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As many as 27 elections for the BJP next year, licit Trafficking said that drugs bring with ment. Sharing an old #MannKiBaat epi- probables, including heavy- BJP UP chief Swatantra Dev it darkness, destruction and devastation sode which contained many aspects of weights Jyotiraditya Scindia, Singh, a certainty; Pankaj and we should save lives and realize the overcoming the drugs menace." he added. Sushil Modi, Sarbananda Chaudhary, MP from vision of Drug free India. While Government agencies like NCB Sonowal, Narayan Rane and Maharajganj, Varun Gandhi, and In his message Prime Minister Modi is on toes to detect and stop the drug Bhupender Yadav could be part alliance partner, Anupriya Patel said, "Today, on International Day against racket in the country, the agency on of the massive reshuffle of the are among the probables. Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, I laud Thursday busted an international drug Union Cabinet reportedly immi- MP Anil Jain, all those working at the grassroots to smuggling racket with the arrest of a nent. MPs, eliminate the menace of drugs from our wanted drug smuggler linked to a Paki- The new ministers in the and former ; society. Every such effort to #SaveLives is stan Lahore-based operative in connec- Narendra Modi government, former Railway Minister from vital. After all, drugs bring with it dark- tion with the recovery of 56 kg of heroin who are likely to be sworn in Bengal Dinesh Trivedi are also ness, destruction and devastation." from the India-Pakistan border in include former Congress heavy- on the list. Jain is also President "Let us reiterate our commitment to . weight from Madhya Pradesh, of the All India Tennis Associa- Scindia, who is now in the BJP; tion. former Bihar Deputy Chief Min- There is a sizeable contin- ister Sushil Modi; senior BJP or- gent from Rajasthan, including Indian Air Force chief in Dhaka ganisational heavyweights party former Union Minister in Modi general secretary, Bhupender government P.P. Choudhry, Karnataka may well be rep- due to untimely deaths like Ram OUR CORRESPONDENT tries, officials said. The Indian He will also be visiting ma- Staff, Indian Air Force, has been Yadav from Rajasthan and youngest MP from Rajasthan resented by Rajya Sabha MP Vilas Paswan and Suresh Angadi DHAKA, JUNE26 Air chief is visiting Bangladesh jor BAF air bases across Bangla- invited as the Chief Guest of the , from hailing from Churu, Rahul . Gujarat and exits of Akali Dal and Shiv Indian Air Chief Marshal Rakesh at the invitation from the chief desh during the course of his Commissioning Ceremony on the Madhya Pradesh, who was in Kaswan and Sikar MP BJP President C.R. Patil is mov- Sena. Many ministers are sad- Kumar Singh Bhadauria arrived of Air Staff, Bangladesh Air visit. The Indian Air Force chief occasion of President Parade- charge of the BJP campaign in Sumedhanand Saraswati. ing to the government along with dled with multiple portfolios due in Dhaka on Saturday on a three- Force. would also be paying tribute to 2021 at Bangladesh Air Force West Bengal. BJP spokesperson The lone entrant from Delhi Ahmedabad West MP Kirit Solaki. the deaths and exits. Upcoming day visit. The Indian Air Force chief is the members of the Bangladesh Academy (BAFA), Jessore. and minority face Syed Zafar Is- will be New Delhi MP Meenakshi From Haryana, Sirsa MP elections in UP are a factor in The visit of the Indian Air scheduled to pay courtesy calls Armed Forces, who made the su- This is the first time that an lam is also tipped for a central Lekhi. Sunita Duggal, a former Income the reshuffle and also the need Force chief during the Golden to all senior officers of the Bang- preme sacrifices during the Lib- Indian Air chief would have the government role. Amid the significant churn in Tax officer is also among the to add some heft to government Also on the master list are Bihar, Pasupati Paras who re- probables. Ladakh MP Jamyang with the entry of Bhupender Jubilee of Bangladesh’s inde- ladesh Armed Forces and will eration War of 1971, by laying distinct honour of reviewing the former Assam CM Sarbananda belled against Chirag Paswan is Tsering Namgyal who impressed Yadav, a strong organisational pendence will further meet other senior officers from wreath at the altar of Shikha Parade of BAFA, which goes on Sonowal and former likely getting a central berth with his Parliament speech is also face. Since PM Modi came "strengthen the close and frater- the Bangladesh Air Force, said Anirban at Dhaka Cantonment. to show the strong commitment Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane, from LJP, as are JDU nomina- being considered. back to power in 2019, this nal ties" existing between the the Indian High Commission in A major highlight of his cur- and trust the two Air Forces have besides, Maharashtra Beed MP tions R.C.P. Singh and Santosh The reshuffle is being neces- will be the first such reshuffle Armed Forces of the two coun- Dhaka. rent visit is that, the chief of Air towards each other. Pritam Munde and Gopinath Kumar. sitated by some vacancies caused cum expansion. India, US hold joint exercises to It's simple, we are with build 'high-calibre integration' farmers: Rahul Gandhi NEW YORK, JUNE 26 that, the US Navy held a separate of seas and commitment to an maritime patrol aircraft P8I, and val exercise this year as strategic national capital, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi The Indian Navy and Air Force exercise in the region with Sri open, inclusive Indo-Pacific and Seaking 42B and Kamov AEW cooperation flourishes between on Saturday came out in their support saying we deployed their arsenal of both Lanka and Japan, PACOM said. a rules-based international or- helicopters from the Navy, and the two countries. US Navy's USS are with the "farmers". Russian and Western-made air- The India-US exercises that der," the ministry said. Jaguars and Su 30 MKI fighters, Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi said, "It's craft during the joint exercises "reinforced the converging mari- Echoing the sentiment, airborne early warning and con- Group had held exercises with the simple - We are with Satyagrahi Annadata (farm- centred around the aircraft car- time interests" of the US and In- PACOM said, "Integration of In- trol aircraft, and air-to-air Indian Navy and Air Force in the ers)." The Congress MP from Kerala's rier USS Ronald Reagan in the dia followed last month's meet- dian forces sharpen the regional refueller aircraft from the Air Eastern Indian Ocean Region in Wayanad tweeted with the hashtag Indian Ocean to 'build on the ing between US Defense Secre- maritime security construct to Force were deployed in the ex- March. It followed Austin's visit #Farmersprotest. On the completion of seven high-calibre integration' be- tary Lloyd Austin and Indian Ex- uphold a rules-based maritime ercise. The Ronald Reagan Car- to India, the first cabinet-level trip months of their protest at several points on the tween the two nations, accord- ternal Affairs Minister S. order in the Indian Ocean Re- rier Strike Group known as CSG in Biden's administration. borders of the national capital, the farmers un- ing to the US Indo-Pacific Com- Jaishankar at the Pentagon dur- gion." The Indian Defence Min- 5 that participated in the exer- The US Navy also held an ex- der the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) mand (PACOM). ing India's first cabinet-level visit istry said the exercises included cise deployed the US guided-mis- ercise with Sri Lanka with the are oberving 'Kheti Bachao, Loktantra Bachao "Our nations share a com- to Washington after President Joe "intense air dominance exer- sile cruiser USS Shiloh and participation of Japan "focused on Diwas". mon interest in a secure Indo- Biden took office, the PACOM cises, advanced air defence ex- guided-missile destroyer USS building interoperability and Farmers will also visit the Raj Bhavan (the Gov- Pacific," Rear Admiral Will said. ercises, anti-submarine exer- Halsey, as well as aircraft from strengthening relationships", ernor House) in several states. The farmers from Pennington said. The Indian Defence Ministry cises, tactical manoeuvres and its Carrier Air Wing, according PACOM said. NEW DELHI, JUNE 26 Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh have "Working collectively with said on Friday, "The exercise has cross-deck helicopter opera- to PACOM. The Defence Minis- The 27th annual Cooperation As the farmers are intensifying their protest over been protesting demanding the withdrawal of like-minded nations to provide been a key enabler in building tions". try, detailing the US aircraft in the Afloat Readiness and Training the three farm laws on the completion of seven three farm laws and ensuring MSP for their pro- full spectrum awareness and de- interoperability and strengthen- PACOM added that aerial ex- exercise, said they included F18 (CARAT) exercise included both months of their agitation at the borders of the duce since November 26 last year. fence of the vast Indian Ocean ing the defence coordination be- ercises like dissimilar aircraft fighters, E2D Advanced Hawkeye at-sea and virtual elements, expanse ensures stability in the tween the two nations and wit- combat training (DACT), detect- Airborne early warning and con- PACOM said. region," Pennington added. nessed high tempo-naval opera- to-engage sequence and forma- trol aircraft, and Sikorsky Sri Lanka Navy's India-built The joint drill was held on tions at sea." tion manoeuvering were are also MH60R Seahawk helicopters. SLNS Sayurala and US-made SLNS Wednesday and Thursday, when "The exercise has been an- part of the exercises. The De- The US Naval Institute News Gajabahu participated in the ex- the USS Ronald Reagan, which other milestone in strengthening fence Ministry said that guided- reported on Friday that the USS ercise with Japan's JMSDF is based in Japan, was on its way cooperation between the two missile stealth destroyer INS Ronald Reagan was in the North Asagiri-class destroyer JS Yuugiri to the North Arabian Sea in countries and reinforcing the Kochi, guided missile frigate INS Arabian Sea to support the US and US littoral combat ship USS preparation for the US with- shared values as partner Teg, maritime air dominance withdrawal from Afghanistan. Charleston and a P-8A Poseidon drawal from Afghanistan. After militaries, in ensuring freedom fighter MiG 29K, long-range This was the second US-India na- aircraft, PACOM said. RBI bars MPs, MLAs from holding MD Delhi reports 85 new post in urban cooperative banks NEW DELHI, JUNE 26 partner of any firm which carries on any trade, Covid cases, lowest In a crackdown on political interference, the Re- business or industry; should not have substan- serve Bank of India has barred MPs, MLAs and tial interest in any company or firm as defined in since April 19 last year members of municipal corporations or other lo- Section 5 (ne) read with Section 56 of the Bank- cal bodies from holding the office of managing ing Regulations Act, 1949; and shall not be a di- mark after June 21, when the director (MD) or whole-time director (WTD) in rector, manager, managing agent, partner or pro- national capital had reported 89 urban cooperative banks. prietor of any trading, commercial or industrial cases. With nine more deaths These directions are applicable to all Primary concern. getting reported in the last 24 (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs). The RBI In addition, the person should not be of un- hours, Delhi's overall Covid had exempted UCBs with a deposit size of less death toll has gone up to 24,961. sound mind and stands so declared by a compe- During the same time period, than Rs 100 crore from the requirement of seek- tent court; should not be an undischarged insol- 158 people recovered from the ing prior approval of the Reserve Bank for ap- vent; should not be convicted by a criminal court disease, taking the national capi- pointment / re-appointment / termination of ap- of an offence involving moral turpitude; and NEW DELHI, JUNE 26 tal's total number of recoveries pointment of MDs or WTDs. should not be a director of any other co-opera- The national capital on Saturday to 14,07,116 till date. Under the propriety criteria, the person to tive bank or a co-operative credit society. reported 85 new Covid-19 cases, Delhi presently has 1,598 be nominated as MD or WTD shall not be en- The person shall submit a self-declaration the lowest since April 19 last active cases, with the number of gaged in any other business or vocation; shall form on personal integrity. year, with a positivity rate of 0.12 patients under home isolation not hold the position of a Member of Parliament In case the present MD does not satisfy the per cent, while nine people fell dropping below the 500-mark. or state legislature or municipal corporation or prescribed ‘Fit and Proper' criteria, the UCB shall prey to the virus in the last 24 A total of 72,920 Covid sam- municipality or other local bodies; and shall not initiate the process for appointment of a new MD hours. ples were tested in the last 24 be a director of any company other than a com- immediately. If a UCB had appointed a WTD, the This is the second time in the hours, including 50,839 through pany registered under Section 8 of the Compa- bank shall follow the same procedure to comply last one week that Delhi's sin- RT-PCR and 20, 081 through the nies Act, 2013. In addition, he shall not be a with these directions. gle-day tally fell below the 100- Rapid Antigen method. Spike protein changes in Covid variants can make vax ineffective NEW YORK, JUNE 26 vaccine less effective," said Bing in Science, used cryo-electron However, the study also As SARS-CoV-2, the virus caus- Chen, in the division of Molecu- microscopy (cryo-EM) to com- found that mutations in the Beta ing Covid-19, evolves it tends to lar Medicine at Boston Chil- pare the spike protein from the variant make the spike less ef- mutate and bring new variants dren's. original virus with that of the Al- fective in binding to ACE2 -- sug- as well as cause changes to the "The Beta variant is some- pha and Beta variants. gesting that this variant is less spike protein -- a fact that can what resistant to the current The structural findings indi- transmissible than the Alpha render the current vaccines tar- vaccines, and we think a booster cate that mutations in the Beta variant. As for the Alpha variant geting the protein ineffective. with the new genetic sequence variant (also known as B1351) (B117), the study confirms that Researchers from the Boston can be beneficial for protecting change the shape of the spike a genetic change in the spike (a Children's Hospital, have found against this variant," Chen added. surface at certain locations. As a single amino acid substitution) new properties in the spike pro- and how the Beta variant evades Spike proteins, on the sur- result, neutralising antibodies helps the virus bind better to tein of the Alpha, first identified immune responses, suggesting face of SARS CoV-2, are what induced by current vaccines are ACE2 receptors, making it more in the UK and Beta, first identi- the need for a booster with an enable the virus to attach to and less able to bind to the Beta vi- infectious. However, testing in- fied in South Africa variants. The updated vaccine. enter our cells, and all current rus, which may allow it to evade dicates that antibodies elicited by changes to the 'spike' protein "The mutations make anti- vaccines are directed against the immune system even when existing vaccines can still neu- explains faster spread of Alpha, bodies stimulated by the current them. The new study, published people are vaccinated. tralise this variant.