperative and attracting a late fee as well. Log in to the e-Filing portal of the Income Comstar), Krishna Institute of Medical profit of Rs 1,912 crore for the will become inoperative. And not only that, Tax Department by entering the log-in ID, Sciences and Dodla Dairy. Macrotech The previous deadline for linking PAN card quarter. you will also be liable to pay a penalty of Rs password and date of birth Developers was the last company to tap with Aadhaar was March 31, 2021. The 1,000. The amount though will be specified the markets in April. So far in 2021, around 20 companies have tapped the main board. In the previous fiscal, domestic firms raised around Rs 31,500 Sensex drops over 185 points in early trade crore through IPOs. Most of the companies who offered shares have enjoyed solid listing gains, which have The 30-share BSE index was trading 188.89 points or 0.36 per cent lower at 52,285.87 in prompted retail investors to jump into the subscription race. Of the 20 firms that initial deals. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty fell 80.65 points or 0.51 per cent to 15,718.70. have tapped the primary markets in this calendar year, around 16 are now trading Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex cent up at its new closing high of higher than their issue price, thus showing dropped over 185 points in early trade on 52,474.76. Similarly, the broader NSE investors who failed to get an allotment Monday, tracking losses in index- Nifty advanced 61.60 points or 0.39 per could pocket gains if they purchased the heavyweights HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, cent to its lifetime peak of 15,799.35. shares from the secondary market. These SBI and Bajaj Finance. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) gains are seen even in the case of The 30-share BSE index was trading were net buyers in the capital market as companies such as Barbeque Nation 188.89 points or 0.36 per cent lower at they purchased shares worth Rs 18.64 Hospitality, which is in a sector hit hard by 52,285.87 in initial deals. Similarly, the crore on Friday, as per provisional the pandemic and the resultant broader NSE Nifty fell 80.65 points or exchange data. lockdowns. Its shares are currently 0.51 per cent to 15,718.70. Bajaj Finance Elsewhere in Asia, stocks in Tokyo were trading at Rs 827.45 — a gain of 65.49 per was the top loser in the Sensex pack, trading on a positive note in mid-session cent over its issue price. This is also the shedding around 1.65 per cent, followed deals, while Seoul was in the red. case with Easy Trip Planners (up 137 per by NTPC, SBI, Kotak Bank, Bharti Markets in China and Hong Kong were cent), Nureca (up 278 per cent), Indigo Airtel, Dr Reddy's and HDFC twins. On closed on Monday on account of a local Paints (up 77 per cent) and Laxmi Organic the other hand, Infosys, Reliance, TCS, holiday. US equities finished mixed in Industries (up 73 per cent). Speaking to Bajaj Auto and ONGC were the gainers. the previous session. International oil The Telegraph, Pranav. In the previous session, the 30-share BSE benchmark Brent crude was trading 0.45 Sensex ended 174.29 points or 0.33 per per cent higher at USD 73.02 per barrel. 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Euro 2020: Fan in serious WTC Final: 'Shardul nets par chala gaya sidha' - condition after falling from stands during England vs Rishabh Pant tells Ravi Shastri after intra-squad match Croatia clash at Wembley Shardul Thakur went straight to the nets after the completion of the third day of India's intra-squad match ahead of the WTC final vs New Delhi. Asoccer fan was in serious condition in a London hospital after falling New Zealand from June 18 in Southampton. from the stands at Wembley Stadium during England’s 1-0 victory over Croatia at the European Championship on Sunday. New Delhi. Shardul Thakur -- 'The that his teammates and head coach Ravi “We will continue to work with UEFA to batsman', went straight to the nets after Shastri also take a note of it. Rishabh ensure the matter is fully investigated and the end of India's Day 3 intra-squad Pant: Sir!! Ravi Shastri: Kya hua? (what we are continuing to monitor the situation,” match on Sunday. The 29-year-old was happened?) Pant: Shardul! Shastri: said the English Football Association, batting alongside Ravindra Jadeja when Woah, udhar gaya hai? (He has gone which owns Wembley. stumps were called in Southampton. there?) Talking about the intra-squad The iconic stadium is staging eight games at Notably, the right-hander has been paying match, Ravindra Jadeja scored an Euro 2020, including the semifinals and extra attention on his batting for a while unbeaten fifty (54* off 76 balls) on Day final. The incident was said to have now and his crucial innings during 3, while Mohammed Siraj took 2 happened just after kickoff. No other historic win versus Australia at the wickets for 22 runs. Earlier, Pant scored details were given. “The spectator was Gabba will not be forgotten anytime 121 not out off 94 balls and Shubman given on-site medical attention and was soon. Shardul has been touted as India's Gill hit 85. Ishant Sharma also managed then taken to hospital in a serious pace-bowling all-rounder in the absence to take 3 wickets on the first day. India condition,” the FA said. UEFA confirmed of Hardik Pandya during for the and New Zealand will face off in the the incident but declined further comment England tour. It's also a very well known final of inaugural WTC final from June citing privacy reasons. England started fact that Shardul believes strongly in his 18. It will be interesting to see whether their Euro 2020 campaign with a 1-0 win batting capabilities. "Yes, I can be called Shardul gets a place in the playing over Croatia to collect 3 crucial points from a bowling all-rounder, I have that ability eleven. the Group D openers at the Wembley to bat and even in future, whenever I get The Dukes ball in the England move Stadium in London on Sunday. Raheem my opportunity to bat, I am going to throughout the day and conditions are Sterling scored the only goal of the match contribute useful runs to the team’s expected to help the seamer. Tough call in the 57th minute to help England win the total," Shardul had told in January this of leaving out Ravichandran Ashwin or opening match of a European year. So, Shardul taking his batting Ravindra Jadeja might have to be taken Championship for the first time in the seriously is not at all surprising. to include Shardul. Ishant Sharma, history of the tournament. However, Rishabh Pant was taken aback Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah by the actions of Shardul and made sure are almost certain of finding a place. Arshdeep Singh on working with Rahul Dravid: I have fond French Open 2021: With warrior spirit, Novak Djokovic conquers Roland Garros memories of U-19 World Cup, will try to pick up his brain Novak Djokovic played some unreal tennis at French Open 2021 to end Rafael Nadal reign and win his second crown on the Parisian clay. In the recent When Suresh Raina got a past, Djokovic's magical ability to find another gear against the run of play has left the fans of the sport awestruck. dressing down from Rahul New Delhi. Punjab’s left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh, selected as a net bowler for the New Delhi. What do you tell extremes, he can smash racquets matches over the last two weeks won 35 and lost 34 matches at Dravid for his wrong upcoming Sri Lanka tour, is excited to work yourself when you're a set or two and still gets the job done. It's h a v e a l l s h o w c a s e d t h a t majors where he has lost the first with his 2018 U-19 World Cup-winning up against Novak Djokovic in a becoming nearly impossible to Djokovic's biggest weapon is his set. When he wins the first set, choice of clothes coach Rahul Dravid and has vowed to tennis match? You might have write him off even when he is mental strength on the court. your chances of making him go impress the coach during the series. packed stands rallying behind you down and out in crunch situations.The comeback king: Staggering away is just 2 percent. In Grand “To get a call was surreal. I was not expecting and momentum going your way From his logic-defying repositorynumbers! Slam finals, Djokovic has won 6 it at all. And to work with Rahul sir again is but deep inside you know the job of grit, he, more often than not,Let's get the help of some numbers. out 13 times after losing the first kind of a cherry on the cake. I have very is not yet done. In sport, results are finds a way to rally against oddsOn Sunday, June 13, Novak set. When he wins the first set, he fond memories of working with Rahul Sir. byproducts of your effort, and wriggle out of danger in the Djokovic became only the 6th has a success rate of 81 percent. It is a great opportunity for me to work with sometimes even luck, but when biggest of the stages. Ever since player in the Open Era to win a When Djokovic did the toughest him again. He is someone who treats every Djokovic finds the extra gear recovering from that 'it's not Grand Slam final after being two thing in tennis for the 2nd time player in the squad equally. I will try to against the run of play, it looks working' phase in 2017-18 , sets down. He is one of the few The gritty Djokovic was in full flow impress him and will definitely pick up his magical. Djokovic has made it a habit to do players who has won at least 5 at the Roland Garros. He went 2 brain in the Sri Lanka tour,” Arshdeep told Novak Djokovic is a rare breed in the improbable at will. If you are Grand Slam matches after being 2 sets down against Lorenzo IndiaToday. The Shikhar Dhawan-led team sport. He is fired up when there are not a fan of Djokovic, it must have sets down - the Roland Garros Musetti in the 4th round but he New Delhi. In his book, ‘Believe: will play three ODIs and three T20Is boos from the crowd. He can look been tough and sometimes 2021 final was the 6th in the list of ended up steamrolling the young against the hosts at the R Premadasa What Life and Cricket Taught Me,’ unsettled and still catch the linie inexplicable to witness what he his incredible comebacks. In fact, Italian to win the match 6-7 (7), 6- Suresh Raina narrated an incident International Stadium in Colombo. The with an improbable backhand has been doing on the court since he had done so in his fourth round- 7 (2), 6-1, 6-0, 4-0. In front of ODIs will take place on July 13, 16, and 18, when he received a dressing down winner. He can argue with the the Wimbledon triumph in 2018. match in Paris. The chances of you empty stands at the Chattrier, he from then Team India skipper while the T20Is will be played on July 21, chair umpire and still play a The Wimbledon final in 2019, the beating Djokovic at a Grand Slam faced a massive threat in the 23, and 25. Three years ago, India won the Rahul Dravid for his wrong choice lovely, deceptive drop shot. His Australian Open final ini 2020, after winning the first set against quarter-final from the big-hitting of clothes. U-19 World Cup under the leadership of emotions can fluctuate to the and a series of Roland Garros him - 50 percent. Djokovic has Italian, Matteo Berrettini. Prithvi Shaw in New Zealand. The team In his book, Raina revealed an was hand-picked by Rahul Dravid, the incident from 2006 when India was coach of the team. During the campaign, the in Malaysia for a tri-series preferred fast-bowling troika consisted of featuring West Indies and Australia Ishan Porel, Shivam Mavi, and Kamlesh Faf du Plessis suffers memory loss following when Rahul Dravid scolded him Nagarkoti. Arshdeep Singh got his chance for wearing a branded t-shirt with only when Porel was injured. Arshdeep ‘FCUK’ written on it. “Do you picked three wickets from the two matches know what you are wearing and and showed immense potential. Along with concussion injury in Pakistan Super League walking around in? You are an Porel, Mavi and Nagarkoti, he was marked Indian cricketer. You cannot be out as one for the future. “I have very fond in public with that written on your memories of the U-19 World Cup. It was T-shirt.” Raina admitted that he Rahul sir, who picked me for the U-19 was so scared that he immediately World Cup and has always appreciated my went to the restroom, changed his performance, whether it is for Punjab in the clothes, and threw that T-shirt in domestic circuit or the Punjab Kings in the >Faf collided with Quetta the bin. Raina said that the former Indian Premier League (IPL),” said Indian skipper was very particular Arshdeep. Gladiators team mate about how the players carried themselves out in public. Raina Mohammad Hasnain asserted that Rahul Dravid looked Novak Djokovic gifts his racquet > at playing for India as an honour. Faf du Plessis is confident of He believed that cricketers are to young fan in stands: He was making a quick return to action representatives of their country, and thus, they should be mindful of literally coaching me, was in >Opener Saim Ayub replaced what they wear and how they present themselves. In his book, my ear the entire match du Plessis as a concussion Raina said that Dravid was an substitute intense captain and prepared New Delhi. Alucky young fan got a himself for games by being in a souvenir of a lifetime when world number serious mode. “At times, I one Novak Djokovic gifted him his wondered if I should ask him to racquet following the French Open 2021 relax a little and smile. But I knew New Delhi. South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis that this was his way of preparing men's singles title win against Stefanos for a game. He was in that zone Tsitsipas. says he has suffered some memory loss after as a concussion substitute. “Thank you Lahore Qalandars in their next match on sustaining a concussion during a Pakistan everyone for all the messages of support," the Tuesday. The Gladiators also had to use a where nobody could bother him,” From two sets down, Djokovic rallied to win stated Raina. Suresh Raina has the next three to clinch his 19th Grand Super League (PSL) T20 match in Abu Dhabi former Proteas skipper du Plessis tweeted on concussion substitute in their previous match on Saturday, but is confident of making a quick Sunday. "I'm back at the hotel recovering. when West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell made his international debut under Slam title. At Wimbledon 2021, the Have concussion with some memory loss but I was hit on his helmet by a Mohammad Musa the captaincy of Rahul Dravid. In Serbian ace will have a chance to equal return to action. Du Plessis collided with Quetta Gladiators team will be fine. Hopefully be back on the field bouncer in the match against Islamabad his debut ODI match against Sri Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's tally of soon." The 36-year-old lay prone on the ground United. Russell was checked over by a physio Lanka at Dambulla on July 30, 20 Grand Slam wins each. Achieving the mate Mohammad Hasnain while trying to save a boundary in their 61-run defeat to Peshawar while the Gladiators physio treated him before and was allowed to bat on but was out in the 2005, the southpaw got out on a feat could not have been possible for Zalmi. Opener Saim Ayub replaced du Plessis he got up and was taken to hospital. Quetta play very next ball. duck. Novak Djokovic had that boy in the stands not "coached, encouraged and motivated him". In the press conference the 34-year- Australian Test captain Tim Paine defends Justin Langer’s coaching style and relationship with players old has revealed the reason why he handed his racquet to the fan. “He was in my ear the entire match basically, especially Australia Test captain Tim Paine has strongly defended Justin Langer, following recent criticism of his coaching style and relationship with players. when I was two-sets-to-love down,” Djokovic said. “He was encouraging me. There has been speculation about player unrest in the Australian dressing room since the shock 2-1 home series defeat to India in January. He was actually giving me tactics, as well. He was like, ‘Hold your serve, get an easy New Delhi. Australian Test skipper Tim team we want to evolve and improve and first ball, then dictate, go to his backhand.’ Paine has strongly defended coach Justin JL's a part of that. It's not him by himself He was coaching me, literally. “I found Langer, following recent criticism of his it's all of the coaching staff and all our that very cute, very nice. So I felt like to coaching style. There has been speculation players,” added Paine. Australia will start give the racquet to the best person was him about player unrest in the Australian their Test summer in November with a after the match,” Djokovic said. “That was dressing room since the shock 2-1 home historic match against Afghanistan in series defeat against India in January. Hobart. It will be followed by an Ashes kind of my gratitude for him sticking with campaign against England. On England’s me and supporting me," Novak Djokovic "We had a team review at the end of the Indian series which is pretty common recent loss against New Zealand, Paine said. The boy fan erupted into a fit of practice in professional sports," Paine told said: “New Zealand are a good team, and disbelief after Djokovic's gesture. THE reporters from Brisbane. "From Justin to secondly I think it's a really different team video of the same has now gone viral. our last player, everyone got England put on the field to what we're Former World No. 1 John McEnroe, who feedback.We'll be going to the Gold Coast probably going to see in the Ashes, so I was commentating on the match, was in a couple of weeks time to delve a little didn't pay a whole heap of attention to it.” excited for the youngster. bit deeper into that. "The whole idea of it "We know when they come here they're “He’s pumped up!” McEnroe said. “Maybe being a review around Justin, or a review going to get Ben Stokes, going to have get him to sign it while we’re at it. Inspire around players and staff is just common Jofra Archer, they're probably going to him to get on the court and practise. Sleep practice. JL's done a bloody good job in a play a spinner, and a few other guys to with that racquet!” really difficult time. We all feel now as a really strengthen their depth," added Paine. 12 New Delhi, Tuesday, 15 June, 2021 BeautyBEAUTY THE SIKH TIMES PartiesPartiesBe scorching hot at this summer sack. "Do a double cleansing procedure to unclog pores — a cleanser followed by medicated face wash," says Dr Oberoi. If you have oily skin, do not work your skin too much because it will end up making your skin more oily. Close pores You must use an alcohol-free toner after every wash to close open pores. If you sweat a lot... "Use lotions containing aluminium chlorohydrate. It works as an antiperspirant. However, in some cases, it can cause skin irritation. So, ask your dermatologist first," Dr Oberoi explains. Get this look Use the right makeup - Use a concealer and then apply a hydrating base Dr Sama Rais, dermatologist and cosmetologist, that matches your skin tone. advises using makeup that is 'non-comedogenic' or - Use a light-brown or coral-toned blush. 'non-acnegenic' — it won't clog pores or cause - Apply highlighter on your brow bone, cheeks and pimples. in the inner corner of your eyes. Dr Poonam Wadhwani, cosmetic dermatologist, - A warm eye-shadow will enlarge and brighten With Mumbai summer refusing to bow out, we are suggests, "Wear dark colours that hide sweat your peepers. left to deal with a rather long stint of heat and patches. For dark circles, try home remedies like - Line your eyes with smudge-proof kohl. humidity. applying cool tea bags on the eyes for 15 minutes or - Curl your lashes; apply a coat of mascara. But are you letting it affect your social life, or applying cucumber juice and potato juice." - Now apply a bright lipstick. rather, 'look'? Here are a few tips to keep in mind when stepping out for a party this summer... Keep it simple Beauty consultant Manasi Bhakade states, "Always begin day makeup with a sunblock (at least SPF 30), followed by a light oil-free foundation or BB/CC cream. Shadow and mascara on your eyes and a nourishing lip tint later, you are good to face the day." According to senior makeup artiste Sonic Sarwate, one should choose makeup that blends well with the skin and doesn't feel heavy. Use concealers Dr Geeta Oberoi, dermatologist, says, "Use mineral-based makeup and keep your base to a minimum. Rather than using heavy foundation, use concealers to get a flawless face." 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