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" ## $# " %& !! ) "* $+ s Congress’ young turk ASachin Pilot timed his reminder to the party leader- ship about the unfulfilled (,-R " promises made to him with that of the “exit” of his erstwhile & ' &( colleague Jitin Prasada, an unnerved Congress High Command on Thursday fter a fortnight of political reportedly sent a missive to Aturmoil and a series of Rajasthan Chief Minister meetings in Lucknow, Chief Ashok Gehlot for an urgent Minister Yogi Adityanath met Cabinet expansion to include had merged with the Congress Union Home Minister Amit Pilot loyalists. to thwart the BJP’s attempt to Shah on Thursday in Delhi. urning true the apprehen- The sting of Prasada’s exit topple the Gehlot Government Yogi’s sudden two-day visit Tsions that the States were also made the three-member could be accommodated. to Delhi to meet the senior officially underreporting the AICC panel set up to end fac- At present, the Rajasthan leaders comes amid a section Covid-19 death toll, the Bihar tionalism in Punjab Congress Cabinet has 21 Ministers, of party leaders, including law Government has revised its submit its report to party chief including the CM. makers, criticising his figures by a whopping 72 per mulling directing all the States Sonia Gandhi. “The changes will be Government for its handling of cent as it added nearly 4,000 to revisit their death data. AICC sources said the effected to pacify Pilot and the Covid situation, which they unreported and unaccounted The Nitish Kumar panel chaired by Leader of other disgruntled leaders who claimed, would have an adverse The Uttar Pradesh Chief deaths to the tally. This led Government’s new additions Opposition in the Rajya Sabha have resigned in recent times impact on the Assembly elec- Minister is expected to meet Bihar’s toll figures cross the took the State’s death tally to Mallikarjun Kharge and com- to express solidarity with the tions in 2022. Prime Minister Narendra Modi 9000-mark and India’s day tally 9,429 compared to the figure of prising AICC general secretary Deputy CM in Gehlot The central BJP leader- and national party president JP to 6,148, making it the highest 5,500 cited earlier. The revised in-charge of Punjab affairs Government when he had ship has, however, affirmed Nadda on Friday. single-day spike so far global- death figures include people Harish Rawat and former MP rebelled. Pilot could be that the next election will be Late in the evening, ly. The US had recorded 5,444 who succumbed to the disease JP Aggarwal has suggested stopped from exiting Congress fought under Yogi’s leadership Nadda met Modi for a meet- Covid deaths on February 12. at home or in private hospitals. ith an average of 28-29 accommodating all sections, only with the meditation of and has even praised his han- ing likely on the 2022 A livid Centre is now The period for which the revi- Wlakh anti-coronavirus castes and regions in the Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka dling of Covid-19. Assembly elections in six sion was undertaken hasn’t doses being given per day, revamped party unit. Punjab Gandhi. The siblings, howev- His visit also assumes sig- States, prior to his meeting been specified but was con- India is the second in the goes to Assembly polls early er, made no efforts to stop nificance as it comes a day after with Yogi. ducted on the orders of the world after China in terms of next year along with Uttar Scindia and the latest one, senior Congress leader Jitin Before Yogi’s sudden visit Patna High Court as the second the number of jabs adminis- Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Prasad,” said a senior AICC Prasad joined the BJP and who to New Delhi, he had an wave rampaged. tered daily. The average daily Though no major changes functionary. is likely to be given the respon- almost two-hour-long meeting A HC bench of chief jus- vaccination rate in India have been recommended at the As Prasad announced his sibility of retaining the with party’s State president ! tice Sanjay Karol and Justice increased in the past few days 45 and 60, the total vaccination top level in Punjab, sources said exit from the Congress, Pilot Brahmin votebank which has Swatantra Dev Singh and State Sanjay Kumar on May 18 had, but is significantly lower than is 7.98 crore; between 18 and the panel has said rebel leader on Wednesday raked up the been cut up with the domi- general secretary (organisa- " ! while pointing out the incon- the levels recorded in the first 44, the vaccination is 5.26 Navjot Singh Sidhu should be issue of non-resolution of nance of Rajputs in the Yogi tion) Sunil Bansal on sistency in figures of deaths in half of April. crore and in the above 60, it is “suitably accommodated” in commitments made to him. regime. Wednesday evening. # $"$ $ Buxar where 81 corpses were According to the Ministry 6.25 crore vaccinations. the revamp and his name is "$! found floating in the Ganga, of Health and Family According to the doing the rounds for elevation sought details of both Covid Welfare data, India has vacci- Government portal, 0.05 per as deputy Chief Minister, a final # $ and non-Covid deaths in the nated just 8.7 per cent of its cent of the population in the decision regarding which will State. population so far. With this age group of 18 to 44 years has be taken by Sonia. $" ! The difference in the speed, India needs 20 months been given two doses or fully AICC sources in the recorded number of crema- to fully vaccinate its entire vaccinated while 5.36 per cent knowhow of Rajasthan affairs, P ! tions as per Covid protocols by population. If India has to people have received their one said nine new leaders could be municipal corporations and complete vaccinating all adults dose. Between 45 and 59 age given Cabinet berths taking the $ $$ $ ! the death figures compiled by by the end of 2021, the average group, 35.11 per cent has total to 30 Ministers, including State Governments as per hos- daily dosage has to increase to received one dose of vaccina- the Chief Minister. Some MLAs # $ will continue,” Singh said. "! pital records have been differ- 77.50 lakh. tion while 5.58 per cent got from Pilot’s camp and from “No change in CM and ing in different States. Between the age group of their second dose. among the six BSP MLAs who &R( State president. This is an " ""! imaginary question,” said the BJP leader with a straight face. The assertion, however, has not put a lid on the rising speculations in the State that Yediyurappa, 78, may be work- quarely rejecting the rebels’ ing on a “succession plan”. director Dr Randeep Guleria efficacy data with respect to hypoxic and early admission to Sdemand for his removal, Reports of his son and had said that there is no Remdesivir in children below hospital is recommended (for the BJP Central leadership on Singh said he would ask State vice-president BY hildren aged five years and data to suggest any such threat 18 years.” observation and oxygen sup- Thursday not only strongly dissidents not to raise the Vijayendra this week meeting Cbelow might not need to to children. The Government has rec- plementation),” it said. backed the continuation of demand for the leadership the influential seer of wear masks but those aged He had said, 60-70 per cent ommended use of what it Karnataka Chief Minister BS change in Karnataka where Siddaganga Mutt at Tumkur between 6 and 11 years may do of the children, who got infect- called the “6-Minute Walk Yediyurappa at the helm but Yediyurappa is “doing very and “briefing” him about the so under parental supervision. ed and were hospitalised dur- Test” on children above 12 to also patted him for “doing very good work”. latest developments has fuelled While antiviral drug ing the second wave, had either assess “cardio-pulmonary exer- ! good work”. When reminded that reports that a plan is afoot to Remdesivir is not recom- co-morbidities or low immu- cise tolerance”. In fact, BJP’s Karnataka Yediyurappa himself sought to work out a “future leadership” mended for kids, steroids nity, and healthy “Attach pulse oximeter to " in-charge and general secretary quit if so demanded by the BJP in the State. should be used to treat only children recovered with mild his/her finger and ask the Arun Singh, who would be High Command, the BJP gen- Yediyurappa had earlier moderately severe and critically illness without need for being child to walk in the confines of traveling to Bengaluru next eral secretary said, “All should met the mutt seer who has a ill patients in hospital settings admitted. their room for 6 minutes con- week on a three-day visit to say so and respect the com- huge influence over the Lingyat — these are some of the dos In a detailed document tinuously. Positive test: any Delhi Government will provide speak to the rival camps, may mand of Prime Minister, Home community. and don’ts of the clinical guide- The Directorate General of titled “Comprehensive drop in saturation < 94%, or free vaccination facility for even “warn” them against pub- Minister and the party presi- Dissidents notwithstand- lines issued by the Union Health Services (DGHS) guide- Guidelines for Management absolute drop of more than 3- delivery agents of commercial licly lobbying against BSY or dent. There will be no discus- ing, the Central leadership is, Health Ministry for the treat- lines for children also recom- of COVID-19 in Children”, 5% or feeling unwell (light- platforms such as Amazon, airing their differences. sion on the resignation. nevertheless, keen to find an ment of Covid-positive chil- mended the rational use of the DGHS said: “Remdesivir headed, short of breath) while Flipkart, Zomato, Swiggy A warning has also been Yediyurappa is doing well and alternative to Yediyurappa, dren amid concerns that a High-resolution CT (HRCT) (an emergency use authorisa- performing the test or at end besides others. Dy CM Manish issued to Yediyurappa loyalists will continue.” given the fact that he is the only possible third wave of the coro- scan of chest. tion drug) is NOT recom- of 6 minutes; Children with Sisodia directed the Health to not to carry out signature Singh also ruled out any party leader occupying the top navirus infections may target Intriguingly, the new rules mended in children…There is positive 6-minute walk test Ministry to tie up with e-com- campaign in support of the move to change BJP State pres- post beyond the BJP’s official those aged below 18. have come days after AIIMS lack of sufficient safety and may progress to become merce firms for the purpose. Chief Minister, sources said. ident Nalin Kumar Kateel. “He cut-off retirement age of 75. * QR * ! ( ( Q **" R signed the order, further qual- ified the order, “I further direct that the necessary action be taken to have the said prohib- ited immigrant removed from the Commonwealth of Dominica in keeping with the ** procedure laid out in the said Act.” he Southwest monsoon Terming Choksi as an Tarrived in Chhattisgarh on “Indian citizen,” Skerrit said Thursday, ahead of schedule, n a boost to India’s efforts to the Government will protect bringing joy to farmers and Ibring fugitive diamantaire the rights of Choksi as he authorities alike. Mehul Choksi back here to face awaits trial in a case of illegal Weather scientist H.P. trial in the PNB scam case, the entry into his country. Chandra of the India Dominican Government has Choksi is availing interim Meteorological Centre here declared him a “prohibited relief from immediate repa- told The Pioneer that the Raipur-Gurur, 10 cm in immigrant” in the Caribbean triation to India following monsoon entered Bastar Labhandih-Mana-Raipur-AP country. Furthermore, In an order issued on May adjournment of hearing by a region and after crossing the and Magarlod-Dhamtari, 9 Dominica Prime Minister 26, the Dominican Ministry of Dominican court. state capital has extended till cm in Patan, 8 cm in Roosevelt Skerrit has termed National Security and Home On May 23, Choksi went Bilaspur. Abhanpur and Pendra Road Choksi as an “Indian citizen” Affairs said, “In accordance to missing from his safe haven in Usually, the monsoon Mainpur, 7 cm in Baloda and declared that the courts Section 5(1)(f) of the Antigua and Barbuda and was arrives in the state between BazaarPalari, Tilda, Kurud, will decide on his fate of repa- Immigration and Passport Act later nabbed in Dominica on % ! # ' !# ! June 10 and 15. Rajim and Thankhamaria, 6 triation. Chapter 18:01 of the 2017 May 26. ( ) The Met department has cm in Pendra Navagarh, 5 cm The developments come as Revised laws of the Following a directive from predicted an increase in rain- in Simga, Gariaband, a tight rebuttal to Choksi’s Commonwealth of Dominica, the top Dominican court, ) killed and seven others injured a majority of the deceased fall in the next two to three Narharpur, Daundilohara, claims of being abducted from you, Mehul Chinubhai Choksi, Choksi was directed to appear when a two-storey residential were minors. In all, 17 days. Makdi, Balod, Pusaur, Kasdol Antigua to be later landed in are hereby declared a prohib- before a local magistrate ear- n the second such building building collapsed on at Malad persons were rescued from The rainfall recorded on Gundardehi Kunkuri and Dominica forcibly by his ited immigrant.” lier and he pleaded not guilty Icrash in Mumbai in the last in Mumbai late on Wednesday. under the debris of the col- Thursday was 16 cm in Khairagarh, and 4 cm in alleged girlfriend of Hungarian Dominican Minister of entering Dominica illegal- three days, at least 12 persons, Those killed comprised lapsed structure. Bemetara, 12 cm in Nagari, BaramkelaKeshkal, nationality Barbara Jarabik. Rayburn Blackmoore, who ly. including 8 children, were nine members of a family and Detailed report on P5 Mahasamund 11 cm in Dhamdha and Chhura. !"#$!&!'"( )$*+,
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4 their wounds, added insult to the small hike in the base price food security, the BJP-led simplify procurement of all minimum support price by ' injury with the MSP announce- of Maize would discourage Government had passed the agricultural produce at MSP making procedures and process unjab Chief Minister Capt ment,” he said. farmers from going in for the anti-farmer farm laws that are that fully covers farmers cost more complicated and anti- PAmarinder Singh on Chief Minister Capt much-needed crop diversifica- clearly aimed at destroying plus 50 percent margin, as rec- farmer, he added. Thursday termed the meagre Amarinder slammed the “anti- tion to save the precious and India’s farmers, he lamented. ommended by the Capt Amarinder warned +,-.'+,/ # MSP (Minimum support price) farmer” Government at the depleting water resource. “It is not enough for the Swaminathan Committee, the that such apathetic attitude hike for paddy as not only Centre for consistently failing The Chief Minister noted Union Agriculture Minister to Chief Minister stressed the towards the farmers, who had grossly inadequate but “an to protect the interests of the that the Swaminathan say that the doors for talks with need to take the actual cost of ensured that agriculture 4 Minister’s notice the state’s insult to the farmers who have farmers and its apathy for their Committee, whose recom- farmers are open. The production into account in remained the biggest revenue concern regarding the out- been fighting for their rightful problems. mendations the Central Government of India should measuring the minimum sup- earner for the Government unjab Chief Minister Capt standing demand under dues through their anti-farm “The less than four percent Government has adamantly repeal the farm laws and then port price. even amid the COVID-19 pan- PAmarinder Singh on the scheme. laws agitation for the past over hike in MSP of paddy is not refused to accept, had clearly sit across the table with the The Chief Minister said demic, would be detrimental to Thursday wrote to the Prime “An amount of Rs 1,563 six months”. enough even to meet the suggested that MSP should be farmers to come out with gen- that the miniscule MSP hike the long-term interests of the Minister Narendra Modi crore for the years 2017-20 “At a time when the farm- increased input costs,” he point- “at least 50 percent more than uine and meaningful reforms had once again exposed the country. seeking release of the State’s was still pending with the ers continued to put their lives ed out, citing the “extraordi- the weighted average cost of in agriculture in the interest of Centre’s anti-farmer policies “It could push India back pending amount and revised Union Ministry of Social on the line with their prolonged nary” hikes in diesel and other production”. the agricultural community and programmes. into the pre-Green Revolution sharing pattern under the Justice and Empowerment for protest at the Delhi borders, the costs over the past one year. Far from implementing the and the entire nation,” he The Government of India era, forcing us once again to Post-Matric Scholarship for release as Central Share under Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led The increase in MSP of recommendations of the asserted. is increasingly becoming a bot- pick up the begging bowl to Scheduled Castes (PMS-SCs) the scheme,” he said, adding Central Government has, other crops was also quite Committee in the interests of Demanding that the tleneck in the smooth pro- meet the food related needs of for the period 2017-2020. that no response had yet been instead of putting the balm on measly, he added, noting that the farmers and the nation’s Government of India should curement of food grains at our people,” he added. Capt Amarinder, in his received to those letters. letter, said that though the Pointing out that Punjab Government of India had, on has the highest percentage of )() * % December 31, 2020, amend- SC population in the country, ed the guidelines for the the Chief Minister said that scholarship to introduce a the State deserves special & ('' ) 4 Covid-19 sero survey in the prioritize the vaccination drive when a total of 18905 blood in the state was recorded at 14.8 revised sharing pattern attention on this count. State and all the necessary in these areas, he said. samples were collected, an over- percent during the second sero- between the Centre and the Further, being a border State, ( %N(! ) aryana Government will preparations in this regard The ACS said that the aim all 8 per cent of the samples had survey conducted in October. States (60:40), the same had it needs to be ensured that its Hlaunch the third round of have already been made. of this round of sero survey is antibodies against the virus. The highest prevalence of 31.2 been made effective only from youth get the opportunity of * &O 6= sero survey on June 15 to Arora said that the study to identify the impact of the The sero-positivity of percent was reported in April 1, 2020. “No decision education and employment so determine the prevalence of will also collect the data to second wave of Covid-19 in the SARSCoV-2 was highest in Faridabad followed by 28.6 had, however, been conveyed that they do not fall prey to 4 SAR-CoV-2 antibodies in the know the vaccination effect and community. Children aged 6 Faridabad (25.8 percent) fol- percent in Yamunanagar dis- on the issue for the period anti-social and anti-national community including children efficacy and will help us in years and above have also been lowed by Nuh (20.3 percent). trict. Six districts were found to April 1, 2017 – March 31, elements. aryana Home Minister aged 6-17 years, the age group planning and strengthening included in the study to assess Four districts recorded sero- have sero-positivity prevalence 2020, thus jeopardizing the Therefore, non-release of HAnil Vij on Thursday excluded from Covid-19 vac- paediatric services including seroprevalence in the children, prevalence between 10 percent below 10 percent namely, future of lakhs of SC stu- scholarship funds under the said that the farmer leaders, cination. the establishment and upscal- he added. Arora further said to 13 percent. Eight districts Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, dents,” he said. PMS-SCs would adversely protesting against the three Additional Chief Secretary, ing of intensive care units that the state has already con- had prevalence between 5 per- Mahendragarh, Sirsa and Hisar. The Chief Minister point- affect the education of SC farm laws, have some “secret Health, Rajeev Arora on (PICU). The study is to provide ducted two rounds of sero sur- cent to 10 percent. Overall, it Urban areas had recorded a ed out that in his earlier DO students, who are unable to agenda” behind their opposi- Thursday said that the State us information regarding sus- veys last year. was 6.9 percent in rural areas high positivity rate of 19.8 per letters of October 2018 and pay the fee from their own tion to the central legisla- Government is all set to carry ceptible populations and areas In the first sero- survey and 9.59 percent in urban areas. cent, while it was 11.4 per cent February 9, 2020, he had pocket, added Capt tion. out the third round of the in the State, to channelize and conducted in August last year, An overall sero-positivity in rural areas. brought to the Prime Amarinder. This is indicated by the fact that the farmers' union leaders have never been able to support their objections to the laws with any sound logic during their talks with the Centre, he alleged, while talk- 4 dedicating projects worth Rs queries of each Department. are being taken by the govern- who has tube-well motors of On March 21, 2021, pro- Narendra Modi for increasing ing to the mediapersons in 1100 crore to the people of the "While adopting zero-tol- ment to provide adequate water below 15 BHP (brake horse- jects worth Rs 1411 crore were the MSP of Kharif crops. Ambala. aryana Chief Minister state. erance towards corruption the facilities for irrigation purpos- power). This decision has been gifted to the people of the He said that this decision He pointed out that the HManohar Lal Khattar on The Chief Minister said working of every department es to the farmers. taken to promote micro-irri- state. In 2019, projects worth would certainly help the farm- Centre has never closed its Thursday said that rising above that the implementation of was digitalized to ensure paper- Under these steps, micro- gation," he added. about Rs 4,000 crore were ded- ers to earn more profit. From doors for talks with the the ideology of dividing many schemes by Haryana less, faceless and transparent irrigation (drip irrigation sys- The Chief Minister further icated to the people of the state last two years, the Prime protesting farmers. Haryana in the name of region Government has become a role governance," he said. tem) is being encouraged in the said that despite the unprece- in March and in October Minister has made a mandato- Vij made the remarks a and development, the present model for other states. The He also said that constant areas where the water table is dented challenge of COVID- 2020, 306 projects worth Rs ry rule of increasing the MSP day after Union Agriculture State Government in its last campaign to make the villages efforts have been made by the below 100 feet. For micro-irri- 19, the government left no 1850 crore were inaugurated, of crops ahead of the sowing Minister Narendra Singh seven-year tenure has ensured of the state free from ‘Lal Dora’ State Government to further gation, a subsidy of up to 85 per stone unturned to swiftly take he added. season so that the farmers can Tomar said that the govern- equitable development of all the that was exclusively launched strengthen the Mandi system cent is being provided to the Haryana on the development The Chief Minister also have an option to choose prof- ment is ready to resume talks 90 assembly constituencies. by Haryana Government was across Haryana. Also, an farmers, he said. track. thanked Prime Minister itable crops, he said. with protesting farmers but While believing in the later adopted by the Central amount of around Rs. 7000 Khattar said that the State asked the unions to point out mantra of 'Haryana Ek Government under the title of crore would be spent on estab- Government would provide their objections to the provi- Haryanvi Ek', the State “Pradhanmantri Svamitva lishing the International tubewell connections to the sions of the three farm laws Government has been dedi- Yojna", he said. Horticulture Market in farmers in the areas where the with sound logic. catedly working towards swift- Khattar said that in a bid to Gannaur, he added. groundwater level is less than “The Union Agriculture ly taking Haryana forward on address every single grievance Taking a dig at the oppo- 100 feet and a micro-irrigation Minister has clearly said the the development track, the raised by the people of the state, sition for alleging that the State system would be implemented doors for talks are open. The Chief Minister said at a state- one of its kind 'Vivadon se Government has discontinued in the areas with more depth. government never closed its level programme held through Samadhan' was launched aim- tubewell connections, the Chief "A tubewell connection doors. There have already video conferencing here after ing to resolve long pending Minister said that various steps would be given for any farmer been 11-12 rounds of talks 4 including remodeling of aug- Observation Home and Place earlier. But farmers' union mentation canal with WJC of Safety in the premises of leaders have not even once 0809164.8,+./:0.23+/1 aryana Chief Minister main branch in Karnal dis- Kasturba Sewa Sadan in been able to point out what ):2962 98+:=+:214+9 HManohar Lal Khattar on trict, construction of MCH Faridabad, two-lane RoB at their objections to the farm 5485./==,406>41.+:15 Thursday dedicated several block and service block in the L/C No. 4-A on Hisar- laws are,” Vij said. $8:+:01+150/9?23)+1 projects costing more than Rs campus of Civil Hospital, Sadalpur Railway Line in "They have not been able 1100 to the people of the state. Sector-6 Panchkula, widening Hisar among others. to point out the objections. 4964821015211500914:0 The Chief Minister dur- and strengthening Naringarh The spokesman said that From this, it appears that 4 26 crore to the Punjab proxy which has been used to +=0:214+92.A:2/6/,091 ing a state level programme Raipur Rani road in developmental projects cost- their agenda is not farm laws, Government, indicate that the earn ill-gotten wealth at the held through video confer- Panchkula, widening and ing more than Rs 160 crore but they have some secret hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) entire operation was fraudu- cost of the exchequer. before award of tender to the encing from here inaugurat- strengthening of Kalanwali were dedicated to the people agenda,” he added. Son Thursday asked Punjab lent. This is the only reason Bhundur said that media company. The very fact that ed and laid the foundation to Rori road Sirsa, and foun- of Panchkula district while Notably, scores of farmers Chief Minister Capt Amarinder why the original tender, which reports had exposed not only they were overlooked is reason stones of several projects in dation stone of construction projects worth Rs 100 crore have been camping at Delhi's Singh to tell Punjabis why he had been awarded to a com- Grandway but the entire ten- enough for the immediate dis- 16 districts. This included of ITI Building, village Pegan were dedicated to the people borders since November last was not ordering a CBI inquiry pany with a six-month validi- dering process of the Congress missal of Health Minister the inauguration of projects in Jind, said an official of Sirsa. year, demanding the rollback into the Fateh kit scam even ty at Rs 837 per kit, was re-ten- Government. “It has been con- Balbir Singh Sidhu as well as worth Rs 200 crore and laying spokesman. In Kurukshetra, the pro- of laws and the enactment of after it had been proved that the dered twice and awarded both clusively found that Grandway action against all the officers of foundation stone of pro- He said that the inaugu- jects inaugurated by the Chief a new law to guarantee the company, which had supplied times to Grandway at inflated was running from a cold store and staff who were responsible jects costing around Rs 900 rated projects included 33 Minister included recon- minimum support price the kits at severely inflated prices of Rs 1,226 and Rs 1,338 in Ludhiana and dealt in the for awarding the contract to the crore focusing on education, KV Sub Station Jatton Gate in struction of old Saraswati (MSP) for their crops. prices to the Punjab govern- per kit,” said senior leader and sale of clothes. Moreover, the company.” health, sports, strengthening Karnal, 50 Bedded Hospital in arch type bridge , new Several rounds of talks ment after repeated re-tender- party MP Balwinder Singh Company does not have a valid Bhundur said that besides road connectivity, water and Kalayat in Kaithal, Sports administrative block of Mini between the agitating farmers ing, was found to be running Bhundur. license to supply medical kits,” the Minister and staff of the power. Complex Building, Bhagat Secretariat, Kurukshetra and and the government have from a cold store. He said that only a free and he added. Health department, it should Union Ministers, state Phool Singh Mahila two new 33 KV sub sta- failed to break the “Recent disclosures about fair inquiry can nail those Rajya Sabha MP said: “It is also be verified whether the Cabinet Ministers, MPs, Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur tions at Pehowa-II and deadlock over these con- Grandway Incorporation, responsible for this scam as it obvious that these facts were in kickbacks from the scam were MLAs and administrative Kalan, Sonipat and New Malikpur. In Panipat, the tentious laws. which supplied kits worth Rs is apparent that Grandway is a the Government’s knowledge given to other higher-ups also. officers also attended the pro- building of Government I.T.I. Chief Minister inaugurated 33 gramme from various dis- Faridabad in the campus of KV Sub-station Kurana and tricts. The CM laid the foun- existing BTC building Sector- Media Centre building, the ' ' ((") )! * dation stone of projects 18A in Faridabad, spokesman said. * *1*( 4 )(! ( ')) 0! &1!) ') 4 qualities of self discipline and sportsman spirit amongst them 4 In the last 24 hours, a Covid -19, taking the toll to o keep a pace with the to become ideal citizens of the maximum of nine deaths were 783. The number of active Tchanging times, Punjab society. unjab on Thursday report- reported in Bathinda followed cases dropped to 581. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Congratulating the teachers 4 possibility of a hack and also revealed their Ped 71 fatalities and 1333 by six fatalities each in With 132 patients being Singh on Thursday emphasized and the entire staff of School ‘Bitcoin wallet address’ publicly for everyone to fresh COVID-19 cases. Amritsar and Muktsar. discharged after they recov- the need to offer an opportuni- Education Department for mak- aryana Police has arrested four fraudsters see and check. With this, the state’s infec- Jalandhar reported a maxi- ered from the infection, the ty to the students desirous of ing Punjab No.1 State across the Hincluding the mastermind for duping peo- Taking advantage, the arrested master- tion tally has reached 584785 mum 152 fresh cases. number of cured people learning foreign languages as country in Performance ple in the name of online business involving bit- mind fraudulently created a Facebook account and COVID-19 death toll 2337 patients recovered reached 59,564, as per the optional subjects in the state’s Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20 coin transactions. in the name of Vikas Kumar and copied the offi- jumped to 15367, the health from the virus taking the bulletin. government schools. released by the Government of Director General of Police, Manoj Yadava cial wallet address of the above-mentioned cryp- bulletin stated. total number of recoveries to The Chief Minister, in his India, the Chief Minister said on Thursday said that to commit fraud, mas- tocurrency exchange Binance. On October 1, The state’s active cases 553174, the bulletin stated. address to the teachers, asked the that it was really a matter of termind and his associates used the name of 2019, the bitcoin holding of the wallet in ques- currently stood at 16244. Meanwhile, Chandigarh, " " School Education Department sheer pride that Punjab has Binance, a multi-national cryptocurrency tion stood at 1871 bitcoins which amounted to Among these, total 2797 the joint capital of Punjab and * # to work out modalities to enable achieved this rare feat, which is exchange based out of China, with an intention approximately Rs 1,09,64,06,000. On October 1, patients are on oxygen sup- Haryana on Thursday the students to learn the foreign the outcome of their collective to cheat gullible persons on the pretext of offer- 2019 he gave this blockchain address through port, 655 patients are at crit- registered 66 new COVID-19 aryana reported 32 languages like Chinese, Arabic, efforts coupled with hard work, ing them huge returns if they invest money Facebook messenger and Whatsapp messenger ical care level-III facilities, cases, taking the infection Hdeaths as 539 fresh and French as these languages dedication and sincerity. online for bitcoin business. to the complainant ( Pravesh Kumar). and 212 patients are critical tally to 60, 928. COVID -19 were detected in could be instrumental in He also urged the School He informed that the issue came to light The mastermind Harinder Chahal also and on ventilator support. Two more people died of the last 24 hours. improving their chances of Education Department, espe- when Pravesh Kumar, a resident of Sector-23, known as Sonu Chahal duped the complainant According to the health employability across the globe. cially its Secretary, to maintain Sonipat filed a complaint with the Police that he of Rs 15,50,000 by fraudulently showing bitcoins bulletin, the death toll He, however, said that this position for times to come. was cheated by Harinder Chahal, a resident of in his wallet which in reality belonged to the reached 8861 while the total though Punjabi is our mother- The Chief Minister lauded village Madha PS Narnaud, Hansi. crypto-currency exchange Binance. The com- case tally was 764633 in the tongue and English is already few path-breaking initiatives Based on his complaint, a case was registered plainant believed in the accused as 1871 bitcoins state. being taught in schools, and now like online teacher transfer pol- in cyber Police Station, Panchkula under rele- existed in the wallet (which belonged to Binance 1221 people recovered the additional knowledge of icy, smart schools policy, pre-pri- vant sections of IPC and IT Act. Police with the and not to Harinder Chahal) at the time of the from the virus in the last 24 foreign languages would help mary education, digital educa- help of cyber experts started the investigation incident and hence got duped of his money. hours and the total recoveries our students to excel in their tion, and special cadre of teach- and it was revealed that the accused mastermind During the course of investigation, it was now stands at 749407. career. ers working in border areas, was not alone in this fraud; in fact there are sev- also revealed that in reality Harinder Chahal has In the last 24 hours, a Underlining the need to which has led to remarkable eral others who were entrusted the task to lure been found in possession of many crypto-cur- maximum of four deaths each motivate students to take up improvement in the quality of gullible people to invest in bitcoin with a promise rency wallets but none of them had any actual were reported in Hisar and sports as a character building education across the state. of huge returns. In the ongoing investigation four bitcoins or any form of crypto-currency. The Panipat while a highest of 64 exercise, the Chief Minister also “It was reflective of the fact accused along with their mastermind have wallets held non-spendable (dummy) bitcoins cases were reported in Sirsa directed the School Education that nearly 5.6 lakh students already been arrested, he said. which were used fraudulently to trick victims district. Minister Vijay Inder Singla to have shifted from private to gov- The DGP said that during the course of into believing that the accused was in posses- There were 6365 active explore the possibility of devel- ernment schools with 29 percent investigation, it was found that a man named sion of bitcoins which in reality did not exist. cases in the state, the bulletin oping playgrounds in the increase in the enrollment since John McAfee questioned Binance publicly on We are collecting more information about stated. schools as sports not only devel- last four years thus their parents Twitter with a possible allegation of a hack. the numbers of innocent people who have been ops one's overall personality reposing faith in government Binance replied to John McAfee on the same day cheated by the scammers. Efforts are being made but also imbibe the leadership schools again,” he added. using their official Twitter handle denying any to trace the other accused, the DGP added. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | FRIDAY | JUNE 11, 2021 Minor forest produce now CM mulls expansion of mobile medical units STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR etc. in the MMU vehicles. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel strength of forest dwellers he Chhattisgarh government has lauded the officers, employees Tis planning expansion of the of the Urban Administration and mobile medical units (MMUs) Development Department, STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR under its flagship initiative District Collector and the team of 'Mukhyamantri Slum Swasthya MMU on completing the treat- nce a mode of exploitation, Yojna'. ment of five lakh patients, the OChhattisgarh Chief Minister The Mukhyamantri Slum statement added. Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday said Swasthya Yojna was an initiative In Raipur about 1.26 lakh from 15 the minor forest produce has launched by the Chhattisgarh MMU, in Durg about 35,000 from become the core strength of forest government on November 1 last 4 MMU, in Bhilai about 34,000 dwellers thanks to the state govern- year to provide free and quality MBBS doctors are providing among others, are examined by from 3 MMU, in Rajnandgaon ment's schemes. health care services to the needy. health facilities to the patients by skilled lab technicians with state- about 33,000 from MMU, in Baghel was addressing a virtual Till now, at least 10,000 camps setting up camps in about 1,600 of-the-art machines. Bilaspur about 51,000 from 4 public dedication and bhoomi have been organised under this slums. About 4,40,000 patients have MMU, in Korba about 55,000 pujan event of development works scheme and over five lakh Along with the doctors, pharma- availed services from pharmacists patients from 8 MMU have in Gariaband and Kabirdham dis- patients have benefited from the cists are also available for free dis- on the basis of doctors' prescrip- availed these health services. tricts from here, states an official qualified doctors and trained tribution of medicines, lab techni- tions, taking advantage of the free Last year, the state had rolled out communication. team providing door-to-door cian for free lab tests. ANM and drug delivery service in the "Dai-Didi Clinics" at Raipur, The total cost of 1,270 works in test-treatment-medicine facilities MMU driver are available to serve MMU, the statement said. Bilaspur and Bhilai on the birth both the districts is Rs 582 crores. to all the 1,600 settlements across patients in the camp. Availability of 200 types of medi- anniversary of late Prime Minister He also interacted with beneficiar- 14 municipal corporations, a gov- Out of the five lakh patients treat- cines like paracetamol, brufen, Indira Gandhi. ies of different schemes. ernment statement said. ed so far under this scheme, free metformin, atenolol, among oth- Through the Dai-Didi clinics, The Chief Minister said forest hands of middlemen or forest pro- To augment the income of As many as 60 MMUs equipped lab tests have been done for about ers are being ensured in the 7,958 women were treated in 163 dwellers have been given forest duce traders. Thus, forest dwellers Panchayats, farmers as well as with modern equipment are pro- 1,20,000 patients. MMU. camps in Raipur city. Similarly, land rights and the government has were unable to even procure their panch-sarpanch are showing inter- viding healthcare services to all 41 types of different lab tests are There is also a provision for a 9,802 women were treated in 165 also provided rights to the villages basic needs. The state government est to derive benefits from the the 14 municipal corporations of done in MMU. In these, blood, blood pressure measuring camps in Bhilai city and 11,858 on forest resources. is now procuring 52 different forest Chief Minister’s Tree Plantation the state. excreta, urine, sputum, tuberculo- machine, sugar test machine, women were treated in 158 camps Earlier, forest produce fell into the produce on support price. Incentive Scheme. In these mobile medical units, sis, thyroid, malaria, typhoid, ECG machine, oxygen cylinder in Bilaspur city. Modi govt insensitive Farmers to get Godhan Nyay scheme fertilizers on to farmers: Choubey reduced rates has many benefits: CM STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR
he Congress on Thursday hanks to the Chhattisgarh govern- Taccused the Modi govern- Tment's drive to reduce agricultural ment of being "insensitive" cost, fertilizers are now being provid- towards farmers and alleged that ed to farmers at reduced rates in the Prime Minister had neglect- Kharif 2021 through cooperative soci- ed the farm sector in the Covid- eties. 19 economic package of Rs 20 The government has also decided to refund the difference between the old STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR women producing vermi compost nication stated. He said the use of lakh crores. and other products. He was vermicompost and super compost Senior Congress leader and and new rates to the farmers who have already purchased the fertilizers from hhattisgarh Chief Minister addressing a virtual event of trans- as fertilizers would help reduce Agriculture Minister Ravindra the committees. CBhupesh Baghel on Thursday fer of instalment of procurement the cost of agriculture input and Choubey said the package, After the new decision, farmers will said that the Godhan Nyay of cow dung to Gauthan commit- benefit soil fertility. There has which promised relief to those get DAP at Rs 1,200 instead of Rs scheme has turned out to be a tees, women self help groups and been an increase in income of cat- battered by the Covid-induced 1,800-1,950, NPK 12:32:16 for Rs comprehensive scheme benefit- individual sellers. A total of Rs tle rearers and landless farm lockdown, has proved to be a 1,185 instead of Rs 1,747, SSP powder ting all categories and people in 3.07 crores was transferred into workers through sale of cow dung. "jumla". for Rs 340 instead of Rs 375, SSP gran- society. bank accounts. The Chief Agriculture Minister Ravindra “It reflects the insensitive behav- had not put a single penny in the in Minimum Support Price ular at Rs 370 instead of Rs 406 and Apart from protection of live- Minister also launched the Choubey said that till date Rs 96 iour of the Modi government pocket of farmers or farm (MSP) of paddy. “ A mere Rs 71 Zinc SSP power for Rs 355 instead of stock, it has promoted organic ‘Godhan Super Compost Mobile crores have been given to benefici- towards the farm sector,” he told labourers through the package. per quintal was hiked whereas Rs 391. Lakhs of farmers will benefit farming, conserved crops and App’. He also released a book aries for cow dung procurement. the media here. He also hit out at the Union gov- the hike should have been of Rs by this decision, an official communi- environment, boosted employ- ‘Baghwani ke Bihan’ (Details of Out of 9,950 gauthans sanctioned, Choubey said the government ernment for a meager increase 210 as per inflation." cation said on Thursday. ment and income generation by Horticulture), an official commu- 5,590 are active. New film making policy Pradhan dedicates ‘Covid Speed up development in Chhattisgarh soon of food parks: Lakhma n Care’ facility in Bhilai STAFF REPORTER RAIPUR tradition in the state while local artists will get a bigger platform draft of a new film making pol- and opportunities. has been set up after laying a pipeline of 1.5 km for Aicy is being pre- its supply from the plant. This is the first phase of pared in the project which aims to eventually provide 500 Chhattisgarh on the oxygenated beds in two more phases. directives of Chief The centre has a facility of double oxygen back-up Minister Bhupesh supply. Apart from gaseous oxygen as the main Baghel, it was source, there is provision of back-up stored Liquid announced on Medical Oxygen. It is equipped with Internet and Thursday. It is telecom services to facilitate IT requirements and expected to be ready remote consultancy. Pradhan said Prime Minister soon. Narendra Modi has given the mantra of “Jahan Culture Minister Bimaar, Wahi Upchaar” and setting up hospitals STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR lishing micro and small-scale Amarjeet Bhagat near the source of gaseous oxygen. The Minister industries based on local resources along with assured that the Centre and SAIL stand by hhattisgarh Commerce and as well as promoting food process- Chhattisgarhi film- STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR Chhattisgarh and will do everything possible to CIndustries Minister Kawasi ing, agriculture and forest produce makers, directors maximise vaccination for the people of the state. Lakhma on Thursday told officers based industries in the state. and artists reviewed the draft of the At the meeting, the producers, nion Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister of State for Steel Faggan Singh Kulaste to transfer the land for food parks He said the targets under the Chief policy via a virtual meeting here, directors and artists gave their sug- Uand Steel Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday spoke about various measures being taken by the at the earliest and speed up their Minister Yuva Swarozgar Yojana said an official press release. gestions on the draft. dedicated to the nation a 114-bed Covid Care steel sector during the pandemic. Chhattisgarh development. He was addressing a and the Prime Minister Srijan Bhagat said that through For a long time, the film fraternity Facility in the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in Ministers T.S. Singh Deo and Mohammad Akbar virtual departmental review meet- Karyakram for self-employment in Chhattisgarhi films, work would be has been seeking a film making Chhattisgarh. and MPs Saroj Pandey and Vijay Baghel also took ing here, an official release said. the current financial year should done to cherish the art, culture and policy in the state. The hospital is equipped with gaseous oxygen and part in the virtual inauguration. The Minister also called for estab- be met. Smokeless chulhas help Bijapur villagers save their forests Woman, five IANS n the women using these issues. In fact, indoor air ly supply adequate oxygen, definitely come down," he daughters jump stoves. The beginning of a pollution has been termed as thus enabling efficient com- said. According to a report n this Chhattisgarh dis- transition The Bijapur dis- the silent killer of the rural bustion. This results in up to by Ramkrishna Muley, Itrict known for its dense trict of Chhattisgarh is kitchen. While the Phulwari 80 per cent less smoke pro- Chairman of Sri Sri Institute before train to death forests, tribal villagers are spread over more than 6,500 scheme is inactive now, the duction. In addition, since of Agricultural Sciences & embracing an innovative square kilometres, a majori- memory of the smokeless the smokeless chulha has a Technology Trust, STAFF REPORTER n MAHASAMUND and cost-effective technique ty of which is either dense or chulha stayed with Kawre, double mouth, you can cook Bengaluru, "A rural house- to burn less firewood while open forest. Of the 2.5 lakh who had also been part of two items at once. hold uses up to 3,000 kg of 45-year-old woman and her five daugh- cooking. people who live in the dis- the project. He began talk- Kawre explained, "It costs firewood per annum. The Aters allegedly committed suicide by In Bijapur, a severely Naxal- trict, 85 per cent comprise mous. The PM Ujjwala about. "When we saw the ing to the women in his vil- around Rs 300 to set up a average cost of firewood is jumping in front of a moving train apparent- affected district in indigenous tribal, forest- Yojana, which was set up to depleting forests, we thought lage, telling them about the smokeless chulha. It reduces Rs 2 per kg. Since the ly after a domestic dispute in Chhattisgarh’s Chhattisgarh's Bastar divi- dwellers whose survival is distribute LPG cylinders to of starting something so that smokeless chulha and its cooking time by 50 per cent. improved smokeless chulha Mahasamund district, the police said on sion, a silent revolution is solely dependent on the Below Poverty Line families, the load on the forests is many benefits. Many women It will take you 45 minutes to uses 50 per cent less fire- Thursday. taking place, entirely driven forests. The tribes earn their has been slow to pick up in reduced. We know the locals were keen to make the shift cook on a smokeless chulha wood, a rural household The incident took place on the night of by the villagers. Locals in the livelihood by collecting and Bijapur. Out of the 48,000 heavily rely on forest wood from traditional chulhas and while on a traditional chulha using this chulha will save Wednesday and Thursday near a railway area have decided to move selling minor forest produce eligible households, only 25 to be used as firewood in readily agreed. (an open-air structure of 1,500 kg for firewood in a crossing between Mahasamund and from traditional chulhas like chironji, tendu patta, per cent have been covered chulhas, but we thought we Smokeless chulhas were mud or stones with a single year." Muley in his report Belsonda, Mahasamund Superintendent of (stoves) to smokeless ones in mahua, tora, tamarind etc. under this scheme. have to find a way to min- introduced in their homes mouth), the same meal can further states that a pilot Police Prafull Kumar Thakur said. a bid to save their green "The locals of Bijapur cut However, the lack of imise the input of firewood and as the word spread, take one and a half hours to exercise demonstrated that As per preliminary information, Uma Sahu cover. The movement, start- timber from the forests and motorable roads makes it and maximise the output," more and more women cook."But the most impor- saving 1,500 kg of firewood of Bemcha village had a quarrel with her ed by a single villager, gained use it as firewood in chulhas. logistically challenging to he told 101Reporters. Kawre came forward to make the tant benefit is the reduction meant the saving of at least husband. the sanction of residents in a This is used to cook food, bring the rest of the deserv- learnt about the smokeless shift. The smokeless chulha in firewood requirement, three full-grown trees. Upset, the woman along with her daughters dozen villages, and today, boil water and meet other ing households under the chulha a few years back, and its benefits The smoke- feel the villagers. "A person "If an entire village of say 200 Annapurna (18), Yashoda (16), Bhumika over 1,980 smokeless chul- household needs. But as scheme. Refuelling of the through the Phulwari less chulha is built using doesn't need to go to the for- firewood-burning house- (14), Kumkum (12) and Tulsi (10) rushed to has (clay stoves) have been more and more timber was cylinders is a huge problem scheme launched by the bricks, an iron rod and a est every other day to collect holds adopts the improved the railway tracks and took the extreme step, successfully set up in house- used for firewood, the when people have to travel Chhattisgarh Health pipe for the outflow of firewood. The amount of chulha, then this village will the officer said. holds, and 166 smokeless depleting trees began to con- dozens of kilometres on bad Department to battle malnu- smoke. According to a wood needed has reduced," be saving 600 trees per After being alerted on Thursday morning, a chulhas function in schools cern villagers and a few offi- or no roads to reach ration trition in children and report by Sri Sri Institute of said Surti Netam, a local. annum. This is equal to police team sent the bodies for postmortem. and anganwadis (rural child cials. "The amount of fire- shops and cylinder distribu- reduce indoor air pollution. Agricultural Sciences & Kawre added that the felling about 1.5 acres of forest No suicide note has been found. care centres). The initiative wood consumption has tors. Anil Kawre, a local who The smoke released in tradi- Technology Trust, the of trees has reduced. "The area," he wrote Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed not only cuts down the need increased over the years, has been a part of several tional stoves was causing smokeless chulha uses up to tribals cut down forest trees Kawre and his team aim to deep grief over the deaths and told the dis- for firewood but also which is a worrying trend," programmes with the many ailments like asthma, 50 per cent less firewood mainly to use as firewood. set up these smokeless chul- trict administration and police to investigate reduces indoor air pollution, said a district official who Department of Health, pneumonia, cancer, chronic than the traditional chulha. They don't use it for com- has in every household in the entire incident and ensure necessary thus improving the health of wished to remain anony- recalls how the idea of restrictive lung disease and It is designed to continuous- mercial purposes. So this has the district. action. smokeless chulhas came other respiratory health !"#$!&!'"( )$*+, # ( % ! part of its spring operations to $ % demoralize the Afghan forces ! #$ % as well as the governments or foreign forces backing the offi- cial regime there. Taliban has been on record repeatedly asserting that the US aintaining that “posthu- or those backing it will not be Mmous privacy right is not tolerated on Afghan soil. In permissible”, the Delhi High recent years, India is increas- Court on Thursday refused to ingly being perceived as a stay the release of several major partner of the US, movies including sources said, adding the mili- “Nyay: The Justice”, purport- tia could target infrastructure edly based on the life of late of free speech, in matters of come from any source, and the developed there by New Delhi Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s father Krishna Kishore news reporting, does not enjoy court cannot filter real-life as part of the reconstruction Rajput. The movie is scheduled Singh seeking to restrain any- the same protection when it events. This court finds merit efforts. to be released on Friday. The one from using his son’s name comes to matters of commer- in the submission of the defen- Pakistan is back to its dou- Court said these films are nei- or likeness in movies, saying cial exploitation. The court dants that details of the demise ble game of directing the ther portrayed as biopic nor “the plaintiff has failed to sat- said the argument is miscon- of SSR received widespread Taliban against Indian interests factual narration of what tran- isfy the three-pronged test for ceived and one cannot read this and protracted news coverage ) against the Afghan children during the ongoing so as to check the terror group spired in his life. grant of preemptory injunction classification of core and non- in all media, which are available Government raged in 26 of the spring offensive undertaken from targeting Chinese inter- The High Court’s interim to restrain exhibition of the core rights under Article 19(1) in the public domain, and n view of the proposed with- country’s 34 provinces. by the militia beginning in ests in the Afghan-Pakistan order came on a plea by films”. (a) of the Constitution and the form a part of the public Idrawal of the US forces from For the ongoing surge in April, and likely to continue till region as well as in Xinxiang, Rajput’s father to restrain such The court, however, direct- protection and guarantee pro- record,” the court said in its 42- Afghanistan by September 11, attacks, the Afghan Taliban July, sources said. they said. films. Sushant’s first death ed the filmmakers to render vided by the Constitution page verdict. the Afghan Taliban has ramped has undertaken a massive The child recruits give the In case the Taliban targets anniversary is on June 14. complete accounts of the rev- would apply with equal rigour, The court said it does not up recruitment of minor chil- recruitment drive for recruiting Taliban double safety as they the Chinese interests, Beijing The court said it found enue earned from the films, if even if the publication leads to find merit in the plaintiff’s con- dren for using them both as minor children for planting can reach closer to the targets will pressure Pakistan to con- merit in the submissions of any case of damages is made commercial gain. tention to restraint on the human shields as well as suicide them as both suicide bombers in an unsuspecting manner trol the situation. Pakistan’s producers and directors that if out in future and listed the suit “They (defendants) have strength of his right to fair trial bombers to wrest control of the and human shields. Suicide and can be used as a human influence over the Taliban has information of events which for completion of pleading firmly stated that nowhere has relating to the unnatural death areas administered by the bombings and ramming explo- shield to demoralize the also waned as compared to the have occurred is already in the before the joint registrar. The the plaintiff or his family or of his son, saying no foundation Government. sives-laden vehicles into targets Afghan government forces. nineties. However, Islamabad is public domain one cannot court said the producers and SSR’s name, image, persona, is set up to demonstrate how the The Taliban is advancing are the preferred mode of According to intelligence still in a position to manipulate plead any violation of right to directors claimed the films to likeness etc been used by them. films would impair the trial. across the provinces to gain attacks by Taliban to target the estimates, the Taliban is expect- and divert the Taliban which is privacy on a movie inspired be fictional rendition of true The only resemblance to SSR, “In fact, the accused per- control of areas under posts of the security forces. ed to further add minor not willing to be dictated by the from such events. Besides Nyay, events surrounding the lives of as defendants have asserted, sons who are named in the FIR Government control there and On Thursday, six Afghan recruits to its fold. The Taliban Pakistanis. some of the upcoming or pro- film/TV personalities, includ- would be an imaginary drama- or are being investigated have as many as 150 Afghan troops troops were killed and 10 oth- is estimated to capture large Pakistan can claim its hand posed movie projects based on ing Rajput, who was found tisation of some of the events not come forward claiming have been killed or injured dur- ers injured in a car bomb areas of the provinces under the for destruction of assets devel- his son’s life are ‘Suicide or dead at his home in Mumbai. that occurred in his life. The prejudice,” the court said and ing the 24-hour period from attack close to a military base control of the Afghan govern- oped by India and keep Taliban Murder: A star was lost’, The investigation is still on. artistic freedom to create fic- termed as misconceived the Monday to Tuesday. in Baghlan. ment before the exit of the for- at bay from Chinese interests in ‘Shashank’ and an unnamed The court noted that senior tional works cannot be con- plaintiff’s plea that the content An international news During the last three eign forces from the ground. Balochistan and Xinxiang to crowd-funded film. advocate Vikas Singh, repre- trolled, limited, or confined of the film is defamatory and agency on Tuesday reported months, the Taliban has The Taliban is known to seek more concessions from Justice Sanjeev Narula dis- senting Rajput’s father, has within set boundaries. will damage his and his son’s that the Taliban-led onslaught recruited over 1,000 minor undertake major offensives as China. missed the application by fleetingly argued that the right “An artist’s inspiration can reputation. - &'( 3 456 ./0 1 2 !* + grammes at under-graduate and post-graduate level. Out of these, nearly 85 per cent of the students (2.85 crore) were enrolled in the six major dis- ciplines such as Humanities, Science, Commerce, Engineering and Technology, Medical Science and IT & Computer. According to the report, the number of students pur- suing PhD in 2019-20 is 2.03 lakh against 1.17 lakh in 2014- 15. The total Number of Teachers stands at 15,03,156 that the total enrolment in comprising of 57.5 per cent Higher Education stands at male and 42.5 per cent female. here has been a growth of 3.85 crore in 2019-20 as com- The Education Minister date.” ,- strengthening resilience T11.4 per cent in the student pared to 3.74 crore in 2018-19, emphasized that the continu- Earlier, the UAE against future pandemics. enrolment in higher education registering a growth of 11.36 ous focus given by the gov- hose who have been look- announced suspension of iven the corona pandem- ! The other focus areas are with an increase of 18.2 per lakh (3.04 per cent). Total ernment under the leadership Ting forward to traveling to flights from India on April 24 Gic situation in the country, promoting future prosperity cent in female enrolment enrolment was 3.42 crore in of Prime Minister Narendra the UAE, will now have to wait in the wake of COVID-19 sit- Prime Minister Narendra Modi ! by championing free and fair cumulatively during the last 2014-15, said the report. Modi on education of girls, a bit longer. Air India Express uation. The restrictions were will not travel to the United trade; tackling climate change five years, according to the All Gross Enrolment Ratio women empowerment and (AIE) on Thursday announced extended periodically. Kingdom (UK) to attend the G- and preserving the planet’s India Survey on Higher (GER), the percentage of stu- empowerment of socially that UAE has once again Meanwhile, the UAE also 7 summit over the coming biodiversity; and championing Education (AISHE) 2019-20. dents belonging to the eligible backward classes are well extended suspension of flights stopped entry of all travellers weekend. He will take part in shared values and open soci- Union Education Minister age group enrolled in Higher reflected by the increased par- from India till July 6. from India, and also stopped it virtually. As chair of the G- Ministry said here on eties. Ramesh Pokhriyal on Thursday Education, in 2019-20 is 27.1 ticipation of women, SCs and The AIE while sharing a entry of those who had been in 7, Britain had invited Modi for Thursday the Prime Minister The Leaders are expected approved the release of the percent against 26.3 per cent in STs’ population in Higher travel update for passengers to India any time in the 14 days the event. will participate virtually in to exchange views on the way report of AISHE 2019-20, 2018-19 and 24.3 per cent in Education as shown by the the United Arab Emirates, stat- prior to their arrival in the Incidentally, this is the the outreach sessions of the G- forward on global recovery which provides key perfor- 2014-2015. “Gender Parity report. ed, “General Authority of Civil UAE. The only exceptions that third time Modi and British 7 summit on June 12 and 13. from the pandemic with a mance indicators on the cur- Index (GPI) in Higher Secretary, Higher Aviation, UAE, has suspended it made were for diplomats, Prime Minister Boris Johnson The G-7 comprises the UK, focus on health and climate rent status of Higher education Education in 2019-20 is 1.01 Education, Amit Khare, said all inbound passenger move- UAE nationals, and those hold- will not be able to meet each Canada, France, Germany, change. in the country. “In the last five against 1.00 in 2018-19 indi- the current report is the 10th ment to the UAE from India, ing UAE golden visas. other this year. Johnson was Italy, Japan and the US. This is the second time years, from 2015-16 to 2019-20, cating an improvement in the in the series of AISHE annu- (excluding UAE nationals) till Dubai’s Emirates Airline on invited as the Chief Guest for Besides Modi, the UK had also Modi will be participating in there has been a growth of 11.4 relative access to higher edu- ally released by department of 6th July, 2021.” The airline has May 30 announced that sus- the Republic Day parade but invited Australia, South Korea a G-7 meeting. India had been per cent in the student enrol- cation for females of eligible age Higher Education. “The con- also announced that passengers pension of flights from India he had to cancel the visit due and South Africa for this year’s invited by the G-7 French ment. The rise in female enrol- group compared to males,” the tinuous rise in the enrolment, who have already booked tick- had been extended further till to corona situation in his summit. Presidency in 2019 to the ment in higher education dur- report said. It further stated number of institutions, gender ets, can opt for the reschedul- June 30. country. He was to visit India The theme for the Summit Biarritz Summit as a ing the period is 18.2 percent,” that the Pupil Teacher Ratio in parity is a part of our country’s ing option. Referring to this, it Abu Dhabi’s Etihad ahead of the G-7 summit last is ‘Build Back Better’ and the “Goodwill Partner” and the Pokhriyal said through a state- Higher Education in 2019-20 is major move towards improv- tweeted, “Passengers who Airways also announced in a month but had to again defer UK has outlined four priority Prime Minister participated in ment. 26. ing access, equity and quality booked to fly with us during similar manner that passengers it due to the pandemic situa- areas for its Presidency. These the Sessions on ‘Climate, Some of the key features of As many as 3.38 crore in light of National Education this period can reschedule their from India to the UAE will be tion here. are leading the global recovery Biodiversity and Oceans’ and AISHE 2019-20 report revealed students enrolled in pro- Policy 2020,” Khare said. tickets for travel at a future restricted till June 30. The External Affairs from coronavirus while ‘Digital Transformation’. / *P ! 0 * % *P !!% ! ' & ' % ! &'( 0! ! # $ # ndia’s agricultural exports ' Ihave been booming the past * 1 one year even while many he Centre on Thursday other sectors of the economy *, Tsaid it was committed to suffered because of the dis- he CBI has registered a transform the Padma awards ruption caused by the Covid- Tfresh FIR against former into “People’s Padma” and 19 pandemic. Amid the first Arunachal Pradesh Chief urged all citizens to make nom- wave when cases were pre- Indonesia (102.42%), Minister Nabam Tuki for inations and recommenda- ommendations including self- dominantly reported from Bangladesh (95.93%) and alleged nepotism and corrup- tions, including self-nomina- nomination, the statement said. urban areas, India’s agricultur- Nepal (50.49%). tion related to a contract for tion, for the prestigious civilian The nominations and rec- al exports rose to Rs. 3.05 lakh relatively unaffected by the non-basmati rice, wheat, mil- Exports have also taken construction of a Kendriya Kendriya Vidyalaya suo motu honours. ommendations should contain crore( $ 41.25 billion) in 2020- COVID lockdown, and a steep lets, maize and other coarse place from several clusters for Vidyalaya school boundary in 2005 despite the fact it “did The Union Home Ministry all relevant details specified in 21. The government expects surge in global commodity grains. Huge growth has been the first time. For instance, wall in Salt Lake area of not have required establish- said online nominations or the format available on the por- this growth momentum to be prices. seen in export of cereals with export of fresh vegetables and Kolkata. ment and wherewithal” in Salt recommendations for the tal, including a citation in nar- sustained in the current fiscal “Prices of agricultural export of non-basmati rice mangoes from Varanasi and After conducting a pre- Lake area where the site of awards, to be announced on the rative form (maximum 800 as well since the Met commodities in the interna- growing by 136.04% to Rs black rice from Chandauli has liminary enquiry, the agency construction was located. eve of Republic Day, 2022, are words), clearly bringing out the Department has forecast nor- tional markets rose sharply 35448 crore (USD 4794.54 taken place for the first time, has alleged that officials of the Besides Tuki, his sister-in- open, with the last date being distinguished and exceptional mal to above normal rainfall during during Covid season million); wheat by 774.17% to directly benefitting farmers Public Works Department, law Nabam Aka and her pro- September 15. achievements, and the services during the monsoon this year. due to supply disruptions in Rs 4034 crore (USD 549.16 of the area. Exports have also Arunachal Pradesh awarded prietorship firm Jumsi The Ministry said in a the person rendered in her or Whether the high jump in the major producing countries million); and other cereals taken place from other clusters the tender to firms controlled Enterprise, Sraboni statement that such nomina- his respective field or discipline, agricultural commodities can which made a way for India to (millets, maize and other viz. oranges from Nagpur, by family members of Tuki Bhattacharjee and SB tions and recommendations it said. be repeated this year remains increase its exports of agri- coarse gains) by 238.28% to Rs bananas from Theni and who was then the minister of Enterprises as also unknown will be received online only on The Central Government to be seen as the second wave cultural produce. Hence, the 50695 crore (USD 694.14 mil- Ananthpur, mangoes from PWD in the State. public servants and private https://padmaawards.Gov.In. has already asked all states to of pandemic has spread in the pandemic brought an oppor- lion). Lucknow etc. The contract was alleged- persons have been named as The Padma awards, namely, set up a special search com- villages just ahead of sowing of tunity for Indian agriculture The largest markets for The organic exports during ly awarded at Tuki’s behest accused in the case. Padma Vibhushan, Padma mittee to find out prospective summer crops season. During and allied sector which grew India’s agriculture products 2020-21 were USD 1040 million without inviting tenders, The case was registered by Bhushan and Padma Shri, are awardees who have so far been the second wave, maximum 17.34 per cent in 2020-21,” said are the USA, China, as against USD 689 million in which caused wrongful loss to the CBI’s Anti-Corruption amongst the highest civilian left out of consideration despite cases and deaths have been officials. Bangladesh, UAE, Vietnam, 2019-20, registering a growth of the state government and cor- Branch at Kolkata following an awards of the country. The their exceptional services. Since reported from rural areas. The Sharing the details of agri- Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, 50.94%. Organic exports responding “wrongful” gain to order of the Gauhati High Government is committed to 2014, the Modi government farm sector’s standout export cultural and allied products Nepal, Iran and Malaysia. include oil cake/meals, oil seeds, the minister and his relatives, Court on November 16, 2017. transform the Padma awards has been conferring the Padma performance, the best since the export in 2020-21 Commerce Exports to most of these des- cereals and millets, spices and according to the FIR. Arunachal Pradesh PWD into “People’s Padma” and all awards on many “unsung $43.25 billion of 2013-14, was Secretary Anup Wadhawan tinations have registered condiments, tea, medicinal The work to Arunachal at the behest of Tuki had citizens are therefore request- heroes” who have contributed thanks to a good monsoon, said huge growth has been growth, with the highest plant products, dry fruits, sugar, Pradesh PWD was awarded by allegedly issued five work ed to make nominations, rec- to the society in different ways. agriculture production being seen in the export of cereals, growth being recorded for pulses and coffee. the then Commissioner of orders worth 13, 18,593. 2 !"#$!&!'"( )$*+,
& ( )) other persons with him. He had been were trying to find out whether the brought to Kaliachak where he was goons were part of some bigger plans. ( $ he Border Security Force on being questioned, reports last coming The fact that Jaipal Bhullar and TThursday morning arrested a in said. Jaspreet Kharar who were killed in an after much thinking. He has that did away with the special Chinese intruder from Malda district “Intelligence experts are speaking to encounter inside a Salt Lake-New Town been a Union Minister at a status extended to Jammu and near the India-Bangladesh border, offi- him … things will be clear only after the apartment had conducted a number of eferring to senior party col- young age and he is a dynamic Kashmir. cials said adding the man identified as interrogation is over,” the official said recce in and around Kolkata and that Rleague Jitin Prasada switch- leader. Congress’s loss is BJP’s The UP Congress had writ- Han Kunwei was moving around sus- after the interrogation is over,” the offi- they had smuggled in huge consign- ing over the BJP on Wednesday, gain,” Singh told mediapersons ten to the Speaker seeking dis- piciously in the Indian side of the bor- cial said. A security officer who knows ments of explosives and arms in sepa- rebel Congress MLA from Sadar in Lucknow on Thursday. qualification of the Rae Bareli der. Mandarin was then called. He is being rate consignments, raised suspicion. seat of Rae Bareli, Aditi Singh Earlier, the Congress had legislator for defying the party He was arrested with a laptop and questioned by intelligence agencies Whether they were on any 26/11 type said it was high time the party moved a petition to disqualify whip and attending a special three sim cards, sources said adding the now,” the officer said. mission was being ascertained, the mandarins did some introspec- Aditi Singh from the UP Assembly session organised by intruder carried a Chinese passport and Malda and neighbouring tal police top brass said the duo might police said. tion as to why senior and com- Assembly for anti-party activi- the Yogi government to mark a Bangladeshi visa. Murshidabad are the two most porous have had Pakistan connections. A person called Bharat Kumar mitted leaders were leaving the ties, but it was quashed by the 150th birth anniversary of “As he did not seem to know borders notoriously known for smug- Officials said that a gun was recov- who was a close associate of the gang- organisation one by one. Assembly Speaker Hriday Mahatma Gandhi in 2020. Singh English initially it was being difficult to gling, infiltration and other anti-nation- ered from the slain gangsters were of sters was earlier arrested by the police. “One by one, all young and Narayan Dikshit. also absented herself from a communicate with him … but later an al activates. Pak make, adding a visiting card of a He later gave out the details about the dynamic leaders are leaving the Aditi had earlier extended Congress training session in official knowing Mandarin was called Meanwhile a day after two Punjab Pakistani business establishment was Kolkata hideout. “Till now we are call- Congress. The party brass must her support to the BJP-led Rae Bareli last October and was in for questioning him,” a BSF official gangsters were killed in a gunfight with also received from their person. Besides ing them gangsters … whether we will seriously introspect the unend- Central government’s decision to served a show cause notice by said adding interrogation process was the Special Task Force of Kolkata Police “the police recovered 89 live ammuni- call them something else … like some ing phenomenon. I am sure Jitin abrogate provisions of Article the then CLP leader Ajay Kumar on and it was being ascertained as to at the up market New Town area in the tion and five sophisticated guns,” a international operator can only be told Prasada has made a decision 370 of the Indian Constitution Singh Lallu. whether he was alone or there were northeastern fringes of the State capi- senior official said adding the police subsequently,” an official said. 3 ,
) New Collector’s compound at (40) Ishratbano S. Siddiqui (40) and The Malwani building crash is #*,$ Malwani in Malad (West). Shafiq M. Siddiqui (45). The last the first crash during the current n the second such building crash Braving heavy rain, the nine deceased were the members of monsoon, which arrived in the city New Delhi: The India Meteorological further advancement of southwest the next 24 hours. It is likely to Iin the metropolis in the last Mumbai Fire Brigade personnel the same family. on Wednesday, and second similar Department (IMD) on Thursday monsoon into some more parts of become more marked during the sub- three days, at least 11 people were and State Disaster Response Force The seven injured were admit- collapse in three days. said conditions are favourable for Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, remaining sequent 24 hours and move west- killed and seven others injured (SDRF) teams, which were engaged ted to the nearby Dr. B. R Earlier on Monday, the wall of southwest monsoon to cover the parts Chhattisgarh and Odisha, the northwestwards across Odisha, it when a two-storey residential build- in search and relief operations, res- Ambedkar Shatabdi Hospital, a four-storey building had crashed entire West Bengal and Jharkhand entire West Bengal and Jharkhand said. ing collapsed on an adjoining ten- cued 17 persons trapped under the where the condition three report- on an adjacent two-storey structure over the next two days as it is advanc- and some parts of Bihar and east Uttar Dr Kuldeep Shrivastava, who ement at Malad (West) in north debris. The operations, which start- ed to be critical. at Bandra’s Kherwadi locality in ing at a good pace. Pradesh and remaining parts of north heads the Regional Weather Mumbai late on Wednesday night. ed shortly after the building crash, Maharashtra Minister Aslam north-west Mumbai, killing a 28- Monsoon has further advanced Bay of Bengal during the next 48 Forecasting Centre said that monsoon Those killed comprised nine continued till Thursday morning. Shaikh, who visited the crash site, year-old man and injuring five into some more parts of the south hours,” it said. The IMD said strong is expected to reach Delhi earlier than members of a single family and a The fire brigade personnel attributed the building collapse to others. Gujarat region, remaining parts of surface winds (25-35 kmph) are like- expected. “In the next 48 hours, majority of the deceased were identified those killed in the mishap the heavy rain lashing the suburbs The mishap had taken place at Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra ly to prevail over the plains of north- monsoon will reach parts of east Uttar minors. In all, 17 people were res- as Arifa Shaikh (9) Jhoni Irrana incessantly for the past 36 hours. around 2 am on Monday, when the Pradesh, some parts of south Madhya west India over the next four days. Pradesh and Bihar. In the subsequent cued from under the debris of the (13), Alfisa S. Siddiqui (18-month Meanwhile, the fire brigade wall of five-storied building Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and south A cyclonic circulation lies over two days, the monsoon may cover collapsed structure. old), Afina S. Siddiqui (6) Sahil S. personnel evacuated the residents “Razzak Chawl” collapsed on an Odisha, the IMD said. Monsoon is northwest Bay of Bengal. Under its west Uttar Pradesh and parts of The collapse took place at Sayyed (9), Alisha S. Siddiqui (10) from a nearby three-storey which adjoining two-storey tenement, expected to reach Delhi earlier than influence, a low pressure area is like- Uttarakhand also. So, the expectation around 11.30 on Wednesday in a Taher S. Siddiqui (12) Taufik S. is in a “dangerous” condition and trapping several persons under the expected, IMD added. ly to form over northwest Bay of is that it will reach Delhi earlier than congested slum colony located in Siddiqui (15), Raisabano S. Siddiqui may cave in at any time. debris. “Conditions are favourable for Bengal and its neighbourhood during expected,” he added. PNS ) Q , 3 1 -./.0. 3 the Tail Nadu Government in Shanmugham has asked for )** + ) # the backdrop of increasing making vaccines available cases of Covid-19, which is through the Employees State / - . ) The State health authorities 55,97,304 to 56,08,753. The s part of its efforts to known in the region as Insurance Corporation for a have attributed the reconcilia- recovery rate in the State stood Aexploit the international WUHAN Virus. Mass Vaccination Drive in the he daily Covid-19 deaths tion exercise to delayed report- static at 95.45 per cent. reputation enjoyed by the “The State administration district for the benefit of the Tpeaked to 1,915 in ing of deaths from districts and The total “active cases” in knitwear products manufac- allowed us to operate with 10 employees. Maharashtra on Thursday, as municipal corporation areas the state dropped from 1,61,864 tured in Tirupur, the knitwear per cent workforce last week for This is the first positive sig- the health authorities added across the State. However, the to 1,60,693. The fatality rate in capital of the country, the preparing samples for the next nals coming from the industrial 1,522 previous unaccounted daily reconciliation of death the state rose from 1.74 per cent Tirupur Exporters Association season and buyers across the units in Tamil Nadu that they deaths that occurred prior to figures on such a high scale — to 1.77 per cent. (TEA) has approached Prime globe have expressed satisfac- are willing to face the interna- one week in various districts happening on a daily basis — Mumbai logged 22 deaths Minister Narendra Modi, tion with our new designs and tional challenge. “There has and municipal corporation has raised question marks on and 655 infections. The infec- Finance Minister Nirmala quality products. Hence we been a marked change in the areas across the State. the manner in which the State tions in the city remained below Sitharaman and Tamil Nadu are requesting the Chief way people dress in western After remaining in the health machinery is tabulating the 1,000 level in the country’s Chief Minister Muthuvel Minister to consider the plea countries now. The formal range of 10,219 and 10,989 for the fatality figures that without commercial capital for the 12th Karunanidhi Stalin with pleas favourably as this is an ideal dresswear has given way to three consecutive days, the bothering to make course cor- consecutive day. to speed up the Covid-19 vac- time for us to make gains by casual wears because of the )" # '-5!! ( ( !! Covid-19 infections crossed the rections to ensure against the With fresh deaths and infec- cination programme for its meeting the export require- work from home rules. This is ! 4! 12,000 mark to touch a tally of delayed reporting of deaths by tions, the Covid-19 toll in workers and relaxation in lock ments,” said Shanmugham. our hour as people prefer to 12,207 on Thursday. officials at the ground level. Mumbai increased from 15,033 down rules. The TEA chief also wear casuals while working Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala State has tested 2,09,10,418 The State health authorities Meanwhile, with 1,915 deaths to 15,055, while the infected Tirupur Exporters requested the chief minister to from home,” said logged 14,424 new Covid-19 samples. have been adding the previous (393 current ones and 1,522 pre- cases went up from 7,12,840 to Association (TEA), the umbrel- make vaccines available to the Shanmugham. cases and 194 deaths on Among the districts, unaccounted deaths to the daily vious ones, the Covid-19 toll in 7,13,495. la organisation of all knitwear knitwear manufacturing units In a memorandum to Thursday, taking the caseload to Thiruvananthapuram record- fatality almost on a day-to-day the State jumped from 1,01,833 Pune with 19521 cases con- and casualwear manufacturers and ancillary units in the dis- Prime Minister and Finance 26,58,565 and the toll to 10,631. ed the highest number of cases- basis for the past five weeks. to 1,03,748. tinued to be remain first in the in the district, asked Chief trict to ensure the safety of the Minister, Shanmugham had A total of 17,994 people -2,030, followed by Kollam with Between May 1 and June 10, Similarly, with 12,207 new State in terms of maximum Minister Stalin to allow the workers so that the units could said that the knitwear units in recuperated from the disease 1,605 and Malappuram (1,597). 25,377 deaths were recorded in infections, the total number of number of “active cases”, while industrial units in the district take up the international Tirupur, facing cash liquidity today, pushing the tally of those “Out of those found infect- the State, of which 10,278 were cases in the went up from Mumbai with 18,157 stood sec- to operate with the available orders. He said all units in the issues, have the potential to cured in the state to 25,42,242. ed on Thursday, 109 reached the added to the State’s cumulative 58,63,880 to 58,76,087. ond, followed by Kolhapour workforce. district follow the Covid-19 employ three lakh workers in Currently there are 1,35,298 state from outside, while 13,535 death tally, after reconciliation As 11,449 patients were (17,370), Thane (15,975), Satara Raja M Shanmugham, guidelines and hence the vac- the next three years because of people under treatment. contracted the disease through of figures. discharged from the hospitals (10,634), Sangli (10070), Nagpur president, TEA, told The cinated employees stand no the changed global scenario. As State health minister Veena their contacts.The source of During the last three days across the State after full recov- (7,168), Nashik (6,294), Pioneer that the knitwear units chance of facing the pandem- on date the TEA companies George said the State tested infection of 718 are yet to be alone, 2329 deaths ( June 8-407, ery, the total number of people Sindhudurg (5,910), could not operate for four ic attack. employ a total of six lakh 1,07,250 samples in the last 24 traced and 62 health workers are June 9-400 and June 10-1522) discharged from the hospitals Ahmednagar (4,955), Ratnagiri weeks continuously because of In separate letters to Prime workers, majority of them hours and the test positivity rate also among the infected,” the have been added to the State’s since the second week of March (4,842), Raigad (4,842).and the total lock down ordered by Minister and Finance Minister, coming from other States. was 13.45 per cent. Till now, the Minister said in a release. PTI cumulative tally. last year increased from Solapur (4,385). '% "( %* ( % ?(' %%" but such cases are not stopping. Finding that her statements 7 in the Union territory Administration, However, keeping in mind the sen- Society will have to oversee this had stirred a controversy, Kumari “an understanding has been reached timents of worshippers of lord Shiva, the member of Uttar Pradesh along with us. later tried to clarify her stand say- he Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board between the senior officers responsible traditional rituals shall be carried out in AWomen’s Commission stirred “Will have to see our girls, as ing that girls from villages did not Tauthorities have almost made up for the conduct of the yatra to suspend the presence of saints at the shrine with- a fresh controversy by suggesting to where they are going, which know how to use phones the right their mind to cancel the annual pil- the pilgrimage”. The officers are learnt out any interruption. The yatra that girls should not have access boys they are meeting, and their way. She said girls use phones to grimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath to have discussed different options remained suspended last year also due to mobile phones as it could lead mobiles. I tell everyone that girls the controversial statement. make male friends and then run located at a height of around 13,000 feet including curtailed yatra but in the end to the similar circumstances. to rapes and other women-relat- keep talking on mobile and the Terming Kumari's advice of away and smartphones are also in the South Kashmir district of a unanimous decision was taken to pre- The Shrine board is also expected ed crimes and also appealed to matter reaches a point where they depriving girls of mobile phones being used to watch inappropri- Anantnag in the wake of prevailing sit- vent the mass assembly of pilgrims from to continue the live telecast/ virtual dar- parents that they should monitor elope to marry. I urge the parents, as wrong, UPWC vice-president, ate content. On being quizzed as uation due to Covid-19 pandemic. different states to prevent it from shan of the morning and evening Aarti the phones of their daughters. especially the mothers, to moni- Anju Chaudhary said that it was to how mobile phones were linked The yatra was scheduled to begin becoming a super spreader event. from the holy cave shrine. The Shrine During a public hearing of tor their daughters as their care- not a solution to sexual violence to rapes, the UPWC member from June 28. According to highly placed sources, board authorities had launched online complaints at ‘Mahila Jansunwai’ lessness could lead to crimes against women. “Instead of saying said, “On a daily basis, I hear com- A formal announcement is expect- “Chairman of the Shrine Board Lt registration of the pilgrims across dif- programme in Aligarh on against women.” After a video of that we should not give mobile plaints of at least 20 women and ed to be made soon by the Shrine board Governor Manoj Sinha has also been ferent centres of Punjab National Bank. Wednesday, replying to a querry Meena Kumari’s queer conjecture phones to girls, we should be 5-6 cases related to friendships on functionaries after convening the meet- briefed about the prevailing ground sit- The same was,however, suspended on on sharp rise in cases of rape, and suggestions became viral on teaching them not to chat with phones and its fallouts. In some ing of the board members. uation and the available options before April 22 in the wake of a surge in the UPWC member Meena Kumari the internet, the UP Women's strangers and educate them on the cases, girls were lured and then According to highly placed sources the final announcement”. number of cases of Coronavirus. said, “There is a lot of strictness Commission distanced itself from safe use of phones,” she said. sexually abused.” 7 : ; / four aides locked them up in a five people were arrested after room and later sexually assault- a video went viral on social 8 9 n a brazen incident of depri- ed two of the girls. After being media in which they were seen Ivation and torture, five peo- released some hours later, the molesting a 16-year-old girl in 7 members of the accused ten- ple locked up three sisters and victims lodged a complaint a sugarcane field on dered an apology on their gangraped two of them for with Phoolbehar police Wednesday. Dalit man was allegedly behalf on the same day, they demanding their daily wages at station. As per reports, the sleazy Abeaten to death by a group added. Phoolbehar area of Lakhimpur SP of Lakhimpur Kheri, video showed a minor girl of youths after a tiff over a On June 5, the accused Kheri on June 4. Vijay Dhull said, “The girls being dragged into a field, poster with BR Ambedkar's sought revenge for this by All five accused were have recorded their statement stripped off her clothes and five photograph put up outside his assaulting Bamnia with the arrested four days after the before the court and also iden- persons abusing and threaten- house in Rajasthan's help of four others. crime was committed and were tified the five accused. Medical ing her. After the video sur- Hanumangarh district, police After the attack, the victim sent to jail. examination of the sisters was faced, the police ascertained the said on Thursday. was admitted at a private hos- As per reports, the three also conducted. After gathering identity of the perpetrators On May 24, Anil Sihag and pital in Sri Ganganagar in a sisters, aged 18, 20 and 22 years, circumstantial and forensic and arrested Udayraj, Saurabh Rakesh Sihag tore the poster critical condition. He suc- went to work at Mohan evidence, the perpetrators were Verma, Ram Lagan, Pillu and put up outside the house of cumbed to injuries on June 7, Kumar’s farm at Phoolbehar arrested and sent to jail. The Ramu from a village on Vinod Bamnia, 22, a Bhim police said. area on June 4. There were four accused were charged under Wednesday. The police said Army member, they said. The accused Anil Sihag other men at the farm. Sections 376d (gangrape) and that the video was filmed on After Bamnia and his and Rakesh Sihag were arrest- After a day’s work, when 506 (criminal intimidation) of May 31. An FIR was lodged family raised objections, locals ed along with their friends – the siblings asked for their the Indian Penal Code.” against the accused and they # O02 !! O3 &2$ 4# intervened and the family Saksham and Haidar Ali. payments, Mohan Kumar and Meanwhile in Balrampur, were sent to jail. !"#$!&!'"( )$*+, +
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Showcasing bruises rather got busy framing the macabre. them as writing fiction. One ical education emphasises on ) " S & # # $ than the breakthroughs achieved, In the process, it inflicted thing is clear, the western teaching and “patient commu- the Opposition and media incalculable psychological 40 press has no appetite for any nications” as key soft skills and offered their own narrow politics trauma and emotional scars on 68 meaningful engagement with management subject area. *%) 2, and collective depravity. They an entire generation. 0 the country, its aspiration or its Doctors require training on gravely compounded the confu- Foreign media laid bare trials and tribulations. how to deliver critical health sion and trauma of the common their fangs. They have dissed 33 Also, perplexing amidst all information to public and man with their insensitive utter- us before and their continued this was the hyper-ventilating elicit trust and confidence ances and reporting, with lasting interest in framing narratives doctors posting emotionally among it. Most practising consequences. But are only politi- for India — as an inferior 0 charged appeals on social doctors seem to be incapable cians and media to be blamed? nation that can’t get anything 6 media. Such outbursts need- of drawing upon this vital skill. Reckless public flouting rules right — continues with charm- lessly created further panic Finally, a citizenry with exacerbated it. In a country like ing regularity. Misrepresenting 6 5$ among the common public. no individual responsibility India, it can be a recipe for dis- India pays rich dividends to 5465 Maybe the intent was to spread and expecting everything to aster. It is akin to offering the the western press. Their awareness on the ruthlessness be done by the Government pandemic vector, velocity and entrenched prejudices towards of the pandemic — but it com- is sheer delinquency. An irre- virulence, all at the same time. No our country fail to meet the 3 0 pounded hopelessness. We sponsible and devil-may-care wonder the country was on the journalistic standards they can’t afford doctors, our front- attitude of the citizens was skids in the second wave. avow to follow. They hunted 3 line workers, to break down visible all through the pan- The mayhem on TV news for stories at the burial and be seen shaken and help- demic. Nothing will work channels gave the impression that grounds. Invading the privacy less. It sends a jarring message. unless we do! States and their administrators of families, without consent, Imagine a soldier at our bor- (The author is a commu- were running like headless chick- they gleefully and luridly cap- ders broadcasting to the world nications specialist based in ens. Common sense, sensitivity tured drone shots of burning all the hardships he is suffer- New Delhi. The views and conscience were also given pyres. The western press ing on duty, would that be expressed are personal.)
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("* ($((()%( 1&" $* # ! the RTPCR test but turn out to be positive K ))=&1 in the CT Scan, but these are not included )8)"%*%("! %) & )$( 8' '%1()")# 9 # # # ! in the official estimates. & )&$ % () & & " & )* !' !(($ ) ( ( 1)& " ) '' () ) *8 ( 1&) *)) !) ! 1') '9 %& ()( 8 # $ # ) Recently, the WHO asserted that the *))) ) *) *$( 8!()'(' 9 ( ))($(' ()%'!) # S # #$ COVID-19 death toll globally is likely to be 18 &)) & % ) )!) ($( 8)! ( ) !1%" )4 % )$ 4 ' # S 2 # significantly on the higher side rather than ( the official figure of 3.4 million. If accurate ) G-' ! ) 1 !)&%# ( * :22922D285296:29 1 "!#$ # # 5 # P! data is carried forward, experts will be in a # Q# better position to assess the nature, origin adopters or care homes should be 0,04.4+9281+: and spread of the virus and can then devise $ S # ! informed by their safety and welfare. How K =1 = ) effective mitigation steps. The rational and each child is treated must be constantly Sir — Monsoon rains mean suffering in scientific methods of data sharing, data trans- Maharashtra. What’s needed should have # # # $ and closely monitored. The vulnerability )()"**() parency and their timely dissemination are of children should not be allowed to be been done before the rains; this has to be ) !6 ! crucial to overcome the pandemic. resolved once and for all. Inundated roads, ! *)) 1 exploited. The State must intervene and ! ' * Vijay Singh Adhikari | Nainital people dying in open potholes: Such news O protect these children if the circum- !* () O ) # S stances start working against them. The are so common in India that we accept them &8 )( as normal. Eleven people died and several ) !" ## Child Welfare Departments must have an ! 1 ) Sir — It is of particular poignancy that many were injured after a residential structure col- (&( %1!(1!!(($ & # # $0 # * oversight of how these children are looked children have been orphaned by the after and brought up. lapsed on another building following heavy ' 7 # ! COVID-19 pandemic. All of a sudden, these rains in Mumbai. Heavy rain affects life year 0:310994..12: Whoever they live with, the orphaned K #= # ! # # # P Q ! kids find themselves without the loving care children inevitably feel the absence of their after year in Mumbai. The Met Department and protection of their parents. parents. However, they will feel less forsak- announces the onset of the southwest # $ The condition of these orphans is too monsoon in Maharashtra but the prepared- )&1' en if they grow up in their own social and )! ) ('9 P # 6 # # ! sorrowful to think about. It makes us con- ness touched a new low every passing year. cultural milieu. It is of some comfort to learn )() ' &!9 0 Q$ * / template on the nature of human life and that the Centre and the State Governments In the name of development, the city’s ! ) 8 &) # # S# ) # P# ! what the future holds for them. If we are are promising to help children who have lost expansion has gone out of hand and the peo- ! ()"" really a caring and humane society, we either one or both of their parents to the dis- ple suffer forever in the monsoon rains. "443$'' #) Q ) $ S # have to empathise with and take care of Gopal K Mani | Chembur ) )() ! % O #5 # ! ease. The Supreme Court has also stressed such children. the need to ensure no break in the educa- & &*))="($ # O S The decision about leaving such chil- tion of these children. dren in the care of surviving close relatives, (!"/ &P.2.1 0,54 # $ G David Milton | Tamil Nadu ,0110:.1+=4+900:BCD24,-8+D K41)%4%" !"#$!&!'"( )$*+, 6
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he second wave of the COVID-19 pan- demic has taken a vicious toll on India's health, but the economic toll has also ,4 5 66 '1(4(( been heavy, though nothing like the car- nageT seen in the first quarter of the last fiscal year, # # <: 0; ) when GDP growth crashed 23.9 per cent in ( response to the Centre's no-notice lockdown. $8& # India's GDP shrank 7.3 per cent in 2020-21 (in 0 # # real terms adjusted for inflation). This is the worst 6 # # ) ! performance of the Indian economy in any year #$* # since Independence. # # # )! Almost all the sectors have been adverse- # B # $ ly affected as domestic demand and exports ) # " sharply plummeted with some notable excep- tions where high growth was observed. A major ) $7 B ! concern of the second wave is that the virus has # # spread into India's hinterland and could wreak ) ) # $ havoc in villages, towns and small cities. # Lockdowns may help break the chain of trans- # B B ) ) # ! mission, however they will just postpone $* ) ) B another surge unless the gap period is utilized ! # ! to vaccinate the people.As of now, the coun- try's GDP growth is likely to be below the B ! expected 10 per cent. ) ) & # To complicate the situation further, the #6 # wholesale price-based inflation shot up to an all- B # ! # * # time high of 10.49 per cent in April, on rising # # $ # prices of food items, crude oil and manufactured 0 goods, and experts believe that the uptrend is 0 4 likely to continue. This is the fourth straight 55 month of uptick seen in the wholesale price index 4 (WPI)-based inflation. In March, 2021, it was 000$ 7.39 per cent. 00 that supply goods to the sector. The ployment rates is their volatility basis points (bps), with certain Centre's flagship welfare schemes have kept 5 public transportation sector is throughout the COVID-19 period exceptions. pace despite slowdown. Schemes like MGNRE- 603 already mulling a hike in rates in save those during absolute lock- But there is a huge gap in exist- GA, Ujjwala, NSAP and PM Awas Yojana have 0 view of rising operational costs. down. The volatility has some ing interest rates in comparison to seen a big jump in both physical and financial Firming international crude implications for the labour market the general existing formula. achievements in FY21 as additional succour was 3 0 oil rates and extremely high taxes and earnings. This confuses people Currently the Post Office Savings provided by the Centre to people affected by 0 levied on fuel are the key reasons as to whether to enter the labour Deposit rate is at four per cent, COVID-19. Merchandise exports surged a 54 behind the latest round of petrol market or not. This could rather whereas interest rates on many record 196 per cent year-on-year in April as the 0 and diesel price hike in the coun- lead to 'discouragement effect' in small saving instruments are high- 7 > <:? # country had witnessed a COVID-induced lock- 0 try. The biggest reason behind the sense that people might be er, like in National Savings # $ B# down throughout April last year. However, higher fuel prices in the country is dropping out of the labour force far Certificate (NSC), Kisan Vikas # # $ what comes as a pleasant surprise is that even 5$ 0 the high rate of central and state more speedily than they did before. Patra (KVP), Term Deposits, etc. 8 # ) in absolute terms, exports in April stood at $30.6 taxes. Even when international Also, they disrupt the earnings of The next review is due on June 30. billion, up almost 18 per cent from the same 4 crude oil prices plummeted in workers which would have led to In case the rates are revised down- <: # month in 2019 (before the pandemic struck). 0 3 2020 due to lower demand, Indians two effects, dis-savings (exhaustion wards, it is advisable to lock in at $ In these times, the suffering of the common 4 kept paying higher rates for petrol of the cash reserves and may be the currently available rates, where 6 ! man can't be penned in words. As mentioned 0 and diesel due to the various taxes pawning of small assets) and resort- applicable, by June 30. # # # # # $* ) before the wholesale price-based inflation has 005 levied. At the moment, Indians pay ing to fresh borrowing which could ''The prospects for the Indian 0;" ' / > ! jumped to double digits. There has been a sud- 07 one of the highest taxes on fuel in be weaker and thereby they may economy, though impacted by the <: ? # ! den surge in prices of edible oil and pulses. In 00088 the world. end up paying usurious interest second wave, remain resilient, 0;$*# ) the past few weeks, tur prices in retail markets 0 This pandemic has taught rates. As informal sectors were backed by the prospects of anoth- have been over 7,000 per quintal, which is 00 many money management lessons. impacted in terms of job losses, the er bumper rabi crop, the gathering # C # <2" almost 1,000 more than its 2020-21 MSP. Urad It hurts the most when your loved lower strata of society and daily momentum of activity in several # # ! prices are ruling even higher, at around 8,000 ones fall sick and the financial strain wage workers faced the greatest sectors of the economy till March, ) # # # # ! per quintal. The market price of moong is also to ensure that they get the best med- impact due to social distancing as especially housing, road construc- # # # $ near its MSP of 7,196 per quintal. To keep retail ical care makes the hurt a double well as reduced household income. tion, and services activity in con- ) ## # # ! prices from rising further, the central government whammy. This blow, at a time when We are all aware of the flurry of struction, freight transportation, ) $ # on Saturday allowed free import of tur, urad and a large section of the working pop- activity at the start of the current and information technology (IT),' ) ## # moong. The move, following a gap of three years, ulation has witnessed pay cuts and financial year: interest rates on small RBI said in its annual report. comes weeks before the beginning of sowing for job losses too, adds to the pressure. savings schemes, of which the post We will continue to see a surge # ) ## # ! the kharif season. As if these were not enough, work office schemes are a part, were in the gig economy across all sec- # # ) $ Fuel prices in India continued to inch from home and focus on hygiene reduced drastically through a gov- tors. Furthermore, organisations ) towards the 100-mark. The spike in diesel prices and wellness have simultaneously ernment notification, on March 31. will be tempted to move away from # ) have contributed to a growth in freight rates increased routine monthly expens- The very next day, the order was legacy models of hiring by choos- <:# 3:D> ) # across ways of transport. High transport cost es for many families. withdrawn and the erstwhile rates ing performance over pedigree. ?$* leads to increase in higher inflation, impacting Most Indian corporates expect were maintained.As per a histori- Our growing reliance on collabo- # # # industry. High fuel prices will have an impact not the ongoing pandemic to influence cal decision of the government, the rative tools and technologies, such only on people but also on the automotive sec- the direction of their business rate of interest on small savings as artificial intelligence, machine # ) ## # $ tor - a large source of employment in the coun- The author is a GST strategy over the next three schemes are aligned with the gov- learning, and cloud computing, 6 # ! specialist and analyst. try - as vehicle sales may see a sharp drop. A con- The views expressed years.What is striking about the ernment security (G-Sec) rates of will yield new skill sets and roles in ## $ B" traction in demand will impact lakhs of MSMEs are personal. trends in high-frequency unem- similar maturity with a spread of 25 the coming years. & ) # ) # # !# ! # $* <: ) POINTCOUNTERPOINT ) # # # # # ! # E # # # # # # $ * * ) ' ) * & # # <: * & # * F * # # - & ) )- ) P ) # - # $ L& L ) & -< 1 @ *7 # ! $ !# ! ! he Silly Season has nothing really new in it apart ous flying objects are really And there are squillions of emerged that long ago. Not gling all the others in their cra- come early this year. from the categorical assurance ultra-advanced Chinese or planets in the universe, so in necessarily anywhere near our dles for billions of years. And, Normally it happens in that the UFO 'sightings' were Russian technology being test- theory there could be at least a own galaxy, but if even one civil- of course, it avoids communi- August, when wicked not actually just top-secret US ed over the United States, but few zillion civilisations. isation cracked the problem of cating by means detectable to peopleT all over the northern technology. The story practical- that's utterly implausible. On the other hand, there is long-term survival, it could have dawn civilisations like our own. hemisphere temporarily stop ly took over the US media for "Any sufficiently advanced the problem of the Great Silence. spread throughout the universe I don't believe this is true, doing evil things to take their 89;;6 $ (4 a day, and much of the rest of technology is indistinguish- As physicist Enrico Fermi put it in less than one billion years even but it COULD be true. It would children to the beach and enjoy the world's as well. Even read- able from magic,", as Arthur C. back in 1950: "Where is every- without faster-than-light travel. certainly provide a justification the last of the summer. With no ers of this column asked me to Clarke's Third Law puts it, but body?" The universe is very old, Would it subsequently for the presence of an bad news to report, desperate comment on it. at no time in modern history so if civilisations were common, allow rival civilisations to autonomous monitoring sys- journalists will run any story, The only reason that have the major powers of this and long-lived enough to devel- emerge, some of which would tem set to report to home base however silly. UFOs/UAPs were such excel- planet been that far apart in op interstellar travel, then they certainly be dangerous to it? Or about any emerging civilisation Why is it Silly Season in lent media fodder in their technology. Besides, one does would have spread throughout would it constantly monitor problem on Earth (and on a June this year? Because the US heyday in the 1950s, and that not test one's most advanced where no obvious explanation the universe by now. Their planets with life to ensure that bajillion other planets with Department of Defence has they are making a comeback flight technology over what is is available. However, that does existence would be obvious. if any such rivals do emerge, it life)- or just to destroy the new announced that it will release now, is the hope and/or fear potentially enemy territory. not entitle us to assume that we That is Fermi's 'Paradox'. It's can destroy them before they civilisation automatically once a report on 'Unidentified Aerial that 'the aliens are among us.' Then there are all the sug- are being watched by aliens. seventy years old, and still became dangerous? it has crossed a certain thresh- Phenomena' (UAPs), which is 'Flying saucers', in other words, gestions that the UFOs are opti- I'm not saying that 'aliens' unanswered. However, there is It's a far-fetched hypothe- old. What I find completely what people who want to The author is a Gwynne controlled by aliens who may cal illusions, meteorological don't exist. The fact that life has one chilling possibility that sis, but it's completely rational incredible is the notion that sound grown-up say instead of Dyer's new book is or may not be friendly. phenomena or electromagnet- emerged on this planet shows some experts do take seriously. and it would resolve Fermi's such a ruthless, universal, bil- 'Unidentified Flying Objects' 'Growing Pains: The There are rival, non-alien- ic events. Most alleged UFO at least the possibility that it Conditions in the universe Paradox. Yes, the universe is full lions-of-years-old civilisation (UFOs). Future of Democracy related explanations, but they sightings undoubtedly do fit exists on other planets too. have been suitable for life for at of life, but no, there are not a would be monitoring us with (and Work).' The views The key parts of the report expressed are personal. all fail. For example, there is the into one of those categories, but Same goes for intelligent life least the past ten billion years, so lot of civilisations: one of the devices that we can actually see. were leaked at once, and there's hypothesis that these mysteri- there is a residue of cases and technological civilisations. the first civilisations might have earliest ones has been stran- That does not compute. !"#$!&!'"( )$*+, 7
8 A87 <- 8D 7A 5 @ 2 33 @ / R 4 / 7 4 Ambassador to China Andrey sovereignty of democracies in US temporarily easing ten- takes toward Russia. ; Denisov told China’s state-run the United States, Europe and sions with Russia is “very short- Denisov said that Russia ussia will not alienate Global Times on Thursday. elsewhere.” sighted.” welcomes any measures that ; RChina to improve its rela- In his virtual media inter- Reflecting China’s con- “Russia is smarter than reduce tensions and competi- tions with America, a top action with the foreign media cerns, the Global Times quot- Americans think,” he said. tion, but they are also very cau- Russian diplomat said on on June 3, Putin told Xinhua ed analysts as saying that while He said Russia does not tious about what they can Thursday, days ahead of a cru- news agency that Russia-China it would be hard to break the expect impossible outcomes expect from Russian-American cial summit meeting between relations have reached an ice in US-Russia relations, the from the Biden-Putin summit relations, especially in the con- US President Joe Biden and his “unprecedentedly high level” US may stabilize relations and and the two sides are unlikely text of the very tense relation- 7 4 Russian counterpart Vladimir and the two sides have exten- ease tensions with Russia so as to resolve important issues at ship between the two countries. Putin. sive shared interests between to concentrate on dealing with the meeting. He said Russia is a “realist” hina’s Parliament on Biden will meet Putin in them. China. The ambassador noted that and does not expect impossi- CThursday passed the Anti- Geneva on June 16 to discuss But there is considerable As a result, the Geneva if the two leaders talk about ble outcomes, and the summit foreign Sanctions Law, provid- a full range of issues, a first anxiety in Beijing over the meeting may become an issues related to China during is not likely to resolve impor- ing a comprehensive legal cover face-to-face interaction Biden-Putin summit as opportunity to lobby Russia, it their meeting, Russia will dis- tant issues between the two for blocking foreign sanctions between the two leaders amid Washington may try to soften said. In response to this view, cuss them with the Chinese countries. A better outcome is against Chinese officials and escalating US-Russia tensions. the Russian leader’s efforts to On his arrival in London what I will tell him. I am going Denisov told the daily that the side. He stressed that Russia- one that sets conditions for entities and protecting them “Russia won’t alienate forge close ties with China for G-7 summit on Wednesday, to communicate that there are idea that Russia would alienate China relations will not change resolving problems in the against the long-arm China over the US,” Russian against the US and EU. Biden said, “I will tell Putin consequences for violating the China over the possibility of the no matter what attitude the US future, he said. jurisdiction, especially from the US. The law was passed by the 3 5 43 Standing Committee of the 3 < National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s national legis- 2 lature. E The law was passed in the 4 rate charges against Suu Kyi in & backdrop of the US and EU court on Monday. countries slapping sanctions he Anti-Corruption Suu Kyi’s supporters say all against a number of Chinese TCommission in military- of the charges are politically 4 entities and officials over alle- ruled Myanmar has found that motivated and an attempt to CPN-UML after the erstwhile 0 : gations of human rights viola- ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi discredit her and legitimize t least one-quarter of the Nepal Communist Party tions against Muslim Uyghurs accepted bribes and misused the military’s seizure of power. Apeople in Myanmar’s epal’s embattled Prime (NCP) was dissolved. 7 C 0D immediately respond to in Xinjiang and the imposition her authority to gain advanta- The coup has been wildly smallest state have been forced NMinister KP Sharma Oli The other faces are Janta requests for comment. of China’s national security geous terms in real estate deals, unpopular among Myanmar’s to flee their homes because of on Thursday expanded his Samajbadi Party (JSP)’s Raj sraeli troops shot and killed Israeli media reported that law in Hong Kong. government-controlled media people, who voted over- combat with the military junta Cabinet for the second time in Kishor Yadav (Minister for Ithree Palestinians, including special forces went into Jenin to reported Thursday. whelmingly for Suu Kyi’s that seized power in February, a week amid widespread criti- Industry, Commerce and two security officers, in a arrest two operatives from the 835( Suu Kyi’s lawyers already National League for raising fears of a possible cism and the ongoing political Supply) and Nainakala Thapa shootout that erupted in the Islamic Jihad militant group /45//*18 denied the allegations when Democracy party in last year’s humanitarian tragedy includ- crisis in the Himalayan nation. ( Minister for Communication occupied West Bank town of when they came under fire. they were first raised three general election after a first ing thousands of civilian Oli is heading a minority and Information Technology). Jenin during what appeared to One of the Palestinian suspects months ago by the military five-year term in office. deaths, a UN expert has said. government after losing a trust be an Israeli arrest raid was killed, in addition to the regime that toppled her elect- If convicted of any of the The UN special rapporteur vote in the House last month. overnight, Palestinian officials two security officers, the media ed government in a February offenses, Suu Kyi could be on the situation of human According to the Office of 1(&(( 1) said Thursday. reports said. &29C>+> 9# ( coup. The commission’s find- banned from running in the rights in Myanmar, Tom the President, the Cabinet now Israel and the Palestinian 1&&()% #(% *) ings come as prosecutors are set next election, should there be Andrews, on Wednesday called has a total of 25 members with !( 0 O( ! Authority coordinate security (),L' ' && to present their case on sepa- one. for international pressure on the induction of seven new 1(() ) ) operations in the territory : ' " * *) % O( the junta to deprive it of the ministers and a minister of against Hamas and other mil- # %) ! (& 1 (&$ resources needed “to continue state. 1 ) *1% )( itant groups seen as a threat to these brutal attacks on the In the latest rejig, Khagraj both of them. & people of Myanmar.” Adhikari, a close confidante of Kathmandu: A Constitutional The coordination has con- $ “Mass deaths from starva- Oli, has been given the portfo- Bench of Nepal’s Supreme tributed to mounting anger at $ ;& +.8+ "1(! (& ) tion, disease and exposure could lio of the Ministry of Home Court hearing petitions against the PA among Palestinians. "1(() ' 1((O(0 & (# occur in Kayah state after many Affairs, MyRepublica news the dissolution of the House of A spokesman for Washington: The Biden admin- * 1 (&8# *( of the 100,000 forced to flee into website reported. Adhikari had Representatives has refused to Palestinian President istration is laying the ground- ' ' & =1 *,. ) ($ forests from junta bombs are earlier served as the Health entertain any further arguments Mahmoud Abbas condemned work for a renewed push to now cut off from food, water and Minister in the Sushil Koirala- on its composition, saying the what he called a “dangerous encourage more Arab countries ' ' medicine by the junta,” he said led Cabinet. issues raised by the petitioners Israeli escalation,” saying the to sign accords with Israel and ) in remarks posted on Twitter. The home minister post are of grave public concern three were killed by Israeli working to strengthen existing )0902 &) was vacant after the Supreme and require to be sorted out. special forces who disguise deals after last month’s devastat- * () O(1 '& !) Court on May 20 scrapped the President Bidya Devi themselves as Arabs during ing war in the Gaza Strip inter- &)))* appointment of seven minis- Bhandari, at the recommendation arrest raids. rupted those diplomatic efforts. ) (%((" &9,J ) ters, including Ram Bahadur of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, The spokesman, Nabil Abu The embrace of the so- ()& ) & &(L' (& Thapa who was leading the had dissolved the House for the Rdeneh, called on the interna- called Abraham Accords is a ) )# & ) * M8( Home Ministry, saying they second time in five months on tional community and the rare carryover of a signature % ! 1 ) (' ' ) ( were not lawmakers. May 22 and announced snap elec- United States to intervene to Trump administration policy () !) ( & % Oli dissolved the House a tions on November 12 and halt such attacks. The Israeli by President Joe Biden and ( !*) *( &) day later. Thapa had joined the November 19. PTI military and police did not other Democrats. AP ! ((" & ($ # * +,+D3+ *! )* 1( ' &) )( ) ! 1(" &)!)& 0 #$ !"#$!&!'"( )$*+, !9
9 E &() &( ) J.R ) ( ' =!) ..)(' ) * " )# ," 6.: 0 F ./ 1 1( * &(&1) L & & ' !'' !) 8(#1 * ) / / 5/ 8 79:03 83 per cent developers are working with less than half the ver 95 per cent developers workforce, and over 82 per cent ousing prices in India fell Oin the country expect of developers are facing project ndia's export of agricultural H1.6% in January-March delays in project completion approval delays. ndia's GDP growth has been Iand allied products in 2020- this year compared to the same due to the second wave of Harsh Vardhan Patodia, Iprojected at 8.5 per cent in 21 grew by 17.34 per cent to period of 2020 and the country Covid-19, according to a sur- President, CREDAI National, FY22, said ratings agency USD 41.25 billion, and this stands low at 55th rank in a vey by the Confederation of said: "The real estate sector ICRA. growth momentum is expect- global list based on annual Real Estate Developers' showed tremendous resilience As per the ratings agency, ed to be sustained in the cur- price appreciation, according to Associations of India in bouncing back on a cautious the year-on-year (YoY) growth rent fiscal as well, a top gov- Knight Frank. Turkey is at (CREDAI). recovery path post the first of GDP and gross value added ernment official said on number one position with 32% The survey also showed wave, despite little relief mea- (GVA) at basic prices (at con- Thursday. USD 29.81 billion in 2020-21 as rise in prices during January- that developers feel relief mea- sures. stant 2011-12 prices) is expect- Commerce Secretary Anup compared to USD 23.23 billion March 2021 compared to the sures from the government ""However, the second ed to reach 8.5 per cent and 7.3 Wadhawan said huge growth in 2019-20. first quarter of 2020 calendar and the Reserve Bank of India wave has prompted us to reflect per cent respectively, in has been seen in the export of "Agriculture Exports have year. India has moved one (RBI) are of utmost necessity to and re-evaluate the growth FY2022. account the likely higher outgo disposable income, and less cereals, non-basmati rice, performed well during 2020-2. place up at 55th rank and is avoid delay. path of the industry, and we felt "If vaccine coverage is towards food subsidies by the pent-up replacement demand wheat, millets, maize and other After remaining stagnant ahead of only Spain in the list The CREDAI report noted it was vital to assess the chal- accelerated following the re- Government of India (GoI) in in FY2022 relative to FY2021. coarse grains. for the past three years (USD of 56 countries worldwide. In that these delays are attributed lenges faced by the customers centralised procurement poli- FY2022, relative to the bud- "Notwithstanding the The largest markets for 38.43 billion in 2017-18, USD the previous report released in to a range of factors, with 92 and industry partners in light cy, the GDP expansion in geted level, following the deci- expectation of a normal mon- India's agricultural products are 38.74 billion in 2018-19 and March this year, India's ranking per cent developers experi- of the recent developments," he FY2022 may be as high as 9.5 sion to provide free food grains soon buffering the prospects the US, China, Bangladesh, USD 35.16 billion 2019-20), the was 56th. Property consultant encing labour shortage at sites, said. per cent, with a widening in May-November 2021." for crop output and less reverse UAE, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, exports of agriculture and allied Knight Frank on Thursday upside in Q3 FY2022 and Q4 Besides, it has excluded migration in 2021 compared to Indonesia, Nepal, Iran and products (including marine released its research report FY2022," the rating agency the impact of the release of 2020, we expect the combina- Malaysia. He also informed and plantation products) dur- 'Global House Price Index - Q1 said. food subsidy arrears in FY2021, tion of the sharp rise in rural that exports have taken place ing 2020-21 jumped to USD 2021'. It tracks the movement in For the full year, ICRA based on the clarification pro- infections, loss of employment from several clusters for the 41.25 billion, an increase of mainstream residential prices expects the GDP growth to vided by the National Statistical as well as remittances to weak- first time, for instance, the 17.34 per cent," Wadhwan said. across 56 countries and terri- exceed the GVA growth by 120 Office (NSO). en the rural sentiment and export of fresh vegetables and Further, as many as 18 tories globally. As per the latest basis points, based on the Furthermore, ICRA con- demand." mangoes from Varanasi, and states -- including Maharashtra, report, Turkey continues to expectations related to the tinues to expect a prolonged Moreover, the demand for black Rice from Chandauli. Kerala, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, lead the annual rankings with value of taxes on products and negative impact of the second contact-intensive services will Exports of only agricultural Assam, Punjab, and Karnataka prices up by 32 % year-on-year subsidies on products in wave on consumer sentiment revive gradually, as the Covid- products (excluding marine -- have finalised their specific (YoY), followed by New FY2022. and demand with healthcare 19 vaccinations become more and plantation products) action plan to implement the Zealand (22.1 per cent) and "ICRA has taken into and fuel expenses eating into widespread. increased by 28.36 per cent to Agri export policy. Luxembourg (16.6%). & ( &1() # +' &!(1) ( " (!) ! * * (.,R 35L, ' ) " 1) ) ( %& &( ! $# ! ! % ! New Delhi: Setting new bench- reported the highest order (('1 * marks in the e-commerce volume growth of 192 per cent, #'+,+,/ 8 industry amid the pandemic, while kids' wear has been the !" # % #)( 4 ) the online Fashion industry in biggest gainer with over 200 per (E1 ) India continued to demon- cent order volume growth New Delhi:The Government strate overall 51 per cent online. on Thursday said the coal sec- growth in FY21 and 66 per cent According to the 'Fashion quity benchmarks returned s employment rate contin- tor is facing a bit of headwind growth on various brand web- e-commerce Report' by Eto winning ways on ndia's overall vehicle regis- Aues to worsen amid the from the financial markets and sites, a new report showed on Unicommerce, an e-commerce, Thursday after two days of Itrations declined by 54.79 per second wave of Covid-19, the that could be one of the reasons Thursday. focused supply-chain, SaaS declines as investors snapped cent on a sequential basis in Centre for Monitoring Indian for global players not partici- Tier 3 cities and beyond technology platform. up financial, pharma and IT May 2021. Economy (CMIE) has said that pating in commercial coal mine stocks amid firm Asian cues. Similarly, the data released the Indian labour market is in auctions. The 30-share BSE Sensex by the Federation of its worst condition since April- This comes after Coal soared 358.83 points or 0.69 Automobile Dealers May last year, when the whole Minister Pralhad Joshi earlier 4*(: per cent to finish at 52,300.47. Associations (FADA) showed a country was under lockdown. exuded confidence that in the Intra-day, the index swung decline of 70.60 per cent dur- Data published by CMIE next round of auctions, there between a high of 52,346.35 ing the month under review showed that the unemploy- would be participation from & ) and a low of 51,957.92. from the level of May 2019. ment rate, which reached 11.9 global players. 21129>/,215/: &! (( Similarly, the broader NSE Accordingly, vehicle regis- per cent in May 2021, contin- The process for the second ))() & *80 ())1) Nifty climbed 102.40 points or tration stood at 5,35,855 units ued to rise during early June. round of auctions for com- 0! ! &! *(#') 0.65 per cent to end at 15,737.75. in May 2021, compared to The 30-day moving aver- mercial mining -- in which 67 1')( '1)) *(! ( Bajaj Finance topped the Sensex 18,22,566 units reported for the age unemployment rate as of blocks are up for sale -- is !%'1( ! 1)% )()( gainers' chart, rallying 7.29 per corresponding period of 2019 June 6, 2021, was 13 per cent. underway. ) 8)& * &! cent, followed by Bajaj FinServ, and 11,85,374 units in April Further, the labour partic- * *! %' (! % * SBI, IndusInd Bank, Dr Reddy's, 2021. Segment wise, registra- ipation rate, that had fallen to 1') O,,, () ) Tech Mahindra, ITC and Kotak tion of personal vehicles 40 per cent, has fallen further * &1) *!(( L-L,$ Bank. On the other hand, Bajaj declined by 63.70 per cent on to 39.7 per cent and the most *() 8($P.#(' Auto, Maruti, HCL Tech, a sequential basis and 58.96 per important labour market indi- 1%8!% % *1 19 UltraTech Cement, PowerGrid, cent from May 2019 levels to cator, the employment rate, "(& # & %) ONGC and Nestle suffered loss- 85,733 units. which had fallen to 35.3 per ! * &0 !8 )&% *)) '% ()"19! = " es.Of the 30 shares in the Sensex Similarly, two-wheeler reg- cent in May, dropped to 34.6 ' )( )! 1 ) $ ) Q--! %' ( &()& pack, 23 ended with gains. istration fell by 52.52 per cent per cent by June 6, 2021. )!%'1(C )1D( !)! %% !% ) )'!% ) "Ahead of US inflation data and on a sequential basis and 71.08 "The Indian labour market (( $ % '!)&()?(( ?! ) 1()) & European Central Bank policy per cent from May 2019 levels is in its worst condition since 71 L-L,$ meeting outcome, Indian equi- to 4,10,757 units. the nation-wide lockdown ties reflected its Asian counter- Notably, tractor retail sales months of April and May #G #* ** parts to trade on a positive note. declined. 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volving as a designer is all vide us with a wide array of inspira- intricate nature of the plot. So the about juxtaposing various tion to draw upon and that reflects in colour palette, fabrics, embroideries, 0* 0 " Elayers of your life over your both our couture collections as well prints and other surface ornamenta- craft. At times, it involves research as the work we do for styling tions all have to be worked out and technique exploration, some- Bollywood projects. We feel that accordingly. We do extensive research ! # ! # times, it is about interaction with whenever the audience sees our film on the characters we are working on artisans and creative individuals, costumes either on celluloid or in real and always try to imbibe the cultur- he British Academy of Film can bring for them in the years and other times, it is more life, they should take back something al and historical influences into each Tand Television Arts to come.” instinctive and spontaneous. new from it every time and keep revis- character’s look and garments. (BAFTA) announced the names The complete list of the Celebrities from various fields iting it in their thoughts even after the For all the films, we have done in of the 10 selected participants selected 10 promising talents, such as cinema, theatre, dance, end credits have rolled. That is the the past and are currently working on, for its talent initiative, BAFTA drawn from the film, games music and sports make interest- underlying effect we want to have on our endeavour has always been to not Breakthrough India. The select- and television industries in ing muses for designers all over the audience through the clothes we just make costumes but clothes that ed participants include A India is Renu Savant, Jay Pinak the world. These muses lend make. have subliminal layers, that speak a Suitable Boy actress Tanya Oza, Tanya Maniktala, Akshay their own personality to the Working on Bollywood projects language, express the various nuances Maniktala, Scam 1992 writer Singh, Vikram Singh, creations and tend to bring such as Padmaavat and Housefull 4 is of the plot and bring out the cinemat- Sumit Purohit and Gully Boy Karthikeya Murthy, Palomi the garments to life. They not just about creating stunning gar- ic journeys the characters undertake cinematographer Jay Pinak Oza Ghosh, Arun Karthick, Shruti are trendsetters that people ments but also depicting the creative as they make their way through the among others. Ghosh, Sumit Purohit. admire and emulate. We team’s vision for the characters and the narrative. As designers, we tend to While the talent initiative is “India is one of the world’s have always strived to storyline as authentically as explore new dimensions of detailing in partnership with Netflix, great centres of storytelling. make a statement with possible. The costumes have to through the entire exercise of design- the talents are selected by a jury Despite these tough times, it our muses from var- evolve in the same way the ing costumes and styling them for a of industry experts including was incredible to see such ious fields, look of every character evolves film project. The process of creating Anupam Kher, Monika amazing Indian talent apply Bollywood being one through the film. Working the costumes for Bollywood projects Shergill, Mira Nair and across genres. It served as a of them. with celebrities such as is always one of constant evolu- Siddharth Roy Kapur. reminder of the tremendous As designers, our design Deepika Padukone, tion, a new learning experience AR Rahman, BAFTA opportunities for new talent, philosophy has always been Ranveer Singh, Shahid every day. It is interesting for Breakthrough India ambas- fresh voices, and untold stories “more is less”. We have Kapur and Akshay us, as designers, how our per- sador and jury chair, said, “The that can travel nationwide and never shied away from Kumar means that we ception of drama in clothes quality of outstanding applica- around the world,” Monika maximalism. RAH cre- need to strike the right also undergoes a change while tions from across the film, Shergill, VP, content, Netflix ations tend to have sever- balance between the working on these projects. games, and television industries India. al colours, techniques, actors’ reel and real per- Besides working on the was overwhelming, compelling Amanda Berry OBE, chief embroideries, cultural sonas when it comes to films, we regularly work with a the jury to select 10 deserving executive of BAFTA, said: “We and historical references styling them. These pow- number of celebs for their per- Indian talents as part of the launched Breakthrough in the layered over each other. erhouses of talent tend to sonal appearances. The idea of Breakthrough initiative this UK eight years ago and since Recreating generic flo- dive in and wholly collaborating with people from year, rather than five as origi- then have recognised and sup- rals and Mughal imbibe their characters. various fields of the arts is nally planned. This itself serves ported over 160 talented indi- motifs alone have There are times, on set always an exciting prospect for as a huge testament to the viduals. We have seen previous never been a way of that, one feels that we a designer. Couture is all about level of creative talent India has Breakthroughs thrive in their design for us. Our are interacting with the expression, and the synergy to offer. As our country faces careers with many going on to take on design and character and not the created by working with a fel- unprecedented times, we are become BAFTA-winners and its process is holistic actor; and the clothes low creative individual helps in hopeful to launch yet another nominees. I am absolutely and intuitive. The have to be in sync with creating fashion that is art. cohort very soon, as we do thrilled that Breakthrough has same comes into the characters’ moods as Dressing Bollywood celebrities def- believe that this programme now been extended to India; play when we make well as the overall flow of the initely help us to connect with our offers an opportunity of a life- congratulations to our partic- costumes for our narrative, bringing out the target audience who tend to look up time for Indian talent and I ipants and welcome to the Bollywood projects. Our love for both character’s arc, the underly- to celebs for their sartorial style and look forward to seeing the new growing BAFTA Breakthrough travel as well as vintage textiles pro- ing emotions as well the get inspired by them. opportunities Breakthrough family.” 7 H /4(1$ /553
6 6 t was in 2019 when actor Yami # IGautam and filmmaker Aditya Dhar worked together on Uri: The Surgical Strike, and from there began a beautiful love story. The ( # & couple recently tied the knot in an intimate wedding ceremony and left # ! $ the netizens excited with their big happy news. As their wedding pic- tures continue to brighten up our feeds, we decoded Yami Gautam’s ! complete bridal look. ! 9 4% Speaking of Yami’s bridal ensemble, she wore her mother’s 33- ! years-old traditional maroon silk saree with the drape featuring intri- " 2 cate gold work. Meanwhile, it was the blouse that really stood out for # ! us as it had floral motifs all over. Making for the perfect bridal look, arenting is tough and a long pan- time productively. When faced with ments, treasure hunt for a book ly. Exposure to face paced videos her entire ensemble was layered Pdemic has made it tougher. such a difficult-looking situation, name, cooking together and so with high volume that children are with a matching dupatta which was Parents end up spending a full one of the best ways is to talk to them many more. There is no end to pos- glued too like zombies are a defi- especially gifted to her by her working day around children due to about the challenge and together sibilities but if you are still lost, just nite no. Engaging children with maternal grandmother. Even the current work-from-home come up with a win-win solution. think about how you spent your technology that enables them to though Yami’s grandmother could- arrangements. The nature and mode childhood and create that magic day-dream, think deeply and pro- n’t be a part of the wedding celebra- of work no longer allow them to con- Plan daily schedule of your child around it. mote self-expression can have a tions, she sent her blessings to the trol their usage of mobile and lap- Children love predictability and positive impact. Technological beautiful couple. tops. Work hours have also extend- depending on their age can be Share stories about your childhood solutions aimed for parents with a The entire look came together ed, leaving little time to spend involved in the plan. Often we are Children love to hear about our bank of engaging ideas are also with heirloom jewellery as she mindfully with children. Kids who surprised at how beautifully they fol- childhood. Sharing stories about our always welcome. wore an antique regal gold choker should have been spending a major low a plan which they ‘think’ is made own journeys and the wonderful fun set, maang tikka and kalire decorat- part of their day at schools and parks by them. To start with, negotiate an ways we grew up always has a great Be consistent and firm ed with cowries and coconut, along are now glued to the screens for their acceptable screen-time schedule in impact. Listening to these stories To start this journey towards a with the traditional Pahaadi- pure love. She always dreamt of hav- online school and often lack other the weekly planner and make sure deepen our bond with our kids, and ‘screen-free’ childhood, the first Himachali nose ring (nath), which ing a very intimate wedding cere- options. Their real physical world of both parent and the child stick to it. makes conversations and stories an step is to believe that screen-free was again gifted to her by her mony and it seems like that is exact- learning and expression has shrunk Timely sleep and proper diet should important part of our lives. Many childhood is possible. We, as par- grandmother. ly what she manifested. Due to the to Zooms and Google-meets for be part of this schedule too. stories can often be created to help ents, need to believe that we can Staying true to her personal ongoing pandemic in the country, online school and their day is filled a child with the challenges they are achieve this even in a pandemic- style of being subtle and low-glam, the couple decided to opt for a low- with hours of fast-paced videos. In Keep a fun activity planned for the facing and help them navigate an hit time. And like any other habit, Yami chose to do her own makeup key wedding with only their respec- this new normal, screens are becom- weekend acceptable solution. Stories are pow- consistency is the key. All we have and kept it minimal. Impressively, tive families present on their spe- ing an acceptable part of daily rou- Based on the child’s interests, we erful and can help everyone unwind to do is to walk this journey step that not only suited her face but cial day. tine and are resulting in challenging can create weekend fun activities that beautifully and often leaves a lasting by step and find our right balance enhanced her features as well. Meanwhile, on the work front, behaviours that could have short- the child can look forward to. It is impact on critical thinking, vocab- and just stick to it. And when Simple black khol and red lips with Yami has some interesting films term and long-term impacts. important to keep the activity screen ulary as well as oral form of self- things get crazy and we need some soft blush completed the lined up like adventure comedy We all know that children and free and build up excitement for it. expression. strength, we can always remember look. For the unversed, Yami’s hair source revealed, “Yami truly made Bhoot Police, Behzad Khambata’s screens are not made for each other. There is no need for elaborate our screen-free childhood and was done by her doting sister for the prettiest bride. It was every- directorial A Thursday, Maddock Children are meant to play and we arrangements. Simplicity works Use technology in the right way wonders around it. Surilie Gautam. thing that Yami wished for it to be Films’ Dasvi and Aniruddha Roy all need to pause so we can choose wonders; a board game night, music Not all technology is bad. (The writer is the founder of a Opening up about the same, a — simple, intimate and radiating Chowdhury’s Lapata among others. wisely on how to engage our kids' composition without actual instru- However, we need to choose wise- screen-free audio app for children.) /4(1$ 3'<(4
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On the pitch, France will be Gareth Southgate’s young side “It will be the perfect opportu- firm favourites despite being one could take advantage of playing nity to show the world that Europe of the few traditional giants not to most of their games at Wembley. is adapting. Europe is alive and cel- have any games at home. The England have never before 2 < ebrating life. Europe is back.” world champions’ first match is in reached a European The clearest illustration of that Munich against Germany on Championship final, but captain * is set to come from Budapest, where Tuesday. Harry Kane believes the team will 7 ) it is hoped the new Puskas Arena “All the other countries envy start their bid in a ‘better place’ he delayed Euro 2020 tourna- 2 -0 B 7 ) will be packed to capacity. us,” said a recent front page of than they were before reaching ment will finally get underway 235 #.3 3.#02/< But the majority of the 11 French sports daily L’ E q u i p e the 2018 World Cup semi-finals. Ton Friday, a year behind venues, all in different countries, will underneath pictures of Kylian schedule, with Covid still set to cast The team even had to name a only be partially-filled for matches, Mbappe, Karim Benzema and UKRAINE, RUSSIA IN SHIRT a shadow over the event. ‘parallel’ squad of 17 reserve players, although Denmark on Thursday Antoine Griezmann. ROW The continent-wide event, first fearing a possible wider outbreak in announced it would lift mask rules All eyes will be on 33-year-old UEFA has also demanded envisaged by then-UEFA president the official 26-man squad. and allow 25,000 fans, instead of forward Benzema, who was that Ukraine make changes to its Michel Platini when he announced Although captain Busquets still 16,000, to attend games in recalled after an international jersey after Russia complained. the tournament would be held has Covid, Llorente’s test result will Copenhagen. exile of five-and-a-half years fol- European football’s governing across Europe, will be played in front allay fears that the first-choice side Munich aims to host a mini- lowing a prolific season for Real body said the message ‘Glory to of limited crowds and with strict might have to miss Spain’s opening mum of 14,500 fans — around 22 Madrid. our Heroes’, a rallying cry during health restrictions in place. game against Sweden in Seville on percent of the Allianz Arena’s capac- Holders Portugal, with a star- the 2014 anti-Russia protests in The action gets under way at Monday. ity, the lowest of the stadiums being studded squad led by Cristiano Ukraine that is featured inside the Rome’s Stadio Olimpico, where Italy Two Swedish players — forward used. Ronaldo, and Hungary complete shirt, was ‘clearly political in take on Turkey in front of 16,000 Dejan Kulusevski and midfielder Dublin and Bilbao were a tough-looking Group F. nature’ and must be removed. fans. Mattias Svanberg — have also test- dropped from the list of hosts after The other likely contenders However, the Ukrainian foot- Spain’s preparations for the ed positive for the virus. being unable to give guarantees they among the 24 nations include ball association said it was in talks month-long tournament have been But despite the ongoing threat, could meet UEFA’s requirement of Belgium, sweating over the fitness with UEFA to reverse its decision. hit after two players, Sergio Busquets UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin accommodating limited numbers of of key player Kevin De Bruyne The association said that ‘ear- and Diego Llorente, tested positive has been bullish, insisting Euro spectators, but Seville stepped in for after he suffered facial injuries in lier UEFA had approved the new for the virus, although Llorente on 2020 will be safe. Bilbao while Dublin’s games went to the Champions League final, and kit and every element of it, includ- Thursday returned a negative test. “It will be the first event of a London and Saint Petersburg. usual suspects Spain and Italy. ing the slogan’. $ 6 " ! 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The 29-year-old Russian aged to hold, and the Russian player to reach the women’s ‘biggest ever rival’. Spanish star on a clay court was His scream into the humid defeated world number 85 struck the following game to last four. Djokovic secured the in Rome five years ago. night air told of his relief as his Zidansek 7-5, 6-3 and will face wrap up the first set as her It is only the second Grand eagerly-awaited clash when he Nadal’s record in Paris now bid to win a 19th Grand Slam Greek 17th seed Maria Sakkari opponent committed a cost- Slam in the Open era to fea- reached his 40th Grand Slam stands at 105 wins against just and be the first man in more or Barbora Krejcikova of the ly double fault. ture four first-time semi-final- semi-final with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 two losses. than 50 years to claim all four Czech Republic for the title on Pavlyuchenkova rolled that ists in the women’s singles, (5/7), 7-5 win over Matteo One of those defeats, how- majors twice stayed on course. Saturday, 14 years after her momentum over into the sec- after the 1978 Australian Berrettini. ever, was at the hands of “It was a release of all the Grand Slam debut. ond set, breaking in a lengthy Open. It will be his 11th appear- Djokovic in 2015. emotions I had kept inside me,” Pavlyuchenkova, a quar- second game to lead 2-0. “I think the draw has ance in the last-four in Paris said Djokovic who hit 44 win- ter-finalist in Paris a decade Zidansek responded to get changed so much so it doesn’t where he was champion in ‘RELEASE OF EMOTIONS’ ners and saved all three break ago, became the first woman back on serve but was again really matter who was the 2016. With Djokovic’s quarter- points he faced against the to play more than 50 majors broken as the Russian swept highest ranked in this tourna- Nadal, the 13-time winner, final extending beyond the Italian. before making her first final, into a 4-1 advantage. ment,” said Sakkari, who beat beat Diego Schwartzman 6-3, national 11pm curfew, play “After all the fans left and breaking the previous mark of Zidansek, twice two points 2020 runner-up Sofia Kenin 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 to make the was halted for around 20 the little break it wasn’t easy to 44 set by 2015 US Open run- from defeat in the first round before shocking reigning semi-finals for the 14th time. minutes at 3-2 in the fourth find rhythm. It was really a very ner-up Roberta Vinci. here, continued to scrap hard champion Iga Swiatek. He will be playing in his set so that difficult match for me.” “I am so tired and so and the nerves resurfaced for The 33rd-ranked 35th Slam semis. He added: “It was a happy, it is very emotional,” Pavlyuchenkova as two double Krejcikova, a 2018 Roland “I’ll probably pick Rafa as great battle against a said Pavlyuchenkova. faults allowed the Slovenian to Garros doubles champion, had the biggest rival I’ve ever had player who serves well “It was difficult, I tried to claw her way back to 4-3. never won a Grand Slam sin- in my career,” said world and is powerful. Maybe I fight very hard and to work on But Pavlyuchenkova was gles match before last year’s number one Djokovic. could have finished on the tie the tactical side. It is important not going to be denied, as Australian Open. “The anticipation for the break, but I’m happy to have to stay focused and in the right ! "$ $ " ? " another break left her serving “I never really wanted to match against him, any match, won.” zone for the final on Saturday.” ! * ! 7# %: for the match, with victory be a doubles specialist. any surface, any occasion, is Nadal also has a landmark The 31st seed dropped assured when Zidansek fired Everybody, they just put a always different from any in view in Paris. serve in the opening game on for 2-2. ahead as Zidansek sprayed a wide. label on me like, ‘Yeah, you other. If he gets to Sunday’s final a sun-drenched Court Pavlyuchenkova, a former forehand wide. play doubles, you are a doubles “Let’s have a great battle.” and wins, he would secure a Philippe Chatrier but capi- junior world number one and But the Slovenian imme- GREECE REPRESENTED specialist,’” said Krejcikova, Although Djokovic has the record-setting 21st major, edg- talised on a fourth break point Roland Garros girls’ singles diately broke back, rewarded For a nation where football mentored by the late Jana edge at 29-28 in their overall ing ahead of Roger Federer in against Zidansek to break back finalist in 2006, surged 5-3 for her persistence and tireless and basketball typically rule, Novotna. rivalry stretching back 15 years, the all-time race. - ; *# passes '((( ROBINSON TO TAKE BREAK @ * 4 back problem was only announced !% " ( (#' New Delhi: Asian Games Gold shortly before the toss, all missing. 01((?() *%( 3 & &0)1 &) medal-winning former boxer ngland openers Rory Burns and Their places were taken by Will (' &)%)( %N ) & !1) London: India’s T20I skipper Dingko Singh, who inspired a EDom Sibley ensured the hosts made Young, Ajaz Patel and Tom Blundell #O8)! 1 ) 1 !& 1 (&$ Harmanpreet Kaur and teen generation of Indian pugilists a sound if cautious start to the second respectively. batting sensation Shafali Verma with his swashbuckling ring and final Test against a much-changed But spearhead quick Tim Southee, ONANA’S DOPING BAN REDUCED will be representing the craft and flamboyant personal- New Zealand, reaching 67-0 at lunch all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme and =* #' & & Manchester Originals and ity, died on Thursday after a long on Thursday’s first day at Edgbaston. towering paceman Kyle Jamieson were (" ' ()& ' *)()!1)) Birmingham Phoenix respec- battle with liver cancer. 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INDIA VERY STRONG: KNIGHT this game, my choice is Siraj, who has On Gill, Harbhajan believes that the * &?(!') ) *) acer Mohammed Siraj’s ‘remarkable shown remarkable improvement in the talented Punjab lad would have certain- ((&)) &"N () *O & Pimprovement’ should be rewarded last two years.” ly worked on his flaws and hoped he N &) ")O ) 1'! % * **% )( with a place in the playing XI in the For Harbhajan, a player’s current would come out all guns blazing during ) %((* )1%"(91') ) World Test Championship final against form should always be taken into account the next three months in England. %1)9 %)8' )(9"(&( ($ New Zealand, reckons former India and that’s where Siraj, whose five-wick- “A good first innings score of 375 to spinner Harbhajan Singh. et haul in Brisbane was crucial in India’s 400 will set up the match nicely for ITALY TO REPLACE PELLEGRINI Harbhajan also says young opener series win, should get a look-in. Indian pace attack. But for that Gill needs )(#& 3 ' %(( ) Shubman Gill must get back to his groove “You have to look at present scenario. to bat well. Rohit has had enormous '! =1 &%& & * after a cheap run against England and in Siraj’s form, pace and confidence makes white ball success in England during )4) () 1 (&8& the IPL at home since a good start is para- him a better choice for this final match. World Cup and he is an experienced " ! *1 # ) ' *%)!$ mount in seam and swing friendly con- The kind of form he is in last six hand. ditions in England. months, he looks like a bowler who is “You don’t want a situation where NORWICH DROP SHIRT SPONSOR Asked about his preferred team hungry for his chances. Ishant has gone Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara are ! &&)( ( ) combination for the final, Harbhajan gave through some injuries of late but has been every time walking in at 15 for 2. You (' ( ('&)*%" * ' ) his reason why he feels Siraj can pip a great servant of Indian cricket no should also give a start which allows 1 (& ) (?"!#()) % Ishant for a place in the final XI. doubt,” the off-spinner said. them to build and consolidate.” 1( *(1%*( 1 * % ( ! “If I was the captain, I would go with “If you leave some grass on the sur- The cold conditions in Southampton %&% #) *$ three pure fast bowlers. In that case, face, Siraj with his pace will be lethal. might not be too conducive for spinners Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami New Zealand batters won’t find him easy with the pitch expected to remain solid MESSI COULD MOVE TO MIAMI pick themselves. In this final, I would like as he not only hits the deck but also gets throughout the course but Harbhajan & ((! 1&% ) ) to go with Mohammed Siraj ahead of to move the ball off the pitch at brisk feels that two spinners in five-man ' % < &# # ( P %(' ) ,-9 &) Ishant Sharma,” Harbhajan said on pace. 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