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Wherever you are, you is different now. I hope you know mise of our beloved Shri Kishore abode on 30 September, 2020. will always be in our hearts. how much you meant to us, I still Kotha (Sabha), S/o Late Shri C. May you attain peace under the L. Kotha, originally R/o Bagh With profound grief and sor - think about you everyday, I just guidance of Almighty. ADH- row, we inform the sad and un - love and miss you in my own Jogi Lankar, Rainawari, Srinagar, J&K. Presently resid - BARKHI of our beloved Smt. timely demise of our special way. Adh Barkhi of our Sh Madan Lal Shri Kishore Smt. Padma Smt Mohan Rani ing at C-13, Harmukh Padma Rani, W/o Late Sh. Karamyogni beloved mother beloved Sh Madan Lal Nargotra Nargotra Kotha Rani Apartment, Alpha 1, Greater Subash Chander Mahajan, R/o Smt Mohan Rani W/o Late Sh S/o Late Sh Kirpa Ram R/o Noida, Uttar Pradesh on Friday House no. 315, Subash Nagar, Kashi Nath Raina R/o Lane No. 04, Amar Colony, opp. Udhampur, will be performed at 23rd April 2021. Shanti Paath Mominhall Anantnag at pres - Sec 03, JDA Colony, Rajinder our residence on 26 April, 2021 for the departed soul will be ent H No. 32, Lane 04 Nagar, Bantalab, Jammu will be held on 26th April 2021 at his (Monday) at 10.00 a.m. Due to performed on Monday, the 26th residence. Kindly Follow COVID-19, condolences over Sarswati Vihar Bohri Jammu April 2021 at the above men - COVID Protocols. whatsapp and phone calls will on 17th April 2021. 10th Day tioned address at 01:15 PM. GRIEF STRICKEN be accepted on following phone Kriya will be performed at DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY Smt. Sujata Kotha- Wife numbers. Muthi Ghat near Directorate Mrs Prem Lata Nargotra- Wife Smt. Sarla Kotha- Mother DEEPLY REMEMBERED BY: of School Education Jammu Daughter-in-law & Son Smt. Lalita Kotha- Aunty Sh. Ajay & Smt. Seema Gupta on 26th April 2021 (Monday) Mrs Dazy Kohli & Mr Rohit Nargotra (AE, JKPDD) Prashant & Archit Kotha- Son & Daughter-in-law Sh. Sanjay & Smt. Preetma Mukti at 8 AM. Ayaan Kotha- Grand Son Daughters & Sons-in-law Dhruv, Vansh, Vinayak, Sheetal, Vandita GRIEF STRICKEN : Mrs Sheetal & Mr Rakesh Pathria Ashok & Durga Kotha- Brother & Sister-in-Law Rajinder & Shashi Kotha- Brother & Sister-in-Law Mobile : 9419954355, 7051371501, 9419918210 (Son & Daughter - in -law) Mrs Darpan Nargotra (SA, Jammu University) & Mr Sushil & Anita Kotha - Brother & Sister-in-Law Sh Ashok Raina & Kiran Raina Suresh Sharma Sanjay & Reeta Kotha- Brother & Sister-in-Law (Sons in Law and Daughters) Contact No. 9086107605, 9419309797 Usha & Sanjiv Koul- Sister & Brother-in-Law Sh Sudesh Dhar and Bita Sunita & M.K. Hak- Sister & Brother-in-Law OBITUARY Sh Piaray Lal Bhat and Veena Rewanti & Dileep Ganjoo- Sister & Brother-in-Law With profound grief and sorrow, (Grand Children) Entire families of Kotha's,Raina's & Koul's we inform the sad demise of our Raveena, Sonu, Rickey, Suraj, Shailu and Anku Deeply remembered by all Children brother-in-law Sh. Hari Krishen 10TH DAY Contact Nos : 9419192932, 6006403881, With profound grief and sorrow, Contact :- 7042844723, 9876181611, 9419155855 Bhat H/o Late Lalita Bhat (Kaul) we inform the sad and untimely at Chatterpur, New Delhi on 18- 7780988042, 9149415297 demise of our beloved Mr Raj 04- 2021 at 01.15 AM. Tenth Day Singh Slathia S/o Late Capt. will be performed on 26-04- 2021 Sh. Hari Krishen Charat Singh Slathia, in a tragic 10TH DAY/KRIYA at Muradabad Ghat, Gaziyabad Bhat road accident on 17th April With profound grief & sorrow, we UP. ADH-BARKHI 2021. Tenth Day shall be per - Mr Raj Singh regret to inform about the sad & GRIEF STRICKEN Six months have passed, you formed on 26th April (Monday) Slathia untimley demise of our father Mrs. & Sh. D.N. Koul, Jammu have earned your place in heav - at 09.00 AM at our residence F- Sh. Satya Pal Khajuria S/o Sh. Mrs. & Dr. G.L. Kaul, Jammu en leaving us in tears and 152, Sector-11, Nanak Nagar. Sant Ram R/o Arjun Chack Teh. All Relatives agony. Adh-Barkhi of our Kriya shall be performed on Hiranagar Distt. Kathua who left Wattals, Kothidar, Kauls, Jallali’s beloved Smt Rama Kumari 29th April (Thursday) at 3.00 for heavenly abode on Sh. Satya Pal Cont: Ph: 9419143008, 9149777408 (Retd. Master) W/o Sh Kaka Smt Rama PM to 4.00 PM at our residence 19.4.2021. 10th Day will be per - Khajuria Ram Khajuria (Retd. AEE) will Kumari F-152, Sector-11, Nanak formed on 27.4.2021 Tuesday be performed at our residence Nagar. Uthala shall be per - at our residence at 11 am. Kriya House No. 71 Phase 2 Housing formed on 30th April (Friday) will be performed on 28.4.2021 4TH DAY/UTHALA Colony Udhampur on 26-04- from 4.00 pm to 5.00 pm at at our residence at 12 noon. With profound grief and sorrow 2021 at 11 a.m. Gorkha Mandir, Sector-4, GRIEF STRICKEN we inform you that our beloved DEEPLY MISSED BY : Nanak Nagar. Smt. Raj Rani - Wife Sh. Govind Ram Gupta S/o Late Daughter-in-law & Son GRIEF STRICKEN Sons & Daughters-in-law Sh. Paras Ram Ji Dudu Wale Mrs Roshi & Mr Manik Khajuria Mrs Kusum Slathia -Wife Sh. Anil Kumar & Smt. Veena Kumari has departed to his heveanly Mr Manav Khajuria -Son Ms. Bhumika Slathia -Daughter Sh. Preet Bandu & Smt. Kanta Devi abode on 23-04-2021. His Mr Mayan Upmanyu -Grand Son Mr Bhanu Pratap Singh Slathia -Son Dr. Bharat Bushan & Smt. Radha Sharma Fourth Day/ Uthala will be per - Sh. Govind Ram Ph : 9419995838, 9419158938, 7889566544 Brothers & Sisters-in-law Sh. Sanjeev Kumar & Smt. Bhavana Sharma formed on Monday 26-04-2021 Gupta Mr Baldev Singh Slathia & Mrs Anupama Slathia Grand Sons & Grand Daughters-in-law at Community Hall Pacci Mandi Mr Ramesh Singh Slathia & Mrs Neelam Slathia Hitesh Khajuria & Sona Sharma Samba. Mr Pradeep Singh Slathia & Mrs Anita Slathia Daughter & Son-in-law GRIEF STRICKEN ADH-BARKHI Sisters & Brothers-in-law: Mrs Naresh and Colonel Sh. Rajesh Sharma & Smt. Anju Bala Smt. Shashi Bala (Wife) Six months have passed since Vijay Singh Grand Children - Sushil Khajuria, Tushar Khajuria, (Sons and Daughters-in-law) you left us in deep pain & sor - Brother-in-law & Sister-in-law Sourav Khajuria, Aakash Khajuria, Ashi Sharma, Sh Amit Gupta and Smt.Ruchika Gupta row. Time never stops & life Mrs and Mr Saran Singh Jamwal Varsha Khajuria, Tammana Khajuria Sh Ajay Gupta and Smt Sheetal Gupta goes on. But your memories re - Mrs and Mr Bishamber Singh Jamwal Phone : 9419622478, 7780840214, 6005741743 (Brothers & Bhabi's) main alive in our thoughts & ac - Mrs and Mr Sampuran Singh Jamwal Sh Bhushan Kumar and Smt Suman Bala tions. Your absence is felt deep Smt Pawan Mrs and Mr Rajinder Singh Jamwal (Corporator) Sh Sanjeev Kumar and Smt Neetu Gupta in our hearts and we miss you in Sharma Sister-in-law Shri Ram Murti and Smt Renu Gupta every moment with silent tears. Mr & Mrs Kamlesh Pawar CHOUBARSI Krishna & Madhav (Grand sons) Adh Barkhi of our beloved Smt Mrs Shakti Attri Four years have passed since Pari & Peehu (Grand daughters) Pawan Sharma W/o Dr V K Contact: 9945226869, 9419183046, 9419195281 you left us for heavenly abode M/s Govind Ram & Sons Dogra (HOD S.M.V.D but your sweet memories are 70069 59133 University) R/o Ward No. 8 still afresh in our minds and will Dogra Mohalla Basohli, Kathua be with us forever in our hearts. will be performed on 26th April BARKHI Choubarsi of our beloved Late 2021 Monday at 11 AM at our One year has passed since Sub. Sham Pal Sharma will be Sub. Sham Pal 10TH DAY/KRIYA residence Basohli. DEEPLY MISSED BY: you left us but your sweet performed at our residence, Sharma WITH PROLONGED GRIEF & Dr Somit Dogra (Son) memories of love and affec - Mishriwala, near Majestic SORROW, WE INFORM UN - Miss Somya Dogra (Daughter) Grand Banquet Hall, on 26-04- TIMELY SAD DEMISE OF OUR tion and your smiling face, DOGRA FAMILY & SHARMA FAMILY caring attitude will always re - 2021 at 12.00 noon. BELOVED ADITYANKSH S/O main in our hearts through - DEEPLY MISSED & REMEMBERED BY: SH. KULDEEP RAJ SHARMA out life.You are protecting us Smt Asha Sh Luddu Ram Pagyal -Father R/O SHAH, SAMBA, J&K WHO as usual. We miss you in Chandan Smt Moni Devi -Wife LEFT FOR HEAVENLY ABODE ADITYANKSH - Sons & Daughters-in-law ON 17TH APRIL 2021. TENTH [ ADH BARKHI every moment. Barkhi of my Six months has passed since Sh Vinod Kumar Sharma & Smt Suraksha Sharma 10TH DAY ] WILL BE PER - beloved wife Late Smt Asha you left us for your eternal jour - Sh Vikram Chand Sharma & Smt Shobha Rani FORMED ON 26 APRIL, MON - Chandan will be performed ney, your memories are still Sh Anil Kumar Sharma & Smt Sonali Sharma DAY AT HIS RESIDENCE AT on 26th of April fresh and we still feel your pres - Sh Lakshay Kumar Sharma 10:00 AM KRIYA WILL BE ence everywhere. ADH- 2021(Monday) at 12 Noon at Brothers & Bhabhis PERFORMED ON 27 APRIL, BARKHI of our beloved mother our Residance: 18 Apna Sh Puran Chand Sharma & Smt Geeta Devi TUESDAY AT HIS RESI - Late Smt Mohani Devi W/o Late Smt Mohani Devi Vihar Kunjwani Jammu. Sh Ram Lal Sharma & Smt Archana Sharma DENCE AT 10:30 AM Sh. Rajinder Saraf R/o W.No.5 GRIEF STRICKEN Sh Subash Chander Sharma & Smt Babli Sharma DEEPLY MISSED BY Behind Govt. Middle School B.R.Chandan (Husband) Sh Gopal Dass Sharma & Smt Kavita Sharma KRISHNO DEVI - GRANDMOTHER Barrian Udhampur will be per - Son and Daughter-in-law Grand Children: Saksham, Rishita & Arvin Sharma KULDEEP RAJ & RENU - FATHER & MOTHER formed on 26-04-2021 at 12:00 Abhishek Chandan and Aarti Chandan And All his Relatives and Friends RAM PAUL SHARMA & CHANCHAL - TAYA & TAI Noon. Daughter and Son-in-law Cont No. 9469760972, 9469546910, 9906613905, DIVYANKSH SHARMA - BROTHER GRIEF STRICKEN Pooja Puri and Vikram Puri 9086421898 ANUJ SHARMA - BROTHER Son & Daughter-in-law Grand Children : Aarav Chandan, Aarnav AKANKSHA SHARMA - SISTER Smt. Rita Saraf and Sh. Sunil Saraf Chandan, Ananya Puri and Riyan Puri AND ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS Dever and Devrani M. 9419196875, 9103377777 M.NO : 7006483781, 9149558330 ADH-BARKHI Smt. Champa Devi W/o Late Sh. Satish Saraf Ardh Barkhi of our beloved Smt. Chander Prabha & Sh. Vijay Saraf Late Neha Rani Datta W/o Daughter & Son-in-law Smt Rekha Verma and Sh. Manohar Lal Verma KRIYA/UTHALA Late Sanjeev Kumar Datta UTHALA With profound grief and sor - With profound grief and sor - Grand Children : Akshita, Aarav, Kanav & Manvi (Pintoo Daraba Wale) will be Ph.No: 9419214398 row, we inform sad demise of observed on Monday the row we informed the sad de - our beloved Sh. Vijay Baru 26th of April 2021 (lst dk le; mise of our beloved Mrs son of Lt. Sh. Tara Chand 1-00 PM) at our residence, Neha Rani Sujata Sharma W/o Mr Anil Baru originally from House No.48, Lane No.2, Datta Kumar Magotra R/o Village 10TH DAY/UTHALA Udhampur (presently) resid - Shanti Puram, Lower Roop Rathian (near BSNL Tower) With profound grief and sorrow, Sh. Vijay Baru who expired on 15th of April Mrs Sujata ing at H.No. 133/7, Lane No. Nagar, Muthi Jammu. we inform about the unfortunate 2021. Uthala will be performed Sharma 7 Upper Roop Nagar. Kriya GRIEF STRICKEN demise of our beloved Sh Tehal will be performed on 26th on 26-4-21 (Monday) at 5 PM at Singh Chib S/o Late Sh Balwant Bk. Ram Parkash Datta - Father-in-law Singh on 17.04.2021, residing at April at his residence at our residence Varun & Tarun Datta - Sons GRIEF STRICKEN : H No. 257, Lane-10, Shaktinagar 12.00 Noon. Uthala will be Sonali Datta - Daughter Sh Anil Kumar Magotra (Retd ACF)- Husband Jammu. Tenth Day will be per - Sh Tehal Singh performed on 26th April at Brothers-in-law & Sisters-in-law Smt Prabha Magotra - Mother-in-Law formed on 26th Apr 2021 at 9 am Chib his residence at 3.30 pm. Bk. Gulshan Datta & Sudesh Datta Mr Akarshak Magotra- Son- 9419998968 and Uthala will be performed on IN GRIEF Bk. Kewal Datta & Rekha Datta BHABI AND BROTHER-IN-LAWS 28th April 2021 at 4 PM at our Smt. Meena Sharma- Wife Brothers & Bhabhies Mrs Bhawana and Mr Sham Magotra- 8825063309 residence. Sister & Brother-in-Law Sh. Gita Parshad Sharma Mrs Ashi and Mr Atul Magotra- 9419185382 GRIEF STRICKEN : Smt. Neetu Sharma & Sh. Ajay Kumar Sh. Kasturi Lal Sharma & Smt. Usha Sharma Sister-in-laws and Brother-in-laws Smt Vaishno Devi (Wife) Smt. Madhu Sudha and Lt. Sh. Kedar Nath- Sh. Chaman Lal Sharma Mr Karuna and Mr Radhya Shyam Sharma Vikas Chib (Son) Sister-in-Law & Brother-in-Law Sh. Inderjeet Sharma & Smt. Shama Rani Mrs Sunita and Mr Raj Kumar Khajuria Daughters and Sons-in-law Smt. Reva Mehta and Sh. Rajesh Mehta- Mrs Renu and Mr Om Parkesh Sharma Babita & Sanjay Guleria Sh. Naresh Sharma & Smt. Shakuntla Sharma Vanita & Ajay Kanwar Sister-in-Law & Brother-in-Law Brothers & Bhabis Sisters-in-law & Brothers-in-law Sh Neeraj & Bindu Sharma Yogita & Hirdeshwar Singh Smt. Vaishno Devi- Mother-in-Law Smt. Shakuntla & Sh. Mohinder Kumar Bali Sh Dheeraj & Monika Lagwal Grand Children Kamakshi- Daughter Smt. Shama Rani & Sh. Kuldeep Bakshi Ph. 94191-60535 Yashashvi, Minal, Katyayani, Kadambiri, Krishna Master Vishrudh- Son Smt. Pawna Rani Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, the Condolences will Mobile : 9999674419, 9911199209, 9716888242, Manohar, Aditi, Aryan, Utkarsh, Stuti Ph: 9419194037 be appreciated on Phone 9419182386 LOCAL     3 ##*#%$-&' "  Kashmir University Strict adherence to SoPs and Vaccination, effective way to fight Covid-19 guidelines violations: 992 violators postpones offline Covid pandemic: Srinagar doctor shares with Prime Minister fined, 04 FIRs post-graduate,    ./B2?62@ 3B2@A21A<0<<=2?.A2D6A5A52 7./ ;A2?.0A6;4D6A5?$.C221 96;2:<12A52@=<82@=2?@<;@.61 A62;A@D5<D2?2@608.;1.@F:= =2<=92D5<5.C2/22;C.006;.A21 3B6?21A<=?2C2;A:.9.?6.6;A52?246<;)52 6@A?60AB6A< ;2A@ D2.?6;4 <3 <3 56@ 3.A52? ? 169 #.@<<16 0.A6<;6;A52.?2.)52:22A6;40<; 6; B6@6A26;3?.@A?B0AB?26;09B16;4 0<<=2?.A2.;1@F;2?46G2D6A5A52 @B:21 @2?6B6?2:2;A@A< 0<;@A6ABA2 . (=206.9 #6;6@A2?@1.F6;.;1 3B6?2:2;A@<3A.?42A21/2;23606 96@5:2;A<3?2@612;A6.95<@A29@3Maharashtra BJp chief has written to Chief Justice ed to K M Medical College, the breath of democracy, an Fir against deshmukh, "if they receive a favor - public COVid-19 hospital in the state, and asserted that Chandrakant of india N V ramana seek - Mathura, on April 21, where and it is an attempt for giv - a former home minister of able order from court, they "only an insensitive government" will give such a state - patil on Sunday threat - ing his immediate release he is presently "chained like ing breath to a media per - the state, in connection hail the court but in case of ment. Asserting that there is no shortage of oxygen in any ened to file a contempt of from a hospital, alleging he an animal in a cot of the son, who is in jail for the last with the allegations of cor - any adverse decision they private or public COVid-19 hospital in Uttar pradesh, court case saying leaders of ruption raised against him raise suspicion," said patil. is "chained like an animal in hospital, without mobility, more than six months, and Adityanath on Saturday had said that the state govern - the Maha Vikas Aghadi are by former police a cot" there. and he neither could take the habeas corpus petition ment would conduct an audit of the life-saving gas in col - raising allegations of mis - commissioner param Bir Kappan, arrested on food, nor could go to toilet also pending since October laboration with various institutes. use of the CBi by the BJp in Singh. NoTICE October 5 last year while on for the last more than 4 6, 2020. Tagging a media report on his remarks, priyanka Anil deshmukh case even The CBi on Saturday the way to Hathras which days, and is very critical." "it is most respectfully Gandhi, in a tweet in Hindi, said, "Just imagine yourself in though the probe against conducted searches at was home to a young dalit "if immediate correc - prayed to take immediate the place of those patients who are told that they will not him was ordered by the premises of deshmukh in woman who died after be - tive steps are not taken it steps/pass necessary or - get admission due to lack of oxygen. 'Oxygen is low, take Bombay High Court. "The Mumbai and Nagpur. ing gang-raped allegedly by will result in his untimely ders to release Kappan from your patient'." "Only an insensitive government will give CBi probe against "MVA leaders are fool - four upper-caste men, is death," the letter claimed. the medical college hospital such a statement," she said. Tagging another media report deshmukh is going on as ing people by stating that currently lodged in Medical She said, "despite hav - back to the Mathura Jail as on Adityanath's remarks, the Congress general secretary per the orders of the the CBi was only asked to College Hospital, Mathura, ing knowledge about the interim relief," the letter also said,"Mr. Chief Minister, there is an oxygen emer - Bombay High Court. But, submit a report in 15 days after he was found positive procedure established by said, adding that the repre - gency in the entire state." "if you want to file a case against they (leaders of the MVA) in connection with the cor - for COVid-19 on April 21. law for mentioning, i am sentation given to Jail me, seize my property, do so. But for God's sake recognise are alleging that the BJp is ruption allegations against raihanth Kappan forced to approach your Superintendent, Mathura the seriousness of the situation and get down to saving misusing the CBi. So do deshmukh. But the HC had claimed in the latter written lordship directly, being an by message was pending. people's lives immediately," she said in a tweet in Hindi. you want to say anything also said that an offence I Manisha Thakur D/o Patel Singh and Sunita Katoch R/o against the HC? This (alle - can be registered if neces - Ramsoo Teh Pogal Paristan gations by MVA) amounts sary. District Ramban. I have lost my to contempt of court and we So the allegations of original Matric Diploma Kerala bride dons PPE kit to marry COVID positive groom in hospital are going to file a contempt MVA leaders are meaning - Certificate bearing Roll No. 1613050 year of passing Annual Alappuzha (Ker), Apr 25 silk saree and other wedding para - sion from authorities. pre-fixed 'muhurtham' (auspicious of court case," patil told re - less," said patil. 2018. Now I have apply duplicate phernlia, the 23 year-old bride Sarathmon, working in the time of a day), they approached the porters. He alleged that leaders of the same. Objection if any may be conveyed to the JKBOSE Time and tide wait for none, married the virus-positive groom, Gulf, and his mother Jijimol had authorites with the request to get The ruling MVA com - of the Sena, Congress, and prises the Shiv Sena, NCp within seven days from the date not even coronavirus. And this admitted to a government hospital been admitted to the hospital re - married at the hospital itself. NCp take a stand on any is - of publication of this notice. prompted Abhirami to don her ppE in coastal Alappuzha district. cently after they tested positive for Both the district collector and kit instead of the traditional bridal Abhirami, a native of Thekkan the virus. Though he had placed hospital authoriites granted per - wear and tie the nuptial knot with Aryad here, donned the disposable himself in quarantine after arriving mission for the function adhering KASHMIR POWER DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION LIMITED (KPDCL) her covid-infected beau as the fami - wear and get married at a COVid here from the Middle East for the to strict COVid protocols. in com - lies did not want to skip the auspi - ward of the Alappuzha Vandanam wedding and showed no symptoms pliance with the health department oFFICE oF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER ELECTRIC DIVISIoN BUDGAM cious 'muhurtham.' medical college on Sunday. for the initial 10 days, the two devel - guidelines, the bride was asked to E-mail:[email protected]:01951-255218 young bride got hitched in a Marking the ritual, the groom, oped breathing difficulty on wear the ppE kit and directed that NoTICE INVITING TENDERS hospital ward in a small ceremony Sarathmon S, tied 'thali', the man - Wednesday evening. only one or two relatives should at - NITNo:EDB_05_of_2021_22 Dated:19/04/2021 at a time when covid cases are spi - gal sutra, and garlanded her with a They tested postive for the virus tend the wedding. After the func - ralling in the southern state. For and on behalf of the Government of UT of Jammu and Kashmir, e-Tenders, are hereby invited from govt. simple tulsi garland in the presence at a private hospital at tion, Abhirami wentback to her un - approved Electrical Contractors for the Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of various Contract 'Muhurtham' is the auspicious of his mother, also covid positive Thathampally and were later shift - cle's house while Sarathmon con - for the Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of various Line materials as well as distribution sub - time fixed for weddings and other and another close relative of the ed to the COVid ward of the med - tinued his stay in the hospital. The stations under the jurisdiction of Sub-Division Charisharief of Electric Division Budgam,KPDCL. new initiatives. bride at a special room in the ward. ical college, family sources said. couple would begin a new life after 1. Name of work(s) Annual Rate Contract for the Supply, in stallation, testing and commis- With the personal protection Fixed a year ago, the wedding As both the families wanted to the groom turned COVid negative, sioning of various Line materials as well as distribution substations Kit (ppE) replacing the traditional under the jurisdiction of Sub-Division Charisharief of Electric Division happened on Sunday, after permis - carry out the wedding ritual on the family sources added. Budgam. 2. Estimated Cost INR 30.00 Lacs 3. Period for completion of work Within 15 days from the issue of Letter of Award 4 COVID patients die The tender document is available on website http://jktenders.gov.in. Interested bidders may view or down - DC inspects enforcement of COVID load the e-Bid document, seek clarification and submit their e-Bid online up to date as per the details men - in hospital in Rewari tioned in the table below: A e-Bid document Publishing date & time The e-Bid document to be published on website due to oxygen control measures in Chenani town https://jktenders.gov.in on 20/04/2021;05:00 PM B e-Bid document download start date & time 20/04/2021; 05:00 PM shortage, probe on to president MC Amit Abrol and C Clarifications start date 20/04/2021; 05:00 PM sectoral officers, besides repre - D Clarifications end date 23/04/2021; 03:00 PM ascertain it sentatives of Beopar mandal. E e-Bid submission (start) date & time 23/04/2021; 03:00 PM The dC asked the local ad - (Submission of e-tender fee, EMD Rewari (Haryana), Apr 25 (PTI) and other supporting documents in ministration to enforce the fresh PDF/XLS format) guidelines regarding opening of Four patients died in a private hospital F e-Bid submission (end) date & time 04/05/2021; 03:00 PM here on Sunday allegedly due to a shortage shops on different days of the (Submission of e-tender fee, EMD of medical oxygen even as the district ad - week and plying of passenger and other supporting documents in transport vehicles with 50 per - PDF/XLS format) ministration launched an investigation to cent of normal seating capacity. G Online Technical e-bid opening 05/05/2021; 03:00 PM find out the reason behind the deaths. The BMO was asked to scale date & time After the incident, the relatives of up the process of vaccination by H Venue of opening of technical & Office of Executive Engineer, ED Budgam financial e-Bids some of the patients, who were admitted mobilizing the ASHA workers to the hospital functioning as a designated and pris to inoculation the ad - I Cost of e-Bid document INR1000.00 COVid facility, held a protest outside the missible age groups in a time J Amount of Earnest Money Deposit INR 60000.00 building complex alleging there was a bound manner. 1. Bidders/tenderers are advised to study the Bidding Document carefully. Submission of e-Bid against grave shortage of medical oxygen. this SBD shall be deemed to have been done after careful study and examination of the procedures, She further asked BMO terms and conditions of the Standard Bidding Document with full understanding of its implications. Three patients died in iCU while one Chenani to increase testing by 2. The bidder/tenderer needs to submit the cost of e-Bid document in the government treasury and upload patient died in the ward. We have limited laying special focus on rT-pCr the challan/receipt as proof of cost of tender document. Any tender uploaded without the scanned copy of the challan/receipt is liable to be rejected. oxygen supplies. We are repeatedly telling testing and establishment of 3. All the e-Bids must be accompanied by the scanned copy of EMD in the form of CDR/FDRfrom any administration about this and have been sampling collection centre at Bus Schedule Commercial bank only pledged to the Executive Engineer, ED Budgam. No Interest would be sending them reminders, a hospital offi - stand Chenani and other areas payable on Earnest Money deposited with the Department. with significant footfall. 4. Hard Copy of original instrument of EMD is required to be submitted by the successful bidder to the of - cial told reporters outside the building. fice of Executive Engineer, ED Budgam prior to the issuance of Letter of award only. We are sending empty oxygen cylin - The dC stressed upon to pri - 5. The technical e-Bids will be electronically opened in the presence of bidder/tenderer’s representatives, ders to the vendors to load them again. oritize the sampling of travelers who choose to attend at the venue, date and time mentioned in the above table or any subsequent day to the convenience of the Tender Opening Committee. Only those tenders shall be considered for eval - Since 9 am, we are telling the authorities to detect positive cases. The Manager J&K Bank was uation who have deposited the earnest money and tender cost. that we have limited stock, he said. 6. The date and time of opening of Financial-Bids of the technically responsive bids shall be notified on UDHAMPUR, APRIL 25: behaviour and asked them to asked to shift the branch to an - He said the hospital has a per day con - Web Site https://jktenders.gov.in. This is conveyed to the technically qualified bidder/tenderers auto - wear face masks and maintain other spacious place within 15 matically through an e-mail message on their e-mail address. sumption of 300 medical oxygen cylin - deputy Commissioner, social distancing by drawing cir - days. For the convenience of the 7. The Department reserves the right to cancel any or all the e-Bids/ the e-Bid process without assigning ders. There are 114 COVid patients admit - Udhampur indu Kanwal Chib cles at one meter distance in public, TSO Chenani was direct - any reason thereof if any major lapse/deviation is found. The decision of department will be final and ted in the hospital, he said. binding. visited Tehsil Chenani, here the front of their establishments, ed to ensure distribution of ra - 8. Corrigendum, if any would be published on the website. deputy Commissioner, Narnaul, Ajay other day to take stock of the en - and do not allow any customers tion at panchayat level. 9. In no case shall the hard copy of the BOQ submitted with the Techno-Commercial bidder which shall Kumar, who is currently officiating as dC forcement of COVid-19 contain - without masks to enter the shop. Any violation of this order lead to rejection of the bid. Price Bid shall be uploaded only in the BOQ format provided online. of rewari district, said the allegations of ment measures. 10. Other details can be seen in the bidding documents. later, she chaired a meeting shall invite action under law and Sd/- oxygen shortage and four deaths were The dC sensitized the shop - attended by Sub –divisional dealt with under relevant provi - Executive Engineer made by the hospital. keepers about Covid appropriate Magistrate Abdul Sattar, Vice sions, she added, DIP/J- 403-P/21 Electric Division Budgam Glimpses of Future 6 Edit/OpiniOn JAMMU MONdAy April 26 2, 021 Glimpses of Future What Modi really means to people ESTABliSHEd iN 1986 By : PRAfULL GoRADIA been interrupted by the audience who said they would rather hear Even before becoming the prime about how he was tackling infiltra - Setting tone for creating an ecosystem Minister, and ever since, Modi has tors from Bangladesh. Modi told the scaled newer peaks of popularity, Mumbai audience to tumultuous he new education policy has stressed on the usage of local both at home and abroad. Member applause that his reply was that in language till at least Class 5 and preferably till Class 8. in total of parliament from Arunachal Assam, people were oppressed by pradesh Tapir Gao, speaking in it focus on students having command over 3 languages, 2 of Bangladeshis but, in Gujarat, it was T parliament on April 1, described the Bangladeshis who felt oppressed which need to be native. it also aims to standardize the Sign prime Minister (pM) Narendra by Modi. in 2013, Modi was chosen language across the country for students with hearing impairment. Modi as an avatar of God who is tak - as the BJp’s prime ministerial can - All in all, this is a welcome move as it sets the tone for creating an ing the country in the right direc - didate by the rSS without consult - ecosystem where the state and center have to invest in hiring teach- tion. Gao said that Modi’s work for ing the party’s bigwigs; the ambi - ers, well versed in local languages. They will also invest in the prepa- tea plantation workers in West tions of the latter would come in his ration of the curriculum in different languages. For the students, Bengal and Assam is “like an avatar way. it had never happened before. it’ll be quite a task but at the same time, it’ll sow the seeds of cultural of Bhagwan”. ladakh’s Mp This was the measure of his popular - assimilation. in today’s corporate setup, one of the biggest chal- Jamyang Tsering Namgyal hailed ity having spread throughout the the pM as a yug purush (man of the lenges of team management is integration of people from different country while he was busy with era) for realising BJp ideologue Gujarat. i was flabbergasted when i cultural backgrounds. With NEp, students will find it easier to get Syama prasad Mookerjee’s dream. saw him on television as the pM for oss different cultures and languages. along with people acr Mookerjee had opposed the special an exclusive lunch with Queen However, what’ll truly do justice to the cause would be an enhance- status to Jammu & Kashmir. An or - Elizabeth ii at the Buckingham ment in the teaching pedagogy. There is a need to revamp the teach- dinary mortal, i am unable to either palace and, on the same visit, ad - ing style in a manner where languages are celebrated and experi- corroborate or contradict these From the time i first met Modi spread across the State to West dressing the British parliament. enced through art, music and culture. The true essence of a lan- opinions. All i can do is to quote by chance at the Vadodara airport in Bengal and as far as Assam. The Such honour has not been showered guage can only be absorbed if it’s linked to culture and history. from the Gita. Chapter 4 of the 1991 and had a 15-minute chat, i feel Bengali elite, which generally on any indian leader not even Unfortunately, this is where our education system has suffered. Bhagwad Gita, delivered by Krishna i met someone extraordinary. He looked down on the BJp as commu - Jawaharlal Nehru. Soon thereafter, Sanskrit forms a glaring example in this context. Students from to Arjuna in the battlefield of was then the general secretary of the nal, invited Modi to the Calcutta Modi addressed the US Congress, Kurukshetra, states: “Whenever classes 5th to 8th mostly questioned the importance and relevance Gujarat BJp the party had yet to Club for a seminar on the Uniform which only pV Narasimha rao had and wherever there is a decline of done before. All this for a man who of Sanskrit and studied it as just a part of the curriculum mostly to come to power in the State. We re - Civil Code. years later, in 2006, at the practice of dharma, O Bharat mained in touch after that and until Mumbai’s Shanmukhananda Hall, only until a few years ago had been score good marks or pass the exam. However, when Sanskrit was (Arjuna), and a predominant rise of denied a visa by Washington, with linked to our cultural texts and was celebrated as artificial intelli- he became the pM, when i realised Modi addressed a packed audience, adharma (evil) i incarnate Myself. that he had flown to another planet speaking about his introduction of london being hesitant. This denotes gence-friendly language by various research organizations, it sud- To deliver the pious and annihilate and i had remained where i was. in new technologies for agriculture in that Modi has a rare charisma that denly seemed relevant and novel. Today, we have different univer- the evildoers, as well as to re-estab - his first term as the Gujarat Chief Gujarat. He revealed that earlier, at travels electronically, not merely lish dharma, i appear, era after era.” sities and colleges which have seen a spike in students enrolling for Minister, his name and fame had a party rally in Guwahati, he had What Modi on Page 7 Sanskrit. The key is to make learning experiential. Our teaching methods have for long been based on rote learning which has done little good for students except for fetching them good grades. The National Education policy makes it loud and clear: Skills are the new grades. Education 2.0, especially post coronavirus, has to fo- cus on skills and deliverables. Today coding, data analytics and dig- Ladakh conundrum: A sense of déjà vu ital marketing are the skills required for a bright future. Coupled By : DeePAK SINHA have receded substantially, with multilingualism, these skills can also stoke the entrepreneurial which is undoubtedly a good spirit in students. Often times, language is a barrier in entrepre- it defies logic that our with - thing. A conflict at this time neurship, as budding entrepreneurs are often hesitant in expanding drawal has been linked to the would cause immense damage to across cities and states but with a multilingual approach, they can plA's pullout only from the our economy, already reeling un - overcome this barrier. india with all its diversity in terms of culture pangong Tso sub-sector. der the impact of the pandemic and languages has enormous potential in terms of tourism that is defence Minister rajnath and the earlier ill-considered waiting to be unleashed. Today the global iT giants are investing Singh’s recent statement in and poorly implemented demon - huge amounts to cater to people who are better versed in regional parliament on the disengage - etisation. More importantly, we languages. We see that on social media and messaging sites and that ment of forces in Eastern cannot brush aside the simple ladakh, on the heels of a state - has given a huge boost to their numbers. Today, every business is truth that our Armed Forces ment on similar lines by the have been deliberately neglected looking to hire people well versed in different regional languages Chinese defence Ministry, over the past two decades, a situ - with a hope to expand in those respective territories. From the con- caught most media observers ation that remains unchanged if tent on digital streaming platforms to translated books, multilin- and analysts by surprise. The one looks at the new Budget. As a gualism is a part of not just our cultural ethos but also a tremendous way events were otherwise mov - consequence, their capabilities commercial opportunity. However, our past shows that there have ing had suggested that we were have been greatly impaired. in been many opportunities that came our way and we blew them. in in for what could only be a long the event of a conflict, while they the 90’s and early 2000’s we saw an iT revolution in india, but we hot summer, which still remains may still be able to force a stale - failed to take it to the next level and didn’t create a strong ecosystem a remote possibility given past mate, it is unfortunately not a for creativity in india. We were content with product testing and Chinese duplicity. There can still certainty given the unpalatable be many a slip between the cup fact that China is the dominant offshoring jobs rather than creating a new breakthrough software and the lip as the contentious is - power in the region with a larger search engine. We could’ve created the next Google or or a sue of the people’s liberation and better-equipped military. tion of dominating heights on pangong Tso. it also gave our Facebook and we could have had a silicon valley of our own but we Army’s (plA’s) transgressions in The possibility of pakistan’s in - both banks of the pangong Tso, forces the option to capture their fell woefully short. the depsang sector and other volvement, either directly or in - including along the Kailash administrative and communica - friction points is yet to be dis - directly, in such a situation range, was a brilliant strategic tion hub at Moldo and cut off cussed, let alone resolved to mu - would only add to our woes. counter and made the Chinese their major lines of communica - tual satisfaction. The statements Undoubtedly, the response and even more uncomfortable. From tion further in depth, if the ne - emanating from official sources resolve displayed by our these heights, our forces were in cessity was felt. Most important - Blame game suggest that either both sides are Government and the military af - a position to interdict and de - ly, it stalled any hope that the keen to de-escalate matters, or ter the initial setback was com - stroy the plA’s troop and ar - plA may have had of offensive that we have conceded ground to mendable and caught the mour concentrations in the action along this flank as any at - the Chinese. Either way, the Chinese unawares and unpre - Spanggur Gap, their defensive tempt to clear these heights chances of an armed conflict pared. The subsequent occupa - positions along both banks of the Ladakh on Page 7 Intellectual property rights and web journalism

By : MAKHAN SAIKIA all of us. The very field of web jour - nalism is posing a renewed chal - China’s continued and massive lenge to the protection of iprs. ip theft cases both from the US and What we need today is a regulatory other holders of ip are an issue of mechanism so as to circumvent all concern. indeed, America is fight - efforts to steal iprs and use web ing another Cold War with China on contents as a means to the welfare this front. Then only the knowledge of all. The new online media is one economy widely growing through wherein equality of opportunity web journalism can be safely used. and respect for equal distribution of it’s the need of the hour. it’s a mat - intellectual resources are involved. ter of dignity of labour. The creators So, to negate all efforts by the and innovators who make their criminal syndicates, people can re - An alarmed Centre is deflecting towards States the rising public anger work public on online mediums main ever vigilant. Moreover, pub - over COVid mishandling. Forget good governance. if there is something must be respected by paying their lic offices especially the law-and- our politicians are good at, it is shifting blame and shirking responsibility dues. internet has transcended all order agencies must clamp down when things turn southwards. However, the behaviour of a ruling party, boundaries of humanity. We have serious charges over the defaulters. with an absolute majority and not shackled by coalition politics, should not reached the pinnacle of never-end - it must be said the information be governed by the politics of survival but by the dharma of accountability, ing cycle of change. Sadly, this Superhighway does not suggest an fair play and cooperative federalism, especially when the nation is facing course of human civilisation is irre - orderly roadmap. The impact of the biggest global health emergency in living memory. Sadly, the BJp versible. it is accepted for all that new technologies and platforms or Government at the Centre has been found wanting where the handling of there is no place to hide. We are liv - mediums often leads to chaotic and the Coronavirus pandemic’s second wave is concerned. To be fair, except ing in an “age of public”. probably disruptive situations around the for the migrant crisis, most aspects of the first wave were handled by the the poetical words of award-win - world. Sadly, the networks created Centre and the industry with grit and determination; and the result was we ning author Thomas Friedman that only through a mobile or a tablet or as we are an integral part of the digi - by latest technologies are nowhere Blame game on Page 7 “World is Flat” have come true to all a computer. Creativity is considered tal revolution. The shift to digital under the absolute control of the in - of us. Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) to the most treasured act of human be - communication and subsequent ventors. precisely, long before the Alaska (US), reykjavik (iceland) to ings. True, we are all fast moving to - technological revolutions are fast advent of the superior technologies, Santiago (Chile) via Antananarivo wards a “data nation”. if you have breaking the barriers between tra - the power and authority of the all- H I S T O R Y T H I S D A Y (Madagascar) could well be reached the data or information, you can ditional media outlets like newspa - powerful State has started eroding. in seconds with the help of internet. simply rule the whole world. Now pers and magazines and also be - Mega corporations are literally run - 1859 : Ground broken for Suez Canal Thus, at an incredible speed, global the pertinent question is that how to tween the broader media and com - ning the day to day affairs of the has become local and local is fast protect it and offer dues to the inno - munication networks across the modern State. The States have only round is broken for the Suez Canal, an artificial At port Said, Egypt, g turning into global. The idea, spirit vators. Often largely unnoticed, this globe. Cyberspace is mass space. remained a vehicle to run the giant waterway intended to stretch 101 miles across the isthmus of Suez and and feel of glocality is more of ubiq - month observes two important days We are into it. And so are the crimi - machines of business wherein they connect the Mediterranean and the red seas. Ferdinand de lesseps, the uitous today. Web journalism or on - to protect international Copyright nal elements. Hence, the global have become a partner. Therefore, French diplomat who organized the colossal undertaking, delivered the line journalism or internet journal - day or also known as World Book counterfeit goods and services are how to regulate the big corpora - pickax blow that inaugurated construction. Artificial canals have been ism is a definite future of creative and Copyright day on April 23 and abundant both in demand and sup - tions, including tech and knowledge built on the Suez region, which connects the continents of Asia and Africa, expressions today. This is a kind of a World intellectual property day on ply. Web networks are being widely behemoths such as the Google, since ancient times. Under the ptolemaic rulers of Egypt, a channel con- platform whereby an individual po - April 26. The huge network of coun - used to channelise these commodi - Wikipedia, Facebook, WhatsApp, nected the Bitter lakes to the red Sea, and a canal reached northward tentially can have instantaneous terfeiting and piracy of both tangi - ties and ideas from one corner to the Twitter, instagram, linkedin have from lake Timsah as far as the Nile river. These canals fell into disrepair and global access to all forms of da - ble and intangible goods directly other. it is sheer violation of the become a vexed question. At the or were intentionally destroyed for military reasons. As early as the 15th ta. And it is so simple and easy that challenges the protection of iprs global framework of iprs. it is a end, one can rightly say the absolute century, Europeans speculated about building a canal across the Suez, people can communicate virtually world over. impending social wired-up world. The so-called protection of the iprs is a mis - 1859 on Page 7 with anyone in any part of the world changes are revolutionary in nature information Highway is touching Intellectual on Page 7

Printed, published and owned by Prem Nath Sharma, Printed at Glimpses of Future Press 63 Padha Street, Purani Mandi, Jammu. Chief Editor Prem Nath Sharma, Associate Editor : Rajiv Sharma, Ph. 2546079, Fax 0191-2547240, RNI NO. 43798/86, email : [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Glimpses of Future 7 natiOnal JAMMU MONdAy April 26, 2021 Covid and crematorium: slum dwellers grapple with smoke, stench and fear of disease PReSS TRUST of INDIA ing in the 900 shanties in the slum neighbour, 35-year-old Kakoli devi, dents said it was not so bad earlier be - time domestic help, said her employ - protective gear and are being tempted New Delhi, Apr 25 colony located just a few metres away said about 300 bodies were cremated cause the cremations took place at the ers asked her not to come to work be - with money - the more the number of from the paschim puri crematorium. on Thursday. in the last two days, far end of the crematorium. Now with cause her house is close to a shamshan bodies they carry, the more they mon - The smoke hangs in an ash grey "it is a very scary situation. We keep about 200-250 bodies were cremated. the numbers going up delhi on ghat'. "They fear we will carry corona ey. it is very risky for them," he said. cloud over their homes and the acrid seeing ambulances pass by and con - "We have arranged for a truck and we Saturday recorded 357 deaths, its with us so we are thinking of returning Sanjay Gupta, director of CHETNA , is smell from more than 200 cremations stantly there is smell and smoke, will leave this place for our village in highest yet, and over 24,000 fresh to our village. But even that costs worried about the long-term impact. a day doesn't leave, they say, permeat - whether it is day or night, the 38-year- Maharajganj (in Uttar pradesh). At cases the entire area is being used. money. We will need rs 2,000-2,500. Children, already living in tough lives, ing as it were their very pores. For the old ragpicker told pTi. The fear of least we will be spared this constant When the residents protested, offi - How can we afford it? she asked. are seeing corpses of Covid patients residents of Shaheed Bhagat Singh contracting COVid-19 is constant and looming feeling of death," Kakoli said. cials, they said, told them they have Another 12-year-old said some have being burnt day and night in front of Camp, living next to a crematorium is the glowing fires from the crematori - "Everyone is holed up inside the government orders to do so. Saroj, the option of returning to their vil - them. This will leave a deep impres - as much a struggle as keeping COVid- um that now operates 24X7 allows house. We don't even switch the fans who lives with seven family members, lages but he doesn't have any place to sion on their mental well-being and 19 at bay. Being in such close proximi - neither peace of mind nor sleep, she on because we fear we will get corona including three children, is also plan - go. This is where his family has lived thinking, he said. With this fear, the ty to a crematorium is never easy, say said. On the night of April 14, a fire through the air. The atmosphere has ning to go back to her village in Uttar for decades. "Where do we go? if we children are ready for migration along the residents of the slum colony in broke out in the slum cluster and been particularly traumatic for chil - pradesh. With the cases rising, she leave, what will we earn? Already our with their whole family as the people west delhi. But when the number of Saroj and scores of her neighbours are dren," said the widow with three chil - has lost her job as a ragpicker. "Some earnings have drastically reduced in of the community are also involved in bodies being burnt goes up from still recovering from that. There were dren. Many others, mostly from Uttar days we just drink water, some days this corona pandemic," said the young this cremation process which can be about three to four a day to about 200- no casualties but 30 shanties were pradesh and Bihar, are also planning we get food through NGOs. The situa - boy who doe s part-time domestic chores an active source of spreading corona, 250, it's about visitations of death and burnt. Half of Saroj's house also got to leave for their villages. Several peo - tion is terrible." The stigma of living in paschim Vihar. Vijay Kumar, a social Gupta added. He said it is time for also the fear of the contagion looming burnt in the fire. And just as she was ple had left earlier as the second wave adjacent to a crematorium has also worker at child rights NGO CHETNA, people to come forward and help chil - large over every aspect of their lives. recovering came the weeklong lock - of COVid-19 gathered pace and those led to some people losing their jobs as said many children are into substance dren. instead of cremating corpses in - They wake up to the smell of burn - down aimed at breaking the chain of that are left fear their homes won't be domestic workers in the upscale abuse and are being roped in by cre - side cities, the government should ing bodies and sleep to it at night, said COVid-19 transmission. Though livable for much longer given the con - paschim Vihar colony near by. A 16- matorium workers to help in carrying make arrangements somewhere out - Saroj, one of the 1,500 odd people liv - there are no official figures, Saroj's tinuous smell and stench. Many resi - year-old girl, who worked as a part- the bodies. "They are not given any side, maybe in border areas, he said. Kerala CM Vijayan condoles death COVID-positive SC judge Justice M M Shantanagoudar passes away TMC candidate dies PReSS TRUST of INDIA to apprise about the demise and the of Justice Shantanagoudar New Delhi, Apr 25 last rites of Justice Shantanagoudar to PReSS TRUST of INDIA at Kolkata hospital all the apex court judges. Justice Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 25 : PReSS TRUST of INDIA Supreme Court judge Justice Shantanagoudar was elevated as a Kolkata, Apr 25 Mohan M Shantanagoudar died at a judge of the Supreme Court on Kerala Chief Minister pinarayi private hospital in Gurgaon, sources February 17, 2017. He would have re - Vijayan on Sunday condoled the death TMC candidate from Khardah as - said on Sunday. He was 62. The mor - mained in office till May 5, 2023. He of Supreme Court judge Justice sembly constituency Kajal Sinha, who tal remains of the judge will be taken was born on May, 5, 1958, in Mohan M Shantanagoudar. The had tested positive for COVid-19, died to his rajaji Nagar residence in Karnataka and got himself enrolled as Supreme Court judge died at a private at a hospital here on Sunday morning, an Bengaluru, where last rites will be an advocate on September 5, 1980. He hospital in Gurgaon in the wee hours. official of the state health department conducted. Justice Shantanagoudar was appointed as an additional judge The 62-year old Justice said. Sinha (59) was found to have con - was admitted to the Medanta Hospital of the Karnataka High Court on May Shantanagoudar had served as the tracted the viral disease two days ago, due to a lung infection and was in the 12, 2003, and became a permanent Chief Justice of Kerala High Court be - following which he was admitted to iCU. His condition was stated to be judge in the court in September 2004. fore becoming a judge of the apex Beliaghata id hospital, the official said. stable till late Saturday evening, but later, Justice Shantanagoudar was court. in his condolence message, was elevated as a judge of the Supreme TMC supremo and Chief Minister deteriorated later, sources said. in a transferred to the Kerala High Court, Vijayan remembered him as a judge Court on February 17, 2017. He was Mamata Banerjee expressed shock and statement on Sunday, the apex court where he assumed charge as the act - who had made his own unique contri - born on May, 5, 1958 in Karnataka grief over his demise. "Very, very sad. said: "it is, with profound grief, circu - yesterday. The cremation will take ing chief justice on August 1, 2016. He butions to the field of justice delivery. and got himself enrolled as an advo - Shocked. Kajal Sinha, our candidate lated for information that Hon'ble Mr. place today i.e. 25th April, 2021 in became the chief justice of the Kerala The Chief Minister also said he had al - cate on September 5, 1980. He was ap - from Khardaha, succumbed to Covid. Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar, Bengaluru, Karnataka." The state - High Court on September 22, 2016, so maintained a cordial relationship pointed as an additional judge of the He dedicated his life to serving people & Judge, Supreme Court of india left for ment, issued by Assistant registrar before being elevated as an apex court with lawyers and fellow judges and Karnataka High Court on May 12, just fought a tireless campaign. He was a heavenly abode in the late evening of Gagan Soni, has asked the secretaries judge. played a leading role in the courts. 2003 and became a permanent judge long-serving committed member of Justice Shantanagoudar was admit - in the court in September, 2004. AiTC official. We will miss him. My con - ted to the Medanta hospital due to a later, he was transferred to the Kerala dolences to his family & his admirers," lung infection and was in the iCU. His High Court, where he assumed charge Banerjee tweeted. polling was held in Contn. from Page 6 ...... condition was stated to be stable till as the Acting Chief Justice on August Khardah constituency on April 22. late Saturday night but around 12.30 1, 2016. He became the Chief Justice Earlier this month, pradip Kumar Nandi, AM, the doctors attending him broke of the Kerala High Court on the revolutionary Socialist party (rSp)can - the sad news to the family, a court offi - September 22, 2016, before being ele - didate from Ja ngipur seat, and Congress cial told p T i. Justice Shantanagoudar vated as an apex court judge. nominee from Samserganj constituency 1859 ...... rezaul Haque succumbed to the disease. which would allow traders to sail from the Mediterranean to the world’s most heavily traveled shipping lanes. in 1875, the indian Ocean via the red Sea, rather than having to sail Great Britain became the largest shareholder in the Suez the great distance around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. Canal Company when it bought up the stock of the new Contn. from Page 6 ...... The first serious survey of the isthmus occurred during Ottoman governor of Egypt. Seven years later, in 1882, the French occupation of Egypt at the end of the 18th cen - Britain invaded Egypt, beginning a long occupation of tury, and General Napoleon Bonaparte personally in - the country. The Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 made spected the remains of an ancient canal. France made Egypt virtually independent, but Britain reserved rights Blame game ...... further studies for a canal, and in 1854 Ferdinand de for the protection of the canal. After World War ii, Egypt did fairly well in ramping up our crumbling healthcare sys - sure will have to buy vaccines at a much higher price than lesseps, the former French consul to Cairo, secured an pressed for evacuation of British troops from the Suez tem, creating ventilators, drugs, ppEs, vaccines and so on. was being paid by the Centre to the Serum institute of india agreement with the Ottoman governor of Egypt to build a Canal Zone, and in July 1956 Egyptian president Gamal But the Centre was certainly not prepared for the second (Sii). While the Sii will supply Covishield to States at rs canal. An international team of engineers drew up a con - Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal, hoping to charge wave and the complacency on many levels has led to the 400 per dose and rs 600 per jab to private hospitals, it was struction plan, and in 1856 the Suez Canal Company was tolls that would pay for construction of a massive dam on current mess in the country. There is shortage of hospital supplying the same at rs 150 per dose to the Centre. As the formed and granted the right to operate the canal for 99 the Nile river. in response, israel invaded in late beds, oxygen, plasma, live-saving drugs, iCUs, respirators, tussle for oxygen goes on between the States and the years after completion of the work. Construction began October, and British and French troops landed in early vaccines and people are dying even as the focus of our polit - Centre, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan recently in April 1859, and at first digging was done by hand with November, occupying the canal zone. Under pressure ical leaders is on elections. Now, instead of focusing on singled out the non-BJp-ruled States for “politicising” the picks and shovels wielded by forced laborers. later, from the United Nations, Britain and France withdrew in handling this health emergency, the BJp is busy saving its outbreak and accused them of “not doing enough” to con - European workers with dredgers and steam shovels ar - december, and israeli forces departed in March 1957. own skin. Shaken by adverse ground reports over the trol the virus’ spread. He conveniently forgot that rived. labor disputes and a cholera epidemic slowed con - That month, Egypt took control of the canal and re - Centre’s (mis)handling of the second wave, the ruling party Karnataka, a BJp-ruled State, has the third-highest case - struction, and the Suez Canal was not completed until opened it to commercial shipping. Ten years later, Egypt has changed tack and started shifting the blame on to the load. And what about the dire situation in the BJp-ruled 1869—four years behind schedule. On November 17, shut down the canal again following the Six day War and States. As families, seeing their loved ones turned away Uttar pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, ladakh and Himachal 1869, the Suez Canal was officially inaugurated in an israel’s occupation of the Sinai peninsula. For the next from hospitals and dying, direct their anger towards the pradesh? There are several indicators on which the BJp- elaborate ceremony attended by French Empress eight years, the Suez Canal, which separates the Sinai Government, the BJp has decided to deflect this angst to - ruled States are performing as bad, if not worse, as the Eugenie, wife of Napoleon iii. Ferdinand de lesseps from the rest of Egypt, existed as the front line between wards the States to ensure against any negative political Opposition-ruled States. it is time the Centre realises that would later attempt, unsuccessfully, to build a canal the Egyptian and israeli armies. in 1975, Egyptian fallout. its first step has been to allow half the COVid-19 playing politics, abdicating responsibility, shifting blame across the isthmus of panama. He died in 1894. When it president Anwar el-Sadat reopened the Suez Canal as a vaccines to go to the States directly through the open mar - and finger-pointing are not going to get the nation out of opened, the Suez Canal was only 25 feet deep, 72 feet gesture of peace after talks with israel. Today, dozens of ket, instead of centralised distribution as was being done the COVid quagmire. leading from the front and taking wide at the bottom, and 200 to 300 feet wide at the sur - ships navigate the canal daily, carrying more than 300 till now. The States already reeling under financial pres - strong, quick decisions are. face. Consequently, fewer than 500 ships navigated it in million tons of goods a year. in March 2021, the Suez its first full year of operation. Major improvements began Canal was blocked for six days after a massive container What Modi ...... in 1876, however, and the canal soon grew into the one of vessel got stuck. electrically. The flash of his charisma has not halted here. delhi, as the previous pMs had done, but landed in ladakh ...... As the pM, he made friends with president Barack Obama. at our Army’s forward base, barely miles from where the Intellectual ...... The next American president, donald Trump, went gaga plA is stationed across the line of Actual Control, sound - nomer. Whatsoever it may be, the global governance of governance systems of ipr is a good idea. However, crys - over him, sumptuously demonstrated at the ‘Howdy Modi’ ing india’s determination to roll back any Chinese adven - iprs, floated both by the WipO since the 1970s and the tallising the same near equally is more than an uphill task. rally at Houston, Texas, in September 2020. Earlier, Modi turism. Beijing is now talking about the benefits of bon - historic treaty of Trade related Aspects of intellectual The reason behind is that this “one size fits all” approach of the had commanded a similar performance in london, when homie and peace with india. pakistan remained a bogey property rights (TripS) of the World Trade global ipr regime launched by th e TripS Agreement is not then British pM david Cameron was present and delight - until Modi came to power. Educated indians would gener - Organization (WTO) of 1995 may not be the final guaran - feasible for developing and least developed nations. The ed. Modi’s charisma has not been circumscribed by the ally caution why New delhi couldn’t be too tough with tor of iprs in this digital age. Therefore, the contents re - poor record of implementation of the agreement and in - borders and shores of india. The country has risen in the pakistan because of the 20 crore Muslims in india! leased by web journalism would always be susceptible to adequate ip governance structure in many of these devel - eyes and minds of the world. A telling example is india’s re - Without harming a single hair of any indian, Modi has si - stealing and violation by unwanted elements. At the heart oping nations are posing a constant threat to protect sponse to the latest round of Chinese revanchism, particu - lenced islamabad to the extent that General Bajwa, of the narrative is how to stop the abuse or unauthorised iprs. Again, these nations are facing more pressing issues larly the Galwan incident on the ladakh border, wherein pakistan’s de facto ruler, has started singing paeans of use of massive contents that flow through global online such as poverty, mal-nutrition, terrorism, political insta - China’s people’s liberation Army (plA) stealthily intrud - peace. prior to Modi, the behaviour of india’s political class journalism. precisely, ipr is an important aspect of the bility and above all corruption in high public offices. So ed and killed 20 indian soldiers. Not only did the indian made our people equate themselves with pakistan. india’s process of globalisation. Globalisation encompasses where is the time to safeguard precious iprs? Their com - Army hit back to inflict 40 or more casualties on the image in the world alternated between that of a cat and a many things, including the free flow of ideas, wherein dig - bined efforts are mostly directed towards fighting for sur - Chinese, it also occupied several strategic peaks along the rat. Modi has made the world believe that india is truly a li - ital media plays the most crucial role. And the under - vival and for basic needs. Many of these developing na - ladakh border, signalling its intent to escalate the conflict. on. readers may assess what this gentleman truly is a hu - standing is clear today that without adequate protection tions also underline the protection of iprs a matter of More importantly, Modi did not issue mere protests from man being, a superhuman or an avatar. of creative ideas through the global and national ipr gov - elite concern or something to do with the developed ernance systems, the international counterfeit conglom - world. Hence, now more than quarter of a century, since Ladakh ...... erates would simply take away a major chunk of hard 1995, the strict implementation of the TripS Agreement work mixed with sheer innovative efforts. it is happening has still remained sporadic, except in Japan, the US, would impose excessive cost in terms of manpower, conflict that resulted in avoidable casualties. very fast since the explosion of information in the 1990s Europe and in some other specific nations. The concern casualties and time. incidentally, one cannot help Unfortunately, this Government set a precedent in and it’s a huge loss for the global knowledge economy. today is that how to enhance unhindered dissemination but wonder as to why these heights have not been the manner it dealt with the confrontation with the Thus, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz rightly says, “How of knowledge through online contents without risking the held all these years? Especially since they are well Chinese at doklam in 2017, where it forced the plA we regulate and manage the production of knowledge and iprs. Else the innovators and creators will have no incen - within our territory and our hold on them has never to stop road construction and back down after a 73- the right of access to knowledge is at the centre of how tives left for new creations. Along with this, the emerging been disputed. Therefore, given their strategic im - day standoff. However, following prime Minister well this new economy, the knowledge economy works information society needs to address the concerns about port, one is at an utter loss to understand as to why Narendra Modi’s meeting with president Xi Jinping and who benefits. At stake are matters of both distribu - widening digital divide and access to knowledge in be - our withdrawal has been linked to the plA’s with - at Wuhan, the plA circumvented the standoff area tion and economy.” Along with this what happens is that tween the advanced and developing nations. despite the drawals only from the pangong Tso sub-sector and and continued with its road construction on the both globalised localism and localised globalism acceler - concerns of critical constituencies within and outside the not the other sub-sectors. Suggestions in the media doklam plateau, unhindered by our forces. This road ate a new process of oppression, exclusion of manyof global ipr governance system, one of the potential from official sources that by doing so the plA has now allows the plA access to the foothills of the those who are at the periphery, fast restructuring and threats to the survival of the system is China’s continued been forced to remove structures that it had con - Jampheri ridge, overlooking the strategic Siliguri general subordination of local conditions. The process of and massive ip theft cases both from the US and other structed along the north bank of the pangong Tso, Corridor linking Assam and the North-eastern States globalisation of knowledge has a new ground for the holders of ip. indeed, America is fighting another Cold cut no ice. it is a no-brainer that the north bank is of to the rest of the country, giving the plA an option to growth of neoliberal forms of economic imperialism War with China on this front. To conclude, one can say only limited tactical value and wholly unsuitable for interdict our lines of communication. What is worse, mostly dominated by huge private information technolo - iprs demand full protection both for the creators and for progressing major operations, especially as long as the Government then ensured that these facts were gy corporations like the Google and Facebook. These and the welfare of humanity. Hence, the ipr, a hitherto ob - the dominating heights on the Kailash range are kept out of public discourse. With the general elec - other prominent knowledge cartels are making us easily scure and arcane area of study till the 1990s, now needed held. in these circumstances, one cannot help but tions due in a few months, it raised suspicions that read, write, think and probably to recreate creative con - to be made a popular discipline starting from the schools conclude that our military commanders have acqui - this was done to ensure the BJp’s chances of victory tents every single day. They are positioning themselves at to the universities. No need to treat iprs predominantly esced to militarily unsound directions from our po - were not compromised by these embarrassing reve - the centre of production and simply the distribution of as a lawyer’s paradise. Then only the knowledge economy litical leadership. We have seen this before, be it our lations. One is now struck by a feeling of déjà vu as knowledge. Fairly, web journalism is thriving at the back widely growi ng through web journalism can be safely used. it’s withdrawal from the strategically important Hajipir important State elect ions are due in a few months and of these giant knowledge machines. The way these plat - the need of the hour. it’s a matter o f dignity of labour. The cre - pass after the indo-pak war of 1965 or the refusal to what appears to be a repeat of the modus operandi. let forms are distributing knowledge is definitely at the run - ators and innovators who make their work public on on - allow our forces to cross the loC during the Kargil us h ope, for all our s akes, that this is not so! ning the risk of counterfeiting. Globally strengthening line mediums must be respected by paying their dues. Glimpses of Future 8 wOrld JAMMU,MONdAy, April 26, 2021 In Brief India trying to get as many Indonesia says 53 crew of lost cryogenic oxygen containers as Germany mulls possible: Envoy in Singapore aid to virus- sub are dead, wreckage found Singapore, Apr 25 (PTI) any part of the world," said Kumaran, adding that oxy - Banyuwangi (Indonesia), Apr 25 stricken India tometer, Tjahjanto said. india, in its fight against gen plants and concentra - The cause of the disappear - the coronavirus pandemic, tors are being contacted. Berlin, Apr 25 indonesia's military on ance was still uncertain. The is trying to get as many cryo - Acting swiftly to meet Sunday officially said all 53 crew navy had previously said an elec - genic oxygen containers as the high demand of oxygen Germany is considering members from a submarine that trical failure could have left the possible globally, the coun - requirements, india pro - sending emergency assistance to sank and broke apart last week submarine unable to execute try's envoy here said on cured four containers of india to help the country cope are dead, and that search teams emergency procedures to resur - Sunday, after the indian cryogenic O2 tanks from with a surge in COVid-19 cases had located the vessel's wreckage face. government airlifted four Singapore on Saturday. that threatens to overwhelm the on the ocean floor. An American reconnais - containers from Singapore The transfer of four con - country's hospitals. The German The grim announcement sance plane, a p-8 poseidon, on Saturday. tainers of cryogenic oxygen defense Ministry said Sunday it's comes a day after indonesia said landed early Saturday and had The indian Air Force on tanks donated by Tata examining the possibility of pro - the submarine was considered been set to join the search, along Saturday brought four cryo - Group was moved from viding a mobile oxygen generator sunk, not merely missing, but with 20 indonesian ships, a genic tanks, to be used for Singapore by the indian Air and other aid to india. Chancellor did not explicitly say whether the sonar-equipped Australian war - transporting oxygen, from Force, Singapore Ministry Angela Merkel earlier expressed crew was dead. Officials had also ship and four indonesian air - Singapore as the country of Foreign Affairs, Ministry her sympathy to the people of said the Kri Nanggala 402's oxy - craft. The German-built diesel- scrambles to meet the spike of defence, Singapore india and said Germany was ur - gen supply would have run out the crew members are dead, could withstand, according to powered Kri Nanggala 402 had in demand for medical oxy - (MiNdEF), Civil Aviation gently preparing a mission of early Saturday, three days after Tjahjanto said. earlier navy statements. been in service in indonesia gen amid a surge in COVid- Authority of Singapore, support. The German military vessel went missing off the resort An underwater robot The wreckage is located since 1981 and was carrying 49 19 infections. liNdE GAS (Singapore) has so far conducted 38 support island of Bali. equipped with cameras found 1,500 meters (yards) to the south crew members and three gun - The containers were air - and the Changi Airport and missions for other nations or in - "We received underwater the lost submarine was lying in at of the site where the submarine ners as well as its commander, lifted from Singapore by C17 immigration and ternational organisations during pictures that are confirmed as least three pieces on the ocean last dove Wednesday, off Bali's the indonesian defense Ministry heavy-lift aircraft of the Checkpoints Authority, the the coronavirus pandemic. the parts of the submarine, in - floor at a depth of 838 meters northern coast, Margono said. said. iAF. indian mission said in a cluding its rear vertical rudder, (2,750 feet), said Adm. yudo The underwater robot was indonesia, the world's india's High Facebook post. anchors, outer pressure body, Margono, the navy's chief of deployed by Singaporean vessel largest archipelago nation with Commissioner to Singapore According to observers, Bangladesh embossed dive rudder and other staff. MV Swift rescue provided the more than 17,000 islands, has p Kumaran told pTi that indian corporations with ship parts," military chief Hadi That's much deeper than the images, while the indonesian faced growing challenges to its there will be more consign - international network are closes border Tjahjanto told reporters in Bali Kri Nanggala 402's collapse vessel Kri rigel had scanned the maritime claims in recent years, ments in the coming days. supporting the Government on Sunday. depth of 200 meters (655 feet), area where the submarine was including numerous incidents "We are trying to get as of india's call in getting the "With this authentic evi - with India amid at which point water pressure believed to have sank using involving Chinese vessels near many cryogenic oxygen cryogenic oxygen contain - dence, we can declare that Kri would be greater than the hull multibeam sonar and a magne - the Natuna islands. containers as we can from ers at the highest priority. rise in COVID-19 Nanggala 402 has sunk and all cases COVID-19: Saudi Arabia to ship 80 metric tonnes Dhaka, Apr 25 of oxygen to India to meet growing demand Bangladesh on Sunday closed Dubai, Apr 25 (PTI) secure oxygen supplies from across its border with india for two the world. This first shipment of 4 iSO weeks in view of the sharp in - Saudi Arabia is shipping 80 metric cryogenic tanks with 80 tons of liquid crease in the coronavirus cases in tonnes of liquid oxygen to india as the oxygen is now on its way from the neighbouring country. "We country is running low on supplies dammam to Mundra, Adani Group are closing it (border) for the pas - due to an unprecedented spike in Chairman Gautam Adani said in a sengers for the time being ," coronavirus cases. tweet. Foreign Minister AK Abdul india logged a record of 3,49,691 india is struggling with a second Momen told reporters. new coronavirus infections in a day on wave of the pandemic with more than "Bangladesh took the decision in Sunday, taking its total tally of 3,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases view of rapid increase of coron - COVid-19 cases to 1,69,60,172. The being reported in the past few days, avirus infection in india, he death toll increased to 1,92,311 with a and hospitals in several states are reel - added. He said that the land record 2,767 daily new fatalities, ac - ing under a shortage of medical oxy - routes for people's movement to cording to the Union Health Ministry gen and beds. and from the neighbouring coun - data. To combat the growing demand try would be closed for two weeks The supply shipment is being un - for oxygen in the country, india has but the goods-laden vehicles dertaken in cooperation with the reached out to various countries to would be allowed to operate. "The Adani group and linde company. procure containers and oxygen cylin - higher authorities have decided "Embassy of india is proud to ders under operation 'Oxygen Maitri'. to close the borders for two partner with Adani group and M/s The indian Air Force on Saturday weeks...The land routes with linde in shipping much-needed brought four cryogenic tanks, to be india will be shut from April 26," 80MT liquid oxygen to india. Our used for transporting oxygen, from Home Minister Asaduzzamman heartfelt thanks to the Ministry of Singapore. The containers were air - Khan Kamal told the Kalerkantha Health Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for lifted from Singapore by C17 heavy-lift newspaper. The border closure all their help, support, and coopera - aircraft of the iAF. came as the COVid-19 situation tion, the indian mission in riyadh The aircraft "with 4 cryogenic con - kept suspended flight operations tweeted. tainers for storage of liquid O2 from between the two countries since "Thank you @indianEmbriyadh Singapore landed at panagarh air - April 14. indeed, actions speak louder than base" in West Bengal on Saturday, a words. We are on an urgent mission to home ministry spokesperson tweeted. Fans cheers as New Zealand band Six60 perform at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Pakistan offers relief materials Indian mother takes UK official caught COVID-19 during India visit aimed at securing vaccine: Report home body of son killed to India to help London, Apr 25 National Security Adviser paper, Quarrey, who is ex - 132 cases of the B.1.617 peals have also been issued in accident in Singapore Quarrey's tour in March empt from quarantine and india variant until the mid - by UK-based charities via fight COVID-19 A British government was among the precursor testing requirements as he dle of April and continues social media channels, in - Singapore, Apr 25 (PTI) official, who visited india visits ahead of the UK was on an official govern - to monitor it as a Variant cluding an emergency Islamabad, Apr 25 (PTI) last month to secure vac - prime Minister's scheduled ment business, tested nega - Under investigation (VUi). Covid appeal by the prince Every night, 50-year-old Sugunan Shanthi cine supplies for the UK, visit in April. Johnson's vis - tive for COVid-19 when he Meanwhile, the indian Charles founded British pakistan has offered to pro - would wait for a call from her son, a construction has tested positive for it was, however, cancelled took a pre-departure test on High Commission in Asian Trust and the world- vide relief support, including worker in Singapore, so that her worries about COVid-19 on his return last week amidst the esca - March 25. london on Saturday issued famous Neasden Temple in ventilators, to india to help the him contracting COVid-19 would be eased. and is among those be - lating pandemic crisis in However, a week later a social media appeal for london. country fight the deadly wave of Nearing midnight on April 19, her 28-year-old lieved to have unwittingly india. on April 1 when he was back help to meet the rising de - india is struggling with COVid-19 and said the two coun - son Sugunan Sudheeshmon called to inform that carried the so-called indian Mr Quarrey followed at work at downing Street, mand for oxygen and med - a second wave of the pan - tries can explore possible ways of he was safe and had just got back to his dormito - variant of the contagion to the correct procedures on he received a message from ical supplies in india's dev - demic with more than further cooperation to mitigate ry in Tuas. That was the last time the construc - Britain, according to a me - his return to the UK, a gov - the NHS Test and Trace astating second wave of the 3,00,000 daily new coron - the challenges posed by the pan - tion worker spoke to his mother, reported The dia report on Sunday. ernment spokesperson team because someone on COViS-19 pandemic. avirus cases being reported demic. The Foreign Office in a Straits Times. Shanthi, 50, was worried about david Quarrey, 55, a 10 said. the same flight had tested it listed the required in the past few days, and statement late Saturday night losing her son to COVid-19 but in the end, it was downing Street aide, had The former diplomat positive. He took a test the items as empty, refillable hospitals in several states said pakistan was ready to send a road accident that took his life. Hours after tested negative in his pre- went to india with same day and was also oxygen cylinders with 10 are reeling under a shortage specific items quickly once the their last conversation, Sudheeshmon was trav - travel test but tested posi - Johnson's ally lord found to be positive. litres and 45 litres lMO of medical oxygen and modalities were worked out. elling on the back of a lorry when it crashed into a tive a week after his return Edward Udny-lister as india has since been (liquid medical oxygen) ca - beds. As a gesture of solidarity with stationary tipper truck on the pan-island when the National Health part of an effort to secure added to the red list of 40 pacity; oxygen concentra - Since Friday, the iAF the people of india in the wake of Expressway (piE). He died on Thursday night. A Service (NHS) flagged that millions of doses of the countries from where travel tors; and remdesivir has been airlifting empty the current wave of COVid-19, distraught Shanthi, who is from the southern someone on his flight had Oxford/AstraZeneca vac - is either banned or severely among the required sup - oxygen tankers and con - pakistan has offered to provide indian state of Kerala, told daily on Saturday been traced as COVid-pos - cine, being produced by the restricted, with compulsory plies to meet the massive tainers to various filling relief support to india including morning: "i used to pray 'please don't let him get itive, The Sunday Times re - Serum institute of india -- 10-day hotel quarantines in demand for these amid stations across the country ventilators, Bi pAp, digital X ray a fever,' 'don't let him get Covid,' and then this ports. the world's largest vaccine place for any returning lo - some of the highest coron - to speed up the distribution machines, ppEs and related happened... He came through all of that only for Boris Johnson's maker -- as part of an inter - cal residents. avirus infection rates being of the much-needed med - items, according to the state - this to happen." Also a domestic worker in international Affairs national tie-up. The public Health recorded in india. ical oxygen in treating ment. it said that the authorities Singapore, the mother added. Adviser and deputy According to the news - England (pHE) has tracked Several fundraising ap - COVid-19 patients. concerned of pakistan and india can work out modalities for quick delivery of the relief items. They (authorities) can also explore Iraq Interior Ministry: 82 killed in US will rapidly deploy additional support possible ways of further coopera - tion to mitigate the challenges to India to fight COVID-19 surge: Blinken posed by the pandemic, it said. Baghdad hospital fire The offer was made after prime Washington, Apr 25 perts' level to identify ways as they bravely battle this Minister imran Khan expressed Baghdad, Apr 25 to help address the health pandemic. More very soon, solidarity with the people of india The US will rapidly de - crisis. Sullivan said. battling the deadly wave of the iraq's interior Ministry said ploy additional support to Our hearts go out to the With a record single-day pandemic, saying we must fight Sunday that 82 people died and india and its health care he - indian people in the midst of rise of 3,49,691 new coron - this global challenge confronting 110 were injured in a catastroph - roes to combat the massive the horrific COVid-19 out - avirus infections, india's to - humanity together . in a tweet, ic fire that broke out in the inten - surge in coronavirus infec - break, Blinken said in a tal tally of COVid-19 cases Khan said: Our prayers for a sive care unit of a Baghdad hospi - tions in the country, tweet on Saturday night. climbed to 1,69,60,172, speedy recovery go to all those tal tending to severe coronavirus Secretary of State Antony We are working closely while active cases crossed suffering from the pandemic in patients. Blinken has announced. with our partners in the the 26-lakh mark, according our neighbourhood and the Negligence on the part of Blinken's statement indian government, and we to the Union Health world . i want to express our soli - hospital authorities has been came as pressure mounted will rapidly deploy addition - Ministry data updated on darity with the people of india as blamed for the Saturday night on the Biden administration al support to the people of Sunday. they battle a dangerous wave of fire, which initial reports suggest to ship excess COVid-19 india and india's health care The death toll increased COVid-19. We must fight this was caused when an oxygen vaccines along with several heroes, Blinken tweeted. to 1,92,311 with a record global challenge confronting hu - cylinder exploded in the ward of life-saving medical supplies National Security 2,767 daily new fatalities. manity together, he said on ibn al-Khatib hospital. iraq's to india which is witnessing Advisor Jake Sullivan said State department Twitter. Several pakistanis, in - pendent Human rights dozens of wounded. The Health prime minister fired key hospital a massive spike in coron - that the United States is deputy Spokesperson cluding political leaders, sports Commission. The commission is Ministry said at least 200 people officials hours after the cata - avirus infections and deeply concerned by the se - Jalina porter also told re - celebrities, took to twitter to offer a semi-official body. were rescued from the scene. strophic incident. deaths. prayers and good wishes for the Firefighters rushed to battle doctors at the scene were vere COVid outbreak in porters that the US contin - Among the dead were at least Earlier, White House people of india. Hashtags like the flames that raged across the frazzled by the chaos unfolding india. ues to work closely with 28 patients on ventilators bat - press Secretary Jen psaki #pakistanstandwithindia in sup - second floor of the hospital. Civil around them. They said numer - We are working around india to facilitate the move - tling severe symptoms of the said that the US was working port of india were trending and defense teams put out flames un - ous burned bodies were carried the clock to deploy more ment of essential supplies virus, tweeted Ali al-Bayati, a closely with indian officials twitteratis poured in their ideas til the early hours of the morning. out by paramedics from the hos - supplies and support to our and also address the bottle - spokesman of the country's inde - at both the political and ex - for pakistan and india. Ambulances transported pital floor. friends and partners in india necks of the supply chains. Glimpses of Future 9 hEalth JAMMU,MONdAy, April 26, 2021 Importance Of Nutrition In The First Three Years Of Life Amreen Sheikh Good nutrition is the foundation for a should be eating. How much to eat is entirely Food is the most essential commodity for healthy future. providing your toddler with a his choice. survival. This is instinctively known from healthy balanced diet will ensure adequate What foods to avoid? birth. As parents, you try to give the best nu - physical, mental, and cognitive growth and Avoid giving your baby any kind of junk trition for your child. proper nutrition for development. This helps your little one attain food. your child is fundamental for his/her growth a healthy weight and reduces the risk of de - Avoid sugary foods and soft drinks. and development. veloping chronic diseases in life. processed foods like crisps, chips, cook - Importance of nutrition for your What food to feed your baby? ies, soda, candies, cakes. baby Essentially, once your baby is a year old, Foods that have high amounts of fats, Food is the source of nutrition for your he/she should eat everything that you as a salt, sugar, and chemicals in them. baby’s body. you need to provide adequate family eat. Ensure that every meal is nutri - How to feed your child? nutrition to your little one by serving them ent-dense and packed with variety. Give your little one his own set of bowl, the right foods. portion control is key and necessary for spoons, and other cutlery. let him explore Nutrition helps your baby develop in the ensuring that all nutrients are covered. Make and learn to feed himself. Offer on demand. following manner - sure that you are giving a portion of every nu - place the bowl on his high chair and let your 1. Rapid physical development trient from the following list. baby eat. Give your little one all the time he Adequate nutrition plays an important Carbohydrates - rice, wheat, jowar, ragi needs. role in the early formative years of your little proteins - lean meats, eggs, fish, poultry, Mind you, eating can get messy. But kind - one’s life. your baby’s body and brain growth paneer, dals, pulses, lentils ly ignore that and let your child eat peaceful - is the fastest during this age group. proper in - Fats - Nuts, seeds ly. Self-eating is a part of sensory play for your take of all nutrients like carbohydrates, fats, Vitamins and minerals - Vegetables, kid and helps in motor development. proteins, vitamins, and minerals, is absolute - fruits Avoid force feeding and do not try to cor - ly essential to ensure optimal growth and de - How often should you feed your baby? rect your baby. let him explore and eat slow - velopment. your baby knows his body and his ap - ly. Encourage him to finish the food on his 2. Brain growth petite well. Trust your little one to have that plate. your baby’s brain growth is most depend - ability to decide how much to eat. Force feed - Make your baby sit along with you during ent on food and nutrition. The brain growth ing is not going to help in any way. do not meal times at the dining table. This way your occurs from mid-gestation up to two years of compare your child’s appetite to another ba - child will learn to eat together as a family. and encouragement is welcomed. own way. There is no one perfect method to age. by. Every child is unique and has an individu - interact and smile while talking to your child. remember, you are doing your best. feed your child. let your little one lead and 3. Healthy start alistic way of eating. Offer what the child positive reinforcements in the form of praises parenting is already hard enough. Every child trust them to show you the right way that is a separate individual and unique in his/her suits them. Could dandruff be the Matters of the Mind: An urgent offering of reason for your hair loss? confidence, clarity and courage

part i in the last few months, i have had people book a different kind of session — a QnA hour, in which the client states they need urgent and practical answers. While there are so many subjectivities involved when it comes to psychology, i recog - nised that in the last year-and-a-half, a lot of anxi - ety came from not knowing how to handle so much change in our lives, from confusion of what’s okay and what’s not and from self-doubt regarding being able to cope. So for this week, i decided to collate some commonly-asked ques - tions and my answers based on therapy and expe - rience, but more as an offering of some confi - dence, clarity and courage. 1. How do we cope with isolation and loneliness during this period? Hair fall and loss of volume has become common now, across age groups. While it’s important to understand loneliness and stress is understood to be a factor which causes the falling and greying of hair, dan - isolation are two different things. While isolation find a way to suppress that worry and take a small crossed, practise patience and consistently coach druff is also believed to be a pesky contributor to this. is keeping someone physically separated or alone step within your capacity to make a difference. again. in the words of JK rowling, “youth can not delhi-based consultant dermatologist dr Jyoti Gupta tells indianexpress.com — in this case, imperative for infection control — Sadness comes from the meaning we put to know how age thinks and feels. But old men are that dandruff is a condition where flakes of skin fall from the scalp, and that while it is loneliness is a feeling, usually the result of our triggers, in this case, news, incidents, events. Try guilty if they forget what it was to be young.” “usually not associated with hair fall or thinning, in some scenarios, this may not hold perception in a situation. and be conscious of that meaning that makes you i also recommend if children report online fa - true”. A disconnect and lack of fulfilment with self ruminate and replace it with more constructive tigue, headaches, nausea, manifest mood swings What are these scenarios? Let’s find out. and others can lead to feelings of loneliness and thoughts that lead to constructive actions. etc., do give them rest from screens and explore * Severe dandruff-causing redness and itching on the scalp: This can cause these need to be addressed. ‘Cognitive errors’ 4. There are too many fights at home for vari - other learning options. scratching and injury to hair follicles. such as assuming your friend does not care for ous reasons. How do we contain anger around 6. Will my child’s social development * dandruff secondary to other skin conditions: Sometimes dandruff can be be - you because she forgot your birthday, rigidly be - each other? be impacted? cause of psoriasis, fungal infections, biotin deficiency, and these can lead to more hair lieving it cannot be due to any other reason, or The biggest favour you can do to your family is This has been a common concern for parents loss. Mostly, this loss is temporary and reversible. having another break-up thinking you are never to take care of yourself. While some conclude and as children are not meeting friends, attending * dandruff and genetic hair loss: Androgenetic alopecia which is due to a relative going to have a relationship, can lead to loneli - judge this as selfish, i can provide much evidence school or socialising at all since over a year. excess of androgens can also cause seborrhoea (excess oil) and can lead to seborrheic ness. that our own past baggage, communication barri - We understand social exposure and the devel - dermatitis which manifests as dandruff. 2. Anxiety seems to be the new daily ers, high need for acknowledgment and demands opment resulting from it in a fixed and limited * refusal to wash hair: Some people who have hair loss can stop washing their hurdle one has to overcome. What is the or expectations are what lead us to be disappoint - way. We believe the only way our children will de - hair, due to fear of losing more hair and that can lead to more dandruff. Also, the use best way to do that? ed or angry with family. invest in self-awareness velop social skills and maturity is in tried and test - of certain medications for hair thinning like minoxidil can cause dandruff. While i have written in detail about this in my and commit to self-work before expecting others ed or known methods. i believe now more than “So, mild dandruff can hardly cause any hair issue, but if it is associated with any previous columns, a quick tool to use can be to to change. any other time, children are ‘learning to learn’ and other skin condition or is very severe, proper treatment is a must. Also, if you are plan - consciously shift and sustain focus on two things: Now is a good time to look within and polish grow in new ways. in living through this pandem - ning to go for a hair transplant procedure, then adequate control of dandruff is a first, on the now or present moment, and the sec - up on empathy and flexibility to be able to make ic, they are building virtues like empathy, listen - must, as results of transplant can deteriorate due to dandruff,” dr Gupta explains. ond, on what you ‘can do’ now and how you can the home environment more peaceful. ing, kindness, patience and gratitude. during this contribute in making today better for yourself. 5. I am concerned about children learn - global crisis, connecting through universal emo - 3. I often feel low, sad and dejected with ing on screens. tions and relatable experiences, children will Viral beauty trend: Can drinking so much bad news around me. It is so easy i will be honest. Screens are a risk. The con - eventually learn social skills that many in our gen - to get bogged down. Is there a way to han - tent on it, the bigger risk. While there is little we eration, despite practically ‘living in our friends’ dle this better? can do at the moment regarding schools and so - homes’, unfortunately lack. chlorophyll reduce acne? read news, do not consume it, and certainly cial life on screens, what we need to focus on is 7. Work-from-home is draining my en - do not be consumed by it. content. Key factors in dealing with this prema - ergy. How can I manage this effectively? Observe what disturbs you — to the point that ture and over exposure is to teach and guide with We have all heard a lot of time, work, goal and it affects your health and functionality — as an content, empower with options for what they can task management skills in this period. i am going SOS. please avoid being exposed to it. if it causes do on screens versus explaining all the don’ts to suggest a different drill here. On a daily basis, mild to moderate angst, restlessness or agitation, around it. Be prepared for boundaries being as we juggle and struggle to maintain balance. How to help children cope with COVID-19 stress The second wave of the coron - cian, Fortis Hospital, Mulund. avirus infection has left people dis - How has the pandemic im - couraged and anxious. in many pacted children? parts of the country, there is a lock - The doctor mentioned the pan - it is no secret that TikTok and Does chlorophyll have any ef - down, and many other places are demic has changed the way children instagram are from where most beauty fect on acne? witnessing families imposing a self- “typically grow, learn, play, behave, junkies get their tips. The apps contain “directly it does not have any effect lockdown, so as to stay safe, and interact, and manage emotions”. tricks and trends, and some really on treating acne whatsoever,” dr Khan keep all members healthy. They have been “observed to have bizarre ingredients. As such, it has man - says. So what happens when we consume in all of this, it is the children conduct problems, peer problems, aged to make another trend social media it? Just like plants, chlorophyll “attracts who are getting affected once again, externalising problems, and general popular: drinking chlorophyll water. sunlight to your skin and that way, it can having to understand why staying at psychological distress”. When com - yes, the very green ingredient found in have some role to play in treating acne or home is more important now than pared with children who did not ex - plants, which gives them the green the eruptions”, says the dermatologist. ever. And while parents are looking ercise, children with psychical activ - colour and helps with photosynthesis. This concept is known as ‘photody - for ways to safeguard their kids, it is ity had “lower hyperactivity-inatten - Content creators are apparently namic therapy’ practised by dermatolo - down”. and social distancing. also important that they help them tion and less prosocial behaviour chugging it down because it heals acne gists. “Here, a photosensitizing chemical How can this be tackled? 4. play games: Engage in indoor cope with their pandemic stress. problems”. and the redness caused by it. substance is added to the skin. The skin 1. Addressing fears: Anxiety and play and creative activities. in addi - “Children usually thrive under Besides this, from an emotional But, is it really efficient? To under - is later exposed to blue or red light and emotional depression can be tackled tion to these activities, children can predictable conditions. disruption perspective, they have a lot going stand it, we connected with dr Kaleem this kills the acne-forming bacteria,” dr by parents to some extent by ad - be advised to be involved in house - led by the pandemic has greatly im - around in their head, the doctor Khan, Md, Consultant dermatologist at Khan. dressing fears of children, talking hold chores. pacted them physically and emo - said, adding the “biggest worry for Wockhardt Hospital Mumbai. rather, when we consume chloro - about problems and possible solu - 5. Virtual playdates: To keep tionally. Online schooling, isolation, them is whether or not they will see What is chlorophyll? phyll, it is making our skin more sensi - tions from the child’s perspective. them in touch with friends and class - quarantine at home, lack of social in - their friends in school or will they get Healthline defines it as one that tive to sunlight. “We are in a bid to pro - 2. Spending time with grandpar - mates, plan a virtual party and play - teractions, lack of physical sports sick”. “plays an important role in making tect our skin but driving chlorophyll is ents: Children who have grandpar - dates. and parental angst have developed “The joint effect between plants green and healthy. it also has vita - making it more sensitive,” he explains. ents can decide to spend some quali - 6. Bad behaviours can be redi - fears, depression, and boredom lifestyle changes and psychosocial mins, antioxidants, and therapeutic Can it reduce acne or redness? ty time with them. rected and discussed: parents among children. While most parents stress caused by home confinement properties that have the potential to ben - “it will actually become worse if you 3. Create a routine: parents can should pay more attention to the were involved in dealing with the [has] perhaps aggravated behav - efit your body”. go out in the sun because your skin has maintain a routine even if confined emotional wellbeing of the child. uncertainty and putting all efforts to ioural problems in children,” said dr Chlorophyll can either be obtained become too sensitive to the exposure,” at home. They can plan activities Keep emphasising COVid-19 meas - keep family safe and sustainable, the Sheth, adding that “in the long run, from plants or through supplements. says the dermatologist. He says this with kids. They should involve them ures like wearing a mask, social dis - emotional needs of children were this can lead to an emotional break - One thing to keep in mind, however, is trend of drinking the green pigment af - in various home activities, educate tancing, and frequent hand washing, somehow ignored,” said dr Jesal down”, leading to these children “re - that this ingredient does not get ab - fects those more, who are in the tropical them about following hygiene habits as the pandemic is not over yet. Sheth, senior consultant paediatri - sisting to return to school post-lock - sorbed enough. regions. Glimpses of Future 10 EntErtainmEnt JAMMU MONdAy April 26, 2021 Gauahar Khan trolled for not Kangana Ranaut calls Taapsee Pannu Indian Idol 12 Elimination: Will posting a tribute for Hina Khan’s Himesh Reshammiya and father; here's how she reacted 'she-man' in a Nasty tweet; neitizens ask what's Vishal Dadlani let Sawai Bhatt the difference between her and 'Bullywood walk out of the show midway?

The mystery behind indian idol 12 elimina - tion continues to keep fans guessing who will be evicted from the singing reality show this week. Currently, there are top 9 contestants including pawandeep rajan, Arunita Kanjilal, Sayli Kamble, Sawai Bhatt, Mohammad danish, Ashish Kulkarni, Shanmukhapriya, Nihal Tauro and Anjali Gaikwad performing on the show. As Kangana ranaut has called as the "Sasti Copy" of you. But she is definitely a spread by antinational ele - we have stepped into another weekend of indian once again grabbed all the at - indian superstar and padma better person that you. your ments, what to do !!" She idol 12, fans are having a tough time wondering tention through tweets. yes, shri recipient - Kangana support and cheap ha ha ha continued, "Now these anti about this week's elimination. it's been three she has endorsed a definition ranaut. She is also a member tells a lot about you. Shame." national elements are des - weeks since Nachiket lele was eliminated from of actor Taapsee pannu, and of pappu Gang. Taapsee Earlier, Kangana was perate for the same vaccine the show. last week, it was being said that Anjali also called her 'she-man'. it pannu is a walmart version slammed by fans for laugh - they never wanted and cam - Gaikwad and Sawai Bhatt will apparently face the elimination process. According to various re - happened so that the Twitter of Kangana ranaut. post ing over the coronavirus vac - paigned against ha ha ha ports and voting trends on social media, Anjali account of Urban dictionary Kangana's tweet, many peo - cine crisis. reacting to a then you all hate me for and Sawai were in the danger zone. Meanwhile, had posted a definition of ple reacted and criticised her tweet about COVid-19 vac - laughing. i agree it’s all very in what appears to be a twist on the show, it Taapsee. Taapsee pannu is for bullying Taapsee. One of cine, Kangana wrote, "A tragic but some of it is amus - seems like Sawai is going to quit the singing real - known for her befitting the users wrote, "Then friend of mine who got first ing as well ha ha ha." Her ity show to be with his ailing mother. There's no replies on Twitter. The what's the difference be - jab got covid positive, he says tweets didn't go down well doubt that idol Sawai Bhatt is one of the most Urban dictionary wrote a tween you and Bullywood? it felt too mild so it definitely with the netizens who finest contestants on indian idol 12. However, in definition of Taapsee calling All that standing up for works, interestingly pM has shamed Kangana for her in - one of the promos, Sawai told the judges that he her sasti copy. The tweet Sushant only to turn around been requesting everyone sensitive behaviour and doesn't think he could be able to go any further read, "Taapsee pannu is bol - and do similar to someone who was eligible to get vacci - laughing over the vaccine on the show. His confession left the judges in ut - lywood actress known for her else." Another user wrote, nation, huge stocks got ex - crisis during these unfortu - ter shock. Himesh reshammiya then asked befitting replies. She's also "She is as good actress as pired because of rumours nate times. Sawai if he wants to quit the show midway. Hina Khan lost her father on April 20. The doting daughter wasn't in the city when her father suffered a cardiac arrest at their residence in Mumbai. The yeh rishta Kya Kehlata Hai actress Anita Hassanandani shares an had been shooting for a song in Kashmir with yeh Suniel Shetty admits he failed in Bollywood rishtey Hain pyaar Ke actor Shaheer Sheikh. As awwdorable moment with son Aaravv soon as she got the news, the actress rushed to after enjoying a few years of stardom; lauds Mumbai. post Hina Khan's father's news, all her that will surely melt your heart friends and colleagues from the entertainment Tiger Shroff and Ayushmann Khurrana industry sent condolences. However, Hina Khan's friend from Bigg Boss 14, Gauahar Khan Suniel Shetty has been in the indus - did not share any tweet or post for Hina Khan's try for three decades now and has had father. Gauahar was trolled for this. The actress his share of hits and misses. He made had gone live on instagram on Thursday to chat his Bollywood debut in 1992 with with her fans. However, the happy conversation turned bad when people started asking her why Balwaan. He was later seen in films such she did not post anything for Hina Khan's father. as Sapoot, Hu Tu Tu, Krodh, Hera pheri, As soon as Gauahar read out the question, she got dus, Kaante, Border, Gopi Kishan and angry and slammed the follower and said how Chup Chup Ke among many others. He one doesn’t need to express all their emotions on was among the few action heroes in social media. Gauahar said, “i am not a fake per - Bollywood and enjoyed early stardom son to put it out only on social media. What i had like his contemporaries to do, i did it. My connection with Hina is from and Ajay devgn. Suniel has now no my heart and i don’t need to prove my connection qualms in admitting the fact that he to really silly people like you. So, please keep your failed in Bollywood after a few years. i negativity to yourself and don’t bring it here. i am guess over a period of time, whether it is an individual and i take my decisions on a per - Ayushmann Khurrana or Tiger Shroff, sonal level. What i feel and how i feel, i react ac - they will also start experimenting. cordingly, and i will always do that . Thoda What's very important is to get an image sharam karlo yaar, besharam log (Have some and they have a definite image for them - shame)! i have her dad in my prayers, her in my selves. These two names can only be ap - prayers, and i don’t need to prove anything to sil - preciated, hats off to them," Suniel told ly people like you, who only live your lives on so - iANS. My problem is not being typecast, cial media and think just by putting a condolence my problem is playing safe. it is not the on social media, you are feeling something, that’s subject that affects me as much as the not true. When you feel, you feel. And, when you banners you choose to go with like, ‘i feel, you reach out to the person. you don’t have will only work with XyZ', ‘who's the di - to prove it to the ‘janta’ (public), understand.. rector?' That means you don't have your This just makes me so angry, "she added. Earlier, own judgement. Keep aside she was also judged for posting pictures when her Ayushmann and Tiger from that lot be - father had passed away. Gauahar also spoke cause they have gone with subjects, di - about these comments and slammed people for rectors and not just gone with banners," judging others. he added. Indian Idol 12 PROMO: Vishal Dadlani singles out Arunita

Anita Hassanandani and rohit reddy are turning out Kanjilal and Sayli Kamble for a major boost in Bollywood to be one of the most entertaining parents to their baby boy, Aaravv, who was born on February 9. The doting parents it seems like the indian idol 12 to bring back the magic of keep sharing some cute videos of their baby son on their so - stage has turned into a golden goose for 80s and 90s. Further talking cial media accounts leaving everyone in awe of their par - the top 9 contestants who are already about it, Vishal said that he enting skills. And now, mommy Anita has shared an aww - getting showered with singing offers. has recommended Arunita dorable moment with Aaravv which will surely melt your Earlier, music composer Anu Malik and Sayli's names to him heart. Sharing a glimpse of their mother-son bond on her instagram stories, Anita is seen calling out Aaravv by a had given Shanmukhapriya an offer to which might turn out to be nickname. She is also seen planting a peck on Aaravv's sing for him. And now the show's judge the major turning point of forehead. However, Aaravv looks completely baffled and Vishal dadlani has recommended their singing careers. Adding clueless of what is happening around him. in another video Arunita Kanjilal and Sayli Kamble's to this, Himesh reshammiya shared on Aaravv's instagram account, the doting daddy names to a music director who has told Sayli that if she keeps rohit and Aaravv are seen getting into a staring contest and been looking for a fresh voice in performing like this, there's as we know, whoever blinks first, loses the game. As Anita Bollywood. in the latest promo of no one who could kick her out captures the cute moment, we see Aaravv losing to his dad indian idol 12, idol Sayli and idol Nihal of indian idol 12. Meanwhile, in the eye-blinking game. rohit is seen kissing Aaravv's are seen performing together on Bappi actor Jay Bhanushali, who is tummy after his defeat. last month, when Aaravv turned a lahiri's the iconic composition, Ui currently hosting singing re - one-month old, Anita and rohit joined to the viral 'pawri' Amma Ui Amma from Mawaali (1983) ality show indian idol 12, in - trend to celebrate the occassion. in the video, baby Aaravv sung by legendary singers Kishore teracted with veteran actress can be seen resting on his baby rocker and being surround - Kumar and Asha Bhosle. The romantic Jaya prada during the shoot ed by a white and blue balloon setup for the celebration. track featured Jaya prada and of a recent episode. The ac - Aaravv is seen wearing a cute yellow t-shirt and a dungaree. . Both Sayli and Nihal won tress interacted with various The video is accompanied by yashraj Mukhwate's spoof of Jaya prada's heart with their energetic contestants and also spoke of 'pawri ho rahi hai.' Earlier, rohit had shared video of performance including the judges. her journey in showbiz. She Aaravv enacting the Simba scene from The lion King While praising Sayli for bringing alive mentioned her rivalries in movie with the Circle of life song playing in the back - the essence of the classic song in her the industry and was candid ground, Anita was seen craddling her baby in her arms performance, Vishal dadlani said that about the equation she combining it with Ar rahman's Tu Hai song from one of his music director friend is look - shares with members of the Mohenjo daro. She also shared a picture of Aaravv in an - ing for a new talent who would be able industry. other post saying, "Oh god mummy kitne photos leti hai. LOCAL     11 ##*#%$-&' " 

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