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he bus fares across all cate- Tgories were hiked in the State on Thursday. The fare revision was mainly attributed to ( !" for maintenance of ambient air (SPCB) K Murugesan in a let- ( !" living followed by vices provided by city admin- the unaffordable increase in the quality standards in respect of ter to the Collectors and SPs Bhubaneswar, Silvassa, istration through a Citizen prices of fuel. Passengers would he State Government has noise in their jurisdictions. It has underscored the point tate capital city Kakinada, Salem, Vellore, Perception Survey (CPS). A now have to pay Rs 85 paise per Ttaken serious note on noise is observed that sometimes that high-volume noise, which ( ( ") SBhubaneswar has been Gandhinagar, Gurugram, total of 32.2 lakh citizens from km against 80 paise per km for pollution, which has turned high-volume music system is excessive in nature, causes placed at the second spot in the Davangere, and the 111 cities participated in the travelling in ordinary buses. out to be a menace in differ- including disk jockey (DJ) is adverse impact on health of he Pipili police have Ease of Living Index 2020 in Tiruchirappalli.As many as 111 survey. Bhubaneswar had the Express bus fares were increased ent areas of the State. Taking played which is unbearable elderly people, sick and chil- Trecovered five stolen idols ‘Population Less than Million’ cities participated in the assess- highest CPS score followed by from 84 to 89 paise per km. stock of the situation, Chief and no proper action is taken dren. He has requested for from Patrapada in category. The final rankings of ment exercise that was con- Silvassa, Davangere, Kakinada, Similarly, deluxe buses would Secretary Suresh Chandra in controlling the noise. These proper action in this regard. Bhubaneswar and arrested Ease of Living Index 2020 were ducted in 2020. The Ease of Bilaspur and Bhagalpur. now charge Rs 1.21 per km as Mahapatra has expressed dis- sound systems are used to Dr Murugesan has stated one Bapuni Padhi (29). The released by Union Minister of Living Index (EoLI) is an The EoLI primarily seeks against Rs 1.11 per km. pleasure in this regard at a amplify sound levels, which is that playing of loud speaker metallic idols were stolen Housing and Urban Affairs assessment tool that evaluates to accelerate India’s urban Similarly, passengers would meeting of the Environment very harmful. with sound level of more than from Gopinnath Temple, a Hardeep Singh Puri in New the quality of life and the development outcomes, includ- have to pay Rs 1.42 per km Monitoring Cell held recent- The noise rules mandate 65 decibel should not be 13th century Hindu shrine Delhi on Thursday. impact of various initiatives for ing the achievement of the instead of Rs 1.39 per km in case ly. that ambient noise levels must allowed. situated at Kakudia village Bengaluru emerged as the urban development. Sustainable Development of AC deluxe category. Earlier, He has directed the district be maintained at public places He has categorically asked under the Pipili police station. top performer in the Million+ It provides a comprehen- Goals. The findings from the the State Government had come Collectors and SPs to imple- even during festivals, which the authorities to take punitive The theft occurred on category, followed by Pune, sive understanding of partici- index can help guide evidence- up with a revised fare for super ment the rules for mainte- means the use of DJ, dolby or action as per law so that it January 31. Police reached the Ahmedabad, Chennai, Surat, pating cities across India based based policymaking. It also premium buses keeping in view nance of ambient air quality any such high-volume audio would act as deterrent against culprit and seized the idols Navi Mumbai, Coimbatore, on quality of life, economic- promotes healthy competition six laning of national highways standards with respect to systems should not be allowed the violators. Action taken from him with the help of Vadodara, Indore and Greater ability of a city, and its sus- among cities, encouraging for the first time. The passengers noise. The Government has without any orders from the may be intimated within four Bhubaneswar STF Inspector S Mumbai. In the less than tainability and resilience. The them to learn from their peers will have to shell out Rs 2.32 per notified the Collectors and SPs authorities. weeks for appraisal of the Beura.The search for other Million category, Shimla was assessment also incorporates and advance their develop- km against previous rate of 2.17 and other functionaries to be Member-Secretary of Chief Secretary, pointed out culprits involved in theft is ranked the highest in ease of the residents’ view on the ser- ment trajectory. per km. the “Prescribed Authorities” State Pollution Control Board Murugesan in his letter. on, said police. ! "
( !" Vardhan said, “The number of speech, language and cognition also raised awareness about the ( !" City Limited (BSCL) and Open Spaces. It was selected as individuals existing with such and facilitating the overall dangers of continuous loud Bhubaneswar Municipal one of the 12 city proposals nion Minister for Health disorders and the lack of pro- development of the child.” He noise and the impact it can high-level delegation led by Corporation (BMC) chaired under CITIIS Challenge Uand Family Welfare Dr fessionals and specialists to added, “Newborn screening, have on the ocular health of AAgence Française de by BDA Secretary Harish Programme in February 2019 Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday cater the need for this popula- school screening and sensiti- people. On noise-induced hear- Development (AFD) in India Chandra Nayak.The delega- at the Second Apex Smart City virtually inaugurated six new tion warrants the need for ini- sation programmes for gener- ing loss, he said, “This is a sen- Country Director Bruno Bosle industry division economic tion undertook site visits to CEO’s conference held in Delhi. ‘Outreach Service Centres for tiation of Outreach Service al public about different com- sitive issue and we should work arrived here on Thursday to counselor Thomas Salez and CITIIS projects’ locations, Subsequently, a tripartite agree- Communication Disorders’ Centres in the hospitals across munication disorders, need for on it. take the overview of the City Representatives from the CITI- including heritage sites like ment was signed on March 5, across the country, including the country. early identification & inter- Those who oppose blaring Investments to Innovate IS PMU at the National Debi Padahara and Ganga 2019 for the CITIIS one at the AIIMS Bhubaneswar, This will enable early vention should be included as noise and sounds beyond 10 Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) Institute of Urban Affairs Jamuna Tanks. Programme between Union by the All India Institute of identification and diagnosis of a part of the outreach activity pm are aware of the grave projects in Bhubaneswar. The (NIUA). Bosle held talks with Bhubaneswar’s B-Active Ministry of Housing and Urban Speech and Hearing (AIISH), communication disorder and to promote early identification danger this persistent noise delegation included Regional senior officials of Bhubaneswar (Bhubaneswar-Active) pro- Affairs (MoHUA), Mysuru on the occasion of early intervention, thereby pre- and early intervention of has on the ear health of every- Economic Services of the Development Authority posal was submitted by BSCL Government of Odisha and World Hearing Day. Dr venting further deficits in Communication disorders.” He one.” French Embassy’s energy and (BDA), Bhubaneswar Smart under the theme of Public BSCL. & ' P Q ! $ % ( !" ( ( **+ release issued by police head- # $% !" quarters here on Thursday. All hief Minister Naveen ncomfortable with the the rescued children had spe- ( !" CPatnaik will inaugurate a special programme was Udubious distinction of top- cific missing cases registered in five-day MSME Trade Fair at Aorganised at VSS Nagar on ping the States in child kid- police stations, the release he State Government has the IDCO Exhibition Ground ( !" Wednesday to commemorate napping incidents, the Odisha added. A maximum of 26 chil- Thanded over the construc- here on Friday. Industries, the death anniversary of emi- Police has launched a special dren have so far been rescued tion of the medical college at MSME and Energy Minister ense fog engulfed the twin nent freedom fighter Surendra drive to trace and rescue the in Bhadrak district, the release Bhawanipatna to the Works Divya Shankar Mishra on Dcities of Cuttack and Sai, who had sacrificed his life missing children. said, adding that Ganjam and Department. Now, the depart- Thursday said MSME sector Bhubaneswar and Puri town on in fighting the British East In a week-long first phase Baleswar districts have also ment would construct the pro- being growth engine of econ- Thursday morning reducing India Company during the of the drive, which will end on rescued 13 and 12 children, posed teaching hospital as omy has been one of priority visibility and disrupting traf- Friday. “There will not be mercury level crossed or freedom struggle. Sai’s descen- March 8, the move is limited to respectively. required under the guidelines portfolios of the Chief fic and vehicular movements. much change in the day and approached nearly 40 degree dant and Athmallick MLA tracing the missing children According to the National of the National Medical Minister’s aspiration towards Vehicular communication night temperature for the next Celsius decreased slightly by Ramesh Chandra Sai joined the within the State. Crime Records Bureau Commission for the establish- State’s economic development. on the National Highways was two days at most of the places two to three degrees. programme as guest and gar- In the second phase, the (NCRB), Odisha finds it at the ment of Kalahandi Medical Mishra said that for reboot- also affected as visibility in the State. However, after that Sundargarh, Malkangiri landed the statue of the late cops will look for the missing bottom among the States in the College and Hospital. ing sector hit by Covid, the reduced below 10-20 metre. the temperature may rise to 2 and Rayagada turned out to be freedom fighter. Later, the children outside the State.In the recovery percentage of missing On Wednesday , the Odisha Government has announced a The IMD Regional Office to 3 degrees above normal,” the hottest places in the State organisers felicitated the legis- first four days of the drive, the children too. Till 2019, at least Government cancelled the special financial assistance here predicted shallow to mod- IMD Regional Director HR recording 38.8 degree Celsius lator offering him a memento. police have rescued 160 chil- 5,503 children were reported MoU signed with the Vedanta package of Rs 289 crore. erate fog at few places over the Biswas said. However, many each, while Angul closely fol- The programme was coor- dren, including 138 girls. “All missing in the State and police Limited for constructing a 500- MSMEs from across country districts of Mayurbhanj, parts of the State experienced lowed with 37.1 degree , dinated by VSS Nagar the rescued children have been were able to trace only 1,490 of bed hospital for the medical and from foreign countries Baleswar, Bhadrak, slight respite from the scorch- Bhubaneswar at 37 degree and Development Council general restored to their respective them, registering a tracing per- college due to an inordinate like Iran and Bangladesh are Kendrapada, Jagatsinghapur, ing heat on Wednesday. A Cuttack 36.5 degree, the IMD secretary Dillip Dashsharma. parents or guardians,” said a centage of merely 27.1. delay in the project execution. taking part in event. Cuttack and Khordha on number of places where the said. Among others, Durga Puja #$%&#& #'
Limited (HPCL) collected that despite repeated com- the other concerned agencies. ( !" countries.The fishing cat is experts have come forward to three zones, Sorana, samples of the fuel for test. plaints of fuel adulteration by Later, the Khandagiri police listed in Schedule 1 (Part-I) as ascertain presence of fishing Mangalajodi and Haridas in The licence of the fuel station some filling stations random reached the spot and pacified n a first, a census of the the vulnerable species under cats in these regions.To carry Brahmagiri. A community would be suspended in the tests to check the quality and the irate customers. The man- Iendangered fishing cat Indian Wildlife (Protection out the counting of fishing cat comprising locals has been case of detection of adulter- quantity of fuel dispensed is ager of the fuel station was species began in the State along Act), 1972. populations, the CDA has formed to conduct census in ation in the test, an HPCL not being carried out by the detained by the cops for ques- the shores of Chilika lake on The populations of the divided Chilika shores into these zones. official said. oil marketing companies and tioning. Wednesday. species are threatened by Tension ran high at the The fishing cat census and destruction of wetland and ‘Highway Service Centre’ survey are being conducted by declined over last decades. ( !" opposite the Baramunda Kali the Chilika Development However, the wildlife Temple on Wednesday Authority (CDA), the Chilika researchers have no concrete he Commissionerate evening as several customers Wildlife Division and local evidence about range expan- Tpolice on Thursday sealed alleged that the outlet was community. The counting sion of species. a petrol pump at Baramunda selling them adulterated would continue for a month. Along with the Chilika under the Khandagiri police petrol. The fishing cat shores, the fishing cat species station for allegedly selling Creating ruckus, they also (Prionailurus viverrinus) is a that resembles tiger cub is adulterated fuel to customers. complained of damage to the wild cat species found primar- found in Astarang, Konark, Teams of Forensic engines of their vehicles after ily in wetland and mangrove Balukhand Wildlife Sanctuary Laboratory and Hindustan using petrol from the filling ecosystems. It is spotted across and Rajanagar areas in the Petroleum Corporation station. The customers alleged south and south-east Asian State. For the first time, wildlife
cause of conflict in benefit assets gets less priority than these communities in owning Government must be localised sharing among the poor in short term political gains the public assets and a dis- and fit into the need of the tar- and the Odisha Economic and technology in improving change in the continued pover- rural areas.The long continu- which come with State chari- crimination free environment geted population while encour- Survey 2020-21 documents. It the production by changing the ty cycle. Such schemes for last ing charity has a negative ty for the poor.The approach of in the production and mar- aging innovations rather than is found that the approaches traditional mythology. There few decades since the eighties impact on productive working the Government is not really keting process available in following a common model for have not changed much and are a number of evolution have proved to be unsuccess- culture in rural areas and is helping the poor to come out rural areas by enforcing social- all irrespective of social groups the Government is banking studies and reviews of the ful in meeting their objec- contributing to negative of the poverty circle but to ly inclusive policies for facili- and geographical areas of the upon charity and doles to approach of the Government tives. These schemes are more growth of the State economy. remain as poor. tating economic activities. State. ensure welfare of the poor which have found that many of used for short term political It is demanded that rather The Odisha Economic The public institutions The Panchayati raj insti- people at the bottom-line. the Central and State schemes, gains rather than for econom- than doing charity out of State Survey report has not report- such as banks, cooperatives etc. tutions must be given power to While a lion's share of the specially targeted for poverty ic activities for the poor. finance, the State must ensure ed about socio-economic which play a major role in plan schemes for their areas Budget is spent on salary ,pen- eradication among the rural As a result, the States such availability of productive assets issues of the State affecting the facilitating economic activities with financial power and sion ,loan and interest repay- poor, STs, SCs and other mar- as Odisha continue to be a for the producer communities. poor. The poor people in in rural areas are not free authority for their execution ment, very less, that is, about ginalised sections, are not eco- supplier of chief labour forces But in spite of constitutional Odisha are also socially mar- from hegemonic control of involving the targeted popula- one-fifth of the Budget, is nomically teneble to earn a liv- to developed States of the mandate, the Government has ginalized and discriminated feudal forces who are also tion. available for capital invest- ing. country and it has failed to no plan to share the productive on socio-cultural lines. controlling the local politics These schemes must ment for long term gain in They are outdated vis-a-vis generate viable employment assets with the traditional poor Majority of the people in and selecting beneficiaries of linked to long term productive achieving higher production contemporary changing con- for its working population in and marginalized sections. marginalized section in rural Government schemes. assets creation for income and "* and employment. ditions. These schemes are spite of availability of vast nat- Though there are policy areas have been facing hege- There is a need to democ- employment generation and The State Government has mostly micro models and indi- ural resources such as sea guidelines, laws and executive monic social contradictions, ratise the access of the poor change the continued exploita- he approach of the less focus on long term capital vidual beneficiary-centered coast and minerals. orders to make available pro- discrimination in access to and marginalised to public tive economic structure and TGovernment of Odisha investment in building public without integration with the These schemes are also ductive assets but for last 70 market, and in use of public financial institutions for eco- unequal power relation. towards poverty eradication is assets. There is no visible plan local economy. They do not sources of huge corruption at years of constitutional gover- utilities. The Government nomic activities. It is suggest- mirrored in the State Budget to make use of modern science aim to bring any structural different levels and a major nance, creation of productive must ensure a fair share of ed that the schemes of the ([email protected]) ! " # $ % S ' " (
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The rise in new && "" the mutant UK, South Africa, November last year, evidence cases of this magnitude was last and Brazil variants of SARS- began to emerge in December reported in the early week of (, !7 ) full capacity is not being CoV-2 jumped to 242 on that VOC 202012/01 was January, pointed out experts. * ' + exploited.“We are not utilising Thursday. The new Covid-19 rapidly outcompeting pre- The rate of active cases has he Delhi High Court it fully. We are either donating UK strain is more contagious existing variants in southeast also been rising gradually, Governments, the recent surge Rajasthan, J&K (UT), Odisha, of the population in the city has TThursday asked the it to foreign countries or sell- and spread faster, and vac- England, the researchers said. pushing it to 1.55 per cent. As is due to the rise in marriage Uttar Pradesh, Himachal been exposed to the virus and Centre to explain the rationale ing it to them and are not vac- cines could be less effective on They noted that as of per the Ministry’s data, there ceremonies and State and local Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, developed antibodies against it. behind keeping strict control cinating our own people. So these patients, according to a February 15, the variant com- are 1,73,413 active cases at bodies elections. In mid- Jharkhand, Puducherry, The study was jointly con- over class of persons who can there has to be that sense of new modelling study pub- prises roughly 95 per cent of present after 14,031 patients February, officials had said the Assam, Lakshadweep, ducted by the Centre for be vaccinated against Covid- responsibility and urgency,” a lished in the journal Science. new SARS-CoV-2 infections were discharged in a day. average daily new infections Nagaland, Sikkim, Ladakh Cellular and Molecular Biology 19 currently as under the pre- bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi However, the study has its in the UK, and has now been The experts have pointed oscillated between 9,000 and (UT), Tripura, A&N Islands, (CCMB), the ICMR-National sent system those above the and Rekha Palli said. limitation as it was based on identified in at least 82 coun- out that number of possibilities 12,000 while the deaths were Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Institute of Nutrition (NIN) age of 60 years or with comor- The high court directed a relatively smaller number of tries, including India. could be due to the stride between 78 and 120 while on Daman & Diu, Dadar & Nagar and the pharmaceutical com- bidities can receive vaccina- the two institutes to file sep- intervention and vaccination India is taking all steps to ranging from the lax attitude of February 9, India had report- Haveli and Arunachal Pradesh. pany Bharat Biotech. tion. arate affidavits on their capac- scenarios. speed up vaccination pace people towards following ed 9,110 new cases, the lowest So far, 1,66,16,048 doses of “The data indicate that the The high court said the ity to manufacture the vac- The research noted that and hopes to inoculate Covid protocols to the like- this year so far. Last year, the vaccine have been adminis- population of Hyderabad two institutes which have cines on per day/ week/ without stringent control around 30 crore people by ability of “mutations and new lowest 9,633 cases were record- tered in the country since the might be slowly moving developed the vaccines COV- month basis and also the cur- measures such as limited clo- August this year in the second strains” causing the surge, as ed on June 3. drive began on January 16. towards herd immunity, which ISHIELD and COVAXIN — rent optic of the vaccines and sure of educational institu- phase. Estimates of its growth has been studied by the labo- The 23 States/UTs which Meanwhile, the latest will be certainly accelerated by Serum Institute of India and how much unused capacity is tions and a greatly accelerat- rate, disease severity and ratories involved in the Covid have not reported any Covid- round of seroprevalence survey the ongoing vaccination effort,” Bharat Biotech — have more lying.They also have to indi- ed vaccine roll-out, Covid-19 impact are crucial for inform- detection across the country. 19 deaths in the last 24 hours conducted in Hyderabad has said Doctor Rakesh Mishra, the capacity to provide the vac- cate if they can scale up their hospitalisations and deaths ing policy responses, accord- According to State are: Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, showed that about 54 per cent CCMB director. cines but it seems that their production capacities, it said. across England in 2021 will ing to the researchers. . 5 $ &'' % +""!" ,- ,'' ) ".+ " 1 % ##$ &&( ,'$#%%& '#)'& '& ##- ', #$#'& * ! $#'' # '#'O% $ #%&& ( !7 ) ridor, he said.The unprecedented opportunities 0#'$'#''+ 2 International North-South for connectivity in the region, ,, # %% &#'*%&3 ith India underlining the Transport Corridor is a 7,200- the Minister said. Noting that +& Wneed for enhancing con- km-long multi-mode trans- in the modern age, the corre- - 233,-334 nectivity for development, port project for moving freight lation between connectivity # ,!( + 3 External Affairs Minister S among India, Iran, and economic growth has got 561 *% %#'' Jaishankar on Thursday pro- Afghanistan, Armenia, even more pronounced, &'' $&'&# '5& ' posed the inclusion of Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Jaishankar said growth in & . 6 &)7% ' Chabahar port in the Asia and Europe. trade, commerce, industrial (, !7 ) #%%#8-'&O%!% International North-South “We also welcome the development and technologi- (, !7 ) '$& % #'*%&3 Transport Corridor (INSTC). interest of Uzbekistan and cal advancement has gone he Supreme Court on The port is in Iran and Afghanistan to join the mul- hand in hand with ease of con- TThursday said that a few mid concerns among some - * 3 ( , India helped in its construc- tilateral corridor project. necting. over-the-top (OTT) platforms AOTT (Over-the-Top) play- ) ,#+ ## tion. The location of the Establishing an eastern corri- Maritime connectivity, in show some kind of porno- ers about the new digital media 1 7 , ' % Chabahar port has the strate- dor through Afghanistan particular, has played a sig- graphic content at times, and rules, Information and '&+5 2##' % gic advantage and potential to would maximise its poten- nificant role in creating there should be a mechanism Broadcasting Minister Prakash '%##- %&#%# provide connectivity among tial,” he said. regional corridors for trade to screen such programmes. als on their platforms,” the Javadekar on Thursday said his # &6 9 '#'*%&2 India, Iran, Afghanistan, “I am hopeful that during and economic linkages, as A Bench headed by Justice bench, also comprising Justice Ministry will partner with the &# ## Uzbekistan and other the INSTC Coordination indeed for cultural and intel- Ashok Bhushan asked Solicitor RS Reddy, said. industry to make the audience #$#&'& '&2 Commonwealth of ty in the region.Highlighting Council meeting, member lectual exchanges over the General Tushar Mehta to place Senior advocate Mukul experience better and asserted %% 'O%L'# '# Independent States countries, these points here on states would agree to the centuries, he pointed out and before it the recent guidelines Rohatgi, appearing for Purohit, the guidelines focus on self- M3 and boost trade. “Chabahar Day” at the expansion of the INSTC route added that they too assume a of the Government to regulate termed the case against her as classification of content instead Located in the Sistan- Maritime India Summit 2021, to include the Chabahar Port new prominence in contem- social media platforms on “shocking” saying this woman of any form of censorship. O ), ( , +3( # Balochistan province on the the Minister expressed hope and also agree on expanding porary times, for being more Friday, when it would hear the is an employee of Amazon Javadekar, after a meeting ##+" + ,+8$P energy-rich Iran’s southern that member states involved the membership of this pro- competitive and seamless. plea of Amazon Prime Video’s and she is neither a producer with representatives of OTT ": 1 (# '# coast, the port can be easily with the INSTC will agree on ject,” Jaishankar said. The access of land-locked India head Aparna Purohit nor an actor but still she has platforms such as Netflix, &#'# < #%% accessed from India’s western expanding membership of this He also said as the world economies to maritime challenging the Allahabad been made an accused in Amazon Prime, Hotstar and #' #'& coast, bypassing Pakistan. project. goes through a fundamental movements has been a focus of High Court order rejecting around 10 cases relating to the Alt Balaji, also said that they $ #0##&%'& Elaborating upon the Jaishankar said India has re-balancing, correcting many recent initiatives, he said. her anticipatory bail in con- web series across the country. have welcomed the %*=0*>2 % importance of the Chabahar also proposed the inclusion of distortions of the past, it is Recognising the importance of nection with FIRs lodged Tandav, a nine-episode Government’s new guidelines. -## 2 % port, Jaishankar said the shift Chabahar in the INSTC route. only natural that connectivity regional connectivity, India against her over web series political thriller starring The Centre on February 25 - ')'& '# #& in the fulcrum of global eco- It is an important trade corri- should be central to that exer- made a landmark decision to “Tandav”. Bollywood A-listers Saif Ali notified rules for OTT plat- %#'# % ' nomic growth towards Asia is dor project, wherein India is cise. The shift in the fulcrum undertake an overseas port “A balance has to be struck Khan, Dimple Kapadia and forms and digitial news media, #&2#'#$ %% ) creating unprecedented partnering with 12 countries of global economic growth investment in Chabahar, as some OTT platforms are also Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, started requiring them to to havw a % &#'*%&3 opportunities for connectivi- to establish an economic cor- towards Asia is creating Jaishankar said. showing pornographic materi- streaming recently. grievance redressal system. %+++ , +-*(.%/ 6 %4% % /&%: ,+ + 4 5 ( ! 7(7'(8*9 (3,+ ,$&-# + "# new home in Burla for pret- parental properties,” says But is it a fact that driving )"+ ,,, )+, , ( " ty long years. My husband Mishra with a heavy heart. away a lady from her home constructed a house over the Mishra further alleges that applying force and threaten- well-educated woman purchased land with loans her in-laws have sold away 32 ing her of dire consequence is ( !" Aretired from a Kendriya from different sources. But decimal of her husband’s land a civil case," she asks. “I am Vidyalaya (Central School), thereafter I got an appoint- with forged documents. "I afraid that my in-laws may Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Bhubaneswar, is running from ment in KV Sambalpur. have informed the matter to even kill me as they have got ( !" Awas signed between the Government of pillar to post to get justice when That time my husband the local administration man and money power and Odisha and London-based Arcelor Mittal Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India, a joint ven- her in-laws deprived her of was working in Hindalco including Collector of the local administration is he State recorded 81 new Nippon Steel here on Thursday for setting up ture between ArcelorMittal and Japan’s Nippon rights to ancestral property in Hirakud in a senior post. Sambalpur, the district SP sympathetic to them,” says TCobvid-19 positive cases of a 12-MTPA integrated steel plant in Steel, has acquired debt-laden Essar Steel in Burla area. Hence, we left Burla and and the Burla police time Mishra with request to all in 22 districts and the State Kendrapada district. Mittal plans to invest a an insolvency resolution process overseen by The most unfortunate stayed at Hirakud to suit our and again. competent authorities to give pool on Thursday, with which whopping Rs 50, 000 crore in the project. the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). part for her is that her engi- workplaces,” says Dipti Rekha Everybody is sympathet- her justice as her case is pure- the total caseload further The MoU was signed in the presence of It was the Essar Steel that had bagged the first- neer husband died untimely Mishra. ic to my problem. But I see no ly criminal in nature rather surged to 3,37,529. Of the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and ever iron ore mine auctioned in the country. and in-laws took it as an “But a few years after my suitable action from any- than a civil one as told by new cases, 49 were from quar- ArcellorMittal Chairman LN Mittal. Mittal The Ghoraburhani-Sagasahi mine has 99.59 advantage to swindle her of husband died untimely and I body," says Mishra. police. antine centres while 32 were had met the CM at the Naveen Niwas earlier million tonne deposits. The mine containing properties that she is entitled got transferred to KV "I also met Tara Dutt at When police in local contact cases. in the day to discuss details about the project. high grade iron ore reserves is meant to feed to get as her share. Bhubaneswar, my in-laws Bhubaneswar when he was Bhubaneswar are arresting The day’s highest 15 cases However, Arcelor Mittal Chairman LN the integrated steel plant at Hazira. At the same time, the in- took it as an opportunity and the Revenue Secretary and he builders and property dealers were recorded in Sambalpur Mittal and CEO Aditya Mittal had met Union The Odisha Government had issued the laws are not allowing her to occupied our home and land. forwarded all my applica- for fraudulent practices, why district. Besides, one case was Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at his Letter of Intent (LoI) for developing the iron enter the home that her hus- They are not allowing me and tions to Sambalpur. But here the same rule is not applica- reported from the State pool. Delhi residence on March 2 and discussed ore mine. As per an initial plan, 7.16 million band constructed on a land my two daughters to enter my no one is helping me. Some of ble to my in-laws in Currently, the number of total about the capacity expansion of the compa- tonne is to be extracted each year. The block purchased by him near her home. the police officers are rather Sambalpur who have sold my active cases in the State stood ny in the State and to develop Odisha as an is at G2 exploration stage and located in the ancestral property. “After my Even they don’t give any saying that it is a civil case and husband’s land with forged at 792 and cumulative sam- international hub for the steel sector. The Koira sector in Sundargarh district. marriage, we stayed in the share of my husband’s they are undone. papers, Mishra asks. ples tested were 84,05,042. #$ % &'()(* !
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At least 20 passen- technology business incubation The villagers found with ; : <;1 -'&$'$% our persons, including a gers were injured from which centre at Chandaka was set up diarrhoea symptoms have been #' %& 0#'& ' #' *%&3 * Ffive-year-old girl, were six are reported to be critical. in collaboration with the Niti admitted in the nearby Pujari $ % %#'%#& '& ##& '& $ killed in two separate road The deceased was identi- Aayog. Guda Community Health ,'C# 87 6% &'+ 3 '&&%# mishaps in Kalahandi and fied as Sashidhar Das from Union Minister Pratap art infrastructure support, sec- thanked Minister Sarangi and Centre (CHC) and Umarkote ## '& %' # '% '&& $ # Keonjhar districts on Thursday. Kantajhari village under Jajpur Chandra Sarangi inaugurated tor-specific labs / FabLab with State Industries Minister Dibya CHC for treatment. Among the $#% %&##%3'$#%% As per reports, three per- district’s Korei police station. the centre in the presence of a high-end prototyping facility Shankar Mishra, for their affected persons, 37 are men, - %2 (2 ,72 2 &' '& '# D(* sons, including the five-year- He succumbed to the injuries large number of dignitaries and other office amenities for strong commitment towards 15 women and 21 #'&&3 % ##& &#' #' $ % %# & old girl, lost their lives after a while undergoing treatment at prominent among them being the budding entrepreneurs of development of startup ecosys- children.Pujari Guda CHC '&&%###%#' &#'&##&3 motorbike they were riding the Anandapur hospital. Director BALCO & DG, AIC- the country. The incubation tem in India and especially in Medical Officer Dr Abhay collided head on with a bus at Sources said, the bus en NITF Tapan Kumar Chand on centre will provide world class Odisha. He presented the Kumar Dey visited the village 8%P( ,, ,*+.-"+,+ )* , Dangariguda Square under the route to Bhubaneswar from the occasion. The AIC- mentoring support from Vision, Mission and Objectives with a medical team. ; : <;1'# Golamunda police station near Karanjia overturned with 40 Nalanda Institute of domain experts and renowned (VMO) of AIC-NITF to be a Nabarangpur MP Ramesh %&'% # Dharmagarh in Kalahandi. passengers on board. Following Technology Foundation (AIC- professionals from industry, world class technology business Chandra Majhi spoke to the $ )*) # Though the identities of the accident, Fire Services per- NITF) offers a 10,000 sqft of Government and startup incubation centre and a hub of Medical Officer and advised 05#5# '- ,## the deceased were yet to be sonnel rescued the passengers incubation space amidst a lush ecosystem. 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In 1970 he tory as Sunabeda, Balimela expect my officials to become This genius died in Organisation (SEATO). resigned from Congress Party Dam, Public Corporations, thinkers. I would expect them Bhubaneswar on December 1, The Opposition charged and subsequently formed a Panchayat industries, Express to collectively and willingly 1964. Biju Patnaik with ‘impropriety regional party Utkal Congress. Highway and a lot many. push the State towards the After Biju Patnaik took of revealing defence secrets, In the 1971 election, no party His ambitious projects, goal of prosperity. the reins of the State adminis- including details of the came out with a clear majori- which he named as “Decade of I would expect them to tration, Odisha witnessed rapid strength of the Indian Army’. ty. Destiny”, were meant to elevate become leaders of men and not strides in education. The peri- There was a furore in Biju Patnaik and the the State to a new height. Biju leaders of the longest notes on od between 1961 and 1967 is Parliament and even Lok Sabha Swatantra leader RN Singh could not tolerate red-tapism. the files”. At the invitation of aptly described as the golden Speaker Sardar Hukum Singh Deo joined hands. This came as He would have a thing done Biju Patnaik, internationally era in the history of education ruled that- ‘it is not proper to a surprise to political observers, immediately and not suffer known biologist, scientist and of the State. At his initiative the disclose such information as Singh Deo was a bitter crit- any delay. philosopher Prof JBS Haldane Regional College of Education which is denied here’. ic of Biju. And with the sup- Result: He was charged accepted the post of the was set up at Bhubaneswar. But the Prime Minister port of the Jharkhand Party, "- ( with administrative impropri- Director of the Biometry and The Regional Engineering construct the Paradip Port, as Bhubaneswar. His dream was strongly supported Biju and they formed a United Front. ety. The importance that Biju Genetics Laboratory at College at Rourkela was estab- the Chief Minister of Odisha he fulfilled when on March 12, declared in the Parliament that Biju successfully persuad- iju Patnaik, whose birth attached to Odisha’s industrial Bhubaneswar, which was set up lished in 1961, the Orissa took upon himself to mobilise 1966, the Paradip Port was whatever has been said by him ed the 82 years Old veteran Banniversary is celebrated development was reflected in by the Government of Odisha. University of Agriculture and resources from within the State commissioned. to American newspapers ‘did politician Biswanath Das to on March 5, had a brief tenure his speech which he delivered Prof Haldane, who impart- Technology was set up and and built the Rs 14-crore port Pandit Nehru had asked not harm us in any way’. This become the Chief Minister, in office. But within that short at the inauguration of the ed to the Indian scientific scene during the Chief Ministership when the Centre did not show him to visit the United States as controversy highlighted how after his long spell of political period during which he took Odisha Planning Board on a certain colour and character, of Biren Mitra (when Biju was much interest in the project. an emissary to the Ministry of close Biju was to Pt Nehru. retirement. the stewardship of the State June 15, 1962. became an Indian citizen in Chairman of the State Planning Patnaik’s strong stand on the External Affairs and discuss The Indian National A long illustrious career administration, Biju laid the He had said – “A people 1960 and devoted himself to Board), universities were issue was vindicated when the sensitive defence issues with the Congress split in 1969. In May came to an end on April 17, blue print for Odisha’s devel- cannot grow unless the indus- assisting development of sci- established in Brahmapur Centre took over the port after US administration. During his 1970 Biju Patnaik and his fol- 1997 when Biju Patnaik passed opment and the State was on tries were developed and estab- ence in this rapidly developing andSambalpur. some years. stay in Washington, Biju gave lowers left the Congress (R) in away at Delhi. the threshold of a new of lished here”. Calling upon the country. He accepted Biju’s Thus Biju is responsible for Biju proved his extraordi- interviews to ‘Baltimore Sun’ protest against “naked bossism” industrial revolution. He not bureaucrats to change their offer because he (Biju) was the giant leap forward of edu- nary organising ability by suc- and ‘Washington Post’, in which and central imposition after he (The writer is a columnist only accelerated the process of work-style, Patnaik said, “ In ‘capable of displaying great cation in Odisha. When the cessfully holding the Congress he said that he had come to had been denied a ticket to based at Khordha, Mob: development, but was able to the new set-up in the new respect towards individuals Union Government refused to Session in 1964 at seek both ground to ground Rajya Sabha by the Congress 8895547490) #$ % &'()(* . Q5R * R ./ !' ' ?4@A( " !#% @ & ) )(, +B+* Assembly segment in the 2019 and NCP, Shiv Sena too has (, ") 0" general elections. backed Banerjee in the upcom- ) )(, +B+* lowing a skirmish with TMC (, )I! hief Minister Mamata Suvendu, a former points- ing Bengal Assembly elections. workers. n Army jawan was found CBanerjee is almost certain man of Banerjee, in Calling her the “real Bengal he Trinamool Congress has The TMC leader has writ- Adead here on Thursday in t least 12 people from to contest from only one seat — Nandigram, had earlier chal- tigress,” senior Sena leader and Twritten to the Election ten that Jain’s action post vio- a suspected case of suicide, offi- AMyanmar Have crossed Nandigram. Sources in the lenged the Chief Minister say- Rajya Sabha Member, Sanjay Commission of India seeking lence was “completely biased, cials said. the Indian border and took Trinamool Congress said that ing if she contested from this Raut, on Thursday said his the removal of Deputy Election partisan, reeked of partiality Rifleman Anup Kumar refuge in Mizoram around a the Chief Minister, a sitting seat he would ensure that she party would not be contesting Commissioner Sudip Jain as in- and tainted.” (28), who was month after the neighbouring MLA from Bhawanipore where was defeated by at least half-a- what appears to be a “Didi vs charge of Bengal Assembly In the aftermath of the vio- posted on sen- countrys military ousted the she has been living for decades, lakh votes. All” fight this time. Mr Raut elections. lence “Sduip Jain furnished an try duty at the elected Government of Aung would not contest from her This after Banerjee told a further tweeted, “We wish The letter has been written erroneous and biased report Badamibagh San Suu Kyi, officials said on present seat and would move to huge rally at Nandigram that Mamata Didi a ‘roaring’ suc- by TMC Rajya Sabha Leader based on which, the Election cantonment in Thursday. Nandigram in East Midnapore she would contest from this cess...” Derek O’Brien who has Commission of India in an Jammu and Eight people have entered instead. place which was “lucky” for her. Sena, SP and RJD support accused Jain of “bias” towards unprecedented manner, barred Kashmir, was Serchhip district while four Considered a “den of the Banerjee’s calculations are notwithstanding, the “BJP will a particular political party. In election campaigning two days found hanging from the ceiling others reached Champhai dis- Adhikari family” led by former however different. According win more than 200 seats” in the letter, the TMC leader has prior to the polling date. of the sentry post at the main trict. Bengal Minister and BJP leader to TMC sources Nandigram — Bengal, saffron leader Tejaswi referred to certain actions taken “Only one political party, gate at Batwara here with a light A senior police officer said Suvendu Adhikari and his a former Left bastion — which Surya on Thursday said adding by the Dy EC ahead of the 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party, was machine gun’s loop. that the identity of the refugees father Sisir Adhikari, a veteran still has a considerable number “Mamata Banerjee’s days as a general elections. allowed to complete its election Kumar hailed from is yet to be ascertained. However, they were MP, Nandigram has a Muslim of Left supporters who have Chief Minister are numbered… O’Brien has referred to the campaigning for that day Haryana’s Bhiwani, the officials Serchhip Deputy stopped by Assam Rifles per- vote share of about 23.5 per- been at the receiving end of On the 3rd of May, Bengal will steps taken by Jain after the before such a bar was said, adding that the reason Commissioner Kumar Abhisek sonnel guarding the border, cent. political violence perpetrated have a BJP Chief Minister.” violence during the road show announced. No explanation behind his taking the extreme told PTI that five people, who she said. In Banerjee’s place, party by the TMC men then led by Referring to the misrule of Home Minister Amit Shah was sought, no show-cause step was not immediately include members of a family, Assam Rifles Deputy MLA and Minister Sobhandeb the Adhikari’s might not vote and violence he said, “This is in Kolkata when a half-bust was issued, no action was taken known. crossed the international bor- Inspector General Digvijay Chattopadhyay will contest for him enabling the Chief the legacy of the communists statue of Pandit Ishwar by the Election Commission of On Wednesday, a 24-year- der and entered the district on Singh said that the force was from Bhawanipore, sources Minister to scrape through which Mamata Banerjee has Chandra Vidyasagar was van- India against the perpetrators, old Army jawan shot himself Thursday, while three others directed not to allow any ille- said adding the first list of the with a solid 62,000 votes of the carried forward but there will dalised by alleged BJP men. ie, Amit Shah or his entourage. dead in Rajouri district and an did so on March 3. gal entry from the neighbour- party’s candidates would be out Muslims. be no more bloodshed and The saffron workers from Jain’s actions were completely Army officer of the rank of a The eight people are cur- ing country. on Friday. The TMC had Meanwhile, in a related political murder” in Bengal Shah’s rally had allegedly raid- biased, partisan, reeked of par- lieutenant colonel committed rently lodged at a community Zuali said that the state trailed by a few thousand votes development after Rashtriya “because BJP will have its Chief ed the Vida Sagar College tiality and tainted,” O’Brien suicide at an Army depot in the hall in Lungkawlh village, government has recently issued from the Bhawanipore Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party Minister.” and destroyed the statue fol- reportedly wrote. Khonmoh area here. around 8 kilometres from the a Standard Operating Indo- Myanmar border, and Procedure (SOP) in view of the they were provided with food possible influx of refugees "" by the district administration, from Myanmar following the 5" !# A @ .. he said. coup. He said that details of the “Although civil society refugees are not yet available. organisations are willing to .C !##B Deputy Commissioner of harbour refugees from Champhai, Maria CT Zuali, Myanmar, the Mizoram gov- ( !7 ) Rehman has threatened voters. ‘Those who betray Mamata said that four people from ernment can’t act on its own ( Kolkata: A number of celebs and allied fields. The singer While addressing a public meet- now. Post elections, we will Myanmar have crossed over to without the direction of the — a popular singer, an actor said that she will be at the BJP delegation led by Union ing in Murshidabad, Rehman meet them and the game will be the district recently. Centre as it is an internation- and a actor-director joined party’s service in whichever AMinister Dharmendra asked people to vote for TMC played by us,’ added Rahman. The entry of people from al affair,” she said. Trinamool Congress in poll- way it deems fit. Pradhan and Bhupender Yadav and reminded them that those In another complaint, the the neighbouring country has Besides, the state govern- bound West Bengal on Subhadra, a popular small on Thursday met Election who choose to betray Mamata BJP leader stated that that been communicated to the ment will not have sufficient Thursday. screen actor, said only Banerjee Commission (EC) officers and Banerjee even after enjoying her term of 125 municipal corpo- state Home Department and resources to feed the refugees Popular singer Aditi can save the state from the “fas- lodged a complaint against government’s benefits will be rations in West Bengal includ- Home Minister Lalchamliana unless assistance is received Munshi, actor Subhadra cist BJP turning it into anoth- TMC MLA Hamidul Rehman dealt with post-elections. He ing Kolkata Municipal will issue a statement on the from the Centre, she added. Mukherjee and actor-director er Uttar Pradesh. over his remark at a public said that BJP is a party of liars Corporation ended a year ago matter in the assembly on Mizoram shares a 404 km Dheeraj Pandit joined TMC “If BJP comes to power (in meeting made on March 2. and the left-Congress alliance is but the TMC government had Monday, an official said. long porous border with ( !7 ) during the day at Trinamool West Bengal) it will decide The BJP leaders also appealed of no use. Voting for them appointed party leaders as More than 100 people Myanmar where the military Bhavan. what you will eat,” she said. the EC to remove administra- would be helping BJP because administrators of these local from Myanmar also attempted junta took over the govern- he Election Commission Aditi said only TMC The actor said that she had tors of local bodies appointed by they are nothing but their bodies. The BJP leaders have to cross the international bor- ment on February 1. A num- Ton Thursday started a supremo Mamata Banerjee joined the saffron party in 2019 the state government. stooges. He urged people to not demanded removal of these der to seek refuge in Mizoram ber of pro-democracy protes- Covid-19 vaccination drive for thinks or works so much for after hearing Modi’s call of The BJP leaders alleged waste their precious votes and administrators to ensure free recently, the Champhai deputy tors were killed in clashes with its officers and staff working at people in the performing arts ‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas’. PTI that TMC MLA Hamidul go for Trinamool Congress. and fair polls. commissioner told PTI. security forces there. the Nirvachan Sadan with for- mer Chief Election Commissioner MS Gill taking the first shot. ) 2 # Chief Election " Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioners Sushil #Q D"5 Chandra and Rajiv Kumar will get vaccinated after all officials ) freebie culture in 1967 with the a revolutionary decision to and staff of the commission are then Chief minister and the provide women solace from Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala in preventing COVID- 19,” the state.In the last one week inoculated, an official state- Imphal: A terrorist of outlawed olour television sets, mix- towering leader of Dravidian spending long hours in kitchen Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Vijayan said. alone, the number of patients ment said. Kangleipak Communist Party Cers, grinders, mobile tele- politics, CN Annadurai and now the Prime minister on Thursday urged people to It has also been reported has dropped by 13 per cent.It Arora had recently (KCP), who escaped from jail in phones, clothes are some of the promising 3 measures of rice Narendra Modi has replicated take the indigenous Covaxin that it can prevent the viral dropped by 30 per cent in a announced that all staff on poll Manipur earlier while undergo- freebies rolled out by political for Rupees 1. This had a huge the same move after so many vaccine without any hesitation infection with very severe symp- month,” Vijayan said, quoting duty for the upcoming assem- ing trial in the sensational 2003 parties in Tamil Nadu and has impact and DMK romped years”. on the basis of the latest report toms and effectively figures. bly elections have been kidnapping and murder of an 8- always included these freebies home for the first time in There are divided opinions of the Indian Council of checkCoronavirus related He said vaccines were gen- declared as ‘frontline workers’ year old girl, was reportedly shot in their election manifestos. Tamil Nadu unseating the on the Governments dolling Medical Research, the country’s deaths, he said. erally well-received in the state and will be vaccinated before dead by the United Nation The state of Tamil Nadu is Congress government led by out such schemes to the peo- apexresearch body, about its As per ICMR, Covaxin also and 3,47,801 health workers assuming their election duties. Liberation Front (UNLF), media facing a huge deficit with the Bhakthavalsalam. In 2006 ple. third phase clinical trials. has the ability to neutralize the have received the shot till The vaccination would report said on Thursday quot- revenue deficit at 65,994 crores DMK supremo, Muthuvel Senior Journalist PK People had some doubts UK variant strain of SARS- Wednesday. encourage the poll duty officers ing a UNLF statement. despite being a revenue surplus Karunanidhi announced a Sreenivasan while speaking to about the Covaxin, manufac- CoV-2. Kerala now has adequate to perform their duty without The 3-page UNLF state- state a few years ago. The highly populist scheme of free IANS said,” These are populist tured by the Bharat Biotech with “Therefore, based on these stock of COVID-19 vaccine fear of Covid-19, Arora had ment in Manipuri language said state’s total debt by March 2022 colour televisions, I kg of rice schemes and not freebies as the support of the ICMR,he said evidence, people should be and the union health minister said. The commission had on that Thokchom Nando Singh will be around 5.70 lakh crore, at 2 rupees, free gas connection made out. Studies had revealed at a press meet here. ready to accept Covaxin along has informed that 21 lakh doses February 26 announced polls was shot dead on Tuesday in an a whopping sum by any mea- and free gas stoves for all that in remote areas of Tamil There was some reluctance with Covishield vaccine,” the would reach the state on March in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil undisclosed location by the sures. women in Tamil Nadu. The Nadu after the Colour TV sets among the public to take the Chief Minister added. 9, he said. Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. underground outfit, who also Despite all these hiccups DMK won the election easily. were provided by the DMK vaccine as part of the delay in Stating that the total num- The state government has Under the special vaccina- released photo of his body. The and states fortunes nose diving Spokesman of the DMK, government, the crime rates getting the results of its third ber of people under treatment also requested the Centre to take tion drive, lakhs of polling UNLF, one of the oldest militant the political parties are on a Saravanan Annadurai while had come down. In a similar phase trials, he said. for COVID-19 in Kerala till steps for the smooth registration officials in the five states and groups in Manipur, in its state- freebie culture with one party speaking to IANS said: “These vein the fixed deposit schemes “ICMR has now released Wednesday was 45,995, he said in the designated platform, the the union territory will be ment said that it had “tried” overtaking the other in promis- are not freebies but populist for the girl child by the TN the interim results of the third it was the lowest figure after Chief Minister said, adding that inoculated before proceeding Nando Singh and “eliminated” ing the people with gifts and schemes and in 2006 when we governments had increased phase clinical trials.According to September 25 last year. the number of vaccination cen- on election duty, the state- him for his barbaric crime other freebies. provided free gas stoves and the social indicators for the it, the vaccine has shown an “It shows that the disease tres would be increased in a ment said. against the minor girl. IANS DMK commenced the subsidised gas cylinders it was State.” interim efficacy of 81 per cent tends to subside very rapidly in phased manner. PTI 4 . +/9 2R # 4 38-- 5 (3#: 2% ( 2 "& ' ;"4 Bengaluru: Karnataka house soon after and suspend- Amaravati(AP): The Andhra Assembly speaker, ed the MLA from Bhadravati, (, 8)( " (, 0 7 ) 0" ally used for cultivation by a Pradesh Government on Vishweshwara Hegde Kaageri for a week. farmer. Thursday issued an order for on Thursday suspended Karnataka leader of the 19-year-old girl living n agriculture census will be “The data helps us in for- returning 2,180 acres of land, Congress MLA B K Sangamesh opposition, Siddaramaiah, Awith her lover after eloping Aconducted in Gujarat this mulating agri policies and which was originally sought to for one week for displaying described the ‘One Nation, with him within days after year as part of a pan-India exer- strategies to boost the sector,” be acquired for the Kakinada ‘indecent and disrespectful’ One Election’ push as being her marriage with another per- cise to collect various data Faldu said. Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) behaviour in the Assembly by part of the agenda of the son was allegedly strangled to related to the key sector, Citing the past data, some way back in 2007, to the farm- taking off his shirt. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh death by her father in Dausa Agriculture Minister RC Faldu opposition Congress MLAs ers following a protracted Sangamesh, who won the (RSS), the ideological mentor district, police said on informed the legislative claimed that the number of struggle. Assembly seat from Bhadravati of the ruling BJP, as his party Thursday. Assembly here on Thursday. small and marginal farmers, The farmers who constituency in Shivamogga MLAs raised slogans against Accused Shankar Lal Faldu said data regarding who own less than 2 hectares of owned the land refused to district, will not be allowed to the issue. Saini, 50, surrendered to the farmers’ land holdings, collect- land, has decreased in Gujarat part with their property enter the Legislature till March The idea mooted by Prime police soon after killing his ed from the periodic exercise, because of the “wrong policies” nor receive compensation and 12. Minister Narendra Modi after "+,- 8,, Chinar — a Community Radio daughter Pinki and confessed is crucial for formulating poli- of the BJP government. carried out an agitation for This incident took place taking office in 2014, many BJP station dedicated to the peace to his crime, said Assistant cies for the agriculture sector. Countering them, the min- many years. when the Congress party was leaders have backed the pro- fter winning the hearts and and development of Kashmir. Police Commissioner Deepak “An agriculture census is ister said the number of such Based on the recommen- in front of the speaker to posal to hold all elections Aminds of the Kashmiri peo- He said, two more community Kumar. conducted (across the country) farmers has in fact increased. dations made by a six-member Oppose the ruling party’s deci- together, from Lok Sabha to ple on ground zero, the Indian radio stations are in the pipeline He said Saini was taken every five years. It was first con- “The number of (small and committee headed by sion to take-up debate on - one state assemblies and local bod- Army has now set its eyes on and would be inaugurated soon. into custody and a case of mur- ducted in Gujarat and in the marginal) farmers has actually Agriculture Minister K Kanna nation one election - for two ies, arguing that this will orient ruling the ‘AirWaves’ too. The tagline of the commu- der was registered against him country in 1970-71 and the last increased as land gets divided Babu, the government ordered days starting from Thursday. various elected bodies fully To begin with, the Indian nity radio service has been at Kotwali police station. one was conducted in 2015-16, between each family member that the 2,180 acres of land be However, Sangamesh had towards development as the Army had initially launched a scripted carefully ‘Har Dil ki He said Pinki was married which was the tenth edition of and each one of them becomes returned to the farmers so that his own reasons to oppose in current cycle of frequent polls community radio service in Dhadkan’. to a man against her wishes on the census. a farmer. the KSEZ could go ahead and this manner alleging that rul- across the country hampers the South Kashmir district of “The idea is to connect February 16 but she returned to “Results of the last census “Similarly, land under cul- industries established. ing party BJP leaders were work. Anantnag more than four with the masses through this her parental home three days were released in 2020,” Faldu tivation has also increased as The Union Ministry of harassing his family members But Congress members months ago. After receiving a platform and provide an oppor- later and eloped with her lover informed the House during farmers are allowed to buy Commerce and Industry noti- and him by filing false com- decided to protest against the huge response from the com- tunity to the younger generation Roshan on February 21. Question Hour. wasteland adjacent to their fied the KSEZ in the year 2007 plaints against them. ruling party decision to hold mon masses in the region, to find a foothold by showcas- Following her elopement, He said results are usually farms and make it cultivable for establishing a port-based Sangamesh protesting by two-day special session on - senior Army officers then decid- ing their rich talent, Lt-Gen BS her father had also lodged a published four to five years after with their efforts,” said Faldu. Multiproduct SEZ spread over removing his shirt was similar one nation one elections and ed to replicate the model and Raju said, explaining the idea police complaint, alleging the census is conducted. Periodic agriculture cen- several villages under U to a 2010 protest in which trooped into the well in front expand its reach among the behind launching the radio ser- abduction of his daughter, the “The next agriculture cen- suses are the main source of Kothapalli and Thondangi Goolihatti Shekhar a minister of the speaker. local masses in the North vices. ACP said. sus would take place this year information on basic charac- mandals in East Godavari dis- in Yediyurappa’s cabinet ripped The moment, Sangmesh Kashmir districts as well. He said through the radio He said Pinki’s family (in India and Gujarat). The teristics of operational holdings trict. off his shirt in the Assembly removed his shirt, KPCC pres- On Thursday, Lt- Gen BS service people across Sopore, members eventually traced her main aim of the exercise is to such as land-use, cropping pat- The KSEZ could not take and was disqualified. ident and Congress MLA JN Raju, Corps commander of the Bandipore and Baramulla dis- and brought her back home fetch data regarding opera- tern, irrigation status, tenancy off as intended because of Furious over the Ganesh who rushed towards Srinagar based Chinar Corps tricts can listen and contribute where his father strangled her tional land holding, which and dispersal of holdings, many unresolved issues, main- Sangamesh’s way to protest, the him made him wear his shirt formally inaugurated Radio on a daily basis. to death. means the land which is actu- among others. PTI ly that related to land. PTI speaker Kaageri adjourned the besides covering him. 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Marrying Muslim ried, believing they can con- 6 does not have unequal rights Some time ago, celebrat- men does entail legal out- tinue to practice their faith, nor requires the woman to ed IAS couple Tina Dabi and comes for non-Muslim are quickly belied of this F S , = . , 5 9 5 change her religion or name, Athar Aamir Khan filed for women. Today’s political dis- notion; the faith they marry F , . , whereas a nikah insists that divorce in Jaipur, two years course is less than open in into doesn’t permit this either. 4 P9 ( both partners be of the same after they had tied the nup- that it tends to ignore argu- Moreover, Hindus hold Q 9 #S religion, i.e. Muslim. If the tial knot. Their love story and ments of those who have marriage to be a sacrament man does not wish to divorce, marriage in 2018 had made issues with such marriages. where even divorce is consid- 4 P9 Q # he can take another wife. national headlines. 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Rosy and romanticised Muslim wife’s faith. These tenets sibilities they face. If the boy Sharia. This has particular pictures of interfaith mar- also hold that while Muslims is Muslim, his faith enjoins B*"D") 2 outcomes, as under Sharia, riages carry the serious believe in all previous religions upon him to produce as many ),7B non-Muslim women have to propensity of harming non- and Prophets of God and children as possible so that B*(",)* first convert to Islam because Muslim women, who might respect them, a non-Muslim they achieve demographic this is a condition for mar- make hasty and misinformed does not return the favour. A preponderance. This is borne (B*C riage. Thus, any non-Muslim decisions only to repent and non-Muslim husband might out by the Hadith (The woman marrying a Muslim suffer later. not explicitly express this, but a Traditions, the second holy man instantly forfeits all her (The writer is a Muslim wife cannot expect her book after the Quran; The rights as she transits from a well-known columnist and an husband to respect her faith. Dictionary of Islam by legal regime with more rights author. The views expressed Muslims believe in only the Hughes). Concerned Hindus to one with fewer rights. This are personal.) ,, % ,+,,1 0",+% SOUNDBITE , K% # + " 2 + '% #' Sir — The World Hearing Day was on March ! #%# ' 3 and, sadly, it went past like the problems '#' '%' ' $' '#$ -&% of the hearing impaired go unheeded! 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According to the WHO, over one bil- * %%% # & 5 ( & '%%'&$- '%$'% '##& '3 % '& $ lion young adults are at risk of permanent, -2 # ' # 3 *% )5 avoidable hearing loss due to unsafe listen- '% #$' + # # ing practices, stressing the need to make peo- %#$ '#'6 ple aware of this danger. Early identification '&2'&# 50$ #' #'%% ) /+ # of hearing loss and ear diseases are the key to contest even his party’s decisions if he The direct telecast of the proceedings of the to the effective management. doesn’t agree with these. two Houses can be aired according to their $#%# '#%'%%% #'%3 Modern medicine with modern technol- Moreover, he put in his papers as the importance. However, excerpts of pro- 6 ; , S ogy and implementation of certain safety party chief, taking moral responsibility for ceedings of the two Houses can be shown K" + %' norms can end such difficulties provided that the Congress’ drubbing in the last general not only on Sansad TV but also on various / / +6 7//+8 # )% $#'# the Governments, health organisations, elections. On the other hand, it was his per- Doordarshan channels. NGOs and other agencies come forward to sonal charisma appealing to the masses that A somewhat similar merger can be #% '&# O ( %#% #' 2 mitigate the problem. helped the ‘Grand Old Party’ make a considered for the Doordarshan channels , ) /+ /+ % O -#%%# M Pradyu | Kannur comeback by wresting the States of according to the viewership statistics. There #'& K 5% //+ ##* Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh are several Doordarshan channels which do )$'&# 9 4 , and Chhattisgarh from the formidable BJP. not have significant viewership; continuing #' #$M%% Sir — This refers to the editorial ‘Mea culpa’ The realisation of the past mistakes of with such channels is a waste of public # '# $ S : (March 4). Verily speaking, the Nehru- the Congress comes across as a welcome ges- money. They all must be merged as this will 5 6 < 5 Gandhi family’s contribution to the coun- ture from this young and charismatic polit- not only help increase the viewership but K+ #'(#& ) /+ ( try is unmatched and cannot be questioned. ical leader. As the saying goes, “The sins of also save lot of public money that goes in # . The ‘Grand Old Party’ has a chequered per- the parents are visited on the children”! running these channels. *,#& 0#'$' % /+( S P Q ; formance sheet having caustic memories of Azhar A Khan| Rampur Further, the Government must exercise % ' #'#$M% ,S S the Emergency, communal riots and Bofors real control over private news channels and #%% ''6 scandal. But Congress’ former president ask them to compulsorily telecast procced- &$ #%&#' , Rahul Gandhi should not be held respon- Sir — It is welcome that the Lok Sabha and ings of both the Houses. '# %$ %% #'#'&6 # S sible for them, as he was just a child or minor the Rajya Sabha TV channels have been offi- Subhash Agarwal | Delhi '## #'%# , ( < . / = when these incidents took place. Personally, cially merged into one single entity, Sansad )'& M% # % # #' %%3 + $ Rahul is an man of stern rectitude and a TV. It will help curtail the expenditure that " ! honest political leader who possesses the grit is incurred in running the two TV channels. 5 ;:#5>; (; 5 # , ; <5 ;=>: 6: K#' 0'& #$ % &'()(* 3 ##-3#$@& #' ?*7 ( #' '%$3#$@& #'@ FIRSTCOLUMN @ 4 <+""02 ,( /," +,2 % 6*0) 45" % ' '##$ ' '$%52# #%'&#%'& '$%%# ##& ;. ( 5 4 4 . (5 5 survey conducted by Transparency International (TI) last year found that India Ahas the highest rate of bribery in the Asian region. The survey titled, ‘Global Corruption 5+6(%&& $# %2 Barometer (GCB), Asia’ revealed that the nation also had the highest rate of people using person- 0 >3 < # al connections to access public services. The coun- ) try has a bribery rate of 39 per cent while 46 per / > 6 ( cent people use “familiarity” to get access to ser- vices. The report noted that “slow and complicat- ( ed bureaucratic process, unnecessary red tape and $ / / % unclear regulatory frameworks force citizens to ) )( seek out other solutions to access basic services , ( through networks of familiarity and petty corrup- tion (in India).” H ( The nation’s quest for economic dynamism has 6 been severely stifled by chronic corruption. The country needs to urgently modernise its institu- ( tions and end the culture of rent-seeking and cut- .9 ting corners if it wants the wheel of its economy ) * *AB " to roll seamlessly. Corruption is both anti-nation- 7727()* al and anti-poor because the resources meant for D" S "( poverty alleviation schemes get siphoned off by 0BD" , * # ( dishonest politicians and bureaucrats. It is among ("B0",,AB" the most debilitating economic illnesses that afflict * !A"BA large parts of the world. India is now caught in a CDCD * " "(BB"2 situation where many sectors are steeped in (BD"*C",) endemic corruption, including those charged with 7,)3)* " controlling it — from the legislators who write the * *!" laws, to the judiciary which makes them roadwor- B**!)7B" constable rather than an officer into “Just as it is impossible to know reflects a strain of amorality in our thy and the police which is charged with enforc- * "!"*BB an honest person. Higher officials when a fish moving in water is character: A willingness to tolerate ing them. , C B get so carried away by the glamour drinking it, so it is impossible to find corner-cutting and rule-breaking in In the last four decades, despite several B! ) *B and competition evident among out when Government servants in the successful pursuit of wealth and Government programmes for the welfare of the * ,3* " their peers, and the aspirations of charge of undertakings misappro- power. “Corruption, of course, is not rural poor, poverty remains endemic. Either the their families, that malpractices priate money.” unique to India,” he writes in ‘Being nets were not cast wide or there were too many ")*C)* * and bribes become a part of their The phrase, “probity in public Indian’. “What is unique is the holes blown into them. The cruel reality is that , BA* lives. Surely education is a failure life” has become an oxymoron. level of its acceptance, and the cre- ) 6 much of the public spending does not reach the ( )( 7) 0 here. Voters favour a familiar fam- The time to start popping the corks ative ways in which it is sustained. H poor. It is either sponged off by the delivery mech- 7B B*" ily pedigree, partly because of a cul- would be when corrupt officials are Indians do not subscribe to antisep- anism consisting of consultants, advisors, their * (BB"3)*) tural reverence for the family and actually convicted and penalised. tic definitions of rectitude… Their )* "(B 07 / equipment and studies — or it gets pocketed. This because of feudal habits that go back Unfortunately, our criminal justice understanding of right and wrong has become a touchstone for all public-funded pro- BAA C* centuries. These traditions are more system has a truly pathetic record is related far more to efficacy than " ( grammes and is now parroted in all Indian devel- 7)D"C important in politics than individ- on this front. As long as that absolute notions of morality.” .9 # ( opment literature. Low-level graft remains perva- , ), ual qualities or merits in India and remains true, much publicised Most Indian businesses cannot ( # sive. Much of the Western world aid is running B )*) 0BA they strike at the very core of arrests serve little or no purpose. survive or remain competitive with- " down the bureaucratic ratholes. Corruption is a B * *2 democracy. Grassroots activists and They certainly do not act as effec- out stashing away undeclared earn- ( huge, insidious problem in our country that has 7D)B"2* )" student leaders with no patronage tive deterrents to potential bribe- ings. Almost everybody who has ) eaten into every aspect of life. It can lead to dis- O )(, * 7 matter little, and given the huge takers or bribe-givers. Corruption sold a house has taken one part of ( trust in the Government, generating civil strife, * 7)KB")* money and muscle power involved is too often seen as merely a moral the payment in cash and evaded tax violence, and conflict. 0*(B+*7 in elections, outsiders can only issue. Not enough people realise just on it. Huge quantities of secret % While the poor do not have the money to bribe dream of power. In fact, the impact how crippling an economic factor wealth are still a part of our system. public servant to avail services that are their right, of nepotism goes beyond politics, it can be. The cost of the bribes The solution lies in ensuring . , ! 7.,!8 / they have a vote that the politician wants. The with the reign of dynasties extend- clearly must be factored into the that the Central Bureau of politician does a little bit to make life a little more ing to most businesses too. business model and hence into the Investigation remains free of .,! tolerable for the poor — a seat in a good school Like the mythological hydra, costs. Government interference and that !, , for the lucky few, a Government job for the even corruption is a many-headed foe The country’s economic system whistle-blowers, witnesses and jour- H ( ( luckier, on occasion the unexpected munificence that insinuates itself into every part is fused with many strands of cor- nalists working on corruption cases of a loan waiver or, more commonly, a phone call of the social fabric — weakening the ruption and organised systems of are protected. The Government " )S that helps them get a police case registered. For body politic and jeopardising tax evasion. Cases of people greas- must realise that increasing corrup- H all this, the politician gets the gratitude of his vot- prospects for economic growth. It ing palms to get a college scholar- tion can act as a speed breaker in the ers. However, he then also has little reason to can wither only after the heads are ship, tax refund or mortgage from Indian growth story. There is a need # .9 improve the system by reforming it. lopped off. a State-owned bank are now com- for a strong political will to untan- .9 ( The state of affairs is grim, as every village offi- It has been a long-standing monplace. Petty corruption includes gle it. Without a strong civil society cial must be paid not just to expedite the appli- problem that successive slipping banknotes to the police and or an independent judiciary to cation form for development schemes but specif- Governments have battled and to officials to get paperwork done. check Government power, the polit- ) ically for not obstructing it. There is no easy solu- The writer is a mostly failed to quell. In his mag- Businessmen have to offer “seed ical class can become complacent. tion to the problem. The corrupt police officials well-known development num opus ‘Arthashastra’, w r i t t e n money” to avoid red tape. We have a long distance to cover to have a rollicking time at the expense of helpless professional. nearly three centuries before the Writer and former diplomat get rid of corruption and it may The views expressed are require longer sprints as time is run- citizens. In fact, there is no link between corrup- personal. Christian era, Kautilya, the classi- Pavan Varma suggests that the per- $ / S tion and poverty. It is easier to convert a corrupt cal master of statecraft, observed: sistence of corruption in India also ning out. , F . , ( POINTCOUNTERPOINT S ; !+(,3+ + ( , " !+ "-)3,),, " ,), ( +" , ), #(,3+ , + ) + +3 + A, #+, ! / #+, ! ,!+ , , ,),# +"B# )) + L" , # ", L" , + " # ", ,#- ! 7 8 ! 4. 4 Gxu rytxywxuvvusyutyvvuuyqutuqywuuyusuxysxquqxusxquwyw xuyuyqw uywyxqtyy quqsxywq qsxu echnology has been one Most interestingly, private ing applications with content For example, music teach- progress to the next level. Some oped. Teachers can drop the of the mainstays of music tutors — who probably argued libraries, backing music tracks ers are able to assign an exercise of these systems give detailed one-size-fits-all approach that Teducation, particularly the most against technology- and practice tools for instru- with a predetermined difficul- visual heatmaps of a student’s works rather poorly in creative contemporary music and its driven learning and teaching in ments, voice instruction and so ty level and a target practice performance, with granular arts education. production and sound engi- place of the tried and tested tra- on, that integrate into LMS or score to student groups or indi- feedback on areas that have met While this recent and swift neering since the late 2000s. ditional approach of in-person remote teaching using video viduals. The students can then expectations and those needing adoption of technologies for However, the adoption rate instruction — were the first to calling apps. practice the material on their improvement. pedagogical purposes is main- was probably slower than antic- )03&#$ ,1+6 jump on the bandwagon. LMS are excellent cloud- own with the app giving high- Technology-enabled peda- ly driven by the pressure to ipated due to the general resis- Consequently, they taught based tools to extend learning ly specific feedback on how well gogy also helps to build highly enhance remote learning in tance to change and the reluc- music using every possible beyond face-to-face time, and they are doing, and the areas effective differentiated learning light of the social distancing and tance to shift to newer methods technological means, from more importantly to build a that need improvement. Once experiences, which are rather lockdown conditions necessitat- of learning and teaching. Skype to Zoom to Google social learning ecosystem act with each other, share and the student attains the target challenging otherwise in a ed by the Coronavirus pandem- Interestingly, music technology, Hangouts. In most of such around the class. There are a discuss topics of interest online, score, the teacher assigns a group setting with traditional ic, they are more than likely to which we should clearly differ- cases, the technology integra- number of such solutions avail- and learn from each other’s new difficulty level, much like teaching approaches. One of the find a permanent place in entiate from the technology for tion started and ended with able now, mostly on a per-user works. This provides invaluable a game. biggest benefits of technology- music education since both pedagogical purposes, has been these video calling apps that subscription model that is benefits over just focusing on Similar gamified learning enabled pedagogy is its focus on students and teachers will find adopted widely and is frequent- allowed remote teaching and increasingly becoming afford- instrumental or voice mastery. technologies also exist for student-centred learning, tak- obvious enhancements to their ly adapted by music educators learning and did not extend to able in markets like India and Newer learning technolo- instrument and voice learning. ing the attention away from the learning and teaching experi- in line with music industry more immersive and interactive South Asia. gies that either work as stand- Many of these systems provide teacher as the sole enabler of ences. practices. learning systems. LMS allow teachers to alone mobile or web-based comprehensive content libraries learning. With technology- Institutions are likely to The year 2020 presented Increasingly, we are now administer independent learn- apps or integrate into LMS organised in terms of progres- enabled learning, the teacher adopt and scale such technolo- many with a make-or-break sit- seeing larger music schools ing content to a class or individ- help further enhance the music sive difficulty levels. Teachers has the flexibility to adopt a gies aggressively since they uation due to the pandemic and tapping into comprehensive ual learners, provide feedback learning experience. Many are able to assign target goals for more efficient role of a learning introduce efficiencies and help music education providers, The writer is Dean, The learning management systems to students using text, audio or schools employ music notation practice, and once a student facilitator, provide necessary collect extremely valuable data both institutions and teachers True School of Music, (LMS), customised mobile apps video, conduct online assess- and ear training applications achieves the desired proficien- personalised interventions and that will help design newer and were swift to drop all inhibi- Vijaybhoomi University. and subscription-based music ments that could be auto-grad- with preloaded content libraries cy, conduct an assessment with- allow each learner to grow at more effective curriculum, The views expressed are tions and embrace technology personal. learning services such as music ed and so on. More important- for independent learning and in the app, using similar content their own pace while focusing learning programmes and to aid pedagogy. notation applications, ear train- ly, LMS allow students to inter- practice. to validate the learning and on the core areas to be devel- delivery methods. #$ % &'()(* 7 "!" #+( /( (' 3$ Nay Pyi Taw: Demonstrators are used to sanctions and we five decades had languished in Myanmar protesting last survived those sanctions in under strict military rule that #4 4 month’s military coup returned the past,’” she said. When she led to international isolation to the streets Thursday, also warned the army that and sanctions. As the generals undaunted by the killing of at Myanmar would become iso- loosened their grip, culminat- Geneva, Switzerland: At least had corroborated information least 38 people the previous day lated, she said, “the answer was, ing in Suu Kyi’s rise to power 54 people have been killed and that at least 54 people had been by security forces. We have to learn to walk with after 2015 elections, the inter- over 1,700 detained since killed by police and military New protests were held in only a few friends.’” national community respond- Myanmar’s February 1 coup, the officers since February 1. at least three areas of Yangon, The coup reversed years of ed by lifting most sanctions and UN rights chief said Thursday, “The actual death toll, how- the country’s largest city, that slow progress toward democ- pouring investing into the demanding that the military ever, could be much higher as have been scenes of violence for racy in Myanmar, which for country. AP “stop murdering” protesters. these are the figures the office the past few days. Police again The comments come after has been able to verify,” it used force to try to disperse the the deadliest day of protests in stressed. crowds, according to social R Myanmar, with at least 38 dead The killings have escalated media accounts. Wednesday in rallies where sharply in recent days. Protests also continued In security forces were seen firing The rights office had veri- Mandalay, the second-biggest . '' into crowds. fied 30 of the 38 deaths report- city. A formation of five fight- UN rights chief Michelle ed by other UN entities on er planes flew over the city on & ,, Bachelet urged security forces to Wednesday, saying the killings Thursday morning in what “halt their vicious crackdown on by security forces had taken appeared to be a threatening Singapore: Armed Myanmar “It’s just the tip of the ice- peaceful protesters”. place in Yangon, Mandalay, show of force. soldiers and police are using berg,” said MIDO executive “Myanmar’s military must Sagaing, Magway and Mon. The UN Special envoy for TikTok to deliver death threats director Htaike Htaike Aung, stop murdering and jailing pro- Another person was docu- Myanmar, Christine Schraner to protesters against last month’s who noted that there’s “hun- testers,” she said in a statement. mented killed on Tuesday and Burgener, said 38 people were coup, researchers said, prompt- dreds” of videos of uniformed “It is utterly abhorrent that 18 people on Sunday, with five killed Wednesday, a figure con- ing the Chinese video-sharing soldiers and police on the app. security forces are firing live prior to that. sistent with other reports. app to announce it was remov- A spokesman for the army ammunition against peaceful It said it was difficult to doc- The death toll was the + " 2 ' + ing content that incites violence. and junta did not respond to a protesters across the country,” ument injuries, but that “at a highest since the Feb. 1 Digital rights group request for comment. she added. minimum, hundreds have been takeover, when the military The UN Security Council Any kind of coordinated their own sanctions. Myanmar ICT for Development One video from late Bachelet added that she wounded during protests”. ousted the elected govern- has scheduled closed-door con- action at the United Nations UN Envoy Schraner (MIDO) said it had found over February reviewed by Reuters was “also appalled at the docu- Since the coup, more than ment of leader Aung San Suu sultations on Friday on calls to will be difficult since two per- Burgener said she warned 800 pro-military videos that shows a man in army fatigues mented attacks against emer- 1,700 people have also been Kyi. More than 50 civilians, reverse the coup — including manent members of the Myanmar’s army that the menaced protesters at a time of aiming an assault rifle at the gency medical staff and ambu- “arbitrarily arrested and mostly peaceful protesters, are from UN Secretary-General Security Council, China and world’s nations and the Security increasing bloodshed - with 38 camera and addressing pro- lances attempting to provide detained in relation to their par- confirmed to have been killed Antonio Guterres — and stop Russia, are likely to veto it. Council “might take huge protesters killed on Wednesday testers: “I will shoot in your care to those who have been ticipation in protests or by police and soldiers since the escalating military crack- Some countries have already strong measures.” alone according to the United fucking faces... and I’m using injured”. engagement in political activi- then. down. imposed or are considering “And the answer was, We Nations. real bullets.” AFP The UN rights office said it ty,” the statement said. AFP %G ; 5 3 = *,+ , % ' Hong Kong: A Hong Kong F 5 court on Thursday denied bail ( ! ) 0*B houses across the country in voting rights champion John to 32 out of 47 pro-democra- Wellington: A New Zealand memoration of the March 15, the wake of Donald Trump’s Lewis held for years. cy activists charged under a man is facing criminal charges 2019, attacks. ouse Democrats passed repeated false claims of a “This bill is the Good ( +* , 7 guerrilla name, Biplav. The Beijing-imposed national secu- after allegedly posting online He said that had been Hsweeping voting and stolen 2020 election. Yet Trouble’ he fought for his rebels also call themselves the rity law, ending a four-day threats against two planned before the threats ethics legislation Wednesday it faces an uncertain fate in entire life.” epal’s Government signed Nepal Communist Party. marathon court hearing. Christchurch mosques that came to light. over unanimous Republican the Democratic-controlled To Republicans, however, Na peace agreement This group is known for The group of activists was were the sites of a terrorist Price declined to give opposition, advancing to the Senate, where it has little it would give license to Thursday with a small com- violence, threats and enforcing charged with conspiracy to attack that left 51 people dead. details of the alleged threats or Senate what would be the chance of passing without unwanted federal interference munist rebel group widely general strikes. commit subversion under the Police on Thursday arrest- name the man ahead of his first largest overhaul of the US changes to procedural rules in states’ authority to conduct feared because they were It had split from the Maoist law and detained on Sunday ed the 27-year-old man and scheduled court appearance election law in at least a gen- that currently allow their own elections — ulti- known for violent attacks, Communist party, which over their involvement in an charged him with threatening on Friday. eration. Republicans to block it. mately benefiting Democrats extortion and bombings. fought government troops unofficial primary election last to kill. “Any threat made on our House Resolution 1, which The stakes in the outcome through higher turnout, most The government agreed between 1996 and 2006 when year that authorities said was a If found guilty, he faces a community and our people is touches on virtually every are monumental, cutting to the notably among minorities. to lift a ban on the group, it gave up its armed revolt, plot to paralyze Hong Kong’s maximum prison sentence of a threat on our society, and will aspect of the electoral process, foundational idea that one “Democrats want to use release all their party members agreed to UN-monitored peace government. seven years. not be tolerated,” Price said. was approved on a near person equals one vote, and their razor-thin majority not and supporters in jail and talks and joined mainstream The mass charges against Police Superintendent John “Any messages of hate or party-line 220-210 vote. carrying with it the potential to pass bills to earn voters’ drop all legal cases against politics. the activists were the most Price told reporters the threats people wanting to cause harm It would restrict partisan to shape election outcomes for trust, but to ensure they don’t them, while the group agreed The Maoist fighting had sweeping action taken against were made earlier this week on in our community, they will be gerrymandering of congres- years to come. It also offers a lose more seats in the next to give up all violence and left 17,000 people killed, hun- the city’s pro-democracy camp the website 4chan, which has held to account.” sional districts, strike down test of how hard President Joe election,” House Minority resolve any issues through dreds missing and many more since the national security law been used as a forum in the Police initially arrested two hurdles to voting and bring Biden and his party are will- Leader Kevin McCarthy said peaceful dialogue, the gov- maimed. was implemented last June. past by white supremacists. men and executed search war- transparency to a murky cam- ing to fight for their priorities, from the House floor Tuesday. ernment said in a statement The peace agreement with With the 32 activists remand- The arrest comes as rants at two Christchurch paign finance system that as well as those of their voters. The measure has been a after peace talks. the rebel group comes at a time ed in custody until the next Muslims prepare to mark the addresses. One of the men was allows wealthy donors to This bill “will put a stop at priority for Democrats since Details of the agreement when the prime minister and court hearing on May 31, it second anniversary of a white later released without being anonymously bankroll political the voter suppression that they won their House majori- would be made public at a joint his government are facing a means that a majority of Hong supremacist gunman’s attack at charged. causes. we’re seeing debated right ty in 2018. But it has taken on ceremony Friday with Prime political crisis since a split Kong’s pro-democracy figures the mosques. In the 2019 attack, gunman The bill is a powerful now,” said Rep Nikema added urgency in the wake of Minister Khadga Prasad Oli developed in his own ruling will now be in jail or in self-exile Price said there would be Brenton Tarrant slaughtered counterweight to voting rights Williams, a new congress- Trump’s false claims, which and the leader of the rebel party and the Supreme Court abroad amid an ongoing crack- an enhanced police presence at worshippers at the mosques restrictions advancing in woman who represents the incited the deadly storming of group Netra Bikram Chand, reinstated the Parliament he down on dissent in the semi- the mosques during the com- during Friday prayers. AP Republican-controlled state- Georgia district that deceased the US Capitol in January. who is better known by his had dissolved. autonomous Chinese city. AP R 5 " 0 & , .# 5 .. 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He was undergoing bullied staff during her time as ‘Times’ following claims made opened fire on a gathering had been abducted from the treatment at the Combined a frontline royal with Prince by former staff of the Duke and outside the school where the Government Girls Secondary Military Hospital in Dhaka, Harry in Britain. Duchess of Sussex,” reunions were held Wednesday. School in Jangebe in Nigeria’s Awami League Office Secretary Markle, 39, lived at Buckingham Palace, which is One person died and two northwest Zamfara state and Biplab Barua Kensington Palace for nearly a responsible for all Royal were injured in the mayhem, were released Tuesday after said in a social year after her marriage to Household staff, said in a state- according to local media negotiations. Zamfara Gov. media post. Prince Harry, 36, the Duke of ment. reports. The forces opened fire Bello Matawalle said that 279 Imam, who Sussex, in May 2018. “Accordingly, our HR team after stones were thrown at girls had been freed. was the cabinet The probe comes as The will look into the circumstances Government officials, appar- Upon their release, the girls secretary to the Times published a leaked email outlined in the article. Members ently in frustration at the were brought to the govern- 1971 wartime on Wednesday from a staff of staff involved at the time, drawn-out procedure, said the ment’s provincial offices, government, member alleging that the for- including those who have left reports. Government House, in Gusau was hospitalised with various mer American actress drove the Household, will be invited Anxious and angry parents for presentation, before being age-related problems, Dhaka two personal assistants out of to participate to see if lessons who were reunited with the medically examined and reunit- Tribune reported. PTI the household and undermined can be learned,” it said. PTI girls after six days of waiting ed with their families. AP #$ % &'()(* 8 !4:>? ! 2 3 2 .4/ " CD " ! ( @3A4B 9 (, , , ) only after it agreed to directly be Rs 22,100 crore worth of hold only 10 per cent and also shares flowing into the market, ust State Bank of India, capped the overall holding at 20 and Rs 21,700 crore worth of (, !7 ) doing business have resulted in JHDFC and ICICI Bank will per cent. shares from ICICI Lombard in (, !7 ) to include group voice and increased FDI inflows into the have to offload equity worth Rs Current regulations allow which the bank owns 52 per video calls in the future,” it oreign direct investment country, according to the min- 1.21 lakh crore if the central banks to own over 50 per cent cent. hatsApp on Thursday added. F(FDI) in India grew 40 per istry. bank goes ahead with its stake in insurance arms. SBI which owns 55 per cent Wsaid it has rolled out WhatsApp said there has cent to USD 51.47 billion dur- The foreign inflows are a reported plan to make banks If the RBI forces promot- in SBI Life will have to sell one-to-one voice and video been a significant increase in ing April-December 2020-21, major driver of economic cap their stakes in insurance er banks/NBFCs to lower their shares worth Rs 32,200 crore. calls on its desktop app, a people calling one another on according to government data growth and an important arms at 20 per cent, says a stakes to 20 per cent, this can The total value their excess move that will now allow users WhatsApp over the last year released on Thursday. source of non-debt finance for report. significantly increase free float holding is worth Rs 1,20,100 to make calls through their lap- and often for long conversa- India has attracted 22 per the economic development of Quoting unnamed RBI in the four listed insurance crore, says the report. tops or desktop PCs. tions. cent higher FDI inflow (includ- industry ministry said. India. officials, a media report earli- arms of HDFC, ICICI Bank Almost all state-run banks The Facebook-owned “Last New Year’s Eve, we ing re-invested earnings) of The inflows increased by “The steps taken in this er this week said the monetary and SBI worth Rs 1.2 lakh crore and large private sector banks company said voice and video broke the record for the most USD 67.54 billion during the 37 per cent in the third quar- direction during the last six and authority is not comfortable alone, Kotak Securities said in also have unlisted life and non- calls on the platform are end- calls ever made in a single day first nine months of the current ter (October-December 2020) a half years have borne fruit, as with banks owning controlling a report on Thursday. life insurance ventures. to-end encrypted, and so with 1.4 billion voice and video fiscal as against USD 55.14 bil- of 2020-21 to USD 26.16 bil- is evident from the ever- stake in non-core businesses HDFC owns 50 per cent in Calling for maintaining WhatsApp can’t hear or see calls. With so many people still lion in the same period of lion. increasing volumes of FDI like insurance ventures which HDFC Life and bringing it the status quo, the report said them whether the call is made apart from their loved ones, 2019-20. In December, FDI surged inflows being received into the are capital guzzlers and wants down to 20 per cent would banks owning insurance com- from phones or computers. and adjusting to new ways of “FDI equity inflow grew by 24 per cent to USD 9.22 billion, country. Continuing on the banks to cap ownership in mean offloading equity worth panies has been a win-win for “We’re starting with one- working, we want conversa- 40 per cent in the first nine the data showed. path of FDI liberalisation and insurance arms/ companies at Rs 44,100 crore at today’s mar- all and that there are many pos- to-one calls on the WhatsApp tions on WhatsApp to feel as months of 2020-21 (USD 51.47 The measures taken by the simplification, government has a maximum of 20 per cent. ket value. itives in that structure such as desktop app so we make sure close to in-person as pos- billion) compared to the year government on the fronts of carried out FDI reforms across It was also reported that While in case of ICICI insurance stake sales have sup- we can give you a reliable and sible, regardless of where you ago period (USD 36.77 bil- FDI policy reforms, invest- various sectors,” the ministry the RBI recently approved Axis Prudential Life which is 51 per ported banks’ provisioning in high-quality experience. 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(, , , ) The portal industry tracker International sufficiently exploited and har- Healthy Planet-Celebrating the cial, energy and IT stocks amid Bajaj Finserv dropped 2.49 per HFNMandi.Com is a free Prices are decided Data Corporation (IDC) said nessed due to lack of resources UNESCO Engineering Project a meltdown in global shares. cent, SBI by 2.28 per cent, Axis he rupee on Thursday online service for farmers to by the farmers and orders are on Thursday. leading to an acute shortage Report”. Asian and European mar- Bank by 2.24 per cent, HDFC Tdeclined by 11 paise to connect and transact with buy- fulfilled by farmers themselves. India was the only country between demand and avail- On infrastructure devel- kets tumbled as another rise in Bank by 2.1 per cent and ICICI close at 72.83 against the US ers, a company statement said. “For buyers, it pro- in the top 20 to see triple-digit ability of electricity in the state, opment, the vision document US bond yields fanned fears of Bank by 1.73 per cent. dollar due to a rebound in the HFN Mandi leverages vides not only access to the growth in wearables in 2020 according to a vision document said that the number of con- higher inflation that may Larsen & Toubro declined greenback in overseas mar- technology to provide nation- largest selection of crops under and continues to be the third- by APEN. sumers in the state as of 2020 prompt central banks to raise by 2.31 per cent, NTPC by 1.6 kets and muted domestic equi- wide farmers and buyers on a a single roof at attractive prices, largest wearables market glob- The ‘Vision Document is 2,99,825 with the peak and interest rates. per cent, Bharti Airtel by 1.24 ties. single transparent online plat- but also provides a seamless ally, showed IDC Worldwide 2021’ was presented by the off-peak demand being 179 Intra-day, the 30-share per cent and Reliance by 1.17 At the interbank forex form. It aims to provide farm- experience of purchasing agri- Quarterly Wearable Device Association of Power MW and 120 MW respective- BSE barometer fell as much as per cent. IT stocks Infosys, market, the local unit opened ers with larger market access produce in wholesale including Tracker.”2020 was a year of Engineers Nagaland (APEN) ly while the energy consump- 905 points before ending the Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, at 72.99 against the greenback and better price realisation. the booking of transportation, transition in the audio segment on the occasion of World tion is 854 MU. session at 50,846.08, showing a and TCS also saw losses of up and witnessed an intra-day “Farmers as far as from quality check on the ground, from wired to wireless devices,” Engineering Day organized by It said the state’s energy decline of 598.57 points or to 1 per cent. ded lower today high of 72.62 and a low of Meghalaya are now able to legal contract, escrow of funds said Jaipal Singh, Associate the Federation of Nagaland demand is predominantly met 1.16 per cent. Of 30 Sensex mainly on weak global 72.99. export their crops to countries etc,” the company said. Research Manager, Client State Engineering Service from the central sector alloca- shares, 25 closed with losses. cues…Financials and Metals It finally ended at 72.83 like South Africa because they Harvesting India Pvt Ltd Devices, IDC India. Association (FONSESA) here tions (90%), and own genera- The broader NSE Nifty indices were keg drags today, against the American curren- listed products on our plat- was founded in 2018 to drive “In 2021, this category will on Thursday. tion contributing approxi- closed down by 164.85 points while FMCG, Pharma and IT cy, registering a fall of 11 paise form,” Ruchit Garg, Founder financial inclusion for small- further migrate to more sophis- The Vision Document mately 10 per cent only. or 1.08 per cent at 15,080.75 indices were resilient. over its previous closing. and CEO, Harvesting, said: holder farmers. ticated devices with enhanced audio experience being the central theme for all vendors,” he added.Earwear device ship- + 9 ; <- =.45> ments grew more than three- fold in 2020 compared to the 0 " financial services industry,” Over the last two decades, previous year, mainly driven by * said the city-based IT behe- Capco has worked with cus- the affordable launches, and lobal software major moth in a statement here. The tomers in banking, capital expanding use cases beyond GWipro said on Thursday acquisition is expected to close markets, wealth, asset man- entertainment like virtual -(( that it has signed an agreement in the quarter ending June 30, agement and insurance sectors. meetings and e-learning to acquire the UK-based man- 2021. requirements. agement and technology firm London-headquartered ( A" +A "* imposed cap of not raising the Capco for $1.45 billion (Rs Capco’s clients include the mar- target production by more than 10,551 crore) to provide digi- quees in the global financial embers of oil producer 500,000 barrels per day on a tal, Cloud and IT services to services industry. Mcartel OPEC and allied monthly basis, which does not financial institutions in the “Capco has 5,000 consul- countries are weighing an include the return of the extra US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. tants based in 30 global loca- increase in production now 1 million barrels per day of tions to support clients with that prices have recovered to Saudi Arabian cuts, which “The acquisition will make their expert insights, entre- near their pre-pandemic levels. would come on top,” said us one of the largest consulting, preneurial approach and focus Their online meeting on Bjornar Tonhaugen, head of oil technology and service on delivery excellence,” said the Thursday takes place against markets at Rystad Energy. providers to the banking and statement. the background of more con- fidence that prices have stead- ied, offset by concern that that the spread of new variants of the coronavirus could easily hurt demand. The so-called OPEC Plus - which includes countries like Russia that are not part of the cartel but have been coordi- nating production in recent years - made deep cuts in out- put in 2020 to stave off a com- plete collapse in prices. It decided to add back 500,000 barrels per day in December, and analysts say it’s possible the gathered min- isters could raise production by another 500,000 barrels per day. A big question ahead of the meeting is whether Saudi Arabia, the kingpin among member countries, will with- draw any of the voluntary 1 million barrels per day in cuts that it announced at the January meeting, a move that startled oil markets and sent prices higher. “The group still has a self- #$ % &'()(* 0 ! !',+0 + , 0 1 . 3 + 1+0 /0! L5,0%,0 : 0++,677 !7 +7 (3&9*%#+%/0/(3 !.4. . . ( @H #G$#? ndia’s handicraft market, the true Edition’ survey conducted by the All epitome of India’s vibrant culture India Artisans and Craftworkers Iand heritage, has a glorious his- Welfare Association (AIACA), wage tory of several centuries. However, losses, cashflow crunches, cancella- the once-prosperous Indian craft tion/withholding of orders, and sup- sector of the country has been in deep ply disruptions in the raw material trouble since the beginning of the value chain make for some major C( ? pandemic. A source of sustenance of challenges faced by India’s craft a conservative estimate of staggering enterprises. 9-10 million artisans, craft is one of The sector has been suffering " . % the worst-affected sectors that is from a lack of access to credit and trying to find ways to revive itself. working capital. According to the eems like the good old days ly worked to make the design The current situation signals the need Sixth Economic Census, India has an Sof Indian fashion are back... industry lead from the front for a fresh set of structural reforms overwhelming presence of micro- After more than a decade-and- and leave a global footprint. for the crafts industry to move businesses and small proprietary a-half, Lakme Fashion Week The pandemic has darkened ahead. businesses. Though craft businesses (LFW) and the Fashion Design the clouds, this will add a sil- The striking appeal of premium in the country fall within the spec- Council of India (FDCI) will ver lining to the business of handicraft goods produced by Indian trum of such businesses, their oper- present a joint fashion week. fashion and help sharpen the artisans has fascinated not just the ations are unorganised, which hin- The Phygital Fashion Week needs of the fast-changing domestic market but also the global ders their ability to avail financing ushers in an era of positivity to world. Lakme, RISE Worldwide one. To put it in context, Indian and credit from the formal financial drive growth in the industry in and FDCI will now have a handicrafts and handlooms are a sector. Over 80 per cent of small pro- the post-pandemic world. shared purpose and belonging 24,300-crore industry and con- prietary businesses in India are self- Leaders of the industry — as we both reinvent the wheel tribute 10,000 crores to India’s financed. Barely two per cent bor- FDCI, Lakme and RISE in uncertain times. We are export earnings annually, according rowed from financial institutions. Worldwide make history with delighted to present this fash- to the Twelfth Five Year Plan. Artisanal trade is the second women running only 14 per cent of taken to conduct branding and mar- with the GOI envisioning a contribu- this event, kickstarting of an era ion week together.” Additionally, the Indian Trade Portal largest employer among the develop- Indian businesses and most self- keting campaigns to promote the dis- tion of $2 trillion from micro, small of effective co-operation and Ashwath Swaminathan, asserts that India is the second- ing countries behind agriculture, financed). Women in our country tinctiveness of Indian art and craft. and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as meaningful initiatives. Head of Innovations at Lakme largest exporter of handloom prod- articulating unique expressions of rarely own property that could serve We must reposition the sector as India eyes becoming a $5 trillion Combining forces Lakme said, “Our association with the ucts globally. The exports of Indian arts, culture and heritage. In a report as collateral for start-up loans. They crafts and creative enterprises (CCEs) economy by 2024, along with a tar- Fashion Week jointly organised Indian fashion industry runs handloom products were valued at ‘Policy Gaps Study on the Crafts have less education than men, on an and engage it deeper with e-com- get of generating fifty million addi- by Lakme & RISE Worldwide deep as Lakme has been a key USD 353.9 million in the period Sector in India’ presented by AIACA, average. When they do work, they merce. tional jobs from the sector. The def- (formerly IMG Reliance) and driver of its growth for the past 2017-2018. the challenges being faced by arti- receive lower wages than their male Reskilling and rebuilding capa- inition of Small and Micro enterpris- FDCI will present a joint sched- 20 years. We look forward to The reality on the ground, how- sans/entrepreneurs in the crafts sec- counterparts and generally occupy bilities in the sector will help quick- es have been changed (as per the ule this season at LFW. The this partnership opening up ever, seems different. Despite a show tor are well analysed. First, there are low-skill jobs in agriculture and ser- en the recovery and make the sector Finance Minister’s announcement event will have a special “unity new avenues of growth for all of promise and potential, the Indian large-scale gaps in fulfilling the man- vices, often in the informal economy. resilient, especially for smaller arti- on May 13, 2020), with a revision of logo” designed to mark this stakeholders. We continue to craft sector doesn’t get the serious dates of the government schemes Moving ahead, it is amply clear sans. upwards limits, a focus on annual occasion. remain true to the pillars of the attention it should. The Fourth All themselves, in terms of infrastructure that the need of the hour necessitates Broad financial recommenda- turnover and a removal of the differ- It will feature the best of Lakme Fashion week which India Handloom Census (2019-2020) provision, access to credit, skills a revisiting of traditional approach- tions include expectations of a stim- ences between service and manufac- curation and designers from are discoverability, sustainabil- says that the total number of house- training, marketing etc. The lack of es towards income generation and ulus from the government for craft turing MSMEs. This would clearly Delhi, Mumbai and across ity and talkability as we present holds engaged in weaving and allied penetration by scheduled banks into livelihoods. There is a need to rede- based enterprises, including measures have an implication for craft enter- India. FDCI & LFW will joint- the best in Indian fashion and activities amounts to 3.14 million; rural areas, lack of financial literacy fine the mechanics of work with like reduction/deferral in GST across prises in the country. ly present the Opening Show beauty this season to a global two-thirds (66.3 per cent). Already and entrepreneurial skills among women artisans and entrepreneurs categories, soft loans and interest free The road ahead: This sector cur- on March 16 and will culminate audience.” facing this uncertain livelihood sit- the artisans and lack of institution- and look at promoting well-ground- working capital loans to aid produc- rently needs a helping hand to pre- with the Lakme Absolute Jaspreet Chandok, Head - uation, the crafts sector is now fight- alisation of craft persons are signif- ed, economically and environmental- tion and the easing of access to raw vent widespread job losses and deal Grand Finale on March 21. The Lifestyle Businesses at RISE ing for survival amid the pandemic. icant inhibitors. An enabling fiscal ly sustainable models of social busi- material supplies. with bank loan defaults. Considering event will also feature talent Worldwide said, “Our ultimate Low pay, lack of exposure, financial and tax environment is required in ness and enterprise as a way ahead. Globally, many countries have the gravity of the current situation, discovery programme GenNext goal is the development of eco- constraints, and inadequate client order to drive entrepreneurial activ- Here are a few revival measures that announced large bailout packages in multiple stakeholders across the for designers as well as promote systems that we operate in and coverage are some of the most com- ities by artisans. will help alleviate the financial as well the form of soft loans or government- crafts value chain — entrepreneurs, modelling talent through we feel this partnership will mon challenges faced by India’s craft Women artisans have struggled as marketing difficulties of the sec- backed collateral-free loans, tax hol- merchandisers, NGOs and craft FDCI’s #GetNoticed Model help elevate the fashion indus- sector in the post-lockdown era. It is to be recognised as potential earners tor: idays, a moratorium on liabilities to cooperatives and coalitions — have Hunt besides other innova- try to new heights. We are glad no surprise then, that the ongoing and entrepreneurs in their own right Individuals and NGOs must protect their small businesses. In come together to revive the sector. tions. Both FDCI and LFW will to partner with the FDCI and pandemic has only made the strug- because of various reasons — work- come together to take the initiative India, the Government has Their support would be critical to continue their buyer pro- look forward to jointly present gles harder. Speaking statistically, an ing double hard to be taken serious- of raising funds for relief distribution announced a special economic pack- ensure the sustainability of India’s grammes launched last season Lakme Fashion Week this sea- initial estimate by EPCH pegs the ly as an entrepreneur/earner; lack of to promote craft businesses and age viz. Aatmanirbhar Bharat craft enterprises at this critical time. as well. son as we RISE as one.” possible losses of the handicrafts sec- female mentors and role models; keep the tradition of handicrafts Abhiyaan with relief and credit sup- (The writer is the Executive Sunil Sethi, Chairman (The show is going to take tor to the tune of 8,000-10,000 crore restrictive gender roles, revealed by alive. port measures for various sectors Director of AIACA — All India FDCI commented, “The place from March 16 to 21 and post pandemic. the funding patterns of investors and Since the crafts sector is slow- including MSMEs (Micro, Small and Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Fashion Design Council of the schedule will be released According to ‘The Unlock the 14 per cent statistic (i.e. of ly losing its grip, steps should be Medium Enterprises). This is in line Association.) 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Adding to that authentic- representing different regions ity, Kelly Marie Tran will voice the lead of India, battling it out against character Raya, making her an addition each other in a musical to the long list of Disney’s warrior princess championship. Each of these after Elsa (Frozen 2), Mulan, etc. Along six teams supported by lead- with her, the Crazy Rich Asian-fame ing Bollywood and sports Awkwafina aces the voice of Sisu, a drag- celebrities has top playback on from the fantasy lands of Kumandra. singers as their captains, one reality show star, and one The mystical land of Kumandra 333'#&#%#% fresh voice. Celebrated The story of Raya is set in Kumandra, singers - Mika Singh, Kailash a kingdom divided into five different lands and Indonesia, as well as weapons mod- technical leadership team led by Technical Kher, Sajid Khan, Shaan, that she has to venture through to find the elled from Kali and Arnis martial arts Supervisor Kelsey Hurley, and Associate Ankit Tiwari, Javed Ali, Asees last dragon. The lands of heart are covered found in the Philippines. Her distinctive Technical Supervisors Gabriela Hernandez Kaur, Bhoomi Trivedi, with rock formations to secure the sacred sword was inspired by the keris, a blade and Shweta Viswanathan. Aakriti Kakar, Payal Dev, Dragon Gem, while Tail lands are isolat- that is revered in countries such as Neha Bhasin, Shilpa Rao are ed desert islands. The snowy mountains Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Work from home captains of these six zonal sheltering fierce warriors are the Spine Malaysia. It is the very first Disney ani- The pandemic has caused several teams. lands and at the head of the Dragon river mated film that features a Southeast glitches to film production houses all over At the shoot of an forth- lie the opulent Fang lands with manmade Asian warrior Raya. the world in the past year, but did you coming episode, the women canals for security. At the centre of these know that this film was made from the singers made a very pertinent four lands, lie the Talon lands, vibrant and Women power breaking barriers on homes of its crew members? Yes, almost observation about the indus- bustling market area, a crossroad for mer- and off-screen 450 artistes and crew members managed try and spoke up about the chants of all five lands, connected by the The character sketch of Raya breaks to create all shot production for Raya and change they believe we Bhumi and Payal, Mumbai about time that we start Dragon river. A cinematic journey ensured that the influences were kept the conservative cookie-dough cutter the Last Dragon while working from their should all invest in, rather Warriors captain Shilpa Rao addressing everyone equally through these unique and different regions authentic. The two groups of filmmakers approach to the creation of a princess. The homes. It is also known that more than than just celebrate one day in said, “I feel yeh female singer and give deserved accolades will be a sight you cannot miss. made research trips throughout Southeast titular characters Raya and Sisu are 900 employees have worked remotely to the entire year as ‘Women’s ka tag hat jana chahiye for all regardless of their gender.” Asia, including Laos, Indonesia, Thailand, female characters who are mighty, intel- contribute to this film and other forthcom- Day’. of us. 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(, ,7 7 After five innings, England crossed the 200-run erfect execution brings with mark but a total of 205 in 75.5 Pit an inherent satisfaction overs was certainly not what which India speedster ; " - + " ? @ A' Joe Root had expected when Mohammed Siraj felt after dis- he called it right at the toss on missing England captain Joe a day which would have ide- Root on the opening day of the -D ally been best for batting. fourth Test on Thursday. There was turn and Root was trapped before bounce but the pitch was far the wicket by Siraj, who bowled ( BB)70 Cup and India’s Yuvraj Singh, myself: ‘Go for it’.” from being a minefield that a beautiful inswinger which who also achieved the feat in Sri Lanka skipper Angelo some of the England batsmen would have hit the middle and est Indies captain Kieron the 2007 T20 World Cup Mathews hailed his opposite save Ben Stokes (55, 121 balls) leg stump. WPollard on Wednesday against England. number. “Pollard as we know made it out to be. “I wanted to set Root up became only the third man to Pollard was eventually out is very destructive,” Mathews For India, spinners Axar bowling away going deliveries. hit six sixes in an International for 38 off 11 balls as the West told the post-match presenta- Patel (26-7-68-4), And then I thought during the over in his team’s four-wicket Indies chased 132 to win at the tion. Ravichandran Ashwin (19.5-4- start of a new over, I should T20 victory over Sri Lanka. Coolidge Cricket Ground, “What I told Akila was to 47-3) and Washington Sundar + " " & . 5 ' +' bring one back in. I could exe- The feat came in the sixth reaching their target in the go for his wicket even if he gets (7-1-14-1) toyed with the cute it as I had planned and it over of a bizarre West Indies 14th over when Jason Holder hit for six sixes. If he miscued already messed up minds, @ : Patel, whose straight gave me great satisfaction. innings, bowled by off-spinner clobbered his side’s 13th six. one we could have got him out. clueless on how to deal with 3 ABC.0# deliveries have scarred the Mazaa aa gaya (It was fun),” Akila Dananjaya who “I felt I could hit six sixes Unfortunately it didn’t hap- the conditions. English batsmen, was again Siraj said about dismissal. moments earlier in his previ- after the third one,” said 33- pen.” Mohammed Siraj (14-2- ,+2 /2, 30,$25 menacing in the first session Similarly, he had done his ous over had been celebrating year-old Pollard. Only eight men have hit 45-2) also played his part to with Siraj giving him good homework on Jonny Bairstow’s taking a hat-trick. “Once I had five sixes I six sixes in an over in all forms perfection with the semi-new when he danced down the support. apparent weakness against in- Pollard followed in the knew I had the bowler on the of cricket with fellow West and old ball, hurrying the track only to be stumped. Stokes and Bairstow, dur- coming deliveries. The in-cut- footsteps of South Africa’s back foot. He was going Indian Garfield Sobers the batsmen with sheer pace as he In case of Pope, the strat- ing their 48-run stand, showed ter that got Bairstow was Herschelle Gibbs against the around the wicket and it was first to do so in an English did with Jonny Bairstow. egy that kept him on course that if one can trust their bowled at more than 146 Netherlands in the 2007 World difficult for him. I just told county game in 1968. India ended the day at 24 brought about his downfall. defences, batting wasn't kmph. for 1 with wily old James He came out when impossible. Both played the “Bairstow, I wasn’t bowling Anderson (5-5-0-1) account- Ashwin changed the line of his spinners close to their body on him at a lot of pace at the start. ing for an out-of-form delivery, dropping it a bit most occasions and especial- ...But whatever footages I have # =# >: # ' Shubman Gill (0). Rohit short and the attempted flick ly on the front-foot. seen of him, he gets out to in- Sharma (8 batting, 34 balls) went between his legs and But on a track like this, no swinging deliveries. So I want- ' '% and Cheteshwar Pujara (15 Gill had a reflex catch at for- batsman would feel complete- ed to bowl in one area and # ? batting, 36 balls) were holding ward short leg. ly set and that’s what happened bring it back consistently and 6 fort for the home side. it worked,” he said. Chirag Shetty. A cursory look at the World champion Sindhu (@ England line-up, loaded with hardly broke any sweat, beating ! an extra batsman, will reveal USA’s Iris Wang 21-13, 21-14 in that four — Stokes, Bairstow women’s singles, while former Johannesburg: Cricket South (28, 67 balls), Dan Lawrence world number one Srikanth Africa on Thursday appointed (46 off 74 balls) and Ollie Pope notched up a 21-10, 14-21, 21- Temba Bavuma, who is rather (29 off 87 balls) got starts but 14 victory over world number 50 inexperienced for the role, and failed miserably on the conver- Thomas Rouxel. Dean Elgar as the national sion part. Jayaram eked out a hard- team captains for limited overs The others came in and fought 21-18, 17-21, 21-13 and Tests respectively. went without breaking a bead against third seed Dane Rasmus In a statement, CSA of sweat. It was as if already in Gemke. Director of Cricket Graeme their minds, they were playing Praneeth, an Olympic hope- Smith thanked Quinton de on a track they thought would ful, later saw off Spain’s Pablo Kock for leading the side in turn square. Abian 21-12, 21-17 to join oth- what are tumultuous times for Stokes was a cut above the ers in last eight. South African cricket. Both rest both in defence and (, Satwik and Ashwini, who Bavuma and Elgar take over offence before a moment’s had reached the semifinals at from de Kock, who led the indecision cost him his wick- lympic Silver medallist P V Toyota Thailand Open Super team temporarily. et. OSindhu and former cham- 1000 in January, defeated the “We are grateful to Washington angled one pion Kidambi Srikanth Indonesian combination of Quinton for the work he has in and Stokes was on backfoot advanced to the quarterfinals of Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha put in as captain of the team in after initially trying to come the singles competition along Haningtyas Mentari 21-18, 21- the limited overs formats and forward preempting an off- with two other Indians at the 16 in a mixed doubles second- are indebted to him for step- break. The ball didn’t turn and Swiss Open badminton tourna- round match. ping up while the National hit the back leg with clear indi- ment here on Thursday. Satwik and Chirag, ranked Selection Panel continued its cation of crashing into the leg While Sindhu and Srikanth 10th in the world, then dashed search for the Test captain,” said stump. had contrasting wins, Ajay the challenge of Indonesia’s the former South Africa cap- Stokes’ dismissal, after a Jayaram and last edition’s run- Pramudya Kusumawardana and tain. good show, upset the team’s ners-up B Sai Praneeth too Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Bavuma has played 44 rhythm just when it was look- dished out superlative perfor- Rambitan 21-17, 20-22, 21-17 to Tests, six ODIs and 8 T20s for ing to redeem itself after a mances to make it to the last- also make it to the last eight. South Africa while opening poor first session. eight in the Super 300 event, the However, Sourabh Verma batsman Elgar has played 67 Similarly for Lawrence, first tournament in the extend- had a rough day as he lost 17- Tests and eight ODIs. Bavuma who was ready to play the ed Olympic qualification period. 21, 14-21 to Vitidsarn to crash will lead the Proteas in the 2021 attacking game, and Pope, It was double delight for out of the men’s singles event. and 2022 T20 World Cups as intent on using his footwork to young Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Ashwini Ponnappa and N well as the World Cup in 2023. defend while negating the also as he progressed to the Sikki Reddy too were ousted Elgar will take the reins into the turn. There was always going quarterfinals in both the mixed after losing 11-21, 15-21 to next cycle of the World Test to be a delivery with their doubles and men’s doubles com- Denmark’s Amalie Magelund Championship. PTI name written all over it. petitions with respective part- and Freja Ravn in the women’s In case of Lawrence, he ners Ashwini Ponnappa and doubles second-round. was beaten by the away turn ? ,2. #9 (, ) Ambati Rayudu also The camp is likely to get reached Chennai on Wednesday underway from March 9, CSK hennai Super Kings captain while the Tamil Nadu players in CEO K S Viswanathan said, CMahendra Singh Dhoni has the squad will be joining a little adding the players who are landed here to take part in the later. “First #Dencoming of the available would take part in it. team’s training camp likely to summer from across the border “Yeah...The camp is likely to start begin on March 9 in the lead-up is Manavaadu Bahubali!!! from March 9. Whoever is avail- to the upcoming season of the #Yellove #WhistlePodu,” C SK able would take part in the train- Indian Premier League. The posted with a photo of Rayudu. ing sessions,” he said. former India captain arrived here late on Wednesday and will serve a five-day quarantine. CSK tweeted a picture of Dhoni at the airport and wrote: “Thalai-Vaa! Smile with the Mass(k) on! Super Night! #DenComing #WhistlePodu #Yellove.” , % ( "B ly the last play of the game to save Barca. arcelona needed extra-time The veteran international Bto reach the Copa del Rey headed in at the near post after final on Wednesday, with a 3- a fine cross from Antoine 2 aggregate win over Sevilla Griezmann. coming just two days after a That was after Ousmane police raid on the club and the Dembele, who scored in the 2- arrest of their former president. 0 win at Sevilla in La Liga at the Having trailed 2-0 from the weekend, had given the 30- first leg, Danish international time Spanish Cup winners a Martin Braithwaite hit the cru- 12th-minute lead in the second cial goal in the fifth minute of leg with a right-foot drive from extra-time with a diving head- outside the area. er off a Jordi Alba cross. Sevilla could have killed Gerard Pique had the game off in the 73rd minute equalised in the fourth minute to deny Barca their place in the of stoppage time with virtual- final for a 42nd time.