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PAGE 09 PAGE 11 Raipur, Saturday, March 20, 2021 I Pages 12 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF Surge in daily new COVID-19 cases GLOBAL WARMING PLEA in states including Chh’garh New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) COVID-19 vaccination drive to be extended States like Maharashtra, in coming days: Vardhan Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said are reporting a surge in the the COVID-19 vaccination drive will be extended in the coming daily COVID-19 cases, ac- days and asserted that there should not be any misconceptions counting for over 80 per about the two Indian vaccines being administered in the coun- A security personnel stands cent of the new infections, try. During the Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Vardhan said India guard on Howrah Bridge ahead the Union Health Ministry has vaccinated 3.5 to 4 crore people so far and side effects of of the West Bengal Assembly said on Friday. the vaccines has been recorded at 0.000432 per cent. Polls, in Kolkata, Friday. The ministry also said A medic collects a swab "Every vaccine doesn't require universal immunisation and all that India's total active sample of a woman for COVID-19 these priority groups whom we are vaccinating today like Coal scam case caseload has increased to test at a government hospital, healthcare staff first and then senior citizens and people aged 2,71,282 and comprises 2.82 in Amritsar. between 45 and 59 years, it will be extended in the coming days Kolkata: CBI has sum- per cent of the total infec- all these are based on experts' opinion. moned two former civil tions. A net rise of 18,918 A total of 39,726 new services officers of West cases have been recorded daily cases were reported ernments, especially those advised to improve testing Burdwan and Bankura in the total active caseload in a span of 24 hours. showing an upsurge in in districts reporting re- districts in connection in a span of 24 hours. Eight states including daily new cases and with a duction in testing and in- with the multi-crore Maharashtra continues Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, high caseload of active crease the overall share of rupees coal scam being to report the highest daily Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, cases, the ministry said. RT-PCR tests (more than 70 probed by the investigat- new cases at 25,833 which is Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka The Union Government per cent), especially in dis- ing agency, sources in it 65 per cent of daily cases. It and Haryana are display- is regularly reviewing the tricts dependent on high said on Friday. CBI has is followed by Punjab with ing an upward trajectory status of COVID-19 con- levels of antigen testing in summoned former 2,369 while Kerala reported in daily new cases. The tainment and public health line with the 'Test Track Protestors hold placards during a protest march from ITO to Delhi Secretariat against Asansol police commis- 1,899 new cases, the min- Centre is actively engaging measures with them. and Treat' strategy of the global warming, in New Delhi, Friday. sioner L N Meena and for- istry said. with all state and UT gov- States and UTs have been government. mer Bankura district magistrate S Arun Prasad ED attaches assets in connection with the Centre urges HC to restrain Delhi govt not allowed to use NFSA grains case, the sources said. WhatsApp from implementing worth over Rs 40L Couple killed for launching state-specific scheme: Centre of Bihar Maoist Noida (UP): A man, his new privacy policy New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) wife and a 12-year-old New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): Centre has stopped doorstep delivery of ration at a highly subsidised rate New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): Under the new policy, of Rs 1-3 per kg. In a letter The Enforcement Directorate boy were among four (ED) on Friday said it has people killed in a collision users can either accept it The Union Food scheme: Delhi govt sources written to the Delhi gov- The Centre Friday urged or exit the app, but they Ministry on Friday took ernment, Joint Secretary attached assets worth over Rs between their SUV and a New Delhi: Days after the GNCTD (Amendment) Bill was introduced in 40 lakh of a Bihar-based Maoist pick-up truck on the the Delhi High Court to re- cannot opt not to share strong objection to the the Lok Sabha, Delhi government sources on Friday claimed that the in the Union Food strain Facebook-owned their data with other Delhi government's pro- Ministry S Jagannathan and his family under the anti- Yamuna Expressway in Centre has "stopped" its doorstep delivery of ration scheme scheduled money laundering law. Greater Noida on Friday, WhatsApp from imple- Facebook-owned or third posed new scheme on 'door to roll out later this month. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was sched- said the subsidised food- menting its new privacy party apps. step delivery of ration' grains being allocated by The action has been taken police said. One person uled to launch the scheme with doorstep delivery of ration to 100 against Rambabu Ram alias policy and terms of serv- A bench of Chief Justice using subsidised food- households in Seemapuri area on March 25. "The Centre has stopped the central government was injured in the crash Rajan/Prahar/Nikhil, an active ice which are to take effect D N Patel and Justice grains provided under the Delhi government's doorstep delivery of ration scheme," a source for distribution under the and has been hospi- member and leader of the talised, the police said, from May 15. Jasmeet Singh listed the National Food Security claimed without divulging further details. The Centre on Monday intro- NFSA "cannot be used for The Ministry of matter for further hearing Act (NFSA), saying this is duced the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi the operationalisation of banned CPI (Maoist) of adding the incident took Madhuban in east Champaran place in Rabupura area in Electronics and on April 20. not allowed under the law. (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha that seeks to give overarching any state specific/ other powers to the Lieutenant Governor. district. The Naxal leader has the afternoon. Information Technology The Centre, in its affi- However, the Centre will scheme under different made the statement in its davit, said, "It is humbly have no objection if the name/nomenclature other been booked on charges of affidavit filed in response prayed that in view of the Delhi government comes Govt ropes in 12 institutions to evaluate than NFSA as the same is extortion and indulging in CBI conducts checks to a petition challenging above submissions, the out with a separate not permissible under the alleged unlawful activities. The New Delhi: The CBI on the new privacy policy of Respondent No. 2 scheme without mixing impact of NFSA Act." The official referred properties attached, as per a Friday carried out preven- social networking plat- (WhatsApp) may be re- the elements of the NFSA, to the Delhi government's provisional order issued under tive surprise checks at form WhatsApp. strained from implement- it added. New Delhi: The government on Friday informed Parliament that it has February 20th notification the Prevention of Money around 100 locations in The petitioners, Seema ing its new privacy policy Under the NFSA, passed roped in 12 monitoring institutions for 2020-23 to assess the impact of the issued for implementation Laundering Act (PMLA), include National Food Security Act (NFSA). Minister of State for Food Danve over 15 states to identify Singh, Meghan and and terms of service dated by Parliament in 2013, the of a state-specific scheme multiple pieces of land and Raosaheb Dadarao, in his written reply to the Rajya Sabha, said the govern- central government Vikram Singh, have con- January 4, 2021 from central government pro- 'Mukhya Mantri Ghar buildings in the name of ment has put in place concurrent evaluation for assessment of the "effica- Rambabu and his family mem- offices where corrupt tended that the new priva- February 8, 2021 or any vides foodgrains to states cy and impact of NFSA". During 2018-20, about 26 institutions and univer- Ghar Ration Yojana' bers. Their total worth is Rs practices could be taking cy policy indicates the "fis- subsequent date pending for distribution to 81.35 sities were engaged as monitoring institutions for conducting the evalua- (MMGGRY) for door step 40.23 lakh, the agency said in a place, officials said. The sures" in Indian data pro- adjudication by this crore people via the public tion of the implementation of the NFSA in states and Union Territories. delivery of ration under operation is going on at tection and privacy laws. court." distribution system (PDS) PDS. statement. the offices of railways and income tax depart- Lok Sabha passes bill ment among others in RAISING DAY FUNCTION HC asks authorities to consider plea for Uttar Pradesh, to amend MMDR Act Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and other places, New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): dedicated lane for emergency vehicles they said. Seeking to bring more New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): with rules, law and policy port, framework and in- Child mauled reforms in the mining sector, applicable in the facts of frastructure and re- Lok Sabha on Friday passed a The Delhi High Court the case," the bench said sources for Indore: A one-year-old bill to amend the Mines and Friday directed the author- and disposed of the plea. Implementation of the girl injured in a leopard Minerals (Development and ities to treat as representa- The court was hearing a dedicated reserved lanes. attack on March 11 in Regulation) Act and Union tion a plea seeking a re- petition filed by Vinay The petitioner said that Limbodi in Madhya minister Pralhad Joshi assert- served lane for unrestrict- Kumar seeking direction in case of emergencies, Pradesh's Indore district ed that even if the Centre ed movement of emer- to the Delhi government's people will have the bene- died on Friday while auctions a mine, all the rev- gency vehicles round the Transport Department fit of reaching the hospi- undergoing treatment at enue will go to states con- clock. and Delhi Police to provide tals quickly if dedicate a hospital, an official cerned. The Mines Minister A bench of Chief Justice a dedicated reserved lane lanes are provided by the said. Five people, includ- said the proposed changes in D N Patel and Justice for unrestricted use of government. The plea also ing the child, identified as the MMDR Act will help cre- Jasmeet Singh said a poli- emergency services 24 said that as per a report, Bhumika, were injured in ate employment opportunities cy decision is required in hours, 7 days a week. Delhi has 56 per cent traf- the leopard attack, he and also allow participation of this matter and the court The plea, filed through fic congestion, while 190 added. private sector players in min- does not see any reason to advocate Ankit Sharma, hours are lost in traffic ing activities with enhanced issue a direction to the au- also sought a direction to congestion on an average. Cylinder blast technology. The Lok Sabha thorities in this regard. Delhi Police to ensure im- It said that at present, passed the Mines and "It all depends on the mediate compliance, im- the response time of Jaipur: Three people width of a road and traffic plementation and enforce- emergency services like Minerals Development were killed and four on the road. We direct the ment of the law and issue police and fire services (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which injured when the roof of CRPF jawans perform Malkhambh during their 82nd Raising Day function, at CRPF respondents to treat the pe- direction to Delhi Disaster has increased due to the their house collapsed Academy Kadarpur, in Gurugram, Friday. was introduced in the House tition as a representation Management Authority to huge daily traffic conges- after an LPG cylinder earlier this week. and decide it in accordance provide the requisite sup- tions on road. exploded in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district on Friday, police said. The MP: Dog ownership dispute resolved Tiger seen in Guatala incident took place in US focus on expansion of strategic, security ties Meetharam Kheda area as DNA test report arrives Autramghat sanctuary of the district when the New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): before India. The US offi- The medium-altitude cylinder caught fire. The Hoshangabad , Mar 19 (PTI): dog be subjected to a DNA cial was received at the long-endurance (MALE) „ First after 1940 in a forest camera on March deceased were identified test, he said. In the first visit by a top Palam airport by senior Predator-B drones, manu- 15. It belongs to Tipeshwar as Purushottam Bhambhi The dispute between two The DNA test, which was Biden administration offi- Indian military officials factured by US defence Aurangabad, Mar 19 (PTI): area and we have confirmed (40), his wife Jamuna Bai people in Madhya Pradesh conducted in Hyderabad in cial, US Defence Secretary and diplomats from the major General Atomics, it through its stripes. The (38) and his mother over ownership of a Telangana after samples Lloyd J Austin arrived in American embassy. are capable of remaining A tiger has been spotted route the tiger took to reach Sanjani Bai (60), Station Labrador dog that went were sent in December, was India on Friday on a three- Ways to further acceler- airborne for around 35 in Guatala Autramghat here has not been con- House Officer (SHO) missing in August last year on the basis of Khan's claim day visit, aimed at further ate India-US strategic ties, hours and can hunt down Wildlife Sanctuary for the firmed as it is not collared," Darshan Singh said. has been resolved post DNA that he had bought the dog boosting bilateral defence boosting cooperation in the targets at land and sea, first time since 1940, with of- Satpute said. "We have testing, police said on from a person in Pachmari and security ties in the Indo-Pacific, China's ag- they said. ficials on Friday stating the formed seven teams to keep Friday. hill station here, the official wake of China's growing gressive behaviour in east- India's plan to acquire big cat has strayed from a watch on this tiger. Weather After Labrador Coco said. The DNA report, military assertiveness in ern Ladakh, challenge of 114 fighter jets at a cost of Tipeshwar Sanctuary in Gautala has good prey base, went missing, local journal- which arrived on Thursday, the region including in the terrorism and the Afghan around USD 18 billion Yavatmal, some 330 kilome- which may be the reason High 37Low 24 ist Shadab Khan came for- confirmed Khan's claim Indo-Pacific. peace process are expected could also figure in the tres from here, in search of why it is here. We have ward stating that the canine after which Coco was hand- India is the third stop for to be focus of the talks be- talks as American defence prey. found that the tiger has was his pet, while a person ed over to him, Nain in- Austin during his three-na- tween the two sides, people majors --Boeing and The tiger was native to hunted wild boar," he said. MARKET named Kartik Shivhare also formed. "I spent Rs 50,000 in tion first overseas tour as familiar with Austin's visit Lockheed -Martin-- are eye- this region but vanished in Maharashtra State Wildlife NIFTY 14,744.00  laid claim to being the the process as I had to take the Defence Secretary, and said. ing it, the people said. 1940, though leopards have Board member Yadav Tarte owner, Hoshangabad police veterinarians to Pachmari the visit is seen as a reflec- They said India's plan to Secretary Austin is flourished with the current Patil said the tiger may have SENSEX 49,858.24  station in charge Anoop and then make arrange- tion of the Joe Biden ad- procure around 30 multi- scheduled to meet National numbers being 25, come through Singh Nain said. ments for sending the sam- ministration's strong com- mission armed Predator Security Advisor Ajit Divisional Forest Officer Pandharkawda, Umarkhed, BULLION In order to resolve the ple with the help of police to mitment to its relations drones from the US for the Doval on Friday evening Vijay Satpute told PTI. some parts of Telangana, GOLD 44,941 issue, the then police station Hyderabad for DNA tests. with its close allies and three services at an esti- while he will have exten- "This tiger, which is a Akola, Dnyanganga in charge, Hemant Thankfully, Coco is home partners in the region. The mated cost of over USD 3 sive talks with Defence fully grown male, came to (Buldhana), Hingoli, and SILVER 67,467 Shrivastava, convinced and my family is very US defence secretary visit- billion is also expected to Minister Rajnath Singh on the sanctuary around reached Gautala from Khan and Shivhare that the happy," Khan said. ed Japan and South Korea figure in the talks. Saturday. March 11-12 and was spotted Ajanta mountain ranges. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021 Use of modern tools for profitable AWARENESS CAMPAIGN farming is the need of the hour: Dr. Patil Central Chronicle News rows, rotavators, various types of plows, risers, power tillers, Raipur, Mar 19: A one-day various seed drills and planters technical and instrument used in the sowing of seeds demonstration fair was held on and plants, agricultural imple- Tuesday at Indira Gandhi ments such as weeders, used Agricultural University cam- in Nindai-Gudai Padlars, pus. Technical and Equipment mulchers and equipment used Demonstration Fair demon- in harvesting and threshing strated the technical and crops - harvesters, reapers, working practices of agricul- threshers etc. were demon- tural implements and equip- strated. ment used for plowing the Along with this, various fields from harvesting to sow- types of irrigation pumps used ing of crops. for irrigation of fields were also In this fair, farmers from displayed. Equipment used for Raipur and nearby districts vis- tinuously decreasing and the ments. It is worth noting that the processing of crops was ited and viewed the technical use of livestock and energy ef- the Technical and Equipment also kept in the fair, including and working method of various ficient devices is increasing. Demonstration Fair was organ- corn and peanut extractor. agricultural implements and This is the need of the hour. ized jointly by various All India Many new developed instru- equipment developed by Indira Farmer brothers can get more Coordinated Research Projects ments were also displayed at Gandhi Agricultural University. benefits by using modern tools - field equipment and instru- the fair this time. Dr. R.K. The aim of the fair was to pro- and technology in farming. He ments, animal energy use, post Bajpai, Director Research, mote the use of machinery in said that under the Narva, harvest engineering and tech- Indira Gandhi Agricultural agriculture and to motivate Garuva, Ghurwa, Bari scheme nology and irrigation water University, organised the func- farmers for its use. The fair run by the Government of management projects con- tion. Director Extension Dr. was inaugurated by Vice Chhattisgarh, a lot of good ducted by the Indian Council of S.C. Mukherjee and Swami Chancellor Dr. S.K. Patil. On work is being done for the con- Agricultural Research. Vivekananda, the founder of Amidst rise in number of corona infected persons in the capital city, Congmen launched awareness campaign at this occasion, he said that the servation and promotion of the In this fair, agricultural im- the College of Agricultural Jaistambh Chowk appealing people to wear mask and maintain social distancing. Chronicle pic- ShrikantMeshram availability of human labour in ‘Gauvansh’. This will promote plements used in the prepara- Engineering, Dr. M.P. Tripathi the field of agriculture is con- the use of pastoral instru- tion of farming, such as har- also addressed. Tourism Minister reviews IIIT- Entrepreneurship Cell hosts ‘E-Summit 2021’ Central Chronicle News students in MSME sector, partic- The aim of E-Summit is to ularly with respect to technolo- help students explore new works under construction Raipur, Mar 19: International gy. He opined that there is a big realms, and unleash the entre- Institute of Information untapped market, particularly in preneur inside them. The audi- Q In Kaushalya Mata Dr. Shiv Kumar Dahria was for this. Chandkuri is being de- Technology (IIIT) Naya Raipur the form of incentives, such as ence ranges from graduate stu- Temple area in also present on the occasion. veloped as a tourist-pilgrim- hosted a 2-Day Annual PLI schemes and Atmanirbhar dents of engineering and man- Minister Sahu discussed with age. Along with the beautifica- ‘Entrepreneurship Summit’ on Bharat initiatives by the agement discipline to corporate Chandkuri the construction agency and tion of the ancient Kaushalya March 19-20, 2021, with an aim Government. entries. Q Instructions given to inquired about the works. He Mata temple at Chandkuri, to create entrepreneurial mind- Elaborating on the unique as- First day of the event featured instructed the Secretary of the civic amenities are also being set amongst students and moti- pects of E-Summit 2021, Dr P.P. eminent speakers like Dr. the Secretary of Tourism Department, Mr. developed. While beautifying vate them to take the entrepre- Paltani, Dean (Research & Aniruddha Malpani (Founder, Tourism for regular Albalagan P. and the Managing the tank, the temple-island lo- neurship road, less taken. The Development), IIIT-NR, stressed Malpani Ventures), Mr. Gautham monitoring Director of Chhattisgarh cated in the middle of it is theme of the event is ‘Dare to tures, panel discussions, fireside Mahapatra, Dean (Academics), upon innovation and technology Sivaramakrishnan (Program Tourism Board Mrs. Ranu Sahu being made more attractive Begin’. Entrepreneurship in chat, student challenges such as IIIT Naya Raipur, said, “The on- as the only way available to solve Lead - VC & Private Equity Central Chronicle News to continuously monitor the and well-organized. The archi- Central India is still in its nascent IPL Auction, Biz Quiz, CXO line E-Summit 2021 will provide the complex and wicked prob- Ecosystem, Microsoft), Mr. construction works. He also in- tecture of the entire complex stages and there is a lot of po- Challenge, etc. More than 550 an avenue to a wide audience lems that the world is facing Aman Dhattarwal (Youtuber), Raipur, Mar 19: State Tourism structed to repair and paint the has been designed to suit tential that can be tapped. To participants have registered for which includes aspiring student now. He further equated the IIIT who presented their views on Minister Mr. Tamradhwaj Sahu temples. Chandkhuri’s connection to bridge this gap, IIIT-NR IPL Auction, while around 850 entrepreneurs, start-ups, alumni Naya Raipur journey with that of finding investors, launching on Thursday observed the on- It is noteworthy that under mythology. A new design Entrepreneurship Cell decided to registrations have been recorded and investors, to form a network a start-up and enumerated that start-up’s, and establishing cor- going development and beau- the Ram Van Gaman Tourism bridge is being constructed in organize this Summit, which is for the Biz Quiz competition. In and share their knowledge and “Like any start-up, we also faced porate start-up synergies. The tification works under the Ram Circuit Project, the work of the pond to reach the pond Chhattisgarh’s largest college- addition to this, more than 90 experience”. numerous challenges and adver- second half of the first day was Van Gaman Tourism Circuit beautification and campus de- temple. Parking facility for vis- level virtual entrepreneurship people have registered for the Chief-Guest for the event Mr. saries. However,with every chal- totally dedicated to the IPL Project at Mata Kaushalya velopment of the temple at itors’ vehicles is also being de- conference. CXO Challenge. The Summit is N. P. Desai, a veteran entrepre- lenge there arises opportunity Auctions, which was a student Temple area in village Chandkhuri is to be completed veloped. The entire complex This edition of the annual set to attract more than 1000 at- neur, with 39 years of experi- for innovation, which has helped team event, where the teams Chandkuri in Raipur district. in two phases. Approximately will also have attractive electri- event is being held entirely on- tendees. Speaking in the inaugu- ence, presented his view on op- us to make a distinct position for had to display their skills to con- Urban Administration Minister Rs 15 crore has been approved cal equipment. line and will feature keynote lec- ral session, Dr.Rajarshi portunities lying for engineering us in a very short time”. vert assets into cash. CM Baghel to pay Rs 7.55 cr as the 15th and 16th Son of teacher with fake caste cert working as Patwari! installment under GNY Youth of Ch’garh to be Q Efforts being made to same and serve his hinter- Patwari Suraj Nag is post- local youths of Bastar. Raipur, Mar 19: Chief Minister land. ed in Tokapal area of When Patwari Suraj Bhupesh Baghel will transfer a taught Japanese language suppress the news and The case is that of Suraj Jagdalpur. Nag was contacted and total amount of Rs 7.55 cr to the deal with this matter Nag working as Patwari It is notable here that wanted to confirm about bank accounts of livestock owners maximum employment. Deputy with UNDP, the Labour internally in Tokapal tehsil of the caste of ancestors of his caste credentials, he as the 15th and 16th installment Training will be Chairman of State Planning Resource Center is being devel- Jagdalpur and he origi- Patwari Suraj Nag is basi- openly said 'do as you under Godhan Nyaya Yojana (GNY) given under skill Commission Ajay Singh and oped by selecting nine develop- Q Follow-up of Son Singh nally hails from cally 'Dhakad'. Since his wish and will do what I on March 21. This includes, 15th in- development scheme other senior officials were pres- ment blocks of the state. In fake caste certificate Mavliguda area of Bastar father with forge docu- like' and then cut-off the stallment of Rs 3.75 cr and the 16th ent in the meeting. which the work of linking with issue block. In the yesterday's ments and manipulations phone. In this entire case instalment of Rs 3.80 cr. Adding Central Chronicle News Minister Bhagat emphasized industries is being done by news flash, the records of changed his caste the correspondent wanted 15th and 16th installments, the that special efforts should be compiling data of migrant la- teacher Son Singh were 'Dhakad' into 'Bhatra' and to get in touch with SDM total amount paid to the benefici- Raipur, Mar 19: State Economic made to organize and earn borers, skill mapping and Central Chronicle News cross-checked and it based upon which availed Geeta Raiyasth, but she aries of Godhan Nyaya Yojana and Statistics Minister livelihood of migrant laborers in preparing human resources turned out to be a case of benefits of SC category could not be contacted would add up to Rs 88 cr by March Amarjeet Bhagat told the offi- Covid-19. Mr. Bhagat has given suited to local industries. An Jagdalpur, Mar 19: fake certificate as he is ba- and got selected as over telephone. 21. It is noteworthy that with an cials at the departmental re- instructions to prepare a special MoU has been signed by the Despite belonging to back- sically from 'Dhakad' teacher. When based upon some objective to provide additional in- view meeting held at program for this. He called for State Planning Commission ward class community, caste i:e backward class It is notable here that persons when complaint come to the livestock owners, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhavan special efforts to achieve the from the universities of the Suraj Nag became and not from SC commu- CM Bhupesh Baghel too was lodged, then some of- Godhan Nyaya Yojana was that under the skill develop- Sustainable Development Goal. state in the year 2020-21, with Patwari with SC's certifi- nity, of which he was tak- has made declaration to ficers and employees launched on July 20, 2020 on the ment scheme, the youth of He said that innovation should the main objective of how the cate and this person with ing the benefits as teacher. cross-check fake caste cer- through back-up tried to occasion of Hareli festival for pro- Chhattisgarh should be taught be included in this. Minister available human resources in help of this certificate ap- After this all documents tificates of individuals influence investigation curement of cow dung at the rate the Japanese language. For this, Bhagat said that the works of the educational institutions of plied for the post of of Son Singh's family working in government and its outcome was that of Rs. 2 per kg. Under this scheme, the collectors of all the districts innovation, MoU will be re- the state can be used in the all- Patwari, filled-up the were obtained and based jobs and removed them amidst political pressure payment against dung procure- should be entrusted with the re- viewed every three months. It round development of the form and appeared in the upon which there was an- from services if found to and nexus of officers ef- ment is being done fortnightly. sponsibility. He said that an was informed at the meeting state. Minister Bhagat called exam taking benefit of the other major disclosure be fake and file FIR forts were made to put it Women self-help groups are pro- MoU has been done by the that a budget provision of Rs 2 the meeting to review it contin- reservation. With this that the very Patwari who against them. Despite all into cold storage. Now ducing vermi compost in Gauthans Indo-Japan Foundation in which crore has been made for inno- uously and inform the youth of fake documents where issued fake certificate to there are people like Son this case is within closed from the procured dung. Till March the nodal department is vation in the budget of 2021-22. the state about the schemes of loopholes in the system the teacher turned out be Singh, Suraj Nag and oth- walls o government of- 15, 1 lakh 18 thousand 611 quintals Industries Department. The aim 17 goals are being worked on in the state. The time frame for have come to fore, on the son of this Son Singh ers who using fake caste fices and neither any in- of vermi compost has been pro- of the MoU is to study Japanese collaboration with UNICEF. achieving the targets set in the other, it has deprived working as teacher with certificates are enjoying quiry is being conducted duced in Gauthans, and 83900 language under the skill devel- Regarding the works being Sustainable Development Goal some eligible tribal candi- fake certificate of SC cate- the government job and nor any reports are being quintals of the vermi compost so opment scheme, so that the done by the State Planning has been set from the year 2015 date to benefit from the gory. Presently this playing with future of made public. produced has already been sold. local youth can be linked to Commission in collaboration to 2030. Bike-Ambulance scam likely in medical deptt STTP organized at CIP sponsored by AICTE Q Follows in line with What officer says Measles-Rubela scam Department of drug delivery Dr. Manju ‘It is only after looking into On ‘Future trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Singh, Assistant Professor, Q No details being given the file that something can research methodology for Dr. Harisingh Gour University Institute of under RTI be said and would try to drug discovery & devp’ University Sagar, Dr. Pharmacy,Pt Ravishankar make efforts to give infor- Sanjay Kumar Jain, Shukla University,and Dr. mation under RTI soon. Central Chronicle News Professor & Head, Amber Vyas, Assistant Central Chronicle News Dr SK Mandal- CHMO- Kabirdhaam. Department of Professor, University Raipur, Mar 19: Recently Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Pharmacy, Pt Kawardha, Mar 19: Ambulance. the Measles -Rubela scam, a Short Term Training Dr. H. S. Gour University, Ravishankar Shukla Health department in Many a CHMO came to the officer of the Medical Programme (STTP) on the Sagar, Dr. Vimal Kumar, University etc. Dr. Kawardha district has sort district and went away, but Department in order to theme “Future trends in Dean, School of Pharmacy, Ravindra Kumar Pandey, of become synonymous to they could not put a check pass on benefits to near & research methodology for ITM (SLS) Baroda Professor, Columbia massive corruption and on rampant corruption in dear ones have sidelined all drug discovery & develop- University, , Dr. Noolvi Institute of Pharmacy, scams galore and it is not the medical department of rules and regulations and ment” was organized at Malleshappa, Professor & Raipur gave practical coming to an end. In the ir- the district. CHMO Mr. putting Collector in the Columbia Institute of Principal Shree demonstration about the regularity in Measles- Mandal who is now work- dark carried out this irreg- Pharmacy, which was Dhanvatary Pharmacy working of Super Critical Rubela CD makingi, nei- ing for almost six months ularity Inquiry into this sponsored by All India techniques that can assist Swarnlata Saraf, Director, College, Kim, Gujarat, Dr. Fluid Extraction Unit ther any accountability has also not being able to scam also took its time and Council for Technical and prepare student’s ac- University Institute of Kamlesh Dashora, Head of This information has has been fixed nor the re- put a check of corruption so far no accountability Education (AICTE), New tive and successful partici- Pharmacy, Pt. Department, Institute of been provided by Dr. Shiv port has been made public and employees posted in has been fixed. Delhi. pants in a knowledge soci- Ravishankar Shukla Pharmacy, Vikram Shankar Shukla, till date. Now there is an- NRHM branch of the de- In line with CD scam, the Short Term Training ety & this shall provide a University, Raipur, University, Ujjain On the Professor, Columbia other scam in the name of partment are showing lot officers and employees in Program (STTP) proposes platform to express and Chhattisgarh. Different penultimate day, Dr. Institute of Pharmacy, e-tender scam for bike am- of highhandedness in the order to pass on the benefit to demeanor faculty train- exchange the work done sessions of five day long Ashish Baldi, Professor, Raipur who was also the bulance. department and getting in- of Bike-Ambulance work- ing all the way through pe- by nationwide faculty, ex- STTP was addressed by Maharaja Ranjit Singh Co-coordinator of this The dominant DPM post- formation under RTI is ing in the department are cuniary support from perts in research method- the eminent speakers from Punjab Technical STTP. At the end an on- ed in the district alleged in- something like big task and once again trying to pass AICTE to facilitate the fac- ology for drug discovery & India as well abroad this University, Bathinda, line examination was con- volvement and irregularity they put the order from of- on benefit to near & dear ulty members in the turf development. The includes Prof. S.P. Vyas, Punjab, Dr. Nalini ducted and the partici- in Measles- Rubela scam is ficer into dust-bin. ones and put a big blow to of technical education to Programme was inaugu- Professor (Retd.), UGC- Shashtri, Consultant pants were awarded E- now visible in Bike- It is notable here that in government funds. contemplate and discover rated virtually by Prof. MHRD BSR fellow, Statistical application for Certificates. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021

LED SCREEN CM Baghel to pay Rs 1104.27 cr to Fake Prasar Bharati office farmers as the 4th installment ing farmers and sugarcane  Under RGKNY to growing farmers. So far, Rs busted in Lodhipara farmers on Mar 21 4597.86 cr have been paid to the farmers under the Central Chronicle News stated that several Police have since Raipur, Mar 19: Chief scheme. frauds are operating a sealed the office and Minister Bhupesh Baghel It is noteworthy that im- Raipur, Mar 19: In a fake Prasar Bharati of- took the accused to po- will transfer Rs one thou- plementation of Rajiv sensation revelation by fice from an office situ- lice station where he is sand 104.27 cr to the bank Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana Khamardih police on ated on the third floor of now being interrogated accounts of 18.43 lakh farm- (RGKNY) commenced on Friday, a fake Prasar Crystal Arcade in further. ers on March 21 as the May 21, the date of death an- Bharati office has been Lodhipara locality. Preliminary investi- fourth installment under niversary of former Prime busted operating from It was also com- gation has revealed that Rajiv Gandhi Kisaan Nyay Minister Rajiv Gandhi. This Lodhipara’s Crystal plained that the frauds the unsuspecting candi- Yojana (RGKNY). scheme was launched to Arcade. are not only giving fake dates were being given So far, Rs 4500 cr have provide agricultural input Police have also arrest- appointment/joining appointment/joining been paid to the farmers in assistance to the farmers ed the prime accused letters to the innocent letters signed by one CS three installments under with an aim to increase the and have seized large youths but are also bla- Mishra who claimed the scheme. Similarly, Rs production of major crops number of fake appoint- tantly using fake seals himself as Director 23.62 cr has been paid in in the state. Under the ment/joining letters of Prasar Bharati and (Raipur unit) of Prasar three installments to 4777 scheme, sugarcane has been and several fake seals of the Government of Bharati and Ankur certified seed producing included as Rabi crop and Prasar Bharati and India. Lahotty who claimed farmers and Rs 74.24 cr has along with paddy, 13 other Government of India. Sensing the serious himself as Assistant been paid to 34,292 sugar- crops such as maize, soy- According to police, nature of the fraud, po- Director (Raipur unit). cane producing farmers as bean, groundnut, sesame, Khamardih police on lice immediately raided Police, meanwhile, additional incentives and pigeonpea, moong, urad, Friday received a writ- the particular office and have registered an of- exchange assistance. With kulthi, ramatil, kodo, kutki, ten complaint from arrested the prime ac- fence under Section 420 the payment of fourth in- ragi have been included Ganga Prasad Sharma, cused Abhijeet Sharma IPC with regards to the stallment to paddy produc- during the Kharif season. the Deputy Director of along with seized large incident and is now in- LED Screen is being installed at main gate of RMC head office to spread information ing farmers, total amount of The scheme has been par- Akashwani Raipur. In number of fake docu- vestigating the matter about schemes and policies. Chronicle pic- Shrikant Meshram. Rs 5702.13 cr is being paid to tially implemented in the the complaint, it was ments and seals. further. the authentic seed produc- state since Kharif 2019. Restaurant burgled Two ganja peddlers arrested; 6400 metres copper Four inter-state wildlife traffickers wire stolen from Raipur: Unidentified burglars, on the inter- 10 kg contraband seized Nawa Raipur vening night of Raipur: Unidentified arrested with rare red sand boa Thursday-Friday, Raipur, Mar 19: As part of cap- both the suspects managed to thieves have de- technical expertise after tody.Further search of the broke into a restaurant ital police’s ‘Operation Clean, a spot police barricading from camped with 6400 me- the arrested four made house led to recovery of situated in Tatibandh drive to completely weed out some distance away and imme- tres worth Rs 2 lakh telephonic contacts with the rare snake kept hidden and decamped with illegal narcotics and drugs diately turned their bike and from Sector-16 locali- the prospective buyers for in a big drum. cash Rs 18000 by fur- trade in the city, Dharsinwa started fleeing. Since police ty at Kayabandha in this rare snake. All four of them were ther breaking open the police, in association of Raipur had anticipated such a move, Nawa Raipur. The information was then brought to the police cash counter. The bur- Police Crime Branch, on Friday they were ready with bikes and The theft was no- immediately shared with station where they were glary was noticed early afternoon arrested two ganja other vehicles with which they ticed recently when DIG & SSP Raipur Ajay identified as Kiran RP and on Thursday when peddler and seized from them instantly gave a chase to the technicians arrived Yadav who then directed Raj Kiran, both residents restaurant owner 10 kg contraband which they fleeing peddlers succeeded in for installing the cop- the Cyber Cell to immedi- of Kollam district in Gurneesh Pal Singh were illegally carrying on a intercepting them after some per service wire in Central Chronicle News handed over the arrested ately trace the exact loca- Kerala and Rinu B and arrived to open it and bike. hectic chase. 256 newly constructed four and the seized snake tion of the suspected traf- Saanil, both residents of found the shutter locks According to police, Raipur Both the suspects were houses in Sector-16. Raipur, Mar 19: Raipur to the officials of the fickers and arrest them Thiruvananthapuram dis- broken and missing. Police Cyber Cell on Friday immediately taken into cus- The theft was com- Police Cyber Cell on Forest Department. red-handed. Acting on his trict of Kerala. In their He soon complained received information about tody and were brought to plained at Mandir Friday arrested four inter- According to police, directive, Cyber Cell confession, they told po- the burglary in two suspects arriving to Silyari police station where they were Hasaud police station state wildlife traffickers Raipur Police Cyber Cell sleuths launched a hectic lice of having procured Amanaka police sta- carrying huge quantity of identified as Deepak Sahu and on Thursday night and seized from them a on Friday got information search for the particular the rare snake from a gang tion following which ganja. It was also informed Sanju Ram Sahu, both resi- following which po- rare red sand boa. All the about four wildlife traf- house where these traf- of wildlife traffickers op- an offence has been that the suspects are travelling dents of Kurud Silyari. Police lice have registered arrested accused are na- fickers residing some- fickers were staying and erating from Chittor dis- registered under in a bike bearing registration later weighed the seized con- an offence under tives of Kerala and had where in Old Rajendra ultimately in the after- trict in Andhra Pradesh Section 457, 380 IPC number CG04-MN-0689. traband found that it be 10 kg. Section 379 IPC been residing in a rented Nagar locality and at- noon managed to pinpoint for Rs 10 lakh and were in- against unidentified Following the information, Following this, police booked against unidentified house near Shiv Chowk in tempting to illegally sell a the house. Immediately a tending to sell the rare burglars and further Cyber Cell alerted Dharsinwa both the accused under thieves and is now in- Old Rajendra Nagar locali- red sand boa. Their pres- raid was conducted at the snake for Rs 30 lakh which investigation is now police and a barricading was Section 20B of NDPS Act and is vestigating the matter ty posing as distempering ence in the city was re- house and all four occu- actually is worth crores in underway. immediately raised near Silyari now interrogating them fur- further. workers. Police have since vealed through police’s pants were taken into cus- international market. railway crossing. Meanwhile, ther. LIC staff protest Ch’garh records 1,066 new Cement distributors call for resolving the dispute

 Between Transport against this as it bypasses whereas there is a daily loss against IPO plan COVID-19 cases, five deaths their role and also, bigger of Rs 3 crore daily,in GST to Union & Cement transport players do not the state. In a post-pandem- Raipur, Mar 19: The joint ing the protest. Raipur, Mar 19: districts, Durg recorded taking the number of Manufacturers wish to decrease their ic economy such losses are forum of all unions of LIC Addressing a gathering Chhattisgarh on Thursday 281 new cases and overall tests to 53,34,343 in rates.” According to a trans- having a far reaching im- officers and staff today at LIC office in Pandri reported 1,066 new coron- Bilaspur 77, he said. Of the the state. Chhattisgarh’s Central Chronicle News porter, who did not wish to pact on development activi- staged demonstration here Raipur the All India avirus cases and five fatali- latest fatalities recorded Coronavirus figures are as be named. Some years ago, a ties of Government projects in protest against the gov- Insurance Association ties, taking the infection during the day, one took follows: Positive cases Raipur, Mar 19: The State similar incident occurred, and private construction ernment’s plan for an ini- vice president B Sanyal, count in the state to place on Thursday, three 3,20,783, new cases 1,066, of Chhattisgarh has been and the state had to bear a projects. Besides this, there tial public offering (IPO). CZIEA general secretary 3,20,783 and death toll to on Wednesday and one death toll 3,920, recovered witnessing an impasse be- huge loss. That time, the are untold difficulties faced Protests are being held Dharmaraj Mahapatra, 3,920, a health official said. earlier,he added. 3,10,838, active cases 6,025, tween the Transport Union functioning of transport by ordinary people, who are in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Class 1 Officers Federation This is the highest num- A total of 40,283 samples tests on Thursday 40,283, and Cement Companies unions was banned. A simi- planning urgent repairs or Pradesh and other parts of president Dhananjay ber of cases recorded in a were tested on Thursday, total tests 53,34,343. since 26 February 2021. The lar action seems warranted minor construction and are country in protest against Pandey, secretary Veena single day in over two situation has been escalat- in the current situation left in a lurch. government decision to Chandnagar, Atul months. On January 9, the ing daily with hundreds of sell a part of its holding in Deshmukh, BVS state had recorded 1,014 Adequate stock of COVID-19 vaccines in Ch’garh transporters imposing a the life insurer by initial Rajkumar, Geeta Pandit cases. The number of re- physical lockdown outside Cement prices escalate as Black Market emerges public offering (IPO), deci- and Surendra Sharma al- coveries reached 3,10,838 Raipur: Vaccination of health cine doses were available in cement companies in The present lock-jam situ- According to Sandeep sion to extend FDI limit in leged that government in the state after a total of workers, frontline workers, the state even before vacci- Chhattisgarh. ation, however, is creating a Makhija, owner, Makhija insurance sector from 49% was destroying profit mak- 26 people were discharged citizens aged above 60 years nation on March 19. He said It is estimated that the black market for cement pro- Traders, “The situation is to 74% and move to amend ing organisation. They de- from various hospitals, and people between the ages that Chhattisgarh would wages of total of 25,000 peo- curement, due to the unavail- having an adverse impact on LIC act. LIC offices re- scribed the this move of while 260 others completed of 45 and 59 years with exist- soon receive 5 lakh 26 thou- ple are impacted due to this ability of the same. This is our orders. With no cement mained closed and works the central government as their home isolation dur- ing co-morbidities against sand new vaccine doses from strike. “In recent times, the pushing up the prices fur- supply since over a week, we remained paralysed dur- suicidal. ing the day. COVID-19 will continue in the Government of India. The selection process of hiring ther, without any direct are unable to fulfil orders and The number of active Chhattisgarh. The state has next lot of vaccine would transport companies be- involvement of cement man- are now facing a cash crunch cases in the state stands at adequate stock of COVID-19 arrive in the state in the next came more transparent. It ufacturers. Looking at the with no end in sight.” It is Five arrested under Arms Act 6,025, the official said. vaccine at present. few days. According to him enabled smaller and indi- impact on the entire eco-sys- high time that state govern- With 310 new cases, vidual truck owners like us tem, many cement dealers ment positively intervenes in Raipur: Five persons have been arrested under Arms Act from four State Vaccination Officer there is no problem over Raipur district’s count to win direct business with too are facing issues in fulfill- the matter and calls for a separate police station areas during last 24-hours. The first one, Dr Amar Singh Thakur said availability of vaccine in the rose to 58,247, including them at competitive rates. ing orders across the state. speedy resolution. identified as Nilesh Mande, was arrested by Moudhapara police that 4 lakh 64 thousand vac- state. 824 deaths. Among other However, the Union is from outside Medical College Hospital after he was nabbed pos- sessing a knife. The accused was soon taken to police station where he was later booked under Section 25 of Arms Act. The Central Cabinet Secretary reviews next two, identified as Shiv Yadav and Ranjeet Kumar Jha, were Minister Dr. Tekam reviewed the work arrested by Khamtarai police from outside Khamtarai liquor shop Workshop on Organ and from WRS Colony respectively after they were nabbed ter- JSM through video conferencing of Tribal Research and Training Institute rorising the locals armed with a knife apiece. The fourth one, identified as Amandeep Singh, was arrested by Amanaka police Donation from 22nd to 26th from near Mahoba Bazaar overbridge after he was nabbed terror- and its transplant in this ising the locals armed with a knife. The final one, identified as At Raipur Medical five-day workshop being Sunil Nayak, was arrested by Purani Basti police from near College organized by the Regional Bandhwapara pond after he nabbed terrorising the locals armed Organ and Tissue with a knife. All four of these accused were later booked under Information about Transplant Organization Section 25, 27 of Arms Act by respective police stations. procedures and (ROTO) Mumbai from 22  Chief Secretary of sion, Additional Chief transplant required March to 26 March. Chhattisgarh participates Secretary to Chief for organ donation Participants willing to Minister Subrat Sahoo, take part in the workshop Third meeting of of directors of CSICL concludes in virtual conference Raipur, Mar 19: State Scheduled the problems of scheduled will be given Principal Chief Caste and Tribal Development castes, suggestions should be can register their names Central Chronicle News Conservator of Forests Minister Dr. Premsai Singh given to the government to solve in e-mail id: legal- Rakesh Chaturvedi and Tekam reviewed the works of the them. Along with this, the Raipur, Mar 19: State [email protected]. Raipur, Mar 19: The other senior officers were Tribal Research and Training schemes run by the government government has begun Preference would be given Union Cabinet Secretary, present. Institute in his chamber in the for the development of the the process for donation of to those registering them- Government of India, The Union Cabinet Ministry. Minister Dr. Tekam Scheduled Tribes should be eval- organs of the deceased. A selves. Rajiv Gauba reviewed the Secretary gave special em- instructed the officials present in uated. Minister Dr. Tekam sug- workshop is being organ- Hospitals where trans- works of the Jal Shakti phasis to the Chief the meeting to intensify efforts gested that for solving the prob- ized at Pt Jawaharlal plants are taking place or Raipur, Mar 19: A meeting of the Information Infrastructure Mission (JSM) in a meet- Secretaries on public for the establishment of lems of Scheduled Castes, Nehru Memorial Medical those who want to start a Board of Directors of Corporation to ensure all neces- ing of the Chief awareness of water con- Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh national level workshops and College, Raipur to give in- transplant facility can at- Chhattisgarh State Information sary actions regarding the utility Secretaries of all the servation and harvesting. Memorial and Museum. He said seminars should be organized by formation about the for- tend this workshop. The Infrastructure Corporation was of Bharat Net. Additional Chief states of the country He stressed on ensuring that the Tribal and Training inviting prominent subject mation of State Organ number of 50 participants held at CHIPS office Raipur here Secretary to the Chief Minister through video conferenc- participation of villagers Institute should implement the experts of the country. It was and Tissue Transplant has been set for the work- under the chairmanship of Chief Mr. Subrat Sahoo, Secretary of ing from New Delhi. At the and other people in the Jal works of their original objectives informed in the review meeting Organization, organ shop. Interested physi- Secretary Amitabh Jain. The the Finance Department, Ms. meeting, Chief Secretary Shakti Mission campaign at a rapid pace. The work of that anthropological study of transplantation and its cians, transplant coordi- meeting discussed in detail the Alarmel Mangai D, CEO of Chips, of Chhattisgarh being conducted from basic socio-economic and cultur- resident Agaria, Khairwar, Kol, procedures. nators and nurses can reg- utility of the Bharat Net pro- Dr. Samir Bishnoi and other Government Amitabh March 23 onwards. For al studies and survey in relation Kodaku, Nagesia, Muria, Ojha, Training will be given ister via email for free par- gram. In this regard, the Chief members of the Board of Jain attended video con- this, a special Gram Sabha to the scheduled tribes of the Dhurwa, Nagavanshi, Dhangad, for the procedures re- ticipation in the work- Secretary instructed the officials Directors were present in the ferencing from Chips of- was also organized and state continued. Minister Dr. Kandra, Munda and Rajagonda quired for organ donation shop. of Chhattisgarh State meeting. fice Raipur. On this occa- discussed about it. Tekam said that after studying are under process. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021 Three hookah bars sealed for serving underage guests Trapped construction

lamps, burning cigarette labour rescued one piece, two piece heater. In Blackjack which is about at a distance of 20 meters from the Moksha during the raid the team recovered two pipes, two burning lamps, heaters. Both Blackjack and Moksha hookah bar oper- ating at Surya Mall were sealed. A few months ago also the team went here to take action, but nothing was re- Central Chronicle News Nagar Zone. The complaint ployees in the place were covered, the hookah bar Central Chronicle News I/c Pramod Srivastava in- also mentioned that the working without putting on was found closed. formed that the incident Bhilai, Mar 19: On com- hookah bars were serving masks. Therefore, the corporation Bhilai, Mar 19: A con- occurred at the house of plaints of the residents underage guests as well. Birthday party was team worked out a plan, struction labour was one Neeraj Martin situat- nearby, the Bhilai Complaints were also re- going on where also youth took guerrilla action in the trapped in an under-main- ed in Street 5, Madhuban Municipal Corporation ceived about the sale of were celebrating without hookah bar. The operation tenance building at Nagar,Borsi. team on late Thursday narcotics in the hookah bar masks. All the 18 people was kept a secret and Madhuban Nagar of Borsi The labour was de- night raided a hookah bar operated through the found without masks were therefore the hookah bars on Friday. A joint team of ployed on the task of de- being operated under the restaurant business. fined Rs 3600. This building did not get a chance to hide District Police and NDRF molishing the first floor of guise of a restaurant in the After getting complaints, at 74/9, Nehru Nagar East, facts. conducted rescue opera- the building. In the mean- posh colony Nehru Nagar the Commissioner Rituraj is operated under the name Surprisingly, minors are tions for about three hours while, a large concrete area and sealed the same. Raghuvanshi gave instruc- of some Sanjay Agarwal being given entry to the to save the life of construc- structure collapsed and Acting on three hookah tions to the officials to stop and was sealed. hookah bar. The minors tion labour. Anil Tondon got trapped bars in the area, the team the operation of hookah The team then visited were indulge in such prac- According to informa- beneath it. sealed all the three hookah bar with immediate effect. Surya mall where two tices and allowed to go tion, the construction Fellow workers raised bars. On Thursday night, at places Blackjack and home. The corporation ad- labour Anil Tondon (25) a an alarm after which the Citizens and residents of around 20:30 hrs, a team health officer Javed Ali, tion and recovered a large Moksha were raided. Three ministration has a keen resident of village Police team reached the the surrounding area had from Zone 1 led by zone conducted raid on the basis quantity of hookah related minor girls and two minor eye on the hookah bar, if Gadadeeh has suffered spot. Rescue operations complained that hookah commissioner Sunil of the complaints. material including 12 nos boys were puffing hookah such activities continue to minor injuries and has continued for about three bars are being run under Agarhari, and including The team first reached Lamps, 13 tobacco-rich fla- in Moksha. The team recov- be conducted, similar ac- been admitted in the hours to save the trapped the guise of restaurants in health officer Dharmendra The Haveli near KPS vors, 5 nos Hookah pipes, a ered 11 hookah pipes, 11 to- tion will be taken in the fu- District Hospital. labour. He has been admit- some areas of Nehru Mishra and assistant Square, conducted inspec- burnt cigar. Also, the em- bacco flavored, 5 hookah ture too. Padmanabhpur Chowki ted to the district hospital. After Diwali, SHGs now all set Drip mulching method applied to to participate in Holi market grow eggplants on barren land Central Chronicle News Beautiful baadi developed in village Fekari of Patan Block Bhilai, Mar 19: This year's Diwali was illuminated Central Chronicle News with lamps produced by women of self-help groups Bhilai, Mar 19: After the in the district. Now, the fes- launch of Chief Minister tival of Holi will be made Bhupesh Baghel's ambi- colourful with herbal gulal tious scheme - "Narwa produced by them. The Garwa Ghurwa Baadi", herbal gulal has been pre- people are not only adopt- pared using local harmless ing traditional practices natural ingredients like like developing 'baadi' in Palash and Beetroot. The the rural areas but are also herbal gulal will be avail- doing new experiments ac- able for sale in rural areas At present, the markets are use herbal colours this Holi cording to modern times. and the city as well. flooded with chemical as they are safe for the skin Shakti Self-Help Group at District Panchayat CEO colours for holi. SHGs have and eyes. Also, the prices of Village Fakari in Patan growth of weeds near the ture activities are being working efficiently here. also grown Bhaji in the Sachchidanand Alok said initiated for producing herbal colours produced by Block has done such an ex- plants and ensures that the promoted through DMF They are not only taking nearby land. A pond has that on the occasion of herbal colours. As they are self-help groups will be sold periment in the baadi de- crops get adequate nutri- and self-help groups are good yield but are also in- been dug just next to the Diwali, Bihan Bazaar was working in rural areas, at low prices to make the veloped here under the tion. She added that the being specially motivated spiring other groups. baadi where fisheries will set up in the District their credibility prevails quality ingredients avail- NGGB scheme. drip method uses very little for developing the baadis. Damin Sahu informed be practiced. Panchayat premises, in naturally. As the colours able to consumers at low They have planted egg- water. At present, they have In Fekari, women are also that 7000 saplings of The women of this group which material worth Rs 16 have been prepared using prices. Jagriti Sahu said plants of Kalyani variety to supply water for only cultivating cucumber along Kalyani variety have been go to work under MGNRE- lakhs was sold. The local the flowers like Tesu, they that women have worked on two acres of land. For five hours. On the other with brinjal in the baadi. planted in two acres of GA in the morning and in products were not only ap- are expecting a good mar- hard in the last fifteen days this venture, the depart- hand, a lot of time is con- A grant of Rs 37000 has land. One plant will give an the afternoon they work in preciated but also enthusi- ket demand. Village to produce the safe herbal ment of horticulture pro- sumed in the baadis nearby been provided for Brinjal estimated yield of five kilo- the baadi. The women astically purchased by the Matwari's Gayatri Group colours. After packaging, vided the facility of drip ir- which are taking crops of Area Extension from the grams of brinjal in a year. members said that they are people. The diwali products office bearer Jagriti Sahu the colours appear very at- rigation etc. The group has leafy vegetables (bhaji). National Horticulture Assuming a rate of Rs 5 per very excited to work with not only exposed the skills said that her group decided tractive. It is noteworthy applied the method of Deputy Director Mission. Rs 32000 have kilogram in the mandi, innovative ideas. They are of women but also en- to make herbal colours for that the women of this mulching. (Horticulture) Suresh been provided for they are expecting to sell applying drip irrigation, hanced their aesthetic the festival of Holi and dis- group met the CEO of SHG leader Damin Sahu Thakur informed that on mulching. Assistance has brinjal worth Rs 1.75 lakhs mulching and are learning sense. This inspired self- cussed this issue with the District Panchayat on said that they had heard the directions of District been provided for drip irri- in a year. modern techniques. This help groups to have a larger District Panchayat CEO. Friday to display their about the mulching Collector Dr Sarveshwar gation through DMF. Using Along with this, the will increase their income market share of festivals. Jagriti urged the people to herbal colours. method. It prevents the Narendra Bhure, horticul- this method, women are women of this group have considerably. Free Medical Camps organised for villagers Director I/c BSP gives away residing near Rowghat Mining Project Jawahar and Nehru awards Central Chronicle News

Bhilai, Mar 19: The presti- gious Jawahar and Nehru awards at SAIL-Bhilai Steel Plant were given by Director I/c (BSP) Anirban Dasgupta at Director I/c Conference hall on Friday. Bhilai, Mar 19: Two med- Rajeev Sehgal, ED (Works), ical camps were organised SK Dubey, ED (P & A) and ness Industry 4.0, he said. AGM (BRM), Parmeshwar Chandrakar, M/Optv (SMS by SAIL-Bhilai Steel Nisha Soni, CGM Rajeev Sehgal, ED Lal, Manager (RSM), 2), Dhiresh Kumar Rathi, Plant's Mines CSR Dept in (Personnel) were the (Works) in his address to the Bhaskar Sen, SM (URM), G M/Optv (SMS 2), Mahendra village Baihasalhebhat Special Guests on the occa- awardees said this award is Srinivas Rao, DGM (CRM Swaroop, M/Optv (SMS 3), and Bhainsgaon near sion. a milestone for you. By ex- (M), Dasari Jagdish, GM Dhananjan Kumar Singh, Rowghat Mines Project Keeping in mind the re- hibiting wonderful jobs at (MARS), Vijay Kumar Sr Tech (SMS 3), Suraj Lal area on March 17-18, 2021. strictions and social dis- the shopfloor and following Deshmukh, DM (Power sys- Uike, M/Optv (P Mill), As many as 187 villagers tancing norms of the a good work culture, you tems), Manish Prasad Horo, Jatindra Dutta, Sr Tech (P including women and chil- COVID 19 pandemic, the have reached upto this level, SM (Water mgmt) & Mill), Mishrilal Verma, Sr dren benefitted from the function was held with only he said. Ashutosh Kumar Shukla, Tech (Plate Mill), Sunil medical camp in awardees as invitees in the SK Dubey,ED (P & A) said AGM (Instr). Kumar Pandey, Optv (Serv- Baihasalobhat on March Conference hall. Family that the we must strengthen Nehru awardees who M Mill), Naresh Khandwe, 17, 2021. The number of members and other col- our skill to achieve our tar- were felicitated on March C/man (M Mill), Nirmal patients who were treated leagues were able to witness gets. Superior human re- 18, 2021 include Hatish Kumar Gupta, C/man for different ailments was medicine practitioner its Mines CSR Dept has and skill generation. the function virtually,as the sources and strategic plan- Kumar Zode, C/man cum (WRM), Vinay Prakash 87. About 100 sanitary pad along with two pharma- been engaging in areas Organising regular link was made available to ning will help us move M/Optv(CO CCD), Paras Lawrence, Sr Tech (RSM), packets were distributed cists to the camp. The BSP surrounding Rowghat medical camps in sur- them to join online. forward. Ram Ahir, C/man (CO Suvra Mukhopadhyay, Sr among schoolgirls and Mines Team had an- Mining Project, including rounding villages of Anirban Dasgupta, Among the Jawahar CCD), Filmon Dungdung, Optv (Serv-RSM), Tapan women. nounced earlier at meet- villages surrounding Rowghat Mines since July Director I/c (BSP) heartily awardees who were felicitat- ACT (CO CCD), Govind Kumar Dalei, OCT(URM), At the medical camp in ings with villagers that the Anjrel where the interim 2009 onwards, providing congratulated the 26 ed on March 18, 2021 are Prasad Verma, Senior Tech Devrat Majumdar, Sr Tech village Bhainsgaon on camps would be organ- mining has been started free treatment for critical awardees (10 Executives Rajiv Shrivastava, GM (CO (CO CCD), Tapash Ram (RTNR shop), and Taturam March 18, 2021, as many as ised, following which nec- till mining activities begin patients referred from and 16 Non Executives) and CCD), K Nand Kumar, GM Dam, Sr Tech (CO CCD), Sahu, C/man (CHM 3). 194 villagers including essary permissions were from Rowghat Minehead. these camps to JLN stated that the award is a (CO CCD), KSNR Ramesh, Palu Ram Sahu, ACT (BF), The awardees will be women and children bene- taken from SDM and vil- It is worth mentioning Hospital Bhilai, financial- recognition of your hard DGM (BF), PK Suresh, GM Anirudha Das, OCT (BF), given the Certificates of fitted from the medical lage heads including pan- that SAIL-BSP has been ly aiding Dandak Van work and achievements. (OHP), Prafulla Kumar Durga Charan Hansdah, Merit in phases, spread camp. The number of pa- chayat members were in- carrying out CSR activi- Dispensary, run by para- BSP is there because of em- Phalke, AGM (SP 2), Ajay OCT (BF), Y Shrinivas, Sr over from March 18-20, 2021 tients who were treated for formed. ties in 71 Mines Buffer military force (BSF) from ployees like you and it is a Kumar Shrivastava, SM (SP Oper cum Tech (OHP), and March 22, 2021. The ob- different ailments was 99. It may be recalled that Zone villages including 49 2014 and for purchase of matter of pride that SAIL- 3), Ajay Kumar Dewangan, Harishankar Sahu, Sr Tech jective of the Nehru award About 100 sanitary pad another medical camp was in Rajhara Mines area and medical equipment given BSP helps in nation-build- SM (SMS 2), Pramod (SP 2), Anshlal, Sr Oper cum scheme is to encourage ex- packets were distributed organised by SAIL-Bhilai 22 in Rowghat Mines area to Antagarh and Amabeda ing by contributing in im- Kumar, GM (SMS 3), Atul Tech (SP 3), Harish Kumar traordinary work done by among schoolgirls and Steel Plant's Mines CSR with an emphasis on edu- district hospital, the portant projects. He ac- Bendale, DGM (SMS 2) & M Gurupanchayan, Sr Tech an employee in last 3 years women. Dept at village Khodgaon cation of tribals, medical Mines CSR Dept has been knowledged the contribu- Meyappan, DGM (Plate (RED 1), Vidyasagar bringing out improvement The BSP Mines team near Rowghat Mines & health services, in- facilitating Medical & tion of family members in Mill). Jawahar awardees on Tamboli, Sr Tech (RED 2) & in production, mainte- brought along four doctors Project on February 18, stalling solar pumps for Health Services in aspira- their spouse's achieve- March 19, 2021 include Ajay Mukherjee, C/man nance, services, quality, including a paediatrician, 2021. The medical camps drinking water, sports & tional districts of ments. We must move ahead Birendra Kumar, AGM cum M/Optv (CR (R ). cost, employee relations, a gynaecologist, a general are part of several CSR ac- cultural activities, and Narayanpur and of competitors through our (Merchant Mill), Narayan, Nehru awardees on March health, administration, surgeon and a general tivities that the Plant and above all for employment Antagarh in Bastar. skilled workforce and har- AM (BRM), Viji Mathai, 19, 2021 include ToranLal safety etc. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021

Special campaign One nabbed with raw diamonds worth Rs 5 lakh BJP tries to burn CM’s against illegal vendors Was looking for customer to sell it effigy, register protest Q In Bilaspur division the trains passing and at for 15 days the stations in the divi- Central Chronicle News sion and have been asked Against lack of justice to family of five in Gram Bathena case Q 3 illegal vendors to take action against ille- Jagdalpur, Mar 19: gal vendors at the station. Bastar police got a major Central Chronicle News nabbed in div on first Under this on March breakthrough on day of drive 17, 2021, it was under Wednesday when they ar- Ahirwara, Mar 19: It is leadership of Division rested a diamond smug- with objective to grant jus- Central Chronicle News Commercial Manger gler with raw diamonds tice to victims of mysteri- Omprakash Jaiswal, worth Rs 5 lakh and ous death of five from a Bilaspur, Mar 19: The campaign was launched seized pieces of raw dia- family in Gram Bathena of authorised vendors in in Bilaspur, Champa and mond from his posses- Patan VS area of Durg dis- Railway provide quality Usalapur station of the sion. trict, BJP organised effigy food and beverages to division. In this drive, 2 CSP Hemsagar Sidar burning programme of passengers at the station illegal vendors were informed that it was tip CM Bhupesh Baghel all and those on board in the nabbed in Bilaspur sta- from an informer to po- over the state and under train. The railway admin- tion and 1 in Champa sta- lice that a person is roam- this CM's effigy was burnt istration is committed to tion and action was taken ing around with stolen di- in Ahirwara mandal of provide quality food and under section 144 of amonds, a team was BJP at Ahirwara Atal beverages to the passen- Railway Act against formed under leadership Chowk here on worse. Here the adminis- corporator Anuj Sahu, for- gers at the station and for them. All three have been of Kotwali TI by SP Wednesday. tration is only looking mer Mandal President ensuring continuous im- handed over to Bilaspur Deepak Jha. The team On this occasion mainly after safety of Congmen Laxman Kshatriya, provement in it. In addi- Railway Protection Force reached the site and ex-MLA Ahirwara and the general public is Ishwar Sharma, General tion to this, Railway's (RPF) for further action. stopped the person and Rajmahant Sanvalaram left at God's mercy. Secy Satish Sahu, also get complaints re- All the catering opera- held inquiry with him. Dahare charged that if Former State working Narendra Yadav, garding illegal vendors tions have been issued Failing to get satisfactory such is the condition of committee member of Bhupendra Singh, BJYM operating in various sta- strict instructions not to answer the police started law & order in CM's home BJP and former Nagar State working committee tions. So in this context allow any vendor to sell search and found 189 un- town VS area wherein Palika President member Dau Anand the Division Commercial food items or eatables in polished or raw diamond murder of five persons Ravishankar Singh Tamrakar, District V-P and Safety Department the train or in the plat- pieces in his possession. from two families is done charged that crime graph Kissan Morcha Nirmesh has launched 15-days spe- form without valid plat- These unpolished or and still they are waiting in Chhattisgarh is on the Mishra, Vinod Gandharv, cial campaign to put a form permit. Divisional uncut diamonds are re- Rangari (68) was taken any client, the police for justice. rise and government is District BJYM Secy check on illegal vending Railway administration ported to have market into arrest. On interroga- nabbed him. The police BJP District General only interested in receiv- Shubham Tamrakar, cor- at the station. is all committed to stop il- price of around Rs 5 lakh. tion he informed the po- has filed a case under sec- Secretary and Nagar ing accolades and there is porator Shibbu Agrawal, During this the offi- legal vending in all the The person could not lice that he had come to tion 41 (1-4) and 379 of IPC Palika President Natwar no work at ground -level. Bhagwan Singh Netam, cers, observers, and em- stations in the division produce any legal docu- sell these unpolished or against him and taken Tamrakar charged that On this occasion BJP Arun Banjare and other ployees of Commercial and this action would ment and therefore the raw diamonds in city and the matter under investi- law & order situation in Pichada Varg Morcha BJP workers and leaders and Safety Department continue in the near fu- accused Kanhaiya Lal before he could search for gation. Chhattisgarh is at its State V-P Khilawan Sahu, were present. have been deputed in all ture. Rajwade takes part Maoists’ questions credibility of Civil Society! Accused nabbed with stolen cash of Rs 19.54 lakh Central Chronicle News this he has cited 30 agendas, which have been termed as in deepening work Konta, Mar 19: The Maoists reasons for lack of peace in have issued a press release the region. These issues in context of the statement touch those in central and made by the civil societies state government as well. formed in Bastar to establish Through this press release, peace and whose names the Maoists have raised 30 came to fore in few media major issues before the civil institutions. Maoists have society and raised questions first raised question on such on the very existence and civil societies and questioned work plan of this Civil whether they are part of civil Society. or government society. In the end the Maoists have Q other items kept in the shops as well. In this Central Chronicle News Within 24 hours of Maoists have termed the written that for welfare of shop and it was based case also he was arrest- crime Society as human mask of people they are always ready Surajpur, Mar 19: It upon the details given ed and all the materials government's wing and medi- for talks provided the talks was based upon various crime. all the looted cash and were seized. In this ac- um of 'corporate loot'. The are held in conducive atmos- inputs and scanning of Disclosing in this items were recovered tion Addl. SP Harish first para of letter by Maoists phere and prior to which all Q here that Ekta Parishad is CCTV footage a total of case, SP Rajesh Kukreja from his possession. Rathore, CSP JP Along with villagers itself quashes this civil socie- the forces and camps in the carrying out cleaning and 8 police teams were informed that it was on SP Surajpur informed Bhartendu; Finger Print in Joba Talab ty and they have termed this region be winded up and sent deepening of Joba talab formed to investigate intervening night of that this accused in expert Linos Kispotta, peace-process as sheer to their original barracks. Set Central Chronicle News over the last few days and into Rs 20 lakh theft in March 16, Ramnath order to fulfill his TI Surajpur Basant cheating and conspiracy on aside this they have also in this the villagers are Hospital Colony in Goud broke open the dreams and live lavish Khalko, TI Jainagar part of the government. demanded removal of ban on Ramanujnagar, Mar 19: also extending whole- Surajpur and it was on shutter of Sanjay style used to conduct Deepak Paswan, TI In the two-page long press their organisation and The villagers along with hearted support. In this serious interrogation Traders a around 2-3 in small thefts earlier and Vishrampur Subhash release by Maoists addressed District Panchyat V-P context District with suspect Ramnath the night and ran away had been jailed as well. Kujur, ASI Brijkishore release all the party leaders to politicians, journalists and jailed without any conditions Naresh Rajwade con- Panchayat V-P Naresh Goud (43) of Gram with cash of Rs 19.54 Recently he broke open Pandey, head constable social workers in the Civil tributed for labour work Rajwade also reached Chandarpur Godpara, lakh kept in the counter. lock of shop opposite Talib Shekh, Adeep and appealed Civil Society to Society not to fall victim of take initiatives in this regard in cleaning of Joba Talab Joba Talab on Tuesday (is also known as 'shut- He informed that the ac- Sharda Garage on Pratap Singh, Alok Soni government's conspiracy. in Ramanujnagar under morning and contributing ter-thief') that he accept- cused took away the cig- Manendragarh road and and others gave valuable and stop meeting the fami- Maoists have questioned that lies of victimised and doing the banner of Ekta in digging and cleaning of ed his hand in the arettes, soap, cream and tried to theft in 2-3 other contribution. if they want peace procedure Parishad. It is notable soil from the pond. surface work and adopting then they should go out for measures to misguide them'. foot-march, rather come for- Soil erosion raising doubts ward to solve the reasons Kissan Morcha members submit memo, demand withdrawal of new laws which has led to lack of in mind of beneficiaries peace. Anwari, Mar 19: The members of on paddy and other crops in lieu There is also mention of fail- Kissan Morcha Dhamtari, as per of quashing these laws. So far Mungeli, Mar 19: Due to lack of under Atal Awas Yojana have con- ure of agreement way back call from Rashtriya Kissan more than 300 farmers have sac- 'pitching' work on the banks of structed houses in Gram Surda in in past with AP and then Morcha (RKM) and in support of rificed their lives and even after 'Aagar River', there is soil erosion 2007-8 and it was after lot of hard there is mention of murder ongoing movement of farmers on this the government is least both- taking place in houses near Atal work and controversy the houses of polit bureau member Delhi border under aegis of RKM, ered to call-off this movement of Aawas, Surda, located nearby. On were allotted to the beneficiaries Azad. There is mention in observed anti-farmer day on farmers. So the organisation of top of this the villagers are digging and handed over to them. But the release that it is the March 17 all over the country. farmers' called for anti-farmer for soil for construction of 'chul- even after 12-13 years of construc- 'civil society which should In this context, Kissan Morcha of Kissan Morch Advocate country and here it is the farmer day on March 17 and in this lah' and cementing their houses tion of houses under AAY there are take lessons from the earlier Dhamtari district on occasion of Shatruhan Sahu, District conven- who works hard and in hot sun to members of RKM Dhamtari unit with it. Due to this the houses con- no basic amenities like roads, elec- experiences of talks with anti-farmer day submitted mem- er committee of RKM Tikeshwar feed the people of the country made five-point memorandum structed are coming in danger tricity, drinking water pipeline, our party and the govern- orandum in the name of Sahu, Ram Vishal Sahu, that the central government had and submitted it to Collector in level. The villagers say that if the transformer, cable and others. ment'. President of India to the Upper Yadunandan Sahu, Digvijay Sahu, introduced three new laws to the name of President of India, pitching work is not done immedi- Even though the transformer is This particular release of Collector Dhamtari demanding Premlal Sahu, Ashfaq Hashmi, make farmers slaves of company demanding withdrawal of all ately and ban is imposed on dig- there, but the cables of it are in Maoists has been released withdrawal of all three new agri- Rasool Khan, Satyam Puri of capitalists. To protest the three news and ensuring MSP to ging of soil, then due to excessive burnt condition. by spokesman Vikalp and in culture laws passed and make Goswami, Rajaram Ram, Nihora same the farmers from all over farmers on all crops. This protest soil erosion the houses nearby this law for assuring MSP on crops Nishad Dwarika Tarak jointly in a the country are fighting against was participated by farmers of river may gets washed off in the and such total five points. press release said that India is an these anti-farmer policies for last region and other party leaders in next monsoon season. It is notable On this occasion member of agriculture based economy and few months and demanding MSP large number. here that the state government Ujjwala Scheme beneficiary dropped by 55% Central Chronicle News Q In Dhamtari district; ficiaries stopped getting the government provided is only 21 days that a per- only 45% able to get the refill. So in such cir- LPG cylinder to them son can book another Dhamtari, Mar 19: The cumstances this scheme under Ujjwala Scheme, cylinder. It is for this rea- regular increase in LPG refill done remained alive only on but the cost of LPG cylin- son that some persons cylinder cost is coming as Q papers. In this way the der has been hiked con- are involved in its black- big blow to general public Comes as big loss to agency owners was made siderably. It is the BPL marketing. in their monthly budget, LPG cylinder agency to spend on maintenance families who earn daily How the cylinder as in the month of owners and other works and with through labour work and prices went up: March, the cost of 14.2 kg no refilling by the benefi- earn livelihood and in In Nov 2020- 14.2 kg do- domestic LPG cylinder Q Force people for ciaries they had to face such condition it is prac- mestic LPG cylinder was was hiked by Rs 50 and black-marketing of loss. tically difficult for them Rs 682 now the cost of it is Rs empty LPG cylinders If one of the gas to spare Rs 900 for LPG In Dec 2020- it's cost 907 per cylinder. So it is agency owner's is to be cylinder per month. So went up by Rs 100 to Rs amidst increasing infla- aries in the beginning believed then there are this is the main reason 782 tion and increase in were given one gas cylin- just 45% of the Ujjwala that despite need for the In Feb 2020- there was prices that Ujjwala Gas der, chullah and safety kit Gas beneficiaries in the same, they are unable to 75% hike and it's price connection owners are at the cost of Rs 200. But district who are getting get the refilling done. went upto Rs 857.50 . not coming forward to get later they were convert- the refilling done. At the Black-marketing of In March 2020- There a refill. ed. same time those who are cylinder increases: was hike of Rs 50 and it's It is notable here that it But even after this, getting refill done are On the other hand, price went up by Rs 907. is in order to make there are about 90000 ben- also getting the subsidy with hike in LPG cylin- In this way with almost kitchen of BPL families eficiaries who have taken amount transferred into der prices, majority of per month rise in cost of smoke-free and to pro- connection under this their account. the Ujjwala Scheme bene- LPG cylinder the con- mote use of ideal fuel and Scheme in the District. It From where we will ficiaries are selling their sumers are finding it healthy environment, the was initial six months of get Rs 900? LPG cylinders at two- hard to meet up their central government this scheme that it re- If beneficiary Mohini three times it cost. If monthly expenditure and launched Ujjwala Gas ceived massive response, Sahu, Phuleshwari sources are to be believed cut short on others in Yojana and under this but with rise in LPG Rajak, Ishita Sahu, are to then a consumer need 12 order to ensure regular scheme the BPL benefici- cylinder prices the bene- be believed, then they say cylinders in a year and it refilling. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021 BRIEF PROTEST AGAINST KILLINGS US, China spar over world order Legislator leaves J Berlin: Another leg- islator from German during their first meeting Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Washington, Mar 19 (PTI): bloc stood down when a magazine reported US Secretary of State Tony he had taken cash to Blinken on Friday bluntly told lobby for a North China's top diplomats that its Macedonian political actions threatened the rules- party,several German based order that maintains media outlets said. global stability, as the two Der Spiegel reported countries had a tense ex- that Tobias Zech, who change during their first in- represented Bavaria's person high-level meeting CSU party in the since President Joe Biden took Bundestag, had taken office. a five-digit sum in In his opening remarks to 2016 to advise party of the much-anticipated US- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken with NSA Jake former North China talks being held in Sullivan facing CCP foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi Macedonian Premier Anchorage, Alaska, with the with State Councilor Wang Yi at US-China talks in Gruevski. Director of the Office of the Anchorage, Alaska. Central Commission for Narcotics seized Foreign Affairs of the ruling interests of the United States rules," he said. The alternative Communist Party of China and to strengthen the rules- to a rules-based order is a J Singapore: Yang Jiechi and Chinese State based international order. The world in which might makes Singapore's anti-nar- Councilor and Foreign Minister meeting was also attended by right and winners take all, and cotics agency has Wang Yi, Blinken said that the National Security Advisor Jake that would be a far more vio- made its biggest issues to be raised by his dele- Sullivan. "That system is not lent and unstable world for all seizure of cannabis in gation are relevant not only to an abstraction. It helps coun- of us," he said. He said the 14 years after conduct- the two countries but to others tries resolve differences meeting was an opportunity to ing a series of raids across the region and indeed peacefully, coordinate multi- discuss key priorities, both do- this week in the city- around the world. The Biden lateral efforts effectively, and mestic and global, so that state, which has some Israelis and Arab-Israelis take part in a march to honour those killed in organised crime and call on the police administration, Blinken assert- participate in global commerce China can better understand of the world's toughest to curb communal violence in Tel Aviv, Israel. ed, is committed to leading with the assurance that every- the Biden administration's in- drugs laws including with diplomacy to advance the one is following the same tentions and approach. capital punishment. A total of more than 35 kg (77 lb) of narcotics including about 20.5 kg Brazil vaccine drive faces Canadian tried in China on spy charges, no verdict announced of cannabis, as well as heroin, crystal Dandong, Mar 19 (AP): 2018, days after Huawei ex- methamphetamine challenges in remote communities ecutive Meng Wanzhou and other drugs were China on Friday put on was arrested at the re- seized in the raids, Cavalcante, Mar 19 (AP): trial one of two Canadians quest of the US at the air- CNB said. held for more than two port in Vancouver. Both Brazil's vast size and defi- years in apparent retalia- are charged with spying. Campus uproar cient infrastructure make tion for Canada's arrest of The entrance to the getting coronavirus vac- a senior Chinese telecom courthouse was roped off J Athens: A new spe- cines to far-flung commu- executive. with police tape and jour- cial police force for nities of Indigenous peo- Canada said its consular nalists were kept outside, fighting violence at ples and descendants of officials were refused per- although not detained or Greek universities slaves a particularly mission to attend the pro- told to leave, as often oc- has sparked uproar daunting endeavor. ceedings against Michael curs during sensitive legal and a fierce debate in Nurse Rosemeire Spavor, who is accused by cases. Police cars and vans a country where po- Bezerra has years of ex- China of stealing state se- with lights flashing passed lice entering campus- perience inoculating de- crets. Jim Nickel, the through the gate to the the es is a highly sensi- scendants of slaves Canadian Embassy's Security officers stand guard at an entrance to a court court complex, located be- tive issue. known as quilombolas in Health workers leave a home where they gave people deputy chief of mission, building in Dandong in northeastern China's Liaoning side the Yalu River that di- Condemned as unde- the municipality of their first doses of the Sinovac vaccine for COVID-19 in said following a meeting Province, Friday. vides China from North mocratic by some Cavalcante, about 180 the Kalunga Vao de Almas, Brazil. with Spavor's lawyer that Korea. Earlier, Nickel had critics, student miles from Brazil's capi- the hearing ended at noon Court of Dandong in the present for the proceed- knocked on a court door groups have flouted tal, Brasilia. Her biggest in the Valley of Souls with ice. She intended to Friday after two hours. No northeastern province of ings and the court would seeking entry but was re- virus restrictions to challenge in the current (Vao de Almas, in vaccinate 190 families verdict has been an- Liaoning Province said it pronounce a sentence at a fused. Another 10 diplo- hold regular protests vaccination drive is keep- Portuguese) where she within four days, before nounced. Nickel declined had held a closed-door date 'determined in accor- mats from eight countries, against the policing ing vaccine doses below 8 was headed. that ice melted. She set off to give other details, citing hearing against Spavor on dance with law.' Fellow including the US, the U.K. plan for weeks. degrees Celsius (46 de- On Monday, Bezerra with her team and three rules on protecting charges of spying and ille- Canadian Michael Kovrig and Australia, stood on the grees Fahrenheit) in an protected plastic foam others, including an expe- Spavor's privacy.In a state- gally sending state secrets is due to go before a court street opposite the court- Auckland stabbing isolated, tropical region. coolers with cardboard rienced driver familiar ment posted on its website, abroad. It said Spavor and on Monday. The two were house in a show of sup- It's especially sweltering shells and filled them with the remote region. the Intermediate People's his defense lawyers were detained in December port. J Wellington: Two peo- ple in New Zealand were stabbed to death Lebanese are gripped by worry as Mexico prepares for legal Friday and a third Huthis advance on Yemen’s was undergoing sur- economic meltdown speeds up gery for life-threaten- marijuana gold rush ing injuries after a Marib after seizing mountain brutal attack inside Mexico City, Mar 19 (AFP): partly aimed at curbing an Auckland home, Sanaa, Mar 19 (AFP): drug-related violence that police said. Detective Mexican and foreign com- claims thousands of lives Inspector Scott Beard Yemen's Iran-backed panies are lining up for a each year in the country of said they had spoken Huthi rebels have made share of what experts say is 126 million people. The bill to a fourth person in- major advances on Marib likely to become one of the was passed by the lower volved in the attack city after seizing a strate- world's biggest legal mari- house of Congress last who had suffered su- gic mountain in clashes juana markets, worth bil- week and is expected to sail perficial injuries and that caused dozens of ca- lions of dollars. Mexican through the upper house was being treated at a sualties on both sides, gov- lawmakers are close to ap- when it holds another vote hospital. ernment sources said proving legalization that is following modifications. Friday. expected to catapult the According to various fore- Call intervention The Huthis and the inter- country's regulated casts, Mexico's recreational People pass next of a woman, center, who is sits on the nationally recognised gov- Huthi fighters show victory sign near Marib. cannabis trade past that of and medicinal cannabis J Johannesburg: ground with her daughter begging on Beirut's commer- ernment have been locked pioneers like Uruguay and market will be worth $5-6 South African cial Hamra Street, in Beirut, Lebanon. in a power struggle since sides," one of the sources late camps in the surround- Canada, whose populations billion by 2025, part of a Muslim organisa- 2014, when the rebels seized told AFP. "Marib is in dan- ing desert. The Huthis had are much smaller. "Mexico global market expected to tions have called on Beirut, Mar 19 (AP): under the weight of the country's control of the Yemeni capi- ger," another source said, "cut the supply lines of is positioning itself as the be valued at $73.6 billion in the country's foreign crushing economic crisis. Anxiety tal Sanaa. Since last month, adding the loss of the some fronts and are now biggest market in the world 2027, according to consul- minister to intervene Shops closing, companies going for the future is eating at her. Five the rebels have been push- mountain posed "a threat to within firing range of the at the country level, ahead tancy firm Grand View in the proposed Sri bankrupt and pharmacies with months ago, she was laid off from ing to seize Marib, the gov- Marib's first line of de- Al-Mashjab line west of of the United States and Research. Legal sales are Lankan ban on the shelves emptying in Lebanon her job at the real estate company ernment's last northern fence". Marib city," the source Canada," said Erick Ponce, projected to generate up to burqa and closure of these days, fistfights erupt in su- where she had worked for years. stronghold and the capital The loss of Marib would added. A Saudi-led military president of the Cannabis $1.7 billion in annual tax hundreds of Islamic permarkets as shoppers scramble Her daughter, who is 21, cannot of an oil-rich region. The be a huge blow for the coalition intervened in Industry Promotion Group. revenue for Mexico, accord- schools. This fol- to get to subsidized powdered find work, forcing the family to Huthi rebels "took control Yemeni government, but 2015, enforcing a naval and "There's room for every- ing to estimates by lowed the announce- milk, rice and cooking oil. Like al- rely on her husband's monthly of Mount Hilan overlook- would also threaten catas- air blockade to prevent the one," said Ponce, whose or- Congress and the Mexican ment by Sri Lanka's most every other Lebanese, salary which has lost 90% of its ing the city, after fighting trophe for civilians, includ- smuggling of weapons to ganization includes 25 Cannabis and Hemp minister for public Nisrine Taha's life has been turned value because of the collapse of which left dozens of dead ing one million displaced the rebels from Iran -- alle- Mexican and foreign com- Council, a non-governmen- security,Sarath upside down in the past year the national currency. and wounded on both people sheltering in deso- gations Tehran denies. panies. The legislation is tal organization. Weerasekera, during the weekend that his country would ban the traditional full- Luxury oasis draws elite Saudis locked in by pandemic North Korea cuts ties with face covering worn by some Muslim Riyadh, Mar 19 (AFP): annually. "Water, palms, women because it sand," said a Saudi guide, Malaysia over US extradition posed a threat. Well-heeled Saudis frolic ushering in guests arriv- in an artificial oasis built ing at the retreat on the Seoul, Mar 19 (AP): Domestic use on salmon-coloured outskirts of Riyadh, in a dunes, splashing the cash fleet of luxury cars, from North Korea on Friday an- J Mexico City: Mexican after a year-long pandemic Bentleys to Maseratis. nounced the termination officials said they have lock-in that dovetails with "The oasis has every- of diplomatic ties with found an oil field with efforts to discourage citi- thing." Malaysia over its decision possible reserves of 500 zens from splurging over- Unveiled in mid- to allow the extradition of million to 600 million seas. January for a three-month a North Korean criminal barrels, but President Coronavirus hobbled season, the oasis -- whose suspect to the United Andres Manuel Lopez Saudi Arabia's plans to pricey tickets have States. It's the latest devel- Obrador vowed not to boost tourism and enter- spurred resentment opment in growing ani- pump more than 2 mil- tainment, new sectors cen- among the less affluent -- mosity between lion barrels per day na- tral to a strategy to diver- Visitors walk beneath palm trees at the “Riyadh Oasis”, is the first in a series of Washington and tionwide, the amount he sify the oil-reliant econo- a luxury retreat in the Thumamah desert on the out- entertainment offerings Pyongyang as the North says is needed to supply my. But cushioning the skirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. since the pandemic. ramps up pressure on the A North Korean flag flies by the entrance to the North domestic demand. This blow is a lucrative market "The oasis caters to Biden administration over Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday. new policy means not of Saudis forced to spend lure Saudi high-rollers The sprawling retreat, Saudi HNWs (high net a nuclear standoff. North pumping more oil than their money at home. barred since the start of billed as a "five-star win- worth individuals), target- Korea's Foreign Ministry surd fabrication and (a) diplomatic relations with is needed to cover do- The Riyadh Oasis -- a the pandemic from their ter sanctuary", marks the ing those who could not said in a statement that the sheer plot' orchestrated by Malaysia, which commit- mestic demand for fuels, high-end desert retreat usual overseas escapades, latest government attempt visit the US or Europe for US-imposed money laun- 'the principal enemy of ted super-large hostile act no more than two mil- with palm-fringed pools, amid some of the world's to reverse a decades-old their annual jaunts," a dering charges against a our state.' The ministry against (North Korea) in lion barrels per day. pop-up restaurants and most stringent coron- trend of Saudis spending Riyadh-based banker told North Korean national liv- said that it was announc- subservience to the US luxury tents -- seeks to avirus measures. billions of dollars abroad AFP. ing in Malaysia are an 'ab- ing 'total severance of the pressure.' CENTRAL CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MARCH 20 , 2021 BRIEF RIIN AND ILP FOR NAGALAND Lawyer jailed Everything going on smooth now in

 Thane: A court in Thane district of Sabarimala temple issue: Vijayan Maharashtra has sen- Pattambi, Mar 19 (PTI): “There is no doubt that tenced a lawyer to 10 we will get more seats than years of rigorous im- With the opposition par- the last time,” Vijayan said prisonment for trying ties in Kerala continuing to in response to a question to kill his wife in 2010. target the ruling LDF on the onthe number of seats ex- In the order,District Sabarimala issue, Kerala pected by the Left Front. Judge and Additional Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan attacked the BJP Sessions Judge PP Vijayan on Friday main- and the Congress-led UDF Jadhav also imposed a tained that as of now every- and said the infamous “Co- fine of Rs 5,00,000 on thing was going on smooth- Le-B alliance” is now a pub- Ahmad Assif Fakkih, ly at the hill shrine and the lic deal and was an attempt a resident of Bhiwandi matter would come up only to weaken the Left move- Pinarayi Vijayan town. Special public when the Supreme Court ment in the state. He also prosecutor Hemlata delivers the final verdict. the matter with every sec- said the Left doesn’t need Deshmukh told the Asking why the party tion of the society. Why are the support of communal court that Ahmad had should be worried about it we worried about it now?” parties to gain acceptance married the com- now, he told reporters in he asked. among the people and asked plainant in October Pattambi in Palakkad dis- The state had witnessed “those who want to protect 2001. trict if any issue crops up widespread violent protests secularism in the country to after the final verdict it led by a section of devotees observe” the Kerala-level al- SDMC requests would be discussed with all led by BJP and other right liance of the “Congress- sections of society. wing outfits against the League-BJP (Co-Le-B)”.  New Delhi: The South “Now, the matter will state government decision Vijayan was responding to Delhi Municipal come up only when the final to implement the Supreme the statements of the lone Corporation has writ- verdict is issued by the con- Court order allowing entry BJP legislator in Kerala, O ten to the city’s water stitution bench of the apex to women of all ages into Rajagopal, that there were board, requesting not court. the hilltop shrine. “adjustments” between seal borewells in parks Our stand is that when He also said the ruling UDF partners Congress and till the project of lay- the final verdict comes out, Left front would have more IUML and his party in past ing of pipes gets com- and if any issue crops up at seats in the Assembly after elections in order to defeat Demanding implementing Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) and Inner Line Permit (ILP), at Dimapur in Nagaland, Friday. pleted. South Delhi that time, we will discuss the April 6 elections. the CPI(M). Mayor Anamika said the civic agency also requested Delhi Jal Board to allow water- Delhi HC refuses to stay summons UP Govt’s zero-tolerance policy ing of parks from its existing system. The SDMC has written a towards crime showed positive results’ letter to DJB, request- issued to Mehbooba Mufti Lucknow, Mar 19 (PTI): ing it to not seal borewells in parks, as ● By ED in PMLA before the officials. ing case. She has also Hitting back at the the move will result in The ED, which had earli- sought to declare section 50 Opposition over its charge drying of parks. case er summoned Mufti for of the Prevention of Money of deteriorating law and March 15, had not insisted Laundering Act as void and order situation in Uttar DDA approves New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): for her personal appearance inoperative, being unfairly Pradesh, Chief Minister at that time. discriminatory, bereft of Yogi Adityanath on Friday  New Delhi: The DDA The Delhi High Court on The former Jammu and safeguards, and violative of said his government’s approved setting up Friday refused to stay sum- Kashmir chief minister has Article 20(3) of the zero-tolerance policy to- of the River Yamuna mons issued to former been now summoned for Constitution. Section 50 of wards crime and crimi- Management Jammu and Kashmir chief March 22 by the ED, also the Act empowers the au- nals has shown positive re- Committee for minister Mehbooba Mufti represented through thority, that is, officers of sults in the past four years. smooth coordination by the Enforcement Additional Solicitor ED, to summon any person “The result of the zero- Mehbooba Mufti among all stakehold- Directorate in a money General Chetan Sharma to give evidence or produce tolerance policy has been UP CM Yogi Adityanath releases a publication during ers so that restora- laundering case. quarters in the national and advocate Amit records. All persons sum- that when compared to the occasion of completion of four years of his government tion works to develop A bench of Chief Justice capital. Mahajan. Senior advocate moned are bound to answer figures of 2016-2017, there in the state, at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow, Friday. and maintain the DN Patel and Justice The court asked the ED to Nitya Ramakrishnan, rep- the questions put to them has been a fall of 65.72 per river and its flood- Jasmeet Singh said they are file a short note of submis- resenting Mufti, urged the and to produce the docu- cent in cases of dacoity; ception of the state has “While earlier no one plains are carried out not granting any relief to sion along with compilation court to ask ED not to insist ments as required by the ED 66.15 per cent in cases of changed during the past wanted to come to the in a harmonious the PDP leader. The 61-year- of judgements relied upon for her personal presence as officers, failing which they loot; 19.80 per cent in cases four years and it has state because of a sense of manner,officials old leader, who was released by them before the next date was done earlier.To this, the can be penalized under the of murder and 45.43 per emerged as the best desti- insecurity, there is no fear said. The panel would last year after more than a on April 16. bench said, “We are not giv- Act. She has also sought an cent in cases of rape in the nation for investments, now. be headed by the year in detention following It also asked Mufti’s coun- ing any stay. We are not interim stay on the sum- state,” the chief minister Adityanath said it has It is also an achievement Lieutenant Governor the scrapping of Jammu sel to file their short note. granting any relief.” Mufti mons until the question of said at a press conference been possible because of that all festivals have been of Delhi with mem- and Kashmir’s special sta- Solicitor General Tushar has sought quashing of law in relation to constitu- on completion of four his government’s “per- celebrated peacefully and bers, including the tus, has been served notice Mehta, representing the ED, summons issued to her by tionality of Section 50 of the years of his government. formance on all fronts”, es- no riot has taken place in chief secretary of to appear at the ED head- said Mufti just has to appear the ED in a money launder- Act is decided. Claiming that the per- pecially law and order. the state. Delhi, Vice Chairman of the DDA. Hope en route Four held ur life has been going classes. Teachers are also not awake yourselves, we are about fitness intact. year, our beloved festival Holi have started to like their school have teaching skill.  Jammu: Police O devastating from March taking pain in improving the sit- to enter in next grade. That will It is very will come on 29th March 2021. instead of home. If school Corono Pandemic has been launched a massive 2020 until now. In this period, uation. Though, such incidents be more challenging for us. important for In this festival, you can chill reopens, we can meet our top- completed one year in India. crackdown against some teachers have lost their are not good for students, Please do some study, other- fighting with yourself & can also stress off. per, dull and backbencher We have learnt to live with this. cattle smuggling jobs. Schools have explored because they will get good wise, you won't get A+. If you Corona Virus. Alas, in this year too, you can- friends together. We will also India has developed its own and arrested 4 peo- new ways of teaching. Online marks in exams, but they will want to get A+ by the help of Those who not enjoy this festival, because meet our beloved teachers. On vaccine and is producing vac- ple in Jammu dis- classes have become necessity not learn much. This will weak google, please don't do this. It have good corona positive cases are rapid- the other side, if school doesn't cine at bulk level. Even, India is trict. During the for us. Award & certificates are their basic knowledge which will bring temporary happiness Aashima Singh immune sys- ly mounting in Mumbai. open, we will again miss fun exporting vaccine worldwide drive, police have also being distributed by will harm them in long terms. to you, but in long term, you tem, can easily Therefore, we will have to stay and enjoyments. and vaccination process across rescued 50 bovines schools and other institutions Students till 9th class are will lose understanding of sub- defeat all kind of Viruses at home on day of Holi too, but We students have been the country is also going on in from different loca- online. Painting & singing com- still doing online classes. jects basically math & science. including Covid-19. For main- we will not lose hope. We can doing online classes for last good pace. tions in Jammu. petitions for children are being However, schools have been It will also not give you mental tain fitness, there is no need to enjoy Holi at our home also. If one year, but it cannot replace In this backdrop, students Four vehicles, used done at digital platform. some opened for those who are peace. You will also be not able go outside of your home. You you have sibling, you can play physical classes. In online are losing their patience, but in smuggling of 50 students have explored their appearing in the 10th and 12th to reply your soul. can keep fit yourselves at home Holi with her or him, otherwise classes, a lot of problem is per- hope is still alive, because vac- cattle, have been hidden talent in cooking, writ- examinations, which are going Friends, there is no need to also. You can create space in we can talk with our friends sisting. If we overlook technical cinations process across the seized. The accused ing, singing, painting etc. We to be conducted in incoming afraid from exams. If you make any of your favourite place at and help your parents to pre- issues too, there are many country is going on. It seems have been identified also learnt how nature could months. However, in some good strategy for examination, home and do dance or do yoga pare delicious food. other issues like problem in that negative impact of Corona as Roshan Lal, harm us and can give us a les- states, schools have still not you can get good marks. For or even do workout. Dance can In the first week of April understanding of subject, ask- Pandemic will vanish very Liaquat Ali, Harpal son not to mess with it. Even, been opened Those students this, you have to learn the top- also give you mental satisfac- 2021, new academic session ing questions from teachers, soon. Now, it is only aggressive Singh, Mohammad some have lost their beloved who are studying below 9th ics of syllabus. You will have to tion. Proficiency in dance can will start. Whether school will maintaining discipline among in few states. vaccinations and Taj and Zaheer ones. class are still doing online write down all important points give you chance to boast about reopen or not will depend on students etc. Parents are also self-awareness among people Abaas and others, Online classes are not free classes. of topic. It will help you in among your friends. Yoga can spread level of Corona pandem- not able to monitor perform- will help to bring this pandemic they said, adding from problems. Network prob- The month of march is going learning the answers of ques- make your body in lean and thin ic. However, it is certain that ance of their children. at minimal level shortly. that an investigation lem is big issue. Students are on. This is important month for tions. In math, you will have to shape and flexible and it does- Parent teaching meeting (PTM) Responsibility of Looking after It seems that schools will was on. also not paying proper atten- all students, because in this practice all the sums. Also seek n’t want big space. Workout will be conducted either at children at home is having with reopen in after summer vaca- tion towards their study. They month, almost all schools con- help from the examples in the can help you to lose some school premises or on digital mothers and they have already tion. Thus, the days of doing Shot dead don’t afraid from teacher at duct final examination. So, this textbook and learn all the for- pounds and gain some muscle. platform. I feel, many of my several works in their hand. study with fun at school are on home. Discipline issue is now article is a last call to all the mulas by heart. In this process, Apart from this, for fitness, you friends have got bored at home Even, they cannot replace the way. We have to wait a few  Chandigarh: A mounting day by day. A few lazy students who are still in you will have to take 5 minutes will have to eat green vegeta- in last one year. Now, students teachers because they don't more days only. woman was shot students are cheating in exami- hangover of Corona Pandemic break every hour, so that you bles even if you hate them. dead, while another nations. Even some students and are blaming Corona Virus don't get exhausted. After a lot of study and was wounded when a are taking help of google in for every problem. Please Also Keep physical & mental examination in the academic man allegedly fired shots at them in Punjab’s Moga dis- trict. Two women, ‘Delhi lobby’ was upset with who were still unidentified, were sitting in Gurveer Singh’s car at Manuke village in Mumbai’s ex-police chief: Sena Nihal Singh Wala. Mumbai, Mar 19 (PTI): near industrialist Mukesh moved as Mumbai police ficer Hemant Nagrale was Sarpanch held Ambani’s house last month, commissioner and senior of- appointed in his place. Two days after Param Bir saying that the agency gener-  Jammu: A sarpanch, Singh was shunted out from ally investigates terrorism- who was involved in the post of Mumbai police related cases, but there was several cases of commissioner, the Shiv Sena no terror angle involved in crime, was arrested on Friday defended him say- this episode. The by the Jammu and ing that his transfer does not Maharashtra government on Kashmir Police in make him a criminal, and al- Wednesday transferred connection with the leged that a “particular Singh, who was under fire procurement of a lobby in Delhi” was upset over handling of the permanent resident with him as the TRP scam Ambani-SUV case, and ap- certificate through came to light during his pointed senior IPS officer fraudulent means. tenure. Hemant Nagrale in his place. Prabhakar Singh was The ruling party in “A vehicle containing 20 gela- detained under the Maharashtra also ques- tin sticks was found on Public Safety Act tioned the move of the Mumbai’s Carmichael Road, (PSA) in Kot Bhawal National Investigation which has triggered blasts in Jail, Jammu, for his Agency (NIA) taking over the state politics and admin- unlawful activities. the probe into the explosives- istration in the last few days. laden SUV found parked Param Bir Singh was re- CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021

CROSSING THE BRIDGE ✍ LETTERS CENTRAL TO THE EDITOR One nation Chronicle one election Established 1974 Volume 46 No. 166 Parliamentary standing commit- tee on law and justice endorsed the idea of 'one nation and one elec- tion', and the committee has also Centre’s Delhi move recommended for common electoral rolls for the Lok.Sabha, state and new bill giving sweeping powers to Delhi's Lieutenant local body elections and out of these Governor is a regressive and undemocratic move as it recommendations second recom- A mendation can be implemented eas- amounts to negating the public mandate of an elected gov- ily without any further delay which ernment by usurping its powers and undermining the federal will reduce the exchequer of the spirit. Since a full-fledged statehood status remains elusive, country. Holding simultaneous elec- Delhi has been witnessing a bitter row, particularly after the tions will reduce the expenditure of the political parties and will ensure Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power, over distribution of that human resources are utilised powers between the elected government and the Lieutenant optimally and it will also reduce the Governor, who is seen as the eyes and ears of the Central voters' apathy towards frequent government. The problem with the National Capital Territory elections and rather encourage them which will ultimately enhance of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021, introduced in Parliament, is participation in the electoral that it makes the Lt Governor an all-powerful entity whose process.and all out efforts should be "opinion shall be obtained" before the government takes any made for the Implementation of the executive action. The amendment makes a mockery of the common electoral rolls and for that amendment would also be required people's mandate, allows the Centre to arrogate power to it- in the Constitution.As well as wider self and reduces the elected state government to a powerless consultation is required among all entity. The intent of the new legislation goes against the 2018 the parties.The frequent imposition landmark verdict of the Supreme Court which upheld the of the model code of conduct crip- pre-eminence of Delhi’s elected government in matters other ples governance and impedes devel- opment.In view of this virtually than police, public order and land and wanted both the par- interminable dance of democracy,it ties to uphold the spirit of cooperative federalism. The at- makes sense to club the elections to tempt of the new legislation to make the office of the LG syn- the Lok Sabha,state assemblies and onymous with the all-powerful entity to decide all matters local bodies. The BJP led NDA Govt strongly favours simultaneous elec- concerning the national capital must be seen as a perverse tions having registered resounding move towards centralisation of political power. This is also a wins in successive Parliament polls huge step backward for Delhi's quest for full statehood, a A woman walks on a bridge over the Moskva river in front of a Stalin-era skyscraper in Moscow on March 19, 2021. but the fragmented opposition is not promise made by every political party, including the BJP, at so enthusiastic about it.The collapse of the Govts in Karnataka MP and various times during electioneering. The implications of the Pondichary will discourage the new legislation go well beyond the AAP versus BJP political opposition parties to go forward for slugfest with a bearing on the Centre-State relations. one nation and one election.Any Already, there is widespread criticism that the NDA govern- Mother language is the soul of India move to curtail or extend the tenure of some Assemblies has to be well ment has been diluting the rights of the States and taking thought out in the face of constitu- unilateral and arbitrary decisions in violation of the federal & Technical Terminology languages. tional hurdles.It is expected from all spirit. By making it mandatory for an elected government in DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK (CSTT), Mahatma? Gandhi? Another landmark initiative the parties that they should come Delhi to route all files through the L-G, the new law threatens Antar rashtriya ?Hindi has been the establishment of forward in the interest of country to take away the autonomy that any elected government le- Vishwavidyalaya, Central the Digital Language Lab in and should implement the idea of one nation one election and whatso- gitimately requires for governance. The Arvind Kejriwal gov- Institute of Hindi, Centre for the Kendriya Vidhyalas. The ever amendments are to be required ernment has rightly argued that the 'democratically and con- Urdu Language Literature and Lab are a platform for com- all should agree on them without stitutionally dangerous amendment' will render the elections Culture (CULLC), National prehensive and interactive any further loss of time. and elected governments meaningless. The Centre's latest Council for Promotion of digital content catering to lis- Yash Pal Ralhan, Jalandhar move infringes on this autonomy. Much of the conflict over Sindhi Languages (NCPSL)? , tening and speaking Modi government’s distribution of powers stems from ambiguities of Article and National Council for skills.Through the language 239AA, which empowered Lt Governor to refer "any matter" Promotion of Urdu Language labs, the Kendriya Vidhlayas brain child to the President in case of differences with the Cabinet. (NCPUL) are?also?doing will facilitate and engage stu- This is nothing but the brain child dents via computer-based ex- of the Modi government when the However, the Supreme Court's verdict on this matter must be magnificent work in the?pro- Centre introduced the Government taken as a final word. The repercussions of the amendments motion, preservation and con- ercises and activities to be- of National Capital Territory of Delhi go far beyond the political feud. Making it mandatory for an servation of Indian lan- come the language. In the (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok elected government to route all files through the L-G, in an ef- out of the 6,000 multiple initiatives to recog- guages.?? first phase 276, Digital Sabha. Reason behind the new fort to tilt the balance of power, infringes on its autonomy. It languages spoken nize and promote the use and Further, in consultation with Language Labs were estab- introduction of the (Amendment) 43% bill for 2015 to 2018, the AAP gov- also all but ends the hope of full statehood for Delhi, a prom- in the world are endangered. dissemination of mother the Central Institute of Indian lished in Kendriya Vidyalayas ernment was engaged in a constant ise made by every party at one time or the other. The L-G, at Out of these, only a few hun- tongues to encourage linguis- Languages (CIIL), Navodaya (one in each Kendriya battle with the Centre over policy present, does have the power to refer any matter over which dred languages are used in tic diversity multilingual edu- Vidhyalas has recently organ- Vidhyalas) with English soft- decisions and the powers of the L-G there is a disagreement to the President, though even here the education system and the cation in the realms of educa- ized an online course on ware. In the second phase, vis-à-vis the elected government. After no sign of relief from the Modi the SC made it clear that the L-G 'should not act in a mechan- public domain, and less than a tion. Teaching, Testing and Comprehensive Solution for government, Delhi’s Kejriwal (AAP) ical manner without due application of mind so as to refer hundred are used in the digital The Government of India Evaluation for Regional Digital Language Lab has government knocked the door of the every decision of the Council of Ministers to the President'. world. We must understand has introduced a scheme Language Teachers of NVS. been established in 100 Apex Court and in its 2018 verdict, The Centre’s move is ill-advised. that language is a means of known as the "Scheme for The course focuses on execut- Kendriya Vidyalayas as per the five-judge Bench (Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices A K communication and identity Protection and Preservation ing NLP (Natural Language the availability of space Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandra- to the individual and the com- of Endangered Languages of Processing) tools for lan- (room) and funds with soft- chud and Ashok Bhushan) had held TN’s ‘poll freebie’ culture munity. If I state in the words India" (SPPEL). The Central guage teaching and improv- ware to learn Hindi, English that the L-G’s concurrence is not of Swami Vivekananda, Institute of Indian Languages ing linguistic skills through and Sanskrit Languages. required on issues other than police, n Tamil Nadu the promise of freebies mark poll time "Teach the masses in the ver- (CIIL), Mysore,under this science, social science, and These initiatives are well public order and land. Hence encouraged by the SC verdict, the I and much of governance seems to revolve around deliv- naculars, give them ideas; scheme,works on protection, Mathematics. This is well- aligned with the National AAP government had stopped send- ering on populist measures that sustain vote banks favouring they will get information, but preservation and documenta- aligned with 'EK BHARAT Education Policy, which pro- ing files on executive matters to the either of the Dravidian majors. The 2021 polls, slated for April something more is necessary; tion of all the mother SHRESTHA BHARAT' to bring motes multi-linguism. It is be- L-G before the implementation of 6, have triggered an even more frenetic push to promise free- give them culture."Every lan- tongues/languages of India National Unity and Integrity. lieved that Multilingualism any decision. Naturally this was a slap for the Modi government as a bies by the ruling AIADMK and the Opposition DMK, parties guage is a reflection of the spoken by less than 10,000 Further, in the NISHTHA has excellent cognitive bene- result of bringing the new law with that have established a virtual duopoly in the 234-seat culture, a way of thinking and people, i.e. endangered lan- teachers training programme, fits to young students; thus, the help of the majority to nullify the Assembly. The freebie culture has been ingrained in the psy- living of a society. Language guages. In the first phase of about 23 Lakh teachers have students will now be exposed SC verdict. But this bill is against the che of the people of Tamil Nadu since the mid-1960s when plays a cohesive role in devel- the scheme, 117 endangered completed the course in 10 to different languages start- federal and democratic spirit. Whatever the ideological differ- the DMK came to power on top of a promise of three padis opment while stimulating cul- languages/mother tongues languages. ing from the Foundational ences BJP and AAP might have, it is (measuring roughly 4.5 kg) of rice for a rupee, later watered tural diversity and intercultur- have been chosen from India Aligned with Ek Bharat Stage onwards.Strenuous ef- the right of common people to be down to one kg for a rupee due to financial constraints. The al dialogue. Along with for study and documentation Shreshth Bharat, NCERT has forts will be made to ensure governed by the policies that it has 2021 freebie promise has been the most extensive on record strengthening cooperation, in- on a priority basis. The started with the Bhasha that the existing gaps be- made an unambiguous choice for. No doubt the amendments will have with AIADMK offering a washing machine for each of about clusive knowledge societies, University Grants Commission Sangam initiative for schools tween the child's language far-reaching implications. Remem- two crore families, besides a solar stove to go with the mixer and preserving cultural her- has also initiated two and educational institutions. and teaching medium are ber this bill may put hurdles in free grinder, fans and other household goods that went towards itage, language helps attain schemes for protecting en- The initiative aims to provide bridged. Learning a language working of not only AAP govern- fulfilling Jayalalithaa’s concept of easing the burden of quality education. dangered languages, namely multilingual exposure to stu- is not just learning the alpha- ment, but also the future govern- housewives and working women of chores at home and win- India has unparalleled lin- 'Funding Support to the State dents in the 22 Indian lan- bet, the meaning, the gram- ment for welfare and betterment of Delhites. Because by making it ning them over. Besides white goods, laptops for students guistics with fittingly cultural Universities for Study and guages listed in Schedule VIII mar rules, and the arrange- mandatory for the elected govern- are free as well as data. Consider the promise of Rs 1,500 a diversity; Language is accord- Research in Indigenous and of India's Constitution. NCERT ment of words, but it is an ex- ment to route all its files through the month for women, free TV cable service and affordable hous- ed as a powerful instrument. Endangered languages in has designed short dialogues tensive part of enhancing cog- L-G, the amendments will essential- ing for the needy and it completes a comprehensive house- Thereby, under the astute India' and 'Establishment of consisting of simple, com- nitive skills while imbibing so- ly take away the government's autonomy and the dream for full hold package including free rations, condiments, spices and leadership of Honourable Centres for Endangered monly used sentences in 22 ciety's culture. statehood for the state. festival hampers that should ease lives. And for livelihoods Prime Minister Shri Languages in Central languages for students of all Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee, there is an offer of one government job for each household, NarendraModiJi, the Ministry Universities'. Along with CILL, classes to promote, preserve, Writer is Hon'ble Union Minister Faridabad never mind if the government wage bill runs upwards of one of Education has undertaken the Commission for Scientific and conserve India's regional for Education lakh crore rupees. The DMK's competitive offerings include Rs 1,000 for women, 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs for locals, a year's maternity leave and food, fuel and milk subsidies. How all the freebies add up is anyone’s guess as the state is already burdened with public debt of Rs 4.87 WHAT THEY TWEET! lakh crore as of March 31, 2020, on top of revenues earned from a highly industrialised state. There is even a promise of monetising housewives' work in the manifesto of fringe polit- Kanwal Sibal Brahma Chellaney @KanwalSibal ical player Kamal Haasan's party, which is to show how the @Chellaney IE has given front page head- aim for votes also somehow serves the purpose of creating a Biden's vaccine-hoarding line coverage to Bajwa’s tai- social net buttressed by health insurance and an almost free policy is likely to raise a lored speech. Phenomenon lunch that is nearly unique. There is no denying the state has question among European of useful idiots! We say cre- been a forerunner in keeping students interested in learning and Asian allies: If the US ate conducive atmos for in class through free education and midday meals. The finan- will not share its vaccine talks to resume Bajwa stockpile with its closest returns the compliment by cial profligacy may create a burden that may never go away allies during a horrendous saying create conducive for seven crore people of the state. The concern for women, pandemic, how can its atmos in Kashmir for peace who constitute nearly 50 per cent of voters, does not, howev- leadership be trusted in a talks. And our media gets er, extend to political representation as the low number of security contingency? unduly excited! seats, less than 10 per cent, allocated to them by major par- ties indicates. The outlier status of Tamil Nadu is further Sudha Ramen IFS @SudhaRamenIFS stressed as DMK and Congress promise to take state stu- Yogi Baba 2.0@TheYogiRocks Here is my entry to the #MountainTwitter A long walk to Tiger'e Nest, Bhutan with my bestie Nausheen Khan dents out of the central medical entrance test NEET and em- Uttaranchal University in @DrNausheenKhan phasise their opposition to CAA as AIADMK, despite being in Uttarakhand ends the British era Did you know about a the NDA, has done too. Competitive freebie offers are a practice of wearing black gowns #UttarPradesh gynecologist, Dr. bizarre feature but that takes away only a little from the Shipra Dhar Srivastava for whom and caps on graduation day. saving girl child has become a mis- model welfare state Tamil Nadu has aspired to be and is in Instead students wore kurta and sion She does not charge fee from many ways a model for India. saffron scarf. 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Tamil Nadu benchmark Sensex re- workers and rural labour- State with 1237 points bounded 642 points on J New Delhi: SUN ers rose to 2.67 per cent topped the index table Friday, led by gains in Mobility Chairman and 2.76 per cent in whereas Bihar State with index majors RIL, HUL Chetan Maini said on February against 2.17 per 842 points stood at the bot- and ICICI Bank despite Friday that it has tied cent and 2.35 per cent re- tom. negative cues from global up with last mile de- spectively in January, Amongst states, the markets. livery firm Zyngo. 2021. maximum decrease in the After opening with sig- Zyngo's fleet of e- Inflation based on food Consumer Price Index nificant losses, the 30- days of back-to-back fall," Hong Kong, Tokyo and loaders, carriers will index of CPI-AL and CPI- Numbers for Agricultural share BSE index made a U- said Binod Modi, Head - Seoul ended on a negative utilise SUN RL is at 1.55 per cent and Labourers and Rural turn to end 641.72 points or Strategy at Reliance note. Mobility's services 1.85 per cent respectively Labourers was experi- 1.30 per cent higher at Securities. Stock exchanges in through the network in February 2021, a labour enced by West Bengal 49,858.24. The broader NSE Notably, a sharp recov- Europe were also trading of battery swap ministry statement said. State (-20 points and - 19 Nifty surged 186.15 points ery in FMCG, pharma, with losses in mid-session points available at The All-India points respectively) main- or 1.28 per cent to finish at metals and Reliance deals. IOCL stations. Consumer Price Index ly due to fall in the prices 14,744. Industries helped bench- The Shanghai Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers points in 8 States whereas of wheat atta, chillies NTPC was the top gain- mark indices to recover Composite Index sank 1 Labourers and Rural came from food with (-) index of 2 States re- green, vegetables and er in the Sensex pack, ral- from initial losses. per cent to 3,426.91 and the DFI Bill Labourers for the month 2.94 points and (-) 2.54 mained stationary. fruits and firewood etc. lying over 4 per cent, fol- Moderate contraction in Nikkei 225 in Tokyo lost J New Delhi: The gov- of February 2021 de- points respectively main- Tamil Nadu State with On the contrary, the lowed by HUL, PowerGrid, bond yields offered sup- 1.2 per cent to 29,851.37. ernment will next creased by 1 point each to ly due to fall in prices of 1252 points topped the maximum increase in the Reliance Industries, ITC, port to domestic equities The Hang Seng in Hong week introduce in the stand at 1037 and 1044 wheat atta, gur, potato, index table whereas Consumer Price Index UltraTech Cement and despite prevailing concern Kong retreated 1.6 per cent National Bank for points respectively, com- cauliflower etc, the state- Himachal Pradesh State Numbers for Agricultural Bajaj Finance. of rise in daily COVID-19 to 28,950.83. The Kospi in Financing pared to January. The ment said. The fall/rise in with 818 points stood at Labourers and Rural On the other hand, L&T, cases, he said, adding that Seoul shed 0.6 per cent to Infrastructure and CPI-AL was at 1010 and index varied from State to the bottom. Labourers was experi- Tech Mahindra, Bajaj the recent spike in new in- 3,047.81 Sydney's S&P-ASX Development CPI-RL at 1016 in State. In case of In case of Rural enced by Kerala State (+11 Auto and Titan were fections is unlikely to dent 200 gave up 0.6 per cent to (NaBFID) Bill 2021 in February 2020. The major Agricultural Labourers, it Labourers, it recorded a points each) mainly due among the laggards. the improved prospects of 6,705.20. New Zealand and Lok Sabha to pave way contribution towards the recorded a decrease of 1 decrease of 1 to 19 points to rise in the prices of "Despite weak global economic recovery mean- Singapore gained while for setting up of a gov- fall in general index of to 20 points in 10 States in 10 States and an in- rice, fish fresh, onion and cues, domestic equities re- ingfully. Elsewhere in Bangkok and Jakarta re- ernment-owned DFI to Agricultural Labourers and an increase of 1 to 11 crease of 1 to 11 points in vegetables and fruits etc. covered sharply after five Asia, bourses in Shanghai, treated. fund infra projects. The union cabinet ear- lier this week had ap- Lok Sabha passes bill to amend MMDR Act India's economy may proved a budget pro- Rupee flat at 72.52 posal of setting up a New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): Development Finance grow at 12% in 2021 Institution (DFI), against USD, gold Lok Sabha on Friday which will have tax passed a bill to amend the New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): benefits to enable fund gains Rs 168 Mines and Mineral raising from investors. (Development and India's economy is likely Mumbai, Mar 19 (PTI): the broader NSE Nifty Regulation) Act, with Union to grow by 12 per cent in 2021 surged 186.15 points or minister Pralhad Joshi say- following a 7.1 per cent con- UP becomes The rupee ended on a 1.28 per cent to 14,744.00. ing the changes will help traction last year, as near- J Mathura: Owing to a flat note against the US The dollar index, create employment opportu- term prospects have turned conducive environ- dollar on Friday amid a which gauges the green- nities and allow private sec- more favourable, Moody's parison. "This forecast is ment, Uttar Pradesh firm trend in domestic back's strength against a tor with enhanced technolo- eral exploration," the minis- and introduction of an Analytics said. equivalent to real GDP, in has become the first equity markets and a basket of six currencies, gy in mining activities. ter said. According to the index-based mechanism by A stronger than expected level terms, growing by 4.4 choice for industrial- stronger dollar in over- advanced 0.08 per cent to "The reform in the min- minister, the mining sector developing a National December quarter GDP per cent above pre-COVID-19 ists, state Minister for seas markets. 91.94. Gold in the nation- ing sector would generate 55 currently contributes 1.75 Mineral Index (NMI) for growth of 0.4 per cent fol- levels (as of March 2020) by Industrial At the interbank forex al capital on Friday lakh direct and indirect em- per cent to the country's various statutory payments, lowing a 7.5 per cent con- the end of 2021, or equiva- Development Satish market, the local unit gained Rs 168 to Rs ployment. To enhance min- GDP and through the re- among others. In order to traction in the previous lently, by 5.7 per cent above Mahana said on opened lower at 72.57 44,580 per 10 gram sup- ing activity, we will allow forms proposed in the bill boost exploration, there will three months has turned the GDP level in December Friday.Better infra- against the greenback ported by recovery in private sector with en- the contribution will rise to be review of functioning of India's near-term prospects 2020 by the end of 2021," it structure, safety,secu- and witnessed an intra- global precious metal hanced technology in min- 2.5 per cent and strengthen the National Mineral more favourable, it said. said. It said monetary and rity and adjusting atti- day high of 72.46 and a prices, according to eral exploration," Joshi said. the economy. The bill seeks Exploration Trust (NMET). Domestic and external de- fiscal policy settings will re- tude of the state gov- low of 72.58. HDFC Securities. The Lower House passed the to amend the Mines and NMET will be made an au- mand has been on the mend main conducive to growth. ernment have allured It finally closed at In the previous trade, Mines and Minerals Mineral (Development and tonomous body.Private enti- since the easing of restric- "We do not expect any ad- industrialists to set up 72.52 against the it had closed at Rs 44,412 Development (Amendment) Regulation) Act, 1957, and ties will also be engaged in tions, which has led to im- ditional rate cuts this year their industry in Uttar American currency, reg- per 10 gram. Bill, 2021. According to the would bring in mega re- exploration works now. proved manufacturing out- below the current 4 per cent Pradesh, Mahana said istering a rise of just 1 Silver, however, de- minister, India produces 95 forms in the sector with res- Simplification of explo- put in recent months. "We at which the benchmark re- while talking to re- paisa over its previous clined by Rs 135 to Rs minerals and has same po- olution in legacy issues, ration regime will also be expect private consumption purchase rate is being main- porters. The state has close. The rupee had 66,706 per kilogram from tential like South Africa and thereby making a large done to facilitate seamless and nonresidential invest- tained," it said. It saw some received an investment ended at 72.53 against Rs 66,841 per kilogram Australia but still import number of mines available transition from exploration ment to materially pick up additional fiscal support of Rs 4,800 crore. the US dollar on in the previous trade. minerals like gold and coal. for auctions. to production. over the next few quarters being mobilised during the Thursday. In the international "The reform in the mining It will help strengthen the The major objective of the and strengthen the domestic second half of the year, de- On the domestic equi- market, gold was trad- sector would generate 55 auction-only regime and reforms is to generate huge demand revival in 2021," it pending on the softness in To raise ty market front, the BSE ing with gains at USD lakh direct and indirect em- boost transparency in the employment opportunities, said. domestic spending. Direct J New Delhi: Non- Sensex ended 641.72 1,741 per ounce and sil- ployment. To enhance min- system.The reforms as part reduce imports and increase Moody's saw real GDP forms of fiscal support such banking finance com- points or 1.30 per cent ver was flat at USD 26.12 ing activity, we will allow of the bill include removing production by bringing growth of 12 per cent in the as income tax cuts, however, pany Manappuram higher at 49,858.24, while per ounce. private sector with en- the distinction between cap- large mineral blocks into 2021 calendar year, partially are less likely in the current Finance on Friday hanced technology in min- tive and non-captive mines auction. due to a low base-year com- setting. said it will raise up to Rs 6,000 crore in the next fiscal. The deci- Sembcorp Green Infra bags the prestigious ICC Social Impact award Tata Motors forays into compact sion was taken by the board of directors at a Gurgaon, Mar 19: Rooted in our commit- meeting on Friday,the ment to sustainability, ambulance segment company said in a reg- Sembcorp Green Infra Sembcorp works closely ulatory filing. The (SGIL), the renewable ener- with its communities in New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): fundraising will be gy arm of Sembcorp India to improve the quali- through various ways, Energy India has been ty of life and empower Tata Motors on Friday including the is- awarded the prestigious them in an all-encompass- said it has launched a pa- suance of redeemable Indian Chamber of ing manner. Sembcorp con- tient transport ambulance, non-convertible Commerce (ICC) Social tinues to make a positive designed specifically for debentures on private Impact Award for the year impact on its community healthcare mobility in the placement and/or a 2021 in the Large through focused CSR inter- economy ambulance seg- public issue in one or Enterprise Category. The ventions and programmes ment. The Magic Express more tranches. award recognised Commissioner, British sustainable agriculture in the areas of education, ambulance is designed to Sembcorp's efforts in creat- High Commission in practices and livelihood en- healthcare, and skills de- support medical and health ing a positive impact by Kolkata. hancement services within velopment. Sembcorp's related services, which as- Shares debut 'Empowering the Rural The award was present- the farming communities corporate social responsi- sumes significance especial- J New Delhi: Shares of Population' through its var- ed to the SGIL team for its around its operation sites. bility initiatives create a ly during the COVID-19 pan- Easy Trip Planners ious programmes under- exemplary work done This project is aligned with sustainable transforma- demic, Tata Motors said in a listed with a premium taken as part of the compa- under the project Krishi the Prime Minister's tion and aid in India's com- statement. The compact di- of over 13 per cent ny's corporate social re- Mitra - Agricultural Sansad Adarsh Gram mitment towards the mensions of the vehicle en- tients requiring emergency Ambulance, Tata Motors against its issue price sponsibility initiatives. The Sustainability and Yojana (SAGY), an initia- United Nations' ables easy manoeuvrability care, thereby saving lives, it fulfils its commitment to of Rs 187. The stock award was presented by Mr Livelihood Generation by tive aimed at promoting ho- Sustainable Development on Indian roads, resulting in added. With the introduc- provide the best healthcare listed at Rs 206, a gain Nicholas Low, Deputy High providing access to various listic rural development. Goals (SDGs). speedy movement of pa- tion of the Magic Express mobility solutions. of 10.16 per cent from the issue price on BSE. On NSE, it listed P-notes investment climbs to 33- with a premium of 13.50 per cent at Rs Progress on BPCL privatisation multiple steps remains 212.25. The company's month high at Rs 91,658 cr in Feb market valuation was New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): ing and there are still ques- per cent stake in its Bina re- at Rs 2,358.68 crore on New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): 91,658 crore invested through the tions that require further finery for Rs 2,400 crore in BSE. Easy Trip Investments through participato- route till February, Rs 84,195 Fitch Ratings on Friday clarity," Fitch Ratings said February 2021. Planners' Rs 510-crore ry notes (P-notes) in the Indian crore was invested in equities, Rs said there is more visibility in a statement. It also sold 5.8 per cent of initial public offer capital market rose to Rs 91,658 6,833 crore in debt and Rs 630 on BPCL privatisation, but Stating that it will contin- its 7.3 per cent treasury was subscribed a crore at February-end, making it crore in hybrid securities. "A there is still little informa- ue to monitor the situation shares for Rs 5,500 crore whopping 159.33 the highest level in 33 months, sharp rise in FPIs' participation tion on potential restric- and consider suitable rat- and approved the sale of its times. suggesting growing confidence through offshore derivative tions for the new owner in ing action as and when 61.7 per cent stake in of overseas investors. instruments or P-notes in relation to employee protec- there is progress, it said Numaligarh Refinery P-notes are issued by regis- February once again vindicates tion, asset stripping, and in- watched closely is the Limited for Rs 9,900 crore Stelis concludes tered foreign portfolio investors growing confidence of overseas vestment lock-in. progress on interested par- in March. J New Delhi: Strides (FPIs) to overseas investors who investors into domestic markets. Also, there is a need for Petroleum Corporation Ltd ties receiving security "This results in net pro- Pharma Science said wish to be part of the Indian However, we note that FPIs' par- further clarity on the fu- (BPCL). Three firms, in- clearances from the gov- ceeds of Rs 13,000 crore for its biotech arm Stelis stock market without registering ticipation through P-note route ture of subsidies paid to cluding Vedanta Ltd, have ernment, access to the data BPCL, less the long-term Biopharma conclud- themselves directly. They, how- has been improving in consis- BPCL's customers on the evinced interest in buying room, the start of due dili- capital gains tax, although ed its series B and ever, need to go through a due tently since April 2020," Binod sale of LPG and kerosene the stake. gence process and submis- the timing of each transac- Series C fund raise diligence process. According to Modi, Head Strategy at Reliance as well as the freedom on "There is more visibility sion of financial bids. tion may vary," Fitch said, for a cumulative Sebi data, the value of P-note Securities, said. the pricing of petrol and on the progress of the state BPCL has made headway adding the impact on amount of USD 195 investments in Indian markets -- Divam Sharma, co-founder of diesel before the divest- of India's divestment of on a key pre-condition to its BPCL's Standalone Credit million (approx Rs equity, debt and hybrid securities December-end. Green Portfolio, said the month ment can conclude, it said. BPCL, following develop- divestment and other key Profile (SCP) will depend 1,415 crore). Post increased to Rs 91,658 crore in The month of February 2021 of February 2021 witnessed high- The government is selling ments on key queries milestones over the last six on the extent to which the money valuation for February-end from Rs 84,916 saw the highest level of invest- est inflows into equities from its entire 53.98 per cent raised by potential buyers, weeks, including the finali- proceeds are used to reduce Stelis will be pegged crore at January-end. ment since May 2018, when fund FPIs. In fact, March is also look- stake in India's second- but multiple steps of the sation of terms to purchase debt or make dividend pay- at USD 350 million. Prior to that, the investment inflow through such route stood ing positive from FPI inflows per- largest fuel retailer Bharat process remain outstand- Oman Oil Company's 36.6 ments in the coming year. level was at Rs 87,132 crore in at Rs 93,497 crore. Of the total Rs spective. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021 Bhavya Dosi - An upcoming talented Artist Consultant in Kreative Minds. He new brand of Ecosure Pulp During the time of Covid-19 he to take place). ✍ Shilpa Mitra now not only is a keen learner of Moulding Technologies Ltd., had made a virtual tour digitally Very recently, his school, The KM but also a part of the man- which is to be launched very of his school. His school teachers Oakridge International School, In Kreative Minds, we are agement team. soon. wanted him to work on it. He Bangalore dedicated a complete constantly supporting and The New Logo of Kreative Bhavya Dosi, is a young talent- keeps updating himself with new page in their school magazine guiding young talent to Minds, has been designed by ed boy, studying in Grade 8 in technology (digitally and manu- where they spoke about Bhavya’s Bhavya and Arya as a team work. Oakridge International School, ally). 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ctors Ayush Mehra and Sarah tor boring? A Hashmi play pivotal roles in the "I think it is a stereotype that doc- Ayush new season of the web series tors are boring. I know many doctors "Operation MBBS". The season high- who are as cool as rock stars, who lights the struggle that doctors and dance, eat, party, and yet they are Mehra: medical staff went through during successful. Yes, it is true that many pandemic. youngsters are interested in becoming "I think there is nothing more hon- actors, filmmakers or artistes. But ourable than celebrating the effort of there is a large section of students -- Global doctors and what they went through many of them from small towns -- who during the global pandemic. It made are preparing to become doctors. us realise all over again that only all the rules that are set by the health 'Serious' and 'boring' are just tags," pandemic through adversity do we understand department. We should behave re- said Sarah. the value of certain people and their sponsibly by wearing mask, sanitise Ayush added: "It is also about role hard work -- like the police force, ourselves, and take care of our models. I am watching Shah Rukh Army and doctors. I think with our health." Khan since childhood and he inspired made us show, if we change the perspective of Set in a medical college the new me to become an actor. We all love at least a part of our audience and season of the show brings to light the Arijit Singh and many want to become ‘Rhea Chakraborty make them realise the value of doc- hurdles and unprecedented situations like him. Just because there is no cam- realise tors, we are successful," said Ayush. the medical community faced when era and not every movements of theirs was, is and will Sarah added: "I think we should the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world. is documented, like the way it hap- have always understood the value of Over the past few years, the pens with filmstars or rock stars, it Special jewelry always be integral doctor and celebrated their efforts, younger genaration has developed an does not mean the life of a doctor is value of and it took a pandemic to understand inclination towards making a career less thrilling or boring." brought from old Delhi the fact. If we really respect the effort out of creative fields -- be it music, The show streams on YouTube and part of Chehre’ of our doctors, especially during the acting, dance or even as social media social media platforms. and antique shops for doctors pandemic, we should seriously follow influencers. Do they find being a doc- he trailer of the Amitabh wedding look of Amrit T Bachchan-Emraan Hashmi starrer “Chehre” launched on ewelry holds a very special place Thursday, and actress Rhea J in a bride’s heart as it completes Chakraborty also makes an ap- When Jameela Jamil her D -Day look. Gracy aka Amrit of pearance in it. This puts rumours Katrina Kaif Sony Entertainment Television Kyun of her being ousted from the proj- thought Drew Barrymore Utthe Dil Chhod ayae would be seen ect to rest. in a bridal avatar in the upcoming Producer Anand Pandit says all set for was ‘flirting’ with her track where she would be seen get- Rhea was always part of the film. ting married to Randheer . For her “There was never any question ‘New film’ ctress Jameela Jamil thought that actress Drew bridal look the designer and the styl- of not having Rhea in the film. She A Barrymore was flirting with her, when they met 11 years ist did a lot of detail research and was, is and will always be an inte- ago. Jameela made the confession on "The Drew Barrymore especially got the jewelry from old gral part of Chehre. I don’t believe atrina Kaif has a new haircut and Show", where she also shared that she had interviewed the Delhi and few antique shops to make in getting swayed so easily,” Pandit K a new film to focus on, she Hollywood star over a her look more realistic. In the cur- says. The actress was missing from shared in an Instagram post with fans decade ago during the pro- rent track the viewers can watch the first poster and teaser of the on Thursday. Katrina posted a stun- motions of the film "He's Just how Uday will leave for Hockey film. She is also not part of the pro- ning picture wearing a blue crop top Not That Into You". Show camp after Vashma’s marriage to motions of the film. and denim shorts. She completed the host Barrymore said to Farooq. Chehre Producer Breaks Silence look with open hair and minimal Jameela: "It is a pleasure to In the upcoming track the viewers on Why Rhea Chakraborty is makeup. “New day New haircut New see you again." She replied will watch how the preparations for Missing from Film's Poster,Teaser film,” She she captioned the picture. saying: Yes, it's been 11 Amdheer’s marriage will begin at Amitabh Bachchan Starrer However, the actress did not give de- years. You were one of the Lala’s ji house. To make the wedding 'Chehre' Producer Out to Make tails of the project she had begun. first people I ever inter- look of Amrit stand out the designer More Suspense Thrillers Katrina was spotted a few days back viewed. I remember, I got and the stylist of the show especially This will be Rhea’s first release with superstar Salman Khan which this big new job on television." Jameela added: "I had to inter- got jewelry from old Delhi keeping after her boyfriend Sushant Singh led fans to speculate if the two had view you and a bunch of your castmates from ‘He's Just Not 1947 era in their mind. They also Rajput’s death. Rhea was accused started shooting for “Tiger 3”. The That Into You,' which is still one of my favorite movies and the shopped from a lot of shops in by the family of abetting his sui- Bollywood star has Rohit Shetty’s first actress I interviewed was so mean to me that I wanted to Mumbai and Delhi which sells cide and she even spent a few Akshay Kumar-starrer “Sooryavanshi” quit my job straight away and then the next room I walked into antique stuff. They wanted her look weeks in custody after being lined up for release. The cop action was yours and the second I walked into the room. You just to remembered by the viewers and charged with possession and sup- drama is slated to hit screens on April looked me up and down." Jameela said Barrymore was dressed should start a new trend of wearing plying of drugs. 30. She has also been shooting for the like "Marilyn Monroe". "You looked so incredible and you said, antique jewelry at weddings. “Chehre” has been directed by horror comedy “Phone Bhoot”. This ‘Well aren't you just a tall drink of water'. So I felt as though you Rumy Jafry and also features film is directed by Gurmmeet Singh were flirting with me, but it really worked and I sat down and Watch Kyun Utthe Dil Chhod Aaye, Annu Kapoor, Raghubir Yadav, and co-stars Ishaan Khatter and you were so kind and generous and understanding and you re- Monday to Friday at 9 PM only on Krystle D’Souza and Raghubir Siddhant Chaturvedi. minded me that class and royalty still exist in Hollywood," Sony Entertainment Television. Yadav. Jameela said on the show that airs in India on Zee Cafe. Kratika Sengar to enter John Abraham: It’s comical to see ‘Choti Sarrdaarni’ actors dance and then collect awards n audience favourite, COLORS’ popular A show Choti Sarrdaarni is known for its gripping storyline and its larger than life characters. In the current track of the show, he actor, who will soon be seen in leases in theatres, he said nothing can Seher (Played by Kevina Tak) goes missing T the film Mumbai Saga, refers to be predicted as of now. “No one is sure and Sarabjit blames Harleen (played by Mansi award shows as “circus” and says he what will happen the next day. We are Sharma) for being responsible for this situa- maintains distance from such events. not experts here. We are sure that we tion. On the other hand Meher (Played by It’s comical to see actors dance and want to release in the theatre. We Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia), too, is helpless as she is away from home due to some unforeseen then collect awards, says actor John know that Mumbai Saga needs a big circumstances. Amidst all the high drama, Abraham. The actor, who will soon be screen experience and merits a large the makers have roped in KratikaSengar as seen in the film Mumbai Saga, refers screen release and that is what we are Sandhya Tomar in the show who will bring in to award shows as “circus” and says doing,” he said. a major twist in the proceedings. he maintains distance from such The actor said he loves being part of Talking about her character KratikaSengar, events. action films and enjoys the genre. “It’s ““I am extremely excited to be associated “I totally don’t respect awards. It’s a a genre that I am comfortable with. with COLORS again, the channel has become joke. It’s comical to see actors dance The audience finds that space very be- an integral part of my life now. The character and then collect an award and make lievable with me and I, too, enjoy that of Sandhya Tomar is pivotal in the show. She funny jokes,” he shared. space. There are actors who love song will be entering into the Gill Mansion and in However, he knows that people and dance and I love action. Action se- Sarabjit’s life on the behest of Meher as she who take part in these shows don’t quences are my item numbers,” said is not around to take care of her family. My view them in this way. “I feel what the actor, who has been part of many entry is going to arouse a lot of curiosity they are doing is not necessarily action films including Shootout At among the audience. I love the show's con- wrong or what I am doing is wrong. Wadala and Force. cept and hopefully my fans too love to see me But I am on this side of the fence. I am “There are different kinds of roles in back in a new character.” quiet about it. I just don’t go for these action films. In Ek Villain the action How will Sandhya Tomar s entry in the functions. I will be a joker going to a was different from Satyameva Jayate. show change the equations of the family members in the Gill family? circus, it will be demeaning and I don’t Attack has action which is very To know more please do watch want to do that,” he said. Hollywood. Each film has a different ChotiSarrdaarni every Monday to On his film Mumbai Saga, which re- brief,” he said. Saturday at 7.30 pm only on COLORS! CENTRAL CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021 Battle for supremacy among two Harmanpreet and Co eye redemption best teams in series-decider Ahmedabad, Mar 19 (PTI):

Having outsmarted in T20 series against South Africa England in challenging conditions, a confident Lucknow, Mar 19 (PTI): Match Starts at 7pm IST India will back themselves to win the series-decider Outplayed in the ODI se- Monica Patel and Simran here on Saturday and take ries, Indian women will Dil Bahadur. another firm step towards have to lift their game in South Africa, on the finalising their core for all departments to redeem other hand, have looked the T20 World Cup. themselves in the three- like a well-oiled machine India, who went into the match T20 series against as both their batters and series with a fresh and South Africa, beginning bowlers have excelled in fearless approach in the here on Saturday. the tour. shortest format, find Apart from the nine- Opening batswoman themselves well-placed in wicket win in the second Lizelle Lee, who topped their preparations for the match, Mithali Raj's side the runscorers list with mega event at home later failed to fire as a unit 288 runs in four matches this year, irrespective of against their South with totals of 83 not out, 4, what happens in the fifth African counterparts, who 132 not out and 69, will game. looked in good rhythm once again look to domi- The Virat Kohli-led side, Match Starts at 7 pm rounder Rahul Tewatia is throughout the series. nate the proceedings. which did not have the the only one in the squad In the words of skipper She was ably supported depth earlier to attack in that Suryakumar found a left to make his debut and Mithali Raj, India looked by Mignon du Preez (166 all situations, finds itself place in the squad for the that could happen on underprepared in their runs) and Laura full of 'x-factor' with the upcoming ODI series. Saturday. first series in 12 months. order. Star opener Smriti Harleen Deol and Richa Senior leg-spinner Wolvaardt (154 runs) and emergence of Ishan "It's not easy to walk in Another big plus for While they posted compet- Mandhana had just one Ghosh will also look to Poonam Yadav and spin it will be a real test for the Kishan and Suryakumar at three in your first game India in the series has itive scores in the 3rd and good innings to show in make use of the chances all-rounder Deepti Indian bowling attack to Yadav, whose willow and we all were stunned. been Hardik Pandya con- 4th ODIs, the hosts strug- the five-ODI series and that they get to show their Sharma were dropped tame them. bludgeoned the England He stamped his authority tributing with the ball reg- gled to below-par totals in will need to step up. skills in the middle order. from the fifth ODI after Pacewomen Shabnim bowlers, making it a and allowed the likes of ularly. He was among the the first and fifth games. India will also hope that In the one-dayers, the their lacklustre show and Ismail (7 wickets) and dream debut on Friday. Shreyas, Hardik and Pant star bowlers on Thursday, With Jemimah the change of captaincy hosts' bowling was too de- the duo will look to bounce Tumi Sekhukhune (5 His innings at number to do their job. I am a fan of taking two wickets for 16 Rodrigues short of runs, will bring a change of luck pendent on veteran back in the shortest for- wickets) have been their three was pure delight and these youngsters," said runs in four overs. India missed the flair of as Harmanpreet Kaur Jhulan Goswami as the mat. most successful bowlers, left even the likes of Kohli Kohli referring to Leggie Rahul Chahar, young Shafali Verma. looks to lead from the spinners, save Rajeshwari In the pace department, while medium pacers "stunned", reinforcing the Suryakumar. playing in place of However, the 17-year-old, front. With 160 runs, the Gayakwad (8 wickets), the onus will be on Marizanne Kapp (3) and role of IPL in providing With Kishan and Yuzvendra Chahal, also who had an amazing T20 left-handed batter has failed to make a mark, Arundhati Reddy and Nadine de Klerk (3) too polished talent to the na- Suryakumar making mas- did a decent job while World Cup last year, will looked in good touch with which is one of the prime Manshi Joshi and eyes have chipped in with use- tional team. sive impact in their maid- Washington Sundar had a be back at the top of the the bat. reasons for the loss. will also be on rookies ful spells. It was not a surprise en series, Haryana all- rare off day. ISSF World Cup: Divyansh, Babuta Prasidh Krishna, Krunal Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav qualify for men’s 10m air rifle final New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): in ODI squad for England series Tokyo Olympics quota New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): India's ODI squad holder Divyansh Singh Panwar and Arjun Babuta Karnataka pacer Virat Kohli (Captain), qualified for the men's 10m Prasidh Krishna, all- Rohit Sharma (vice-cap- air rifle final on the open- rounder Krunal Pandya tain), Shikhar Dhawan, ing day of the ISSF World and Suryakumar Yadav Shubman Gill, Shreyas Cup here on Friday. earned their maiden ODI Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, In the 60-shot qualifica- call-up on Friday as selec- Hardik Pandya, Rishabh tion, the 18-year-old tors named them in India's Pant (wicket-keeper), KL Panwar finished sixth 18-member squad for the Rahul (wicket-keeper), with a total of 629.1, while three-match series against Yuzvendra Chahal, 2016 ISSF junior world cup England. Kuldeep Yadav, Krunal bronze medallist Babuta Krishna and Krunal Pandya, Washington grabbed the third place have been rewarded for Sundar, T Natarajan, after firing 631.8 at the their good performances Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Karni Singh Shooting in the recently held Vijay Mohammed Siraj, Range. Hazare Trophy while Prasidh Krishna and The other Indian partic- Suryakumar's selection Shardul Thakur. ipant in the fray, Deepak was not a surprise given Kumar, could not make the National shooting trials in his 20th shot, never his stupendous T20 debut cut as he ended up 12th here earlier this year, is went below 10 in the quali- in the fourth T20 against will be on Shikhar with 626.4. one of the India's medal fication. England. Krishna, who Bhuvneshwar Kumar are Natarajan has regained Pant. Rahul opens batting Dhawan to perform from South Korea's Taeyun hopefuls in shooting at the World number two, has been on the radar for a back in the side and so is fitness and therefore finds in T20s but he would bat in game one considering Nam topped the qualifica- Tokyo Games. Petar Gorsa of Croatia, while and has also earned Washington Sundar, who a place in the squad follow- the middle order in ODIs India are spoilt for choice tion with 632.1 while The Jaipur-based did not start while Virat Kohli's praise, took played his only ODI in ing an impressive outing with Shikhar Dhawan and in the opening department Israel's Sergey Richter was Panwar, who took to shoot- Hungarian shooting leg- 14 wickets in the domestic December 2017. in Australia. Rohit being team's pre- that also has K L Rahul second with 631.8. ing at the age of 12, had end Peter Sidi could not 50-over competition while Bhuvneshwar, who has It seems, the squad has ferred openers. and Shubman Gill. India's Divyansh se- trained under Deepak make the cut. Krunal, who has played 18 done well in the ongoing been picked in such a way Pant would keep wickets Following his impressive cured the Olympic quota Kumar in New Delhi. A total of 294 athletes T20s, earned his maiden T20 series, is set to play his that India continue to and also bat on middle run in Tests, Mohammed when he bagged a silver in The 22-year-old, who has from 53 countries, includ- ODI call-up by scoring two first ODI since August work on their preparation order, leaving no place for Siraj has also been picked the 10m air rifle event at been doing quite well in ing a 57-member Indian hundreds and as many 2019. In the absence of the for the T20 World Cup. Kishan in playing XI. for the games to be played the Beijing World Cup in the junior category in the contingent, are competing fifties in five games for rested Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan has not The players who have in front of empty stands. April 2019. past and is looking to es- in the first multi-nation Baroda. All three ODIs who recently got married, been picked despite his im- missed out from the previ- Though Ravindra World No.1 Divyansh, tablish himself in the sen- Olympic sporting event of will be played in Pune, and injured Mohammad pressive show in the T20s ous series in Australia are Jadeja has resumed train- who had stamped his au- ior, produced some excel- this scale anywhere in the starting March 23. Shami, the UP pacer will probably because the team Mayank Agarwal, ing, he is yet to regain full thority on the men's 10m lent shooting in the quali- world post the pandemic- Stupmer-batsman lead the pace attack. already has two wicket- Navdeep Saini and fitness and hence has not air rifle event at the fication here and, barring forced lockdown. Rishabh Pant and pacer Left-arm pacer T keepers in KL Rahul and Manish Pandey. Pressure been included. All England: Ashwini-Sikki Tendulkar credits IPL for Nikhat Zareen stuns two-time world developing India’s bench strength champion, advances into semis pair loses in quarters Raipur, Mar 19 (PTI): New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): Batting great Sachin Tendulkar on Friday cred- Continuing her giant- ited the IPL for helping de- killing run, Indian boxer velop India's bench Nikhat Zareen on Friday strength, saying the cur- stunned two-time world rent lot has benefitted by champion Nazym Kyzaibay constantly playing against of Kazakhstan to enter the world-class performers in women's 51kg semifinals at the lucrative league. the Bosphorus Boxing Suryakumar Yadav and shoulders with the top Tournament in Istanbul. Ishan Kishan, who play for stars and compete against Zareen, who had earlier Mumbai Indians in the the best. "With the help of defeated 2019 world champi- IPL, have produced stun- IPL, I mean, yesterday I on Paltceva Ekaterina of ning knocks against was watching the game, Russia in the pre-quarterfi- England in the ongoing and Surya was batting and nals, looked unfazed and T20 series and Tendulkar (Jofra) Archer bowled to confident against her oppo- attributed their success to him and Ben Stokes and nent from Kazakhstan. the league. the commentator said that She stamped her authori- "Yeah, both Surya and it is nothing new for Surya ty right from the beginning Ishan are ready to play, be- because he has already and prevailed 4-1 win over Birmingham, Mar 19 (PTI): Gabriela Stoeva and singles, Sameer Verma too cause you know, I have al- played against Rajasthan Kyzaibay, a gold medallist Stefani Stoeva 21-17 21-10 suffered a second succes- ways felt that IPL's intro- Royals," he said. from 2014 and 2016 World in the last-four. Solanki (57kg) also sailed The women's doubles in just 33 minutes in the sive loss to third seed duction has helped play- "Both Archer and Stokes Championships. Zareen has Apart from Zareen, 2018 into the semifinals after a pairing of Ashwini second-round match on Anders Antonsen of ers," Tendulkar, who is play for Rajasthan Royals, ensured herself at least a Commonwealth Games tough contest against local Ponnappa and N Sikki Thursday night. Denmark, going down 22- captaining the India so it is nothing different bronze medal with a place gold medallist Gaurav pugilist Aykol Mizan. Reddy bowed out of the All World number 10 men's 20 21-10 in the second Legends in the ongoing and he (Surya) knows England Championships doubles pairing of round. Mixed pairing of Road Safety World Series, what they do and he has after losing in straight Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Dhruv Kapila and told PTI. "Because earlier played against them al- ‘India-England series is a trailer for other teams to improve ahead of T20 WC’ games to Netherlands' and Chirag Shetty, seeded Meghana Jakkampudi when we played, I hadn't ready. So, it wasn't first on how to improve their skills, strategies for this Selena Piek and Cheryl sixth, had crashed out of also bowed out after losing played against a Wasim time. "That's the only rea- Karachi, Mar 19 (PTI): format before the World Cup," he said in an Seinen in the quarterfi- the event after losing 16-21 19-21 8-21 to Niclas Nohr (Akram), when we played son I am saying that both interview on the Cricket Baaz YouTube channel. nals here on Friday. 21-11 17-21 to Denmark's and Amalie Magelund of in Australia, I hadn't these guys are ready to Former Pakistan captain "We have two of the best teams playing and I The world number 30 Kim Astrup and Anders Denmark. Olympic silver played a (Sharne) Warne play for India and that just Ramiz Raja has termed the think England is the team to beat in the World Indian pairing went down Skaarup Rasmussen in the medallist P V Sindhu and or (Craig) McDermott or shows the bench strength ongoing series between India Cup." Ramiz heaped praise on the England team 22-24 12-21 to 24th-ranked second round. It was their young Lakshya Sen will Merv Hughes. We went of our team, it is really and England as a "trailer" for for their metoric rise in white-ball cricket. "Their duo of Selena and Cheryl second consecutive defeat play their quarterfinal there and we had to figure strong. So that's the beauty other teams, saying the five- rise in white ball cricket has been massively in 39 minutes. against the world number matches against Japan's out what has happened." of our cricket now, that match T20 rubber will help impressive given the fact that until some years Ashwini and Sikki had 13 combine, having lost to Akane Yamaguchi and Tendulkar said the IPL there are a number of them to improve their skills back they didn't even give priority to ODIs or defeated 13th ranked duo them at Swiss Open earlier France's Mark Caljouw has provided the players players, who are ready to and strategy ahead of the T20 World Cup later leave alone T20 cricket," he said. of Bulgarian sisters this month. In the men's later on Friday. the opportunity to run go out." this year. "I think it is a trailer for other teams CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021 South Africa has world’s most VOTERS AWARENESS dangerous roads, India in fourth place Johannesburg, Mar 19 (PTI): into account. But Zutobi’s findings have been chal- South Africa has been lenged by the Justice ranked as the world’s Project SA (JPSA), an most dangerous country NGO that aims to im- to drive in while India prove road traffic laws came in at fourth place, and their enforcement in according to a research South Africa. study undertaken by in- JPSA Chairperson ternational driver educa- Howard Dembovsky, tion company Zutobi. while agreeing that South Among the list of 56 Africans tended to be countries in the study, poor drivers, said that Thailand came in second Zutobi had used outdated position and the US took figures in its study. up third spot. Dembovsky also The safest roads in the queried why South Africa world can be found in An accident prone road in South Africa with warning sign. was the only African Norway, with its country in its list. Scandinavian neighbour said. These factors in- the national legal limit. So to accuse us of being Sweden having the third cluded estimates on the These estimates were the worst in the world is a safest roads while Japan number of road traffic based on the World little bit unfair. If you are took second place, accord- deaths per 100,000 popula- Health Organization’s going to talk about the ing to the study. tion; the percentage of Global Health worst countries in the We analysed each coun- car occupants who use a Observatory data reposi- world, then you need to try on five factors, giving seat-belt when travelling tory. adopt a balanced ap- each one a normalised in the front of a vehicle; The maximum speed proach, Dembovsky said score out of ten for each and the proportion of limit on motorway and as he commented on poor factor, before taking an av- road traffic deaths which blood alcohol content re- driving in his country in Students of the Government Arts College hold placards during an awareness rally on ethical voting ahead of the erage final score across have been attributed to al- strictions in the various an interview with radio Tamil Nadu Assembly Polls, in Krishnagiri, Friday. all five factors, Zutobi cohol consumption over countries were also taken station Cape Talk. Govt ropes in 12 institutions Twitter asks public if Fleeing Myanmar police: to evaluate impact of NFSA world leaders should be We defied orders to kill protesters subject to same rules Aizawl, Mar 19 (AP): 23, 12 monitoring institu- tions have been engaged to A group of Myanmar carry out a concurrent policemen recounted their evaluation on the impact escape to India after defy- of NFSA,” he added. ing the Myanmar army’s The NFSA, passed in orders to shoot people who 2013, provides for the sup- oppose the Feb 1 coup in ply of subsidised food- the southeast Asian coun- grains through ration try. While speaking, they shops up to 75 per cent of raised a three-finger salute the rural population and a symbol of resistance to up to 50 per cent of the Myanmar’s military urban population, which rulers. as per Census 2011, comes ‘We cannot hurt our peo- to a maximum of 81.35 New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): health of the public con- ple, that’s why we came to Police personnel who fled Myanmar following a military crore persons. versation. “Generally, we Mizoram,’ said one of the coup at an undisclosed location in Mizoram. At present, NFSA is op- Twitter has sought pub- want to hear from the pub- policemen, who hails from New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): put in place concurrent erational in a seamless lic opinion on whether lic on whether or not they the northwestern town of villagers in Mizoram have books and movies by evaluation for assessment manner in all states and world leaders should be believe world leaders Tedim. Mizoram is a state given shelter to 34 police Suzanne Collins, is being The government on of the “efficacy and im- Union Territories, with an subject to the same set of should be subject to the in India’s northeast, and personnel and one fire- used by youth protesters at Friday informed pact of NFSA”. intended coverage of 81.35 rules as others on the mi- same rules as others on shares a border with fighter who crossed into massive anti-army demon- Parliament that it has During 2018-20, about 26 crore persons across the croblogging platform and Twitter. And, should a Bangladesh and Myanmar. India over the last two strations. Meanwhile, K roped in 12 monitoring in- institutions and universi- country. appropriate enforcement world leader violate a rule, After the army coup, the weeks. They spoke to an Vanlalvena, a lawmaker stitutions for 2020-23 to as- ties were engaged as moni- Coverage under the Act action in case of violation what type of enforcement policemen were ordered to AP photojournalist on from Mizoram state, urged sess the impact of the toring institutions for con- is provided under two cat- of norms by them. Twitter action is appropriate,” the ‘shoot people and not just condition of anonymity the Indian government not National Food Security ducting the evaluation of egories — Antyodaya said it is “reviewing” ap- microblogging platform the people, we were told to because of fears of retri- to deport refugees from Act (NFSA). the implementation of the Anna Yojana (AAY) house- proach to world leaders as said in a blogpost. shoot our own family if bution against family Myanmar until the return Minister of State for NFSA in states and Union holds to the extent speci- it wants its policies to re- Towards this, starting they are not on the side of members still in of normalcy there. The Food Danve Raosaheb Territories. They submit- fied by the central govern- main relevant to the ever- Friday, Twitter will seek the army,’ he said. The Myanmar. Back in lawmaker belongs to the Dadarao, in his written ted quarterly reports for ment and the remaining changing nature of politi- responses to a public sur- Associated Press has not Myanmar, the three-finger Mizo National Front, an reply to the Rajya Sabha, any remedial action, he households as Priority cal discourse on the plat- vey that would help define been able to independently salute, which traces its ori- ally of Bharatiya Janata said the government has said. “For the period 2020- Households. form, and protect the the policy framework. verify these claims. Indian gins to the Hunger Games Party. After big wins, interest in Turkish combat drones soars Yemeni women use solar to light

Ankara, Mar 19 (AFP): All these conflicts up homes, one village at time grabbed world headlines the rebel-held area of Abs, Whether in Syria, Libya and offered Turkey the northwest of the capital or Azerbaijan, Turkey’s perfect opportunity to Sanaa, since 2019. combat drones have showcase its hardware, an- Equipped with six solar scored high-profile suc- alysts Can Kasapoglu in power grids, the station is cesses that Ankara hopes Istanbul and Emre the only source of electric- to use in its quest to be- Caliskan in the UK said, as ity for dozens of houses in come a premier exporter it tries to become a major several villages. of the aerial vehicles. military exporter — par- Hadi said the idea start- Besides their proven ticularly of armed drones. ed when the women imag- ability to take out enemy Ismail Demir, head of ined what they could do to tanks, analysts said Turkey’s Defence Industry A Yemeni woman cleans a solar panel, in Yemen’s war torn help ease the impact of drones also offer Turkey a Presidency (SSB), told region of Abs. war on the poorest coun- chance to beef up its AFP Turkish drones offer Sanaa, Mar 19 (AFP): hunger and poverty amid try in the Arabian spheres of influence Anka Drone, 8.6 metres long and with a wingspan of 17.6 metres. good value for money. Ten trailblazing Yemeni a devastating war that has Peninsula. through an increasingly “If a system from any women have overcome destroyed most infrastruc- “We were able to make assertive foreign policy. In Libya, the unmanned And late last year, other country had the scepticism and ridicule to ture, 36-year-old Iman many people happy by In Syria, Turkey used craft flew to the aid of Turkish drones helped same capability as ours, bring electricity to their Hadi and her burqa-clad connecting their houses to armed drones to avenge Turkey’s allied govern- Azerbaijan retake swathes its (price) would be dou- villages, illuminating lives colleagues are achieving electricity,” said Hadi, the deaths of dozens of ment in Tripoli, routing of territory from ethnic ble,” Demir said in an in- with a micro-grid solar what many would have wearing the all-covering soldiers and halt the ad- the advancing forces of Armenian separatists that terview at his office in business that they hope to thought unthinkable. Hadi robe and well-worn gloves vance of regime forces in eastern commander had been lost in the moun- Ankara, which is filled expand across their war- has been managing the all- as she sat behind her desk the northwestern Khalifa Haftar at the capi- tains of Nagorno- with models of drones and torn region. In a conserva- female Friends of the in a makeshift structure at province of Idlib. tal’s gates. Karabakh decades ago. other military gear. tive country wracked by Environment Station in the station. HARICHAND THAKUR TEMPLE Parisians flee capital as new lockdown looms Paris, Mar 19 (AFP): the southwest — were completely full after a rush Parisians packed inter- of bookings. Maiwenn, a city trains leaving the cap- 19-year old student clutch- ital on Friday hours ahead ing a giant suitcase, said of a new lockdown in the she had decided to leave French capital imposed to Paris to spend the rest of combat a surge in coron- the university year with avirus infections. The new her family in Saint-Brieuc restrictions, announced by in Brittany. “I’m going to Prime Minister Jean stay there until the end of Castex, apply to around a the term,” scheduled for third of the country’s pop- mid-April, she said. “It’s ulation affecting Paris and been roughly a year that several other regions in our courses have been on the north and south. distance learning so we’re The government has in- starting to get used to it.” sisted that the new month- Residents leaving Paris by train to their native places on Friday. The other regions affect- long lockdown will be ed by the new measures more limited than the two the notoriously cramped for those destinations were notably include the Hauts- others imposed last year, city for areas without the now fully booked after hav- de-France region of north- with schools open and out- measure, such as Brittany, ing a 60-70 percent level of east France which covers door exercise allowed for the southwest Atlantic occupancy on previous the city of Lille, and the an unlimited amount of coast and Lyon in the Fridays. Trains leaving Alpes-Maritimes on the Devotee offers prayers in the Harichand Thakur temple in Orakandi, ahead of Prime time. But the approach of southeast. A spokesperson Montparnasse station in Mediterranean, as well as Minister Narendra Modi’s visit later this month in Bagladesh, on Friday. the new curbs in Paris en- for national rail operator Paris — which serves des- Seine-Maritime and the couraged many to leave SNCF told AFP that trains tinations in Brittany and Eure in the north. https://www.facebook.com/centralchronicle CENTRAL CC

PAGE 09 PAGE 11 Bilaspur, Saturday, March 20, 2021 I Pages 12 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF Surge in daily new COVID-19 cases GLOBAL WARMING PLEA in states including Chh’garh New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) COVID-19 vaccination drive to be extended States like Maharashtra, in coming days: Vardhan Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said are reporting a surge in the the COVID-19 vaccination drive will be extended in the coming daily COVID-19 cases, ac- days and asserted that there should not be any misconceptions counting for over 80 per about the two Indian vaccines being administered in the coun- A security personnel stands cent of the new infections, try. During the Question Hour in Lok Sabha, Vardhan said India guard on Howrah Bridge ahead the Union Health Ministry has vaccinated 3.5 to 4 crore people so far and side effects of of the West Bengal Assembly said on Friday. the vaccines has been recorded at 0.000432 per cent. Polls, in Kolkata, Friday. The ministry also said A medic collects a swab "Every vaccine doesn't require universal immunisation and all that India's total active sample of a woman for COVID-19 these priority groups whom we are vaccinating today like Coal scam case caseload has increased to test at a government hospital, healthcare staff first and then senior citizens and people aged 2,71,282 and comprises 2.82 in Amritsar. between 45 and 59 years, it will be extended in the coming days Kolkata: CBI has sum- per cent of the total infec- all these are based on experts' opinion. moned two former civil tions. A net rise of 18,918 A total of 39,726 new services officers of West cases have been recorded daily cases were reported ernments, especially those advised to improve testing Burdwan and Bankura in the total active caseload in a span of 24 hours. showing an upsurge in in districts reporting re- districts in connection in a span of 24 hours. Eight states including daily new cases and with a duction in testing and in- with the multi-crore Maharashtra continues Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, high caseload of active crease the overall share of rupees coal scam being to report the highest daily Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, cases, the ministry said. RT-PCR tests (more than 70 probed by the investigat- new cases at 25,833 which is Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka The Union Government per cent), especially in dis- ing agency, sources in it 65 per cent of daily cases. It and Haryana are display- is regularly reviewing the tricts dependent on high said on Friday. CBI has is followed by Punjab with ing an upward trajectory status of COVID-19 con- levels of antigen testing in summoned former 2,369 while Kerala reported in daily new cases. The tainment and public health line with the 'Test Track Protestors hold placards during a protest march from ITO to Delhi Secretariat against Asansol police commis- 1,899 new cases, the min- Centre is actively engaging measures with them. and Treat' strategy of the global warming, in New Delhi, Friday. sioner L N Meena and for- istry said. with all state and UT gov- States and UTs have been government. mer Bankura district magistrate S Arun Prasad ED attaches assets in connection with the Centre urges HC to restrain Delhi govt not allowed to use NFSA grains case, the sources said. WhatsApp from implementing worth over Rs 40L Couple killed for launching state-specific scheme: Centre of Bihar Maoist Noida (UP): A man, his new privacy policy New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) wife and a 12-year-old New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): Centre has stopped doorstep delivery of ration at a highly subsidised rate New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): Under the new policy, of Rs 1-3 per kg. In a letter The Enforcement Directorate boy were among four (ED) on Friday said it has people killed in a collision users can either accept it The Union Food scheme: Delhi govt sources written to the Delhi gov- The Centre Friday urged or exit the app, but they Ministry on Friday took ernment, Joint Secretary attached assets worth over Rs between their SUV and a New Delhi: Days after the GNCTD (Amendment) Bill was introduced in 40 lakh of a Bihar-based Maoist pick-up truck on the the Delhi High Court to re- cannot opt not to share strong objection to the the Lok Sabha, Delhi government sources on Friday claimed that the in the Union Food strain Facebook-owned their data with other Delhi government's pro- Ministry S Jagannathan and his family under the anti- Yamuna Expressway in Centre has "stopped" its doorstep delivery of ration scheme scheduled money laundering law. Greater Noida on Friday, WhatsApp from imple- Facebook-owned or third posed new scheme on 'door to roll out later this month. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was sched- said the subsidised food- menting its new privacy party apps. step delivery of ration' grains being allocated by The action has been taken police said. One person uled to launch the scheme with doorstep delivery of ration to 100 against Rambabu Ram alias policy and terms of serv- A bench of Chief Justice using subsidised food- households in Seemapuri area on March 25. "The Centre has stopped the central government was injured in the crash Rajan/Prahar/Nikhil, an active ice which are to take effect D N Patel and Justice grains provided under the Delhi government's doorstep delivery of ration scheme," a source for distribution under the and has been hospi- member and leader of the talised, the police said, from May 15. Jasmeet Singh listed the National Food Security claimed without divulging further details. The Centre on Monday intro- NFSA "cannot be used for The Ministry of matter for further hearing Act (NFSA), saying this is duced the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi the operationalisation of banned CPI (Maoist) of adding the incident took Madhuban in east Champaran place in Rabupura area in Electronics and on April 20. not allowed under the law. (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha that seeks to give overarching any state specific/ other powers to the Lieutenant Governor. district. The Naxal leader has the afternoon. Information Technology The Centre, in its affi- However, the Centre will scheme under different made the statement in its davit, said, "It is humbly have no objection if the name/nomenclature other been booked on charges of affidavit filed in response prayed that in view of the Delhi government comes Govt ropes in 12 institutions to evaluate than NFSA as the same is extortion and indulging in CBI conducts checks to a petition challenging above submissions, the out with a separate not permissible under the alleged unlawful activities. The New Delhi: The CBI on the new privacy policy of Respondent No. 2 scheme without mixing impact of NFSA Act." The official referred properties attached, as per a Friday carried out preven- social networking plat- (WhatsApp) may be re- the elements of the NFSA, to the Delhi government's provisional order issued under tive surprise checks at form WhatsApp. strained from implement- it added. New Delhi: The government on Friday informed Parliament that it has February 20th notification the Prevention of Money around 100 locations in The petitioners, Seema ing its new privacy policy Under the NFSA, passed roped in 12 monitoring institutions for 2020-23 to assess the impact of the issued for implementation Laundering Act (PMLA), include National Food Security Act (NFSA). Minister of State for Food Danve over 15 states to identify Singh, Meghan and and terms of service dated by Parliament in 2013, the of a state-specific scheme multiple pieces of land and Raosaheb Dadarao, in his written reply to the Rajya Sabha, said the govern- central government Vikram Singh, have con- January 4, 2021 from central government pro- 'Mukhya Mantri Ghar buildings in the name of ment has put in place concurrent evaluation for assessment of the "effica- Rambabu and his family mem- offices where corrupt tended that the new priva- February 8, 2021 or any vides foodgrains to states cy and impact of NFSA". During 2018-20, about 26 institutions and univer- Ghar Ration Yojana' bers. Their total worth is Rs practices could be taking cy policy indicates the "fis- subsequent date pending for distribution to 81.35 sities were engaged as monitoring institutions for conducting the evalua- (MMGGRY) for door step 40.23 lakh, the agency said in a place, officials said. The sures" in Indian data pro- adjudication by this crore people via the public tion of the implementation of the NFSA in states and Union Territories. delivery of ration under operation is going on at tection and privacy laws. court." distribution system (PDS) PDS. statement. the offices of railways and income tax depart- Lok Sabha passes bill ment among others in RAISING DAY FUNCTION HC asks authorities to consider plea for Uttar Pradesh, to amend MMDR Act Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and other places, New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): dedicated lane for emergency vehicles they said. Seeking to bring more New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): with rules, law and policy port, framework and in- Child mauled reforms in the mining sector, applicable in the facts of frastructure and re- Lok Sabha on Friday passed a The Delhi High Court the case," the bench said sources for Indore: A one-year-old bill to amend the Mines and Friday directed the author- and disposed of the plea. Implementation of the girl injured in a leopard Minerals (Development and ities to treat as representa- The court was hearing a dedicated reserved lanes. attack on March 11 in Regulation) Act and Union tion a plea seeking a re- petition filed by Vinay The petitioner said that Limbodi in Madhya minister Pralhad Joshi assert- served lane for unrestrict- Kumar seeking direction in case of emergencies, Pradesh's Indore district ed that even if the Centre ed movement of emer- to the Delhi government's people will have the bene- died on Friday while auctions a mine, all the rev- gency vehicles round the Transport Department fit of reaching the hospi- undergoing treatment at enue will go to states con- clock. and Delhi Police to provide tals quickly if dedicate a hospital, an official cerned. The Mines Minister A bench of Chief Justice a dedicated reserved lane lanes are provided by the said. Five people, includ- said the proposed changes in D N Patel and Justice for unrestricted use of government. The plea also ing the child, identified as the MMDR Act will help cre- Jasmeet Singh said a poli- emergency services 24 said that as per a report, Bhumika, were injured in ate employment opportunities cy decision is required in hours, 7 days a week. Delhi has 56 per cent traf- the leopard attack, he and also allow participation of this matter and the court The plea, filed through fic congestion, while 190 added. private sector players in min- does not see any reason to advocate Ankit Sharma, hours are lost in traffic ing activities with enhanced issue a direction to the au- also sought a direction to congestion on an average. Cylinder blast technology. The Lok Sabha thorities in this regard. Delhi Police to ensure im- It said that at present, passed the Mines and "It all depends on the mediate compliance, im- the response time of Jaipur: Three people width of a road and traffic plementation and enforce- emergency services like Minerals Development were killed and four on the road. We direct the ment of the law and issue police and fire services (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which injured when the roof of CRPF jawans perform Malkhambh during their 82nd Raising Day function, at CRPF respondents to treat the pe- direction to Delhi Disaster has increased due to the their house collapsed Academy Kadarpur, in Gurugram, Friday. was introduced in the House tition as a representation Management Authority to huge daily traffic conges- after an LPG cylinder earlier this week. and decide it in accordance provide the requisite sup- tions on road. exploded in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district on Friday, police said. The MP: Dog ownership dispute resolved Tiger seen in Guatala incident took place in US focus on expansion of strategic, security ties Meetharam Kheda area as DNA test report arrives Autramghat sanctuary of the district when the New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): before India. The US offi- The medium-altitude cylinder caught fire. The Hoshangabad , Mar 19 (PTI): dog be subjected to a DNA cial was received at the long-endurance (MALE) „ First after 1940 in a forest camera on March deceased were identified test, he said. In the first visit by a top Palam airport by senior Predator-B drones, manu- 15. It belongs to Tipeshwar as Purushottam Bhambhi The dispute between two The DNA test, which was Biden administration offi- Indian military officials factured by US defence Aurangabad, Mar 19 (PTI): area and we have confirmed (40), his wife Jamuna Bai people in Madhya Pradesh conducted in Hyderabad in cial, US Defence Secretary and diplomats from the major General Atomics, it through its stripes. The (38) and his mother over ownership of a Telangana after samples Lloyd J Austin arrived in American embassy. are capable of remaining A tiger has been spotted route the tiger took to reach Sanjani Bai (60), Station Labrador dog that went were sent in December, was India on Friday on a three- Ways to further acceler- airborne for around 35 in Guatala Autramghat here has not been con- House Officer (SHO) missing in August last year on the basis of Khan's claim day visit, aimed at further ate India-US strategic ties, hours and can hunt down Wildlife Sanctuary for the firmed as it is not collared," Darshan Singh said. has been resolved post DNA that he had bought the dog boosting bilateral defence boosting cooperation in the targets at land and sea, first time since 1940, with of- Satpute said. "We have testing, police said on from a person in Pachmari and security ties in the Indo-Pacific, China's ag- they said. ficials on Friday stating the formed seven teams to keep Friday. hill station here, the official wake of China's growing gressive behaviour in east- India's plan to acquire big cat has strayed from a watch on this tiger. Weather After Labrador Coco said. The DNA report, military assertiveness in ern Ladakh, challenge of 114 fighter jets at a cost of Tipeshwar Sanctuary in Gautala has good prey base, went missing, local journal- which arrived on Thursday, the region including in the terrorism and the Afghan around USD 18 billion Yavatmal, some 330 kilome- which may be the reason High 37Low 24 ist Shadab Khan came for- confirmed Khan's claim Indo-Pacific. peace process are expected could also figure in the tres from here, in search of why it is here. We have ward stating that the canine after which Coco was hand- India is the third stop for to be focus of the talks be- talks as American defence prey. found that the tiger has was his pet, while a person ed over to him, Nain in- Austin during his three-na- tween the two sides, people majors --Boeing and The tiger was native to hunted wild boar," he said. MARKET named Kartik Shivhare also formed. "I spent Rs 50,000 in tion first overseas tour as familiar with Austin's visit Lockheed -Martin-- are eye- this region but vanished in Maharashtra State Wildlife NIFTY 14,744.00  laid claim to being the the process as I had to take the Defence Secretary, and said. ing it, the people said. 1940, though leopards have Board member Yadav Tarte owner, Hoshangabad police veterinarians to Pachmari the visit is seen as a reflec- They said India's plan to Secretary Austin is flourished with the current Patil said the tiger may have SENSEX 49,858.24  station in charge Anoop and then make arrange- tion of the Joe Biden ad- procure around 30 multi- scheduled to meet National numbers being 25, come through Singh Nain said. ments for sending the sam- ministration's strong com- mission armed Predator Security Advisor Ajit Divisional Forest Officer Pandharkawda, Umarkhed, BULLION In order to resolve the ple with the help of police to mitment to its relations drones from the US for the Doval on Friday evening Vijay Satpute told PTI. some parts of Telangana, GOLD 44,941 issue, the then police station Hyderabad for DNA tests. with its close allies and three services at an esti- while he will have exten- "This tiger, which is a Akola, Dnyanganga in charge, Hemant Thankfully, Coco is home partners in the region. The mated cost of over USD 3 sive talks with Defence fully grown male, came to (Buldhana), Hingoli, and SILVER 67,467 Shrivastava, convinced and my family is very US defence secretary visit- billion is also expected to Minister Rajnath Singh on the sanctuary around reached Gautala from Khan and Shivhare that the happy," Khan said. ed Japan and South Korea figure in the talks. Saturday. March 11-12 and was spotted Ajanta mountain ranges. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, BILASPUR, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021

Special campaign One nabbed with raw diamonds worth Rs 5 lakh BJP tries to burn CM’s against illegal vendors Was looking for customer to sell it effigy, register protest Q In Bilaspur division the trains passing and at for 15 days the stations in the divi- Central Chronicle News sion and have been asked Against lack of justice to family of five in Gram Bathena case Q 3 illegal vendors to take action against ille- Jagdalpur, Mar 19: gal vendors at the station. Bastar police got a major Central Chronicle News nabbed in div on first Under this on March breakthrough on day of drive 17, 2021, it was under Wednesday when they ar- Ahirwara, Mar 19: It is leadership of Division rested a diamond smug- with objective to grant jus- Central Chronicle News Commercial Manger gler with raw diamonds tice to victims of mysteri- Omprakash Jaiswal, worth Rs 5 lakh and ous death of five from a Bilaspur, Mar 19: The campaign was launched seized pieces of raw dia- family in Gram Bathena of authorised vendors in in Bilaspur, Champa and mond from his posses- Patan VS area of Durg dis- Railway provide quality Usalapur station of the sion. trict, BJP organised effigy food and beverages to division. In this drive, 2 CSP Hemsagar Sidar burning programme of passengers at the station illegal vendors were informed that it was tip CM Bhupesh Baghel all and those on board in the nabbed in Bilaspur sta- from an informer to po- over the state and under train. The railway admin- tion and 1 in Champa sta- lice that a person is roam- this CM's effigy was burnt istration is committed to tion and action was taken ing around with stolen di- in Ahirwara mandal of provide quality food and under section 144 of amonds, a team was BJP at Ahirwara Atal beverages to the passen- Railway Act against formed under leadership Chowk here on worse. Here the adminis- corporator Anuj Sahu, for- gers at the station and for them. All three have been of Kotwali TI by SP Wednesday. tration is only looking mer Mandal President ensuring continuous im- handed over to Bilaspur Deepak Jha. The team On this occasion mainly after safety of Congmen Laxman Kshatriya, provement in it. In addi- Railway Protection Force reached the site and ex-MLA Ahirwara and the general public is Ishwar Sharma, General tion to this, Railway's (RPF) for further action. stopped the person and Rajmahant Sanvalaram left at God's mercy. Secy Satish Sahu, also get complaints re- All the catering opera- held inquiry with him. Dahare charged that if Former State working Narendra Yadav, garding illegal vendors tions have been issued Failing to get satisfactory such is the condition of committee member of Bhupendra Singh, BJYM operating in various sta- strict instructions not to answer the police started law & order in CM's home BJP and former Nagar State working committee tions. So in this context allow any vendor to sell search and found 189 un- town VS area wherein Palika President member Dau Anand the Division Commercial food items or eatables in polished or raw diamond murder of five persons Ravishankar Singh Tamrakar, District V-P and Safety Department the train or in the plat- pieces in his possession. from two families is done charged that crime graph Kissan Morcha Nirmesh has launched 15-days spe- form without valid plat- These unpolished or and still they are waiting in Chhattisgarh is on the Mishra, Vinod Gandharv, cial campaign to put a form permit. Divisional uncut diamonds are re- Rangari (68) was taken any client, the police for justice. rise and government is District BJYM Secy check on illegal vending Railway administration ported to have market into arrest. On interroga- nabbed him. The police BJP District General only interested in receiv- Shubham Tamrakar, cor- at the station. is all committed to stop il- price of around Rs 5 lakh. tion he informed the po- has filed a case under sec- Secretary and Nagar ing accolades and there is porator Shibbu Agrawal, During this the offi- legal vending in all the The person could not lice that he had come to tion 41 (1-4) and 379 of IPC Palika President Natwar no work at ground -level. Bhagwan Singh Netam, cers, observers, and em- stations in the division produce any legal docu- sell these unpolished or against him and taken Tamrakar charged that On this occasion BJP Arun Banjare and other ployees of Commercial and this action would ment and therefore the raw diamonds in city and the matter under investi- law & order situation in Pichada Varg Morcha BJP workers and leaders and Safety Department continue in the near fu- accused Kanhaiya Lal before he could search for gation. Chhattisgarh is at its State V-P Khilawan Sahu, were present. have been deputed in all ture. Rajwade takes part Accused nabbed with stolen cash of Rs 19.54 lakh Maoists’ questions in deepening work credibility of Civil Society! Konta, Mar 19: The Maoists then they should go out for have issued a press release in foot-march, rather come for- context of the statement made ward to solve the reasons by the civil societies formed in which has led to lack of peace. Bastar to establish peace and There is also mention of failure whose names came to fore in of agreement way back in past few media institutions. Maoists with AP and then there is men- have first raised question on tion of murder of polit bureau such civil societies and ques- member Azad. There is men- tioned whether they are part of tion in the release that it is the Central Chronicle News Q Within 24 hours of other items kept in the shops as well. In this civil or government society. 'civil society which should take crime shop and it was based case also he was arrest- Maoists have termed the lessons from the earlier experi- Surajpur, Mar 19: It upon the details given ed and all the materials Society as human mask of gov- ences of talks with our party was based upon various crime. all the looted cash and were seized. In this ac- ernment's wing and medium of and the government'. inputs and scanning of Disclosing in this items were recovered tion Addl. SP Harish 'corporate loot'. The first para This particular release of Q Along with villagers here that Ekta Parishad is CCTV footage a total of case, SP Rajesh Kukreja from his possession. Rathore, CSP JP of letter by Maoists itself Maoists has been released by in Joba Talab carrying out cleaning and 8 police teams were informed that it was on SP Surajpur informed Bhartendu; Finger Print quashes this civil society and spokesman Vikalp and in this deepening of Joba talab formed to investigate intervening night of that this accused in expert Linos Kispotta, they have termed this peace- he has cited 30 agendas, which Central Chronicle News over the last few days and into Rs 20 lakh theft in March 16, Ramnath order to fulfill his TI Surajpur Basant process as sheer cheating and have been termed as reasons in this the villagers are Hospital Colony in Goud broke open the dreams and live lavish Khalko, TI Jainagar conspiracy on part of the gov- for lack of peace in the region. Ramanujnagar, Mar 19: also extending whole- Surajpur and it was on shutter of Sanjay style used to conduct Deepak Paswan, TI ernment. These issues touch those in The villagers along with hearted support. In this serious interrogation Traders a around 2-3 in small thefts earlier and Vishrampur Subhash In the two-page long press central and state government District Panchyat V-P context District with suspect Ramnath the night and ran away had been jailed as well. Kujur, ASI Brijkishore release by Maoists addressed as well. Through this press Naresh Rajwade con- Panchayat V-P Naresh Goud (43) of Gram with cash of Rs 19.54 Recently he broke open Pandey, head constable to politicians, journalists and release, the Maoists have tributed for labour work Rajwade also reached Chandarpur Godpara, lakh kept in the counter. lock of shop opposite Talib Shekh, Adeep social workers in the Civil raised 30 major issues before in cleaning of Joba Talab Joba Talab on Tuesday (is also known as 'shut- He informed that the ac- Sharda Garage on Pratap Singh, Alok Soni Society not to fall victim of the civil society and raised in Ramanujnagar under morning and contributing ter-thief') that he accept- cused took away the cig- Manendragarh road and and others gave valuable government's conspiracy. questions on the very exis- the banner of Ekta in digging and cleaning of ed his hand in the arettes, soap, cream and tried to theft in 2-3 other contribution. Maoists have questioned that if tence and work plan of this Parishad. It is notable soil from the pond. they want peace procedure Civil Society. Kissan Morcha members submit memo, demand withdrawal of new laws Soil erosion raising doubts in mind of beneficiaries Anwari, Mar 19: The members of on paddy and other crops in lieu Kissan Morcha Dhamtari, as per of quashing these laws. So far Central Chronicle News done immediately and ban houses under AAY there this project and with no call from Rashtriya Kissan more than 300 farmers have sac- is imposed on digging of are no basic amenities like embankment on the banks Morcha (RKM) and in support of rificed their lives and even after Mungeli, Mar 19: Due to soil, then due to excessive roads, electricity, drinking of the river, there is con- ongoing movement of farmers on this the government is least both- lack of 'pitching' work on soil erosion the houses water pipeline, trans- tinuous soil erosion. On Delhi border under aegis of RKM, ered to call-off this movement of the banks of 'Aagar River', nearby this river may gets former, cable and others. the other hand the vil- observed anti-farmer day on farmers. So the organisation of there is soil erosion taking washed off in the next Even though the trans- lagers too are digging soil March 17 all over the country. farmers' called for anti-farmer place in houses near Atal monsoon season. It is no- former is there, but the ca- for person work and patch- In this context, Kissan Morcha of Kissan Morch Advocate country and here it is the farmer day on March 17 and in this Aawas, Surda, located table here that the state bles of it are in burnt con- ing up their houses and for Dhamtari district on occasion of Shatruhan Sahu, District conven- who works hard and in hot sun to members of RKM Dhamtari unit nearby. On top of this the government under Atal dition. construction of 'chullah' anti-farmer day submitted mem- er committee of RKM Tikeshwar feed the people of the country made five-point memorandum villagers are digging for Awas Yojana have con- Despite all these lacunae and this is also speeded-up orandum in the name of Sahu, Ram Vishal Sahu, that the central government had and submitted it to Collector in soil for construction of structed houses in Gram that beneficiaries are soil erosion. The public President of India to the Upper Yadunandan Sahu, Digvijay Sahu, introduced three new laws to the name of President of India, 'chullah' and cementing Surda in 2007-8 and it was forced to live with lack of representatives and Collector Dhamtari demanding Premlal Sahu, Ashfaq Hashmi, make farmers slaves of company demanding withdrawal of all their houses with it. Due after lot of hard work and basic amenities. Collector of the region is withdrawal of all three new agri- Rasool Khan, Satyam Puri of capitalists. To protest the three news and ensuring MSP to to this the houses con- controversy the houses Meanwhile the other also not paying any atten- culture laws passed and make Goswami, Rajaram Ram, Nihora same the farmers from all over farmers on all crops. This protest structed are coming in were allotted to the benefi- major problem with the tion towards the pitching law for assuring MSP on crops Nishad Dwarika Tarak jointly in a the country are fighting against was participated by farmers of danger level. ciaries and handed over to houses in this project is work and this may lead to and such total five points. press release said that India is an these anti-farmer policies for last region and other party leaders in The villagers say that if them. But even after 12-13 that there is 'Aagar river' some untoward incident On this occasion member of agriculture based economy and few months and demanding MSP large number. the pitching work is not years of construction of flowing at the back side of in this project site. District Panchayat conducts general meeting Ujjwala Scheme beneficiary dropped by 55% Q No officials attend the meeting Central Chronicle News Q In Dhamtari district; ficiaries stopped getting the government provided is only 21 days that a per- the refill. So in such cir- LPG cylinder to them son can book another Masturi, Mar 19: A meeting of only 45% able to get the General Assembly was called Dhamtari, Mar 19: The cumstances this scheme under Ujjwala Scheme, cylinder. It is for this rea- refill done on Wednesday in the local dis- regular increase in LPG remained alive only on but the cost of LPG cylin- son that some persons trict panchayat assembly room. cylinder cost is coming as papers. In this way the der has been hiked con- are involved in its black- Q Comes as big loss to The meeting proved to be a for- big blow to general public agency owners was made siderably. It is the BPL marketing. mality due to absence of respon- in their monthly budget, LPG cylinder agency to spend on maintenance families who earn daily How the cylinder sible officer from any depart- as in the month of owners and other works and with through labour work and prices went up: ment other than Janpad Industries. If the question is Department and other topics. March, the cost of 14.2 kg no refilling by the benefi- earn livelihood and in In Nov 2020- 14.2 kg do- Panchayat, Health Department, from other department, the offi- But this discussion was over- domestic LPG cylinder Q Force people for ciaries they had to face such condition it is prac- mestic LPG cylinder was Veterinary Department, cer sends his subordinate shadowed by the absence of offi- was hiked by Rs 50 and black-marketing of loss. tically difficult for them Rs 682 Cooperative Department. Not a employee as his representative. cials. now the cost of it is Rs empty LPG cylinders If one of the gas to spare Rs 900 for LPG In Dec 2020- it's cost single meeting of the General Due to the frequent absence of In this situation, the meeting 907 per cylinder. So it is agency owner's is to be cylinder per month. So went up by Rs 100 to Rs Assembly and General officers and ignoring the meet- was closed after discussing the amidst increasing infla- aries in the beginning believed then there are this is the main reason 782 Administration Committee is ing, in almost every meeting, it Ruburn Mission Plan, 15th tion and increase in were given one gas cylin- just 45% of the Ujjwala that despite need for the In Feb 2020- there was being meaningful, in every meet- becomes clear that the presence Finance Gowthan and ration card prices that Ujjwala Gas der, chullah and safety kit Gas beneficiaries in the same, they are unable to 75% hike and it's price ing, due to the negligence of the of the responsible officer with system. The meeting was mainly connection owners are at the cost of Rs 200. But district who are getting get the refilling done. went upto Rs 857.50 . responsible officials of the gov- full information is ensured in the attended by MLA Dr. not coming forward to get later they were convert- the refilling done. At the Black-marketing of In March 2020- There ernment, the meeting is going next meeting, but the deaf offi- Krishnamurthy Bandhi, Chairman cer do not bring any change in Savitri Rathore, Vice President a refill. ed. same time those who are cylinder increases: was hike of Rs 50 and it's on. Despite the government of their activities. Due to this, there Nitesh Singh, CEO Kumar Singh, It is notable here that it But even after this, getting refill done are On the other hand, price went up by Rs 907. the Congress in the state and the Congress being dominant in the is a lot of fury in the Chairman SDO RK Singh, PO Vikas Jaiswal, is in order to make there are about 90000 ben- also getting the subsidy with hike in LPG cylin- In this way with almost district, it has become a matter and Chairman of Janpad MLA Representative Santosh kitchen of BPL families eficiaries who have taken amount transferred into der prices, majority of per month rise in cost of of consideration for the officials Panchayat. In this general meet- Mishra, Chairman Damodar Kant, smoke-free and to pro- connection under this their account. the Ujjwala Scheme bene- LPG cylinder the con- not to pay attention to the meet- ing held on Wednesday, in view Noor Mohammad, Omprakash mote use of ideal fuel and Scheme in the District. It From where we will ficiaries are selling their sumers are finding it ing and not to fear the adminis- of the upcoming summer season, Packra, BMO Nandraj Cover, Dr. healthy environment, the was initial six months of get Rs 900? LPG cylinders at two- hard to meet up their tration over them. the ambitious plan of the govern- District members and employees central government this scheme that it re- If beneficiary Mohini three times it cost. If monthly expenditure and It will be necessary to tell ment was to discuss important including Yashwant Dahria, TP launched Ujjwala Gas ceived massive response, Sahu, Phuleshwari sources are to be believed cut short on others in here, that till date the presence issues on drinking water crisis, Banjara, Ashish Chaturvedi, Yojana and under this but with rise in LPG Rajak, Ishita Sahu, are to then a consumer need 12 order to ensure regular of any official employee has not Saakshar Bharat Yojana related Rudreshwar Ekka, Raghavendra scheme the BPL benefici- cylinder prices the bene- be believed, then they say cylinders in a year and it refilling. been registered from the to Mineral Department, Women Suryavanshi, HM Purana were Department of Minerals and Child Development, Irrigation present. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, BILASPUR, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021

CROSSING THE BRIDGE ✍ LETTERS CENTRAL TO THE EDITOR One nation Chronicle one election Since 1974 Volume 8 No. 347 Parliamentary standing commit- tee on law and justice endorsed the idea of 'one nation and one elec- tion', and the committee has also Centre’s Delhi move recommended for common electoral rolls for the Lok.Sabha, state and new bill giving sweeping powers to Delhi's Lieutenant local body elections and out of these Governor is a regressive and undemocratic move as it recommendations second recom- A mendation can be implemented eas- amounts to negating the public mandate of an elected gov- ily without any further delay which ernment by usurping its powers and undermining the federal will reduce the exchequer of the spirit. Since a full-fledged statehood status remains elusive, country. Holding simultaneous elec- Delhi has been witnessing a bitter row, particularly after the tions will reduce the expenditure of the political parties and will ensure Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power, over distribution of that human resources are utilised powers between the elected government and the Lieutenant optimally and it will also reduce the Governor, who is seen as the eyes and ears of the Central voters' apathy towards frequent government. The problem with the National Capital Territory elections and rather encourage them which will ultimately enhance of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021, introduced in Parliament, is participation in the electoral that it makes the Lt Governor an all-powerful entity whose process.and all out efforts should be "opinion shall be obtained" before the government takes any made for the Implementation of the executive action. The amendment makes a mockery of the common electoral rolls and for that amendment would also be required people's mandate, allows the Centre to arrogate power to it- in the Constitution.As well as wider self and reduces the elected state government to a powerless consultation is required among all entity. The intent of the new legislation goes against the 2018 the parties.The frequent imposition landmark verdict of the Supreme Court which upheld the of the model code of conduct crip- pre-eminence of Delhi’s elected government in matters other ples governance and impedes devel- opment.In view of this virtually than police, public order and land and wanted both the par- interminable dance of democracy,it ties to uphold the spirit of cooperative federalism. The at- makes sense to club the elections to tempt of the new legislation to make the office of the LG syn- the Lok Sabha,state assemblies and onymous with the all-powerful entity to decide all matters local bodies. The BJP led NDA Govt strongly favours simultaneous elec- concerning the national capital must be seen as a perverse tions having registered resounding move towards centralisation of political power. This is also a wins in successive Parliament polls huge step backward for Delhi's quest for full statehood, a A woman walks on a bridge over the Moskva river in front of a Stalin-era skyscraper in Moscow on March 19, 2021. but the fragmented opposition is not promise made by every political party, including the BJP, at so enthusiastic about it.The collapse of the Govts in Karnataka MP and various times during electioneering. The implications of the Pondichary will discourage the new legislation go well beyond the AAP versus BJP political opposition parties to go forward for slugfest with a bearing on the Centre-State relations. one nation and one election.Any Already, there is widespread criticism that the NDA govern- Mother language is the soul of India move to curtail or extend the tenure of some Assemblies has to be well ment has been diluting the rights of the States and taking thought out in the face of constitu- unilateral and arbitrary decisions in violation of the federal & Technical Terminology languages. tional hurdles.It is expected from all spirit. By making it mandatory for an elected government in DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK (CSTT), Mahatma? Gandhi? Another landmark initiative the parties that they should come Delhi to route all files through the L-G, the new law threatens Antar rashtriya ?Hindi has been the establishment of forward in the interest of country to take away the autonomy that any elected government le- Vishwavidyalaya, Central the Digital Language Lab in and should implement the idea of one nation one election and whatso- gitimately requires for governance. The Arvind Kejriwal gov- Institute of Hindi, Centre for the Kendriya Vidhyalas. The ever amendments are to be required ernment has rightly argued that the 'democratically and con- Urdu Language Literature and Lab are a platform for com- all should agree on them without stitutionally dangerous amendment' will render the elections Culture (CULLC), National prehensive and interactive any further loss of time. and elected governments meaningless. The Centre's latest Council for Promotion of digital content catering to lis- Yash Pal Ralhan, Jalandhar move infringes on this autonomy. Much of the conflict over Sindhi Languages (NCPSL)? , tening and speaking Modi government’s distribution of powers stems from ambiguities of Article and National Council for skills.Through the language 239AA, which empowered Lt Governor to refer "any matter" Promotion of Urdu Language labs, the Kendriya Vidhlayas brain child to the President in case of differences with the Cabinet. (NCPUL) are?also?doing will facilitate and engage stu- This is nothing but the brain child dents via computer-based ex- of the Modi government when the However, the Supreme Court's verdict on this matter must be magnificent work in the?pro- Centre introduced the Government taken as a final word. The repercussions of the amendments motion, preservation and con- ercises and activities to be- of National Capital Territory of Delhi go far beyond the political feud. Making it mandatory for an servation of Indian lan- come the language. In the (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok elected government to route all files through the L-G, in an ef- out of the 6,000 multiple initiatives to recog- guages.?? first phase 276, Digital Sabha. Reason behind the new fort to tilt the balance of power, infringes on its autonomy. It languages spoken nize and promote the use and Further, in consultation with Language Labs were estab- introduction of the (Amendment) 43% bill for 2015 to 2018, the AAP gov- also all but ends the hope of full statehood for Delhi, a prom- in the world are endangered. dissemination of mother the Central Institute of Indian lished in Kendriya Vidyalayas ernment was engaged in a constant ise made by every party at one time or the other. The L-G, at Out of these, only a few hun- tongues to encourage linguis- Languages (CIIL), Navodaya (one in each Kendriya battle with the Centre over policy present, does have the power to refer any matter over which dred languages are used in tic diversity multilingual edu- Vidhyalas has recently organ- Vidhyalas) with English soft- decisions and the powers of the L-G there is a disagreement to the President, though even here the education system and the cation in the realms of educa- ized an online course on ware. In the second phase, vis-à-vis the elected government. After no sign of relief from the Modi the SC made it clear that the L-G 'should not act in a mechan- public domain, and less than a tion. Teaching, Testing and Comprehensive Solution for government, Delhi’s Kejriwal (AAP) ical manner without due application of mind so as to refer hundred are used in the digital The Government of India Evaluation for Regional Digital Language Lab has government knocked the door of the every decision of the Council of Ministers to the President'. world. We must understand has introduced a scheme Language Teachers of NVS. been established in 100 Apex Court and in its 2018 verdict, The Centre’s move is ill-advised. that language is a means of known as the "Scheme for The course focuses on execut- Kendriya Vidyalayas as per the five-judge Bench (Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices A K communication and identity Protection and Preservation ing NLP (Natural Language the availability of space Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandra- to the individual and the com- of Endangered Languages of Processing) tools for lan- (room) and funds with soft- chud and Ashok Bhushan) had held TN’s ‘poll freebie’ culture munity. If I state in the words India" (SPPEL). The Central guage teaching and improv- ware to learn Hindi, English that the L-G’s concurrence is not of Swami Vivekananda, Institute of Indian Languages ing linguistic skills through and Sanskrit Languages. required on issues other than police, n Tamil Nadu the promise of freebies mark poll time "Teach the masses in the ver- (CIIL), Mysore,under this science, social science, and These initiatives are well public order and land. Hence encouraged by the SC verdict, the I and much of governance seems to revolve around deliv- naculars, give them ideas; scheme,works on protection, Mathematics. This is well- aligned with the National AAP government had stopped send- ering on populist measures that sustain vote banks favouring they will get information, but preservation and documenta- aligned with 'EK BHARAT Education Policy, which pro- ing files on executive matters to the either of the Dravidian majors. The 2021 polls, slated for April something more is necessary; tion of all the mother SHRESTHA BHARAT' to bring motes multi-linguism. It is be- L-G before the implementation of 6, have triggered an even more frenetic push to promise free- give them culture."Every lan- tongues/languages of India National Unity and Integrity. lieved that Multilingualism any decision. Naturally this was a slap for the Modi government as a bies by the ruling AIADMK and the Opposition DMK, parties guage is a reflection of the spoken by less than 10,000 Further, in the NISHTHA has excellent cognitive bene- result of bringing the new law with that have established a virtual duopoly in the 234-seat culture, a way of thinking and people, i.e. endangered lan- teachers training programme, fits to young students; thus, the help of the majority to nullify the Assembly. The freebie culture has been ingrained in the psy- living of a society. Language guages. In the first phase of about 23 Lakh teachers have students will now be exposed SC verdict. But this bill is against the che of the people of Tamil Nadu since the mid-1960s when plays a cohesive role in devel- the scheme, 117 endangered completed the course in 10 to different languages start- federal and democratic spirit. Whatever the ideological differ- the DMK came to power on top of a promise of three padis opment while stimulating cul- languages/mother tongues languages. ing from the Foundational ences BJP and AAP might have, it is (measuring roughly 4.5 kg) of rice for a rupee, later watered tural diversity and intercultur- have been chosen from India Aligned with Ek Bharat Stage onwards.Strenuous ef- the right of common people to be down to one kg for a rupee due to financial constraints. The al dialogue. Along with for study and documentation Shreshth Bharat, NCERT has forts will be made to ensure governed by the policies that it has 2021 freebie promise has been the most extensive on record strengthening cooperation, in- on a priority basis. The started with the Bhasha that the existing gaps be- made an unambiguous choice for. No doubt the amendments will have with AIADMK offering a washing machine for each of about clusive knowledge societies, University Grants Commission Sangam initiative for schools tween the child's language far-reaching implications. Remem- two crore families, besides a solar stove to go with the mixer and preserving cultural her- has also initiated two and educational institutions. and teaching medium are ber this bill may put hurdles in free grinder, fans and other household goods that went towards itage, language helps attain schemes for protecting en- The initiative aims to provide bridged. Learning a language working of not only AAP govern- fulfilling Jayalalithaa’s concept of easing the burden of quality education. dangered languages, namely multilingual exposure to stu- is not just learning the alpha- ment, but also the future govern- housewives and working women of chores at home and win- India has unparalleled lin- 'Funding Support to the State dents in the 22 Indian lan- bet, the meaning, the gram- ment for welfare and betterment of Delhites. Because by making it ning them over. Besides white goods, laptops for students guistics with fittingly cultural Universities for Study and guages listed in Schedule VIII mar rules, and the arrange- mandatory for the elected govern- are free as well as data. Consider the promise of Rs 1,500 a diversity; Language is accord- Research in Indigenous and of India's Constitution. NCERT ment of words, but it is an ex- ment to route all its files through the month for women, free TV cable service and affordable hous- ed as a powerful instrument. Endangered languages in has designed short dialogues tensive part of enhancing cog- L-G, the amendments will essential- ing for the needy and it completes a comprehensive house- Thereby, under the astute India' and 'Establishment of consisting of simple, com- nitive skills while imbibing so- ly take away the government's autonomy and the dream for full hold package including free rations, condiments, spices and leadership of Honourable Centres for Endangered monly used sentences in 22 ciety's culture. statehood for the state. festival hampers that should ease lives. And for livelihoods Prime Minister Shri Languages in Central languages for students of all Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee, there is an offer of one government job for each household, NarendraModiJi, the Ministry Universities'. Along with CILL, classes to promote, preserve, Writer is Hon'ble Union Minister Faridabad never mind if the government wage bill runs upwards of one of Education has undertaken the Commission for Scientific and conserve India's regional for Education lakh crore rupees. The DMK's competitive offerings include Rs 1,000 for women, 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs for locals, a year's maternity leave and food, fuel and milk subsidies. How all the freebies add up is anyone’s guess as the state is already burdened with public debt of Rs 4.87 WHAT THEY TWEET! lakh crore as of March 31, 2020, on top of revenues earned from a highly industrialised state. There is even a promise of monetising housewives' work in the manifesto of fringe polit- Kanwal Sibal Brahma Chellaney @KanwalSibal ical player Kamal Haasan's party, which is to show how the @Chellaney IE has given front page head- aim for votes also somehow serves the purpose of creating a Biden's vaccine-hoarding line coverage to Bajwa’s tai- social net buttressed by health insurance and an almost free policy is likely to raise a lored speech. Phenomenon lunch that is nearly unique. There is no denying the state has question among European of useful idiots! We say cre- been a forerunner in keeping students interested in learning and Asian allies: If the US ate conducive atmos for in class through free education and midday meals. The finan- will not share its vaccine talks to resume Bajwa stockpile with its closest returns the compliment by cial profligacy may create a burden that may never go away allies during a horrendous saying create conducive for seven crore people of the state. The concern for women, pandemic, how can its atmos in Kashmir for peace who constitute nearly 50 per cent of voters, does not, howev- leadership be trusted in a talks. And our media gets er, extend to political representation as the low number of security contingency? unduly excited! seats, less than 10 per cent, allocated to them by major par- ties indicates. The outlier status of Tamil Nadu is further Sudha Ramen IFS @SudhaRamenIFS stressed as DMK and Congress promise to take state stu- Yogi Baba 2.0@TheYogiRocks Here is my entry to the #MountainTwitter A long walk to Tiger'e Nest, Bhutan with my bestie Nausheen Khan dents out of the central medical entrance test NEET and em- Uttaranchal University in @DrNausheenKhan phasise their opposition to CAA as AIADMK, despite being in Uttarakhand ends the British era Did you know about a the NDA, has done too. Competitive freebie offers are a practice of wearing black gowns #UttarPradesh gynecologist, Dr. bizarre feature but that takes away only a little from the Shipra Dhar Srivastava for whom and caps on graduation day. saving girl child has become a mis- model welfare state Tamil Nadu has aspired to be and is in Instead students wore kurta and sion She does not charge fee from many ways a model for India. saffron scarf. 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But Zutobi’s findings have been chal- South Africa has been lenged by the Justice ranked as the world’s Project SA (JPSA), an most dangerous country NGO that aims to im- to drive in while India prove road traffic laws came in at fourth place, and their enforcement in according to a research South Africa. study undertaken by in- JPSA Chairperson ternational driver educa- Howard Dembovsky, tion company Zutobi. while agreeing that South Among the list of 56 Africans tended to be countries in the study, poor drivers, said that Thailand came in second Zutobi had used outdated position and the US took figures in its study. up third spot. Dembovsky also The safest roads in the queried why South Africa world can be found in An accident prone road in South Africa with warning sign. was the only African Norway, with its country in its list. Scandinavian neighbour said. These factors in- the national legal limit. So to accuse us of being Sweden having the third cluded estimates on the These estimates were the worst in the world is a safest roads while Japan number of road traffic based on the World little bit unfair. If you are took second place, accord- deaths per 100,000 popula- Health Organization’s going to talk about the ing to the study. tion; the percentage of Global Health worst countries in the We analysed each coun- car occupants who use a Observatory data reposi- world, then you need to try on five factors, giving seat-belt when travelling tory. adopt a balanced ap- each one a normalised in the front of a vehicle; The maximum speed proach, Dembovsky said score out of ten for each and the proportion of limit on motorway and as he commented on poor factor, before taking an av- road traffic deaths which blood alcohol content re- driving in his country in Students of the Government Arts College hold placards during an awareness rally on ethical voting ahead of the erage final score across have been attributed to al- strictions in the various an interview with radio Tamil Nadu Assembly Polls, in Krishnagiri, Friday. all five factors, Zutobi cohol consumption over countries were also taken station Cape Talk. Govt ropes in 12 institutions Twitter asks public if Fleeing Myanmar police: to evaluate impact of NFSA world leaders should be We defied orders to kill protesters subject to same rules Aizawl, Mar 19 (AP): 23, 12 monitoring institu- tions have been engaged to A group of Myanmar carry out a concurrent policemen recounted their evaluation on the impact escape to India after defy- of NFSA,” he added. ing the Myanmar army’s The NFSA, passed in orders to shoot people who 2013, provides for the sup- oppose the Feb 1 coup in ply of subsidised food- the southeast Asian coun- grains through ration try. While speaking, they shops up to 75 per cent of raised a three-finger salute the rural population and a symbol of resistance to up to 50 per cent of the Myanmar’s military urban population, which rulers. as per Census 2011, comes ‘We cannot hurt our peo- to a maximum of 81.35 New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): health of the public con- ple, that’s why we came to Police personnel who fled Myanmar following a military crore persons. versation. “Generally, we Mizoram,’ said one of the coup at an undisclosed location in Mizoram. At present, NFSA is op- Twitter has sought pub- want to hear from the pub- policemen, who hails from New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI): put in place concurrent erational in a seamless lic opinion on whether lic on whether or not they the northwestern town of villagers in Mizoram have books and movies by evaluation for assessment manner in all states and world leaders should be believe world leaders Tedim. Mizoram is a state given shelter to 34 police Suzanne Collins, is being The government on of the “efficacy and im- Union Territories, with an subject to the same set of should be subject to the in India’s northeast, and personnel and one fire- used by youth protesters at Friday informed pact of NFSA”. intended coverage of 81.35 rules as others on the mi- same rules as others on shares a border with fighter who crossed into massive anti-army demon- Parliament that it has During 2018-20, about 26 crore persons across the croblogging platform and Twitter. And, should a Bangladesh and Myanmar. India over the last two strations. Meanwhile, K roped in 12 monitoring in- institutions and universi- country. appropriate enforcement world leader violate a rule, After the army coup, the weeks. They spoke to an Vanlalvena, a lawmaker stitutions for 2020-23 to as- ties were engaged as moni- Coverage under the Act action in case of violation what type of enforcement policemen were ordered to AP photojournalist on from Mizoram state, urged sess the impact of the toring institutions for con- is provided under two cat- of norms by them. Twitter action is appropriate,” the ‘shoot people and not just condition of anonymity the Indian government not National Food Security ducting the evaluation of egories — Antyodaya said it is “reviewing” ap- microblogging platform the people, we were told to because of fears of retri- to deport refugees from Act (NFSA). the implementation of the Anna Yojana (AAY) house- proach to world leaders as said in a blogpost. shoot our own family if bution against family Myanmar until the return Minister of State for NFSA in states and Union holds to the extent speci- it wants its policies to re- Towards this, starting they are not on the side of members still in of normalcy there. The Food Danve Raosaheb Territories. They submit- fied by the central govern- main relevant to the ever- Friday, Twitter will seek the army,’ he said. The Myanmar. Back in lawmaker belongs to the Dadarao, in his written ted quarterly reports for ment and the remaining changing nature of politi- responses to a public sur- Associated Press has not Myanmar, the three-finger Mizo National Front, an reply to the Rajya Sabha, any remedial action, he households as Priority cal discourse on the plat- vey that would help define been able to independently salute, which traces its ori- ally of Bharatiya Janata said the government has said. “For the period 2020- Households. form, and protect the the policy framework. verify these claims. Indian gins to the Hunger Games Party. After big wins, interest in Turkish combat drones soars Yemeni women use solar to light

Ankara, Mar 19 (AFP): All these conflicts up homes, one village at time grabbed world headlines the rebel-held area of Abs, Whether in Syria, Libya and offered Turkey the northwest of the capital or Azerbaijan, Turkey’s perfect opportunity to Sanaa, since 2019. combat drones have showcase its hardware, an- Equipped with six solar scored high-profile suc- alysts Can Kasapoglu in power grids, the station is cesses that Ankara hopes Istanbul and Emre the only source of electric- to use in its quest to be- Caliskan in the UK said, as ity for dozens of houses in come a premier exporter it tries to become a major several villages. of the aerial vehicles. military exporter — par- Hadi said the idea start- Besides their proven ticularly of armed drones. ed when the women imag- ability to take out enemy Ismail Demir, head of ined what they could do to tanks, analysts said Turkey’s Defence Industry A Yemeni woman cleans a solar panel, in Yemen’s war torn help ease the impact of drones also offer Turkey a Presidency (SSB), told region of Abs. war on the poorest coun- chance to beef up its AFP Turkish drones offer Sanaa, Mar 19 (AFP): hunger and poverty amid try in the Arabian spheres of influence Anka Drone, 8.6 metres long and with a wingspan of 17.6 metres. good value for money. Ten trailblazing Yemeni a devastating war that has Peninsula. through an increasingly “If a system from any women have overcome destroyed most infrastruc- “We were able to make assertive foreign policy. In Libya, the unmanned And late last year, other country had the scepticism and ridicule to ture, 36-year-old Iman many people happy by In Syria, Turkey used craft flew to the aid of Turkish drones helped same capability as ours, bring electricity to their Hadi and her burqa-clad connecting their houses to armed drones to avenge Turkey’s allied govern- Azerbaijan retake swathes its (price) would be dou- villages, illuminating lives colleagues are achieving electricity,” said Hadi, the deaths of dozens of ment in Tripoli, routing of territory from ethnic ble,” Demir said in an in- with a micro-grid solar what many would have wearing the all-covering soldiers and halt the ad- the advancing forces of Armenian separatists that terview at his office in business that they hope to thought unthinkable. Hadi robe and well-worn gloves vance of regime forces in eastern commander had been lost in the moun- Ankara, which is filled expand across their war- has been managing the all- as she sat behind her desk the northwestern Khalifa Haftar at the capi- tains of Nagorno- with models of drones and torn region. In a conserva- female Friends of the in a makeshift structure at province of Idlib. tal’s gates. Karabakh decades ago. other military gear. tive country wracked by Environment Station in the station. HARICHAND THAKUR TEMPLE Parisians flee capital as new lockdown looms Paris, Mar 19 (AFP): the southwest — were completely full after a rush Parisians packed inter- of bookings. Maiwenn, a city trains leaving the cap- 19-year old student clutch- ital on Friday hours ahead ing a giant suitcase, said of a new lockdown in the she had decided to leave French capital imposed to Paris to spend the rest of combat a surge in coron- the university year with avirus infections. The new her family in Saint-Brieuc restrictions, announced by in Brittany. “I’m going to Prime Minister Jean stay there until the end of Castex, apply to around a the term,” scheduled for third of the country’s pop- mid-April, she said. “It’s ulation affecting Paris and been roughly a year that several other regions in our courses have been on the north and south. distance learning so we’re The government has in- starting to get used to it.” sisted that the new month- Residents leaving Paris by train to their native places on Friday. The other regions affect- long lockdown will be ed by the new measures more limited than the two the notoriously cramped for those destinations were notably include the Hauts- others imposed last year, city for areas without the now fully booked after hav- de-France region of north- with schools open and out- measure, such as Brittany, ing a 60-70 percent level of east France which covers door exercise allowed for the southwest Atlantic occupancy on previous the city of Lille, and the an unlimited amount of coast and Lyon in the Fridays. Trains leaving Alpes-Maritimes on the Devotee offers prayers in the Harichand Thakur temple in Orakandi, ahead of Prime time. But the approach of southeast. A spokesperson Montparnasse station in Mediterranean, as well as Minister Narendra Modi’s visit later this month in Bagladesh, on Friday. the new curbs in Paris en- for national rail operator Paris — which serves des- Seine-Maritime and the couraged many to leave SNCF told AFP that trains tinations in Brittany and Eure in the north.