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On Sunday, the WHO said its Pface masks properly during “No cases of blood clots vaccines advisory committee a flight could be placed on a have been reported so far in the was currently going through no-fly list for a period of three country, but we are looking at !"# safety data and emphasised months to two years or more. all the adverse events, particu- $ % & that no causal link had been Amid reports of Covid-19 vio- # ! larly serious adverse events established between the vaccine lation by air passengers and $ %& like deaths and hospitalisa- and blood clot. surge in coronavirus cases $'' ,- tion. We will come back if we So far, a cumulative total of again in several States, the & $! !! find anything of concern,” NK more than 2.82 crore Directorate General of Civil % &$ . /0 '12 Arora, a member of national (2,82,18,457) vaccine doses Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday task force on Covid-19, told a have been administered in two said a passenger violating pro- ensure that passengers are fol- this month. ! news agency. phases — first, to frontline and tocol despite repeated warn- lowing the Covid-19 guide- “In case, any passenger +# 3 This new development healthcare workers, and sec- ings will be treated as “unruly lines. Besides, the violators on board an aircraft refuses to $ // took place even as the World ond, to citizens above the age passenger”. If a passenger refus- will be de-boarded and classi- wear mask or violates the Health Organization (WHO) of 60 and co-morbid above 45 es to comply with the instruc- fied as “unruly passengers”. Covid-19 protocol for passen- on Friday said there was no rea- years. tions before a flight takes off, The move follows a Delhi gers even after repeated warn- " ( son to stop using AstraZeneca’s Meanwhile, with India then he or she should be de- High Court order that pas- ings during the course of the ! ) Covid-19 jab. recording the highest number boarded, DGCA said. sengers without a mask be put flight, such passenger may be 4 India has been using the Serum Institute had joined and allowed exports of millions of daily coronavirus cases in 83 In a circular, the DGCA on a no-fly list after the judge treated as “unruly passenger” Indian version of the Oxford- hands with AstraZeneca to of these jabs to around 70 days on Saturday, the country has directed airport officials observed the callous attitude of and the procedure in respect of ' !!! AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine manufacture 1 billion doses of countries over the last few could be heading towards a and security personnel to passengers. Justice Hari handling such unruly passen- ! 51 / called Covishield, as devel- the vaccine shot. weeks as a part of its vaccine new wave that scientists say can ensure that no one is allowed Shankar took suo motu cog- ger as provided in Civil ' oped by SII, the world’s largest India has given at least 28 diplomacy. be quelled by vaccinating the to enter the airport without nizance of the matter after he Aviation Requirements (CAR) O vaccine manufacturer by vol- million shots in its vast vacci- Arora said there was “no maximum number of people wearing a mask and everyone witnessed fellow passengers shall be followed by the con- 6 # ume, and indigenous vaccine nation programme, most of immediate issue of concern as and following Covid-appro- must maintain social distanc- wearing their masks pulled cerned airline,” the DGCA cir- ! giant Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin them Covishield. The the number of adverse events priate behaviour. ing norms at all times during down while on an Air India cular said. ! in its vaccination drive. Government has also gifted (in India) is very, very low. We Turn to Page 6 air travel. The Airlines have to Kolkata-Delhi flight earlier Turn to Page 6 $ $ # !%& $ 96$* " the two factions. Shankar Chaudhary, the Among the Ministers Kathmandu Post reported. epal’s CPN (Maoist called back are Minister for The decision was taken by (/& ( NCentre)-led by Pushpa Home Affairs Ram Bahadur the standing committee meet- Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Thapa, Minister for Energy, ing of the CPN-MC held this !" Saturday recalled its Ministers Water Resources and Irrigation morning at Paris Danda, the ! from the Cabinet led by Prime Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Centre’s party office here. # $ Minister KP Sharma Oli and Minister for Water Supply “Our Standing Committee directed all its leaders nomi- Mani Chandra Thapa, Urban meeting has decided to call nated at the CPN-UML Central Development Minister Prabhu back all our Ministers in the Committee to make their posi- Shah, Minister for Youth and Federal Government and told R tions clear within 24 hours, Sports Dawa Lama Tamang the leaders nominated by UML " 8 $ $:*$* 4(+$6 intensifying the rift between and Minister for Labour Gauri Turn to Page 6 armers held movement, Tikait said it is ) ) 8 $ $ FMahapanchayats on “anti-people”. Saturday in Kolkata and at “Don’t vote for BJP. If voted mid a steady outflow of Nandigram, where Chief to power they will give away Asenior leaders from the Minister Mamata Banerjee is in your land to big corporates and Trinamool Congress, former the fray, at the call of the industries and make you land- Union Finance Minister and Samyukt Kisan Morcha and less. They will hand over the ex-BJP leader Yashwant Sinha urged people not to vote for the country to big industrialist joined Mamata Banerjee’s party BJP in the coming Assembly groups putting your livelihood on Saturday saying the tipping ' ( & ) * % + ,-. poll in West Bengal. at stake and in danger,” he said. point for him to join the TMC (/& 0%,). + Farmer leader and Calling the BJP “a party of was the “attack” on the Bengal $ & ' ( 1 Bharatiya Kisan Union chief cheats” which hides its sympa- Chief Minister at Nandigram. % &$ Rakesh Tikait, one of those thy for the rich, Tikait said, Sinha said Mamata is one spearheading the about four- “We will be on the side of those of the few visible faces in the dented situation…” adding the aircraft. month-old farmers’ stir against who oppose BJP, those who will country trying to stop the BJP democratic institutions like The former Union the Centre’s farm laws, reached stand by the farmers and the from “crushing and conquer- “the judiciary have become Minister who once handled the the State during the day to be poor.” ing” the Opposition and the weak now.” External Affairs joined his new part of the Mahapanchayat. Clarifying that the Krishak time has come when the demo- Praising the Chief Minister party at the Trinamool Bhawan Tikait, who was received at Mahapanchayat in Bengal is cratic-minded parties of the whom he met at her residence in the presence of senior lead- the airport by TMC MP Dola not meant to pledge support to country will have to take a deci- before joining her party, Sinha ers Derek O Brien, Sudip Sen, later addressed gatherings any particular non-BJP party in sion to sink differences and said he always knew her as a Bandopadhyay, and Subrata of farmers in Kolkata and the State, the Bharatiya Kisan unite for a bigger cause. fighter who as a Cabinet Mukherjee. Nandigram in East Midnapore Union chief said, “I am not here The 83-year-old veteran Minister in the Atal Behari Sinha said there is qualita- district along with social to seek votes for a particular IAS officer-turned politician, Vajpayee Government and tively difference between the activist Medha Patkar. party. We are here to issue an who left the BJP in 2018, said offered herself as a hostage dur- NDA Government led by Alleging that the BJP-led emphatic appeal to start the he is joining the Trinamool at ing the Kandahar crisis when Vajpayee and the one being run Government at the Centre is battle against BJP on behalf of a crucial juncture when “the Pakistani terrorists had today. intent on breaking the back- the farmers in Bengal.” country is facing an unprece- hijacked an Indian Airlines Turn to Page 6 bone of the farmers and their Turn to Page 6 # & 234+ $5 *1 6"63$4 The assistant police inspec- tor reached the agency’s office '9**$4 tional loans of college students roubles mounted for at Cumballa Hill around 11.30 below the age of 30 would all TMumbai Police officer am, the official said. Mansukh *7 894 he main Opposition DMK be waived, he said, releasing the Sachin Waze, who has been fac- Hiran, who was in possession Tin Tamil Nadu on Saturday manifesto at the party HQ. ing heat in the murder case of of the SUV had claimed that it team of the Delhi Police’s made a whopping 500 plus In Government town businessman Mansukh Hiran, had been stolen a week earlier, ASpecial Cell on Saturday promises, including a shower of buses, women shall be allowed as a sessions court in but the case took a new turn reached Tihar Jail to question doles like 4,000 relief to to travel free of cost and quota Maharashtra’s Thane district when he was found dead in a Tehseen Akhtar, who was Covid-19 hit rice ration card for women in Government has refused to grant him inter- creek in Thane on March 5. arrested in 2014 when he was holders, in its manifesto for the jobs shall be increased from 30 im bail and noted that there In his application seeking heading proscribed terror April 6 Assembly polls. to 40 per cent, he announced. was prima facie evidence and pre-arrest bail on Friday, Waze group Indian Mujahideen, in On the lines of Andhra Free computer tablets with material against him. said the FIR registered by the connection with the recovery of Pradesh and Haryana, which data card for students, milk to In a related development Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) a mobile phone from his bar- passed laws to reserve 75 per school students in the morning on Saturday, recording of didn’t name name any person. rack, officials said. cent jobs for locals, DMK pres- to provide nutritional support Waze’s statement by the He termed the FIR as “baseless The mobile phone, accord- ident MK Stalin assured legis- and distribution of napkins National Investigation Agency and without any motive”, say- ing to police, is suspected to lation to earmark 75 per cent free of cost to girl pupils of (NIA), which is probing the last ing it was a result of a “witch- have been used for creating a of jobs in industrial houses for schools and colleges were some month’s recovery of gelatin hunt”. Telegram channel that was locals and promised to press for of the other promises. sticks and a threat letter from Additional sessions Judge used by a group named Jaish- quota in private sector. The rural employment an SUV, a Scorpio, which was Shailendra Tambe, in the order ul-Hind for claiming respon- Crop and jewel loans (up to guarantee programme would found parked near industrial- that was made available on sibility for parking an SUV with 5 sovereigns) of small and see an increase from 100 to 150 ist Mukesh Ambani’s residence Saturday, refused to grant inter- gelatin sticks outside industri- marginal farmers in coopera- days and poor farmers and auto in Mumbai, is going on at its im bail to Waze and said his alist Mukesh Ambani’s south tive banks, pending loans of drivers would get 10,000 sub- office since noon, an official custodial interrogation was Mumbai home, ‘Antilia’, on Women Self Help Groups in sidy to buy farm pumpset and said. required. February 25. co-op institutions and educa- Turn to Page 6 + ,-. /0/, Q)* Q8 "*R *$ " & '+(,-! 8"' *7 appointed block education officers, the chief minister said that now it was 8"' *7 attack doing rounds, the SP aunching a broadside against the their work to take these tasks forward. workers can be seen heckling a LSamajwadi Party government, He said the development block was amajwadi Party president reporter who attempted to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said their command area, and they (BEOs) SAkhilesh Yadav has defend- pose questions to Akhilesh the previous regime was a period of were responsible for every education- ed his party workers who Yadav following which the corruption, familism, casteism and al activity. He also asked the officers attacked journalists in his pres- reporter falls to the ground. neglect of merit among the recruits. to inform the higher officials about ence in Moradabad on The SP workers, sporting red The chief minister said, "Between their innovations and good works. Thursday. Breaking his silence caps, can be seen pushing 2012 and 2017, appointments to gov- The officers should be in constant on the Moradabad incident, media persons following which ernment posts in Uttar Pradesh were touch with children and develop a Akhilesh Yadav said the "attack Akhilesh Yadav is heard telling distributed among the members of a sense of healthy competition among was made by the media persons the media that the reporter was family. One appointment process was them, he added. at someone's behest". working for a 'BJP's channel'. looked after by an uncle and the other It may be mentioned here that the Defending his party work- Slamming the incident, was allotted to a nephew, maternal departmental minister credited Chief ers' action, Yadav claimed a Bharatiya Janata Party uncle, or maternal grandfather." Minister Yogi Adityanath for the conspiracy was hatched to trap spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi Comparing the SP with the char- achievements of the last four years in him and SP workers in the lift. hit out at SP's hooliganism, acters of Mahabharata, Yogi the field of primary education and said Lashing out at the media, he quoting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that as Kaka-Mama- that the new UP of New India had claimed that the press was Adityanath's words. Nana blocked the progress of India emerged under his leadership. "attacking samajwadis and that Highlighting how the SP work- during Mahabharata, in the same way, After the Yogi Adityanath govern- such attacks would continue till ers were manhandling the this family (Samajwadi Party) ment assumed office, as many as 1.20 elections". media in the party chief's pres- remained an impediment to the lakh jobs were provided in the Basic "Did a normal attack hap- ence, he said that the party progress of Uttar Pradesh. Education Council while appoint- pen on us in Moradabad? First, should 'drown in shame'. "We have ensured all fairness ments on 1.37 lakh posts were done they cut off supply to the lift Similarly, UP Congress and transparency in your appoint- in the police force. The government and it did not become news. chief Ajay Kumar Lallu called ment. Merit is only the basis of gov- has also established three new PAC Who shut off the power supply SP's assault on media persons ernment jobs. Now, no one can say (Provincial Armed Constabulary) to the lift, trapping us inside? as an insult to "Lohia's sama- that he has given a bribe to get the job," companies in addition to the 54 And what the media did, on jwad" while condemning the the chief minister said while handing which were shut down by the previ- whose direction did they do attack. An FIR has been regis- over appointment letters to 271 block ous governments, an official govern- that? These attacks will not stop tered against Akhilesh Yadav education officers on Saturday. ment spokesman claimed. till elections are over. and 10 unnamed Samajwadi The Yogi Adityanath-led govern- 0 - % The spokesman claimed that Samajwadis must be ready to Party workers in Moradabad. ment has also set a record by provid- teamwork has led to the rejuvenation face such attacks," he said. Akhilesh Yadav has con- ing government jobs to four lakh a fair and transparent manner, the ing to the recruitment commissions during the entire selection process. of primary education in the last four On Thursday, Samajwadi demned the FIR as "a symbol youths in a fair and impartial manner chief minister mentioned corruption that they had complete freedom for While delivering the appoint- years. Today, the training of teachers Party workers attacked of frustration of the ruling in the last four years. that took place in the various Selection their work, but if complaint of any ment letter, the chief minister told the is taking place. Under Operation reporters in the presence of party BJP which is set to lose "This is the highest in any four Commissions/Recruitment Boards of kind of irregularity was received, the block officers that as competitive Kayakalp, all the classes have under- party chief Akhilesh Yadav. the next assembly election," he consecutive years since 1950. Many the state during the previous regimes. entire commission would be acted students, they witnessed the method- gone upgradation and have been The video of the incident shows tweeted on Saturday. states may not have had so many He said, "Earlier, every appoint- upon," he pointed out. ology they had expected from the gov- equipped with modern facilities. With how Akhilesh Yadav's security "We will publish the FIR appointments in decades," the chief ment was made by looking at caste "The result of these efforts is that ernment and now after being a part the efforts of the Yogi government to personnel along with SP work- for the information of the com- minister said. and religion. Many times, apart from today no one can say that he got a job of the system they should work in the improve the Basic Education ers heckled media persons in mon people and if need be we Congratulating the newly- providing jobs, these people used to from any kind of 'jugaad' (source)," the same way. He said that if the job was Department, the primary schools full public view at a hotel in will also put up hoardings in appointed block education officers search grooms for their daughters and chief minister said, and enquired received honestly, there should be have witnessed an increase of over 54 Moradabad while the former Lucknow carrying the con- who joined the Basic Education sisters." "The Bharatiya Janata Party from the youths if they gave bribe or honesty in the work as well. lakh students, according to the chief minister watched on. tents of the FIR," Akhilesh Council after getting appointment in government in UP gave a clear warn- made recommendations anywhere While addressing the newly spokesman. In multiple videos of the added in the tweet. $ 6 '=46 ! > 8"' *7 He alleged that as police had been was an unconstitutional act of the BJP. deployed inside the party offices, all polit- "The police have been deployed out- Lucknow (PNS): Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh he Communist Party of India (Marxist) ical activities in the offices of opposition side the houses of several CPIM and Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal Vice-President Jayant Chaudhary TState Secretary Heera Lal Yadav on parties had been stopped. Congress leaders. The leaders of different will jointly address a kisan mahapanchayat at Bajna in Mathura Saturday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Yadav said it was violation of the fun- opposition parties are unable to conduct on March 19. Party government for deploying police at damental right and police intervention was meeting and other work from these This will be the first time when the two leaders will share the offices of various political parties in an illegal act. He alleged that police had offices," he said. Yadav added that some of the stage in support of farmers' agitation. Varanasi in wake of President Ram Nath camped inside the office premises of the leaders had also received threatening SP and RLD have been in alliance since the 2019 Lok Sabha Kovind's visit to the city on March 15. CPIM in the name of monitoring and it notices from the district administration. elections and though the results did not favour either of the par- ties, they have continued their relationship. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Bahujan Samaj Party was also part of the alliance. The BSP won 10 seats, SP won 5 while RLD drew a blank. ' () According to RLD spokesperson Anil Dubey, Jayant and Akhilesh will jointly address a gathering at Mathura which promises to be one of the biggest in recent times. The two parties have started making joint preparations for the panchayat elections scheduled to be held in April. Ahead of the mahapanchayat, Akhilesh will address a party Lucknow (PNS): In yet construction of his house. His inquire into the reasons behind training camp that begins in Mathura on March 17. another hooch tragedy that kin, Shiv Bhola Paswan, also deaths. struck in Fatehpur, two con- consumed the liquor. After "We are awaiting the post- struction workers were killed consuming the spurious liquor, mortem report to ascertain 6 ' & while ten others were admitted Shiv Bhola and the labourers the cause of deaths to initiate to the district hospital and started vomiting and com- action against the guilty," said Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital in plained of stomach ache and District Magistrate Apurva Kanpur Nagar where their con- burning sensation in the eyes Dubey. The DM said that dition was stated to be `critical' late at night. Among them, the action would be initiated by the doctors. condition of Motilal, Ramraj against guilty officials for sale As the matter was related and Shiv Bhola Paswan deteri- of spurious liquor in the area. to spurious liquor, the GSVM orated further. They were The police have sealed the Medical College Principal Dr rushed to the hospital in an shop from where the spurious RB Kamal also visited the hos- unconscious state. Shiv Bhola liquor was bought and are on pital to supervise the treatment was pronounced dead on looking for the owner who is given to the victims. reaching hospital while Moti on the run. According to reports, about died in the hospital. District Excise Officer 15 labourers were engaged in Eight other labourers, Santosh Tewari said that they constructing the house of including Shiv's brother were waiting for the autopsy 8"' *7 She was administered the Kamta Maurya in Bhauli village Shatrughan Paswan, are bat- report to confirm about spuri- vaccine at the TS Mishra under Ghazipur block in tling for life in the hospital. ous liquor. ahujan Samaj Party Medical College hospital in Fatehpur district. Late Shiv's wife Umadevi The liquor samples have BPresident Mayawati on the state capital. Thursday evening, the labour- accused house owner Kamta been also sent for examination Saturday was administered The former chief minister ers completed the slab work Maurya of giving spurious and further action will be only Covid vaccine. of Uttar Pradesh appealed to and to celebrate the occasion, liquor to the workers to cele- taken after receiving the Mayawati, while informing the people not to believe in any the owner of the house ordered brate the occasion which reports, confirms local police. through a tweet about getting rumours and take the vaccine for the country-made liquor. proved fatal. Station House Officer of the vaccine shot, said that as it was the only way to save The spurious liquor was bought On hearing the news, the Suketi police station, Kamlesh people should follow the them from getting infected from a shop in the Suketi area. district, police and excise offi- Pal, said that a case was regis- restrictions in the Covid guide- along with following the Covid Maurya served liquor and cials rushed to the village to tered and further investigations lines. restrictions. food to workers engaged in the provide health care and to were on. 35 ,324)
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He four days even as directions order to promote the produc- trained the pistol at them but have been given to CMOs to tion, processing, packaging, was overpowered and keep a track on people coming pushing the recovery figures to added. and branding of Kalanamak thrashed before being handed from Maharashtra and Kerala. 5,94,550 while there are 1,817 Dr Tanmay Ghatak from rice, the UP government has over to police. A senior health official said the active cases in the state. SGPGI said though they have declared it as the One District A police spokesman said increase in the number cases is As many as 5,480 people 14 patients at the Covid hospi- One Product (ODOP) of 0 !! 1 ) 8 the woman was out of danger. a matter of concern. were vaccinated in Lucknow on tal as of now, there has been a Siddharthnagar," the chief min- “The accused is being interro- “We have gone up from Friday and the beneficiaries slight increase in the number of ister said while virtually inau- 5,000 hectares," the chief min- tival was an opportunity for the Technology, Ayodhya, have gated while the woman has 110 to 150 cases in a single day included 3,295 senior citizens cases in the past few days. “We gurating the event on Saturday. ister said, adding that agricul- Kalanamak rice growers to done excellent work in the been hospitalised,” he said. in UP. We have already issued and 786 others with co-mor- are also getting patients from Congratulating the farm- tural scientists were working showcase their specialty pro- cultivation of Kalanamak rice. directions to CMOs of various bidities. Besides, 172 frontline other districts, which had not ers, the chief minister said that with local farmers to increase duce and get a chance to gain Meanwhile, the govern- districts to be vigilant because workers were given the first been the case for quite some new research was being done in their production capacity. a huge market. ment spokesman claimed that A 27-year-old Hardoi of more travellers coming from vaccine dose while 679 the sec- time,” he pointed out. all Agricultural Science Centres Earlier, the crop of People visiting the fair will in order to promote strawber- native was found wandering in Maharashtra and Kerala, and ond dose. As for health work- State immunisation officer regarding the production Kalanamak rice used to get be able to purchase paddy ry cultivation, a month-long Gautampalli police station area, also asked them to go for ers, 402 received their first Dr Ajay Ghai said the focus capacity of Kalanamak rice. damaged due to rain or strong seeds and samples of various strawberry festival was organ- a VVIP locality, on Friday aggressive sampling in areas dose while 146 second dose. remains on expediting the vac- Stating that this scented variety breeze because of which the preparations made from the ised in the Bundelkhand region night. A police team interrogat- having respiratory tract infec- According to nodal officer cination process. “We have had been cultivated since 600 farmers suffered a lot. But, Kalanamak variety of rice, which showcased the potential ed him but did not disclose the tion cases,” the official said. for Covid at KGMU Dr D already done this through BC, the chief minister said now scientists have made including kheer, pulao, cumin of strawberry cultivation. It had findings. The accused was In one of the districts, a Himanshu, they currently have increase in vaccination centres that earlier, the Kalanamak research to prepare a crop in rice, khichdi, etc. also ignited hope among the identified as Ashwini Dixit. colony was a cluster area and 17 patients. “We have been alert across the state. Earlier, we were rice was cultivated in 22,000 less than 160 days. This has also The communiqué added farmers as its cultivation would As per an official commu- following aggressive testing in view of the surge in cases. giving vaccine shots at over hectares of land in led to an increase in the income that colorful cultural pro- help write a new chapter of niqué, a patrolling team spot- there, 20 more cases were Today, there was a call for three 3,700 sites but now we are Siddharthnagar and surround- of the farmers. The scientists gramme would be organised in growth in the region. ted a youth 10:45 pm on Friday detected. “For the other parts to four patients, with two of doing it at over 4500 sites,” he ing areas but because of the reduced the plant's length the Kalanamak Rice Festival in It is worth mentioning that and apprehended him. The of UP where there is a general them being from outside of said. He added that the maxi- carelessness of previous gov- through technology and suc- which local artistes and stu- Prime Minister Narendra Modi cops recovered a sharp-edged uptick, we cannot attribute any Lucknow. For quite some time, mum vaccinators are women as ernments, its yield decreased to ceeded in increasing produc- dents would get an opportuni- had lauded the efforts of weapon wrapped in a piece of particular factor causing the we were having one or two they include ANMs. 2200 hectares. tion capacity. ty to showcase their talents. Gurleen Chawla, who, during cloth from his possession. He same,” he said. admissions on a daily basis but Asked about apprehen- As soon as the Yogi Kalanamak rice is known In the programme, pro- lockdown, developed 1.5 acres was taken to police station Nodal officer for Covid there was a call for four admis- sions regarding any side effects, Adityanath-led BJP govern- for its medicinal and curative gressive farmers, FPOs and of barren land into a strawber- where he was interrogated by in Lucknow Dr MK Singh they sions to KGMU on Saturday,” he said there were never any ment assumed office, many properties. It is rich in antiox- self-help groups would also be ry farm. During his first Mann seniors. He was later challaned have already strengthened test- he pointed out. Though there major side effects. “Earlier too, research were conducted by the idants, omega-3, and omega-6. provided information related to Ki Baat address of 2021, Modi under Arms Act. ing for better surveillance. has not been a major increase, side effects occurred only scientists of Agricultural As the rice is rich in iron and the cultivation and processing said, "Gurleen's successful Sources said the police “Apart from the regular testing, people need to be careful dur- because of anxiety but now Science Centres which zinc, it helps in regulating of this product. It is worth experiment has given a new were tipped off about a suspect we have also taken up focused ing Holi. “If we keep an eye on since two months have passed improved the variety of blood-related problems. Being mentioning that agricultural hope that growing strawberries who was roaming in the sampling in the run-up to the situation, it will be under and people are more confident, Kalanamak rice and also rich in nutritional value, scientists from Gorakhpur, is possible in Jhansi as well." Gautampalli police station area. Holi,” he added. control,” Dr Himanshu said, there have been no cases of enhanced its production capac- Kalanamak rice is excellent Siddharthnagar and Similarly, Gaya Prasad Subsequently, a search opera- On Saturday, 28 people adding that the slight surge adverse effects,” he added. ity. "Within four years of the for diabetic patients. Maharajganj, including Murari Singh, a farmer of tion was launched and around tested positive for coronavirus may well turn into a major one. Asked about the next set of BJP rule, the production of An official communiqué Acharya Narendra Dev Sultanpur, has created history 10:45 pm, the cops nabbed the infection in Lucknow while 18 “One should not be com- people to be vaccinated, Dr Kalanamak rice has reached said that the three-day-long fes- University of Agriculture and by producing dragon fruit. accused. patients recovered. There are placent. That is what happened Ghai said he has little informa- 251 active cases in the district. in Maharashtra. If people trav- tion about people who will be Across the state, a total of 156 el to and from Maharashtra vaccinated after senior citi- persons tested positive, includ- during Holi, it can cause a zens and those above 45 years % & ing 17 in Gautam Buddh major surge. In Mumbai, they with co-morbidities. Nagar, nine in Varanasi, seven opened local trains which led Director of Lok Bandhu 8"' *7 knives and later strangulated each in Kanpur & Ghaziabad, to more number of cases. Pune Hospital Dr Arun Lal said that him with a dog’s leash. and two in Meerut, taking the and Nagpur may have got the during vaccinations, they are girl allegedly forced her In his confession, Shaane " UP case tally to 6,05,112. There cases with people travelling recording the adverse reac- Alover to killer her fiancé Ali said Hashmatul threatened were two Covid deaths report- from Mumbai. This slight surge tions, which are not so com- by threatening to end her life. to commit suicide if he did not ed from the state; one each in in UP should not be taken mon. “There have been cases of The accused was identified as eliminate Shahabuddin. The 8"' *7 woman was brought to the Sultanpur and Fatehpur. lightly. People must mask up uneasiness among those with Shaane Ali aka Sonu of PGI police were yet to recover the place and then killed. However, Besides, 154 patients recovered, and keep using sanitiser,” he hypertension,” he pointed out. police station area. He elimi- victim’s mobile phone and bike-borne youth was fatal- the police did not endorse nated his girlfriend’s fiancé wallet. The police arrested all Aly knocked down by a these claims. with the help of his aides — the accused. A case of murder loader in Manak Nagar police Meanwhile, an elderly Arkan of Barabanki, Sanju was registered against Shaane station area on Friday night. woman on Saturday lodged a Gautam & Aman Kashyap of Ali and his aides while The victim was identified as complaint at the Vibhuti Khand Mohanlalganj, and Samir Hashmatul was booked for Ashish Verma (26) of Satya Lok police station and sought pro- Mohammed of PGI. The vic- criminal conspiracy. The Colony in Sarojininagar police tection from her daughter-in- tim was identified as police said Shaane Ali is the station area. As per reports, law and latter’s father. The Shahabuddin aka Manish of nab the accused. The girl ini- nephew of Hashmatul and Ashish was going towards complainant, who is a resident Banthra. tially refused to own up her her family was not ready for Kanusi bridge on a scooty. of Omaxe Heights in Vibhuti The girl in question was crime, but later spilled the their marriage. When he reached near the Khand, stays with her son and identified as Hashmatul Nisha beans and disclosed the names Meanwhile, a group of bridge, a speeding loader com- his wife. of Ekta Nagar in PGI police of others involved. shop-owners thrashed an ing from Barabirwa crossing hit She alleged that her daugh- station area. She was sup- The police said LMC supervisor, who is his vehicle around 8:30 pm on ter-in-law and latter’s father posed to marry Shahabuddin Hashmatul was in a love with tasked with keeping the roads Friday. Ashish sustained griev- thrashed her and took away on May 27 later this year. Shaane Ali and wanted to clean in zone 8, in PGI police ous injuries and he was rushed cash and ornaments from her However, she was said to be in marry her, but her parents set- station area on Saturday. to KGMU Trauma Centre flat. “My daughter-in-law’s love with Shaane Ali, who is tled her marriage with Shyam Kishor of Natkur in where he was declared brought father reached our flat on also her relative. Shahabuddin who worked at Sarojininagar, along with his dead. March 9 afternoon when my After Shahabuddin's body a workshop in Transport team, was getting the roads In another incident, an son was not present there. was recovered from Babu Nagar. Besides, Shaane Ali cleaned after an enforcement unidentified woman, aged They thrashed me and took Kheda village on Friday, police was also in love with the girl wing of LMC removed around 30 years, was found away all the cash and orna- started a probe into the case and was ready to remove any encroachments between hanging from a tree in an ments from the flat. My daugh- and found two wrist watches hindrance in the way of his SGPGI and Vrindavan orchard behind LMC office at ter-in-law returned the next and a dog’s leash from the marriage with Hashmatul. Colony. Kishor said he asked Husadiya crossing in day and started collecting other scene. Brother Anees told the The girl threatened to end her some of the shop-owners to Gomtinagar on Saturday articles. I tried to talk to her but police that Shahabuddin had life and Shaane Ali agreed to dump garbage at one place. morning. The woman had she lost her cool and beat me gone to meet Hashmatul eliminate Shahabuddin. “Irked over this, the shop- ‘Wife of Murli’ inscribed on her again. She left the house and Nisha on March 11 night. As per plan, Shaane Ali owners surrounded me. hand. Her identity was yet to be demanded Rs 50 lakh for set- The input by Anees gave called Shahabuddin to attend Firemen deployed at the fire ascertained. Sources said police tlement of the dispute. She a direction to the police who a party and was taken to a station there incited the group recovered an empty liquor bot- also threatened to send me secured call details records secluded place by the accused, of shop-owners and they tle and cigarette butts from the behind the bars,” the woman and later conducted raids to who first attacked him with thrashed me,” he alleged. scene and it appeared that the alleged. - 5 % & 3 ' /0-# "" # Q " 4'A 12 Lucknow (PNS); Old ICF coaches proved to be -9 8"' *7 Lucknow (PNS): The department of Physics, assets for the railways after they were reshaped as University of Lucknow, under DST-PURSE scheme, NMG coaches and used for freight services. Chief is organising an international conference on aun Hai Bharat Mata’, a collection of PRO, North-Eastern Railway (Gorakhpur), Pankaj diverse emerging materials and their applications ‘Karticles written by former Prime Singh said railways reshaped old ICF coaches as (ICDEMA-2021) on March 14 and 15. The confer- Minister Jawaharlal Nehru is a big hit at the NMG wagons and it turned the existing previous ence is being organised under head of Physics Lucknow Book Fair. According to Ram Singh year’s challenges into business achievements and department Prof Poonam Tandon, who is also the from Raj Kamal Publishers, the book has opportunities. As per an official communiqué, NER 8"' *7 held in Lucknow was inaugu- chairperson of the conference, while the conven- been edited by Purshottam Agarwal and gives loaded 1145.68 million tonne goods in the current rated by Prime Minister er is Prof Balak Das. a hint of the intellectual prowess of Nehru. fiscal (by March 11). he UP Expressway Narendra Modi. Several Prof Tandon said that the first day of the con- “We published this book just recently and in “On the basis of daily loading, NER loaded 4.07 TIndustrial Development domestic and many MNCs ference will be marked by physical presence of the the last one month, all the copies of the first million tonne, which is 34 per cent higher than the Authority (UPEIDA) has so far had participated in the Defence participants while the second day will be online. edition have sold out online. Here at the book figure during the previous fiscal,” Singh said. allotted industrial plots to 15 Expo. The prime minister had “At LU, it is the first conference since Covid-19 out- fair, we brought 30 copies of the book and He said the business development unit of NER companies in the defence man- announced in the expo that break in which delegates from seven different states 25 have sold out,” he said, adding that there * )+1 - is doing well and NER is getting roaring success due ufacturing corridor. These India had set the target of are coming to actively participate in offline and is no specific category of people picking up ( 8 % to that. “We have increased the freight facilities companies are likely to invest achieving export of 5 UDS online deliberations. Recognised researchers and the book. “Readers of all age groups are pick- available to businessmen and also roped in business Rs 947 crore which is likely to worth of arms and other scientists from India and abroad will be delivering ing up the book which was first published in Itihas Ki Jhalak’ and ‘Hindustan Ki Kahani’. houses to hire the services of railways,” he said. generate 3,800 jobs. defence related gadgets by lectures in academic sessions,” she said. English and was titled ‘Who is Bharat Mata’, “The second part of the book also car- He said Indian Railways took the lockdown as This information was fur- 2024. LU Vice-Chancellor Prof Alok Kumar Rai will and we have released the latest Hindi version ries the evaluation of Nehru as a writer by a business opportunity and worked tirelessly to ferry nished by the UPEIDA in The Uttar Pradesh govern- deliver presidential address while Prof Prafulla K recently,” he pointed out. prominent leaders. Those who have reviewed goods to different destinations. response to an RTI application. ment had signed over two Jha from MS University (Vadodara) will be the chief Talking about the title of the book, he the book say that it carries the soul of India,” Integral Coach Factory (ICF) coaches are con- Col (Retired) KS Tyagi, dozen memorandums of guest at the inaugural. The experts coming to deliv- said Nehru asked that question at a public he said. Other books selling well include ventional passenger coaches used in majority of information officer of UPEI- understanding (MoUs) during er lectures on recent development in the area of gathering. While answering the question Ashok Kumar Pandey’s ‘Kashmir Aur main-line trains. The design of the coach was devel- DA, said the work of land the Defence expo. The MoUs materials science will be from Vadodara, Varanasi, himself, the former PM had stated that the Kashmiri Pandit’, ‘Usne Gandhi Ko Kyon oped by Integral Coach Factory, Perambur, in col- acquisition and development are expected to create employ- Allahabad, New Delhi, Meerut, Patna, Roorkee, land is full of hills, rivers, forests and plains Mara’. He said they are also selling books on laboration with the Swiss Car and Elevator of infrastructure facilities on ment opportunities for Noida and Lucknow. but what is important are the crores of peo- songs of Bollywood lyricists Sahir Ludhyanvi Manufacturing Company in the 1950s. During the the acquired land was in 3,00,000 people and fetch “In addition, 14 invited lectures by eminent ple living in the country. “Those who have and Majrooh Sultanpuri. ‘Jab Dharti Nagme lockdown, railways had no passengers and thus the progress. He said the actual investments worth Rs 50,000 researchers in the area of materials science as well reviewed the book say that it has been writ- Gayegi’ is a collection of all songs of Sahir coaches were reshaped as new modified goods quantum of investment and the crore for UP Defence as six by young scientists will be delivered in the ten with a democratic spirit and an inclusive Ludhyanvi and only two out of 20 copies (NMG) rakes to move automobiles or other goods. job created would be known Industrial Corridor which academic sessions. A poster session will also be view of the country,” he said. brought to the fair are left. ‘Rahein Na Rahein “Usually, NMG rakes have a capacity of five cars per after the industrial units start- spans six nodes at Lucknow, organised to showcase the research instinct of the The book is a collection of excerpts Hum, Mehka Karenge’, a collection of songs redesigned coach, or approximately 125 cars a rake. ed operation and manufactur- Kanpur, Jhansi, Chitrakoot, younger generation in several areas of materials sci- which have been taken from classics written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, is also selling well,” Each train comprises 22-23 coaches,” railway offi- ing process. The Defence Expo Aligarh and Agra. ence,” she said. by Nehru, such as ‘Meri Kahani’, ‘Vishwa Singh said. cials said. + ,-. /0/, % 03*4 &
" * $88$9$3$ simply to connect every work- ership will continue to give party will field its candidates er with the public. There are directions. Workers should in the panchayat elections. For pna Dal (S) national pres- plans to strengthen the team try for local elections now, she this, a round of meetings will Aident Anupriya Patel at the grassroots level. This exhorted the party workers. also be started everywhere. arrived in Prayagraj on will not affect the agreement State Spokesperson Rajesh The candidates who will con- Saturday. Upon reaching reached with any party. The Kumar Srivastava informed test for the election of Prayagraj, office-bearers and party with which the agree- that a discussion on the fur- Pradhan at the village level activists gave her a rousing ment is reached on ideologi- ther action plan of Apna Dal will also support the party. reception. Anupriya has cal basis will remain. Further, (S) in the conference was Apart from this, candidates reached Banshi Bhawan in if the leadership of the party chalked out. National are also to be fielded for the Tagore Town of the city. considers it appropriate, the President Anupriya Patel also post of District Panchayat, Thousands of workers were agreement will continue. At reached Prayagraj to join it. Block Chief and Ward present there. Anupriya present, there is no state of Workers from across the dis- Presidents. addressed the district worker disarray at the central level. trict gathered at Banshi However, the decision will Sammelen here. Local activists continue to Bhavan. Here Anupriya added be taken by the candidate Addressing the party carry forward the policy and enthusiasm to the workers. himself on which agreement workers, Anupriya Patel said policy of their party. From Apna Dal is also active in to enter into with which party that the goal of the party is time to time, the central lead- the panchayat elections. The at the local level. +)))
" * $88$9$3$ defaulters have registered. In The same list will be sent to 999. However, this fare is such a situation, a pressure has the Revenue department so only for sixty thousand seats n order to make the Lump been mounted to the officials that it can be recovered from on six routes of the country. Its ISum Solution Scheme (OTS) concerned to accomplish the the defaulters. booking has started from & )51 ! * ; % 7& successful, the officials of the goal. The officers of all the SPL AIR TRAVEL Saturday. Electricity department started sub-stations of the city have OFFER: Children are going to For the next few months, showing strictness. Due to the been ordered to issue notices soon appear for their exams those who wanted to travel remaining three days of the to the defaulters. Initially it and it will soon be over. After from Prayagraj to Delhi, Delhi scheme, defaulters are being went slow, but suddenly it has this, summer holidays will to Jaipur, Hyderabad to * issued notices continuously. increased. On Saturday, also begin. If you have to go Belgaum, Ahmedabad to On Saturday, notices were notices were issued to more to another city by plane, then Kandla, Bengaluru to Kochi issued to more than seven than seven thousand default- the extra burden on the pock- and Kozhikode to Bengaluru, " * >$+$*$4 counterpart of Japan Shinze there were UP ministers avoid any untoward incident, thousand defaulters. It clearly ers in Division I and II. et will also increase. But now this is a better opportunity. Abe had watched the splendor Neelkanth Tiwari, Ravindra heavy security forces were states that deposit the arrears, Superintending Engineers there is no need to be upset. Alliance Air has announced to nternationally famous of this show on December 12 Jaiswal, MP BP Saroj, Mayor deployed which was looked otherwise the revenue depart- Ashutosh Srivastava and RK Because Air India is also giv- book 60,000 seats on these IGanga-Aarti drew the atten- in 2015. Mridula Jaiswal, MLAs after by 68 magistrates and ment will collect it. Attachment Singh said that the defaulters ing a special gift to overcome routes for 999 per seat. tion of all, once again, when its The President and others Saurabh Srivastava, Awadhesh other senior officers. In view will also be processed. are being constantly given this problem. Bookings for these seats can grandeur was watched by the watched the Ganga-Aarti Singh, Divisional of the three days visit of the The OTS, which started notice. A list of those who do Air India (Alliance Air) be made online from President Ram Nath Kovind, which was performed in a Commissioner Deepak President, the DM has from March 1, the defaulters not register by March 15 will has issued a special air travel March 13 to 15. Bookers can along with his wife, Governor grand manner. He was wel- Agrawal and IG (Range) Vijay imposed prohibitory orders has to register by March 15. So be prepared and after that the offer for the summer holidays. travel from April 1 to Anandiben Patel, Chief comed there by the chief of Singh Meena. Later, the under Section 144 till March far, only 30 per cent of the connection will be snapped. It can be travelled by plane for September 30. Minister Yogi Adityanath and Ganga Sewa Nidhi Sushant President reached Banasras 15 restricting the use of drone others at Dashaswamedh Ghat Mishra and others. Prior to Locomotive Works (BLW) by cameras at Kashi Vishwanath here on Saturday evening. The this, the President and others a copter and at the helipad, he temple and nearby Ganga President came here in the reached Kashi Vishwanath was welcomed by General ghats. afternoon on his three days temple and offered prayer Manager (GM) of BLW Anjali On Sunday, the President visit to Purvanchal (eastern which was performed by Goyal, District Magistrate will attend Vanvasi Samagam 1 P UP) and in his tour, he would many priests in a traditional Kaushal Raj Sharma and oth- in Sonbhadra district and take part in some programmes way. ers. After a short stay at BLW inaugurate the newly-con- in the city apart from Mirzapur During his visit the Guest House, President’s structed building at Seva Kunj and Sonbhadra. In the recent President also saw the ongo- motorcade left for Kashi Ashram, Chapki. In the late time, this famous Ganga-Aarti ing construction work of Vishwanath temple. afternoon, the President will was watched by several nation- Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. Elaborate security visit to Maa Vindhyavasini al and international dignitaries Earlier, around 2.40 pm, arrangements were made at all Devi Mandir, Vindhyachal in " * $88$9$3$ or removed from the family. It is because and the popularity of this the President landed at Lal the places where the President Mirzapur district and on the there is no fault of that child in this. For exquisitely choreographed rit- Bahadur Shastri International visited during the day and sev- last day, he will attend the ahamandaleshwar Kaushalyananda several years after being born, the third ual performed on the banks of Airport, Babatpur by a special eral traffic restrictions were inaugural function of a pro- MGiri (Tina Maa), Uttar Pradesh gender does not know what it is. Is it a holy river Ganga daily had Indian Air Force plane where imposed. gramme on issues of Ganga, incharge of Kinnar Akhara, has raised the boy or a girl? He is not even aware of this. reached a peak across the world he was welcomed by the From 5.30 pm no one was environment and the demand to initiate action to give posses- At the same time, the family and society when Prime Minister Narendra Governor, CM and others. allowed to go to culture of India at Hotel Taj sion of ancestral property to the taunts him and tells that he is third gen- Modi, along with his then Those who were also present Dashaswamedh Ghat and to Ganges. transanders. She said that several months der. ago, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had Mahamandaleshwar Swami announced the right to ancestral proper- Kaushalya Nand Giri has demanded ty to third genders. However, action has from the state government that in the not been initiated accordingly. When form of Kinnar Welfare Board in Bihar, & $!(: some eunuchs tried to demand rights in Chhattisgarh and other states, the bene- their home, their relatives turned them fit of the schemes is being given to the down by insulting them. The police- third genders, in the same way the " * >$+$*$4 hydrogen-based car. Such administration also did not come forward Kinnar Welfare Board in Uttar Pradesh units can be installed at petrol to help them. should be formed soon and the benefits n response to the initiative of pumps to generate the neces- Mahamandaleshwar Kaushaliyananda of the schemes should be given to the Ithe Central Government to sary hydrogen. The technolo- Giri said that the Chief Minister’s deci- eunuchs under it. The benefits of the promote the production of gy will reduce the load on the sion to give rights to third gender in schemes are being extended to others, hydrogen from green energy grid and promote the use of ancestral property is commendable. With 1 including divyangjan. resources under its recently hydrogen. The current project this right, the condition of third gender Kaushalya Nand Giri said that launched ambitious project for the design of a kilowatt will improve. This reform will be social, Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Lakshmi National Hydrogen Mission prototype is funded by the economic and political. However it needs Mahamandaleshwar Kaushalya Nand Narayan Tripathi Maharaj of Kinnar (NHM), the researchers of Department of Science and to be implemented at the ground level. Giri said that the third gender will be born Akhara fought a long struggle for the dig- Indian Institute of Technology, Technology, Government of Like other laws, this should not be only a son and a daughter, in addition to God, nified position that the eunuchs have Banaras Hindu University (IIT- India. The entire unit is man- on paper, the government will have to take nobody knows. If a third gender is born today in the society. After this, third gen- BHU) got a major success in ufactured in India and all serious steps in that direction by consid- instead of a son or daughter, it does not der was accepted by society and law, but generating on site electricity important components such as ering it seriously. mean that it is thrown out of the house this right was not given to them till date. from hydrogen. Dr Rajesh methanol-reforming catalysts Kumar Upadhyay, Associate and hydrogen-selective mem- Professor, Department of branes are synthesisd at Chemical Engineering and his Chemical Engineering Lab of team have developed a proto- the institute. type based on the membrane $!(: ! IIT-BHU Director Prof * reformer technique for pro- & Pramod Kumar Jain said that ducing ultra-pure hydrogen the prototype unit based on from methanol. ‘This devel- and has also succeeded in field of mobile electric vehicle the membrane reformer tech- oped prototype will be the producing 1 kW of power by chargers where the developed nology also promotes the ini- ) : first of its kind in India and no integrating the same prototype prototype can be installed in a tiatives of the Prime Minister such commercial units are with a hydrogen fuel cell. The mobile van that can be inte- for ‘Make in India’ and available worldwide,’ said Dr once scaled unit can be used grated with a hydrogen fuel ‘Atamnirbhar Bharat’. IIT-BHU of Inland Vessel Authority aged to grab the Imambara and PhD degrees from Devi Upadhyay. to power mobile towers and be cell to generate electricity and is set to play an important role " * $88$9$3$ and Tourism Department land in Batashamandi under Ahilya University here, he ‘This prototype would sig- a better choice in place of be used for charging. in the NHM. conducted a survey from the Kotwali police station, joined the Education nificantly reduce fossil fuel diesel-based generators. This ‘The user of an electric The institute is one of the lans are afoot to run a Varanasi to Prayagraj. During and had constructed a market Multimedia Research Centre usage and carbon footprint. unit will reduce storage and vehicle can use an app-based leading institutes working on Pcruise ship from the Triveni this, opinion was also taken there in the front portion. in 1991 as an Assistant Due to the compact unit it can transportation safety hazards module to use the charging all aspects of hydrogen ener- Sangam Coast to Howrah via from the team of UP Water These shops, 60 in num- Professor . Currently, he is also be used for on-site or on- associated with hydrogen facility while at the office or at gy and now to establish a the Ganga River. For this pur- Police. ber, were sold at very high handling the responsibility of demand ultra-pure hydrogen energy,’ he said. home. This will not only save centre of excellence in the pose, an initiative has been Officials said that a cruise price and the Waqf did not get the director of the centre. production. This technology According to him, the the time of the user but will institute to accommodate the taken once again by the Inland from Sangam to Howrah can any money. On Friday, Governor allows 99.999 per cent pure developed prototype can be also reduce the queue at the production and utilisation of Vessel Authority and the be run from here. But there is PDA had put a seal earli- Anandi Ben Patel, as hydrogen to be isolated from used to charge an electric charging stations,’ he said, hydrogen energy for useful Department of Tourism. A a bit of a hitch in it. Here there er on that market building, Chancellor, appointed him as a mere 15 ml / minute vehicle and IIT-BHU adding that this unit can prove applications especially in the survey has been done in this is deep work in the Ganga and on Saturday the official the new Vice-Chancellor of methanol to 13 litres / minute researchers are working in the to be very effective for a transport sector. regard. Waterways can be start- from Sirsa to Triveni Sangam. machinery reached the spot the State University. This ed from here to Howrah in the There is more sand in this with bulldozers to free the appointment has been made coming days. Then there will area. Waqf land. for three years. be movement of people and If it is removed and the AKHILESH SINGH Prof Sangeeta Srivastava $ ,52 transportation of goods Ganga will be deepened, then NEW V-C OF RAJENDRA was made the second Vice- through the river. it will be able to conduct a SINGH UNIVERSITY: Dr Chancellor of State University. Efforts have been going on cruise for Howrah from here. Akhilesh Singh took over the She was appointed Vice- " * >$+$*$4 Srivastava, Prof incharge of fering from lung related prob- other sleep problems. for the last several years to At present, the budget has charge as the new Vice- Chancellor of Allahabad Trauma Centre Prof SK Gupta, lems, as there are modern Pulmonary function testing start the water route from been demanded from the Chancellor of Professor Central University on ice-Chancellor Prof Dean of Students Prof MK equipments of exercise neces- lab has also been started and Prayagraj to Howrah. For this, Central Government for sand Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) December 29, 2020 before VRakesh Bhatnagar inau- Singh, Prof Ashok Kumar, Prof sary to increase the strength the introduction of this will two decades ago, the Inland withdrawal from the Ganga. State University on Saturday. the completion of her term. In gurated the Pulmonary KK Gupta, Prof VK Dixit, Prof and capacity of the lungs. In benefit chronic patients. Vessel Authority office in As soon as the funds are Prof KN Singh who is such a situation, the Vice- Rehabilitation Unit, Advanced Puneet Kumar, Prof SK addition, in this unit, patients 7 MORE TEST POSI- Prayagraj was also opened. received, the waterway will be holding the additional charge Chancellor of Uttar Pradesh Polysomnography Lab (Level- Agrawal, Prof BK Das, Dr will be provided with the nec- TIVE: Seven more have test- Several acres of land along the started by removing sand. of the university was also pre- Rajarshi Tandon Open One), Ultrasonography / 2- Deepak Sah and heads of var- essary education and awareness ed COVID-19 positive, increas- Ganga have also been taken This will lead to traffic sent to get him the responsi- University (UPRTOU), Prof DECO / Colour Doppler and ious departments, senior doc- related to food and exercise for ing the tally of confirmed cases for workshops of water ships, through waterways. At the bility. Kameshwar Nath Singh was Pulmonary Function Testing tors, officers and employees better lung health, so that they to 22,066 by Tuesday evening. cruises etc. But till now there same time tourism will get Dr Akhilesh Kumar given the additional charge Lab at the Department of were also present. can focus on medicine as well With no COVID-19 death was no success. Sometimes the boosted and trade will also be Singh, who takes charge as the here. Tuberculosis and Respiratory Prof GN Srivastava said as other aspects. being reported in the last 24 laxity of officers and some- generated new Vice-Chancellor, is orig- Dr Akhilesh Kumar Singh Diseases, Sir Sunderlal Hospital that the patients of the region The V-C also inaugurated hours, the death toll remains at times due to lack of money, UNAUTHORISED inally from Dwani village in the new Vice-Chancellor of (SSH) in Banaras Hindu would be benefitted from the the Advanced 377. this project could not move MARKET DEMOLISHED: Bansdih tehsil of Ballia. He the Prof Rajendra Singh (Rajju University (BHU) here on commissioning of these units Polysomnography Lab Level- With 5 COVID-19 patient beyond the files. Prayagraj Development did his primary schooling Bhaiya), State University, said Saturday. and facilities and the One (Sleep Lab). According to having been cured in home iso- After the BJP government Authority on Saturday demol- from the village. After this, he that he will establish a distinct On the occasion, Rector Pulmonary Rehabilitation Prof Srivastava, this lab is the lation, the number of COVID- came to power at the Centre ished unauthorised three graduated from TD College identity of the State University Prof VK Shukla, Director of Centre started in the depart- first unit of its kind in 19 patients recovered in the dis- in 2014, this work has gained storeyed market worth crores affiliated to Gorakhpur in the country. Institute of Medical Sciences ment is the first of its kind in Purvanchal as modern facilities trict so far is 21,627 including some momentum. Then the of rupees raised on Waqf land University in the year 1982 For this, agreements will (IMS) Prof BR Mittal, Medical the entire Purvanchal (eastern are available here for testing 18,641 in home isolation and cruise started operating from near Batashamandi and completed his Masters in be made with renowned uni- Superintendent (MS) Prof SK UP) region, which is equipped and treatment of sleep disor- 2,986 in Covid hospitals. At Varanasi to Howrah. Now Imambara. 1984. versities and other technical Mathur, Head of Tuberculosis with state-of-the-art equip- ders. This lab will be very present 62 active cases work is going on to connect Officials said that some In 1986, he reached institutes across the country. and Respiratory Diseases ment. This unit will be very beneficial for patients strug- are under treatment in the them from Varanasi to close associates of Atique Indore in Madhya Pradesh. His priority is to improve the department Prof GN beneficial for the patients suf- gling with snoring problems or district. Prayagraj. Recently, the team Ahmed had anyhow man- After earning his MEd., MPhil educational level first. + ,-. /0/,
70 < ) Q! 8PSS@TQPI9@IU $' ()#* od last year, Chief Public Relations Officer $ ; R & (CPRO) Pankaj Kumar Singh said. From the espite the challenges of Covid-19 on Indian beginning of the financial year 2020-21, a nation- " * $ *="+ DRailways loading of goods even before the wide lockdown was implemented to protect the " * $ *="+ the forefront in providing treat- should eat healthily, that meant three different types of dialysis, end of financial year (FY) 2020-21 till March 11 people from Covid-19 infection. Indian Railways ment at par with the world and a balanced diet, and also ensure the first was hemodialysis anpur Development this year was 1145.68 million tonnes (MT). It worked by preparing a special plan and load- orld Kidney Day focuses holding this seminar was cer- that one got all the vitamins which used an artificial kidney KAuthority Vice Chairman is more than 1145.61 MT goods ing goods from different Won creating more aware- tainly a move in the right and minerals the body needed. to remove waste and extra Rakesh Kumar Singh, on loading during the entire FY parts of the country sent ness among the people to direction. He, however, advised that one fluid from the blood. He said Friday, inaugurated the 2019-20. In March this year them to their destination. understand kidney related dis- RRSC director and leading should refrain from salty and hemodialysis treatments usu- helpdesk for online submission this sequence of increase in Besides, for expected eases and its long-term impact nephrologist Dr Nirbhay fatty foods. He said one must ally lasted three to five hours of applications to facilitate loading of goods continues on increase in loading of goods on the quality of an individual's Kumar, addressing the session, stop smoking and consumption and were performed three demand survey for construc- the entire Indian Railways. Till concession was given to life. Chronic Kidney Disease said the breakthrough therapy of alcohol. times per week. tion of houses under the March 11 this year 43.43 MT was business institutions. In (CKD) is the gradual loss of the designation had raised great He said obesity raised He added that most Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. loaded which is 10 per cent order to increase loading of kidneys' ability to filter waste hopes across the world and the blood pressure, which was bad hemodialysis treatments were Under the PMAY, 3,072 more compared to the same goods on NER owing to from the blood but other fac- new combination along with for kidneys. He said in addition performed at a hospital. houses in Sector-1 in period last year. On the day-to- marketing efforts of BDU at tors which damage the kidney standard care, reduced the to this, one should at least aim He said the second one was Jawaharpuram Housing day basis on March 11 this year divisional and headquarters are diabetes and high blood composite measure of worsen- at 150 minutes of moderate called peritoneal dialysis which Scheme and 4,800 houses in on Indian Railways 4.07 MT level, increase in average pressure. Early diagnosis can ing of renal function or risk of intensity exercise, such as walk- involved surgery to implant a Shatabdi Nagar Scheme are loading was done which is 34 per speed of goods trains, lead to better management of cardiovascular or renal death ing, cycling or swimming. peritoneal dialysis (PD) proposed for construction. The cent more compared to same day expected improvement in the disease and one can lead a by 39 per cent. He said dialysis had since catheter into one’s abdomen. eligible persons can submit of the last year. Similarly, on goods sheds and develop- near healthy life. He said the most important ages been treating people with He said the catheter helped fil- their applications online by North East Railway (NER) due to ment works, loading of This was stated by Chief thing was regular check-ups kidney problems and this only ter blood through the peri- depositing Rs 5,000 at any increase in the facilities of goods goods is increasing. The Medical Officer Dr AK Mishra with the doctor and routine when the kidneys could not toneum, a membrane in the branch of the HDFC Bank up traffic and efforts of Business convesion of old ICF coach- while inaugurating an blood and urine tests to check perform the normal functions abdomen. He said the promi- to March 26. They can apply Development Unit (BDU) set up at various lev- es into newly-modified goods (NMG) wagons advanced CMR on CKD at for specific chemical levels that due to disease or injury and nent one was continuous online on KDA website - els, there is an expected increase in goods load- resulted in an increase in loading of automobiles. Regancy Renal Sciences Centre indicate kidney function. thus dialysis could help keep ambulatory peritoneal dialysis www.kdaindia.co.in - or at any ing. Till March 12 this year on NER 2.4313 MT From Haldi Road station on Izzatnagar division on Saturday. He said by the Dr Kumar said CKD could the body running as normally (CAPD). branch of HDFC Bank. While of goods were loaded which is 5.5 per cent more of NER booking of automobile for time the patient came to feel become kidney failure without as possible. He said without The vote of thanks was submitting the application, the than the same period last year. Similarly till Bangladesh is being done which earlier used the effects of the damaged kid- warning if it was left untreat- dialysis, salts and other waste proposed by Abhishek Kapoor. applicant should keep various March 12 this year on NER goods loading was to be done by road. Similarly, Nautanwa sta- ney they experienced an over- ed. He said there were five products accumulate in the Others present on the occasion documents including Aadhaar 107.10 per cent more compared to the same peri- tion developed as an automobile terminal. all ill feeling. He said CKD was stages of CKD and five simple blood, poison the body and were director of Regency card, latest passport size photo, irreversible but with proper lifestyle steps could help keep damage other organs as well. Healthcare, Dr Atul Kapoor, Dr caste and income certificates, treatment it could be slowed one in good shape. He said the He cautioned that dialysis Sanjeev Mehrotra, Dr Piyush bank account details, mobile % Q && down with proper diet, med- first was to always stay hydrat- was certainly not the cure for Tripathi, Dr Avijit Kumar, Dr phone number etc. readily ication and physical exercise. ed by drinking plenty of fluids. kidney diseases. Umesh Dubey, Dr Rohit available with them. All the rel- 8PSS@TQPI9@IU /. 0#* ‘SHIVLING’ ERECTED: Daffodils Public Regency has always been in He said in addition to this one Dr Kumar said there were Mishra and several others. evant terms and conditions School celebrated Mahashivratri with an inno- are available on the KDA web- he body of a woman found hanging in her vative idea. Under the programme the school got site. Troom in Kalwari Khurd village under erected a ‘shivling’ whose height was 43 feet at On receipt of sufficient Madihan police station on Friday. Reports said a lawn situated at Kantit locality. The sprawling applications, the data of that Shyamkali (24) daughter of Ramnarayan lawn was decorated attractive rangoli and 1.25 70 , /0/ demand survey would be sent Baiga, a resident of Gulab Chakdahi under lakh clay ‘shivlings’. Tableaux depicting Kailash to the RERA for onward regis- Chitrangi police station in Seedhi district, MP, tration and allotment of hous- was working as a domestic help in the house of " * $ *="+ es. No off-line application will Baijnath in Kalwari Khurd village under be accepted or entertained. Madihan police station. Baijnath said that she anpur Divisional To facilitate people over- went to sleep on Thursday night and he did not KCommissioner Raj come problems faced in sub- respond when he called her for tea on Friday Shekhar, while addressing a mitting their online application, morning. When he went to her room he found meeting at his camp office a helpdesk has been set up on her hanging from the ceiling. On getting infor- here on Saturday, said the the first floor of KDA. mation the police reached the spot and took the upcoming Boat Club was being Additional Secretary Gudakesh body for completing the legal formalities. They financed by Kanpur Sharma, Chief Engineer also took the mobile set of the deceased into their Development Authority and Chakresh Jain, Finance custody for further investigation. In another Mansarovar, Amarnath cave and other deities would be under its direct con- Controller VK Lal, Joint incident, an aged women died when she was hit were also a centre of attraction. In the pro- trol. Secretary KK Singh, OSD Alok by a tractor on Adalpur-Kushahaa Road under gramme the entire school staff along with its He said the Boat Club Kumar Verma, Executive Chunar police station on Friday. Reports said directors Amardeep Singh and Aparajita Singh management would function Engineer Ashu Mittal, HDFC that Gangajal (60), a resident of Adalpura under worked hard under the guidance of expert artists. exactly on the pattern of the Bank representative Vineet Chunar police station, died on the spot when After the inauguration of the programme joint- Allahabad Boat Club. He said Srivastava were present on the she was hit by a uncontrolled tractor. The trac- ly by Divisional Commissioner Yogeshwar Ram purchase of equipment and 1 * )+% ( % 7& occasion. tor driver, however, managed to flee from there. Mishra and IG police Piyush Srivastava the venue other necessary materials was After registering a case the police sent her body was opened to the general public. The programme already in process. sailing and life jackets as well. He said the beautification training to the children living of the victim for the post-mortem examination. concluded with ‘rudrabhishek’ and discourse. He said to acquire boats for He said around 10 per cent of process was being carried out on the shores and prepare Kanpur it could take around work remained unaccom- and soon people would be able them for national level aquat- $: three more months and said on plished which will be com- to enjoy its beauty at night. He ic events. '() * &+" account of some damages pleted soon. said on some specific days He said the Boat Club directives had been issued to The divisional commis- there shall be Sugam Sangeet would run a cruise where meet- 8PSS@TQPI9@IU -',1)2 ship of Havildar Rupesh Chandra presented a ensure timely and proper sioner said it was a prestigious and Ganga Aarti as was being ings and parties would be held. "3 demonstration of reflex shooting which was a repairs. project which had got slightly done at Varanasi. Others who took part in he 52nd Raising Day of the Central centre of attraction for the audience. Under the He said the Kanpur Boat delayed on account of COVID- Neeraj Srivastava, coordi- the meeting were DP Singh, KANPUR (PNS): In a bid to TIndustrial Security Force (CISF) was cele- direction of Inspector RK Gangwar, different Club would have kayak, canoe 19 pandemic but now it was nator, said Indian Sports and officials of KDA, Irrigation make the proposed agitation brated by its Rihand unit in a methods of extinguishing rowing boats, speed motor being carried out on a war foot- Academy would soon be set up department, regional tourism against the privatisation move cheerful atmosphere amidst vari- the fire were also demon- boat, water skiing board, para ing. here to provide swimming and others concerned. of the Union government a ous events and prize distribution strated by the jawans of the grand success, leaders of the at Sonshakti Stadium, Rihand force’s fire wing which was Joint Forum of Central Trade Station, recently. The ceremony well appreciated by the Unions organised a meeting was inaugurated in a traditional audience. At the end under the chairmanship of SM manner by ED Balaji Iyengar, who Deputy Commandant Ravi 8 Zaidi at the office of the was the chief guest. Thereafter the Kumar Sharma honoured Communist Party of India CISF song was presented. Iyengar the chief guest by present- (CPI) at Parade on Thursday. while congratulating on CISF ing a memento. Thereafter " * $ *="+ comprises a trek in the Garhwal Speaking on the occasion, Raising Day extended heartfelt the chief guest gave certifi- Himalayas. The team will be trade union leaders Arvind wishes to all. He said that CISF, cates to the jawans. The he Air Force has always exploring the high altitude Raj Swarup, Rajesh Kumar through its diligence, honesty and winner and runner-up Tbeen in the forefront to take meadows of Dayara and Bedni Shukla, Ram Prakash Rai, perseverance, has made a separate teams of the volleyball com- up expeditions which pose a bugyals. The team comprises Kuldeep Saxena, Asit Kumar place in the armed forces today. petition played during the stiff challenge so as to prove Air Force officers, air warriors Singh, Dharmdeo, RP Due to its efficiency and deftness safety week were awarded that Air officers and warriors and even their families. Kannaujia, Om Prakash the demand for this force is prizes by the chief guest are physically and mentally fit This expedition will pro- Anand, Pawan Shukla and increasing day by day, he said. who also boosted their and stand at par with the best vide an opportunity for people Bhairav Prasad said a massive Earlier the chief guest inspected the parade of morale. Prominent among those present on the of the world. This was anoth- who have never ventured into demonstration would be staged jawans. The four platoons of the march past were occasion were were General Managers (GMs), er expedition which had been the Himalayas to experience across the country on March 15 led by the parade commander Viplav Vishwas. Assistant Commandant (Fire) Devchand, chair- taken up by Kanpur Air Force the mountains in close prox- in protest against the privati- While the first contingent was led by Anil Kumar person of Vartika Mahila Mandal, Padma personnel in a short duration. imity. The trek will promote sation move and anti-farmer Sharma, the second, third and fourth contingents Iyengar, chairperson of Sanrakshika, Neha Rai, This was stated by Air camaraderie and leadership policies of the government. were led by Abhishek Singh, Sumer Singh and officers of NTPC and CISF, representatives of Commodore VK Sashindran, amongst the participants and They also condemned the Birendra Prasad Singh respectively. In the various unions and associations etc. The pro- Air Officer Commanding, 7 AF will also enable them to appre- killing of a rape victim’s father sequel displaying the efficiency and deftness of gramme was conducted by ASI (Steno) Shivani Hospital, while flagging off a ciate the intrinsic beauty of the in Ghatampur and demanded CISF the jawans of the force under the leader- who also proposed the vote of thanks. 24-member Air Force team mountains through myriads immediate arrest of the culprits from 7 Air Force Hospital on ;1% = 2 8 of angles. The team will return and stern penal action against -6 %# Saturday. % 7& to Kanpur from Rishikesh them. The meeting was con- The week-long expedition March 21, 2021. ducted by convener Rajesh Kumar Shukla. QITU + ,-. of the circulating area of the station building and PEOPLE URGED TO examined the diagram along with Chief Project USE COW DUNG CAKES IN eneral Manager, North Eastern Railway Manager 3, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, VK HOLIKA DAHAN: Ekal G(NER), Vinay Kumar Tripathi, conducted Shukla, and gave directions. During this peri- <+ = Bharat Lok Shiksha Parishad’s the annual inspection of Gorakhpur-Mau rail od he inspected the station panel, relay room, Kanpur chapter will promote section of Varanasi division on Friday. During record room, store, station master room, plat- the use of cow dung cakes and it the GM inspected Bhatni Junction railway sta- form and passenger amenities and while express- wood for Holika Dahan this tion’s station building, beautified park in the cir- ing happiness with the Commercial and year. Addressing media per- culating area and did plantation along with offi- Operating departments, gave a cash reward of < sons, women’s wing chairper- cers. He also conducted intensive testing of 10,000 to Station Superintendent Brijesh son of EBLSP’s Kanpur chapter Bhatni Jn’s station panel, relay room and route Kumar Mishra. The GM did extensive inspec- Anuradha Varshney and sec- relay interlocking system besides tion of Belthara Road sta- rendered useless. ism was the policy or doctrine respect motherland and when retary Devika Mukherjee said energy conservator point and tion building improvement " * $ *="+ ‘NATIONALISM DEVEL- of asserting the interests of one’s coming for duty towards the as the Ekal parivar was now OHE depot. After this the GM works, upgradation of pas- OPED AS A CONCEPT own nation viewed as separate motherland one had to show working on cow and environ- while looking at the foot over- senger facilities, operational hief Medical Officer Dr AK DURING INDIAN INDE- from the interests of other our gratitude for all the place, ment protection, efforts would bridge of the station reached the and commercial manage- CMishra on Saturday said PENDENCE MOVEMENT’: nations or the common inter- food, air and water it gave us all be made to spread awareness other end and extensively ment, circulating area and the mop-up drive for the peo- Head of the department of ests of all nations. He said it the way. among the masses to use cow inspected the guard/driver run- railway colony. At the end ple left out during earlier vac- political science of Armapore could also be termed as exces- The outstanding student dung cakes and wood for ning room located there. The GM of the inspection, GM cination phases would take off Degree College, Dr Vivek sive and aggressive. He said speakers were Anamika Yadav Holika Dahan. also inspected the trolley bags to reached Mau Jn. During from Monday onward. Kumar Singh, addressing a Indian nationalism developed (first), Ashu Diwakar (second) Conveners Prema Jhavar be distributed among guards and the inspection of Bhatni- He said another lot of 1,232 seminar on ‘Patriotism and as a concept during the Indian and Harshita Sonekar (third). and Shalini Tishniwal said in a locopilots in place of boxes and Mau rail section, Tripathi vials of Covaxin and 8,350 Nationalism’ on Friday said independence movement The vote of thanks was bid to make women of 480 vil- with all necessary materials and reviewed the progress of vials of Covishield had reached both words were related to love which campaigned for inde- proposed by principal Dr lages self-reliant, they would be safety equipment checked the weight and found doubling works being carried out by Rail Vikas Kanpur. He praised Kanshiram for country but there was in pendence from British rule. He Gayatri Singh. asked to make cow dung cakes it suitable. Satisfied with the inspection on the Nigam Limited. During the inspection, the GM Hospital which has stood first fact an incredibly important said Indian nationalism was an SEMINAR: A seminar on in large quantities for use in occasion, the GM presented cash award to RK encouraged the employees and supervisors for in the vaccination drive. distinction between the two instance of territorial nation- ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Holika Dahan. EBLSP Kanpur Yadav of Engineering department, Sanjay their outstanding work by giving them cash However, the vaccination drive terms. He said both patriotism alism, which was inclusive of all Dandi March’ was jointly chapter’s President Dr AS Kumar Singh of Signal Department and others. awards. On the occasion GM was accompanied in rural areas was compara- and nationalism were used of the people of India, despite organised by the Institute of Prasad said Ekal activists were After this the GM proceeded further on his by Principal Chief Operations Manager Anil tively slow, he added. roughly in the same way yet their diverse ethnic, linguistic Hotel & Tourism of CSJM devoted to empower the peo- inspection special for inspection. Between Kumar Singh, PCSO SN Shah, PCSTE AK The CMO said the drive there was quite a difference and religious backgrounds. Dr University and NSS-3 unit at ple of rural and tribal India and Bhatni-Salempur he did a comprehensive Mishra, Chief Administrative Officer/ was meant for above 60 and between the two. He said patri- Singh said being a citizen of the university auditorium on make them self-reliant by edu- inspection of curve No 2 on km No 2 / 30-3/20 Construction RK Yadav, Principal Chief Electrical people between the age of 45 otism meant devoted love, sup- India, some of the moral Friday. Vice Chancellor Prof cating them. Secretary Dhruv and non-interlock level crossing No 04 and for Engineer AK Shukla, Principal Chief Commercial and 59 were given the vaccine. port and defense of one’s coun- responsibilities and duties men- DR Singh was the chief guest. Ruia praised the works of the correct answers concerning maintenance and Manager SC Prasad, Principal Chief Personnel He said the second dose had try; national loyalty. He said the tioned in the Constitution were Addressing the gathering, he women’s wing. He said due to safety he presented a cash prize of 2,500 to Officer Rita K Hemrajani, Principal Chief Finance already been given while the moment one heard the term that one must respect the said, “We are heading towards it libraries set up in 480 Ekal gateman Sukharam Kushwaha. Thereafter Manager Tanuja Pandey, Principal Chief Medical left outs would also be given the patriotism, one could imagine National Flag and National making India as per the dreams schools were functioning prop- between Salempur-Lar Road stations he inspect- Superintendent Dr Kumar Umesh, Principal Chief doses from Monday onwards. defence of the nation, especially Anthem, obey the laws of the of Pandit Nehru, Baba Saheb erly. Youth wing president Dr ed the minor bridge No. 21 and on km 16/4-6 Mechanical Engineer AK Pandey, Principal Chief He appealed to the people army. He said it could take country, protect the power, Ambedkar, Maulana Azad and Pravin Katiyar appealed to the interlock level crossing No 12 and on receiving Stores Manager Ramakrishna Yadav, PCSC/RPF who had already taken the many other forms apart from unity and integrity of the coun- Sardar Patel. There are so many citizens to use cow dung cakes the right answer to questions related to safety Atul Kumar Srivastava, CPRO Pankaj Singh, first dose to ensure they took the army as many other sec- try, safeguard public property, unsung struggles in the coun- and wood for Holika Dahan for gateman Pankaj Kumar was awarded cash Deputy General Manager CK Singh and Divisional the second dose without fail tions of society could be patri- pay taxes with honesty and try’s history which have their protection of cow and envi- prize of Rs 2,500. After this the GM reached Lar Railway Manager of Varanasi Division Vijay otherwise the vaccine would be ots. He said the term national- promptly. He said all had to own importance.” ronment. Road station and made a thorough inspection Kumar Panjiar besides all the branch officers. + ,-. /0/, 6 6 .>$ -
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Board authorities are in the commencing of yatra at the Advance registration of process of floating the tenders Holy Cave and across the yatra hri Amarnathji Shrine pilgrims will commence from to finalise the passenger fare on ( ( * routes. It was further directed SBoard (SASB) Saturday 1st April 2021 through 446 des- the route. In addition to this the $ to upgrade the sanitation decided to conduct the 56-day ignated branches of Punjab accidental insurance cover for "3/ C>C" capacity commensurate with long annual Amarnath pil- National Bank, Jammu and yatris and service providers has the enhanced yatra volume for grimage beginning June 28 till Kashmir Bank and YES Bank, been enhanced from the exist- base camp and along the August 22 as per COVID-19 located in 37 States and UTs. ing Rs 3 lakhs to 5 lakhs and Vishwamurti Shastri and Dr. able on the Google play store routes. During the meeting, SOPs developed by the For the first time, the for Ponies from Rs. 30,000 to Devi Prasad Shetty. to get real time information Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board Government. No person below Shrine board would be intro- Rs. 50,000. Nitishwar Kumar, Chief about the Yatra and for avail- approved the enhancement of the age of 13 years and above ducing free of cost Battery Car Lieutenant Governor, Executive Officer SASB; ing several services online. remunerations for Pujaris from the age of 75 years shall be per- service for 2.75 km long Baltal Manoj Sinha, Chairman, Shri Pandurang K. Pole, Divisional During the meeting the existing Rs 1000 per day to Rs mitted to undertake the pil- to Domel stretch and vice Amarnathji Shrine Board Commissioner Kashmir; Anup Board decided to enhance the 1500 per day for the next three grimage. versa. The Shrine Board had (SASB), presided over the 40th Kumar Soni, Additional Chief daily route-wise Yatri ceiling years. Discussion was also held The yatra will commence also decided to make available Board Meeting held here today Executive Officer SASB; and from 7500/Day/Route to on introducing RFID Tracking on the auspicious day of silver coins of 5 gm and 10 gm at Raj Bhavan in Jammu. other senior officers of the 10,000/Day/Route, excluding and Prepaid hiring of Ashaad Chaturthi falling on denomination through the Those present at the meet- Shrine Board also attended Yatris who would travel by Services for putting in place for June 28 as per Hindu Calendar, Metal and Mineral Trading ing included BVR the meeting in person and helicopters, would be allowed strengthened online digital and conclude on Shravan Corporation (MMTC). These Subrahmanyam, Chief through virtual mode. to secure Advance Registration system. Purnima (Raksha Bandhan) coins would be sold to the pil- Secretary, Atal Dulloo, The Board has also decid- for the pilgrimage. The Board further direct- on 22nd August, 2021. grims at the Holy Cave and at Financial Commissioner, ed to enable the live telecast of The Lt Governor also ed for wide publicity to be This year the Shrine Board the offices of the Shrine Board Health and Medical Education morning and evening Aarti directed for issuance of Special given through the electronic has also decided to extend during the Yatra. Department and Members of for devotees across the globe. invitations to Akhada and print media, informing Special invitations to Akhada To cater to the rush of pil- the Board including: Swami The live telecast is a tool for vir- Parishads, Acharya Parishads the intending Yatris to timely Parishads, Acharya Parishads grim traffic Pahalgam Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj; tual Darshan for those who are and exploring possibility of secure the prescribed and explore the possibility of Development Authority has D.C. Raina; Pt. Bhajan Sopori; unable to undertake the ardu- establishing counters at promi- Compulsory Health establishing counters at promi- been asked to ready at least four Prof. Anita Billawaria; Dr. ous Yatra. Further, the pil- nent religious places across Certificates issued by the nent religious places across helipads to ensure safe landing Sudershan Kumar; Dr. C.M. grims can download the “Shri the country for facilitation of Doctors/ Hospitals nominated the country for facilitation of of the pilgrims. The Shrine Seth; Tripta Dhawan; Prof. Amarnathji Yatra” App avail- Sadhu/Sant Samaj. by the State or UTs in which
U.P. POWER TRANSMIS- * P,,, requires that airport staff hand ‘Kalaignar Unavagam’ (eateries) SION CORPORATION LTD. # ) 0 E-TENDER NOTICE As red flags went up, the them over to security person- would be set up. After the ‘first Following E-Tenders are invit- jury was out on whether it con- nel after sufficient warnings. hero’ the candidates list, the ed from the experienced/reputed contrac- stituted a new wave of the pan- Directing the CISF/ police visit Singur, one of the epicen- ties. The CPN (UML) and CPN manifesto is the ‘second hero,’ tors for execution of following works For demic. Scientists grappled with personnel deployed at the tres of anti-farm land acquisi- (Maoist Centre) merged in he said and promised elevated more details login on website www.etender.up.nic.in. 1- Short Term E the why and how of the surge entrance of the airport to tion agitation in 2006-07. May 2018 to form a unified roads, desalination projects and - Tender No.78/AETC/2020-21:- in cases but were agreed that ensure that no one is allowed Patkar warned against the Nepal Communist Party fol- 5-lakh plus fresh jobs in gov- Centrifusing transformer oil of Transformes adherence to Covid-19 proto- to enter the airport without “sinister design” of the lowing the victory of their ernment sector. at diffirent 132 kV S/Ss under ETD, cols and escalating the vacci- wearing a mask, it said that Narendra Modi government alliance in the 2017 general Aiming at a comeback to Azamgarh.Earnest Money: Rs. 5000.00 (Rs. Five Thousand) only.Tender Cost: Rs. nation drive to cover more chief airport security officer to rob small and marginal elections. On last Sunday, the the corridors of power after a 590.00 (Rs. Five Hundred Ninety) only. 2- people were necessary to con- and other supervising officers farmers of their right over their apex court quashed their uni- hiatus of 10 years, the party Short Term E - Tender No.79/AETC/ 2020- trol the rising trajectory of the must ensure this personally. small plots of land. Also it fication and granted authen- made 505 assurances, which 21:- Centrifusing of Transformer oil of 160 disease. Anurag Agarwal, DGCA said it has been does not allow farmers to ticity of the Nepal Communist includes measures towards eco- MVA T/F - III at 220 kV S/s, Hafizpur, Azamgarh. Earnest Money: Rs. 2000.00 director of the CSIR-Institute noticed that some travellers decide the remunerative price Party (NCP) to Rishiram Kattel, nomic revival, protecting farm (Rs. Two Thousand) only. Tender Cost: Rs. of Genomics and Integrative undertaking air journey do not of their agri produce. who had registered the party at lands, free three phase elec- 236.00 (Rs. Two Hundred Thirty Six) only. Biology, said scientists at his adhere to COVID- 19 The people of Nandigram the Election Commission in his tricity for farmers and a sepa- 3- E- Tender No.80 /AETC/2020-21:- institute are trying to under- Protocols, which essentially must show the way by giving name prior to the formation of rate budget for agriculture and Centrifusing of Transformer oil of trans- formers at 132kV S/S Siddiquepur under stand if the rise in cases is due involves wearing of mask the lead against the BJP’s objec- Nepal Communist Party (NCP) weekly off for police personnel. ETD-II, Jaunpur. Earnest Money: Rs. to more-transmissible vari- properly and not below the tive to thrust the farm laws, she led by Oli and Prachanda. If voted to power, petrol and 1500.00 (Rs. One Thousand Five Hundred) ants of the virus or due to a nose during all times of the said. The social activist also Kattel had challenged the diesel prices would be slashed only. Tender Cost: Rs. 236.00 (Rs. Two lapse in precautionary mea- journey from entering the urged the people to exercise Election Commission’s deci- by Rs 5 and Rs 4 per litre, he Hundred Thirty Six) only. Earnest money will be in the shape of RTGS/NEFT duly sures followed by people. Airport for departure to exit- their franchise cautiously. sion to register Nepal said. A monthly subsidy of Rs pledged in favour of Superintending Though there is no clarity if a ing the Airport after arrival. “This is the land of Communist Party (NCP) under 100 will be provided to buy one Engineer, Electy. Transmission Circle, new wave of the pandemic is Some passengers have been Rabindranath Tagore, this is the Oli and Prachanda in May LPG cylinder for every ration UPPTCL, Azamgarh.Tenderers can upload currently underway, some noticed not wearing their land of so many luminaries. 2018. The bench said that a new card holder and the cost of their tender bids against short term E- Tender No 78 to 79 upto 17.00 hrs. of things are certain. masks properly while on- Bengal’s soil will not allow the party cannot be registered with state-run ‘Aavin’ milk shall be 30.03.2021 and the same shall be opened board the aircraft, it said. divisive forces to get a toehold the Election Commission slashed by Rs three a litre. on dated 31.03.2021 at 12.00 Hrs. & 13.00 ! " ),,, here, its farmers will not allow when it already has a party reg- Also, an additional one kg Hrs. respectively. Tenderers can upload The Ministry of Civil 3 3 #,,, a rerun of forces like the istered with a similar name. sugar would be distributed in their tender bids against E-Tender No 80 PTI upto 17.00 hrs. of 15.04.2021 and the same Aviation requirements on Referring to Nandigram, (British) East India Company to public distribution outlets. shall be opened on dated 16.04.2021 at “unruly passengers” provides he said the land of farmers’ agi- usurp power,” she said. Implementing all promises 12.00 Hrs. In case the tender opening date for an offender to be put on a tation will give new direction The Samyukta Kisan !" ,,, was possible by eradicating is holiday or the undersigned remains out no-fly list for varying periods to the movement against the Morcha (SKM), an umbrella “The BJP, during Atal’s corruption, pursuing mea- of headquarters, the date of opening of the tender will stand extended to the next work- - three months for verbal farm bills. body of over 40 farmers’ unions, time, believed in consensus. But sures including austerity and ing day. Undersigned has the right to abuse, six months for physical On the ongoing farmers’ had on Friday urged plough- today’s Government believes in increasing tax revenue, the reject/devide any tender without assigning assault and two years or more stir in Delhi, he said the pro- men and other people of West crushing and conquering. The manifesto released by him any reason thereof. Conditional tenders for life threatening behavior. If testors are ready to continue Bengal not to vote for BJP Akalis and the BJD have left the asserted. A separate depart- shall not be accepted. SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER (TRANS.) AZAMGARH No. a passenger is found violating their agitation for a long peri- arguing that electoral defeat will BJP. Today, who is standing ment will be set up for imple- 376 Date 12.03.2021 SAVE ELECTRICI- the protocols before boarding od as their morale is high. force the BJP-led government at with BJP?” he asked. “Atal built mentation of poll promises TY IN THE INTEREST OF NATION a flight, then the DGCA order Tikait is also expected to the Centre to repeal the three a national alliance. He did not (and to ensure action on peti- farm laws. Patkar had on Friday want to weaken allies and take tions received by Stalin from condemned the Centre for their space. This is a serious public during his campaign) allegedly insulting the farmers’ fight across the country. It’s not within 100 days of assuming stir and had said even the just a political fight. It’s a fight office and a report card shall be British occupiers had not to save democracy,” he said, be out on the 100th day. Stalin resorted to acts which the pre- adding “there is no one to stop promised a proper inquiry into sent government is indulging the government’s (Centre’s) the circumstances leading to in. She had welcomed the pas- wrongdoing”. On the roll of the the death of late Chief Minister sage of a resolution against the Election Commission’s role vis- J Jayalalithaa and initiation of farm laws in the West Bengal a-vis the upcoming elections he legal action again ‘anyone,’ assembly. said “… with a lot of responsi- found guilty. The Centre would bility that the Election be requested to include Sri ,,, Commission is no longer a Lanka in its Citizenship to make their position clear neutral body.” Amendment Act, 2019 and within 24 hours,” Devendra Sinha’s joining the TMC is give citizenship to Lankan Poudel, a Standing Committee likely to be seen as a prized Tamil refugees living in camps member, was quoted as saying. catch --- at least symbolically - in India and work for release of As per the legal provision, law- -- for the ruling outfit at a time seven Rajiv Gandhi assasination makers will lose their seats in when a bevy of Trinamool case convicts. Input subsidy the upper house and the lower leaders including some of for organic farmers, an house of Parliament if they Banerjee’s trusted lieutenants increased Minimum Support choose to leave the party or like Suvendu Adhikari, Rajib Price of Rs 2,500 and Rs 4,000 their party decides to expel Banerjee et al jumping on to the respectively for paddy and cane them from the party. saffron bandwagon ahead of the per quintal and expeditious On Friday, the Central upcoming Assembly elections. implementation of intra-state Committee meeting of the CPN Meanwhile, the Congress river linking plans were among (UML) led by Prime Minister has decided to send its star the promises. Financial assis- Oli had nominated 23 leaders campaigners to campaign for tance upto a maximum of Rs of Maoist Centre, including the Left Front led grand alliance 25,000 to one lakh persons in the ministers to the party’s in Bengal. The list of 30-star a year going on pilgrimage to central committee which the campaigners includes Sonia major Hindu temples, increase faction opposing him has said Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, in maternity leave period and is against the norms of the Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former assistance, cut in fuel prices and party. Since the Supreme Court Prime Minister, Manmohan steps to ban NEET in Tamil invalidated the Nepal Singh, Sachin Pilot among oth- Nadu were promised. Communist Party (NCP) ers. The list had been present- At the same time, the party merger and revived its con- ed to the Secretary of the also assured 2.5 per cent reser- stituents CPN-UML and Nepal Election Commission Pradesh vation to students of state-aided Communist Party (Maoist Congress sources said. schools who clear NEET in Centre) on Sunday last, Oli has Congress is a partner in the Left medical admissions. Tamil been keeping at bay the faction Front led grand alliance that Nadu provides 7.5 per cent led by Madhav Kumar Nepal includes the Indian Secular quota to government school that had opposed him and Front of Muslim cleric Abbas students (who get through tightening his hold on the party Siddiqui. NEET) in medical courses. by relieving leaders close to The DMK also promised to Nepal from party positions, 789 $ ,,, implement its pet initiatives the the daily said. Nepal’s Election autos respectively, he said. ‘Sethu Samudram project,’ and Commission on Tuesday asked Special courts would be set up revival of Legislative Council. the CPN (UML) led by Oli and to try cases (indicating that The manifesto also assured the CPN (Maoist Center) led by cases would be filed) of “cor- steps to retrieve Katchatheevu Prachanda to come up with a ruption against AIADMK min- islet from Sri Lanka to protect new name and election symbol isters,” Stalin said underlining fishermen and bring them of the party if they decide to the salient features of his party’s under ‘Scheduled Tribes’ (mar- merge their parties again after manifesto. While the AIADMK itime tribes) category and pro- the Supreme Court quashed the government runs ‘Amma vide them two lakh new 2018 unification of the two par- Unavagam,’ he said 500 houses. + ,-. /0/, 7
R (' 6* <* P '=6D * * ! 8 33732! = 7 $ 1221 ' *7 894 ajya Sabha Chairman M *7 894 QR RVenkaiah Naidu on Saturday offered 12 tips to the *7 894 he CPI(M) polit bureau on newly elected members of the TSaturday termed the House to make a difference in he Enforcement Supreme Court’s re-examina- House proceedings and nation TDirectorate (ED) has tion of Places of Worship Act, building by becoming effec- attached properties worth 1991 as “unfortunate” and urged tive Parliamentarians. 55.57 crore in a case of cheat- the Government not to support He counselled the mem- ing the investors dishonestly the petition. The Left party bers on their conduct both across Jharkhand and other was responding to the petition within and outside the House States by real estate firm filed by BJP leader Ashwani while inaugurating a two-day Sanjeevani Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. Upadhyay and the apex court orientation programme for (SBPL). seeking Centre’s response. the newly-elected members of 267 for suspension of the The accused company used “It is unfortunate that the Rajya Sabha. business of the day. to receive payments from the Supreme Court has opened the Naidu stressed that criti- The Rajya Sabha gullible investors in the name way for a re-examination of the cism of the Government Chairman urged the members of giving them plots of land. Places of Worship (Special allowed by the poll body. should be informed and cred- to develop in depth knowl- “The attached assets Provision) Act, 1991. The Act *7 894 Meanwhile, in a report to ible, instead of being just for edge of issues being taken up include 98 immovable proper- mandates that the character of the EC, West Bengal Chief the record. in the House so as not to be ties situated at Ranchi, all religious places of worship he Election Commission Secretary Alapan “The Opposition has the general and vague in their Jharkhand and three commer- should be maintained as it was T(EC) has sought more Bandyopadhyay reported to right to criticise the interventions when complex cial shops at Raipur as well as name of company as well as in on August 15, 1947, and no suit details on West Bengal Chief have stated that injury to Chief Government. In fact, it is issues with wider implica- bank balances in the form of their name for the purpose of or proceedings shall lie in a Minister and Trinamool Minister Mamata Banerjee’s their duty. But the criticism tions are discussed. fixed deposits in the name of laundering of such funds. A court of law with respect to the Congress leader Mamata leg in Nandigram was caused should be informed so that it Expressing concern over Sanjeevani Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. large part of proceeds of crime character of places of worship. Banerjee’s alleged attack inci- due to the car door but the looks credible. Opposing order in the form of distur- the rising ‘negative perception and its directors and their rel- was also withdrawn in cash by This effectively barred courts dent, saying that the report report does not clearly men- every move of the bances along the boundaries, quotient’ among the public atives Jayant Dayal Nandy, his the accused persons for from entertaining cases which submitted by State chief sec- tion what led to the door Government for the sake of misplaced criticism of the about the functioning of the wife Anita Dayal Nand, anoth- depositing the same in their raise disputes over places of retary on her injuries was slamming on Mamata record dents its credibility. country based on some spo- legislatures in the country, er director Shyam Kishore personal accounts which was worship that existed as of sketchy and not comprehensive Banerjee’s leg. The quality of criticism should radic incidents, discrediting Naidu urged the members to Gupta and Ranjana Shrivastav, further projected as untainted, August 15, 1947. The law fur- enough. In addition, the Chief really sting the Government of India’s democracy, economic abide by the elaborate rules of wife of one of the directors it said. ther provided that such cases The EC has asked State Secretary’s report also mentions the day and catch the eye of restrictions, cross- border ter- procedure and conventions Prakash Prasad Lala,” the ED The ED had earlier already pending in courts would chief secretary Alapan that a massive crowd had gath- the media and the people,” ror etc. and urged them to of the House evolved over the said in a statement. . attached assets worth 3.10 stand abated,” said CPI(M) in a Bandyopadhyay to furnish ered on the road in Nandigram Naidu said. effectively checkmate such years to enable its smooth The ED initiated investi- crore in the name of SBPL and statement. more details to elaborate on the when the incident took place on Urging the members to attempts in every forum. functioning. gation on the basis of FIR reg- its directors which was subse- “The Act, however, granted incident further. On the hand, March 10.On the other hand, acquire deep knowledge of the Naidu reminded the “These rules provide for istered by CBI, Ranchi and quently confirmed by PMLA an exception for the Babri the special observers in their the report does say that an iron state of the nation to make members of their solemn duty every contingency. During chargesheet against Sanjeevani Adjudicating Authority. Masjid/Ramjanmabhoomi site report has ruled the possibili- pole was not far from CM effective contributions to its to defend the integrity and my 20 years in the Rajya Buildcon Pvt. Ltd. and others. During the course of inves- at Ayodhya, which was then ty that the injury was the result Mamata Banerjee’s car but does transformation, Naidu said: “It sovereignty of India by being Sabha and three-and-a-half The ED investigation has tigation, one of its directors under dispute. While invoking of an attack. Stating that there not clearly say if the door of the is also your duty to ensure and alert all the time about the years as its Chairman, I have revealed that SBPL and its Shyam Kishore Gupta was this exemption, the Supreme is no evidence of an attack on vehicles closed on her leg after further strengthen the unity threats facing the country. never witnessed a situation directors cheated a large num- arrested on March 12, 2020. Court in the 2019 Ayodhya ver- CM’s convoy, the their report brushing against the pole. The and inclusivity of our multi- Elaborating on the chal- when inadequacy of Rules ber of people of Jharkhand by Prosecution Complaint dict reaffirmed that similar said she was in the midst of report also mentioned that cultural society by checkmat- lenges of time management in was felt in addressing proce- inducing them by way of pub- (chargesheet) was filed before such cases cannot be enter- heavy police cover at the time there was no clear footage avail- ing the attempts to create the House, Naidu asserted dural matters in the House,” lication of misleading adver- the PMLA Special Court tained with respect to other sites of the incident. able of the spot where the inci- divisions based on caste, that what is important is not he said. tisements through various against eight accused per- in view of this Act. “The report submitted by dent took place from anywhere colour, region and religion. the length of the interven- Stating that the members media channels and public sons/entities. The Polit Bureau of the the West Bengal Government in the vicinity, Each one of you must emerge tions, but the content and the have the right to seek their due canvassing which resulted into Look Out Circular has also CPI(M) reaffirms that the appeared to be quite sketchy Following the incident, the as the spokesperson of the perspectives presented. in the House as per the rules receipt of payments from the been issued by ED against the grounds on which this law was and without any details of the Election Commission had aspiring, emergent, capable, He urged the members to and conventions, and that the investors through cheque/cash absconding accused Jayant enacted need not be re-exam- incident like how it happened asked Chief Secretary Alapan resilient and united India.” be specific and avoid repeti- presiding officers are their towards purported sale of plots Dayal Nand who was the ined. The Central Government or who could be behind it,” an Bandyopadhyay, special He also cautioned the tions which even kill media custodians, Naidu said that it of land/constructed house, it alleged master mind of this must respond to the Supreme officials of the EC. Meanwhile, observer Ajay Nayak and spe- members about the attempts interest. He suggested the is in the interest of the mem- said. scam. Court seeking its views in a firm the EC special observers have cial police observer Vivek to block the progress of the members to avoid giving bers and of the House to The directors of the com- Further investigation in affirmation of the Places of sought another day to submit Dube to submit a report by country, the voice of which is notices as a matter of routine abide by the decision of the pany had opened a large num- this case is under progress, it Worship Act, 1991,” said their report, which has been Friday evening. finding an echo in the global like the notices under Rule Chair in the end. ber of bank accounts in the added. CPI(M).
to 96.81%. After witnessing a reduced ' 1 ! & D . CEFFC number of cases in the last few months, the infections have once again spiked in several Speaking at the occasion, parts of the country. Justice Malhotra said that for CE In a bid to combat the a lawyer it was important to infection spread, the State conduct yourself with high Governments like degree of professionalism. *7 894 Maharashtra have imple- “You must be properly mented restrictions and attired, professionally at all ndia on Saturday recorded pushed the Covid-19 vacci- times and be punctual in your I24,882 fresh Covid-19 infec- nation drive in the country *7 894 engagements. One issue I tions, the highest so far this with full force. flagged when I was called by year, taking the tally to The Centre said he Supreme Court having women lawyers to Bar room 1,13,33,728, according to the 2,82,18,457 vaccine doses have Tleft with only one woman after becoming a judge, I said Union Health Ministry data. been administered so far, with judge is “deeply worrying” and please don’’t wear fashion- This is also the highest daily 20,53,537 doses given in the must promptly receive serious able clothes, which you must rise in the last 83 days. As last 24 hours. introspection, apex court judge, keep for the evening and not many as 26,624 new infections The Government has been Justice D Y Chandrachud, said while you are at work. were recorded on December asking the people to not take on Saturday. rying fact and must prompt- more diverse judiciary, “You must be profession- 20. the virus for granted. “It can Justice Chandrachud was ly receive serious introspec- ensured diversity of perspec- ally dressed as that’’s how you Maharashtra, Kerala, come up unexpectedly. If we speaking at a farewell ceremo- tion,” Justice Chandrachud tives is fairly considered, will be perceived by your Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, have to remain free of this ny organised by the Supreme said. instills high degree of public clients, your colleagues, and Tamil Nadu and Madhya virus, Covid-appropriate Court Young Lawyers Forum He said that “as an insti- confidence,” he said. the Bench. Second, you must Pradesh reported 87.72% of January 20, as 4,785 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. behaviour, containment strat- to honour Justice Indu tution whose decision shape He said that it was learn to draft in clear and con- the new cases in the last 24 were added in the last 24 The surge in Covid-19 egy as well as Malhotra, who was the first and impact lives of everyday required that stories such as cise manner,” she said. hours. Maharashtra accounts hours, comprising 1.74% of cases reported on Saturday is vaccination has to be brought woman lawyer to be appoint- Indian, we must do better”. Justice Malhotra become more In her farewell speech on for 63.57 per cent of India’s the total cases seen so far. The almost 7 per cent higher than in,” said an official from the ed directly as a judge of the “We must ensure the common place. Wednesday, she said that the total active cases. first two instances of a spike the previous day’s number. Ministry. Supreme Court, retires from diversity of our country find “As members of legal fra- verdict delivered by the apex This is the fourth time in active cases were seen in the Data also showed that 19,957 He advised that in dis- the apex court on Saturday. reflection in making up of our ternity we do our bit to ensure court decriminalising con- that the country’s single-day first week of January when the people were cured of the coro- tricts where Covid-19 cases “Justice Malhotra’’s retire- court. Intrinsically having a that it doesn’’t remain as hard sensual gay sex was the “most cases have crossed the 20,000- first wave of Covid cases was navirus disease in the last 24 are seemingly on the rise, ment means that the SC now more diverse judiciary is an as it was for Justice Malhotra moving moment” as the emo- mark this year. The active receding, followed by a third hours, taking the vaccination of eligible indi- has only one female judge on end, a goal in itself and worth for women to climb upper tions that swept the court- cases also soared to 202,022, rise on March 11. recoveries to 10,973,260 so far viduals should be intensified the Bench. As an institution, pursuing in its own sake. echelons of our profession,” he room at that time was quite after a downward trend since At least 140 deaths were and the national recovery rate and prioritised. I find that this is a deeply wor- “Instrumentally, having a said. overwhelming. =6 6 8# 7 = / % $O ! B ,FG # + ( ! ! *7 894 *7 894
he Ministry of Jal Shakti on n the run up to the TSaturday launched a frame- IInternational Yoga Day to be work and guidelines for testing, held on June 21, 2021, a string monitoring and surveillance of of programmes are planned drinking water quality as well across the country including a as a Water Quality Information three-day Yoga Mahotsav in six *7 894 Management System *7 894 cities— Ahmedabad, Itanagar, (WQMIS), an online portal New Delhi, Bhopal, Panjim rime Minister Narendra that provides detailed infor- ongress leader Rahul and Leh from April 9. PModi and Sri Lankan mation on laboratories for this fluoride, nitrate, iron, salinity CGandhi on Saturday asked The event will have the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa purpose. or heavy metals. how did businessman Gautam participation of various yoga had a telephonic conversation The guidelines specify Apart from these, there are Adani manage to increase his stakeholders and yoga masters. on Saturday during which they work to be done in terms of 61 priority districts across five wealth by 50 per cent while The preparation is going on reviewed topical developments surveillance and monitoring at states identified by the everyone else was struggling with coordination with respec- as well as ongoing cooperation the state, district, block/tehsil Ministry of Health and Family because of the Covid-19 pan- tive States, said Kiren Rijiju, between both the countries in and village levels. Welfare which are affected by demic. Minister of State (IC), Youth bilateral and multilateral The basic water quality Japanese Encephalitis - Acute His remarks come after a Affairs and Sports and addi- Additional Secretary (Ayush) tial growth in Yoga promotion forums. parameters prescribed under Encephalitis Syndrome (JE- new report said that Adani tional Charge MoS(IC) said that Yoga has played an since 2014,” he said. The two leaders agreed to the guidelines are pH value, holds and water quality is an AES). added USD 16.2 billion to his AYUSH l after launching the important role in enhancing Later, the Minister maintain regular contact total dissolved solids, turbidi- important aspect of it. Bharat Lal, Additional wealth taking his net worth to 100 days’ countdown to 7th the immunity of the human launched the edition of Yoga between relevant officials, ty, chloride, total alkalinity, He said the total cost of the Secretary and Mission Director USD 50 billion in 2021, more IDY at an event here. body and hence useful in man- Vijnana a Bi-annual research including in the context of the total hardness, sulphate, iron, Jal Jeevan Mission is 3,60,000 of National Jeevan Mission, than anyone else in the world. Calling Yoga, a soft power agement of Covid-19. journal of MDNIY, containing continuing COVID-19 chal- total arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, crore and 2 per cent of it has said the purpose of the exercise Tagging the news report which has given India a unique Dr IV Basavaraddi, useful scientific research arti- lenges, a Prime Minister’s total coliform bacteria, e.Coil or been dedicated to the quality of is to instil a sense of in a tweet, Gandhi asked, recognition before the inter- Director Morarji Desai cles and traditional knowl- Office statement (PMO) said. thermo-tolerant coliform water. confidence about water qual- “How much did your wealth national fraternity, the Minister National Institute of Yoga edge about Yoga Shastra, The leaders reviewed top- bacteria. According to a 2018 ity and people can also test increase in 2020? Zero. You said that it has vast potential for (MDNIY) talked in detail being published for the ben- ical developments and the The guidelines have been assessment by the Central water quality. struggle to survive while he employment opportunities, about how at the initiative of efit of Yoga professionals. ongoing cooperation between prepared in consultation with Ground Water Board, 52 per He added that a database makes Rs 12 lakh crore and especially after the declaration India, the United Nation The Minister also both the countries in bilateral the Indian Council of Medical cent of all the blocks in the of 2,200 laboratories across the increases his wealth by 50 per of Yogasana as a competitive General Assembly declared launched Yoga Re-orienta- and multilateral forums, it Research (ICMR). country have inter alia any one country has been prepared so cent. Can you tell me why?” sport. 21st June as International tion training programme for said. Jal Shakti Minister of the geogenic contaminants that water quality can be test- With the biggest wealth All the young students pre- Day of Yoga. “UNESCO rec- Yoga Instructors of Leh- During the call, Prime Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told like arsenic, chloride, fluo- ed. All the laboratories have surge, Adani has beaten sent during the function and ognized Yoga as an intangible Ladakh undertaken by Minister Modi reiterated the reporters that the aim of the Jal ride, iron, nitrate and salinity. been accredited by National Amazon founder and CEO those who are watching online cultural heritage of humani- MDNIY. A Yoga Fusion per- importance of Sri Lanka to Jeevan Mission is to provide Nearly 20 States in India Accreditation Board for Jeff Bezos and Tesla CEO to practice Yoga should take ty and Yogasana declared as a formance, by a group of stu- India’s Neighbourhood First functional tap water connec- have drinking water source Testing and Calibration Elon Musk, according to the part in Yogasans sports, said competitive sport. These ini- dents, was also made during policy, the PMO said. tions by 2024 to all rural house- contaminated with arsenic, Laboratories. report. the Minister while PK Pathak, tiatives resulted in exponen- the programme. + ,-. /0/, 8
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*7 894 < ndia’s financial technology ! Icompanies are poised to O;! P become three times as valuable # 4O in the next five years, reaching a valuation of USD 150-160 80C>C"!CCH&* billion by 2025, according to a D *4 4 ' $ report. .$4="+ expected to rebound about 5.5 *7 894 February 2021 of which The report unveiled on per cent after (-)3.5 per cent passenger vehicle sales has 6"63$4 Saturday details the findings ITI Aayog CEO Amitabh in 2020 which has been the conomic activity is shown the highest growth of from the study that Boston NKant on Saturday said worst since post-World War, Eexpected to consolidate in 18% over the corresponding here are green shoots vis- Consulting Group (BCG) and India’s power is truly repre- Kant said, adding that push- March 2021 as the Covid-19 month in the previous year. Tible in various sectors of FICCI undertook to size the India’s dynamic FinTech Managing Director and sented by its sustained eco- ing India towards a high impacted difficult financial Though COVID-19 cases the economy and the coun- value-creation potential and industry has over 2,100 Partner, Boston Consulting nomic growth, which is a key growth trajectory was a key year 2020-21 is winding down are re-emerging in some try is already looking at a ‘V- identify imperatives for India’s FinTechs of which 67 per cent Group India said, “We believe to its future and critical for challenge. The private sector with new hopes for the next states including Maharashtra, shaped’ recovery, Minister FinTech growth. have been set up over the last India’s FinTechs are at the security reasons. needs to be brought in at the financial year with a great Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, of State for Finance and “India is strongly poised to 5 years alone. The total valua- precipice of significant value- Delivering the keynote heart of India’s economic growth trajectory of Indian Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, the Corporate Affairs Anurag realise a FinTech sector valua- tion of the industry is estimat- creation of USD 100 billion address at the inauguration of growth, he said. economy, said Sanjay movement of the Indian Thakur said on Saturday. tion of USD 150-160 billion by ed at USD 50-60 billion. over the next five years. To ‘Militaria@Jaipur-2021’, he “The economies of east Aggarwal, President, PHD economy remains steady in “India is already looking 2025, translating to an incre- The industry’s growth has actualise this potential, the said as a fallout of the and southeast Asia have trans- Chamber of Commerce and February 2021. at ‘V-shaped’ recovery. Along mental value-creation potential been undeterred by the pan- industry would require invest- COVID-19 pandemic radical formed themselves within a Industry on Saturday. We are happy to note that with the green shoots in var- of approximately USD 100 bil- demic, as it has seen the emer- ments to the tune of USD 20- reforms were ushered in generation. India’s economy Out of the 10 indicators the vaccination drive in the ious sectors, in the month of lion. It is estimated that to meet gence of three new Unicorns 25 billion till 2025. across a range of sectors and has witnessed a substantial of QET (Quick Economic country is moving at a faster February, FPI inflows were Rs this ambition, India’s FinTech and five new Soonicorns (USD Consequently, the number of asserted that India has had the transformation over 30 years Trends) of economic and rate, with more than 2.6 crore 25,787 crore,” Thakur said at sector will need investments of 500 mn+ valuation) since Indian FinTech Unicorns will sharpest recovery among the since 1991 with an average business activity tracked by vaccines being administered a virtual conclave organised USD 20-25 billion over the next January 2020. more than double over the major economies. annual growth of 6.5 per cent,” the industry body PHDCCI, so far, said Aggarwal. by the Institute of Actuaries five years,” says the report. Prateek Roongta, next few years.” Economic Growth is the NITI Aayog CEO said. 7 have performed positive in of India. # ) "3! - (:;)' "C>CCH* *7 894 +.?:.+ +? . ?. vehicle scrapping policy. - - / -- .+ Road, Transport, Highways *7 894 been held with concerned prevail in case of inconsisten- << he Government depart- .- ??:. + #: 0% / and MSMEs Minister Nitin Ministries/Departments, basis cies between the two policies. Tments will not be able to Gadkari had said that initially n e-Commerce operator which the revised version of the An e-Commerce operator renew registration of their vehi- . '-. -;< one crore vehicles will go for Aoperating in marketplace policy has been prepared. operating in marketplace or ) 6"63$4 cles older than 15 years from :+''.-( +/A:.+- scrapping and the policy will or hybrid mode shall manage A meeting is underway on hybrid mode shall manage its April 1, 2022, if a proposal in -<<-.+- ?+' . lead to new investments of its relationship with sellers on Saturday under chairmanship relationship with sellers on its s it continued to be in the this regard issued by the the around Rs 10,000 crore and its platform in an agnostic of Secretary, DPIIT to discuss platform in an agnostic man- Avice-like grip of the second Ministry of Road Transport -.;+- . .. create as many as 50,000 jobs. manner and without being the revised draft. ner and without being partial wave of Covid-19, Maharashtra and Highways is finalised. - These old vehicles are partial to any of its sellers. In this policy, e-commerce to any of its sellers. on Saturday witnessed a stag- It has sought stakehold- estimated to cause 10-12 times This is laid out in the Draft means the business activities of An e-Commerce operator gering 15,602 new pandemic ers comments to amend relat- more pollution than the latest E-commerce policy prepared sale, marketing, distribution functioning in market or cases, even as the daily coron- ed rules in this regard issuing vehicles. by Department for Promotion of goods or provision of ser- hybrid mode shall ensure that avirus toll went up to 88 in the a notification. announced in the Union The government had ear- of Industry and Internal Trade vices through the Internet or information collected through State. Once approved, this will Budget on February 1 for 2021- lier said it plans to impose under the Ministry of other information networks. platform is not used to obtain A day after Maharashtra be applicable to all government 22 which provides for fitness green tax on old polluting Commerce & Industry. The policy covers all modes of market advantage against sell- recorded the highest caseload vehicles - central or state gov- test after 20 years for personal vehicles soon in a bid to pro- This National e-Commerce e-commerce; i.e., inventory, ers on its own platform. of 15,817 since October 7 last ernments, union territories, vehicles while commercial tect the environment and curb Policy is therein, not a fresh marketplace and hybrid model. Actions and things which year, the number of infections PSUs, municipal and vehicles would require it after pollution while vehicles like construct of government’s This Policy is equally applica- cannot be done by the platform came down marginally to since the second week of March autonomous bodies, as per the the completion of 15 years. strong hybrids, electric vehicles ambitions but is a consolidat- ble to entities, natural and /or entities can also not be done by 15,602, while the state wit- last year went up to 21,25,211. notification. Notification of the draft and those running on alternate ed document for the continued legal with foreign and domes- any of its associates and relat- nessed 88 deaths as against 56 The recovery rate in the state “From April 1, 2022, gov- rules has been issued to this fuels like CNG, ethanol and vision of providing a level play- tic investments. ed parties. deaths registered on Friday. dropped marginally from 92.79 ernment departments will not effect on March 12 by the LPG will be exempted. The rev- ing field to all stakeholders, An e-Commerce operator Government may, from With 15602 fresh cases, the per cent to 92.49 per cent. be able to renew the certificate ministry seeking comments, enue collected through the including individual con- can operate in any of the three time to time, notify parties total infections in the state With five fresh deaths, the of registration of their vehicles, objections and suggestions green tax will be utilised for sumers, MSMEs, traders, arti- modes of ecommerce. E- which fall in the definition of climbed from 2,28,2191 to Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose after 15 years. This will apply from the stakeholders within tackling pollution. sans, start-ups, while pursuing Commerce platforms shall associates and related parties. 2,29,7793. Similarly, with 88 from 11,523 to 11,528. while to all government - central, thirty days. Under the scheme, trans- a development agenda which ensure that they operate Owing to the cross-cutting new deaths the Covid-19 toll in the infected cases went up by state, UT, PSUs, municipal The certificate of registra- port vehicles older than eight addresses growth and reduces according to the extant and nature of e-Commerce, differ- the state went up from 52,723 1709 to trigger a jump in the bodies & autonomous bod- tion shall not be renewed after years could be charged green prevalent market distortions. applicable legislation/rules for ent laws and regulations across to 52,811. infections from 3,40,290 to ies,” the Ministry of Road, the laps of 15 years for goven- tax at the time of renewal of fit- This focus is important as conduct of all such operations. sectors govern the present e- As 7467 patients were dis- 3,41,999. Transport and Highways said rment vehicles, it said. ness certificate at the rate of 10- retail trade has been com- E-Commerce platforms hosted Commerce activities, some of charged from the hospitals Meanwhile, the number of in a tweet. Presenting the Budget for 25 per cent of road tax, as per plaining against it. by or on behalf of entities hav- which are; Income Tax Act, across the state after full recov- “active cases” total cases in the The development comes 2021-22 in Parliament, Finance green tax proposal sent to Meetings are underway to ing foreign investment shall 1961, Consumer Protection ery, the total number of people state went up from 1,10,485 to close on heels of the voluntary Minister Nirmala Sitharaman states for consultations after receive feedback on the policy. comply with Foreign Direct Act, 2019, Information discharged from the hospitals 1,18,525 vehicle scrapping policy on February 1 had announced cleared by the ministry. One on one interactions have Investment Policy, which shall Technology Act, 2000. 2 9+$ "*:*7 894 Kolkata: Chief Economic ne bogie of Dehradun- 8 $ $ - :.+ AdvisorKrishnamurthy Obound Shatabdi Express *7 894 drive. ;+< <' .. -- Subramanian on Saturday has caught fire on Saturday but no Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, head of the assembly elec- : =( '+-. +? . said that the country requires casualty was reported, police ndian Oil Corporation Chairman, IndianOil, and Ations In four states and a ?.- +? . == ? @ growth at this juncture, even said. The train's bogie caught ILimited (IndianOil) has Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, union territory, a startup firm with economic tradeoffs, as it fire near Kasro railway station leveraged its expertise and Director (HR), IndianOil, were has unveiled a mobile applica- +??: - aspires to increase its domi- when it was coming from reach to bolster India’s Covid- among the first few to get the tion with poll statistics and data forms related to the field are nance and self- reliance in the Delhi, Uttarakhand police chief 19 vaccination programme by indigenous vaccine shot to on the country’s economy to social networking applications. global economy. Ashok Kumar said, adding no supplementing the available allay the apprehensions among help voters take fact-based These do not help voters take Subramanian’s comment one, however, was killed or cold chain equipment (CCE) the stakeholders. decisions before exercising fact-based decisions, another comes ahead of the revision of injured in the incident. infrastructure in four states -- Speaking about IndianOil’s their franchise, company offi- director of the firm Sheshagiri policy framework and inflation Kumar said all passengers Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil focus on employee welfare, cials said. Anegondi said. targets by the Monetary Policy were evacuated from the affect- Nadu, Bihar and Manipur -- for Vaidya said, “An inspired, The startup - There is an election knowl- Committee headed by the RBI ed coach which was separated the storage and transportation agile and resilient team of Demokratika- launched the edge game that users can play, governor by March 31. from the train, DGP Kumar of vaccines. employees enabled Indian Oil application, BolSubol, which and most of the features of the It will be the first review for RBI said.Railway officials in New IndianOil is procuring to fuel the economy and has economic and political app are free, the official said. since it was tasked with a man- Delhi said the fire broke out in CCE equipment like ice-line keep the kitchen fires burning, information about all the con- “Users have to pay for dated inflation target of 4 per coach C5 of the train due to a 8 * !* %< $ 1 refrigerator (ILR), deep freez- even during the most difficult stituencies in India for over 60 some of the features of the cent with a 2 per cent deviation short circuit. * % &$ er (DF), walk-in-cooler (WIC), phases of the pandemic. years on average, they claimed. mobile application,” he added. either way in June 2016, when "Guard has informed that walk-in-freezer (WIF) and We are committed to “Except the election com- Tamil Nadu, Kerala and it adopted a flexible inflation all passengers are safe and the refrigerated truck (RT) for ensuring the employees’ welfare mission’s efforts, not much Puducherry will go to polls on targeting model. fire brigade was informed. A ed in other coaches. The train Uttarakhand DGP Kumar handing them over to the at all times”. seems to be done by political April 6, while assembly elec- At this juncture we must focus total of 35 passengers in the has departed for the destina- said the train has reached respective state governments. During the countrywide parties to empower voters. tions in Assam will be held in on growth and when it comes coach were shifted and adjust- tion," the Railway officials said. Dehradun. PTI The IndianOil manage- lockdown, IndianOil ensured Hence, the app is rolled out. It three phases starting on March to pressures for trade-offs, we ment has also asked the com- the supply of petroleum prod- will offer a powerful 27.The eight-phased polls in must be leaning on growth, pany’s stakeholders to get vac- ucts, including delivering on an microblogging tool,” Ritesh West Bengal will be held Subramanian said at a virtual cinated at the earliest to con- average of 25 lakh cylinders Verma, one of the directors of between March 27 and April annual regional meeting of the O;;&P5 tribute to the success of the every day to its customers’ the company, said on Friday. 29. Votes will be counted on CII, Eastern Region. world’s largest vaccination doorsteps. Most of the digital plat- May 2. PTI
3# 3 demonstration in front of former ing the Nemom constituency is Chief Minister Oommen that both the Congress and the * 'Q , "&" emom, an Assembly con- Chhandi’s ancestral residence at CPI(M)-led-fronts accept the Nstituency in Puthuppalli in Kottayam district fact that the BJP has emerged as Thiruvananthapuram district, against the move by the Congress a challenger in the 2021 electoral # - " & has emerged as the VVIP con- High Command to shift him to battle,” said Kartha. stituency in the State despite the Nemom. “We have only one There are certain factors in fact that all the three fronts are leader and it is Oommen Chandi. Kerala politics which could play . /'Q " yet to name the candidates who There is no question of us allow- a major role in the upcoming #D = *7 894 Lamba, DLF and Parvesh *7 894 sumption of fuel ( largely petrol will contest from here. ing him to move out to any other election, according to P Rajan, Kheterpal, Feedback Infra. and diesel ) fell 4.9 per cent in Though the constituency constituencies in the State,” shout- veteran scribe who served jail Mumbai:To create employa- ome of India Inc’s senior GCAI aims to be the pre- he rising fuel prices is yoy February to 17.2 million has no strategic importance as on ed thousands of his followers who term during internal emergency bility and employment oppor- SGeneral Counsels have mier association to serve the Timpacting demand condi- tonnes. The demand also date, Nemom is the hot topic of had gathered in front of the in 1975. “The Sabarimala con- tunities, there is a need to together to launch the General diversified needs of the in- tions in India that is looking for slipped 4.6 per cent on month- discussion in political Kerala house. Chandi came out of the troversy that earned brickbats for focus on new age skills and step Counsels’ Association of India house counsels, who are qual- an accelerated recovery of the ly basis indicating that various and it has elevated to the nation- house and assured them that he the CPI(M) for the party’s anti- up the momentum of skilling, (GCAI). ified law graduates holding a economy post Covid-induced hiccups still remain on the al narrative,” said Hari Kartha, would fight only from Hindu policies is likely to play Union Minister for Skill The objective of the asso- degree in law duly recognized lockdowns and disruptions. path of full recovery for the senior political commentator in Puthuppalli. Ramesh a role in the 2021 election. It did Development and ciation is to create a robust plat- by the Bar Council of India. In- According to official data, Indian economy. the State. Chennithala. Leader of the not yield any result in the 2019 Entrepreneurship Mahendra form run, managed, and oper- house counsels are in employ- country’s fuel consumption fell A clearer indication that The BJP had opened its Opposition, had declared two Lok Sabha election because the Nath Pandey said on Saturday. ated by General Counsels ment with organizations, sharply in February, the second recovery is still some way off account in the Kerala Legislative days ago that he too would not voters were doubtful about the The minister said that to across India in order to create responsible for the enforcement consecutive month when can be gauged by seeing the Assembly for the first time in leave his traditional constituen- return of Narendra Modi as achieve these objectives, train- a distinct professional identity of law and governance in their demand is slowing signs of a diesel consumption data as the 2016 when O Rajagopal, the 92 cy of Harippadu and contest Prime Minister and they felt that ers need to be updated on new and voice for General Counsels. respective organizations, slackening amidst rising fuel fuel is prime source of trans- year old Hindutwa leader was from Nemom. All these devel- the Congress winning the 2018 technologies. Pandey was Amongst the senior including handling all its legal prices. port for all kinds of goods in elected from the constituency by opments have contributed to assembly elections in the three speaking at the inauguration of General Counsels who have matters. The consumption slow- the country and accounts for a margin of 7,600 votes. His near- providing a halo around the State of Madhya Pradesh, L&T’s Skill Trainers Academy associated themselves with the It will also help to enhance down in February is lowest about 40 per cent of overall est rival was , V Sivankutty, son- name Nemom, an unprecedent- Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh was (STA) in Mumbai. He said initiative are Sanjeev Gemawat, the growth and quality of in- since September when it had refined fuel sales in India. in-law of CPI(M) ideologist P ed phenomenon in Kerala. It has a good omen for the Grand Old L&T’s STA supports short- Dalmia Bharat; Akhil Prasad, house legal professionals who begun becoming clear that The consumption of Govinda Pillai while the UDF also helped to elevate the BJP Party’s victory in the Lok Sabha term skill training through a Boeing India, Manjaree can leverage the collective worst is over and demand is Diesel fell 3.8 per cent to 6.55 had fielded V Surendran Pillai, a from that of the “also ran” enti- election. But the Congress failed wide network of training Chowdhary, Maruti Suzuki; knowledge and wisdom of picking up. million tonnes in February on political lightweight. ty to a serious contender in this to make any impact in the Lok providers and district nodal Tejal Patil, OYO; Sameet experienced members through According to oil ministry’s a month on month basis and Saturday morning saw election. “What one understands Sabha election,” Rajan told The skill centres called Pradhan Gambhir, DCM; Sameer collaboration and exchange of Petroleum Planning and declined 8.5 per cent year-on- Congress workers staging a from the controversy surround- Pioneer. Mantri Kaushal Kendra. PTI Chugh, Bharti Group; Manish ideas. Analysis Cell (PPAC), con- year. + ,-. /0/, 9 * < +)
6$* $8$? H6?$*6$+I bridge said to have been dam- In Washington on Friday, aged by an explosive charge. the Biden administration 2* ecurity forces in Myanmar The bridge was described announced it is offering tem- Son Saturday again met in multiple accounts as being porary legal residency to peo- protests against last month’s on the rail line from Mandalay ple from Myanmar, citing the military takeover with lethal to Myitkyina, the capital of the military’s takeover and ongoing force, killing at least four peo- northern state of Kachin. The deadly force against civilians. ple by shooting live ammuni- photos show damage to part of Homeland Security tion at demonstrators. a concrete support. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas # Three deaths were report- No one took responsibili- said the designation of tempo- ed in Mandalay, the country’s ty for the action, but it could rary protected status for people 7$94*( * second-biggest city, and one in serve a two-fold purpose. from Myanmar would last for Pyay, a town in south-central It could be seen as support 18 months. The offer of tem- he Biden administration Myanmar. There were multiple for the nationwide strike of porary legal residency applies Toffered temporary legal reports on social media of the state railway workers, who are to people already in the United residency on Friday to people deaths, along with photos of part of the civil disobedience States. Mayorkas said in a state- from Myanmar, where military dead and wounded people in movement against the coup. ment that worsening condi- leaders have overthrown the both locations. At the same time, it could be tions in Myanmar would make country’s elected government The independent UN aimed as disrupting the ability of it difficult for those people to and are using deadly force human rights expert for the junta to reinforce its troops safely return home. against protesters. Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said in Kachin, a state whose residents The Feb. 1 coup reversed Homeland Security Thursday that “credible have long been at odds with the years of slow progress toward Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reports” indicated security central government. The Kachin democracy in Myanmar, which said the temporary protected forces in the Southeast Asian ethnic minority fields its own for five decades had languished status would last for 18 nation had so far killed at least well-trained and equipped guer- under strict military rule that months. The designation & 70 people, and cited growing rilla force, and there has been led to international isolation applies to people from that evidence of crimes against & 0 % & outrage in Myitkyina at securi- and sanctions. country already living in the % & humanity since the military ty forces’ killing of anti-coup pro- Suu Kyi’s National League United States. ousted the elected government Thaketa township, where a was of a 19-year-old man shot intimidation. They have also testers there. for Democracy party led a Myanmar’s military seized protesters since the coup. of Aung San Suu Kyi. protest being held outside a in Hlaing township. been carrying out targeted The prospect of sabotage return to civilian rule with a power February 1, hours Mayorkas said in a state- Reports on social media police station was dispersed. A The nighttime protests may raids, taking people from their has been openly discussed by landslide election victory in before the seating of a new par- ment that the takeover has also said three people were shot crowd had gathered there to reflect a more aggressive homes with minimal resistance. some protesters, who warn 2015, and an even greater mar- liament following election worsened humanitarian con- dead Friday night in Yangon, demand the release of three approach to self-defense that In at least two known cases, the that they could blow up a gin of votes last year. It would results that were seen as a ditions, disrupted aid and Myanmar’s largest city, where young men who were seized has been advocated by some detainees died in custody with- pipeline supplying natural gas have been installed for a second rebuff to the country’s gener- medical flights into the coun- residents for the past week from their home earlier Friday protesters. Police had been in hours of being taken away. to China. They see China as five-year term last month, but als. The coup upended inter- try and brought on an eco- have been defying an 8 pm. night. Photos said to be of the aggressively patrolling residen- Another possible indica- being the junta’s main sup- instead Suu Kyi and President nationally backed efforts to nomic crisis, making it difficult Curfew to come out on the bodies of two dead protesters tial neighborhoods at night, fir- tion of heightened resistance porter, even though Beijing Win Myint and other members restore democracy and end for Myanmar nationals and streets. Two deaths by gunfire were posted online. The other ing into the air and setting off emerged Saturday with photos has been mildly critical of the of the Government were placed decades of junta rule. Security longtime residents to return to were reported in Yangon’s reported fatality Friday night stun grenades in an effort at posted online of a railway coup in its public comments. in military detention. forces have killed dozens of the country safely. 1 > Q R 0 : 3 A : - 3B3 / 2***& "&( ,1 #+-:+ $ ! # 7$94*( * regional issues, including free- Chinese counterparts Yang +" # dom of navigation and freedom Jiechi, a member of the & eaders of the US, India, from coercion in the South and Politburo of the ruling 7$94*( * London: Britain’s foreign sec- the Joint Declaration — a O LAustralia and Japan did dis- East China seas, the North Communist Party of China retary on Saturday criticised demonstration of the growing ! 6 cuss the “challenge” posed by Korea nuclear issue and the and State Councillor and he Biden administration China for continuing to violate gulf between Beijing’s promis- China during the first meeting coup and violent repression in Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Ton Friday said it is willing the Sino-British Joint es and its actions,” the foreign ! of the Quad, and they made Myanmar, Sullivan said. Anchorage, Alaska on March to reconsider the objections or Declaration as Beijing further secretary said. $/- clear that none of them have “Over the course of the 18-19. adverse decisions to foreign tightens control over Hong British and Chinese author- any “illusions” about Beijing, meeting, a sense of optimism “This is our effort to com- workers on visas like H-1B due reopen and/or reconsider Kong. Dominic Raab said ities signed the agreement in US National Security Adviser for the future, despite the hard municate clearly to the Chinese to the three policy memos by adverse decisions” on Form I- Beijing’s decision to “impose 1984, paving the way for Hong O $! Jake Sullivan has said. times were in, was on full dis- government how the United the previous Trump adminis- 129, Petition for a radical changes to restrict par- Kong’s handover from British to Addressing a White House play. States intends to proceed at a tration which now have been Nonimmigrant Worker, made ticipation in Hong Kong’s elec- Chinese rule in 1997. The 2 ) briefing on Friday soon after “The four leaders did dis- strategic level, what we believe rescinded. based on three rescinded pol- toral system ... Is part of a pat- agreement stipulated that the # the historic virtual Quad sum- cuss the challenge posed by our fundamental interests and The move is expected to icy memos. tern designed to harass and sti- former British colony would 3.' A * mit between US President Joe China, and they made clear values are, and what our con- come to the rescue of a large USCIS said it will general- fle all voices critical of China’s retain a high degree of auton- Biden, Prime Minister that none of them have any illu- cerns with their activities are — number of Indian IT profes- ly use its discretion to accept a policies.” omy and its civil rights and free- / , # Narendra Modi, Australian sions about China, but today whether it’s on Hong Kong, or sionals who were having a motion to reopen filed more The moves amount to the doms for at least 50 years. ! Prime Minister Scott Morrison was not fundamentally about Xinjiang, or in the Taiwan tough time during the previous than 30 days after the decision, third breach of the Joint The UK and US criticised and Japanese Prime Minister China,” Sullivan said ahead of Strait — or, frankly, the issues Trump administration due to if filed before the end of the Declaration in less than nine China Thursday when its cer- ! Yoshihide Suga, the top a crucial meeting with top that we heard today from our various policies and memo- validity period requested on months, Raab said in a statement. emonial legislature endorsed $ 3 American official said the four Chinese officials. Quad partners: their coercion randums on non-immigrant the petition or labour condition “The Chinese authorities’ the Communist Party’s move to leaders have agreed to hold an Sullivan, who along with of Australia, their harassment work visas, in particular H-1B. application, whichever is earli- continued action means I must reduce the role of Hong Kong in-person summit later this along with the Secretary of around the Senkaku Islands, US Citizenship and er, and the decision was based on now report that the UK con- voters in picking the territory’s / , # " ! /50 year. State Antony Blinken are their aggression on the border Immigration Services (USCIS) one or more policies in the three siders Beijing to be in a state of lawmakers and ensure “patri- The leaders addressed key scheduled to meet their with India,” Sullivan said. on Friday announced “it may rescinded H-1B memoranda. ongoing non-compliance with ots” rule the city. AP *2- "& " 4 6 3 #*6 ? 3"" ( 0 :) + 4. *2- & ,R La Paz: The conservative inter- both sides. '863 country forward,” he was quot- Dhaka: Several world leaders, to join the celebrations under im President who led Bolivia Those include complaints ed as saying by an official including Prime Minister separate schedules, Bangladesh for a year was arrested on that Morales had grown more ri Lankan President statement released on Saturday. Colombo: A 60-year-old for- Easter Sunday bombings had Narendra Modi and heads of government’s principal infor- Saturday as officials of the authoritarian with nearly 13 SGotabaya Rajapaksa has Gotabaya Rajapaksa,71, mer leader of Islamic organi- called for banning Wahaabism state and government from mation officer Surath Kumar restored leftist Government years in office; that he illegal- praised his brothers, saying that praised Basil as the man who sation Jamaat-e-Islami has been in the island nation as it Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Sarkar told PTI. Maldivian pursue those involved in the ly ran for a fourth reelection all three of them are firmly unit- created the Rajapaksa political arrested in Sri Lanka for inspires Muslim religious the Maldives, are set to visit President Ibrahim Mohamed 2019 ouster of socialist leader and then allegedly rigged the ed and anyone trying to drive a party, the Sri Lanka People’s allegedly promoting extremism extremism. On April 21, 2019, Bangladesh later this month to Solih will be the first top for- Evo Morales, which they regard outcome, that right-wing forces wedge between them will not Party (SLPP) and the force in the country, police nine suicide bombers belong- participate in the grand cele- eign dignitary to arrive on a as a coup, and the administra- led violent protests that succeed. In a comment made by behind the political environ- announced on Saturday. ing to the local Islamist extrem- brations to mark the golden three-day tour on March 17, tion that followed. prompted security forces to the president at a political gath- ment for them to return to Rasheed Hajjul Akbar, who ist group National Thawheed jubilee of the country’s inde- followed by Sri Lanka’s Prime Jeanine Áñez was push him into resigning and ering on Friday, Gotabaya power after the defeat of headed the Jamaat-e-Islami organ- Jamaat (NTJ) carried out a pendence from Pakistan. Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa detained in the early morning then cracked down on his fol- Rajapaksa praised the maturity Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015. isation for 24 years until last series of blasts that tore through The golden jubilee cele- on March 19 on a two-day tour. in her hometown of Trinidad lowers, who themselves of his elder brother Mahinda, In the recent months some September 2019, was arrested by three churches and as many brations to be held from March Nepal President Bidya Devi and was flown to the capital, protested the alleged coup. the prime minister, and the of the ruling coalition seniors the Terrorism Investigation luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, 17-27 to mark the country’s Bhandari will be in Dhaka on Las Paz.She had earlier Dozens of people were younger brother Basil, the key were mooting the idea that Division (TID) from Dematagoda killing 270 people, including 11 independence from Pakistan a two-day tour from March 22 warned that officials were killed in a series of demon- presidential adviser. Gotabaya Rajapaksa be allowed area on Friday, Police Spokesman Indians, and injuring over 500 after the 1971 Liberation War while Bhutanese premier Lotay searching her, terming it strations against and then for “Mahinda Rajapaksa is to take over the reins of the rul- DIG Ajith Rohana said. on the Easter Sunday. also coincides with the birth Tshering will visit the country “abuse and persecution” in Morales. currently one of the greatest ing SLPP from Mahinda He was publishing articles The blasts targeted St centenary of Father of the from March 24 to March 25. Twitter posts. “This is not justice,” said leaders not only here but also Rajapaksa. This move has met in a magazine published by the Anthony’s Church in Colombo, Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Prime Minister Modi will The arrest of Áñez and former President Carlos Mesa, in Asia. His political experi- with stiff resistance from the Jamaat-e-Islami organisation St Sebastian’s Church in the Mujibur Rahman. Prime arrive on March 26 on a two- warrants against numerous who has since lost several elec- ence, maturity and knowledge senior Rajapaksa loyalists who to promote Wahhabism and western coastal town of Minister Modi and four heads day visit and will join the main other former officials further tions to Morales. “They are cannot be matched by anyone,” have demanded disciplinary Jihadist ideology in Sri Lanka, Negombo, and a church in the of state and government from Independence Day celebra- worsened political tensions in seeking to decapitate an oppo- he said during the programme. action against those who the police spokesman said. eastern town of Batticaloa Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and tions that also marks 50 years a South American country sition by creating a false nar- “His mature leadership is a sought Mahinda’s replacement The arrest came as an when the Easter Sunday mass the Maldives will be among the of Bangladesh-India diplomat- already torn by a a cascade of rative of a coup to distract great relief to me in taking the as the party leader. investigation panel on the 2019 was in progress. 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8$9+ couple drew mixed reactions on the internet. A social media -$??? top Pakistani university has user posted the picture of Aexpelled two students for Indian film legend Amitabh hugging and proposing on cam- Bachchan from the movie '863 have been blamed for the pus, after a video of the incident “Mohabbatein” where he attacks at six locations — two went viral on social media. A played a college principal who ri Lanka on Saturday Roman Catholic churches, one special disciplinary committee was against romance in college. Sannounced plans to ban the Protestant church and three top of the University of Lahore “Presenting to you, the wearing of burqas and said it hotels. Weerasekara also said held a meeting on Friday and Principal of the University of would close more than 1,000 the Government will ban more summoned the two students but Lahore,” read the caption with Islamic schools known as than 1,000 Madrasas, saying they failed to appear. a photograph of Bachchan. madrasas, citing national secu- they are not registered with the The committee then decid- % Slain prime minister of rity. authorities and do not follow ed to expel the boy and the girl Pakistan Benazir Bhutto’s Minister of Public Security the national education policy. and banned them from enter- Campus, the committee has was one of the top trends on daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto- Sarath Weerasekara said he The decision to ban burqas ing any of the university’s cam- decided to expel the two stu- social media last Thursday Zardari termed the university signed a paper on Friday seek- and madrassas is the latest puses. According to the dents for violating the varsity’s when the incident took place. action “ridiculous”. ing the approval of the Cabinet move affecting the Indian University of Lahore, the two rules and regulations and seri- The viral footage shows the Former Test Cricketer of Ministers to ban burqas. Ocean island nation’s minori- students were involved in gross ous infraction of the code of girl with her right knee bent on Wasim Akram’s wife Shaniera “The burqa has a direct ty Muslims. misconduct and violation of conduct. Furthermore, as per the ground, holding a bouquet Akram said in a tweet: “Apply impact on national security,” Muslims make up about 9 university rules. Section 16, they are debarred of roses, proposing to the boy, all the rules you want but you Weerasekara told a ceremony at said, according to video footage after the Easter Sunday bomb per cent of the 22 million peo- “The students in question from entering the premises of who then takes the flowers and can’t expel love! It’s in our a Buddhist temple on Saturday, sent by his Ministry. attacks on churches and hotels ple in Sri Lanka, where were summoned before the University of Lahore and all its pulls the girl for a hug. Nearby hearts, it’s the best part about without elaborating. “It is a sign of religious in Sri Lanka that killed more Buddhists account for more committee but failed to appear. sub-campuses,” read a state- students are seen cheering being young and it what makes “In our early days, we had extremism that came about than 260 people. than 70 per cent of the popu- Thus, in pursuance of Section ment from the University of them along. As the footage life worth living! You learn a lot of Muslim friends, but recently. We will definitely ban Two local Muslim groups lation. Ethnic minority Tamils, 9 of the General Discipline and Lahore. The video of the pro- went viral, the university took more about love than you can Muslim women and girls never it.” The wearing of burqas was that had pledged allegiance to mainly Hindus, comprise about Code of Conduct on the posal took Twitter by storm, it notice of it. Expulsion of the ever learn at an institution.” wore the burqa,” Weerasekara temporarily banned in 2019 the Islamic State (ISIS) group 15 per cent of the population. + ,-. /0/, ; 10 ):+/3<2 3 * 5 ?? ++; -. ! +< 5 2 "<) # of the fittest — you snooze you lose. 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So much so However, if you are the kind of person that one can even go for a bathroom who knows what teenagers are up to break and come back and pick up the these days, you need to watch it to take story of these five women without a lesson and ensure that your wards having missed much in terms of how don’t walk the thin line of what is right things unfold. * 9 =! * and wrong. Of course, one’s perspective Pooja Bhatt, who was last seen in " 6 1J /F/1 of the situation and circumstances Sadak 2 plays the part of a powerful ' 0 ! also make a difference and one takes banker (Rani) rather well. Her choice # ! N A 3# A 8# 7 ! 5 decisions based on them. of sarees is brilliant and will leave one # ! So despite the hue and cry by child impressed. Aadhya Anand deserves a # right activists about the inappropriate round of applause. Shahana Goswami, 7 #D 3# ! 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" ! ou love clicking pic- D E tures and one day decide to enroll your- ost of us might have self in a reputed pro- wondered how those fessional institute. tourist guides on the YouY show them their your port- jungle safaris identify a folio and the voice from the tiger or tigress and other side, who is a senior pho- rememberM their names so precisely. It tographer, tells you: These pic- is definitely nothing short of a mystery tures are useless, you don’t have for many. any idea of the art and that you However, the answer is quite sim- can never be a photographer. ple. One can easily differentiate between It goes without saying these two tigers by examining their stripes. No words will be more than enough two tigers can have the same pattern. It to make you put aside your cam- is just as unique as the fingerprints of 7 era only to never pick it up again. human beings. Interesting enough? Get # ! However, 36-year-old ready for some more. Did you know that Gurugram-based Anega Bawa’s flamingos feed with their head and beak strong will didn’t allow her to upside down? The reason is this way $! stay away from her love — cam- they filter the water and then eat the = !! ! era — for more than eight planktons. ) months. All these facts and much more is ! One of the most treasured what excites Mumbai-based Aishwarya # maternity, newborn and baby Sridhar, the first Indian woman to win photographer, Bawa loved pho- Wildlife Photographer of the Year. 7 tography since a young age, However, it was not as if it happened ' 6 $ 3 however the professional bent out of the blue, Sridhar since she was ! came only in 2012 when she was merely 10 years old, loved watching the ! pregnant. birds and animals in her backyard. Her “I love handling newborns love for the Nature couldn’t be left hid- ' 4 and that is why I took up this den from her father who decided to $ ! genre. I started it when my tography, the genre doesn’t and 14 days old. “After this giver her a camera as soon as she turned daughter Akira was born. It all demands you to rush after or period, the babies bone start los- 11. This, further fed her love towards 4 ! began with clicking even the chase your subjects, but it defi- ing flexibility and it becomes animals and in return for wildlife pho- small moments of joy in her life. nitely requires the same amount hard to make them pose. tography. 7 = Take for example, when she of patience, if not more. Besides, it can also pose some “Initially, it wasn’t wildlife photog- ? $ /F/F had her first bite or when she “There are times when the risks,” she says. raphy for me. It was more about observ- took these stares as a compliment. I feel n’t been filmed yet. Besides, it is inter- first began crawling. It was a babies just don’t sleep. They cry However, the fact of the ing animals and birds. My father is a proud being one of the few women in esting to observe the behaviour of a tiger, ' ! tedious task, but the excitement and cry. In such a case, we can’t matter is that Bawa gets to do member of Bombay Natural History this field. I feel happy that I am doing how she behaves with her cubs and with that it brought was worth it all,” force them into the photo shoot. very few newborn photo shoots. Society and I went on a lot of wildlife something different,” she says. other males of the group. Bawa, a mother of two, tells you. We have to wait until the baby There are several reasons for treks with him. That kindled my inter- One might wonder how is to expe- The breathtaking photos hasn’t just ! For Bawa, clicking new- is calm and gets settled down. I that. “First, here in North India, est. After a few years, I realised that I rience a forest and meet its residents, earned her the first Indian woman to ! ! borns is not a task any more remember my longest shoot people follow the tradition of not have to document this experience on a Sridhar sums it up in one word — beau- win Wildlife Photographer of the Year, ! because she don’t have the New with a baby. The parents walked letting the mother and baby permanent basis and photography was tiful. but also become Canon EOS Influencer 7 Parent Syndrome. “It is like a in my studio with twins in the out of the house for 40 days. The the natural option to go with. This, cou- The sheer beauty of the forest, she last year. The title came when her work ! ! piece of cake for me now. But, morning and we have to click second thing is they believe pled with getting a camera as a birth- says, takes you there again and again. went viral on social media and people back then when I just started, I them both together. The chal- bachche ko nazar lag jayegi (baby day gift ignited my love for the field even But, when you are a wildlife photogra- started following her work. ! wasn’t confident enough. More lenge was to make them both will get exposed to evil eyes),” more. It became a part of me and also pher, your job demands you to do much And now, if you are wondering how ! + so, because I was handling some- calm. When one was calm, the she says and tells you my favourite toy,” Sridhar tells you. more than just experience the serenity. many pictures has she clicked till date, ! one else’s baby that too a new- other cried and vice versa. This Not only photographing, Unlike many people, Sridhar does- You have to be patient and responsible, she doesn’t have a count of them. May 3 born. To earn the confidence of went on for about six hours. Bawa is involved in all aspects of n’t have to convince her parents about no matter how excited you are. be in thousands or even more. the parents was the real task. But Even the parents started panick- work — from retouching to her career choice. In fact, they knew it “The moment I see an animal, I take This is not all. There is much more ! now, I am comfortable with ing about the photo shoot. I told creating backdrops, weaving even before she did. out my camera. This has become a reflex in her kitty. Her first documentary Panje newborns and I love them. Even them to remain patient and that props, designing clothes, styling “My parents have always been sup- now. But in between all this, I don’t for- The Last Wetland was telecasted on DD ! the babies love coming in my lap. we will be able to pull it off. It and everything in-between. So if portive of my choice of profession. get my responsibility. We have to respect National and the second Queen of Taru Moreover, the parents put in so was not before six in the evening you are someone who believes in Initially, they thought of me doing a 9 the animal’s space and it will reciprocate was awarded at the 9th Wildlife ! much of trust in me that they tell that the twins settled in and we making memories, you can def- to 5 job, but soon after I realised that I the same,” she says. Conservation Film Festival, New York. !! me that I can handle the baby on went ahead with the shoot. It initely ask Bawa to capture those am an outdoor person and might not be While it has been said over a thou- Above all, she has also received the + ! my own,” she says. went on till 8 pm,” Bawa recalls. beautiful moments of your life. able to do justice to the job. So, I thought sand times, Sridhar just echoes all this Woman Icon Award 2019 in the Media ! With that being said, Bawa However, there are some Apart from the multiple might as well turn my passion into pro- advice and tells you the most important category for using photography in con- still takes time to build a connec- people who question Bawa’s art beautiful pictures, Bawa also fession and they were happy of my deci- trait of a wildlife photographer is servation and the Diana Award 2019 tion with the baby and then pro- of clicking newborns by making has the title of Canon EOS sion,” she says. patience. “I have spent over seven years which is given to young change mak- ceed with the photo shoot. She them pose. Bawa reply to them Maestro in her kitty. It’s been 10 years since Sridhar has in following and filming Maya, the ers aged nine-25 by the Royal House, never rushes into the process. in the most humble way. “A “I got the title in 2019. In been into this profession, but luckily she tigress in Jim Corbett. She has grown up London. If this was not enough, she has K ' " "6$+$* “When parents walk in my stu- baby’s bones are soft enough to October that year, I got a call can’t recall a single event of being in front of my eyes. One can imagine the also been a TEDx speaker and is a '! ! dio with their babies, the first fold. When the baby is inside the from the Canon Head Quaters charged by an animal even when she amount of patience it would have Global Goodwill Ambassador. = 4! thing I do is to put off the baby’s tummy, isn’t he bended? We are saying that they like my work was on foot near an elephant. However, required. There were times when frus- However, if you ever got a chance '!! = clothes to make him feel com- not doing anything under the and called me for an interview. the even dangerous situation, she says, tration hit me right in my face, but I to speak to her, her charming voice will ' 4 fortable and at home. Then, I ask sun. We just reciprocate the I went there, met the team and is to receive stares from people question- knew it happens and how to tide over not give you even a slightest of hint of the mother to feed the child and poses that the baby is in while in showed them my work and ing the existence of a woman into a pro- it. And, all this patience has paid off and the fierceness that she beholds and the hand them over to me. I make the mother’s belly,” she explains. achievements. I, till date, don’t fession that they think is a man’s job. my documentary on her is ready to change that she has been trying to bring the baby fall asleep and then The best time, she says, to know how they found me back Not that, these stares were ever able release,” she says. in the society by encouraging women to begin the work,” she tells you. get a newborn photo shoot done then, but this is how it happened to demotivate her. Instead, it boosted her The fact that attracted Sridhar to step in to the “so-called” man-dominat- Though unlike wildlife pho- is when the baby is between six and I got the title,” Bawa says. confidence and made her feel special. “I filming Maya, she says, is that she has- ed fields. + ,-. /0/, 2 3 & ( OJ P&&C$C>
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Deepti Sharma and wicketkeep- tion committee literally creating audacious reverse scoop (Pant Unless something really er-batter Sushma Verma to up a harakiri by keeping young off Jofra Archer) or a falling goes wrong, this England team the ante at the back-end during Shafali Verma out of WODI set- ramp shot (Pandya off Ben is a contender to win the T20 the fourth ODI against South up, the only power-hitter in the Stokes). World Cup trophy in October Africa here on Sunday. team is Harmanpreet with likes They are more than capable this year with way too many Blown away in the series- of Jemimah Rodrigues, Punam and will be expected to give a far ; 1 < K/ ( "$C> 8 & powerhouse performers. opener, India had bounced back Raut and skipper Mithali Raj all better account of themselves, in style in the second ODI but possessing same style of accu- trying to play more shots square The captain’s acknowledge- Mithali Raj’s side couldn’t go the mulating runs and not the great- of the wicket like Shreyas Iyer ment of Iyer’s performance distance in the third game, est of strike-rates. did during his innings of 67 off could well mean that the wait 5 P H going down narrowly by six runs While the lower-order has 48 balls. for Suryakumar Yadav might get via D/L method. failed to pack a punch with the Both Pandya (19 off 21 a tad longer with only one The hosts were outclassed bat, opener Rodrigues’ lack of balls) and Pant (21 off 23 balls) middle-order slot available cur- $96 $3$ perfect time to try different you have to be flexible with by an unbeaten 131-ball 132 by form for a long time (even weren’t able to gauge the pace of rently. stuff and see what suits us,” he which batting position you will opener Lizelle Lee, who before Covid-19 halted pro- the track as Archer and Mark However, Kohli’s propensi- ndia’s “play freely” batting explained. be batting. I haven’t made any anchored South Africa’s run- ceedings) will also be a concern Wood bowled fast and straight ty to change his playing XI at the Iphilosophy that skipper Virat The selectors picked IPL changes, it is just the mindset, chase with consummate ease for India. denying them any width for the drop of a hat is well document- Kohli has advocated won’t performers like Suryakumar what the team requires and (I) after India had posted a compet- The paucity of talent at the cut shot. The extra bounce also ed. change despite the opening T20 Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Rahul batted according to the situa- itive 248 for 5. domestic level means that didn’t allow them to drive on the While giving his team’s old- debacle, the rapidly-rising Tewatia for the series while the tion,” he said. Despite going strong at one Rodrigues’ doesn’t face any wor- up. est member, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer said but acknowl- in-form Rishabh Pant also made “It was a challenging situa- stage, India couldn’t step up the thy competition from her peers “The wicket didn’t allow a couple of matches is perfect- edged that it needs better execu- a return on the back of his strong tion, we had to keep playing the rate with the team managing just and even if she is complacent, you to hit the kind of shots you ly understandable but how long tion in the coming games. International performances in natural game and keep the 27 runs in the last 30 balls fol- one isn’t left with too many wanted to. Shreyas’ innings was does he want to persist with the Asked if India will need to the past couple of months. scoreboard ticking irrespective lowing the dismissal of vice-cap- options. an example of how you could left-hander, who looked com- step away from the new batting Asked if he is under any of losing early wickets.” tain Harmanpreet Kaur and She is a vital cog in the bat- use the depth of the crease, ride pletely out of sorts during his 4 philosophy of going for the pressure to perform, Iyer said: “I Asked the reason behind this is an area the team will look ting unit along with Raut and the bounce because there was off 12 balls. shots no matter what the situa- am in no sort of pressure to per- playing three spinners, he said: to improve, especially with the Smriti Mandhana, who have variable bounce at times, and hit Rohit Sharma, as per Kohli, tion, Iyer said, “...It won’t change form, I am playing freely, hap- “We practised on this surface World Cup less than a year away. looked in good touch in the the areas square of the wicket is rested for a couple of match- because if you see the batting pily and enjoying my innings.” before the match and when Deepti Sharma is one of the series so far. which others failed to do. es having played 6 consecutive line up we have and the power- Iyer came out to bat at spinners were bowling, it was pillars of this Indian team but Veteran pacer Jhulan “It was just a below-par bat- Test matches along with 14 hitters down the line, we don’t number five after Pant was pro- stopping and turning, very sim- sadly, she hasn’t been able to Goswami has regularly provid- ting performance and England days of hard quarantine at the have to change anything to be as possible because going into moted in the batting order. He ilar to the two-paced wicket make any significant improve- ed the breakthroughs and sits at made us pay for it,” Kohli had start of his Australian sojourn. honest.” the world Cup we need to see to said, batting position is not his which we played on. The plan ment when it comes to the the top of wicket-taker list with summed it up aptly at the end But Rohit’s presence is very “We have come with a plan it that we tick all the boxes. This concern. was to play three spinners, as power aspect of her game that eight scalps and her form will be of the match. necessary at the top of the and we have to execute as much is a five-match series, so it is a “Coming into Indian team, that’s our strength.” has been lacking for a number crucial to India’s chances. - 2&&C ? *7 894 D29)" summit clash. $96 $3$ I think wickets just depend on And for them, the role of how lucky you are at the time,” he focus B4== '(7 in-form skipper Karan (225 ngland pacer Jofra Archer he said. Twill firm- ) , )*+,) - runs) and wicket-keeper Esaid he needs to look after his Archer further said they all ly be on Upendra Yadav (276 runs), troublesome elbow first before are on the same page as far as the Prithvi Shaw and also need to play their roles. along with experienced cam- setting sights on his twin targets workload management is con- the national selec- Be it Yashasvi Jaiswal, paigner Akshdeep Nath, will be of playing in the T20 World Cup cerned. tors will keep a hawk Sarfaraz Khan, experienced crucial. in India and the Ashes Down “Obviously, I came to them eye on Mumbai captain’s wicket-keeper batsman Aditya Their openers Abhishek Under. (the medical team) during the performance as his team takes Tare, all-rounders Shams Goswami (187 runs) and After missing two Tests in Test series and said it’s (my on Uttar Pradesh in the Vijay Mulani or Shivam Dube. Madhav Kaushik will also need England’s 1-3 series defeat elbow) was not feeling right at Hazare Trophy final on Sunday. In case, Shaw, who now to give a strong start, thwarting recently, the 25-year-old fiery the moment and I didn’t have to Shaw’s stupendous 754 holds the record for highest the challenge posed by a formi- pacer bounced back strongly say it twice, they automatically runs in the tournament, which individual score in the tourna- dable Mumbai attack. taking three for 23 to restrict jumped on it and already start- includes 105 not out, 227 not ment and highest score by an Mumbai, who have won India to a modest 124 for 7 in the ed making plans. We are all on out, 185 not out and 165, has Indian in a List A chase, fails to the tournament thrice, the last first T20I on Friday. the same page.” made him a contender for a come good, one of them will one in 2018-19, will be looking “I need to take care of my England, who lost the Test comeback during the three have to take the responsibility. to clinch their fourth title and elbow first before I think about series after winning the first Test ODIs, in case Rohit Sharma The Mumbai bowlers led end the season on a high note. what is going to happen,” Archer in Chennai, are well aware of avails the option of taking rest. by experienced pacer Dhawal UP, on the other hand, said in post-match conference. India's resilience and Archer It’s still not clear whether to keep him out of the mix. Shaw’s problems against Kulkarni (14 wickets), and will be playing their third final, “For me, in the immediate, urged caution after their con- that will happen or not but the For Uttar Pradesh, a very inswingers have been sorted. comprising Tushar Deshpande would also be eyeing a second I want to get through this series vincing victory. 21-year-old Shaw, has certain- steady outfit under coach However Dayal doesn’t have and the spin-trio of Prashant title after having shared the and then I will do everything in “It’s just the first game of the ly learnt his on and off-field Gyanendra Pandey, they have Mitchell Starc’s pace and along Solanki, Tanush Kotian and Trophy with Tamil Nadu in my power to make sure I’m Pandya and Shardul Thakur to series, there are still four other lessons well which has showed played solid cricket without with fellow Aaqib Khan, could Shams Mulani, have delivered 2004-05 after that game ended going to the World Cup and the help England win the first games to go. They (India) are in his consistency during the being spectacular with a young be cannon fodder that the open- more than once and will need in a tie. Ashes.” match. number two in the world for a National One Day captain Karan Sharma leading er requires on a short on side to bowl in the right areas at the Though Mumbai are Archer cleaned up KL Rahul “I’m just glad to have helped reason so I don’t think we can Championships. the team well. Kotla ground. Arun Jaitley stadium. favourites, the UP team is in the powerplay, and nearly in the win. I’m just being hon- get ahead of ourselves as yet. It He is a cut above others at Their left arm pacer Yash The other Mumbai bats- Uttar Pradesh, on the other capable of springing a sur- took a hat-trick in the death est, if I get one wicket or three, was a good win and we’ll enjoy the domestic level and it is dif- Dayal might fancy bringing the men, who have been overshad- hand, defeated Gujarat by five prise come Sunday at the Kotla. overs after dismissing Hardik the way I bowl doesn’t change. it,” he said. ficult for the national selectors ball back in to check out whether owed by Shaw’s blitzkrieg, would wickets, to make it their third = ' 5 7! $ $3" 9$34 couple of quick wickets at 44 *+ 9 =4* the West Indies to an unbeat- 1 and 46 before Williams and able 2-0 lead ahead of the final kipper Sean Williams’s Tarisai Musakanda (15) added est Indies turned a match at the same venue on Sunbeaten 106 and his 55 runs for the third wicket Wleisurely canter into a Sunday. *+ 9 "* Shamarh Brooks and Roston unbeaten eighth wicket part- with the left-handed batsman desperate scramble to achieve Lewis’ hundred, which Chase haven’t made it back. nership of 124 with Donald being the dominant partners. a series-clinching five-wicket came off 121 balls and was ason Holder and Darren Shane Dowrich, who didn’t Tiripano (63 batting) helped The 34-year-old Williams victory over SriLanka with embellished by eight fours JBravo have been named in tour Bangladesh due to person- Zimbabwe avert an innings witnessed regular fall of wick- two balls to spare in the sec- and four sixes, earned him the the 13-man squad for the first al reasons, continues to be defeat against Afghanistan ets as his team’s batsmen failed ond One-Day International of player of the match award. of the two Tests matches at unavailable. and take the second Test into to put up any resistance. their three-match series at “It was a total team perfor- home against Sri Lanka. Kraigg The first Test starts on the fifth day here at the Sheikh Sikandar Raza, the top- the Sir Vivian Richards mance. Our best chance was Brathwaite will be the full-time March 21 at the Sir Vivian Zayed Stadium on Saturday. scorer from first innings, too Stadium in Antigua on Friday. chasing so it was good to see Test captain, as announced by Richards Stadium. Zimbabwe were eight runs failed to get going and was dis- A fourth ODI hundred by the boys sticking to the their the Cricket West Indies earlier, Squad: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), ahead of hosts Afghanistan missed by Rashid for 22. Evin Lewis and an elegant plans,” said West Indies cap- and Jermaine Blackwood will Jermaine Blackwood, with 266/7 wickets at stumps. Williams hit nine fours supporting 84 by opening tain Kieron Pollard. continue to act as his deputy. Nkrumah Bonner, Darren Zimbabwe, who were and a six in his 190-ball stay. partner Shai Hope seemed to Earlier, Danushka Both Holder and Bravo Bravo, John Campbell, forced to follow on, looked During his 164-ball stay have set the home side up for Gunathilaka just missed out were among 10 players who Rahkeem Cornwall, Joshua Da down and out at 142 for seven Tiripano hit 11 boundaries. an effortless stroll to the tar- on a century as Sri Lanka didn't tour Bangladesh recent- Silva (wk), Shannon Gabriel, wickets. Zimbabwe had made 287 get of 273 as the pair put on posted a competitive 273 for ly citing COVID-19 concerns. Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, However, Williams and in the first innings, with 192 for the first wicket. eight after being put in to bat. They are the only two players Kyle Mayers, Kemar Roach, Tiripano defied the Afghans Rashid picking four for 138. However, Lewis’ dismissal wickets each. Two days after his contro- who have been called back; Jomel Warrican. for 42.4 overs. The leg-spinner who is play- for 103 in the 38th over trig- But when he most needed versial dismissal — he was Leg-spinner Rashid Khan ing his fifth Test match has a gered a surprising level of to be on target, Pradeep’s final ruled to have obstructed the While Gunathilaka paced to post a challenging target. picked five wickets for 105, chance to achieve his second indecisiveness with the Sri two overs were plastered for field in a run out attempt by his innings at a run-a-ball, They also benefited from but failed to find support 10-wicket haul of his career. Lankans coming to life in the 28 runs with Nicholas Pollard — the left-hander Chandimal was more circum- exciting late pyrotechnics from the other bowlers. He just needs one more wick- final stage of the match as Pooran’s unbeaten 35, which played fluently for 96 in help- spect, although his contribu- from Wanindu Hasaranga, Resuming the fourth day et for that feat. seamers Nuwan Pradeep and included two boundaries in ing his team recover from an tion of 71 was important to who thrashed 47 off 31 balls at 24 without loss in their sec- Zimbabwe had won the Thisara Perera claimed two the last over the match, taking indifferent start. ensure the tourists were able with four sixes and two fours. ond innings, Zimbabwe lost a first Test by 10 wickets. + ,-. /0/, 3 Q5 R R & R <"< 3R) / 3 +=2, ( P %- Turin: Cristiano Ronaldo warned that “true champions never break” as he turned his focus to Juventus’ Serie A match at Cagliari on Sunday after their Champions League elim- ination. “True champions never break! Our focus is already in Cagliari, in the Serie A struggle, in the Italian Cup final and in everything that we can still achieve this season,” Ronaldo said on Instagram, the first time he has spoken since Juventus crashed out of the last 16 to Porto. “More important than the number of falls you take in life, is how fast and how strong you get back on your feet.” Ronaldo’s future at Juventus is in the spotlight after a third Champions League failure since he was signed for 100 million euros in the summer of 2018 from Real Madrid. “It’s true that the past belongs in museums (I should say!), but fortunately, football has memory... and so do I,” the 36-year-old continued. 8 % - $1 (C!" 8 % L%- Ronaldo is the record scor- er in the competition with 134 Mumbai continued with brushed the crossbar. Roy into the Kolkata box. Tiri deflected off Mohamad Rakip goals, and has lifted the trophy 6$+($ their usual possession-based Krishna then forced a save attempted a clearance but his into his own net, but the lines- five times with Manchester football but for Bagan who from Amrinder Singh from a header landed in his own goal. man caught Krishna offside. United and Real Madrid. But ominant Mumbai City FC were out of the blocks early, it tight angle. Mumbai continued with After producing some the Portuguese forward failed Dflexed their muscles in the was all about surging ahead. With pressure mounting attack after restart and Raynier fine saves, Arindam made a to score in either leg of a final of the 7th Indian Super While the islanders had over on Mumbai’s defence, the Fernandes forced yet another huge mistake which cost his knockout round for the first League (ISL) to overcome for- 60 per cent possession in the Kolkata side broke the dead- save from Arindam after team the title. After he failed time in 16 years. midable ATK Mohun Bagan 2- first quarter, Bagan had more lock first. Krishna dispos- breaking into the area skipping to deal with a long ball prop- He added: “History can’t be 1 for their maiden title tri- shots on target. sessed Ahmed Jahouh just past challenges from Kolkata erly, Bartholomew Ogbeche deleted, it’s written every sin- umph here on Saturday. There was an early penal- outside the box and slipped a defence. The Bagan keeper chased it down. The ball gle day with resilience, team Sergio Lobera’s men made ty call when Bipin Singh was pass to Williams. The then produced a fine save to found its way to Bipin who spirit, persistence and lots of it two trophies in two weeks challenged in the box by Australian got on to his deny Hernan Santana from a made no mistake from close hard work. And those who becoming just the second team Pritam Kotal, but the referee stronger right foot and fired a free-kick. range.Krishna was adjudged don’t understand this, will to top the group phase and win displayed no interest. firm shot past Amrinder. At the hour mark, the Hero of the League while never achieve glory and suc- the title. They had earlier won Thereafter, it was all about But with Jahouh and his Mumbai probably had the best Igor Angulo won the Golden cess.” the League Shield, too. the Mariners. The Kolkata trademark long deliveries, it chance of the game. Arindam Boot. Amrinder won the Juventus are third in Serie Bipin Singh scored a 90th- side pinned their opponents was always going to get diffi- managed to block Le Fondre's Golden Glove award. Alberto A — 10 points behind leaders minute winner after a Tiri own with a high pressing game cult for ATKMB. And with shot but the rebound traveled Noguera won the DHL Inter Milan — but with a game goal (29’) had dragged which forced the Islanders one such move, Mumbai to Boumous, whose shot was Winning Pass of the Season in hand as they target a 10th Mumbai level. into errors. found themselves back in the off-target. while Lalengmawia of the consecutive league title. They Bagan had earlier taken The first real threat for game. On seeing Bipin make Bagan had the ball in the NorthEast United was are also through to the Italian the lead through David Mumbai came from a Javier a run upfront, Jahouh played back of the net when adjudged the Emerging Player Cup final. Williams (18'). Hernandez free-kick which a long ball from his own half Hernandez’s freekick was of the League. , : " -"&
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There are many watery, it will float on paper and has to be very careful,” she tells complex dynamics at play here. Mohan Rakesh who has writ- ruin your hard work. The third you. ten the play, he was a genius. When I was getting the reading challenge is to select the right Her inspiration behind of the play, the atmosphere was so charged and I thought that thickness of paper. And last but these paintings, she says, is her if this was a case just for the reading, I wondered what would the most important one is how heart. happen when we would get into the skin of the character we are to preserve the finished artwork. “I paint whatever I feel like to play. In the end, it has a bitter-sweet ending and the play will “It goes without saying that connected to. The sunset, the retain its humanity for decades to come. ants would be attracted towards moon, the galaxie, anything and What is your role? coffee and as a result can destroy everything that I am able to I play Ashok, the 21-year-old son — a rebellious and angst- your painting. Hence, the first relate to. I am a bit filmy as well ridden young person who can’t understand why his mother thing is to make sure you have sooo anything related to eter- wouldn’t understand him. His mother is looking for a job for left your painting to dry at a safe nal love appeals to me as well. him but he wants to in his heart pursue art. He feels betrayed place which is not easily acces- and out of all the paintings that by his elder sister when she leaves the house with a man and sible by insects. To further pre- I made, the one which comes Ashok feels that he has had to handle the fall-out of it. His serve coffee art either laminate close to my heart is of Rapunzel. younger sister, he feels acts in a manner that is childish and it them or spray it with a fixative It is because I imagine myself as irritates him. He thinks that he is stuck in the middle and the after they have completely dried. the character. We share some person whom he could turn to abandoned him. This character This will increase their shelf life,” similarities too, like I too have was brilliant to play and is a huge opportunity for me. I left my Dubey, who has till date made long hair like her and I want to cushiony job as an investment banker to pursue acting. I could about 30 coffee paintings, do all those adventures that she draw a parallel with Ashok since people around me wanted to explains. did and make my dreams come know what I was thinking. While every painting took true,” she says. How was the experience of working with Lillete Dubey? between one and four days to Like other painting tech- It was great to work with her. To get the play off the ground get completed, there were times niques, Dubey wants that cof- of such a great writer in a few months, it was beautiful. There when Dubey’s hard work had fee painting should also get was so much I got to learn from her and Mohan Agashe ji, he gone in vain because of a slight enough exposure so that more plays the father. The great thing is that one develops a process error. and more people take to it. for oneself while doing theatre. We traveled all over with the t is only after you travel — ear rings, name plates and fession based out of Bhopal, This got me thinking. I came up “I have learnt through my “One of the main reason to play; it was amazing. Because of this play, my collaboration with places that you realise what some wall hangings. In between who during the lockdown with the idea of coffee painting own mistakes. There is an inci- motivate people to do coffee Mrs Dubey has continued and I have done a lot more work with Iall talents are being nurtured this clutter, at the corner of the decided to explore a different that would come to their rescue. dent when I was painting painting is that the fragrance of her. Theatre allows you to play roles that you may not get in films. in our country. A case in point shop, one would be able to see way of painting. Although coffee painting is an Rapunzel. It was raining that coffee in itself is a mood lifter. It has helped me in my journey as an actor. is a small pretty shop in the a few paintings hanging. There It was not curiosity, but ancient popular art form in day. It was only half way into the The process while doing coffee You have worked in films, theatre, for TV and web series. Khajuraho Dance Festival, that was something about them that need that lead to this, what one China and the Middle East, but process that I realised my mis- painting helps us relieving stress Is there a platform where you are most comfortable? wasn’t attractive enough to catch will make one stop to have a may call, discovery. it is rarely known in our coun- take of choosing a paper with and anxiety. For that particular I actually love working at all platforms. For classics like Adhe your attention in the first go. But close look. That is when, a “I love painting while try,” Dubey tells you. wrong thickness. My strokes moment when one is busy Adhure; the writing is so strong that it feels great that even those if you would have been lucky to voice said these are made from exploring new mediums of art. However, as fascinating it started bleeding and due to the painting, one feels like he is liv- people who have never been to a theatre can now see this tele- stop by it, is only then that you instant coffee. Yes, you read that It was during the lockdown that may sound, it is definitely all the humid weather it was chal- ing in a happy place,” Dubey, play; it has now been immortalised. From switching from the- would have realised what beau- right. I received a lot of requests from more challenging too. The lenging for me to correct it. The who also has an instagram atre to teleplay, one has to raise one’s voice so people at the end ty it beholded. Meet Akrita Dubey, a man- my students and followers ask- biggest challenge, of course, is reason being the coffee will take page where one can place can also hear. But on the screen, the emotions and expressions A girl in her late 20s was agement student, a self-taught ing how to paint and be creative to make a colour pallet with one more time to dry out and hence, orders to buy these paintings, are the same but the advantage in a teleplay is that one has busy sorting stuff on her shop artist and a handcrafter by pro- without having any art supplies. single shade. This, she says, can will continue to bleed for some- tells you. chances of more takes. However, one has to be honest and truth- ful to the character you are playing so the audience can feel what the character is feeling. ust a few steps away from Dubey’s How did you get into acting? Jshop, another gem of the I used to act in school and college in the plays. But I never Khajuraho Dance Festival that would : : took it seriously. It was when I was working as an investment have surely caught your attention is banker, a lovely place to work at, I just had this gut feeling and Prabhat Sisodia’s souvenir shop. that would not go away. I knew that if I wanted to work for the Stone carvings, figurines, fridge icals is turned into a hard stone-like dan work on it. This enhances its rest of my life, I must enjoy it. I knew the path would not be magnets and pen stands — all made form,” Sisodia, who has been into appearance and also gives it a fresh easy but I had to take it. manually from soft stones or stone this profession for about 15 years look,” he says. How did you get your first break in Dil Dosti Etc? dust — definitely ask you to take now, explains. He tells you that he is thankful This film came to me when I was in college. The produc- them home. The craft, he says, has definite- to MP Tourism Board and tion team came to our college and asked who all wanted to work “Stone carvings take about three ly gone through some major changes Department of Culture, MP for giv- with us and we all did this for fun. I did it with no intentions days to be made. I carve Sanchi in all these years, but what kept his ing artisans like him a platform to of pursuing acting. I just completed doing Aashram (web series) Stupa, Khajuraho Temples or figures art alive is the ability of reinvent. showcase their work. “This is my with Prakash Jha and he said that ‘you were in Dil Dosti Etc as of women on the stones. Soft stone, “The mantra to survive into this field sixth year in Khajuraho Dance well’. It was great; he had produced that movie and now I was available in Rajasthan, is used for this is to be able to reinvent and recre- Festival. We are grateful to the working on a web series directed by him. work, the reason being it is com- ate. You have to come up with newer Tourism Board and Culture You did Hundred and now Aashram. Can you talk about paratively easy to carve on these designs, if not, then at least reinvent Department who organise and pro- your role in these two? stones. However, some figurines, the previous designs. A case in mote such fests. These programmes In Hundred (web series), I play a racketeer, not a goon including those of Buddha, are made point is the calf’s foot that I used to give us a platform to promote our though. He looks like an office-goer. He is a simple person with using stone dust. The dust is put in make. I have now given it a new craft and also earn a living,” Sisodia morals in the right place but going about it in the wrong way. a mould and with the help of chem- design and have started using kun- opines. In Aashram, I play a reporter, a morally-centred character.
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resident Biden’s first diplomatic out- the US. Third, it allowed the unelected Military elite who have disproportionately benefited from perks as a ‘strategically relevant’ country. Asad reach — America is Back — is laden Inc. of Pakistan to get away with its real power one extraneous lens or another — most recently, Majeed Khan, the Pakistani ambassador to the with harsh domestic realities such as and authority, unlike military juntas of the Third Afghanistan — why wants to give that lens sud- US, talking to a DC-based think-tank, said that irreconcilable partisanship, stark ethnic World who face American censure. denly for a standalone relationship? Hence the “we also represent the Iranian interest here… differences, pandemic riven economy, Having understood the benefits, Pakistan reset pitch is indicative of both consternation and we have been doing that for the last 40 Pand an unprecedented assault on the democratic became a member of SEATO in 1954. While the and parallel churning that wants to recapture years.” As Iran supplants Afghanistan as the process, all needing urgent attention that limits membership did not obtain security guarantees any potential loss of that status. prime focal point in the days to come, Pakistan US’ international focus. The White House’s lim- against Indian incursion similar to NATO Art. 5, would want to encash that issue to its advan- ited foreign policy bandwidth, at least in the first it ensured US goodwill and considerable finan- tage. couple of years, means retracting the US from cial assistance. Pakistan continued to seize With its decision to test Shaheen-III missile Pakistan’s pursuit of strategically relevant unwarranted and intractable commitments and opportunities coming its way. For example, the that can carry nuclear weapons to Israel on access point would be oriented towards west and focusing on significant challenges — addressing late 1960s gave it a chance for yeoman service Biden’s inauguration day, Rawalpindi has central Asia instead of eastwards. To its east lies China’s rise, preventing drift of European allies, during the Sino-American détente. Pakistan was betrayed its desperation for relevance and atten- two behemoths — India and China, both would limiting nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, summoned to facilitate negotiations with Mao tion. But what makes Pakistan so insecure about ensure American attention towards Pakistan and fostering healthy globalisation and free trade Zedong, which it happily delivered in the hope losing relevance? Apart from internecine parity without the endearing ‘strategic relevance.’ India- that benefits the US. of American favours. and millions of dollars in aid, it is Pakistan’s elite US partnership has acquired a new strategic hue A productive American foreign policy Nothing turned out to be more fortunate for that stands to lose the most. It is unimaginable shedding the subcontinental shibboleth of a geared up to wind down its presence in Pakistan than the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. for Pakistan’s civil-military rulers, some of whom nuclear flashpoint. Pakistan has too often Afghanistan and poised to increase its focus on That fortuitous event entrenched Pakistan in the are dual citizens having properties, businesses, rehearsed nuclear brinkmanship with the US to China disrupts its longstanding balance between US’ strategic calculus like never before. Pakistan and families in the US, to lose the heft. It is a blunt its utility. After the abrogation of Art. 370, India and Pakistan, where both rivals have had constant attention of the US as the escala- personal loss too. Imran Khan’s entreaties of ‘nuclear shadow hov- enjoyed equal strategic relevance to the US if not tion with the Taliban kept piling on the body Further, being in the US’ good books grants ering over South Asia’ in the pages of New York equal benefits. For the last two decades, the US’ count of American troops. However, it seems complete impunity to the military leadership in Times fell on deaf ears. India-Pakistan balancing was majorly driven by that the denouement of that dream is approach- domestic and international affairs. Just look at Similarly, its inordinate proximity with ‘iron an equilibrium between two lenses through ing, making Pakistan’s rulers in both Islamabad the countries that invited US incursions or wrath brother’ China that proved an asset during the which Washington observed South Asia — ‘the and Rawalpindi jittery. and their corresponding sins-Iraq for allegedly Cold War is now a sure liability. It is folly even to Afghanistan lens’ that necessitated relying on supporting Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, Iran imagine another Sino-American rapprochement, Pakistan for its support in getting out of the for aspiring to possess nukes that can threaten and hence, Pakistan’s China bet is a sunk cost for Afghan quagmire and ‘the China/Indo-Pacific Most recently, Pakistan’s National Security Israel, Syria and Libya for dictatorships and abet- its American calculus. In fact, anything it needs lens’ that compelled investing in India as a Advisor Moeed Yusuf has expressed a desire for ting jihadists, Myanmar for military despotism, to do is to salvage its image from sin by associa- strategic partner who can stand against Beijing. a US-Pakistan ‘reset’ based on geoeconomics and North Korea for proliferation. But a country tion. The equilibrium meant internecine parity to and not geopolitics. With an ostentatious candor, =$ 4 $* 4 A$'4*( $ where all sins converge — the presence of Pakistan while ensuring a steady flow of finan- he says a ‘new Pakistan’ does not want the rela- '+44 66* A Osama bin Laden, nuclear weapons that can cial and military aid. With a gradual withering tionship to be viewed through lens A, B, or C. 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American punitive actions because the US needs Afghanistan, it can endure the short-term pain. bag for New Delhi. On the one hand, it would This can be a mere charm offensive by K 7948 4 4+ it to navigate and exit the largest quagmire it Such instability hurts Indian interests as it hurts limit impunity enjoyed by Pakistan with the US Moeed, an old DC warhorse who has spent over 648 4 +$ (4' entered after Vietnam. Even the idea of losing others. Second, it has already increased its over- for its state-sponsored terrorism against India by a decade shaping pro-Pakistan opinion and lob- +8>$*' '* 4*" this privilege can fret Pakistan’s generals more tures toward Tehran, even if it means upsetting encashing its Afghanistan card. On the other, bying for his country through lucrative think- *7 894 * than anything else. Saudi Arabia and the UAE to an extent. Pakistan Pakistan’s desperate attempt to remain strategi- tank positions he perched. 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Once, it cutting India to size in Persia would be its anoth- New Delhi to remain vigilant about its interest in desire smacks of insincerity. *4(93+9 $* did not appear to be true in the case of Vietnam er goal. India’s camaraderie with Gulf monarchs Afghanistan but also keep a tab on the strategic First, it does not square with Pakistan’s 7$+($6 4 7* too. Many had assumed that a small American comes at the partial cost of old warmth with desires of its next-door neighbour. domestic realities. With soaring inflation, bil- +=* $? presence in Vietnam was a fait accompli, and Iran, but New Delhi should ensure its vital ener- lions in circular debt, decreasing per capita pur- $9$ 4* 9 ($6 total disengagement was next to impossible. In a gy and security interests are not hurt. Finally, chasing power, incessant political wrangles, fed- couple of years, they were proven wrong. Pakistan has a notorious past of fomenting trou- Strategic relevance is used in the context of eral government’s policy command contested by Moreover, mere troop presence does not bles through non-state actors when it is desper- small states. Small states try to play a minor yet the provincial, military, and baronial powers, mean high salience in American foreign policy. ate. India would need to stay ahead with better critical role in the strategy of big powers in lack of urban infrastructure and connectivity, Some American 5,000 troops are still stationed intelligence and border surveillance to meet exchange for their own security assurances and and domestic security challenges, much leaves to in Iraq compared to around 2,500 in potential challenges. financial largesse. be desired for Pakistan to enamor private US Afghanistan, but Afghanistan is a high-priority Pakistan is facing a crisis moment of bulk Pakistan, by no means a small state, made capital. issue today. Even if a battalion remains hunkered expiries in the coming days — Afghanistan, strategic relevance to the US a cornerstone of its Second, a geoeconomics-oriented Pakistan down in Kabul, Afghanistan will not attract the China, and nuclear cards — while its desire to foreign policy since independence for nearly has to give up on using terrorism as a state poli- same foreign policy focus forever. And Pakistan milk its strategic relevance continues. New Delhi similar reasons. First, having the US by its side, cy; there is no way tradesmen and terrorists can is aware that the expiry date is approaching. needs to closely monitor the internal strategic Pakistan hoped to offset military disparity with a thrive together. However, any such changes churning in its neighbourhood and war-game its mighty neighbour and arch-rival India during would mean the military losing control over the own responses to stay ahead in the game. the Cold War years. Second, it would ensure a Pakistani state, which it would never let happen. Pakistan is now preparing to plug itself The writer is Visiting Fellow at the Stimson continuous flow of civilian and military aid from It also raises a paradox: Pakistan’s civil-military into any issue that can continue its present Center in Washington DC 4 N * ." $3" '9' 4*( 9 3@ * '+=+$ '4$8 +=*43484 ? 4 N $3" 94 4*( "+ 3 6 84* 8tdiauxrd K =((? .9** '$, *$ (-./ 01( * $- .0*./ -* ! " #$ ! % " '())* + ! !
pon entering the small, take corporations make is to inappro- moters of the company Ajay Piramal dimly lit but cheerful priately locate this team within the and his wife Dr. Swati Piramal are orphanage in organisation by either banishing it to actively engaged in philanthropic Nizamabad, a small a lower down reporting line or to sit activities also in the fields of educa- town located in the within the company’s corporate tion and healthcare. This alignment southU of India, eight years ago, I communications team, or stripping of business, CSR, and philanthropy noticed the pale faces of the children it of power in other ways. This gives on just 2 clear social goals is an effec- inside. Four pairs of eyes were fixed out a signal to employees that any tive approach to ensure deep social on me while the lower half of their social good done by the company is benefits. Further, this has ensured bodies — which at first glance not important or is simply for image that the social initiatives continue seemed to me to be incredibly building. even during the current economic scrawny — hid behind a corroded Instead, the leadership needs to downturn as the company’s CSR metal door separating the reception ensure that the team responsible for spend for FY 20 remained unde- area from a large empty hall that the transformation is em-powered, terred, amounting to 4.51% of its would probably be repurposed for reports directly to the CEO, and is average net profits of the 3 preced- their dining or play through the day. involved in all business and financial ing financial years which more than The children in this orphanage were decisions. This would require doubles up on the legally mandated born out of illicit relationships in the changes such as having a key employ- annual CSR spend. community, thus abandoned by their ee lead this team, inclusion of the In other cases, the transforma- biological mothers, and all suffered team within corporate governance tive process results in social respon- from AIDS. structures or even close physical sibility being a generator of revenue. “They have not received their proximity of offices of this team to Micro-finance, employment ser- medicines since the past 3 months,” the CEO. vices, affordable housing and various informed Rajoo the founder of the businesses that cater to customers at orphanage, noticing my sadness at the bottom of the pyramid are some the state of the children. Embedding social good within examples. However, businesses that “Why not?” I asked, shocked. operations, services and products of might cater to higher income groups “The CSR manager of the com- a company requires teams to close- but source directly from producers, pany that provided the medicines has ly collaborate towards identifying key or those who extend their services been replaced. The new manager has stakeholders, conducting a material- and add value to the smaller compa- a different plan and so he directed the ity analysis, and implementing ini- nies in their supply chain, or work to funds to a set of other CSR initia- tiatives that are driven by the results eradicate the environmental pollu- tives.” of the materiality analysis. tion caused by their operations and Standing in the vacuous, win- of these companies to financially active in nutrition, health and sus- sultative process across teams for Conducting a materiality analysis products, or work on cross subsidised dowless hall that was being hurried- contribute to any CSR at all this year. tainable living. Similarly, in India, proposing the idea and then request- ensures that social initiatives are models to provide their products and ly now readied by Rajoo’s industri- However, only if these corpora- USD 4.2 billion Tata Power has ing employees for their opinion important both to the business and services at differentiated pricing to ous staff for serving lunch to the forty tions’ social initiatives are inter- pledged to transition from produc- about it as well as suggestions for the stakeholders. customers with different paying two ailing but happy and clamorous twined with their business models, ing thermal power to entirely renew- roll out plan. Teams across the company need power, are also positively contribut- orphans who were all gathered will the initiatives survive employee able sources of power by 2050. Not only is the process informa- to then collaborate with internal as ing to society. There are many busi- around me, I was convinced of the turnover and financial losses of the This way, the company’s social 9+ $+ 6$*? tive, but also instils a sense of own- well as external entities to ensure the ness models that can usher in ben- colossal dangers to the little end-ben- company. The company’s procure- initiatives can not be stopped lest it 3"4* 6 8 ership amongst employees of the continued implementation and mon- efits to society as well as revenues. eficiaries of whimsical ‘CSR initia- ment policies, supply chain manage- impacts revenue generation. How changes in the company that will fol- itoring of the initiatives that result in Recently, on a trip to Hyderabad tives’. ment, production units, and distri- can CEOs transform their companies 9$ '$* "9+ low. This will result in stronger social good as well as revenues. I made my way by road to visit Philanthropy done through spo- bution networks can be tweaked to to do this? implementation by these employees This often results in an align- Nizamabad again. Upon enquiring, radic corporate social responsibility be more socially responsible. 4* 3*A4 of the changes that will later be pro- ment of initiatives for business and the locals told me that Rajoo’s initiatives is common in developing Similarly, services and products that posed by the leadership. social welfare. An example of a orphanage had long closed down due countries such as India, but is not are harmful to society can be phased To embed social responsibility in '4 ? $ 788 company that successfully aligns to lack of regularity in funds. I won- sustainable. In FY 2019-20, an aston- out, ushering in those that help peo- a company’s operations, services $ +>*" business interests, CSR, and philan- dered what happened to the children. ishing 20.33 per cent of listed Indian ple while also being profitable. and products, first employees at Next, the transformative process thropy is Piramal Enterprises companies reported losses. In fact, For example, companies like large need to be convinced that this needs to be placed within a specific Limited, an Indian business con- The writer is the CEO of 19.65 per cent of Indian companies the Euro 24 billion Veolia earn rev- is the right thing to do. Only then will team such as the strategy team, sus- glomerate earning revenues of 5,419 Sustain Labs, a company that trans- who were profitable in Q4 2019-20 enues from water and waste manage- they willingly implement the changes tainability department, R&D or a crore in the last financial year. The forms companies towards being sus- reported losses in Q1 2020-21 as a ment as well as energy services. The needed across the company. Make research centre located within the company’s CSR has a sharp focus on tainable and profitable. She is the likely direct consequence of the Euro 9.26 billion Dutch State Mines employees feel that it was their idea company. All the changes needed education and healthcare which also author of Indian Instincts: Essays pandemic on the country’s economy has moved out of the polluting busi- to change. within the company will emanate mirrors the company’s main business on Freedom & Equality in India, which will only worsen in FY 2022. ness of coal mining and reinvented For this, it is crucial that the from this team. focus on technology and healthcare. and a Global Leadership Fellow at This pushes down the legal liability itself into a science-based company company’s leadership deploys a con- However, often a common mis- Beyond business and CSR, the pro- the World Economic Forum 22 % (5 9 )% ( 26' (6 6 $ # "? 62/5-7!56B*5C-%#!
esidential buildings ernment launched several initia- will be necessary to reduce the accounted for 24% of the tives to meet the affordable hous- financial burden on developers as Rtotal electricity consump- ing shortage through its vision on well as buyers. The government tion in India in 2016. This total ‘Housing for All by 2022.’ It must invest in research and test- electricity consumption will launched the Pradhan Mantri ing for new materials and tech- increase as more housing units Awas Yojana (PMAY) — Urban nologies. Housing built through are built to meet the estimated (PMAY-U) and Rural (PMAY-R) the ARHC schemes provide a demand of 38 million housing in 2015. Most recently, it great opportunity to construct units in 2030. The electricity con- launched the Affordable Rental pilot projects as occupants do not sumption per household is also Housing Complexes (ARHCs) invest in the property directly. increasing as people have access scheme under PMAY-U to pro- It will also be necessary for to better electricity and invest in vide affordable housing to the government to simultaneous- more appliances due to increasing migrant workers and the urban ly roll out financial support pro- spending power. As a result, poor. The PMAY sub-schemes grams. Direct/indirect mecha- national electricity consumed by provide financial support to nisms need to be introduced to the residential sector is expected State/Union Territories (UTs) absorb the extra costs of building to increase by more than eight through different interventions. sustainably. Increasing home loan times by 2050. Integrating thermal comfort subsidies with relaxations in GST The construction industry and energy efficiency strategies and taxes will incentivise con- already accounts for 25-40% of into the PMAY schemes provides struction of low carbon buildings. the world’s total carbon emis- a unique opportunity for wide- Housing schemes under PMAY sions. Increase in energy con- spread and quick adoption by the with green building certifications sumption by the residential sector affordable housing sector. These can be awarded extra subsidies will result in an exponential strategies can be made mandato- coupled with stamp duty waiver. increase in Greenhouse Gas ry through the PMAY schemes Strategic relaxation in Floor (GHG) emissions without appro- thus linking them to fiscal bene- Space Index (FSI) norms can help priate mitigation interventions. fits. reduce common infrastructure Affordable housing, including As a first step, the scope of development costs. Developers the Low Income Group (LIG) and the building design regulations can use the excess budget to pro- Economically Weaker Section under PMAY needs to be vide energy efficiency measures (EWS), accounted for almost 96% increased. This can be done by in their buildings. of the residential housing integrating Energy Conservation Robust enforcement and high demand in 2012. Even though the Building Code-Residential compliance rate will be essential energy consumption of the (ECBC-R) developed by the be unable to purchase appropriate climate change is forcing more compared to carbon dioxide. It is voluntary. Sustainable mechanical to ensure the intended energy affordable housing sector is rela- Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s appliances, especially to improve and more people to use air condi- necessary to phase out these technologies can have high cost savings and GHG reductions tively small right now, it will (BEE) into PMAY schemes. thermal comfort, due to financial tioners to achieve thermal com- refrigerants and support climate and maintenance requirements through this strategy. Regular increase as the number of build- The first part of ECBC-R constraints. fort in their homes. Almost 30% responsive sustainable cooling and should be provided based on evaluation and improvements to ings and appliance usage increas- includes design and material The second part of the of electricity consumption in systems. While use of air-condi- project-to-project suitability. the policy will help build trust es. Hence, any strategy to reduce selection to improve thermal ECBC-R will include strategies homes is from air-conditioning tioners in LIG and EWS housing PMAY can provide greater finan- amongst all stakeholders and energy consumption in the resi- comfort in residential buildings, for sustainable mechanical sys- making it one of the biggest con- units is low currently, the number cial benefits to projects adopting inspire confidence in adopting dential sector must include the improve natural ventilation and tems such as heating, cooling and tributors towards spikes in energy is expected to increase in both ECBC-R (Part- II). energy efficiency strategies. This affordable housing sector. increase daylighting. This will renewable energy systems. consumption. Most refrigerators rural and urban areas by 2030. While design interventions will help us stay on track to The affordable housing sector help reduce energy demand for Including sustainable cooling and air-conditioners contain ECBC-R (Part I) can be can be integrated into projects at achieve our carbon goals. is largely managed by the govern- lighting, cooling or heating. This technologies is key to reducing chemical refrigerants that have made mandatory for all afford- zero cost, material and technolo- ment owing to its role as regula- is especially beneficial to the LIG the GHG footprint of buildings. 1,000 to 9,000 times greater able housing projects, while gy interventions may result in The writers are Anant Fellows tor and major builder. The gov- and EWS population which may Rising global temperature due to capacity to warm the atmosphere ECBC-R (Part II) can be made increased construction costs. It for Climate Action uvitiut ! #
he Hague-based TInternational Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered an investigation into the alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories which were cap- tured by Israel in the historic Six Day War of 1967, wherein the country has already start- ed settlement construction. The ICC investigation will look into “crimes that are alleged to have been commit- ted” since June 13, 2014 — the Palestinians chose June 2014 as the start of the investigation to coincide with the run-up to Israel’s devastating Gaza war that summer. Way back in 2015, the ICC began a preliminary investiga- ' tion into the 2014 Gaza con- flict. In the month of June that -.;+- . year, the Palestinian Authority -. -..++ (PA) submitted evidence of massive war crimes by the -.'., -=. Israeli military. However, a :- +? -.<<( report released by the UN highlighted that there was evi- . -. dence of war crimes by both '+'. ?+ -?@ the Israeli military and the Hamas, the Palestinian militant .'.+ - outfit. According to UN esti- < +, mates, over 2,200 Palestinians, .+@.. -+.+ including nearly 1,500 civilians, were killed by Israeli fire while - . '+-. at least 67 soldiers and six civil- .+ . :-- ians were killed on the Israeli side. P : !8 8 "CC>C" & +: ?+ However, Israel has argued that it waged a war of self- will be conducted “indepen- ICC. Ever since, Palestine has solutionism, he tries to popu- ICC’s authority over its citizens es and is deeply disappointed After decades of struggle, defense against nonstop rock- dently, impartially and objec- been trying to convince the larise the theory that Israel is and territory, suspended visas at the court’s decision to open the Palestinian people and et fire against its cities. Calling tively, without fear or favour”. international community about surrounded by wolves in to ICC personnel and their a war crimes investigation in their movement for self-deter- the ICC decision to begin war The massive task of this its allegation of war crimes by sheep’s clothing and wolves in families, and condemned the the occupied Palestinian terri- mination are heading nowhere. crimes probe “anti-Semitism investigation will be carried out Israel. wolves clothing. It seems Palestine investigation and any tories. He further stated that The right to self-determination and hypocrisy”, Israel Prime by the ICC’s new Chief Now interesting part of Netanyahu favours status quo other action that seeks to tar- the ICC had no jurisdiction of the Palestinians and their Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Prosecutor, leading British the probe announced by the on the Palestine issue. get Israel unfairly. over this matter. Israel is not a dream of an independent State has said, “The state of Israel is lawyer Karim Khan, who will ICC is that Israel is not a An equally reluctant Fatah Then Secretary of State party to the ICC and has not have so far remained a lofty under attack… I promise you replace Bensouda in June this member of the court. Also, and the Palestinian Authority Mike Pompeo constantly consented to the court’s goal. we will fight for the truth until year. He currently heads a UN Israeli Government outlines need to come up with a realis- referred to the ICC as an jurisdiction and we have Frustrated, annoyed and we annul this scandalous deci- investigation into war crimes the fact that since Palestine is tic solution. The status quo has embarrassing, political, rene- serious concerns about the deprived of a credible interna- sion.” committed by the Islamic State not an independent state, the supported the Fatah leadership gade, unlawful, and a vehicle ICC’s attempts to exercise its tional attention, the Netanyahu has accused the in Iraq. ICC does not have any juris- as it helped it to remain in for political vendettas, mas- jurisdiction over Israeli Palestinians are forced to set ICC of “turning a blind eye to The ICC probe aims to diction over it. power. Even without creating a querading as a legal body. personnel. the stage for basic building Iran, Syria and the other dic- focus on two key areas around However, the PA is Palestinian state, the security Then President Trump issued US State Department blocks for their survival. All 1 5%% 1 tatorships that are commit- which Israeli Government’s extremely enthused with the cooperation with Israel may an executive order that spokesman Ned Price said, what they need is the very basic ting real war crimes.” policies are involved: its con- launch of the ICC probe. safeguard the PA from being imposed sanctions over ICC “We firmly oppose and are dis- rights guaranteed by the UN The decision to launch the tinued military offensives Nevertheless many overthrown by the Hamas. prosecutor and investigators. appointed by the ICC prose- Declaration of Human Rights ICC probe was taken by its out- against the Palestinian militants Palestine sympathisers are get- In the past, when con- Many, particularly the left cutor’s announcement of an of 1948, some 72 years ago. going Chief Prosecutor Fatou in the Gaza Strip rocked by a ting worked up as the ICC has cerns were raised over war liberals across the world investigation into the And it’s time for Israel to Bensouda, a former Gambian devastating war in 2014 and its been painfully slow despite crimes in Israeli occupied areas, thought that with Joe Biden Palestinian situation.” recognise and help establishing Judge. In February this year, expansion of settlements in the evidence of war crimes was attempts were made to detract coming to power, Washington “We will continue to an independent Palestinian Bensouda claimed that the East Jerusalem and West Bank. mentioned in the preliminary from the seriousness of the will reverse the previous course uphold our strong commit- State. ICC had jurisdiction over the These actions of Tel Aviv report by Bensouda. court’s findings. Questions of action. And eventually a new ment to Israel and its security Biden hiding under semi- case. Her preliminary probe in have been broadly highlighted The international court were raised by Israel on the America will be back. including by opposing actions Trumpism or any other US 2019 has brought forth the fact by the PA in its report filed in proceedings involving such issue of statehood of Palestine, However, the Biden that seek to target Israel unfair- President, with a preset frame- that there is enough evidence the ICC since its joining the cases might take a longer the legitimacy of the court Administration that has ly,” Price told reporters in work, will not be able to solve to open a war crimes case in Court. course of action in comparison jurisdiction and their very stressed on human rights and Washington. the long conflict between the West Bank, including East Though Palestine is not an to domestic trials. political appropriateness. a multilateral approach to for- This will surely encourage Palestine and Israel. A Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. In independent nation, it was Known popularly as The then Trump eign policy has stood behind Netanyahu to ramp up cam- two-State solution is the one of her statements, she said granted non-member status in ‘KingBibi’, Netanyahu is adept Administration solidly backed Israel, as American Presidents paign against the ICC decision. most ideal way to end the that the investigation will look the coveted UN General in handing the ICC probe the Israeli Government on this do. To put an end to all the hostilities between the two into crimes within the juris- Assembly in 2012. And this issue. His followers call him, issue. Washington’s unwavering Antony Blinken, his controversies, the duty of parties. diction of the court. She has helped Palestine to claim its “The Magician”, “The Winner”, support to Tel Aviv reflected in Secretary of State, sharply incoming prosecutor Khan is ensured the international com- membership in other crucial and “Melekh Yisrael” (i.e. King its direct attack on the ICC and reacted to the ICC probe and to consider the probe as pure- (The writer is an expert on munity that the investigation global institutions such as the of Israel). Known for his anti- its personnel as it rejected the said that the US firmly oppos- ly a legal one. international affairs)
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alf a year after the United thousands of Israeli tourists and ties with Israel on ending the country and didn’t know if everyone HArab Emirates and Bahrain business people to the region and led decades-long Israeli-Palestinian was ready for us.” established diplomatic relations to a fledgling industry of Jewish conflict, including the Israeli occu- “Now it feels quite the opposite,” with Israel, discreet Jewish com- weddings and other celebrations pation of lands the Palestinians she said. “I truly feel like I can be munities in the Gulf Arab states that aimed at Israeli visitors. Emirati and seek for an independent state. myself here, more openly attending once lived in the shadow of the Bahraini authorities have launched But recently, those attitudes ceremonies and Jewish celebra- Arab-Israeli conflict are adopting a a public relations blitz to cultivate have eroded among some Arab tions. Jewish life here is becoming more public profile. their image as Muslim havens of leaders, even as hostility toward more like Jewish life anywhere else.” Kosher food is now available. inclusion and tolerance for Jews, in Israel — in part because of its poli- Still, this new reality remains Jewish holidays are celebrated open- stark contrast to regional rivals cies toward Palestinians — has per- fragile. Some countries have been ly. There is even a fledgling religious Saudi Arabia and Iran. sisted among their populations. slower to change. Saudi Arabia and court to sort out issues such as mar- “A door has been opened,” said The Gulf Arab monarchies have Qatar have long been criticized for riages and divorces. Elie Abadie, the new senior rabbi of a few scattered remnants of bygone promoting anti-Semitic attitudes “Slowly, slowly, it’s improving,” the Jewish Council of the Emirates. Jewish communities, said Jason in textbooks. said Ebrahim Nonoo, leader of “I think there is more openness and Guberman, executive director of the Security remains a concern, as Bahrain’s Jewish community, which more welcome and enthusiasm for American Sephardi Federation. illustrated by the recent attack on an recently hosted an online celebration the presence of a Jewish communi- Saudi Arabia is home to sites Israel-owned ship in the Persian of the Purim holiday for Jews in the ty or Jewish individuals or Jewish that predate the advent of Islam in Gulf. Israel has blamed archenemy Gulf Arab region. tradition and culture.” the 7th century, and Bahrain, Kuwait Iran, and officials fear other Jewish Nonoo is among the founders of The Lebanon-born Abadie, a and Oman have old Jewish ceme- and Israeli targets could be vulner- the Association of Gulf Jewish member of the Association of Gulf teries. The UAE emirate of Ras al- able. Many Jews in the region keep Communities, a new umbrella Jewish Communities, said he is Khaimah is home to a solitary their religious identities a secret. group for the tiny Jewish popula- certain the shift is taking place Jewish headstone, possibly from a A Jewish businessman who has tions in the six Arab monarchies of across the Gulf, not only in the UAE. traveling merchant — like most of lived and worked in Oman for the the Gulf Cooperation Council. The association aims to provide the Jews arriving in Dubai today. past several decades said he is one Their goal is to win greater accep- support and services for the small “Jews have been in the Gulf for of perhaps 20 Jews living in the sul- tance of Jewish life in the region. Jewish populations in Kuwait, a very long time, and now it’s kind tanate. “It’s just going to take a bit of Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar of a return to this historical pattern He said the country has a more time to seep through before we see and the UAE. These might include "MC>C> & ! *P/ $ of people coming in for trade,” tolerant approach to religious diver- *: < & a Jewish restaurant or a kosher kosher certifications for hotels, Guberman said, adding it was “very sity than its neighbors, but still restaurant spring up from some- restaurants and food products, a exciting to see some of this return insisted on anonymity because he where,” said Nonoo, a former mem- rabbinic court and pastoral guidance The Jewish community in the to the light.” Given the large numbers of of the pluralist past of the Middle was concerned about repercussions ber of Bahrain’s parliament. for religious events like bar mitz- UAE is the largest, with an estimat- Jewish communities had flour- Palestinians, Lebanese, Egyptians East.” from local officials. Even a modest online gathering vahs, circumcisions and burials. ed 1,000 members. It is also one of ished for centuries across the Islamic and Pakistanis who live in the Gulf Jean Candiotte, a TV director During the coronavirus pan- like the Purim celebration would Their tiny Jewish populations the newest, and Abadie said he has world. For long periods, they Arab countries, some Jews have from New York who has been in demic, he said that Zoom Sabbath have been unthinkable a few years are almost all comprised of foreign to “start things from scratch.” enjoyed a protected status, and been uncomfortable in recent years Dubai for seven years, said the new services organized by the Jewish ago, when relations with Israel were nationals who have come to the Only about 200 are active mem- occasionally, as in medieval Muslim in sharing their religious identity in atmosphere is liberating. Community of the Emirates on taboo and Jews kept their identities region for business. Only Bahrain bers of the community. The rest, like Andalusia, thrived in a golden age public. Residency permits in the “We used to be this small, little Friday evenings have been a lifeline out of public view for fear of offend- has a rooted Jewish community. Its most Jews in Gulf Arab states, keep of coexistence. Most of those com- UAE, for instance, require applicants family of Jewish people. We would for him. He said he hopes the new ing their Muslim hosts. 80 or so members are descendants a low profile. Given the growing munities vanished following Israel’s to state their religion, and “Jewish” find each other in hidden ways and Gulf communal organisation “will That changed with last year’s of Iraqi Jews who arrived in the late enthusiasm about Jewish life in the establishment in 1948, when hun- is not an option. everyone thought they were the only generate a feeling of a bit of securi- accords between Israel and the 19th century, seeking opportunity in UAE, Abadie said he expects that dreds of thousands of Jews were dri- Most Arab states have condi- one,” she said. “We were sensitive to ty to come out of the closet, so to UAE and Bahrain that brought trade. “more of them will kind of come out ven out or fled. tioned a normalization of diplomatic the fact that we were in a Muslim speak.” AP A'" * 9 ."+*? * 9 4*$ 4* .? 4 A"* * 4* A4*494*( $* axu ! $' 4>4 ? 3" 4* 4*( 4 K (+( $* +*
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