% = $, (!/> $) " /> $)> VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# $'()"*$+&, 0*1*013 0145( 0- 6 ,($" 9 4 9:696 9 A 2,, 6 6 :2 2, 6 9 62 9 6 6 6 :62:66, 9 2; '-C'8 9 9 , 9 4 9 9 A9 B ; A !"#'*0$$%& '*- ? 6 ))$ ($ - . / $% " & " ,*/ 0%*- 1 the Bihar Government told the court that around 28 lakh he Supreme Court on migrant workers have returned TThursday gave two-week to the State. The lawyer said time to the Centre and the !" "" that the Bihar Government is States to complete the trans- $ taking steps to provide them portation of all stranded " K &' employment and so far, skill migrant workers to their native $ !( ") *+ mapping of around 10 lakh places and fixed June 9 as the $ !( " migrants has been done. date to pronounce its order on "$ )) The counsel representing the issue. , " West Bengal said that around A Bench headed by Justice " 3.97 lakh stranded migrants are Ashok Bhushan was hearing -.$ ! -'/01$ ! in the State and relief camps the matter in which it had "")$ were serving around one lakh esource-starved as it is, the Ministries or departments. taken suo motu cognisance on 2''$ ! -3/*$ ! meals. The counsel said that RGovernment will not start All Ministries have been the plight of migrant workers ))$ ( ! West Bengal is more of a receiv- any new schemes for a year, the told to stop sending requests who were stranded across the " 45 ing State and they will provide Finance Ministry said on for new schemes to the Finance country due to the Covid-19 ")$ every assistance which is need- Friday making it clear that Ministry. Spending will only be lockdown. ed to bring people back. any spending will only be allowed in the Prime Minister’s The Centre informed the 6 .3- " ( The counsel representing allowed in the Prime Minister’s Garib Kalyan Package and the court on Friday that around ) " Kerala said that around 4.34 “Garib Kalyan Package” and the announcements made under one crore migrant workers ") !" lakh migrants were there and recent announcements made the Atmanirbhar Bharat pack- across the country have already over one lakh persons have under “the Atmanirbhar Bharat age, it said. reached their destination — Counsel appearing for porting migrant workers. Gujarat told the SC that out of The State Government told already been transported. The package”. No other scheme “No new proposals for a around 41 lakh by road trans- Bihar and Uttar Pradesh Additional Solicitor around 22 lakh migrant work- the Bench that 1,664 Shramik Kerala Government said 1.61 would be approved. scheme/sub-scheme should be port and 57 lakh by trains. informed the SC they have so General Sanjay Jain, repre- ers in the State, 20.5 lakh have trains were organised and lakh wanted to stay put. Schemes already approved initiated this year (2020-21) During the hearing, the far received 28 lakh and 21.69 senting the Delhi Government, already been transported back. around 21.69 lakhs migrant When Kerala’s counsel said under the Budget will also stay except the proposals advocates representing vari- lakh migrants respectively. told the top court that around Senior advocate PS workers were brought back in that Railways is under the suspended till March 31, 2021. announced under the Pradhan ous States gave the figures of Solicitor General Tushar two lakh workers are still in the Narasimha, appearing for Uttar Uttar Pradesh. It said they Central Government and they The drastic move is to Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, migrant workers as per which, Mehta informed the Bench, national Capital and only Pradesh, said that around 5.50 have sent back around 1.35 should take care of the cost of tighten spending amid rising the Aatmanirbhar Bharat over 11 lakh and 20.5 lakh peo- also comprising Justices SK around 10,000 of them have lakh migrants workers were lakh migrants, who were in return by migrants, the Bench coronavirus cases with no clar- Abhiyan package and any other ple have gone back from Kaul and MR Shah, that so far expressed their desire to return brought back into the State Uttar Pradesh, and 104 special said that all States must make ity on when the pandemic will special package/announce- Maharashtra and Gujarat 802 trains have been operated to their native places. from Delhi borders for which trains were operated for this. their own arrangements. peak in the country. ment,” a Ministery note said. respectively. from Maharashtra for trans- The counsel appearing for buses made over 10,000 trips. The counsel appearing for Continued on Page 10 “It may be appreciated that Union Finance Minister in the wake of the Covid-19 Nirmala Sitaraman had pandemic, there is an unprece- announced 1.70 lakh crore dented demand on public PM Garib Kalyan package on '( financial resources and a need May 6 and 20 lakh crore to use resources prudently in Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan accordance with emerging and package on May 16 with changing priorities,” the expen- emphasis on giving quick relief % diture department, under the to poor and small scale indus- % +& Finance Ministry, said adding tries and reviving economy #&'((() " .37--1 -7.&1 8*7'*0 that it has been receiving many with a new mantra of ‘swadeshi’ *1*12* $ -.701& -8* '*7+0- new proposals for in-principle and self-reliance. ' $ -0788& '378'* ! approval from various Continued on Page 10 45 '17''1 '7'13'873'' 9 5 " '373.+ -'8+7'0- :2 the GRP lines were engaged , " 17+88 -*+*70&. in office work. “These three * + ucknow recorded its fifth were in contact with the GRP , " .7110 8.&*7.+. Lcoronavirus death on Friday posted at Lucknow and were ndia climbed to the sixth spot " $ +7838 800-71'- as 78-year-old doctor Shyam staying at the GRP quarters,” Iin the world table of worst- : ! &7.8* *+'7018 Swaroop tested positive for he said. hit coronavirus nations by leav- Covid-19 following his death Meanwhile, the CMO ing behind Italy after recording &7*1. -1-7-88 early on Friday. Doctor teams collected samples of 148 the fourth straight day of 9,000 , " &7-*3 +8-7*0* Swaroop was ex- CMS of people after contact surveil- , plus new cases on Friday. Now 87*1+ -&'7-31 Balrampur hospital. His son, a lance and sent it to KGMU for the US, Brazil, Russia, Spain, Professor at Lucknow testing. and the UK are ahead of it. ; <: " 878-& 80'73.0 University, has also tested pos- Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh commander will cross over the The country recorded $ 87-13 ''8'70-+ itive for coronavirus. recorded its biggest single-day LAC to meet the Chinese 9,279 new cases and 286 deaths 2" -703. '3'703& A senior official from the jump of 496 COVID-19 cases ll eyes are now on the senior commander. on Friday, which took its over- CMO office said that doctor on Friday, taking the state’s tally Atalks on Saturday between This level of talks will take all count of new cases to Swarup had been suffering to 9,733, while 12 more people senior military commanders of place after seven earlier meet- 2,36,001 and deaths to 6,649. deaths in Malegaon, seven 232. Out of the 12 who group, one was 68, two were 56 from fever for a couple of days succumbed to the disease, a India and China on the Line of ings between local comman- Maharashtra sank into deaths in Kalyan-Dombivli, breathed their last on Friday, and 50 years of age, and a 44- and had got himself tested for senior official said. Actual Control ders of two sides deep despair on Friday as the five deaths in Ratnagiri, two four were in the 80-82 age year-old person. Covid-19 as he had to under- With the fresh deaths, the (LAC) to defuse failed to break the State recorded highest-ever deaths each in Solapur and group, three were in 70-72 Continued on Page 10 go kidney treatment at the toll in the state has risen to 257, nearly month-long deadlock in the last day’s tally of 139 deaths and as Nashik, one death each in SGPGI. said Principal Secretary, Health, multiple face-offs in one fortnight. At pre- many as 2,436 new infected Vasai-Virar -1, Bhiwandi, and According to reports, Amit Mohan Prasad. Eastern Ladakh. sent, the two armies cases. With the fresh deaths Aurangabad-1. " # Doctor Swaroop passed away There are 3,828 active cases India is firm on are in a stand-off at and infections, the total num- Tamil Nadu saw 1,438 per- in his sleep early on Friday. in the state, while 5,648 people mutual and simultaneous pull- four points in Eastern Ladakh. ber of deaths rose to 2,849, sons testing positive for coro- On Friday, 15 fresh cases have recovered and been dis- back of soldiers from the flash- The frontage is between 20 and while the total infected cases navirus on Friday, the highest were reported from the city charged from hospitals, he points and an assurance from 30 km but in small pockets jumped to 80,229. ever number to be tested pos- which included ten from said. China to stop disrupting con- where soldiers are in an eyeball Taking into the total num- itive on a single day. With the ! "# Nizampur village in Malhaur Prasad said a helpline was struction activities like roads to eyeball confrontation, ber of deaths so far and the fact addition of 1,438 patients into (Chinhat), which was declared launched on Thursday through and infrastructure develop- sources said here on Friday. that 35,156 patients have been the pool, Tamil Nadu has New Delhi: Indigenously New Delhi: The Supreme a hot spot. which ASHA (Accredited ment near the LAC. Defence Minister Rajnath discharged from various hos- 12,697 active Covid-19 cases as developed ELISA testing kits Court on Friday asked private Officials said the ten who Social Health Activist), angan- The talks will be held Singh, while admitting that pitals so far, the State health on Friday. Till date 28,694 per- for Covid-19 have been found hospitals whether they are tested positive at Nizampur wadi and ANM (auxiliary between Leh-based 14 Corps China had sizably increased its authorities pegged the number sons have tested positive for the to be sensitive and specific for ready to provide treatment to village in Malhaur were in nurse midwife) workers and chief Lt General Harinder and troop strength on the LAC dur- of “active cases” at 42,215. pandemic in the State, accord- the detection of novel coron- Covid-19 patients at the contact with Manish Pandey, private pharmacists can inform his Chinese counterpart in ing the stand-offs, said two Of the deaths reported on ing to a medical bulletin by the avirus antibodies in human charges prescribed under the who had tested positive three authorities about suspected Chushul-Moldo. It is a mutu- days back he was hopeful the Friday, Mumbai accounted for Tamil Nadu Government. serum samples and can be Ayushman Bharat Scheme. The days back and is undergoing coronavirus cases. ally-agreed Border Personnel talks at the Lt General level will 54 deaths, while there were 30 The death tally on Friday used for determining infection Ayushman Bharat is aimed at treatment at RML. Uttar Pradesh’s previous Meeting between the two coun- pave the way for peaceful res- deaths in Thane, 14 deaths each was 12 and this took the total exposure among the general providing health cover to poor An officials said that highest single-day spike of 378 tries to resolve such con- olution of the ongoing dispute. in Pune and Jalgaon, eight number of fatalities till date to population, a study said. and vulnerable persons. PTI three who tested positive in cases was recorded on Sunday. tentious issues. The Indian Continued on Page 10 P #- . " ! "
# tries. ' Now, let’s go back to - / Tanzania. The African nation # had just 480 positive corona " cases on May 1. During the last # 33 days till June 3, it added a ollywood producer Anil trickling of 29 cases. Similarly, BSuri, who had backed films " amous for Africa’s tallest Liberia had 152 confirmed like Raaj Kumar-Rekha starrer Fmountain Kilimanjaro and cases on May 1. In 33 days from “Karmayogi” and “Raaj Tilak”, Serengeti National Park, then, it added five cases every passed away due to coron- Tanzania has a population of day to reach a figure of 316 on avirus on Thursday. He was 77. or the first time, the Road ing favourable to animal around 5.63 crore out of which June 3. Both these countries are Anil’s brother, film pro- Fand Highway Ministry has movement, constructing just 509 are infected by the bracketed with dozens of ducer Rajiv Suri, said he had woken up to the need of reduc- underpasses, elevated corri- coronavirus. nations such as South Africa ( fever on June 2 but his condi- ing animal mortality on State dors, via-ducts, cut and cover, Known for its palm- 35,000 cases), Nigeria (10,819 tion worsened the next day roads and national highways. guardwall, fencing, watchtow- fringed beaches, Liberia is cases) Algeria (9,626 cases), with breathlessness. “He was For this purpose, the Ministry er, solar pumps, ponds for another African nation with an Ghana (8,297 cases) Cameroon rushed to Lilavati and Hinduja, has asked State Governments drinking water for animals. equally impoverished popula- (6,585 cases) Guinea (3,886 but both denied him a bed,” and other stakeholders of “Similar exercises are being tion of mere 48 lakh — the cases) Senegal (3,836 cases) the Rajiv claimed. wildlife and environment to undertaken in the forest area of average age is just around 18 — Democratic Republic of the “He was then taken to assist it in identifying accident MP, Maharashtra, Odisha, of which only 311 have tested Congo (3,325) Côte d’Ivoire Advanced Multispeciality blackspots. Uttarakhand, as part of a cam- positive. (3,024) Gabon (2,803 cases) Hospital on Wednesday night. The Ministry is already paign ‘Prevention of Human Interestingly, both of these Kenya (2,093 cases) Mali (1,351 He had Covid-19. On rectifying identified blackspots and Animal Mortality on countries, like many other not possible. credible, China is placed as the tries among the top 15 affect- cases), which have admitted to Thursday evening, they said to curtail human fatality on Highways’. There is a need for nations with minuscule coro- Zoom to India, Russia, and 18 worst affected nation in the ed nations that have denied community transmission. something is amiss and he was highways. generating awareness and edu- navirus outbreak on their soils, China — the three countries hit world, 12 places behind India reaching the community trans- Even in Europe, where the put on ventilator. He died Sources said the Ministry cating for the masses towards have admitted to community hard by the virus. The world (2.3 lakh cases), and 16 ranks mission stage. health system is far better than around 7:00 pm,” said Rajiv. has asked the Central road reducing or eliminating both transmission — a state in which has rained obloquy on China behind Russia (2.5 lakh plus For its classification of the Africa and India, a majority of Last rites of Anil were held on making agency NHAI and the human and animal fatality,” the disease becomes so wide- over its dubious claim of arrest- cases). transmission stage, the World the countries have admitted to Friday morning at Oshiwara States to replicate the same Road Transport & Highways spread that one can’t pinpoint ing the growth of coronavirus Despite such a huge num- Health Organisation (WHO) reaching the stage of commu- cremation ground. model. This includes conduct- Minister Nitin Gadkari said. the source of infection, or at around 85,000 cases. Even if ber of cases, India, China, and relies solely on the reports it nity transmission. Continued on Page 10 ing studies for road engineer- Continued on Page 10 where the contract-tracing was that number is accepted as Russia are the only three coun- receives from respective coun- Continued on Page 10 !"#$#$ 1 # " ," $$ % ")$
:2 4 C4 "$ often delayed. Therefore, to address this problem, after due ollowing a series of measures consideration by the depart- :2 :2 dite industrial activities across the Ffor industrial development ments of Industrial state so that new avenues of and for attracting investment in Development, Energy and ttar Pradesh is all set to challenge the ith the state showing a sud- )&*) "% % employment could be explored. He Uttar Pradesh, the state govern- Housing, the state government UChinese monopoly in Gauri-Ganesh idol Wden spike in coronavirus said that online self-employment ment has taken a significant had taken the decision to ensure supply this Diwali. The Mati Kala Board, on cases, Chief Minister Yogi programmes should be organised decision to ensure quality and timely payment of construction instructions from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath said that it was neces- +! to give loans to entrepreneurs in uninterrupted power supply to expenditure by the development Yogi Adityanath, will take the lead in this endeav- sary to take precautions to break MSME sector. industries and other invest- authorities, he added. our. State-level online and manual workshops the infection chain by ensuring %012! 45 " A ) $)/ " “Also institutions like Udyog ment projects in the industrial The principal secretary said will be organised with the help of renowned social distancing and hence not &1 $ $ /M Bandhu and PICUP should try to and housing development that compliance of this system sculptors and terracotta experts bringing clay to more than five persons be allowed "") $$G " " create conducive atmosphere for authorities’ areas of the state. would ensure quality and unin- life. entry inside religious places at one " $ $/ , " " ,7 9 5 6 7 industries,” he insisted. The government has fixed terrupted power supply to The online workshop, which will be held this time. He also stressed on police " " " A 7 Yogi also advised that migrants accountability regarding time- industries and other projects month, will have experts from the Indian patrolling to avoid gatherings. "A "( ")! LA 5 " ) "$ " be provided all possible benefits ly completion of construction due to establishment of a robust Institute of Craft and Design (IICD, Jaipur), Yogi was chairing a review " ) " " through PM’s special economic work and expenditure etc. for power infrastructure system in Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrialisation meeting on Unlock 1.0 at his offi- . / ) "$$) package and street vendors be the development of quality elec- the industrial and housing Institute (MGRII, Wardha), National Institute cial residence in Lucknow on " F L " / " " given benefit of loan and other tricity infrastructure facilities. In development authorities, which of Fashion and Technology (NIFT, Rae Bareli) Friday. He said that religious ,O" "" 7 $/M ;,)";, $" facilities by convening a meeting a government order (GO) would not only benefit the and UP Industries of Design (UPID) and other places would open for public as per 6 = ;/ " FLA " ! of state-level bankers committee. issued to all additional chief sec- existing industries but also professionals known for quality and competitive the guidelines issued by the Centre. $ ") " " " $ " $) ( He directed officials that retaries, principal secretaries boost efforts to attract new pricing. Their expertise will be of immense help “Officers should speak to the ") "" "" $$""/ $$ N C migrants be helped through vari- and secretaries on Friday, investors. in making Gauri-Ganesh statues. management of religious places " !) O/ " " ous departmental schemes in rural responsibility gave been speci- As per the government The online workshops will be held either in before they are opened and discuss $" "/ $ ($"" ( " $ areas and their skill mapping be fied on the basis of relevant order, the expenditure incurred the offices of industries’ general managers of all steps to be taken to prevent coro- $ $$/M ""$/M done for providing them jobs. statutes and codes to ensure on phased construction of divisions or elsewhere. Large television screens navirus spread. Officers should " 6 A ) " The chief minister said that timely completion of construc- electricity infrastructure up to will be installed at the workshops and sculptors also ensure that every religious $"7" A $ ! under these circumstances, digital tion and payment of construc- 220 KV corresponding to the will be present there, but following social dis- place has sanitiser, infrared ther- "( )"7L $$) " ""/ " payment should be encouraged tion expenditure of electricity estimated energy load in the tancing. mometer and pulse oximeters. "" " 7 $ $" " ($"" " and an action plan be prepared to infrastructure in housing and industrial and housing develop- The experts in sculpture will help solve prob- Nobody should touch religious $ " ))$/ 4 !" " motivate more people to adopt industrial projects being devel- ment authority area will be lems, provide the necessary skills and inputs for books and not more than five per- $ ")7" " " "($"" / digital payment. “Street vendors and oped from time to time by borne by the development making idols. For example, NIFT experts will sons should be allowed inside roadside traders should also be housing and industrial develop- authority. brief on safe packaging of finished products. these places at one time. Devotees er healthcare in Covid hospitals. to increase recovery rate of linked with digital payment system ment authorities, UP Housing The development authori- MGRII’s Vivek Masani will explain the process should leave their footwear in He also asked his to ensure avail- patients,” he said. and those getting jobs should also and Development Board. ty will have to provide the of firing of gas furnaces. Fine arts and sculpture their vehicles,” he said. ability of oxygen in Level-1 Covid The chief minister observed be linked to online banking,” he said. Principal Secretary required land free-of-cost and experts will share their experience of decades. Yogi said that all quarantine hospitals and of oxygen and ven- that besides effective healthcare, Directing officials to exercise (Infrastructure and Industrial without any encumbrances for A state-level manual workshop will be centres and community kitchens tilators in Level-2 Covid hospitals awareness and surveillance system every precaution against Covid Development) Alok Kumar said the construction of the electric- organised at Gorakhpur in August. Gorakhpur should be in running condition besides arranging lukewarm also helped in reducing death rate infection in mandis, Yogi said in a statement here on Friday ity infrastructure. is the venue because people of Aurangabad’s and they should be sanitised so drinking water in these hospitals. from the disease. “The government that sanitiser, infra-red thermome- that due to lack of a clearly The government order rec- Bhathat town and adjoining villages have mas- that they could be used whenev- “Hospital bed sheets should be has already strengthened treatment ters and pulse oximeters should be defined system in this regard, ommends use of GIS (gas insu- tered the art of terracotta work. Many people of er required. changed daily and doctors and facilities in Covid hospitals but made available there. He directed there used to be delay in pay- lated substation) and HIS, a these villages have also been honoured for their The chief minister directed the nurses should take regular rounds people should still be made aware departments concerned to thrash ment for the construction work futuristic technology for con- skills at the state and national level. It is due to chief secretary to speak to division- of wards. Patients should be pro- of prevention and surveillance,” he out an action plan for mango of electrical infrastructure by struction of electricity infra- their skills that Gorakhpur qualifies for the ‘One al commissioners and district vided nutritious and digestible said. export and also ensure supply of the development authorities, structure in urban areas due to District One Product (ODOP) distinction in ter- magistrates daily and ensure prop- food. Every effort should be made Yogi directed officials to expe- green fodder for cattle. due to which construction was limited availability of land. racotta. !$- #* # :2 in the state. ; ) "$ " , “Investors will find all :2 ed from the cop’s salary. he Uttar Pradesh govern- information related to the The incident occurred in Tment will now use festivals !D,6EF $ ("""$ " industry and investment oppor- aking a serious note of Ghoorpur area of Prayagraj to connect with non-resident ; ) " (""" " $ / tunities on the website. It will Tatrocity by a police officer district on Friday when the SI Indians (NRIs) in other coun- )" " " $!$ " $ $)" work as a communication link in Prayagraj on a roadside veg- destroyed the vegetables of the tries. , " ( -3C-*(" $$! for NRIs and I have asked the etable vendor, Uttar Pradesh vendor by his vehicle and later The NRI department in )$ )""($ "!7$ department to complete it with- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath pushed him to the ground the state will be live-streaming "!)5" $ !)" " in this week so that the chief has ordered suspension of the and choked his neck by his Deepotsav festival in Ayodhya " A ))" $"7 " minister may inaugurate it in police officer and ordered that knees. during Diwali and Holi celebra- / (7 )" June,” he said. the loss to the vegetable vendor The entire incident was tions in Vrindavan. Other UP ; ) " (""" $ $ "7 26 / The MSME minister fur- be compensated from the recorded in a mobile phone festivals and cultural events " " 6 "7 26 ther said that the manner in salary of the cop. and it went viral on the social will also be a part of this initia- "6 6 $ " $ which Prime Minister The chief minister’s action media leading to the action by tive. A website for this will be " " ( -3'1 ; ) " Narendra Modi had managed comes in the wake of a viral the chief minister. officially launched by Chief A / ( "" +" to link Gujarati NRIs with the video in the social media show- Earlier too, the chief min- Minister Yogi Adityanath in 6 " " 7 " $) state while he was chief minis- ing the atrocity of a sub-inspec- ister had provided Rs 2 lakh June. ; ) " (""" $ " )"" " / ter and brought major invest- tor on the vegetable vendor. assistance along with food- MSME Minister Sidhartha $ ( ("" L ,"$ $( " ments into Gujarat, proved to An official spokesperson grains to a poor farmer, Ram Nath Singh, who is in charge of " " " be an inspiration for this web- said that Sub-Inspector Sumit Sevak of Mohanlalganj area of NRI department, asked officials " )""($""/26 site. The NRIs will get a virtu- Anand had been suspended Lucknow, after a video went to ensure that NRIs remained " / " "!(" $ " al tour of various events in the and the loss suffered by the viral showing his pathetic con- connected to their roots " " $ ""7" , state, apart from festivals. vendors would be compensat- dition. through this initiative. ( 2 " " ,7 "/ " “We will also promote cul- The website will contain 6) $ " $ $ $ $" " tural and tourist events on the information about cultural D26 E ; ) " (""" website. NRIs across the world 4""" activities in the state, possibili- $" "(" "" )$ will be able to register on the ties of investment, tweets and ; ) " ) !7 " $ " $ website for access to informa- $)$( messages by the chief minister. " $ "" )"" "7M6 tion on industry, special events It will work as a unified inter- G" " / and those from the state will face for the NRIs, who will be also be able to renew or apply $!" connected with the Centre’s industries. friendly and will be available in for fresh NRI cards online. :2 website for NRIs, and contain A link to the investment both Hindi and English. The website will be linked to a links to important departments portal ‘Nivesh Mitra will also be Singh said that the website payment gateway and a digital n a day when record testing in the state like tourism, health available on the website, which would also be a game changer NRI card will be issued to the Oof over 12,000 swab samples tourism, education, MSME and is being developed as mobile- for the NRIs who wish to invest applicant,” the minister said. were made in UP, the state gov- ernment issued a new helpline number for health workers and ) " *) pharmacists for informing offi- cials about suspects with Covid- like symptoms. Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan
R Prasad told news person on Friday that a record testing of 12,579 samples, including 1,036 :2 ily of Barabanki committed sui- demonstrated his strong self- pool tests of five samples each cide due to financial distress. respect. After the battle of and 167 pool tests of 10 samples ongress general secretary People from all over the coun- Haldighati, Maharana Pratap each, were conducted. The prin- CPriyanka Gandhi Vadra try are facing problems of liveli- and his family took refuge in the cipal secretary urged people to slammed the Yogi Adityanath hood, employment, business, forest. Maharana Pratap had immediately contact health offi- government after a cane grow- children’s fees, farming loans and nothing to eat but he chose to eat cials if they found any symptoms er committed suicide due to loans. The intention of the gov- rotis made of grass instead of in themselves, family members, non-procurement of his sugar- ernment is flawed,” Priyanka bowing before his opponents.” friends or neighbours so that cane produce amid the coron- posted. he added. coronavirus spread could be avirus-induced lockdown in In the last year and a half, UP minister Suresh Pasi, contained and others could be Muzaffarnagar. the Congress leader has been who also belongs to Amethi, said protected from the virus. The In a series of tweets in vocal over issues related to the that the signage had been put up government has already asked Hindi, Priyanka posted, “Seeing people of Uttar Pradesh and has by mistake and there was no people to inform officials about his cane crop drying in the fields been very critical of government intention to hurt anyone. any suspect on helpline number and not getting the slip, a farmer policies. Meanwhile, the UP 18001805145. of Muzaffarnagar committed Meanwhile in Amethi, a Congress Committee will start In order to get inputs about suicide. The BJP claimed that signage carrying remark about a ‘Seva Satyagrah’ for the release COVID-19 patients and coron- full payment would be made in Rajput king Maharana Pratap at of party state chief Ajay Kumar avirus suspects, UP Health 14 days, but sugar mills have Jagdeeshpur was removed on `Lallu’. Congress Legislature department on Friday released been closed with payment dues Thursday evening after Party leader Aradhana Mishra another helpline number — worth thousands of crores.” Congress MLC Deepak Singh told media persons on Friday 18001805146 — exclusively for Attaching a news of the sui- objected to it and alleged that UP that Lallu was in the district jail health workers and private phar- cide, Priyanka further tweeted, government was disrespecting since May 20 and his only fault macists so that they could “I had apprised the govern- the 13th century Mewar ruler was that he wanted to help inform the department about ment two days ago. One can and symbol of pride. migrant workers. “The anti- any suspect. “Private medicine imagine how these cane farmers Writing to the district poor, anti-worker government shops have earlier been asked to would be feeling during this administration in this regard, led by Yogi Adityanath put him inform about people purchasing financial crisis without getting Singh said, “The hoarding said in jail but the BJP will not be able medicines for fever, cold and payment for their dues. But that time is supreme and it even to stop our work for the people. other such illness,” he said. now the BJP government does made a king (Maharana Pratap) The UPCC will launch a ‘Seva Prasad said that mobile health not even mention about cane eat ‘rotis’ made of grass. The Satyagrah’ for Lallu’s release. units had been pressed into payment in 14 days.” message has hurt the senti- Party workers will distribute service to check people in rural In another tweet, the ments of Thakur community food to 25 lakh needy people in and urban areas. “These mobile Congress leader accused the and we seek removal of the the state with the slogan of units will visit at least three BJP of investing crores of rupees same.” ‘Congress ka sipahi, mazdooron mohallas or villages daily and in false publicity instead of solv- Singh said, “It is a fact that ka bhai’. We will also write post- randomly check people and ing the real problems of the peo- Maharana Pratap did eat rotis cards and run a campaign on others having coronavirus-like ple. “In a tragic incident, a fam- made of grass, but the incident social media,” she added. symptoms,” he said. ! " # $ S & !
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On weekly clos- ith more curbs easing ing out 800-1,200 tests in one ing days, the traders will have Wfrom June 8, the district day in the district. “The CMO to get their shops cleaned :2 malls for too long. authorities are now focusing office is getting 200-300 tests and the onus of maintaining Announcement will be made on strategies to restrict the done every day and there are social distancing will rest only istrict Magistrate through public address system coronavirus infection to other hospitals which are also on them,” he asserted. DAbhishek Prakash issued regularly, asking people to be hotspot areas and hospitals. doing the testing such as RML Meanwhile, Indian directives regarding the re- at least six feet apart from one District surveillance officer Hospital, Balrampur Hospital Institute of Toxicology opening of shopping malls another. The DM said the KP Tripathi stressed that peo- and Civil Hospital. We are Research (IITR), which has from June 8. No shopping malls would open from 9 am ple need to be cautious and carrying out only RTPCR tests been involved in Covid-19 malls will open in the contain- to 9 pm and sanitisation work follow social distancing. and when we get any direc- testing since May 4 and has ment zones and if any area is will be carried out before the “We have one mobile tions for the antibody tests, we tested more than 4,500 sam- declared a containment zone opening. medical unit in the contain- will carry out the same. Right ples from different UP dis- in future, the shopping malls “Management of the malls ment zones and we carry out now, we have no such direc- tricts, is working towards in that area will be closed with will ensure through a mobile the testing of those having tions,” he said. enhancing the testing capac- immediate effect. squad that no one is sitting influenza symptoms so that The surveillance officer ity. “The maximum number without purpose and all the the infection is contained there said people need to be cau- “As National Botanical of persons who can be present visitors will have to wear itself. Besides, we are focusing tious at this time when the city Research Institute (NBRI) will in a mall will be decided on masks,” he said. He added that on CHCs and PHCs which has almost opened. “At the start Covid-19 testing soon, the basis of the calculation of food courts, restaurants and have opened. We have issued time of lockdown, it was fine IITR conducted a training two persons per 1,000 square eateries would only be allowed instructions that if there are because people were staying programme for those working feet and constant monitoring takeaways in adherence with influenza-like symptoms in indoors. Now that people are in the testing facility. Under should be carried out to the guidelines issued earlier. anyone, they should be tested. venturing out, they need to be this training programme, the ensure this. Thermal scanning The DM said that gaming These instructions are also more cautious. If they do not personnel were trained on will be mandatory for those areas and multiplexes in the for other hospitals,” he said. observe, they are putting their various aspects such as entering the malls, lifts and malls would remain closed Tripathi pointed out that the own lives at risk. People must biosafety measures, sample parking lots. The hands of vis- and all those entering the positive cases in the district follow social distancing norms receiving, real-time PCR- itors will have to be sanitised,” premises had to be encour- were primarily contact cases. which we have been advocat- based testing, data analysis he said. aged to download Aarogya “We are getting cases which ing for quite some time,” he and data reporting. After The footfall has to be pro- Setu App. The shopping malls have been in contact with the added. IITR, Central Drug Research jected digitally at the entrance have to submit details of the patients and there is no flare- Meanwhile, Aminabad Institute (CDRI) and Birbal while railings, steps, escala- arrangements, which they will up of the virus. There have drug market will open from Sahni Institute of tors, floors etc will have to be be making for precautions in been sporadic cases,” he said. Saturday onwards. Drug Palaeosciences (BSIP), NBRI sanitised on a daily basis. all the areas, with the ADM “If we look at the manner inspector Brijesh Kumar said will be the fourth Lucknow- No one will be allowed to (Trans-Gomti) on the basis of in which the disease spread in the market would open from phones. The medicines will be day while those on the right held with members of based research institution enter without masks and it which they will be granted the district, we had interna- 6 am to 6 pm. “No retail shop- delivered at their shops by the side the next. The shops will Lucknow Chemists involved in Covid-19 testing. will have to be digitally pro- permission to open. The dis- tional travellers who were the keepers will be allowed to visit wholesalers,” he said. be opening after nearly two Association. It will boost the testing capac- jected. The visitors will be trict administration officials carriers of the virus, followed the market and they will have The shops on the left side months. The decision was “The traders have also ity in the state,” IITR director asked to do the shopping will carry out inspection of the by Tablighi Jamaat, street ven- to place their orders on of the road will open on one taken at a meeting which was been asked to download Alok Dhawan said. quickly and not remain in the malls on Saturday. $ !
:2 the body as that of his daugh- On Thursday, the youth refused + ter. The police sent the body for to marry her over some differ- 21-year-old girl nursing autopsy and started further ences. As she got to know Astudent died under myste- investigation. A police about the refusal on Friday, she :2 teacher in KGBV, was found to rious circumstances and her spokesman said prima facie, no was crestfallen. In a fit of rage, be employee of 25 schools, body was recovered from Gomti wounds were detected on the she poured kerosene on herself he Basic Education depart- simultaneously. Her name was river on Friday. A missing body. He said it was not clear as and set herself afire. However, Tment has ordered a probe registered in districts such as report was lodged by her par- to where the girl stayed her parents rushed to her res- into a government school Aligarh, Amethi, Prayagraj, ents with the Chowk police few overnight. The police are scan- cue and managed to save her teacher in Uttar Pradesh earn- Ambedkarnagar, Rae Bareli, and hours ago. Her scooty was ning the CCTV footage to trace life but she had suffered burns. ing over Rs 1 crore as salary. others. found parked in the parking lot the movement of the girl. Police were informed and the While creating the data- Despite the digital data- opposite Baikunth Dham. Sources said the police suspect- girl was rushed to the hospital. base of teachers, the officials of base, the teacher managed to However, police spokesman ed that the girl left the KGMU The police said further investi- Basic Education department withdraw salary of Rs 1 crore ruled out foul play and said the premises in the evening and gation was underway. stumbled on a teacher working from the state Basic Education girl committed suicide. then took the extreme step. The Meanwhile, a 5-year-old in several schools at the same department for over 13 months The girl was a resident of police were at a loss for words girl died while her maternal time. A senior officer said so far come to notice in Kasturba until February 2020. According Vrindavan Yojana in PGI police on being asked as to why the girl uncle suffered injuries in Kakori only one such case had come to Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya to the records, Anamika Shukla station area and was a student ended her life. She was in in the on Friday. The deceased was light but many more such (KGBV) where a teacher earned hails from Mainpuri district. The of KGMU. She had called her fourth semester. identified as Bhoori while her instances could come up if an in- around Rs 1 crore as salaries for department sent a notice to her parents on Thursday night and uncle as Indal of Kakori. depth probe of the entire salary over a year. The KGBV school but she has not responded to it. informed them that she would / Indal, along with his sister transactions in the department is under the state Basic The Education department has stay in the hostel room inside 6 Sridevi and her daughter was made. Basic Education Education department. withheld her salary with imme- KGMU premises. On Friday, A girl attempted to immo- Bhoori, was going to Itaunja to Minister Satish Dwivedi told Reportedly, the teacher earned diate effect and started an in- her father called her but she did late herself after her love inter- drop them at their home. When media persons that a probe had the whopping amount while depth probe to extract truth and not answer the phone. Later, he est refused to marry her, in he reached Tulsikheda turning been ordered and strict action working simultaneously in 25 to find out whether there was reached KGMU hostel but Vibhuti Khand police station point, a speeding loader hit the would be taken against the schools for over a year. The mat- any connivance of department could not find her there. He area on Friday. Police said the bike from opposite direction. teacher if she was found guilty. ter came to light when the officials or some technical fault. then lodged a missing report at girl was admitted to RML Indal suffered injuries in his He said action would also be department started creating a The department is also trying to Chowk police station. While the Hospital with minor burns. face and chest while Bhoori had taken against any official if database of teachers. find out that whether she used police were about to launch a The girl, who is a resident her head banged against the his/her involvement surfaced It was found that a teacher the same bank account for the search operation, they were of a slum area in Bahnanpurwa, road. She died on the spot. during the probe. He said the was employed in 25 different salary transfer from different informed about the recovery of was said to be in love with a Passersby converged on the money would be recovered from schools across districts in Uttar schools. The department is gath- a body. The Chowk police, local youth for a long time. scene and rushed the injured to the accused teacher. Pradesh. 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:2 highlighted this year’s theme, Krishnamurthy Memorial ‘Celebrate Biodiversity’. He said Oration was ‘Transformative orld Environment Day the institute would always con- change is the way ahead to Wwas celebrated with tinue its efforts in improving ensure that nature is restored, enthusiasm on Friday. environment and conserving conserved and used sustain- Divisional Commissioner biodiversity. ably”. It was delivered by former Mukesh Meshram, along with In his lecture, Singh said director-general, Council of mayor Sanyukta Bhatia, kicked that the rise in earth tempera- Scientific and Industrial off an awareness programme ture due to global climate Research, RA Mashelkar. for widespread plantation at change has had varying conse- A video-conferencing was Kanha Upvan. He also planted quences on humans, plants, organised by the at the Forest saplings at Kanha Upvan and animals, environment leading department for the launch of said that Japanese technique to increased extreme scenarios. city forest scheme under the Miyawaki would be used to He discussed the contribu- Central government initiative. carry out plantation in schools, tion of the Himalayan region to Officials said that the city gaushalas and near ponds. India’s unique climate. population has been on the District Magistrate “Himalayas are rich in biodi- increase and the 652 urban Abhishek Prakash said forests versity having more than units in the state have been fac- would be developed in areas 10,000 plant species. Climate ing the problems of air and depending on availability of change will have far-reaching noise pollution. “In order to land in government depart- consequences on these maintain balance, it is neces- ments and institutes. regions,” he said. sary that apart from the city NBRI also celebrated Singh said that pollution ! " #" $"% denizens, government and World Environment Day by due to human activities in the &" non-government organisations organising a webinar. Former vast Gangetic plains is causing as well as industrial units join Vice-Chancellor of HNB great harm to the Himalayan Himalayan biodiversity, sea- the income of farmers is declin- this initiative,” a senior official Garhwal University environment. “Variable climate sonal biology and taxation are ing while many farmers have said. An e-poster competition (Uttarakhand) SP Singh was change rate has been observed clearly visible,” he added. shifted to cultivation of other was organised by Babasaheb chief guest and speaker. He in different Himalayan regions. He further said that the crops,” he pointed out. Bhimrao Ambedkar delivered a lecture on ‘Global Glaciers of West Himalayas forests at higher Himalayan Meanwhile, IITR also University. Participants were climate change and Himalayan are more affected than in regions as well as crops in the organised a programme on asked to create e-posters or systems’. NBRI director SK Eastern Himalayas. More than lower Himalayan regions have the occasion of World handmade posters based on Barik discussed the impor- 50 Himalayan glaciers are started to be affected. “Due to Environment Day. The theme conservation of environment tance of Environment Day and shrinking and the effects on decreasing production of apple, of the 24th Dr CR and biodiversity. "7 ! " #$ $# :2 Meanwhile, the cyber cell officials (Sector M) after the latter was found arrested a youth, identified as Kuldeep driving his bike in a wrong direction Lucknow (PNS): To partner the gov- ith the arrest of two persons on Yadav, on the charges of defrauding at Parag Dairy crossing on Thursday. ernment in combating the coronavirus WThursday night, the Thakurganj his friend Vijay Kumar who works Rohit later vented out his frustration pandemic, the Confederation of police claimed to have worked out the with a private company in Hazratganj. on social media using abusive lan- Indian Industry (CII) provided 25,000 chain loot case in which founder- Reports said Kuldeep stealthily collect- guage and also uploaded a video in masks to the Industry department on teacher of a school was targeted. ed details related to Vijay’s credit card which he threatened the SO. Friday. The masks were handed over Ganga Prasad Sahu of Saadatganj was and did online shopping worth Rs Meanwhile, a 19-year-old to Industry Minister Satish Mahana by on a morning stroll on Wednesday 16,000. After Vijay got a message, he woman, who was married to a scrap CII (UP) chairman Ankit Gupta. morning behind Chikan Wali Gali complained to the cyber police and a dealer, died after she suffered an elec- Meanwhile, 25,000 masks were also when struck by the chain-snatchers. team detected Kuldeep’s role. tric shock on coming in contact handed over to agricultural production The police said the accused arrest- Meanwhile, after being fined with a cooler at her house in commissioner Alok Sinha for distri- ed were identified as Ajay Kumar Soni under Motor Vehicle Act, a youth Saadatganj on Thursday. Reports bution among the frontline workers in of Saadatganj and Ankaj Pal aka made an abusive post against police- said the woman, identified as Rohima various districts. “Personal hygiene Pankaj of Barabanki. The police men and also uploaded a video on Khatoon, was married to Noor and precautions are currently the recovered cash the accused had got Twitter, threatening the sub-inspector Husain of Saadatganj. Noor and only ways which can help prevent the after selling the looted gold chain. The who challaned him. A case was reg- other members in the family rushed spread of coronavirus. Therefore, cops also recovered a stolen bike from istered in this connection and the her to hospital where she was declared ‘Unlock 1.0’ mandates the use of their possession. The police said the youth was arrested later. The police brought dead. A police spokesman masks, soaps and sanitisers as the new accused were identified with the help said sub-inspector Bharath Kumar said the case was assigned to sub- normal to resume economic activities of a CCTV footage. Pathak fined Rohit Rajput of Ashiyana inspector Chandra Prakash. and life in general,” a CII official said. % !"#$#$
, -.(/#01 " 9 9 2 - B 9 6 With the finding of these been recovered, while three B 6 626,26 KANPUR (PNS): Cash and new patients, the number of have died. In Sonbhadra, five goods worth around 8 lakh s many as four new hotspots has increased to 112 new patients have been found, - : , 9 were stolen from a mobile ACOVID-19 patients have in the district with three new increasing the number to 14 phone shop near PAC turn in been detected in the district ones including Chitrasenpur with 11 active patients as three anpur City reported a Chakeri police area on here on Friday. With this, the (Mirza Murad), Anand Nagar have been recovered. All of Krecord 57 new coronavirus Thursday night. It is surprising total number of positive Colony (Sarnath) and them returned from Gujarat positive cases on Friday. With that the incident took place patients in the district has Dullahpur (Cholapur). Out of recently. In Ghazipur, two more the new cases, the tally of when a police picket and increased to 219 and out of total 112 hotspots, 44 have new patients have been detect- coronavirus positive cases Krishna Nagar outpost are near them, 126 have been dis- become green zones with five ed, increasing the number to detected in the district so far the shop. As the cops of the charged and five have died. new ones including Dulhigarhi 154 with 86 active patients as surged to 495. picket went to sleep in the There are 88 active patients. (Kotwali), Habibpura 68 have been recovered. In Chief Medical Officer Dr Krishna Nagar outpost, the According to the District (Chetganj), Khevasipur Bhadohi, as many as 13 new AK Shukla said most of the thieves broke into the shop tak- Magistrate (DM), 68 reports (Lohta), Karauta (Jansa) and patients, including 12 migrants, new cases were reported from ing advantage of their absence. have been received from Madhopur (Sigra), while have been found increasing Shiv Nagar, Deputy Ka Parao, The CCTV footages Microbiology Lab of BHU and among 68 active hotspots, 26 the number to 58. One patient Kakwan, Tikra Kalyanpur, scanned by the police during 64 of them were negative while are in orange zones, while 42 has also been found from Mau Kakadev, Machcharia, investigation showed three four positive. are in red zones. In the district, increasing the number to 52. Sujatganj, Pokharpar, AHM motorcycle-borne youths stop- Among the positive as many as 132 new samples Earlier, as many as 71 patients Dufferin Hospital, ping in front of the shop. They patients, there is a three month were collected during the day. were found from this belt of Chamanganj, Gujaini and then broke open the shutter old baby who hails from Out of total 6,451 samples, the Purvanchal comprising 10 dis- Mahipatnagar. with an iron rod and the glass Phulpur area, under the same reports of 5,889 have been tricts of three divisions on On Friday, the health door with a hammer to com- police station who returned received, while of 562 are await- Thursday which included 40 workers collected 225 swab %) ! " *$" + " $ " mit the theft. Nayab Alam of O recently by a train along with ed. Out of received reports, from Jaunpur, 21 from sample for testing, including Block of Yashoda Nagar, who is his parents. The second patient 5670 were negative and 219 Ghazipur, 11 from Varanasi 102 of returnee migrant labour- and check all movement there monitored through CCTV and followed in the right earnest . the owner of the mobile shop, (53) is from Anand Nagar positive. and two each from Bhadohi ers and 15 from hotspots. except of frontline workers drone cameras. He said curfew had been said on Friday morning, some Colony (Sarnath). He recently Meanwhile, the cases of and Mau. Earlier, as many as 65 Meanwhile, Joint Secretary, and those engaged in doorstep clamped from 10 pm to 5 am neighbouring shopkeepers came here from Prayagraj. The COVID-19 continued rising in persons have been arrested Government of India, delivery of essential commodi- 66 and warned people from mov- informed him about the broken third patient (26) is from Badi this belt of Purvanchal (eastern under Section 151 CrPC on Mrityunjay Kumar Narain, ties. He stressed on proper ing on roads at night. shutter of his shop. On reach- Piyari (Chowk). At present, he UP) as majority of new cases Thursday while action was who visited the cluster areas on sanitisation of orange, red and / The district magistrate said ing there, he found mobile is admitted at SGPGI Lucknow. found are among the migrants. taken against 12 under Section Friday, expressed concern over containment zones, while it was a matter of concern phones and cash missing from The fourth one (26) is from In Azamgarh, as many as 16 51 of Disaster Management the apathy of people in main- pointing out that a large num- that in the past 10 days the shop. He said the thieves Dullahpur (Cholapur) who new cases have been detected, Act. During checking at 14 bor- taining proper social distancing ber of areas had not been sani- District Magistrate BR there had been a spurt in coro- took away 1 lakh in cash and operates JCB machines in increasing the total number of der points and 49 police barri- in spite of the sharp rise in tised at all. Tiwari, on Friday, directed offi- navirus positive cases in the 45 mobile phones worth Mumbai and returned here by patients to 141 with 113 active ers, 1360 vehicles were chal- coronavirus positive cases in Narain said the returnee cials to make all necessary and district. around 7 lakh from the shop. train. patients. Out of them, 25 have laned and two seized. the city. migrant workers should be emergency arrangements at all He said the recovery rate Narain, who presided over explained the consequences of Level-1 Covid hospitals in view of COVID-19 patients was a high-level meeting on violating social distancing of the spike in coronavirus pos- very good earlier and had COVID-19 at the Circuit norms and advised to wash itive cases in city and rural reached 91 per cent but since House here, said as the lock- hands with soaps as per Covid areas. the movement of returnee & 1 % 2"!! down was being withdrawn, protocol. He emphasised on the need migratory labourers, the recov- more care was to be taken of The joint secretary visited for tracking and contact trac- ery rate had nosedived to 66 migrant labourers who had Ursula Hospital and inspected ing. He said all coronavirus per cent. - B 9 6 monsoon, a few days prior to returned home from other the burn ward which has been positive cases need to be imme- He however said although that. states. converted into a data feeding diately admitted to the hospi- the cases were increasing, this mpacts of cyclone Nisarga of According to report of He directed the officials to room. He went through the list tals. was more because more tests IArabian Sea that hit the local Middle Ganga Division- enforce lockdown in the right of contact tracing and suggest- Dr Tiwari said people who were being conducted. He country’s western coast recent- III office of Central Water earnest, paying special atten- ed careful monitoring. were moving on roads need to expressed hope that very soon ly were clearly seen in the city Commission (CWC), by 8 am tion on areas in the orange and He also visited the Kanpur maintain social distancing. He the increase in infection rate and many parts of this region the maximum rain (118 mm) containment zones. Nagar Nigam Control Room said it was mandatory to put on would be controlled and once of Purvanchal (eastern UP) was reported at Mirzapur, fol- The joint secretary asked and directed officials that all masks and asked police to again the recovery rate would during the last two days. In this lowed by Chunar in Mirzapur the officials to seal the hotspots the hotspots of the city be ensure that this protocol was rise to its past figure. holy city, there was heavy rain (109.2 mm), Varanasi (103.8 since the midnight hours which mm), Ballia (63.4 mm), continued till the wee hours, Ghazipur (54.4 mm), leaving many areas water- Azamgarh (44 mm), Jaunpur logged. Despite continuing (38 mm) and Chopan in # heavy weather conditions, the Sonbhadra (21.8 mm). This rain was stopped after a few rain has also changed the hours, even till late morning steady trend in river Ganga as dent of Awas Vikas Colony, recover, added Dr Sahai. Jarao village of Dhanupur. The hours, several areas including the same was reported rising - Jhunsi from Noida on May28. Meanwhile, it was an irony 24-year-old man works as a Andhrapul, Saraiyya and oth- ' # " ( between Prayagraj to Ghazipur While two patients hail of the family that suddenly peo- crane operator in Anandpur ers remained water-logged. including Mirzapur and ive new cases of coron- from Jaravo village of ple were stunned in the house city in Andhra Pradesh. On The intensity of rain was heavy were killed when some parts of wait till the arrival of pre- Varanasi but on downstream at Favirus were reported in Dhanupur, one returned from where the wedding was to be May 18, he came to Sripur from as it may just be imagined by a house collapsed. monsoon rains for the same so Ballia, it was still steady. Prayagraj here on Friday. Of Mumbai and the other from solemnised. Andhra Pradesh and was in the fact that within a few Though the moderate to that by the time monsoon Though the river is still flow- them, a 14-year-old boy, who Andhra Pradesh. Both the This is because the groom home quarantine. When the hours, the city had received heavy rain has hit the normal comes; they can start sowing ing far below than the warning hails from Ugapur village in patients did not show any was infected with the coron- sampling was done by the 103.8 mm rains. The rain has life badly in this region, it has prepared paddy nurseries. As level, the rising level has Pratappur. He came from symptoms; hence they were avirus. The report came pos- Health department, the report also brought down the temper- brought happiness among the the monsoon has already brought scenic beauty to the Mumbai with the family on admitted to L1 COIVD itive here on Thursday night. came positive. ature from 46 to 28 degree faces of many farmers, who entered the country through river. In Varanasi, it was record- May 29. His father is also coro- Hospital Kotwa CHC. The family which was over- The young man explained Celsius. In many places, the have started planning to sow Kerala, it is expected that it ed at 59.39 metres against a na positive, which was con- Nodal Officer of coron- whelmed with happiness to the family that there was thunderstorm uprooted trees nursery for their forthcoming would reach this region any- warning level of 70.26 metres. firmed on June 1. avirus control, Dr Rishi Sahai delved into gloom when the nothing to fear and he would and in Mirzapur, three persons paddy crops. Normally, they time after June 20 and the pre- At the same time, a 32- said that they have been admit- groom tested positive for coro- recover and return soon. year-old man hails from ted to Kotwa CHC after they navirus. The wedding was The young man told The Harwara of Dhumanganj who were found corona positive. immediately postponed and Pioneer on mobile that he will came from Mumbai on May 31 However, they did not show reported to the bride's family. marry only after he recovers and the third patient is a resi- any symptoms, they will soon The case is from Sripur completely. 2 " # $- & " "! /0 " # /8 BHU in critical illness and he informed that the pendancy of instead of Saturday as ordered - B 9 6 had died during treatment on COVID-19 samples in BHU earlier and added that a fresh - June 1 last and added that the Lab is increasing and added order regarding this has also aking a serious note of BHU laboratory had taken his that administration of other been issued and it would come ith first monsoon show- Tprotocol not followed by COVID-19 sample after his districts have also expressed into effective from June 6. The Wers General Manager the laboratory of Banaras death and his report came their concern about this. The DM informed that the traders North Central (NCR) & Hindu University (BHU) to positive after 3 days i.e. on June government has intention of had earlier urged for declaring Northern Railway (NR) Rajiv share information with the 4. But, the BHU Lab had not speeding up the testing of sam- weekly closure of market on Chaudhry did plantation to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) shared information about sam- ples but there is no desirable Saturday giving argument that mark World Environment Day regarding the sample of ple taken of patient neither progress despite the rise in there is not much sale on this 2020 here on Friday. COVID-19 taken of a patient with district administration manpower and resource of day. Thus, keeping the view of Appropriate to this year after his death, the District nor with Health department BHU which is a matter of con- traders, the Saturday had been theme ‘Biodiversity’ North Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma whereas there is protocol that cern, said the DM adding that made as weekly day of market Central Railway has taken has informed that a letter if the COVID-19 sample is the Health department has to closure. many initiatives on environ- would be shot off to varsity taken in case of death, the wait for testing report of Now, the traders held ment protection reaffirming Vice-Chancellor to determine information should be shared COVID-19 for many days and meeting with the DM urging its commitment to remain accountability in this direction. with Chief Medical Officer, thus there is an apprehension the latter to make correction in ecofriendly. From record plan- Meanwhile, the DM has issued informed the DM adding that of spreading the infection. The earlier order and make the old tation to implementing of e- an order regarding the weekly the protocol had not been fol- BHU administration has been system i.e. declare Sunday as office to reduce use of papers closing day of business estab- lowed in case of this patient and apprised about this and urged weekly day of market closure, in day to day working, North lishments on Sunday instead of no information had been given for making appointment of a informed Sharma adding that Central Railway has taken sig- Saturday as ordered earlier. during last three days about his nodal officer to pay serious a fresh order has been issued nificant steps in water conser- The DM informed that a death. The DM took it serious- attention towards this, declaring restoring the old sys- vation & recycling, use of solar patient identified as Om ly and informed that a letter informed the DM. tem, i.e. declaring Sunday as energy, electrification, water Prakash (49) of Chitrasenpur, would be shot off to the BHU Meanwhile, Sharma informed weekly closure day of market audits and environment man- Mirzamurad had been admit- V-C to determine accountabil- that the weekly closure of mar- and it would come into effec- agement certification for sus- ted in Sir Sunderlal Hospital, ity regarding this. The DM also ket would now be on Sunday tive from June 6. tainable development. With eco-friendly mea- sures NCR has achieved signif- icant reduction in CO2 emis- sion of 1.38 lakh tonnes, 15.4 observed with the theme against target of 10 lakh achiev- tonnes every year. Besides crores litres water recycling, ‘Biodiversity’ a call to action to ing annual reduction in CO2 using solar energy, NCR has 4 2 reduced HSD consumption by combat the accelerating species emission by 30000 tonnes. gone for 100 per cent energy 16.50 lakh litres and saving of loss and degradation of the nat- With installed capacity of 25 efficient LED lighting in its 15 crores electricity units in ural world. One million plant lakh litres per day, NCR could 1600 coaches, 265 offices, 338 - B 9 6 ronment such as nest building, Jaiswal and Sudha donation. The divisional 2019-20. and animal species risk extinc- recycle 15.4 crore litres of water stations, 2 workshops and for birds, collection of water for Vishwakarma stood second incharge of Vahini Ambrish With the first monsoon tion, largely due to human in 2019-20 .Water audit to 26000 railway quarters saving o mark the World birds to drink, etc. The aware- and third respectively. Amrin Singh informed that about 250 showers, plantation in HQ activities. World Environment bring economy in usage was 1.5 crore unit of electricity TEnvironment Day, the tree ness was generated about envi- Maqsood got consolation prize. persons have got registration office complex was done by Day urges us to rethink how done at 17 stations and six annually and reducing CO2 plantation and awareness pro- ronment among people The winners would be reward- done for blood donation and GM NCR & NR Rajiv our economic systems have water ponds of total 428 lakh emission by 10500 tonnes every gramme about environment through banner, poster, pam- ed at a programme to be held added that the camp would Chaudhry along with AGM evolved and the impact they litres capacity were dug in year. were organised by various phlets, painting competition, in the annual function of col- continue till June 7. NCR Ranjan Yadav and all have on the environment. Jhansi – Bina section . To ensure ecofriendly organisations and institutions etc. lege. Judge Gita Jain and oth- The activists of Lok Samiti Principal head of departments These are issues the world With installation of 50000 litres transport of passengers and on Friday. The Sociology department ers Dr Vineeta Pandey, Dr and Asha Trust planted of North Central Railway on cannot lose sight of even as we water recycling plant HQ office goods 226 Km Routes were The Diesel Locomotive of Shree Agrasen Girls PG Meena Agrawal and Dr Kumud saplings at Pradhanmantri Friday to mark World tackle the coronavirus pan- of NCR has become the first electrified in 2019-20 including Works (DLW) organised tree College organised online poster Singh played an important role Adarshgram Nagepur to mark Environment Day 2020. demic. unit to achieve ‘Zero Discharge Chunar-Chopan section. With plantation programme at its competition on ‘Preserving to make it success. the day. They also took out Amid the COVID-19 pan- North Central Railway has Unit’. Nine rainwater harvest- increased use of electric loco- premises here. The Chief environment in COVID-19’ The activists of Hindu awareness rally by putting mask demic plantation drive was always been proactive on envi- ing plants have been commis- motives 160 lakh litres diesel Electrical Engineer SK Kashyap in which a total of 74 girls par- Yuva Vahini held a blood dona- to generate consciousness organised following all laid ronment related issues and has sioned and NCR has been could be saved. Besides saving and officers of other depart- ticipated by sharing their tion camp at blood bank in among people about environ- down protocols and with prop- taken a series of steps to pre- working on an ambitious plan HSD part of electric energy ments planted saplings at posters based on the subject IMA here on the 49th birthday ment and appealed for planti- er social distancing norms. On serve biodiversity while contin- of additional 165 rooftop rain- could also be saved by modern premises in Design and through Whatsapp group. The of the CM Yogi Adityanath and ng saplings to save life. They this occasion World uing and upscaling its opera- water conservation projects. electric locomotives by acting Development building of DLW. college manager Anil Kumar donated blood. They pledged of pledged of making village green Environment DDay messages tion, maintenance and develop- On use of solar energy, as an electricity generator dur- The programme coordinator Jain and Principal Dr Kumkum preserving the environment and decided to hold awareness from General Manager, compi- ment works in an eco-friend- NCR has been the leading ing the train braking process. and Chief Safety Officer Malviya encouraged the head by planting the sapling of tulsi programme about environ- lation of environment related ly manner. Some of the notable Railway with installed solar This regeneration saved a Mahesh Kumar and his team of host department Dr Abha in the premises. The Divisional ment preservation in days to activities done by NCR were environment related efforts by plant capacity of 11 MW sav- whopping 12.61 crores units of said that the other programmes Saxena for holding such pro- Commissioner Deepak come. Swami Atmanand Ji also released electronically. North Central Railway are: ing 85.55 lakh unit of electric- electricity during 2019-20 and were also being organised grammes. Tanu Priya Gupta Agrawal was chief guest of the Maharaj, Nand Lal Master and This year World Record plantation of 13.5 ity annually thus reduction in reduced CO2 emission by besides tree plantation to bagged first position in online camp and appealed to the peo- many others were present on Environment Day is being lakh saplings during 2019-20 carbon emission by 8000 90000 tonnes. encourage biodiversity in envi- competition, while Kanchal ple to come forward for blood the occasion. !"#$#$ !
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Ktion in mind the North Railway administration was help of district administration. 40 trains at Chhapra railway involved in incidents of theft On the other hand, the dragged her towards a garden According to information Eastern Railway (NER) admin- proud of its such railway per- A total of 5,48,424 passen- station, a total of 55,703 pas- and recovered stolen goods Cantonment police arrested a and two his accomplices too recived here, Bullet Yadav, a istration was making several sonnel. gers came through a total of sengers via 96 trains at Deoria from their possession. miscreant along with a stolen reached there and then out- resident of Bistauli Khurd vil- effective efforts to prevent it Sadar railway station, 18,974 They were produced by the motorbike on Thursday morn- raged her modesty. She could lage under the Belipar police and ensure protection from it. passengers via 14 trains at police in the court from where ing. He was identified as Suresh not identify others. The girl station, lives in Bangkok. His Besides the movement of goods Saraimir railway station, 20,080 they were sent to jail. The Tiwari, a resident of Hathia somehow managed to escape daughter was currently in her and passenger trains was being passengers via 14 trains at accused were identified as Paras village under the Khobar from there, went home and maternal home. On Thursday ensured in which its employees Manduadih railway station and Abdul, a resident of Pathra vil- police station. Circle Officer narrated her nightmarish expe- morning a person riding a are engaged. Railway workers 5,873 stations passengers via 11 lage, Irfone, a resident of Badgo Cantonment Sumit Shukla said rience to her family members. Bullet bike arrived at his house who had done commendable trains at Gopalganj railway village, and Ashok Nishad, a that on Thursday morning, The matter was reported at the and asked his wife whether he work in such a difficult situa- station. resident of Kazakpur village. Jatepur outpost incharge police station late on had arrived. She said he had tion are being declared ‘Corona A total of 32,945 passen- Circle Officer Cantonment Ityanand Pandey was checking Wednesday evening. The police not come yet. The bullet rider warriors of the day’ everyday by gers arrived at various stations Sumit Shukla while giving vehicles on Karmal Road. In registered a case on getting a said that he also lived with its administration for boosting of Izzatnagar division through details said that two incidents the meantime when the motor- complaint and arrested Vishal them and he had said that he their morale. In this series two a total of 25 Shramik Special of theft were committed in cyclist coming from the bus on Thursday morning. Station would return in March. The railwaymen on NER were hon- trains. A total of 2,727 passen- areas under the Ramgarhtal station was signalled to stop the Officer Dinesh Mishra said woman was caught in the con- oured on June 3, Chief Public gers from two trains arrived at police station area. On being youth tried to escape The out- that a case has been registered fidence trickster’s trap and he Relations Officer (CPRO) Kannauj station, a total of directed by SP (City) Dr post incharge gave him a hot in this connection on the basis took the mobile phone of her Pankaj Kumar Singh said. 3,196 passengers through three Kaustubh the police team was chased and caught him. of application and necessary daughter and pretended to talk RK Yadav, working as 6 4 trains at Farrukhabad railway looking for the thieves. In the Meanwhile in another inci- action was being taken. One to her husband. senior section engineer/per- 2$3 4 4- station, a total of 17,958 pas- meantime, Inspector Rana dent a young woman who had accused has been arrested and He also took the woman to manent way, Bhatni, during the ( / 5 sengers from 14 trains at Devendra Pratap Singh was gone to ease herself on his two absconding accom- Belipar crossing on the pretext lockdown period got tamping Kasangaj railway station, a total tipped off by an informer about Wednesday morning was gan- plices would be arrested soon. on getting a locket put in the done on 150-km-long track, of 1,028 passengers via one the presence of some suspicious graped by three persons. Police chain. Meanwhile after engag- destressing of 13-km-long rail- 7 / 502 trains at various stations, train at Kathgodam railway people near the zoo. Thereafter had registered a case against a - ing the woman in talks he way track, overhauling of 30 - including Gorakhpur, during station and a total of 8,036 pas- he along with the team reached youth of the village and his two escaped with the chain and the level crossings and changing the lockdown in the Lucknow sengers from five trains at the spot and caught three accomplices. They arrested one A woman was deprived of mobile phone. The woman sleepers on 10 level crossings. On Gorakhpur Junction division of North Eastern Lalkuan station. It may be youths. During interrogation, youth of the village and had her chain and a mobile phone waited for him at the crossing With unimat machine he got of North Eastern Railway so far Railway. pointed out here that Shramik they confessed their crime and launched a search for his two by a crook here recently. The for a long time. After that she done tamping of 98 turnouts in the entire Indian Railways a At Basti station through 89 special trains are also being the stolen goods were recov- accomplices. The girl had been trickster who had come on a told the people around her and and 1.7 km in Deoria yard with record of arrival of most Shramik special trains as many operated for different states ered. Police recovered a laptop, sent for a medical examination. Bullet pretended to be the col- realised that she had been deep screening of six turnouts. Shramik Special trains has as 1,02,332 passengers had from various stations of North an LED TV, an inverter, a tullu According to information, league of her husband who was duped by the fraudster. For these commendable works been made. arrived, at Gonda station Eastern Railway. So far a total of RK Yadav he was honoured With the arrival of 07323 through 81 trains 1,06,573 of 69 Shramik Special trains by being declared as the Bangalore-Gorakhpur Shramik passengers, at Sitapur railway were run on the North Eastern . ‘Corona warrior of the day’ of Special to Gorakhpur on station through 10 trains Railway. As many as 68 trains Varanasi division. Thursday the number of trains 13,552 passengers, at Lucknow have been run by Varanasi Likewise S Shafqat Ali which had come here so far has Junction 2,375 passengers from division and one by Lucknow 8PSS@TQPI9@IU 1.(0*2 working as senior section engi- reached 300, Chief Public two trains, and at Balrampur division. neer/carriage and wagon, car- Relations Officer Pankaj railway station 215 passengers A total of 64 Sharmik spe- hief General Manager riage control/Izzatnagar, while Kumar Singh said. through 20 trains. cial trains were run from C(CGM) Balaji Iyengar, working in the control room at A total of 3,00,546 migrant Similarly at various stations Jalalpur station in Varanasi along with chairperson of the time of lockdown got the workers have come to of Varanasi division 3,43,883 division through which a total Vartika Mahila Mandal Padma work of isolation coach, face Gorakhpur Junction through passengers reached through of 47,268 passengers travelled. Iyengar and other senior offi- mask, PPE kit and foot pedal these trains. On the entire 378 Shramik Special trains. A From Ghazipur City as many as cers planted saplings at Nandan sanitiser etc done successfully North Eastern Railway so far total of 36,282 passengers via 720 passengers by one train and Kanan Park in Rihand Super while coordinating with vari- through a total of 905 Shramik 30 trains reached Azamgarh 3,114 passengers had started Thermal Power Project ous depots. He also played an Special trains 9,23,752 passen- station, a total of 25,148 pas- their journey by three trains (RSTPP) of NTPC on the occa- important role in getting water gers arrived at various sta- sengers via 33 trains reached from Ballia. The 02511 sion of World Environment filled in various Shramik tions. By ensuring that social Ghazipur city station and a Thiruvananthapuram Shramik Day on Friday. The plantation Special trains received in the distancing was maintained total of 42,419 passengers Special train was run by programme was done adopting division, closing the doors and among passengers at different reached Mau railway station via Lucknow division from Miyawaki method, initiated by getting the necessary scheduled different stations, after thermal 54 trains. A total of 55,116 pas- Gorakhpur station on June 2 in eminent Japanese botanist work done on time. For these scanning, checking of person- sengers from 61 trains reached which a total of 1,692 tickets Akira Miyawati to develop nat- commendable works of S al details, arranging food etc. the Ballia railway station, were purchased by passengers. ural forests. Later the CGM adminis- tered the oath of biodiversity )" . conservation to all those pre- sent there. On the occasion -%!* ' 9 /+8 -2 5 General Manager (Operation 8PSS@TQPI9@IU '()** Nath in his address emphasised and Maintenance) AC Sahu on adopt all possible steps for read out the message of direc- gramme maintained social dis- members while painting and Murthy, vice-chairpersons of roup General Manager, conserving natural resources tor (Operations), NTPC tancing while planting saplings. speech competitions for chil- Vartika Rajalakshmi Sahu and GNTPC Unchahar Bhola for future generation and urged Limited. DGM (TAC) Earlier various online com- dren. In these competitions Rashmi Choksey and heads of Nath along with senior officials the people to to keep the moth- Devashish Mandal gave infor- petitions were organised with enthusiastic response was seen. various departments. The pro- planted saplings at the town- er earth clean, beautiful and mation about Miyawaki the aim to make people aware The function was also gramme was conducted by ship to mark World pollution free. The NTPC method to everyone present. about environment during the attended by GM (Maintenance) AGM (EMG) VK Attri while Environment Day on Friday. Unchahar organised online This year’s theme was previous week. Slogan writing GC Chouksey, GM (Fuel vote of thanks was proposed by A pledge was administered competitions like drawing, ‘Biodiversity Conservation’. All contest was organised for the Management) M Ramesh, DGM (EMG) Raghavendra on the occasion. A plantation essay, slogan writing and ‘Best the participants of the pro- employees and their family AGM (Human Resources) KS Narayan. programme was organised at out of Waste’ aimed at creating NTPC Unchahar township awareness about environment while maintaining social dis- for children. Prominent among !$$ tancing. More than 5,000 those present were Asit Datta, saplings were planted at promi- GM (O&M), Ajay Gupta GM nent places of the township to (Safety Academy), Arindam "( $ mark the day. The aim of cel- Banerjee ( Operation), P Ram ebrating the day was to create Prasad GM (Maintenance) and awareness about environment Mani Kant, head of Human $$ )"" conservation. GGM Bhola Resources.
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The CO which he had reported that gold were being conducted to arrest the and SO Lalganj reached the and silver ornaments worth absconding culprits in the dowry / ! + -" * !" ! # " - - " 8" 5 spot along with police team. The 70,000 had been stolen on May 30. murder case under Section 304-B body of the deceased was taken Officer incharge Medical College of the IPC. into custody and the injured police outpost Banda said that Raj In another incident Sushma were sent to the hospital. Karan had named Vijay Kumar (28), wife of late Lavkush, along + ! " "% Prajapati in this FIR. Officer with her three children consumed incharge said that FIR was lodged poisonous milk in Motihari village 8PSS@TQPI9@IU *+, #' under Sections 380, 457 and 411 of under Naraini Kotwali. As soon as 8PSS@TQPI9@IU +, -#' headquarters. He said that out The personnel attached to the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The the family members saw them youth ended his life by hanging himself in Rigwara of 19, one would be AC coach the Chunar police station police arrested Vijay Kumar and they admitted them to district AKala village under the Jariya police station in Sarila. aluables worth lakhs were District Magistrate Sushil which would be equipped with arrested an accused of bike interrogated him strictly who con- hospital. Reports said that her According to Ramasare, a resident of Rigwara Kala Vstolen by a gang of uniden- Kumar Patel inspected oxygen cylinder and would be theft and sent him to jail. As fessed the crime. Later the police husband Lavkush (32), had com- village, his 22-year-old son, Dharmendra, was suffering tified thieves from a shop and makeshift quarantine centre/ reserved for medical staff. Each per the reports received here, recovered gold and silver orna- mitted suicide about a month ago from mental illness and was also being treated for it. He in a house under the Adalhat isolation ward on Thursday. coach had the capacity to a motorbike was stolen on ments worth 70,000 from his and since then Sushma was ended given his life by hanging himself from the hook and Padari police stations. As Giving details about the accommodate 16 patients in May 25 when Mukesh possession. The city kotwali police depressed and decided to end her of the fan in his room. Police station incharge Vikramajit per the received reports, in Prajapatu, a resident of Dargah had sent the culprit to jail. life along with children by con- Singh said that on the information of the father of the Rasulaganj village under the Shareef locality, had parked it Meanwhile a couple was arrest- suming poisonous milk. The police deceased his body was into custody and sent for post- Adalhat police station the in front of his residence. After ed from Jheel ka Purwa in a dowry said that all of them had been mortem examination. thieves sneaked into the the registering the case the police murder case under City Kotwali admitted to district hospital banda Meanwhile fed up with family feud in a woman com- house of Chanda Begam was investigating in the matter. here recently. The reports received and condition was reported to be mitted suicide in Sumerpur area. According to the police, through the roof on On Thursday on being tipped here said that constable Rajkumari out of danger. Nirmala (30), wife of Narendra had a dispute with her Wednesday night. After enter- off by an informer Station was found dead under mysterious husband, in the Chunki Dera village. On finding no one ing the house the the thieves House Officer (SHO) Rajeev circumstances in her inlaws’ house 6 at home she committed suicide by hanging herself. Police broke open the box and took Mishra about the presence of a at Jheel ka Purwa on May 4 under took her body into custody and sent it for the post- away the mobile phone, jew- suspicious person at Samaspur City Kotwali area. The inlaws of the Lalman Nishad (40), son of mortem examination. ellery and 40,000 in cash. A near a hospital the police deceased had reported to the police Bikhra Nishad, committed suicide case was registered at the police swung into action and nabbed that she had slipped in the bath- with the help of a rope from the station in this connection and the accused along with the room, sustained serious injuries ceiling of his room in Jhanjhari '*$" the matter was being investi- stolen bike. The accused was and had died. The police had got Purwa village under the Jaspura gated. identified as Ravi Chauhan, a the post-mortem examination police station here. SO Jaspura Alok 8PSS@TQPI9@IU $.(2 In another case the thieves resident of village Khutaha done. The father of the women con- Singh reached the spot and took the sneaked into the shop of Hari Deen Dayal Nagar. After recov- stable, Ram Gopal, a resident of body into custody and later sent it he Red Cross Society, Gonda unit, donated 15 cool- Shankar Pathak located in ering the bike the police sent Kurara village in Hamirpur district for the post-mortem examination. Ters in order to ensure that personnel deployed at the Devpura village under the the accused to jail. had lodged an FIR of dowry mur- SO Jaspura said that Lalman community health centre (CHC) in the district did not Padari police station on der with city Kotwali police in Nishad committed suicide as he face any problem while doing their duties during sum- Wednesday night which was / which nine persons were named. was suffering from tuberculosis and mer season. It may be pointed out here earlier the dis- located some metres awary The father of the deceased report- facing financial problems. In anoth- trict unit of the Red Cross Society had donated invert- from his residence. When his / ! "$" " Chairman Nagar Palika ed to the police that he had given er incident Dayaram (65), son of ers for ensuring power supply at the CHCs. neighbours informed him Parishad Manoj Jaiswal said on a Scorpio and 5.50 lakh in cash Shiv Narayan, committed suicide in Treasurer of Red Cross Society, Gonda Unit, Dr about the hole he rushed to the centre he said that at present case of an emergency, he added. World Environment Day on besides gold and silver ornaments Sikri village under Kamasin police Rajesh Srivastava, said that Dr Malik Alamgir, secretary, shop and found the theft of there were 10 bogies at the sta- During the inspection the DM Friday that we should use nat- in dowry during the marriage. He station The police sent his body for Red Cross Society, and Dr Omkar Pathak, its member, 1,30,000 in cash and some tion equipped with the essen- was accompanied by ural sources as gift and conserve alleged that she was being regular- the post-mortem. examination. presented 15 coolers to CMO Dr Madhu Gairaula, on valuable goods. The victim tial facilities. He said that keep- Addtiional District Magistrate the environment. Saplings were ly being harassed by the family His son, Satyanarayan, told its behalf. On the occasion Dr Madhusudan Singh, Anil informed the Padari police ing Covid-19 in mind the rail- (ADM) UP Singh and CMO planted and an appeal was made members of her husband. SHO said the police that his father was tensed Shrivastava, Jaspal Saluja, Ajay Vikram Singh and station about the matter and way had made available 19 Dr OP Tiwari besides the rail- to the Nagar Palika Parishad staff that the deceased, Rajkumari, was as he could not find any job due to many office-bearers and members of the Red Cross investigation into it was on. bogies at Mirzapur divisional way authorities. to keep the campus green. a constable in GRP and was post- the lockdown. Society were present. " !"#$#$
/,)!& ,& 0$&, * 5 -*4% 6 8 Final selection of the examina- webinar. This year’s theme Praveen Khorana said the ini- tion centre to the candidate will ‘Celebrating Biodiversity’ was tiative was taken in RDSO and Keeping in mind the be done by Lucknow University, discussed on the occasion. a medicinal park has been 0!& & #$ )( '0 Covid-19 situation, all the appli- which has final rights to change established in the premises cants of BEd-JEE have been any centre,” she said. - even as shady trees have been :2 allowed to give new choices for planted. He said air-purifying # exam centres. State coordinator, 9 World Environment Day plants had been placed inside ecuniary crisis, accentu- Uttar Pradesh Joint Entrance All 18 campuses of City was celebrated at Research the offices of the city so that Pated by non-procure- Exam (BEd), Lucknow Montessori School celebrated Design and Standard environment-friendly atmos- ment of sugarcane produce #': University, Prof Amita Bajpai World Environment Day online Organisation on Friday. The phere may be created at work- by government agencies dur- said if they want to change their on Friday. Aliganj Campus I theme of the function was bio- places. Director (EM) Jyoti ing corona-linked lockdown, Lucknow (PNS): A man faced with acute financial crisis due previously selected examination conducted a webinar on ‘Earth, diversity. Director-general Bhaskar cautioned against forced a farmer to end his life to lockdown committed suicide before poisoning his wife and centres, they can do so by log- Environment and Covid’. Virendra Kumar lighted a lamp making excessive changes in in Muzaffarnagar, triggering three children in Barabanki. SP Arvind Chaturvedi said that ging in their application forms Environmental activist and win- in the new conference hall to the eco-system of nature to bal- a farmers’ protest on Friday. Vivek (38) of Safedabad area poisoned his wife Anamika (32), using the same registration ner of International Children’s inaugurate the seminar while ance the environment for The agitators held up daughters Koyal (12) & Komal (7) and son Babbal (5) and after numbers. “There are certain Peace Prize-2016 Kehkashan participants maintained social human welfare or it will have traffic and demanded that a they died, he hanged himself. Vivek’s room was locked for some norms for selection of exam Basu attended the interactive distancing. The spokesman serious consequences. Dr case be registered against time and when foul smell started emanating from inside, his centres. If none of the newly- session from Toronto (Canada) said the programme was aimed Sangeeta Sagar explained the sugar mill officials for failing mother went to the terrace and peeped into his room, only to opted cities are allotted as as the special guest. CMS at spreading awareness on var- effects and side effects of bio- to procure cane from farm- find Vivek hanging. Police reached the spot and broke open examination centres, any one founder Jagdish Gandhi, senior ious aspects of biodiversity diversity on health and ers. the door. The bodies of his three kids and wife were also recov- centre from the applicants’ principal Jyoti Kashyap, princi- and four officers gave presen- explained how tampering with Ompal Singh of Sisoli ered from the room. The SP said Vivek married a girl outside original three choices will be pal Shivani Singh and over 100 tations on the occasion. biodiversity led to the origin of village of Bhorakala police his caste eight years back. He was worried about his financial considered for the examination. students participated in the Executive director (Works) coronavirus pandemic. station area left home for his condition and he took the extreme step. fields on Thursday. Later in the day, his body was found handed over to the family District Magistrate also vis- hanging from a tree. His following autopsy, a group of ited the site and announced &!' "''( ) 1!&!# 2!1 family told the police that he farmers staged a protest and a financial assistance of Rs 10 had been depressed over his refused to cremate the body lakh to the family of the inability to sell cane produce till their demands were met. deceased farmer. Lucknow (PNS): Nine of a family were Adityanath expressed shock and grief at and brother-in-law Rajeev Singh were due to lockdown. Officials, As the protest continued, Leaders of RLD and crushed to death when a SUV and a con- the deaths and ordered proper treatment injured. The injured were admitted to however, dismissed the fam- leaders of Rashtriya Lok Dal, Samajwadi Party separately tainer truck collided head on ion of the injured. Saifai trauma centre. ily’s claims that he commit- including its national secre- announced financial assis- Pratapgarh early Friday morning. Nandlal Meanwhile in Etawah, Inspector In another mishap in Etawah, at least ted suicide due to non-pro- tary Rajpal Balyan and for- tance of Rs one lakh each to (45) of Gosainganj in Bhojpur, his wife Samarjeet Singh posted as Crime Branch 35 migrant labourers were injured, 10 of curement of his produce. mer UP minister Yograj the bereaved family. Meena Devi (38) and some kin attended in-charge in Saharanpur, was headed to them seriously, when a bus ferrying District Magistrate Singh, joined them. Bharatiya Kisan Union the engagement of their daughter in his native place Siwan (Bihar) along them from Rajasthan to Hamirpur skid- Selvakumari J said that pre- Soon afterwards, Union (BKU) chief Naresh Tikait Rajasthan. They were returning to their with his family on a Vitara Brezza when ded into a ditch around 11 pm on liminary investigations minister Sanjeev Balyan, said that farmers have been native place on Friday when tragedy it met with an accident on Agra-Lko Thursday. The bus driver lost control of revealed that the farmer who represents facing great financial prob- struck. The driver of the container truck Expressway at Saifai on Friday morning. the vehicle after which the mishap killed himself due to a land Muzaffarnagar in Lok Sabha, lems and not getting proper managed to flee from the spot after the SSP, Etawah, Akash Tomar said that occurred. Hearing the screams of the pas- dispute. The officials assert- visited the site along with cost of their produce due to accident. the Brezza driven by the Inspector’s son sengers, locals rushed to the scene and ed that there had been no BJP MLA from Budhana lockdown. Tikait demanded On being informed, the police rushed hit the divider and overturned. Samarjeet pulled them out. Later, police rushed the stoppage in cane procure- seat Umesh Malik and per- complete waiver of power there and used gas cutters to extricate the and his father-in-law Kamlesh Singh injured to a hospital, where the condition ment by mills. suaded the farmers to with- bill and other dues of farm- victims and hospitalise the injured with (77) died on the spot while his sons- of 10 persons was stated to be After the body was draw their protest. The ers. the help of locals. Chief minister Yogi Manvendra and Sarvendra, nephew Jeet serious. $$$" $4% #$ )$ G ! 5) Noida (UP): The Noida The cluster had on alone has approximately istration, the government of Muzaffarnagar (PTI): Bollywood lyricist AM Turaz was Apparel Export Centre Thursday written a letter to 3,000 readymade garment UP and the chief minister, placed under home quarantine after he reached his native (NAEC) has written to the MSME and Export production-cum export units who have always stood by us Sambhalheda village here from Mumbai amid the COVID-19 Uttar Pradesh government, Production Department which are in operation and and supported us," he wrote pandemic, officials said on Friday. According to Muzaffarnagar seeking attention towards the Principal Secretary Navneet currently employing around in the letter. district health officials, Turaz reached his home on Thursday problem of labour shortage Sehgal seeking facilitation in 10 lakh workers," NAEC Thukral said that due to and has been advised to quarantine himself for 14 days as per due to large-scale migration arranging work force which president Lalit Thukral said. the COVID-19 pandemic, government guidelines to combat the novel coronavirus. of workers in the wake of has migrated to other parts of "Through these units our the operation of these units Known for his lyrics in films such as Guzaarish and COVID-19 outbreak. the country. members export readymade and production of ready- Padmaavat, Turaz is the second Bollywood personality from the It said that readymade "Sir, you are aware that garments worth 18,000 made garments has stopped western Uttar Pradesh district to arrive here and be placed under garment units in the city Noida (Gautam Buddh crore to 20,000 crore annu- but simultaneously the NAEC home quarantine. Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his family "immediate need" two lakh Nagar) is a well-known ally and whose credit goes appreciates the government''s members were placed under home quarantine after they reached workers, including tailors, to readymade garment hub of not only to our work force move to restart these units. Budhana town here from Mumbai last month. run operations normally. the country. Noida cluster but also to the local admin- PTI - " # # #
Mahoba (PTI): Ramcharan police at several places but Back home now, he has and I get five kilos of wheat says he will never part with police in Kosikalan showed found work at a brick kiln but or rice from the ration shop the cycle cart on which he humanity,” he said. that doesn’t pay enough. He every month,” he added. and eight members of his “They gave food to all is yet to get a job card to get According to village family pedalled home from nine of us and put us on a work under MGNREGA, the pradhan Bhagwandass Delhi to their village here. He truck along with our rick- rural employment guarantee Shriwas, 168 migrant workers will keep the “rickshaw” as a shaw for Agra,” he said. From scheme. have returned to Bara after reminder of what they went there, they were on the cart “I have got a ration card the lockdown. through. again, reaching home on May The construction worker 14. lost his job when the Centre “The three men took declared a lockdown from turns to pedal the cart and March 25 to contain the often the women also helped spread of coronavirus. when we were tired,” he said. When it became tough to Ramcharan is holding on survive in the national capi- to the cart. tal, the family decided to go “This rickshaw is a home to Bara village in Uttar memento of the lockdown. Pradesh’s Mahoba district, Had this rickshaw not been where Ramcharan owns a there, we wouldn’t have small, two-bigha piece of reached home. I will cherish land. it for my entire life. I will not “There was no transport let anyone touch it,” he said, and fellow labourers started overcome by emotion. heading for their homes on Ramcharan left home for foot,” he recalled. the city in January after his When Ramcharan asked wife Chanda died of cancer. the building contractor for He needed work to pay off a help, he gave him a cycle cart loan of Rs 1 lakh he had used for ferrying sand and taken from local moneylen- cement for free. ders for the treatment. The family loaded some But the treatment also of their belongings on to the ended when the money ran cart on May 7. Their group out. included his six-year-old son He took his six-year-old Ramashankar; brother-in- son along to Delhi, leaving law Munnilal (35), sister-in- five-year-old daughter Aarti law Neelam and the couple’s and 12-year-old son five-year-old son Mangal; Dayashankar with his moth- nephew Jagat (20) and his er Rajji in the village. He wife and two sons. worked in the city as a “bel- “On the 600-km jour- dar” at a construction site till ney, we faced lathis from the lockdown. 4 ) ) $)$ "
66 Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on government he Delhi Government will will run a special campaign to Trun a special campaign to promote medicinal and herbal promote medicinal and herbal plants in the next one year in plants in next one year. In a view of the corona threats. view of corona epidemic, Delhi These medicinal and government opted herbal and herbal plants will be given free medicinal plants over aesthet- at the forest department's nurs- ic plants in the national capital. eries in the city. These medicinal and herbal "These plants help boost plants will be given free at the immunity which is crucial in forest department's nurseries in view of the coronavirus out- the city. These include curry break. Anyone can get them for leaves, gooseberry, neem, free from the forest depart- bahera, jamun, guava, arjun, ment's nurseries. Pamphlets sahjan, wood apple and lemon, listing the benefits of the plants the minister said on the occasion will also be given to the people," of World Environment Day. Gopal Rai said. !"#$#$ # / ; # #
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The meeting "(5 D , "E $) $ Construction Pvt Ltd (small Others companies includ- Premier Explosives Ltd, BF Ordnance Factory Board was held to explore the possi- L, " " ( ) arms and ammunition like 5.56 ed Godrej & Boyce Elbit Advanced Systems Pvt (OFB) for the Central para- bilities to enhance the procure- ( , ">,2" ('3$ !$ mm, 7.62 mm, 9 mm, 12.7 mm Manufacturing Company Ltd, Solar Industries India Ltd, military forces and Central ment of these items from private , " 6 D 6 E7 $ and 14.5 mm calibre)Larsen & Ltd(empty shells and required Kalyani Strategic System Ltd, Police Organisations. companies besides the OFB. "M "$ 9",$ D9, E7 Toubro Ltd (armament includ- fuses for ammunition and Himachal Futuristic A meeting was held via The Central Armed Police ") " $ " $6 ing ammunition/ordnance like explosive such as bombs, Communication Ltd, video conferencing last Friday Forces (CAPFs) or the Central 6 "4 D 6 E76 " " 6 $D66 E7 missiles, rockets and torpedo mines, missiles and torpedoes Continental Defence Solutions with at least 17 private firms and paramilitary forces with a com- :" 9) C( ,$D ,E7 land/naval mines), Vem excluding the filling of explo- Pvt Ltd, Shan Arms Industries the Ministry may float tenders bined manpower of about 10 """ $ $64 "D64E Technologies Pvt Ltd. sives), Lords Vanijya Pvt Ltd Pvt Ltd, Pipav Defence and to procure such items from non- lakh include the Border "> "" 9$" (Assembly, Integration & (manufacture and assembly of Offshore Engineering state players, sources said. Security Force (BSF), Central checkout of arms and ammu- ammunition, empty fuses, Company Ltd and Hughes The meeting under the sub- Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Security Guards (NSG) and Development (BPR&D). The across the country also had nition, rockets and missiles), primers and switches), Micron Precision Manufacturing Ltd. ject head “Procurement of Arms Central Industrial Security Assam Rifles. The CPOs CAPF and CPOs were also rep- participation from industry Sec Industries Pvt Ltd. (static Instrument Pvt Ltd (weapon An official privy to the dis- and Ammunition by Force (CISF), Sashastra Seema include organisations under resented in the meeting. bodies like ASSOCHAM, CII, and mobile launchers for air systems like mortars, rocket cussions said tendering for CAPFs/CPOs from Private Bal (SSB), Indo-Tibetan Border the Home Ministry like Bureau The online meeting con- FICCI and PH DCCI besides launch missiles of short, medi- launchers, grenade launchers procurement of these items Domestic Manufacturers” was Police (ITBP), National of Police Research and nected to 40 locations locations representatives of the domestic um and long range, rockets, and missile launchers besides outside OFB. *R5 2 5) " %9 " #" - # R " " O"$$(NA " " - A $O " > 4 9 Railway and Labour Minister in the UPA Government. he Congress on Friday Kharge (77) had also been a Tannounced veteran party Minister in several Congress he Indian Council of "7 8 leader Mallikarjun Kharge as its Governments in the State in the TMedical Research (ICMR) candidate for the June 19 elec- past and had also served as has validated IgG Elisa kits of tions to the four Rajya Sabha KPCC president and Leader of three companies — Gujarat- schedule,” he said. seats from Karnataka. the Opposition in the based Zydus Cadila Healthcare The civil services exami- “Congress President Sonia Karnataka Assembly. Ltd, Euroimmun US Inc and he civil services prelimi- nation is conducted annually in Gandhi has approved the can- His son Priyank Kharge is Calbiotech Inc, both from the mid Covid-19 pandemic, Tnary examination 2020, three stages — prelims, main didature of Mallikarjun Kharge currently MLA representing USA to conduct sero-survey to AInternational Yoga Day postponed due to the coron- and interview — by the UPSC as Congress candidate for the Chittapur constituency and measure Covid-19 exposure this year would be celebrated avirus pandemic, will be held to select officers for the Indian ensuing biennial elections to had served as a Minister dur- in the vulnerable population tion, matching public health ELISA IgG kits which help in on digital media platforms and on October 4, the Union Public Administrative Service (IAS), the Rajya Sabha from ing the previous Congress and like healthcare workers, front- interventions can be imple- the antibody detection for there would be no mass gath- Service Commission (UPSC) the Indian Foreign Service Karnataka,” All India Congress coalition Governments. line workers and people living mented for prevention and Covid-19. These test kits have erings, the Government said on announced on Friday. (IFS) and the Indian Police Committee Press release said. While the ruling BJP with in containment zones. control of the disease,” the the advantage of testing 90 Friday. This year’s theme will be It said the personality test Service (IPS), among others. The four seats represented 117 members (including The IgG ELISA kits are the research body said. samples in a single run of 2.5 “Yoga at Home and Yoga with of the candidates selected Lakhs of aspirants take the by Rajeev Gowda and BK Speaker), can ensure victory in first indigenous antibody detec- Further, it should be used hours so that healthcare pro- Family”. through the last year’s civil ser- examination every year to be Hariprasad of the Congress, two seats, the JD(S), with just 34 tion kits for coronavirus. for survey in high-risk or vul- fessionals can proceed quickly People will be able to join vices preliminary and main part of the country’s coveted Prabhakar Kore of the BJP seats in the Assembly, is not in Zydus had licensed the nerable populations like health- with the necessary next steps. Yoga Day celebrations virtual- examinations will resume from civil services. and D Kupendra Reddy of the a position to win a seat in the Covid Kavach Elisa IgG test kit care workers, frontline workers, “The ELISA tests have ly at 7 am on June 21. Indian July 20. This year’s preliminary The decision on announce- JD(S) will fall vacant on June 25 Rajya Sabha on its own, as a developed by the ICMR. The immune-compromised indi- been validated in the laborato- Missions abroad are trying to test was originally scheduled to ment of fresh date was taken in with their retirement. June 9 is minimum of 44 votes are medical research body had viduals, individuals in con- ry. However, the performance reach out to the people through be held on May 31, but was a meeting held by the the last date for filing nomina- required for a candidate to win. earlier claimed that its test kit tainment zones, to know who of the test may be subject to digital media as well through the deferred due to the nationwide Commission to review the pre- tions. The Congress, with 68 Speculations are rife that the has an impressive 100 per cent have been infected in the past variation under field condi- network of institutions which lockdown to contain the spread vailing situation due to Covid- MLAs in the Assembly, can win Congress is likely to support the specificity and 98 per cent and have now recovered. tions,” the ICMR added. support yoga, officials said. of coronavirus. 19 lockdown. “Taking note of one of the four seats easily on JD(S) with its surplus votes for sensitivity. The ICMR has also pro- The IgG ELISA/CLIA tests The AYUSH Ministry had Minister of State for the opening of lockdown and its own, so Kharge’s victory is the remaining one seat if the Three batches of ‘Covid vided details of seven pharma which are US-FDA approved earlier planned to hold a grand Personnel Jitendra Singh said progressive relaxations being said to be certain. regional party fields its supremo Kavach ELISA IgG kits’ devel- companies to whom it has can be used directly after due event at Leh which, however, the announcement of fresh announced by the Central gov- Kharge, who was popular- and former Prime Minister HD oped by Zydus Cadila transferred the technology to marketing approval from the had to be cancelled because of date for the civil services pre- ernment and various states, the ly known as “solillada Saradara”, Deve Gowda, and in return may Healthcare Ltd, one batch of undertake the production of Drugs Controller General of the pandemic. liminary exam would allay Commission decided to issue a (a leader without defeat) faced seek favour during the legisla- Euroimmun Anti- SARS-COV- indigenous Covid Kavach India (DCGI). Besides, through the “My apprehensions in some quarters revised schedule of examina- his first electoral loss in his tive council polls slated later this 2 ELISA IgG by Euroimmun Life My Yoga” video blogging of it being cancelled. “It would tion/recruitment tests,” the political life spanning several month. No final decision has US Inc, USA, and a batch of competition which was also allay apprehension from UPSC said in a statement. decades against BJP’s Umesh been taken in this regard yet, Erbalisa Covid-19 IgG ELISA 6 ! launched by the prime minister the minds of some quarters According to the revised Jadhav in Gulbarga by a mar- party sources said. manufactured by Calbiotech on May 31, the Ministry of who thought that they would calendar, the civil services pre- gin of 95,452 votes in the 2019 The JD(S) will hold its leg- Inc, USA have been approved. AYUSH and ICCR seeks to raise become overage by the next liminary examination 2020 will Lok Sabha polls. islative party meeting to decide The ICMR said “responsi- 2 " awareness about yoga and to year in case the exam was be held on October 4 (Sunday). A nine-time MLA and on the strategy for RS polls and bility for batch to batch con- inspire people to prepare for and postponed. Candidates need The main examination 2020 will two-term Lok Sabha member, decide on a candidate. The BJP sistency lies with the manu- 2' # become active participants in not worry. The examination begin from January 8, 2021 he had served as Congress’ too, with several aspirants, is facturer”. the observation of IDY 2020. will be held as per the UPSC’s (Friday) for five days, it said. floor leader in the previous Lok yet to finalise its candidate for “Depending upon the level 9" ")'3))$D0M&E Sabha, and also as Union the RS polls. of sero-prevalence of infec- $)C'17 $$ )) ( ! $$"" "!9: 0# ""%! ""! widely available and inex- Apensive drug, Famotidine ; Friday to track down the (Pepcid AC) that is used to ease footprints of other terrorists .R the symptoms of indigestion ituation along the line of holed up in the area. may prove a worthy contender Scontrol in frontier dis- However, security forces for treating coronavirus in tricts of Rajouri and Poonch could not establish fresh con-
:2 police late this evening or on who broke the news to the out- those whose disease doesn’t in Jammu division remained tact with the hiding terrorists Saturday. Sources in the inves- side world through his social require admission to hospital, as well as general unwellness — tense with continuous in the area till late evening. ilson, a farmer from tigation team said that both media posting. as per a finding, published was measured using a version exchange of intense shelling According to police, “the WEdavanna in Kareem and Riazuddeen were He said it was not with any online in the journal Gut. of a 4-point scale normally in the area for the last couple entire area has been kept Malappuram district was into poaching of wild animals ulterior intention that the The effects were felt with- applied to assess the severity of of days. under tight cordon while arrested on Friday by Kerala in a big way. Wilson was an Forest Department said the in 24 to 48 hours of taking cancer symptoms (ECOG PS). Since June 1, the Pakistan efforts were on to ascertain Police in connection with the expert in assembling explosives incident might have taken place famotidine, and a rigorous Seven of the patients test- Army has been resorting to the identity of the terrorist””. gruesome death of a pregnant and stuffing it in fruits to trap in either Malappuram or clinical trial is now warranted ed positive for Covid-19, using heavy exchange of fire along The security forces had also elephant which was fed the animals. Palakkadu distrocts. “When to see if the drug could be an a swab test; two had antibod- the line of control with a clear recovered 1 AK 47 rifle, three coconut stuffed with explosives. The police has filed cases we understood that the inci- effective treatment for Covid- ies to the infection; and one objective to push small magazines, hand grenades According to sources in the against the three under various dent happened at 19, the researchers said. patient wasn’t tested but was groups of heavily armed (chinese make), four Anti police team probing the inci- sections of the Kerala Forest Mannarakkadu, we corrected It belongs to a class of diagnosed with the infection by infiltrators inside the Indian = ! personnel mine, detonators, dent, Wilson said that the Act and Wildlife Protection the same immediately,” he said. drugs known as histamine-2 a doctor. territory. mobile handset with SIM coconut stuffed with explosives Act. If proved correct, the Kerala based Cyber receptor antagonists, which Their ages ranged from 23 to A havaldar of the Indian “the injured soldier was evac- card and other items. was placed in the farm to get accused could be sentenced up Warriors hacked the website of reduce the amount of stomach 71 and known risk factors for Army sacrificed his life in the uated to the Army hospital Earlier On June 1, three rid of pigs which frequently to seven years imprisonment. People For Animal, a portal acid produced. Famotidine can Covid-19 severity, including high line of duty in Sunderbani where he succumbed to his heavily armed terrorists were raided the crops. Though ini- Forest officials with whom belonging to the NGO led by be taken in doses of 20-160 mg, blood pressure and obesity. sector of Nowshera in Rajouri injuries”. neutralised by the alert tially it was reported that the The Pioneer spoke were of the Maneka Gandhi, former union up to four times a day, for the All started taking famoti- late Thursday night. Defence In the same district, a ter- Indian troops in Kalal area of elephant had bitten explosive- view that the elephant was minister for environment for treatment of acid reflux and dine when they were feeling Spokesman, Lt- Col rorist was neutralised by the Nowshera while continuous laden pineapple, it turned out from the Silent Valley Reserve her reported outburst against heartburn. very poorly with Covid-19, Devender Anand said, joint teams of security forces cordon and search opera- to be a coconut filled with Forest and had trespassed into Malappuram district while con- The researchers report on the symptoms of which had “Havaldar Mathiazhagan P, in Panjah Mehari area of tions were launched by the deadly explosives. the farm lands in the periphery demning the incident. ten people (six men; four been going on from 2 up to 26 hailing from Sreerangai Kadu, Kalakote tehsil. The security security forces in Poonch to The police is in search of of the forest. “It is difficult to Muslim League leader P K women) who developed Covid- days at that point. Idappadi Tehsil,Salem dis- forces had launched search track down the footprints of Abdul Kareem and his son pinpoint the exact spot where Kunhalikutty MP and K C 19 infection, all of whom hap- Improvement was evident trict of Tamil Nadu had operations in the area after infiltrators. Riyazuddeen, owners of the the incident happened. It could Venugopal of nthe Congress pened to have been taking across all symptom categories received critical injuries dur- receiving inputs about the On Friday, fresh searches farm where Wilson is employed be either in Malappuram or along with the CPI(M), CPI famotidine during their illness. assessed, but respiratory symp- ing unprovoked ceasefire vio- presence of a group of heav- were launched in Mendhar as a labour. Kareem and Palakkadu districts. The vast leaders condemned the BJP The severity of five cardi- toms, such as cough and short- lation by the Pakistan Army ily armed terrorists in the tehsil of Poonch after receiv- Riazuddeen are absconding farm land stretches across the and Sangh Parivar organisa- nal symptoms — cough; short- ness of breath, improved more in Sunderbani sector of area. ing inputs about the presence and it is believed that they two districts,” said Mohan tions for their efforts to com- ness of breath; fatigue; rapidly than systemic symp- Rajouri late Thursday Massive searches were of suspected terrorists hiding would surrender before the Krishna, the Forest official munalize the issue. headache and loss of taste/smell toms, such as fatigue. evening”. Lt Col Anand said, launched at day break on in the area. 2 " ;!/ < " " "" - ;-!
first stage of any cyclone. ed that the monsoon would be who headed the Department of accolades from abroad, the peo- units house 10 to 12 persons. like toilet ,” he said. Toilet facil- However, it is not necessary delayed by four days, but :2 > Economics, University of ple who matter chose to ignore Most of the men are unem- ities are available at the com- he India Meteorological that every low pressure inten- Cyclone Nisarga helped push Madras for more than two his findings. Dr Murukadas ployed and it is the women who munity level only. “The extreme- TDepartment (IMD) on sifies into a cyclone. the monsoon to reach Kerala he unabated increase in the decades. He said massive urban- says the figure quoted by Chief are the breadwinners. Men while ly limited latrines and their Friday said rainfall activity in This will help advance mon- on its normal onset date. Tpopulation of slums and ization and the resultant unabat- Minister that 87 lakh people live away their time playing cards overuse by too many persons central and south India is like- soon and bring good rainfall “Conditions are becoming failure in the programmes ed increase in the number of in slums and overcrowded nar- and drinking alcohol from the have made the slum areas unhy- ly to pick up pace from next during the next week,” favourable for further advance- launched to eradicate slum areas slums have made Chennai a vol- row lanes/streets of Chennai is earnings made by the woman of gienic and filthy,” he said. week due to a cyclonic circu- Mohapatra said. ment of Southwest Monsoon are the reasons behind Chennai cano which could explode at way of the mark. “The Urban the house,” said the professor. He says unless the lation which is likely to form In its tropical cyclones bul- into some more parts of central being the epicenter of coron- anytime. “We have opened a Agglomeration (UA) of Chennai Quoting the estimates made Government introduces massive over the Bay of Bengal and aid letin dated June 5, the IMD said Arabian Sea, Karnataka, Tamil avirus pandemic in Tamil Nadu, Pandora’s Box and I doubt has resulted in the city’s popu- by the Committee on Slum population control measures in the progress of the monsoon. the low pressure area has a Nadu, Puducherry and according to Edappadi whether we would be able to lation crossing the 89 lakh mark Statistics/Census, Prof India is in for major disaster. The low pressure area will “low”, or 1-25 per cent, chance Karaikal, southwest and east Palaniswamy, Chief Minister. restore Chennai to its lost puri- in 2013 itself. UA stands for con- Murukadas points out that the “There should be a mechanism form somewhere near the coast of turning into a ‘depression’ by central Bay of Bengal, entire “Chennai has about 87 lakh peo- ty,” he told The Pioneer. tinuous urban spread constitut- slum population constituted whereby the entry of people to of Myanmar. A low pressure mid next week. A depression is southeast Bay of Bengal and ple living in narrow streets and He had alerted the ing a town and its adjoining 75.26 million (26.31 per cent) major metros are regulated by area is the first stage of a the second stage on the IMD’s some parts of west central Bay there are several houses with 6 Governments at the Centre as urban Out Growths or two or out of the 286 million urban law. Those who are not cyclonic disturbance; not all eight-level cyclone classifica- of Bengal during next 2 days,” to 7 people staying in them,” well as in States about the dis- more physically contiguous population of the country in employed and do not have even low pressure areas intensify tion system. the IMD said. Palaniswamy told reporters last astrous consequences of rapid towns together and any adjoin- 2001. “As per the estimates the rented places to stay should not into cyclones. If this predicted weather According to the IMD, the Tuesday after presiding over a urbanization, increasing popu- ing urban outgrowths of such slum population o India is esti- be allowed into the cities. The IMD director general disturbance reaches the fourth country as a whole has received meeting of senior IAS officers lation and free-for-all entry into towns,” he explained. mated to have reached 93.06 Slum Clearance Programmes Mrutunjay Mohapatra said a stage — ‘cyclonic storm’ — on 9 per cent more rainfall than and medical professionals. the country’s major metropolis- He said he had visited many million in 201. The slum popu- launched by the governments low pressure area is likely to the IMD’s scale, it will be given the normal since June 1. The metropolis has one of es in his research and the resul- slum dwellings in the metropo- lation of Chennai could be were all piecemeal measures form over the Bay of Bengal a name — Cyclone Gati. The north Indian plains the highest densities of popula- tant book “Slum-Free Cities- A lis in India and abroad. The liv- somewhere near the 25 lakh and have gone awry,” said Prof and move towards Odisha next Monsoon had hit Kerala on will also witness rainfall due to tion among south Indian cities, Sisyphus Challenge for India” ing conditions in the units in mark. Another 25 lakh stay in Murukadas who is working on week. “A low pressure is a June 1 on its normal onset date. a western disturbance, according to Prof C Murukadas, published in 2014. India are shocking. “All these narrow lanes in unhygienic con- a project to come out with a cyclonic circulation and the The IMD had earlier predict- the IMD said. Tamil Nadu’ lead economist While the book won him single room or double room ditions without basic facilities sequel to Slum Free Cities. !"#$#$ $ 3(!'1$)&3,$ (!/> $) = $, " /> $)> 4-=* / *01 2 ! ; ! !71 . ." " % ! 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This has led to wide- spread debates on the future course of class- 1 es — whether they should be conducted B " online or not. Realising the long-term B 4 ! B ! impact of COVID-19, faculty members, too, are finding it hard to conduct online class- 2 ! es with ease. On the other hand, students B " have been left clinging on to their mobile ! phones, laptops and computer screens. wide survey of villages conduct- require introspection? And what data storage across several oper- ways for the students to do their What, however, is certain is that a post- ed by the Ministry of Rural does this mean for the students ating platforms. Amazon cloud homework, going far beyond 3 3 " COVID world must gear itself to adapt to Development in 2017-18, 16 per going forward? drive offers 5 GB of free storage just a paper and pen. , some changes. Being physically present in cent of India’s households Most universities are now and provides a straight forward The time has come for us to $ . a classroom may not be the only learning received one to eight hours of offering web-based file-sharing web-based interface for upload- adapt to new and innovative :8!:8 C D option anymore — not with the rise of the electricity daily, 33 per cent services to their faculty members ing and retrieval of files. teaching methods. So, what internet and new technologies, at least. As received 9-12 hours and only 47 and research communities. Similarly, GoogleDocs allows next? Most experts and . long as there is access to a computer with a per cent received more than 12 However, there are several other for the uploading of entire fold- researchers across academic robust internet connection, students can hours a day. Further, according ways to make multimedia ers to the cloud, making remote institutions agree that there is a " attend live sessions or watch pre-recorded to data collected by the National resources accessible over the storage of a set of organised files need to create standardised classes. Does this mean that online educa- Sample Survey as part of the internet. Certainly, the most quite easy. online education platforms. tion will soon replace classroom education? Survey on Education (2014), familiar one is YouTube, which Make the digital transition: Besides students and teachers " / It should be kept in mind that even though only 27 per cent of households though ubiquitous and easy-to- Technological prospects for must be trained to get accus- ) + , E 4 there have been huge technological advance- in India have some member use, does present challenges to classrooms have evolved in tomed to using digital technolo- ments, they aren’t flawless. E-learning comes with access to internet. Access to classroom use that must not be remarkable ways since the gies. Others highlight the neces- B 0 3 :8:7B with its own set of challenges. internet does not necessarily ignored. The most glaring one COVID-19 pandemic. We have sity to introspect on the nature Challenges and possibilities: In the case mean that a household actually is the comments section. The witnessed the successful intro- of these platforms and how stu- of traditional classrooms, lack of engagement has internet at home. instructor can take it for grant- duction of smartphones that are dents must be taught using dif- is problematic for teachers and students alike. While increasing ethernet ed that some comments will not capable of running audio-visu- ferent online tools and methods . Unlike online education, here, they cannot connectivity should be the larg- be suitable for projection on a al clips and interactive language while keeping accessibility and pause or rewind the classes in case they miss er goal, in the short term, data classroom screen. drills; tablets are now replacing the challenges in mind. out certain chapters. On the other hand, on mobile phones must be sub- Similarly, advertisements the laptop as an essential class- To look for possibilities, ) " & - < "" online education is not as easy as speaking sidised. Device ownership, too, found lining the video could be room gear; and there has been there is lack of clarity among into the microphone at the one end and con- is a problem and for this, the a problem, too. Regardless of the a rich array of online dictionar- teachers and researchers about " %=' " 4>'? necting a laptop or phone and listening on Government must provide for product being promoted, the ies. Further, news media and the plan of action, especially with the other. There are other challenges with this cheap smartphones for students classroom need not be turned to unicode blogs are now search- respect to teaching, examination, ) form of education that have to be faced by to get on with the business of a search service in order to able in original scripts; a sea of results, internships and place- . both — faculty as well as students. While the teaching. Organisations such as access multimedia resources. websites are dedicated towards ments. Challenges are many " former will have to put in extra labour to gen- the National Institute of Open To avoid this, a number of web the study and dissemination of that need to be overcome. Some ! erate lectures, it will be difficult for the lat- Schooling (NIOS), National browser extensions are available literature. The worldwide pop- students without reliable inter- ter to make sense of it online. Then, how will Council for Promotion of Urdu that provide for an unsullied ularity of Facebook, Twitter, net access and technology strug- 3 ! this form of education compensate for the Language (NCPUL), IGNOU viewing experience, hiding com- Instagram, Google classroom, gle to participate in digital learn- $ ! academic loss suffered by students? and other such bodies offering ments, menu side bus and adver- Zoom, Cisco Webex and the ing. This gap is seen across Practically speaking, there is no alternative distance education as well as the tisements from the view. A user-centred design of web has countries. Education is going to 3 1 to classroom activities. Government must assess current number of cloud-based tools, addressed concerns of language be digital in the foreseeable 1 + $ Most important of all, even after so and future infrastructure too, are available that allow files use. Even mini tablets are now future. We will be better pre- much digitisation, rural India will face requirements for digital age and to be stored and shared across a equipped with built-in digital pared to handle it only with the unprecedented challenges due to poor con- bridge the gap. remote host, which at the very camera. In fact, they allow stu- right kind of infrastructure and 1 " # nectivity and frequent power cuts that But what if e-learning least offer the instructor the flex- dents to use audio and video policies in place. The 3 ) 4 would affect the productivity of the class- becomes the way of life for ibility to adapt. Foremost among editing software immediately Government must pay heed.
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Weeks after the no match to this biological invad- made in science, we may find a "&''&;$'!<*!2&&;>:?(*"#0!? !"#$#$ 0 3(!'1$)&3,$ 1(',/)-*+ +& )( ! / /)*+, '/ / @ 6 / @ ) 1& 1,# -- @ # - 6/ 6 - / # / # """)"""$$ L L ) ""$ $ " / ) " Q R 4 5 2),& 3 < " ! % % " % ! % " ! " , 4 ) $ ! " " < ! ( " :8:8 ,S 788 F:? " . ! ).<,2!7= " 5 2*&' ! ! ymmetric to global trends, COVID-19 has ! had multi-dimensional impacts on the * SIndian economy and society. Amid rising , ! concerns over the lives and livelihoods of the ! ! ! poorer sections of the population due to the , nationwide lockdown, the Government R nation in the official sphere at the ground level has had appalling consequences, especially on the millions of “city makers”, the urban informal ! workers, who represent a significant share of the 1 workforce and contribute in multiple ways to the S ! economy. O O Employed mostly in the unorganised sector * and living in informal settlements in cities, they I have borne the major brunt of the lockdown. ! They have no job contracts, no regular work, are often employed casually and are without any social safety nets to support them and their fam- " ) ) I C))ID ilies during exigencies. Moreover, their livelihood opportunities are constrained by multiple bar- ' riers that include deplorable housing conditions, inadequacies of urban services, in-built socio- 67 6 economic disparities relating to caste and gen- 2 Q833CQ&33 6 . 2 ) I C2)ID der and also the policies and practices of govern- 44 B start economies of cities. This can Regarding their awareness on eligi- poorest sections of the population are ments. mostly be done by providing boosts to bility for Government support pro- able to fulfil their dietary require- The challenges during the lockdown: An :A2 local businesses and small and micro- grammes, only 37 per cent of the ments, each identified needy person ,2A IMPRI survey to understand the impact of the enterprises. respondents thought that they were eli- must be provided with a dollar a day lockdown on the lives of migrant workers 6 2 / The challenges: A defining chal- gible for benefits under the Pradhan (around 2,000 per month). $ ! revealed that almost three-fourth of the 3,121 9 297 lenge for devising appropriate mitigat- Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojana (having Further, for everyone to be vigilant 2)I ! respondents from over 50 cities of India were 26 9 ing policies for the city makers is the an outlay of 20 lakh crore for the about the spread of COVID-19, digital engaged in informal employment, i.e. daily 4 lack of data about them both prior to COVID-19 response). However, only 34 literacy for children belonging to poor wage work, petty trades/business and as tempo- 66 6 and during any kind of emergency. So, per cent of the respondents could avail families, and smooth transfer of digital " rary workers without any social security bene- 2,2297 preparedness and early action by the benefits like cash transfers and free payment of welfare schemes, poor ! fits. It was found that six out of 10 workers had 42B9 communities are essential. To benefit ration under this scheme. households should be provided an 79 lost their jobs during the lockdown, with unem- 2 from any Central and State Government The solutions: In the light of the Android phone either for free or at a :J ployment being highest among the casual relief measures — both cash and non- above evidence, it becomes extremely subsidised rate through PDS shops. In labourers and self-employed respondents. A 2924 BQ' cash — people must possess important to think of precise policy addition, the private sector (under the . D 2 +*E A * whopping 74 per cent of the casual labourers lost Government documents (ration card, improvements to tide over the crisis. To CSR component) should come forward their jobs while 67 per cent of the self-employed 2 ,229 Aadhaar card), bank account and be start with, the stringent Aadhaar- and provide free SIM and data coupons I workers could not pursue their economic activ- ,962/ enrolled in different Government wel- requirements for accessing different to Below Poverty Line households. It is ! ities due to the lockdown. 4 B fare schemes and so on. schemes must be relaxed for at least the the most opportune time to ensure dig- , ! The workers, who had no other option but -7333,9 2 The survey revealed that coverage next six months. Another option could ital literacy among the people. ! to remain confined within their houses without 66 6 2 of and eligibility for Government sup- be a job assurance programme that In the US, $300-$400 are being 1 S any work, could neither realistically practise social '-929,2, port programmes was a major concern, would give needy households livelihood given weekly to the unemployed as an distancing, nor could they afford it. The inabil- D 22 as evident from the possession status of security during health crises. allowance. Therefore, to ensure a dig- ity to earn during the shutdown translated into R 9 various important documents by the Essentially, the COVID-19 crisis nified assistance to the poor, the ) ! 54 per cent of the people being unable to pay rent respondents. requires extremely localised and coor- Government of India can afford to give for their accommodation. ,2, 2 About 23 per cent of the respon- dinated responses. So, city govern- $1 (about 75) a day to each poor per- ! 9 22 , The loss of jobs had a spillover impact on the dents did not have ration cards, 32 per ments and their elected representatives son. If we give 2,000 per month assis- education of children, too, as most city-makers 9E7 cent did not have zero-balance Jan Dhan should decide on vigorous delivery of tance to 12 crore people (the bottom ! send their offspring to Government schools. In 9 6 2 bank accounts and on an average only basic urban services that might be the quartile population in the urban eco- 1 the prevailing new normal of online teaching -&7333929 one out of 10 respondents were covered most effective in their contexts. nomic ladder), it will translate to methods and reliance on digital modes of learn- 2 under the Government of India’s flag- Financially-empowered city govern- 24,000 crore a month and 72,000 ing, education has become a distant dream for +-7333929 ship public health as well as life insur- ments with clear functional domain and crore for three months. This is certain- the children of migrant labourers because they 299 ance schemes — Ayushman Bharat, PM adequate institutional capacity can ly doable. " ! ! have no smartphones for accessing such educa- 26/ 6 6 Jeevan Jyoti Bima and PM Suraksha respond rapidly and contain the out- Moreover, if we can give an Android * ! tion, forget about computers. 9 A2 Bima Yojna. break of COVID-19. phone in a graded manner to around ! With 88 per cent of the city makers depend- About 65 per cent of the surveyed It is equally important to improve five crore people (prioritising the elder- ! ing on household income, savings, financial help respondents were aware of the and expand the coverage of the Public ly, women and children going to ##> " ! from relatives and friends and so on, for meet- AarogyaSetu App and among them 62 Distribution System (PDS). Bridging the Government schools) in the cities, it ing their health-related expenditure, this tempo- per cent reported use of the app. Only awareness gap regarding available would amount to around 30,000 crore rary job loss has added to their anxieties that any 38 per cent respondents were aware of Government support programmes, (cost per handset around 6,000). kind of health emergency, including COVID-19, State WhatsApp helplines. For other especially the PDS, through timely Overall, this would amount to 100,000 4 ! would exacerbate. apps and e-initiatives, the awareness lev- and reliable information and expand- crore and would be crucial as India What they want: Quite understandably, most els of the respondents were very poor. ing the coverage of such programmes moves into the “unlock” phase. Such ! ! people want to return to work and almost three- Roughly about 20-30 per cent of the to the needy but non-registered seg- provisioning is certainly doable and $ ! fourth of the respondents said that they would respondents were aware of State e- ments via certain temporary forms of would just need a reorientation of the join the same job in which they were engaged coupons for rations, State e-pass or authentication as alternatives, can be Budget 2020-21. And to this, the 35 1 prior to the lockdown, if possible. In other words, other different State apps and use of very useful. lakh crore worth of forex reserves this loss of jobs or livelihood options was con- these apps among them turned out to The last Economic Survey (2019- could be rightly utilised to pay for the + sidered as a temporary phenomenon. be even more pathetic. 20) spoke of “Thalinomics”, which says war against COVID-19, as it would help However, the absorption of jobless migrant Lack of access to smartphones and that a good vegetarian and non-vege- distribute the pain similar to the 0 workers in newer fiscal activities with dignity unstable internet connectivity were the tarian platter costs a minimum of 25 Keynesian tenets during World War-II would significantly depend on the nature and major impediments in using the apps minimum and 40, respectively. and create a better society. C D type of Government policies put in place to jump- and portals. Therefore, in order to ensure that the (The writer is Director, IMPRI) " ! " " "! 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executive orders. In fact, the subject main function of these local self-gov- mandated to carry out “relief, rehabil- operational. As a result, the process of guidelines of the National Authority arrangements with remarkable coop- “disaster management” is not specifi- ernments is to make the people under- itation and reconstruction activities” decentralised planning is hampered and a select consultation with the dis- eration of all State Governments and cally mentioned in all the three lists of stand what change or innovation ben- only under the “directions of the and associated capacity-development trict and local authorities. public servants and security forces have the Seventh Schedule of the efits them, why it does so and how it District Authority.” The DM Act stip- is completely denied. Penal provisions in Chapter 10 of been enforcing the lockdown effective- Constitution. Therefore, the can be introduced. It is for the com- ulates, under Section 25, the setting up On the other hand, the DM Act the DM Act pave the way for securi- ly. The lockdown exit plan will grad- Parliament exercised its power to munity to participate in all the activ- of a ‘District Disaster Management is unambiguous in assigning powers ty personnel to take coercive measures ually give way to decentralised respon- enact a law on the subject. ities which lead to such change or Authority’ under the stewardship of a to Union and State Governments. against offenders. However, medical sibilities to panchayats and municipal- Other entries like “Public Order” innovation. District Collector/Magistrate, who is Section 62 of the Act stipulates extra- professionals are not covered under ities. The sooner this shift takes place and “Public Health” were included in Panchayats and municipalities assisted by the chairperson of the dis- ordinary powers to the Centre by this provision. Recent incidents of the better it will be. &-)2 the State List when the Constitution were brought into the statute book to trict council in the capacity of co-chair- which any authority in Union stone pelting and misbehaviour with The Government has prominent- was framed. Further, consequent upon promote better living for the commu- person of the district authority. Ministries, statutory bodies and State doctors and nurses compelled the ly pronounced the role of local self- iven the seriousness of the the 73rd and 74th Amendments to the nity with the active participation of the Further, Section 31 of the DM Act Governments is bound to take direc- Government to introduce penal pro- governments to combat COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, the Constitution in 1993, “Public Health” community. Here, the word “commu- provides for a “plan” by the district tion from the nodal Central Ministry. visions protecting healthcare person- which can only be prevented by GGovernment imposed a nation- found place in the 11th and 12th nity” means a local society in a geo- authority in consultation with local In addition, a national plan is drawn nel and their property against violence. changing human attitudes and behav- wide lockdown by invoking provisions Schedules. As a result, panchayats and graphical rural or urban area, cutting authorities subject to approval by the up under Section 11. For the purpose, an Ordinance was iours. Local governments and the of the National Disaster Management municipalities have been assigned across caste, religious and economic State. The provision is akin to Article At the State level, under Section promulgated on April 22 to amend the community are best placed to bring Act, 2005 (DM Act). The law was civic powers to render “public health” differences. 243 ZD, a mandatory constitutional 14, a State Disaster Management Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 in the this change and inculcate social dis- enacted by invoking entry number 23, to citizens in their respective jurisdic- Ironically, these key institutions provision, which envisages a district Authority is required under the chair- light of the current pandemic. This tancing on a sustainable basis. Hence, namely, “Social Security and Social tions. have not found their rightful place in planning committee (DPC) for spatial manship of the Chief Minister of the could be a permanent provision to the role of local governments must be Insurance; Employment and Rightly so, as democratic and the DM Act. A passing reference is planning, infrastructure development State. This authority is assisted by a maintain the morale of the healthcare prominent, at least, in the DM Act. Unemployment” in the Concurrent cooperative organisations at the local made to “local authorities” under and environmental conservation. State Executive Committee headed by professional and discipline miscreants. (The writer is faculty, Indian List of the Constitution. Hence, it level are arguably the best to render Section 41 of the DM Act. As per the States have given the provision of the Chief Secretary of the State. The It may be observed that the pan- Institute of Public Administration, empowers Union and State preventive and prophylactic measures section, these panchayats, munici- DPC in their respective Acts but committee prepares the State Disaster demic till date is being controlled New Delhi. The views expressed are Governments to frame rules and issue like inoculation and vaccination. 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6 Owing to the prevailing The IMF’s key demand, " " " tight fiscal situation, growing which was also the reason for he IMF has asked cash- public debt and Pakistan’s deci- seeking to freeze the salaries, 6 73 asset quality as well as the pro- Tstrapped Pakistan to freeze sion to seek debt relief from G- was that the government vision coverage ratio quarter salaries of Government 20 countries. should announce a primary 24:A4 6 8 after quarter,” bank’s chairman employees and adhere to the The International budget deficit target – total Rajnish Kumar told reporters. fiscal consolidation path by Monetary Fund has asked deficit excluding interest pay- Close to 21 per cent of the showing a nominal primary Islamabad to freeze salaries of ments – of only 184 billion or bank’s retail borrowers have deficit in the new budget due Government employees, the 0.4 per cent of gross domestic quity indices resumed their availed the three-month mora- to the unsustainable public daily reported, citing sources in product (GDP). Eupward march on Friday as tate Bank of India on Friday torium announced by the RBI. debt that is set to hit 90 per cent the Ministry of Finance. Pakistan has its own rea- investors piled into banking Sregistered its highest ever Kumar said in spite of the of the total value of the nation- However, the Government sons for resisting the IMF’s and infrastructure stocks yearly profit in 2019-20 and bank extending the moratori- al economy. is resisting the demand due to demands as it does not see a amid robust foreign fund logged a four-fold rise in March um to all its customers, nearly Pakistan is finding it high inflation that has eroded significant jump in revenue col- inflows and a firm trend in quarter profit at 3,581 crore as 82 per cent have paid two or hard to concede to the two people’s real income. lection in the next fiscal year global markets. one-time gains from stake sale more instalments and about 92 demands but the IMF is insist- Nonetheless, it is inclined to due to the prevailing econom- Reversing the previous ses- in subsidiaries and decline in per cent have paid one or ing that the country should abolish over 67,000 posts that ic conditions. sion’s decline, the BSE Sensex bad loans bolstered the coun- more instalments during continue to follow the fiscal have remained vacant for over The Government is also zoomed 306.54 points or 0.90 try’s largest lender. March to May. The central consolidation path due to the one year and is also ready to inclined to give a raise in per cent to end at a three- The bank reported a stand- bank had initially allowed high and unsustainable public further squeeze current expen- salaries due to high inflation month high of 34,287.24. alone profit after tax of 838 banks to offer moratorium on debt, the Express Tribune ditures including a ban on that has eroded the real income The broader NSE Nifty crore in January-March, 2018- repayment of term loans till reported on Friday. purchase of vehicles. of people, the daily reported. rose 113.05 points or 1.13 per 19, according to a regulatory May 31 but later extended it for cent to 10,142.15. making streak, the company the global markets as major filing. For 2019-20, the bank another three months.”The State Bank of India (SBI) announced sale of 1.85 per cent frontline markets posted a reported its highest ever year- three-month period has just . R was the top gainer in the Sensex stake in its digital unit Jio strong rally,” said Sanjeev ly profit of 14,488 crore as started but my feeling is that 2 pack, surging 7.90 per cent, Platforms to Abu Dhabi-based Zarbade, VP PCG Research, against 862 crore in the pre- our numbers would not be sig- after the country’s largest sovereign investor Mubadala Kotak Securities. vious year. SBI said exceptional nificantly different than what 8A(" lender reported an over four- for 9,093.60 crore. The rally has been driven items during 2019-20 included they were in the first three >3?@ # fold jump in standalone net During the week, Sensex by positive sentiment generat- net profit of 3,484.30 crore on months. It may even improve 6+4'# profit for the March quarter at surged 1,863.14 points or 5.74 ed from gradual lifting of lock- sale of certain portion of invest- (in June-August period) as we 3,580.81 crore. per cent, while Nifty advanced down across economies, ment in subsidiary SBI Life exit the lockdown,” Kumar # &'(&:>A( Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, 561.85 points or 5.86 per cent. despite weak economic read- Insurance in the second quar- said. He said the bank has - HDFC Bank, NTPC, Axis Bank According to traders, ings and civil unrest in the US, ter and net profit of 2,731.34 extended the standstill benefit, and ICICI Bank also ended besides stock-specific action, he said. “Markets during the crore on sale of some stake in in terms of asset classification, 2 R with gains of up to 6 per cent. persistent foreign fund inflows week surprised everyone by SBI Cards and Payment to accounts with an outstand- On the other hand, TCS, HUL, and positive cues from global moving higher. The only justi- Services in March quarter. ing loan of 6,200 crore. It has ower distribution utilities’ Bajaj Auto and Infosys were markets led to bullish senti- fiable reason to the current “Despite not so easy cir- made a provision of 15% aggre- Pdebt will hit an all-time high On May 8, US-based Vista among the laggards, skidding ment here. momentum is the liquidity. cumstances even before gating 938 crore on these of 4.5 lakh crore by the end of Equity Partners bought 2.32 up to 2.19 per cent. On a net basis, foreign The investable universe is COVID-19, the bank has loans. Domestic net interest the ongoing financial year, eliance Industries on Friday per cent stake in Jio Platforms Reliance Industries (RIL) portfolio investors bought equi- gradually narrowing with declared a record profit of margin (NIM) stood at 2.94 per CRISIL Ratings said on Friday. Rannounced the sale of 1.85 for 11,367 crore. On May 17, succumbed to profit-booking, ties worth 2,905.04 crore on shortage of top-graded stocks 14,488 crore in FY20, which is cent in January-March, 2019- The liquidity package of per cent stake in its digital unit global equity firm General ending flat after touching its Thursday, provisional exchange whereas the abundant monies the highest ever profit for SBI 20 as compared to 3.02 % in the 90,000 crore announced by the to Abu Dhabi-based sovereign Atlantic picked up 1.34 per cent one-year high in intra-day data showed. “The current available for purchasing them in its history. We have consis- year-ago period. Government last month offers a investor Mubadala for stake in Jio Platforms for trade. Continuing its deal- week has been a good one for are increasing. tently been able to improve our breather, but structural reforms 9,093.60 crore, the sixth deal in 6,598.38 crore. have become critical to sustain- as many weeks that will inject This was followed by US ability of discoms, the rating a combined 87,655.35 crore in private equity giant KKR buy- agency said in a statement. The the oil-to-telecom conglom- ing 2.32 per cent for 11,367 $ * 3 "! package will help state power dis- erate to help it pare debt. crore. Jio Platforms, a wholly- tribution companies (discoms) “Mubadala Investment owned subsidiary of Reliance settle a significant portion of their Company (Mubadala), will Industries Ltd, is a next-gen- overdue bills to generating com- invest 9,093.60 crore in Jio eration technology company. panies, it said. However, it noted Platforms at an equity value of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, that with power demand weak 4.91 lakh crore and an enter- with 388 million mobile sub- and Hrishikesh Roy allowed Home Affairs in its affidavit said Maulana Mohd Saad and oth- maintaining any social distance and cash losses high amid the prise value of 5.16 lakh crore,” scribers, will continue to be a the petitioner Supriya Pandita to that investigation in Markaz ers had allowed a huge gather- with each other. COVID-19 pandemic, discoms the company said in a state- wholly-owned subsidiary of he Centre on Friday told the file rejoinder affidavit to the matter is being conducted on a ing to assemble inside a closed “It is submitted that would end up owing lenders a ment. With this investment, Jio Jio Platforms. TSupreme Court that probe reply of Ministry of Home day-to- day basis, in accordance premise, over a protracted peri- Maulana Mohd. Saad, others staggering 4.5 lakh crore by the Platforms has raised Mukesh Ambani, into assembly of people at Affairs (MHA) and listed the with the mandate of law and all od of time, without any sem- and the management of Markaz end of 2020-21, or 30 per cent 87,655.35 crore from leading Chairman and Managing Anand Vihar Bus Terminal in matter for further hearing after efforts are being made to final- blance of social distances or had deliberately, wilfully, negli- more than that in the last fiscal. global technology and growth Director of Reliance Industries, east Delhi and at Tablighi Jamaat two weeks. ize investigation and submit a provision of masks and sani- gently committed acts which Such a material increase in debt investors including Facebook, said Mubadala is one of the event in Nizamuddin Markaz is Pandita in her plea had report under section 173 CrPC tizers and have caused a situ- were in direct contravention would deteriorate the credit pro- Silver Lake, Vista Equity most astute and transforma- being conducted on day-to-day sought various reliefs including (charge sheet) before the trial ation where a highly infectious and to the lawful directions of files of discoms and make struc- Partners, General Atlantic, tional global growth investors. basis by the Delhi police and CBI probe into the matter relat- court in a time bound disease such as Covid-19 may the government and public ser- tural reforms critical to their sus- KKR and Mubadala in less than “Through my longstand- there was no need for CBI ed to the assembly of people at manner. “In view of the facts spread and threaten the lives of vants…”, the affidavit said. tainability, a study of 34 State dis- six weeks. ing ties with Abu Dhabi, I have investigation. Anand Vihar Bus Terminal and and circumstances it is respect- inmates. It added that a case was coms (from 15 states), which Facebook picked up 9.99 personally seen the impact of The Ministry of Home Markz in Nizamuddin after fully submitted that prayer D It said that inspection of lodged against Maulana Saad account for over 80% of India’s per cent stake in the firm that Mubadala’s work in diversify- Affairs gave in detail the steps nationwide lockdown was (direction for CBI probe) of the Markaz was conducted by SDM under various provisions power demand, shows, CRISIL houses India’s youngest but ing and globally connecting the taken by the Delhi Police which announced alleging that Delhi writ petition does not merits (Defence Colony) on various including The Epidemic Disease stated. According to it, present- largest telecom firm on April 22 UAE’s knowledge-based econ- is making all efforts to complete police has failed to control the any consideration by this dates between March 26 and Act, Disaster Management Act ly, only one in five discoms is for 43,574 crore. Within days omy. the investigation within the time people and the Nizamuddin court,” the reply affidavit said, March 30 and during such and sections of IPC crime capable of servicing debt through of that deal, Silver Lake — the We look forward to bene- frame to submit the charge Markaz chief Maulana Saad was adding that plea needs to be inspection around 1300 persons branch police station and dur- own cash flows and budgeted world’s largest tech investor — fitting from Mubadala’s expe- sheet in the trial court. still evading arrest. disposed of. from various States as well as ing the investigation of the case subsidies. The scenario would bought a 1.15 per cent rience and insights from sup- A bench of Chief Justice SA Detailing the steps taken by Detailing the sequence of foreign countries were found charges under Foreigners Act worsen this fiscal because of stake in Jio Platforms for porting growth journeys across Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna Delhi police, the Ministry of events, the MHA said that residing in the premises without was also added. weak demand for power. 5,665.75 crore. the world,” he said.
1')9&: 5 6 49 62 said adding any exceptions to these guide- take stock of the situation. The ground- reached 7,303. As many as 11 deaths were Belarus (44,255 cases), Sweden (38,589 data don’t always tell the true story of the lines would require approval of the expen- work for the Lt General level parleys was reported during the day, taking the death cases), Portugal (32,895 cases), Switzerland level of the outbreak. '* A6F6 diture department. done during the Major General level count to 366. (30,791 cases), Ireland (25,066 cases), While authorities refuse to admit that talks between the two sides on Tuesday, Karnataka recorded 515 new cases Ukraine (24,823 cases), Poland (24,395 the contact tracing of so many thousands The counsel appearing for Karnataka 9 C sources said. Besides military talks, hec- where the tally of diseased persons has cases) and Romania (19,517 cases). of infected persons every day was a well- said that from May 3, the State has facili- tic diplomatic efforts at various layers were reached 4,835. The State did not register The same is the case with Latin nigh impossible task, the experts are tated the return of over three lakh migrant 299 2 A also on to resolve the issue. The defence any casualty due to the pandemic on Friday America and Middle East where a major- increasingly coming to the conclusion that workers and if 15 days time is given they Minister in an interview with private tele- where 57 persons have died due to the ity of the nations claim they have reached community transmission was already on will facilitate the transportation of the rest. As regards India’s likely stance during the vision channels earlier this week was deadly virus. Haryana recorded 316 new only the stage of cluster spread of the dis- in India and weeks ahead could see a mas- The lawyer said in past two weeks, the talks, sources said India will call for hopeful of peaceful resolution following Covid-19 cases where so far 3,597 infec- ease. In the case of India, which is now sive spike in the number of cases. number of migrant workers who want to mutual withdrawal in a time-bound man- Saturday talks. tions have been punched. No death was reporting 9,000 plus cases every day, it is go out of Karnataka has come down. ner, pulling back troops to mutually As infrastructure all along the LAC has reported in the State that has witnessed 24 baffling how the authorities can claim that 2 B9 6O The Solicitor General assured the agreed positions, pulling back heavy vastly improved in both the countries, fatalities till now. the country is still away from the com- apex court that the entire country is work- artillery and armoured vehicles from face troops increase patrolling especially dur- Andhra Pradesh reported 138 new munity transmission stage when cities like 2 4 A6 ing in tandem and all demands and assis- off sites including the Galwan valley, ing the summer months. The Indian secu- cases, spiralling the total count of infect- Delhi and Mumbai have started reporting tance required by the States would be pro- Pangong Tso(lake) and Hot Springs. The rity establishment is now wary of the grow- ed persons to 4,250. Two deaths on Friday more than 1,000 cases every day. Incidentally, the NHAI has provided vided to them. Chinese army intruded more than three ing Chinese aggressiveness during the shot up the tally of deceased to 73. While authorities are in denial mode, via-ducts worth Rs 1300 crore on Nagpur- On May 28, the top court had direct- km into the Hot Springs, pitched tents, and ongoing face-offs and is prepared for any Odisha reported 130 new infections a group of acclaimed epidemiologists, pub- Jabalpur Highway to create right-of-way ed that the migrant workers wanting to also constructed bunkers and barracks. challenge, sources said. where the tally of those hit pandemic lic health practitioners and health experts for the tigers. return to their home States will not be Moreover, the Chinese brought in In order to address such face-offs, stands at 2,608. One person succumbed to have said that “community transmission The Ministry has requested all agen- charged train or bus fares and those more troops at all the ongoing face-off India and China had agreed some years the disease on Friday where the total deaths is already well-established across large sec- cies to follow the provisions of the man- stranded across the country will be pro- points triggering reciprocal action by back to have a hotline between the direc- count now is 10. tions or sub-populations in the country.” ual titled “eco-friendly measures to miti- vided food free of cost by the authorities India. In order to meet any eventuality, all tor generals of military operations Kerala marked 111 new Covid-19 “It is unrealistic to expect that the gate impacts of linear infrastructure on concerned. the advanced landing grounds(ALG)in (DGMO) on the lines of an existing cases where 1,700 people have been infect- Covid-19 pandemic can be eliminated at wildlife” issued by Wildlife Institute of It had passed a slew of interim direc- Ladakh are also on full alert and geared to mechanism between India and Pakistan. ed due to the pandemic. The State did not this stage given that community trans- India, Dehradun for making a road or any tions “looking into the difficulties and mis- handle increased landing and take-off of However, the proposed hotline is held report any death on Friday and only 15 mission is already well-established across linear infrastructure safe for wildlife. eries of migrant workers” and directed that transport planes bringing in more soldiers up due to procedural differences. In persons have died due to the disease till large sections or sub-populations in the “The Ministry has also requested the States shall simplify and speed up the and logistical support, officials said. At January this year, the Army Chief had said so far. Telangana reported 143 fresh infec- country,” they said in a report submitted NGOs and social organisations to locate process of registration of migrant workers present, there are more than 5,000 Chinese all issues have been resolved and the pro- tions, taking the tally to 3,290. The state to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. blackspots for animals on the roads so that and provide a help desk for registration at troops at the face-off sites. cedural aspects have been ironed out. He has reported 113 deaths so far including The experts have been claiming for the necessary corrective action may be taken,” the places where they are stranded. During the talks, India is also likely to said the hotline would be between the eight casualties on Friday. last two months that India has reached the said a senior MoRTH official. underline unwarranted Chinese aggres- DGMO from India and China’s Western Bihar recorded 146 cases on Friday stage of community transmission. A study The Centre and different organisations 26 29 siveness at the LAC now and its rather Theatre Command. where the tally of infected persons now published in the Indian Journal of Medical in combined are spending a substantial tough stance in the ‘Finger 1 to 8’ areas stands at 4,598. One person died due to the Research (IJMR) said that when 5,911 amount on creating infrastructure con- A 979 (mountainous spurs) running west to 09 :7 infection where the total death count is 29. Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) ducive to animal use. The Road Ministry 69 62 east on the Pangong Tso. Rajasthan reported 68 new cases patients were tested for Covid-19, as has identified over 5,000 blackspots and the Elaborating upon this issue, sources 9 6 2 A where the total count of infected persons many as 104 (1.8%) tested positive. Forty process for their rectification including said the Indian forces patrolled up to is 9,930, just 70 below the 10,000 marks. of these confirmed patients, from 36 dis- temporary and permanent measures is The latest step has been taken in view Finger 8 area. However, since early May, While eight persons were having dia- The Union Territory of Jammu & tricts in 15 States, didn’t have any foreign being carried out on an urgent basis. of rapid slowdown in the economy, includ- the Chinese have objected to it. Also, the betes mellitus and hypertension as co-mor- Kashmir on Friday recorded 182 fresh travel history or any contact with a known “SOPs regarding the procedure for rec- ing the slowest GDP growth in 11 years Chinese undertook construction activities bid conditions, there were two cases of cases of coronavirus, taking the total tally Covid-19 case. This was the first indica- tification of blackspots for taking up and predictions of an economic squeeze including a new blacktop road. India allergic bronchitis and acute respiratory of cases to 3,324 and active cases to 2,202. tion that India may have reached the stage short-term and long-term permanent in more than four decades. India’s credit wants China to pull back its troops from distress syndrome. Two of the deceased In Kashmir, a 5-day-old baby from Kulgam of community transmission. measures have already been issued. Till rating also moved one step closer to junk that area. were suffering from chronic kidney ail- tested positive along with five doctors, and One can argue that countries like date, temporary measures on 1,739 newly after Moody’s Investors Service down- Determined to continue with its ments. Closely following Tamil Nadu, seven pregnant women. Russia, China, and India have far better identified blackspots and permanent mea- graded the nation to the lowest investment ramped up efforts to build infrastructure, Delhi registered 1,330 new Covid infec- However, senior Government func- health infrastructure than African coun- sures on 840 newly identified blackspots grade level. Last month, the Finance including roads, bridges, and airfields in tions stretching the tally of infected citi- tionaries heaved a sigh of relief after test tries, which are not equipped for contact- have already been taken,” said a MoRTH Minister said future fiscal policy actions the strategically important Ladakh region, zens to 26,334. As many as 49 deaths were reports of senior bureaucrats and other tracing of the infected persons. But how official. to stimulate the economy would depend the Indian delegation will also insist on an recorded during the day where 708 per- Government officials of the Health does a nation like Afghanistan, which lacks on how COVID-19 pandemic pans out. assurance that China will stop objecting to sons have died due to the infectious dis- Department tested negative in Jammu. even bare minimal any health infrastruc- 6 9 6 6 With regard to the existing ongoing these construction activities. At present, ease. Gujarat witnessed 510 new cases These officers had come in contact with ture, or our chaotic neighbour like Pakistan schemes, the department said it has in the Galwan valley, the Chinese patrols where a total of 19,119 persons have been a senior IAS officer at a high-level meet- can claim to contact trace every infected 2292 B 9 6 already given an interim extension till have obstructed the construction of a diseased by the pandemic. Thirty-Five ing in Jammu. The IAS officer had later person or trace his travel history is baffling, March 31, 2021, or till the date the rec- bridge on 250-km long Darbuk-Shyok- deaths on Friday made up the tally of tested positive after his return from to say the least. Besides Rajiv, Anil is survived by two ommendations of the 15th Finance Daulat Beg Oldie road on the Indian side deceased to 1,190. Srinagar. If we put to together China’s dubious children and wife. Commission come into effect, whichever of the LAC. Uttar Pradesh notched a tally of 496 claim about the number of coronavirus Rajiv, who had produced Basu is earlier. In the run-up to the high-level talks, new cases, ballooning the total infected 69 4 2 cases and Russia ridiculously low death fig- Chatterjee’s 1979 film “Manzil” featuring “No funds may be released for schemes Northern Command chief Lt General Y K persons to 9,733 The State recorded 12 ure of 5,540 ( it has been universally hailed Amitabh Bachchan and Moushumi that are not in strict conformity to the Joshi visited Leh on Wednesday and deaths in the last 24 hours where 257 peo- 2 A6,9 as manipulation), and Afghanistan and Chatterjee, said it was heartbreaking to lose instructions...nor should budgetary pro- reviewed the situation with Lt General ple have succumbed to the viral infection. Pakistan’s outlandish claims of keeping the one of his favourite directors and brother visions be made available by re-appropri- Singh. Army Chief General M M Naravane West Bengal recorded 427 new cases Some of them are: Belgium (58,615 community transmission stage at bay, on the same day. Chatterjee breathed his ation to such schemes,” the ministry’s note had visited Leh about a fortnight back to where the tally of infected persons has cases), The Netherlands (46,647 cases), there’s a reason to believe that coronavirus last on Thursday morning. !"#$#$ 55 %
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Temecula (US): The mayor in Minneapolis on May 25. you all,” his brother Terrence racism and the complicated Over 20,000 people flouted of a Southern California city The 46-year-old victim, a Floyd told another massive case of Adama Traore, a black a police ban and protested resigned following an email native of Houston, was hand- gathering in Brooklyn. Frenchman who died in police vociferously Tuesday in Paris to in which he stated he didn’t cuffed and pinned to the House Speaker Nancy custody in July 2016. call for justice for both Traore “believe there’s ever been a ground on May 25 by a white Pelosi described this as a day of For Traore’s family, the and Floyd, and similar protests good person of color killed police officer who kneeled on great sadness. Floyd protests have also revived are planned around France this by a police officer” locally. his neck as he gasped for “They are having the first their hopes for change. weekend. “As long as police Temecula Mayor James breath. service for George Floyd. It is “During the coronavirus, aren’t convicted, we will keep Stewart had apologised Floyd’s death has triggered a national day of mourning, I people had a pause in their lives. coming out in the streets,” Thursday for the email, say- nationwide violent protests see, for George Floyd, and we They filmed scenes of police Traore’s sister told The ing he never meant to use the with a section of the protesters pray for his family and pray for violence and they realized they Associated Press. AP word “good.” He had said he resorting to looting and rioting healing for our country,” she is dyslexic and so used voice across the country, leaving told reporters at the US Capitol. text to send his late-night behind a trail of destruction. / ' =" ' % With placards reading - 9 /P Tuesday message but failed to Mourners gathered in huge “black lives matter”, protesters notice the added word. numbers across the country on Chicago and Los Angeles have ground in Los Angeles. Cars “It will not be about words chanted “no justice, no peace.” / / 6 9 “Unfortunately I did not Thursday night to remember reported large-scale violence were seen moving slowly along in this city. It will be about a Minnesota Attorney take the time to proofread Floyd after a private memori- and looting in the last few days. with the marchers, with many change,” he said. General Keith Ellison on Washington: Twitter has sparked widespread protests, at what was recorded. I al service in Minneapolis. More than 10,000 drivers and passengers holding Reverend Al Sharpton, Thursday announced to elevate blocked a Trump campaign the start. absolutely did not say that,” Seeking justice for Floyd, Americans have been arrested protest signs or raising fists out who delivered the eulogy, said charges against the former video tribute to George Floyd “Per our copyright policy, Stewart told the Riverside they are demanding urgent across the country for violent of their windows to show sup- that the reason “why we’re Minneapolis police officer who over a copyright claim, in a move we respond to valid copyright Press-Enterprise on reforms in the police and crim- protests. port. marching all over the world is killed Floyd while adding the that adds to tensions between complaints sent to us by a copy- Thursday. inal justice system. Protesters chant slogans as In New York, city Mayor because we were like George, charges of aiding and abetting the social media platform and right owner or their authorized “What I said is and I Several cities including they march, with music and Bill de Blasio was booed at an we couldn’t breathe. It’s time for murder against the other three the US president, one of its most representatives,” Twitter said in don’t believe there has ever New York, Washington DC, drum beats blaring in the back- event. us to stand up in George’s officers at the scene. PTI widely followed users. a statement. It did not say who been a person of color mur- The company put a label made the complaint. dered by police, on context to on a video posted by the The three minute and 45 Temecula or Riverside =/ C @TeamTrump account that second clip is a montage of County. I absolutely did not 5 said, “This media has been dis- photos and videos of peaceful say ‘good.’ I have no idea how # 1 abled in response to a claim by marches and police officers that popped up.” the copyright owner.” hugging protesters interspersed Stewart said he was 3 " B'> ! B ;; 2 1 " ' The video was still up on with some scenes of burning replying to someone “con- President Donald Trump’s buildings and vandalism, set to cerned about our police offi- 6 YouTube channel and includes gentle piano music and Trump cers and their sensitivity "" pictures of Floyd, whose death speaking. AP training.” AP Washington: The White 6 : 27 49 Kabul: US forces carried out immediate comment from the House has called on China to two sets of airstrikes against the Taliban. provide a full accounting of rmed gangs have killed 55: "" "!! 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Leggett did not elaborate Party’s (CCP) slaughter of World War II-era bomb that clashes with local residents in long-term access to British policemen. on the latest airstrikes or their unarmed Chinese civilians was was discovered during recent six remote communities of nother round of trade dis- waters. " ", The US strikes against the targets. a tragedy that will not be for- construction work. Zamfara state on Tuesday, Acussions between the “The truth is there was no Taliban were the first following However, an Afghan gov- gotten,” White House Press Authorities say some 2,700 regional police spokesman European Union and the UK significant progress this week,” Beijing (AP): The last British a brief cease-fire declared by ernment official, speaking on Secretary Kayleigh McEnany people are being asked to leave Mohammed Shehu. ended Friday — and once the EU chief negotiator Michel governor of Hong Kong criti- the insurgents for a major condition of anonymity said in a statement on their homes as they cordon off The gunmen — dubbed again there were no signs of Barnier said during a press con- cized the Chinese government Muslim holiday last month. because he was not authorised Thursday, joining the global the area as a precaution to “bandits” by the authorities — real progress ahead of a loom- ference. on Friday over proposed A US military spokesman, to talk to the media, said three condemnation of the massacre. defuse the 500-kilogram (1,100- returned the next day and shot ing deadline on whether a The UK left the political national security legislation, Colonel Sonny Leggett, said senior Taliban commanders The American people pound) bomb. Buses and trains dead six mourners at funerals transition arrangement can be institutions of the EU on calling it part of an “Orwellian” one set of airstrikes took place and at least 13 other fighters reflect on the courage and through the area were also shut for the earlier victims, the extended. January 31 but remains inside drive to eliminate opposition in on Friday afternoon in western were killed in the Farah optimism of the hundreds of down and bomb experts were statement released Thursday Following four days of the EU’s tariff-free economic violation of the agreement on Farah province, targeting 25 airstrikes. thousands of Chinese citizens expected to get to work on the said. video discussions because of zone until the end of the year. handing the territory over to Taliban fighters who were Meanwhile, Afghan offi- who gathered peacefully 31 bomb about noon Friday. Nigeria’s northeast has the coronavirus pandemic, the That so-called transition peri- Beijing. attacking Afghan forces. cials in southern Zabul years ago in Beijing and They say they hope the been wracked by years of vio- two sides remained at logger- od can be extended by two Chris Patten defended Hours earlier, on Thursday province said the Taliban there throughout China to protest work will be finished by around lence, involving clashes heads on a number of issues, years but a request to do so has London’s announcement that it night, the US air forces struck ambushed an Afghan police widespread official corruption dinnertime. Even 75 years after between rival communities including on regulations for to be made by July 1. Prime would grant residency and a an unknown number of convoy after setting off a road- and demand a greater say in the the end of the war, such finds over land, attacks by heavily businesses. Their positions on Minister Boris Johnson has path to citizenship for nearly 3 Taliban in southern Kandahar side bomb on Friday, killing 10 governance of their country, are still relatively common in armed gangs and retaliation fisheries also remain distant, repeatedly said he won’t ask for million Hong Kong residents if province, he said. There was no policemen. AP she said. PTI Germany. AP strikes from vigilante groups. with the UK adamantly an extension. Beijing goes through with pas- sage of the legislation. The law is seen as poten- tially imposing severe restric- 6)$ " 6'3&A 9< tions on freedom of speech and opposition political activity in the former British colony that " )" # was handed over to Chinese $$"'8/8S ' 3&'C6& rule in 1997. China has denounced the offer of citi- 9 666 European officials feared that zenship as a violation of its sov- Washington (PTI): The US of like when you are going for Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday Sindh province reported the very future of the ereignty. unemployment rate fell to 13.3 an operation and if a person is registered a record spike of 33,536 infections, Punjab :. urope could have its free Schengen area was at threat “If they’ve broken the per cent on Friday, registering healthy. We were healthy. We 4,896 new coronavirus cases, 33,144, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Etravel zone up and running from the restrictions. These (Sino-British) Joint an increase of 2.5 million jobs, had the greatest economy in the taking the total tally to 89,249, 11,890, Balochistan 5,582, again by the end of the month, added to pressures already Declaration, if they’ve thrown leading President Donald world, we went in for an oper- even as Prime Minister Imran Islamabad 3,946, Gilgit- but travellers from further caused by the arrival in Europe it overboard, how can they then Trump to describe the numbers ation we closed our country Khan asserted that over Baltistan 852 and Pakistan- " afield will not be allowed in of well over 1 million migrants use the joint declaration as as an affirmation of the good down. We saved possibly 2 mil- 175,000 volunteers have helped occupied Kashmir 299. before July, European Union in 2015. “I personally believe though it stops us doing some- work his adminstration is lion, 2.5 million lives,” he said. to enforce the official guide- Addressing the Corona " Home Affairs Commissioner that we will return to a full thing that’s a sovereign right of doing. The unemployment rate “Now it could have been 1 lines to contain the spread of Relief Tiger Force via a special Ylva Johansson said Friday functioning of the Schengen ours?” said Patten, now chan- for April was 14.7 per cent, million lives I don’t think any- the deadly virus in the country. television briefing, Prime Islamabad: Cash-strapped after talks among the bloc’s area and freedom of move- cellor of the University of which was the highest since thing less than that. I think The Ministry of National Minister Khan said over Pakistan is expected to record interior ministers. ment of citizens no later than Oxford, in an online talk with 1948. With the addition of 2.5 everybody believes the least if Health Service said 68 coron- 175,000 members of the force around 3 million jobs loses Panicked by the coron- the end of the month of June,” reporters. million jobs, the monthly rate we went ‘herd’ (an societal avirus patients died in the last have helped to enforce the due to the coronavirus out- avirus outbreak in Italy in Johansson told reporters after The declaration is a bilat- dropped to 13.3 per cent for immunity concept to tackle the 24 hours, taking the death toll official guidelines to contain break, the finance ministry February, countries in the 26- the video-conference meet- eral treaty signed as part of the May. pandemic) as they say and if to 1,838. Friday was the third the spread of the coronavirus in told the country’s Senate on nation Schengen area — where ing. handover process. China has At a short-notice press you look at Brazil they’re hav- consecutive day when a record the country. A record one mil- Friday. people and goods move freely She said Europe’s Centre essentially declared it null and conference on Friday, Trump ing a very hard time,” he added. number of COVID-19 cases lion volunteers have registered In response to Senator without checks — imposed for Disease Prevention and void, while Britain says Beijing sounded upbeat, saying the Trump reiterated that were reported in Pakistan after for the force. “They have played Mushtaq Ahmed’s question on border restrictions without Control believes that confine- is reneging on its commit- latest jobs report was an incred- China should have done more the Eid holidays and easing of an important role after the estimated damage to the econ- consulting their neighbours to ment and other health mea- ments made in the document ible development. to stop the spread of the coro- lockdown restrictions at the lockdown was eased. More omy due to the pandemic, the try to keep the disease out. The sures are working. The center that was supposed to be remain “This is a very big day for navirus. He said the Chinese end of May. than 1,75,000 were active in finance ministry said the indus- moves caused traffic jams and says that more than 168,000 in effect until 2047. our country. It’s affirmation of government stopped the virus With 4,896 new infections, Ramadan who went to differ- trial sector is likely to lose 1 blocked medical equipment. people have been killed by the China shocked many of all of the work we have been from going outside Wuhan. the total coronavirus tally in ent mosques to ensure com- million jobs and the remaining Free movement is a jewel coronavirus in Europe, most- Hong Kong’s 7.5 million peo- doing really for 3 1/2 years,” “It didn’t go to Beijing, it Pakistan now stands at 89,249, pliance with the safety guide- 2 million will be lost in the ser- in Europe’s crown which helps ly in Britain, Italy, France and ple when it announced earlier Trump told reporters in White didn’t get to other parts of the health ministry said. lines,” he said. PTI vice sector. PTI business flourish, and many Spain. this month that it will enact a House’s the Rose Garden here. China then you say how come national security law for the The economy had lost 22.1 mil- it came out to Europe, to the city, which was promised a high lion jobs in March and April world, to the United States? So . # % C " level of autonomy outside of when most parts of the US it didn’t go to China. They *R !" foreign and defense affairs. were under lockdown due to stopped it cold. They knew it An earlier push to pass the coronavirus outbreak, was a problem but they didn’t ' " "" security legislation was shelved according to The Wall Street stop it cold from coming to the after massive Hong Kong street Journal. United States, Europe and the = 55: protests against it in 2003. In May, some businesses rest of the world. Somebody However, Beijing appeared to have reopened and rehiring of has to ask these questions and : face a higher risk of getting tancing is next to impossible in lose patience after months of workers has picked up, the we’ll get down to the answer,” infected, mainly because of such a situation,” he said. 9 sometimes violent anti-gov- daily reported. “The numbers he said. Beijing/Wuhan: Beijing on uthorities in Bangladesh overcrowding and poor con- Mohammed Rakib, 15, was ernment protests in Hong are great and this leads us Trump said the employ- Friday decided to lower its Ahave been releasing hun- ditions. accused of beating a man in witzerland says it plans to lift Kong last year that China said onto a long period of growth. ment rate rising was akin to a COVID-19 emergency dreds of children suspected of Bangladesh has a pro- Dhaka nearly two months ago. Srestrictions on travel from was an attempt to split the ter- We will have the greatest — we rocket ship’s journey — in response, marking the return of committing mostly petty tracted system of delivering A judge from a regular court European Union countries and ritory off from the rest of the will go back to having the terms of soaring high. normalcy in China’s capital crimes as they try to keep the justice, with some cases for denied him bail and he was Britain on June 15. country. greatest economy anywhere in “We have been talking following the coronavirus out- coronavirus from spreading in petty crimes taking years to eventually sent to an over- The Swiss government pre- Patten said the security the world nothing close and I about the ‘V’ (sign for victory). break, while the central city of overcrowded detention cen- conclude. According to crowded detention center just viously had announced that it legislation is unnecessary think we’re going to have a very This is better than the V. This Wuhan, the origin point of the ters, officials said Friday. UNICEF, some 23,000 cases outside Dhaka that UNICEF would completely reopen the because Hong Kong’s legal good upcoming few months,” is a rocket ship. This is far bet- pandemic, cleared all its con- The orders for their release involving children under 18 says houses nearly 700 chil- country’s borders with three of code already includes provi- he said. “I think you are going ter than a ‘V’. A ‘V’ is wonder- firmed cases. on bail came from virtual are currently pending with dren even though it has the its neighbours — Austria, sions to combat terrorism, to have a very good August, a ful. They were talking about, Wuhan recorded zero cases courts set up by the country’s courts across the country. capacity for about 300. Germany and France — in financial crimes and other very good July but a spectacu- will it be a ‘V’, or an ‘U’, or a ‘L’. of the virus following testing of Supreme Court with the help Saifur Rahman, a special Late last month he was mid-June. threats to security. lar — maybe spectacular — They had no idea. And I was 10 million people. of UNICEF, officials said. officer of the Supreme Court finally granted bail through the On Friday, a government “What Beijing wants is September. A spectacular watching one of the (news) Beijing city will lower its About 400 children have and additional district judge new virtual court. statement said “in view of the something which deals with October, November, December shows, and I have great respect emergency response to the been granted bail in recent who is involved with the “It feels great to be freed current epidemiological situa- those rather worrying is going to be one of the best for the people (journalists), novel coronavirus epidemic weeks and more than 300 of release program, said the pro- and get united with my par- tion” it can now expand that to Orwellian crimes like sedition, years we’ve ever had econom- and they said will it be 9 mil- from the second level to the them have already been reunit- gram was crucial as with inad- ents,” Rakib told The all countries in the EU and the whatever that may be,” Patten ically and if you look at the lion in job losses? Are they third level starting Saturday, a ed with their families, said equate staff and utilities in Associated Press on Friday. “I European Free Trade said. numbers they bear it out,” he going to report record numbers local official announced on Natalie McCauley, chief of detention centers, it was am very happy. I have suffered Association, as well as Britain. China may also be seeking said at the nearly one-hour- when we break 20 per cent?” Friday. child protection at UNICEF in extremely difficult to minimize in the jail a lot. That’s a bad Switzerland is not a grounds to disqualify opposi- long press meet during which the president said, recalling On May 17, the Beijing Bangladesh. She said the deci- the risk of infection from place.” The reunion was special member of the EU but is tion candidates from running no questions were taken from news coverage after the unem- Centre for Disease Prevention sion came as public health COVID-19. for Rakib and his family as part of Europe’s usually pass- in September’s election for the the media. ployment figures for April were and Control said it was not nec- experts said children living in “In all fairness, maintain- they were able to celebrate the port check-free Schengen local legislature by accusing “We were strong. It is sort published. essary to wear masks. PTI the country’s detention centers ing social and physical dis- end of Ramadan together. travel area. them of being disloyal, he said. '() * + 5 !"#$#$
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n a typical Sunday evening of known thespians and actors with format completely with select audi- 1990s in the then Calcutta, whom the youngsters would con- ence. Othe streets of Hatibagan were nect better. Do you think this will spilling with people and there was no help them know the Bengali the- How do you think theatre will be place to park the car. The reason was atre’s essence in a more nuanced able to fight the current pandem- not far to be sought. The seven the- way? ic because such places might be atre houses surrounding the street Well, I’d say, yes and no, both. shut for a long time? were holding their public pre- Heritage doesn’t require celebrity I sincerely pray and hope that mieres, the tickets of which sold endorsements. I had requested actor theatres open, maintaining the safe- out quickly. The auditoriums Neeraj Kabi to read from The ty protocol and the sanitisation. It’s were decorated with flower Firebird in the film because of his too early to say that the future garlands and some playhous- artistry and not just his stint in the belongs to the digital space com- es even distributed sweets. reel world. But yes, if today a mil- pletely. Yes, it can be explored as an Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee lennial watches the film and buys a interim option but how can one had gone to watch Bhaalo copy of the book after hearing experience the illusions of darkness Kharap Meye that starred Neeraj, no harm is done. and light on the stage on the inter- the much-acclaimed Another interesting aspect is net? The third bell pumps up an Aparna Sen in the lead. His that we have the legendary Soumitra actor’s adrenaline and the applause father, “a typical South Calcutta Chatterjee and theatre actress from a live audience is a moment man,” always found it difficult to Poulami Bose reading the play, that can never be replaced by 2,000 park his car in the rather congested Neelkantho, that ran to packed likes and 100 comments. theatre alley. His mother walked out houses in Rangmahal. of the car to speak to the box-office We also have Ratna Ghoshal Many world theatres have now person and she managed to get the reading from Nohobot, which ran brought the stage home for people tickets. “How did you do that?” for 1,600 nights in Tapan Theatre. through online shows. Do you asked Sujoy with a surprised She had essayed the central charac- think Broadway of Bengal might look. Well, she said, “Look, I am ter Keya, in the play, directed by the have the chance to revive itself dig- a North Calcutta-bred girl. I How did you conceptualise the What do you think was the cause veteran Satya Bandopadhyay. itally now? may not speak like your father film? of Broadway of Bengal’s decline I think today’s generation of The Broadway cannot be but I do carry an artsy smile!” My Montreal-based friends and how have you reflected that in young actors can also look forward enlivened digitally. One can talk The three burst into a hearty Abhishek Ghosh and Shyamosree your film? to thespian Bratya Basu, who has about it and even share videos of laugh and together walked Ghosh and I have been hugely The main cause of the decline done the prologue for the film. We legends. I would like to mention into the Biswarupa theatre. interested in cultural archiving and is the paradigm shift in the pattern have actually used a clipping from here that Theatre Sansriti, led by Cut to today, when one we have been thinking of many of entertainment. Going to the the- his popular play, Awddyo Shesh Debesh Chattopadhyay, is doing takes a walk through the area, ideas to approach this. atre for a Sunday matinee and Rajani, based on the life and times some phenomenal archive work by the erstwhile ‘Theatre Para’ or Meanwhile, I had also been catching the evening train back was of Ashim Chakraborty. His play, sharing documentaries on Bengali the ‘Broadway of Bengal,’ one reading The Firebird by Saikat an important practice for the audi- Barbodhu is a pivotal point in the theatre legends like Ramaprasad is only met by the dilapidated Majumdar and found it quite ence who lived in the hinterland. history of the Broadway of Bengal. Banik, Tripti Mitra, Utpal Dutta, abandoned playhouses that line the intriguing. The book, told through People were willing to pay to watch Daminee Benny Basu also sings the Asit Mukhopadhyay and the likes, streets of North Kolkata. From the the perspective of a 10-year-old boy a Sabitri Chatterjee or a Soumitra closing song from the play. who were essentially a part of the 1970s till the late 1990s, these theatres named Ori, looks at the heydays of Chatterjee play within the social dis- alternative theatre movement that were very popular. These cultural the commercial Bengali theatre and tance of the proscenium. The idiot Given today’s scenario, what do the intelligentsia adhered to. There’s spaces thrived on making a differ- its subsequent death. What’s inter- box or the television began show- you think is the future of theatres practically nothing on the ence, yet held on to a unique tradi- esting is that the narrative touches casing these actors with regular since social distancing and Broadway. tion. However, their decline came by upon the heritage through the eyes viewing in soaps and, of course, the self-quarantine are here to stay for soon. Actors would be greeted by of a boy whose mother was a part whole experience of going to a play- some time now? You had earlier mentioned that empty halls, producers started facing of it. I think this was primarily the house became secondary, gradual- I have been myself a part of an you have experienced a large part great losses, the funds saw crunch- muse of Spotlight, the docu-narra- ly. online play, Lockdown Diaries, of this Broadway and have a es, the TV era had hugely set in. tive that I have conceptualised. The crunch for funds became a directed by Souptic Chakraborty trove of memories. Could you Later, in early 2000s, while pertinent reason too. Theatre pro- and will soon be acting in its share some of your personal anec- Rangmahal (a theatre house in then What was the research work ducers never had an organised car- sequel called Unlockdown Diaries, dotes associated with the theatres Calcutta) was converted into a wed- involved? How long did it take for tel and what spelled the doom which will be streamed online on in Bengal? ding hall, mysterious fires gutted you to complete the film? finally was the rise of multiplexes. June 14. Oh yes! My maternal home halls like Star Theatre and consumed The research and the build-up I think the government also did The first edition turned out to was in the northern fringes of the remains of Biswarupa. Perhaps, has been done by a young theatri- nothing absolutely to preserve or be hugely successful and that’s why Calcutta, precisely Beadon Street. the fires, ironically, meant the decline cian, Rudrarup Mukhopadhyay. I, support this very important part of the sequel was planned. Yes, we This was very close to the theatre of this once-famed culture of the city. too, contribute often and it’s been a our cultural history. Can I say that have to think of digital productions district. I remember the huge cut- Sujoy’s docu-film Spotlight month that we are trying to collate theatre was also not a “social respon- keeping in mind the pandemic but outs of characters from plays like reflects on how moving from the big as much as we can. A very impor- sibility” for corporates? the struggle for the other people in Asleel, Bibor, Kone Bibhrat and stage to the little screen, it is now tant part of this research is the In the film, what we have theatre fraternity still remains many others right at the junction more important than ever to realise posters, advertisements, lobby cards reflected through the interview of unsorted. of the street. My maternal grand- the power of theatre and how it can of the plays, which have been pro- contemporary theatre practitioner Many light designers have mother had a deep interest in plays create a conduit for empathy, be vided by Sounak Chacraverti, an Sohag Sen, is the birth of an alter- resorted to selling vegetables and and she used to organise compli- nudged towards compassion for the acclaimed art curator and archivist. native theatre movement that drove casual workers are looking for alter- mentary passes for us to watch the downtrodden, and be constituted as I am also speaking to a lot of the audience to the Academy of Fine native professions to earn their premieres. a community of support. insiders and audience for the Arts. livelihood. The future looks bleak (The film will release on Youtube EXCERPTS: documentation. The documentary features many unless we move into the intimate by the channel, GhoshCompany.)
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true revival means nothing less than a revolution,” Andrew AMurray once said. We are known for our rich heritage / ++ 4 / and culture. Handmade art and craft is intrinsic to these. But overtime, some of our unsung, hidden treasures such as dabu printing and indigo dyeing, are fad- " $35)3 ! ing. They need slight propelling to come out in open and make their place. Artist, poet and filmmaker, Sangeeta Gupta, ! ""!" ! " explores both the techniques to create a massive 606 feet painting bathed in !2" " " A*3& 1 1 Indigo — Adiyogi Shiva: A journey in Cosmic Indigo, as she believes we have to viable venture for farmers, dyers and hood. My grandfather had a great influ- return to the basics if we want to survive craftsmen. ence on my spiritual upbringing. Kashmir peacefully. reiterated my faith in the universal prin- How was it possible to create a 606 ciple of Shivohum, while I was posted How did you conceptualise the idea? feet masterpiece joining 71 khaddar there for two years. I realised that the I wanted to create a positive impact paintings in mere eight days? whole universe is Shiv, there is no begin- about sustainable living, clothing, textile We are on this planet to experience ning, no end. I believe in oneness of the art and our age old natural dyes and life in its entirety. Each one of us has our whole, Ekam. colours, especially, indigo. During a own share of struggles and challenges and When an artist is at peace with her- visit to Jaipur in December last year, I had it wasn’t different for me. But I faced it self, subject and medium merge. If you an opportunity to visit Ratelia Village in with grit and determination. are experiencing love, compassion and Sanganer, where I painted a fabric with I was secretive about the whole bliss, the medium doesn’t bothers you. If natural indigo. It was exciting. Since then, process as it was pretty much about my you are connected with the universe, I have been conceptualising this paint- endurance too. It was a challenge to my every thing unfolds before you. I just had ing. I had made all related sketches in physical limitations because I had met to train my hands a bit to use dabu as a great detail before executing this project. with an accident in March last year when medium on fabric. When artists work I am an abstract artist and Shiv is pure I smashed my right wrist. Though, I they are in solitude, preoccupied with abstraction. Therefore, I decided to work could paint and do all that was required their creativity. on the, Aadiyogi Shiv, who combines the but making a 100 metre painting at a masculine and feminine energies with- stretch was my ultimate test. I was not There is a growing concern that our in himself as he is the Ardhnarishwar, competing with anyone or for any world ancient crafts are dying. What has (half-male and half-female) which I find record but was challenging myself to been your experience? unique and appealing as a woman and an explore the physical and mental bound- Yes, it is a serious concern. Artisans artist. aries that I had. and craftsmen need not only the support It seemed that Shiv and the whole of the government but people too. Their What went into its making? universe was on my side because to my creative ventures need to become com- The theme of the painting is Shiv, as surprise I found that I intended to paint mercially viable. This is one of the rea- I am drawn towards Mahamrityunjaya 100 metres but went on to finish 185 sons why I took it upon myself to revive Mantra and Nirvana Shatkum composed metres. That just happened by accident. the age old techniques by making it con- by Aadi Shankaracharya. The text is I kept on asking my workers about the temporary and innovative. painted in natural indigo and the 200 measurements of the fabric. The same metres, of hand spun khaddar is paint- day I checked the world records and was Since there will be a rise in Indian ed with dabu, traditionally used by block amused to realise that I had created a new brands in the post-pandemic world, do printers of Rajasthan. After painting it one by making the longest painting. That you think it will bring out more age-old with dabu, it was sun-dried. Post that it is the power of one’s spirit. techniques? was soaked in drums of indigo dye and Yes, hopefully it should, provided, we then washed and dried again. The painting depicts the various make all the right moves and sincerely I completed 185 metres in nine days aspects of Shiv Shakti in a nuanced way. work for it. It will be a great revival of our at Sanganer and then had to return to Did you do any research for it? rich heritage and the restoration of our Delhi in March because Coronavirus had I have always been a spiritually creative labour too. Handmade art and started spreading in areas close to Jaipur. inclined person but with maturity, my craft is so intrinsic to our culture and I will get this registered for a world interest in the eternal cosmic entity — abundantly available in our country. record. Though it was not a conscious my lifeline. Both bring pure joy to me. We have to return to the basics if we malist painting through organic ways to Shiv — became deeper. He is The intent to promote it in a big way has decision when I started. It happened want to survive in peace. Handmade fab- promote sustainable living and natural omnipresent, both inside and outside us. been lacking so far. However, I am opti- while I was in the process of executing What does A Journey in Cosmic Indigo ric, natural colour and dye are environ- indigo as this aims at its revival. I want We are all connected and originate from mistic and enthusiastic about it and shall it on account of my passion for sustain- signify? Did you blend the native ment-friendly and chemical-free. I have to encourage this cash crop as a mass one source, god. do what I can for its survival and revival, able development. Art and literature are Indigo with some modern techniques? created this abstract, conceptual, mini- movement to make it a commercially It all started during my early child- both. " everal series on Natural History have Sshown us the world the way that we Can you tell us more about cas- could’ve never imagine. While these % " sowaries? " moments captured on camera take us on The cassowary is Australia’s ostrich. a roller-coaster of emotions, the biggest It’s the world’s deadliest bird and it lives question that perplexes everyone is, 2 1&$(,& $0 !) !)( #&!'!) 1 $( $0 in the deep jungle in the north of “How did they even shoot that?” The lat- Australia, which is the oldest jungle on est anthology, Stories Behind Stories, cov- // '!8$&!# $) #2 & !&,2 !)( 1&1!&!#$) earth. 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You batting for preserving the resource at a time Worlds, One Planet, Dynasties, The Hunt, wouldn’t accidentally walk up to a lion but when water scarcity is plaguing people across Planet Earth II, uncovering the action on you might accidentally walk up to cas- the globe. the other side of the camera, the dedicat- sowary. The females stand about six feet The actor ed crew who risk their life while filming, tall, the males more like five feet. But they has come for- the kind of research and preparation that rear up above head height and they have ward to support goes into capturing every small shot, the claws on their feet that are longer than actress Bhumi life-risking challenges they face, the cut- velociraptor’s. They can run upto 30 mph, Pednekar’s ini- ting-edge technology that’s developed, jump five feet in the air and can swim too. tiative Climate especially for the shows and even the fun So if you surprise them, you’re done for. Warrior that is anecdotes. That’s why they’re the world’s deadliest trying to raise bird. Two of our Australian cameramen awareness on Why did you choose Asia for shooting? staked out the forest for a long time until several impor- It is the largest continent on earth, we worked out where this male cassowary tant issues covering one third of the world’s surface. was going to be. We had to put out cam- plaguing our cli- It presents a lovely but massive challenge era traps and do our own fieldwork, but mate through a when it comes to finding stories. Right was recorded at a zoo in America. There’s we managed to film this male looking after campaign called from the jungles of Indonesia to the high What did you find out about the almost nothing known about why they do his chicks in this forest. I’ve wanted to film One Wish For Arctic in Russia, you’ve got absolutely Sumatran Rhino Serenade? it or the meaning of their vocalisations, them for several years and that forest is The Earth. everything to choose from. What we For me, the most important thing other than that the females and the males just quite a magical place for me. The audi- Bhumi’s cam- wanted to focus on was how the animals about making these films is where you see use the song as part of their way of meet- ence would be literally looking at what paign will see coped with living in such vast landscapes. something in the natural world, and you ing up. So I wasn’t sure what we were dinosaurs would have seen. Bollywood’s Asia’s geological history is also a key part just can’t believe it’s true. That’s where the going to experience when we went in the thought leaders of the story. Around 30 million years ago, joy comes from. One real highlight was field but almost as soon as we got there, How did drone technology help you come forward to India crashed into the rest of Asia, form- our story about the Sumatran Rhino. The we could hear the female singing. It was make Seven Worlds, One Planet? discuss climate justice. The platform will see the ing the Himalayas which changed the jungles of Indonesia are rich and dense, quite loud. On Planet Earth II, we were using stars urge citizens to take climate change seri- landscape entirely. As a result, Asia, which means the animals there have a real drones, but even three or four years ago, ously and, along with them, also do their bit to today, is a world of extremes. It has the problem finding each other. I’ve been to What do you have to say about they were quite heavy-duty things. Now protect the planet. hottest deserts, the highest mountains and lots of jungles before, but here, while I was Australia? the technology is so much better that we’re “These are exceptional times that we have all of it stems from its geology. We made from. Actually, Yeti is a golden, snub- looking at the way animals talk to each Australia’s story across time is that it able to use the drones with almost all of seen in the last few months. It’s time to wake a real effort to look at those different envi- nosed monkey. They’re absolutely incred- other, I came across this sound, which used to be attached to Antarctica. Then the animals that we’ve filmed. It can make up, take notice and participate,” he says, adding, ronments and most importantly, to find ible because they walk upright like we do sounded like a whale. I played it to the it split from Antarctica and it has been a big difference in the behaviour you can “This environment day my one wish for the stories that have never been done before. and the males have got ginormous feet. team and made everyone guess what it moving north. When it split, a raft of ani- see. In the Australia episode, for example, earth is or rather request for all of us to use water In addition, we wanted to show the impact They like little people and they’ve got phe- was. Nobody guessed it correctly. It mals — marsupials, reptiles, birds — were we filmed a shark aggregation which only wisely. It is a scarce resource and right now we that people are having on the environment nomenal colours on them. The monkeys turned out to be a Sumatran Rhino. We separated off and marooned. As a result, happens every 15 years. It’s sharks on a bait are even more dependent on it to wash our and the wildlife living there today because are a little bit of a holy grail for sir David. filmed them mostly because of their way most of the animals in Australia are found ball off the West coast of Australia on hands at regular intervals to battle this pandem- that are a really important part of every It’s something that he had heard described of communicating but also because they nowhere else. It’s a continent of weirdos, Ingle, and if you were filming that from ic.” continent’s story. in scientific papers in the early 60s but has are one of the rarest species on earth. The beautiful animals, things you haven’t the sea on about, you would just see a hell He asks citizens to be conscious that they never had the opportunity to see. So it was rhino we filmed was born in 2000. They seen in other places. What I loved at the of a lot of splashing around and some fins. need to preserve water because it impacts many. What was it like filming the golden really cool to be able to come back and used to be widespread across Southern beginning of this process is you ask a lot Get a drone up in the air and suddenly He urges for unity in protecting people’s right snub-nosed monkeys in central China? show him that footage because he was just Asia and now, there are only 300 left. The of people what lives in Australia and they’ll you can see the shark’s tactics, what they for water. The star says, “In the endeavour to The high mountain ranges in central blown away by how they looked and sur- upper estimate is 70. The lower estimate say kangaroos and koalas... and then they are doing and not just that, you can see keep ourselves safe, we should not forget China are remote and have been largely vived. They have these big, shaggy coats is 30. The decline in the number is a com- get stuck. Yet there’s this amazing array of the bait ball at one point got up to some- about the bigger goal. We need to use water inaccessible to film crews. Yet for hun- and cuddle to stay warm. The families are bination of poaching and loss of habitat animals that have been stranded there for thing like 15 kilometres. We have shots of wisely so that our future generations have it dreds of years, stories of the ‘Abominable bonded and reliant on each other as with- to timber and palm oil production. millions and millions of years. Australia thousands of sharks all at once coming enough and more. It’s my humble request to all Snowman’ have emanated from this out somebody to cuddle, the babies We filmed them in a protected area, over time has been getting hotter and hot- together. For me, that’s the magic of of you to become climate warriors and work region. This is where the story of the Yeti would die very quickly in the winter there. which is the only place you can possibly ter. When it separated from Antarctica, drones. towards a clean and a green future.” (strange, scary-looking people that They were a joy to be able to film and a see them. All I had heard of the singing it was basically all forest. Now it’s almost (Tune in to Stories Behind Stories on nobody knew anything about) comes joy to be able to show David. rhino was an old bit of sound footage that all desert. That’s quite a story to tell in itself. June 8 at 9 pm on Sony BBC Earth.) !"#$#$ 5
6 B9,22 ' ! ! remier League leaders Liverpool could claim a - 6 92 essary risks with just eight Pfirst title for 30 years at days remaining before Barca Anfield after the ionel Messi has sustained a finally get back initial batch of fix- L“minor” thigh injury, but to playing match- tures of the restart Barcelona remain confident es,” a club state- was announced on he will be fit for the team’s first ment read. Friday. game back against Mallorca on “He should Jurgen Klopp’s June 13, the club said on be able to rejoin men, with a com- Friday. his team-mates in manding 25-point Messi has not trained with a few days’ time.” lead at the top of the rest of the squad since Messi has endured an the table, were just Tuesday after working sepa- injury-interrupted season. The two wins away from clinching rately in the gym on both 32-year-old was out for six the title before coronavirus Wednesday and Friday, while weeks between August and forced the suspension of foot- on Thursday all the players September with a calf injury ball in March. 6 22 were given the day off. and then at the end of Liverpool’s first match back Barcelona said Messi September missed another is against Everton on June 21. helsea are closing in on a should return to training “in a week with a problem in his left The Merseyside derby is due to Cdeal to sign striker Timo few days’ time”, but his absence thigh. take place at Goodison Park, Werner from RB Leipzig, raises doubts over his fitness Barca added the team will less than a mile from Anfield, British media reported on ahead of the trip to Mallorca. three-month break due to the train on the pitch at Camp Nou but a venue has not been con- Thursday. Like all La Liga teams, coronavirus pandemic. on Saturday as coach Quique firmed by the Premier League. The 24-year-old had been Barca will have had only 10 “Leo Messi has a minor Setien “works to get his play- Crystal Palace will then thought to to be attracting days to train together when right quadriceps injury and ers ready for the return to foot- visit Anfield three days later. interest from Premier League competitive matches resume trained in isolation, doing spe- ball, but with games being Wins in both of those champions-elect Liverpool but on June 11, following the cific exercises to avoid unnec- played behind closed doors”. matches would guarantee Sheffield United in the first it appears Chelsea have in fact Liverpool’s first English top- match of Project Restart, fol- met the German’s reported flight title since 1990. lowed by Arsenal’s trip to City release clause of some £53 But if Manchester City lose on June 17. million ($67 million). at home to Arsenal on June 17, Manchester United’s visit to Were Chelsea to bring the Reds would be champions Tottenham will spearhead the Werner to Stamford Bridge it if they beat Everton. first full round of matches would be a major feather in the 62) Liverpool City Council’s spread over four days from cap of the west London club. 0>> safety advisory group will meet June 19 to 22. For the past year there has World number one next week to make a decision Premier League chief exec- been speculation linking Ashleigh Barty voiced caution - 45 Leander Paes is on whether the game can go , "$ utive Richard Masters said: Werner with a move to Anfield on Friday about resuming ten- just three shy of completing a ahead at Goodison or should “We know it won’t be the same but time appears to be running nis too soon, saying she needed century of Grand Slam appear- be moved to a neutral venue. " " without our loyal supporters in out for the Reds, with the for- more information before com- ances but is now unsure whether All remaining 92 Premier stadiums but, together with our ward’s release clause expiring mitting to the US Open in uncertainty caused by Covid-19 League games this season will The only other match that turn up outside Anfield” on the broadcast partners, we are able on June 15 — two days before August.The Australian, who pandemic will allow him to be played behind closed doors, could be moved to a neutral day Liverpool’s long wait for a to ensure fans can watch or lis- the Premier League is set to surged to the top of the rankings complete the coveted milestone but there are fears that hosting venue from the first three league title was ended. ten to each match live from restart. last year and has stayed there or for that matter compete at the the game in Liverpool could rounds of fixtures is Liverpool’s That has been disputed by home.” The Germany internation- since, said it was not just her but next year’s Tokyo Olympics. encourage supporters to con- visit to City on July 2. the club, who said they have “I am delighted we are al has scored 31 goals for her entire team she must consid- Paes had announced that gregate around stadiums. The mayor of Liverpool, engaged with supporters’ able to take another positive Leipzig in all competitions. er in the wake of the coronavirus 2020 would be his last season as Palace’s trip to Anfield will Joe Anderson, voiced fears that groups to make sure social-dis- step towards the season return- Chelsea have already pandemic.“It’s exciting that ten- a professional player but his plan kick off at 2015 local time (1915 “there would be many thou- tancing guidelines are followed. ing in just under two weeks’ agreed a deal to sign Ajax nis is being talked about again to bid adieu on a high with a GMT). sands of people who would Aston Villa will host time,” he added. winger Hakim Ziyech. and things are moving in the record eight appearance at the right direction for us to start Olympics, was stalled by the competing,” she told the Sydney pandemic, which has wrecked Further talking about his * @C+: Morning Herald.“But I’d need to the sporting calender. plans, Paes said there one piece ?>?? -' P -" understand all of the informa- “Olympics is still far away. is statistics he would like to get. tion and advice from the WTA As of now, I find it difficult to “I have played 97 Grand Italian football will not yet officially released the and the USTA before making a believe that sports will start by Slams so far and if I play 3 more, resume with the second legs of schedule, Juventus is expected decision on the US events.”Barty July or August. Would it start it will be 100 so that moves me. 66 % the Italian Cup semifi- to host AC Milan on said she is concerned about October or November, who Also getting to the eighth he Asian Football nals on June 12 and 13. June 12 followed by travel exemptions for her sup- knows. But my team and I are Olympics to make sure India is TConfederation has awarded 2 ! " Sports Minister Napoli vs Inter Milan a port staff. While players could be very well prepared that when the forever on the top as the most the hosting rights of the 2022 Vincenzo Spadafora day later. exempt from a 14-day quaran- lockdown opens up, we will number of Olympics played by Women’s Asian Cup to India for - The All India able to purchase the invitation announced on Thursday Juventus and Milan tine period, it remains unclear revaluate then and look at One a tennis player. That is the the first time since 1979. Football Federation (AIFF) on to tender from the Football that the competition can drew 1-1 in the first leg whether that also applies to Last Roar as season whether we benchmark I would like to push. In a letter to the All India Friday invited bids for new House in Delhi between June resume one day earlier while Napoli beat Inter 1- their teams. “It’s not just me, it’s should look at 2021 or not,” Paes But even if I don’t get there, still Football Federation, Dato clubs who would take part in 10 and June 20 upon payment than previously scheduled. 0. The final is scheduled for my team I have to consider,” she told table tennis player Mudit I’m happy with what I’ve done Windsor John, General the Hero I-League from 2020- of 4 lakh. While league officials had June 17. said. AFP Dani on his chat show Sportlight. and the career I have,” he said. Secretary, AFC wrote: “The 21. The previous season of the Committee awarded the hosting The bids have been invited I-League saw 11 clubs, includ- rights of the AFC Women’s from non-Hero I-League cities ing AIFF’s developmental out- "$ N" ($ Asian Cup 2022 Finals to the All and includes names of several fit Indian Arrows, take part in O"-3F ! - % India Football Federation.” cities like New Delhi, Ranchi, the competition. The tournament will likely Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bhopal, However, champions be held in the second half of the Lucknow and Ahmedabad, Mohun Bagan are set to merge : 9 : 9 and a list is being finalised but before year. In the 1979 edition, India amongst others, according to an with ATK and will play in the it is announced the board wants to cre- had finished as runners-up. AIFF media release. Indian Super League (ISL) next akistan pace legend he Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ate a proper bio-secure environment at “I need to thank the Asian Prospective owners will be season. PTI PWasim Akram cannot Twill seek Government clearance the high performance centre so that Football Confederation for find- visualise a T20 World Cup before setting up a training camp for its everyone is safe from Covid-19,” the ing us suitable to host the AFC cerned,” he added. Women’s World Cup. happening behind closed players to prepare for the tour of official said. Women’s Asian Cup in 2022,” The tournament will feature The tournament comes as doors and believes the ICC should wait England in July amid the rising threat The players and officials, once AIFF President, Praful Patel 12 teams, expanded from the the latest boost to AIFF as India for a “suitable time” to host the big-tick- of the Covid-19 pandemic. they move into the high performance said. “The tournament will gal- previous slot of eight teams. are slated to host the FIFA U-17 et event after the Covid-19 pandemic Top PCB officials are busy formu- centre, will not be allowed to go out or vanise the aspiring women play- India qualify directly as Women’s World Cup next year. subsides. lating a plan to make the training camp meet anyone including their family ers and bring in a holistic social hosts. The event will also serve India had also hosted the “Personally, I don’t think it’s a good possible at a time when the cases and members because of the bio-security revolution as far as women’s as the final qualification tourna- AFC U-16 C’ships in 2016 and idea. I mean, how could you have a crick- deaths from Covid-19 are on the rise measures. football in the country is con- ment for the 2023 FIFA the FIFA U-17 WC in 2017. et World Cup without spectators,” Akram in Pakistan. A reliable source in the board said told The News on Thursday. “Different plans are being looked at some players had told Misbah that they “A World Cup is all about big but the most important thing is that the would prefer to have a short training crowds, spectators coming from all board will have to get the final nod from camp in Lahore. 6 N O parts of the globe to support their the Government before it goes ahead “Some players are reluctant to stay teams. It’s all about atmosphere and you with the tour to England or even the away for a three-week period in Lahore F,$! cannot get it behind closed doors,” he training camp,” an official in the board and then again for more than two said. said. months in the UK,” the source said. ;2 6 94 “So I believe that they (ICC) should The High Performance Centre in The board has said that it has left wait for a more suitable time and once Lahore where the board is planning to problem for the officials. it on the players to decide whether they outh Africa cricketer Andile Phehlukwayo this pandemic subsides and restrictions keep the players and officials does not “Head coach and chief selector, want to tour England or not and if any- Sbelieves Proteas aren’t too far away from are eased then we can have a proper have the capacity to house 20 players Misbah-ul-Haq understandably wants one makes himself unavailable, there ending their World Cup drought despite their World Cup,” he said. at one time and this is causing a big at least 25 players in the training camp will not be any disciplinary action. woeful performance in the showpiece event in England and Wales last year. South Africa managed to win just three matches out of nine and crashed out in the &) 1,#) & C Q league stage itself with just seven points. Phehlukwayo, who was part of the South Africa World Cup squad in 2019, feels the P #00 # #Q !!) # % R younger generation is hungry to perform on the biggest stage and that might turn their for- England is brac- had handed Joe Root’s men the game was offered to him. tunes around at the multi-national ICC events ing up for a “stiff test” in the a 2-1 defeat when England “Secondly, they were pre- in the future. three-match series against travelled to the Caribbeans pared to spend BDT (Bangaldesh “I really believe it will happen. Maybe it the West Indies next last year. “The last time we Taka) 2 crore for that match. From didn’t look like it at the 2019 World Cup, month, according to open- played each other, they an ethical point of view it is not where we really didn’t look after situations that er Rory Burns who is wary won, so they’re no slouch- right considering our first-class 8 # on normal occasions we would take care of, of the visiting team’s potent es certainly,” Burns said. cricket players are not getting paid but if you look at the current generation, it’s pace attack. “Their bowling attack enough,” he added. a lot of new players who are really hungry to 3" * “They’ve got a lot caused us a lot of problems. The 36-year-old, one of the . " perform,” Phehlukwayo was quoted as say- 3" -" of good cricketers They’re very skilful; they’ve most popular captains in ing by ESPNCricinfo. M" N" " 5 there and it’s going to got some pace. I remember Bangladesh cricket history, had a Tokyo will scrap events mark- “Even in our current rebuilding phase, we " # be a stiff test no mat- walking around on the horrible 2019 World Cup where ing a year to go until the postponed have managed to beat strong teams who 2 3" * " ter who comes,” pitch of the first Test he got only one wicket in the 2020 Olympic Games, organisers said already have their formula set. It’s all about - " " 5 Burns said on and seeing their entire tournament. on Friday, citing the “current econom- the mindset. Our brand is work in progress = B the Sky Sports bowlers going Recently coach Russell ic situation” caused by the coronavirus but we all know where we want to be. We are ' -" " podcast The and thought, Domingo had said that Mortaza pandemic. fully committed.” 58 C>,./DE8?> ,>8 Cricket Show. ‘this is going to be is not in his plans going forward. The Games have been pushed The 24-year considers himself to be an M N 5 West Indies quite tasty!’. PTI “All of a sudden there was this back until July 23, 2021 because of the all-rounder, despite him doing rush to push me (out). All I know disease outbreak, though it remains better with the ball in recent is that I have given my life to crick- unclear whether even that delay will times. In 58 ODIs, he has Former Bangladesh cap- et even though I was torn apart be sufficient. managed to score just 563 " * tain Mashrafe Mortaza has and bleeding inside,” Mortaza Last year, the city and organisers runs while he has scalped accused the country’s cricket said. held a series of events to mark the one- 69 wickets. In 27 T20Is, he 9 The International Cricket The England team that won the humour in the situation we were in board of trying push him into “I have played cricket by giv- year countdown, including unveiling has scored just 92 runs but Council on Friday said “cricket is ODI World Cup had an Irishman at times was pretty cool,” Morgan retirement after a couple of under- ing my life and maybe I could not the newly designed medals. picked 35 wickets. nothing without diversity” as racism captain (Eoin Morgan) at the helm. had said back then, referring to the whelming series, claiming that he become such a great player. But at But given the global crisis, organ- “I believe I’m a remained a topic of global debate The best performer was a New Super Over bowled by Archer. was even offered a farewell match. least I expect some kind of isers ruled out a similar celebration. genuine all- following the death of African- Zealand born all-rounder (Ben World’s leading cricketers Mortaza said he has been left respect.” “In view of the current econom- rounder because I American George Floyd in Stokes), spinners were of Pakistani including West Indians Chris Gayle hurt by the “lack of respect” He didn’t want to divulge the ic situation, Tokyo 2020 will not be can win games Minneapolis. origin (Moeen Ali & Adil Rashid) and two-time World T20 winning towards his achievements. details but Mortaza admitted that holding any events to mark the new with bat or ball, The ICC on Friday posted and the innings got a headstart from skipper Darren Sammy have spoken “Honestly speaking, it seemed he thought of hanging up his one year to go milestone for the but I understand a 90-second video clip of the an opener of South African heritage about racism in the game. that there was a rush to bid me boots after Bangladesh’s last World Games,” the organisers said. that those argu- final moments of England’s (Jason Roy). Sammy had even urged the ICC farewell and it was certainly hurt- Cup game against Pakistan at the “But we will consider what we can ments about 2019 World Cup victory with In fact, Morgan after World Cup to come out in support of the black ing,” Mortaza told Cricbuzz. Lord’s. do to show our solidarity with the peo- the kind of Barbados-born Jofra Archer triumph spoke about how the team cricketers. “Right now, if the crick- “Firstly, they had to arrange “I wanted to retire after the ple.” player some- bowling the thrilling Super found unity in diversity which et world not standing against the a match to bid me farewell and it last game in the World Cup but The confirmation came after one is would Over against New Zealand. became the secret of its success. injustice against people of color after was not a normal match — a nor- it did not happen. I don’t want to reports in the Japanese media that look at the “Without diversity, cricket “It actually epitomises our team. seeing that last video of that foot mal bilateral series is something go into the details of why I didn’t organisers would scrap the event, stats,” is nothing. Without diversity, you Quite diverse backgrounds and cul- down the next of my brother you are and arranging a special match in do it there but I had put forward fearing it was inappropriate given the Phehlukwayo don’t get the full picture,” read tures and guys grow up in different also part of the problem,” Sammy a hurry is something else,” he said my intention (of retiring) in global pandemic and the ongoing risk said. ICC’s message on Twitter. countries and to actually find had said on Tuesday. PTI without divulging when exactly England.” PTI of infection inside Japan. PTI